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We're going to wrap up our live blog coverage for the day. Here's a summary of where things stand:
- Workers and activists in New York have gathered in Columbus Circle and are preparing to march down to Times Square.
- In Chicago, they have gathered at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus and are preparing to march downtown.
- As Zach points out, the protesters and the police have been getting along all day long today. When similar protest was held on 4 September of last year, about 400 workers had been arrested in 32 US cities by 5 pm.
- According to organizers, no arrests have been reported so far today.
- The atmosphere in New York and Chicago is almost jubilant. It seems that as far as the organizers are concerned today's day of action has been a success.
Don't believe me? Eric Hauser, communications director at the AFL-CIO, sent us an email with the subject line 'It's days like this ...'
Workers are seizing, and moving, the agenda. What a day for the Fight for 15! Thousands in the streets, in cities and with people you couldn't have imagined even five years ago.
You can read our wrap of today's events here:
Students in New York City have gathered at the Columbia campus.
"It's important for students to be involved because even if we aren't working for McDonald's or Walmart, we are still on McDonald's or Walmart type of wages," Robert Ascherman, a student activist from NYU, told the Guardian. According to him, some students have to choose between buying food or buying textbooks.
Among the groups joining the Fight for $15 activists was Columbia Divest for Social Justice group.
Back in Chicago, where the Guardian's Zach Stafford is reporting from the ground, activists have gathered at the University of Illinois at Chicago and are about to begin their march downtown.
As workers gather in Columbus Circle in New York City the atmosphere is almost jubilant.
Here is a look at some of the signs we saw today:
What would happen to small businesses if the minimum wage was raised to $15 an hour? The Guardian's Ucilia Wang tried to find out:
"Labor is 30% of my overhead. A 50% increase in minimum wage would raise it to 45%. It's already tough to offer a business to the community and keep my head above water. Honestly I'd go under with that kind of increase," a coffeeshop owner who asked to remain anonymous said.
Some low-wage workers are aware of the danger that a higher minimum wage could pose to their jobs.
"I don't think I'd like to see minimum wage increase that much because labor cost is such a high expense for so many coffeeshops and restaurants that I think the long-term effect will be more detrimental," Becka Hare, a barista at Love coffee shop in Santa Monica, California, told Wang.
Meanwhile, back in New York:
My colleague Amanda Holpuch, who is on the ground, reports:
Three blocks on Central Park West have been cleared for the rally, though the pens are about half full. The rally officially started at 4pm, but workers are still trickling in.
On the streets near the rally, some demonstrators are canvassing building workers with fliers about the movement.
When we spoke with her earlier today, SEIU international president Mary Kay Henry said that she was going to be at the University of California campus in Berkeley later this afternoon.
"It's - for me – the representation of how the student movement is infusing this economic movement," she said, pointing out that students from about 170 US campuses were expected to participate. "That's a new dimension to the Fight for $15 and the union that we haven't seen before."
Henry has just completed a tour of six colleges, which took her through St Louis, Boston, Los Angeles and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
"I saw students everywhere on fire to fight for their future and link arms with these workers who were being underpaid to change this low-wage economy," she said.
The Guardian's Zach Stafford is reporting live from Chicago, where students at the University of Illinois are holding their own protest for Fight for $15.
Here is another dispatch from the Guardian's Amanda Holpuch, who is reporting live from Columbus Circle in New York.
The rally has begun under the shadow of Trump Tower. Workers have been marching all over New York City and are pouring into Columbus Circle.
The airline workers walked from 42nd Street to Columbus circle on 59th Street, carrying large purple balloons past tourists and other union members who were on the job but who cheered in support.
Juan Chapman, an airport worker, began his address to the crowd in Spanish. "Cuando luchamos, ganamos" ("When we fight, we win").
Among the first-time protesters out on the streets today was Tashayla Harper, 19, who lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and works for McDonald's.
Harper earns $7.25 an hour. Since she works for a corporate store, she is eligible for the $1 raise that McDonald's announced two weeks ago. Despite her eligibility, Harper and her family joined today's Fight for $15 protest: "We went to a Mayfair Road McDonald's to strike in front of their store and let them know that we are not going to stop until we get $15," she said.
Harper said her one-year old daughter Ky'lah, who came along, inspired her to join the campaign.
"I work and I only make $7.25 and that little money goes on my daughter, I never have enough for myself. My daughter inspired me to join the movement," said Harper, who relies on food stamps to supplement her income.
"It's at the point where I can't even afford my own house, because I don't make enough. I rely on those food stamps every month."
Right now, Harper, her daughter and her boyfriend live with her boyfriend's grandparents.
The question of the day is whether workers from McDonald's franchise stores have or have not joined the protest.
As my colleague Steven Greenhouse reported, employees at 12,500 franchisee-operated restaurants who were passed over by the company's wage increase plan were infuriated. As a result, many planned to join the Fight for $15 protests for the first time.
"I felt like it was unfair – I didn't understand why we weren't treated the same. At every McDonald's, workers do the same work and wear the same uniform. So I didn't understand why I wasn't getting a raise like everybody else," said Brandy Lucas, a $7.30-an-hour worker at a franchisee-run McDonald's in Greensboro, North Carolina, who was planning to strike for the first time.
"There is clearly no widespread, organic evidence that employees of any fast food franchises are walking out of their jobs on their own volition and these planned protests are the last thing business owners and the US economy need during this still fragile, uneven economic recovery," Steve Caldeira, president and CEO of the International Franchise Association, said in a statement.
"Franchised businesses, particularly quick service restaurants, provide good, entry level jobs and career opportunities for millions of Americans."
There are about 12,500 franchisee-operated McDonald's restaurants in the US, accounting for about 90% of total stores. McDonald's has said that it does not determine wages set by its more than 3,000 US franchisees.
