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Garbage Collection Service in Forney, Texas

Garbage collection should occur on a regular schedule to ensure that waste does not accumulate and create health hazards. The schedule should be communicated clearly to residents and businesses and should be reliable and consistent. Collection trucks and equipment should be well-maintained and operated by trained professionals to ensure efficient and safe collection. The process should also minimize disruption to residents and businesses and should not cause damage to property. For a reliable garbage collection service Forney residents trust, choose Titan Waste, LLC. By utilizing cutting-edge technology and modern equipment, they guarantee that their consumers receive services that are ethical, economical, and environmentally friendly.

The Climate in Forney, Texas

Forney residents experience four distinct seasons. The climate in the region is characterized by hot summers and mild winters, with temperatures and precipitation varying throughout the year. Summers here are hot and humid, with average temperatures ranging from the mid-90s°F in July and August. On the other hand, winters are mild, with average temperatures varying from the mid-50s°F in December and January. Snowfall is relatively rare, although the city may experience occasional snow or sleet during the winter months. Fall and spring are typically mild, with temperatures ranging from the mid-60s°F to the mid-70s°F. These two seasons are typically drier than summer and experience fewer thunderstorms.

Forney Community Park

One of the main attractions of Forney Community Park is its extensive trail system. It features several miles of paved and unpaved trails that wind through the woods and meadows of the park, which are ideal for walking, jogging, cycling, and nature viewing. There is a large playground area with swings, slides, and other play equipment, and a splash pad area that provides a refreshing way to cool off on hot summer days. Forney Community Park also has a range of sports facilities, including baseball and softball fields, soccer fields, and a basketball court. There is also a disc golf course that offers a challenging and fun experience for players of all skill levels. In addition, you can find picnic areas with grills, a pavilion that can be reserved for events, and restrooms in the area. The park is also pet-friendly, with a designated dog park zone where your pets can play and socialize.

Texas School Investigates Mother's Claim a Teacher Taped Her Son to a Chair

Teachers have a responsibility to maintain a safe and respectful learning environment for all students, and they have the authority to discipline students when necessary. However, there are legal and ethical limits to the methods that they can use when disciplining pupils. In general, teachers should use methods that are appropriate to the age, maturity, and behavior of the student, and that do not cause physical harm or emotional distress. Verbal correction or redirection; loss of privileges, such as recess or other activities; time-outs or in-school suspensions; parent-teacher conferences; or referral to a school counselor or administrator are some of the positive ways that a teacher can employ. Read about how a Forney teacher disciplined her student here.

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Forney Community Park

241 S Farm to Market 548, Forney, TX 75126, United States

Head northeast on Holly Leaf Trail toward E Main St

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Holly Leaf Trail turns left and becomes E Main St

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Turn right onto S Chestnut St

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Turn left onto US-80 Frontage Rd

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Continue onto W Broad St

Destination will be on the right

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Titan Waste, LLC

100 W Broad St,

Forney, TX 75126

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aion-rsa · 4 years

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The United States of TV High Schools

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The 2020 back-to-school season is a particularly complicated and emotionally fraught one. Students, teachers, and parents across the country and the world have to alter their usual education routines in the interest of social distancing and public health. It’s certainly a difficult, stressful time for many. But thankfully, that’s why the pop culture gods created television.

American high schools on television are much more consistent, comfortable places that the real ones, even when they’re being terrorized by monsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Satan himself (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), or worst of all: Samuel “Screech” Powers (Saved by the Bell). The landscape of fictional TV high schools is a rich and diverse one. But there are quite a few of them. And that raises the question: where are all these places anyway?

Here we have researched and gathered the location of every notable TV high school we can find. Some are set in real cities in real states, some are set in fictional cities in real states, and some are just off the grid entirely. So without further ado, here are the high school settings of some of TV’s most popular young adult shows.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Sunnydale California

Sunnydale High School

Sunnydale is a peaceful California town. It has all your usual features – nice people, great restaurants, a gateway known as the Hellmouth that connects our dimension to demons. Buffy and the rest of her Scooby gang attended Sunnydale High before moving on to University of California at Sunnydale. Sunnydale is fictional but is very likely analogous to the real-life Sunnyvale, California.

Saved by the Bell – Pacific Palisades, California

Bayside High School

Bayside High School is one of the most enduring concepts from Saved by the Bell’s four seasons. Some TV shows take place in high schools. Saved by the Bell is a high school show. The city in which Bayside resides is never revealed but filming occurred in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The O.C. – Newport Beach, California

Harbor High School

The grandiose Harbor High School was enough to give many a young millennial in the mid-2000s supreme high school envy. Imagine walking around in the beautiful Orange County weather as Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) and Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) reminisce about that morning’s perfect bagel breakfast. Newport Beach is a real city in California. Harbor High School is semi-fictional in that the new high school in Newport Beach is known as Newport Harbor High School. Private Catholic college Mount Saint Mary’s stands in for Harbor High on the show.

Teen Wolf – Beacon Hills, California

Beacon Hills High School

The fictional town of Beacon Hills, California is the main setting of MTV’s beloved 2011 Teen Wolf reboot. The town is supposedly named as such due to its “beacon” effect in attracting supernatural creatures. Many of those teenage supernatural creatures prowl the halls of Beacon Hills High School.

Veronica Mars – Neptune, California

Neptune High School

Neptune, California is one of the most well thought-out fictional cities in the high school drama canon. It has some detailed geographical features, a thriving local government, and even its own 90909 zip code! Neptune High has a similarly lived-in feel. Don’t forget to get those Pirate points, everyone! The real city of Oceanside, California stood in for much of Neptune and Neptune High.

13 Reasons Why – Crestmont, California

Liberty High School

Due to ease of filming, many fictional California high schools reside in the southern part of the state. Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why switches things up a bit by taking place in NoCal. Crestmont is the town named in the books the TV series is based on. In the show, the characters hail from the Evergreen County that surrounds it. Liberty High School is where the youth of 13 Reasons Why go to learn…and also learn devastating truths about one another.

Community – Greendale, Colorado

Greendale Community College

Greendale Community College isn’t technically a high school, but many within the show’s universe would argue that a degree from Greendale is basically on par with a high school education. Greendale has a rich fictional history dating back to the 1970s and including real life actor Luis Guzman as an alum. Community creator Dan Harmon based Greendale on his own experiences at Glendale Community College in California.

Gilmore Girls – Stars Hollow, Connecticut

Stars Hollow High School

Stars Hollow is crucial to the mythology and success of Gilmore Girls. The town is a fictional hamlet 30 miles outside of Hartford, Connecticut and was loosely based on the real life towns of Washington Depot, West Hartford, and New Millford. Series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is originally from Los Angeles and was inspired to set her new series in Connecticut following a vacation to the Mayflower Grace hotel in Washington, Connecticut. Stars Hollow High is where Rory Gilmore gets her education. The school’s sports teams are the Minutemen.

Stranger Things – Hawkins, Indiana

Hawkins High School

The Internet is flooded with queries as to whether Hawkins, Indiana of Stranger Things is a real place. It is not, and that is certainly for the best otherwise our own world would be teeming with monsters from the Upside-Down. Hawkins High School is the location of some truly traumatic events in Stranger Things from the Demogorgon’s destruction to the Snowball Dance.

Dawson’s Creek – Capeside, Massachusetts

Capeside High School

Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson intended for this ‘90s teen show to take place in his native North Carolina. WB executives had other plans, however, and wanted the show set in Boston. Williamson came up with a compromise by creating the fictional Cape Cod hamlet, Capeside, Massachusetts. The show was mostly filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Capeside High School is where Dawson, Pacey, Joey, Jen, and the rest of the crew got their education…when they weren’t hanging out at that darn creek.

Freaks and Geeks – Chippewa, Michigan

William McKinley High School

Though many things in Michigan are named after the Chippewa tribe, including Chippewa County, there actually isn’t a city bearing that name. That makes this Detroit suburb on Freaks and Geeks entirely fictional. Chippewa is named after Chippewa Valley High School that creator Paul Feig attended. The school is named after 25th U.S. President William McKinley. For some reason, he’s a pretty popular choice for fictional school names…perhaps because his tenure in office was short and he doesn’t have a lot of real high schools named after him.

Gossip Girl – New York, New York

Constance Billard School for Girls

Well, this is a first for our list. Gossip Girl is set on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and its depiction of a gaudy all-girls high school is in keeping with that community’s ostentatious displays of wealth. Serena van der Wooden, Blair Waldorf and friends all attend Constance Billard School for Girls where many alumni go on to attend prestigious colleges. Constance Billard’s “sister” school is St. Jude’s School for Boys.

Roswell – Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell High School

This one is a bit of a layup as The WB’s (later CW’s) supernatural teenage series Roswell is adapted from the Roswell High book series. Of course, Roswell High School was always going to play a big role in this one. The 2018 reboot continues to take place in Roswell High School in Roswell, New Mexico.

One Tree Hill – Tree Hill, North Carolina

Tree Hill High School

One Tree Hill takes its name from a U2 song off of Joshua Tree…and also from the fact that it’s set in Tree Hill, North Carolina. Tree Hill is fictional but the show was chiefly filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Tree Hill High School is a big factor on One Tree Hill, especially since the town is so fond of the Tree Hill Ravens boys basketball team.

