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Brussels/Strasbourg, 20 November 2012
Commission presents new Rethinking Education strategy
The youth unemployment rate is close to 23% across the European Union – yet at the same time there are more than 2 million vacancies that cannot be filled. Europe needs a radical rethink on how education and training systems can deliver the skills needed by the labour market. The challenge could not be tougher in the context of widespread austerity measures and cuts in education budgets. Today, the European Commission is launching a new strategy called Rethinking Education to encourage Member States to take immediate action to ensure that young people develop the skills and competences needed by the labour market and to achieve their targets for growth and jobs.
Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, said: "Rethinking education is not just of question of money: whilst it is true that we need to invest more in education and training, it is clear that education systems also need to modernise and be more flexible in how they operate to respond to the real needs of today's society. Europe will only resume sustained growth by producing highly skilled and versatile people who can contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship. Efficient and well-targeted investment is fundamental to this, but we will not achieve our objectives by reducing education budgets."
Rethinking Education calls for a fundamental shift in education, with more focus on 'learning outcomes' - the knowledge, skills and competences that students acquire. Merely having spent time in education is no longer sufficient. In addition, basic literacy and numeracy still needs to be significantly improved, and entrepreneurial skills and a sense of initiative need to be developed or strengthened (see IP/12/1224 on call for stronger focus on new skills in schools).
To ensure that education is more relevant to the needs of students and the labour market, assessment methods need to be adapted and modernised. The use of ICT and open educational resources (OER) should be scaled-up in all learning contexts. Teachers need to update their own skills through regular training. The strategy also calls on Member States to strengthen links between education and employers, to bring enterprise into the classroom and to give young people a taste of employment through increased work-based learning. EU Education Ministers are also encouraged to step-up their cooperation on work-based learning at national and European level.
Other proposed measures include a new benchmark on language learning, guidelines on the assessment and development of entrepreneurship education, and an EU-level impact analysis on the use of ICT and OER in education to pave the way for a new initiative in 2013 on Opening-up Education, aiming to maximise the potential of ICT for learning.
Skills are key to productivity and Europe needs to respond to the worldwide increase in the quality of education and supply of skills. Forecasts show that more than a third of jobs in the EU will require tertiary level qualifications in 2020 and that only 18% of jobs are expected to be low-skilled.
Currently, 73 million Europeans, around 25% of adults, have a low level of education. Nearly 20% of 15 year olds lack sufficient literacy skills, and in five countries more than 25% are low achievers in reading (Bulgaria, 41%, Romania, 40%, Malta, 36%, Austria, 27.5%, and Luxembourg, 26%). Early school leaving remains at unacceptably high levels in several Member States: in Spain it is 26.5% and in Portugal 23.2% (EU target is under 10%). Less than 9% of adults participate in lifelong learning (EU target is 15%).
The recommendations outlined in Rethinking Education are based on the findings of the 2012 'Education and Training Monitor', a new annual Commission survey which outlines skills supply in the Member States.
Rethinking Education in brief:
Erasmus for All, the Commission's proposed €19 billion programme for education, training, youth and sport, would aim to double the number of individuals receiving grants for skills-enhancing opportunities for study, training and volunteering abroad, to 5 million people in 2014-2020. More than two-thirds of the programme's budget would support individual learning mobility of this kind, with the remainder allocated to projects focused on cooperation for innovation, policy reform and sharing good practices.
On 5 December, the Commission is due to present a Youth Employment Package including a proposal for a youth guarantee. This would request Member States to ensure that every young person received a quality offer of employment or training or further education within four months of leaving school or becoming unemployed. The proposal would foresee full use of EU funding and in particular the European Social Fund.
For more information
Rethinking Education strategy and annexes
European Commission: Education and training
Follow Androulla Vassiliou on Twitter @VassiliouEU
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Friday, July 18, 2008
And that's the way it is...
So the deal is off. I feel for the couple who looked at my place with dreamy eyes. I feel bad for us, because we're back to square one.
6 comments:
- Atniz said...
Don't worry.. Buying a house and getting married is almost same in India. They said buying/selling a house is as hard as to get married.
Maybe, you will find a better buyer who deserve it better.
Don't worry about it and enjoy ur weekend!
- July 19, 2008 at 2:48 AM
- threio said...
You never get a break when there is choas all around. If having some luck when thing are normal that keeps you from going insane.
- July 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- TeacherDee said...
It's hard waiting, waiting, waiting. I hope someone comes along to buy your house. I'll bet that when you sell your house, your dream home will still be there waiting for you.
- July 20, 2008 at 2:01 AM
- fren_ace said...
hi cassy how are you?
i like your blog it's pretty and
i'm a teacher too!
can you add me in your blog links please?
am looking forward to exchange good ideas from you through your blog and my blog thanks.....
hope to see you arround!
- July 20, 2008 at 7:22 AM
- The Fearless Blog said...
I have always believed that everything that happens...happens for a reason. "Lo que sucede conviene."
This is a bad time for the housing market, financial institutions and the economy in general; however, it will improve. I have been reading your posts and I know how excited you were about purchasing that dream home you and El Jefe liked.
Patience is not one of my virtues, so I will not recommend it, but I would recommend for you to stay active and involved in your quest. Most importantly, allow yourself to be flexible. Many times I have had people tell me that what I wanted to achieve or acquire was impossible and yet the impossible became possible through diligence and determination on my part. Don't give up hope. What is meant to be "will" be...
- July 22, 2008 at 2:03 PM
- Brenda said...
I'm so disappointed for you! :( I'll hold back from reciting what you've already heard ... or I'll try. I won't even tell you to "keep your chin up." Just this: try to enjoy whatever time you have left in house you're in now and -- assuming that the monthly payments are less than the home you eventually want to move to -- think of all the down payment money you're squirreling away!
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Life is funny and we choose the people we admire. A lot of people put stock in A-list celebrities, sports stars and talentless hacks that somehow get reality shows. But for the last four years I have admired a man that only a small subculture of humanity is even aware of.
His name is Kevin Steen.
Steen is an independent professional wrestler who weighs in at 240 pounds, is billed from Marieville, Quebec, Canada, and has a body type that best resembles a panda bear. As a showing of support I own a number of Steen's wrestling shirts and I talk about him more to my wife than I do important household decisions.
I am not one to get star-struck. Through my career I have had the opportunity to meet so-called famous individuals and the encounters have meant little to nothing to me. Yet secretly, I have always wanted to shake Steen's hand.
Why do I place so much merit in the likes of a French-Canadian professional wrestler? To me, Steen speaks to my inner-introvert and he appeals to my most basic nature and instinct — nay, he is an embodiment of it. I vicariously live through him, not because I lead a shallow life devoid of joy. It's mostly because I can't go around giving people I disagree with a piledriver through a table.
I ran into Steen once before with less than stellar results. Our paths crossed at a wrestling show two years back. I was headed back from the can in the bowels of Hara Arena after a few outrageously over-priced beverages when the chance encounter took place.
Suddenly, Steen rounded the corner and we awkwardly walked toward one another in an otherwise vacant hallway. My heart went aflutter like a school girl in love. As we passed I sheepishly turned my gaze away. Yet secretly, I wished nothing more than to shake the man's hand. I felt like I needed to offer some rudimentary showing of gratitude for not only what he does, but also how he — in a way too long to explain — has helped me profoundly. I vowed that day if ever afforded a similar situation I would not be so cowardly.
