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Monica Greco studied at the University of Sussex (BA in History, MA in Critical Theory) before gaining her PhD in Social and Political Science from the European University Institute (Florence). She joined Goldsmiths in 1996 and since then has taught across all levels within the department. She is Convenor of Postgraduate Research, with responsibility for the PhD programmes in Sociology and Visual Sociology.
Monica was a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt and is currently Secretary of the Alexander Von Humboldt UK Association. She has taught at the University of Vienna and the University of Lausanne.
Her work addresses forms of knowledge in medicine and psychiatry both as objects of research and as vectors to think with. Her approach is broadly informed by the history and philosophy of these disciplines as well as social studies of science and technology. Monica's particular area of interest is psychosomatics and the implications of concepts in psychosomatic medicine for questions of ethics and politics, subjectivity, social ontology, embodiment and agency. She is the author of Illness As a Work of Thought (Routledge, 1998) and co-editor of several collections, including two Routledge Readers (The Body, 2005; and The Emotions, 2008). Her articles in peer-reviewed journals have addressed a range of topics including health as a vector of neoliberal forms of subjectivity and self-governance; life, vitalism and normativity; medical humanities; critique and performativity in relation to the problem of contested illnesses and 'medically unexplained symptoms'.
Books (monograph)
Greco, M. (1998) Illness as a Work of Thought - A Foucauldian Perspective on Psychosomatics. London & New York: Routledge. (ISBN 0-415-17849-5).
Books (edited collections)
Mixa, E., Pritz, S. M., Tumeltshammer, M. and Greco, M. (eds) (2016) Un-Wohl-Gefühle: Eine Kulturanalyse gegenwärtiger Befindlichkeiten . Bielefeld: Transcript-Verlag.
Greco, M. and Stenner, P. (eds) (2008) The Emotions: A Social Science Reader. London & New York: Routledge. (ISBN-10: 0415425646)
Fraser, M. and Greco, M. (eds) (2005) The Body: A Reader. London & New York: Routledge. (ISBN-10: 041534008X)
Della Porta, D., Greco, M. and Szakolczai, A. (eds) (2000) Identità Riconoscimento e Scambio. Rome: Laterza. (ISBN 88-420-6064-X)
Peer reviewed journal articles (since 2004)
Greco, M. and Stenner, P. (2016, forthcoming) Liminal hotspots: conceptualising the dynamics of suspended transition. Theory and Psychology.
Duschinsky, R., Greco, M. and Solomon, J. (2015) The politics of attachment: lines of flight with Bowlby, Deleuze and Guattari. Theory, Culture and Society. 32 (7-8): 173-195. (doi: 10.1177/0263276415605577)
Greco, M. (2015) What is the DSM? Diagnostic manual, cultural icon, political battleground: An overview with suggestions for a critical research agenda. Psychology and Sexuality (doi: 10.1080/19419899.2015.1024470), published online ahead of print on 16/03/2015.
Duschinsky, R., Greco, M. and Solomon, J. (2014) Wait up! Attachment and sovereign power. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. (doi: 10.1007/s10767-014-9192-9), published online ahead of print on 09/12/2014.
Greco, M. and Stenner, P. (2013) Happiness and the art of life: diagnosing the new psychopolitics of wellbeing. Health, Culture and Society. 5 (1): 1-19 (doi:10.5195/hcs.2013.147)
This article has been reprinted in C. Behnke, C. Kastalan, V. Knoll and U. Wuggenig (eds) (2015) Art in the Periphery of the Centre. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Stenner, P. and Greco, M. (2013) Affectivity. Informática na Educação: Teoria e prática 16 (1): 49-70 (ISSN: 1982-1654).
Greco, M. (2012) The classification and nomenclature of 'medically unexplained symptoms': conflict, performativity and critique. Social Science and Medicine 75 (12): 2362-2369 (View on an external website).
Greco, M. (2009) The health society: polemics and problematizations. . 34: 2-13-E (DOI: 10.1007/DOI).
Greco, M. (2008) On the art of life: a vitalist reading of medical humanities. Sociological Review 56: 25-45 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.00814.x)
This article also appears as a chapter in the volume edited by J. Latimer and M. Schillmeier (2009) Un/Knowing Bodies. Oxford: Blackwell, and has been translated in Danish as Om livets kunst: en vitalistisk læsning af medicinsk humanisme. In special issue: Sundhed – En ny semi-religiøs vækkelse i moderne samfund?. Sygdom & Samfund 17: 1-38, 2012 (ISSN: 1904-7975).
Greco, M. (2005) On the vitality of vitalism. Theory, Culture and Society. 22(1): 15-27 (DOI:10.1177/0263276405048432).
This article also appears in the volume edited by M. Fraser, S. Kember and C. Lury (2005) Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism. London: Sage; and in the volume edited by G. Iwele, L. Kerr and V. Y. Mudimbe, V. Y. (2006) The Normal and Its Orders: Reading Georges Canguilhem. Ottawa: Editions Malaïka.
Greco, M. (2004) The politics of indeterminacy and the right to health. Theory, Culture and Society. 21(6): 1-22 (DOI: 10.1177/0263276404047413).
Greco, M. (2004) The ambivalence of error: Scientific ideology in the history of the life sciences and psychosomatic medicine. Social Science and Medicine. 58(4): 687-696 (DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00220-X).