Glee – Lima, Ohio

William McKinley High School

For many of the kids on Glee, their biggest fear in life is never amounting to anything after high school and becoming a “Lima Loser.” This is because Glee is set in the (real) Ohio city, Lima, which is about 80 miles south of Toledo. Of course, as Glee went on, the Lima setting came to be quite ridiculous as more and more famous people just happened to be traipsing through town but that’s a topic for another time. The high school from which the titular glee club operates out of is once again William McKinley High School (like Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years).

A.P. Bio – Toledo, Ohio

Whitlock High School

Northwest Ohio turns out to be surprisingly fertile territory for fictional high schools. A.P. Bio is set in Toledo (which is a real place obviously) as a nod from the show’s creator Mike O’Brien to his hometown. It’s unclear why the high school that Jack Griffin teaches at is known as Whitlock but it’s got a pretty strong color scheme with gold and blue and a cool Ram mascot.

My So-Called Life – Three Rivers, Pennsylvania

Liberty High School

Three Rivers is a fictional suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And that’s fitting given that Pittsburgh sits on three rivers – the Allegheny, the Monongahela, and the Ohio. “Three Rivers” is often used in many brands from the city. Within Three Rivers is Liberty High School, which was attended by Angela Chase and friends. The My So-Called Life Wiki actually has a class schedule for each character if that’s something you might be interested in. Exterior shots of the school are of University High School in Los Angeles.

Pretty Little Liars – Rosewood, Pennsylvania

Rosewood High School

From one side of Pennsylvania to the other. Freeform’s pulpy teenage mystery series is set in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, which is a fictional suburb of Philadelphia. The setting might be loosely based on the real Rosemont, Pennsylvania. The Liars spend much of their time at Rosewood High School before matriculating to nearby Hollis College.

Boy Meets World – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Adams High School

Boy Meets World takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and its suburbs. The characters don’t frequently make mention of their surroundings and current city, but the show does confirm it…as if all the Flyers, Phillies, ‘76ers, and Eagles paraphernalia didn’t make it obvious. Boy Meets World starts with Cory Matthews in Jefferson Elementary before moving onto John Adams High School and eventually Pennbrook University.

Friday Night Lights – Dillon, Texas

Dillon High School

Once more with feeling: Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. Friday Night Lights, both the brilliant NBC series and multimedia franchise around it, has deep ties to Texas. The show is set in the fictional western Texas town of Dillon (and eventually East Dillon). But Buzz Bissinger’s original book and the movie it was adapted into take place in the real western Texas town of Odessa. Both Odessa and Dillon’s respective football teams are known as the Panthers. Friday Night Lights, the show, did the majority of its filming in and around Austin, Texas for all five seasons. It’s a miracle the actors were able to stay in shape with all that barbecue floating around.

The Vampire Diaries – Mystic Falls, Virginia

Mystic Falls High School

A lot of these small towns have a “dark secret,” huh? Mystic Falls, Virginia’s dark secret is that it has a long history of vampires, werewolves, and witches dating back to its founding in the 1800s. Mystic Falls High School is where many of those attractive young vampires, werewolves, and witches get their education. Mystic Falls is a fictional town in Virginia located between Lynchburg and Charlottesville. It’s name in the Vampire Diaries book series was “Fell’s Church” but the TV show had to change that due to it being too similar to the real city of Fall’s Church, Virginia.

That ‘70s Show – Point Place, Wisconsin

Point Place High School

Point Place, Wisconsin and its accompanying Point Place High School are both fictional locations where Eric Foreman, Jackie Burkhart, Michael Kelso, Steven Hyde, Donna Pinciotti, and Fez all live and attend school. What’s interesting about Point Place, Wisconsin is that it does not seem to have a consistent location within the state. At times it is described as a suburb of Green Bay in the north. Other times, however, the characters are able to make it to Kenosha in the south in no time at all. Point Place High School is located at 2120 South Michigan Ave., which is a reference to a Rolling Stones instrumental track recorded at the same address in Chicago.

Riverdale – Riverdale, ???

Riverdale High School

Where is gritty Archieverse teen drama, Riverdale, set? Uh…well, Riverdale. Where is Riverdale? Your guess is as good as ours. Many fans have selected New York state as the most likely location. The series describes Riverdale as being in Rockland County. The only Rockland County in the U.S. is in New York, close to Archie Comics’ headquarters in Pelham, New York. Wherever Riverdale may be, the school that Archie and friends attend is Riverdale High School. Its colors are blue and gold and its teams are called the Bulldogs.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina – Greendale, ???

Baxter High School

In the Archieverse canon that contains Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Greendale is a neighboring town to Riverdale, on the opposite side of the Sweetwater River. Greendale, like a shocking amount of fictional U.S. towns, is built over a mouth to hell. Baxter High School is Greendale’s local public high school, attended by Sabrina Spellman and her friends. Its sports teams are known as the Ravens and they are Riverdale’s archrivals.

Daria – Lawndale, ???

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Lawndale High School

What name could better capture the bland suburban ennui of MTV’s Daria than “Lawndale?” Lawndale is not a real place and Daria’s co-creator, Glenn Eichler, won’t even commit to setting it in a particular state, noting only that it is probably a mid-Atlantic suburb of a city like Baltimore. Lawndale High School is one of the most frequently occurring settings within Lawndale and where Daria and Jane go to stand around lockers and be cynical.

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Great news! The 2022 PADI Instructor Development Course (#IDC) schedule is here! If you are thinking of becoming a professional...

Great news! The 2022 PADI Instructor Development Course (#IDC) schedule is here! If you are thinking of becoming a professional PADI #Scuba Diving Instructor in 2022 you can now start planning it! All Instructor level training will take place at Blue Marlin Dive, the longest established #PADI 5 Star IDC Centre operating in The Gilis, #Indonesia and Gili #Trawangan; having opened its door’s over 30 years ago. From October this year all professional PADI training will be entirely conducted by Industry Recognized Multiple #Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod and will take place right here at #BlueMarlinDive. Instructor candidates can be safe in the knowledge that Holly Macleod has a wealth of Industry experience and has a passion for training new scuba diving instructors and passing on acquired knowledge. Having worked within the recreational diving industry for over 20 years, Holly has worked in a variety of different diving related roles, in a range of different worldwide diving destinations including Honduras, Thailand, Australia, UK, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia & Singapore. For the past decade Holly has been teaching the PADI Scuba diving Instructor Development Course (IDC) and has now issued well over 3000 Instructor level certifications, whilst gaining Industry recognition including receiving the PADI Platinum and Elite 300 Awards for the past 8 years consecutively. The great thing is that Holly has the experience to assist professional divers in developing skills, knowledge and confidence to be highly successful and is the perfect person to consult when making the transition into a new career knowing exactly what is expected from new instructors and of course what new scuba diving instructors should expect from the diving industry. For more information simply contact Holly directly at [email protected]

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BOSS OF THE BUS

As we were making our way down the west coast on our 5 day trip, Genevieve was investigating trips from Side to Capadocia in the centre of Turkey. Correspondence went back and forth about a €40-50 (about $75-80) 3 day trip. Comparing what we were paying for our 5 days this was so cheap I feared we would be camping. But no this was the price. Of course the sting came a bit later.

So we were up for it and the 4 of us booked to start the tour on 12th June with pick up time 6.45am. Antique Side is closed to cars other than those of residents so the tour bus couldn’t come down the hill to collect all our luggage. Booking ‘agents’ advised the town electric cart would collect us but alas no. Meanwhile Chris was in negotiations with the police manning the gate but it was a firm No. With minutes ticking by Doug quickly got Penny’s car, luggage was loaded into that and driven to the bus.

Now about 30 minutes had elapsed so understandably got some stink-eye from the passengers who’d been kept waiting.

The bus was designed for 12 passengers but fitted out for 17 so it was a close and intimate affair. In the front 2 seats were Doug and Gene who it has to be said got lucky with some extra leg room. Behind them 2 elderly Danes who grabbed a bottle of wine and or beers at every possible opportunity. Behind the Danes were 10 year old Russian lad with his mousy mute mother. Then Chris and me wedged in (Russian lad had his seat reclined the entire 2 days), and behind us the very friendly and chatty Aunty Margaret and Tina from Essex. Along the back were sweet young newly weds Soyah & Maurice from Holland, a spare seat, then Holly, Tina’s stepsister who judging by her size would have been grateful for the spare seat. Could have knocked us over with a feather when she told us she had been to the 7 continents by age 24, had emigrated to Melbourne several years ago (lives in Chelsea)and works as a sound engineer. You just wouldn’t have picked it!

Then heading back along the bus in single seats was a surly young lad who turned out to be part of the tour operation, a woman of unknown origins who disappeared after day 1, then Mr Russia who seemed to have supplanted both his wife’s and his son’s ego into his own.

