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Our North American culture (and probably many other cultures, but I only know this one) aims to eliminate that which results in disorder or flaws, and replace it with … perfection.
I think this all started with erasers, which led to white out, which led to the delete key. From our earliest beginnings we have been trying to deny what is reality in living a life of personal choices … that we are going to make mistakes. And from our first bad choice, in the garden of Eden, we mere humans have been making mistakes, and living with the consequences of them.
Everything within us longs for good predictability, with only good surprises. Good surprises like a bonus on our paycheck, or a storm day resulting in no school, or all of our kids being out of the house at the same time, or all of our kids being home at the same time … time of life changes what defines good surprises for us …
And that is true too, that our phase of life, changes our perspectives on what is a good surprise, or a good interruption. Our phase of life also changes how we see perfection. When we look at a newborn we delight in their chubby legs, but when we look at our adult cellulite (and lets face it, at a certain age, it is a given, heck, even JLo has cellulite … but, I digress, again) we shudder. When we are dating we look at our significant other as flawless perfection, yet only a few years (okay, days) into the marriage, we start to pick their flaws out.
So, is there perfection? Is it possible for perfection for one to be perfection for another? Maybe, just maybe, what we see as perfection is simply the reality that perfection is in the eyes of the beholder?
When we start to recognize the lessons of disorder and imperfections, then we start to learn how to live. Also, if, we could eliminate the imperfect from our lives, what might we miss out on?
Without touching that hot stove, as a child, we might not have learned the need to prevent burns, nor might we have learned that our mother's try to protect us from harm.
Without the experience of failing a test at school, we might not have learned that studying helps us to succeed in school.
Without the experience of having problems with those most near to us, we would not have had the opportunity to work through the problems, towards more healthy, prosperous relationships.
Sometimes what we planned just does not go as we had thought it would. When that happens we can be left with such discouragement. We long for the normal, the amazing. But, life often substitutes unsweetened tea for sweet tea, and we feel as though our thirst for our dreams will never be quenched.
One of the things I love about being the wife of a pastor, is that I attend more than the average number of weddings, funerals and anniversaries of fifty years and more. On the one hand I get to attend the weddings of people who still have every dream and hope of amazing, flawless marital bliss. On the other I get to attend the significant anniversaries of couples who know what it is to keep on going, even when the amazing is substituted for boring or just getting by, flawless is substituted for bad noises and bad smells, and marital bliss is replaced with disappointments, sorrows and struggles.
Then, to culminate my experiences of weddings and anniversaries, are the funerals. When I sit at a funeral or memorial of person who has lived a long life. I read the life story of the deceased, or see a slide show of their life, and it is then, in the mundane of real life, real commitments, real work that I see real perfection. Not the visually, outward perfection that our society tells us to strive for, but inward, character rich perfection of a life well lived, with and for those around them.
THAT is the perfection that I want to strive for … and I will do so rather than occupying my time pondering cellulite, wrinkles and age spots.


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Back again with another Afterword. I've been following the second season of this show religiously for a few weeks now and that gave me the push I needed to go rewatch the first season (this time in blu-ray!). When Horizon S1 initially aired, I followed the show, but it didn't seem to hook me. There was tons of world building, but the show lacked something. Looking back now, I can say perhaps it was not missing something, but rather I was the one missing the understanding needed to enjoy such a well crafted show.
The wiki thing:
In the far future, humans abandon a devastated Earth and traveled to outer space. However, due to unknown phenomenon that prevents them from traveling into space, humanity returns to Earth only to find it inhospitable except for Japan. To accommodate the entire human population, pocket dimensions are created around Japan to house in the populace. In order to find a way to return to outer space, the humans began reenacting human history according to the Holy Book Testament. But in the year 1413 of the Testament Era, the nations of the pocket dimensions invade and conquer Japan, dividing the territory into feudal fiefdoms and forcing the original inhabitants of Japan to leave. It is now the year 1648 of the Testament Era, the refugees of Japan now live in the city ship Musashi, where it constantly travels around Japan while being watched by the Testament Union, the authority that runs the re-enactment of history. However, rumors of an apocalypse and war begins to spread when the Testament stops revealing what happens next after 1648. Taking advantage of this situation, Tori Aoi, head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council, leads his classmates to use this opportunity to regain their homeland.
It's hard to properly discuss Horizon without first talking of its world. Minoru Kawakami has crafted an immense world chock full of sci-fi and fantasy elements mixing together with history. The result in anyone elses hands may very well be chaos, but this is carefully crafted chaos at its finest. The world of Horizon is highly advanced, with fascinating and charming technology that looks both old fashioned, while also futuristic, with weird and wonderful elements. The systems used in the world seem to operate in various complicated manners, but in a way, one of the strengths of Horizon is the lack of explanation when it comes to this technology, instead leaving it as merely another part of this futuristic world.
Too many series have significant amounts of exposition, with explanations cluttering too much of the content. There are times when simply leaving them as part of the world, adding another visual element to the series, adds significantly more than explaining the inner-workings of each individual component. With this in mind, the action and fighting in Horizon incorporates elements of magical realism, with the idea that there are many ways to fight and win: through physical prowess, economics, politics, and even oratory. Horizon underlines the need to have skillful orators, politicians, and tacticians as well as powerful warriors in order to win a fight; lack any one of these and you will lose not only the fight, but potentially your life as well.
At its core, Horizon is a story of pain, love, and forgiveness, where the main characters take the duty of transforming the world onto their shoulders despite overwhelming odds. The primary characters are engrossing, especially Tori, a character who may play the fool, but it far from being a fool. He has the charisma and ability of a true leader, someone who inspires everyone they meet, someone who people will follow no matter what the cost. He is able to go unnoticed by the greater powers in the world of Horizon largely due to his personality. Leaders such as the Pope dismiss him as a fickle, silly high school boy with no knowledge or understanding of the real world, which is essentially part of his genius.
But more than this, he is willing to put his life on the line for those that follow him. Unlike the other leaders he continuously gambles and plays with his own life as if it were nothing. This is an element of his character that may be overlooked: his inability to fully forgive himself for killing Horizon. His actions and use of his own mind and body as a catalyst to power up those that follow him can in a sense be viewed as his atonement for the crime that he has committed. This in stark contrast to his bubbly personality, and it is almost impossible to think that such a happy character with all the abilities of a leader can think of his own life in that way.
In Horizon the central premise is that of rejecting the status quo, and deciding that the only way to truly live is to do things yourself. Toori loves Horizon and rejects the notion that she will bring about the next apocalypse; instead he suggests that such fear is merely used as propaganda by the Testament Union to maintain control over the world.
The political subplot adds a further aspect of depth to the series as well, with the notion that while Musashi may be a flying city state, it is not truly free, and is instead consistently harassed and controlled by other powers who fear it. There are certain Machiavellian aspects to this story, and the power of the individual city-states, along with the constant political shuffling, not only within the Testament Union, but also within Musashi itself helps to demonstrate the complex and powerful nature of Tori's decision. What I particularly liked about this aspect of the series was the way in which the plot managed to match the Machiavellian politics of this world with a romance that is condemned by the other powers as heretical and dangerous. Tori is a brilliant, and in a sense, somewhat devious character, one who decides to fight the world for the one he loves and drags everyone else along for the ride due to the power of his personality and the charisma that he embodies.
