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Field Hockey Welcomes Lock Haven, Saint Francis (Pa.)
Minutewomen host a set of games on Garber Field during upcoming weekend
Field Hockey 2013 Season-In-Review
Minutewomen won A-10 Tournament, reached NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
UMass Falls To No. 5 Duke, 4-1 In NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
No. 10 Minutewomen end year with 19-5 record; most wins since 2000 season
Minutewomen Defeat No. 7 Virginia, 4-3 In Overtime Thriller
Verelst scores game-winning goal for No. 10 UMass in 81st minute
No. 10 UMass Prepares For Meeting With No. 7 Virginia
Minutewomen and Cavaliers to face off in NCAA Tournament First Round
FH vs. VCU
FH vs. VCU Photos by Thom Kendall '93
FH SENIOR DAY Photos by Thom Kendall '93
FH VS. UNH Photos by Thom Kendall '93
FH VS. LOWELL Photos by Thom Kendall '93
FH vs. RIDER (NCAA PLAY-IN)
FH vs. RIDER (NCAA PLAY-IN) Photos by Thom Kendall '93
Career Highlights: Finished four seasons at UMass with 37 points on 16 goals and five assists ... Set a single-season career-high with 14 points accumulated on five goals and four assists as a senior in 2013 ... Had six points (three goals) as a junior, eight as a sophomore on four tallies and nine as a freshman through four goals and an assist ... 2010 A-10 All-Rookie Team selection ... Provided both of her game-winning goals as a freshman, notching one against UConn (Sept. 11, 2010) and another vs. Temple (Nov. 5, 2010).
2013 - Senior: Game-by-Game Statistics ... Started in 20 of her 24 appearances ... Helped the offense with a single-season career-high 14 points on five goals and four assists ... Notched her first goal of the year in the 4-2 victory over No. 19 Boston College (9/6) ... Assisted on Molly MacDonnell's goal against No. 6 Syracuse (9/13) ... Added another helper during UMass' 5-1 win over Hofstra (9/22) ... Assisted on one goal against Hofstra (9/22) ... Scored a goal against No. 2 Maryland (9/28) ... Had helpers in back-to-back games against Saint Louis (10/12) and La Salle (10/20) ... Recorded her third goal of the season against Saint Joseph's (10/20) ... Added the game-tying goal at Saint Francis (Pa.) as UMass came back from a two-goal deficit to win in overtime, 4-3 on Nov. 3 ... Notched one goal to help UMass earn the 4-3 comeback win over No. 7 Virginia in overtime during the NCAA Tournament First Round (11/16).
2012 - Junior: Game-by-Game Statistics ... Played in 21 of 24 contests on the season, with starts in three games ... Finished the year with six points on three goals ... Had goals against No. 21 Albany (9/23), No. 24 Maine (9/30) and Saint Louis (10/12).
2011 - Sophomore: Game-by-Game Statistics ... Totaled her first goal of the year at Connecticut on Sept. 28 ... Notched a trio of goals in consecutive games, one each at St. Louis (10/16), vs. St. Joseph's (10/14) and at LaSalle (10/21).
2010 - Freshman: Game-by-Game Statistics ... Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (9/14) ... UMass Co-Athlete of the Week (9/13) ... Played in 23 games, starting 10 ... Recorded an assist against Stanford (11/13)... Scored the game winning goal at Temple (11/5) ... Recorded one goal vs. West Chester (10/29) ... Tallied a goal at Yale (9/12) ... Scored the game-winner vs. Connecticut (9/11).
Before UMass: Four-year member of the storied Palmyra High School varsity team ... A full-time starter her junior and senior seasons, she served as team captain in 2009 ... All-state second team in 2008 and 2009, while also earning Mid-Penn Conference All-Star and Lebanon County First Team All-Star honors both seasons as well ... Won the Palmyra High SCIJ (strength, courage, intensity, joy) Award in both her junior and senior seasons ... Member of the Distinguished Honor Roll.
Personal: Born Nov. 12, 1991 ... Daughter of Rodney and Christina Bowman ... Sister of Corey and Nikki.
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The James Joyce Irish Pub is located in Ybor. It is right on the trolley line for those who like to people watch you will love the large open patio area out front!
You will find The James Joyce Irish Pub at 1724 E. 8th Ave. in Ybor City. Their phone number is (813) 247-1896. http://www.jamesjoyceybor.com/about.html
This pub is a gem of a find, so do yourself a favor and check it out at your earliest convenience. At the James Joyce you will find at least 50 beers on tap, a full Irish whiskey menu, true authentic Irish food on the menu as well as a cozy old world feel.This pub always has a great selection of any seasonal beers, such as the ever popular Pumking!
On Thursday through Saturday the James Joyce has live bands entertaining.
The large patio outside is perfect for large parade parties that local Krewes might have as well as holding charity events. The staff on the day this Examiner visited to do the review was engaging and friendly. One Krewe ( Shamrocks ) love this pub so much it is their official Pub for gatherings!
Inside the James Joyce you will find many nooks for romantic meetings or private conversations. There are 2 fireplaces, and the walls have bookshelves. There is real handiwork in the carvings of the dark hardwood. In one end of the pub there is a corner for darts.

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What we have done lately:
September 2010 – July 2011
Matrioska by Tiago Guedes (Portugal)
In partnership with Migrations, we've brought a children's show which had toured to 100 countries, and for the first time to Wales in Galeri Caernarfon.
We have been into schools around Conwy, Gwynedd and Ynys Môn working with children to create their own version of the show.
"Very constructive as the classes ran in weekly sequence"
"Children looked forward to the weekly sessions"
"We were very satisfied with the lessons and the tutor and believe that we had had value for money"
MATRIOSKA Ysgol Moelfre 2011
"Very useful, a chance for the pupils to offer ideas and develop artistically. Everything was fantastic."
October 2010
Striking Attitudes / Dance film
With people from Cwm Penmachno (Conwy) we worked with professional choreographers and a film maker to take part in making a dance film on located in the old quarry of the village. An extremely moving experience for all of us.
"Happy spellbound and enjoyed every minute of workshop'" Vivienne L.
"Creative, physically magical" Sue S.
October 2010 & January 2011
We were commissioned by Goleuo (October) and then by Venue Cymru (January) to organise Flash Mobs.
What's a Flash Mob?
A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual act for a brief time, then disperse.
They are fantastic fun and have been done all over the world and we brought them to Betws y Coed and Llandudno!
"I never thought it could be so much fun! My kids and I loved it!" a participant
"It was so exciting! I felt so happy after having done it! I just wanted to do it again and again!" a participant
28 January 2011
Wet Sounds: we were commissioned by Bangor Sound City to create a choreography for Wet Sounds an underwater alternative music performance at Bangor Swimming Pool! Float, swim and dive in water filled with sounds from special underwater speakers.
The performance was sold out and highly acclaimed.
A fantastic opportunity to nurture local talent: Lisa Spaull, with Despina Goula and Angharad Harrop, devised an explosive and visually striking aquatic dance."astonishingly immediate, inescapable" The Guardian
January – March 2011
Bridging the Gap – Young People Taking the Lead
In partnership with Cwmni'r Fran Wen and Pontio, we have been working with young people at risk in Ysgol Coed Menai and Uned Bryn Llwyd.
Together with the group of artists the young people will be creating a film and experiencing activities ranging from Hip-Hop, Drama, Dance, Capoeira, Drumming, Filming, Editing, Beat Boxing…
18 March 2011
Harnisch-Lacey Dance Theatre worked with Dawns i Bawb and a group of 30 boys from Caernarfon schools (Syr Hugh Owen and Ysgol Santes Helen) to create a curtain raiser for their performance in Galeri, a brand new double bill called SPIN a fresh dynamic performance of Urban dance styles of Parkour and Break Dance.
After two days with professional dancers from the company and Dawns i Bawb, the BOYS took the stage with their very own physical and athletic dance.
25 June 2011
Summer Showcase, Galeri
We presented our annual showcase featuring our various community groups and special guests (Hip Hoper Meshach Shadare, Just Chances from Maesgeirchen Bangor, Ysgol Dolbadarn, Ysgol Talwrn, Earthfall) and the brand new commission of 'Ty Bach Twt' by Angharad Harrop, as well as her dance film 'Cynefin'.
What we are planning to do:
Adain Avion
We are planning to create a specific choreography with several hundreds of children for the arrival of Adain Avion in Llandudno.
If you want your school to be part of it, contact us now as the number of places will be limited!
Adain Avion is a mobile art space created from the fuselage of a DC-9 airplane, discovered and transformed by Spanish sculptor and designer Eduardo Cajal. Welsh artist Marc Rees will celebrate its twentieth anniversary by bringing Avion to Wales in the summer of 2012.
- Swansea, 24-30 June
- Ebbw Vale, 1-7 July
- Llandudno, 8-14 July
- Llandow 4-11 August
Adain Avion is Wales's Artists taking the lead commission, funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council of Wales, included in the London 2012 Festival and part of London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.