Kathryn Slater-Carter, who previously owned a McDonald's franchise store, told the Guardian that even if franchisees wanted to raise their employees wages, many of them can't afford to. Why? Because of the high costs of running a business. In addition to the regular overhead costs, franchisees pay a 3-5% royalty fee to McDonald's, another 5% for advertising, and some also pay rent to McDonald's. For Slater-Cater, that rent was about 12.5%.
"We tried to move [our employees] along wage-wise as well as we could," said Slater-Carter. "Obviously when McDonald's controls most of your pricing, we were left with less than 20 items on our menu – out of 100 – that we were able to set prices on. Everything else was mandated either through nationwide dollar menu or through local advertising co-op mandates. Your hands are pretty well tied."
A recent poll of McDonald's franchisees conducted by Janney Capital Markets revealed that the franchisees' six-month outlook for McDonald's US business was more negative than at any time in Janney's 11-year survey history.
"McDonald's system is broken," one franchisee wrote, according to CNBC. "They talk menu reduction to help our people, simplify our menu for customers – but add products to help sales and it does not work. We will continue to fall and fail."
McDonald's told CNBC that less than 1% of its franchisees were surveyed for that report.
"We value the feedback from our franchisees and have a solid working relationship with them," said its spokesperson.
The Guardian's Amanda Holpuch is marching with the workers through Manhattan. Her latest dispatch:
Cleaners, airport workers and security guards have assembled outside a McDonald's on 42nd street in Manhattan to support other low wage workers attempt to get a higher wage.
Stephanie Williams came down after her shift as a security guard. She makes more than $15 per hour, but believes it is important to support workers who make less than that.
"I know if I was making $15 an hour, I wouldn't be able to take care of my children," she said.
Williams said she always wanted to help fight for workers rights, but had to take care of four children.
"I'm very optimistic that the minimum wage can be raised, they have the money," Williams said, while gesturing towards McDonald's famous golden arches logo.
Workers entered the McDonald's, chanted for about two minutes, then left.
Rosa Gittens is a 32BJ member who joined the protest to support fast food workers.
"We need help all the food employee workers, every one who works should be able to pay their bills," said Gittens.
She said it would've been impossible to raise her kids at a $15 per hour wage.
"If they cannot pay, our community is struggling," said Gittens.
He might have yet to endorse Hillary Clinton, but Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, has come out and endorsed the #Fightfor15 campaign.
New York City public advocate Letitia James also weighed in on the issue.
Their tweets come day after New York City comptroller Scott Stringer released a report, which found that increasing New York minimum wage to $15 an hour would put "$10bn into the pockets of nearly 1.5 million workers," and would "boost consumer spending, lessen the burden on social assistance programs, and benefit students."
Some of the findings - highlighted by the Gothamist - are:
- "Workers in food services, retail trade, and home health care ... would see average weekly wage increases ranging from $113 to $149 by 2019."
- "The $15 minimum wage would reduce the number of New Yorkers who spend more than half of their income on rent by over 90,000."
The SEIU union's efforts to unionize low-wage workers have not been well-received by trade organizations such as the International Franchise Association. Steve Caldeira, the IFA's president and CEO, issued a statement earlier today calling the Fight for $15 protests a union-funded public relations stunt.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held a hearing looking into whether McDonald's should be named as a joint employer with its franchisees.
"If McDonald's is found to be a joint employer, that could make it jointly liable if franchisees illegally fire workers for backing a union, violate safety laws or cheat workers out of overtime. McDonald's says its franchisees are independent business operators who face minimal interference from the parent company," reports Steven Greenhouse for the Guardian.
According to Caldeira, SEIU efforts to unionize fast-food workers and the NLBR hearing are intertwined.
"The SEIU can claim that the goal of these protests is to increase wages for workers," he said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the victims of the NLRB's overreach will be the workers, which these paid protests are supposedly designed to help, and the elimination of opportunities for aspiring employees and entrepreneurs to own franchise businesses. By terminating local control of franchise businesses through an expanded joint employer standard promulgated by a pro-union government agency, the only winners are union leaders and the policymakers beholden to them."
The press release issued by the IFA went on to state that SEIU has spent $18.5m in 2014 on its Fight for $15 campaign, "an increase of nearly 56.4% or close to $6,696,000 from 2013". A recent analysis by the anti-union non-profit group the Center for Union Facts found that SEIU had paid $1.3m to Berlin Rosen, a public relations consultants firm that has been handling press for the Fight for $15 protests.
On 1 April, Politico reported:
BerlinRosen, which has played a key role in media operations tied to Fight for $15 — and which McDonald's intends to subpoena in connection with the NLRB joint-employer hearings — received $1.3 million from SEIU. (For those keeping score, SEIU paid BerlinRosen $848,000 in 2013 and $393,000 in 2012.) The Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank, collected $150,000 from the SEIU in 2014, and the National Employment Law Project, a labor law nonprofit, received $135,000. Morning Shift checked all the Center's calculations, and they're correct.
The Guardian spoke with Mary Kay Henry, international president of the SEIU, earlier today after she left a Fight for $15 protest in San Francisco.
When asked if the Fight for $15 campaign was worth the funds, she said: "Oh yeah."
There is not a price tag you can put on how this movement has changed the conversation in this country. It is raising wages at the bargaining table. It's raised wages for eight million workers. I believe we are forcing a real conversation about how to solve the grossest inequality in our generation. People are sick of wealth at the top and no accountability for corporations.
She said that today's actions by workers show that Americans are ready to hold government and the corporations accountable "to make sure that when you work hard, that you can feed your family and lead a decent life".
"That's really, really important fight and we intend to win it," she said.
The Guardian's Amanda Holpuch has caught up with another group of workers in New York City.
A small delegation of airport workers affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)'s 32BJ branch is waiting in the lobby of British Airways' office to speak with a company representative in the hope that the corporation will push the businesses it contracts with to increase wages and give workers benefits.
