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I usually view personal blogs as a form of narcissism. I understand blogs from a business sense or as a record of a project, but personal blogs make me feel uncomfortable. Blatant self-promotion makes me feel...icky, for lack of a better word.
However, this blog is not for me. I suppose it is about me because it will center on my experiences in Germany, but this blog is for my family and friends to share in my adventures. It is for future exchange students, providing a guide for transitioning to German culture and what to expect. I want to share my broadened view of the world with those I care about and hope that they too can more fully appreciate this large world.
So here we go--together. This blog is not mine; it is ours. I want to hear your opinions and share with you how mine will certainly change. So, please leave comments and ask questions, because I want to answer them! If you don't know me but are thinking of doing an exchange trip I would love to help you.
Wish me luck and stay with me as I live in Germany!
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2019-04-18T10:16:08Z
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http://experiencingessen.weebly.com/about-the-blog.html
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TORONTO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Canada’s dollar firmed against a battered greenback on Thursday as riskier assets rallied on the Federal Reserve’s pledge of more monetary stimulus, but weak data and a blocked Potash Corp POT.TO bid kept parity out of reach.
The Fed on Wednesday said it would spend $600 billion buying longer-term Treasury bonds as part of a renewed quantitative easing program to boost the economy’s recovery, but the initial market reaction was anticlimactic.
“It’s quite telling that we do have this very strong market reaction 24 hours later ... that there is still a little bit of juice to be squeezed from this lemon,” said Doug Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.
The Canadian dollar CAD=D4 ended at C$1.0024 to the U.S. dollar, or 99.76 U.S. cents, up from Wednesday’s close at C$1.0068 to the U.S. dollar, or 99.32 U.S. cents.
David Bradley, director of foreign exchange trading at Scotia Capital, sees Canadian dollar technical resistance at last month’s high of 99.81 Canadian cents to the U.S. dollar, when the Canadian dollar was worth US$1.002.
He sees Canadian dollar support at C$1.0156 to the U.S. dollar, or 98.46 U.S. cents and C$1.0139 to the U.S. dollar, or 98.63 U.S. cents, levels touched after the Fed’s announcement on Wednesday and after the Potash decision.
The week crammed with big event risks caps off with investors looking to U.S. and Canadian jobs data on Friday. Porter said it was unusual to see such a dramatic day in the markets ahead of such crucial data.
The 10-year bond CA10YT=RR rose 50 Canadian cents to yield 2.806 percent, while the 30-year bond CA30YT=RR added 40 Canadian cents to yield 3.473 percent.
“The fact that the 10-year area in the U.S. and even in Canada far outperformed the 30-year suggests that quantitative easing was really the dominant factor at play here because the Fed is not making significant purchases in the 30-year area,” said Porter.
Still, Canadian 10-year bonds underperformed their U.S. counterparts, which Porter noted is logical.
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2019-04-20T02:35:35Z
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https://ca.reuters.com/article/caDollarRpt/idCAN0419562720101104
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"As secretary of HHS (Health and Human Services), Sebelius leads the principal agency charged with keeping Americans healthy, ensuring they receive the health care they need, and providing children, families and seniors with the essential human services they depend on. She also has been a leader during public health crises, coordinating the government response to the 2009 H1N1 virus and helping to provide rapid medical assistance following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
Prior to becoming the nation's 21st HHS secretary, Sebelius was twice elected governor of Kansas, serving from 2003 to 2009. The daughter of former Ohio Gov. John Gilligan, she was the first daughter of an elected governor to serve as governor in U.S. history.
As governor Sebelius led efforts to create jobs, improve access to health care and improve education for Kansas children. Her accomplishments in the office earned her recognition from Time magazine as one of the nation's top five governors in 2005.
Sebelius was the first Democrat to be elected state insurance commissioner, serving from 1995 to 2003. Her work earned praise from Governing magazine, which named her the 2000 Public Official of the Year. Sebelius also served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995. She has a bachelor of arts from Trinity Washington University and a master of public administration from the University of Kansas."
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2019-04-20T06:19:13Z
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https://www.k-state.edu/landon/speakers/kathleen-sebelius/
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The unique character of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood is created by its proximity to the University and the Mississippi River, and by its location in history. Bordered by the campus, the riverfront, and the East Hennepin commercial district, Marcy-Holmes is the city’s “first neighborhood,” rising with the 19th century milling district. It’s just a quick bike ride or walk across the Stone Arch Bridge to downtown Minneapolis.
The neighborhood has three designated historic districts and is the home of Dinkytown, whose small shops, restaurants, and services are tailored to the University community. Marcy-Holmes appeals to students, condo and homeowners, seniors, families, and professionals. Its highly educated population has a history of civic involvement and political activism.
Marcy Open School (K-8), a student-centered environment, emphasizes academic achievement as well as personal development, and promotes lifelong learning and individual goal setting in multi-grade classrooms. Natural Home magazine named Marcy- Holmes one of the “Country’s Top 10 Eco(logy)- friendly Neighborhoods” (2007).
The Prospect Park Neighborhood has enjoyed a long history, dating back to the late 1800s when it was a commuter suburb to Minneapolis connected by a streetcar line.
Residents today enjoy its urban village feel—a small town in the big city—where they can walk to work, recreation, shopping, and community meetings and events.
Prospect Park has two community centers: Luxton Community Center and Pratt Community Education Center. Pratt is also an elementary school (K-5).
Como is a neighborhood of tree-lined streets, an intergenerational place where people greet each other on the streets and in the stores.
The neighborhood’s gardens, including the awardwinning Como Corners flower garden, welcome volunteer gardeners.
Como is halfway between the St. Paul and Minneapolis campuses and close to either downtown (with bus connections to both). Many activities (Weisman Museum, U of M athletics, concerts, walking/ biking trails along the Mississippi) are within walking distance, as are a number of restaurants and cafes, both casual and elegant. Como is only a few minutes drive to two major shopping centers. Several co-op groceries are also nearby.
Van Cleve Park is home to ball fields, lighted ice skating rinks, a wading pool, and playgrounds, and provides programs and recreation for all ages. Southeast Branch Library, Minneapolis Central Library, and two public schools are nearby.
The University of Minnesota is one of the most comprehensive and prestigious public universities in the world. The state’s land-grant university was founded on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1851 and has grown to a statewide system of five campuses. Not only is the University committed to educating the next generation of world leaders, it maintains a tradition of public engagement by offering programs and initiatives that connect its discoveries and resources to citizens throughout the state and around the world. This includes the activities of nearly 100 research and outreach centers, extension offices, and locations around the state.
The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, aka “the West Bank,” is located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, east of downtown Minneapolis. Its history is nearly as old as the city itself. In the late 1890s, the neighborhood was known as “Snoose Boulevard,” a thriving community of Scandinavian immigrants, many of whom worked in the milling and lumber industries. In the 1960s and 1970s, the neighborhood became a beehive of hippies, intellectuals, actors, artists, and musicians. The towers of Riverside Plaza were the model for high-rise living of the future. Today, the West Bank boasts the largest community of immigrants in the Twin Cities, continuing its history of ethnic and cultural diversity.
The West Bank is packed with venues offering live performance, music, and dance. Exotic shops and restaurants blend with traditional establishments. There are two two light rail stops in the neighborhood. The Cedar Riverside stop on the Blue Line and the West Bank stop on Washington Ave SE on the Green Line.
This area has always been home to artists, musicians, and craftspeople, and continues this tradition as a center for music and theater performances. The University’s West Bank Arts Quarter, with its theaters and schools of music and art, complements the mix. The ethnic diversity translates into good food and shopping. Exotic shops and restaurants blend with traditional establishments.
Dinkytown is located on the north side of the University’s Minneapolis campus. The heart is a fourblock area inhabited by a diverse array of businesses on University Avenue and 4th and 5th streets. People come to shop at the bookstores, eat at the local restaurants, or hear great music.
A mix of old and new, large and small, and traditional and trendy, and rich in culture, history, and recreation. The area offers a small-town feel in a big city, with an assortment of diverse restaurants, shopping, art galleries, entertainment, and a fullservice premier supermarket.
A thriving commercial district on the east bank of the University’s Minneapolis campus. Home of Gopher basketball and hockey, as well as aquatic and athletic facilities, Stadium Village is home to over 90 businesses.
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Why College Freshmen May Feel Like Impostors On Campus Psychologist Greg Walton has found that a simple intervention can help many students get the most out of college. The trick is in helping students see that setbacks are temporary, and often don't have larger implications.
Psychologist Greg Walton has found that a simple intervention can help many students get the most out of college. The trick is in helping students see that setbacks are temporary, and often don't have larger implications.
Tens of thousands of freshman have just finished their first month in college. They've signed up for classes, met a bunch of other people and, if history is any guide, asked themselves a question: What am I doing here? Everyone else is smarter and better adjusted than I am. And for some, that question totally changes the college experience, may even cause them to drop out, which is why a researcher was determined to intervene. He told his story to NPR's Shankar Vedantam, who's here to tell it to us. Hi, Shankar.
INSKEEP: OK. So, what did he do?
VEDANTAM: Well, Greg Walton was looking at this fact that all students go through difficulties when they get to college, Steve. But some students look at the problems that they're facing and they draw global conclusions from them. They say this is not just a professor giving me a bad grade or someone not sitting next to me in the cafeteria. This reflects that fact that I am not ready for college, or I shouldn't be in this college at all.
INSKEEP: Because they're in this sensitive moment, and they're judging themselves.
VEDANTAM: And they feel like impostors. So, Greg Walton - who, by the way, is a psychologist at Stanford - here's how he explained it to me.
GREG WALTON: If you're walking around in an environment, asking yourself whether you belong, when something bad happens - if you get criticized, if you feel excluded or lonely - to you, in your head, you might think that it means that you don't belong, in general, in that school.
INSKEEP: And that is the moment at which you might, I suppose, socially withdraw, or just withdraw from school.
VEDANTAM: That's right. And Walton said that some minority students and some women were especially affected by this. You already feel like you don't quite belong or you stick out in class, and now you get negative feedback. And you connect the two things together, and now you feel like you really don't belong.
INSKEEP: And that's interesting, because you're suggesting that women or minorities might feel more like outsiders. There's a lot of different kinds of people that might feel like outsiders. I went to a university in eastern Kentucky, and there were a lot of people from small towns that just seemed overwhelmed by that experience in the same way you're describing.
VEDANTAM: That's exactly right, Steve. Because I think what Walton is talking about is that some students are just going to be more vulnerable than others. And he conducted an intervention to see if he could actually reverse this. He brought a bunch of freshmen in. He told them this is what earlier students who've been to this college have experienced. They went through difficult periods of time and then things got better over time, and they heard ostensibly from these earlier students who said when I first got to college, I didn't have any friends, but I realized it takes some time to make friends. And in the long run, everything worked out great. And then he had the freshmen themselves tell stories about how their own experiences matched this pattern.
INSKEEP: OK. So, all they really did was find out they're not the only people in the world who are having these feelings. How much of an effect did that have on them?
VEDANTAM: It had a remarkable effect. It improved the academic performance and well-being of students who went through the intervention compared to students who didn't go through the intervention. And what was most remarkable, Steve, is that the effects of this one-time intervention lasted the next three years of these college students' lives.
INSKEEP: Just from having, what, one brief session?
VEDANTAM: It seems remarkable, Steve. And I asked Walton this, because I said it's hard to imagine that this one session could have had such a big effect. He explained to me that he didn't think, actually, it was the intervention that made the difference. The reason these students did well in college is because they studied hard, they worked hard and they did well. That's why they did well. All the intervention was doing was it was removing a barrier inside their heads, this barrier that made them see a local setback as some kind of a global statement on themselves.
WALTON: What the intervention did was it prevented students from feeling that they didn't belong in general when they had negative experiences. You can then imagine how if you're feeling less vulnerable to threats, you are better able to connect with other people, to peers, to teachers and build the kinds of relationships that actually sustain performance over a long period of time.
VEDANTAM: You know, Walton gave me another analogy, Steve. He said this intervention might be like engine oil in a car. The engine oil doesn't actually make the car go forward, but it removes some of the friction inside the car and helps the engine run more smoothly, and that's what helps the car move forward.
INSKEEP: OK. So, did the young people who had the engine oil applied, did they themselves sense the difference after this intervention?
VEDANTAM: Here's the interesting thing, Steve. When Walton went back and talked with these students later on, they didn't even remember that they had done this three years ago. And Walton was very careful, when he brought them in in the first place, not to signal that he was actually doing an intervention. He dressed up the intervention as saying you're going to be helping future freshmen deal with coming to college. So, he placed them in a role where they were seeming like they were helping others rather than being in need of help themselves.
INSKEEP: Oh, because if you just went directly at them, it's one more adult giving you one more homily. But this way, the message just sneaked up on them.
VEDANTAM: Yeah, and not just that. When you bring students in and say we're doing an intervention to help you, what's the message you're sending those students?
VEDANTAM: You're messed up, and you need help. And I think Walton's point is if schools want to apply this intervention, it needs to be done with some subtlety, or it could backfire.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's Shankar Vedantam. You can follow him on Twitter @HiddenBrain. You can follow this program, as always @MorningEdition and @NPRInskeep, as well as NPRGreene.
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2019-04-26T01:01:13Z
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https://www.npr.org/2013/10/16/235188760/why-college-freshman-may-feel-like-imposters-on-campus
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The Big Bang Theory Gets A Pick Up!
And not just a single season pickup. CBS and Warner brothers announced officially what we fans already knew- our favorite physicists will be around for two more years.
Sadly, Charlie and Alan will be around for three more, on an unfunny, aging sitcom.
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2019-04-20T04:22:31Z
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https://dancetothemusicoftime.wordpress.com/tag/the-big-bang-theory/
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- I have not been able to find Banco Falabellas e-mail due to lack of information in their webpage. My solution's are, call them or personally going up to them at a shopping mall.
- Yesterday night, I finally reached out to them and send them an e-mail explaining the project and if I will be able to interview them.
- I still have not heard from them, but I am hopping to get an answer back from them this week!
- Augusto, my partner has an aunt that is willing to help us out with our project. She will be guiding us through those small holes which we where missing. Thank you!
On Thursday, Augusto and I took a nice trip to "Plaza Lima Sur". This shopping mall provides the costumers with food courts, banks, home centers, movie theaters and great stores. Sounds like the perfect place for Augusto and I to take a visit, huh? We arrived at the shopping mall at around 10am and got strait to work. We took a whole lot of pictures regarding out topic and spend a good chunk of time just observing price tags and how the costumers moved around the mall.
After a long time moving around the mall, we decide to go and have lunch. There is nothing better than having a good meal after doing a lot of hard work. We also had some time to brainstorm about what we where going to do next. We decided to go and do personal interviews.
Augusto left on a trip to Serbia on Saturday to play water-polo. So, this is up to me now. For next week, I want to hit base on interviewing expects. As mentioned above, I have sent a lot of e-mails to professionals, banks, and even personal contacts in order to have clear feedback on my topic. I want to know everything about my topic by the end of the unit. (May 9th) I also need to do a clear outline of my video, for this, I will need to speak with Augusto and plan out how out 15 - 20 minute video will work out.
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2019-04-25T08:03:00Z
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YORK, PA - The York College women's tennis team concluded its 2018 regular season with a 9-0 Capital Athletic Conference win over Frostburg State on Saturday afternoon in York.
The Spartans celebrated their lone senior during the day as Katie Wagner is closing out her outstanding Spartan career.
The Spartans close out the regular season with a record of 10-5 overall and a 4-3 mark in the league. The Bobcats end their campaign with a record of 5-9 overall and 1-6 in the league.
The Spartans got off to a good start in doubles play as they swept the three doubles point. Wagner teamed with Maisie Supp to earn an 8-0 first doubles win. Rachel Wagner and Gina Liguori combined to win the second doubles match by a count of 8-0. Jessica Sherman and Caroline Marderness earned an 8-4 win over Sammi Turner and Elizabeth Mott in the third double match.
Katie Wagner kicked off the singles matches with a 6-1, 6-1 first singles win over Kate Paylor. Rachel Wagner earned a 6-1, 6-1 second singles win over Jenna Lipinski. Supp continued her outstanding sophomore campaign with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Allison Paul in the third singles match. Fellow sophomore Liguori recorded a 6-0, 6-1 win over Sammi Turner in the fourth singles match. Sherman kept the Spartans rolling in the singles portion of the match as she defeated Sophia Staggers 6-1, 6-3 in the fifth singles match. Hannah Shinsky closed out the shutout with an 8-2 sixth singles win over Elizabeth Mott.
The Spartans will play in the opening round of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament at home on Friday, April 27 against a to be determined opponent. The winner of that match advances to face the top seeded Mary Washington in the tournament semifinals on Tuesday, May 1 in Fredericksburg, Va.
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2019-04-26T14:55:08Z
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http://www.ycpspartans.com/sports/wten/2017-18/releases/20180421psz4w3
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The press traces its origins to 1915, when Edmond Meany’s Governors of Washington, Territorial and State was issued. The first book to bear the University of Washington Press imprint, an edition of The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey edited by Frederick M. Padelford, appeared in 1920. Since that time, the press has published approximately 4,000 books, of which some 1,400 are currently in print. Today we publish about sixty new titles each year.
From the beginning, the press has reflected the university’s major academic strengths. By building on those strengths and developing strong ties to many regional partners, the press has achieved recognition as the leading publisher of scholarly books and distinguished works of regional nonfiction in the Pacific Northwest.
University of Washington Press books have won many prizes for scholarship and literary excellence, as well as for graphic design.
Our titles cover a wide variety of academic fields focusing especially on American studies; anthropology; art history and visual culture; Asian American studies; Asian studies; critical race studies; environmental history; gender, women, and sexuality studies; Native American and Indigenous studies; and Western and Pacific Northwest history. Social justice, equity, and environmental sustainability are cross-cutting currents in our list.
Our publishing program has important implications beyond the books we produce. We support the work of other university departments including the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the University Libraries, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), and other divisions for which we either publish or distribute publications. These collaborations reinforce the university’s ties to its community.
We have been proud to publish books by several Nobel laureates, as well as many other internationally known figures in the humanities, arts, and sciences. We are proud, too, of the many young scholars, poets, and artists whose first books have appeared under our imprint.
The University of Washington Press reports to the UW Libraries. A faculty press committee responsible for approving every book we publish oversees our imprint. About one-fourth of our books have some connection to the university, while the rest come from authors around the world.
With a dedicated and highly professional staff, the press shepherds books through the full publishing process, from an author’s or editor’s initial idea through development, review, copyediting, and design to marketing and promotion. Since 2012 the press has been under the leadership of Director Nicole Mitchell. Her in-house management team includes Tom Helleberg, Chief Financial Officer; Larin McLaughlin, Editor in Chief; Margaret Sullivan, Editing, Design, and Production Manager; Michael Campbell, Marketing and Sales Director; and Beth Fuget, Grants and Digital Projects Manager.
Although the press is an integral division of the university, we operate with considerable autonomy. Like most other book publishers, we have no printing facilities. We are not involved with production of the university’s magazines, newspapers, bulletins, or catalogues. As a nonprofit cultural organization, our sole function is to find, develop, select, and publish scholarship of high quality and enduring value.
The University of Washington Press maintains close ties with other university publishers. As a member of the Association of University Presses since 1947, the press has hosted national and regional meetings, and its staff has participated actively in association programs.
In recent years, the press has established copublishing and distribution relationships with a growing list of museums, university presses, and other institutions throughout the world. This activity enables us to give worldwide distribution to many valuable publications. Mindful of the shrinking world, the University of Washington Press has long placed special emphasis on our role in the two-way exchange of knowledge and information internationally. The books that bear our imprint are among the university’s most significant ambassadors to the outside world. They are distributed through overseas marketing consortia and copublishing arrangements, and many have been translated into more than ten languages.
We eagerly anticipate the challenges of the next decades. As new technology makes possible almost limitless access to information and data, our traditional role as “gatekeepers” of quality in the publication of scholarship is sure to assume even greater importance. At the same time, we are committed to developing new ways of serving our university, our region, and the world beyond.
We at the press are constantly aware of the magic that books can evoke and the far-reaching influence they can exert. We are proud of our books, and we care deeply about the quality of our publications, their physical appearance, and their effective distribution.
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2019-04-19T12:18:41Z
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http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/about/history.html
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There was a Gunner sighting, accompanied by a standing ovation. By that time, it was too late for the Cincinnati Bearcats.
UC lost 45-20 to South Florida in an American Conference football game Saturday night at Nippert Stadium, with the crowd of 33,108 booing during the late stages.
There also was much cheering, at least briefly, when former UC starting quarterback Gunner Kiel made a dramatic entrance late in the third quarter. It was the first substantial action of the year for Kiel, a fifth-year senior who has fallen to No. 3 on the quarterback depth chart.
Kiel replaced starter Ross Trail, a redshirt freshman who was 20-for-30 passing for 216 yards and a touchdown, but also was intercepted three times. Trail now has one touchdown pass and six interceptions for his brief UC career, including his second pick-six (touchdown return by the defense) of the season.
Kiel showed some rust, going 3-for-11 passing for 47 yards. The game essentially was over when Kiel entered, with UC down 38-20.
The Bearcats trailed just 24-20 at halftime, as the lead changed hands six times in the first half. Then came the second half, when UC made three turnovers in the third quarter alone.
The Bearcats’ AAC divisional title hopes also may be shot. UC (3-2, 0-2 AAC East) now must truly climb uphill in the AAC race.
USF (4-1, 1-0 AAC East) was the preseason media choice to win the AAC East. UC was picked to finish third.
UC had hoped to run the ball as much as possible offensively, partially to keep the potent USF offense off the field. The Bulls entered as the nation’s No. 9 scoring team, at 46 points per game.
UC was able to keep pace in the first half, as the Bearcats rushed for 110 yards. UC was held to 20 yards rushing in the second half.
Running back Tion Green led the UC offense with 12 carries for 98 yards and a touchdown. Nate Cole had seven catches for 73 yards, and Kahlil Lewis had five catches for 77 yards and a TD.
Linebacker Eric Wilson led the UC defense with 12 tackles. Safety Zach Edwards and nickelback Mike Tyson each had eight tackles for UC.
For USF, quarterback Quinton Flowers was 16-for-26 passing for 196 yards, with no touchdowns or interceptions. Flowers also rushed 13 times for 74 yards and two touchdowns.
USF running back Marlon Mack carried 20 times for 118 yards and two scores. Rodney Adams led USF receivers with six catches for 66 yards.
MOORE OUT: Trail started at quarterback, his second straight start and also his second career start.
Hayden Moore, UC’s starting quarterback for the first three games this year, again did not dress because of an ankle injury. Moore also missed last week’s 27-20 win over the Miami RedHawks.
UC visits UConn (2-3, 0-2 AAC East) next Saturday, then has an open date.
GUNNER TIME: Kiel replaced Trail with 1:28 left in the third quarter. Kiel had played only sparingly all season, with three snaps at the end of the 40-16 loss to Houston on Sept. 15.
Kiel fell behind Trail and Moore after missing most of spring football. Kiel then failed to catch up to the revamped offense under new coordinator Zac Taylor, and thus was relegated to the bench.
Saturday marked Kiel’s first pass attempts of the season. Kiel completed his first three attempts for a total of 47 yards, then threw eight straight incompletions.
Kiel was UC’s starting quarterback for most of the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Kiel entered this season with 6,078 career yards passing, 50 touchdown passes and 24 interceptions.
GAME WATCH: USF took a 3-0 lead on a 26-yard field goal by Emilio Nadelman with 9:19 left in the first quarter.
Green put UC ahead 6-3 on a 7-yard TD run with 3:27 left in the first quarter. Backup kicker Josh Pasley missed the extra point, leaving UC ahead 6-3.
Pasley again filled in for Andrew Gantz, who remained out with a leg muscle strain.
USF running back D’Ernest Johnson scored shortly thereafter on a 4-yard TD run, which put the Bulls up 10-6 with 1:54 left in the first quarter.
UC regained the lead 13-10, on a 1-yard keeper by Trail with 13:25 left in the second quarter.
Another quick USF drive ended with the Bulls regaining the lead, 17-13 with 11:07 left until halftime. This time, it was an 8-yard run by Flowers.
UC took the lead yet again, 20-17, on a 6-yard TD pass from Trail to Lewis with 3:00 left until halftime.
Before long, USF was ahead again at 24-20. The Bulls wasted little time with a 6-play, 72-yard drive that took only 1:19 off the clock. The finisher was Mack, with a 4-yard TD run.
USF cornerback Ronnie Hoggins intercepted Trail about midway through the third quarter, and the Bulls started at the Bearcats’ 37-yard line. USF converted it to six points, via a 19-yard TD run by Flowers. That gave the Bulls a 31-20 lead with 4:29 left in the third quarter.
Another UC turnover soon followed. Cole was hit and fumbled after a pass reception, and USF began again at the UC 43-yard line.
UC stopped that drive, but more trouble followed. After being pinned inside their own 10-yard line, Trail threw a pick-six for an 11-yard TD return by USF cornerback Johnny Ward. That put USF ahead 38-20 with 1:32 left in the third quarter.
"We did a good job of taking what we learned at halftime and took it to the field," USF coach Willie Taggart said.
USF scored for the final time on a 49-yard run by Mack. That put the Bulls up 45-20 with 12:30 left in the game. By then, many UC fans were headed to the exits.
