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Ten months ago the land around Kadabade, was barren and stony. The deep red soil gave life to very little.
But a local group, supported by the Swiss charity Heks and its larger, better known partner, Christian Aid thought this was the ideal place to launch a project to help locals help themselves.
The first step was to approach the local chief to see if he would been willing to hand over the land. He listened patiently to what they had to say. Amudo Yakubu thought the idea was crazy but interesting. He agreed to hand the land over for nothing, keen to see if anything could be done on such desolate land.
Next a well, or rather, ten of them had to be dug. With pickaxes and spades, they dug down, shifting the soil by hand. They went ten metres down before hitting the water table. Next they had to build the wells that would bring the water to the surface.
Word about what was being planned - a scheme which would help local women to grow food to eat or even sell - got around the local villages. Volunteers came forward.
In the initial stages, the women worked the land; clearing stones, marking out plots, getting things ready for planting. They were paid for their efforts - just over a dollar for a month's work. Initially there was eight hectares. Now it is 20. This translates into around 120 plots which are 10 metres long and 12 metres wide.Then as the crops began to grow, the money was phased out. The women were planting peanuts and cabbage, vegetables and ground nuts, mangoes and dates.
Now 125 women work the land in Kadabade.Purpose and self-respect
Amini Sani is one of them. Ten years ago her husband walked out of their home. He never came back. She was left with three children to feed. In Niger's rural communities, this is a constant struggle.As she works away, she tells me the project has given her a sense of purpose and self-respect. She tells me: "Before, during the dry season there was nothing to do, just sleep. Now throughout the year, we can work and we are working to produce something for our families. This makes me feel like a new woman."
Her sense of pride is obvious. And she is keen to tell of us her plans for the future. She has looked around the local markets. She knows what sells and so anything she does not need for her family she sells.
The project has been so successful, there is now a waiting list of more than 200 women and the charities are looking to expand their operation. They have the support of the village elder.
Amudo Yakubu says: "No one could imagine that the women could move all those rocks and make the field green like this. And now those who thought I was crazy to do this want to know how they can set up similar schemes in their villages."
As we leave, the women sing us the song they use to inspire them to greater efforts in the field, to lift their productivity, as if what they do - turning such barren ground, in such hostile conditions, in continual heat and oppressive humidity - is not hard enough.
In a place where natural difficulties produce a call for aid that is loud and constant, the women of Kadabade show that the thing most of the people here want is simply a chance to help themselves.
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National Novel Writing Month 2012 (aka NaNoWriMo or just NaNo) starts in just over a week: November 1st! This will be my fifth year doing NaNo, and hopefully my fourth win. I've been slacking on my fiction writing this year, but am really getting back into things now. I've got the third book in The Steam and Steel Chronicles nearly done (I'll be starting on revisions to the fourth likely after NaNo). And I've got two ideas I'll be working on during NaNo.
I'm doing something a little different this year: I'm going to be a NaNo rebel! I'll be starting the month working on a screenplay: The Difference Between Flying and Falling (hereafter known as TDBFAF). The title was actually taken from a NaNoWriMo "Adopt a Title" thread. TDBFAF is going to be about two people who deeply love each other. But just because they're absolutely in love doesn't mean that they have it easy, or that they don't hurt each other. In fact, I think because they're so in love, they maybe hurt each other more. It's going to be a super-low-budget feature, with only a handful of characters and a couple of sets.
Now, since screenplays usually only run 13,000 – 19,000 words, I'm obviously going to need to do more than just one project to reach 50,000 words before December 1st. That's why I'll be working on a novel after TDBFAF is complete. The novel will be titled Music For the End of the World (another title I lifted from the same "Adopt a Title" thread, hereafter known as MFEW), and will be post-apocalyptic sci-fantasy. I'm pretty excited about this one. It's an idea that just came to me as I was reading through the adoption threads on the NaNo forums. It's kind of a mix between Firefly, Mad Max, Tank Girl, and The Road.
As anyone who's followed this blog for long knows, I like to "cast" my projects before I start working on them. It solidifies the characters in my head and makes them come alive. I haven't cast MFEW yet, but I have cast TDBFAF. Here's who I'm picturing in the three main roles:
Who doesn't love Johnny Depp? (If you don't, just leave my blog now. I have nothing further to say to you. I'm not kidding.) As far as I'm concerned he's the most talented actor of his generation, and as an aspiring filmmaker, it would be my dream to work with him someday. And from what I remember, I don't think I've ever based a character on him before. Here's another good pic:
So that's how I picture my main male character, whose current name is Ray (sometimes I change character names once I start writing, if they take on a different persona). On to the main female character, currently named Virginia:
That's a very innocent-looking Christina Hendricks. I think she's probably one of the most beautiful women alive today, as well as a phenomenal actress. And someone else I'd LOVE to work with in the future. Here's another pic:
Absolutely gorgeous. And I think she and Johnny Depp make quite the fetching couple.
There's one other female supporting character, currently named Stacy (pretty sure this one is going to change once I start writing), who has a large role in the story. I'm not going to say what that role is, but I will show you how I picture her:
Jordana Brewster, another gorgeous and talented lady.
So there are my main characters. There are some other supporting characters who will cameo in the screenplay (I can picture Mickey Rourke as the pervy landlord or Kathy Bates as the main character's boss), but I'm not going to bother casting them all ahead of time.
I'm really excited about this screenplay, as I really feel like the story is the pinnacle of what I want to write. It's exactly the kind of thing story that I love to read and watch, and I hope I can make it as magical on paper (and later on screen) as it is in my head right now. Only time will tell.
Feel free to share your NaNo project for this year in the comments! And be sure to check out My Guide to Surviving NaNoWriMo, from last year if you're new to NaNo.
UPDATE: If you want to follow my progress for NaNo this year, you can do so on my author Facebook page, here. I'm going to try to post daily updates, and might even post some excerpts.

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Sprankle's Neighborhood Market to close in Apollo
A going-out-of-business sale was scheduled to start on Friday in Sprankle's Neighborhood Market in Apollo.
Employees of the 5-year-old grocery store in Apollo Plaza were told Wednesday night that the market would be closing in two to three weeks, according to Tammy Martin, a pricing coordinator at the store.
Sprankle's stores in Leechburg, Kittanning and Vandergrift will remain open.
"Apollo is a town that has three grocery stores for not very many people. The numbers weren't there to keep it open anymore," said Brandi Sprankle, who does marketing and book work for the stores. "Statistically, on paper, it was a gamble to buy the store to begin with."
Sprankle's is the only grocery store in Apollo proper. The other stores Sprankle was referring to are a Shop 'n Save in North Apollo, Naser Foods across the Kiski River in Oklahoma Borough and a Giant Eagle in Allegheny Township.
The sale will feature a 20 percent discount.
No closing date has been set; it will depend week-to-week on inventory, Sprankle said.
A total of 18 people work at the store, Sprankle said. She said they would try to find jobs for those interested in moving to one of the other locations.
Randy and Brenda Sprankle own the business and the building. Brandi Sprankle they have not made any decisions on what will be done with the building.
Randy Sprankle could not be reached for comment Thursday evening.
"We know how having a grocery store in a town affects the community," Brandi Sprankle said. "We are very sad to close the door, and I'm sure they wouldn't be doing it unless it was absolutely necessary."
Sprankle's took over the location in 2008. It had previously been Oliver's IGA.
The store's closing is bad news for the borough, council President David Heffernan said.
"It's nice to have a grocery store in your town, especially for the senior people," he said.
"That was a good place for the seniors to go to."
Heffernan said ownership of the location has changed several times and has been vacant, sometimes for long stretches.
"Generally, there's always been a grocery store in this town," he said.
