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1. Friends (1994–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows the lives of six 20-something friends living in Manhattan.
Creators: David Crane, Marta Kauffman | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 382,417
2. While We're Young (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives.
Writer: Noah Baumbach | Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried
Votes: 10,199
3. Another Period (2015– )
21 min | Comedy
Another Period follows the lives of the obscenely rich Bellacourt family and their many servants in turn-of-the-century Rhode Island. Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome lead an all-star cast... See full summary »
Creators: Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome | Stars: Michael Ian Black, Paget Brewster, Beth Dover, Brett Gelman
Votes: 341
4. Family Guy (1999– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
Creators: Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 209,270
5. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Creators: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 218,317
6. Arrested Development (2003– )
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
Creator: Mitchell Hurwitz | Stars: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett
Votes: 184,398
7. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Writers: David Guion, Michael Handelman, Mark Friedman, Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant | Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 45,985
8. Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
After her grandmother's death, a high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
Creator: Paul Feig | Stars: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine
Votes: 77,296
9. Tropic Thunder (2008)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Writers: Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen | Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn
Votes: 279,055
10. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.
Writers: Steve Conrad, James Thurber | Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 205,879
11. Frasier (1993–2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.
Creators: David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 50,130
12. Night at the Museum (2006)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.
Writers: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Milan Trenc | Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 203,989
13. Zoolander 2 (2016)
Comedy | Filming
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.
Writer: Justin Theroux | Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Olivia Munn, Ben Stiller
14. Workaholics (2011– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A single-camera comedy featuring three friends who work together as telemarketers from 9 to 5 and live together from 5 to 9.
Creators: Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard, Dominic Russo | Stars: Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Maribeth Monroe
Votes: 32,875
15. Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Phineas and Ferb invent, scheme and stay one step ahead of their bratty sister. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Creators: Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh, Dan Povenmire | Stars: Vincent Martella, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ashley Tisdale, Dan Povenmire
Votes: 17,801
16. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music
The classic late night live sketch comedy show.
Creator: Lorne Michaels | Stars: Don Pardo, Lenny Pickett, Darrell Hammond, Seth Meyers
Votes: 29,949
17. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Sport
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Writer: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rip Torn
Votes: 165,451
18. The King of Queens (1998–2007)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Delivery man Doug Heffernan has a good life: He's got a pretty wife (Carrie), a big TV and friends to watch it with. Then Carrie's goofy and annoying father Arthur moves in with them.
Creators: David Litt, Michael J. Weithorn | Stars: Kevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Victor Williams
Votes: 54,379
19. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the '70s, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.
Writers: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay | Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd
Votes: 239,987
20. Zoolander (2001)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy
At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Writers: Drake Sather, Ben Stiller, John Hamburg | Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell
Votes: 171,605
21. There's Something About Mary (1998)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from highschool, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.
Writers: Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans
Votes: 230,611
22. Happy Gilmore (1996)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Sport
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
Writers: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler | Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay
Votes: 139,143
23. Madagascar (2005)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs
Writers: Mark Burton, Billy Frolick, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Votes: 229,678
24. Megamind (2010)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
The supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
Writers: Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons | Director: Tom McGrath | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey
Votes: 151,036
25. Miami Vice (1984–1990)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of the vice squad detectives of the Miami Police Department.
Creator: Anthony Yerkovich | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 14,916
26. Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999– )
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy
The life and times of Larry David and the predicaments he gets himself in with his friends and complete strangers.
Creator: Larry David | Stars: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman
Votes: 57,204
27. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Writers: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon | Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria
Votes: 113,076
28. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when their father announces he is terminally ill.
Writers: Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson | Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller
Votes: 189,734
29. Blades of Glory (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Sport
In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
Writers: Jeff Cox, Craig Cox, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, Busy Philipps | Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck | Stars: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett
Votes: 117,944
30. King of the Hill (1997–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A straight laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also to keep his son in line.
Creators: Greg Daniels, Mike Judge | Stars: Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Johnny Hardwick
Votes: 32,914
31. The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
A newly wed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.
Writers: Scot Armstrong, Leslie Dixon, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Kevin Barnett, Bruce Jay Friedman, Neil Simon | Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 66,799
32. The Watch (I) (2012)
R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.
Writers: Jared Stern, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg | Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Billy Crudup
Votes: 94,848
33. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, History, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.
Writers: J.G. Ballard, Tom Stoppard | Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 81,519
34. Tower Heist (2011)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a group of hard-working guys find out they've fallen victim to their wealthy employer's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
Writers: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson | Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda
Votes: 101,915
35. Meet the Parents (2000)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Writers: Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke, Jim Herzfeld, John Hamburg | Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner
Votes: 238,953
36. Meet the Fockers (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
Writers: Greg Glienna, Mary Ruth Clarke, Jim Herzfeld, Marc Hyman, John Hamburg | Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo
Votes: 193,181
37. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
Writers: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch | Director: Liam Lynch | Stars: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, JR Reed, Ronnie James Dio
Votes: 78,538
38. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.
Writers: Eric Darnell, Noah Baumbach | Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Votes: 103,010
39. Along Came Polly (2004)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.
Writer: John Hamburg | Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 99,786
40. Starsky & Hutch (2004)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Crime
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino with the help of police snitch called Huggy Bear.
Writers: William Blinn, Stevie Long, John O'Brien, Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong | Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn
Votes: 113,622
41. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1996– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
America's top fake news show.
Creators: Lizz Winstead, Madeleine Smithberg | Stars: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Craig Kilborn
Votes: 24,581
42. Submarine (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
Writers: Richard Ayoade, Joe Dunthorne | Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor
Votes: 57,182
43. I'm Still Here (I) (2010)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Documenting Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.
Writers: Casey Affleck, Joaquin Phoenix | Director: Casey Affleck | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff, Larry McHale
Votes: 13,584
44. Space Jam 2
Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Announced
Plot is unknown.
Writer: Willie Ebersol
45. Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015– )
22 min | Comedy
Follows two delusional brothers, who are self-proclaimed filmmakers, as they are kicked out of their parent's house and end up on an epic cinematic journey.