Horizon was a series that many either ignored or dismissed as ridiculous, with an incomprehensible plot to anyone who had not read the light novels upon which it is based. It is a fascinating series, and while there are still a number of problems largely due to the way it has been adapted, there is far more to it than meets the eye. It is a story with many influences, and many ways of viewing it. It is far from a guilty pleasure and has more to it than at first meets the eye; furthermore, while the story may be incomprehensible at first, it is at its heart a simple story of love, loss, and the wish to have a better life.
This is a tough series to recommend for most anime fans. But for those who love rich worlds and aren't afraid of complicated storytelling, the combination of the two is nearly unmatched in most any series released in the last decade. I wholehearted recommend that you give Horizon a proper chance, it took me two viewings to fully appreciate its beauty and given the same chance, it may very well solidify itself a spot in your heart as well. Like an unpolished stone, it is a series that many will glance over and never look back to, but the few that do will undoubtedly find themselves a diamond.
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Tips for Helium Comedy Club
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just beware parking for me at the lot 1 block away for 21/2 hours was 24.00 and the 2 items you have to buy are really expensive
Small venue, you can see anywhere you sit.
Food was ok. It's a comedy club so food is mostly salads and apps.
The lot is right next door. Definitely a bonus. $18 valet.
parking is $12 next door in the evening, and there are quite a few nice local bars and small restaurants nearby. Close to Rittenhouse Square!


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I am Delegate Roslyn Tyler, House of Delegate Representative of the 75th District.
The 75th District includes Brunswick County, Parts of Dinwiddie County, City of Emporia, Parts of the City of Franklin, Greensville County, Parts of Isle of Wight County, Parts of Lunenburg County, Parts of Southampton County, Parts of Surry County, Parts of Sussex County.
I serve on the State Committees of Commerce and Labor, Education, and Milita, Police and Public Safety.
It is a pleasure to serve the constituents of Southside Virginia and the Commonwealth. I take my jobs very seriously and work very hard on behalf of the residents of rural Virginia.
You may contact my district office located on 423 South Main Street Emporia, Virginia. Office phone number 434-336-1710. My Legislative Assistants are Mary Beth Washington and Tiffany Jones. Should you need my assistance, please feel free to call.
Thank you for your continued support,
Delegate Roslyn C. Tyler
Susan Coon, Lia Tremblay, Joe Tremblay, (standing in back) Tommy Coon, Shannon Farthing, Delegate Roslyn Tyler, Anita Dommert, President of the Arc South of the James, and Becky Farthing.
The Members of The ARC of Virginia and Partners were visiting the Virginia General Assembly advocating to protect individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities access to needed services and avoiding unnecessary institutionalization. The members and families visited Delegate Roslyn Tyler regarding increased funding intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) waivers. She is supportive of additional waivers and this concern is now being discussed in the budget bill (HB 30). If you support additional waivers in Virginia, please contact your legislator.
The Presidents and Teachers of the Virginia Education Association visited the Virginia General Assembly regarding their priority legislation for 2014. Arletha Cain and Tasha Clemons are teachers from Greenville County Schools. Ora Briggs is a special education teacher from Sussex County Schools. Bills of major importance are HB 333 - Local School Board setting and determining the opening day for schools, HB 113 - Abolishing Opportunity Educational Institution, HB 930 - SOL Reform and HB 318 - Abolishing A-F Grading System. The bills of Abolishment were defeated in the education committee, however, the SOL reform bill and school opening bill advances on the General Assembly Calendar.
Pictured from left to right Earl Allen, Delegate Roslyn Tyler, Jane Wagner and Daerick Wilkerson
Pictured from left to right Earl Allen, Delegate Roslyn Tyler, Jane Wagner and Daerick Wilkerson
The Bank of McKenney Associates visited Delegate Roslyn Tyler on Virginia Bankers Day at the General Assembly. Hundreds of Bankers from across the Commonwealth visits state legislators during session to discuss legislation that would affect the banking industry. The bankers continues to be advocates of financial literacy and consumer education .
Pictured left to right; Elizabeth Hamlin, Deborah Née, Delegate Roslyn Tyler, Wanda Belville, Jonathan Judkins and Amy Carr
Pictured left to right; Elizabeth Hamlin, Deborah Née, Delegate Roslyn Tyler, Wanda Belville, Jonathan Judkins and Amy Carr
The Commissioners of Revenue and Deputy from Lunenburg, Surry, Brunswick and Southampton County visited Delegate Roslyn Tyler at the General Assembly on Commissioner of Revenue Day in Richmond, Virginia.
Their 2014 Legislative Agenda included career development for Commissioners of Revenue, salary re-grade for deputies, restoration of office funding and parity with state employees. These budget amendments have been submitted to the Appropriation Committee and will be discussed when finalizing the budget.


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by Donal Mahoney
In the summer of 1956,
any Saturday at midnight
when the moon was full
and the stars were bright,
you would see Grandma Groth
on her front-porch swing
waiting for her son, Clarence,
still a bachelor at 53,
to make it home
from the Blind Man's Pub
after another evening quaffing
steins of Heineken's.
Many times when I was young,
I'd be coming home at midnight
from another pub just steps behind
staggering Clarence.
I'd always let him walk ahead
and listen to him hum
"The Yellow Rose of Texas."
But the last Saturday night
that Clarence and I came down the street,
I didn't see Grandma on her swing.
She wasn't waiting to berate him.
So far so good, I thought,
until, not far from his house,
Clarence fell into Mrs. Murphy's hedge.
When I finally got him up,
I moved him like a fridge on a dolly
down the walk and into his house
only to see Grandma, a wraith
in a hazy nightgown, swoop
into the hallway, screaming
and thrashing Clarence with her broom,
pausing only to tell me,
"Go home to your mother now
so you won't be late for Mass.
It's almost Sunday morning!"
After that sad night in 1956,
I never saw Clarence again,
either marching to work in the morning,
his lunch pail gallantly swinging,
or staggering home at midnight
from the Blind Man's Pub.
But many a midnight after that,
I'd be coming home
from the other pub,
lunch pail in hand,
and I'd see Grandma
reigning on her swing,
broom in hand,
Tonight, however, many decades later,
as I stroll home at midnight,
I realize I'm older now than Clarence was
the night he disappeared
and even though Grandma's dead,
I can still see her regal on that swing,
broom in hand, waiting,
and so I give her a big wave,
hoping to hear one more time,
"Go home to your mother now
so you won't be late for Mass.
It's almost Sunday morning!"
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Memorial Tattoo Ideas
26 Bittersweet Memorial Tattoos to Honour Loved Ones
Nothing can replace being with a loved one, but if they've passed on, a tattoo is a pretty lovely way to keep their legacy alive. Getting inked in honour of someone you loved and admired can also be a therapeutic part of the grieving process. For many, it's the only way to keep a loved one close when they can't be with them in person anymore.
Need inspiration? Think of something that always stuck with you or a symbol that represents what they mean to you, or consider a vivid memory you have of them. Here a few real-life examples to get you thinking.
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Adjusting to life with eye disease and vision loss can be tough. You often have many questions and concerns which bother you in between appointments with your specialist. You may also find that vision loss impacts your day-to-day life but are unsure about whether to ask for help, and where to go to with your questions.
