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It's my 20th anniversary as a nun—sort of.
I became an Associate of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in October of 1992 not long after I learned that Roman Catholic women's religious orders had an associateship program by which lay people could join them in prayer and commitment to works of mercy.
The charism of the Mercies seemed perfect to me. I'm always in favor of mercy since I need so much myself and can be quite merciless with myself and others, though I try to keep that impulse a secret when it arises—except toward my husband...he says. But the specifics of the Mercy vision were the attraction: a lifelong commitment to contemplative prayer and ministry that connected the ignorant with educational resources, the ill and infirm with healing resources, and the impoverished with economic resources.
Knowledge, health, money and Godde all wrapped up in the spirituality of Jesus of Nazareth my chief guru.
My fascination with Catholicism began when I was a young child and my Catholic aunt came to visit. I used to tiptoe up to her bedroom door which she left ajar and peek in. She knelt down next to her bed and began to mumble and rattle a chain of beads. Then she put on a black sleeping mask like the Lone Ranger's and crawled into bed for the night.
I was drawn into some kind of spell by what I thought was magic . My aunt called it "saying my prayers." My mother said they were "Catholic" prayers. My Presbyterian church had prayers of course but these "catholic" ones seemed mystical, and embodied at the same time. I saw the same thing at Mass. These worshipers were active. They moved their bodies, kneeling, standing, folding their hands, bowing and walking up the aisle together to eat a holy meal at the altar. In my church we mostly just sat for everything. They even brought the communion meal to you on little trays.
As a twenty-something I took instruction to become a Roman Catholic, a convert like my aunt had been. It seemed I could have the spirituality and the ritual, but not without just the right amount of too many rules—and a pretty clear sense that women were important to clean up and set up but not allowed to serve at the altar.
This church of my infatuation was too tight for me, so, with the help of a college chaplain, I discovered the Episcopal Church where I could have the sacrament of the Mass with all its grandeur and grace— and fewer rules. There was a chance for women to be priests in that tradition, so much smaller and more supple than the huge Roman Catholic behemoth of an institution.
I was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1988 after a colossal struggle with that church's institutional bias against the presence of women invading the centuries old inner sanctum of an all-male priestly caste of male privilege and authority. My little "jihad" was worth it. Today I'm proud of my small and limber Episcopal church—Anglo-but-still-Catholic church, still wrestling with integrity and threats of schism over issues of inclusivity. And I'm proud and happy to be an Episcopal priest.
Experimenting recently with an online invitation to write a six-word memoir I jotted down quickly: Wannabe Catholic nun turns Episcopal priest. Pretty good summation.
Lingering longings, however, persisted, not strongly just small heart tugs. I never felt called to be a religious sister. The Episcopal church has monastic orders for women I might have joined if I hadn't also been dying to have kids. It was the Catholic connection I got wistful about from time to time especially when I went on retreats at Mercy Center in Connecticut and received spiritual direction from a wise, witty, and utterly French Jesuit priest named Pierre Wolff who guided me so well in the ways of Jesus Christ that I became smitten, not with Pierre or even Jesus, but with the whole astonishing God-in-the-flesh thing.
One of the Mercy sisters sniffed out my heart's desires, as good nuns can do. She told me about associateship and I leapt at the chance. In the Extended Mercy Handbook Admission Criteria, the first eligibility criterion for associates reads,"be practicing members of a Christian faith, ordinarily, the Roman Catholic faith."
ORDINARILY jumped off the page. It didn't mean necessarily or always; it meant usually. So I could be unusual and quite ordinary.
Mercy Foundress Catherine McAuley's leadership style was refreshing. Though every ounce a leader, Catherine did not like the Mother Superior title; she insisted on the dignity and integrity of every single woman who joined the order—also each one's need for freedom to develop fully as a sister and a daughter of God. This was advanced thinking in her day and certainly didn't match any traditional patriarchal church leadership models I'd known.
Freedom within authority best facilitates spiritual and emotional growth. Catherine believed this truth, and governed accordingly. I liked that a lot! Catherine was also fond of saying "Mercy is justice in tears." Not original to her, but what wisdom ever remains original? Mercy has no patents or copyrights. She begins in wonder, and never stays put for long.
Taking instructions, something ordinarily expected, I bristled when our teacher Sister Grace Mannion called God "the divine conniver." It was the Protestant in me, but it didn't arrest my journey; later Grace, whom I've come to regard with admiration and affection, and I laughed about it.
I was inducted in a Commitment Ceremony 20 years ago almost to this day at the chapel of the Mercy headquarters in West Hartford, Connecticut. I was one of several inductees, mostly female with a couple of brave husbands in tow. It was a simple ceremony of prayer and the presentation of a Mercy pin and a handbook—more rules and expectations. A reception with lovely and loving food followed, because every holy occasion must always have food to remind us of our humanity and keep us humbly grateful.
That day I felt complete as if I'd come full circle. I belonged, sort of. I've always been welcomed and embraced, and an anomaly at the same time. Guess that's my lot, a religious mix.
Isn't this how we all are supposed to be in order to blend back into the whole community of Creation?
Friday, October 19, 2012
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
The Establishment versus the Crusaders
It's early days yet and many a prognosticator has had to slink away from political predictions made too far from the end of the campaign. But, if Trump does as well on Super Tuesday as it looks like he might and if Hillary does as well as the polls show she probably will, it begins to look like both parties are settling on their eventual nominee. Super Tuesday can deliver so many delegates to each of them that it would be difficult (though not impossible) for any of their competitors to catch up.
The parties have twin problems. They are both faced with insurgencies. Of course, in the Republican race, the establishment is desperately trying to rally behind Marco Rubio to stop Trump, who is a Republican only because he needed a label to run for president. He is really just the head of the Trump party. Whether the leadership can prevail and bring him down remains to be seen.
On the Democrat side, Hillary is the establishment, as Bernie has said, and all the officials and powers-that-be have rallied behind her. So have those of us who are old enough to know not all revolutions have happy endings. The Bernie people are only very loosely aligned with the official party. Sanders himself has only been a Democrat since the start of the campaign. His people are Bernie supporters first. They would follow him under any banner he chose to run under. I guess he thought Independent Democratic Socialist sounded too awkward.
So, each party has an establishment wing and an insurgency wing. Generally, today's voters seem to lean more toward insurgencies than establishments. The fear for Democrats like me is that if Hillary wins, surly and resentful Bernie folks will take their marbles and go home if they don't get their way.
I guess the R's feel the same way about their presumed candidate. Trump has such high negative ratings, will the anti-Trump people be able to swallow hard and get behind him?
Both Trumpians and BernieBots see this election as more of a Crusade than a typical election. I don't trust Crusaders myself. I think they see what is possible through rose-colored glasses and they are destined to be disappointed. (Just as Obama supporters who believed he could bring hope and change to Washington have been disappointed). I consider myself a practical realist. You get what you can get and live to fight another day. If you can't get healthcare, you at least get the Children's Health Program and consider it a success. If you remember, Bill Clinton wanted to allow gays to freely join the military. It wasn't just the other party that opposed him but the old bulls in the Senate of his own party. Anyone remember Sam Nunn? So we ended up with DOMA, which was a tiny, ugly step, but it was still a step. It took a lot longer for full equality.
The Trump people and the Bernie people have no patience with half-a-loafers but in today's climate, half a loaf is probably the best either side can hope for unless one party wins both the presidency and both houses of congress with filibuster-proof majorities - and our track record with undivided government is not that positive. The Republicans under Bush engaged in two wars and piled up massive amount of debt. They can be all snitty about obstructing a president of the opposite party but their own, not so much. (By the way, Obama only had a majority in Congress for 4 months).
So, we will see what happens in an election that is the establishment versus the Crusaders on both sides.
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Copenhagen Turns off the Lights for Earth Hour 2011Events, free — By Jane Graham on March 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Candles are a familiar sight in Copenhagen—and on Saturday, there will be even more of them as many of the city's hotels, museums and other attractions turn off the electric lights and invite guests to help the environment and enjoy the warm glow of natural light for Earth Hour 2011.
