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Leon Vynehall has already proved himself to be that rare thing – an artist with his own agenda rather than a producer aping the sound of the day. To date his off kilter sounds have come in the form of EPs on labels like 3024, Rush Hour and Running Back, and have been carefully crafted things, layered with musicality whilst never straying too far from a infectious groove.
Taking obvious foundations from house, techno, disco, funk, hip-hop and soul, Vynehall's music incorporates many elements from his musical past too: his journey began with playing drums and the piano in bands as a teenager - which manifests itself in the raw, live sound he strives for in his productions - while much of his spare time is spent listening to anything from classical and orchestral compositions to post-punk. His work has seen him dabble in tempos, palettes and styles, but all the time managing to keep his songs coherently 'Vynehall'.
"I like chords, I like atmosphere and some sort of emotion in music. Rather than it being just about the dance floor, I like it being a bit of both. I like to take a sound and change it, manipulating things so they sound a bit dusty. With drums, I like to make them sound more human. I prefer dance music that isn't quantized, regimented, and super mixed down to the nano-perfect spot. I'm a believer in the fact that music doesn't have to sound professional to sound great. Mastering engineers hate me."
His 2014 release, 'Music For The Uninvited', was a turning point in his career. Resident Advisor scored the EP a 4.5 out of five, calling it "one of the most eclectic and rewarding house records you'll hear all year". Clash wrote that, "If this is what being uninvited is like, we're totally cool with missing the party", while The Washington Post said that it "couldn't be much more of a delight". It went on to gain end of year accolades from publications as wide ranging as Pitchfork, NPR and Gorilla vs. Bear, and saw Vynehall begin a relentless touring schedule that has taken him from Berlin's Panorama Bar and Ibiza's DC-10 to festival stages as far afield as Los Angeles, Sydney and Tokyo.
'Rojus' - the 2016 follow up to 'Music For The Uninvited' - was equally acclaimed, being named 'Best New Music' by Pitchfork, 'Best Album' at the DJ Mag Awards, and lauded by the likes of Mixmag, Billboard and Mojo.
Vynehall's DJ style is eclectic, considered and always surprising, and has been expertly reflected in his popular mixes for the likes of FACT and XLR8R, with the latter commenting that his contribution to their podcast series "quite possibly raised more questions than it answered". His debut Radio 1 Essential Mix proved so popular that it went on to be shortlisted by the BBC as one of the 5 best Essential Mixes of 2016. Something of a media recluse, all we really know about Leon Vynehall is from his music – so far it's proved a fascinating story.
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Privacy Policy
FM World Jobs takes the privacy of our users seriously. This policy explains our data processing practices in relation to fm-world.co.uk/jobs (FM World Jobs).
The Data Controller of FM World Jobs is Redactive Publishing Limited (Redactive or us) who run FM World Jobs on behalf of its client the British Institute of Facilities Management. This statement is supplemental to the general FM World Privacy Policy, which should also be referred to and is available here.
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We collect personal information about you (Data) when you register with, or create a profile on FM World Jobs, so that we can provide you with services we offer. We may also collect information automatically about your use of the site through cookies and other devices. Please refer to the FM World Privacy Policy for more details.
The Data we collect may include: name, address, country of residence, email address, telephone number(s), nationality, details of your education and working career, salary expectations, eligibility to work in certain countries, personal interests, details of how you use the jobs websites (including the criteria which you use to set up your job searches, email alerts) and any additional details you provide when applying for a job.
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In order to apply for jobs, receive job alert emails or to save job searches or shortlists, you will be required to register or become a member. The Data you provide at registration, as well as the saved job searches and job alert emails you create, may be used to provide you with information about other relevant jobs and services, and by Redactive for aggregated statistical analysis.
When you apply for jobs through FM World Jobs, you will be required to provide relevant Data, your CV and an optional covering letter or message (Job Application). Your Job Application is forwarded directly to the advertiser of the job that you are applying for (Recruiters), and will also be held on our systems for as long as reasonably necessary i.e. in the event that a submission has failed and it needs to be resent to the Recruiter. Recruiters may include agencies who may pass your information to companies that are recruiting in employment field(s) relevant to your interests. We ask all Recruiters to use the information you provide only for the purposes of recruitment, to hold the information securely and for no longer than reasonably necessary. However, we are not able to control the use and storage of your information by Recruiters.
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I-10...that beautiful tribute to frontierism and trade. A "no-frills" approach to traveling, this highway won't slow you down with pretty scenery or wildflowers. Even the gas stations and eateries know that you need to get back on the road, so they avoid delaying you with the temptations of comfort and sanitary restrooms.
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Gonzalez, and Luling, you are my friends.
Frank's and Buc-Ees, what would I do without you?
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Where will you be this night, Mr. DPS patrolman?
But then there is Katy. Sweet effervescent Katy, with her Bass Pro Shop and Super-Sized Walmart, she calls out "almost home...another night almost over"
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- disgruntled world citizen said...
there's something about just getting home after working/traveling. i have a 45 minute drive to and from work everyday. pulling into that driveway at the end of the day is one of the best parts of my day, its not that i don't like my job (which by the way, i do like my job, alot) but the fact that i don't have to worry about anything and i can just chill... i think that's the best part of it.
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On April 24, the Canadian Securities Administrators published for comment National Policy 25-201 Guidance for Proxy Advisory Firms (the Proposed Policy) setting out proposed recommendations for proxy advisory firms in relation to their activities and the services they provide to their clients. The recommendations are primarily designed to (i) promote transparency in the processes leading to a vote recommendation and the development of proxy guidelines and (ii) foster understanding among market participants about the activities of proxy advisory firms. The Proposed Policy recognizes that certain market participants have raised concerns about proxy advisory firms and the services they provide, including the potential for conflicts of interest and concerns in respect of proxy voting recommendations. While applicable to all such firms, the Proposed Policy is not intended to be prescriptive or exhaustive but rather should be considered by proxy advisory firms in developing and implementing their own practices.
As we previously discussed, the proposed guidance addresses comments received from stakeholders in response to the CSA's Consultation Paper 25-401, published in June 2012, including comments in respect of inaccuracies in advisory reports, the inability of issuers to identify and correct such errors and the lack of consultation between proxy advisors and issuers. Specifically, the Proposed Policy addresses four main issues:
- Conflicts of interest: Under the Proposed Policy, proxy advisory firms are expected to, among other things, identify, mitigate and manage actual or potential conflicts of interest. In addition, they are also recommended to disclose to their clients any actual or potential conflicts of interest and to provide sufficient information so that the client may understand the nature of the conflict. Conflicts identified in the Proposed Policy include where:
- a proxy advisory firm provides vote recommendations to an investor client on corporate governance matters of an issuer to which the proxy advisory firm provided consulting services;
- an investor client of a proxy advisory firm submits a shareholder proposal to be put to a vote at a shareholders' meeting that could be the subject of a favourable vote recommendation by the proxy advisory firm; and
- a proxy advisory firm is owned, in whole or in part, by an investor client who invests in issuers in relation to which the proxy advisory firm is or has been mandated to make vote recommendations.
- Transparency and accuracy of vote recommendations: In calling for greater transparency and accuracy in vote recommendations, the Proposed Policy provides that the CSA expect proxy advisory firms to ensure consistency in vote recommendations in accordance with their specific proxy voting guidelines, use up-to-date information in making such determinations, and prepare recommendations with the goal of reducing the risk of factual errors and inaccuracies. Proxy advisory firms may also consider disclosing their policies and procedures as well as internal safeguards and controls leading to vote recommendations.
- Development of proxy voting guidelines: The Proposed Policy expresses that it is good practice for proxy advisory firms to develop their proxy voting guidelines in a consultative and comprehensive manner, acknowledging that such guidelines have been seen to have an influence on issuers' corporate governance practices. Among the considerations suggested for proxy advisory firms in the development of proxy voting guidelines are the local market or regulatory conditions and regular consultation with and consideration of the preferences and views of their clients, market participants and the public.
- Communications with clients, market participants, the media and the public: The CSA expect proxy advisory firms to communicate certain information with their clients, including, actual or potential conflicts of interest, identification of factual information versus information resulting from analytical models and assumptions and any known or potential limitations or conditions in the research and analysis used to prepare the recommendation. In addition, the CSA expect proxy advisory firms to correct any factual error or inaccuracy found in a report and to duly inform their clients in a timely manner. While the CSA leave it to the proxy advisory firm to determine whether to engage issuers, they do expect firms to publicly disclose their approach to contacting issuers.
More generally, and in connection with a number of the issues addressed above, proxy advisory firms are encouraged to have sufficient resources, knowledge and expertise, including hiring, training and retaining competent and skilled individuals with the necessary experience and competencies to perform their duties. In addition, proxy advisory firms will be expected to post or describe on their websites the nature of their policies and procedures, internal safeguards and controls, code of conduct and compliance program respecting conflicts of interest, vote recommendations and dialogue or contact with issuers.
The CSA are not alone in their proposal, citing other international publications and initiatives, including ones from the SEC, NYSE, European Commission (here and here) and ESMA (here and here), as generating a renewed focus on the activities of proxy advisory firms.
The CSA is accepting comments, including responses to a number of specific questions set out in the proposal, until June 23, 2014.


