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1 INTERVIEW TIPS If you've been invited to interview, it means you've passed the first part of the screening process. Congratulations! Your CV must have demonstrated that you have relevant experience for the role. The next stage is likely to be a face-to-face interview, and this is when it s crucially important to plan and prepare for the interview to make sure you're successful. Nothing is worse than looking back on the interview for the dream job you didn t get and wishing you had been more prepared. Here are some top tips to make sure you get ahead of the game. 1. PREPARING BEFORE THE INTERVIEW Preparation for an interview is a must-do and can be the difference between success and failure. Good preparation boosts your confidence and gives you an insight into the organisation you re meeting. PRINT OFF YOUR JOB APPLICATION Take a copy of your application form, cover letter or CV and the original job specification so you can read over everything when travelling to the interview. Read and re-read the job spec and make sure you re fully familiar with the detail. If you re planning to take the documents into the meeting, make sure you put them into a professional folder loose pieces of paper can give an impression of disorganisation. RESEARCH THE COMPANY Before your interview, make sure you spend some time looking at the company s website (especially their news pages, press releases and annual report). The interviewer will expect you to know about their business, and it shows a genuine interest in their company if you can demonstrate your knowledge. It s also beneficial to know who the company s main competitors are, as this is a common question and can be a great talking point. PLAN YOUR JOURNEY The worst start to a job interview is arriving late and it can immediately make the interviewer discount you for the position. Half of recruiters won t give a candidate a job if they are more than 10 minutes late for interview, regardless of how well they perform. Of course, there are always situations when unexpected circumstances affect your journey. In these cases, make sure you call either the interviewer or your Harvey Nash consultant no later than ten minutes before the start of your interview to let them know you re delayed. 1
2 Plan your journey well in advance, especially if the interview s in an area you re not familiar with. If you can, print a map off or make sure your smart phone is fully charged with Google Maps enabled. Work out how long it will take you to get there and if you have time do a practice run a few days before. You should aim to arrive at least ten minutes before the start of your interview. As well as looking professional, it ll give you the opportunity to slightly relax once you arrive. PRACTICE YOUR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS Make sure you re confident answering typical interview questions. You can practice alone, or with a friend, and be ready for unexpected interview questions. Tricky questions like How would your colleagues describe you? are popular with interviewers as they may throw you off balance. If the job spec you have details the required competencies for the role, you can focus on preparing your answers around these key areas (see Competency Interviewing below for more information). CLARIFY THE TYPE OF INTERVIEW Make sure you clarify what kind of interview you re being invited to. There s a big difference between competency and other kinds of interviews, and it s useful to know what you need to prepare for. LOOK PROFESSIONAL Unless you re specifically told otherwise, all interviews should be attended in formal business attire. Even a company with a dress-down policy will expect interviewees to be smartly presented, as it shows you re taking the meeting seriously and supports your professional credibility. It ll also help you to feel confident. Remember to dress comfortably and keep your appearance smart and uncluttered. For men, make sure you re clean shaven and well groomed. For ladies, we advise tying back long hair and keeping make-up and accessories discreet. You don t want to be in discomfort, or risk distracting the interviewer with a noisy piece of jewellery. EATING/DRINKING/SMOKING It s obvious, but you should not drink alcohol before a job interview. The interviewers may smell it on you and it can affect your judgement. If you need to eat before the interview, then avoid anything smelly and chew some mints before you go in. If you chew gum, make sure you remember to throw it away before the interview. If you re a smoker, avoid having a cigarette prior to the meeting. The smell of smoke can linger on your clothes and create a bad impression so. If you can, wait until after the interview. MOBILE PHONES Surveys show that having a mobile phone ring during an interview (or, worse, answering a mobile phone during an interview) is a common reason for employers to decline candidates. It shows a complete lack of professional courtesy and can be perceived as simply rude. Make sure you turn off your phone before going into the interview. 2
3 2. COMPETENCY-BASED INTERVIEWS A traditional interview, (sometimes called unstructured interviews) is free-flowing and more like a conversation. An interviewer won t have a particular script but will ask questions relevant to the job and will be trying to get an overall impression of what you re like as a person, including what your strengths and weaknesses are. A Competency Based Interview (CBI) is scripted and is based around the idea that past performance is an excellent indicator of future performance. Increasingly used as the standard for first stage interviews, competency interviews are based around structured scenario-based questions that require specific example answers. While the initial preparation can take some time, the standardisation of competency interview questions for the same kind of role means that candidates can re-use their preparation for every interview. WHAT COMPETENCIES ARE SOUGHT AFTER? The list of skills and competencies that will be tested will change depending on the post you re applying for. Often job specs will list the competencies or key words in the body of the role profile, such as communication. Analytical competencies These questions assess decision-making abilities and try to unearth innovation, analytical skills, problem solving, practical learning and attention to detail. A typical question would be Tell me about a time when you identified a new approach to a problem. Interpersonal competencies These questions assess social competence. Many workplaces function on project teams, so the more collaborative a candidate is, the more likely they will thrive in the company. A typical question would be: "Describe a situation where you got people to work together. Motivational competencies These questions assess the level of drive and examine your energy, motivation, result orientation, initiative and quality focus. A typical question might be: When did you work the hardest and feel the greatest sense of achievement? HOW DO I PREPARE? Preparing for a competency based interview is straightforward. Firstly, research all the likely questions around the competencies related to the job you are applying for. In some situations the competencies are listed on the job spec, but this isn t standard. Go through your employment and personal history to find examples that show you ve got the relevant skills and abilities for each competency and write them down. Answers should be structured using the STAR technique: Situation, Task, Action and Result. It s effectively like telling a short, concise story with a beginning, middle and end. Use a sentence to 3
