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Oops — I Never Saw It Do That Before . . . .
Wow, found my head demagnetizer, tape editing block and marker lurking in the bottom of my tool box . . . . Been a while since I've needed any of that stuff.
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Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." So he started out…" —Acts 8:26–27a
There is an amazing story in Acts 8:26–27. Phillip was having great success as an evangelist among the Samaritans. Suddenly, God calls him to go to the desert. There is no explanation, just the command to go. As you fast and pray for people far from Christ, be open to the idea that the Holy Spirit may take you down a path and lead you to people you never intended to meet.
I have a chair in my office that reminds me that God's plans are not always what I have decided to do. Several years ago at Thanksgiving, my wife and I went to Brenda's parents for the thanksgiving meal. It had been a very stressful time at church and I was glad just to eat a lot and watch football and probably fall asleep. Esther, Brenda's mom, told me about her neighbor, Julie, who was very sick. Julie was a Lutheran, but she had not been to church for a long time and they could not get a pastor to come out and give her Communion. Esther wondered if I would go over and take Communion to Julie. I was less than excited. I needed a day away from constant demands! Surely Esther of all people should know that. I reluctantly went to Julie. She was a tiny woman sitting in this little lounge chair. I talked to her about Jesus' love and had prayer with her and served Communion. The next day Julie told Esther that during that prayer she asked Jesus into her heart. Two week later Julie died. Every time I look at that chair I realize how close I came to missing God's plan.
As you pray today, remind the Holy Spirit that you are available to the Julies in your world. The Bible calls these special moments kairos moments, opportune times that if we are available God can use us to change our world. Transforming Hearts…Transforming Lives!
Dear Father, as I pray for people I know far from you, help me to be open to those opportune moments you place in my life. In the loving name of Jesus, amen.
Dr. Steve Birch, Pastor, White Chapel Church of God, South Daytona, Florida
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The End and The Beatrice Letters (by Lemony Snicket)
I enjoyed them a lot, but I don't want to say too much since probably most of you haven't yet read them! A lot of unanswered questions, but I think that's part of the point. I also think there is more information to come.


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student-centered learning literature review
resources on student-centered learning and the use of rubrics, multimedia, social media to personalize and engage learners
what is student-centered learning:
Student-centered learning, also known as learner-centered education, broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student. In original usage, student-centered learning aims to develop learner autonomy and independence [1] by putting responsibility for the learning path in the hands of students.[2][3][4] Student-centered instruction focuses on skills and practices that enable lifelong learning and independent problem-solving.[5] Student-centered learning theory and practice are based on the constructivist learning theory that emphasizes the learner's critical role in constructing meaning from new information and prior experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student-centred_learning
Student-centered learning moves students from passive receivers of information to active participants in their own discovery process. What students learn, how they learn it and how their learning is assessed are all driven by each individual student's needs and abilities.
At the system level, this requires implementing curriculum planning practices, pedagogy and assessment methods that support a student-centric approach. In the classroom, teachers craft instruction and apply technology in a way that best serves each student's learning journey. Technology use is always guided by two primary criteria:
- What's appropriate for the task at hand?
- How can activities be designed to develop higher-order thinking skills?
Why is it important?
When students take responsibility for their own learning, they become explorers capable of leveraging their curiosity to solve real-world problems. To that end, the ISTE Standards guide teachers toward designing learning experiences that permit student independence and foster lifelong learning.
Technology allows for an unprecedented level of personalized learning, with valuable opportunities to monitor progress and engagement, follow student thinking, and digitally assess competencies. When schools effectively leverage both technology and pedagogy, both students and teachers become empowered to make decisions about their own learning and teaching.
True student-centered learning requires more than just an increase in technology implementation. It represents a shift in the educational culture toward a system that supports technology for standards-based learning and real-world problem solving. As a system transitions to a student-centered approach, educators can more effectively apply technology to improve learning outcomes and help students develop the skills for college and career readiness.
student-centered learning is including different methods, such as:
- active learning.
- cooperative learning.
- inductive teaching and learning.
- minimizing or eliminating student resistance to student-centered teaching methods.
- Links to relevant web sites.
The University of Minnesota Cooperative Learning Center.
- personalized learning
- anytime anywhere learning
student-centered learning through assessment : create the right rubrics
#2 from http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/12/24/ctq_powell_strengths.html
Steffens, K. (2014). E-rubrics to facilitate self-regulated learning. Revista De Docencia Universitaria, 12(1), 11-12.
Rejab, M. M., Awang, I. b., Hassan, S. b., & Ahmad, M. b. (2010). Customizable Rubrics Model for Formative Evaluation of Problem-Based Learning Course. Annual International Conference On Infocomm Technologies In Competitive Strategies, 126-131. doi:10.5176/978-981-08-7240-3_I-51
CORLU, M. S. (2013). Insights into STEM Education Praxis: An Assessment Scheme for Course Syllabi.Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 13(4), 2477-2485. doi:10.12738/estp.2013.4.1903
Ma, A. W. (2009). A Longitudinal Study of the Use of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Promoting Lifelong Learning Skills. Issues In Informing Science & Information Technology, 665-86.
Klein, G. C., & Carney, J. M. (2014). Comprehensive Approach to the Development of Communication and Critical Thinking: Bookend Courses for Third- and Fourth-Year Chemistry Majors. Journal Of Chemical Education,91(10), 1649-1654. doi:10.1021/ed400595j
Moore, T. J., Guzey, S. S., Roehrig, G. H., Stohlmann, M., Park, M. S., Kim, Y. R., & … Teo, H. J. (2015). Changes in Faculty Members' Instructional Beliefs while Implementing Model-Eliciting Activities. Journal Of Engineering Education, 104(3), 279-302. doi:10.1002/jee.20081
student-centered learning through engagement and buy-in: engage with multimedia
More on student centered learning in this blog:
student-centered learning through engagement and buy-in: engage with social media
#3 from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/five-characteristics-of-learner-centered-teaching/
2 Comments on student-centered learning literature review
Learner-centered education is a great ideal to present both as a marketing strategy for online courses, and as the desired goal for online learning designers. The practical implementation of this is not as clear or as simple as it sounds. The first time I came across this phrase, I thought that it should have been the goal or standard of education all along! So why the emphasis on it now, when online course designers and instructors affirm that their priority is their students and how they can best support the students by creating that environment where students are responsible for their learning.
I believe that this ideal of creating a student-centered learning model can be achieved – if there are more voices of students in the design process. Are students really engaged in the design phases of these courses? To what extent are we taking their views and incorporating these in the design and delivery processes? How much research is available or has been implemented that looked at what students consider to be learner-centered education? Are different technology tools and their affordances enough to create this ideal?Reply