LaGuardia airport security guard Juan Chapman is one of the organizers for airport workers in the Fight for $15 campaign. He works for a company called Aviation Safeguards, which pays him $10.10 per hour.
Chapman has been supporting his wife and daughter on this wage for two years. His top concern is getting benefits.
"It's really hard," said Chapman. "I'm tired of going into a store and asking: 'What do you have on sale and what do you have on clearance?'"
Santiago Walbert is a baggage lead for Prime Flight at LaGuardia Airport and is also an organizer for airport workers. He also works as a security guard, but that combined with the $10.10 per hour he makes at the airport is not enough to support his wife and six kids. He also helps support his mother and sister, who do not have jobs.
"$10.10 is not going to take care of that," Walbert said.
He claimed that employees who are trying to unionize and fight for higher wages are being harassed by Prime Flight management.
Before the group entered the office building, about 50 airport workers and 32BJ staffers carried large purple balloons through the windy streets of midtown Manhattan before gathering across the street from the headquarters of One World Alliance, the coalition of airline companies that contracts the businesses that employ the demonstrators. They remained outside while the delegation waited in the lobby of the building, whose security guards are also part of 32BJ.
Organizers have been told that all British Airways executives are "out to lunch".
The Guardian's Ucilia Wang has left San Francisco for Oakland, where she says the protest is "much larger and rowdier". The demonstration there began with a march to a McDonald's in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland. The protestors chanted "Oakland is a union town" while they marched.
Inside the McDonald's, they chanted "Come on out! We've got your back!" A few McDonald's workers then stepped out from behind the counter/kitchen.
Robert Reich, former labor secretary under Bill Clinton, showed up to speak at the rally. Inside the McDonald's, he said, "The fight for $15 minimum wage is a fight about dignity. It's a fight that all of us have a deep stake in. It's a movement for civil rights. The movement for the $15 minimum wage is a fight for the soul of America."
Then a McDonald's worker who walked off her job began to speak - Sandra Roman, 34, a mother of four. She spoke in Spanish and a woman next to her translated her words to English:
"I'm joining the fight for $15 and a union. I want everyone to know that when the minimum wage went up [in Oakland, it went up to $12.25 from $9 in March of this year], they took away many of my co-workers' hours. If I get sick and call in, I get suspended. That's why I want to join the union. I want to be protected."
Three McDonald's workers from this shop walked out of their job mid-shift.
After an hour inside the store, the protestors left, chanting, "I believe that we will win!"
Outside, a worker from another McDonald's in Oakland - Guadalupe, 39, who did not want her last name used - said that she used to be able to work 40 hours a week. Now it was unpredictable, though she could still work over 30 hours, she said. She makes $12.25 now, the minimum wage that went into effect in Oakland last month.
"We deserve a livable wage. It's not just about fast food workers but also home health workers and teachers. Raising the minimum wage to $15 will help a lot," she said.
In March, Sabaah Jordan, an organizer with Black Lives Matter in New York, explained why the campaign against police killings of African-Americans was intertwined with the Fight for $15:
Black Lives Matter must stand in solidarity with the Fight for $15 because the same fast-food workers, the Walmart workers, the airport workers, the home health aides and the child care workers who are fighting for $15 are the same black and brown people who are vulnerable to unchecked violence in the hands of the police.
These issues are completely connected. It is a part of the systematic exploitation of black and brown people in this country and it's gone on for too long. If these corporations want to show that black lives truly do matter, they must grant workers $15 - a livable wage - and the right to a union.
Robert Ascherman, a student organizer at NYU, was at the Upper West Side McDonald's during the die-in.
"Shouts of 'We can't breathe on $7.25' from the Black Lives Matter movement were heard," he told the Guardian. According to him, the demonstration spanned a number of blocks, and was "quite jubilant" as protesters chanted: "If we don't get it, shut it down."
The protesters were joined by members of the Retail Action Project, who stopped to protest at a nearby Zara store before making their way to the McDonald's.
As we mentioned before, Black Lives Matter activists are joining low-wage workers in today's protests. A group of them have just staged a die-in in front of McDonald's on Upper West Side in New York. (h/t Kayla Epstein)
The Center for Story-based Strategy, a consulting organization that trains activists, has released a short video in support of Fight for $15 campaign.
This Wednesday, 15 April tens-of-thousands of people are joining the #FightFor15. This inspiring organizing for $15 an hour wage and the right to form a union without retaliation got us thinking: What is the story McDonald's is telling us? What is the story that works for workers?
We think it is time to #ChangeTheMcStory.
(h/t Dominic Rushe)


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- .well-'meaningadjintending to be helpful, but not succeeding▪ A lot of problems can be caused by well-meaning friends.▪ He's very well-meaning, but he doesn't really understand what's going on.
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A few days ago, I made a visit to my dermatologist for a checkup and as soon as I entered the office, I could feel a "vibe." The office is spotless, clean, light and bright. The staff is friendly and organized. The dermatologist has a nice personality and is both thorough and fast. I felt both safe and secure while being in that space and would definitely make future referrals to this doctor. I like the vibe of the office.
What vibe do you evoke in your clients? Is it funky and hip? Frenetic and disorganized? Calm and centered? Here are four areas in your business you'll want to take a look at to examine your vibe:
1. Your Website – Is your website a reflection of the product or service you provide? Are the colors and graphics consistent with the vibe you want visitors to feel? For example, if you are in the healing profession, you may want to avoid a website that feels cluttered or busy. Your ideal client needs to feel calm, centered and relaxed.
2. Your Social Media – Do your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ pages give people the right vibe about who you are and the client you serve? Many times, this is the first place where people will connect with you. Social media allows someone to get your vibe without making a full commitment to work with you until they feel more comfortable.