The annual global environmental initiative 'Earth Hour' takes place at the same time on Saturday, March 26 across the world—or at 8.30pm local Danish time. In Copenhagen, participating hotels include all those in the Brochner hotel group (Ibsens Hotel, Fox, Danmark and Kong Arthur) as well as the Absalon Hotel, First Hotel Kong Frederik and the Hilton Copenhagen Airport, all of which will be switching off the lights for one hour. Those staying at these hotels over the weekend are invited to enjoy a glass of wine in the friendly, candlelit setting of the reception or bar.
It's not just hotels that are taking part in the event. Tivoli Gardens, Kronborg Slot in nearby Helsingør and art museum Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket are also supporting the energy-saving initiative. Copenhagen Municipality meanwhile is not just backing the event—it's turning it into a 'climate party', kicking off outside the City Hall on Rådhuspladsen at 8pm, when a temporary stage plays host to local artists Nabiha, whose recently released debut album "Cracks" received five out of six stars from Danish music magazine Gaffa, and poppy sweetheart Thomas Holm.
It's a big night for football fans in Copenhagen this Saturday, as the national team takes on neighbor country Norway in Oslo at 8pm as one of next year's European Championship qualifying matches. Fans are urged to enjoy the game in less flood-lit surroundings.
Despite all these fantastic initiatives, Copenhagen still has quite a way to go to catch up with its Swedish neighbor Malmö when it comes to saving energy. WWF Sweden's Earth Hour City Challenge inspired its county's cities to present the most holistic plan for reaching zero carbon emissions and thus go 'Beyond the Hour': This week, Malmö was named Earth Hour Capital by an international panel of experts. While receiving the award from Sweden's reigning monarch King Carl XVI Gustaf, Malmö's mayor, Ilmar Reepalu said that, " …Our goal is for Malmö to be powered by 100 percent renewable energy by the year 2030".
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In order to better understand how stars are constructed, astronomers look for correlations between stellar properties. The easiest way to do this is make a plot of one intrinsic property vs. another intrinsic property. An intrinsic property is one that does not depend on the distance the star is from the Earth (e.g., temperature, mass, diameter, composition, and luminosity). By the beginning of the 20th century, astronomers understood how to measure these intrinsic properties. In 1912, two astronomers, Ejnar Hertzsprung (lived 1873--1967) and Henry Norris Russell (lived 1877--1957), independently found a surprising correlation between temperature (color) and luminosity (absolute magnitude) for 90% of the stars. These stars lie along a narrow diagonal band in the diagram called the main sequence. This plot of luminosity vs. temperature is called the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram or just H-R diagram for short.
Before this discovery astronomers thought that it was just as easy for nature to make a hot dim star as a hot luminous star or a cool luminous one or whatever other combination you want. But nature prefers to make particular kinds of stars. Understanding why enables you to determine the rules nature follows. A correlation between mass and luminosity is also seen for main sequence stars: Luminosity = Mass3.5 in solar units.
The hot, luminous O-type stars are more massive than the cool, dim M-type stars. The mass-luminosity relationship tells about the structure of stars and how they produce their energy. The cause of the mass-luminosity relation will be explored further in the next chapter.
The other ten percent of the stars in the H-R diagram do not follow the mass-luminosity relationship. The giant and supergiant stars are in the upper right of the diagram. These stars must be large in diameter because they are very luminous even though they are cool. They have a huge surface area over which to radiate their energy. The white dwarfs are at the opposite end in the lower left of the diagram. They must be very small in diameter (only about the diameter of the Earth) because even though they are hot, they are intrinsically dim. They have a small surface area and so the sum of the total radiated energy is small.
The H-R diagram is also called a color-magnitude diagram because the absolute magnitude is usually plotted vs. the color. The H-R diagram below is for all stars visible to the naked eye (down to apparent magnitude = +5) plus all stars within 25 parsecs. Luminous stars are easier to observe because they can be seen from great distances away but they are rarer in the galaxy. They tend to reside in the top half of the H-R diagram. Faint stars are harder to see but they are more common in the galaxy. They tend to reside in the bottom half of the H-R diagram.
Use the UNL Astronomy Education program's Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram module for another in-depth tutorial on the HR diagram via a graphical interface (link will appear in a new window).
How do you do that?A G2 star appears 25 times dimmer than it would if it was at the standard distance of 10 parsecs used for the absolute magnitude. The G2 star is at a distance of = 10 × Sqrt[1/(1/25)] = 10 × Sqrt[25/1] = 50 parsecs from us.
Distances to red giant and supergiant stars are found in a similar way but you need to investigate their spectra more closely to see if they are the very large stars you think they are. Their position in the calibrated H-R diagram is found and their apparent brightness gives you the distance. Also, this process can be used to find the distance of an entire cluster. The entire color-magnitude diagram for the cluster is compared with a calibration cluster's color-magnitude diagram. The calibration cluster is a known distance away. Some adjustments for the cluster's age and composition differences between the stars in the cluster and the calibration cluster must be made. Such fine-tuning adjustments are called ``main-sequence fitting''.
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Brenley Shapiro – BA, BFA, MSW, RSW
Brenley Shapiro is a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Sports Psychology & Performance Consultant. Holding an Honours degree in Psychology, a Specialized Honours degree in Fine Arts with a focus on Movement Therapy, and a Masters degree in Clinical/Counselling, Social Work, she brings a depth of knowledge and theoretical framework into her applied practice. Further advancing her knowledge base, Brenley has done additional Sports Psychology and Sports Vision certification and training, consistently staying on top of the most current trends, latest research, and advances within the field. Brenley is also an active member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Brenley has been in private practice for over 15 years, counselling individuals, children, families, and athletes, and is the founder of Heads Up Mental Game Coaching. Established in 2011, Heads Up is a comprehensive training academy focused on developing all aspects of an athlete's mental game. Heads Up was conceived with the purpose of creating a superior standard of training and development for athletes, along with a system which ensures the evolution of the complete player. Her current scope of practice focuses on work with athletes, teams, coaches, parents, and organizations, helping them reach their overall performance goals.
Brenley has a true passion for helping her clients develop a strong and ideal mindset, in order to facilitate the pathway towards success, both in life and in sport. Her most profound contribution however, is incomparable ability to teach, motivate, inspire and connect with all those she works with. Her work in sport is gaining momentum in Canada and the United States, by positively impacting the overall quality of the competitive playing experience. Brenley is working tirelessly to become a forerunner in setting a new precedent for what effective training and development of growing athletes "should" look like.
Sean Poitras – H.B.A., M.Ed
Sean Poitras is a Performance Enhancement Consultant. He holds a B.A. in Psychology, an H.B.A. in Sport Psychology and a M.Ed. in Athletic Counselling Psychology, which has equipped him well for his applied practice within the field of mental training.
Sean has taught the Psychology of Sport course at Sheridan College, and continues to work with a variety of athletic teams, organizations and associations. Sean has experience working with athletes of all ages and competitive skill levels and remains enthusiastic towards furthering his applied practice and experiences with coaches and the athletic population.
Sean is affiliated with the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and is very consistent in staying up to date in all current research and advances within the field of sport psychology.
Debora Sloan – B.Sc., R.D.
Debora Sloan is a Certified Personal Trainer and Crossfit Level 1 Certified Coach. With an Arts degree from Queen's University, she returned to school to complete her B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics at Western University, followed by her clinical training at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, in Toronto. Debora has clinical experience in the management and prevention of nutrition related diseases, and has completed extensive research in the area of Diabetes and exercise. Specializing in the areas of sport nutrition and athletic performance, metabolic disorders, and weight management, Debora counsels and coaches clients of all ages and stages by developing customized nutrition and fitness programs.
Living with Type 1 Diabetes since the age of 12, healthy living and nutrition management are part of her daily life. Debora ventures into competitive swimming and other high intensity fitness pursuits including boxing and CrossFit training to heighten her interest in nutrition. Debora is fascinated with how food fuels the body for optimal health and performance.