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Wednesday, July 10, 2019 by Jo Clifton
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Guernsey announces retirement
After 34 years with the city of Austin, Greg Guernsey, director of the Planning and Zoning Department, announced his retirement Tuesday. Guernsey's last official day is July 31, but he's planning to take vacation time, so his last day in office will be next Thursday, July 18.
Guernsey started working for the city in June 1985, when the Land Development Code was brand-new and Austin's population was only about 350,000. He started as a Planner 2 in the Office of Land Development Services and has worked for seven different planning departments in the city. City Manager Toby Futrell named him director of Neighborhood Planning and Zoning in February 2006 upon the retirement of Alice Glasco. The department was renamed the Department of Planning and Development, and then in April 2015, City Manager Marc Ott split development services from planning to create the current configuration.
Guernsey said his greatest accomplishment with the city was shepherding the creation of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, which provides the grand vision for planning the city. He said it was "something the city tried to do in the '80s, then tried in the '90s." When Ott arrived in 2008, Guernsey told him about creating the plan and Ott agreed. The plan was completed in 2012.
Imagine Austin has received accolades from numerous organizations, including the American Planning Association, National League of Cities, American Institute of Architects, Alliance for Innovation, and the Japan Productivity Center. Also under Guernsey's guidance, the city developed and adopted the Waller Creek District Plan, the East Riverside Corridor Master Plan and the Downtown Austin Plan.
Guernsey said he has enjoyed his time with the city: "It's never been dull." He plans to spend time with his elderly parents as well as his daughter, who will soon be headed for graduate school in England. After that, he hopes to travel with his wife, who is also retired.
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Homebuyers line up — some overnight — for new Clear Lake community
It looked like a scene straight out of a new iPhone unveiling.
More than 100 prospective homebuyers lined up — some overnight — to purchase a new home at The Reserve at Clear Lake City.
The new 372-acre luxury community — located southeast of Sam Houston Parkway and Interstate 45 near Ellington Field — is the first new home development in the southeast Houston suburb in nearly two decades.
Trendmaker Homes and Village Builders are planning to build 740 homes ranging in price from $300,000 to $1 million. Both Houston homebuilders launched pre-sale events this month, attracting hundreds of people to an area hotel meeting room.
"We had people wait in line overnight to be able to pick their lot," Will Holder, Trendmaker's president, said in an email to the Houston Business Journal. "I've been building in Houston for 35 years and never seen such strong interest."
The Trendmaker community will feature single-family homes on 55-, 70- and 80-foot lots, a gated patio home neighborhood and a shopping center anchored by an H-E-B Grocery store, shops and restaurants.
Neighborhood amenities include miles of hiking and biking trails as well as a recreation center with a swimming pool, splash pad, tennis courts and playgrounds. Residents will be zoned to Clear Lake Independent School District.
Plans for the new community have been in the works since 2013, when Trendmaker Development, a member of the TRI Pointe Group (NYSE: TPH), purchased the land for an undisclosed price. Trendmaker plans to begin construction on the first homes next month with the first model expected to open in late spring. Trendmaker Homes is the seventh largest Houston-area homebuilder with $252.5 million in local revenue and 603 local housing starts, according to HBJ research.
As oil prices slipped to six-year lows,single-family residential developers have been looking at developing lots on the east side of Houston, where there have been significant investments in refineries, industrial parks and the Houston shipping port and channel. Recently, Houston-based CastleRock Communities purchased 106 acres in Baytown for a new residential community, also the first of its kind in several years.
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The story of Phineas Gage.
Carefully controlled neural ablation studies on laboratory rodents are sometimes augmented in the most unusual ways. Such accidents are enormously interesting, and allow cross-species comparisons to be made – which would otherwise fail to pass even the most lax ethics review panel.
Edit: Further information on the case, and its use to educate and enthral here
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Dr Elena Mihailescu
- Position: Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: climate services; participatory research; agro-ecosystem services and goods; nutrient management; agricultural development
- Email: email@example.com
- Location: 10.03 Priestley Building
- Website: Twitter | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Currently employment:
- Research fellow within MED-GOLD project, at the Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (co-development of climate services for olive, grape, and durum wheat stakeholders)
Previous em ployment:
- 2016 - 2018 - Postdoc at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, P. R. China (agroecosystem health and agroecosystem services)
- 2014 - 2015 - Teacher at Kuwait Bilingual Academy School (subjects taught: Introduction to environmental sciences, Plant cell biology, and Inorganic chemistry)
- 2010 - 2013 - Project assistant at Teagasc, Ireland (DAIRYMAN project, nutrient management on dairy farms)
- 2009 - Intern at Centre for Education and Development of Agriculture in Cambodia (System of Rice Intensification)
- 2008 - Exchange scholar at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand (Interdisciplinary land use and resource management)
E. Mihailescu, M. Bruno Soares, J. Lopez-Nevado , A. Graca, N. Fontes, M. Teixeira, C. Monotti, M. Terrado, N. Gonzalez-Reviriego, R. Marcos, R. Arjona, A. Dell'Aquila, L. Ponti, S. Calmanti, M. G. Sanderson, C. Giannakopoulos, E. Zamora-Rojas, S. Maglavera, A. Toreti (2019) "Co-development of tailored climate services for adding value to olives, grapes and durum wheat production systems", The 4th European Climate Change Adaptation conference, 28-31 May, Lisbon, Portugal. Available online at https://www.ecca2019.eu/co-development-of-tailored-climate-services-for-adding-value-to-olives-grapes-and-durum-wheat-production-systems/
Jha, K., K. and Mihailescu, E. (2015) "Rural Poverty in Developing Nation: A Case Study from Thai Village", The International Journal of Rural Development and Management Studies 9(1): 93-109;
Mihailescu, E., Ryan, W., Murphy, P. N. C., Casey, I. A., and Humphreys, J. (2015) "Economic impacts of nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency on nineteen intensive grass-based dairy farms in the South of Ireland". Agricultural Systems 132: 121-132;
Mihailescu, E., Murphy, P. N. C., Ryan, W., Casey, I. A., and Humphreys, J. (2015) "Phosphorus balance and use efficiency on 21 intensive grass-based dairy farms in the South of Ireland", The Journal of Agricultural Science 153 (3): 520-537;
Mihailescu, E., Murphy, P. N. C., Ryan, W., Casey, I. A., and Humphreys, J. (2014) "Nitrogen balance and use efficiency on twenty-one intensive grass-based dairy farms in the South of Ireland", The Journal of Agricultural Science 152: 843-859;
Humphreys, J., Mihailescu, E., and Casey, I. A. (2012) "An economic comparison of systems of dairy production based on N-fertilized grass and grass-white clover grassland in a moist maritime environment". Grass and forage science 67: 519-525.
Boland, A., Murphy, Paul, Upton, J., Mihailescu, E., Yang, M. and Humphreys, J. (2010). "DAIRYMAN-bringing together the best in knowledge and innovation". Todays Farm 21 (4) pp. 16-17.
Mihailescu E., Murphy P., Casey I.A, and Humphreys J. (2012) "Nitrogen use efficiency on dairy farms". In: Proceedings of the 17th international nitrogen workshop (Eds. K. G. Richards, O. Fenton, C. J. Watson), 26-29th June 2012, Wexford, Ireland, pp. 352-353;
Humphreys J., Mihailescu E., and Casey I.A (2012) "An economic comparison of dairy production on N fertilized and white clover grassland". In: Proceedings of the 24th General meeting of the European Grassland Federation (Eds. P. GoliÅ"ski, M. Warda, P. StypiÅ"ski), 3-7th June, Lublin, Poland, pp. 774-776;
Mihailescu, E., Casey I. A., and Humphreys J. (2011) "Nitrogen and phosphorus use on dairy farms", In: Proceedings of the Agro-Environment conference, Athlone, Ireland, 10th November 2011, pp. 29-30;
Mihailescu, E., Humphreys, J., Fitzgerald, E., Casey, I. A., Murphy, P. N. C., Boland, A., and Upton, J (2011) "Dairyman project - Delivering environmental quality and prosperity by improving utilization of resources on dairy farms", In: Proceedings of Waterford Institute of Technology Research Day, Ireland, 11-13th April 2011, pp. 92-93;
Mihailescu, E., Casey, I.A., Fitzgerald, E. and Humphreys, J. (2011) "An economic comparison of white clover based and N-fertilized grassland-based dairy systems under moist temperate climatic conditions". In: Proceedings of the Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore Court Hotel, Ireland, 15th March, p. 144;
Humphreys, J., Boland, A., Murphy, P. N., C., Upton, J. and E. Mihailescu (2010) "Dairyman: dairy management", In: Proceedings of FP7 Environment national information day, 6th October, Hilton Dublin airport hotel, Ireland, p.36;
Boland, A., Murphy, Paul, Upton, J., Mihailescu, E., Yang, M. and Humphreys, J. (2010) "DAIRYMAN: a collaborative project to improve resource utilisation on dairy farms in northwest Europe". In: Agri-Environment Conference , Solohead, Tipperary, Ireland, 27th Aug, pp. 36-39.Murphy P. N. C., Mihailescu E. and Humphreys J. (2011) Regional Report on Sustainability in the Dairy Sector: Ireland. Report for the DAIRYMAN project (an INTERREG IVB project in North West Europe)
Research interests
Research interest: competitiveness and resilience of European (and, potentially, global) agriculture in relation to the impacts of climate variability and change
Research Projects:
- March 2018 – Present - MED-GOLD (Turning climate-related information into added value for traditional MEDiterranean Grape, OLive and Durum wheat) food systems
- 2016 - 2018 - Integrative assessment of agroecosystem health In Fujian province, China
- 2010 - 2013 - DAIRYMAN (Improving regional prosperity through improved resource utilization on north-western European dairy farms and stakeholder cooperation)
- PhD, Nutrient Management, Waterford Institute of Technology
- MSc, Agronomy, International Centre of Higher Education in Agronomic Sciences
- MSc, Agricultural Development, University of Copenhagen
Professional memberships
- Climate change adaptation, vulnerability and services research group
Student education
I contribute sessions to two courses on sustainable development.
I supervise master students.
Research groups and institutes
- Sustainability Research Institute
- Climate Change Adaptation, Vulnerability and Services