On most nights Steen is package-piledriving opponents up and down the eastern and western seaboard, but one night last month he was at a show in the palatial urban paradise that is Dayton, Ohio.
I told my wife, Christine, that I was going to try and get my picture taken with him at the show. But I asked her to hold me to it as I am apt to buckling under pressure and chickening out.
As my wife, Chris-Steen (as I call her) is exposed to an unhealthy amount of professional wrestling. I call it secondhand wrestling, which is like secondhand smoking only it doesn't kill a person as quickly. She, too, wanted her picture taken with him.
Leading up to the fateful encounter I was adamant about trying to meet Steen, a sentiment that eluded me the moment I spotted him at the show. He was manning an autograph table next to a fellow professional wrestler, Chris Hero (who ironically graduated the same year I did from my high school's football rival, Northmont).
It was $10 to get one photo with Steen, and since Chris-Steen and I had nobody there with us, we could not get our picture taken with him together. So, I plopped $20 on the table for two pictures, one for her and one for me. Because Steen is such a nice guy, he refused to charge us $20, made change, and handed me back $10. I promptly and ever-so-politely told him I could not accept the money back and insisted he keep it. Partly because that's how he makes a living for his family, and partly because of the guilt I feel for occasionally watching bootlegged copies of wrestling events.
So I threw my arms around him like I was hanging on for dear life, smiled and gave a thumbs up. I was so nervous that I don't remember any more of the encounter, which is why I am elated that I have photographic evidence of the monumental occasion.
Despite the fact that I forgot to shake his hand and thank him for what he does for a living.
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Logitech Shares Surge on Talk of Microsoft BidBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-01-10 Print
Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech gained up to 12 percent amid speculation Microsoft would launch a takeover bid, traders said.ZURICH (Reuters) - Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA gained up to 12 percent on Thursday amid speculation Microsoft Corp would launch a takeover bid, traders said.
But board member Daniel Borel, who is the group's largest shareholder, said he had no reason to sell his 6 percent stake and declined to comment on the market speculation.
"I am a co-founder of Logitech. Would you be willing to sell your child?" Borel told Reuters in an interview.
"I have no reason to sell. But I will not be the one to decide. I own only some 6 percent so I will neither enable nor prevent a sale of Logitech."
Traders said rumors circulated that Logitech, which has a market capitalization of around 7 billion Swiss francs ($6.3 billion), would receive a takeover bid at 48 francs per share from Microsoft.
This would represent a premium of 38 percent to Wednesday's closing price of 34.80 francs and value the firm at 9.16 billion francs.
"Rumors are rumors. I can't make any specific comment on them," Borel said.
Microsoft and Logitech were not reachable for comment.
A Logitech takeover would transform Microsoft, the world's largest software firm, into the world's largest maker of computer mice and other peripheral devices and deepen its push into hardware.
By 1250 GMT, shares in Logitech had pared gains to trade some 3.7 percent higher at 35.98 francs.
Logitech is the market share leader in PC mice, a market it has shared over the years with Microsoft which so far has showed little interest in using its monopoly power to dominate a hardware segment such as this.
But Microsoft has established a large market for hardware with its Xbox entertainment console and Logitech's accessories would dovetail with this new segment.
"Microsoft is above all a software company -- it is a very, very large company and only in a couple of "small" fields we compete with each other," said Borel when asked whether Microsoft would be a good partner for Logitech.
Logitech also manufactures a wide range of computer accessories, including Webcams, speakers and keyboards.
The entry of Microsoft into the webcam market dented sales at Logitech, whose products also include remote controls.
Some market participants played down the possibility of a bid.
"Today's share price rise is probably more related to a rebound in the market than any rumors," said Michael Foeth, analyst at bank Vontobel, which rates Logitech a "buy".
"Logitech has lost almost 20 percent since the start of the year," said another Zurich trader. "Now they're covering shorts. The rumors are just a bunch of talk."
With a price-earnings ratio of 18.8 on forecast 2008 earnings, Logitech is already one of the most expensive firms in the Dow Jones index of European tech shares .
Logitech reports its fiscal third-quarter results on January 17.
(Additional reporting by Katie Reid, Peter Maushagen, and Rupert Pretterklieber in Zurich and Eric Auchard in Las Vegas; Editing by David Cowell and Sue Thomas)
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Movie Showing Coming Soon : 2 Days in Paris
Bonjour tout le monde,
There will be a showing of the film 2 Days in Paris, a 2007 movie written and directed by Julie Delpy staring herself, Adam Goldberg and Julie's real life parents, Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet. It will take place on Tuesday 14th October in Watlon 21 (next to LLC in the basement of Smullin Hall) at 8pm. The movie will be in French with English subtitles but there are many dialogs in English as well. It's a good way to get a bit of French culture through an American perspective. Feel free to bring your friends !
The story is about Marion, who is a French photographer who pays a two-day visit to Paris with her neurotic chain-smoker American boyfriend Jack after a disastrous trip to Venice which was originally conceived to re-ignite their damaged relationship. Once they arrive there, they will have to face some challenges such as meeting Marion's parents and several of her ex-boyfriends. Marion is quite impulsive and gets very angry with a number of men, usually over their interest in other younger women.
If you want to know more about this movie, here is the link to its official webpage : http://www.2daysinparisthefilm.com/
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Les over at Bits and Pieces has also awarded me the Janice Brown Puckerbrush Blog Award for Excellence, and as my thank you, I have designed Les a "manly" thank you. Thank you so much Les for your kind words. It means a lot to me because your blog is so well-written, and the design of your blog is so very pleasing to the reader's eyes!
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Little Girl Distraught Over Vikings Loss to Packers [VIDEO]
When the Minnesota Vikings were blown out by the Green Bay Packers 45 to 7 on Monday night they didn't just drop their record to 2 and 7. They also made this young Vikings' fan cry real tears of sorrow. Little girl, you should have been from Green Bay.
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The SIG-Sauer P228 pistol was developed from the larger SIG-Sauer P226 pistol in 1989 in the same way as the earlier P225 pistol had been developed from P220 – which means that the designers basically chopped some length from the barrel and slide, as well as from the grip. The overall shape of the P228 also was made slightly less angular and more suited for concealed carry. In around 1991 the P228 was adopted by US Armed forces as the M11 pistol, and is issued to Military Police and some other units. The P228 is also a highly popular police and civilian sidearm and is widely issued to law enforcement forces in Europe and the USA. The P229, which was developed especially for the US market and is assembled in the USA using both German and US-made parts, is technically similar to the P228 except for the heavier slide, made by machining a bar of steel as opposed to the P228 slide, which is made by stamping and forming from sheet steel. The heavier slide on the P229 is necessary because of the more powerful ammunition used in this pistol. P229 pistols also can be adapted to any of three calibers (9mm, .357 and .40) by switching the barrel and return spring; P228 pistols are 9mm only and cannot be converted to other calibers.Like the larger P226, the P228 and P229 pistols are available in aluminium frame/steel slide or stainless steel frame and slide versions, with standard DA or DAO triggers.
How to field- strip (disassemble) P229: 1) remove the magazine by pressing the magazine release button; 2) check that the chamber is empty; 3) pull the slide all the way back and lock it there with the slide stop; 4) rotate down the disassembly lever, which is located at the left side of the frame, above the trigger; 5) release the slide and carefully push it forward, and out of the frame; 6) remove the return spring assembly from below the barrel; 7) remove the barrel from the slide.Reassemble in reverse order.