3. Your Systems & Support – When a potential client or referral source reaches out to you or your team, what type of vibe are they getting? Is it fast and friendly follow-up? Do you have systems in place to ensure a red carpet experience? This is an area worth spending time on. People will make their decision about your products and services based on their first interaction.
4. You – It all begins and ends with you. The "vibe" you personally project is the most important one of all. Whether you like it or not, people form opinions about who they think you are and what you stand for shortly after meeting you. Does your vibe "jive"? : -)
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Swami Nityananda Giri has written an excellent book on the Kriya Yoga of Lahiri Mahasaya called "Kriya Yoga The Science of Life Force". This book contains very comprehensive information on the background theory of Kriya Yoga prior to delving into the practices themselves. It includes many scriptural references and a deep view of the preparation required for Kriya Yoga. Here is an excerpt from the start of the book.
The breath-based meditation "Kriya-yoga" is a familiar name after its reintroduction by Mahavatara Babaji to Lahidi Mahasaya and subsequent work of Paramahamsa Yogananda in the western world. Though many literatures are available but the lack of clear exposition on the philosophy and practices of this ancient spiritual science is still felt. The book, Kriya-yoga: The Science of Life-force tries to fulfill this want. This work vividly explains "the Knowledge of Life-force" known as Pranavidya, which forms the basis of Kriya-yoga citing from Vedas, Upanishads, Srimad Bhagavadgita, Yogasutras of Patanjali and many other ancient scriptures, and analyzes how the breath technique quiets the mind, brings equanimity and results in development of discriminating intelligence that answers the questions and purpose of human life. This also gives an understanding on our inner reading, the principles and practices form auspicious resolves, noble faith, self-effort and austerities from righteousness, yama, and observances, niyama, up to the transcendental state, samadhi, those form the appendages of this treatise, and describes how the breath-based practices and meditations described herein are necessary for a seeker to remain healthy and attain the Knowledge. The body principle, sarira tattva, is also anatomized using both biological and spiritual sciences to accelerate spiritual practice and to facilitate the understanding on life and death, gross to causal bodies, five sheaths, five vital breaths, three knots, seven energy centers and their working. The most important aspect for readers and seekers is that for the first time they will find the secret techniques of Kriya-yoga, viz., Nabhi Kriya, Khecari mudra, Guru Pranama, Hamsa, prana viksana, Mahamudra, Isvarapranidhana Kriya, Thokar Kriya, Jyoti mudra, Sambhavi mudra, and different techniques of meditation, e.g., Aum, twelve-lettered Vasudeva mantra, inner-matrka and outer-matrka meditations, etc. are revealed, and explained in details citing their illustrations in Upanishads and ancient yogic scriptures and enumerating the rationale and scientific approach behind such practices and benefits involved.
As you can see, the techniques described in this book are somewhat different from the techniques described by Ennio Nimis and J.C. Stevens. Below is a list from the table of contents.
Preparing the Gross Body Energization Exercises, Kriya Hatha-yoga, Suryanamaskara, Sithilikarana Vyayama, Yogasanas, Yoganidra
Nabhi Kriya
Khecari Mudra No Need to Cut the Frenum, Talavya Kriya
Guru Pranama
Hamsah Sadhana
Vyana Viksana
Om Technique, Om Kausalah
Kriya Proper I The Kriya Technique, Kriya Meditation, Subtle Manifestations of Light, Sound and Vibration, Kriya-breath and Meditation Quickens Evolution, Arousing Prana/Kundalini by Kriya Practice, Paravastha, Experiencing a Breathless State
Jyoti Mudra
Sambhavi Mudra
Kriya Proper II, Thokar Kriya Meditation with Vasudeva mantra, Matrka Dhyana, Antarmatrka Dhyana, Bahirmatrka Dhyana, Jyoti Mudra in Second Kriya
Third Kriya Techniques
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09.24 LUPEC FUNDRAISER Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails is having a fund-raising party at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Oil & Cotton. Nova is donating food, and Austin-based Hudson Ferus Vodka is providing booze. A $3 donation is suggested, and everyone is encouraged to bring art supplies, which will be donated to schools in Oak Cliff.
09.25 GARDEN RAISING Community Gardens of Oak Cliff is building a garden at the Cliff Manor Apartments. Volunteer, starting at 8:30 a.m., to help build raised beds.
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From combing by job boards to impressing the hiring manager in an interview, here is the way to navigate the job software process. Whether you need help with a computer downside, fraudulent exercise on your bank card or a gift that wasn't the precise measurement, customer support representatives can deal with you. Customer service reps have to be willing and capable of help clients and exercise patience – even when dealing with individuals who may be offended or annoyed. Much of the job is customer support however you're also required to take care of transactions and input logs and checks into their accounts.
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Analysts are becoming increasingly sure that the new OLED iPhone will be delayed - Deutsche Bank joins KGI in predicting that supply shortages of key components will not allow the overhauled iPhone to launch alongside the iPhone 7s.
The 7s will be an incremental improvement over the current iPhone 7 without much novelty. The OLED-packing iPhone (aka "iPhone 8"), is a much bigger upgrade. The OLED screen is just one of the new components, rumors also suggest 3D sensing cameras and brand new 3D touch. We may be saying "goodbye" to the Home button and screen bezels with this update too.
Clearly, the OLED iPhone will be the most desirable phone in Apple's lineup. And while the company may announce them simultaneously, analysts believe that chances are low of both devices going on sale at the same time. Optimistic predictions put the OLED iPhone a couple of months behind the iPhone 7s, pessimistic predictions (like DeutscheBank's) say "not until 2018".
Apple's iPhone sales are already down in anticipation of the next product cycle and the slump will become more pronounced if this fabled "anniversary iPhone" gets delayed.
Yet it still manages to outsell any android device. Dumb android fans
Except for existing customers, does anyone actually care about when this phone is being released?