Book chapters (since 2004)
Greco, M. (2016) 'Neurotic Citizenship' und das Problem der Somatisierung, in Mixa, E., Pritz, S. M., Tumeltshammer, M. and Greco, M. (eds) Un-Wohl-Gefühle: Eine Kulturanalyse gegenwärtiger Befindlichkeiten. Bielefeld: Transcript-Verlag. (in press).
Greco, M. (2013) Logics of interdisciplinarity: the case of medical humanities. In: G. Born and A. Barry (eds) Interdisciplinarity: Reconfigurations of the Social and Natural Sciences. London & New York: Routledge (ISBN-10: 0415578922).
Greco, M. (2008) Governmentality and the value of introspection. In: Würgler, M. and Saller, V. (eds) Neue Psychiatrische Diagnosen im Spiegel sozialer Veränderungen/New Psychiatric Diagnoses as Reflections of Global Social Change. Zurich: Seismo Verlag. (ISBN 9783037770559 3037770554).
Greco, M. (2004) Wellness. In: U. Bröckling, S. Krasmann and T. Lemke (eds) Glossar der Gegenwart. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag (ISBN 978-3-518-12381-2).
Research Interests
- Social theory (including STS) in relation to health, illness and medicine, with specific interest in psychosomatic medicine and 'biopsychosocial' models of health/illness
- Knowledge, expertise, participation
- Interdisciplinarity, medical humanities
- Philosophy of medicine, particularly in relation to concepts of life and vitalism, the work of Georges Canguilhem and Viktor Von Weizsäcker
Wellcome Trust (Small Grants Scheme) and CRASSH (Cambridge), in collaboration with Robbie Duschinsky, Michael Schillmeier and Darin Weinberg, International Symposium: Biopolitics and Psychosomatics – Participating Bodies, to be held in Cambridge in July 2016.
European Science Foundation (Exploratory Network Grant), in collaboration with P. Stenner, J. Motzkau and M. Clinch, International Workshop: Affectivity and Liminality - Exploring the Dynamics of Suspended Transition. Brighton, 2013.


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GrafTech International (ticker: GTI) was one big winner. Since our April story ("GrafTech Can Prove Its Mettle"), shares of the large maker of graphite electrodes have jumped 55% to a recent $11.62, as the market for graphite electrodes, which are used to make steel, has shown signs of stabilizing.
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On Tuesday, 31 May and Wednesday 1 June, the Textile Research Centre, Leiden, in collaboration with the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), is organising two special workshops given by three master ikat dyers and weavers from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), East Indonesia. Participants will be given an introduction, demonstrations and instructions, and will be encouraged to discuss and try out various techniques. English interpretors will be present.
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Dates: 31 May and 1 June. Venue: TRC, Hogewoerd 164, Leiden. Time: 10.00 - 13.00 hours. Fees: 25 euros, including materials. The maximum number of participants per workshop is twelve. After the workshops some of the ikats brought by the delegation from Indonesia will be for sale.
Successful crowdfunding for purchase of a collection of Hungarian embroidery
The recent crowdfunding campaign has been a great success. The TRC has raised the funds needed for the acquisition of an unique collection of Hungarian embroideries. Many thanks to the many generous donors. For more information, click here.
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The TRC is growing rapidly, both in size and in the quality of the collection, the library, the exhibitions, the number of workshops, and much more. All of this means that more financial support is highly desirable. And please bear in mind that all TRC activities are carried out by volunteers! Please transfer your donation to account NL39 INGB 000 298 2359, in the name of the Textile Research Centre, Leiden. Note that the TRC is a Cultural ANBI, which means considerable advantages with respect to your tax returns.
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A selection of new acquisitions for the TRC library, April 2016
For the latest list of book reviews of selected new acquisitions for the TRC library, please see here.
- BASSETT, Lynne Zacek (2016). Gothic to Goth: Romantic Era Fashion & its Legacy
- BLURTON, T. Richard (2016). Krishna in the Garden of Assam: The History and Context of a Much-Travelled Textile
- FRYE, Susan (2010). Pens and Needles: Women's Textualities in Early Modern England
- KÜCHLER, Susanne and Andrea EIMKE (2009). Tivaivai: The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands
- OWEN-CROCKER, Gale, Elizabeth COATSWORTH and Maria HAYWARD (eds., 2012). Encyclopedia of Dress and Textiles in the British Isles c. 450-1450
- RALUI, Gioja (interpreted, 2014). Sardinian Knot Stitch
- WALLER, Diane (2010). Textiles from the Balkans
- WHITE, Soux (2015): Jane and Ida: Beer Lace Manufacturers to Royalty
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TRC Gallery exhibition, 2016: Decorated with gold and silver
The spectacular TRC exhibition, which opened on 1 February and can be seen until the end of June, focuses on the use of gold and silver threads, sheet gold and paints, to decorate textiles and garments. On display is a wide range of textiles, garments and headgear from Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The exhibition includes Egyptian textiles from the 13th century AD as well as some rare velvet and silk European textiles from the 17th and 18th centuries woven with metal threads (gold, gilt and silver forms). The majority of items dates from the 20th century and reflect a wide range of uses and decorative techniques.