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July 22, 2010 -- Sit at leisure, die at haste, an American Cancer Society study finds.
In the 14-year study, people who spent at least 6 hours of their daily leisure time sitting died sooner than people who sat less than 3 hours.
And people who both sit a lot and exercise little are at even higher risk of death, find ACS epidemiologist Alpa V. Patel, PhD, and colleagues.
The effect is stronger for women than for men, but significant for both sexes.
Patel's data come from 53,440 U.S. men and 69,776 women who were 50-74 years old when the study began in 1992.
Study participants were asked, "During the past year, on an average day (not counting time spent at your job), how many hours a day did you spend sitting (watching television, reading, etc.)?"
After adjusting for smoking, height/weight, and other factors, Patel's team found that compared to sitting less than three hours a day, sitting six or more hours a day:
- Increased the death rate by about 40% in women
- Increased the death rate by about 20% in men
- Increased the death rate by 94% in the least active women
- Increased the death rate by 48% in the least active men
It wasn't just that they weren't getting exercise. Patel and colleagues found that sitting itself was detrimental to health.
Sitting increased risk of cancer death, but the main death risk linked to sitting was heart disease.
"It is beneficial to encourage sedentary individuals to stand up and walk around as well as to reach optimal levels of physical activity," Patel and colleagues conclude.
The study findings appear in the July 22 early online edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology.


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A Brexit could cause a major paradigm shift, both in macroeconomic terms and in the financial markets, according to experts at Natixis Asset Management
On 23 June 2016, a referendum will be held on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the European Union. As the Brexit and Bremain campaigns intensify, experts at Natixis Asset Management have examined the macroeconomic impact and the consequences for the financial markets of both options. Their analysis indicates that Brexit would cause a major paradigm shift in Europe from both a political and economic perspective.
A major European challenge
According to Philippe Waechter, Director of Economic Research, the referendum raises many questions about the economic and political consequences for the UK, and also for the entire European Union. "The referendum will take place against a worrying backdrop for Europe, which is far from returning to the dynamic of growth and expansion that prevailed before the crisis of 2008, resulting in high unemployment, and thus providing a potential risk of social and political instability," he explained. Although the electorate's decision is primarily political, it will have a major economic impact.
Brexit would create significant problems for international companies based there. While investments in Britain are mainly linked to a combination of the flexibility of the UK economy and direct access to the single market, Brexit would change the rules by closing, at least for a time, this access to the single market. It may therefore result in a freeze on direct investment in Britain while the progress of negotiations with the European Union is assessed. "However, the outcome of these negotiations is very uncertain," added Philippe Waechter. If the United Kingdom wishes to limit the impact of Brexit on trade and thus on the economy and employment, it will have to establish a new model, which will take time and will be detrimental to the country's economy."
The financial sector, which accounts for approximately 10% of UK GDP, would also be greatly affected. The rule change associated with Brexit would limit the UK financial system's ability to access financial structures in the euro area. The City may lose a large part of its euro-denominated trading activity. Furthermore, we can expect a significant outflow of Europeans who have settled in London. This could have a major impact as, besides the strictly banking activity, the population structure will change, penalising the very dynamics of the economy of London and therefore of the UK.
These economy-related elements will have an even greater impact from a political perspective. The United Kingdom will have to negotiate political and strategic issues globally on its own; it will no longer have the support and backing of the EU in negotiations. Its political weight could certainly suffer.
At the same time, a Brexit would be a significant factor of instability for the European Union, since it would remove the perception of irreversibility that has prevailed since the beginning of European integration. "While one year ago, the possible exclusion of Greece was punitive in nature, in the case of Britain, the interpretation would be in the order of 'I don't want to live with you anymore,'' added Philippe Waechter. "It is much stronger and could provide an incentive for other countries to leave the European Union." Brexit could thus be seen as an opportunity to fundamentally change the shape, scope and dynamics of the European Union. "That is why a political initiative is crucial, regardless of whether a Brexit takes place. Even if the UK remains in the EU, as the risk of Brexit was so strong, hopefully Europeans will take action to strengthen the dynamic of the European Union. Yet again, the British have been the stimulus required to reinforce European integration," concluded Philippe Waechter.
Potentially volatile European equity markets
European stock markets appear still somewhat unmoved by the risk of Brexit. "Equity markets appear to be indifferent, and there is no evidence of an overall underperformance of the London financial markets," explained Yves Maillot, Director of European Equities Investment. "Nevertheless, in recent weeks we have observed a clear underperformance of domestic UK companies compared with their internationally focused, export-oriented counterparts, due to the drop in the pound sterling, which has lost about 12% against the euro in the last six months."
According to Maillot, Brexit would cause a particularly difficult situation for British banks, which are very focused on their domestic market, as well as for the financial markets and the financial industry in general. "Indeed, the financial industry would no longer benefit from 'European passports', allowing it to sell its services freely within the Union, despite the fact that 75% of Europe's investment banking and finance business is located in London. "In this case, we will very likely see a transfer of structures. Similarly, some foreign banks whose activity (GDP, volume of loans) is very sensitive in the UK, are in a weak position," added Yves Maillot.
In general terms, if Brexit becomes a reality, equity markets in Europe may experience a shock, the magnitude of which is still difficult to estimate (5% to 10% or more), in view of the likely macroeconomic impact and trade links between the EU and the UK. The much more cautious approach of international investors with regard to Europe (with negative flows on European equity funds in February) is the first materialisation of this risk. "Keeping the UK in the EU would be a genuine relief for the markets," concluded Yves Maillot.
Strong and divergent reactions on the bond market
On the bond markets, Brexit is seen as the greatest threat since the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. "To date, the reaction on the bond markets has been varied: either steadfastly ignoring the risk of exit, as with the Gilt or corporate credit market, or strongly anticipating it (as evidenced by the significant widening of spreads of British banks and sovereign CDS, or the fall in sterling)," explained Philippe Berthelot, Director of Credit Management. However, Brexit would result in a dramatic increase in uncertainty and thereby an increase in volatility and consequently strong risk aversion, which would in turn affect the risk premiums of all asset classes. "The UK, for which some metrics, such as twin deficits, are worse than those of Greece, will have its decisive moment, which will not leave its European neighbours untouched," added Philippe Berthelot. Besides the fall in value of the currency (GBP), there would be repercussions for rates (short and long-term) and for all credit obligations issued by the United Kingdom. "If the Bremain vote is successful, the currency would regain the ground lost in the last six months and British bank bonds would provide excellent opportunities" concluded the expert.
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About Natixis Asset Management
Natixis Asset Management ranks among the leading European asset managers1 with €347 billion in assets under management and 712 employees2. Natixis Asset Management offers its clients tailored, innovative and efficient solutions organised into six investment divisions:
Fixed income, European equities, Investment and client solutions, Structured products and volatility developed by Seeyond, Global emerging developed by Emerise, and Responsible Investing developed by Mirova.
1 Source: IPE Top 400 Asset Managers 2015 ranked Natixis Asset Management as the 46th largest asset manager based on global assets under management, and by the country of the main headquarters and/or main European domicile, as of 31 December 2014.
2 Source: Natixis Asset Management - Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited as of 31 March 2016.
Reference to a ranking does not indicate the future performance of the fund manager.
Seeyond is a brand of Natixis Asset Management. Emerise is a brand of Natixis Asset Management and Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited with teams in Paris and Singapore. Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited is an asset manager, 100% subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management.