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The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District school board has announced the appointment of Jessica Rishe as the new principal of the Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH).
Rishe attended American University in Washington, D.C., including a year at La Sorbonne in Paris. She holds a master's degree in elementary education from UCLA and a master's in educational administration from California State University, Northridge.
Rishe is in her 12th year with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. She taught kindergarten through second grade at John Muir Elementary and at SMASH.
Beginning in 2000, Rishe has been involved with the BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment) program, currently serving as coordinator of teacher support and BTSA in the Educational Services Department.
Additionally, since 2006, she has been part-time assistant principal at McKinley Elementary School.
All of Rishe's work in the district has prepared her for this new assignment, district officials say.
"Jessica has an excellent background in curriculum, professional development and teacher training, and she wholeheartedly en- dorses the vision of SMASH," says district superintendent Dianne Talarico.
The Board of Education approved the appointment Thursday, May 15th.
Rishe will continue in her current capacity, but will collaborate with current principal Carrie Ferguson to provide for a smooth transition. She will begin the principalship on July 1st.


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Lead solos have fallen out of fashion these days, but there are still some practitioners of lead guitar as a solo instrument. Not so much for "widdly, widdly" sake; more as a means of expressing a passionate melody.
Lead guitar players play loud, but they tend to play that way to get a particular tone and dynamic out of their instrument / amplifier combination. It usually involves high gain amplifiers or distortion devices that amplify the strings to extremes, driving the circuits into overdrive, where a smooth, sustained tone can be found. Unfortunately, this makes the guitar pickups sensitive to everything, including sounds you don't want to come crashing out of your speakers.
The better players adopt techniques to minimise these unwanted string, instrument handling and electrical interference noises. They take practice and hence they become habits. Here are seven of them:
- Use the volume knob or a volume pedal – when you aren't playing a note, develop the habit of turning the volume knob on your guitar down to zero. When you go to play again, quickly open it up again before you hit the first note. Volume knob control is essential to minimise unwanted howls, feedback, guitar handling noises and hum, so that you set your playing against a silent background, instead of an ugly din. If you do not have the dexterity or timing to use the knob on your guitar effectively, a foot-operated volume pedal is the next best thing. Switching to a low gain channel of your amp is another option, but the switching might not be noiseless.
- Damping with the right hand palm – learning to mute the strings that are not played with the palm of your right hand (meaning the hand that you pick with) is a good way to maintain control and tame the beast. You have to get good at moving your hand as you pick different strings. Rest your palm on the bridge so that the notes you don't want to hear are deadened.
- Damping with the finger tips of the right hand – I wish I could find the YouTube video I saw this on, but Joe Satriani, a master lead guitar technician and soulful player, has a technique whereby he damps strings that are not being played with the tips of his right hand fingers. He describes it as "walking" the strings as he changes which one is being picked. This technique is more precise than palm muting. It allows for more agility, as well as the use of hammer-on and pull-off techniques with your left (fretting) hand, but is much harder to master and habituate. Used in combination with palm muting, you can get excellent results, however.
- Damping with the tip of the left hand index finger – This is another reasonably difficult technique to master. Use your left hand to both fret notes, but also to damp notes on adjacent strings. Fortunately, I found this handy instructional video to show you the technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIEnzboW0Hc&feature=related
- Placing your left hand fingers carefully – It seems obvious, but if you learn to place your fingers on the fingerboard cleanly and precisely, you will tend not to catch your fingers on unwanted notes or strings, so there will be less to damp. Saying it is easy. Learning how to do it is hard. Extremely hard (at least for me)! Practice placing your fingers on the strings, noticing whether or not you are brushing past other strings when you do, making them sound. Observation is the best way to go about this.
- Scrunchies at the nut – I first noticed this technique watching Guthrie Govan play. Scrunchies are those hair bands that girls wear to tie up their ponytails. You can get them in stretch fabric or towelling and they work really well as a string dampener. You put one over your headstock and shift it between the nut and first fret when you want to damp open strings from sounding. It really helps when you are playing legato style or are doing some two handed tapping that doesn't need open strings. Here is another handy video I found that shows you how: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6feYs2hW2oI
- Use a Smart Gate – Many years ago, Tom Scholz from the band Boston addressed this problem and came up with a pretty good solution. The intellectual property was acquired by Jim Dunlop who also owns the MXR brand (http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=255).
This gate is different to normal noise gates because it is frequency-sensitive and it permits long sustained notes to be held, instead of cut off in their prime. It's not a perfect solution, but it is one of the best kept secrets in lead guitardom. EDIT: There are now two versions of the SmartGate available – a revised pedal http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/m135-smart-gate-noise-gate and a rack mounted, dual channel version with remote footswitch http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/m135-smart-gate-noise-gate.
Congratulations. You are now in the brotherhood and if you acknowledge membership, we must kill you. 🙂
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In hybridization of XeF4 (Xenon Tetrafluoride), there are actually two hybridizations that take place. Xe is sp2d2 hybridized and F is sp3 hybridized.
|Name of the Molecule
|Xenon Tetrafluoride
|Molecular Formula
|Hybridization Type
|Bond Angle
|90o or 180o
|Square Planar
What is the Hybridization of Xenon Tetrafluoride?
In xenon tetrafluoride, the hybridization takes place in the central atom which is Xenon (Xe). If we look at the valence shell of Xe there are a total of six electrons in the 5p orbital and two electrons in the 5s orbital. If we observe the 5th orbital then there are the d orbital and f orbital which no electrons are present. In the formation of XeF4, two of the 5p orbital electrons which are in excited state move to fill the vacant 5 d orbitals. As a result, there are 4 unpaired hybridized electrons which include 2 in 5p and 2 in 5d orbitals. This results in sp2d2 hybridization.
In the case of fluorine, four F atoms bond with these four half filled orbitals. These fluorine atoms will then be placed on either side of the central atom.
Important Points To Remember
- The central atom has 6 electron groups out of which two are lone pair electrons.
- The hybridization in Xenon is d2sp2 because there is a migration of two electrons of p to d orbital which results in the formation of sigma bond with F.
- The steric numbers of fluorine are all 4 meaning it is sp3 hybridised.
XeF4 Molecular Geometry And Bond Angles
XeF4 consists of two lone pair electrons. Now if we follow the VSEPR theory, the bond pair electrons and lone pair electrons experience repulsion between them. With this, they will acquire a stable state. The lone pairs of Xenon lie in the perpendicular plane in an octahedral arrangement. Therefore, XeF4 molecular geometry is square planar.
The bond angles are 90o or 180°. The lone pairs lie on the opposite sides of the molecule basically at 180° from each other.