The exhibition explores the use of gold and silver (actual and artificial) in textiles, and includes several elaborate and early pieces from Indonesia, as well as applied and embroidered textiles and garments, such as 19th century church embroidery, a bridal outfit from India and a festive outfit from Oman. There is even a section about garments made of metal, such as an elaborate Miao woman's headpiece from China and a dancing girdle from Malaysia made of silver coins. There is much more to see and use as a source of inspiration.
For a beautiful film about the exhibition, made by Andrew Thompson, click here.
The exibition runs until 30 June 2016. Venue: TRC, Hogewoerd 164, Leiden. Entrance is free, but voluntary donations are welcome
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Another new board member TRC
The TRC is very pleased to announce yet another new member of the board. While Dr. O. E. Kaper, Professor of Egyptology, Leiden University, joint the board last month, we are now very pleased and honoured to tell that Dr. Sara van Dijk has kindly agreed to assist the TRC by becoming a board member. Sara van Dijk is junior curator of textiles at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Per 31 March 2016 the TRC board now includes the following:
- Chairman: Prof. L. Leertouwer
- Treasurer: Prof. R.B. ter Haar Romeny
- Secretary: Dr K. Innemée
- Director: Dr. G.M. Vogelsang-Eastwood
- General members: Mrs. V. Drabbe; Dr. S. van Dijk; Prof. O.E. Kaper
An exciting donation to the TRC's textile archaeology collection
For some time, the TRC has been studying a collection of textile tools housed at the TRC in Leiden. This collection is associated with the famous British textile archaeologist, Grace Crowfoot (1877-1957). This morning, Thursday 29th of January, thanks to the kindness of John (a grandson of Grace Crowfoot) and Tanya Crowfoot, the TRC was given more items for the Crowfoot collection. The items arrived in six large boxes, filled with smaller boxes and books. The textiles in the boxes included ancient Egyptian mummy wrappings (one associated with the famous British archaeologist, Sir Flinders Petrie), Coptic fragments, as well as 'modern' examples and samples from Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Yugoslavia, etc., which were acquired by Grace Crowfoot in the 1920s. There is, for example, a range of raw cotton from Sudan and silk samples from Aleppo, Syria.
Grace (Molly) Crowfoot was passionate about making replicas, an early form of experimental archaeology, in order to understand how some things were made and in this new addition to the TRC/Crowfoot collection there are numerous examples of trial pieces for Egyptian (Tutankhamun), Viking, and other medieval textiles from various excavations (for instance from the tomb of St Cuthbert in Durham, England). In addition, we have also been given a collection of books about textiles and weaving from the early 1900s, and shortly more reprints of Grace and her daughter Elisabeth's (another famous British textile archaeologist) works will be coming to Leiden.
Read more: An exciting donation to the TRC's textile archaeology collection
Textile postage stamps
Over the next twelve months the TRC is going to have a series of mini-exhibitions dedicated to postage stamps with depictions of textiles and garments in their many diverse forms, or stamps actually made of textile. These exhibitions will include actual examples of the stamps. The aim is to put all of the mini-exhibitions together at the end of 2017 and create a much larger, digital exhibition about the links between textiles and stamps.
The planned mini-exhibitions follow up on a small display in November 2015, which was set up to commemorate the end of the First World War (1914-1918) in November 1918. The display consisted of a series of silk embroidered postcards that were sent by the allied troops in Belgium and France to people at home. It was originally intended to be a one-off exhibition, but it soon became clear that there was also a fascinating world of postage stamps to be explored for their textile and garment contents.
Cross stitch sewing bee, 18 June
During this Saturday sewing bee, we will explore the amazing world of the apparently so simple cross stitch. Everyone working with embroidery (and many who do not) KNOWS what a cross stitch is, but do they really? There are a number of stitches that are called cross stitches (diagonal, horizontal, square, etc), as well as different ways of working them. This workshop is about exploring and trying out the cross stitch from various cultures and groups (including European and Middle Eastern forms) and coming up with some different ideas about what is a cross stitch. In addition, attention will focus on the Liechtenstein artist and embroiderer, Ferdinand Nigg (1865-1949), who used various forms of cross stitch to explore the nature of graphic art.
Wednesday morning workshop, 29 June: Chilean arpilleras
The June Wednesday morning workshop takes us to Chile. Arpilleras reflect a South American folk art that uses appliqué, embroidery and patchwork to depict scenes of everyday life. The Spanish word arpillera derives from an old Spanish word for burlap. They are sometimes called cuadros (squares). Most arpilleras are used as pictures and hung on walls. The most famous arpilleras and arpilleristas (the women who make them) are from Chile. During the Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), poor women in and around Santiago began making arpilleras as an income-generating project organized by the Roman Catholic Church's Vicaría de la Solidaridad. Church workers donated clothes, paid for the finished arpilleras and organised their sale. Many of the women were members of an association (Agrupación de los Familiares de los Detenidos Desaparecidos—AFDD) for families of those who were detained by the regime and 'disappeared'.
