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Farm-to-School funding availableThe Associated Press | October 21,2013BRATTLEBORO The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says $75,000 is available for Vermont schools interested in applying for funds for Farm-to-School programming to serve fresh and nutritious foods.
The state has appropriated nearly $700,000 over the past six years to support the grant program, which has awarded 62 schools throughout the state with funds to support the integration of local foods in school cafeterias, classrooms and communities.
Farm-to-School programs throughout our state are teaching our students to eat healthy and make connections with their local farmers, while also opening new markets for Vermont farmers, said Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Ross. This is a great opportunity to try out a new marketing effort, build or pilot new relationships, and teach kids about Vermont agriculture.
This grant program is made possible by a collaboration between the Vermont agencies of agriculture and education and the Department of Health, VT FEED (Food Education Every Day) and the Vermont Farm to School Network.
The grants give schools support they need to concentrate on developing sustainable Farm-to-School programs, said Abbie Nelson, director of Vermont FEED. By connecting the classrooms, the cafeteria, and the community it is possible to change school food culture, she said.
Applications are due Friday.
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December 12, 2007
by Scholarships.com Staff
Yesterday New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced his settlement with student loan consolidation company Student Financial Services Inc. (SFS) over offers of kickbacks to athletic departments. The lender had given money to school athletic departments in exchange for the right to use their official symbols on forms and advertisements. The school contracts allowed for the use of school and team names, colors, mascots and logos, thereby creating the impression that SFS was the official lender of the school. According to the settlement, SFS agreed to break ties with these colleges and universities, most of which were Division 1 NCAA schools.
"Student loan companies incorporate school insignia and colors into advertisements because they know students are more likely to trust a lender if its loan appears to be approved by their college," stated Cuomo. "We cannot allow lenders to exploit this trust with deceptive, co-branded marketing."
Under the new code, SFS agreed to end its loan-related contracts with 63 schools, including Georgetown University, Florida State University and the University of Kansas, as well as with five sports marketers, including ESPN Regional Television, Inc. The lender also agreed to tout the importance of informed loan decision making by organizing campaigns to be featured in the schools' leading newspapers. The lender would no longer be able to pay for student referrals nor could it organize contests with financial prizes for students.
Cuomo's settlement is part of an ongoing investigation aimed at ridding financial aid offices of illegal and immoral lender marketing tactics. So far, the attorney general has settled with twelve student lenders for such relations and collected $13.7 million in lender money to go to the National Education Fund, a fund dedicated to educating students about their financial aid options.
December 11, 2007
by Kevin Ladd
Harold Alfond, founder of Dexter Shoe Company, inventor of the factory outlet store and longtime philanthropist has arranged for every child born in central Maine to have a college savings account established in their name upon birth. Eventually, this program will include all children born anywhere in the state.
Alfond died last month at age 93 and, over the course of his life, had donated over $100 million dollars to hospitals, colleges and numerous other charitable causes in Maine. This latest philanthropic act, presumably the last in a long line of generous efforts, will begin with a pilot program on January 1, 2008 at Maine General Health hospitals. Every newborn at the Augusta and Waterville Maine General hospitals will have an account set up in their name with a beginning balance of $500 and it will spread statewide the following year, possibly sooner if it does well. Under the program, each newborn's $500 will be invested in a college tuition account through Maine's NextGen program.
Mr. Alfond, who's wife died in 2005, is survived by a brother, a sister, a daughter, three sons, 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
December 10, 2007
Each year, Scholarships.com offers seven students a total of $10,000 to be applied toward their education. The scholarship essay topics are meant to evoke thought and to challenge participants to proactively respond to controversial issues. Students applying for this year's award will be able to choose between writing about the effectiveness of the No Child Left Behind Act and about the rising cost of higher education. Students may write about either topic, provided their ideas are original. Scholarships.com looks for essays that demonstrate critical thought and highlight the student's ability to analyze and find solutions to potential problems. A winning essay will be worth up to $3,000 and will be forwarded to the appropriate public official in the hope that Scholarships.com can be part of the solution. Award winners will be notified by May 30, 2008 and announced on June 30, 2008. Their essays will be made available to the public on the Scholarships.com Winners page soon thereafter.
For more information about this and other scholarship opportunities (including contact and application details) you can conduct a free scholarship search.
1. One $3,000 grand prize 2. One $2,000 prize 3. Five $1,000 prizes
1. Applicants must be U.S. citizens 2. Applicants must be high school seniors during the time of submission 3. Applicants must be 18 years of age by the time the prize is awarded on July 31, 2008 4. Applicants must plant to attend a U.S. Department of Education accredited 2 or 4 year college, university or trade school in the fall semester following their entry. 5. Only one entry per person
March 31, 2008
Required Material:
1. An essay of no more than 1,000 words answering one of the following questions:
A. Has the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 been successful in fulfilling its purpose? Why or why not? B. How has the rising cost of a college education affected students and families? What can the government do to offset any adverse effects or related financial pressures?
2. A short, informal response that demonstrates why attending college is important to the applicant as well as an outline of the applicant's academic and career goals. The response should include an answer to the following question:
What do you feel will be your biggest obstacle in attending college, and, if able to attend, how do you think your degree will help you achieve your goals?
3. A letter of reference that addresses applicant potential and provides support for receipt of scholarship assistance. The letter should be from an adult who knows the student well enough to speak authoritatively about their character and abilities e.g., teacher, counselor or other school faculty. If none of the aforementioned is able to assist the applicant, a parent or other adult relative will suffice.
Further details, including information about applying, can be found by conducting a free scholarship search. Once a student has completed the search, this scholarship will appear in their scholarship list, provided the student is eligible.
December 7, 2007
The QuestBridge organization has been turning heads lately for its ability to match talented, underprivileged students with excellent schools across the country. It's something of a dating service for students and colleges. QuestBridge has sought after and found numerous exceptional high school students and paired them with some of the nation's most prestigious, and expensive, colleges and universities. By participating, schools can diversify their campus, and eventually, the demographic of the nation's leading scholars. QuestBridge makes finding gifted and oftentimes overlooked teens look easy.
High school seniors who are nominated, or who nominate themselves, fill out one application that can then be sent to all participating schools. Their fee is waived, and an essay about the student's ability to overcome obstacles is also included. When selecting finalists, QuestBridge considers academics, finances, eligibility requirements and personal circumstances.
From there, applications are sent to schools which make the final decision. Accepted students are offered full four-year scholarships to attend one of the twenty participating colleges and universities. Among these are Notre Dame University, Stanford University, the University of Chicago and Amherst College. There were 103 QuestBridge students who received scholarships to leading schools last year, and the number is expected to increase this year.
Students who may not have otherwise considered expensive schools suddenly find opportunity within reach. A featured QuestBridge student who won a scholarship to Stanford stated, "I didn't feel like I could get in to a top college. I filled out my application and lost my nerve to hit the 'submit' button. I will never forget receiving a call at my home from a Quest counselor, encouraging me to go ahead and apply."
For more information about the QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship, you can conduct a free scholarship search at Scholarships.com.
