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The Best Words to Use in Your Cover Letter & Resume
When you create a resume and cover letter, specific word choices help your resume stand out from the competition. Tailoring your content to fit the job description and including key words reflects your ability to identify job demands associated with the position. Some employers use scanning programs to locate the best resumes and reject those that don't meet minimal standards. Effective wording helps ensure your resume doesn't get rejected or sent to the bottom of the pile.
Action Verbs
When you write a resume and cover letter, action verbs show a hiring manager that you're proactive and assertive when it comes to job responsibilities. According to Boston College Career Center, action verbs such as coordinated, developed, supervised, drafted, formulated, approved, organized, and implemented give your resume power and direction. Without effective action verbs, your resume sounds weak, passive and lethargic. You want your words to jump off the page, encouraging a hiring manager to contact you for an interview.
Keywords are words that are relevant to a specific job title and related job responsibilities. Most keywords are used in the initial job description, so repeating and prioritizing those words in your resume and cover letter increases your chances of getting a favorable review. In large corporations and high-profile organizations, human resources departments often use high-tech, keyword-search software programs to scan electronic resume submissions for specific skill sets. According to the Career Center at Florida State University (FSU), without incorporating job-relevant keywords into your resume and cover letter, your documents might get rejected as insufficient, unskilled or unqualified submissions.
Specific Skills
Choose words that link your specific skill sets to the job description. The FSU Career Center recommends describing skill sets using action verbs and specific job-relevant nouns rather than vague clauses. For example, "trained new employees" is a better way to say "responsible for training," and "created financial reports" is more descriptive than "responsible for reporting." Be sure to list any skills you have that are detailed in the job description. If the job description says "responsible for scheduling work shifts and performing administrative duties," you might write, "scheduled multiple work shifts, created productivity reports, and communicated with clients and staff on a daily basis."
Recognizable Words
When in doubt, opt for recognizable words over obscure words or advanced vocabulary terms. Unless the position is highly technical or highly specialized, avoid terminology that might not be familiar to the average person -- or average computer program. Once again, computerized scanning programs could be problematic. They might not recognize unusual words, words in a foreign (non-English) language, or words that aren't found in most dictionaries or thesauruses. If a simple word is available and doesn't sound juvenile or uneducated in the context of the sentence, choose it over an obscure one.
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SEATTLE, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Valentine's Day is a time for romance, but it is also when U.S. married couples seek divorce lawyers and information on calling it quits, a legal Web site says.
Avvo.com, which offers free ratings and profiles for the vast majority of licensed U.S. lawyers, says the number of Americans seeking divorce lawyers and divorce-related information skyrockets around Valentine's Day.
"Over the past two years we've seen an average increase of 40 percent in the number of requests for divorce lawyers around Valentine's Day, compared to the previous six months," Mark Britton, founder and chief executive officer of Avvo.com, says in a statement.
In addition, the number of questions concerning divorce soared 36 percent during this same time, Britton says.
"We see a definite spike in divorce cases around Valentine's Day," Cary Cheifetz a New Jersey divorce attorney says.
"I see it as a combination of cabin fever, people waiting until after the holidays and people waiting until they know what their spouse's bonus and income situation will be in the New Year."

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February 9th, 2017
A new Walking Dead game mat from Deep Cut Studio has been released!
Walking Dead miniature game just got better with the fresh release of a new game mat for it. It is 360 degree compatible with the setting – the scale, the mood, the usability.
With just a few slices of the hobby knife you can turn this mat into 6 independent 2×2 size mats. Further on, each can be used together to create various 2×4 size boards for larger games. Sounds great?


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A Scrumptious 5-Layer Queso Dip...with creamy white or yellow queso as the base and a pile of delicious toppings! Here in San Antonio, it's often said that you judge and choose a local TexMex joint or taqueria by their salsa. Well....... I say you need to judge it by their salsa AND their queso dip. Because queso is life. (Seriously, I grew up dipping rolled … [Read more...]
Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas
So delicious...and fool-proof cooking them in the oven on a sheet pan! Enjoy! Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas 1 lb. peeled, deveined shrimp2 small white onions1 green bell pepper1 red bell pepper2 limes1 Tbsp ground cumin1 tsp garlic powderSalt and pepperGarnish: sour cream and guacamoleSide: flour tortillasSide: refried beans Preheat the oven to 400 F.Seed … [Read more...]
Chicken Pad Thai
TBH - I wasn't sure about this one...specifically, the boys liking this one. They tend to enjoy curries and other "exotic" flavors, so it wasn't the flavors and taste that had me. It was the rice noodles. I wasn't sure how the rice noodles are going to go over. I kept telling myself...they're pretty close to spaghetti, so...should be fine. But, what if... What if … [Read more...]
Cheesy Sausage Tortellini Skillet
Is it inappropriate to just start eating right out of the skillet? Please tell me no. Because I might have done this... I was prepping this amazing tortellini meal and realized I'd forgotten to start the broccoli. This is a skillet dinner and is super quick to prepare, and in my haste and getting it going, it dawned on my that the broccoli wasn't cooking yet. So I … [Read more...]
Garlic & Herb Cod
This is a lovely (and simple) garlic and herb butter that's coated right onto the fish fillet! You could use this same butter sauce for any type of non-breaded fish fillet and it would be lovely - salmon, tilapia, mahi mahi, or whatever your fave is! We are particularly fond of salmon and cod at my house - because they are the most affordable options, as they are easy to … [Read more...]
Pico Guacamole
I think I can say with 99% confidence that I have some kind of avocado every day. Sometimes it's on a salad, sometimes I just add some lemon juice and scoop it right out of the skin, and sometimes I inhale an entire bowl of guacamole! (For real.) I don't know what it is about avocados, but we get along really well! ;) Recently, I made up a simple homemade guacamole … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu
Holy-delicious. This Instant Pot Chicken Cordon Bleu is fabulous! At least compared to the frozen chicken cordon bleu's that my mom used to heat up for our dinners when we were kids. LOL I loved how the breading turned out just soft enough, but crispy enough. And of course, if you wanted to crisp it up even more, you could run it under a hi or lo broil for just a minute … [Read more...]
Coconut Lime Chicken Skillet
This chicken was GONE. It flew right out of the skillet, right onto our dinner plates and right into all the bellies! I actually made a double portion of what's below because I knew my boys would love this - because they love curries, and this is basically a tamed down curry with focus on the lime and the coconut, and less on the kick and spice that comes from curry … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo
If you've ever wondered how you transform a pasta skillet meal into an Instant Pot skillet meal, this is how. Read the directions closely...especially the part about how much liquid is needed! ENJOY! Instant Pot Chicken & Sausage Alfredo 2 large boneless chicken breasts2 links smoked pre-cooked sausage1 Tbsp olive oil1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning2 tsp garlic … [Read more...]
Salmon & Asparagus Foil Packs
Before you get all "but salmon isn't a $5 Dinner" on me...hear me out... This is one of our newer MyFreezEasy recipes and I wanted to share it hear because it's so simple, yet so delicious! It's an "herb compound butter" that melts all over the salmon in the foil pack and the asparagus steams inside the pack while the salmon is cooking. It's a magical foil-pack meal and I … [Read more...]


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As the much-anticipated exhibition Hope to Nope opens in London, we spoke to curators Lucienne Roberts of GraphicDesign& and the Design Museum's Margaret Cubbage about the graphic design exhibition that everyone's talking about.
The illustrations and animations of this Danish designer are entertaining and often oddly humorous glimpses into surreal worlds. We caught up with her to discuss some recent projects.
How would you describe your approach to design?
I'm a graphic designer, but I actually graduated specialising in design for film and TV. I love film and storytelling, and I use that a lot in my work. Before I start a project, I always spend some time researching and to see if there's somehow a story behind it. If not, I create one – I like to tell stories and create universes.
Are there any common threads that run through your projects?
