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Social workers find higher ed a good fit
Karen Haynes, (photo right) center, president of California State University, San Marcos, talks with students.
Much like a social worker attending to the welfare of others, being a college president is like being a mother hen that knows no boundaries, said James Kelly, past president of NASW and current president of Menlo College in California.
As a college president, Kelly said he uses every social work skill he possesses on a daily basis.
"It is impossible for me to separate my social work self from my educator self," Kelly said. "Some days I'm in clinical mode, I am accepting and I am a listener; I help guide people to those best suited to aid them. Other days, I'm involved in advocacy, and sometimes in legal matters."
Social workers are not the norm in higher education leadership roles such as president, according to NASW member and university president Karen Haynes, but they have the perfect training.
"(Social work) is an incredibly useful skill set," she said. "In my past role as interim president at the University of Houston Victoria, the faculty said to me that if they had known about my social work background, I may not have risen to the top of their list. But since they experienced my style, they saw social work skills as actually a good fit."
Haynes is now president of California State University, San Marcos, and says her career in higher education has always involved social work in some aspect.
"When I look back at 18 years of being president in two universities, overwhelmingly what my job is, is about building and maintaining relationships," she said. "Engaging in daily relationships, mediating, it all is very familiar in terms of using a lot of social work skills."
NASW member Dianne Harrison, president of California State University, Northridge, said people from business and education backgrounds tend to be seen as the most suitable for higher education leadership roles when universities seek to fill these positions. But she feels her social work background helps when it comes to dealing with certain situations.
"When universities seek out a new president, they don't traditionally think about social work faculty and backgrounds as their criteria. It's usually people from backgrounds such as arts and sciences, business, occasionally engineering," she said. "But I honestly am very grateful that I have social work training and education, because it really did prepare me for what I have to do."
On certain topics and issues, Harrison said she feels more prepared than those who don't have a social work background.
"The most recent example is the business about child abuse reporting," she said. "Now in the state of California, with the implementation of a new state mandate that anybody on campus — including faculty and staff — should be mandatory reporters, it caught a lot of university presidents off guard. But with my social work training, it helped me to effectively handle the situation as I worked on how to communicate the mandatory reporting initiative to the college."
She added that she uses social work every day in her role as university president, which takes effective communication, crisis intervention, empathy and problem solving — all important skills she learned through being a social worker.
"I have to do a lot of listening, I have to hear a lot of problems," Harrison said. "I need to approach these situations from a reasonable standpoint and an empathetic standpoint. I use social work every day."
Paula Allen-Meares, standing (photo right), is chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago and a John Corbally Presidential Professor.
According to famous social work pathfinders Florence Hollis and Harriett Bartlett, a social worker starts where the client is, said University of Illinois at Chicago Chancellor and John Corbally Presidential Professor Paula Allen-Meares. With this in mind, Allen-Meares said she uses several social work skills in her higher education leadership roles.
"I find it important to start with the situation and/or context before engaging in major change," she said. "In social work, we advocate for collaborations and partnerships to create value and to enhance capacity, and the profession draws upon an interdisciplinary and ecological perspective. This is important in achieving collective objectives, and these perspectives have been invaluable."
The path from social worker to president or other higher education leader can take many routes, said Haynes, recalling that her own journey took an unexpected turn.
"I set out very early in my career to find a community organization job," she said. "This was in Austin, Texas, in 1970 — and there were not many of them. At the same time, the Council on Social Work Education started to accredit BSW programs nationally and some universities were looking for MSW candidates to help develop BSW programs."
Haynes said she saw an interesting opportunity, and wrote letters to a number of universities in the greater Austin area.
"I was invited to step on board to be on faculty at the University of Texas in Austin," she said. "I realized my love of social work education and stayed in the higher education field. So it was partly serendipitous for me to not find a community organization job when I first started out even though it was what I was aiming for."
Kelly began his career as a social studies teacher in rural Pennsylvania, where he said he learned about racism, bullying, teen pregnancy, and every other form of acting out fostered by long-held, antiquated social beliefs and poor self-esteem.
"Teaching in this environment formed the backdrop for my decision to pursue social work," he said.
James Kelly (photo right) is president of Menlo College in California and past president of NASW.
Kelly earned a Ph.D. from the Florence Heller Graduate School of Policy, Planning and Administration at Brandeis University in 1975. He then completed a postdoctoral clinical fellowship in psychiatry at the Sepulveda Veterans Administration Medical Center at UCLA School of Medicine.
Kelly then became dean of the College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Los Angeles, after serving as director and professor in the Department of Social Work at CSU, Long Beach.
Kelly's higher education path eventually led to executive vice president and provost at Menlo College before being named president in 2011.
"During my entire career, by serving as president of NASW-California and president of NASW National, I continued to be active in my (social work) profession," Kelly said.
Harrison said she knew she wanted to be in a profession involved in helping and working with people, and she started earning her MSW in 1971 at the height of the war on poverty.
"I ended up falling in love with the social work profession," she said.
Harrison worked up the academic ranks at Florida State University, from assistant professor to professor and finally dean of the school of social work. The provost asked Harrison whether she had any interest in central administration.
"I felt that was a significant fork in the road," she said. "Instead of going to social work-related conferences, I went to other types of conferences that were not social work related."
She found that she enjoyed working in central administration and saw it as helping people on a larger scale.
"The reason we enjoy teaching is we see it as affecting that many more potential clients as we prepare social workers to do the real work," said Harrison, who became president at California State University, Northridge in 2012. "In administration, you multiply exponentially the difference you can make by doing a good job. It impacts faculty and students."
For Allen-Meares, rising to a leadership position in higher education was just how things worked out.
"I had no specific career objective to enter administration," she said. "The opportunities were available and I was invited to serve. Often these positions were laced with important opportunities and challenges, and I found this exciting."
If a social worker wants to pursue becoming a university president, it involves taking some risks, Kelly said.
"Apply for jobs you don't think you have a chance at. Take risks," he said. "You'll be surprised and rewarded when something comes through."
Acquiring formal education beyond an MSW can also help, Haynes said.
"To succeed in a position in higher education, you have to have more than an MSW degree," she said. "Some doctorate experience and a Ph.D. can help to put you on the right track."
Any leadership position will naturally require some previous leadership experience, Allen-Meares said.
"Those who aspire to become a dean, chancellor, president, etc., should assume various leadership roles within their academic unit or association," she said. "Take advantage of higher education workshops and coursework. Administrative roles take considerable time away from scholarship, however, so one should be tenured, or even a tenured full professor, before assuming such a demanding role."
A leadership position requires wearing many hats at many different times in the day, Harrison said, and it helps to get acclimated with this type of duty by pursuing things outside of one's comfort zone.
"Be intentional about seeking activities, experiences and opportunities that stretch you, especially outside of a school of social work," she said. "Get involved in other aspects of the college realm, such as student affairs, budgeting, finance, development and fundraising — which are all things presidents need to know."
It's a role with multiple constituencies and ups and downs, Kelly said, with the goal of creating a productive, challenging, positive, and nurturing educational environment in order help students take off on their own.
"Sometimes I am a leader, but mostly I am a listener, cheerleader and advocate," he said. "My job is to unleash the strengths of the faculty, students and staff so that they can be successful and move on with their dreams."
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In March, my husband Kyle and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. We got married during our seminary's spring break in 2000, went away on a lovely honeymoon, and then settled into a seminary house so small that our couch touched both walls in the living room and we could have a conversation with each other from any two points in the house. Those were the days.
The day we chose for our wedding has proven to be both incredibly fortuitous and incredibly difficult, as one year into marriage my husband became a college and missions pastor at a church, and guess when most college and mission trips are? Yep. Spring Break. We've spent many an anniversary with other people or apart from one another, sometimes even on separate continents. On our second anniversary, we were staying in a hostel in Austria, separated into girls' and guys' bunk rooms, and everyone on the mission team chipped in money so we could stay in a hotel together for a night. On our 14th, I was in Ethiopia, leading a team from our church as we served at a missionary hospital, and he was home holding down the fort. I tried to send him a Happy Anniversary email, but the electricity and internet blinking in and out prevented me from doing so.
In the beginning of our marriage, I had few conflict resolution skills. I also had not ever learned how to share my hurt feelings in a direct, unemotional way. My go-to response to these things, then, was what my husband eventually nicknamed System Shut Down: I would speak around my feelings, sending flares up in a variety of disconnected directions, often blaming and accusing my husband. When he inevitably didn't understand what I was feeling--because I never really said it directly--I would, in my frustration, completely shut down. I'd stop talking, forcing him to beg with me for my communication, and punishing him with my silence for not being able to read my mind.