December 6, 2007
U.S. News may be a news source by name, but it's the company's annual college report that's responsible for its celebrity status. According to a U.S. News representative, the 2007 College Ranking Report drew 8.9 million website viewers within the first three days of the date of release. The company also guarantees prospect advertisers that at least 2 million readers will read their in-print magazine. It is an undeniably attractive deal which, of course, costs an arm and a leg. The best ad position can cost a company as much as $232,992. (What ever happened to rounding?) For the price of one ad, a family can make a 100% down payment on their home.
The college rankings have become so popular that it only made sense for U.S. News to take things to the next level. Students who want to get a good education after high school can get a head start by doing well in one of the nation's highest-ranked high schools. Right or wrong, the demand for this information is there, and U.S. News is jumping at the chance to capitalize on it.
The list is a great business for U.S. News and a boon for communities lucky enough to be in presence of these regal high schools. When searching for my first post-college apartment, I came upon a tattered place with a surprisingly high price, at least for me. It was already above my optimal range, but I was curious—until I toured the residence. I was both amazed and irritated with the owner for thinking he could get away with such consumer gouging. His excuse, as you may have guessed, was a good school district. That was my cue to leave, but other families would have been more than happy to compromise. If I had kids, I may have been one of them.
There has been no lack of controversy surrounding the U.S. News college reports, and controversy about the high school reports is probably forthcoming. A number of schools, including Reed College and Dickinson University, have refused to participate in the college reports by not providing information, and time will tell how unranked high schools will react to the reports. Whether it's for the highest paying career options, the joy of an excellent education or for membership in what Stephen Colbert referred to as a brie cheese elite, students and parents across the nation are drawn to prestigious schools. Until this is no longer the case, you can be sure that inside college scoop will be warmly received and heatedly debated.
December 5, 2007
by Administrator
When investigating ways to pay for your undergraduate college education, it's important to thoroughly research all your options. There are many different financial aid scholarships for individuals from all walks of life. Whether you are a graduating high school senior or you have been out of school for several years, it is likely that you are eligible to apply for a number of undergraduate scholarships.
Finding financial aid scholarship opportunities doesn't have to be time consuming or difficult. You may be surprised to learn that there are many financial aid scholarship opportunities in your own back yard.
Places to Look for Financial Aid Scholarships:
If there is a community foundation in your area, speak with the scholarship administrator about your situation and goals to find out what types of scholarships and grants they administer that might be right for you.
December 4, 2007
The No Child Left Behind act seemed like a great idea at first. The House and the Senate both agreed that the law would help schools pull themselves up by their bootstraps. In a you've got to see it to believe it moment, more Democrats than Republicans voted in support of President Bush's proposal.
Rules mandated by the No Child Left Behind act were set up to pressure schools into living up to scholastic standards. By 2014, students were to meet stated reading and math expectations, and gaps between students of different ethnicities and economic backgrounds were expected to close. These goals would be achieved by administering regular tests and by holding educators accountable for their students' performance.
It has been five years since the bill's passage, and feelings about the law's success are more divided than ever. President Bush, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and supporting legislators believe the law to be near perfect, but many representatives side with educators in saying that an overhaul is in order.
Cited faults include shortage of funding, lack of sliding scales and teacher compensation. Many educators were frustrated that score improvements rather than scores were not stressed. They argued that the government spends hundreds less per student each year in poor districts and that poorly-funded schools should not be expected to meet the same standards as better-funded ones. On the other end of the spectrum were those who argued that teachers with exceptional results should be financially rewarded, a thorny issue disputed during a recent Democratic presidential debate.
The No Child Left Behind act is a controversial topic, and Scholarships.com recognizes that. In an effort to assist students with their college funding efforts, Scholarships.com has announced its Resolve to Evolve $10,000 Scholarship for 2008. High school seniors can apply for the scholarship by writing about one of two topics, the No Child Left Behind act or the rising costs of a college education.
December 3, 2007
If you can name a city in the U.S. with no McDonald's, you deserve a scholarship. McDonald's fast food restaurants are everywhere, and they offer more than three minute french fries. Since its founding in 1985, the Ronald McDonald House Charities has given away $29 million in scholarship money. Their financial aid program offers four different scholarship opportunities. There is one open to students of all races, one for Hispanic Americans, one for Asian Americans and one for African Americans. It's time to set aside the creepy feeling you get when looking at McDonald's odd characters. If the clown is offering scholarships, it's best to take him up on the offer. For more information about this and other scholarships please visit Scholarships.com and conduct a free scholarship search.
Most local McDonald's chapters award a minimum of $1,000
1. Applicant must be a high school senior 2. Applicant must be under the age of 21 3. Applicant must be a full-time student attending a two-or four-year college or university the fall following the scholarship receipt 4. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or resident 5. Applicant must live in a participating RMHC Chapter geographic area
February 15, 2008
1. A completed scholarship application to be submitted online or by mail 2. Transcript 3. Personal Statement 4. Letter of Recommendation 5. Parent or Guardian IRS Form 1040 (financial need will be considered)
Further details, including information about the application form, can be found by conducting a free scholarship search or by visiting this page.
November 30, 2007
During the November 28th Republican Debate, presidential candidates addressed an illegal immigration issue affecting numerous students. Currently, students who are illegal immigrants may attend college. However, many are unable to do so because financial aid, both federal and private, is not readily accessible to them. While scholarships without citizenship requirements do exist, they are not common.
The Free Application For Student Aid (FAFSA) states that only students who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents or eligible non-citizens are eligible to receive federal aid. To assist these students, some states have passed laws permitting illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition fees. This has caused a great deal of controversy among people who feel that illegal immigrants should not be benefiting from the tax dollars of legal citizens.
The issue is a sticky one. Some illegal immigrants do pay taxes (the IRS does not discriminate when it comes to accepting tax dollars), but that does not apply to all. Also in question is whether the U.S. should be making it difficult for those who want to go to college to do so, especially when, in the end, it can benefit the nation.
During the debate, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee was criticized by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for having supported a bill that would provide merit-based aid to illegal students within the state (the bill was not passed). Romney stated that the bill was in essence supportive of using taxpayer money to assist those who had broken the law and that such money should be used to pay for scholarships available to students whose families did pay taxes.
Huckabee responded by saying that students should not be punished for the actions of their parents and that preventing students from attending college would just leave more of them on the streets. In reference to the importance of an education he stated, " If I hadn't had the education, I wouldn't be standing on this stage." He also added, " I might be picking lettuce."
Lettuce? Nothing about his life as the son of a fireman points to lettuce picking, but the point was made. Thwarting student talents is the alternative to helping them get through school. This is especially the case when the bill in question is directed at academically accomplished students (which it is).
The debate over illegal immigration rages on without a solution in sight. In is not arguable that many students depend on financial aid to finish an education. The method for distributing this aid is.
November 28, 2007
Understanding college aid jargon can be tough. Learning about college requirements, school testing and financial aid applications is difficult enough. Bring snooty words and acronyms into the picture, and you'll find yourself rereading the same sentence ten times.
