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Yearning for Wonderland
Dreaming the Impossible Dream
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This is a repost of an entry from my old Livejournal blog. I've reposted it in its entirety, because it captures a moment seven years ago. The details have changed, but the swell of emotion from remembering that moment has not.
One of the passingly beautiful memories I have of my mother's Amphitheatre was exploring the subterranean prison set from Man of La Mancha. It was bleakly magical, with a terrifyingly long, winding staircase. There was a blood-shuddering creak of an opening door; from that cold shaft of light, the Inquisitor descended. Within the crawl space of this set, there were cells – the persecuted prisoners could lean through the bars and tug at the clothes of their passing persecutors. Dante could not have envisioned it better. During one of the dress rehearsals, I crawled into a cell with one of the actors and played out the scene with him, all hunched over; I howled for mercy on cue, banged on the unyielding cell door, drooped hopelessly into the corner like the wizened, diseased, forgotten prisoner I was. That night was the first night that I saw Don Quixote sing "The Impossible Dream" in costume, on the set.
To dream the impossible dream.
To fight the unbeatable foe.
To bear with unbearable sorrow.
To run where the brave dare not go.
He had a thrilling voice, a trained opera singer, and he thundered out with a tenderness that I could hardly bear. I, balled up in the darkness of the cell, strained to see through the rusted grate where he stood in a pool of light.
To right the unrightable wrong.
To love pure and chaste from afar.
To try when your arms are too weary.
To reach the unreachable star.
Every night, I was spellbound during the song. He was a battered old man, ridiculous to most and consumed with delusion, but had a dignity that was transcendent.
This is my quest, to follow that star.
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far.
I have found my star.
I have been drifting for a long time, as I have tried to deny the undeniable. Theatre courses through my blood and to try and do anything else is a bit of a farce. It is my birthright.
I never realized how unorthodox my upbringing was until I was much older. From the time I could toddle about, I was underfoot backstage. My playpen was the orchestra pit. I learned to sew buttons (badly) in the costume shop. I dodged wood shavings in the workshop, perched under the conference table at auditions. I ate ice cream at Ehrler's with Ado Annie and played hopscotch with Little Orphan Annie. My first kiss was in the lobby, the son of my mother's assistant director – purely by accident. We were playing tag and bumped smack into each other. I had the best Halloween costumes in my school.
Once I was eight, I was permitted to audition like everyone else. If I was cast, I could do no more than one show a season. Still, I accompanied my mother to endless rehearsals, gorged on Moon over My Hammy at Denny's at two in the morning. I was her Best Girl, her P.I.C. (Partner-in-Crime). I took scores of notes for her on legal pads, fetched her Diet Coke, always called her Mrs. Meade. I watched, enrapt, as she scolded, praised, and inspired her actors. I watched whole worlds unfold, worlds that were once only inside her head, now shared with the world outside.
On the vastness of the empty stage, late at night, when no one was around, I bowed countless times in endless curtain calls to an invisible audience.
Last week, I stood on another empty stage and looked out at the audience. I was four states away, a decade and a half later, and yet for a moment I was that girl again. Saint Augustine has a brand-new, 4500 seat outdoor ampitheatre that has no theatre company. The official state play of Florida, Cross & Sword, has been shelved for ten years. In the space of the last month, I have met a woman who studied costume design in school, a lighting/sound designer friend has moved down from Kentucky, and my mother said in passing that I should start a theatre company and she would come down summers to help me. Last night, I was having cocktails with a friend and she confided that she had always dreamed of doing set design…before I'd even told her about the theatre project. Events are overtaking me and I am a little afraid.
But I know this is what I ought to be doing. And I'm a little scared of failing, but I'm more scared to not try it. I am the youngest among the people I have collected around me, people whose talents complement and underline my own. I tell myself, 'I am the Artistic Director', and it sounds like a role I am playing. But I have to do it. My beautiful, brilliantly creative mother is scrapbooking and arranging flowers. My friends are all working jobs that are not fulfilling, daydreaming of doing what they really want to do. And I'm there with them, but I'm not willing to wait any longer.
Now is the time and I'll follow my star.
ZAP: I Am Not a Runner
I don't know how many of you self-monologue. Hamlet had a bad habit of it. This is recently how the conversation proceeded in my head.
I am not a Runner.
Who says?
Perhaps you've forgotten the humiliation of Phys Ed? The dodgeballs driven into your back? The limply terrified swinging from the climbing rope? Coming in last place every relay race? Being picked last for every team? Aiming for the volleyball, only to have it break your glasses? Getting knocked on your rump because you couldn't catch a fast-pitch softball?
Okay, so your performance in team sports has not always been shining. Your arms and legs were too long for your body during adolescence and you had no coordination. But that was then. You're turning 33 this year.
Thanks for reminding me. With the 33 year old body to match.
It doesn't have to be that way. You could be more strong and powerful at 33 than you have ever been in your life.
Who says?
Me. I mean, you. You used to run regularly at the end of high school.
I wasn't propelling so much mass through space at that time.
You just need adequate incentive.
Well, I AM afraid of zombies.
Emmie Mears is doing that Zombie Apocalypse Preparation training for herself. You remember that?
Oh wow. Emmie's doing really great with that. I wish I could do that.
You could.
Oh please. I am not a runner. I'm a–
You're being lazy. And you're not lazy. You're letting life dictate to you what your size, shape and stamina will be. You're letting it take your power.
I am NOT.
Prove it.
So I did. I got out there and wheezed my way through my first K. Then my second. Every other day. I got a killer zombie fitness incentive app called Zombies, Run!. And I proved it. To myself and my inner voice. I didn't think I could. But I did. Yesterday, I realized that I had ran 30k since August 25, the day I decided to change my own life.
And I'm going to keep changing it. I do want to lose weight for my wedding, but it's far longer term than that. I want to be healthy. Fitness is not an item to check off the list, because life gets busy and it gets dropped from the list. I'm not going to drop it this time. I'm the only one telling myself that I'm not athletic. I'm the only one who thinks I'm not powerful. And I am not listening to that voice ANY MORE.
I am not a runner.
Who says?
I am a warrior.


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Anyway, I find this behavior from a company that's meant to be a consumer advocate to be quite inappropriate and unacceptable. They have my email address and phone number, they could easily confirm or at least notify me. I would probably have renewed, but I've emailed them asking them to cancel my membership and refund it either in full or pro rata. They may have lost a subscriber through their practices.