I'm always looking for new ways to create, explore and to renew myself. I love that about my job. When I finish a project, I always get very eager to move forward. I get tired looking at my old stuff, and want to create something completely different. I don't like repeating myself. So when a new client approaches me and says: 'I like that thing that you did, do something like that' – that's kind of the worst thing you could say to me. Some designers have a very characteristic style, where you know what you are going to get. It's not really like that with me, and I guess that it sometimes can be a bit risky. But for me it's important to experiment and play. That's how I like to work and hopefully the result will speak for itself.
Tell us a little bit about your work for Brain magazine.
I was so honoured when Brain magazine asked me to design its cover. The team gave me the theme 'Happy Creation', besides that I had a completely free hand. The theme got me thinking: I've been drawing ever since I was very young, so essentially drawing was my happy creation. I started to look for my old childhood drawings, and I found a really funny piece that I did when I was about six years old. It was a comic book, held together by a clip with the magical title Amour and the Flying Ponies. The story was about a girl who lives in a cloud-house. She rides ponies and kisses boys, and nothing really happens besides that. I thought it was super-girly and cool, so it led me to the idea of recreating the piece, twenty-two years later. It ended up being a very personal project for me.
Tell us about a project you worked on recently that was pretty challenging.
Last summer the Danish TV channel TV2 hired me to be the art director on their open-air cinema event Zulu Sommerbio.
I've been going every summer since I was a teen, plus it was my first project at that scale, so I was pretty excited. It was a very fun – and at the same time challenging – project. Besides art directing, filming and editing the TV trailers and graphics, we had to find out about all the practical stuff too. I also ended up in the trailers myself, and doing the compositing – very meta.
What would you like to achieve in 2015?
Eat more ice cream and get a boyfriend. Oh, you mean like business wise? I would like to work more with people from different creative fields than me. I work a lot with musicians, and I really enjoy it. It's so inspiring. I would love to do more international work too, maybe collaboratively. I'm very interested in different cultures and would like to know what's going on in the rest of the world.


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Finally, here comes the promised update to my coffee-detox-experiment: My original challenge was to drink a maximum of one cup of brew a day. So, I started with that and failed miserably. The first two days went well, but after that I unconsciously got back to having two regularly. When I finally realised that my so-called coffee-detox wasn't even really happening, my first thought was to give it up all together – because why the heck did I even want to compromise to this challenge? Silly me. But then of course, I had made my challenge official and promised you an update – so, you guys made me stick to it and give it another shot (what irony). This time I decided to choose a more drastic approach – also to make sure I would notice any differences if there were any – no coffee at all. Quitting cold turkey. Here is what happened:
The first few days were crazy. Believe me, I did not expect it to be that hard. I was craving coffee constantly – and felt like a complete addict (which I obviously was). I had some very serious coffee issues, even though I wasn't by far the heaviest coffee consumer I knew. But I even caught myself making up excuses in my head in order to go and grab a cup of coffee somewhere (and how it was okay because [fill blank]). I mean, what?! But I didn't give in and I didn't let myself convince me to give up. But that was harder than you might think – discipline guys!
Eventually (thankfully), things got easier and after about 3-4 days my mind calmed down a little. And then, all of a sudden, I had no cravings for coffee anymore at all. It was just gone. I didn't even feel attracted to coffee anymore. It was more in a habitual context that I would consider having one – for example when going out with friends in the afternoon or while studying. But knowing my alternatives, it was easy to tweak the habit. Furthermore, I felt fresh and balanced during the day – even in the mornings – and not exhausted or tired at all. This is surely also thanks to catching enough Zzzs, but I felt like getting rid of the caffeine dependency came a long way too. It also made me drink more water, which is another good thing (always, even though I already drank enough before).
Now, I'm sitting in a cosy little coffee shop, having some precious me-time and I'm enjoying a super-delicious cup of coffee – pitch-black of course. And yes, today I broke with the challenge. But that's okay. My take-home message from the whole experiment? I'll have a cup of black deliciousness every now and then – which will probably make me cherish those moments and that very cup even more. But for the rest of the time I'll stick to the no-coffee approach. It'll do a favour to my body and my wallet. Win-Win!
Have you ever considered being your own little guinea pig (I can only recommend it) or already done so? Let me know what you think or if you have any more questions – I'd be more than happy to answer them!


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Victories are hard to come by, especially when they are in some of the most demanding race conditions imaginable. Any 500-mile race is a challenge for the driver and team but few match the impossibly tough conditions experienced at the HDRA, Eldorado, Fireworks 500 held on Roger Norman's property outside Reno Nevada. The brand new course was created with a blade. Like a den of snakes, the blading stirred up embedded rocks making it torturous on anyone who dared to navigate it. It was narrow, had tight switchbacks and steep hills. The entire length is strewn with never-ending rocks and if you go off-course, the rocks get even larger.
A punishing race like this does not favor a relatively new team competing at the top levels of off-road, Trophy Truck and Class One. The Lone Star Racing team from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada showed their tenacity with a victory in the unlimited truck class (known as open truck in HDRA) and third overall, for James Horvath and a hard earned fifth place finish in class one for Tracy Graf. "We proved if you take care of the equipment in a long tough race like this your chances for a great finish goes way up," said James Horvath, "We tried to hold a fast, steady pace without any mistakes. Even the slightest error on this course can cost you precious time or end your day. We had to stop for tires every lap due to the incredible wear on them from the rocks. Aside from an alternator the pit crew changed on lap two and a wheel bearing that went out on the last lap, the truck ran flawless all day."
For the fans on the ridge-top spectator area, the Lone Star Racing #50 Trophy Truck was a common sight as it clicked off the laps to the finish.
For Tracy Graf in the Class One it was a long hard struggle. "We had an issue with the power steering belt," said Tracy Graf, "The belts were slipping off the pulleys. We started 13th off the line and passed four cars by mile 18 when the first belt came off. It was frustrating to overtake and pass cars on such a tight course and then have to stop for a belt. We lost track of how many cars we passed. We had a couple of flats due to the rocks but most of our time lost was due to the six belts we had to change. We knew we had to be patient and stay in control. It was a long day for us but it feels great to finish such a challenging race."
This Lone Star Racing team has come a long way in a short time. For James to win on a course as challenging as this shows that he has what it takes to compete against the very best. He is making plans to go all out in 2013 with a new Racer, Trophy Truck that is currently under construction. Tracy has shown he can overcome whatever challenge comes his way. They might be new to desert racing but they have quickly established themselves as serious contenders. Look for them to be running out front whenever they show up to race.
Photography By Brian Binkert
Bink Designs – www.binkdesigns.com
3rd Photo By Mike Ingalsbee
Mike's Race Photo – www.mikesracephoto.com
About Bink Designs
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Last year I spent a lot of time thinking about my students, their learning and my teaching. I've taught awhile and have used a variety of techniques and strategies, some by choice and some chosen for me. Some resulted in curious, synapse firing, empowered students, and a classroom where they, and I, were eager to be. But even the good things sometimes slipped away as we as a school or a district tried new things.
I love learning new things. I've taken classes, taught classes, and have a hard time letting a good professional development opportunity slip by. After all, we can't go to everything, right? I knew I knew a good amount about how to help my students learn. I should after 39 years of teaching with some amazing teachers and leaders. While I was putting this all together last spring I attended an amazing workshop.
Although many of the ideas and principles were ones I had embraced and used, there was one that stood out. Groups worked together on one sheet of paper. Not just to write up the presentation of their solution but to explore and solve the problem together. As I listened to Yeap Ban Har discuss the students in the videos I knew I wanted to try this.
So, last spring I talked to my grade alike partner and we decided to take a new approach to our classrooms. Mid summer I wrote out my philosophy and strategy ideas. We discussed a bit and were soon planning. I knew I wanted to blog and share our journey. However, I couldn't come up with a title for the blog. And then one day it became obvious. The symbolic sheet of blank paper. Not only did it represent what we were doing in the classroom but could represent so many different things. But for now it will help tell the story of helping students think mathematically in real world context, challenging themselves and learning the beauty of math along the way.
How does that one piece of paper make a difference? That's the next blog, once I figure out if I'm doing this right.


