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For Sheffield Wednesday fans, the 31st January 2006 merely confirmed what they had already known – this was to be a difficult year. The Owls had a game at home in the Championship against Luton Town, and went into the match in 20th position, a year of financial turmoil and insecurity adding bleak prospectus to what was already an intense battle for survival.
There was little reward for many of the 23,965 spectators who had made their way through the Sheffield suburb of Owlerton to Hillsborough Stadium; a more than decent effort on a cold, post-Christmas Tuesday night. Luton, who arrived in the comfortable position of 8th, killed the game off in the space of 4 second half minutes, Kevin Nicholls converting a penalty in the 52nd minute before Rowan Vine completed the scoring 4 minutes later. The bleak got bleaker.
Not all Wednesday fans were left to ruminate on the situation; there were four missing from the stands that night who might otherwise have attended. While Wednesday were able to avoid relegation that season - marking 2006 as relatively successful - for Andy Nicholson, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Alex Turner, that year's success was anything but relative. Just a day before that 2-0 defeat to Luton Town, these four Owl fans had the fastest selling debut album in British history.
Thus goes the legend of the Arctic Monkeys; four young, working class, High Green lads who seemingly picked up a guitar, played their first chord, and found themselves international superstars. This is not the case, or at least not wholly the case, you see this omits one huge contributing factor to their success – the internet. The explosion of the Arctic Monkeys may have caught the industry off guard, but those in the Sheffield music scene were all too aware of the hype building around them. Playing around the various pubs and clubs of the steel city and the surrounding area, they began to build up a small, fiercely loyal and most importantly technologically connected fan base.
Arctic Monkeys gave out free CD's of their hastily recorded demo's at one gig and then, to their surprise, found them being sung back at them at the next. The mid 2000 boom - before almost complete bust - of Myspace meant that the Arctic Monkeys stumbled upon a rapid and directly targeted means of marketing almost entirely by accident (and years before the majority of labels). Fans of the band would post the demoed songs on their own Myspace accounts and share with their friends, collaborating together to transcribe the lyrics. Meanwhile local online music blogs would write reviews and recommendations based on seeing them live, giving them credibility from trusted sources.
It is not entirely surprising that the music industry would be late in recognising the potential of the viral market. One can only imagine the mental turmoil occurring inside a label manager's head when discovering that giving their product away for free, while spending virtually nothing on promotion, could actually go on to make more money than the old model. One can't help but think of HAL from 2001: A Space Odyessy being destroyed by its own logic.
If Turner and Co found themselves in the eye of the perfect storm, it wasn't one they actively chased, "It dawned on [us] that there are no leaders in all this or no plan or scheme, other than what's unfolding", The early version of their own website announced. It's a statement typical of the early nonchalance that categorised the band. Their early mumbled interviews spoke of an almost genetic distaste for the public relations side of being in the band, a burning desire to just let the music speak for itself.
I began by talking about Sheffield Wednesday, not simply as a mood setter – nor to alienate any United fans who may be reading- but to show that there is a real, tangible link between the development of Arctic Monkeys as a band and football as a whole; thanks in no small part to the rise of the internet. While one of the main draws of Whatever People Say I am That's What I'm Not (the aforementioned, record breaking debut album) is in it's kitchen-sink style lyrical depiction of modern 20-something British life - it is also a strong rebuttal of an archaic and materialistic music industry. The song Perhaps Vampires is a bit strong but... attacks those big label figures who pretend to support the growth of a band, yet only want to leech off their success.
The internet allowed Arctic Monkeys to remain autonomous and in charge of their own development. They had already acquired a dedicated fan base (or "developed a brand", as some suited A&R man would have informed them) by the time record companies were interested in them, allowing them to forgoe the big labels and sign with independent outfit Domino instead, giving them full creative control. Perhaps more crucially, the internet provided a platform for their fans, allowing them to feel directly involved in their success and not as targeted consumers of cynically constructed pre-packaged pop. A band for the people and by the people.
In much the same way, the ways in which we now and watch and discuss football have offered the same feeling to a disenfranchised fanship. The now global ubiquity of streams, vines, podcasts and fan run blogs, allow the modern football fan an alternative route to the sport, rather than what is forced down their throat by the likes of Sky or BT. Whereas before the only two ways to enjoy football was through wildly inflating match tickets or ever increasing subscription fees, this provides a new way of consuming the sport (and even an opportunity to stick two fingers up to the money men). Not quite pirate radio but close enough.
The growth of the internet blog provided ordinary fans direct influence. Myspace pages and music blogs of the mid 2000's allowed fans to spread the word on the emerging scene of British indie, formed in the post-Britpop vacuum. Bands like The Libertines, Reverend and the Makers and Kasabian took the aggression and energy of American Garage bands such as The Strokes and infused it with lyrics full of the uniquely mundane, working class sensibilities that became so fascinating in the music of The Jam and The Smiths. This came as a particular relief following the popularity of boy bands and girl groups, the rise of the talent show and the never ending line of those willing to jump on the Britpop bandwagon. The fans were able to propel those who they saw as authentic, who the music industry would have perhaps otherwise ignored, into the mainstream.
In the same way, football blogs have changed the focus on the way the sport is discussed. Just take a look at the popularity online of areas of football that the average football fan would, at one time, be unable to connect with. There is an overflow of sites dedicated to in-depth tactical and statistical analysis of matches; Michael Cox's Zonal Marking set the benchmark with close to 3 million hits a month, while Swiss Ramble, a blog dedicated to the financial side of football, has over 66 thousand followers on Twitter.
Football fans now expect a higher level of punditry. No longer is it acceptable to tune into Match of the Day and hear Mark Lawrenson tell us that pace is a good trait in a striker, or that goals win games. Tell us how having pace upfront changes a team's approach or the opposition's defensive gameplan. Tell us why these goals are scored.
This is not to say that the conversations the internet facilitates are always positive. As the Arctic Monkeys developed, their change to the experimental style of their 3rd album Humbug brought criticism from the very same fans who had once driven their success. Traditionalists bemoaned the switch of emphasis from lager swigging, power chord bashing and girl chasing to a more nuanced sound; complete with echoed guitars, ponderous, opaque lyrics and trippy song arrangements. The band moved to, recorded in, and were influenced by America. Indeed the term American was soon attached to them as a derogatory label - an insult synonymous in British culture with disappearing up ones own arse.
Arctic Monkeys took a trip to the Mojave Desert to record Humbug and follow up album Suck it and See with Queens of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme producing. Some fans worried that this stripped all that was British – and thus all that was good from the band. Lost was the frenzied energy of the early gigs, the boyish insecurity, replaced instead by a try hard, faux cool persona. Alex Turner - the lead singer - soon adopted permanent sunglasses, regardless of venue. A move notoriously difficult in protecting humility, and all too fraught with the danger of going full Bono.
Gone too were the lyrics that first spoke to a lost generation; full of culturally specific references leading many early non British fans rushing to Google to explain a Mardy Bum or Hunter's Bar. Every YouTube video was soon scrutinised and compared with interviews of the past for any hint of a waver in Alex's Yorkshire droll, as if the change in temperament would flavour the very words he spoke. To see if he had now become the very figure he used to mock in songs like Fake Tales of San Francisco (Yeah I'd like to tell you all my problem/you're not from New York City you're from Rotherham).
In much the same way, this new age way of viewing football was not welcomed by everyone. Many fans rejected the number driven aspect of soccer, the Moneyball monopoly of the transfer market. That was all well and good for the Yanks and their baseball, but it had no place in the emotional, passion driven, world of football. No stats please, we're British.
Some observers worried if the change in emphasis was not stripping British football of its own unique elements. Removing the intensity, the graft, the hard tackles from the judgement of a player for cold inflexible stats such as chance conversion rate and interceptions per game. Old school managers like Harry Redknapp and Alan Curbishley were overlooked, while young upstart laptop managers like Andre Villas-Boas were given top English jobs.