Debora's nonjudgmental yet goal-oriented approach to health and fitness is finding individualized solutions for every client and team – ones that are easy, affordable, balanced, sustainable and evidence-based. She is up-to-date on the most current literature, and her non-dieting, food first approach focuses on making small changes that can make a big impact, leading to long-term success and optimal performance.
Debora practices what she preaches and sets out to motivate her clients to lead healthier, active lifestyles. As a certified fitness and nutrition professional, an athlete, and a busy new mom, she understands first-hand the many challenges involved in balancing life, healthy living, and proper fuelling; Debora is committed to finding and sharing the most efficient and effective strategies to make this possible on a daily basis..
Coaching with Niagara Regional Athletics in Niagara Falls, Sue Bartol consults with both the able-bodied and athletes with a disability. Ms. Bartol recently participated in the USAT/IAAF Elite Sprints/ Hurdles Academy in Chula Vista, California, and is continuing her education through the National Coaching Institute's Advanced Coaching Diploma Program. She is a registered coach with Athletics Ontario, Athletics Canada, a member of the Ontario Cerebral Palsy Sports Association and a founding Board Member with the Niagara Accessible Sports Committee, promoting sport for athletes with a disability in the Niagara area.
From 1974-1987, Barb Cooper was a professional squash player, ranked as high as No. 8 in the world and No. 4 in England. She has earned a total of 10 World Masters titles and 14 Canadian national titles. From 1979-1987, Ms. Cooper acted as coach/manager of the British national women's squash team, guiding the squad to eight European and three world championships. In 2006, she was appointed by Squash Canada to coach the national women's team at the world championships. Since 1995, she has been a Master Learning Facilitator for Squash Ontario, delivering Level 1, 2 and 3 coaching courses. Currently, Ms. Cooper is a Master Learning Facilitator for Squash Canada, where she was involved in coordinating program content and delivery for levels IV and V. In addition, she is also a Master Learning Facilitator for the Coaches Association of Ontario, facilitating the Fundamental Movement Skills, Competition-Introduction (Part A & B) and Competition-Development (Psychology of Performance, Coaching and Leading Effectively, Managing Conflict) coaching courses. Ms. Cooper is the co-chair of the Squash component of the Pan Am Games and has also been Inducted into Squash Ontario Hall of Fame 2015.
Brad Graham- ChPC, OCT
Brad is currently a teacher at Innisdale S S in Barrie and is the head coach of the Georgian College Women's Volleyball team.
He has coached several different sports throughout his career including volleyball, baseball, and tennis – all at various levels.
A recent graduate of the National Coaching Institute (2009), he still looks for ways to improve his coaching. Brad is currently a Learning Facilitator with the NCCP, conducting various courses throughout the year. As an active member in the Barrie community he acts as an executive member with Barrie Elites Volleyball Club assisting youth athletes in their development and preparing them to play at the next level.
It is his belief that parents send us coaches the best they have, it is up to us to make them better.
Suzanne lives outside Ottawa with her husband and four hounds. She has been coaching women's rugby for over 30 years and is a passionate advocate for coach education and long-term athlete development. Suzanne is a graduate of the National Coaching Institute – Victoria, where she received her Diploma in High Performance Coaching and obtained her NCCP Level 4 certification.
Suzanne's achievements include 21 years at the helm of the uOttawa Gee Gees and leading the CIS National Women's 7s team to two gold and one silver medal performance at consecutive FISU World University 7-a-side Rugby Championships. Suzanne recently stepped away from coaching at the university level but still coaches a local club, The Coven WRFC, as well as the Eastern Ontario component of Ontario Rugby's Highway to High Performance 7s program and remains active as a coach educator.
Timothy Suzuki is a Learning Facilitator for the Coaches Association of Ontario and a mentor coach for the National Coaching Institute of Ontario. Mr. Suzuki is a graduate of the NCCP High Performance Diploma Program, achieving Level 5 status — the first national karate coach to do so in Canada. As a Learning Facilitator with Karate Ontario and Taekwondo Ontario, he continues to deliver NCCP workshops in both a sport-specific context and the multi-sport environment. His past contributions include six years as a national team member and nine years as head coach of the junior national karate team. Today, he continues to work with high-performance athletes, and also dedicates his time to educating and motivating community coaches. Mr. Suzuki also teaches traditional karate through the City of Toronto.
Natascha Wesch — BSc, M.Sc., PhD
Dr. Natascha Wesch works with athletes, coaches, performing artists, and teams of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels. Natascha holds a doctorate degree (PhD) in Sport Psychology, a master degree (MA) in Counselling Psychology, and a master degree (MSc) in Exercise Biochemistry from Western University. As well, she completed a post-doctorate fellowship in Health and Rehabilitation Psychology at McMaster University working with individuals with spinal cord injury. She obtained her undergraduate degree (BSc) in Exercise Science from Concordia University.
Natascha is a former international-level multi-sport athlete and coach, and a current high-performance coach mentor with the Canadian Sport Institute. Natascha teaches in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University in London and has been part of the Experts Express program for the past few years.
Natascha is registered with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), a professional member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA), and a member of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).
Vicki Keith — C.M., O. Ont., L.L.D., ChPC
Vicki Keith holds 16 world records as a marathon swimmer, and became the first person to swim across all five Great Lakes in 1988. She is also the only swimmer to successfully complete the 104km double crossing of Lake Ontario. Since retirement, Ms. Keith has been a competitive swim coach for athletes with physical disabilities, pushing boundaries to get her swimmers invited to able-bodied meets. In total, Ms. Keith has coaches more than 20 disabled athletes at the national level and three at the international level. Six of her pupils have set world records in marathon swimming. She has coached three athletes to 4 Canadian records and a Pan-American record. Ms. Keith has been appointed as a member of the Order of Canada, recognizing her outstanding achievements. A three-time World Games coach and Pan-American Games coach, she received an Honourary Doctorate from Queen's University and is recognized by Coaches of Canada as a Chartered Professional Coach. Ms. Keith is also a devoted philanthropist, raising funds to provide opportunities for young people with physical disabilities. In 2005, she completed an 80.2-km butterfly swim – setting two world records in the process – to raise $260,000 for the Kingston Family YMCA in support of children with disabilities in Kingston, Ont. Her lifetime fundraising total has surpassed $1-million.
Leith Drury – PhD
Leith Drury completed her PhD in Sport Psychology, with a focus on Coaches' Perceptions of Emotional and Social Intelligence. Currently, she is a consultant for the varsity teams and coaches at Ryerson University, and a service provider for the Canadian Sport Institute. Ms. Drury continues to work with athletes and coaches from individual sports such as figure skating, tennis, golf, judo, triathlon, gymnastics, archery and riding, as well as team sports like hockey, soccer, cricket and field hockey. She also provides support to corporate clients including the University of Toronto, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, YMCA, the Coaches Association of Ontario, and Hamilton Health Services. In addition, she is presently a learning facilitator for both the National Coaching Institute and the Coaches Association of Ontario.
As a Registered Dietitian, Cara provides nutrition counseling for active individuals looking to enhance and maximize their performance through proper nutrition. Originally from Winnipeg, Cara graduated from the University of Manitoba (BSc, Human Nutritional Sciences, 2005) and went on to complete a combined dietetic internship and Master of Applied Nutrition degree at the University of Guelph (2006). Cara has worked at Grand River Sports Medicine Centre (GRSM) since 2006, where she provides individual nutrition counselling for a wide range of athletes, from competitive to recreational, for sports such as track and field, distance running, triathlon, boxing, diving, wrestling, hockey and football. Cara is a provider for the Canadian Sports Centre and also provides group presentations for sports teams and clubs within the community.
In addition to her work at GRSM, Cara also has extensive experience working in primary health care and has been a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) since 2008. Cara is committed to educating people about optimal nutrition and helping people live a healthy active life, while learning how to properly fuel their body. Cara promotes and inspires a balanced approach to eating for energy and active living.
Josh Ford – CSCS
Josh Ford is currently the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the University of Guelph Gryphons and serves as a Strength & Conditioning Coach for Canada Basketball's National Men's Programs.