Save Sight Institute understands the many ways in which life can be disrupted because of eye disease, and has partnered with the Walter and Eliza Hall Trusts to introduce an innovative new Patient Care Coordination Service which will help join the dots for people in the community who need some guidance adjusting to life with vision loss.
Available to anyone in NSW or the ACT with a diagnosed eye condition, this service will aid in linking people to relevant support services in a timely manner, including
The Patient Care Coordination Service has links with a very wide network of different service providers throughout NSW and the ACT. After talking to you and developing a good understanding of your individual needs, the Care Coordinator will put together a tailored support plan to connect you with services that will help.
To contact the Patient Care Coordinator at Save Sight Institute please call (02) 9382 7300 or alternatively complete the relevant Request for Care Coordination form (for patients/carers) or Referral for Care Coordination form (for ophthalmologists, orthoptists and other orthoptic professionals).
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This magnetic-closure pendant holds stitchmarkers securely and prettily.
It comes on a long 30inch slim ball chain - which means you can open it easily while still wearing it. It comes with twenty markers - enough to fill the pendant and keep some on your knitting as well.
Choose from large or small markers, or a mix. The bigger ones fit up to an 8mm needle, and the smaller ones a 4mm one.
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Which means I have zilch these past few days, since I'm stuck with some lousy bug that is costing me my voice – Oh NO! Someone alert Carol Gilligan! Oh wait, I have a schvantz (yeah, it's around there somewhere, give me a minute) so continuing with my dick joke metaphor, somebody alert Rich Little!
No, not Dick Little, Rich Little… since he has so many voices? Get it?
No, I only have one shlong. Oh, forget it.
I'm SICK! Gimme a break.
Does being sick cause shrinkage? Was that the idea with the Dick Little bit?
Oh never mind.
I've gone through at least a gallon of cranberry juice in the past two days, as well as a ton of chicken soup, and I stayed home from work one day and pretty much napped the entire day, only interrupted by the TV on in the background, which became an odd amalgamation of Teddy Kennedy's yellin' endorsement of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton's cackle when asked if she'd shut her husband up, and parts of a Tales From The Darkside mini-marathon they were running on SciFi when I was awake enough to punch the remote away from cable news.
Guess which one gave me nightmares.


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Clemits – A Cult Classic
New instrumental project from Austin TX based Clemits, out now on cassette and digital.
Clemits – "Selfish Summer"
Video off of A Cult Classic, the upcoming instrumental album from Austin TX producer/emcee Clemits – out July 24th.
Clemits Show
New podcast hosted by rapper/producer Clemits, focusing on the hip hop scene in Austin Texas.
Clemits – "Gangster Jazz"
Second single from Clemits' new instrumental album, A Cult Classic , dropping July 24.
Clemits – "Fentanyl"
First single from Clemits' upcoming instrumental album.
VIDEO: Clemits – "Doors, Locks, Keys"
Video premiere from Austin's Clemits, off of his latest album Crush – out now.
VIDEO: Clemits – "I Love Green"
Second video from Clemits' new album Crush, out now through itunes and clemits.com.
Clemits – "I love Green"
Produced by Charlie G, from Clemits' new album Crush, out Dec 15 2015. Pre-order now via itunes and clemits.com.
VIDEO: Clemits – "Strange" feat. Ariano
First video from Clemit's upcoming album Crush, out Dec 15 2015. Track produced by Tyme.
Clemits – "Strange" Ft. Ariano
Second single off of Clemit's upcoming album Crush, out Dec 15 2015. Track produced by Tyme.
Clemits – "I'm Back (Chance)"
New single from Austin TX's Clemits, off of his upcoming album, Crush – out Dec 15th 2015. Produced by DJ Remode. …


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This page is a sub-section of the Open Letter to Senate: Six Reasons Why it is Wrong to Freeze BFA Admissions Without Academic Process, by Mark Jones (4 December 2011).
5. The reason of dubious legal authority. The Board of Trustees is officially "responsible for the overall operations of the University, including overseeing financial matters" (BT website). Senate is officially responsible for "determin[ing] all matters of an academic character that affect the University as a whole" (Purpose and Functions of Senate, sec. 1). This seems, on the surface, like a symmetrical division of responsibilities and a fair balance of power. But everything academic has a financial dimension: academic programs have financial costs, and academic decisions have financial tradeoffs and repercussions. Academic hirings cost money, and dismissing faculty or refusing to refill vacancies will save money. Closing almost any program will save money, at least in the short term. Of late, the Board of Trustees and Administration have interpreted the ubiquity of the financial dimension as giving themselves unilateral authority over everything, and as freeing them of the necessity to consult or coordinate with the stewards of the university's academic standards, Senate and the Faculty Boards.
For example, in February 2009, the Dean of Arts and Science announced that the Faculty would cut programs with 25 or fewer concentrators. In justification, he cited straitened "financial circumstances" but offered no academic rationale. At Faculty Board in April, faculty members objected to this top-down, financially motivated decision as a violation of process. They moved and carried a motion to force the Dean to rescind the closures and use proper academic process. But when members of Queen's Senate moved that Senate enforce this Faculty Board motion, the Senate Agenda Committee (chaired by the Principal) referred their motions to the Senate Committee on Academic Development for "clarification" on grounds that Senate has no power "to dictate to Faculty Boards the implementation of their own procedures" (Senate Agenda, April 2009, App. N, pp. 140-41). Invited by the Principal to speak as "university counsel" in Senate (23 April 2009), Diane Kelly defended the Dean's "managerial" right, as an "officer" of the Board of Trustees, to act as he had done. "The Board," she said, "through its officers, has the authority to make resource-based decisions that influence the academic program of the University," and "Deans have the authority and responsibility to take steps to ensure the Faculty is fiscally sound. These actions will ultimately have an impact on the academic offerings of the Faculty" (Senate Minutes for 23 April 2009 (I.5.e)). The contention that the financial responsibility of the Board and of its "officers" gives them the right to override academic considerations appears to mean that the powers of Senate and of the Board of Trustees are actually asymmetrical: whilst the Board, entrusted with financial decision-making, can make unilateral financial decisions with academic implications, Senate, entrusted with academic decision-making, cannot make unilateral academic decisions with financial implications. Indeed, if Senate cannot command the Faculty Boards to follow their own procedures for academic review, it is increasingly unclear where its academic authority does extend.
In November 2009, Queen's University Faculty Association invited constitutional expert (and Queen's Law Professor Emeritus) David Mullan to assess this reading of the relative powers of the Board of Trustees and Senate. Professor Mullan's discussion paper argues that the Faculty of Arts and Science should not have suspended enrolments "without reference to Senate," since "Senate's authority in relation to such matters is guaranteed by the 1982 Board of Trustees' Policy, Functions of the Senate" (Mullan p. 1). He treats the Functions of the Senate as a "delegation" of powers by the Board to Senate, a delegation that is "binding until formally revoked" (pp. 9-10). Although Functions of the Senate was revised in 2010 as Purpose and Functions of Senate, it still provides, as noted above, that Senate "determines all matters of an academic character that affect the university as a whole." In considering whether Senate's academic jurisdiction extends to matters of program and enrolment suspensions, Professor Mullan emphasizes the fact that SCAD (the Senate Committee on Academic Development) "over the years has been responsible in a very broad sense for recommending enrolment targets and, more generally, the impact of enrolments on the functioning and quality of academic programs" (p. 11). In this connection it is worth noting that as recently as 2010-11 the Chair of SCAD served on the Enrolment Planning Task Force whose Preliminary Report was presented to Senate with the Senate Agenda for February 2011. As that Preliminary Report explains:
Queen's University has a history of careful enrolment planning based on the establishment of annual enrolment targets set by the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) upon consultation with the Deans. The enrolment plan is approved annually by the Senate and presented to the Board of Trustees for information. ("Appendix A: A Historial Review")
The responsibility of Senate for matters of enrolment is thus very clearly a matter of both policy and longstanding practice.
