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Fragments of a Fractured Self
Mavis Audrapel posted a topic in Nether LegendsAfter several weeks since the death of the King the general morose that had descended on Stormwind was slowly beginning to lift, people were getting back to their lives. The bells rang their melody as the hour struck noon, adding another layer to Hansreim's perpetual headache of limited resources, shorthanded staff and occasional hangover. Privately he wished he had retired years ago, despite what little good it would have done in light of the newest threat to Azeroth. Reaching for his flask the old Captain took a swig to calm the pounding of his skull and walked out to meet the newest petitioner ot the guardhouse. What he was face with was one of the regulars, hassling one of the younger guards playing at bouncer to the barracks. "Please" The old man was close to begging. "Someone has to have seen him. The portals, he doesn't like to fly." Captain Ollie Hansreim dismissed the guard and waived the old man into his office, he had seen desperate men before and in that regard Lucas was no different than many of the petitioners that came to the barracks but it was harder when you knew the man. Ulrich had remembered the former soldier from the days of the second war and while he was never considered tall Lucas Audrapel had been an imposing figure in battle and no doubt may have been a commander if he'd stayed on. Now, his old comrade had lost most of his muscle and was significantly thinner than what may have been considered healthy, his skin had a sickly pallor to it and though they were both the same age the weariness on the man's face bespoke of someone much older. It was his concern for his friend's health that made the old soldier's eyes soften with sympathy. "Lucas, I know this is difficult but have a look around. I'm working with old men and children, last week a cripple came by and I had him patrolling the mage quarter just because we needed the bodies. Most of our regular guardsmen are either still out at war or died at Broken Shore. Even if I did have the men…I can't exactly go sending troops out all over the kingdom looking for your boy who for all we know has just gone feral." Lucas Audrapel tightened his lips and removed a torn stained letter from his vest, slapping it down in front of his old comrade. The Captain examined the letter's quick hurried scrawl as Lucas made his argument. "This was sent a month ago, from Duskwood. It's not his handwriting, but it is his words. He hasn't gone feral" It didn't escape the Captain's notice that the other man didn't even try to sit down despite the obvious weariness he possessed. Endless war meant he did not see it often, but prolonged illness was hard to miss on anyone. "This letter says he's headed to a caravan. Have you checked the Darkmoon Fair?" "I'm not able to travel out that far to look an Susan can't leave Jacob alone with the kids, especially with the newborn. I need help." To Captain Hansreim it was more surprising to hear the old soldier admit he needed help than it had been to see a giant dragon land on the gates and breathe fire. "I want to help you Lucas but it's out of jurisdiction. We can't use city resources to look for someone whose clearly left the city on his own will, former guardsman or not." He sighed. "What about SI:7? Missing persons and strange letters, seems like something that would be right up their path if you could convince them." Lucas shook his head in defeat, finally giving into his weariness and taking the chair opposite the Captain's desk. "I tried. They don't investigate missing worgen because it's a Gilnean matter, the Gilneans won't look into it because he's a Stormwind citizen and they don't have the authority. My son is in a political limbo." Ollie sighed. He felt for the man, he really did. "Look, Arthur Huwe owes me a favor, let me see if I can pull a few strings over at SI:7 and have them open a case. It might flag some agents to keep an eye out but I can't promise anything, if he doesn't want to be found there's not much anyone can do about it." The old soldier turned farmer visibly relaxed. "Thank you Ollie." "Just get some rest." Captain Ollie Hansreim watched closely as Lucas left, waving over one of the guards to make sure to old man got home safely. He had stopped short of openly admitting his concern for the old soldier but his worry remained. The old Captain reached into the top drawer of his desk and pulled out a small pedal device that had been cobbled together by one of the more enterprising gnomes in the gadget department and pressed down. "Hello babe, I need a favor."