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Alexander Wang Coco Duffle
November 09, 2010
I went to Francesca's Collections today to exchange a purse that I got last week (the Ivy League bag), which was an exhange from a purse that broke. I hated the bag I had before because it felt so cheap and the lining was thin. I was going to get this black bag that had a long chain strap, but then I found this beauty on the shelf. I picked it up and realized it was a dead on replica of the Alexander Wang Coco Duffle Bag that I could only dream of owning. It has gold studs on the bottom and even a cute little tassle. I love how it has a removable long strap, which would be great for times when I need to be hands-free at the mall. Just like my old bag, the Champs-Elysees Bag, it has houndstooth lining. This is definitely my best purchase of 2010.
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2015-16 Barclays Premier League
Full-time: Norwich City 4-2 Watford
Full-time: Sunderland 3-0 Everton
Full-time: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
- Sunderland secure top-flight football for the 10th consecutive season as goals from Patrick van Aanholt and Lamine Kone secure comfortable victory over hapless Everton at the Stadium of Light
- Norwich overturn an early deficit and end a run of four straight defeats without scoring against Watford, but the result on Wearside relegates both them and Newcastle with one match to spare
- Christian Benteke nets in injury time to cancel out Eden Hazard's sublime solo effort as Europa League finalists Liverpool claim last-gasp draw against Chelsea
That is all for this live blog, but stay tuned to IBTimes UK for more on the news that Newcastle and Norwich have been relegated from the Premier League. Goodnight.
Not much riding on that result, of course, but a late equaliser will keep Liverpool's spirits up ahead of the Europa League final next week. The Reds travel to West Brom on the final day of the Premier League season, while Chelsea host champions Leicester.
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
Liverpool claim a point in stoppage time. Substitute Ojo's cross from the left flank is not dealt with by Begovic and Benteke is on hand at the back post to head home into an empty net. Woeful goalkeeping.
Hiddink throws on Loftus-Cheek for Pedro before Allen and Kenedy are warned for an ugly tussle.
Goal: Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (Christian Benteke)
We are into the final stages at Anfield, where Chelsea still lead 1-0. Three minutes of added time signalled.
So there we have it. After spending 237 days in the bottom three and never rising higher than 17th, Sunderland have retained their place in the top-flight for a 10th consecutive season.
There will be no final day drama as fierce rivals Newcastle join last season's play-off winners Norwich back in the Championship. The Magpies have not played in the second tier since 2010, when they chalked up 102 points under Chris Hughton en route to a comfortable title triumph.
Newcastle and Norwich are both relegated to the Championship
Sunderland secure Premier League survival
Sunderland 3-0 Everton
Norwich 4-2 Watford
Mirallas finds himself clean through and tries to lift the ball over Mannone but watches it drift wide of the post. The final whistle blows. Sunderland have survived again.
Lennon beats Van Aanholt and sets up Mirallas, who steps inside Kaboul before his effort is saved by Mannone. Lukaku then lashes against the crossbar. This has not been Everton's night by any stretch of the imagination.
The five minutes of added time are almost up. Sunderland supporters are crying out for the final whistle.
Osman is presented with a free header at a corner,but cannot make the most of it and glances wide.
Watmore and Defoe lead another Sunderland attack. The latter easily drifts past a stationary Funes Mori before shooting straight at the legs of Joel. That fourth goal just won't come.
With just under 20 minutes remaining, Hiddink opts to hand a first-team debut to Abraham. The 18-year-old striker has scored plenty of goals for Chelsea's youth teams and replaces Traore.
Allen is also on for Milner and Benteke takes the place of Lallana.
Another save from Mignolet, this time to deny Traore. Milner is shown a yellow card for bundling over Fabregas.
Khazri is greeted by a hearty round of applause as he walks off to be replaced by Duncan Watmore. It has been another impressive performance from the Tunisian winger, who only arrived at Sunderland from Bordeaux in late January.
A wannabe streaker has just invaded the pitch at the Stadium of Light. He is swiftly removed by stewards and Leon Osman replaces Cleverley for Everton.
Mignolet parries away a Pedro shot before, at the other end, Lallana turns a difficult effort wide.
Sunderland have brought on regular skipper John O'Shea for Cattermole.
Better from Sturridge as he links up with Lallana and forces a good save from Begovic. The Chelsea goalkeeper then has little trouble in catching a tame Toure header.
Khazri curls a pass towards Yedlin at the back post, but the right-back falls at the vital moment and the ball trickles harmlessly out of play for a goal kick. Defoe would have had a tap-in, there.
A Baines corner from the left-hand side arrives at the near post, where Barry rises above Cattermole to head towards goal. Mannone holds with a rather theatrical save.
Hazard's latest low drive is saved by Mignolet. Willian, who looks to be holding his hamstring in discomfort, makes way for Kenedy.
Allardyce makes his first change of the evening, replacing Kirchoff with Sebastian Larsson. 20 minutes remaining before survival is officially confirmed.


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A mock ad in the style of a saccharine political campaign commercial has brought together the smiling faces of Obama's America to declare: "Yes, we can start World War Three!"
With crowd funding all the rage and America "dead-ass broke," "The Americans for Whatever Barack Obama Wants, did you know he's friends with Jay-Z?" have launched an ambitious Kickstarter campaign to fund World War III… sort of.
The parody video, replete with the soothing voices, faces and xylophone-centric background music which form the staple of so much political advertising in the States, calls on donors to help raise $1.6 trillion on behalf of the US government.
"The $1.6 trillion that we raise will help create a war that truly puts the liberal in neo-liberal. There will be millions of troops, thousands of organic grass-fed bombs, hybrid Prius tanks, rockets controlled by iPads and drones that play The Lumineers while they attack."
In a nod to the Occupy movement's "We are the 99 percent" slogan, the campaign promises to fight a war that engulfs the entire globe, not like "those other Republican wars fought on just 1 percent of the world."
For those willing to pony up cash in the hopes of kickstarting World War III, IV, "and any moon war the president might want to start," the rewards are certainly befitting of the iHipster generation.
$10 will get donors a shout-out on social media, letting the whole world know #yousupportObamaandWorldWarIII. Cough up $25 and a piece of rubble from a war-torn Middle Eastern country personally kissed by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is yours. A hundred bucks gets you a day pass out of the Wi-Fi-equipped refugee camp we'll probably all be living in, while a $10 million donation rents you your own senator for a year.
The mock ad with the final title page joking that it was paid for by Koch Industries, was actually produced by the Second City Network, a community of comedy writers and performers. With theatres in Chicago and Toronto and a training center in both cities as well as in Hollywood, the Second City calls itself the Birthplace of improve-based sketch comedy.
The video has already gone viral, collecting almost one and half million YouTube views in less than three days. And if would be donors have any doubts on why they should cough up the cash, the message is crystal clear: because Obama.


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Is there a way in CS4 to make a proper cast shadow falloff from graphic objects. Where the shadow is hard closer to the object and blurrier the futher away from it.
I just dont seem to find anywhere in flash where I can control the blurryness by an alpha channel. I've tried even with mask layers that goes from 0% alpha to 100% but that didn't work either.
Is it possible or do I have to make bitmapped in photshop and then put them in the timeline.


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Not so long ago, the word "green" was more synonymous with the almighty dollar than with sustainability. Environmentalism was the milieu of a certain harebrained, hippie-ish fringe element. The mere suggestion of energy conservation was met with near-universal eye rolling, as if an entire culture was hearing a curmudgeonly father figure barking for the thousandth time, "Turn off the lights! Do I look like I'm made of money?!"
Until recently, even in circles where rudimentary efforts at sustainability were normally observed, hotel stays remained an excuse for unabashed excess. Guests used fresh towels at every available opportunity, left the television blaring even when they were away from their rooms, plunged the air conditioning to icily delicious lows and delightfully consumed every miniature freebie that they could get their hands on.
Even as the cultural tide began inching toward sustainability with the gas crisis of the 1970s, hotels remained a last bastion of wanton consumption. In his book "Global Energy Innovation: Why America Must Lead," author Woodrow W. Clarke notes that luxury hotels were the worst offenders. He writes, "At hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars a night for a room, a luxury hotel cannot trim back on customer service...For this reason, luxury hotels have been particularly resistant to change, due to fear that once word gets out that a hotel is cutting back, it will lose its clientele."