4 describe each of the STAR sections and remember the result or outcome is the most important part. It should have a positive outcome that can either be a successful result or a practical lesson you learned for next time. WHY IS THE STAR METHOD USEFUL? A structured STAR answer clearly shows how you demonstrated a skill in a particular context, so the potential employer can imagine how you might operate in their workplace. Make sure answers are concise and that you talk about I (what you did) rather than we (what your team or department did). ST: Situation and Task Describe the situation that you were in, or the task that you needed to accomplish. Give enough detail so that an interviewer can understand your scenario. A: Action Describe the actions that you took. Focus on what you did, even if you were working in a team. Be specific and present your information in a logical manner. For example: What action or actions did you take? Why did you decided on those actions? How did you go about putting them into action? What you were thinking at the time? How did you feel? R: Result Describe the results. What happened? What was the result? Remember this should relate back to the situation. HOW COMPETENCY QUESTIONS ARE MARKED Positive indicators Demonstrates a positive approach towards a problem Considers the wider need of the situation Negative indicators Perceives challenges as problems Attempts unsuccessfully to deal with a situation alone EXAMPLE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES Q: Describe a situation in which you led a team. Outline the situation, your role and the task of the group overall. Describe any problems which arose and how they were tackled. Say what the result was and what you learned from it. 4
5 Q: What has been your greatest achievement? Reciting academic or obvious work achievements are not the best answers they won t distinguish you from the crowd. Instead, say something that will set you apart, that speaks about your aspirations and values. Q: How do you cope in adversity? This is a clever question that opens up further conversation. Whatever you choose to talk about, employers will be looking at your coping mechanisms and at how robust you are. Did you learn from it, and build on the experience for future? 3. COMPETENCY-BASED INTERVIEW TIPS Think of at least one example to illustrate each of the critical capabilities/competencies relating to the role. Be specific and detailed in your response but don t waffle! Talk in the past tense. Say I did this, not I would do this. Talk about your actions and behaviour. Say I did this, not we did this. Use recent examples where possible (the past two years), unless you have older examples that are more relevant to the role you re applying for. Spend about 70% of your time describing the actions that you took and the behaviour that you displayed (i.e. the A part of the STAR). Listen to the interviewer make sure they have finished asking the question before you answer and make sure you answer exactly what they re asking. Clarify the question if you need to. Take your time. It s better to think of a good example before you start talking rather than give an ineffective answer Take your cues from the interviewer. If they re probing for more detail, give further information. If they re hurrying you along, give briefer responses Ask for a drink of water. If you get stuck for something to say when asked a difficult question, or you find your mouth is getting irritably dry, it s a good excuse to take a sip. While it doesn t buy you a great deal of time, it does give you chance to pause and reflect on the question a few moments before you give an answer. You can take notes into an interview if they are presented in a professional business folder. But only use them for reference rather than reading your answers from the sheet, as this undermines your credibility. 5
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On Feb. 25th, Camille Paglia, a self-identified "dissident feminist," was interviewed for our blog. During the interview, Paglia described what she believes is wrong with American feminism today:
After the great victory won by my insurgent, pro-sex, pro-fashion wing of feminism in the 1990s, American and British feminism has amazingly collapsed backward again into whining, narcissistic victimology. As in the hoary old days of Gloria Steinem and her Stalinist cohorts, we are endlessly subjected to the hackneyed scenario of history as a toxic wasteland of vicious male oppression and gruesome female suffering.
She continued her description with a focus on the college rape crisis in U.S. universities:
College campuses are hysterically portrayed as rape extravaganzas where women are helpless fluffs with no control over their own choices and behavior. I am an equal opportunity feminist: that is, I call for the removal of all barriers to women's advance in the professional and political realms. However, I oppose special protections for women, which I reject as demeaning and infantilizing. My principal demand (as I have been repeating for nearly 25 years) is for colleges to confine themselves to education and to cease their tyrannical surveillance of students' social lives. If a real crime is committed, it must be reported to the police. College officials and committees have neither the expertise nor the legal right to be conducting investigations into he said/she said campus dating fiascos. Too many of today's young feminists seem to want hovering, paternalistic authority figures to protect and soothe them, an attitude I regard as servile, reactionary and glaringly bourgeois. The world can never be made totally safe for anyone, male or female: there will always be sociopaths and psychotics impervious to social controls. I call my system "street-smart feminism": there is no substitute for wary vigilance and personal responsibility.
Ms Paglia's claims deserve a response.
First, I agree with Paglia's claim that university officials and committees are not, in fact, equipped to handle investigations into crimes of sexual assault. However, this is because U.S. colleges and universities are not doing enough to properly deal with rape cases and allegations. While studies have shown that the statistics surrounding college rape numbers are in fact lower than the common "1 in 5" theories, universities that do have cases of rape have, more often than not, failed to take proper action, as evidenced in cases at Florida State University and Columbia University. Universities like these, rather than a focus on helping victims, focus on the preservation of their reputations. Despite Paglia's claim, universities should provide more effective ways to deal with rape cases on campuses, a position the editors of America have supported.
Second, as a young feminist, I also believe in equal opportunities for both women and men, for the removal of all barriers to women's advance in the professional and political realms. I, too, see the need for "wary vigilance" in my day-to-day life. However, this vigilance is not something I experience as a human being living in a world filled with "sociopaths and psychotics impervious to social controls"; rather, this vigilance exists in my daily life because I am a woman.
I have been harassed too many times to count; pejoratives and countless abusive insults hurled my way all because I "didn't want to smile." I have also been followed; my personal space being threatened all because some strange man couldn't understand why I didn't want to talk to him, alone, at 1 am on an empty subway platform. And sadly, these are not rare occurrences.
In 2014, Stop Street Harassment, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending street harassment, conducted a survey of 2,000 women. The survey "found that 65% of all women had experienced street harassment" and among the women surveyed, "23% had been sexually touched, 20% had been followed, and 9% had been forced to do something sexual."