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2019-04-20T12:13:06Z
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https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/university-of-cincinnati/2016/10/01/south-florida-bulls-dominate-cincinnati-bearcats-again/91399654/
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Guidance and Resources for applying to the summer program and submitting accurate claims are below. The application and claim system are both housed in the CO Child Nutrition Hub.
Prior to application approval, sponsors must complete annual training.
New User/Password Reset - fill out this form to request access or modify users in the CO Child Nutrition Hub.
New Sponsor Setup - fill out this form to request sponsor-level access to the CO Child Nutrition Hub. This is only required for a sponsor new to operating the SFSP.
Data Found in these mapping tools can be used to identify eligible sites, locate new sites and enhance outreach efforts.
This calculator helps sponsors understand the financial feasibility of participating in the SFSP.
Reimbursement claims are due 60 days after the end of each claim month.
To request the SFSP Claim Upload Template, please contact Ashley Moen.
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2019-04-21T10:51:33Z
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http://www.cde.state.co.us/nutrition/osnsfspapplicationclaimsystem
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Pre-bonded U-Tip hair extensions has long been the preferred extension method by professional stylist and salons throughout the world.
U-TIP is a small keratin tip that is shaped like a U, also called Nail Tip or Hot Fusion hair extensions.
U Tip hair extensions are long term hair extensions that you wear day and night for several months.
Keratin is a fiber protein that you find in your natural hair. When you warm it up it melts and can be shaped. When it cools down it becomes harder. The keratin substance is already present in your own hair and will therefore not damage the hair.
U-TIPs can be applied quiet easily following the steps in this article.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The most common mistake to do if you have no experience with U tips is to place them too close to the hair roots. That will create tension to the scalp and could cause inflammation and even hair loss. If you place a U TIP too close, you will also notice that the extension hair stands out from the head in stead of lying flat down. You should then immediately redo this extension.
You will not be able to apply U-TIPs by yourself, so you will need assistance from a friend or a hair stylist to do it. You are also gonna need a some special tools to apply the U-TIPs.
Pinch out a section of strands. The number of strands should be about the same amount that is in the extension you are going to attach. Try to pick the strands in as straight angel as possible from the scalp.
Place a protection pad over the strand and attach it with a clip. On the protection pad there are some measure lines that can help you align the extensions.
IMPORTANT: You should never place the extension closer that 1 cm (0.5 inch) from the roots. Use the measure lines on the protection pas to secure this distance.
Place the U TIP under the strand at least 1 cm from the roots.
If you like smaller tip, you can cut the U Tip down to about 0.5 cm (0.2 inch) before the attachment. This will make the U TIP more comfortable but less durable.
Use a fusion connector tool to heat up the keratin tip some seconds until it melts.
Wait some seconds so that the keratin cools down a little, then roll it with your fingers to seal the keratin around your own hair.
Place the U tips in horizontal rows moving from the bottom of your neck and work your way upwards. Leave a distance of about 2.5 cm (1 inch) between each row.
When you are getting to the upper part of the head, you can place some extension rows on the sides.
Make sure never to place the U Tips too close to the hairline making them visible. You should test lifting the hair up to ensure that the extensions move freely with out tension in all directions.
You should be able to wear a ponytail or do an updo style without reveling the U TIPs.
and VOLA...Julia got U TIP hair extensions.
U Tip extensions last for 3-5 months. For this tutorial we have used Fabhair U-tips in hair color #2, Fabhair Start Kit no.1 with all the tools you need for U-Tips. Finally we have made an ombre bleach of the hair.
What do you think about U TIP hair extensions?
My utip extensions are dreading at the roots, how do I untangle this?
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2019-04-22T17:01:41Z
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https://hubpages.com/style/How-to-do-U-TIP-hair-extensions
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We have asked 7 of the best wine merchants in Maryland to recommend Syrahs that are comparably priced to our 2007 Leaf-Stone Syrah. Black Ankle’s Ed Boyce will lead a blind tasting of eight wines, including the Leaf-Stone. The tasting will be accompanied by discussion of strenghts, weaknesses and interesting points of each wine. Once the identies of the wines are revealed, we will look at when, how and where they were made and how their cultivation has affected the finished wines. This is definitely a five star day for the serious (or aspiring) wine geeks out there!
Also saw that Moxie Cafe and Bakery on North Market Street has opened. I’ll have to stop by and let you know what I think. Sigh- my to do list gets longer by the day!
After all this time I finally got a chance to visit Black Ankle Vineyards. They have been open for about a year if I recall correctly and on my list of places to visit since I heard of their opening. So one recent weekend Mrs. Fred and I along with my brother and sister in law headed off to check it out. First of all the setting is really beautiful; after you drive down a very rural Black Ankle Road and then the gravel driveway you come to the tasting room, set on a gently sloping hillside nestled amid the vineyards. The building itself is also fascinating. For the full story check out their detailed description of the tasting room here. In short the building was built as much as possible sustainably and out of local materials. Grass roof, huge fireplace, timber from the farm itself are all some of the details. Also be sure to check out the tasting room counter if you go! They have a nice breezeway with large garage-style roll up doors and a large patio. All of us had the same reaction: what an amazing place for a party or wedding! I also saw that they have regular sunday wine dinners. In keeping with their philosophy they use local seasonal ingredients. This is certainly on our to do list.
On to the wines. The tasting fee was a very reasonable $5 and the staff was very knowledgeable and answered all of our wine nerd questions. All in all the consensus was that the wines were very good. My brother who lives in Massachusetts confessed later that due to his experiences visiting the local vineyards in his area he had very low expectations. He said he was extremely surprised by the quality of wines we tasted that day and I agree. It’s always awkward when you taste a wine at a winery that you really dislike and the staff is there staring at you like a proud parent. Well no poker faces needed here. Our favorite reds were the 2006 Crumbling Rock and the 2006 Syrah. On the white side there was less consensus on a clear cut favorite with everybody liking something different. I liked the 2007 Bedlam best. Several bottles were purchased to add to the cellar.
Value note: lets face it: at prices ranging from $22-40 these wines aren’t a stupendous value. However they rank up there with the best wines from this region that I have tasted. The wines are quality wines and you won’t be embarrassed serving these or giving them as gifts. As someone who strongly believes in supporting local agriculture these wines will continue to enjoy a place on our table.
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2019-04-19T02:49:48Z
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https://fredfood.wordpress.com/tag/black-ankle-vineyards/
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Page and stage: translation and transformation for Gil Vicente's new audience.
MacLaren, Ann (1999) Page and stage: translation and transformation for Gil Vicente's new audience. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
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2019-04-18T20:58:02Z
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http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6921/
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Uni Essay: Gender stratification essay all the writing assignments on time!
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2019-04-25T02:54:51Z
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https://groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/ProjectTimeLapse/?june=gender-stratification-essay
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CAPE TOWN –The Minerals Council South Africa, which represents 90percent of the country’s mineral production, is heading to court for a judicial review of aspects of the 2018 Mining Charter - a move the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said it would oppose.
The council yesterday said that it had delayed bringing the application in the hope that its talks with Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe to find common ground on clauses in the Charter would bear fruit.
The council’s chief executive, Roger Baxter, said yesterday the application was in line with the lobby group’s previous view that most aspects of the Charter were reasonable, but it did not fully recognise the continuing consequences of previous empowerment transactions.
“Not only does this provision, in particular, have a severely dampening effect on the attractiveness of mining in the eyes of investors, but it is also, in our view, a breach of the declaratory order on the matter issued by the North Gauteng High Court in April,” Baxter said.
The council’s decision comes as the six-month time limit for bringing judicial review applications in terms of section 7(1) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act lapsed on Tuesday.
It said negotiations with the department have thus far failed.
The declaratory order issued by the court recognised the continuing consequences of previous Black Economic Empowerment ownership transactions and acknowledges the "once empowered, always empowered" principle.
The DMR described the application as unfortunate and said it would file its responding papers in due course.
It also warned of the dire consequences of the judicial review.
The DMR said under Mantashe, it had worked tirelessly to improve relations between the industry and other stakeholders, contributing to policy and regulatory certainty.
“Approaching the courts implies a conflictual relationship, that requires intervention by an external party; yet we could - collectively - find the solution,” said the DMR.
The council said it wanted the charter to recognise the continuing consequence of the so-called "once empowered, always empowered" principle that allows past empowerment deals to be claimed by companies even after the empowerment partners have disposed or diluted their ownership.
Council vice president Neal Froneman said the application was the last resort and was necessary to maintain regulatory certainty.
“We had no option but to cover our legal position by lodging papers. We went as far as providing the Department of Mineral Resources with three legal opinions, showing that the charter is wrong. Investments have been made for the long term based. The Charter cannot come out and override that,” Froneman said.
Peter Leon, co-chairperson and partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, said the Charter, as currently drafted, did not extend the protection of historical BEE transactions to the renewal and transfer of rights.
“This is obviously prejudicial to mining companies whose rights expire in the short term or who are planning to sell their rights. It is clear that the Minerals Council’s attempts to engage the Department of Mineral Resources on these issues over the last six months have come to naught,” Leon said.
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2019-04-22T10:29:30Z
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https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/minerals-council-heads-to-court-for-judicial-review-of-2018-charter-20132572
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This weekend I spent a total of 7 hours in the car on a business trip to Atlanta. My mom and business partner drove, so my hands were free as we chatted about this, that, the other and everything in between. It was the perfect opportunity to try my hand at crewel embroidery. Yes, crewel. Odd name, I know.
I recently came across The New Crewel by Katherine Shaughnessy when searching for modern embroidery books/projects on Amazon. The designs inside are as delicious as the whimsical “Birthday Candle” motif on the cover. Most are nature-inspired, and all have a chunky look that’s signature to crewel. Apparently, crewel has been around for ages, but has lost popularity since its last heyday in the 70’s. Traditionally it is done with wool crewel thread, which is more like yarn than like embroidery floss, and on linen twill. Katherine’s book stays true to tradition but her designs are decidedly modern.
I love stitching. When watching TV with my husband or riding along on a trip, I’d rather embroider than knit or crochet. I settled on this twisted tree design from “The New Crewel.” It reminds me of the gorgeous oak trees that arch over roads in low country South Carolina. After tracing the design on a piece of natural linen/cotton Essex fabric, I packed my mother’s old crewel thread (there it was, mixed in with the embroidery floss she had passed down to me – what a happy surprise!) and set off.
Here’s how far I got with at least 6 hours of stitching! Wow, this is NOT quick work! Or, I’m incredibly slow… But, I love the process, so no problem! I have another, lighter shade of green for the other tree in this design. When it’s done, I think it’d look nice patched on a purse. What do you think? Any other ideas?
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2019-04-24T11:50:23Z
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https://stitchedincolor.wordpress.com/tag/nature-inspired/
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Having a puncture can be annoying, but it should be easy to fix. If you are not used to fixing punctures it can take some time, but does get a lot quicker with practice. It is generally faster to replace the inner tube with a spare rather than try to patch a tube that is on the bike. (You can repair the punctured tube at home or at your workplace.) Puncture glue takes at least five minutes to dry properly.
If you get a puncture, first check the tyre to see if you can find anything that may have caused the puncture. If there is something obvious you may be able to pull out that section of the tube and patch the spot without removing the wheel and then the tube. If you cannot find the object that caused the puncture remove the inner tube, inflate it and listen, or feel, for escaping air. Once you have established where the air is coming from, check that section of tyre for a piece(s) of glass or other sharp object(s) and remove it. There is no point in replacing an inner tube only for it to be punctured again.
Many people choose to use puncture resistant tyres, which have protective strips of materials such as Kevlar inside them.
Remove the wheel, undo the valve cap, remove the threaded metal collar (if there is one), empty any air out of the tube and push the valve back into the rim.
Fit 2 or 3 tyre levers into the rim about 2cm apart and pull them back, levering one side of the tyre out and over the side of the rim.
Take care you are not pinching the tube while you lever the tyre out. Remove the middle of the 3 levers, and hook it under the tyre about 2 cm past one of the other two. You then have 3 levers in place again, but a longer section of the tyre is hooked over the rim.
Take the middle lever out and repeat the process a few times. Once about a third of the tyre is hooked over the rim, the remainder will come off more easily.
The tyre should remain sitting on one side of the rim. Grab the inner tube at the valve hole, push the valve up through the rim and pull the valve out from the tyre. Pull the rest of the inner tube out.
To find the hole you can either pump the tube up and feel/listen for the air coming out or hold the tube under water and see where bubbles appear.
Deflate the tyre, clean the area around the hole and make sure it is dry.
Lightly sand the spot round the hole, and mark the hole with a ball point pen, chalk or a dab of rubber solution.
Apply a little more rubber solution until you have an area slightly larger than the patch, keeping the hole in the middle all the time. Let the rubber solution dry (5 minutes) but don’t let any dirt stick to it.
Peel off the backing paper/foil/plastic on one side of the patch and be careful not to get dirt or fingerprints on the patch itself. Place it on the inner tube so that the middle of the patch covers the hole, and make sure that the patch is in good contact with rubber solution all around the edge. Squeeze the patch hard into the rubber solution for about a minute.
To remove the backing paper (not an essntial task) fold the inner tube in half so that the backing paper on the patch splits down the middle. Carefully peel the backing off from the middle towards the edge to avoid lifting the edge of the patch.
Dust the top of the patch and any exposed areas of rubber solution with chalk/talc to stop it sticking inside the tyre.
Finally, give the inner tube 2 or 3 strokes of the pump before putting it back on the wheel. This prevents the tube getting pinched when you put the tyre back on.
Starting at the valve hole, put the inner tube onto the rim under the tyre. Then hook the tyre back onto the rim with your hands, making sure that the inner tube does not get pinched, and that the tyre is seated properly on the rim. You may need to use a tyre lever to get the last section of tyre back on the rim. Replace the threaded collar, pump up the tyre and replace the dust cap.
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2019-04-20T20:40:50Z
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https://lcc.org.uk/articles/mending-a-puncture
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Coordinating a birthday club is a challenge, but will render a wide range of benefits when executed successfully. Whether coordinating a birthday club for a group of friends or for business needs, build your club using a simple structure that accommodates growth and change. Your club members gain access to creative birthday acknowledgments that foster a sense of inclusion in your circle of friendship or organization. Hand select the first members of your birthday club and perform a test run of your concept before inviting new members to the group.
Pick incentives you want to offer your customers as "gifts" on their birthday. As you will expand your club membership later, choose an item that can be easily duplicated without bearing a large expense such as a coupon. Make sure you allow the incentive to last for the customer's entire birth month to encourage action without imposing on the recipient's special day.
Set criteria for selecting members of your birthday club such as dollar amount spent with your business, demographics or customer loyalty. Create a mailing list of these customers including their names, mailing addresses and email addresses.
Invite your customers to your birthday club using email or postal mail. Make your club exclusive by advising select customers that your invitation can not be transferred and includes a sign-up bonus. Include an expiration date on the offer so that you only attract members seriously interested in representing your club. Choose people who are fans of your product or service to increase the possibility that they spread their positive experiences with your birthday club to others.
Advertise your birthday club on your website and in your place of business. Include the "By Invitation Only" to add to the exclusivity of the club. When you invite new members later, they will feel privileged to have the invite. Host events and free webinars for birthday club members.
Invite five of your closest friends to participate in a birthday club. Pick a time to meet and set the rules for your club. Though informal, keeping a set of rules helps everyone in the group understand how the club will operate.
Collect birthday club dues so that money can be used toward an activity, meal or gift for each member as his birthday approaches. These dues should be collected at least two weeks in advance of the birthday event.
Rotate roles and responsibilities. Designate a different person for each occasion to collect dues in advance of a birthday and coordinate the birthday activity. Do not accept new members with birthdays in the next 60 days. Require new birthday club members pay dues twice before being inducted into your club.
Be generous with incentives to customers. The incentive should not be available to non-birthday club members during a seasonal sale or promotion.
Respect the privacy of club members. Refrain from sending information not pertinent to the birthday club unless members have opted-in to get other correspondences.
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2019-04-18T18:42:56Z
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https://www.ehow.com/how_7327709_organize-birthday-club.html
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NORTON, Mass. – Regis College lost to Wheaton College, 9-0, Thursday afternoon in a non-conference men's collegiate tennis dual match at the Beard Field House.
Wheaton (6-5) swept the doubles sets, with Regis' top team of Nolan Bebarta (Danville, Calif.) and Johnny Pallotta (Bay Shore, N.Y.) providing the toughest challenge for the Lyons before eventually losing, 8-4.
Pallotta also won the most games of any Pride player in singles, taking three games in each set but losing in straight sets (6-3, 6-3). All six singles matches were completed in two sets with Wheaton prevailing in every position. Sebastian Torres (San Juan, Puerto Rico) at number two singles and Evan Russell (East Wareham, Mass.) at number six singles collected five games apiece in their respective matches.
Regis (6-9) plays its final road match of the 2018-19 regular season, heading to Johnson & Wales to face the Wildcats in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference match Saturday, April 6, starting at 6 p.m. The Pride open a four-match homestand next Tuesday, April 9, against Suffolk beginning at 4:30 p.m.
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2019-04-26T00:19:59Z
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https://goregispride.prestosports.com/sports/mten/2018-19/releases/20190404vunv79
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The new M1 460 has a higher MOI compared to the 2016 version and was far more forgiving on off-centre strikes. The M2 certainly looks different in shape compared to last year’s version. A longer, shallower head stands out when addressing the ball and may inspire confidence for golfers looking for more forgiveness when hitting with the driver. We preferred the M1’s shape, which was more comparable to the existing Taylormade drivers.
One of the biggest improvements on the drivers is their sound, thanks to the new Geocoustic sole. Our testing showed an improvement in ball speed and overall carry distance of 10-yards compared to typical results.
Taylormade have also added the M2 D Type driver to their range for 2017. Compared to the standard M2, this driver sits a little more upright, a degree closed at address, and has weight positioned towards the heal of the club promoting a draw…..if you’re a golfer who struggles with a slice, I would certainly recommend this driver for 2017.
This is a product that certainly needs fitting, as a slight change in either the loft sleeve or track system has an immediate effect on ball flight. With Taylormade offering a wide range of shafts, tuning it to each individual is a must.
Will Taylormade’s latest offering earn a permanent place in your bag? To find out more and get your personalised Custom Fitting, contact us.
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2019-04-21T08:40:06Z
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https://www.portsmouthgolfcentre.co.uk/pgc-news/step-back-driving-seat-m1-vs-m2/
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Touchy about Idea? Don’t be!
An Idea needs your spark to shine!
Most young aspiring entrepreneurs I’ve met, have always had this touch of secrecy about their idea itself thinking that they’ll lose out if someone else picked up and executed it. I don’t blame them because I was like that myself for a long time, but it doesn’t work that way!
It’s actually a mistake to hold too tightly to your idea and not share it even in situations where you should be sharing it. If someone else can take your idea, and execute it better than you can, then there’s anyway no reason why you should be doing it anyway. Having an idea is not enough. Actually, it’s nothing, till you start taking steps on evaluating, testing, validating and implementing it.
Typically VCs, or senior entrepreneurs wouldn’t steal your idea just by the mention of it and exclude you from the fortunes they make from your idea. If they see you as a competent and worthwhile person, they’d rather get you onboard and back you. So in such situations, the merit would not remain just with the idea, but with you along with the idea.
If someone else has more resources, to churn out your dream product faster than you can, make it better/cheaper/simpler than you can, then he’ll do so someday anyway, even if you have already started the business. And if that be the case, no start-ups would happen, because it would seem like a Google can do virtually anything thinkable on the internet. But it doesn’t happen that way. If you come up with something really worthwhile, a Google would rather absorb you, than do it again.
Google is doing SMS channels, doesn’t mean an SMSGupshup will go out of business. In fact, it’s funded now and likely to stick around as a big player. And the sea has space for different fishes to swim. Think about how large your market is, and if there’s scope for multiple players.
And typically, giants have enough in their own pipelines to really bother with your idea, dedicate resources to it and try to drive you out of business. And then you’re not competing with a company per se, but the different layers of management, and managers are often only too happy with a sure shot 30% quarterly growth, rather than risking this and spending time/resources on the chance of 100%. Perhaps, why large organizations find it somewhat difficult to experiment!
Be cautious however, not all of this would apply to new age technology companies, wanting to live on the edge of innovation.
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Tucker, Eric M., "Workers' Health and Safety Struggles: Democratic Possibilities and Constraints" (1992). All Papers. 228.
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SUPAFRIK and Shaman are bringing our popular GUMBO party to the Royal Ontario Museum for their Friday Night Live series, followed by an after party at Tattoo. The night will start with Afrofusion dance lessons lead by some of the best dancers in the city – Esie Mensah and Pulga Muchochoma. We asked them a bit about what they love to get to know them a bit better before they make us sweat on February 5! First up, Esie Mensah.
Esie Mensah is a dancer who is trained in several disciplines – Traditional African, Commercial, and Contemprorary dance. She’s created her own unique style, Afrofusion, which is an amalgamation of her entire dance background. She’s the founder, director, and choreographer of the Black Stars – an elite Afrofusion dance group based in Toronto. She produced a show, Akoma, that ran a the Betty Oliphant Theatre between October 30 to November 1 2015, and has worked with some of the music industries largest stars – JaNelle Monae, Nelly Furtado, Jully Black, Flo Rida, Mariana’s Trench, and most recently, Mr. Vegas.
1. Why do you think African dance has become increasingly popular?
I think there’s been a major shift within this generations of Africans on the continent and Diaspora. I feel that all Africans everywhere are wanting to just show off a culture that has had no love. The things we do naturally are getting glorified which is making everyone everywhere feel proud to be African.
2. What are your top five favourite songs to dance to?
3. Share a clip with us of you dancing!
4. Where can people find you in the city?
Follow me on twitter and instagram @esiemensah!
SUPAFRIK Takes Over Toronto To Kick Off the New Year!
We hope your 2016 ring-in was filled with love, laughter, and lots of Afrobeats. On our end, we’ve been quietly working towards getting ready to kick in SUPAFRIK’s 2016 debut, and it’s looking to be a great. We have linked up with some of the marquee institutions in Toronto, and we’re planning on sprinkling contemporary Africana fairy-dust everywhere we go. Keep reading to find out more!
SUPAFRIK Founder Chinedu Ukabam has been selected as a featured artist at “Come Up to My Room” at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St W). In case you aren’t familiar, it’s the biggest alternative design festival in Toronto. The hotel invites artists and designers to transform rooms and spaces into a world of their own. Chinedu’s installation, “Style and Profile”, is an ode to Afro-Pop-Art. It is inspired by African barbershops and explores notions of identity in all its seriousness and absurdity. He will be creating original prints and mixed media artwork, and collaborating on some furniture designs with his old friend and man of many woods Gregorio Jimenez. We’re inviting you all to come up to HIS room. PS: The big reception party is on the Saturday 23rd.
$25 | School groups book tours with [email protected].
This one, we’re super excited about! Water Carry Me Go is a fashion-art exhibition featuring seven African and Afro-diasporic designers from Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, UK and of course, Canada. Each designer is creating an avant-garde garment for the show. The unique exhibit will centre on the theme of water, an element that connects Africa and its Diasporas in a multitude of ways—as a passage, a cause of displacement and the origin of mythology. The show aims to dismantle artificial distinctions between fashion and art. We could not have done this without the support of TD Bank, Seven Continents, and Honour Carpentry. “Water Carry Me Go” will first debut as a performance art piece with “live” mannequins during the Royal Ontario Museum’s Friday Night Live, before being permanently installed at the Harbourfront Centre’s Architectural Gallery from February 6-12 for their Kuumba festival. Learn more about the artists here!
Kuumba @ Harbourfront Centre| Admission is free for everyone.
GUMBO is back, this time at 2 locations! The ROM will be hosting the 4th edition of the popular GUMBO music series that Chinedu and Wan Luv started last summer. The first party was at Caribana. The last party took us to New Orleans. This time, we’re pulling out all the stops for Carnival time. First, it’ll start it off as a public dance class with renowned choreographers Esie Mensah and Pulga Cesar Muchochoma with music by DJ Revy B to get you up to speed with all the latest dances from Africa and the Caribbean. Then, it’ll morph into an intense Afrobeats/Afrohouse Soca Reggae dance party with Deemaks, Sean Sax, and Donet at Tattoo (567 Queen Street West).
We’ll be updating you all with more information leading up to the event! Be sure to follow us on Instagram @SUPAFRIK and on Twitter @Chinedesign. If you have any questions, email [email protected].
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The Senior Library is under construction near to portico with a new state-of-the-art building equipped with the latest technology. After completion of this Center will take school firmly into the 21st century, and the learning develops here will equip students with the skills they will need to become flexible and innovative, reflective and critical thinkers.
Present Library is situated in first floor of the academic block near to grade 9 class room and we are planning to shift present library to siesta room near primary block opposite to art room at ground floor. Planning committee is doing great job to give back some thing to learning community of the school before beginning of the next academic session.
Hope new Libraries will open shortly and serve efficiently and effectively. Definitely these two libraries will become important social and academic spaces in the school.
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Sense Number 1: (Cause to) physically traverse along a path.
The ship navigated south to Spain.
John navigated his car through the maze of shopping carts.
Sense Number 2: (Cause to) undergo a metaphorical or abstract journey; (cause to) traverse an abstract space.
He navigated his way to the altar after dating for several years.
The Federal Reserve Board is trying to navigate around a recession.
She successfully navigated her program.
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ABILENE — Paula J. Burk Coe, 70, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 31, 2018, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2018, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park.
