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Founder of 23andMe speaks on FDA concerns
SAN FRANCISCO -- Startup 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki, who is separated in marriage from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, broke silence on Tuesday in saying she failed to respond to concerns from the Food and Drug Administration about the company's DNA-testing product.
The FDA sent a letter to 23andMe last month demanding the company stop selling its $99 genetics testing kit. On Monday, 23andMe discontinued marketing the kit that analyzed saliva with the promise of providing genetic markers for disease.
"We failed to communicate proactively," Wojcicki said Tuesday evening at a Fortune event held here for the most powerful women.
The FDA sent a warning letter to 23andMe saying the company is marketing its product without approval from the government agency and that its product claims raise concerns. The FDA said the company has failed to address issues the agency raised and hasn't responded to its request to provide adequate information to support its marketing claims.
Startup's 23andMe's website says its product reports on more than 240 health conditions and traits.
The FDA said that some of the uses of the personal genome service were particularly of concern, such as assessment of breast cancer-related genetic risks.
If the finding for risks related to "breast or ovarian cancer reports a false positive, it could lead a patient to undergo prophylactic surgery, chemoprevention, intensive screening, or other morbidity-inducing actions, while a false negative could result in a failure to recognize an actual risk that may exist," the FDA said in its warning letter addressed to Wojcicki and 23andMe.
Actress Angelina Jolie in May publicly disclosed in a bid to raise awareness that she had undergone a double mastectomy after learning of her genetic risks for breast cancer from her doctors.
That led some of 23andMe's customers "to ask about what 23andMe reports concerning breast cancer," the company said in a blog post at the time, warning "23andMe's test is not diagnostic."
Troubles in Wojcicki's and Brin's marriage became the Silicon Valley drama du jour in August, when reports surfaced that the two had been living apart and the Google co-founder had become romantically involved with a company employee.
Wojcicki's 23andMe has raised $161 million in funding from investors including the search giant, Sergey Brin, Genentech, Mohr Davidow Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, Google Ventures and others.


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As I progress along my journey to happiness and peace and see how my life is changing, how I'm changing, I become more and more surprised at how willing people are to just Accept their lot in life. So many people truly believe there's nothing they can do about it, and that's sad.
A classmate compared me to a guy when I told him how I was handling all the stress and financial situation of being a student; I'm chill. I didn't really like the comment because it took me 38 YEARS to become this chill. And I'm much better for it. You will be too if you try it. Bills are due? They're still due whether you freak out or not. Money all gone? You're still broke whether you get upset about it. Instead of wasting precious energy on worry you could put that energy into ideas on how to become unbroke :D There's always a way, always a solution, if we're clear headed enough to look for those solutions. Sometimes we have to make our own solution but there IS one.
When we expect life to get better, opportunities will come our way. But we have to be willing to work for them. There's no free lunch in this world, but there are free appetizers or dessert to help you along the way ;) Some incentive as it were. Don't just Believe life will get better, Expect it! Demand it! And then be willing to do some old-fashioned hard work to make sure it Does happen.
I'll give away a secret right now. The one thing that will solve All problems is Love. A dose of Love will cure what ails ya. There is no emotion as strong as love. There is no force more powerful. Learn to integrate love into your life, into your daily routines, and you will be well on your way to happiness and peace. And health as well.
Learning to take complete responsibility for everything you do is also a required part of your daily life. No excuses, no blaming others for anything. Blaming and complaining stop. If you don't like something figure out a way to change or improve the situation. Blaming and complaining are not allowed on this journey. It sounds hard but once you've replaced those bad habits with good ones (you can never get rid of habits, just replace them) they stay.

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Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/William Cassidy
Journalist, essayist, critic, b. at Albany, New York, U.S.A., 12 Aug., 1815; d. there 23 Jan., 1873. One of the most accomplished and brilliant journalists of his time, he was educated at the Albany Academy and Union College, graduating in 1833. He studied law with John Van Buren, eighth President of the United States, was appointed State Librarian 1843, and became editor of the Albany "Atlas". On consolidation of the "Atlas" with the "Argus", he assumed the editorship of the new paper and retained it to his death. As a writer he was terse, incisive, vigorous, and scholarly, and was a conversationalist of rare power. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1871, and in 1872 was appointed by Governor Hoffman on the commission to revise the Constitution. His influence was that of a pen wielded by a master of thought, and his achievements those of the exponent of party and the leader of political councils. At his funeral held from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany, Bishop McNeirny pontificated. Both houses of the State Legislature then in session adjourned out of respect to the deceased.
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Poetry as soul-making
Strictly speaking, what I want to talk about today does not exist, or at least if it does, remains for the most part unconscious to the rational, waking ego's daylight gaze. Nonetheless, I'm forced to call this unknown phantasm something, and the name 'imagination' seems to suit it fine. Imagination is that matrix of possibility somewhere between the Real and the Ideal. Imagination is the engine of human life, the shaper of our desires and performer of our ideals. Jung called it the Psyche, Jesus called it Christ, Plato called it the Good. These are 'large' words. 'Heavy' words. Their meaning is saturated, so much so that it overflows and all but defies comprehension.
Talking about the imagination is a lot like talking about silence, since every time I speak a sentence, I blow out the candle warming the perceptuo-image of my organismic experience with words I learned in school. I turn the reality of the light of the Real into the shadows of my educated mind's finite ideas.
The Psyche is a philosophical invention. Or at least, whatever I say about her becomes a philosophical invention. I prefer the term imagination as a metaphysical ultimate, much in the sense that Whitehead employs the term creativity. I cannot be sure what I mean when I call it, 'imagination,' in the same way I am never quite sure what I mean when I say I.
Jung, The Red Book (Liber Primus, fol iii(r)):
"When you say that the place of the soul is not, then it is not. But if you say that it is, then it is. Notice what the ancients said in images: the word is a creative act. The ancients said: in the beginning was the Word. Consider this and think about it. The words that oscillate between nonsense and supreme meaning are the oldest and truest."
Schelling: "nature is the unconscious poetry of the spirit"
Blake: "The imagination is the divine body of the lord Jesus, blessed forever"
Blake thought every honest person is a prophet. (Poetry not a unique skill, but a universal endowment).
What I want to say cannot be said, but if I am able I will here attempt to display it. I cannot describe for you the myths within which we live and breathe, but I can enact them for you here upon the state. If we are lucky, I will invoke common fields of feeling, and the ideas in each of our private minds will receive a shared sense of being. A concept is a common field of feeling, something which grasps us in an environment and calls us to attention. A conception is not an idea in an individual mind. It is an event in the world. I speak in order to call attention to something that is always already there—always already here. It "is" silence, the absence of speech, of presence, of world, of order, of Logos. The silence is the supreme meaning, the promise of perfect meaning. Derrida spoke of the messianicity of language, the need to be hopeful about the final word that is always to come. Our conversations can never be settled, we must always agree to meet again, or sever.
Jung (Liber Primus, iii(v)):
"The meaning of events is the supreme meaning, that is not in events, and not in the soul, but is the God standing between events and the soul, the mediator of life, the way, the bridge and the going across. My soul is my supreme meaning, my image of God, neither God himself nor the supreme meaning. God becomes apparent in the supreme meaning of the human community."