Nevertheless, all signs point to the fact that the hotel industry is getting greener by the day. A trend that began years ago with environmentally friendly lodges in fragile ecosystems has bloomed into an industry-wide movement that is setting the tone for green building worldwide. Doug Gatlin, the U.S. Green Building Council's vice president of marketing and development, told Forbes Magazine that the hospitality industry has become "a mainstay of the green building movement" [source: Bender].
From power-generating exercise bikes in Copenhagen to simple printed cards asking guests to reuse towels, the hotel industry is experimenting with all kinds of ways to conserve and recycle.


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Maidens and Matrons
It is often assumed that a female figure with loose hair commemorates a young unmarried girl, as shown in groups of female weepers, e.g. on the brass at Stoke Charity, Hampshire. Virginity was indeed highly regarded, as the medieval cult of dead virgin martyrs illustrates, and brides wore their hair loose as a sign of virginity. Virgins were thought to enjoy higher status in Heaven, and there was even a belief that all souls would attain a perfect age in Heaven, with the female elect as brides of Christ. The truth about effigies is a little more complicated: loose hair on female effigies can be misleading with regard to both age and marital status.
Two examples of such maidens on brasses can be found at Sherborne St John and Lingfield; the flowers in the hair of both suggest their virgin status. A later example is that of the three daughters on their father's brass at Great Chart. However, it is less easy to determine the age of such maidens: Princess Guta commemorated on an incised slab at Prague died shortly after birth, while Elizabeth Broughton at Chenies, described on the inscription as a spinster, was of uncertain age.
An engraving of the lost brass of Mary Cave, wife of Brian Cave, Lord of Ingarsby, at Hungarton shows that married women could also be depicted with loose hair, as one finds at Muggington. It is known that medieval queens wore their hair loose at their coronation, and this is how Eleanor of Castile and Anne of Bohemia are represented on their relief cast latton tombs at Westminster Abbey. Likewise Joan Ratcliffe at Tattershall is also shown in the robes of a countess with her hair loose, despite having been married twice. Her hair is bound by a jewelled circlet, rather than a wreath of flowers.
On the other hand, memorials to young virgins can also deceive by their costume and appearance. Just like the alabaster effigy of Blanche of the Tower at Westminster Abbey, the almost contemporary incised slab of Joan de Lucy at St Bees Priory shows her in adult dress with her hair tied up in fashionable cauls, yet both girls died in infancy.
Copyright Sophie Oosterwijk.
Click the links below for the corresponding thumbnail image. Click any image for an enlarged view.
Princess Guta, died shortly after birth in 1297, incised slab, Lapidarium, Prague
Joan de Lucy, 1369, St Bees Priory, Cumberland
Margarete Brocas, c. 1390, Sherborne St. John, Hampshire
Unknown maiden, c.1450, Lingfield, Surrey
Joan Kniveton, c.1475, Muggington, Derbyshire
Joan, Lady Cromwell, 1490, Tattershall, Lincolnshire
Daughters on brass to Thomas Hampton, 1483, Stoke Charity, Hampshire
Dorothy Markham, 1495, incised slab, Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire
Mary Cave, c.1510, lost brass from Hungarton, Leicestershire
Elizabeth Broughton, 1524, Chenies, Buckinghamshire
Bridget Toke, 1680, Great Chart, Kent
Daughters of Thomas Pever, c.1500, figures renewed c. 1890, Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire
Princess Guta, died shortly after birth in 1297, incised slab, Lapidarium, Prague
Joan de Lucy, died 1369 when she was under 3 years old,
St Bees Priory, Cumberland
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Margarete Brocas, c. 1390, from the brass to her and her brother, Sherborne St. John, Hampshire
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Although some married women wore their hair loose, the wreath of flowers is traditionally a sign of virginity.
Joan Kniveton, shown with her hair loose despite being the wife of Nicholas Kniveton, lord of Mircaston and Underwood, engraved c.1475,
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Joan, Lady Cromwell, died 1490, married 1st Sir Humphrey Bourchier and 2nd Sir Robert Radclyffe, shown with her loose hair bound with a jewelled circlet, Tattershall, Lincolnshire
Two unmarried daughters with loose hair and berets, standing behind their married sisters on the brass to Thomas Hampton, 1483, Stoke Charity, Hampshire
Dorothy Markham, 1495, daughter of Sir John Markham, Chief Justice of the Kings Bench, on her incised slab,
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Mary Cave, c.1510, wife of Brian Cave, Lord of Ingarsby, from Nichols' drawing of her lost brass
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Elizabeth Broughton, spinster,
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Bridget Toke, one of Nicholas Toke's three unmarried daughters, on his brass of 1680, Great Chart, Kent
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STAFF at WorldCom were dealt another body blow yesterday when the embattled US telecoms giant announced 2,000 job losses.
The axe will fall across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the UK expected to lose 750 of its 3,000-strong workforce.
The company is refusing to say how many jobs will go at its Reading-based European HQ, but senior vice president Lucy Woods said it will be a "significant" number and sales and marketing will be the first to fall.
In June the company filed for bankruptcy following a £4.6 billion accounting scandal, and slashed its worldwide workforce by 17,000.
At the time, workers at the Reading International Business Park were assured only 200 of these would be shed at its impressive Junction 11 campus.
But Lucy Woods admitted yesterday that a figure nearly four times that would be
leaving the UK arm after a new costing programme was introduced.
Mrs Woods said: "The US confirmed it intended to back our business plan but sadly this means we have to reduce costs very quickly, which
leads us to make these redundancies.
"We need to generate cash."
She added: "There will be a significant number in Reading but we don't know yet how many each country or location will take."
The 2,000 loses will be spread across 25 countries with the 750 from the UK shared between Reading and offices in Cambridge, where more than 700 work.
Mrs Woods said: "I cannot tell you the split between Reading and Cambridge.
"We have approximately 3,200 people in these locations and we will have to make these redundancies in those two places."
However she added: "We will be reducing our sales and marketing staff."
Mrs Woods said: "They obviously expected some redundancies. The rumour in the organisation was 50 per cent of staff would be going and some were relieved it's not as big, but it's never nice to tell people they will be made redundant."
WorldCom president and CEO John Sidgmore said: "We have made significant
infrastructure investment in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over the past few years.
"We plan to leverage this solid foundation to ensure our long term viability in this
critical business region of the world.
"We believe our focus on profitability, coupled with a customer-centric approach, will be a win-win for WorldCom and those with whom we do business."
Mrs Woods added: "With our world-class assets, the ability to service new and existing customers as well as ever before, and a solid financial foundation, WorldCom EMEA continues to provide a leading competitive alternative to the marketplace.
"Most importantly our new approach will have a positive effect on our existing customers while allowing WorldCom EMEA to be better positioned for the future."
Bill McCardle, spokesman for the Thames Valley groups of Chambers of Commerce refused to be drawn on the impact on the local economy.
He said: "The Chamber is not making a comment until we get a clearer view how many job losses there will be in Reading and how that will affect the area."


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NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: DUCKS v RED WINGS
May 19, 2007
Randy Carlyle
DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Practice Day
JAMEY HORAN: Questions for Coach Carlyle.
Q. Chris Pronger was quoted in the radio station back home for you guys saying that the officiating has been an absolute joke. And I wonder what your thoughts are on that, and if it troubles you to hear that your players might be sort of speaking out about the officials like that?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: Everybody's entitled to their own opinion. And in the case of officiating, obviously we think, and every coach does, that at times calls didn't go your way. And I'm sure Detroit feels that there are some calls that didn't go their way.
It's a game of intensity that gets ramped up in the playoffs, as there's more pressure on players to perform, there's more pressure on officials to perform.
As far as that, that's the way I look at it. You can't, from my standpoint, sit here and criticize. It's more about playing for the next one. It's more about giving the respect that's necessary to the people that are in charge of the hockey game.
Q. Further to that, are you concerned that Chris has put himself in a fineable position, perhaps something worse in the league from a disciplinary standpoint?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: That's something that the league will have to decide. It's not up to individuals. I stand by our player for his on-ice play, for the comments - you caught me totally by surprise in this specific instance.
