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Improving Sleep After Traumatic Brain Injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a sudden jolt to your head that causes your brain to change the way it works. This can happen from a blow to your head, a blast, a sudden movement of your head that bounces your brain inside your skull, or a bullet or fragment entering your brain. Falls, fights, combat, sports, and motor vehicle accidents are other common causes. TBI is more common in men than women and more common in those younger than 25 years old.

TBI can cause many brain changes. Because everybody’s brain is different, your symptoms may be different from those of other people. Symptoms can include changes in the way you feel, act, think, and move. Having trouble sleeping is one symptom that affects many people with TBI. Studies show that about 60% of people with TBI have this problem.

Why TBI causes sleep problems

Having a TBI may cause a sleep problem for various reasons including direct trauma to the sleep areas in the brain, changes in melatonin, a brain hormone involved in regulating sleep, and other injury types. Other problems and some common TBI symptoms also can make sleep more difficult. These include:

  • Abuse of drugs and alcohol

  • Mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety

  • Daytime sleepiness (because you may end up napping during the day)

  • Headache and other types of pain

Types of sleep problems with TBI

If you are recovering from TBI, you may:

  • Have trouble falling asleep

  • Have trouble staying asleep

  • Wake up often and easily (you’re a “light sleeper”)

  • Not be able to fall back asleep

  • Have trouble getting enough oxygen while sleeping (called sleep apnea)

  • Develop narcolepsy, which is falling asleep suddenly and uncontrollably

  • Develop sleepwalking, which is walking or moving while asleep with no awareness of the action

Why sleep is important for TBI recovery

Your brain needs sleep to recover from a TBI. Not getting enough sleep can make many other TBI symptoms worse. These symptoms include:

  • Fatigue

  • Mental confusion

  • Pain

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Mood swings

  • Memory problems

Help for TBI sleep problems

Insomnia after TBI can persist. It may be accompanied by depression and trouble functioning during the day. If your symptoms get worse or last for more than a few weeks, reach out to your primary care healthcare provider or specialists for help. Behavioral therapy and medicines to keep you awake during the day or antidepressants are very helpful in some.

In most people, medicines that help you sleep are rarely the answer for sleep problems that a TBI causes. Many sleep medicines, including over-the-counter drugs, can make TBI worse. Don't take any sleep medicines or aids before checking with your healthcare provider.

The best way to treat TBI-related sleep problems is with what is called good sleep hygiene. That means:

  • Going to bed and getting up at the same time every day, including weekends

  • Avoiding caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine

  • Getting some exercise and sunshine every day to help reset your internal clock

  • Resting during the day, but not napping for more than 20 minutes

  • Avoiding heavy exercise and heavy meals for several hours before bedtime

  • Keeping your bedroom quiet, dark, and at a comfortable temperature

  • Keep stress and work out of the bedroom

  • Not watching TV or working on your computer while in bed

  • Not lying awake in bed; get up and do a relaxing activity for a short while

Sleep problems are common after a TBI. If good sleep hygiene is not solving your sleep problems, talk with your healthcare provider. You may need to learn some relaxation techniques or try talk therapy to help you through a mental health problem like depression or anxiety.

Sleeping well is one of the best ways to help your brain recover. Do everything you can to get the rest you need.

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    It is important a quorum is achieved for this meeting in order for all discussions and decisions to be validated. As per Healthwatch CWL’s Articles of Association, point 24 a third of all board members need to be in attendance.

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Middle School Watercolor Projects: Monuments, Celebrities and Animals

During this project students had to choose 3 monuments they found interesting. Either composition or concept peaked their interest. Then I went through the photos and helped them find one with good shadows, composition, angle, etc.

Students then decided which colors to use. I encouraged them to stay with warm, cool or analogous colors but sometimes that did not apply to the content. For example, the photo above seemed better represented in red, white and blue.

We used wet on wet style to paint. Meaning the students wet the paper down first and then painted on it so that the colors would bleed and shift around the painting. The we let it dry and added details.

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7 Strategies to Leading a Women’s Bible Study Group

You feel an inner prompting to lead a Women’s Bible Study group. Your response is one of panic and feelings of inadequacy. Though you love the Lord and His Word, the thought of leading a Bible Study group scares you silly so you hold back for one reason or another, I understand as that was me a few years ago.

Let’s look at 7 Excuses and 7 Strategies to Leading a Women’s Bible Study Group.

7 Strategies to Leading a Women's Bible Study Group. Excuses, we could come up with many I'm sure. Let's look at 7 of the most used excuses and the strategies to help you lead with confidence.(1) I love God’s Word, but I’m not a teacher.

And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12 :28 NIV

While it is awesome to have the gift of teaching in the sense of expounding the scriptures, to see how one scripture ties-up with another, and the ability to communicate these truths so others get it. To understand the culture of the day and have knowledge of root words in both the Greek and Hebrew. Top that off by writing your own Bible Study; would simply be amazing! Let me just say I love learning from someone who is an anointed teacher, but let’s be real most of us do not process that awesome ability.

We do however have teachers that do, some may even be in your own church and would love the opportunity to come and teach a small group.  Another alternative and one which is popular with women are online Bible studies. We’ll come back to those in a little while.

(2) My home is too small to hold a group.

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20 NIV

While that may be true for a large group, think small intimate group of you and three others, or you and one other. Oh the sweet fellowship you will have as you bond with each other over God’s Word.

On the other hand, if the group is larger than your home can accommodate think about asking one of the group members who has a larger home to host the group.

(3) I’m embarrassed about my home.

A friend confessed she is embarrassed about the condition of her home and this holds her back from holding a small group there. Space was not the issue, so what was the problem? Outdated style and decor! Another friend with an up-to-the-minute beautifully decorated 6,000 sq feet home felt equally embarrassed. One felt their home was not enough, and the other felt their home was too much.

The truth is while we all consciously or subconsciously take mental note of our surroundings and that includes homes we walk into. It’s the warm friendly atmosphere and genuine fellowship that will draw us back again and again whether the home is in need of updating or looks like it came straight out of the pages of a magazine. Offer to the Lord what you have, it’s about Him, not you or your home.

(4) I cannot lead a group on my own.

Ask someone who shares your heart for Bible Study to co-lead with you. I have co-led Bible studies for several years and love having another person to minister with. My co-leader and I alternate weeks leading the study. Our other responsibilities include a weekly email update to the group (that’s me) and a weekly group text (my co-leader).

(5) I don’t cook, what will I feed them?

Let’s just say cooking is not my forte’, so sister I hear you. Looking up recipes are not my idea of fun. Still, that said there is a way to provide something to nibble without being in the kitchen all day.

I say nibble because no one is expecting you to provide a cooked meal, or provide for every like and dislike. If you have someone in your group with a particular dietary need try to include something they can eat. Fruit and vegetable trays work well for most people…and they can be bought ready to use. A mistake I’ve made in the past is providing too much food then feeling a little hurt when it was not heartily consumed. You may want to ask the group to take it in turns to bring a dish of their choice. Keep it simple sister!