Professor Mullan argued, further, that Queen's "Principal should, in consultation with and with the approval of Senate (and, if necessary, the Board of Trustees), develop a protocol on how the Senate's rights in matters such as this are to be respected in the future" (ibid., p. 1). Principal Woolf has said he disagrees with Professor Mullan's opinion, but has offered no further explanation or defense of his view of the matter.
So the matter rested until November 2011, when Queen's Administration took a similar course of action again and reiterated the justification of "managerial" authority (delegated from the Board of Trustees) over financial decisions even when they have academic implications. The same Dean of Arts and Science froze admissions to the BFA program, again citing "resource" and not academic reasons. In this case the unilateralism was in fact more extreme, for this time there was no pretense even of consultation with either Faculty Board or Senate before the public announcement was made. Most members of Queen's community learned of the decision only when it appeared in the Queen's Journal and in the Toronto Globe & Mail. It is true that this administrative action was far smaller in scope than the one 2009, when about 75 programs were affected (Mullan p. 1). The BFA is only one program and ordinarily enrols about 30 new students each year. So there may be stronger arguments in this case for the Dean's "managerial" rights (see Mullan pp. 10-13). But there is also some question whether the Dean's stated justification of "resources" is sincere. Faculty members in Fine Art insist that all they would need to hold the program open is half of an adjunct position costing, probably, less than $25,000 per year. Weighed against about 30 admissions per year, this hardly seems a compelling financial justification. When asked to "provide Senate with the rationale and the process by which this decision was made," the Dean and "university lawyer" Diane Kelly offered the same justifications in Senate as were offered formerly. In both April 2009 and November 2011, Ms. Kelly argued the "managerial" right of the Board and its officers to make unilateral financial decisions even when they have academic implications. And in both cases she presented this explanation of the Board's and Administration's power as simple fact. But there are at least two objections.
One has to do with the authority of the "university lawyer" or "university counsel" to pronounce on this matter. [1] "University lawyer" is a misleading designation in a case where Ms. Kelly has been called in to adjudicate between the relative authorities of Board and Administration, on the one hand, and of Senate, on the other. For she is hired by and answerable to the Board and Administration, and it has been the Administrators who invited her into Senate to deliver her opinion. It would be more fair and proper to consider her as acting, in these cases, as the "Board and Administration Lawyer." To render an impartial decision on this matter, another lawyer should be appointed to represent Senate's claims to authority, and a genuinely impartial judge should decide the case between the two.
The other objection arises from the question: what happens to the supposed right of Senate to "determine all matters of an academic character that affect the University as a whole" when the right of the Board to "oversee financial matters" is construed as a unilateral authority? In the phrase "determine all matters of an academic character," "determine" is a strong and decisive term. But Senate does not have all of the authority that this term designates if in fact the Board and Administration have a unilateral "authority to make resource-based decisions that influence the academic program of the University" (Minutes for 23 April 2009 (I.5.e)). The right of the Board to exert its financial authority should not be at the cost of the right of Senate to exert its academic authority, and so there must be some more proper arrangement for sharing and coordinating these powers than is provided for in the theory of unilateral powers claimed by the Board, Administration, and their counsel.
[1] Ms. Kelly is variously styled "university counsel" and "university lawyer": see, e.g., Senate minutes for Apr. 2009, p. 3, and 20 Jan. 2011, p. 6.


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Maya Royka (aka Nautika), was a UN Operative and part of the first official superhuman team known as StormWatch Prime. She first joined the team back in 1978 along with originals Battalion (team leader), Flashpoint and Backlash (co-leader/trainer). She acted as a moderator, buffering the tempers of rivals Battalion and Flashpoint.
More significantly, Nautika became the eventual wife of Sunburst who later joined the team with the similar assignment of acting as a counter element to the feud between Battalion and Flashpoint. Nautika and Sunburst were married sometime before their tour of duty during the Desert Storm Operation in Kuwait. Nautika, Flashpoint and Sunburst all were captured by the superhuman mercenary Deathtrap and held for several years. The three were later rescued by Battalion who led an unsanctioned mission into Gamorra where Prime was held.
Post Capture and Leave of Duty
For an undetermined length of time after the rescue, StormWatch Prime (then only comprised of Nautika, Sunburst and Flashpoint), were kept off-duty, per the negative evaluations of Skywatch Psych analysts. During this time, they were only encouraged to focus on resuming normal lives until time came to reevaluate their combat readiness. Nautika and Flashpoint recovered relatively well from their ordeal by Deathtrap, however Sunburst did not.
Return to Active Duty
Months after the rescue of StormWatch Prime, a global crisis struck involving a mass number of Daemonite forces launching attacks on various key locations and monuments. With the number of operatives stretched to the limit, the Vatican was left undefended by superhuman forces. It was decided finally by a reluctant Weatherman One to return StormWatch Prime to active duty.[1] The team successfully defeated the Daemonite threat at the Vatican and disarmed the bomb set to destroy that location, largely due to the initiative shown by Sunburst, who led the team and neutralized the bomb threat. The success of the mission led Weatherman One to officially return StormWatch Prime to full active duty.
While on duty once more, StormWatch Prime was still assigned to low-profile missions, including making repairs on Skywatch's hull after team member Hellstrike no longer could control his energy levels and consequently went "nova" aboard the space station, causing a devastating explosion.[2][3] Prime was also sent to pick up from the StormWatch Training Center, new recruits Undertow and Pagan.[4]
Over time however, Nautika and Sunburst would attempt to enjoy some much-wanted/needed time alone together. However, they were always interrupted by mission-calls. Among such times included a call to retrieve Flashpoint who had gone "rogue" in a personal mission to hunt down Deathtrap and The MERCs in an attempt to extract answers for StormWatch Prime's imprisonment. Both Nautika and Sunburst accomplished their mission and apprehended Flashpoint, returning him to Skywatch custody. This worked out well for the manipulative Lord Defile, who had programmed Nautika and Sunburst to do his bidding when the time came.
Wildstorm Crisis & Aftermath
The time in which Lord Defile would need his two pawns, Nautika and Sunburst first came when Sunburst downloaded top secret Skywatch files on the WildC.A.T.s[5] and sent the information via computer to Defile. During the Wildstorm Crisis, Prime was only comprised of Sunburst and Nautika, after Flashpoint was held in custody at the U.N. Lockdown for his "criminal" conduct.[6] Nautika retrieved Backlash out of the ocean after his fight with Lord Helspont.[7] Afterwards, Stormwatch, (consisting of all active members except for Flashpoint, Battalion, Undertow and Pagan) joined forces with Image's top named teams Wetworks, and WildC.A.T.s to take on Helspont. During the battle, Nautika and Sunburst were activated by Defile and commanded to aid him in capturing the coveted spaceship that would guarantee the Earth's destruction.[8] They neutralized Spartan who attempted to sabotage the ship's controls, before Sunburst broke free of Defile's control. Defile then commanded Nautika to attack her husband. Upon doing so, she snapped out of her brainwashed state, realizing the harm she had done to her husband who then became a paraplegic.
