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there is no meaning to life?
Life's meaning (or lack of meaning) is in our instincts and in our brain, but also in our mind and our many creations - those involving our many myths and our loves, hates, religions and attempts to be happy.
Religion and mytologhy are - as much as our instincts and the chemistry of our brain - a source of meaning, and a way of interfering in that chemistry.
Religion, mythology and magic bring great Guarantees and great Consolations, which minimize the very strong existential anguish of human beings, and temper their tragedies.
E. Morin, French philosopher and sociologist, Method V
the Meaning and the No meaning of life is a mind creation
Life is nothing until it is lived, but it is yours to make sense of; the value of life is nothing other than the sense you choose.
Jean Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French writer and philosopher, Existentialism is a Humanism
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
Henry Thoreau, 1817-1862, American essayist, Journal
Life has the meaning we give it. It has our richness, our enthusiasm, our pride. Or our cowardice.
Miguel Torga, 1907-1995, Portuguese writer, Diário
These then are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher, The Will to Believe
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.
Erich Fromm, 1900-1980, American philosopher and psychologist, Man for Himself
Ignorant men do not know the excellence of what's in their hands, until they've flung it away.
Sophocles, 496-406 b. C, Greek Poet, Ajax
Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count just with himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth, in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aims than those he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.
Jean Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French writer and philosopher, Being and Nothingness
The instinctive element of the meaning of life
Some authors underline the instinctive element of the meaning we attribute to life. This meaning is in our core: is instinctive and rooted in the chemistry of our minds, overcoming social and cultural elements.
Without affections and subjectivity, the meaning of life would be lost, and it will only remain laws, equations, models and forms.
E. Morin, French philosopher and sociologist, Method V
The desire to live exists entire and undivided in each being, even in the most insignificant.
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher, Parerga e Paralipomena
To live is like to love – all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
Samuel Butler, 1835-1902, English writer, Notebooks
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics
If we weren't interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that we would not bare it.
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher, O mundo como vontade e como representação
No meaning & Happiness, Myths, Religion
The meaning of life resides in joy and the feelings of harmony connected to happiness; without happiness, life loses meaning. Happiness is at the heart of our lives and our demand for a meaning, and cannot be separated from our loves, myths, religions, dreams...
The quotes below underlines these various elements.
Isn't precisely happiness what we all want, without exception?
When I seek you, my God, I am seeking happiness. I will seek you in order for my soul to live, because my body lives from my soul, and my soul lives from You.
Saint Augustine, 354-430, theologian and philosopher, Confessions
Friendship dances around the world inviting us all to awaken to the recognition of happiness.
Epicurus, 341-270 a. C., Greek philosopher, Vatican Sayings
Holiness and magic give to man a superior and fantastic world, which can be a source of happiness and meaning; similarly, dreams and even myth and illusion are a source of consolation, of oblivion, of surpassing grief and so, to some degree, a way of giving meaning to our lives.
Myth fortifies man, concealing the incomprehensibility of his destiny and filling up the nothingness of death.
The human being is given over to the cruelty of the world. Hence the necessity of a compromise, which is obtained by mobilizing the myth to find supernatural comforts, by mobilizing the imaginary to shelter the soul in, and by mobilizing aesthetics and poetry to fully live reality.
E. Morin, French philosopher and sociologist, Method V
when life has no meaning...
In his Essays, Montaigne tells us a curious story. Pyrrhus, an ancient philosopher of the sceptic school, and several men and a pig were in a boat facing a storm at sea. Because of the storm the men felt anguish and fear and lost their manners, whilst the pig showed superior indifference and serenity.
The moral of Montaigne's story: our conscience and intelligence are often a malediction. To meditate and be conscious of our weakness and misfortunes is often a cause of fear, grief and unhappiness. Our conscience destroys or diminishes life's meaning – expressed in harmonious feelings, well-being, satisfaction, happiness...
In the Bible, there are verses pointing to an analogous conclusion: «In much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow». «Do not want to be too just or too sage: what for ruin yourself?» (Ecclesiastes)
These are verses we may refuse, finding them too excessive or unlucky. And yet they point out the damned side of our memory and intelligence. The conscience of the brevity of life and death - largely ignored by other species -, may indeed create negative thoughts and reflexions, and, consequently, unhappiness, meaningless...