"I certainly want to find someone else that would be interested. I don't know at this point who that might be."
Borough officials at Thursday night's council meeting said they would invite the Sprankles to council's meeting Monday night to determine if there's anything the borough could do to keep the store open.
Brandi Sprankle said she is not aware of anything that could be done to reverse the decision to close.
"It was a really hard decision. It was almost like a death in the family," she said.
"We loved owning a business in Apollo.
"We donated to all the sports teams. We ingrained ourselves in the community and considered ourselves Apollo community members.
"We really gave it our all."
Brian C. Rittmeyer is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.
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SANDWICH — If you like a party, particularly one that will last most of the year and involves events for the very young, the old and everyone in between, Sandwich is the place to be in 2014.
A town rich in history for its ties to the Quaker religion, its significant glass industry and the venerable children's author Thornton W. Burgess, will celebrate those things and much more in recognition of the 375th anniversary of the Cape's oldest town.
This month, student artwork featuring Sandwich's historic landmarks — the boardwalk, Town Hall and Dexter Grist Mill, chief among them — will pop up at businesses all over town.
A nine-part "Talk of the Town" speaker series begins Feb. 26 featuring Jim Coogan, who among other things writes a column and blog for the Cape Cod Times, talking about the War of 1812. Two days later is a concert performed by Sandwich Soul, a Sandwich High School vocal group that's become a local sensation.
Other featured events include a concert by Irish tenor Ronan Tynan at Sandwich High, something called a Water Street Wing Fling in August and a parade in September.
On four BASH (Bringing Alive Sandwich History) days — May 17, June 21, July 19 and Aug. 23 — the town's historic village will come to life as if it was the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s, respectively. Among the attractions, according to organizers, will be a Wampanoag campsite, a militia group, a Civil War re-enactment and a USO block party.
"It was a conscious effort on our part to make events so there was something for everyone," said Cindy Russell, who is organizing publicity for the celebration. "Our goal was to raise enough funds so most of the events can be free."
There are a few exceptions — like the Sandwich Soul concert, which doubles as a fundraiser for the high school group's trip to New York City, and the Tynan concert, which will help raise money for the other 375th events, Russell said. Through grants from the state, the town, private fundraising and a corporate sponsorship by Cape Cod Healthcare, the 375th committee is within $25,000 of its goal, Russell said.
A book published by the group is on sale at Titcomb's Bookshop, Momo's Food Emporium, Splash Stationers and online at the 375th website. The $25 for the book is another way to raise money for the festivities.
The book was edited by Don Bayley and includes historic photos and short stories from town historians such as Jonathan Shaw and William Daley, and prominent officials including Selectman James Pierce and retired Assistant Town Clerk Judy Hendy. There are even some stories written by Sandwich High School students.
Among the tidbits you'll learn flipping the pages is that Sandwich was once the home to a casino. Not a gambling hall, but a function hall where the town's 300th anniversary dinner was held, according to Sandwich High student Claire Gauthier's research.
"I had a lot of fun with it," said Pierce, who contributed several short stories. In one he describes using a glass Coke bottle he found while digging in his garden to illustrate how much the town has transformed over the last half-century from a sleepy little village where Quaker Meetinghouse Road was still dirt to a bustling bedroom community of Boston.
In one of the pieces written by Daley, he researched the Dec. 25, 1857, murder of a 15-year-old boy over a poker game and hurt feelings.
"I was thinking, 'This is crazy,'" said Daley, who did his research in the Sandwich Archives and in the newspaper accounts on file at Sandwich Glass Museum. "No one even mentions that it was Christmas Day."
Sandwich was settled in 1637 by 10 men from Saugus and two years later was incorporated as a town. The book includes a timeline of significant events — a 1638 earthquake that rattled New England, an 1896 fire that torched 10,000 acres and the 1914 extension of the "plank walk" to the beach, predecessor to the iconic boardwalk.
There are 180 volunteers working on the celebration, and the committee could always use more, Russell said. For Heritage Day in June, more than 300 people already have signed up to participate in the march of the descendants to Town Hall.
Daley, one of the celebration organizers, is most excited for the BASH day that will re-enact Sandwich's role in the Civil War. The event, scheduled for July 19, will feature the speech by Maj. Sylvannus Phinney, founder of the Barnstable Patriot newspaper, rallying troops after the attack on Fort Sumter launched the Civil War. A flag created for the Sandwich unit, which may have been lost in battle, is being recreated from a photograph for the event, Daley said.
Rob Sennott, who was the last individual owner of the Barnstable Patriot, will read Phinney's speech, Daley said. Jonathan Leonard VI, who lives in town and is the heir to Dr. Jonathan Leonard III, will swear the troops into federal service just as his namesake did more than 150 years ago.
In keeping with the 1800s theme, teams wearing period uniforms will play baseball using 1860s rules on the Henry T. Wing School fields.
"We're trying to appeal to different audiences, kids, adults, people interested in history, people interested in arts," Daley said. "We're trying to have a multiple array of events of interest to all types of people."
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Toni Wolff
|Toni Wolff
Toni Wolff, ca. 1911 (Age 23)
|Antonia Anna Wolff
18 September 1888
Zürich, Switzerland
|21 March 1953
(aged 64)
Zürich, Switzerland
|Psychology, Psychotherapy, Analytical psychology
|Known for
|Analytical psychology
|Carl Jung
Antonia Anna "Toni" Wolff (18 September 1888 — 21 March 1953) was a Swiss Jungian analyst and a close associate of Carl Jung. During her analytic career Toni Wolff published relatively little under her own name, but she helped Jung identify, define, and name some of his best-known concepts including anima, animus, and persona.[1] Her best-known paper was an essay on four "types" or aspects of the feminine psyche: the Amazon, the Mother, the Hetaira (or Courtesan), and the Medial (or mediumistic) Woman.[2]
Wolff was born in 1888, the eldest of three daughters of a wealthy Zurich family. Encouraged by her parents to pursue creative interests, Wolff developed a passion for philosophy and mythology, as well as for astrology.[3]However, when she asked to be allowed a university education, her father denied her request, explaining that it was not appropriate for a young woman of her class to have an "official" education.[4] Wolff pursued her studies by enrolling in classes as a non-matriculating student.
In December 1909, when she was 21, Wolff's father died and she became acutely depressed. She began analysis with Jung, who was impressed by her intellect and treated her depression by stimulating and encouraging her to use it. Wolff became one of "a long line of women who gravitated to Jung because he allowed them to use their intellectual interests and abilities in the service of analytical psychology".[5] She began to help him with research, and accompanied Carl and Emma Jung to a psychoanalytic conference in Weimar in 1911, Jung describing her as at that point as "a remarkable intellect with excellent feeling for religion and philosophy".[6] A not unwarranted sense of jealousy on Emma Jung's part meant that her research work with Jung had to be broken off, however, at the end of the year.[7]
Wolff's relationship with Jung was pivotal in her development as an analyst and member of the early analytic psychology circle in Zurich. She became an analyst and honorary President of the Zurich Psychological Club. By age 60, she had a busy practice, but was in poor health, suffering from both severe arthritis and her years of heavy smoking.[citation needed] She died suddenly and unexpectedly on 21 March 1953, aged 64.