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Mayfield is not an NFL QB. And just about every OU QB sucks in the NFL anyway. I guess he's better than Lynch, but that's not saying much.
And I don't want a bunch of Mayfield's fanbase bandwagoning the Broncos.
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Lol, I guess Baker Mayfield was yelling "it's over!" at Georgia players before halftime.
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In Teekay Tankers Ltd v STX Offshore Ltd [2017] EWHC 253 (Comm) the Commercial Court decided that an option agreement for the construction of crude oil tankers was void, as the option agreement required the parties to mutually agree a delivery date at a time in the future. In doing so, the Commercial Court illustrated the risk of seeking to leave key elements of an agreement to be "mutually agreed" at a later point in time.
Teekay Tankers Ltd ("TT") and STX Offshore Ltd ("STX") entered into four shipbuilding contracts for crude oil tankers (the "firm contracts"), each concerning one firm vessel, and one option agreement whereby STX agreed to grant TT options to build three additional sets of up to four vessels. Prior to the agreements being signed, TT discovered that STX was in talks with creditors to restructure its debt; nonetheless, TT signed the agreements on 5 April 2013.
A key condition of each of the firm contracts was the provision of a refund guarantee as security for TT's advance instalment payments. These guarantees were each due to be provided by STX's banks in favour of TT within 30 banking days following the firm contract execution. In the event of a failure to provide a refund guarantee within the agreed timescale, TT was "entitled to rescind" the firm contract with immediate effect.
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[4.1] The Delivery Dates for each [of the] Optional Vessels shall be mutually agreed upon at the time of declaration of the relevant option,
[4.2] but [STX] will make best efforts to have a delivery within 2016 for each [of the] First Optional Vessels, within 2017 for each [of the] Second Optional Vessels and within 2017 for each [of the] Third Optional Vessels".
STX was in talks with its creditors to restructure its debts and the banks refused to provide the refund guarantees. TT brought successful arbitration proceedings against STX for the repudiation of the firm contracts and was awarded US$8,110,000 by way of damages. Despite this default under the firm contracts, TT chose to exercise its option under the option agreement for the first and second sets of option vessels. TT requested that STX fulfil all contractual terms including to provide shipbuilding contracts for the first and second sets of option vessels within 10 days.
However, STX argued that the option agreement was void for uncertainty due to an essential term (delivery dates) requiring that it was to be "mutually agreed" by the parties.
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- a failure by STX to propose delivery dates pursuant to the best efforts obligation, coupled with the assertion that STX would be unable to procure the refund guarantees constituted "the clearest evidence that [STX] have no intention of honouring their obligations under the Option Agreement";
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- the option agreement could be made certain by:
- an implied term that, failing agreement, the delivery date would be such date as STX offered, having used its best efforts, within 2016 or 2017 or the earliest date thereafter; or, in the alternative,
- an implied term that the delivery date would be an objectively reasonable date determined by the court having regard to the obligation to use its best efforts to provide delivery dates within 2016 or 2017.
Giving judgment in the Commercial Court, Walker J observed that TT did not dispute that the identification of delivery dates for the relevant vessels was an essential element of the contract. Absent an essential term, a contract will be void for uncertainty. The effect was that TT had to show that the court could treat the parties as having intended that if an agreement were not reached on delivery dates, then a method would be adopted under which they would be determined. If TT could not show this, then its claim would fail.
Walker J explained:
"It is sometimes the case that if parties have not reached agreement on a significant part or parts of their contract, it may be that their intention is that there should be no binding relationship until the remaining part or parts have been agreed".
TT argued that this was not the case here. Walker J noted that TT could be said to be, "pushing at an open door", and agreed with TT that the parties intended that the option agreement would be legally binding.
However, that was not a complete answer to the question of uncertainty.
Law: Agreements to agree
Walker J sought to apply Rix LJ's principles concerning the enforceability of 'agreements to agree' in Mamidoil-Jetoil Greek Petroleum Co SA v Okta Crude Oil Refinery AD [2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep 76 and Chadwick LJ's principles concerning the enforceability of 'agreements to agree' in B J Aviation Ltd v Pool Aviation Ltd [2002] 2 P & CR 25, which was the approach approved by the Court of Appeal in MRI Trading AG v Erdenet Mining Corp LLC [2013] EWCA Civ 156.
Amongst other things, these principles include:
- Each case must be decided on its own facts and on the construction of the words used in the particular agreement.
- If on the true construction of the words the parties must be taken to have intended to leave some essential matter to be agreed between them in the future – on the basis that either will remain free to agree or disagree about that matter – there is no bargain which the courts can enforce.
- Where the court is satisfied that the parties intended that their bargain should be enforceable, it will strive to give effect to that intention. In order to achieve that result the court may feel able to imply a term. However, the court cannot imply a term which is inconsistent with what the parties have actually agreed.
- If, on the true construction of the words, the court is driven to the conclusion that they must be taken to have intended that the matter should be left to their future agreement on the basis that either is to remain free to agree or disagree about that matter as his own perceived interest dictates, there is no place for an implied term.
Application to option agreement
Walker J decided:
- A specific delivery date was integral to the operation of other important parts of the shipbuilding contract – such as operation of the delay, cancellation and liquidated damages provisions of the contract.
- Where parties have failed to specify a time for performance, the court will often have little difficulty in implying a term that performance must take place within a reasonable time. However, the considerations which arise in that regard are very different from the considerations which arise in a case where a precise date has to be specified.
- In seeking to identify the true intention of the parties, the court in the present case had to ask, "If their true intention was that the delivery date would be identified by determining what is reasonable, why did the parties state expressly in clause 4 that STX would "make best efforts" to identify a delivery date within the relevant year?". There was no satisfactory answer to that question. What was said about "best efforts" seemed to implicitly recognise that the contrasting interests of the parties precluded the identification of a delivery date on the basis of what would be "reasonable".
- It was well established that there is a crucial distinction between agreeing to use best efforts or best endeavours to achieve a particular result, and agreeing to use best efforts or best endeavours to reach agreement upon an essential term in a contract.
- There was no basis for thinking that clause 4 required one party or the other to provide the initial proposal. If TT did not seek a delivery date within the relevant year, then there would be no need for STX to consider whether it could offer a delivery date within that year. If, however, TT sought a date within the relevant year, then clause 4 contemplated that STX would use best efforts at least to provide a date within the year, if not the date which TT sought. However, TT remained free, in its own interests, to reject any date provided by STX. In this regard, the reference to the use of "best efforts" was plainly part of a process of seeking to agree upon an essential term. It was very different from valid and enforceable obligations to use best efforts to achieve a result.
As such, the terms of the option agreement were not consistent with the alleged implied terms. A term could not be implied. The option agreement therefore failed for lack of certainty.
In RTS Flexible Systems v Molkerei Alois Muller [2010] UKSC 14 the Supreme Court confirmed that for a valid contract to come into existence (i) the parties must have intended, objectively ascertained, to create legal relations, and (ii) "agreed upon all the terms which they regarded or the law requires as essential for the formation of legally binding relations".
Where there is an intention to create legal relations, the courts have traditionally sought to use the tools available to it, such as implied terms, to ensure any apparent absence of essential terms is negated. It might do this in a number of ways. In Petromec Inc Petro-Deep Societa Armamento Navi Appoggio SpA v Petroleo Brasileiro SA [2005] EWCA Civ 891 Longmore LJ observed that:
"It would be a strong thing to declare unenforceable a clause into which the parties have deliberately and expressly entered. I have already observed that it is of comparatively narrow scope. To decide that it has "no legal content" to use Lord Ackner's phrase [in Walford v. Miles] would be for the law deliberately to defeat the reasonable expectations of honest men…"
It was perhaps for this reason that Walker J noted that TT could be said to be "pushing at an open door".
That said, the courts have consistently proven unwilling to take steps to negate the absence of an essential term by implying a term, where such an implied term would be inconsistent with the express terms of the parties' bargain.
The decision in Teekay Tankers Ltd v STX Offshore Ltd is thus a useful reminder that where the parties have deliberately reserved to themselves a requirement to agree an essential term at a later date ('agreement to agree'), without any objective criteria that the parties are required to achieve when finalising such agreement, or mechanism to resolve a failure to agree, the courts will likely find that any attempt to imply a term to 'save the agreement' would be inconsistent with the express terms of the contract that the parties are to agree such term between themselves. As such, if the missing term is essential, the contract will be void for uncertainty.
In the oil and gas industry, it is common that agreements necessarily leave aspects, sometimes essential aspects, to be resolved at a later date. Parties would be well advised to be aware of the following:
- If parties wish to ensure a contract comes into existence, notwithstanding an 'agreement to agree' concerning a potentially essential term, they should seek to provide an objective criteria through which the essential term may be later defined (e.g. reasonable price) and a mechanism through which any such omission might be resolved (e.g. expert determination or arbitration).
- Conversely, if parties do not provide an objective criteria and/or mechanism for filling the gap, but reserve the issue to be resolved by mutual agreement between themselves, there is a likelihood that, all other things being equal, the court: (i) will be prevented from implying criteria and/or a mechanism to resolve any impasse; and (ii) as a consequence, may decide the agreement lacks certainty and is void.
Link to case: Teekay Tankers Ltd v STX Offshore Ltd [2017] EWHC 253 (Comm)