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Subject: Re: Definition of business process - Need for Semantics
Christian, I agree that ebXML must provide some kind of "minimal semantical requirements for mostly used business objects" in order to be of practical value. Most of the time spent for Enterprise Applications Integration goes into semantical transformations of business events (like XML structured message payloads) between different applications sytems. Providing a meta model for business process descriptions is very helpful, but to save much time in integrating business processes (B2B protocols can be thought of as planned business processes) across different business applications, we should try to identify a set of extensible, essential business objects and/or business document specifications as a semantical foundation. Regards, Ron(ald) Christian Huemer wrote: > > It may be better to position ebXML as having a specification (not model) of > > the externally visible (e-) business process. While the internal business > > process must, logically, "fit" or be fitted to this external specification > > it does not have to be an extension of it from the modeling perspective. > > Specifically, there would be no requirement to model internal processes to > > adhere to the external specification. Modeling is usually thought of as a > > process of discovery, which may be miss-leading to the users of ebXML. > > Those creating a new process specification (E.G. SWIFT) will probably have > > to "model" some process so as to specify it, but that modeling may not be > > formal or visible in the final result. > > > > Note that this distinction is somewhat soft, but may better communicate the > > intent and reduce fears that users would have to model their business to use > > ebXML. An ebXML process specification should not have to be large, complex > > or a burden (Most b2b processes are quite simple). > > hi cory, > > it seems that we are coming from two different directions. > but, i think that is quite usual when tmwg/edi and xml people > start talking. > > to understand the tmwg position, i would ask you to read > the document "tmwg recommendations on xml" (especially '5 > of the abstract - page 3 and 1.8 and 1.9 on pages 10/11). > you find a pdf version of this document on the bottom > of the ebxml documents page. > > why do we think that business models should not result > in just one artifact, which is the external specification? > this approach has been taken in traditional edi standards > as edifact or x12. ok - those standards do not use markups, > data is implicitly identified by the order. many people > may think that tagging by itself is the solution. i do not > agree. a tag name is a hint for the programmer. the semantically > full definition must be defined somewhere else. the same > is true in traditional edi standards. i have to look into > the directory to get the meaning of the 3rd element of a > certain data element. > > so who are the ones that have to look up that information? > in your mail you mention that users might fear modelling. > so i guess you mean that the end users will look up that > information ( i am sure that they fear modelling :-) ) > > that is also the way that traditional edi standards are > going. end users use independent software which uses > its own in-house structure. since no translation software > can guess the in-house structure, there is no plug and > play solution available. the end users have to do > the mapping themselves. that works for large companies, > because as hubs they have to support only a few > message implementation guidelines. furhermore they usually > have more resources to do the mapping. but what about > the SME. they are the ones who whether have the know-how > nor the money to do the mapping. > > so if we use xml as syntax instead of un/edifact or x12, > and the companies still have to do the mapping between > in-house data and xml of their own, ebxml might be a > standard framework which by no way better than un/edifact > or x12. > > so the ebXML initiative is focused not only on "corporate > america" but also on all SMEs around the globe. therefore, > i think ebXML will only be successful, if SMEs are reliefed > from the burden of the mapping process. this means that > inexpensive software which allows interchanging without > prior agreements must be available. accordingly business > solution software providers have to include modules into > their software- which are 'ebXML'-compliant (or at least > compliant to some ebXML business transactions) and will > be responsible for the communication and internal integration > aspects of the software. > > what does that all mean to modelling? > the users of the models are not the end-users. the users of > the models are the software providers, the programmers who > are responsible for delivering the above mentioned modules. > and programmers should not be afraid of UML models. The > UML models rather help the programmer in implementing the > project - yes it is software engineering. > > hope this helps in clarifying my point of view. > if i find time in april i will write a paper on that topic, > to formulate may arguments more clearly (and in a better > English ;-) ) > > i think that this is a really substantial topic for ebXML. > and a decision whatever way to follow should not be made > after the bruxelles meeting. i think it should better > be made today - because it really influences the work to > be done, e.g. the meta-model of the business process team > mainly depends on the artifacts to be stored. and i guess > the architecture should not be independent of the decision. > > btw, Bob we did not change our name because we want to concentrate > on business modelling (if so we would be the business > process modelling project team :-) ). rather it is true > that we wanted to get rid of 'methodology'. because the > decision was made that we not create/select a methodology > to produce the artifacts of the business modelling phase. > we just want to define a meta-model that is able to > capture the artifacts. the question is now: which artifacts > would that be? > > christian > > p.s.: klaus, can you - as chair of ebXML - help us on this topic. > because, i want to prevent myself from setting up a wonderful > meta-model which can cover a lot of artifacts, but it has > already been decided to store just the external static > specifications.
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by Hugh Fitzgerald
In his recent book "Jihad and Death: The Global Appeal of Islamic State," Roy argues that about 70 percent of these young people have scant knowledge of Islam, and suggests they are "radical" before even choosing Islam. He dubs them "born again Muslims" who lead libertine lives before their sudden conversion to violent fundamentalism. — Haaretz
It's hard to know where to begin with this. Who decides what constitutes "scant knowledge of Islam"? One would like to see what questions were asked to determine this. Were those interviewing the "young people" (a cohort, one assumes, consisting of those who had gone to join the Islamic State and returned) Muslims themselves, who might have a stake in downplaying the "Islamic" knowledge of those they question? Were these ignorant Muslims unaware of the 109 Jihad verses? Some of them? All of them? And what constitutes leading "libertine lives"? Drinking alcohol? Having premarital sex? Smoking marijuana? Would indulging in only one of those Western vices, like Salman Abedi with his occasional cannabis, be enough for someone to feel the need to atone by becoming a shahid? And when Roy says these Islamic terrorists were "radical" before "even choosing Islam," why was it, does he think, that Islam was chosen, why did Islam turn out to be the perfect fit, the right vehicle, for those "radicals" who were hellbent on aggression and destruction, if Islam, so we are often told, preaches peace and tolerance?
As for leading "libertine lives," it is true that some Muslim terrorists, before "returning to Islam," seem to have been inattentive to its rules, and indulged in Western "decadence" by drinking alcohol, or having premarital sex, or smoking marijuana. As has been well documented, some of those who re-embrace Islam after having fallen away may do so with a fanaticism that can be explained as a kind of atonement for ever having violated the rules on Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong. But not all Muslim terrorists follow Olivier Roy's own "narrative"; many had always been unbending in their faith, and were not atoning for anything when they acted on their beliefs and became Jihadists. They were simply carrying out what the Qur'an commanded. And Salman Abedi had always been one of the latter: a devout Muslim, from a very devout family, and a hafiz to boot.
"It's the Islamification of radicalism that we need to investigate, not the radicalization of Islam," Roy says, begging the question of why radical youths would choose violent fundamentalist Islam over other destructive creeds to engage in terrorism.
Islam does not need to be "radicalized" nor radicals "Islamized" for Muslims to become terrorists. The Qur'an, hadith, and sira supply all the "radicalization" — that is, the inculcated violence and aggression toward Infidels — that "radicals" require. But there is not a mainstream Islam and another, quite different, "radicalized" Islam. The same texts and teachings are to be found in mainstream mosques and madrasas as in those some describe as preaching, or teaching, a "radicalized" Islam. There may be differences in emphasis and tone in an imam's khutba, but not in the essence of the message, which is to be found in the same Qur'an, in same Hadith and sira, that all Muslims read. The Muslim terrorist is not violating, but following, the commands, and the great example, of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
These "new radicals" embrace the Islamic State's narrative as it's the only radical narrative available in the "global market of fundamentalist ideologies," Roy says. "In the past they would have been drawn, for example, to far-left political extremism." Half of violent jihadis in France, Germany and the United States also have criminal records for petty crime, just like Abedi, who appears to have been radicalized without the involvement of the local mosque or religious community, an element that mirrors patterns in the rest of Europe.
According to Olivier Roy, these young Muslims choose the Islamic State's "narrative" just because it's the only radical one available. In the past, he says they might have been drawn to "far-left extremism." Well, there is an Islamic past, some 1400 years of it, easily available for study, and Roy might discover that numerous Muslims during all those centuries behaved very much like the "Islamized" radicals today, conducting Jihad through whatever means, including especially violence, proved most effective, and determined to continue that Jihad until Infidels were subjugated, and were converted, or killed, or agreed to pay the Jizyah. Muslims were always required to conduct Jihad, a duty which does not end until Islam everywhere dominates, and Muslims rule, everywhere. For a long time Muslims were successful in their conquests, but Europe eventually surpassed them in military technology and strength. The European counterattack lasted for roughly the last two centuries (since Napoleon entered Egypt in 1798), and led, among other developments deemed disastrous by Muslims, to the end of the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924. But in recent decades, several factors have made possible a renewed campaign against the West by aggressive Jihadists.
The first factor is that Muslim countries became immensely rich from the sale of oil. They have been the recipients of over $25 trillion dollars in oil revenues since 1973 alone, money which has helped fund the worldwide building of mosques and madrassas, of Islamic community centers, and of subsidies to an army of Muslim missionaries, as well as paying for apologists and propagandists for Islam, by no means all of them Muslim. And that money has also come in useful for the bribing of political figures, diplomats, representatives at the U.N., who have helped distract attention from what has been rightly labeled, by Robert Spencer, the Stealth Jihad.
The second factor has been the large-scale immigration of Muslims to the West, that is, of people who have been inculcated to be permanently hostile to their Infidel hosts. There are now close to 50 million Muslims in Europe, behind borders that they have always been taught to regard as enemy lines. Very few are integrating into their host societies. Very many are now a permanent threat to those whose lands they have so thoughtlessly been allowed to share.
The third factor is technology — the advances, from cell phones to the Internet, from satellite television to YouTube videos, that have made spreading the full message of Islam all over the world much easier. By now no Muslim can claim ignorance of his duties, both of Jihad and of What Is Commanded and What Is Forbidden. The Internet presents Muslims with the same access everywhere to materials — not just the main texts of Qur'an, hadith, and sira, but also the works of the historians of Islam, the commentators on the Qur'an, the most authoritative hadith scholars, those who today, like Yusuf al-Qaradawi, provide counsel and answer the questions of Believers — all that once to be found only in good-sized mosques and madrasas and libraries, but now only requires a click or two on the Internet. The effect of money, migrants, and technology helps explain why non-Muslims in the West have been insufficiently alarmed about Islam (all those well-paid apologists and propagandists have successfully silenced or misrepresented thoughtful critics as "Islamophobes"), why campaigns of conversions, now so well-funded, meet with success among non-Muslims, of the kind who desperately need, and find that Islam provides, an Instant Bruvverhood, and a Complete Regulation of Life.
Finally, the tens of thousands of mosques and madrasas that have been built in the West with oil money help explain why those young Muslims who may indulge in an interlude of Western decadence return, with a vengeance, to Islam. But let's be clear: not all terrorists are ex-libertines atoning for their libertinage. Some, like Abedi himself, do not fit Olivier Roy's template at all — which has not prevented him from claiming otherwise. Abedi was always a devout Muslim, and had nothing, from an Islamic point of view, save possibly for a few intermittent puffs of cannabis, to atone for.
According to Roy, while ultraconservative Salafi Islam is certainly a problem ? its followers object to the basic values underpinning a tolerant and secular Western society ? it shouldn't be conflated with violent extremism. And when evaluating the origins of young men like Abedi, one shouldn't overstate the role of Muslim revanchism in the developing world, a political strand feeding on the West's colonial legacy and interventionism in the Middle East.
It is not "Salafi" Islam alone whose "followers object to the basic values underpinning a tolerant and secular Western society," but rather, the followers of mainstream Islam itself. Islam is not tolerant, Islam does not admit of any equivalent to "post-Christian" secularism. In what Islamic country are the rights to full equality of non-Muslims, women, homosexuals recognized? In what Muslim — not just "Salafi" — country, is there anything like freedom of religion and of speech, the "basic values underpinning a tolerant and secular Western society"?
In one respect Roy is certainly right, however, in wanting to deemphasize Muslim resentment over the West's "colonial legacy" as a cause of terrorism. He knows, as a Frenchman, how little of a "colonial legacy" there was to be resented by Muslim Arabs, for only in Algeria was there a "colony" in the accepted sense of that word. The four Arab territories that were previously guided by European mandatory authorities to statehood — Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria — were never colonies. Nowhere on the Arabian peninsula was there a single European colony. In Egypt, Lord Cromer's men ran the civil service from 1882 to 1922, but Egypt was not a British colony. In North Africa, there was no wholesale transfer of French "colons" (colonists) into Morocco and Tunisia, as occurred in Algeria. Olivier Roy minimizes the "colonial legacy" correctly, but for the wrong reason. It is because he seeks his explanation for Muslim terrorism neither in the ideology of Islam, nor in the history of Muslim encounters with, and resentment against, the West, but in the psychology of individual Muslims who, according to Roy, have been "radicalized" and now seek to give their "radicalization" an Islamic cover and coherence.
"Had he been concerned about acts of Western imperialism, he would have mentioned the British attack in Libya in 2012, making his act political in one way or another," Roy says.
Abedi was very much part of the British youth culture he attacked, "he killed himself as part of that society," Roy says from his office in Florence, where he's a professor at the European University Institute. "Had he been imbued with Islamic culture and bent toward the ambition of establishing an Islamic state in the Middle East, he would have probably not have known about pop singer Ariana Grande," Roy notes, adding that "he would have traveled to Syria or Libya instead."
Roy is wrong. Abedi was not, as Roy claims, "very much part of the British youth culture he attacked." Nor was he confused, betwixt and between Islam and Western secularism. He was indeed "imbued with Islamic culture." He was a hafiz, that is, someone who had memorized the entire Qur'an. He was by all accounts devout, never tempted to indulge in Western "decadence" other than a bit of marijuana. He was a loyal son in a family whose paterfamilias had been involved, back in Libya, with a group that had links to Al-Qaeda. He chose to attack the Manchester concert because it was both an easy and a high-value target, with more than ten thousand Infidels (the venue could hold 21,000) gathered conveniently in one place. Roy thinks that "if he were imbued with Islamic culture," then he "would have travelled to Syria or Libya instead." Nonsense. Abedi knew that his attack on that high-value target in Manchester would and did receive far more attention than any attack in the Middle East would have been given. In Syria or Libya, he would have been just one more Islamic State fighter, at a time when those ISIS fighters are on the run, under withering attack in Syria and Iraq and Libya, faced with massive defections of fighters. Abedi's attack in Manchester was an atrocity, but it was also, from his point of view, a success, which Olivier Roy refuses to concede (he says it was "of little strategic value"): it did indeed "strike terror" in the hearts of Infidels. And Abedi did not "kill himself," but died a shahid, a martyr for Islam.
If comments by French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb are confirmed, Abedi will join the long list of returning jihadis who have struck in Europe after fighting in Syria. But Roy also notes some positive news: Hundreds of foreign fighters from Europe are seeking a safe return to Europe by turning themselves in to their embassies in Turkey, according to the Italian press.
"This means they don't have the suicidal instincts characterizing terrorists like Abedi," Roy says, though he warns that the "hegemony of secularism" and the rejection of "all forms of religiosity" in the West have created a spiritual vacuum that can be a breeding ground for fundamentalism.
Hundreds of Muslims who left Europe to join the Islamic State are now trying to return to the European countries they left. They are fleeing in fear both of attacks by Infidel bombs, and even more, of being killed by the most fanatical members of IS fanatics, who have been killing their own fighters for not fighting fiercely enough, or in some cases not fighting at all. Roy seems to believe that these returnees will be no threat once back in Europe. But in fleeing the Islamic State, have they ceased to believe in violent Jihad? Isn't it possible that, if let back into the European countries they left, they might now wish to atone for their previous "cowardice" in fleeing the Islamic State, and possibly engage in terrorist acts at home? Or are we expected to believe that in fleeing from the Islamic State they have also abandoned, and forever, their Islamic faith, and their desire to kill Infidels? They may no longer be willing to die as shahids, but that doesn't mean they are no longer dangerous. Their return to Europe is not, pace Olivier Roy, "positive news." They can still attack Infidels in the countries to which they are allowed to return, can still encourage other Muslims to fight the Infidels in Europe, while dissuading them from going off to join the Islamic State whose prospects in the Middle East are now so grim. These are all unpleasant possibilities, but perfectly plausible. Plausible to all of us, that is, except for Olivier Roy.
First published in Jihad Watch.
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Why do I get a blank page or see programming code when I open RealTimes or RealPlayer?
This is caused because the Windows component that handles the loading of web-objects isn't registered or known to the program. This can cause script errors or blank pages to load when a program tries to load information from the web. One of these solutions should help:
Solution 1: Reset Internet Explorer
If you're seeing HTML programming code instead of a regular web page, you may be able to solve the problem by resetting Internet Explorer and then making it your default web browser.
Solution 2: Reinstall Active Scripting
Windows Vista, 7 and 8:
1. Click Start.
2. Type CMD into the Search box at the bottom of the Start Menu and press the Enter key.
3. Right-click on CMD from the program list and select "Run As Administrator".
4. A black console window will appear. Please enter regsvr32 jscript.dll and press the Enter key.
5. You'll see a message that says "RegisterServerDLL jscript.dll has succeeded". Click OK on this message.
6. Restart your computer to finish this process.
Windows XP (RealPlayer only):
1. Click Start.
2. Click Run.
3. In the Run box, type in regsvr32 jscript.dll and click OK.
4. A message will appear saying "RegisterServerDLL jscript.dll has succeeded". Click OK on this message.
5. Restart your computer to finish this process.
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Cindy Hooper's 'Conflict' captures power of the African American women's vote
Cindy Hooper's 'Conflict' captures power of the African American women's vote
With the 2012 presidential election just around the corner, signifying the 57th quadrennial election – with incumbent President Barack Obama bidding for his second and final term, Cindy Hooper's new publication, Conflict: African American Women and the New Dilemma of Race and Gender Politics couldn't come at a better time.
Divided into 12 well organized chapters, Conflict explores the emerging voting bloc of African-American women relative to the national political landscape, negotiating dual identities of race and gender and the glaring under-representation of African-American women in elective office proportionally. In addition to the difficult task of analyzing this voting bloc's prioritization of race over gender or vice a versa in selecting representatives (as in the 2008 Democratic primary, which historically pitted a white female candidate, Hilary Clinton, and a black male candidate, Barack Obama against one another for the democratic nomination) Conflict also offers a clear and succinct refresher course on the electoral process, an assessment of the history of the civil rights movement and the struggle for the black vote, placing Hooper's subject into an important historical context, and provides a thorough examination of the issues impacting and informing the votes of black women and the impediments to black women in seeking elective office.
While Conflict isn't your colorful beach-read variety piece of writing (really how dynamic – however important – can anyone make paragraphs fat with statistical data?), Hooper's accompanying analysis is engaging, accessible, and deeply significant. Her prose is injected with an underlying current of energy and optimism that makes this an important and empowering read. It should also be said that while some of the numbers do wash over you, others stand out with striking effect. For instance, did you know that even though this country elected its first black president in 2008, we have yet to elect an African-American woman as governor to any of the 50 states? How about the fact that to date we have only known six black senators to occupy seats in the Senate, and only one has been an African-American woman (!)?
Perhaps the most engaging chapter in Conflict is chapter 13 in which Hooper digs deeper into recent efforts and experiences of black women who do hold elective office, and the obstacles they face within that sphere (and that any black woman would face in seeking elective office), and from their perspectives, how race and gender influence American politics. In that chapter, Hooper introduces names like Cynthia McKinney (the Green Party candidate in the 2008 Presidential election and the first black woman to represent the state of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives), Julia Williams (candidate for the Register of Wills in the September 2012 election in Prince Georges County Maryland), and Patricia Washington (2012 candidate for the California General Assembly and current commissioner with the City of San Diego Human Relations Commission).
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This tutorial will show you how to remove the featured image from your blog posts using Divi & WordPress.
Text Version Of This Divi WordPress Tutorial
Hey everybody, Jimi Blevins here today. I wanted to show you a really quick tutorial on something I found when I was setting up all my blog posts with these tutorials.
You notice I have my Youtube video here, which has the same image as my featured image for the blog post. So when somebody comes to one of my blog posts on the website, they see almost a double image, and I'd rather not have that.
So I looked up how to get rid of this featured image on a blog post, and I want to show you guys how to do it really quickly, it's super easy. All we need to do is hop back into our "Dashboard."We're going to come down here to "Divi," and when we grab our "Theme Options," and this is a setting that's in the layouts right here.So we want to click on "Layout."Then right here in our "Single Post Layout" you'll see "Place Thumbs On Posts." If we click here and disable that, and go ahead and save our changes.We come back to the blog post, you'll be able to see that the image is in there and that our youtube video shows up, which has the featured image in it already. That way people can get into the content of my posts a lot quicker. See the text tutorial, as well as the video tutorial.So if you've been looking for a way to get rid of those featured images on your blog posts, that's how you do it with Divi. It's super easy, super simple, and I love showing people how to do things the easiest possible way.
I hope that helps you guys out. Once again, my name is Jimi Blevins and thank you so much for watching. :) :)