A certain subtract of fans of both Arctic Monkeys and of British football found themselves sharing a sense of abandonment. That the traditional fan who made them what they were, are now being ignored for the glitz and glamour of foreign attractions.
Others saw the importance of moving forward. Without a change in style or direction, would Arctic Monkeys have fallen to the wayside like so many indie bands of their time? (whatever happened to The Pigeon Detectives or The Fratellis anyway?). Instead they have a number 1 record in America, millions in record sales, and played at the Olympic Opening Ceremony for London 2012. Likewise, many England fans point to the disappointment of the national team and wonder if this is partly due to a reluctance to revolutionise how we think about football on a fundamental level- the exact process current World Cup champions Germany undertook in 2000.
The internet is just a framework for these considerations. The platform it provides is revolutionary, but the discussion it facilitates is not. Bands have always been accused of selling out. For some fans they are like a used car, as soon as that first album leaves the lot their value immediately plummets.
Football too, has always been scared of change. Johnathon Wilson in his book Inverting the Pyramid points out how the English were appalled at the prospect of introducing a law preventing hands being used to carry the ball when drafting the first set of rules for the game. And while goaline technology is now in use in the Premier League, football as a whole still lags far behind other sports in it's adoption and use of available technology.
Maybe the Arctic Monkeys have sold their musical soul to break America. Maybe British football has lost the elements that once made it so attractive. The internet is important in allowing us to discuss such things, but it can never give us the definitive answer. In the end, it all comes down to us and whether we hold fast to the past or whether we move forward and reject the piece of advice the Arctic Monkeys gave us in their first ever video, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, and allow ourselves to believe the hype.


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Toronto-based Pelmorex, which owns and operates cable channel the Weather Network here, said that the digital cable channel will focus on the environment and climate change as it relates to Canadians.
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How Do I Become a Diplomat?Publish Date: Jun 18, 2009
In most cases, a United States diplomat is a member of the Department of State's Foreign Service. The U.S. has more than 265 embassies, consulates, and diplomatic offices around the world that must be staffed with diplomats and other representatives of U.S. foreign policy abroad.
Working as a Foreign Service Officer can be an exciting life and get to meet a variety of interesting and high-ranking people.
An ambassador is the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat in any particular foreign country and the most visible American representative. Some ambassadors rise to the position after a solid career as a Foreign Service Officer while others are appointed based on other merits although there are many more diplomats who work as Foreign Service Officers than ambassadors. Like ambassadors, Foreign Service Officers represent their country to nations abroad. Foreign Service Officers, especially those in the Political and Public Diplomacy tracks, may promote U.S. interests, values, businesses, and agendas; cultivate foreign contacts; and serve as advisors.
Working as a Foreign Service Officer can be an exciting life. Officers are usually assigned to new countries at four-year intervals, taught different languages to use in the course of their work, and get to meet a variety of interesting and high-ranking people.
To become a Foreign Service Officer, you must be 21 years or older, and less than 59 years old. You must pass a series of very competitive written and oral exams. The written exam may include knowledge of world history, current events, and political science; English expression; and the ability to write concise, critical essays.
If you pass the written exam you will then be evaluated by the Qualification Evaluation Panel to determine your fitness as a total candidate. If you are deemed fit then you will be invited to the oral exam.
During the day-long oral exam there will be a group exercise, a case management exercise, and an interview. To pass this exam you will have to demonstrate excellent analytical and oral communication skills as well as diplomacy and resourcefulness.
In addition, you will have to pass a background check and a security clearance. You must also be relatively healthy and available for assignment anywhere in the world – including places that you would not have chosen to go or places that may be dangerous. The U.S. needs diplomatic representation in every country of the world.
Recently-hired Foreign Service Officers go through a two-month training program that includes diplomatic principles and receptions.
Foreign Service Officers don't need to meet specific educational or language requirements, but higher education and language proficiency may help you become an Officer as well as get ahead in the Foreign Service. For example, you could study International Relations and Diplomacy, Political Science, History, International Business, or Geography. Any of these fields have the potential to be referenced on the written exam. You will also have the opportunity to hone your analytical skills. And if you speak a foreign language, then once you are an Officer you could receive foreign language bonuses and spend less time in foreign language training than you would otherwise be required to spend.
Becoming a diplomat is, without a doubt, a complex, rigorous process and not everyone who tries will succeed. In fact, few will. However, as long as you still fall within the age limits, you can take the exams as many times as you wish. Preparing yourself as well as you can – learning as much as you can about a variety of political and international subjects, polishing your oral presentations skills, and honing your analytical and writing abilities – may lead you to success.


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Hunting Causes and Using Them
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- Author: Nancy Cartwright, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Hunting Causes and Using Them argues that causation is not one thing, as commonly assumed, but many. There is a huge variety of causal relations, each with different characterizing features, different methods for discovery and different uses to which it can be put. In this collection of new and previously published essays, Nancy Cartwright provides a critical survey of philosophical and economic literature on causality, with a special focus on the currently fashionable Bayes-nets and invariance methods - and it exposes a huge gap in that literature. Almost every account treats either exclusively how to hunt causes or how to use them. But where is the bridge between? It's no good knowing how to warrant a causal claim if we don't know what we can do with that claim once we have it. This book will interest philosophers, economists and social scientists.Read more
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Part I. Plurality in Causality:
1. Preamble
2. Causation: one word, many things
3. Causes: warranting them and using them
4. Where is the theory in our 'theories' of causality?
Part II. Case Studies: Bayes-nets and Invariance Theories:
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6. What is wrong with Bayes-nets?
7. Modularity: it can - and generally does - fail
8. Against modularity, the causal Markov condition and any link between the two: comments on Hausman and Woodward
9. From metaphysics to method: comments on manipulability and the causal Markov condition
10. Two theorems on invariance and causality
Part III. Causal Theories in Economics:
11. Preamble
12. Probabilities and experiments
13. How to get causes from probabilities: Cartwright on Simon on causation
14. The merger of cause and strategy: Hoover on Simon on causation
15. The vanity of rigour in economics: theoretical models and Galilean experiments
16. Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary.
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Football Transfers: Benteke keen on Tottenham move, Bony to join Swansea
Christian Benteke is keen to join Tottenham Hotspur, which guarantees him first team football as well. While another club, Chelsea is also said to be interested in signing the player. Chelsea is also said to be interested in Liverpool's Luis Suarez.
Vitesse Arnhem striker, Wilfried Bony is on the verge of being one of the major summer signings for Swansea City for GBP 12 million, a new club transfer record.
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Sony finally announced the release of its reader pocket edition and reader touch edition ebook readers to be available in stores by the end of August.
Meanwhile, they are planning to phase out the current core of readers available at the store.
Here are some early details of the two new editions:
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- Cost – $199
- 5-inch monochromatic eInk display
- Colors- blue, rose and silver
- Storage capacity of 350 standard-sized ebooks.
- Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600)
- Cost $299
- 6-inch touch-screen (finger or stylus) for note–taking for export and print.
- Oxford American English Dictionary — tap on a word to summon a definition.
- Capacity- 350 ebooks with Memory Stick PRO Duo or an SD card expansion slots.
- Colors – red, black, or sliver
As you can see, there is no wireless feature!
The two devices, however, offer some intriguing alternatives designed to make it more visible to the general public – They will be available at your neighborhood electronic book store!
You can expect to find it at Best Buy, Borders, Costco, Staples, Target, Walmart, and SonySytle stores. Will Amazon and others follow suit? We will see!