Bus driver slipped under the radar but the same can’t be said for the guide Nahjo. In fact it was a battle of egos between Nahjo and Mr Russia. He didn’t just like the sound of his own voice. He was addicted to it! Along the way amongst other chit chat and information we got his life story, some group marriage guidance, how small lies can be forgiven and how this works in a religious context too. Every monologue went for a minimum of 10 minutes and woe betide you should you chat amongst yourselves during one of his diatribes. In the gaps the gregarious, party-loving-club-going-40-something Tina would try to share with me her life history. Nahjo seemed to get wind of it and standing facing the back of the bus would either clear his throat or announce it was his turn. Chris and I were left thinking our polite and humble Gallipoli guide must have been absent for the Tour Guide Arrogance 101 unit of the qualification.

So we were off and despite the late get away we stopped not 20 minutes down the road for a tea/ coffee break, followed by a breakfast stop 40 minutes later at a petrol station/ roadside stop. (It has to be noted that Cappadocia is some 470 kilometres from Side so it was going to be long day if the stops came so frequently). Breakfast option 1 was a vast modern complex selling everything you don’t want to eat. Gene who has an eye for local food spotted hidden in a corner behind some trees an outfit selling gözleme so we headed there. Great decision. Shoes off and into the tent where the local lady sat crossed leg with her dough, tubs of filling and the black dome for cooking the gözleme. Spinach and cheese one was a bit dry but the potato one was outstanding.

All wedged ourselves back in the bus which climbed up the mountains through some magical scenery. Unfortunately Nahjo kept reassuring us on the wrong side of the bus that we would see it ‘on the back journey’. However our arrangements meant we weren’t doing ‘the back journey’ so at one particular stop he was a little annoyed when we headed off 200 metres down the road to photograph the nomads herding their goats. I suggested it would be better for all if the bus pulled over so we could all see anything of interest on the way to Cappadocia. Suggestion was not welcomed.

Another stop for coffee and the sting of the extra €’s. It had to happen of course. You can’t run a tour for €50 per person providing transport, 2 nights accommodation no matter how basic, 2 dinners and two breakfasts. So lunch which we though was fend for oneself turned out to be a set payment (we only paid for one and opted to take our chances on day 2), and extra for Whirling dervishes, museums (charge €25/ $39.20 versus ticket face value less than $9) etc totalling an extra €120 between us. Even taking that into consideration €220/$350 for both of us was pretty cheap and the overcharging on extras balanced the undercharging on initial outlay.

Next stop, lost count if it was 4 or 5, was at the Mevlâna museum Konya, the birth place of the Sufi religion and Dervishes. The site is a holy place for Muslims with over 1.5 million visiting it yearly. The Mosque contains the tomb of Rumi (unfortunately hidden due to renovations) later known as Mevlâna who devised the idea of whirling and the tombs of other eminent dervishes. Also on display were Mervlana’s coat, a box apparently containing his beard and any number of exquisitely decorated Qurans, one so tiny that the author went blind writing it.

Alongside the Mosque was a complex giving information about the dervish culture. Included was a lodge displaying mannequins dressed as they would have been in Mevlâna’s day and the dervish cells displaying various items. I for one would have enjoyed more than our tightly scheduled allotted time there. But we were rounded up like errant school children and headed back for the bus. Chris managed to ruffle Nahjo’s feathers by needing a toilet stop when we were warned the next section of the drive would be 2.5 hours. By this stage as it was 1pm we were wondering about the elusive lunch if the drive was for 2.5 hours. There was some grumbling from Tina and Aunty Margaret and it wasn’t from their stomachs.

Eventually we rolled into another vile modern roadside stop - our lunch venue. Behind the counter were some aggrieved (probably because of the lateness of the hour) gorillas of men slopping out an assortment of runny casseroles, reluctant to identify any ingredients. It tasted as bad as it looked. We were immediately pleased with the earlier decision not to commit to day two lunch.

A short drive and then time for another stop. This time it was to visit a preserved home dug under ground, a primitive more simple Coober Pedy affair. Apparently tunnel complexes formed entire cities but this was a small example taking only 10 minutes for everyone to get through. I opted out and instead waited near the entrance/ exit where a dozen or so middle aged women had set up a market. Trouble was they were all selling the same little local cloth dolls so competition to get any one walking by was frenetic. Females in particular were the target for the spruiking with a good natured but frantic cacophony of calls of “Mother, Mother”. The closer anyone ventured to the stall the louder the screeching got. I hope everyone managed to sell something but with another 5 weeks on the road, it wasn’t something I could buy.

Everyone back on the bus and off to Dervish show scheduled to start at 6pm. Clearly we were up against it as the previously cautious bus drive planted his foot. Arrived shortly after 6pm with another bus arriving after us. Having been so enchanted with the beautiful ceremony we saw at Hodjapasha in Istanbul Chris and I we were looking forward to a similar experience. Dougal and Gene had never seen them and had their expectations built up by us.

Oh dear!!! The pipe/flute player struggled to find a note, the dervishes all looked like novices (part time uni job perhaps), they wore slippers that made a noise that was distracting, one was losing his pants, also very distracting. There was a non dancing head honcho roaming around amongst them dressed in black once again distracting, they didn’t vary their speed and were for the best part out of sync. Yes they could spin but it lacked all the beauty, rhythm and charm of our previous experience. We left feeling glad to have seen a more authentic experience and Doug and Gene left feeling they were yet to see one.

Short drive to our delightfully self rated ‘Special Class’ hotel in Göreme, rooms allocated and orders that we had 15 minutes to get to dinner. Dinner a simple affair with lentil soup, the not-so-traditional-Turkish chicken schnitzel and melon. Danish couple of course knocked off another bottle of wine.

Gene, Chris and I headed for a stroll to town wandering through the streets. Highlight was at a hotel where I poked my head in and elderly Mehmet the owner insisted we come and look at his accommodation. Beautiful rooms that were huge with the bathrooms built into the rock giving a sense of a modern and upmarket Flinstone bathroom. With Mehmet’s limited English we spent a special half hour in the hotel’s courtyard trying and making a reasonable hash of having a meaningful conversation.

A long day and time for to return to our ‘Special Class’ Hotel Karl for bed, especially for Gene with a 4.30 am start for her hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia.

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PADI IDC Gili Islands with Holly Macleod - “Teaching the World” to Teach!

For those professional Divemaster’s looking to take the next step, the PADI Scuba Diving Instructor Development Course (IDC) in the Gili Islands, Indonesia with Industry Recognized Leading Multiple Award Winning Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod is now considered the best possible place to make this happen.

All Instructor level training is entirely conducted by Holly Macleod, who offers a wealth of direct Industry experience having spent over 18 years working within the recreational scuba diving industry. During an extensive career Holly has spent time working in a range of different diving related job roles and in a range of different geographical diving destinations including the UK, Malaysia, Philippines Honduras, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia & Singapore.

Having now issued well over 3000 scuba diving instructor level certifications in the Gili Islands alone, Holly has designed an Instructor training experience that goes way over and above the standard criteria required by the PADI IDC Syllabus and aims to provide a real life quality education whilst providing the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to be highly successful.

Our Divemaster course is usually run over a period of 5 weeks and as well as covering all the requirements of the course teaches you how to be a Divemaster in a real life environment. Instructor training with Holly however in recent years has seen more and more professional level divers enrolling on the PADI IDC program due to the exceptional commitment to providing quality career orientated programs including conservation, specialty training, internship, team teaching and komodo Livaboard training options to further career opportunities.

The facility is situated on one of the best stretches of beach on the island and is also one of the largest facilities locally. If you’re looking to gain some real life professional dive training this is the place.

The Instructor Development course runs every month and is structured on an 18 day schedule with 4 days of pre-IDC preparation. The course includes the entire PADI IDC syllabus including knowledge development, open water presentations, classroom presentations, dive skills, DSD workshops, standards and procedures and equipment. At the Gili IDC Indonesia candidates are prepared to a standard way over that generally expected within industry

If you’re interested in building a career as a professional PADI Divemasters and particularly as a PADI Instructor, than look no further. The PADI IDC Gili Islands will teach you to confidently “Teach the World” to dive. The course will give you the knowledge, confidence and skills to out and find immediate employment as a PADI professional. Many of our previous instructor candidates can be found right here in the Gili Islands working at local dive operators.

Potential Instructor candidates can always check out what previous students have to say about the program by simply reviewing the reviews from IDC Gili Islands candidates who have previously taking their professional Instructor training with Holly. All of the latest news and updates from the program can also be seen on social media including Instagram on the The Gili IDC Indonesiaportal.

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PADI IDC Gili Islands 2021 – The Ultimate Pro Training Experience

PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) with Platinum CD Holly Macleod PADI IDC Gili Islands 2021 – The Ultimate Pro Training Experience

Although the PADI IDC Gili Islands with Industry Award Winning Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod is already one of the most popular Instructor training programs available, there are still new additional components being added all of the time and 2021 is no different.

2020 has been a strange year for professional training what with international events which are unfortunate, but it has allowed us to review, restructure and streamline a system that is already considered one of the best available within professional diving.

There will be 10 opportunities for professional Divemaster’s to join the PADI Scuba Diving Instructor Development Course (IDC) in 2021 and receive one of the best possible instructor training experiences available within today’s recreational diving industry.