A recent U.N. report has also found that despite advancements made for women in the past 20 years, violence against women continues at disturbingly high rates. According to The New York Times, "about 35 percent of women worldwide—more than one in three—said they had experienced violence in their lifetime, whether physical, sexual, or both" and "one in 10 girls under the age of 18 was forced to have sex."
All of this also contributes to larger societal problems, like the prevalence of rape culture, defined as "a theoretical concept in which rape is pervasive and normalized due to societal attitudes about gender and society." In 2015, this culture is more rampant than ever, evident in practices like victim blaming, in which a victim is blamed for a crime committed against her; slut shaming, described by activist Soraya Chemaly as "embarrassing, insulting or otherwise denigrating a girl or woman for her real or extrapolated sexual behavior" which can include merely dressing in what others perceive as a "sexual manner"; and social media trolling, in which a person directs an incendiary comment at a targeted person or group, for example, the threats of rape or violence often hurled at female activists on Twitter or Facebook.
For these reasons Paglia's claims are flawed. She not only seems to undermine the reality of rape and violence and the attitudes which have led to both in the United States and worldwide, but her emphasis on "personal responsibility" further adds to the victim blaming problem. She also demonstrates a complete lack of understanding as to what American feminism truly means for young feminists in 2015; she ignores the nuances that have become a part of the movement today, for example, the experiences of women of color or immigrant women.
What "too many of today's feminists" want is not a paternalistic, authority figure to soothe us. Rather, we want concrete changes: lowered sexual harassment and assaults rates; platforms to speak on women's issues without being silenced, without being verbally or physically abused; and changes in attitudes and behaviors toward women, such as those that label our cause "whining" or "narcissistic."
In honor of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, we, including Ms. Paglia, cannot ignore that there are, in fact, more barriers left to overcome in the fight for women's rights.

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Constitutional Amendment—The Proposal Stage
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Studies of the rigidity of constitutional amendment often focus on formulas that are applied in the final stages of amendment, stating that amendments must be decided by a two-thirds parliamentary majority, by a three-fourths majority, by referendum, by a combination of several such prescriptions, and so forth. However, much can probably be added to our knowledge of rigidity causes and consequences by expanding research to cover other decision stages, like the proposal stage, which conveys the right of constitutional amendment initiative on specified actors and institutions. While several countries do not in their current constitutions regulate the constitutional amendment proposal stage, initiative prescriptions are in fact given in a majority of the constitutions of the countries of the world, the precise number being 111. The number is impressive and certainly suggests that the proposal stage merits comparative study and examination. Initiating such examination, a preliminary empirical investigation of initiative clauses in 40 selected countries suggests that accounting for initiative rigidity makes in many cases a difference that alters the rigidity profiles that emanate from more traditional approaches to rigidity; in consequence, measurements of constitutional rigidity should preferably observe not only the decisive amendment stage but also include methods that are used for proposing amendments.
Comparative Politics, Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Rigidity, Amendment Proposal Stage, Initiative Rigidity
Cite this paper
Anckar, D. 2017 Constitutional Amendment—The Proposal Stage. Beijing Law Review, 8, 41-54. doi: 10.4236-blr.2017.81004.
Autor: Dag Anckar
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Pictures of quilts and copyright infringement...
I know that a lot of quilters post photos of quilts that they take at shows and the vast majority of the time this makes everyone happy. But sometimes this makes the quiltmaker deeply unhappy. I do not want to make anyone deeply unhappy.
I read an interesting article about an ongoing copyright battle between the Associated Press and an artist by the name of Shepard Fairey. Mr. Fairey drew the now-iconic poster of Barack Obama that we have all seen. He based the image on an AP photo by Mannie Garcia. (Click the link above to see both the photo and the poster.) This article is a reminder to me that it pays to be careful with other people's work.
I did take some fun photos in Pigeon Forge, just not of the quilts in the show. I thought you might like to see this little still life made up of one day's shopping treasures. Nancy and I walked to the Old Mill Toy Shop and Candy Shop. The green guy came named (Charlie Black) and is from Boogily Bunnies. He has bendable appendages which is pretty fun. BTW - this is my toy, not the Jack's!
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- QUILTILNLG IS BLISSFUL, DI said...
WELLLL--I do have to say, I don't know about playing with charlie, but I dooo have to say, he gave me a fit of the chuckles--Thanks ever so much for sharing his with us. Just, Di
- March 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
I have a quilting dilema and maybe Charlie Black can help. He looks like he has lots of words of wisdom to share.
I want to take a class at Vermont Quilt Festival with a talented teacher in an Itsy Bitsy Tensy class. The level says intermediate etc... I've been enjoying applique for a year or so after finding a method I like. The problem is I still haven't found a method I like for reverse applique and one of the blocks looks like a reverser. Can I be disqualified as intermediate because I don't like reverse. I'm still hoping to find a way to learn to love it and this could be the one. Dear Charlie, what should I do?
- March 18, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Betweens said...
On the copywrite of photos taken at quilt shows. I have found those that didn't want their photo taken would place it on their quilt.
If you show your quilt at a quilt show to me it is an open invitation for pictures to be taken only when you post that you don't that could be respected. The growing trend in Ontario is the Shows would sell CD's of the pictured quilts.. this way there are no camera's allowed and there is no dispute..
- March 19, 2009 at 2:53 AM
- Becky said...
I'm probably just sensitive to the photo issue because I've heard cranky quilters on this issue. I know that lots and lots of quilters post these images - I probably won't. Unless I have permission. I didn't see any permission notices at this show so didn't take photos. The CD is a good idea but does it address taking those images and posting them on the web?
