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From the Video Vault: David Foster Wallace Delivers the Kenyon Commencement Speech
September 12, 2013
Today marks the fifth anniversary of David Foster Wallace's death. His 2005 Kenyon College commencement address, which went viral this year, has been called one of the best commencement speeches of the past quarter-century.
From the Video Vault: Charlie Parker Plays with Dizzy Gillespie
August 29, 2013
On this day in 1920 jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker was born. In the video below, Parker performs "Hot House" with trumpeter (and frequent collaborator) Dizzy Gillespie in 1951. Image via Shutterstock.
Watch: James Baldwin Rips Malcolm X
August 28, 2013
In June of 1963, James Baldwin appeared on Boston public television producer Henry Morgenthau III's show "The Negro and the American Promise," where he discussed Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and how the civil rights movement must proceed.Image
From the Video Vault: Ray Bradbury on Writing Persistently
August 22, 2013
Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury was born on this day in 1920. While now heralded as one of the best science fiction writers ever, Bradbury initially struggled to get stories published.
From the Video Vault: Trotsky Welcomed by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
August 21, 2013
Leon Trotsky, exiled from Russia and living in Mexico, died after being stabbed with an ice pick on this day in 1940.
From the Video Vault: Elmore Leonard Talks Shop with Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, and Charlie Rose
August 20, 2013
Novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard passed away this morning at the age of 87.
From the Video Vault: Bill Clinton Meets JFK in 1963
August 19, 2013
Former president Bill Clinton is 67 today. While on a private White House tour with the American Legion's Boys Nation event in the summer of 1963, 16-year-old Clinton met President John F. Kennedy in the Rose Garden.
From the Video Vault: James Joyce in 1920s Paris
August 16, 2013
On this day in 1922, Virginia Woolf took to her diary to pan what she had read of James Joyce's Ulysses.
From the Video Vault: Salman Rushdie on Midnight's Children
August 14, 2013
Salman Rushdie's 1980 novel Midnight's Children is set on this day, August 15, in 1947—which is also Partition Day in India and Pakistan.
From the Video Vault: Senator Everett Dirksen on Federal Debt
August 14, 2013
Republican Senator Everett Dirksen, who represented Illinois from 1950 to 1969, played a key role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was an ally of Senator Joseph McCarthy, and a powerful force as Senate Minority Leader.


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References for 2011 Opening Workshop
General References
Seymour, Elaine and Hewitt, Nancy M. Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997.
Tobias, Sheila. They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier. Tucson: Research Corporation, 1990.
Duncan, D. Clickers in the Classroom: How to Enhance Science Teaching Using Classroom Response Systems. San Francisco: Pearson/Addison Wesley, 2005.
References for Specific Presentations
Opening Remarks
Jennifer Mihalick, Women & Science Director, UW Oshkosh
The Learning Cycle ppt
Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique
Jamie Schneider, Chemistry, UW-River Falls
IFAT presentation pdf
Angelo, Thomas A. and Cross, K. Patricia. Classroom Assessment Techniques: a Handbook for College Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.
Jamie Schneider, Brandon Fetterly, and Jennifer Mihalick
POGIL ppt
Probing Physics : Project Based Learning
Marlann Patterson, Physics, UW-Stout
Probing Physics pdf
Designing Online and Blended Courses
Gerald Bergtrom, Biology/Learning Technology Center, UW-Milwaukee
Online and Blended ppt
Engaging Students in Large Classes
Kevin Crawford, Chemistry, UW Oshkosh
Engaging students ppt
Ford, Leonard Chemical Magic. New York: Dover, 1993.
The WiscAMP Excel Program
by Gail Coover, WiscAMP Director
WiscAMP ppt
2010 Curriculum Reform Grant Project "Hairy MIler and the Dairy of Destiny"
by Tera Montgomery, Dairy Science, UW Plattevlille

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New school year for Coweta students starts Aug. 6
by Celia Shortt
School starts for all Coweta County public school students on Aug. 6 for the 2014-2015 school year.
Parents can register their student(s) at the system's Central Registration Office at 167 Werz Industrial Drive, located off Millard Farmer Industrial Boulevard in Newnan. Students who are already enrolled in a Coweta County school, including a pre-kindergarten class in the 2013-2014 school year, do not need to register again.
The Werz office is open Monday through Friday before the start of school and can be reached at 770-254-5551.
To register a student for school in Coweta County, parents will need to provide the following items during registration:
1. Student's Birth Certificate, Passport or other document which establishes the age of the student.
2. Social Security Card, Income Tax Return showing Social Security number of student, or Social Security Number Waiver Form (Waiver form may be completed during the registration process).
3. Proof of Residence – two items from the following list are required for address verification:
I. property tax records which indicate the location of the residence;
II. mortgage documents or a security deed which indicates the location of residence;
III. apartment or home lease or rent receipt indicating the current address;
IV. current electrical bill or application for electrical service showing the urrent address (please bring the entire bill, to show electrical service and address);
V. voter precinct identification card or other voter documentation indicating the current address.
VI. If the parent/guardian resides in the home or apartment of another person, that person will need to be present with photo ID and two of the items listed above to complete a Two Party Affidavit of Residency.
4. State ID, Government ID, Driver's License, Passport or other document reflecting proof of identity – must be current. Students may only be registered by biological parent(s) or legal guardian(s). Proof of custody/guardianship is required if registering adult is not the birth parent.
5. Custody papers (if relevant) – Custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) must live in the appropriate school district.
6. Last Report Card/Withdrawal/transfer form with grades if available – Due at registration to facilitate records requests and class placement.
7. Immunization Certificate or Immunization Waiver – Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) immunization certificate form 3231 or a signed 30-day waiver. (Immunization waiver may be completed during the registration process).
8. Hearing-Dental-Vision Certificate or Waiver on Georgia Form 3300 or a signed 90 day waiver. (Hearing, Dental, Vision waiver may be completed during the registration process).
9. Authorization for release of Individual Educational Plan (IEP) or student records – This is required if a student is receiving Special Education or Gifted services. If an IEP or other information that establishes eligibility for services is not presented at the time of registration, services in the Coweta County School System may be delayed until the records are received by the school.
10. Emergency contact information – Students must have a contact name and number on file at the school by the first day of attendance.
NOTE: Exceptions will be made for above requests where appropriate. No document will be required that would cause or result in discrimination based on race, color, national origin, or immigration status.
Students and parents can visit their schools for orientation on Aug. 5. During orientation, employees from the transportation department will be available to answer questions about bus schedules. The school bus routes are posted online each year in cooperation with The Newnan Times-Herald at www.times-herald.com several days before the start of the school year.
Representatives from the school system's after-school program will be available to register students for the program.
Teachers, however, will not be available for formal conferences during that orientation day.
Orientation times on Aug. 5 are:
- Middle Schools: 10 a.m. to noon (all middle schools)
- Elementary Schools: Noon to 2 p.m. (all elementary schools)
- High Schools: 2 to 4 p.m. (all high schools)
Each individual school will determine and enforce its own dress code for students, with the principal or other authorized school official making sure the students are wearing the proper clothes.
Parents and students should refer to their school's handbook for the specific dress code.
Punctual and regular school attendance at all grade levels is important to the educational success of all children, and all parents are urged to make sure their child or children begins class at the start of the new school year on Aug. 6.


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Criminality-A A +A
Politics also
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
WHAT happened in my hometown late last week is what I would call a community crime. An identified man riding a motorcycle did a sudden shooting spree that killed two and injured two others.