Relationship with Jung[edit]
Following Wolff's analysis with Jung, and her work as his assistant, she became his lover in 1913 when she was 25 years old. [Apparently Jung recorded in his diary that he decided to undertake the relationship with Wolff after an impressive dream that occurred at the end of 1912].[8] During the period of intense introspection from 1914-18 that followed Jung's break with Sigmund Freud - his "encounter with the unconscious" - Wolff became a pivotal figure for the maintenance of his sanity.[9] At that time she was a "constant presence in the [Jung] household. It was she who listened to all Jung's visions, dreams, and fantasies, serving his every need from sounding board to devil's advocate, and who was his unacknowledged personal analyst."[10]
The intensity of Jung's relationship with Toni initially caused tensions in his marriage, but by the 1920s an accord of acceptance had evidently reached between Jung, his wife Emma, and Wolff. Jung's wife Emma accepted to share Carl with her in a ménage à trois for that reason.[11] Jung had been looking for the "Anima woman," eventually coming to call Toni his "second wife." Wolff was a frequent visitor to the Jung house, occasionally working on projects for Jung at his home office in the late mornings until the family lunch (from which she was excluded), and then continuing in the afternoon. She usually joined the family for Sunday dinners. From around 1920 until the end of her life, Jung was commonly accompanied by both Wolff and his wife at public and private functions.[12] This arrangement satisfied what Jung had termed "my polygamous components",[13] and fit into his lifelong habit of distributing his affections for safety among a number of his so-called Jungfrauen.[14] However, the arrangement has been claimed by some interpreters to have been destructive to the self-esteem of both women.[15]
When in the early 1930s, Jung began to pursue alchemy as a parallel to the process of individuation. Wolff became concerned that Jung would be marginalized by this arcane focus of study. She invited a group of university students to visit Jung, including the brilliant and socially awkward 18-year-old Marie-Louise von Franz. In her 2003 biography of Jung, Deirdre Bair quotes von Franz as saying she intellectually replaced Toni Wolff in Jung's life.[16] This can be confirmed from a documentary film in which von Franz said on camera:
"Her [Wolff's] big mistake was in not being enthusiastic about alchemy. It was unfortunate that she refused to follow him there, because otherwise he would not have thrown her over to collaborate with me. He would have used me just for translating, and he would have confided in her. But she wasn't interested. She was too much a slightly conventional Christian, and she refused to follow him."[17]
Yet despite this 'failing', throughout her life Wolff remained the companion of Jung's inner work. Aniela Jaffé, Jung's secretary and biographer, described her as Jung's "helper in the intellectual penetration of the world of psychic images."[18] In A Memoir of Toni Wolff, Irene Champernowne describes her this way:
"I always felt as if I were even nearer to Jung's inner wisdom when I was with her than when I was with him in the flesh. She was in some way the inner side of his or rather the inner companion of his journey through the unconscious. She had a remarkable insight and was articulate and confident."[19]
Jung acknowledged the importance of his relationship with Wolff. Even in later years of life, they frequently spent time together at Jung's Bollingen tower. Until his health deteriorated after a heart attack in 1944, Wolff and Jung usually spent Wednesday evenings together at the home of Wolff. When Wolff died in 1953, Jung was overcome with grief, and found himself physically and emotionally unable to attend her funeral, fearing a public collapse; Jung's wife attended for them both.[20] (Jung's absence at the funeral is often misrepresented as implying Jung's coldness toward Toni, while in fact it was the result of the depth of his feelings in old age.) Jung had a memorial stone carved for her that read in Chinese characters arranged vertically "Toni Wolff Lotus Nun Mysterious."[21]
- Studien zu C. G. Jung's Psychologie (Zurich 1959)
- Structural forms of the feminine psyche (Trans. P. Watzlawik). Zurich: CG Jung Institute 1956)
See also[edit]
- ^ Bair, Deirdre (2003). Jung. New York: Little, Brown, pg. 293; ISBN 0-316-07665-1
- ^ Wolff, Toni (1956). Structural Forms of the Feminine Psyche. ASIN: B0007KA7RO
- ^ John Kerr, A Dangerous Method (2012) p. 338-9
- ^ Bair, Deirdre (2003). Jung. New York: Little, Brown, pg. 198
- ^ Bair, Dierdre (2003). Jung. New York: Little, Brown, pg. 199
- ^ John Kerr, A Dangerous Method (2012) p. 344
- ^ John Kerr, A Dangerous Method (2012) p. 372-3
- ^ C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus, ed. Sonu Shamdasani, Norton (2009), pg. 198
- ^ Anthony Stevens, On Jung (1990) p. 7; Peter Homans, Jung in Context (1979) p. 76
- ^ Bair, Dierdre (2003). Jung. New York: Little, Brown, pg. 293
- ^ John Kerr, A Dangerous Method (2012) p. 503
- ^ Barbara Hannah, Jung: His Life and Work, A Biographical Memoir (1976), pgs. 117-22
- ^ Quoted in John Kerr, A Dangerous Method (2012) p. 209
- ^ N. R. Goldenberg, Reinventing the Body (1993) p. 140
- ^ Claire Douglas, Translate this Darkness (1997) p. 134
- ^ Bair, Deirdre. (2003). Jung: A Biography. Little, Brown & Company.
- ^ Mark Whitney Carl Jung — Matter of Heart (1985), 1h45m documentary
- ^ Aniela Jaffe, Spring 1972 pp. 177-8
- ^ Irene Champernowne, A Memoir of Toni Wolff (1980), p. 5
- ^ Barbara Hannah, Jung: His Life and Work, A Biographical Memoir (1976), pgs. 312-3
- ^ Henderson, J.L. in Champernowne, A Memoir of Toni Wolff (1980), p. 4
- Whitney, Mark (1985). Carl Jung — Matter of Heart, 1h45m documentary in which Toni Wolff is discussed and pictured.
- Champernowne, Irene (1972). A Memoir of Toni Wolff. C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.
- Davis, D.A. (1997). Jung in the Psychoanalytic movement. In P. Young-Eisendrath & T. Dawson (Eds.). Cambridge *Companion to Jung. Cambridge University Press.
- Wolff, Toni (1956). Structural forms of the feminine psyche. (Trans. P. Watzlawik). Zurich: C.G. Jung Institute.
- Champernowne, Irene (1980). A Memoir of Toni Wolff. San Francisco Jung Institute (for free download see: http://www.sfjung.org/about/other_institute_publications.asp).
- Jensen, Ferne (1983). C.G. Jung, Emma Jung and Toni Wolff: A Collection of Remembrances. Analytical Psychology Club.
- Kirsch, Thomas B. (2003). Toni Wolff-James Kirsch correspondence. Journal of Analytical Psychology 48 (4), pgs. 499–506.
- Neri,Nadia.(1995)."Oltre l'ombra.Donne intorno a Jung" Borla,Roma.
External links[edit]
- "A Memoir of Toni Wolff" by Irene Champernowne. Available for free download courtesy of the San Francisco Jung Institute (copyright holder).
- Out of the Shadows: A Story of Toni Wolff and Emma Jung
- A series of audio lectures on Jung and his relationship to Toni Wolff.


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2 Arrested in Deadly Robbery at Chino Check-Cashing Store – Chris Wolfe Reports
Friends and loved ones remembered a 24-year-old woman who was shot and killed during the robbery of a check-cashing store in Chino. Two men have been arrested in the case. KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.


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Archive for Thursday, April 24, 2008
Ballock lackluster at Kansas Relays
April 24, 2008
After looking forward to the meet all year, senior Emily Ballock struggled in her final high school appearance at the Kansas Relays. Ballock placed ninth in the 400-meter dash preliminaries one spot shy of qualifying for the finals finished fourth in the 300 hurdles and withdrew from the 100 hurdles.
Still, Ballock is trying to take an optimistic view on her performance.
"Not all races are going to be your best ones and you have to bounce back from them, even though you want to run your best at the big meets," she said.
Ballock's first race was the 400 early Friday morning, and even though she finished second in her heat, she knew it wasn't as good as she could have run.