The Current PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)

Over the years the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) has become one of the most popular options for professional Divemaster’s seeking to take the next step and become scuba diving instructors.

The philosophy of the program has not change in the slightest and the ideology is still based around providing professional divers with a standard of Instructor training way over and above that generally seen within the recreational diving industry, and providing the necessary skills, knowledge and most of all the confidence to be highly successful within this exciting and dynamic industry.

All components of the program are entirely conducted by Industry Leading Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod, who has now certified well over 3000 Instructors in the Gili Islands alone and therefore knows exactly what the industry will expect from new scuba diving instructors. Conversely with over 17 year’s experience of teaching the entire range of PADI programs and courses in a variety of worldwide diving destinations including Honduras, Thailand, Australia, UK, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore, instructor candidates can be confident that Holly knows exactly what new Instructors can expect from the industry itself with respect to specific job roles within different areas of the world.

Holly has also received acknowledgement via the PADI Frequent Trainer Award Scheme and been awarded the PADI Platinum Status and Elite 300 Instructor Awards year upon year for the past 8 years.

This, along with a variety of recognition awards for the program itself, gives prospective candidates some degree of verification that the program has met and exceeded the requirements of the industry to be deemed as distinctive and exceptional in terms of pure quality.

In January 2020 the PADI IDC Syllabus changed to include a variety of additional components and to add an online portion of the program; as many of these additions were already incorporated in Holly’s training program, she had the opportunity to assist PADI with the preliminary testing phase during the second half of 2019. As many of the features were very similar to workshops already conducted by Holly the new components of the syllabus came as no shock. PADI themselves needed to streamline the online portion in terms of accessibility and the removal of this on site theoretical aspect to the program allowed us to experiment with ways in which to deliver an even higher standard of training, if that’s even possible.

The combination of a new streamlined PADI IDC Syllabus combined with a strong knowledge of the diving industry and a wealth of direct industry experience has paved the way for an exceptional unrivalled instructor level learning experience.

What’s new for 2021 on the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)?

Although most of the new components were already incorporated during the early stages of 2020, PADI Course Director Holly Macleod was able to streamline the process throughout the year to create a seamless productive learning experience. So for 2021 the program will be the most up to date, advanced and most comprehensive program available within the entire recreational diving industry.

In the past the experience was always split into two distinct programs; the PADI Instructor Course and the PADI Emergency First Response Instructor Course and were conducted sequentially which actually suited the older version of the program. With the new curriculum The PADI Emergency First Response Instructor training is integrated in to the full IDC schedule and takes place approximately midway during the experience. The reason for this is two fold;

Firstly there is a new additional requirement for e learning within the PADI IDC Curriculum, which under the guidelines removes a certain portion of the program. In our case we haven’t removed it but simply refined it so once a candidates participates in the online section it is reviewed by Holly and applied to real life examples based on experiences from almost 2 decades of actual industry experience; allowing instructor candidates to further interpret and conceptualize what the online portion is really intended to achieve. The great thing is that we are able to insert Emergency First Response directly into the program at a point when we are exploring the PADI Rescue Dive Course and therefore allowing candidates to gain a full understanding of the process of identification, rescue and after care with real life experiences for clarification.

The second reason is that as PADI Course Director Holly Macleod is also a certified Dive Medic Technician through both PADI and DAN, the Emergency First Response Instructor Course (EFRI) has also been revised to include arrange of additional components which are not usually seen within the standard EFRI courses offered. This once again allows instructor candidates to fully explore these components in relation to a typical rescue and to relative real life examples. It also gives candidates the opportunity to review these components anytime afterward during the rest of the program, or once the program has finished. This way candidates will not only gain a far greater understanding of teaching Rescue Divers, but also to be better prepared themselves to manage emergency situations.

As stated above the Emergency First Response Instructor Course (EFRI) now includes a range of additional components which have been added to the program in an aim to widen the scope of traditional first aid additional components. These include purpose made tourniquet use for cases of serious bleeding, the use of adjuncts in Airway Management, additional techniques to respond more effectively to drowning and advanced resuscitation methods using a bag valve mask (BVM)/ resuscitator/ self-inflating bag or sometimes known by the proprietary name Ambu bag.

The entire program is now operated on a 21 day schedule and includes this advanced version of the PADI EFRI course, what we like to call a “rest day”/ “Review Day” or for some a “catch up” or “fun dive”” day dependant on personal requirements.

There are also a range of other additional workshops which have been added to the program and in our case we have also expanded these so as to provide a more comprehensive learning experience. The continuing education workshop allows us to focus on teaching courses from the Adventures in Diving Program, so typically we will focus on deep diving scenarios and rather than just discuss options or role playing it out, we have created an in depth interactive scenario based workshop and include the requirement for screening and assessment based conduct. The workshop has been specifically designed to incorporate real life situations that PADI Course Director Holly has encountered over the last 2 decades teaching these very programs. Candidates will be given a situation whereby they will need to screen the student, conduct the required assessment, organise the activity appropriately and actually conduct the deep dive scenario in a safe, fun and educational way.

Of course during every PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) candidates review the PADI Standards and of course this is what we actually do. Furthermore on the PADI IDC with Holly candidates will introduced to wider scope of standards, guidelines and legislative procedure. During the program candidates will look at the World Recreational Scuba Training Council (WRSTC) and the coalition with training agencies such as PADI and its alternatives. Candidates will also explore ISO/EN/AUS national and international standards and also discover local legislative regulations. The great thing is that this provides the entire framework for new instructors to operate safely and well within the local regulatory requirements for any given location.

Another fun group based workshop which has been specifically designed by Holly is a planning based scenario. Candidates are given a worldwide location and some brief information about the conditions, operational procedures and operational logistics; it is then down to them to plan and organise a training activity around those specific situations. These are all based on actual real life places that Holly has lived and worked in, so it provides for a great discussion afterwards of what works in particular situations and what doesn’t. This particular workshop is designed to not only educate candidates, but also highlight the benefits of teamwork during problem solving and of course have fun whilst anticipating and solving problems.

Another introduction for 2021 will be a focus on both safety and the environment which is why we will include the Dive Against Debris Specialty and the Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty Course at no extra charge should they be required. There is also a range of repeat practice sessions, individual review sessions and advisory career counselling.

How to join the program

If your genuinely interested in becoming a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor and looking to get the best possible training than the PADI IDC Indonesia is a great place to start. To find out more about the program prospective candidates can check out first hand reviews from previous instructor candidates on the PADI IDC Gili Islands TripAdvisor Page or to catch up on the latest take a look at the PADI IDC Indonesia Profile on Instagram.

For any further enquiries or to start planning your professional Instructor training experience contact Industry Leading Multiple Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod directly at [email protected]

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The PADI IDC Course – “Cheap and Cheerful” or “Reasonably Priced Quality”. Bali, Gili Islands, Komodo, Indonesia & the world.

PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) with Platinum CD Holly Macleod The PADI IDC Course – “Cheap and Cheerful” or “Reasonably Priced Quality”. Bali, Gili Islands, Komodo, Indonesia & the world.

OK, without dwelling on events of 2020 it’s fair to say that although the diving industry is still well and truly alive, dive operators are now looking at finding alternative methods to attract business. This can be achieved in a variety of ways and we prefer to favour the option of providing a higher quality experience at the same price rather than reducing the price and trimming away at the edges.

The cost of taking the PADI IDC these days…

Over the course of time we have seen many dive operators from various worldwide locations offering a whole range of different options and different prices and it’s important that this doesn’t go completely in one particular direction and that there must also be a certain degree of quality control. Of course we are not at the stage of comparing it to the automotive market just yet, but a quote from BBC’s Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson did provide us with an interesting analogy:

“No, no, no. There’s no such thing as cheap and cheerful. It’s cheap and nasty & expensive and cheerful.” ― Jeremy Clarkson.

OK, so of course we don’t wish to be considered expensive and we want to be well over and above the cheerful category, so for us a phrase from Zig Ziglar, one of the world’s most popular and motivational speakers, better suits our position and approach:

“It’s easier to explain price once than to apologize for quality forever.” – ZigZigler.

The cost of taking the PADI IDC here with PADI CD Holly Macleod

Of course we don’t really need to explain the price as it is fairly reasonable and is definitely not over the top, but we will briefly touch on some of the benefits provided when taking the PADI Scuba Diving Instructor Development Course with PADI Course Director Holly Macleod in the Gili Islands, Indonesia.

Although you will not find the usual offers of discounts, early bird special prices, knock down additional courses, free courses, free equipment and other common trinkets; you will find unusually high levels of Quality, Experience and Assurance which is a feature of all professional Instructor training activities conducted by Holly. Ensuring all new scuba diving instructors gain the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to be highly successful in this exciting and rewarding career.

So if we delve further into the concepts of Quality, Experience and Assurance, we can see why value for money is only really quantified when we look at what is offered.

Of course experience and assurance are two of the factors that ultimately contribute towards overall quality, but as an industry guideline we can use the governing organisation as an indicator of quality recognition.