Q. We've talked a lot already about Todd Marchant, but what we saw from him the other night in Game 4, could you just talk a little bit about the importance and value of players like Todd Marchant and this time of the year?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: Well, again, any time that you have a veteran player that can come in and play any forward position for you, make a huge contribution from your leadership standpoint, veteran guy that provides an energy level because he's a guy that can put pressure on pucks. He's been through various playoff series. Scored big goals in playoff series.
All those things are things that you try to utilize with him. He can calm down some of your younger players or take them aside and help the coaching staff keep people focused.
And those are all the assets of your veteran guys. And Todd Marchant displays that on a day-to-day basis with our hockey club.
Q. I don't mean to bring it back, but I'm certainly not asking you at all to make any criticism or anything, but are you ever concerned that officiating whatsoever will affect how the players will react on the ice, as far as their play?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: I think it's a non-issue in the respect - because the teams have to play. There's a set of rules. There's a standard that the league has put in place and we're to abide by it. The standard is there. The officials call it the way they see it. They're human.
If we don't like the call, I'm sure Detroit doesn't like some of the calls that went against them. To me it's an irrelevant fact and a point that the players - I know our players will have to go out and beat the Detroit Red Wings. They don't have to beat the officials.
Q. This is the third straight series that the Wings will come to a Game 5 in this same situation in the series tied 2-2. History shows if the team that wins it wins 80 percent of the series. Does that matter that they've been through this experience earlier in this playoff year and you guys have come here a different way? Do you go out of your way to impress upon them the importance?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: I don't look at the statistics behind what the other team has done previously. We focus on our game. We always show the required respect that's necessary of a team like Detroit. We have to play the best game we can possibly play tomorrow afternoon. Because the next one is the most important one.
And whatever happens tomorrow afternoon, the one after that will become the next important one. We're not into historic statistics. We're into about coming in playing a complete hockey game. We've done it in this building. We feel we can play well in this building.
It's two ice surfaces, as I stated earlier in the series, that the home ice wasn't going to be as much of an issue after we won Game 2. Those were questions that were directed. It's two good hockey clubs competing on the same size ice surface. The difference is they've got their home fans tomorrow afternoon, and that's just the way it is.
Q. You must be pretty excited as a coach given the relative youth and the talent in Perry, Penner and Getzlaf. What do they have to do to bring their games to the next level and what do you have to do as a coach to make sure that they fulfill it?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: I don't think that they haven't brought their games to the next level. I think if you look at the way they've played, and the maturing process for those individuals is going to take place over the next probably three years, not just two weeks in a playoff series or one playoff series or last year's.
They're young guys, and they have a tremendous amount of ability. I think that it's our job in coaching staff and in the management level to try to keep our young players on an even keel.
We think that they are special players. They get treated as any other member of our group is. They have to earn their respect and their ice time day in, day out. They're held accountable for their actions, as every member of our team. Just the delivery of the message, as I stated before, is not quite the same to a young player as it is to a veteran player.
Q. In what areas would you say that your team has gotten better as the series has gone on and in what areas do you think the Red Wings have gotten better as the series has gone on?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: I think with our group we have some areas that we need to improve on. Specifically, in our neutralized play and our transition game, I think it needs to be improved. And I think they have made some adjustments with their line combinations.
We've tried to make some adjustments with ours. It's more like a cat-and-mouse game. I think it's an area where each team thinks they can play to a higher level in all areas.
People talked about our power play not being productive. Well, it was productive in the last game. We weren't going to - it was going to be a low-scoring series. The first two games I think were 2-1. Is there going to be a game that's going to have more than three goals in it? Well, first game back in Anaheim it was 5-0. We were on the wrong side of that one.
We were able to score five goals the other night. So it's been back and forth. It's two evenly matched teams and I'm sure there's question marks for both coaching staffs where they would like and how they would like to improve their team play.
Q. How much of a concern is it, or at all, that Todd Bertuzzi seems to be coming back to life?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: It's always a concern when you have people that are - I don't know if it back to life is the right term - are making a contribution. I look at it and say as a member of the Detroit Red Wings we have to play well against the Detroit Red Wings. And Todd Bertuzzi is just part of that.
It's no different than their statement that Chris Pronger is coming back in the lineup. They're not playing against Chris Pronger; they're playing against the Anaheim Ducks. They're not just playing Chris Pronger. And we're the same thing, from the standpoint he's a force. There are some things that you have to do to defend him. And we have to get better at it.
Q. With Pronger coming back, a guy like Jackman, scored a goal and played significant minutes, is he going to be a healthy scratch?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: I haven't made that decision. We have the flexibility of taking a defenseman out and putting Jackman in. We have the ability to play seven defensemen. We'll visit that. We've got some ideas on what we'd like to do but I think it's a little premature to make any statement of who is going to be in or who is going to be out at this time.
Q. But is it going to be a tough decision to make?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: It's always tougher, but those are good, tough decisions when a player comes in and makes a contribution. He makes those decisions tougher on coaching staffs. And that's a good one. We like to have to make all those tough decisions.
Q. Regarding Ryan Getzlaf, you consider him playing both phases of special teams and his skill set. Teemu Selanne said last night he believes he'll be the best player in the league some day. How far off base or accurate would a compliment like that be when you project Getzlaf over time?
COACH MIKE CARLYLE: From a coaching staff, I just don't want to have to get him a bigger helmet. (Laughing). So you always try to temper your comments.
We feel good about Ryan Getzlaf's growth. We made the statement he can be as good as he wants to be. Because I think he's got a skill set. He's a big man. He's got soft hands. He can skate. He can be physical. He can fight. He's a tough kid.
And he comes to play and he's been through a major junior level and world championship - or not world championship, but world junior championships. He's made a huge contribution at the success at that level. He's starting to play a more dominant game in the NHL. It's always nice to hear players compliment one another. I want to make sure we've got a helmet that's going to fit on that head.
JAMEY HORAN: Thank you, Coach.
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Ronnel "Ron" Sollinger passed away on April 10, 2017, peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family. Ron lived to be 89 years old.
Ron was born on July 26, 1927 to Beatrice and Gene Sollinger in Everson, Washington. Ron's family moved to Cashmere where he attended schools there and worked in the orchards until he enlisted in the Navy on January 7, 1944.
After getting out of the Navy Ron met and married Geraldine "Jerry" Malone on September 11, 1948 and spent 63 wonderful years together until Jerry passed away in 2012. They had four children, Chuck (Marianne), Dennis (deceased), Vickie (Gary) and Sandy (Blake). They lived in Wenatchee raising their children until relocating to Friday Harbor in 1970 where they ran the family business, Sollinger Floor Covering. Ron sold the family business in 1990 so that he and Jerry could retire and move back to the Wenatchee area.
Ron was devoted to his family as a husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and also enjoyed spending time with his extended family and friends. Ron enjoyed reading his western books, working on his wood working projects and spending time with his friends.
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I also found out that when her favourite show is on (Toopy and Binoo), you can actually play with her hair!!
Haha, but overall, despite a meltdown at bedtime, we had a lot of fun!! She is such a little cutie and surprised me with new words every time I see her. And no, there is no word for ME yet, but she seems to know who I am :)
And please note, we did not just watch TV. We coloured, played instruments, and generally had fun.
I also broke into my brother's Halloween candy. They only got TWO kids this year, so there were a lot of leftovers that I was happy to help with. I don't get trick or treaters in the condo, so I miss out on the leftover candy fun usually.
Saturday and Sunday I spent at my Dads house. I saw my niece a lot and watched her a couple of times while my brother and Dad worked on some projects. I myself had a few projects to work on when I wasn't babysitting. There is a hint this photo:
Yup, that is a Christmas tree in the background! TIS THE SEASON!! My dad is hosting my niece's birthday party in early December and wants all the decorating done before the party (since all our out-of-town family will be there). Since I was in town, I got down to the business of unpacking the Christmas closet (oh yes, there is a giant closet devoted to Christmas decor), and I put up 2 trees!