But the local police are finding it difficult to solve the crime. People "at the scene of the crime" did not talk, afraid to be involved. The police are facing the proverbial "blank wall."
Being a native of the municipality and curious to know how public interest is being served by our government, I am asking my own questions, too.
First off, I learned that no politics was involved. In fact, our mayor, upon learning that two of victims are very poor, bought the coffins and had concrete tombs made in the town's cemetery. He has also sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The police station chief told me when I dropped by his office that they may seek help of the NBI. But it is likely that the Bureau may also face the same difficulty in cracking the case.
I was told that the shooting occurred after a series of incidents took place in Barangkay Nangka, about four kilometers from the Poblacion where a game called bulitsi, using Spanish cards was in progress, Somebody was said to have reported it to the police, asking that the place be raided.
When the police came and the game broke up, someone stoned the police car. Luckily, the stone hit only the fender and not the glass of the side window, otherwise the driver would have been hit.
Minutes after the police car left, the shooting ensued. A man on a motorcycle came and started shooting. The victims who died carried the same family names, "Bucag." The two survivors carried the same family name, "Estan," which means that probably most of those who were gambling, were related by blood to one another.
Clint Estan has been released from the hospital, being the least injured. Rembrandt Estan was detained for possible amputation of one of his thighs. But Chief of Police Richard Oliver who, while not a native has become like one, and his deputy, R. V, Banate, are both unhappy about the close-lipped attitude of those who knew about the crime.
The law enforcement problem of my hometown could be typical of the problems and difficulties being encountered by other police stations in other communities, or perhaps in other provinces. The matter, I think, is a question of the enforcers gaining the confidence of the citizens in the community.
The truth of the matter is that the general attitude or behavior of most of our people towards most law enforcers is one of "neutrality," meaning non-involvement, if possible. Consequently, community crimes become something where people would sit and wait until public interest or concern will just pass by to oblivion, and then forget about it.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on February 13, 2014.
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The Sexiness of Seva.
Yogis love to do good. We're seeing it everywhere; service — selfless or not — is all the buzz. We've got Yoga Gives Back. Off the Mat Into the World. YogaAid. No doubt about it. This majority white, affluent, college-educated population is aware of its privilege and apparently wants to give back.
So what? There's certainly nothing wrong with that. I'm white and a self-confessed yoga do-gooder (whatever that means). But maybe that's the question we need to be asking… what does it really mean to "do good"?
There's an unspoken assumption among yogis that everyone in the world will benefit from yoga and that our money can fix an economically broken continent. Seva increasingly seems synonymous with fundraising, divorced from the actual human beings it's supposed to be serving. Many of us stay in our comfort zone and send money to the organizations we believe will do the job well. We let them take care of the dirty work. They're the experts, right?
Sending money alone is not service.
Sure, people need food, shelter, and medical care. But divorced of human relationship, those items have little long lasting impact. We need something more to thrive. Human connection is vital to our survival. In college, I remember reading about orphan babies in Russia who, deprived of human touch, wasted away and died in their cribs. Sometimes, service is as simple as a gentle squeeze of the hand; others it's teaching someone to meet their own needs for themselves.
And yet, we "serve" from arm's length.
Are we afraid to gaze at our own reflection in the eyes of the meth addict desperate to find a fix for his broken heart? Are we afraid that the hungry little girl might grab our hand and not let go — that her needs might consume us, that we'll lose our ability to say no? Are we afraid to walk into a place as the only white person, afraid of seeing how the legacy of slavery and racial segregation shows up in our jails and juvenile centers?
Fear. What is it we fear?
As a yoga community, we've gotten quite adept at creating elaborate and successful fundraisers, big events with lots of wealthy white people "doing yoga for a good cause." I'll be the first to admit I enjoy the energy and camaraderie inspired at those large gatherings of community. And I place tremendous value in their role in supporting organizations that work with people in areas of the world we can't easily reach.
But I've started to feel uneasy at these so called "seva" events. I was asked recently to help fundraise for two organizations I wholeheartedly believe in through YogaAid, and I just can't bring myself to do it. Perhaps it's my own selfishness, but I want to see the person I'm serving. I want to touch their hand, tell them I care.
YogaAid Event at Wanderlust, via Patience Steltzer
As I inhaled into up dog at one of these events recently, I gazed out upon a sea of mostly white women smiling at the cameramen passing by. Unsettled, I realized I was surrounded by yoginis who looked like me, women who could afford to donate $50, $100, maybe even $1000 dollars to attend a yoga class. I was trapped inside an eerie yoga bubble.
Where were the homeless, the mentally ill, the single parent families?
Better yet, who were they? I couldn't tell you. At that point, I'd never stepped foot in a homeless shelter or asked the single mother of six in Kenya what she truly needed help with. I wanted to connect with my community, but found myself surrounded by an amorphous group of yoga practitioners. Surely, this wasn't it.
I know, I know, these events aren't meant to be demographically representative of our communities. And hell, the single mom probably had better things to do with her time than 108 sun salutations early a Saturday morning. These "seva" events are fundraisers, opportunities for the "haves" to come together and give to the "have nots." And there's nothing wrong with that. Organizations do need our support to make the great work they do possible.
I wonder if we're increasingly falling into a model of service that's disconnected from human beings. It bothers me that when I went to a "karma yoga class" for a homeless shelter, I never actually get to stand in the presence of the people my dollars supposedly benefit. I want to see their faces, hear their stories, learn the lessons they had to teach me. Okay, Chelsea, so why don't you? Well I am, and I think it's about time we all start seeing individuals our society hides in the trenches.
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I don't fit in a model of service that requires I have inordinate amounts of time, money, and resources to do good.
I've said this before, but when I look back on my life — it was never the stuff that served me (and trust me, I've been served). It was presence. It was a gentle nod of acknowledgment. It was people simply being there, showing up.
What if service was that simple?
Show up. Make eye contact with the homeless woman asking you for spare change as you walk down the street; say thank you to the janitor sweeping the halls. Touch — yes, really touch — the filthy dog who begs you to help him scratch his itch. See your children. Teach them to love.
I think it's worth asking why seva is becoming synonymous with fundraising, and more importantly why we're so reluctant to rub shoulders with our modern day lepers. And I ask not with judgment, but with tears. It breaks my heart to see children roaming our streets looking for love in all the wrong places. It doesn't have to be that way. I know there's love here.
Maybe it comes down to fear. We're afraid that if we give one hour, we'll have to give four. We're afraid to feel guilty, powerless to help. We're afraid of standing in the presence of those who remind us of our own pain. I get that. But, if you ask me, that fear deprives us of the chance to be served ourselves. Service is about human connection.
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Maybe I'm naive, maybe I'm too critical. But this is my service — showing up as I am, a bright-eyed little visionary, questioning the ways of the world. My youngness gives me the perspective (and maybe gall) to ask the challenging, and yes, sometimes irreverent questions. So I invite you to serve me, teach me.
What stops you from walking into the trenches to connect with the people in your community?
Why is it sexier to send money to children in Africa rather than help a local kid about to get picked up by pimps?
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34 Responses to "The Sexiness of Seva."
Yes! Love this article. A sentiment so many of us feel who practice on our $50 mats. yogaHOPE (yogahope.org) is a great organization in Boston that reaches local communities in need of some reflective time to get comfortable in their own skin again. Just starting CompassionistaGIRL (compassionistagirl.com) to reach girls of the tween age years – and asking the question as to who needs this program? Girls in the city, suburbs, both… we all need people to support us and help us see there are positive, healthy ways to deal with challenges. Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks, Nicole. I've heard of yogaHOPE before, but CompassionistaGIRL is new to me. Bookmarked for further reading!
