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Surveys of the historical, philosophical, sociological, and psychological aspects of the educative process. Issues to be examined include governance and financing of schools, legal challenges in education, and multicultural perspectives of education. Students are introduced to the goals and practices of schools through a number of experiences. NOTE: Course offered fall, spring, and may be offered during additional sessions.
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2019-04-25T07:59:46Z
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http://www.ccbcmd.edu/Programs-and-Courses-Finder/course/EDTR/101
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Wright, Mike. "A Review of the Literature of the Odonata of Tennessee." Tennessee Academy of Science. Journal 13, no. 1 (1938): 26-33.
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2019-04-25T06:36:22Z
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http://dots.lib.utk.edu/?q=biblio&s=author&f%5Bag%5D=W&f%5Bauthor%5D=3972
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A relief map is a three-dimensional model that shows the features of a particular region, like mountains and valleys, to scale. You've probably all seen one at some stage, perhaps you've even built one. However, I don't suppose you've ever thought that a relief map might provide a starting point for scientific research. But thanks to one influential Australian geologist, that's just what happened.
During the Second World War, military planners were concerned about the lack of detailed maps of Northern Australia. Acting on the advice of the professor of Geology at the University of Melbourne, Edwin Sherbon Hills, they decided to construct a relief model of the area. Once completed, data from the model was to be used to draw up the required maps.
Hills was seconded to the Army, and for three months travelled with an Observer Unit across Northern Australia collecting data for the model. The journals of explorers and early settlers provided additional information, and soon construction was underway. Hills was so impressed by the possibilities of the relief model that he continued and extended the project after the war. By the 1950s, he had completed a model of the entire continent of Australia (with Papua New Guinea thrown in for good measure). When assembled, the model was some eight metres across!
While working on the model Hills had noticed some interesting regularities. Most striking was the way that many features of the landscape -- such as rivers, basins and mountain ranges -- seemed to form geometric patterns made up of linked or intersecting straight lines. Hills suggested that these lines (called lineaments) gave important clues about the underlying geological structure of the continent. This insight has proved to be extremely valuable, especially in identifying ore deposits, and many geologists have built upon Hills' pioneering work in the field he described as "morphotectonics".
This episode also provides a good example of Hills's gift for lateral thinking. Unlike many modern scientists, he did not confine his researches to a narrow area of specialisation. His interests varied widely across geology -- including palaeontology, coastal features, arid lands, hydrology and economic geology -- enabling him to take a broad view of any problem and to make connections that might otherwise have been missed.
This breadth of vision was evident even in the late 1920s when, as a young geology student, Hills was set the task of investigating the geology of the Cathedral Ranges, near Melbourne. The field work was difficult, perhaps even dangerous, but his efforts were rewarded by the discovery of fossil remains of fish from the Devonian period (about 400 million years ago). This find was highly significant from a palaentological point of view, but Hills also recognised that the fossils provided him with a useful means of dating other geological features in the area.
In a similar way, Hills always appreciated the importance of strong links between research and teaching, and between science and the community. Former students remember him as an exciting lecturer, highly skilled with blackboard and chalk! His text-books on structural geology were published in several editions, including Russian, Spanish and Indian. He served on many national and international committees, and worked as a consultant to Unesco, helping countries such as Indonesia and Sri Lanka develop their geological training facilities.
Many scientists are remembered for their breakthroughs or their discoveries, but perhaps Edwin Hills will be best remembered for the way he approached his science -- for his curiosity, his insight and his enthusiasm.
Previously published in Australasian Science, vol. 2, no. 1, Autumn 1993, p. 56.
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2019-04-24T20:13:34Z
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http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_hills.htm
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Sports
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Science
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byu
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The work [1a] Aurelij Augustini hiponensis episcopi/ leber De a[n]i[ma]e quantitate incipit feliciter : [29a. COLOPHON] Explicit liber aurelij augustini de anime quantitate represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Brigham Young University. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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2019-04-25T16:09:17Z
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http://link.lib.byu.edu/resource/v7D33tEnQN0/
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Sports
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Arts
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usga
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Sophie Liu shot a 4-under-par 66 to hold the clubhouse lead following Monday’s first round of stroke-play qualifying in the 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Tulsa Country Club. In her USGA championship debut, the 16-year-old from Canada returned a round of seven birdies, including five straight on holes 10 through 14, on the 6,076-yard, par-70 A.W. Tillinghast design.
After a two-hour and 40-minute severe-weather suspension that ended at 6:45 p.m., play was suspended for the day at 8:38 p.m. due to darkness with 12 players remaining on the course. Play will resume as scheduled at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, with the remaining players finishing their first rounds prior to beginning their second rounds.
One of those 12 players is 2014 Girls’ Junior quarterfinalist Andrea Lee, who sits at 4 under through 17 holes. Lee, 16, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., arrived at Tulsa Country Club a little more than an hour before her 1:50 p.m. tee time after winning a silver medal at the Pan American Games Sunday in Toronto, Canada. It was the first time that golf has appeared in that event, which is a precursor to next year’s Summer Olympics.
Jaravee Boonchant, Muni He and Megan Khang, who fully completed their rounds, sit one stroke back at 3-under 67.
He and Khang are two of eight players in the field who competed in the U.S. Women’s Open earlier this month. Both made the cut at Lancaster Country Club, and Khang, who is playing in her record-tying seventh U.S. Girls’ Junior, earned low-amateur honors.
He, 16, who was born in the People’s Republic of China and currently resides in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., added: “I learned so much from the Women’s Open – a lot about course management and the mental game as well. My goal is to take what I learned from the U.S. Women’s Open, and, hopefully, I can apply it to my game and try to do my best every day that I’m here.” He returned five birdies on Monday, with her only blemish coming when she double-bogeyed the par-5 third hole.
Mika Liu, who captured the inaugural 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in May with her partner Rinko Mitsunaga, had the lowest score of the field's three USGA champions. Liu, 16, of Beverly Hills, Calif., carded two birdies and three bogeys en route to a 1-over 71 and a tie for 18th.
Kristen Gillman, the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, also reached Tulsa this morning after competing in the Pan American Games, where she finished sixth in the women’s golf competition. Gillman, 17, of Austin, Texas, sits at 3 over par through 17 holes, with the par-3 ninth (her 18th hole) left to finish on Tuesday morning.
Fumie (Alice) Jo, who in 2014 became the final winner in U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links history, ended with a birdie on the par-4 18th. However, the 16-year-old from the People’s Republic of China struggled overall, shooting 7-over 77 and sitting T112.
Mariel Galdiano, of Pearl City, Hawaii, and Hannah O’Sullivan, of Chandler, Ariz., joined Khang and He as amateurs to complete 72 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open. Galdiano is tied for 18th at 1-over 71, while O’Sullivan, runner-up at May’s Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, finished at 3-over 73 and a tie for 41st.
The 2015 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship is open to female amateur golfers under the age of 18. It consists of 36 holes of stroke play followed by six rounds of match play, with the championship scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final on Saturday, July 25.
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2019-04-24T08:19:58Z
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http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2015/07/sophie-liu-fires-4-under-66-for-clubhouse-lead-at-u-s--girls-jun.html
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Tyler Bradt is currently an urban design technician with the HOK Planning Group in Toronto, Ontario. A recent graduate from the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Tyler has been involved with UWSP since 2008. He has been a past board member as well as an early member of the ACT. He attended COP15 in December along with other delegates from UWSP and was largely involved with peaceful protests regarding the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, reporting on sessions that the media Canadian media was not covering directly, and even got an ambush interview out of Galen Weston.
Tyler will be heading to the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland to continue his education in the field of landscape architecture.
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2019-04-22T10:24:25Z
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https://uwsp.wordpress.com/contributors/bradt/
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Arts
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squarespace
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Baron Fig is an American stationary company that had its start on Kickstarter back in September 2013. The Confidant was launched then subsequently they launched their web store and many other paper and non-paper products were introduced to the market. I must say Baron Fig is one of the few young companies that have been rather successful in the recent years. I had been aware of them since the Kickstarter but I was always reluctant to buy paper from overseas since shipping cost is going to be a factor. However with the introduction of cheaper 3rd party shipping, it has open up the opportunity to try such products.
Baron Fig has a number of paper products. Today this review will be concentrating only on the Baron Fig Vanguard. The Vanguard is basically a soft cover notebook that comes in 3 sizes, namely the Pocket, Flagship and the Plus. They come in 2 colours the Light Gray and the Charcoal with an option of dot grid, lined or blank. They are sold at USD$9, USD$12 and USD$15 for a pack of 3 for the Pocket, Flagship and Plus sizes respectively.
I went with the dot grid which is my favourite. The Pocket has measures 3.5" X 5" (Basically Field Notes size) and it has 48 pages in each notebook. I opted for the light grey cover. The Vanguard is stitched bound with yellow thread. I like the choice of the yellow thread as it is a nice colour against the light grey cover. The stitching is secure and I believe it will stand up to the stress of day to day use.
The exterior is a light grey card stock and the interior is acid free fine grain paper that is fountain pen friendly. The paper itself is not bright white but I’d say it is white enough to consider it such. The dots are grey and somewhat on the large side. Personally I found the dots a little too obtrusive, I would have preferred them smaller and/or lighter in colour. The soft cover is nice and pliable and it fits in the Nock Co Sinclair easily. Given that it’s dimension is identical to the Field Notes’ you won’t be hard pressed to find any cover or accessories for it.
The paper is probably the most important quality for me as a fountain pen user and I’ve tried the paper with a variety of ink and nib combination. I’ve yet to encounter any feathering or bleed through. Of course I am not a user of super board and wet nibs. My wettest and broadest is probably the TWSBI Eco with the right foot oblique medium nib, there was no bleed through or show through. The paper impressed me but I don’t think this is the type of paper that show off the quality the ink used in terms of sheen.
I purchased this item with my own money.
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2019-04-21T18:28:48Z
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https://althaven.squarespace.com/blog/2017/7/2/review-baron-fig-vanguard-pocket
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Sports
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Shopping
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stanford
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"The Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholar Award presents a remarkable opportunity for me to cultivate new skills in cost-effectiveness methods through didactic coursework and experiential training. With this award, we are collaborating with national experts to gather cost data for an ongoing R01 study (Water First) that we are conducting to examine how promoting fresh water intake in schools impacts childrens' intake of sugary drinks and obesity. This data will support future proposals to estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness and population health impacts of the Water First intervention."
It is an incredible honor to receive funding support from MCHRI. My lab has been focused on finding a cure for a rare pediatric disease called Lowe syndrome; this grant (Faculty Scholar Award) will allow us to translate our basic discoveries into clinically treatments for children. This funding will also lay the groundwork for us to develop a center of excellence for children suffering from other forms of rare syndromic diseases.
Project: The Role of Wnt signaling in Regulating Somatic Stem Cells in the Mammalian Cochlea.
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2019-04-19T20:34:40Z
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http://med.stanford.edu/chri/awards/faculty_scholars.html
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Kids
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HBO Entertainment ; created by Mike Judge & John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky.
Silicon Valley (Television program). Season 5.
HBO Entertainment ; Joy Quota ; Apatow Prod. ; created by Pete Holmes ; producer, Dave Rath, Josh Church ; produced by Igor Srubshchik.
a Netflix original series ; Alan Yang Pictures ; Oh Brudder Productions ; Fremulon ; 3 Arts Entertainment ; Universal Television ; produced by Igor Srubshchik ; created by Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang.
Just shoot me!. The complete series.
HBO Entertainment ; created by Mike Judge & John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky ; Judgmental Films ; Alec Berg ; 3 Arts Entertainment.
created by Michael Schur ; 3 Arts Entertainment ; Universal Television.
Good Place (Television program). Season 1.
Dr. Goor Productions ; Fremulon ; 3 Arts Entertainment ; Universal Television ; created by Dan Goor & Michael Schur ; producer, Neil Campbell, Matt Lawton, Andy Samberg ; produced by Matthew Nodella.
written and created by Dan Sefton.
Delicious (Television program). Season 1.
Porridge : the complete series.
[London, United Kingdom] : BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2017.
Irony Point ; Jax Media ; producers, Ryan Cunningham, Kyle Dunnigan, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Ayesha Rokadia, Tami Sagher ; created by Amy Schumer, Daniel Powell.
created by Ali LeRoi, Chris Rock ; written by Ali LeRoi, Adrienne Carter, Frank Sebastiano, Warren Hutcherson, Luisa Leschin [and others] ; directed by Jerry Levine, Keith Truesdell, Lev L. Spiro, Anton Cropper, Ted Wass [and others].
Modern family. The complete eighth season [videorecording].
Big bang theory (Television program).
HBO Entertainment ; created by Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore ; producer, Amy Aniobi ; Issa Rae Productions ; A Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment ; 3 Arts Entertainment ; a presentation of Home Box Office.
Insecure (Television program). Season 1.
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2019-04-18T21:12:20Z
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https://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?Nao=60&Ntk=&Ns=p_pub_year&Nr=p_subject_genre%3ATelevision%20comedies.&N=4294960913&Nso=1&Ntt=&uuid=f30614a8-c16e-4671-b31b-3830a42e1277
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Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one characterthe modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career move. He would rather prolong the hedonistic pleasures of youth than embrace the self-sacrificing demands of adulthood.
When did maturity become the ultimate taboo? Men have gone from idolizing Cary Grant to aping Hugh Grant, shunning marriage and responsibility well into their twenties and thirties. Gary Cross, renowned cultural historian, identifies the boy-man and his habits, examining the attitudes and practices of three generations to make sense of this gradual but profound shift in American masculinity. Cross matches the rise of the American boy-man to trends in twentieth-century advertising, popular culture, and consumerism, and he locates the roots of our present crisis in the vague call for a new model of leadership that, ultimately, failed to offer a better concept of maturity.
Cross does not blame the young or glorify the past. He finds that men of the "Greatest Generation" might have embraced their role as providers but were confused by the contradictions and expectations of modern fatherhood. Their uncertainty gave birth to the Beats and men who indulged in childhood hobbies and boyish sports. Rather than fashion a new manhood, baby-boomers held onto their youth and, when that was gone, embraced Viagra. Without mature role models to emulate or rebel against, Generation X turned to cynicism and sensual intensity, and the media fed on this longing, transforming a life stage into a highly desirable lifestyle. Arguing that contemporary American culture undermines both conservative ideals of male maturity and the liberal values of community and responsibility, Cross concludes with a proposal for a modern marriage of personal desire and ethical adulthood.
Introduction: Where Have All the Men Gone?
Gary Cross is professor of history at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of a number of books on the history of American popular culture, including The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century; The Cute and the Cool: Wondrous Innocence and Modern American Children's Culture; An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America; and Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing Worlds of American Childhood.
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2019-04-22T18:41:05Z
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https://cup.columbia.edu/book/men-to-boys/9780231144308
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Sports
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cafcwomen
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We are looking for a second U16 keeper, an U10 GK and another keeper for our senior set up . . . . . . .
FAWPL Player Registering - Guide to completing the process!!
The Charlton women’s team are delighted to announce the signing of former Brighton and Hove Albion captain Jay Blackie.
Our Development Team will again be playing in the SE Counties Women's League this coming season . . . . .
The Charlton women’s team are delighted to announce the signing of Northern Ireland international winger Avilla Bergin from Tottenham Hotspur Ladies.
Leagues confirmed for our RTC teams . . . . . .
Congratulations to the U14s & coach Grace Coombs who have clinched the Treble !!
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2019-04-18T12:18:40Z
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http://cafcwomen.co.uk/news.php?pageNum=15
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bya
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1. Take I-35 South towards Alvarado.
5. The administration building will be on your right at S Campus and/or Bill Jackson Drive.
6. The gym is behind the administration building. AYA will have signs out pointing how to get to the gym.
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2019-04-24T14:05:27Z
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http://bya.org/sports/basketball/gym-locations/
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Feud, also called blood feud, a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship groups) characterized by violence, usually killings and counterkillings. It exists in many nonliterate communities in which there is an absence of law or a breakdown of legal procedures and in which attempts to redress a grievance in a way that is acceptable to both parties have failed.
The feud is usually initiated to secure revenge, reprisal, or honour for a member of the injured group. The hostile groups are related in some way, such as being members of the same political or cultural unit. Within each group there is a strong sense of collective solidarity that protects individual members against injury by outsiders. Members of any other such group are held collectively responsible for any injury suffered at the hands of the members of that group. If, however, both parties accept as “due process” a counterkilling in response to an original homicide, a feud will not result.
Most nonliterate societies have institutions that forestall blood feud or bring it to a close. Even though many peoples, such as the Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia and the Nuer of South Sudan, profess that honour demands revenge, payment of compensation is more common than reciprocal killing (see blood money). Regulated combat was frequently used by the Australian Aborigines as a substitute for blood feud. The establishment of a strong centralized political authority generally results in the suppression of blood feud.
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2019-04-26T10:50:11Z
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/feud-private-war
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Sports
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yahoo
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British director Ben Wheatley’s (High-Rise, Free Fire) comedy drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is headed for BBC Two this Christmas, and we’ve got our hands on the exclusive first clip, which depicts a passive-aggressive row between family members. So, like most of our Christmases then.
If you can’t wait until the holiday period, and want to see the film as it’s supposed to be seen (on a ruddy massive screen) there are still dates available on the film’s UK tour. The tour screenings come with the added bonus of a live Q&A with Wheatley, who’s always good value.
There are still seats at the GFT Glasgow tonight, then at HOME Manchester tomorrow, Broadway Nottingham on the 1st Dec, and QFT Belfast on the 2nd Dec.
It’s not confirmed when Happy New Year, Colin Burstead will actually air on BBC Two, but we’re going to stick our necks out and guess… New Year’s eve or New Year’s Day? That probably makes the most sense.
As for the film itself, it’s a return to Wheatley’s lo-fi roots, shot in just 11 days, revolving around the titular Colin’s (Neil Maskell) plan to host a family NYE party for his extended family. But as hidden secrets come to light, dark drama (and hilarious comedy) ensues.
Starring Kill List‘s Maskell, Black Mirror‘s Joe Cole, Game Of Thrones‘ Charles Dance, I, Daniel Blake‘s Hayley Squires, and Free Fire‘s Sam Riley, Colin Burstead has been compared to everything from Wheatley’s first film Down Terrace to Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.
You can choose your own comparisons by seeing it this week at the dates below, or by waiting until Christmas (or iPlayer, where it’ll go after the BBC Two airing).
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2019-04-21T06:14:27Z
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https://sg.style.yahoo.com/happy-new-year-colin-burstead-watch-first-clip-ben-wheatleys-new-comedy-exclusive-112014221.html
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Sports
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News
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wordpress
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Choosing the best Air Filter is daunting since there are so many available options that are in the stores today. However, you need to make sure that you are purchasing the best Air Filter that will be able to ensure clean and healthy air in your room. There are lots of brands that are on sale and it is important that you do some research so that you get to know the one that will be more appropriate for your home. Besides, you need to investigate so that you get to know the right dealer of the Air Filters so that you can make your purchase from that store. As you plan to purchase the best Air Filter it is vital that you ponder the following tips.
First, you need to consider the quality. It is crucial that you get to purchase the Air Filter that is of good quality. When you choose the right quality you will be served for years without malfunctioning. Therefore, as you make your purchase it is important that you get to look at the ukf8001 Air Filter that has a good quality as that will be durable and will fulfill the intended purpose well.
Another factor is the size of the Air Filter. There are different sizes of the Air Filters that are on sale and you have to purchase the one that will be fit for your room. The place you want to install it will determine the right size of the Air Filter that you need to purchase hence you have to make sure that you are aware of the place of installation so that you can buy the right size.
Moreover, you need to check on cost. Honeywell Filters have varying prices and it is crucial as you choose you select the one that will be fit for you. If you want to make your purchase a bit easy it is important that you consider having a budget that is well stipulated. The budget will lead you in making the purchase of the best Air Filter that you can be able to raise the need cash.
Furthermore, you need to research. As you research you have to use the recommended websites to make your research since some stores have online services hence you can b able to compare the features and other components that are significant when purchasing the best Air Filter. Therefore, ensure your room has a healthy air that is clean throughout by purchasing the best Air Filter.
Click here for more information about filters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_filter.
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2019-04-25T17:48:28Z
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https://topnotchairfilterblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/guidelines-for-buying-the-best-air-filter/
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Sports
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Shopping
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wordpress
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Life is not a given or a right; it is a process of building ourselves to our own specifications. And supporting others in building themselves to their specifications, not ours.
I am thinking of the life process as an opportunity for engaging the world around us, and inviting that world to engage us as we go. That way, both self and its world meet their respective requirements by making adjustments for the situations that come up along the way.
So do we grow into ourselves, by adjusting our steps to current conditions, here leaping hummock-to-hummock, there by stepping carefully stone-to-stone, crossing rivers when we come to them by whatever means we can devise while staying in touch with our minds and surroundings, engaging them, inviting them to engage us.
All that wrapped in one mental process that guides us on our way—that’s what I mean by mindfaring. Each finding and going her own way, as driven by a life force as a personal prime mover. Creating a sort of engagement based on an attitude encompassing both equality and fairness for all who go with us in our time and place. An attitude that promotes sharing, taking turns, and striving out of respect, along with a sense of personal responsibility for everything we contribute to a particular engagement.
That’s the state of mind I’ve come to by writing this blog up to this point. I did not have plans to say what I have just written. The words have flowed from the situations I’ve worked myself into day-after-day, from the day I started out until this minute, today.
I am a creature of this very moment. A creature with a past, yes, but building toward a future that will be an extension of the journey I have made so far. That is the upshot of what I now refer to as mindfaring, the process of living life with an attitude of trust, intelligence, interest, curiosity, adventure, openness to what happens, and striving to go beyond that.
Since all learning is essentially self-learning, mindfaring comes down to learning about self while being mindful of others. Other people, other creatures, other ways, other things, other ideas, other universes unto themselves.
What I’ve just put before your eyes is an example of the thought process I’ve been going through in real time in synchrony with my fingers typing on the keyboard of my computer. It may seem hokey that the word I was searching for was based on a word (wayfaring) I’ve been using all along, but the point is that my usage was based on a nonverbal kernel of thought, not the actual word, which I was using intuitively without a definition in mind beyond the cluster of felt meanings that I have suggested.
What I’ve been doing is putting legs under that kernel to give it a particular kind of flexibility and mobility in the situation I found myself in during the process of trying to depict the state of mind that has been driving this blog all along. The process of inner discovery I’ve put before you is what I’ve been getting at in trying to describe the workings of my mind.
So there you have it, Exhibit A of my mind engaging with itself in as concise a summary of self-reflection as I can put into words.
Mindfaring, I discover, requires engaging yourself and your surroundings at the same time. It is simultaneous an opening-to and a taking-in. In that sense, it means truly connecting with the world beyond your bodily perimeter while also connecting with your inner self.
The trick to engaging is being both attentive and purposeful at the same time. Attentive to what you are perceiving and purposeful in what you are doing. That way you set up a continuous loop of engagement so that input affects output, and output affects input, your situated intelligence and judgment in the middle position maintaining an exciting and effective relationship between the incoming and outgoing parts of your mind.
By my black box metaphor, engagement is told by both input and output terminals being active together in real time, not by matching set responses to signals coming in.
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2019-04-26T00:51:17Z
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https://onmymynd.wordpress.com/tag/striving/
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wordpress
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Registration of custom bot with the Bot directory is a simple process which can achieved by following through the link Register new bot.
Even it is simple there are few tips you can find out and something new to notice which describes as below.
This will be the wording which will used to create bot end point with your bot application. If I use bot handle as “TechCentro” generated embeded URi will be “https://webchat.botframework.com/embed/TechCentro”. This could contain only alphanumeric characters and underscore only.
After you hosted your bot application you will exposed the URL of messaging endpoint, or in simple terms it will be route URL to your bot.
If you go with bot framework “Bot Application” template, it will be URL of web app plus “/api/messages”.
Note: You must need to configured HTTPS and HTTP wont help you to proceed in the process.
This will generate by the bot registration application for you. You just need to tap on “Create Microsoft App ID and Password” then you will be redirected to App ID and password generation site.
Generated password will important keep in backup in a secure place since you wont be able to get it in future after your bot is created.
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2019-04-25T05:11:12Z
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https://kushanlahiru.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/register-bot-with-bot-framework/
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Sports
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Reference
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wordpress
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1. Thing you cannot leave the house without?
2. Favorite brand of makeup?
Dior for lipsticks, Chanel for powder, Senegence for mascara, Benefit for brows. I don’t specifically love one over the other.
Peonies and hydrangeas at the moment.
I didn’t really try too hard but I passed by okay.
No. I try to avoid caffeine and fizzy drinks mostly too.
10. Do you drink juice?
Only ever if it is watered down.
Yes but I have only started again recently.
12. Do you eat fries with a fork?
Only if they’re thick cut. Shoestring fries are for fingers!
I don’t really have one. I don’t use it daily.
14. Do you want to get married later on in life?
Yes. Preferably sooner rather than later.
15. Do you get mad easily?
Depends on the situation but not normally.
Snakes and spiders and death.
No. Although my cuticles look shocking lately!
19. Have you had a near death experience?
Not that I was aware of.
20. Do you drink coffee?
I used to drink this often several times a day and now I try to refrain.
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2019-04-26T03:58:07Z
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https://zygomaticfiend.wordpress.com/tag/meme/
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Ronnie Polaneczky, a Philadelphia Daily News columnist, said that she was "mortified" when the paper put up a picture of Simone Biles on her story about Gabby Douglas.
