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"On his way to Paul's house where they wrote lyrics together, John Lennon would cycle across Allerton Municipal Golf Club deliberately tearing up the greens," says Phil Coppell, our Liverpool guide and acquaintance of Paul McCartney.
We'd just left John's boyhood home. I asked why it didn't look like the one in the Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy.
"Because it isn't," Phil confirms. "Even though she had permission to film the house, the director thought it too posh for the working class portrait she was aiming for. In fact, it's the other three lads who were working class, not John."
After a quick peek through the gates of Strawberry Field, our 20-member group boards a luxury coach complete with laminate wood floors, intermittent Wi-Fi and a killer sound system then heads down Penny Lane, humming along to the tune of the same name. Phil points out the Barber Shop and the "shelter in the middle of the roundabout" before herding us into the Cavern Club where The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Who, The Stones, Queen and more recently, Paul McCartney have all performed.
Soirée With the Locals
Local experts such as Phil, a travel photographer and Beatles aficionado of 20 years, are the mainstay of Trafalgar Tours along with their uber-professional travel directors and local hosts who open their homes to Trafalgar's clientele.
Arriving for dinner at Whitwell Hall, an English country house outside of York, we're greeted by the Bell family bearing trays of sparkling wine in a wide entrance hall complete with a grand staircase leading to the fully visible upstairs hallways. To escape the chilly October night, we crowd around the roaring fireplace in an adjoining sitting room filled with overstuffed furniture, plush carpets and full-size oil portraits of extended family members, past and present.
Invited to wander freely, I head into the main kitchen heated by a mammoth AGA cooker, popular in England since 1929, to chat with staff as they prepare the roast pork, mashed potatoes and braised vegetables. Overhead, Mrs. Bell's 300 teapots decorate the shelves around the room. Fresh drink in hand and two rambunctious dogs in tow, I rejoin the group in conversation about our trip.
Earlier that day we'd stopped by Quarry Bank Mill, a well-preserved cotton mill and museum dedicated to the child apprentices of the Industrial Revolution before settling into historic York, home of the beautiful gothic cathedral, York Minster.
Castles: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
However it's the remains of York Castle built by William the Conqueror that are most intriguing. Sitting outside our Hilton Hotel, the castle looms over York from atop a high grassy knoll, set against a brilliant blue sky. It has served as a prison, a royal mint and, most impressively, a display case for Henry the VIII's dead enemies.
Better known as Hogwarts from the first two Harry Potter films than the current residence of the Duke of Northumberland and family, Alnwick Castle, second in size only to Windsor, receives more than 800,000 visitors a year. The pastoral surroundings feature sheep grazing on rolling hills and stately gardens including the popular Poison Garden.
Further north, Edinburgh Castle dominates the city—itself a World Heritage Site—from atop an extinct volcano. Mary Queen of Scots, unfortunate prisoners of war and hundreds of burnt "witches" along with the Scottish crown jewels all lay claim to the site.
Three days in Scotland's second-largest city allow us time to explore the hilly, twisted streets filled with secret passageways and Georgian architecture; taste and stockpile single malts; and share a meal of mutton with Fergus and Gregor Wood, sheep farmers and bagpipers working out of a 17th-century barn on the beautiful shores of Loch Ard.
At the farewell dinner and tour aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, we marvel at the Queen's tiny onboard bed, prompting a New Yorker to quip, "I was expecting a California king."
London Calling
Alas, not even at Buckingham Palace, if reports of a "double bed with curtains" by Michael Fagan, the Queen's bedroom intruder, are true. The palace, a scenic walk through Hyde Park to our London base at Marble Arch, usually opens 19 staterooms to summer visitors when the Queen departs for Scotland.
Other notable stops near Marble Arch include the Diana Memorial Fountain where visitors are invited to sit and dip their feet, the Serpentine Galleries in Kensington Park and lively Oxford Street for power shopping.
In stark contrast to central London and Mayfair (the Beatles' first London home) where we enjoy high tea at the Chesterfield Hotel, a walking tour of the east end, led by Mary, a long-time resident, illustrates how the city reinvents itself.
Former working-class neighbourhoods such as Shoreditch and Spitalfields have turned into hip creative hubs reflected in an endless array of street art, public sculptures and contemporary art galleries including Whitechapel. Specialized boutiques, vintage shops and colourful carts of Indian, Moroccan and Turkish food dot the landscape around Brick Lane, not far from where movies and television shows such as Downton Abbeyare shot. Chefs, TV personalities and artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin call the area home as well as musicians, most notably, Roger Daltrey. But it was Beatlemania that rocked the area 50 years ago when the Fab Four first performed at the Granada Cinema at nearby East Ham.
Travel Planner
For more information, visit:
Trafalgar Tours: trafalgar.com/can
Visit Britain: visitbritain.com/en/CA
Visit Scotland: visitscotland.com/en-ca