In the wake of the Wildstorm event, Nautika resigned from StormWatch altogether. Her husband Sunburst was placed under a coma. With Flashpoint still under incarceration, StormWatch Prime was finished.
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I am excited to share more progress on the back patio. The previously green/black chairs are now red. I love them! They are a nice punch of color and look great with the brown house. My husband picked the color, I would have gone with blue or green my favorite colors. We won't tell him how much I love the color because I will never hear the end of it.
The chairs are pretty comfortable, they just really needed a paint job. They are about 8 or 9 years old and have held up pretty well. I scrubbed them with a wire brush to get all the loose paint off, then scrubbed them with a brush and soapy water.
Here are the after pictures:
I wish I had a before picture from this position, this new blogger is still learning. I used Rustoleum spray paint in a satin finish, the color is Heritage Red, I could only find it at Home Depot. It is a great color not too orange or too bright, I love it!
It feels good to check one more job off the list. Now I just need to find the perfect cushions for the chairs. I have something in mind which pretty much means I won't find it. So the search continues.
Next week we are adding on to our patio (and by "we" I mean I called some concrete guys to do the job for us). I am not up for DIY concrete just yet. I can't wait until it is done, it will look so nice.
Plus the kids will be glued to the patio door all day watching the work. I should have a party and invite the neighborhood kids, there is nothing more exciting than cement trucks and a skid steer in your back yard.
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26 June 2010 – Estates Gazette
Global Switch's executive chairman John Corcoran tells Lucy Barnard about the data centre group's full-voltage plans for expansion
When you come to London II you'll see row upon row and rack after rack of computers, all just humming," says John Corcoran, executive chairman of data centre specialist Global Switch. "There are very few people around." Yet despite the lack of human activity, London II in East India Dock, E14, is some of the most expensive commercial real estate in the world.
Space at buildings like the 680,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art centre, where arrays of computer servers stand in chilled rooms buzzing with the noise of air-conditioning units, typically costs £200 per sq ft.
Together with London I, the former Financial Times printing depot, London II draws as much electricity as the entire domestic requirement of the city of Glasgow, and the building's roof space carries complicated electrical systems and vast generators capable of providing a back-up service if the mains supply ever fails.
For Simon and David Reuben, the multi-millionaire backers of Global Switch, this facility, already replicated in Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, is a calculated property gamble.
The Reuben brothers bought into the 3m sq ft, eight-strong data centre business – established 12 years ago by Birmingham-based businessman Andy Ruhan – in November 2004 as part of their joint acquisition of Chelsfield with Westfield and Multiplex. They have spent the subsequent five-and-a-half years gradually buying out their partners, paying down inherited debt and upgrading the portfolio. They are now keen to roll out ambitious plans for Global Switch, says Corcoran.
"We've gone through a growth period since we bought the business, and we had to invest ahead of the wave of demand that we predicted at the time," he explains.
"We've invested hundreds of millions of pounds in the portfolio. Now we're reaping the benefit of that heavy investment programme because we've enjoyed three or four years of strong growth, which should carry into the future as that investment starts to generate income."
Global Switch, already the biggest data centre owner and operator in Europe and Asia, is building a 160,000 sq ft facility in Paris, around half of which it leased last year to IBM.
In addition to this, the company recently bought sites in Singapore and Sydney, where it hopes to start construction in the next 6-12 months. And, within the same timeframe, it hopes to develop a 215,000 sq ft centre in Hong Kong. To add further impetus, the company is launching a marketing campaign next month, starting with the launch of a new website on 1 July.
And Global Switch plans to go much further. Corcoran says that, within the next three years, Global Switch hopes to start work on the development of centres in Amsterdam, Singapore, Sydney, and Frankfurt, and to add another facility in London. Over the next five years, he adds, the company hopes to expand to Tokyo and Shanghai.
With each centre costing up to £250m to build, this is no small investment. Global Switch expects to spend £400m-£500m on schemes over the next two years – and it intends to pay for this expansion out of its own earnings and debt.
Its ambitions are a far cry from five-and-a-half years ago, when the company was suffering from the effects of the dot.com crash and making heavy losses, while its portfolio remained 70% unlet. It was at this moment that Corcoran, then chief financial officer of Multiplex Group, was parachuted in to provide some answers.
"When we acquired the business, data centres were a casualty of the collapse of the tech markets, so people were running away from data centre space," says the Australian.
"But Simon Reuben saw demand factors moving in favour of the data centre industry and that supply was rapidly drying up. To his credit, he made this investment at a time when a lot of other people were reluctant to do so. That showed a lot of foresight."
Now, says Corcoran, with a recovery in demand and a strategy aimed at increasing lease lengths from an average of 3-5 years to around 10 years, combined with heavyweight investment in the portfolio, the company's fortunes have been completely turned around.
In 2008, banks valued the business at £1.5bn and by December 2009 this had risen to £2.75bn. The company generated earnings of £96m in 2009, and £136m in the year to 31 March 2010. The portfolio is now 80% let, giving the company solid reasons for believing its earnings will rise to £170m by 2011 and, soon after that, upwards of a quarter of a billion pounds.
The company is also working on a long-term bond issue that would pay down most of the £1bn of loans it still owes the Reubens, who, up until now, have met all of the business's funding needs and taken no cash out.
With the business growing in value, the Reubens are moving ahead with longstanding plans for a float. Corcoran says this will probably take place next summer, and is likely to involve 25-35% of the business – meeting the minimum required by the Stock Exchange for a free float.
"The Reuben brothers have got a significant proportion of their wealth tied up in Global Switch so, from a simple investment diversification point of view they are seeking to diversify," says Corcoran. "But, equally, there's no pressing driver. It's under 50% of their wealth but it's an increasing proportion."
The reasons why the company's data centres are experiencing such an increase in take-up, says Corcoran, are the rapid growth in demand driven by improvements in technology and the internet, the trend towards outsourcing, and the increasing demands of regulators for financial services businesses to have their data backed up many times over.
The global financial downturn inevitably slowed down deals – these days, customers typically take six months to make a decision instead of three, says Corcoran.
But he adds: "Almost everywhere you turn there is demand for data centres. I can't think of one indicator that is not pointing towards huge growth. In the past 18 months, we have been surprised at how quickly demand has increased.
"We're moving towards full occupancy earlier than we had anticipated, so there might be a gap in some cities between full occupancy and the next data centre coming on line."
Data centres: high-spec buildings seen as An emerging asset class
Data centres are high-spec buildings designed to house IT equipment for their customers. They require massive amounts of power and connectivity and, consequently, generate large amounts of heat. They therefore need strong, load-bearing floors, elaborate cooling systems and high ceilings.
This means that a data centre costs around five times as much to build as the equivalent office space, hence there are few large data centre operators and owners. The main operators include Global Switch, Digital Realty and DuPont Fabros Technology. Smaller operations cater for the retail market.