The piece, which was the cover story, showed a picture of Biles with the caption, "Gabby Douglas: Olympic gold medalist, need we say more?"
Polaneczky said that she was looking into how the picture was inserted into her story. She does not handle the layout or images, so she was shocked by the mixup.
"It makes you want to bash your head against a wall," Polaneczky told NBC10. "I'm mortified."
Polaneczky said that she hopes people will read the piece, called "She Can Vault Over the Vitriol," despite the picture mixup. In the piece, she describes the hatred that has been leveled at Douglas and suggested that the vitriol meant she was doing well.
"We ran a photo of @Simone_Biles with an uplifting column today about Gabby Douglas. We screwed up. We are embarrassed, and we apologize," Michael Days, editor of the Daily News, tweeted out after the mistake.
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2019-04-24T07:02:50Z
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https://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/18/newspaper-mistakes-simone-biles-for-gabby-douglas-in-photo/21454535/
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The Ray Smith Symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a lecture on the role of advocacy in humanities education.
Margaret Ferguson, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and past president of the Modern Language Association (MLA), will discuss “Professional Organizations and Advocacy: The Case of the MLA” on Friday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. in 010 Eggers Hall. Her lecture is free and open to the public, and is followed by a reception. For more information, contact Ashley O’Mara in the Department of English at [email protected]. For live updates, follow @FutHumanitiesSU and #FutHumSU.
Ferguson’s lecture is the third in a series of six that are part of this year’s Ray Smith Symposium, whose theme is “The Future of Graduate Education in the Humanities.” The symposium is enabled by a major bequest from the estate of Ray W. Smith ’21, administered by the College of Arts and Sciences.
“Professor Ferguson will consider past and present debates within the MLA about the kinds of advocacy work that are appropriate for a professional association of humanities teachers and scholars to engage in, both on behalf of members’ working conditions and for causes deemed politically controversial,” says organizer Crystal Bartolovich, who also serves as an associate professor of English and director of that department’s graduate studies program.
Ferguson is expected to focus on two areas: competing views over how the MLA should respond to the lack of tenure-track jobs in the humanities and the call to endorse the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI), launched more than a decade ago, in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.
A highly regarded teacher-scholar, Ferguson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014—the same year she presided over the MLA. She currently chairs an MLA Working Group on K-16 Educational Alliances, which focuses on creating and supporting partnerships among teachers of writing, literature and languages at the primary, secondary and post-secondary levels.
At UC Davis, Ferguson is known for her groundbreaking work in early modern literature; literature studies; and feminist theory in English, French and Italian. She is a prolific writer; sought-after speaker; and devoted scholarly servant, as evidenced by her board work with the MLA, Renaissance Society of America and Shakespeare Association of America.
Ferguson has previously held faculty positions at Yale University, where she earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature; Columbia University; and the University of Colorado Boulder. She has served as a visiting faculty member at UC Berkeley and Middlebury College.
Harvey Teres, Dean’s Professor for the Public Humanities, says Ferguson’s visit—and this year’s Ray Smith Symposium, in general—is indicative of the changing relationship between the academic and public humanities.
Upcoming Ray Smith events are Christopher Newfield, professor of English at UC Santa Barbara, who will lecture on “Funding the University” (Feb. 19); Sunaina Maira, professor of Asian American studies at UC Davis, “Inclusion and Exclusion in Higher Education” (March 24); and Maria Maisto, a board officer of the New Faculty Majority, “Casualization of Professorial Labor” (April 22).
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2019-04-22T00:36:43Z
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https://news.syr.edu/blog/2015/10/29/mla-past-president-to-discuss-humanities-advocacy-nov-6-17320/
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The Cornell Viticulture and Enology Club will host a panel discussion, The Future of the Cayuga Lake Wine Industry in the Pepsi Co Auditorium in Stocking Hall on Wednesday, February 12th from 5:30 to 6:30. We plan to have an open discussion on the many topics concerning Cayuga Lake such as what varietals the industry believes will work best for future plantings, how to differentiate Cayuga Lake wines from other lakes such as Seneca and Keuka, moving the watershed toward more sustainable practices including promotion of viticulture in erosion prone areas, and how Cornell students can forge a closer working relationship with the wineries so near to campus. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Gavin Sacks and include Tom Higgins of Heart & Hands Wine CO., Peter Saltonstall of King Ferry, Cameron Hosmer, Chris Gerling, and Hans-Walter Peterson from Cornell Extension. While there are many topics to cover, our main goal is to create an open dialogue between the industry members, extension staff, and student audience. There will also be a tour of the new Teaching Winery before the event at 5:00. I hope you will join us during this exciting time for both our university and wine growing region.
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2019-04-24T15:15:36Z
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http://blogs.cornell.edu/vien-cuvec/2014/02/10/the-future-of-the-cayuga-lake-wine-industry/
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For Daan Utsav 2018, we launched the Zone of Peace Project through which we distributed a Zone of Peace Toolkit to about 20 schools and colleges in Chennai. The toolkit includes a pledge, a poster with the pledge and an activity list that schools, colleges or even, clubs might undertake.
The toolkit is now available digitally, in English and Tamil. It can be requested through this form.
We invited participating institutions to share photos and reports of their activities with us and will post them here as they are received.
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2019-04-23T22:26:14Z
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https://prajnyaforpeace.wordpress.com/2018/10/19/the-zone-of-peace-project/
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The Dallara 3087 is a Formula 3000 car with which the BMS Scuderia Italia team competed in the first race of the 1988 Formula One season. Driven by Alex Caffi, it failed to pass pre-qualifying with its fastest time being 18 seconds slower than the time set by Ayrton Senna for pole position. It was replaced for the team's next race by the Dallara F188 which was specifically designed for Formula One.
Giuseppe Lucchini was an Italian steel tycoon and motorsport enthuasist who had set up a racing team, Scuderia Italia, to participate in the Italian Rally Championship and later the World Touring Car Championship. For 1988, he turned to Formula One and contracted Dallara to build a suitable car, to be designated a Dallara F188, around a 3.5-litre Cosworth DFZ.
Dallara did not have their planned F188 chassis ready for Scuderia Italia to start the 1988 Formula One season. However, in order to fulfil its obligations to participate in the World Championship, a team had to participate in all the season's races. Therefore, for the first race in Brazil, Scuderia Italia brought a chassis designated the 3087. This was Dallara's Formula 3000 car, adapted to meet the FIA rules. It was equipped with a 3-litre Cosworth DFV engine with the rev limiter removed; all other normally aspirated cars in Formula One had larger 3.5-litre engines. It was driven by Italian Alex Caffi who had previously driven in Formula One for Osella.
The car passed scrutineering and Caffi took part in pre-qualifying. He predictably finished in last place, 18 seconds slower than the pole position time of Ayrton Senna and did not qualify for the race.
The F188 chassis, fitted with the Cosworth DFZ 3.5 litre engine, was ready in time for the next race in San Marino. It would be used for the remainder of the 1988 Formula One season.
The Dallara 3087 is the last non-Formula One car to enter a Formula One Grand Prix.
This page was last edited on 1 June 2018, at 19:01 (UTC).
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2019-04-24T02:29:41Z
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallara_3087
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Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition in older men in which the mass of tissue in the prostate gland gradually increases over the course of many years, ultimately leading to urinary outflow obstruction. Current treatment of this condition is to surgically remove the obstructing tissue. One novel alternative therapy being studied is transurethral thermocoagulation of excessive prostatic mass. In this approach, a heat emitting catheter is placed in the prostatic urethra, and the intraprostatic segment of the catheter is heated to temperatures above 60 oC for one hour. Two dimensional cylindrical coordinate computer simulations of this treatment modality were run to model resultant temperature distributions within the prostate gland and surrounding tissues. The simulations revealed that resultant tissue temperature changes were related directly to the power delivered to the catheter and inversely to the rate of blood perfusion. Further analysis of the temperature profiles produced a rapidly computable predictor of tissue temperature in the radial dimension. Using the predictor, a ‘kill radius’ around the prostatic urethra can be easily computed online, during treatment, from clinically available data: the catheter power and catheter temperature. The computed kill radius may serve as a useful predictor of the extent of thermal devitalization of unwanted obstructing tissue and the long term success of the treatment in relieving urinary outflow obstruction without surgery.
This is the author accepted manuscript of Patel U.H., Babbs C.F., Development of a rapidly computable descriptor of prostate tissue temperature during transurethral conductive heat therapy for benign prostate hyperplasia Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 31, 475-481, 1993. Copyright Springer, the version of record is available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02441982.
Patel, U H. and Babbs, Charles F., "Development of a rapidly computable descriptor of prostate tissue temperature during transurethral conductive heat therapy for benign prostate hyperplasia" (1993). Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications. Paper 136.
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https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/bmepubs/136/
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Neil Harris' side travel to Derbyshire in good form, having strung together a three-match unbeaten run, taking seven points from their last nine after victories over Sheffield United and Middlesbrough at The Den in addition to a point at Villa Park.
Shane Ferguson and Byron Webster will once more be forced to miss the game through injury, whilst Fred Onyedinma will look to force his way back into the matchday squad after recovering from a groin injury.
The Lions are otherwise at full-strength as they seek their first Sky Bet Championship victory on the road this season.
The two clubs will meet for the 53rd time this weekend, with the score currently level at 19-19. 2014/15 saw the shares spoiled twice, with Lee Gregory netting his first-ever Millwall hat-trick at The Den in a 3-3 draw, after a goalless stalemate at Pride Park. Steve Morison's 61st-minute goal secured The Lions' last win over Derby on 8th March 2014.
Around 600 supporters will make the journey to DE24 this weekend, but if you are not one of them, be sure to tune in to iFollow Millwall from around 2.50pm for full match commentary. International subscribers can watch Saturday's encounter LIVE on iFollow. Click here for more details.
Three first-half goals in five minutes condemned Millwall to a 3-0 defeat at Derby County on Saturday afternoon in the Sky Bet Championship at Pride Park.
Once again, The Lions competed and showed their Championship credentials, but switched off for a five-minute period that saw David Nugent (2) and Matej Vydra win the game for The Rams.
Lions boss Neil Harris opted to stick with the same starting XI from last Saturday's 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough, with the only change coming on the bench, as Fred Onyedinma returned to take the place of Kris Twardek.
Millwall had The Rams camped in their own penalty area for the first five minutes of the afternoon as a result of some smart passing play, but were unable to breach the last line of defence. In Derby's first chance of the game, Joe Ledley sliced wide.
On 15 minutes, The Lions could - and should - have taken the lead, but after Lee Gregory's pass set Steve Morison away, the latter's cross was unable to be turned home after Gregory's shot was cleared off the line by Curtis Davies and Aiden O'Brien's follow-up attempt was blasted over.
George Saville's outstanding block prevented Vydra from getting an effort in on goal three minutes later, but with 23 minutes on the clock, Derby took the lead as Nugent flicked home a corner-kick at the near post.
Two minutes later, a slack ball from Saville allowed Vydra to break clear and rifle home past Jordan Archer from around 20 yards out. In the space of just over 120 seconds, The Lions had gone from comfortably holding their own to chasing the game.
The damage was not done there, however, as on 28 minutes, a seemingly routine cross was not dealt with, allowing Nugent to ghost in and shoot past Archer for Derby's third.
Millwall could have had one back two minutes before the half-time break, but Shaun Hutchinson could only guide his header wide of Scott Carson's post. Further chances came and went, especially for Mahlon Romeo, whose deflected shot nearly crept into the top corner, but The Lions remained scoreless at the whistle.
The second-half was two minutes old when Millwall were unfortunate not to register on the scoresheet. Good hold-up play from Gregory allowed the ball to drop into the path of O'Brien, but his vicious effort was well tipped over by Carson.
Archer had to be at his best to palm away Andreas Weimann's strike on 50 minutes, but again it was Millwall who were making the better chances in front of goal, with Gregory just unable to connect with Jed Wallace's cross on the stretch.
Somehow, The Lions' first goal of the afternoon did not come on 54 minutes, as Carson produced a Christmas miracle to stop Gregory volleying home from a few yards out. Had Millwall taken their chances up to this point, they may well have found themselves level or better.
Just after the hour-mark Derby appeared to have scored a fourth goal, but the strike was ruled out for offside. A triple substitution by Harris occured shortly after, with Onyedinma, Shaun Williams and Tom Elliott coming on for Gregory, O'Brien and Wallace.
James Meredith sliced wide as the visitors still huffed and puffed in an attempt to get back into the game, whilst on 76 minutes, Morison shot wide - if it wasn't already evident that this was not Millwall's day, it surely was now.
Substitute Sam Winnall could have added a fourth for The Rams with nine minutes remaining, but his attempt was deflected wide for a corner-kick.
Derby County: Carson, Forsyth, Keogh, Baird, Johnson, Weimann (Thorne 81'), Vydra (Russell 71'), Nugent (Winnall 72'), Davies, Ledley, Huddlestone. Subs not used: Mitchell, Martin, Lawrence, Wisdom.
Millwall: Archer, Meredith, Hutchinson, Gregory (Elliott 65'), Romeo, Wallace (Williams 66'), Tunnicliffe, Morison, O'Brien (Onyedinma 65'), Saville, Cooper. Subs not used: Martin, McLaughlin, Craig, Thompson.
Millwall's first fixture of the Christmas period will take place at the iPro Stadium against Derby County on the 23rd December (kick-off 3pm) - and tickets are now on sale to season ticket holders and members.
Tickets are priced at £23 adults, £16 50 for 65, £13 for under 18s and £7 for under 13s.
Under 13s need to be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets will go off sale at 2pm on Friday 22nd December. We have an initial allocation of 1,105 tickets.
COACH TRAVEL: Coaches will leave The Den at 9.30am. Coach tickets are priced at £22. These can be purchased by season ticket holders and members in person at the Ticket Office, online at www.millwalltickets.com or via the call centre on 0844 826 2004 - option 2 . All coaches operate a strict no-alcohol policy. No coach refunds.
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2019-04-26T00:04:37Z
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https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/matches/fixtures/first-team/201718/december/derby-county-vs-millwall-on-23-dec-17/
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I’ve been in the UAE for four years now and this is my fifth Christmas in this wonderful country. UAE is actually a Muslim country, however the best part of living here is that everyone is being respected regardless of our beliefs and religion. This year, even the crown prince of Abu Dhabi wishes us Christians peace and happiness during the Christmas season.
If you visit the UAE, you might be surprise how people here live in peace and harmony despite the mixture of various nationalities and religion. We Filipinos as one of the biggest expats population in the UAE celebrate Christmas like how we celebrate it in the Philippines. We still attend the “nine mornings” or what we call “Simbang Gabi”. If you want to get an idea how Filipinos in the UAE attend Simbang Gabi, you mighht want to visit this article by the Filipino Times – https://filipinotimes.net/photo-gallery/2016/12/19/in-photos-filipinos-in-dubai-continue-simbang-gabi-tradition/.
However, since UAE is a Muslim country, Christmas day is till not a holiday which we understand and respect. Most of us continue to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It is like a normal working day for most of us. Earlier today I also worked in the office. However, we had a little celebration in the office. Since majority of the employees are expats and Christians, we had a Christmas Lunch. This was sponsored by one of the hotels that our company has partnership with. They prepared a Turkey-themed Christmas lunch.
Let me share a short video of our Christmas Lunch in the office.
There are so many reasons to Celebrate the Christmas Season. I am glad that I am surrounded by good people and working in a good company. However, I also hope that everyone will not forget the real reason of our celebration – Jesus Christ!
One of the best PERKS of Travelling Alone – meeting NEW FRIENDS!
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2019-04-18T13:31:56Z
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, We need learn to live together as brothers in peace or perish together as fools.
The lobbyist for the NRA and the hatemongers cannot be allowed to dictate what our future will be. We cannot have police officers continuously killing African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans or white people who are in no way causing them a threat. We cannot allow the culture of fear to inundate the enforcers of the laws to the point that they are not able to function in a sensible and reasonable manner.
We cannot allow the relationships between the police and the community to degenerate to a place that makes it seem justifiable to shoot innocent police officers who are out trying to do their jobs. The irony is that the Dallas Police Department has made many great strides over the past few years and that those officers should be the target of rage and revenge is very unsettling. However, we know that it is often not the ones who are the most guilty that receive the greatest punishment.
Killing people is not acceptable. There is no defensible justification that can be made for murder. No one has a right to take another person’s life. As a nation we need to make up our minds about whether we think that some have the right to kill others or not. We need to take a stand for life. Many claim to have a faith perspective that does not allow for killing one another. Though we have used that same faith to justify our propensity for violence and killing. The choice is ours, find peace or perish.
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2019-04-25T14:25:00Z
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https://www.macon.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article89113962.html
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You wouldn’t be blamed for expecting an EP with the title ‘Northern Stories’ to be your standard working-class affair; the North/South rift, class wars and council houses, but you’d be forgetting that KiD BRiTiSH aren’t The Enemy or Twisted Wheel. Their new offerings are about as Mancunian as they come, but don’t be fooled, while they’re not going to challenge any existing Northern stereotypes, it’s a heart-warmingly poignant snap shot of life, with music as diverse as the band themselves; a self-declared “multiracial, multi ethnic reflection of modern Blighty”. Lyrically, the EP features the unique brand of self-depreciating sardonism and that couldn’t quite exist anywhere else, and provokes more than a few knowing smiles of agreement and nods of approval.
‘Bookies’ kicks off the four track EP in raucous fashion. It’s a punk rock riot with a thundering riff and a perfect example how 21st Century Indie Rock can unite with 70’s 2 Tone Ska and sill sound modern and exciting. It avoids all the usual clichés of a song about escaping a humdrum city and will leave you feeling suitably exhilarated and optimistic.
On the surface, ‘Northern Quarter’ is the paradoxical story of hipsters, and how everyone is guilty of being one, apart from the narrator of the story, with an undeniably catchy King Blues style chorus. But scratch a little deeper and the cynical lyrics (“looking the part won’t pay the mortgage”) and undertone of drugs, crushed dreams and imitating heroes (“they call him weekend Weller/what a very sad feller”) prove ‘Northern Quarter’ is a little more frank than the average anti-poser protest.
‘Piccadilly Gardens’ is a short but sweet acoustic song declaring the joys of public transport and coming home. A foot-tappingly lovely tune that you’ll be humming all day, which provides some light relief from the harsh realities of the rest of the EP, and proves that musically KiD BRiTiSH have refined their sound since the early days of Reggae and Hip-Hop infused ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Our House is Dadless’ and are capable of a more subtle sound.
In the final track, the Ska influences are as audible as ever, and combine with the darkest subject matter of the EP. In the same way that Arctic Monkeys’ ‘When The Sun Goes Down’ is a thought-provoking kitchen sink view into dystopia, ‘Tib Street’ opens with a vox pop of a woman of the night explaining her downfall into her current situation, and her means of survival, because an album about Manchester just wouldn’t be believable without some selected doom and/or gloom. Despite the harrowing topic, ‘Tib Street’ won’t have you locked it your bathroom with the lights off on the phone to Samaritans; it’s an emotive slow-burner that could easily have a crowd chanting along, and grow to become the highlight of the EP.
Between all the name-dropping and dead-on social and political observations, that are more relevant than ever, Northern Stories is quite frankly very good. If this is a taster of the album to come, then be excited, even if they decide not to broaden their horizons to the rest of Britain, because nothing beats the feeling of camaraderie at sharing an in-joke.
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2019-04-20T17:12:08Z
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http://designermagazine.tripod.com/KidBritishNorthernStories.htm
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I can very much relate to this. It was like reading me on the page when I found out I was an ISTJ. And it sort of took a weight off my shoulders knowing I wasn’t a freak after all, it’s just my personality. I think MBTI is such a useful tool, especially for people like us!
True, its enlightening to know yourself and MBTI is a great tool for that.
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2019-04-24T13:02:40Z
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https://jayati7.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/discover-yourself-mbti-test/?shared=email&msg=fail
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Augmented Reality or AR, an adolescent still developing, is turning to be a prominent future technology for mankind. It is merely but the perspective of real world environment along with refined or intensified components, produced by computer imagery. To put it simply, it adds graphic information over the real world environment. To overlay computer generated imagery or CGI on top of the real world environment, this technology mainly utilizes an output and input device, global positioning system or GPS, Micro-electromechanical system sensors, and a computing processor.
A head-mounted gadget, projector device, and handheld gizmo are the closest devices that incorporate the needed hardware for this technology. Using any of these gadgets, the user is offered with real-time graphical information along with audio narrations of whatever he/she sees. This denotes that when the user alters his/her field of view, he/she is provided with another set of information. This welcomes the several possibilities for the user. E.g., when a person is visiting a new city, needing to find a hotel or an ATM machine, he/she can basically just see around using the augmented reality device to locate the nearest hotel or ATM machine.
Another great example of the AR technology is its purpose in the air force by pilots. Present-day headgears which pilots wear are based on AR concept. The headgear’s visor provides pilots with several essential information, including instructions, enemy locations, maps, trajectories, and even the information about the whole jet. This certainly enables tactical and strategic decision, inflating the success rate of the critical mission.
Following the same example, Google Inc., the internet giant, is also developing on consumer augmented reality headgear known as Project Glass. However, still in research and development stage, the latest prototype of the Project Glass has gained enormous positive reception. The theory behind it is that will run on Google’s Android OS and will scan the real world using a camera to give all the needed info on the glass itself.
Augmented reality is sailing at a fast rate and at the same time, people are showing huge interest in the technology. Talented CG artists all over the globe are also making their move to show what kind of photorealistic 3rd components they can build for the augmented reality environment. This technology is advancing, however soon it will be the future technology for all mankind.
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2019-04-22T23:53:48Z
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http://cuswpc.org/augmented-reality-future-technology-mankind/
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On Wednesday Joan, Sal & Brett came for dinner – Dad made curry & I did a house tour. I think that Sal liked the view from the balcony! On Thursday we were packing up for the holiday & we did some Chinese calligraphy – fu (prosperity). Bad news – remember the nightmare beep-beep-beep? Well, it started again on Thursday night & because everyone is on holiday, it is still beeping. Dad covered the alarm with a towel & taped it up this time. On Friday, it snowed & we watched films all day until Mum came home. Mum was a bit too “sleepy” to go out on Saturday, so we had a lazy day at home doing the packing. As it was Chinese New Year, as soon as it got dark the firecrackers & fireworks started. There were big bangs all night – especially around midnight – the noise was deafening & Dad went out to see what was happening. Firecrackers were being lit in the road & buses had to try to go around them! I found a hongbao (a red packet/envelope – with money in it) under my pillow this morning – thanks Mum & Dad! We had an early start to catch a flight to Kunming. Kunming is known as the city of spring & has a 2,000 year history. More on that once we have visited. On the way to the airport this morning there were piles of firecracker debris in the streets! We had hongbao on the plane – with chocolate money inside.
Wishing you all a very prosperous year of the snake!
You seem to be having a lot of fun – and yet another holiday, I’m beginning to feel rather jealous! How long do the New Year Celebrations go on for? Look forward to hearing all about Kunming – hope you all have a great time.
The celebrations last about a week for the traditional families.
Xin nian kuai le to you and your parents and to Joan and Sal (sill there?) and… long happy and lucky life to the Snake!
Kung hei fat choi. I thought they were supposed to be discouraging firecrackers this year. Clearly the instruction reached the UK but not Shanghai.
What does Kung hei fat choi mean? In case this is interesting, you recently posted the 200th comment!
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2019-04-22T04:21:25Z
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https://lifeinalane.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/the-big-bang-2/
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A first team all-Big Sky Conference selection after starting all 36 matches and appearing in all 146 sets during the season…was a second team all-league choice as a junior…a six-rotation outside hitter, Boyle finished with averages of 3.29 kills, 3.78 digs and 3.69 points per set…the digs and points were both the second best marks on the team…ranked 10th in the Big Sky in kills per set…her total number of 481 kills were the 35th best mark in the nation while her 552 digs were the 52nd best mark…led the Big Sky with 25 double-doubles…named all-tourney at the Big Sky Tournament and the NKU Invitational…posted double figures in kills 29 times, and double digits in digs on 29 occasions as well…had better than 15 kills on 11 occasions…had a career-high 28 kills vs. Bowling Green…also posted a career-best 35 digs in a win over North Dakota, tied for the 11th best single-match mark in Sacramento State history…finished career with 1,100 kills, 1,099 digs and 53 aces…became just the 12th player at Sacramento State since 1985 to accumulate over 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career…among Hornet career leaders, she ranks 20th in kills, 23rd in points (1,227) and 24th in digs…named Big Sky All-Academic.
A second team all-Big Sky Conference selection after returning from a back injury that limited her to three sets during the Hornets’ 16 conference matches in 2015…played in all 32 matches (31 starts), including 114 of a possible 119 sets…averaged a team-high 3.49 kills per set to go along with 3.14 digs, 3.83 points and 0.36 blocks per set…her average of 11.45 attacks per set ranked as the 27th highest mark in the nation…ranked first on the team and third in the Big Sky with 19 double-doubles…a two-time all-tournament selection at the Maverick Classic and Sacramento State Invitational…recorded double figures in kills in 26 of 32 matches, and posted double digits in digs on 20 occasions…one of the team’s primary passers, Boyle’s .960 service reception success rate was the top mark on the team…that includes just 20 reception errors in 502 serves sent her way…named the Sacramento State Student-Athlete of the Week on Aug. 29…had a career-high 21 kills at UNLV…also posted a season-best 22 digs in the Big Sky Tournament semifinals against Northern Arizona…had a positive ace to service error ratio (15 aces, 11 errors)…named Big Sky All-Academic.
