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Last Minute, Easy & Thoughtful Valentine's Day Gifts
by Chris Malone
posted Feb 13 2013 4:56AM
When I was in a relationship I shunned February 14th. I mean, why should one day be singled out over the rest to say I love you? But I quickly discovered although I had a more liberal view of Valentine's day, most if not all expect some sort of gift tomorrow. But are the cliche gifts of roses and candy really a gift from the heart? Here are some easy and more importantly thoughtful ways to show your love...and we'll keep the savings between us! :)
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An appointment book with one date filled in -- that of a romantic getaway for the two of you. It doesn't have to be a Caribbean cruise. A day of "playing hooky" together at an out-of-the-way park and a back table at a dim bistro are perfect for creating that loving feeling.
A gift certificate for your honey's choice of pampering treatments performed by you. A massage, shampoo, and a bubble bath with room service -- their wish is your command.
A heart-shaped box from card or novelty store. Place a handwritten note inside: "Contains 365 blown kisses just for you -- take one a day."
Pajamas for the two of you. He wears the pants, she wears the top.
A cozy picnic. Never mind the snow. Lay out a blanket on the living room floor and serve up finger foods you can hand-feed each other. Don't forget the candles.
Sweep your sweetie off his or her feet with tickets to a ballroom dancing class so you can stay cheek to cheek all year round.
Indoor "sky writing" is a great way to say I love you to that special someone. Simply make a poster with a declaration of your devotion and tape it to the ceiling right over the bed. It will be the first thing your sweetheart will see upon wakening Valentine's Day -- and your final, sweet-dreams message.
A fortune -- or more. Get a handful of fortune cookies from a specialty market. Compose your own personal messages.
A dozen red balloons. Before you blow them up, insert tiny trinkets or love notes. Give the blowup, treasurer filled results to your beloved for a popping good time.
A blank journal you'll head "Reasons I Love You." Every reason will have it's own page.
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Wow, what do they have in all those bags? :The pride of the US team, inside little boxes , like these ones :Franco
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The gunman left in a silver four door sedan. No one was hurt.
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Top 9 Resources To Get You Teaching ESL Abroad
Friday, March 18, 2011
I remember the conversation I had with a friend about taking a year off with just my backpack. She was fresh off of a year teaching ESL in Shanghai and the tone in her voice told me I'd be stupid not to teach English somewhere. "Dude, you get paid and you travel. Don't be an idiot." She's always been a sweetheart.
Honestly though, it can be a leap of faith: culture shock, the commitment, the moving, the food, language, money . . . Thousands of native English speakers head off each year, but just how does someone even begin the process? Try your own Google search and you will probably be overwhelmed before you even start (2,210,000 results at last check).
Obviously, there are hordes of options out there. We've assembled some time-tested resources to help begin your research. (And If we've overlooked any, paste the resource and a link in the comments section!)
Want to Know What It's Really Like?
Blogs are a great way to hear experiences (both good and bad) straight from those in the trenches. Start your searches at travel websites that often touch on teaching overseas, like Matador Abroad or BootsnAll, where I found a list of useful blogs to get you started. Here are some highlights from around the web:
1. The Daily Kimchi: A blog about life and work in Korea.
2. Mondo's World: Everything for the ESL teacher, by the ESL teacher. This is a resource-dense blog with links, lessons, videos, ideas, and more.
3. An ELT Notebook: ELT notebook was put together by an English language teacher in Italy who has has been teaching for over 30 years experience, and provides advice on a variety of topics.
4. An English Man in Nyugun: Now at home, this blog was from a British teacher who participated in the JET Program for a year in Japan.
5. Barry Fun English: Less blog-like, and more of a jackpot of classroom-ready games, and ideas, and worksheets, and vocabulary, and flash cards, and PowerPoints, and . . . well, you get the point. Become a member to get even more. Even specific sets for the Korean ESL curriculum.
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Recruiting agencies and job centers are typically the easiest way to get the process moving. Each agency has its own process, but plan on an application and interview process — most likely by phone — and guidance through the visa acquisition process.
Most agencies know the uncertainties involved with this decision and work hard to support you every step of the way. Be sure to shop around and find a program that you feel most comfortable with. Here are a few options:
6. GoOverseas: A great first step in the process. This one-stop-shop offers articles and advice on teaching, living, studying, and volunteering abroad.
7. Footprints Recruiting: Founded in 2001 by two ESL teachers in South Korea, it's now the largest ESL teacher recruiter worldwide.
8. ReachToTeach: Offers placements in Taiwan, South Korea, and China, with ongoing support, job comparison data, monthly meet-ups, and some pretty famous alumni (Me!).
9. Dave's ESL Cafe: This is the holy grail of ESL information and job hunting; job boards, teacher resources, and forums will get you started — just to name a few.
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If an education professional is interested in the going the extra mile and go for a masters degree in ESL then there are a few places that no matter where in the world you are located you can take classes online. The example that I know of is from Dominican University. Information on how practical this might be you can more information at http://www.dominicanu.com/masters-degree-esl-english-second-language.asp. Also I would add that Dave ESL Cafe is a top resource to look at just as the article states.


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USU Eastern women nearly pull off weekend sweep in four-point loss to #3 ranked College of Southern Idaho
The tests on the schedule with North Idaho College and College of Southern Idaho are enough to make any team uncomfortable.
Don't tell that to the USU Eastern womens basketball team.
A team struggling early in the non-conference schedule, the Lady Eagles rose to the occasion defeating #10 ranked North Idaho College 88-80 in overtime on Dec. 12 before dropping a close game with #6 ranked College of Southern Idaho 77-73 on Dec. 14.
USU Eastern head coach Dave Paur said the two games showed a lot about how far the team has come. With a new fast-paced style of play on both offense and defense, Paur has his players running up and down the court all game long. Add in the tough competition, and it made the outcomes of both games that much more impressive.
"Our team is a lot tougher than I anticipated," said Paur after the team's loss to Southern Idaho. "We're hanging tough and playing well against some top teams."
Against North Idaho, the Lady Eagles grabbed a second half lead of 20 points and looked headed to a runaway win. But North Idaho had other ideas as they battled back and tied the game at 73 all with 30 seconds left in the game. USU Eastern's Larissa Quintana gave the Lady Eagles a two-point lead with 25 seconds left but two free throws by NIC helped send the game to overtime.
North Idaho took a 78-75 lead halfway through the extra period. Lejla Hadzialijagie added a free throw for Eastern to cut the deficit to 78-76 with over two minutes. After a stop on the defensive end, Caroline Fisher hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to give USU Eastern a 79-78 lead that energized the large crowd gathered in the BDAC on Fan Appreciation Night. They would never trail again as they outscored NIC 9-2 over the final two minutes to get the big Scenic West Athletic Conference win.