(6) What would we study?

As mentioned earlier in point one, online Bible Studies abound. The study books can be purchased not only online but also in physical stores such as LifeWay or Mardell’s to name but two.

The authors and subject matter vary, so do your homework. Ask friends that you know and trust for recommendations. Popular authors for women’s groups per a Google search are Angie Smith, Jen Wilkin, Jennifer Rothschild, Lisa Harper, Kay Arthur and Lisa Jo Baker. I have not personally done their studies do your homework and see if they are a good fit for you and your group

Ones I have done are Beth Moore, Lysa Terkeurst, Kelly Minter and my personal favorite Priscilla Shirer. Note; you are not locked into doing a study by a female author, there are plenty of male authors out there who are suitable for either male or female audience. As mentioned before…do your homework.

(7) I’m not sure how to lead a study group.

If you have ever watched a movie with friends and discussed it afterwards, then there is a good chance you can lead a study group using online video and physical Bible Study books. Most have a Leaders Guide you can purchase to go with the study. These are helpful as they direct you step by step how to lead a group from welcoming your guests, ice breaker questions, suggestions how to handle prayer requests and lead questions for the weeks study.

The responsibility is lifted somewhat if you remember you are not the primary teacher. The author of the study book along with her recorded teaching has that covered. You and your co-leader are discussion facilitators. Still, you have a responsibility to lead them into truth. You don’t have to have all the answers, and don’t be afraid to say you don’t know, but make an effort to find out through personal study and/or asking your church teaching pastor. You are not in this alone.

Remember This.

The most important thing to remember is the group is not about you or your co-leader. It’s about lifting up the name of Jesus and making Him known to others. It’s about loving the women the Lord has placed in your group by praying for them and with them. Laughing with them and on times crying with them. It’s about growing together in the Lord and in fellowship with each other.

No more excuses. Go start your Women’s Bible Study.

Would love to hear your comments:

What is stopping you from leading a Women’s Bible Study?

If you lead studies what advice would you give to someone hesitant to commit to leading one?

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Loot Sci-Fi by Loot Crate January 2020 Subscription Box Review + Coupon – FARSCAPE

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Loot Sci-Fi is a Loot Crate subscription for sci-fi fans! For $39.99 every quarter, each box will feature a full franchise takeover by the best science fiction movies, shows, or games. Some of the items you might receive are collectibles, apparel, home goods, and more merchandise that you can’t get from anywhere else, with a $60+ value! The crate ships to US, UK, Canada, and other parts of the world!

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The items arrive in a simple black box with Loot Sci-Fi branding. They’re neatly packed! The box included an info card. The theme for this month is FARSCAPE. The flip side of the info card lists all the items included in this box, and a brief description for each. Everything in my box! Rygel Pin. This month’s pin features the Hynerian Dominar Rygel XVI, or simply Rygel, a formerly deposed ruler of the Hynerian Empire and Peacekeeper prisoner for over 130 cycles! Ryger is also called as “Your (Royal) Frogness” as he is not just a ruler, but he also resembles a frog! Mission Log Journal. This journal is sleek and compact. It will easily fit into my bag so that I can bring it anywhere and easily jot down important notes and memos anytime. It even has a big Farscape 1 insignia print on the front which consists of a large #1, blue, red, and white rings, and some stars. The journal can be closed by an elastic and there’s also a ribbon marker so you can easily track the important pages. The pages are all lined. This is a nice journal to bring when you’re listing down your groceries or stuff that you need to remember when you’re out and about! Revenging Angel T-Shirt. Of course, the wearable this month features the main characters of the Farscape series. The scene is from one of the episodes where Crichton falls into a coma. The shirt features an animated version of John Crichton, Ka D’Argo, Aeryn Sun, and Scorpius! The design actually looks cool, I enjoy this animated version of them so much! Pilot Tote. All the merch in this box can be kept in this tote! It has a large main compartment, as well as pockets where you can keep more items, like water bottles to the mesh pockets on the sides, and phones or spare changes on the front pocket. The tote features Pilot, a member of the race known simply as “Pilots”. He became the navigator of the Leviathan spacecraft, and also the companion and liaison to passengers! The bag has a zipper closure, so you can secure the items inside. Lowball Glass Set. The glass set was packaged in a black space-themed box. You can share a drink with somebody with the use of these cool Farscape glasses! Just put some ice and pour in your drinks and enjoy your cool and refreshing beverage. The glasses also have the Farscape symbols of good and bad (Peacekeepers and Moya) printed on them. This month’s box focuses on just one series which is Farscape. I’m happy that this one doesn’t have dupes, unlike the last box! Sci-fi and Farscape fans will definitely love this box as it included not only collector’s items, but some pretty useful items as well, like the set of glasses, the tote bag, and the shirt. My favorite has got to be the tote because it’s just the perfect extra bag to bring when you travel or go shopping. I definitely have high hopes for Loot Sci-Fi, and I’m looking forward to building my sci-fi merch collection with the items from this box! What do you think of Loot Sci-Fi?

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Confetti Grace September-October 2020 Subscription Box Review

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Confetti Grace is a craft subscription, and they now offer two kinds of boxes: the Original Confetti Grace Bi-Monthly Subscription ($28.95) and the Lil’ Grace Monthly Box ($14.95). The bi-monthly box will still include 2 DIY projects , while the monthly boxes contain DIY projects in smaller in sizes but in the same quality. The idea behind here is to get to give one and keep one so you will be able to spread some happiness around you.

This is the review of the Confetti Grace Bi-Monthly!

Throw kindness around like confetti.

The box always includes 2 DIY projects so you can keep one, and give the other. There’s an info sheet sitting on top of the items in the box.

All the items were wrapped in a brown tissue paper! They were also cushioned with white squiggles!

Included in the box is a guide in making crafts. For this month, the crafts are wooden signs!

Everything in my box!

The box includes a silver pumpkin pendant.

Here are 2 brown bags and a wrapping paper which we can use in case we want to gift the finished products!

For our pumpkin greeting cards, we used glue, plaid paper, green paper, white paper, orange paper cutouts, sandpaper, and strings.

For the wooden sign, we used a wooden base, wooden letters, wooden beads, plaid fabrics, sandpaper, strings, hooks, mod podge, apple barrel acrylic paint, tacky glue, and a foam brush.

Let’s get started!

First, we put the mod podge around the plaid fabric.

We scattered the glue all over the fabric’s border and let it dry before adding it to the wood. This procedure will turn the fabric a bit crisp, making it easier to cut, just like paper.

The next step is painting the wooden beads. For that, we grabbed 2 packs of wooden beads and matte acrylic paints.

To avoid getting our hand painted, we took a stick, poked it through the beads, and then painted it all over.

We placed the wet beads on the box and let it dry.