Appeared in 15 matches, including 13 starts as the Hornets’ rightside hitter…started 13 of the team’s first 15 matches of the season before a back injury limited her play the rest of the year…was limited to just three sets during the Hornets’ 16 conference matches because of the injury…averaged 1.98 kills, 2.92 digs, 0.37 blocks and 2.31 points per set…also had seven aces…posted a team-high .964 service reception percentage…had just 11 reception errors in 308 serves sent her way…posted at least eight kills in eight her 13 starts…posted double figures in kills on three occasions, including a season-high tying 12 vs. UNC Wilmington and Nevada…had double-doubles in both those matches, including 18 digs vs. UNC Wilmington.
Played in 25 matches, including five starts and 76 sets as a true freshman…played primarily on the right side…averaged 1.63 kills, 0.61 digs, 0.37 blocks and 1.82 points per set…had totals of 124 kills, 46 digs and 28 blocks…posted double figures in kills on three occasions, including a season-best 15 kills vs. UC Davis…also had 10 kills, four digs and season-high tying four blocks at Cal Poly…posted 10 kills and a .296 hitting percentage against Fresno State…had seven kills, five digs and two blocks in the Hornets’ road win at Portland State…added nine kills and season-best seven digs against George Washington.
A 2014 graduate of Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Wash…played four years of volleyball, basketball and softball for the Spudders while earning 12 varsity letters…during her senior year, she was named first team all-region in all three sports by The Columbian, the only player to achieve that honor during the 2013-14 academic year…also as a senior, she was the 2A Greater St. Helens League Player of the Year after leading the Spudder volleyball squad to its second straight league championship, a district runner-up finish, and an appearance in the state tournament…had 25 kills, 21 digs and five blocks in the 2013 league championship match…was the team’s starting outside hitter during both those league championship seasons…an all-league selection in volleyball all four years, including first team each of her final three seasons (honorable mention as a freshman)…also a three-time first team all-region selection…amazingly, between volleyball, softball and basketball, she earned some form of all-league recognition 11 times, including first team accolades on eight occasions…also the recipient of first team all-region multi-sport status three years in a row (2012-14).
Parents are Frank and Beth Boyle…a kinesiology major who is on pace to graduate in the fall of 2018…played club for Excel NW Volleyball Club in Vancouver, Wash.
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http://hornetsports.com/sports/wvball/2017-18/bios/boyle_shannon_68id
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War of the Rebellion: Serial 018 Page 0722 OPERATIONS IN N. VA., W. VA., AND MD. Chapter XXIV.
Your telegram received. Do you wish the movement of Franklin's corps to continue? He is without reserve ammunition and without transportation.
Alexandria, VA., August 29, 1862 - 12 m.
Have ordered most of Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry to report to General Barnard for scouting duty toward Rockville, Poolesville, &c. If you apprehend a raid of cavalry on your side of river I had better send a brigade or two of Sumner's to near Tennallytown, where, with two or three old regiments in forts Allen and Marcy, they can watch both Chain Bridge and Tennallytown. Would it meet your views to post the rest of Summer's corps between Arligton and Fort Corcoran, where they can either support Cox, Franklin, or Chain Bridge, and even Tennallytown. Franklin has only between 10,000 and 11,000 ready for duty. How far do you wish this force to advance?
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29, 1862 - 3 p.m.
Your proposed disposition of Sumner's corps seems to me judicious. Of course I have no time to examine into details. The present danger is a raid upon Washington in the night-time. Dispose of all troops as you deem best. I want Franklin's corps to go far enough to find out something about the enemy. Perhaps he may get such information at Annandale as to prevent his going farther; otherwise he will push on toward Fairfax. try to get something form direction of Manassas, either by telegram or through Franklin's scouts. Our people must move more actively and find out where the enemy is. I am tired of guesses.
I think you had better place Sumner's corps at it arrives near the fortifications, and particularly at the Chain Bridge. The principal thing to be feared now is a cavalry raid into this city, especially in the night-time. Use Cox's and Tyler's brigades and the new troops for the same object of you need them.
Porter writes to Burnside from Bristoe, 9.30 a. m. yesterday, that Pope's forces were then moving on Manassas and that Burnside would soon hear of them by way of Alexandria.
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Daniel Warburton said traditional bistros were a bit stuffy for younger people.
Australian barista Daniel Warburton didn't move to Paris for the "unpalatable" coffee — but rather to improve it.
"If you can imagine gathering up a bunch of cigarette butts and pushing water through them — that's probably not too dissimilar to what you get," he said in a stinging put-down of the French espresso.
For the Adelaidean, the ashy flavour lacking any sweetness is bordering on criminal, nothing like the fullness of flavours Australians have come to enjoy.
Daniel doesn't serve the now world-renowned Australian invention of smashed avocado on toast at his cafe Honor in central Paris. Instead, his Parisian clientele devour avocado on sourdough crumpets.
But are they really better than a croissant and shot of espresso served up by a traditional Parisian bistro?
"I think maybe those traditional bistros are a bit stuffy for younger people," Mr Warburton said at his outdoor pop-up cafe.
With more young Parisians travelling the world, he believes they are after a dynamic they have seen elsewhere.
"Certainly, we have seen a lot more French people coming to us who have been to Australia and have seen Australian-style coffee," he said.
Is heritage listing needed to save the bistro?
Photo The traditional Parisian bistro, complete with awnings and cane chairs, is iconic.
In Paris, young French people appear to be voting with their feet, with the city's traditional bistros under threat as hundreds shut their doors.
The iconic French eating house, with its unmissable awnings and cane chairs, is in such a rapid demise there are calls for the bistro to be granted UNESCO heritage listing to ensure they are saved.
Photo Chef Alain Fontain said he would never sell his bistro.
For chef and bistro owner Alain Fontain, there is nothing more important than protecting the bistro, which for generations has signified Parisian culture.
"If the bar could speak it could explain 136 years of history," Mr Fontain told the ABC while banging on his bistro bar, known as the "zinc" in colloquial French.
Mr Fontain insisted he would never sell his bistro despite a significant drop in trade.
"Ten years ago, we made 150 coffees in the two hours between 8:00am and 10:00am, and now it's just 50," he said.
He attributes the decline to the rise of fast food outlets, social media and the widespread use of coffee machines in French homes.
Photo Hundreds of bistros have closed their doors over the past four years.
The French bistro traditionally serves homecooked, simple-style food, with the plat du jour changing daily.
"It is not to share a glass of wine or to share a coffee, it is to share an amount of life," Mr Fontain said of the dining experience.
"I will never walk [away]. It is a pleasure to be here, even if the profit is small."
Over the past four years an estimated 300 Parisian bistros have closed their doors.
The 2015 terrorist attacks placed some under added pressure, with those operating on a small profit margin unable to survive.
Photo Joel Thibault said his bistro was like a baby to him.
Joel Thibault couldn't save his bistro, Jo Jo. He refused to meet the ABC at the boarded-up shell of what was once his pride and joy.
Instead, we meet at another bistro that has so far survived.
"I felt a lot of nostalgia and pain because this was like a baby to me," Mr Thibault said of the day he closed the doors after decades of service.
Mr Warburton's business is thriving though, and he recently opened a second cafe in the French capital.
But he hasn't abandoned all that's Parisian. He has kept the "zinc" where customers can stand and down their morning coffee.
"It is important to us to have that connection with our customers," he said.
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2019-04-21T00:11:51Z
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My study investigates the possibility of gender preference for the possible paradigms of reality established in Cumpsty's theory of religion. According to him there are three possible paradigms for the nature of the ultimately-real to which one would belong. These generate three ideal types of religious tradition he has labelled Nature Religion (NR), Withdrawal Religion, and Secular World Affirming Religion (SWAR). These labels reflect the adherents' understanding of and engagement with their immediate 'world-out-there'. Using CUmpsty's general theory of religion and writers on feminine identity, I explored the theoretical relationship between paradigms for reality and gender. This indicated a theoretical preference for NR by women within a SWAR dominated western culture. I then report field studies in which instruments were tested which were themselves intended to test the existence of the relationship between paradigms of reality and gender.
Nixon, M. 1994. Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method. University of Cape Town.
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2019-04-25T11:56:13Z
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https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/14240
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What is the Dizzy Feet Foundation® Scholarship and how were you selected to receive it?
The Dizzy Feet Foundation Scholarship is a monetary award that is given to a select group of students in the country who are studying at an accredited dance school or institution such as Point Park University. Nominations must be submitted by the director/head of the dance program. After creating an audition reel and completing a series of responses and essays, I was chosen as a scholarship recipient and one of three chosen to perform in the Celebration of Dance Gala.
Having received this scholarship means a lot to me; mostly, it means so much because it helps my grandmother, who is keeping me in school by herself, tremendously and I am so thankful to the Dizzy Feet Foundation for that.
Why did you choose Point Park for dance?
Out of all of my college auditions, Point Park had a very challenging audition process (in a good way). I was nervous, but it was exhilarating at the same time. As a young dancer, it is comforting to know that Point Park would be a place to challenge me and help me grow in my career.
How is your Point Park experience preparing you for your career?
Point Park has prepared me in many different ways, but mostly time management, learning to balance many different tasks at once while staying calm and collected, and the rigorous dance training has helped me develop tremendously as a dancer/artist.
Describe the teaching style of Point Park's dance faculty.
It varies with each instructor, but overall they are extremely involved and challenge us physically and mentally. They challenge us to think of not only what happens on stage and in the studio, but outside of it and other aspects of life as a young dancer.
What has been your favorite Point Park experience thus far?
My favorite Point Park experience has been having the opportunity to work with choreographer Luke Murphy, who is an alumnus of the dance program. His piece required me to think and move in a different way and helped me break barriers, which helped me mature as a young dancer/artist. It is an experience that I will never forget.
I am grateful for having come to Point Park. All of the experiences that I have had, good and bad, have taught me so many lessons that I am eternally grateful for.
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2019-04-25T04:01:25Z
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https://staging.pointpark.edu/news-copa/dance-student-christian-warner-awarded-dizzy-feet-foundation-scholarship
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Google wants to give you a smarter information feed.
The company is updating the feed in its Google app to provide more in-depth, personalized context about news and information shared around the web.
Starting Wednesday, Google (GOOG) app users will see a new look for their feeds -- under the usual information cards, the app will show related links, like fact-checks on some news stories or additional coverage. It may also show movie times for a new film, a favorite sports team's latest scores or news related to a destination you're planning to visit on vacation.
Users will also be able to follow topics that interest them. For instance, if you see a story about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, you can tap on the card in which the story is displayed to follow news and updates about Bezos. The app will also factor in trending stories.
Google introduced the feed in the Google app in December.
If it sounds like the feeds we're already glued to all the time -- Facebook and Twitter -- it is similar. But Google's feed is different from Facebook in that it displays information based on you, not shared by your friends. And it's different from Twitter (TWTR) in that the content shown is from a variety of news organizations and websites, not people you follow.
Google analyzes data it already knows about you to tailor the feed. That includes your interests based on the topics you have searched for, videos you watch on YouTube and sites you visit in a Chrome browser.
Much of the criticism about current social media feeds is that following and being friends with people who share our ideas creates something called a filter bubble. The theory is that this prevents other news or opinions from entering your feed. Critics also say that social media sites allow fake news to spread, though Facebook (FB) and Google have taken steps to combat that.
While Google's feed is based on your web history, it will also pull in information you might not usually see. For instance, if a news post is about the healthcare bill, related news from other sources will appear beneath it. Even if you don't read NPR, a link to an NPR story may appear beneath the post on your feed.
The feed is rolling out to Google app users on iOS and Android initially, beginning in the U.S., but will be made available to Search users on the web and on mobile eventually. Google declined to provide information on how many people use the Google app.
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2019-04-26T16:39:59Z
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https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/19/technology/business/google-feed-new-personalized-fact-check/index.html
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You thought it was just a comedy about four horny high school boys trying to lose their virginity, including one boy who practices on a pastry, right? Actually, it’s a comedy about the complete loss of privacy in a world of the Internet and cell phones. The key scene isn’t the one with the violated dessert, it’s the one where Jim (Jason Biggs) brings home Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth) with the intention of filming their tryst on his webcam. Instead, he winds up capturing his own humiliation as the encounter ends prematurely (twice!) and webcasting it to the entire world.
This scene marks not just a supreme moment of public embarrassment for Jim – one that gave rise to a whole universe of TV and movie cringe comedy – but also the death of privacy as we’d come to know it throughout human history. And the killer? Not the government, not corporations, but a bunch of ordinary, tech-savvy kids, including the one who enabled his own moment of infamy. It’s a prescient moment – even before the age of party pics on Instagram, consumer preferences exploited on Facebook, and sexting and selfies on smartphones, American Pie recognized that we no longer had any reasonable expectation of privacy, that we were all spying on each other’s most intimate secrets, and that we might as well enjoy the show.
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2019-04-19T22:55:55Z
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http://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/17/spy-games-10-memorable-surveillance-movies/slide/american-pie/
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Two Saudi sisters who had been hiding in Hong Kong after an aborted attempt to seek asylum in Australia have left for a third country on humanitarian visas.
Two Saudi Arabian sisters are hoping for a "bright, beautiful future" after being granted asylum, fleeing what they describe as an abusive family and a repressive society.
Saudi sisters Rawan and Reem, 20 (both using adopted aliases), are now heading to a third country.
"Oh my God, I was so happy," the curly haired younger sister said, describing how she felt when told asylum had been secured.
"I screamed 'It's real, it's happening' ... It was just relief and unforgettable."
The sisters spoke to Reuters in a Hong Kong hotel shortly before they left the city. Also present was HK-based rights lawyer Michael Vidler, who has been helping them.
The pair say they feared for their lives in the kingdom.
They feared being intercepted by Saudi officials or relatives and forced to return home, where they believe they could be punished for renouncing Islam, which is punishable by death under the Saudi system of Islamic law..
In a statement late on Monday, Vidler confirmed the sisters had successfully travelled to a third country on "humanitarian visas".
"To ensure their future security we will not be disclosing the third country where the sisters are now living, nor will we be providing any further details," he wrote on the Facebook page of his law firm. "The sisters will not be giving any further media interviews."
They were also critical of Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system that requires women to have a male relative's permission to work, travel, marry, and even get some medical treatment.
"Women are just like slaves," said the older sister, adding that her dream was to become a writer one day.
"I want to settle down and to feel safe, and (to know) that I have rights and I matter in that country. Just to live normal, and discover myself ... because now I own my life."
Michael Vidler, the lawyer for two young Saudi sisters.
Her case drew global attention to Saudi Arabia's strict social rules, which rights groups say can trap women and girls as prisoners of abusive families.
The sisters watched the news of Khashoggi's death unfold while in hiding in Hong Kong.
Murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"I said to my sister, 'I'm glad we left. This is the country we left', there is no regret at all," said the older sister..
The pair hatched their escape plan over several years, secretly hoarding about $US5000, partly by scrimping on items they were given money to buy, and had timed it to coincide with the younger sister's 18th birthday.
The younger sister said she had no regrets too.
"There's a bright, beautiful future awaiting me."
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2019-04-19T01:30:56Z
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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/now-i-own-my-life-saudi-sisters-stuck-in-hong-kong-granted-asylum
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You won’t know until you do a fire safety walk through.
Place space heaters where they will not tip over easily. Have chimneys cleaned and inspected every year by a professional.
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2019-04-22T04:51:42Z
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http://www.chaskamn.com/481/Escape-Planning
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oakley shaun white series holbrooks with a little review on the new grey polarized lenses. Enjoy!
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2019-04-25T18:06:43Z
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http://kingdomofthesun.net/grey-polarized-oakley.html
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CHICAGO -- By acquiring Luis Avilan and Joakim Soria from the Dodgers as part of a three-team, six-player deal that also included the Royals, the White Sox immediately improved a bullpen that was decimated by trades and injury in 2017.
But as is the case for any deal involving veterans going to a rebuilding organization, there's more to the trade than what's viewed at face value.
The White Sox also received $3 million in cash considerations, according to various reports. That total helps offset salaries for the left-handed Avilan, who is arbitration-eligible after earning $1.5 million in 2017, and the right-handed Soria, who has $9 million left on a three-year, $25 million deal with a $10 million mutual option for '19.
Soria and Avilan provide late-inning help, along with a healthy Nate Jones and Juan Minaya, who recorded nine saves as the White Sox last closer this past season. Soria and Avilan are also candidates to be flipped mid-season if the team falls out of contention.
Infielder Jake Peter, who hit .279 with Triple-A Charlotte and Double-A Birmingham in 2017, was traded to the Dodgers after Los Angeles acquired Soria and left-hander Scott Alexander from Kansas City in exchange for infielder Erick Mejia and right-hander Trevor Oaks. The White Sox weren't necessarily looking to move the 24-year-old Peter, but it made sense in the context of the trade and the rebuild.
"Having some payroll flexibility, while other clubs are looking to create it, allowed us to perhaps minimize the amount of players that we had to give up in this deal," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said during a Thursday evening conference call. "We still were able to receive some cash as part of the exchange, which obviously fits in sort of with our need to have the proper value on the players we are acquiring and not just simply absorb payroll for the sake of payroll.
"We've added some veteran options for the back end of the bullpen. It obviously provides us with some veteran depth, which allows us to protect and pace the development of some of our young players and provides us with some flexibility options over the course of the summer as things unfold."
Avilan, 28, spent all of 2017 with the Dodgers, going 2-3 with a 2.93 ERA, producing 52 strikeouts and 13 holds over 46 innings. He allowed just 18.2 percent of inherited runners to score (4-for-22) while limiting first batters faced to a .196 average and left-handers to a .195 mark. He has gone 17-9 with a 2.97 ERA, 73 holds and 225 strikeouts in 329 career relief appearances over six seasons with the Braves (2012-15) and the Dodgers (2015-17).
Soria, 33, has gone 28-31 with a 2.86 ERA, 613 strikeouts and 204 saves in 573 relief appearances over 10 seasons with Kansas City (2007-11, '16-'17), Texas (2013-14), Detroit (2014-15) and Pittsburgh (2015). Among active pitchers, he is tied for sixth in saves and ranks eighth in save percentage (82.9).
Even with the bullpen improvement, Hahn didn't rule out further relief additions. He also didn't rule out any larger deals over the next few weeks, given the overall slow pace this offseason.
"While our focus remains on the long-term, we do need to fill a roster out that helps us continue this process over the course of the 2018 season," said Hahn, whose team's 40-man roster increased to 39. "It's fair to say our main focus is on the 2018 club, but we continue to be open to things that put us in a stronger position for the long-term as well."
With 204 career saves, Soria instantly becomes the most experienced closer candidate in an unsettled White Sox bullpen. And while the right-hander logged an unremarkable 3.70 ERA last season, he also posted a 2.23 FIP while excelling at limiting fly balls (23.3 percent) and home runs. During Spring Training, mixed-league owners will need to monitor an expected ninth-inning battle among Soria, Juan Minaya (nine saves in 2017) and Nate Jones (2.49 ERA from '15-'17).
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2019-04-18T16:52:09Z
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https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-trade-for-joakim-soria-luis-avilan-c264294484
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THE leader of the Labour party descended on Tilbury full of praise for a vital voluntary organisation.
Jeremy Corbyn visited Tilbury last Thursday to meet with trustees of the One Community Development Trust.
The trust has been a recipient of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service and is dedicated to working with people to develop their skills and improve their economic prospects.
Mr Corbyn spent the day visiting several Essex communities.
He was certainly full of praise for the One Community Development Trust, stating it was a vital service.
He said: “Broke, busted and disgusted I think is a wonderful way of summing up what a lot of people feel about their lives, and they come into this centre and what an amazing atmosphere and what an amazing success story.
“Large numbers of people coming in, more than 100 a week, support and work in this centre, and it helps people get together and it helps people develop skills, develop English as a second language if that is what they need, and they got jobs out of it too.
“This place is a plus for the entire community, I am really impressed.
Leader of the Thurrock Labour group. Grays councillor John Kent, who failed to in his bid to become an MP at the last election, was on hand to welcome Mr Corbyn when he arrived at the Trust.
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2019-04-19T23:00:15Z
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https://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/17205307.labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-full-of-praise-for-one-community-development-trust-during-tilbury-visit/
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Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE, CH (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has won multiple Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is known for film roles such as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Magneto in the X-Men films, and as Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code.
McKellen was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, was knighted in 1991 for services to the performing arts, and was made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality, in the 2008 New Year Honours.
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2019-04-25T00:09:27Z
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http://events.stuff.co.nz/artist/ian-mckellen
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The ISDN Basic Rate Interface (or BRI) is a standard connection you would have in any home or small business, offering two simultaneous connections (any mix of fax, voice and data). When used as a data connection, ISDN BRI can offer two independent data channels of 64kbps each, or 128kbps when combined into one connection. These channels, known as "bearer" or "B" channels, are at the heart of the flexibility of ISDN.
Dialup is fast. ISDN calls typically dial and connect in 1 to 3 seconds.
It's digital. 64kbps bandwidth for each "B" channel is guaranteed.
It's multi-mode. A "B" channel can carry data, voice, fax or video.
It concentrates calls: A BRI delivers 2 calls through one cable.
Customer will need to purchase an ISDN Terminal Adapter (modem) or router.
**500 combined channel hours included each month for QNET's part; additional hours are billed at the rate of $0.50 an hour.
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2019-04-23T20:57:21Z
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http://cello.qnet.com/internetaccess/isdn.php
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The NZTBA has recently completed Stage 1 of its plan to upgrade its website, with the launch of its new online NZ Studs & Stallions database.
Last week the NZTBA Council decided to offer free listings in the database to all NZTBA members, not only the studs who advertise in the annual Stallion Register. Members wishing to take up this offer are invited to contact NZTBA website editor Susan Archer for details of the information required for a listing.
Susan says "The Studs & Stallions database is consistently among the most popular sections of the website, and is well-established as a comprehensive and up-to-date source of key information about New Zealand stallions and studs."
"However, the Council recognises the need to keep improving the database, and to make it the very best source of core data about the New Zealand breeding industry. Hence the decision to include breeders other than studs and stallion owners."
The Association commissioned its web designers, Julia Orlova and Pavel Orlov of Fora Web Development and Design to re-design and expand the database.
Susan says, "Julia and Pavel are well-recognised within the New Zealand thoroughbred industry for the quality and value of their work, and their excellent understanding of the industry's particular requirements. They've worked with us since 1998 and continue to provide an outstanding professional service to the Association and its members."
* History & News fields for stallions & studs. This allows the inclusion of information such as recent stakeswinners, best horses bred, premierships & awards, notable sale results and current season updates.
*Inclusion of past & dead stallions, as well as current sires, under each stud listing.
* PDF versions of the pedigree pages for stallions advertised in the 2005 Stallion Register will be added next month.
The Council has now approved Stage 2 of the website upgrade programme, after consulting branch committees and online visitors about their preferences. This involves substantially re-working the design, architecture and navigation of the site, and will be completed early next year.
Susan explains "The on-screen look of the Studs & Stallions database will also be part of that work. In the meantime we've opted for a simple and very functional design."
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LEDBURY Amateur Boxing Club's Alex Florence continued his fine run of form by beating Dillon Robb.
Florence had a flawless three rounds, showing great speed, skill and maturity to win by a unanimous decision.
His performance was even more impressive considering Robb, from Len Woodhall Community Boxing Club in Telford, used to be the Light Welterweight champion.
Florence's father Fred Florence, who is also his coach, said he was very happy with how he performed.
"It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to get into the league he in his, I couldn't be more happy with his speed, power and maturity," he said.
"I'm just waiting for him to mature into his senior body, so he can absorb punches a lot easier.
"Then he will step up to the next level and turn professional.
"It's pointless rushing him, he's been training since he was six so I will wait a little bit longer and hopefully he will do his country proud."
The club will be back open on Monday, January 4.
Anyone interested in joining can call 01531 631879 or 07833 918134.
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People v. Rosario, 9 N.Y.2d 286, 213 N.Y.S.2d 448 (1961).
Louis H. Siegel, Criminal Procedure—Admissibility of Confession Elicited After Indictment, 11 Buff. L. Rev. 153 (1961).
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The previous post on ASK Harriete shared the lecture "The GOOD, The BAD, and The UGLY In The Age of The Internet." Watch the complete PowerPoint lecture with recorded audio on ASK Harriete or directly on SlideShare.
In future posts I will discuss each recommendation individually, but I what to be sure that everyone has an opportunity to watch this lecture as it evaluates the good of the internet, some bad trends, and a few really ugly behaviors that threaten the healthy growth of crafts.
Do you think these recommendation reasonable?
Do you think your local arts guild or national organization would support these recommendations?
What would you add? or subtract?
On March 14, I gave the keynote address for Synergy 3, the International Polymer Clay Association Annual Conference. Watch this presentation directly on SlideShare (below). Sit back with a cup of tea or coffee to watch the full 45 minutes of entertaining and provocative observations concluding with four recommendations for the arts and crafts community.
PLEASE COMMENT if possible. This presentation tackles an issue that affects both aspiring and established makers and artists and needs to be shared, circulated, and discussed throughout the arts and crafts community.
If willing, you can easily embed this presentation in your website or blog. SlideShare provides the embedding code in four different sizes (height and width) or a code specifically designed for WordPress. Just click on the EMBED button on SlideShare (above the lecture).