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Antonio Sacchini, in full Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini, (born June 14, 1730, Florence [Italy]—died Oct. 6, 1786, Paris, France), Italian opera composer who reached the height of his fame in England and France in the second half of the 18th century. Oedipe à Colone (1785), an opera seria (“serious opera”), remains his best-known work.
Although he was of humble background, Sacchini received thorough training at an early age in violin, keyboard instruments, singing, and composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples. Following the positive reception of several of his operas, he was hired as secondo maestro to teach at the conservatory upon the retirement of the primo maestro, Gennaro Manna, in 1761. In the same year, Sacchini’s first opera seria, Andromaca, opened at the premiere opera theatre of Naples, the Teatro San Carlo.
While continuing to provide a steady output of operas for Naples during the early 1760s, Sacchini expanded his activity northward by writing operas for theatres in Rome. He moved to Rome in 1763 and found that his comic works for the Teatro Valle were particularly well received. In 1768 Sacchini moved again, this time to Venice, where he was named director of the famed Conservatorio dell’Ospedaletto. Among his most notable works written for performance in Venice were two in the operia seria genre, the acclaimed Alessandro Severo (1762) and Alessandro nelle Indie (1763; “Alexander in the Indies”)—composed before his actual move to the city—as well as a number of oratorios, written to be performed by the students of his conservatory, and many sacred works for various Venetian churches. While living in Venice, Sacchini also continued to teach, counting among his students two of the preeminent singers of the period, Adriana Gabrieli and Nancy Storace (both later associated with Mozart in Vienna).
Sacchini’s operatic career abroad, which began with works for the Ducal Theatre in Stuttgart and the Residenz Theater in Munich, culminated in his relocation to London in 1772. He remained in London for nine years, and during that time he experienced some of his greatest triumphs—particularly in opera seria—and secured the favour of the British public. Indeed, the foremost music historian of the period, Charles Burney, described Sacchini’s London operas as equal or superior in quality to any others performed there in the 1770s. In the shadow of his operatic successes, however, Sacchini was noted for his profligate and dissolute style of living, and in 1781 he was constrained to leave London for Paris to avoid debtors’ prison.
The timing of Sacchini’s arrival in Paris was fortuitous, since it coincided with the visit of Austrian emperor Joseph II, who had become familiar with Sacchini’s works through performances in Vienna and warmly recommended Sacchini to his sister, Queen Marie Antoinette, for patronage. At the time, however, the rivalry between advocates of the reform-minded German opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck and those of his Italian counterpart Niccolò Piccinni was at its height, and Sacchini found himself ill-equipped to negotiate the attendant intrigues. His first two operas performed in France were actually adaptations of earlier Italian operas, but the unsuccessful Dardanus, performed in Versailles in 1784, was an original French opera. Variously claimed and rejected by both the “Gluckists” and the “Piccinnists” in the ongoing controversy, Sacchini suffered a major setback when Marie Antoinette, under heavy pressure from the anti-Piccinni faction, went back on her word to have his new French opera Oedipe à Colone (“Oedipus at Colonus”) performed in 1785; the work was ultimately given a posthumous production in February 1787.
Oedipe à Colone has been generally acknowledged as Sacchini’s masterpiece. It managed to remain within the repertoire of the Paris Opéra through the mid-19th century, and it also received occasional revivals elsewhere, including Naples in 1808 and 1817, Frankfurt in 1862, and Brussels in 1881. More recent revivals, such as the 1992 production at the Festival de Radio France de Montpellier and the 2005 staging by the American opera company Opera Lafayette, have cemented the reputation of Oedipe à Colone as a classic.
Though opera was Sacchini’s principal sphere of activity, he also made important contributions to church music and instrumental genres, particularly chamber music.
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Spong’s argument is that the generations raised in this kind of doctrine- and creed-based church environment, become closed-minded, racist, sexist, homophobic adults who are ignorant to the facts so clearly visible in the known universe.
Ultimately, what he recommends is the creation of a new church — not Christianity 3.0, but a full re-boot. A Christianity that returns us to the original teachings, mission and ministry of Jesus Christ.
It’s a bold and well-articulated statement that is worthy of discussion in every Christian church around the world. How influenced by the theistic concept of God is the Christian myth of Jesus? And, when you move beyond theism to post-modern understandings of The Christ, are you still considered a Christian?
Spong doesn’t leave us alone entirely to wrestle with these questions. He provides some details of what his vision for the new “Ecclesia” will be. The qualities of this new church/not-a-church will include things like: community (people gathering and finding meaningful connection), sacred stories (myths), a sense of ecological and biological interdependence (Gaia, web of life), self-consciousness and self-awareness in individuals, an emphasis on human welfare (universal compassion), and the importance of ritual (religious and spiritual practice) for individuals and families.
Spong has an exhaustive body of work, and frankly, I find it interesting that he has not gained more traction among the progressives and modern/contemporary Christian churches. Then again, maybe he has. Maybe there are classes being taught and book discussions being held right now by church members totally amped-up for a new and fresh version of Christianity for the post-modern age. If you’re out there, I want to hear from you.
What do you think of Bishop Spong’s “Ecclesia?” Do you think that by stripping the Jesus story of the orthodox baggage, we arrive at a purer form of God-experience? And, do you think that we can still call that experience Christianity?
This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at 11:07 pm and tagged with Bishop John Shelby Spong, Christ, Christianity, Church, Ecclesia, Elaine Pagels, Gaia, Gnostic, Gnostic Gospels, Humanism, interdependence, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, mythology, orthodox, reform, Rev Dr. Matthew Fox, Unitarian Universalism and posted in Critique, Debate. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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This whole idea of getting back to the true message of Jesus is a bit tired. We have no idea what his true message is short of the bible. If we can only base our ideas of Jesus (and god) from the bible, there is no wonder people fear a wraithful god, a god who condones slavery, misogyny, homophobia, etc. Everything written about Jesus/god is entirely derived from the same bible that does not preach “indiscriminate love for humanity.” Sure you can cherry pick and make Jesus/god out to be this all loving creator of everything, but the only source we have completely flies in the face of such an assertion.
I agree the church needs to change and adapt to the understandings of our natural surroundings. But is the word of god changeable? If the bible is a mix of parables, morality, science, and history, how do we determine one from another when things that have been accepted as historically accurate by the church are proven false? This reinterpretation of the bible as our knowledge of the universe increases, seems silly and contrary to the message it seems to promote.
Ken, I think we need to make a distinction between the Hebrew God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament (“I and the Father are one,” John 10:29-31). We should also take into account that there are not only multiple translations and versions of The Bible, but God and Jesus sound different in each of them. If we can agree that there are different “Gods” present in The Bible (or at the very least that God through the experience of Jesus is a very different God), can we also agree that this scripture itself is interpreted differently by different people, at different times, based on their culture and worldview? And, if so, then “reinterpretation … as our knowledge of the universe increases” doesn’t seem silly at all. It seems crucial. And it should happen daily.
“Is the word of God changeable?” I would say, yes. Every time you hear it. And not because the situation (or “the word”) has changed, but because “I” have been transformed.
It’s difficult to get past the stubbornness and denial. In reading his 12 points, they can easily be deduced to one simple admission: Christianity is fraudulent. Bold articulation doesn’t mask the fact that he’s shilling for a branded cash cow.
Hunter, I have to say, this is my one sticking point. I believe that the movement Spong is spearheading will eventually cause a wider shift and reform among Christians. But, why not draw a line in the sand now and just create something new that’s not called “Christianity?” To clarify, are you saying that he’s being sensational with the words “Church” and “Christianity” in the titles of his books and writings in order to market them to a “Christian” audience? If so, I agree, but that is the target audience, no?
One may not totally agree with everything or word from Bishop Spong’s book but he is asking relevant questions which are bound to provoke more questions. For instance, how truthful is the account of Jesus as revealed from the Bible? And why is there no record of Jesus’ writings? Like, Gospel of Jesus or Book of Jesus? Why are we left with only people’s quotations and interpretations of his words and actions? For someone who started very early to question authorities in the Synagogues, how come we cannot pick up any book by him today? So, there must be a reason or conspiracy to deny the world the truth surrounding Jesus and his mission which has produced so many billionaires and millionaires who have cleaned up by preaching and teaching the world about about Jesus and the Church. But there will be no end, until the end of the beginning?
Denial of Theism, denial of Jesus’ Divinity, denial of the virgin birth, denial of the resurrection, and denial of prayers to a personal deity. Guess we know where this tired conversation is going!
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One cop shot a man carrying what appeared to be a real gun — and then a trio of officers saved his life.
The resourceful cops used sweatpants and a piece of a wooden door frame to create a tourniquet on Thursday night. The officers had responded to an active crime scene in Brooklyn where Naeem Graham was bleeding to death after whirling toward police and pointing a BB gun around 10 p.m.
Graham, 19, was plugged once in the leg in East Flatbush near the intersection of E. 34th St. and Church Ave.
Enter Officers Remy Jean-Francois, 33, Philip Longo, 30, and Kevin Hunter, 33. They stopped the bleeding.
"It's a good feeling that you're able to save someone's life despite what had taken place prior," Hunter said. "We would like to feel that we did all that we could."
The drama began when someone called 911 to report a man with a gun at a store near the intersection.
Two uniformed officers, Fabian Modesto and his partner Richard Ortega, reached the store and confronted Graham and tried to arrest him. Graham took off with what appeared to a gun in one hand. He suddenly turned and pointed the object at them, sources said.
Modesto, on the force six years, fired one round, hitting Graham in the left leg.
Longo, Hunter, and Jean-Francois, a 67th Precinct Neighborhood Coordinating Officer, rushed to the scene.
"There was a blood trail from the entrance of the apartment building," Longo said. "He was lying in a good amount of his own blood."
Jean-Francois, a trained medic and volunteer firefighter from Rockville Centre saw heavy bleeding and knew from experience that the bullet severed Graham's femoral artery. He also noticed that Graham was taking short breaths.
"He was completely unresponsive," he said. "It looked like his eyes were kind of rolling back in his head. The loss of blood was what was life-threatening."
They removed Graham's sweatpants. Francois then cut the string out of the sweatpants and made the tourniquet with the pants. He looped the string around the leg and then wrapped it around the piece of the door frame. He then twirled the wood around several times, tightening the string so that it stopped the flow of blood.
While the Finest worked on Graham, medics were having trouble getting to the scene because of a logjam of police vehicles, according to a 911 radio recording reviewed by the Daily News.
That was cleared up and medics reached Graham and fashioned a proper tourniquet.
They rushed Graham to Kings County Hospital, where he was initially thought likely to die. But doctors were able to stabilize him. They credit Jean-Francois with saving his life.
As for saving a man who minutes earlier had pointed what appeared to be a weapon at police, all three said they were just doing their jobs.
"It's second nature now. It's what you are trained to do," Jean-Francois said. "Once we determine that our officers are ok, we just dive right in and do what we were trained to do."
Charges have yet to be filed against Graham, who has 17 prior arrests, including busts for robbery and weapons possession.
Graham posted a profane video on Facebook at about 6 p.m., four hours before he was shot.
"We about to do crimes," he wrote. "I got to get up out of here ... My gang member's about to pop out. I'm about to get situated."
The video shows him buying cups of ice. He poured liquor into the cups.
"I need to start going to school more," he says at one point.
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Many people here in the US are well about the devestating flooding in Vermont and other states in the Northeast as a result of hurrican Irene. Vermont, being the small state that it is, suffered probably the worst due to the abundance of small streams turning into large rivers, which in turn washed way many low lying bridges. Many of these bridges were on small two lane roads that were the only direct routes between anywhere and no where; many were left stranded and unable to receive aid for many days.
Phish has announced a last minute concert to raise both awareness and funds to provide relief to Vermonters affected by this devestating storm. The band will play in Essex Junction, Vermont; tickets go on sale at 10:00 this Saturday, September 10th. If you would like more information please click here.
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CHENNAI: An enthusiastic chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu, who is keen on getting every man and his dog to the polling booth on May 16, has instructed the labour department to declare election day a paid holiday -a decision strongly resisted by major IT companies of the state.
Chief electoral officer Rajesh Lakhoni has instructed the labour department to issue a government order that will direct employers to observe a paid holiday on polling day to raise the voting percentage, especially of Chennai City, which has averaged 67% so far.
Work demands have been a key reason for a low turnout tally state-wide.
While the officer has used social media to urge voters between 18 and 29 years to ex ercise their franchise, his special target seems to be the nearly 3.5-lakh strong IT workforce of the state.
“This is not a novel attempt. I am merely enforcing a law,“ says Lakhoni, who was earlier handling the energy and agriculture portfolios before he was assigned the task of conducting the poll for the state legislature.
While the attempt is not altogether new, the commission is working on a last-mile push this time.
“We have asked all district collectors to hold meetings with all companies to enforce this rule,“ added Lakhoni. Permission to grant a paid holiday is provided in the rulebook, says a top-level bureaucrat in the state labour department, who confirmed that an instruction to direct employers for the poll holiday has been received.
However, software developers believe their mandates on continuous delivery warrant a rule relaxation. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has asked the state election commission to take into account the exemption from full holiday given by the state government of Maharashtra during state elections held in 2014. The draft IT policy of Tamil Nadu also proposes to consider IT and allied services as “continuous process industries“ which stand for laxer rules when it comes to mandatory holiday on election days. A sizeable portion of the IT workforce includes employees from other states whom, Nasscom says, can work on Election Day. About 15% of the country's 3-million strong technology workforce resides in Chennai, catering to a global clientele that includes Walmart, Citigroup, drugmakers AstraZeneca and Novartis, and financial services firm JPMorgan Chase.
A spokesperson for Tata Consultancy Services told ET that the decision on the mandatory holiday has not been taken as yet. Cognizant refused to comment. Automakers like Nissan, Ashok Ley land and Ford could not be reached for comment.
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Dark Sky Aerial is a cutting-edge, aerial theatre and performance art company based in Flagstaff, Arizona and Mill Valley, California.
The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is dedicated to creating thought-provoking repertory work, connecting the audience to their humanity.
Dark Sky Aerial is a dream realized by six women: Abby Chan, Carrie Gaydos, Elisa Venezia, Isabelle Dove-Robinson, Nikki Gallant, and Joan Garcia.
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5%87°67°Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 69 °F (20.6 °C).Thunderstorms with a high of 85 °F (29.4 °C). Winds variable.
25%77°67°Rain today with a high of 77 °F (25.0 °C) and a low of 67 °F (19.4 °C). There is a 25% chance of precipitation.
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43.a. The genitive singular anciently ended in -āī (dissyllabic), which is occasionally found, as in aulāī. The same ending sometimes occurs in the dative, but only as a diphthong.
b. An old genitive in -ās is preserved in the word familiās, often used in the combinations pater (māter, fīlius, fīlia) familiās, father, etc., of a family (plur. patrēs familiās or familiārum).
So also in the Greek nouns amphora and drachma.
But, except when the two sexes are mentioned together (as in formulas, documents, etc.), the form in -īs is preferred in all but dea and fīlia.
Note 1— The old ending of the Ablative singular (-ād) is sometimes retained in early Latin.
Note 2— In the dative and ablative plural -eis for -īs is sometimes found, and -iīs (as in taeniīs) is occasionally contracted to -īs (taenīs); so regularly in words in -âia (Bâīs, from Bâiae).
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Newlyweds Katy Perry and Russell Brand are getting one surprise congratulations just days after marrying in an elaborate ceremony in India. Perry's former flame, Travie McCoy, is sending his best to the newly married couple.
"We haven't really kept in contact that much [since splitting up]," he said, according to OMG, Music! "But we've crossed paths and I wish her the best [with her marriage]." McCoy and Perry broke up at the end of 2008, after dating for more than a year.
McCoy is the subject of one of Perry's most scathing tracks off her album Teenage Dream. In "Circle the Drain," she sings of an ex who apparently had some issues: "You fall asleep during foreplay/ 'Cause the pills you take are more your forte." Recently, McCoy responded to the track to MTV News, saying, "I heard she put out a song that's about me, or about some old habits or whatever. [And] I look at it like this: I'm just stoked that she finally has a song with some substance on her record. Good job."
As for the happy couple, they reportedly are honeymooning in the Maldives. According to TooFab.com, "The newlyweds took a private helicopter near wedding site Ranthambore National Park to the city of Jaipur, where they took a flight to the Maldives — a chain of islands known for its tropical resorts. ... Friends joined them on the flight."
At the wedding, Perry wore an Elie Saab haute couture dress that was dove gray with lace sleeves. "Russell Brand and Katy Perry are overjoyed to confirm that they were pronounced Mr. and Mrs. Brand on Saturday, October 23," the couple said in a statement sent to MTV News. "The very private and spiritual ceremony, attended by the couples' closest family and friends, was performed by a Christian minister and longtime friend of the Hudson Family [Katy's given name]. The backdrop was the inspirational and majestic countryside of Northern India."
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Influenza is thought to be communicated from person to person by multiple pathways. However, the relative importance of different routes of influenza transmission is unclear. To better understand the potential for the airborne spread of influenza, we measured the amount and size of aerosol particles containing influenza virus that were produced by coughing. Subjects were recruited from patients presenting at a student health clinic with influenza-like symptoms. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from the volunteers and they were asked to cough three times into a spirometer. After each cough, the cough-generated aerosol was collected using a NIOSH two-stage bioaerosol cyclone sampler or an SKC BioSampler. The amount of influenza viral RNA contained in the samplers was analyzed using quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qPCR) targeting the matrix gene M1. For half of the subjects, viral plaque assays were performed on the nasopharyngeal swabs and cough aerosol samples to determine if viable virus was present. Fifty-eight subjects were tested, of whom 47 were positive for influenza virus by qPCR. Influenza viral RNA was detected in coughs from 38 of these subjects (81%). Thirty-five percent of the influenza RNA was contained in particles>4 µm in aerodynamic diameter, while 23% was in particles 1 to 4 µm and 42% in particles<1 µm. Viable influenza virus was detected in the cough aerosols from 2 of 21 subjects with influenza. These results show that coughing by influenza patients emits aerosol particles containing influenza virus and that much of the viral RNA is contained within particles in the respirable size range. The results support the idea that the airborne route may be a pathway for influenza transmission, especially in the immediate vicinity of an influenza patient. Further research is needed on the viability of airborne influenza viruses and the risk of transmission.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 10(5):404-413.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 12(2):107-113.
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2019-04-25T20:05:48Z
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/4303
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SALT LAKE CITY — Brace yourselves, Heinz’ “Mayochup” is happening — but it may not exactly have that name.
The condiment empire announced Monday it’s pushing forward its plan at putting the mayonnaise and ketchup love child on store shelves in the near future, but opened it up to its audience for name suggestions.
The announcement comes after 55 percent of more than 900,000 voters in a Twitter poll urged the company for the product last week. Of course, that poll also enraged many Utahns who pointed out that ketchup and mayonnaise is a culinary icon known as fry sauce in the Beehive State.
Many took to Twitter to point that out, and that name also popped up several times in the suggestions for Mayochup’s replacement name Monday.
Other names were also suggested, including what other regions of the world already call the product that has been around for quite awhile.
#MayoKetchup is from Puerto Rico you can even buy it on @amazon@GoyaFoods what are you guys gonna do about this.
To no surprise, someone also made a “Step Brothers” reference, where the condiment delicacy was featured.
So, it appears it's only a matter of time until Heintz’ version of fry sauce hits your local supermarket shelves. There’s only one question left: What will it be called?
Click here if you are having trouble accessing the poll.
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2019-04-20T23:16:55Z
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Striking a balance: Conservation vs Industry in a treatment of coining tools from the Perth Mint.
Coining master tools from the Perth Mint have finally arrived at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne where they will be undergoing a month-long treatment and analysis on corrosion products forming on their surfaces.
These tools are part of a collection of the Mint’s manufacturing output since 1986 (Goldcorp 1999). Despite careful storage by tool makers and fabricators, the collection is exhibiting the full rainbow of known iron corrosion products. It is thus likely that this initial treatment will lead into and inform a mass conservation project of these objects over the coming months.
Masters, matrices, reduction punches, hobs, working hobs or hubs are just some of the handful of names used for these tools, whose precise engineering and artisanal fabrication is crucial in the coin manufacturing process (Goldcorp 2018). Equal parts industrial heritage objects and fine metalwork, they need to be strong enough to withstand great pressure to forge the next steel coining tools, known as dies, whilst also capturing the elegant and minute details of a coin relief design.
This image shows the gradual machine working of raw steel billet to produce the master tool (third from left) and the die (far right).
Significant collections of cultural materials aren’t always located in climate controlled museums and galleries. These tools are part of the continually growing and functioning manufacturing collections at the Mint and they must remain onsite for ease of access for designers, fabricators and toolmakers. However, the factory setting has proven to be a less-than-ideal storage facility and these tools have been subject to fluctuations in temperature and RH as well as atmospheric pollutants from the industrial processes in the production areas adjacent. The custodians have shown a great awareness of this need for preventive care and have started to move the collection to a more stable environment on the East Perth premises, to both facilitate daily access and hopefully stabilise the corrosion process. They also have requested storage recommendations as well as conservation assessment of the industrial wax currently used to coat them. If the current coating is deemed unsuitable, part of the treatment will incorporate suggesting a suitable and sustainable conservation grade alternative corrosion inhibitor.
The custodians have also requested that any proposed methodologies are practical for a mass conservation treatment of the remainder of the collection. This eliminates methods and materials that are too costly in financial terms, human resources and environmental impact and treatments will be devised this month to allow for these logistical considerations.
Conservation decision making and corrosion- to treat or not to treat?
Steel corrosion is a big problem in both industry and cultural materials conservation. In fact, a fifth of global iron production is used to replace rusted steel in industry (Zumdahl & Zumdahl 2007). Because of this, corrosion prevention couples nicely with sustainable best-practice in both fields.
Not all corrosion products are made equally and they don’t necessarily spell disaster for metallic objects. The CCI identifies passive or stable iron corrosion as compact and adherent, varying in colour from blue-black to red-brown and isn’t necessarily harmful to material, sometimes even acting to prevent further corrosion. Active corrosion is identified as flaking or powdering, voluminous and varying in colour from browns, to yellows to bright oranges and reds and is usually more destructive(Logan 1986).
Its removal is irreversible; an action more in line with traditional concepts of restoration than with the contemporary principles of minimal intervention in conservation practice.
Common treatments of corroded metals, particularly archaeological iron, are to stabilise and convert active corrosion products (Logan 1987). This preserves the distinctive markings and ensures that no further damage from oxygen and moisture occurs. However, the Perth Mint custodians would like the corrosion stripped from these tools altogether. They are concerned that the technical specification is obscured and the corrosion is masking the fact that they are significant cultural and industrial heritage items. The damaged objects look like scrap metal, increasing their risk of being accidentally discarded. The request for a more restorative approach than contemporary conservation usually favours has required an in-depth investigation of what corrosion is, what it can tell us about an object or collection’s history and when is it ethical to remove it entirely.
Treatment methodology- the fast and the furious.
These seven tools were selected for this initial, somewhat experimental treatment because they represent a cross section of the corrosion products seen throughout the collection from the compact, tightly adhered brown corrosion visible on tools 1 and 2, through to the friable, red iron corrosion visible on tools 5 and 7.
This treatment required a lot of thinking, planning and preparation as once chemical treatments of metal objects are initiated, subsequent treatment steps need to follow swiftly and smoothly to prevent the treatment going further than intended or flash rust from quickly forming on the newly exposed metallic surfaces (Logan 1987).
Dark, blue-black corrosion product is visible in splash like patterns down the sides of the tools. The custodians suggested that this is probably caused by a casting oil being heated during an annealing heat treatment that the tools undergo. This pattern will be preserved as it is probably stable and alludes to the tool’s manufacturing history and usage. Another very compact and black adhesion product was identified around the circumference of 565.3 and being similarly stable and having no physical volume, it was decided to not remove it using potentially damaging chemical treatments.
The red-orange rust of Tools 5 & 7 is most likely the active and aggressive mineral corrosion product akagenéite and its vibrant colour and friable surface suggests it formed quite rapidly(Logan 1987 & Selwyn 2004). Tools 1, 2 and 4 have a more adherent, dark corrosion product on the cut surface so after analysis, the decision was made to chemically treat tools 1,2,4, 5 and 7 on the horizontal surfaces only to reveal the technical specification and prevent further losses.
Tools 3 and 6 were smeared with aged grease which was easily removed using petroleum spirits and cotton swabs and there was no need to subject them to aggressive chemical treatments. Tool 4 was addressed next, as it contained a mixture of aged grease concretions and potential pitting corrosion. Cleaning revealed the extent of the corrosion and it became apparent that a chemical treatment would also be necessary.
This treatment presented the opportunity to experiment with materials and methods and understand the benefits of preparing solutions in the laboratory versus proprietary rust-removal and inhibitors. Two strengths of citric acid and deionised water were tested, these were effective at removing very loose, friable corrosion but less effective with the more adherent black corrosion in pits. There was also a slight, perceivable colour change of the surface steel which may be acceptable in industry, but not within a conservation context. The proprietary product, Renaissance metal decorroder, was the most effective material tested, with a viscosity thick enough for a controlled application, targeting only the horizontal surface. It solubilised most of the surface corrosion, even the adherent black corrosion that the citric acid solutions failed to shift.
A thorough regime of rinsing the tools was necessary to wash all acids from the surface as these can remain in the corrosion pits and continue to attack the metallic structure (Watkinson 2010). The tools were rinsed alternately under running deionised water and a bath of deionised water inhibited with 1% thiourea to prevent flash rusting occurring from the oxygenated rinse water. The surface pH was measured with universal indicator strips to determine a neutral surface had been achieved.
