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Shirley Collins
Shirley's 1964 albums
Interview, Part 2 of 5
by Johan Kugelberg of Ugly Things
JK: Did you get the impression that these activities in the cellar were sort of frowned upon by the We-Have-A-Club-types?
SC: Most likely, yes. They were always more interested in the dance side of it, because I suppose it was a more social thing as well. But luckily, Peter was there to champion the songs.
JK: I would really like for you to tell me about the music of Harry Cox. I haven't heard him.
SC: There are two great singers in my opinion. Harry Cox is one of them, and George Maynard of Sussex was the other. I'm lucky enough to have heard Harry Cox in the flesh. And the subtlety and the nuances behind his singing were almost indescribable. He inhabited the songs in a way that I think few people do. A lot of people just sort of sing them but they're not part of their lives.
JK: Well I would describe your singing that way, so obviously Harry Cox was very central to you.
SC: Well, he was because when you have an example of somebody like that, who is singing in the same voice he speaks in, and singing songs that come from his own background, his rural, Norfolk laboring background; it wasn't unconscious or subconscious. I think he loved the music. He wasn't a sophisticated man, but he had this profound understanding of what it was he was singing about because after all, he lived it every day and worked it every day. It came through as subtle and dignified and totally aware. You believed every word he sang and trusted the way he sang it. Although it was understated, it was an excellent lesson that you trusted the songs. You don't have to sell them or exploit.
JK: I'm expressing an obnoxious opinion here, but that sounds like the antithesis to Pete Seeger and Ewan MacColl who I don't think are believable in any way, shape or form.
SC: Thank you.
JK: And I know how central Ewan MacColl is to the history of British folk music but as far as him as a performer and a singer, he is an exclusivist.
SC: Absolutely. I'm so grateful to find somebody who is on the same wavelength as me here. I've always been slightly on the edge of all this. Because MacColl and Seeger and Peggy Seeger, they're such proselytizers. They've got an agenda and everything is going to fit that, and I mind that terribly. They're usurping all these songs to make their own point and that's not what these songs are about. What you're doing is representing generations back. The minds and the hearts and the work of all those people, and you haven't got the right to take it over and make it a political statement. Funny it was Bob Cochran and Pete Seeger on the radio last week. Bob had gone over to New York to meet Pete. Bob is the same age as Pete. Bob was talking about his songs and the way they reflected life on the farm he and his family lived on, and every statement of Pete's was political. And he didn't even sing a folk song. That's another thing that I mind as well; all these great folk singers never sing a bloody folk song in their life. I really do mind it, it really does make me angry.
JK: It pisses me off as well.
SC: Well, good!
JK: I think there are stunning parallels between Ewan MacColl here and Pete Seeger in the U.S. as far as co-opting and maintaining a very academic, middle class, exclusivist tendency towards this. Obviously, there are benefits thereof as well because they do document the music and these are also the kinds of people who can talk to government institutions and look good in front of boards of directors. But as far as far as art, how severe was the stranglehold that Seeger and MacColl had on the scene?
SC: There was the singers' club and they had a rule, which was a good one, that you had to sing a traditional song, and a song from your own region, if you had one. And then there was the critics' group which started to be even more narrow-minded about this stuff. They all ended up singing like [unintelligible]. But yes, it was a stranglehold that they had on quite a lot of people, because if you wanted to get into that music, you did need to be approved of by Ewan MacColl or Burt Lloyd, who's more of an academic. With a great deal of stuff that wasn't quite intrinsic.
JK: The checkered shirt and not doing your nails was very important. What's the famous quote?
SC: Ewan MacColl said to me once that I shouldn't sing love songs all the time, but I was 19, what else was I going to sing?
JK: I'm 36, I still love love songs.
SC: So do I. I'm 66 and I still love them. But the other thing he said, was that I had painted my nails pink and that folk singers didn't, according to Ewan. And this is Ewan MacColl. I think it was at that point I said, oh well.
JK: He had obviously never visited Appalachia. Because even if the most traditional of traditional singers is getting up in front of an audience, she'll do her hair up and put on some lipstick and present something to an audience.
SC: This is excellent because I remember when I was in Kentucky, we recorded [Ainja Cooms], a banjo player who lived in her great grandfathers' shack up on the mountains. She came down. She didn't come down the first night because she had been stung by a hornet and her hand had swollen up. And then Lomax went to fetch her up Rattlesnake Creek, and I wouldn't go up because of the rattlesnakes. She came down with ribbons on her banjo, she was in a purple velvet dress with rings and earrings dangling and masses lipstick, and she was 90! She came down sparkling.
JK: Getting all dolled up, that's respect and love for an audience. That's presenting the best you have for an audience. Look at photos from the '20's and '30's, look at the Skillet Lickers or Milton Brown and the Brownies or anyone. When a photo was taken they were all dressed in their Sunday best, they've combed their hair, they've shined their instruments.
SC: Well, it's self-respect as well isn't it?
JK: Self-respect and a love for the actual audience, the people that are there to experience your art. That kind of academic middle-class fascism has always hurt art and will always hurt art. One of the perennial problems of the way that the learned middle class consumes art is that we have such authenticity issues as well. I guess Ewan MacColl had seen a photograph of somebody in rugged dungarees and a checkered shirt and no nail polish and sort of set that in his mind. Your first appearance on record which was the Lomax and the Ramblers EP where you sang backup vocals. Which year was that?
SC: I'd imagine if it's '56 or '57.
JK: Let me take a look. 1955 you appeared on the Folk Song Today LP with the song "Dabbling in the Dew." Then in '57, the Alan Lomax and the Ramblers EP appeared on Decca and you sang backing vocals.
SC: Yes, on "Dirty Old Town."
JK: "Latin Railroad Man."
SC: That was Ewan and Alan. There was Alan trying to sing like an inmate from Parchment Farm and Ewan singing like a hard man from Manchester. So yes, I was doing backup vocals for that but I did sing "The Water Is Wide" with that group, which was nice but it was a little too jazzy for me because I don't like jazz, basically.
JK: And you performed with them?
SC: Oh yes, we did one or two television things for Grenada television over in Manchester.
JK: And that was a proper group? You used to play shows with them?
SC: Well, we did one or two TV things, but we must have done one or two things in London, I truly can't remember.
JK: When were your first solo live performances?
SC: Well about 1957, '58.
