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Present: Abbie Barbir, Chris_Ferris, Daniel Austin, Dave Orchard, Dave Hollander,David Booth, Frank McCabe, Gerald Edgar, Hao He, Heather Kreger, Igor Sedukhin, Katia Sycara, Mark Jones, Mike Champion, Mike Mahan, Paul Denning, Roger Cutler, Sandeep Kumar, Tom Carroll, Ugo Corda, Zulah Eckert, Yinleng Husband
Chair: Mike Champion
Scribe: Chris Ferris
<Daniel> Roger, here's the email: email@example.com
<scribe_cbf> mike: reviews good standing
... mike: chairs gave themselves ai in rennes to start enforcing good standing requirements
<Roger> I'm getting a fair amount of static. From the listening above one might suspect Frank or Abbie.
<scribe_cbf> mike: trying to steer discussion
around specific discussion and proposals around text for the
... mike: take a stab at redrafting specific paragraphs
... roger: i liked it too
... roger: wants to know if toronto mtg will really happen
... mike: has had two responses that people cannot go
<dbooth> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/groups.html#GeneralMeetings
<scribe_cbf> daveo: there are rules if someone
formally objects to changing the mtg date/location in 6-8 weeks
... mike: suburb where we are going is where the H.S. with the quarantined people are.,..
... mike: is there a strong sense of the group that we should find an alternate venue?
... roger: I would, and soon
... ???: I would
... daveh: would anyone object to an alternate location
... dbooth: same dates?
... mike: y
<mitrepauld> http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/sars/index.htm
<scribe_cbf> mike: ibm interested in hosting in
... heather: yes, maybe... need to check if there is a conf room
... chrisf: check on armonk and pallisades too
... daveo: set go/no go date for whether toronto is on or off
... roger: 4 weeks notice tight for me
... mike: understand your concern, what can we do?
<Mark_J> I could attend if the meeting is in Armonk or somewhere else in the NYC metro area
<scribe_cbf> dbooth: proposes we find out from
heather if we can host and make a decision then
... daveh: coordinate with wsd?
... dbooth: absolutely!
... sandeep: ?? mentioned there is another meeting that may conflict
... heather: wsdm tc looking at a possible f2f those dates
... ACTION: Heather and Chris to see if IBM can provide hosting for the f2f in N.C. or N.Y. and report back by Wednesday
... daveo: do we have hosts for follow-on f2f mtgs?
... frank: didn't SAP offer for november?
... katia: could host at CMU...
... ACTION: Katia to look into possibility of hosting at CMU and report back by Wednesday
... mike: review AIs
... mike: action items to editors, pretty sure that they have not been fulfilled
... ACTION 2: Katia to look into possibility of hosting at CMU and report back Wednesday
... ACTION 3 Katia to look into possibility of hosting at CMU and report back Wednesday
<mitrepauld> http://www.w3.org/2002/03/RRSAgent
<scribe_cbf> :)
... :)
<mmahan> but does it awk?
<scribe_cbf> ACTION 2 = Katia to look into
possibility of hosting at CMU and report back Wednesday
... mike: sect 1.6, put rest to rest
... mike: make sure we capture stuff from soap and wsdl, need to do better job than we have
... mike: any other action items that need to be recorded?
... mike: have mgt people met recently, where do we stand?
... frank: proposal is already in there
... mike: how could I have missed that:)
... mike: any other TF reports?
... mike: move on to consolidation of the tentative decisions we made at f2f so we can move forward
... mike: lots of drawing on white boards and sharing of ideas
... mike: lead to lots of email after france
... mike: align wsdl conceptual model, service is collection of endpoints, endpoints have bindings, etc.
... mike: distinction seemed to be important between a service and what wsa draft calls a service that is more oriented to real peice of code
... mike: its a real thing
... daniel: in your note, you say you want to align with wsdl
... daniel: is there a conflict?
... mike: several of us who stayed around after the meeting
... mike: we talked about the implementation side
... daniel: seems like both valid views
... mike: right, want to capture that in the document
... frank: what about one endpoint versus several endpoints
... ugo: thinks the change in wsdl1.2 is a good one
... ugo: wsdl:interface is specific context
... ugo: includes a bunch of operations
... frank: does interface include name of service?
... ugo: no, only collection of operations
... frank: not strong enough to have composition
... katia: right
... ugo: old stack had way to express that by service, where you could aggregate different ports of different portTypes
<mitrepauld> targetResource http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2002/ws/desc/wsdl12/wsdl12.html#Service_resource_attribute
<scribe_cbf> ugo: targetResource as means of
identifying that level of aggregation
... chrisf: wsdl:interface supports inheritance
... frank: to use citibank service to access my bank account, need name of service as well as type and operation
... chrisf: service has endpoints which is a binding of an interface and a wsdl:binding to an address... the service has qname identifier
... mike: @resource is way to identify the thing behind it
... ugo: in some cases, there is nothing behind
<mitrepauld> cf: what do you mean by a composite service?
<scribe_cbf> chrisf: what is a composite
... frank: pub/sub service, amazon
... mike: do you mean wsdl 1.2 service?
... frank: there are various ways of accessing, that is supported in wsdl1.2
... daveh: collecting series of capabilities related to same resource
... ugo: the collection of wsdl1.2 services in 1.1 was pretty arbitrary
... katia: yes
... ugo: if we want to use @resource to reproduce that old aggregation, we need to be able to deal with arbitrary aggregation
... mike: to equate one collection of endpoints with another as you could in wsdl 1.1
... ugo: does not map to what you said in your note
... ugo: buyer and seller are two services, want to create aggregation of those
... ugo: ...
<mitrepauld> cf: has different understanding of targetResource, load balancing to same resource accessed from different endpoints
<scribe_cbf> daveo: wants queue management
... daveh: regrets he has to leave (just when it gets interesting:)
... daveo: agrees with chris... wanted a serviceCollection, thought that would be sufficient... but really compelling use cases came up
... daveo: two services cannot share same namespace qname, thats why we need @resource
... frank: no compelling reason to say not to have @resource
<mitrepauld> do: targetResource separate from serviceCollection; need both
<scribe_cbf> frank: not for every service
... frank: can have any arbitrary set of properties associated with a service
... frank: a qname does not identify the printer or the cat
... daveO; not what wsdl group thinks
... frank: there are services that operate on an arbitray number of services
... frank: not clear what underlying resource is being operated on
... frank: have to have identifer for service
... daveo: wsdwg has proposed scheme for identifying abstract components
... chrisf comments on IRC like schema NUNs
... mike: ugo?
... ugo: looks like there are two interpretations of @resource
... ugo: in general case, the two cannot be identical
<mitrepauld> frank: same targetResource may be used in separate WSDL files.
<scribe_cbf> mike: didn't understand that when I
wrote this
... mike: does their concept of @resource have any ... is it something that the trunk of a web service needs to know about that the tail does not?