Jamie Smith led USU Eastern with 16 points. Fisher added 13 and Quintana had 12 points.
Against College of Southern Idaho on Dec. 14, USU Eastern took a 36-32 lead into halftime and led 59-51 with 10:56 left in the second half. But CSI started run that saw them retake the lead 62-61 with over seven minutes left. USU was able to keep things close down the stretch but CSI responded on offense every time. CSI eventually pulled away handing USU Eastern their first SWAC loss 77-73.
Paur said he was pleased with the effort and felt that the team had the opportunity to get the big win. He believes the team needs to continue playing at a quick pace and shoot more 3-pointers than they currently are. If they continue to improve in those areas, Paur believes the team can be a player in the SWAC.
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TUF 18 episode four is set to air on FOX Sports 1 tonight, and for all of us who have been following along, we wait with much anticipation to have two questioned answered: Will coaches Rousey & Traverdyan's meltdowns continue? And will team Tate be able to extend their two fight winning streak to three wins, thus continuing their demoralization of team Rousey and their coaches?
On the first question and if you've seen the teaser for tonight's show, we know that Coach Rousey goes nose-to-nose with a male (fighter, we'll assume from team Tate) repeating the phrase "do it at the right time, do it at the right time", twice. To wit the fighter responded "get out of my face; it had nothing to do with you."
In terms of Traverdyan, he seems to be agitated again. In tonight's episode, we get to see him spit on a hall floor (a very professional and hygienic thing to do) and then begin to egg-on someone on Tate's team, with "come on, let's go; bring it, bring it, bring it on" ; all riveting, stuff.
Regarding whether or not team Tate can make it three wins in a row, it will be Roxanne Modafferi's fate to decide, as she is slated to take on Jessica Rakoczy in pursuit of the third win.
Modafferi is a diminutive, all smiles and personality fighter, who hails from Delaware and has become a bit of a hit on the show, as the one everyone likes. "The Happy Warrior" is exactly that and seems to see the positive in everything. Regardless of her pleasant disposition, she is nonetheless a fighter and one whose speciality is ground fighting, not stand-up.
She goes into the fight coming off of her submission victory (rear-naked choke) of Valerie Letourneau; however, prior to that, she was on a five fight losing streak. To win this bout, the 31 year old Modafferi will be looking to take the fight to the ground, where's she's more comfortable.
On the other hand, Jessica Rakoczy is a Canadian boxer of caliber, who, aside from her in-cage camera time and submission victory (omoplata) over Revelina Berto, we know little of. Where fighters like Modafferi and Juliana Pena have stood out, Rakoczy has yet to grab much camera time and as such, all we know of her (really) is her record; 1 – 3 & 1 (NC) in MMA and 31 – 3 & 1 (NC) in boxing. She has also won multiple boxing titles. Given that she earned her way into the house via submission, rather than a stand-up victory, we can deduce that she also has a ground game and appears to be well rounded.
In considering the bout, it would be reasonable to deduce that the match-up favors the 36 year old Rakoczy and her striking skills, and that she should be able to stem the tide of Tate's victories, at two.
However, Modafferi is a game fighter and possesses a warrior's spirit. As such she volunteered for the fight and regardless of Coach Tate's choice of opponent. If she manages to survive Rakoczy's hands, tonight and defeats, what appears to be a superior fighter, then none of us should be shocked. The Happy Warrior might come across as a loveable kid sister type, but she's a tough fighter with heart.
Either way, it should be a good fight. My guess is most fans will be rooting for Modafferi to win, if only to stir Coach Rousey's ire even more.
As this continues to be the most entertaining season of TUF to date, we can only hope that tonight's episode builds upon the great fights and drama, we've already had.


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This cake really wasn't all that difficult to make--just time consuming. I made some homemade vanilla ice thankfully, because otherwise cake was so rich than only die-hard chocoholics would have been able to eat it. No one went for seconds and the leftovers from Christmas Eve dinner went untouched. While it looked impressive, it wasn't worth the investment of time or money for our family. I make the Bon Appetit December cover recipe each year for Christmas Eve and 2008 and 2009 were both chocolate peppermint desserts. Hoping for a different variation for 2010!flag if inappropriate
this cake was too dye for., But You should have put that is should be made ahead in bold type up front. I put and extra layer of the chocolate cake on the bottom. My friend and I made it together, the results looked just as pictured and we were in "hog heaven" when it came time to eat it. Absolutely perfect. It did take quite a bit of time, but we will make it again! it just might be come a new family tradition.flag if inappropriate
Great Presentation. Huge hit for my party of 8. Though it would serve 16 no problem. One challenge and two changes - Challenge: Getting the meringue into stiff, glossy peaks was impossible (gtried twice) - must be a secret that no one has shared. Change #1 - add another layer of cake to the bottom - makes the slicing and serving easier and improves the look. Change #2 - make a bit more buttercream. I ran out - though I fixed it at the last minute with a can of pre-made frosting in a can I found in the pantry and no one was the wiser (grin). Also, on cheat - I just bought a $0.88 box of cake mix at Safeway - easy and gave the same result with no mystery cooking time. Overall - will make again.flag if inappropriate
The cake really does look more impressive than it tastes. I liked the different layers on their own - the mild peppermint-flavored meringues, the syrup-soaked cake, the rich chocolate buttercream - but together it just didn't work for me. The dry, chalky texture of the meringue kind of overpowered the dessert. If I ever attempt this again, I'd try making thinner meringues and using three layers of cake to two layers of meringue.flag if inappropriate
We made this cake for Christmas dinner - making it a family affair with the preparation and composition. Substituted 1/4 t of peppermint extract for the schnapps. Might have cooked the cake just a tad too long (15 minutes), but the peppermint syrup adequately addressed any dryness in the cake. Substituted peppermint ice (white chocolate with peppermint)for the thin mint wafers. The cake was a major hit. No trouble with the amount of frosting but did not do any piping. The cake is very rich and easily serves twice as many as the recipe indicates. This just might become a new Christmas tradition in our family! Enjoy.flag if inappropriate
The big hit of the Christmas desert extravaganza. Used peppermint oil instead of extract, worked great. Used Julia Child's recipe for the Meringue. Like others if I hadn't accidentally forgotten a meringue layer I would have run out of frosting.Next time I'll make 25% more. It took a lot of time but mostly in waiting and there was plenty to do so I didn't notice. This will become the new "Wow them at Christmas" desert in my repeatour.flag if inappropriate