JK: So when you appeared on the Folk Song Today record, you had not performed in front of a live audience really.
SC: Well I had entered the folk song competition at the Cecil Sharp house. I didn't win it, but I got put through to the evening concert as sort of a best-of-the-rest I think. One of the reasons that they criticized me was I sang "The Cruel Mother" with a banjo accompaniment and I was so nervous was not only were my knees shaking, but on the last line of every chorus, my voice was shaking and the judges didn't approve of the tremolo I think. [laughter]
JK: When did you get your first banjo?
SC: Around the same time because I used a banjo for that.
JK: What kind of banjo was it?
SC: A five string banjo, probably made in England,
JK: Do you remember why you chose the banjo?
SC: I think it had fewer strings than a guitar.
JK: That's the classic bassist line as well. Only four instead of those obnoxious six. You must have also loved the sound of it, hearing it on these radio programs.
SC: Well, I couldn't emulate it, I couldn't play like that. I sort of devised my own style. I'll tell you one of the reasons why I picked up the banjo was John Hested, who was a physics professor at London university, was coming to the Cecil Sharp house to talk to young people about music, and he played a five string banjo and guitar so I could have got lessons from him, so I think that's why I picked up the banjo. Then I started sort of chiming it, but not in the fast American way. Quite an English banjo.
JK: One of the interesting things about Dock Boggs is that his banjo techniques are considered quite primitive by some, but it's also impossible to copy. His styling is so original and he does it in such an idiosyncratic way. Quite reminiscent of your playing on those early recordings. So, it's quite easy to fill in the blanks about how the first trip to America came about. You met Lomax, you guys hit it off big time, you went to the States.
SC: We did! Although he was 20 years older than me, I was ready to fall in love with him from the radio anyway.
JK: A pretty charismatic man, too.
SC: Yes. And he's got all that music in his head. All that knowledge, God! And he was gorgeous, he looked like a buffalo. Like a bison. Big head, big shaggy hair.
JK: During those years, he was collecting in Europe, right? With the Italian records, and the French and Scottish and that whole series.
SC: Yes, he had just come back from Spain when I met him. That was a good party that Ewan threw, so I did go back to Ewan's house, but it was to meet Lomax.
JK: Which probably pissed him off even more since you were quite the babe.
SC: Well, had he not met Peggy I think it might have.
JK: It probably did anyway. So he asked you if you wanted to come with him to the U.S. and assist him.
SC: Eventually, yes. I lived with him for a couple of years in England first, and we worked on various things there.
JK: So you collected with him in England?
SC: No, not collecting, just helping him as an editor because I'm a very good proofreader.
JK: Yes, I've seen your name on a bunch of his records.
SC: Yes, and because I was interested in the stuff and I could learn fast, and I just had an instinct for understanding what this music was about, and because I was free (laughing). I didn't get paid for all the work I did. It was just a huge learning experience.
JK: An internship.
SC: Yeah, and nobody else had it. It was a unique experience.
JK: During these two years, he didn't do collecting trips?
SC: No, he was working on the Columbia World Music Series, the Folk Songs of North America book and it was just a question of assembling all that stuff and typing it.
JK: When you guys went to the U.S., that was the next major work trip that he did?
SC: Yes.
JK: How did you prepare research-wise before you went over?
SC: None as such.
JK: It must have come as a shock.
SC: Well, he had gone back, and I thought everything was over, although he did write occasionally and kept in touch. Then the letter came asking me if I'd join him on his trip and I think it was sort of imminent. There was no time to prepare and what would I have done anyway? All I could take with me was my enthusiasm and my understanding, my instinct for it.
JK: That's the most important thing anyway. So you flew into New York?
SC: No! I caught the SS America, it took me five days. People didn't fly in those days that much.
JK: But you arrived into New York.
SC: I arrived in New York at dawn and it was magical. Seeing the Statue of Liberty. I was also very afraid as well because of my left-wing connections. You had to sign documents.
JK: Asking if you've ever been a member of the Communist party kind of thing?
SC: Yeah. Well I hadn't, I was able to say that truthfully. Because I was visiting, Alan couldn't be my sponsor because he was a single man. And also he'd left America because of the un-American activities with people. So, I had to be sponsored by his agent and his agent's wife and I had never met them. I was dreading coming in through immigration in case they questioned me closely about this and I was so scared that they weren't going to let me through. I was really frightened, actually. All that stuff did seem frightening at the time and I'm sure it still is for people who are trying to get into a country illegally.
JK: It's an extreme amount of mixed emotions, too, with the glamour of the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop.
SC: It's going past the Statue of Liberty coming from Europe. It's a pretty potent symbol.
JK: Lomax met you?
SC: He was on the dockside with Anne, his daughter.
JK: Did you spend a few days in New York?
SC: Oh yeah, I think I arrived in April and I don't think we went south until August. It took quite a long time to get the money together; it kept falling through. I think Columbia was going to pay for it at one point, but they insisted he have a union engineer with him and someone extra like that in situations we were going to be in would have been hopeless. So he refused and they withdrew their funding. It was very last minute that the Ertegun brothers at Atlantic gave us the cash and we were gone within days of getting that money. Alan had wanted to do it earlier, but there was just no money to do it with. He had no money, ever. He was always living hand to mouth.
JK: That's the nature of somebody who is making the path as he's going along. Also as a sidebar, considering who the Ertegun brothers were at that point in time, it's surprising to me that they greenlighted that project at that point in time. I love that series, I think it's one of the great series of albums ever. It's surprising that Atlantic Records made that leap of faith because the series is sort of outside of their paradigm. So, those months were spent in New York?
SC: We went to another place actually, we went to California, to the California Folk festival in Berkeley, this was sometime in the summer. And we stopped off in Chicago and stayed with [Studs Terkel] who was a hospitable man and his wonderful hospitable wife. Caught the train out to San Francisco from Chicago, which was an incredible experience. Sang at the Berkeley festival and met Jimmy Driftwood there for the first time. We all hit it off wonderfully.
JK: Your friends in England were dying of envy.
SC: No, they didn't know.
JK: You didn't send the occasional postcard?
SC: No I wrote letters. I wrote huge letters home which is partly the basis of the book. So, we were doing things like that. We went up to Boston and sang with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and we were doing various broadcasts and Alan was still working on various projects.