"I feel like I had a good start and I was in good position, but coming out of that second curve I kind of tightened up and didn't have a good last 100," Ballock said.
That little tightness cost Ballock precious tenths of a second, which ended up being the difference between another 'oh, so close' performance and a trip to the finals. Senior Racquel Powell of Raytown South nabbed the eighth and final trip to the finals with a time of 59.24 seconds while Ballock came around in 59.67, placing her ninth.
At the 2007 Kansas Relays, Ballock was also left on the outside looking in on the 400 finals. She turned in a better time 58.84 but it was only good enough for 10th, two places and .19 seconds behind Powell, who placed eighth last year as well.
"It's almost easier to be back a couple instead of being just one shy," Ballock said. "Both of them stink because you don't make the finals, but I think it's easier to be back farther because you know you had to pass a couple girls instead of just one."
Ballock tried to shake off her disappointment from the 400 quickly because around 3 p.m. Friday she had to get back on the track to try and defend her title in the 300 hurdles.
In the race she'd been looking forward to all season, Ballock again failed to get into her groove and finished fourth with a time of 45.61.
"I thought I ran really horribly," she said. "I was off in the beginning, I didn't feel good in the race and I ran my slowest time of the year. Those other girls were good, but I feel if I would have ran what I was capable of I would have been ahead of them.
"I was really disappointed with that race and just bummed about it."
Ballock said she took too many steps out of the blocks and it affected her timing throughout the race.
After her disappointing performances on Friday, Ballock and coach Phil Katzenmeier got together and decided not to compete in Saturday's 100 hurdles. The time off allowed Ballock to enjoy Eudora's prom Saturday afternoon and to prepare for the rescheduled Cardinal Relays Monday evening.
All in all, Ballock described her three years as a prep at the Kansas Relays as a "great experience," and she looks forward to returning as a member of the Wichita State University team.
"It will be cool coming back next year because my friends and my family can come and watch," Ballock said. "It will be sort of a home meet for me."
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Calvin: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humour? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny. Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us? Hobbes: I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life. Calvin: (after a long pause) I can't tell if that's funny or really … [Read more...]
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Mumbai home Tutor Sunmeet Kaur wins Rs. 5 cr in KBC-6
Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, has emerged as the winner of Rs. 5 crore on TV game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 6'. Sawhney, a home tutor and a resident of Mumbai, couldn't believe she had cracked the jackpot, until the show's host, Amitabh Bachchan hugged her.Link … [Read more...]
How the Pakistani Mullahs Motivate Suicide Bombers
This is how the Pakistani muslim youth are prepared as suicide bombers. The guy seems to be suggesting that the Muslims are simply wasting their time here running after useless and dirty women, because there - in Jannat, or Heaven - they will have women who will utterly beautiful and available for the taking. Such will be their beauty that their skin will show from under their clothes. And when a man is still taking one woman, the other one will tap on his back and say "leave the one under yo … [Read more...]
After Activism Post-Gang Rape in US of 16 year old, Hacker group Anonymous promises more in 2013
Anonymous is a Hackers Group. It has mostly been controversial earlier. But one case - a Rape case in the US - brought out its vigilante and "Good Samaritan" character. In that rape case, the football team boys raped a drunk and semi-drugged girl who was dragged from one place to another in semi-conscious state and the boys were caught in a video bragging about how one of the pissed on her.The Anonymous Hackers caught hold of the video of these boys and released on the internet. And it sim … [Read more...]
Andrew Sullivan, star blogger, gets $333k in subscription in 2 days for independent blog as he ditches The Daily Beast
Andrew Sullivan, the star blogger at "The Daily Beast" is leaving the online magazine and starting on his own with his own business model. Well, the model was supposed to be bold -No Ads Charging the readers for deeper content, more specificallyYou'll be able to read any story on the site for free if you get there via a link or social media. In fact, you'll still be able to read most of the content on the Dish even if you go straight there. Sullivan is merely blocking you from clicking … [Read more...]
Delhi Gangrape Case cocktail: Rape epidemic, Apathy, Admin breakdown, Brutality of Power
The friend of Delhi Braveheart discussed the incidents surrounding the whole rape situation (People were afraid to help us: Delhi gang-rape victim's friend). Here is what he said. "The occupants of the bus, which had tinted windows and curtains, had laid a trap for us. They were probably involved in crimes before also. They beat us up, hit us with an iron rod, snatched our clothes and belongings and threw us off the bus on a deserted stretch."The bus occupants had everything planned. Apart fro … [Read more...]


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By GINGER CHRIST
T-G Staff Writer
Armstrong Cable has upped rates for basic cable television service, the second increase in rates in the past year.
Basic cable service will increase to $48.45 per month, a 5.4 percent price hike. The increase follows a 4.6 percent rate hike last March. New rates will go into effect on subscribers next billing statement.
The increasing cost of content is driving the rate hike, according to David Wittmann, Armstrong's vice president of cable marketing in the Butler, Pa. corporate office. Increasing prices charged by networks and higher demands in the entertainment industry influence cable providers service rates, he said.
"I think just about every other provider of video services has raised their rates this year," said Wittmann.
News sources across the country have reported rate increases in cable television services in the past month. From Orlando to northern Colorado, rates have jumped $2 to $3 monthly since Jan. 1.
Wittmann said Armstrong never has raised its telephone or Internet rates. Cable rates, he said, are harder to maintain.
"We're able to work on the costs associated with those products. When you're talking about television, you're talking about entertainment. We're not nearly as in control of those," said Wittmann. "It's an unfortunate fact of life."
Armstrong customers were notified of the change through a letter dated Jan. 29. Basic cable service offers about 70 channels, including local news channels, FOX Sports Net Ohio and Bravo.
Yet, despite the rate increase, the basic cable package remains Armstrong's cheapest television service.
During a public meeting on Armstrong Cable last May, City Council members discussed the need for a barebones package in Ashland -- a cheaper option for customers. However, deregulation at the state level in June prohibited council from taking further measures to obtain a limited channel package.
Packages offering a limited number of channels for a cheaper rate are offered by cable providers in Loudonville, New London, Jeromesville, Mansfield and Shelby, according to research gathered by the city.
Councilman Bob Valentine Jr., 2nd Ward, said there needs to be an affordable option for seniors and others with a low income.
"There's a lot of people out there who maybe don't have the $40 or $50 a month and are on a fixed income," said Valentine. "If you're getting $15 from someone rather than zero, isn't that good business?"
Valentine said council has not heard any more from Armstrong about the proposed family package -- the low rate option.
"I won't rule it out but nothing's happened with it yet," said Dex Sedwick, general manager of the Ashland Armstrong franchise.
"It's something we continue to work on with our content providers to try to have more flexibility in content packaging," said Wittmann.
Armstrong serves Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland.
n Ginger Christ can be reached at 419-281-0581 ext. 239 or at email@example.com.