But… we can't deny our thought, or our memories. To deny our thought is to deny our dignity. Our dignity follows the direction of our thought, says Blaise Pascal. To take too close heed of Ecclesiastes words, or the moralist conclusion of Montaigne's story about the pig, is to fall down to an inferior threshold of life.
John Stuart Mill responds directly to Montaigne's pig story, with a famous statement:
«It is better to be an unsatisfied human being than a satisfied pig; better to be Socrates unsatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool or the pig is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other, to make the comparison, understands both sides».
Dropping our intelligence and moral senses lowers us to a mechanical world, a zombie one, where the meaning of life would be lost, without evil or good, suffering or happiness. As Robert Wright says in his magnificent Nonzero:
«In an imaginary planet of zombies, devoid of meaning, the Pol Pots and Hitlers and Stalins of the world would be incapable of evil; however destructive, they could inflict no suffering, prevent no happiness, affront no dignity».
Be that as it may, we aren't these kind of acephalous beings. We are beings endowed with intelligence and memory, and, therefore, beings oscillating between happiness and unhappiness, meaning and meaningless. The meaning of our lives is also dependent on our conscience, intelligence and freedom. Or in other words, on our choices, our values, our options, or our creeds.
And there is also a deterministic element that we shouldn't minimize – one that plunges into our core and into the equilibriums of our bodies, and that can overcome our rationality, our conscience and our will. The meaning of our lives depends a lot on it: life loses or gains meaning through the chemical transmitters beating in our minds…
Our «psychological states of exaltation are linked to our optimism, our depressive states to pessimism, and when we pass from one to the other, our world becomes either a world of misery, failure and tragedy, or a world of well-being, plenitude and happiness» (Edgar Morin).
In a sense, these transmitters depend on us, or more exactly, depend on the ambient we create and where we live; they are switched on and off by our philosophies of life and by the values we choose, and by the positive or negative thoughts we have. That's why the friendship and the love we are able to create and share, or our religious beliefs, or the way we live music or other forms of art, can give a meaning to life – by switching on or off the cerebral transmitters that allow our happiness feelings.
And yet these transmitters can also surpass the ambient we share or which we create, thus overcoming our will. And they can do this in a positive sense by giving us satisfaction, plenitude and harmony, independently to what is closer to our impulses and instincts.
But they may also acquire a negative sense through their connection to some ills and chemical brain imbalances, causing psychoses, depressive states, or, more simply, distress or anxiety and a sense of meaningness. From this perspective, life loses or gains a meaning through the chemical transmitters that beat in our brains, independently of our will, our values, our philosophies of life, our creeds…


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September Books
33. Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow – the ladies in my church have been going through this book this year. I really enjoyed reading it. I think the title is inappropriate for the content of the book, as the book is more about finding contentment. I highly recommend it to any ladies looking for a good book to read.
34. Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches by Rachel Jankovic – this little gem is probably the best book I've read all year and the best mothering book I've read in a while. I felt like the author read my mind and knows my sinful tendencies perfectly. I highly, highly recommend it. I want to buy it for all of my mom friends, it was that good. One of my favorite quotes:
"When Scripture says to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, it is not talking about finding the most effective way to organize them. This is a very easy trap to fall in, because the more children you have the more difficult it is to keep them clean and clothed and fed. Just the basics are a full-time job…. Christian childrearing is a pastoral pursuit, not an organizational challenge. The more children you have, the more you need to be pastorally minded."
35. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen – not sure where I saw this recommended, but I gave it a try. It was really trite and the writing got on my nerves a few times, but it was a really cute story with some unexpected twists. Great light reading for nursing sessions.
36. Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath – Thomas was reading this, and it sounded interesting, so I read it too. It is about what makes some ideas stick and why others fail. I learned a lot that will make me a better teacher to Bud and in childbirth and breastfeeding classes. It also makes sense why Speedy's birth story seems to precede me everywhere I go!
37. Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward – I thoroughly enjoyed Lisa Lutz's Spellman Files series of books last year, and I was so excited to hear she had a new book out. She wrote this murder mystery with her ex-boyfriend, each writing a chapter and then the other writing another chapter. Their footnotes in the writing to each other were hilarious. I laughed so much that I kept waking up Speedy while I was nursing.
And I'm going to count our read-aloud books of the summer, since they are real books and not just kiddie ones (I have not ever counted our read-alouds, but I enjoyed these and found myself reading ahead.)
38. The Magician's Nephew
39. The Voyage of the Dawn Treador (twice)
40. The Silver Chair
41. The Horse and His Boy
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Since 1985, the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame has honored individuals who have left their mark on the marching music activity. From instructors to designers to innovators, administrators and others, today's Hall is made up of more than 100 men and women influential in the history of drum and bugle corps. Each winter, members of the drum corps community participate in a nomination process, informing DCI's Hall of Fame Committee of those whom they feel should be recognized as part of drum corps' legacy. In April, current Hall of Fame members and corps directors participate in an election process to decide who will join the ranks of this prestigious society. Four individuals have been selected for induction as the DCI Hall of Fame Class of 2013. They will be recognized during the week of the 2013 DCI World Championships in Indianapolis.
Marie Grana-Czapinski DCI Visual Adjudicator
Starting her drum corps career as a member of the Norwood Park Imperials from Chicago, Marie Grana-Czapinski has made her mark in the marching arts activities as a top-notch visual adjudicator, from color guards to marching bands to drum corps. At the young age of 18, Czapinski made the transition from corps member to instructor with the Imperials. Soon after under the tutelage of DCI Hall of Fame member Earl Joyce, she learned the ropes of judging as part of the Central States Judges Association. In the early 1970s under the mentoring of DCI Hall of Fame member Donald Angelica, Czapinski worked with a variety of corps including the Finleyville Royal Crusaders, Seneca Optimists, Madison Scouts and Spirit of Atlanta, in the process gaining valuable insights as both an instructor and a judge. "While they were teaching corps together, Donald gave Marie the opportunity of a lifetime for a young judge," husband and 1999 DCI Hall of Fame inductee Gary Czapinski said. "He assigned her to the DCI World Championship judging panel in 1976 and she has never looked back. She was natural as a judge and was immediately accepted by the DCI community in the dual role of instructor and judge." Since that first opportunity in 1976, Czapinski has been a regular fixture on adjudication panels for the DCI World Championships and other major regional contests. As a judge, Czapinski is noted for her ability to communicate clearly and concisely, the instructor at heart always eager to give the competing corps constructive feedback to improve future performances. "Marie is widely respected for her knowledge, enthusiasm and honesty in her interactions with every drum corps, regardless of their level of accomplishment," fellow DCI judge Nola Jones said. "The last place drum corps enjoys the same attention and boundless energy that she gives the first place corps." "Marie's judging tapes will always be memorable and are always in demand by the corps members to listen to after a performance, as she talks to them, cheers for them and encourages them to dig down and give their best consistently," Santa Clara Vanguard CEO Jeff Fiedler said. "Her insight, questions, and commentary are respectful and beneficial to the corps, yet ask you to dig deeper as a designer, instructor or performer to maximize the performance," In more than 40 years as part of the judging community, Czapinski has served on various committees and subcommittees to revise and improve DCI's judging systems, as well as educate new and current adjudicators. With a penchant for continually educating herself with the latest skills and proficiencies in an ever-changing activity, Czapinski is one of only a small handful of judges who are qualified to judge every one of Drum Corps International's visual captions. "Marie has been integral in mentoring countless new judges and was continually on the lookout for emerging talent to join our ranks," DCI Judge Administrator John Phillips said. As she once was by the likes of Hall of Fame greats like Gary Czapinski, Rick Maass, Earl Joyce, Donald Angelica and others, Czapinski has in turn advised and inspired a whole new generation of instructors and judges. Czapinski is a member of both the Bands of America and Winter Guard International Halls of Fame, two organizations that she played a role in founding.