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To determine if your children qualify for Early Intervention, they need to be "assessed" by ChildFind (see below for listing of ChildFind contacts by County). It's from this assessment, they'll determine whether your child need Speech, Occupational, Behavioral, and/or other types of therapy.
Click here for Early Intervention Eligibility as well as a comprehensive database of Diagnosed Conditions
After the assessment, if you qualify, therapists COME TO YOUR HOME (at no cost to you)!!! on a frequency basis until they turn three years old. The therapists work with the children, and you as the parent, giving you useful tools and methods for helping your child develop!! Once your child is three, if s/he continues to qualify, s/he would get access to early intervention in through the school system. For some people, that means that the there is no cost to the family for preschool.
The waiting list for appointments varies based on the number of people requesting them. It's best to get on this quickly!!
What is the right age to have your child assessed? Well, if you have a concern, you notice that other children your child's age are more advanced. You're unsure. Just because you don't know to have a concern doesn't mean ChildFind resources can't help. So, you may consider getting the assessment done regardless.
Click here to learn more about Early Intervention through the state of Colorado
Getting Started - Birth to 3 Years Old
Local agencies, known as Community Centered Boards (CCBs), throughout Colorado are responsible for providing early intervention services in their local service area. Individuals such as a doctor, family member, neighbor, or child care worker may contact the CCB on a family's behalf. A family may also contact a CCB on their own.
To schedule an assessment, contact your local Community Center Board.
Below are the contacts for your local County Community Center Board. If your County is not listed, find your county here: http://www.eicolorado.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=contactus.main
Douglas/Arapahoe County
Developmental Pathways
325 Inverness Drive South
Englewood, CO 80112
Jefferson/Summit County
Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
11177 W. 8th Ave. Suite 300
Lakewood, CO 80215
Denver County
Rocky Mountain Human Services
9900 E. Illiff Avenue
Denver, CO 80231
Birth to 3 Online Form: https://www.rmhumanservices.org/early-intervention-referral-form-english
Adams County
North Metro Community Services
1185 W 124th Avenue
Westminster, CO 80234
Boulder County
1400 Dixon Avenue
Lafayette, CO 80026-2790
Get Started - Ages 3 - 5
Once children turn three, they may be eligible to receive special services through the state, delivered by the School District. It is possible that the school district will require you to have an assessment through your Community Center Board (contacts listed above). Each school district has a ChildFind Coordinater. To find your coordinator, please go to this site and select your region, then school district. https://www.cde.state.co.us/early/childfinddirectoryinfo
ALSO, check with your County Community Center Board (again, listed above) to see if they have any initiatives for children 3+. The amount of resources available may surprise you!!
Douglas/Arapahoe County 3+ Initiative
Developmental Pathways
325 Inverness Drive South
Englewood, CO 80112
If, after 3 years old, your child still qualifies for services and you're on the waiting list for Family Support Services, you may qualify for Community Outreach Funds. To apply, go to http://form.jotform.us/form/52015699605156
If you live in Douglas/Arapahoe County - be sure to Click Here to sign up for Developmental Pathways Weekly Newsletter!
Moving out of State?
Click here to find Early Intervention Resources by State