Mirova is a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management.
About Natixis
Natixis is the international corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 35 million clients spread over two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne.
With more than 16,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise that are organized into three main business lines: Corporate & Investment Banking, Investment Solutions & Insurance, and Specialized Financial Services.
A global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of Groupe BPCE's banking networks.
Figures as at March 31, 2016


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So I'm currently wanting to do the spyder pump conversion. I order a Trilogy valve stem as per the advice given in a lot of tutorials. However, I just got it in a couple days ago and I finally had time to disassemble a marker today. I looked at the valve, then looked at the Trilogy valve stem then back at the valve again. I thought to myself the Trilogy valve stem seemed too small. So I stuck it in and sure enough it was too skinny. The point of the Trilogy valve stem is to disable the blowback, right? Surely air would get past here. I took pics to show you guys. I bought the part from here Did I receive the wrong part? Or has the part changed?
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|Five generations: Ethel Marsh Tiffany Paige holds her great great granddaughter, Corina while my mother Loraine and her mother Elinore and my brother Charles look on. 1969
I have done a lot of research and have been able to document back to my 10th great grandfather, Henry Tiffany born in Yorkshire England in 1577. Henry's son was born in London stayed there all his life. Henry Jr and his wife, Elizabeth, had a son Humphrey in 1630 who decided to make the voyage to America some time about 1660.
There is a lot of information on the Tiffany family. One of the funniest things I found was a description of what the Tiffanys as a "race" were like. In the book The Tiffany's of America: A History and Geneaology, by Nelson Otis Tiffany For and in the Interest of Charles Lewis Tiffany of New York City the author writes:
The Tiffanys are as a rule, physically strong, from medium to large stature, many being over six feet in height. They are too high-spirited and active to take on a suberabundance of flesh, are stately in bearing, erect in carriage, quick and clear-cut in movement, and have large heads, the upper brain developed in excess of the base. The head is well carried on a sturdy neck. The chest is deep, the lungs large and full, the body and limbs round, well knit, closely jointed. The shoulders are inclined to droop, with the arms carried close to the body. Skin and hair are fine in texture, nails are thin, giving evidence of a sensitive and somewhat nervous organization, the mental predominating over the physical. The faces are comely, with nose straight or slightly arched, nostrils large, indicating strong and full lung capacity, and the line from the nostril to the corner of the mouth, known as the line of success, is sharply defined...
The complexion is usually dark, but not swarthy, the eyes are brown, dark blue or dark gray. A blonde Tiffany is practically unknown. Probably the most marked characteristic of the Tiffanys is the expression of the eye, which is as positive and distinct as the Maximillian lip...The Tiffany eye is the first feature to attract the attention of a close observer. It is bright, giving evidence of temperate habits. Its expression changes rapidly with the mood, indicating health and buoyancy, sympathy, grief, determination, or anger, wtih quickness and unerring certainty. It is a Tiffany mark. The Tiffanys are good livers, and are fastidious in dress. As a race, the Tiffanys are long-lived, retaining their mental faculties unimpaired to a good old age."
Now, as most of you know, I stand about 5'1" if I stretch. I don't really fit many of these characteristics, certainly I am not "too high-spirited or active to take on a superabundance of flesh". But, my eyes do change with my moods, I think, which the author says indicates health and buoyancy. And, I am healthy and indeed, very buoyant. So there are some characteristics that survived.
Humphrey Tiffany was the first Tiffany referred to in the record books on this side of the pond. He was a well known character in his day, living in Swansea, Rehobeth, Attleboro and that area of Massachusetts. His wife's name was Elizabeth, but we don't know her maiden name. He was known as Squire Humphrey, which indicated he was justice of the peace. He was a taxpayer and a successful guy, from what I've read. But his biggest claim to fame, aside from being our immigrant ancestor, was how he died.
From the diary of Samuel Sewall. "Wednesday, P. M., July 15. Very dark and great Thunder and Lightening. One Humphrey Tiffany and Frances Low, Daughter of Antony Low, are slain with the Lightening and Thunder about a mile or a half a mile beyond Billingses Farm, the Horse also slain, that they rode on, and another Horse in Company slain, and his rider who held the garment on to steady it at the time of the Stroke, a coat or cloak, stounded but not killed. Were coming to Boston. Antony Low being in Town the sad Bill was put up with regard of that Solemn judgement of God; Fast day Forenoon. July 15, 1685. 2 Persons 2 Horses."
Historians think that Squire Humphrey and Ms. Low were probably in Canton when lightning struck them. A plaque was placed on the spot of their demise, and was there for years, well into the 19th century that read:
As I read the account from Sewall's diary, I wondered if this is where the expression "...and the horse they rode in on" came from. I am wondering why Squire Humphrey and Mistress Low shared the same horse, aren't you? He was married with lots of children at the time of his death.
One of those children, continuing up into my tree, was James, born in Milton, MA in 1665. He married first Bethiah Fuller, with whom he had thirteen children between 1693 and her death in 1711, the last being born in 1710. Do the math. That poor woman! After poor Bethiah passed on to a well deserved eternal peace, James married another woman named Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and had another 4 kids. James died in 1732, leaving a long will naming all of his surviving children and his second wife, who married right away, outlived the second husband and married again.
But my ancestor was James, the second child of James and Bethiah born in 1697 in Attleboro, or Bristol, RI, depending on which record you believe. He also married an Elizabeth and if you are counting, that makes 4 generations in a row of Tiffany men marrying 4 different Elizabeths. Not easy to keep track of. However, for this Elizabeth we have more information. She was Elizabeth Allen born in Attleboro in 1704 to Rachel and Increase Allen. Don't you just love that name? Elizabeth and James Jr, had seven children. James lived to be 79 years old and died in 1776.
Now, Daniel was a Revolutionary War Veteran but long before the war, he married Miriam Hodges in 1760. He was 21 and she was just 15. I'd love to know more about that story, but all I know is that she died a year later, leaving no children. Then, in 1762 he married Mary Woodcock, who had 10 children by Daniel, including Edmond Hodges Tiffany, my 4th great grandfather, undoubtedly named in memory of Daniel's first love. I wonder how Mary liked that? Mary died after 25 years of marriage and Daniel married a 3rd time at the age of 50, fathered one more child and lived out his life near his birthplace of Attleboro, dying at the age of 78 in Norton, MA.
Edmond Hodges Tiffany married a gal, also named Mary, who was from Woodstock, Connecticut and settled there with her. They had two children: Lucy and Edmond Prelate Tiffany, for whom I have an obituary.
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But let's get back to Ebenezer, Daniels' brother. Ebenezer had a son named Comfort.
|Chloe and Comfort
|Charles Lewis Tiffany
|Louis Comfort Tiffany
|Me at about age 1 wearing my Tiffany diamond.


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Hurricane devastates Haiti
On this day in 1963, Hurricane Flora crashes into Haiti, killing thousands of people. This huge storm, which also killed large numbers of people in Cuba and wreaked havoc elsewhere in the Caribbean, was one of the most deadly hurricanes in history.
On September 30, Flora reached hurricane status just east of the Caribbean. It then quickly became a Category 2 hurricane as it slammed into Trinidad and Tobago. There, it triggered several deadly landslides before moving on to the island of Grenada. Flora took a terrible toll on the small island, killing 36 people and seriously injuring another 500.