Depending on the reactions, some future posts on ASK Harriete will expand on the topics raised. Contact me privately through the email link in the left column of ASK Harriete or leave a COMMENT.
PDS Preview with Andy, Brigitte, Harriete "Cash Cow, Sacred Cow, Purple Cow"
"Cash Cow, Sacred Cow, Purple Cow".
Jay Whaley Metalsmith Benchtalk will be our host and ask the difficult questions.
Why did we target the PDS program on such an unusual topic? First I was inspired by the Seth Godin lecture "How to get your ideas to spread" and Joseph Pine lecture What consumers want. Please watch this presentations....to catch up.
The issue for everyone reading this blog is that we can not continue doing the same thing from the past 20+ years and expect different results. The internet, telephone technology, tablet devices, and distribution has changed everything including the marketing art and craft. As Seth Godin says, Your work needs to be remarkable....that is "worth making a remark about".
Find out how as we dip into this fabulous topic.
Tax time is upon us which is always the time we evaluate the financial success for the previous year. But with this economy, trying to make and sell art or craft with a profit is challenging.
The I.R.S. applies multiple criteria for evaluating whether your art or craft is a "hobby" or a "business." Without any doubt, an artist or maker has to take the accounting side of the "art business" seriously. The I.R.S. expects detailed records that reflect a business-like approach, but there is sometimes a kind of gray area.
The gray area in their evaluation criteria is characterized more by words than numbers. The words "time, effort, knowledge, recognition and appreciation" may be the difference between defining your art or craft as a "business" or a "hobby" in the eyes of the I.R.S.
Do you regularly invest time? Do you work regularly and frequently? A half day per week activity, e.g. Sunday afternoon, does not appear to qualify as a business-like approach.
Is it evident that you apply substantial effort? The amount of effort involved should be VERY CLEAR evidence whether the artist/maker intends to make a profit or just enjoy an occasional activity.
Do you have the knowledge from experience or education? Your education and training can be further evidence that you have the knowledge to be a professional in your field. Education certificates or degrees, professional acknowledgments, and experience needed to perform the art activity at an advanced level may differentiate it from a hobby.
Is your work recognized as professional? The I.R.S. could not define my art business as a "hobby" (even when my business lost money) because my professional profile fit most of the criteria. Establishing yourself as a recognized expert in the field is the definition of a professional.
The word "appreciation" is critical here. It is evident that my art work "appreciates" or increases in value. This is further evidence of an expectation to make a future profit in the appreciation of assets (my artwork).
So make sure that you "act" like a business in every way with detailed accounting, separate bank account, and perfect record keeping. In addition, keep detailed records with documentation of your professional efforts to make money and gain exposure.
ASK Harriete has written many posts about business accounting, taxes and compliance with the I.R.S. standards on several occasions.
Video Workshops from the I.R.S. - Am I a Business or a Hobby? - OR - Make Your Business More Business-like!
Morning Heartburn with the I.R.S.
Surviving an I.R.S. audit - Avoid Problems and Penalties - A Final Word.
Surviving an I.R.S. audit - Withdrawing Inventory Items for Personal Use? Very scary!
Surviving an I.R.S. audit - Is Your Travel for Business or Leisure?
Surviving an I.R.S. audit - What Is an Acceptable Receipt for a Business Expense?
Surviving an I.R.S. audit - What Is Included in the Cost of Finished Good besides your best guess?
Surviving the I.R.S. - Cost of Goods Sold, Are you ready? Watch my head explode!
Surviving an I.R.S. audit - No change!
My morning coffee with the I.R.S. MAN - Tips to prevent or smooth your audit with the I.R.S.
This lecture will be published on ASK Harriete as a SlideShare PowerPoint with recorded audio. Subscribe to ASK Harriete so you will be notified of the publication.
Here is the HANDOUT Good-BAD-UGLY-Handout-References (PDF) to download or use the individual links below. The references are mentioned in the order of appearance in the lecture.
IMAGE: Clint Eastwood, Leone and Eli Wallach on the set of THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY 1966.
IMAGE of extreme close-up and wide angle view is a signature voice of the director Sergio Leone.
BOOK: The Long Tail by Chris Anderson.
ASK Harriete describes “the Long Tail” in a post titled, "Long Tail - Blockbuster versus Netflix, and the art/craft world. "
P.S. Links to the books and movie DVDs are provided for your convenience as affiliate links.
In this post, I am thrilled to share images of booth display taken by Linda Savineau at "Sieraad", a yearly jewelry show in Amsterdam. Linda was following the ASK Harriete series on innovative window display as ideas for booth design and offered to take these photos to share with the viewers of ASK Harriete.
Linda Savineau lives in Aartselaar, Belgium. "Sieraad", a yearly show in Amsterdam held during the first week of November. "Sieraad" means "jewel" (in Dutch). She says, "It's a really good show, mostly European jewellers."
Unfortunately, we a missing a few names for the artists' work in the display, so if you know the work, or the show, please let me know.
Chuck Close said," Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work."
Listen to a fascinating conversation about creativity on Charlie Rose Series about creativity with artists Richard Serra & Chuck Close; neurologist Oliver Sacks; Ann Temkin, Chief Curator of painting and sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art; and Eric Kandel of Columbia University.
Learn about the physical and psychological basis of creativity. I listened to this program over and over. Unfortunately it is no longer available online.
And for those of you wondering about how to find success, consider reading the book Talent is Overrated by George Colvin. It ties right into the quote from Chuck Close at the top of this post.
Do You Thrill on Easy? Or Thrive On Hard?
In the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, she discusses the comparison of the fixed mindset and the growth mindset and how they contribute to success. I highly recommend reading this book.
Her website is very informative with several articles offering a sample of the content from her book.
The issue for every artist and maker is that your mindset can affect your creativity.
Have you considered whether you are a growth mindset or a closed mindset? Don't kid yourself? Be honest. Are you excited about the challenge? Test Your Mindset on Carol Dweck's website.
A principle of the growth mindset is that people thrive when being challenged.
"When do people with the fixed mindset thrive? When things are safely within their grasp. If things get too challenging-- when they're not feeling smart or talented---they loose interest."
"Not long ago I was interested to read about Marina Semyonova, a great Russian dancer and teacher, who devised a novel way of selecting her students. It was a clever test for mindset. As a former student tells it, "Her students first have to survive a trial period while she watches to see how you react to praise and to correction. Those more responsive to the correction are deemed worthy.""
"In other word, she separates the ones who get their thrill from what's easy--what they've already mastered--from those who get their thrill from what's hard."
There are many other examples in the book of people who choose challenges. They prefer to work on projects that necessitate learning new skills instead of producing variations of previous work based on already developed skills. These are the individuals with the growth mindset. One way or another, they ultimately push themselves into new horizons.
What does this have to do with the arts and crafts community? Too often formulas are offered promising a path to creativity. While I don't believe there is any formula to guarantee creativity, we can teach ourselves to focus on a growth mindset. Learn more about these skills in Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
Are you a student of life ready for a challenge?
"Image File Names Improve SEO"
Today's post is about "Image File Names for Better SEO" (Search Engine Optimization). Effective file names are essential for artists and makers who want others to find their images on line. A few simple techniques can improve visibility for your work. Here is an SlideShare presentation about naming files.
The video will automatically forward the images with the original audio recording. Just click on the "PLAY" arrow.
Use Keywords that describe your image.
Use hypens - betweeen words.
Let me know what you think of this presentation or this format, or tell me how to make this better. I just learned how to convert PowerPoint to video with a recorded audio file by listening to Making Video from PowerPoint Presentations.
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The government has just announced that Clapham Junction, with 9 other railway stations in England, most in need of modernisation, are to get £50m to carry out urgent improvements.
Already last week, rail operator Network Rail announced plans to spend £3.25bn to improve more than 2,000 stations across England and Wales by 2014: this includes Birmingham Station, but also Leeds, Blackfriars, King Cross… (diaporama on the BBC website).
But Chris Green (appointed by the government to look at the railway – former Virgin Trains chief executive) and Town and Country Planning Association president Sir Peter Hall – have identified 10 that are in need of the most urgent work and that they described as having been “left behind“.
Manchester Victoria was judged to be the worst followed by Clapham Junction and Crewe (customer satisfaction ratings), with all three suffering from overcrowding.
The station badly needs a new entrance which links into the overpass, relieving pressure on the congested tunnel linking the platforms, and this is now proposed.
Local controversy has focused on the extent of commercial development around the station needed to generate the income for the station upgrading.
You can read more comments on his tour on the Timesonline website.
“I support the report’s recommendations of minimum standards for stations – classed by size – in terms of information, car and bike parking, facilities and environment.
He also added that rail operators would be required to ensure minimum standards in future.
It is good news for Clapham Junction, at the time where we have just launched an initiative to debate on the redevelopment of the station.
“The Government is already installing lifts and building a tube station at Clapham Junction, but it’s still a very overcrowded, old-fashioned station that is in urgent need of better facilities for travellers.
The new entrance opening soon at the top of St John’s Hill will give direct access to the lifts and this will be a huge bonus for the public as well as for people with wheelchairs, buggies, bikes or heavy luggage. But my top priority is to give access to the lifts from the Grant Road side of the station as well.
Together with the Clapham Junction Action Group I will also press for a bigger main entrance with more ticketing facilities and with escalators from the concourse to the overbridge to relieve overcrowding in the tunnel.
We’ve expanded the capacity of Clapham Junction from four-carriage to eight- and ten- and eventually to twelve-carriage trains, and we need more entrances and facilities and escalators to ease congestion and to make travelling a more pleasant experience.
I know that all the people who objected to the 42-storey towers were still keen to get the station improvements and I’m delighted that the Government has come forward with some funds to pay for the most urgently needed improvements.
There’s no reason why we should have to pay for urgently-needed station improvements by agreeing to giant tower blocks which would be totally out of place and I’m glad we didn’t agree to the scheme.
It is exciting to see that things are moving, and fast. We hope to be able to meet with Network Rail as soon as possible to discuss on the new possibilities.
£5m or more is expensive for paint, and I wonder then how you could call the £300k that WBC put aside to help improve the new station entrance: a droplet?
Seriously, why not simply say, as we press for, that this funding is welcomed, and we hope that it shows concerns at the government level and that it will be followed by additional funding to eventually make a proper redevelopment?
Its fantastic news that the problem is finally getting the recognition it deserves, I just hope we get these improvements sooner rather than later!
Will> The question is in your sentence: “these improvements“…. what are they? I think we have to tell NR what are users concern and make proposals, instead of fighting back. That’s what the CJAG is concentrating on and we will be launching a consultation soon.
(2) that improvements are needed NOW, and not in 4-5 years time.
stage 2 to improve the facilities south of the tracks with a new station building linking overpass and underpass and extending the access between platforms (whether by means of widening the underpass, or by the provision of a new access between platforms).
Stage 1 appears to have been taken firmly on board. Let’s continue pressure on this and press for stage 2 receiving funding as a major priority in CP5 (2014).
How can we say less than: the cash boost is good news and we hope that more will come?
I am sure you meant to say it is an ‘understatement’ Cyril!
“It is a shame that the Council is not welcoming this news. Even if Clapham Junction only receives a tenth of this funding, this is still £5m more than was initially earmarked for this spending review period (i.e. up to 2014) and will hopefully buy more than a ‘lick of paint’. Lord Adonis referred to the need to link subway and overbridge north and south of the tracks, and it is our hope that the funds will go some way to enabling a new station in Grant Road to achieve this.
Anyone can comment on the Wandsworth article by following the link in Cyril’s piece above.
Prompted by today’s article in the local Guardian, I’m wondering why you refer to ‘building a tube station’ in this way. Are you perhaps referring to the ELL phase 2 extension – which was part of the tube network before closure for rebuilding?
‘Connecting to the tube’ via the ELL is just so much spin, isn’t it? The station is already far better connected to the tube via Waterloo or Victoria.
I was not quoted “building a tube station” in the WG therefore I assume that you refer to our article above. But it is actually not me referring to a Tube Station but Martin Linton making a case for Grant Road entrance redevelopment.
However I might be using a similar wording to refer to the fact, indeed that the ELL line will arrive at CJ in 2012. It will be on platform 1&2, therefore the closest platform to Grant Road, which could be nicknamed the main Tube entrance, whereas St John’s Hill will be the main Train entrance.
– Overground service (frequency of overground services to be increased to 4 trains per hour from 2011) – plat 1&2 ?
– Heathrow Link – plat 3&4 ?
All additional traffic (people entering the trains at CJ and inter-change) has not been considered yet, and it can only be more evidence of the increasing necessity to improve the station with an appropriate development plan!
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Port is the world's greatest fortified wine, a wine of depth, concentration and majestic structure produced in the valley of the Douro River, east of Oporto in Northern Portugal.
Port's story is one of the most unusual and romantic of any in the world of wine, and the history of Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman is in many ways the history of Port.
Taylor's is now into its fourth century: one of the very oldest of the Port companies. It is the last totally independent company of the original British Port houses - and is still family owned and managed.
It is run today from Oporto by descendants of the Yeatman and Fladgate families, both of which have been partners in the firm since the 1830s. For more than 300 years Taylor's name has been synonymous with consistent excellence in Port. The stature of its Ports is acknowledged by experts everywhere � and by the international wine auctions which regularly price Taylor's vintage Port ten to fifteen per cent above its rivals.
The finest Port is produced from grapes grown on the steep and rocky slopes of the Upper Douro and its tributaries. Vines have been grown on these remote hillsides since pre-Roman times.
In the 17th Century British traders, cut off from their supplies of Bordeaux by frequent wars with France, took a liking to the full-flavoured, robust wines of Portugal. Under the Methuen Treaty of 1703, England granted lower duties to Portuguese wines than to those of France and Germany, becoming for over a century the principal market for the wines of the Douro Valley.
But these wines did not travel well, so the traders added brandy to 'fortify' them against the rigours of their Atlantic sea voyage. Before long pure grape spirit was added during fermentation and Port, as we drink it today, was created.
Among the first of the early traders was Job Bearsley, who by 1692 was a Port shipper and partner in the firm which we know today as Taylor's. In 1727 Job Bearsley's son Peter, became the first British trader to venture into the wild, mountainous country upriver in search of the best wine. And in 1744 the Bearsleys became the first British shippers to buy a property in the Douro valley. Taylor's still owns the Casa dos Alambiques at Lugar das Lages. It has made wine from that day to this � apart from a short break as a field hospital for the Duke of Wellington's troops in the Peninsular Wars.
The pioneers of the Port trade soon found that the fortifying process did far more than just protect the wine. It improved it, giving it the power to mature into something unique, transforming in the cool, peaceful lodges at Vila Nova de Gaia, across the Douro from Oporto, into the opulent and complex wine that we know today as Port.
The distinctive character of Port does not come only from its method o( production. Like that of every great classic wine, it is also born of an association of climate, soil and grape variety unique in the world.
Separated from the sea by the Marao mountains and protected from the rainy winds of the Atlantic, the Douro valley has a climate of baking, dry summers and severe winters. It is a land of austere beauty.
The vineyards are dizzyingly steep: the vines must be planted on tiers of walled terraces, towering one above the other like the steps of the Pyramids, the product of centuries of Herculean labour.
To make new terraces in this rocky terrain, dynamite is often needed to blast away great outcrops of schist, the slate-like stone which forms the bedrock of the Douro's best vineyard soils. The vine roots can dive 40ft down through rock fissures in search of water, draining the very essence of the soil into every grape.
The Douro boasts a wealth of traditional grape varieties. Among the finest are the heavily-scented Tourigas � Touriga Nacional and Touriga Francesa � producing wine of enormous scale and concentration; the Tinta Roriz with its firm tannins and distinctive cedary nose; the supple, flowery Tinta Bar-roca; and the Tinta Cao, one of the oldest varieties cultivated in the Douro valley.
Taylor's were one of the earliest shippers to acquire vineyards to produce the wine themselves, rather than merely buying from wine makers and then maturing it.
The famous Quinta de Vargellas, purchased in 1893, is the jewel in the Taylor's crown. This magnificent 100-hectare (240-acre) estate, in the wildest, highest country of the Douro, is the source of much of the wine for Taylor's vintage Port. Set in a lovely bowl of vineyards sloping steeply down to the river, its north-facing site helps to moderate the fierce summer heat.
Taylor's later bought another outstanding estate, Quinta de Terra Feita, occupying a spectacular site on the slopes of the Pinhao valley. Taylor's has extensively replanted this ancient property, bringing out the full potential of its 48 hectares (119 acres) of vineyard which have supplied the firm with superb Ports for over a century.
It is late September and vintage time.
Year after year, the pickers return from their mountain villages to toil in the vineyards by day and tread the grapes to music through the night. Though laborious and costly, Taylor's continues to harvest by hand and to tread the finest wines from its own estates: no machines can yet match the sensitivity of the human hand, eye and foot. These ancient methods are supported today by the latest in vineyard and wine-making technology. The Port ferments in wide stone tanks, known as 'lagares', carefully watched over by the wine maker. The gentle tread of the pickers' feet gradually extracts the rich colour and tannins from the grape skins.
At the right moment, when the yeasts have turned about half of the grape's natural sugar into alcohol, a clean colourless brandy is added to the fermenting wine: this is the process known as 'fortification'. As a result, the rough and tumble of fermentation stops dead, leaving much of the original sweetness of the grape in the wine.
As Port matures, brandy and wine marry together to give rise to the subtle and complex range of flavours which can make Port one of the greatest of wines. In the spring following the harvest, the new fortified wine travels the 100 miles down-river to the cool lodges at Oporto where it begins its gradual transformation into fine Port.
Being fortified, Port is capable of ageing in wood for much longer than most other wines � from two years to many decades, depending on its character and potential. It may mature in cask, vat or bottle � or in combinations of these. These differing periods and methods of ageing give rise to a diversity of different styles, each with its own distinctive character and purpose. The chart on page 13 explains how these different styles develop.
Vintage Port is the very finest and rarest of all Ports, the ultimate collector's wine. It is a selection of the very best wines from a single exceptional year and represents only a small proportion of the crop.
Vintage Port is kept for two years in wood. It is then bottled � long before it is ready to drink � and will mature for many years or decades in the cellar, slowly developing the powerful heady aromas and sublime opulent flavour which are the hallmarks of a true vintage Port.
Each year the Taylor's partners select and set aside the very best wines of the vintage. These consist of the finest produce of Vargellas and Terra Feita and the wines of certain other estates, many of whose owners have been supplying Taylor's for many generations. These oak vats. In their second spring, they are tasted again. If they are judged to be outstanding, they are blended together and the decision is then taken as to whether or not a vintage is to be 'declared'.
For a declaration to be made, the vintage blend must be of exceptional quality: austere in its youth, with tremendous depth of flavour and massive structure, able to develop over years or decades into that quintessence of great Port, a mature Taylor's vintage.
If it is decided to declare, the wine will be bottled towards the end of its second year. A proportion of the bottling will be allocated for sale 'on declaration' in the same way as the great growths of Bordeaux are offered 'en Oporto and will be available for release onto the market some years later.
As in champagne, a vintage is not declared every year. In each of the decades of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s Taylor's judged only three years to be worthy of declaration. Each Port house decides for itself whether or not to declare and not every shipper will necessarily declare the same year.
The years when a Taylor's vintage is not declared, the decision may be taken to bottle a 'single- quinta' vintage Port. This is made entirely from grapes grown on one of the firm's two quintas, Vargellas and Terra Feita, on the label. These two superb vineyards are often capable of producing wine of vintage calibre in years which are not generally declared.
In a declared year the wines of Quinta de Terra Feita contribute power and depth to the Taylor's vintage Port. For nearly a century, Taylor's has also bottled small amounts of single-quinta vintage from this magnificent property. It is only recently, however, that selected Quinta de Terra Feita vintages have been released for sale.
Contrary to many people's belief, vintage Port is not a complicated wine to handle. However, a few simple rules can increase your enjoyment of this greatest of all fortified wines.
Vintage Port ages in bottle. The thick, dark glass of the classic vintage Port bottle and the long driven cork are designed to protect the wine during its many years of maturing in the cellar. To prevent the cork from drying out, the bottle should be stored on its side. There may be a white 'splash mark' � a dash of white chalk or paint � on the front of the bottle near the base. If so, the bottle should be laid down with this mark uppermost.
As vintage Port matures, a natural sediment or 'crust' forms in the bottom of the bottle. It is therefore wise to decant the wine � pour it gently out of its bottle into another container, leaving the deposit behind � before serving it.
Generally, the younger the vintage the longer the time between decanting the wine and drinking it. If in doubt, the bottle should be opened and decanted two or three hours before the wine is to be served.
Like all bottle-aged wines, vintage Port should ideally be drunk the day the bottle is opened, or failing this within a few days.
Vintage Port is traditionally served on its own at the end of the meal, with walnuts or dried fruit. Custom dictates that the decanter should be passed clockwise round the table allowing each guest's glass to be filled in turn. However no harm has been known to befall the wine if it is passed the 'wrong' way.
Late Bottled Vintage, or L.B.V., was created by Taylor's as an alternative to vintage Port for less formal occasions. Although nearly every shipper now offers an L.B.V., Taylor's remains the leader in this style of wine, setting the standard to which all others aspire. Like classic vintage Port, L.B.V. is the product of a single year. However, whereas vintage port spends only two years in wood, L.B.V. is matured in cask for between four and six years: hence the term 'Late Bottled'.
Thanks to its longer time in wood, L.B.V. is ready to drink when bottled and is not intended to be laid down. Unlike classic vintage Port, it will remain in good condition for several weeks after being opened and will only need to be decanted if the bottle has been kept in the cellar for two or three years. While never attaining the stature of a classic vintage, L.B.V. is a superb rich and mellow fruity Port offering outstanding quality at a very reasonable price. It is the perfect Port to be taken with cheese, particularly with ripe Stilton or with Portugal's own incomparable 'Queijo da Serra'.
If a fine Port is left to age for many years in oak casks, it will gradually lose its original deep purple or 'ruby' colour and take on the delicate amber hue known as 'tawny'.
The character of an aged tawny differs from that of vintage Port, although both are masterpieces in their own style.
Vintage Port, protected in the bottle from contact with the air, retains much of its youthful vigour and rich fruity flavour. An aged tawny, however, gently breathes the air through the pores of the wood. The simple fruitiness of young wine gradually recedes, giving way to a vast range of subtle, mellow aromas: spice, liquorice, walnut, ripe jammy fruit and fine oak wood.
Although traditionally associated with vintage, Taylor's is also among the leading shippers of fine aged tawny, offering the full range of 10,20,30 and over 40 Year Old tawny Ports.
An old tawny is the most versatile of Ports. Its incredible depth of flavour makes it perfect for drinking at the end of a meal in the same way as a vintage Port. However, it is as dessert wines that the aged tawnies excel, particularly with dishes made from chocolate, coffee or almonds.
Unlike other red Ports, aged tawnies may be served cool and are therefore ideally suited for summer drinking when a vintage Port may be considered too rich and heavy.
Rubies are full-bodied fruity young Ports, matured in wood and blended from the wine of one or more years to ensure continuity of style. They range from unpretentious mouth-filling wines for informal drinking to the more sophisticated 'Reserve' and 'Vintage Character' Ports, aged for four years or so in wood in the lodges at Vila Nova de Gaia.
White Port is made in the same way as red, but from white grape varieties. Like ruby Port, it is blended and mellowed for three or four years in wood. White Port is traditionally drunk as an aperitif and the sweeter styles are excellent with foie gras.
In 1935, Taylor's produced the first dry white Port, Chip Dry, by allowing fermentation to continue for longer before fortification. Dry white Port, the classic aperitif of Portugal, drunk chilled and served with olives and roasted almonds, now has a devoted following throughout the world.
Port comes in a range of styles. The chief variables are the ageing process, and the age. Ports are either matured in wood or in bottle. And they are either of single vintages or a blend of different years. The chart above has red and blue lines to divide the various styles according to these variables. The other variable is colour: most port is red, a small fraction white.
Vintage port, the flagship product of any shipper, ages in bottle after its second year: the law demands that it be bottled at two years old. It is the wine of an exceptional year, chosen from the shipper's own estates and carefully selected other quintas. No-one can be sure that a year will produce a declared vintage until the wine is in its second spring, having spent two winters and a summer in cask.
Single-quinta vintage ports are made from a single year's wines from a named estate, or quinta: in Taylor's case Quinta de Vargellas and Quinta de Terra Feita. These wines are bottled at two years old, and are made in years when these top quintas produce first-class port, but the overall quality of the year's wines is not such as to warrant a vintage declaration. If the vintage wines show off a port house's style and skill to perfection, the wood-aged ports represent a different kind of excellence. Taylor's maintains enormous stocks of port in its lodges at Vila Nova de Gaia, stocks which are replenished each vintage from the Douro estates and other purchases. The wines are carefully matured in the vast airy lodges, racked regularly to keep them bright, the casks topped up to avoid oxidation, and all the time tasted and assessed. These stocks form the palette of tastes and styles from which the various ports-are blended.
As port ages in wooden casks and vats in the lodges, it gradually loses its deep red colour and acquires a tawny hue. After a decade or so, the wine is distinctly tawny, almost mahogany. These old tawnies are prized by port lovers, and by the shippers themselves. The age stated � 10, 20, 30 or 40 years � is an average of the ports that make up the blend. Dated tawnies of a single vintage � also called Colheitas � are by law at least seven years old, and the label must state both vintage and year of bottling. Neither sort of tawny matures further in bottle.