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TNA President Dixie Carter sent out the following tweets on Wednesday hyping the upcoming Lockdown PPV this Sunday in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome.
Some GREAT floor seats held by production have just opened for sale for #LOCKDOWN this Sun. Don't miss out! tiny.cc/7q3htw
— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) March 6, 2013
#MarchMadness is taking on a whole new meaning at the TNA office. Lots going on. San Antonio looks to be our largest US attended event ever.
— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) March 6, 2013


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If you receive a damaged or defective item, contact a Customer Support Representative within 30 days of delivery at 877-463-1553. Please be prepared to supply the order number and item number from your original confirmation e-mail, as well as your e-mail address and phone number. www.dollargeneral.com will make every reasonable effort to assist you with your return. If you do not contact Customer Support, you are responsible for all return shipping charges.
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Our Story
Invitation to Health was founded by six people, who shared a common vision – to create a new kind of medical centre, practicing a new kind of medicine. One which was truly patient centred, holistic and focused on a person's total wellbeing.
An integrative team of experts was formed, including doctors, nurses and therapists and in 2003 the vision became a reality, with the opening of an Integrative Medicine Centre on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Integrative medicine combines the best of evidence-based conventional medicine and complementary medicine to focus on the total health of a patient.
We treat all conditions, and patients come for the active listening they will receive and for the deep diagnosis that will look at all aspects of their lives. Many patients come to ITH for chronic and difficult to treat conditions that may have been unresolved for many years.
The Centre has grown steadily over the years and now serves many thousands of patients, with a team of nearly 20 practitioners. It has become specialised in biomedicine, which addresses the underlying environmental and biochemical causes of illness.
Invitation to Health is also part of a network of integrative medical centres, with 'sister' centres in the Philippines, France and Belgium.


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Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Roswell Park, founded in 1898, is the oldest NCI-funded Comprehensive Cancer Center. The environment is fast-paced, dynamic, collegial, and exciting! The Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship provides advanced training in neoplastic diseases of the GYN, Breast, GI, GU, Pulmonary, Head and Neck, Endocrine, Skin, Brain, Bone, Soft Tissue, and Hematopoietic systems. Fellows will spend seven months on the surgical pathology service and will have two months of protected time for research. There is an opportunity to gain additional skills in surgical pathology subspecialties, diagnostic molecular pathology, in one of the world's best flow cytometry labs, or in solid tumor cytogenetics with capabilities in FISH and interphase analysis. Elective rotations in cytopathology and hematopathology are also possible. Additionally, Fellows are complemented by Residents and Medical Students enabling ample opportunity for teaching and graduated responsibility.
The Fellows are an integral part of patient care at Roswell Park, and their participation in disease site specific multidisciplinary tumor boards, while serving an educational purpose, also positions the fellow to participate in the optimum quality of patient care. Seminars from Faculty within and outside the Department will supplement the Fellow's education. The complexity of cases coupled with the large volume (22,500+) allows Fellows to become proficient in the diagnosis of neoplastic diseases. Fellowships may be individualized and a sub-specialty focus is possible.
Because of the demanding nature of the diseases encountered, only Residents who will complete their training in an ACGME-accredited Program by the Fellowship start date will be considered. In addition, candidates must be eligible for a New York State Medical License or Limited Permit.
Types and Numbers of Appointments
One-Year ACGME-Accredited Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship: Four positions
The campus spans twenty-seven acres in downtown Buffalo and consists of fifteen buildings with about 1 million square feet of space. The new hospital was completed in 1998 and houses a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment center. In addition, the Institute recently completed a new medical research complex in conjunction with the State University at Buffalo and has renovated existing education and research space to support Roswell Park's future growth and the expansion of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Complex. Roswell Park is dedicated to providing comprehensive care to the cancer patient; to conducting research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of cancer; and to educating the public and the next generation of those who study and treat cancer.
Buffalo has four wonderful seasons and a vibrant intellectual and cultural life. It is a treasure to discover and is an exceptional place to live, work, and raise a family. Buffalo is an area of geographic beauty offering temperate summers for boating, camping, bicycling, sports, amusement and water parks, and other activities. During the winter, one can ice skate, ski, snowmobile, snowshoe, or just take a walk. Unlike some cities, traffic is hardly an issue. The average commute time is just 20 minutes! Nearby "getaways" include Niagara Falls, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
Stipends are commensurate with postgraduate year of training.
A Personal Statement, CV, fellowship application form, and three Letters of Reference should be sent to:
Jingxin Qiu, MD, PhD
Fellowship Director
c/o Danielle Selleck
Department of Pathology
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263
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Note: Our program is full for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. We accept applications at any time, and typically interview 18-24 months prior to the anticipated start date.


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The Stables
The Stables bring together a clutch of cutting-edge global brands in a stylish Surry Hills terrace house. It's strong on optical eye wear, featuring Arlem, Garrett Leight, and Steven Alan, among others. Men's and women's clothes come care of Collective and Handsom, with swimwear from Bather. Apotheke offers skincare for guys, plus candles; Hammam34 is your go-to for hand-loomed, natural bath towels. Venus Café beckons from the back. Look out for regular events and exhibitions.


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Star Nicki Reed told "Extra's" Renee Bargh about her feelings as the series comes to an end. "It is sad, and what's more sad is not seeing by my cast again or the fans anymore."
Watch our movie review of "Breaking Dawn: Part 2"!
Since "Twilight's" debut in 2008, the franchise has raked in $1.1 billion in North America and more than $2.5 billion worldwide.
'Twilight' Mania: 'Breaking' Set to Break Box Office Record
The final installment of the "Twilight" series, "Breaking Dawn: Part 2," is predicted to open at $145 mil, which would beat the franchise high of $143 mil set by "New Moon" in 2009, reports USA today.