All surfaces were dewatered with several passes of ethanol on cotton swabs. This was deemed sufficient and more environmentally sound than employing a solvent bath system.
Once dried fully, the tools were coated with Senson Marine Guard for their journey back to Perth, where the coating will be assessed by custodians and can be removed easily with methylated spirits if it is deemed unsuitable for their purposes. Senson’s manufacturing facility is located in W.A. which also supports sustainability if the mint decide to source a bulk amount of the material to continue the mass conservation treatment.
And the winner is…conservation or industry?
As conservators, the ultimate goal is to provide access to objects amongst other benefits to custodians whilst upholding ideals of preservation and maintaining professional integrity through ethical and risk-averse decision making and practices (AICCM 2002).
Requiring a highly interventive treatment methodology to meet the custodians wishes to restore a high-value, newly minted aesthetic, revealing the important technical specification and saving the objects from the scrap heap is a treatment that would push most conservators outside of their professional comfort zone. The artist engravers at the Mint are enthusiastically implementing recommendations made throughout this treatment regarding coatings and ideal storage and they hope to continue engagement with the wider conservation community to ensure that their collections continue to be a viable cultural heritage asset for the Perth Mint in years to come.
All photos by Claire Rowson, ©2018 The Perth Mint.
Thanks to the Perth Mint for generously allowing access to their objects and collections for this treatment. The author also acknowledges Jenny Dickens for her advice regarding metal conservation methodologies and her general expertise in the field of objects conservation. Thanks always to the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, its faculty and fellow second-year students.
GoldCorp 1999, A Century of Minting Excellence: The history of Australian coin production at the Perth Mint, GoldCorp Australia, Perth.
Zumdahl, S and Zumdahl, S 2007, Chemistry: Seventh Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, USA.
Horie, C. 1987, Materials for Conservation: Organic Consolidants, Adhesives and Coatings, Butterworths, London.
Logan, J 1986, ‘Recognizing Active Corrosion’, Canadian Conservation Institute.
Watkinson, D. (2010) ‘Preservation of metallic cultural heritage.’ In Richardson J. A. et al.(eds.) Shrier’s corrosion, volume 4, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Logan, J 1987, ‘Care and Cleaning of Iron’, Canadian Conservation Institute.
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2019-04-18T21:36:34Z
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https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/cultcons/2018/11/12/striking-a-balance-conservation-vs-industry-in-a-treatment-of-coining-tools-from-the-perth-mint/
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Fresh from being acquired by a California company, Orlando-based Teranex Systems Inc. says it has received an infusion of capital to boost its product-development and global-marketing efforts.
Teranex, an advanced video-technology company, changed parent companies in May when Jupiter Systems Inc. acquired the former Lockheed Martin Corp. spinoff from Silicon Optix Inc. of San Jose, Calif.
It is the second time in five years that Teranex has been acquired. Silicon Optix bought the company in 2004.
"We expect this to help us with the expansion of our product line, expansion of our markets and of the business in general," said Mike Poirier, Teranex's general manager. "This is an exciting milestone for our company."
Poirier said the deal should give a boost to Teranex's global sales of real-time video image-processing systems.
Teranex's image-processing products are used in video format conversions, film restoration, video noise reductions and other tasks in the video-broadcast industry.
The deal with Jupiter followed a two-year process of working with Teranex's former parent to find a new owner -- one whose business was more compatible with the local company's work, according to Poirier. Three companies, including Jupiter, bid for Teranex.
"There were many factors why Jupiter won the bid, from technical synergy to financial stability," he said.
Jupiter Systems, based in Hayward near San Francisco, is a developer of command-and-control video-display walls and other visual systems for commercial, military and government operations.
"Teranex is a strategic acquisition," Jupiter's founder and chief executive, Eric Wogsberg, said in a written statement. "Its technology complements our own efforts and enables us to provide our customers with even higher levels of video quality."
The nation's new federal "cyber czar" faces serious obstacles to solving the nation's information-technology problems, but the Obama administration is making the right move in creating such a position, experts said this week during a national press forum sponsored by Melbourne-based Harris Corp.
Harris sponsored the event as part of its cyber-security business development. It recently expanded its security-technology business by acquiring Crucial Security Inc., a key player in cyberspace solutions for law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Entrenched bureaucracy, unclear authority and the fast pace of change in technology are just a few of the challenges ahead for the new federal cyberspace administrator, an expert panel told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
"I think the administration has taken the appropriate first step," said Dale Meyerrose, Harris' top cyberspace executive and a former senior intelligence technology officer for the government. "They have acknowledged that the status quo is unacceptable and are setting priorities."
But it could take years to overcome the government's entrenched bureaucracy, the experts agreed.
"There are a lot of competing interests," said former Congressman Tom Davis, now government relations director for Deloitte LLP. "Key questions will be how much authority the coordinator has and how they will deal with getting legislative initiatives through Congress, where everyone will want to have a say."
James Bamford, a journalist and author on cyberspace, noted that the job has no real power or budget, which could make it subordinate to the National Security Agency director.
"That would present quite a dilemma in terms of public civil liberties," he said.
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2019-04-24T09:00:15Z
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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2009-06-29-tech-story.html
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Opening Day is nearly upon us and the weather is planning on cooperating.
Check back for daily weather updates as Opening Day approaches.
The Opening Day Parade begins at noon Thursday, along Race and Fifth streets. The Reds' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates is scheduled to begin at 4:10 p.m.
Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high near 65. Overnight temperatures will dip down to 49 and there is a chance of showers ager 3 a.m.
"The high will gradually move east of the region tonight into Wednesday. A cold front will approach the area from the northwest on Thursday, bringing increasing clouds and a chance of showers," the National Weather Service said.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Overnight low around 26.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Overnight low around 39.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Overnight chance of showers, mainly after 3 a.m. Low around 50.
Friday: A chance of showers before 5 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 65. Overnight chance of showers after 10 p.m. with a low around 52.
Saturday: Showers and a high near 62 for FC Cincinnati fans. Overnight rain showers before 4 a.m. and possible snow showers. Low around 33.
Sunday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Overnight low around 29.
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2019-04-18T23:20:13Z
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https://ux.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/03/25/reds-opening-day-weather-forecast-sunny-high-67/3265613002/
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The second half of the season is upon us. Here are your questions on Twitter @ChrisBrownBills and email at [email protected].
Who should be feared more in Sunday’s game against the Saints: Drew Brees, Mark Ingram or Alvin Kamara?
CB: It’s Brees. The way he manipulates defensive backs with his pump fakes, shoulder fakes and eyes only makes him more effective. I don’t know that I’ve seen a more consistently accurate QB than him ever. Kamara is a multi-dimensional weapon who needs to be accounted for, but it starts and ends with Brees.
Do u foresee the Bills trying to re-sign Wr J.Matthews and CB EJ Gaines? 2 players they traded for!
CB: I expect Jordan Matthews to be high on their priority list. Gaines’ future in Buffalo I believe will hinge on his availability the rest of the way this season. I like Gaines personally and think he’s an effective cornerback when healthy. The issue is his week to week availability has not been there and Sean McDermott does place a priority on that.
I’m not saying I know that will hurt his chances of returning, but it could be a factor in how high a priority they place on returning Gaines to the fold for 2018 and beyond.
Any chance Milano starts this week since it appears speedier linebackers will be needed to stop the strong screen game?
CB: I don’t expect Milano to start, but it’s clear to me that he has something to offer the defense in coverage assignments underneath. That is an area of the field that the Saints look to exploit.
I think Humber is underrated in coverage, but Milano has some pass coverage instincts you just can’t teach, which likely stem from his time as safety early in his college career.
Last week against the Jets, Milano was used in some subpackages on obvious passing downs. He also got 10 snaps, but I’d expect that to continue.
CB: My personal opinion is you should draft a QB every year. Knowing Chiefs head coach Andy Reid subscribed to that approach when he was in Philadelphia, I believe it’s possible we could see a quarterback drafted next spring by Buffalo.
The fact that Peterman is on the roster doesn’t carry a whole lot of weight in preventing them from drafting another one as I see it. The bigger question is whether they believe that a QB prospect that they could draft is an upgrade in comparison to Peterman, and I suppose Tyrod Taylor as well.
For Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott it’s about upgrading the roster. If a player is an upgrade, at any position, it’s a viable possibility in the draft or through any other means the club can add a player.
Who is going to leading the charge Sunday?
CB: It will be former Bills RB Antowain Smith.
On a short week a starter on offense and defense are still trying to heal up. Richie Incognito and E.J. Gaines were both kept off the practice field on Tuesday. Incognito played last Sunday with an ankle sprain and got through the game, but is likely sore. Gaines is trying to recover from a hamstring injury suffered against the Buccaneers in Week 7. Their official status will be known on Wednesday for Thursday night’s game.
The news is much more encouraging for S Jordan Poyer. He said he’s optimistic about returning to the lineup after missing last week’s game with a knee injury.
LB Ramon Humber is also closer to returning to the lineup after he participated in practice on Tuesday on a limited basis. Here’s the full injury report.
Bills head coach Rex Ryan said this week that the fourth preseason game is a chance for a guy to earn a spot on the roster. He thought a couple of players did that in Detroit.
When asked for players who made a good case for themselves in the loss to the Lions, Ryan had a few players in mind.
Bills LB Ramon Humber, just signed Wednesday morning, did make the trip to Detroit with the team and will play Thursday night.
Humber has familiarity with Rex Ryan’s 3-4 scheme having played in a similar version the past three seasons in New Orleans under Rob Ryan, where he previously served as defensive coordinator.
Humber will wear jersey number 50.
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2019-04-21T23:03:59Z
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http://blogs.buffalobills.com/tag/ramon-humber/
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Sorry for the late replies, I am on leave.
> update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for mozilla-javaplugin.so.
> Should I just ignore this?
> Change the ident's to md5's.
> I am not sure what ident auth is.
>> I do hope I find you well.
>> Do you know of any workaround for this?
>> psql: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "postgres"
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2019-04-21T17:14:39Z
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http://lists.lib.sun.ac.za/pipermail/duraspace/2010-June/000471.html
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PIRO score for community-acquired pneumonia: A new prediction rule for assessment of severity in intensive care unit patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Lisboa et al. Critical Care Medicine. 37(2):456-462, Feb 2009.
Thanks to Dr. Saule for the presentation on this paper, which can be found in the blue box named PIRO VAP.
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2019-04-26T14:29:48Z
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https://criticalinsight.wordpress.com/tag/piro/
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Based in large part on the strong analytical framework found in The Hidden Game of Football and the work of Aaron Schatz, Brian Burke, etc.
Basically, 86% of the variation in QBR is explained by Football Outsiders' VOA metric, and 81% is explained by our Adjusted Net YPA stat. Oddly enough, even though QBR factors in rushing plays, Ultimate Adjusted YPA correlates worse with QBR than Adjusted Net YPA -- in essence, uAYA tracks more closely with QBR if you remove its rushing components.
Which QB is Likely to be Best in 2011?
In light of the research Chase & JKL have done about the consistency of passing stats between seasons, I was wondering which quarterbacks were likely to be best in 2011 -- assuming there is a 2011 season -- if we take their 2010 numbers and strip away the factors that were heavily influenced by luck or other elements beyond a player's control.
Robert Duvall once said "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" in Apocalypse Now. I have never smelled napalm before, but there is something I enjoy. I love the smell of freshly produced spreadsheets on quarterbacks that will provide the data to expose myths and spit in the face of conventional wisdoms. I want to know why certain teams succeed and others fail, especially in the postseason. Well after my latest research efforts, I feel much more knowledgeable about certain quarterbacks and why their playoff record is what it is.
Just in time for a big quarterback match-up in Super Bowl XLV between Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers, I compiled playoff drive stats for two dozen quarterbacks that have played in the last thirty years. It was my goal to get every quarterback with at least 8 playoff starts since 1980, and I almost succeeded. Only Phil Simms, Joe Theismann, Jim Plunkett and Danny White were left out due to lack of complete career data. I also included a few active quarterbacks with 4-7 playoff starts to their credit. I used official NFL gamebooks to get this data. While many of these gamebooks offer drive summaries, I actually went through the play-by-play for each drive (over 3400 of them) to get a better understanding of how the game progressed and for more accurate statistics.
Those are your conventional passing stats. Drive stats are something I have taken much interest in the last few years. I guess it started with my work on fourth quarter drives, and has since carried over to the full game. They offer more measures of efficiency and give better insight into how productive a team's offense or defense is and what style or tempo they may play at. Think about basketball and how the stats for a run and gun/fast break offense are going to be different than the numbers of a half-court offense.
The number of possessions a team gets in a game or season is one of the most overlooked parts of football. Every offense and defense is held to the same standard of points and yards scored/allowed, but did the defense that allows 20 points on 8 drives really play better than the defense that allowed 24 points on 13 drives? Some teams get the ball less than others year after year, meaning their offense has to play at a higher level on fewer opportunities. This would make the offense's stats look better, and the defense's look worse since they are not on the field as much as other teams. The Colts have often been a team in recent seasons that are at the bottom or close to it in offensive possessions every season. Jon Gruden, on a Monday Night Football telecast in Miami in 2009, is probably the only analyst I have heard reference this fact in the media.
If you are not familiar with drive stats, I would highly recommend a visit to that section on the FootballOutsiders site, where Jim Armstrong does a great job of putting out the drive stats on a weekly basis each season. They are listed for 1997-2010. You can familiarize yourself with the kind of numbers you can expect from an offense that is ranked at the top of the league, the average, and at the bottom, to use as a reference when you look over these playoff drive stats.
Disclaimer: the stats presented here are in the quarterback's name, but even more than usual this is really about the team's offensive performance as a whole rather than the individual quarterback. There are certain parts, like the breakdown on interceptions, that are mostly all about the quarterback, but overall drive stats are something you have to keep the team in mind first for. There are of course drives where a quarterback does nothing but hand the ball off every play. The entry "Joe Montana" is another way of saying "1981-90 49ers, 1993-94 Chiefs". Also I will note that I tried to include every drive a QB played in during the playoffs, whether or not they started the game did not matter. I will point out several things, but I will also leave the reader to make their own observations on all the various data presented below. Kneel down drives at the end of either half are excluded.
With that cleared up, on to the data.
In Chicago, the Packers got up 7-0 and 10-7, trailed 14-10, took a 17-14 lead, and lost 20-17.
In week five in Washington, the Packers led for most of the game before the Redskins scored 10 fourth quarter points to force overtime. Washington won 16-13. Yes, Washington beat this team.
The following week, the Packers trailed 7-3 and 13-10 against Miami, and an Anthony Fasano touchdown reception gave Miami a 20-13 lead. Aaron Rodgers rushed for the tying score, but Miami won in overtime, 23-20.
In week twelve, the Packers lost another close one in Atlanta. The teams exchanged scores all game, alternating with a Falcons field goal, Packers field goal, Falcons touchdown, Packers touchdowns, Falcons touchdown, Packers touchdown, Falcons field goal.
In Detroit, playing the majority of the game without Aaron Rodgers, the Packers lost 7-3.
The next week, a loss in New England without Rodgers looked disastrous in the standings but respectable on the field. The Packers got up 3-0 and then 10-7 and 17-7. Two Patriots touchdowns made it 21-17, but Green Bay responded with another touchdown. The Patriots scored last, winning 31-27.
The Packers never trailed by a score in any of their 13 victories, either. Even trailing early wasn't an impediment to a big game, like when the Falcons went up 7-0 in the playoff game. So how rare is it for a team to go an entire season without trailing by more than 7 points? As you could guess, extremely.
Which Super Bowl Starting QBs Had the Biggest Hot Streaks Going Into the Game?
While the Conference Championships put a damper on any hot streaks Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger may have had going into the Super Bowl, where does their recent play stand relative to all SB signal-callers prior to the game? And does a string of successful games before the Super Bowl actually correlate with playing well on Super Sunday?
To answer these questions, let's bust out the single-game opponent- & era-adjusted QB performance metric I introduced here. To make a long explanation short, eYAR is an estimate of the QB's Yards Above Replacement against an average opponent in the modern era. We can use it to rank games, seasons, careers, etc., and we can also use it to gauge how well a QB was playing in the games leading up to a Super Bowl start.
Back in November, I developed what I called "The Rivers Index" (so named for Philip Rivers), a metric that measured how many games a QB should have won based on nothing more than his own passing performance. Today, I'm going to apply that same concept to the last 10 years of playoff competition, this time using 10 years of data and adjusting for opposing defenses + weather.
Note: This post was originally published at CFB at Sports-Reference, S-R's new College Football site, so when you're done reading, go over and check it out!
What Does the Season Series Tell Us About Playoff Matchups?
How much extra information (above & beyond the Simple Rating System) can we glean from these previous matchups of playoff foes?
Which Quarterbacks’ Offenses Exceed Expectations in the Playoffs?
Curious after Peyton Manning & the Colts scored 16 points at home against the Jets on Saturday, I wanted to calculate how many points we should have expected them to put on the board, knowing the opponent and game location.
According to the Simple Rating System (SRS), the Jets' defense was +4.2 this season -- meaning they allowed 4.2 fewer PPG than an average team after accounting for strength of schedule. The average NFL team scored 22.0 PPG during the regular-season, so at a neutral site we'd expect an average team to score 17.8 PPG against the New York defense. And since the Colts were at home, 0.95 PPG (half the overall home-field advantage in 2010) should be added in as well, giving a final expectation of 18.8 PPG for a league-average team against the Jets at home. Since the Colts actually scored 16, we can score this performance as -2.8 points relative to average.
Additionally, we wouldn't have expected the Colts' offense to be average based on the regular season. Their offensive SRS was +3.7, which means Indianapolis "should have" scored 22.0 + 0.95 + 3.7 - 4.2 = 22.5 pts against the Jets at home. This yields a score of -6.5 pts relative to regular-season expectations.
Which player has intercepted which quarterback the most? Who has picked off Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Dan Marino or Joe Montana more than anyone else? Against which quarterbacks did Rod Woodson, Deion Sanders and Mel Blount pad their numbers? Those answers and more, below.
I used the same methodology I used in the most pick-sixes in NFL history post to determine which quarterback threw which interception to each defender. For the purposes of this study, I included all interceptions in any post-season game in league history and interceptions in any regular season games since 1960. For each interception thrown in any of those games, the defensive player was given X/Y interceptions against the quarterback, where X represents the number of interceptions thrown by that quarterback in that game and Y stands for the number of team interceptions thrown by the quarterback's team in that game. As a result, this post is more of an approximation than an exact science.
The leader in quarterback-defensive player pairing interceptions? Over a six-year period, Broncos cornerback Steve Foley terrorized Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts. Foley had two interceptions in a 17-0 shutout against the Chargers in November 1976; Fouts threw two picks while Clint Longley had three more, which means Fouts is blamed for 40% of the two interceptions Foley had that day, or 0.8 INTs. In December '77, with the Orange Crush at full bore, Foley picked off Fouts in a 17-9 Broncos victory. Their next matchup came in September 1978, and Foley intercepted Fouts again in a Denver win. On Monday Night Football in the 1979 season finale, Foley caught two passes from Fouts, only one fewer than Charlie Joiner. Fouts and Air Corywell was running at top speed in 1980, but Foley picked him off in both matchups, first in Denver and then in a road victory in San Diego. Their next meeting came in September '81, and Foley intercepted three Fouts passes. Maybe after that, Fouts learned not to throw the ball in Foley's direction. All told, including the "0.8 interceptions' in that '76 game, and Foley recorded 9.8 interceptions against the Hall of Fame quarterback.
At one point in the third quarter of yesterday's Panthers-Ravens game, Mike Goodson had 101 yards from scrimmage. At that same time, Carolina had 101 total yards of offense. Because yardage lost due to sacks are deducted from team totals, it's possible for one player to actually outgain his own team. In this instance, Steve Smith had 12 yards on two catches, the Panthers had been sacked two times for -12 yards, and every other touch in the game went to Goodson. These events made me wonder: has any player actually outgained his own team?
#9) Rickey Watts. The Chicago Bears were 3-8 when the Detroit Lions came to town in late November, 1981. The Lions had allowed 20 points in each of their past four games, and were a game under .500. On the surface, a generic late-season game between two bad teams. But on a cold day in Chicago, history would be made. Vince Evans completed just 4 of 19 passes for 21 yards -- with two interceptions. Bob Avellini relieved him, and went 3 of 10 for 20 yards, with a pick. Bob Parsons threw an incomplete pass, too. But Detroit's coverage skills were matched by their pass rushing ability, as the Lions registered 7 quarterback sacks. All told, Bears quarterbacks dropped back 37 times for -20 yards and 3 interceptions (ANY/A of -4.2). Chicago scored just 7 points, courtesy of a 92-yard interception return by Todd Bell. Throw in 44 rushing yards, and the Bears were held to just 24 yards on the day, a number equaled by Watts on two receptions. The 24 yards of total offense is still the 3rd lowest figure in NFL history, with only the "Water Polo" game in 1940 producing more ineptitude. The Bears gained just four first downs. But there will be more from this game in a bit.
#8) Clark Gaines. Gaines pops up in trivia questions and PFR queries every once in awhile thanks to a 17-catch game against the 49ers in 1980. But four years earlier, as a rookie, he shouldered even more of his team's load. By 4 PM on Sunday, December 12th, the Jets season was officially over. But the rest of the offense decided to end things three hours earlier. During the last week of the regular season, Lou Holtz stepped down as head coach, leaving former New England coach Mike Holovak as the lame duck for the season finale. With the 9-4 Bengals coming into Shea Stadium, the outcome of the game was never in doubt. Cincinnati won 42-3, and embarassed Joe Namath in his final game. Namath completed just 4 of 15 passes for 20 yards, with a long of six. And, of course, threw 4 interceptions. Richard Todd wasn't much better, going 3-13 for 23 yards with 2 interceptions and a safety. All told, on 32 dropbacks, Jets quarterbacks gained just 8 yards. Gaines rushed 18 times for 51 yards and caught 3 passes for 21 yards. His 72 yards from scrimmage exactly matched the Jets' output that day.
Last week, I showed you how to set up an "expected W-L" method for a quarterback using the Play Index Team Game Finder, the QB's gamelogs, and a logistic regression formula. I found that our test case, Philip Rivers, should have been expected to win 27.7 games over the last 3 seasons (prior to the Chargers' win over Houston) based on his passing performance, but in actuality only won 24 games, a difference of -3.7 wins. Without context, though, that number doesn't really mean anything -- is that a lot, or a little? Today, I'm going to answer that question by comparing every QB's actual and expected W-L records, something I like to call "The Rivers Index" (in an homage to Doug's Manning and Dungy Indices).
PI Finds: Should Philip Rivers Have Won More Games?
As you can see, the leader (by far) is San Diego's Philip Rivers. In fact, 10th-ranked McNabb is closer to #2 Brees than Brees is to Rivers!
Statistically, it's tough to find a QB since 2008 who can touch Rivers. However, his team hasn't enjoyed the same lofty success: the Chargers are 24-16 over the past 3 years -- a respectable record, but one seemingly out of place next to Rivers' gaudy passing numbers. This disconnect between individual accomplishments and team performance has haunted many a quarterback in the past, and is now is the main reason Rivers isn't held up in the same group as Brady, Manning, Roethlisberger, and Brees as a quarterback. QBs are supposed to win, we're told, not amass seemingly empty stats.
Are the Jets (again) setting their fans up for a hard fall?
On the surface, it's easy to think that all is well for the Jets. They're tied for the best record in the league, rank in the top three of the SRS standings and are in the top five of nearly every set of power rankings out there. New York's only loss came by a single point to another consensus powerhouse, Baltimore. And in that game, the Ravens only touchdown followed a penalty on a field goal attempt earlier in the drive. Even still, despite 14 penalties and a bunch of ugly looking offensive plays, the Jets were in position to win the game at the end until Dustin Keller channeled his inner Helen and ran out of bounds before the first down marker on fourth down. The short of it? The Jets have beaten some good teams, and lost a toss-up game to another elite team. So surely the Jets are elite, right?
I'm not so sure. Digging into the statistics, the Jets look like a classic team that's not as good as their record. For starters, they lead the league with a sparkling +11 turnover margin. That's because the Jets tied an NFL record by going four straight games without an interception.
What more needs to be said than this: the 28 best teams with respect to turnover margin through five games, of the last 20 years, turned the ball over more often than their opponents did over their remaining 11 games. They went from a 0.786 winning percentage over the first third of the season to a 0.532 winning percentage over the final two-thirds. If a team's success is predicated on winning the turnover battle, that team isn't likely to keep winning for long.
Note: The initial post was based on an inaccurate query. Our apologies for the mistake. The below numbers are now accurate.
For any game from 1960 to 2009 (2010 data not included), we can do a very good job approximating who threw the pick-six. For the vast majority of teams, only one player (at most) will throw an interception in any given game. Fifty years from now, if you look at the box score from this past Monday night, you will be able to know for sure that Brett Favre threw the interception that Dwight Lowery returned for a touchdown. The Vikings threw just one interception, and it was by Favre, so Favre must have thrown the pick-six. It doesn't matter if the team has thrown five interceptions, as long as all were thrown by the same guy, such as Keith Null against the Titans last year.
Sometimes you just gotta admit that you were wrong.
In a year where it's looking like parity rules, the Jets are one of only a handful of teams that have separated themselves from the pack at all.