JK: Those are the people that got me started in my interest in folk music.
SC: Who, Sonny and Brownie?
JK: Yeah, because my parents were really into them.
SC: Did you ever meet them?
JK: No.
SC: They were so lovely. Brownie was the loveliest man I ever met. The sexiest man I ever met was Muddy Waters, god. Talk about Tom Jones, psshh, it's ridiculous!
JK: When did you meet Muddy Waters?
SC: Somewhere with Alan. I might have met him in England.
JK: He played England in the late fifties, I think.
SC: I think he came to stay with us at Highgate. And it was Sonny and Brownie came to the house as well.
See Part 3 of 5 of the Shirley Collins interview


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Lifecycle: Layer Hens
Lifecycle: Layer Hens
Hens are smart, quirky and inquisitive creatures. Choosing RSPCA Approved eggs can make a real difference to the life of a layer hen.
Layer hens and meat chickens are two different breeds of bird – grown for two different purposes.
Meat chickens by name and nature are bred to produce meat and lots of it. Layer hens produce 5 billion eggs annually for Australian consumers.
Life for the vast majority of hens begins at a breeding unit.
In Australia the most common breeds of layer hens used in commercial egg production are the Hy-Line Brown, ISA Brown and Hi-Sex Brown. Technical aspects aside, these birds are brown in colour with a red comb and have been genetically selected to lay as many eggs as possible over their relatively short life.
To begin, fertilised eggs are imported into Australia under strict quarantine arrangements and are hatched as breeding birds (male and female lines). These breeding birds eventually produce offspring that will lay the eggs that are handled by commerical hatcheries. Once eggs are laid, they are then transferred to industrial-size incubators at these hatcheries.
Incubators can be huge and consist of shelves that can hold tens of thousands of eggs at a time. They have strictly controlled temperature, humidity, and ventilation. Incubation normally takes around 21 days.
Following incubation of around 21 days, chicks hatch – and on this very first day they are separated by sex.
Sexing chicks requires considerable skill by hatchery staff and is done at this very early stage to determine their fate.
If strong and healthy, female chicks are transferred to a 'rearing' facility, where they are grown to a certain age before being moved again to a laying facility – which could be a cage, free range or barn system.
It's only the female chicks that hatch from these incubated eggs that will become commercial layers that produce the eggs we eat. The male chicks that hatch are considered an unwanted by-product of egg production and are killed and disposed of shortly after birth.
Male chicks are killed for two reasons: firstly they can't lay eggs and secondly they aren't suitable for chicken-meat production. Layer hens - and therefore their chicks – are a different breed of poultry to chickens that are bred and raised for meat production.
Once sexed, day-old chicks may be vaccinated and have their beak trimmed prior to being prepared for transport on the same day.
From the hatchery, female chicks are transferred to rearing farms.
During the rearing phase, young hens (known as pullets) are housed in cage or cage-free facilities. The chicks remain here until they are about 17 weeks old when they are ready to be transferred to a laying facility.
- Once they have reached appropriate body weight, hens are exposed to increasing lengths of light in the sheds (typically 16 hours) in order to stimulate egg production. Altering light can affect chickens activity levels, sleep levels, and behaviour.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of hens in Australia, over 11 million, still live in 'conventional' battery cages.
They are known as 'battery' cages because of the way they are stacked upon each other over multiple rows in a single shed containing up to 100,000 hens.
Hens in battery cages spend their entire life in a metal cage, and share their space with three to seven other hens.
In 2008, the size of cages and space for each hen increased very slightly (about the size of coaster) under the Model Code, however despite this change, each hen is still only allowed the space of less than an A4 sheet of paper.
Modern cage facilities have automated feed and watering systems, ventilation, lighting, and manure and egg collection via conveyor belt systems.
Cage systems are easier to manage, more hygienic and have a lower risk of infectious diseases. However, hens in battery cages have a miserable existence as a result of restricted movement, lack of exercise, inappropriate flooring (wire mesh), and ongoing stress and frustration due to their inability to express the natural behaviours essential to them.
Basic behavioural needs including perching, nesting, foraging, dust bathing, scratching the ground, stretching and flapping wings aren't available to hens in battery cages.
Furnished cages (also called 'enriched cages') are similar to conventional cages.
They were developed as an alternative to battery cages with the aim of providing more space and height, as well as additional provisions such as a nest, scratching pad (to help shorten claws), more space, and a perch. Furnished cages offer advantages over battery cages since more normal behaviours may be expressed, which contributes to stronger bones and muscles. They also have some advantages over cage-free systems as they are easier to manage, and there is a lower risk of spreading infectious diseases. However, the RSPCA believes that despite 'enrichments' in furnished cages, problems persist. For example, there is not enough space to allow for a dust bath that is large and deep enough and has sufficient litter for all hens to access. Hens are unable to forage and scratch the ground, environmental complexity is limited which limits the hens' ability to explore their environment and forage, and there may be competition between hens for the nest box if they want to lay their eggs at the same time, and the position of the perch may reduce the total area available to the birds.
Furnished cages may house 10 to 60 birds. A relatively new system, these 'furnished' cages are used throughout the European Union, New Zealand and Canada but aren't yet widely used in Australia.
In a barn system, hens aren't kept in cages but instead can move on the floor in large sheds.
Flock size varies between thousands and tens of thousands of birds in each shed.
Sheds are normally equipped with an automated feeding and watering system, and eggs are collected mechanically.
Hens in barn systems can carry out more natural behaviours such as stretching and flapping their wings. All barns have nest boxes where hens can lay their eggs, but not all barns have perches or litter which are key to catering to hens behavioural needs. Some barns have slats or wire-mesh flooring which do not allow hens to forage, scratch the ground, dustbathe or perch. The expression of normal behaviours also depends on appropriate stocking densities inside the shed.
Barn-laid eggs are a good alternative to battery cage eggs. A well-managed barn can be just as welfare friendly for a hen as a good free-range facility. From an animal welfare perspective it's a myth that barn is second best. It's all about how the system is managed and what standards they adhere to.
Many eggs are now being marketed as cage free. Essentially, cage-free eggs are barn-laid eggs.
The RSPCA approves some barn-laid egg farms under the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standards.
Conditions on free-range farms vary greatly, but most importantly hens aren't confined to cages.