There are tons, tons of organizations out there forging ::ahem:: less-sexy models of seva, and I look to many of them for inspiration and guidance as we build our little baby, Studio to Streets, in DFW. Really appreciate your support and for pointing me toward what sounds like an incredible program!
Just posted to "Featured Today" on the Elephant Yoga homepage.
Thank you so much, Tanya.
While I like your message in general, I question your list of "the homeless, the mentally ill, the single parent families." I am neither homeless nor mentally ill, so I can't speak for those populations, but as a single parent, I find it disconcerting to be assumed to be afflicted. Single parenting in and of itself is actually _not_ an affliction, in the same way that married parenting is _not_ in and of itself an affliction. In fact, many would agree that as the rising majority of parents _are indeed single_, single parenthood is emerging as a new archetype of what is possible beyond the conservative, sometimes oppressive, 50%-likely-to-fail, materialism-driven industry of weddings and marriages in this age. For more of my take on single parents as the new power players, please visit http://www.angelanimaleyecandymommy.wordpress.com and "like" it on facebook.
Anna E. Pollock
I have done volunteer work in an orphanage in Bolivia, spent a year as a full-time volunteer working with abused children and pregnant & parenting adolescents in LA – I have traveled throughout SE Asia – brought food and supplies to schools in Sri Lanka, Burma – I don't walk passed a homeless person without giving them something – be it money, a smile, always eye contact. But the truth is while these things matter – organizations really really really need money. Giving money and showing up at a yoga fundraiser IS service. It is profound service. it is life-changing service. It is selfless service when you give and never see the faces of the people your donation is serving. I think it is amazing that you are ready for front line service but trust that not everyone is going to be on the same page in life at the same time. I was there – I know how important it is – I know how important gesture is and contact. But so is surviving childbirth and clean drinking water and these things are being brought to people by yoga do-gooders who are raising money at these events. And I can completely understand an event at a shelter that did not involve any of the people living there – you are there to serve them. They are not there for you – they deserve dignity and privacy. And from experience I know, they appreciate everyone's donations and contributions – even if they came from a room full of privileged white women.
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I'll tell ya what, Tanya. Doesn't feel like work to me! But I love it too, whatever it is. Thanks for all your great work (or not work) at EJ. I think all the writers here truly value your time and support.
Greetings! For anyone looking for hands-on yogic community service opportunities, see many, many listings of opportunities at yogaactivist.org (also ask for volunteers if your org could benefit from one) or simply ask at local sites that you believe do good work (shelters, schools, summertime free breakfasts for kids) or could use a path to peace (prisons, detention centers) if you can share some of your knowledge of yoga/meditation/whatever for free. Schedule it in and make it a daily or weekly thing, part of your sadhana as much as you commit to your mat, commit to your community. You don't have to be a registered or certified yoga teacher. Fundraising has its purpose too, and if you are not ready to step into direct service for whatever reason (hey, some folks really are quite short on time, but not so short on dimes) then cash money donations have a meaningful role too. It may not appear that way at big yoga events, but many people (privileged, white or not) ARE stepping up and stepping into places that they might not have gone without the purpose they feel from yoga. The shift is happening.
Wow, sacredsourceyoga. Looks like a tremendous resource for our community, thank you so much for sharing it. I ran across it several weeks ago, and I'm curious to hear more about who is running it and what the long-term goals are for the website. Are you directly involved?
I certainly agree that fundraising has it's value, and I hope that came across clearly in the article. If you feel called to serve, serve… whatever that looks like. Every smile, every dollar, every connection (in person or not) makes a difference.
Definitely read up on YogaActivist on it's website. The executive director and staff are my friends / fellow teachers at a DC based yoga studio that helps to fund yogaactivist. it was the brainchild of Yoga District founder Jasmine, and is all about teamwork and connecting the various activist/seva efforts, creating a database that connects those who want to serve with opportunities and vice versa. Pretty simple concept that is making great things happen!
Thanks! Will do. Love the concept, and looking forward to seeing it grow as the opportunities continue to increase as well.
Love it!
Thanks, Colin. Love you!
Very insightful article, Chelsea. And, as usual, you ask the difficult questions in such a compassionate way. I appreciate how you point out the truth of the situation without attaching judgment. It gives one the ability to palate what is being offered and truly think about what Seva means in the modern world. You are a fantastic writer.
I love what nicole said as well. I myself don't have the "money" but i do have the desire to serve. So I serve in the way that works for me, if people with cash flow serve by donating YEAH them — their money helps pay for others to go into the "trenches" …. as long as people serve in their way it's all good.
I can teach yoga and if teaching yoga is a gift I can give that incites people to action to donate then I am using my gifts to serve. I will not be traveling to a foreign land to help, I'm here finishing raising my youngest son and watching my grandson grow. I volunteer with animal rescue. I used to volunteer in shelters and I discovered that was not where I best served.
I once did some fundraising for a teen mother shelter – I had helped out at the shelter and was moved by their mission and discovered what they needed was funds – I stopped going down to help in person when I found I could help them more with fundraising… One woman who worked at the shelter said it best in my opinion – If everyone gave in one way or another we would all be better off – those with money donate, those with skills to raise money fund raise, and those with time to spare act…in the end it all helps us out.
Much Love and I am sure doing good is never bad
Very well said. Bravo, madam. I think I needed to hear this stuff today.
Thank you, Sara. I'm so glad it resonated with you. Namaste.
Hey Chelsea. I really love your perspective here. You make many excellent points about human connection. Our yoga teaches us to look within, to see that inner perfection that we may not recognize — then to recognize that in others… ALL others. I hope that your writing circulates enough and will serve as a call to action, not just to serve through volunteering, but to make deep eye contact with your fellow humans who may not look like you or talk like you… but to recognize the humans in all beings. As yoga teachers maybe our "karma yoga" could not just be to benefit a homeless shelter, but to be held in a homeless shelter. Funny thing about volunteering in this way is you always think you're going in to "do someone a favor" then they wind up "doing you the favor" when you see that deep similarities in ALL people. Let's be realistic too that at any point in our lives we could become homeless, disabled or face prejudice for some reason or another. I know if I am in that situation I would appreciate someone looking deep into my eyes or reaching out with a helping hand. Yoga IS union! Thank you for sharing in this way!
oops! Meant "humanness" above 😉
Thank you for your words of wisdom and truth. We are here to "teach them to love" and the be fully present. Our presence goes beyond sending in an ink-laden piece of paper pledging our monetary service. To read the words that have been on my mind and heart for the last several years put so honestly, makes me smile.You words are of huge service to others. Keep spreading your message, and please keep sharing! Namaste.
Aaaah, big smile on my part as well. Thank you Pieceful Mama. It's so reassuring to know these thoughts resonated with others as well. Deepest gratitude.
I get your point, and I agree. Too often we sit in ivory towers, showering the "problem" with money, hoping it will miraculously resolve. That's usually not the way it works. However, if you are not one of those middle/upper class white women who can afford $100 for a yoga class, sometimes all you can do is text $5 to the Red Cross when they ask. Throwing massive amounts of money at the problem is a luxury of the wealthy. Ironically, devoting time and energy on more than an occasional basis is also a luxury. When an individual is working two jobs to make ends meet and the only yoga they see is thirty minutes at home around 1am, its a relief to be able to fund (to the extent resources exist) organizations and people that have the time to do the hard work. I'm not saying that same individual won't hit up a soup kitchen once in awhile or volunteer at the womens' shelter, but sometimes that five bucks is really all a person can give.