Creators: Alex Anfanger, Dan Schimpf | Stars: Alex Anfanger, Lenny Jacobson, Jon Bass, Kathy Baker
Votes: 776
46. The Cable Guy (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.
Writer: Lou Holtz Jr. | Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black
Votes: 111,536
47. Mystery Men (1999)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.
Creator: Bob Burden | Director: Kinka Usher | Stars: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, William H. Macy, Hank Azaria
Votes: 50,660
48. WWF Raw (1993– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Sport
The best of the World wrestling federation battle it out every week. In the squared circle, to see just who is the best of the best
Creator: Vince McMahon | Stars: Jerry Lawler, Paul Levesque, Jim Ross, Vince McMahon
Votes: 4,763
49. Undeclared (2001–2003)
22 min | Comedy
College freshman Steve Karp and his fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.
Creator: Judd Apatow | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Carla Gallo, Charlie Hunnam, Monica Keena
Votes: 13,826
50. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The animals try to fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African wildlife refuge, where Alex is reunited with his parents.
Writers: Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath | Stars: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith
Votes: 123,682


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The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has directed Kampala International University (KIU) to halt the awarding of 42 PhDs until they are verified.
The PhD students were to graduate on Saturday during the university's ninth graduation ceremony.
But on Friday morning, the executive director of NCHE, Prof. A.B.K Kasozi, wrote to the office of the university's vice-chancellor stopping the graduation of the 42 students.
In a letter which New Vision saw, NCHE was challenging the university's ability to pass out such a big number of graduates with PhDs.
"NCHE has received news that you are going to graduate 42 PhD students. Last year, you graduated over 20 PhD students. NCHE is concerned about your capacity to graduate such a number in a span of two years," the letter read.
Kasozi set out conditions for KIU to beat before the 42 PhD students can be allowed to graduate.
The conditions included submission of the external examiners' reports on each of the students, the period each student had taken to complete the programme and the list of external and internal examiners. NCHE also stated that at one point, the university may require verifying all the dissertations of the 42 PhD students.
When contacted for a comment, the university's public relations officer, Chris Mubiru, said they had not yet received the letter and that there was no way they would stop the students from graduating at the last hour.

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"LLANGEFNI, a parish and market town in the hundred of Menai, county Anglesey, North Wales, 7 miles N. of Newborough, 8 W. of Beaumaris, and 4½ S. of the Gaerwen station on the Chester and Holyhead line of railway. It is situated in a vale, watered by the river Cefni, which is here crossed by a-bridge of two arches. The main road between Bangor and Holyhead passes through it, as well as the old Roman road. The little town of Llangefni is a bustling and prosperous place, with a population of about 1,800. It contains a market-house, a commercial bank, and one for savings. Petty sessions are held in the town. It unites with Beaumaris and others in returning one member to parliament. The chief employments of the people are leather dressing, malting, and the woollen manufacture. There are corn mills on the stream. In the last century it was only a small hamlet." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
An act for inclosing lands in Llangefni, Llanddyfnan, Pentraeth, and Cerrigceinwen, in the County of Anglesey : (Royal Assent, 9 June 1812.). [London : Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons], 1812. 27p
Cofiant a phregethau y Parch. David Thomas, Llangefni. Caernarfon : Argraphwyd gan W. Gwenlyn Evans, [1891]. 271p
Education in Wales : memorial to the Committee of Council on Education in refernce to their proposed exclusion of British schools at Llangefni and Menai Bridge, Anglesey from participation in the Parliamentary Grant. London : Blackburn & Burt, 1851. 28p
Frimston, Thomas. Ebenezer : sef, hanes Eglwys Fedyddiedig Llangefni, o'i chychwyniad yn 1779 hyd 1897 (118 mlynedd), yn nghyda hanes ei gweinidogion, a'i chymanfaoedd ... Caernarfon : Cwmni'r Wasg Genedlaethol Gymreig, pr., 1897. 128p
Jones, Gwilym T. Llangefni - 80 years ago. Country Quest 28/5 (1987), p. 37-9
Roberts, John. Plans of properties in the parishes of Llanidan, Llanfihangel Esceifiog, Llanddaniel, Llaniestyn, Heneglwys and Llangefni in the couty of Anglesey. c 1756. 17 maps
Wiliam, Dafydd Wyn. Dafydd Wyn Wiliam ar hanes argraffu Llangefni . Y Casglwr 31 (1987), p. 13
Williams, J R. St. Cyngar's Church, Llangefni . Bangor : Welsh National Centre for Religious Education, [1988] 27p
North Wales Chronicle Co. Limited,
Y Clorianydd office, Llangefni, records 1871-1965 - details of extant records on Archives Network Wales
"The North Wales Chronicle was established in 1827. The company was taken over in the 1960s by North Wales Newspapers Ltd; it had published a Welsh-language newspaper, Y Clorianydd, from offices in Llangefni and Bangor, 1891-1969"
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.
Llangefni Parish and Borough; Statistics; Area 2426 acres; Population 813 males, 986 females, total 1799
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Rhosymeirch section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Eleri Rowlands (June 2014) Also Llangefni Ind chapel - with translation by Eleri Rowlands (Nov 2014)
Joyce Hinde has supplied a list of Parish Registers held at Anglesey Record Office.
Llangefni - on the Anglesey info site
Llangefni - on wicipedia (Welsh)
Held at Anglesey Record Office (NRA);
Gwynedd Family History Society have a diagram of the ecclesiastical parishes of Anglesey (under Publications)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
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Suspect has surrendered to police, says witness
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An RCMP standoff occured on Saunders Street in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this afternoon. According to one witness, a male suspect surrendered himself around 2 p.m.
A police standoff took place at a residence on Saunders Street in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this afternoon (Feb. 4), shutting down part of the residential area for roughly two hours.
Several RCMP vehicles were seen on Saunders street earlier today. Two of the police vehicles blocked off a section of the street, forcing some residents to wait before they could return to their homes.
Around 1:30 pm, the RCMP's Labrador District media liaison officer, Cpl. Rick Mills, confirmed to The Labradorian that there was a "situation" occurring on Saunders Street.
According to one Saunders street resident, the standoff ended just after 2 p.m. today, after the male suspect walked out of the house with his hands raised.
"He just coolly walked across the road and walked into the driveway over there and showed that he had nothing … and the RCMP just stepped up to him," the resident explained.
Another resident of Saunders Street claims that she noticed police activity in the area just before noon.
"It was going on this morning, but I didn't realize it until dinner time. I noticed that the RCMP was parked … on the side of the road." said the resident.