Josh received a Specialized Honours Degree in Kinesiology & Health Science from York University where he worked as a Student-Assistant S&C Coach. During this time he sought out opportunities to learn from the best which led him to an internship at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning outside of Boston and a mentorship with Todd Wright with the University of Texas Men's Basketball program. From there he worked as a strength coach with the Stouffville Spirit Junior Hockey Club, was part of an OFSAA Championship with the Eastern Commerce Collegiate Saints Basketball program and spent a season and a half with Ryerson Men's Basketball.
More recently Josh spent time in the NCAA making a stop at the University of Evansville before moving on to become Assistant Director of Basketball Performance at the University of Maryland. There he was fortunate to be part of an ACC Championship and went to the Elite 8 with the Women's Basketball program. Prior to joining the Gryphons Josh spent a year with the McMaster Marauders working with the Volleyball and Basketball teams.
• Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
• Certified in the Functional Movement Screen
• Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach
• Bioforce Certified Conditioning Coach
• Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) Specialist
Tim Harrow – CSCS
Tim's passion and dedication to physical fitness, like many Canadians, began as a child with hockey, culminating with playing at the Junior "B" level for 5 years. But Tim's interest and involvement in athletics did not stop there. In 1996-1997, Tim became the North American Light Heavy Weight Muay Thai Champion. For 4 years, he competed as a professional Muay Thai fighter and for an additional 4 years as a Professional Kick-boxer.
Tim has been a Professional Personal Trainer for 22 years. His unique skills and martial arts experience provide him with the knowledge and ability to help athletes of all ages and levels reach and surpass their goals.
Tim also founded Harrow Performance Personal Training and Sports Facility in Huntsville, Ontario. From this facility, Tim provides training to athletes from a myriad of ages, abilities and sports, from amateur to semi-pro. Tim has a unique and uncanny ability to reach athletes as individuals. He creates and delivers customized training to meet a person's individual needs and abilities. Tim's dedication, determination and experience bring each athlete he works with to the next level. This is illustrated in Harrow Performance's Wall of Fame. This is a wall at Harrow Performance dedicated to athletes who have pushed themselves, shown great dedication, overcome great obstacles and demonstrated leadership skills to inspire others.
Highlights of accomplishments include:
- Cofounder of TKO fighting arts facility for amateur and pro fighters in Kitchener, Ont.
- Coached & trained the Team Canada Kickboxing team 1997-1998
- Strength and conditioning coach at Elite Hockey Performance Camps
- Strength and conditioning coach for the Listowel Cyclones, Huntsville Otters, and the Muskoka shield Junior A hockey teams
- Fitness Evaluator at the World Hockey Centre
- Trained Olympic Gold Medalist and Ontario Senior Games Bronze Medalist
- Trains the Muskoka downhill race team
Matthew Greenwood
Matt Greenwood has worked with the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA) since 2007. During that time he has worked deeply in the areas of Club Development, LTAD implementation and key projects addressing Concussion, FIFA11+, Grant Writing and the groundbreaking Club Excellence Award. Matt's passion is in the area of inclusive soccer programs that ensure the whole community has a safe and positive place to play soccer. This has included partnership work with Ontario Blind Sport and Special Olympics Ontario but his proudest career achievement to date has been as Co-Chair of the 2015 para pan Am Games 5's and 7's soccer competitions in Toronto.
Matt is a National B Licensed Coach with supplementary qualifications coaching athletes with a disability.
Karen Williams
Karen is a NCCP Level 3 Coach and in 2001, Karen became a member of Manitoba Cerebral Palsy Sports Association. She is also a founding member of the Para Storm Swim Club where she is currently the head coach. During this time she has developed a successful competitive swim program for athletes with a physical disability.
Ms. Williams passion is to ensure athletes have a place to explore and find their potential through sport. Working alongside community representatives to promote Para Sport and opportunity for athletes with disability, she is an advisor for Para Sport and a member of the Coaching Advisory Counsel. Recently, she was the recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Wellness, Healthy Living & Recreation category and awarded Coach of the Month as recognition of her continued work with engagement of community in expanding awareness for athletes with disability.
Ms. Williams has coached athletes to podium performances at Western Canada Summer Games, Canada Summer Games, Can Am International Para Championships, Para Pan Pacific International Championships, Olympic Paralympic Canadian Swimming Trails and two Canadian records.
Karen works assiduously to promote Para Sport and the Athletes. She believes and imparts in her athletes "Your disability does not define who you are, it is only one part of the incredible person you are meant to become."
Corey McCusker
Corey McCusker, is a Mental Performance Coach, Keynote Speaker and Author. Corey has been in private practice for over 10 years coaching individuals and teams including business professionals, coaches and elite young athletes ages 13-16. She founded Master the Mind, Master the Game for Sports, Business and Life in 2010. Her programs include assessment tools, key components of the mental skills and mental performance techniques that enhance and deliver key traits for peak performance. Corey`s mission is to provide the necessary mental skills to overcome stuck states, performance slumps, anxiety and to remove mental distractions so her clients can perform with ease and "in the zone". Corey`s experience includes working with members of Team Canada U17 in Hockey and in Golf as well as delivering educational webinars for the LPGA. In addition to golf and hockey, Corey continues to support a wide variety of sports including: running, baseball, soccer, equestrian, rugby, tennis, snowboarding, skiing, figure skating and judo.
Corey is a Master Practitioner of NLP, Time Empowerment Techniques™ and Hypnosis. In addition, Corey is trained in Brain Gym and is currently pursuing certification as a HeartMathÒ Interventions Practitioner. Before following her passion to help young athletes, Corey held several senior management roles in the financial services industry mentoring and leading high performing teams.
Nick Westcott – CSCS
Nick is entering his fifth season as head strength and conditioning coach at Carleton University, where he oversees the training of eight varsity teams. Additionally, he currently serves as the lead strength and conditioning coach for Ringette Canada's Senior and Junior National teams, and is a strength coach with Hockey Canada's National Women's programs. He is a certified strength and conditioning coach, through the national strength and conditioning association.
Nick has gathered a wealth of experience in the field of sports performance and athlete reconditioning through his work with a plethora of different athletes and teams. He has had the opportunity to work with athletes from a wide array of different sporting backgrounds, including athletes from various National teams and sports, NHL, KHL, CFL, ECHL, OHL NCAA and CIS.
Patrick Béland – B.Sc.Kin. M.H.K. CSCS
Growing up in Lévis, Québec, Patrick began coaching when he was 16 years old. While completing his level 1 ski coaching course, he developed a passion for helping others realize their potential. His interest for sport science led him to complete a Kinesiology degree at University of Trois-Rivières. From there, Patrick coached full time during the day and worked in gyms in the evenings. He used this time to develop his coaching philosophy, coaching skills and ability to develop athletes more effectively both in the gym and on snow. After 2 years, Patrick went back to school to complete a Master's degree in Applied Sport Psychology at the University of Ottawa and became a certified Professional Member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association. While in Ottawa, Patrick worked in Strength Training and Mental Performance with varsity Rugby, Soccer and Basketball and was also the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Ottawa Fury Professional Women's Soccer team. This amazing experience led him to work with National Team players from Canada, USA, Australia, New-Zealand, England and Norway.
Patrick been coaching skiing for 16 years, is a Performance Level Certified coach, as well as a ski coach Evaluator. As Head coach for the U14 program at Caledon Ski Club, Patrick develops and delivers Mental Performance workshops and the dryland training programs. Three years ago Patrick became a Learning Facilitator for the NCCP program, delivering Comp-Dev modules in Sport Psychology and Leadership. Patrick is very excited to be available to help coaches progress in the coaching world through the Express Expert program with CAO.
Jackie McKenzie – B.Sc, M.Sc., RD
Jackie McKenzie is a Registered Dietitian with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario (1997) and a combined Dietetic Internship and Masters of Science degree in Applied Human Nutrition from the University of Guelph and Hamilton Health Sciences Centre (1999). In 2013, she completed the Intensive Sports Nutrition Course with the Sports Dietitians of Australia and Dietitians of Canada.