This cake really wasn't hard to make and the result was SO impressive; everyone loved it. I'm not sure why others didn't have enough frosting. The amount the recipe made was perfect but you just have to make sure to spread very thin layers. I think I could've even used less frosting because it was so rich. I also only used about half of the syrup which made it just perfectly pepperminty. I didn't pipe any chocolate and just arranged mint leaves and raspberries all over it. I would definitely recommend making this, just go easy on the frosting.flag if inappropriate
This is one of the most unsatisfying recipes I have ever made from Bon Appetit. There's nothing hard about it, but it does take quite a lot of time, and there is just no payoff except how it looks. The chocolate cake is very dry and not very flavorful, the end result would be much improved by using a better moist and chocolate-y cake recipe, with a greater proportion of cake to meringue. I would also double the peppermint in the meringue, as it has almost no flavor. I had *just* enough frosting to cover, but would have benefited from an extra cup. We fed 24 people with this cake and had about 1/4 of it left over -- not a hit with anybody in the crowd, adult or kid.flag if inappropriate
While this wasn't hard to make, just time consuming (and required a little planning ahead), it was just ok. Not bad, just not worth all the work, or spending $15 on chocolate alone. Pleasantly minty, heavy on the buttercream so it's good, but I've made better stuff.flag if inappropriate
im 16 years old and i made this cake for my family on thanksgiving and it made my father cry it was quite a challenge but the meringue i had to make twice but other than that it was an absolutely amazing cake and everyone loved it that i will be maing it again for christmas!flag if inappropriate


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Professor Steve Furber's SpiNNaker project is in the news again. I wrote about Furber's massively parallel brain-emulation project back on March 30 after listening to his keynote at this year's DATE (Design Automation and Test Europe) conference in Grenoble, France. (See "The incredible vanishing power of a machine instruction. Is this the way to the brain?") Furber's DATE keynote title says it all: "Biologically-inspired massively-parallel architectures—computing beyond a million processors." Furber and his team are referencing nature to help them tackle the really hard processing problems we need to solve in the future through massively parallel, brain-like computing. Brain-like computing—go slow, go wide, go massively parallel—seems to offer a proven, low-power approach to solving some of these big computational problems.
The SpiNNaker project is again in the news at EETimes Europe (see "A million ARM cores to host brain simulator") and the idea of harnessing one million ARM processor cores is certainly a big idea. It excites me. However, we're still at the humble beginnings of the project.
The SpiNNaker project's first test chip harnesses 18 ARM9 cores on one 130nm chip manufactured by UMC in Taiwan. This is a 100M-transistor chip and, like most many-processor SoCs, the SpiNNaker SoC mostly consists of memory. The memory needs to be close to the processors for speed and for low-power consumption and there are 55 32Kbyte SRAM blocks on the SpiNNaker die. That's 14 million bits of SRAM and, frankly speaking, that's really not very much SRAM. Eighteen processors isn't really a large number of processors either when your stated goal is one million.
The ARM processors on the SpiNNaker chip use packet communications to emulate the electrical spike communications that occur among the neurons in human and animal brains. From a hardware perspective, I think it's easy to conceive of a system-level design like this and even conceptually scaling the design to a million connected ARM9 processors isn't really hard, as long as you don't try to enumerate all of the processors in your mind. However, with 18 processors per chip, you'll need approximately 55,600 chips to build an interconnected network of one million processors. That's still a mighty big box of hardware. More on that in a bit.
The rub is that we really don't have many good ideas for programming such a massively parallel system. The SpiNNaker project seems to be mostly a hardware endeavor with the explicitly stated intent of developing a hardware testbed for brain researchers who will use SpiNNaker systems for studying various theories of brain function. Presumably, we'll learn more about massively parallel programming by working with these systems and no doubt we will. As Furber says in a quote published in the EETimes Europe article, "We don't know how the brain works as an information-processing system, and we do need to find out. We hope that our machine will enable significant progress towards achieving this understanding."
Each SpiNNaker chip in the current design is bundled with a 166MHz, 1Gbit DDR SDRAM and packaged in a 300-pin BGA package. But we're not going to be building million-processor testbeds with 18 processors per packaged chip. I'm almost absolutely, positively certain about that. This first SpiNNaker prototype just doesn't scale to one million processors very easily. So the question is, how to get there?
Well, possible clues to answer that question can be found in two recent blogs that I wrote on the EDA360 Insider blog. First, Samsung has just announced successful tapeout of a 20nm test chip incorporating an ARM Cortex-M0 processor core. (See "Samsung 20nm test chip includes ARM Cortex-M0 processor core. How many will fit on the head of a pin?") Now an ARM Cortex-M0 processor is not as powerful as an ARM9 processor, but then it's not supposed to be. It's designed for control-oriented applications and its 3-stage execution pipeline isn't designed to get maximum speed from any given process technology. However, we're building a system that emulates a brain that operates at a few hundred Hertz (that's Hertz, not kilohertz, megahertz, or gigahertz) so I really don't think the clock speed is all that critical when you're talking about a million processors. The ARM Cortex-M0 processor core is still a 32-bit RISC processor and I am guessing with a high degree of confidence that it's fully up to the task of executing the required electrical-spike calculations, albeit not quite as quickly as an ARM9 processor.
What's interesting about a 12-to-14Kgate ARM Cortex-M0 processor implemented in 20nm process technology is that my calculations suggest that more than half a million ARM Cortex-M0 processors would fit on a chip the size of an Intel "Tukwila" Itanium processor (OK, that's a big chip, but it's a commercial one) and that calculation is based on the published number for the area required by an ARM Cortex-M0 implemented in 90nm process technology, not 20nm. Now there's a lot of slop in this calculation. First, there's the disparity of using 90nm numbers instead of 20nm numbers. Then there's the disparity caused by putting no memory at all into the calculation. I just mentally tiled processors edge to edge. Ditto, there's no on-chip interconnect.
So you probably won't get half a million ARM Cortex-M0 processor cores on one 20nm chip. But you might get 100,000 or 200,000 ARM Cortex-M0 processor cores on a chip along with an interesting amount of memory and the required interconnect. Now we're talking about only a handful of chips to get to one million processors. We're talking about a tabletop box. Now we're getting into the realm of the feasible for million-processor systems.