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My 4th grader has decided he's going to read the entire encyclopedia from A to Z, in order, and then quiz himself on it. (I can't really blame him, I did the same at his age - sans the quizzing; I think I just assumed I would remember everything.)
A few years earlier, he was leafing randomly through the encyclopedia for fun (yes, that is what passes for fun at our house - see above), when he came upon a photo of the burning World Trade Center. He read the caption, then wanted me to elaborate further. It's a tricky thing, explaining terrorism to a child who has the cognitive ability to comprehend every word, without the emotional ability to process it.
But, I'm glad I had the practice.
Sunday, April 27, 2014 is Yom HaShoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Another topic that, of course, kids should know about. The question for most parents is when, how, and especially what do you do with kids who think they're ready for more information than they actually are? (When it comes to many above-level books, for instance, I am often telling my three, "Just because you can read and define the words you are reading doesn't mean you truly understand what they mean.")
Two years ago, in article for Kveller.com, I wrote:
My husband and I realized that maybe it was finally time to have The Talk.
Not The Birds and Bees Talk. At our house, all three kids hear more than enough about human biology, and in such boring, scientific terms, too! No, at our house, the Talk is The Holocaust Talk. Soon to be followed by The Slavery and Jim Crow Talk, and then the Life Under Stalin (Especially for Jews) Talk.
The thing is though, the Holocaust (and slavery and Stalin…), they're not exactly topics you can casually drop into conversation, i.e. "I'll pick you up from school at 3, we'll go to ballet class and six million Jews were killed during World War II."
Read more at: http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/talking-to-my-kids-about-the-holocaust/
For kids who like to get all their information out of books, something fictional and age appropriate can be a good place to start.
But, as I found out with Lois Lowry's "Number the Stars," sometimes a book can be too gentle of an introduction.
Once again for Kveller.com, I wrote:
To say that, in my opinion, "Number the Stars" doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust would be understating it. By focusing on an outlying country and circumstances, it almost does more harm than good. It makes you think the Holocaust was, at worst, an inconvenience. People had to leave their homes for a while (as if it's being fumigated). But families stayed together, their friends remained loyal, and then everybody came back, safe and sound. No harm done, really. In fact, smuggling them out was a glorious adventure!
After he finished reading the book, I talked to my son about what really happened to the majority of Europe's Jews. How they weren't sheltered by their neighbors, but actually turned in by them (yes, I know there are stories that say otherwise; the reason they are so extraordinary is because they were the exceptions to the rule). How their homes were robbed and taken over and how the few survivors who made it back were frequently not allowed to reclaim them. How the Jews weren't just relocated to another city or country; they were murdered by the millions. We talked about yellow stars and shops being burned and people beaten to death in the streets. We talked about the existing European anti-Semitism that allowed it to happen and about how it hardly ended at the conclusion of the war, either.
These things are very upsetting.
These things should be very upsetting.
And I believe in getting to them sooner rather than later, so that the facts aren't some monumental shock dropped on a child without warning, but simply a part of who you are from the beginning.
Read more at: http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/number-the-stars-does-more-harm-than-good-when-it-comes-to-holocaust-education/
Plenty of people disagreed with me, of course. (Would it be the internet if they didn't?)
What do you think? Is there a right way to talk to kids about the Holocaust - or anything upsetting, for that matter? What do you do?


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Lehigh's Andrew Krentz
May 9, 2012
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Lehigh junior Andrew Krentz was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in men's tennis and was one of six student-athletes selected to the Academic All-League team, it was announced Wednesday.
Voting was conducted by the League's men's tennis sports information directors who could not cast a ballot for their own student-athletes.
The six positions on the team were spread out evenly across that many schools, and were occupied by two seniors, three juniors and one sophomore.
Joining Krentz on the Academic All-League team were Bucknell junior Evan Zimmer, senior Connor Feuille of Colgate, Holy Cross sophomore Chris Brosnan, senior Andrew Morris of Lafayette and Navy junior Nicholas Gutsche.
Krentz posted a 12-8 singles record for the Mountain Hawks this season, including a 3-2 mark against Patriot League opponents during the regular season. He also logged a 10-10 doubles mark, and combined for a 2-2 record in the Patriot League Tournament last month. Lehigh advanced to the semifinals of the tournament, where it fell to defending champion Army. Krentz has been a three-year starter for the Mountain Hawks, where he has primarily competed at No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles.
Krentz has shined academically at Lehigh, where he owns a 3.94 cumulative grade-point average where he's working on an integrated degree in engineering and arts and sciences. A native of Glencoe, Ill., Krentz is making his second consecutive appearance on the Academic All-League squad after earning a spot on last year's inaugural team. A multiple-year member of Lehigh's Dean's List, he has achieved a perfect 4.0 in three semesters, including in the spring and fall of 2011. He's a recipient of the Lehigh Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award, and earlier this year was selected as a Lehigh Martindale Scholar. A participant in the school's athletic department's Emerging Leaders Program, Krentz has already been named the team's Scholar-Athlete winner twice.
Krentz is Lehigh's first Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the sport since Ty Esler in 2004.
Zimmer joined Krentz as the other to make a repeat appearance on the Academic All-League team. Zimmer owns a 3.45 GPA at Bucknell as an accounting major, and is a three-time member of the school's Dean's List. Zimmer is the only student-athlete to earn both All-League and Academic All-League honors this season.
Feuille majors in English with a 3.82 GPA at Colgate, while Brosnan owns a 3.67 GPA studying economics and accounting at Holy Cross. Morris majors in mathematics and economics at Lafayette and carries a 3.39 GPA, while Gutsche owns a 3.25 GPA as a systems engineering major at Navy.
To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and the Academic All-Patriot League Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen or students in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor.
The Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for each individual sport comprises the pool of nominees for the Patriot League Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards given out over the summer. One male and one female are selected for this honor.
2012 Patriot League Men's Tennis Academic Awards
Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Andrew Krentz, Lehigh, Jr.
Academic All-Patriot League
Evan Zimmer, Bucknell, Jr.
Connor Feuille, Colgate, Sr.
Chris Brosnan, Holy Cross, So.
Andrew Morris, Lafayette, Sr.
Andrew Krentz, Lehigh, Jr.
Nicholas Gutsche, Navy, Jr.


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Dayna McCutchin
Apply To Be a Sports Nutrition Intern with Texas Tech Athletics
Dayna McCutchin is in her first year as a sports dietitian with the Texas Tech Athletics Department. She will serve as the Sports Dietitian for all sports for Tech Athletics and work primarily with Strength and Conditioning Director and Director of Sports Nutrition, Tory Stephens.
McCutchin graduated from Texas Tech in May 2010 with a degree in Nutritional Sciences and proceeded to start her Master's Degree in Nutritional Sciences in the summer of 2010. She then completed the Texas Tech Dietetic Internship in June 2011, and Master's Degree in Nutritional Sciences in May 2012. With the knowledge gained from her education and experience, McCutchin brings several skills and competitive advantages to Texas Tech.
McCutchin is a registered dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Licensed Dietitian with the State of Texas. She is a member of the Texas Association of Nutrition and Dietetics, Lubbock Association of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sports and Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition practice group, Weight Management Nutrition practice group, Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association, American College of Sports Medicine member, Exercise, Athletics, Strength Academy Member, and National Academy of Sports Medicine Member.
Graduate of Idalou High School, McCutchin married Zach McCutchin, from Levelland, TX, in September 2010.