Where you will take the PADI PADI IDC with Holly Macleod

The program takes place at Trawangan Dive the only ever 5 Star PADI IDC Career Development Centre (CDC) to have been established on the island of Gili Trawangan, and in fact the first to be established in the Gili Islands and the entire Lombok regency. The PADI 5 star CDC rating itself providing both recreational and professional divers with the confidence and indeed assurance that facilities are at the highest possible standard available within the dive industry, and guarantees a true world class training environment along with a long history of meeting the quality assurance prerequisites to maintain this distinct status.

The Program Conducted by PADI Course Director Holly

The PADI IDC Indonesia program has been specifically designed to incorporate the standard PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) syllabus whilst also expanding upon this curriculum to include many real life scenarios and teaching situations which have been tried and tested over nearly 2 decades of teaching PADI programs and courses. Whilst operating the new PADI IDC curriculum introduced in 2020, Holly was involved in the early stages of research and development during 2019 and has now established the perfect schedule to provide prospective instructors with the ultimate format to absorb the online portion, practical aspects and experience based components of the program.

Additional components included with PADI Course Director Holly

Other additional components outside of the PADI based curriculum include additional experienced based workshops exploring alternative methods of skill performance, delivery and evaluation as well as methods of adapting to environmental conditions, such as changing currents, visibility and general unforeseen logistical barriers. The program now adopts an increased focus on continuing education programs with experience based scenario workshops for Deep Dive training, DSD and a more thorough overview of the PADI Rescue Diver Course. There are also a range of smaller additional mini group workshops which have been designed in house to be both fun and educational including dive activity planning, WRSTC fundamentals, ISO Standards Review, Local Regulations overview and Understanding legislative, organisational and quality control guidelines.

Though not strictly part of the IDC itself, the EFRI rating is required for all candidates aiming to become a PADI Instructor so Holly has also taken steps to improve the range of knowledge and skills covered. We now include additional components such as airway management and the use of adjuncts as well as specific workshops on how to manage drowning incidents and the use of tourniquets in serious bleeding incidents.

The Solution

Of course choosing where to take your professional PADI training is completely your decision and of course price is definitely a consideration when purchasing training programs as much as other goods or services. But in today’s ever changing world it is important that some consideration be placed on the level of quality you will receive, the experience of those providing it and the kind of assurance you can gain from the activity.

The PADI Scuba Diving Instructor Development Course (IDC) is entirely conducted by Holly and has been specifically designed to provide a standard of training now considered to be way over and above that generally found within the dive industry and ultimately provide new instructors with the experience, knowledge and most of all confidence to be highly successful within the industry.

For more information on the program check out the PADI IDC Indonesia Instagram page or check out the first hand reviews on the PADI IDC Gili Islands TripAdvisor Page.

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(Washington D.C.) — President Donald Trump has labeled churches and other houses of worship as “essential” and called on governors nationwide to let them reopen this weekend even though some areas remain under coronavirus lockdown.

The president threatened Friday to “override” governors who defy him, but it was unclear what authority he has to do so.

“Governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now — for this weekend,” Trump said at a hastily arranged press conference at the White House. Asked what authority Trump might have to supersede governors, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she wouldn’t answer a theoretical question.

Trump has been pushing for the country to reopen as he tries to reverse an economic free fall playing out months before he faces reelection. White evangelical Christians have been among the president’s most loyal supporters, and the White House has been careful to attend to their concerns throughout the crisis.

Following Trump’s announcement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines for communities of faith on how to safely reopen, including recommendations to limit the size of gatherings and consider holding services outdoors or in large, well-ventilated areas.

Public health agencies have generally advised people to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and encouraged Americans to remain 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from others when possible. Some parts of the country remain under some version of remain-at-home orders.

In-person religious services have been vectors for transmission of the virus. A person who attended a Mother’s Day service at a church in Northern California that defied the governor’s closure orders later tested positive, exposing more than 180 churchgoers. And a choir practice at a church in Washington state was labeled by the CDC as an early “superspreading” event.

But Trump on Friday stressed the importance of churches in many communities and said he was “identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services.”

“Some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential” but not churches, he said. “It’s not right. So I’m correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential.”

“These are places that hold our society together and keep our people united,” he added.

Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, said faith leaders should be in touch with local health departments and can take steps to mitigate risks, including making sure those who are at high risk of severe complications remain protected.

“There’s a way for us to work together to have social distancing and safety for people so we decrease the amount of exposure that anyone would have to an asymptomatic,” she said.

A person familiar with the White House’s thinking who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations said Trump had called the news conference, which had not been on his public schedule, because he wanted to be the face of church reopenings, knowing how well it would play with his political base.

Churches around the country have filed legal challenges opposing virus closures. In Minnesota, after Democratic Gov. Tim Walz this week declined to lift restrictions on churches, Roman Catholic and some Lutheran leaders said they would defy his ban and resume worship services. They called the restrictions unconstitutional and unfair since restaurants, malls and bars were allowed limited reopening.

Some hailed the president’s move, including Kelly Shackelford, president of the conservative First Liberty Institute.

“The discrimination that has been occurring against churches and houses of worship has been shocking,” he said in a statement. “Americans are going to malls and restaurants. They need to be able to go to their houses of worship.”

But Rabbi Jack Moline, president of Interfaith Alliance, said it was “completely irresponsible” for Trump to call for a mass reopening of houses of worship.

“Faith is essential and community is necessary; however, neither requires endangering the people who seek to participate in them,” he said. “The virus does not discriminate between types of gatherings, and neither should the president.”

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, made clear that churches and other houses of worship will not resume in-person services in her state until at least next weekend and said she was skeptical Trump had the authority to impose such a requirement.

“It’s reckless to force them to reopen this weekend. They’re not ready,” she said. “We’ve got a good plan. I’m going to stick with it.”

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, said he would review the federal guidance, while maintaining a decision rests with him.

“Obviously we’d love to get to the point where we can get those open, but we’ll look at the guidance documents and try to make some decisions rather quickly, depending on what it might say,” he said. “It’s the governor’s decision, of course.”

The CDC more than a month ago sent the Trump administration documents the agency had drafted outlining specific steps various kinds of organizations, including houses of worship, could follow as they worked to reopen safely. But the White House dragged its feet, concerned that the recommendations were too specific and could give the impression the administration was interfering in church operations.

The guidance posted Friday contains most of the same advice as the draft guidance. It calls for the use of face coverings and recommends keeping worshippers 6 feet from one another and cutting down on singing, which can spread aerosolized drops that carry the virus.

But there are some differences.

The draft guidance discussed reopening in steps. A first phase would have limited gatherings to video streaming and drive-in services. Later phases allow in-person gatherings of limited size and only when social distancing precautions could be followed. The new guidance has no discussion of such phases.

Another difference: The draft guidance said everyone who attends a service should wear a face covering, while the new guidance says masks should be used when social distancing cannot be maintained.

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Associated Press writers Mike Stobbe and Jonathan Lemire in New York, Philip Marcelo in Boston and Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H., contributed to this report.

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How to choose a Professional Dive Training Course!

PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) with Platinum CD Holly Macleod How to choose a Professional Dive Training Course!

Are you an experienced diver looking to take the next step and enrol on a professional Divemaster Course? Or are you already a professional Divemaster looking to become a scuba diving instructor?

Let’s take a look at the top five things you need to consider when choosing where to go!

The Person Running the Course

It’s a good idea for those taking professional dive courses to find out exactly who is running the program, how they run it and what experience they have.

With the Divemaster Course, candidates will need to work with multiple instructors; however there is usually a mentor assigned or a person who has overall responsibility for the program and is ultimately responsible for your personal development. The PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is often run entirely by one person and occasionally more than one. So it’s important to immediately identify who is mainly responsible for the particular program your thinking about taking and what experience that person has.

Finding out how many previous candidates have been taught is relatively easy these days by simply searching the internet for reviews, recommendations and the relevant websites and social media accounts. Social media accounts are a great way of authenticating previous candidates as many Instructor trainers have their own dedicated accounts for the instructor program itself, as do some Divemaster programs. If you find lots of previous students on there and they are actually doing things or being certified then that’s a great start.

Having a conversation with the person running the program can ascertain exactly what kind of personal industry experience they have had and how long for. As with any industry that relies on certification based progression you will find a wide range of different levels of experience. There are those that have taken a natural career based progression working in a variety of different worldwide locations, different diving related roles and gained a natural progression through Industry rather than making use of the system and progressing as soon as they reach the minimum requirement to make that next step. This can usually be spotted straight away.

The Course Schedule

It’s actually an important aspect of any dive course to ascertain what the schedule will be and therefore what can be expected from both parties i.e. what is expected of the student throughout the program to get the best possible experience from the course and likewise what can be expected of the instructor to achieve this goal.

With professional training the schedule becomes more important as it allows both parties to review and prepare before sessions and therefore allocate and allow for otherwise unforeseen circumstances. Scheduling would also be closely linked with experience and therefore an experienced Instructor who has taught many students, in theory should already have a dynamic schedule that has been specifically designed to accommodate ever changing circumstances. Having had prior experience of the types of circumstances that can affect training schedules they can easily adapt and deliver the program with minimal disturbance to the core schedule and the quality of training provided.