We poked another bead, and repeated the same procedure for the rest of the wooden beads.

This part of the activity is a bit messy, make sure to place a newspaper or paper in your work area beforehand, and avoid working near your furniture.

Now, it’s time to design our wooden words.

We put glue on one side of each letter and stuck them on the plaid fabric.

Then, we let the glue dry.

For the next procedure, we needed a jute twine and hook.

We put the hook on the edge of the wooden piece, tied one end of the jute twine, and placed the beads on it.

Once the plaid fabric is dried, stick it to the wooden base, and tie the other end of the jute twine on the hook.

Here’s how our finished wooden sign looks like!

For our pumpkin greeting cards, we stuck the plaid fabric on top of the white paper.

Then, we arranged the orange cut out to form a pumpkin shape and stuck it on top of the green paper. Finally, we layered the green paper and stuck it to the plaid fabric.

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Push 2 only loads to logo screen (Mac)

  • Live Versions: All
  • Operating System: Mac

Common issues that can be fixed using the steps below:

  1. Push 2 only loads to the logo screen
  2. Push 2 keeps resetting to the logo screen
  3. Push 2 keeps turning itself off and back on

Step 1: Configure the control surface properly

Open Live's preferences to the Link MIDI tab. Correct configuration is shown here:

Make sure only one instance of Push 2 is selected in the Control Surface menu. If there are any extra Push 2 control surfaces, set all drop-downs to None for the extra instances.

Make sure that the Push 2 Control Surface Input and Output are set to Ableton Push 2 (Live port) and NOT Ableton Push 2 (User Port).

If in doubt, reset all the Control Surfaces menus to None: Then, turn Push 2 off and on again and wait for the device to auto configure.

Step 2: Check that the USB connection is working

  • Unplug the AC adapter from Push 2.
  • Connect it via USB directly to a USB port on the computer (not through a hub).
  • Make sure the cable is properly inserted into the Push 2 port; it requires a firm press.
  • Make sure you are using the provided USB cable. Push 2 requires a substantial amount of USB data traffic, and standard USB cables may not be fast enough.
  • If Push 2 powers up without the AC adapter, it is safe to assume that the USB data transmission is also working.

If it's not powering up without the AC adapter:

  • Again, make sure that you're not connecting it to a USB hub.
  • Try a different USB port on your computer.
  • Try a different USB cable (though its recommended to use that one that comes with the Push 2).
  • Make sure that the USB cable is fully inserted into your Push 2 - it requires a firm press to properly connect.

Step 3: Update Live and your OS

  • Push requires at least Live 9.5 in order to work. Download the latest version from your User Account.
  • Reset Live as explained here.
  • The OS should be fully updated. Especially for OS X 10.7, it is mandatory to install all the available software updates. The Push 2 display will not work with OS X versions prior to 10.7.5.

Step 4: Check whether Push 2 is recognised by your computer

  • Click the Apple logo > About This Mac > System Report
  • Under Hardware, click on USB then unfold the USB Device Tree.
  • Verify that Ableton Push 2 is displayed there.

Step 5: Refresh the MIDI configuration

If you successfully verify that Push appears under the USB section, the next step is to verify that the device is correctly initialized under the Audio/MIDI setup.

  • Open Application > Utilities > Audio MIDI setup.
  • To display the MIDI environment, click Window > Show MIDI Studio.
  • Check if Push 2 appears in the list and whether its active or greyed out.

Here's Push 2 active:

Here's Push 2 greyed out (deactivated):

Should Push 2 appear greyed-out, or not appear at all, refreshing the MIDI configuration should help macOS to initialize its ports.

  • Click on the configuration drop down menu.
  • Click New Configuration.
  • Select a name for the new configuration and click OK.

Once Push 2 shows up here, Live should then also "see" its MIDI ports, and auto configure it as soon as the program launches.

If the MIDI Studio window hangs and does not load any devices, you may need to delete outdated MIDI Drivers from your system. Outdated MIDI drivers can also cause Push 2 to malfunction.

Step 6: What to do if Push 2 is not recognized in the system report

If the Push 2 is not showing up in the system report, and you've completed steps 1-3 above, you could try to connect it to a different computer, which should reveal if the problem is specific to the computer or to the Push 2 unit itself.

Keep in mind that it might take a few seconds for the Push 2 Control Surface to become operational. Visual confirmation of Push 2 working correctly is the Session Ring which shows up in Live's session view:

Still not working?

If the troubleshooting steps here don't work, contact support with a status report.


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To edit your email templates, click ORGANIZATION in the main nav at the top of the screen, click the email icon in the left nav, then choose the Invitations & Reminders tab. Your templates will be in 2 different sections:

  • Automated Invitations

  • Manual Reminders

When are these templates used?

1) When someone gains new access to a handbook:

  • If you add someone directly to a handbook either in the audience drawer or you add someone to your organization who then gains access to a handbook via their membership in said organization.

  • Via a .csv employee list upload or through an employee list sync integration. Note: you can turn automated invitations OFF on this Invitations & Reminders page.

2) When you click a 1-Click Reminder or 1-Click Reinvite button in your Documentation Center

3) When you click the Remind All button in the Documentation Center

The Templates You can Edit

Invitations are sent to employees when they first gain access to a handbook. Invitations are sent if an employee has not yet received any emails about the handbook through Blissbook.

  • Invitation to View

  • Invitation to Sign

Reminders are sent to employees who have already been invited to a handbook. If an employee has already received an invitation, they're going to get a reminder.

  • Reminder to View

  • Reminder to Sign

Blissbook automatically figures out whether someone should get the View template or the Sign template, based on whether or not they have an open signature round.

Pssst, did you know you can automate your reminder emails?

Bonus: When Publishing

Any time you publish a handbook/document, you have the option to send a notification email. This is a great way to:

  • Tell employees that new content is available or that a policy changed

  • Tell other editors that you changed content

To customize these emails, click the blue Customize link within the publishing workflow. Don't forget to edit the subject too!

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Issues with Firefox's Tracking Protection feature and whitelisted websites

Some Adblock Plus for Firefox users who have Firefox's Tracking Protection feature turned on are experiencing an issue where certain websites with anti-ad block messages do not recognize that Adblock Plus is turned off.

  1. A user visits a website with an anti-ad block message that requires them to turn off Adblock Plus in order to browse the site.
  2. The user either already has the website whitelisted OR clicks the Adblock Plus icon in the toolbar and temporarily turns off Adblock Plus on the site.
  3. The website still displays the anti-ad block message.

  1. Click the Information icon to the left of the Firefox address bar. Firefox-information-icon
  2. Select Disable protection for this site.

Turn off Firefox's Tracking Protection feature:

  1. Click the Firefox menu icon and select Preferences.
  2. Select Privacy & Security from the left menu.
  3. Scroll to the Tracking Protection feature and select Never.
  4. Close the tab.