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Saturdays, Jan.24; Feb.14; Mar.7; Mar.28; Apr.11, 2015
15 CEUs for entire series
Full Certificate Discount Fee: $275 (dependent upon full payment at time of registration; space may be held with a $50 non-refundable fee that will be applied to full payment when attendance is confirmed.)
Standard Course Fee: $65/session
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, January 9, 2015
* This certificate program is not a formal certification. Bryn Mawr certificate programs provide participants with curricula that support intensive study in specific areas. Completion of program requirements results in a frameable certificate of completion at the final session.
This series of five workshops is designed to introduce participants to contemporary approaches to clinical work with clients in groups. The five workshops will be taught by four senior clinicians with an expertise in conducting group therapy in a range of settings. The basic concepts of group treatment will be introduced along with three different theoretical perspectives in subsequent workshops. The last workshop will focus on tailoring the information to the participants' groups. The workshops will have both a didactic and an experiential component. The course is designed so that attending all five sessions will comply with the didactic training regulations set by the American Group Psychotherapy Associations' National Registry for Certified Group Psychotherapists.
CERTIFICATE ELIGIBILITY and REGISTRATON INFORMATION
Those who complete the full program of five courses within the current program year will receive a frameable certificate of completion at the final session. Those who attend fewer than the five sessions in the current program will forfeit the certificate.There are two registration options:
(1) Register for the Full Certificate* at $275, by submitting the full fee upon registration; OR
(2) Register for the five independent workshops at the $65/session standard course fee. Payment for each session must be submitted at least one week prior to class date.
*Registration and pre-payment of the full certificate program fee assumes attendance at all five sessions. Refunds of unused portions of full certificate discount price will not be granted.
January 24, 2015
Fundamentals of Working with Clients in Groups
This first workshop will focus on the basic concepts that underlie most approaches to group therapy. Based on the "Best Practices" research conducted by a committee of the American Group Psychotherapy Association over ten years, the workshop will discuss group dynamics and group process, and the specific aspects of group psychotherapy which make groups such a powerful change modality for participants. This workshop will set the stage for the following four workshops. (Thomas K. Hurster, MSS, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA)
February 14, 2015
Interpersonal Therapy in Groups
This fourth workshop will focus on the basic theoretical tenets of Irvin Yalom's Interpersonal approach to group psychotherapy. The presenter is a very experienced group therapy teacher and quite versed in Yalom's approach. She will review the approach's focus on curative factors unique to group treatment, the emphasis on interpersonal learning, the focus on here-and- now experiences, and the therapist's use of self. Attention will be given to adapting these principles to a range of groups and settings. A demonstration group comprised of volunteer participants will be conducted and discussed. (April Fallon, PhD, CGP)
March 7, 2015
Systems Centered Therapy® in Groups
This third workshop will focus on the tenets of Systems Centered Therapy® in groups. Dr. Barber, a student of Yvonne Agazarian (the founder of Systems Centered Therapy®), will review theoretical concepts, including the use of functional sub-grouping to work with differences and similarities between group members and the stages of group development according to the Systems Centered Therapy® model. Attention will be given to adapting these principles to a range of groups and settings. The workshop will include a demonstration group composed of volunteer participants, followed by a discussion. (Meredith Barber, PsyD, and Frances Carter, LSW)
March 28, 2015
Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy: The Basics
This second workshop will focus on the basic theoretical tenets of psychodynamic group psychotherapy viewed primarily from an object relations perspective. Dr. Ed Karmiol will review the basic theory of object relations and how it informs group treatment, the therapeutic use of the multiple transferences available in group therapy, and the change mechanisms that underlie psychodynamic group psychotherapy. The workshop will include a demonstration group composed of volunteer participants, followed by a discussion which will allow participants to explore how to use the material presented in their own practice. (Edward Karmiol, PhD, CGP, FAGPA)
April 11, 2015
Applying Group Treatment Principles to Different Populations
This fifth and final workshop will attempt to pull together the material presented in the previous workshops with an eye towards tailoring groups to the specific populations served. Input from the participants will be used to focus the discussion as we problem solve tailoring the different theoretical approaches to specific populations. The presenter will also briefly present some models of working with children and adolescents, as well as psycho-educational and support groups from his own practice. This last workshop is designed to allow selected participants an opportunity to present and share their own groups for discussion. (Thomas K. Hurster, MSS, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA)
Meredith Barber, PsyD, has taught group psychotherapy to graduate students at Widener University, Immaculata University, and currently in the Creative Arts and Therapy Program at Drexel University. She is past president of the Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society, and recently published a chapter on group therapy in Psychotherapist Revealed: Therapists Speak about Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy. She maintains a private practice in Penn Valley, PA.
Frances Carter, LSW, is in private practice in Philadelphia working with individuals, couples and groups. She also consults to organizations using a Systems-Centered perspective. Fran is a founding member of the Systems-Centered® Training and Research Institute, a current Board Member and System Mentor. She continues to be interested in the development of training, curriculum and research and has contributed her time to these workgroups within SCT®RI. She is a licensed Systems-Centered Practitioner and a senior trainer, leading workshops, ongoing training and consultation groups along with intensive training blocks throughout the US and Europe. She brings to all her work the energy and creativity of her early background as an artist. Fran has been working with the SAVI® system for analyzing verbal interaction and its developers, Yvonne Agazarian and Anita Simon, since 1981 in both a research and training contexts. She is currently a principal in SAVI Communications, a company that provides training, coaching, consultation and counseling using SAVI. She is one of the developers and senior trainers in the SAVI Certification Program, a program designed for professionals who would like to be able to teach SAVI in their work contexts. She is a founding member of the SAVI Network where she collaborates with others to develop training in SAVI for application to business, educational and clinical contexts.
April Fallon, PhD, CGP , is a clinical psychologist and the co-author of three books on group therapy. A highly experienced teacher and supervisor, she is currently on the faculty in the School of Psychology of the Fielding Graduate University, an Associate Professor at Drexel College of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, is a member of the Alonso Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, and maintains a private practice in Bala Cynwyd, PA. April is a past president of the Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society.
Thomas Hurster, MSS, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, is an adjunct faculty member at Bryn Mawr College GSSSWSR where he teaches Group Treatment and other courses. He is a Supervisor of Child and Family Support Services at Benchmark School in Media, PA, and is in private practice. With over 30 years of group experience, he currently conducts two co-ed open-ended private practice psychotherapy groups for high school aged youth, three school based children's groups, and a parent group. He is co-chair of the Child and Adolescent Special Interest Group of the AGPA, and on the board of the Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society.
Edward Karmiol, PhD, CGP, FAGPA. is a clinical psychologist who maintains a private practice in Center City Philadelphia, where as part of his practice he conducts four ongoing psychotherapy groups with adults. In practice for over 45 years, Ed has served as a group therapy training consultant to the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital, the Horsham Clinic, and Jewish Family Services, and has taught and supervised many area clinicians in group psychotherapy.


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Kicking off tomorrow in MUMBAI, India is a monthly night that will feature some of the hottest bass filled sounds that is coming out of the country and beyond. Starting tomorrow, Inroom Records & B.R.E.E.D bring you, THEROM a night and a collective movement that will bring you the finest line up of DJs and artists Mother India has to offer.
Featuring this month will our friends, the man himself, B.R.E.E.D (Ministry of Sound/Jack Knife/High Chai/Top Billin), DJ URI (Wobble) and Mental Martians
Entry: Rs.500 per person
Time: 10 pm onwardFor more information on future "Theorem" gigs in your city, visit:


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Xperia Play gets HD video recording in Android 2.3.4 update
The Android 2.3.4 firmware update has just started to roll out to Sony Ericsson Xperia Play users. This update two specific features that are worth point out.
The first feature is the addition of 720p HD video recording. Xperia Play owners were previously only able to shoot in standard definition on their 5 megapixel camera, but they will now be able to record some nice HD videos. The second feature is the option to enable or disable the display's auto brightness, which is already available to Verizon Xperia Play owners who upgraded to Android 2.3.3.
Not sure why HD recording wasn't included out of the box, but it is good to know that it is now available. Below is a video showing off the new recording thanks to a user over at the XDA forums. We will keep you updated on the Xperia Play.
Get the Verizon Xperia Play for free at Wirefly and Amazon and the AT&T version at Amazon as well.


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FilmNation Entertainment is set to finance the feature version of Andrew Will's sub-$40 million action thriller short "The Prototype" says Deadline.
Not to be confused with the video game series of the same name, the story follows an experimental drone soldier being hunted by the FBI's elite Critical Incident Response Group after it escapes from a top-secret military base and goes on the run.
Will ("Archangel") pens and helms the film which "Act Of Valor" filmmakers the Bandito Brothers will produce. Will, Max Leitman, Shawn Wallace and Sean Cushing will also produce.


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Al-Nusra Front have been the most effective fighters of the Syrian rebels. They are the only rebels able to go toe to toe with Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Unlike other Al Qaeda factions, Nusra had support of the populace and actually did not target Christians in areas they controlled. Jealousy soon spread to the organization that spawned them, Al Qaeda in Iraq.
In April AQI leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the merger of Nusra and his organization under the name the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. He did this without consulting Nusra leader Abu Mohammad Golani nor al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri, who later invalidated this merger. Baghdadi has not recognized this ruling and has the foreign fighters under his control. The Syrian fighters of Nusra, most of whom were defected Syrian soldiers have stayed loyal to Goloni. This sets the stage for a Nusra vs. AQI showdown.
(Reuters) – A rift between Syrian jihadis and their fellow fighters from al Qaeda's Iraqi wing may lead to internecine war among some of the most effective rebel groups in combating President Bashar al-Assad.
Trouble has been brewing since April over what Syria's Nusra Front regards as a power grab by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq. Now, Baghdadi's insistence that he will keep fighting as head of a united jihadi brigade in Syria, defying orders from al Qaeda chief Ayman Zawahri, has brought the two groups close to turning on each other.
"Tension is increasing, it is about to reach boiling point. Both sides are saying they are right. A clash between them could occur soon and if it happens, it will be ugly," said a senior rebel commander in Damascus who is following the dispute.
In April Baghdadi announced his Islamic State of Iraq was merging with the Nusra Front, which has staged some of the deadliest attacks on Assad's forces.
This apparently unilateral move opened up bitter and public rifts with the Nusra Front leadership – which resisted what it saw as his bid for overall power – and with Zawahri, the global al Qaeda leader who instructed him to put the merger on hold in an apparent attempt to settle the row.
"Baghdadi and those who believe in his extreme thinking, they are mostly foreigners and they are on their own," the source said. "Nusra is back to work," he added, saying Golani had ordered his commanders to prepare to resume operations.
Despite losing ground to Baghdadi's men in the north, particularly in Aleppo and Raqqa provinces, rebels say the Nusra Front remains active and prominent in operations in the southern province of Deraa, near the border with Jordan.
"Golani is the son of Syria and he was so far doing a great job in paving the way for the creation of the (Islamic) state as a choice of people not by force, so Baghdadi in a way is an obstacle," the source said.
Al Nusra Front is a Syrian movement that uses the AQ moniker for prestige purposes. But their agenda is only about Syria and Lebanon. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is a foreign movement made up of people whose agenda is pure terror. It is likely that Nusra will break all ties to AQ and just adopt a more Syrian Nationalist agenda, albeit Islamist.
The Syrian War shows how these Islamists do not even trust each other. How can we in the West trust these very same people?
Tags: Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Arab Spring, Syrian War, The Islamic State of Iraq an al-Sham