One day I was struck by the thought that my husband couldn't read my mind. He needed me to verbalize as straightforwardly and specifically as possible what I thought and felt in our conflict and communication. Making him fish around indefinitely for my thoughts and feelings as evidence of his love was not fair to him. This realization came with a challenge: I needed to be assured that my feelings were valid, but I also needed to prayerfully consider what I was actually feeling before going to my husband. Prayerfully considering enabled me to not only discern what specifically was bothering me, but whether it even needed to be said at all. If it needed to be said, I could say it directly and without manic emotions, prepared in advance with words and with the intention to forgive, listen, and ask for forgiveness.
Before I got married, I remember thinking that the struggles I had with temptation in my thought life regarding boys, confidence, physical appearance, and sexual desires would finally be over when I said I do. I was surprised to find, however, that my mind didn't change the moment I got married. As a married woman, I still noticed that other men were attractive. I still wanted to be thought of as attractive. I even struggled with the idea of never again experiencing the thrill of a new dating relationship. I was surprised by temptation, because I believed that an open and right avenue for physical and sexual intimacy (marriage) would instantly negate temptation's power in my life.
At first, I assumed this unforeseen temptation meant something was wrong with me. No Christian woman had ever warned me of it, so I was ashamed at being the "only one". But then I read 1 Corinthians 10:31: "No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man," and I knew I was not the only one. In considering why I desired to be attractive or to experience the thrill of new love, I discovered that my idols had come with me into marriage. When a godly friend confessed to me that she was thinking of a male co-worker too much because she enjoyed his attention, I knew that I too needed not only godly friends I could discuss this with and who would ask me hard questions, but I also needed to be constantly on guard and take every thought captive in order to honor my husband and honor the Lord. I'd always wondered how affairs got started, and now I knew: they start in the mind. This is where temptation first whispers in singleness and in marriage.
Although this works relatively well for chores, housecleaning, and even breadwinning, the 50/50 philosophy doesn't translate to the heart of marriage at all, because it basically teaches me that if he's not doing his part, I don't have to do mine. Scripture depicts marriage differently than this cultural idea. Biblical marriage insists that I not keep a ledger of who is doing what and not respect, submit, and serve only when my husband is loving and leading me. Biblical marriage calls me to give 100% to my husband as a way of loving the Lord Himself. Only in putting to death my self-serving, self-honoring record keeping could I forgive my husband, serve him without looking to be served in return, sacrifice for him when his needs were encroaching on mine, and seek to please him. 50/50 fights for self; seeking the good of the other in marriage is what best displays the gospel.
When my husband speaks encouraging and thoughtful words to me, my first response has often been to negate him in my head. Instead of receiving his words as true and real, I've instead thought of the evidence of why he's wrong. When he says, "You are beautiful," I think of how I need to lose weight. When he says, "You are a great mom," I think of what I need to be doing better with my boys. When he says, "God is using you," I think of how I've failed Him. Sometimes I've even negated Kyle out loud: "Well you have to say that, because you're my husband."
One day, in response to my negativity and my unwillingness to receive his words, Kyle said gently, "Do you think that I'm a liar?" His words pierced me through. Of course I didn't think he was a liar. And his words to me, if I accepted them, could be life-giving, heart-swelling words. Why not just accept them at face value and receive his words as the gifts they were intended to be? It was a wonderful (and simple) lesson for me: believe and receive what he says.
Now it's your turn. What mistakes have you made in marriage and what has the Lord taught you through them?


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Black History & Civil Rights · Fact Friday · Aug 02, 2019
Fact Friday 208 - Davidson Colored School
The property known as the Davidson Colored School/Ada Jenkins School possesses special significance in terms of the Town of Davidson and Mecklenburg County. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmark Commission judgment was based on the following considerations:
1) The Davidson Colored School/Ada Jenkins School is a rare and well preserved example of a substantial African-American school building that dates from the era of Jim Crow in Mecklenburg County.
2) In terms of Mecklenburg County, the Davidson Colored School/Ada Jenkins School is a rare early 20th century school building which is in good condition, and has retained a high degree of integrity.
3) The Davidson Colored School/Ada Jenkins School is the oldest public school building in Davidson.
4) The Davidson Colored School/Ada Jenkins School is an important landmark in Davidson, representing the strength and resourcefulness of the town's African American community during the era of racial segregation.
5) Built during the Great Depression, the Davidson Colored School in an important artifact representing the work of the Public Works Administration in Mecklenburg County.
The Davidson Colored School, later the Ada Jenkins School, is the largest and most prominent historic element of the built environment of Davidson's traditionally African-American Westside neighborhood. The building, which originally served as a segregated school, helps document segregation and the Jim Crow era in Davidson and in Mecklenburg County. It is a reflection of the black community's commitment to improving the education of its young people. It is also an artifact of an unusual time, a time when Mecklenburg County was facing huge economic challenges and yet found the resources to greatly improve the infrastructure for public education.
In the 1890s frame public schools buildings begin to appear in rural Mecklenburg County. Surviving examples include the Croft Schoolhouse, which was built for white students, and the Bethesda School, which was built for blacks.
Croft Schoolhouse; Croft Community, Mecklenburg County
Bethesda Schoolhouse, circa 1899; Croft Community, Mecklenburg County
With the advent of the graded-school movement in the early years of the 20th Century, more substantial brick school buildings were built for the county's rural white students, including the brick 1915 Cornelius High School (demolished). However, no substantial brick school buildings were built for the county's rural black children. Instead the African-American community relied on outside help in the form of the Rosenwald Schools program. In Mecklenburg County there were twenty-six Rosenwald Schools built.
Newell Rosenwald School, Torrence Grove Church Road, Charlotte
In Davidson, an effort to educate the town's white children began in 1892, and in 1893 a substantial two-story brick school building was completed. The graded school was supported by local taxes, and by 1911 had an enrollment of nearly two hundred students, all white.
1923 Davidson Academy
No such effort was made to educate the rest of the town's children. Black children were educated in small frame buildings located in the African- American Westside neighborhood. By the 1930s, two frame school buildings were needed in the neighborhood to hold all the children. One building was described as a "one teacher school," and the other as a "three-teacher school." In the memories of the alumni, these frame buildings were not adequate. Talmadge Connor, who attended the schools, recalls "it wasn't nothing but a straight three-room school. It had a big long front porch on it, and it was heated by coal or wood. So everybody was glad to see it go...this other old shack (the one-teacher school) you didn't even want to be seen with it." In 1937 a new brick six-classroom school, Davidson Colored School, opened to serve the black community. Alumni recall that it was a vast improvement. "Everything was better" remembers Connor . Staff included three teachers from the earlier schools in Davidson. One of these was Mrs. Ada Jenkins.
The Davidson Colored School is a physical reminder of a counter-intuitive phenomenon that happened in Mecklenburg County in the 1930s. During the Great Depression, when the number of building permits in the county plummeted, when factory workers in nearby Gaston County were nearly starving, and when farm families faced the triple threat of cotton dependency, low cotton prices, and the boll weevil, the infrastructure for rural Mecklenburg County education improved greatly. The Davidson Colored School was not the only school building erected for blacks in these otherwise desperate years. In nearby Huntersville, the Torrence-Lytle High School opened in 1937, as did the Sterling School (now demolished) in Pineville in the south of the county. It was not only black students who benefited. The Huntersville and Long Creek high schools, both segregated white schools, received rectilinear agricultural buildings in 1938. Long Creek and the (white) Davidson School received new gymnasiums in 1936, and Cornelius High School received a new auditorium (demolished). It was the confluence of two major trends that led to such building activity during the 1930s: The first was a continuing drive to improve education during the first half of the 20th century; the second was the unprecedented involvement of the Federal government through the New Deal programs.
Torrence-Lytle School 1937
In 1935 the Mecklenburg County Board of Education submitted a request to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Administration (P.W.A.). The Board requested funds for "school improvements of a permanent nature." Part of the funding was for $18,000 for one "negro school."
At the School Board's June 25, 1937 meeting, building contracts for the Davidson Colored School were approved, and by the October 5th meeting, the school was under construction. Meeting minutes indicate that the original plans for the school included an auditorium/gymnasium. However, approval was only given to build a six-classroom building. Minutes also indicate that the existing "one teacher" schoolhouse was no longer needed and was sold.
County Board of Education minutes do not tell the story of the community's involvement in bringing the school into existence nor the vital support the community played once the six-classroom brick building was completed. According to community members, Teacher Ada Jenkins and P.T.A. President Logan Houston led the effort to build the school, and the black community raised money for the construction of the school. According to Mrs. Frances Beale, Houston organized fundraisers, selling locally made ice cream. Even after the school building was completed, community support remained critical. "Common ground" meetings and other fundraisers were held to help buy supplies such as firewood.
It is not clear what day the school opened, but reports indicate that it began serving the community during the 1937-1938 school year. When the school opened, Talmadge Connor entered the school as an eighth grader. The old schools had educated students through the 8th grade; so in 1937, when the new brick school opened, it expanded the educational opportunities of Conner and all the black children in Davidson. Each year thereafter, the school added an additional grade until the 1939-40 school year when an 11th grade was added. The 11th grade was the final grade for high school students in Mecklenburg County before WWII.