Location

Of course, the most important thing is to choose a place where diving is available and a place that you like, but there are also many other factors to consider.

If you were to train within a lake or an area with zero current and crystal clear visibility conditions, it may pose a problem in terms of both safety and employment opportunities when looking for work in a location that offers more variable conditions. Therefore it’s a great idea to choose a destination that offers variable conditions and therefore prepares new Divemaster’s and Instructors with the necessary skills to deliver the in water portion of dive programs and activities, perform appropriate supervision and adapt to changing conditions and circumstances.

If you are not sure what you will be doing once certified, it may be a good idea to choose a place that attracts a lot of entry level divers as opposed to only experienced divers giving rise to the opportunity of gaining immediate employment straight after the course within that very area. Again, if this is the case it is also a great idea to choose an experienced Instructor trainer with a good local reputation as it is often the case that they will know exactly who is looking for new scuba diving instructors.

The Facility

The choice of facility is also an important factor and the best possible way to asses is by actually visiting the dive centre and taking some dives. However, if this is not possible there is the internet available for assistance. Although there is a series of different dive retailer rating levels available within most dive organizations, it is still a good idea to go online and find out what others say, read some reviews and get a basic idea of what kind of facilities each dive operator offers.

In terms of the Divemaster Course a classroom is always a necessity, some experienced qualified instructors and a good flow of customers is a great thing to look for. Requirements would be pretty much the same for Instructor training and most of this information can be gained by contacting the PADI Course Director prior to starting the course.

Before & after the course

Other things to think about could be a question of what happens before the course starts and likewise after it finishes.

Many PADI IDC centre’s will offer a certain amount of fun diving before the start of the course and sometimes the opportunity to assist with courses and refresh those Divemaster skills. After the course has finished there is always the potential of team teaching or going on to take specialty training. So it’s always a good idea to ask the dive centre or the PADI Course Director about what happens before and after the course takes place.

How We Do It!

On the PADI Scuba Diving Instructor Development Course (IDC) with PADI Course Director Holly Macleod you are safe in the knowledge that most of these issues have been addressed.

Holly runs the entire program from start to finish. The great thing is that having Issued well over 3000 Instructor level certifications in the Gili Islands alone, Receiving the Platinum Frequent Trainer Award and Elite 300 Instructor Award for the past 8 years running and having spent the last 18 years teaching PADI Courses & Programs in variety of different global diving destinations including Honduras, Thailand, Australia, UK, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia & Singapore; Holly has the pure experience to assist professional divers in developing the skills, knowledge and confidence to be highly successful and is the perfect person to consult when making the transition into a new career; knowing exactly what is expected from new instructors and of course what new scuba diving instructors should expect from the diving industry. The program itself has been specifically designed to provide a standard of training nowadays considered to be way over and above that generally found within the recreational diving industry and to an ultimately higher standard than that required by the PADI IDC Curriculum.

Having this amount of experience training instructors means that when It comes to Instructor training programs and courses, making schedules is second nature to Holly as it makes the entire process easier and provides an overall more seamless experience for candidates and staff. Everyone concerned will know exactly what they need to do, when it needs to be done and how the whole process will work. Another great thing about the way in which Instructor training schedules are designed is that there is plenty of room for candidates to catch up in case of unforeseen circumstances taking place.

All Instructor training takes place in the Gili Islands, which is a great place to train as a professional diving instructor. The islands themselves consist of a great range of restaurants, bars and social activities as well as some fantastic beaches. Most diving operators are situated directly on the beach, where dive boats leave directly from outside the shop and dive sites are situated closely. The great thing about this for instructor level training is that it minimises time wasted travelling between the dive centre and the boat and likewise minimises the time spent travelling to the dive site.

The conditions at our training sites are excellent for this purpose as the Gili Islands mostly consist of drift diving, therefore the training sites will never exhibit the same conditions from one day to the next. Candidates can expect anything from calm, mild or sometimes even strong currents and conditions that will also sometimes change during a session, meaning that new instructors will learn to adapt and deal with the situation as it arises. Great training for anyone looking to start a new career anywhere in the world with any kind of diving conditions.

All Instructor level training takes place at the first ever established 5 Star IDC Career Development Centre (CDC) to have been established in the Gili Islands and therefore offers the highest possible standard of training facilities. The dive centre is busy most of the year so there is always a buzz about it and new instructors will have plenty of experienced instructors around if they wish to gain an insight into how courses are conducted.

Before the course starts candidates can arrive early and take advantage of fun diving and if busy enough join some of the recreational diving courses. Once the PADI Scuba Diving Instructor Course (IDC) has finished new Instructor can participate in team teaching whereby they can assist with a seasoned instructor and pick up some tips on how to conduct recreational dive courses.

If you interested in taking the PADI IDC with Award Winning Industry Leading Multiple Platinum PADI Course Director Holly Macleod, than check out the PADI IDC Gili Islands on Instagram to see what’s actually going on including any news updates and up and coming courses. It’s also a great idea to check out the PADI IDC Indonesia on TripAdvisor and get some first-hand reviews.

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PADI IDC Gili Islands 2021 – The Ultimate Pro Training Experience

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The Current PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC)

Holly has also received acknowledgement via the PADI Frequent Trainer Award Scheme and been awarded the PADI Platinum Status and Elite 300 Instructor Awards year upon year for the past 8 years.

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Guts to Feel Good: A Healthy Inside Leads to a Healthy Outside

This post is sponsored by AnimalBiome*

Founded in 2016, AnimalBiome is an emerging start-up company that offers a novel approach to companion animal health – rooted in the science of the gut microbiome. The company grew out of a research initiative by Holly Ganz, PhD at the UC Davis Genome Center called KittyBiome. KittyBiome is a citizen science project seeking to characterize the microbiome of healthy cats and gain an understanding of how a balanced gut microbiome supports overall pet health. Today, the company provides direct to consumer microbial assessment kits for dogs and cats and creates restorative supplements from material sourced directly from healthy pets to combat digestive issues and restore balance to the microbiome.

What is the gut microbiome?

All animals on earth have unique collections of thousands of different types of microbes in their digestive tracts, collectively termed the gut microbiome. Bacteria in the microbiome are crucial for digestion and obtaining nutrients from the food they eat. When these gut bacteria are out of balance, digestive disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease can occur. Beyond digestion, gut bacteria impact a broad spectrum of biological functions and can play roles in developing allergies, diabetes, and even anxiety.

Where is the gut microbiome located?

Digestion is a multi-step process that starts in the mouth, passes to the stomach, and finishes in the intestine. The vast majority of bacteria in the digestive tract are in the large intestine, and when we refer to the microbiome, we are referring primarily to these bacteria. Bacteria in the large intestine help our pets digest nutrients that they can’t break down themselves. These bacteria are also responsible for the production of vitamins and other essential nutrients.

Chronic digestive disorders tied to the gut microbiome

Chronic digestive disorders in pets are very common, with more than 10 percent of pet owners reporting a cat or dog suffering from a chronic digestive disorder. Many of these disorders are linked to imbalanced gut bacteria and can cause life-long discomfort for pets (and their owners). When the bacteria in a pet’s gut are out of balance, the microbiome can trigger intestinal inflammatory responses, which, left untreated, could lead to chronic illnesses such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD.) There is currently no cure for chronic digestive disorders. Owners can spend thousands of dollars annually to manage these conditions once they develop.

Chronic digestive disorders are diverse. What we do know is that genetic and environmental factors impact these disorders. Some breeds seem to be genetically predisposed to digestive disorders. During the important development years, pets that are taken from their mothers prematurely may not receive all the healthy microbes that they need. Modern diets can also promote the growth of inflammatory groups of bacteria. Factors like these, along with others, may contribute to the development of bad bacteria levels and evolve into of a chronic digestive disorder.

Restoring your cat’s gut microbiome with Fecal Microbiota Transplant Capsules

Your pet’s microbiome is a complex internal environment. Testing your pet’s microbiome provides insight into their gut health status. AnimalBiome’s first-of-its-kind Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Capsules help supplement and restore your pet’s microbiome while relieving troublesome symptoms. AnimalBiome Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Capsules are a daily, oral microbiome supplement. Easily administered, and a gentle alternative for pets facing digestive, skin and immune system issues, the capsules contain stool from a healthy donor that is carefully screened for pathogens, health conditions, and microbiome composition.

How Can Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Help My Cat?

Research has shown that gut health is important for overall pet health and longevity. Pet digestive health can be disrupted by medications (like antibiotics), diet and environment. Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Capsules provide viable bacteria to your pet orally. The capsules are enteric-coated to allow delay of dissolution until the capsule has passed the stomach acid and reached the intestines. Multiple doses of the capsules repeatedly introduce beneficial organisms to increase the success of “seeding” your pet’s microbiome to a balanced and healthy state. Positive results are often seen within a few weeks.

How are Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Capsules Made?

AnimalBiome harvests stool from healthy, screened pet donors (yes: it’s a smelly, but important, job!) to fill easy-to-administer capsules for your cat (or dog.) The capsules are made following stringent quality control guidelines and carefully designed standard operating procedures. They use capsules that are manufactured and packaged in state-of-the-art current Good Manufacturing Practice-certified facilities, which meet all health compliance requirements. These capsules are made using only 100% pharmaceutical-grade vegetarian plant material.