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I had been intending to read Jeremy Harding's Mother Country, a memoir about the search for his mother. And then, in early January, my mother died - and I felt the book would be an impossibility. I did not move it from my desk though. On its cover, the words Mother Country glowed, picked out in gold. I kept seeing the photograph of a tall, fair woman, with a baby on her hip. It is an unstudied moment. The photograph is black and white but it is summer. The baby has curly hair, bare shoulders. And mother and baby are staring intently at something we cannot see.
How do you describe a mother? I was asked to write a short obituary of mine. I thought I had managed it but, reading it through, found that all I had done was to describe her garden. She had slipped from sight. Last year a friend of mine died in a fire. She was a single mother. Her teenage son, at her funeral, let us know that, for him, a mother wasn't reducible to explanation, characterisation, considered obituary. His mother was, as much as anything, a 'texture'. It was a beautiful thing to say.
Writing about mothers can seem unnatural: the writer/child getting the upper hand. A writer is, after all, the parent of what he writes. Blake Morrison, in his memoir, Things My Mother Never Told Me, admits to the potentially transgressive nature of his enterprise. He uncovers his mother's secrets, returns her to a life he hadn't known that she'd led. In Nigel Slater's Toast, his mother can be seen as an ingredient in the meagre recipe of his childhood (his career as a cook voluptous overcompensation). In Fleur Adcock's moving poem 'The Chiffonier', written after her mother contracted Alzheimer's, she takes a loving liberty. She rehearses an elegy. Uneasily amused by the way her mother keeps acquiring new furniture to leave to her daughters, the poem ends with a child's cry: 'I have to write this now while you're still here / I want my mother, not her chiffonier.' In a milder way, the unease about defining a mother is even present on Mother's Day. I have always felt uncomfortable at reducing a fundamental relationship to a contrived greeting, once a year.
I can't explain why I changed my mind and read Mother Country. But I am so glad I did. It is a beautifully written book. Jeremy Harding upstages the competition by doing that most difficult thing twice: he writes about two mothers. He is the sort of writer who does not need to lean on a story. But he has one and it is extraordinary. He was adopted and this book is a portrait of his adoptive mother, Maureen, and his natural mother, Margaret, whom he sets out to find.
If I had known nothing of his background, I might have liked to describe Jeremy Harding as a man of breeding (ironic, given that his 'breeding' is the vexed question that partly drives the book). If he were an actor, he could play a diplomat. He is angular, handsome, in his mid-50s and tall enough to make one wonder whether his long limbs might be a nuisance to him. I watched him settle himself, most uncomfortably, on a low stool at the club in Greek Street, Soho, where we met. I found him charming, with an unpushy intelligence: at once attractively open and hesitantly articulate.
The hunt for his mother must have been daunting? 'The main strain was thinking one had gone mad. I was becoming lost in a world of false trails.' His mother's name was Margaret Walsh - he knew from his birth certificate. He found crowds of Margaret Walshes in the records. And he reached a 'nearly final count of 62 possible brothers and sisters'. Margarets marry and reproduce as if in a teasing, impersonal chorus line. He makes gallant comedy of it but the reality was despairing. The search for his own Margaret seemed hopeless.
Meanwhile, Maureen, his adoptive mother, is developing into a theatrical eccentric: sad and sublimely comic by turns. She told Harding fantastic fibs about her childhood, involving dalmatians, carriages, a flight to Egypt. He uncovers the true, plainer story: a working class reality. Maureen loved to sing hits from My Fair Lady and was happy to run, for a while, a florist's shop. But being a real-life Eliza Doolittle did not involve a triumphant singing-and-dancing emergence from the gutter. It meant subterfuge, acquired snobbery. 'I think Maureen partly believed in her own fantasies.'
If he had known about her life, 'I'd have seen her differently and would have been more affectionate.' As it was, he sailed away from her. When he went to Cambridge, to read English, she had no idea what this meant. Cambridge was just a 'place to go'. Later he would find other 'places to go'. He is a journalist (a contributing editor to the London Review of Books) who made a name for himself writing about Africa (Small Mercies: Journeys in Africa's Disputed Nations, 1993) and about asylum seekers in Western Europe (The Uninvited, 2001). He and Maureen shared only the tiniest of small talk. It makes it all the more surprising that he should so brilliantly and affectionately rehabilitate her here. By the end, although her mind is in tatters, the Maureen show goes on. There is an incredible scene in which she rings Harding in the small hours, mistaking him for her dog, a 'neurotic miniature'. When he gently reproaches her, she is contrite. But the following morning she is back on the blower asking if he will pay for the 'little fellow's' [the dog's] education. 'Consider it covered,' he says. Maureen was a good mother, though. He is sure of it. 'The period I skirmish with is between the year dot and seven. My memory is cloudy, idyllic ... but I wanted to be with her.'
Jeremy Harding lives in France, an hour from Bordeaux in a house by the river Dronne, with his wife and three sons (aged 12, 10 and 6). He says: 'I like to be near water. I feel reassured by it.' Water is the book's element. Water is, almost, a third mother - bossing Harding about, pushing him down, bringing him up. There are marvellous descriptions of ramshackle river-fronted buildings in 'an odd corner of the Home Counties' by the river Loddon, a tributary of the Thames upon which 'the cottage itself, with its lightless windows, seemed to be afloat, like a votive leaf without a candle'. I feel Jeremy Harding would write on water if he could. Like water, he can be urgent or desultory. And throughout the book there is a pull between knowing and letting be - like a boat that keeps being corrected by the current.
It is at Christmas that he gets a call from someone who says she is his cousin. There have been so many false leads, you feel disinclined to be excited. But the call is miraculous. And having shown himself to be self-possessed as a writer, he is suddenly overcome. Christmas deepens the unreality, as if learning that his mother was alive could only be a festive hoax. He is told that she is a 'lively 70-year-old living in West London'. Remembering the moment now, he says: 'It was great, if a little terrifying. I was very, very confused.' He called his cousin back to ask her how he could tell whether it was true. His cousin tells him, 'Sweetheart, what can I say? It is all true.'
He met his mother in a restaurant, with the cousin as go-between, easing the way. There was much drinking of wine and holding hands. He did not know what to feel. 'This may have been to do with something in my character. I proceed slowly and carefully. Isn't it a little like embarking on any relationship? There are people who are smitten in the first instance and those who are not. I am slow. I wait for the affection to settle.'
And it has settled, you can tell. Margaret has now visited his family in France. She was 'amused' by her grandchildren, and they by her. 'She dealt with them very elegantly.' Harding finds himself suddenly part of a huge extended family. 'Margaret has a huge ranch of grandchildren.' He has met three out of five of his half siblings - and one, a brother, he sees regularly. He has even met someone who may be his father - but about that, he is not at liberty to say more. The sudden acquistion of family makes him feel 'more spread out in the world'.
He talks less and less with his mother about the year in which she had to give him away. She thinks of it as 'a very bad year. It upset her dreadfully. She had been quite unprepared for that while she was pregnant.' Mothers are often taken for granted. This one will never be. Harding talks about her with concern. He reminds me of someone carrying something precious and fragile. His sudden reappearance, he believes, cannot have been easy: 'I must have been an anxiety to her as much as a surprise.' It was toward the end of their first meeting that she asked him anxiously: 'Now are you sure you're so pleased you've found me?' He has since reassured her, he hopes. And Maureen. She is dead now. I look again at that picture of him in her arms, its black and white sunshine. I am sure now that I have read the book, that they are looking at water.


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The Best Fat-Burning, Interval-Training Exercises
High intensity interval training, or HIIT, was developed by Dr. Izumi Tabata and researchers from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo. HIIT workouts can last as little as four minutes but are highly effective for increasing fitness and fat loss. If you are new to exercise, consult your doctor before starting this intense exercise routine.