The poetic imagination is not a highly prized and rare skill, but an essential aspect of every literate soul's life-process.
Shakespeare, A midsummer's night dream:
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
As imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. (5.1.7-12).
Plato was not trying to annihilate or deconstruct poetry, as such; he was calling the Homeric psyche into a more intimate relation with itself, into a tighter coiling of consciousness upon itself. Prior to Plato, the Logos had only collective, mythological significance. After Plato, it's meaning was given to men. Aristotle swallowed the songs of ages, turning the rumors of orality into the rhetorico-physical description (not prediction) of categorical schemes and logical analyses. But St. Paul warns in 2 Corinthians that the letter kills; only the spirit gives life. Aristotle's impersonal poetics can be inwardized, or personalized, even further. Not philosophical description, but poetic participation becomes the goal of our soul's incarnation.
John Keats:
[to Benjamin Bailey] "I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of Imagination – What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth – whether it existed before or not – for I have the same idea of all our passions as of love: they are all, in their sublime, creative of essential beauty. The imagination may be compared to Adam's dream, – he awoke and found it truth. I am more zealous in this affair because I have never yet been able to perceive how anything can be known for truth by consecutive reasoning – and yet it must be. Can it be that even the greatest philosopher ever arrived at his goal without putting aside numerous objections? However it may be, O for a life of sensation rather than of thoughts! It is a 'Vision in the form of Youth,' a shadow of reality to come. And this consideration has further convinced me, – for it has come as auxiliary to another favorite speculation of mine, – that we shall enjoy ourselves hereafter by having what we called happiness on earth repeated in a finer tone and so repeated. And yet such a fate can only befall those who delight in sensation, rather than hunger as you do after truth. Adam's dream will do here, and seems to be a conviction that imagination and its empyreal reflection is the same as human life and its spiritual repetition. But, as I was saying, the simple imaginative mind may have its rewards in the repetition of its own silent working coming continually on the spirit with a fine suddenness – to compare great things with small – have you never by being Surprised with an old Melody – in a delicious place – by a delicious voice, felt over again your very Speculations and Surmises at the time it first operated on your Soul – do you not remember forming to yourself the singer's face more beautiful than it was possible and yet with the elevation of the Moment you did not think so – even then you were mounted on the Wings of Imagination so high – that the Protrotype must be here after – that delicius face you will see. What a time! I am continually running away from the subject – sure this cannot be exactly the case with a complex Mind – one that is imaginative and at the same time careful of its fruits – who would exist partly on Sensation partly on thought – to whom it is necessary that years should bring the philosophic Mind – such an one I consider your's and therefore it is necessary to your eternal Happiness that you not only drink this old Wine of Heaven, which I shall call the redigestion of our most ethereal Musings on Earth; but also increase in knowledge and know all things."
"Invention which I take to be the Polar Star of Poetry, as Fancy is the Sails, and Imagination the Rudder."
The Poet
WHERE'S the Poet? show him! show him,
Muses nine! that I may know him!
'Tis the man who with a man
Is an equal, be he King,
Or poorest of the beggar-clan,
Or any other wondrous thing
A man may be 'twixt ape and Plato;
'Tis the man who with a bird,
Wren or Eagle, finds his way to
All its instincts; he hath heard
The Lion's roaring, and can tell
What his horny throat expresseth,
And to him the Tiger's yell
Comes articulate and presseth
On his ear like mother-tongue.
[to Shelly on Aug. 16, 1820]
"And is this not extraordinary talk for the writer of Endymion, whose mind was like a pack of scattered cards? I am picked up and sorted to a pip. My imagination is a monastery, and I am its monk. You must explain my metaphors to yourself. I am in expectation of Prometheus every day."
[February 14-May 3, 1819]
The common cognomen of this world among the misguided and superstitious is "a vale of tears" from which we are to be redeemed by a certain arbitrary interposition of God and taken to Heaven–what a little circumscribe[d] straightened notion! Call the world if you Please "The vale of Soul-making" Then you will find out the use of the world (I am speaking now in the highest terms for human nature admitting it to be immortal which I will here take for granted for the purpose of showing a thought which has struck me concerning it) I say "Soul making" Soul as distinguished from an Intelligence-There may be intelligences or sparks of the divinity in millions–but they are not Souls till they acquire identities, till each one is personally itself. I[n]telligences are atoms of perception –they know and they see and they are pure, in short they are God –how then are Souls to be made? How then are these sparks which are God to have identity given them–so as ever to possess a bliss peculiar to each ones individual existence? How, but by the medium of a world like this? This point I sincerely wish to consider because I think it a grander system of salvation than the Christian religion — or rather it is a system of Spirit-creation–This is effected by three grand materials acting the one upon the other for a series of years–These three Materials are the Intelligence–the human heart (as distinguished from intelligence or Mind) and the World or Elemental space suited for the proper action of Mind and Heart on each other for the purpose of forming theSoul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity. I can scarcely express what I but dimly perceive-and vet I think I perceive it–that you may judge the more clearly I will put it in the most homely form possible– I will call the world a School instituted for the purpose of teaching little children to read–I will call the human heart the horn Book used in that School–and I will call the Child able to read, the Soulmade from that school and itshornbook. Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul! A Place where the heart must feel and suffer in a thousand diverse ways! Not merely is the Heart a Hornbook, It is the Minds Bible, it is the Minds experience, it is the teat from which the mind or intelligence sucks its identity–As various as the Lives of Men are–so various become their souls, and thus does God make individual beings, Souls, Identical Souls of the sparks of his own essence–This appears to me faint sketch of a system of Salvation which does not affront our reason and humanity–I am convinced that many difficulties which Christians labour under would vanish before it–there is one wh[i]ch even now Strikes me–the Salvation of Children–In them the Spark or intelligence returns to God without an identity-it having had no time to learn of, and be altered by, the heart–or seat of the human Passions…
[May 3, 1818]
… axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses: We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same Steps as the Author –I know this is not plain; you will know exactly my meaning when I say, that now I shall relish Hamlet more than I ever have done-… Until we are sick, we understand not;–in fine, as Byron says, "Knowledge is sorrow," and I go on to say that "Sorrow is Wisdom"–and further for aught we can know for certainty! "Wisdom is folly"… I compare human life to a large mansion of Many Apartments, two of which I can only describe, the doors of the rest being as yet shut upon me–The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber, in which we remain as long as we do not think–We remain there a long while, and notwithstanding the doors of the second Chamber remain wide open, showing a bright appearance, we care not to hasten to it; but are at length imperceptibly impelled by the awakening of the thinking principle –within us–we no sooner get into the second Chamber, which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought, than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere,we see nothing but pleasant wonders, and think of delaying there for ever in delight: However among the effects this breathing is father of is that tremendous one of sharpening one's vision into the-head heart and nature of Man–of convincing ones nerves that the World is full of Misery and Heartbreak, Pain, Sickness and oppression–whereby This Chamber of Maiden Thought becomes gradually darken'd and at the same time on all sides of it many doors are set open–but all dark–all leading to dark passages–We see not the balance of good and evil. We are in a Mist–We are now in that state–We feel the "burden of the Mystery," To this point was Wordsworth come, as far as I can conceive when he wrote "Tintern Abbey" and it seems to me that his Genius is explorative of those dark Passages. Now if we live, and go on thinking, we too shall explore them. he is a Genius and superior [to] us…
[February 3, 1818]
My dear Reynolds,
It may be said that we ought to read our Contemporaries, that Wordsworth&c should have their due from us. but for the sake of a few fine imaginative or domestic passages, are we to be bullied into a certain Philosophy engendered in the whims of an Egotist– Every man has his speculations, but every man does not brood and peacock over them till he makes a false coinage and deceives himself–Many a man can travel to the very bourne of Heaven,and yet want confidence to put down his half seeing… Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject.-How beautiful are the retired flowers! how would they lose their beauty were they to throng into the highway crying out, admire me I am a violet! dote upon me I am a primrose! Modern poets differ from the Elizabethans in this.
