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I will be attending Texas State University in the fall of 2017 and I could not be more excited. The campus life is so much fun and there is so much to do both on and off campus. The river flows right through the center of campus which provides a place to get away when you're feeling stressed. With the town square less than 10 minutes away from the center of campus, you will never be bored. There are tons of organizations on campus and everyone is sure to find a place they belong. Although the amount of hills might seem daunting at first, it's actually a great way to get exercise in without even trying! Overall, I would have to say that Texas State is one of the most unique and special colleges in Texas.
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Two aging mathematics professors, Al Gebra and Cal Culus were sitting at their favourite Thai restaurant, Phun Kshuns, reminiscing about when they first met, while their waiter, Theo Rumsanrools (who also took Professor Gebra's Advanced Mathematics course at Cart Eshian University) eavesdropped on their conversation as he brought them their meals.
"You know what occurred to me the other day, Cal?" asked Professor Gebra.
"What's that?" said Professor Culus.
"Well, when we met, the square of your age contained the same three digits as the square of my age, just in a different order," Professor Gebra continued.
"This will really blow your socks off then, Al! If you take the square of the sum of our ages when we met and split it into two 2-digit numbers, you'd have my age then and your age now!" Professor Culus exclaimed.
Wanting to impress his professor, Theo interjected.
"I thought you were much younger than that, Professor Gebra," Theo said.
Said Professor Gebra, "And just how old am I then, young fellow?"
Answer"Well, you're 81, sir," Theo replied.
"Right you are! And how did you figure that out so quickly?" Professor Gebra asked.
"You said the square of your ages when you and Professor Culus met had only three digits, so the oldest you could have been was 31. That means that there were only a few possible ages the two of you could have been. Those being (with the associated squares):
14 & 31 (196 & 961),
13 & 31 (169 & 961),
16 & 25 (256 & 625),
12 & 21 (144 & 441),
13 & 14 (169 & 196).
Now the square of the sum of each of these pair of ages are respectively:
And from those figures I concluded that Professor Culus must have been 16 when you met and hence you, Professor Gebra, are now 81!" Theo explained.
"Aren't you a bright young fellow! You should come and study my Advanced Mathematics course at Cart Eshian University!" Professor Gebra exclaimed.
"Uh, I already do," Theo said sheepishly.
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Chad Simpson is the very best of a bad lot.
Simpson -- who rushed for 1,039 yards and five TDs in just 14 games this season -- was announced Wednesday morning as Winnipeg's nominee for Most Outstanding Player in 2012.
The former NFLer missed the first three games of the season with a foot injury and will miss the last game with an injury too. But in between those two bookends, Simpson was the very best part of a Bombers team that struggled to a 5-12 record and last weekend became the first team to be eliminated from the CFL playoffs.
While Simpson lamented his team's record, he said the individual acknowledgment of his play was particularly satisfying after a three-year journeyman career in the NFL that never yielded the marquee tailback job he was seeking and ultimately ended with him taking all of the 2011 season off when he couldn't find work.
"It means a lot to me. I've been trying to show the world for a while what I could do if I was ever a starting (running) back. I'd always missed that opportunity for some reason. The NFL is a hard place. But Winnipeg gave me a shot and I'm very grateful for it," Simpson said.
As hard as things got, Simpson said he never considered giving up on his football dream, likening his "never quit" attitude to Bombers quarterback Buck Pierce.
"I've been doing this all my life. I probably got the spirit of Buck. I'm going to just keep coming. I'm going to play this thing however long I can. Me and Buck have the same spirit."
Winnipeg's other nominees for the 2012 Gibson's Finest CFL Player Awards were receiver Chris Matthews (75 receptions, 1,137 yards, seven TDs) as the top rookie; kicker Justin Palardy (FG's -- 36-of-41) as the most outstanding special teams player; middle linebacker Henoc Muamba (55 tackles, two sacks, five forced fumbles) as the most outstanding Canadian; tackle Glenn January as the team's most outstanding offensive lineman; and defensive end Alex Hall (nine sacks) as the club's top defensive player.
The Bombers nominees will now go up against their fellow nominees in the East Division in another round of balloting. The winners of that round will then go up against the West Division winners in a final round of balloting, with the league winners to be announced late next month in Toronto during Grey Cup Week.
Matthews has perhaps the best chance of any Bombers nominee to take down a league award. "I'd be surprised if he doesn't win rookie of the year in the league," said Bombers head coach Tim Burke.
"I've made some of my personal goals," said Matthews, "and I've got one more game. Hopefully, I can make the rest of them."
The Bombers made the announcement of their outstanding player nominees just as the team took the field Wednesday morning for practice in advance of this Saturday's final game at Canad Inns Stadium between the Bombers and the Montreal Alouettes, the final regular-season game of the year for both teams and the final game of any kind for the Bombers in 2012.
"If I was given the option of not winning this award and making the playoffs," mused January, "I'd definitely take a playoff team over this."
Still, January said he was humbled to receive an honour that has gone to some of the all-time Bombers greats over the years. "When I first got to Winnipeg, I went back and looked at all the players that have been honoured with this award in the past -- the (Chris) Walbys, the (Miles) Gorrells and the Lyle Bauers of the world. To think my name is going to be on that list with those guys is pretty special."
FIELD NOTES -- Burke said defensive tackle Bryant Turner has been ruled out to play against Montreal. Turner has been nursing a leg injury and was listed as questionable earlier this week... The Bombers will hold their final ever full practice at Canad Inns Stadium on Thursday.


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THE Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be given the musical treatment this autumn and budding actors are invited to make the cut.
Player members of the Evesham Operatic and Dramatic Society have begun workshops and auditions for Sweeney Todd, with four further workshop sessions being held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 15-16 and Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22-23 in the society's rehearsal hut in Workman's Road, Hampton, Evesham.