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The diversity of the TRC collection
The TRC collection of textiles, clothing and accessories from around the world was started in 1997 with 43 pieces from Afghanistan, Egypt and Syria. Since then it has grown to almost eleven thousand items (December 2015), which come from very diverse backgrounds with respect to time and place. Some of the items in the collection have been purchased, but the vast majority has been very kindly donated by various institutions and private donors. The collection has no boundaries with respect to geography and time. The collection ranges from Afghan embroidery, German Lederhosen, Indonesian batiks, to delicate silks from Renaissance Italy and spinning and weaving equipment from the Andes. The collection is being built up around four major themes: Pre-Industrial textile technology, including a wide range of spinning and weaving equipment and textiles from around the world; Decorative needlework, with an emphasis on hand embroidery from around the world; Dutch regional dress; North African and Middle Eastern textiles and dress. See also: The TRC Textile and Dress Collection
All of the pieces in the TRC collection have been catalogued, and are currently being incorporated into the new TRC Digital Collection Database. In the spring of 2016 the first group of items will come on-line and after that the digital database will be regularly up-dated with information about the latest acquisitions and information in general. To give an idea of the range and depth of the collection, below we present a broad outline of some of the most important and intriguing elements of the collection.
The Textile Research Centre wants to stimulate people to discover the World of Dress at home. The TRC therefore is gradually expanding its shop and its range of products. You can buy new and secondhand books on textiles and dress, including Dutch regional dress, but also on the history of fashion, and 'how-to-do' subjects. The shop has craft items from all over the world, in particular handmade jewellery. There are woven Syrian sheep bands, knitted objects from Peru, embroidered Turkish lavender bags with oya decoration, gaudily decorated caps from Afghanistan, and many other beautiful and interesting objects. We also sell a wide range of picture postcards of textiles and costume.
The shop also sells collection care items, including acid free paper and boxes for storing your delicate textiles and articles of dress, rolls for more compact storage of long textile items, heads and wigs for display purposes, etc. The TRC sells a range of tools, materials and threads for spinning, crochet, embroidery, hairpin lace production, and silk cocoons for making silk paper.
A new line in this assortment is a wide range of beads for making or restoring Dutch regional dress items, including imitation garnets, blood coral and jet, plus all sorts of metal and glass seed beads for embroidery. You can find all these items in the TRC shop for very reasonable prices. You are very welcome to visit the TRC shop at our premises along the Hogewoerd, but you can also visit the shop at home, via our website. It is very easy to order books or other objects digitally. Click at "Shop". We hope you will enjoy it.
To see the range of articles that are for sale in the TRC shop, and/or place your order digitally, go the the SHOP heading at the top of this page.
TRC in a nutshell
Hogewoerd 164, 2311 HW Leiden. Tel. +31 (0)71 5134144 / +31 (0)6 28830428 email@example.com
Opening times: Monday to Thursday: 10.00-16.00 hrs, other days by appointment.
Bank account number: NL39 INGB 0002 9823 59
Current exhibition: Decorated with gold and silver
Entrance is free, but donations are always welcome !
- 31 May: Ikat workshop and display
- 1 June: Ikat workshop and display
- 1 June: Reception Indonesian delegation
- 18 June: Cross-stitch sewing bee
- 29 June: Workshop Chilean arpilleras
- 25 August: Opening of new TRC exhibition 'Embroidered Europe'
- 31 August: Workshop European embroidery
- 10 Sept.: Prayer-beads sewing-bee
- 19-23 Sept.: Intensive Textile Course
- 28 Sept,: Workshop
- 17-21 Oct.: Intensive Textile Course
- 26 Oct.: Workshop Leiden broadcloth
- 4-5 Nov.: Course: Veils and veiling
- 19 Nov.: Holbein stitch sewing bee
- 30 Nov.: Workshop professional necklace making
- 18 Dec.: 25 years of the TRC
TRC Information
- Newsletter February 2016
- Newsletter Winter 2015/2016
- Newsletter August 2015
- Newsletter June 2015
- Newsletter May 2015
- Newsletter February 2015
- Newsletter January 2015
- Newsletter Winter 2014/2015
YouTube films about TRC exhibitions,


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With smartphones--and, more specifically, mobile apps--becoming more and more ubiquitous, Houston Public Library wanted to offer an engaging experience to compete with the non-library digital resources that mobile users frequently rely on for their information needs. Simply put, the library needed an app.
Mar 30, 2010
The Data Harmony suite of products will now be available through SaaS and cloud computing technology, parent company Access Innovations announced. This model eliminates the need for companies to purchase the software and acquire appropriate support equipment and personnel up front. Access Innovations offers 90-day free trials of their Data Harmony software through remote access models. The cloud and SaaS versions are hosted entirely on the internet, freeing up server space and speed.


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Welcome to the Harlaston Website
This section was last updated on 7th May 2016
Matthew Ellis has been re-elected as Staffordshire Police & Crimes Commissioner
Go to Harlaston calendar of Events for future events
E.U. Referendum will take place on Thursday 23rd June 2016 in Harlaston Village Hall
Advice on which way to vote can be found in the Village Hall section of this website
On Sunday 22nd May there will be a Joint Benefice Service in Edingale Church at 10.15 am
We look forward to your company.
Yoga will take place in the Village Hall on Thursdays from 10.00 am till 11.30am.
For details ring Wenda on 01543 414515
The next Knit & Natter get together will take place at the home of Anne North, No 6 Manor Lane, on the 2nd Monday of each month, 1.30-3.30
The next meeting of Harlaston and Edingale WI will be on Tuesday 21st May at 7.30pm, at Harlaston Village Hall. New members welcome!
On Saturday 14th May, Mease Valley Mega Quiz took place at Harlaston Village Hall.