[February 27, 1818]
My dear Taylor,
… In Poetry I have a few axioms, and you will see how far I am from their center. I think Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by Singularity–it should strike the Reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a Remembrance-l" Its touches of Beauty should never be half way thereby making the reader breathless instead of content: the rise, the progress, the setting of imagery should like the Sun come natural natural too him–shine over him and set soberly although in magnificence leaving him in the Luxury of twilight–but it is easier to think what Poetry should be than to write it–and this leads me on to another axiom. That if Poetry comes not as naturally as the Leaves to a tree it had better not come at all…
Plato on poetry:
Republic X (p. 1211/606e), after suggesting poetry leads us to enjoy the sufferings of others, as in Homer's tragedy, Socrates says to Glaucon:
"…When you happen to meet those who praise Homer and say that he's the poet who educated Greece, that it's worth taking up his works in order to learn how to manage and educate people, an that one should arrange one's whole life in accordance with his teachings, you should welcome these people and treat them as friends, since they're as good as they're capable of being, and you should agree that Homer is the most poetic of the tragedians and the first among them. But you should also know that hymns to the gods and eulogies to good people are the only poetry we can admit into our city. If you admit the pleasure-giving Muse, whether in lyric or epic poetry, pleasure and pain will be kings in your city instead of law or the thing that everyone has always believed to be best, namely, reason… in view of the nature of poetry, we had reason to banish it from the city earlier, for our argument compelled us to do so. But in case we are charged with a certain harshness and lack of sophistication, let's also tell poetry that there is an ancient quarrel between it and philosophy, which is evidenced by such expressions as 'the dog yelping and shrieking at its master,' 'great in the empty eloquence of fools,' 'the mob of wise men that has mastered Zeus,' and the 'subtle thinkers, beggars all.' Nonetheless, if the poetry that aims at pleasure and imitation has any argument to bring forward that proves it ought to have a place in a well-governed city, we at least would be glad to admit it, for we are well aware of the charm it exercises. But, be that as it may, to betray what one believes to be the truth is impious… we'll allow its defenders, who aren't poets themselves but lovers of poetry, to speak in prose on its behalf and to show that it not only gives pleasure but is beneficial both to constitutions and to human life. Indeed, we'll listen to them graciously, for we'd certainly profit if poetry were shown to be not only pleasant but also beneficial… if such a defence isn't made, we'll behave like people who have fallen in love with someone but who force themselves to stay away from him, because they realize that their passion isn't beneficial. In the same way, because the love of this sort of poetry has been implanted in us by the upbringing we have received under our fine constitutions, we are well disposed to any proof that it is the best and truest thing. But if it isn't able to produce such a defense, then, whenever we listen to it, we'll repeat the argument we have just now put forward like an incantation so as to preserve ourselves from slipping back into that childish passion for poetry which the majority of people have. And we'll go on chanting that such poetry is not to be taken seriously or treated as a serious undertaking with some kind of hold on the truth, but that anyone who is anxious about the constitution within him must be careful when he hears it and must continue to believe what we have said about it."
(Republic ~395):
"Unlike simple narrative, mimesis poses a particular psychic danger, because as the speaker of the narrative one may take on the character of literary persona in question. It is as though the fictionality of the persona is forgotten; in acting out a part one acts the part, and then one begins to act (in "real life") as the character would act. One does not actually take oneself to bethe fictional character; rather, the "model" or pattern of response or sentiment or thought one has acted out when "imitating" the character becomes enacted. There is no air-tight barrier between throwing yourself (especially habitually) into a certain part, body and soul, and being molded by the part; no firm boundary, in that sense, between what happens on and off the stage. By contrast, Socrates argues, a simple narration preserves distance between narrator and narrated…..He is asserting, though without filling out the psychological mechanisms in the detail for which one would wish, that from childhood up, mimesis shapes our images and our fantasies, our unconscious or semi-conscious pictures and feelings, and thereby shapes our characters, especially that part of our nature prone to what he thinks of as irrational or non-rational." –Stanford Encyclopedia
"on the one hand, poetry promotes intrapsychic conflict; on the other, it keeps us unconscious of that conflict, for the irrational part of our psyche cannot hear reason's corrections. That is why poetry, with its throbbing rhythms and beating of breasts, appeals equally to the nondescript mob in the theater and to the best among us. But if poetry goes straight to the lower part of the psyche, that is where it must come from." -J. Lear, "Inside and outside the Republic," in his Open Minded (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999), p. 240
Walt Whitman from Song of Myself:
Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born?
I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.
I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-washed babe, and am not contained between my hat and boots,
And peruse manifold objects, no two alike and everyone good,
The earth good and the stars good, and their adjuncts all good.
I am not an earth nor an adjunct of the earth,
I am the mate and companion of people, all just as immortal and fathomless as myself,
(They do not know how immortal, but I know.)
Every kind for itself and its own, for me mine male and female,
For me those that have been boys and that love women,
For me the man that is proud and feels how it stings to be slighted,
For me the sweetheart and the old maid, for me mothers and the mothers of mothers,
For me lips that have smiled, eyes that have shed tears,
For me children and the begetters of children.
Undrape! you are not guilty to me, nor stale nor discarded,
I see through the broadcloth and gingham whether or no,
And am around, tenacious, acquisitive, tireless, and cannot be shaken away.
Rilke Sonnets to Orpheus "Endless Trace" (trans. Chris Bamford):
But you O divine one, resounder to the end, when the swarm of unrequited maenads fell upon you, o beautiful one, your over sung their cries with order, your edifying song rose from the destroyers'. No one was present who could crush your head and lyre, no matter how they struggled and wrested. And all the sharp stones they threw at your heart, on touching you, became tender and gifted with hearing. Finally they tore you, impelled by vengeance, while your sound still lingered in rock and lions, in trees and birds, you still sing there now. O you lost god, you endless trace. Only because in the end hate divided you are we now nature's mouth and listeners.


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NORTON, Mass. -- Tiger Woods has more than the No. 1 ranking
on his mind as he prepares for the Deutsche Bank Championship near
Boston: His father has had a relapse of prostate cancer.
"It's been tough," Woods said after a pre-tournament Pro-Am on
Thursday. "It's just like it was back in '96 and '97, when my dad
had a heart attack and had complications with heart surgery."