... daveo: pushback that frank gives is interesting
... daveo: what are scenarios that this would be useful for
... daveo: printer example
... daveo: printer is a thing, can talk about printer, could have two services that operate on it
... daveo: much more complicated things like bank account, gets weirder
... daveo: might run into problems
... daveo: elaboration of use cases, needs to be presented to wsd wg
... dbooth: concerned about assertion that @resource identifies the thing behind
<mitrepauld> do: service that operates on a collection of printers; (abstract) resource is the collection
<scribe_cbf> dbooth: printer use case compelling,
and it makes sense
... dbooth: but unless the wsdl group specifies that's what that defines
... dbooth: defines a relationship between this and something else
<mitrepauld> cf: confusion is around use of term "resource", need to qualify
<mchampion> Chris: The confusion here is aorund use of "resourece" == needs to be more qualified. It's the logical thing that offers the service, not identity of specific thing being serviced
<mitrepauld> cf: resource is the logical thing that
offers the service; not same as bank account accessed through
online banking service
... cf: atm same service deployed all over the world; logically the same "service"
<mchampion> chris: ATM offers same "service" to bank, services deployed all over world, but logically it's the same service
<Hao> +1
<mchampion> chris: Resource is not the address but the identifier of what is behind the service
<scribe_cbf> frank: atm/bank account example is a
different transport to my bank account
... frank: there is a service around my bankaccount, not always the case that there's one resource behind that that I can tie all the ways of accessing my bank account
... frank: give a service a name and be done with it
... mike: concluding that what I have drafted needs to be reworked
... mike: target resource is a relationship
... mike: likes daveo's suggestion to put together scenarios
<mitrepauld> need way to describe resource relationships. all resources are abstract things. service=uri1, thingBehind=uri2, relationship=uri3 (with semantics)
<scribe_cbf> frank: needs to be something that ties
the interface, the sets of endpoints and a deployed instances of
that service
... frank: wsdl document is description of the service
... daveo: don't want to get into discussion that the endpoint doesn't exist because there is no wsdl
... frank: need to identify the service
... daveo: wsd totally thinks that this is important
<mitrepauld> do: need uri to uniquely identify the service
<scribe_cbf> hao: i agree that we need uri to identify the service
<mitrepauld> cf: can have separate wsdl files, different services, but same thing behind it
<scribe_cbf> mike: n concepts, not sure if it is 2
3 or more, that all have identity
... roger: thinks that something frank said is wrong
... roger: can you hear me now?
... :)
... roger: need uris to access the service
<mitrepauld> hugo's diagram from f2f: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/arch/3/05/wsa.png
<scribe_cbf> roger: why should I have to
... daveo: that's why they made it optional
... daveo: confused about whether we are talking about @resource or service
... daveo: service has required @name (NCNAME)
... has optional @resource (anyURI)
<mitrepauld> do: namespace name + name attribute + algorithm to combine into URI
<scribe_cbf> service is identified by targetNamespace:@name
<Daniel> Daniel Austin has to leave a few minutes early - take care until next week, all
<scribe_cbf> (Qname)
<mitrepauld> pauld has to drop off now. bye.
<scribe_cbf> roger: agrees with people who say
whether it exists whether there is a wsdl file or not
... roger: endpoint url is what you need
... frank: reason you need a name for the service is that uou can have more than one endoint for a service
... mike: would be nice to have someone own this corner of the document
... frank: we may be pushing back on wsd wg on some of these issues
... frank: not sure we understand the wsd proposal yet
... mike: there are things that wsa cares about that wsd may not
... mike: seeks use cases and suggestions
<Roger> We are certainly pushing back on the term "resource".
<scribe_cbf> daveo: think we may be duplicating efforts here
<mchampion> chris: we need to identify what needs
to be identified
... chris: one is clearly wsld:service, but we need to identify other things, like deployed service, and sort out which have which URIs
... chris: we may need to be able to identify SPECIFIC deployed services, having scenarios would help
<scribe_cbf> daveo: thinks that the discussion we
have just been having, is much like the discussions wsd has had
... dbooth: refering to @resource as refering to the identity of the larger service
... dbooth: perhaps a red herring
... dbooth: is indicating a relationship, may be multiple wsdl services
... dbooth: canonical example is printer
... dbooth: may be abstract printer that is implented by multiple printers
... dbooth: might not be a single thing, migt be another related by a different relationship
... dbooth: misleading as representing identity, but indicates a relationship
<mchampion> chris: sometimes we have a service with
one thing behind it, sometimes a service has multiple things behind
... Sometimes you have different aspects of one thing
<scribe_cbf> roger: can you hear me now? :)
... roger: this confuses me
... roger: something needs an identifier if someones going to use the identifier
... roger: seems to me that there are use cases that bind together the differnt interfaces that bind together the same thingy
... katia: seems to me that there are different levels of the things tha this refers to
... katia: the utility of an identifier for an abstraction also woul dbe related to differentiating this service from another
... katia: think about differentiating for discovery
... katia: comparison at more abstract level
... mike: at abstract view, all these differences matter
... mike: lets develop use cases and discuss what needs to be identified in which scenarios
... frank, katia, chris, others: very productive
... daveo: agrees but wishes we were making progress on the document
... adjourned
... I'm logging. I don't understand 'actions', scribe_cbf. Try /msg RRSAgent help
<Hao> quit


text: Hey Cal, just wanted to see if you've gotten to ride your Magic Carpet yet? I've not made up my mind to: 1) get rid of my 5'6"/6' Hanacrew Assym and get the Smorgasboard -OR- 2) keep the Hanacrew (for higher wind) get the Magic Carpet and get rid of the 7'8" directional. Any suggestions out there? Oh yeah, I weigh 210 and fly an X2 16 in 10-20 most of the time.

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Christopher Lee Kennedy spoke with me about School of the Future, on July 26, 2010, a collaborative experiment in unschooling that took place this summer at a park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They offered classes that ranged from guerrilla gardening and how to make your own biodiesel to a crash course in radical library sciences.
Chris Kennedy is the Director of the Institute for Applied Aesthetics an experimental school for research and learning in Brooklyn. Kennedy holds a degree in Environmental Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Masters of Arts in Education from New York University. His most recent projects have included Urban Epiphyte a participatory project exploring issues of psychogeography and ecology and Groups and Spaces, a research platform exploring the working models of independent art spaces and collaboratives. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Educational Psychology at University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Amara Antilla: How did School of the Future come about?
Chris Kennedy: For me School of the Future has its roots in my personal desire to create a platform for research on learning and applied aesthetics; social practices that have their roots in public space, people and social issues. Back in January, Cassie Thornton had been working on a project to activate vacant spaces that had emerged from the recent depression called Community Stimulus Package with an organization called TrustArt. TrustArt connected Cassie to the NYC Parks Department who let her select a park to do her project in a place called Sgt. Dougherty Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. All this developed as Cassie formed the Teaching Artist Union with other teaching artists from around NYC.
That fall I had just returned from a series of trips and residencies where I was exploring the inner workings of independent art spaces under the auspices of the Institute for Applied Aesthetics. I decided to take a studio next to Cassie's that November and on a cold night we decided to draft a contract. Not just any old contract, but a merger transaction that joined both of our organizations together – the Teaching Artist Union and the Institute for Applied Aesthetics. We sealed the contract with some glitter and red lipstick and from then on – we were one entity – the School of the Future.
After the merger, we began a collaborative process that we are both still negotiating; sometimes chaotic, sometimes beautiful, scary, crazy and many things in-between. Cassie had conceived of School of the Future as being a project of the Teaching Artist Union. A response to the challenges facing teaching artists in NYC. As such, the first inception of School of the Future – was an artist-run school for teaching artists.
We explored the notion of a school district for artist-run schools under the auspices of the Demonstration District (a demonstration school and school district combined) and other models ranging from skill shares to straight up Free Skools. Our journey landed us somewhere in the middle – with a somewhat more defined system that still remained open and yet allowed for a form to take shape. We dubbed the School of the Future an experiment in unschooling – an intergenerational free school housed in Sgt. Dougherty Park.
AA: How did you engage other artists in this process of creating an artist-run school?
CK: Once our system had been defined we proceeded to shape the programmatic aspects of the school by first asking artists, community members around the park and people in general – "What do you want to learn". From this a long list of learning deficits was generated. Our next step was to ask artists and community members to respond to these learning deficits by proposing an art project, a class, an experiment or moment. A calendar then emerged – one that is still morphing.
In the end we consider School of the Future an ongoing experiment in teaching and learning through art. The building of the school, is the school. A perpetual process – ever evolving, ever changing.