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" I want to see their faces, hear their stories, learn the lessons they had to teach me."
At 7 billion people, you can't see " individuals our society hides in the trenches." That is a very long trench.
If you really want serve a greater cause, serve the Kenya mother's great, great grandchildren.
You don't sound naive to me. I'd say you sound diplomatic.
i think it starts with the practice. look at your goals: whether you seek impact, success and recognition, to feel better about feeling sorry for someone else, or to truly share the practice.
if yoga is all about me and my suffering (definitely part of the path), then the practice can help me see the me in every living being instead of a suffering other. i started teaching free yoga at a woman's program in a medical center in an underserved neighborhood. not the typical bodies one sees walk in to yoga studios. i learned so much and was so humbled by their grace. i passed a woman's shelter on my way to a yoga class and instead walked into the shelter with my mat. hey, would you all like to be doing a little yoga? they are who they are. they said yes. this went on every week for nearly 2 years. now i also teach chair yoga twice a week at a little yoga studio in my neighborhood in brooklyn, ny.
my students are my deepest teachers. i am not fixing anybody or trying to do good. i am offering who i am and teaching that awareness is a path in each of us. it leads us all to the self we share.
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My 2012 Quad Core i7 iMac has just bitten the bullet. Dead ram sticks, dead ram slots, damaged LCD display and the glass shattered into razor blades of death! Even before that happened something was wrong with the bluetooth and the EFI ROM (it stopped detecting connected disks - both internal and external).
Although I pretty much have to empty my ISA, I will end up having a next gen iMac for actual justified reasons rather than just wanting one.
Bitter sweet... victory?
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Most of us have a hard time dealing with loss or even the possibility of it. It's scary when someone we love is ill, especially when they're far along enough in life for it to be seriously threatening.
Jason Lee, however, took his talent – photography – and used his creativity to bring joy into a hard situation. His mother was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma six years ago, so he couldn't always bring over his daughters. Kids are always getting colds and bringing home germs, and you can't really take them to Grandma's house like that when Grandma's immune system is so fragile.
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Papal preacher's focus on charity toward neighbors
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Genuine Christian charity elevates service to one's neighbors, the preacher to the pontifical household said on April 8 in the 3rd in a weekly series of Lenten sermons.
Father Raniero Cantalamessa offered his reflections in the Redemptoris Mater chapel, with Pope Benedict XVI and members of the Roman Curia in the congregation. The Lenten sermons are delivered each Friday during the penitential season, except during the week when of the annual Lenten retreat.
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| Birmingham -- 18-year old Ramsay High school graduate Lakeisha Lockhart has all the characteristics of an excited student, readying herself for college, going through all the motions to get on that track to a graduate degree.
She says she's always been interested in biology and research and her mom was instrumental in getting her motivated in that direction.
"She made sure that I studied and set an aside time for studying. Usually, when I don't study, she's always saying you know you got a test this day and this day. So I tried. I study just because she's there. And I have to learn to do it on my own. It just takes me realizing that I have to study and that, I'm not going to be able to just listen to the teacher and absorb everything."
Lakeisha is a college freshman, and after she graduates, plans to go to graduate school in a science or research-related field. But the odds are not in her favor.
In a report published last year, the National Center for Education Statistics said African-Americans and Whites studying biology and chemistry graduated from college at about the same rate: 3.9 percent for black undergrads, 4.2 percent for whites. But the disparity grows as students progress towards more advanced degrees.
The study shows whites attend graduate school at almost twice the rate as blacks in those same biology and chemistry fields.
Another study -- the National Science Foundation Survey of Earned Doctorates -- found that African-Americans lag far behind on obtaining graduate degrees in science, technology engineering or math - STEM programs.
As part of her own graduate work, Ramona Hart is trying to figure out why it's so hard for black STEM students to walk through that graduate school door.
"Just trying to get a sense or an idea for those who are going to graduate school what has helped them to get to that level and to make that decision. And if they're not, if there's something that eventually could be done to change their mind about attending graduate school. Because there's so few African-Americans attending graduate school in the science fields. Most of them get their undergraduate degree; they don't keep going - and that's what we're trying to find out."
Getting that information has been difficult every step of the way.
For more than a year, Hart had been in contact with one predominantly black school and everything seemed to be going well. She set up specific times to interview students and spoke for weeks with university officials, making sure they understood the goals of her research.
But when Hart went to get final approval for the research to begin, the school pulled the plug. They were 'skeptical' - their word. Of what, she was unsure.
"I tried to reassure them with all the aspects of confidentiality. The institution wouldn't be used, wouldn't be named. The students would not be named. And, still, they still denied the process. And this is after I had everything set up with the program director and the program manager and they were all interested in the research. So, that was a major, major setback. (You say skeptical, though. Like they didn't trust you?) They said that, from their quote, was that they had gotten burned from research in the past. And it was jeopardizing to the institution."
Hart tried again at another school and was shunned. It was after her third attempt that she finally got the green light and did her research, which involved talking to students one by one.
Some of them didn't want to be identified, such as this senior who was adamant about one major point...
"Money has a lot to do with graduate school, to me. (What about opportunities that maybe people don't understand, that the students don't understand?) I see that a lot of students don't try to go out and try to find ways where you can get money to help you with graduate schools. They don't try to find the different assistance. You know."
In a recent discussion at one of the school's science clubs, students tried to put their struggle - monetary or otherwise - into words. But even before the conversation started, there was one biting question - the 800-pound lily white elephant in the room: 'Why are you - two white people: researcher and reporter - interested in African-American affairs?
"Neither of you are African-American, so you would not have those type of personal experiences that African-Americans go through."
It was a polite - if terse - question by student Candace Davis, who sat quietly at the back of the classroom.
"Just being an African-American is an experience in and of itself. Because you don't blend in; you stand out. And just about any environment you do, but you stand out more so in an academic environment. And you really are a sore thumb in a predominantly Caucasian academic environment, which is what you get into when you get into graduate schools. Sometimes we don't want to stick out; we just want to fade in to the background and blend in. But you do tend to stick out."
Davis says as a black student she fears being singled seen as someone who's receiving special attention by the teacher because of the perception that she's meeting some kind of quota.
She says that kind of peer pressure is daunting and only a minority can know what that's like.
"I mean, I knew why she was asking that."
Again, Ramona Hart.
"I think as the students' say, it is a bit of a stigma because the field is predominantly white."
Hart says that lends itself to a mentoring problem, where African-Americans don't have enough role models to push black undergrads into graduate science studies.
Senior Ashley Lidge agrees.
"Because they may feel like, you know, well I really don't see that many of my kind there. So, is it saying that we can't do it? You hear what I'm saying? Maybe. (On a scale of 1-10, one being less likely, ten being more likely, where do you rank on the scale of following through with grad school in later years?) Actually, I don't want to rate myself as ten, but I'll go about an eight or a nine because I really feel like I want to be a professional student. Because I want to go as far as I can."
There are some programs available to African-American students that are trying to fill that void.
Since its inception twenty years ago, the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has helped hundreds of minority students move forward into Master's and Ph.D. programs.
"When I was given the opportunity as I introduced them to other friends who are in other fields - pursuing Ph.D.s, pursuing Master's Degrees and all sorts of fields so that they could see that they too could achieve this."
Dr. Adrian McFadden is an alumnus of the program, and a mentor now to those in grade school who are thinking about their plans later in life.