- March 20, 2009 at 6:14 PM


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Last year, consumers spent more than $21 billion on the video game industry. The Entertainment Software Association reports that almost 60% of Americans—roughly 200 million people—play video games. To put that into perspective, that rivals the number of Americans who saw movies in theaters, is almost double the number who subscribed to cable TV, and is about six times the number who subscribed to Netflix in 2013.
Players often create their own unique content—including characters, items, maps, and movies—based on their favorite games, often integrating that content back into the game itself. Is this player-generated content copyrightable and, if so, who owns it?
Contract Is King
Copyright protects creative expression, which is typically owned by its creator. Video game players, however, often give up any rights they have to their in-game content when they agree to a Terms of Service or End-User License Agreement in order to play their favorite game. Courts typically enforce these agreements, even though they take away rights that would otherwise belong to the player. Because these contracts make game companies the owners of player-generated content, courts have yet to consider whether players can assert copyright protection over their in-game creations.
Protection Under the Copyright Act?
The Copyright Act affords protection to creations that are sufficiently original. It is well-settled that certain aspects of a game are copyrightable, but unclear whether player-generated content is original enough to warrant copyright protection.
In general, the bar for originality is low. But player-generated content is less likely to be original if the creator's choices are tightly constrained by the mechanics of the games he or she plays. For example, imagine a player creating his or her character in an online role-playing game. If the player can only choose one of two genders and one of five classes, the resulting character is not "original"—there are only 10 possible combinations of gender and class. The character is largely a function of game-imposed limitations, not player originality, and is therefore the intellectual property of the game company.
But when games offer players large amounts of creative freedom, the outcome is different. Imagine a player constructing a virtual building. If the player can choose from hundreds of building materials with billions of possible configurations, the player can create almost anything. Because the resulting building is more a function of the player's creativity than of game-imposed limitations, the virtual building could be original and therefore copyrightable by the player. Thus, courts are likely to use creative freedom as an important factor in determining which player-generated content is original enough to warrant copyright protection.
Assuming player-generated content is copyrightable, who owns it? Copyright law could treat players as sole owners of their creations, excluding any ownership claims by game companies. But this ignores the contributions of game companies, which provide players with the inspiration and tools to create.
Alternatively, copyright could treat players and game companies as joint owners of player-generated content. This acknowledges the combined contributions of both parties but creates logistical hurdles for commercial exploitation—particularly because it would require profit sharing.
Lastly, copyright could treat player-generated content as a derivative work—a mere incremental addition to the underlying, copyright-protected game. This would require players to obtain permission from game companies to use or exploit any of the content that they create.
In 1998, the Ninth Circuit suggested that player-generated content is a derivative work of the underlying game. In Micro Star v. FormGen, Inc., 154 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1998), it held that player-generated maps for a popular first-person shooting game were infringing derivative works because they were sold without permission for profit. Writing for the majority, Chief Judge Kozinski explained that the maps invoked the underlying game's story by drawing on its setting and characters. According to Judge Kozinski, this was similar to creating a sequel, which is prohibited without receiving the original author's permission.
Judge Kozinski's analysis does little to address the larger question of copyrighting player-generated content. It focuses on how the maps were used, not whether they were worthy of copyright protection in their own right. It also fails to account for games—like Minecraft—that have no underlying story and, instead, simply encourage players to be creative.
Recent Changes to the Legal Landscape
With game companies' interests protected by contract, and copyright-based alternatives mired in uncertainty, change seems unlikely. Surprisingly, the past few years have seen quite a bit of it.
Some game companies have become more assertive of their right to use player-generated content. The creators of Second Life—once the only online game to affirmatively recognize players' rights to content created in-game—recently revised their Terms of Service to grant themselves the right to use player-generated content.
Other game companies have taken a more player-focused approach. In 2007, Microsoft released its "Game Content Usage Rules," which provide players with a limited license to use copyrighted Microsoft content in their own creations. Blizzard—the creator of World of Warcraft—quickly followed suit with its "Letter to the Machinimators," providing players with a limited license to create movies using copyrighted material from World of Warcraft.
In addition, courts might be warming up to the idea of players asserting copyright protection in the content they create in-game. For example, in FireSabre Consulting LLC v. Sheehy, No. 11-CV-4719 (S.D.N.Y. 2013), a technology development company sued a group of educators for copyright infringement. The company created virtual islands in the online game Second Life, which were then used as virtual classrooms—players would log in to the game, meet at the designated in-game spot, and proceed with their lessons. The technology company alleged that the educators (1) used images of its virtual classrooms without permission and (2) later duplicated the company's classroom without permission on a different Second Life server. The case got as far as being scheduled for a jury trial, but the parties ultimately settled out of court. It is not clear why the case got as far as it did, especially if the company's claim to copyright ownership had no merit. Perhaps the case got so far because of Second Life's then-unique stance on content ownership. But it might also indicate a willingness on the part of courts to engage in a discussion about whether players can copyright their in-game content.
Finally, players are finding more and more ways to monetize—and in some cases live off of—their in-game creations. In 2003, Valve Corporation launched its massively popular "Steam," an internet-based digital distribution and social networking platform for video games. In 2011, Valve released "Steam Workshop," a centralized hub where players can create, publish, organize, and even integrate their own user-generated content into various games. Part of that functionality allowed users to sell the unique items, maps, and costumes they created in-game. In early 2015, Steam Workshop was opened to third-party publishers, allowing players of non-Valve games to make and sell their own in-game items. The revenue implications of this change are huge: as of January 2015, Steam Workshop owners have collectively earned $57 million from selling in-game content.1 With serious money to be made by game companies and players, the need for clearer and more equitable ownership rules is growing.
Since their inception, video games have challenged our understanding of copyright law. Now, with billions of dollars at stake, it is no surprise that some have resorted to copyright as a way of carving out their piece of the pie. Although the above discussion suggests that player-generated content can be protected by copyright, it leaves open the question of whether it should be. Perhaps the entire gaming industry would be better off if no one owned the rights to player-generated content.