In 1937 there were 25 students in the 8th and 9th grades, levels considered by the State to be "high school" grades at that time. A report filed with the State in 1938 on the "high school" tells us very little about the primary school. It does however indicate that the school featured six classrooms, only one of which was used for the high school. In 1937-1938 the school had no lunchroom or auditorium but did have an office for the principal and a teachers' restroom. The school day began at 8:40. Both the high school teachers were men. Mr. Lorezo Poe, who was also the principal, made $689.90 a year, and a Mr. Gorden made $522. Mr. Poe taught General Science, Biology, English, Arithmetic, Algebra, Literature, and Civics. According to the report, Mr. Gorden only taught History. Perhaps he had other responsibilities with the other grades.
The 1938-1939 annual state report describes a library that measured 36' x 22'. In the high school grades, girls outnumbered boys 25 to 8. By the fall of 1939, sixty-two high school students were enrolled. By 1941 the library contained 262 books and subscribed to five magazines and one daily newspaper. No state reports appear to have survived from the war years; however, by the 1945-1946 school year, the report indicates that the school had expanded to eight classrooms.
Ken Norton experienced the Davidson Colored School as both a primary and a high school student. He began attending the school the year it opened as a fourth grader. He remembers that even with a substantial new building, the school still lacked some resources. The Davidson Colored School had a place for a boiler, but no boiler had been installed. The school was instead heated with coal-burning pot-bellied stoves. Norton attended the school until he graduated. The only sports team he recalls was a basketball team that played other black high schools. The list includes many institutions that are no longer in existence: Dunbar, Torrence-Lytle, Sterling, Clear Creek, Plato Price, Second Ward, West Charlotte, and Kannapolis High Schools. With no gym, the Davidson Colored School team practiced on a sand lot. Norton recalls that the community was very active in the school. "We had nothing else other than churches and schools."
In addition to helping bring about the 1937 Davidson Colored School, Ms. Ada Jenkins was a strong presence in the running of the school and in the lives of the students. Very interested in music, she taught and played the piano and organ, and led the glee club. Talmadge Connor recalls that Jenkins was also very strict, saying "she used real hickories." While the school's principals were men, Ken Norton believes that Jenkins was actually in charge of the school. Jenkins died in 1944. The school's name was changed to the Ada Jenkins School in 1955.
The school became exclusively an elementary school in the 1946-7 school year, educating students in the first through eighth grades. Brenda Tapia attended the Ada Jenkins School from 1956 to 1963. She remembers May Poles were a big event and that the girls' dresses matched the colors in the pole. She also remembers sock hops and Halloween parties held in the gym that was added to the school in 1958. Extracurricular activities were robust, with the school offering 4-H, band, glee club, and piano lessons. Tapia remembers a portrait of Ada Jenkins in the building and recalls that kids were afraid of her ghost. In addition to the gymnasium, a classroom wing and a freestanding cafeteria were added around 1958. In 1966 the school closed when the Mecklenburg County schools became racially integrated.
Survey and Research Report on the Davidson Colored School / Ada Jenkins School - Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.

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» Home » Lab Members
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Photo credit: Oliver Mann (UBC Faculty of Arts)
Nancy L. Sin, PhD
Email: nsin@psych.ubc.ca
Dr. Nancy Sin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
She is a health psychologist interested in understanding how positive and stressful aspects of people's day-to-day lives influence long-term health. Her research examines physiological mechanisms (e.g., inflammatory, neuroendocrine) and behavioural pathways (e.g., sleep) that link daily experiences to aging-related diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease. She is especially interested in the health benefits of positive experiences during times of stress. This research is conducted using ecological methods for capturing experiences and stress physiology as they unfold in their natural settings. By charting the daily lives of midlife and older adults, her work aims to identify ordinary circumstances that can be targeted in interventions to promote healthy aging.
Originally from California, Dr. Sin received her BA from UCLA and PhD from the University of California, Riverside. She was a National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco and in the Center for Healthy Aging at Pennsylvania State University. Her work has been supported by funding as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator from the U.S. National Institute on Aging, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Jin Wen
Jin is a MA student in the Health Psychology program. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology at Chapman University (Orange, California) in 2015. Jin is interested in examining individual differences and within-person fluctuations in responses to daily stressors. His research focuses on cognitive appraisals as potential mechanisms in the links between sleep (e.g., measured via wrist actigraphy) and next-day affective reactivity to daily stressors. You can reach Jin at jin.wen@psych.ubc.ca
Patrick Klaiber
Patrick is a Ph.D.-student in the Health Psychology program. He graduated from the University of Freiburg with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2016) and from Freie Universität Berlin with a Master of Science in Clinical and Health Psychology (2019). Patrick is interested in studying positive events in daily life. In his research, he examines why some people experience more positive events than others and whether people differ in their responses to these positive events. You can reach Patrick at klaiber@psych.ubc.ca
Holy Ghaly (Study Coordinator)
Holy is a 4th year undergraduate student studying Kinesiology and Psychology. She is very keen about Health Psychology and is particularly interested in the impact of stress on health, and how healthy behaviours can attenuate this effect, such as by reducing inflammation levels. Holy hopes to further pursue her studies at the graduate level and to promote mental well-being as an important health determinant. You can reach Holy at h.ghaly@ubc.ca
Armina Rahimisoureh (Directed Studies)
Armina is a 4th year psychology student and a research assistant in health psychology labs. Her research interests focus on the effects of daily experiences on long-term social relationships and health. She is particularly interested in the associations between stressful events and sleep. Armina is actively involved in the community-based work and is working with children and with older adults in rehabilitation. She hopes to pursue a career in public health, with the intention of applying findings from psychology to the areas of health and social well-being.
Fei Ying (Directed Studies)
Fei is a 3rd year student majoring in Behavioural Neuroscience. She is drawn to the integration of biological and psychosocial perspectives in health psychology, and is particularly interested in how variability in sleep relates to daily stress and positive affect. Outside the lab, Fei leads the UBC Pilates Club and enjoys birdwatching on weekends. She hopes to pursue a career in mental health.
Amy is a 3rd year Psychology student minoring in Health and Society. Since her interest focuses on Health Psychology, she intends to interpret the relationship between experiences of daily life and emotional well-being. By working as a Research Assistant, she wishes not only to enhance her knowledge in Psychology, but also to improve her laboratory skills. Outside of the lab, she works as a Pharmacy Assistant.
Juliane Henkel
Juliane is a 3rd year Psychology undergraduate student minoring in Biology. With pursuing a minor in Biology, she is also fascinated by what evolutionary and social factors drive people to act in more health conscious ways. Outside of the lab, Juliane enjoys spending time outdoors, and being physically active. She hopes to pursue a career in health research.
Sohrab Ghassemieh
Sohrab is a fourth-year psychology student at UBC. He received his first Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from IAUM. He is interested in exploring social and biological factors that predispose people to experience more daily positive events and also how such factors influence people's overall health. Outside of the lab, he is involved with community work and hopes to further his education in the field of Clinical Psychology.
Sonali Sharma
Sonali is a 3rd year student double-majoring in Psychology and Cell Biology & Genetics. She is actively involved in the Well-being in the Daily Lives of Adults Study. Sonali is also leading her own project that examines whether daily positive experiences modify the association between depression and inflammation.
Kevin Chi (Directed Studies)
Kevin recently graduated from UBC with a BA in Psychology and minor in Education. His research interests focus on understanding the biological and behavioural mechanisms linking everyday social interactions to health and well-being in old age. Kevin has received over a dozen awards and scholarships, including the UBC Quinn Research Assistantship Award to support his independent project on age differences in the associations between daily prosocial activities and health.
Kiana Maeda
Kiana is a research assistant who recently earned her BA in Psychology from UBC. She is interested in Health Psychology and is particularly intrigued by how social interactions and mental health can influence overall physical well-being such as acute and chronic illness. Outside of the lab, Kiana is actively involved in community work, and she is pursuing further training in the field of Counselling Psychology.
Ye-Von Lee
Ye-Von is a research assistant who recently graduated from UBC with a BA in Psychology and minor in Health & Society. She is particularly interested in Health and Developmental Psychology. Currently, she is involved in research studying infancy, cross-cultural aspects of human development, and biobehavioral pathways to healthy lifestyles and aging. Ye-Von hopes to pursue a career in Public Health, with the intention of applying her knowledge and background in psychological research to promote psychology as an important determinant of health.
Jamile De Medeiros e Silva (Honours Thesis)
Jamile is a 4th year Honours Psychology student who is conducting her Honours Thesis at the UPLIFT Health Lab. Her research focus is on how positive/negative daily experiences can influence one's quality of sleep, and how that in turn can affect one's health. She is overall very interested in Health Psychology, particularly how social connectivity can affect one's physical well-being, in particular cardiovascular disease risk and inflammation. Outside of the lab, Jamile is very involved with clubs at UBC, such as the Brazilian Student Association. For the future, Jamile hopes to further pursue her studies at the graduate level in Psychology, specifically in Health or Social/Personality.
