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Your locked-up wheel produces no power, never lets loose from the banks where it's broken. The forest is slowly shifting again, sharp and stuttered, harsh transitions through thaws and freeze-overs. I'm running from the sun like I've been chased, to the brilliant, beautiful shadows that seem better for the cold casting. The part I play out here is insignificant, too small to be even considered an extra. I'm more like set dressing, one cloud passing that you only notice for the seconds it blocks the sun. Being invisible in nature always somehow makes me feel like belonging everywhere else. Finding places like these, the one human dot in a landscape of inhuman space. Lonely lives laced with intrusions on time, waiting for reclamation. I'll still be strong and steady when they fade for good.
March 16, 2021
South Tremont, Nova Scotia
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: Eric Dinallo speaks onstage at the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
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My friend Anne gave me this talking stick. She explained that a person with the stick has the right to speak with no interruption, but in fact isn't it more important that we listen to the person speaking. So I believe that the person speaking should be able to give out listening stick to those who are not listening.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: (L-R) Chaya Goldstein, Dr. Heather Grossman and Mark O’Malia attend the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: (L-R) Mark O'Malia, Chaya Goldstein, Kristel Kubart, Carl Herder, Gregory Scott, Dr. Heather Grossman, Bridget Scully and Margaret Miller attend the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
Health Sciences professor Carol Seery (left) sat in on Kathryn Perkin's thesis prospectus presentation on the perception of stuttering.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: (L-R) Emily Blunt, Marc Winski and Dr. Heather Grossman attend the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
Enniscorthy edged by battling Bangor by Roger Corbett
Bangor produced an excellent performance against a strong Enniscorthy side to once again come from behind and secure a semi-final place by 14-10.
In contrast to last week, the weather and pitch conditions at Upritchard Park were good. However, Bangor’s preparations got off to a bad start when centre Mike Aspley aggravated an injury in the pre-match warm-up and was unable to play. A quick re-shuffle saw Chris Morgan come in from full back as his replacement, and Adam McCusker taking up the full back role. For Enniscorthy’s part, they came to this fixture on the back of a good run of results in the Leinster League Division 1A, and sitting in second place in that table.
A mistake by Bangor right from the referee’s whistle at kick-off looked to have handed the visitors an opportunity to take the initiative. However, having won the ball back, McCusker put a superb kick deep into the Enniscorthy twenty two that left the defence no option but to put it into touch. The Bangor line-out was taken cleanly by Curtis Stewart, and a maul was formed that surged towards the Enniscorthy line before Jamie Clegg dropped with the ball and scored the game’s first try after just 4 minutes. Mark Widdowson made the conversion, and the score was 7-0.
Within 3 minutes the lead could have been extended when Enniscorthy were penalised for a high tackle. However, this time Widdowson’s kick drifted wide of the posts.
If Bangor thought things were going their way, this soon changed as Enniscorthy gathered themselves and started to gain confidence through a lengthy period of possession, aided in some part by Bangor’s readiness to kick when in possession themselves. The Enniscorthy attack was now causing Bangor headaches, with the result that the penalty count started to rise. Eventually these repeated infringements around the breakdown led to a yellow card being shown to James Henly. Enniscorthy saw this as their opportunity to capitalise, and laid siege to Bangor’s line. Bangor doggedly held their line despite conceding further penalties, and having to defend the resulting line-out and drive combination by Enniscorthy. As Henly’s 10 minute period in the sin bin came to an end, Bangor had somehow managed to hold off the Enniscorthy attack, and had actually managed to turn over the ball, giving them a chance to clear their lines and gather their breath. However, in a bizarre series of events, Ricky Armstrong’s clearance kick was charged down and bounced back towards the Bangor line, only to be gratefully accepted by one of the big Enniscorthy forwards who was still getting to his feet from the preceding ruck. With barely two steps to the line, he touched down for the try, leaving the Bangor players confused and dejected after working so hard to prevent the score. The conversion was missed, keeping Bangor narrowly ahead by 7-5, after 23 minutes.
For most of the remainder of the first half, Enniscorthy kept play in Bangor’s half. Bangor looked dangerous on the counter attack, with some good runs by the wingers Davy Charles and Mark Widdowson. For Enniscorthy’s part, they had several good scoring opportunities but either knocked-on or missed a pass at the crucial moments. A half time score of 7-5 would have been gladly taken by Bangor but, as 40 minutes approached, a lapse in concentration while in their own twenty two, led to a missed tackle which was clinically exploited by Enniscorthy, allowing them to run in for their second try which, although unconverted, gave the lead by 7-10 as the sides turned around.
As has been the case in many other games, Bangor’s second half performance moved up a gear, and it was now the visitor’s line that was coming under attack. Within the first 10 minutes, Bangor looked to be in a good scoring position, but the Enniscorthy defence was equal to Bangor’s first half display. Although unable to break through at this time, Bangor were now looking more confident as the initial Enniscorthy charge appeared to be stuttering. This certainly looked the case when, after 25 minutes had elapsed, the Enniscorthy kicker elected to go for the posts from close to the half way line – a strange decision given the relatively poor conversion attempts earlier. Once again the kick was missed, but Bangor had at least been pushed back into their own half.
As the game entered the final 5 minutes, it was beginning to look like Enniscorthy would hold firm and take the win. However, in a repeat of the exemplary performance displayed at Clonmel in the previous round, Bangor simply lifted their game again and mounted a surge against their tiring opponents. With just 2 minutes of normal time remaining, Jamie Ball gathered the ball at the half way line, and then passed it to Clegg on his left. Leading by example, Clegg went straight, taking the ball past the 10 metre line and drawing the approaching Enniscorthy defender. A well-timed pass to his left was equally well-received by Widdowson on the wing, who rounded his opposite number and sprinted for the line. With little space to work with and the full-back still to beat, Widdowson produced the speed and footwork necessary to take him over the line, to the left of the posts. He then managed to add the icing on the cake with another well-struck conversion which put Bangor ahead by 14-10.