These will be followed by auditions at Evesham Arts Centre on Sunday, April 27.
The production tells the story of the barber who made mincemeat of his clients with the help of Mrs Lovett, the pie-shop owner downstairs.
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911! I spent the entire day smoking a pork shoulder and a brisket on my New Braunfels Smoker and they were both terrible. I'm terribly confused and I need help.
I have owned the smoker for 2 years, and I've made some amazingly good ribs and pork shoulders. Yesterday was my first bad pork shoulder. I don't know what happened. I've never smoked a brisket before and my first attempt turned out like shoe leather.
Here's what I did:
Both the Shoulder and the Brisket were rubbed with Stubbs BBQ Rub the night before. I started the smoking at 9 am, with hardwood charcoal and soaked hickory chips. Occasionally I would throw a few dry Mesquite Chunks in, but mostly used the soaked hickory chips. I put the Shoulder in the middle of the food chamber and the brisket on the far right side, near the chimney. I mopped every hour with a cider vinegar based mop. I kept the smoke going until about 5 pm, when I then wrapped both in foil and placed on the webber kettle (indirect heat). I left them on the webber for 2 1/2 hours and then checked with a meat thermometer. Both meats were "done" (190 degrees). I brought them in and opened them up, but both were tough. The shoulder's I've done before just fell apart,..but I couldn't "pull" the meat off the bone on this one. The Brisket was like shoe leather. I re-wrapped the meat in foil and returned it to the webber. I checked the Shoulder again after another hour, and it was still tough. I left the brisket for an additional hour (4 hours total on the webber), and it was still too tough to serve.
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The Cullinan diamond, the size of a fist, remains the largest flawless diamond ever discovered.
Although it's less than an hour's drive away, one seems to make a quantum leap from the intense city landscapes of bustling Gauteng to the green heart of Dinokeng, where the blare of the hooter is suddenly replaced by sweet birdsong.
Dinokeng in South Africa is an investment initiative, backed by the Gauteng government and its funding arm, Blue IQ, to create another welcome tourism destination for this busy province.
The heart of the Dinokeng region is Cullinan village, where the world-famous diamond mine still produces 25% of the world's finest gem diamonds.
But Dinokeng tourism also means Ndebele country, and the local cultural village is a sparkling array of bright colours in the first light of day. Cullinan is also the hub of many empowerment projects like jewellery design, craft fairs, dance and music shows. The village itself is a Victorian-style gem that attracts visitors.
At Nelson Mandela Village, you meet the Siyakhwela gumboot dancers, and thus begins a three-hour whirl of crafters, sangomas, beadworkers and a meeting with the charismatic Father P Jaconiah Thopela of the St Matthew's Little Darling Day Care Centre. The sign at his ramshackle centre says it all: 'Show love. Listen and show respect. Explain things. Build self-esteem. Set simple rules. Avoid smacking and shouting.'
Lunch is at Khuwana Tavern, where the Malawian artist Mingo has been allowed to be creative with his murals.
You finish the daylight hours with Ludwig Taschner of Ludwig's Roses, a vast wonder-field where you find the Silver Cloud, Warm Vistas, Rainbow Nation, just some of the names of the glorious roses on display.
Take an early morning drive out to the Nan Hua Buddhist temple near Bronkhorstspruit. This venue is perfect for retreats and conferences, exuding a reverence for tranquillity that is much-needed in a bustling Gauteng environment.
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The Dinokeng route is a relatively short drive from Pretoria (an hour) or Johannesburg (90 minutes). Head for Cullinan, the hub of the experience. A steam train leaving from Pretoria also comes through on weekends - perfect for day tripping.
Best time to visit
Any time of year.
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You could go for a hot air balloon ride, a game drive, or simply sit and enjoy cappuccino and carrot cake.
Tours to do
There are excellent daily tours of the Cullinan Mine.
Get around
Cullinan is small enough to walk around. But to get to some of the outlying attractions, you should have your own vehicle.
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Come for the day. Even better, stay overnight at a guesthouse or a game lodge.
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The Liberty women's swimming team appears on the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team list, for academic excellence during the Fall 2012 semester.
The CSCAA announced its Scholar All-America Team awards, which were earned by over 400 college and university swimming teams spanning NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA. In order to qualify for the award, a team must have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the previous semester.
As a team, the Lady Flames posted a 3.25 GPA during the fall of 2012, making Liberty one of six Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association teams to appear on the most recent Scholar All-America Team list.
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PCL notes: Castellanos comes full circle
Dodgers prospect returns to original position at second base
By Chris Jackson / Special to MLB.com | April 16, 2012 6:34 AM ET
It is not as easy as it sounds, but Alex Castellanos is doing his best to make a smooth conversion.
"From when I started to now, I'm almost like 100 percent more comfortable," Castellanos said. "Just getting more reps, getting more games, I feel more comfortable."
The Dodgers acquired Castellanos from the Cardinals in the deal for Major League shortstop Rafael Furcal last July. The 25-year-old welcomed the opportunity to change organizations as well as positions.
"I was in the outfield with St. Louis, and there's a logjam there," Castellanos said. "[The trade] really helped me out."
Castellanos played all over the infield when the Cardinals first drafted him in 2008, but they moved him to the outfield full-time last season.
"We're just trying to re-explore the second base option for him and for us," said Dodgers player development director De Jon Watson. "I think the transition is going fairly well. He plays fast. So we're trying to create that finesse in his game. I think you'll see that progression as we go through the season here. He's putting in the effort, putting in the time."
The most difficult part of the transition for the Dodgers' No. 13 prospect has not been getting to the balls hit his way, but getting the balls to his fellow infielders.