Taekeun (TK) Choi
TK is a research assistant who is in his 4th year majoring in Psychology. He has an interest in Health Psychology focused on how one's emotions and attitude influence their mind and health. Additionally, TK would like to study more on how early social interactions form one's personality. Besides from working in the lab, TK is actively involved in various Korean student clubs and goes on adventures to find new food.
Story Hu
Story is a 4th year psychology student. She is interested in how effective health psychology can help reduce the costs spent in health care services by improving health behaviours before the development of any illnesses and improving disease management if any illnesses have developed. Besides her interest in health psychology, she is also interested in neuroscience, so she enjoys volunteering for Let's Talk Science and finds the experience incredible when she is able to incorporate what she has learnt at school when teaching kids. Outside of school, Story plays the harp and some other instruments in her leisure time.


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My contact is breek24@gmail.com. Would like to talk to some like minded people.
I am a 36 year old male from muskegon michigan. I am worried about the the way the world is heading. I would love to be part of an off grid community. I am a master mechanic and good at solving problems. My thoughts were to build a tiny house and downsize my life. I am interested in a community or land share where we could grow most of our food instead of eating the crap from the supermarkets. I believe that a strong community is so much more important then material things. People are polluting this planet with all of the wasteful junk they purchase everyday just thinking that it disappears. Its time for change.
im 28yr old wht male, good shape.. have had successful business career, an im financially stable.ive had my "quarter life crisis " lol an have this desire to live completely different than what i had been living an slow down from my 100mph city lifestyle…..
the past couple of yrs i have been renting a farm house an land an have cows,chickens, goats, 2 pigs, ect..but the landlord has just lost his job an has given me notice he is going to have to move back… :(! so i have to find somewhere to go..
im flexible to location, im located in the southeast currently….(an i like it here, since growing season is good, an water is not an issue) open to a living in a house, or i live in my camper.
i do feel as i would be a MAJOR asset to a community or small family farm/homestead ..i have things that would probably be beneficial such as, 4×4 tractor an loader an equipment, trucks, flatbed an stock trailers, atv,backhoe, welders, tons of tools an air compressors, SOLAR PANELS an a HUGE battery bank. freezers, very nice canning equipment, (i havent used yet, still new in the box)generators ,animals, fencing skills an supplies, an much more….i have plenty of food for my self an maybe enough to share.
a little bout me, my view points are probably more libertarian, i love to snow ski, an have a desire to be self sufficient. i collect books.
anyone in the michigan area looking togo off gridd.
I am 29 years old with 3 tween age children, currently living in Wisconsin. I have a small amount of money saved and currently recieve 2k per month in spousal support payments. This means I would have money to contribute to a community while still being present to do work as well…I want to be totally off grid, maybe have solar/wind turbine at some point, build a house with my bare hands, etc. I would like to learn and work beside others farming, building, and supporting each other . Anyone who would welcome me and my children into your community, please contact me with more information.
I currently live in WA & Im looking to join an off grid community. I can crochet & cook. I am a hard worker & I've been reading up on gardening lately as i want to start my own. I am 24 with no kids & I'm finding it hard to exist in this TV obsessed consumerist country. I want to live a simple life. I am willing to locate anywhere on the west. Would live to great back from anyone when you can email is balmygirl902@hotmail.com thank you!
The area that I have chosen has lots of sunshine, gentle breezes good clean air and good places to build to take advantage of solar, earth or underground homes. It is a good place to do an off-grid community.
I have a over 600 acres of land rich in mineral resources surrounded by government land 50 miles from the nearest community or grid. I am looking for people that would be willing to work with me to develop an off-grid community not just to survive but to thrive with the wealth of this property and its mineral wealth. Email me at mcrowth84@gmail.com for more details.
Looks like I've come to the right place. Great minds! A few folks and I are in the planning stages of an ecovillage down in SC. We convene via telephone every other week. Plans are to go completely offgrid within the next 2 – 3 years. The land has already been acquired. Our website is 98% complete and I will send to you if you are interested. Go ahead and email me at ashima.jackson@gmail.com if you'd like to hear more about this venture.
Wow overwhelming amount of comments.
Hi everyone I am in California and have found some land that would be perfect for just this use we can have a great community I own a roofing company so I have all sorts of supplies but I don't have enough resources this is 20 mins away from San Jose ca. over 200 acres under 1875 year contract only small fee yearly will never increase contact me at lundyone@gmail.com also have smaller property in we can get in stockton Ca.
Me and My husband live in Los Angeles.
We have 2 girls, 2 and 4. We are looking to get off the grid. I am looking into taking building courses in CAL EARTH. Recentaly saw the documentary WITHIN REACH and would like to have something similar to EMERALD EARTH.
please email me if you are still trying to put this together.
The desire to get away from the big brother government. I am 40 and my husband is 37. We are looking to move by April. We are open to any areas but would like to be near water and food sources.
To the person who has property in Michigan. I would very much like to speak to you. Please contact me at fixcom4@yahoo.com.
Single dad of 3 kids again. Forgot to add that we would be willing to contribute in anyway for a community of off the grid folfs, if there is someone trying to put it together.
I did not leave a email sorry two2wisper@rocketmail.com I have 2.5 acres with water and a powerpole in texas county mo. that joins up to 35000 ac of national park looking for others who want to slow down and live a lifestyle that is off the grid as much as possible.Soil is workable and springfeed creeks and rivers are close to my land.wanting to start something soon.
Hi Steven, my husband and I are 25 and 26, have a 2 yr old son, and are looking to live off the grid also asap. We currently live in texas. We mostly wanted to live in Hawaii (due to natural food sources) but are open to anywhere warm yr round. Your post caught my eye since we're all close in age, send us an email if you guys are interested in what we can contribute!
Anyone besides Hunter that is looking for another family to join please feel free to contact me.
My family (me, my husband, along with my 14 & 15 year old daughters) would love to join you!
Anyone serious about putting something together around late spring in CA, OR, AZ, or NM – please get hold of me!
To clarify a bit… I am in north central Ca. I have a large house on an acre and a half. But I am within city limits and would like to get a little farther out. Join with a family, collection of families, singles, couples, doesn't matter to me. Time does.
I am also interested, but time is getting a little short. I have the same goals (have lived the life several short periods) have the skills, a large collection of resources – but there's a catch, or two.
I am extremely serious and will reply to anyone about any situation or the immediate creation of a brand new one.
Would like to aim at late spring 2013.
I have been planning this for a number of years now, but keep getting set backs..;o( I live in a 29 foot Airstream Trailer that I have completely rebuilt inside. I have built, remodeled and repaired houses and comerical buildings. I worked in Latin America for 20 years in manufacturing, I built and managed plants for US companies. I have many skills to offer. Am retired now, in good health, and really want to get away from all this crazyness. I have been telling folks for many years that we are headed off a cliff, but everyone just laughs at me. Proof is in the price of gold, in 1900 it was $25 an once, today it is $1800. This makes our dollar worth 1/(1800/25)=0.013 pennies. Pure inflation tax collected by the banksters. Today they are arguing over how and how much to cut from Medicare and no one is steering the ship…DUH! and no life boats!
I have designed a magnetic motor/generator set. I also have designs to build a small hydrodam. Electricity helps to make life easier, but not require to live. I grew up on a dairy farm in Ohio milking cows and farming 250 acres. Am a good mechanic and maintain my old 87 Suburban.
My interest is would be joining a small group wanting to build a community in the Northwest part of the US. Not into deserts or high elevations. Should have a year round stream for water supply or a very good shallow aquafer that is good and pure. A good spring would also be a good water supply. You can not service deep wells without heavy equipment. Water purification can be delt with as required.
In my estimation we may have but a very short window to establish such a community before our country actually declares bankrupcy or just goes over the cliff, or blows up one way or another. I would rather be situated before any of that happens because I believe that our government will restrict all of us from traveling making it almost impossible to establish such a community. There are just so many things to be considered to actually establish such a community, and then there is the finding the right place to establish it.
I am ready to do something, how about you? rmergy@yahoo.com only if you are serious.
I am a 42 year old woman looking for just such a situation. I would love to hear your plans as I have been doing alot of research. I am healthy and handy and ready to contribute. Please drop me a line.
Definitely interested in off-grid living. We are located in NorCal also, but would be open to west coast are in general. I'm 41 and have a 9 yr. old daughter, and also my best friend who is 21. Been feeling called to this life-style for a long time now. Would love to hear from you.
Builder husband of 26 years and chef wife that can cook anything, wanting to love life a little more and give back to Mother earth. We live in Oregon and are willing and ready to move somewhere that we can grow our food! Teach and learn from others. and well just enjoy life! Want to be family?
Hi, My family and I are also looking to go off grid. Hubby and I are getting a divorce but would like to raise our two girls, 1 &3 together in a community, love to here what you all are up too now.