After moving over Grenada, Flora strengthened briefly to a Category 5 storm with 170-mile-per-hour winds. On October 2, the hurricane, now a Category 4, struck Haiti. The island's coastal villages were decimated by the winds. Most damaging, though, was a 12-foot storm surge, which overwhelmed virtually all the homes and other buildings near the ocean. It is estimated that 5,000 people died in the disaster. The survivors were faced not only with rebuilding their devastated nation, but with the loss of nearly the entire coffee crop for the season, a huge economic blow.
Flora next moved northwest toward Cuba. It slowed and stalled nearby on October 4, battering the island for nearly three days. As much as 20 inches of rain fell in some places, including Oriente and Camaquey, and a levee at the Canto River broke, causing a deadly flood. At least 1,000 people were thought to have died in Cuba and an estimated 175,000 were left homeless by Flora, though the government, under dictator Fidel Castro, was not forthcoming with detailed information. Cuban farmers also lost virtually their entire sugar and coffee crops for the season to the storm.
On October 9, Flora finally dissipated, leaving behind about 6,000 dead and millions of dollars in damages.


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1. Re: More read methodsAslak Knutsen Oct 16, 2010 4:58 AM (in response to Dan Allen)
This should help some: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/SHRINKWRAP-192
but I agree. We need better manipulation.
2. Re: More read methodsDan Allen Oct 26, 2010 3:22 AM (in response to Aslak Knutsen)
I believe an ideal solution that would provide limitless possiblitity is to introduce a content query API, similar to the bean property query API in Weld Extensions.
I've filed an issue, in which I provide more details: SHRINKWRAP-236


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Re: RPG - Stolen Bride
"Clueless as you are," Dash said between gasps of air as he saw his friends staring at his blackened bloodied arm. "Okay what'd I miss?"
"Sathik's had a concussion," explained Heri. "We were looking for you."
"Well looks like you've found me," he said glancing sideways at a dazed Sathik. "Where'd the oth--"
He broke off as a haunting presence burst into existance nearby. This was different, it was like his force sense had increased dramatically. But the darkness in question was a mishapen void unlike anything they'd ever encountered.
"What is it?" rasped Arcuse raising his blaster rifle.
Dash screwed his eyes shut and focused trying to get a fix on whatever it was.
"Hard to say," he replied.
Heri looked around.
"I can't sense anything," she informed them confused.
"But this is different..." Dash insisted.
"We can unravel these mysteries later," said the Ubese. "For now our friend needs medical attention."
"I'm fine," slurred Sathik nearly falling forward on his face.
Dash and Arcuse hefted Sathik back to his feet and the three companions rushed towards the spaceport as a shadowy figure crackling with blue energy silently stalked behind.


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Love the blog! Keep up the great work. Was just wondering though...I noticed you have Imp Right Fury. Does this only apply to offensive holy spells for the increased threat or to healing spells as well? Did you just grab that for soloing? Im guessing you don't have this up while healing correct?
Righteous Fury does apply to healing spells. However, paladin heals are innately lower threat (50%) compared to priest, druids, or shaman heals. And because we run with at least three paladins, I always have Salvation on.
A paladin will have 0.5*0.7*1.9 = 67% threat. A priest with Silent Resolve would have 0.8*0.7 = 56% threat. So you have a bit more threat, but not that much more. Plus, I find it's better to be higher than the other healers on the threat meters. That way, if an add does get loose, it comes to you rather than the priest. With plate and Imp RF, you can take a couple of hits.
Keeping Imp RF on gives you 6% damage reduction all the time, which helps with splash damage. Salvation will "muffle" the effects of Imp RF. So you can keep RF up pretty much all the time in raids if you have Salvation. If you don't have Salvation, you should probably turn RF off.
If you need to watch threat, or if you don't take any splash damage, you can always turn RF off. For example, Nightbane is a fight I wouldn't run with RF, because when Nightbane lands, threat can get tricky, and I don't want to pull aggro and wipe the raid.
As well, it's useful when soloing or doing PvP, and it helps me to tank 5-mans without needing to respec. In the end, there's not a lot of better choices for those 3 talent points. I could drop Imp RF and Blessed Life and pick up Imp Might, but other than that, I don't think there's any other talents that would be more useful.
One last caveat, if you melee to keep Judgements up and you use RF, use Seal of the Crusader rather than Seal of Righteousness. You don't want extra threat from the Holy damage of Righteousness. You probably won't pull aggro, but better safe than sorry. For example, I keep Judgement of Light up on Void Reaver, so I put up Righteous Fury to help mitigate the pounding and run SotC. SotC also has the advantage of speeding up your swings, so you can spend more time healing.


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The idea of public amusement parks, places where people could go for a short time to enjoy themselves and forget their daily problems, began in Europe in the early 19th century. In 1873 at the World's Fair in Vienna, Austria, people from around the globe experienced the thrill of riding a primitive ferris wheel, an updated version of the ancient carousel, and the "Russian Mountains," a two person car that rolled from a high platform down a track to its stopping point. These rides were so popular that improved versions as well as new kinds of thrilling rides quickly became important features of parks across the United States. For those who ran trolley systems, amusement parks located at the end of their tracks became a golden opportunity to make more money. The trolley companies not only had a way to get the people to the amusement parks, but access to the tremendous amounts of electricity needed to operate the rides. So rapidly did the idea grow that by 1902, Cosmopolitan magazine featured the following article by Day Allen Willey extolling the development of amusement parks operated by trolley systems:
The expression, "trolley-park" may not as yet have come into common use, but no explanation of its meaning is necessary. The oldest of the trolley-parks has been in existence but a few years, yet today these resorts are to be found in the outskirts of nearly every city in the land. The fact is that the street and suburban railway companies, realizing the profit arising by catering to the pleasure of the masses, have entered into the amusement field on an extensive scale.
Articles such as this one persuaded the Washington Railway and Electric Company of Washington, D.C., which was responsible for the installation of the electric railway system or "trolley system" throughout the city and its suburbs, to purchase the Chautauqua lands and expand the small amusement park that had already been built on the site. The company named their new purchase Glen Echo Amusement Park. They renovated the old Chautauqua buildings and added more buildings and more rides.
By 1931 a dance hall had been built and was charging five cents per dance. Soon a roller coaster, a new carousel, and bumper cars were added. The Crystal Pool was built to accommodate 3,000 swimmers. It was one of the largest in America with 1.5 million gallons of circulating water. Two years later the Spanish Ballroom was built adjacent to the pool. Throughout the 1940s additions to the park were constant. Two cafes and an arcade building added to the fun.
Glen Echo had become a favorite among the growing number of mechanical amusement parks built throughout the nation. Patrons with increasing amounts of leisure time could escape from their urban routines and enter a world of mechanically induced thrills and fantasies.
Although Willey's article in Cosmopolitan had stated that everyone was welcome at the trolley-parks, Glen Echo was a segregated park. Following is an excerpt from an article published in the Washington Afro-American in 1957:
In the summer of 1960, African and Anglo Americans picketed the park, standing outside the gates with signs. They organized petitions and antisegregation organizations filed lawsuits against the park's owners. Those who attempted to enter the gates of the park were arrested for trespassing. The efforts of those who thought all people should be able to enjoy Glen Echo park were successful. In 1961 the park opened on a nonsegregated basis. The victory won by the protestors came too late to allow all children very many good times at Glen Echo Park. By the mid-1960s, the park, like many other local amusement parks, was having trouble with newer, competing types of recreation, including the theme parks that were being built across the nation. Because of the automobile, people could easily travel farther and find interesting entertainment on a grander scale. Glen Echo Amusement Park shut its gates in 1968. In 1971, through a land exchange, the park was designated as a National Park Service site.