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The 2019 Canterbury Women's Champion of Champions and the district final for the NZ Gross Stableford Rosebowl was held yesterday at Coringa. The course was presented in excellent condition with some short but challenging rough that caught the offline shots. Morning conditions were calm and warm, producing many good scores, but the afternoon wind, heat and difficult gross stableford format caused some form reversals.
At the end of the Champions event, Anika Park of Russley and Olive Tapu of Christchurch were all tied up with 154 gross total for the 36 holes. In a sudden death play-off on the first hole Anika won the Champions title for 2019. Anika also won the Longest Drive trophy.
The Gross Stableford Rosebowl competed by club teams comprising Silver and Bronze Champions and Bronze Champion Runners-up, was comprehensively won by Russley with an aggregate 36 hole score of 122. The team was Anika Park (66), June Park (36) and Mary-Anne Williamson (20). Waitikiri came in second place on 104 and Harewood third on 101.
The Hagley Trophy for the Champions 36 hole net was won by Judy Smith from McLeans Island (picured left) with a total score of 153.
The Pat Renell Salver for the Bronze division pair with the highest aggregate gross stableford was jointly won by Lincoln's Heather Templeton and Jan Latham and Russley's June Park and Mary-Anne Williamson both with a combined 56 points.
On her home course, Myra Story of Coringa (pictured right) won the 9 Hole Champions Trophy with a gross 50.
Our sincere thanks to Coringa for hosting this event, and to Toby in the proshop who was a huge help all day with expert card entry and results reports.
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Old and New
had already heard the buzz. So I jetted over to see Coni Marotz, owner of Iconi Interiors (and former vice president of the rug division at Sergenian's), to see for myself.
"It's fun, it's fresh, and people have been saying they really like it," says Marotz.
Perhaps people like the dazzling, ever-changing window displays? The impeccably designed room vignettes or reclaimed vintage furnishings? Nah, it's probably the vintage barware sets, perfect for a warm-weather cocktail. Whatever it is, Marotz is onto something, and she's got the experience to match, with stints in women's apparel and retail window design, and at Sergenian's.
Marotz had been eyeing Jennifer Holien-Brewster's Epoch space for a while when serendipity struck: the store was moving to State Street. "It was truly a gift," says Marotz. "Sometimes things like that happen when the timing is right."
Marotz's approachable yet stylish look and mindset should jibe well with Madisonians, many of whom might feel their belt tightening on expenses. Surely an $16.50 soy candle, $21 pillow or, heck, a $225 duvet cover can lift the spirits of those who might not have the budget to redesign an entire room. And if you do have the budget, Marotz's reclaimed, reupholstered furnishings are worth the investment.
The eclectic vignettes set up throughout the store make you wish your house looked like that. No worries: Marotz can help with design services, too. Her unfussy attitude is clearly evident, and her home life reflects her store philosophy, too.
"I tend to like things that make living more fun. When people come over to my house, I hand them a drink in a vintage glass. If it gets broken—it's broken!" she says, smiling. "If you have beautiful things, you should use them."
Here's to finding some of those beautiful things at Iconi.
Shayna Miller is associate/style editor of Madison Magazine
Price range: $10–$4,000
Owner's Picks: Blissliving pillows and bedding, $21–$225; Covet "Morgan" chaise, $1,820; Slip custom lamps, $160–$335; reclaimed 1950s daybed, $1,575.
Editor's Picks: Vintage barware sets, $36–$68; Surya 3'x5′ wool "Safari" rug, $212; vintage green dresser, $250. Verdict: In the age of individualism and custom everything, shoppers will always be able to find something different at Iconi—literally—because of the ever-changing selection of covet-worthy items.
Iconi Interiors: 534 W. Washington Ave. 441-0077. Iconiinteriors.com


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You can lower the Schottis however you want if it's too large for a window. They're put in by sticking them to the window body (at the high) with their included double-sided tape. So, there's no drilling or something like that; it takes minutes.
We have simply wrapped up our main bedroom re-do and I'm so excited to begin planning the subsequent space. But before I do, I want to share all we did in our master bedroom. Today, I'm displaying you tips on how to create a customized-looking pelmet box and drapes, with ribbon trim and no stitching. I repeat, no sewing. And it was pretty straightforward. I completely Leather Furniture looooove the pure light that streams into this room. It's fabulous and illuminates the whole house. But while you want a bit extra shut-eye on the weekends…it isn't exactly easy to snooze previous dawn with gentle in your face. So I knew I wanted curtains, they usually'd must be blackout curtains.
They could positively see shapes/mild/shadows (and greater than with objects inside a few feet of the window), sure. I'm comfortable with the extent of privateness they supply on my first floor, however I don't walk round naked or anything like that. If you need total privacy, you will have to go together with a heavier shade or pair them with window frosting movie. I like the thought of plantation shutters for sliding doorways, nevertheless it's so costly…(sigh). Great article, thank you! It was not the perfect window remedy, however neither have been the plastic vertical blinds. It was time to get critical about finding a brand new strategy to cover our corner windows.
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The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct population genomics research on the Mojave Desert tortoise. The Postdoctoral Scholar will join a team of collaborators investigating habitat suitability, corridor functionality, and the demographic and distributional responses to environmental variation. The Postdoctoral Scholar will be expected to lead all aspects of the population genomics analyses associated with this study including: DNA extraction, library preparation for high-throughput sequencing, short read quality filtering, alignment with the existing Mojave Desert tortoise genome, functional classification of loci based on genome alignment, and standard population genomic diversity and differentiation analyses. The Postdoctoral Scholar should have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to work with a collaborative team that spans agency personnel, university faculty, other project postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. The position has the potential to be renewed annually, based on performance for up to two years. Start date is negotiable, but the position is available immediately.
The University of Nevada, Reno offers a competitive postdoctoral salary ($48,000) and an excellent comprehensive benefits package that includes: a state health care plan (PEBP), a retirement plan with matching contributions from the university, generous annual and sick leave, opportunity for pre-tax savings accounts and term life insurance policy. For more information about postdoctoral employee benefits please visit: www.unr.edu/Documents/administration-finance/hr/hr-benefits/2017-2018_Postdoctoral_Benefits_Summary.pdf. Additionally, the fellow may apply for university, college, and departmental travel funds for conference presentations.
Required Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Biology, Ecology, Population Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology or closely related field by the time of appointment.
Preferred Qualifications
- A strong publication record
- Experience working on computer clusters and handling large datasets
- Laboratory skills including DNA extraction and library preparation
- Demonstrated advanced laboratory and bioinformatics skills, including programming skills in R, Perl, and/or Python, and proficiency in working with the linux/unix command line environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and in a group
To Apply
Please send a single PDF containing the following to Dr. Marjorie Matocq at mmatocq [at] cabnr.unr.edu :
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Let's fix, not scrap reports
Parents who disagree with marks their children receive on school report cards sometimes argue the grading system is not fair and should be altered. Few suggest grades ought to be done away with entirely.
That would be crazy. Children's progress in school has to be measured somehow. That seems obvious.
So why, then are some reportedly suggesting Ohio's system of report cards for schools ought to be scrapped? That makes no sense, either.
Controversy over how report card data is used to determine whether students should be permitted to transfer out of public schools and to state-subsidized charters has brought the topic up again.
Critics of the system point out that it takes money from some public schools that do well in many regards but fall short in a few.
That is a valid criticism. But some are using it as an argument in favor of eliminating the school report card system. It is unfair to public schools, they argue.
No, it is not. Just like individual teachers' grading systems, it may require changes in the interest of accuracy and fairness. But parents and taxpayers in general deserve a look into how well schools serving their children are doing.
Ohio legislators may want to fine-tune the report card process. Like any other complex system, this one ought to be re-examined regularly. No doubt it can always be improved upon — and that should be done. But eliminating it is, in two words, ridiculous and irresponsible.


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Storage, discharge of raw materials, conveying, dosing and dissolution.
To ensure the coating or lamination of seeds (improvement of protection and optimisation of growth), the sector's industrialists develop products in liquid form incorporating bulk materials in powder form (Kaolin, chalk, clay, talc and active substances such as guazatine, mancozeb...).
Dosing hoppers ensure the preparation of the incorporations with a conveying to the tanks generally by pneumatic conveying. Containment in the discharging and conveying phases is essential when handling potentially sensitive bulk materials. Automation ensures the accuracy of dosages as well as the traceability of manufacturing batches.
Case studies with our customers
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Processed powder: dried grass seeds - Seeds conditioning - Installation of a double discharge station: big bag emptying and container emptying for mixer feeding as well as a double filling station:...
FlowMatic® 04 automatic big bag packaging line
Processed powder: treated maize seeds - Seed conditioning - This Multinational, an actor on the world seed market, wants a facility located in Brazil for the automatic packaging of corn seeds in big...
Big bag filling with corn seeds
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Automatic packaging line for big bags FlowMatic® 04: metering - conditioning - conveying
Processed powder: urea Fertilizers - Urea Company based in Vietnam, leader in the production of fertilizing products.
One handle big bag filling with fertilizer
Processed products: Fertilizers and seeds - Seeds - Production and trade of cereals for livestock feed.