"Although it was early on in their life - in middle school you're not necessarily thinking of being a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering - but I wanted to introduce that to them so that they had role models for all these fields and all these levels of achievement, so that they too could understand in their heart that they were able to do that and could set their expectations higher."
But the progress is slow. The Meyerhoff is only one program, yet there are thousands of African-American students, male and female, who may need help finding or accessing money, preparing for school or meeting someone who can empathize with their situation.
Ramona Hart says it's just not there.
"I think as faculty and as administrators for science programs, I think that essentially we are failing these students."
And that's what's included in Hart's dissertation and defense... the pages and pages she's been entering into her computer... data that's been gathered over the course of her investigation.
Schools failing students.
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I asked for this recipe after a friend served it to me, and have made it again myself. It is definitely a versatile recipe and allows for innovations, but I like it very much the way it is. The sweet, caramelized taste of the butternut squash goes nicely with the saltiness of the sausage.flag if inappropriate
Used dried herbs, crushing in a mortar and pestle so that the rosemary would not be woody in this quick-cooking dish. Great flavors, and even our 3-year-old liked it (sans vinegar).flag if inappropriate
Since the advent of peeled squash in the grocery stores, this is easy and delicious, and what more can one ask? I used chicken sundried-tomato basil sausages, and it was fabulous. I will make this again for sure.flag if inappropriate
Great, colorful and easily adaptable recipe! I added some cubed potatoes and sliced Okinawan sweet potatoes (which are purple!)just for fun. We grilled some bratwurst we had on hand then cut it up and added it as the sausage.flag if inappropriate
a keeper! used dried herbs and added caramelised onions, a handful of pine nuts and a few red pepper flakes because i had them in the cupboard. a great mix of flavours.flag if inappropriate
We made this last night for dinner and even my husband, who does not like winter squash at all, liked it. I added some yukon gold potatoes for his benefit and used pumpkin squash instead of butternut squash since it grows wild in my yard. As it also happens, all of the herbs used in this dish grow in my garden and we usually have some sort of chicken apple sausage in the freezer. We did carmelize about 5 shallots to add to the recipe which really enhanced the flavor. We also served it with wilted spinach which was a perfect side dish. Although we love polenta, it just seemed like too much starch for one meal. I am very happy to find another use for our pumpkin squash which we generally substitute in any recipe that asks for butternut squash. One of the other cooks who reviewed this recipe suggested other vegetables and I think this is a great suggestion. I will try some maui onions and parsnips next time. We will probably eat this frequently since we usually have most of the ingredients and the recipe seems to adapt very well to other additions.flag if inappropriate
Oh so gourmet! I've made this dish a couple of times: the first, I added some leftover parsnip and yam (nice), but had to make do with regular Italian sausage; the second, added two empire apples and used chicken-green apple sausage from Trader Joe's--all worked, but the second sausage was superior in this recipe. Bonus: fills the house with a gorgeous smell!flag if inappropriate
This was outstanding! The chicken sausage and butternut squash combo really made the meal. I added three large Idaho baking potatoes prebaked in the microwave for 3 min (since roasting time is only 30) in order to bulk it up to feed 8. The whole house smelled wonderful, and not a smidgeon was left. A heartier meal could include parsnips and baby carrots. Or you can leave out the sausage entirely and use all veggies to create a great side dish with roasted chicken. Definitely a keeper recipe for the winter season.flag if inappropriate
This is a great weeknight meal - so easy and really delicious. I followed the recipe exactly and served it with a winter salad with apples and pecans. Yummy!flag if inappropriate
Surprisingly good...even though I overcooked the squash. I served it with polenta, and even the polenta-hater enjoyed it.flag if inappropriate


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A Tribute to House MD
I was 10 years old when House MD first aired. As a nurse's daughter, I had seen enough sickly patients and ER re-runs to know I wasn't interested in medicine or anything else involving sharp objects and squealing infants. I didn't like the needles or the cold stethoscopes that always sent shivers down my spine and if asked, I would've told you that I wanted to be a veterinary artist when I grew up (a vet that paints their subjects afterwards, for those who don't speak child) or a publisher specializing in scratch-and-sniff novels. At the time, my interest in television was limited to American Idol and various episode of The OC, and if someone had handed me a medical dictionary and asked me to read a page, I probably would've cried. Therefore, when I sat down beside my mother one evening to watch "some new medical show" on FOX, I was fully prepared to hate the crippled doctor who hobbled across the screen. Apparently, the world had other plans.
Now, I could drown you in the buckets of my obsession that I have subjected my friends to for the past 8 years or I could rattle off quotes from each and every season but for your sanity's sake, I won't. However, I cannot let this show get axed without fully dissecting its greatness and brainwashing you all into trading in your Grey's Anatomy DVDs for House's. So, without further ado, here's what I've learned from House MD over the years:
Do What's Right, Even If It's Hard
"You asked me why I like you. You're abrasive and rude, but I figured everything you do, you do it to help people. But I was wrong. You do it because it's right."
Okay, I know I said I would avoid using quotes but I really couldn't help it this time. Cameron said this in her first goodbye speech in season 1 (all of you avid viewers know this was not her last) and for some reason, it has stuck with me ever since. House has abused clinic patients. He has sacrificed one baby to save two others. He has fired a dying team member to force her follow her true ambitions. He has even accepted his best friend's decision to die from cancer rather than make him seek treatment. While there were times (AKA, every time) where his search for the truth prompted some outrageous actions, in the end, House always put his career on the line to do the right thing which is something I aim to accomplish in my own life (perhaps without the "career on the line" bit).
It's Okay to Make Mistakes
Any regular person who has seen 3+ episodes of House can and will explain to you the basic, predictable structure of the show: House finds a patient, House cures the patient, patient isn't cured, House has an epiphany, House cures the patient for real, show ends. When these people make such bold announcements in my presence, I often mentally respond with: "Congrats amateur fan on cleverly decoding the extremely complicated design of House MD and demonstrating your intellectual prowess." Then, out loud, I agree and move on with other topics to avoid offending whoever attempted to undermine my favorite show by claiming the meaning was that simple. While, yes, House MD retains a certain step-by-step design, perhaps making it slightly predictable, the most important element of this formula comes from its message, that it is okay to make mistakes, to not be 100% correct on the first try, and to do trial and error until you come up with the right answer. Granted, it probably shouldn't be done on human beings but my point still stands.
Have Confidence In Yourself
If I had a nickel for every person that House has ever yelled at for not standing up for themselves, I'd be Bill Gates. And Steve Jobs. And like, every celebrity. Combined. I'd be wealthy, okay? From team members to patients to even his own boss, the list of people that have fallen victim to House's confidence tirades is endless. Through shocking demands and harsh truths, House has transformed everyone he's come in contact with for the better, making them more independent and confident about themselves. He taught me to take chances (and by that I mean choosing-to- jaywalk-when-there-are-no-cars-around sort of chances, not those life-or-death kind of chances…let's be real) and to follow my own advice. I have yet to kick, punch, or injure anyone along the way so I would say it's been pretty effective so far.
Value Your Friend(s)
In my opinion, the friendship that exists between Wilson and House remains the biggest mystery presented on the show. Wilson has been nearly fired on multiple occasions, has gone through 3 wives and has lost a girlfriend as a result of House's reckless behavior. This does not fall under my definition of friendship, or, at least it didn't used to. I always thought being friends with someone required common personalities or at least some shared idiosyncrasies but I've realized that what kept lovable, kind-hearted James Wilson coming back to the miserable, snarky Gregory House was not linked to any sort of personality trait or monster truck infatuation. What kept Wilson coming back was the unspoken promise to support his friend and to be there for him, no matter how many pills he popped or patients he offended. In the end, House supported Wilson and Wilson supported House in one of the greatest TV show bromances ever invented. (Cheesiness level: Maximum. New achievement unlocked: Walking Hallmark card.)