The Long War of Lost Men
Mavis Audrapel posted a topic in Nether Legends"I'm no longer the man I used to be. Perhaps one day Shaeya will understand this and know why I left and why she needs to know that my fault is not her own. At the moment I am two sides of a coin, unable to identify to either despite my efforts to do otherwise. When I embrace the wolf I lament that I am no longer a man, when I am a man the beast inside yearns to break free again. For someone who has so much control over her curse I do not believe that Shaeya could ever understand these daily struggles. It has come that I can no longer see myself being comfortable in my own skin again, wishing that this curse had never been brought on me. Stormwind has been calling for additional volunteers to combat the orcs still fighting for footholds in the Highlands and where before I might have remained at home I have now made the decision to sign on. Forgive me Shaeya for not choosing to say goodbye, It would only have been more difficult for us both and you deserve far better than me for a mate. The only certainty I know anymore is fighting." -The journal of Mavis Audrapel It had taken less than an hour for Audrapel to decide he hated flying. It was thje lack of ground that bothered him, the overwhelming stench of fuselage and exhaust making it all worse. "You going to be okay Wolf?" Mavis' hand went subconsciously to the iron collar around his neck. Before the band had been an indication of his curse, establishing him as the first Worgen allowed to serve in the city guard and singling him out as a beast but with the military it was just easier for identification on the battlefield. The military was practical that way and it became a strange comfort to realize over time that he was just another weapon in the toolbox rather than some cursed monstrosity. He liked his Captain too, all business and little sentiment, though this being a double edged sword it also meant he would get no sympathy that his beast was railing against the discomfort of an airship and the overpowering scent of the fuselage. "Just a little green in the gills Captain. I'll be fine" There was an audible grunt from his Captain. "You better, this ain't no walk in the park. All right girls listen up!" The change in tone was a direct signal that it was time to get down to business. "Our priority one mission is to drop down and locate The White Pawn, everything else and everyone else is second down on that list. Captain Taylor's final message puts the ship's last known location here!" The Captain's fist hit ocean squarely between the southern ends of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. "Now don't let those head in the ass cartographers blow any smoke up your ass, our initial scouters located landfall and it's a hell of a lot more than a piddly ass island you're seein here so I want you alert and on the lookout for local fauna and vegetation. You get eaten by some drunken god's walking flower it's on your head! Second, spotters say we got some fine ass structures looking like a local color so be aware of hostile natives and watch your ass for Horde. We're dropping you down by parachute so don't piss it up and pancake! Let's Move!" His brief foray into the Highlands did little to prepare for the gut-wrenching experience of falling several hundred feet onto solid ground and Audrapel barely remembered to pull his chute out in time before becoming a splatter. The horde had arrived in full force, making it to the new continent at roughly the same time the airship had landed if not sooner and the ground was choked with goblin artillery and orc grunt troops. There was so much green Audrapel caught himself wondering why they even bothered to wear colors at all. He shook off the confusion and dropped down to all fours, bracing against the brief pain of transformation before taking off in full force to his first orc, not even bothering with swords as he brought the full force of his weight down and tore through the throat. He used the corpse to throw at a sawblade before goring two goblins with his claws. Someone had tried to land a bland he tore the arm holding it clean off, beating the orc with it before knocking him down with his other claw. The beast reveled in the violence, this was its territory and now that it had every excuse it unleashed it's savagery in raw primal fury. He briefly remembered an explosion going off in his face before gutting the enterprising goblin who did it and then Mavis dropped back and let the beast go. "ENOUGH!" The words resounded into his ears and through his skull, the human woke up. He caught a brief glance of a two toned bear walking past him before he became aware of the blood soaking into his fur and the sharp metallic taste of more that had found its way into his mouth. Through blurred vision he saw a ghastly skeletal creature that had started clawing at him and drawing forth the remainder of his awareness he drew his sword for the first time and sunk his sword into the strange ethereal creature. There was blood all around him, bodies of orcs and goblins had been savaged all around him. The beast had been sated.


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FOLSOM, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has rejected parole for a Southern California dentist who killed three people in the 1980s by administering fatal doses of anesthetic.
A panel of appellate court judges and a state parole board voted earlier this year to release 65-year-old Tony Protopappas. He has served more than 25 years of his 15-to-life sentence for second-degree murder.
But the Daily Pilot reported that Schwarzenegger rejected the bid on Dec. 15.
In 1983 and 1984, Protopappas of Costa Mesa gave the fatal doses of a general anesthetic to 23-year-old Kim Andreassen; 31-year-old Cathryn Jones; and 13-year-old Patricia Craven in his Costa Mesa office.
Protopappas was using narcotics heavily at the time and did not have a license to administer the anesthetic, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Schwarzenegger's decision came as no surprise to Protopappas' lawyer, Rich Pfeiffer.
"The only thing that has changed since the court's last opinion is Tony got a much more favorable psychological evaluation and has continued to take positive steps in his journey through rehabilitation," Pfeiffer wrote in an e-mail, The Los Angeles Times reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Can Hong Kong become independent from China?
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In the past two years, the independence movement in Hong Kong had gained a lot of attentions from the mainstream media. Various politicians as well as the president of China had commented on the movement via newspaper and television. However, the media only focused on the fact that the Beijing Government will not allow Hong Kong to become independent and did not look at the underlying reasons why Hong Kong cannot become a country. This thesis will fill in the blank left by the mainstream media and investigate whether or not Hong Kong possess the essential conditions to become independent from China.


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Could your partially exempt business be paying excessive VAT when you consider how the different activities really contribute to general costs? Use this letter to ask for a unique method of apportionment to achieve a more fair calculation for your business.
General rule
If you make both taxable and exempt supplies, your business is "partially exempt". When this is the case you can recover all the input tax on costs which are directly attributable to making the taxable supplies, but none of the tax attributable to the exempt supplies. There will then be a residual amount of input tax incurred on general costs which isn't directly attributable to either type of supply. By default, some of this residue can be recovered by apportioning it by reference to the total taxable and exempt supplies in the period.