"[It's] just the throws," Castellanos said. "I know it looks easy at second base, but I'm used to throwing from over the top in the outfield. So just getting my arm angle in the same place, knowing that I have more time at second, I don't have to rush my throw, which I tend to do sometimes. I just have to take my time and [not] throw it as hard as I can."
Isotopes manager Lorenzo Bundy said keeping Castellanos on his toes is another key to surviving at second base.
"The biggest thing about second base is you're right in the middle of the action," Bundy said. "In the middle infield, there's pretty much not a ball hit that a middle infielder is not involved in, even if it's not hit right to them."
The Dodgers have brought in former big-league infielder Juan Castro to work with Castellanos for the Isotopes' first homestand of the year.
"He's just telling me to slow the game down, start thinking like an infielder," Castellanos said. "The outfield is a different story."
Watson is convinced that Castro, Jody Reed and other former second basemen who now work as coaches for the Dodgers can help Castellanos make a successful transition back to the keystone position.
"We have great instructors we feel we can get with him that can accelerate his learning curve," Watson said. "He definitely provides some offense for us at second base for the future."
Red alert: The Memphis Redbirds have gotten off to a terrible start, sitting at 2-9 through Sunday's action. A big part of the problem has been strikeouts; Memphis players have been punched out 101 times in 387 at-bats. Outfielder Amaury Cazana is the biggest offender with 16 Ks in 39 at-bats.
Fish tale: Top Angels prospect Mike Trout, who served as a designated hitter for Salt Lake to start the season due to illness and a sore shoulder, is slowly working his way back into the outfield. His bat, however, showed no ill-effects as he has hit .435 (20-for-46) with a home run and six RBIs.
Catcher down: Padres prospect Yasmani Grandal was placed on the seven-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained right hamstring. The catcher was part of the big offseason trade that sent Mat Latos from San Diego to Cincinnati and brought a package of prospects to San Diego. Grandal was hitting .500 (6-for-12) with one RBI through four games.
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The Unprincipled Nature of Political Violence
A few thoughts on the attempted murder of Gabrielle Giffords.
Firstly, I want to express massive sympathy to the friends and families of the victims. The lack of empathy towards those who have had loved ones irrevocably ripped from their lives by human violence is a foundational reason that we live on a planet overflowing with needless sorrow.
That said, everyone in the political class is projecting their world view onto this event with almost no sign of even basic circumspection. This event didn't take place in a vaccuum, and the angry political speech that is, in some circles, being blamed as the cause didn't spring from nowhere, and the notion that the solution to a problem is to kill it wasn't invented by Jerrod Loughner.
We are surrounded by a society steeped in violent domination of the weak by the strong. The foundational premise of human political institutions is that one group should use weapons, cages and confiscation to impose it's will on another group. The foundational premise of our nation is that the non-ruling group can justly kill and replace the ruling group if, for example, taxes get too high, or the court system is deemed unjust.
The entire structure of our ruling institutions comes down to us from a barbaric and superstitious past. In this one unique thread of human endeavor, no hint of modernity has been allowed to permeate for 2,500 years.
The gun is always on the table in politics. Nearly every American supports both the use of state violence against undesirable people *and* the use of anti-state violence against oppressive government[1]
The credibility of the grievances varies (surely the weakest claim of oppression was that of the colonial americans in the 18th century), but there's no political principle about when anti-state violence is good and when it's bad–it's entirely subjective[2]
There's also no principle governing the appropriate use of state violence. Some people prefer guns be waved at those who farm certain plants or cross invisible lines. Others want to threaten those that have sex with forbidden persons (or in forbidden ways) or drop trash on unowned land.
This lack of principle, the lack of any basis for rational discourse, is precisely what leads to angry screechy shouting, jumping up and down, waving of arms, gnashing of teeth, and when those impressive displays repeatedly fail to convince: the threat of and use of violence.
We live in a domination system, a patriarchy, a rape culture in which the predominant belief is that physical control of one group of humans by another is necessary for our continued existence. As long as this is the case, violence will be used by individuals who feel that it's a reasonable way to solve a particular problem. Most of the time, the victims will be the poor and politically powerless, but on occasion, the victim of violence will be a member of the ruling class or their enforcers.
The only way to avoid violence against the ruling class is to refuse to legitimize violence as a means of human interaction. Of course, it's the ruling class that monopolizes the institutional use of violence against the rest of humanity, so to some degree the ball is in their court.
I imagine that we'll know that we've reached the dawning of a new day when every murder around this planet is treated with equal horror. Since this killing is the first of the thousand-or-so politically related murders of the last year that has made the news in anything but a passing manner, I know that dawn is not yet come.
Update: The always amazing IOZ hits my note (but funnier) in paragraph 4.
Update: See for yourself has a nice round-up of other quality online publications that are presenting what I believe to be largely the same sentiment in a number of ways. Here's a nice summary sourced by one of the linked posts:
Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.
— Derrick Jesen, Endgame vol. 1
- [1] The right-wing rhetoric that's got everybody in a tizzy currently was used by the left in the 1960s. It was used by third world nationalists in the 40s and 50s and by anti-colonialists for 100 years before that. It was considered a sign of hope in post-soviet eastern europe and still is in the nuclear boogieman-of-the-day, Iran. ↩
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Director John Fanelli and actress Arielle Jacobs pose above the Westchester Broadway Theatre lobby last week, as they prepare to begin rehearsals for "In the Heights." Jacobs played Nina on the national tour and on Broadway. Photo by Joe Larese/The Journal News.
Arielle Jacobs has a history with "In the Heights," Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning salsa and hip-hop musical that comes to Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford next month.
Jacobs played Nina — the girl whose success is a beacon in her Washington Heights neighborhood — in the first national tour and was the last actress to play Nina on Broadway, when the show closed two years ago this week.