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EDLPS 551: Organizational Theory and Educational Change (Syllabus)
EDLPS 575 Education Policy Implementation ( Syllabus)
Leadership for Learning: Inquiry and data-focused leadership
Leadership for Learning: Instructional Leadership
Adjunct Professor, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
Meredith Honig is a Professor of Education Policy, Organizations, & Leadership at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, where she is also Director of the District Leadership Design Lab (DL2, dl2.education.uw.edu) and Adjunct Professor of Public Affairs at the Evans School. Her research, teaching, and district partnerships focus on the interruption and rebuilding of inequitable school district practices and systems to ensure high-quality teaching and learning for each student, especially those historically underserved by public school systems. This work recognizes that barriers to educational equity are systemic, that school district central office leaders are in strategic positions to lead for systemic changes important to such results, and that they would benefit from new knowledge and support for their leadership.
Dr. Honig has examined and supported district leadership of various reform strategies including: school-community partnerships, new small autonomous schools initiatives, data-informed decision-making, and districtwide teaching and learning improvement efforts. Her findings have been published in such journals as Educational Researcher, the American Educational Research Journal, and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis and funded by The Spencer Foundation, the W.T. Grant Foundation, and other sources.
In 2014, Honig established the District Leadership Design Lab (DL2) to help district leaders access knownedge and tools to help them lead their own efforts to fundamentally transform their central offices into school support systems. Between 2012-18, she directed the Leadership for Learning (Ed.D.) program which, in 2016, won the Exemplary Educational Leadership Program award from the University Council for Educational Administration. Meredith advisees Ed.D., Ph.D., and M.Ed. students focused on policy implementation, organizational behavior, and systemic leadership for educational equity.
Prior to joining the University of Washington faculty, Dr. Honig was an assistant professor and co-director of the Center for Educational Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has worked at the California Department of Education and in other state and local youth-serving agencies.
Ph.D. Stanford University
B.A. Brown University
For more information about the work of Dr. Honig and her team, please see below and visit the District Leadership Design Lab at http://dl2.education.uw.edu/.
Selected Press
The challenging, often isolating work of school district chief equity officers. Education Week, October 22, 2019.
What a difference a district can make: An interview with Meredith Honig. Phi Delta Kappan, April 2018.
The relationship between administrative salaries and educational results. Q13 FOX story
What makes the difference in whether districts use or ignore research? Education Week's Blogs, July 25, 2017
Using research to transform educaitonal leadership. UW College of Education E-news, August 11, 2017
How Central Office Staff Can Support Principal Leadership. Llittle research exists that shows what central office staff need to do to fulfill the role of "principal coach" effectively. Meredith I. Honig delved into that question for a report published in the April 2012 edition of Educational Administration Quarterly.
Education Week, April 23, 2012
It's time to change Seattle schools superintendent's job. Two University of Washington researchers have done a study of what happens when a district makes the transformation from bureaucracy to support system under a leader who knows how to communicate, listen and be a partner for school staff and the community. Seattle Times, March 7, 2011
Don't Cut Out the Center: The Centrality of the Central Office in Teaching and Learning Improvement. Michael A. Copland and Meredith I. Honig. Education Week, October 28, 2010
It's about the kids: Refocusing central school district offices with teaching and learning in mind. University Week, August 19, 2010
Selected Publications
Honig, M.I., Venkateswaran, N., & McNeill, P. (2017). Research use as learning: The case of school district central offices. American Educational Research Journal.
Honig, M.I., & Rainey, L.R. (2014). Central office leadership in principal professional learning communities: The practice beneath the policy. Teachers College Record, 116(4).
Honig, M. I. (2014). Beyond the policy memo: Designing to strengthen the practice of district central office leadership for instructional improvement at scale. In B. J. Fishman, W. R. Penuel, A.-R. Allen, & B. H. Cheng (Eds). Design-based implementation research. National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook, 112(1).
Honig, M.I., (2013). From tinkering to transformation: Strengthening school district central offices for performance at scale. American Enterprise Institute Education Outlook, 4(June). Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute.
Honig, M.I. (2012). District central office leadership as teaching: How central office administrators support principals' development as instructional leaders. Educational Administration Quarterly, 48(4), 733-744.
Honig, M.I., & Venkateswaran, N. (2012). School-central office relationships in evidence use: Understanding evidence use as a systems problem. American Journal of Education, 118(2), 199-222.
Honig, M.I., & Rainey, L. (2012). Autonomy and school improvement: What do we know and where do we go from here? Educational Policy, 26(3), 465-495.
Honig, M.I. (2012). District central office leadership as teaching: How central office administrators support principals' development as instructional leaders. Educational Administration Quarterly, 48(4), 733-744.
Honig, M.I., & Venkateswaran, N. (2012). School-central office relationships in evidence use: Understanding evidence use as a systems problem. American Journal of Education, 118(2), 199-222.
Honig, M.I., & DeArmond, M. (2010). Where's the "management" in portfolio management: Conceptualizing the role of school district central offices in implementation. In K. Bulkley, J. Henig, & H. Levin, (Eds.), Portfolio management reform, (pp, 195-216). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Honig, M.I., Copland, M.A., Rainey, L., Lorton, J.A., & Newton, M. (2010, April). School district central office transformation for teaching and learning improvement. A report to the Wallace Foundation. Seattle, WA: The Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy. Full report | Executive Summary | Press Release | University Week Article
Honig, M.I. (2009). "External" Organizations and the Politics of Urban Educational Leadership: The Case of New Small Autonomous Schools Initiatives. Peabody Journal of Education, 84, 394-413.
Honig, M.I. (2009). No small thing: School district central office bureaucracies and the implementation of New Small Autonomous Schools Initiatives. American Educational Research Journal 46(2), 387-422.
Honig, M.I., & Ikemoto, G. (2008). Adaptive assistance for learning improvement efforts: The case of the Institute for Learning. Peabody Journal of Education, 83(3), 328-363.
Honig, M.I. (2008). District central offices as learning organizations: How sociocultural and organizational learning theories elaborate district central office administrators' participation in teaching and learning improvement efforts. American Journal of Education, 114, 627-664.
Honig, M.I. & Coburn, C. (2008). Evidence-Based Decision Making in School District Central Offices. Educational Policy, 22(4), 578-608.
Honig, M.I. (Ed.). (2006). New directions in education policy implementation: Confronting complexity. Albany, NY: The State University of New York Press.
First Chapter (pdf)»
Honig, M.I. (2006). Street-level bureaucracy revisited: Frontline district central office administrators as boundary spanners in education policy implementation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 28(4), 357-383.
Honig, M.I. & McDonald, M.A. (2005). From promise to participation: After-school programs through the lens of socio-cultural learning theory. The Robert Bowne Foundation Occasional Paper Series, #5 Fall. New York City, NY: The Robert Bowne Foundation.
Honig, M.I., & Hatch, T.C. (2004). Crafting coherence: How schools strategically manage multiple, external demands. Educational Researcher, 33(8), 16-30.
Honig, M.I. (2004). Where's the 'up' in bottom-up reform. Educational Policy, 18(4), 527-561.
Honig, M.I. (2004). The new middle management: Intermediary organizations in education policy implementation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 26(1), 65-87.
Honig, M.I. (2004). District central office-community partnerships: From contracts to collaboration to control. In W. Hoy & C. Miskel (Eds.) Educational administration, policy, and reform: Research and measurement (pp. 59-90). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Honig, M.I. (2003). Building policy from practice: District central office administrators' roles and capacity for implementing collaborative education policy. Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(3), 292-338.
Honig, M.I. (2003, December). A view from the edge: An interim report on Oakland's implementation of site-based decision-making and new small autonomous schools. Report submitted to the Oakland Cross-city Campaign for Urban School Reform. CEPAL Occasional Paper OP-03-01. College Park, MD: Center for Education Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park.
Honig, M.I. (2002, May). Oakland's site-based decision-making and new small autonomous schools: An examination of schools' progress and central office participation. Report submitted to the Oakland Cross-city Campaign for Urban School Reform. CEPAL Occasional Paper OP-02-01. College Park, MD: Center for Education Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park.
Honig, M.I., Kahne, J., & McLaughlin, M.W. (2001). School-community connections: Strengthening opportunity to learn and opportunity to teach. In V. Richardson, (Ed.) Handbook of research on teaching (4th Ed.) (pp. 998-1028). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.

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The second-generation production Honda NSX has finally been revealed, 26 years after the original, Ayrton Senna-developed 'NS-X' was unveiled at the Chicago Autoshow.
The original supercar offered a finely balanced package of performance, handling and value unrivaled at the time – and its successor, uncovered today at the North American International Auto Show, promises to be no different.
"Our commitment was to create an all-new NSX that is true to the heritage of NSX—a supercar that delivers a new driving experience, one where every part of the vehicle is respectful of the smartest part of the car, the driver", explained Mike Accavitti, senior vice president and general manager of Honda's North American Acura division.
Like the first-generation car, the new NSX – branded as an Acura for its North American debut – is built around a mid-mounted V6 engine mated to a lightweight aluminium chassis.
However, for its second outing, the supercar features many of the latest developments in sports car technology.
Crucially, the V6 is now boosted both by twin turbochargers and three electric motors, in line with its hybrid-powered competition.
The original car's famed six-speed manual transmission is but a distant memory, with the cutting-edge twin-turbo V6 powering the rear wheels through a nine-speed DCT transmission. One electric motor complements the V6 and helps drive the rear axle, while an additional electric motor powers each front wheel.
As a result, the new NSX will offer intelligent four-wheel drive for all-weather capability and rapid standing starts, as well as independent, brake-based torque vectoring for exceptional handling dynamics.
Although Honda have confirmed that the NSX will offer a peak power output of 'over 550bhp', they are reluctant to discuss the NSX's raw performance figures. However, their crosshairs are set squarely on its entry-level supercar rivals: the Porsche 911 Turbo, Ferrari 458 Italia, Audi R8, and more – two of which are slated for release as hybrids as well.
The NSX also draws inevitable comparisons to BMW's similarly-priced i8 model – another avant-garde, mid-engined, turbocharged hybrid and arguably the poster child of sustainable sports car manufacturing. Its current tenure as the official Formula E safety car highlights its status as the benchmark sporty hybrid – only time will reveal how the NSX compares.
Despite Honda's tightlippedness on its performance statistics, most of the NSX's expected initial production run has already sold out, with the Japanese manufacturer having closed its pre-order books in many countries across the globe.
While the exact pricing of the NSX is unknown, it expected to cost upwards of $150,000 (£99,000), with first customer deliveries beginning towards the end of the year.
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Originally from Temiskaming Shores, a small town in Northern Ontario, Vanessa has built her event planning career in Ottawa. With a passion for events, she attended Algonquin College to pursue her diploma in Hospitality Management. After successfully completing this program, she went on to work for different venues in the city.
Vanessa joined the Shaw Centre team in February 2016 as the Event Services Coordinator assisting with the planning details of multiple events within the facility. Determined to grow in this field, she was rapidly promoted to Event Services Manager in July 2016. In this position, Vanessa worked alongside industry partners gaining experience planning food and beverage events. Primarily galas, weddings and corporate meetings. She flourished in her new role.
Vanessa's most rewarding event was the 105th Grey Cup in 2017 where she expanded her skills as a planner. This was a turning point in her career that has led her to plan larger events such as conventions, conferences, trade and consumer shows. Vanessa's desire to learn and past experiences bring a wealth of knowledge to the Event Services Department at the Shaw Centre.
In her spare time, Vanessa enjoys teaching Zumba classes at GoodLife to keep active and energized! She also volunteers throughout the year at numerous hospitality events in the nation's capital.