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It was so wonderful today to be in the company of five friends with whom I have worked in the clay studio for some time. I had not seen them for one month and two days! Many studies and stats point to the importance of a good social/support network. People with a rich life benefit in many ways…they have lower incidents of heart attacks and cancer, they are happier and more well-adjusted. Their outlook on life is more positive. Aside from the act of working in clay and benefits derived from the creative process, the chance to work with a set of people over time is something special and not to be taken for granted. It was great to see them all today and we had a good, old time telling stories, swapping yarns, hearing about how each of us is doing and what we're doing. Plus, the very act of breaking bread together has much to be said for itself. It's a tribal act and a bunch of people who regularly meet for lunch are doing much more than just being in each other's company. They are sharing a primal act. In our case, smile, much of what we order is shared, whether we're splitting appetizers or an order. Taking sharing another step! It is all a very bonding experience. If this were men who had read Robert Bly, I would expect to hear drum beats and whoops in the background…" male bonding." Instead, we meet in a pub on the main street of a small town. (No, we don't drink our lunch!) Some time last year, the pub was sold and the management changed. Well, we didn't much like the changes we saw and, in terms of new policies and treatment toward employees, we all decided to look for a different place to meet. Over a number of weeks, we sampled different restaurants, looking for one that met our needs. It had to be within walking distance. It had to have decent food. Prices had to be reasonable. It had to be able to accommodate a large party of up to 13 or 14, at times. Today, it was just the core group, six of us; however, the numbers are flexible and there are often more around the table. The three restaurants we tried were a bust. The first didn't really have its act together for such a large party and the ambience wasn't that great. The second place was comfortable, if kitschy, but pricey. The last-place was a café art gallery combination that seemed promising, at first. However, after we ate, we talked with the owner for a moment, telling him who we were and, and to our surprise, he immediately started acting arrogant and being critical of the art scene here. Then, he quickly went on to assure us that to he could not represent any of us because his clients were sewn up. He continued, saying that galleries were closing right and left and on and on…. We all looked at each other in amazement. All we had done was to be friendly and let him know we were from the Arts Centre two blocks away. So, after that, we didn't much feel like going back there, either. We deliberated. Discussing other restaurants, some notorious dives, some not so good, and we ended up making a decision: to go back to our original haunt and take it for what it was worth. That's what we did. Patronage had fallen off markedly. What had once been a bustling pub, full of people, was now a big cavern with people at only several tables. Well, as far as our little company goes, it means excellent service, since we're practically the only ones there, good seats, because we can sit anywhere we'd like. In addition, it met all of our other criteria. So, we are back where we started. Throughout the year, week after week, Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m, you would all be able to find us at this little pub. There's something very comforting about that fact. Continuity. Familiarity. Friendship. And breaking bread.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Clay, ceramics, and camaradery
The greenhouse is done!
I overdid it a bit yesterday, so stay tuned for "Gold and silver leaf on ceramics, Part 2" am working on it and soon soon… In the meantime, I want to show you our finished greenhouse! (We still have a bit of work to do with the floor and outer perimeter, to seal it, but it's up and ready to go!) After I finish my mushroom projects, morels, chanterelles, and fairy ring, it's on to garden markers! Big thank you to Mom and Mark!! It creates a lovely new space, inside and in front of it. I am not ready to do any full-on gardening yet, so we will shop for the right kind of tomato plants and place them inside first. I hadn't known that greenhouses require different plants than those grown outdoors , so am on a learning curve, thanks to our library. It makes sense for tomatoes…after all, they can reach 10′ tall! So mine will likely be the bush variety…indeterminate, for lots of fruiting. So we're off and running. This is the coldest spring here for 50 years, so the greenhouse is also very timely. Will start seedlings for outdoors in it and hope to begin that quite soon….
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Gold and silver leaf on ceramics, Part 1
The first time I saw gold and silver leaf was in the mid-1970s, as the guest-of-honor at a dinner held in the home of a South Asian gem stone dealer and archaeologist. When the dinner was served, it took my breath away, for much of it was covered with edible gold and silver leaf. The shiny warmth and coolness of each contrasted starkly with the rich yellows, greens,and reds of sauces, and the whiteness of rice and dips. As colorful as a silk sari…. Afterwards, we sipped gold-tip Assam tea, as that was where Mahendra was from, and it remains my favorite tea to this day. Then we chewed betel nuts. We were settled into comfortable conversation by that time, but had all had our mutual shocks that evening, them, learning I was a white woman in her early twenties and, me, finding out the degree to which they were honoring me. It was an incredible entry into a different world. I had eaten curries and other South Asian delights, but this was on beyond zebra. So exquisite! Since then, I've had the chance to taste desserts that were silver-leafed up here in Canada. It is a beautiful treat. I thought of metallic leafing again after I saw the Sid Dickens site and it sparked an interest in the idea of using leaf on ceramics. Dickens' uses it on painted surfaces and his material also seems to be in flaked form, but maybe it is leaf. I also had a boo at this youtube video in which a woman shows how to apply gold leaf transfers to glazed pieces. Here's the link…there are English sub-titles. She uses pre-designed transfers that aren't readily available here, so I decided to look further. I had previously posted about using water-soluble metals. In addition, I thought of the materials that must be used in china painting, which often has accents of gold or silver. First, I decided I needed to know more about materials. Here is an excellent video that talks about the different forms metal leaf comes in. Gilded Planet, the source of the video, looks to be a good outfit for resources and it also has many tutorials. In addition to using gold leaf, there is also the subject of gilding, which has a rich history. On to ceramics, though… According to Wikipedia, "Both porcelain and earthenware are commonly decorated with gold, and in the late 1970s it was reported that 5 tonnes of gold were used annually for the decoration of these products." This article talks about three different ways gold is used on ceramics:
- Acid Gold – ceramic surface is etched with acid prior to using gold, reported to be a difficult method
- Bright Gold or Liquid Gold: a solution of gold resins is placed in a bismuth flux; needs application and firing; bright after removal from the kiln
- Burnished Gold or Best Gold: gold powder in a liquid suspension with flux; needs polishing after removal from the kiln
The method I'm most interested in is the 'mechanical' method, which started being used in the Middle Ages, says the Wiki site. Those days, the method consisted of gessoing the object, letting it dry, smoothing it, then rewetting it with 'glue waster.' After that, the gold leaf was applied in sheets, left to dry, followed by application of gold painted on (ground gold dust suspended). I'll stop here today and will resume tomorrow to close with a post about using gold leaf on fired, glazed ceramics.
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Clay mushrooms as garden art
Last year, I made my first mushroom, an amanita muscaria, reminiscent of life in Germany, where it is considered good luck. Each Christmas, I get out my little collection of the red and white mushrooms and put them on our tree. While I don't like things that are cute, I do like well-made representations from natural materials. My mushroom can be said to border on cute and many people have said just that about it, but they didn't know my background and why I chose it for my garden. I put it right outside my front door over the year, by the red twig dogwood. I knew it would always look cheerful, no matter the season. It looked neat buried in snow in the winter…but while I glazed it inside and out, I did not glaze the rim and tiny bits of it broke off from freezing and thawing. I might see if I can scrub it up, glaze the edges, and refire it inverted to seal it. Amanitas are one of the most beautiful of fungi, but it has a bad rap because it is both highly toxic and hallucinogenic. If left alone and just admired they won't hurt us, though. I remember when my friend, Gary, took a mycology class in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, a locale not much different from here. The place was teeming with mushrooms and there is nothing like cooking with a fresh morel or chanterelle mushroom! I would like to take such a class here. Also, I would like to make small versions of these to nest in clusters outside my greenhouse. Morel mushroom look almost brain-like. I know my Mom used to pick them in the wild, chanterelles, too. Both of these mushrooms have an uncanny resemblance to marine organisms. The chanterelles have soft, golden, leaf like parts that look like sea cucumbers. Nature is so amazing! I think I could make some out of white clay, then use white underglaze with red Shino over to make a nice representation. I know I can make this work and it's the perfect little project for me at the present. Yesterday, I made some 'toadstools' of white clay. The stems are stylized and squiggly, as I want a nested group that fits together a certain way and is sort of funky. The caps will be textured with fork tines. I plan on staining them with iron oxide, then wiping it off. The stems will be reinforced by wrapping copper wire around them before they're placed. It will age nicely. I hope to get some nice natural mosses growing on them, too, but not covering them up. My husband was game when I asked him to hold them up for a slideshow, which runs below and includes all the mushrooms, too. He held up the three outsize ones I'd made, a small, medium and large. I'll nest these together after completion. I learned with my red and white one that the base doesn't have to be as stocky as I made it. The 'stems' I'm making now, with their fanciful curves and twists are less stable, but maybe my wire-wrapping will strengthen them. If not, I'll see what else I can do. I really like the idea of these little guys in my garden, though!