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Supported WiFi connection

You need a 2.4GHz standard WiFi access point (b, g or n). Please note that access point that broadcasts multiple SSIDs networks or on multiple channels simultaneously may create problems (packets lost). This is especially the case at the time of auto configuration – but note you can always change to manual configuration (see “Where could I find « foobot-config » network?” section).

Foobot supports all standard signal encryptions: WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES but not the professional versions of the protocols which require a certificate. It also supports un-encrypted wireless connections (i.e. Open) but won’t be able to log on a captive portal for you — webpage where you need to enter a username andpassword, like in airports or public places.

Regarding Internet access, you have to make sure that no firewall blocks outgoing connections (blocking inbound connections is fine) or any restrictions on protocols such as http/https or sockets. A standard home connection would never do that. If you want to use Foobot within a professional environment check with your system administrator.

Apple Airport could get you in trouble trying to connect Foobot to your home network, read more here.

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You may have received an error message in Funnel advising you to disable your ad blocker:

When connecting ad accounts and Google Analytics views in Funnel, a new window is opened with the connection dialog. It's therefore important to ensure that your ad blocker is disabled or has whitelisted all Funnel domains.

Disabling your ad blocker

In order to disable your ad blocker, simply click on the extension and select "Pause AdBlock" or something similar depending on the extension you're using:

If using "AdBlock" you should notice that the icon in your browser changes to a green 'thumbs up' and the status is set to paused.

You should now be able to connect new sources to Funnel as expected.

Whitelisting Funnel domains

Whitelisting Funnel's domains allows you to keep the ad blocker running, but ignore all Funnel related pages. In order to whitelist Funnel domains you need to ensure that the following domains are whitelisted/set to "Don't run":

The first domain applies to the Funnel app whereas the second and third domain applies to the connector window. This means that you'll need to ensure all three domains are whitelisted so Funnel works as expected.

Last resort

If you're still receiving this error after following the steps above, we would suggest removing the ad blocker extension completely or try using another browser.

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When you set up a new Facebook Ads data source in Funnel, you are prompted to choose your click and view attribution window settings to apply to the data imported. The conversion metrics that are fetched by Funnel will not be automatically separated by 'attribution window', but rather cover both click and view attribution by default. However, you can create a Rules type custom metric that sets them apart!

Start by going to Metrics and clicking + Custom Metric in the top right of the page. Name your metric, for instance, "Website Conversion Value (7-day click)". Choose the appropriate Unit and Precision. Then, under the Calculation section, switch to Rules.

In the section that opens up as a result, click the Facebook Ads tab. Create a New Facebook Ads rule and switch out the Data Source dimension with the dimension Attribution window. After 'exactly matches', type '7d_click' into the text field. Leave the THEN IS condition as "value of" but change the metric to grab the value from to "Website Conversion Value" (or replace this with whatever Facebook Ads metric you would like to have separated by attribution window).

Repeat the process for any other metrics or attribution window settings you would like to break out from the aggregate attribution reporting!

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Walkthrough of the Backend Calendar (Video)

In this video you'll see an overview of the functions of your Occasion backend calendar.

To access your backend calendar, click on the "Calendars" link on the top left of your Occasion account. From the Calendars page you can see and manage your Occasion calendar. Here are some of the things you can do:

  • Choose how you'd like to see your backend calendar using the filtering options at the top.
  • See details about specific time slots including your roster by clicking on a time slot.
  • Change the date/time of a time slot by clicking on an event and selecting "Edit" from the "Time Slot" section.

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My pro didn't finish the job

We're sorry that your professional left without completing the task at hand. Please make sure you rate the pro; a rating below three stars will prevent our system from matching you with this pro in the future.

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Why is the seawater on my garmin white and not blue? I try to make the sea borderline to maritime and tag it with natural=water but after this was the hole island blue (on garmin nüvi).

I used the file from http://www.raumbezug.eu/ag/internet/osmGarmin.htm.

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Note that you probably want natural=coastline for the border between the land and sea, but the answer below about not seeing the whole coastline may still be the problem.

(18 Feb '11, 00:32) Ebenezer

Don't forget to accept an answer (the round checkmark button).

(10 Mar '11, 16:56) Baloo Uriza

Unfortunately that site "could be temporarily unavailable or too busy" at the moment.

(15 Mar '11, 03:34) SomeoneElse ♦

paul as answered this, it a bit like paint fill in an art program if it has not got a boundary line it would fill every thing,so it doesn't start, you should tick his answer

(15 Mar '11, 10:22) andy mackey

When mkgmap ran, it wasn't able to see the entire ocean, and thus was not able to close the way. You see this along the US coast as well.

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Firstly, the coast should be tagged as natural=coastline, not natural=water (which is for inland areas of water).

To answer the question, filling in areas of sea is actually quite complicated. This feature was only added to Mkgmap (the software used to make most OSM based Garmin maps) fairly recently, and it might still have problems with some complicated coastlines.

So most pre-made OSM Garmin maps don't use this option, as they haven't updated their process or Mkgmap version since then. I'm not familiar with the Madagascar map you refer to (and the link isn't working just now), but I assume that's the case here.

So if you want a Garmin map with sea filled in blue, you can try another map. You could look at the list here, and see which cover Madagascar, though I'm not sure which actually have sea areas: OSM Map On Garmin/Download

Or you can generate a map yourself, using Mkgmap. If doing theis you will have to make sure you use the --generate-sea option. See more details on Mkgmap/help/usage

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would one unclosed way (in this case to coast and vast) cause the problem

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Dear mappers,

is anybody here from New Zealand? I would like to learn the crop planted at this field at the northern coast of New Zealand.

It's always behind very high hedges, so I can't figure it out from e.g. StreetView. Is it Kiwi?

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There is a school just to the north. If i was very curious i would email them telling them a bit about openstreetmap and then asking them. If they are too busy they may ignore you, but they may want to introduce the pupils to openstreetmap.

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I'm in NZ but I'm in South Island, so not really close to that area. What I can tell you though, that I'm 95% sure those are indeed kiwifruit plantations.

A quick search about the area comes up with numerous news about kiwi orchard sales and stuff. Also, from taking a peek at a place where you can actually see the plants from SW, they look pretty much exactly as kiwifruit plantations look like

Thank you for looking into and improving the map in NZ!

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If you enable team fundraising for your campaign, participants and teams will be able to make changes to their fundraising page by viewing it while logged into their account. Cultivating a more personalized experience may help teams and participants stay engaged in their fundraising efforts.

Teams and participants can edit the title and description of their fundraising page by clicking within each area. The background image can also be changed by clicking change background on the bottom right of their banner.

See the areas that can be changed by participants and teams in the screenshot below.

Good to know:

  • The organizer of the campaign can change the fundraising page of any participant or team using the method above as well. This helps to ensure any modifications made by participants and teams fall within each organization’s individual guidelines.