The vast costs involved in installing equipment mean that tenants are keen to renew their leases rather than moving elsewhere. GS says that nearly 99% of its customers renew.
"This is an emerging asset class," says GS executive chairman John Corcoran. "We need to get our heads around the differences between this and other property types. There are tremendous benefits, but we were feeling our way when we bought the business."
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Times are good for Columbus Blue Jackets fans, who woke up this morning to find their team (still) atop the Metropolitan Division, with the nefarious Pittsburgh Penguins all the way down at the bottom. What can we surmise from the past week? Let's dive right in.
John Tortorella's Sweater Is A Big Mood
In case you missed last night's game, we're glad to inform you that John Tortorella is your new dad. Those are the rules.
Blessed image here of Sweater Torts. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/iD0mVSdMgc— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 18, 2018
Thanks to a bout with the flu, Tortorella tried out a new, cozier look and it is a big mood, folks. The result, #SweaterTorts, evokes both warmness and authority, and it's just so satisfying to see the 60-year-old find a look that works for him and immediately rock it with confidence.
In a literal sense of the word, John Tortorella was sick last night. In another sense, though, he was sick.
Cam Atkinson Is Good As Hell
Speaking of sick performances, how about Cam Atkinson lately?
Last night's hat trick (along with an assist!) was superb – and extended what is now a four-game point streak, during which he has tallied a total of nine points (6-3–9). His 12 goals so far have him near the top of the league leaderboards, and he's producing at better than a point-per-game rate to boot, with a 12-8–20 line over 19 games so far.
Elite shot. Elite celly, too.— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 18, 2018
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Atkinson's longevity and production with the Blue Jackets have him at or near the top of the franchise's all-time leaderboards, too. Last night's hat trick was the fifth of his career – tying him with Rick Nash (shocker!) as the franchise's all-time leader.
The Penalty Kill Is Good Too
So, the penalty kill wasn't *great* against the Florida Panthers, allowing two goals in four chances, but it was rock solid last night against Carolina. The Blue Jackets stifled the Hurricanes on all four of their power play opportunities, including two that directly resulted from a particularly egregious call.
That call, of course, came when Markus Nutivaara had a mishap with his skate (a cut lace) and the Blue Jackets somehow got called for a bench minor while he was getting it fixed. They then got whistled for too many men immediately after killing that penalty.
Last year, the penalty kill was a big issue for Columbus, as they ranked near the bottom of the league, but it's become a strength of this team lately.
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Baseball is usually full of happy, amazing moments that fans love to watch. Whether it is a great defensive play, a walk-off grand slam in the ninth inning, or an ace twirling a no-hitter, baseball is full of these incredible moments. However, throughout the decades and decades that the MLB has been popular, there have also been a ton of dark moments. Some are sad, some are infuriating and some are just plain embarrassing for the league. With that in mind, this article is going to take a closer look at some of the darkest moments in MLB history.
15. The Marge Schott Era
Marge Schott was the owner, CEO, and president of the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1999. However, instead of being a model owner or even a pioneer for female sports executives, Schott was known more for her controversial behavior. There were numerous despicable incidents and her owning a team was a pretty dark time for many MLB fans. She directed racists slurs towards African Americans, Japanese people, homosexuals, and Jewish people. She also offered statements of support for Adolf Hitler, which was the final straw for the league. She was banned from managing the team from 1996 to 1998, and thankfully sold her stake in the team shortly after.
14. The Roy Halladay Plane Crash
This one is very fresh in the minds of baseball fans and is one of the saddest moments in recent MLB history. Roy Halladay was one of the best pitchers in the MLB during the 2000s and was especially legendary for Canadian fans for his time with the Toronto Blue Jays. He won two Cy Young awards, made several All-Star games, and even pitched a perfect game for the Philles in 2010. However, Halladay sadly passed away in a plane crash in late 2017, a few years after he retired. It was an incredibly sad and hard day for the sport. It also reminded everyone of the Jose Fernandez boat crash from 2016, although sympathy for that accident has faltered since it was revealed that Fernandez was under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time.
13. The Black Sox Scandal
While fixing professional sports games happens from time-to-time (although much less these days), this was fixing on a whole other level. The Chicago White Sox were going against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series, but this wasn't any old World Series. A few gamblers, who had bet big money on the Sox to lose, reached out to some players and offered them hefty sums if they would throw the series. Eight players agreed and together, they intentionally threw the series. Soon, an investigation and trial took place and all the players involved were banned from baseball forever. This might go down as the biggest scandal in the history of the Majors.
12. The Brandon McCarthy Injury
While there have been several gruesome injuries take place in MLB over the years, this has to be one of the worst in recent memory. In a September 2012 game against the Angels, Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy was hit in the head by a line drive. He was immediately knocked unconscious, before thankfully regaining consciousness a few seconds later. Despite walking off the field, McCarthy was in a life-threatening situation as he had suffered an epidural hemorrhage and a skull fracture, He underwent surgery for two hours and would miss the rest of the season. It fueled new discussions about player safety, and some pitchers began wearing a special padded cap that doubled as a sort of helmet. Scary stuff.
11. Pete Rose Betting on Baseball
During his playing and managing career, Pete Rose was incredible and was all but guaranteed to get to the Hall of Fame — he is still baseball's all-time leader in hits. However, in 1989 there were allegations that Pete Rose bet on baseball (which is a huge no-no). Not only that, but he was accused of betting on the Reds while he was actively working as their manager. An investigation found the allegations to be true, and Rose was punished in a big way. He was banned from baseball for life, which meant he could never manage again and would never be eligible for the Hall of Fame. He (and others) have tried to seek reinstatement to the Hall of Fame a couple of times, but nothing has come of it yet.
10. The Mitchell Report
Steroids (and other performance enhancing drugs) have been a large problem in baseball for years, but it took center stage in 2007 thanks to the Mitchell Report. This 409-page report was published in December of 2007 and represented the findings of a 20-month investigation into the use of anabolic steroids and HGH in MLB players. In total, the report named 89 players who have used PEDs in some capacity. Some of the names included were Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi, Eric Gagne, Miguel Tejada, and many more. This was a dark day as it showed several of the best players at the time were probably using drugs to gain a competitive advantage. The league got serious with drug testing, adding more random tests and increasing the suspensions for players who were caught.
9. Voting in the 1957 All-Star Game
Stuffing ballot boxes is usually reserved for political elections, but that is exactly what happened in the 1957 All-Star Game. Cincinatti Redlegs fans stuffed the ballot boxes for the game and voted in seven of their players, which meant there were only two starting All-Star spots for other teams. Newspapers printed out pre-filled ballots and some bars wouldn't even serve customers until they filled out a ballot. This was a huge scandal and actually stopped fan voting at the All-Star game for several years after this occurrence. Ironically, as the voting moved to online in the last decade or so, the same problem now exists. Kansas City Royals fans almost duplicated the lopsided All-Star voting in 2015.
8. The Strike in 1994
The players' strike of 1994 in the MLB was the longest of all-time and was the first time since 1904 that a World Series was not played. The strike came about when, in short, owners wanted some form of salary cap, but the players refused. When a new collective bargaining agreement couldn't be agreed upon, MLB players walked off the job in the middle of the season. The strike eventually ended the following spring, allowing for a slightly shortened 1995 season to take place. But players were furious and it is largely seen as one of the worst work stoppages in sports history, as each side was seen as being incredibly greedy by most fans. There was a huge dip in attendance in the next few years, and the Montreal Expos literally ceased to exist in the wake of the strike. It's been over two decades, but many fans are still sore about it.