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Pottery News Briefs & Job Postings
Thank you for 8,844 hits! Announcing my current number, not counting syndicated views! (An internal counter isn't visible to the public, so I'm telling you directly.) We're seven months old; our first tiny post can be seen here. Thank you for reading Jane Street Clayworks; I am grateful and thankful! – Jan
Imprisoned Chinese Provocateur Ai Weiwei Makes Pottery Political, Metro Pulse – Shocking story in to senses. One, as the title states, the artist is a political prisoner in China, so this exhibition of his work opens in Knoxville, Tennessee, while he's incarcerated. Second, because of the objects he alters and how he does it. Art is meant to open your eyes and, brother, this did it for me.
All fired up over 'rock stars' of pottery, Victoria Times Colonist – The season at Metchosin starts off with a bang this weekend with a famous annual show of 11 artisans work. Buyers from all over will be flying in to Victoria, rounding the southern tip of Vancouver Island and making a beeline to the exhibit. For more info, click here.
Time teamsters discover medieval street under Norton Village, Runcorn, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News – UK archaeological team finds pottery shards in remains of a unique medieval town dating back to 13th or 14th century.
Edward Lycett, Designer for Faience Company, The New York Times – History of a British immigrant who worked with faience in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. "He soon started supporting the family by painting china, including dinnerware patterned with eagles and clouds for the White House." Story traces his life and work and announces an upcoming exhibition of his legacy at the Brooklyn Museum.
Two Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher Posts in Archaeological Ceramics, Cordis Wire – Sheer heaven: studying the pre- Mycenaean culture! "PhD research on the analysis of Neolithic to Bronze Age pottery from excavations in the Mesara Plain of Crete. The research will form part of the department's commitment to the 'New Archaeological Research Network for Integrating Approaches to ancient material studies (NARNIA). This is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network, financed under the 'People' program of the European Union." (See link for more info)
University of Sheffield – Department of Archaeology
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Contract Type: Fixed-term for 3 years
Salary: £30,151 per annum, with additional allowances as per Marie Curie.
Closing Date: 21 June 2011
Ron Nagle: DISQUIET IN CLAY, artnet – Show features well-known 72-year-old San Francisco artist whose work appears to be a fusion of mediums. For more of his work, click here and here for more info.
Job posting – CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR, Musing About Mud – Sessional position at Camosun on Vancouver Island, near Victoria. Sweet. Here's a link to Camosun and posting.
Faculty Position Vacancy
Camosun College, Victoria BC
CLOSING DATE: June 3, 2011 Part-time Term Faculty Position
August 30, 2011- December 19, 2011
Edmands and Hooper Pottery Works, Charlestown Patch – "The factory produced pottery on the banks of the Mystic River until 1905." Story about a pottery in Boston, Massachusetts, a family-run business that provided vessels to New Englanders. The town and its history related to clay dates back to the late 1600s.
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Sid Dickens and his incredible Memory Blocks
I'm taking a road less travelled today to introduce you to a Vancouver artist whose work is informed by the classics, science, art history, research, curiosity, and poetic vision. Sid Dickens' Memory Blocks are not made of clay, but of beautifully decorated plaster tiles. They are quite thick and I like that…they have substance. Exquisite designs, soulful execution. Highly unique. Dickens, 48, is originally from Prince Rupert, B.C., according to Beladagio. "Until the age of 28 he worked as a commercial fisherman," according to what must be an earlier site. "Off-season, he served burgers on the ferries and dedicated his spare time to drawing and painting." Dickens attended Vancouver's Emily Carr College of Art and design, now a university, was inspired by works he saw in Europe and later learned bronze-casting in Mexico at the Instituo De Allende in San Miguel. He opened his first studio in 1984, then built a studio retreat on Haida Gwaii. In '91 he opened a studio in Gastown, the oldest area in Vancouver, along the waterfront. The Beladagio site quotes Dickens, who said, "Originally, I created large panels with many elements." His ideas evolved and he began to work on a smaller scale. His site says his tiles are "hand crafted plaster, 6″ x 8″ x 1 1/4″, finished to a porcelain-like quality, cracked to create an aged look and feel." He has a studio in Vancouver, employees a team of about 30 emerging artists, according to the site, Sid Dickens Timeless Collectibles, which features some of the artisans involved. Click here to see some photos of the blocks being made and some information about them. Dickens' current studio in Vancouver is not open to the public, but the memory blocks can be found in many locations or purchased online. I see that there is a retailer in my town that carries his work, so soon I hope to pop on over and see them in person. The tiles can be mixed and matched to suit your tastes and there is a wide variety of themes. The Memory Blocks have an aged, antique look, and I think they are exquisite. Photos are copyrighted, so I cannot show them to you here, but here is the link to his online catalog of works. I saw an earlier version of his website some time last year, the first time I learned of him. I felt a bit put off by the new site because not all of it is accessible unless you 'join.' I like free and easy access to information and while I understand that he and his work are enjoying increasing visibility and popularity, it smacks of exclusiveness. In the end this matters little because the work is what counts. I will leave it to you to explore his site and possibly find a retailer that carries Memory Blocks in your area. One of my new favorites is one from a line out this spring and it is called Winged Sage. It is quite lovely and retails for $92.00 CDN. So many forms of art emerge from Dickens' work, all of which he designs himself. When you gaze upon one of his tiles it evokes many feelings, senses, and memories. One appreciates the beauty, the artistry, and the subjects portrayed. It is so nice to know such beautiful work is being made so close to home, in Vancouver.
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A sweet rakued pony
Yesterday, my friend Gary climbed up our twenty-six stairs, reaching the somewhat flat area by our cottage. I was waiting to greet him. He took a look around, as it was the first time he's been up on the hill. He saw our greenhouse and contemplated whether he should set one up at his place, a picture-book home overlooking a bay. He looked at our porch project, then his gaze travelled up the forested hill. And he gave me a pony, a lovely and generous gift. The pony's iridescent body is glossy and dark and the hooves are matte black from raku kiln smoke. It is a treasure. You may remember Gary Ruckman's work, but if you have yet to see it or want to refresh your memory, click on this link to Gary's Wild Horse Plains. Here's a peek at the little gem he gave me… It fits right in with our little home and will give us much pleasure.
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Climate Action and Green Jobs (HB 2815)
On March 13th Governor Gregoire signed Climate Action and Green Jobs into law!
Climate Action and Green Jobs (HB 2815) links climate solutions with developing a clean energy economy and broadly shared economic opportunities for Washington.
Climate Action and Green Jobs (HB 2815) makes Washington the fourth state in the country to adopt comprehensive limits on global warming pollution, and the first state to feature a statewide effort to train the workforce for the clean energy transition as an integral part of its climate policy. Recognizing the importance of the transportation sector, it also makes Washington the first state to set specific targets for reducing the amount of vehicle trips in the state.
The bill emerged from the recommendations of the Washington Climate Advisory Team, a broad-based stakeholder group including leaders from Washington's business, conservation, labor, academic, government, faith, and civic communities. It provides the foundation for accelerated private investment and public action to implement the CAT's 47 recommendations, which collectively will reduce global warming pollution, increase green jobs, and reduce fossil fuel imports by significantly more than the targets that Governor Gregoire established in Executive Order 07-02.