Guidelines for Interval Training
The most effective fat burning exercises for interval training should engage the major muscles of your body. This ensures greater energy expenditure and elicits a greater post-exercise metabolic response, which increases your body's ability to burn fat. This expenditure of energy burns calories, which are stored in the body as fat. Approximately 3,500 calories equals 1 pound of fat. Because interval training is an intense form of fat burning exercise, it is essential you give your body adequate rest between workouts. Do not work out on consecutive days.
Running Workout
Warm up with a five minute jog. Next, do stretches focusing on your hamstrings, calves, quadriceps, hip flexors and lower back. Jog for 90 seconds then sprint for 30 seconds. Jog or rest for 90 seconds, followed by another 30 second sprint. Do this jog and sprint interval six times for a 12 minute interval training workout. A 185-pound individual burns 12 calories per minute jogging and burns 31 calories running. If you are a beginner, start with two or three intervals. Increase your intervals as you get fitter and stronger. Do this workout outdoors or on a treadmill.
Cycling Indoors or Out
Go bicycling outdoors, or use a stationary bike in a gym. Start with a gentle five minute warm up, followed by stretching exercises. Cycle at a steady speed for two minutes, then break into a sprint for one minute. If using a stationary bike, start with a low resistance for two minutes, then cycle at a high resistance for one minute. Do between three and 10 of these intervals depending on your level of fitness. Each minute of moderate cycling burns 10 calories and 16 calories at high speed.
Circuit Training
Set up a circuit of six exercises that target the major muscles of your body. Do 12 to 15 repetitions of squats, bench press and dead lifts, and 16 to 20 lunges -- along with as many pullups and pushups you can do. Rest for two minutes after completing the circuit and repeat circuit three to five times, depending on your level of fitness. A 185-pound individual burns 355 calories in a 30-minute circuit training workout. While running and cycling may burn more calories during the workout, circuit training builds up your muscles, which increases their ability to burn calories all the time, not just while working out.
- Interval Training: Tabata Training - The Fastest Way to Fitness and Fat Loss
- MyTreadmilTrainer.com: Interval Training Workouts For Fat Loss
- Interval Training: HIIT Training: 30 Second Interval Workout
- Harvard Heart Letter: Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for People of Three Different Weights
- Health Status: Calories Burned Estimation
- Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images


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My wife, Marci Cohen, contributed a segment to A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science, edited by Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray, to be published on 30 April 2007 (Amazon link). The description says:
Many people, not just those new to the field, are curious about their career options. The editors of liscareer.com have assembled 95 authors, each of whom describes a "typical" workday or work routine, sharing their joys, sorrows, and annoyances in refreshingly candid fashion. In the process, those interested in finding a similar job will be treated to useful skills, and advice across a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional jobs; in addition to public, academic, school and special libraries, consortia, associations, LIS programs, vendors, publishing, consulting and other non-library fields are covered. For library and information science students, prospective information professionals, new librarians, or anyone considering a career change.


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East Village - Manhattan - New York - 2017 (In collaboration with SAOTA Architects)
Located in burgeoning and vibrant East Village, this renovation and addition to an existing penthouse apartment and terrace commands panoramic views of the neighborhood and Manhattan skyline. From Houston Street, the highlight of the project is a steel and glass "nest" perched on top the building with an integrated, light-weight metal screen facing south. The nest acts as master suite but also heightens the character of the underlying building.
Sands Point, New York - 2014
A renovation and addition to an existing ranch style house on the north shore of Long Island. Framing devices and exterior finishes heighten the integration of the house in the landscape and give character as you enter the house. Much of the existing interior walls were removed, opening up and reconfiguring the house to fit the lifestyle of the family while retaining and accentuating the character of the original house. A core "Element" was created at the center of the home that contains bathrooms and storage and is clad in white oak slats which add a unique texture to the character of the open space while acting as an acoustic baffle to mediate sound in the long and open loft-like interior. Natural lighting strategies throughout the space work in tandem with other lighting strategies to choreograph each domestic activity.
Midtown - Manhattan - New York - 2016 (In collaboration with Thomas Juul-Hansen, LLC)
Located within the Diamond District's new International Gem Tower is a new office space build-out for the New York branch of an international diamond trading company. The architectural and lighting design are inspired by and accommodate for the specific needs of diamond inspection, sorting, display and sales. Being a millwork-intensive project, the cabinetry and custom furniture design enhance workflow while providing the maximum amount and quality of storage. Material selections and detailing befit the distinction and prestige associated with the core of their business: quality gemstones.
Brooklyn, NY - 2018
An upper level, two floor apartment with terrace is designed and built to maximize openness, utility and natural light. The formerly cramped and underutilized apartment went through a complete transformation with the removal of walls, floor and rearrangement of rooms to achieve this goal.
A combined, eat-in living/dining/kitchen space is enveloped with a ribbon of cabinetry providing storage while maximizing use and movement. A sculptural white oak stair flanks the two story back wall at the entry and a glass floor/skylight brings natural light from above to a brass pendant light and kitchen table below. Upstairs, the master bedroom and a home office are separated by a two sided, bookcase/armoire with integrated up-lighting. A planted terrace is accessed from this floor with views of the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood and Manhattan beyond.
Photos by Christian Phillips Photography
Piqua, Ohio - 2019
Completed in 1915, the Zollinger Company Building was a former wholesale grocery business serving Miami County and was commissioned following the Great Flood of 1913. A member of the National Register of Historic Buildings, Zollinger is designed in the Romanesque Revival style and features an arched entrance to a wagon concourse and a unique cast concrete mushroom column structure inside; one of the first in Ohio.
This project is being developed by our sister company, Slate Design + Development and is an extension of the broader Place Making initiative and Lock Nine Park envisioned by Gamble Associates in Boston. The Zollinger Building "ZOLO" presents both modern utilitarian and historical design in a complimentary fashion. Capitalizing on its historical features, we are converting it into commercial and retail on the ground floor and market rate, loft apartments above. A new lobby, entry and new windows are carved into the former un-articulated rear wall capitalizing on the new views and amenities of Lock Nine Park and esplanade currently under construction. The Zollingers Building will once again become a key piece in the redevelopment and overall vibrancy of Piqua, Ohio.
Kentucky, 2013
Situated on a lakeside promontory in central Kentucky, this addition and renovation to a 230 year old log home enjoys abundant light and sweeping views of nature.
Several years ago, the owners came to the realization that they needed additional space in order to expand the kitchen and dining areas. Their goal presented not only an opportunity to add space and functionality, but to also reconsider and improve the entire internal circulation of the house. In keeping with the transformative nature of the project, the addition was envisioned as a contrasting architectural form that was at once complementary and respectful to the materials and massing of the original structure.
The house's new expression of space offers expansive views of the surrounding countryside and seamlessly blends old and new in a timeless fusion, befitting of a site formed by the timeless forces of nature.
Carroll Gardens - Brooklyn - NY - 2012
The conversion of a row house on a quiet street for a family of four. The upper two floors were updated and modified to create more open spaces. The lower level was completely reimagined with an open living and recreation area, modern oak stair and a rear extension and glass doors to the garden. The extension provided a new deck from the kitchen and dining room above.
Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York - 2011
On a corner lot in Park Slope, Brooklyn this 3 family row house was converted into an open and light filled upper floor duplex and rental apartment below. The attached 5 car garage roof was transformed into a roof terrace with integrated planters for gardening and recreation for the family. This deck is accessed through custom, bi-fold and swing steel and glass doors from the dining area. A stepped and raised cedar deck was created with exterior furniture and gardening storage below and a slatted cedar screen provides privacy from the street. Roof pavers allow grass to grow between them for a durable green roof.The Living Room bookshelves are planed-down solid pine rafters salvaged from the old garage roof. The kitchen was built from modified Henry Built teak cabinets found at a salvage mart and integrated into the design with Carrara marble countertops and backsplashes. A stair and blackened steel railing winds up to the sleeping, office and laundry room above culminating into a custom laser cut steel guard rail modeled after a map of the Santa Croce / Cannaregio neighborhoods of Venice.