Andy Blankenbuehler, who won a 2008 Tony Award for his "In the Heights" choreography, has a history with Westchester Broadway Theatre.
It's where he earned the Equity card that made him a professional actor, in a production of "A Chorus Line" directed by Rob Marshall, an Oscar-nominee for directing "Chicago," assisted by his sister, Kathleen Marshall, who went on to win three Tonys for choreography ("Anything Goes," "Wonderful Town," "The Pajama Game").
Their histories will combine in the near future at the dinner theater in Elmsford, where "In the Heights" will run Feb. 7 to March 17, a production of John Fanelli's newly minted Standing Ovation Studios.
Jacobs will reprise her role as Nina and Blankenbuehler will consult with choreographer Morgan Marcell, who will transpose Blakenbuehler's original dance moves onto the challenging confines of the WBT stage, where the audience occupies seats on three sides of the stage.
This is the second February that Fanelli — and Ardsley native who now lives in the other heights, Yorktown Heights — has taken over the dinner-theater stage. Last year, it was "Big River," the Roger Miller musical setting for "Huckleberry Finn."
This year, the banjo is replaced by a salsa beat, for "In the Heights," a heart-warming musical that is in many ways a Latin cousin to the show that is now on stage in Elmsford: "Fiddler on the Roof." Both shows are about dreams and community and heritage. While "Fiddler" is set in 1905 Russia, "In the Heights" is set in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge. The milkman Tevye gives way to Usnavi, whose bodega is the neighborhood's meeting place.
Jacobs, a bright shining penny of an actress, was on the road with the show for months before the tour rolled into Los Angeles, and Miranda — who created the role of Usnavi — joined the production.
"He is a force of nature, but being on stage with him wasn't as intimidating as being off-stage with him," she says with a laugh. "Being myself around him made me nervous. I knew that when I do the show, it's reacting to him in character, using the words he gave me. Off-stage, I got a little nervous, but he's so much fun to be around."
Miranda must have liked what he heard and saw. Before long, Jacobs was called to Broadway to replace "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and finish the show's run. The final few weeks, Miranda played Usnavi to Jacobs' Nina.
The actress says she'll bring that history to the WBT stage, in a way.
"What I found doing it so many months will still be there," she says, "but being open to new actors, a new space, a different staging process will make it different. I want to stick with what I found and the groundedness that I found in doing the show for so long, but I want to be open to how that might change. I want it to change."
Fanelli says he understands that "In the Heights" is a risky proposition at a venue that features more traditional fare such as "Fiddler."
"It's very risky," the director says, "but I think it's something this community needs to see. It's something new and exciting and it has all the traditional values of a regular Broadway musical, but it's contemporary. The music is so incredible."
Fanelli says he'll bring the music right into the audience, using the aisles to expand the stage even farther.
This season on Broadway, Blankenbuehler directed and choreographed "Bring It On," a cheerleading musical with music and lyrics by Miranda and Westchester's Tom Kitt, a Pulitzer Prize-winner for "Next to Normal." He also choreographed the current Broadway revival of "Annie."
Andy Blankenbuehler watches a rehearsal of the original company of "In the Heights." Photo courtesy Andy Blankenbuehler.
He says returning to the WBT stage will be a stretch of a sort. He has consciously avoided regional productions of "In the Heights."
"I can't even watch YouTube videos," he says with a laugh. "I feel like things are taken so out of context and are done for the wrong reasons. That's why it's important for me — even if I don't get to be at a lot of rehearsals — to put my two cents in so people understand where things are coming from."
He predicts he'll come to Elmsford when the show is up on its feet, but before it's running.
"That way, there's a little bit of time to make some changes, but mostly the show is in its order already," he says. "I'm sure the dancing will look great, but it's the little subtleties that make the lyrics resonate differently."
Jacobs knows precisely what Blankenbuehler is talking about. A raised arm with palms up, she demonstrates, has a different meaning than a raised arm with palms down.
"I take pride in being a choreographer who follows story very specifically and that guides me," says Blankenbuehler. "I don't think movement first; I really think music first. And one of the great things about Lin's music is that he writes from a rhythmic place, where everything moves forward together."
"When I first heard demo's of the show, before I was hired to do it, I was really moved by the unexpected nature of the show and the lyrics, but also that it was very real. When lyrics happened, I believed them."
Fanelli says he has been struck by how protective and nurturing those involved with the original production are about "In the Heights."
There's a reason for that, Blankenbuehler says.
"The core of the show was about people's ownership, about ethnic ownership, about being validated, about belonging" and about family," he says. "For everybody involved in that original production, it was a very personal experience. We've all done shows in the business where everybody is a mercenary, a hired hand, just a job. For 'In the Heights,' it was a passion project for everybody.
"As Lin always says, where have the Latino people been represented in the theater? As thugs and gangsters, in non-realistic, non-heart-based situations. It was important for everybody in the show to push forward all those positive ideas."
More: Andy Blankenbuehler recalls lessons from Rob Marshall about working on the WBT stage here.
"In the Heights," a Standing Ovation Studios presentation, Thursdays through Sunday matinees and evenings, Feb. 7 to March 17. $59, including a served three-course meal. $20 student rush show-only tickets available 15 minutes before the curtain. 914-592-2222. www.intheheightswestchester.com


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New York -- The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said that companies can social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to make significant announcements as long as they alert investors about which sites they plan to use for the disclosures.
"Most social media are perfectly suitable methods for communicating with investors, but not if the access is restricted or if investors don't know that's where they need to turn to get the latest news," said George Canellos, acting director of the SEC's division of enforcement, in a statement.