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Once you have made it to your target weight there is a huge celebration. There is even a great motivation to stay there for quite awhile, but eventually the excitement fades and you need a way to keep pressing forward and stay at your goal. There are a few things you can do to help make it easier to stay at your goal weight and avoid having to do the big slimdown again.
1. Rituals are Good
There are things that you did to help you get to your goal. Whether it was cutting down sugar, working out more consistently or allowing yourself a single cheat day, it worked for you. Whatever that was is something you should keep up. It will help you stay on target and remove the temptation of things that will likely make you balloon back up.
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2. Avoid the Temptation Items
It is good to allow yourself a treat here and there but don't keep these treats in your home. When the bad for you items are there you will eat them. Keep healthy snacks in the house and force yourself to go that direction. You won't want to drive to the store so the apple will do at 10 pm instead of the cookies.
3. Stay Motivated
Just because you have reached your goal weight doesn't mean it has to be the end of goals. Set new strength and endurance challenges for yourself so you can keep motivated. Whether it is to run a 5K, get a better time or do more pushups there is always a goal out there you can strive towards. People with goals are better at getting what they want.….READ MORE ON THE NEXT PAGE


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Siduri Lemoravo Vineyard Pinot Noir
Adam Lee is the talented, colorful winemaker and founder of Siduri Winery in Santa Rosa, California. His wines are typically unfined and unfiltered, and I like to say that he also tends to speak that way. Adam is a Texan who moved to California over 20 years ago to pursue his passion for Pinot Noir. He and his wife, Dianna, founded Siduri, named for the Babylonian Goddess of Wine. I am extremely fortunate to sell the Siduri wines in California and I would like to elaborate on Adam's efforts in the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA, in general, and the Lemoravo Vineyard specifically.
Adam makes Pinot Noir from six American AVAs: Willamette Valley, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley, Sonoma Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands and Sta. Rita Hills. (Technically, Adam also makes a Pinot Noir from Chehalem Mountains AVA within Willamette Valley AVA).
In Santa Lucia Highlands, Mr. Lee creates six single vineyard Pinot Noirs, including Soberanes, Sierra Mar, Rosella's, Gary's, and Pisoni. Lemoravo is the sixth and newest, and it sits at the southern end of Santa Lucia Highlands, almost directly below Sierra Mar Vineyard. Adam had been driving past Lemoravo for many years, checking out the grapes on the way to Sierra Mar. When he heard that some Lemoravo fruit was available, he started sourcing it in 2015 and used the grapes for the Santa Lucia Highlands AVA blend. He was so happy with the quality that he made it a Lemoravo Vineyard designate in 2016. Lemoravo gets its name from the crops originally planted at the site: lemons, oranges and avocados.
Here are Adam's tasting notes for the 2016 Siduri Lemoravo Pinot Noir:
"The Lemoravo Vineyard is planted to multiple clones and, as much as I thought it would ripen (by clone), I actually found that it ripened from northwest to southeast following the sections most exposed to the wind off of the Pacific ripening quickest. We picked the vineyard in four passes, each one moving progressively southeast. The 2016 Siduri Lemoravo Pinot Noir shows a fairly classic Santa Lucia Highlands profile, with loads of concentrated red and black fruits, along with slight hints of dried herbs and even a slight dusty, earthy complexity. The wine is more seamless than heavy, with superb balance and a longer, lingering finish with just the slightest hint of finishing tannins (but good acidity). This wine drinks very well right out of the gate, but should certainly age for a few years with no problem whatsoever."
I hope you enjoy this Pinot Noir; there are only about 150 cases available for the initial release.
When you are traveling in Sonoma, there are two distinct ways to experience the wines of Siduri: at the winery in Santa Rosa and at the "Wine Lounge" in Healdsburg, where you can also enjoy small bites and micro-brews on draft. Both venues are a treat—you can plan your trip at http://www.siduri.com.


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Inglourious Basterds
8:00pm - Monday, Aug 19, 2019
"Now, that's a bingo!"
With the release of QT's (that's Quentin Tarantino, for the uninitiated) latest spectacle ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, we felt the time was right to revisit that other quasi-historical fantasy INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (which is celebrating ten years of scalping Nazis and speaking the King's) on Monday, August 19.
Set in a fantasy universe that can only ever really exist in the films of Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS begins in German-occupied France, where young Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the brutal execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz, in his Oscar-winning performance). Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent) narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad (including Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, and Samm Levine) joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own. Like a WW2-era "spaghetti western," the film manages to be equal parts violent, fun and smart, with endlessly entertaining dialogue to punctuate the kind of non-linear story we've come to expect from one of cinema's most renowned filmmakers. As per usual, QT assembled an all-star cast that also includes Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Julie Dreyfus, and many others.
"Tarantino's tight script is playfully sharp in all languages." (The Georgia Straight)
Monday, August 19
Doors 7:30 pm | Movie 8:00 pm
Single tickets $10.50 advance | $12.50 at the door
*Minors OK in the balcony! (Please note this film is rated 18A). Must be 19+ w/ ID for bar service and main floor seating.
**Groupons and passes OK for any single film only. Please redeem at the door.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino, 2009 / 153 mins / 18A) In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine, soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
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On occasion, a Long-Term Care Home may determine that they are unable to meet the needs of an applicant applying for residency in their facility. Let's trace the process in Ontario and possible action strategies.
What happens after I have been qualified for Long-Term Care and my wait list has been submitted to the selected homes?
At this point the CCAC Coordinator will forward the assessment information to the selected Residences for their review. At that time, the home will assess their ability to provide care based on the information provided. The home may request further clarification of the assessments if desired.
What happens if my application to a Long-Term care home is rejected and I am not eligible for one or more wait lists?
After an assessment and review of the applicant's application, if there are reasons a home is unable to accept a client to their wait list, there is a process that must be followed for notification. The home is required to provide the grounds in which the application was refused with supporting evidence. The applicant must receive this information in writing. The MOHLTC and the CCAC must also be given this information.
There is specific government legislation in place that governs the refusal process, should the home have concerns about meeting an individual's care needs.
What are some of the actions that an applicant can do to address a refusal?
- Engaging in a discussion with the CCAC Case Coordinator
- Information can be accessed through the MOHLTC action line. Although this can be an anonymous help line, you will be required to leave your contact number. A response may take up to 3 business days. (The Long-Term Care ACTION Line is open seven days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and can be reached toll-free at: 1-866-434-0144.) http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/contact/ccac...
- ACE: The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly may be able to provide additional information, legal guidance and support. Telephone queries are accepted for specific concerns. 416-598-2656 http://www.advocacycentreelderly.org/
Where does information exist regarding Long-Term Care legislation aside from the above resources?
Information about the Long Term Care Homes Act for Ontario can be accessed via the link below. The document specifically addresses legislation surrounding these and other topics relating to LTC homes in Ontario.
On a positive note, acceptance is far more common to home wait lists than refusals. Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario are subject to governance by the MOHLTC (Ministry of Health and long-Term Care). There are very specific rules, regulations and guidelines in place to address a home's actions and care services.
If your application is refused, take the time to collect your thoughts and start making the appropriate contacts. Keeping the lines of communication open will enhance your ability to advocate effectively and address your options.


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HGC was established in 2011 following redundancy. Having worked both in small practice and as an auditor of multi-million pound businesses Chris has an understanding of all sizes and types of businesses.
From the outset it was decided that the practice would keep up with the latest trends in accounting and be 'cutting edge' in the services it provides. This would allow HGC Accountants to provide a quality accountancy service whilst remaining competitively priced in the current economic market.
HGC Accountants has continued to grow and now acts for a variety of clients of all sizes across a range of businesses sectors.


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RSPCA's Million Paws Walk – Sunday 16th May 2010
Off-leash Precinct, Pizzey Park, Pizzey Dr. (off Oceanic Dr.), Miami
Registration begins 8:30am, walk begins at 10:30am (1.5km & 4km options)
This year's walk will be proudly led by parade marshal Lincoln Lewis.
Stalls, food, entertainment, demonstrations, pet advice, competitions, mega raffle, hydrobathing,
free concert after the walk featuring Emily Williams, Barry Crocker, Dean Vegas and Jodie "Marilyn" Joy
Adults: $12 Children: $6 Concessions: $8 Family of Four: $28
For teams of 10 people or more: $10 per member
All proceeds go directly toward helping local animals in need.
To register before the event, visit www.millionpawswalk.com.au
Registrations can also be made on the day.
For more information contact (07) 5586 2552 or firstname.lastname@example.com
This information has been brought to you by Vanessa, owner of Gold Coast Pet Sitting. Please contact us through our website www.goldcoastpets.com.au


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Minggat anak Nyakin who has a parcel of NCR land at Sungai Rotan and Sungai PenyaruKuba (Kiba) Sarikei found out the hard and excruciatingly painful way that standing up for his rights is no easy task and which almost cost him his life.
"Not only he was badly beaten up, he was also arrested by the Police," said Ngumbang Anak Barau, of Tahabas (Native land Owners Network). (This story was published by Free Malaysia Today).
He said that on the evening of 14 February 2011, Minggat and his son Juan had gone to their land to check on the outcome of an alleged illegal logging over their NCR land at Sungai Rusa, Sarikei.
They had previously reported the alleged illegal logging over his land to the Police, the Lands and Survey Department as well as the Public Works Department back in December 2010 for investigation.
Upon finding that the logging has continued seemingly unabated, they decided to drop by the log-pond late that Monday evening and tried negotiating for compensation with its manager.
The negotiation went sour and before Minggat and his son could leave the office building, they were initially attacked viciously at its footsteps.
"Although badly hurt, his son managed to escape in the darkness towards a nearby oil-palm plantation, while his father was left in an unconscious state at the foot-steps of the log-pond manager's office," Ngumbang said.
He said Minggat and Juan are now admitted at the Sarikei Hospital, with the police guarding them as they are both being remanded.
"Regardless of any wrong-doings or crimes that Minggat or his son may have committed, the source of the problem has yet to be investigated satisfactorily by the authorities.
"Minggat's family agrees that Minggat should be fairly investigated, and so does the timber company that has been operating for many years on NCR land allegedly without a relevant or valid licence.
"The alleged illegal logging seems to be proceeding unhindered thus far. A police report has been lodged by Minggat's wife yesterday on 16 February regarding the attack. The attackers have not been arrested," he said.
As of today, the name of the timber company which owns the log-pond remains unknown to the rest of us, while there is no telling when investigations will be made on Minggat's and his son's attackers.
"What is certain is that Minggat and Juan will remain hospitalized for a few more days or even weeks.
"Today, their pains are too debilitating for them to even ponder what they will do next." Ngumbang added.