In a well-managed free-range system hens should have access to an attractive outdoor area during the day including shade and protection. At night, large flocks of free-range hens are usually kept in sheds or barns to keep them safe from predators, while smaller flocks may be kept in smaller, possibly moveable sheds.
Free-range hens can dustbathe, scratch and forage, and lay their eggs in a nest. Some free-range systems provide perches for hens to roost when they are inside at night.
The RSPCA believes it's important that layer hens in free-range systems are well managed, housed at appropriate stocking densities, have access to appropriate shelter, and are provided with a suitable range area which they readily use.
The RSPCA approves some free-range egg farms under the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standards.
There are different ways to house layer hens - the RSPCA's Standards focus on meeting birds' behavioural and physical needs.
The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme includes Standards for higher-welfare indoor and outdoor systems which focus on providing for hens' behavioural and physical needs. Under the Scheme, maintaining good quality housing conditions and providing environmental enrichment are key. Enrichment includes perches and litter which allows hens to dustbathe. Hens can also lay their eggs in a nest.
Depending on the kind of system and management conditions, farms Approved under the Approved Farming Scheme may stock up to 9 birds per m2. RSPCA Approved farms may house birds indoors in barns where their behavioural and physical needs are met or in systems where they have access to an outdoor area, are provided with shade, shelter and protection from predators and are able to range during daylight hours for a minimum of 8 hours per day once the hens are reasonably feathered.
It's really important that consumers look for products that are certified by an independent and reputable animal welfare organisation and that Standards are publicly available.
It's also important to understand how often farms are audited – the RSPCA Standards are assessed on farm at least twice per year. Free-range eggs come from hens that have access to an outdoor area during the day. At night, free-range hens are kept indoors in sheds. Conditions on free-range farms vary greatly. On some farms, the range area is large, provides grass for foraging, has access to shade and shelter, and all birds are able to come and go from the range during the day; on others, the range area may be less attractive for the birds or the birds may be stocked densely in sheds with limited opportunity to access the range.
Organic farming has a focus on avoiding the use of synthetic chemicals, including synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers, hormones and antibiotics. In animal production, organic farming may aim to provide a natural environment for animals and usually includes access to the outdoors (free-range), but the exact standards of this can vary greatly.
72 weeks is the average life of a commercial layer hen.
Hens will lay about 300 eggs each year and will produce eggs up until around a year and a half of age. From here, egg production will gradually decline and hens will be taken out of the production facilities.
Although hens have a natural lifespan of up to 12 years, egg production declines at around 72 weeks of age and as a result, commercial hens of this age are considered less profitable.
Sometimes commercial hens are put through a process of 'forced moulting' which extends peak egg production. Moulting is a natural process, allowing hens' bodies to rest and rebuild bone strength. In commercial systems however, moulting may be carried out using feed withdrawal or non-feed withdrawal methods. Particularly for those birds that have feed withdrawn (for a period up to 2 weeks), forced moulting is a serious welfare issue. Where feed isn't withdrawn, the bird's diet is changed to a feed low in energy and protein. Both methods cause a marked reduction in body weight but also re-invigorates egg production.
When hens' egg production drops at about 72 weeks of age, hens are considered 'spent' and are removed from production.
After 'spent' hens are removed from the production facility, they are sometimes killed and buried on-site, and sometimes transported to a processing facility.
At the processing plant, hens are removed from their transport crates and shackled, upside down, by their legs on a conveyor system. They are then stunned (rendered unconscious) using the most common method in Australia which is through an electrical water bath and have their necks slit by a sharp rotating blade.
Hens are then plucked, cleaned, processed and packed for further distribution. Carcasses are used for manure and fertiliser, pet food, and lower-quality processing meat for human consumption such as in soups and stocks.


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Meditation requires immense discipline and focus. The concept itself is simple. Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Centre yourself with absolute concentration and bring your mind and body together.
Gaining consistency and skill in the practice can be rare. That being said, it has several benefits, and here's how (and why) you should start meditating.
How to start meditating
To start meditating, the first thing you need is something comfortable to sit on. And remember that word, "comfortable", because your comfort is first and foremost when it comes to meditation. Whether it's a chair, your bed or (as most prefer) a cushion, this is the first ideal condition. However, consider using a chair or bench at first so that you have a backrest.
Set a timer as well to ensure you maintain a consistent period of time to meditate. The key thing for you to note is that while meditating, you can cross your legs however you wish and you can also keep your hands wherever you like. Keeping your back erect is a must, while the rest is based entirely on what suits you and helps you relax.
One of the major obstacles when meditating are your own thoughts. It's important to bring your mind back to focusing on your own breath rather than letting it wander. To put it plain and simple: Don't think, meditate!
With regards to how long you should meditate, it's ideal to start small and increase gradually as you gain confidence. Starting off with 5 minutes a day is going to work much better for you than attempting 20 minutes at the first go.
Benefits of meditation
a - Calms your mind and body
b - Helps your brain age slower
c - Increases your focus and consistency
d - Improves control of your thoughts
e - Provides a more rational perspective
If you have problems with overthinking or anxiety, meditation may just be the best way to improve your condition.
Where to practice meditation in Hong Kong
If you're interested in making meditation a full-time practice, you have a plethora of options to get professional help and advice. Here are some of the best centers around Hong Kong:
a - yoga mala, 11/F Man Cheung Building, 15-17 Wyndham St., Central
Phone: 2116-0894
b - Hong Kong Vipassana Meditation Centre, Kwun Tung
Phone: +852 2671 7031
c - Dhamma Mutta Vipassana Meditation Center, Lantau Island
Phone: +852 2671 7031
d - Kadampa Meditation Centre, Causeway Bay
Phone: +852 2507 2237
e - Ananda Marga Yoga & Meditation Centre, Kwai Chung
Phone: +852 6487 9875
f - Art Of Living Yoga and Meditation Center, Sheung Wan
Phone: +852 3101 2331
There are very few things in this world of which you can say, with absolute confidence, come with no negative effects. Meditation belongs in that rare category. The popularity of Meditation, and Yoga for that matter, has increased significantly around the world. The health benefits are considerable and indisputable, so it's probably time for you to hop on to the hype train as well!


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TU President Bonvillian to retire June 2016
Dr. Gary Bonvillian, Thomas University's President for the past nine years, announced to the Board of Trustees today that he plans to retire June 2016.