The second related blog entry I recently wrote in EDA360 Insider that also bears on this very interesting endeavor was about an announcement from Imec, a global research company. Just days ago, Imec announced that it and its partners successfully assembled a custom logic chip with two DRAMs in a stacked 3D configuration. (See "3D Thursday: IMEC prototypes 3D chip stack, finds some thermal surprises".) This 3D stacked-chip prototype allowed Imec to test out some process ideas for manufacturing 3D stacked chip assemblies and to make some critical thermal tests to verify thermal models that will be so necessary when 3D assembly goes mass market. The 3D chip stack uses copper-tin micro-bumps and compression bonding for the electrical and mechanical assembly of the chip stack and you can see photos of the assembled stack below.
Here's a photo of the overall chip stack:
And here's a close-up of the edge of the chip stack to show the three stacked die.
The 3D Stack's base chip is approximately 750µm thick. The two top components in the chip stack are each 25µm thick. There's more technical info in the referenced EDA360 Insider blog.
I am convinced that 3D stacking of logic and RAM chips will be absolutely essential to developing massively parallel, low-power systems like the ones envisioned by the SpiNNaker project. First, the only way to feed data and instructions to massively parallel processing chips is through large amounts of on-chip memory and through high-bandwidth, low-energy channels connected to large off-chip memories. 3D assembly techniques permit both Wide I/O and high-speed serial I/O channels to work most effectively and at minimal energy levels and I expect to see rapid adoption of 3D assembly—even and perhaps especially in high-volume, cost-sensitive applications such as mobile phone handsets—in the next few years. This is precisely the sort of manufacturing technology we require to think seriously about million-processor systems.
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Writing, the intensely personal place where we meet our muse, is mysterious.
I have been contemplating where I have met the muse I seek: the Holy Spirit, the author of scripture and the Poet capable of translating even those groanings that cannot be uttered. I have no delusions of adding my poems to the canon, but even so–at times I know that the words, the images, the emotion I feel have been given to me, entrusted to me that I might pour them back out to the glory of Jesus Christ. Humbly Lord I beg that this be true. With that said, what words can I write that are fit to give to Him?
Surely the writer of the Song of Songs paused to find the word, deliberated over the image appearing and repeating from his tongue, going over in detail the interplay of the many voices that sing out. Yet the anguish and joy of a psalmist often seem only moments old, spoken aloud as the wind rushed by his or her face and captured for eternity. Which poem is more true–which is more fit to offer? What then of our songs, and of our psalms? How does the Spirit guide us?
If poems are a structure, built and re-built to accommodate a poet's thoughts and words, then I have been an architect at times. The Spirit whispers a foundation to me, and I carry it softly on the empty page of my notebook to a quiet place. I build and shape up the words before me. Some words stay and others are left behind. I pause for a time to collect materials, I move on to other work, but I always return to that first touch of inspiration and lovingly attempt to recreate in words that nameless calling tugging at my soul. These poems grow with me, speak profoundly to my own spirit and hopefully to others, calling out in quiet perfection (or nearly so) as a monument, a completion of that first breath.
Other structures I have built sit lifeless on the barren ground. I have toiled in vain, relying only on the raw materials. If the Spirit is silent, what else shall I do?
If poems are a compulsion, a necessary rush of thoughts and words that no structure can hold back, then I have been the floodgate. The Spirit roars, and words pour out. I scramble for a pen, a crayon, a receipt, a napkin. It gushes and groans around the corners of the page, burning in my pocket as I rush to that same notebook, pushing all else aside. Then the ribbon unfurls, the words fill line after line after line and glow with holy breathlessness. These poems, rare as they are, shine light into my soul at the very remembrance of the wellspring.
Though should I read it again in a drier time, or should you read it–perhaps we would both prefer the cleaner structures from before.
I wonder which of these–the structure or the compulsion–Jesus prefers to read?
And what if we cannot write at all? Some times I feel the pit, the pull, the need, and then I slam my fist on a blank page. The Spirit completely silent; the Presence so near. These tools–my head and my words–too dull to spill what should be said.
We writers are called by the Spirit to put into words what cannot be said in words, and it is a mysterious calling. The Spirit who guides us takes us down many paths, toward blueprints and cliff faces, toward ecstasy and solitude, toward quiet, brilliant, holy, helpless breaths.
Throughout it all, Christ the Wordless calls us forward, away from the pit, toward the empty page.
Ken Welborn is a teacher in Lakeland, Florida. He is unpublished, but hopeful. He and his wife volunteer locally with Young Life.
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Thanks for sharing Ken. It's quite a strange thing to be called toward a blank page and barren ground. You capture what Madeleine L'Engle calls Co-creating with the Spirit.
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Thanks for sharing Ken. It's quite a strange thing to be called toward a blank page and barren ground. You capture what Madeleine L'Engle calls Co-creating with the Spirit.


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- S. Debnath, J. Qin, B. Bahrani, M. Saeedifard, and P. B. Mantovalleni, "Operation, Control, and Applications of the Modular Multilevel Converter : A Review," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
- J. Qin and M. Saeedifard, "Reduced Switching Frequency Voltage Balancing Strategies for Modular Multilevel HVDC Converters," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 2403- 2410, 2013.
- B. Bahrani, M. Saeedifard, A. Karimi, and A. Rufer, "A Multivariable Design Methodology for Voltage Control of a Single-DG-Unit Microgrid," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, Vol.9, No. 2, pp. 589-599, 2013.
- J. Qin and M. Saeedifard, "Predictive Control of a Modular Multi-Level Converter for a Back-to-Back HVDC Transmission System," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 1538-1547, 2012.
- M. Saeedifard and R. Iravani, "Dynamic Performance of a Modular Multilevel Back-to-Back HVDC System," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 2903-2912, 2010.
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Well Jackets fans, the year ended sooner than I had anticipated, and the feeling of shock and numbness of a playoff loss reverberated throughout Nationwide Arena last night as the final horn went and the Jackets had saluted the best crowd they will ever play for.
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have been battling this argument in my head for quite a few weeks now, and frankly, after last nights game, I am all the more sure now.
Rick Nash belongs with other skaters. He is easily the most talented player on that team, and right now, he's playing with Huselius and Malhotra, who don't deserve top line minutes, and have not played like top line players. Frankly, the sheer fact that Huselius is on the ice when Nash is gives him what I like to call the "Chimera factor".
The Chimera Factor is based on what we saw early in the season. He was skating with Brassard and Voracek, and was receiving passes that lead to simple goals, and getting assists because of what Brass and Jake could create without him. Once he was removed from that line, his productivity disappeared, and I think the same thing is happening with Huselius.
Simply put, we have;
As our 'could be' top two line players. Our secondary players are;
Now, Hitch has gone with what he thinks are his two best lines, running somewhat of a 1-1a style offense, but I really think if they want to score goals on Detroit, they need to package their scorers on one line..