Late Bottled Vintage is a port of a single year, aged in wood for 4-6 years, which is usually filtered prior to bottling to avoid any deposit forming. Crusted, or crusting, is a blend of vintages which is aged 3-4 years before bottling. Being "unfiltered, it may form a crust er deposit. Vintage Character port is bottled at 4-5 years and will not continue to improve in bottle.
From the great wealth of wines in stock at the lodges, the shipper will select young ports of moderate quality as his simple ruby and tawny wines. These will be bottled at two to three years old, and do not improve with bottle age.
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Home to innovative and eclectic brew towns such as Beer City USA – Grand Rapids – as well as beer-centric communities such as Ann Arbor, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Marquette, Lansing Traverse City, and Ypsilanti, Michigan stands at fifth in the nation for having the highest number of breweries, microbreweries, and brewpubs. Boasting glacier rich soil and bolstered by the Great Lakes, the state is a brewer's paradise.
Located in Novi, Michigan, Ascension Brewing Company is a neighborhood brewpub offering a selection of rotating craft ales and an innovative tap list, along with locally sourced and sustainable bar bites in a relaxed and friendly setting. Founded in 2015 with a mission to provide the freshest, most flavorful and imaginative craft beer and food possible, the microbrewery offers a range of brews, including Cherry Sanders Blonde Ale, Kilgore Stout (Nitro), Cucumberland Blues Sour Gose, The Phoenix Red Ale, Midnight Sun IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale, Rumpus Time Saison / Farmhouse Ale, and TiHKAL IPA - New England. Ascension Brewing Company is open Monday through Sunday, at various hours, and offers a Happy Hour Monday through Thursday.
Bad Brewing Company is a microbrewery in downtown Mason that produces a range of over 20 tap brews and one rotating cider, all of which are brewed in-house. The brewery features a beer garden with a cozy fireplace and hosts live entertainment in the evenings such as comedy, trivia, and vinyl nights. Bad Brewing Company’s draft list includes BAD 'Cause I Got Rye – a West Coast Rye IPA; BAD Dry Hopped Apple Cider with Mosaic Hops; BAD Grape Cider – a Fruit Cider; BAD Hibiscus Gose; BAD Hop Resolution – a Double IPA; BAD Hoppin' on Da Bandwagon - NEIPA; and BAD I'm A Dragon – a Lactose IPA. Food trucks provide fresh, local artisan food throughout the week, and the brewery and tasting room is open Monday through Sunday at various hours.
Barn Brewers Brewery is a microbrewery in Lawton, Michigan that was born from a love of beer. Once a legendary place back in the 80s, the Barn was a famous gathering place where friends, old and new, could sit back, listen to good music and drink beer. Today, Barn Brewers Brewery continues that tradition by offering a friendly, inviting space for people to come and relax, drink great beer, and enjoy good music. Signature brews include Training Wheel, Bourbon Barrels, Barn Light Smash, Farm Boss, The EPA, Push Mower, and Maintenance Shed, among others. Authentic Mexican and the barbecue-inspired food are provided by Bomba’s at the Barn for lunch on Fridays and Saturdays.
Founded in 2009, Big Lake Brewing was the brainchild of three engineers living in Holland, Michigan, two of whom were devoted homebrewers for years, working out of a garage with a half-barrel Sabco Brewmagic system. As the hobby grew into a business, the system eventually turned into a three-barrel system and later a seven-barrel system with a small canning line, and the garage was transformed into 3000 square foot pub with sixty seats. Today, the brewery is based in a 7000 square foot brewery with a full kitchen and has a production facility with a fifteen-barrel brewhouse that produces a range of brews and ales, including a classic amber ale, Michigan Amber, New England IPAs called Blood Orange Haze and Lake Haze, a juicy IPA called the Breakwall IPA, and a traditional Shandy known as Lake Shandy.
Located in a small house in Marquette, Blackrocks Brewery is a mellow microbrewery with a friendly neighborly ambiance, a taproom offering craft beer, comfortable outdoor seating, and live music throughout the week. Blackrocks Brewery brews on the original 1 BBL system along with the 3 BBL pub system and 20 BBL production system, producing signature beers such as 51K IPA, Grand Rabbits, Coconut Brown, Classic Pilsner, Flying Sailor, Nordskye, Honey Lav, Potter’s Porter, and Gnomas. Blackrocks Brewery’s tasting room is open Monday through Sunday at various hours.
Brewery Terra Firma is a production brewery and modern taproom with a scenic patio offering sustainably-produced craft beer and a BYO-food policy. Located on 10 acres of land in Traverse City, Michigan, the brewery is a MAEAP certified farm that produces delicious, culinary-inspired beers using sustainable methods. The brewing process uses an innovative water capture system that reclaims over 185,000 gallons of water from the manufacturing process for reuse as irrigation and fertilization on the farm crops. Signature beers include Soul Butter Triple IPA, Black Bikini Coconut Porter, Manitou Amber Ale, and Sun Cup Lemon Wheat, all of which can be tasted in the taproom, which is open Monday through Sunday at various hours. The brewery also has locally-made snacks and sodas available for purchase, or visitors bring along a meal from their favorite eatery.
Dearborn Brewing is a small microbrewery on Michigan Avenue in Downtown West Dearborn that brews handcrafted beers with an on-site taproom. The locally owned and operated microbrewery produces eight beers on tap, including West Village Wit - 2018 Witbier, Hizzy Biscus Wheat Pale Wheat Ale, Pretentious Toad Belgian Tripel, and a range of specialty beers such as Brown Bruin - Batch 2 Sour - Flanders Oud Bruin, HIIPA IPA - Imperial / Double, and a Belgian Table Beer. Beers can be enjoyed by the 5oz glass, 16oz pint, flights, growlers and in kegs to take home. Dearborn Brewing is a carry-out friendly establishment, so visitors can bring in their favorite food to enjoy with their favorite beers.
Founded in 1997, Dragonmead Microbrewery is a medieval-themed craft brewery offering a wide range of brews, ranging from German lager and ale, to English ale, and Scottish ale, including mead, and a hearty food menu. Signature brews include the award-winning Final Absolution, an English-style Crusader Dark Mild Ale that was a World Beer Cup gold medalist, Crusader Dark Mild Ale, Erik the Red, and Russian Imperial Stout. The décor is renowned and features stained glass windows, two sizeable vitreous glass tile mosaics and a copper-top back bar with custom oak cabinetry with a plethora of unique beer tap handles. The brewer also produces and serves its root beer and sodas and operates a kitchen with a specialized menu designed to accompany the variety of beers available.
Fenton Winery & Brewery an award-winning and innovative microbrewery and Winery located on the north end of Fenton offering craft wines and beers, delicious food, and live music and other entertainment. Founded in 2007, the Fenton Winery & Brewery features a taproom open to the public six days a week, where visitors can taste signature beers and wines, such as Fenton Light, Ignescent Amber Ale, Unbridled IPA, Staggering Bull, Head-n Collision, and Eminent IPA, among others. The establishment also features a sprawling 1.25-acre park-like Wine and Beer Garden, a full-service banquet hall and a retail store for homebrewing supplies and carry-out essentials.
Liberty Street Brewing Company is a locally owned and operated microbrewery that produces small-batch ales and lagers with a taproom and a creative food menu. Situated in a minimalist, industrial-style space with brick walls that evokes the quintessential Midwest taverns of a bygone era, Liberty Street Brewing Company produces inventive craft brews in complex flavors using local hops, like the Pooh Bear honey porter, the seasonal Key Lime Gose and Oktoberfest, and the Eagle Eye IPA. Located on the heart of Plymouth, the Liberty Street Brewing Company regularly hosts tastings, live music from local acts, and vibrant trivia nights.
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Founded as a premier restaurant called Mountain Town Station Brewing Co. & Steakhouse in 1996, Mountain Town Brewing Company has grown in leaps and abound to become an entity unto itself. The now microbrewery and wine cellar is strictly manufacturing and packaging using the same recipes that have been successfully developed for years at the brewpub, with signature brews such as Cow Catcher Red Ale, Gamblers Golden Ale, and Railyard Raspberry Wheat, which can sampled at the facility or found in restaurants and bars across Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
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Old Boys’ Brewhouse is a family-friendly brewpub that produces handcrafted beers, along with a creative menu of American cuisine and live music on weekends. Located on the Shore of Spring Lake, Old Boys’ Brewhouse has been dedicated to producing only the finest hand-crafted ales using the freshest ingredients since 1997. Boasting a fun, canine-oriented theme which is attributed to the memory of a Chocolate Labrador, known as ‘Old Boy.’ Signature brews include Conner’s Kolsch, an authentic German-style golden ale; Lucky Marge’s Large Lager, a take on the Oktoberfest Lager with rich malt and toasted flavors; Attaboy Amber, an amber lager; and the popular gluten-reduced Old Boy’s Brown Ale.
Olde Peninsula Brewpub & Restaurant is a historic brewery and taproom that produces and serves house brews, delicious homemade fare and offers tasting and tours of the brewery. Located in Kalamazoo and its first brewpub, Olde Peninsula Brewpub & Restaurant was the first restaurant in the area to brew its beer, something it has been doing since 1996. The establishment features a relaxing indoor and outdoor environment for relaxing, drinking great beer and enjoying delicious food. Olde Peninsula Brewpub & Restaurant produces signature brews including Tornado IPA (2018) IPA, Spanish Cedar Wood Aged Tornado IPA, Rockin' Razberry Wheat, Peanut Butter Mocha Stout, and Midnight Stout. Olde Peninsula Brewpub & Restaurant is open for lunch, dinner and late night, seven days a week with Happy Hour Monday through Saturday.
Founded by Brad Sancho in 2008 whose passion for homebrewing led him to leave a strong engineering position to realize his dream of opening a microbrewery. Located in Milan, Original Gravity Brewing Company is a small town, a family-friendly microbrewery that produces a range of beers from classic styles to experimental brews and serves delicious deli sandwiches. The brewery uses a seven BBL stainless steel brewing system to produce signature beers such as Southpaw IPA, an American IPA; Primordial Porter, a robust American porter; County Street Amber, a bold American amber; Cold Lampin’ Lager, an American Pilsner; and MCW Porter, a coffee porter. The brewery also features an old-school arcade game, flat-screen televisions for catching the game, and a spacious outdoor patio which hosts live music on warm summer nights.
Ozone's Brewhouse in Old Town Lansing is a father-son collaboration between Dan and Kyle Malone that has been producing self-designed, inspired craft beers since 2010. The brewery’s beers range from typical pub-style beers like the house porter and session beers to drink all day long like the sage cream ales to the mouthwatering barrel-aged wonders like the barrel aged Amarillo black IPA. Located in an old warehouse, which has been transformed into the brewery and tap room, the taproom features a pleasant outdoor beer garden and the back bar from the old mustang lounge, an old town landmark. Ozone's Brewhouse offers 11 beers are on tap, five house beers and six rotating beers, including Lemongrass Walkman Wheat, Sage of Ales Cream and Kryptonale Cherry Vanilla Amber, all of which can be enjoyed in the taproom which is open Monday through Sunday.
Located in downtown Grayling, Paddle Hard Brewing is an airy, wood-filled gastropub serving handcrafted and regional craft beers and a variety of delicious flatbreads. Signature brews include Petoskey Horny Monk Belgian Dubbel; Roak Chestnut Head Chestnut Maple Porter; Paddle Hard Townie Lite Light Pilsner; Bell's Two Hearted American IPA; and Founders All Day IPA Session IPA. Top sellers include Meat You at the Finish Line, BBQ Chicken and the Thai’d Up Paddler. Paddle Hard Brewery also features a wine tasting room and a great art gallery with works from the local AuSable Artisan Village on display. Paddle Hard Brewing is open Monday through Sunday, and hosts live music and other events throughout the year.
Established in early 2010, Paw Paw Brewing Company is a locally owned and operated brewpub in the small village of Paw Paw on the banks of the Paw Paw River that produces a range of handcrafted brews and ales. Founded with the aim of becoming a gathering place for the community to come and relax, drink great beer and eating delicious food in a friendly atmosphere, Paw Paw Brewing Company produces a range of beers, including Black River Oatmeal Stout, St. James English Mild, Paw Paw Wheat and 2Paws IPA, among others. The brewery features barrel table bases and a menu of simple fare, along with occasional live music in the evenings.
Right Brain Brewery is a quirky microbrewery that produces serves a variety of distinctive, colorful, and energetic brews in a vibrant setting. Founded by Russell Springsteen in 2007, Right Brain Brewery opened its doors in Traverse City's Warehouse District, later moving to Traverse City's SoFo District, where it now produces and offers nearly 40 beers on tap at all times, and in bottles and cans. Boasting zany labels and cans, Right Brain’s complex brews range from a pie-inspired series – think flavors like apple, blueberry, cherry, and pecan to their beet saison named Schrute Farms, and a variety of natural ambers, pales, stouts, and IPAs. Several food trucks supply delicious freshly prepared food to accompany the mouthwatering beer.
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Stony Lake Brewing Company is a low-key brewpub offering tastings of its handcrafted American ales in beer flights, cider, and growlers to go. Named after the owner’s favorite place on earth, Stony Lake Brewing Company was born out of fond memories of summers spent on Horseshoe Island in Northeast Ontario. Husband and wife team, Jerry and Heidi founded the company in 2014 and have been producing inspired brews ever since, with an emphasis on American Ales and fresh, clean flavors. Signature beers include Centennial IPA, an American style IPA; Dirty Deacon, a strong Scottish Ale; Easy Ryeder, a rugged IPA with fruity, citrus and herbal hop notes; Eleven Hour, an American IPA; and Fat Cat Porter. Stony Lake Brewing Company is a carry-out friendly establishment, so visitors can bring in their favorite food to enjoy with their favorite beers.
Tenacity Brewing is an offbeat brewpub in Flint and the only brewery in the town. Set in a renovated firehouse with a lovely outdoor patio in downtown Flint, the microbrewery was the brainchild of several friends, who put their heads and hearts together and opened the brewery in 2015. Tenacity Brewing produces a range of extraordinarily creative beer such as Tenacity Light, Irish Red, Milk Stout, Honey IPA and more. Seasonal outdoor seating is available with lovely views over the Flint River, and a small menu of creative cuisine is available to accompany the complex and delicious beers.
The Filling Station Microbrewery, a family, owned and operated business, dedicated to producing and serving the highest quality of handcrafted brews and food, along with friendly and knowledgeable service. Founded in 2012, the Filling Station Microbrewery is located just off the TART Trail in the historic railroad district and features a rotating list of up to 10 craft beers, which are paired with homemade flatbreads and deliciously crisp salads. The establishment boasts a casual pub-style setting with lovely views of Boardman Lake from inside the pub or out on the patio and welcomes patrons of all ages. Unique aspects include the occasional train passing by and live music which is hosted throughout the week.
The aptly named Livery is a pub and café set inside a converted stable that serves handcrafted microbrews, wood-fired pizza, and live music in a relaxed, family-friendly setting. Located in the Arts District of downtown Benton Harbor, The Livery features 18 taps of hand-forged beer, a kitchen featuring salads, sandwiches, and spent-grain pizzas made with the freshest locally sourced ingredients, and an outdoor and pet-friendly beer garden. Signature brews include McGilligan's IPA, Silver Queen Lager, Lotus Pale Ale, and Harbor Shores Amber Red Ale, and music and other live entertainment are regularly featured on the Livery Stage.
Set in a restored Victorian-era firehouse featuring vintage baseball-themed décor, the Mitten Brewing Company is a unique craft brewery and pizzeria with a warm and welcoming ambiance. Founded in November 2012 by two friends, the microbrewery is situated in the historic Engine House No. 9 and has a distinct focus on community involvement and charitable giving. The Mitten Brewing Company has two taprooms and bi-level outdoor decks with the ability to seat up to 200 visitors. Signature beers include the Triple Crown Brown, the Mitten Pale Ale, The Stretch Golden Ale, Relief Session IPA, and West Coast Swing Red Ale, among others.
Founded by Gary Evans Jeff Knoblock and developed in the Muskegon Ottawa Brewers homebrew club, aka the MOB, Trail Point Brewing Company was inspired by a desire to connect with the community of Allendale, and craft brewing enthusiasts. Named for the young saplings along trails that seem to bend and point in a particular direction, Trail Point Brewing Company produces a range of innovative and unique beers, including 5 Gallon Pale - American Pale Ale; Ale'ndale - Cream Ale; the award-winning Carlson's Killer Kolsch - German Lager; and Carpe Squeeze 'Em, among others, all of which can be enjoyed in the taproom which is open Monday through Sunday.
Tri-City Brewing Company is a local microbrewery and taproom that produces and serves house-made drafts and brews and has a BYO food policy. Founded in 1995, Tri-City Brewing Company took its name from the three cities - Bay City, Saginaw, Midland located in the eastern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan, which is collectively known as the Tri-Cities and a hub for beer brewing. Signature draft beers include Hell's Half Mile, a German-style Helles Lager with a creamy white head; Tres Citrea Fermantar is a light body Belgian Ale with floral and lemon citrus flavors; Charity Island IPA brewed with 100% malted barley; Mr Sinister, a Belgian dark ale also known as Belgian Quad or Strong ale; and Fortunato, a Belgian-style Trappist Ale.
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Because of the ongoing nature of events being planned, this menu listing simply attempts to call out organizations who perform regularly in Lexington, or are composed of Lexington Residents.
See also the Lexington Community Events Calendar, as well as the LCC Grantee Recipient Events listing.
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While taking Intro to Sociology to fulfill a general education requirement, I realized I enjoyed reading the textbook and left every class continuing to think and talk about the material. The ideas and theories we discussed in the various Sociology courses helped me to process the experiences I had living and traveling in developing countries while growing up.
The problem sets and projects in the Statistics and Research Methods courses helped me realize that I was drawn to quantitative methods. The guest speakers in the Urban Sociology class developed my interest in studying inequality within the United States.
These courses directly affected my career choice since they provided the foundation of sociological research needed for grad school and my eventual career. One of the books I read in Intro to Sociology piqued my interest in educational inequality in inner cities, and that interest led to my research focus on education during grad school and my pursuit of education research jobs upon graduation.
I can honestly say that all the professors in the department impacted me. Dr. Mathisen, my advisor, and Dr. Nieves, whom I TA’d for, both had a particularly huge impact. They encouraged me to go to grad school and stayed in touch with me throughout my grad school years. I know they both prayed for me on the days I took my qualifying exams and defended my dissertation. As I finished grad school, I returned to Wheaton for a visit and Dr. Mathisen and Dr. Nieves took me out to lunch so I could discuss my career options. I was wrestling with whether to pursue academic jobs or research positions, and they listened to me and gave me wise counsel. I am incredibly grateful to both for their encouragement, support, and wisdom over the years.
After taking the Urban Sociology course, which highlighted the great need in U.S. cities, I knew I wanted to spend some time working in an inner city. Therefore, after Wheaton graduation, I spent a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA >> volunteer working in a low-income school in Phoenix. This work solidified my interest in educational inequality and also reinforced my desire to go to grad school in sociology where I would develop tools to address inequality at a macro level. After completing my Ph.D., I pursued quantitative research jobs focused on education.
I am a survey statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau >> where I focus on education research. Part of my job involves data production—writing survey questions, reviewing data quality, and preparing data to be released for public use. Another part of my job involves research related to educational attainment, the economic pay-off to educational attainment and field of study, and patterns of school enrollment. With this research, I write government reports, conference papers, and working papers.
What advice would you give to a potential major?
Take the time to get to know the professors in the department. They truly invest in students and have a wealth of knowledge to share. Also, think critically about the material you study in your courses. Sociology will offer you a framework through which to process your life experiences and will lay the foundation for a variety of careers.
I am an avid triathlete and compete in numerous triathlons every year, traveling as far as New Zealand to race. When I’m not working or training for triathlons, I like to travel internationally or explore my backyard in Washington, DC.
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If you thought Farmers’ Markets were just about pork and poultry, you couldn’t be more wrong. Yes, we have pork and chicken and they’re free-range, raised ethically by the local farmers who sell them, but we have a whole lot more, too.
Batch Farm Cheese. Somerset Farmhouse Cheddar. Mild or strong, there’s one here you’ll like.
Cinnamon Sugar. Gourmet cupcakes, beautifully decorated, as well as a range of traditional cakes, with a twist.
Stefanos Food. Authentic Italian olives and anti-pasti. Huge selection available.
Bumblees Preserves. Jams, chutneys, marmalades and salad dressings, locally made from homegrown fruits and vegetables.
Beech Ridge Farm. Free range chicken and duck. Lamb and turkey also available.
This is just a selection of what you can find every Thursday on Taunton’s High Street. Be sure to come along and see what else we have to offer.
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Karin Knorr Cetina is interested in financial markets, knowledge and information, as well as in globalization, theory and culture. Her current projects include a book on global foreign exchange markets and on post-social knowledge societies. She continues to do research on the information architecture of financial markets, on their "global microstructures" (the global social and cultural form these markets take) and on trader markets in contrast to producer markets. She also studies globalization from a microsociological perspective, using an ethnographic approach, and she continues to be interested in "laboratory studies," the study of science, technology and information at the site of knowledge production - particularly in the life sciences and in particle physics.
Knorr Cetina is interested in dissertations having to do with finance and markets, science, and information, and globalization and post-social theory, that is attempts to theorize the role of (material, epistemic, consumer, artificial) objects in social life. Current dissertation students work, for example, on global debt relief technologies and software systems produced within the framework of international organizations, and on the conception, use and production of social robots in different countries. These students use an ethnographic approach to better understand the theoretical and cultural construction and the various dimensions of the respective domains.
2011 (Ed. w/ A. Preda) Handbook of the Sociology of Finance. Oxford University Press.
2010 Financial Analysis: Epistemic Profile of an Evaluative Science. In C. Camic, et al., eds., Knowledge Making, Use and Evaluation in the Social Sciences. University of Chicago Press.
2010 The Epistemics of Information: A Logic of Knowledge Consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture. 10(2):1-31.
2009 What is a Financial Market? Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Sonderband Wirtschaftssoziologie 49(2009):326-343.
2009 The Synthetic Situation: Interactionism for a Global World. Symbolic Interaction. 32(1): 61-87.
2008 Microglobalization. In I. Rossi, ed. Frontiers of Globalization Research: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches. New York: Springer, 65-93.
2007 (w/A.Preda) The Temporalization of Financial Markets: From Network Markets to Flow Markets.” Theory, Culture and Society 24(7-8):123–145.
2005 Complex Global Microstructures: The New Terrorist Societies. In J. Urry ed., "Complexity," special issue of Theory, Culture and Society. 22:213-234.
2005 How Are Global Markets Global? The Architecture of a Flow World. In Knorr Cetina & Preda, eds., The Sociology of Financial Markets.
2005 (Ed. w/ A. Preda) The Sociology of Financial Markets. Oxford University Press.
2003 From Pipes to Scopes: The Flow Architecture of Financial Markets. Distinktion. 7: 7-23.
2002 Inhabiting Technology: Features of a Global Lifeform. Current Sociology. July Special Issue on The Sociology of Technology.
2002 (w/ Urs Bruegger) Global Microstructures: The Virtual Societies of Financial Markets. American Journal of Sociology. 107(4): 905-950.
2001 Transparency Regimes and Management by Content in Global Organizations: The Case of Institutional Currency Trading. Journal of Knowledge Management.
1997 Sociality with Objects: Social Relations in Postsocial Knowledge Societies.Theory, Culture and Society. 14(4): 1-30.
1995 How Superorganisms Change: Consensus Formation and the Social Ontology of High-Energy Physics Experiments. Social Studies of Science. 25: 119-47.
1992 The Couch, the Cathedral and the Lab: On the Relationship between Experiment and Laboratory Science. In A. Pickering, ed., Science as Practice and Culture. University of Chicago Press.
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As Tiffany, the diva honed her skills in the company’s developmental system, Florida Championship Wrestling. A shot on the main roster led to a prominent position as an onscreen authority figure on the ECW brand. The New Orleans native’s stint as general manager gave her a large amount of microphone time.
“When I first started in WWE, I was in the ring a lot with Natalya,” Terrell said. “She taught me a ton in the beginning. Fit Finlay was there. Those were people who were very instrumental with my training, along with Dr. Tom Prichard. There are definitely people I look up to. Tommy Dreamer is one of those people. He has kind of been there the entire time of my wrestling career. He is very honest and someone I trust.
From WWE to TNA, Terrell feels her improvement in the ring comes from having more matches under her belt. She also credits being more comfortable mentally and physically every time she laces up the boots. For the knockout, it comes down to believing in one’s self. Terrell turned heads and really became perceived as a serious women’s wrestler through her matches with Gail Kim.
“There is one word to describe the matches with Gail Kim: Magic,” she said. “Gail is an incredible wrestler. She is good. You get in the ring with her and you have the ability to not just have a good match, but to create something that is memorable and magical. I could never imagine have imagined that was going to happen. When we were out there and wrestling, you could feel it. You could feel the energy of the match was different. The Slammiversary match and the ladder match, I think there is a lot of trust out there. We just threw everything out there.
After her run with WWE ended, Terrell began to pursue acting. She got her Screen Actors Guild card for her role in “The Campaign” with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. Along with film and television credits, the star has built a resume for her stunt work as well. She recently spent time on sets such as “Get Hard,” “Daddy’s Home” and even “Jurassic World.” Terrell believes stunts and pro wrestling can go hand-in-hand.