No one has been more influential in making Woods the golfer he
is than his father, Earl, who taught his toddler to swing a club
and then, when Tiger was a junior golfer, would jangle coins or
shout during his backswing to toughen the kid up.
The elder Woods was diagnosed with prostate cancer six years
ago; radiation treatment was believed to be successful. But Earl
Woods told a group of children at a clinic for the Tiger Woods
Foundation on Wednesday that the cancer had come back and spread
throughout his body; forming lesions in his back and a tumor behind
his left eye.
"My eye was literally pushed out of the socket," the
73-year-old Woods told the Boston Herald. "The pain was so bad, it
was past being a headache. There's no such thing as a headache like
that. Every beat of my heart, there was pain. There was no
medication. I tried everything."
Earl Woods said the tumor has been eradicated by radiation and
he's feeling better. That is making Tiger feel better, too.
"He was concerned. And I knew how much he was concerned," Earl
Woods told the Herald. "When I initially told him, he was very
quiet. And he looked at me and said, 'Pop, when I was a little kid,
you promised me you were going to be here until (age) 84. I'm going
to hold you to it.'
"And I said, 'You've got it. I'll be here.'"
Neither Woods had spoken about his relapse illness until
Wednesday. Tiger Woods was less talkative on the subject of his
father's health; asked about how much it was weighing on his mind
as he played, he said only: "A lot."
The Tiger Woods Foundation, created by father and son to promote
the heath, education and welfare of children in America, is the
primary charitable beneficiary of the Deutsche Bank Championship,
which is in its second year. Adam Scott won the inaugural event
over the par-71, 7,415-yard TPC of Boston course; Tiger Woods
finished tied for seventh.
Woods, who serves as a sort of unofficial host for the
tournament, is hoping that the friendly surroundings will help him
snap out of what has been called a slump. Although he has won just
once this year, he's finished in the top 10 in seven of his last
nine tournaments -- five times in the top five -- and he's still
fourth on the money list with more than $4.1 million in earnings
this year.
And, according to the rankings at least, Woods is still the No.
1 player in the world.
But Vijay Singh, who has won five tournaments this year,
including his third career major, could move into the No. 1 spot in
the world rankings if he finishes higher than Woods this week.
Woods has been No. 1 since Aug. 15, 1999, a record streak of 264
consecutive weeks.
"I'm tired of listening to that, really," Singh said. "I'm
just going to try to enjoy it. I think that focus has been out of
my mind for two or three months already now and I'm not going to
think about it.
"If it happens this week, it's fine. Sooner or later, someone
is going to overtake that. If it's not me, it's Ernie Els or
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It's been a long time that I didn't write down what I usually eat during the whole day!
I have picked a random day! Yesterday!
As every morning, I start my day with 2 glasses of water, something I always tell my clients to do! 🙂
Breakfast: 10h am
– One cup of soya milk ( I am intolerant to the cow's milk): 100 cal
Intolerance test:
And please read well the difference between milk intolerance and lactose intolerance
– 1 Brown baguette with light turkey (3 slices) with some mustard and cucumber:
230 cal
At 12h pm:
– One red apple! (love it!!) : 60 cal
Lunch at 2h pm:
2 glasses of water of course!!
– I ordered from a light catering: One medium plate of moujaddara with a piece of bread, and a cabbage salad ( I missed moujaddara!! lolll) : 350 cal
Moujaddara is rich in protein and iron! And iron absorption increases when consuming it with vitamin C like cabbage and lemon sauce
At 4h pm:
– Chamomile hot drink, with free- cal sweeteners
At 6h pm:
Gym time! 30 minutes of elliptical + 1 hour of Fight- Do class! (amazing class!!!)
Dinner at 8.30h pm:
– Had dinner outside! 1 medium size grilled salmon with tartar sauce,and steamed vegetables ( cauliflower and broccoli) + 1 glass of red wine: 450 cal
So my whole intake was 1190 calories! 😀


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The Sciences of the Soul
The Early Modern Origins of Psychology
The Sciences of the Soul
The Early Modern Origins of Psychology
Fernando Vidal's trailblazing text on the origins of psychology traces the development of the discipline from its appearance in the late sixteenth century to its redefinition at the end of the seventeenth and its emergence as an institutionalized field in the eighteenth. Originally published in 2011, The Sciences of the Soul continues to be of wide importance in the history and philosophy of psychology, the history of the human sciences more generally, and in the social and intellectual history of eighteenth-century Europe.
440 pages | 3 halftones, 14 line drawings, 8 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2011
History: European History
Psychology: General Psychology
"[Vidal] draws a compelling picture of psychology's shift from philosophy and religion to science. . . . Recommended."
B. C. Beins, Ithaca College | Choice
"Highly informative and well-documented. . . . A great book, which has the merit of reshaping completely the historical framework within which the early modern origins of psychology must be understood."
Paul J. J. M. Bakker, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. | Journal of the History of Medicine
"[A] highly significant contribution to the early history of psychology. It will be indispensable for any further study of the origins of modern psychology."
Jörgen L. Pind, University of Iceland | British Journal for the History of Science
"Firm scholarly conviction has it that psychology began as a scientific discipline only in the last part of the nineteenth century. Fernando Vidal thoroughly overturns that assumption in his compelling historical reconstruction of the development of psychology from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. He shows how the concept of soul, initially caught in scholastic rationalism, underwent an empirical transformation from the form of the body to the activities of the mind, a mind whose intense thought had been compared to 'a ligature applied to all of the nerves.' By contrast, Vidal's work—linguistically adroit, amazingly comprehensive, and scholarly satisfying—releases the nervous fluids to invigorate the mind of the reader. No other history comes close to his exquisite accomplishment."
Robert J. Richards, University of Chicago
"The Sciences of the Soul is clearly the product of a substantial period of sustained research. It will set the framework for research in the history of psychology in the period from 1600 to 1850 for many years to come and will also entail changes in the usual discussion of the 'origin' of psychology as a discipline."
Gary Hatfield, author of Perception & Cognition: Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology
"This is a very impressive book, a work of high and original scholarship. Vidal follows the history of the concept of 'psychologia' from the sixteenth century and argues that even without there being already a 'discipline,' one can talk of a sound psychological thinking from that time on. Vidal demonstrates how key ideas of eighteenth-century 'psychology'—the concept of the esprit humain; the connections between anthropology, psychology, and moral sciences; and the notion of perfectibility—found their beginnings in the sixteenth century. The Sciences of the Soul will be the standard reference work on early modern 'psychology' for specialists in psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and the history of science."
Martin Mulsow, University of Erfurt
Table of Contents
Ad Limen
A long past but a short history?
Chapter 2 "Psychology" in the Sixteenth Century: A Project in the Making?