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Unhappy with the quality of your virtual friends on MySpace? No problem. You can fix it by subscribing to FakeYourSpace.com.
According to The New York Times, FakeYourSpace will enhance your page with photographs and comments from hired "friends" — mainly attractive models — for 99 cents a month each.
Founder of the service Brant Walker, 26, of San Diego runs the site from his home.
He said the idea came to him when he noticed, while browsing MySpace pages, that "some people would have a lot of good-looking friends, and others didn't."
His idea, he said, was "to turn cyberlosers into social-networking magnets" by providing fictitious postings from attractive people. The postings are written by the client or by Mr. Walker and his employees, who base the messages on the client's requests.


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Today was the day of our silent auction, aiming to raise money for our course's external degree show in London by selling our illustration work and wares. Nibbles and napkins were laid on and initially the event resembled a children's party; in a good way.
Alongside our student work, we were lucky enough to have pieces donated by some kindly big names in illustration, including Rob Ryan, Holly Wales, Susie Wright, Amy Harris and Marcus Oakley.
The show was bustling, colourful and enjoyable, with the occasional bidding war. In the end it was just nice to relax with my class as for us this was where the hard work behind the show had come to an end. All in all we raised over £1,500, so a large thank you is owed to everyone who came, saw and bidded, including the Robert Newman. What an inspiring chap.
Surrounded by our own pictures and people there to see them I knew I wasn't alone in feeling a sense of pride, a sense that I desperately needed beer and the knowledge that I would sleep very very well tonight.
All photographs in this post are by Nathan Hackett.