While the future legal status of player-generated content remains uncertain, one thing is clear: now that video games have entered the world of mainstream entertainment, the intersection between copyright and video games has never been more important.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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We are going to have Yoga classes from next week (29th Jan' 05) in Plano Shakha. Oher details will be disclosed in shakha.
- HSS, USA successfully concluded Health for Humanity Yogathon 2018! 23 Feb, 2018
- Talk on India-US Relations And Diaspora09 Sep, 2017
- Interaction with Vivek Agnihotri & Pallavi Joshi09 Sep, 2017
- WITH SHANTA AKKA, PRESENT HEAD OF THE RASHTRA SEVIKA SAMITI09 Sep, 2017
- Yoga classes in Plano Shakha from next Saturday 01 Sep, 2017


text: Another double-page spread from my dream comic Garden Spectre. If it seems like not much has happened, it's because the pacing is incredibly slow. To recap my goals on this: it's done in a single accordion-fold sketchbook, which I'm treating as the final artistic product. In other words, no mistakes, no whiteout, no pencil marks, no Photoshop. It's getting pretty long! When the whole thing is finished I'll definitely post it as a single comic.


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This January there has been not enough shredding and just enough bread. The snowpack is terrible and low but at least my kitchen is cozy-full. This makes my heart happy. While January is typically the month to espouse low-carb resolutions, green eating, and clean food, this year something deep inside me loves and wants only the pleasure of a perfect sandwich when i sneak home for lunch, a pile of bread pudding on a quiet day off, and afternoon snacks of homemade cheese jauntily set beside garlicky olives, summer-canned chutney, and a piece of crunchy toast. I feel an interesting sense of guilt towards these beautiful, homemade, albeit carb-laden choices- shouldn't I be encouraging juice cleanses? avocado smears? smoothie overdrive? I love vegetables and exercise and want to be the kind of women who cultivates a living whole food diet and manages to eat cold healthy things in winter; but right now it is january and as usual I am drowning in stews. Braises. Pot-pies. I am snacking on yummy whole-spelt berry muffins between clinic appointments. Ensconced in faron's lovely sourdough. The raw food from my garden consists of slug-eaten baby turnips. The kale looks sad. The seasonal choices are yams and cauliflower. I am tired of all of these things and don't want to keep buying lettuce driven all the way from california. While calls for dietary change ring left -right -and centre, choosing warm carbs feels right in this season of slowing down, letting the quiet in, for fuelling ski-days, and soothing my poor ears from the horror that is myself learning the beginner violin.
It does make me wonder: when did healthy eating become about rules instead of instinct ? Why did bread become so loaded? When did the internet fill with encouragement to find yourself through sparsity and elimination in the darkest, loneliest month of the year? When did weight loss become about food guilt instead of fostering love of movement and spirit in our bodies? Why do we put such pressure on ourselves to make anew when its cold outside and we just want to knit? Why not set goals in July when the sun is high and one can't help feel enough with the chance to run in the woods and float in rivers all of the time? Goals formed in those kind of moments might make more sense: july hopes are for barbecues and hiking trips not clean-photo-shoot living and the pursuit of unrealistic perfect health.
This year I am hoping to finally shed the mantra of "good enough is not good enough," set in my overachieving little grade six heart by a well meaning childhood teacher. I was a seriously nerdy kid who loved to do things extra-well. I remember when the cut out letters of that mantra appeared on our class room board and how I was like, yep, got that. For sure. I can over-achieve not letting anything be good enough! I will win at math, studying, and life!
Ive carried that elementary school motivation around so hard now for decades that good enough really doesn't feel good enough. Great advice for spelling review and dutifully finishing my medical charting: but crappy words for diets and life. In this vein Ive spent the last three weeks quietly miserable trying to meet my annual goals of winter austerity, chilly drinks, and the challenge to chipperly "build myself my best life." The thing is, building my "best life" just makes me feel gross.
Why? Because the good enough best life is already here. I already built it by waking up in the morning and by being alive. The best life lives in little things- goose down duvets, braised tacos, slow cooker oatmeal mornings chatting with faron about what happened in dream world last night, and coffee in front of the wood stove. Its in the magic of night-mountain bike riding and winter-camping in the van. It's in this most-perfect roasted chicken sandwich. Maybe instead of yet another 30-day challenge, I just need to bring on the bread.
Ps: What do you think? Are january cleanses helpful? A useful re-boot? A guilt-laden exercise? Necessary evils?


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That morning, I woke without a face.
I had dropped it,
sleep walking at night,
a forest of fallen trees.
The worms had gotten to
all but the ears.
In the shop down the road,
they had just sold the last human face.
"Sorry, madam. We are out of stock," the salesman informed a friend,
"In any case, we only do disposables
and the lady, you say, wants a face
that will weather
the long winters of dying poems ?
A more permanent sort of face, that would be then…
We don't do those, I'm afraid."
Eventually, I have to settle for a disposable.
A face that will not out-last
the forgetting of lines.
But it can do "sad".
And it can do "happy".
It can get on
better than my old face could.
On the first day of every month,
I walk to that forest of fallen trees
and bury my face
in a graveyard filled with my faces.
Carefully, I put on a new one,
pink and fresh from its plastic case and,
despite the absence of interested worms,
die again
and again
and again.


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Great Convergence 2012
Dec 20– Dec 22, 2012
Giza Plateau, Egypt
During the Winter Solstice, December 20-22, 2012 a gathering from across the globe for a once in a lifetime experience at the Great Pyramids to intentionally celebrate this potent, transformational time in our lives.