  • Participants and teams can only log in and change their fundraising page if there is an email address associated with the participant or team. Without an email address, teams and participants won’t have the ability to log in and edit their page.

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Note: In this article we used the term "participants," but this terminology could be different (e.g., students, members, employees, runners, etc.) depending on your campaign settings.

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✈ Releases - Tables, custom fields, and timezones (08/31/20)

Feature Updates

  • Copy/Paste From Any Table

Now it's easier to bring more to the table. We've added the ability to copy values for multiple columns and cells from other tables (Google spreadsheets, Excel) and text files (.csv, .txt) and paste them to the Table view.

Note that this works only with some types of columns (title, all dates, durations, effort, all numeric fields, text) and that if the type of the column where you want to paste the info doesn't match with the type of the info itself then the paste won't work.

  • Custom Fields With The Same Name

When both the parent item (folder, project, space) and its subfolder (subproject) have custom fields with the same names, these fields' values won't be merged into one and will show up separately.

  • Calculated Custom Fields And Timezones

Sometimes, a Wrike user with a timezone set to UTC -5:00 had an extra 20 minutes displayed for a Duration calculated custom field. This is now fixed.

  • Mass Edit For Tasks

When some teammates with New Experience enabled tried to select a task for mass edit, the task was not selected and the mass edit option was reset. Fixed!

  • Mentioning Collaborators

Sometimes, when you wanted to @mention a collaborator in a comment and hovered over their name in the list of suggested users, you could see "External user" written over it, instead of "Collaborator". Fixed now.

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Originally based in Northern Ireland, we are expanding and developing our international projects exploring Children’s Empathy and Prosocial Behaviours within a Developmental Intergroup Framework; or for short, Helping Kids!

Factors such as empathy and positive attitudes may strengthen prosocial behaviours (O’Driscoll, Taylor, & Dautel, 2018). For instance, with an inclusive ingroup norm, children may act positively toward out-group members (Nesdale et al., 2005). However, exposure to conflict with the outgroup may decrease the helping behaviours that an individual shows to outgroup members (Taylor et al., 2014). In post-accord societies, more recent research has begun to investigate the outgroup prosocial and helping behaviours as antecedents of peacebuilding among children and youth (Taylor & McKeown, 2017; McKeown & Taylor, 2017). Founded in 2015, the Helping Kids! project aims to explore developmental changes related to children’s prosocial behaviours in a post-accord generation, here in Northern Ireland and also around the world. We examine factors related to children’s ability to understand and identify with conflict-related groups, how they respond to the emotions of others, and their helping behaviours towards peers they have not met.

For updates on our latest work on intergroup attitudes, contact, and salience of social cues, please follow us on Twitter or visit the dissemination and outreach page.

This short video summarizes two years of international research and collaboration! Meet the Helping Kids! team and hear some of our research backgrounds, questions, and findings.


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Maki Named Volunteer of the Year

Hermantown, MN – The Hermantown Area Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award recipient.

Michelle Maki was named as the 2017 Volunteer of the Year. Maki, a Mary Kay Independent Sales Director, is a Board Member and an Ambassador for the Hermantown Area Chamber as well as serves in her community as a member of the Twin Ports Mothers of Multiples and as a member of the Duluth Area Professionals Chapter of BNI.

Maki has played a huge role in making sure the chamber was continually moving forward and growing this past year in many ways. Maki celebrates and honors businesses in the community by attending ribbon cutting events.  Maki is also always looking for ways to reach out to new businesses and members during Business After Hours and Monthly Luncheon events, making sure to reach out to them and make everyone feel welcomed.

Maki is constantly aware of the chamber’s mission to promote the business community and enhance opportunities for success, earlier this year creating a plan for the chamber’s Ambassador Group to engage more of the chamber’s membership base. Maki continually goes above and beyond to help the chamber wherever needed.

National Bank of Commerce sponsored the Volunteer of the Year Award. As a part of their sponsorship, National Bank of Commerce will make a $500 donation in the recipient’s name to a local charity of her choice. Maki has chosen the donation to be gifted to the Essentia Health Foundation, to help provide gifts and necessities during the Holidays to families of cancer patients. The Volunteer of the Year Award started in 2007 to recognize an individual for their service to the chamber.

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What is HGV Alliance?

www.hgvalliance.com is primarily a neutral online freight exchange platform powered by an advanced computerised system & real time interactive map (RTIM) and gives Transport Providers and Dispatchers the chance to sell and find loads easily, in a fair and transparent way, with EPODs, invoicing and private quoting, all from one platform, for only 99p per job advert, and with no subscription / membership fees.

We help freight forwarders to reduce their empty runs, cut out the middle man, improve efficiency, outsource work, grow your business, save time as well as money, by finding loads quickly and easily and aim to save haulage companies, transport companies and couriers millions of wasted miles and unnecessary fuel emissions for the environment.

HGV Alliance was founded out of pure frustration in July 2018 and after a year of building the website (three times over) we finally went live in September 2019. It offers a fast-growing, efficient, secure and comprehensive freight exchange solution. It is designed to take out the leg work, let the jobs become available to drivers with ease and let the drivers approach the dispatchers with their quotes.

We help you trade in real-time, supported by a feedback system that allows you to hear from other members about their experiences.

Being in the haulage industry is expensive, and we understand how hard it is to be on the constant lookout for work or for people to buy / transport your loads.

Who is it for?

Haulage Companies and Transport Providers (motorcycle couriers, van couriers, LGVs, HGVs, STGO etc.), to find loads. We don’t ask for a penny from you

But also for:
  • Load Dispatchers,
  • Operations Manager,
  • Supply Chain,
  • Business Enterprises,
  • Freight Forwarders,
  • Manufacturers and
  • Commercial businesses

who are looking for trusted transport providers to get their goods from A to B, for only 99p per advert. We take nothing else from you.

Why start a Load Exchange Platform when there are others already?

We know we aren't the first to make a load platform, and we won't be the last. But we want to take away the huge costs involved with membership / subscription fees, load post capping etc, open bidding wars and extortionate pricing structures on other services you may need.

We want to provide you with the same, and more, than everything else that's out there, but the money stays with who it belongs. We are new but we are growing. As we grow in numbers we will be able to provide you with more and more.

It costs only 99p to post a load advert on HGV Alliance, that's it. No hidden charges. Furthermore, if a company needs to post mass load adverts a month, we can make a bespoke plan for you.

For a driver to find work, it costs nothing. We don’t ask for a penny to help you find work.

HGV Alliance is easy to use, reliable, secure and packed with unique features that put you firmly in control of your business.

Despite being new, we have hundreds of registered transport companies with a range of vehicles. Our platform helps all sizes of businesses to find haulage work as well as network to gain key connections within the haulage industry.

The load exchange platform helps owners, drivers, haulage companies and freight forwarders to improve their efficiency, increase revenue and reduce environmental impact.

We also operate a 'star rating system', where members can review each other based on experience on every delivery job that takes place.