Jackie has spent the last 18 years providing evidence based, practical solutions on general wellness, weight management, eating disorders, disease prevention and optimal performance. She currently runs a successful private practice at Concussion North Sports Medicine Clinic in Barrie, working with recreation to national level athletes offering sport specific solutions to maximize athletic performance. Individuals and teams benefit from her sound nutrition advice and innovative ideas to reach their health and performance goals. Hockey, basketball, football, wakeboarding, swimming, running, taekwondo, track and field, cross-fit and skiing are some of the many athletes and teams that Jackie has been involved with.
With 3 children of her own Jackie is extremely passionate about adolescent and teen nutrition within her community, often presenting for sports teams and clubs. Her hope is that these athletes will begin to understand the importance of establishing a healthy nutrition foundation for their sport alongside the power of food and activity for lifeline health.
Martine Parent – M.Ed., MA, CCC, CSPA
As a Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) and a member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA), Martine has a consulting philosophy focused on the person and on the whole human experience. Her interest is based on mental, emotional and physical well-being through life in general as well as diverse sport experiences.
Passionate about mental health in general, her approach is a short-term/solution focus using emotional resilience, CBT, mindfulness, mental skills, performance enhancement, stress/anxiety management, recovery and injury rehabilitation, emotional management, and positive personal development.
Her mission is to improve athletic performance and quality of life by bringing the individuals or teams to discover what is best within themselves for their sport or life, unlocking their full potential. She holds both a Master of Arts in Counselling (individual counselling) and a Master of Arts in Human Kinetics in Intervention and Consultation (sport psychology), as well as a Bachelor in Psychology.
As a bilingual Certified Canadian Counsellor and a Mental Performance Consultant, she has worked with a wide variety of athletes of various disciplines, ages and levels of competition (university, Olympic, provincial, Canada games, para-Olympic, pro athletes). She also delivers workshops on the topics of sport psychology.
Heidi Boilard – M.Sc., RD, ISAK 1
Heidi is a bilingual Registered Dietitian and an accredited anthropometrist. Holding a Bachelor of Arts with Major in Psychology, an Honours Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences, and a Master of Science Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa, her academic background in sports and nutrition has shaped her practice to be evidence-based. With her experience as a personal trainer and a provincial level figure skater, Heidi understands the importance of adopting a non-dieting, sustainable and food first approach when nourishing the body to achieve peak performance results.
In the past few years, Heidi has facilitated multiple sports nutrition workshops dedicated to a wide spectrum of sporting activities. Her practice focuses on sports nutrition as she provides nutrition counselling to competitive and recreational athletes. She also specializes in eating disorders and helps individuals improving their relationship with food at IMAVI, a Gatineau-based eating disorder clinic.
Heidi has been teaching at the college level for more than 5 years now. She started her journey as an educator at La Cité collégiale and is currently teaching 2 nutrition courses within the Fitness and Health Promotion Program at Algonquin College. In July 2017, Heidi joined the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences at Health Canada where she is involved with implementing the renewed Healthy Eating Strategy and with the planning of stakeholder engagement.
Kathryn McGill
Kathryn McGill is a sport psychology consultant and mental training coach. This follows a ten year career as a rower competing internationally, including several years on the national team. Academic training includes an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario where her thesis explored the use of imagery by athletes, a B.P.E. from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Ed. from the University of Toronto. She has a wide variety of teaching and coaching experiences from junior and high school teams, to university and club teams. She has been a member of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and taught Sport Psychology for a term at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kathryn currently consults with teams and athletes from the recreational to international level. Kathryn returned to rowing in 2012, taking up sculling for the first time. She continues to compete and win internationally as a masters athlete. She is married with two grown children and has semi-retired to Gravenhurst, Ontario.
Stuart Wilson – M.Sc., CSCS
Stuart is currently a PhD student in Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Dr. Brad Young, studying the development of talent and expertise in athletes. He holds an MSc. in Kinesiology from York University (supervisor: Dr. Joe Baker) and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Stuart has worked as a strength & conditioning coach in a variety of settings, including national teams such as Hockey Canada's National Women's programs and CanoeKayak Canada, varsity teams as a part of the strength & conditioning staffs at McMaster and York Universities, privately at PEAKS Training & Therapy, and in a club setting with the Rideau Canoe Club. Stuart has also lectured on topics such as strength & conditioning and motor control & learning at York University and as part of the Canadian Sport Institute's Advanced Coaching Diploma. Stuart is very excited to help coaches find better answers to their questions as part of the Experts Express program.
Peter Papadogiannis – PhD
As a consultant, lecturer, and former university hockey goalie, Peter Papadogiannis, Ph.D. has been involved in a variety of athletic, organizational, and academic settings. As a Mental Performance Consultant, Peter has developed various systems and strategies aimed at improving athletic performance. Currently, Peter is a Mental Performance service provider for The Sports Clinic, Athletes Care, and Toronto SEMI. Here, he consults with both able-bodied and athletes with a disability who compete at the national, international, intercollegiate, and professional levels.
Dr. Papadogiannis is also an adjunct faculty member of psychology at York University, the University of Guelph-Humber, and Sheridan College. He teaches a number of psychology courses including Sport & Exercise Psychology, Group Dynamics, and Test & Measurement. His general research area pertains to group dynamics in sport (athlete leadership and team cohesion), as well as mental skills training technology and its impact on cognition.
Dr. Papadogiannis is also the co-founder of HeadSet Sports. HeadSet is the first online mental training tool that provides a customized mental plan for enhancing an athlete's level of mental skill and ability as they strive to improve their performance. Headset tracks athlete progress and uses artificial intelligence to adjust each program based on the athlete's activity and mental state.
Ed McNeely – M.Sc., CSCS
Ed received his Masters degree in Exercise physiology from the University of Ottawa in 1994 and has been involved in the strength and conditioning industry for 30 years. Ed has been a consultant to 21 Canadian National and professional sports teams, including 39 Olympic and Paralympic medalists. He is currently the Strength & Conditioning Lead at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario. Ed is the author of five books, Power Plyometrics, The Resistance Band Workout Book, One Hundred Strength Exercises, Training for Rowing, and Skillful Rowing and has contributed to several others. He has published over 100 articles on training and athlete conditioning covering topics such as strength training, plyometrics, making weight, assessing fitness, speed and power development, planning and periodization, and aerobic fitness. He is a frequent resource for other writers, acting as an expert for articles in Muscle & Fitness, Outside Magazine, the Georgia Tech Sports Medicine Newsletter, the Rowing News, the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen and the Discovery Channel. Ed has an extensive background in performance and occupational research having been involved in studies that analyzed the physical demands of and developed fitness test protocols and standards for emergency medical technicians, prison guards, police officers, park wardens, firefighters, and military personnel, and has helped several high-profile companies develop fitness screening programs for their emergency response teams.
Ed is currently a faculty member at the United States Sports Academy and is a frequent speaker at National and international sport and fitness conferences, having done over 100 presentations in the past 15 years at conferences such as the NSCA National Convention, the AAHPERD National Convention, the Society of Weight Training Injury Specialists Conference, ECA Sport and Fitness Conference, Coaching Association of Canada Conferences, Rowing Canada Conferences, Ontario Minor Hockey Association Clinics, Joy of Sculling Conferences, and Olympic Solidarity Conferences.
Kim Dawson – PhD, MS
Kim is a professor of sport/exercise psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON, Canada. Her extensive education and research in psychomotor behaviour and exercise science gives her a deep understanding of the issues that affect performance. Working with elite athletes, Olympians, coaches, and professional sport organizations for over 15 years, Kim developed the principles of Mind2Achieve to support people in their quest for personal success.
Dr. Wade Wilson – Ph.D.
Dr. Austin "Wade" Wilson is a Mental Performance Consultant and Lecturer in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo.
Wade became a member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association in 2008 and has since been providing athletes and coaches with the mental skills and techniques to take their performance to the next level and maintain success.