"And I did go out and speak with one of the RCMP officers. I told him that my daughter was coming home at 3 p.m. and what should I do, if I should go pick her up or not. At that time, he said the bus would be allowed to the first RCMP vehicle and I would be allowed to walk up and bring her back to the house.
"…I got a call from the school. And I had to go pick her up because they weren't going to allow the bus on the road then."
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You Don't Hear Your Customers
The other day, I asked my business manager to follow up with a client about an unpaid invoice. She contacted the company's accounts payable department and was told that the invoice was paid on June 1st, 2012. (italics added for emphasis)
OK, I have some pretty talented clients, but I don't think any have mastered time travel…yet. It is only the first week in January. There is no way they could have paid (past tense) an invoice 6 months in the future.
So obviously my client miscommunicated. Or did they?
What my client actually wrote was that the "invoice was paid 6/1/12." To my American business manager, this was clearly June 1st. But to my European colleagues, they would interpret this as January 6th. In the US, our date format is mm/dd/yy; in Europe it is dd/mm/yy.
Although this is a very simplistic example, it clearly demonstrates how biases – cultural, language, experience, etc – significantly impact how we perceive the world around us. And most people are unaware of the fact that they do not truly see things to same way as they occur to others.
In the world of innovation, this can have an impact on how we understand customer needs.
We think we know what they want. But what they are saying is always interpreted differently than what they really mean.
I like the story told by Professor Chris Parker of the University of Lucerne about a tribesman from a remote part of Malaysia who was taken to Singapore for the weekend as part of an anthropological study. It was his first exposure to the outside world. After a tour of the bustling city, his guides asked him what had struck him most about this place, one of the great high-tech centers of the world. The tribesman said without hesitation that the biggest surprise was a wheelbarrow that he had noticed being used to haul a large quantity of bananas, more bananas being hauled by one conveyance than he had ever seen before.
All the computers and all the mobile phones on the technology-mad island meant nothing to him. He was most impressed by nothing more sophisticated than the big wheelbarrow because in his world, what mattered still focus on basic gathering and distribution of food and water. The digital world has yet to have any bearing on their lives. The technology of choice for this tribe would be a consignment of new wheelbarrows. Of course, in the context of business, technology is more sophisticated than the wheelbarrow, but no more important to its success.
How you see the world is different than how others will see it.
It reminds me of a scene from the movie, "The Gods Must Be Crazy." A Coke bottle is interpreted many different ways by those unfamiliar with glass. To most of the world, it is obviously a Coke bottle. But if you have not seen one before, it means something entirely different.
Assume you don't understand what your customers really want. Poke. Probe. Ask clarifying questions. Have them tell you stories that help elaborate. Ask "why" they want a particular feature. Look for alternative perspectives and meanings.
Maybe your customers really only want a bigger wheelbarrow.
P.S. This technique applies to family members and friends. Don't assume you know what your spouse or kids are saying. Odds are, you are not really understanding them.


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A process technician is a key member of a team of people responsible for planning, analyzing, and controlling the production of products from the acquisition of raw materials through the production and distribution of products to customers in a variety of process industries. These industries include, but are not limited to, chemical, food and beverage, oil exploration and production, pharmaceuticals, power generation, pulp and paper, refining and wastewater treatment.
Process Operations technicians are the backbone of industry. They are responsible for efficient and safe operation of all process equipment within the plant, monitoring of all process and utility systems and equipment to ensure they operate within their proper parameters, collection of product and utility samples and performing lab analysis to ensure products meet specifications, provide ownership and responsibility for an area of the facility while on shift to ensure the safety of all who work this area through adherence to policies and procedures, preparation of equipment and systems for maintenance activities, and performance of minor mechanical and/or maintenance activities on equipment and systems.
Process Operations Technology Program Outcomes:
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The Emotionally Focused Therapist Training Set
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Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge
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New Directions in Treating Couples
There is currently no single resource that compiles the various applications to the many clinical populations being served by Emotionally Focused Therapy today. The Emotionally Focused Casebook fills that void as a substantive reference for clinicians, students, professors, and supervisors...
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An invaluable tool for clinicians and students, Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook takes the reader on an adventure – the quest to become a competent, confident, and passionate couple and family therapist. In an accessible resource for training and supervision, seven expert...
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Perspectives on Identity and Transcendence Among Youth:a Special Issue of applied Developmental Science
Beyond the Self grew out of a conference of developmental scientists who examined the ways that young people were developing understandings of self that anchored youth to something larger than their own personal competencies and success. Each of the papers drew on the question of how one locates...
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Pan Tadeusz, the full title in English: Mister Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: a History of the Nobility in the Years 1811 and 1812 in Twelve Books of Verse (Pan Tadeusz, czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie. Historia szlachecka z roku 1811 i 1812 we dwunastu księgach wierszem pisana) is an epic poem by the Polish poet, writer and philosopher Adam Mickiewicz. The book was first published in June 1834 in Paris, and is considered by many to be the last great epic poem in European literature.
Pan Tadeusz is recognized as the national epic of Poland. It is compulsory reading in Polish schools. A film based on the poem was made in 1999 by Andrzej Wajda.
The place is situated within the Russian partition, in the Lithuanian village of Soplicowo. Pan Tadeusz recounts the story of two feuding noble families, and the love between Tadeusz Soplica (the title character) of one family, and Zosia of the other. Another subplot involves a spontaneous revolt of the local inhabitants against the occupying Russian garrison. Since Mickiewicz published his poem as an exile in Paris, he was free of the Russian censors.
Numerous quotations from Pan Tadeusz are well known, above all its opening lines:
Litwo! Ojczyzno moja! ty jesteś jak zdrowie; Ile cię trzeba cenić, ten tylko się dowie, Kto cię stracił.
The fact, that the Polish national poem begins with words "O Lithuania", is an interesting paradox. The controversy largely stems from the fact that the 19th century concept of nationality had not yet been geopoliticized in his time. The term "Lithuania" used by Mickiewicz refers rather to a geographical region and not country. It had a much broader geographic extent than it does now (i.e. the modern Lithuania), and it did refer to the historical Lithuania proper.
Mickiewicz had been brought up in the culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a multicultural state that had encompassed most of what today are the separate countries of Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine. He is often regarded by Lithuanians to be of Lithuanian origin, while Belarusians proclaim Mickiewicz to be one of them, since he was born on the territory of contemporary Belarus.