We want to make a difference to all the professional drivers and business' out there. We are listening and want to do everything we can to make your lives easier. It’s hard enough when you’re dealing with unsafe parking, poor facilities, tramping, traffic, constantly changing legislation, subscription charges to find work etc. The haulage industry should be respected for what they do for this country and its economy, without them the UK would go to a stand-still. Just one day of no haulage on the road would take 6 months for the UK to get back to normal. Without our haulage industry, this country wouldn’t be what it is...and the UK's drivers deserve the recognition, respect and profits for keeping Britain running. We want to help you all get that.

Are there any other Charges?

We are free to use. And it costs only £0.99p for dispatchers to post a load onto the system.

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The Measure Of Time

English: Woman undergoing a mammogram of the r...

English: Woman undergoing a mammogram of the right breast (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Some people measure how quickly time goes by with the start of a new year, January 1st, others by  their birthday, or the start of school. I measure how quickly the year goes by at my annual mammogram appointment, where I sit in that same musty, intolerable room, sweating with the other women, waiting for our names to be called.

I am not the measure of confidence, breezy, smiling with designer shoes and handbag when I go in but I admire the women who seem to be that way. Count me out. I go, this time with soft, well-worn gray pants, and a loose striped shirt, my hair in two short pig-tails to get it away from my face, my face showing fear and anxiety. The day before this I had a grueling day at The Balance Center so I thought, perhaps, I could catch a break today. Yeah, right.

They call my name rather quickly and for that I am grateful, I have a friendly technician who realizes I have lost weight, by the size of my breasts? Whatever. She finishes the films and I sit down and wait for my name to be called, imagining my relieved smile, walking out the door, perhaps celebrating with a pumpkin spiced latte from Starbucks. No such luck.

After waiting another fifteen minutes, they call my name again and I proceed to the doctor but unfortunately that is not where they want me to go. Another technician tells me the doctor wants a repeat of some of the films, actually of my right breast and my heart plummets to my feet. I feel weak so I try to hang on to the bar on top of the machine and I try to ask  the technician questions but she gives me no answers. I am already trying to accept my fate and think of myself categorically planning the next step. Why me? Why not me? No one is exempt from this horrible disease, I don’t have any lucky charm or special karma, it’s really a number’s game, isn’t it?

The free pink pens and pink peppermints on the table don’t do much to help my nerves or anyone else’s, I don’t see many people taking the free samples. I take a pen and pop a peppermint in my mouth for the sugar. After another twenty minutes, yet again, a different technician calls my name and I steel myself for the news of the radiologist good or bad, I will be strong, I will cope, not that I have a choice.

Instead of seeing the radiologist, this technician whisks me into the ultra-sound room and focuses heavily on my right breast. I’m not an idiot, the doctor wanted extra pictures of my right breast and the technician is spending 80 percent of her time trying to get clear pictures of my right breast. I timidly ask politely from the technician if there is anything she can tell me. Cool as a cucumber, she says, somewhat haughtily, “the doctor will tell you the results” she looks like she’s 15 and I know it’s her job but again, patient sensitivity is sorely lacking.

She tells me NOT to get dressed (not a good sign, I think) and she will show this to the doctor. I get dressed anyway. After ten minutes she comes in and says she will take me to the doctor. I don’t remember walking there, I just remember being there. Inside a jovial sounding man who I can now image only as Owen Hunt from “Grey’s Anatomy” says “take a seat.” I remain standing because I cannot move. He said ‘you’re fine.” “What?” I ask? He repeats  in a casual, breezy tone, ” you’re fine.” I find my voice and say “what about all the extra pictures and the ultra sound and the emphasis on the right breast?” He leans back in his chair and laughs, “Oh, you have a lymph node there but you’ve had the same one for the last ten years, nothing to worry about. Come on now, not even a smile?” I just stare. Once again, he asks “can I just have one smile before you leave?” I turn my back, and walk quietly out the door.

I’m still in shock but I am grateful.

*M Stands For Mammogram

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Breast cancer awareness (Photo credit: AslanMedia)

I  sit on the faded pink chairs, I know from every year before this, where the greasy stains are. The same old tattered magazines and breast cancer pamphlets are on the table. I sit in the chair facing forward as if I was on a train, leaving nowhere fast. I measure my time annually by these mammogram appointments. I can’t believe it’s been a year already.

I am given the thin, green hospital robe and the same monotone speech, no body wash, no cream soaps, no deodorant and I make the same stupid joke every year in my head (“that’s going to be worse for you than me.”)  I had a lump removed from my breast when I was 25, luckily it was benign but I remember the shock, and the experience in detail. I remember that the surgeon made me cry and the nurses comforted me. I’ve had a mammogram every year since. I am now 56 years old.

I know the instructions by heart but as soon as they tell me what to do, I forget. As soon as the nurse closes the curtain that makes that whoosh-metallic sound, I have no idea which way to put the gown on, my hands shake and I am nervous. I tell myself that I am sure everyone else here is anxious but that gives me no comfort. I wish I could be the type of person that could hide my feelings but I would need a full lobotomy for that. My feelings are seen from a mile away, they glow in neon orange lights like a flashing danger sign.

Finally it is my turn. A technician leads me into the mammogram room, I don’t complain about the discomfort ever and then I go back to the waiting room. I wait a long time, in fact I notice that all the women who I had been with have already left. There are a new batch of women here, waiting to be called in, having their tests and waiting with me. One by one they are leaving too. Now, I am really worried, this does not feel right.There are no nurses to ask, they only come in sporadically but as soon as I see one I ask her politely to please find out what is going on. She is kind (and you remember every kind word) and tells me they need two more pictures. They take two more pictures. Once again I am in the waiting room now waiting for my ultra sound. In every year before they have called me into the radiologist for the results of my mammogram BEFORE the ultra sound but not today. When, after thirty minutes, the nurse tells me to come for my ultra sound, I ask her the results of my mammogram and she says “we NEVER tell that to the patient, the radiologist tells you after both tests.” I have come here for the last fifteen years and it’s never been done like that but I am too weak to argue.

Once in the ultra sound room, the technician does a thorough job and I noticed her focusing, over and over my right breast. I asked if there was anything wrong and she laughed and said “I can’t tell you but the radiologist will give you the information.” “Don’t get dressed” she says as she leaves and I know that is a standard procedure. As if I was in a bad dream the technician comes back and says the radiologist wants a few more pictures. I have been here for three hours and I am trying very hard not to weep with exhaustion and fear.

Finally, they call my name for the radiologist. My whole body is shaking and my legs feel like jello. I hold on to the walls for support. The radiologist says glibly “You’re fine.” “Yeah, you’re fine, no changes from last year, good to go for another year.”He give me a slip of paper and with a wave of his hand he encourages me to leave. I had lost my voice. I finally managed to ask about the nodule and he said they had compared it and nothing changed.