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News & Events
Nineteenth-Century Energies in 21st Century Houston
English Department hosts Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference
The English Department will host an internationally-influential conference at the Hotel Zaza in the museum district March 27 – 30.
The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference is the annual meeting of an international group of scholars dedicated to interdisciplinary discussion about and research on the nineteenth century. Each spring since 1986, INCS has hosted the conference to explore a theme of broad interest in nineteenth century studies.
The 2014 gathering, which is expected to draw about 250 attendees, will be the first time the conference will be held in Houston. The conference chair is Lynn Voskuil, associate professor in the Department of English and a noted scholar of Victorian Britain. She is also the Second Vice President of Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies.
"The people who are giving papers are from different fields – literature, history, art history – and a number of papers are interdisciplinary in their methodology, which means that they're drawing on the methods of different fields in a single paper," Dr. Voskuil said.
For its debut in the 'energy capital of the world," the conference selected as its 2014 theme "Nineteenth-Century Energies" and explained its impetus in its online call for papers:
What made the nineteenth century move, tick, and turn? How were its energies instigated, exchanged, conceived, and converted? Who was most animated, and who sought lethargy? What shapes—literal, figurative, material, textual, painted, embodied—did its energies assume? And how were nineteenth-century energies contained?
In addition to Dr. Voskuil, several CLASS faculty members and graduate students will be presenting papers and leading panel discussions at the conference:
"Did Children Have an Irish Literary Renaissance?" Margot Backus, associate professor of English literature in the Department of English:
"Masonicfilia and Masonicphobia in Nineteenth Century Mexico," Guillermo de los Reyes, associate professor of Latin American culture and literature in the Department of Hispanic Studies and associate director of the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
"Flight of the Aeronauts: Navigating Human Innovation and Nature in Mary Shelley's The Last Man," Samantha Lay, doctoral candidate in English and American Literature
"Henry Adams: Autobiography and Automobiles," Patricia Lee Yongue, associate professor of American literature and culture and women's studies in the Department of English
"Nineteenth-century Revolutions and the Birth of a Spanish National Cinema," María Elena Soliño, associate professor of Spanish literature and film in the Department of Hispanic Studies
The keynote speakers are Tom Gunning of the University of Chicago and Tim Morton of Rice University. Gunning "has redefined how we think of early cinema by locating its roots in nineteenth-century visual culture," Dr. Voskuil said. "He has also uncovered new evidence about the audiences of earlier film, showing that they were far more sophisticated that we had previously known."
"Morton has revolutionized the field of ecocriticism and environmental studies by rethinking the very concept of nature itself," she continued. "His work is strongly interdisciplinary, drawing on philosophy, literature, and science. He is known particularly in the area of object-oriented ontology."
For more information about the conference, go to incs2014.org.