AA: Lets talk about learning deficits.
CK: The meaning of the clouds in the sky / Design science methodology / What is a 21st century education? / Basic Polish for morning greetings, hopping, restaurants, etc. / The history and methods of backpacking / Filmmaking / Anything they didn't teach me in high school / Web science / How to make terrariums / Grant writing / Sustainable Living / How to date a woman or man? / Greco-Roman wrestling / Africa / How to produce organic tea / How to sound proof my apartment/ Wonders of Jamaica Ave. / Sculpture, photography, metalwork / Creative writing, comparative literature, sociology, history, philosophy, languages / How to DO GOOD and live a comfortable lifestyle? / Welding, nailing, sawing/ How to write a book / Woodworking / Botany / How to be less awkward in public / How to be green and just without just changing my purchasing habits / How to convert a Diesel van to run on veggie oil / DJ / Live production/ Ableton Live / Logic Pro / Physics / How to make others happy / Start a revolution / How do I balance my life? / How to regain my historical perspective / How to start my own clothing line without doing any of the sewing / What sort of curriculum and how is it presented in the school of the future / Relativity / A lot of things / How to manage all the things I want to learn / Where to affordably dock my boat in New York City / How to become a 21st Century thinker, creator and entrepreneur / How to make it socially acceptable for me to make eye contact and smile at the person across from me on the subway / How to create community art / How to fall in love with the right people / How to paint, draw and sculpt masterpieces / Construction for the utilization of small spaces, furniture building, web design, canvas stretching, book making / Time management and organizing / Ukulele / How to empower my imagination / Who are the Americans? / What it means to be a woman, what it means to be a man / What is love now? / How to sing / How School of the Future and Free @rt Sch001 can collaborate / How to teach / How to not fall in love with the wrong people / How to play the accordion / Basic construction skills for people who would probably be bad at construction / How to restore old cars and make them look and drive bad ass / How to understand my role in gentrification and the future of my neighborhood / How to cut my own friend's hair / How to create and use electricity to remove myself from the ConEd grid! / Second Life's aesthetics / How to build community wireless networks / To listen to myself, how I love me and built my happiness, then help to others too / Screenprinting / I would like to learn to make a kiln out of salvaged urban material / How to sail / How to draw better / What and How you are creating your School of the Future / How to Reupholster furniture! / I want to learn how to make ads / How to use free photoediting programs such as GIMP, Photo Filtre to their full potential / Black and white digital photography / How to use in-camera and free photoediting programs to replicate darkroom work / Handball / How to make a master stetic salon for women / Webquest Entrepreneurship / Networking / Design in social media / How to love again / General theory of relativity re-hash / Woodworking / Harmonizing / How to fix my bike / Play the ukulele / Creating mobile applications / Cinematography / How to get my husband's work visa without paying a lawyer 5k / Cooking for special diets – gluten, kosher, vegan / How to building sustainable solidarity economies / How to turn a gender studies BA and a disparate set of skills into a job at a time when no one can find jobs / How to build Patrick Blanc-style vertical garden walls / Everything / How to make perfect french macaroons / How to make authentic ritual / How to be happy / Italian Realizing projects: how to get from idea stage to execution / How to be financially ethical, successful and responsible / How to build a green roof / How to be a better writer / Gardening, lectures, dance, photography / Portuguese / Culturally specific idiosyncrasies from all over the world / The meaning of life / Sustainable design history of Brooklyn / How to pickle things / The guitar / The lives of the saints / How to be who i am completely / How to farm heirloom carrots /Logic and logical arguments / How to build and make everything around me / Survival skills / Sustainability / Skills to succeed in the workforce / How to make a clock – mechanics and all / How I can start a school of the future in LA / Woodworking and metal working / How to play an instrument / How to help and contribute on a global level / How to think creatively / Crochet / Spanish / Myconology / LEED building / Welding / Organic gardening / Project management / Hair coloring / Sculpting / How to make wine / How to be a more capable gardener / How to sleep less / How to make really delicious Kombucha / How to speak better Spanish / How to be more self-disciplined / How to be more brave / As much as possible / Screenprinting / Connecting emerging ideas in Quantum Physics with everyday life / How to be happy / 21st century learning / World history of poetry / Building preservation and maintenance: from locks to boilers / Dog training / Tree knowledge / How to make a collaborative art piece / Urban gardening / Relief printing/ Surface rubbing / Recycled portable furniture / Yoga for back / Massage / Leather tanning / Arabic / The Cold War seems relevant even in today's politics. Why? / What does it take to remedy selfishness? / How can that state be maintained and perpetuated in all branches of life? / I want to know how other teachers are encouraging students to make their own decisions as a part of the learning process, and how successful they are. / Building a wind power turbine / Starting off in electronics from day one / I want to know how to work on my brakes, clean my chain, and generally make my bike ride like a Cadillac / I would like to learn the use of basic tools or building: sawing wood, hammering etc / Mold making of various prototypes, Plastic, metal, (Plus… if possible on how a plastic bag is created) / Myco-remediation (mushrooms eat oil spills) / Cartoon drawing / Cooking / How to make model airplanes / How to knit / How to play baseball with my son / How to relieve stress / I want some kids to school me on the court / In exchange for being a mother's helper, I'd like to work on my spanish If someone has a young kid learning to read, I'd love to work at their pace / How to fix my motorcycle / Queer history / How to mosaic / How to speak English / How to verbalize better / Quilting / Bike repair and maintenance / Building / Square dancing / Japanese / How people join into a new community / Logistics of reactivating public space / Serious economics: How to not be fucked by money / Fonts / Analysis of revisionist history / Bike trailers / Local dance moves / How to show up in a new neighborhood and make friends / How to deal with Post Partum depressions / Basketball / How to grill meat / How to make a tin can telephone that works / Monument making / Handball / Spanish / Hip-Hop dance / How the long term community feels about artists working on projects in their neighborhood / Filmmaking / Canning and picking vegetables / Native plants nutrition / DIY health / How to build things with what I already have / The art of conversation: telling jokes, stories, salutating / Writing stories / Confidence / About how other people live / Small arts and crafts / Other people's opinions and stories / Guitar / Reading / Discussion / Group lectures on theory, art, design, architecture, politics, philosophy / How do teaching artists approach community and place? Who are you here in this neighborhood?
AA: Where do you draw the line between education and entertainment?
CK: Sometimes I think its fun not to draw a line at all – but rather to play with the line. We are very much interested in the "performance of education" at School of the Future. I am the Head Librarian and Cassie is the Student Body Coordinator of School of the Future. We love playing with the roles and tropes of school with a make your own costume rack always available for anyone who wants to play along. By playing with these roles we can tap into memories of teachers, principals, bullies, sporting heroes and share our experiences and stories of what school was like and how it affected you as a person. Through this process we can create a collective narrative of what our school experience has been – what it means and where it should go.
I do object in many ways to the hyper commercialization of education – Microsoft sponsored classrooms, HP Cafeterias, Nestle vending machines etc. And the rampant reliance on technology to solve our educational problems. More computers, more networking and increased reliance on the internet is not going to provide any long-term solutions – but instead it will extend learning needs into new forms and realms. What we need is to invigorate a visceral connection to place – to our bodies – to people around us.
AA: Is the location of your project important? How did your 'school house as park' shape the nature of your program?
CK: School of the Future is in Sgt. Dougherty Park — a forgotten park on the ecological hell mouth situated next to a superfund site – and near the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.
One of the primary focuses for School of the Future is experimenting with a theory of situated learning – a concept pioneered by Jean Lave and Etienne Wegner in the 80s and early 90s. They posit a theory of learning through social processes governed by the immediate environment, the local history and shared repertoire of people in and around the area. School of the Future embraces situated learning as a vehicle for integrating the site into the project. Each artist and community member has been invited to respond to the site in some way.