To get into the college game, you have to know how to talk the talk. That's where we come in. Scholarships.com offers you free access to a college prep and financial aid glossary that will help you decipher "advanced" school vocabulary. Before you get into the nitty gritty details of college planning, you need an overview, and we can help you with that.
Those applying for federal financial aid will need to know what a Pell grant is, how the Cost of Attendance (COA) is determined, and what the federal work study program (WSP) has to do with their student aid report (SAR). It can be a lot to handle at first, but these are words worth knowing. You are likely to come across them when applying for aid, and when you do, you'll know what you're dealing with.
Such knowledge is particularly important for students who apply for loans. To make the best, most affordable choices, these students will need to know the difference between Perkins loans, Stafford loans, PLUS loans and private loans. Before signing anything, it's important to know about Annual Percentage Rates (APR), accrued interest, loan deferment, loan defaulting and consolidation. The glossary will provide quick answers to these and other financial aid questions.
By taking advantage of the resources offered at Scholarships.com, you can feel confident about your financial aid and college planning decisions. Just breathe, and take things one step at a time. Sit down at the table with your financial aid documents and a glossary. Slowly things will begin to make sense. When you think you have the basics down, you can count on Scholarships.com for more in-depth information.
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In this program, students explore Ghana's rich artistic heritage through deep and meaningful engagement with Ghanaian scholars, artists, dancers, musicians, painters, sculptors, weavers, writers, and other in-country experts. Students learn about the historical and contemporary circumstances that have shaped Ghanaian society and the artistic outputs of this complex and highly diverse West African country.
Between traditional craft workshops, trips to various religious ceremonies and places of worship, dance and drumming classes, and homestays, my exposure led to a lot of cultural learning and self-discovery.
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Students in the Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression program examine societal change in Ghana from cultural and artistic perspectives. Through meaningful engagement with different knowledge systems, students acquire both the theoretical frameworks and practical experience necessary to understand Ghanaian society as well as the country's rich artistic and cultural outputs.
Topics of inquiry include religion, identity studies, migration, political and economic development, and colonialism.
Students spend the first two weeks of the program living with a host family in Accra and attend lectures at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, located next to the university's School of Performing Arts. The school is home to the university's music, drama, and dance departments and also serves as the main residence of many prominent arts groups and institutions including the Ghana Dance Ensemble, the International Centre for African Music and Dance (ICAMD), and Abibigroma.
While in Accra, students have the unique opportunity to interact with various Ghanaian musicians, artists, and craftspeople to experience firsthand the defining features of Ghana's contemporary arts and music landscape. Students return to Accra during the final week of the program to present their independent research findings and for evaluation.
Accra can be characterized as a megacity as it continues to expand past Tema in the east, the Ga districts in the north, and Kasoa in the west. Its cosmopolitan and urbane feel is easily juxtaposed with markers of "traditional" Africa including shrines, stools, and skins depicting political authority and music traditions often associated with more rural Ghanaian communities. In the 1950s, Accra functioned as the ideological center of the struggle for independence throughout Africa.
Students have several opportunities for hands-on learning including Ghanaian traditional dance and drumming at the University of Ghana, bead making in Krobo Odumase as well as batik and sculpture workshops.
The Research Methods and Ethics seminar focuses on the concepts of learning across cultures and from field experience, while providing students with the essential tools needed to perform research on visual and performing arts in the Ghanaian context. Material includes:
Assigned papers provide an opportunity for students to test the tools introduced during the course, while providing opportunities for discussions on ethics and intercultural readings. Throughout the course, students work to properly develop their research topics for their Independent Study Project. Students significantly advance their initial ideas, assumptions, and drafts, in close consultation with their academic director.
In the final month of the program, students complete an Independent Study Project (ISP), which provides each student with an opportunity to pursue original research on a situation or topic of particular interest to them. Students may focus on topics revolving around the visual and performing arts in both practical and theoretical terms. Alternatively, some students conduct their original research project on issues relating to economics, history, colonialism, gender, or other topics in the Ghanaian context to which they have had exposure during the semester. Students choose research topics with consultation and support from the academic director and other in-country experts. Students conduct their Independent Study Project in Accra, Kumasi, or in another approved location appropriate to the project.
Sample topic areas include:
The interdisciplinary coursework in the Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression program examines Ghana's artistic heritage in the context of the country's historical and contemporary socioeconomic development. Lectures are held at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, or at appropriate locations in Ghana. The Research Methods and Ethics course focuses on culturally appropriate and ethical field research methodology, in preparation for the Independent Study Project (ISP).
The Twi language course is designed to prepare students for daily social and academic demands and to provide access into the host culture through Asante Twi. Students are thus enabled to enrich all aspects of their experience abroad through greater ability to function in the host language in lectures, during field methods exercises, while conducting fieldwork for the Independent Study Project, and when interacting with host families and local contacts.
Links to syllabi below are from current and forthcoming courses offered on this program. Because courses develop and change over time to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, actual course content will vary from term to term.
The syllabi can be useful for students, faculty, and study abroad offices in assessing credit transfer. Read more about credit transfer.
Social Transformation and Cultural Expression – syllabus
(AFRS 3000 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
An interdisciplinary course taught in English that explores a broad spectrum of artistic and cultural forms in Ghana from diverse cultural and geographic spaces. The course aims to provide a critical examination of the impact of local and global influences on Ghanaian artistic and cultural phenomena at national, regional, and local levels.
Visual and Performing Arts in Ghana – syllabus
(ARTS 3000 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
An interdisciplinary course conducted in English that exposes students to Ghana's rich diversity of artistic traditions through a series of performances, workshops, and lecture demonstrations by lecturers, artisans, and/or other individuals recognized as expert practitioners in their respective fields. This course actively engages students with multiple artistic expressions from across Ghana. An emphasis is placed on participation and active involvement.
Twi – syllabus
(TWII 1000 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
This intensive course in Asante Twi is designed to prepare students for daily social interaction and to provide access to the local culture. Students are thus able to enrich all aspects of their experience abroad through the ability to function in Asante Twi during field methods exercises, while conducting fieldwork for the Independent Study Project, and when interacting with homestay families and local contacts.
Research Methods and Ethics – syllabus
(ANTH 3500 / 3 credits / 45 class hours)
The Research Methods and Ethics course provides students with the essential tools required to conduct independent study in the visual or performing arts in Ghana from a multidisciplinary perspective. Material includes cross-cultural adaptation and skills building; project selection and refinement; appropriate methodologies, including arts-based research practices; field study ethics and the World Learning/SIT Human Subjects Review Policy; developing contacts and finding resources; developing skills in observation and interviewing; gathering, organizing, and communicating data; and maintaining a field journal.
Independent Study Project – syllabus
(ISPR 3000 / 4 credits / 120 class hours)
Conducted in Accra, Kumasi, or in another approved location appropriate to the project. Sample topic areas: meaning of kente and adinkra cloth; Ghanaian drumming, dancing, and/or singing; divination; storytelling; Islam, Christianity, or "traditional" religious expression in Ghana; use of traditional medicine; modern African theater; the Ghanaian film industry; religious expression in traditional art; weaving; craft production for the tourist trade; contemporary Ghanaian art.