Wade strives to empower athletes and coaches to develop the connection between mind and body and to inspire confidence and motivation for athletes to reach their optimal performance and goals. Wade currently works with a variety of U-Sports varsity athletes, high-performance elite youth and amateur athletes, professional athletes, and coaches, in individual and team settings. Wade is the founder of Wilson & Associates Mental Performance Consulting and has provided field supervision for people interested in becoming recognized mental training consultants through the Canadian Sport Psychology Association.
Wade received a Ph.D. in Recreation and Leisure Studies in 2015 from the University of Waterloo, completed a Master's degree in Human Kinetics with a focus in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Windsor in 2007, and earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Psychology from Laurentian University in 2005. Wade is also a trained child and youth worker, earning an Advanced Diploma from Loyalist College in 2009, and will complete his Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at the end of 2019.
Wade has experience and has participated competitively in sports ranging from wrestling and rugby to figure skating and ballroom/Latin dance. Wade's main sport of interest was ice hockey, where he played at the Junior C, Junior A and varsity levels as a goaltender. He currently teaches courses focusing on the sociology of sport; sociology of physical activity; sociology of health, activity, and well-being; sport psychology and applied sport psychology. In his spare time, Wade likes to go for walks with his rescue greyhound, Willa.
Dr. Lorena Ruci – Ph.D., RP, CCC
Dr. Lorena Ruci is a psychotherapist at the Sport Medicine Clinic at Carleton University. She has a Ph.D. in psychology from Carleton University and a Master of Arts degree in counselling psychology from the University of Ottawa. In my clinic practice, I specialize in concussion management, sport psychology, anxiety, and depression management.
My research interests span the cross disciplinary areas of self-regulation, motivation and mental health, particularly in competitive sports. For the past three years, I have coordinated and facilitated concussion support groups at Carleton University. I am a proponent of the researcher-practitioner model and I am dedicated to reducing mental health stigma and developing research-based interventions designed to improve people's lives.
In my spare time, I train for half marathons, participate in charity volleyball tournaments with my team of 10 years, and continue to perfect my homemade yogurt skills.


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Drawing Kurosaki Ichigo In Photoshop - By Mello
A submission made to Oman3D Tutorial Competition 2005
This tutorial will teach you how to draw the anime character Kurosaki Ichigo from the popular anime "Bleach". The only program used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop 7, it is possible to use any other version of Adobe Photoshop to follow this tutorial or any other similar image editing program that has similar features. You are required to have basic knowledge on how to draw simple shapes and use the basic tools in Photoshop.
This tutorial will be divided into two parts; Part I will teach you how to draw the eyes and the face, while Part II will teach you how to draw the hair and then colour the drawing.
Preliminary Points:
You will be required to know these techniques before starting with this tutorials:
Colouring using the Polygonal Marquee Tool: We will do all the colouring in this tutorial using the Polygonal Marquee Tool which could be found in the toolbar along with the other selection tools.
This tool could be easily used to created selected areas in whatever shape you wish to create it. Once you have created a selected area, you can fill this area with a colour by going through Edit > Fill or by alternatively pressing Ctrl+F5. That should make the Fill window pop up, select "Color" to use one for your contents.
Upon pressing "OK" in the previous window you shall have your area filled with the colour that you have chosen.
Connecting Layers: Connecting two different layers gives you the ability to control both layers as if they were one. Before you connect two layers, you must access the Layers panel. In this panel, you must first select the first layer that you want to use, and then press the empty square next to the eye icon on the SECOND and a chain icon () should appear to show that these two layers are connected.
Merging Layers: At times you might be required to merge two or more layers into a single one. To merge two layers together you must connect them first and then press Ctrl+E to merge them together.
Part I - Drawing the eyes and face
Step 1: Draw an eye similar to the image below. Use the circle tool (Elliptical Marquee Tool) to select a circle area and then fill it with colour to draw round shapes in the image. Use the "Polygon Lasso Tool" to draw the upper outline of the eye. Make sure that you make the line as thick as seen in the image below.
Step 2: We will first draw the lower outline of the eye. Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool - the same tool you used to draw the upper outline of the eye. Notice how the outline is thicker at the lower corner and at the centre and gets extremely sharper as it reaches the right end of it. Once done, colour your iris of the eye in gray.
We will also add a shadow to the eye, draw first a bent shape similar to the one you see below in a new layer, blur this shape using the Gaussian Blur Filter (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) and use a radius of 1.5. This should look similar to the one that I have created. Now just put it behind our main drawing.
Step 3: We'll now draw the eyebrow. Once again, use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to draw the bent shape shown below. Select the shape using the Magic Wand Tool. While the object (He said layer, is it layer or Object?) go to "Select > Modify > Contract... > 1" (What is this?!) You should get a result similar to the one you see in the final image of step 3. We will finally also add some features to the face, using the Polygonal Lasso Tool draw a shape similar to the one you see below. You will have to blur it using a 1.5 radius of a Gaussian Blur.
Bent Shape
Small Feature
Step 3 Result
Step 4: The nose - draw a little thin and long nose using the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Make sure to put a gap or a very thin line between the start of the nose (top) and the middle of the nose. Forget about the shade for now and add 2 dots at the end of the nose as shown in the image below. It is now time to add the shadow, use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to draw a shadow at the inner lower part of the nose, make sure the colour is lighter than what has been used for the outlines, you will have to blur your shape using the Gaussian Blur filter, I used a radius of 1.5.
Step 5: We'll start off by drawing the second eye. Repeat the same process you have used to draw the first eye, just make it a little bit smaller. Start by drawing the upper part, the pupil, the lower part, and then the shade effect behind the eye. All of these steps were illustrated earlier. Once the actual eye is complete, draw the shade to the lower right side of the eye, make sure to blur it.
We'll finish this step by drawing the mouth. Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to draw a slightly bent line to make Ichigo look smiling, make sure not to make the lines too thick. Also, add a blurred shade below the mouth.
Mouth shade before applying the Gaussian Blur filter
Step 5 Result
Step 6: It is time to complete the face, create a thick outline to create the shape of the face, we are still using the Polygonal Lasso Tool. You might want to create separate lines to get the shape that I made to draw this, it is much easier to make it you break it down to four or five different segments.
Drawing the face using four separate lines
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Ch 37: Analyzing Scientific Data in Biology: Help and Review
About This Chapter
Who's it for?
Anyone who needs help learning or mastering high school biology material will benefit from taking this course. There is no faster or easier way to learn biology. Among those who would benefit are:
- Students who have fallen behind in understanding visual representations of scientific data
- Students who struggle with learning disabilities or learning differences, including autism and ADHD
- Students who prefer multiple ways of learning science (visual or auditory)
- Students who have missed class time and need to catch up
- Students who need an efficient way to learn about analyzing scientific data
- Students who struggle to understand their teachers
- Students who attend schools without extra science learning resources
How it works:
- Find videos in our course that cover what you need to learn or review.
- Press play and watch the video lesson.
- Refer to the video transcripts to reinforce your learning.
- Test your understanding of each lesson with short quizzes.
- Verify you're ready by completing the scientific data chapter exam.
Why it works:
- Study Efficiently: Skip what you know, review what you don't.
- Retain What You Learn: Engaging animations and real-life examples make topics easy to grasp.
- Be Ready on Test Day: Use the scientific data chapter exam to be prepared.
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Students will review:
This chapter helps students review the concepts in a scientific data unit of a standard high school biology course. Topics covered include:
- Scientific charts
- Graphs of scientific data
- Scientific tables
- Scientific experiment design
1. Interpreting Tables of Scientific Data: Practice Problems
Complex table problems getting you down? Multi-question, situational problems don't have to be a drag on your testing performance. Learn how to apply three simple rules as we walk through two table problems together.
2. Interpreting Graphs and Charts of Scientific Data: Practice Problems
Do charts and graphs make problem-solving difficult? Complex problems with visual representations can drain your brain during a test. In this lesson, learn three simple rules for solving problems with charts and graphs. We'll try them out as we walk through two sample problems.