Brooklyn, New York - 2016
A repurposing of an unused alcove as a playroom and sleeping loft for the son of two urban professionals near Brooklyn Bridge Park. Full use of the double height space was accessed and a custom designed steel staircase and cabinetry/step ladder was created to access the sleeping loft. The former small, alcove was transformed into a small living space with sliding doors that separate it from the main living area.
New York - 2013
Roofdock provides an exciting new way to add a floor or two to your New York City townhouse. The system utilizes pre-fabricated modules that delivered to a prospective townhouse, lifted into place and assembled in a short amount of time. The final result is a beautifully designed, environmentally friendly and comfortable addition to the existing building that maximizes the prescribed, allowable building area and does so through a less burdensome construction process on site. The overall unit design is modern and flexible. The End-caps, which attach to the front of the modular building unit, function both as a shield for privacy and as shading and wind modulation devices. They add texture and depth and can be modified in material and layout to the taste of the owner. Inside, the home is open and airy, with abundant natural light and cross ventilation from windows at both ends and operable skylights and panels above in the central zone. Because each townhouse can be of different width, this zone of the building can be customized to fit the width of the building below. A green roof, solar heating panels, photovoltaic panels as well as wind turbines can be integrated into the unit and sustainable building materials will be used throughout. Add to this, the added benefit of prefabricated construction and the result is that waste is kept to a minimum and quality is engineered into each element.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York - 2013
Converted from a former industrial space, Room 17 was envisioned as a creative space for the production of extraordinary music and art. Our team worked closely together to create a spacious and dynamic environment that promotes innovation and experimentation. The 3200 sf studio houses one of the largest drum and tracking rooms in New York and is extremely live with 14 foot high ceilings allowing drums to project deeply into the space. In addition to the main cutting room there are two large isolation rooms for tracking vocals and instrumentals, 3 smaller, flexible ISO rooms and a unique echo chamber converted from the former boiler room. The physics of sound dictated that asymmetrical wall geometries would define the floor plans of spaces where music recording would occur. The control room was designed to maximize sight lines to and from the main space and ISO rooms while symmetrical wall geometries were created behind the trident 80 series 40 channel console and monitor speakers for optimal stereo imaging. A dynamic recipe of both reflective and absorptive ceiling/wall surfaces ensure optimal acoustics throughout the studio. Specialized wall assemblies enhance sound isolation between all rooms. Custom and stock windows are double glazed and all doors are detailed with acoustical seal components.
Downtown Brooklyn, New York - 2012
A conversion of a cramped and outdated apartment into a lively, modern apartment for a young professional couple. The height of the space was utilized and expanded to create a loft space for a home office above which is accessed via a spiral stair designed both functionally and sculpturally to occupy the least amount of space possible while creating a cascading feeling from the loft to the floor. The loft above was detached from the wall that supported it, hung from the ceiling and clad in oak, emphasizing the fact that it is its own element floating in the space. This critical gesture allows light to spill into the entry space and aids in the open feeling of the apartment. The owners are avid cyclists and needed a way to display and store their bikes in this small space so a unique pulley and tie-off system was created to lift them out of the way.
Anywhere, USA - 2000 - Unbuilt (Envisioned while employed at Resolution: 4 Architecture)
The project was initiated as a critique of the stereotypical American suburban home and the edification of its image in the media. Instead of designing the house from the established tropes we started with nothing and sculpted what we found at arms reach, initiating the process by arranging discarded scraps of cardboard on a table and ending by creating computer renderings. Each stage of the process was given no forethought and as it was manifest, another manipulation of the form was made using scale-shifts and spacial juxtaposition as our tools until a semblance of architectural form and space was created. What started as a critique of the suburban home became a critique of the processes of presentation and the "eye candy" of computer based imagery. The true irony of all of this was the publication of the project in Architecture Magazine in the "On the Boards" section and the subsequent protests by angry readers who wrote in saying how inappropriate the house is.
Downtown Brooklyn, New York - 2010
This high ceiling, multi-level apartment has been fully designed to emphasize light and maximize the use of space. Innovative storage solutions and a playful design of cabinetry were created that separate living, dining and office areas on the lower level from the sleeping loft above. A home entertainment center, stow-away computer desk and toy box/steps frame a child's sleeping area, playroom and library on the desk-height level. Below, a massive pull-out storage box can be accessed which frees up the rest of the loft from clutter. A sleeping loft accessed by a series of alternating stairs that double as shelves, laundry bin and hidden ironing board separates the bed from the rest of the apartment and is hidden from view by a translucent Lumasite panel.
Chelsea - Manhattan - New York - 2015
(In collaboration with Lauren Wegel Architect and Wilvan Van Campen Architects)
A renovation and fit-out of a space in the historic Terminal Warehouse Building for a retail store and management hub of a fine wine storage company. The building is situated between the developing residential and commercial areas of the Chelsea Gallery District, Hudson Yards District and The High Line. The existing raw, brick columned and exposed wood beam space built in 1891 is preserved and accented by the integration of a series of contemporary design elements that are composed in such a way as to focus on the display and sale of fine wine while retaining the feel of a traditional cellar. A "wall of wine" between each column is penetrated by an entrance "portal" through which one accesses the space from the public corridor. Display and storage areas are made from industrial materials that have been reimagined with a refined, modern character. Reclaimed wood beams found in the basement were honed down and used as countertops for a sales desk and tasting table and hot rolled steel plate is used for shelving, seating and wall covering.
Bedford Stuyvesant - Brooklyn - New York - 2012 (A collaboration with Gluck+ Architecture, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Lonni Tanner, NYCHA)
A proposal for a renovation to the Saratoga Senior Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Our team of Architects, graphic designers and landscape designers worked closely with the local community, the New York Housing Authority, the NYC Department of Design and Construction and the Mayor's Office to assess the needs of the current residents and community that the center serves. The proposal sought to create a realizable, cost efficient and adaptable solution to the outdated and underutilized facility that reinforces the initiative to improve the living environment for seniors in this community as well as envisioning a model for New York. The outdated facility was envisioned as a community hub and activity center with special programs, a new cafeteria and a central garden and green house area. A red railing extends through the entire space as a physical support system for walking and exercising but also as a gauging device and anchoring mount for activity boards and crafts.
Winnetka, Illinois - 2010 (Design/Build project completed while employed at Gluck+)
From the street and from inside, this house appears rather simple and unimposing, but in fact it is a very large house with an extremely complex program. Significant parts of the house are cut into the bluff and are not visible from the street and these buried spaces express themselves as irregular horizontal fissures in the hillside. The experience of moving through the house from the bluff to the lake takes advantage of the steep slope by way of a series of descending spaces set off from one another in both plan and section which afford dramatic and ever-changing views of the water. At grade, two "bars" containing the parents wing and garage/kitchen respectively carry a glass box containing the children's bedrooms and playrooms. The box is constructed with massive steel trusses mounted on 4 steel columns which allow for unencumbered views to Lake Michigan and make the box seem to float above the living areas below. The subsurface areas which make up half of the area or the house contain guest and maid's quarters, office space, a lap pool, gym and basketball court. A fresh-water pool and stone clad boat house complete the terraced landscape down to the water's edge. The house was realized through the Architect led Design/Build process where we performed the duties as Architect and then assumed the role of Contractor and Construction Manager on site. This allowed for a very high level of execution while keeping costs and schedule in check. Although large with much glass on the exposed portions of the house, we received LEED certification in part because half of the house is below grade and we also incorporated green roofs, a geothermal heat pump system, and many other energy efficient systems.