Example. Let's suppose that Acom Ltd makes the following supplies in its most recent VAT quarter:
The total input tax incurred is £365,000, attributed as follows:
Using the standard method, the residual tax would be apportioned by reference to turnover, so an additional £85,000 x 1/5 = £17,000 could be recovered.
Special method
Sometimes the standard method does not truly reflect the underlying business activity. For Acom in the example above, the taxable turnover represents 20% of overall turnover, but this is achieved from 30% of the total transactions. In these circumstances, you can seek approval to use a special method to apportion the residual tax - and potentially recover more.
Example. From this basic information Acom could propose that the residual tax is apportioned by reference to the number of transactions, or to the ratio of attributable input tax. Let's compare the result with the standard method.
Input tax
£85,000 x 100/365
£85,000 x 3/10
£85,000 x 1/5
Requesting the special method
A special method cannot be used without prior approval from HMRC. If you wish to use one, you need to write to your VAT office proposing your method, and explaining why it is a more suitable method than the standard one. VAT Notice 706 sets out what basic information needs to be provided in your letter:
The Declaration is a very formal element of the proposal - we have used HMRC's template to include in our letter for your convenience. A request will be rejected if this is not completed correctly.


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The population modelling and epidemiology teaching and research group is made up from a wide range of expertise from statistics, informatics and image processing to dynamical systems and time series analysis.
The overarching theme of the group is the use of modelling techniques to extract information from complex data sets with an emphasis on practical problems.
Our current research
We're focusing on the epidemiology of infectious diseases, ecological complexity, marine and fisheries modelling, and mathematical cell biology.
Marine population modelling (MPM)
The MPM group has strong research links with Marine Scotland as well as collaborating in large multi-university projects and with empirical scientists in other institutes.
We use mathematical models to solve a variety of ecological and biological problems including:
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Find out more about the work of the MPM group.
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The mathematical biology research group works together with both the epidemiology and statistical informatics group and the marine population modelling group.
Our research interests are focused around the modelling of biological processes. In particular, the impact of spatial complexity and the dynamics of complex systems. Areas of current interest include:
- antibiotic production in actinobacteria
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Epidemiology is the study of the causes, transmission, incidence and prevalence of health and disease in a population.
Our research group has strong links with Health Protection Scotland (HPS) and the Veterinary Laboratory Agency (VLA). We work together with experts in epidemiology and related fields on a national and international level.
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- Designing and setting up the national surveillance system for HPV infection to assess the impact of the HPV vaccine and using it to run epidemiological studies


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28 December 2016
LJY-Netzer, the youth movement of Liberal Judaism, has had another standout year – with its trademark mix of everything from campaigns and education to camps and events. Below, we pick out five key LJY-Netzer moments from 2016:
1. A new movement worker team
In April, Hannah Stephenson joined the LJY-Netzer team as our newest movement worker. Since then Hannah has been working seamlessly alongside Sam Alston and Anna Craven, who stayed on after a very successful first year of movement work. Hannah, a member at The Liberal Jewish Synagogue, said: "After 14 years of LJY-Netzer, I still can't get enough. I have an undeniable love for the movement. It has given me friends, values, beliefs and unforgettable experiences. It has been my life and shaped the person I am today."
2. Movements warn on march racism
In June, LJY-Netzer joined with three other youth movements to issue an open letter condemning the racism connected to the annual Yom Yerushalayim march, celebrating the 1967 liberation of Jerusalem. LJY – along with Noam, RSY-Netzer, and Habonim Dror – called on the Israeli authorities to guard against "the expression of racist attitudes" during this year's march. The movements have urged that the event be marked as "a celebration of the vibrant, diverse and meaningful city we know Jerusalem to be.
3. Members enjoy recognition and success
LJY-Netzer's Ben Combe was honoured at the Jewish Volunteering Network Awards for his fantastic work, all year round, to deliver numerous high quality youth events. Meanwhile Jonty Leibowitz was elected to NUS Conference as a Cambridge delegate and Lauren Kelies was elected as social action officer at Leeds University's Jewish Society. Mazel tov to all!
4. LJY-Netzer's Anna helps launch Mitzvah Day at Parliament
LJY-Netzer movement worker Anna Craven helped to launch Mitzvah Day 2016, the UK's biggest faith-based day of social action, at an event in the Houses of Parliament. At the November launch, Anna spoke to 20 Parliamentarians, from all sides of the political spectrum, about Liberal Judaism, LJY-Netzer and all the incredible projects happening in our communities around the UK on Mitzvah Day.
5. Youth vow to 'Reclaim Zionism' at Veidah
Veidah is LJY-Netzer's decision-making event, where members aged 14-25 directly shape the direction and ideology of the youth movement. Many motions were passed in 2016 and, with a focus on important anniversaries for Israel coming up in 2017, 'Reclaiming Zionism' was chosen as the movement's Theme of the Year.