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Marc is the Head of Group Risk Management at Nestlé, based in Vevey / Switzerland. For the last 10 years he has built up and further developed world-wide Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) at Nestlé. He is responsible of developing and maintaining an adequate ERM framework, methodology & network, facilitating risk assessments with business and/or project teams at all level of the organization, consolidating the outcome from a Group level perspective and ensuring regular internal reporting to the Executive Management and the Board of Directors. He is member of the Group Compliance Committee, heading Nestlé's Corporate Pandemic Task Force and initiator of a Global Loss Prevention Programme at Nestlé.
Prior to joining Nestlé in 2001, Marc developed and led the Food & Beverage Network of Zurich Risk Engineering in Switzerland. He also provided consulting services in consumer research as well as technical advisory services in previous functions. He holds a degree in Food Process Engineering from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (dipl. LM-Ing ETHZ).
He is a Steering Committee member of the European Strategic Risk Management Council of the Conference Board and a Steering Committee member of the Global Zurich Risk Engineering Workshop.


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Mesoscale meteorology (MO8005), 7.5 HEC/ECTS
Mesoscale phenomena are of larger extent than those in the boundary layer and smaller than those of the dominating weather systems. Examples are land- and sea-breeze and lee waves. The course presents theories for these phenomena, relating them to both the large scale weather and to local conditions such as coast lines and local terrain. You will devote a large part of the course to simulating mesoscale phenomena with a numerical model.
Admittance requirements
Knowledge corresponding to Climate and Atmospheric Circulation, 15 HECs (MO4001), Turbulent Boundary Layers in the Atmosphere and Ocean, 7.5 HECs (MO8010), and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 7.5 HECs (MO8009). Also required is knowledge equivalent to Swedish upper secondary school course English B/6.
The schedule will be published at least one month before the course starts.
Course literature
- Markowski, P. & Richardson, Y.: Mesoscale Meteorology in Midlatitudes, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
- Holton, J. R.: An introduction to dynamic meteorology, 4th edition. International Geophysics Series, Academic Press, 2004
- Ray, P. S. (editor): Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting, American Meteorology Society, 1986
- Blumen, W.: Atmospheric Processes over Complex Terrain, American Meteorology Society, 1990
The syllabus is a formal document for the course:
Course material
Grading criteria, course literature and other material and correspondence related to the course will be available on the course Athena-site at https://athena.itslearning.com or you can ask the responsible lecturer.
Upcoming courses
Starts during the second half of the autumn semester.
Via www.antagning.se (Swedish) or www.universityadmissions.se (English). For more information see Application and admissions.
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The Chemistry Growth Partnership (CGP) is the Industry Council for the chemical and chemistry-using sectors and is co-chaired by a government minister from BEIS, currently Nick Hurd. One of its principal themes is to accelerate the rate of innovation in the industry and, for this theme in particular, KTN provides integral support. Notably KTN was largely instrumental in working with BEIS, Innovate UK and the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult to assemble the case for funding the National Formulation Centre. Their new flyer gives more information on what the CGP has achieved and what its plans are for the future.
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Terminator Salvation Movie Review
There's probably nothing about the new Terminator: Salvation I could write that hasn't already been said or written. But I nevertheless do it and write about a movie that tries hard to achieve so much but in the end fails miserably.
The post-apocalyptic world of Fallout has finally reached the Terminator universe! Skynet gained world domination more or less by the year 2018 and everything is as it should be: shitty. And in a sense everything would be ready for doomsday if there wasn't the man of the prophecy called John Connor who not only fights for humanity, but also becomes best friends with a hybrid and seeks advice from the audio tapes of his mother along the way.
Who by now has the feeling that something sounds ridiculous you can rest assured: it's by far a coincidence because almost the whole story feels just like that.
I have to say I didn't watch such an incoherent blockbuster movie for a long time. Without doubt, this post apocalyptic world never looked more beautiful or more bizarre and our much beloved Terminators never felt that dangerous. But at the same time the story as well as the whole "logic"-stuff almost completely ruin Terminator Salvation for me.
And even days later I'm wondering what the purpose of the whole story was. Basically we have to enemy forces that are in war (ok, they're not really in one but let's pretend). While other movies managed to do something neatly with this material, T4 presents us two parties that play an absurd Hydra-Game, trying to chop off the head of the enemy group although both know it's futile. So instead of whipping humanity off the planet, Skynet decides to horde the humans like cattle (for reasons beyond me) and moreover has a big, stupid plan to get one single submarine. And this although Skynet knows John Connor is the key to everything. On the other hand we have the resistance that risks literally everything to destroy the Skynet plant in San Francisco (coincidence?). But they, too, knew better as later in the movie it becomes clear that Skynet long ago went P2P. Well, that's the way to waste ammunition.
While we're at it…do you remember the Gatling Terminators? Did you notice how much ammunition they have to carry around to be able to fire for minutes? Normally I mostly wouldn't have cared about such small problems but the actions sequences simply weren't engaging or thrilling enough to keep me entertained so I started noticing all those hiccups.
And boy, T4 is full of such WTF-moments…In one scene we see John Connor jumping into the roaring see full of 50 feet high waves and just one cut later we see him spick and span and freeze-dried in the submarine of his higher-ups. Later on we see a group of humans literally being surprised by a 120 feet high terminator plus aircraft – which they really didn't hear coming miles ago. And the child-sidekick of Reeves all the time pulls out anything our heroes need, including clean and still working band-aids. And everywhere there are humans en masse and I wonder if Skynet is still taking its job seriously.
But the best WTF-moment of the whole movie is truly the end when the director McG and his producing fellows with one cut manage to skip a whole heart surgery in the desert. This was the moment my mind had to disengage for some time in order to find out how the frakking hell they did this stunt.