Browse this program's Independent Study Projects / undergraduate research.
Please note that in order to take advantage of dynamic learning opportunities, program excursions may occasionally vary.
Excursions are a central component of the program and provide students with experiential learning opportunities for a broader and deeper understanding of course content. Excursions include visits to museums, artistic performances or studios, shrines, and other locations of interest; students also have multiple opportunities to engage directly with local experts in the production of Ghanaian art forms.
Nicknamed the Garden City, Kumasi is both the heart of the Ashanti nation and an outstanding example of a precolonial urban center. Despite the city's urban feel, Kumasi has retained its rich history and cultural heritage. During this two week excursion, students are based at Kumasi Anglican Secondary School (KASS) where they learn the Twi language directly from community experts. Additionally, students take classes on research methodology and conduct site visits to Bonwire and Atonso, the capital of Ashanti kente weaving and the adinkra symbols, respectively. Students also have the opportunity to experience Kejetia, one of West Africa's largest markets. During their time in Kumasi, students live with a homestay family.
Students spend one week in Tamale, Ghana's third largest city and capital of the country's Northern Region. This excursion immerses students in the homes of Dagomba people and their unique style of music. It also provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the Northern Region's distinct political, economic, and social characteristics with what they have experienced along the coast. The central mosque in the heart of the city is a reminder of the importance of Islam in this part of Ghana, a country in which a large portion of the population identifies as Christian.
The city of Cape Coast served as the original capital of the Gold Coast until 1877 when it was moved to Accra. During this excursion, students examine a transformative and highly turbulent period in Ghanaian history. Both in Cape Coast and in the nearby town of Elmina, students visit two extremely important edifices that originally functioned as trade forts before being turned into dungeons during the transatlantic slave trade. Frequently during this excursion, students begin to draw important connections between watershed moments in Ghana's history and the country's contemporary socioeconomic and cultural conditions. Rabbi Kohain Halevi, the executive secretary of PANAFEST, a bi-annual festival designed to unite Africa and African diaspora communities, leads the lecture and discussions after these important site visits.
While in Cape Coast, students also take a day trip to the University of Education, Winneba, to attend lectures by Kwakuvi Azasu. Time in Winneba exposes students to many of the artistic styles taught at the university's Department of Art Education.
At the conclusion of the Cape Coast excursion, students visit Kakum National Park, where they get a bird's-eye view of local flora and fauna from the forest canopy walkway. They also attend a performance by Kukyekukyeku, a bamboo stamping-tube orchestra comprised of residents of a small community in Kakum Forest.
This excursion exposes students to the distinct performing arts of the southern Volta Region, home of the Anlo Ewe. The region has been an area long admired for its religious institutions and performing arts. Students are initially based at Vume, an important center in the production of handmade clay pots which students, over their two days there, build with guidance from female artisans. Time spent in locations closer to the Togolese border, such as Dagbamete, Klikor, Aflao, and Kopeyia, provides students with the opportunity to witness powerful religious experiences in Afa and Yewe shrines. Students learn, and may also have the opportunity to drum and perform, well known regional pieces such as agbadza, adzogbo, gahu, and atsiagbekor.
The staff was constantly giving support to the students. Individual needs were always taken into consideration. The academic director and main staff members created a warm and safe environment for us.
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Dr. Olayemi "Yemi" Tinuoye is a Nigerian citizen who resided for many years in the United States. Yemi received his MA in special education and psychology and his PhD in psychology from New York University. Dr. Tinuoye's professional experience includes serving as director of educational programs at Shule ya Mapinduzi, a New York based secondary school devoted to African American intercultural education; associate director of undergraduate programs at Oceanic Schools in New York; and director of TeleVideo, a film production company in Lagos. He has written and published numerous articles, research reports, and books on behavioral psychology and Yoruba traditions. Two of his recent books in the Yoruba language (with English translation) present the work of a precolonial African icon, "Orisa Ogun," and its relevance to governance in contemporary African states. Yemi began his work with SIT Study Abroad in Nigeria from 1990 to 1992 and subsequently served as academic director of the SIT Nigeria program from spring 1993 to spring 1994. He has directed the SIT Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression program since fall 1994.
Philip Yaw Adu Gyamfi, a Ghanaian citizen, obtained his BA in religions and political science at the University of Ghana in 2004 and his MA in international education at SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont in 2010. His work experience with SIT Study Abroad began during his high school days in 1996, when he led US students in Ashanti Village Camp activities. Yaw has risen in rank over the years, holding positions including homestay coordinator and program assistant. From May 2009 through June 2012, he was director of the SIT/Princeton Bridge Year program. He has been senior student support staff for the Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression program since fall 2012. His responsibilities include program administration and logistics as well as student homestay and health support.
Born in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Attah is a gifted and professionally trained teacher, holding a teacher's diploma certificate obtained in 1985. With almost 25 years of teaching experience, Attah also has worked closely with a number of organizations including Voluntary Workcamps Association, for which he is a leader. In 2005, Attah represented the Ghana Arts and Culture program for SIT's African Languages Project workshop, held in South Africa, and designed to develop teaching capacity in African languages. Often referred to as "Papa Attah" by students, Attah's role as program assistant with SIT includes coordinating and overseeing various aspects of the program, helping students with their Asante Twi language skills, and providing overall program support.
Fatimat Mutari has been with SIT in Ghana for over 10 years, supporting the program in Tamale, in Ghana's Northern Region, as a coordinator and advisor on logistics, academic, and programming issues. Fati holds a BSc in administration and is currently both a steering committee member of the Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) and a member of the oversight committee in UNICEF/GDCA microcredit scheme in Tamale.
"Auntie Akua" is a dance lecturer and head of the department of dance at the School of Performing Arts (SPA) at the University of Ghana. She has been the Accra homestay coordinator of the SIT Study Abroad Ghana program since 1997. She helps students arrange practical dance hours on and off the campus when the need arises for performing arts students either for their ISP or for special drills occasionally required for dance professionals. She also helps students to study dance with professionals in different regions of Ghana and has been an ISP advisor for many semesters.
Efo Kwakutse has been a student support assistant with the SIT Study Abroad Ghana program since 2001. A master kente cloth weaver with years of experience in the fabric industry, he has a loom-weaving workshop in Ashaiman, near Accra. He has had several SIT students serve as apprentices in his workshop during the ISP period. He also leads SIT student groups during tours of the southern regions, which last two weeks every semester. He speaks Ewe fluently, which is one of the reasons he leads tour groups to Ewe-speaking communities in Greater Accra and Volta Regions and other southern regions, and he has helped several students as an interpreter field assistant during fieldwork periods in Accra, Ashaiman, Klikor, and Dagbamete, where many students study African drumming, dance, herbal practice, and traditional African religion.
Kwame Owusu is a student support staff member in Ashanti Region. He helps students with homestays and small group activities during their first two weeks in this region. He helps to introduce students to village surroundings during the village participation weeks where he supervises one of up to four villages where students are placed. He has been a support staff member since the spring of 2003. He speaks both English and Asante Twi fluently and has helped individual students settle into their ISP fieldwork locations in Twi-speaking communities.