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I think I deleted all the spam that has been posted and deleted the users. Hopefully that stops the fuckers for now, I'll be checking in more to put an end to it hopefully. Peace.
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Glad you managed to annihilate their 'handiwork' though!
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I can't believe how many come and go. I almost should require a phone number to call up any new users to verify in person to try and verify that its a human.
I deal with it daily myself


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Dear Parents,
Due to the adverse weather forecast this weekend we have decided to move training on Saturday to the gym for all squads, please see below for details.
The forecast for Sunday looks much better so we are looking to run training as normal at the river, it will however be very cold so please ensure that your daughter comes prepared with adequate clothing.
Dear Parents,
We would like to invite you to the annual Boat Club Music Evening which is taking place on Monday 7th December from 6.30pm in the main school hall.
All the rowers will have supper provided at school and then join their parents for the concert.
Dear Parents,
Arrangements for HSOBC October mini-camps:
The J15 and J16 mini-camps will run from Monday 19th to Thursday 22nd October 2015. The sessions will run as follows:
Mon 19th - Godstow: 8am to 12pm
Tue 20th - Godstow: 8am to 12pm
Wed 21st - Gym 10am to 12pm
Thu 22nd - Godstow: 8am to 12pm
Dear Parents,
The 4th October is currenty down as a day off but given the time lost from the water due to trips, Girls go Gold and fog we are planning to run sessions as normal for the J15s to Seniors at Godstow from 8am to 12pm on Sunday 4th October 2015 (day after Reading Small Boats Head).
Dear Parents,
Please see below a message from Jane Currie about a cake and coffee morning to be held at Godstow on 26th September 2015 for all parents. It would be fantastic to see any many people as possible. Please come down any time from 11am.
Kind Regards,
Chris Hermes
Dear parents,
Dear Parents,
Please can I draw your attention to the changes to the calendar on Sunday 20th September 2015. St Edwards school has informed us that on that day they are hosting a large Canoeing event and that there will be no access to the boathouse. I have therefore moved training to the gym on that day with timings as follows:
J14: Gym 10am-12pm
J15: Gym 8am-12pm
Dear Parents,
Please note that Henley Women's Regatta is on Saturday 20th (J18 8+, J18 4+, J18 2x, J16 4x & 4+) and Sunday 21st June 2015 for those that make it through the rounds.
The Draw.
J8+ (Racing for The Peabody Cup). First race: Saturday 20th, 10:36.


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The main hydrogen energy unit controlled auto which is sold in North America is 2016 Toyota Mirai. For Toyota things are straightforward, the new fuel, hydrogen is something which is the touch without bounds in the present. After the principal Prius in 1997, Toyota has not transformed anything in new auto making the considerable chances of this sort of auto have been demonstrated.
2016 Toyota Mirai Review
The looks of this auto must be keeping in mind the end goal to give the best motor exhibitions. At the front of the auto are huge corner admissions, since this motor needs a considerable measure of air which gets because of compressors, radiators and gadgets all associated and the powertrain. It would seem that the hood skim over the front bumpers, and the rooftop show to drifted over the windows. The comparable things in on the backside of the auto.
2016 Toyota Mirai Interior
You can see even three show screens with comparable look as Prius. At the main look is an advanced auto which resembles the space send. An agreeable seats and all watch over the travelers is the thing that we anticipate from this size of the auto. There will be regular gear, as Bluetooth network, USB and iPod port, warmed seats and the sky is the limit from there.
2016 Toyota Mirai Engine
The motor is a power device with 153 torque which is put under the front seats. There is a lithium-particle battery pack for included power. Indeed, even the time required for achieving 60 mph just 9, 1 seconds, after the 30 mph you may feel that the motor has bring down power with that is until 55 mph. After that, things are some better. Two tanks contain up to 5kg of squeezed hydrogen.
It's difficult to state how to gauge the efficiency since it's totally extraordinary sort of the engine. Perhaps is the best clarification that this auto spent as same level of fuel as most vitality effective electric autos, which is BMW for as far back as year. The hydrogen is practically water, so you can put this auto into the carport and overlook it there is no hazardous from gas harming.
2016 Toyota Mirai Release Date and Price
Clearly, this auto is accessible just in little part of the California, where are made up the hydrogen stations. Be that as it may, don't stress over that. One year from now will be the year of the new fuel stations, as per the gossipy tidbits. In the event that despite everything you have a thought how to drive this fascinating auto, the normal cost is some place around $57,000.
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Meet Kathleen-Home Health Services in Seekonk to Taunton MA
Introducing Kathleen a home health aide to Seekonk, Rehoboth, Swansea, Somerset, Dinghton, Berkley, Freetown, Lakeville, Middleboro, Carver, Plymouth, Rochester, Marion, Mattapoisett, Dartmouth, Westport, Taunton, Wareham, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Fall River and surrounding towns in Massachusetts.
Kathleen has been a home health aide for over 15 years. Her love of helping people came from seeing how important hospice care was for supporting families and making sure clients were comfortable.
When asked what her favorite client story was, she said," It is hard to narrow down just one story! There are so many stories every day, I could write a book!" Her clients call her their "Angel", and say they are so thankful that she was sent to them. Her outlook on life and hospice is, " I appreciate what I have in life, and hospice makes a difference in client's lives." Her best qualities include her friendliness, caring nature, good listener, and her patient demeanor.She tells her clients," Have faith."
Her hobbies include reading, travel, relaxing on the beach, pets, puzzles and word search.


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There is a simple law of nature and natural selection and beauty. It's called the "Law of 3" aka . "The Trinity".
Fellas..all in all..it's about the "Law of 3" aka "The Trinity". NO WOMAN has the trinity (Ass, Legs/Thighs/Hips (yeah..they are grouped into one), and Boobs) without some other apparent flaw. She never has all 3. That is how natural selection of beauty works. Usually women get 2 out of 3 blessings in those departments in the natural selection process.
If she has nice legs/hips and big boobs, she has no ass (like me...BONUS: I have an incredible face and good bone structure).. If she has nice ass and hips/legs, then she has no boobs.
(like Beyonce...no boobs whatsoever...corns on her feet...terrible weaves....but she also has a nice face...and light skin..so...she's up there)
And if she has ALL 3..her face is MUCKED (such is the case of Serena Williams-amazonian body, face like a defensive end).
OR if she has all 3..and a flaweless face..then she has bad breath, corns on her feet or a terrible attitude (a la Halle Berry...at least that's what they say)
Or....she paid for it. *shrug* (Nicki Minaj still looks amazing though...)
The thing about the Trinity is....God is just random like that. If I could trade my boobs in for a bigger butt..I would..if they could only go down 1 cup size (LOL). It doesn't work like that however. Just be glad and lucky that you have what you have IF you have it (If you are a stick like Olive Oyl..I pray you have a good personality...LMAO!). I guess what I'm trying to explain is no woman will have it all. Appreciate her beauty for what it is..and don't try and change her. And most of all ladies, be happy with what you have. I mean, that's easier said than done. But oh well...unless we go under the knife we are stuck with it.....or....you can wear "enhancements" for what you lack (no shame in that at all.... make yourself feel better..)
The End. (literally) I rest my case! LMAO!