Aristotelianism and Galenism
Psychologia and the scientia de anima
Rudolph Goclenius's Psychologia
Chapter 3 From the Science of the Living Being to the Science of the Human Mind
Psychologia and empsychologia
On whether de anima books can themselves constitute a science
From soul-form to soul-mind
Psychology as a metaphysics of the rational soul
The new psychology: Christian Wolff
Chapter 4 Psychology in the Age of Enlightenment
A Republic of Letters
Methodological discussions in Enlightenment psychology
"The best way to perfect this fine Science"
Chapter 5 Historicizing Psychology
Inventing a bibliographic tradition
Constructing a history for psychology
"Psychologiae historico-criticae speciminae"
The history of the "theory of ideas"
Philosophers write the history of psychology
Chapter 6 Psychology and the History of Humankind
Friedrich August Carus and the "history of humanity"
The primitives and the ancients
Toward a total history of psychology
The psychology of the Hebrews
Homeric psychology
Chapter 7 Anthropology's Place in the Encyclopedias
Enlightenment encyclopedias
The Syntax of the Encyclopédies
The Paris and Yverdon Encyclopédies
The "Systèmes figurés"
Anthropology in the text
The anthropological transformation of morals
Chapter 8 Human Perfectibility and the Primacy of Psychology
Psychology in the Paris Encyclopédie
Psychology in the Yverdon Encyclopédie
The fields claimed for psychology
The psycho-anthropology of perfectibility
The union and interaction of the soul and the body
Chapter 9 Psychology, the Body and Personal Identity
The soul, the body and the "completeness of the nerve"
Psycho-theology and "modern identity"
The body in resurrection
The loss of the body
The seed and the brain
The emergence of the cerebral subject
Appendix I The Two Editions of Goclenius's Psychologia
Appendix II ANTHROPOLOGIE and PSYCHOLOGIE in the Paris and Yverdon Encyclopédies
Appendix III Articles from the Yverdon Encyclopédie Belonging to Psychology and Their Place in the Paris Encyclopédie
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The company says it has 26.4 million active online customers and 16.2 million who use mobile banking.
Wells Fargo reported $1.8 trillion in assets at the beginning of 2016.
The company ranks No. 1 in customer satisfaction for banks in a survey for the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.
In 2015, Wells Fargo reported revenues of $86.05 billion, up 2% from the previous year, and net income of $23 billion. The company had $916.6 billion in total loans at the end of 2015. Average core deposits at the end of the year were $1.2 trillion.
Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said, "Full year and fourth quarter 2015 results demonstrated the benefit of our diversified business model as we again generated strong financial results, maintained our risk discipline and continued to invest across the company for future growth. We remained focused on the building blocks of long-term shareholder value, with continued growth in loans, deposits and capital. For the 5th consecutive year, we returned more capital to shareholders than the prior year. I am proud of the dedication of our team members and their focus on helping our customers succeed financially."
In 1852, Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells, Fargo & Co. to serve the West. The new company offered banking (buying gold, and selling paper bank drafts as good as gold) - and express (rapid delivery of the gold and anything else valuable).
Wells Fargo opened for business in the gold rush port of San Francisco, and soon Wells Fargo's agents opened offices in the other new cities and mining camps of the West. In the boom and bust economy of the 1850s, Wells Fargo earned a reputation of trust by dealing rapidly and responsibly with people's money. In the 1860s, it earned everlasting fame - and its corporate symbol - with the grand adventure of the overland stagecoach line.
The company has museums in nine cities across the country that provide free history of Wells Fargo.
Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia Bank in 2008 for $15.1 billion in stock.
Here are some of the benefits offered to Wells Fargo employees:
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As one of more than 10,000 members of an online Trichotillomania support group, there isn't a day that goes by that someone doesn't vow to go pull free, or share how many days, weeks, months or years they are celebrating being pull free.
"Pull free," according to Urban Dictionary is "a term to describe when someone suffering from trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) stops pulling out their hair for a certain amount of time." It may even involve physically restraining oneself from pulling, with the goal of permanently stopping. The same mentality applies for skin picking (dermatillomania) and the act of being "Pick Free."
I always feel conflicted when I see someone post about their pull free goals. Part of me feels really happy that my fellow trichster has had enough and wants to make a positive change, and then part of me feels sad and worried, because pull free seems like a hamster wheel – no matter how much energy is put into it, you more than likely wind up in the same spot.
Even on a personal level, I used to wish folks in the groups "PFV," or "Pull Free Vibes." I really wanted to be pull free for myself too. There are some people for which pull free, or going cold turkey, is the only option. Some people's personalities just NEED that sort of goal in order to succeed. But it isn't for everyone. And in trying pull free, I realized it wasn't for me.
I realized it wasn't for me because Trichotillomania and it's sister conditions of dermatillomania and onychophagia are chronic medical conditions. It's our fight or flight nervous system gone awry - our restless mind translating to restless hands. BFRBs are a condition we must learn to manage/control.
Consider someone with diabetes, another chronic medical condition. That person cannot declare a "diabetes free" day. Right? It is something they must manage daily by watching what they eat, checking their glucose levels multiple times a day, exercising etc.
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Because of my experience with trying to be pull free, and in seeing how devastating it is for others in the support groups, I no longer believe in the pull free mentality. I'm more of a "pull less" or "pull very little" kind of gal now.
Body focused repetitive behaviors like hair pulling (trichotillomania), skin picking (dermatillomania) and nail biting (onchyophagia), are disorders that we will carry for the rest of our lives – they are genetic after all. And I've come to terms with that. I've come to accept my trich for what it is: this thing I'll always carry with me, but something I have learned to manage with awareness using my HabitAware Keen smart bracelet.
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There are many great photography books out there but this is a list of five of my all-time favorites, the ones routinely jockeying for space on my nightstand even though I've read or pawed through them numerous times. Each is a continual source of inspiration and provides welcome insight into the thought-process behind successful imagemaking at the highest level.
Robert Frank "The Americans" 50th Anniversary Reissue
Arguably the most important photography book of the 20th Century, Robert Frank's "The Americans" 50th anniversary reissue was published by Steidl to coincide with the National Gallery's 2009 traveling exhibition "Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans." The gallery companion "Looking In" by curator Susan Greenough, also published by Steidl, includes essays on Frank's influences, letters he wrote during the trip as well as contact sheets. Hitchhiking and bouncing around the existential post-war mid-1950s America, Frank and his Leica captured an outsider's gaze at a country seeking to redefine itself in the post-World War II atomic age. His singular vision, etched lyrically in the tones of black and white emulsion, is still inspiring and laden with relevance.
Sam Abell's "The Photographic Life"
The quiet Zen photographer of National Geographic, Sam Abell's ability to layer dynamic scenes with microcomposition leads to a stunning career retrospective in "The Photographic Life." Pairing his color assignment work alongside a black and white photo diary image from the same assignment leads to a visual journey through the career of an artist working at the highest level of photojournalism. There is great care in the selection, pairing and layout of imagery in Abell's collection of photographic books, including his in-process "Sam Abell Library," but "The Photographic Life" feels as perfect as a photography book can get.
"Magnum Degrees"
A collection of some of the finest documentary photography of the latter half of the 20th Century appears in this Phaidon tome of Magnum photojournalism edited by Michael Ignatieff. The subject matter is multifaceted and spans the globe from conflict photography to cultural investigations to politics. This is that rare photographic book with such depth that it never gets old and feels new and undiscovered each time I pull it from the shelf.