Relocating to our property in southcentral Mo.Texas county.It is only a couple acres but it joins to 35000 acres of national forest.We have been gardening and canning for years.I am 46 and have done a lot of Construction .I have a lot of tools and equipment.We are looking for a couple of others who want to get away from the mainstream and live a more self sustaining life .
I am a 52 year old single man that has many skills of survival and building. I also am a fisherman and hunter. I am wanting a Christian based community that is OFF THE GRID. I believe the world is headed in the wrong direction and really don't want to be controlled by the government. I am not an anti-government person, but if things keep heading in the direction they are headed all our freedoms are going to be taken away. I want to live a free and happy life for the years I have left. I am healthy for the most part and physically able to take care of myself. I would prefer to be with other people that are like minded. I am open to finding a soulmate that wants the same things and is compatible. I am a Navy vet and presently a volunteer in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary. i would like to hear from people interested in getting together and are serious about this. Thanks for reading and wish you ALL the best!
I'm a single 39 year old man looking for a community already working. I would like to learn and help with plans of staying if I fit. Either that, or perhaps I can take what you've taught me and help other people build their new communities. I believe this is what I really need in life and I'm willing to put my all into it. I am open to any and all opportunities to learn under experienced people. I work hard and I'm very gentle. I am respectful towards others, and very intelligent for helping solve problems when they arise. I'm strong (out of shape though). My interests are in gardening and water purification, but I can build. I'm a philosopher and a psychologist by heart. I'm a great conversationalist, but also love my time to myself.
We have been wanting this for many years. We recently attempted to cfd a 40 acre parcel w a stocked pond and 4 bedroom 2 bath in Illinois, but the deal fell through when the sellers backed out due to their split/divorce. Our long term goal was to build a community that is self sustained. We have been broken hearted since. For 6 yrs we have been buying a house in a neighborhood on a double lot, but are willing to sell and move our financial contribution and skills toward someone else's community making ourself a part of the same dream others share. We are both hard workers with a love of the outdoors. My husband works as a CDL driver now and is legal to transport supplies that may someday be required for building. Other Skills we can offer a community include construction, roofing, gardening, animal husbandry and preparation, woodworking, painting and musical abilities. We have a 15 yr old son of fit and strong build who is also of a warm and intelligent nature. His biggest passion in life is reading books and is not a tech child as many these days have become. Our 19 yr old daughter and her boyfriend are equally interested in a community that is self sustained and off grid, and they have the same to offer as listed above. (in addition, Should the need to defend ever arise we are all of a physical ability to do so though we are all pacifists by nature. Times may call for a need in the future for some to have a soldier's skills mixed with a soft hearted compassion. Her boyfriend would bring this to the table also if ever needed) All of us are in good physical condition, able bodied and have outdoor loving natures. Only serious contacts please.
I live in KS and am looking for individuals or families to either start or join a community off of the grid. I have 2 children 15 and 18 and we are doing this, let me know if anyone is interested or knows of a place to check out.
We may live across the pond but are looking to live off the grid with our family in Wales. We have a 13 month old and a 9 year old and a cat.
Hi we live in the Austin area and are looking to get serious about getting off grid and growing and living a sustainable life. We are looking for land and a loving community. We have 3 children ages 4,6, and 11.
I am Kayla currently living in IL with my husband and 7yo son and 11yo daughter. I have been working on a goal to join or start a sustainable community. I am only looking at land east of the continental divide, but maybe we could share strategies. How are you looking to manage healthcare and education? Do you have plans for a clean energy and water source. I just got back from a trip to Nappanee, IN where is visited an Amish community to learn how they manage without electricity and about farming practices. I am not religious, but they continue some very sound methods used for hundreds of years.


So Thanksgiving ended up being a huge success, much to my surprise. A month or so before, I thought it'd be a great idea since I was lucky enough to go up to Hamburg last year and participate in Thanksgiving with a bunch of other Fulbrighters. This year, I decided to host for my roommates, a few friends who have been to the US, a Canadian friend of mine, and oh my roommates film crew and cast apparently (he was finishing up filming his movie for his final project. it was quite the undertaking) So all in all I ended up hosting roughly 15-16 people. Let me preface this story with telling you that I am not a cook. Good cook, bad cook, I don't know. I don't usually cook (aside from pasta and vegetables with rice. not really challenging) So my impromptu decision to take on Thanksgiving for 15 people was… questionable at best. Naturally the Sunday before I start freaking out resulting in very frequent panicked calls/emails to my mother and when she wasn't available, to my sisters demanding to know where my mom was.
Email to sister: I tried calling mom, she didn't answer. Can you ask her where I'm supposed to stick the meat thermometer in?
And that's only Tuesday. I work all day Wednesday and then wake up at 8 am Thursday because I'm so nervous I can't sleep anymore even though I don't have to start cooking til 11. I had to get two turkeys since our oven (that tiny white thing behind the table) was too small for the size turkey I wanted/needed, not to mention they don't sell turkeys larger than 7.5 lbs…. anywhere in this country. I go through my first solo gutting/cleaning a bird experience which went surprisingly well. Stuffed it (btw, way less stuffing fits in those birds than they tell you. I made way too much) and brought it downstairs to put in the oven (yes, I borrowed our neighbors oven so I could start later/the two wouldn't be done so far apart from one another) and breathed a slight sigh of relief. Slight. Prepared everything else that I could- I was in charge of the turkey, stuffing, gravy, green beans, apple crumble, and cheesecake (yep, only that). My friends were in charge of the beer (which didn't come a moment too early), mashed potatoes (Pat came over early to help/make them), a super fattening but delicious cheese/corn/bacon casserole, salad, and brownies.
One turkey is done WAY before the other! It's gonna go bad! Crap! Calculate 7 hour time difference. To call mom or not to call mom? It's 7 am, she'll be up. *call* No answer. Try cell phone. No answer. Why do you have a cell phone if you never answer it, mother?! Too early to call the house? No answer. Where is my entire family!?!? …one hour and 20 bajillion skype-attempts later….
me: Yes there is a God! thank you thank you WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!
mom: oh I went for a run this morning.
mom: you can cut the turkey now if you want and put it in the fridge and have people reheat it later and just put lots of gravy on it so it's not too dry. did you cook it long enough? what temperature? that's too much. it's probably going to be dry. I've never done pan gravy so I can't help you. At least you didn't undercook this one. call us later and let us know how it goes. have a drink. please.
Overall, I'm so happy with not only how everything came out, but for having such great friends here to celebrate with. We even upheld one of my family's traditions and had everyone go around the table and say something that they're thankful for. Although I did miss certain aspects of home (being with my family and in the city, decorating gingerbread houses), this year's Thanksgiving was definitely a huge success.
aaaaaaand we're back! After a hiatus (if you can call an approximately four month break a hiatus) the blog's back. I'm sure the only one who's missed the updates is my grandma (maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised and find out otherwise). Random pictures have been inserted to hopefully keep interest despite the mundane content of this entry. The next one will be more exciting, promise.
SG Würzburg/Passau after our first game day!
Recap: Enjoyed my US Tour this past summer for five weeks in the states before coming back to Germany. Made it up to Hanover in time for the U19 women's lacrosse world championship finals weekend (USA won, no contest) and down to Mainz to function as assistant coach at a camp before getting back into the swing of things in Wuerzburg. Now that the Fulbright was over and my subleased apartment had its old tenant back, I was both jobless and homeless in Germany. Yet somehow this did not proceed to faze me for about six weeks. Why is that? Because I have amazing friends over here who let me crash with them or, better yet, apartment-sit while they were on vacation and I had nothing to do except play and coach lacrosse and leisurely look for jobs. However, I had to come back to reality and some point and reached both of my goals before my 90 day time limit was up and I'd be kicked out of the country.
This actually preceded goal #2 since I figured hey, why sign a lease and get an apartment if you don't get a job and have to leave the country? So, I managed to apply for a visa as a self-employed English teacher who would work mostly freelance (spoiler alert: isn't really working). But those of you who were around last year are aware of the hoops one has to jump through at the town hall to get a visa so I decided to cover all my bases: I got a tax number, applied at multiple English-teaching Institutes, and even in the end applied to the University as a "free mover" student (only possible since I'm already enrolled in a US University next year). Of course with the way things work in life either nothing happens or it happens all at once. Naturally the visa for the freelance teacher goes through and the next week I get accepted to the University. Of course.
Now, since bureaucratically speaking, this country would never want to make things easy for me we get yet another near-tears situation involving me and the Auslaenderamt (foreign citizens office) at the town hall. Long story short, I get yelled at by a woman for about five minutes straight while trying to explain my visa situation ("Can you let me finish, please?!") and in the end, it turns out you can study on a freelance visa and don't need a separate student visa so I'm safe. At least until August. Phew.
I just realized I never addressed the job I actually got to get me the visa… to support myself I'm doing a combination of things: waitressing, coaching, and teaching English- mostly to students as an after-school tutor.