The adventure will continue from Dec. 23rd-28th with a 4 night/5 day cruise down the Nile River on 2 beautiful boats, stopping to visit some of the worlds most ancient and fascinating temples along the way.
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Eighteen year old Tris Prior is the first daughter. Her mother, the President of the U.S., keeps her on a tight leash. Tris just wants to be free. Her mother reluctantly lets her go to a concert in France while they're there for politics. During the escape from the bodyguards at the concert, she runs into Four, who gives her a lift to escape. It's possible that Four knows her, but she doesn't realize that.
Read the original story on fanfic.net by yesfangirlingismylife
«This story is loosely based off of the movie Chasing Liberty»
DauntlessCakeBaby Dec 23, 2017
My little sister is in 5th grade and has a girl in her class who's last name is France. They named their daughter Paris. Her name is literally Paris France
diverinsurallegiant2 Jun 26, 2017
I'm french and one day i saw Emmanuel Macron, our president, in my train But i didn't recognize him. I thought he was a Journalist 😂😂😂
bagelsandrun Feb 15, 2017
um i'm sorry but THEY R NOT TWINS!!!!!!!!!!! it says so in the book
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look who's finally trying to catch uo on people's books oh my lord
rannells Jun 13, 2016
just wondering, is the original author aware of the fact that you've published this?


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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England, on December 16, 1917. During World War II, he served as a radar specialist in the RAF. His first published piece of fiction was Rescue Party and appeared in Astounding Science, May 1946. He graduated from King's College in London with honors in physics and mathematics, and worked in scientific research before turning his attention to writing fiction.
His first book, Prelude to Space, was published in 1951. He is best known for his book 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was later turned into a highly successful and controversial film under the direction of Stanley Kubrick. His other works include Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, The Garden of Rama, The Snows of Olympus, 2010: A Space Odyssey II, 2062: Odyssey III, and 3001: The Final Odyssey. During his lifetime, he received at least three Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards. He died of heart failure on March 19, 2008 at the age of 90.
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I saw the videos that you mentioned in the post in the General Discussion room, but do you have a site where you show what you're selling?
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The Latest: UN aid deliveries under way to Damascus suburb
MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Syria's conflict (all times local):
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The United Nations says aid deliveries are under way to the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Kafr Batna.
U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said a humanitarian convoy reached three areas in Kafr Batna with food and health assistance for 20,000 people on Friday. He said deliveries to the remaining three areas on Monday will provide aid for more than 16,000 people.
Haq said U.N. humanitarian agencies report that the relative calm for almost two weeks under the cessation of hostilities agreement has offered hope to the 6.5 million people displaced inside Syria and more than 4.5 million people who fled the country.
He said U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura still plans to resume talks between the government and opposition on March 9, even though some participants won't arrive until March 12-13.
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Warplanes have bombed a fuel depot in an opposition-held town in northern Syria, killing at least 12 people, monitoring groups say.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the bodies found in the wreckage in the depot in Idlib province, which was struck Monday, are burned beyond recognition. It says it is too early to tell if the casualties are civilians or militants.
The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition network, puts the toll at 15 dead, all civilians.
Violence has eased in the country since sides agreed to a partial cease-fire nine days ago. Under the agreement, parties are still allowed to target organizations the U.N. has deemed terrorist groups, including the Islamic State group and Syria's al-Qaida affiliate, the Nusra Front.
Riad Hijab, the head of the High Negotiations Committee, the main opposition coalition, called the attack "a massacre."
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The head of the main Syrian opposition coalition says they will decide later this week on whether to take part in indirect peace talks in Geneva scheduled to resume Wednesday.
Riad Hijab, head of the Higher Negotiations Committee, acknowledged on Monday that Russian bombardment has dropped following the partial cease-fire, which came into effect Feb. 27. Yet he added that President Bashar Assad's government has not released any detainees and said the flow of aid to besieged rebel-held areas was too small.
He said that "unfortunately" all Russian airstrikes had been targeting moderate rebels.
U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has said talks will resume on Wednesday.
Hijab told a group of journalists working for Western media organizations by telephone that the opposition will not accept any role for Assad during the 18-month transitional period
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Russia says it is aiming to step up humanitarian aid to Syria's war-battered people by opening up its military facilities in Syria for international aid cargos.
Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday that Russia "is ready to provide all necessary help to international and foreign organizations in the delivery of humanitarian aid."
He said this assistance will include allowing the unloading and temporary storage of aid cargos at the Russian naval base in Tartus, as well as receiving and storing aid at the air base in Hemeimeem.
Konashenkov said Russia is also ready to provide vehicles to help deliver cargos from Tartus and Hemeimeem to Syrian regions in need.
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Inner Healing Prayer, Part Two – Sozo
Sozo is the Greek word translated "saved/healed/delivered" and is an inner healing method used to bring transformation and wholeness to individuals. The goal is to identify root issues that may be hindering the person from moving forward in their walk with Jesus and through prayer, set them free. Sozo is not counseling, but a time of seeking the Holy Spirit's leading in a time of prayer. As with any inner healing process, groups may use different methods and call it "sozo".
Because inner healing is a delicate issue and much damage can be done by well-meaning people, it's important that not just anybody prays for you. Go with people you trust or come highly recommended by people you trust.
Inner healing is not typically a "one time event", but part of a process of growing and maturing in Christ. One of the down sides of how some groups do sozo is that it is thought of as a one-time encounter and no need for further sessions. Any healing ministry that proposes an "instant" cure or the opposite, years and years of intensive focus, should probably not be your choice.
If you live in the Sacramento region, we will be having a workshop on Inner healing on Saturday, May 17, at The Rock of Roseville. Go to www.intercessorsworkshop.com for more information.


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Can we see that aikido is all over the place in MMA?
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Ron Ragusa
From your referenced article: "The character 合 is a cover fitting over a hole or an opening and actually means "combine", "match" or "fit together" (as in a lid fitting on a container)."