Harlaston Indoor Bowls Club
Chairman Harold Richardson Tel 01827 383755
Secretary Christine Hinds Tel. 01827 373438
The Bowls club season ended on Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Next Season will open on Sunday 2nd October 2016 between 2pm and 5.30 pm, no charge on that day, new members welcome, free for first 2 weeks, smooth soled shoes preferred, all other equipment provided,
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Tim Diamond, a senior accounting major at Lee University, has been awarded a scholarship from the Tennessee Society of Certified Professional Accountants.
Mr. Diamond was one of 123 students from 41 colleges and universities across Tennessee selected for this scholarship. Scholarship amounts varied and totaled more than $250,000.
"I am honored to receive such an award and am using it to achieve my goal of being a certified public accountant in the near future," said Mr. Diamond.
Mr. Diamond applied for the scholarship upon the recommendation of his advisor, Lee Assistant Professor of Accounting Gregory Della Franco.
"Tim's work ethic and intelligence will serve to make the return on the scholarship investment rewarding for him and the TSCPA," said Della Franco.
The TSCPA is the state professional organization for certified public accountants who are principally employed or reside in Tennessee. The society's membership is comprised of more than 9,000 members in industry, government, business, education and public accounting.
With more than 100 years of service to the accounting profession, the TSCPA acts on behalf of its members and provides support, enabling its members to perform quality professional services while serving the public interest.
For more information on the TSCPA, please visit http://www.tscpa.com. For more information on Lee's Department of Business, please visit http://www.leeuniversity.edu/academics/arts-sciences/business/ or call 614-8160.
May 27, 2016
Cleveland State Community College hosted a Welding Boot Camp with Walker Valley and Bradley Central High Schools. The boot camp was held in CSCC's new welding lab that was established in response ... (click for more)
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Mary Dukes, senior lecturer in digital media studies, has been named the winner of Lee University's 2016 Excellence in Advising Award. The Excellence Awards are the highest honors presented ... (click for more)
Cleveland State Community College hosted a Welding Boot Camp with Walker Valley and Bradley Central High Schools. The boot camp was held in CSCC's new welding lab that was established in response to industry demand for qualified, educated and skilled welders. Upon completion of the camp, students will have the opportunity to test for their AWS (American Welding Society) Certification. (click for more)
"This is the best program for aspiring filmmakers, hands down," said Chad Wilson, executive producer of film, 'Hear Me.' The 'best program' Chad refers to is the Professional Film and Television Training program (PFTT) at Chattanooga State Community College. The PFTT class won 'Best 3-Minute Film' at the Southeastern University Revolution Film Festival in Lakeland, Fla. " ... (click for more)
Shortly before 5 p.m. , a strong thunderstorm went through downtown Dalton, knocking down numerous trees, causing power outages and also causing damage. At this time, no injuries have been reported. The Dalton Fire Department and Dalton Police Department responded to multiple reports of damage. The DPD closed several roads due to downed trees and power lines. ... (click for more)
A Memorial Day service was held at the National Cemetery on Monday. (click for more)
I have lived in the St. Elmo community of Chattanooga for practicially all 52 years of my life. My grandmother moved to St. Elmo in 1919. My Dad was literally born in a home in St. Elmo and lived his entire 72 years in this community and my Mom has lived here 60 years of her life. I am very disappointed in what my neighborhood has become. I like people. ... (click for more)
This is what I don't understand. Christians refusing to vote for anyone who is not squeaky clean and who doesn't live up to our standards. I'm not bashing Christians. I proudly proclaim Jesus as Lord and Savior. But If we made our voice known more we could have a lot greater influence than we have. And I don't mean just boycotting. I specifically mean the last two ... (click for more)


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High school football: Rich Rebels 2013 preview
Ben Brewer, Deseret News
RANDOLPH — While a lot of football programs are thrilled just to make it to the playoffs, the Rich Rebels would not be one of those teams.
The Rebels have managed to qualify for the postseason during every year of their school's existence — 28 years. And 11 times, most of those in the last decade, the Rebels have played for a state championship.
With that kind of tradition, the Rebels understandably expect to be in the mix and work toward winning that state title game. In 2009, they beat one of their biggest rivals, Duchesne, for the last of their five state championships. Since then, the Rebels have lost their last game of every season to Duchesne.
The fact that Duchesne hasn't lost a game since the preseason of 2010 doesn't deter the Rebel football team.
"Your goal is to win state," said Rich head coach Ashley Brown. "That's what we're shooting for. We know it's not going to be easy. There is a lot of good competition."
And Brown and his players know exactly who that good competition might be.
"Everybody in 1A is looking at Duchesne," he said. "You have to look at a team that hasn't lost in three years. Every year you know that's the team you've got to beat." And while some might feel a little like they're David competing against Goliath, Brown said the Rebels look forward to that game each year.
"Our kids will be excited to play them," said Brown. "They know what Duchesne has done in the past."
Brown said he doesn't dwell on his team's three straight loses in the state championship game to the Eagles when he and his players discuss the upcoming season. This is a different team, a different season.
"I think it's all different," he said. "They have different kids; we have different kids. We don't use (the losses) too much. They know." And frankly, Rich is also aware that Kanab, a team that moved from 2A to 1A, is also another formidable foe.
"I think it's a good thing," he said of Kanab's return to the state's smallest classification. "More competition."
The Rebels return six starters from last year's squad, but with 50 players, they have depth that some small schools envy.