The legislation:
Establishes limits on statewide global warming pollution in the Clean Air Act. Emission levels must be:
- No higher than 1990 levels by 2020
- At least 25% below 1990 levels by 2035
- At least 50% below 1990 levels by 2050
- Reviewed periodically to true up state emission limits with advances in climate science and evolving understanding of what is necessary to stabilize the climate.
- The limits (and the program to reduce global warming pollution) is placed in the State Clean Air Act, which ensures that all existing tools can be used for implementation and enforcement.
Establishes a comprehensive green economy jobs growth initiative with the goal of tripling the number of green jobs by 2020.
- The bill authorizes and funds labor market research to establish a job training grant program to be funded in 2009.
- The program will rely on the state's successful existing workforce training institutions to develop the curricula and recruitment strategies needed to achieve broader workforce participation and provide opportunities in the green economy to low-income and historically underprivileged communities.
Directs the Department of Ecology to work with other Western States to developed a market-based system to implement limits on global warming pollution.
- The Department will collaborate with other agencies and states, and return to the Legislature with a proposal for the design of a market-based system and any funding and authority required for implementation.
Requires emission reporting from large sources of global warming pollution (Facilities that emit at least 10,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year and large fleets.)
Establishes benchmarks for reducing vehicle-miles traveled (VMT), and requires the Department of Transportation to develop strategies to achieve those benchmarks:
- Decrease annual per capita VMT 18% by 2020, 30% by 2035, and 50% by 2050.
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A former culinary manager at the Red Lobster restaurant near the Centre at Salisbury shopping mall sexually harassed female employees repeatedly for years, a federal agency claims.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit Friday with the U.S. District Court in Baltimore against GMRI Inc. The company is a subsidiary of Florida-based Darden Restaurants and operates its Red Lobster chain of restaurants.
Since at least March 2007, the suit alleges, then-culinary manager Ryan Fisher was the primary force in creating a "sexually hostile and offense work environment" ...


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Organizational Psychology Programs and Schools
Find schools offering organizational psychology degree programs
The areas of study encompassed within the field of organizational psychology is vast and covers everything from understanding the psychology of project management to understanding the biological bases of behavior.
Reasons for the depth of knowledge bestowed on organizational psychology professionals is that unlike many other fields of psychological study, organizational psychology professionals must possess all facets of information necessary for creating a practical and functional understanding of business and their organizations.
From the top down, organizational psychology programs provide students with the skills necessary to be able to aid in streamlining from a project management perspective. Often times, those in executive positions are individuals who have great ideas and can clearly see the "big picture". However, these individuals often lose track of the fact that successful businesses become successful because of their ability to attend to detail while also keeping company goals in mind. Students in organizational psychology programs are taught many of the common issues and traps management and executives fall into that hinder the progress and profitability of their companies.
Regardless of how powerful a ceo may appear in pictures and in context, the details which give rise to successful businesses are created and tended to by the work of employees. Organizational psychology programs address issues and topics related to work motivation, effects of company policy, management-employee dynamics, and many other psychological issues that can affect the productiveness of employees.


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Glendale's Cameron Johnson shoots a jump shot as Parkview's Taylor Harville (55) and Erik Durham attempt to block during a game at Parkview on Friday.
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Glendale's attacking offensive style combined with Parkview's ice-cold shooting was the winning recipe for the visiting Falcons on Friday.
Parkview made just 2 of 23 shots from beyond the arc in the game, but still managed to close the gap in the fourth quarter as Glendale held on for a 66-53 Ozark Conference win on Friday.
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When newbies go to Longwood General Store & Casino, they stock up on kitchen staples, eat plate lunches or try their luck inside the small attached casino.
Whatever the reason for their visit, they'll come to know 76-year-old Charlotte Sandlin - and she'll be one of the reasons they keep coming back.
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The Rest by a Fountain
About 1737
Oil on canvas
Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund and the Miriam and Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund; P.995.43
Charles-Joseph Natoire, who served as the director of the French Academy in Rome from 1751 to 1777, came into prominence after winning the Grand Prix in 1721. He worked in Italy from 1723 to 1729 and was received into the Royal Academy in 1734. In Rome he oversaw the training of such painters as Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) and Hubert Robert (1733-1808).
Natoire's popularity spread immediately upon his return from Rome, when he was commissioned in 1737 to decorate the private apartments of Louis XV (reigned 1715-74) at the Château de Fontainebleau. Natoire completed six canvases representing scenes of hunting and fishing that were installed as overdoors in the large and small dining rooms, where they remained in place until 1793.
The painting in the collection of the Hood Museum of Art is an autograph version of one of the Fontainebleau canvases, now in a private collection in Italy. Like many decorative pictures, it has been cut down and was probably also originally vertical in format. Its genesis is unclear: too highly finished to have served as a preparatory study, it may be a replica—it is the same scale as the vertical canvas—perhaps kept by the artist as a record of his prestigious commission. The presence of numerous pentimenti, or visible alterations, and the sheer brio of the brushwork, however, suggest that it predates the one now in Italy.
Whatever its origins, The Rest by a Fountain is a testament to the sophistication and elegance of decorative painting during the reign of Louis XV. The subject is an idealized melding of social and class types, all brought together in a rugged landscape setting. A hunting party has stopped to rest at an elaborate and overgrown fountain. One hunter waters his horse, to the apparent consternation of a young herdsman, while two others sit on the ground, picnic basket and wine bottles close at hand. Two riders gallop into the scene in the background on the right.
The theme of the hunt—the focus of most of the paintings commissioned at this time for Fontainebleau—was especially popular in art during the reign of Louis XV. The king's interest in the sport resulted in a series of commissions on the subject from a number of artists. Famous for its vast hunting grounds, Fontainebleau was a particularly appropriate setting for such scenes. Yet The Rest by a Fountain is also a paean to the pleasures of being outdoors. Using landscape as a setting for social interaction and flirtation, it continues the tradition of the fête galante, literally "gallant party," that was invented by Jean-Anotine Watteau (1684-1721) in the previous generation. A variety of social types has converged on the site to hunt, tend to their herds, or simply take in the sun. Contrasting elements underscore the traditional dichotomy between city and country. Moreover, the intermediary figure of the reclining gentleman who, dressed in city clothes, assumes the pose of an ancient river god represents an ideal merging of nature and culture. The magic of Natoire's painting lies in its synthesis of these disparate elements into a convincing and beautiful whole.
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Ski Touring India's Kullu Valley
Welcome to alpinetouring.com, a site dedicated to touring the world's greatest mountain range.
After 13 years of being published, we are currently SOLD OUT of 'Ski Touring India's Kullu Valley'. Alpinetouring.com will be releasing a digital version in February 2015 and we are endeavouring to obtain a few more printed copies in the near future. We are sorry if your plans include visiting the Kullu this winter, but stay tuned for a cheaper, pdf version soon.
The world's first and only skiing guidebook to the Himalaya, targets the Kullu Valley in northern India, in the mountains surrounding the town of Manali. It arrived at the end of 2003 after six years of writing and researching and contains indispensable route information for 42 tours, ranging from brief day tours to complex multi-day expeditions on some of the most spectacular ski terrain imaginable. Come and ski the 'Valley of the Gods'.
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Valhalla Traverse, BC
April 2013
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'Perfect weather, excellent stability, mindblowing terrain'. That is how I'd briefly summarise our extraordinary south to north, ski traverse of the Valhalla Range, in the Southern Selkirks of B.C. Having failed to complete any major traverse for the past few years, my brother Stewart and I raced through Valhallas like we had a deadline to meet, but mostly we wanted to be as efficient as possible and exit before conditions worsened. And at the end of 5 wonderful but exhausting days, I did feel a warm glow of success and reinvigorated in my traverse obsession.