But the main purpose of this post isn't so much a mea culpa about the Jets in general, but rather one about a specific New York player... Back in April, I scoffed at NY's acquisition of LaDainian Tomlinson, calling him (among other things) "toast" and "completely washed up". I cited the fact that when a running back over age 30 posts a sub-3.5 YPC average, it almost universally means he's finished as a productive NFL player; in fact, among the 11 backs who had worse age-29 + 30 YPC averages than LDT did in 2008-09, all but Bill Brown & Dorsey Levens were totally out of the league by age 32. Simply put, 31-year-old RBs who play as badly as Tomlinson did in 2009 don't tend to play pro football much longer, much less contribute high YPC averages again.
As a follow-up to last week's post about the 100 Greatest Single-Game Quarterback Performances since the merger, today I'm going to re-post the list after adjusting every QB game for the strength of the opposing defense (as you can imagine, this changes the rankings quite a bit). Commenter/PFR contributor Scott Kacsmar had a great idea about adjusting for era and opponent in one step, so instead of translating from the per-game rates of the season in question to the 1993-2009 period average, I simply translated from the regular-season per-game rates allowed by the defense faced. In other words, if a 1975 defense happened to allow numbers that would be average in 1993-2009, I wouldn't translate the raw stats of the QBs that faced them at all, even though the general offensive environment of 1975 was far different from that of 1993-2009.
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Good thoughts as we approach Easter. Thanks Katie!
There is always hope. This message is at the heart of Christianity. This is the essence of our story.
Whatever injustice we face, whatever hardship we bear, whatever we must release that keeps us from becoming who we are called to become, there is the promise of new life.
Knowing this can get us through seemingly dark and desolate times. But to live new life is a challenge and blessing of its own.
Many may not be aware that in the liturgical year, Easter is not just one Sunday, but seven! Whatever the historic reasons for this may be, it reminds me that resurrection is not a once-a-year event, but an ongoing activity. It is a process we are called into for longer than an egg hunt and a good sermon on Easter morning.
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Home / Science and Sustainability Companies at the Career Fair.
Science and Sustainability Companies at the Career Fair.
The career fair is a few days away. It can seem daunting, but the best way to prepare is to know who is coming. We've created a list below of organizations that play in the science and sustainability realm. But, you should still take a look at the full list of companies on Handshake. Even if an organization isn't recruiting for a position that you're interested in at the fair, it's still very useful to get to know the recruiters and learn more about the process. Face time with a company you're interested in is always valuable!
AMPEL BioSolutions is a biomedical think tank that conducts Big Data analysis of genomic/genetic results from autoimmune patients to identify drug targets and designs clinical trials to test their efficacy. AMPEL is composed of leading experts in autoimmunity, immunogenicity, biochemistry, bioinformatics and clinical operations that assist nonprofit organizations, pharmaceutical companies, clinical research groups, and others in basic research. Come talk to us about our work in translational medicine, preclinical research, drug development and repositioning, and biomarker identification.
The Central Intelligence Agency’s primary mission is to collect, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US Government policymakers in making decisions related to national security. CIA carefully selects well-qualified people in nearly all fields. Applicants must apply online at www.cia.gov to be considered for a position and must successfully complete medical and security processes. All positions are located in the Northern Virginia area.
Education International Cooperation (also known as EIC New Pathway) is a premium one-stop education solution for Grades K-12 customer groups. We provide test preparation and college counseling services, through facilitating self-discovery and maximizing student potential. Our goal is to instill in our students a confidence and skill set that transfers to their academic lives. Through this abundant and worldwide platform we built for our students, our mission is to help students reach their goal of attaining higher education in the world’s best universities.
As a global leader in the development of software for healthcare organizations, Epic is driving change for an entire industry – one that affects the quality of life for everyone. Our team collaborates with some of the world’s most respected healthcare organizations to improve both individual patient care and the health of entire communities. The challenges we tackle on a day-to-day basis impact the lives of more than 230 million patients worldwide. We're searching for smart, passionate people who want to achieve great things. If you want to be part of something truly important, consider a career at Epic.
We provide expert services and highly dedicated mission support as trusted consultants in service of the federal sector. Our Staff includes Engineering, Counterterrorism, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Linguistics, Cyber, and Administration Subject Matter Experts in the Intelligence Community (IC). FTS maintains a broad range of customers and a large network across the IC, Department of Defense, and industry. We have the technical competence to support the mission.
Innovative Decisions, Inc., (IDI) is an analytics and management consulting firm serving business and government clients through innovative applications of decision and risk analysis, decision science, operations research, and systems engineering. IDI supports the needs of analysts, managers, and senior leaders through tailored analytic services, integrating organizational values, data, resources, and risks to yield risk-informed decisions and best-value solutions for all of our clients. IDI has over 40 technical personnel, 80% of whom have Master’s degrees or doctorates in analytic disciplines. IDIers have a variety of military, consulting, business, teaching, and research experiences.
Johnson Matthey is a global leader in sustainable technologies specializing in catalysis, precious metal products, chemicals and process technology. With operations in over 30 countries, we employ more than 13,000 people. Johnson Matthey uses science to make the world cleaner and healthier. Over 90% of our sales come from technologies that benefit the environment and health, enhancing people’s lives on a global scale. We have built our reputation and place as a global leader through quality, integrity, and innovation. Today, more than 93% of the group's sales come from products and services which provide sustainability benefits through the positive impact they have on the environment, resource efficiency and human health.
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. To do that, thousands of people have been working around the world -- and off of it -- for 50 years, trying to answer some basic questions. What's out there in space? How do we get there? What will we find? What can we learn there, or learn just by trying to get there, that will make life better here on Earth?
The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) produces and disseminates scientific and technical intelligence and military capabilities analysis on foreign ground forces required by war fighting commanders, the force modernization and research and development communities, Defense Department, and national policymakers to ensure that U.S. forces have a decisive edge in current and future military operations. NGIC is part of the Intelligence Community (IC) and the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). At NGIC, we employ highly skilled specialists, such as analysts, scientists, and engineers, in diverse fields from aeronautics to robotics.
North Spring Behavioral Healthcare is Located in Leesburg, VA. We offer psychiatric inpatient services in the form of an Acute Hospital and Residential Treatment Center. Our facility is over 100 beds and serves children and their families from the state of Virginia and surrounding areas. We offer a variety of mental health services to the young people we serve and help them reintegrate back into the community.
Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance, while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served. Peace Corps Volunteers are American citizens, typically with a college degree, who work abroad for a period of two years after three months of training. Volunteers work with governments, schools, non-profit organizations, non-government organizations, and entrepreneurs in education, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment.
Aptive Environmental is the fastest growing pest control service in North America with locations in 24 different states. We've done that by responsibly protecting families and the environment. Fortune identified Aptive as "the Google of the pest control industry." As an industry leader, our goal is to provide customers with progressive pest control solutions that reduce potential health risks to humans and the environment. Aptive's application methods, training, products, integrated pest management techniques, and a firm commitment to the environment separate us from the competition. We've also partnered with the United Nations Nothing But Nets campaign to help stop the spread of malaria transmitted by the mosquito bite.
If you are ready to begin your new career or are looking for a place to make an impact, what better place than a top 5 agency? We are looking for the best and brightest to join our team of dedicated professionals here at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC’s role is to oversee various aspects of the energy industry, including transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. We also analyze proposals to build liquefied natural gas terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines and license hydropower projects. To help support the modernization of the electric system here in the U.S., we are focusing on issues associated with a smarter grid.
Patagonia’s Mission Statement Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
And One Just For Fun!
Carnival is The World’s Most Popular Cruise Line® with 25 ships sailing worldwide to over 90 ports! Our newest ship, Carnival Vista, debuted in Spring 2016, while Carnival Horizon is scheduled to enter service in 2018.We pride ourselves on delivering memorable vacations to our guests. A Carnival cruise offers not only outstanding value for the money, but most importantly, FUN! A “FUN SHIP” cruise features day and nighttime entertainment like stage shows, musical performances, casinos and more. We make our guests feel right at home, too — think comfy stateroom accommodations, attentive service, delicious food and drink — and they enjoy the experience against the backdrop of some of the world’s most beautiful ports.
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It’s January 13, 2009. If history is any indication, then I would have given up on all “more or less” resolutions by now. Since I was more specific with resolutions this year I feel like I am still on track. I have intentionally worked on 4 resolutions so far.
Slow Down- This is perhaps one of the more generic and vague resolutions to try to evaluate, but here’s some of the effort that I’ve put into it. I have made an effort to not surf around the web while watching TV or a movie. One thing that I have noticed so far is that there are times when I am watching a show and wishing that I had something else to do at the same time. This most often happens when I am just watching a show to kill time or watching something because I can’t think of anything more engaging to do. My purpose of this resolution isn’t to simply help me recognize areas of my life but it’s intended for me to act on it. If I find myself using the TV as a crutch, I would like to be able to act on it by turning the TV off and finding something else to do. Maybe I should make a list of “TV alternative activities” to utilize. The biggest thing that I’ve done to slow down was to clean up my Google Reader feeds. Before I cleaned it out I was receiving feeds from over 180 sites, but since I’ve cleaned it up I down to near 50. By doing this I’ve been able to narrow the feeds down to sites that consistantly offer stimulating opinions and are mostly from people that I stay connection to. I’ve used this as a way for me to controll the amount of time I’m spending online.
Read 12 new books this year- I bought Eugene Peterson’s latest book, Tell Is Slant, last week. Peterson is one of a hand full of authors who I find to be a constant source of challenge and encouragement. When I think about being in a pastoral position again Peterson is the type of pastor I’d like to become. I grow tired of reading books about why a particular theology is more right, and reading Peterson helps ground me with the things that I think are the most important: People, Language, and Simplicity. In Tell It Slant Peterson introduces three distinct methods of speaking that Jesus uses throughout the Gospels: Preaching, Teaching, and Informal. Regarding preaching he says, “Preaching is the news, the good news, that God is alive and present and in action: ‘Maybe you didn’t know it, but the living God is here, right here on this street, in this sanctuary, in this neighborhood. And he is at work now. He is speaking right now–at this very moment. If you know what is good for you, you will want to get in on it.'” Of teaching he says, “We often dichotomize our lives into public and private, spiritual and secular, cut up our lives into separate parts, and stuff the parts into labeled cubbyholes for convenient access when we feel like dealing with them. Teaching puts the parts together, makes connections, demonstrates relationships–‘connecting the dots,’ as we say.” And of this “informal” way of speaking he writes, “A kind of intimacy develops naturally when men and women walk and talk together, with no immediate agenda or assigned talk except eventually getting to their destination and taking their time to do it.” I’m really looking forward to the way that Peterson looks at the words of Jesus and the language that is used by the gospel writers.
Host 6 “slow food” evenings- Cuyler and Shannon came up over the weekend. We had planned to make empanadas and some other South American foods. We filled the empanadas with beef and onions (and green olives. mmmmm.). We also made a “tres leches” cake for dessert. You need to make this cake! Do it right now. Quit reading this nonsense and bake this cake. The afternoon was filled with food and conversation. It was wonderful. During dinner we (read: I. sorry, guys.) talked about some of the issues of “slow food” and what are some of the limits to it. I’d really like Shannon to write about her thoughts about this given her relation to the children she works with at her school. I really enjoy these opportunities to get peoples opinion about food. It help give me a welcome perspective on things different from the people who write about how “the world would be a better place if all we ate was local organic food.” I hope that over the course of the year and over the next 5 evenings my ability to critically think about all of this will greatly expand.
Become disciplined in using a planner/calendar/schedule- I have to say, I’m most surprised at my efforts in this area. I’ve filled my iCal with my class schedule for the fall and added in other events throughout the year. I’ve synced my phone with my calendar. And I’ve looked at my calendar each day. Pretty impressive, huh? Next week, when classes start, will be a big opportunity for me to find a rythm with this or to simply let it slide by. I’d really like to keep on top of this throughout the year (“that’s what she said.” come on, I know you were thinking it.).
What do you think? Are you surpised at my efforts in these resolutions this year? How are your resolutions going?
shannon’s been talking kind of a lot the past few days about what you asked. she plans on blogging/writing you about it once she has it all worked out in her head.
I’m impressed! I’m doing well with one of my two resolutions (participate in liturgical worship), haven’t yet made plans for the 2nd, which is something along the lines of your slow food night — but geared for families with young kids — maybe homemade pizza night. On the other hand, we’ve been baking up a storm around here, and I am NOT a baker!
I’ve never made a resolution. However, I’ve apparently built a web application for people who are interested in keeping a resolution.
It’s a web application that lets you track arbitrary date, and graph it. I guess it’s useful for people who want to keep track of calories, or minutes exercised, etc., etc. I’ve already had folks tell me that it’s been useful for keeping them on track with whatever it is they want to track.
Can you recommend a book for a small group? We were thinking something along the lines of a Velvet Elvis, but not that exact one since we’ve all read it already….
Cuyler- I’m looking forward to reading her thoughts. What did you think of it?
Maria- Congrats on your progress this far, too. I’d love to hear what you end up making for your evenings. My interest in so-called slow food is in the practical everyday-ness of the food rather than in the elitism that is most often portrayed. If you need a good pizza dough or sauce recipe let me know, I’ve got a winner.
Josh- I saw you talking about the application you made. I could never use something like that. I am far from disciplined to use something like that. It’s really cool though.
Micah- What type of book are you looking for? light, heavy, long, short?
something similar to Velvet Elvis, I guess…not super long, but something that will sustain a small group atmosphere for a couple months…medium length, in-depth enough to create discussion but not so deep that it causes brain-damage…too many of us in school at night to do that just yet haha!
Micah- I’m don’t know if this book will fall into that category for you, but this is the book that keeps coming to mind: The Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight. I haven’t read this book yet, but it’s on the top of my list. I’ve read a few other books by Scot as well as followed his blog for a long time, so I feel like I have a good idea of the quality of stuff that will be there.
This book probably wont be “edgy” like Bell’s stuff, but I think that it will offer plenty to talk about. I don’t know who’s in your group or why you get together so this suggestion might not be right for you guys.
The only downside to suggesting this book is that it’s pretty new so it wont likely be in a library to borrow, so you’ll need to buy it. Let me know what you think.
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What started as a weekendlong reading event in Boston has turned into a popular monthly series in San Francisco.
Donna de la Perrière and Joseph Lease founded the Bay Area Poetry Marathon in 2001, when Aaron Kiely, who had run a similar summer event for three years in Boston, decided to cancel his series. "We'd had such a great experience at Aaron's events that we just decided to create our own," de la Perrière said.
Lease, chair of the master's in fine arts in writing program at the California College of the Arts, and de la Perrière, who teaches at CCA, curated an all-weekend model at the Art Institute of Boston from 2001 to 2003. In one weekend, more than 60 readers would perform straight through from noon to 10 p.m. each day, breaking only for food.
"There's something that happens after you've listened to a couple hours of nothing but poetry," de la Perrière says. "You start to experience language in a different, and quite wonderful, way."
But when de la Perrière and Lease moved to San Francisco in 2004, the duo discovered a very different, more dynamic environment upon transplanting the series to the Bay Area.
"San Francisco's literary landscape is much richer than Boston's," de la Perrière said. "Every night in San Francisco there are dozens of literary events - really wonderful literary events - that one can attend, and we found that we were getting much better attendance at single, more distilled, stand-alone events scheduled throughout the summer than we were at huge weekendlong events."
Ardent to sustain the magic that comes from an entire weekend of experimental language, de la Perrière, who now hosts the monthly event by herself, said she tries to arrange the performers (often eight to 10 per event) in a compelling order.
"I like to juxtapose different kinds of voices and create contrasts that work in interesting ways," she said. "As for introducing poets, I usually introduce everyone very, very briefly at the beginning of the evening, and let that be it. The event isn't about me or my analysis of what any poet or poem is doing; it's about the work - the poetry."
Since 2005, the Lab has played exclusive host to the series, which moves to the Writers' Studio at California College of the Arts this week because of a scheduling conflict.
"We've never held a marathon event at the studio before, and it's a phenomenally beautiful space," de la Perrière said, "so I'm very much looking forward to seeing what that new performance arena brings about. Should be lots of fun."
7 p.m. Sat. $3-$15 (sliding scale). Readers include Melanie Farley, Dana Teen Lomax, Catherine Meng, Erin Morrill, Patricia Powell, Jaime Robles, Eleni Stecopoulos and Jill Stengel. California College of the Arts' Writers Studio, 195 De Haro St., S.F. links.sfgate.com/ZKAV.
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Jesus often got alone to spend time with God the Father.
How much time do you spend with the Father?
Jesus is tenderhearted, he understands our nature.
Do you feel the pain of others?
Do you judge or condemn others based on their sin?
Are you making the right choices because you are grateful for the grace and mercy of Jesus?
Sins of commission and omission.
How does Jesus’ forgiveness affect the way you view your past, present, and future?
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June | 2012 | Chasing Yellow Cabs!
A serving of scallops please!
3. Be a sponge : It’s possible you might not be doing as much as you’d want to at an internship but try to learn new things even if it is how to fedex a package( I did). And ask questions, take the opportunity to learn new software and tools you may be unfamiliar with.
4. Grab every opportunity to make an impression: Right from dressing appropriately for your interview to handling pressure at work and “fitting in” with the company’s work culture are all possible ways to creative a positive memorable image of your self.
Ingredients: Two impending birthdays, a gullible unsuspecting girl, a boyfriend with some plans up his sleeve, a mini cooper, two tickets to a sky diving trip, and a huge dose of adrenaline.
4. Accessorize! 😀 and get ready to board.
5. Put on a brave face through your 10 min ride on the plane and attempt not to look down before your descent!
6. Try not to swallow a plane on your way down!
It’s just a thought.. Only a Thought!
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Along with loans and GoFundMe, don't be afraid to think outside the box.
There was a time when the parents were fully expected to foot the bill for a wedding. But with costs steadily climbing and many couples waiting longer to marry, this long-held tradition no longer seems to apply.
“Now it’s often a combination of everyone kicking in,” said Jim Shagawat, a financial planner from Paramus, N.J., who has helped families prepare for this big day.
There’s plenty to kick in for. The average spent nationwide for a wedding this year is estimated to reach $26,029, according to the Wedding Report, a research company based in Tucson, Ariz.
You will also need to establish a comfortable (and reasonable) budget and savings plan after setting a date, especially if you think you may be responsible for all or most of the bills.
And don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Instead of a fancy hall or event space, Eric Roberge, 38, and Kali Hawlk, 28, of Boston are having both ceremony and reception in June at a rented waterfront house on Cape Cod, where their families also are staying.
The couple is further trimming costs by buying their own alcohol and putting their parents in charge of the food. “We are figuring out how best to create what we want, not what society says we have to have,” said Roberge, who runs (no surprise) a financial planning business.
Most financial advisers see borrowing of any sort as a last resort. But these all-dressed-up personal loans — unsecured, or without collateral — can cover all or part of the wedding and honeymoon. One big plus: The lending process is usually pretty quick.
Wedding loans come in all shapes and sizes, with fixed and variable interest rates, and with or without origination fees. The rates and terms are largely determined by credit worthiness.
Loan offers can be compared on websites like LendingTree, which matches borrowers with lenders. Personal loans for weddings are offered there, up to $35,000. Bankrate also compares rates. While personal loans are far better than carrying credit card balances indefinitely, they only work if you can comfortably afford the monthly payments.
Financial advisers may especially cringe at the thought of loading up cards with wedding expenses, especially if you are in the habit of carrying monthly balances. But credit cards can be helpful if used wisely. They offer fraud protection, for one thing, and often provide perks likes bonus points or cash-back rewards.
Whyte, 33, and her husband, Philippe Milord, 39, paid for most of their wedding and honeymoon in 2014 with plastic. Each used two cards offering 0 percent interest promotions for 15 to 18 months, and increased the credit limits on them so they covered most of the $50,000 total wedding costs. “We paid them off before they started accumulating interest,” said Whyte.
If you (or your parents) own a home that has risen in value, you could tap into the equity to help pay wedding bills. The main risk: Default on the loan and you could lose your home. And you are tying up money that may be better used for longer-term goals.
There are advantages, though, to either a home-equity loan, which provides a fixed amount in a lump sum, or a home equity line of credit, aka HELOC, which gives you access to a revolving credit line.
Like personal loans, they have fixed terms. But because the loan is secured, interest rates are generally lower than on personal loans or credit cards. According to Bankrate, they average 5.56 percent for a home-equity loan and 5.90 percent for a HELOC.
Other potential borrowing sources may be retirement funds, like 401(k)s. But here again, be cautious: Failure to pay it back in a timely manner could result in penalties and taxes, not to mention reduced retirement income.
Some couples have successfully turned to sites like GoFundMe and Indiegogo to raise money for their weddings.
Vivian Marino writes for the New York Times.
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2019-04-22T22:58:46Z
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I’ve been thinking about when the sun used to shine here. Been thinking about that week of luscious weather we had a month ago. If I had known then that we’d be living in perpetual rain and clouds, I probably would’ve slept in my hammock. Fog, warmth, light and golden leaves. Each day brought a new hue to the vegetation around us. That last bout of sunshine, it seemed, was the last week before all the maples and oaks took their winter sleep. Those hardwoods knew that frosty, wet days were coming and they wanted nothing to do with them. But, we remain here… in busyness and darkness.
That mellow afternoon incandescence… how magical!
Since November I’ve lost my sun glasses and rediscovered my raincoat.
No more leaping and dancing in the golden rays. Instead, its dashing madly from building to car to avoid bad hair and soggy shoes.
Brown and gold have given way to slate and pepper. Sunshine has been enveloped by cloud. Baggy eyes are the new squint.
Looking back over these photos reminds me that there’s a sun out there. Somewhere. Azure skies and warmth will return; thank God. Green will replace grey and black.
For now, though, I’m recollecting fondly those days when the sun used to shine.
It is windy and cold and rainy as I am reading this. Yes, I miss the sunshine but I don’t miss the heat. Thank you for the warm photos and memories.
It’s hard to miss the heat!!
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2019-04-26T09:47:25Z
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One of the biggest adjustments in being a principal investigator (PI) running a research lab has been the near constant, usually urgent, demands on my time. Some of these demands are enjoyable (new data!) some less so (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee protocols, blah!). Gone are the days when my two main occupations were writing and experiments. Now it is meetings, protocols, training, and putting out whatever fires have arisen from smoldering tasks ignored. My bench is lonely, my Inbox is full, and trainees keep reminding me about things I have apparently forgotten. In an attempt to reclaim my time and sanity, I have started protecting my time like never before. As always these days, n=me, and these are my emerging strategies for time management.
Identify strategies that work for you: Above all else, identify time management strategies that work for you. For me, my most productive time is in the morning, so that is when I sit and write. I have tried to sub-divide my morning time with Pomodoro, but the forced break times interrupt my focused time. I have also tried timeboxing, committing a certain amount of time to a task and no more. Although better than Pomodoro, I still underestimate writing time and have found my writing time is best left as a block. If I finish early, I can move on to other tasks. Otherwise, I keep working until I am done or until I cannot write anymore. Where I do find timeboxing useful is for small tasks, like responding to emails, booking conference travel, social media, and smaller service tasks that should have finite time requirements.
Limit distractions: This is easier to say than to implement. Keeping off social media during the day is easier than not checking email. On big writing days or close to grant deadlines, I do not log into email until my brain is fried from writing and I need a break. This seems to work pretty well and if people really need something, they follow-up with a phone call. I also limit the number of impromptu meetings. Unless it is urgent, I ask most people who stop by the office to schedule an in office/coffee/lunch meeting.
Use your calendar for everything: I have a full year’s worth of events on my office calendar, always in sight. This includes immovable occurrences like grant deadlines, conferences, and life events like vacations or weddings. At any moment, I can tell you whether I can commit to a date for a seminar or conference. As soon as I commit, the date goes on the board. Electronic and paper calendars work equally well, but I prefer dry erase, since this gives me the option to include a full twelve months and not just the calendar year.
Track your activities: Any activities that are not part of my research program, I document. This includes time spent in meetings, seminars, committees, etc. Part of this has to do with annual documentation on my faculty activities form, but it is also important for me to identify how much time I am spending on activities and whether they are worth the time investment. Unfortunately there are tasks from which you cannot opt out, like the departmental seminar, but that does not mean they do not count towards your percent time. Having data documenting your hours of service or teaching can be really powerful when you are “saying no” to requests.
Learn to say no: You cannot attend every conference, every seminar, and every event to which you are invited. You can also not write every grant for which you are eligible or collaborate on every project. You cannot agree to review every paper and take on every student who knocks on your door, looking for a lab opportunity. Identify the opportunities for which you have time and agree to those. If you are not sure you have time, you do not. Also, share the wealth. If you cannot do a review, speak at a conference, or participate in a committee, suggest one of your new colleagues (with their permission, of course!) who might still be trying to break into these spaces.
Travel with purpose: Travel is one of the biggest disruptors, but also the best opportunity to network and share your research group’s work. The cost of these great opportunities is time out of the office (with tasks continuing to smolder) and a return to a growing to-do list coupled with lost sleep and disruption of home life. Identifying specific goals for work travel can help you decide whether a trip is worth the time, money, and effort. I will cover how I pick which talks and conferences to attend in my next blog post.
Do not steal time: There are only so many hours in the day. If you keep taking hours from your personal time and giving them to work time, you are stealing time. Be firm on the amount of time you are working versus not working. I am not here to tell you how many hours you should be working (Twitter has that covered), only that working too many keeps you from doing the life things that need to get done and/or are enjoyable. Of course there will be times when you work more than others. But, there are only so many weeks you can tell yourself “I just have to get through this week” or “I just have to get through this month” before it becomes a problem. This has been a recurring problem for me, and part of the motivation of implementing some of these strategies.