Everybody Lies
No explanation needed. (Brownie points for whoever gets this reference.)
I was 10 years old when House MD first aired and I will be 18 when it ends. Since then, while I still have not embraced the practice of medicine (ask me to diagnose a sick child and the only thing I could tell you is that it probably isn't Lupus), I have become more invested in writing and television (and writing about television) than ever before. In addition, I have produced a 200 page fan-fiction centered around my favorite characters and created a series of booklets listing my favorite "Houseisms" complete with pictures and character descriptions. By 13, I had a YouTube account filled with fandom videos and dedications (that no one will ever ever find) and at 14, I had begun actively participating in the online House forum (yes, I was that bad). At one point, I even grew into the habit of calling Tuesdays "Hughsdays" in honor of Hugh Laurie. (I have also managed to retain a handful of friends through it all, which may be the biggest accomplishment yet.)
While it may not have been the best show on the planet (I'd say it jumped the shark right around the time a gunman held up the hospital), House MD has forever changed my life for the better in ways this article cannot even begin to express. So with that I say: goodbye Dr. Cameron, Dr. Chase and Dr. Foreman, the original ducklings. Goodbye Wilson and your overwhelming powers of compassion. Goodbye Coma Guy, clinic patients, and angry hospital staff. Goodbye Thirteen, Amber, Kutner, Taub, and Cuddy. Goodbye cane and Vicodin. Goodbye whiteboard. And last but not least, goodbye House, the show that made me question everyone and everything. I did not want to like you as much as I did but as you know, you can't always get what you want.
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The making of a president
|Tanya M. Wilson is an inspirational speaker and writer living in Charlotte. Her column, "360 You," is published here each Saturday. Visit her website at www.360you.net.
Both of my parents were in politics -- my father at the state level and my mother at the local level. One thing I know firsthand is that campaign seasons can be tough. Because each party sets out to win, it's not uncommon to see people forgetting about integrity and truth, focused, instead, on the end result.
This presidential campaign season was one of the most difficult that I have experienced. Even though I was familiar with embellishment tactics that are commonplace in campaigns, this season felt very different from the norm.
I was moved as I watched President Obama tear up at the conclusion of his campaign while speaking in Iowa, then again while speaking to his team of volunteers. I thought of the times I allowed my tears to heal me from my struggles, and I celebrated the president's release as he realized he had done all he could; now he had to stand.
During the time of our president's birth, it was not as accepted as it is today for a Caucasian woman to join with an African man and, out of wedlock, have a child. Yet the Lord used that uncommon situation to birth a president. Despite the difficulty of her circumstance, the president's mother did all she could to raise him well. Nevertheless, his early years were not easy, as detailed in his book, "Dreams From My Father."
Obama's time in the community working at the grassroots level in neighborhoods fighting for what he believed in could not have been easy either. Sometimes, even when you believe you are doing what is right, there are times when others don't see things the way you see them, and opposition shows up.
Financially, he had his struggles. We know this as we learned about his old Jeep with worn-out flooring, driven when he would pick Michelle up for their dates. Let's not forget that when he met Michelle, she had a higher salary and held a higher position than he did.
Sacrifice and suffering is evidenced throughout his life, but now he walks in his blessings, as is highlighted in Romans 8:18: "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."
What if Obama had given up when things were tough? What if he didn't press on, or what if he had dismissed his emotions for Michelle because, at the time, her career was ahead of his? Chances are we would not have witnessed his election to be our 44th president.
I am sure that mixed in his tears as he said, "you believed in me," was the revelation of knowing that his prayers were answered, and that the promises that he held true in his life had come to pass and that, despite every hurt place and every loss and suffering place, he was victorious.
Congratulations Mr. President.
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The series will continue Thursday with a column by Dutchess County Legislative Chairman Robert Rolison. To see earlier parts of this series and to read the committee's full report on domestic violence, go to www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/domestic.
A roundtable discussion on domestic violence will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Dutchess County Legislative Offices, 22 Market St. in the City of Poughkeepsie.
To find out more about the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, including how to file a complaint form, go to http://www.scjc.state.ny.us. The commission's address: Corning Tower, Suite 2301, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223; phone 518-453-4600
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Any judge failing domestic-violence victims by refusing to handle arraignments at certain hours, or not answering their phones, or treating these potentially deadly matters like an ordinary traffic summons should be tossed from the bench.
The community should expect no less; the victims must be protected and have the utmost confidence in the system.
Yet a Dutchess County Legislative Citizens' Advisory Committee has cited "grave concerns" about the judicial response at the local court level following arrests in domestic-violence cases. People directly involved in these cases — from law enforcement agencies and the district attorney's office to those serving at battered shelters and other judges — are going to have to speak up. They have to use the avenues available to them to end what are clearly contemptuous and detestable practices.
Committee members caution there are plenty of good local judges who answer the call at all hours and act appropriately in domestic-violence cases. But the report, authored by people connected with local shelters, the district attorney's office and sheriff's department, also said there have been "repeated instances" when police have taken suspects into custody but have been unable to locate a town, village or city judge to consider bail or to issue an order of protection.
The report further states that "on not infrequent occasions, local judges will not answer their telephones, will refuse to respond or will direct the arresting police agencies to issue an appearance ticket that is the essential equivalent of a traffic summons directing the offender to appear in court on a particular date at some specified time in the future."
This is completely outrageous. The Journal editorial board contacted judicial officials to get their response to these allegations, and their columns appear below. They vow to bring about necessary reforms. Yet it is deeply disturbing that — in light of three domestic-violence-related deaths in Dutchess County in a six-month span and the issuance of this report several months ago — the judicial system hasn't responded sooner to these grave concerns. Neither Dutchess County Magistrates Association President John D. Crodelle nor Alan D. Scheinkman, district administrative judge for the 9th Judicial District, which includes Dutchess County, were familiar with the report until the Journal contacted them. This bewildering breakdown in communication must be addressed when committee members, legislative leaders, judicial officials and others attend a roundtable forum at the Dutchess County Legislative Offices Thursday afternoon.
Judge Scheinkman has informed the Journal he will impress upon judges the importance of being available for after-hours arraignments and will ask local police departments to keep track of instances when they cannot locate a judge, "especially if it's a domestic violence case and when an appearance ticket is issued instead of an arraignment."
Judge Scheinkman stresses, "Only a judge can issue a order of protection; an appearance ticket does nothing to safeguard the victim from future harm or retaliation."
The citizens' advisory report was written in response to the death of Hyde Park resident Linda Riccardulli, killed by her husband before taking his own life last July. The committee made it clear it had "no criticism whatsoever with the judicial response that occurred in the Riccardulli case."
Yet it felt compelled to bring up these outrages about some judges not recognizing the seriousness of domestic violence, in part, because it has become apparent many victims have no faith in the system.
Judges have to respond to these challenges. The committee suggests the judicial system divide the county into segments and that an "on call" rotation be implemented so that "a reliable judicial response is not dependent on the willingness of a judge to answer his or her telephone or to be inconvenienced in the middle of the night."
Judges also must ensure the amount of bail they set for offenders is appropriate, that orders of protection are being issued when warranted, and that offenders and repeat offenders violating these orders are dealt with more seriously.