The film version made by Andrzej Wajda in 1999 was a great success in Poland.


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"I feel confident we can construct a new building," said Guilderland's supervisor, Kenneth Runion, on Monday.
The Bus Operator Roadeo competition held Thursday, June 11, at Crossgates Mall, tested the eyes and orientation of several area bus drivers.
GUILDERLAND — The United States Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for cleaning up formerly used defense sites, is seeking community interest in forming a restoration advisory board for the former Army Depot located where the Northeastern Industrial Park is now located.
GUILDERLAND — A Queensbury man with business dealings in Guilderland was arrested last week for allegedly stealing over $1 million from investors.
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THEY came from the sea to try us. Giant waterborne viruses called mimiviruses may trigger arthritis, according to the first study to link them to disease.
Mimiviruses are unusual in that they make the protein collagen, using genes similar to the ones we use. Thierry Hennet of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, wondered whether people exposed to these viruses would make antibodies against viral collagen. If so, these could attack human collagen, leading to rheumatoid arthritis. He injected mice with viral collagen and found that antibody levels soared. A month later, all the mice had developed arthritis.
The same mechanism could be at work in humans: Hennet found the antibodies in 22 per cent of blood samples from people with arthritis, compared with 6 per cent from healthy people (Journal of Virology, doi.org/qvm).
This article appeared in print under the headline "Arthritis triggers from the deep"
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See A. Bishop and C. Lord, The Art of Decorative Stenciling (rev. ed. 1985); L. LeGrice, The Art of Stenciling (1987).
A stencil is a template used to draw or paint identical letters, symbols, shapes, or patterns every time it is used. Stencil technique in visual art is also referred to as pochoir. Stencils are formed by removing sections from template material in the form of text or an image. This creates what is essentially a physical negative. The template can then be used to create impressions of the stenciled image, by applying pigment on the surface of the template and through the removed sections, leaving a reproduction of the stencil on the underlying surface. Aerosol or painting stencils must remain contiguous after the image is removed, in order for the template to remain functional. Sections of the remaining template which are isolated inside removed parts of the image are called islands. All islands must be connected to other parts of the template with bridges, or additional sections of narrow template material which are not removed.
A related technique (which has found applicability in some surrealist compositions) is aerography, in which spray-painting is done around a three-dimensional object. This technique is comparable to the paintings in caves dating over +10,000BC, where hands were used to create hand print outlines amongst other artwork, such as paintings of animals. The artist would spray pigment around his hand with his mouth. A hollow bone or reed may have also been employed to direct the stream of pigment.
Silk-screen printing also uses a stencil process, as does mimeography. The masters from which mimeographed pages are printed are often called "stencils." Stencils can be made with one or many colour layers using different techniques, with most stencils designed to be applied as solid colours.
During silk-screening and mimeography the images for stenciling are broken down into color layers. Multiple layers of stencils are used on the same surface to produce multi-colored images.
Stencils may have been used to colour cloth for a very long time; the technique probably reached its peak of sophistication in Katazome and other techniques used on silks for clothes during the Edo period in Japan. In Europe, from about 1450 they were very commonly used to colour old master prints printed in black and white, usually woodcuts. This was especially the case with playing-cards, which continued to be coloured by stencil long after most other subjects for prints were left in black and white. Stenciling back in the 2600 BC's was different. They used color from plants and flowers such as indigo (which extracts blue). Stencils were used for mass publications, as the type didn't have to be hand-written. The first book to be printed using stencils was the bible.
Stencils were popular as a method of book illustration, and for that purpose the technique was at its hight of popularity in France during the 1920s. When stencils are used in this way they are often called "pochoir". Pochoir was frequently used to create prints of intense color, and is most often associated with Art Nouveau and Art Deco design.
Stencils are frequently used by official organizations, including the military, utility companies and governments, to quickly and clearly label objects, vehicles and locations. Stencils for official application can be customized, or purchased as individual letters, numbers and symbols. This allows the user to arrange words, phrases and other labels from one set of templates, unique to the item being labeled. When objects are labeled using a single template alphabet, it makes it easier to identify their affiliation or source.
A common tradition for stencils is in home decorating and arts & crafts. Home decor stencils are an important part of the DIY (Do It Yourself) industry. There are prefabricated stencil templates available for home decoration projects from hardware stores, arts & crafts stores and through the internet. Stencils are usually applied in the home with a paint or roller brush along wall borders and as trim. They can also be applied with a painted sponge for a textured effect.
Stencil templates can be purchased or constructed individually. Typically they are constructed of flexible plastics, including acetate, mylar and vinyl. Stencils can be used as children's toys.
A stencil technique is employed in screenprinting which uses a tightly woven mesh screen coated in a thin layer of emulsion to reproduce the original image. As the stencil is attached to the screen, a contiguous template is not necessary. A stencil used in airbrushing called a frisket is pressed directly on the artwork. It can be used control or contain overspray, create sharp or complex shapes, but is not designed to be used more than once.


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The students in Darlene Ake's Pre-K class in Wewahitchka enjoyed their annual snowball fight last week, an event that's been a tradition at the school for more than 25 years.
While there may be a noticeable lack of snow in Gulf County, Ake makes up for the uncooperative weather by using marshmallows as the snowballs.
"The kids enjoy and look forward to the snowball fight," said assistant Teresa Redd, who has spent 25 years teaching in Wewahitchka.
The event was BYOM (bring your own marshmallows) and once students were armed and ready, they headed out to the lawn of the Pre-K building and the chaos began, the ground quickly becoming white with the puffs.
The event was the culmination of the winter events that included nutrition awareness and a visit to the St. Joseph Bay Humane Society.
"The snowball fight lets the students get outside and have some fun -- plus, they get to hit the teachers with marshmallows," laughed Redd.
After the snowball fight was over and the ground had been cleared, students warmed themselves up indoors with a cup of hot cocoa topped with marshmallows.


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Proposal for Founding DFRK Supported in Mexico
| Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) -- The People's Socialist Party, the Socialist Party, the Socialist Popular Party and the National Coordinating Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of Mexico, the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism, the Mexican Institute for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Mexican Fellowship Institute to Honor the Memory of President Kim Il Sung, the Mexican Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification and the Mexico-Korea Friendship Association released a joint statement on October 1 to mark the 29th anniversary of the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo and the 2nd anniversary of the publication of the October 4 declaration.