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harvest-blanket...This blanket is made of 5 panels 6 squares each.
I used a provisional cast-on to begin each panel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSwG6SJ1z2I
I did NOT cast-off; instead I placed each finished panel on a DPN, waste yarn or stitch holder.
My plan is to sew the interior seams then use one circular needle on each side of the blanket, making a very long round for my mitered corners, kind of like a shawl edging.
Picking up the recommended number of stitches in the instructions, I'll increase one stitch at each side of the corner miter. I'm planning on using different sizes needles for top/bottom and sides since my collection of circular needles is not that large. Maybe use the same size needles as the panels for top and bottom and one size smaller for the sides? That way if the border pulls in, it will help the design rather than push out.
The wrapped-in-ripples hit the frog pond again this morning... I guess I can count to 191 but adding 4 stitches to the first row because my tired eyes goofed the setup and shorted my count at the end.
The old "I'll add these here and it won't matter there" routine did not work.NOT a good idea when setting up the baseline for a ripple afghan!
Also, changing from a US13 to a US15 just because the first cast-on attempt seemed to be strangling the US13 needles was also "a slice of crazy pie", to quote Yarn Harlot . It would created a GINORMOUS afghan.
Oh, instructions say "Cast-on 191 stitches loosely" LOOOSELY!
Please note: ball bands can lie! The Bernat Denim Style I'm using for my raglan sweater says 18 stitches to 4 inches. Do you ever wonder who does their swatching in Yarnland? Even dropping 3 needle sizes, my swatch will not go there, unless I want a bulletproof sweater that can stand alone in the corner.
So I accept the true gauge of this yarn is closer to 16 stitches in 4 inches on the recommended US8 for me. And plan accordingly.
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The Scriptures are overflowing with God's heart to care for people who were most vulnerable: the poor, the widowed, and people who are economically or socially in places of hardship.
I urge you to pay particular attention to the most vulnerable in your church and community:
- People living in caravan parks, many who already face numerous challenges around housing, domestic violence and care for families, are often the first evacuated or affected due to flash flooding, as caravans are commonly on low-lying ground.
- Elderly people, the ill, and small children are particularly vulnerable to heatwave. The effects of heatwave kills or hospitalises more people in Australia than any other natural disaster, and elderly people often do not have air-conditioning in their homes or are concerned about the ability to pay for power to combat the heat.
Earlier this year I wrote a blog about a simple strategy of caring for one another in a heatwave.
Have a blessed Christmas, and keep safe over the summer break.


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My friend Carrie generously lends me her children for photo shoots practically whenever I desire, its wonderful! Carrie's kids are not only cute, but they're cooperative too! I feel quite lucky to have her living so near by, for play dates that evolve into photo shoots, but she's the real lucky one, because she has some seriously wonderful and precious children!
I have so many ideas in mind for future photo shoots, er, I mean play dates with Carrie and her kids ;)
Monday, May 11, 2009
You're a lucky woman Carrie....
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Author: Leon Matz
When 6:30 came this morning I opened the garage door to get on my bike to start my trip to Santa Barbara, I was surprised to see Scott Wagar, Mike Hassur and a friend (Kyle) waiting there on their bikes! Scott and his friend were planning to ride to Tokeland and decided to escort me to Yelm on their way to the beach! Mike decided to escort us to Rainier. What a wonderful surprise!
After s quick picture, we were off to meet up with Mike Smith my companion to California! Fourteen miles later we met up with Mike at the east entrance to JBLM. As we headed out as a group of five, Scott, Kyle and Mike H. were all riding real strong! Even though riding in a paceline saves energy and helps you go faster the pace was a little strong for me! I was reminding myself that with 1,400 miles to go energy needed to be saved!
It was real special having a Cyclopath escort to start our epic ride!
After saying goodbye to our friends we headed out on the quiet roads toward Centralia! The weather was nearly perfect for our first day! Started out cloudy and about 56 degrees! There was a fairly constant headwind, but it wasn't too strong! As we arrived in Centralia, the clouds started to break up showing some blue sky! Soon we arrived in Napavine, and we stopped at a Burger King for Mike to grab some lunch! Sixty six miles completed and about thirty five to Kelso. We both took off some of our clothing clothing and eagerly got back on the road!
Shortly later, we met a fellow cyclist riding on these quiet roads! Joe road with us for about 15 miles! A delightful guy. He rides these roads daily training for a cross country ride!
I kept waiting for the famous northerly breeze to help us along our way but it never arrived!
Our arrival to Kelso was delayed as I dropped my chain and had trouble getting it to work! Once we arrived in Kelso, we had some trouble finding our hotel. After finding the hotel and taking a shower, that frustration was long gone! After a quick rest and washing out our clothes, we headed out to a Mexican restaurant where I devoured my combination dinner.
We are now back in the hotel watching the first stage of the TDF thankful that our day was much better than theirs!