In game three, I would love to see;
Nash – Vermette – Umberger
Huselius – Malhotra – Voracek
Williams – Gratton – Boll
Chimera – Peca – Dorsett/Modin
Line one offers Nash two players who can set him up to score goals, and can easily get to the spots he passes to. If they were playing together last night, I fully suspect they would have had two goals on their first period chances.
Line three is the grinder line. This is the key line for most playoff contenders, playing stymy defense and getting big chances offensively. A momentum changing line to say the least.
The other two lines should be able to function fine and be at the very worst even in terms of goals against and goals for. I think adding a guy like Jakub to the second line with Huselius and Malhotra might get the veterans playing a more creative game rather than just trying to find Nash open.
Game three is tomorrow, and Columbus will likely be 'rockin' with excitement. I hope the players are ready to turn this series around. I am not prepared to start watching other teams yet!
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Personally as a Jackets fan, I have been waiting for a good hockey game for quite some time now, and unfortunately after the win against Chicago, that effort seemed far from sight.
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Hey there Jacket fans, this is the Coach here, the newest contributor to Carry the Flag. Before I get started on how the Jackets can take down the mighty Red Wings I'd like to give you a quick rundown about yours truly. Growing up in Canada, I've played the game since birth. I have experience at the college, junior and professional level. I'll try and bring a coach's and scout's eye to Carry the Flag.
On to Columbus versus Detroit. Goaltending is one glaring advantage that the Blue Jackets have over the Red Wings. Conklin and Osgood have both been inconsistent all season, while Mason has been a revelation. This is obvious and has been pointed out by prognosticators as the key to the series. Personally, I think they are wrong. Of course this will be a factor, but not everything. The Wings have had trouble in net all season and finished near the top of the league. Mason was dynamite most of the year and yet the team finished well behind the Red Wings. If the trends in net continue the Wings still should come out on top.
The real story here is the Columbus defence. Very quietly Columbus has become the best defensive team in the league. Mason is a part of it, but not far from the whole story. They have one of the leagues top penalty kills, are great on face-offs, rarely turn the puck over and allowed the least number of shots in the NHL. They are also very physical, finishing sixth in the league in hits. This formula of great defense, physical play and top notch goaltending is the same one used by the Oilers, Flames and twice by the Ducks to eliminate the Red Wings in four of the last five seasons.
The Red Wings are also not the team they used to be. They have regressed slightly when it comes to their puck possession. The last few seasons Detroit has been unbelievable at holding onto the puck. They have fallen off this season. In fact Columbus finished second in the league, with close to 200 less turnovers than the Red Wings. The rare times that the Jackets do turn the puck over they do not allow shots or goals off these chances.
Much has also been made of the leagues top ranked powerplay going up against the leagues worst. If I hear this again I'm going to go on a rampage. Powerplay's go against penalty kills. In this case the leagues worst powerplay is going against the worst penalty kill in the playoffs. And the leagues best powerplay is going against one of the leagues best penalty kills. This is basically a wash.
The key to this series is who controls the puck. Detroit is a puck control team, while Columbus is effective against this type of team due to their physical nature and dedication to defense. While the organization is new to the playoffs, many of the players have a plethora of postseason experience. If the team can continue to play the way they have this season they have a legitimate opportunity to knock off the reigning Stanley Cup champions.
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The red tape is gone, the excitement calmed, and the reality completely settled on the Jackets. They are officially in their first playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings.
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Steve Mason has exceeded expectations this year. It seems like only a couple weeks ago the doe eyed netminder was playing in his first game after recovering from knee surgery. Back in the day when Columbus was completely unsure of their goalie situation. Back when Leclaire knew something was wrong, but was not willing to bail on the team because of their instability in goal. Yes, back when Freddy No No was actually looking like a good decision as a backup goalie.
Stellar was really the only word to describe Mason's initial play. Surprising and satisfying were some other words I heard uttered from fellow Jackets fans as Mason saved a team learning to gel. His play paved the way for the surprising surge from the younger players on the team, and opened the door for rookies like Kris Russell to come around and show Hitchcock that he is the future of this team on defense. Steve Mason paved the way for a lot of things, and it looks like he is going to provide the key ingredient to the ideal playoff team.
It made me wonder what exactly this season could spell for Mason. The Calder trophy does not seem even remotely out of sight for him, considering he single handedly rebounded a team that was doomed to another bottom feeding year to a team currently sitting right in the thick of a playoff race. His goaltending numbers are well within the league's top ten and could easily get his name in the running for the Vezina with his league leading 10 shutouts. Rarely has there been discussion about another goaltender winning games for teams, unless they are referring to Mason. Sure, Tim Thomas has some of the best numbers in the league, but that can not be said that he won games for Boston unless one is willing to overlook their impressive defensive core.
With all that being said, could it be possible that Mason should be in the running for the Hart trophy? He certainly is not a leader, but he most definitely plays a big game and wins his team games. Once again I think about the mediocre team record prior to his arrival. One can not overlook the fact that he has more than 30 wins and he has not even been available all year. I also believe the team plays differently in front of him. It is almost as though their step is a bit faster knowing that Mase is back there ready to make a miraculous save or ten.
This may seem like I am reaching quite a bit, but I dare anyone to show me a player in the league that has made a bigger difference for their team this year. I challenge the same person to explain to me how the Jackets would be in a playoff battle without Mason in nets.
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Familiarity was thrown out the window quite a few weeks ago. What is left, at least from the outside looking in, is instability, and uneasiness.
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An unexpected decision was made this past week by General Manager Scott Howson, bringing young Nikita Filatov up from the Syracuse Crunch to soak in the playoff atmosphere. Unclear towards his intentions, fans have been skeptical about the decision considering Syracuse is in a playoff race of their own, however, the decision was based on the ability to provide one of Columbus' very promising young players a chance to get some unique experience.
Now, typically this would get me excited, as Filatov has shown the ability to hang with NHL caliber hockey teams. He has already experienced the thrill of an hattrick and blended well and quickly with different players on the Jackets roster. His experience and size obviously need a boost, but I suspect Howson believes the place to gain that is with Columbus and not Syracuse.
I say typically because there is a catch involved if Nikita plays, which based on the need for scorers on the Jackets roster I would expect he would. Any coach or GM will do whatever it takes to win, even if it means giving playing time to snipers like Filatov. That catch is obviously his NHL contract, which would kick in if he plays two more games with the big team this year. Not a big deal in the long run I suppose, considering Columbus has plenty of cap space and can spare it here and there, especially assuming Brassard, Voracek, and Filatov are their future up front.