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Typhoon: Exuberance And Commotion, Contained
Typhoon: Exuberance And Commotion, Contained
Spotlight: Typhoon Performs 'Summer Home'
Hear More Songs From The Session
"Starting Over"
"The Common Sentiments"
Typhoon.Courtesy of the artist
My first experience seeing Typhoon was at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. I was actually planning to walk past the band's stage to catch someone else, but I ended up stopped in my tracks by the joyously loud sound Typhoon was making. Its 13 full-time musicians were practically spilling off the stage — not to mention lots of friends who join the group for live performances.
As I watched Typhoon, I was struck by how effortless its members made these complicated arrangements seem. With such a large number of musicians and instruments, it's no surprise that they can create a massive sound, but their playing reflects restraint and patience, as well. The songs often start slowly and quietly before gradually building into a swell of emotion.
I got my hands on Typhoon's latest EP, A New Kind of House, very soon after seeing the band at Newport, and could not wait to get the group into our own Studio A. It was exciting to finally see Typhoon load into WFUV, as its members hauled in everything from triangles to trumpets. In addition to performing material from A New Kind of House, Typhoon introduced a new song, discussed the challenges of touring as a big band in a small van, and explained why its members still hang out together when they're home.
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Well, after all of the fantastic entries you've read over the last few weeks, it's time for our winner's entry.
Ed Byers, a PhD student in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (and what a strong showing that School made overall in the competition - really impressive!) snatched the prize with his thought-provoking, powerful and well-argued entry which analysed the factors most likely to achieve real change following this year's Earth Summit.
Thanks to the generosity of our main competition sponsors Northumbrian Water, and the support of our partners the Planet Earth Institute, Ed will now travel, along with our second- and third-placed students James Robinson and Claire Chisholm, to the Earth Summit in June this year to witness for himself the debates and discussions taking place there. In addition, Etta, who finished fourth, will be travelling separately to Sao Paolo to visit Brazil's leading PR firm and work with them and some of their clients. We're delighted that all four of them have been able to receive prizes in recognition of their efforts - congratulations from all of us to all of you!
Following his competition win, Ed will be tasked, along with James and Claire, with keeping a blog on their experiences in the run up to, and during, the Earth Summit, and you will be able to follow their blog via this site.
So, here is Ed's entry ... enjoy!
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TOPEKA, KN (WIBW) - It's been one year since 11-year-old Alex White's service dog, Hope, was hit by a car and killed.
Alex has hereditary spastic paraplegia, an inherited disease that causes progressive weakness to his lower limbs.
Last year, Saige Halseth, one of Alex's classmates at Shawnee Heights Elementary in Topeka, Kan., started a fundraising campaign to help Alex get a new service dog. With the community's help, she raised $33,000.
After one long year of looking for a dog with a personality that meshes with Alex, the Kansas Specialty Dog Service introduced Alex to his new service dog, Redondo.
From here on out, Alex looks forward to laughs and smiles with his new best friend.
Alex will bring Redondo to school Monday for the first time.
The White family has used the money raised to help start the Hope Scholarship Fund, which will help other children battling hereditary spastic paraplegia with their expenses for specialty dogs.


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In last days my apache is being attacked by many connections from proxies. I've identified the source but could not block the attack effectively.
The attacker seems to be using pyloris or a variation of this to attack my apache on port 80.
I installed nginx and varnish but not enough to support the extra load.
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The city of Reykjavík as seen from the bell tower of the cathedral there.
Parnell Place Bus Station and Brian Boru Bridge, Cork at night.
Many Cork people think the Peace Park is Bishop Lucey Park on the Grand Parade but it's actually at the top of South Mall next to the Electric bar. It's hard to blame them. If you do a search for cork peace park the first link goes to the Wikipedia page for Bishop Lucey park but at least the first paragraph there explains the mistake.
Pictured is the World War I memorial on the site.
Paul Street, Cork. January 2014.
Ireland has been lashed with some severe winds and storms over the last 2 weeks. There's destruction in many locations around the coast and inland too but sometimes the storm abates and the sun shines between the clouds.
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Shades of gold and brown were everywhere in November. This shot in Fitzgerald Park, Cork captured the wonderful display while kids and parents congregated around the playground.
A few days ago I had a chance to shoot the city and took the opportunity to get a higher vantage point to shoot the Ferris wheel on The Grand Parade.
I've decided to license this photo and any newer photos under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This basically means you can do whatever you like with this photo, even commercial usage (although opportunities might be limited because of the web size of the file) as long as you credit me as the author and share the (altered?) photo under the same license.
You could if you were so inclined add little stick figures dangling from the gondolas in this photo, with one plummeting to it's death while the others are rescued by their friends or a passing eagle. I'd be fine with that. I'd be very happy with that! Just remember to mention me and link back here. That's all I ask.
And the last of the Ferris Wheel shots from about a week ago.
I prefer to take photos and work on them rather than come up snappy titles and accompanying text for blog posts. Facebook, Flickr and social media sites have the advantage here where all you need to do is hit upload and you can completely ignore the title or description. I think most people don't even read this blurb anyway so I may dispense with it completely except for location and date data. We'll see.
I'm also considering a Creative Commons license. That's fine for photos taken in public with nobody recognisable but how does CC cope with the necessity for model release forms? What about photos taken on private property? "All rights reserved" is so much easier and one of the reasons I haven't switched to a more permissive license.
Another shot of the ferris wheel in the Grand Parade, Cork from last weekend. As I said in my previous big wheel post it wasn't moving all that fast. It just depends on how the photographer shoots it!


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TUCSON, Ariz. - The Arizona-USC football game to be played in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 1, is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. (PDT) and will be televised to a national audience on FSN, the Pac-12 office announced on Monday.
Arizona (1-2, 0-1 Pac-12) hosts No. 10 Oregon (2-1, 0-0 Pac-12) this Saturday at Arizona Stadium. The game against the Ducks is set for 7:15 p.m. (MST) and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.
USC (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) is ranked No. 23 in the country and plays at Arizona State this Saturday in a game on ESPN that will also begin at 7:15 p.m. Should the Trojans win and remain ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll next week, it would mark a fourth-straight contest against a nationally ranked team for the Wildcats - a first for Arizona football.


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A funny Valentine's Day is an option this year in the Little Rock area as comedian Jeff Dunham brings his "Disorderly Conduct" tour to Verizon Arena. The show is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Be on the look out for all of Dunham's friends, including Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Bubba J, Peanut and Jose' Jalapeno.
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NAPPANEE — A new roundabout just outside of Nappanee has been a cause of concern for local farmers.
The roundabout will be placed at the intersection of S.R. 19, S.R. 119 and C.R. 44.
Dwight Moudy, public relations Director of the Elkhart County Farm Bureau, has stated that the bureau is opposed to the roundabout due to the high number of milk haulers who travel the intersection. Because the milk trucks have no baffles (devices used to restrain the flow of a fluid) due to contamination issues, the milk often shifts rapidly. The Farm Bureau fears that a roundabout is an unnecessary hazard on a road that is frequented by these high-risk trucks.
Moudy also said the same issue of safety has been risen for truckers carrying livestock, as the shift in weight from a roundabout could be dangerous. He estimates that truck drivers will need to slow from 55 to 10 mph to be safe on the roundabout.
The Farm Bureau is concerned that the high number of buggies that travel the road, combined with large trucks having to funnel into the same space, will slow down traffic.
Moudy says that he has not found another roundabout in this same traffic pattern in the country, and he doesn't see why it is needed at all.
According to an INDOT engineer's report "the current configuration of the signalized intersection can result in stopped southbound SR 19 traffic blocking the intersection of S.R. 19 and C.R. 44 and S.R. 119. The existing structure on S.R. 19 over Christopher Ditch is failing and has had temporary repairs made to it.There are several fractures and exposed reinforcing steel."
There have been six accidents at the intersection from 2004 to 2007.
Appraising and purchasing the land has begun. Private contractors will be able to bid this fall.
"A lot of people are saying it's a done deal. We are still the tax payers, and if you can show us that this will be safer, but right now it looks like an unnecessary test," Moudy said.
Blake Doriot, Elkhart County Surveyor, said there have also been concerns about the current design.
"I don't see how the large oversized loads are going to work going through that roundabout," he said. "I think it is going to go through, I think the best thing we can do now is make some design changes to make it safer."
George Reed, a Wakarusa farmer who travels the intersection regularly, said he would rather see the rough streets in Nappanee fixed. He called the roundabout "a big waste of money."
INDOT estimates the total cost at just under $2 million, but this number may change in July.
Over a 20-year period the upkeep cost of a signal intersection is double what it would be for a roundabout.
INDOT had a meeting for stakeholders scheduled last week for them to share information with the interested parties regarding the roundabout. The meeting was cancelled when the media wished to attend the meeting.