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Rotation, Rotation, Rotation (The Numbers: 23/2/14)
It's a famous phrase coined by a basketball coach from the 1800's when asked what the key to coaching basketball is. Ok.... I may have made that up but rotations are no doubt a massive part of modern day coaching.
Somewhere along the line it was decided that most fully healthy teams would run at least nine, sometimes ten guys in a game. Marty Clarke gained a reputation for regularly getting all ten guys onto the court in the first quarter. Even though we've gone from 48 minute to 40 minute games in the last decade, we rarely see players play 90% of the game anymore. In our inaugural podcast with Sixers legend Rob Rose, he marvelled at how much rest the stars get these days. Adelaide's minutes leader is Adam Gibson, who plays just a shade under 33 minutes a game.
Since Adelaide released import Jarrid Frye, Joey Wright has played around with his rotations in a big way. He decided to start Brendan Teys, leading to a big jump in his minutes. With Adelaide moving Teys up the pecking order, that meant Jason Cadee and new signing Rhys Carter would only see spot minutes. The player who every 36ers fan figured would get Frye's spot, Mitch Creek, has only got an extra two minutes a game since the change.
Three games is a small sample size but let's look at the numbers so far.
Avg. minutes game: 7.13
Avg minutes last 3 games: 13.09
Avg points game: 1.1
Avg points last 3 games: 1.67
Avg. minutes game: 16.37
Avg minutes last 3 games: 18.50
Avg points game: 8.5
Avg points last 3 games: 5.33
Avg. minutes game: 18.53
Avg minutes last 3 games: 19.7
Avg points game: 6.7
Avgpoints last 3 games: 4.67
Avg. minutes game: 12.67
Avg minutes last 3 games: 12.67
Avg points game: 3.3
Avg points last 3 games: 3.3
Jarrid Frye was averaging 21.27 minutes a game and pretty much all of those minutes have been distributed amongst those four players.
Creek and Cadee are scoring less, despite the slight lift in minutes. Teys is scoring half a point extra as his minutes have basically doubled.
Rhys Carter is obviously only three games in to his latest Sixers stint but giving his that many minutes at this point seems a little generous. I'm hopeful Joey Wright, who has a far more impressive coaching resume than me, is simply playing guys in the aim of settling on an 8 man rotation come the playoffs.
Common sense to me would suggest splitting the minutes as below.
PG- Ervin/Cadee
SG- Gibson/Carter/Teys
SF- Creek/Gibson/Petrie
PF- Petrie/Johnson
C- Johnson/Schenscher
Despite his poor form over the past 3 games, I'm still rooting for Mitch to start. I'm going out on a limb and saying he'd thrive if Wright gives him the nod (and the sooner the better). Still give him 20-25 minutes a game and give the other "3" minutes to Gibbo when we run small ball or Peach when we play big.
I'd like to see Carter almost exclusively used to rest Gibbo instead of in weird small ball lineups.
Teys, while having some good moments yesterday, probably needs to move back to the bench to get whatever minutes are left.
BJ Anthony probably needs to take the dreaded 10th man role at this point. He's struggled mightily of late and the ankle injury certainly didn't help.
In 2014, he's averaging 2.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.1 fouls in 8.79 minutes a game. He's missed 2 games because of the ankle and since reaggravating it in the warmups against Melbourne, he hasn't scored or got a rebound in 9:45 of action. Hopefully the team learns from the Frye injury and gives him some rest so he's got something to give come the playoffs.Anthony also has the worst +/- on the the team of -60, or -2.9 per game. The second worst is teys at -12, or -0.67 per game.
And for all the former bashers of Marty Clarke's penchant for running all ten guys in the first quarter- Joey ran all ten in the last quarter yesterday......
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It was an interesting question that Dr Yeap had given us.
I worked out a few.
Then Dr Yeap continue to facilitate and make us think even deeper.
What is the greatest two-digit number you can form?
99? Nooooo, because remember the rule is digit card can only be used once.
Can number 0 be used? In which part?
It cannot be use as the additional area (because whatever plus zero is that number and the rule is digit card can only be used once).
However, it can be used in the one-digit place in the sum part.
Example of me and Shirley's ways of deriving at 90 (0 at the ones-digit place) and 98 (largest 2-digit number that can be formed)
It is for us to apply our knowledge based on what we learn over the past 2 days.
Anyway, we moved on the next problem, to divide a rectangle into 4 equal parts.
we can perceive the rectangle to be chocolate, cloth, whatever.
I was craving for pizza, so yes, my rectangle is the pizza.
and I am suppose to divide it equally into 4 parts and share it with my friends.
Then I heard comments from my classmate, "why do we need to share? I am sure they can afford it themselves".
True also, hahahaha!
So anyway, I attempted on the question!
Everyone was then challenged again, to divide the rectangle equally, but of different shapes.
Awwww, it is something for me to think about..
Clare came out with a few brilliant solutions
(and I forget to take a photo of it, hopefully she will post it on her blog.)
We ended the day with a last problem,
which is to divide 3 fourths equally between 2 people.
Each should get 3 eighths of it.
But the problem is... How to derive to that answer? How many methods are there?
With that, we sum up about fractions.
Signing off-
Teacher Huimin


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In an article on wrokplace wellbeing that was published in Workplace Savings & Benefits recently, The Work Foundation Centre director Professor Stephen Bevan is quoted as saying the following in regards to sickness absence management:
You can do whatever you like in terms of sickness absence management at a minute policy level, but we know that the most impact on a sustained, systemic basis is giving people good jobs to do.
The whole of the article is well worth a read if you have an interest in the topics surrounding HR and workplace wellbeing. And What Bevan is essentially arguing for in bits where he's quoted is a better job design - in other words, employee engagement and satisfaction to be things that jobs should be designed to provide, rather than as reverse engineered policy or simply lip service.
Bevan also mentions a link between muscoloskeletal disorders and increased risk of developing a mental health condition. It's not stated in the article itself - but presumably this isn't a direct causal link - and likely the effect of people with, say, chronic back pain having far lower levels of motor activity and thus being apt to suffer depression. It's nearly always stated in health literature that physical activity wards off depression so it would follow that lack of it could make some people more susceptible.
In the news recently it was reported that a scientific research team from Scandinavia have discovered that up to 4o% of back pain could actually be caused by bacterial infection. Apparently it had long been known that infection could cause back pain, but these cases were believed to be a tiny minority.
What this means is that a large number of chronic back pain cases could be treated with antibiotics. A few figures have been quoted as to how much this could save the NHS - and the figure of £250 million doesn't seem implausible - especially taking into consideration the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the UK and their hefty contribution to long-term sickness absence figures.
Many workplaces do of course demonstrate a real commitment to minimising sickness absence - with an array of employee benefits on offer such as business health cover (more info here), employee assistance programmes, help with childcare, even onsite massage and other unusual employee wellbeing offers. In fact, as the competition to attract and retain the best staff continues, the better the job design and benefits offered, the better chance of having the edge.


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Tecumseh Indian Fan Club Presents the 5th Annual Night Under the Lights
Join in the excitement of our 5th Annual Tecumseh Indian's "Night Under the Lights" youth football clinic. Come and experience the way the Varsity Football players feel on a Friday night!!!
"Night Under the Lights" is an evening filled with fun, games, and skill development. Your child will be working with our Varsity Football Players. The players will also be available for autographs! Below you will find registration information. Walk-up registration is also available! Please complete the Participant/Parent Information below.
The cost for a "Night Under the Lights" is $25.00. This includes a t-shirt for all students. To guarantee your t-shirt is ready, please pre-register by October 1st. Late registrants and walk-up registrants can pick up their t-shirts at the Tecumseh Athletic Department Office one week following the event.
Please mail information and payment to:
Tecumseh High School ATTN: Indian Fan Club
760 Brown Street
Tecumseh, MI 49286
Make checks payable to: Indian Fan Club
Print your registration form here; Night Under the Lights 2016