"We're in good shape as far as depth," Brown said. "They're young, but they're working hard."
Brown said the team will rely first and foremost on returning linemen— seniors Dakota Clark and Isaac Hopkin.
"They've been very good, and we're expecting a lot from them," he said.
The team's option offense will be led by McKay Jarman, a senior who played defense last year. He saw limited time as a junior varsity quarterback, but Brown said he won with more than just his football skills.
"He just understands our offense really well," said Brown. "He's very smart. He'll do anything you ask him to do." Jarman will have support in the backfield from senior fullback Ben Groll, who had 562 yards rushing last year. Groll was effective, even though he wasn't the team's No. 1 weapon. His older cousin, Austin, racked up more than 1,000 yards on the ground.
Ben Groll will play fullback and middle linebacker.
Brown said the players spent a lot of time in the winter lifting weights and preparing for this season.
"We had a good offseason," said Brown.
Now both coach and players expect that will pay off on these fall Friday nights.
Rich Rebels at a glance
- Live streams: 4A & 5A baseball tournament...
- Championship Thursday: Four prep state titles...
- High school soccer: 5A/4A state tournament...
- High school baseball: 5A/4A state tournament...
- High school softball: 5A/4A state tournament...
- Salem Hills and Spanish Fork survive during...
- High school track: Final top performances of...
- High school baseball: Big early innings...
- Live streams: 4A & 5A baseball... 5
- 5A softball: Unranked and unheralded... 3
- High school baseball: Wasatch skipper... 2
- High school baseball: Lone Peak pulls... 1
- High school soccer: Maple Mountain... 1
- 4A softball: Spanish Fork sweeps second... 1
- Timpanogos takes home a 4A state... 1
- Championship Thursday: Four prep state... 0


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"Corrupt Feedback Loops: Public Employee Unions"
May 23, 2016
The bad effects of government unions deserve much greater attention.
The bad effects of government unions deserve much greater attention.
The Telegraph offers six theories and actually chooses a couple.
It certainly seems the case. The death of the musician Prince, at the age of 57, just a day after Victoria Wood died from cancer, aged 62, has shocked their millions of fans. But it also appears to prove that 2016 is cursed in some way. The two entertainers are the latest in a long line of celebrities to die in 2016, following Ronnie Corbett, Alan Rickman, David Bowie, Sir Terry Wogan, Harper Lee,David Gest, Garry Shandling, Johan Cruyff among others.
Tell me how the banks will inevitably game the system Mervyn King proposes and I'll tell you whether it's a good idea.
The first thing that King thinks must be done is to separate the boring bits of banking (providing a safe place to deposit money, facilitating payments) from the exciting ones (trading). There is no need, he thinks, to break up the existing institutions. Deposits and short-term loans to banks simply need to be separated from other bank assets. Against all of these boring assets, banks would be required to hold government bonds or reserves at the central bank in cash. That is, there should be zero risk that there won't be sufficient cash on hand to repay people wanting to flee any bank at a moment's notice -- and thus no reason for those people to flee.
The riskier assets from which banks stand most to gain (and lose) would then be vetted by the central bank, in advance of any crisis, to determine what it would be willing to lend against them in a pinch if posted as collateral. Common stocks, mortgage bonds, Australian gold mines, credit default swaps and whatever else: The banks would decide, before any crisis, which of their risky assets they would be willing to pledge to -- basically, pawn with -- the central bank. The riskier the asset, the less the central bank would be willing to lend against it.
Four teacher strikes in less than 25 years is enough, yes? Obama education secretary Arne Duncan calling the system "a national disgrace" is enough, yes? And then there's this:
Residents keep fleeing the city, and students keep leaving the school system. Enrollment is down to just 49,000, from 168,000 in 2000.
As Stuart Scott used to yell, "Ring the bell. School is out!" I recommend reading the three excerpted pieces in order:
Walter Russell Mead, "The State of Our Union: The biggest deficits in the United States these days are not the ones grabbing the headlines".
The state of our union can be summed up pretty easily: Democratic policy ideas don't work, and the Republican Party is melting down. From New York state, where Democratic power brokers are beginning to be herded into prison, where so many of them belong, to Chicago, where a civil war between Democrat-run public unions and the Democratic mayor rages even as the city's finances fall apart, to the collapsing cities of Detroit and Flint, and on out to the high-speed rail boondoggle in California, the country is covered in the ruins of decades of "progressive" governance. Take Obamacare itself, a "reform" that is already making health care more bureaucratic and less affordable. Even as premiums and deductibles rise and the provider networks shrink, special interests like labor unions, insurance companies and hospital chains seek to rewrite its rules and regulations to achieve windfalls for themselves at the public expense. They will almost certainly succeed, and over time, Obamacare like other programs will become increasingly encrusted by sweetheart deals, carve-outs and other provisions that reduce its positive qualities while making it ever more expensive and bureaucratic.
The more "Democratic" an institution is these days, on the whole the less well it is working. What institution in the United States has been under Democratic control longer and more thoroughly than the failing public school systems of major cities? Or their police departments?
Philip Wallach, "Farewell to the Administrative State?"