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I'm having some trouble typing code and scrolling and navigating in the code box when going through the tutorials, where's the best place to report the problems?
- Unable to use Ctrl+Home/End keys to go to the top or bottom of the code, which I need to do often.
- When typing a new line at the end of the code, most of the line is obscured and I have to scroll down to see it (doesn't matter my screen's resolution height, but I'm on 1080p Full HD).
- Trying to double-click text or holding Ctrl+arrow keys to select results in selecting parts of a tag rather than block it out by text or tag chunks. It works intuitively in Notepad++, but FCC seems to follow the Windows Notepad logic… which is not logical for code at all.
- Clicking after the end of a line sometimes results in the cursor being put in the middle of a line randomly or on another line, and then hitting the End key or clicking somewhere else on the line does nothing… I'm using the latest Chrome on Win7 64-bit Pro


text: Dale grew up on Long Island and spent many happy summers on the beach. She attended Hofstra University where she met her husband Alex. Dale started her career in New York City as a Systems Engineer for a computer system manufacturer and eventually became a SE Manager, followed by several by years as Regional Director of Marketing covering New York, New England and as far west as Michigan. She eventually went into sales focusing on IBM mainframe attached subsystems. Her daughter Nicole was born in 1992, and after a year and one half of missing some of her precious milestones, Dale decided to retire from corporate life and become a full time Mom (and never regretted it) When Nicole started full time school Dale looked for work that was local and allowed the flexibility to be available for her daughter's events and the timing was just right for Jesse Lee was looking for a new administrator. It's now 19 years later! Being part of the Jesse Lee family has been a wonderful and loving experience with fellow staff members and the congregation.


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Iron Butterfly In A Gadda Da Vidda - LONG VERSION
Now that we've got some music, here is a link-around to some really great blog posts! Weekend Open Thread in the comments section, go nuts.
Conservative Hideout:
Tolerating Socialists if There Were Any For Real? (excerpt):
Many people in society claim to be socialist, but in reality they are just thugs- they want others who they don't like to redistribute their property, by force if necessary. They want other people, not them or their friends, to lose their liberties and freedoms- but not them. They want equality, as long as that equality drags others down to their levels- but once they have more than others and are more fortunate, they no longer believe in equality. They talk about the joys of a society that they can build, ignoring the horrors of it in reality. READ THE WHOLE THINGIrony Overload: DSCC asks Koch industries for Cash!
Fast and Furious: A much bigger operation that was funded by American tax dollars?
Fleece Me:
Teachers and journalists and actors oh my!
Boudica Weblog BPI:
The year you were born
Mowing grass - Priceless, via cuz, Oliver (excerpt):
Here is a soldier in Iraq, stationed in a big sand box. He asked his wife to send him dirt (U.S. soil), fertilizer, and some grass seed so that he can have the sweet aroma, and feel the grass grow beneath his feet. When the men of the squadron have a mission that they are going on, they take turns walking through the grass and the American soil — to bring them good luck.
Of all the things he could have asked his wife to send to him from home………..he asked for American soil. WOW. READ THE WHOLE THING, you will be glad that you did!
Knuckledraggin my life away:
I feel ya, man
Independence Day - Tyranny Then and Now -- A MUST READ!
Doug Ross @ Journal:
Quote o' the Month: Messrs. Boehner and McConnell -- Just Say No
"Millionaires and Billionaires"
An Open Letter to @SpeakerBoehner and Sen. McConnell: You Blow This and You Are Political Toast
Flyover Pilgrim:
Sordid Garment
Chick of the week... er...
Adrienne's Corner:
Left or Right?...
Lawn tractor report and how government regulation costs you money...
Bread Upon the Waters:
MI Woman Faces Jury Trial for Growing Organic Vegetables
New York State Buys the Big Apple a New Bridge--From China
Just a Conservative Girl:
Have Love Toys, Will Travel (excerpt):
Well, thank heavens. The TSA has finally given us instructions on how to bring our "love toys" on the plane without embarrassment. READ THE REST
Bare Naked Islam:
COMMUNIST-IN-CHIEF kills NASA along with America's dominance in space - Wonderful coverage of the Atlantis' last flight, photos & video too!
(related, Reflections of the Clear Blue Sky - from me)
Pundit & Pundette:
Convict believes he's entitled to porn
Beyond wasteful: Obama made economy worse
Blazing Cat Fur:
Father Zakaria Botros, aka Islam's "Public Enemy #1," is back...
"The TDSB is guilty of importing a version of Islam that is from...Islamic fascists."
Last Gasp Gaza Floptilla Newz...
Marathon Pundit:
Betty Ford passes away at 93
PoliticalJunkie Mom:
Obamanet, anyone? (And I used to moan about my monthly internet cost)
The Other McCain:
Prediction: BHO Does Not Even Complete Term, Much Less Run For Reelection by Smitty
'Hey, TSA, Is That My iPad in Your Pants, or Are You Just Happy to Frisk Me?'
Betty Ford, Dancer, R.I.P.
To the Reader Who Bought the 1/8 Carat Gold and Diamond Heart Pendant
The Gateway Pundit:
Obama Told Us He Wasn't Ready to Be President… He Wasn't Kidding
Pathetic. DSCC Attacks Koch Brothers After Donation Request Is Rejected
Obama: Don't Look at Me… It's the Earthquake, Tornado, State Budget Cuts, Gas Prices, Local Budget Cuts, Greece's Fault
Atlas Shrugs:
A haven from jihad: Republic of South Sudan set to become a nation on Saturday
(related: A New Nation is Born! Southern Sudan Votes for FREEDOM - me)
No American Flags at GITMO in Submission to Muslim Terrorist Detainees
Islamic Spin on 911 Jihad Attacks Takes Terrible Shape Everywhere
Join Us September 11th at our 911 Freedom Rally at Ground Zero
Five Feet of Fury:
Madrassa operating in Toronto public school — the 'South African cirriculum' is a nice touch…
Alt headline: 'A conservative is an Asian who's been mugged by a black kid'?
(related: The Racism Everyone Pretends Doesn't Exist - me)
Invincible Armor:
Teachers: The Tests Made Them Cheat
Islam's Contribution* to the World
Policing America for a Jihad That Doesn't Exist
The Daley Gator:
What a stunner, the Left is re-writing history again
Legal Insurrection:
Obama Sold, Tracked, Same Guns To Cartels He Hoped To Ban Because They Were Tracked From Cartels
Obama's Catch-2012
A Moonbat Explains Why She Hates the Troops
EPA Sweetheart Suits
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! My birthday is in eight days! Husband is just getting his business off the ground and I am still working on freelance projects that will pay in dollars rather than pennies, so we're pretty broke right now which means my birthday will be very low key - but luckily, my neighbor's birthday is the day after mine and he's throwing a huge party the day before mine and his parties are awesome, so fun will be had on my birthday weekend. Husband commandeered my brief case, and I miss it already, so I put it on my birthday wish list, in case some nice person wants to buy me a birthday present, which would make me super happy. Of course, hitting my tip jar is a great way to say "Happy Birthday" too! Ad space is still available here at the Zilla blog and also at Stone Soup, and there's never been a better time to buy an ad here because readership is at an all time high (over 19 thousand page views in the past 30 days). If you like to read books, please check out my bookstore! While you're there, you can use the search box to shop for all kinds of other stuff too!
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As the plane winged its way from Moscow to Kiev, Bleemie Kleiner – huddled deep down inside a not so clean airline blanket and wedged amongst hulking, vodka reeking Russians – wondered what temporary insanity had claimed her. Alone, except for her 48 cans of tuna, 10 pounds of cheese and 10 pounds of salami, her high flying adventure was just beginning.
As the pages of this unique saga unfold, you will laugh with Bleemie, cry with Bleemie, and ultimately wish that you, too, could have shared with Bleemie in the rediscovery of those "neshamos" in Kiev that 70 years of Communist domination could not obliterate. Bleemie, the little seminary graduate from Flatbush... Bleemie, who planted a new world of hope in the old world of cynicism...
Bleemie, the exuberant, creative, empathetic Bais Yaakov teacher for all seasons and all students (especially in Kiev) "presents" us with a fascinating true story of adventures "far and away" beyond the usual.
By the time you have finished this charming, funny, and yet oh, so significant book, you will be clamoring for more, much more! Goldy Rosenberg demonstrates unique ability to extract the best and the most humorous from each of the many unusual situations that Bleemie encounters as she pursues her dream of teaching Russian girls in Kiev. This book will take you on an unusual trip, one that will clutch at your heartstrings and change your perspective – and what a whale of a time you'll have on the way!