When I began training, Aikido was translated as the "Way to union with Ki."
That's true, but it can be difficult to accurately translate a compound word through breaking down its component parts. "Martial arts", for example, has only a slight relation to Roman dieties.
Ron Ragusa
What caught my eye was this quote:
"Morihiro Saito:
In Iwama, O-Sensei explored Aikido by worshipping the Budo Guardian Spirits and praying every morning and evening. And so Takemusu Aikido was created. He said the former aikido was not the "true" aikido. It may not be incorrect aikido, but this is what O-Sensei said.
In Takemusu Aikido, bit by bit, new techniques appear spontaneously. This never stops, it is infinite like a spring.
This is Takemusu." (italics added).
To me this means that Aikido is a process that ultimately works its way outward. I spend time internalizing the teachings, practicing the forms, the Ki exercises and such. At some point however, the process gets reversed and I begin to create Aikido instead of absorb and regurgitate it. And once I can create Aikido I can create it anywhere regardless of the nature of the activity.
I would say that the creative effect is the result, or effect, of Takemusu rather than Takemusu itself, which is an important distinction.
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When Rosemary La Puma's nutritionist encouraged her to include three to five vegetables a day in her menus, she turned to roasting, in addition to other basic preparation techniques, because it's so easy. And La Puma likes roasted squash as a natural bowl for one more vegetable, spinach.
How to Make It
Rinse squash and cut each in half lengthwise; scoop out and discard seeds. Place squash halves, cut side down, in a 10- by 15-inch pan.
Bake in a 400° regular or convection oven until squash is just tender when pierced, 25 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, squeeze moisture from spinach. In a bowl, mix spinach, 3/4 cup cheese, and walnuts. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
With tongs or a spatula, turn squash halves over and spoon spinach mixture equally into cavities. Sprinkle equally with remaining 1/4 cup cheese. Return squash to oven and bake until cheese melts and filling is hot in the center, 15 to 20 minutes.


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CHICAGO (IL)—In a major win for America's commitment to equal opportunity and upward mobility, the Healthcare Freedom Act (HCFA)—Republican Senators' most recent attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—failed by a 51-49 vote early Friday morning.
Anti-poverty advocates received the news with great relief on behalf of millions of people around the country who are spared, at least momentarily, from the grave threats posed by Congressional Republicans' healthcare agenda. Advocates also lauded Senate Democrats for their united front against attacks on the ACA and Medicaid, as well as the three Republican Senators—Lisa Murkowski (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-AK), and John McCain (R-AZ)—who cast deciding votes against the HCFA, known also as "skinny repeal."
Far from "skinny" in scope, the HCFA, which proposed to defund Planned Parenthood and undo major portions of the ACA, was an aggressive attack on the healthcare of millions. If enacted, the HCFA would have sent the individual marketplace into a death spiral, caused premiums to soar, and undermined the quality of and access to healthcare coverage for millions. A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score released just hours before the vote estimated that the HCFA would have stripped 16 million people of coverage.
The HCFA's failed vote came in the early hours of the 52nd anniversary of the launch of Medicare and Medicaid—two key pillars of the American healthcare system that have helped hundreds of millions of people receive the care they need to lead healthy, fulfilled lives. Built on the legacy of these programs, the ACA has expanded coverage through extension of Medicaid eligibility and publicly subsidized private insurance. The ACA's endurance on the anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare underscores the crucial role the federal government plays in ensuring access to coverage.
The fall of the HCFA was the last of three failed votes on major Republican health plans in recent days—signaling a round rejection of the Congressional GOP's health agenda. These defeats came at the behest of opposition from constituents, community groups, healthcare providers, consumers, and advocates. The pressure against repeal was built and sustained in the months running up to the votes, during a legislative process that was conducted with unprecedented recklessness and secrecy.
Lawmakers have heard from their constituents, and the message has been clear and resounding: everyone should have access to high-quality, affordable healthcare coverage. The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law urges federal lawmakers to move on from their attempts to repeal the ACA and attack Medicaid, back away from attempts to sabotage enrollment, and instead work to effectively implement the ACA and engage in bipartisan reform that builds on the historic progress made by the ACA and Medicaid.
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After Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) flip-flop on banning flavored supari (areca nut), Girish Bapat, Cabinet Minister for Food and Drugs Administration has said the government is considering making the sale of flavoured supari a non-bailable offence. He gave this information while answering a question in the legislative council which is under proceeding for its monsoon session.
The opposition raised the issue of flavoured supari in the Vidhan Sabha today. Congress MLA, Sanjay Dutt demanded a ban on flavoured supari (areca nut). Later, Girish Bapat informed the house about the measures undertaken by the state government to control the sale of flavoured supari.
"The ban on flavoured supari has not been lifted. A notification has been issued which informs about this decision. Now, we are considering making the sale of flavoured supari a non-bailable offence. We are consulting legal experts on this issue and the final decision will be taken after consultations," Girish Bapat said in assembly.
In an article published on July 22, My Medical Mantra had highlighted how the FDA's decision to allow the sale of flavoured supari was a major setback to the on-going anti-tobacco campaign. A week after FDA Maharashtra rolled back its order and decided to continue with the ban for the next six months. The state government has appointed a one-member committee to look into the ban which was imposed on flavoured supari in 2012.
While the government is considering making the sale of flavoured supari a non-bailable offence, experts are unsatisfied with this move.
While speaking to My Medical Mantra, Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Head and Neck Cancer surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital said, "There should be a permanent ban on flavoured chewing tobacco and supari. The government should bring in legislation to ban it permanently. Assam has done a similar exercise. The yearly ban on these products is a precarious exercise subject to the motivation of political leadership. Needless to say that enforcement of even the existing notification is far from satisfactory."