"Two thousand sixteen will cap off a 42-year professional career, 40 of which have been in higher education," Bonvillian said. "I feel now is the right time for me to step aside and let others carry on the work of Thomas University. That said, I still have another year to complete several critical projects to better position Thomas University for its next president."
John Glenn, Chair of the Board of Trustees, accepted Bonvillian's pending retirement.
"The entire Board of Trustees and the Thomas University wish Dr. Bonvillian all the best on his retirement as President of Thomas University," Glenn said. "We hate to accept that he will be leaving on June 30, 2016, but we relish in the successes of his time here. Under his leadership the enrollment has doubled; the Magnolia Campus was acquired; our athletic programs have mushroomed; we have developed cooperative degree programs in the People's Republic of China; and the university's financial picture is much brighter. Additionally, we are embarking on the development of student housing on the Magnolia Campus. In short, he will be missed, but his many accomplishments on behalf of Thomas University are greatly appreciated."
Bonvillian became the 10th President of Thomas University on July 1, 2006. During his time as President, TU has experienced phenomenal growth while most colleges and universities experienced significant declines. In the fall of 2006, TU had an enrollment of 685 students. The number has grown to 1,138 domestic students for the fall of 2014. TU also has more than 10 satellite sites in Tallahassee and across Georgia.
Bonvillian's tenure included a major renovation of the Main Campus, including removing a street that bisected campus, relocating some buildings and improving landscaping. Smith-Bonvillian Hall, the newest addition to the campus facilities, is a symbol of TU's progress. During Bonvillian's time at TU, its programmable land area grew from 29 acres in 2006 to the current 74 acres, including TU's Magnolia Campus on Magnolia Street that opened in the fall of 2012.
Under Bonvillian's direction, TU has greatly expanded its international reach as well. He led the way in establishing partnerships with universities in China to provide TU's degree programs in Nursing and Business. TU expects that by the fall of 2015, it will have more than 1,250 students in China, and this enrollment is expected to grow much larger.
Bonvillian brought Thomas University into the national spotlight as a charter member of the Yes We Must Coalition, a nonprofit organization that now totals almost 40 small, private, non-profit colleges and universities across the U.S. that seek to raise public awareness, share resources, collect data and fundraise together in order to improve graduation rates for under-served students. Bonvillian serves as one of the charter directors of the coalition and has served as a presenter in Yes We Must Coalition's presentations to representatives of the U.S. Department of Education.
"I certainly am proud of what we have accomplished at Thomas University over the past decade," Bonvillian said. "With tremendous support of my wife Mary Bonvillian, the Board of Trustees, the faculty and the staff, Thomas University has become a school of choice. I fully expect Thomas University will continue to thrive as one of the many liberal arts based schools in this nation that serve a unique sector of higher education. It has been my good fortune to not only work at five excellent colleges and universities over the span of my career, but also to find my way to Thomasville and Thomas University."


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The secret of the Gorillapod's flexibility and grip is the construction of its legs, which are made from linked chains of nine ball-and-socket joints. The joints are individually very stiff and difficult to bend, but the leg as a whole is extremely flexible and can be bent into any shape quite easily. Each link has a thick rubber ring around it, so when the leg is bent around an object it grips with multiple points of high-friction contact. With three legs wrapped around an appropriately sized object the grip is surprisingly firm.
Obviously with such a complex structure the main concern is going to be durability, since each leg has at least nine possible failure points; however I've put a Gorillapod Original through several months of fairly vigorous use while testing compact cameras, and I can report that it's showing no signs of wear and still grips just as securely as ever. I've also used the Focus for a couple of weeks, and so far it seems to be even less likely to break.
The Gorillapod Original and Gorillapod SLR have two extra links above where the legs meet to provide a bit of extra flexibility, and give the option of positioning the camera horizontally while gripping vertical objects. They also both have quick-release camera platforms. The SLR-ZOOM and Focus sacrifice both the extra links and the quick-release platform in favour of greater strength, with the legs attached directly to the camera platform. However the Focus does come with an adapter converting its standard ¼-inch tripod fitting screw to the larger 3/8th-inch screw used to attach professional tripod heads, so you can use it with your favourite head for extra flexibility.
There are a number of accessories available for the Gorillapod range, including spare quick-release platforms for the Original and SLR models, and some vicious-looking spiked feet for the SLR-ZOOM. All Gorillapod models and most of the accessories are available in either conventional plastic blister packs, or in eco-friendly recyclable cardboard packaging for a few pounds less, which is a nice idea.
The Gorillapod is an ingenious and highly effective lightweight alternative to a full-size tripod. All the models are exceptionally well made, highly portable and offer an exceptionally versatile means of supporting a camera in a wide variety of situations. They are a bit on the expensive side, but are well worth the money.
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Lisbon's Hebrew Bible: Medieval Jewish Art in Context
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibited from Nov. 22, 2011–Jan. 16, 2012
Within Shakespeare's worldview, an assassination like Macbeth's of King Duncan upset the so-called Great Chain of Being, or the cosmological organizational chart, in which power structures that were clearly articulated could only be disrupted at a cost. Immediately after Macbeth and Lady Macbeth conspire in the murder of Duncan, there is a report from Lennox, a lord, that nature itself seems to be suffering the repercussions of the assassination (though Lennox doesn't yet know that Duncan has been killed).
"The night has been unruly. Where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death, And prophesying with accents terrible
Of dire combustion and confused events New hatched to the woeful time. The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Some say the Earth Was feverous and did shake," Lennox testifies.
To which Macbeth responds, no doubt troubled, "'Twas a rough night." Lennox adds passionately, "My young remembrance cannot parallel A fellow to it."
The natural consequences of the disruption of the divinely-ordained order aren't unlike biblical accounts—as in Leviticus 18:25—of the defiled land of Canaan "vomiting out" the sinners. It's almost as if the holy land is physically allergic to sin, and the response is biological rather than spiritual. It is perhaps within this larger kind of framework that Joseph the Frenchman (Yosef ha-Tzorfati) illuminated the final paragraphs of the book of Deuteronomy, which details the death of Moses.