If the story would have been better I more than likely would have overlooked this and other shit. But Terminator 4 simply didn't let me to. Much of the dialogue was borderline-silly and many characters were more exsanguinous than a dusty vampire. Moreover there were character motivations I couldn't comprehend at all and the references to Terminator and Terminator 2 were not that great since this movie isn't.
In the end I think Terminator 4 failed of one single cause: the own franchise.
We know the future, even John Connor knows it. Anything and everything regarding the future has been told. How could the story be thrilling when we simply know that John Connor and Kyle Reese must survive and thus even a mini-nuke can do no harm? The action scenes might be visually mind blowing but when we already know the outcome, no CGI can help anymore.


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While there are plenty of benefits to "prep work" – a term that can loosely describe a number of preparation techniques, but almost always includes pressure washing – there is really only one reason that it is considered to be a standard practice: Longer-lasting paint. It seems obvious, but painting a surface that has been exposed to the elements for years would be like setting your campsite on an uneven patch of ground: Uncomfortable, uneven, and much more likely to slide around. Pressure washing the exterior before painting removes the layer of dust, dirt, mildew, and more that has accumulated naturally over the years, exposing the old paint that will be covered up, which makes a strong bond for the new paint and, therefore, causes your investment to last longer.
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You'll notice that above we didn't say remove the old paint through pressure washing. While stripping off your current paint to expose the siding or wall beneath may seem logical, this isn't actually a wise idea at all. There are certain siding materials that will require some stripping to create an effective paint job, but that should be seen as a separate step that comes after pressure washing, and usually is done only in isolated areas. While a pressure washer can easily strip paint, it will likely take with it far more than just a layer of two of paint; any attempts to strip paint with a pressure washer will almost certainly leave lasting damages to the surface beneath that will not be covered up by a new paint job. If you've ever seen odd wavy dips in a wooden siding or deep canals carved into a brick or cement wall, they were likely caused by a pressure washer used by an untrained hand.
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Applewood supports and celebrates the cultural and ethnic diversity of our staff and clients. Therefore, we encourage applicants who are interested in working in such a setting. We also strongly encourage minority applicants who will add to the diversity of our clinical staff.
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Three internship appointments are available for the 2021-2022 training year. Appointments are for 2,000 hours within a 12-month period. We offer a salary of $25,958 and health insurance.
Completed applications must be received by November 6, 2020.
Download our brochure on the Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology. A member of our Psychology Internship Program team can be reached at (216) 741-2241.
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Applewood Centers became members of APPIC in 1997 and have been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association since 1999. For questions related to the program's accredited status, please contact the Commission on Accreditation:
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Ajtunes.com is the first dedicated download store in dance music to give independent artists the opportunity to showcase and sell their music to a global consumerbase. With one of the highest royalty rates on the internet for download sales, Ajtunes will change the landscape for unsigned artists, giving them the platform to promote their music with high profile coverage, as well as earning arguably the best income for sales of their music.
Co-founder of Audiojelly Ricky Simmonds commented "With the recent upgrades to the main Audiojelly store, we now have better navigation, a better layout and a much more comprehensive system for customers buying music from their favourite labels and artists. We have chosen to implement all these features over the last few months, prior to launching the AJtunes store, which we believe is a long overdue service for the thousands of independent artists around the world who have music that is not signed to a label."
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The following year Mom became ill — she was admitted to one of Boston's best hospitals. Mom had a rare fungus infection. She had an aortic heart valve replacement and bypass surgery a year before — somehow, a fungus had gotten into her bloodstream and traveled and settled on her heart valve. The first solution was replace the aortic valve again. But her age and weakened condition were against her.
Caregiver Stories
Read fellow caregivers' stories and share your own . . .
Welcome to FCA's online storytelling section. What better way to learn about family caregiving if not from those who have been there. Please consider submitting your own story. Visit our online form here.
My story began in August 2011 when my wife suddenly started accusing me of having another family. I knew this was not Parkinson's any more. For the next five years there were ER visits, police involvement, and SNF stays for a total of over 1,000 days. Finally on December 18, 2016, my wife Maria was put in hospice and left this world January 8, 2017.
I watched the tears roll from his eyes and down his face as I sat in the chair beside him, looking in on the scene, as a spectator; I felt the pain in his heart, as his aged appearance gave room for pity. I took note of how the grey hairs lined his head, mustache, and beard; and the many deep signs of indentation mapped out on his fragile yet aged body; and in a whisper, he quivered through the tightness of his withered lips, "She doesn't want to be here."
Help others whenever you can. But don't help others with homework because they might score better than you. Don't go to the bathroom until you finish your current task. Three of the good, bad, and downright weird lessons my parents taught me as a kid. I'm now thirty-two, and my parents have once again, taught me another lesson; two of them, actually. Both, are about the idea of choice. Or rather, the illusion of having no choice.
When I was 18, my dad (then 54) suffered a massive stroke. The stroke affected the left side of his brain, which controls the right side motor functions, as well as speech. He went from working construction to being in a wheelchair with no speech or comprehension. He was diagnosed with aphasia (the inability to comprehend words) and apraxia (the inability to complete motor tasks) in his case this meant to move his mouth to form words, letters, and sounds.
As a caregiver for over five years of my 89-year-old mother, I'm inclined to tell my story in a different way, and offer tangible solutions to the plight of a caregiver.
My son is an adult with epilepsy (grand mal seizures) that started in his childhood and progresses as he gets older. I am very proud of him because he went to college and worked most of his life and is working today. As his caregiver, a few people are very cruel and disrespectful to me and my son. Last month, we moved away from a public housing community in Annapolis, Maryland, where the landlord and owners were allowing illegal drug addicts to threaten, harass, and harm us. A person with severe disabilities needs a safe and non-hostile environment.