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California Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Commit Arson Of Popcorn Store And Extortion
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A California man was convicted by a jury on Wednesday of conspiring with others to burn down a Henderson popcorn business and threatening to injure the business owners, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
Following a three-day jury trial, Joel Kenneth Ausbie, 53, of Fontana, Calif., was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit arson and one count of committing extortion by force or threat of injury. United States District Judge James C. Mahan presided over the trial and scheduled sentencing for Oct. 18, 2017. Ausbie faces the maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
According to the indictment and court related documents, Ausbie and co-defendant Calvin Robinson paid co-defendant Joseph A. Strickland to set fire to Las Vegas Kettle Corn & Special Events, LLC, in Henderson. Robinson met Strickland in Victorville, Calif., and provided Strickland with directions as well as a note for Strickland to tape to the front window of the business. The note read: "I still don't have my money. This is the last warning! Next time someone is going to be dead." On Oct. 30, 2015, Strickland set fire to the business and as a result the business was closed. After the building fire, Robinson met Strickland and paid him for the act. Strickland also admitted to shooting at a private residence during the relevant conspiracy.
Robinson, 41, of Pomona, Calif., pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 10, 2017, and Strickland, 35, pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 28, 2017.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa Cartier-Giroux and Cristina D. Silva.


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The 18-hole "Pitman" course at the Pitman Golf Course facility in Sewell, New Jersey features 6,125 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 69.4 and it has a slope rating of 118 on Rye grass. Designed by Alex Findlay, the Pitman golf course opened in 1927. Orist G. Wells, PGA manages the course as the Golf Professional.
Pitman is a course that I am very familiar with since I live nearby. I play golf all over the Delaware Valley and I must say that this course rates right with the other publics I play. Pitman is NOT Pine Valley, folks. It's run by Gloucester County and they do not always get the water ration they really need for the fairways and greens, but they make the best of it. During rationing years, other course in the county seem to get preference. Pitman is an old course (1923) that I first played back in 1986 and it has improved greatly since the county took it back over from Ron Jaworski in the ealry to mid-90's. It can be challenging depending upon where you hit your tee shot (obviously...) on most holes. It can also get you one of your best scores ever. Great for the money, in my opinion; especially if you can register as a Gloucester County resident each year and play the course more than one or two times. Orist Wells, the pro, is a real pro and a good man. His lessons are He runs a good course. I recommend it highly.
Played this course today and found the greens and fairways in good shape. The tee boxes were pretty beat up. I couldn't understand why the restaurant was closed for lunch since the parking lot was half full.The price was too high for a senior rate of $41 to ride.
Just got back from a twilight round here. $23.00 to walk this course is an extremely good value. Its nice to see a course charge that green fee and actually give people sand mix to fill in their divots, shows they actually give a ****. The staff and starter were very friendly and accommodating. The tee boxes weren't perfect but not that bad either. Fairways were in decent to good shape, as most people do fill in their divots. The greens were very slow today due to recent rain but rolled true nonetheless. Some holes were rather short but there are a couple 400+ yard par 4s and a couple of very pretty par 3s over hazards. A great value and I would definitely return.
Now this is a diamond in the ruff,I was just looking for somewhere to play one day and went to this course.First of all,the staff is excellent very friendly and made me feel like they wanted me to play their.The layout of the course and the up keep was great,too.If I had to request anything I would say longer and better cartpaths,but that's not a negative.Thunbs up!!!!
nice scenery, well maintained. but overall not that great a place.
Not a bad course for a public course. The greens usually get pretty beat up by the end of the summer though. I played around Memorial Day and the greens were in good shape. But late last year they were pretty beat up. Nice scenery and staff usually doesnt bother you.
Who are you people saying the couse was in excellent shape. I played on Labor Day and the greens were terrible. Worst shape I've seen on any course this year.I would suggest that when someone is paying $49.00 for a round of golf here, that they are told about the work being done on the greens before you take their money. Makes for a bad business practice.
Well-maintained and very well laid out Friendly staff. Greens are GOOD. Excellent course.
Well-maintained and very well laid out - another Alex H. Findlay masterpiece. Friendly staff. Excellent practice green and driving range with a bunker for a warmup. Greens are immaculate. Fairways are wide and easy to hit, but there's some challenging holes as well. 11 is listed as the #2 handicap but it's TOUGH. Excellent course, I liked it so much I got a membership.
Very nice beginner level course and great value!
Pitman Golf Course
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15 tees driving range
18 regulation holes
No recent major awards have been noted.
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11 September 2019
Top tips for managing a share house budget
How to keep on top of finances in a share house
Setting clear rules and guidelines, sharing responsibility and ensuring transparency are the key tips for flatmates to manage the house sharing experience, according to the Customer Owned Banking Association.