I wore the same jeans all weekend, but on Sunday I noticed a hole in one of the legs!! sadface! Does anyone else find the perfect jean so hard to find? I got these at The Limited years ago and that store isn't in Canada so I don't often get there. However I popped online and found they still have the same jeans and I got 40% off with a deal they were having :)
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And then, since I had 40% off, I treated myself to a cute top!!
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I looooove these jeans (style 917 for curves), but I will warn you- they do NOT stay black. They fade to a dark blue denim pretty quickly. But they are great jeans and always look stylish. I hope the shirt fits (the jeans should since I ordered the same size as before) because it is too difficult to return things with shipping costs. I own a few things from The Limited so I checked some tags first- I just don't have a shirt like this to compare to!
PS- I totally forgot about the time change this weekend. I swear being away from home always feels like vacation and I never look at clocks!! My dad reminded at some point on Sunday. Haha
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Stanford wins 13th consecutive intercollegiate zone championship in region rapidly getting bigger and better.
by Kim F. Miller
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competition is bursting at the seams in the national organization's Zone 8, especially in the primarily Northern and Southern California Regions 1 and 2. Participation growth is such that Region 2 has a moratorium on new teams and Region 1 is close to needing one as leaders work on expanding capacity to accommodate more schools that want to join the circuit.
The growth, however, has done nothing to dampen the dominance of Stanford Equestrian, which won its 13th consecutive Zone championship April 7 on its home turf in Palo Alto.
Is it getting old? "Not at all!" says Vanessa Bartsch, Stanford's coach of 14 years. With four regions competing at the Zone finals this year, "Everyone had points on the board and it's always a nail biter." The Cardinal won with 46 points, followed by Colorado State University's 40; USC's 36; and Central Washington's 14.
As Zone 8 reserve champion, Colorado State will join Stanford in the cross-country trek to Harrisburg, PA, where the IHSA National Finals are set for May 3-6. Last year, Stanford finished a very impressive third overall, University of Southern California tied for 10th in team standings, and individual riders representing UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton also did the West Coast proud.
"There has been an exponential increase in the quality of riding from all of the schools in our Zone," Vanessa reports. "That continues to push us to be better, train harder and find nicer horses to bring in. The overall quality of the teams and riders that we were competing against was exceptional. It made it competitive and fun. As a coach, it promotes our whole area to be the best that we can be."
Now numbering 400 member schools and close to 10,000 riders, the 51-year-old IHSA continues a growth pattern that has surprised some. Most IHSA teams are run as "club" sports, rather than athletic-department sponsored "varsity" sports. Although the nature of member teams varies widely, club status generally means that organization and funding come primarily from student riders. When NCAA Equestrian, the varsity version now called "NCEA Equestrian," was created 20 years ago, there was widespread concern it would trigger a decline in IHSA participation. The opposite has been true, especially in California.
Vanessa reports steep increases in the number of hopefuls for invitational and walk-on opportunities at Stanford Equestrian. An alumna herself, she relays that teammates of her era and earlier joke that they could never make the team if they tried out now. "I'm not sure about that, but the quality of kids we have coming in now is amazing."
The sources are many-fold. "You have kids who rode well and want to ride in college and Stanford is a place where you can do that. You also have kids who rode well, but who, in the 'olden' days, wouldn't go out for the team if it wasn't good. Now it's the exception, rather than the rule, that a high-level rider would come to Stanford and not go out for the team." Exceptions do still include professional show jumpers like 2016 Olympian Lucy Davis, two-time HITS Million winner Nayel Nassar and Jennifer Gates. Competing at that level leaves little time to be on the team, but these riders typically help out in other ways.
With its own lovely equestrian center in the historic Red Barn, Stanford has many advantages in luring top talent. That's balanced, however, by an acceptance rate that was 4.29 percent this year, and an admission process not influenced by suitability for the riding squad.
A fast-growing feeder system also fuels IHSA interest. The Interscholastic Equestrian Association and the newer Athletic Equestrian League funnel middle and high school age riders into a competitive world that previously might not have been within reach for many families. "The IEA is like a mini-IHSA and those numbers are off the chart," says Vanessa. As in the IHSA, horse ownership is not required of IEA or AEL riders because mounts are provided by the team for practices and by the host school for tournaments. These leagues make competition and deeper involvement more affordable.
Two of Stanford's top point-earners are IEA products. Cecilia Lang-Ree never owned her own horse in high school. Instead, she was one of the Red Barn's first IEA team members, and is now heading to Nationals for the fourth time. Virginia native Kelsi Okun is another IEA graduate, now going to Harrisburg as Zone 8's Cacchione Cup contender.
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As Zone 1 president, Vanessa is part of discussions on how to accommodate the increasing interest, a subject sure to continue during June board meetings. "We've talked about adding a third region (to California), but we're at a tenuous point because Regions 1 and 2 are uncomfortably large, but if we added a third region now it would be uncomfortably small."
Facilities able and willing to host competitions are the limiting factor in opening the region to more teams. Finding available horses is another challenge. That challenge has intensified with the growth of IEA, notes Peter Cashman, the IHSA's first vice president and longtime coach of the equestrian team at United States Military Academy-West Point in New York. Peter stresses that he is fully in support of the high school equestrian programs but the fact that they clamor for the same resources – venues and horses—is a problem that needs to be sorted out.
On a national level, the IHSA is working to address these impediments. One avenue is working with the United States Equestrian Federation and the United States Hunter Jumper Association to promote schools as a good second career home for members' horses. At West Point, "Our horses jump maybe twice a week, at 2'6", and for them that's a vacation." The hope is to establish a database in which an owner can look for schools within a set distance, and schools can state their priorities and requirements for donated horses.
Regarding demand for facilities, Peter hopes that better communication between high school and collegiate teams will result in agreeing to share a weekend, or otherwise avoid conflicting schedules.
Peter's West Point team has many years' experience competing against a long-dominant school. For them in IHSA Zone 3, it's Centenary College in New Jersey, which has been a Zone champion for 20 years. "We try very hard to keep Centenary at bay all year long, but in the end we realize they are representing us. We help them make the Finals because every week in Zone competition their riders are challenged." As Stanford and Colorado State head to the Nationals, they should be considered "one team: the Zone united," he says.
Like Stanford, Centenary has its advantages, in their case an equine studies program with course work that complements team participation. Some people can "get cranky sometimes and say it's not fair," acknowledges Peter, but he's not one of them. Competition in any zone can be fierce, but it's never "nasty," he continues. "These kids are in college and that should be their first goal. Second is to enjoy riding, have something that gets their head out of school work and an automatic group of friends with whom they share a love of the horse."
Riding for a juggernaut or not, the IHSA experience is unique and appealing. Accomplished amateur jumper rider and "R" judge Marnye Langer enjoyed officiating the Zone 8 Regional finals at Stanford, wishing all the while that IHSA had been thriving out West during her college years. Even from the judge's booth vantage point, the unique IHSA camaraderie and team spirit were obvious, she notes.
Because entrants compete on unfamiliar horses, judging collegiate competition requires a slightly different perspective than judging open shows. "I focus on what kind of decision they make based on the horse they are riding," Marnye explains. Even in the Walk Trot division, "Are they aware their horse is pokey or wants to cheat the corner? What do they do about it?"
A member of leadership committees in the hunter/jumper industry, Marnye is among many concerned about lack of growth in the discipline. She agrees with conventional wisdom that riders who continue, or start the sport, in college are more likely to carry on with it through adulthood. "If you can learn to ride in college and be your team's best beginning rider, earning the same points as the Open Equitation rider, how awesome is that?" For all riders, "It allows them the opportunity to stay connected. I think the longer anyone stays connected to it, the more desire they'll have to continue with it, or come back to it after a break, in adulthood."
"People want to know where the 18-24 year-olds are in our sport," Peter notes. "Well, we have them! And we feel that we are helping them understand what the next level of riding can be for them in adulthood."
IHSA's steady member growth occurs even though approximately 2,000 members a year are lost to graduation. At the same time, IHSA alumni membership is strong as another bridge to lifelong involvement.