The late 13th century manuscript, the Cervera Bible, a designated National Treasure from the National Library of Portugal in Lisbon, which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shows two monsters ("grotesques") flanking the last lines of the text. In fact, the triangular regions occupied by the monsters become mountains—albeit mountains with floral peaks—that invade the textual region of the page. It's almost as if the art is trying to slow the text down to keep Moses alive (at least textually) as long as possible. Or, since Moses' death is recorded on the first line of the column, the scribe and the artist might have wanted to draw out the accolades of the prophet's life as long as possible.
Beside the text is a lion, which the Metropolitan Museum show describes as sleeping in a tower. The label is correct when it points out that lions were "a favored device in both Jewish and Christian art" and that in Jewish art "they often served as a symbol of the Israelite tribe of Judah." I wonder why the lion is sleeping, though, if its head seems to be lifted and its eyes are open. Lions of course could also be symbols of the tribe of Dan (which has an image of a lion whelp in one of its blessings) and of Samson, who wrestled a lion to death.
In this instance, one wonders if the reference in the text to Joshua, who would succeed Moses as the leader and prophet, is paralleled by the lion, which might allude to Joshua's partner, Caleb. While most of their contemporaries were killed for trusting the ill report of the spies, Caleb and Joshua opposed the evil spies and were thus spared. Perhaps the illuminator and scribe wanted, here, to show the transfer of power from Moses to Joshua, Caleb, and others. The curtain behind the lion might also be significant if it refers to the curtain (parochet) in the Tabernacle or Temple, which separated the Holy region from the Holy of Holies. In that case, the lion might either symbolize the divine, or someone communicating with the divine, who is hidden on the other side of the curtain.
On another page of the Bible, the artist Joseph the Frenchman devotes significant real estate to signing his work. As the Metropolitan Museum label points out, artists rarely identified themselves in medieval manuscripts, let alone using an entire (costly) page for their signature. But here Joseph writes—in playful grotesques arranged in the form of Hebrew letters: "I, Yosef ha-Tzorfati, this book [have] I drawn and completed." In the Stars of David on the right page, the artist circumscribed a lion and a castle, the symbols of the kingdoms of Leon and Castile, where, the Metropolitan Museum curators speculate, the patron may have lived. It's worth noting that the castle and the lion are also the symbols of the tribes of Simeon and Judah.


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1 1/2 Lbs. organic Yukon Gold potatoes, unpeeled, washed, cut into 1" pieces
2 C. fresh asparagus spears, woody parts trimmed, cut into 1" pieces (spinach works too)
1 bunch green onions finely chopped - or shallots or sweet onion here instead
1 C. Canadian bacon or smoked ham cut into 1" pieces substitute sautéed mushrooms
1 C. grated Gruyére or Swiss cheese
8 large eggs, whisked
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
Fresh ground pepper
1/4 cup Olive Gourmet UP EVOO or any flavored olive oil of your choice.
Preheat the oven to 375 F.
Place the cut potatoes in a medium pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 5 minutes, drain, and reserve.
In a large, heavy, oven-proof skillet (a 12" cast iron is ideal) heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the potatoes and cook until golden brown, turning once. Add the green onions, asparagus, and sauté over medium heat for another 2 minutes.
Whisk together the eggs, salt, cheese, and pepper. Pour over the potatoes directly into the pan, shake the pan a couple times gently to distribute the egg, and pop the pan in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until the egg is set and the top is golden brown.
Remove from the oven, and run a knife along the inside perimeter to loosen from the pan. Allow to cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes, before inverting onto a serving plate.
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An 82-year-old 4th of July parade that features a menagerie of animals and families in Independence Day regalia is the newest Oregon Heritage Tradition by the Oregon Heritage Tradition.
The Bend Fourth of July Pet Parade is one of ten events that have been designated. The others include the Oregon State Fair, the Pendleton Round-Up, the Astoria Regatta and the Linn County Pioneer Picnic.
"The Heritage Commission wants to recognize those traditions that have helped define the state," said David Lewis, the commission's chair and historian for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. "They are distinguished events that are part of our heritage as Oregonians."
"The Bend Park and Recreation District is pleased to receive this designation from the commission," said Jan Taylor, Community Relations Manager. "It recognizes the community pride that Bend residents have for this eight decade long tradition. This is a home town tradition that all of Oregon can take part in, creating family memories that can last a lifetime."
The first Pet Parade took place in 1932 and in the early years people brought their pet antelope, June bugs, cats, dogs, deer, badgers, goldfish, chickens, squirrels, ducks, oxen, calves, a pet eagle, baby coyote, and fawns to walk the parade route. Today, visitors are more likely to see llamas, chickens, guinea pigs and reptiles in addition to hundreds of dogs, many who which are in costume. This year 4,000-5,000 participants are expected, as well as a similar number of spectators.
An Oregon Heritage Tradition must have been in continuous operation for more than 50 years, demonstrate a public profile and reputation that distinguishes it from more routine events, and add to the livability and identity of the state, said commission coordinator Kyle Jansson.
The Oregon Heritage Commission coordinates efforts to solve statewide heritage issues through grants, education, and advocacy, and also promotes heritage tourism efforts.


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Deletes the specified cluster. You must deregister all container instances from this cluster before you may delete it. You can list the container instances in a cluster with ListContainerInstances and deregister them with DeregisterContainerInstance.
Request Syntax
{ "cluster": "
string" }
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- cluster
The short name or full Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the cluster to delete.
Type: String
Required: Yes
Response Syntax
{ "cluster": { "activeServicesCount": number, "clusterArn": "string", "clusterName": "string", "pendingTasksCount": number, "registeredContainerInstancesCount": number, "runningTasksCount": number, "settings": [ { "name": "string", "value": "string" } ], "statistics": [ { "name": "string", "value": "string" } ], "status": "string", "tags": [ { "key": "string", "value": "string" } ] } }
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ClientException
These errors are usually caused by a client action, such as using an action or resource on behalf of a user that doesn't have permissions to use the action or resource, or specifying an identifier that is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ClusterContainsContainerInstancesException
You cannot delete a cluster that has registered container instances. First, deregister the container instances before you can delete the cluster. For more information, see DeregisterContainerInstance.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ClusterContainsServicesException
You cannot delete a cluster that contains services. First, update the service to reduce its desired task count to 0 and then delete the service. For more information, see UpdateService and DeleteService.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ClusterContainsTasksException
You cannot delete a cluster that has active tasks.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ClusterNotFoundException
The specified cluster could not be found. You can view your available clusters with ListClusters. Amazon ECS clusters are Region-specific.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- InvalidParameterException
The specified parameter is invalid. Review the available parameters for the API request.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ServerException
These errors are usually caused by a server issue.