Invest time in yourself: This should go without saying, and I hope you are better about it than I am, but you have invested a lot of time, money, and effort into your career, so make sure you are investing some of that into yourself. It does not matter what this looks like: gym time, hobbies, travel, kid-centered activities, reading great literature or the newest young adult novel, etc. Be attentive to your health and your relationships. Building a life outside of the lab can help you weather the inevitable rejections and failures in your research program. Without this balance, a bad week in lab can feel like a bad week in life. Try to build in good things to buffer the bad work times.
I admitted on Twitter that I have been working on this post for two months. Part of this has been trying out Pomodoro and timeboxing. The other part has been overcommitting to work tasks not directly related to my science. But, these time management strategies seem to be paying off, and I am actually ahead of schedule on my next two grant submissions. Now, I just need to take my own advice and commit some time to health and wellness. Stay tuned for more tales!
About Me: I tell tales of career development awards, job searches, the tenure track, and life in a clinical department as a PhD.
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2019-04-24T06:56:49Z
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Congressman Patrick McHenry (N.C.-10) has announced 10 young men and women from North Carolina�s 10th Congressional District who have been nominated to the nation�s military service academies for the Class of 2018.
Congressman Patrick McHenry (N.C.-10) has announced 10 young men and women from North Carolina�s 10th Congressional District who have been nominated to the nation�s military service academies for the Class of 2018. Each of these students applied through McHenry�s office and were interviewed by the congressman and his Military Advisory Committee before receiving the nominations.
The students have been nominated by McHenry to attend either the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; or the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo.
The 10 students are listed below based on the service academy to which they have been nominated.
The United States Department of Defense operates five service academies across the country, one representing each branch of the military. Men and women between the ages of 17 and 23 are eligible for nominations to four of the five service academies. Nominations can come from the president, vice president or a member of Congress, and those accepting an appointment must serve at least five years active duty following completion of their studies.
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2019-04-23T11:56:12Z
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Giorgi Offshore (formerly Team Offshore 2000) are a committed Class 1 team. Team owner Gianni Giorgi led the team to multiple successes in Class 3 winning the 1993 World and Italian Championships and setting the world speed record that year. In 1994 the team competed in the Italian Class 1 series and 2 years later made their first international Class 1 appearance in the Dubai Gold Cup.
In 2002 Gianni stepped down as throttleman to focus on the teams management and was replaced by his son Nicola and Tomaso Polli. The team was renamed Giorgi Offshore in 2003 and 2004 saw the team run a new Cougar hull in an effort to become more competitive.
2005 was a troubled year for the team after the boat was severely damaged in Norway. The repairs were extensive and saw the team miss several races. The team hope for better performance this year after changes to their aging hull and some major work on reliability but the team are still likely to be towards the back of the field.
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The balaclava-cladmen stole the items from a vehicle on Crab Lane at about 7.45am on Monday, March 18.
Two masked men stole items from a delivery vehicle in Harrogate.
The balaclava-clad men stole the items from a vehicle on Crab Lane at about 7.45am on Monday, March 18.
Police are now appealing for information to identify the two men.
Both men have been described as tall, white men in their twenties.
One wore a grey coat, black trousers, black gloves and a black balaclava.
The other had ginger hair and wore a black hoodie, black gloves a hi-vis vest and a black balaclava.
North Yorkshire Police have asked anyone with information to contact them on 101 and ask for Sarah Weatherstone.
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2019-04-20T16:23:00Z
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https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/masked-men-steal-from-delivery-vehicle-in-harrogate-1-9670653
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DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered fresh details of how he would tackle illegal immigration on Saturday, saying he would crack down on those who overstay their visas as he sought to quiet criticism from conservatives.
“If we don’t enforce visa expiration dates, then we have an open border – it’s as simple as that,” he said.
In outlining his views, Trump said addressing illegal immigration is important to helping Americans find jobs.
Trump said his first priority upon taking office next January would be the immediate deportation of thousands of illegal immigrants who remain in the United States despite having committed crimes.
“These international gangs and cartels will be a thing of the past. Their reign of terror will be over. In this task, we will always err on the side of protecting the American people – we will use immigration law to prevent crimes, and will not wait until some innocent American has been harmed or killed before taking action,” he said.
He did not explain how his plan would affect many of the illegal community who have been in the United States for decades and obeyed U.S. laws.
Trump said the death in Chicago of Wade cousin Nykea Aldridge, 32, a mother of four, was an example of turmoil in U.S. inner cities. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former chief of staff to Democratic President Barack Obama, has struggled in particular to contain violence in his city.
The incident permitted Trump to bring up again his desire to be a “law and order” president and underscore his drive to appeal to African-American voters who traditionally vote Democratic and overwhelmingly support Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Trump raised the subject after sending out tweets earlier in the day that prompted charges of insensitivity to the death and accusations he sought to exploit it for political purposes.
The New York businessman was the headline speaker at “Joni Ernst’s Roast and Ride,” a charity event for military veterans run by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican.
Ernst and most other speakers offered praise for Trump, a rarity at a time when many Republican political leaders have distanced themselves from his candidacy due to his incendiary rhetoric. Trump is running neck and neck with Clinton in polls in the state with 72 days until the Nov. 8 election.
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2019-04-22T18:50:05Z
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN1120SF
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I love these old, colorful brick steps with the green foliage. They seem to be very warm and inviting...to me anyway.
Love the colors in the brick...very homey looking.
Lovely comp and light -- wonderful textures!
Well seen. Those are some super brick steps for sure, and the green foliage is a great contrast.
warm and textured bricks with the greeting of spring... love it..
ditto, art - very nice.
Well seen and well executed.
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https://hlhull.smugmug.com/Things/Windows-Doors/i-mhDQPbx
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Donald Trump’s campaign fundraising off Kanye West’s support.
Trump’s fundraising committee encourages donors to buy a MAGA hat by referencing Kanye’s recent support for the president.
The Trump Make America Great Again Committee sent a text to its donor list on Thursday that attempts to fundraise for the president’s re-election campaign using Kanye West’s recent outspoken support of President Trump.
Trump Make America Great Again Committee’s text to donors.
The text to donors mimics West’s language in numerous tweets claiming that he is a “free thinker” for voicing his support for the president. The text also addresses the criticism that West has received in the press, on social media, and elsewhere, characterizing the blowback as an effort to silence Trump supporters. It then implies that they can resist this effort by clicking the link to buy a MAGA hat from the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, which is a joint fundraising organization of Donald J. Trump for President Inc. and the Republican National Committee.
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2019-04-20T16:32:58Z
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Rhiannon Mair has music in her blood; her DNA a dancing double-helix of vibrant musicality and song-writing savvy. Currently unsigned, the April 2013 release of debut album, It Goes Like This (entirely fan-funded through Pledge Music), showcases the talent of a fresh, credible recording artist.
Born and raised in Colchester, she was surrounded by music and musicians from an early age. Her mother was also a singer, with Celtic folk and rock bands, including ‘The Lucys’. “Without a shadow of doubt my mum is one of my biggest influences,” she says, proudly.
A childhood love of drums progressing to acoustic guitar in her teens, playing in bands and writing songs seemed ‘more interesting than doing GCSEs’. Groups like The Offspring and Nirvana were among favourites during a heavy rock/grunge phase of her musical development.
A growing interest in folk and singer/song-writers led her to artists like KT Tunstall, Bjork and John Mayer. “My mum played me KT’s first record, Eye To The Telescope. I fell in love with her voice, the husky tones and the power behind it.” She began recording her songs and formed a new band, ‘Just Like Little People’, gigging in and around London over the next five years.
Her eclectic playing experience has produced an exciting and energetic live performer with an edgy style and engaging stage presence. A hybrid of Avril Lavigne and KT Tunstall – but with her own distinctive voice and vocal delivery – Rhiannon Mair is impossible to ignore. Live or recorded she evokes raw emotion with the heavy crush of broken dreams. When increasing the tempo she becomes a force of nature with a point to prove, tearing her heart out in the process.
Lyrically, Rhiannon wears her heart on her sleeve penning emotionally charged songs about the duplicity of love, the pain of loss and soulful longing, executed to great effect on the album. “Writing has always been an emotional outlet. I’ve always sung about things I could never say to people.” But this is not a sad record. It’s a passionate, bravura piece of work and the definition of contemporary folk-rock. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, it is pitch-perfect throughout – from the guitar riff of opening number Something Special, to the bitter attack of the album’s finale Love And Hate – she never misses a beat.
Currently on tour with the brilliant Antonio Lulic, the official album launch is on 17th April, at The Bedford, Balham. If you can, I suggest you get yourselves there, because it will be a fantastic night of music and celebration.
The release of It Goes Like This represents a perfect storm of talent, determination and timing. It also heralds the birth of a bright new star in the musical firmament. A star by the name of Rhiannon Mair.
This entry was posted in Music, People and tagged Acoustic Guitar, Avril Lavigne, Debut Album, It Goes Like This, KT Tunstall, Rhiannon, Rhiannon Mair. Bookmark the permalink.
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Vickie Johnson (born April 15, 1972) is a former basketball player and former head coach of the San Antonio Stars. Upon the sale and relocation of the Stars, Johnson was hired by head coach Bill Laimbeer as an assistant coach of the Las Vegas Aces, the Stars' decedent team.
Johnson grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana. Johnson was a letter-man in basketball and track and field. In track and field, she was the Louisiana State Champion on the long jump as a senior.
Vickie Johnson was a two-time All-American and Sun Belt Conference MVP at Louisiana Tech University. She led the Lady Techsters to the 1994 NCAA Championship Game, was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and earned Louisiana Player of the Year honors in 1996. She finished her career at Louisiana Tech with 1,891 career points and 831 rebounds and was inducted into the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. She graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1996.
Johnson was selected 12th overall in the second round of the inaugural WNBA Elite draft in 1997, which was composed of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues.
She was a two-time WNBA all-star and was the first New York Liberty player to record 2000 points.
In June 2005 in honor of Johnson's 3,000 points scored, Sandy Levine, owner of the world-famous Carnegie Deli in Manhattan, created the VJ Classic sandwich, a 3,000 calories (13,000 kJ) belly-busting sandwich.
Johnson ended an eight-year career with the Liberty by signing with the San Antonio Silver Stars on February 9, 2006.
Johnson retired from play at the end of 2009 season.
^ "Stars promote Vickie Johnson to head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
^ "Aces Hire Vickie Johnson, Kelly (Schumacher) Raimon as Assistant Coaches". WNBA.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
This page was last edited on 9 February 2019, at 20:17 (UTC).
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2019-04-25T09:44:13Z
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For Campus Preview Weekend 2010, hackers installed a high-class lounge (complete with pool table, sleeping cat, whiskey, and hack plans) upside down on the Media Lab Arch on Thursday morning.
Bill Gates, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, will speak at MIT on April 21 in an effort to motivate students and faculty to solve some of the world’s most significant problems.
Under a new pilot system between the MIT Libraries and the Harvard College Library (HCL), MIT undergraduates may now borrow from select Harvard libraries. Undergraduates were able to begin signing up for HCL Special Borrower cards yesterday. The cards grant access to several of Harvard’s 70-plus libraries.
The battle for the letters “MIT” is fierce, but one source of competition for those letters looks out of the running, at least for now.
Ryan W. Kingsbury SM ’09 is the rare flier who’s actually looking to be bumped from a flight.
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2019-04-25T02:55:12Z
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Defend your skin from sturdy sunlight by covering up with suitable clothes, finding shade, and applying sunscreen. Myrrh oil is one more organic anti-inflammatory. If you loved this article and also you would like to be given more info concerning click i implore you to visit the webpage. It is fantastic for soothing rashes and dry skin. Apply with your fingers for the sheerest coverage, windyamadio6779.wikidot.com then leading with a loose powder, which will make the foundation feel a lot more natural. Nevertheless not pleased? Attempt a lightweight tinted moisturizer.We're all attached to our phones, these days, but if you have a tendency to speak on the phone a lot, think about the bacteria you happen to be adhering to your face for the duration of your get in touch with. This skin care tip is tricky, as our phones are dirty we location them on random surfaces, exactly where dirt and click - www.liveinternet.ru, bacteria are simply picked up. 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Use a shade with green undertones to cancel out any redness. Ultimately, to make the goods maintain their hold, apply a mattifying powder with a sponge.Daily life and repeated speak to with environmental stressors can result in harsh consequences for the skin. It really is vital to establish the practices that can hold your skin hunting and feeling its very best, leaving it in the best attainable position to execute its important functions. With that getting said, skin care can be confusing to navigate. With a multitude of items offered in the market and varying suggestions from sector specialists, figuring out the best care regimen for your particular skin kind is significantly less than simple, particularly if you are dealing with individualized skin conditions like acne.To maintain the rest of your physique moisturized, keep away from drying soaps in the shower and opt for creamy physique washes as an alternative. After your shower, it's important to moisturize. You can use drugstore creams (like Eucerin and Cerave) or oils (I'm partial to additional virgin coconut oil and almond oil).Exfoliate gently. You have most likely observed the guidance to exfoliate dry skin. This removes the dead skin, stopping infection and enabling moisturizing items to absorb correctly. This is very good guidance but you ought to comply with it meticulously. You never want to exfoliate also usually, initial of all. Once or twice a week can be plenty, specifically for sensitive places like the face. You also shouldn't use harsh exfoliants, like a loofah or pumice stone. Alternatively, baking soda paste or a clean washcloth will get the job accomplished without having causing damage.We're talking SPF makeup, sunglasses, and broad-brimmed hats. "Preventing sun harm is a million times greater for your skin than treating it soon after the reality," says Dr. Prystowsky. When purchasing sunscreen, make positive it really is appropriate for your skin and blocks each ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation.For your face: Use the mildest cleanser that does the job. Beware of that tight squeaky-clean" feeling following washing. That feeling means you've removed also much of your all-natural oils and in fact irritated your skin. How to brush: Apply just enough stress that the brush feels stimulating or "tingly." It should not hurt. You might see "chalky" white marks on your skin for a brief time following brushing. This is standard.This tip might look apparent, but when ignored, your skin will face the consequences. Often eliminate your makeup ahead of going to bed. Makeup attracts totally free radicals located in the environment, and bhfmadge24019631.shop1.cz if left to sit on your face, can lead to collagen to break down. If you don't remove your makeup, you're not allowing your skin to recover from the put on and tear of the day.If you have chronic under eye circles, you may possibly have allergic shiners" which indicate a food or environmental allergy. Try to determine any possible allergens and steer clear of them for ten days to see if you notice a difference. If you wake up with an occasional darkness below your eyes then try using arnica gel or skin care goods containing arnica Arnica has potent anti-inflammatory properties that alleviate swelling and decrease the appearance of dark below eye circles.
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2019-04-21T02:32:03Z
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Scientists frequently tout new evidence that climate change will drive some of the most populated cities in the United States underwater. New York, Boston and Miami are all at risk. But the impact of climate change varies even within cities, putting residents of poor neighborhoods at greatest risk of suffering from heat-related ailments, researchers say.
This difference in neighborhood temperatures affects senior citizens and correlates with a disparity in their mortality rates due to heat-related causes, a study of New York City led by Rosenthal suggests.
This higher rate in poor neighborhoods isn’t just because lower-income families aren’t always able to afford owning and operating an air conditioner, though that certainly contributes to the problem. Poor neighborhoods often have few trees and have buildings that tend to be constructed from materials that retain heat, Rosenthal said.
Climate change also affects these areas more because of the professions of some of the residents, according to Olga Wilhelmi, a researcher at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Laborers who work outside all day in extreme temperatures and return home to a hot apartment are more likely to experience heat stroke or another heat-related ailment.
“It’s not just your housing conditions but whether or not you have a choice to modify your daily behaviors and routine to better cope with extreme temperatures,” says Wilhelmi.
As scientists grapple with long-term solutions to climate change, policymakers need to consider a entirely new set of solutions to address the health risks posed by extreme heat in cities.
Ironically, many of the methods used to address climate change broadly are ineffective, if not problematic, for handling heat stroke at the neighborhood level. For one, while public awareness campaigns encourage people to use less electricity, residents of poor neighborhoods should probably turn up the air conditioning while their counterparts in wealthier, cooler neighborhoods may not.
Wilhelmi says that some cities including Chicago have begun to implement measures like heat warning systems to warn vulnerable populations about extreme heat conditions.
Still, changing factors like building codes and urban design isn’t always easy, making fundamental improvements potentially generations away.
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2019-04-23T12:27:11Z
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http://time.com/3457668/climate-change-poor-neighborhoods/
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As much as we try to avoid mistakes, they can be a positive, humbling experience that allow us to empathize with others.
Editor's note: Alina Tugend, author of Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong, has been a journalist for nearly 30 years. She lives outside New York City with her husband and their two sons.
(CNN) -- We live in a culture that sends out very mixed messages about mistakes: We're told we learn by making them, but we work mightily to avoid them; that no one's perfect, but goofing-up is bad. So the result is most of us know that we -- as parents, spouses, employers and employees -- are going to make mistakes, but deep down, we feel we shouldn't.
One of the definitions of "to err" is "to wander or stray." Often we make mistakes because we try new things -- we stray from accepted paths. Teflon, penicillin -- these are examples of great discoveries made by mistake. Take a page from Albert Einstein, who said, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
We don't move out of our comfort zone if we're afraid of mistakes. Experiments with schoolchildren who did well on a given test show that those who were praised for being smart and then offered a more challenging or less challenging task afterward usually chose the easier one. On the other hand, children praised for trying hard -- rather than being smart -- far more often selected the more difficult task.
When we fear looking dumb, when we emphasize results over process and effort because we're afraid of messing up, then we're going to miss a lot of what's fun and stimulating in life.
If we try hard to avoid mistakes, we aren't open to getting the information we need in order to do better. Experiments showed that those who are so scared to make mistakes -- ultra-perfectionists, for example -- perform worse in writing tasks than those who aren't as worried about being flawless. Experts theorize "superperfectionists" are afraid to practice writing, because to practice means to make mistakes. More importantly, they fear receiving any kind of negative feedback, so they don't learn where they went wrong and how to get better.
We don't just learn more when we're open to mistakes, we learn deeper. Research tells us that if we're only concerned about getting the right answer, we don't always learn the underlying concepts that help us truly understand whatever we're trying to figure out. Mistakes need to be seen not as a failure to learn, but as a guide to what still needs to be learned. As Thomas Edison said, "I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
Mistakes can help us change deeply embedded norms. It was discovered in aviation, for example, that accidents sometimes occurred because junior pilots were afraid to correct more senior pilots when they mishandled problems; the same is true in fields such as medicine. By examining why those accidents happened, experts figured out ways to develop more flexible hierarchies, which creates better work environments overall.
Mistakes keep us humble. And that's important. When we think we're above making mistakes -- or that others are -- we stop questioning and challenging. That can lead to complacency, and really bad decisions. To quote Bill Gates: "Success makes a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." Overconfidence leads us to be blind to the limits of our expertise. Remember our most recent financial crisis?
When we make mistakes -- and gain insight from them -- we have more empathy for others. Research has shown that men in particular tend to become more understanding of others' screw-ups when they're asked to remember a time they messed up in a similar manner.
We learn to bounce back. This upside to mistakes should not be underestimated. Knowing how to fail, err, come back, work harder, fall down, and get up again is crucial to succeeding -- in all areas. It's called resilience and everyone, from child-development experts to employers, know that it's probably the single most important difference between those who accomplish their goals and those who don't.
Accepting mistakes is not the same as loving them. Few people are happy when they mess up, whether it's a small or large blunder. And accepting imperfection is certainly not about being lazy or careless -- quite the opposite. But we need to believe in our gut -- not just acknowledge in our mind -- that it's all right to stumble and screw up and try again. In fact, it's not just OK, it's necessary.
We're all going to make mistakes, it's just a question of choosing how we approach them. Are we going to finger-point or pretend they didn't happen? Or are we going to take responsibility, try to learn from them and forgive ourselves and others? We have the choice. The only option we don't have is perfection.
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2019-04-25T00:28:05Z
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/08/02/need.to.make.mistakes/index.html
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As you may recall from an earlier post, I had arranged to have the print copies of my book sent to my daughter’s address in Ontario, since shipping them to Bermuda was costly. Last week we flew to Ontario, and of course it was wonderful to walk through the door of our daughter’s house and give her and our son-in-law big hugs.
But then I made a beeline for the box I saw sitting in the kitchen waiting for me. We all gathered round as I slit through the tape and opened the box. What a thrill to see my books. I picked one up, stroked the cover, fanned through the pages, looked inside for details. It was beautiful!
I have always wanted to be a writer. As a grade-schooler, I filled many school notebooks with “novels” about orphan pioneer girls; when I was a teenager I wrote poetry and short stories. And then, as an adult, I pursued other careers (Computer Programmer, Piano Teacher, Music Theorist), married, and became a mother. My writing was pushed aside.
But in the back of my mind, I still hoped to one day be a published author. When we moved to the States a few years ago, I was not allowed to work and in essence became “retired” at the young age of 50. As I tried to fill my days, it suddenly occurred to me that if I was ever to write a novel, that was the time. Either I do it, or stop dreaming about doing it.
And now I can hold my book in my hands. It is the realization of a life-long dream. There is nothing to compare to what I felt in seeing the culmination of what began as an idea in my head, then became a Word document on my computer, and now is an actual book.
Can you imagine? What is your life-long dream and how will you make it happen?
Visit my website to find out more about the book, watch the trailer, or buy it on Amazon.
I’m guest blogging at the Cozy Chicks today. Check it out.
Have you ever had to move away and start over in an unfamiliar place? Leave behind family and friends and everything familiar? If so, then you’re sure to relate to the main character of my book, The Unraveling of Abby Settel.
I woke up very early this morning. Very early.
Today’s the day! My book is out in the world. Today you can buy it from Amazon or directly from the publisher, Turquoise Morning Press. Soon you’ll also be able to purchase it from Barnes&Noble, Kobo, or even order it from a bookstore. Be sure to check out my website to find out all about The Unraveling of Abby Settel.
Am I excited? You bet I am.
But, if I’m completely honest, the excitement of the release has been slightly dampened by the fact that I don’t have a copy of the book in my hands yet. Well, that’s not entirely true. I do have a digital version on my iPad and it looks amazing. But there’s nothing like the cracking open of a real book, reading the words I wrote, feeling and seeing the cover…at least, I imagine there’s nothing like it. After all, this is my debut novel. But I experience that feeling all the time when I get a new book written by someone else, so I expect my reaction will be hundred-fold to that with The Unraveling of Abby Settel.
So I’m thinking of this as release week. Because by the end of it, I hope to be actually turning the pages in my first Sylvia May novel. Will you?
Tomorrow is the big day. My book will be released to the world!
I’ve received thrilling emails from my publisher, Kim, about the book going to print, about e-book files, preparing for release date. As she put it, we’ve birthed a book.
Tomorrow you’ll be able to order your copy — as a trade paperback or digitally for a variety of e-readers. Personally, I can’t wait to hold it in my hand. There’s a box of advance copies en route to my daughter’s house in Canada. We’re traveling there next week, and should arrive on the same day as the books (if the shipping arrival estimate is to be believed). How exciting it will be, to open that box with my family.
And I am wired. All week my brain has been whirring with lists, interfering with my sleep. Yet I don’t need coffee to keep me energized. The anticipation keeps the adrenaline running through me.
Today is August, the month of my book release. In 22 days, my manuscript will be available as a book. It feels a bit surreal to me.
People have been asking me how things are going with the book, and what I’ve been doing with it prior to its release. In response, I thought I’d list the tasks I’ve been involved with over the last month or so in preparation for the big day.
*First there were the edits. My editor, Wendy, and I worked through the manuscript a couple of times to tweak sentences, check grammar, look for inconsistencies, etc. Thankfully, this process was relatively painless, as there were not too many issues.
*Once the final edits were done, the manuscript was submitted to Kim, the publisher, to work on formatting it for digital and print versions. After a few weeks, Kim sent me the galleys, a last chance for me to go through and catch any errors the might have been overlooked. I submitted the final galleys back to her last week, and the book is now in its final stages of formatting before its release.
It seems that there’s always so much more to do!
Soon you’ll be able to buy my book, but in the meantime, if you haven’t done so already, check out my Book Trailer and “like” it, “share” it, leave a comment. Or go to my Author Page on FaceBook and “like” it, “share” it, “subscribe” to it.
I can’t wait to hold the book in my hands. But until that happens, the work of an author is never done.
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2019-04-19T12:49:46Z
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https://sylviamayblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/
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President Jacob Zuma has ordered the Treasury to freeze assets linked to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his associates, a government official said on Friday.
“The process is under way and we are writing letters informing them that no money will be allowed to leave South Africa,” foreign ministry spokesperson Clayson Monyela said without offering further details.
Business Day said the money is invested through the $5-billion Libya Arab Africa Investment Company (Laaico), through Libya Oil Holdings, Libya African Investment Portfolio and Libyan Foreign Investment Company (Lafico).
Libya holds billions of dollars in assets in Africa through subsidiaries of its $70-billion sovereign wealth fund.
The Presidency said on Wednesday that Gaddafi called Zuma “to explain his side of the story”.