Before the National Park Service took over management of the site, many of the amusement park rides, including the roller coaster, were torn down or sold. The large Chautaugua amphitheater was deliberately burned down in 1956 to make room for a parking lot. Interested citizens raised the funds to purchase the carousel so it could be kept at the site. Today the National Park Service preserves the structures of Glen Echo's past, providing the setting for a center for culture and the artsa use similar to its original mission as a Chautauqua.
Questions for Reading 2
1. Where did the concept of amusement parks first develop?
2. According to Day Allen Willey's article, why did the trolley companies build trolley parks? Why did they offer free admission to the parks?
3. Why would African Americans have been barred from Glen Echo Amusement Park?
4. What change in park admission policies came about in 1961? How do you think people felt about that change?
5. When did Glen Echo Amusement Park close? Why?
6. What newer types of recreation and amusement may have competed with the park?
Reading 2 was compiled from Gary Scott and Bill Brabham, "Glen Echo Amusement Park" (Montgomery County, Maryland) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1984; and Gary Kyriazi, The Great American Amusement Parks: A Pictorial History (Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1976).
1Day Allen Willey, "The Trolley Park," Cosmopolitan 33 (July, 1902):265-267.


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Saturday, April 18, 2009
My New Vegan Nutrition Guru
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I'm a dyed in the wool meat eater. I don't like most vegetables unless they are cooked in very flavorful ways (like Indian vegetable curries). Vegetarianism scares the crap out of me. Veganism is pretty much unfathomable to me. Most vegetarians I know get fat from the diet.ReplyDelete
I lost over 200 lbs more than 6 years ago, with calorie restriction and exercise. In the last two years I've really been struggling. In the past 6 months I've actually started to gain some of it back (10 lbs is enough for me to worry).
I'm still in excellent shape but I'm afraid if I change my diet I'll lose muscle and not fat. I'm afraid that I'll lose the energy to workout (Atkin's diet, anyone?). I have to exercise or I become a danger to those around me.
How has eating a vegan diet changed your body and energy level? Do you exercise?
I'm not sure how much weight I lost. I think in Feb I got weighed and I was around 245. I'm around 210 now. Recently I was losing weight at a very steady rate of half a pound per day, but then I had some fruit juice and guacamole (fruit juice isn't allowed and guac is allowed but not recommended) and then I gained a pound or two. still overall my weight loss is pretty remarkable, I think around 35 pounds in 2 months.ReplyDelete
I stopped exercising, though, because I caught some heinous flu from hell. I'm starting back up again either today or tomorrow, I think. So no way to compare there, although I did, after starting this diet, run up a flight of steps for the first time in years. Probably the first time in a decade or more.
- AnonymousApril 19, 2009 at 7:59:00 PM PDT
I did Raw Veganism for 46 days, and lost 40 pounds. It's stayed off even though I've gone back to a cooked vegetarian diet since. If you really want crazy dramatic results, I'd say you should check out the raw stuff.. I don't know how raw Fuhrman's stuff is, but I seem to remember that he talks about raw vegetables. I should probably research his books more before I start telling you to do something different though..
Good luck with weightloss/diet/vegan stuff! I know I need all the support I can get.
- AnonymousApril 19, 2009 at 10:02:00 PM PDT
@grant "How has eating a vegan diet changed your body and energy level? Do you exercise?"ReplyDelete
I noticed an improvement in my exercise both switching to vegetarianism, then veganism (health was the primary motivator). This may not necessarily have been caused by the diet, but I felt healthier and was more inclined to exercise - so net result was positive.
Energy levels are higher. I did find that cutting coffee and alcohol (at different times) had a much more dramatic affect on this.
Depending on what sort of fitness you're into there are plenty of vegan resources
- google 'vegan strength' for body building type stuff
- brendan brazier's 'thrive diet' book is really interesting, but more accessible (i.e. you can get them on the internet) is his 45 minute vimeo short, which covers the same material (sans recipes). This is mostly raw, too.
- also plenty of info on vegan running (vegan Scott Jurek is one of the world's best ultramarathonners...)
- AnonymousApril 19, 2009 at 10:14:00 PM PDT
oh my background is - vege 2 years, then vegan 1 year. Currently training for a 90m half marathon, and doing a lot of body weight strength training for parkour.ReplyDelete
@codemac - it's mostly raw, but I cook beans and I usually throw a ton of veggies in there with the beans. they're usually either stewed or steamed at that point. in terms of actual volume it's probably half and half.ReplyDelete
@xavier - cheers for the info! I found the same thing re: coffee.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - History repeated itself on Sunday and unfortunately for the UC Santa Barbara women's soccer team, it was an event they would have rather not relived.
For the second straight game, the Gauchos lost on a penalty kick in overtime, falling to the Cal State Fullerton 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
Less than 48 hours earlier, on Friday night, UCSB (5-7-2 overall, 0-2-0 in the Big West) lost to Long Beach State in the exact same manner. That time, as well as Sunday, the Gauchos were called for a handball inside the penalty box. This time, it was the Titans' (6-5-2, 1-1-0) Kishi Smith pounding the PK past goalkeeper Makenna Henry at the 93:42 mark of the match.
All of the scoring in the match came late.
The game was scoreless into the 82nd minute, but UCSB broke through first. At 81:56, Katy Roby took a corner kick from the right side. The ball was punched out by Titan goalkeeper Lindsey Maricic and collected by Gaucho defender Alexa Stringer. Stringer slid to her right, faked a shot and tapped the ball to Indiana Mead who was on her right. Mead one-timed a shot into the center of the net for her second goal of the season.
Fullerton didn't waste time getting the equalizer. At 86:58, Smith, who had just re-entered the match, took a corner from the left side. The ball eluded the punch out by Henry and Stacey Fox came in from the right post and headed a shot into the upper right corner.
Fullerton came close to scoring minutes before the first score of the game, getting three shots from point-blank range, two of which were headed off the line by Katy Roby and a third that was saved by Henry.
The first half was scoreless, but it wasn't lacking for chances. The Gauchos had 11 shots, including four on goal. Freshman Miranda Cornejo had the last one during a scramble in front of the goal in the final minute. She pounded a loose ball that was stonewalled by Titan goalkeeper Lindsey Maricic. Allie Ariniello rebounded Cornejo's shot and got another off, but it was blocked.
Fullerton's best opportunity in the first half came in the 35th minute when Nikki McCants took a cross immediately in front of the right post. She attempted to kick the ball in with her right foot as her back was to the goal, but Henry dove to her right and made the save.
Henry finished with six saves while Maricic had five for the Titans. UCSB outshot Fullerton 17-15, but had seven on goal as compared to Fullerton's nine.
UCSB will hit the road for its next two games, traveling the UC Irvine on Friday, Oct. 7 for a 7:00 p.m. match against the Anteaters and to Cal State Northridge on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 5:00 p.m. The Gauchos return home to host UC Riverside on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 5:00 p.m.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team, fresh off its 14th Big West Tournament title, is ready to face top-ranked Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The team practiced on Sunday at the Stroh Center on the campus of Bowling Green State University in preparation for the Lady Bears who enter the game 34-0.