Dr. Mahama has been with SIT in Ghana since 2003 as a lecturer, research advisor, and language coordinator. He holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and is currently a lecturer and research fellow at the University of Development Studies (UDS) in Navrongo. Prior to joining UDS, Dr. Mahama served as assistant director for the Tamale Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies (TICCS) and a researcher for Associates for Change (AFC), and he spent three years with the Ministry of Education in the Tolon Kumbungu District in the Northern Region of Ghana. Dr. Mahama speaks nine languages, including Russian and French, which he studied in Russia and France respectively. Recently he joined the University of Development Studies, where he continues assisting SIT Study Abroad students in developing ISP topics and conducting their fieldwork.
Dr. Collins obtained a BA in sociology and archaeology from the University of Ghana in 1972 and his doctorate in ethnomusicology at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1994. Since 1995, Dr. Collins has been a senior lecturer in music in the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana. From 2003 to 2005, he served as head of the department of music. Dr. Collins has given lectures and led workshops in Canada, the US, the UK, Scandinavia, Holland, Germany, France, the Caribbean, Ghana, and the Cote-D'Ivoire. He has been a resident research fellow at Dartmouth College (Arts Department) and Northwestern University, Evanston (African Studies Department). During the 1990s, Dr. Collins was technical director of a three-year joint University of Ghana African Studies Department/Mainz African Music Re-documentation Project.
Dr. Collins first came to Ghana in 1952 and has been very engaged with West African music since 1969. He is a guitarist, harmonica player, and percussionist and has worked, recorded, and played with numerous Ghanaian and Nigerian bands. In the 1970s, his Bokoor highlife guitar band released 20 songs. Since 1982, Dr. Collins has been running Bokoor Recording Studio just north of Accra; the studio has released nine records and 60 commercial cassettes and is currently releasing three highlife compact discs.
Professor Amegatcher is a lecturer of visual art and museum studies at the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. He has been a lecturer in SIT seminar classes since 1996 and an ISP advisor to several students. Professor Amegatcher teaches field study techniques and has helped many students develop their ISP topics and find community craft workshops and art studios where they could serve their apprenticeships. During the week of the program's stay in Ashanti Region, he introduces students to the museum and studio facilities of the College of Arts and Social Sciences and prepares students to visit traditional Ashanti craft workshops specializing in gold, wood, iron, lead, clay, and fabric.
Dr. Ackam is a professor of art and museum studies at the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. He serves as the general coordinator of SIT's academic program in Ashanti Region, where the program spends four continuous weeks during the first half of the semester. He lectures in both the arts seminars and research methods and ethics course in Kumasi and also helps students to develop ISP topics and locate art studios for apprenticeship or practical experience. He has supervised several student ISPs and supported many in presenting oral exhibitions.
Professor Damptey is a lecturer at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he teaches ethnomusicology and popular music. During the SIT orientation period, he meets SIT students to help outline the relatedness of excursions, class meetings, and research study in the field. He later teaches field study techniques and how to best prepare for the ISP field experience. A fluent Asante Twi speaker and well-travelled individual, Professor Damptey helps direct students to field study locations and has been an ISP advisor to several students since the fall of 2001.
Dr. Brempong is a professor of anthropology with the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. He teaches about traditional religion, festivals, and funeral rites in seminars on social transformation and cultural expression. He is a friendly counselor who advises on field experience placements and the use of participation technique in the study of traditional religion — particularly herbal medicine and shrine rituals. He has been an advisor to several ISP students since 1996.
Professor Nabila is a lecturer in the Faculty of Geography and Population Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. A "Best Teacher" award winner, he has the reputation of making orientation to Ghana as simple as it can ever be. Thus, he is one of the first lecturers SIT students meet at the beginning of the seminars on social transformation and cultural expression. A senior scholar and elder statesman, he is currently the chairman of Ghana's Council of Traditional Chiefs, a parliamentary position that has kept him busy traveling, but has not stopped him from attending classes. He still lectures on population studies and the geography of Ghana. Although he is no longer a constant ISP advisor, he has continued helping students locate communities for ISP studies.
Nene Sakite is the Konor, King of the Manya Krobo of the Eastern Region. He was a college faculty member in Massachusetts (US) before he ascended to the throne of his forefathers. He still lives half of the year in the US and the other half in Ghana. During the fall, the Krobos celebrate the Nmangyem annual festival, or Thanksgiving, in which this king leads his group in a grand traditional ceremony. The SIT group is normally privileged to meet him and his palace chiefs during this festival week and to participate in the fall festivities in the town of Odumase-Krobo. The king or his spokesman-chief leads our student group in a discussion of Ghana and the Krobo traditions, and he responds to any questions students may have and also helps arrange contacts with those whom students can study any aspect of Krobo art and culture. He has also been an ISP project advisor to several students since 2006.
Rabbi Halevi is the executive secretary of PANAFEST, a pan-African festival featuring art and culture from all of Africa and the African diaspora. He lived much of his youth in New York and, in the mid-1990s, repatriated to Ghana, where he now resides. A motivational public orator and advocate for unity of the African people worldwide, he mobilizes people of African descent to engage African leaders to embrace unity across African states and communities for understanding and rapid development of the continent. He runs Cape Coast Ghana, a spiritual return organization where African Americans can reestablish touch with their roots, a reverse of the transatlantic process where Africans taken as slaves passed through a "gate of no return." SIT students visit this scholar every semester after the tour of the slave dungeons in Elmina Castle and Cape Coast Castle in the towns of Elmina and Cape Coast. His discussions with SIT students center on the meaning of emancipation in the context of transatlantic slavery and current world politics as these affect Africa. He takes time to listen to students discuss what they have observed during their stay in Ghana and how they are processing the experience. He has been an ISP advisor to several students since 1995.
Antoinette Kudoto is the best known female drummer in Ghana. Based in the old capital of Ghana, Cape Coast, she is a prominent music maker among tourists as she concentrates on promoting the cause of disadvantaged youth ("street kids") by teaching performance skills to young people who have dropped out of school so they can earn a living. During the program's tour of the Central Region in the south, she performs for the group and discusses the position of the female musician in Ghana and her struggle to make changes. In 2011 and 2012, she traveled to the US for performance engagements more often than ever before. A number of SIT students have apprenticed with her either to study dance and drumming or to write an ISP on the rights of the disadvantaged, and she is very open to students who would like to work with her in order to gain dance skills or to explore employment prospects for youth.
Kofi Setordji is one of the best known contemporary artists in Ghana. He has been a friend to SIT for many years, and SIT students visit him in small groups every semester to hear him speak on art in Africa and to engage in a hands-on practicum at his studio. Because he specializes in using various mediums including wood, metal, waste wire, acrylic paint, paper, plaster of Paris, clay, and fabric, he is recognized as one of the most versatile artists in Ghana, and his work is well known all over West Africa and Europe, particularly Germany, where he often presents workshops. He helps SIT students to fashion specific ISP topics from general interests in visual arts. He supervises student projects every semester and maintains contact with a wide variety of past students whom he had taken on tours of Accra art studios or whose ISPs he had supervised. He runs several art establishments in Accra, including the popular ArtHaus, where he hosts artists from various parts of the world.