The moments immediately after scoring are particularly dangerous, and with Enniscorthy now throwing everything they had, the remaining couple of minutes were incredibly tense – for both sets of supporters. To Enniscorthy’s credit, they skilfully kept recycling the ball – almost like sevens rugby – bringing the game back into Bangor’s twenty two. But in the end, it was just too much, with Bangor eventually managing to turn the ball over and close out the game, bringing despair and delight in equal measure on the faces of the opposing players.
To the Bangor supporters who had been unable to travel to the game at Clonmel, and who had not fully appreciated the performance there, this brought everything that had been said into focus, and with it the realisation that Bangor now have the ability to go all the way in this competition. With Ulster rivals Clogher Valley and CIYMS, and Leinster high-fliers Dundalk now joining Bangor in the semi-finals, the next hurdle will be equally challenging, but having beaten two of the strongest junior sides in Ireland, confidence is high and everything is now to play for.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, G Irvine, J Henly, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Stewart, R Armstrong, J Morgan, M Widdowson, C Morgan, M Weir, D Charles, A McCusker
Subs: O McIlmurry, F Black, M Crockford, J Ball, M Thompson
Bangor scores: J Clegg (1T), M Widdowson (1T, 2C)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: Tina Brown and Emily Blunt speak onstage at the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
Using data collected from the same brain as shown in the previous image, scientists plotted a subset of fibers--those that ended in a particular cross section of tissue--and followed their path throughout the brain. Now one can see some of the brain’s major anatomical structures. The treelike shape at lower left, for example, shows the longitudinal fibers of the cerebellum, a brain area that plays an important role in coordination and motor control, as well as in the integration of information from different senses.
Credit: Guangping Dai, Van Wedeen, Ruopeng Wang at MGH, and John Kaas at Vanderbilt (The Brain Unmasked)
Does reading poetry help stutterers? No, it doesn't really help stutters regain their fluency, but singing helps stutters a lot. Poetry is a great way to help overcome stuttering, but it's not a miracle cure. Everyone deals with stuttering differently. For some, it might mean learning strategies to speak more fluently and overcoming feelings of shame. For others, reading poetry is just a way to find relief from the constant pounding on their chest.
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Singing helps stutterers
There are many ways that singing can help stutterers regain their fluency. Music is known to activate different parts of the brain, increasing blood flow and creating new connections across the brain's regions. Because music triggers emotions and memories, it is believed to help stutterers regain control of their expression. In fact, singing has been proven to help children with speech disfluency. This method is used by speech therapists in many countries, including the United States.
One example of someone who has overcome his or her stuttering is the legendary singer and songwriter, Mel Tillis. A country music hall of fame, Tillis turned his chronic stutter into a creative outlet and developed a huge following as a friendly folksy performer. Tillis passed away on Nov. 19, 2014, in Ocala, Fla. In fact, the connection between music and speech goes back hundreds of years.
Buzz did fast stutter flapping towards the roof of Rindge Towers. I thought he might be harassing a Peregrine, but none was there. He was just sailing on hormones. He landed on the fence on SW Rindge 3, territory owned by the Peregrines. He was exultant sitting atop the tallest perch in his territory; a perch usually occupied by Peregrines who would not tolerate his presence near their wintering roost.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: Eve Russo and Nolan Russo Jr. attend the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR STUTTERING THIRD ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
JUNE 8th, 2009
Tribeca Rooftop
2 Desbrosses St
New York, NY 10013-1704
(212) 625-2600
Photo Credit – Steve Eichner
With stuttering, viewers-turned-participants use their entire bodies to touch and trigger activation points laid out in a Mondrian-styled grid. Move quickly, and the piece will itself stutter in a barrage of audiovisual verbiage; move carefully, even cautiously – stutter with your body – and both meaning and bodies emerge.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: <> attends the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
St Catherine, Flempton, Suffolk
A lovely little church in a delightful churchyard, An interesting collection of early 20th Century glass including Ward & Hughes alarming 1901 glass in memory of Queen Victoria.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: (L-R) Susan Reichardt, Emily Blunt and guest attend the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
Stuttering Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus), Gibraltar Range, NSW.
I was pleased to see these endangered frogs in amplexus. I observed this pair for some time as they slowly clambered amongst the rocks looking for somewhere to deposit their eggs. These frogs lay their eggs along the banks of the stream rather than completely submerge them in the stream itself. This is an attempt to avoid predation of the eggs by keeping them out of reach of aquatic predators such as fish and eels.
Here we see the brain of an owl monkey viewed from the right, with the face of the animal at far right and the cerebellum, red, at lower left. The image incorporates all the data analyzed during that scan, making it difficult to distinguish individual pathways. “Owing to its density, we see only the surface, the cortex, which has a pincushion appearance,” says Wedeen. He and his team have developed specialized software to display the diffusion data they collect, which allows them to select the specific parts they will visualize.
Credit: Guangping Dai, Van Wedeen, Ruopeng Wang at MGH, and John Kaas at Vanderbilt (The Brain Unmasked)
Jenna is nearly seven years old, and exercised very frequently, but she always does the "stutter whine" when she sees us putting on our shoes to take her for a walk. Her entire body is vibrating with sheer energy and excitement, and that's why her whine "skips." Please take notice of how patient and quiet my Real Little Boy is, though.