Managing the finances of a share house can be difficult for many Australians, especially when someone is behind on their share of a bill or rent. The Customer Owned Banking Association has compiled its top tips for managing finances in a share house.
- Set the rules and guidelines. Make sure everyone in the house understands the amount and the due date for expenses and what the funds will be used for.
- Clearly set out individual vs. household expenses. Being transparent about what an individual should pay for and what a household should pay for can remove the potential for future tiffs.
- Consider if a shared bank account is right for your household. Depending on the situation, a shared account can be a good option to manage expenses. This allows flat mates to pay agreed amounts from their personal account into a general household expenses account. Before considering a shared account its important to consider the financial position and financial literacy of all tenants to make sure everyone can manage a shared account.
- Track monthly spending. Keeping an eye on the average cost of services like internet and electricity each month can help flatmates budget and keep on track of what they are likely to have to pay at the end of the month.
Customer Owned Banking Association's Mick Gibb says transparency is the best policy when it comes to managing share house finances.
"It's important that everyone in a share house is on the same page and agrees on the way the finances will be run.
"Whether you decide to have one person manage all the bills or if you decide to divvy out responsibility for rent, water and electricity amongst everyone, it's crucial you all agree on how you're going to manage it."
Another consideration for flatmates is whether they want to open a shared joint account to manage the finances.
"Depending on your situation, you might consider opening a shared account with your flatmates which you can pay agreed amounts into. This can be a helpful way to pay for shared household items and joint bills.
"If all the house mates agree on a shared account it's important to shop around to find an account that best suits your needs. Visiting ownyourbanking.com.au is a great place to start.
"If you have a shared account be sure to keep your own records of any funds you transfer into the account."
For people first moving out of home, ASIC's MoneySmart site has some useful tips and tricks to manage the costs of moving.


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Romans 14:17 AMP; [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
How many of us have had the occasion to pray the Lords prayer? "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Countless times, right? Even unbelievers have probably heard it at sometime in their lives. The part, "Your Kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven," I pray daily over my own life. But what does it mean? Paul says that it's not a matter of food and drink, or getting the things you want or need, instead it is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Let's break down the word righteousness if we may. The amplified shows it as being in a state that makes a person acceptable to God. That does not mean that because I live in Florida, I'm acceptable to God, in case you were wondering! I've also heard it defined as being in right standing with God. I would like to make this statement; when you know who you are and whose you are, you have peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Why? Because now we have the understanding that it's not because of what we do, that makes us right with God, it's because of what Jesus did that forever makes us right with God. We don't have to do a thing but know that we ARE the righteousness of God in and through Jesus Christ.
That right there is pivotal in whether we keep our peace and joy or constantly struggle and strain to get what we need. Matthew 6:33, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." So I'm merely to seek to live my life knowing that I'm in right standing with God, allowing the Holy Spirit to fill me with His peace and joy, then everything I need will be added to me. WOW! That's a full time job right there, isn't it!
I was just telling Walt the other day, when our girls were little, they never worried about clothing or food. Even when he was out of work and we had very little, they never gave a thought to what we would eat for dinner. They were children and they relied on us to take care of them. It didn't affect the way they played with their friends. It never kept them from laughing and singing. They still wanted me to read them stories and play hide and seek with them. (P.S., never play hide and seek with a mom who has attention deficit disorder, LOL) You see what I'm saying, right? Knowing who our Father is and trusting His provision, brings us peace and joy. Not the kind the world has, but the kind that only He can give.
Father, thank you for making me righteous. I don't have to do right to get right, I AM right because Jesus did right. Because of that wonderful gift, I can sit with You and You sing over me, read to me, talk to me and laugh with me. You've given me joy unspeakable. You've surrounded me with peace, loving kindness and tender mercies. I walk in health and prosperity because that is how it is in Heaven and it's how you intended me to live on earth. Each time I sit with you, I come away with greater understanding of your intentions for me. How I love you, Daddy. Today, I trust you to keep me in your perfect peace as I keep my mind on You. In Jesus' Name. Amen


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Posted by David Dudley Field '25 under Admissions, Harvard at 7:15 am
See The Wall Street Journal for background on the Harvard admissions trial which starts this week. Best commentary is from Razib Khan at Gene Expression. Should we provide daily coverage, connecting news from the courtroom to EphBlog's coverage of admissions issues at Williams over the last 15 years? In the meantime, let's spend this week reviewing some of aspects of the debate. Day 3.
In the last two days, we have established two key facts about legacy students at places like Williams and (?) Harvard. First, legacies — meaning the children and grandchildren of graduates — are about 10% to 20% of each class. Second, legacies as a whole have more impressive academic credentials — meaning test scores and high school grades — than non-legacies.