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gander Mountain Co. gmtn on Wednesday reported a first-quarter net loss of $17.6 million, or $1.23 a share, narrower than the loss of $18.1 million, or $10.65 a share, last year. Sales rose to $135 million from $99 million. Including the conversion of preferred shares and the application of net proceeds from its initial public offering, the company's year-ago loss was 90 cents a share. A survey of analysts by Thomson First Call forecasted a loss of 63 cents a share and revenue of $126.5 million. Shares rose 29 cents to $11.10 on Tuesday.
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I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us --- don't tell! They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!
--Emily Dickinson
To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallenter, I know,Who charge within the bosom,The cavalry of woe.Who win, and nations do not see,Who fall, and none observe,Whose dying eyes no countryRegards with patriot love.We trust, in plumed procession,For such the angels go,Rank after rank, with even feetAnd uniforms of snow.--Emily Dickinson
Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not.
It has no future but itself, Its infinite realms contain Its past, enlightened to perceive New periods of pain. --Emily Dickinson
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
Unmoved, she notes the chariot's pausing At her low gate;Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling Upon her mat.
I've known her from an ample nation Choose one;Then close the valves of her attention Like stone.
--Emily Dickinson
The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
--Gwendolyn Brooks
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
--John Donne
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free."
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
"The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue."
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
--A.E. Housman
She even thinks that up in heaven
Her class lies late and snores
While poor black cherubs rise at seven
To do celestial chores.
--Countee Cullen
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death;
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother;s countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.
You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.
--Theodore Roethke
I like to see it lap the Miles --
And lick the Valleys up --And stop to feed itself at Tanks --And then -- prodigious stepAround a Pile of Mountains --And supercilious peerIn Shanties -- by the sides of Roads --And then a Quarry pareTo fit its RibsAnd crawl betweenComplaining all the whileIn horrid -- hooting stanza --Then chase itself down Hill --And neigh like Boanerges --Then -- punctual as a StarStop -- docile and omnipotentAt its own stable door ----Emily Dickinson
Not a red rose or a satin heart.
I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.
I am trying to be truthful.
Not a cute card or a kissogram.
I give you an onion.
Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,
possessive and faithful
as we are,
for as long as we are.
Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding-ring,
if you like.
Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife.
--Carol Ann Duffy
The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript
Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn.
When evening quickens faintly in the street,
Wakening the appetites of life in some
And to others bringing the Boston Evening Transcript,
I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning
Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld,
If the street were time and he at the end of the street,
And I say, "Cousin Harriet, here is the Boston Evening Transcript."
--T.S. Eliot
As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say
The breath goes now, and some say, No:
So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;
Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.
Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears,
Men reckon what it did, and meant;
But trepidation of the spheres,
Though greater far, is innocent.
Dull sublunary lovers' love
(Whose soul is sense) cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
Those things which elemented it.
But we by a love so much refined,
That our selves know not what it is,
Inter-assured of the mind,
Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss.
Our two souls therefore, which are one,
Though I must go, endure not yet
A breach, but an expansion,
Like gold to airy thinness beat.
If they be two, they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the other do.
And though it in the center sit,
Yet when the other far doth roam,
It leans and hearkens after it,
And grows erect, as that comes home.
Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
Like th' other foot, obliquely run;
Thy firmness makes my circle just,
And makes me end where I begun.
--John Donne
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
--William Wordsworth
I tend the mobile now
like an injured bird
We text, text, text
our significant words.
I re-read your first,
your second, your third,
look for your small xx,
feeling absurd.
The codes we send
arrive with a broken chord.
I try to picture your hands,
their image is blurred.
Nothing my thumbs press
will ever be heard.
--Carol Ann Duffy
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the signing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
went down to New Orleands, and I've seen its
muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset
I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
--Langston Hughes
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and share's man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
--Gerard Manley Hopkins
Much Madness is divinest Sense -
To a discerning Eye -
Much Sense - the starkest Madness -
'Tis the Majority
In this, as all, prevail -
Assent - and you are sane -
Demur - you're sraightway dangerous -
And handled with a Chain -
--Emily Dickinson
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha'n't be gone long. -You come too.
I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young,
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I sha'n't be gone long. -You come too.
--Robert Frost
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors --
No -- yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever -- or else swoon to death.
--John Keats
You can thank my English teacher for this post. We're doing a poetry unit in AP Literature, and I'm just loving it! Poetry really is so beautiful. I wish I could write it well.


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Dean Johnson
President & Founder
Dean Johnson leveraged 25 years of experience in the systems and defense industries to found Entegra Systems. Basically, he wanted to create the kind of company that he would want to work for — one that had an open door with leadership; embraced diverse skill sets and technical disciplines; offered great benefits and work environment; and was involved in vitally important, meaningful work. And that's what he did.
Dean's areas of expertise include business and technical management, systems research, architecture, requirements, system and software engineering, development, and testing. Prior to founding Entegra, he worked at The Boeing Company, Conquest, Inc., ManTech, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Dean holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, with a concentration in Telecommunications, from The Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering, with honors, from Clemson University.
Barb Langhans
Vice President, Business Development
Barb Langhans leads Entegra's growing visibility and presence in the intelligence community. She typically is Entegra's first point of contact with government contracting officials and contracting partners.
Barb has led teams through the full contract development lifecycle for contracts valued in billions of dollars for Northrop, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Windermere. She is highly regarded for her strategic thinking, people management skills, attention to detail, presentation skills, and overall management talent.
Barb has a B.S. from the University of Baltimore.
Brian Mallare
Vice President
It's probably not a coincidence that, like Entegra Founder Dean Johnson, Brian Mallare also worked at The Boeing Company, Conquest, Inc., and Booz Allen Hamilton. Good talent tends to stick together. In addition to his roles as a civilian contractor, Brian also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army.
Brian brings deep systems engineering and program management experience — 30 years' worth — to the table, in the intelligence and technology markets, public and private sectors. He plays vital systems engineering and project leadership roles at Entegra, offering invaluable technical contributions to every team he's on.
Brian holds an M.A. in Business Management from Central Michigan University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University.
Kevin Reville
Vice President
Kevin Reville is a key member of the Entegra leadership team, with primary responsibility for managing customer engagements.
Kevin has a lengthy and highly impressive track record in the systems and technology fields. He's worked on enterprise systems for major government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Systems and software engineering are Kevin's forte, along with strong customer and partner engagement skills.
Kevin holds an M.B.A. in Information Systems and Finance from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Telly Stroumbis
Chief Technologist
Telly Stroumbis is the principal investigator for Entegra's major R&D initiatives. He's our big man on big data, a frequent speaker on big data analytics and a recipient of the MarkLogic Innovation Award. Telly is a recognized industry innovator with over 25 years of experience developing critical software solutions for the intelligence community. He has served as a Boeing Technical Fellow and Department of Defense Technical Director.
Telly holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.