Thinking back I was in shock; it reminded me of the time when I did have a lump in my breast and it had to be removed.I remembered having to wait so long for the biopsy, more than a week. I knew I had heard good news today but it hadn’t sunk in yet. I walked back to the changing room with fingers trembling and slowly changed back into my clothes. I was grateful, believe me I was grateful; my emotions just hadn’t caught up just yet.

*Please note that more women die of heart failure than all cancers combined. My breast surgeon told me that one day, smirking and grinning widely, telling me it was “good for his business.” Visit Carolyn Thomas’ page for more information.

*Carry on Tuesday: A few of my favorite things

English: Breat Cancer ribbons

Wherever I go, I arrive early. Not on time like most people but about twenty minutes before my scheduled appointment. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no rush to be in any doctor’s office, especially this doctor. I think ‘I just want to be there and get it over with.’ The walls are pale pink, the chairs alternate between fuchsia and plum, first one than the other, all around the room. When I am here I just want to re-arrange the chairs, put all the fuchsia together and then the plum or put all the chairs in the middle of the room and stack them up. I know this room well. This morning I sit in the waiting room with a woman named Mary, she is here alone too. Once in a while a husband, boyfriend, lover, brother comes too. I sit here with my anxiety waiting for the nurse to call my name.

My doctor is the product of two old hippies, his first name is Pond. No really, I couldn’t make that up if I tried. Pond enters the examining room and I automatically sit straight up, with the blue hospital gown open in the front. He is a breast surgeon that I see every every year. He examines my breasts, first one than the other; I wish he would close his eyes but mostly he stares into space. He starts talking about his vacation in the Hamptons and I shush him, telling him to concentrate. He laughs and says “It’s a good thing I’m not chewing gum, right?” I say a quick, terse yes. I am waiting for him to say, the usual breezy, “it’s all good” but this time he goes over and over one spot on my right breast and kneads it as if he is making bread. I become perfectly still and feel freezing cold in less than one second.

I pick up on another vibe in the room that has changed; I know something is wrong. He straightens up and in his bright blue eyes there is a new hue of concern. His face is still unreadable but his forehead now has deep wrinkles. I have never seen that before but I have always dreaded it. “There’s a mass, ” he says. He has me feel what he feels, but I barely want to touch my body since there seems to be an intruder there, a most unwelcome guest. This is a feeling I had before when I needed a biopsy of a lump, thirty years ago. I was very young then and very naive.  I remember my parents drove up from New York to Boston to stay with me while I waited for the results. Dear God, those feelings of fear and panic come back immediately.

Now, I am a postmenopausal woman but before I was a youngster, a youngster in shock. I remember going to the doctor with my best friend. ‘It would be nothing,’ we thought but I ended up needing surgery though the lump turned out to be benign. I remember staring into the mirror and drinking coffee, day by day, early in the morning of my one bedroom apartment and wondering how I could still drink coffee normally and function at work with this huge secret.

I have to focus now but I can’t; crazy things go through my mind like the scene in Mary Poppins with the chimney sweeps dancing. I see Lassie in the closing credits where he puts his paw up and remember that my sister and I always loved that part the best. I try to remember the lyrics of a song I just bought on iTunes that reminds me of my teenagers but my mind goes blank.

The nurse schedules me to come back in a few days for a needle biopsy, that is familiar too. I try to remain perfectly still, trying to clear the thoughts and panic clouding my mind but it is virtually impossible. What can I focus on, I ask myself? My daughter’s blue eyes, my son’s olive complexion, my husband’s kiss on top of my head, my sister and I posing for photographs on a rooftop in Brooklyn Heights, my mother’s soft hands. I try to picture my puppy Lucy but the images change to my deceased dog, Storm, who died unexpectedly and dramatically of cancer of the spleen. I can only try to remember highlights of my past favorite things. It’s my only chance of survival: I remember the free trip to Hawaii when we were upgraded to first class, the small town of Roses near Barcelona, Spain. My favorite memory, sunsets at  Cape Cod when the children were young, when we were all young. I try to imagine these things to steer my mind away from the doctor and nurse talking to me about scheduling a possible biopsy of my breast tissue yet I can’t remember one thing they said. As soon as you feel like you are a patient, you become one. I feel weak and tired, sore, and very, very cold even though it is 93 degrees outside and humid.

I need to drive home, alone, in my car down the parkway that winds and bends dramatically. How can I calm myself down enough to do this and not crash my car into a tree? I have no idea. I turn on the engine and on automatic pilot, I just point my car in the right direction. Luckily, the car seems to take over and I am just a passenger at the wheel, driving slowly, steadily, on my way home.

*I wrote this last night before my appointment. While some of the facts are true, the end and some details are all FICTION.

The World Just Changes A Little Bit

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I just received news from my sister that her friend Allison passed away last night. I knew Allison but had only met her once or twice. She was a very warm and charming woman who was my sister’s neighbor. She leaves behind her husband and a daughter, the age of my nephew, Jon, 21. She died of breast cancer.

I have a friend that lives around the corner who is also dying of cancer. She too had breast cancer and then brain cancer. We don’t ask questions, they are a very private family. No matter what her condition is she tries to attend, her children’s basketball games or important events. She doesn’t care about being seen in a wheelchair or weighing barely 90 pounds or the fact that her mouth dragged down and over to the side, why should she? She is one of the best moms I have ever met. She will be with her three children as long as a single breath is left in her body.

Two years ago, when she was still able to walk, unassisted, my neighbor and I would each run to our windows to keep track of her. If we saw her walking alone, one of us would crush our feet into sneakers and pretend that we had walked too, and join her to keep her company. She wouldn’t ask for help, but we knew that we couldn’t let our friend walk unsteadily alone. She refused to use a cane; but she was happy for the company; we were happy to see her.

If we made “extra” food for our families, we would simply drop platters of freshly roasted chicken, baked ziti and meatballs at her door with a loaf of warm french bread or a tray of fudge brownies. When she could only drink liquids my new specialties became soup; peach soup in the summer, chicken soup in the fall. They never asked for meals but they always welcomed it. We would call before we brought a meal over and ask if it was a convenient time; sometimes we left it on the wooden bench near the door. We never saw our friend on these visits; we didn’t have to.

My best friend from high school, Paula, had breast cancer and finally now, after about 6 or more hospitalizations, a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, infections and reconstructive surgery, she is trying to heal. It has been a long road for her. Another friend, Margie, with thyroid cancer, said she doesn’t think about celebrating her five-year anniversary of being cancer free; her oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering said that “once you have cancer, you are never cancer free.” I don’t want to believe that but it is sobering.

I am sorry for my friends, I worry in advance for all the important women in my life. I am grateful for every healthy minute of our lives, and I understand how fragile and unpredictable life is. I am incredibly grateful. The world changes a bit, doesn’t it, when another person dies, when a soul leaves the body. It’s like a candle or a match, one after another, forcibly being blown out while it is still burning bright. It seems that their lives are extinguished way too early, too violently and too harshly. Snuffed, taken away, burnt, dead. “I knew she was going to die” my sister said sadly to me” but somehow it isn’t the same until it really happens.”