That being said, if Filatov's NHL contract kicks in this year, he becomes and unrestricted free agent the same year Brassard does. This is not terribly relevant towards cap implications, but it most certainly is an issue in terms of 'matching' or exceeding a contract. It is definitely likely that Filatov will have as much success as Brassard if not more prior to entry contract expiring, and because their styles are even minutely similar, this is personally a concern.
It is a double edged sword in reality, and even I can not make up my mind whether the idea of playing him and having his contract kick in is worth the extra round in the playoffs. Many teams do everything they can to win the cup every year, and having Filatov playing rather than Peca or Murray is certainly at the top of my list, but I really do not want to see any sort of animosity between the young players as their contracts expire.
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Finally a game to smile about! 60 minutes of decent if not great hockey brought the Jackets their first 40 win season in franchise history. A very welcoming situation for fans frothing over a playoff bid, this win does not quite solidify the playoffs, but it was a win that goes a long way in helping their chances.


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Disquieting metaphor for our anxiety-ridden times
By Susannah Tarbush Saudi Gazette
SOUTH African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes's powerful short story "Poison", for which she has won the £10,000 Sterling (nearly SR75,000) Caine Prize for African Writing, gives a vivid and disquieting portrayal of people fleeing Cape Town in the aftermath of a chemical disaster.
The story's protagonist Lynn, driving her old Toyota away from the city, runs out of gasoline and is marooned with other drivers at a gas station that has no fuel left. The huge black oily cloud over Cape Town "boiled up taller and taller into the sky, a plume twice as high as the mountain, leaning towards them like an evil genie." Other drivers and passengers use their initiative to find ways of moving on from the danger, but Lynn remains strangely passive.
In an interview with Saudi Gazette in London the day after the prize was announced last week, Rose-Innes said laughingly: "What has taken me by surprise is how just about everyone seems to have found the main character really aggravating." She added: "She is based on large parts of myself."
Rose-Innes's prose style is precise, yet subtle and mysterious. Lynn's observations of the interactions between the people waiting at the gas stations, and of alliances unexpected to her, reveal shifts within contemporary South African society.
"Poison" won first prize in the 2007 HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award. The story's new success, with the Caine Prize, is further recognition of the literary gifts of Rose-Innes, who was first shortlisted for the Caine Prize last year with the story "Bad Places."
Asked whether she thinks "Poison" taps into the wider anxiety pervading the globe, while having a specific South African context, Rose-Innes replies: "I think it's in the zeitgeist. There's a trend towards apocalyptic images in popular culture at the moment...The world is a pretty anxiety-ridden place, although at the time of writing the story it felt like it was very much embedded in the South African situation specifically".
Apocalyptic stories have "a weird attraction; part of me is drawn to the idea of everything being wiped away and starting again anew." She was a fan of science fiction when she was younger and "it's interesting for me that a lot of those classic science fiction scenarios seem to have been discovered anew by mainstream literary authors."
The Caine Prize was awarded at a dinner in the medieval Divinity School at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University. The award was announced by the chairman of the Caine judges Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre in London, and Chair of Culture, Ceremonies and Education at the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
Kelly's fellow judges were Libyan novelist Hisham Matar, Eritrean-born Guardian newspaper journalist Hannah Pool, South African poet, novelist and lecturer Jonty Driver, and Jamaican-born poet and critic Professor Mark McMorris of Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Kelly described Rose-Innes's story as "a strange disorienting metaphor for leaving it too late...something is coming towards you and will destroy you. The narrative employed imagery that pushed the story forwards, and it showed a very sharp and rare maturity."
This is the ninth year of the Caine Prize, established in memory of Sir Michael Caine who was Chairman of Booker plc, and Chairman of the Booker Prize management committee for nearly 25 years. The prize is awarded for a short story by an African writer of 3,000 to 10,000 words. The African winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature – Nigerian Wole Soyinka, and South Africans Nadine Gordimer and J M Coetzee – are patrons of the prize, as was the late Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
This year's shortlist of five stories included three from the anthology, "African Pens" published last year by Spearhead, an imprint of New Africa Books, Cape Town. The anthology contains the prizewinning stories from the 2007 HSBC/SA PEN Literary Award, among them "Poison." Malawian writer Stanley Onjezaeni Kenani was shortlisted for the Caine Prize with "For Honour", and South African Gill Schierhout for "The Day of the Surgical Colloquium."
The other two shortlisted stories were "Mallam Sile" from Ghanaian writer Mohammed Naseehu Ali's anthology "The Prophet of Zongo", and Nigerian Uzor Maxim Uzoatu's "Cemetery of Life", published in Wasafiri magazine.
Rose-Innes was born in Cape Town in 1971. Although she wrote stories as a schoolgirl, it took her "quite a long time to come round to the idea of being a writer. I didn't really know what I wanted to do for a long time, and in a way I think writing kind of solved that dilemma for me. If you write, you can dip into anything that interests you, and don't have to commit to one sphere of interest."
At university Rose-Innes did a year of English Literature and she then did various courses before obtaining a BSc Honors in archeology and anthropology. She then completed an MA in Creative Writing at Cape Town University under the supervision of J M Coetzee. Her first novel "Shark's Egg" was published in 2000 (and nominated for the M-Net Book prize), and the second, "The Rock Alphabet" appeared in 2004 (the book was a Publishers Choice). The latter novel has also been published in Romanian translation. Rose-Innes is now working on her third novel, provisionally titled "Making Worlds".
Summing up the experience of the being shortlisted for, and then winning, the Caine Prize, Rose-Innes says: "It's been very valuable for me in term of discovering other African writers, and starting to access what for me are new networks of writers and publishers throughout Africa, as opposed to within South Africa." Although South Africa currently has a very vibrant publishing scene, "It's not a huge reading market and it's very difficult to make a living from writing. But if you want to do that, it's almost essential that you access international markets." Rose-Innes has an agent in London, Isobel Dixon of the literary agency Blake Friedman, who handles her international sales and non-fiction. Winning the Caine Prize should boost her chances of publication outside South Africa.
The Caine Prize will also give Rose-Innes a chance to devote more time to her writing. However, she plans to continue with certain commitments including her involvement in the University of Cape Town's Creative Writing MA.
At the same time she is teaching a relatively new online writing course, for the South African Writers College (at sawriterscollege.co.za) which also has a New Zealand branch, and plans to expand into Australia. Rose-Innes was asked by the college to construct the "Write a Novel" course, for which she is tutor. "And it's actually really fun."