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May 1, 2019 @ 8:30AM — 3:00PM
Lifelines - Postvention School-based response to Suicide and Traumatic Death
Lifelines - Postvention
School-based response to Suicide and Traumatic Death
A Lifelines Workshop for School Crisis Teams
Goal: This one day training helps school crisis teams review current procedures for suicide and other traumatic deaths in the school community. The strategies presented are designed to respect the critical role of the school in the recovery process and provide support, control, and structure to maintain order while assisting in the grieving process of school community members. The workshop is based on the Lifelines Postvention Model which is on the National Best Practices Registry of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Who should attend? School staff members who have a key role to play in responding to a death by suicide or other sudden death: administrators, pupil assistance coordinators, nurses, school counselors, social workers, and other appropriate staff. Community partners who may assist schools are also encouraged to attend.
Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time: 8:30 AM – 3 PM (Lunch provided, please notify Dr. Spacone of any dietary restrictions.)
Location: Crisis Services, 100 River Rock Drive, Suite 300, Buffalo NY 14207
Fee: $20.00 (includes lunch)
Presenters: Anna Cieri PhD
Beth M. Girardi, School Counselor
Cheryl A. Stevens CPP
This training is provided through the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Erie County with assistance from the Suicide Prevention Center of New York
Questions? Contact: Dr. Celia Spacone, Coordinator, Suicide Prevention Coalition of Erie County 716-831-4421


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To watch how I apply my makeup, go to my instagram and I have a story highlight saved as "make up." Can you tell I'm wearing my Invisalign here 🙂
These are the products that I use to get my daily makeup look:
My new found love…Intelligent Elixir Tinted SPF
Previously I used Beautycounter Dew Skin Tinted Moisturizer in No. 2
- Foundation
Cover FX Power Play in G40 applied with Sephora Collection PRO Airbrush #55 brush . **Now using the Vanity Planet Blend Brush which applies it so smoothly and looks like it's airbrushed. Use code PARTY to purchase the entire set for only $30!
- Concealer
Milk Makeup Flex Concealer in Light
- Powder
Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Microfinishing Loose Powder in Matte Finish
- Contouring
Kat Von D Shade + Light Face Contour Refillable Palette applied with Sephora Collection PRO Contour Brush #79 and Sephora Collection PRO Highlight Brush #98 **Now using the Vanity Planet Blend Brush which allows you to control your lines perfectly and blend. Use code PARTY to purchase the entire set for only $30!
- Blush
NARSissist Wanted Cheek Palette applied with Sephora Collection PRO Angled Blush Brush #49
- Highlighter
Either Laura Mercier Magic Hour Face Highlighting Palette OR Iconic London Illuminator
- Mascara
**MUST HAVE: Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara (use this link for $10 off your $50 purchase plus free shipping)
- Eyebrows
Thrive Causemetics Instant Brow Fix Semi-Permanent Eyebrow Gel
(use this link for $10 off your $50 purchase plus free shipping)
- Eyeliner
Marc Jacobs Gel Eye Crayon Highliner in Black
If I'm not lazy and do my top liner instead I love Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Satin Black
- Eyeshadow
I don't wear eyeshadow daily but if I do, I only wear browns/neutrals. My absolute favorite eyeshadows are by MAC but some of my colors I've been hanging onto have retired.
- Setting Spray
Iconic London Prep-Set-Glow and for extra SPF Coola Makeup Setting Spray SPF 30
- Lips
I switch up my lips but my absolute favorites are:
**MUST HAVE: BeautyCounter Lip Conditioner
Kylie Lip Kits (currently all about Todd Kraines)
Thrive Causemetics Lip Mate High-Shine Reviving Topper
Lip Whip by Kari Gran


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A valuable commodity of the ancient world for its religious and medicinal value, this fragrance embodies the classic and enchanting aromatic blend of frankincense and myrrh, with bergamot, patchouli, and sandalwood.
This fragrance oil is infused with natural essential oils including Bergamot, Coriander, Lemon, Orange, and Patchouli.
Note Profile:
Top: Bergamot
Middle: Frankincense
Base: Vanilla
These 4.5 oz. crystal candles are hand poured with all natural, American grown soy wax, eco cotton wicks, and premium fragrance oils. Our products are washed, wicked, hand poured, set to cure for multiple days before being sold, and individually labeled by hand. Since soy wax is a natural material, each candle may have its own look, color, and/or texture.
These make a great gift!


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Project Information
- Stakeholder: Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services
- Students: Thuto Leslie (SMU), Relilwe Semenya (Wits), Nkanyiso Mkhize (UKZN), Gomolemo Moagi (DTPS)
- Project Lead: Khopotso Mtwazi, Ishmael Makitla
- Project Mentors: Linda Khumalo
- Year: 2016/2017
Project Description
The Department of Telecommunication and Postal Services (DTPS) requires a visual data dashboard with illustrative graphic that depict progress made and evident shortfalls towards realizing the ICT vision by 2030. The objective of Project-Marang is to capture the evolution of the South African Information Society as it goes through time span especially through the development, moveover it aims to accelerate the socio-economic growth in South Africa. Project-Marang's main objective is to digitize data from the National ICT policy and green papers; depict the trends for each ICT indicators by 2020; establish an electronic ICT storage and smart visual data dashboard with the aim of assisting DTPS track their achievements towards meeting the global ICT goals. During the first phase Project Marang team developed a dashboard with multiple statistical infor-graphic illustrations on uptake and usage of ICTs in South Africa visualising the aggregate of the state of ICT between the developing and developed countries in the world; and also provided statistical information on the state of access, usage by individual and communities in SA, network coverage, availability. Project-Marang team moreover focused on visualising the decrease in the digital division, provide ICT resource to the undeveloped society, reduce internet access cost, and also developed a prediction model with regards to the digital gap by the year 2030. The diagram below shows the proposed solution of Project-Marang:
Student Remarks
The students felt like the DSIDE program opened their eyes in terms of analysis and decision making and how data science relates to public policy and the redistribution of resources in the country. The DSIDE program helped the students regain their confidence building their characters the morning scrums where they discussed what they have done and planning to do, also helped with working as a team and getting out of their comfort zone. The students further felt the program gave them the skills to effectively communicate with their supervisors and Clients.
Author: Team + Nolihle Gulwa, B Tech Journalism, Walter Sisulu University.