"Arnold Newman"
In the days leading up to location portrait work, I often seek ideas from a variety of sources but inevitably my path returns to this 2006 Taschen edition of "Arnold Newman." The master of environmental portraiture, Arnold Newman's use of graphic line, space and location to shape his large format camera work is unparalleled. Beyond the technical takeaway from Newman's portraiture is his use of concept and idea to create a narrative that inform the viewer's sense of the subject in front of the camera. His Igor Stravinsky portrait at the piano is easily recognizable but Newman, like his compatriots Yusuf Karsh and Richard Avedon, photographed a tremendous array of the writers, artists, politicians and cultural icons of his day.
"Annie Leibovitz At Work" by Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz, the diva of celebrity photography, holds a lasting place in the world of entertainment photography in the latter half of the 20th Century. Culled from conversations with editor Sharon Delano, "Leibovitz At Work" is a collection of off-the-cuff stories about famous photo sessions for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. These are the back-stories, the unspoken tales behind labor-intensive high production shoots and the talent that posed in front of Leibovitz's lens. "At Work" provides insider access to the thought process of a great photographer working on location with the great luminaries of politics, cinema and art.
The Annie Leibovitz book is amazing indeed. The other four I still didn't get to see, but sure will. I gotta say I missed Alexander Rodchenko on this list.
Probably one of the most "real" books I've read. Read it on vacation and I'm sure I'll read it again.
Leibovitz USED to be amazing. she hasn't shot anything interesting in at least a decade. that said, she is probably a font of knowledge when it comes to studio photography.
fair enough :-)
I'd add Susan Sontag's "On Photography" to the list. Sure, it's not visual, but it brings up great discussion points about the history, purpose, and future of photography.
A slightly more extensive collection of inspiration: http://instagram.com/p/LbaUY-ESKd/
Personally, my five would be:
- Erwin Olaf 'Own'
- Rankin 'Ten Times Rosie'
- Farago 'Northern Women In Chanel'
- Babeth Djian 'Babeth'
- Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin 'Pretty Much Everything'


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Everything is expensive in Australia such as a regular bottle of water being about 4 dollars in the supermarket, and the bus, train and tram tickets. The most expensive thing for me was the rent. On the other hand, the wage of an easy job is twice as much as that in Europe or America, however the salary of jobs which need a degree are the same.
There were many young people come from Europe and America who are on a working holiday. The Most of the people I've met which were Germans who had just graduated from high school. Usually I hung out with them. We would go to the beach to get a tan, and sometimes we did snorkelling or surfing but I'm not good at swimming. In the At night, we always went to a bar. and Germans people usually pre-drink before they go to a bar, such as mixing vodka or gin with juice into a bottle. Once they got so drunk on the way to the bar, then we had to come back home! = =


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Although Sporting Gijón fell at home to Real Betis this weekend by a score of 2-1, striker Mate Bilić has carried the club to lofty heights thus far.
The 28-year-old is his club's leading goal scorer in league and in the late stage's of this weekend's match, he caused enough havoc to potentially add to the tally. Sadly, it was not to be as Gijón fell.
The club was promoted to La Liga for the 2008-09 campaign. Currently, the outfit sits in 13th with 15 points.
The 28-year-old Croatian joined Sporting Gijón in January 0f 2008 via Austria's Rapid Vienna. He has roughly scored once every two league matches since rejoining the Spanish side. Mate Bilić was with Sporting Gijón for the 2003-04 campaign.
Easily one of his career highlights was a recent hat trick against Sevilla in September of 2008.
Two more key members of Sporting Gijón include:
1. Pedro: The 24-year-old homegrown talent has been a key member of the club's recent success. The midfielder has appeared in over sixty league matches since 2006.
2. Pichu: The 24-year-old goalkeeper is a product of Atletico Madrid. He has finally begun to receive staring assignments in La Liga which will only spark his growth.
Is Sporting Gijón going to remain in Spain's top flight?
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Editorial Board
The Editorial Board, comprised of the Co-ordinating Editors and the Editors, sets policy for CBN, taking into account Cochrane policies and the strengths and needs of the group. In addition, each editor is expected to review and approve all titles and referee up to three reviews per year. Membership is for a five-year term, with the option of one renewal. Editors are expected to respond to at least 70% of the requests for approval, attend an editorial meeting at least once every three years, and (co-)author a Cochrane review.
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As Co-ordinating editors are responsible for obtaining funds and resources necessary to maintain the editorial base, recruiting and leading a multidisciplinary, international editorial team, making final publication decisions and ensuring the publication of high-quality reviews. They are members of the Co-ordinating Editors Board, which works closely with the Editor-in-Chief to set publication standards for Cochrane reviews.
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Its open plan living, attractive kitchen, large indoor fire place and vast mountain views makes for a very enjoyable holiday. Drive to Noordhoek Long Beach in a matter of minutes, play games on the lawn, wine and dine on the deck, or just sit outdoors and soak up the sounds of the neighbouring horses, soaring fish eagles and playful Guinea Fowls. You cannot help but love this place!
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wood burning fireplace, leading onto large covered stoep with braai and wonderful mountain views
Bar plus second TV off dining room
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Separate Scullery with: dishwasher and washing machin
Large lawns surrounding house
Build-in braai on protected and undercover verandah
Garden shed, vegetable patch and chickens at the back of the house
Wonderful expansive views of the surrounding mountains
Short drive to Noordhoek's Long Beach
5 minute walk to Noordhoek common
Maid service three times weekly
Garden service once weekly
Main Bedroom: King bed, build in cupboards, Double doors with security gate leading onto stoep with mountain views
En suite bathroom with shower and bath
Bedroom Two: Two single beds, Bars over windows
Bedroom Three: One single bed with option of a second single bed, Bars over windows
Bedroom Four: Double bed
Shared family bathroom with bath and shower for bedrooms two, three and four
April (Easter time)
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Please note that bookings for less than 14 nights in Peak Holidays will not be considered and bookings of multiple weeks will always take preference.


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Archive for August 2007
The Top 10 "Top 10" books: The editor asked 125 authors to list their Top 10 books of all time.
Some people might think that the lists will be mostly the same, containing among them (say) thirty or forty books, but experience (see The Long Tail) tells us that the lists will be different — a lot.
Indeed, the 125 lists contain 544 books among them.
So each book appears in an average of 4.352 lists out of 125. (Of course not.) (Exercise: What is the expected number of books that two random lists (out of these 125) have in common?)
There are 23 that appear as the greatest work of all time on one author's list, but are not even present in any of the other 124 lists.
The sad fact is that I have read too few of them.
A sadder fact is most Americans don't read. At all.
[Answer to exercise: I'm an idiot, can prove that neither question can be answered without further data.]
Short stories
Really short ones, I mean.
- Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories
- One sentence stories
- 55-fiction.org
- New Times SLO :: Publishing Local News and Entertainment for over 18 years in San Luis Obispo County
- A Very Short Anthology
- The Drabble Project
- Halrloprillalar's Fan Fiction | Drabble-Matic
- Fanfiction by Halrloprillalar.
- Welcome to 100 Words, a Social Tasking Website
- 100 Words Writing Project, Social Tasking, Collaborative Writing, Collaborative Creation, Art Project, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Experimental Writing
- 100 Word Stories
- 100 Word Stories
Optical illusions
The Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest. The 2007 winner… simplicity.