East Hampton, NY 2010
A renovation and addition to a former one story home on Further Lane. Maintaining the basic style of the home, two small additions and a reconfiguring of the floor plan allowed for a large master suite, guest rooms, baths and common space to expand the home from its former modest scale. Large windows, finishes and lighting design serve to brighten the interior and a full below grade entertainment and utility area was created by shoring up the house and excavating. A large raised stone and grass terrace with a pergola and cascading stairs completes the design to the expansive yard, pool house and view to the sea beyond.
The Battery, Lower Manhattan, New York - 2012
A proposal for a flexible use, environmentally friendly and durable outdoor chair for The New York City Battery Conservancy. The seating design features a dynamic shape whose continuous surface invites the discovery of multiple uses. Depending upon on the seat's orientation it may be used as an upright chair, a lounge seat, a recliner or a table. The single design accommodates the various needs and moods of the user, its continuous surface hugs the body and simultaneously touches the grass lightly, with a minimum of footprint on the park. The chairs would be formed via injection molding using recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), often used for plastic beverage bottles and reinforced with glass fiber. Addressing the interface between the new park and foot and bicycle access, a precast concrete bicycle and chair docking element is envisioned along the periphery of the Battery Green and features permanent seating, portable seat storage and a continuous bike rack that would be illuminated by LED lights at night.
East Hampton, New York - 2009 - Unbuilt
Commissioned as an accessory building to a residence we renovated and drawing from the modern and shingle style influences in the Hamptons, the pavilion is made up of two smaller, self contained units connected by a common roof and basement. Eating, socializing and viewing are on the left, sleeping and bathing and exercising on the right and faces a tennis court. The sloped shed roof is cantilevered to the South and East to shade the interior in the summer and allow sun to bath the spaces in the winter. A reflecting pool and sliding glass doors provide passive cooling in the summer and a green roof and solar array on the roof aid in energy efficiency.
Upper East Side - Manhattan - New York - 2014
A bespoke cabinet designed for a professional couple as storage and display for glass ware and liquor. The design was conceived as a series stacking boxes of different shapes that form a composition in response to the room in which it occupies and for what occupies it. The color scheme was based on a Josef Albers study.
Austin, Texas - 2006 (Design/Build project completed while employed at Gluck+)
Standing amid a grove of two hundred landmarked live oaks, significant portions of this house were built below grade to maintain the rural landscape of the site. Between the ground plane and the floating box is an entirely transparent glassed enclosure that gives the living room, dining room, and kitchen unobstructed views of the natural surroundings on one side and the Austin skyline on the other. The stainless steel structure holds all the mechanicals for the house and produces the illusion of a wall-less space and a floating box above. Moving through the building, the sectional complexities add to the spatial experiences inside and outside the house. The sunken courtyard, formed by a sharp cut in the earth, connects the ground floor to the transparent living room by an upward-sloping grass ramp. This ramp becomes the roof of the buried sections, with skylights cutting through the grass to provide natural light for the spaces below. The house was realized through the Architect led Design/Build process where we performed the duties as Architect and then assumed the role of Contractor and Construction Manager on site. This allowed for a very high level of execution while keeping costs and schedule in check.
Scarsdale, NY - 2005 (Completed while employed at Gluck +)
This renovation and extension provides classroom, office and worship areas to the existing temple. The layered zinc wall provides muted views from the classrooms within, and pin-up space for class presentations. A subterranean temple for smaller gatherings was created that incorporates a wooden and inlaid steel ark for holding the torah and a single light suspended from the skylight above.
East Harlem, New York - 2010 (Design/Build project completed while employed at Gluck+)
A non-profit community health, wellness and family support center in East Harlem. For the past five decades, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service provided a variety of public services to the East Harlem community from five separate buildings. The new building was designed to consolidate these programs. The façade of the building is made up of an ordinary exterior door system, large pieces of fixed glass and insulated panels. The program of the building includes classrooms, a thrift store and a rooftop play space.
Flat-Iron District, Manhattan, New York - 2000 (Completed while employed at Resolution 4 Architecture)
Sculpted into the shell of two floors of an existing mercantile building, this headquarters of an emerging dot com start-up incorporates independently crafted programmatic elements, juxtaposed to one another throughout the space projecting an identity of a dynamic team of creative individuals. Freestanding programmatic elements; reception desk, workstation, stair module and conference pod act as nuclei of activity and create spaces at their perimeter for circulation and employee interaction as well as providing for the interplay of natural and artificial light that spills through the space.
Brooklyn, New York - 2008
This renovation across the street from the Brooklyn Museum capitalized on the existing layout of the 650 sf space by converting walls and cabinets into multi-functioning storage and display areas. Drawers between the entry and the bedroom open to both areas and a blackened steel sheet wraps around the entry for displaying family pictures behind magnetic frames. The television folds out on an arm from behind a cabinet door, the built-in couches contain storage and a "beauty bar" in the bedroom contains makeup and grooming needs.
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We also learn about animals, including humans, and move on to plants in the Summer terms.
As Science detectives we use our senses to explore materials- identifying and describing their properties, comparing and grouping. The children choose suitable materials for objects e.g. What would you use to make a boat?
Within class we take the opportunity to work practically as much as possible. The children enjoy working collaboratively to support each other's learning.


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Consider this scenario: you walk by your teen's bedroom and over ear them having a deep conversation with a friend. While you don't want to eaves drop, you realize their friend is disclosing thoughts of suicide. Your heart starts pounding… your teen is attempting to give advice to a friend who is considering ending their own life. You are worried about the friend, but you are also concerned that this could lead to anxiety and sadness in your teen. What do you do?
I've been asked for advice in this situation over and over again. Sometimes it's my patients who ask me for advice on what they should say to their friends, but often it is parents who want to know if it's ok for their child to be someone's confidant? They are worried that their teen isn't equipped to handle the situation (neither emotionally or with reliable crisis information to give to the friend).
I've discussed this situation with my social work and counseling colleagues and we've often provided some guidance to both parents and patients on the topic of navigating self-care when friends rely on you for support. As professionals who offer services for mental health, we have to use some of the same strategies ourselves. Providing support for people who are in crisis can be stressful. We empathize with their distress, we want to step in and solve the problems, and we value the life of the person who is talking to us! Listed below is advice we often give:
- Do take talk of suicide seriously. If a friend talks about going away, feeling hopeless, death, or suicide in general do give them crisis resources.
- It's ok to be a supportive friend, but you can't be your friend's therapist. Mental health counselors have years of education around behavior change and emotion regulation in addition to their lived experience and expertise in working with people going through stress. As a friend, listening, acknowledging their struggle, then guiding them towards expert help is going to serve the best.
- Hearing about trauma and depression is hard, so make sure you feel supported too. I ask every teen if they have a trusted person in their lives. If they don't, this is one of the first goals we work on. Teens (and parents) need to have people who can bring them joy, distract them from anxiety provoking situations, and help them navigate the complicated mental health system.
- Know your national and local crisis lines. Though your teen may not be a mental health professional, they are a trusted resource if someone is disclosing thoughts of suicide. Equip them with resources that can help. 1-800-273-8255 is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Consider mindfulness practices. Mindfulness can help us de-stress, remain calm in high risk situations, and lower our own flight or fight response (the adrenaline rush we feel in a crisis). This helps us provide reassurance to a person in stress without becoming overly anxious ourselves. Examples of mindfulness practices can be found here.
- General self care also includes exercise, nutrition, and sleep!