This proved to be a point of major stress since Wuerzburg is a university town and there were two classes entering the university this year. Loyal readers and German-education enthusiasts will note that last year was the last G9 year, meaning the last 13th grade class graduated from high school back in February. It was also the first year the 12th grade graduated resulting in twice as many first-year students matriculating this year. No, is the answer to your question. No new apartment complexes were built in the last year so yes, there is just as much space as before for more students. Somehow, miraculously, after a frustrating search and some strange interviews, I hit the apartment jackpot. My four roommates are nice, funny, talented, friendly, and I enjoy coming home. Our apartment is in the second floor of a building which houses an office on the ground floor and another apartment underneath. It's behind the train station right at the base of the vineyards. Perfect.


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Minnesota Twins Offseason News: Philadelphia Phillies Pursuing Michael Cuddyer
By Packey@Detroit4lyfe Nov 5, 2011, 7:45pm CDT
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After signing Jim Thome, bringing him back to Philadelphia, the Phillies are also looking to bring aboard one of Thome's former teammates with the Twins:
According to sources, the Phillies are in serious pursuit of free-agent Michael Cuddyer, who has spent his entire career with the Twins. Cuddyer is a right-handed hitter, who has averaged 22 homers and 82 RBIs the last three seasons. He is also versatile and can play both corner outfield spots as well as first base and third base.
Cuddyer could play first base in Philly for the injured Ryan Howard or left field, if the Phils decide to move John Mayberry Jr. to first instead. Cuddyer's powerful bat, consistency, and versatility makes him a valuable asset to have.
And the Twins know this, but they may not be willing to pay Cuddyer, who will be a hot commodity this offseason and could receive a nice payday. The Twins are currently stewing over it, but the early indications are that they will be reluctant to dig into their pockets.
Minnesota Twins Offseason: Alexi Casilla Avoids Arbitration
Alexi Casilla Signs With Twins, Avoiding Arbitration
Matt Maloney, Jeff Gray Acquired By Minnesota Twins


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As any trip to the local coffee shop will tell you, people's appearances are often full of contrasts. The man with the big, ruddy face might have small, delicate hands. The woman with the angelic face may have a trucker's hoarse voice. And so on. One way to describe characters' eyes effectively is to use them to create contrast.
This can be particularly effective if the contrast is used to highlight a character's "third dimension" – ie what makes them non-stereotypical. Having your villain glance with sympathy at a stray is jarring precisely because it's so unexpected. And yet, even the most evil of people may be surprisingly fond of their pets.
One reason descriptions of novel characters' eyes sometimes read as cliché is because authors describe eyes with no consideration of how that description fits into the story. "She glared at him with grey-green eyes" reads a little awkwardly because the character's eye color is not particularly relevant. Drawing attention to it almost detracts from the key action here – the character's anger.
To avoid clichéd eye descriptions, describe the eye area instead of describing color. For example, if there are bags underneath a character's eyes, this conveys tiredness or anxiety. Eyes that are swollen, puffy or ringed with red indicate recent emotional distress. Narrowed eyes indicate hostility or suspicion. Half-closed eyes indicate drowsiness, and so on.
For more ideas on the subject, check out the full post on NowNovel.
Great Tips. Nothing is more dull than reading simple descriptions.
I am going with those large bags under the eyes too. Mainly because I also have them!
Good advice. I like using eyes to portray emotions, but I tend to put the color in. This happens a lot when I have characters of the same gender interacting. I've found that people can be confused in third person POV unless you use some physical markers to denote the character. Hair color, eye color, etc. can help here. At least with my style because I used to have a lot of readers ask which hero was doing what since I would only say 'her hair' or 'her eyes'.


Not all physical problems come from a virus or injury. There are numerous other causes to health problems, one of them being poor nutrition. Eating well is not always enough as there are factors which can offset the nutritional value of some foods as well as environmental factors which can lead to deficiencies. This brings us to the importance of maximizing quality nutrition.
The key word here is "quality". For example, you may have wondered why vitamins vary so much in price from one brand to another. This is because many of the vitamins you buy may be synthetic, meaning that they were created using artificial means. This doesn't mean that they are bad necessarily, but they may not have the same effect as natural vitamins would. Natural vitamins can be harder to produce, hence the price difference.
Eating organic is another important point. Yes, buying organic foods can be costly, but the nutritional value of many foods can be negated by the added chemicals present in non organic products. Everything from pesticides to growth hormones are found in the foods we eat, and it is important to realize that anytime you ingest a chemical, no matter how small a quantity, there is a potential for ramifications later down the road. Ingested chemical substances don't pass completely through the digestive system as many residues do in fact get lodged in the body's fatty tissues.
Taking a quality multivitamin is a good place to start. Switching to completely organic food may not be within the means of everyone, but certain products such as meat and dairy (where a majority of added chemicals will be found) could be a place to start. Every little bit counts as you make your way to achieving a healthier diet.
As any chiropractor would suggest, keeping good nutritional habits is important for overall bodily health. Many physical problems not even nutritional in origin may be prevents from having the right amount of vitamins in the body, so quality nutrition should be a priority for us all.


Okay, berries are great. But what about more exotic fruits like noni? It may not be the prettiest fruit, but for $40 a bottle, it better be good for us, right? Well, it is a fruit, so it's got some antioxidants, but no more than apples or oranges, or even bananas. What's more important, though, is that it may kill us. Noni juice seemed to shut down this poor 24-year-old woman's liver.
Chan-Blanco Y., Vaillant F., Pérez A.M., Belleville M.P., Zuñiga C., Brat P. The ripening and aging of noni fruits (Morinda citrifolia L.) : Microbiological flora and antioxidant compounds. 2007. Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 87 (9) : 1710-1716.
Yuce B, Gulberg V, Diebold J, Gerbes AL. Hepatitis induced by Noni juice from Morinda citrifolia: a rare cause of hepatotoxicity or the tip of the iceberg? Digestion. 2006;73(2-3):167-70. Epub 2006 Jul 11.
Republishing "Is Noni Juice Good For You?"
For more on noni juice toxicity, see Safety of Noni and Mangosteen Juice.
For some context, check out my associated blog posts: Is Noni or Mangosteen Juice Safe? and Soy milk: shake it up!
Noni may kill us. After that, it is not clear what you are saying.
Question: you say Noni Juice……you are talking about the bottled noni juice ($40. a bottle!) What about the fruit fresh off the tree…….juice rendered and consumed. I know of a 75 year old man in perfectly good health that eats the fruit like apples….Others say that the fresh noni juice can be consumed for a month or two then should not be for 5 or 6 months. Can you offer input? It might just be the processings of the $40 a bottle Noni Juice.
Ingredients other than noni may be culprits in acute hepatotoxicity in 14-year-old boy.
We would appreciate it if you could mention any studies done for a particular fruit, called guyabano and its benefits, i think they call it graviola, thank you very much.
"Hepatotoxicity and subchronic toxicity tests of Morinda citrifolia (noni) fruit.
noni juice works like wonder on hypertension. It lowers blood pressure big time! We know how much money medical industry makes with hypertension drugs!
I think the 40 bucks per bottle would kill me even faster.
Haha…..that's a heart attack right there….
just like studies with small samples do not demonstrate effectiveness, isolated liver failure may not be actually caused by the fact someone is consuming a product. more background info is required. With $28B being spent on juice supplement using isolated cases of liver failure to demonise a product is as unrepresentitive as a dodgey sponsored study. However don't think I support the miracle juice industry as I expect it is of little actual benefit when compared to product cost. Dr Gregor it would be great if you didn't just point the finger at mlm companies like they are evil; as a couple of rotten apples don't mean all apples are bad.
How many die from taking prescribed pharmaceutical products each year in the US or die in hospital as a result of medical errors?
Excellent comments. You said exactly what i was thinking, and put it into words so much better than i could have done. Thanks.
yeah, what about consuming the fruit right from the tree? or the leaves in tea? or the bark?
I love your videos in general but this is a bit to pat for my taste. I'm not questioning the possibility that there's some scammy juice concoction out there with toxic ingredients (noni isn't too sweet so many formulations mix it with other juices) BUT to make a broad blanket statement like that with no real clinical data is a bit much.
I had a severe ulcer a few years back (from NSAIDS) a good brand of pure noni juice brought me much relief and back from the brink so I could eat again.
Later on a dear friend hooked on opiates (from surgery) asked me if I knew a painkiller that wasn't addictive and I recommended noni for her. She grabbed a few bottles (of a cheaper not as expensive brand) and it worked like a charm. Less pain and she eased of the pills and into better comfort and health.
Noni does not cause liver damage, if you stop any medications you are using its because the noni causes the medication to be stronger.