HTTP Status Code: 500
In the following example or examples, the Authorization header contents
AUTHPARAMS) must be replaced with an AWS Signature Version 4
signature. For more information, see Signature
Version 4 Signing Process in the AWS General
You only need to learn how to sign HTTP requests if you intend to create them manually. When you use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or one of the AWS SDKs to make requests to AWS, these tools automatically sign the requests for you, with the access key that you specify when you configure the tools. When you use these tools, you don't have to sign requests yourself.
This example request deletes the cluster called
Sample Request
POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: ecs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com Accept-Encoding: identity Content-Length: 25 X-Amz-Target: AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.DeleteCluster X-Amz-Date: 20150429T170952Z Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Authorization: AUTHPARAMS { "cluster": "My-cluster" }
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Server Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:09:54 GMT Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: 211 Connection: keep-alive x-amzn-RequestId: 123a4b56-7c89-01d2-3ef4-example5678f { "cluster": { "activeServicesCount": 0, "clusterArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-east-1:012345678910:cluster/My-cluster", "clusterName": "My-cluster", "pendingTasksCount": 0, "registeredContainerInstancesCount": 0, "runningTasksCount": 0, "status": "INACTIVE" } }
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:


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Overall, 43% of U.S. adults say they often or sometimes play video games. Gaming is popular among teens – especially teenage boys.
In the U.S., four-in-ten women and roughly a quarter of adults ages 65 and older say they play video games at least sometimes.
Though the majority of Americans think most video games players are men, equal numbers of men and women report playing video games. Yet, men are twice as likely to call themselves "gamers."
Hispanics are more likely than whites or blacks to categorize themselves as gamers.
Americans' attitudes toward games – and the people who play them – are complex and often uncertain.
Interactive games that reward participants with points, badges and discounts are on the rise. Experts believe they will spread widely to key areas, such as education and health by 2020. Others worry about a darker side.
Nearly two-thirds of internet users have paid to download or access online content, ranging from music to games to news articles.
The cell phone -- by a wide margin -- is the most commonly owned piece of personal technology. Three-quarters of the public own a computer and nearly half own an mp3 player, while e-books remain a niche item. The average adult owns three of the seven gadgets asked about in the survey.
Video games aren't just child's play; more than half of adults and about a quarter of seniors are digital gamers too.
The first nationally representative study of teen video game play and civic engagement looks at which teens are playing what games, the equipment they use, the social context of their play, and the role of parents and parental monitoring.


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How to Remove Your Website from a Blacklist
Your domain name or IP address domain is blacklisted when it has been found to send out spam e-mail. If your site has been blacklisted, it may not be your fault — especially if you're on a shared server. It may be that another site on the server has been purposefully sending spam.
It's also possible that your site, or another site on a shared server, has been hijacked and used for sending spam.
If you are on a shared server, inform your host that the server has been blacklisted and ask your host to investigate. Your host will normally be able to get your site unblacklisted within 24 hours. The host will first check to find out which site has been causing the blacklisting.
If your site is the culprit, the host may take it offline until you can get a security expert to fix whatever is causing the problem.
If your server is a VPS or dedicated server, however, check with your web host. Your host may well say that cleaning the problem and repairing the damage done is your responsibility because it's your private server.
In this case, the quickest and easiest way to fix the problem is to hire a security consultant to clean up your website and prevent the issues from happening again. The consultant is normally willing to contact the blacklisting agency and provide the details that are needed to unblock the site.
You can also contact the blacklisting agency yourself by going to its website and completing a form to remove a site from being blacklisted. Make sure that you have fixed any issue first because blacklisting agencies do not take kindly to whitelisting servers that are then very quickly blacklisted again because the issue still exists.


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"Il Mattaglio" Brut Classic Method S.A.
Sakura 2015 – Double Gold Medal (Japan Women's Wine Awards)
Brut, white sparkling wine
Wine resulting from a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Harvesting Period
First week of September
Wine-Making Method
"Il Mattaglio" is obtained from a selection of the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes entirely gathered by manual harvesting. The grapes are carefully handled in order to prevent them from crushing during transportation to the winery. A soft pressing activity ensures that only the very best of the juice undergoes fermentation in controlled temperature stainless steel tanks. After resting at least six months, the wine receives selected yeasts prior to being bottled. The wine is subject to a secondary fermentation, according to the traditional classic method. The bottles are stored for over 24 months in order for the yeasts to confer a mature and complex taste to the "Mattaglio" wine. It then undergoes the disgorgement and the addition of liqueur d'expédition (dosage).
Golden reflections and persistent graceful fine bubbles make this sparkling wine uniquely elegant.Citric notes can be immediately perceived and yellow pulp fruits revealing a complex body of multi-layered aromas. Fresh and sophisticated on the palate, its flavour persists thanks to its distinctive balance of acidity and velvet finish. Its sensual color and delicate taste combine in sublime harmony
Alcohol strength: 12,5% vol
To be served at 8°C
Size Of The Marketed Bottles
750 ml bottle packed in 6 pieces case
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The other day I ran into an actor friend on the street. We chatted for a minute and quickly got into shop talk, including how we access breakdowns. Eventually he ended the conversation with "well, I'm sure we'll both be famous soon!" and he meant it so genuinely.
Without meaning to, my back arched. Every hair on my body stood out straight. I screeched up at the sky in horror and disgust as if that would expel the belief from the world that fame is not only a good thing, but the goal.
I'm exaggerating a little bit, but not by much. It's a concept that I've run into a lot lately, and with every fiber of my being, I hate it.
If it were just about the money, I would get it. Like, there's the art and the craft and all which is more important, I know, blah blah blah, but being very rich would be very nice. Have you seen rich people houses? They're HUGE. And GORGEOUS.
But fame itself? We glorify a state of being that leads a really high number of people to substance abuse problems. When you're famous, you can't go anywhere on your own in public, which is deeply infantalizing and limiting. I know that I want to be respected for my work in the industry, and I want to be known to a certain extent because that's how you get the really good roles, but being famous? That's the negative side effect of what I want, not the thing itself.