The announcement was triggered by a probe stemming from a post last summer on the personal Facebook page of Netflex CEO Reed Hastings that stated Netflix's monthly online viewing had exceeded one billion hours for the first time. The SEC said the information had not been revealed through more traditional means. The SEC said it did not initiate an enforcement action or allege wrongdoing in that case.


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Articles of Clerkship 1756 – 1874
I've just been looking at the Articles of Clerkship dataset that has recently been released on the genealogy website Ancestry.co.uk and it looks as if it will be of great interest for those who have solicitors in their family history.
What are Articles of Clerkship?
The articles were legal agreements between an apprentice clerk who wanted to advance to become a solicitor and a solicitor who was willing to train him. As with most apprenticeships of this time period (1756 – 1874) the contract was entered into by the father on behalf of his son and often lasted between five and seven years although some only lasted a matter of months.
What can you expect to find in Articles of Clerkship?
There are two kinds of documents in this dataset. The first are the affidavits that are sworn when the apprenticeship has been completed they generally will include ….
Term in years of the clerkship
The clerks name, parish, father's name
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The second set are registers recording the details of the articles of clerkship. They have similar details to the affidavits, but some details may be different and there may also be additional information. They usually have ….
Dates of when article sworn, filed and read in court
The clerks name, parish, father's name and his residence
Name of the solicitor and residence
Name of person swearing the affidavit
Where can the Articles of Clerkship be consulted?
The originals can be viewed at The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. They are referenced there as "Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Affidavits of Due Execution of Articles of Clerkship, Series I, II, III" and "Registers of Articles of Clerkship and Affidavits of Due Execution" and come under series CP71 – see below for The National Archives link.
Ancestry.co.uk have scanned and indexed the two sets of documents and now offer them online to subscribers.
I have been working for a client on a family who were involved in the legal profession, we had tried, without success, to link the London family to a family of the same name in Dorset. A search of this dataset turned up an affidavit that named one of the London family, an attorney of His Majesty's Court of Kings Bench at Westminster, as taking as his articled clerk his nephew who was name and described as of Shaftesbury, Dorset. This has opened up a new line of research that may prove to confirm the link.
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You're not defined by the area of the business you work in, nor will you only work on one kind of assignment. Instead, you'll get incredibly varied experience, get to know people from all sorts of backgrounds and explore different facets of our business. It's the kind of rich and rewarding experience that you'll be able to draw upon throughout your career.
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We currently offer more than 16,000 courses on our learning management system. Last year, our people undertook more than eight million hours of learning and completed over one million courses. So you can be confident you'll have time and space to pursue your learning goals.
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Our success — and that of our clients — depends on our people, so we take your development seriously.
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Unlike on-the-job coaching, which provides daily support in your work, mentoring gives you guidance, insights and practical advice on a variety of professional development and career topics. At EY, we encourage our experienced professionals to provide mentoring to less experienced colleagues, through initiatives such as the Career Advisor program.


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One World, Many Voices Festival
Experience the vibrant cultural expressions of some of the world's rarest languages in this collection of photos, videos, and more from the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which brought together people from traditional cultures in every region of the globe.
Vanishing Voices Pictures
By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish. What is lost when a language goes silent?
NG Explorers Help Record Xyzyl Language
The Enduring Voices team reports back on the Xyzyl (pronounced "hizzle") language from the Republic of Xakasia northwest of Mongolia. They will be working with the Xyzyl people to create a talking dictionary and grammar to help them preserve their ancient tongue.
Arunachal Pradesh, India Expedition 2011
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In May 2009, the Enduring Voices team traveled to Paraguay, which lies within the Central South America Language Hotspot and has a reported 18 languages (not counting Spanish) belonging to six distinct language families.
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See photos from the Enduring Voices team's expedition to India in November 2008 and view different words translated into the Aka, Monpa, Nishi, and Sherdukpen languages.
Expedition Video
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Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson is a linguist who is director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the documentation, revitalization, and maintenance of endangered languages.
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K. David Harrison is a linguist and leading specialist in the study of endangered languages. He co-leads the Enduring Voices project at National Geographic and is an associate professor at Swarthmore College.
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MORE than 500 ageing electricity poles will be upgraded to ensure 2,000 customers in south Cumbria receive a reliable power supply to their homes and businesses.
Electricity North West, the company that owns and maintains the regional power network, will spend £230,000 replacing poles and refurbishing overhead power lines along 50km of the network between Milnthorpe, Heversham, Levens and Witherslack.
The company said the project, which will be completed by March 2015, will help improve the quality of supply and reduce any possible impact on customer power supplies now and for many more years to come.
"We are delighted to invest in this section of the network as we understand how vital electricity is and how much our customers rely on power to go about their daily lives," said Martin Deehan, operations director for Electricity North West.
"The electricity poles have served the area well for many years and this work ensures that we can provide a safe, reliable and efficient electricity supply to the area for many more years."
Any disruption will be kept to a minimum and there will be no road closures. Planned shutdowns will take place to allow engineers to carry out the work safely and all customers will be notified beforehand.
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Adults will be charged £15 entry for the clash at the County Ground on Tuesday, July 29, with kick-off at 7.45pm.
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The Yatkowski family uses every inch of their DC Ranch home — all 13,128 square feet of livable space.
Paul and Kari Yatkowski's Southwest-Mediterranean-style two-level at DC Ranch in north Scottsdale includes five bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a five-car garage and a detached 602-square-foot casita with another bedroom and bath, which the couple generously opens for friends and family. An acre-plus wash-delineated lot, blending lush high desert and xeriscaping, privatizes them from neighbors and the golf course.
"They loved the location on a quiet cul-de-sac with great views of the mountains and city lights," says Ron Steege, co-principal, with Tim Larson, of La Casa Builders, Scottsdale.