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"Gross oversimplification time! What did we get from first-wave feminism? The right to vote, among other things. What did we get from second-wave feminism? The right to have sex indiscriminately, among other things."Feminism tends to take one of two forms when depicted in the media: Angry, scary bra-burners and vague declarations of Girl Power. Of course, in reality, feminism is a much more complicated movement. A good comparison to feminism is a major religion like Christianity. They've both got one essential message, but there are many divisions and subgroups with different views on how to interpret/act on on that message, and some of them don't get along so well. There are literally dozens of different factions within the feminist movement, which split off of each other due to disagreements over everything from abortion rights to the pairing of feminism with racial/gay/whathaveyou rights movements to how big of a problem gender discrimination really is in the first place. There are pretty much only three concepts you can count on any mixed group of feminists agreeing on:
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- That women should have legal and economic rights equal to those of men, such as the right to vote and to manage their own finances.
- That women should be able to pursue any career they choose, and should get paid the same amount as a man doing the same job with the same level of competence.
- That mutual consent is a must for all sexual activities.
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- "Why would anyone want to give up being a man? It's like winning the lottery and giving the ticket back."—Natalie Figueroa, Orange Is the New Black, 1x03 - "Lesbian Request Denied"
A History of FeminismIn one sense, feminism is truly ancient. You can find women asserting themselves as independent and equal as far back as the sixth century BC (the poet Sappho), which might make feminism Older Than Feudalism. You can also find works that are unmistakably feminist in many times and places, such as the Arthurian Romance Silence, from 14th century France, which features a female protagonist with a distinctly subversive name (as a girl she was given the name Eufemie by her mother, which not only means "Alas! Woman!" but also "euphemism", or a way of speaking around a subject rather than directly to it), which might make feminism Older Than Print. You also find notable feminists involved in the American Revolution, such as the iconoclast Thomas Paine and Abigail Adams (who was quite upset that her husband, future president John Adams, didn't follow her advice and make sure women were given decent representation in the Constitution), although they, of course, didn't call themselves feminists. There were also writers such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges who wrote early feminist essays and criticized the Enlightenment thinkers and radicals of the day for usually ignoring women's rights; de Gouges even proposed giving all women the right to vote, possibly the first prominent call for women's suffrage. In the end, feminism is agreed to have begun as an organized and self-aware movement in the second half of the 19th century. In the United States, it grew out of, among other things, the tradition of women's open involvement in politics (as moral leaders and teachers) and drew on the long tradition not only of women political activists, but also women writers, poets, and philosophers. Historians generally agree that feminism per se began with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 in upstate New York. There was still some progress prior to Seneca Falls, though - equal education for women had already been a major issue for a few decades, and property rights for women had been pushed a number of times. As one should expect of a philosophical, political, and social movement with more than 150 years of history, feminism has evolved since its beginnings. It has grown, developed, and responded to changes in politics and culture. Feminism has also simply learned as some of the brightest lights in the world have studied gender and its relationship with the rest of the human experience, exploring ideas and building a vocabulary to better understand them. As such, feminism is usually divided into three waves.
- First Wave Feminism: The Seneca Falls Convention included a Declaration of grievances modeled on the 1776 Declaration of Independence, which outlined a number of ways in which the laws and society of the United States were unjust toward women. Feminism arose in part from the growing urbanization and industrialization of the US at the time. Not only that, but feminism was tightly bound up with religious revivalism sweeping the United States (New York's upstate was known as the 'Burned Over' district due to the waves of religious fervor that regularly swept through the area) and the moral issues of the day such as temperance and especially abolition. As such, the first wave was largely focused on women's rights in the workplace, on equal treatment under the law, and especially on suffrage. Whereas in the early days of the United States women were expected to form a key part of the household and form a model of virtuous womanhood as part of the moral underpinning of America and the rearing of its youth, the women of the first wave were particularly vocal and active, engaging in dangerous jobs (Nellie Bly had herself committed in order to expose the atrocious conditions of insane asylums) and political activism, even being imprisoned for their "unladylike" behavior.
- Second Wave Feminism: Beginning in the 60s, the second wave developed in the midst of the anti-war movement and the civil rights movement. Believing that women had achieved political equality but nothing else, feminism became more "radical", and indeed called themselves "radical feminists", although that term has a very different meaning today. As part of a culture bursting with ideas about social, political, and economic structures, feminism too began to look into different issues, often through a Marxist lens. This wave gave us such things as "patriarchy", "oppression", and "normative heterosexuality". Women's role in the home, in the workplace, in sexual relationships were all put under the microscope, as was the culture that took these things for granted. Second wave feminists focused on the more subtle forms of discrimination, such as the wage-gap, discriminatory hiring and promotion practices, spousal abuse, barriers to the access of contraception and abortion, and demonization of divorce and single-parenthood (especially for women). These were the feminists who allegedly burned their bras and stopped shaving, the feminists who aggressively moved into male-dominated professions, the feminists that Fox News can't seem to forget. The first wave was dominated by white women of means (albeit with significant black voices here and there), but the second wave drew increasingly from the other movements that were also powerful at the time, drawing not just ideas, but actual voices from the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement.
- Third Wave Feminism: The third wave began in the mid-90s, with what are known as post-modern and post-colonial strains of thought. Drawing on the growth and development in ideas throughout the prior three decades, feminist thinkers recognized many flaws at the core of the second wave. Although the second wave was born in the cultural ferment of the 60s/70s and sought to include the voices of gay women and women of color, the fact was that second wave feminism was heavily dominated by straight, white women. Further, there had been a strong "us vs. them" mentality in the second wave that tended to alienate potential allies and feminists alike, as well as foster division within feminism itself. For example: the refusal of some feminist thinkers to accept any alternative forms of sexuality as anything other than objectification, particularly bondage and submission; refusing to believe men could ever be allies, but only patriarchal oppressors; refusing to believe that other women could have had different experiences, and that those experiences could form part of a larger, more nuanced picture of oppression. The third wave encompasses both "girly feminism" and "grrl power", in that the third wave seeks to empower women by acknowledging that, when you're free to choose your own path, your choice is a valid expression of your values and desires as a woman. Third wave feminism derides objectification while promoting self-expression; it actively opposes the danger and injury of sexual assault while promoting sex-positivism and "enthusiastic consent"; it fights patriarchal oppression and in so doing notes that that same patriarchy harms men, too. Finally, the third wave intentionally strives for inclusion and intersectionality, recognizing that oppression can take many forms and will affect different people in different ways (race, disability, sexuality, transgenderism, class, religion, etc).
Different Schools of FeminismIn addition to the three waves, which are divided by time periods, feminism is also divided internally over which issues are of most importance and what is really at the root of gender inequality.
- Radical feminism: A term encompassing the more militant forms of feminism and also the most misunderstood. Conflating the more activist forms of radical feminism with fanatical "abolish men" and quasi-religious 'anti-sex' movements has resulted in this being the source of many of the negative stereotypes surrounding feminism as a whole. Radical feminist movements see the problems women face as resulting from patriarchy (social power relations being slanted to favor males over females) and most of them see all other social struggles as a facet of or as a subordinate of it (where as most other feminists tend to see the patriarchy as a component of a larger system of inequality); and thus, equality can only be achieved via the complete dismantling of the patriarchy and its attendant gender-constructs. Most radical feminists oppose pornography, which they see as inherently oppressive towards women, and other forms of sex work such as prostitution, with most radical feminists today supporting the Scandinavian model of criminalizing the buyer of sex but not the seller. While once very popular, the anti-pornography movement has gotten a lot of flak in recent years for being anti-sex, while that is not the point of many of its campaigners. Other radical feminists have been caught seemingly ignoring issues of class, race, and sexual orientation, and because others have expressed opinions viewed as transphobic (anti-transgender).
- Marxist feminism: Sees the source of womens oppression not being due to the concept of patriarchy as such, but due to the unequal structure of a capitalist economy. For this reason it sees struggles for gender justice and economic justice as inseparable. They hold that only by getting rid of capitalism can gender equality be achieved.
- Socialist feminism: A fusion of radical feminism with Marxist feminism. It sees capitalism and patriarchy as mutually reinforcing systems with one making possible the other.
- Liberal feminism: Agrees with Marxist feminism that the source of womens oppression is economic, but isnt anti-capitalist. Instead it focuses on breaking through what they call the glass ceiling in economic institutions that concentrates men at the top of corporate and political professions while keeping women in subordinate positions in companies. This is probably the most popular and mainstream form of feminism in the present day since it focuses on the individual choice of the women belonging to it, though radical feminism still tends to dominate in academic and activist contexts.
- Womanism: Shifts attention towards the experiences of women and girls of African descent. Argues that feminists need to take account of racial problems in addition to gender problems. The writer bell hooks is a prominent voice in this tendency.
- Lesbian feminism: Shifts attention towards LGBT women and incorporates elements of queer theory into feminist discourse. Its also tends to be heavily inspired by postmodernist philosophy and tries to deconstruct ideas of what it means to be a woman. Judith Butlers 1990 book "Gender Trouble" is a pretty good summation of lesbian feminist ideas and queer theory as a whole, although the high levels of academic jargon have made it notoriously difficult to read. There's also a minority of lesbian feminists who despise queer theory and embrace "political lesbianism"; that is, separating themselves from males for political reasons. This section has more overlap with radical feminism than with queer politics.
- Ecofeminism: Emphasises the womans relationship to nature and champions the supposedly feminine values of ecology while attacking the androcentric worldview that allegedly treats the earth as something to be used and dominated in the same way patriarchal men treat women. Other environmental philosophies especially Social Ecology have criticised ecofeminism for claiming that women have an essentially deeper connection to nature than men, given that many of the feminine traits of nature are merely coded as such rather than innately gendered. Plus the fact that many ecofeminists are close to New Age thinking with many even worshiping a Mother Earth Goddess.
- Anarcha-feminism: Sees the domination of women as one form of power-based social hierarchy among many along with racism, homophobia, transphobia, capitalism, and statism. It opposes all of the above and argues that a fight against any one of them is incomplete without seeing them as part of a mutually reinforcing network of different oppressions. This idea is called intersectionality and also has applications outside of gender issues. The Russian-American writer Emma Goldman is considered the grandmother of this school of thought.
Common Myths and Misconceptions About Feminism
All feminists are women.By and large, the answer is no; basically every feminist will agree that men should forward the cause of feminism, or at least not obstruct it. However, the extent to which they should forward it will differ, depending on who you ask. Some female feminists claim that, just as it's possible for straight people to be in favor of same-sex marriage, or for non-Jews to be against anti-Semitism, it is very much possible for men to identify as feminist. Some well-known men who identify as feminists or have expressed feminist ideals include Alan Alda, Joss Whedon, Kurt Cobain, Hayao Miyazaki, Henrik Ibsen, John Stuart Mill, Linkara and most of his male colleagues, Frederick Douglass, and L. Frank Baum. Even Dr. Eggman has been described as a feminist in the Sonic Heroes instruction manual. Having said that, there is a competing school of thought that says while men can (and should) support feminism, they shouldn't be feminists, because feminism is (or should be) fundamentally about women solving their own problems, without looking to men to do it for them. According to this school, being a feminist is a little like having N-Word Privileges: unless you have been oppressed the way women are, you don't have the background to be a feminist. Men in this school tend to describe themselves as "pro-feminist" instead, and are called "male allies" by the viewpoint's women. (Like N-Word Privileges, this is acknowledged to be a Double Standard in and of itself.)
All feminists are lesbians.Lesbians have been an important part of the feminist movement pretty much from day one — prominent lesbian or bisexual feminists include Andrea Dworkin, Valerie Solanas, Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Julia Serano, Camille Paglia and Mary Daly. However, many feminists are straight women—in fact, it's likely that most are, if for no other reason that homosexuals are believed to make up only 10% of the population. There are also male feminists and/or feminist allies (straight, bisexual, gay and asexual), asexual feminists, transgender feminists, and feminists of any other sexuality and gender identity you can think of. There have been a few feminist writers — especially during the 1970's, before the movement had made as many gains as it had today — who suggested that it might not be possible to have a truly egalitarian heterosexual relationship as long as sexism remained pervasive in society. This was fiercely debated even at the time, though, and it was certainly never mainstream feminist dogma that feminism carried a moral obligation to swear off sex with men.
All feminists are hairy-legged, makeup-shunnin', boot-wearin' brutes.As much as feminists dislike the "women must be dainty and pretty" messages that society/media blast at them, for most, it's the must part that they object to. Some feminists choose to avoid or reject mainstream beauty ideals as a statement of protest, and there are some who adhere to a Real Women Don't Wear Dresses philosophy. There are others who argue that valuing traditionally masculine behavior (like being unconcerned about looks) over traditionally feminine behavior (like wearing dresses and makeup) is ultimately pretty anti-feminist in itself. Most modern mainstream feminists just think men and women should be equally free to decide for themselves how much effort they care to put into their appearance.
Feminism was invented in the 1970s.The movement first gained coherence in The '70s, yes... But go back to any place and time where there has been widespread discrimination against women (namely, All of Them), and you will find feminism—or, at least, something that looks like feminism if you squint hard enough. The word "feminism" dates back to 1895; the entire "suffragette" movement, in which American women campaigned for the right to vote, took place in 1905; and Christine de Pizan was writing feminist works as far back as the early 15th century. If you believe that men can be feminists and that one does not need to describe oneself as a feminist to be one, then the very first might well be Euripides, which would make feminism Older Than Feudalism. (On the other hand, some of his contemporaries called him misogynistic even by Ancient Greek standards.)
Feminists think men and women are 100% identical.Most feminists would agree that there are overall differences between sexes. While sentiments like "men on average have two thirds (or 60 to 100%) greater muscular strength in the upper body" can lead to arguments if stated/interpreted wrongly, the majority of feminists would concede that, yes, most men have most women beat in raw physical strength. What really grinds a feminist's gears are suggestions that:
- Something that applies to one gender is universal and cannot apply to the other gender. ("Any man is physically stronger than any woman, ever, period.")
- Differences between the genders are an excuse for discrimination. ("Women are not as physically strong as men, and thus no women should ever be allowed to have jobs that require lifting heavy objects.") (Or, even worse, "Women are not as physically strong as men, and thus no woman should ever be allowed to have jobs.")
- Failure to adhere to expectations about one's gender is an excuse for ridicule. ("Any man weaker than a woman is a loser; any woman stronger than a man is a freak.")
Feminists are frigid, hate sex, and want to stop anyone from enjoying porn or fanservice.Feminists have a problem with porn tropes that promote a degrading or hateful view of women ("Not If They Enjoyed It" Rationalization, Sex Slave, the "Rape Is Love" trope that ran afoul of 5P, etc), and with the ways the porn industry exploits a lot of the women who work for it. Some (again, this was a more popular position in the 1970's than it is today) do think porn inherently objectifies women and is therefore always misogynisticnote . Other feminists, though, think what the world actually needs is better porn — porn that presents sex as something where both partners' desires are equally important; Gloria Steinem uses the terms "pornography" and "erotica" to differentiate between the two. There's more of a consensus on fanservice: feminists generally claim not to be against seeing sexy ladies in media, but don't like how often this leads to objectification, with Character Development deferred in favor of Male Gaze. (Whether this actually holds up in practice varies from feminist to feminist.) In any case, most feminists enjoy sex just fine, and those who don't are typically at least okay with the idea of it. There's even a whole faction of the movement, called Sex-Positive Feminism, that focuses on working to promote positive and empowering views of sexuality, and feminists who work in the sex industry who consider the work that they do to be empowering and advocate for feminism and the world at large to be more open-minded about sex work.
Feminists hate men, think women are better than men, and think women should have more power than men.Since feminism sets itself up as the opposite of patriarchy, and since patriarchy holds as its central tenet the idea that Men Are Better Than Women, it is easy to assume, through transitive relation, that all feminism must espouse the gender-flipped opposite. But not all do. Women who seriously blame men for everything are known to academics as "misandrists", to readers of this wiki as Straw Feminists, and to mainstream modern feminists, if there is such a thing, as "wrong". Most feminists don't think sexism is primarily something all individual men do to all individual women; the problem as most see it is patriarchy, which is a more nebulous, widespread and intangible thing. Culture is insidious: women can, and frequently do, act in ways that support patriarchy; and men can and do fight it. The point of feminism (as much as such a vast and highly fragmented movement can be said to have a point) is to raise women to the level of rights/respect that men have had for centuries. Its goal is to render men and women equal, not to drag men down to subhuman levels as some cosmic act of revenge. Note that this has not always been the case: feminism goes in waves, and there have been times in which open hatred for men has been common among feminists as opposed to a radical fringe position. Even today, it is all-too-easy to fall into the trap of assuming that because women have traditionally had less power in many situations, it is therefore always appropriate to divest men of power and invest it in women instead. But in modern feminism, at least on paper, this is less a core tenet of the movement and more an excess that some feminists are guilty of.
Feminists burn bras.Back in The '60s, there were some public demonstrations in which feminists threw bras, high heels, and other fashion-related items into trash cans to protest unrealistic standards of beauty. A newspaper headline compared these actions to men burning draft cards during The Vietnam War. The two ideas got jumbled together in the public consciousness, and the myth of bra-burning continues to this day. Some individual feminists almost certainly did this on a smaller, local scale, but there are no records of mass, well-publicized instances of bra-burning (as there are with men burning their draft cards), and it does not seem to have been a common demonstration tactic.
Feminists are angry, bitter harpies.In a Venn diagram, the circle of angry, bitter harpies and the circle of feminists overlap but are not identical, and the one doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the other.
Feminists think women are the only ones who are hurt by sexism, and don't care about men's problems.It's pretty uncontroversial in feminist circles to point out that sexism does hurt men in plenty of ways. The controversy tends to actually lie in what exactly should be done about this; whether men's issues resulting from sexism will sort themselves out as the patriarchy fades, or whether a concerted pro-men effort is required. There are feminists who specifically focus on the ways men's oppression and women's oppression are linked; for instance, many argue that companies need to start granting paternity leave both so that fathers can have the chance to bond with their kids, and so that women aren't automatically assumed to be responsible for child care. On the other hand, there are also plenty of feminists who, on the assumption that women are more harmed by sexism than men, can be ambivalent, obstructionist, or worse toward efforts to address men's issues. One area of particular controversy is when feminist blogs and websites have mocking rules against "what about teh menz?" discussions. See, when feminism became a thing in the 70s, a pro-feminist counterpart movement sprung up called the "Men's liberation movement," which argued that sexism hurts men in plenty of ways. However, this movement eventually dissipated and became a mostly academic discourse, while a breakaway group formed called the "Men's Rights Movement", arguing that feminism has gone too far and left women more privileged than men (yes controversial; please do not discuss it here). "Men's Rights Activists" tend to find plenty to disagree with in feminism-centered websites, which has resulted in Flame Wars, trolling and worse. This is partially why feminists tend to be cautious about how much of that viewpoint they allow into their discussions. Some also like to distinguish between the terms masculist (pro-feminist men who focus on male issues) and masculinist (anti-feminist men who see the movement as dangerous to gender relations). And even when feminist-ascribing men are involved in the discussion, there is also an ideological point to be made. Though it is not controversial to point out that sexism hurts men, it changes the tone of a discussion when a man makes that point. It is all-too-easy to fallaciously infer that he doesn't really care about women's problems unless he is personally affected by them... which, in addition to being a pretty lousy attitude, would go squarely against the whole point of feminism. Finally, there is the notion that modern feminism is inclusive of non binary people, so saying that only women get oppressed because of patriarchy is a pretty shitty thing to say with non cisgendered people are also thrown under the bus.
Frequent Complaints Against FeminismWhen discussing the topic of gender on the Internet today, the mere mention of the F-word can create catastrophic flame wars that can go on for (literally, not figuratively) weeks and leave newcomers to comment threads wondering why on Earth it has so many rape and death threats directed at people. For the purpose of navigating this rhetorical minefield, some common complaints frequently voiced today are as follows:
- If its about equality between the genders, why is it called feminism and only focuses on one gender?
- Okay, so classical feminism may have been about genuine equality, but modern feminism is full of misandrists who hate all men and privileged women who only care about superficial problems.
- This thing feminists claim to oppose, patriarchy, doesn't exist. Surely most men have lives just as hard as most women.
- If its about equality, shouldnt it be called equalism?
- If its about equality and liberation for all people, shouldnt it be called humanism?
- One of the more legitimate complaints is that while there is an entire movement and theory dedicated to addressing the needs of women, men also have gender-specific problems that deserve attention but don't seem like they'll be addressed by a philosophy that defines itself in relation to women. Again, this is why the Men's Liberation Movement sprung up in the 70s.
Glossary of Feminist Terms
- Agency: The ability to act for oneself. If someone is trying to control you, or speaking for you, or not letting you make your own decisions, they're denying you agency.
- Gender Binary: The dichotomy that splits everything (even things that have no basis in sex or gender) into "male" and "female", as opposed existing on a continuum with many people grouped toward the ends.
- Intersectionality: Taking into account anything and everything that can marginalize people - not just sex and gender, but also race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical ability, class, etc. For example, being a woman of color means you could be subject to both misogyny and racism. Further, a woman of color experiences misogyny differently from a white woman and racism differently from a man of color.
- Objectification: Ignoring or taking away everything about a person that makes them a person, and seeing/portraying them as just an object. In feminism, this often involves discussions of sexual objectification, where women are denied agency and intention in order to make them into objects for the sexual desires of heterosexual men.
- Privilege: All the things about you that might make your life a little easier than the lives of other people in your (usually majority) group. When somebody tells you to "check your privilege", they're reminding you to recognize where you're coming from. For example, if you're straight and white, your experience differs from that of queer women of color.