An Unusual Year
The arrival of "my first and last" baby just as the school year got underway in September added serious variety to Vanessa's 14th year as Stanford Equestrian head coach. "It really gave me an understanding of how much support we have for this team." Assistant coach Tina Davey and Gwyn Gordon (Vanessa's coach as a student) captained the ship, with big assists from Red Barn-based professionals, including Guy Thomas, Allie Qutub, Rachel Williamson, Leslie Wright and Cindy Brooks. "When I stepped back in, they handed me back a team that was as strong as it could be. I understand now how people in the equestrian world are able to have families. There is more support there than you can dream of. That was special for me."
For more information on the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, visit www.ihsainc.com.
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Thursday, April 14, 2016
God, Church, and People
My spiritual life has been even more challenged lately as I have found myself, along with my husband, in a dilemma about my (our) church life, something that has been an integral part of not only our individual lives, but our marriage as well.
When I first started going to church regularly and consistently as an adult, sometime in 2005, it was church that brought me closer to God. And I became dependent on that. But over time and especially in the last several years, I have come to learn that my relationship with God is not, and should not be, church dependent. Don't get me wrong, I am a BIG church advocate. I think churches can be a beacon of hope, strength, and love in a community. I could spend the next several hours discussing with you all the reasons why, if you believe in God, it would be helpful for you to be a part of a church community.
But here's the other side of it. What happens when church is not going right for you? The reasons can be many, or few. What then becomes of your relationship with God?
The past couple of months have left me with more questions than answers about God, church, and people in general, but this week, I hear God speaking to me. Sometimes I just need to shut up long enough to hear him.
I have been hearing God speak to me through the voices of others and it is starting to shift my perspective about where God is in all of the messes in the world. For example, I see God working through a friend of mine as she makes solid preparations for the future of her and her children for after her husband leaves this world. I see her strength and determination in carrying forward, despite this monumental loss that she is facing.
I hear God in her husband's voice, my friend; a friend who has been with me for almost thirty years. We have have had the best of days together, him and I, and also some tough ones, the toughest ones being most recently. But it was God who created this amazing person in my life; one who has brought me so much laughter and love. I feel God in the authenticity of my conversations with this friend...the conversations which now include how much time he may have left and how him and his wife are handling THAT conversation with their young daughters.
Most recently, I heard God in a different friend's voice as well. Her perspective on where God is in all the messes in her own life was the opposite of where mine has been up until recently. She saw the sequence of difficult events in her life as God supporting her and preparing her for her challenges. I'm making it sound more simple than she probably meant it, but I think you know what I am trying to say. Her message wasn't that God was being punishing or didn't care, but rather he was putting into place what she needed to get through it all and continue forward.
While listening to her speak, I could truly see where she felt God was in all her messes. It lightened me. It also made me wonder why we, as Christians, are not having these conversations more...the conversations about God. Are we too busy? Or are we so busy just trying to survive it all?
And when I say talking about God, I don't mean regurgitating scripture over and over again, tossing words around in attempts to get others to subscribe to our way of believing. Or using God as a weapon to bash whatever group of people we feel are violating some Biblical law that man has misconstrued for his own use.
No. I am talking about conversations where we share with each other, on an intimate level. Share our struggles and our strengths. Our weaknesses and our victories. How we see God working, or even not working, in our lives. What our challenges are in leading a good and faith-filled life. What roll does church play in our spiritual life? How important is it? What makes us spiritually fulfilled? To me, those are some of the most important questions.
What are the important questions for you?
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- AnonymousApril 15, 2016 at 3:28 PM
Our church left us. We are that family. Church injured more people than just our family.ReplyDelete
I am empty. I am also hopeful that God is still calling us to him. He has never failed. Even we we have failed. We are to continue to meet and encourage one another. I still believe the church IS God's idea.
We are in the esrly phase of healing.
My drs believe i have Sjogren's. Though i had cancer and other health issues, i have never felt this bad for so long.
After painful experiences in a church,we never want to be hurt like that again. But church is full of broken and messy people.
I am finding we are among a huge crowd of walking wounded. No matter what church. God is Faithful. I want to be faithful in all things.
Community is important or God would not have set it in motion. Forgiveness is a process. Trusting and letting go of hurts is also a process. Thank you for your post.


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Progressive business owners know that if a business is not planning and moving forward then it will soon be average or behind.
Dairy farmers experience that reality in multiple areas – facilities, genetics, inputs, technology, labor efficiency, …. to name a few. The challenge to remain competitive is a matter that every manager must continually have on their mind.
Suntor Openly Shares
Suntor Holsteins, located in South-West Quebec, recently shared with The Bullvine some of the very positive results that they have experienced by their move to new animal housing and the use of milking robots for their high production and elite genetics Holstein herd. After reading details that Kevin and Amanda Sundborg posted on Facebook, The Bullvine decided to interview this progressive couple and share their story with our readers. The fact is that they shared so many details, we decided to make it into two articles. This one will consider facilities and another one, to follow, will highlight their thoughts and plans for their breeding program.
Suntor Background
Kevin's parents started dairy farming in 1973 with grade Holsteins. By 1981 they had a fully purebred Holstein herd that has twice (2000 & 2014) won the coveted Canadian Holstein Master Breeders Shield. The herd had been intensively selected for both production and conformation, but also important was sound cropping on the fertile land south of the City of Montreal.
Kevin and Amanda are very thankful for the encouragement their parents gave them to seek higher education and in thinking progressively when it comes to dairy farming.
Until January 30th, 2017 the Suntor herd had been housed in a fifty-one tie stall barn. Cow care was always important and many awards for high production had been received. But the work was labor intensive and required long hours.
A New Generation at Suntor
2015 was a big year for Kevin and Amanda. In mid-year Suntor Holsteins was transferred from Kevin's parents to Kevin and Amanda immediately joined in. To top off this very busy year they welcomed their daughter Saydie in December. Saydie will welcome a sibling in April. At the time of purchase the herd consisted of 51 cows in milk, 10 dry cows and 60 heifers with the cows producing, on 2X, 40 kgs (88 lbs) 4.3%F and 3.4%P.
Kevin and Amanda have a love for dairy farming. Both are farm management and technology graduates from Macdonald-McGill, and have worked and/or traveled off the farm. Once the farm and cattle were theirs, they immediately set about to take Suntor to new heights.
Big Picture Goals
Kevin and Amanda shared with The Bullvine the following thoughts that formed the basis on which they built their plans:
- Lifestyle: Family is important and spending the time from 4:30 am to 8 pm in the barn, every day, is detrimental to family, friends and community time.
- Managing staff: They prefer to work directly with their animals and not have to manage staff.
- Get out of tie stalls: They found housing in tie stalls to be labor intensive and wearing on the body.
- Use new technology: They want to know, hourly to annually, the facts about their cows and operation, so having new technology to do more of the work and capture the data was a must have. Their ten-year plan was to have double the daily milk shipments without any extra labor.
- Happy and Comfortable Workers (aka cows) are a Must Have: Amanda in her off-farm worked (nutritionist and robot specialist) had seen the great results that other dairy farmers were achieving from cows that were comfortable in their environment, able to be milked on demand and that were fed high quality forage diets.
- Efficiency – a key to a successful operation: Although gross output has advanced the bottom line for dairy farms over the past half century, Kevin and Amanda foresee the need for a successful dairy farm in the future to be driven by efficiency and net returns. Cutting out or reducing daily cow expense is, they feel, an incorrect and risky decision. Their plan is produce more milk with the same expenses.
Planning, Planning, Planning
Over a five-month period, Amanda and Kevin investigated every viable alternative available for dairy facilities in Canada. They talked with mentors, engineers and consultants and visited numerous farms that had recently built new with and without robots. Much was learned from asking critical questions.
Kevin and Amanda planned based on – "How do you want to be milking cows for the next twenty years?".
At the end of the five months they had a detailed plan complete with a budget that put milk income at 90% of current Canadian industry level, milk production level on par with their tie stall level, costs at 5% over historic operational costs and capital costs based on 4% interest. Upon presentation of their building, operation and financial plans to their financial institution, Kevin and Amanda were told that their plans were excellent and they were approved. They had thought, for sure, that they would be told that they needed to adjust their dreams, for an ultra-modern farm, downwards. What a relief that was!