The burgeoning of Rose-Innes's writing career has led to her being invited increasingly to literary events and writing residencies abroad. Last year she spent time on a scholarship at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, in Stuttgart, Germany, which promotes and funds young artists. She will be returning there later this year. Also this year, as part of the Caine Prize, she is due to spend a month at Georgetown, with the position of Caine Prize/Georgetown University Writer in Residence.
Rose-Innes's short stories have appeared in several anthologies, most recently "Jambula Tree and Other Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 8th Annual Collection."
The anthology includes "Poison", "Bad Places" and also "Boulders" which was written for a Caine workshop held earlier this year in Noordhoek near Cape Town.
Rose-Innes edited the book "Nice Times! A book of South African pleasures and delights", published in 2006. And for some time she has been working on a collaborative novel, set in a shopping mall, with three other Cape Town women writers: Mary Watson (winner of the Caine Prize in 2006), Diane Awerbuck and Lauren Beukes.
One aspect of South African literary life of which Rose-Innes speaks with particular enthusiasm is the springing up of websites such as book.co.za, on which she has a page, and litnet.co.za, which hosts lively discussions among its members. "On these sites I get a sense of real community of writers," she says.
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Jamaica ranked fifth in economic freedom
Jamaica has been ranked fifth in terms of economic freedom among Caribbean countries.
The respected Washington-based think tank, the Heritage Foundation in the United States, in partnership with The Wall Street Journal, said Jamaica is ranked 10th overall in the Americas and 56th globally.
According to the index, which was published last week, Jamaica is the fifth economically free English-speaking Caribbean country, behind St Lucia, The Bahamas, Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines, which have been placed at numbers 33, 36, 45, and 52, respectively. The Caribbean states, including Dominica at position 63 and Trinidad and Tobago at 73, were all described as moderately free economies.
Hong Kong is considered the most economically free state, according to the index.
The publication's authors say Jamaica maintained an economic freedom score of 66.7, which remained unchanged from last year because of combined improvements in five of the 10 economic freedoms, including labour freedom and the control of government spending. But these gains were offset by declines in financial freedom and fiscal freedom.
Jamaica's economic freedom score advanced by 2.3 points in the 20-year history of the index. Regulatory efficiency, measured through business freedom, labour freedom, and monetary freedom, improved over the review period, according to the publication, and both trade freedom and invest-ment freedom have recorded double-digit improvements.
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But there is one agricultural competition that is anything but calm the tractor pulling contest.
As early as 1929, farmers began hitching their field tractors to weighted sleds and roared down a track to see who could pull it the farthest. Event organizers at Bowling Green, Missouri and Vaughansville, Ohio found out the noise and smoke drew spectators.
By 1950, county fairs across the country featured tractor pulls. What was fascinating was to see machines that would "Pull on Sunday, plow on Monday."
At first, the competitors pulled sleds that were loaded with a given weight as in the Rhode Island tractor pull photo at right. But as farmers began to modify their tractors, that didn't provide enough of a challenge and it was hard to distinguish the most powerful tractors.
So, organizers began to search for ways to progressively add weight as the tractor moved down the track. They took a direct approach. Spectators were recruited to jump on the sled as the tractor moved down the track. But, while that may have been a thrill for the spectators, it was a potential health hazard as well with tractors routinely rearing up under the strain of the pull.
Dan Stork (left) remembers tractor pulls at county fairs where the spectators became participants in ways that could have given new meaning to the term 'dead weight.' "[Now,] that would be too hazardous, to have people stand on a moving tractor and sled," Dan says. "In those days, there were a few modifications done, but not too many. They [the tractors] were basically out of the field."
In the late 60s, a weight-exchanging sled was invented. Basically, the sled is like a flatbed truck trailer with wheels at the back and a sled at the front. A moveable mass of up to 65,000 pounds (29,000 kilograms) starts at the back of the sled over the wheels. The sled starts out a pull with an effective weight of the sled plus zero. As the tractor begins its pull, the weight is moved forward at a set rate, pushing the front of the sled farther and farther into the ground, increasing the friction that the tractor is pulling against. The inventor of one of the earliest sleds named the contraption the "Heartbreaker."
In the 60s, most competitions divided the tractors into several weight limits 5,000 pound tractors competed against each other, with other classes of 9,500, and 14,000 pounds, for example.
Gradually, competitors began modifying their weekday tractors and some built machines for the competitions only. In the 60s, two Ohio brothers figured out a way to add a crossbox gear system to allow several engines to connect to a common driveshaft. Pretty soon, tractors with four engines were common and at least one machine got up to seven engines. Turbo-chargers were added to engines. The organizers had to split their divisions into "stock," "modified" and even "super-modified." A four-wheel drive division was added and proved popular. It wasn't long before competitors were adapting jet engines from helicopters to their tractor frames. Today, the only things that make some of the machines look like tractors are the tires and the operator position.
Recently, the "mini-modified" division has grown popular. In this division, garden lawn mowers are given supercharged V8 engines and go roaring down the track.
In 1969, the National Tractor Pullers Association was established to standardize the rules and various classes. They also began worrying about safety rules. Spectators were moved back and concrete barriers were put up. Drivers were required to wear helmets and, later, fireproof suits. Kill switches were added to the tractors and a neutral light was added to show when the tractor was actually out of gear and safe to hook up to the sled. Sled operators were given seat belts and a safer position on top. Scatter shields on flywheels, wheelie bars and a second draw bar help add to the margin of safety.
A sport that started with 50 horsepower machines driven by farmers directly from their fields to the pull off has now become big business with Super Stock Open class machines putting out over 5,000 horsepower. Prize purses and contingency prizes have reached over $150,000 and national cable networks regularly televise the events. Thousands more flock to watch the events in person.
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HOUSTON – (Dec. 16, 2011) – Since they were pre-teens, Kathrine McKay and Kathryn Lito had aspirations of pursuing a nursing career. So when they applied to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing, they decided to take an accelerated approach to their education with the new Pacesetters program.
A redesigning of the four-semester B.S.N. curriculum, the Pacesetters track gives students their in-classroom course work, plus an opportunity to work a full-time clinical rotation schedule over 16 weeks during their final semester of school. To be admitted into the program, applicants must complete 60 hours of prerequisite course work.
McKay and Lito were among 50 B.S.N. students accepted into the first group of Pacesetters for fall 2010 admission.
This new concept was developed by a task force chaired by UTHealth School of Nursing Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cathy Rozmus, D.S.N., R.N. "Our goal was to create an educational experience that will get the student living the life of a nurse while still in nursing school and help develop the strong critical thinking skills demanded by a clinical workplace," said Rozmus.