The Gauchos, 17-15, are the No. 16 seed in the Des Moines region of the bracket. UCSB has won nine of its last 11 games.
Santa Barbara had its pre-practice press conference in which it answered myriad questions about 6-foot-8 junior Brittney Griner and the possibility of pulling the upset over the Lady Bears. The game will tip-off about 11:30 a.m. in California and will air on ESPN2 and on AM 1290. The audio stream of the game is available by clicking here and the game will also be shown online through ESPN3.
The following is the team's transcript from the press conference on Saturday afternoon.
UCSB PLAYER QUOTES (Emilie Johnson and Kirsten Tilleman) – 3/17/2012
Emilie, I was just doing some homework on you guys and I noticed one of your favorite movies is Miracle. Is it time to watch it?
Johnson: I just watched it the other day. My friend Kelsey is on the team and she was making fun of me for watching it, again, because it is my favorite movie. It's inspiration for us being a sixteen-seed.
AAU makes women's basketball kind of a small world. Have either of you played Odyssey Sims or Brittney Griner, or will this be the first opportunity to be on the court with either one of them?
Tilleman: I haven't.
Johnson: I have not, either.
Well can I ask then, what are your impressions of the two of them?
Tilleman: Well they are obviously both really great players and we are just enjoying the opportunity to get to play against a good team and also to show them what we have.
Johnson: We are just excited because this opportunity is really a challenge. Both Tilleman and I are competitors and we are excited to go out there and compete and hold our own.
How in the world do you attempt to guard Brittney Griner?
Tilleman: Well, I mean, every player has their weaknesses and their strengths. And I think that just going out with a lot of confidence and doing what I do best, which is maybe a little more physical. I've never been the tallest player on the court even in high school, so I try to use my body well and anticipate what the other player is doing. And, I think it will just be a lot of fun and us playing defense as a team as well will help a lot.
I understand coach brought in someone from the men's team who was like 7'2''? Is that correct?
Tilleman: I think our men's team was out of town when we found that out. But, we were definitely thinking that size.
Who is the tallest player you have gone up against?
Tilleman: I am not sure. Probably, maybe Jayne Appel, possibly, of Stanford. On this team, I don't know, probably 6'4''?
For both of the players, I noticed you guys were 8-13 at one time this season and it couldn't have been a lot of fun with four straight losses. What turned it around? Was it a mental thing? A strategic thing? Where?
Johnson: I think it was we didn't stop believing and most importantly, we didn't stop working hard. Coach challenged us every day in practice regardless of our record. She pushed us because she believes in us also and that is what brought us here today. We peaked at the right time and the most important thing is, we believed. What we believe today has not changed from day one. We pay attention to the details; we play hard on defense and working together as a team. It's just, I think, now, at this point of the season, everything is falling together at the same time. Before, little pieces would work, but now we are where we want to be.
Emilie, the Baylor people were talking about how far they had to come to get to Bowling Green, Ohio, you guys came, pretty much farther to get to Bowling Green, Ohio. Does being an underdog, you think, in an arena that is supposed to be filled tomorrow, do you think you have a chance to have some people start getting behind you?
Johnson: Of course, we love the challenge. I think this year has prepared us for this moment because we have been the underdog all season in the Big West, which is not the position the Gauchos are used to. So, just being an underdog and being the hunters and not the hunted has prepared us all through this year to just keep fighting and to have a mentality of never giving up. It has given a mental toughness to us, an edge, a fight. And we are going to bring that to the court tomorrow.
Will you talk a little about the actual physical travel, how you got here and then just talked a little about being in this circumstance right now?
Tilleman: Being in Santa Barbara, we bussed down to a bigger airport in LA and all got on a plane for a four-hour ride into Toledo. It was long and then with the time change, we left about 8:30 in the morning Santa Barbara time and we didn't get to our hotel until, I don't know, about 9 or so. But we are ready. Every team travels.
On the time change?
Tilleman: I think it's incredibly exciting.
Johnson: I feel excited and ready. I think just the adrenaline of March Madness is what is firing us right now.
Have you thought about the fact that if you hang around long enough in this game, you might get the crowd behind you a little bit? I mean people love upsets and there were some big ones yesterday. Have you thought about that?
Johnson: Definitely. We want to show what this Gaucho team is made of and we have a lot of heart in us. There is something called Gaucho-heart and Gaucho-back and we want to show that tomorrow.
There were two big upsets yesterday in the tournament. The fact that it happened, when you see that does that get you a little more 'Hey, it is March Madness' anything can happen.'
Johnson: That does give us a lot of hope. It is so exciting this time of month even the hotel just passing by and seeing basketball everywhere. We are athletes, we love basketball and this is a great time of year and we are just excited to be one of 64.
Is your favorite scene in 'Miracle' the speech right before they go out to play the Russians?
Johnson: Yes, definitely. 'Great moments are born from great opportunities.'
Is it hard not to get overwhelmed by going up against No.1 in the country, 34-0 and all that?
Johnson: I don't think it's overwhelming, I think it's just exciting and just adds more adrenaline to be a part of this March Madness. Because we are one of 64, whether we are No.1, No.30 or No. 64, we are still in this tournament and we are coming to compete.
Coach, they must be afraid we're going to come after you or something.
Mitchell: No, I just think the fact that I have had their back all year long, and you know, they want to make sure that I'm taken care of, and I appreciate that.
How have you tried to replicate Griner in practice is there a way to do that?
Mitchell: There's no way. There is absolutely no way to replicate her, and I did mention that Greg Somogyi is the closest on our campus to Brittney Griner. We have gone about our week the same way you always do, I don't know if you can make a lot of changes in two or three days to get ready for what she actually brings to the court.
Coach, do you go into the game telling the kids that this is a no lose situation, maybe, and take your swings and see what happens.
Mitchell: You know, I want our kids to be so confident that they actually believe they have a chance to win and that is just my personality and I want them to have the same, and at the end of the day they are going to give the effort. We might play our best game and still not win, but I want these kids to believe and enjoy the opportunity. But, like somebody mentioned, if you can keep it close, anything can happen.
Coach, besides Griner, what else do you see when scouting Baylor?
Mitchell: One thing that they…its their role players that always come up big for them. Destiny Williams always comes up big because Brittney Griner always demands a double or triple team, and then if Odyssey Sims is on, it's over with. And then, from watching film, its what teams take a chance on, them missing outside shots. And knowing that Griner is going to get 25 or 30 a night, you have to do a good job of transition defense and blocking out or Williams will be there to hurt you as well.
Coach, John Wagner from the Toledo Blade, I asked the ladies a little bit about the physical trip here; could you talk about the route the team took and basically having to win the tournament to get here.
Mitchell: Well again, my first year I wanted to build a program and not just a team, and we have a special group of young women that have bought into that, and I knew early it could be ugly as you're putting in a whole new system and a whole new mindset. But, what I kept promising them, if they would just buy into the system and how I wanted things done that we could peak at the right time. And they get that, you have to give all the credit to the kids for buying into what we wanted them to do.
Coach, Jack Carle from here in town: You're the fourth team to come in here today, and I think we have seen the most smiles from your girls than from maybe any other of the three teams. Is that the type of attitude you are playing with now, you are playing with, this your first year, house money? You've gotten to the NCAA tournament, is that the attitude you have taken now?