The statement said that the DFRK founding proposal put forward by President Kim Il Sung is the most just reunification proposal to achieve the country's reunification, the greatest national desire of the Korean people, by their own efforts, free from foreign interference.
The June 15 joint declaration, provided by General Secretary Kim Jong Il with his patriotic will for reunification and strong determination, serves as a milestone of Korea's reunification based on the idea of "By our nation itself" and the October 4 declaration is a programme for its implementation, the statement said, and went on:
We strongly urge the south Korean authorities to orient the inter-Korean relations to achieving reunification, keenly aware that the prospect of Korea's reunification depends on faithfully implementing the historic declarations.
We call upon the political parties, governments and organizations of the world desirous of the independent reunification of Korea to voice full support for the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people in their just struggle to achieve the country's reunification according to the proposal for founding the DFRK and under the banner of the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.
Copyright (C) KOREA NEWS SERVICE(KNS) All Rights Reserved.


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SUPRA Presents The Fall / Holiday 2012 Royal Collection
The SUPRA Royal collection is the junction at which fine art, luxury, and contemporary fashion converge to create exceptionally fine footwear. Unencumbered by convention, the exclusive Royal collection allows our designers the freedom to experiment with color, material, and design to flawlessly craft a sophisticated line of footwear that resides beyond the boundaries of innovation. The 2012 Fall/Holiday Royal collection features two silhouettes—the Falcon and the Donavyn—available in three styles each.
The Falcon is an extraordinary mid top designed with distinctive stitch-through details, such as the padded foam heel overlay panel and collar, which offer a striking departure from footwear design conventions. The Falcon has a padded mesh lining and is constructed atop a vulcanized sole with a double layer of textured foxing. Three premium materials were used in this year's collection: caramel, full-grain leather (tanned with natural vegetable dyes); brilliant white, full-grain leather; and black, tumbled full-grain leather.
The Donavyn is a stylish low top, redolent of a dress shoe, designed to showcase modern details with luxurious materials (also constructed from caramel, white, or black full-grain leather). It has a long, clean vamp, stitch and turn heel detail, slightly larger collar opening, padded mesh lining, and a vulcanized sole that is outfitted with two layers of textured foxing.
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Wheely Willy (born circa 1991) is a paraplegic chihuahua on wheels from Long Beach, California who has become a celebrity as the subject of two bestselling children's books. He makes frequent public appearances promoting mutual understanding among those with and without physical disability. Following appearances on the Animal Planet television network, he has been popularly dubbed Wheely Willy.
Initially, the two pound (one kilogram) Willy needed to be carried everywhere, but Turner made several attempts to allow the dog to move autonomously. She tried attaching large helium-filled balloons to the dog's hindquarters and then placing him on a skateboard, with little success. Ultimately, an advertisement for K-9 Carts, a type of wheelchair designed for canine applications, came to her attention. Willy adapted to this mode of transportation in short order; curiosity from Turner's customers and acquaintances led to local news coverage and steadily increased to international notability.
Willy has made visits internationally, most often to hospitals, but he has also participated in such events as the Cystic Fibrosis Fun Walk and the Los Angeles Marathon. He has made several appearances on television talk shows and news programs.
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June 11, 2013
Beautiful lines – Flickr pic of the day
Natalie Roos
Natalie Roos' body was born in Johannesburg… but her soul was always Capetonian. At the age of 14, Natalie started work in the television industry, presenting popular local kids TV show, KTV. Ten years and another TV job later (presenting celebrity gossip show JIP on Afrikaans music channel MK), Natalie made the move down to Cape Town where she started her blog, Tails of a Mermaid (www.tailsofamermaid.com). Her love for the internet and all things communication-driven became a natural progression to a career in Social Media, where she worked in an agency managing the online presence, content and reputation of various brands.
Natalie's passions include cats, communication and Cape Town.
This photo of trees was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Natalie Shuttleworth, aka snapclicktripod.
Natalie says: "I'd never been to Cecilia Forest before this photo, and found it absolutely enchanting and full of photo opportunities. There is a fee to go in which ensures it's always clean and well maintained – and during the week there was no one around. Stunning!'
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State of the World's Children 2007, The: Women and Children - The Double Dividend of Gender Equality
Release Date: December, 2006
(also available in French, Spanish)
Sales Number: 07.XX.1
152 page(s), 8.5x11
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: United Nations Children's Fund
Millions of girls and women continue to live in poverty, disempowered and discriminated against. They are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, less likely to attend school and often subject to physical and sexual violence. In most places, men continue to earn more pay than women for the same jobs. This year's edition of UNICEF's flagship publication, examines the status of women around the world. It concludes that an end to gender discrimination produces the 'double dividend' of benefiting women and children – which, in turn, has a positive impact on the health and development of societies everywhere.


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Here's how RW members rated this race (237 votes).