Is legacy versus non-legacy an apples-to-apples comparison? Probably not. Legacies are whiter, richer and less athletic than the class as a whole. Since all those things make it harder to gain admissions, we really ought to compare legacy students to a "matched" group of non-legacy students, a group with the same distribution of characteristics like race, family income and athletic ability. That would help us to determine if legacies get an advantage or not.
Note that the argument can also go the other way. Consider the case of "development" admits, students who would not have gotten in if their families were not major donors, or at least potential donors. Such admissions are much more likely to be legacy students. But they aren't getting accepted because of their legacy status. It is their families wealth that is getting them in. They still would have gotten in, regardless of where their parents went to college. Without the family wealth, however, they would have been rejected.
The expert testimony in the Harvard trial tries to tease apart these effects using a regression analysis. We can dive into the details, if anyone is interested.
For me, the key point is the following: Any category of applicants which receives a meaningful advantage in admissions — recruited athletes, racial minorities, billionaire families — will have lower academic qualifications than the class as a whole. If a category, like legacies, has similar academic qualifications than, almost by definition, they did not received a large advantage in admissions.Print • Email
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abl says:
If a category, like legacies, has similar academic qualifications than, almost by definition, they did not received a large advantage in admissions.
That's not true. If literally every legacy applicant was an AR1 and AR2, and legacies were guaranteed admission, you would simultaneously see (1) that legacies have, on average, higher academic credentials than the average student (because the average student at Williams is not an AR1 / AR2); (2) that legacies received a large boost in admissions (because a 100% acceptance rate would represent a very significant advantage for AR1 and AR2 applicants).
Now, that's obviously not the case. Legacies are not exclusively AR1s and AR2s, nor, do I think, are all legacies admitted (even for AR1 and AR2 legacy applicants). However, if legacy applicants are disproportionately high academic performers, it would not be unexpected for legacy admits to also be disproportionately (or at the very least proportionately) high academic performers — irrespective of any legacy advantage or lack thereof. And, like you acknowledge, legacy applicants are likely disproportionately high academic performers. As a result, any proportionate (or disproportionately high) number of legacy high performers in the class does not imply that legacy applicants are given no meaningful advantage in the process.
This is particularly true given the role that other soft factors play. If legacy status works in the same manner as significant artistic talent,* for example, you'd expect to see–all else equal–a class of legacy admits who are roughly as academically talented as the class as a whole, but possessing fewer (or weaker) non-legacy hooks. (And, as described immediately above, all else is not equal.) So simply looking to the academic stats of the legacy class as evidence of a (lack of) legacy advantage is not helpful to determining how meaningful of a boost legacy status provides. If legacy status can compensate for the lack of another admissions hook, that could represent a very meaningful advantage that would be reflected by the non-academic stats of the class in question.
But even this advantage may not be well reflected by the non-academic status if legacy applicants are also more likely than the average applicant to have significant non-academic hooks. My point is that, without inside knowledge of the process, or without very good knowledge of the applicant pool and relative admit rates, it's difficult to look at the class of admitted students and draw these sorts of inferences about the advantage of applying as a legacy student.
(One final factor here is that you are looking at matriculants to try to understand admission. Assuming the strongest admits at less likely to attend Williams than the weakest admits–likely–and that legacies are more likely to attend Williams than non legacies–likely–you would expect the legacy pool of matriculants to be especially strong relative to the legacy pool of applicants. This would lead to the class of legacy matriculants to somewhat overrepresent the strength of the class of legacy admits, at least as compared to the student body as a whole.)
*Being a Berkshire Symphony-level violinist is not going to get you into Williams with bad grades. But it will often/usually be the difference between an acceptance and a rejection for an AR1, AR2, AR3, and even sometimes AR4 applicant. In other words, if your chances of being accepted as an AR1 applicant is 50%, your chance of being accepted as an AR1 applicant who plays violin well enough to play in the Berkshire Symphony may go up to 90%. If your chances of being admitted as an AR2 applicant are 25%, your chances of being admitted as an AR2 applicant who plays violin … etc … may go up to 60%. Etc, etc. That's a very meaningful boost (without being nearly as significant as, say, that received by recruited athletes).
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abl …
Your violinist examples (above) engender in me a dream of The Williams All-Legacy Orchestra.
This desirable admissions criterion might inspire a greater number of double reed players, the dedication to cutting reeds for the oboe and bassoon thus being so positively reinforced.
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Q to a Senior by a First Year violinist then located at Hopkins Hall: How do I get to Chapin Hall? A by the Senior to the First Year: Practice, practice, practice!
David Dudley Field '25 says:
abl: I really want to trust your testimony on admissions issues, but then you give us nonsense like this:
Being a Berkshire Symphony-level violinist is not going to get you into Williams with bad grades. But it will often/usually be the difference between an acceptance and a rejection for an AR1, AR2, AR3, and even sometimes AR4 applicant.