Terrell took a break from both businesses to have her child Emerson a little over a year ago. Within four or five weeks, she found herself on the stunt job for “Get Hard.” The TNA grappler returned to the ring not long after that.
“I knew that I wanted to continue wrestling,” she said. “I wasn’t done. I wanted to become a champion. This was my dream and my passion. I can’t imagine being done with it just because I was a mother. I think as a mother I want my daughter to know you should go for your dreams. The amazing thing with TNA is I have the availability to be a mom at home the majority of the time and be with her. I travel and take her on the road with me.
“It’s great. The travel schedule is pretty light. That has been a wonderful thing. I’m blessed that I have this opportunity because I don’t think that many people get the chance to live their dream and it doesn’t take away from being a mom.
Moving forward standing atop the knockout mountain, she hopes one day have another run-in with a familiar face from her past.
- “TKO Night of Knockouts” is headlined by Taryn Terrell defending the knockouts championship against Kong 8 p.m. EST Friday, April 24 on Destination America. The sole men’s match on the special edition of Impact Wrestling features TNA champion Kurt Angle taking on Eric Young.
Visit www.ImpactWrestling.Com for details on everything TNA, including their upcoming free Impact Wrestling tapings May 8-11 at Universal Studios Orlando.
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2019-04-24T02:09:16Z
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https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/fighting/article19289019.html
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Sports
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camosun
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The Camosun College Chargers volleyball teams are making a steady climb up the Provincial and National rankings thanks to a series sweep over the CBC Bearcats in Victoria last weekend.
Undefeated, the Chargers women have clinched six successive wins and have made history with the program’s first-ever #1 PACWEST standing and #2 CCAA National ranking!
“We’re off to a great start at 6-0 in PACWEST play, there’s no denying that and to be honest, there are many smaller accomplishments in there that we take the time to acknowledge and celebrate,” exclaims Chargers Women’s Head Coach Chris Dahl. “We feel this is important. It feels good. However, I continue to be impressed with the drive and commitment of this group. We wrapped up Saturday’s match and there was immediately a sense of – let’s get back at it on Monday – from the athletes and coaching staff. "
The Chargers men also capitalized on their back to back wins, improving to 3-3 and advancing to 3rd place in the PACWEST and #12 in National standings. Despite his squad’s recent victories, Head Coach Charles Parkinson acknowledges that his program is still a work in progress.
Student-athletes who led the Chargers to their weekend wins included men’s team players Jeremy Finn (Westbank) and Tyler Remeda (Calgary, AB) and first-year outside hitter Megan Beckett (Reynolds) for the women.
Newcomer Megan Beckett made the most of the opportunity to showcase her abilities and gave an outstanding performance with a total of 29 points over 6 sets. Today, she was named PACWEST Women’s Athlete of the Week.
The Chargers leave Victoria tomorrow, bound for Cranbrook where they face the College of the Rockies Avalanche (@AVSvolleyball).
On the men’s side, the Chargers will also need to manage the effects of the long bus ride to Cranbrook while keeping on top of their opponents.
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2019-04-19T11:02:14Z
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http://camosun.ca/sports/chargers/news/2014/november/vb-cbc-cotr31-1.html
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Sports
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How true… how true. I wasn’t a big fan of McGonigal’s first talk. But this one is cool. The whole idea of gaming is… although it feels like a lot of people misunderstand gaming.
If I had to draft down my ideas on a makeshift blog post, gaming is about creating a safe environment to invest some energy to exercise some skill to get from point A to point B. And we are built in such a way that everything we do is, in effect, a game. We just use the term game for things that do not bring immediate value.
Game is a process that has a certain expected structure and is associated with some positive emotions… Definitely agree that we need to play more games.
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2019-04-19T20:30:27Z
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https://nikitab.wordpress.com/2012/07/
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Any tips or tricks for coding?
Forum » Programming & Design / TI-83/84 Programming » Any tips or tricks for coding?
Need some tips if I am going to code more complex stuff.
Do you have any tricks or tips for coding? Any small segments of code that I might find handy? And is it possible to add a new line in my code, or a space, without having to delete anything? Thanks.
Re: Any tips or tricks for coding?
Well, this entire site is tips, tricks, handy segments of code, and how-to's, so just check out what you need.
To add a new line, do the following key combination while the cursor is on the first character in the line you want to insert a line before: 2ND+DEL then ENTER.
Ooh, have you learned about rcl? You can paste the contents of vars into programs or the homescreen! In program editor, you can even recall other programs! The trick is pressing [2nd], then [Sto>] and then you search for the var name. For example, to paste the contents of Str2, just press [Vars] :) That was super helpful when I figured out what that did!
to insert data such as an newline or number, simply press 2nd + DEL and insert mode is turned on, it will deactivate if you move the cursor.
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2019-04-21T22:29:16Z
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http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352466/any-tips-or-tricks-for-coding
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Sports
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Computers
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wordpress
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Accepting that the sales and marketing funnel will always be leaky is akin to accepting that, despite all efforts, we will not grow taller… or younger. It’s never going to happen, we know this. The marketing funnel will always be leaky, no matter how talented and thorough sales and marketing teams become at plugging the holes. But accept it we must! Since as of today, there is no leak-free funnel and none on the horizon, we all just have to deal.
We learn from SMstudy that the leaky funnel is an analogy. Water being poured from the top represents prospective customers and the water existing from the bottom represents converted customers.
In a perfect place known as “Sales-and-Market Landia,” every dear soul who ever views our ad, not to mention visits our website, would be swirled into our seamless steel-trap funnel with no chance of escape except out the bottom as the proud owner of our product or service, free to roam and spread the good word.
Well, the real world is not “Sales-and-Market Landia,” and most of those who venture into the funnel will ultimately slip through the cracks on their way to the final stage (aka the sale). Leakage numbers vary, but according to Lisa Cramer nearly 80 percent of those who fall into the funnel are never brought to sales. On the bright side or perhaps a cautionary warning, 60 percent of leads who enter the funnel will end up purchasing within the next 24 months… just maybe not via that same funnel.
With figures like these it’s no surprise we find all sorts of advice on how marketers can plug the holes of their own unique funnels. Just google, “plug leaky funnel” and you’ll see what comes back, a bucket load of funnel advice.
Basics such as data analytics and understanding the Point of Loss (POL) and Point of Influence (POF) can help to identify and shore up the holes, and realistic genuine attempts should be made to do so. But at some point, acceptance of a leaky funnel is key to not obsessing over the holes and maintaining your sanity.
Put more total people in the funnel. Your funnel still leaks, but more people in should mean more people out. If only 1-5% of the people at the top of your funnel actually buy from you or sign up for your services, you need to first focus on improving your funnel rather than putting more people into it.
Put more of the right people in the funnel. You hope to attract and sell more of your target audience. But, if you don’t clearly understand why they are choosing you, this approach will not be fully effective.
Retain more of the right people in the funnel. By slowing or stopping the leaks in your funnel, you will optimize your efforts to attract and retain more target customers. This is usually a much more productive near-term effort versus just spending more on ads or offering promotions.
So, ideally, yes, all holes would be plugged and anyone who ever knowingly or unknowingly fell into our funnel would come out the proud owner of whatever product or service was for sale. But that is a myth, a dream straight out of “Sales-and-Marketing landia.” The truth is, despite all our efforts, there will always be holes. Always. But still we plug on!
SMstudy Guide, Digital Marketing, pg.62-63.
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2019-04-22T04:25:38Z
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https://studypmgmtblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-leaky-funnel/
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Australian actress Cate Blanchett («Elizabeth»), a class act, single-handedly saves «The Gift» from utter embarrassment.
↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 German National Library, Berlin State Library, Bavarian State Library et al. Record #129968471 // Gemeinsame Normdatei — 2012—2016.
↑ Cate Blanchett: Actress(անգլ.) // People : журнал. — 10 мая 1999. — В. 17. — Т. 51. — С. 113.
↑ The Adventures of Bazza(անգլ.) // Melbourne Observer : газета. — 4 февраля 2009. Архивировано из первоисточника 16 Հունվարի 2012.
↑ Famous alumni on Latham’s hit list(անգլ.) // Crikey : электронный журнал. — 30 марта 2005.
↑ Chee Chee Leung. Top marks for Blanchett(անգլ.) // The Age : Газета. — 1 марта 2005.
↑ LaSalle, Mick. «Elizabeth» a Real Renaissance Woman // San Francisco Chronicle : газета. —Սան Ֆրանցիսկո, 20 ноября 1998. — С. C—1.
↑ Baillie, Russell. A dynasty re-deified(անգլ.) // The New Zealand Herald : Газета.
↑ Guthmann, Edward. Sam Raimi’s «Gift» A Hokey Parody // San Francisco Chronicle : газета. —Сан-Франциско, 19 января 2001. — С. C—3.
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2019-04-19T09:19:16Z
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https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A9_%D4%B2%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%BF
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google
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CSE - Consorzio Servizi Bancari Soc. Cons. a r.l.
"BAPr MOBILE" is the application to manage your account and receive information.
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2019-04-21T00:56:47Z
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/cluster?clp=ogooCBEqAggIMiAKGmNvbS5hdXJpZ2FzcGEuc2ltcGx5bW9iaWxlEAEYAw%3D%3D:S:ANO1ljI03R0&gsr=CiuiCigIESoCCAgyIAoaY29tLmF1cmlnYXNwYS5zaW1wbHltb2JpbGUQARgD:S:ANO1ljLrZFk
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With the advent of internet 2.0, social networking sites have become a defining feature for the second phase of the internet age.
Facebook.com, and other sites like it, has been progressively popular amongst the younger generations. Increasingly these sites, especially facebook.com, have seen an uptick in usage, represented by a wider range in the demographics of users.
Amongst the leading social networking sites, Facebook.com is conceivably the most frequently used amongst college students, influential, and technologically engaged business people.
When Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, it was intended to merely be a site where people could compare pictures of each other. However, it quickly gained the attention of prominent people within the internet and data mining community, and investments were made to make the Facebook much more than it was.
Who is Behind the Rise of Facebook?
Zuckerberg was a college student at the time he originally conceived the idea for the website. So his monetary capital was rather limited. However through luck and ambition, he was able to gain the interest of the co-founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who quickly moved to invest $500,000 in the early summer of 2004. After this initial investment, the money came pouring in from venture capitalist with ties to data mining industries.
Accel Partners, which is managed by James Breyer, who along with Gilman Louie, served on the board of In-Q-Tel; invested over $12 million dollars into facebook.
This is significant because In-Q-Tel has been proven to have been established by the C.I.A. in 1999; yes the C.I.A. In-Q-Tel’s main business is data mining.
When reading these words, do not leave out the fact that the I.A.O. is armed with funding and the Patriot Act as well; and as we all know, if you give a bureaucrat power, they will use it.
Translation: Whatever, or whenever you post or upload to Facebook, it is legally theirs to keep and use however way they want to. Which includes sharing it to anyone they want to.
The key difference is the “kill-switch”. The “kill switch” refers to the oppurtunity to delete the profile or items on the profile never to be brought up again. This was beneficial to the user or any person with a profile because they can choose to delete files, photos, tags, or whatever kind of information they wanted to, and Facebook’s right to that material would be lost.
However in February 2009, Facebook moved to rewrite their service and terms agreement to include a clause that will allow them to mine and store the information they get from your use of the website indefinately. Regardless if you choose to delete it or not, the information will be stored and they will have a legal right to use it in the future.
Therefore, they can hypothetically save your info, and 20 years down the road have exclusive rights to your life’s story despite cutting your ties with Facebook. To have a more cynical take; they will know everything about what makes you an individual forever.
This is dangerous in so many ways, and considering that Facebook already has indirect connections to government data mining agencies and bureaucrats; it may prove beneficial to your personal security and safety to abstain from posting too many personal details about your life and associations.
JOIN THE MEDIA REVOLUTION! JOIN LIBRE!
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2019-04-26T06:06:24Z
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https://libreamerica.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/facebook-is-watching/
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wordpress
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I’m not sure I’ll read the second part if I’m honest. I think you can’t beat the magic of the first novel. If that makes any sense?!
I agree actually. However, I’m sure many people would love it to be a series. I just think that it’s magic works on it’s own. Maybe I’ll try the sample. Not too sure though.
Excellent review! I have been hearing that this book is an excellent read since last year. I like your cover of the book more. I think book 2 is already out. Will you be reading it next? Glad you enjoyed the read!
Aw thanks that’s so kind of you to say. I did enjoy it but I’m dubious about book two. Are you going to read it?
I feel like I’ve seen this book before, but I didn’t know what it was about. A very original story. Glad you enjoyed it!
HI, I’ve read both in the series and I’m so excited as we wait for the final book in the series…I really enjoyed the details about Russian myths.
Yes I did too. I felt like I was really learning something new, having not knowing much about Russian myths before. I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
This is included on my list of books to read. Great review!
Thank you! It was a great read. I really enjoyed it. I hope you do too!
Ooh!! I hope you enjoy it and that my post doesn’t ruin anything for you. The second book is what I’m going to read for October. I’m really hopeful it’s just as good!
Haha yeah, I stopped about halfway through, though I’m close to end so will probably be finishing it up tonight. Definitely an interesting and fantasical book.
I’m thrilled you’re enjoying. I’m so glad we’ve found each other. Your blog is awesome! Having a great time reading everything currently!
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2019-04-21T09:16:22Z
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https://booksandbakes1.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/rty-the-bear-and-the-nightingale-katherine-arden/
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Sports
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Computers
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noaa
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WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA EARLY ON SATURDAY...AND OVER THE GULF OF ST.
OVERTAKING THE CIRCULATION OF ARTHUR.
BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
6 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER DOWNEAST MAINE AND INTO NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA.
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2019-04-18T14:49:44Z
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https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2014/al01/al012014.public.017.shtml
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karnac
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“I keep waiting for an ark to float by” were the words of Auburndale Speedway owner Rex Guy as, once again, rain canceled one full racing program and interrupted another this weekend.
Saturday night the heat races were just about completed when rain hit the speedway. However, the shower lasted just a few minutes and track crews went to work drying the speedway. The extra heavy humidity caused it to take over an hour to dry the surface, but all of the features except two were run. The scheduled SSCS Modified event was not going to be run as most of the drivers opted not to take the chance to travel to the track because of the bad forecast. The Mini Cup drivers in attendance opted not to run their feature because of unsafe conditions regarding a very wet infield which could have played havoc with the small cars had they gotten into the soaked infield area.
The Legend Cars, Q mini Stocks, Scramblers and Figure-8s were able to race and put on a good show for the dampened crowd.
Taylor Hosford, making her very first start in a Legend Car at Auburndale, topped the heat race for the class but that put her near the rear of the feature starting line-up. Kyle Pitts grabbed the early lead and was soon challenged by teammate Seth Adams. Lap eight saw caution fly as a wheel came off the car of newcomer Booker Cothren.
Just after the restart, Adams surged to the point and would lead the rest of the way slowed only by a lap 12 yellow flag for a spin by Jim Smith in turn two and the stalled car of Travis Guard on the front stretch. Adams would go on to take the victory over Pitts and veteran Mike Verhaagh. Hosford would race her way to a solid fourth place as Smith rebounded from his spin to take fifth. Sixth went to Gavin Sexton trailed by Rusty Mallett, Cale Nolen, Guard and Cothren.
The Q Mini Stock drivers paid tribute to the late Randy King who a top racer at the track for several years. King’s number was 46 and several cars carried flags with the #46 on them. Chris Narramore, Sr. had a photo of King on the hood of his car as well while Donald Gatlin’s car was renumbered 46 in honor of King and carried his orange and black colors.
Gatlin zipped out to an early lead and looked to be well on his way of putting the special paint job in victory lane. However, as Gatlin’s engine began to lose power it was point leader Narramore grabbing the top spot on lap 15.
Narramore streaked off to a very emotional win over Bruce Cozad and heat winner John Cummins, Jr. Colt Cecil was fourth while Gatlin held on to his fading machine for fifth ahead of Fred Martin. Matt Cummins was unable to start the feature.
Just three Scramblers showed up for action but they put on one heck of a great race. William Kerns led the opening 12 circuits before Keith Cantrill slipped by. Cantrill then held off repeated challenges from point leader Dustin Wilson to claim his second win of the season. Kerns would end up third claiming his tires were “tired.” Wilson won the heat race.
The Figure-8 cars rounded out the night of racing and it was local favorite Preston Davis scoring a dominating win by leading every lap. Joey Caterelli claimed the runner-up spot ahead of Wayne Calkins. Rounding out the finishers were Shane Grigsby, Seth Nistok, Sammy Cressman, Thomas Peel and Jared Meyer.
Sunday’s weather looked promising to start but a couple of brief showers set back the start of practice by over an hour. Despite some ominous looking clouds, cars kept streaming into the pits, well after the announced starting time of 4 pm.
Alas, it was not to be as a downpour hit the track just before 5 pm flooding the infield. All racing activity was canceled for the evening but the entire show has been rescheduled for next Sunday, October 15th, with racing starting at 4 pm. The Daytona Antique Automobile Racing Association (DAARA) will try once again to get a show in the books after now being rained out in consecutive weeks here as well as Saturday night at Citrus County Speedway.
For information and updated schedules go to www.auburndalespeedway.net or the Auburndale Speedway Facebook page.
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2019-04-21T04:30:18Z
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http://karnac.com/flanews/tracks/auburndale-speedway/mother-nature-is-the-big-winner-again-at-auburndale-speedway-but-some-races-do-get-run/
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uchicago
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UChicago Voices is a platform that lets you quickly, easily, and professionally publish on the web.
UChicago Voices makes it simple to publish just about any type of content to the web. Anyone can build a site for portfolios, learning activities, blogging, clubs, research groups, courses, and much more. UChicago Voices is powered by WordPress and hosted by EduBlogs.
UChicago Voices is a place where we can engage in new forms of scholarship, delight our community, and publish openly.
UChicago Voices is a service provided by IT Services at the University of Chicago.
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2019-04-21T18:35:20Z
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https://voices.uchicago.edu/about/
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Sports
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Business
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washingtonpost
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P.W. Botha, 90, the unapologetic leader of apartheid-era South Africa who led his country into deepening political crisis and racial violence as head of state from 1978 to 1989, died Oct. 31 at his home in Wilderness, a southern coastal town. No cause of death was reported.
"Peevee" Botha was the bald, bespectacled mandarin of the ultra-right Nationalist Party. His trademark was a finger-wagging belligerence that earned him the nickname the "Groot Krokodil," or great crocodile, in Afrikaans, the Dutch language that was his native tongue.
He held a variety of portfolios before becoming defense minister in 1966. During the next decade, he engineered massive increases in the military budget to minimize the effects of the international arms embargo against the apartheid government.
He also saw the militarization of his country as a way to safeguard South Africa from foreign invasion and internal subversion. To international derision, he undertook incursions into Angola and South West Africa (later renamed Namibia) to end leftist guerrilla uprisings and what he called the "forces of chaos, communism and socialism."
As prime minister and then state president, he veered wildly between upholding and reforming apartheid, the system of racial segregation that his party initiated after coming to power in 1948. He understood its inevitable decline amid uncontrollable protests but was unwilling to appear weak to his followers.
Years after he left office and a new, black-led leadership emerged, Mr. Botha remained defiant during investigations into his regime's hard-line racial policies that led to killings, tortures and disappearances. On a technicality, he successfully evaded testifying before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, formed to probe apartheid-era crimes.
"I did not authorize murders," he said to reporters at the time. "I will not ask forgiveness for fighting the Marxist revolutionary onslaught."
Pieter Willem Botha was born Jan. 12, 1916, at his family's farm in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State. The area was deeply conservative and populated largely by Afrikaners, the white descendants of 17th-century settlers who were mostly Dutch.
In his teens, Mr. Botha became a member of the National Party, then a minority political group. During the Depression, he abandoned his law school studies at the University of the Orange Free State and began his mentorship under the Nationalist leader D.F. Malan. Mr. Botha was a political organizer, a job that sometimes required thuggery and other forms of intimidation.
During World War II, he helped form the Cape branch of the Ossewabrandwag, or Ox-Wagon Fire Guard, a pro-Nazi paramilitary group that opposed his country's support for the British and other Allied powers. His involvement ended when he was threatened with internment.
In 1948, his party won the general election in a surge of Afrikaner nationalism, and Mr. Botha was elected to the lower house of Parliament.
During his first decade in office, he became his party's chief secretary. Under prime minister H.F. Verwoerd, he was minister of colored affairs; minister of community development and housing; and minister of public works.
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2019-04-24T14:28:37Z
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR2006103100853.html
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Sports
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vanderbilt
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The 2012 Faculty Senate recommendations on the honor system can be found here. In light of those recommendations, an administrative review of the honor system is being overseen by Cynthia Cyrus, Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs.
Additional support and resources are provided by the Office of Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity (OSACSAI). OSACSAI is a member of the Community Standards and Student Support area of the Office of the Dean of Students overseen by G.L. Black, Associate Dean of Students. If you have any questions or if you need additional information or a consultation, please contact the Office of Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity.
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2019-04-24T06:32:59Z
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https://wp0.vanderbilt.edu/academicintegrity/administrative-support/
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He was a famed seaman — a prodigy who won a congressional medal at 18, fought in three wars and ended up commanding the 44-gun USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," as it tracked slave ships off the coast of Africa.
The reputation of Commodore Isaac Mayo was unassailable, and so were his credentials as a local gentleman as he settled in on the family plantation in southern Anne Arundel at age 67.
But if Mayo expected to spend his latter days in comfort, he misread the volatility of his times. A hundred and fifty years ago this week, the military hero for whom the community of Mayo is named ran afoul of none other than President Abraham Lincoln, saw his career end in shame, and ended up dead, probably by gunshot, before the end of May.
Few of the roughly 3,300 people who now live in Mayo, an unincorporated area southeast of Edgewater, know the full story of the man whose name appears on the front of their post office — his glory, disgrace and death, and of the eventual clearing of his name.
Even his biographer, Byron A. Lee, a man who spent three years researching Mayo, couldn't answer two key questions with authority: on what day, exactly, did he die; and was it by his own hand?
"He was a naval hero and a patriot, but parts of his life just weren't documented," says Lee, 83, now retired and living in Annapolis. "They may be lost to posterity."
If at least some of the story is fated to remain a mystery, one theme is clear: In the Anne Arundel of 1861, as elsewhere, people had to make hard choices as the Civil War began. Few had to make a starker one than the man from the plantation on the South River.
As recently as 15 years ago, few in this area seemed to know much about Isaac Mayo — not even those you'd think might be familiar with such a colorful character.
"I realized [the community of] Mayo was named after him, that he was a prominent figure down there, and that he'd been in the Navy," says Mark Schatz of the Ann Arrundell Historical Society in Glen Burnie. "Beyond that, I have to say, I was hazy on the details."
Schatz, then president of the organization, decided to seek an author who could take on a Mayo biography. He approached Lee, a retired Navy engineer who had written a book about Parkhurst, a historic home in Harwood, in 1998.
Lee, too, started out less than familiar with Mayo. That soon changed. As he scoured letters and public records from Harwood to Washington, D.C., the man he saw coming into view qualified as larger-than-life long before his tragic end.
Mayo, he found, was born in Anne Arundel, probably in 1794, the son of a Revolutionary War soldier and a nephew of six more. He won appointment a midshipman at 16. Three years later, he made such a mark in battle during the War of 1812 that Congress gave him its Medal of Valor, his native state a dress sword with a hilt of solid gold. It was just the beginning.
The man whose name now graces everything from Mayo Road (the local name for Route 214) to the Commodore Mayo Kiwanis Club in Edgewater, served in the Pacific, battled pirates in the Caribbean and commanded a squadron of gunboats in the Florida Everglades during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), where he personally carried out the capture of a feared chief, Mad Tiger.
As Mayo plied the seas, his exploits grew more spectacular. While protecting a schooner returning freed slaves to a new settlement in Africa, he suffered musket burns when he came face-to-face with King Crako, the chief of a local tribe. Later, during the Mexican War, he moved his ships' guns onto land, using them to topple the walls surrounding Veracruz before the 1847 battle that took the port town.
He buried cannonballs from the engagement at Gresham, the family estate. "He wasn't shy about taking credit for that one," Lee says, laughing.
Unlike many Navy career men, Mayo never lost sight of life on land. He inherited 250 acres between the South and Rhodes rivers as a young man and spent the rest of his days expanding the place. By 1860, the Gresham Plantation numbered 1,400 acres, a significant portion of what is now called (what else?) the Mayo Peninsula.
In 1845, he even called in favors to help bring the brand-new U.S. Naval Academy to Annapolis.
"As an Anne Arundel County native, he considered Annapolis the center of the universe," Lee wrote in "Naval Warrior: The Life of Commodore Isaac Mayo," which appeared in 2002.
Schatz says that might have been his most lasting mark on the county.
There was little hint that the commodore would one day personify the divide between North and South — not even during the 1850s, when he was tasked with using the USS Constitution to suppress the slave trade near Africa.
If the mission posed a conflict for Mayo, who owned 15 slaves himself, he didn't let such a contradiction bother him — not yet, anyway.
"He made it clear in his letters: If he was asked to capture slave ships, that's what he'd do," Lee says. "He believed duty to country mattered above all."
In times of deep division, of course, one man's loyalty is another man's treason. A century and a half ago, as the Civil War loomed, the Anne Arundel native changed his tune.