At nine years old, I lost my dad. So young, however so wise to know I needed to help my mom with my brothers and sister. You see, my mom was not well so I was the "fill-in mom." At the age of sixteen, my mom died leaving six children. As we got older, I found myself caring for four siblings as they were diagnosed with Huntington's disease. There were no support groups within miles; there was no one who really understood my frustrations let alone the disease.
My husband, Gary, survived ten years with late-stage prostate cancer. Ten good years. He wasn't supposed to live that long. There were no "For Dummies" books on how to do this, so I made my share of mistakes as caregiver. But I also learned some great life lessons — lessons about slowing down with the patient; about removing my Super Hero cape and accepting help; about the importance of self-care. I discovered that people want to be part of our stories, which means we should let them love on us as we travel this noble, sweet, heart-wrenching, care-giving passage.
I'm going to bury my face in a pillow and scream if one more person tells me to be sure to take care of myself. Go for a walk, take a vacation, they advise. I know they are trying to help, but really? Telling me one more thing to do? Oh well, they are just doing the best they can.
To keep my story as short as possible, I would first like to say that my mom is one of the strongest women I know, she was petite, had many conditions but she was in high spirits, strong, cared and loved everyone and kept a smile on her face.
Momma had another seizure this morning following 2 days of inconsolable, raving hallucinations. She's been under hospice care the past 2 months and, until this event, had been showing signs of improvement as they've weaned her off some medications. Dad witnessed the first part of her seizure – a ghoulish shriek warping into a convulsive fit.
It's always hard to be with someone for up to 16 hours a day and just watch them whittle away and not be able to do anything to help. All you can do is just sit there and watch and pray that every day when you walk in those doors that they are having a good day. I always start my day the same way. I walk in with a smile on my face and open up the blinds and prepare breakfast and in those moments there's just something magical because for a split moment it's like Ms. Lois is young and well and for a brief moment everything is calm.
Hello, I am new to this site and after reading a few of the stories I am actually glad to find out that I'm not so crazy and the emotions I have are normal.
My friend just died prematurely and alone because her spouse was incompetent. He ignored physical symptoms she had and did not get medical care for her until she was critically ill. I urged him for a month to take her to physician. Others did, as well. But he couldn't seem to put this into action, rather kept wondering. I must add he is a psychiatrist very divorced from physical medicine. He kept thinking all symptoms were mental.
I started doing caregiving in a facility about eight years ago. It started off as doing internship, but it really grew on to me after I met an elderly couple who were in the home together. Not a day would go by that they wouldn't be together. I grew a bond with both. They had no kids as the wife was unable to. I still care for them and they are as healthy as can be. They make coming to work enjoyable.
I began at the age of 14 helping my mom care for my grandpa who was paralyzed from his waist down and also had Alzheimer's. My mom couldn't lift him as she had back issues from an accident. So after years of caring for my grandpa and seeing so many elderly people not getting the love or attention in convalescent homes I decided to continue my career caring for elderly.
I have been taking care of others since I can remember. In high school I did first aid classes ... hospital volunteering. Then I got married and raised two children ... helped with grandchildren ... worked as a nursing assistant in a hospital, 27 years ... did home care ... volunteer in EMS, fire ... took care of grandparents ... and both my husbands' parents and my parents. I have also helped some neighbors. I enjoyed doing it all. But … my mom was the last to die two years ago … and I feel lost … empty. It just seems to being hitting me now.
My love of 46 years took a turn starting this January. Congestive heart, failure hospitalization. Blindness from macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa progressing. March hospitalization due to extreme hallucinations due to depression drug. Very weak, legs have lost strength. Only use wheelchair to move him about now. Due to depression and sudden change in his life, has lost about 30 pounds. Wants to stay in bed and sleep. I believe it is ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE. On bad days, refuses all prescription meds for heart. Anger and frustration are daily.
I am a former caregiver for my mom with Alzheimer's. It affects so many people, and will only increase and cause devastating emotional and financial problems. This community (Alzheimer's) needs so much help, and I see it's not being discussed or taken seriously.


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In the wake of the FSE workshop which took place in Accra in December 2017, the AIT Robotics Club has been busy refining internal knowledge and working with other nearby colleges. At a dual seminar which took place on 26 April 2018, they taught workshops on the AIT Sea View and Cantonment campuses. Multiple lecturers were involved, with about 80 students participating.
This seminar was the first of two which have taken place this year in this constellation. Its focus was on:
- Explaining and testing the ultrasonic sensor on our demonstrator robot
- Familiarization with the Raspberry Pi
- Familiarization with the customized FSE board and its interfaces
- Demonstration of Alfred, the autonomous vehicle we built at our last session.
Here are some impressions of the event – stay tuned for more! More pictures are available here 🙂


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Joe Ollmann
Joe Ollmann's most recent book is Burden. He won a Doug Wright Award in 2007 and lost the same award many other times. His next book is a comic biography of the writer William Seabrook. Last updated summer, 2016.
- A Road Trip with the Notorious M.I.L. Winter, 2015–2016
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- Old Dad Spring, 2014
(No. 32)
- Movie Night Winter, 2012–2013
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- Personal Space Summer, 2011
(No. 26)
Kathleen Olmstead
Kathleen Olmstead lives in Sussex-Ulster. She has made films. She has written books that can (hopefully) be found in the Young Adult section of your local bookstore. She has contributed to the magazine since 1999. Last updated summer, 2007.
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Grace O'Connell
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- The Many Faces of Montgomery Clift Summer, 2011
(No. 26)
Sofi Papamarko
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- Ark Winter, 2013–2014
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Lana Pesch
Lana Pesch was long-listed for the 2014 CBC Short Story Prize, and won the Random House of Canada Creative Writing Award for 2011–2012. Moving Parts, her first book, will be published in the fall of 2015. Last updated summer, 2015.