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Jitka Molavcová
Jitka Molavcová is one of the most distinct Czech theatre personalities, her activity encompassing an extraordinary wide area. Besides acting and singing, she also plays the guitar and saxophone, sings and recites in Latin, French, German and Gaelic, plays medieval musical instruments. Her great sense of and flair for comedic utterance is truly singular too. In addition to theatre, she also writes literature for children, her fairytales being part of the selection of The Most Beautiful Fairytales in History. Her theatre career started when she won the singing competition Talent 70. Since 1970 she has worked at the Semafor theatre, where she has created a host of characters as an irreplaceable partner to Jiří Suchý. Most noteworthy are the roles of Margarita and Mephisto in Dr. Johannes Faustus directed by Jiří Menzel (1982), Žofie Melicharová in Jonáš, dejme tomu v úterý (Jonas, Let's Say on Tuesday, 1985), the four-role Temptation in Jiří Suchý's play to music by Vladimír Franz Pokušení sv. Antonína (The Temptation of St. Anthony, 2001) directed by Petr Novotný. Furthermore, she has performed in the plays Jako když tiskne (Mincing Words, 2005) directed by Zdeněk Zelenka, Pension Rosamunda, Život je náhoda v obnošený vestě (Life is a Chance in aWorn-out Waistcoat) and many others. She has appeared many times on the stage of the Karlín Music Theatre in Prague. For her superb rendition of the main role in the musical Hello, Dolly! she was awarded the Thalia Prize 1996. She has worked for television, radio and film and has made more than one hundred gramophone records. In 1989 she won a prize for her performance in the film Jak je důležité míti Melicharovou (How Important It Is to Have Melicharová) and a year later she received the Vlasta Burian Prize for the best comedienne of the year. Jitka Molavcová has also prepared interesting projects primarily drawing from the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. In the dramatic disputation of Jan of Žatec Oráč a smrt (Ploughman and Death), she excelled in the role of Death and was nominated for the Thalia Prize for this role. Music reviewers acclaimed her interpretation of the dramatic role of Ariadne in Jiří Antonín Benda's play with musical accompaniment Ariadne auf Naxos. She has also won appreciation for her cooperation with the Janáček Quartet on the music/literary project Důvěrné listy Leoše Janáčka (Leoš Janáček's Confidential Letters). She has performed at dozens of concerts in Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia.
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The Deerslayer
About The Deerslayer
Deerslayer
Chingachgook
Tom Hutter
Hurry" Harry March"
Judith Hutter
Hetty Hutter
Captain Warley
Rivenoak
Le Loup Cervier, Le Sumac, Briarthorn, Catamount, and The Panther
James Fenimore Cooper Biography
Plot and Setting
The Epic Hero and the Code
The Frontier Myth
Cooper's Indians
Cooper's Style and Literary Techniques
Study Help Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast the two sisters, Judith and Hetty Hutter, in terms of their personalities, beliefs, and roles in the book.
2. Discuss the opinion in the Cambridge History of American Literature that Natty Bumppo is "the most memorable character American fiction has given to the world." What makes Natty Bumppo a "memorable character" in The Deerslayer?
3. One of Cooper's favorite technical devices is the chase. Give three examples of the use of a chase in the plot of The Deerslayer.
4. What is the importance of Glimmerglass in The Deerslayer?
5. How does Cooper portray Indians in the romance? What are the differences between Mingos and other Indians?
6. Cooper has been criticized by many critics, including Mark Twain and James Russell Lowell, for his characterization of women in the " Leatherstocking Tales." Analyze Cooper's portrayal of the feminine characters (Judith, Hetty, and Hist) in The Deerslayer.
7. What are Cooper's views on race? How does he portray differences between the white race and the Indians?
8. Cooper is greatly concerned about the role of Christianity and Christian teachings in the struggle for the frontier. Discuss his religious attitudes and his understanding of Christian ideals.
9. Tom Hutter and Hurry Harry represent evil aspects of white civilization. Make a comparison and contrast of their characters and ideas.
10. How does Cooper use nature in The Deerslayer as a thematic, descriptive, and structural technique?
11. Natty Bumppo and Chingachgook are the two characters who most resemble each other in the romance. Discuss their similarities and also any differences between the two men.
12. Compare and contrast the death of Tom Hutter in Chapter 21 and that of Hetty Hutter in Chapter 31.
13. The Deerslayer can be considered a tragedy from several points of view. What are some of the tragic elements in the light of characters, themes, and actions?
14. How does Cooper use the soliloquy to develop his ideas and the character of Natty Bumppo? Is the dramatic monologue an effective device in The Deerslayer?
15. In what ways has Cooper created the epic and the myth of the American experience?
16. To what extent is the love of Judith for Natty Bumppo an important feature of The Deerslayer?
17. In your opinion what are the five outstanding characteristics of Natty Bumppo in the book?
18. What are the main components of Cooper's use of language? For example, how does he use language in description, dialogue, and characterization?
19. Cooper stated in the "Preface" that he wanted to secure "the semblance of reality" to his romance. State any violations or exaggerations of this aim of Cooper's in The Deerslayer. Is he successful in this purpose?
20. What is the role of violence in The Deerslayer? What are Cooper's views on violence, bloodshed, and killing?
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Although The Deerslayer was the last of the Natty Bumppo novels to be written, it appears __________ based on Natty's chronological age.


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Cabbage rolls are one of the most common dishes in many parts of Eastern Europe, the most famous being gołąbki from Poland. Is it because cabbage is widely available, or because it's versatile but affordable? Our readers from Eastern Europe should enlighten me on this! I'm a big fan of cabbage rolls myself, especially the steamed Chinese ones with Hua Diao wine and minced pork and water chestnuts. Yum!


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Richard Grafton Interiors invests £ 40,000 in online store
AN Interiors Business has invested £ 40,000 in a new e-commerce platform.
Richard Grafton Interiors' new online site offers all items available in its Harrogate, Ilkley and Wetherby showrooms to buyers in the UK.
The new site was managed by brand manager Charlotte Grafton, 26, who returned to Harrogate to work in the family business 12 months ago, after gaining retail experience as a buyer for Harrods in London.
"With physical stores continuing to thrive, improving our online offering was the next natural step," said Charlotte. "Not only did we take the opportunity to refresh the website, but we also wanted to give customers the ability to shop with us remotely, making them feel like they were in one of our stylish showrooms. from their own home. "
Managing Director Richard Grafton added: "After the initial lockdown we saw a marked increase in interest in interiors with so many people working remotely or simply spending more time at home. Once the showrooms were able to reopen in July, we enjoyed a very busy summer, but realized that we needed to accelerate our plans for an online store in the face of possible further closures.
"We went out of our way to deliver the project ahead of schedule and are really excited that our fourth virtual showroom is up and running in time for customers to do their Christmas shopping. "
Founded eight years ago, the Yorkshire interior, architecture and design firm now employs 21 people, including 12 designers working in its interior design, custom cabinetry and bathroom division. . In June, she opened a new showroom in Wetherby.
"Despite its delayed opening due to the lockdown, the Wetherby showroom has got off to a good start.
"The combination of our inspiring bedroom sets, our knowledgeable and friendly team led by interior designers, Donna Schofield and Karen Draper, as well as the renewed enthusiasm for interiors made Wetherby exceed targets and we have had great feedback from customers.
"As a company, we pride ourselves on our ability to constantly adapt and improve. We believe our latest investment in an e-commerce platform will complement our physical stores, encompassing the full range of products in our three showrooms while providing customers with the ability to shop from their own homes.
Since its launch in March 2012, Richard Grafton Interiors has gone from providing fabrics and upholstery to full service with its team of designers, planners and installers offering a complete turnkey solution for all building projects. inside.
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Google+ population doubles as invites briefly re-open
By Chris Smith 2011-07-07T19:58:00.187Z Internet
Well that was brief, because now they're closed again
Google has apologised for the slow + roll-out
Google briefly re-opened the invite process for its new Google+ social network in order to double users during the initial trial period.
Following a phenomenal demand to join the new Facebook rival, Google closed invites last week, but late on Wednesday night members were once again allowed to invite their buddies to join.
The invite mechanism has now closed again, presumably after Google racked-up enough new users to double the population.
Last night engineering direct Dave Besbris posted on the Google+ site, explaining that the limited roll-out is to ensure that the network works properly and that bugs only affect a small amount of users.
Growing slowly
He said: "I wanted to take a moment to explain why we're growing the system slowly. First, we want to make sure our infrastructure scales so the service remains fast and reliable.
"Second, we want to ensure that bugs are fixed while there are still a relatively few people in the field trial.
"Things are going well with the systems right now so we feel comfortable enough to open up invites for a brief period.
"Our goal is to double the user base in the field trial. (Sorry, we're not giving details about how many folks are in the field trial yet)."
"So, in a few minutes, we'll open up invites again.We continue to throttle invites, so please don't mass invite folks as it won't work. If you invitea handfulof your most important friends and family you're much more likely to get these folks into our system."
Google has yet to reveal when a full public launch will take place.


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21 "Scooby Doo" Facts Are Scaary
September 13, 2019	Facts, Movies
Fred and Daphne were never in a relationship
Most people figured that Fred and Daphne were dating because they'd always team up when the gang would split up. Then they'd disappear for some supposed shenanigans.