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As a keen observer of and commentator upon psychology and human behavior, Shakespeare, naturally, also delved frequently into social criticism. Much of Shakespeare's social criticism finds its focus in the rapidly changing class structures of Elizabethan England and the ways the members of those classes derived and displayed self-definition through membership in their respective classes. In The Taming of the Shrew in particular, Shakespeare engages in a subtle, and sometimes not-so-subtle, critique of the establishment of identity through the ostentatious display of wealth in clothing styles and other decorations of the body. Inspired by the costumes of the theater and the ease with which an actor altered his displayed identity with each change of clothing, Shakespeare explores the gain and loss of both social identity and self-definition made possible by changes of apparel in all three plots of the play: the metamorphosis of Christopher Sly from beggar to lord in the induction, the subplot in which Tranio and Lucentio exchange identities so that the latter may win the love of Bianca, and the main plot in which Petruchio tames the shrewish Katherine through a series of exercises exhibiting defiance of Elizabethan social norms. Through this exploration of the centrality of ostentation to the establishment and maintenance of identity, Shakespeare calls into question the solidity and stability of the social order as well as offering an admonitory commentary on the obsessive ostentation of the wealthy. In so doing, Shakespeare offers an apparent reaffirmation of the belief in the permanence of the hierarchical structure of Elizabethan society while subtly casting doubt on the entire structure.
The clothing style and items worn by a person was one of the most obvious marks of that person's social status. The wealthier and the more ostensibly important a person was, the more ostentatious their clothing and accessories became as an exhibition of that wealth and importance. According to Amanda Bailey, an expert in Shakespeare at the University of Maryland, Queen "Elizabeth possessed over three thousand dresses the year she died. Clothes were important to the queen and not merely because she had a passion for them. Apparel was one of the primary means through which she realized her authority."[1] In addition, says Bailey, "while Elizabeth's clothing symbolized her majesty, the clothes of her subjects signaled their various social positions."[2]
So readily recognizable was the dress of each of the various classes of Elizabethan English society that "along with establishing a character's gender," says Robert I. Lublin, a historian of theater, "the most immediate and important function costume served on the Shakespearean stage was to assert the wearer's social status in the highly stratified dramatic world of the performance."[3] The audience immediately ascertained the social status and occupation of any character who entered the stage based upon the clothes worn by the actor because it was the sort of clothing they saw worn by the various members of the society around them.
The use of clothing to project social status became particularly important during the Elizabethan Era due to increasing social mobility, both upward and downward. The "excruciating concern with status" characteristic of the Elizabethan Age, "the anguished self-consciousness, the necessity to define one's position, was rendered all the more acute by the rise of the gentry," writes historian and Shakespeare scholar A. L. Rowse in his multivolume study of The Elizabethan Renaissance.[4] In addition to this increased possibility of upward mobility, the Elizabethan Age also saw an increase in the possibility of downward mobility, with many of the heirs of the nobles of earlier times being forced to take up various employments due to the necessity imposed upon them by their decreasing wealth.[5] Such decreases in wealth and the taking up of occupations requiring labor were, of course, accompanied by the diminishment of social status. The nouveau riche, meanwhile, clamored after the means by which to establish and display the increase of status acquired through their new wealth. There was, for example, says Rowse, a "pedigree craze" in which the new gentry sought to equip their families with coats of arms.[6]
One of the most immediate means by which members of this newly socially mobile society attempted to display their status was the taking up of the clothing of their new caste. Clothing which distinguished its wearer as a man or woman of importance became increasingly ostentatious throughout the Elizabethan Age. "It was," say historians Ann Rosalind and Peter Stallybrass in their treatment of clothing during the Renaissance, "in the late sixteenth century that the word 'fashion' first took on the sense of restless change" in styles of clothing.[7] Previously, the word "fashion," derived from the Latin facio, meaning "to make," had referred to the production of artists and artisans, "the act of making."[8] As individuals were increasingly able to fashion, or make, themselves into something new through changes in occupation and social status, fashion in clothing became a central means by which to mark one's body according to one's new station and so publicly proclaim that station. According to Rowse,
Costume clearly reflected not only class and rank, but also profession — the clerical and academic, legal and mercantile. . . . In those days the expression of class-status in one's costume was regulated by statute, though there must have been wide margins of divergence. Middle-class women were not supposed to dress in velvets, except for sleeves; blue was the colour of servants, so the upper classes forwent that delightful colour. Peasantry and working people wore serges and fustians of drab, natural colours, like themselves. . . . In general we may say that the grand costume of the leading classes, nobility and gentry, was immensely rich and exhibitionist, conspicuous and competent, artificial, addicted to hard, brilliant colours. There was much use of black, but that served as a background to bring out other hues. Renaissance society was extravagant and extrovert, so was the costume.[9]
The word "fashion" also began at this time, however, to take on "the sense of mere form or pretence" as well as connotations of something "counterfeit or pervert[ed]."[10] Just as the gentry attempted to establish a fictitious nobility of their lineage through the acquisition of a coat of arms for their family, the wearer of ostentatious and fashionable clothing was presenting himself according to a status greater than that allotted to him by birth. He was, implicitly, calling into question the whole of the Elizabethan social order, with all of its strict codes of conduct and rigid hierarchies, including the traditional passage of occupation and status from parent to child.
While this clash between the increased social mobility and a traditional hierarchal world picture consumed Elizabethan society, it also found a central place on the Elizabethan stage. Drawing upon the work of G. K. Hunter, Lublin summarizes, "the early modern stage engaged individuals first and foremost as expressions of their social rank."[11] This was accomplished, says Lublin, primarily through costuming. "Without recourse to dialogue," Lublin writes, "the characters established their identity onstage immediately and almost entirely from the apparel they wore."[12] Even for those characters with substantial amounts of dialogue, "dialogue did not serve to constitute otherwise blank identities, but rather to modify the identities posited by their social station as it had been established by their apparel and understood by virtue of the sumptuary legislation of the period."[13] Because of the importance of clothing to the establishment of the status and occupation of the character, acting troupes like that of Shakespeare were willing to spend large sums to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of the clothing worn on stage.
This importance of costume to character became a central comedic motif in the early works of Shakespeare and continued to play a substantial role through his career as a playwright. Shakespeare includes, for example, a number of comedic references to the practice of dressing boys up as women to play female parts due to laws which prohibited stage performances by women, as in Cleopatra's lament shortly before her suicide in Antony and Cleopatra that in the future she
shall see
Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness
I' the posture of a whore.[14]
The simultaneously pitiful and comedic effect of the statement was surely obvious to a crowd who was watching just such a boy-actor dressed as Cleopatra "squeaking" these very words.
As You Like It features what is perhaps the greatest example of the comedic uses to which Shakespeare could put the issues of gender raised by his crossdressing boy-actors. There, the boy playing Rosalind, a female character, dresses up as and pretends to be a male character, Ganymede, who, in turn, pretends to be Rosalind. This complicated multilayering of identity as it relates to gender and the display of identity through costume is at once both humorous and intriguing.
[1] Amanda Bailey, "'Monstrous Manner': Style and the Early Modern Theater," Criticism 43, no. 3 (2001): 249, doi:10.1353/crt.2001.0023.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Robert I. Lublin, Costuming the Shakespearean Stage: Visual Codes of Representation in Early Modern Theatre and Culture (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2011), 41.
[4] A. L. Rowse, The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000), 86.
[5] Ibid., 123.
[6] Ibid., 85.
[7] Ann Rosalind and Peter Stallybrass, Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 1.
[8] Ibid., 1-2.
[9] A. L. Rowse, The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Cultural Achievement (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000), 200-201.
[10] Rosalind and Stallybrass, 1.
[11] Lublin, 43.
[12] Ibid., 44.
[13] Ibid.
[14] Antony and Cleopatra, V.ii.