Dedicated to all cancer survivors and those we lost who live on in our hearts.


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Why All Philly Schools Look The Same

June 29, 2012 | by Philip Jablon

Stevens School at 13th and Spring-Garden designed by Philadelphia schools architect Irwin T. Catharine | Photo: Philip Jablon

Earlier this year, the school district of Philadelphia announced that its $218 million budget deficit may result in more than 3 dozen school closures citywide. A hazy future could be in store for those decommissioned school buildings, potentially adding yet another distressed structural type to the redevelopment fray.

For anybody who has ever taken note of the gauge and aesthetic of most Philadelphia public schools, an indelible theme is evident. The reason: in the majority of Philadelphia neighborhoods developed prior to World War II, public schools were built according to the architectural vision of Irwin T. Catharine.

Himself the son of a Board of Education member, Catharine was appointed architect for Philadelphia schools in 1920. Only a few years into his tenure, he began campaigning for an overhaul of existing school buildings on safety, health and economic grounds.

George Washington Elementary School, designed by Irwin T. Catharine | Photo: Philip Jablon

Catharine concluded that the inventory of school buildings he inherited was largely outmoded, posing impediments to teachers and students alike. Some he deemed fire hazards because of their timber-framed construction in an era of gas-light illumination. This claim was heeded only after a fire swept through the original Philadelphia High School for Girls building at 17th and Spring Garden streets in the early 1930s.

Other schools were in less-than ideal locations, Catharine said. He cited schools bordered by cramped alleys and dingy slums, where lack of sunlight made learning a lugubrious, if not gloomy task. Students faced severe overcrowding and had to use latrine toilets located outside main school buildings.

Catharine called for the modernization of Philadelphia public schools through retrofitting and rebuilding. Utilizing modern building techniques, he presided over a boom in school construction that hasn’t been matched in Philadelphia since. He introduced steel and concrete framed buildings to the district. A set of standardized blueprints ensured that any sized plot of land designated for a school had a ready-made plan to match. This meant that a school could be built promptly and within budget in no more than two years’ time.

Standardization did not mean that all schools shared an identical look. Dimensions might be common among Catharine-built schools, but style and ornamentation vary widely. Many schools incorporated common Philadelphia architectural styles such as Second Empire and Georgian Revival. Still others bore styles scarcely seen in the conservative Quaker city. Catharine favored Gothic Revival, epitomized in his designs for Overbrook and Simon Gratz high schools. A number of 1930s Catharine specials featured Art Deco details. The hulking Bok and Dobbins vocational high schools – in South and North Philly respectively – are built in high Deco style, as is the Clara Barton School on Wyoming Ave.

Bok High School in South Philadelphia | Photo: Philip Jablon

Catharine was nothing if not an innovator. He pioneered the use of gardens and recreational space atop school roofs and included a cafeteria in every school. Cafeteria access meant students no longer had to trek home and back again for their mid-day meals.

Another crucial upgrade (taken for granted today) was the school bathroom. Catharine eliminated the outdoor latrine system by locating both a boys’ and girls’ bathroom on every floor of every school. In a 1925 interview with the Philadelphia Public Ledger on the issue, Catharine spoke of a specific decision he made about form and function in school bathrooms:

“Once every [toilet] partition put up was wood; nowadays white marble is used. And the children have been the direct cause of this. There is something in the nature of every boy which makes him want to carve his initial or whole name in a wall. If he isn’t clever enough with his pocket knife, he writes his name. White marble partitions and walls make it impossible for him to use his knife.”

Sadly, Catharine could not foresee the effect that Sharpie markers would have on his marble.

Palumbo School, designed by Irwin T. Catharine | Photo: Philip Jablon

Fittingly, however, Catharine’s greatest masterpiece was not a school at all, but the Board of Education building he designed for 21st and Winter streets. A magnificent structure, combining Classical Revival and Art Deco features, the building served as the School District’s headquarters until it was sold and turned into condominiums in 2005.

As an architect, Catharine has more buildings standing in Philadelphia today than Furness, Trumbauer, Chandler and Kahn combined. Fortunately for Philadelphia, nearly all of the one-hundred plus schools built during Catharine’s tenure are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, protecting them against demolition, or careless redevelopment. So if the ailing school district opts for a property sale, this unique structural legacy isn’t likely to suffer.

As developers set their gaze on up and coming parts of town, a few vacant Catharine gems are already being eyed for repurposing. Plan Philly and Philadelphia public school news source “The Notebook” have published stories about the Thaddeus Stevens School of Practice on 13th and Spring Garden, which is being eyed for a project by developer Eric Blumenfeld. In Northern Liberties, the former Daniel Boone School at Laurel and Hope streets (abandoned throughout the 1990s) went the condominium route in the early aughts.

The Philadelphia Board of Education building, designed by architect Irwin T. Catharine, completed in 1932 | Photo: Preservation Alliance

With the buildings he designed prime for redevelopment, it’s time to give credit where credit is due and add Irwin T. Catharine’s name to the list of Philadelphia’s revered architects.

About the Author

Philip Jablon Philip Jablon is a photo-journalist who splits his time between his native Philadelphia and his surrogate Thailand. In 2010 he earned an M.A. in Sustainable Development from Chiang Mai University. Since 2008 he has built a photographic archive of stand-alone movie theaters across Southeast Asia as part of his Southeast Asia Movie Theater Project. He is interested in the architecture, development, and social history of both Philadelphia and Southeast Asia.

  1. Davis says:

    Thanks – a nice piece.

  2. Richard says:

    Wonderful piece… Hopefully we don’t loose any more schools to vandals.. You can’t recreate those structures

  3. Mike says:

    Correction needed: registration on the national register doesn’t protect against demolition. Only the local historic register afford that protection. Thanks for the good piece.

  4. Ashley says:

    It’s great to see Irwin T. Catharine given his due. Thanks for mentioning the piece I wrote about the Thaddeus Stephens School on Spring Garden. []

  5. Patricia Blakely says:

    In the main school district building he had a private suite of rooms including a wood paneled library with columns, a front door of stained glass. and a view of the Parkway…it was amazing.

  6. Kate says:

    Good article. Thanks.

  7. Tom Kearney says:

    I started my HVAC career in 1960 and had the pleasure of working on new and renovated Philadelphia Public Schools during my 44 year career.. One of the schools I helped to build has already seen the wrecking ball – William Penn HS at Broad and Thompson Sts. I even worked on the administration building at 21st & Winter Streets back in the early 80s. Bok, Dobbins, Kinsey, Central, MLK, Potter Thomas, Duckery, Kelley, Frankford, Bartram, McCall ….. etcetera, etcetera.
    Some fond memories of their architecture too. Thank you for the article.

    Tom Kearney

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