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Your vision, your canvas, Italian landscapes en plein air
- Civita di Bagnoregio a UNESCO protected world heritage site. Civita is a stunning storybook town seemingly floating over a deep canyon and only accessible by footbridge
- Lake Bolsena, a unique lake resting in the crater of a dormant volcano, and the enchanting town of Bolsena enveloped in lakeside beauty and medieval mystery
The Heart of Italy "En Plein Air" is an extraordinary specialty tour offering both novice and experienced artists the chance to learn and paint in the most inspiring environment for art in the world…Italia. The landscape emphasis takes our student/guests to the stunning and geographically unique countryside where the three ancient regions of Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio converge. There you'll stay at a beautifully restored traditional Italian farmhouse where for the next six days highly respected landscape painter Giovanni Casadei will be your instructor. As an artist and teacher the Italian-born and now Philadelphia-based Giovanni has a long and impressive resume. Wholly devoted to his discipline, Giovanni will introduce you to the joy and techniques of "en plein air". In addition to our country retreat you'll also have the opportunity to paint at other marvelous select locations. There will also be plenty of time just devoted to fun, food and touring featuring multiple offerings hosted by Giovanna Chiti…founder and owner of Discover my Italy.
Giovanni Casadei is an accomplished Italian painter and art teacher, specializing "en plein air". His approach to landscape painting is to communicate his love for life through the expression of emotions and passions inspired by the visual world around him. He tries to capture meaningful moments of experience with the light, color, and visual abstractions of nature. Giovanni's works have been shown and sold in his adopted home of Philadelphia and around the world for the last 20 years.
Giovanni Casedei Biography
2021 The Heart of Italy In Plein Air - Day by Day Itinerary
Departure from the United States
Saturday, June 5
Day 1 - Roma - Acquapendente
Sunday, June 6
Day 2 - Civita di Bagnoregio
Monday, June 7
Day 3 - Orvieto
Tuesday, June 8
Day 4 - Acquapendente
Wednesday, June 9
Day 5 - Lake of Bolsena
Thursday, June 10
Day 6 - Pienza
Friday, June 11
Day 7: End of tour
Saturday, June 12
Itinerary specifics subject to change.
The Heart of Italy In Plein Air 2021 - Pricing
Your tour price includes:
Not Included:
Price per person.....................................................$2,97
Single Supplement...................................................+$600
–Deposit of $700 at time of booking
–Final payment by March 8, 2021
Payable by check or by credit card
Please note if you want to pay with a credit card, the credit card service fee of 3.5% (Mastercard and Visa), 4% (American Express) will be added to your invoice total.
All aspects of the tour will be coordinated by Giovanna Chiti of Discover my Italy.
Giovanni Casedei
Passports should be valid for at least six months beyond your departure date.


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WAKE UP GEORGIA!1 min read

WHEN WILL THE ACTORS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

Comedians who could care less about this country and the psychological damage they are causing when they perform in front of the camera with the intent that their act will be seen by the people of this country and used as their foundation for their perception of reality.
I can't believe people in the state of Georgia allow this actor to represent them. WAKE UP GEORGIA


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A little while ago as I write this (23 August 2009), blogger buddy Tony reported that, in his native Great Britain:
… prisoners in police cells will soon be given a questionnaire to rate the 'services' provided.
He commented:
They'll be calling them guests next. Sometimes I just wonder about my country's sanity.
I could ask how there'd be any question about the sanity of a nation that spent eight years following Dubya around like a lost puppy. But I won't.
Because Tony's news snippet, and his response to it, called to mind an earlier controversy over the treatment of the imprisoned in these Untied States – where the sentiment appears to be "do everything short of actually killing them to make them disappear". And this was before Guantanamo.
A sentiment that Victor Hugo, and his character Jean Valjean from Les misérables, knew well …
[First published in the late, unlamented Felloffatruck Publications blog, 13 February 2008]
So I heard on National Public Radio this morning, as I was trying to make the transition from log to commuter:
In Washington DC today (13 February 2008), prison guards are walking the picket lines.
Because the prisoners are losing their jobs.
Seems like there is a part of We the People's national government that has violated its guiding principle of "tax not and spend like crazy". Besides the Environmental Protection Agency, that is.
Thanks to budget cuts in the Federal prison system, according to the NPR report, some 6500 inmates working in prison industries are expected to lose their jobs in 2008.
And as a consequence – some investigative reporting was required here, although it's unclear whether the investigation was done by NPR reporters or by the guard's union for inclusion into the press release that the NPR reporters read; after all, NPR has its own [ahem] "self-sufficiency" issues to deal with –
As I was saying. As a consequence, prison violence is increasing, both inmate vs. inmate and inmate vs. guard.
Naturally, this result is not without its fans. A politician from Michigan – Michigan, no less; the politicians must be the only people from there who still have jobs – crowed about his ability to insert into law a provision that Our Government ensure that We buy from a private business rather than its prison factories, whenever the private business can quote Us a lower price.
So instead of buying Our Government's office furniture from Sing Sing, We buy it from Beijing.
And we damn our convicts to Hell, and make damned sure they know it. We have all been here before, haven't we, Victor?
In that 19th century that spawned Victor Hugo and Les misérables, Justice, in Europe anyway, entailed sentencing people to hard labor for petty crimes (I always wondered what the market was for broken rocks). Or to death. Which surely would ease the mind of that Michigan politician.
The custom of sentencing petty criminals to draconian punishments died out early in the history of colonial America. Though not, I'm told, for the moral reasons that now dominate the debate over capital punishment, but for the purely practical reason that there were too many jobs to be done, and too few hands to do them. The punishment for stealing a loaf of bread was to be put to work so that (oh, incidentally) you could acquire the means to buy – or grow and make – your bread. And if all else failed, there was always the frontier.
Capital punishment is still legal in these United States (only We and Japan, of all the major industrialized nations, have not abolished it), though We are loath to use it. Life imprisonment, we're told, is actually cheaper than execution.
But if We're unwilling to kill our prisoners, we seem to be unwilling to let them live, either. We complain that there are too many criminals on the streets, then complain about having to pay for places to get them off the streets. We say we want them to become productive citizens instead of criminals, and then prevent them from learning useful trades in prison, or working in them after they're released. So, like Jean Valjean, they're not only given no effective choice but to return to a life of crime, they're given ample motive (vengeance) to do so.
Which seems an odd situation for a nation that, especially these last eight years, has gone out of its way to call itself Christian.
Maybe what We really would like is to create a situation in which those who have been convicted of crimes knock themselves off. Saves money and time. And We didn't do it.
In which case, the solution to the problem is staring us in the face.
All we need to do is release all the prisoners and give them cars. Better yet, motorcycles.
We lose nearly 50,000 people a year on the highways of America.
And nobody really seems to notice.
PS. In the same post that contains the prison comment, Tony writes about the apparent UFO obsession of the Brit Department of Defence.
Yes, Yanks, that's Defence with a C, not an S. Poor John Bull's going to have to learn to spell that word correctly, or find himself taking orders for landscaping. Or maybe he really does plan on protecting Old Blighty with a modern version of Hadrian's Wall.
Anyway. Tony asks, if UFOs are a real concern, how come scientists and the media aren't saying more about them? Well, I reckon I know why the scientists are silent. But, the media? I can only presume that the UK version of the TV channel that calls itself, with rapidly disintegrating justification, History, airs different programming than the US version – which, on some days, seems to this Amoeba to be all UFOs, all the time. Probably to the great jealous wrath of the Weekly World News tabloid.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is suspending its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and will withdraw in six months because of Russia's refusal to destroy a new ground-launched cruise missile that "puts millions of Europeans and Americans at greater risk."
The suspension takes effect February 2.
"The security of the American people must be our greatest consideration … and countries must be held accountable when they break the rules," Pompeo said on February 1.
The United States has raised more than 30 times over almost six years with Russian officials of all levels the issue of Russia's violating the 1987 treaty. Beginning in 2013, Moscow repeatedly denied even the existence of the treaty-violating SSC-8/9M729, a mobile, ground-launched cruise missile capable of hitting targets within the prohibited range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.
Russia only acknowledged the missile's existence after the United States publicly identified it in 2017.
"When an agreement is so brazenly disregarded and our security is so openly threatened, we must respond," said Pompeo. On behalf of President Trump, he thanked the NATO allies for standing "with us in our mission to uphold the rule of law and protect our people."
Immediately after Pompeo spoke, NATO issued a statement fully supporting the U.S. move and saying that if Russia doesn't comply within the six months, "Russia will bear sole responsibility for the end of the treaty."
Pompeo said Russia has sought to put the United States at a military disadvantage. "We provided Russia an ample window of time to mend its ways," he said. But on February 2 "that time runs out."
If Russia does not comply within six months "by verifiably destroying its INF-violating missiles, their launchers and associated equipment, the treaty will terminate," he said.
Pompeo said the United States remains "hopeful that we can put our relationship with Russia back on a better footing, but the onus is on Russia to change course from a pattern of destabilizing activity, not just on this issue, but on many others as well."
Russia's attempted annexation of Crimea in 2014 and aggression in Ukraine has strained relations with NATO and Russia's neighbors in Europe.
Pompeo said it is Russia's violation that poses the risk of another arms race.