Where does the material for the Fecal Transplant Capsules come from?

The donors for Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) Capsules are pets screened for health, age, fecal consistency, behavior, and microbiome composition (based on DNA testing). Donated material is quarantined for at least 30 days to ensure that the donor remained healthy.

Donor samples are also submitted for pathogen screening (both DNA testing and culturing) to the UC Davis Real-time PCR and Diagnostics Core Facility, which has more than 15 years of genetic testing experience, stringent quality control guidelines, and well-validated standard operating procedures. In addition, the materials are screened for parasites and parasite eggs using the veterinary diagnostics company Idexx. .

For cats, the donated fecal matter comes from healthy indoor cats that have not had antibiotic treatment in the prior six months, have diverse and species-rich microbiomes, are not overweight, and have no behavioral issues. Pathogen screening includes Clostridium difficile toxins A and B, Cryptosporidium spp, Salmonella spp, Giardia spp, feline coronavirus, feline parvovirus (Panleukopenia), and Tritrichomonas foetus.

KittyBiome Microbiome Restoration System

The KittyBiome Microbiome Restoration System Includes two Microbiome Tests (one before and one after a course of supplements) and a course of supplements. The Microbiome Tests and Supplements work together to see how your cat’s microbiome responds to the supplement. The Microbiome Test also helps owners understand the health status of their cat’s digestive system as well as any actions they can take to improve it.

The purchase of the kit supports research to develop treatments for the millions of pets suffering from digestive disorders.

Marigold’s Story

The folks at AnimaBiome shared this wonderful about Marigold, a beautiful cat with a sunny disposition. She was a stray who was taken to an Oakland, CA shelter and was soon scheduled for euthanasia because of her chronic diarrhea. Tracy Gondo adopted Marigold and tried to help her. She tried numerous treatments over several years to no avail. When Marigold started using AnimalBiome’s FMT pills her symptoms subsided and now she continues to live on with a healthy gut.

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Arrest of One of the Most Prolific Dark Net Fentanyl Vendors in the World

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions together with U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Justin Herdman, announced last week the arrest of one of the most prolific dark net fentanyl vendors in the world, as a result of “Operation Darkness Falls.”

In a joint security operation carried out by the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Operation Darkness Falls resulted in several arrests, charges and guilty pleas targetting people selling fentanyl and other drugs over the dark net.

Included in the arrests was MH4Life, the biggest seller of dark net fentanyl in the U.S. and the fourth biggest in the world.

During the course of the operation, investigators discovered that Mathew Roberts and Holly Roberts were the people behind MH4Life. Both are aged 35 and reside in San Antonio. Earlier this year, they were charged in court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances plus other charges.

The duo operated under multiple dark net vendor accounts including MH4LIFE, TRAPPEDINTIME, FASTFORWARD and MRHIGH4LIFE. The duo operated and sold fentanyl on multiple dark net marketplace websites including Dream Market, Silk Road, AlphaBay, Darknet Heroes League, and Nucleus among others.

The two dealt in fentanyl, MethoxyAcetylFentanyl (MAF), other fentanyl analogues, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, marijuana, Xanax, Oxycodone and other drugs.

Major Dark Web Drug Bust

Between 2011 and 2018 MH4Life conducted 2,800 verified narcotics transactions on Dream Market; 500 verified narcotics transactions on Agora marketplace, and 719 transactions on Nucleus marketplace. Globally, MH4Life operated the highest number of verified transactions of fentanyl across the dark web, according to Dream Market.

MH4Life used encryption software, VPN, private messaging and other proxies via TOR to evade detection. They also used cryptocurrencies to purchase and get paid for narcotics on the dark web.

As stated in the Department of Justice press release, other cases charged as part of Operation Darkness Falls included:

DF44: Robert Kiessling was the third-largest fentanyl vendor in North America as of early this year, based on number of sales. Kiessling was arrested in coordination with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada. A search of his residence uncovered fentanyl and other narcotics tied to the dark net scheme. He was released on bond in Canada and committed suicide.

The Source, BonnieNClyde: Nick Powell is charged with being a Xanax distributor and dark net money launderer. Powell was arrested and agents seized $438,000 in Bitcoin. He has been charged in federal court in Cleveland with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The case is pending.

Dark King 22: Antoin Austin, of Euclid, recently pleaded guilty to operating a dark net fentanyl business from an apartment cohabitated with children and within a short distance from an elementary school. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 5.

MotleyFool: James Halpin recently pleaded guilty to his role as a national dark net fentanyl vendor.

Panachecak: Ryan Kluth recently pleaded guilty to crimes involving fentanyl and child pornography via the dark net. His plea agreement calls for a sentence of approximately ten years in prison.

“Today’s announcements are a warning to every trafficker, every crooked doctor or pharmacist, and every drug company, every chairman and foreign national and company that puts greed before the lives and health of the American people: this Justice Department will use civil and criminal penalties alike and we will find you, put you in jail, or make you pay,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman added that whoever hides “behind a cloak of anonymity on the dark net will be uncovered and brought to justice for selling the drugs killing our friends and neighbors.”

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Try something new this spring with the UM Communiversity courses. Latin dance instructor Arman Sahakyan will host the popular ballroom and Latin dancing courses just in time for Valentine’s Day. UM photo by Larry Agostinelli

The start of a new year is always a good prompt to reflect on how you can try something different, form new habits or make time for enriching experiences. The University of Mississippi Communiversity program has a spring schedule full of noncredit courses sure to inspire.

“There is a little something for everyone,” said Gazel Giles, Communiversity coordinator. “There are no grades or homework, but there are many opportunities to learn about things you may be interested in.”

Residents are invited to the free “UPD’s Personal Safety” class at noon Jan. 31 at the Oxford-University Depot. Find out how to protect yourself and develop an awareness of threatening situations. There is no cost for this hourlong course, but participants are encouraged to register online.

Treat your Valentine to ballroom and Latin dance classes with professional instructor Arman Sahakyan. This step-by-step class takes place Monday evenings Feb. 19-April 30 in Residence Hall 2, on the former site of Guess Hall.

The ballroom sessions are set for 6:30-7:30 p.m. while the Latin dancing course will follow from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $10 per session.

Gardeners and anyone wanting to spruce up their yard this spring can enjoy Communiversity’s popular lunch and learn classes. The first in the series will be “Pruning Like a Pro” with Jeff McManus, ISA-certified arborist and director of UM Landscape Services, on Feb. 21.

The “How to Create a Hummingbird Garden” class with Mitch Robinson from Strawberry Plains Audubon Center is set for March 28. Each class costs just $10 and will be conducted from noon to 1p.m. at the Depot.

Residents looking for resources to enhance their employability and work performance can check out “Landing Your Next Job” with career training coach Leslie Kendrick.

“The main goal of this class is to help people feel more comfortable with applying for jobs and interviewing for positions,” Kendrick said. “The class is not meant to overwhelm participants. I want people to feel confident that they can do this.”

Kendrick will share tips for interviewing as well as writing resumes and cover letters from 5:30 to 7:30 March 20 and 27 at UM’s Insight Park on Hawthorn Road.

Another course to help with enhancing job skills and work performance in 2018 is “Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint: Going Beyond the Basics,” taking place 5:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 and 7 at Weir Hall. The cost is $85.

Focusing on improving personal health is a popular goal for many in the new year. The “Advanced Essential Oils” class provides ideas for living a healthier lifestyle through blending oils for wellness applications and replacing toxic home and personal care products with more natural materials.

The class will meet 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, April 3, 10 and 17, at the Depot. The cost is $75.

“CPR and First-Aid Training” will help participants make a plan for emergencies and develop the skills necessary to help an adult, child, or infant who is not breathing. The class is slated for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. March 31 at Insight Park. The class also meets requirements for foster care, adoption and child care workers.

Preparing for emergencies is a topic that also will be discussed during the “Safe Sitter Essentials” class for youth ages 11 to 14. Participants will learn lifesaving skills so they can be safe when home alone or watching younger children. Set for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 5 at Insight Park, the course costs $65.

Fishtail, Milkmaid, Crown, Upside Down – these are some of the latest on-trend hairstyles that Melanie Armstrong will teach participants how to craft during the “Introduction to Professional Braiding” class taking place 9 a.m.-noon March 3 at the Depot.

Armstrong, who operates the Armstrong Braiding Academy in Tupelo, will share her best techniques and hair care secrets with class members who can practice on and keep their own hair mannequin. The cost, including materials, is $99.

Aretha Nabors of Tupelo will share her best tips and practices for saving money during the “Beginning Couponing Course,” from 9 a.m. to noon April 21 at the Depot. The course fee is $35.

Nabors perfected her couponing skills a few years ago when the first two of her five sons were enrolled in college at the same time.

“Couponing has saved me thousands of dollars each year,” Nabors said. “I needed to supply necessities not just for my own household, but also for two student residences.

“Now I buy enough at deeply-discounted prices throughout the year to stock them with food and supplies that they need without breaking the bank.”