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Some Reactions are Difficult to Sample
Without Affecting Reaction Progression
Reliably taking representative samples of oxygen or moisture-sensitive reactions and reactions at elevated pressure or sub-ambient temperatures is virtually impossible. Highly toxic reactions present additional challenges. The unique patented EasySampler probe enables the capture and immediate quenching of reactions to provide a sample representative of a reaction at the time of sampling.
Sample and Quench at Reaction Conditions
How Does it Work?
EasySampler is immersed into a reaction, where it remains for the duration of the experiment. The sample pocket moves out and is filled with a sample. As the pocket withdraws, the sample is quenched immediately, at reaction conditions. The sample is then diluted to a user-specified concentration and ready for offline analysis.
Representative & Reproducible Samples
From Heterogeneous & Multiphase Reactions
Sampling reactions with precision is challenging. Sampling is especially difficult for heterogeneous and multiphase reactions. EasySampler samples from the same point in the reactor, into a pocket of fixed volume and includes solids. Solids dissolution begins immediately, with the quench and dilution steps, delivering dissolved samples to gain representative, reproducible and accurate analytical data.
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Sampling toxic or long reactions, or reactions for Design of Experiments (DoE) studies, can be impractical and cumbersome, leading to blind spots in data. This often requires repeat experiments. EasySampler samples the same way every time and can be programmed for continuous sampling operations 24/7 to provide data sets for complete reaction understanding, improving productivity.
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After quenching, the liquid handling system dilutes the sample to a user-specified concentration and transfers the sample to a vial, making it ready for offline analysis. These steps can be used for derivatization, decreasing sample preparation time and eliminating human error.
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Related to Toxic and Hazardous Chemistries
EasySampler fully automates the sampling process, eliminating manual handling of liquids. This reduces risks and improves operator safety, especially with:
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Continued automated sampling with the EasySampler supports reaction and impurity profiling studies. A list of publications from peer-reviewed journals focuses on exciting and novel applications of EasySampler by researchers in both academia and industry to support data-rich experimentation to advance their research.
Featured EasySampler Citations
Wang, K., Han, L., Mustakis, J., Li, B., Magano, J., Damon,D., Dion, A., Maloney, M.T., Post, R.J., Li, R., "Kinetic and Data Driven Reaction Analysis for Pharmaceutical Process Development", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2019), Advance article (DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b03578)
Beutner, G.L., Coombs, J.R., Green, R.A., Inankur, B., Lin, D., Qiu, J., Roberts, F., Simmons, E.M., Wisniewski, S.R., "Palladium-Catalyzed Amidation and Amination of (Hetero)aryl Chlorides under Homogeneous Conditions Enabled by a Soluble DBU/NaTFA Dual-Base System", Org. Process Res. Dev. (2019), 23, 1529-1537.
Mennen, S.M., Alhambra, C., Allen, C.L., Barberis, M., Berritt, S., Brandt, T.A., Campbell, A.D., Castañón, J., Cherney, A.H., Christensen, M., Damon, D.B., de Diego, J.E., García-Cerrada, S., García-Losada,P., Haro, R., Janey, J., Leitch, D.C., Li, L., Liu, F., Lobben, P.C., MacMillan, D.W.C., Magano, J., McInturff, E., Monfette, S., Post, R.J., Schultz, D., Sitter, B.J., Stevens, J.M., Strambeanu, I.I., Twilton, J., Wang, K., Zajac, M.A., "The Evolution of High-Throughput Experimentation in Pharmaceutical Development and Perspectives on the Future", Org. Process Res. Dev. (2019) 23, 1213−1242.
Carter, H.L., Connor, A.W., Hart, R., McCabe, J., McIntyre, A.C., McMillan, A.E., Monks, N.R., Mullen, A.K., Ronson, T.O., Steven, A., Tomasia, S., Yates, S.D., "Rapid route design of AZD7594", React. Chem. Eng. (2019), Advance Article.
Zawatzky, K., Grosser, S., Welch, C.J., "Facile Kinetic Profiling of Chemical Reactions Using MISER Chromatographic Analysis", Tetrahedron, (2017) 73, 5048-5053.
Gurung, S.R., Mitchell, C., Huang, J., Jonas, M., Strawser, J.D., Daia, E., Hardy, A., O'Brien, E., Hicks, F., Papageorgiou, C.D., "Development and Scale-up of an Efficient Miyaura Borylation Process Using Tetrahydroxydiboron", Org. Process Res. Dev. (2017) 21, 65-74.
Rougeot, C., Situ, H., Cao, B.H., Vlachos, V., Hein, J.E., "Automated Reaction Progress Monitoring of Heterogeneous Reactions: Crystallization-induced Stereoselectivity in amine-catalyzed aldol reactions", React. Chem. Eng. (2017), 2, 226-231.
Malig, T.C., Koenig, J.D.B., Situ, H., Chehal, N.K., Hultinb, P.G., Hein, J.E., "Real-time HPLC-MS reaction progress monitoring using an automated analytical platform", React. Chem. Eng. (2017) 2, 309-314.
Duan, S., Place, D., Perfect, H.H., Ide, N.D., Maloney, M., Sutherland, K., Price Wiglesworth, K.E.; Wang, K., Olivier, M., Kong, F., Leeman, K., Blunt, J., Draper, J., McAuliffe, M., O'Sullivan, M., Lynch, D. , Palbociclib Commercial Manufacturing Process Development. Part I: Control of Regioselectivity in a Grignard-Mediated SNAr Coupling", Org. Process Res. Dev. (2016), 20, 1191−1202.
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Majoring in Mathematics
First Upper-Division Math Courses
It should be emphasized that the character of mathematics changes sharply between lower and upper-division courses. The role of computation diminishes and there is a greater emphasis on deductive reasoning. While some students find the theoretical approach more congenial, most find upper-division courses more difficult. Because of this, it is strongly recommended that only students who earned grades of B- or better in all of Math 53, Math 54, and Math 55 apply to the major programs in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics.
Additionally, the advising staff recommend Mathematics 110 as your first upper-division class. Students are more successful in making the transition with this course. Math 104 is a particularly demanding class and should be taken later in your program. Be aware that top students spend 12 to 15 hours per class beyond the lectures and sections, so plan your course load accordingly.
Eligibility to Declare the Major
You are eligible to declare the major in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics if you have met ALL of the following criteria:
1) Completion of Math 1A & Math 1B (or equivalent) with averages grades of at least "C". For our policy on Advanced Placement scores, please see the following link.
2) Completion of Math 53, Math 54, and Math 55 (or equivalent) with minimum grades of "C" in each, or completion of two of those three courses (with minimum grades of "C" in each) and currently enrolled in the third. If declaring while currently enrolled in the final lower-division requirement, that course will need to be completed with a letter grade of at least "C". Please note that we will accept Computer Science 70 in lieu of Math 55 if you have a double-major in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
3) If you have already taken one or more upper division math courses, you should have a grade point average of at least 2.0 from those courses completed at the time of declaration. Note, however, that you do not need to have completed an upper division math course in order to declare.
Any alterations to the above requirements must be authorized (in writing) by the Head Major Advisor, upon referral from an Undergraduate Advisor in 964 or 965 Evans Hall.
Major Declaration Procedures
1) Download and fill out the Major Application with Checklist.
2) For Double Majors only: download and fill out the Double Major Declaration Petition from Letters and Science Advising, here.
3) Email your completed application to declaremajor [at] math [dot] berkeley [dot] edu. (Note that double majors require signatures from both your departments. If we are the first to sign your Double Major Petition, we will send it back to you to take to your second department. If your Double Major Peition is already signed by your first department, we can forward it to L&S Advising for final approval.)
Honors Program
In addition to completing the requirements for the major in mathematics or applied mathematics, students in the honors program must: (a) earn a GPA of at least 3.5 in upper division and graduate courses in the major and at least 3.3 in all courses taken at the University; (b) complete either Math 196, in which they will write a senior honors thesis, or pass two graduate mathematics courses with a grade of at least A-; (c) receive the recommendation of the Head Major Advisor. Students interested in the honors program should consult with the Honors Program Advisor early in their program, preferably by their junior year.
Please note that due to the new Spring 2020 default grading option to PNP, the requirements for graduating with honors in Math and Applied Math in Spring 2020 have been adjusted as follows:
In addition to completing the requirements for the major in mathematics or applied mathematics, students in the Honors Program must: (a) earn a GPA of at least 3.450 in upper division and graduate courses in the major and at least 3.3 in all courses taken at the University; (b) complete either Math 196, in which they will write a senior honors thesis, or completion of at least 2 graduate classes with grades of A- or higher in each or 1 graduate class with an A- or higher plus 1 graduate class with a Pass grade if that "P" grade is earned in Spring 2020. (c) receive the recommendation of the Head Major Advisor.
Course Enrollment and CalCentral
Each semester advising holds are placed on math and applied math majors who have been declared for more than one semester. Mathematics and Applied Mathematics majors must consult with their Faculty Advisor for their first CalCentral registration period after declaring the major. In subsequent semesters, they may meet with the Staff Advisors. Meeting the Faculty or Staff Advisors should take place prior to the student's enrollment appointment to ensure removal of the hold in a timely manner. Before meeting with the Advisor, the student should plan a tentative program for the coming semester, and have an overall plan for completing the major. Enrollment packets consisting of a Course Approval Form (green) and a Major Checklist (white) which shows your completed courses and grades will be available in the Main Office (970 Evans) two weeks prior to the start of Phase I enrollment appointments. Faculty Advisors hold regular office hours during the academic year. These hours are also posted on the bulletin board outside 964 Evans. It is best to allow time for more than one meeting in case decisions depend on information not available at the first visit.
When the Advisor and the student have agreed on a program of study, the Advisor will sign the Course Approval Form (green). Approved electives should be indicated on the bottom of the program form and initialed by the Advisor. Major holds are released by the Staff Advisors in 964 and 965 Evans Hall.
Admitted transfer students should participate in orientation programs during the Summer preceding their first semester at Cal. Returning students should see their faculty advisor or the Undergraduate Advisor during the semester prior to their readmitted term.
Although students are formally required to see their Faculty Advisors only when they first declare the major, they are strongly encouraged to consult with them, or seek the advice of any faculty member, at any time. If the Advisor's office hours conflict with the student's classes, the student should schedule an appointment with via email.
Credit by Examination
Outstanding lower-division students may choose to fulfill one or more of the lower-division requirements via credit-by-exam. Although the University awards only P/NP grades for credit-by-exam, credit-by-exam in any of the lower division prerequisite classes is acceptable for entry into the major. The Credit by Examination Petition is available through the following link on the Office of the Registrar's forms website. In order to file the petition, the student must acquire the approval of: (a) an instructor willing to administer the examination, and (b) the Major Advisor, (only if already declared). The list of eligibility criteria for Credit by Examination can be found on page two of the petition. (Note that you must be registered in the term in which the examination is to be taken, so Credit by Exam is not an option for the Summer preceding your first term at Berkeley, unless you are a registered student for that Summer.)
Course Equivalency
Equivalency of courses taken at other colleges and universities should be determined early in the application process. Articulation agreements with the California Community Colleges define specific course equivalencies and can be confirmed by an Undergraduate Advisor in 964 or 965 Evans. Other coursework will be individually evaluated by a Non-Major Faculty Advisor prior to the student declaring the major or minor. Students must take their transcripts, syllabus, textbook, samples of work, and the Math Equivalency Form to the Non-Major Faculty Advisor's office hours. (Forms are available outside of 964 Evans.) Once the equivalency form is signed, the student submits that form along with his or her major/minor application to the Undergraduate Advisor.
Program Changes
Students can add or drop courses via CalCentral through the WEDNESDAY of the FOURTH week of classes. Grading option changes from letter grade to Pass/No Pass or from Pass/No Pass to letter grade can be done via CalCentral through the TENTH week of classes. Any student with fewer than 13 units needs permission from L&S Undergraduate Advising, located on the 2nd floor of Evans Hall, for a reduced study load.
Minimum and Maximum Limits of Number of Mathematics Courses Taken
Majors must take a minimum of four upper-division courses to establish residency in either of the math majors.
The only limitation on the maximum number of upper-division and graduate mathematics courses a major may take is a College of Letters and Science regulation which states that students cannot register beyond the semester in which s/he surpasses their 130th unit. Advance planning can result in hitting 130 units and having an additional semester available, should you need it. An Undergraduate Advisor in 964 or 965 Evans can assist you.
Passed/Not Passed Grading (P/NP)
Courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be taken for a letter grade. The one exception is four units of Mathematics 199 (offered pass/not pass only) which may be used if approved by one's Faculty Advisor. Mathematics 199 cannot be used to study material covered in standard courses. To be eligible for enrollment, a student must have completed 60 units and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0. Additional regulations concerning 199 courses are outlined in the College of Letter and Science Earning Your Degree Guide. Staff in 970 Evans can assist students with the enrollment procedure.
Probation and Dismissal
A mathematics major whose cumulative grade-point average in the upper-division major taken at Berkeley falls below 2.0 will be placed on departmental probation. The departmental grade-point average computation includes both required courses in the major and approved electives. Any additional upper-division or graduate mathematics courses which are not used to satisfy major requirements are exempted. Students are expected to check their grades at the end of each semester. A student on probation will be subject to dismissal from the major if the grade-point average is not brought up to 2.0 within the following term. Questions concerning probation and dismissal may be directed to an Undergraduate Advisor in 964 or 965 Evans or the College of Letters and Science Advising, 206 Evans Hall.
Additional Academic Assistance
The Undergraduate Program Office, 970 Evans Hall, maintains a list of tutors for students seeking assistance. There are tutors listed for mathematics courses at all levels, from the most basic, precalculus courses, through upper-division, and even including basic graduate level courses. Students make arrangements with tutors on an individual basis.
The Student Learning Center, located in the Cesar Chavez Center, offers group and drop-in tutoring for the basic lower division classes: Mathematics 1A-1B, and 53-54. Call (510) 642-7332 for scheduling and other information. There are also Academic Centers located at the dorms that provide drop-in tutoring during the evenings.


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Do Female Athletes Experience More Knee Pain Than Males?
Yep. Did you know that female athletes are up to 8 times more likely to experience knee pain, including tearing their ACL, vs male athletes? Soccer and basketball players have some of the highest numbers and I wonder as Lacrosse becomes more popular for girls, if we wont see higher numbers of knee injuries here, too.
There have been a number of theories out there on why this is, but a main reason that has been extensively researched is due to the fact that when boys and girls hit puberty, something changes in their brain and the message to fire the girls hip, butt, and hamstring muscles for some reason is a moment delayed, putting excessive use and stress on the quadricep muscle and knee joint. Without the muscles at the hip and the back of the leg working as efficiently as they should, the thigh bone (femur) tends to roll in causing a twist at the knee. That twisting motion could at the very least cause the knee cap to not track as well causing pain around the knee cap (called the patella) or pain along the inside of the knee joint due to the abnormal forces along the knee, or at it's worst the twisting motion could be at such a force that the stress causes a tear to the meniscus and/or the ACL.
But there is good news. Some of this lack of firing and abnormal twisting and increased forces at the knee can be improved. What PT's call neuromuscular retraining (retraining your brain to fire the right muscles at the right time with the right form) is something we work on with patients every day. Often we are seeing people to retrain and strengthen this area after pain or injury has set in, but more and more often I am seeing people for preventative reasons. Their doctor or their coach or their parent may notice that someone's leg looks like it is rolling or twisting inward rather than keeping the leg in a more straight, aligned form and they come into PT for specific ex's to correct this form. PT's are trained in improving not only specific muscle strength (in this case, hip, hamstring, core and glut muscles are typically a big focus) but also in improving how the body moves (biomechanics) and we have great success in reducing the stresses to the knees, helping to prevent what could be a season ending injury.
If you or someone you know has knee pain or your form just isn't quite right as you are running or kicking that soccer ball, don't hesitate to see one of us at OSI to help you with this. It could make you more successful in your sport in the long run!
– Amy