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A TV and film star paid a visit to one of the many Christmas parties organised by the Children's Adventure Farm Trust last week.
Aaron McCusker who played Jim Hutton, Freddie Mercury's partner, in the Bohemian Rhapsody film and Jamie Maguire in Shameless gave a helping hand to Santa.
Hundreds of selection boxes have already been dropped off at Warrington Fire Station and to offices here at the Warrington Guardian.
These include kind donations from boys at Crosfields Junior Football Club and an Orford couple who donated more than 400 boxes following a sponsored lawn mow.
The charity, based just outside of Lymm, will provide a magical Christmas party experience this year for around 1,600 children from all over the north west.
These children have a range of personal challenges, including those with terminal illnesses, disabilities and social disadvantages which make it difficult for them to enjoy the festive season as all children should.
With the help of their supporters, the charity will provide 43 parties, including four parties each for 150 children, which have already started.
Each child will be given a bag full of gifts to take away with them, which includes a selection box, which is why the charity is appealing to Warrington Guardian readers for help.
Last year, the charity collected 3,895 boxes through their appeal, with 736 coming from generous donors in Warrington – and this year they would like to collect even more.
Boxes will be given to others who are not able to attend a party so the Christmas joy will be spread throughout the region to a number of schools, community groups and other charities.


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NRI take advantage of business insights and trends to support the global nuclear industry.
Nuclear Risk Insurers, an FCA authorised insurance intermediary for all matters of nuclear insurance, and everis, have developed a new bespoke Policy Admin System (PAS). The objective of the new PAS was to extract insights from over 60 years of data to gain operational efficiencies and develop a streamlined workflow with powerful reporting – allowing its people to make far more informed business decisions.
A PAS is used to execute core policy processes and it is the system of record for all policies at NRI. The new platform centralises all data and policy documentation and offers greater integration with any relevant systems at NRI. This means that the data can be managed effectively; offering one, consistent version of the truth, while satisfying regulatory and compliance requirements.
"With the nuclear risk speciality line being quite complex, it quickly became evident that an off-the-shelf package was not suitable for NRI", says Deborah Bale, Director Insurance Practice at everis.
The new user-friendly, customised solution can develop alongside NRI's business strategy without any restrictions. It is built on the latest technology, providing a robust and stable platform that is easy to maintain. This gives NRI a competitive advantage, delivering a superior, speedier, more flexible service.
Deborah explains that "We chose to use the everis framework 'Terasoluna' to deliver exactly what NRI needed, whilst giving them real flexibility for the future. We cannot wait to see NRI take advantage of the business insights and trends that they can now visualise, to support their business in years to come."
Terasoluna is a solution by everis' group company NTT DATA, which combines the technology and know-how of 'framework', 'development process' and 'project management', and offers comprehensive support for system development. It has been used in a number of large-scale, complex, mission-critical systems.
The initiative was led by Will Morris, Underwriting Manager at NRI, who said: "Deciding to build, rather than buy, a replacement platform felt like a brave decision at the time but everis committed to delivering an intuitive and customised platform for a complicated business. We now have an efficient and modern platform that shows our clients and stakeholders around the world that NRI will remain a leader in our sector. Our team have loved being part of the process and seeing their requirements come to life."
The PAS is now in use and the team is already seeing the benefits of the new optimised workflow that it brings.


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REGINA — Library Voices have been shortlisted for a CBC Music Award.
The Regina band is a finalist for the Homegrown Hero Award for best independent artist. Other finalists in the category are Death From Above 1979 (Toronto), Always (Toronto), Mac DeMarco (Montreal) and The Rural Alberta Advantage (Toronto).
Library Voices released the EP For John in June on its self-run Prairie Shag label. Windsor Hum, the band's current single, spent almost two months on the CBC Radio 3 charts, including three weeks at No. 1.
The Homegrown Hero Award recognizes artists who have managed to make a major impact on the music scene without the benefit of being signed to a major label.
Other award categories are: Top of the Class Award (artist of the year); Earworm of the Year Award (best song); "I Left Home to Buy This" Award (album of the year); Proof You Heard Them First Award (rising star); Best Reason to Buy a Concert Ticket Award (best live show); Best Way to Spend Three Minutes on YouTube Award (best music video); Most Likely to Follow You Back Award (best fan engagement); Heart of Gold Award; and, Wish You Were Here Award (best international artist).
Online voting for the awards opened Wednesday morning (Dec. 3) and will close at 2 p.m. Dec. 8 with the winners being announced on Dec. 9.
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If you'll allow me a moment get my fanboy credentials out of the way, I'm going to tell you straight up that I am a huge fan of the XCOM series. I love playing as a paramilitary organisation trying to defend the Earth from aliens. The love the interplay of tactical and strategic choices with soldiers gaining experience and dying in the course of duty. I love managing funding and research into the unknown alien forces assaulting humanity. It was to my great delight that I was invited to preview the new XCOM 2, developed by Firaxis Games, at the 2K Games branch office in Sydney. Does the new game bear the torch of its successful predecessor or has the old formula been altered too much? Read on, dear reader.
The biggest alteration that immediately comes to view is that the nature of the XCOM organisation has changed from paramilitary organisation to guerrilla resistance group. From my limited time with the hands on, this impacts on the tactical and strategic gameplay to a significant extent. On a strategic sense, XCOM is now based on a mobile alien carrier that travels around the world evading the alien forces. Missions are now given to you via resistance groups fighting the Alien administration rather than through funding nations. The aliens themselves also have their own agenda that they're pushing with a related countdown indicating how long it will take to complete as well as a related mission option you can undertake to disrupt it. There is an overall countdown as well which indicates how long it will take before the aliens complete their final objective (game over).
I can't talk too much about research, as the devs didn't want any spoilers to come out in regards to the plot but mechanically it appears to be unchanged. You still need to collect bodies and equipment from the field to research back at the home base. I noticed that there also appeared to be a possibility for research to become instantaneous when you've received enough research credits but I've received conflicting responses to that question so I'm not entirely sure myself what's going on there…
The base building itself retains its 'honeycomb' structure from XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but is now based inside of a hollowed out alien carrier rather than a volcano. The big change here is that freeing up space via excavation actually involves clearing out the wreckage of the alien carrier (which actually GIVES you resources). The limitation is that you need to assign an engineer to clear out the wreckage and you have a limited staff to begin with you so you need to make choices between expanding the base in the long run or creating items in the present for immediate use. Workshops and laboratories now require staff to function (rather than providing staff) and can be upgraded to increase their capacity. A nice touch which I noticed was that the facilities show the staff working in them when they are manned, which is a nice addition from the last game.
Tactical gameplay is largely kept the same from Enemy Unknown with your team and the enemy taking turns one after the other. Each unit generally has two action points which they can use to move, shoot and activate abilities. Each soldier generally has their own set abilities they can activate such as use of a grenade launcher or combat drone. These abilities are earned when levelling up the soldier and generally fall into two specialised categories, as was the case in the previous game. The classes which I was able to play with so far are the grenadier (specialised for heavy weapons/explosives), sharpshooter (specialised for Sniping/Pistols), ranger (specialised for stealth and melee), and specialist (specialised for hacking/support) with the last one; a psyionic operative of some sort, not being available. The classes are distinct from their predecessors but one can see similarities between the old and new variants.
The enemy units are now markedly different from the enemy units you encountered in Enemy Unknown. For a start most of them are genetically altered humans who are working for the alien administration called 'Advent'. These guys act as your basic grunts who run around and largely have the same capabilities as your soldiers. The alien units themselves become akin to mini-bosses in each level as they generally come with powerful capabilities that will be difficult to counter in the early game (such as when a viper pulled my sniper out of their rooftop nest from half the map away). Even the once humble Sectoid is now a force to be reckoned with due to his ability to psychically bring a dead soldier back to life as a zombie under their control. It's an interesting change which I think suits the game thematically as well as changing things mechanically from the previous game.
Two completely new mechanics are the 'concealment' and 'hacking' concepts. At the start of most missions, XCOM units start 'concealed' as enemy units are not aware of their presence and will not actively fight against them unless they spot them by being too close or flanking them. If they are not spotted, soldiers can generally fire upon enemy units in a surprise attack with overwatch shots being used to help create an ambush. Hacking as another feature involves a 'push your luck' mechanic wherein when activating certain objects in the environment, you can hack them to try and disable them or give yourself a bonus of some sort. The hacking minigame generally gives you an option between two benefits (with one being more difficult) with a penalty for a failure before it randomly rolls a number. If your number exceeds the threshold, which is determined by the difficulty you chose, then you've succeeded!
One addition to the loadout options of troops is the addition of new mods to be applied to specific weapons. These can alter certain capabilities such as giving a greater ammo capacity or giving a percentage chance for a weapon to not use an action point when fired. Some of these upgrades are permanent and cannot be swapped out while others can be changed at will without destroying the mod. These add interesting new additions to the micro-management of your forces and I for one always welcome anything which might give an advantage.
The game code I was able to play is largely finished with most of the design elements in place and ready to play. Unfortunately there were still a number of bugs which need to be sorted as there were a number of rather annoying instances where soldiers could either not hack the objective or didn't move to the right square. It was particularly annoying when my ranger got mauled to death by a zombie who attacked her through a wall… but hey, I'm sure they'll get these kinks sorted out by the time the game releases in February next year.
Overall, I'm optimistic and looking forward to seeing more of the game as more comes out on February 5th in 2016. You can pre-order the game on steam here.