Togbui Addo VIII is the traditional ruler of Klikor in Volta Region a few miles away from Aflao, a border town near Togo. During the program's tour of this region, usually for four days, the group stays all or much of the time in Klikor where this traditional ruler plays the role of patron to the SIT group. He introduces the group to the community and to any of the shrines the group may particularly wish to interact with. Since this location is one of the few communities where traditional religion is prevalent, a visit here is a special privilege for students seeking to understand traditional African values as transmitted to the current generation. Togbui Addo also meets with students for an open discussion in which they have the opportunity to ask questions on traditional worship, divination, dance, and herbal practices, all of which are prevalent in this section of Ghana's Volta Region. A retired math teacher, Togbui Addo is always ready to help SIT students study and complete their excursion and ISP in his territory.
Dr. Badasu is a lecturer at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She specializes in migration, population, and gender studies. She lectures on the rights of the child, the rights of women, and gender issues in Ghana, and has been an ISP advisor to many students since 1998. Because she is a gender study specialist, many students in this discipline use her help not only to develop a specific ISP topic but also to locate community resources for their field study.
Dr. Twerefuor is a lecturer at the economics department at the University of Ghana, Legon. For his interest in simplifying instructions to students, Dr. Twerefuor serves as a speaker during the program's orientation, and his speech usually centers on key factors in the economic growth of Ghana and how best to analyze Ghana's socioeconomic challenges in the context of contemporary politics and interactions with the interests of Western partners. He has helped many students develop themes for their ISPs and has supervised many students' projects since 1998.
Dr. Manuh was, until recently, the director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. During her tenure she initiated several innovations that have made this institute a school highly regarded by both the government and donor agencies in Ghana. She is very vocal in the media, where she speaks for good governance and the rights of women. She normally speaks to SIT students on the rights of women and gender issues in Africa. Although retired, she is widely sought after by NGOs and students doing studies in migration and gender issues. She has been an ISP advisor to several SIT students since 2007.
Professor Abloso is a popular commentator on the political scene in Ghana. A former labor union leader and secretary to the CPP, the ruling party during the Kwame Nkrumah era, he is a well-respected observer and political analyst of the state of the nation in Ghana. He lives in Accra and speaks to the SIT student group in the seminars on social transformation and cultural expression. He has also been an ISP advisor to several students since 1999.
Kofi Gademe is one of the best known Accra-based performing artists. He speaks Twi, Ewe, Ga, and English fluently. Originally trained in Togo and the Volta Region of Ghana as a traditional (Ewe) composer, dancer, and drummer, he moved to Accra years ago and still practices his trade as an artist there. He has included dances from Senegal, Nigeria, and Benin in his repertoire of performances and has been a teacher of traditional dance at several schools and cultural centers in Accra. SIT students meet him in their first two weeks in Accra. He gives students a training performance session in which they learn agbadza, gawu, and war dance movements. He has supervised many student ISPs since 2000.
Of all the places I have been, I have never experienced such warmth and support. The homestay families are incredible. I celebrated my 20th birthday with my homestay in Kumasi. They held a special birthday celebration for me, and even though it was different from the usual way I celebrate at home, I was totally embraced by them as family. My experience with SIT in Ghana was absolutely invaluable.
Jessie Lavintman, University of Wisconsin
Students have three distinct homestay experiences in Accra, Kumasi, and an Ashanti village. Time in both urban and rural areas gives students exceptional insight into the diversity of Ghanaian identities and perspectives as well as the country's rich cultural heritage. By sharing daily activities with their families, students are fully immersed within the local culture and community; homestays also provide students with an ideal opportunity to practice their language skills, enjoy home-cooked Ghanaian cuisine, and experience Ghana's unique and revered style of hospitality. During the homestay, students tend to be struck by the role of religion, the phenomenon of the extended family, and the role of migration in contemporary Ghanaian society.
Homestays in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana's two largest cities respectively, give students the chance to engage with Ghanaian families within an urban context. Both Accra and Kumasi are sites of rapid migration similar to many other urban locales across Africa. Ghanaian families from a cross-section of economic, religious, and social backgrounds graciously open their doors and hearts to program participants, granting students a far deeper understanding of Ghana and its people. Students often attend important religious and social events with their host families in both Accra and Kumasi.
During their time in Ashanti region, students also experience Ghanaian daily life in a rural environment. Students have the opportunity to improve their language skills by speaking Twi with their host family and other community members in a rural Ashanti village. During this twelve-day period, students sharpen their research skills through completion of a short-term project on a topic of their choosing, directly immersing students in the research process. Past projects have focused on Ghanaian farming, political systems, religion, education, seamstress work, batiking, and music. During this period of the program, students experience community storytelling, support community-initiated projects, and undertake excursions to observe the work of farmers and palm wine tappers.
Other accommodations during the program include hostels, private homes, or small hotels.
Program Start Date: Aug 28, 2015
Program End Date: Dec 10, 2015
The dates listed above are subject to change. Please note that travel to and from the program site may span a period of more than one day.
Student applications to this program will be reviewed on a rolling basis between the opening date and the deadline.
Application Deadline: May 15, 2015
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Hello Jason, I'm glad you asked the question, too! It helped me a lot and I really appreciate you. It became a topic to some people I talked with today. And, produced one of those "is it God -- or is it Odd" moments for me today, also. It became a similar example about what I was sharing above.
A lady send me an email to let me know that she was taking some of the worksheets that I put together for the 4th Step, into Soledad Prison, in California.
Gee. I haven't been there since I was 25 years old! When I was there, they had a special place called Soledad North, that was an Adjustment Center for the youngsters that were too young for San Quentin's B Section... because they considered us "trouble makers." (It used to be referred to as Gladiator School... I guess you can imagine, it wasn't a very loving, peaceful and serene environment).
One of my living amends, was to promise myself and God, that if God would help me... I would do everything within my power to stay sober and to never set another foot inside a jail again!
My sponsor at the time was very involved in H&I (Hospitals & Institutions) and Corrections work, and suggested that I get involved in AA Corrections service work, as well. Since, I promised God, I'd do my best to stay out of jails... it was a real challenge for me. I figured the same principles would apply... one drink is too many... and one foot in jail is too often! So, I opted out of corrections, and instead got involved in AA's H&I work. My drinking never took me to a nut house. I qualified -- but, they took me to jails instead. And, I figured "Well, I'll try the nut houses, now that I'm sober!" (I'm the kind that hates to miss out on anything, expecially if it can get exciting!)
So, two nights per week... I had Hospital and Institution panels where I would go in with some other AA's and have a meeting for those in the hospitals and institutions.
My favorite places were the locked-down adolescent mental health units. They ranged in age from 10 to 17. And, I just loved being with them... it was hard to leave! The majority of them were well on their way to being alcoholic... but, like me, in a way, they got locked up. Of course, their scenario was a little different, too. They would do stuff like try to kill themselves... and people noticed it. (They don't notice it as much if you're just trying to drink yourself to death).