In short: Great weather to run in, helpful smiling volunteers and dead chuffed that, on the third attempt, I ran all the raceIn full: On the day the organisation and support was great, but all a bit uncertain before. Race packs were very late going out and the website has only updated to 2014 in the past few days (and still invites entries to the 2012 race!). Realised afterwards that folk had mostly migrated to the facebook page. I still don't get why it was more than a half marathon – why not simply put the start a bit further down the canal path? But moans aside, you can't but love a quirky race like this – tunnel, steps, such painful bridges to go over in the last few miles, then into the heart of Birmingham for the finish.Date of review: July 9, 2014
In short: Sunny muddy steppyIn full: My third bbhm and really enjoyed it. I never get my fastest times here but it's a novel race with a great finish area. I loved the tunnel which seemed darker than ever. The diversion I quite liked though those 96 steps were steep. The course had a lot of puddles which probably contributed to my garmin reading the course at 13.5 miles. Overall great course and nice medalDate of review: July 6, 2014
In short: Those Locks killed meIn full: The start of the race was a bit of a joke with runners on different waves turning up too early to beat the midday sun, so I didn't set off till an hour later than I wished, which was a pain as I had family waiting for me in Birmingham. Apart from that the race overall was hard but enjoyable and surprisingly scenic. The locks, bridges and steps were a killer and towards the end it was a case of walking up them rather than running up them. I ended up running 22.2kms which also didn't help, but that was due to a detour up those steps.Date of review: July 20, 2013
In short: Very enjoyable as a first half-marathonIn full: Initially, I was a bit disappointed with the apparent poor organisation at the start. It was my first ever half-marathon and I've never entered a staggered-start event either so wasn't sure what to expect. Waited in the very hot sunshine for over a hour, which meant using the portaloos more than once - not pleasant but that probably couldn't be helped and was made worse by the high temperatures. However, once I'd started, all that was forgotten. I loved running along the towpath in spite of the blazing hot sunshine and, as I'm not a speedy runner, I had time to enjoy the scenery. The marshals were all lovely, friendly and supportive. I really appreciated having water/energy drink stations at 3,6,9,12 miles and didn't notice any great inaccuracy in the distance markers - I always treat them as approximates anyway. I didn't try the energy drink, simply because I wanted to stick with what I was familiar with. The water was cool and refreshing and gratefully received ! The marshals on the water stations were lovely, very friendly and even offered to fill my water bottle for me - a nice touch on a scorching hot day.The regularly spaced water stations were most welcome and, as a first-time half marathoner,I was able to tell myself at each one "just a parkrun until the next water station" which was great for pacing myself and breaking the race down into manageable sections. I loved the tunnel. The steep 85 steps on the diversion were challenging but, hey, we don't do this 'cos it's easy ! . I enjoyed the finish - the lady with the microphone announcing the finishers did a grand job, as well as getting my finish time printed off quickly. I didn't mind at all doing the extra .4 or .5 of a mile - I can work out what my time was for the true half-marathon distance. I assume this extra little bit was due to the diversion and I think bringing the finish point back to reduce the length of the route to true HM distance would have been difficult to do well. Collecting my bag afterwards was amazingly easy - all the bags were transported by van from the start to the finish point and there was a luggage label on the race number. I enjoyed my goody bag (although would have liked a t-shirt!) and the medal was nice. I expected to hate running this race because of the hot weather, which I always struggle with, and it surprised me to find that I loved every minute of it. It wasn't easy but I think it was a great choice for a first HM and I would happily do it again. On the whole, I thought it was really well organised apart from the start. I can see why the start is difficult to get right but I'm told it has been a lot better in the past. This race will always have a special place in my memories.Date of review: July 10, 2013
In short: Nice canal runIn full: This was a good race - different to road races and nicer on the foot - but little supporters along the way and it could feel a little lonely in parts - many bridges to keep crossing the canal and a longer than 13.1 course - but this is a small and friendly different race with a nice medal!! I would do it again and hope it will get re-measured! Date of review: July 10, 2013
In short: Something differentIn full: As other reviews state, there are quite a few negatives to the race and it would be easy to focus on them. The diversion this year added 0.5 miles and there was no obvious reason why the start or finish weren't adjusted to compensate for this. The start was an absolute farce, allocated start times were ignored and it was just a case of turn up and join the queue. And personally having booked a hotel as I was travelling a fair distance and the organisers never bothered to reply to email/forum posts requesting a rough start time it's not great to then see that the start times are irrelevant anyway... So based on that it would be easy to slate this event, but I loved it. The long course was not ideal but the nature of the course means PB's are very unlikely anyway. Everyone was friendly, the event was well marshaled and the marshalls full of support , the course is definitely something different and the 4 water stations were well staffed and well stocked.Quality medal, quality goodybag, and despite the moans I can;t imagine not coming back next year.Date of review: July 8, 2013
In short: Wouldn't Fancy it AgainIn full: The distance was nearer 13.5 miles- if I eneter a half marathon, a half marathon distance is what I want to do.The start was unorganised, no number calling- just a massive queue to squeeze through a small gap. My start time was 09:15 - I was standing in the baking heat for well over an hour before I could get going.I'm glad I did it to get this one in the bag, but certainly wouldn't fancy doing this one again.Date of review: July 8, 2013
In short: Second time and apart from the heat - loved it.In full: Cant fault it, I like the start - just adds to the fun - but the steps this year where a killer.Date of review: July 8, 2013
In short: Unusual and enjoyable race!In full: Having competed in this half marathon for the last three years, I was once again not left disappointed. Despite the heat and a slight diversion up some steps due to canal closures, I thoroughly enjoyed this event. I wouldn't say it's particularly scenic, but you do take in some interesting sights along the way and the finish into Birmingham was, as always, atmospheric. The marshals and organisers were extremely helpful and friendly and I particularly enjoy the floating drink stations. I would definitely recommend this race and will be doing it again next year.Date of review: July 7, 2013
In short: A Great Race Offering something different to the norm. Very Sociable & lots of fun!In full: So this is not a road race but that is what is great about it. It is different, challenging, fun and very friendly. The diversion this year was unavoidable and did add to the distance but this was explained. The finish is in a great location, it is a Saturday race so being able to take on an after race drink was very welcoming and made the whole thing very sociable.The marshals were great, the drink stations (on barges) were charming and the route showed off a different aspect of the black country.I will definitely do it again next year and recommend it as one to do - not a road race but a welcome change from a road race!Date of review: July 7, 2013
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6 Fun Ways to Exercise With Your Kids
What, don't have time to get to the gym? Pssh! Who needs it, anyways? It's expensive, germ-filled, and boring! Here are some creative ways to work off that junk in the trunk at home (for free!) with the kidlets. These inspired workouts do double-duty as a sweat sesh for you and bonding time with the kids Get motivated, ladies!
Dance, Dance, Dance Off! Ready to bust out your best Gangnam Style, a little Dougie, and maybe even the Running Man? It's never a bad time for a living room dance party! Torch some major calories while the kids get their sillies out. Bonus: Dancing like a maniac will help bring on the zzz's come bedtime.
Be a Player. Tag. Simon Says. Steal the Bacon. Who knew that kid-friendly games involving frenzied running could actually replace treadmill time? We'll take good old games and friendly competition over the boring hamster wheel anytime.
Take a Dip. Almost all kids are little wannabe fish, and that's a good thing because there's nothing better for our bodies (and our joints!) than a few laps around the ol' pool. Get wet and wild with races from one end of the pool to the other or take tag to the water. Hey, even a good splash fight can do wonders for your arms. Here's hoping our abs and arms look Phelps-esque in no time!