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DSM invests in wind propulsion company SkySails
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announces today that it has made an investment in Germany-based SkySails GmbH & Co. KG (SkySails), the market and technology leader for automated towing kite systems for ships. The investment is fully in line with DSM's strategic commitment to sustainability, innovation and partnerships, as outlined in the corporate strategy DSM in motion: driving focused growth.
Financial details of the investment by DSM Venturing in SkySails will not be disclosed. The investment is part of the current SkySails round of financing, which was with a total volume of EUR 15 million the highest CleanTech venturing investment in Germany in 2010. This financing round has now been successfully completed.
SkySails develops, produces and sells wind propulsion systems for the marine industry which are based upon large automated towing kites. Depending on the prevailing wind conditions, a ship's average annual fuel costs and emissions can be reduced by 10 to 35% by using the SkySails-System. Under optimal wind conditions, fuel consumption can temporarily be cut by up to 50%. The reduced fuel consumption leads to significantly reduced costs and lower emissions to safeguard the environment.
The venturing participation is a next step in the cooperation between the two companies. To date DSM Dyneema, SkySails and rope manufacturer Gleistein have been combining their expertise in a unique three party technology partnership which focuses on the development of a special high performance rope, which delivers the unique requirements for high strength, light weight and excellent durability for wind propulsion systems. DSM's Dyneema®, the world's strongest fiber™, is a key component in the SkySails Kite System.
Gerard de Reuver, President DSM Dyneema said: "We are very pleased to extend our involvement with SkySails. With the development of its advanced kite based system, the company succeeded in establishing itself as a leader in the commercialization of wind propulsion solutions. I'm confident that the increased cooperation between our companies will lead to the development of a range of sustainable innovations around SkySails' core technology for various markets.'
Stephan Wrage, Managing Director of SkySails added: "DSM Venturing's investment is another proof point of its belief in our activities. Both DSM and SkySails are highly committed to sustainability. Their support will help us to make the most of the potential of our technology for our customers."
The investment in SkySails brings DSM Venturing's portfolio of current, direct investments to a total of 18.


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So many delicious cake and cookie recipes begin with one simple, yet important, ingredient: room temperature butter.
Firm enough to maintain its shape but soft enough to be whipped and creamed with ease, room temperature butter is essential for making smooth batter and lightly-textured baked goods – but how do you do you soften frozen butter to room temperature without melting it?
Whether you're making chocolate chip cookies, a soft yellow cake or whipping up some homemade buttercream frosting, these tips and tricks for how to soften butter quickly to temperature butter will help you churn out better bakes in no time!
Why is room temperature butter important?
To understand why room temperature butter is important, we have to go back to the first stage of most baking recipes – creaming butter and sugar.
The harsh crystals of granulated or brown sugar work to aerate your butter, digging small pockets into the butter which help trap air. While your cake or cookies are in the oven, the trapped air expands, thus giving you fluffy and tender baked goods.
If the butter is too cold, the sugar can't penetrate the butter and air pockets are unable to form. This could result in clumpy batter or uneven bakes. The same goes for butter that is too warm. Melted or liquid butter will thin out your batter, giving you ultra-flat cookies or cakes that are dense and uneven.
How to get butter to room temperature
So what's the best way to soften your butter to that perfect temperature? There are a few ways to go about it:
1. Microwave
For a quick fix, you can use the microwave; however, be careful not to melt your butter to a liquid state. Heat your butter in the microwave for 2 to 5 second increments on the lowest power until the desired temperature is reached.
2. Double Boiler
Similar to the microwave, a double boiler can help bring your butter to room temp, but you have to be careful not to melt it completely. For this method, bring a pot of water to a slight simmer (not boiling). Remove from heat. Place cubed cold butter in a large glass bowl and set it over the pot of hot water until desired temperature is reached.
3. Cutting the Butter
Perhaps the easiest and safest way to bring your butter to room temperature is to simply let it sit out at room temperature! If you have the time, take your butter out of the fridge about an hour before you begin baking. If your kitchen is too hot and your butter melts beyond room temp, put it back in the fridge to harden slightly.
For a quicker take on this method, simply cut your slick of butter into slices and arrange on a plate. Place near the oven or in a warm part of your kitchen to soften.
How to test if butter is ready
1. Fingerprint Test
This is a quick way to make sure your butter is soft enough for creaming. Simply press your finger into the butter. If it makes an indent easily without your finger sliding anywhere, you're good to go. If your finger comes out greasy or it goes through the butter easily, your butter may be too soft. Simply place it back in the fridge to firm up a bit before trying again.
2. Thermometer Test
For a more scientific method, you can use a thermometer to measure the temperature of your butter. For proper room temperature butter, you're looking for an internal temp somewhere between 65 and 67 degrees F.
When to use chilled or melted butter
While room temperature butter is very common for most cookies and cakes, there is a time and a place to use cold or melted butter.
Delicious flaky layers in pie crusts and pastries come from using small pieces of cold butter. This butter should be very firm and cold to the touch. Using cold butter for pastries and crusts gives the butter time to melt during baking, leaving behind small air pockets that produce flaky layers.
Melted butter is key to making chewy cookies and bars. It should be fluid and slightly warm to the touch, but not hot. Using butter that's too hot could ruin other ingredients in your batter (for example, it can cook your eggs or curdle other dairy products). Melted butter is also great for holding a mixture together, like a graham cracker crust or rice cereal treats.
Ready to put your skills to the test? This Classic White Cake or Basic Yellow Cake are made even better using room temperature butter. Or try this Louisiana Crunch Cake or these delicious Oat Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies!
What's your tried and true method for softening butter? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to tag us @wiltoncakes on Instagram so we can see your delicious creations!
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so the ILB has just launched to assist a dog owner recover their unfortunate hound from the base of Old Harry. No real news yet....I'll let you know if it's an interesting story.
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LEO-240 - Advanced Topics in Lasers2 credits
This course will introduce the student to advanced topics such as holography, interferometry, precision optical testing, optical computing and pattern recognition. As the field of lasers rapidly evolves, new technologies will be introduced to keep the student abreast of the state of the art in the laser industry. Guest speakers and industry tours will supplement the classroom lectures, and students will be required to pursue individual areas of interest culminating in an in-depth research paper and presentation.
Prerequisite(s): LEO 140, LEO-150 and LEO 235
Corequisite(s): LEO 240L
Previously known as: LEOT-452