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Google Nexus 7 3G coming to Three in the UK
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NUMERICAL MOBILE OPERATOR Three has announced that it will be selling the Google Nexus 7 3G.
Three is remaining typically quiet about pricing and release date details, but select retailers have already started selling the 3G enabled Asus tablet, which has been priced at £239 at the Google Play store. Three likely will offer the tablet on contracts for those who don't fancy paying upfront, we can hope with its all-you-can-eat data bundled in.
Sylvia Chind, head of Devices at Three said, "The Nexus 7 3G is packed full of innovative entertainment features, and coupled with 3G connectivity is perfect for staying online when out and about. Added to that, because of its super-fast processor, we think it'll be a real hit with gaming fans."
In terms of specifications, the Google Nexus 7 3G is nearly identical to the original version of the Asus tablet, although it has an extra 16GB of internal storage, upping the amount to 32GB.
The tablet also comes with an upgraded version of its Android operating system, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, which brings a few new features to the Nexus tablet. These include an upgraded version of Google Now, a new Swype-like keyboard and access to Google Music and Movies in the UK.
Google also announced the LG Nexus 4 smartphone on Monday, its Android 4.2 flagship smartphone. This features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, a 4.7in HD touchscreen, 2GB of RAM and an 8MP rear-facing camera, and has been priced at just £239 at the Google Play store. µ
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The story of a dead whale that was tagged with graffiti is making headlines in the UK. The headline in Saturday's Telegraph read, "Whale washed up on New Jersey shore gets 'tagged' with graffiti
"A 15-feet-long whale has been found below Atlantic City's Central Pier in the US bearing the Greek letters that belong to a fraternity that has chapters in several schools in the area"
The Telegraph notes that the Minke whale washed ashore in New Jersey when it was tagged with graffiti. The community as well as the Telegraph readers have reacted with outrage.
The whale is about 15 feet long. It was discovered Thursday underneath the Central Pier in Atlantic City, the casino resort capital of New Jersey. Fox News reports that it appears that the whale had been dead for several days.
Atlantic City Police say the graffiti was in purple ink and was not gang-related but contained Greek letters, leading investigators to believe it may be connected with a fraternity prank.
The letters appeared to be Tau Epsilon Phi. That is a fraternity that has chapters at several schools in the area. Those letters are followed by what looked like "94."
A spokesman for the Tau Epsilon Phi said that while it has not been confirmed that its members were responsible it strongly deplores the act. Spokesman Jesse Cohn said the fraternity considers it a "reprehensible act" contrary to its teaching.
The frat spokesman added that the organization is cooperating with the police investigation.
The Press of Atlantic City reports that a dead dolphin was found close to where the whale was found but it had no graffiti on it and it is not known whether the marine mammal deaths were related.
Marine mammal officials say they will bury both animals . Some merchants in the area had already expressed concern that the smell from the rotting animals would keep away tourists.
It's not the first time marine mammals have washed up on the Jersey shore.
"We had a 57-foot fin whale wash up in Jersey City just a few weeks ago," said Robert Schoelkopf, director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
But this is the first time that they have found any of the mammals covered with graffiti.
The Telegraph readers responded to the story with outrage.
Mary Lendahan wrote: "At what local colleges is this fraternity housed? Are animals so insignificant that people cover them with spray paint? This is disgusting."
John Greiner opined, "Graffit on a washed up whale....a new A.C. Low....."
Ken Brown wrote, "The tag is for the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity, and their color is purple. Should be easy to track down the people who sprayed painted the whale. Isn't there a federal law about disturbing federally protected whale carcasses? Or destroying the sacredness of a magnificent ocean mammal's death?"
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Cooking the perfect pasta sounds easy, right? Please, do us a favor and don't ask how often we've ended up with pasta that is either slightly under-done or sticky enough to use as wallpaper paste. The Perfect Pasta Timer ($40) is easy to use and pretty darn effective. It allows you to select from the ten most common types of pasta, input how much you're cooking, and to choose whether you want it to turn out al dente or regular. You simply clip the timer to the side of the pot and wait for it to beep. Easy, effective, and dependable. If only we could find a man like that.
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The 6800 series HollowTech II Ultegra crankset uses a new 4 arm design that is lighter than the previous 5 arm 10 speed version without compromising its structural integrity. In fact, Shimano tells us they are just as strong and rigid as the old 5 arm version, just lighter. They also added additional chain ring configurations, ranging from compact to standard and everything in between. To keep things uncomplicated, the same 110mm bolt circle diameter is compatible with every chain ring option in the Ultegra 6800 lineup.
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Great stiff crank that's light in weight. It's also great looking.