This has taken the form of guerilla gardening tactics, a biking tour of Newtown Creek, an ongoing project called Re-Building the City and a Poetry in the Dark class in which the façade of the BQE (a massive highway on-ramp) has been transformed into a canvas for text and poetry via chalk. In this sense the location and site specificity of the park has defined the project in many ways.
Its isolation itself requires a kind of commitment from students and faculty that allows for more intimate exchanges and opportunities for play that extend well past the hour – hour and half limit given to most classes or projects of this nature. Sgt. Dougherty is seen also as a demonstration site for how to activate underutilized public spaces using the resources and collective knowledge of people in the local neighborhood.
AA: Can you talk about your experience working or learning within the higher education system?
CK: I have $91,670 dollars of student loan debt owed to Citibank Corporation. I receive a student loan statement in the mail, via email and as a text message each month to remind me. Often – I speak to a loan officer named Peggy who lives outside of Dallas-Ft. Worth. She has 2 kids and doesn't like her job. Sometimes we talk about the weather, sometimes popular culture.
Every third week of the month a kid from NYU calls me up and asks for an alumni donation. They also want to make sure they have my address even though they asked me one month ago and I told them I had no intention of moving. Rensselaer Polytechnic hasn't called me in a while but I receive offers for credit cards each month with the logo on the card – and maybe some kind of discount.
There is much value to the world of higher education and much to be desired. My own personal experience has not been a great one – but one I appreciate nonetheless. My hope is that in the future, Universities take time to work more on facilitating experiences with people outside of the campus world – to experiment with models of participation and engagement. Jon Rubin's Waffle Shop comes to mind; the Rural Studio at Auburn University; the Urban Landscape Lab at Columbia; City Lab at UCLA and others still are progressing this model to new realms.
AA: Does the current education system prepare people to be active, informed members of a global society?
CK: The University world seems to be embracing a design-thinking approach to community engagement. What I hope comes from this is a sense of autonomous and ever expanding ideation about how to think through problems – how to use creative methods to engage in these problems – and how to let students and teachers make mistakes and fail. Not to look for press or more funding, or research monies from NSF and foundations – but to authentically allow students to live and work with the mission of the school itself.
More than this – we need to use higher education as a vehicle for risks – for authentic experiences with groups of people, with other institutions. We need to build confidence in students – to take them away from computer screens and in put them in front of the people they live next to in their own neighborhood.
We should be teaching students how to live in the world – how to grow food, how to build houses, how to find water, how to care for our bodies. But instead we tend toward hyper specialization in the hopes that we can find an industry niche – a safe job so that maybe we can buy luxury goods at some point – have kids and feel secure.
I wish someone had left me with a simple task: Find the people you respect in your community. Be with them. Play with them. Find a way to be accountable to each other; to be a tribe. Together – be healthy and do what you love. And through this – find trust and security. Pursue this and you'll be just fine.


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Rheumatoid arthritis of the foot accounts for a significant portion of foot deformities. Multiple joints of the feet are affected such as the metatarsophalangeal joints, which are carrying most of the load from the body weight.
The forefoot is painful and stiff. On examination it is tender when the foot is squeezed across the foot (when "transverse" pressure is exerted). The hind foot can also be a cause of foot pain from arthritis and joint inflammation in the subtalar joint.
On top of this the tendon sheaths around the ankle area can also get inflamed ("ankle synovitis"), which leads to more foot pain, ankle pain and joint stiffness. With chronic rheumatoid arthritis eventually grotesque deformities of the forefoot and toes occur, which often require some surgical treatment and/or orthotic shoes. The diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis of the foot is based on a blood tests that is positive for rheumatoid factor as well as characteristic X-ray images as mentioned in the "rheumatoid arthritis" page.
A multidisciplinary team with a physician, surgeon, podiatrist, occupational therapist and physiotherapist will be the best approach to treat the patient. Calluses, corns, ingrowing toenails are usually taken care of by the podiatrist. Orthotic devices can take the pressure away from inflamed areas and help to make the gait healthier. These changes can lead to better tissue viability , joint mobility and improvements of circulation. Anti-inflammatories can help with joint inflammation and synovitis. A surgeon can help with foot deformities, but the least invasive procedure that will alleviate the patient's foot pain should be chosen (Ref. 1, p.23).
Alternative treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
Many of the anti-aging physicians in Ref. 8 point out that rheumatoid arthritis is not only an inflammation of the joints, but also a problem where toxic substances such as heavy metals have accumulated over a long period of time. Intravenous chelation therapy may have a place in removing toxic substances. In addition Ref. 8 points out that hormone rebalancing may be required (special blood tests are done by an anti-aging physician who is knowledgeable in bioidentical hormone replacement). Often there are hormone deficits associated with rheumatoid arthritis, such as hypothyroidism, but also lack of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone as well as human growth hormone (evidenced by low IGF-1 levels). Detailed investigations regarding this are required and specific hormone replacement with bio-identical hormones to remedy deficits. Often even chronic cases of rheumatoid arthritis will heal.
1. ABC of rheumatology, second edition, edited by Michael L. Snaith , M.D., BMJ Books, 1999. Chapter 5.
2. The Merck Manual, 7th edition, by M. H. Beers et al., Whitehouse Station, N.J., 1999. Chapter 270.
3. Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics: http://www.wheelessonline.com/
4. The Merck Manual, 7th edition, by M. H. Beers et al., Whitehouse Station, N.J., 1999. Chapter 60, p.487.
5. Goldman: Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 21st ed.(©2000)W.B.Saunders
6. Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, 2004 ed., Copyright © 2004 Mosby, Inc.
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8. Suzanne Somers: "Breakthrough" Eight Steps to Wellness– Life-altering Secrets from Today's Cutting-edge Doctors", Crown Publishers, 2008


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Students need more authenticity. More specifically, they need more examples of what authenticity looks like. Whether you like it or not, we now live in a time where it is so easy to hide behind whatever wall you want to put up. With Instagram, Facebook, Twitter we can put out whatever perception we want others to see rather than what is actually happening. I'm sure we all have done a series on it at some point in our ministries. Students are so wiling to only put up the best parts of life to give off the perception of a "perfect" life. If we are honest, as their ministers we tend to lead them in this don't we? Don't we do the same with our friends and followers and only put up the "wins" in ministry and life?
One of the best compliments I think a student can ever give a pastor is, "Whoa, you messed up too in your life and you are still going and loving God." Are we portraying a real life as well? Are we talking about our mess ups and hang ups when we teach? Are we showing our students how to be authentic in life and not hide behind the filters of social media to give off a false perception? Are we living a life that is authentic as we try ourselves to follow Jesus and realizing students are watching our every move and how we talk and how we react compared to what we are posting online or teaching in our sermons?
One of my favorite and true quotes I love is from Craig Groeschel who says, "Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time."
As pastors, one of the most effective ways to minister to people around you is just to be real.
Some steps I'm trying to be more authentic with:
- Being more aware of what I'm posting online. Not only good stuff, but real stuff.
- When I teach, I teach about my own mess ups. How human I am.
- I don't want to use social media as the main interaction with students and friends. Pick up the phone and have an interaction with them either by voice or set up a coffee hang.
- Nothing beats live interaction.
- Nothing beats being able to pray for someone that is right in front of you.
- Ask great questions and listen to the answers.
- Answer the questions you ask yourself, and be real with the answers. Be open, honest.
- In blog posts, don't just write what you think will get you hits, talk about your hurts and disappointments. Some of the best ministering comes out of your own pain.
- I laugh at myself. I do stupid things. When I don't myself too seriously and can laugh at me, others will laugh too and because of this, we can bond over it.