No AR3/AR4 applicants get into Williams solely (or even mainly) because of music. 95% of the AR3/AR4 admittees are minority and/or athlete and/or poor and/or first-gen, with the remaining 5% the usual smatterings of billionaires, prof kids and so on. Some might also be musicians, but that isn't the driver. Just ask Dick Nesbitt!
We are able to admit roughly 120 top rated musicians each year from the top of the academic reader rating scale–what we refer to as academic 1′ and 2's (broadly defined as 1500+ SAT's and very top of the class).
Why would Williams ever, ever admit an AR4 for his musical ability when there are scores of musicians among the AR1 and AR2s for us to choose from? Answer: We don't.
For you to suggest that we do, and that this might even be common, is the worst sort of misdirection.
abl says:
I suppose there is a question of causation here. My point was that for an AR3/AR4 applicant with a colorable chance of admission, being a world-class violinist will often be the difference-maker. There are students admitted each year who would not get in but for their artistic talent. You are also correct that there are few AR3s/AR4s admitted solely because of their musical talents. (Dick's point is a bit of rhetorical bluster: Williams does admit some AR3s and AR4s because, in some part, of their musical talents.)
The complicated thing here is that most admits* generally have multiple "hooks." E.g., an AR4 applicant may be from the rural deep south and be a world-class violinist and have written a particularly interesting personal statement. It will often be the case that just one hook will be insufficient for admission (irrespective of AR ranking — especially beyond AR1s and especially for hooks other than URM or recruited athlete).
In other words, my answer oversimplifies a bit. I'm sorry if, in me doing so, you were/felt misled. The added complexity of reality, though, doesn't actually take away from the underlying point I was making. The fact that Williams legacies are statistically academically on par (or slight overperformers) vis a vis the rest of the Williams class doesn't actually indicate that Williams legacies are given no (or no significant) admissions preference. In fact, given what you yourself recognize about Williams admission and about legacies, we should expect Williams legacy matriculants to have equal or stronger academic stats than average even in a world in which legacies were given substantial admission preference.
*This is especially true in the context of admits who are not a recruited athlete or URM–the population we are discussing now.
David Dudley Field '25 says:
My point was that for an AR3/AR4 applicant with a colorable chance of admission, being a world-class violinist will often be the difference-maker.
True! As long as we agree that 90% (95%? 99%?) of AR3/AR4 admittees also fall into one of the major hook categories (but not athletic tips, because coaches don't care). In other words, every AR3/AR4 applicant whose violin playing affects their Williams admissions is also black/Hispanic and/or first-gen and/or low income. That is, if you are just a "normal" Asian/white/rich AR3/AR4 applicant, then, even if you are a great violinist, you will be rejected because Williams has more than enough AR1/AR2 great violinists to choose from.
You are also correct that there are few AR3s/AR4s admitted solely because of their musical talents
Where "few" means, at most, 1 or 2 per year, and much more commonly, zero. Perhaps we agree!
The complicated thing here is that most admits* generally have multiple "hooks." E.g., an AR4 applicant may be from the rural deep south and be a world-class violinist and have written a particularly interesting personal statement.
This is only complicated because you keep describing unicorns. If you are an AR4 applicant non-athlete, you are not getting in unless you are one or more of black/Hispanic/poor/first-gen.
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Two Bros. Soul Food Kitchen and Lounge on Richmond Highway has closed because of issues with the building, and the owners are planning to relocate to a new location, according to a message on the restaurant's Facebook page.
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(Sharks are clearly misunderstood, over- and unethically fished and improperly maligned, and they're pretty darn fascinating to boot… but you'll never convince me that going in the ocean is a good idea. One thousand nopes.)
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Yeah the best argument that sharks are not a major threat was put well in some nature special I watched on them. It showed a beach full of people having fun in the water and said that if we were thought of as food, then scenes like that would not be possible.
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card) installed
2. suspend to RAM using ACPI
3. resume from RAM
Actual Results: Kernel panic, system freezes
Expected Results: Normal function resumes
Additional info:
Previous kernels do produce error messages like this about the orinoco
driver and something not being locked, but resume still works.
"kernel: drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.h:141:
spin_unlock(drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c:2bbb7c08) not locked"
My apologies for any confusion, the error occurs in kernel
2.6.9-1.724_FC3, not 2.6.9-1.681_FC3.
If you try 2.6.10-1.727_FC3, does the problem still happen? It's a
test kernel, available here:
2.6.10-1.727_FC3 fixes the resume problem. However, the same messages
still appear when suspending: "orinoco_lock() called with
hw_unavailable (dev=ecd23800)"
What was changed in 727 to make ACPI work again? I can't find a
Some of the stuff from 2.6.10 was previously backported to the Fedora
2.6.9 kernels, but most of it (including at least some of the ACPI
stuff) wasn't.
Here's Dave Jones's announcement of 727, for what it's worth:
It looks like the bug is back in 2.6.10-1.737_FC3, only in a different
form. If I suspend to RAM with the WPC11 network card inserted and
running, then remove it and attempt to resume, I get the same kernel
panic as above. This is not as serious of an issue, but it certainly
is a severe annoyance.