7. The Death of Christy Mathewson
Cristy Mathewson was among the most dominant pitchers in MLB history, playing for the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds in the early 1900s. He is in the top ten of many of the most important pitching stats and was one of the very first five members of the Hall of Fame. He won two World Series and nearly 400 games during his career, with an ERA of 2.13 for his entire career. When Mathewson was serving in World War 1, he was accidently exposed to a chemical weapon during a training exercise, which lead him to develop tuberculosis, which took his life a few years later at the young age of 45.
6. Lou Gehrig Giving His Farewell Speech
Lou Gehrig was one of the finest first basemen in MLB history and was incredibly durable, holding baseball's Iron Man record of consecutive games played for decades. He hit with the best of them (.340 career average) and was a solid fielder as well. However, as his career progressed, he began to experience difficulties doing even simple and routine tasks during the game. He was soon diagnosed with ALS (which is now also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease). In 1939, he made his farewell retirement speech in front of over 60,000 people at Yankee Stadium, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Sadly, he passed away a year later and one of the best players ever was taken from us way too early.
5. The Death of Ray Chapman
Throughout the entire history of the MLB, with thousands of games played, there has only been one person to pass away as a result of an injury sustained during the game. In a game in 1920 between the Indians and the Yankees, Ray Chapman was hit in the head with a pitch and died 12 hours later. This death forced baseball into some much-needed rule changes, such as replacing the ball when it became dirty. It was also a motivating factor to make batting helmets mandatory for all hitters, although they wouldn't actually become required for three more decades.
4. The Death of Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American and Caribbean player inducted into the Hall of Fame. He played in 15 All-Star games, won numerous Gold Gloves and batting titles, while also winning an MVP in 1966. He was one of the best players of his time, but was also a great man off the field. During the off-seasons, he would go do charity work back in Latin America, including delivering food and supplies to those in need. Unfortunately, he died in a plane crash following the 1972 season, while on one of these missions to help earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Baseball continues to celebrate his talent and his generosity, by creating the Roberto Clemente award. It is given to one player every year who has outstanding talent and displays a tremendous passion for community work.
3. Owner Collusion In The 1980s
During the 1980s, there were many secret little conversations between MLB owners that were all about keeping contracts and salaries down. At the time, it was uncommon for big free agents to have multiple offers from different teams. It was almost like the market was predetermined ahead of time. This was intentionally done to prevent bidding wars and keep players from increasing their value and bargaining power. Players and agents eventually caught on, and all hell broke loose. Grievances were filed and players were given another chance to test free agency in some cases.
2. The Drug Abuse Problems of the 1980s
While steroids have been a problem for some time in MLB, it's not the only drug being abused. Cocaine has also been a problem in the MLB, especially in the 80s and early 90s. While it is less of an issue today, cocaine abuse was rampant in the previous generations. It was estimated by some that around 40% of MLB player were using cocaine. The darkest days of this scandal were the Pittsburgh drug trials, in which several Pirates players and other MLB players were charged with cocaine distribution, which makes it among the biggest scandals in baseball. To this day, baseball does not randomly test for cocaine or other drugs of abuse.
1. Shannon Stone Passes Away Trying to Catch a Foul Ball
There have been a couple of fans that have fatally fallen during an MLB game, but this one was different. At a Rangers game in 2011, a foul ball was hit near Josh Hamilton. He tossed the ball up into the stands to Shannon Stone, so he could give it to his son. However, when Stone reached out to try and catch the ball, he fell head-first about 20 feet to the concrete. After a window of being conscious and asking about his son, Stone then slipped back into unconsciousness and succumbed to his injuries. This was incredibly sad and could have easily been avoided. MLB has taken this (and other) incidents, and increased their focus on fan safety. More effective guardrails and increased netting have been installed in almost every ballpark.


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The proposal is for a competition in design and perspective, telling the story of the steel industry and its people, to be held in a number of steel producing locations in Europe: drawings, photos, paintings, poems, prose, anecdotes etc The winning results will be combined into the Steel Saga Atlas giving a human face and perspective to the steel industry of Europe.
1.Germany -Duisberg 2. The Netherlands-Ijmuiden 3. Belgium-Ghent 4. England-Redcar 5. France-Dunkerk 6. Italy-Taranto 7. Austria-Linz.8. Spain-Bilbao 9. Poland-Krakow10. Czech Republic -Ostrava 11. Ukraine - Mariupol/Donetsk 12. Turkey-Eregli/Zonguldak
Workers in the European steel industry face global competition and corporate manipulation that threaten the future work of upto 150,000 people, 50% of the present workforce.The challenge is to raise awareness of the past, present and possible future links of this sector of workers across the national boundaries of Europe.A Europe for the workers and not just for the Corporations.
Participation in the competition from a significant number of the proposed industrial locations.The successful creation of the Steel Saga Atlas giving a creative portrait and a a human perspective on the steel industry of Europe.
At this stage it is unknown what form and content will appear as a result of the Steel Saga Competition. This is also true for the Steel Saga Atlas that will be produced as a multi cultural and multi national calendar, in an as yet unknown size, format and quality.The competition will be promoted in English but essential details will also be given in all other relevant local languages. All possible forms of work consultation bodies, trade unions and social media communication channels will be involved depending on the different local situations. The idea is to incorporate 12 locations into the Steel Saga Atlas, one for each month of the year. The prize winners contributions,and the Atlas would be exhibited. Sales of the calendar could fund further follow up activities.
The competition is aimed at all those people allied to or part of the steel industry workforce. An opportunity for workers at all levels to reflect on the industry in a creative way outside the usual, daily, work perspective, or indeed outside any direct workplace at all: for example the wife of a mothballed steel worker from Redcar or a trade union official from IG Metall in Duisberg.
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How Durable is Your Camera? A Canon 7D is Tested to the Extreme
We've been testing cameras for performance in ideal conditions, and also in not-so-ideal conditions, but this is just ridiculous. Kai Wong and the guys over at DigitalRev were kindly donated a Canon 7D to see how much punishment that little camera could take. The 7D has a magnesium alloy body, so it's much more capable of handling inclement weather -- but what if it were frozen in a block of ice, or set on fire? Could it still take photos? Check out the video below to find out.
Kai Wong and DigitalRev destroy a Canon 7D:
Don't try this at home with any camera you have, but if you've got a Canon 7D or any DSLR with a metal body, there's a good chance it will survive a heck of a lot of impact and stress. There are a few simple things that can be replaced on these DSLRs without too much difficulty, one of them being the plastic cover over the LCD on the back of the camera. I've done this multiple times with cameras and there are plenty of good tutorials out there to show you how to do it. It's remarkable that after the lengthy beating this camera was given, that it was still able to take a photo, and the autofocus and mirror were both still working.
Anyone have any camera horror stories like the one above?
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Quite impressive. These gents must have great luck, or rather I have poor luck. My 7D was recently in a checked camera bag on a flight with other gear. When the bag arrived, the 7D would not turn on - not one scratch on the body...but I'm guessing somehow in transit it got knocked hard...and well it's done for - but the rest of the gear was perfectly fine.