For myriad reasons, domestic violence cases can be complicated and difficult for both law enforcement and the judicial system to handle.
But this report, authored by people on the front lines of these brutalities and neglect, makes it clear the system is woefully deficient in areas.
Anyone aggrieved or who has direct knowledge of blatant bad behavior also can file a report with the Commission on Judicial Conduct, which reviews complaints and has the authority to discipline judges, including for gross neglect of duties. The commission doesn't act like an appellate court and review judicial decisions, but it has the authority to ensure judges observe high standards of conduct. The commission can take a range of actions, from admonishing a judge publicly to removing him or her from office. Over the years, in fact, several judges across the state have been removed for highly offensive comments made during domestic-violence cases. No one has accused any local judge of belittling victims in such a manner, but benign neglect cannot be tolerated either.
The citizens' advisory report points to an intolerable situation, one that must change and will change if judicial leaders follow through on their pledges and if people involved in domestic cases step up when the system fails.


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Browns Waive CB Patterson
By DARYL RUITER, 92.3 The Fan Browns Beat Reporter December 17, 2012 5:39 PM
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CLEVELAND (92.3 The Fan) – The Cleveland Browns waived cornerback Dimitri Patterson the team announced Monday.
Patterson re-signed with the Browns on Mar. 15 for 3-years, $16.05 million contract with $6 million guaranteed including a $3.3 million signing bonus.
He missed 7 games this season with a left ankle injury which he sustained his ankle during week 5's loss at New York.
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The Utah Highway Patrol in the Price area regularly reports motorists passing troopers at a high rate of speed while on traffic stops and accident scenes.
Routinely, motorists fail to move over to allow a cushion of safety.
UHP officials remind drivers of the importance of the "Move Over Law."
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LONDON, Aug. 6 -- The 120,500 b/d Nizhnekamsk refinery, 250 km from Tatarstan's capital city of Kazan, will have a refining capacity of 7 million tonnes/year following upgrade efforts currently under way (OGJ, Sept. 25, 2006, Newsletter). The refinery, which will be renamed OJSC Taneco, will be commissioned in phases during 2011-12. OAO Tatneft, Almetyevsk, Russia, is the refinery's main shareholder.
Foster Wheeler Italiana will design and supply materials for two furnaces for the hydrocracking unit, a charge heater, and three interheaters for the continuous catalytic reformer unit. It is also carrying out detailed engineering of two heaters for the new delayed coker (OGJ, Oct. 9, 2006, Newsletter).
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Every Thursday, we have a care plan ready for you so you're ready on Sunday to implement your plan.
Each care plan also includes an intention to build on what you do well. In our care plan, we define well this way:
- Wisdom comes from being attentive, grateful and curious.
- Energy comes from your food, your exercise and your breaks.
- Laughter comes from within, from your relationships and from your entertainment.
- Love comes from within, from your relationships and from your passions.
And, to keep you from falling into the well, you'll also add thoughts in your care plan about forgiving yourself, family members, friends, your caree, the disease process and whatever else causes you pain and sorrow. Because forgiveness is a work in progress, you also can include comments on where you are in the process.
Your care plan for the week of December 29 is ready for you to download below. You also can download a sample care plan to use as a guide when you create your own.
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by Cherrie
I am 19 years old, 34C but recently I have noticed my bust isn't as high as it should be. It's quite saggy and for my age I find this a bit weird. I am a size 8 in clothes so I know I don't have a lot of fat on me but surely because I am skinny this can't mean my bust will sag, does it?
My Answer
Honestly, I am not the "best" person to answer this....I'll try my best.....
I think lack of exercise could have caused this "sagging".
And genetic make up could play a part too.
Sagging of breasts occurs naturally to all women at some point. This is because breasts do not have muscles in them. They only have ligaments and connective tissues.
When the gravity pulls the breasts down, the ligaments and the skin could stretch and so the breasts droop.
The extent of "drooping" and "sagging" depends on the elasticity of your skin and of your ligaments, as determined by your genes and diet, and it also depends on the aging process.
Another cause for sagging is when you lose too much weight in too short a time.
This is due to the fact that some of the fat would melt away from your breasts. As the skin and the ligaments inside your breasts do not align accordingly, your breasts would end up looking "down".
That said, I am more inclined to believe that you may be overly-conscious of your breasts to think that they sag.
Don't build images of breast shapes based on those projected by supermodels, actresses and movie stars.
Nine out of ten of them have been fixed and changed and the photos airbrushed, modified, you name it.
You would then define beautiful breasts as like the perky ones these actresses, movie stars and supermodels have.
Anything less than that is sagging, drooping, weird, even.....
Naturally, when comes to sagging breasts, there's not much you can do (but I really think yours is not sagging, honestly).
I really believe exercise helps to a certain extent. Try this chest routine as it helps strengthen and firm up your chest muscles which in turn lend good support to your breasts, making them "stand up" more uprightly.
Besides exercise, I think it helps too if you eat foods that provide extra good nutrition for your skin.
Try vitamin C. It is crucial for the collagen synthesis within skin. Flax oil is good too as it keeps skin from drying.
Don't go for surgery because the results are not going to be permanent as the skin and ligaments will stretch again eventually.
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Southfield, Mich. – New York Times science reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner John Noble Wilford will deliver the Walker L. Cisler Lecture at Lawrence Technological University on Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m.
The free program open to the public will be held in the Lear Auditorium (T429) in the University Technology and Learning Center (UTLC) at 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield. A question-and-answer session will follow.
Wilford has covered science news at The New York Times since 1965. He has traveled the globe to report on space exploration, astronomy, archeology, paleontology and many other fields of science. He won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1984 and 1987. He is the author of "We Reach the Moon," "The Mapmakers," "The Riddle of the Dinosaur," "Mars Beckons" and "The Mysterious History of Columbus."
As director of science news at The New York Times during the 1970s, Wilford launched the "Science Times" section that has been honored for its "sustained, comprehensive and high-quality coverage about science, disease and human health."
Wilford has explained that he approaches science as an exercise of "informed wonder."
"I supply the inquisitive wonder, and the scientist I interview informs me from the knowledge that his wonder has given him," Wilford said.
For examples of his responses to recent questions from readers, see (link).
The annual lecture series at Lawrence Tech is named for a noted Detroit industrialist who led the Detroit Edison Company from 1954 to 1971. Cisler was an ambassador for the American electric utility industry, working closely with government leaders to bring the benefits of electricity to many countries around the world. The lecture is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and funded by the Holley Foundation.
Lawrence Technological University, ltu.edu, offers more than 60 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Management. Founded in 1932, the 4,500-student, private university pioneered evening classes 75 years ago, and today has a growing number of weekend and online programs. Lawrence Tech's 102-acre campus is in Southfield, with education centers in Lansing, Livonia, Clinton Township, Traverse City and Petoskey. Lawrence Tech also offers programs with partner universities in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.


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The hotel was built in 1911 and offers 79 rooms on 5 floors. The hotel facilities include a welcoming lobby with a 24-hour reception, a safe, the famous De Roode Leeuw restaurant, a newspaper stand, 2 conference rooms and lift access. In addition, guests are offered Internet access (for a fee) as well as room and laundry services and medical assistance.
All the comfortable, air-conditioned rooms have a bathroom with bath or shower, a hairdryer, soundproofed windows, a minibar, climate control system and a double or twin bed. In addition, the rooms include a direct dial telephone, an LCD TV with digital music, high-speed Internet access and digital movies, a safe and a working desk.