Fabulous Footwear. Slip on some roller blades or roller skates for a spin around the block or pack up and head to your local skating rink (Yes, they still exist!). Trust us, your thighs and booty will reap the benefits, but careful of those knees!
Park It. Don't just hang back on the bench while the kids go crazy on the playground. Get up and play along with them! Make an obstacle course out of the equipment — those monkey bars are great for your shoulders and, hey — those swings aren't going to push themselves!
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"Health Care Reform's Impact Nationally and on Workers' Compensation" — While some Affordable Care Act provisions have already taken effect, many more will be implemented in the coming years. Panelists, including Elbert Huang of the University of Chicago Medicine, will review the health care law and its effects.
Thursday, March 13, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
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Friday, March 14, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
"The Opioid Epidemic" — Edward P. Steffan of EPS Rehabilitation Inc. in Tinley Park, Ill., and Dr. Marianne Cloeren of Managed Care Advisors in Bethesda, Md., will address the medical, legal and vocational concerns that arise when injured workers are prescribed opioids, powerful and addictive drugs that alleviate pain.
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Office: 312 Aras Moyola
Telephone: 353 (0)91 492298
Email: mark.haugaardnuigalway.ie
Member of the Power, Conflict and Ideologies Research Cluster
Mark Haugaard is editor of the Journal of Political Power and Chair of the IPSA Research Committee on Political Power (RC 36). My research interests combine normative political theory and sociological theory. This includes theories of power, domination, freedom, nationalism, liberalism, identity and governmentality. What motivates me is the dilemma that power is both the source of agency and of domination.
Contemporary Social Theory
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Political Theory
Social and political power, modernity, the problem of social order, and democratic theory. Current Research Positions: Editor of the Journal of Political Power (Routledge, Oxford); Chair of RC 36, 'Political Power', of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
Haugaard and K. Ryan (2012) Power: The Development of the Field (State of the art) series; International Political Science Association, and Barbara Budrich. Berlin.
Haugaard and S. Clegg (2012) (eds) Power and Politics, 4 Volumes, 1664 pp. London: Sage. This includes an introduction to each volume authored by Haugaard.
S. Clegg and Haugaard (2012) (eds) Power and Organizations, 4 Volumes, 1666 pp. London: Sage.
Haugaard (2012) 'Power and Truth', European Journal of Social Theory, 15(1): 73-92.
Haugaard (2012) 'Rethinking the Four Dimensions of Power', Journal of Political Power 5(1): 35-54.
Haugaard and Michael Mann (2011) 'Reflections on the sources of power: A conversation between Michael Mann and Mark Haugaard', Journal of Political Power, 4(2): 169-79.
Haugaard (2011) 'Consenual Power: Theories of', Encyclopedia of Power ed. Keith Dowding, London: Sage.
Haugaard (2010) 'Democracy, Political Power, and Authority' Social Research 77, 4: 1-26.
Haugaard (2010) 'Power: A 'family resemblance concept' European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol 13, 4: 419-138.
Haugaard (2010) 'Power and Social Critique', Critical Horizons 11.1, 2010, pp. 51-74.
Haugaard (2010) 'Reflections on seven ways of creating power, pp. 155-183 in Clegg. S. R., ed. Sage Directions in Organization Studies (Volume IV), London: Sage.
Haugaard and Stewart Clegg (ed.) (2009) (2013, paperback) T he Sage Handbook of Power, London Sage (466 pp). Includes substantive co-authored introduction 1-25 and conclusion 400-66.
Haugaard (2009) 'Power and Hegemony' in The Sage Handbook of Power (ed) Stewart Clegg and Mark Haugaard, 239-255.
Haugaard (2009) Editorial, vol 2, issue 1 of the Journal of Power, Routledge, 1-6.
Haugaard (2008) 'Power and Habitus', Journal of Power
Haugaard (2008) Power and Legitimacy in Massimo Mazzotti (ed) Knowledge as Social Order: Rethinking the Sociology of Barry Barness, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Haugaard and Bauman (2008) 'Liquid Modernity and Power: A Dialogue with Zygmunt Bauman', Journal of Power, Routledge, Oxford: Vol 1,2 pp. 111-130.
Haugaard and Kevin Ryan (2008) 'Power, Social and Political Theories of', Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, (ed) Lester Kurtz, San Diego: Academic Press.
Haugaard (2008) Editorial vol 1 issue 3 of Journal of Power, Routledge 231-237.
Haugaard and Sinisa Malesevic (2008) 'Power and Culture', editorial of Journal of Power, Vol. 1:2 109-110.
Haugaard and Sinisa Malesevic (2008) 'The Ubiquity of Power', editorial of Journal of Power, Routledge, vol. 1:1, 1-3
Haugaard and Sinisa Malesevic (2007) Ernest Gellner and Contemporary Social Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Haugaard and Kevin Ryan (2007) 'Power and Powerlessness' in Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Profile, Dublin: UCD Press.
Haugaard (2007) 'Power, Modernity and Liberal Democracy' in Ernest Gellner and Contemporary Social Thought (ed.) Haugaard and Malesevic, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Haugaard (2006) and Howard Lentner (ed) Hegemony and Power, New York: Lexington Books.
Haugaard (2006) Nationalism and Liberalism (345-357) in the Sage Handbook of Nations and Nationalism (ed) Gerard Delanty and Krishan Kumar, London: Sage.
Haugaard (2006) Power (457-462) Authority (25-27); Domination (147-148), in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Social Theory (ed) Austin Harrington, Barbara Marshall and Hans-Peter Muller, London: Routledge.
Haugaard (2003) 'Reflections on Seven Forms of Power' European Journal of Social Theory, Sage.
Haugaard and Sinisa Malesevic (co-ed) (2002) Making Sense of Collectivity: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalization, Pluto Press.
Haugaard (2002) Power: A Reader, Manchester University Press, Manchester.
Haugaard (2002) 'The Birth of the Subject and the Use of Truth: Foucault and Social Critique' in (co-ed) Sinisa Malesevic and Ian MacKenzie, Ideology after Postructuralism, Pluto Press, London.
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Our facilities may have changed over the years, but our passion for Wolfpack football remains as strong as it's ever been.
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In the early days of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, football games were played, as the 1909 edition of the Agromeck reported, "on whatever part of the College grounds happened to be uncultivated and without trees." The school's first home game was against the Raleigh Boys School, on an open field that was marked off, not with white lines, but with a mule and a plow.