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A lacklustre performance in round one against the Panthers, a shellacking at the hands of rivals Manly in round two and being outclassed by the Sharks in round three has already left the Eels in panic mode so early into the season.
Despite have a lethal backline consisting of Jennings, Hayne, Norman and Moses to name a few, the Eels have lacked creativity and finesse in the final third of the field.
In fact, In the last 200 minutes of football, the Eels have ONLY scored 4 points, yet have conceded 98.
Despite showing promise at the back-end of last year, the halves combination of Moses and Norman is just not working in 2018.
Triple M Grill Team's Matty Johns believes the problem could lie in Eels coach Brad Arthur giving equal rights to his number 6 and 7.
Matty truly believes modern football needs only one chief playmaker.
Listen to Matty's insightful yarn below:
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Serbia's academics have discovered that replacing a highly political piece of legislation - the 1998 University Law - is insufficient to reform a Communist-era system that fell victim to the clampdown on dissenting academics under former president Slobodan Milosevic.
Serbia's higher education institutes need to be brought into a modern legal framework if they are to be eligible for European funding, supported research and student exchanges. Schemes such as the Tempus programme have proved to be a source of support for reform in states such as Croatia and Bosnia.
But Gazo Knezevic, education minister under the new Democratic Opposition of Serbia government, said it would take two years to achieve parity between Serbia's universities and a European legislative framework.
He admitted this risks leaving Serbia starved of funds, but said he hoped the country would be treated as an exception and would qualify for funding and support.
The 1998 law stripped universities of their autonomy and introduced unpopular contracts for staff that many viewed as crude pledges of party loyalty.
Many academics who refused to sign the contracts were ousted from the university or removed from their teaching posts. Some of those who left after 1998 have returned following the anti-Milosevic uprising in October, but the old law has to be annulled before they can legally return to their posts.
Under Milosevic many appointments were made on the basis of party affiliation rather than merit.
Perhaps the most notorious example was the appointment of Serbian deputy prime minister and rightwing former paramilitary Vojislav Seselj as professor of law at Belgrade University. Mr Seselj has since been fired, but other less flagrant cases remain.
Now a taskforce of academics is working on a reform plan comprising a two-phase programme. But draft proposals for the first phase are already more than a month late.
Belgrade law professor Dragor Hiber, who chairs the board drafting the reforms, said a transitional university law would be ready in mid-February - but this will broadly return the situation to the status quo, before the 1998 law was introduced.
A second, more radical set of proposals will be drafted between six months and a year later. "By the beginning of 2002 we should have phase two of the university law," he said.
He envisages that only by October 2002 will Serbia's universities be operating within a legal framework that accords with European standards.
Pruning back Serbia's under-qualified and over-staffed academia and returning universities to centres of academic excellence will require ruthless firing of unsuitable staff. The collective decision making practiced in the past by Serbian faculties could struggle to bring this about.
Professor Hiber has proposed that an evaluation panel, comprising both foreign and Serbian academics, should review all appointments and decide which professors are appropriate.


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Big City Liberals Are Forcing Rural Counties To Secede
by Ron Ewart / News with Views History has shown us that people don't behave well when crammed together in big cities. Big cities have given us the "Blue" states. Big cities are hot beds of socialism and government control. Big cities, with their voting majorities, control the legislative process and give us big-city legislators that support socialism, more laws, […]Read more ›


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From STAFF REPORTS
Published: Monday, May 11, 2015 | 3:10 PM
On Saturday, May 9 Hollywood came to Pasadena as Union Station Homeless Services took a new spin on its annual A Place To Call Home gala. The nonprofit hosted a "Tonight Show" themed evening of entertainment, comedy, music, and fun for all with a great cause.
Master of Ceremonies Gildart Jackson (The Young and the Restless, General Hospital), played the late-night talk show host for the night's program, with actor and producer Blake Adams Bailey as the show's announcer. One-on-one interviews were conducted with the honorees, as well as a formerly homeless individual who found a place to call home through the work of Union Station. The evening's entertainment included musical guest Melora Hardin (The Office, Transparent), who performed an original song with Byron Miller and the Psycho Bass Band, the official house band for the night.
Over 400 guests, businesses and community leaders walked the red carpet at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena while posing for photos and enjoying a wine reception, hosted by Rob and Leslie Levy (owners of The Raymond), as they bid on silent auction items. Congresswoman Judy Chu and representatives from the office of Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich were among the many supporters attending this year's gala. The event honored the contributions of Charlie & Rene Chiara and Jim & Tina Hart, long-time supporters and distinguished members of the entertainment industry who have used their talents to benefit the organization.
"We were thrilled with the turnout for this event as we honored the Harts and Chiaras", says Marv Gross, CEO of Union Station Homeless Services. "It was our most successful ever. Gildart Jackson, Melora Hardin, Blake Bailey and the Psycho Bass Band were exceptional in adding so much entertainment and fun to a great evening."
Over $460,000 was raised to continue the programs provided by Union Station Homeless Services to help homeless men, women and children rebuild their lives and end homelessness in the community. As the San Gabriel Valley's largest homeless service agency, Union Station is part of a premier group of nonprofit agencies in Los Angeles County that are leading the way to ending homelessness in our region.
To see photos from the gala, visit www.facebook.com/UnionStationHomelessServices.
Union Station Homeless Services, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is committed to helping homeless men, women and children rebuild their lives. Union Station Homeless Services is part of a premier group of human services agencies in Los Angeles County that are leading the way to ending homelessness in our community. We are the San Gabriel Valley's largest social service agency assisting homeless and very low-income adults and families. We believe every person deserves a life of dignity and a safe place to call home. With over 40 years of experience, we proudly offer a full continuum of seven programs in seven locations; services include street outreach, intake/assessment, care coordination and navigation, meals, shelter, housing, employment development, benefits enrollment, and referrals to medical and mental health services.
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Dear JU-D Families,
The week and the school year are rapidly coming to a close! That's right, a whole year has almost passed. As students look forward to the summer weather, we've been drafting allyship magazines, testing for industrial contamination, and forging ahead in our study of the Silk Route.
Over the past few weeks, the Junior Unit has worked to complete a magazine about allyship. This magazine discusses many of the topics covered in our identity community meetings this year. This week marked the final round of meetings for creating the magazine. Over the next few weeks students will work on finalizing writing and visuals, and will begin to tackle formatting and publishing our zine.
This week we continued to move around the city testing soil, water, and air for evidence of the effects of our industrialized, globalized world. This week we finally returned to The Schuylkill Center where we completed our last round of testing. Moving forward we will compare samples gathered at Valley Green, the Manayunk Towpath, the Schuylkill River by TPS, and The Schuylkill Center. We'll be analyzing and looking for trends in our results to see if we can glimpse the ways in which Philadelphia has been affected by The Material Economy.
Finally, students worked to create idea webs that encompass their learning about the Silk Route. This note taking format allows students to stretch their thinking, make connections, and generate questions. Over the next week we'll be working to further strengthen JU-D understandings of the Silk Route and its effect on history. This knowledge will fuel our year-end simulation of the Silk Route, something teachers and students alike are looking forward to.
A piece of JU-D information:
ERB testing is coming up in JU. May 22-25 will be testing days (the 25th is a makeup). Please talk to your kids about their feelings and remind them that this is practice for the future. On test days please be sure to send kids to school with plenty of food and make sure that they get to bed early!
Noelle and Nick