Even today, when relations between right and left can seem strikingly bitter, it's hard to imagine the kind of events unfolding in early 1861.
Seven Southern states had seceded, taking federal military installations and their arsenals into their possession. Four other states were threatening to follow. In Maryland, Lincoln shut down newspapers he considered disloyal, jailed officeholders he thought might vote for secession and placed Annapolis and Baltimore under martial law.
Mayo — like virtually all his neighbors in Anne Arundel — was a Southern sympathizer who saw the president "as little more than a would-be dictator," Lee wrote in "Naval Warrior." In early May, he became one of about 300 Navy officers who "went South" that year — that is, he formally refused to take up arms on behalf of the Union.
He was the oldest, and perhaps the most prominent, to do so, and the letter he sent the president that May was very likely the harshest one Lincoln got.
"For more than half a century it has been the pride of my life to hold office under the Government of the United States," Mayo wrote. "For twenty-five years I have been engaged in active service and have never seen my flag dishonored or the American arms disgraced by defeat. It was the hope of my old age that I might die, as I had lived, an officer in the Navy of a free government. This hope has been taken from me.
"In adopting the policy of coercion, you have denied to millions of freemen the rights of the Constitution. In its stead you have placed the will of a sectional party … As one of the oldest soldiers of America, I protest — in the name of humanity — against this 'war against brethren' … You will, therefore, oblige me by accepting my resignation."
Lincoln granted that favor to more than 100 officers making the same request that year. In Mayo's case, he did no such thing.
The White House returned Mayo's letter with a simple notation on the back: "Dismiss by order of the President," followed by the words "Done May 18, 1861." With the stroke of a pen, the administration had given the 52-year veteran the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge, effective on that date.
What motivated him? Some guess it was the Mayo's vitriolic tone. "Ship's captains have to be very egotistical. When they're good, they can be very good; when they're bad, they can be awful," says Owen Daly of Baltimore, a Mayo descendant by marriage and a Navy veteran himself. "I think he just shot his mouth off." Others guess the administration feared Mayo's influence.
No one knows what day he got the notice or whether he got it at all. Mayo never wrote about it. What is known is that by May 18, he was dead — by gunshot, according to a Navy memorandum Lee turned up in his research.
At first, the means and timing of Mayo's demise mattered little to Thomas Bailliere.
It was 1976, and Bailliere, Mayo's great-great-grandson and a Baltimore stockbroker, had concluded Lincoln had acted arbitrarily against a patriot. He petitioned the Board for Correction of Naval Records to change Mayo's record from "dismissed" to "received an honorable discharge by reason of personal resignation."
The board recommended approval, Bailliere says, but further up the chain, the naval historian's office objected. And so began a bureaucratic chess match between Mayo's family and the Navy that lasted for years and in which, it finally became clear, the family had to come at the problem from another angle.
Military law at the time said a notice of dismissal could not take effect until it is delivered in person. According to parish records at All Hallows' Episcopal Church in Davidsonville, as well as an article that ran in The Baltimore Sun May 24, 1861. Mayo died May 18, the date the notice was to take effect.
The Sun article didn't mention how he died, but Bailliere and others had long guessed Mayo had killed himself upon getting his bad news.
The more Bailliere and others investigated, though, the clearer it was that the records were inconsistent. Years after the fact, Mayo's wife, Sarah Bland Mayo, got a memorial for her husband built in the Naval Academy cemetery; the obelisk lists his date of death as May 10. Further, May 18 was a Saturday, making it unlikely a courier would have delivered it that day, let alone gotten it from Washington to Gresham.
In 2002, family friend Ben Lucas, a former legislative liaison officer of the Maryland National Guard, wrote a legal memo to the secretary of the Navy. Lee sent copies of "Naval Warrior." And in July 2003, the family received the letter they'd been waiting for. One hundred and forty-two years after the fact, the Navy ruled Mayo had resigned in good stead, not been dismissed.
"After all that time, it felt great," says Bailliere, who still owns a portrait of the man he calls "a pretty cool cat" as well as his sea chest.
That leaves, of course, the question of what happened. Having found no evidence of suicide, Lee leaves the matter open.
Others guess Mayo did take his own life.
"We know he was in great agony over the direction of the country," Bailliere says. "People in this day and age might find it hard to understand someone with such definitive values, but he really was that way."
Lucas and others guess he might have pulled the trigger May 10 — after getting advance word of his fate through friends but before the Navy could serve notice.
"'I'm the captain, and you're not going to do this to me,'" Daly imagines him saying. "That would fit — an act of defiance to preserve honor. But I've come up with a hundred other possibilities. It's all conjecture."
Union and South. Land and sea. Brash yet unknown. The legacy of Isaac Mayo, like the fatal dilemma he faced 150 years ago, is fraught with paradox.
On the Mayo Peninsula, he seems everywhere — and nowhere.
Start at Muddy Creek Road, turn south on Mayo Road, and drive toward Beverly or Shoreham beach, and you'll pass the place where he lived and died. The house known as Gresham, now a fully restored private home on the National Register of Historic Places, stands on five acres, not 1,400. Traffic rushes past.
Residents like Jim Ziepolt remember when, years ago, Mayo's story was taught in the local schools. Today, he says, few know much about the man for whom so much of their neck of the woods is named.
"I'd say the average person here knows almost nothing," says Ziepolt, an ex-president of the Commodore Mayo Kiwanis Club who has read Lee's book. "Here's a man who fought for his country around the world and never lost. To me, he's a hero."
Up the road in Glen Burnie, the historian who once knew little about him sees Mayo as an important local figure.
"His career was uniquely colorful, and he illustrates the North-South frictions that prevailed here in Maryland at the beginning of the Civil War," says Schatz of the Ann Arrundell Historical Society, which recently announced it will do a new, 50-copy print run of Lee's book. "He was a fervent patriot, but he was definitely pro-Southern. He led a significant life, but he certainly got caught in a dilemma."
As for Lee, he acknowledges that "Naval Warrior" probably played a part in getting his subject exonerated, but he tries to keep his role in perspective. The book was a small project, after all, that did well enough to make $5,000 for the historical society.
Still, he hasn't given up on Commodore Mayo-size dreams.
"I hadn't even realized it was a 150th anniversary," he said in a phone interview May 9. "Maybe someone will read this [article] and make it into a movie. Now that would be a happy ending."
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This entry was posted on October 13, 2013 by abrachan (aby). It was filed under beaches, dogs, Kerala, kerala2dolist, Kochi, lumix fz200, photography, Quotes, street photography, streetphotography and was tagged with Loyal, photoquotes, quotes.
Awwwww, so true! He’s adorable!
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The Bilingual Learning Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit enrichment program that is uniquely designed to meet the needs of students and parents alike through before and after school programming for students in PreK through 5th grade. Our program works within the city of Minneapolis with public, charter and private schools. Additionally, BLC is a fully bilingual program (English-Spanish) designed to foster a welcoming, multicultural, nurturing and fun environment, while promoting cultural experiences, a love for languages, successful academics, and leadership opportunities for our students. BLC’s core values are our welcoming environment, equity, responsibility and caring. Our programs goals are to decrease the achievement gap within a dual language immersion setting and to support the exploration of interests and the development of skills and creativity. We also support the needs of working families by offering scholarships to low-income students and by bringing awareness and recognition to the many different cultural backgrounds and traditions represented in BLC. Thank you for all your support! BLC would not be possible without our amazing community. We look forward to another great year full of learning and fun! Sincerely, BLC Staff.
We make this place feel like home!
BLC Bilingual Learning Center is accredited by Minnesota After school accreditation program (MN AEYC -MNSACA) to strengthen and improve the quality after school program for all our children and the community.
• Decrease the achievement gap within a dual language immersion setting to our “at risk” diverse students in grade K-6.
• Support the Exploration of Interests and the Development of Skills and Creativity.
• Support the needs of working families and bringing awareness and recognition to their many different cultural backgrounds and traditions.
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Thanks for the photo tribute. As usual, it was excellent. I didn’t see any of the broadcast staff in there, though. Did I miss them?
Hi Ed…yup, no broadcasters…honestly, did not think of it because I rarely see them in person. Maybe next year :O) Glad you liked it though!
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Designed to give students the knowledge and tools necessary to design buildings that are especially climate-adapted, resource- and energy efficient, technologically appropriate, culturally situated, and socially just.
This degree program is intended for those students who have previously received a Bachelor of Architecture Professional Degree, or B.Arch., from an accredited university and who wish to conuct graduate level research in sustainable design as preparation for specialization in practice or teaching.
As they progress through the program, each student’s specific curriculum choices are approved by the Program Director.
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Dr Tilak completed Pain management training from the University Hospital Bimingham, to be awarded FFPMRCA (Fellow of Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists). His pursuit for excellence took him to London, post his CCT. He trained at The Royal Free Hospital in London for a further 6 months in Pain management, and worked there as a Consultant in Pain management prior to moving to Midlands.
He moved to Warwick hospital to develop multidisciplinary pain management service and is now the Lead of Pain management service at the South Warwickshire Foundation Trust. He is proficient in various aspects of complex pain management including interventions. He routinely does all type of pain injections under Xray and Ultrasound guidance.
Consultant Anaesthetist and Lead Pain management service.
Aims to develop patient centred management plan, as chronic pain is recognised as a long term condition.
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"Jump on board for once in your life."
The former Jets head coach said this on Monday while appearing on ESPN's "Get Up" when discussing the Giants wide receiver's criticism of head coach Pat Shurmur's playcalling.
"Odell, here's the thing: You had 320 yards at halftime. You know what they should've done? Give the ball to the best player you got, which is Saquon Barkley, the new face of the franchise," Ryan said. "Jump on board for once in your life. Jump on board. I love Odell Beckham, he's so talented, but give me a break here. You're not an offensive coordinator. The best player is Saquon Barkley. Give him the ball 30 times a game. It's not hard."
Beckham felt the Giants did not do enough to attack the Eagles depleted secondary in a 25-22 loss to their NFC East rivals.
However, Barkley was also only touched the ball five times in the second.
"It's not about Odell, getting him the ball 20 times," Ryan added. "You can get him 15 targets. You control all the pieces. That's easy to do. But the other kid oughta be getting it 30 times."
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In these videos we explore principles based on Sarvarth Chintami and how to interpret the 5th houses in Vedic Astrology. These are applicable to general chart interpretation and to the effects of dashas, because they both work together.
5th House – Future Knowledge, One’s Legacy, Children, Capacity for Positive Change, the Heart and Belly, Intelligence, etc.
Mercury gives mathematical and scientific skill. Jupiter gives intuition. The 5th House represents the future, the 9th house knowledge of the past. Combinations of Mercury and Jupiter with the 5th house and the ascendant and its lord, contribute to astrological knowledge.
Benefic influences on the 5th house, its lord, and Jupiter, along with beneficial placements in the Rashi and Navamsha by house and sign, gives capacity for getting good counsel.
Issues of progeny can be considered from the 7th, 5th , 9th Houses and Jupiter. Intelligence is determined from the 5th House and Mercury.
If a benefic occupies the 5th house and is aspected by a benefic, while the lord of the 5th is a benefic, also under aspect of a benefic, one has the capacity to have children.
The 5th house and 5th lord hemmed in by malefics and Jupiter with malefics give destruction of progeny.
The Navamsha lords of the 5th, 7th and 9th houses located in a malefic navamsha and situated with malefics can give destruction of progeny.
The indications for children should be considered after looking at indications for destruction or creation of family first.
Intelligence and wisdom is indicated if the 5th house lord is benefic, is located with a benefic or is in the sign of a benefic.
One is extremely intelligent if the lord of the 5th is exalted, aspects the 5th house and the 5th house is between benefics.
This is more so if Mercury is strong and positively aspected.
The Navamsha lord of the 5th aspected by benefics and in 10 good vargas also gives extreme intelligence.
The Navamsha lord of the 5th in a kendra or trine and aspected by the lord of the 5th gives good intelligence.
The 5th house in between benefics, the 5th house occupied by benefics and Jupiter in good dignity in a kendra or trine gives wisdom, learning and good counsel.
The lord of the 5th and Mercury in many good vargas and aspected by gentle planets gives a good memory.
The Drekkana lord of Mercury and the 5th house being a gentle planet and located in a Kendra or Trine and under the aspect of gentle planets, the native understands the slightest hint.
Rahu and Saturn in the 5th and the lord of the 5th with a malefic and in a malefic Shashtiamsa one has low intelligence.
Intelligence is also encumbered by the lord of the 5th house debilitated, or eclipsed by the Sun, or located in an enemy’s sign or aspected by a malefic and located in a malefic shashtiamsha.
Saturn in the 5th house, the lagna lord aspected by Saturn, the lord of the 5th associated with malefics gives difficulty with positive intellect.
No gentle influence on the 5th, while the 5th contains Saturn, Mandi or Rahu and the lord of the 5th aspected by a malefic gives loss of memory.
A benefic located in the 5th house and aspected by Jupiter and Venus and the lord of the 5th also well aspected gives the capacity to impart learning to others.
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Krishnavamsi preferred to transform the script which he meant to be a fantasy starring Ravi Teja in and as Kandireega, projecting him as the heir to Emperor Srikrishna Devaraya.
Now, the script is set to undergo a complete makeover and treading the path of the regular commercial format, shedding the fantasy element. The title also would be changed accordingly.
Highlight of the switched over project is that it is going to have two top heroines — Sameera Reddy and Sneha Ullal.
According to information, producer Bellamkonda Suresh could convince Sameera in this regard. The choice of Sneha Ullal is said to be from director Krishnavamsi, though the actress is yet to say okay to the venture due to her prior commitments. If not Sneha Ullal, the film unit is contemplating to rope in Tamanna.
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BikeTexas’ new College Active Transportation Safety, CATS program ended its pilot year on a high note with the distribution of 7,200 pairs of bike lights to seven college campuses around the state.
The overall goal for the first year of the CATS program was to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities by promoting bicycle and pedestrian safety and motorist awareness among incoming students at seven Texas colleges and universities. We hit the mark!
…BikeTexas CATS also produced a three-minute, music video, Safety Bling!
Safety Bling! highlights the importance of wearing a bike helmet and using lights — a white light on the front, and a red light or reflector on the back, and wearing high visibility clothing when you ride at night or in lowered visibility conditions. We distributed a DVD copy of the video to 52 contacts at 29 Texas colleges and universities and the video received over 3,200 hits on Youtube. So that’s a good amount of people getting the message reinforced to protect their brains with a bike helmet and make themselves visible when they ride their bikes at night!
Most importantly, the BikeTexas CATS program reached out to students, faculty, and staff to develop expertise and cultivate enthusiasm in the campus leaders who rose to the challenge with already full schedules. Thank you for delivering the training to new college students!
We feel like the first time presenters — juniors and seniors with cycling experience, are taking away a sense of the importance of teaching bike safety and, from the experience, the capacity to teach. The veterans — BikeTexas SafeCyclist kinesiology professors, and the bicycle and alternative transportation, recreational sports, sustainability, and student affairs staff members are taking away enthusiasm for their ongoing efforts.
Is there an increased sense of awareness between schools of the cycling movement on Texas college campuses? There’s a great question for a graduate thesis.
Thank you to our campus hosts, and presenters at the seven pilot schools!
Chauncey Deller, Bob Hepler, Howard Patterson, at the University of Texas, Tyler and the late Butch Willingham for introductions.
Thanks, Erin Hodgess at University of Houston Downtown for training and being prepared for next year.
And finally, thanks to LaGina Harris at Huston-Tillotson University, Austin and Jacek Jonca-Jasinski at Texas Tech University, Lubbock for coordinating bike light giveaways on your campuses along with the pilot schools.
Stay in contact with BikeTexas CATS and download updated materials on November 1!
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So much I could write about this week. However, between recovery, fatigue and a sunami of emotion – so much of it awe and admiration for our first time 70.3 athletes …Phil, Ali, Madeleine, Stella and Eric who all dug deep and did so well this weekend. There is a lingering sense of uephoria after such an achievement so resetting for the next training block or race is very individual, but we all agreed we would like to celebrate in the next few weeks with all our team mates. Stay tuned!
For the bulk of members the next big thing is the Aylesford Lake Triathlon on July 26th. Remember there are a few options that include the Sprint and Olympic distances, an Aqua Bike (so minus the run ) and team events. Rumour has it at least one team will have everyone doing their “weak” sports. Great idea from Coach Caroline.
For a couple of people in our midst TRI Lobster in Summerside is next up. I’ll be oin Summerside to cheer on Adam Dorrance who will be in the Junior draft legal race and Coach Meg who will take to the course while Coach Shannon will mind the little ones. Looks like a great event with a good weather forecast!
The TRIkids program is going well. Not huge numbers but very manageable and growing. If anyone in the group is interested in volunteering that would be great – our youth leaders also race and have other jobs so there may be days an extra person would be very appreciated! It runs MON/WED/FRI from 8:15 to 9:45 am based from Kentville Outdoor Pool.
Our BRIX workout tomorrow is at Aylesford Lake at 5:30 PM. It’s going to be very hot so a swim will be most appropriate. Optional bike+ run or bike OR run on a portion of the race course. Phil and Karen are away so no bike racks this week, but we will set bikes in the same area as the race setup. Remember to bring sunscreen and water- no potable water at the lake!
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If you’re like me, you struggle with motivation to write. When this happens, the best thing I can do for myself is to get my brain thinking about the story. But how?
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Her slap, slashed his ego.
Missed the taste of self respect in himself.
Apart from her beauty ??
A character, stirred with strength and honesty..
A mind, stuffed with amazing purity.
Love changed him, his nomadic ways..
Took up a pen, inked in magical verses.
Mentioned her name, in his first published book.
Depicted there, how his heart, in the beauty of her purity, it shook.
Yes, today, towards life, his Love changed his Look.
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They got posted in a city new, got accustomed with the city and its people in days, a few..
Met Chanda, in her twelfth spring, who accompanied her mom, with li’l Puja, her younger sister then, who was in her spring tenth.
Their dad being sick, the three toiled hard, the whole day long and earnt a little.
Empathised by their life’s deal, someone offered them to come to her and learn some letters to write and read,.
Had to come out again, off the cosy corners of her home, with a kid now along, just like what happened with her mom,.
But now, unlike her mom, she did put her feet down, not to work as a house help, but to try out something better, something different..
From which they themselves were deprived, from which she learnt to provide her child, help him grow up with a few numbers and some letters.
Admitted her kid in a nearby school, removed the dust from the old copies and her books, ignoring all of them who ridiculed, now comes to her mentor, to study, by hook or by crook..
To provide her kid a better upbringing, a better circle of friends, a better lifestyle, she wants to educate herself for her kid’s life to improve.
Whereas, the satisfaction, one gets while teaching Chanda, watching her learn with utmost eagerness and devotion.., serves her more pleasure, than what money could have ever done.
Both of them grew closer fast, but faster did their ways part, after a sudden change in her guy’s heart, she was left all alone clueless by the heartless Mr. Smart.
She was devastated, she felt betrayed, she went upset as she felt befooled.. she just wanted to know it soon, what made him leave her all alone..??
While she was collecting the pieces of this puzzle, to trace what went wrong and where.. just then her friends informed, that he was about to take marriage vows with his childhood bae.
This shook her heart terribly, her tears bled so bad.. she lost her trust from the four lettered word, her strength now made her stand with a vindictive wand in her hand….
Now she became her only favourite, she was to compromise with none from now, she promised herself to get into a knot with anyone, but get herself knotted before ‘him’ anyhow…..
Within months, she met someone new, who was not at all her choice., but being under a spell of revenge and to punish her ownself, she convinced her family, and got married in a complete haste.
After all the baseless beatings in the late night hours and the severely torturous years, she took the courage to think otherwise, as now she was no more tortured alone.. nine long lame years lay on her lap with a traumatized cute little doll, aged seven.
She even wanted to end her life., but alas..!!! .. with aged ailing parents back home, who’s going to take care of her baby when she’s gone..??
This sounds like a fairy tale.. No..?? Yes, yes, I know, I myself was quite mistaken., But No.. it’s not at all a fairy’s tale, it’s very much a real life incident.
Presently she has reached her heights, and heading a reputed company.. mostly found bossing and tossing with her dreams, hats off to you, O Woman of substance,.. Yes, you made it girl, as you very much deserve it..!!!
She defends and hides all her emotions, tries hard not to bring them out to the world., stops her seldom visible tears, trying hard that they don’t get exposed.
Don’t be always so judgemental world.. all of us are silently fighting our own share of odds..
Maya took off her specs, kept it aside and sipped her cup of tea which Reema served along with some biscuits. Reema is her elder daughter-in-law, wife of her elder son Satya. Both of them were married two years ago, now staying abroad. Maya’s younger son Som also got married to Nishi 6 months back and both of them are working abroad. None of her sons have any plans to come back to India, rather they are all trying to settle there only.
In the middle of the flight, Kiara woke up to go to the washroom. When she returned, she was too lazy to push her way into the middle seat, and with Rishaan readily offering to shift seats, the sitting arrangement changed. With 20 minutes still remaining for the flight to land, a sleep starved Kiara took another power nap, this time holding Rishaan’s right hand more firmly. Rishaan’s other hand, though nervously moved to touch Diya’s. Her heart skipped a beat. Diya pulled her hand away. But a defiant Rishaan held her wrist again, this time firmly and more reassuringly. The changing behavioral dynamics between the three perhaps gave out a foreboding of what was to come in Goa. When the flight landed at the Dabolin airport, Rishaan felt uncanny… his excitement seemed replaced by an unknown fear that he found very difficult to decipher.
Each and every human being in this world is a ‘story’ by themselves.. We all have our own stories.. Each one of us add to that story every single day from our life.. We modify our own stories.. delete.. and create a new story again the next day.. But we don’t know this..
Juhi had a story too.. She was a girl-next-door with an awesome blend of her dreams and the determination to reach her dreamworld as well..
Studying in st. IX.. She dreamt of becoming a doctor.. Inspired by her father who was also a renowned doctor, Dr.Krishnamurthy. Her mother Shubha was educated, though not a big degree holder or so. She believed in the simplest reality of being a woman is to dream of getting married and that’s it..!!
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The list of investors reads as a who’s who of Macon business leaders and professionals. It includes business owners, doctors, accountants, a retired Superior Court judge and many other successful and prominent residents.
Hutcheson and Pyles were indicted April 22 on five counts of mail fraud and five counts of money laundering, according to federal court records.
After disappearing for more than seven months, Hutcheson and Pyles are scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate Monday to face the charges.
A federal judge released Hutcheson and Pyles from custody on their own recognizance after their April 28 arrest in Colorado.
Because investigators seized Hutcheson’s and Pyles’ belongings, including money, a federal judge has ordered that they be given “an amount of money for subsistence expenses” to pay for their travel back to Macon and living expenses until Monday, according to federal court records.
Investors say they’re in a state of shock.
“You never think it could happen in your own hometown” said Dermatas, co-owner of Nu-Way Weiners.
Robert Hughes, retired head of the U.S. Probation Office in Macon, described Hutcheson as a “sharp businessman, ... good father” and a good friend.
“It’s so out of character it’s intriguing,” said Hughes, who knows Hutcheson as a fellow member of his Sunday School class at Vineville United Methodist Church.
Darsey said Hutcheson was a likable, jovial man who laughed a lot.
The two often kidded each other about their alma maters — Darsey’s Georgia Tech and Hutcheson’s University of Georgia. They had a friendly rivalry game of who had the most money in his pocket at any given time, Darsey said.
“If I had a list of people who might be in a Ponzi scheme, he’d be last on my list,” Darsey said.
While some investors say Hutcheson approached them in person, others say he sent a prospectus for the fund either by e-mail or in the mail along with a letter asking them to invest.
Hughes and several other members of his church and Sunday School class invested in the fund after receiving a prospectus in the mail.
After thinking it over and talking with other friends Hutcheson solicited to invest in the fund, Hughes invested $10,000.
Some investors received dividend checks from the fund, leading them to believe that the fund was successful. Federal records show that $457,000 was paid out to investors.Darsey said Hutcheson led him to believe the fund was achieving an 18 percent to 25 percent return.
“It was better than the market at the time,” Darsey said.
For Dermatas, suspicions started to rise when he got an e-mail from Hutcheson in September saying he’d be out of touch for a while — not reachable by phone or e-mail.The e-mail was the last time he heard from Hutcheson, Dermatas said.
Hughes also got an e-mail, but it came from his wife while he was working as a private contractor in Iraq last fall.
“I got an e-mail saying ‘we’ve got a problem,’” he said.
Darsey said he knew something was wrong about two days after he heard that Hutcheson and Pyles had left town.
In October 2008, four of the fund’s largest investors — TAS Investments and Bryant, Brent and Byron Pyles — filed suit in Bibb County Superior Court against Hutcheson, Pyles and securities brokers they used.
Brent Pyles, chief executive officer of Pyles Plumbing and Utility Contractors Inc., and Bryant Pyles, the company’s chief financial officer, declined to comment. Byron Pyles could not be reached for comment.
Alfred Sams, owner of Macon Cigar and Tobacco Co. and TAS Investments, also declined to comment.
In response to the lawsuit, a judge appointed a receiver, a lawyer to research the status of the fund and safeguard the investments.
In December, the fund still held $12,964.15 plus accrued interest, according to court records.
Information uncovered by the receiver showing potential criminal activity and his report were forwarded to the district attorney in Macon and the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia for review.
Darsey said he knew his investment was “highly risky business,” but with the trust he had in Hutcheson he didn’t see any red flags.