Conspiracy Theories
Via Schneier on Security, this New Scientist article, a copy here.
So what kind of thought processes contribute to belief in conspiracy theories? A study I carried out in 2002 explored a way of thinking sometimes called "major event – major cause" reasoning. Essentially, people often assume that an event with substantial, significant or wide-ranging consequences is likely to have been caused by something substantial, significant or wide-ranging.
I gave volunteers variations of a newspaper story describing an assassination attempt on a fictitious president. Those who were given the version where the president died were significantly more likely to attribute the event to a conspiracy than those who read the one where the president survived, even though all other aspects of the story were equivalent.
(Update: The "copy" is down, but you should be able to access the New Scientist. If not, here's a sentence from the article you can Google for: "How can we account for the link between race, income level and conspiracy theories?")
On computer programming
Nicholas Somebody has a good analogy on what computer programming is like:
The implementation always sucks, but nonetheless people don't just put up with it but actually seem to think that what you have produced is innovative and life-enhancing.
It's sort of like you're a combination architect / builder, but you're a really terrible one. Someone asks you to build a new bathroom for their house, so you do, but despite all your careful planning the finished product is just shite. For example, the shower wall is made out of soap, because you thought it would be convenient…
I'm also reminded of this quote:
Weinberg's Second Law:
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
Getting rid of stuff, and feeling rich
A bunch of related things that I have been (coincidentally) encountering:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book Fooled by Randomness, which I was reading, mentions in passing that the relative performance (how much more did I earn this month than last month) and relative wealth (how richer my neighbours are) matter more to people's happiness than their absolute counterparts do. Also that the pleasure of "having" things wears away quickly.
Anne Truitt Zelenka says similar stuff in her blog post, and also says "spend your money on experiences. Focus on doing things rather than having things".
Paul Graham recently wrote an essay saying we overvalue stuff, and that clutter is exhaustive, get rid of it.
And 43Folders ran a series of posts on getting rid of clutter.
Hmm… getting rid of clutter. Maybe I should start with this "blog".
[And I really mean coincidentally/accidentally: The book I picked up because I was bored, the blog I found while looking at something about a Python module, Paul Graham is on my feed list, and the last one I found while looking at some other random blog.]
Comparing apples and oranges
From The Simpsons:
Lenny: If you ask me, Muhammad Ali in his prime, was much better than anti-lock brakes.
Carl: Yeah, but what about Johnny Mathis versus Diet Pepsi?
Moe: Oh, I cannot listen to this again!
The Simpsons, better than you think.


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Plans and Permits
1030 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron, OH 44310
7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Telephone: 330-375-2010 Fax: 330-375-2102
Email: Plans&[email protected]
Plan Reviewer Contact Info
Research or File Contractor Complaint
Better Business Bureau
ATTENTION: Due to COVID-19, Summit County has taken measures to protect the public and its employees, office access is restricted to permit pick up only and face coverings are required. Until further notice our office will be following the same safety protocols. We will continue working to fulfill permitting requests via online submittals through the Plan Review Web Portal. Any and all questions should be submitted via our office email Plans&[email protected] All address requests may take longer than two business days to process at this time. We are working on the requests as they are submitted and will fulfill your address request as soon as possible. Thank you in advanced for your understanding as we continue to work through these difficult times.
Plan Review Web Portal
Project Title Blocks
The city strongly encourages/ recommends use of the provide title blocks for are projects submitted.
New Address Requests
Address Request processing takes approximately two business days. If you have any questions, please contact this office by emailing us at [email protected] or by calling Plans & Permits at 330-375-2010 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Plans and Permits will be changing the way we charge project review and permit fees. Starting January 6th 2020, fees will be calculated by direct cost to the City and withdrawn from the deposits. Any unused funds from the deposit will be refunded to the submitter. If City costs exceed the deposit amount an invoice will be sent out for the additional fees.
New/Addition/Alteration - $3500 Deposit
Interior Alteration Only - $1500 Deposit
Curb/ Drive Apron/ Sidewalk repair/replacement - $500 Deposit
New Dwelling - $1500 Deposit
All Others - $50
Curb/ Drive Apron/ Sidewalk repair/replacement - $500 Deposit
Plans and Permits inspections are to be schedule 48 hrs prior to work begins.
Right-of-Way Inspections - 330-375-2055
Sewer Inspections - 330-375-2666
Water Service Inspections - 330-812-7822
Zoning Inspections - 330-375-2055
Contractor registration renewal period starts June 1st and end June 30th.
Contractor Registration
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The City of Akron will continue to review ALL projects within the City of Akron limits. Summit County Department of Building Standards will do a separate plan review simultaneously.
City of Akron building permits (e.g. HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural) inspections will be performed by Summit County Department of Building Standards. Their contact information is:
1030 E. Tallmadge Ave.
Akron, OH 44310
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Fax: 330-630-7296
Website: Summit County Department of Building Standards
The City of Akron will continue to issue permits for the following:
- Sanitary/Storm Sewer Permits
- In-ground/Above Ground Pool Permits
- Grading/Paving Permits
- Razing Permit
- ROW Permits
- Street Occupancy Permits
- Over Sized Load Permits
- Valet Parking Permits
- Sidewalk Café Permits
- Pit Bull Registration and Tags
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- Commercial Project Review Requirements
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- 2021 ROW Regulations
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Portfolio and interview for the Bachelor of Art and Design
Students can apply for the Bachelor of Art and Design either through the NSW University Admissions Centre (UAC) or the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) or they may apply directly to the University. If you are a STAR applicant, you will apply directly to the University.
To be eligible for selection to the Bachelor of Art and Design and in addition to satisfying normal entry requirements of the University, applicants will be invited to an interview to present a portfolio of work. The interview provides the opportunity to question staff about all aspects of the course and to demonstrate evidence of aptitude for, and commitment to their proposed area of study.
Interview dates
Our next round of interviews for STAR Early Entry begin on 28 - 30 September 2020 at our Lismore campus. For all other applicants, interviews are on 23 - 27 November 2020 at our Lismore campus.
Please note: Applicants have the option of an on-campus or telephone interview. In the occurrence of on-campus interviews being unavailable due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all interviews will be conducted by telephone. We will contact applicants to advise of any changes. All applicants will need to provide a digital copy of their portfolio prior to the interview.
If you cannot make these dates, the final round will be held in January 2021. Dates are yet to be confirmed.
Interview requirements
Within each 20 minute interview, applicants will be asked to present a folio of works. Applicants will be selected for the program on the basis of:
- The quality of the portfolio
- The potential for development
- Familiarity with contemporary art practice
- Commitment
- Communication skills.
Your e-portfolio should be representative of your artmaking especially over the past two years and include images of:
- 2D and/or 3D works such as paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints HSC major works, thematic projects
- Journal and sketchbook pages
- Any other material.
Applicants are also asked to:
- Provide a curriculum vitae (CV) listing art-related activities, general experience, employment history, and other courses undertaken.
Portfolio requirements
Portfolio interviews will be conducted at Lismore and by telephone.
You are required to present a portfolio of your artistic practice and interests. During the interview, you will be asked to discuss your artworks and answer any questions about your process.