- I'm trying to focus on being on being interested over interesting. Instead of posting things that I know will get a ton of likes, I want to focus on others and ask them about them to get to know them better.
- Realize there is such a thing as over sharing.
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I enjoy reading the Bible on my iPhone. The ancient words seem to jump to life in a hip new technology. Moreover, the online Scriptures are easily accessible in a multitude of translations, from the King James Version to the Message.
On the same iPhone, I scan the latest headlines, follow sports scores, check my work and personal e-mail accounts, keep up with GetReligion comments, listen to Texas Rangers' baseball games, create my own music channels, make sure my bank account balance has not dropped below zero and text my teenagers to tell them to load the dishwasher. On a rare occasion, I even talk on my iPhone.
I am not, however, a disciple of Steve Jobs. At least I don't think I am. (Come to think of it, I am typing this post on my Mac laptop.)
It turns out, according to Texas A&M University researchers, that tech giant Apple can offer a religious-like experience. I chuckled when I first saw the story from ABC News:
Looking for a New Religion? Apple Gives Dose of the Divine
But then I started reading the story and realized: They may be serious.
Here's the top of the story:
Next time you're in need of a spiritual pick-me-up, maybe you should forego the traditional houses of worship and seek out the technophile's temple instead: the Apple Store.
According to two academics at Texas A & M University, Apple products aren't just consumer-friendly, sexy gadgets, but instruments of the divine.
"[Apple] could offer a religious-like experience. It could basically perform the same role in people's lives that being part of a religious community could, at one time," said Heidi Campbell, a communications professor who co-wrote an academic paper exploring the religious myths and metaphors surrounding the tech giant and its larger-than-life founder and CEO, Steve Jobs.
In "How the iPhone Became Divine," which was published in a new media journal earlier this summer, Campbell and her colleague Antonio La Pastina look at Apple customers as religious devotees.
"It's basically a study of religion and technology and how religious language and images got associated with the iPhone," said Campbell.
The story goes out of its way to draw religious parallels: Steve Jobs' black turtleneck and jeans as vestments. Apple as an icon. Microsoft as Satan.
To its credit, ABC makes a semi-serious attempt to "get religion" -- the religion of Apple, that is.
A bit more of the story:
Religions are distinguished by a faith in a transcendent force or divinity, a core set of beliefs, a community of those believers and a set of ritual practices. And all kinds of fan communities, such as those inspired by "Star Trek" or sports teams, can provide a religious-like experience, she said.
But Apple's story is particularly prone to religious imagery and language.
For example, the researchers point out that Apple's humble beginnings in Steve Jobs' garage parallel the lowly manger of Jesus' birth. Jobs' return to Apple in 1997, after leaving in 1985, mirror elements of Jesus' resurrection. "You have the hero myth of Jobs, who kind of ran the company into a negative place, and then he came back and saved it," she said. "It's been written about that he supposedly came to one of the early Christmas parties dressed as Jesus. ... It's kind of urban legend."
It was at this point of the story that I groaned. Please forgive my personal bias.
If indeed there are devotees to the Church of Apple -- real-live humans who look up to Steve Jobs as a godly figure -- then I think ABC erred by not interviewing some of the faithful.
The story notes:
Even the infamous pre-launch store lines support the Apple-as-a-kind-of-religion theory, she added. For some extremely zealous Apple fans, spending a night outside an Apple store waiting for the newest iPhone is as much a ritual as a pilgrimage might be for religious devotees.
To a certain extent, the researchers suggest, Apple customers buying into the divine story might be reaching for some kind of transcendence.
I'd love to know what theologians think of the researchers' claims. Is Apple indeed a unique religious experience in American culture? Or could the same kind of research be done -- and news stories written -- about any number of non-church worship centers with passionate flocks, from Starbucks to the Green Bay Packers?
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AIMWELL. Can he speak English, Landlord?
BONNIFACE. Very well, Sir, you may know him, as the saying is, to be a Foreigner by his Accent, and that's all.
AIMWELL. Then he has been in England before?
BONNIFACE. Never, Sir, but he's a Master of Languages, as the saying is, he talks Latin, it do's me good to hear him talk Latin.
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Being an entrepreneur means having motivation and inspiration to work. You will be your own boss and you will set the rules. What's best is that you will get an opportunity to earn money according to the effort you've made. But, the real question is how to become a successful entrepreneur. We have all heard some unsuccessful entrepreneurship stories and you definitely want to avoid a situation like that. In this article, we will highlight a few things that can help you achieve your goal.
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08 August 2010
Day 8 - Picture That Makes You Angry/Sad
This is a picture of a puppy mill and it makes me SOOOOO angry/sad!! For those of you that aren't aware, there are people who breed massive amounts of dogs with hopes to make a large profit. They house these dogs in tight quarters like the ones pictured above and it often causes the dogs to get really sick.
From Wikipedia:
"Due to the frequently poor breeding conditions in puppy mills, puppies bred there often suffer from health and/or social problems. Puppies raised in a cramped environment shared by many other dogs become poorly socialized to other dogs and to humans. Dogs are then transported over long distances in poor conditions, sometimes resulting in animal stress and death. As the surviving mill dogs grow older, they are more prone to developing respiratory ailments and pneumonia, as well as hereditary defects such as hip dysplasia.[2] In addition, mill dogs are more prone to have problems with their temperament. Puppies from mills are usually sold as purebred dogs in an attempt to attract the higher prices associated with purebreds. However, due to the indiscriminate breeding practices of puppy mills, the dog may not actually be a purebred puppy.[11] The vast majority of puppy mill animals are sold to pet stores by "dealers". Some puppies are sold by dealers masquerading as authentic breeders."
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The weather may not be co-operating for the start of summer but community events are taking place every weekend here in the islands.
A fantastic exhibition has opened in An Lanntair focusing on the hugely popular Katie Morag books. See page 13 for a picture spread.
The annual Stornoway Half Marathon, 10K and Fun Run took place last weekend and attracted hundreds of runners for all events with a large contingent coming from the mainland to take part. See page 41 and 44 for full details.
Also don't miss our really interesting feature on the Lewis links to Cunard - the company was in the news this week as major events were held in Liverpool to mark the 175th anniversary of its establishment. Read all about the island links to the company on page 8.
Find out all about a brand new workout class taking off in the islands on page 28 - Highland dance teacher Sharon Mackinnon has started classes locally which are proving very popular.
Next week it's the Lewis local Mod and we will have full coverage in the next issue.
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Editor's Note from Susan Richman: It's always great to hear about homeschoolers getting involved in positive and creative activities, especially when they are working as a small team to meet a goal. I hope the following press release encourages your family to look into some unique ways to use your children's strengths and interests. Our warmest congratulations to Zachary and Mitch Blank, and to Elijah and Jude VanHanxleden-- sounds like they've really found a wonderful activity that they love, and that they are enjoying spreading a positive message to others through their unique video productions.
LITITZ, Pa., January 19, 2012 – What's the risk of not saving money? Zachary Blank and a few friends provided the answer in a video that won Susquehanna Bank's Lights, Camera, Save! contest for teens, and their effort is now competing as a finalist in the national contest.
Zach's video "Saving Matters" was honored as part of the Lights, Camera, Save! video contest organized by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation. It is featured on Susquehanna Bank's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/SusquehannaBank. In the contest, students age 13 to 18 submitted 90-second videos about the importance of saving money.
"Saving Matters" shows a boy considering buying a toy tractor, until he imagines what his future may hold if he doesn't learn to save money as well. Sixteen-year-old Zach made the video with his brother Mitch, as well as Elijah and Jude VanHanxleden.
Together, they formed Zebrafilm Studios, and they've been making videos regularly since the middle of 2011. Their videos can be seen at www.youtube.com/zebrafilmstudios.