Got to run... my pups barking to go out and pee.
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Justin Allgaier Quote Re: Phoenix International Raceway:
"The one-mile tracks suit me more than a larger track so far in my career. I've had a lot of success on short tracks so I am very excited to be in the No. 12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge Charger for Saturday's Nationwide race.
"Phoenix has such an incredible history with open wheel and stock cars so I am really looking forward to racing there. I know these Penske Racing guys in the shop have been working so hard on this Phoenix car. I would love to go to the desert and show them my appreciation with a good finish."
Crew Chief Matt Gimbel on Phoenix International Raceway:
"Our main goal for Justin this weekend is to get him comfortable and give him a good balance. We learned a few things with our short track testing last week, which I think is going to help us this weekend. It gave us some tools to balance the car to go out solid in the race Saturday. Our goal is a top-20 or top-15 finish.
"Justin has a strong short track background and when we tested with him he seemed to really take right to the short track. I'm optimistic, cautiously optimistic about we will have this week. We have gained a lot of ground the last few weeks learning Justin and getting him into a car that better suits his driving style."
Justin Allgaier Fast Facts/Stats:
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PBC-020: This weekend's Dodge Charger was the primary car at Lowe's Motor Speedway May 24, 2008 driven by Sam Hornish Jr. (Started 13th, Finished 39th).
PBC-016: The backup car for this weekend was driven by Hornish earlier this season at Texas Motor Speedway (started 43rd, finished 19th).
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It's an AMD 6970M and worked fine for a couple of months after I installed it. So I ask the experts if those are symptoms of a fried card...I played Warsow and suddenly the monitor went black. After a reboot it stayed black and if I use an external monitor, I can see the normal BIOS screen, but with small green lines all over the place. I get to GRUB (which is screwed up and shows some weird symbols for several characters), kernel is loaded and when kms is enabled the screen goes black again.
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"Well Narrated"
A book from the 90's when 'serial killers' were a popular suspense topic. Even though we have a good idea who the baddie may be, McDermid writes her story so well that the reader remains engaged, interested and curious. While this is a part of a series, you do not need to read/ listen to them all.
'Wire in the Blood' became the title of a TV series based on McDermid's novels.
In the days of hard copy reading, this story would have had me reading all night till I had finished. Having Michael Tudor Barnes doing the telling so well was a great bonus.
For the squeamish, this does have some nasty bits, and rather than being just gory detail, the inclusion does add to the story.
The 3 stars for story is from the distance of 2012 looking back, The writing style though as distinct from story would be a 4 or 5 star rating. Mc Dermid writes consistently well.
"you want to know what I think?"
LeCarre is who he is.
love him or yawn stretch ' who'?
Well I do love most of his yarns and have done for decades.
for me to hear a favourite author read his own work is just bliss
So I love Tolkien talk elfish.
in this audio
My only grief is the story is abridged,
"Bill Wallis reading is the 'Icing on this Cake'"
The Narrator Bill Wallis makes this an enjoyable listen. Having heard other narrators read Mr Walker's Brubo books I have to think that if Bill is not reading I would rather the hard copy and read myself.
Like many others I love the other faces of Bruno, his wine and cheese and odd description of a dish. his garden, his love affairs (without too much detail) and his yearning to be a Dad..
These are charming stories and Bruno is very much his own man who loves his villiage and the people in it.
The stories are better without the superman aspects, like jumping out of burning buildings, however I can live with that, as Bruno is such a likeable cop.
"Does anyone actually edit the remastering?"
OK it is nit picking, but if an old recording is remastered or rerecorded surely an editor is called for
That is my biggest beef, and it really does spoil the quality of the perfprmance.
Otherwise Simon Brett reads this charming early 'Feathering' story well. It was a pleasant exposure of Carol and had a gorgeous conclusion.
"Oh Boy!"
There may be other bio out there on Nixon and I thought Roger Stone did a great job writing on LBJ, so I have been listening to this. Not a close listen, I'll do that later
It is personal taste and I found I did not like the Stephen Hoye narration and that made listening a bit of an effort. A lot of the names, as important as they are were lost on me and I need a brief Who is Who beside me.
Hoover certainly had his camera everywhere.
This is more action packed than the Wild West.
"look forward to more from this author on Audible"
Simon Vance is in top form.
Engaging suspense
but.... but it stopped with a 'then I woke up' ending.
more experimental than a 'short story' story to my thinking. OK it added to the character, and not the story
Now we know Daniel Pembrey can write, "bring it on" and do have Simon as narrator please.
"saucy demon fails to recruit new sacrificial soul"
Trust an ex British SAS soldier to be a hero. And one does wonder who else was in the club and who exactly are the dark angels and why Geordy thought.he was the target.
The story lacks a kind of cohesion and is still lots of fun. I found myself keenly engaged and wanting to learn what comes next. The cat is wonderful. So is the Secret Service visitor.
Very well read by Ian Hanmore.
"More please"
Top narration
Great writing and good story
I hope Audible manages to get more for us,from this author with Jot Davies reading for us.
For now, avoid downloading any other than top format as part 2 seems to be lost on 4 and 3. I think I have 6 part 1 as I tried to get part 2 without avail.
I enjoyed The Trinity Six and this is even better
As Charles Cumming is a widely acclaimed author who is well respected, I am surprised that there are so few Audible listeners. It may reflect the great divide of the pond in storytelling even if the UK and US are much closer than people know in other ways.
"Read well by Ian Hanmore"
Waiting on Audible to release 'dead men's bones' . book4.
There are a couple of stories running through this series and they can be read or heard separately.
Not brilliant 5 stars at this time, though I expect that if the series continue with the same reader, the series may rank high 4 or 5.
Forget any Ian Rankin references from the reviewers/publishers.I am beginning to think quite a few reviewers are illiterate. (And have no idea why there will only ever be one Ian Rankin.) I get a tad sus whenever I read silly remarks like,,the new ,, etc.
On the surface there is a fairly preictable plot, a current day Batman with an Alpha and a few good fellas and girls. Then read on.
No shrinking rooms or damsels tied to railway tracks yet,
"really poor production"
hardly serious. with silly superiors. lots of crime, graveyard shifts in graveyards. granny slasher, greasy midnight meals and new partners.
Just for fun, a low 3 star foggy frosty tale.
"a lingering thinker of a story"
well 'no'
I did not like this one too much and
it is a very very good story
After hearing this I wonder if I need to re listen to, re read my other Bateman stories.
It is a well read provocative story


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The discovery of insulin in the early 1920s also stimulated a search for oral medications to control blood sugar. Some of the first successful products reached the market in the 1950s including two classes of drugs, sulfonylureas and buguanides, that remain an important part of oral diabetes medications. The sulfonylureas, which stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin, were first used as antibacterial agents but were banned when they caused dangerously low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia). The byguanides are related to guanidine, a chemical found in goat's rue (Galega officianalis) an old folk remedy for diabetes. This latter class of drugs improved the ability of insulin to move sugar into cells, thus lowering blood sugar levels.