Nabors said that she doesn’t extreme coupon but does get the maximum savings on products and even restaurant visits.

“I’m so excited to show others how to save money and time,” she said. “It just doesn’t make sense to pay full price.”

People looking to take their photography skills to the next level can learn the best digital camera and image editing techniques from Robert Jordan, who recently retired as director of university photography. His “Advanced Digital Photography” class will address control techniques, various format cameras and photographic lighting techniques.

The class meets 8 a.m.-noon April 14 at Insight Park. The cost is $85.

Food Network regulars Jeff and Kathleen Taylor of Oxford’s Sweet T’s Bakery will share their creative techniques during the “Sweet Treats for Mother’s Day” class, slated for 6-8 p.m.May 3 at the Depot. Enjoy the class with family members or surprise mom with a delicious and beautiful cake, cupcakes or cookies. The cost is $69.

On May 5, enjoy a covered-wagon ride while learning the history of native plants and landscapes in north Mississippi during a guided excursion at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs. The cost is $30 and includes group transportation from Oxford.

Senior citizens 55 and older get a 10 percent discount for courses costing $30 or more. For more information or to register, visit http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/spring2018.

By Pam Starling

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How to Survive Working From Home During Your Kid’s Holiday Break

I spent the twelve years since my oldest daughter was born as a stay-at-home dad and homemaker, and—during that time—periods like winter break when the kids are home from school were busy but manageable. But this year’s winter break marks a big change for me—it’s the first one where I’ll be juggling a job on top of childcare. The kids and I made it through my first working summer—barely—but the summer was regimented enough with activities like camp that it was similar to the school year. The intense two weeks of winter break are a different ballgame, though—too short to really schedule a routine, but long enough to create all kinds of productivity pitfalls.

In hopes of avoiding those snags, I wanted to get ahead of the curve and go into this winter break with a solid plan. I know what will happen if I don’t, and it’s not pretty—by the end of the break my two daughters and I will be rocking back and forth, feral, snarling, and blinded by the light of day when we finally emerge from the house, and my coworkers will have sent a search party. I figured there’s got to be a better way, so I reached out to a group of work-from-home parents, hoping to learn their strategies for transforming winter break into the holly, jolly time of year we’ve all heard rumors about.

Get Ahead of It With Workarounds, Co-Working, and Working With Others

Although winter break is listed on school district calendars months in advance, it’s easy to be so caught up in the minutiae of the day-to-day that its arrival turns us into wild-eyed reactionaries. But, according to Lindsay Nash, Marketing Manager at Waldo Photos, with just a little bit of pre-planning we can meet those two weeks with a proactive, cool head instead. Start that planning as soon as possible (like now).

Remote work typically comes with a certain level of flexibility—half the time your colleagues aren’t even in the same time zone, so there’s leeway for scheduling meetings and deadlines— and winter break is a key time to use this to your advantage. Nash—an American expat who works remotely in South Korea—always makes sure to schedule winter break meetings and conference calls when her kids are either asleep or out of the house. In her case, her employer and team are open to working with her timeframe, but even if you’re working in a less forgiving environment, a little bit of creative planning can keep your kids and conference calls separated. Nash suggests looking to nap times, early mornings, late evenings, or even taking your laptop and heading out of the house to a park or coffee shop for uninterrupted meetings.

On the other hand, Nash says you could flip the script entirely and keep your kids close. Nash’s kids are curious about everything she’s up to—whether she’s working at her desk or trying to take a trip to the bathroom—so one of her strategies is to simply include them in her work. Nash sets up a desk near hers and provides “work” activities (coloring sheets, math problems, and puzzles), allowing them to be co-workers with her. Even if it only lasts a little while, kids will feel like they’re “in” on the action, which means you can take the moment to get some work done sans interruption. You may still be followed to the bathroom, however.

Set Boundaries Around Lunch Breaks, Blood, and Fire

With your kids are running around the house while you try to answer emails, boundaries are more critical than ever. During the weeks that his kids are home, Paul Dessert, Web Developer at Airbus Defense and Space, sets aside his lunch hour as a time to visit with them, and he preemptively steps out of his office for a few minutes each hour that he’s working to check in. When it’s time for him to buckle down, though, he closes and locks his office door and enters “Do Not Disturb” mode. By being accessible to his kids on a regular basis during the breaks it makes it easier for them to recognize and understand the times when he can’t be interrupted.

Making clear what counts as an emergency is key, and Joshua Peskay, VP of Technology Strategy at RoundTable Technology—sets up winter break boundaries in living color by instating a “RAG” (red, amber, green) status system in his home office. Green means that Peskay’s working, but it’s fine for the kids to come in if they need something or want to talk, amber or yellow denotes that if it’s important, it’s okay to interrupt, and red means that if the kids aren’t on fire or bleeding, don’t come in. A system like this further codifies and regiments boundaries, removing the ambiguity that can quickly lead to irritation and bickering when the kids are expected to read your mind. Not that I’d know anything about that, of course.

Hire Yourself Some Temporary Childcare and Housework Help

After spending so many years as a homemaker before doing paid work from home, outsourcing domestic chores doesn’t come naturally to me—I fear that if I hired someone to clean my house, I’d spend a week cleaning it myself in preparation. But when I add up the amount of time I already spend on housework and parenting when I have the benefit of having my kids at school all day, I know I’ll need to call in reinforcements when they’re home for winter break.

Nancy Fulton and Mark Mazur work together from home, each owning and operating their own businesses—Fulton runs online and face-to-face events for producers and screenwriters in Hollywood and Mazur is an app developer and CTO. They’ve been at the home entrepreneurial game for over 20 years now, and in the meantime have raised three kids. With many a winter break under their belt, they’ve developed a good deal of insight into staying sane and productive with kids home and underfoot.

According to Fulton, their secret is outsourcing. As two parents with paid work (in addition to parenting responsibilities), there comes a time when you need to hire outside help, and it becomes crucial to put some of your money toward making more money without losing your mind.

Start by hiring a housekeeper or cleaning service to pick up the domestic slack—if only for the duration of the school break (this could mean somebody comes just once a week or every other week—just enough to keep the place clean but without racking up a massive bill). By paying someone to take out the trash, sterilize the bathrooms, and do dishes, you’ll be freeing up precious time that can be spent both on work and on connecting with your kids.

In addition to housekeeping, Fulton adds that hiring a nanny or babysitter to spend time with the kids during the break is another wise investment. She and her husband usually recruit students from their local junior college or university, and that having someone occupy the kids for even a few hours a day frees up precious time that might otherwise be spent refereeing sibling disputes or being nagged relentlessly to take them ice skating.

If a nanny isn’t a financially viable option, turn to your community. Nash says to remember that—despite the feelings of isolation that can creep in when you’re home with kids during winter break—you don’t have to be alone. Nash has cultivated a small community of fellow remote-working parents who take turns watching the kids. Kids get to play with friends, parents get quiet working time, and everybody’s happy. And even when it’s her turn to watch the group of kids, Nash still gets more work done than if she just had her own, since they’re all preoccupied playing with each other—so you might consider opening up your house to parents who don’t work remotely and can’t take on watching your kids, but can provide their own kids as distractions for yours.

Give Up the Fight About Screen Time

For the past few years, the major parenting debate seems to be screen time. In fact, when I made my inquiries for this story I didn’t expect to hear any shout-outs to tablets, smartphones, video game consoles, or other digital pied pipers, but several of the pros I spoke with brought up the beauty of screens.

James Pollard, Marketing Consultant at TheAdvisorCoach, says he’ll sometimes pull out an early Christmas present—particularly a video game that his kids can lose themselves in for a few days—as a winter break tactic, while Nash says that screen time is a natural part of contemporary parenthood, and sometimes ends up being her go-to for a moment of peace, quiet, and productivity.

I personally gave up the fight over screen time with my kids years ago. In fact, I never really fought it. I felt like I couldn’t regulate my children’s screen time in good faith without regulating my own, and so—whenever my kids are home—the floodgates of Minecraft, Roblox, and YouTube are wide open. But to my surprise, my kids end up regulating themselves. Both of my girls have healthy social lives, my youngest plays soccer, my oldest writes fiction, and they excel in school—all while using screens to their heart’s content. And so, like Pollard and Nash, I’m on board with a screen-friendly winter break.

Of course since they don’t have hard and fast limits, my kids get sick of their screens pretty quickly, and then we’re back to square one—the two of them irritated with me for not entertaining them, and me irritated because they’re up in my grill while I’m trying to work. And so this year—armed with the tips listed above—I’m going to get ahead of the situation! I’ll stop working in the living room with a girl on either side, and turn our storage room into an office to establish some boundaries. I’ll set aside money to pay for a housecleaner so my kids won’t grow up remembering me as the guy yelling at them to get off the couch when I’m trying to lint roll it. I’ll take advantage of my flexible remote work by shifting the bulk of my work to times when the kids aren’t around, and try to network with other parents in similar situations. And screens. Lots and lots of screens. For me, of course. I hear there’s a new Mario game out.

from Web Developers World https://skillcrush.com/2017/11/13/working-from-home-during-holiday-break-tips/

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