Because administrators style themselves as above-the-fray solvers of collective problems, it makes it very difficult for them to question their assumptions or open themselves to exchanges with critics on equal terms. Doing so would threaten their pose as "wise rulers" and show the political choices embedded in their thinking, and so their natural tendency is to hunker down—the very thing that has led to legitimacy problems over the long run, even as it fends off some short-term headaches by branding critics as "political" or as working for "special interests." Legislatures, on the other hand, institutionally specialize in openness and the ability to find compromises even among people who remain in open political disagreement.
Glenn Reynolds, "How to make the U.S. collapse-proof".
So one answer would be for a society not to become so complex. This is easier said than done, of course. Human nature being what it is, bureaucrats want to expand their empires, politicians want to employ their constituencies on the taxpayers' dime and various groups are always trying to mobilize the state's resources on their own behalf. . . .
So one thing you'd want would be to limit the growth of this web. That means smaller government, government that's less involved in administering the things that special interests care about, and one that provides more opportunities for citizens and groups who want to do things to break the web somehow. . . .
Of course, in describing a limited federal government, ruling over a nation made up of semi-sovereign states, subject to the rule of law and judicial review I'm not describing anything shocking or new: That's precisely the kind of government we in the United States are supposed to have under our Constitution.
At the end of an interview Ms. Foster states that these days she finds it difficult to listen to the news. Hear, hear! But then Ms. Foster is quoted as saying this:
"How do these people have all the time to know the things that they know?" She searched for the answer to her own question, and smiled. "I think I'm just not . . . I'm not a fact person. I don't really care about facts. I don't even really retain them and I find them anxious-making. I like ideas."
With all due respect to Ms. Foster, in most realms--at least outside of Hollywood--ideas without facts are pretty useless and can even be counterproductive.
I like a good part of when Senator Sasse has had to say. For instance, I agree with this:
"Washington isn't competent to micromanage the lives of free people," writes Sasse. Our next president should instead commit to "focusing on 3 or 4 big national problems," such as national security, budgeting and entitlement reform, "empowering states and local governments to improve K-12 education," and "retiring career politicians by ending all the incumbency protections, special rules, and revolving door opportunities."
Mark Hemingway, "The Selling of the Iran Deal: Lies, Lies, and More Lies":
It's jarring when you consider that Obama's two signature accomplishments, Obamacare and the Iran deal, were both achieved by systematically and deliberately lying.
True evil returns. (But it never goes away.)
More, for those with strong stomachs:
"How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart".
"Antisemitism has rocked Labour's self-belief".
"The Left's hatred of Jews chills me to the bone".
Worlds better: "See the emotional moment 50 Holocaust survivors finally got bar mitzvahed."
And Florida has got other non-American critters, too.
Florida is the world's number one hub for invasive reptiles and amphibians. It has several ports, a large population of potential pet-owners, and a warm, humid climate. Almost 140 alien species have made their home there, including cane toads, panther chameleons, Burmese pythons, giant tegu lizards, green anacondas, and tentacled snakes.


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CAMBODIA: Phone project shows worker knowledge improving
By Leonie Barrie | 28 February 2014
Findings from the second phase of a pioneering mobile phone call-in project in Cambodia suggest garment and footwear workers are improving their knowledge about labour rights, occupational safety and health, and personal health.
The Kamako Chhnoeum ("Outstanding Worker" in Khmer) project is organised by the International Labour Organization's Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme.
Launched on 1 September last year, it gathers information about the level of knowledge the workers possess, as well as recorded factory-specific information. Initial results were released in a report in late October.
Results of the second phase covering November and December showed 1,991 valid calls were received - a drop on the 3,245 recoded in the first two months, which the BFC partially blamed on widespread strikes and factory closures across the industry.
Key findings show 24% of the callers incorrectly believe that workers on strike are entitled to receive wages - although this figure is an improvement over the previous reporting period in which 32% of callers answered this question incorrectly.
There has also been a significant increase in respondents' understanding of occupational health and safety. 70% understood correctly that twice/year emergency drills are needed, 76% knew what do when a fire alarm rings and 80% clearly understood the importance of needle guards on sewing machines.
And 65% correctly answered that workers who have worked for less than one year are entitled to unpaid maternity leave; an increase from 53% in the last reporting period.
The project, which is available for free to workers calling on two networks, uses an Interactive Voice Response system to educate the workers.
The format is a phone-in quiz where workers answer questions related to salary and allowances, occupational health and safety, and personal health. The caller chooses one topic on which they would like to be quizzed and is then asked a series of three questions.
BFC says it is in discussions with other phone companies to expand the programme.
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|April 11, 2014 01:00 PM EDT
FRESNO, CA--(Marketwired - April 11, 2014) - Housing demand in the United States was a key reason for the lumber market crash in 2009. As U.S. housing, and more importantly housing starts, continue to recover, the North American softwood lumber industry is expected to see both demand and price increases. This is according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) group, titled "North American Softwood Lumber: Industry Outlook Solid, But Not Out of The Woods Yet." As indicated in the title, the bank's current outlook is very optimistic but notes a number of potential challenges.
"U.S. lumber production and imports are constrained at the moment," noted Rabobank analyst James De Jong, the report's author. "This limited supply, in addition to overall economic recovery, is the reason we expect to see softwood lumber prices increase 10 to 15 percent over the next two years."
The report goes on to outline the biggest challenges for the industry.
"The biggest challenges we see are the headwinds in the Chinese economy and the U.S. housing market transition," notes De Jong. "The housing market in particular is still in a significant transition. The adjustment from an investor-led recovery to one driven by 'real' homebuyers will create bumps in the road but our expectation is that this will affect, but not derail, the lumber recovery."