He entered the day-trading business in the late 1990s and exhausted the money he earned from selling the patent through “a combination of huge trading losses” and personal expenditures, according to the Bibb County Superior Court records.
Saundra Pyles, also identified in court records as Sandee Pyles, was day trading as early as 2000. The two sustained substantial losses between 2000 and 2006, according to the records.A review of Hutcheson’s bank statements and portfolio by an accountant shows that by May 2006 he had no means to provide for his family, according to the records.
He’d learned enough about day trading to prepare a prospectus and speak “the lingo” to potential investors, according to court records.
In a report prepared for the court, the accountant wrote that it appeared as though Hutcheson had organized the Georgia Ionics Fund “to create an asset from which he could withdraw monies to continue the lavish lifestyle he had grown accustomed to.”He then transferred about $15,000 per month to his personal use to pay for living expenses.
Among the living expenses were payments to the University of Georgia Athletic Fund, the Brickyard Country Club and Freelotto.com, according to the accountant’s report.Beginning in June 2006, checks also were issued to Pyles.
The report shows Hutcheson never made a profit while managing the fund, but he paid quarterly profit distributions to investors using money invested by new members of the fund.
Authorities allege that Hutcheson invested only about a third of the $2,110,000 investors deposited into the fund and pocketed the rest.
Bibb County court records show that Hutcheson disappeared in September and was thought to be traveling with “his mistress,” identified in the records as Pyles.
Pyles was once married to Bryant Pyles, one of the largest single investors in the Georgia Ionics Fund, according to Superior Court records.
The couple separated in February 2003 and divorced in 2004, according to the records.When Saundra Pyles disappeared with Hutcheson, she was Hutcheson’s former sister-in-law due to his then-marriage to Brenda Pyles Hutcheson, according to divorce records.
Brenda Hutcheson filed for divorce Sept. 16, 2008, following the couple’s separation on Sept. 5, 2008. The records list adultery as a cause for the divorce filing.
A motion to freeze financial accounts filed by her divorce lawyer on Oct. 3 mentions the alleged defrauding of Georgia Ionics investors and Gary Hutcheson’s disappearance with Pyles.
While investors heard nothing from Gary Hutcheson for months, his wife received several e-mails from him and notice from a pharmacy in St. Louis about a transaction conducted by her husband, according to the motion.
At some point, Brenda Hutcheson was informed her husband and Saundra Pyles were headed to meet her brother in San Antonio, according to the motion.
The records also allege that Saundra Pyles had inquired about selling a vehicle, obtaining a copy of her birth certificate and had requested information about Belize, Taiwan, Mexico and Canada.
Gary Hutcheson did not attend the divorce proceedings. The divorce was finalized in a nonjury trial on Dec. 15, 2008, according to the records.
Gary Hutcheson and Saundra Pyles were arrested at their home in Pueblo, Colo., on April 28. Investigators seized their money, identification, computer equipment, family photos and other items, according to federal court records.
Both Hutcheson and Pyles were determined to be indigent by the federal court system and were appointed public defenders.
They were released on their own recognizance May 4 and were ordered to appear in Macon on Monday afternoon for a hearing.
At the hearing, the judge will review the bond set for Hutcheson and Pyles, and the two defendants are expected to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
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2019-04-19T02:26:29Z
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https://www.macon.com/news/article28566085.html
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In Delhi, child rights leader highlights need to act on road traffic - Duration: 2 minutes, 53 seconds.
In Delhi, child rights leader highlights need to act on road traffic - Duration: 2 minutes, 17 seconds.
Children around the world unite on pioneering air quality project - Duration: 7 minutes, 33 seconds.
Declaration of every child's right to safe and healthy streets - Duration: 87 seconds.
The environment is a huge issue for children - Executive Director, Unicef UK, Mike Penrose - Duration: 50 seconds.
Every child has the right to a safe and healthy journey - FIA Foundation - Duration: 81 seconds.
Our children need environments that are clean, and safe - Zoleka Mandela - Duration: 55 seconds.
Safe mobility for children in the world's cities - Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive Save the Children - Duration: 63 seconds.
Working for safe & healthy mobility for all - 2017 in review - Duration: 7 minutes, 17 seconds.
‘Design & Delivery for the Global Goals’ - 2016 Review - Duration: 10 minutes.
Goals for Change, Partners for Action - Duration: 10 minutes.
Brazil Road Safety - Official Opening Video (Time for Results) - Duration: 6 minutes, 27 seconds.
A Global Call For Surgical Care - Duration: 9 minutes, 5 seconds.
UNICEF-FIA Foundation Partnership - Duration: 4 minutes, 18 seconds.
Safe Schools, Road Safety in South Africa - Duration: 7 minutes, 34 seconds.
Road Safety Sustainable Development Goal Briefing - Duration: 4 minutes, 24 seconds.
7% Road Safety Campaign - Thailand - Duration: 7 minutes, 9 seconds.
GFEI at Climate Summit - Duration: 6 minutes, 42 seconds.
World Environment Day - GFEI presentation at the UN - 1 - Duration: 5 minutes, 58 seconds.
GFEI World Environment Day presentation at the UN - 2 - Duration: 10 minutes.
Vehicles in modern cities are choking the cities - Erik Solheim, Executive Director UN Environment - Duration: 106 seconds.
Safe and healthy journeys to school - Habitat III, Quito 2016 - Duration: 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
Safe to Learn: Safe journeys to school are a child's right - Duration: 6 minutes, 3 seconds.
"Save Kids Lives" - Luc Besson - Duration: 2 minutes, 48 seconds.
Help #SaveKidsLives! May 2015 - Duration: 2 minutes, 34 seconds.
Save Kids Lives - Michelle Yeoh - Cambodia - Duration: 118 seconds.
Save Kids Lives - Carol - South Africa - Duration: 2 minutes, 8 seconds.
Save Kids Lives - Luke - Kenya - Duration: 99 seconds.
Save Kids Lives - Ana - Brazil - Duration: 95 seconds.
Save Kids Lives - Phal - Cambodia - Duration: 2 minutes, 9 seconds.
Save Kids Lives - Road Safety Campaign - Duration: 7 minutes, 1 second.
GFEI's message to COP21 Paris 2015 - Duration: 2 minutes, 58 seconds.
2015 Safe Roads For All - Duration: 8 minutes, 34 seconds.
A World Free of High Risk Roads - Duration: 9 minutes, 41 seconds.
Share the Road - Urban Planning for Walking and Cycling - Duration: 8 minutes, 33 seconds.
Donate to the Road Safety Fund - Duration: 56 seconds.
Road Safety statement at the UN - Duration: 4 minutes, 14 seconds.
The FIA Foundation’s Habitat III Agenda: Pedestrians - Duration: 7 minutes, 56 seconds.
The FIA Foundation’s Habitat III Agenda: Air Quality - Duration: 5 minutes, 50 seconds.
The FIA Foundation’s Habitat III Agenda: Cycling - Duration: 5 minutes, 16 seconds.
Child Health Initiative - Habitat III - Duration: 2 minutes, 22 seconds.
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2019-04-19T03:55:19Z
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https://www.youtube.com/user/FIAFoundation
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The cloud paradigm is constantly evolving, however innovative and agile cloud solutions can help businesses of any size to gain a competitive edge in their industry. Cloud can be put to work for enterprises, and anyone from new tech startups to urban and small-town mom and pop shops can benefit greatly. Over 37% of American small businesses have already adapted to cloud computing and according to a 2014 Intuit study, that percentage is likely to double to 80% by 2020. More than a buzzword, cloud computing should be viewed as a strategic tool to further business goals within your organization.
A major perception shift needs to occur on when and where cloud works best. Cloud provides computing power to streamline cyclical operations within the IT department, without having to build costly infrastructure, but it can also be utilized to address specific business agendas. A collaborative effort between the IT team and internal business departments can help implement cloud technologies as viable solutions for business problems to save time, money and foster growth. Businesses that do not just think of the cloud as a shared, utility-based resource but rather map their cloud requirements closely to their key business goals stand to gain better long-term growth outcomes.
Whether you’re an expanding large enterprise or running your own small business, the task of getting it off the ground and growing is easier said than done. Cloud infrastructure built on the latest server technology supports business growth, while reducing operational costs. Let’s look at some of the obvious ways cloud computing can enable business growth and expansion.
Cloud-based scalable backup and storage can easily accommodate additional employees and computers to support business growth, while offering greater protection for client data. Scalability ensures predictable spend and it also boosts growth.
The flexibility and automation within cloud solutions allow businesses to respond faster to the changing digital requirements. This ensures IT resources to be focused on customer-centric services.
Businesses working in tightly regulated environments can get easy access to cloud solutions that have the flexibility and cost advantage of the cloud, while maintaining strict control over the environment specific to the client needs in terms of compliance, security and data location, for example, PCI compliant platforms for ecommerce.
Cloud-based software for bookkeeping, contact management, word processing, and other productivity tools free businesses from licensing fees and allow users to work from any Internet-connected device.
Cloud-based web hosting with design tools for creating web pages, intuitive dashboards and analytical tools for monitoring web traffic can help in building and maintaining a dynamic web presence. Adding e-commerce capabilities to sell through the website is so much simpler with cloud-based web hosting.
With more employees working remotely or through different mobile devices, it is absolutely vital to be able to have 24/7 access to company data on a need-to-know basis for effective time management and productivity. Using an integrated secure cloud storage solution for your business ensures that your staff always get ‘anytime-anywhere access’ to needed resources and documents, which improves potential for collaboration irrespective of proximity or timing.
Properly managed and supported cloud solutions are better at managing risk because they offer more resilience than traditional systems. In case of a server failure, the load automatically switches to other servers in the cloud so that your applications and websites are always live.
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How Is Cloud Changing The Rules Of The Game?
Businesses do have a better understanding of the generic “as-a-service” cloud solutions like infrastructure, disaster recovery, storage, email, and more but to be truly successful, cloud strategy must be designed around your business process. Cloud infrastructure and strategy can and should align with the specific business needs of a company. For a true return on investment (ROI) on cloud, business executives need to work in partnership with the IT department and/or trusted cloud advisor, especially when evaluating and purchasing cloud services. A clear business strategy with goals must be defined for the IT team to be able to adopt the right cloud services.
Identify business practices and organization processes that can benefit from automation or digitization.
Discover business challenges in the way of revenue growth.
Uncover repetitive tasks that may be taking too much time, preventing you from concentrating on your customer services.
Establish new business models, services and products that you may open up new opportunities for business growth.
No business can successfully implement the true potential of cloud computing without a proper business strategy, which should guide the cloud plan, technology selection and purchasing decisions. Cloud strategies must truly align with your business goals. Get ‘The State of the Cloud Report’ from RightScale to guide your cloud strategy. Private cloud offerings have become more than simply managed dedicated infrastructures, offering flexibility, agility and efficiency for smaller units within the organization. A private cloud strategy helps provision and delegate tasks that are better performed closer to the customer. While public cloud strategies can fit a large number of business models with services like cloud-based file sharing, email or messaging. Hybrid cloud strategies allow resources to move between both public and private cloud environments. Core business functions can be deployed on a private cloud, while outsourcing non-critical, non-revenue generating functions to the public cloud. Organizations can make real time resource placement decisions based on business needs and market criteria.
Besides virtualization, new technologies and other types of resource distribution such as containerization along with the rise of parallel computing is transforming the delivery of IT for better business outcomes. Businesses can deploy specific applications and workload orientated cloud platforms for the enterprise. Companies can either utilize applications as a service with full end-to-end management or customize applications for implementation on top of a managed platform, or design a blend of applications and platform offerings for the best of self-managed and fully delivered solutions. With software-defined networking and cloud-based security services maturing, businesses can also leverage cloud platforms as a deployment environment. These solutions are now available not just as virtual appliances within the public cloud providers market, but also as fully managed, cost effective SLA-driven connectivity optimization services. Market pressure will continue to force cloud infrastructure to innovate beyond just applications and infrastructure, and improve other aspects of IT service areas that were previously not thought possible.
We are all aware that not all clouds are created equal. But a reputable cloud provider will always come through on its promise of ‘flexible, faster and cheaper’ cloud services. Businesses wanting to leverage cloud computing capabilities must choose the cloud provider that can give them a comprehensive solution for their specific business needs. Besides price and scalability, there are some other areas that deserve particular focus. Your data is a financial and strategic asset that has intrinsic value for your business so your cloud provider should be able to protect your data, during transit or at rest. Your cloud provider should also be able to recover your data, applications, and production environment in case of any unforeseen event to ensure business continuity. You also need to make sure that there is proper legacy integration with web applications from your cloud provider to seamlessly run your business functions. IT departments can really partner in business building by innovating business processes and implementing successful cloud strategies. Companies can improve cloud outcomes to reach business goals faster, more cost efficiently and with greater security, at much lower risk.
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2019-04-24T23:48:40Z
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https://lunarpages.com/cloud-computing-business-strategies/
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Please note that due to scheduled maintenance on Saturday 9 February there will be a disruption to Council's online services between 5:30pm and 10:00pm.
The first step is to find the DA you would like to comment on, using the Application Enquiry system.
Make sure the status says it is still in the notification period, as submissions made after that time will not be taken into account as part of the approval process. You can find out the end date of the notification period by viewing one of the notification letters that will be attached to the bottom of the DA.
Click on the link at the bottom that says “Contact us about this application” and write your comments in the email that will appear.
You can also email your submission directly to [email protected] but make sure you refer to the DA number and/or the address of the property.
You can also send your submission in writing by posting it to Hornsby Shire Council, PO Box 37, Hornsby NSW 1630.
Make sure you refer to the DA number and/or the address of the property in your submission.
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2019-04-19T18:35:01Z
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https://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/property/build/application/comment-on-a-da
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Feature walls made a big splash in the design world in recent years as decorators finally reached the conclusion that there’s no reason for all the walls in a room to be the same colour. A feature wall in a different hue can turn a bland vertical space into a design statement that commands attention. If not done artfully, however, the abrupt change in colour can have a jarring effect. Today, savvy interior designers are realising that a wall with a different texture like natural stone cladding has a more pleasing impact on the viewer than one with a sharply contrasting colour.
Read our full article on how a beautiful internal stone cladding wall can add style and sophistication to your home.
Protect the underlying structure of your home or building from the weather and general wear and tear. Cladding stone has a lot of advantages over solid stone. It is lighter, less expensive and easier to install. The thickness of the cladding will depend on the specific application.
Cladding supplies come in various colors, sizes and textures and there are many cladding supplies retailers out there. However, choosing the right cladding supplier can be difficult at times. Knowing which cladding supplies will suit your home is vital and it makes sense to turn to an expert cladding supplier for some advice.
The cladding of a person’s home is the first thing that a visitor sees, so it’s crucial that it be pleasing to the eye. Besides being beautiful, it must also be made of good quality materials, as the exterior of the house or wall is there to protect it against the outside. This is why its important to ensure the materials come form a leading cladding supplier.
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2019-04-19T03:13:33Z
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https://sngranite.wordpress.com/tag/cladding-supplies/
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I can hardly wait to visit and listen in person to your stories.
I was searching the web for geologic info on Halibut Point (for a library patron) and came across this.
I was unable at first to verify the authenticity of the author. It took a little more searching to link this with John Ratti. I would recommend that you include your information “this is a blog of Park Interpreter John Ratti and include your e-mail address” on this page.
I am doing some research for a project on the geological history of the Cape Ann area, and this artlicle was a great start. Are there progrmas currently running that I could take part in?
I traveled up to Halibut Point last weekend. What a beautiful place. I am gathering information for a presentation that I am doing on April 28th on the Geological History of Cape Ann. Not having a science or geology background, I am learning quite a bit as I research, but there is still so much to learn. Are there any programs that will be offered before the end of April that may help me understand the history of this area better? Any information you provide would be appreciated!!
I will be coming up to Halibut Point on Saturday. Will you be in the visitor center? I was hoping we could chat for a bit regarding the geology of the area. What would be a good time to visit?
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2019-04-19T04:16:54Z
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https://halibutpoint.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/interpreters-notes-geology-rocks/
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Hadhrat Aayesha (may Allah be pleased with her) who carried the name of Siddiqa was addressed as the mother of Believers. She had no children, her father was Abu Bakr (The Fist Khalif) and her mother was Umm Roman, Extraordinary people reveal their greatness from their earliest years. Aayesha was no exception, her manners were sublime.
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, a noted historian and scholar, has written this marvelous book based on the most authentic sources about the life of the Prophet’s wife Ayesha Siddiqa, may Allah be pleased with her. She became one of the most important reporters of Hadith. Both men and women came to learn about Islam from her. Her life shows how a Muslim woman can use her intelligence and scholarship to make enormous contributions to the cause of Islam.
Posted on October 19, 2011, in Aisha رضّى الله عنها, Books and tagged Aisha رضّى الله عنها, Books. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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2019-04-20T20:24:21Z
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https://ummahatulmumineen.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/hadhrat-ayesha-siddiqa-her-life-and-words/
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Unsubscribe from JULIEN DUPONT Prod?
Ride the World pictures presents the Paramont Ride a short movie by Fabien Didelot . It's the story of two trial freestyler riding in the french alps for the pleasure of nature. Air Drone is our partner in this movie and it helps a lot. music conducted and composed by the Scratch Bandit Crew. Wish you enjoy the ride. Cheers. shooting with gh2, canon 7d and jvc 60fps progressive.
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2019-04-19T08:31:55Z
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8DX8Uc4sY
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This three-case exhibition explored the life and career of New York Times best-selling thriller, legal, and mystery author, John Lescroart.
Lescroart is a prolific author of thrillers and mystery novels whose books have been translated into 16 languages in more than 75 countries. Larry King has called him "one of the best thriller writers to come down the pike." Lescroart has created a pantheon of beloved characters in a number of different series, including the beloved Dismas Hardy novels. His latest novel, Fatal, is a stand-alone work about the unexpected, shattering, and lethal consequences of a one-night stand on a seemingly happily-married couple.
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2019-04-24T15:56:32Z
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http://archives.bu.edu/exhibitions/lescroart2017
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The House was dark until he found a key is a performance and installation centered on a small temporary building that when occupied becomes a performance space, simultaneously lit from inside and out, it’s public function both to conceal and reveal through the interior and exterior worlds.
The House Was Dark… takes the performance-house as metaphor for a metaphysical journey. The temporary building, discovered like a UFO landed in a public space, represents a myriad of possibilities that the audience experience with growing degrees of technical sophistication until it finally rejects the public in favour of an opulent special-effects future.
Winning Productions will present the The House Was Dark… inside the magnificent St. Kevins Arcade on Karangahape Road in Auckland, coinciding with the Auckland Fringe Festival 2013 in February. This architectural gem from the 1920s is an ideal location for a dialogue between public and private space. The timing of the Fringe Festival invites access to an open-minded public as well as national and international festival programmers who will be in town for AK13 in order to follow up on earlier expressions of interest.
The theatre-house is approximately 3m x 5m x 3.5m tall (roughly the size of a large-ish carparking space and the height of a domestic house) and can be set up easily in one day.
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2019-04-26T00:11:20Z
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https://luminoceros.weebly.com/
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You have a reputation for relatively rational reporting and editorializing, but not for clairvoyance, which is what you would need to know whether the proposed ABC miniseries ''Amerika'' is an example of ''feeble programming'' or that it is ''dumb'' or ''rubbish'' (editorial, Jan. 14). Having not seen a frame of film (none has been shot) or read a word of the script, you reveal yourself as very similar to the person so anxious to express himself that he speaks despite his ignorance.
Usually this kind of bluster is articulated with such vehemence and self-righteousness as to overwhelm, through bluster and hyperbole, rather than accuracy.
Had you desired to understand the issue, rather than use it as a self-serving platform for some personal irritation, you could have found that your reporters have received information on the series and have written honest, accurate stories about the picture. You might also have discovered that the proposed miniseries ''Amerika'' has been incorrectly associated with such films as ''Rambo,'' ''Red Dawn,'' ''Rocky IV'' and ''White Nights'' by the Russians, who, to my knowledge, have also not had access to the script and are thus speculating.
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2019-04-23T19:01:42Z
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https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/21/opinion/l-shoot-from-the-hip-rambo-style-editorializing-015386.html
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The Northern Wind Trio will present a free recital at Room 148 in the Smith-Hermanson Music Center at 7:00 p.m., January 20.
Comprised of performers Tamir Hargana, Zac Economou, and Aaron Marsala, Northern Wind performs Mongolian throat singing, Mongolian fusion music, and some Middle Eastern tunes.
Hargana, Economou and Marsala are all graduate students at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. The instruments used by Northern Wind include guitar, horse-head fiddle, lute, and didgeridoo. The trio is a fusion band in which various musical ideas co-exist to foster an intercultural dialogue and exchange.
The Northern Wind Trio's performance is hosted by Taylor University's Department of Music, Theatre and Dance. The public is invited; there is no charge for admission.
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2019-04-25T10:21:53Z
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https://www.taylor.edu/news/northern-wind-mongolian-style-singing-group-to-appear-friday
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York Haven, PA……..Alex Bright of Collegeville, Pa. is the new leader in the 2018 USAC Eastern Midget standings after winning Saturday night’s 15-lap feature at BAPS Motor Speedway. He passed Brenden Bright on lap nine and led the final seven laps to beat Adam Pierson, Brenden Bright, Ryan Wilson and Andrew Layser to the checkered flag. Bright now leads Layser by five points going itno an August 2 race at Spring Run, Pa.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Miller, Laps 4-8 B.Bright), Laps 9-15 A.Bright.
NEW USAC EASTERN MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-A.Bright-887, 2-Layser-882, 3-Jackson-842, 4-Miller-752, 5-Pierson-688, 6-Ryan Greth-578, 7-Wilson-523, 8-Brett Conkling-502, 9-Anderika-431, 10-Arndt-428.
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2019-04-18T20:53:16Z
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http://tjslideways.com/2018/07/29/alex-bright-new-eastern-leader-after-baps-victory/
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> knows, Paul may already be hitting some shots out there!
> >Let me know how it fairs this weekend since I will not be around to ski.
lots of snow snakes were lurking. At 3800', it was really good.
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2019-04-19T05:13:12Z
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https://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0412c&L=SKIVT-L&P=115525
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Note: Calliope closed in April 2014. A restaurant called Contrada, has replaced it. The review below was written under founding chefs Eric Korsh and Ginevra Iverson, who left the restaurant in January 2014 in a dispute with owner Eric Anderson. Once that happened, the restaurant had lost its reason to exist. Korsh is now the chef at North End Grill.
Calliope is a cute restaurant with a terrific head start. It’s on a lively East Village street corner, and some smart, knowledgeable people are behind it. The chefs, husband & wife Eric Korsh and Ginevra Iverson, come from the Waverly Inn and Prune respectively. Their partner, Eric Anderson, comes from Prune as well.
The space was formerly Belcourt, and I can’t think of any good reason why it failed—except that the chef, Matthew Hamilton, went on to greener pastures. The space hasn’t changed much, and didn’t need to: it was already the perfect bistro spot.
The cuisine is vaguely in the French style, but except for a few (Provençal tomato tart, Tête du Porc) it’s all in English, and much of it could be on any menu in town. In the restaurant’s early days (it’s just three weeks old), the chefs clearly don’t aspire to challenge the audience. It’s bistro cuisine done well.
The prices are right, with snacks and appetizers $6–14, entrées mostly in the $20s. Only the ubiquitous dry-aged strip steak, at $32, is above that range. The wine list is also fairly priced, with plenty of bottles below $50: we ordered a 2008 Barbera d’Asti for $47.
They were out of that Provençal tart, but the server recommended a fine warm octopus salad (above left) at the same price ($10; normally $14). There was not quite enough of the promised white anchovy, but fingerling potatoes and celery more than kept up the bargain.
There was a bit of France in beef tongue ($9; above right) with sauce gribiche, sweet white onions, and lettuce mache.
Whole grilled turbot ($27; above right) is a large portion that two can easily share, as we did. Deboning it was a bit of work, but well worth it, especially for the rustic, smoky skin. There is no cheese course as yet on the printed menu, but the kitchen did a damned fine job of improvising one at our request ($10; above right).
We sat outdoors on practically the perfect evening. The restaurant was a shade over half full at 9:00 p.m. on a Saturday evening: we walked in and were seated immediately. Service, in the familiar casual East Village style, was pleasant and correct.
The current menu is a bit timid, but in the restaurant’s infancy you can hardly blame them: better to build an audience with solid food, well prepared, at a good price. That’s exactly what this is. I would certainly go again.
We enjoyed Belcourt and were sorry to see it go, but judging by the menu it has returned.
P.S. Your new rating system is growing on me.
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2019-04-25T01:48:16Z
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http://nyjournal.squarespace.com/journal/2012/6/18/calliope.html
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Welcome, Department of Anesthesiology Alumni!
We hope you enjoyed your time here in the Department of Anesthesiology and we wish you much luck as you take the next step.
We would like to continue to hear from you as you make your mark on our world. Please let us know about any important achievements as we love to rave about our alumni on our website and in our newsletters.
You can use the form on this page, email us, or let us know on Facebook. The Facebook group is a great place to keep in touch with your fellow graduates as well as give advice and guidance to the current group of residents and fellows.
You will always be a part of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida. Please keep your contact information updated so you can stay apprised of what is happening in the department!
Have you had a career change, been promoted, received an award? Share your most recent achievements and milestones with your fellow alums.
The 2019 reception will be held in Orlando, Florida, at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting.
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