A breakfast buffet is available every morning. A typical Dutch lunch and dinner is served in the De Roode Leeuw restaurant daily.
This hotel is situated at the heart of Amsterdam, directly next to the famous dam. The hotel is also located close to the stock exchange and the Bijenkorf department store. Also in the neighbourhood, guests will find the world-famous waxworks at Madame Tussaud's and the Royal Palace. Further tourist attractions such as the Kalverstraat are only steps away. Centraal main railway station lies only 700 metres away and the tram is even closer to the hotel. Schiphol airport is easily reached by train or taxi within 20 minutes.


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Distinguished Emeritus & Service Awards
The Distinguished Emeritus title is granted to faculty whose professional contributions - before and since retirement - to Emory, its affiliated institutions, communities and professional organizations, reflect the "spirit" of Emory. Service Awards (SA) are granted to any EUEC member who has significant, documented contributions of service to Emory, its affiliated institutions as well as to local, state, regional, national or international communities or other organizations that reflect the "spirit of Emory."
A selection committee evaluates nominations and four Emeritus College faculty members are chosen for the Distinguished Emeritus Award (DEA). At least one EUEC member is eligible for the EUEC Service Award. Accomplishments are evaluated beginning with retirement and beyond. Nominations are normally solicited in early spring.
Congratulations to all past and present DEA/SA recipients!


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At Northern Spanking Nurse Sally has been doing all she can to avoid doing any work whatsoever. Her latest feined injury, a sprained ankle, sees her being wheeled to a vacant bed to rest at the instructions of a very gullible ward sister. Her fellow Nurse Sarah is not convinced however and, sick of picking up the slack, decides that perhaps Sally deserves some genuine injury, to her bottom and a very humiliating one at that! Northern Spanking
At Spanked in Uniform Monique had borrowed Aleesha's lip gloss and she wanted it back but Monique had lost it. Aleesha told her that she needed to be punished and when they went to Mr. Johnson's office, he was not there. Aleesha thought she would take matters into her own hands and spank Monique herself. Mr. Johnson caught her and when he found out the spanking was for something so silly as a tube of lip gloss, he gave Aleesha a sound spanking. Spanked in Uniform
At Real Life Spanking Not even a week has gone by since Julie and Brooke were both spanked and the girls went out, had a lot of fun and spent lots of money and to make matters worse, they didn't confess it to Mike. Time for a serious punishment and two very red and sore bottoms. For not reporting Mike gave them both a sound leather paddling. For having too much fun he gave them a sound bare bottom birching and he finished their punishment with a sound hand spanking and a taste of my new heavy leather strap. Real Life Spanking


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The Best Week Ever
Chicago has had record temperatures this month, sometimes up to 30 degrees above average. Tulips and trees are starting to bloom on Michigan Avenue, well over a month early. When I think that it has only been three weeks since Annual Session concluded and the worry that a blizzard would hinder you from arriving in Minneapolis----I can't believe it.
Staff returned to Chicago exhilarated by the third year of record-breaking attendance at Annual Session and the positive feedback from members, exhibitors, sponsors and ASDA supporters. I can't describe the thrill and feeling of satisfaction that seeing an entire year's work come to fruition brings. ASDA staff is an amazing team and our work plan introduced this year by Communications Manager Cheryl Graf, helped us perpetuate the best week ever for ASDA members.
At the event, the Council on Sessions hosted three hot topic sessions and six workshops that were all well received. Keynote speaker Mike Staver introduced leadership principles and set the tone for the meeting. The Council on Education introduced a student research poster session with 20 participants. Staff members Danielle Bauer and Kim Schneider elevated the prestige of our awards at the Gold Crown Awards ceremony----red carpet and all. Leaders from the ADA were so impressed with the production of our opening ceremonies and Gold Crown Award Ceremony that they asked for a copy of the new trailer video ASDA developed to replicate it at their annual meeting. Check out the photos from Annual Session on ASDA's Flickr account.
The most important constituent is you----ASDA members----who took the time to thank the ASDA central office staff for what we do for you and providing an experience you won't forget.
Next up is the new National Leadership Conference. Registration details will be out in May with a money-saving early bird registration offer. I look forward to greeting many of you here in Chicago on Nov. 2-4.
Meet this month's student and faculty members to learn their unique hobbies, reasons for pursuing dentistry and more. For their full profile, click below.
Hannibal Alexander "Alex" CrispEast Carolina '15
Unique hobby or interest: As an undergraduate, I played varsity football at UNC Chapel Hill. To say the least, my commitment to exercise/training has yet to relieve me of its football ways (I still work out like I'm training for the NFL combine, but I love it.)
Sam Low, DDS, MS, MEd University of Florida College of Dentistry, professor emeritus, periodontology
You can always read "how to"... take the high road, find the reality mentors and ask why?
To view the winning abstracts, go to ASDA's website.
ASDA members save 10 percent on Kaplan DAT and NDBE courses and services. Click here to enroll. You must enter the promo code ASDA10 when submitting an order. Or, call 800-KAP-TEST and provide them with the same code. (Please note: it is case sensitive.)
Advance registration is $275 for dental student members and conference attendees enjoy a discount when booking rooms at the host hotel. Register before April 27, 2012 and be entered in the Early-Bird Registration Sweepstakes. Visit ADA.org/newdentistconf to register for the conference, find information on travel and hotel reservations, see the early-bird registration prizes and to select the courses you want to attend.
Questions? 312-440-2779 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Join the New Dentist Conference Facebook page or follow the New Dentist Conference on Twitter.
If you are moving or changing addresses temporarily for a clerkship, don't forget to update your address with ASDA so you continue to receive your benefits, such as our monthly publications.
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Monte Mabra the CEO/Fonder of Voice of the Fatherless Child Inc., along with sponsor Home Depot at the Port Washington location and Diana Robertson, Regional Rep for United States Senator Ron Johnson, joined forces to decorate the home of one of 10 the families who received the Voice of the Fatherless Child (Single Parent Christmas Package). The package includes going into the homes of single parents putting up decoration, a live tree, supplying the children with gifts, the parent with a gift card, and decoration for the outside of home. Darnisha Barbee 36, mother of (6) was a grateful recipient of VOTFC Single Parent Christmas. Home Depot was also present Dec 3rd at the new stage play "I Want A Father For Christmas" where they along side of VOTFC Inc., passed out over 400 gifts to children and 300 pair of gloves to adults and seniors who attended the play. (photo by Yvonne Kemp)
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|Bobcats Earn Split At Rebel Spring Games
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Sophomore Amanda Decker (Apex, N.C.) went 3-for-6 with a triple and a walk-off RBI single to lead the Lees-McRae College softball team to a split with Northwood University (Mich.) and Minnesota State
Moorhead on Monday on the first day of the Rebel Spring Games. Northwood (7-2) defeated Lees-McRae, 9-1, in the Bobcats' first game of the day, before the Green and Gold walked off with a 3-2 victory over Moorhead (2-9) in the afternoon contest. The Bobcats tallied 13 hits on the day, including a pair of extra-base hits.
Northwood got on the board early with three in the first and one in the second, taking a 4-0 lead before the Bobcats battled back in the fourth, trimming the margin to 4-1 when Lauren Lewis (Concord, N.C.) scored on a force out.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers agreed to a deal with free agent forward Richard Jefferson on Tuesday. Find out why it's a bad decision by general manager David Griffin. Read More
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Instead of pursuing players like Joe Johnson or Jamal Crawford, word is the Cavaliers might be looking at a new option for trading Brendan Haywood's contract. Read More
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