Most of the early games were actually played on an open lot at the North Carolina Fairgrounds, which were located across Hillsboro (as it was then spelled) Street until 1927. Even in the earliest days of football, games played during the week of the fair created an extra stir on campus.
In 1907, faculty members, alumni and students began collecting money to enclose a large tract of land behind the Main Building that would become the home of the football and baseball teams. The Aggies played their first game there against Randolph Macon, recording a 20-0 win.
Wooden grandstands slowly rose on the site, and it was named Riddick Field in 1912, after popular professor W.C. Riddick (at right), who is remembered as the father of athletics at the school.
He was the team's coach in 1898-99, and helped guide the fledgling program to its most important outcome before the turn of the century, a 10-10 tie against the varsity squad from the University of North Carolina. Students celebrated by marching through campus and torching the school's original outhouse.
In 1916, the wooden bleachers were replaced with concrete grandstands on the west side of the field. But those grandstands were built in stages, with the graduating senior classes donating the money needed to build one section at a time until it was complete in 1923. Construction started on the east side bleachers in 1924 and was finally completed in 1939, with the addition of a two-story fieldhouse between the south end zone and the railroad tracks that bisects the campus.
No sooner than the facility was done than the football team began to avoid it. It became a run-down mess, with its poor lighting, its open-air press box and its backless bleacher seats that could barely handle 25,000 spectators.
"I don't want to be overly critical," said Bill Hensley, NC State's sports information director from 1955-60. "But it was a very poor facility. It just wasn't something befitting a Division I football program."
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Cave Co. is best known for their bullet-hell games Espgaluda and Dodonpachi Resurrection, and they are back in a new dual stick shooter. The insects of the world have revolted, and it's up to you to put down the rebellion by using tons of bullets. Are you up for the challenge? Read on to find out more.
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'Savannah' review: Jim Caviezel is whimsical in tale from the Old South
Long before he took on the gravitas of playing Jesus, actor Jim Caviezel was known for rarely cracking a smile. So his turn as a whimsical, hard-drinking duck hunter with a touch of the poet about him in "Savannah" would stand out if that was all it had to recommend it.
A Faulkneresque tale of the Old South turning new in the years just after World War I, "Savannah" has Caviezel playing a colorful, larger-than-life local in that sleepy Low Country Georgia port town.
One of the things that makes you "larger than life" is the way other people tell colorful stories about you. And Ward Allen has that going for him.
"Did I ever tell you about how Ward Allen beat up them Russians?"
That's a favorite of the old black man named Christmas ( Chiwetel Ejiofor), Allen's best friend.
We meet him when Jack Cay ( Bradley Whitford) shows up, in 1954, to move Christmas Moultrie, born a slave, out of the house he's known all his life.
In flashbacks, we meet Allen (Caviezel), see the incident that prompted a brawl over in Czarist Russia (it involves an inept barber and a moustache accident) and get a taste of the life that Allen and Moultrie lived in a Savannah when many were old enough to have memories of the war polite Southerners refer to as "The Late Unpleasantness."
Allen was born rich, educated at Oxford, but turned his back on a legal or literary career, "a man of letters who has returned to nature." But he's no Thoreau, he insists.
Allen loves his guns and lives to duck hunt. He and Christmas ignore limits, seasons and game wardens as "market hunters," shooting as fast they can reload to supply local restaurants with fresh mallard meat. More often than not, that lands them in court.
In his shirtsleeves, duck waders and often as not two or three sheets to the wind, Allen regales the court until the judge ( Hal Holbrook) lets him off with probation.
"Liberty plucks justice by the nose!" Allen crows with each legal victory.
Then a local rich girl ( Jaimie Alexander) decides that she won't have the rich fop ( Jack McBrayer of TV's "30 Rock") her father ( Sam Shepard) picked out for her.
"I am neither yours to dispense or withhold," the feisty and independent Lucy declares. She sets her sights on "a real man," Allen.
Almost despite himself, and ignoring the warnings of Christmas ("A woman ain't an argument to be won"), Allen courts and marries the fair Lucy. And that's when the trouble starts, because he's not giving up his booze or his ducks for family life.
"Never touch my guns," he says, adding one more thing he won't give up.
It's a gorgeous-looking film, and director and co-writer Annette Haywood-Carter evokes a marvelous sense of a time and place, that civil South that the movies insist existed before the civil rights South. Christmas only rarely feels the sting of racism, which Allen dismisses even if you suspect that what Christmas says is true. If Allen weren't his friend, life would be much more dangerous for an independent-minded black man in 1920s Georgia.
The dialogue is beautifully florid, and you can see why this cast was drawn to the project. But the generically titled "Savannah" meanders like a river making its way through Low Country marshland, teetering toward the tragic in its later chapters and never quite achieving the whimsy it aims for in the early ones.
Ejiofor and Caviezel, playing real-life figures from that slice of Georgia history, are entirely too young in 1920s Georgia to have lived through the Civil War some 60 years before.
But "Savannah" gets by on touches of grace and spirited performances, especially by Caviezel. After being so serious for so very long, it's great fun to see him take on a "genuine character" with all the boozing, brawling and shooting that entails.
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Cast: Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander, Sam Shepard, Hal Holbrook, Bradley Whitford
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WHAT does the word "gamer" mean to you? Chances are it's a 20-something slacker blasting away in a mindless shoot-'em-up.
That's why the idea of "serious games", designed to inform people about real-world problems and even help to solve them, seems so surprising (see "Gamers hold the world at their controls"). Won't gamers simply shrug and reach for their weapons?
Many will, but that's no reason to write off serious games. Prime-time TV and trashy novels don't stop people watching documentaries or reading social commentary. If serious television and literature can thrive amid the junk, why not serious games?
In fact, such games may achieve more than any documentary or highbrow book ever did. Gamers are already getting stuck in. Prepare for some cultural prejudices to be toppled.
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David, the marketer behind the launch of the Bacardi Breezer, joined the company in 1994 as marketing controller. After holding the positions of marketing director and managing director she was promoted to CMO in 2005.
David does not have a job to go to and said she would be considering 'a variety of business options'.
Earlier in the week global gin category director Andrew Carter was promoted to the position of managing director of the Bacardi Global Travel Retail Division.
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