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which
may contain a fix for your problem. Please update to this new kernel, and
report whether or not it fixes your problem.
If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem
still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version
field of this bug to 'fc4'.
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Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, announces major acquisitions of Yeats archive
Following the conclusion of the auction by Sotheby's in London of material from the Yeats family collection, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, has today (Wednesday, 27 September) announced that the State, through the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland, has acquired significant elements of the collection with financial support from the Minister.
"Over the past 9 months, I have been working with the National Library and the National Museum to ensure the purchase for the State of significant items, as identified by both institutions, which were due to be auctioned in London today. These items will now form part of the national collections of our cultural institutions. In particular, the correspondence acquired by the National Library will significantly enhance what is already the largest collection of Yeats material in the world – a collection which began, as far back as 1936," stated Minister Humphreys.
"In total, over the past two years the State has acquired material from the Yeats family collection amounting to a value of over €4m through direct purchase and donation using the tax relief system provided for under Section 1003 of the Taxes Consolidation Act."
In July this year the Minister provided €650,000 to the National Library and National Museum as follows:
- €500,000 was provided to the National Library for the purchase of a collection of letters between WB Yeats and his wife George (purchase price of €725,000);
- €150,000 was provided to the National Museum for the purchase of furniture and other artefacts (purchase price of €170,800).
Towards the end of 2016, the Minister provided the National Library with two tranches of funding for elements of the collection as follows:
- €118,000 towards the purchase of 10 letters between James Joyce and Yeats and the Yeats Dream diary (purchase price €293,256);
- €400,000 to enable the Library to purchase the Yeats Family library – which will complement Yeats's own library, which is already in the possession of the National Library (purchase price €436,349).
In addition to these purchases, the donation by the family of Yeats's Nobel medal and certificate in 2016, and a further donation of material which is currently being finalised under Section 1003 this year, will have a total value of almost €2.5m.
The acquisition of additional sets of letters and items of furniture adds substantially to the State's archive of Yeats material. The co-operative approach in managing the acquisition between the Museum and Library will also allow for major exhibitions to be held using the collections of both institutions.
The Minister also noted that the National Library had also purchased a number of additional artefacts at today's auction to the value of over €72,000.
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The objects that have been acquired by the National Museum include:
- A walnut writing table that fitted over the side of WB Yeats's bed, which he used while convalescing towards the end of his life.
- A Burmese giltwood coffer used to store manuscripts.
- A chest of drawers decorated on the inside with paintings by his brother, Jack.
- A collection of 'occult' artefacts which show the influence of occultism and spiritualism on his work.
- A series of Japanese masks. Yeats incorporated elements of Noh Theatre into his own playwriting.
- The collection includes W.B Yeats's presentation set of the first issue of the Irish Free State coinage, given to him by the Minister for Finance in 1928. Yeats was the head of the advisory committee that selected the design of the first Irish Free State coinage. Seven artist's entries were considered, the winner being the English sculptor and designer Percy Metcalfe.
Over the years the National Library has built up a major collection of Yeats material including:
- Original manuscripts of the poems 'Oisin' and the 'Wanderings of Usheen' by WB Yeats;
- Manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs and other notes of 19 plays by WB Yeats;
- Four volumes of cuttings of reviews of the earlier work of WB Yeats and some articles by him; WB Yeats correspondence re Abbey Theatre;
- Extensive manuscript materials, drafts, revisions, etc. of the poems of WB Yeats;
- Papers of WB Yeats and Jack B Yeats;
- Collection of papers of WB Yeats, mainly relating to spiritualism and the occult, consisting of 100 notebooks and copybooks and 130 files of loose papers, in 9 archival boxes;
- The personal library of William Butler Yeats;
- WB Yeats's Nobel medal and diploma plus correspondence relating to the award of the Nobel Prize;
- Correspondence between James Joyce and WB Yeats and Dream Diary of George Yeats and
- The Yeats family library.
Much of this was acquired with the assistance of the Government of the day, through the use of tax incentives as well as through generous donations from the family.


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- (NYSE: TPZ) Tortoise Power & Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
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LEAWOOD, Kan. -- August 8, 2016 -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The closed-end funds managed by Tortoise Capital Advisors declared the following distributions today:
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Cats that are over ten are considered elderly but there are some real benefits in choosing to adopt an older cat.
- You are doing the animal a wonderful act of kindness. Older cats are much less likely to get adopted and the shelters cannot keep them indefinitely.
- Older cats are generally calmer and don't have some the behavior problems that younger cats may have.
- Personality – Older cats are more mellow and make great companions. They will sit on your lap and purr you to sleep!
- Older cats are less likely to hunt and get themselves into trouble. Although I would always suggest that you keep your cat indoors.
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