Also, it cheapens the industry as a whole and the people within it. Acting and storytelling has such capacity for touching and moving people across the world, and for the exploration of intellectual ideas. And when you lump all of that in with the simple desire for people to know your name, it seems like we're all shallow and thoughtless when we can really be so much more than that.
I smiled and thanked my friend. I know he meant it as a compliment, and I don't want to be a dick about it. But god, why would I ever want to be famous - which is in itself no more than a scream into the void - when I could do so many things in my life that are far more interesting than that?


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It is not uncommon to see turkey vultures such as this one soaring above the treeline at Cap Sante in downtown Anacortes. On one occasion I counted 13 at one time. Shades of Alfred Hitchcock…
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Four Jewish Democrats kept or earned top slots on U.S. House of Representatives committees.
Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) preserved his top slot on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, as did Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on the Energy Committee, after the caucus' standing committee announced its selections on Tuesday.
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) ascended to the top slot on the Appropriations Committee and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) is now the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Lowey replaced Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), who is retiring, and Engel replaced Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), who was defeated in the November election.
Berman is one of two Jewish Democrats relinquishing top committee spots; Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who is retiring, leaves the top slot on the House Finance Committee to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.).
The Democratic leadership touted the preponderance of women and minorities in top slots on 22 committees, casting it against the all-white male Republican leadership in the House.
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A pyogenic granuloma is a benign skin growth. These growths are most commonly found in or around the mouth although they can also be identified on the face, hands, and feet and they show up with lesser frequency on other areas of the body. While pyogenic granulomas are not harmful, they can be irritating or painful and sometimes a doctor may be concerned that a growth is actually not a pyogenic granuloma, and is actually cancerous. For these reasons, many people opt to have the growths removed, a process which can be quickly accomplished in a doctor's office or clinic as an outpatient procedure.
Pyogenic granulomas are overgrowths of tissue which are usually reddish in appearance. The growth may ooze or weep, and sometimes looks like a chunk of raw meat. These bumps are highly vascularized, meaning that they have a lot of blood vessels, which is why they bleed so profusely. A patient usually notices a pyogenic granuloma after an injury, and may initially mistake the growth for poorly healed skin or a scab.
When a doctor identifies a pyogenic granuloma, the usual recommendation is to remove the growth. This addresses pain and the inconvenience which can be caused by recurrent bleeding. In addition, it allows the doctor to send the tissue for biopsy to confirm that it is a pyogenic granuloma. Sometimes cancers can resemble these growths on a superficial level and a doctor may prefer to be safe rather than sorry.
Patients don't have to remove their pyogenic granulomas. If they should opt for removal, there are several techniques available, including techniques which will reduce the risk of recurrence such as scalpeling the growth away to remove the margins as well as the overgrowth itself. Cauterizing the site can have a similar effect.
Children, young adults, and pregnant women are all at increased risk of developing pyogenic granulomas. These growths can sometimes spread through the bloodstream as well and in some patients another growth may recur in a different location after the original growth has been removed. People on certain medications, especially acne medications, can also be prone to these benign overgrowths of tissue. When patients go to the doctor to treat any skin abnormality, it is advisable to make sure that the doctor has a list of currently used medications as well as relevant information in a patient's history such as a history of skin conditions.
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@watson42- Ugh, I wish mine would just go away. I've had a small pyogenic granuloma on my tongue for a couple of years now, and only just found out what it is. My doctor doesn't think it's cancerous, but I'm hoping I can get it removed anyway, because it's painful sometimes.
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I never had one of these, though when I was a kid I had something like it. In my case, though, it was because as a small child I had sucked on my thumb and there was a weird welt from that for years afterwards. Thankfully it went away after a few years of not sucking my thumb, though.
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In this second of five videos veterinary surgeon Jo Hosie-Kingham chats to BVA employment law expert James Goldman. Having conducted an investigation you as an employer now have to invite your employee to a disciplinary hearing.
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The 2019 program will take place Sunday, May 26 – Saturday, July 6, 2019 and is open to mature intermediate to advanced undergraduates willing to undertake six weeks of rigorous reporting schedules. Journalistic Inquiry: The Written Word (JOUR-UA 50) is a prerequisite.
Undergraduate students take two courses during the summer program in Ghana, both of which count as electives for the journalism major. NYU Journalism graduate students may participate in an independent study program with the consent of their program chair.
For more information, including the application form, please log in to the Student Center on Albert or visit the NYU page.
Looking for study abroad funding resources? The Dean's Opportunity Fund for Study Away is a scholarship for CAS matriculated students participating in a CAS Summer Abroad program, like Journalism in Ghana. Please visit this link or email Nicole Kozlowski for more information.
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NYU Reporting in Africa Program from Phil Molnar on Vimeo.
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- "The Artist Critiquing Voting Systems through Performance Art" by Mariana Fernandez
- "Meet the Passionate Artists Who Are Building An Animation Industry in Ghana" by Daniel Paez
- "Ghana's First Microbrewery Is Changing the Way Beer Is Made in Africa" by Louise Matsakis
- "How Ghana's Biggest Slum Copes With Climate Change-Fueled Floods" by Mariana Fernandez
- "In Ghana, Women and 'Market Queens' Dominate the Economy" by Maggie O'Neill
- "Taking Radio to the People in Ghana" by Libby Cathey
- "If You Have AIDS, All Others Around You Will Be Stigmatized" by Katelyn Israelski
- "Ghana: Raising Future Boxing Champions" by Mohamed Najid Bin Mohamed Sultan
- "The Business of Fashion: Out of Africa and Out of Ghana" by Madison Back
- "Global Culinary Dreams" by Grace West
- "Am Acquired Taste" by David Garfinkel
- "Women in film fight to be seen" by Tim Kennedy
- "As the Old Gold Coast Discovers the Black Gold" by Adrian Fussell
- "Where Abortion is Illegal, Trying to Ease the Pain," by Elana Roth
- "Ghana pursues national identity card," by Daarel Burnette II
- "Fighting A Curse in Ghana," by Alex Cotton
- "How Middle East Funding Brings Conservative Islam to Ghana," by Samantha Bryson
- Africa Dispatch – A project of Reporting Africa
- "In Ghana, Internet Savvy Intensifies Scams," by Carlos Cagin
- "Ghana Boosts Dressmaking to Create Jobs," by Amy Ascherman
- "The Rise of "Afropolitan" Fashion," by Erica Fisher
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