The full report is available exclusively to clients of Rabobank and to media upon request.
About Rabobank
Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, agricultural financing, leasing, real estate services, and renewable energy project financing. Founded over a century ago, Rabobank is one of the largest banks in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets and operations in more than 40 countries, and ranks among the safest banks in the world. A premier bank to the international food and agriculture industry and renewable energy sector, Rabobank has been financing the North American market for more than 30 years. The bank's Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory team is comprised of more than 80 analysts around the world who provide expert analysis, insight and counsel to Rabobank clients about trends, issues and developments in all sectors of agriculture. www.Rabobank.com
About Rabobank, N.A.
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L&T Technology Services forms a Joint Venture with Thales to strengthen Avionics Business
(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 27 June 2014 Release date- 26062014 - Chennai - L&T Technology Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, has purchased 74% of the equity capital of Thales Software India Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Thales, the global technology leader in aerospace, transportation and defence and security markets.
With this transaction, L&T Technology Services will now manage and oversee the management control, operations and delivery of services of the new joint venture.
The joint venture brings together the strategic strengths of both the groups. By retaining 26% equity stake, Thales will help the company develop the latest trends in the avionics industry, one of its core businesses. This collaboration adds to L&T Technology Services' growing competencies by enhancing its expertise in high-end avionic software.
The joint venture capitalises on the existing strong relationship between the two groups, L&T and Thales and ensures a long term partnership in the engineering services domain. Furthermore, the transaction should enable Thales to select this new group as its Indian Offset Partner, resulting in inflow of Offset related revenues in the joint venture.
Dr Keshab Panda, Chief Executive, L&T Technology Services, expressed his confidence on this association: 'This Joint Venture represents each organisation's strong commitment to provide customers with a single source of best services in avionics industry,' he said. 'We as an organisation are at an interesting phase of our journey where we are streamlining our expertise and strengthening our knowledge. In such a phase joining hands with Thales adds to our proficiency in the market,' he added.
Commenting on the joint venture, Mr Eric Lenseigne, Managing Director of Thales in India said: 'This JV is a reflection of our commitment to India and our objective to strengthen our industrial footprint in the country. In addition, this collaboration with L&T Technology Services brings on-board a seamless integration of all elements and assures our customers quality service and the highest level of long-term, local product support. We are sure that together we would build on our expertise and provide our customers with world-class technology and services.' About Larsen & Toubro Larsen & Toubro is a USD 14.3 billion technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate, with global operations. Its products and systems are marketed in over 30 countries worldwide. L&T is one of the largest and most respected companies in India's private sector. A strong, customer-focused approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business over seven decades.
About L&T Technology Services L&T Technology Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro with focus in the engineering services space, partnering with many of the Fortune 500 companies globally. It offers design and development solutions throughout the entire product development chain across various industries such as Industrial Products, Medical Devices, Transportation, Telecom and Hi-tech and Process Industry.
The company also offers solutions in the areas of Mechanical engineering Services, Embedded Systems Services, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Engineering Analytics and Power Electronics and M2M and the Internet of Things (IoT) with a multi-disciplinary and multi-domain presence, we challenge ourselves every day to help clients achieve a sustainable competitive advantage through value-creating products, processes and services.
Headquartered in India, with close to 9500 highly skilled staff, 6 delivery centres and operations in more than 30 locations around the world, we constantly find flexible ways of working tailored to our assignments and customer needs.
About Thales Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace, Transportation and Defence & Security markets. In 2013, the company generated revenues of EUR14.2 billion with 65,000 employees in 56 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers and local partners.
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The women's professional peloton begins its European season this weekend on the cobblestones of Belgium. American Carmen Small will lead her Cervelo – Bigla team on Saturday in Belgium at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and then they'll head to the 129.1-kilometer Omloop van Het Hageland, for the team's first time since 2014.
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We've warned that Australia's cruel immigration regime would have a carcinogenic effect on the body politic. It's happening, despite today's stuff up
As the far right mobilised in Australia, footage was released of the British royals throwing Nazi salutes. Don't forget: those days we had genteel fascists too
Our politicians, among the highest paid in the world, have all but extinguished discussion of class. At a time of growing inequality, we have to ask why
It's customary to distinguish between two Alan Bonds: the shonky high-flyer, and the yachting victor. Truth is, in Labor's embrace they were the same man
George Brandis's new regime of funding is a double dose for artists: interventions on behalf of the Liberal party's base, and precarious employment
To be taken seriously in Australian public life, you can't stray from the list of approved Very Serious opinions. Scott McIntyre was punished because he did
Perhaps without realising it, questions about halal certification replicate the form of a traditional antisemitic preoccupation with Kosher food
Conventional 'deradicalisation' theory assumes terrorist recruits are brainwashed. Bilardi's sober rejection of the world says otherwise
Ending capital punishment in Australia was neither simple, nor inevitable. In calling for mercy for the Bali Nine pair, we fail to appreciate the risks of demanding reform for citizens of countries like Indonesia
With any other portfolio, an admission by the prime minister of catastrophic failure would necessitate an immediate reappraisal. Not national security
Who will administer the mythical 'pub test' now that Australian conservatives have dropped their love for the labouring folk of suburbia?
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