In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) had classified areca nut or betel nut as a carcinogen to humans even without the addition of tobacco to it.


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M. A. Fields, L. Vickers, H. Cai, J. Gong, S. Tsang, L. Del Priore; Identification of Transcription Factors Involved in Murine Stem Cell Differentiation Into Neural Retina and Photoreceptor Cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(13):483.
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Embryonic stem cell (ESC) transplantation is a promising therapeutic approach for the replacement of degenerated retinal cells in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other retinal degenerations. Our goal is to use microarray analysis to identify key transcription factors in murine retinal development, and then use ex vivo gene therapy to express these transcription factors in ESC to induce their differentiation into photoreceptors.
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Eyes from embryonic day 11 (E11), embryonic day 18 (E18), postnatal day 5 (P5), postnatal day 8 (P8), postnatal day 12 (P12), and adult C57BL/6 mice were removed and retinal tissue isolated. Total RNA was extracted and cRNAs were probed with Affymetrix microarray 430A 2.0 chips (mouse genome) for retinal gene expression at different developmental stages. Genes were identified as transcription factors involved in phototransduction or retinal development using Gene Ontology molecular and biological function data, respectively. Genesifter and several other microarray analysis software systems were used to identify transcription factor expression patterns at different developmental stages.
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Cluster analysis reveals the upregulation of genes during embryonic day 18 and post-natal day 5 time period that are enriched for Gene Ontology functional categories related to phototransduction with p-values < 10-10. These genes include NRL, NeuroD1, NR2E3 and NeuroD4 which are known to be involved in neural retina and photoreceptor development. These four genes are predominately expressed at P5, which has previously been characterized as a crucial timepoint in retinal and photoreceptor development.
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Microarray analysis reveals high expression levels of transcriptions factors involved in mouse retinal development, consistent with the previous reports which suggest that the time between embryonic day 18 and post-natal day 5 appears to be critical for photoreceptor differentiation in the neural retina. This work constitutes significant progress in our understanding of neural development and cellular differentiation in general and in our efforts to develop photoreceptor cells from patient-specific tissues. Over-expression of these transcription factors in mouse stem cells may induce pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into neural retina and photoreceptor cells.
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NEW BEDFORD — Manuel P. "Manuta" Gomes, 85, of New Bedford died July 8, 2018 peacefully at home after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of the late Geraldine A. (Pemberton) Gomes.
Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Joaquim P. and Mary F. (Freitas) Gomes, he lived in New Bedford most of his life.
Mr. Gomes was formerly employed down on the New Bedford waterfront as chief city fish weigher and lumper for many years until his retirement.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the Cape Verdean-American Veterans Association and the William Carney Elks Lodge.
Mr. Gomes enjoyed cooking, scratch tickets and playing cards.
Survivors include his son, Mark Gomes of Westport; 2 daughters, Erleen Duarte of New Bedford and Cheryl Gomes of Fall River; 2 sisters, Amelia Lopes of Connecticut and Shirley Pina of New Bedford; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
He was the father of the late Alan Gomes and Brian Gomes and the brother of the late Belford Gomes, Alice Poirier, John Gomes, Antone "Toy" Gomes, Albert Gomes, Delores Gomes and Dorothy Dolak.
His Funeral Service will be held Friday at 11 AM in the Saunders-Dwyer Home for Funerals, 495 Park St., New Bedford. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery. Visiting hours will be Thursday from 4-8 PM. For directions and guestbook, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.


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Racing Returns at Evangeline
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September 30, 2015
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The 2015 American Quarter Horse season begins at Evangeline Downs on Wednesday, September 30. It is the first of 46 live racing nights to come this season with racing to be conducted on a Wednesday through Saturday schedule through closing night, Saturday, December 19. Post time for each live racing night will be 5:35 p.m. Central Time.
The opening week of action will feature stakes racing on both Friday and Saturday nights. The Friday feature race is the $20,000 Evangeline Downs Dash for three-year-olds and up at 220 yards. The 3-1 morning line favorite is the Kevin Broussard trainee, Scoopies Leaving You, who won the $38,000 Gentilly Dash Stakes at Fair Grounds on August 22. Saturday's feature race is the $35,000 Amelia Belle Stakes for Louisiana-bred three-year-olds and up at a distance of 350 yards. The 9-5 morning line favorite is the Martin Trejo-trained entry of Scooter Prize and First Prize Copy. Scooter Prize is coming into this race off a victory at Fair Grounds in the $50,000 Mid-City Stakes on August 29.
There will be some notable events on the calendar at Evangeline Downs this season, including the $1,000,000 LQHBA Breeders' Futurity (RG1) for two-year-old Louisiana-breds and the $150,000-added LQHBA Breeders' Derby for three-year-old Louisiana-breds to be run on Saturday, November 28. Trials for the Futurity will take place on Friday, November 6 and trials for the Derby will be run on Saturday, November 7. The $100,000-added Evangeline Downs Futurity for two-year-olds and the $75,000-added Evangeline Downs Derby for three-year-olds will highlight the closing day program on Saturday, December 19. Trials for the Evangeline Downs Futurity will be Friday, November 27 and trials for the Evangeline Downs Derby will be Saturday, November 28.
Evangeline Downs will be welcoming back the leaders from the 2014 season for the 2015 campaign. Rider John Hamilton won the 2014 jockey title with 60 wins from 266 starts and purse earnings totaling $825,175. Trainer Kenneth Roberts, Sr. took home the training championship with 35 victories from 143 starts and purse earnings of $612,919. There was a tie for the owner title in 2014 between Geral Dewitt and Joan Rood, who each claimed eight victories. Dewitt earned $95,610 in purses, while Rood took home $72,620 in purse money.
For more information on the American Quarter Horse season at Evangeline Downs, visit the track's website at www.evdracing.com.