3. Design a Scientific Experiment: Example of Avery and Griffith's Experiments
What are the requirements of a scientific experiment? How do scientists design their investigations? In this lesson, we'll use the work of Avery and Griffith to explore the process of experimental design.
4. What is Randomized Block Design?
Have you ever heard of a randomized block design? If not, you're in the right place! This lesson will explain what a randomized block design is and when one should use it. At the end of the lesson, you can check your understanding with a short quiz.
5. Creating Data Tables in Biology: Types & Examples
This lesson will introduce you to a few basic types of data tables used in biology. It contains several examples and provides the foundational knowledge for building both simple and complex data tables.
6. Gradualism: Definition, Theory & Examples
This lesson contains an investigation into evolution via gradualism. Go over examples of the process in action, reasons for its occurrence, geologic references, key terms, and a brief quiz at the end.
7. Chemical Reaction Definition in Biology
In this lesson, we'll go over what a chemical reaction is and discuss some key examples in biology. By the time we're through, you will know why chemical reactions are important for living things.
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Other Chapters
Other chapters within the High School Biology: Help and Review course
- Core Science Concepts: Help and Review
- Basic Science Lab Skills: Help and Review
- Basics of Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry Review for High School Biology: Help and Review
- Basic Organic Chemistry: Help and Review
- How Enzymes Work: Help and Review
- Essentials of Cell Biology: Help and Review
- Requirements of Biological Systems: Help and Review
- Cell Communication: Help and Review
- Cell Metabolism: Help and Review
- Cell Division in Biology: Help and Review
- Nucleic Acids - DNA and RNA - in Biology: Help and Review
- The Steps of DNA Replication: Help and Review
- Transcription and Translation of Nucleic Acids: Help and Review
- Genetics and Heredity in Biology: Help and Review
- Genetic Mutations in Biology: Help and Review
- DNA Technology and Genomics: Help and Review
- Bacterial Biology Essentials: Help and Review
- Viruses in Biology: Help and Review
- The Origin of the Universe and Life on Earth: Help and Review
- Geologic Time, Dating & Fossils: Help and Review
- Evolution Basics: Help and Review
- The Evolution & Classification of Organisms: Help and Review
- Basics of Plant Biology: Help and Review
- Plant Reproduction & Growth Cycles: Help and Review
- Introduction to Fungi: Help and Review
- Introduction to Invertebrates: Help and Review
- Introduction to Vertebrates: Help and Review
- Circulatory System & Other Systems: Help & Review
- The Nervous, Immune, and Endocrine Systems: Help and Review
- Animal Reproduction & Embryonic Development: Help and Review
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There is NO dumping of garbage of any kind at the Town of Sainte-Anne Landfill. Anyone caught dumping illegally may be fined. If you have any questions concerning the town's garbage policy, please contact John Desrochers, Operations Manager for the Town of Sainte. Anne, at 204 422-5293 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: Share: Comments Print March 9, 2013 at 7:00 AM USPS's Saturday delivery cuts Posted by Letters Coordinator Postal service is responding to digital age reasonably Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers and American Postal Workers Union protest cutting Saturday mail delivery February 18, 2013 in Chicago, Ill. The United States Postal Service has announced that they plan to end Saturday mail delivery on August 5th. (JOHN GRESS/GETTY IMAGES) The recent letter to the editor, "U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday delivery," [Northwest Voices, Feb. 27] provides information that needs clarification. Individuals who receive their mail at a post office box will continue to receive all of their mail Monday through Saturday. Post offices that currently are open on Saturday will continue to be open. The U.S. Postal Service is not closing post offices. We are reducing the hours of retail operation at about 13,100 post offices around the country. We appreciate the writer's thoughtful suggestions and point to our successes along those very same lines. Due to the digital revolution, Americans mailing habits have changed. Today, four out of 10 postage stamps will be sold at drugstores and grocery stores, such as Fred Meyer and QFC in the Seattle area, to help meet the demands of today's busy consumer. People do have a say in what the U.S. Postal Service decides. They have said so already with their changing use of the mailbox in the digital age. Our stewardship of the Postal Service requires us to deliver a reasonable, responsible action plan to meet that use. –Yul Melonson, Seattle district manager, United States Postal Service Comments | More in Economy | Topics: U.S. Postal Service


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This little gal is about to have a birthday soon and turn eight years old! She'll be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I'm looking forward to having her in my Achievement Day class because she's a cutie with a fun little attitude.
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August 21, 2015
Tyler + Danielle
August 10, 2015
These two were hands-down the cutest to photograph. And her smile--isn't it big and beautiful? After just a few minutes, these lovebirds were warmed up and performing for the camera like a couple of pros. I can't wait to photograph their wedding in less than a month!
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I first got to know the American photojournalist Glenna Gordon's work through a fresh and original series she did on Nigerian weddings. In her photographs, she captured the joy, intensity, and desperation of those events better than I had seen it done before. This year, Gordon has had a number of high-profile assignments, in which she has taken an unusually lyrical approach to photographing some of the biggest stories in the news: the kidnapping of more than two hundred and fifty schoolgirls in Nigeria, ISIS's brutal execution of Western hostages, and the spread of Ebola. In particular, she has been photographing objects—school uniforms, or a pair of medical gloves—and somehow getting them to express their latent energies and their uncanny ability to divulge more than one would expect. I reached her in Abuja by e-mail to talk about these recent projects.
TEJU COLE: Let's begin with geography. I've followed your work with interest, but sometimes, because of the nature of the material you're working with, it's not easy to tell where the photos were made.
GLENNA GORDON: I mainly travel in West Africa, though this summer, for the hostage work, I went to Europe, which was a first for an assignment for me. In the past twelve months, I've been to Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Chad, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal. Some places I've been many times. I've probably been in and out of Ghana a half dozen or more times; it's sort of a regional hub or base for me, though I don't have my own place there.
In terms of where pictures are made, in some ways I like that you can't always tell. I want my images to be really specific, but to me narrative trumps geography.
COLE: You've seen a lot of West Africa. I think you've been going there for about five years now. Why West Africa? Right at this moment, it makes sense; but you committed to the region well before the crisis in Mali, before Boko Haram got on international headlines, and well before the current Ebola outbreak. What drew you there?
GORDON: I first went to Liberia in 2009. I'd already been in East Africa, working in Uganda and around there, but in a smaller way, and more as a writer. When I first got to Liberia, I didn't like it. It felt abrasive. Then, eventually, something changed, and I gave up holding onto the way I thought things were supposed to be. I guess that's a big part of the appeal to me: the letting go of my idea of how things are supposed to be.
About six months into my time in Liberia, I returned to Uganda for a gig, and was so happy to be back. It was cheap, the weather was nice, the food was good, getting around was easy. But, after a few days, I felt kind of bored. It felt like everyone was just too polite. That was when I was finally O.K. with Liberia.
COLE: Well, West Africans are definitely not too polite, and I daresay Nigerians are the least polite of all.
GORDON: They are most definitely not polite!
COLE: For me, that's part of what's wonderful about the region. Those abrasive and confrontational energies are what gave the world Fela, and Nollywood, and the huge contemporary music scene.
I'm curious about how photography became a serious calling for you. Was there anyone whose work you saw who made you say, That's what I want to do?
GORDON: I really never planned to be a photographer, and I never really planned to work in Africa. In college, I thought I wanted to get a Ph.D. in art history. I liked books with pictures in them. I always took pictures, but not seriously: I spent a lot of hours printing pictures of San Francisco, pictures of leaves, pictures of my friends. I used a darkroom in the architecture building at U.C. Berkeley. I eventually gave up on the idea of the Ph.D., went to journalism school, and, while I was there, took the few photo classes that were offered.
Then I went to Africa. The first trip was to visit my brother, who was working in Rwanda. I moved to Uganda for what I thought would be six months. I wrote and took pictures, but my pictures were almost always better than my writing. In 2009, I made the decision to focus more on photography, because there are only so many hours in a day.