To complete the team, the Yatkowski's selected Scottsdale architect David Dick, who had designed their former Ahwatukee home, and, for the interior design, Holly Ogden, ASID, of Wiseman and Gale Interiors, Scottsdale. Design and building required two years, and the family moved in July 2009.
West by Midwest
"We bought the lot and built here because we felt that this was as close to how we grew up," says Kari, a native of Spearfish, S.D., famous for its gold-rush past, mining present and proximity to Mount Rushmore National Park. Similarly, Paul grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, before coming to the United States to play football for the University of Tennessee. "As you would expect, that creates some family rivalry," says Kari, an Arizona State University graduate.
"We wanted the amenities of a master-planned community and the fabric of a traditional community," she adds. "We wanted a home where the children can ride their bikes down the street and go to school with the same children they play football with."
Married 10 years, they have three boys: twins and a high schooler from Kari's first marriage. Also residing at the home are a half dozen dogs and cats, living the DC Ranch lifestyle with apparent satisfaction, enjoying designated feeding areas and siesta nooks: "I'd have a 100 animals if I could," says Kari, who works closely with nonprofits supporting families with children and animal causes throughout the Valley.
The DC Ranch community provides them with hiking trails into the McDowell Mountain Preserve, neighborhood parks and amenities such as the Desert Center, an 8,000-square-foot facility on nine acres, including fitness rooms, heated pool, tennis, volleyball and basketball; and the Homestead Community Center, with a 7,000-square-foot facility, including the innovative Homestead Playhouse community theater. Nearby are the shops and restaurants of DC Ranch Marketplace.
Every year when the boys are off from school, they spend time in a second home in Colorado, but for most of this summer, Kari will be vernal social director, hoping to schedule activities at the house, the DC Ranch community centers and other Scottsdale-area activities.
"This will be our first summer here," she notes, with a sigh. "What do you do with three boys for four summer months?" she continues with a big smile, looking out toward their backyard, which the La Casa team has fitted with a large pool, including an electric cover for safety and low maintenance, a heated pool bath/spa and a trampoline area. "Well, they do like to swim."
A living home
Fortunately, how the Yatkowski's designed their home provides many activity options beyond swimming and trampolining in the summer as well as in cooler times of the year. "We didn't go into it to design our home according to a set theme or style," says Kari, who works out of the home for Corporate Citizen, her consulting company that provides corporate-giving strategies to clients who want to align their businesses with nonprofits.
From her office, connected to Paul's through a medial hallway, she also coordinates Haven Charitable Foundation, a family foundation established to assist nonprofits make wise and lasting changes.
"It was so much more important for us to program the home for our lifestyle, for the way we live every day," she says. "I've been in some spectacular homes, but sometimes I don't know how people can live in them with kids and dogs; they're so fussy. For Paul and me and the kids, a home is for living."
Modularity and scale are essential design elements. Although the home is large, it's nimble, flexible, up to the challenge of a three-child (plus friends) home. "We didn't want all high-vaulted ceilings, with a sense of immensity, so we decided early on to bring the home down to the Arizona lifestyle we wanted to enjoy," she says.
"When it's our little family, it feels it's just our little family and nothing more, but when you have a big group and entertaining, we can activate spaces to make our home work for us and them," she adds. "Everything seems connected here, rather than having wings spread out. It's compartmentalized but open, too.
"Paul and I both come from Midwest environments, where all of the rooms are small, so we tried to blend the large overall imprint of the home with this concept," explains Kari, who traveled to Arizona with her car and clothes two decades ago to attend a "warm-weather school." From ASU, she graduated with a degree in supply chain management and followed with a successful corporate career until she had the twins.
For example, the foyer seamlessly leads to the great room, with this large space opening through collapsing walls to the outdoor hearth room, including a gas barbecue, a fireplace built into a support wall viewable from the foyer and seasonal heaters and misters. The pool area is conveniently off to the right.
"This is what living in Arizona is all about, and how La Casa builds homes," says Steege, who was also born and educated in the Midwest and who chose to move to the Valley with his wife, Jennifer, because of the many attractions of the desert. "We always enjoy the opportunity to create a true indoor/outdoor lifestyle experience, and this home exemplifies that."
Left of the elegantly finished foyer/great room is an expansive French-style kitchen, which opens through archways into a breakfast room on one side and, on the other, the formal dining room with an adjacent room built for Kari's cherished dish collection. "This immediate kitchen area is the heart of where we live and is very comfortable," she adds. She also regularly uses a walk-in cooler and walk-in pantry. "You can certainly live without a walk-in cooler, but it's been so helpful with the family," she says.
"Paul and I don't formally entertain a lot, but we entertain informally often, so this area sets the tone very well for our casual lifestyle," she adds. It's often the area that gets used, too, by the children: "We've become the Kool-Aid stop for the neighborhood," she explains, with a laugh. "So, after the games, after school, this is a popular place."
In a similar spirit of connectedness, the boys' playroom/TV room is off this central everyday locus; here, there are also areas for them to read and study. Just behind this are their rooms, to which Kari has allowed them to liberally place ASU Sun Devil and UT Volunteers peel-away decals on the walls — "They're called Fatheads," she says — which Paul paternally tolerates, with his University of Tennessee connection.
Upstairs is the older son's home — more like a hotel suite, including a bedroom with a window niche daybed for buddies and a sitting room. On this level is also an enormous game room featuring a view deck, billiards table and multiple screens for watching Paul's favorite teams simultaneously.
While Paul's doing that on the second floor with friends, Kari can be showing a group of 15-year-olds a movie downstairs in the home theater and entertaining eight-year-olds with an afternoon Kool-Aid break at the kitchen island.
"We use every square inch," she says.
A home that finishes well
Utilitarian in many ways — Kari: "It's like a tank or a well-oiled machine" — the home also includes superlative materials, finishes and touches. Flooring in the living, master, dining, gallery, foyer and formal powder is walnut, and the two stairways to the second floor and its game room are reclaimed oak.