"We usually like to plan out some absurd storyline, shoot it together, and then relax and edit it afterwards. Once we're done, we put it up on our website, Youtube, and Facebook," Zach said. "We believe that videos can be funny, entertaining, and clever without being crude, inappropriate, or violent."
Susquehanna Bank's judges selected "Saving Matters" as the Grand Prize winner in its contest and forwarded it to the ABA Education Foundation. There, it was selected as one of 12 finalists out of submissions by 175 banks that are participating in the national Lights, Camera, Save! video contest. National winners will be announced in March 2012.
"Zach's video uses humor to make a serious point: if you don't start saving for the future now, there could be consequences," said Steve Trapnell, Susquehanna Bank's Corporate Communications Manager. "This video can help to educate children and teens about financial issues so they can become better consumers, savers and investors."
Zach and Mitch Blank live in Lancaster, and Elijah and Jude VanHanxleden live in Manheim. All are homeschooled students.
Susquehanna Bank operates 240 branches in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., a financial services holding company with assets of approximately $15 billion. Through Susquehanna Wealth Management, the company also offers investment, fiduciary, brokerage, insurance, retirement planning, and private banking services. Susquehanna also operates an insurance brokerage and employee benefits company, a commercialfinance company and a vehicle leasing company. For more information, pleasevisit www.susquehanna.net.
The Lights, Camera, Save! video contest is one of several components of the ABA Education Foundation's Teach Children to Save program, a national campaign that organizes banker volunteers to educate young people about the importance of developing a lifelong savings habit. Since 1997, the campaign has reached more than 4 million young people with the help of some 100,000 banker volunteers, an annual awareness day --Teach Children to Save Day -- and the Teach Children to Save Web site:www.teachchildrentosave.com.
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Despite a brave late run Sheffield Sharks' shooters went cold when it mattered most as they went down on Friday night at home against Cheshire Phoenix.
Sharks had been held scoreless during the opening three minutes of the fourth quarter as Cheshire overturned a four point deficit to lead 83-73.
However, Sheffield rallied superbly with point guard Jerrold Brooks sparking a 16-7 run which pulled Sharks back within one at 90-89.
Captain Mike Tuck missed with a three-point shot, which would have given Sharks the lead, and Phoenix were able to finish the match with a 7-0 burst as Mike Cook and Brooks also failed to connect from long range.
Sheffield, who lost on the opening night of the season against Newcastle Eagles, have now been defeated in their first two matches of the campaign.
New signing TJ Robinson made his debut for the Sharks and contributed well to a first quarter, which saw his new club establish a 27-15 lead after 10 minutes.
Phoenix levelled at 31-31 midway through the second quarter but Sharks were still in the ascendency at half time with the impressive Brooks' two making it 47-43.
Sharks controlled the third quarter and led 73-66 with just over a minute to play before Cheshire trimmed the gap to 73-69 heading into the final period.
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An attractively designed coupé, specially developed for the younger driver was presented to the public at the 1964 World Exhibition in New York. It delighted the visitors. On its first day in the showroom, the 8000 models available were completely sold out and a further 22000 orders were taken. The initial classic hardtop and convertible were followed in 1965 by the 2+2 Fastback. All were offered with a variety of engines, including a 289 cubic inch (4.7 litre) eight-cylinder with up to 275 bhp. The maximum speed of this long, tapered Fastback 2+2 Mustang was around 189 km/h (117 mph). It accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 9.0 seconds.
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I finally got a chance to see it! I wasn't surprised when I saw that there was another Pirates of the Caribbean, especially after the way the last one ended, and the fact that there was a stinger at the end of the movie (not always a definite indication of a sequel, but a pretty good one.)
As a short summary and with few to no spoilers, this movie follows Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as he, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Black Beard (Ian McShane), Anjelica (Penelope Cruz), and the Spanish Prince discover the existence of the fountain of youth. There's more pirates, but also zombies and mermaids!!!
I enjoyed the fourth installment, perhaps even more than the third, that just got too weird for me. I LOVED the mermaids, so pretty, but so deadly. I didn't care much for the zombies, there didn't seem to be a reason for them to be zombies and not just regular men. I actually enjoyed whatever tensions was going on between Jack and Angelica, and I thought the little romance between the young man and mermaid was cute, but unfinished, frankly ignored at the end. The effects were fantastic. The music was spectacular as always, Mr. Zimmer. And the costumes and makeup were inspired. A good addition to the series.
Plus, don't forget to stay tuned after the credits because, you guessed it! There is another stinger!
I also thought I would add a link to the website Media Stinger. If you are one of those people who loves to see the stinger, but never knows what movies even have one, then this is the site for you. I bookmarked the website in my phone and every time I go to the theater to see a movie, I open the website to check whether or not I need to stay through the credits or not.
Monday, November 14, 2011
"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" Movie Review
Written by AubrieAnne at 1:14 AM
Labels: Movies
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I guess this answers my previous question. :PReplyDelete
I wanted to fall in love with a mermaid.
Just wanted to stop by and tell you thanks for linking up with the "Fashion & Friends" Weekend Blog Hop. Happy Monday!!ReplyDelete
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Matt...The mermaids were all gorgeous! I didn't think there were that many beautiful people in this world to play those parts. lolReplyDelete
Katie...No problem. I actually checked out a lot of the blogs that linked up!
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Stupid, stupid Libfucko nobrain. Trump, on tape, said that YOU COULD grab them by the punanni, not that HE DID. See the difference, punk? He said that you COULD, and he didn't mention ANY names, so what did he bra about, loser? Oh wait, nobrain is that fucking stupid, he wants to convict Trump of sexual assault by what he SAID could be done, with no victims.nolaxride wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:44 pmDo you need a pic when the president openly bragged about it?DallasDimeBags wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:41 pmMaybe they do't have a picture of it Trump doing it like the ones accusing Franken do?Toshi wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:22 pmMy question is, where are all those "Trump accusers" that crawled out of the trailer park before the elections? I mean, if it was really detrimental to them, why did they disappear the moment he won?
If these women were abused by DJT, where are they? Come forward, and if there is sufficient credible evidence against him, press charges.
What happened to believing women when they speak out against powerful male accusers? On Thursday, evidence broke of a 2006 incident in which Democrat Al Franken groped and forcibly kissed TV and radio personality Leeaan Tweeden. Photographic proof backs up her claim.
Yet, MSNBC's Kasie Hunt described the now-Senator's predatory behavior this way: "[Franken] took a picture, which his office now says was of a joke, that showed him potentially — not actually groping — but mock-groping her while she was asleep."
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"I would hire back 80 percent of my great team
of dedicated public servants..."
of dedicated public servants..."
On p. 144 of GR, Sarah has been discussing the early days of her gubernatorial administration. She makes the following observations: "I remembered reading a survey once that said most CEOs, if they had to do things over again, would hire back only 20 percent of their original staff. For me it was the opposite: I would hire back 80 percent of my great team of dedicated public servants, including my office administrative staff.
"But the 20 percent on which I'd ask for a 'do-over,' well, they were doozies."
We observe in this brief passage the Governor's perfect balance: She manifests realistic humility, and also demonstrates, without boasting, her ability to judge character.
She concedes that not all of her hires were suitable (20%). On the other hand, 80% of them she would bring back.
Let us contemplate the implications of this passage if she decides, God willing, to seek the White House for 2016, and wins.
She will have TWO marvelous founts and sources upon which to draw for the bringing of real public servants into the executive branch of the Federal Government, into the Palin White House (wow, it feels good to say, or type, that: "Palin White House" :-) !!)
First of all, there are those 80% of tested, trusted, true, and loyal staffers.