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One common advantage schools often claim to have over homeschooling is their efficiency. One teacher teaching 20 kids is better than one teaching 3 or 5, right? Especially when that one teaching 3 or 5 is hardly really teaching like the other, but more throwing books at the kids, right?
Gilbert Highet in The Art of Teaching never says anything about homeschooling, but he does comment on the different modes of teaching. And we have the opportunity as homeschooling families, to take advantage of the best model, which classrooms never can achieve.
Tutoring provides a better education.
It is far easier to give two one hour lectures to classes of fifty or sixty than to tutor one or two pupils for two hours, questioning, objecting, remembering, following up, arguing, defending yourself, and counter attacking and always moving toward a definite end which must not be hurried or overemphasized. And after giving two such tutorials, you are exhausted.
A tutoring model of educating, Highet develops, leads the student individually through three phases: first, create something (read, think, write, do the math, etc.); second, the tutor critiques it and goes over it with the student; third, the student revises his work based on the feedback and the tutor commends his progress. Wash, rinse, repeat, at least weekly.
But for the pupils, tutoring on this system is far the best kind of education.
We can know our students and guide them on their own path instead of simply shepherding a crowd toward a general direction. But it is a lot of work. He validates our end-of-the-day (or middle-of-the-day) experience when he admits: "And after giving two such tutorials, you are exhausted."
But it is a good work. Let us persevere.


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Small, scenic Laughery Island rests in the Ohio River between Boone and Dearborn counties. The island has an interesting and dark history, beginning with the tragedy which befell its namesake, Revolutionary War officer, Colonel Archibald Lochry. Though the discrepancy in spelling can be attributed to confusion or colloquial modification, the island's name remains a tribute to a massacre.
In August, 1781, Lochry and his men, numbering near 100, were traveling down the Ohio River trying to catch up with General George Rogers Clark and his men, whom they were to join. Near what we now know as Laughery Creek, they were ambushed by Joseph Brant and his war party, comprised of British loyalists and Native American warriors aligned with them. The attackers, hidden along riverbank and on the island, pounced and forty men were killed, including General Lochry; the rest were taken prisoner. Any physical remains of the battle are long gone, but the darkness may yet linger.
Over the years, Laughery Island has been the site of a number of violent and tragic events. In the overnight hours of August 6th, 1874, Louisville steamboat Pat Rogers, carrying a load of highly flammable cotton and fifty passengers or more, caught fire. As the flaming vessel neared the island, it began to come apart, its chimney toppling and its flaming wheels becoming detached from the burning vessel as it ran aground on Laughery Island. Terrified passengers, were hanging from the side of the boat their nightclothes on fire; others jumped into the water. Estimates of casualties numbered between fifteen and twenty five souls.
The steamboat Mountain Girl, carrying performers, workers and animals of a small circus, was heading downriver on the Kentucky side in 1884. The opposite approach of another boat, the J.W. Goff was anticipated by the usual signal of a horn blast. Unexplainably, the Mountain Girl began to stray toward the Indiana bank, putting it right in the path of the larger Goff. The two boats collided, resulting in loss of the lives of two of the circus workers, ten horses and a number of snakes.
Death on the island also came from above. In 1927, a stunt pilot and two passengers were enjoying a regatta on the river below, when the pilot lost control and crashed on the edge of Laughery Island, killing both passengers and injuring the pilot.
Within two years of the tragic plane crash, a young party-goer attempted to swim across the river from Indiana to Kentucky, but drowned as he neared the island. His fate was repeated by several drowning victims who washed ashore on Laughery Island over the years. Other violence also touched the idyllic spot on the river. The near-skeletal remains of a victim of foul play was also found on the island, having floated over 150 miles before coming to rest on Laughery Island.
In fairness, not all visitors to the now-private island have suffered bad luck. It's been the site of a vineyard, numerous river excursions and picnics, and a well-attended prize-fight in 1860.
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PRRD flies to Japan for Nikkei conference
MANILAPresident Rodrigo R. Duterte left Tuesday afternoon for a three-day visit to Japan to attend the 25th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia and a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Duterte left Manila at 4:52 pm via a private plane, said Senator-elect Christopher "Bong" Go in a message to reporters.
The President is scheduled to attend business forums and roundtable meetings with the Japanese business sector to encourage investments and further heighten interest in the Philippines as a Japanese tourist destination of choice.
Duterte will likewise meet with the Filipino community in Japan and personally convey his appreciation for their continuing sacrifices and contributions to the country's socio-economic development.
He is also expected to assert Asia's role in charting its own future when he delivers his speech at the 25th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia on the second day of the conference set on May 30-31.
The President's address is expected to highlight Philippine development goals and accomplishments, foreign policy thrusts, and insights on regional and global developments.
Duterte is also expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the regional conference.
Trade Secretary Lopez on Monday (May 27) said Philippine and Japanese firms are expected to sign over 20 business agreements worth PHP300 billion, which would create at least 80,000 jobs.
The Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia is an annual meeting that gathers government and business leaders to share their respective assessments of Asia's prospects and their ideas as to the direction Asia should chart for itself.
The President is expected to return to the country early Saturday morning. (PNA)
Source: Philippines News Agency


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Today, news has surfaced reporting that NYPD commanding officer Emanuel Gonzalez will not be charged after it was confirmed that he made the statement. The NYPD commanding officer told a room full of cops to shoot rapper 50 Cent on sight during a roll call. While Gonzalez said it was a joke, the statement was investigated by Internal Affairs. Internal Affairs are saying that they couldn't prove any intent or malice behind the statement, so detectives closed the case.
50 Cent went on IG to share his thoughts about the incident. He recently deleted the post, but this is what he posted:
"I knew they were not going to do anything about this, so I stop talking about it. NYPD is hands down the toughest gang in New York. You just gotta be ready for whatever. You know the vibes."


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After your touching wedding ceremony, you will want to remember the most important day of your life as a couple with the right soundtrack, that will be in your memories for all your life together.
Here below you can find a list of our favourite romantic songs, from the most common to the most unusual, to let yourself fall in love again and again while you and your beloved will dancing in front of your guests!
- Fly me to the moon, Sinatra: one of the most classical and elegant love songs of all time.
- Your Song, Elton John: to have a dance completely dedicated to the bride
- I Just called to Say I Love You, Stevie Wonder: rhythm & passion, two important elements in a marriage
- The Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a, Tchaikovsky: to fell like a real princess in your personal fairytale.
- You're the first, the last, my everything, Barry White: "you are the answer to all my dreams"… there are no lyrics sweeter than these!
- Say you, say me, Lionel Richie: delicate as an embrace, while you listen to this song you can immagine to be in your husband or fiancé arms…
- La vie en Rose, Edith Piaf: we prefer the original French version, but also the one by Louis Armstrong is phenomenal.
- Slave to Love, Brian Ferry: if you are in love with the '80s, this song will trill your soul.
- As the World Falls Down, David Bowie: this melody has the power to let you feel inside a crystal ball.
- All About Loving You, Bon Jovi: rock but romantic, a perfect song for an unique start as wife and husband.