Your folio should be comprised of the following:
- Select 10 works minimum demonstrating an engagement in your preferred media. If you are a current school leaver you are able to use your Year 11 and Year 12 portfolio.
- Your folio should include observational and general drawings, sketchbooks, and/or any other relevant work, such as paintings, photographs, journals, three-dimensional objects and new media works.
- A folio may include a range of oil, acrylic and/or watercolour paintings. Please also include drawings, sketchbooks, notebooks and other visual work which may include digital prints, collage, photo, sculptural/installation and digital-based works and any other relevant materials which may indicate broader aspects of your practice and your creative interests. Where possible, physical folios should be brought in to the interview, however photographs or a video of work may be presented at the interview if it is impractical to transport your work, or the work is site-specific or ephemeral.
Specifications for digital works
Images, video and sound must be brought in to your interview on USB stick only. Images should be saved no greater than 1MB, each as JPEG. Video is acceptable as a 2-3 minutes showreel as a single QuickTime movie file. It must be playable on QuickTime and VLC media players, on MAC computers. Video can also be uploaded to Youtube or Vimeo for viewing. All files must be numbered to correspond to a separate listing of the title, date, medium and dimensions of each work. Please check all USBs before your interview to ensure they play as intended.
Applicants who choose Lismore as their preferred interview location are required to bring their portfolio of work on a USB stick with a CV on the day.
Applicants who choose telephone as their preferred interview location are required to submit an e-portfolio of their work to firstname.lastname@example.com including a CV, prior to their scheduled interview day.
After the interview
Southern Cross University will contact all applicants between the end of September and early February.
Applicants who have not been contacted by the end of January should call the University on 1800 005 687.
Contact the Faculty of Business, Law and Arts - Southern Cross
Executive Dean of Faculty
Associate Dean (Education)
Associate Dean (Research)


text: Crime / abduction Girl, 14, Abducted in Home Invasion Suspects were trying to rob Georgia home By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Sep 17, 2013 1:51 PM CDT Copied Police released these composite sketches of the suspects. (wsbtv.com) View 1 more image A terrifying story out of Georgia ends with a missing 14-year-old girl: Police say two men broke into a Clayton County home around 2:15am today looking for money and jewelry. When the mother living there didn't have anything to turn over to them, they shot the family dog and took off with Ayvani Hope Perez, police say. Ayvani's mother had tried to hide her two children, WSB-TV reports. Ayvani is just 4-foot-9 and 93 pounds, and was last seen wearing Star Wars and superhero pajamas. "We are extremely concerned, because if anybody could hurt a puppy just like this, what else could they do?" a police officer says. "We are very concerned." The home invasion appears to be random, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports; the family had just moved to the neighborhood about a month ago. (Read more abduction stories.) View 1 more image


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The changing of the season seems to act like a pinprick in our conscience, or perhaps a little reminder that something we've been putting off, needs to be taken care of. Tackling extra weight or improving fitness are two things that seem to come to the front of mind more easily than cleaning leaves out of gutters or tidying the home office. That may be because we can see it in the mirror or feel it after walking up a long flight of stairs.
Could the local gym be sending out subliminal messages as you pass by it, reminding you about the roll of extra puppy fat you're carrying around? Whether that is true or not, more people end up at the gym, choosing it over working out at home or in the park. Which one you choose can depend on the money you have available, the advice you can get at the gym, the range of exercises, even shyness until you trim up your body.
Most people believe that all forms of exercise are safe and healthy. The truth is, there are some exercises that aren't good for you at all. Some are simply ineffective while others can be downright dangerous. If you choose a machine-assisted workout, whether it is at the gym, at home, or in the park, be aware that some dangers while working out are the actual machines themselves. They can cause your body to move in unusual or unnatural ways, causing pain, discomfort and even injury. A machine that is safe for one person may not be safe for you due to adjustment or the structure of your body.
Here are some of the machines that are most likely to cause injury.
Most Popular Machines
Even the most common machines pose a danger if you don't use them properly. Treadmills, the most common exercise machine found in gyms everywhere, including at home, are responsible for an incredible number of fall-related injuries. Stationary bikes, another gym staple, are infamous for aggravating the knees, hands and elbows. Rowing machines put unnecessary force on the muscles in the back and can result in herniated disks. Good Morning America reported the Bowflex injured more than 70 people after the tower came loose and collapsed. Most of these injuries were to the head, neck and shoulder, leading to recalls of some models. Thankfully, this was a tiny percentage of the units sold, and was due in most cases to massively strong people pressuring the machine past its capability.
Leg Machines
People who want to tone their bodies often work on their legs, and this is especially true for women, because the legs are one of the most difficult parts of our body to shape. The seated leg press is a popular exercise because it works out the glutes, hamstrings and quadriceps. These leg presses can cause lower back injuries if the hips and shoulders are not properly used for stabilization. Leg curl machines, which extend the leg until the knees are locked, put a lot of stress on the knees causing them to scrape against the femur.
Arm/Shoulder Machines
Machines that work out the arms, shoulders and back are widely used by fitness fanatics, but they are some of the most dangerous machines. The Smith Machine is known to tear shoulder ligaments and place stress on the joints and stabilizer muscles. The Pec Deck is designed to work the pectoral muscles and deltoids while sitting down. People who use this machine put their shoulders in a position that can easily dislocate them and tear ligaments, especially as heavier weights are used. The seated military press is also notorious for injuring the shoulders because the machine doesn't allow the weight to be distributed over the hips.
Read the instructions and ask for professional advice, to maximize effectiveness and minimize possibility of injury
This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use machines at the gym, at home or in the park. Many of them are useful and effective when used properly. If you're unsure about the proper way to adjust and use a machine, ask a trainer for assistance. Read the instructions thoroughly. If the exercise feels uncomfortable, unnatural or painful, stop doing it, read the instructions and seek advice.
Pam Smith is is a businesswoman interested in Sport and Fitness Administration and Management. She is motivated by the power of the human body, when it is looked after correctly.
By Pam Smith


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A look at all the great events on Orcas Island and the San Juan Islands
(Thursday, October 28 at 5:30 pm)
Darvill's Bookstore will host regional, award-winning author Jack Nisbet. He is the author of six books, the newest being The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest. Nisbet will read from his book, the winner of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Association award. His previous book, Sources of the River, won the Washington Governor's Award and Murray Morgan Prize when it was published in the mid-1990's.
INFORMATION: Call 360-376-2135Read more at orcasislandchamber.com


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The New York Mets wrapped up their regular season home schedule with a 17-0 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. I made it to two of their 81 home contests, my fewest since Citi Field opened.
I'm ok with that, though I wish I'd gone to at least one game on my own so I could wander around the ballpark without annoying anyone else. I have less patience for the travel – going to a game in Queens means I spend almost as much time on trains as I do watching baseball. And I have to admit, the ballpark was easier to get around when there weren't 30,000+ people there most nights.
Back in April, I think we all had visions of the Mets repeating as National League East champions and going back to the World Series, this time to win it all. The second part of that dream could still happen, but Daniel Murphy is the only one who got to celebrate two consecutive division titles. Continue reading "We want playoffs"


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