Mitchell: No, they weren't going to be satisfied that they were just here; that's not my personality, and when I took this job that was not my expectations from my administration; it was to take it to another level and not just be happy that you were in the NCAA tournament. So I don't want that to come across at all to you guys or the kids, but the fact that we had a tough trip to get there, with just 15 losses. Not that it isn't a great season, but I think we have the most losses, or maybe the second most losses out of anybody in the tournament. But, when we walk on the court it's ok to be a little split personality we will probably have a few smiles until maybe after the game or maybe not.
Coach, going back to the that point in the season where you were sitting at 8-13, what helped to get it turned around—were there any sit down talks or maybe a powwow or anything like that?
Mitchell: I was an assistant for 16 years and there were a lot of those powwows, some team meetings; lets get together and figure it out. There were no team meetings this year, and again that's a credit to the type of kids that I inherited and also to my staff we won together. But no, we never strayed from what we wanted to do. And again, the kids knowing my background and pedigree they respect that I could help get them to this position of playing in the NCAA.
Coach your background Kansas State, correct?
Mitchell: Yes, I did play there a long time ago.
What did you get out of that, it was the Big 8 back then, and now being the Big 12, does that give you anything or was it too long ago?
Mitchell: No, I had a great coach there in Brian Agler, who is head coach of the Seattle Storm, so I took a little bit of his personality you know, along with Vivian Stringer's mindset, and then the late Kurt Budke. So, you know, that's my background and they're all great coaches in their own right, but I think a lot of it is just mental toughness side of things, and it has carried over to the personality of this team. I played for Kurt Budke at Trinity Valley and we won the first national championship there.


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New Mexico Tech Land Donors Monument Dedicated, May 4, 2006
by George Zamora and Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., May 4, 2006 – The year was 1889, and with a deadline of August 18 fast approaching, the citizens of Socorro needed to act. They needed a tract of land which could be deeded over to the Territory of New Mexico, as the location of the future School of Mines.
Left: The Land Donors Monument in front of Brown Hall, 801 Leroy Place, dedicated in 2006.
The 1889 territorial legislation known as the Rodey Act stipulated that land must be donated if a school of mines was to be built in Socorro.
The prospect of adding a college to what had, up till then, been a mining boom town, was too good to miss. A group of Socorro landowners banded together and legally conveyed to the territory a tract of 22-and-one-fifth acre, located about a mile from the historic plaza. The rest was history.
The land donors, who brought not only the School of Mines but also New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology into existence, were Edward and Emma Hubbard, Juan Jose and Francisca Baca, Estevan and Catalina Baca, Severo and Josefina Baca, Jacob Naumer, Robert Collins, and Antonio Abeyta y Montoya.
A monument in honor of the donors was formally dedicated on the New Mexico Tech campus on Friday, May 12, 2006. The monument is located in front of Brown Hall, the main administration building, on Leroy Place, the main road in front of the Tech campus.
Left: After the dedication, Dr. Daniel H. López, president of New Mexico Tech, poses with the Hon. Robert Baca (a judge from Bakersfield, CA) and Manuela Angela López-Baca y Brown.
Numerous descendants of the university's founders, as well as New Mexico Tech president Daniel H. López and members of the Board of Regents, participated in the official dedication of the four-foot-tall, brick-and-mortar monument. The monument's facade is topped with a bronze plaque that commemorates the people who donated property that became the original site of the School of Mines in Socorro, which in 1951 was renamed the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
The 11 founding land donors of the university are listed on one of the plaques on the new monument, which is situated within the original site donated to establish the New Mexico School of Mines.


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libplasma provides the Theme class so Plasma elements and other applications, such as KRunner, that need to graphically hint or theme interface elements. This is not a replacement for qstyle, but rather provides standard elements for things such as box backgrounds.
This allows for easy re-theming of the desktop while also keeping elements on the desktop more consistent with each other.
See also Creating a Plasma Theme.
Themes are stored in share/apps/desktoptheme. A theme is described by a .desktop file in share/apps/desktoptheme. The contents of which might look like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Theme done in the Oxygen style
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=The Oxygen Project firstname.lastname@example.com X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=default X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version=pre0.1 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Website=http://plasma.kde.org X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category= X-KDE-PluginInfo-Depends= X-KDE-PluginInfo-License=GPL X-KDE-PluginInfo-EnabledByDefault=true
The X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name entry must contain the name of the subdirectory in share/apps/desktoptheme where the SVG files for this theme exist.
Beneath this directory one will find the following file structure:
Theme elements are accessed by path. Whether this maps to literal paths on disk or not is not guaranteed and considered an implementation detail of Plasma::Theme.
Therefore, to access the dialog background, one might create an svg in this manner:
Plasma::Theme theme;
QSvgRenderer svg(theme.image("dialog/background"));
It is generally recommended to use Plasma::Svg instead of QSvgRenderer directly, however. Remember to call resize() on the Plasma::Svg before painting with it!
Plasma::Svg svg("dialog/background");
Themes may optionally provide wallpapers to be used with the theme. These wallpapers must appear in the wallpapers/ directory within the theme.
A theme may also define a default wallpaper, wallpaper size and wallpaper file extension to be used in conjunction with the theme. The default wallpaper may either be installed in the standard location for wallpapers or may be shipped with the theme itself. The default wallpaper settings should appear in the theme's metadata.desktop file and contain the following entries:
defaultTheme=<name of default wallpaper package>
defaultFileSuffix=<wallpaper file suffix, e.g. .jpg>
defaultWidth=<width in pixels of default wallpaper file>
defaultHeight=<height in pixels of default wallpaper file>
Animations written in Javascript can be included in the animations directory within the theme. To learn how to create such animations and expose them in your theme, visit the Javascript Animations tutorial.
If you use Plasma::Svg, changes to the theme are automatically picked up. Otherwise, you can connect to the changed() signal in the Plasma::Theme class. This signal is emitted whenever the theme is changed, which may be triggered by the user switching the theme used or system changes such as a composite manager becoming available.
The colors file follows the standard KDE colorscheme file format and allows a theme to define what colors work best with its theme elements. The colors in this file can be edited with the default color scheme module.
The most common use of the colors file is to ensure that text is readable on various backgrounds.
Here is a list of color entries in the colors file that are currently actively used in a Plasma theme:
Other colors in the file may be used by individual widgets or used in the future, so it doesn't hurt to provide a complete colorscheme file and is probably a safer strategy.
Currently also used by individual widgets, which should give a good idea of additional usage patterns:
Note that some of these may end up folded back into Plasma::Theme properly at some point.
All background svg's (except for desktop wallpapers) must have the following named elements, all of which will be painted at the native size (and can therefore be bitmaps), except for the center which will be scaled:
Some plasma components may use the above named elements with prefixes. For example the panel placed on the left side of the screen uses the "west" prefix (west-topleft, west-topright, etc.).
Additionally, the following elements can be used to control the rendering of the backgrounds:
From KDE 4.3 can exists an element called overlay (or prefix-overlay if to be appled to a frame with a different prefix) it will be rendered over the frame as a filigrane effects, with the rules given from the following mutually exclusive hints:
Themes get installed to share/apps/desktoptheme. Each theme is stored in a subdirectory with the following file structure
In the folder share/apps/desktoptheme/opaque the same hierarchy can be found: when compositing is disabled files in this folder are preferred over the corresponding ones listed above. Only background for top level windows are appropriate to go in this folder.
Since top-level windows will be shaped according to the transparency of the svg and window shapes don't support alpha-blending, if the svg has rounded borders they should have a shape that don't require antialiasing, like the following example.


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