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I'll take my Corsair 650D any day of the week.
Phoronix: SilverStone Fortress FT04
When it comes to hardware reviews after reviewing CPUs, GPUs, and SSDs under Linux, one of my personal favorites is always looking at SilverStone's latest and greatest computer cases. While their enclosures have nothing to do with the operating system, so many of their designs are incredible and innovative that they're always fun checking out. The latest ATX enclosure I've had the honor of looking at is the SilverStone Fortress FT04.
I'll take my Corsair 650D any day of the week.
You should ask Fractal Design for some samples to review
That office was way too clean compared to the pics in past articles. Where is Michael and what have you done to him?
I like SilverStone's Sugo mini-ITX cases, but I haven't been able to find an am3+ ITX motherboard to stuff in one, so I've been holding myself back. D:
I thought about just caving and getting an FM2+ board, but I dunno if I want to. I'm trying not to compromise too much CPU, and I'm not sure if an A10 is worth it compared to an FX and a separate video card. Decisions...


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Seafood lovers may enjoy dining at The Water Grill in Los Angeles. The Grill features an affordable menu with a variety of seafood dishes. The restaurant features many different types of seafood dishes including clam chowder, raw oysters, tuna, and lobster. An elaborate dinner of steamed crab or a simple dish such as fish tacos can be enjoyed as well.
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Great alternative/additional bike rack
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
The SuperJoe 2 has been go to additional bike rack when I'm traveling with lots of bikes or moving. It's incredibly easy to adjust the straps to fit to the back of your car and keeps your bikes for a safe and comfy ride wherever you may need them to go.
The first time I used the rack it took me about 10 minutes to get the straps adequately adjusted to me Subaru, and after that, it just gets easier to take the rack on and off. The only bummer is that opening the hatch is pretty impossible with the rack on, but I also can travel with 4 bikes and 4 friends, which definitely outweighs the negatives!
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Will it work on a Lexus is250?
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Will this fit on a 2012 Honda CRV?
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Will it fit with the 2006 honda civic 2 door?
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Thanks for the question. I checked with Yakima and I did find out that the Yakima SuperJoe Pro 2 Bike Mount will not fit on your 2006 Honda Civic 2 door. The next best option for you that would fit on that vehicle would be the Yakima KingJoe Pro 2 Bike Rack which we do have in stock.
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Will this rack fit on a 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer with rear spoiler?
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unfortunately no.
here is a picture of how its sits on a trunk, as you can see it doesn't sit high enough and doesn't sit back enough on the trunk. You didn't specify on the model of lancer but if its the wagon model the yes it would fit.
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Does anyone know if this will work on a VW GTI? It says the King Joe Pro 2 will, and from what I gathered theyre the same except for the folding down arms... Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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The Digital Skeptic: Even Big Data-Driven News Needs People
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Wander around the Big Data block long enough and you'll run into some dead ends. Take EveryBlock, the Chicago-based hyperlocal data news service recently acquired by Comcast (CMCSA) .
All my conversations about using data in news seem to lead to a kid named Adrian Holovaty . He's the University of Missouri journalism grad who created an easy-to-use, Web-friendly software framework called Django -- so easy that even I am breaking out my stat skills to create some Big Data models with the tool.
I know -- stand back! But the thing is, I'm not the only journalist inspired by Holovaty.
Back in 2007, a reporter from the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times ) named Matthew Waite developed PolitiFact, an online database analysis tool that helped confirm what politicians actually said.
"The whole site is inspired by Adrian Holovaty's manifesto on the fundamental way newspaper websites need to change," Waite wrote on his blog back in 2007.
Not surprisingly, PolitiFact was money this election year. Online data tracker Quantcast said 2.3 million U.S. folks used the service since mid-September. It did not hurt that the service won a Pulitzer in 2009.
And not surprisingly, Holovaty snagged some media-biz love. He landed a $1.1 million Knight Foundation grant to ramp up his pet project, EveryBlock. Based on an earlier experiment called Chicagocrime.org , described by the Nieman Journalism Lab as a "map mashup," EveryBlock vacuums up police blotter events, real estate information and other open local data and renders it as news.
It's been owned by MSNBC since 2009. A professional CEO, Brian Addison, was brought in, and in March of this year he added a social media service, making it a sort of hyperlocal Twitter. The product rolled out to 19 cities and it seemed EveryBlock had PolitiFact written all over it -- a Big Data news property setting up on a nice piece of real estate here in Mediaville.
Problem is, my brief spin around the neighborhood tells me that not even geniuses such as Holovaty can code their way out of our digital media slum.
Not winning a Pulitzer Prize
After several months using this tool, it is clear turning news business hype into news business profits is still not well understood. Since my town of Harrison, N.Y., is not supported, I looked at the EveryBlock for where I was born: Hell's Kitchen. And honestly, the daily digest of hyperlocal, data driven, socially enabled news was barely that. Essentially news scraped from other media sources, geotagged Flickr pictures, Yelp reviews and lots -- and lots -- of real estate listings.
Any Web search engine or hashtag social search tool generates similar results.
So it was no surprise that, back in August, Holovaty left the firm. He was perfectly blunt about why.


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Syria is in a state of civil war. In the last eighteen months what started as a homegrown peaceful protest against the regime of Bashar al-Assad has morphed into an ugly and increasingly sectarian conflict, confronting against each other the complex patchwork of sects, religions, and ethnicities that exist in Syria.
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Height: | 5-10 |
Year: | So. |
Hometown: | Campbell Hall, NY |
High School: | Washingtonville |
Before Quinnipiac: Attended Washingtonville High School...Earned
four varsity letters for outdoor track, three for cross country,
two for indoor track and one for basketball...Led his team to a
Cross Country Division Championship in 2008, the first in ten
years...Was a member of the 4x800-meter team that qualified for
Penn relays in 2008 and a member of the 4x800 and DMR teams that
qualified for indoor nationals in 2008 and 2009...Varsity Captain
of cross country and track in her senior year...Was a 2009 NYS
indoor state qualifier for the 1000-meter run... Placed fifth at
the 2009 NYS indoor championships for the intersectional
relay...Was named 2009 Orange County Sportsman of the Year...Was
named her cross country team's Most Improved Runner in 2006 and
received the Triple D award, for dedication, desire and
determination, in 2007 and 2008...Received the 2006 and 2008
outdoor track Coaches Award and was named the Most Improved
Distance Runner in 2007...Won the indoor track Coaches award in
2008, while receiving the Triple D award for indoor track in
2009...Runs a personal best 19:50 in the 5k; 5:10 in the
1,500-meter race; 3:11 in the 1,000-meter race; and 2:27 in the
800-meter race.
Personal: A native of Campbell Hall, N.Y....Daughter of Tom and
Pat...Has two brothers, Shawn and Ryan...Her father Tom ran cross
country and track at St. John's University...In addition, her
cousin Vinny Gangemi ran cross country and track at Long Island,
while her cousin Andrew Gangemi ran cross country and track at St.
Thomas Aquinas College...Majoring in physical therapy.