Now, in their final semester of the program, the students feel the Pacesetters option has given them an enhanced perspective of what it takes to work as a full-time nurse after they graduate this month. "I selected the Pacesetters program because when it was presented to us, the more focused and steady route seemed to fit my work habits and personality a lot better," said McKay.
Rozmus hopes the more intense clinical experience in the Pacesetters track also helps produce a more "job-ready" B.S.N. graduate.
"The program has given me a better idea of what direction in nursing I want to take," said Lito. "The opportunity to experience the pace of the different units on a consistent basis has helped me."
Thanks to clinical partners such as the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, McKay, Lito and their classmates have experienced 12-hour work shifts, experienced continuity of care with patients and become acquainted with the hospital's system of care. In addition, students have had the opportunity to work in a variety of nursing settings, such as in local schools and community sites, and obstetric, acute and pediatric nursing units.
In a typical nursing school curriculum, the student might not get continuity-of-care experience and receive only brief, limited contact with each hospital's system of care, location of supplies and charting methods.
"I've been able to connect with patients and follow them throughout the course of their treatment because we work three rotation shifts in a week," said Lito. "Whereas the traditional student may not have the opportunity to see the same patient each shift of their rotation since it may be on a weekly basis."
In addition, clinical preceptors within each unit serve as mentors who are able to address concerns or questions students may have during their shift. "Our preceptors have been very valuable to the experience because we get to observe them working, as well as get feedback on what we are doing," said McKay. "The program really fosters a mentorship environment."
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"We have noticed that Pacesetters students have been very supportive of each other and want everyone to be successful," said Meyers. She and Rozmus will continue to track the students after graduation to assess their competency, both from their perspective and from evaluations by the managers/preceptors.
"The Pacesetters program is a win-win for everybody and, potentially, a national model for new educational approaches to addressing the nationwide nursing shortage," said UTHealth School of Nursing Dean Patricia L. Starck, D.S.N., R.N.
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It seems Teron is not the only one carrying a burden. Lainloth doesn't seem too happy with her life as well. I'm quite curious to see if they'll meet per chance or if the night is enough to convince Teron to seek her. Although I think at the moment Lainloth couldn't forgive him for leaving her side.
This is sad, waking up alone after such a night. Will it make her rethink her own behavior? I wonder what will happen when they meet again. hmm
Wonderful start. You and ladyjane make quite a team. I love both of your work. I am excited to read more about this vixen who seems to have found real love. I'm sure it won't be easy.
had to add, love the bit about the rolling pin sailing thru the air. Hey you never know, she got that lusty spirited fire honestly. perhaps her mother would not be as angery as she thinks.
Author's Response: I think that the fieriness runs through the family. Except maybe in Laithor's case. That only comes out to play, as we have seen, in the presence of Alagon ;)
I absolutely love this! The relationship between brother and sister seems so real. Having a brother I am very close to, I can tell you I often wanted to ring his neck, and did once or twice. On the other hand, we know each other and share a relationship that would not be possible with anyone else. Your conversation between the two was much better than what I came up with.
Your description of how Lainloth feels about Teron is fabulous! I just adore this wild lady. She is a spirit akin to Eowin as far as fierce independence and liberation goes. "Free" is a wonderful name for her.
I truly hope Teron has a good reason for leaving her. That is far from chivalrous.
Cannot wait for the next chapter! You just keep going with your ideas. I dearly love Lainloth, and have from the start.
Author's Response: Thanks dear! I tried so hard to think of my own siblings, too. I'm glad it worked! I adore her too, although sometimes I am rather frustrated by her whorishness. Her exploits play like a movie in my head and I feel myself wanting to slap her. The next chapter will address Teron's ungentlemanliness. I'm so glad you liked it! -Whisper


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Todd Blocker named Director of Member Relations
NASHVILLE – Todd Blocker is joining the staff of the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association as Director of Member Relations. Joe Jackson currently holds the position and has announced plans to retire in January.
Since 2006 Blocker has served as the Sales/Marketing Manager at Utility Equipment Service in Spring Hill. Prior to that he served as a Regional Business Manager for the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative in Herndon, Virginia. While with NRTC Blocker served as a liaison to the rural electric and telephone cooperatives in nine southeastern states.
Blocker is a native of Maury County, Tennessee, where he currently resides. He has been married for 22 years to Linda, a Special Investigator for the Tennessee Department of Human Services. They have two children, Kelsey, a high school senior planning to attend MTSU, and Katie, a 6th grader. Blocker attends the Bigbyville United Methodist Church and is a member of the Columbia Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is an avid golfer and enjoys boating, recreational kayaking and snow skiing.
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COVINGTON -- The judges of the Superior Courts of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit, which includes Newton and Walton counties, were recently sworn in for their new four-year terms beginning Jan. 1.
In a ceremony that was held at the Walton County Government Building in Monroe, the Hon. William M. Ray II, of the Court of Appeals of Georgia administered the oath of office and the loyalty oath to each judge.
"As an attorney who practiced in Gwinnett County, and who served on the Superior Court there, I am aware of the excellent bench that serves the Alcovy Judicial Circuit," Ray said. "It was exciting for me to be able to administer the oath of office to these fine judges."
There are five Superior Court judges who serve the Alcovy Circuit.
Judge John M. Ott has served as Superior Court judge since his appointment by Gov. Joe Frank Harris on Aug. 16, 1990, and was re-elected to his latest term in November. He previously served as the district attorney for the Alcovy Judicial Circuit from 1984 until he was appointed to the bench.
Judge Samuel D. Ozburn was initially appointed to the bench on Dec. 20, 1995, and has since been re-elected without opposition. Judge Ozburn practiced law in Covington from 1976 until he was appointed to the bench by Gov. Zell Miller.
Judge Horace J. Johnson Jr. was initially appointed on Sept. 3, 2002, and has also been re-elected without opposition since his initial appointment by Gov. Roy Barnes. He had previously practiced law in Covington and Decatur for 20 years.
Judge Eugene M. Benton was elected as Superior Court Judge without opposition in 2004, and his first term began on Jan. 1, 2005. He has since been re-elected without opposition. Judge Benton practiced law for 23 years before taking the bench.
Judge William Kendall Wynne Jr. was appointed to the bench on July 1, 2010, by Gov. Sonny Perdue and was elected to his current term without opposition. He served as Assistant District Attorney of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit from 1988 to 2001 when he was elected district attorney. He was serving as district attorney when he was appointed judge.
For more information concerning the Alcovy Crcuit and the Superior Courts, including court calendars, judicial education programs for area schools and biographies of judges, go to www.alcovycircuit.com.
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