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Inanna's River of Blood
Dreamed c. 2335 BCE by the future King Sargon I
This is one of the earliest dreams on record, and it had large consequences; hence its presence here despite its brevity and the obvious uncertainty of any text this old. The excerpt is the middle of three cuneiform fragments apparently telling the story of Sargon's early life and rise to power. There are small gaps in the text but the gist is clear enough:
At the time of the dream, Sargon is a young man working as a delivery boy for King Ur-Zababa. The Goddess warns Sargon in a dream that King Zababa is doomed. He tells the king exactly that! Naïveté, or defiance? He may feel that with the Goddess on his side, he can't be touched. You'll see if he's right.
One day, after the evening had arrived and Sargon had brought the regular deliveries to the palace, Ur-Zababa was sleeping (and dreaming) in the holy bed-chamber, his holy residence. He realized what the dream was about, but did not put into words, did not discuss it with anyone. After Sargon had received the regular deliveries for the palace, Ur-Zababa appointed him cupbearer, putting him in charge of the drinks cupboard. Holy Inana did not cease to stand by him.
After five or ten days had passed, king Ur-Zababa...... and became frightened in his residence. Like a lion he urinated, sprinkling his legs, and the urine contained blood and pus. He was troubled, he was afraid like a fish floundering in brackish water.
It was then that the cupbearer of Ezina's wine-house, Sargon, lay down not to sleep, but lay down to dream. In the dream, holy Inana drowned Ur-Zababa in a river of blood. The sleeping Sargon groaned and gnawed the ground. When king Ur-Zababa heard about this groaning, he was brought into the king's holy presence, Sargon was brought into the presence of Ur-Zababa (who said:) "Cupbearer, was a dream revealed to you in the night?" Sargon answered his king: "My king, this is my dream, which I will tell you about: There was a young woman, who was as high as the heavens and as broad as the earth. She was firmly set as the base of a wall. For me, she drowned you in a great river, a river of blood."
Ur-Zababa chewed his lips, he became seriously afraid. He spoke to ......, his chancellor: "My royal sister, holy Inana, is going to change (?) my finger into a ...... of blood; she will drown Sargon, the cupbearer, in the great river. Belic-tikal, chief smith, man of my choosing, who can write tablets, I will give you orders, let my orders be carried out! Let my advice be followed! Now then, when the cupbearer has delivered my bronze hand-mirror (?) to you, in the E-sikil, the fated house, throw them (the mirror and Sargon) into the mould like statues."
Belic-tikal heeded his king's words and prepared the moulds in the E-sikil, the fated house. The king spoke to Sargon: "Go and deliver my bronze hand-mirrors (?) to the chief smith!" Sargon left the palace of Ur-Zababa. Holy Inana, however, did not cease to stand at his right hand side, and before he had come within five or ten nindan of the E-sikil, the fated house, holy Inana turned around toward him and blocked his way, (saying:) "The E-sikil is a holy house! No one polluted with blood should enter it!" Thus he met the chief smith of the king only at the gate of the fated house. After he delivered the king's bronze hand-mirror(?) to the chief smith, Belic-tikal, the chief smith, ...... and threw it into the mould like statues.
After five or ten days had passed, Sargon came into the presence of Ur-Zababa, his king; he came into the palace, firmly founded like a great mountain. King Ur-Zababa ...... and became frightened in his residence. He realized what was it about, but did not put into words, did not discuss it with anyone. Ur-Zababa became frightened in the bed-chamber, his holy residence. He realized what was it about, but did not put into words, did not discuss it with anyone.
At this early date, writing on clay tablets was already a millennium old, but messages weren't sealed. It was generally safe; few could read. So King Ur-Zababa dispatched Sargon, the creature of the gods, to Lugal-zage-si in Unug with a open message ordering Sargon's death! Note that he doesn't read the message and discover it's a death warrant; the Goddess Inanna warns him.
With the Goddess's help Sargon survived all the king's plots against him; eventually he rose to kingship and conquered all the surrounding lands, founding the first true empire in world history, two thousand years before Alexander the Great.
Source: the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
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You just completed your articles in insurance defense and yet claim to have vast knowledge in the field of medical and health law. You've also got an LLM that focused on 11 different topics unrelated to insurance or civil lit. But the type of law you are really interested in is IP law. And you intend to tell employers about your poly marriage? During interviews I assume? Only way it could be a red flag is if you told someone unless your last name is Blackmore.
The reason many 1Ls get crushed after grades come out is because they mistakenly carried the "hard work means good grades" mentality into law school. The bolded part of your post is me pointing out that you're making the same mistake. What I think you really need to do is change how you prepare for exams. My advice to you FOLLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK I'm a fellow slow worker. When I prepared for midterms like everyone else, I got the same marks as everyone else. When I prepared for final exams like a slow worker, I beat the curve in 6/7 courses. The only course where I didn't beat the curve was also the only class I made the mistake of not doing the aforementioned. Understand that you can't do all of the assigned work. It may take other people 1 hour to do a 30 page reading while it takes you 4 hours (I personally need to read every word on the page). Doing all of the assigned work is just not feasible for you because its not an efficient use of time. There is absolutely no shame in admitting this or accepting this. Doing all of the assigned work is just one of many different ways to prepare for the exam. You should let my exam grade determine whether your unique method of preparation is right or wrong. Understand that doing all of the assigned work doesn't mean you shouldn't be doing any work or even less work, it just means you should be doing the work that helps you best prepare for the exam. Doing the readings - Your main focus should be to make the most efficient use of your time (i.e. doing the type of work that helps you, as an individual, best prepare for the exam) First, check the syllabus to understand the place of this reading in the class (you'd be surprised how many people overlook the value of the course syllabus). The question here is: what am I reading? What topic is this reading on? How many days will you be dealing with this topic? How many pages is it? Is the topic a standalone topic or one piece of a bigger topic? This will give you a rough idea of how much time and concern you should give to this topic and also generally primes you for the work you need to do. Second, very briefly skim the reading while paying attention to the structure of the reading. Read the headings, intros, conclusions, etc. This will help you understand the skeleton of the reading. Third, once you understand what you're reading (i.e. after completing the first two steps) your next question is: why am I reading this? Why has the professor assigned this reading? In other words, what does your professor want you, as a student, to get out of this reading for the purposes of their class? To answer these questions, look to course summaries/CANs from upper years who have taken the same course with the same professor. Fourth, now you know what you're reading and why you're reading it. The question now here is: what does this reading say about that? If you're a person who's comfortable relying on a summary/CAN, then rely on your summaries/CANs to provide answer the answer to this question. If you're a person who's more comfortable doing the reading, then let the summaries/CANs create the signposts of what's important in the reading so you can focus on that and allocate your time effectively. For example, if you're dealing with the topic of sexual assault in 1L criminal law, then you're probably going to want to read all of Ewanchuk and only focus on the bare essentials in every other case (e.g. R v Chase - only matters because it tells us how to interpret the sexual nature element of the AR; R v Cuerrier - only matters because it tells us when fraud vitiates consent and what L'Heureux Dube and McLachlin say in their respective dissents, respectfully, doesn't matter for the strict purpose of your exam unless your professor cares about policy; R v Mabior - only matters because it tells us when non-disclosure of HIV status vitiates consent/constitutes fraud; R v JA - only matters because it tells us to how interpret consent and, respectfully, Fish's dissent doesn't matter unless your professor cares about policy; etc) Lectures - The purpose of lectures isn't for the professor to spoon-feed you the material, for you to practice your skills as a typist and copy the lecture verbatim or for you to get your online Christmas shopping done. The purpose of the lecture is for the professor to: Confirm to you that you're on the right track (i.e. you've done the aforementioned Reading stage correctly and understand what the topic is, why you're doing the reading, and that you know what you need to know) Clarify anything in the readings and/or correct any mistakes/things missing from your understanding/notes or the summaries/CANs you've relied on Provide you with their unique perspective/opinion/approach to the topic at hand. You're going to keep this in mind when writing your exam in order to cater to their beliefs, prejudices. For example, if you have a feminist professor, don't argue that sex work should be criminalized on an exam. Present both sides to the argument, and in one sentence say that you support it even if you don't. As a future lawyer, you're going to be arguing a lot of things you don't agree with or believe in for your own personal gain. Might as well start early Give you any hints about the exam. Professors notice if/when the herd thins out during the school year and some times will be inclined to reward students for attending. There have been multiple times that I've gotten useful hints about exams from a professor simply for being present during a boring lecture in the middle of October Exams - Exam-writing is a skill. Learn it. Read books on how to develop the skill. My recommendation is "Law School Exams: A Guide to Better Grades" by Alex Schimel. Create your own outline. In your 5 to 15 page outline, you should have every piece of the "what you need to know" part of each of your readings. There should be absolutely no superfluous bullshit, fluff or fat on your outline. You've literally condensed the entire course into those 5 to 15 pages. Your casebook, other peoples outlines/CANs, etc were all just tools for you to arrive at your own outline. Learn your outline cold. I mean cold. This doesn't only mean just memorizing it. You should be able to open up ExamSoft and type out the blackletter law part of your future exam answer on demand and at near-lightning speed. The only class that I actually did this properly for was the one I finished at the top (and despite missing a major issue on the exam) and the other class that I did this, but sort of half-assed, I got an A- despite writing one paragraph for a question worth 33% question because I blanked out. Once you've learned the outline cold, take a few old exam questions and do timed exams on ExamSoft. Your focus is to type out the blackletter law as you've been doing and then actually apply it to the facts. Review your answer by yourself, then with a professor (if you can reach them/they'll allow this) and finally compare against old exam answers. Many people will disagree with this but once you do a few of these timed exams, you'll start to notice repeating patterns in terms of the issues tested, answer structures, etc (there can only be so many and also many professors are creatures of habit).