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2019-04-20T06:42:41Z
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https://mg.co.za/article/2011-03-11-sa-orders-freeze-on-gaddafis-assets/
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Germany were scheduled to host the Netherlands in an international friendly later today, but the match has since been canceled after authorities noticed a suspicious-looking piece of luggage inside the stadium. And it’s looking like that might not be the end of it.
Right now it’s unclear what exactly is happening in Hannover, where the game was set to be played. A few outlets have reported that a truck bomb disguised as an ambulance was found near the stadium, but that has not been confirmed.
We’ll keep updating the post as more information comes in.
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2019-04-24T23:55:52Z
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https://deadspin.com/germany-netherlands-soccer-match-canceled-over-bomb-sca-1743072366
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Notes Recto: [handwritten] Taking on Wood; Verso: [handwritten] Str Nora. B. L. and K. N. Co, Capt. F. L. Woodman, Pilot - Rube Cox, Mate - Harry Parsous, Purser - Mr. Gault.
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The pH value (soil reaction) influences the chemical, physical and biological qualities of the soil. It affects the availability of nutrients and pollutants, and provides information about the ability of the soil to neutralize acids or bases. It is important for the filtration and buffering capacities of soils. Thus, at low pH values, no acids can be neutralized in the soil, the heavy-metal connections increasingly dissolve, and the available nutrients are largely washed out.
The pH values were derived from existing documents for the soil associations, taking land use into account. The data were essentially taken from the profile sections in Grenzius (1987). Some values have been supplemented by expert assessments, in most cases using a great variety of different soil-scientific reports. If no measurements were available, the values were assessed using data of comparable uses or comparable soil associations. In addition to the representative values (typical pH values) for the topsoil and subsoil, the respective maximum and minimum values were also determined.
On the map, only the pH-values of the topsoil are shown, since they are more important for determining soil functions than the pH values of subsoil, and shows greater operational differences.
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2019-04-24T15:46:37Z
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You think the Giants arenât just a little bit peeved that the Cowboys are being viewed as a team loaded with stars? Well, the NFL says that’s the case, with an even dozen Cowboys headed to Honolulu for the Pro Bowl. Making that trip for the Giants is one player, defensive end Osi Umenyiora, and donât think that sits well with the Giants.
Get the feeling the Giants are having some fun at the Cowboys expense?
“Yeah, we love it,” Pierce said. “It is always a fun thing. The Dallas Cowboys are Americaâs Team. They have been labeled that. They have a starting quarterback who is not only a good player on the field but off the field as well. Thatâs a compliment. The guy stays busy but he is a hell of a quarterback and they have a hell of a team. They have a receiver (Terrell Owens) who somehow can fix his body in weeks.
“You look at the challenges that they present, 13 Pro Bowlers, it is like an all-Pro team versus an all-Joe team. And we are going to go out there and try to give it our all.
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2019-04-24T01:12:42Z
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https://nypost.com/2008/01/10/all-pros-vs-all-joes/
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Dominic Di Mare grew up in Monterey, California, where his father owned and operated a commerical fishing boat. In the mid-1960s Di Mare, by then a San Francisco high school art teacher and self-taught studio weaver, was in the vanguard of the American fiber-art revolution. Fiercely three-dimensional and composed of a variety of yarns and natural fibers, his early sculptural hangings reveal the influence of tribal art forms.
In 1970 Di Mare began to hand-make rag papers. Reaching into the slurry to lift up a layer of pulp stirred deep-seated memories of fishing trips off the coasts of California and Mexico. The bulky sheets of paper appeared like "frozen waves." Inspired by these boyhood memories, Di Mare stopped weaving and began to fabricate enigmatic culptures from handmade papers, polished hawthorne twigs, and feathers.
In 1977 and 1981 Di Mare received National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and in 1987 was made a fellow of the American Craft Council.
In the mid-1960s Dominic DiMare, a San Francisco Bay Area junior high school art instructor and self-taught, part-time studio weaver, was in the vanguard of American fiber art. Using a multiple harness loom, quadruple weaves (four panels woven together at a single point), and warp manipulation, he fashioned sculptural hangings from a variety of yarns, threads, and natural fibers—horsehair, uncarded wool, even grasses.
Off the loom, the weavings were often twisted, rolled, pleated, and further shaped by interweaving wires, or by tacking edges together. Unlike Lenore Tawney's more delicate and linear woven forms, DiMare's improvisational weavings from the 1960s are more substantial, and fiercely three-dimensional. Component forms include strips, medallions, shields, and manelike fringes, and his totemic designs, textured surfaces, and colors often revealed influences from primitive cultures.
Dominic DiMare grew up in Monterey, California, where his Sicilian-born father owned and operated a fishing boat. His youthful experiences as an ocean fisherman serve as his principal source of artistic inspiration. As a boy, he was enthralled by the sea, and fascinated by mariners' skills at knotting, splicing, binding, and braiding ropes, cords, and lines. At home, he routinely observed his father dexterously mend fishing lines and nets, and his mother crochet. Cruising a hundred miles or more off the coasts of California and Mexico in summer, he was deeply affected by the infinitude of ocean and sky, and mesmerized by the constant rhythm of ocean swells and the repeated movements of his fisherman father, The cruciform mast, knotted nets and lines, the drifting wake, and feathers and thread used to fashion fishing lures were to be keys to the formal construction and spiritual meanings of his later art.
In 1970 Dominic DiMare began handmaking rag papers. Often, the sheets incorporated flowers, plants, and feathers found on his Tiburon, California, property. Fie soon stopped weaving-even exhibiting—and instead concentrated on making increasingly metaphorical works from thick, handmade papers, and from found objects retrieved from the beach, yard, and roadside. The papermaking process-reaching into water to catch pulp, and creating bulky sheets that appeared like "frozen waves"—stirred deep-seated boyhood memories of ocean fishing, As a result, DiMare's intimate constructions of handmade papers and meticulously braided and knotted lines and threads are intensely, if elusively autobiographical. Process—repeatedly braiding and knotting, just as his father and Sicilian grandfather had done before him—is very much a part of the content and meaning of his work.
Manuscript #9 (1993.54.2) is from a series of twelve mixed-media constructions made in 1978 that employ a similar format. Each piece is composed of two or more layers of handmade paper suspended from a delicate frame of sanded hawthorns sticks. The foremost sheets contain a large, centralized cutout from which are hung alternating sheafs of smaller-sized paper and white, handmade felt. The name notwithstanding, there are no words to be found in the Manuscripts. Yet, each contains multiple levels of meaning, Instead of words, DiMare's sea-born mythology is expressed in miniature, netlike panels, tiny sparkling heads stitched in cross patterns, and trailing wakes of feathers and braided threads and raffia lines-along with faint embossings, and other impressions in the handmade paper.
DiMare prefers to work in series: "It forces you to explore and expand." Aside from the Manuscripts, there are Temples, Shrines, and Altars; the houselike Domus series; Rune and Letter Bundles; TidalWands/Guides; and the more recent, four-legged Mourning Stations. All are sacred structures—mysterious objects seemingly intended for unspecified rituals and ceremonies. Each symbolically expresses the artist's conviction that all individuals share traces of a common, ancient history, that combine—in varying degrees—the polarities of masculine animus and feminine anima, and have primitive needs for physical self-protection and spiritual survival.
Dominic Di Mare is a native Californian who participated in the resurgence of weaving and fiber arts in the 1960s. His work as a weaver reminds Di Mare of his childhood, of watching his mother crochet and his father mend fishing nets. The artist has worked in ceramics and papermaking as well, and all of his art expresses a deep spirituality. Di Mare uses different materials to create sculptures that evoke reliquaries, pyramids, burial towers, and altars.
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2019-04-25T02:03:53Z
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https://americanart.si.edu/artist/dominic-di-mare-6156
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Given that approximately 12.7 per cent of the University of Regina's students have self declared that they are of Aboriginal descent, it is extremely important to ensure that those students - as well as our faculty and staff and members of the public - find our University to be a welcoming and inclusive place. For that reason, a key objective of the University of Regina's Strategic Plan is to ensure that wherever possible, First Nations and Métis cultures are reflected in all aspects of campus life, in everything from our curriculum to our campus design and the ceremonies that are part of Convocation.
In recent years, a number of important initiatives have been implemented to help Indigenize the University of Regina and support the success of Aboriginal students, faculty and staff on campus. The Aboriginal Student Centre has been expanded to provided a culturally appropriate studying and gathering place for our students, for example, and an Indigenous Advisory Circle (formerly called Aboriginal Advisory Circle) was created to regularly advise the President and Vice-Chancellor on measures that must be taken to ensure that the campus remains dedicated to and focused on meeting the needs of Aboriginal students, faculty and staff.
For further information about the University's continuing efforts to Indigenize our campus, please contact Emily Grafton, Executive Lead, Indigenization, at 306-337-2944 or [email protected].
Indigenization is a shared responsibility at the University of Regina. Indigenizing academic programs is aligned with Peyak Aski Kikawinaw. Academic Indigenization refers to the transformation of academic programs with an aim of both re-centering Indigenous content, epistemology and pedagogy and through academic program decolonization. 100 ways to Indigenize and decolonize academic programs and courses will provide some guidance on working toward Indigenizing and decolonizing your academic work.
Indigenization is a shared responsibility. Indigenization aims to transform the University of Regina by “including Indigenous knowledges, voices, critiques, scholars, students and materials” for all students, staff and faculty (IAC Strategic Plan 2015-2020, U of R Strategic Plan 2015-2020). This is achieved by increasing the participation of faculty in decolonizing our teaching. In addition, we would like to ensure that supports are in place for faculty to engage in community-based research and service aimed at enhancing the lives of First Nations and Métis peoples in our province.
Some of our Faculties have made notable strides in Indigenization. They have done so by integrating Indigenous content and scholarship into courses, hiring Indigenous faculty, and engaging in research with Indigenous communities. The Indigenous Advisory Circle (IAC) is committed to ensuring that faculty and staff are provided with the supports necessary to engage with Indigenous knowledges, communities and Elders as they work to further Indigenize teaching and research.
First Nations and Métis communities have complex and often integrated research needs. Authentic relationship building with First Nations and Métis peoples must be undertaken in a respectful manner. The U of R faculty could play a greater service role by creating holistic research teams to address issues of poverty, environment, health impacts, cultural renewal, as well as other concerns. The U of R faculty also has a responsibility to offer courses which are reflective of this territory, and reflect the histories and aspirations of the Indigenous peoples of this land. The IAC understands that in order to engage in higher levels of Indigenizing practice faculty need financial support.
The IAC receives a small amount of funding from the Office of the President. These modest resources have helped students, faculty and staff host activities in support of Indigenization. We would now like to dedicate some of these resources toward efforts to Indigenize teaching and research. A Call for Proposals will be launched within one month of deciding the total amount to be allocated to the fund.
This fund does not replace the integration of Indigenization initiatives into core unit funding processes.
Please submit applications to [email protected]. The next call for proposals will take place in Winter 2018.
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2019-04-24T16:18:38Z
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https://www.uregina.ca/president/indigenization/index.html
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I watched my family eat the perfect summer meal tonight: hot dogs, chips, and fresh veggies. The smoky smell made my tummy rumble and I had a small temptation when Sophia enthusiastically enjoyed her first taste experience with snow peas from the Farmer’s Market… and Mallory didn’t want hers. I normally would have snagged Mal’s up. Yes! Mine! Called it!
Not this time. No, I won’t play food sports tonight. I’m a really good food athlete too, so that smarts.
Today’s the second last day of my fast. But really it’s my last day, since tomorrow’s Friday and I get to eat on Fridays, remember? (Hey, they’re my rules to make!) Strangely enough, as I wished to be eating with my family, I also thought, I’m going to miss this.
I’m going to miss this purposeful pursuit! I feel very blessed over these past few weeks because God has been so kind to give me insights into how he is working his will in my life. He has given me peace that he is in control even if I can’t see this visibly yet. Every time I open my Bible, he has entrusted me with new understanding about how His kingdom operates here on earth. All powerful answers to my prayers on this 40-day fast.
More than anything else I have wanted wisdom from God. He promises it to those who ask! In fact, this is a prayer I’ve been praying since I was a young girl and first read about King Solomon.
I’ve played this game before! I wish for a million more wishes!
When I read this, I knew, in my heart of hearts, that Solomon had asked for the right thing. What would God say?
The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor —so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.
How wonderful! Wisdom plus plus! But I paused, thinking wisdom was way too easy to get! What an awesome gift to have and all we have to do is ask?
I’m excited to share the specifics, but I just rested my eyes for a minute and 10 slipped by unnoticed. I probably should go to bed instead of writing 1,000 more words. That would be wise.
Well that cliff hanger ending was just MEAN! But I’m so glad this time with God has been a blessing. Good night, sweet friend!
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2019-04-23T14:14:18Z
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https://truthstory.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/fasting-and-praying-second-last-day/
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Q. Can players play Flyers or FGSA league. ?
A. No players need to play FGSA league to be eligible to play on the Flyers team.
Q. How do you select coaches?
Q. Who is eligible to try out?
A. Anyone registered within FGSA.
A. Tryouts will be May 2nd. Watch the league website for more information. A second tryout may occur. We hope to field teams in the 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U & 18U age groups in 2015.
Q. What is covered at a tryout?
A. Ground balls, throwing, fly balls, hitting & bunting, pitching and catching. The tryouts are similar to our division tryouts.
Q. Are tryouts the only basis of the selection process?
A. No. The basis of the selection process includes performance at the try out, observation of league play, past Flyer performance and coach recommendation.
Q. What is the cost the of travel ball season?
A. Basically, the purchase of your uniform and tournament fees and will vary by team (approx $250 -$450). Flyers will conduct fundraising to help offset costs. Your daughter may get two or three seasons out of her uniforms. These costs are estimates and will vary by team. Travel costs will be additional and vary depending on where the tournaments are played.
Q. How long is the travel ball season?
A. The first tournament is usually over Memorial Day and lasts till August, with the possibility of making the ASA Western National Tournament. The players have the option to continue to play fall ball (Sept thru November) but there will be new tryouts for the fall ball teams.
Q. What commitment is expected of me?
A. The teams are selected by the coaching staffs of the particular age group with input from the tournament director.
Q. How is travel ball different from league?
A. First, full commitment to practices and tournaments is expected. Second, only the players on the field bat and playing time is earned. Playing time on Saturday (pool play) is more equitable that Sunday (championship play). You will be playing among the top athletes within your age group and each team is expected to step to the next level. In this atmosphere, your daughter will grow as a player and it will be evident in her level of play the following year.
Q. Who do we compete against?
A. There are three levels of ASA play: · “A” ball is an independent organization that can recruit from any area. · “B” ball is an organization that pulls girls from within their own league and the player must already be registered in the league. The one exception is girls in high school who must be within our boundary, but are not required to play (must register) in the league. · “C” ball is primarily the same as “B” ball, but is the second team for a league in a given age group. “C” teams usually compete against other “C” level teams and often play a more limited schedule that the league’s “B” team. · FGSA first fields a “B” team in a given age group and then fields a “C” team if there is sufficient interest from both players and coaches. Our “B” teams have competed successfully at the “A” level. The “C” teams may play in a “B” tournament.
Q. What is a typical tournament schedule?
A. 4-6 tournaments from May through August. Most tournaments are within the Northern California, with each team usually scheduling a couple of overnight tournaments. Overnight tournaments have been in locations such as Stockton, South Lake Tahoe, Davis, Salinas, Roseville etc. Older teams may travel farther.
Q. What is a typical tournament like?
A. Saturday is “pool” play. Typically there are three games that “seed” the teams for Sunday (championship play). Who we play and at what time on Sunday is determined by the seeding. Sunday is usually single elimination and will vary from on to three/four games.
Q. What is a typical practice schedule?
A. During league play the player’s commitment to their league team comes first for practices and games. Flyers practice will be fit in where possible. During league play there will also be practices on Saturdays or Sundays. Once our FGSA league is over, the Flyers teams will generally practice three days a week, but the final practice schedule is determined by the coaches.
Q. What are the benefits of travel ball?
A. A tournament will usually result in 4 to 7 games a weekend so that would be 30+ games for the summer season. In addition to the number of games your daughter will play, she will be with experienced coaches who continually work on mechanics, coverage and strategic play. In this atmosphere, your daughter will no doubt perform at a higher level, which will be evident in her level of play the following year.
Q. What if we have a vacation already planned?
A. Please discuss with the appropriate head coach prior to committing to the team.
Q. Who do we contact for further information or for interest in coaching a Flyer’s team.
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2019-04-25T23:54:41Z
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http://www.eteamz.com/fremontgirlssoftball/news/
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The first thing I’d like to point out in this review is that Suicide Squad, David Ayer’s hotly-anticipated contribution to the quickly expanding new DC universe, is certainly not as terrible as the recent onslaught of damning reviews would have you believe. I entered the cinema with extremely low expectations, and was met with a complete tonal and structural mess of a film, but one which was surprisingly enjoyable in parts. It details the attempts of ruthless government official, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), to assemble a group of renowned criminals who are coerced into serving and protecting society against their will. It was clear that David Ayer had intended to create a fun, rambunctious and genre-subverting film featuring a task force of misfits, in the same vein as Marvel’s much-loved Guardians of the Galaxy, but the lack of clear direction resulted in a talented cast being squandered on a collection of scenes which just never quite meshed together effectively.
A comparison which can immediately be drawn between Suicide Squad and the aforementioned Guardians of the Galaxy was the energetic but overused jukebox-esque rock soundtrack, which was aimlessly added to action scenes and exposition montages and bore no connection whatsoever to what was happening onscreen. Unlike the imaginative and well-placed selection of classic pop songs littered throughout Guardians of the Galaxy, Suicide Squad’s soundtrack usage was obnoxious and tiresome, insulting its audience by forcing a particular mood instead of building it organically, as if to act as a guise for how shallow parts of the film actually were.
Subject to a great deal of speculation before the film’s release was its cast, and I feel that the film’s highlights were some of its performances. Jared Leto provided a very unique portrayal of the Joker, bringing fresh and unusual qualities to the character. Despite his very limited screentime, we see him involved in a range of incredibly comic-esque ‘shenanigans’, adding to the film’s sense of fun and providing lurid and colourful aesthetics which I wish could’ve been carried throughout the rest of the film, which was predictably gritty and washed-out. It must be pointed out, however, that the attention the Joker paid to his own style and status made him noticeably less threatening than the chilling performances of previous Joker actors, most notably Heath Ledger. Margot Robbie’s performance as Harley Quinn unfortunately missed the mark, but this is almost entirely due to poor writing, as most of her lines consisted of jokes which simply didn’t land. Will Smith’s portrayal of Deadshot was enjoyable, but ultimately his character was shaped by his attempts to do right by his daughter, which became a little one-dimensional after a while. The rest of the titular ‘Suicide Squad’, whilst intriguing, were mostly just shoehorned into the film, and didn’t really receive the attention they probably deserved during scriptwriting.
In terms of plot, the film’s ending felt frustratingly easy and predictable, which wasn’t helped by plot holes, as well as the characters’ new found empathy and compassion towards one another, which felt uncharacteristic considering their supposedly sociopathic personalities. The film’s opening mainly consisted of blatant exposition and character flashbacks, with each member of the Squad being given their own profiles, likely for the benefit of viewers who weren’t familiar with the comics. This felt disjointed with the rest of the film structurally, but on a positive note, was fairly visually creative and engaging as an opening.
It’s easy to condemn Suicide Squad on the basis of the predominantly negative reviews it’s received, but there is clear ambition exhibited in sections of the film, such as in its daring, albeit divisive, performances and its occasional enjoyable silliness. Had the script been completely overhauled, the characters better showcased and the action sequences well-organised, Suicide Squad would almost certainly have provided the rejuvenation the DC universe desperately needs. Despite some positive elements however, it simply didn’t achieve that goal.
I totally agree with you – this wasn’t nearly as bad as everyone made it sound, but it also could have been such great counter programming to Marvel. If DC/WB would worry less about dollars and cents, they might be able to churn out superior movies to Marvel’s competent but (at least for me) relatively boring oeuvre. For me, the best three superhero films of the past 15 years have been Spiderman 2, The Dark Knight, and Logan – all of which were made outside of the current Marvel universe.
Exactly. I think DC attempted to combat the growing superhero fatigue a lot of viewers seem to have now, but they do lack the technical prowess that Marvel have. I do feel pretty disillusioned with both at present but in some ways that’s a good thing because if either of them manage to wow me it’ll be a pleasant surprise! Can’t see it happening though.
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2019-04-24T00:32:19Z
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https://cineguise.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/suicide-squad-review/
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“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our soul,” Pablo Picasso once said.
Many FIU students, faculty and visitors may agree with Picasso’s words, as they enjoy viewing new art displayed in offices, hallways and gathering spots in the College of Business offices at FIU Downtown on Brickell. International artist Karim Ghidinelli has made a gift of eight oil on hand engraved aluminum pieces – some large, some monumental in size.
Ghidinelli says a lot of thought goes into the text he uses in his art and he hopes people take the time to read the words he selected.
The FIU Downtown on Brickell facility is located in the heart of Downtown Miami at the iconic office towers at 1101 Brickell Avenue.
A global perspective is apparent in Ghidinelli’s art. Born in Italy, the artist has lived and studied around the world, including Ethiopia, Namibia and England. In Savannah, Georgia, he earned BFA and MFA degrees at the renowned Savannah College of Art and Design.
Ghidinelli’s work has been featured in exhibits around the world, including solo shows recently at the Galerie Le Royer in Montreal and now at Cheryl Hazan Gallery in New York City.
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2019-04-21T18:27:24Z
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http://news.fiu.edu/2015/02/spectacular-art-donation-enhances-fiu-downtown-on-brickell/84556
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As editor of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, Phil Christman does not bat an eyelash at the idea of bringing the arts to prisoners in Michigan.
Christman, a lecturer II in English language and literature, LSA, came to the University of Michigan in 2013 with his wife, Ashley Lucas, to work with the Prison Creative Arts Project. PCAP is a program at U-M that brings the arts such as theater, writing and painting to prisons in the area.
As the editor of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, the role “mainly entails reading every manuscript that comes in and then either accepting, typesetting, and eventually publishing and selling,” he said.
The process of rejection is quite different from other literary magazines. “When we reject something, we try to give some helpful feedback to the people who write rather than give them a form rejection,” Christman said.
The majority of Christman’s interactions with the prisoners submitting work to the review are via letter. This has proven difficult in recent months as there have been more restrictions put in place on how and what can be mailed to prisoners.
Some things were not a surprise for Christman.
The experience is not just about managing the challenges. Christman said his favorite part of working with PCAP is when someone they have published gets to go home.
Christman’s experience with the review has strengthened his support for prisoners’ rights.
My wife really inspires me. She does so much for PCAP and so many different suffering people from all walks of life, but she’s still a happy person and cool to hang out with.
I’m reading “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens. It’s super embarrassing, I’ve never read it before.
What/who had the greatest influence on your career path?
I was avoiding going back to grad school. … Then I got a job at a homeless shelter. The thing that gave me permission to go back to school was finding out how many of those men and women were studying at vocational school and community college.
Wonderful work; good to read about it.
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2019-04-25T10:45:29Z
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https://record.umich.edu/articles/english-lecturer-edits-literary-magazine-written-prisoners
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The School aims to provide a stimulating and nurturing environment for postgraduate research. We are privileged to include many academics of the highest national and international research reputation, encompassing a wide range of fields from French, German and Russian Studies, Iberian and Latin American Studies, Linguistics and Film Studies to Literary and Cultural Studies, Modern Critical Theory and Cultural Theory, History of Ideas and Modern Continental Philosophy.
We receive financial support for projects from sources including AHRC, the ESRC and the Leverhulme Trust, and a number of staff members are fellows of the Royal Society of Arts, the AHRC Peer Review College, the British Academy and the Association of Art Historians respectively. Our postgraduate students enjoy the use of the facilities provided by the Arts Research Centre, the Lock-keeper's Cottage and the Graduate Centre.
Prospective research students are welcome to approach the School at any time in the academic year. We are happy to discuss research proposals and to provide advice both on academic matters and on possible sources of funding.
We also offer short-term visiting student status to students currently completing a Doctoral degree outside the UK to gain supervision of their thesis?
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https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/study-with-us/postgraduate-research/
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Having studied in Seoul after years of fascination with the Korean peninsula, Amy’s academic focus at Harvard will be on the Korean language, ongoing cultural changes in the region, and the 20th- and 21st-century domestic and global engagement of North and South Korea. A classically trained yet pop-loving musician and self-taught composer, Amy also hopes to conduct research into an area of personal curiosity: the South Korean mainstream music industry (K-Pop). Her research would include K-Pop’s evolution over recent decades, its soft power role in South Korean diplomacy, and its impact on domestic and international societies and values.
At Harvard Law School, Samuel will pursue his interests in white-collar crime, mass litigation and advocacy. This study agenda will build upon his prior publications in English and Australian law journals as well as his experience at the Federal Court of Australia and global law firms in Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney. Samuel has also accepted a position as a Student Fellow as part of the Law School’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law.
Aden specializes in global and international history, with a focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century intellectual, political and legal history. He is fascinated by cosmopolites and internationalists, theorists and pragmatists, and the varied ways in which they conceived of the world in bygone eras. His time at Harvard will expose him to new historical fields and methodologies, while training him for a career in academia.
Matthew Lilley received a B. Economics (Honours) from the University of Sydney in 2012. He worked in the Research Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia, and then as a research assistant for Economics faculty at the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales. His main interests are in empirical microeconomics, including behavioral and development economics, and political economy.