Some of the building and start up decisions Kevin and Amanda made include:
- They hired a top-notch engineer who costed out every detail for the new operation. They then identified areas for cost saving. Side note here from Amanda – "Always, always be prepared for meetings or suggested changes. Being prepared worked great for us."
- They built large enough with a twenty-year horizon on their projected herd size and production level.
- They made the jobs of fetching and separating cows easy and quick. "Routes to the robot need to be direct. Have it so one person, operating alone, can handle the animals".
- A fresh and special care pen, with access to a robot, needs to be fully equipped with support materials. Most definitely include a fresh and special care pen and foot baths in the building plan.
- Provide extra open space around robot entry and exit points. Expect cows to be both bossy and timid. Avoid sharp turns.
- At start up, they planned on a maximum of 1,800 – 2,000 kgs (4,000 – 4,400 lbs) of milk per robot per day. Based on their experience they strongly recommend not to over-fill the robot(s) at start up.
- In her experience with start-ups in other herds, Amanda recommends a maximum of 50 cows per robot at start-up.
- After cows leave the fresh pen and go into general group, Kevin takes the time to make sure those animals know where the second robot is. They have found that some cows only go to one robot, while other cows will use both robots.
Kevin and Amanda told us that they committed 100% to the process of moving from the old tie stall to the new robotic barn. "Only going half way will only get you half way there."
Pre-Move In Steps are Important
Kevin and Amanda had a very smooth transition. Amanda and Kevin shared the following ideas to help others transition to robotic single stall milking.
- Hoof Care: "Trim hooves at least two months before and not any closer to the move in date. Cows need a good hoof build up when being moved onto freshly grooved cement floors."
- Minimize Fetch Cows: "Dry off any cows who would be a waste of time to train. Those end of lactation cows giving under 20 kgs/ 44 lbs will have no need / want to go to the robot. They will end up being a fetch cow until dry off. Don't bother making them part of start up."
- Have DIM 150 days or lower: "Try to plan to have Days In Milk around 150 days for start-up. A stale herd takes longer to transition and your fresher cows will suffer."
- Dry Cow Program: "Our dry cow program was one key to our success. We feed a simple dry cow TMR which consists of corn silage and a low potassium dry hay. In the pre-fresh pen, we have an automated grain feeder (Cosmix) that feeds a pre-fresh pellet. It allows us to monitor and feed the exact amount they need. It also works to train our heifers prior to their first calving. They get accustomed to going into a box to get grain and the sound is like the sound of grain falling in the robot. We find that the heifers are calm in the robot for their first milking."
- Ration before Start-Up: "Suntor fed the robot feed to the cows as a top dress for two weeks before start-up. Cows need to know the feed when they go into the robot for the first time. Do not be afraid to drop the TMR energy at start-up. The less energy you have in the ration the faster they will go to the robot. We wanted our cows hungry, so they would go to the robot. They did drop on average 10 kg of milk per day the first week, but by 10 days 70% of the herd was going to the robot on their own. By one month, the average milk was back up to where it was when they were in the tie stalls."
More Pertinent Details
Daily Cow Management: Amanda uses the reports generated from the T4C software, especially the health report, the expected heat report and the fetch cow report, to manage the herd on a daily basis. She noted that keen producers can also design their own reports.
Feeding Program: In the tie stall barn, cows were fed a one group TMR of 50:50 corn silage and haylage balance for 42 kgs of milk. Fresh and high producing cows were top dressed protein, fat and beet pulp. However now, based on Amanda's five years of experience as a nutritionist and seeing how feed changes can significantly affect production, a one group TMR is still fed but it is now 75% corn silage and 25% haylage – balanced for 150 days in milk and for 6-7 kgs below herd average production. Feeding more corn silage allows for a more stable ration, given that haylage can vary greatly depending on stage, field and cut.
Six Month Results: First calf heifers have responded very well with 200 – 1,500 kgs more milk in the new system. Three (20%) of Suntor's first lactation cows have peaked at 50 kgs and have continued to give over 40 kgs past 240 DIM. And six months in the herd was averaging 42 kgs milk, the same as when they left the tie stalls. However, given that some older cows were dried off before the move and many were just calving by six months in, the Sundborg's are very happy with the herd average from the younger milking herd. Cows are currently being milked 3.1 times per day on average. Reproduction is excellent with a 55-60% conception rate and 9 of 10 cows pregnant at herd heath check day.
Worthy of note is that Kevin and Amanda moved the entire tie stall herd into their new facility. All cows transitioned well or extremely well. They plan to increase their herd size by growing from within.
One Year Expectations: By one year in, January 30th, 2018, Kevin and Amanda can see easily reaching 45 kgs milk per day and average days in milk will be very good at under 140-150 days. By next spring they will be milking 70 cows with no added labor required, two things that were not possible in their old tie stall barn.
Some Added Benefits: Kevin told us about some added benefits. "The expansion happened at the right time as they have been allocated or purchased 35% more quota since purchasing the farm. The robot reports help them catch any problems sooner, which helps to avoid sick cows. Having two robots, that were not used to capacity, shortens any line ups. We wondered about retaining and moving an older deeper uddered brood cow but she took to the new system like a duck to water. Using a higher percent corn silage assists by reducing the summer rush of harvesting of haylage."
Future Operation Plans: The original plan was, in ten years, to milk 80 cows producing 140 kgs of fat per day. With more quota becoming available for purchase and the barn and robot working so well it now appears that that goal will be achieved in half the time. The higher revenue will speed up the process of implementing systems to monitor and manage calves, heifers and dry cows.
The Bullvine Bottom Line
Planning to be successful is Step #1. Carrying out the plans is Step #2. The Bullvine congratulates Kevin and Amanda Sundborg and thanks them for sharing their dreams, thoughts and information on both these steps. What cow would not want to live and be cared for at Suntor Holsteins?
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What's the happiest place on earth? Disney? Nope. Copenhagen! So says Oprah. And I agree. It IS great! But you know, I've never been to Disney World. ;)
By far, Copenhagen is one of the best places to be a tourist. There is no problem with communicating... the chipper locals are happy to speak English and help you along in exploring the city. We did just that last August. Gah. Just five months late here.
By far, Copenhagen is one of the best places to be a tourist. There is no problem with communicating... the chipper locals are happy to speak English and help you along in exploring the city. We did just that last August. Gah. Just five months late here.
|Tivoli. By far, the coolest amusement park we've ever visited. It opened in 1843 and prides itself on not straying far from it's origins.
|Patrick enjoyed his first carousel ride (for the most part).
|All the rides and these two just wanted to dig in the rocks. That part was fun too, though.
|And you can't go wrong with a little of this stuff.
|We skirted some rain and made it out to the Rosenborg Castle. For small children, the well manicured, but almost abandoned grounds provided a much needed running, jumping and duck feeding pit stop.
|Guess who could care less about the castle, its furnishings and the crown jewels? Paddy! He was most happy in the armory, poking around at the canons and sitting atop giant (and hopefully empty) gun powder barrels.
|The port was a nice place to check out all the boats and have some fish. Patrick looks a little grumpy, but he was actually enjoying this part of the trip. Maybe something with his socks. I don't know.
|Proudly directly pedestrian traffic with her Danish flag.
|Although initially disappointed that "The Little Mermaid" was of a bronzed nature (commemorating the timeless tale by Danish literary legend, Hans Christian Andersen) and not the Disney variety, Claudia eventually became fascinated with the statue.
|Claudia insisted Daddy take her to the other side of the statue to see if she had a fin. After slip sliding over some partially submerged rocks, they made it... and she sure does have a fin, in case you were curious.
|It's a shame this picture is from about 6 months ago... I can't remember what she was talking about. It looks important, though, right?! Maybe she was talking about the statue behind her...
|That thing was intense.
|I'm so happy to finally share these pictures from beautiful Copenhagen. It was a truly magical city. Just something in the air there. I can't quite explain it, but I know I really loved it.