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Had a similar thing happen: What can you tell me about person X? Should I know person X? They mentioned you in their interview... I have no idea who this person is...


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Sewing clothing and items for my family, my home, and myself. It's so much fun learning new techniques.
Monday, March 10, 2014
Peplum Top
In between my challenge sewing I'll post the other coordinates from this pattern.
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Very cute top! I really want to revisit the jacket from this pattern. I liked it a lot...just not in the fabric I chose :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! I removed some of the sleeve cap from the jacket to remove the gathers.Delete
Great top - it really suits.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks BeaJay! My mother always made princess style dresses for me when I was in my teens. Now I know why.Delete
Very nice, Dot!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, I can't wait to make it again.Delete
Okay Dorothy DotDot. I see you! Sportin' the peplum looking might sassy too! I love it. Oh and you wearin' that hat. WERK!ReplyDeleteReplies
Terry, I borrowed one of my hubby's hats! Yes, it's a little different than the church girl.Delete
I like it! Looks really good on you, the color and style are lovely :)ReplyDelete
So pretty.. I really like this pattern.. I have it.. you have encouraged me to use it.ha.ReplyDelete
Happy sewing.
Judy, I forgot to bring the cute cut of the sleeve. I think it is cute and different from the plan straight cut.ReplyDelete
Wow! you look good in your new top and love the hat! I'm going to have to check out this pattern. Can't wait to see the other pieces when you sew them. Have a great vacation.ReplyDelete
Sherry you would love this pattern. A coordinate pattern is always a good investment.ReplyDelete
Very cute Dorothy!ReplyDelete
You top looks great on you! It has a nice jacket and other pieces too. No wonder you like this pattern. Looking forward to seeing your other pieces from this pattern.ReplyDelete
Thanks, I'm working on them and my challenge project.ReplyDelete


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'Voyeur' peeks into Hopper's artistic world
Dancers and choreographers Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman will present their latest work, "Voyeur," at the Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, on Saturday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, Jan. 20.
Performances take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30 and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for non-members. In the 15 minutes before the performance begins, there will be an installation on stage where the audience can walk through and explore the set and video projections. The performance will be followed by a discussion with the artists.
"Voyeur" invites audiences into the evocative world of dance and video. Collaborators for more than 30 years, Bridgman and Packer have developed a unique approach to integrating video into their work.
"Voyeur" takes the paintings of Edward Hopper as its point of departure, in particular his works where scenes are viewed through windows and doorways. At the heart of this production is the seen or unseen viewer witnessing fragmented moments of private lives. The role of both the audience and performers are as voyeurs.
For Bridgman and Packer, voyeurism is about point of view and perspective, where someone observes a private moment while being architecturally removed from the space they are viewing. The production pushes the artist's exploration of the live and virtual into new territory choreographically, thematically and technologically. In a departure from past repertory, "Voyeur" is designed for performance in museums and galleries, as well as for traditional theaters. It incorporates a multi-surfaced set made of hinged panels at various angles. Through the use of video projections, the set transforms, evoking imagery of both spatial and psychological enclosures as the performers are seen through the windows and doorways.
The use of live cameras on stage creates multiple perspectives as the performers merge and collide with the video imagery. Stream-of-consciousness sequences evoke the light, time and place of Hopper's work.
Bridgman | Packer Dance is based in New York City, where the work has been presented by major venues and festivals including Baryshnikov Arts Center, Lincoln Center and City Center. Bridgman and Packer are recipients of a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, USArtists International, Performing Americas Project, National Performance Network, La Red, New York Foundation for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and a DTW Digital Fellowship. They have toured throughout the United States and internationally, including Spoleto Festival USA, Jacob's Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, Munich International Festival, Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston, Festival Internacional de Artes Escenicas (Panama), Kintetsu Theater (Osaka, Japan), Tancforum (Budapest).
"Voyeur" is co-commissioned by Portland Ovations of Portland, Maine, and the Edward Hopper House Art Center of Nyack, N.Y. The production has been funded in part by the Expeditions Program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state arts agencies.
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For tickets and information, visit www.silvermineart.org or call 203-966-9700, Ext. 22.


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A British company, Pangaea Laboratories Limited, has failed in its attempt to patent a hair loss formula widely used under the Indian Ayurveda healthcare system. A medicinal composition of turmeric, pine bark and green tea, this concept of the treatment has been used as a heritage Ayurveda and Unani for generations in India.
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR-TKDL), successfully challenged the legal plea by the company filed at the European Patent Office.
Ample evidence from TKDL was given to the European authority in concern to establish the fact, that this composition is traditionally being used as a treatment for hair loss in Ayurveda and Unani.
According to some facts reported by IANS, the Britain-based company had filed the patent application in February 2011 while CSIR-TKDL registered its opposition in January 2014 after the patent application was published online following which the patent application was withdrawn on June 29. Till date, CSIR-TKDL Unit has achieved success in about 200 such cases without any cost


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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Missouri Federation of Republican Women encourage you to visit their new website.
Visit the new website for the Missouri Federation of Republican Women and learn how you can become a member.
Membership into the Missouri Federation of Republican Women is available for any of the nine Missouri Congressional Districts. Membership is available for any woman living in Missouri who is interested in becoming more active within the Republican Party or who may want to help promote the values and ideals of our party platform. Spouses and other interested individuals are encouraged to participate as associate members as well.
The MoFRW is affiliated with the National Federation of Republican Women.
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Wed, 3 September 2014
As VP for Scripted Development for Essential Media (Saving Mr. Banks, Rake, Jack Irish) and Australians in Film President, Simonne Overend has some stories and insights to share. Not in the least what it was like meeting Tom Hanks and translations for industry jargon! She talks about the ideal journey from idea to film or tv show, how internships are the best way in and her honest belief that the good stuff will rise to the top. NEWSFLASH - She also announces the judges for the Australians in Film Gateway LA script initiative. With 63 buyers of content in this town (MIND BLOWN), it's no wonder that Aussie properties are hot!
Direct download: Simonne_Overend.mp3
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