In reality, the creators thought they were the most boring characters, so they chose to focus on Shaggy, Scooby and Velma. They cool ones.
Velma's recurring bit about her glasses was an improvisation
This running gag was hilarious and had Velma crawling around saying "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"
The credit for this bit goes to the original voice of Velma; Nicole Jaffe. She lost her glasses during an early table read, and said that in Velma's voice. The writers loved it, and wrote it into practically every episode.
Shaggy's original voice actor left because Shaggy wasn't vegan
Legendary radio DJ Casey Kasem was the voice of Shaggy from 1969 to 1997, then from 2002 to 2009. For the first part of his tenure as the voice of Shaggy, he had no issues with the character. Then, in 1997, the producers asked Kasem to voice Shaggy for a Burger King commercial, and he refused. In reality, he was a devout vegan.
He asked the producers to make Shaggy a vegan too, and when they refused, he quit. 5 years later, they came to a compromise and had Shaggy switch to vegetarianism, and Kasem came back.
Scooby got his name from a Frank Sinatra song
Originally, Scooby's name was set to be "Too Much," but the executives realized that the name sucked.
According to one producer, he was listening to Sinatra's "Stranger's in the Night" and loved the part where he sang doo-be-doo-be-doo." From there he got his full name – Scoobert Doo.
A real-life mystery machine once led the cops on a car chase
While many people have painted their vans to look like the iconic mystery machine, one woman took it too far. Sharon Turman was wanted for a parole violation in 2016, and when the cops came calling, she took her machine on the run.
Ended up endangering many lives during the car chase, so the cops had to call it off and she actually got away.
The producers consider Scrappy Doo a huge mistake too
We all make mistakes, and when it comes to showbiz, it always has to do with someone thinking a new character will revitalize a show. Back in 1979, they decided to get rid of Fred, Daphne and Velma, and added in Scrappy; Scooby's nephew.
He was universally hated by all the fans, and they brought Daphne back in 1983, and the rest of the gang shortly after. Scrappy then went on to become the villain in the first live action movie.
There was a good reason for all the elaborate traps
Half the reason why audiences loved the show, was because it was an action-packed half hour of fun. In fact, most of the top cartoons in the 60's and 70's were full of action and violence, which incited parents to write strongly-worded letters and shows got cancelled.
Keeping that in mind, the Scooby gang never resorted to violence, but silly traps and shenanigans to catch the bad guys. Their creativity kept the show going.
The live-action movie was meant to be much, much darker
This 2002 film was going to be a dark and gritty look at how innocent and silly the show was. Fred was still going to be the prim and proper guy, while Shaggy was going to be an actual stoner, and Velma and Daphne were going to be lesbians. And, it was actually going to be violent.
But once the cast was signed on, the producers got cold feet and rewrote the movie as a family friendly affair. Plus, Hanna-Barbara likely put their foot down too, to ensure the movie lived up to the show's legacy.
Considering the original screenwriter was James Gunn, this makes sense.
The truth behind Shaggy and his 'addiction'
The biggest question about the show is whether or not the writers meant to make Shaggy a stoner or not. I mean, don't forget that he was created in 1969: the summer of love.
While most people think that his hippie vibes, attacks of the munchies and the hallucinogenic qualities of the Scooby Snacks meant that both he and Scoobs were high all the time, but that was never the case. It's just the way he was written, but he was never really smoking marijuana behind the scenes.
There's a reason behind Scooby's strange speech
There isn't a specific reason why the character himself talks that way, but the speech pattern with the rolling R's in front, is called "Rhotic Replacement." Some people actually have this speech impediment in real life.
There's a post-apocalyptic version of the gang out there
Not even the Scooby gang can escape the trend of dark and gritty reboots. There's a monthly comic from DC called Scooby Apocalypse.
In it, Daphne is the lead scientist who's created Scooby as an experiment gone wrong. Shaggy ends up being Scooby's trainer, while Scooby is a hyper-intelligent dog who can communicate with humans. Fred and Daphne are a reporter and cameraman who are recruited to the cause.
Velma's not a lesbian
Most people think that since Fred's got Daphne and Shaggy's got Scooby, that Velma's alone because she's gay. She's definitely not.
The writers even put Shaggy and Velma together in Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated! but still, fans just said that he was her beard.
I always thought Velma was the hottest one too.
The gang was originally a rock band
Before they settled on the premise of a group of teenagers in a funky van, the original plan was a rock band that solved mysteries between gigs. The original pitch even had an extra character.
Going by the original names of Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda and WW, they also had a bongo playing dog named Too Much. Thankfully, the network thought that wasn't a good idea, so they axed the idea and asked Hanna-Barbara to start from scratch.
The voice of Fred has been the same guy all along
Despite the iteration of the show, one thing's always been constant – Fred's. Frank Welker has been the voice of Fred for over 50 years, and he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.
In case you know the name, pick any favourite cartoon from your childhood. Guaranteed in in it.
Theory that the show takes place during an economic downturn
There's a conspiracy theory that suggests that the reason behind all the abandoned hotels, amusement parks and run down islands, is that there's economic issues.
Hence, why normal people are always trying to make money through nefarious ways like dressing up as monsters. According to the writers, this isn't true.
Scooby has a strange family His entire family
tree's never been completely listed, but so far we know of his nephews Scrappy-Doo and Yabba-Doo (a wild west crime fighter) and his siblings Skippy-Doo and 80's pop star Dooby-Doo.
Then there's a cousin named Howdy-Doo, aunt named Ruby-Doo, parents Mama-Doo and Dada-Doo and Scooby-Dumb.
There's a reason why Scooby and Astro sound the same
Both of the iconic dogs from Hanna-Barbara were voiced by tv legend Don Messick. He was the voice of Scooby from 1969 until his death in 1985.
He also voiced Papa Smurf, Boo-Boo Bear and Sebastian the Cat.
Only two characters have shown up in every single episode of the show
Doesn't matter the incarnation or if it was live action or cartoon, only Shaggy and Scooby have been in every single episode, spin-off, reboot and movie.
There was a completely different cast for the first planned movie
As early as the 1990's, there was a plan to make a movie with Jim Carey as Shaggy and Sara Gilbert as Velma. Kevin Smith was supposed to direct. Sadly, the plan fell apart.
A few years later, another pitch had Mike Myers and Janeane Garofalo lined up, but that fizzed out too.
The show has a famous scientist as a fan
I'm sure plenty of famous people are fans, but astronomer and cosmologist Carl Sagan loved the show, because it talked the paranormal and ghost hunting.
He said the skeptical nature of the show was perfect. It taught kids to question what they know and to look for rational proof.
Scooby Doo is a record breaker
It's had over 12 iterations, it's constantly reinventing itself for the times and remains relevant today, despite not winning many awards over the years.
It's still the longest running animated franchise of all time though.
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Earlier this year I took a weekend trip to the charming city of Bath in the South of England. I had never been to this historical city before, so my girlfriend and I thought it would be great to see the old Roman baths and other sites of this historical town…and treat ourselves to some time in a spa!
We stayed at the converted left-half of the Coach House at Bloomfield Crescent, Odd Down. This was in a pleasant and quiet area at the far end of the enclosed crescent, just off the main road.
One of the houses inside the crescent.
Making our way back down to the centre.
Bath Abbey (left) and Roman Baths (right).
Visitors listening to audio guides.
The warm stream of water that comes up from the hot springs.
Pillars supported flooring which allowed for heat to be circulated, providing heated floors.
Minerva's head (more info here).
Centre of Beazer Garden Maze.
Pulteney Weir in the River Avon.
The constant crashing of the water had a calming and hypnotic sound.
The Royal Crescent, one of Bath's most affluent areas built between 1767 and 1775.
A defibrillator telephone box…I had never seen one of these before!
Telephone box stuffed with plants.
Textured outer wall of the Roman Bath.
Road names are carved into the walls in Bath - quite a charming detail.
Huge tree in the centre of Abbey Green.
Odd wonky building top, Argyle Street.
Henrietta Street. The yellow-coloured stone is distinctive and used throughout Bath.
…and around the corner was the Thermae Bath Spa. To round off our stay we treated ourselves to a few hours in this spa which had a few different floors of experiences, the top floor (pictured top-right) had an open-roof heated pool!
Bonus photo: A reflection at Birmingham New Street on the way back from Bath.
So that was our little trip away to Bath! The overall feel of the city reminded me of York in the way you get a sense of its history and its importance as part of its identity. I enjoyed it and recommend it if you've never been. As always, thanks for checking out the blog - I hope you enjoyed it. Keep an eye out for the next one!
Special shout-out to my friend Jack Francis for showing us around and being a bit of a tour guide!
I'm running another print giveaway! Let me know in the comments below which is your favourite photo and why - I'll pick my favourite comment as the winner. Get your answer in by midnight Friday (9th of Nov) to be in with a chance. Good luck!