Second, there is the wisdom and discretion that she has gained and won from her Alaskan gubernatorial experience with the other 20%. The Governor is very good, but not infallible, in her work. She is humble enough to learn from her past mistakes with personnel.
What follows is mere speculation, but I suspect that her ratio of genuine public servants versus "doozies," as she calls them, would change from the 80-20 proportion of Juneau days to something like 95-5 in her Washington days.
All things serve the Lord's Purposes, willy-nilly. Even the 20% of unsuitable people from her days as Governor served to hone and sharpen her Art of Discrimination in the judging of character.
When barack hussein obama came to Washington, he certainly did not come alone. No, he dragged in his woeful wake a whole crowd of the worst sort of people: An anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Western, anti-military-virtues mob of 60s-type radicals and wreckers and destroyers.
So too I believe that the Governor, if, by the Merciful Dispositions and Plan of Heaven, she comes to Washington to take that ancient Presidential Oath of Office and to SERVE as OUR President, will bring with her …
… hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of the best minds, the best spirits, the bravest and finest men and women in our nation to serve in Government:
Principled, fearless, patriotic, and devoted to Sarah, devoted to America, devoted to SarahAmerica!!
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"Marketing Real Estate One Relationship at a Time"
I market real estate. I'm professional, knowledgeable and I love it!
I have found that there is a strong relationship between people, their home and their memories, hopes and dreams. A home for a seller represents memories of the past…for a buyer, hopes and dreams of the future.
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Humanist Bridge pack made by J. Müller & Cie & Cie (Schaffhouse), originally named Troubador. The pack was designed by Josef Maria Melchior Annen (1868-1954) who also designed several other packs for Müller & Cie.


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|Home > Training > Training Jilly > Contacts
Jilly's contact training started with a wobble board and balancing
exercises. She was just a little puppy when we started and as she grew
up she became more and more confident on moving surfaces and her balance
improved so that she had lots of confidence when it came to start training
on a full sized dog walk and on a see-saw.
We used all sorts of things for balancing, a gym ball, a "peanut" which is a peanut shaped gym ball, children's stools a skateboard and anything else that was handy.
At around five months Jilly was led up a see-saw with someone holding the end and lowering it so that there was no bump. This progressed to running to the end of the see-saw but we only did this very occasionally. She wasn't allowed to tackle the see-saw by herself until she was over 12 months old. At this age it was a very gradual introduction to the bump as the see-saw goes down. It was allowed to drop just a few inches at first.
For the dog walk I began her training with a little puppy sized version which she loved. Later we we moved on to a half sized dog walk and at around 13 months she did the full sized version. By this time she had good balance and no fear.
I started training her using "Go stop," which means go to the end of the ramp and stop. Once she was on the down ramp I tell her to, "Go stop," and rewarded her for stopping on the contact point. Later on though I found it wasn't enough to proof the contacts and we had to change the way we trained slightly.
Here's a video of Jilly on the dog walk. It was only the second time she's ever done it at full height and she did very well. Most people like to have the dog standing in the two on two off position but Jilly always sits. It's seems to be the most comfortable for her and so I haven't insisted that she remains standing.
Later on I needed to proof the contacts as Jilly wasn't fully understanding the stop position at the end of the ramp. We started in classes on some stairs by getting the position with Jilly going down to the bottom step and stopping with her front feet on a mat. I threw titbits onto the mat. I sat on the stairs beside her to make sure that she stopped. We continued at home on a plank in the garden and then on the lowered ramp of the half sized dog walk. I changed the command to a simple, "Walk on" at the beginning of the dog walk and see-saw. The idea is to throw titbits to the dog when they stop in the right position. Unfortunately I throw like a girl and so the titbits are placed at the bottom of the ramp. Here we are training at home on the lowered ramp. As yet we haven't trained the stop on the A-frame.
And here's Jilly training on the half sized dog walk and see-saw.
Just a note. I didn't teach the dog walk as the first piece of contact equipment as I wanted Jilly to understand that a ramp can move and to learn how to balance. Although puppies can't do a full sized see-saw or take any bang they can play on a wobble board and go on a plank that tips a bit. Jilly was been carefully led up a full sized see-saw with someone holding the end and gently lowering it. Dogs need to feel safe and if they've been taught to balance on something that moves they'll be much more confident on the see-saw.
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We've all heard the advice at one time or another:
Play hard to get and he'll come around and finally make a commitment.
Back when I was single, I heard it too - a lot.
And while it made sense on one level – if he has to chase you he'll be more likely to want to – on another level, it seemed so fake, dishonest, even manipulative. It just felt like a misrepresentation of the real, authentic person I was working on becoming, both with myself and everyone else.
But since this advice is still among the most popular advice given in one form or another, I wanted to address it here.
What I've come to realize is that while playing hard to get is the last thing you should do if you are looking for a real, authentic, honest relationship (which we know you are), being hard to get is a whole other thing.
And that's exactly what you do want to be.
Genuinely. Honestly. Authentically. Irresistibly. Hard to get.
Because if you can just see yourself the way you really are, with all that you have to offer someone who is truly deserving of you, there would be no question that you aren't going to drop everything and suddenly become available to just any guy who happens to look good in a tight t-shirt.
Be Hard To Get
You know that you have every right to be picky about the right things, every right to make sure he measures up to your high standards before you even consider making a commitment to him.
You have every right to keep living your own life – keeping your options open – until he gives you a clear rock-solid reason to do otherwise.
You know that you deserve to be called with enough advance notice that shows you're more than just an afterthought when he's got nothing better to do. You continue to make your own plans and keep them even if it means saying "no" to him if he called too late.
You know that if he doesn't call (or text, email, etc.), it's not anything to blame yourself for. It just means it wasn't meant to be right now and he isn't the guy for you at this point in time.
You don't beat yourself up about it, because you know it's his loss.
You know that your happiness doesn't depend on him choosing you. You have already chosen yourself.
You know that your worth doesn't depend on him choosing you. You already know you have worth just because you're you!
You know that you have nothing to prove, nothing to lose, and nothing to live up to. This is simply about getting to know someone better to see if you are compatible, enjoy being with each other, share the same values and are looking for similar things in life.
You know that it takes two people on the same page who want the same thing to make a relationship work, and you would never blame yourself or take more than your share of responsibility for the relationship if it didn't work out the way you wanted it to.
You Are Priceless
Because you, my beautiful friend, deserve nothing less than someone who genuinely wants to get to know you better and treats you like the confident, beautiful, priceless woman that you truly are.
This isn't about making someone love you.
This isn't about being the perfect girlfriend or perfect potential wife, or whatever else you see yourself as being to this man that hasn't given you any reason to commit to him any more than he's committing to you.
This is about two people getting to know each other better on this adventure we call life. That's it.
Don't take it any more seriously than this. Enjoy, have fun, live in the moment, and most of all, remember that this is about you living your life and raising the bar on how you choose to be treated!
You truly are all that...and yes, you are hard to get!


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The Acorn Centre at Inverurie's West Church played host to talented group of youngsters from Israel as part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
The Kiryat Ono Youth Concert Band played a concert on Monday night (July 27), with a programme featuring pieces such as "Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide Overture', 'Folk Dances' by Dmitri Shostakovich, and included 'The Wee MacGregor – Highland Patrol' as a nod to their host country.
The talented youngsters hail from Kiryat Ono, a small town of around 30,000 which is six miles from Tel Aviv. The youngsters study wind instruments, strings, percussion, piano and singing, and, along with the Youth Concert band, perform with a string ensemble, three wind bands, a big band, brass band, and a woodwind ensemble.
They partake in a wide and varied repertoire featuring classical music, band music and traditional Israeli music. They have performed all over the world, and have visited Great Britain on previous occasions. The concert was conducted by Musical Director Guy Feder, and Directed by Miri Snir.