That was also the first year I was in Liberia. Just a few weeks in, I met Tim Hetherington. He had just finished his brilliant book "Long Story Bit by Bit," which shows his work from the Liberian civil war. He was patient and kind and encouraging. I was fascinated with his book. I'd never seen pictures like these before anywhere. They felt epic and heavy. There was one of the pictures, a photograph of an orange, that seemed to tell the whole story of the war.
COLE: Hetherington really was a remarkable journalist. I had just watched "Restrepo," his documentary about Afghanistan, and was utterly awed by it. Then the sad news came in of his death in Libya. I can imagine how an encounter with someone like him, with that kind of personal courage and ethical commitment, would really transform your sense of photography.
I feel you are doing some remarkable work yourself right now. An image of yours for Rukmini Callimachi's extraordinary piece on ISIS hostages showed a "chess set," improvised from pieces of paper. It was a wonderful picture, because it not only told a strong story but because it also made me realize that you were doing something no one else in photojournalism is doing in quite the same way: you had found a way to photograph the unphotographable. How does one take a photo of an abduction? How does one portray captivity? The work you've been doing with objects has been an intriguing answer to these questions. It goes beyond whatever the clichés of war photography are.
But let's loop back to some work you did earlier in this mode. How did you come to make photos of the objects left behind by the Nigerian girls abducted from Chibok?
GORDON: For the Chibok girls, I knew I wanted to do something that would visually represent their absence. I really didn't want to photograph the rallies and protests; those images would be more about the protesters than the girls. I realized I could photograph the girls by photographing some of their belongings. The idea was simple, but the execution was not. Getting items from the remote town of Chibok to a photo studio in the capital of Abuja was like moving a mountain.
At first, I was afraid the parents would think I was trying to do some kind of juju with their girls' things. There's a combination of suspicion and superstition in this part of the world that I thought I would be up against. In the end, this wasn't an issue in terms of getting the things, but it was an issue once I had the things in my possession. When I was in the photo studio and moving the dresses around to photograph them, I felt like I was moving ghosts. I realized these objects had immense power. Each item had the distinct smell of the owner, faintly or strongly but recognizably. And the notebooks felt so deeply personal, with their doodles and school lessons and letters to relatives.
I was surprised by how many people told me that my photos helped them see the girls for the very first time, which speaks to the power of objects to tell these stories.
COLE: That was certainly the effect for me when I saw the series in the New York Times. What about the objects Westerners had with them during their captivity by ISIS? How did that project come about?
GORDON: It was a bit of a leap from Chibok to the Al Qaeda and ISIS captivity work. Rukmini Callimachi, the New York Times reporter I worked with, is an old friend. She'd been working on this piece about kidnapping for ages, and I bugged her to let me read a draft, just because I was curious and I often work in kidnapping zones. She obliged, and when I read it I immediately had the idea. I pitched it to the Times, and was sure they'd reject it, or hire six photographers in six countries to do it. No one was more surprised than me when I hopped a red eye to Berlin to work on this project.
I didn't know exactly what each hostage would have. I was surprised to find out just how many objects people kept. But it makes sense: these things become a part of them, especially in the stripped-down environments of captivity.
COLE: Yes. And, afterward, it's hard to let the objects go. They've become part of life, and part of the story. Such things have always been there, but most photographers take photos of protests or battle scenes or portraits when possible. Given these other, more dynamic options, how did you end up on this singular track as a photographer of objects?
GORDON: I've always been interested in narrative, and in the metaphorical power of images. But I've struggled with it, too. If you get up in the morning and plan to make a portrait, the path is clear; but if you get up in the morning and you want to make an image with metaphorical weight, the path isn't so clear.
COLE: You use black backgrounds for most of these images. Why?
GORDON: These images aren't about context; they're about the objects. I wanted them to appear a bit ghostly, as if appearing from nowhere and floating in space. The black background makes the images placeless—I can't go to the cell in Raqqa where the hostages were held, nor can I photograph girls who are missing, and so it stands in for my limitations as a photographer.
COLE: Did you have a sort of philosophical thought that these apparently unspectacular objects could help tell some of the most painful stories of our time?
GORDON: The simple answer is that I didn't think I was doing that. It was sort of a one-foot-in-front-of-another approach. I had an idea, and I wanted to explore it as much as I could. Suddenly, I knew what I needed to do, and fortunately I had the license to do it.
COLE: Perhaps more than anyone else I know, you've been involved in several of the most distressing stories of what has proved to be a very distressing year. Within a few months, you've gone from Boko Haram to ISIS to Ebola: How do you stay sane? Looking at some of the worst things humans can suffer, thinking about unphotographable things, how do you avoid sinking into despair?
GORDON: I don't always stay sane. This has been a very dark year, and I've gone to some very dark places working on these stories. The worst moment was when I got back from Europe after doing the hostage work. My thoughts became very cyclical and ruminative: I couldn't stop thinking about torture, captivity and kidnapping, and the trauma that everyone I met had endured. This also led to thinking about every dumb choice I've made and every unnecessary risk I've taken. I've been incredibly, remarkably lucky in my work that—knock on wood—nothing truly terrible has happened to me, despite going to dangerous places. My luck felt undeserved, and I realized how much of this is just chance.
There was also a significant amount of time where I knew about the cell in Raqqa where all these people were being held and most of the world had no idea. Once the stories started trickling out, the weight of that knowledge felt shared in a way that provided a strange sense of relief.
Working on the Chibok girls' story also took a huge toll. There were a couple of the girls' uniforms that I carried in my suitcase along with my clothes for nearly two weeks, because of the logistics of returning them to their owners, and I really felt like I was carrying around corpses. At a hotel in Abuja, they wanted me to switch rooms, but I was so tired and worn out that I just started losing it. The manager of the hotel tried to kindly offer to move my things for me, and I was just like, "Don't touch my stuff!" I had terrible nightmares during this time. The thing about ghosts is that believing in them makes them real. It wasn't until I finally managed to give the last items back that I had my first good night of sleep.
And then Ebola. That was also just devastating. In many ways, I think I failed as a photographer covering this story. I am happy with some of the images I made, but for the most part I didn't nail it the way some of my colleagues did. There were several moments where I chose not to take pictures, moments when I chose to stand back and witness rather than to photograph grief; or when I chose to help a sick friend rather than continue with my own work; or to take fewer risks rather than push forward for more gruesome and difficult pictures. Photographically, these were the wrong choices. But, as a person, I'm glad for the choices I made.
COLE: I'm glad, too. We have your pictures, which honor the things you witnessed. What are your next projects?
GORDON: I'd like to continue the hostage still-life work. I'm applying for funding to do this. It's hard to do, but it also feels important, and that makes it worthwhile. But, other than that, I hope to have a lighter year next year, maybe work in other regions and spend a bit more time in America. I'll still be back in Nigeria for elections next year, and, other than that, we'll see.


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The electronic cigarette market is on the course of gradual advancement despite the lack of uniformity regarding its regulations in the global market. The electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, is a battery-operated device used to emulate the overall conventional experience of smoking, by emitting variable doses of nicotine and non-nicotine solutions that are inhaled instead of burning tobacco.
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However, many are asserting that the e-cigarette is a latest form of technology which is structurally different from that of a traditional cigarette, and hence, the industry should not be coerced into abiding the existing tobacco laws or paying tobacco taxes. The e-cigarette is currently taxed at the normal sales tax rate, wherein a pack will be tax levied at $0.40.
On one hand, the tobacco companies are making solid efforts into securing their position in the market by introducing new brands; the pharmaceutical industries seem to be opposing the growing propensity of e-cigarettes in the upcoming market. As per the market analysis done by BIS Research on the global e-cigarette industry, "The demand for e-cigarettes escalated since 2012 and is anticipated to grow over $50 billion by 2025 at an estimated CAGR of 22.36% from 2015 to 2025."
Analysts at BIS Research believe that the market will witness a staggering growth until 2017, by when it is believed that most of the regulatory and policy agenda will shape up into a more established framework of action. With these policies being finally built up in innumerable countries from its nascency, the onset of the coming years is expected to showcase a more stable and concrete picture of the e-cigarette industry in the international market.