Catherine is pursuing a Master in Public Policy with a concentration in Social and Urban Policy. Her specific interests are in criminal justice policy and behavioral economics. After graduation she intends to return to the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet where she works as an advisor.
Max studies algebraic number theory at a department which has hosted some of the strongest minds in number theory for decades, which even now has several living legends among its faculty. After graduate school, Max hopes to establish a presence in number theory at Sydney University, a school that will always be close to his heart.
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2019-04-26T08:24:49Z
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https://frankknox.harvard.edu/people?page=1
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Rose Goeres, the new principal at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, in Ellicott City, said the community has been very welcoming. "Everyone's family," she said. "You don't feel like an outsider."
There are many paths to take to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City – some that wind around hillsides and alongside train tracks near Patapsco State Park. But for Rose Goeres, the school's new principal, the path to OLPH began on the other side of the country.
Earlier this summer, Goeres got into an R.V. with her husband, youngest daughter and two dogs. She had just left her position as principal at Assumption Catholic School in Bellingham, Wash., and the family drove east — with a stop in Montana — to Goeres' new job inMaryland.
Goeres said she looks forward to greeting the 236 students to OLPH, a Catholic, kindergarten through 8th-grade school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, when it opens Monday, Aug. 29.
"It's such a welcoming and connected school," she said. "Everyone's family. You don't feel like an outsider."
Goeres and her husband, Ted, began a nationwide job search when the lives of their daughters started to change. The youngest, Miriah, was graduating from the eighth grade and the family wanted a better fit for high school, Goeres said. Their oldest daughter, Jackie, was about to get married in Montana to a Columbia native after graduating from Johns Hopkins University, and the newlyweds planned to start their life together inHoward County.
"It really came down to the grace of God, and where He wanted us to be," Goeres said about her job search. "If God wanted us to be closer to Jackie, He'd find a way."
The way presented itself in several open positions within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Goeres said. The OLPH opening stood out, she said, because of the welcoming nature of the community she had experienced during visits. And so, her family moved across the country — with a stop in Montana for the July wedding — even though her husband did not have job lined up and they had no permanent housing.
Since they arrived, Ted has been hired to teach tech ed at Long Reach High School, and Miriah will start ninth grade at South Carroll High School.
Goeres, 44, replaced Nancy Malloy, who was principal for 10 years before she retired at the end of the school year. Goeres said because of Malloy's organization and guidance, she'll be able to hit the ground running when school starts.
"She spent a full week with me when I got here, past her contract," Goeres said. "There's still a learning curve, and in that way I could never replace her."
Still, the transition has been going "beautifully," said Florence Hahner, a math teacher and middle school chair at OLPH, who's been at the school nearly 15 years.
"Nancy has been so supportive of Rose, guiding her in the ins and outs of the school," Hahner said. "Every transition has its highs and lows, the bumps in the road, but because of the support, the bumps are so minor."
Goeres cited the supportive nature and the feeling of community and family as common themes she's found in her few weeks at the school.
"In talking with the staff, they say the same thing: they love the feeling they have and that they wouldn't want to be anywhere else," she said.
Leading a private, Catholic school during economically trying times can be difficult — OLPH has seen both students and teachers join its ranks from the closing of Woodmont Academy in Cooksville in June — especially when parents have the option of the Howard County Public School System, Goeres said. Still, she said, OLPH offers something public schools cannot.
"I think that while Howard County schools are the best of the best, and create students that are the best in the world, we create students that are the best for the world," she said. "It's not just about strong academics, it's about being good stewards of the earth."
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2019-04-24T22:34:33Z
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/ph-ho-cf-olph-0825-20110822-story.html
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MagicTeens "Tu Viaje a Disney" - by El Viaje de tu Vida - Duration: 44 seconds.
El Viaje de tu Vida y MagicTeens Presentan "Tu Viaje a Disney" - Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds.
Promo Marzo 2018/2019 - Duration: 23 seconds.
Magic Teens te brinda el mejor viaje por el Caribe en el Independence Of The Seas - Duration: 60 seconds.
Magic Teens Disney 2018 - Duration: 54 seconds.
Magic Teens - El mejor viaje a disney para vos! - Duration: 41 seconds.
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Spike's a Producer/Composer/Dj doing what he loves the most and trying to share his passion for music with the world!
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2019-04-21T07:10:54Z
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https://www.youtube.com/user/magicteenstuviaje
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Introductory application of continuum mechanics to ice sheets and glaciers, water waves and tsunamis, and volcanoes. Emphasis on physical processes and mathematical description using balance of mass and momentum, combined with constitutive equations for fluids and solids. Designed for undergraduates with no prior geophysics background; also appropriate for beginning graduate students. Prerequisites: CME 100 or MATH 52 and PHYSICS 41 (or equivalent).
Introduction to seismology including: elasticity and the wave equation, P, S, and surface waves, dispersion, ray theory, reflection and transmission of seismic waves, seismic imaging, large-scale Earth structure, earthquake location, earthquake statistics and forecasting, magnitude scales, seismic source theory.
What processes determine the large-scale structure and motion of Earth? How does convection deep within Earth drive plate tectonics and the formation of ocean basins and mountain ranges? Drawing from fundamental principles of mechanics and thermodynamics, we develop mathematical theories for heat flow, mantle convection, and the bending and breaking of Earth's brittle crust. Scaling arguments and dimensional analysis provide intuition that is refined through analytical and numerical solution (in MATLAB) of the governing equations and validated through comparison with observations. Prerequisites: differential equations ( CME 104 or MATH 53); mechanics and thermodynamics ( PHYSICS 41 and 45); prior programming experience ( CME 192 or CS 106A) is recommended.
This class connects the science behind natural disasters with the real-world constraints of disaster management and development. In each iteration of this class we will focus on a specific, disaster-prone location as case study. By collaborating with local stakeholders we will explore how science and engineering can make a make a difference in reducing disaster risk in the future. Offered every other year.
The structural and stratigraphic interpretation of seismic reflection data, emphasizing hydrocarbon traps in two and three dimensions on industry data, including workstation-based interpretation. Lectures only, 1 unit. Prerequisite: 222, or consent of instructor. ( Geophys 183 must be taken for a minimum of 3 units to be eligible for Ways credit).
The interconnected set of dynamic systems that make up the Earth. Focus is on fundamental geophysical observations of the Earth and the laboratory experiments to understand and interpret them. What earthquakes, volcanoes, gravity, magnetic fields, and rocks reveal about the Earth's formation and evolution.
Preference to sophomores. Topics include: geologic processes that led to the concentration of gold in the river gravels and rocks of the Mother Lode region of California; and environmental impact of the Gold Rush due to population increase, mining operations, and high concentrations of arsenic and mercury in sediments from hard rock mining and milling operations. Recommended: introductory geology.
Introduction to the principles of classical and modern genetics, evolutionary theory, and population biology. Topics: micro- and macro-evolution, population and molecular genetics, biodiversity, and ecology, emphasizing the genetics and ecology of the evolutionary process and applications to human populations. HUMBIO 2A and HUMBIO 2B are designed to be taken concurrently and exams for both sides may include material from joint module lectures. Concurrent enrollment is strongly encouraged and is necessary for majors in order to meet declaration deadlines. Please note Human Biology majors are required to take the Human Biology Core Courses for a letter grade.
Notes: Enroll in a discussion section before first day of class via Axess. See Syllabus for date of mid-term.
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2019-04-22T00:34:10Z
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https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?q=all+courses&view=catalog&academicYear=&catalog=&filter-ger-WAYSMA=on&page=17&filter-coursestatus-Active=on
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The Centre for Mathematical Sciences is again busy with students beginning their undergraduate maths courses here in the Faculty. This includes the first students to benefit from the new STEP Support Programme - which aims to give all university applicants the opportunity to reach their mathematical potential by providing early and effective intervention.
"The ultimate hope is to make a real difference by levelling the playing field and to encourage more applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds and under-represented groups," says Dr Orsola Rath Spivack, Faculty Admissions Officer.
STEP is an additional mathematics examination, taken at the end of year 13, which forms part of offers to applicants for mathematics, and some related degrees, at Cambridge and a number of other universities. The content of the STEP exam is based on A-level Maths and Further Maths, but questions are designed to be more like those you meet at university in style.
The new STEP Support Programme is designed to help university applicants develop their advanced problem-solving skills and prepare for sitting STEP exams. The programme is developed by the Faculty's Millennium Mathematics Project, and the resources are free and open to anyone.
"Some schools have a lot of experience at helping students prepare for STEP. We are particularly aiming the programme at students whose school does not have much experience and cannot provide much support preparing for STEP," says Claire Metcalfe, who developed the resources for the programme.
"Our admissions process aims to identify the students with real potential and motivation, the ability to think creatively in mathematics and to build on their necessary base of A-level knowledge (or equivalent) by using new concepts to solve challenging problems," says Rath Spivack. STEP is demanding, but preparing for the exam gives students a chance to engage with interesting, challenging mathematics, to stretch themselves and to develop the mathematical reasoning, independence and confidence needed in a Cambridge undergraduate mathematics degree.
"We hope that, by trying to ensure that everybody has support for STEP, many more students will be able to achieve their potential in STEP and actually enjoy solving questions, so this in turn will change their attitude to STEP," says Rath Spivack.
The main component of the STEP Support Programme is a course of free online modules for individual additional study. These are designed for students to work on weekly, starting in the summer of Year 12 (although it is possible for students starting later to catch up). Each module consists of a structured mathematical problem-solving assignment, leading to work on selected STEP questions, with support material and partial solutions to help students assess their progress and identify areas that need more work. The online resources are supported by a discussion forum staffed by volunteer Cambridge maths students and faculty staff. The online programme is free and open to everyone, regardless of which university they are applying to. Indeed the programme is recommended by many other universities too as an excellent preparation for potential applicants, including the University of Oxford.
To complement and extend the online programme, the faculty ran two full-day STEP Support events for state-school students in March 2017. Every UK state school student holding an offer from the University of Cambridge to study Mathematics was invited to attend one of these days, with 188 students from all over the UK participating in these events. These events were a very positive experience for the students involved: "It introduced me to other people from the same situation also being challenged by STEP, and was a great day of doing maths with other like-minded people," says Molly Barker, now an undergraduate in the Maths Faculty.
"For many students, their first experience of STEP can be a shock as they have never (or rarely) come across a maths question that they cannot do. By providing a gentle introduction to solving STEP questions, and by gradually taking away the scaffolding and support, we have created a course which bridges the gap between A-level and STEP," says Metcalfe.
The foundation modules, the first part of the course, are designed to gradually take students through a mathematical warm up, introducing them, from the very first assignment, to carefully selected STEP questions with lots of scaffolding to help tackle them. "I found the format of the foundation modules very good. As well as being a gradual build up, it also allowed you to reflect on the STEP question fully and understand how similar STEP questions with the same themes might be solved," says Molly Barker, currently an undergraduate in the Maths Faculty who took part in the STEP support programme last year. She also found the partial solutions particularly helpful: "When you were completely stuck on a question, it was nice to get a hint and be able to then make progress yourself, rather than having to lose the experience of doing the question by getting a full solution."
Later parts of the course, the STEP II and STEP III modules, cover material that not all students will have encountered until the end of their final year at school. "To help with this, we derive a lot of the formulae needed in the foundation modules and then we provide topic notes so that students can attempt the STEP questions even if they have not covered the relevant topics in their lessons by that point," says Metcalfe. "The topic notes were invaluable because my school didn’t teach some topics," says Barker.
The programme has been deliberately designed to be open access and free to all. "We want to encourage people to dip a toe in the water of university style mathematics, as well as support and encourage them to think about whether this kind of maths, and coming to study at Cambridge, is something they are interested in," says Julia Hawkins, Deputy Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project.
The resources were released weekly from August 2016, and have had over 250,000 page views in the last year. There were 5,500 downloads of the first assignment alone. And the most important evidence of the programme's success is that some of this year's maths undergraduates, including Barker, have noted the programme’s impact on their journey to Cambridge.
"The 'self-contained' nature of the support programme meant that what you had learnt at school didn't matter," says Barker. "You could just use the programme to fully catch up and be able to give your best shot at STEP. Her fellow student Andrew Ejemai agreed: "I found the Cambridge online STEP Support Programme very useful in my independent preparation for STEP papers."
Their colleague, Lewis Croney, was originally at a secondary school that was under-performing against national benchmarks and where few students went to university, let alone Cambridge. Croney was supported by his sixth form college and took part in the STEP Support events, and is now studying Maths at Trinity College. "I am ecstatic to be joining the University of Cambridge to study Mathematics and am looking forward to learning alongside so many like-minded people. It really is a dream come true."
"A long time ago, I was a student from a school which had no history of students sitting STEP. In designing resources for the programme I often thought about what the 18-year old version of me would have found useful," says Metcalfe. "It can be a lonely and sometimes scary experience working through STEP papers, and throughout the programme we try to build students' confidence, and hopefully make the experience more enjoyable." The programme is designed to show that rather than a barrier to entry on mathematics courses, STEP can be an opportunity to get stuck into some challenging and exciting maths at school.
"STEP questions are hard but they are also really fun to do," says Barker. Metcalfe explains that the programme has meant that talented mathematicians, regardless of their background, have access to opportunities to reach their full potential. "Our aim is to ensure that everyone who has the mathematical potential has the tools, experience and confidence to do well at STEP, no matter what their educational background."
Find all the free online STEP Support Programme resources at maths.org/step.
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2019-04-22T02:46:46Z
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http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/features/helping-students-make-next-step
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tampabay
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When Lightning wing Ryan Callahan took a nasty spill into the boards Thursday night, it didn't look good.
Turns out, it wasn't. Callahan will be sidelined indefinitely with an upper body injury, evaluated after three to four weeks, per GM Steve Yzerman.
Yzerman said there's no call-up from AHL Syracuse coming, at least today. Tampa Bay still has 12 healthy forwards, with J.T. Brown likely to take Callahan's spot on the fourth line.
"I'm sick to my stomach to watch a guy work as hard as he did to come back, play so well and to have something like that," captain Steven Stamkos said.
Callahan, 32, who had missed Tuesday's game with an undisclosed injury, was playing a phenomenal game Thursday with five shots. But in the third period, Callahan tangled up with Arizona's Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who pulled the Lightning wing into the boards with him behind the Coyotes net. Callahan, hunched over in pain, skated off but wore a sling on his right arm post-game.
Callahan missed most of last season with nagging hip issues, but entered this year "hungrier than ever." Callahan had six points in 29 games (one goal), a key cog on the fourth line with Chris Kunitz and Cedric Paquette. Not to mention Callahan is one of the most respected voices in the dressing room.
"You feel so bad for him," Victor Hedman said of Callahan. "He's battled hard through the whole year, and is such an important player for us."
Said Brayden Point: "A heart and soul kind of guy."
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2019-04-20T00:53:58Z
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http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightning/2017/12/15/ryan-callahan-out-at-least-3-4-weeks-for-lightning/
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Species: Potamogeton richardsonii (A. Benn.) Rydb.
Citation Potamogeton richardsonii (A. Benn.) Rydb.
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2019-04-24T22:23:25Z
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http://newyork.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=2515
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One late September evening when the family was all in their bedtime routines and the sky had been dark for a few hours, I sat down at my computer to close things up for the day, and when I looked up out the window I saw the most beautiful sight: the bright slip of the moon hanging just above the line of apartment buildings to the north of us, shimmering through the leaves on the treetops. I ran into the girls’ room to urge them to come see it in its half state, just peeking above the buildings, and they hurried to the balcony door to see the moon.
“Look!” I said, “It’s about to set,” as the moon narrowed, as if about to dip under the roofline, out of sight—but no, wait, it was getting brighter again. That didn’t make sense. If the moon goes down, it goes down; it doesn’t come back up again. And rather more typical for the moon to rise than set, isn’t it? The kids shrugged their shoulders and wandered back down the hall in their pajamas, ready for books and bed. I lingered at the window watching the moon glow bright with intensity, then disappear, then return again. I chalked it up to the leaves shuddering in the wind, distorting my view, and turned and left the moon behind.
The next night, the same thing, though this time I called no family member to witness it; I knew the moon shouldn’t appear in the same place night after night, yet here it seemingly was, bright as anything, the right size, the right incandescence, twinkling through the leaves and branches that obscured my view. I found it baffling. Night after night I’d stand at the balcony door and stare at that enticing glow, hands on my hips, wondering what it was that lit up the night sky. After a week I gave up, dignifying it with only an occasional glance.
It was after we returned from our fall trip to Paris, when cool winds had swept in and pulled the last leaves from the trees in our absence, that I realized what I’d been admiring. Not the moon at all, but the Mercedes logo glowing in the night atop its Kurfürstendamm headquarters, spinning and spinning in the dark night. With the leaves gone it was clear as anything that the glow that seemed as bright as the moon was mere fluorescent light molded into an almost-peace symbol, an emblem that belongs on the hood of a car, nothing more.
Like so many things in Berlin, I’d mistaken one thing for another; mistook east for west, shopkeeper for confidante, corporate logo for moon. Acquaintances we met in the fall who I thought would become integral to our lives here were never seen again. The year felt disjointed; I felt naïve, unable to distinguish the real from mere artifice.
In the fall I saw only the sorry excuses for the moon; it would be a while before I saw the magic in what I had once dismissed as trickery.
Like, for instance, my role in this sabbatical year. Once I had accepted the phrase “trailing spouse,” offered by a friend also married to a professor who has moved his family across the country more than once, though it was too diminishing a term to embrace. It reminded me of a children’s book I read many times to my girls, which includes the line, “Twinkle twinkle little slug, leaving slime trails on the rug”—this is what came to mind when I pictured a “trailing spouse”; I knew I did not want this to be me.
The Lindberghs: Charles as pilot; Anne as crew. Image courtesy of NY Times.
Only lately have I found a better analogy for my role in this sabbatical, unearthed in a book lent to me by Melissa: North to the Orient, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Who could have been more of a trailing spouse than the wife of Charles Lindbergh, sitting behind her aviator husband; making every journey, yet never in the pilot’s seat?
You can hear in her asides to herself and her readers the mental leaps she must make to see herself as a full-fledged partner in the expedition; she has let others define her and as their esteem rises, so does her own. And when I read the passage above I related to her as a peer, thanking her for giving me a way to ditch “trailing spouse” for a more dignified term: Co-pilot. Crew.
I felt like a true co-pilot and treasured crew member at M’s recital this past weekend. This whole spring, it seems, has been leading up to M’s recital at the Mendelssohn Remise. He has spent months preparing: practicing at Hanna’s, rehearsing with a fourhand partner in Charlottenburg, getting coached by a former student of Claudio Arrau in the eastern fringe of Berlin, plus many sessions on the grand piano at the Remise itself, playing for tourists who came to pay homage to the Mendelssohn family. All of this in preparation for the recital he played on Sunday.
The recital was the culmination of M’s time here, certainly, but also a focal point to bring together the various strands of our networks in Berlin—M’s and my own, and Geoff’s—M’s brother who has had an invisible hand shaping our whole experience here.
Recitals are like weddings; people arrive from different parts of your lives that you’d never expect to see in the same place, even though you knew they might all come to this event. You’re confronted with your different selves, the person you are at the boathouse, the person you are in a friend’s kitchen, the person you are at Bilderbuch Café, the person you are on the S-Bahn after a heart-wrenching movie. You are family, you are friend; you are rower, you are sister-in-law. You jump from one conversation to the next, one language to the next, still in the baby pool in the German conversations; earn an undeserved compliment, “Dien Deutsch ist wunderbar!,” after which you clam up so as not to make the woman eat her words.
After M’s recital (he’s in the middle). Geoff is on the far right.
And here is Geoff, M’s brother, on his fifth visit to Berlin during our stay, the most we’ve ever seen him in the 20 years I’ve known him. We’re living in his adopted city, the place his heart is, even if his job is in D.C. and his house is in New Hampshire. His friends have become our friends, notably Elke and Micha, who made the venue possible at the Mendelssohn house, and Birgit and Doris, our busy neighbors down the block who have not had much time for us this year, but the time they have given over to us has been enjoyed fully.
M’s network is richer than I might have expected, more evident to me at the recital as he performed Schubert with Heidemarie beside him for a fourhand piece, and Hanna sat in the front row and glowed with pride after he dedicated the Beethoven to her, and his newfound piano coach Peter sat in the audience to take it all in, and Rheinhild greeted him jovially afterwards to congratulate him. A colleague from Macalester drank in the Beethoven, and a former student sat with our girls. M’s father, come all the way from Pennsylvania, sat beside me; an old college friend of M’s and her partner, flown in from D.C., sat in the next aisle. And friends from my circle, namely Melissa and Anne, smiled back at me from deeper in the audience.
After the recital everyone gathered for a reception and then slowly dispersed, our family and a handful of the audience heading to a nearby brasserie for dinner. Geoff and I were trailing behind them, and we held hands as we walked, an endearing, natural gesture.
And it struck me, as we strolled along, that this year was largely possible because of him—his network of friends had come through for us; they’ve let us into their lives. And I said as much, and thanked him, but with that dawning realization that you owe more than you can possibly repay, you’ve been given a gift of such magnitude—we’re here because of you! None of this would have happened without him, choosing Berlin, staying in Schöneberg, hosting a recital here, bringing together all these people in one place—Geoff’s connections were the underpinnings that framed it all. We’ve added our own connections to the mix, of course, but we simply wouldn’t have chosen Berlin had it not been for Geoff, and all else stemmed from that decision.
From our first moments in Berlin, his friends have sheltered us from being overwhelmed; Geoff’s friend Elke having picked us up at the airport in a taxi when we arrived, showing us the way to our new apartment. Helped us with our suitcases, then took us two doors down our street to Birgit’s house, where we were served our first meal in Berlin. Then Geoff arrived a day later, and showed us around the city that first week, and how bereft we felt when he stood to leave, how tightly I hugged him, afraid to be left alone in this strange place. But he came back, often—Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break, and for this June recital—following us through this year, making sure we were okay.
“You have such wonderful friends,” I told him. And Geoff nodded as I said all this, still holding my hand, replying that his friends are like family to him, and he thinks in part it’s because they met before the wall came down—West Berliners cut off from their West German relatives, a trip through East Germany standing in the way. So they clung to one another, and Geoff became godfather to Elke’s daughter, more like an uncle, more like family. And his Berlin family had, over the course of this year, become our own.
Geoff and I were bringing up the rear in this procession of family and friends from recital hall to restaurant, M leading the way, being the musician whose art had brought everyone together on this day, and in between us walked their father, and our girls, and Hanna, and Elke and Micha, and others dear to us, past the stately Gendarmenmarkt, the most beautiful square in the city that Geoff had unveiled to us in our first days here.
And at that moment I felt like Anne Lindbergh, in the back seat of the plane, bringing up the rear of the family, having learned enough of the local Morse code to get by, having found my place in this family and sabbatical. I caught a glimpse of the year for what it was, not a denial of home after all, but a gift of altered space and time; not my husband’s sabbatical but ours, mine as much as his, a year to mold as my own. A Mercedes moon in its own right; what could have been a mere trailing spouse’s year abroad was instead a heavy moon, ripe with possibility, shimmering in the bright, hopeful sky.
This entry was posted in Music - Opera and piano, Sabbatical and tagged Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Beethoven, Berlin, Bilderbuch Café, Charlottenburg, Claudia Arrau, Kurfürstendamm, Mendelssohn Remise, Mercedes, moon, North to the Orient on June 18, 2014 by Jill M..
This piece brings a tear to my eye! Wunderbar!
what a beautiful wrap up of your time here in Berlin and your coming into your own! For me it was wonderful to have you both and the girls here. It enriched my life.
Thank you, Hanna! You have enriched ours, without a doubt.
Thanks, Kiki. You’re on your way to Berlin sometime soon yourself, isn’t that right? If so, I wish you well in your own adventures here.
Aha you have excellent memory Jill. You’re on your way out and I’m right behind you.unfortunately my August arrival is pushed back to September, but I’m descending on Berlino come hell or high water.
I will be blogging about it all so perhaps we can keep tabs on each other this way. Either way keep writing/ blogging. It is really bringing out your inner self and you tell your stories beautifully.
Kiki, good luck with your planning and move. Let me know the link to your blog and I’ll gladly follow along. I sure will miss this place and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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Minutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee meeting, October 18th, 2006.
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A seascape view in Brolo. This is a low resolution image for fast display. Originals are of the highest professional quality with superb colour tones and printed on professional photographic paper.
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Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater has this afternoon undergone surgery on his injured left shoulder.
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If you had a Game of Thrones viewing party on Sunday night, it’s quite possible you and your friends got dressed up for the occasion. But we’re willing to bet that, no matter how much time you put into your costume, yours is nothing like the ones Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard brought to their GoT season eight premiere viewing party. Bell and Shepard have been outspoken fans of GoT for years, so much so that they once dressed up as Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow to perform the show’s theme song in a viral video. This time around, Bell and Shepard took their GoT love to a new level by dressing up in Holloween-worthy costumes to celebrate the show’s return.
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Bell also posted a very cute, short video to her Instagram that gives us a head-to-toe view of her costume. From this angle, it’s easy to see that her hoodie has dragon scales printed on it and it comes with a tail. The accuracy is incredible, TBH.
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My brother Dan Hosse was the head of Aladdin's art department and designed/drew this lunchbox.
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Two. – A Bay Area Photography Team.
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Since Kingston is still so young we brought him along as we spent the weekend trying out restaurants on our list and locations my wife has wanted to go but we haven’t had time to visit.
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