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The Wilmington College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee named men's basketball player Christian Jones as its Player of the Week, for the period ending November 15, 2015.
Jones (Hamilton, OH/Hamilton) set a new single-game school record with 18 made free throws, while tying a single-game mark of 20 attempted free throws. He finished with a team-high 25 points in Wilmington's 98-96 overtime loss to Mount St. Joseph.
In recognition of his accomplishments, he will receive a T-shirt from SAAC, and his photo and list of accomplishments will be displayed in the lobby of Hermann Court.
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight about the student-athlete experience. SAAC protects student-athlete interests and provides a positive image of student-athletes.
OTHER NOMINEES: Andrew Stewart, Rachel Drake, Justin Lee, Brittaney Jefferson


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Not that we needed any more proof that the race for the Democrat Party nomination is over, but if this doesn't scare She Who Must Not Be Named's death eaters into thinking that she can't win this year, then nothing will. For months now, Democrats have wondered which candidate John Edwards would endorse despite the fact the answer was obvious. He was waiting for the race to be over in name only, so he could endorse whoever won; and now he has.
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EVE BATTAGLIA CSA, Casting Director, Eve Battaglia Casting
Q&A/Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE
Friday, November 15, 2019, 6:30pm
This event is in the past.
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For this seminar, Eve would like you to bring in a 2-3 page Film/TV scene that you feel showcases your strengths as an actor. The event will start off with an informative Q&A, followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader.
You have the option to bring in your own 2-3 page Film/TV scene, or select one from our General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration). Please bring in TWO copies of your chosen scene - one for you, and one for your reader (with the reader's lines highlighted).
Always bring a hardcopy of your headshot/resume to class for feedback purposes.
**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**
Eve Battaglia
One of NY's top indie film casting directors, EVE BATTAGLIA is best known for casting the Oscar-nominated TRANSAMERICA and was the US Casting Director for the hit Netflix series LILYHAMMER which starred Steve Van Zandt (Sopranos, E Street Band). Currently, Eve is working on TWO indie features. Her recent indie feature SWAN SONG just wrapped with Jennifer Coolidge and Michael Urie.
She's also known for bringing in tons of AC actors for her many projects! Eve's recent projects include: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN which premiered at the Toronto Film fesitval 2017, THE TRANSFIGURATION which premiered at Cannes in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section and is nominated for an Indie Spirit award.
Past projects include: the indie feature MATCH starring Patrick Stewart, Matthew Lillard and Carla Gugino, the feature film LULLABY starring Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Hudson and Amy Adams, BLUE CAPRICE starring Isaiah Washington premiered at Sundance 2013, was opening night for New Directors/New films at MOMA and was nominated for an Indie Spirit award and two Gotham Awards.
Organized, Helpful and encouraging.
Elliot Stevens
She is very honest and delivers all her criticisms constructively and kindly.
Shannon Morrall
Professional, fun and insightful.
Anthony Walters
She was great!
Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz
The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.


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How old is Jerry Garcia?
Jerry Garcia was born on 1 August 1942. Jerry Garcia died on 9 August 1995 at the age of 53 years.
What was the exact age of Jerry Garcia?
Jerry Garcia's exact age was 53 years 8 days old. Jerry Garcia lived for total 19,366 days.
What would be the age of Jerry Garcia if alive?
Jerry Garcia's exact age would be 77 years 11 months 12 days old if alive. Total 28,471 days.
What is the zodiac sign of Jerry Garcia?
Zodiac sign of Jerry Garcia is Leo.
Jerry Garcia is a famous singer, musician, and songwriter, known as the leader of the famous band "Grateful Dead". He was born in 1942 in California, and his parents are of Irish, Spanish, and Swedish origins. As his father was a professional musician, Jerry loved and studied music since his early childhood. He took piano lessons and also learned to play the guitar. In 1961, Garcia met Robert Hunter, his future band mate, and they started their collaboration. The band "Grateful Dead" was finally formed in 1965 and was the most successful project of Garcia till the time of his death. He took part in recording the studio albums and tours of the band around the world. While being a member of "Grateful Dead", Garcia collaborated with other famous musician and was primarily valued for his unique guitar playing. Despite losing a part of his right hand middle finger in his childhood, Garcia could master the instrument perfectly and was especially good in improvisations. He worked side by side with musician who played jazz, pop-rock, soft metal, and other kinds of styles. During the 1970s ad 1980s his name regularly appeared among the best guitarists of the world. However, in the late 1980s Garcia started having serious problems with health caused possibly by diabetes and prolonged bad habits. In 1995 he passed away at the age of 53. Jerry Garcia was married a few times and had 4 children.