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My son, Noah, is a huge fan of the History Channel's "Swamp People". So, this year he chose a swamp theme for his party. I knew I had my work cut out for me, but I had so much fun with all the rustic elements! I designed the invitation & all the paper goods for the party.
The party was held at a nearby park that overlooks a lake. It was the perfect backdrop for the party! We rented a pavilion with 6 tables. I used two of the tables for my food table and covered them in a cream colored muslin fabric with a camo hunting blind (from Walmart) as an overlay. For serving dishes, I used antique wooden coke boxes, handmade tree stump cake stands, diy ceramic pedestals, camo bait buckets, & baskets. I propped my beverage dispensers up on an antique stool from my husband's family farm. The birthday boy's cupcake, perched in a toy boat, set high on a tall tree stump.
For the table backdrop, I hung a fish net from two curtain rods anchored in tall buckets filled with sand. I used mini clothespins to hang several 5x7 photos of my son as well as his banner. It provided texture and visual appeal to the table. The other tables were covered in kraft paper. My centerpieces were small tin buckets filled with green Easter grass and alligator crayons. I wanted the little ones to use the crayons to color on the tables during dinner.
I found camo sipper cups at Hobby Lobby for the Little Gator Hunters to drink from. The younger guests also ate from alligator plates we had been collecting from many packs of Zoo Pal Safari plates. The menu consisted of Gator Bait (chicken nuggets) Chomp Chips, Swamp Sauce (applesauce), Red Beans & Rice (to give some cajun flair), Gator Tails (green grapes on skewers), Swamp Pops (cake pops), & Choot 'Em Cakes (cupcakes). All the food and beverages was all-natural, even the green food coloring on the desserts was organic!
We borrowed a canoe from our neighbors to use as a photo booth. I made several props on sticks for guests to use in their photos. Guests could also choose a hat to wear. For favors, we ordered each of the little guests a copy of Noah's favorite book, Petite Rouge Riding Hood, as well as treat bags (with organic sweets). The party was so fun and Noah had a "chomping good" time at his 4th birthday Swamp Party!
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-Noah's birthday shirt by Sha Bebe
-Alligator crayons by Red Elm Designs
-Paper goods by Moo Moo's & Tutus
-all food & desserts prepared by me and my sweet family