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(No. 35)
Lorenz Peter
Lorenz Peter has written several graphic novels, including The Last Remaining Ancient Mellish Bird, Side Effect, Chaos Mission, The Grey Museum, and the Doug Wright Award–winning Dark Adaptation. Last updated summer, 2013.
- Rainbow Technicians Summer, 2013
(No. 30)
George Pfromm
George Pfromm started his illustration career working in Seattle for numerous advertising agencies and weekly papers, including the Stranger and the Seattle Weekly. He also works in animation, creates educational content throughout the Pacific Northwest, and teaches animation and illustration classes at the Lesley University College of Art and Design, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Last updated summer, 2018.
Ian Phillips
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Marguerite Pigeon
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Jay Pinkerton
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Emily Pohl-Weary
Emily Pohl-Weary lives in Vancouver. She currently is finishing a YA novel set in her old Toronto neighbourhood, which she started while living in Dawson. Her book about her grandmother, Better To Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, won the 2003 Hugo Award for non-fiction. She is the author of the poetry collection Iron-on Constellations and the novel A Girl Like Sugar. Last updated summer, 2020.
- Dawson Summer, 2020
(No. 45)
- Bonnie and Clyde Summer, 2013
(No. 30)
- Best Violin Summer, 2002
(No. 8)
- The Moral Pornographer Christmas, 2001
(No. 7)
- What I Learned Growing Up in Parkdale Summer, 2001
(No. 5)
Sandy Pool
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- On Lemons Winter, 2013–2014
(No. 31)
Brett Popplewell
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- First Assignment Winter, 2017–2018
(No. 40)
John Porcellino
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- The Frogs Summer, 2016
(No. 37)
K. I. Press
K. I. Press lives in Parkdale. Her latest collection of poetry, Spine, was released in 2004 by Gaspereau. She is also the author of Pale Red Footprints (Pedlar, 2001). Last updated Christmas, 2004.
- On Visiting the Alice Shop in Oxford and Telling the Shopkeeper about Stephanie Bolster's Poem about Visiting the Alice Shop in Oxford Summer, 2003
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- On Saturday Night Christmas, 2001
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Keith Prestwich
Keith Prestwich lives in Danforth Village. His first published short story appeared in the Summer, 2005, issue of Taddle Creek. Last updated summer, 2005.
- Ownership Summer, 2005
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Jana Prikryl
Jana Prikryl lives in New York, where she works as a senior editor at the New York Review of Books. Her debut collection of poems is The After Party. Last updated summer, 2017.
- Memory Mosaic Summer, 2017
(No. 39)
Alex Pugsley
Alex Pugsley won the Journey Prize in 2012. Last updated winter, 2016–2017.
- Endnotes Winter, 2016–2017
(No. 38)
Rachel Pulfer
Rachel Pulfer lives in Boston. She is a writer and editor with occasional literary aspirations. Last updated summer, 2007.
- Bunny Heads and Stranger Things Christmas, 2006
(No. 17)
- Form and Content Summer, 2006
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- The Inside-Out Poet Summer, 2005
(No. 14)
Kara Pyle
Kara Pyle is a freelance illustrator and designer. When she is not drinking coffee by the gallon and drawing, she enjoys exploring the city, going to music festivals and dancing. Last updated summer, 2017.
Andrew Pyper
Andrew Pyper lives in Trinity Bellwoods. He is the author of The Trade Mission (HarperFlamingo, 2002), as well as Lost Girls (HarperCollins, 1999), a novel selected as a notable book of the year by the Globe and Mail and the New York Times, and Kiss Me (Porcupine's Quill, 1996), a collection of short stories. His latest novel is The Killing Circle (Doubleday, 2008). Last updated Halloween, 2008.
- The Rat Christmas, 2002
(No. 9)
Shannon Quinn
Shannon Quinn lives south of Cabbagetown. Her work has appeared in This Magazine. She is a graduate of Ryerson University's radio and television program, and also holds a degree in theatre from the University of Alberta. Last updated Christmas, 2003.
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Michel Rabagliati
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- Paul dans le nord Winter, 2014–2015
(No. 34)
Patrick Rawley
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(No. 21)
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(No. 13)
- Horse Christmas, 2001
(No. 7)
Angela Rawlings
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Michael Redhill
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- Avinguda de la República Argentina, 1908 Summer, 2018
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Friendly Rich
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- I Ain't Racist, But . . . Summer, 2014
(No. 33)
Robin Richardson
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- Verity Winter, 2013–2014
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Sandra Ridley
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- Funeral Summer, 2007
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Ethan Rilly
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Stan Rogal
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Damian Rogers
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Janet Rogers
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Stuart Ross
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Pete Ryan
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Published on July 14, 2014
A unique summer day camp at Samford University July 14-25 will give Birmingham-area elementary and middle school students a chance to do as the Romans did.Samford's Department of Classics is partnering with Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute to offer LatinSummer, the oldest and largest program of its type in the nation. The camp grades one through seven will be held 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. weekdays.
This will be LatinSummer's second year in Alabama, but an all-new curriculum for 2014 welcomes both new and returning students. Participants will enjoy exciting classes in mythology, various aspects of Roman culture and even the Latin language. Hands-on activities will include carving inscriptions, building models, playing language games and creating Roman clothing.
As the LatinSummer students learn about Latin and classical studies, they will also enhance their knowledge of other subject areas and explore how the ancient Roman world has shaped our modern world.
LatinSummer Birmingham is taught by a team of college and high school students as well as certified teachers: Mary Shelton Hornsby of Mountain Brook High School; Olivia Jones of the Altamont School; Anna Michaels of Vestavia Hills High School; Kristen Mitchell of the University of Alabama; Jacob Sansom of Mountain Brook High School. Drew Lasater of Mountain Brook High School and Paige Receveur of The Ohio State University serve as Directors. Samford Classics professor Shannon Flynt serves as Local Coordinator and Lisa Yeager as Faculty Trainer.


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