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In Sandy Kemsley's blog, reporting from the PegaWorld conference, she wrote the following:
"AmEx used to be a waterfall development shop ? which enabled them to offshore a lot of the development work but meant 10-16 months delivery time ? but have moved to small, agile teams with continuous delivery"
There is an overall trend toward increasing offshoring - but there is also a rollback happening with a lot of organizations pulling some of that offshoring back - the pendulum for many has swung too far, or the risks and costs of offshoring were, quite simply, under estimated.? Amex is apparently bringing this development work back onshore.
Sandy continues, emphasis added:
Interesting when I think back to this morning?s keynote, where Gerald Chertavian of Year Up said that they were contacted by AmEx about providing trained Java/Pega developers to help them with re-onshoring their development teams; the AmEx presenter said that he had four of the Year Up people on his team and they were great. This is a pretty negative commentary on the effectiveness of outsourced, offshore development teams for agile and continuous delivery, which is considered essential for today?s market.
It's incredibly damning testimony for the effectiveness of outsourced offshore development teams for agile and/or continuous delivery - which almost all BPM implementation work is!? This is true whether you are a Pega customer, an IBM BPM customer, a Camunda customer, an Activiti customer, a Bonitasoft customer, or an Appian customer.? It literally doesn't matter what software you pick - you need to have your technical team intimate with your business team.
AmEx is now hiring technical people for onshore development that is co-located with their business process experts, greatly reducing delivery times and improving quality.
This is how BP3 has been delivering Business Process Management solutions since 2007.? This is how everyone should be doing it.? Whether those technical experts are your own or your consultants, you want them co-located with your business experts and business process experts.? Delivery time and quality and productivity greatly outweigh the benefits of a lower hourly rate.
Offshoring's Achilles' heel is that it is too far away from the action.? It fails to deliver in a timely fashion, and it fails to deliver with the same quality (where quality is a concept that includes correctly understanding the requirements).? The secret no one wants you to know is that offshoring your technical delivery in BPM is actually more expensive than doing it onshore.
Despite these shortcomings, we see our customers and other companies constantly trying once again to push that offshoring rock up the hill, only to watch it fall down again. The pressures to view employees as a cost center rather than an asset, and to focus on hourly cost rather than ROI, make this all the more difficult to overcome.? The most successful BPM programs have resisted this urge, however.
Customers interested in digital BPM would be better served working with companies that analyst firms like Forrester and Gartner have identified as being leaders in digital BPM and customer experience. At BP3, expand internationally because that's where our customers are - not because the staffing costs are lower.


text: Hi everyone a few days ago i posted memory clinic.the story so far ,went to mums tuesday and couldn't find mums aricept in meds box hey ho the carers had taken them to the chemist with her old meds as a new prescription had been delivered(i had left them numerous notes telling them it was a separate script !!!!!) complained to care provider for what good it did ! then on to adult mental health mums in their care for 2 months.The consultant rang me he is posting another prescription and upping the dose to 10 mg, he asked me how mum was ,i told him she had appt for memory clinic he's told me to cancel it and he will review mum in 6 months, she will be in the care of her GP who to be honest i havn't a lot of faith in so will be looking at changing (whenever we ring him and its not often he just rings mum he once prescribed antibiotics for mum over the phone for a chest inf!!! he was the one that told me he didn't think mum had dementia a week before she was diagnosed ) so where do i go now no cpn ,can never get hold of social worker she told me last time i got to speak to her that mum had been referred to dementia care who are they not heard a thing from them! do i just have to struggle through this for the next 6 months with the help of her GP (NOT) or untill something drastic happens sorry for the long post, I know mums not the only one with AD but shes my mum and it feels like no ones bothered ,at the moment you lovely talking pointers are the only ones i seem to get advice and support from thanks everyone love Annie x


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I remember Grama's place. You couldn't see the house from the winding country road. You had to turn off into a narrow lane where the rusty mail boxes stood and pass two other houses before Grama's house came into view high on a hill. All the way up the drive on each side were deep rows of peony bushes. On a June night their perfume would fill the air welcoming you to Grama's place.
The snug red brick house had cement railings in the shape of slides on either side of the front stairs which led to a huge wooden veranda. This is where Grama kept her metal swing. It was like a bed and creaked and squeaked when you rocked on it. By the front door, fastened to the wall was a small wooden note board where Grama pinned messages to say where she had gone and when she'd be back.
From the veranda you could peek in the three long windows and see into the front room. Under these windows sat her couch, decorated with fancy lace doilies. Off to one side was the intricate and elegant carved desk that Grama had made from a grand piano. It had all sorts of secret drawers for money and jewels.
On the other side of the large room was her famous Victrola that came all the way from Chicago. In the middle of the room stood her majestic quilt frame with yet another heirloom in the making.
Around back was the tiny cluttered garage attached to the house and above it you could see the small attic windows with the diamond panes. Grama let me visit that attic room a few times but it was never enough. I remember two steamer trunks brimming full with tons of treasures, a wicker doll buggy that I asked to take home, and stacks of dusty books that would take me hundreds of years to read.
I loved the attic room almost as much as I loved the pond at the bottom of the hill. Everyone called it a pond but it was more like a lake. That's where I learned to swim with a rope around my waist and Grama on the other end of the rope. That's where I caught my first fish with a bamboo pole, string line and safety pin hooks.
The best place in my whole world was sitting on the rickety dock, listening to the hundreds of frogs singing late into the night. There will never be another place like Grama's.
Memories -- by Patricia Sawchuk
I remember Grama's place. You couldn't see the house from the winding country road. You had to turn off into a narrow lane where the rusty mail boxes stood and pass two other houses before Grama's house came into view high on a hill. All the way up the drive on each side were deep rows of peony bushes. On a June night their perfume would fill the air welcoming you to Grama's place.
My mother's dream
My mother had a dream. She wanted to be a published writer. I remember listening to her banging away on our old, delapidated typewriter whenever the inspiration seized her. With three kids, an enormous vegetable garden and a job as a teacher, she didn't have much time to devote to her muses. When us kids were pretty well grown, she signed up for a writing class. She loved it. Finally, after many years, the stories that were churning around in her head were being put to paper.
Heirlooms and their stories
I guess I've always been surrounded by family history. We have been lucky enough to inherit heirlooms that have been passed down through the generations, along with the stories about the brave individuals who owned them.
This is the rocking chair that we had when I was growing up. It has been reupholstered several times over the years; I remember it when it was a brilliant orange/brown/red pattern that screamed 1970s.
Imagine a young woman of 18 with the courage to travel alone across the ocean with her life's possessions. I have always admired Anna's bravery, even before I had any inkling what family history or genealogy was. Although she died in 1942 and I never met her I'd like to think that through my work and this blog she lives on.
I've found a couple of websites that allow us family tree detectives to display our hard work in very unique and interesting ways.
The first website is Wordle, You can generate word clouds with various text that you input. Just import text or type it in manually. The really fun part is that the most common words or names are highlighted, so you can see what names are prominent in your entire family. You can experiment with fonts, colours and create something really funky or traditional, depending on your style.
The second website is Digital Roots. You can download software that will allow you to print your entire family tree on one piece of paper. It's amazing!
Genealogy is carving a huge and creative niche in the world. I'm really excited to find sites like these that highlight our hard work.
Forensic Genealogy
In my current life I'm a Health Sciences librarian. I really love Science and always have. I love knowing how things work, especially the human body. Physiology fascinates me. How can the body do all that it does perfectly accurately 99% of the time?
Why a blog?
Family history just fascinates me. And not just my own. There are many facts and people that have been lost to time. I really enjoy puzzles and sometimes I come across some really interesting mysteries in my genealogy travels. I'll post some of my musings here.
November 2015


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NIST works with Montri Transportation Corporation to provide daily transportation for families who choose to use their services. The school also runs its own shuttle buses for members of the NIST community to and from the Asok BTS Station and the entrance to Sukhumvit 15 throughout the day.
Transportation for Elementary School Students
Early years and year 1 children are collected from the Early Learning Centre by the bus monitors. Each monitor has a list of children assigned to his or her bus. The monitor supervises boarding and securing of seatbelts. These vehicles depart promptly from the main parking lot at 2:00 PM. In Years 2 to 6, students are expected to proceed promptly to their buses at 2:30 PM. To ensure the safety of all passengers, each bus monitor has a list of authorized students, which is checked daily. Buses leave promptly at 2:45 PM.
After-school Buses
Many students remain at the NIST after their classes to participate in extra-curricular activities (ECAs). We ensure transportation for every student so that everyone can participate in ECAs if they so choose. Monitors have a list of students authorized to remain late for activities, and the list is checked prior to departure to make sure that no students are left at the school. The after-school buses depart at 3:45 PM or earlier if all students have boarded.
Shuttle Bus Service
NIST provides a daily shuttle bus service for members of the community, providing transport from Robinson Department Store at Asok BTS and the Manhattan Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 15 to NIST, and vice versa. These shuttles run throughout the day in regular intervals.