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Conference Objective:
The Arab uprisings demonstrated the weakness of states in the Arab world. The message was not entirely unpredictable. In the past, scholars and policymakers had simultaneously recognized the weakness of Arab states while ascribing to it dominance, understood the varied reach of state and social institutions while focusing on the center, and been concerned with the welfare of everyday citizens yet emphasized 'high politics.'
In part, this was not surprising. The dominant paradigm in the social sciences ascribed to states dominance over social organizations. According to this view, the state was more organized, technologically savvy, and capable of extending its power than social counterparts. It also had a moral imperative to extend its reach. The state was to provide security and protection from predation, allocate scarce resources, and arbitrate values and interests in society. Social organizations were on the defensive, and the state would be inevitably triumphant. Aberrations from this perceived "norm" were viewed as particularly disturbing.
This state-oriented, center-focused approach to governance in the Middle East and North Africa risks blinding policymakers and scholars to realities on the ground. The tendency to overlook the nature and strength of social structures has led to a failure to understand the local dynamics of governance. Critical differences in the local dynamics of governance are often ignored, and attempts to improve governance become focused on the state mechanisms and institutions. (To the extent that civil society and other social forces are examined, it is in their role to shape and pressure the state). As a result, policy recommendations (e.g., decentralization, electoral institutions, etc.) are often advocated with little consideration of how the implications of these policies may vary both within and across countries.
The conference aims to reconsider these assumptions in an attempt to improve both policymaking and scholarship. It will bring together policymakers and scholars to reconsider the variation in local governance, both within and across countries in the Arab world. For scholars, the interdisciplinary conference aims to advance new theoretical and empirical understandings of state and non-state interactions, defining research and design solutions that assume a central place for local governance in the Middle East and North Africa. For policymakers, it aims to consider relevant tools for mapping local governance, and to examine the implications of such variation on policy implementation and outcomes.


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They weren't supposed to be here. No way they could get through the gauntlet of the Strongsville District. If they were to somehow make it through and get to the Bowling Green Regional, the dream would most surely end there.
Don't tell that to the North Royalton baseball team
In one of the great tournament runs that we have seen in a long time, the Bears of North Royalton will play in the state baseball semi-finals this Friday against Gahanna Lincoln, a state semi-finalist from last season. The road to the state final four has produced one thrilling win after another, in games where North Royalton was the underdog coming in.
Just don't call them a Cinderella team
All the fun started in their second tournament game against Berea-Midpark. In a game that was considered by many to be a toss-up, the Bears were able to prevail 3-0.
That got them a date with Strongsville, a perennial power, seeded second in the district, who would be playing on their home field. Trailing 2-0 heading into the sixth inning, North Royalton exploded for 7 runs in route to a 7-2 victory, which sent them into the district final game.
One dragon slayed
In the district final, they would meet St. Ignatius, the state runner-up last season. Favored to return to the state final again this season, they boasted two of the best players in the Cleveland area in Nick Fabian and Nick Longo. No problem. Senior pitcher Frank Frate slowed down the explosive St. Ignatius offense, and the Bears scratched out enough runs to send them off to the regionals, winning 5-2.
Two dragons slayed
Awaiting North Royalton in the regional semi-final was St. Edward, another Top 10 ranked school. Frate, again, was outstanding on the mound, throwing a complete game, and shutting down the high powered St. Edward offense. The Bears took advantage of some uncharacteristic errors by the Eagles, and came away with a 4-1 victory, sending them to the regional finals for the first time since 2005.
After you slay your third dragon, shouldn't the Cinderella tag go away? Shouldn't you be considerd legit at that point?.......Yep, they are certainly legit
All that stood in the way of North Royalton going to Columbus for the state final four was Northwest Ohio power Sylvania Southview. The Cougars are always good, and would provide a challenge for the Bears in their quest to move on.
You didn't think they would come all this way and lose did you?
Noah Sasse threw six strong innings, not allowing a walk, and centerfielder Garrett Strom made a game saving diving catch, saving two runs, and North Royalton went on to defeat Sylvania Southview 3-1, clinching their spot in the state final four. In a quote to Northeast Ohio Media Group, Strom talked about this tournament run, and what it means to this team:
You can look at all the stats in the paper, you can see hits, averages, home runs but there's one stat they can't put in the paper and that's passion. Thats' what this team has. I think that's been underrated in every good ball team we've played this year. We've come out, we wanted it more than them and that's how we got these last couple games to get to the state final.
The Bears opponent in the state semi-final is no stranger to Columbus. Gahanna Lincoln has had an up and down year, but don't let the 17-12 record fool you. They are playing their best baseball of the year. They advanced to Columbus by beating Olentangy Liberty, a very highly regarded, and a Top 10 ranked school 8-4. They knocked around All-Ohio pitcher, and Ohio State recruit Jacob Niggemeyer in winning that game. They will be looking to avenge a state semi-final loss last year to St. Ignatius, and play for a state title.
Can North Royalton come through again? Can they actually advance to play in the state title game? Don't bet against this team. In a quote to the North Royalton Post, first year coach Brad Klingbeil gives his assessment of his team, and of his team's chances:
We had some come from behind wins also some wins where we let the team back in and ended up pulling it out. These guys don't quit and don't want to stop. They don't want to be on that losing end … This is a team with a capital 'T' more than I've ever seen.
If the Bears do advance, they will play the winner of the game between Cincinnati Moeller and Massillon Jackson Saturday afternoon.
North Royalton has as good of chance as any of the four teams remaining.....Just don't call them Cinderella


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Google outs Docs, Sheets and Slides apps for iOS to rival Microsoft Office
Free productivity suite also arrive on Android
GOOGLE LAUNCHED Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps for iOS on Wednesday to challenge Microsoft Office for iPad.
Standalone Google Docs and Sheets and apps are available to download now from the iTunes Store, with a Slides app set to arrive later in the year. Until now, iOS users had to make do with a Google Drive app for viewing and editing Google Docs.
These apps arrive just a month after Microsoft Office for iPad, as Google looks to challenge its rival in the productivity suite market. With Microsoft's Word, Excel and Powerpoint apps requiring a Microsoft Office 365 subscription, Google might just manage to do that, with its stanalone apps being made available for free.
Google product manager Brian Levee said in a blog post on Wednesday, "Every year, phones and tablets get better, and more of you are starting to use your mobile devices not just to view, but also to create and edit content.
"While the Drive app is a convenient place to store your stuff, we want to make it easier for you to quickly find, edit and create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go."
Much like the Drive app, the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides apps display a user's most recently edited files first, and the apps allow users to collaborate on documents at the same time. There's also an offline mode, allowing users to view and edit their files without an internet connection.
"Now, if you have a brilliant idea for a best-selling novel while traipsing through the Amazonian rainforest (or you know, something more probable, like during flight takeoff)... no problem. You can jot down your idea in the Docs app on your phone, even when you're offline," Levee added.
Google's new standalone productivity apps are also available on Android devices, of course, and are free to download from the Google Play store. µ
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