May 14, 2012 at 8:19PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
oh my god i cant watch this i barely made it past the first "truck test" scene without cringing and shivering like 20 times
what a perfectly good camera this is so disgusting and wasteful
May 14, 2012 at 8:20PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
To some, though, its hours and hours and HOURS of working hard and saving up for something they really want. I mean, of course, its nothing compared to say 'how durable is this baby?' but i imagine itd still be pretty shattering for some people who see this.
May 14, 2012 at 11:00PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
May 15, 2012 at 9:52AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
No, no its not.
A camera is way, way more than a simple machine, its the closest thing we have right now to materializing our thoughts and inner feelings (film, photography). I work with student filmmakers from rough socioeconomic backgrounds and most of them can barely afford a t2i and would jump at the chance to even shoot once with a *fairly* high end camera like a 7D, and then to see one just destroyed for the sake of page views and ad revenue on youtube really makes me rage.
May 15, 2012 at 8:47AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
"A camera is way, way more than a simple machine, its the closest thing we have right now to materializing our thoughts and inner feelings (film, photography). "
If you can't do drawings or music, try poetry, it's cheaper. :)
May 15, 2012 at 10:07AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I shoot with a t2i and a 7d everyday and they have the same quality in the end, the 7D just has more buttons.
We can romanticize gear and equipment all day long, but in 2 years it'll be old news and in 10 it'll be gone. The 7D has been out for around 2 years so by lighting this camera on fire it probably got more airtime than it ever would have without it.
"the camera is closest thing we have to materializing our thoughts and inner feelings"
What about the people have been creating art for thousands of years before this relatively recent invention?
May 15, 2012 at 10:51AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
actually the 7D outputs an HD signal to an external monitor during recording so your focus puller can work more comfortably. it also has a better built body, and an 8fps stills drive mode if you want to do add a choppy/stop motion-esque look to your shots.
enough gear talk, youre right
anyway, those artists of the past thousands of years don't know what they are missing. digital media gives you near-freedom in image making.
May 15, 2012 at 11:33AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I was generalizing when I said "more buttons", I meant it has more features. The bottom line is that someone who has a little bit of patience can achieve the same quality with a t2i as one can get with a 7d.
Freedom is great and all but limits are possibilities. I'm in awe of the past and excited for the future but let's not get too carried away hahaha
May 15, 2012 at 12:21PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
These are material things. Destroying the tool means nothing. (Now if they were destroying the only copy of a beautiful film or photograph made with that camera, that would be a tragedy.)
If someone did that to *my* 7D (as much as I sometimes fantasize about destroying it occasionally)...I'd be mad. But it's not my 7D. Kill away. (Burning plasic is bad for the environment though...)
It kind of reminds me of that great Top Gear story where they (try to) destroy a Toyota truck.
May 19, 2012 at 3:35AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
May 14, 2012 at 10:54PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I mean that's impressive as well, but a camera has multiple moving parts, an internal processor, a battery, and is an all around more complicated piece of machinery hahaha
May 14, 2012 at 11:53PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
impressive... but the Rebel didn't do a lot worse than this either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1tTBncIsm8
May 15, 2012 at 3:35AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
May 17, 2012 at 12:43PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
Hah, these guys are nuts! In a good way obviously :)
May 17, 2012 at 7:07PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
This is a great blog and really enjoyed trawley
May 18, 2012 at 11:59AM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
So the worst part of a Canon 7D is the stupid CF card's pinhole technology that ruined a day of shooting for me. lol
May 18, 2012 at 12:22PM, Edited September 4, 7:54AM
I love DigitalRevTV - these guys do great reviews and tutorials.
Look at their recent D800 vs. 5D MkIII test, it is so funny yet still packed with information.
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Accountability and Trust
Holding people accountable is a fundamental premise of good management. Establishing solid goals and providing feedback along the way helps employees recognize the importance of performing up to expectations. Unfortunately, some employees do not meet their goals for a variety of reasons. When this happens, managers need to hold people accountable, but there are often problems in executing this closure step.
If goals were not met due to employee laziness, lack of initiative, poor attitudes, or any other negative personal trait, then the accountability step is appropriate and should be done along with the appropriate documentation. When employees fail to meet expectations due to things that are truly out of their control, then holding them accountable seems punitive beyond reason.
I believe there is a direct link between holding people accountable in an appropriate way and the level of trust in an organization. Extreme cases are easy to understand. For example, if an employee working in the World Trade Center failed to hand in an expected report on September 12, 2001, trying to hold that individual accountable for the failure would be ludicrous. For one thing, it would not matter at all to the dead employee. On the other extreme, if an employee has made no effort whatsoever to even start an activity that was promised, holding that person accountable for the lapse is logical and necessary.
Unfortunately, many situations are in a gray area in between extremes. An employee usually will have some sort of excuse that justifies not being able to perform up to expectations. That is, he or she has rationalized the lapse based on some mental process that exonerates the employee from toeing the line. When a manager attempts to hold the individual accountable for the missed goal, it seems unfairly harsh to the individual employee and trust plummets.
The conundrum is that employees who witness their peers not performing up to expectations, yet not being held fully accountable, leads to a lowering of trust in the organization as well. For the manager, it is a kind of "darned if you do, darned if you don't" situation. It becomes important for the manager to explain that we hold people accountable for their actions, and we do not condone a string of excuses or reasons why the goals were missed. Yet we still need to all allow some latitude for truly uncontrolled situations where it was impossible for the employee to perform up to expectations.
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How the accountability is communicated to the employee has everything to do with how it is perceived and received. If managers are consistent with follow through on commitments, then employees expect to be called out if goals are not met. Having a firm but kind conversation with the employee, in private, about a performance lapse is far superior to catching the employee off guard and rubbing his or her nose in the problem. If the manager berates the employee publicly and with a mean spirit, significant damage to the relationship will result. If managers can reinforce the effort while still insisting on the deliverables, then employees will respect that and modify their behavior.
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The Show continues its decline to the form of near free fall. MLB 17 The Show is overpriced with messed up controls. We now get all kinds of sliders to set the controls. It would be nice if MLB 17 The Show did not change them on the fly. Hit too many home runs and this game adjusts. Then you keep fouling things off. Then it changes again to lots of home runs. Back and forth we went.
MLB 17 The Show also must decide who will win games. One player takes a triple A team, and dominates a pro team even though the two of them are equal in skill. Retro mode is close to the RBI Baseball franchise. Which means lots of ball movement while it is in the air. A cheap way to strike out the other player. MLB 17 The Show continues too many online game play modes that are never used by Family Friendly Gaming.
MLB 17 The Show looks nice, sounds good, and has good presentation. I do not like the new controls, or the new single player pitching view. I noticed the pitchers have trouble getting the ball where you tell them to place it. Foul animations are re-used way too many times in games. The people in the stands and dugout look good. MLB 17 The Show can be fun for short bursts of time.
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The default pitching controls are all about timing with some throbbing circle. It never made sense to me, and just made me angry. I eventually ignored it before I found I could go away from this horrible idea. I value MLB 17 The Show at twenty dollars brand new. Right now it is over priced.
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System: Playstation 4
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Sony San Diego Studio
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