Throughout are French limestone fireplaces, hand-forged metal doors for the wine room and dish room, a hand-carved entry door and a handmade zinc bar top for the game room and details such as a hand-made leopard pattern carpet, by Stark, in the master bedroom closet.
She particularly enjoys the influences and textures of Provence and countryside France, and they appear throughout in artwork (a hotel guest registry along a corridor, for example), wallpapers, a powder room ("something girly for me") and various niches, such as the daybed in the master bedroom bath, of which Paul once asked, "Why do we need this? What is it for?" "Because it's pretty," she told him.
Pretty, too, and eco-friendly are the reclaimed Douglas fir beams from old sawmills on the great room ceiling. Tim Larson traveled to Oregon to hand select them — a trademark service and resource of La Casa Builders exclusive to its homeowners.
"We first asked, 'Should we patch the old bolt and nail holes?' But we thought they're not so rustic that you feel there are cobwebs," she says. "And now, looking at them every day, they're perfect — just the way they are."


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Game Warden Field Notes
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Basic intelligence departs with sobriety — On May 5, A Marion County game warden arrested a subject on Lake O' the Pines for a BWI. The subject claimed to have a college degree, but when the warden requested he recite the alphabet, the intoxicated individual asked if there was something else he could try.
Acting guilty a good indication — Patrolling for fishing violations in the Horseshoe Bay area during early May, a warden decided to check some fisherman for compliance and bypassed several others to check some newcomers further down the bank. Shortly after he passed two young men, he noticed them leaving in a hurry. He had seen them arrive just a few minutes earlier. It was quickly discovered that neither had a license.
Padded game warden takes on hawk — In late April, a priest in Milam County received stitches in his head after being attacked by a red-shouldered hawk. The hawk was protecting her nest in a nearby tree and was a constant threat to the parishioners and the priests. A Milam County game warden was called to solve the problem. Faced with the dilemma of protecting wildlife while also protecting the people, he came up with a plan. The warden used the city's lift-bucket truck to get him high enough to secure the fledging hawks and relocate them to a rehabilitator so the female would leave the area. Dressed in the city dog trainer's padded suit and his ATV helmet and goggles, the warden fended off two attacks by the mother hawk before securing the fledglings. No harm came to the warden or the hawks during the encounter.
Always check the safety — A Gonzales County warden responded to a hunting accident in a rural portion of the county in early May. An individual who was walking through his property hunting varmints leaned his loaded rifle against a barbed wire fence before attempting to get beyond it. The gun's safety was not on, the trigger caught on a barb, and the man took a shot in the lower abdomen. Luckily, the victim is expected to make a full recovery.
Buyers bid on baby raccoons — On April 29, a Travis County warden responded to a call about a subject trying to sell baby raccoons on the Internet. When the warden responded anonymously to the online advertisement, the seller said there were six other interested individuals. The game warden then changed tactics and identified himself as a warden. He convinced the seller to meet him and bring the last, unsold raccoon to the meeting. The raccoon was turned over to a rehabber and charges are pending.
Tornadoes not good for fishing — A Brady game warden was called to assist local police who were searching for a man reported missing on Brady Lake during a tornado threat. The boater, apparently in a kayak when the storm blew in, was found taking shelter in an abandoned boat house. All parties quickly got off the water, and the man promised never again to collect mussels during a tornado.
If the mirror fits — On April 30, an Edwards County game warden was patrolling the north part of his county when he observed several knocked-down, run-over road signs. Next to one of the signs, he located a side mirror and kept it as evidence. He then proceeded to the local high school where he found a vehicle with considerable damage and a missing driver-side mirror. The warden's evidence matched perfectly. Statements were taken from the driver and passenger of the vehicle. Twenty-one signs and one deer were run over during the teenagers' night of destruction.
Rowdy steer gets bulldogged — A Lubbock County game warden received a call for assistance from the Lubbock Police Department in late April after a 400-pound steer escaped from animal control officers and went on a rampage near downtown Lubbock. The warden arrived just after the steer had climbed over a Mercedes Benz at a local dealership. The warden and a police officer teamed up and managed to wrestle the steer to the ground. Animal control officers were then able to load and remove the steer to a more secure location.
Speeding citation only skimmed surface — April 19th, a Freestone County game warden stopped a reckless driver who had been issued a speeding ticket by a state trooper less than 20 minutes prior. The subject was arrested for driving with a suspended license, possession of methamphetamine and reckless driving. When the warden asked why his truck was in such bad shape, the driver said he had intentionally run over four deer because his friends needed the meat. Later, the individual gave a videotaped statement about two of the four deer and implicated two other people. Apparently unaware of the consequences, the arrested subject also made a statement to the jailer about throwing a bag of marijuana out the window before he was stopped. Sure enough, when the warden returned to the scene, he found the ditched bag of marijuana. An additional felony charge of tampering with evidence was filed. The investigation regarding the dead deer continues.
Warden prompts lawyer's backpedal — A Kimble County game warden, continuing an open investigation on two suspects involved in harvesting an axis deer and two black buck antelopes without landowner consent, interviewed the younger of the two suspects via telephone in mid April. Shortly thereafter, the older suspect (who happened to be an attorney and soon-to-be father-in-law of the younger suspect) called the warden. The attorney/suspect accused the warden of violations of attorney-client privilege and playing favorites, but the warden wasn't having it. He explained to the lawyer that intimidation tactics would not be tolerated and would not have any influence on the investigation. Consequently, the attorney quickly changed his tune and said they would be willing to make restitution on the animals. The warden is following up with the landowner and the county attorney to present the case.