As part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Stord Ungsdomskor from Norway, will perform traditional Norwegian folk music at Peterculter Parish Church tonight, Thursday, July 30, at 7.30pm.
The Aberdeen International Youth Festival runs until Saturday, August 1, and has featured more than 80 performances in over 50 venues over nine days.


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Leadership and Governance
The Governing Board is the peak governing body of APIC.
Dr Jim Taggart OAM was appointed Chair from 25 April 2016, continuing a distinguished business, education and community service career.
President and Principal Executive Officer
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Dr Scott Dickson was appointed President and Principal Executive Officer from 12 February 2018.
Governing Board
The governing authority of APIC, the Board directs the development of strategy and policy, and manages risk, and is informed by a number of standing committees.
The peak forum in APIC for for academic debate, discourse and governance. Academic Board is a standing committee of the Governing Board, and is responsible for maintaining academic integrity, standards and values.
Executing APIC's strategy through implementing its Academic Management Plan, Risk Management Plan and functional plans is the responsibility of the President working with the Dean, the Registrar, the Director of Accreditation, Compliance and Quality Assurance, and the Deputy Deans.
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CANNES 2001: Scant U.S. Projects for Sale; Howard and Kollek Prepare, Sort Of, for Distributors' First Peeks
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Pictured yesterday at the American Pavilion, actress Debra Winger (left) with director Arliss Howard.
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"One of the things that Jim Jarmusch told me," says actor-turned-director Arliss Howard, "is that you can do more business in 8 or 9 days in Cannes than you can do in a year, because everybody's there." "So that's certainly a chief reason that we're going," continues Howard, whose directorial debut "Big Bad Love" will have its world premiere in the 33rd Directors Fortnight (Quinzaine des Realisateurs) sidebar in Cannes tomorrow.
Howard's "Big Bad Love" is one of the few American premieres screening in Cannes that does not have U.S. distribution in place. There's also David Lynch's Competition film "Mulholland Drive," Abel Ferrara's Un Certain Regard opener "R-Xmas," and Amos Kollek's Directors Fortnight closer, "Queenie in Love." And the fact that no completed films from the UK or Australia are a part of this year's official program makes these films' unveiling all the more important for acquisition execs on the look out for North American-friendly product. (Christine Jeffs' New Zealand entry "Rain," screening in the Fortnight on Monday, generated major buzz going into the festival, no doubt because it is one of only five available English language titles.) No pressure, right?
"It never seemed like something that I could imagine doing and being happy about doing," Howard told indieWIRE of his impending Cannes experience. The actor has never been to the festival, though he starred in Bob Rafelson's "Wet," a 1994 Cannes entry, and appeared in such notable non-Cannes titles as Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers." He hasn't been to many film festivals, he says. And he's not exactly revved up. "And not for any particular reason," he explains, "aside from the amount of people per square inch; I come from wide open spaces, so I never thought [Cannes] would be appealing."
This lackadaisical attitude has worked to the film's advantage, according to Howard. "[Selling] has not been our main focus, and so, paradoxically, it's caused a great deal of interest. Some things are already pending," he says. "We've been fine to go in by ourselves." Though the production has not hired any big name producer's rep or sales agency to broker any distribution deal, apparently William Morris' Cassian Elwes will handle the technicalities of any negotiations.
The film does have, however, the industry cache of its producer, actress Debra Winger, who also acts in the film alongside her husband (Howard plays Leon Barlow, a frustrated writer and Vietnam vet living in Mississippi; Winger portrays the ex-wife). Based on the acclaimed short story collection by Larry Brown, "Big Bad Love" is a labor of love for the husband-and-wife filmmaking team. It brought Winger out of film acting retirement (ever since a bad experience on a 1995 film shoot in Ireland) and provided Howard a means to launch his directing career.
As far as landing domestic distribution, Howard isn't daunted by the process. After negotiating music rights to some 30 songs that appear in the film, he says, "however intriguing it might get, I don't think we'd blink. Because once you've gone into the music business, you have entered into one of the most fascinating, labyrinthine creations in America. It makes the movie business look like choir practice."
But compared to fellow Quinzaine director Amos Kollek, Howard and Winger are junior flute players amidst the massive orchestra of Cannes' international business community. Kollek, represented this year with "Queenie in Love," premiered his last film "Fast Food, Fast Woman" in the highly esteemed Cannes competition section last year. And though the Israeli-born filmmaker remains largely unknown in his current home of the U.S.A., he and his muse, Anna Thompson, are popular names in France and Germany. (His 1997 film "Sue" also garnered a couple prizes at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.)
"I would say that I am not sure of a country where I would be more comfortable," Kollek told indieWIRE about his latest trip to France. "I'm not anticipating a great success or anything, but France is good for this, Cannes is good for this; the rest is up to whomever."
In fact, "Queenie in Love," the story of a young and wacky New York woman (Valerie Geffner, not Anna Thompson), was completely financed by French television company Marathon and already has French distribution through Pyramide. "Fast Food, Fast Women" was funded by sources in France — as well as Germany and Italy — and was acquired for U.S. distribution by Lot 47. That film will open in New York and Los Angeles next week stateside, and as a recent New York Times profile of Kollek posited, "will then be released nationwide, potentially the most exposure any Kollek movie has received in this country" — which may be Kollek's ultimate goal. After all, he's been making movies in the Big Apple since 1985's "Goodbye, New York." He should be able to see them here.
"I am very interested in breaking into the American market, because it's a market that I haven't substantially broken into," he says. "Cannes is a good place to get that, but again," he continues with a familiar stoicism, "whatever happens, happens."
Both "Fast Food" and "Queenie" represent a shift in tone — and perhaps marketability — for the 53-year-old director. Previous films like "Fiona" and "Sue" are dark, edgy tales of loneliness and urban alienation; the newest two can best be described as light-hearted comedies. Describing "Queenie," Kollek says, "It's a crazier comedy. 'Fast Food' is a bit tamer. This is wackier." Kollek has also just finished production on a third movie, tentatively titled "Beirut," which stars Thompson, and sounds as if it's closer to film noir than wacky comedy.
With three movies in various stages (the release of "Fast, Food," the delivery and premiere of "Queenie," and the post-production of "Beirut"), Kollek may simply be too busy to focus on the distribution and marketing issues surrounding the world premiere of "Queenie in Love." "That's not to say that it's not important to me," he explains, "but I talked to those people [Marathon, who will be selling the film] and they seem to have their ideas. What am I going to do? Fly to France and try to become involved? It's not so much in my nature. I'm much more interested in the creative side than the business side."
And creatively, what else is more thrilling than sharing your work with an audience for the first time? Speaking like a true veteran, Kollek describes his feelings: "All the bullshit clichés: I hope people enjoy it, I hope people think it's funny, I hope people buy it."
Arliss Howard is a bit more forthright with his thoughts: "I'd be lying if I said I don't care what people think, that I won't sit there with my heart in my throat, or I wouldn't be upset if people walked out, or I wouldn't be thrilled if people applauded," he says, "but I just don't think about that stuff."
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Scott Heinlein, P.T., spoke with the 2014 coaches of Hickory Soccer regarding Injury Prevention and Proper Warm-up/ Training for youth soccer players involved in the Hickory Soccer Program. The presentation was well-received, and the Hickory Soccer Program has taken steps to implement the information presented to reduce injury risk to young soccer players. Emphasis was on information from the large-scale study performed by FIFA developing an injury prevention program (FIFA 11+).
Brett Clark, P.T., and Marci Benda, M.P.T., have worked with the marathon and half-marathon training groups who are training for the Baltimore Running Festival. They help Charm City Run in providing guidance, information, and injury assessment and prevention to the runners who are training for the marathon.
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