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I'm super excited about this post, but before I spill the beans about my big announcement, I have a video to share! My sister challenged me to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, so here's the video of me getting a bucket of ice water dumped over my head:
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CaseAware Implementation Case Study: Petosa Law LLP
Founded in 1970, Petosa Law LLP provides legal services to mortgage lenders, servicers and real estate professionals in the state of Iowa. The firm, focused since 2003 on the default servicing industry, supports clients in the areas of foreclosure, bankruptcy, loss mitigation, eviction and post-foreclosure closing coordination.
When the firm's 2013 CaseAware® implementation stalled, Petosa turned to the default services team at Affinity Consulting for help.
Legal Software Selection Case Study: Cameron Law Office
Founded out of a passion for entrepreneurship and a commitment to excellence, Cameron Law Office Chartered is a Twin Cities-based law firm focused on commercial real estate, and business transactions, outside business counsel, and commercial litigation. President and founder John Cameron launched his law firm 29 years ago, right out of law school. The firm's mission is the same now as it was then: to deliver smart, practical legal advice and litigation services that help companies, investors, and entrepreneurs achieve their goals.
With a highly focused organization consisting of attorneys and paralegals, the small, yet agile, Cameron Law Office team has always known how to deliver results. However, as their portfolio of clients, case load, and staff size grew, Cameron knew it was time to evolve.
New Firm Launch Case Study: Gilk Legacy Law
Located in southwest Minnesota, Gilk Legacy Law is a premier law firm focused on business entity formation and real estate for individuals, farms, and businesses. Ensuring that succession transitions go smoothly and that clients have the peace of mind that comes with preserving their legacies, Gilk Legacy Law delivers top-quality legal services and tangible results.
When the founder of Gilk Legacy Law, Jennifer Gilk, set out to start her law firm, she had a distinct vision for her new venture. She knew her extensive legal expertise in the areas of estate planning, trusts, and farm/business succession and more would serve her community well; and that the team she was going to assemble would be top-notch. However, she found that she needed a guiding hand with regard to the technology her new firm would use to serve its clients. She needed specialized technology expertise, and she needed it fast—without cutting any corners. She knew she need to have her firm up and running within a short two-month timeline, with critical technology issues also addressed within that time frame.
PMA Partnership Program Case Study: Colorado Bar Association
Founded in 1897, the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) is a voluntary bar association with approximately 18,000 members. The CBA prioritizes assisting its members in enhancing the quality, economic viability, and efficiency of their practices. As a non-profit organization, the CBA encourages membership by providing highly specialized information, resources, networking, and services that enable attorneys to excel in their practices.
As a forward-thinking bar association, the CBA has always strived to deliver services and resources that benefit members in immediate and tangible ways. Since membership is voluntary, the CBA knew that present and future members needed to continue to see demonstrable value in the CBA's offerings. However, with the changing landscape of online search and technology-assisted information gathering, it was time for the CBA to innovate, to evolve, and to enhance the content it delivered to members.
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Founded in 1919, Foulston Siefkin is the largest law firm in Kansas, employing nearly 90 attorneys in offices in Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita. The firm's clients represent a cross-section of the Kansas economy, ranging from major agriculture and energy producers to health care providers and insurance companies. Practice areas include civil and complex litigation, business matters, employment and labor, and health care law.
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Siracusa has always been one of the most famous cities in Sicily. This is because, this coastal territory was home of the biggest Greek city of all times probably, and theatre of important epic wars and historical events.
Today Siracusa, thanks to its everlasting beauty, is still a must in the classic tourist's programs. However, the large presence of visitors and consequent high number of excursion sellers may cause confusion when looking for specific, high quality and expert-guided fishing activities.
When looking for Fishing in Ortigia for example, just walking on the deck, you will hardly find someone able to take you fishing for the proper Mediterranean gamefish. In this area lives fish as the Bluefin Tuna, Common Dentex, Pink Dentex, Amberjack, Grouper, Swordfish etc.
Fishing in Syracuse is a different story in reality. This area, located on the southern east coast of Sicily, quickly jumping into the Ionian Sea, is a productive one. Here the chances to target the fish you are looking for may be exellent. However, the season, the predators biting at the specific moment and the right guide will do the difference when fishing Siracusa.
When going for a fishing trip in Siracusa is possible to practice several techniques:
Another particular activity of this area is barehanded octopus fishing. This is possible on the way back from every boat trip, during a shore fishing trip or planning a specific day to target octopus and cuttlefish with snorkelling gear. Hunting octopus is always possible to practice catch and release, or just watching them in their shelter.
At the end of the fishing trip, there is always the chance to take a look at the most important fishing buildings of all times here. The "Tonnara" of the east coast of Sicily, buildings where the biggest tuna have been processed, after being caught with the homonymous epic fishing technique. Now visiting those places is still possible to feel those moments, trying to imagine the atmosphere, the sounds and the sing of fishermen, the smell of tuna cooking on the big boilers, just after the hard "Mattanza" moment. Here fishing is in the Myth.
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"What separates the Western and Asian philosophy inventories is represented by Kant[.] In China the great figures after Confucius and Laozi were their exegetes and reinterpreters. The same was true in India of the great figures after the Upanishads and Buddha - even Sankara was an interpreter of an existing tradition. The West followed that pattern through 17C, with all the great figures drawing substantially from the Platonic or Aristotelian traditions. But then came Kant, whose contributions amounted to an expansion of philosophic thought after the founders that is unique among the three great philosophic traditions. He was followed by innovative and influential 19C contributions of Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche."
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David Crockett Birthplace Named Best Interpretive State Park in Tennessee
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The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) recognized David Crockett Birthplace State Historic Park in Limestone with the 2017 Award for Excellence in Interpretation.
"This 105-acre historic park just upstream from the shoals of the Nolichucky is a living memorial to Crockett," said TDEC Deputy Commissioner of Parks and Conservation Brock Hill. "For visitors who want a hands-on 18th century experience with the amenities that a state park provides, this is the place to be."
Throughout 2017, David Crockett Birthplace State Historic Park offered dozens of interpretive programs focused on frontier themes as well as traditional park activities. Most notably the park built an 18thcentury homestead, complete with a corn crib and hunter's cabin, which was assembled during the highly popular Crockett Days Festival.
The park creatively completed physically demanding tasks through dedication and organization by staff, but also with the help of the community. In the spring of 2017, more than 50 volunteers gathered to not only raise a cabin by hand, but to do it in 18th century attire with primitive tools.
"The building of an entire homestead seemed like a daunting task, but by combining it with quality interpretive programs and meaningful volunteer experiences, we made it happen," said Park Manager Jackie Fischer.
More traditional park programs offered include a "Picking on the Porch" music series, hayrides and holiday-themed campground activities.
The Annual Park Awards of Excellence – which honor five parks annually – were created to recognize exceptional work within Tennessee State Parks. The 2017 award winners were recognized at the Tennessee State Park annual park management conference in January at Montgomery Bell State Park.Parks are nominated by TDEC staff and voted on by Tennessee State Park leadership. Additional 2017 winners include: Cedars of Lebanon State Park (Resource Management), Henry Horton State Park (Innovation), Montgomery Bell State Park (Sustainability) and Sergeant Alvin C. York State Historic Park (Park of the Year).
For more information about David Crockett Birthplace State Historic Park, click here.
Pictured L-R: Tennessee State Parks Director of Operations Mike Robertson; TDEC Commissioner Bob Martineau; Park Ranger Sean McKay; Tennessee State Parks Area Manager Robin Peeler; Brock Hill
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My 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280 sedan is already dripping with style straight from the factory. It's a car designed by Bordeaux-born Paul Bracq. He penned automotive lines for BMW, Citroen, and Peugeot in addition to his work at Mercedes. Besides cars, Bracq also had a helping hand in the design work on the then-new TGV high-speed passenger train. His work on my own W114-generation 280 is an exercise in classically cool simplicity.
That begins to fade, however, as the years drag on and automakers are forced to change parts of a given vehicle. In the case of my own Benz, it was required to wear hideous federalized bumpers on the outside. Mercedes-Benz also changed the front doors so they no longer had vented quarter windows. Most egregious on the inside though, was the move from a stunner of a steering wheel that shared across the likes of the W108 and the still-magnificent Pagoda SL, to one devoid of that bygone styling of motoring cool found in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Thankfully for me, however, I can get back some of the displaced good looks on my car. The bumpers will have to wait because that's not a simple bolt-on swap for the better-looking Euro units. Instead I'll focus on that aforementioned steering wheel, because the older version and my current version sit on the same steering shaft spline.
It's off to eBay to hunt down a suitable tiller.
Thank you to eBay Motors for sponsoring this post and helping me find the perfect steering wheel! This post was written by me through an activation with eBay and Hire Influence. Although I received compensation for participating in the campaign, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
The search terms for my eBay Motors hunt were simply enough. I entered "W114" and "Steering Wheel" into the search bar. After my WiFi did its digital dance through the air, I was shown a healthy heaping of finely shaped steering wheels. The primary wheel I come across is exactly the style that I'm hoping to find, yet they're arriving on my screen in various states of quality.
What I love about eBay Motors is the variety of colorful inventory. There is a large selection of steering wheels from vintage Benz sedans and coupes.
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I'll be swapping out the standard steering wheel that doesn't feel as classically cool for this sweet number here. The chrome horn ring will lend an extra air of HEY IDIOT, MOVE OVER when I press it down. The thin rim of the wheel itself brings a dose of self-injected style every time I need to change directions. An act as relatively simple as swapping out one steering wheel for an older version is enough to subtly change the way you look at and how you feel about your car.
For now, my 1974 Mercedes-Benz is sitting in the service bay of a local shop. It's getting a full going-through so that I know what sort of work it will need going forward. Once I get my hands back on the keys, the first thing I'll be doing is bolting on that new steering wheel myself. Some quick shopping on eBay to find the right part and I'm a step closer to making this Benz uniquely mine. Yes, it's a part that could be found on other Benz cars but it wasn't supposed to be here on this one, yet I've changed that fact. And I'm going to physically change it myself too. It feels good to wrench on the parts that you can, and changing a steering wheel is a job that anyone with basic tools and a small amount of free time can knock out.
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Fancy: Iggy lands her first fashion campaign
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Joining the ranks of nearly every "it" girl in the past 5 years, pop songstress Iggy Azalea has scored her first major ad campaign — fast fashion titan Forever 21's holiday campaign. The "Fancy" singer looks… well… fancy alongside her beau, basketball player Nick Young, vamping for the camera in what her stylist, James Knox, her own special way.
"Iggy operates in what's comfortable for her, she doesn't want to feel too forced or like she's trying," Azalea's stylist James Knox told us back in June. "It's an effortless style sensibility she has. She's just being Iggy at all times, not really turning up for the cameras."