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Franz Schubert (31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer and pianist. Schubert is the realization of the myth of the artist: he died young, poor and unknown and was soon thereafter immensely famous and has been continuous ever since.
Schubert is best known for his lieder, an art form, where he very early reached maturity and...
Franz Schubert (31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer and pianist. Schubert is the realization of the myth of the artist: he died young, poor and unknown and was soon thereafter immensely famous and has been continuous ever since.
Schubert is best known for his lieder, an art form, where he very early reached maturity and widely regarded as the greatest of all composers. In other genres, he was slower to grow beyond being a charming representative of the contemporary Viennese classical standard product and find his own style.
In addition liederne wrote Schubert masterpieces of symphonies, piano music, chamber music and church choir. His operas have been largely overlooked until late in the 20th century, but has now begun to arouse interest.
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A Recital. Monteverdi, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Nørgård, Mahler. Hanne Stavad (contra alto) Tove Lønskov (piano) Jens E. Christensen (organ). 1 CD. Danacord. Dana 439
Aksel Schiøtz: Hidden Treasure records. Vol. 4. Incl. unfinished Die Schöne Müllerin (1939-40). & Mozart test Recordings 1 CD. Danacord. 454
Franz Schubert: Die Schöne Mullerin. & Edward Grieg: 5 Songs. Aksel Schiøtz sings and Gerald Moore plays piano, 1 CD. Danacord. Dacocd 452 *** Recommendation ***
Alfred Brendel plays Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata nos 37 & 52 & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 9. & Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 & Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata D958. Alfred Brendel plays the piano with the Vienna Philharmonic are being conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. 2 CD. Philips. 2390010 *** Recommendation ***
Artur Schnabel. Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms. 5 CD. Membran. 220089-2
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Ave Verum. most popular choral works are sung by The Choir of St. John College, Cambridge, is being conducted by Christopher Robinson. 1 DVD. Brilliant 6323-9
Barbara Hendricks. Works by Bach, Faure, Gershwin, Mozart, Puccini, Ravel, Schubert, 2 CD and 1 book. EMI
Chants Sacres. Charles Gounod and Franz Schubert: Ave Maria & 3 Negro Spiritual. Barbara Hendricks sings with Stockholm Chamber orchestra, and being conducted by Eric Eriksson. 1 CD. EMI. 098811-2 *** Recommendation ***
Barbara Hendricks: La Voix du ciel. = 'The Angels song'. Arias by Johann Sebastian Bach (including Ave Maria), Gabriel Fauré, & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, & Schubert, & Richard Strauss & Claude Debussy, & Hector Villa-lobos, etc. and 4 Negro Spiritual. 2 CD. EMI. 754909-2 Press read more *** Recommendation ***
Barbara Hendricks: Sacred Songs & Mozart: Sacred Arias. 2 cd. EMI. 234420-2
Leopold Stokowski conducts Beethoven Symphony. 5. & Schubert Symphony no. 8. & Debussy: Prelude a apreas midi d'un faune, etc. 1 DVD EMI. 4922842
Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms & Wolf. Lieder Recital. Oluf Bär, Geoffrey Parsons. 1 CD. EMI
Zubin Mehta meets Mitsuko Uchida. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4. & Schubert: Rosamunde overtüre. & Bach: Concerto for violin, oboe and strings. & Stravinsky: Pulcinella. Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Zinovi Kaplan (violin), Dudu Carmel (oboe). Zubin Mehta conducts Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in some recordings from 2003. 1 DVD. Amado. 90003-9
Arthur Schnabel plays Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 23 & Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata no. 21. D 960 1 CD. EMI Classics. 2390004
Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1, 6, 8. + Schubert: Symphony no. 8. & Smetana: Die Moldau. Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra. (1941). 2 CD. Cedar
Boccherini: Menuett, Schubert: Militär march, Camarata Bern. 1 CD, Novalis
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Meadow Hill Hosts Annual Mother/Son Sports Night!
On May 11, Meadow Hill held its annual mother/son sports night. Mothers and their sons engaged in a variety of fun and engaging physical fitness activities to help encourage students to maintain an active lifestyle. Participants were able to partake in some healthy competition in fun-filled games which included tug of war, roller scooter dodge ball, a rope climb and an obstacle course.
Story and photos provided by: Ms. Melissa Winfield - Corbett
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During the past several months I've had the extraordinary pleasure of reading three books by the intellectual and cultural historian Peter Watson. Those books are The Modern Mind, The Age of Atheists, and The German Genius. Other brilliant modern intellectual historians such as Jacques Barzun, Isaiah Berlin, Walter Benjamin, Terry Eagleton, Roger Scruton and Charles Taylor belong to this erudite association of immanent scholars.
It was most recently in reading The German Genius in particular that I was struck by the concept of "Bildung," the Classical and Romantic German ideal of self-cultivation of the whole person in all dimensions of life, an ideal that links the process of both personal and cultural maturation. This maturation involves a harmonization of the individual's heart, mind, imagination and will, a unification of selfhood and identity within the broader society of relationship. This quest for wholeness and integration through personal and cultural maturation is reflected in the literary tradition of "Bildungsroman."
Literary examples of "Bildungsroman" include The History of Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding, Candide, by Voltaire, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shanty, by Laurence Sterne, Emile, or One Education, by Rousseau, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, by Johan Wolfgang Goethe, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, What Maisie Knew, by Henry James, Sons and Lovers, by D.H. Larwence, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, Demian: the Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, and Narcissus and Goldman, by Hermann Hesse, and To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, to name only a few.
The following quote from Peter Watson's The German Genius gets to the heart of the matter:
"Bildung is in some ways the primary achievement of educated inwardness–indeed, it could be held to be the natural end product. Goethe…said specifically that the purpose of life when there is no God (this was after he lost his faith in the summer of 1788) is to become, to be more than one was. 'The ultimate meaning of our humanity is that we develop that higher human being within ourselves.' [Of course it is not strictly speaking necessary for one to lose his faith to arrive at much the same conclusion about the purpose of life]
"Kant thought the difference between animals and man was that man can set himself goals and 'cultivate the raw potentialities of his nature.' In creating the very idea of purpose within us, he felt, we 'enlarge' ourselves and those around us. This is inwardness, Bildung, and community all in one.
"William Bruford traced the idea of Bildung in novels all the way through the nineteenth century into the twentieth — Alalbert Stifter, Nietzsche, Thomas Mann in the Magic Mountain — and in the middle of the 1900s Karl Mannheim described Bildung as 'the tendency toward a coherent life-orientation, the development of the individual as a cultural-ethical personality.'"
Fritz Ringer described "Bildung" as "the single most important tenet of the 'mandarin' tradition" within Germany and elsewhere. In terms of the schools of modern educational theory, it is a marriage of the radical person-centered tradition, classical canonical tradition and progressive pragmatic tradition, the fusion of soul-care, cultural literary and state-craft.
What "Bildung" resists is a reduction and constriction of the great energies and potentialities of human development and cultural achievement to the limits of trade and commerce, technology and technique, production and consumption, amusement and escape, the very norms that dominate our global capitalist corporate consumer society today. In this sense the ideal of "Bildung" is counter-cultural to the dominant economic and social values of today's materialist society. It reduces "the leveling of the masses" to acquisitive and mindless consumers. It values the cultivation of knowledge, wisdom, compassion, character and citizenship as essential elements in the development and sustaining of a just, free, noble and humane democratic society.
For many people even today Wolfgang Von Goethe has become the archetypal symbol and exemplary embodiment of these three educational and cultural ideals integrated into a many-sided individual. Often Johann Christoph Friedrick Schiller is mentioned in connection with Goethe since they began as intellectual rivals but became friends. Peter Watson writes, "For Schiller, education was the best–the only way–forward, but it was to be education of a special kind: it was aesthetic culture that produced the "healthiest" relationship between reason and emotion. For him art and literature, images and words, offered the best hope of showing how the imagination and the understanding can work collaboratively together, one limiting the other to help us avoid extremes, which Schiller saw as the main problem underlying barbarity."
Schiller distinguishes between three epochs of the evolution of civilization. In the natural state the individual is subject to the forces of nature. In the moral state the individual is identified with the rules of nature and uses those rules as a basis for living together. In the aesthetic state the individual is free of these forces, free to chose his own roles. In the aesthetic society "beauty acquaints us with our full potential."
In terms of a contemporary re-formulation of the idea of Bildung, I would suggest a few of the contours of experience, understanding and development under the three rubrics of self-knowledge, cultural literary and state craft. Self knowledge includes an awareness of and appreciation for the natural, physical, emotional, social, imaginative, rational, volitional, ethical, intuitive and spiritual dimensions of the whole person within the interdependent web of life and interpersonal relationships. Cultural literary includes a general knowledge of philosophy, religion, history, mythology, literature, arts, sciences, technology, psychology and sociality, along with a study of languages and linguistics. State craft includes an appreciation for and understanding of the environment, social, economic and political contexts in which we live our collective lives in a pluralist society and global age, while taking seriously such perennial challenges as totalitarianism, militarism, imperialism, racism, sexism, tribalism, terrorism and anarchism. An education in state craft will go beyond appreciation for and understanding of social, economic and political theory. It will urge and encourage practical opportunities for informed engagement in the democratic process. At the same time, a commitment to state craft will not eclipse the equally important educational values of self knowledge and cultural literacy. All three of these core values need to be re-awakened and cultivated in a contemporary re-birth of the idea of "Bildung."