Our original plan was to begin with a climb to the west of Midgard Peak into Valhalla Lake, but at the last minute we changed our route under the assumption that Hoder Creek FSR was clear of snow. Five km up the road we realised our mistake and had to endure the first day spent slogging 15 km up to Drinnon Pass on the outskirts of the park. The following morning we set a blistering pace into the Park, up over Lucifer Col and Urd Pass and down to Icy Creek Lodge for our second night. Snow conditions were perfect, cold, boot-deep powder on the north sides, and shallower, but grippy climbing conditions on the south aspects.
After departing the luxury of Icy Creek Lodge, we climbed up past Demers Lakes (above) , through a small, high col and found a steep, joyous descent (below) into Upper Beatrice Creek. We then attempted a new, faster route up through a high col into Nemo Creek but became cliffed out and had to retreat to Snow Pass and back onto the standard route. A very steep skin though tight trees led to Nemo Pass and the upper lakes where we set our third nights camp, beneath the towering Mt Meers.
We packed up camp early and started the ascent up the south face of Mt Meers the next morning. By this stage we were confident in the snow stability and so we set a bold line up to the summit under decent exposure and clear skies. The descent off the north side was superb, dramatic and almost effortless as it plunged towards an unnamed lake. We crossed Wee Sandy Lake further down and traversed high up to our next camp below North Boundary Col for our fourth and final night.
The following morning, our last day, saw an easy ascent through the col then another steep climb up to Wragge Pass. Once atop Wragge Pass and with warming temps, we chose not to descend into the goop around Wragge Lake, but rather climb higher to Wragge Peak, where we found an incredible, steep, north facing descent leading to an unnamed lake beneath Mt Vingolf. Our final climb was through Vingolf Pass and then a short run led down to Shannon Lake and eventually, Shannon Creek, where a 12 km ski out towards Slocan Lake and our truck, completing the traverse.
Almost all of our ascents of the trip involved ski crampons and some of the steepest, most technical skiining I have ever accomplished, think gripping tree branches while trying to switchback on steep, fluted terrain. In spring conditions, many of these climbs would be easier kicking steps in boots but in the winter conditions we experienced, skis had to remain on. Every day contained challenging ascents with equally steep descents through ideal avalanche country. A traverse would be impossible in poor visibility or periods of high instability. Be patient and chose that perfect window of opportunity.


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A new documentary about 'The Phantom Tollbooth' premieres Sunday. File
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The Phantom Tollbooth is one of those perfect books I can't wait to introduce to my daughter in a few years. First published in 1961, the tale marked a wonderful collaboration between author Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer.
A new documentary explores the friendship between the two men and chronicles how the children's classic came together. The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations features interviews with Juster and Feiffer, along with reflections from friends and fans (including Eric Carle!). It's narrated by David Hyde Pierce.
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Marion is fortunate this election year. Of the five men running for two Marion County commissioner seats on the November ballot, we can see no bad choices.
In one race, veteran Republican incumbent County Commissioner Andy Appelfeller is facing veteran Democrat Marion City Councilman Ayers Ratliff.
Appelfeller, who has been a county commissioner for 12 years, has seen the county through some tough economic times. Despite the challenging economic conditions, Appelfeller has seen the county move forward on important improvements. For instance, the completion of the Northwest Industrial Connector has opened up new property for development and provided easier access for trucks serving the important Whirlpool properties on the city's west end.
Ratliff has a reputation for speaking his mind on city council. Ratliff was in the minority during the long fight over a new hospital lease. It could be argued that the prolonged fight enabled the city to get a better deal on the lease. Ratliff was among the council members that worked to override the mayor's veto and get Marion's new aquatic center built.
Ratliff serves his 2nd Ward constituents well and consistently puts constituents and the city before party.
In the other race, one-term Democrat incumbent Dan Russel is facing challenges from independent Al Gruber and Republican Kerr Murray.
Russell's term has been one mired in the struggle to balance the county's budget during the economic downturn. It was while he was running for his first term that the economy started to take a turn for the worse.
Russell has had to work with his fellow commissioners to make deep, difficult cuts to the county's budget and face withering attacks for an emergency sales tax increase thateventually was defeated by voters, but which, while in place, helped keep the county solvent.
Al Gruber was the city's fire chief for 16 years and is knowledgeable about the way a government department runs and has insight in the budget process.
He wants no new taxes and thinks the county needs more transparency in its operation.
Kerr Murray is retired from his career with GTE but he has not slowed down. There is hardly a volunteer effort in town that has not had his mark on it. He plays an important part with the United Way, is on the Opiate Task Force and works with Habitat for Humanity, to name a few.
Every candidate has served this community well. In our conversations they all cited a desire to make Marion a better place. We have no doubt that no matter who comes out on top on election day, the others will not fade into the background.
They all share a commitment to Marion. Each candidate will continue to give back. It is their nature.
In our view, because they have guided the county through a tough economic storm and because we now see that storm begin to clear with an uptick in sales tax revenue and the arrival of casino money from state that Russell and Appelfeller deserve a chance to guide the county through better times.
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The complexity of psychological behavior of human is so dense and even over the time and fair amount of counseling still it's hard to determine the appropriate response toward specific stimulus.
Given the incidents you predict, to that of unknown to you and you get dazzled by the depth and even existence of their potential.
The adaptation and bonding sometimes coats it self with anonymity so you are not aware of it at all.
Then it strikes you hard while you have let your guards down.... waiting for your faith defenseless!
I got back home from a very hot and sweaty night out with my friends and greeted with a khaki house gecko looking straight at me when I stepped in the living room!
I didn't want to kill him - he looked like a guy!
I scared him to the edge of the window then he strode out... like a boss!
It was a bit boring. I woke up around 4 in the afternoon!
I had nothing to do except reading and smoking my Partagas all through the rest of the day.
Last night I watched the movie "Prometheus".
The movie basically hinges around the question which human kind was dealing with since it realized its own existence; where have we come from? And who is/are our creator?
Movie traces our ancestors back to some sort of human/super human type of creature in some distanced planet, in another astrological constellation.
After a lot of adventurous scenes it turns out that our creators are not that benign as we thought so!
A very interesting scene for me and people who followed the sequels of Predator and and Alien movies, was the ending in which shows how the Alien is born. Conversely, to what depicted in AVP those creature are a resultant of human/superhuman inception and not a tamed game for hunter clan predator!
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Watched a new movie tonight. The "Prometheus".
I'm so tired tonight but definitely will talk about it later on my blog.
I'm going to check some apartment. Trying to find a new place so I can move out.
Where I'm staying at isn't but my lease going to end on 15th, so I thought it's a good idea to give it a chance so I might find a better place.
Where I'm staying at has a big and spacious balcony but it's on the first floor so the view sucks!
Where I'm staying at is two-bed, two-bath apartment but furniture kind of sucks!
Where I'm staying at is situated in a very good, quiet and safe neighborhood but it's about half an hour walking distance from university so have drive and it sucks!
Where I'm staying at comparing to flats I've seen so far isn't that bad and there ain't that many option left and that sucks!
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Roush-Fenway Racing says Carl Edwards is leaving the organization at the end of the season.
The announcement Sunday was not unexpected. There has been talk for months that Edwards would be moving to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2015 to drive a new fourth car for the Toyota team.
Roush officials did not comment on Edwards' plans, but did announce its three-driver 2015 lineup. Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will both return, and Trevor Bayne will move up from the Nationwide Series to a full-time Sprint Cup Series ride.
Edwards will not be replaced next season.
Edwards has been with Roush since 2003 and in the No. 99 Ford in the Cup Series since 2004. He has 67 career victories in NASCAR's three national series.
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