Warden gets play-by-play cell-phone S.O.S — On April 14, a Matagorda County game warden received a call from an individual who said a female friend of his and a teenage boy had called him because they were stuck in Matagorda Bay. While the warden was en route, the individual called back to let him know the stranded motorists were taking on water. A few minutes later he called again because they were sinking. He then called once more to say that they were capsized and hanging on to the keel. A rescue was made and no one was injured.
Pyros or Insurance Fraud? — At approximately 1:00 a.m. on April 12, a Montgomery County game warden was patrolling near the San Jacinto River and the Spring Creek area where he observed two vehicles pull onto an isolated, dead-end lane. The warden followed, and after observing for a bit of time, one automobile suddenly burst into flames. The light from the fire made the warden visible, and the subjects quickly fled. The warden pursued and stopped the vehicle, got the driver out, and kept the other passengers at gunpoint until backup officers arrived. Investigation into the burning vehicle is ongoing.
Reckless recreation endangers neighbor — A Schleicher County game warden responded to a call from a shaken individual who stated that his vehicle and house had been shot. The warden visited the caller's residence and then proceeded to the property in the general direction from where the shots had come. There, he encountered two men and a woman. They admitted to shooting in the general direction of the complainant's house, which was clearly visible, but stated they did not think the bullets would travel that far. They had also shot numerous holes into a nearby vacant house. The warden picked up 179 empty 9mm shell casings and counted 79 holes in the wall of the vacant house.
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Jacobs sets sights on strong finish
Published: Monday, August 5, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 11:53 p.m.
With Florida having lost departed starting tackles Sharrif Floyd and Omar Hunter from its strong 2012 defense, senior Damien Jacobs entered preseason camp as one of the leading candidates to help fill the void.
He doesn't plan on wasting his chance.
"This is a really good opportunity," said the 6-foot-3, 297-pounder from Gibson, La. "It's my senior year, and everybody wants to play their senior year. I think I have a great opportunity to start and would like to nail a spot down to make a good representation of me for my family and my football team."
Jacobs was one of the top prospects in the nation coming out of H.L. Bourgeois High School.
He verbally committed to Florida State, but ended up attending East Mississippi Community College where he started for two seasons, helping lead the Lions to an undefeated record and the NJCAA national championship in 2011.
He finished that year with 47 total tackles, including eight tackles for loss, two sacks, four quarterback hurries and two fumble recoveries.
With his recruitment opened up again, he signed on the dotted line with UF and played in 12 games as a backup for the Gators last season, recording 10 tackles with 2.5 sacks.
"The biggest thing last year was just getting used to the tempo and the speed of the game," Jacobs said. "The schemes and the types of plays that are being called are a lot more complex."
The Gators signed another EMCC defensive tackle, Darious Cummings, after last season.
Cummings, a 6-1, 301-pound junior from Titusville Astronaut, also originally signed with FSU but is now a Gator, and Jacobs has helped show him the ropes.
"The expectations here are a lot for JuCo tackles, so that's the biggest thing for a transfer," Jacobs said. "If you can get over that, you'll be alright."
Yet another EMCC defensive tackle, 6-4, 305-pounder Jarran Reed, signed with UF as well, but he did not qualify academically.
"Yeah, I was disappointed because I wanted him to make it and give us three guys representing our JuCo," Jacobs said. "But overall, it's been good.
"Darious and I can relate to each other about our paths, so we can be honest with each other. We both signed with Florida State in 2010, so we've kind of been friends since and have been having conversations for a couple of years now."
The fact that the two of them could wind up playing against the Seminoles later this year is certainly ironic.
"I think it was a blessing in disguise that the situation didn't work out for either one of us," Jacobs said. "We're in a better place for ourselves now, so I think it was a good thing for both of us."
Jacobs says he knows what he has to do to be a major contributor for the Gators in 2013.
"I just need to stay focused, get better every day, and continue to work hard," he said. "There are a lot of great athletes here at the University of Florida, so the only way you're going to get on the field is to outwork them."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A new lawsuit aiming to block the sale of four Girl Scout camps in northeast Ohio has cast a shadow amid the celebration of the organization's big anniversary.
Monday marks 100 years since a group of youngsters first assembled for a Girl Scout meeting.
Volunteer Lynn Richardson of Bedford says some Ohio members are feeling more sad than celebratory because regional directors plan to sell several camps, despite objections from scouts and other leaders. Richardson is among members suing the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio in an effort to block the sale of camps in Carroll, Lake, Seneca and Summit counties.
Organization leaders in the 18-county region have said it needs to sell some of its camps for financial reasons. They've said proceeds might help upgrade remaining camp properties.


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Topic: Just an FYI
Hi family! I will be going to Palm Springs tomorrow until Sunday night as I am invited to an Engagement party for Teddy's Granddaughter, Dani. Looking forward to seeing the family and the 22 month old Great Grandson who is a mini Teddy. Right down to the bow legs. I am blessed as they treat me like their Mom/Grandma.
On my Remicade infusions just a quick report. I have had 2 with the 3rd coming up Nov 1st. The 1st one immediately stopped the blood and infection but the big D is still happening and the side effects are just horrible. Muscle and joint pain, cluster headaches, fatigue, almost always feeling "looped" like out of it. I have an appointment Nov 8th with the GI and we are going to have a little discussion. I seem to reach a plateau with anything I use, get there quickly then just sit there.
Pretty much don't go out but I have to leave you with a funny! I go on a Senior dating site ,mostly for entertainment. So the following man checked out my profile the other day and this was his Introduction:
88 years old....name WILD David....and his picture shows him holding an Oxygen tube!!! I feel bad for him but honestly I just laughed, I give him credit though at least he tried. One good side is that the way I feel and between his age and Oxygen I would not have to run hard or fast.
Have a great weekend.