Marie Czapinski
Bob Lendman Phantom Regiment Director 1976-1981
After Bob Lendman's two children joined the Phantom Regiment Cadets in the early 1970s, it wasn't long before the lively man with a gregarious personality was repairing buses, and chatting up staff, parents and corps members. He was named director of the organization's cadet corps in 1972, and was tapped to serve as director of the Phantom Regiment in 1976. A master of logistics—getting the corps from Point A to Point B—Lendman was instrumental in laying the groundwork for how drum corps travel and tour nationally today. "Everyone involved with the corps at that time recognized Bob's unique abilities to arrive at practical and simple solutions to complicated problems," Phantom Regiment Board President Tim Farrell said. "He was an innovator at everything from personnel to fleet, and from performance excellence to travel tactics." In his six years with Phantom Regiment, the corps enjoyed considerable competitive success, however, as Farrell notes, "More importantly, the corps had become proficient at long-range touring. The members were well rested and well fed, and the organization was financially stable. Bob Lendman transformed the Phantom Regiment into what it is today." After his time with the Regiment, Lendman became director of the Blue Stars in 1982, managing a rebuilding season that started with only 19 corps members at rehearsals. Recruiting new students at every tour stop that summer, Lendman helped get the corps back on its feet, finishing the season with some 70 members in its ranks. In the mid 1980s, Lendman moved to Bloomington, Ind. and became an indispensable logistical asset to Star of Indiana founder Bill Cook prior to the corps' creation. He never strayed far from the corps and often drove the equipment truck during the nine years of Star's existence. With his wife Allison, Lendman ran the DCI Mid-America Championship in Bloomington for several years and turned the event into a major community festival. Lendman was known for never being too busy to help and offer advice to other corps directors, staff and personnel. He did whatever it took to ensure that what the corps were doing behind the scenes, always put the well-being of the performing corps members at the highest priority. "Bob looked everyone in the eye, no matter what size corps they had and treated all with respect as he shared his knowledge with everyone," former Star of Indiana director James Mason said. "He took the time needed to explain and to teach," said Jaap Van Waveren, a former director of the international corps Beatrix from the Netherlands. Looking to bring an American drum corps model overseas, Van Waveren had the opportunity to tour the U.S. in the late 1970s with the Phantom Regiment under Lendman's watchful eye. "That was the strength of Bob Lendman, a never-ending patience to give answers on a lot of questions." After his time as a director, Lendman stayed active in the drum corps community, volunteering his time as an event staff member at the DCI World Championships and other events. According to former Phantom Regiment Director Pat Seidling, even after his time as a director, Lendman had a knack for making sure the people working behind the scenes with the corps were always taken care of—Getting a corps' souvenir trailer positioned just right or whisking away food service volunteers on a golf cart to the stadium to see their corps perform, and getting them back in time to have a hot snack ready to serve corps members. Lendman passed away in March of 2011 and will be inducted into the DCI Hall of Fame posthumously.
Bob Lendman
Ray Mar Mandarins Executive Director 1983-present
Leading his corps to an incredible eight World Championship titles, it may be hard to believe that the 30-year executive director of the Mandarins, Ray Mar, took on the leadership role knowing little about drum corps. According to Mandarins Corps Director Jim Tabuchi, Mar first became involved with the organization while sitting in a living room with a handful of fellow parents, discussing how to resurrect an inactive drum corps called the Mandarins. "At that very first meeting he took on the role of corps director without even knowing what drum corps was about," Tabuchi said. "It is rare to find someone who has demonstrated Ray's level of greatness by starting with so little and creating so much." Soon after taking the reigns of the Mandarins, Mar's corps found its success with a slow but steady persistence. Working to tailor the productions and annual summer tour of the Mandarins to the size and talent of the group, rather than reaching beyond its means competitively and financially, four years after assuming the director post, Mar saw his corps win its first DCI World Championship title in the A-60 Division (later called Division III and now Open Class) followed by another in 1988. The Mandarins have won a total of eight World Championship titles, including an unprecedented string of four straight from 1996 to 1999, a record that in DCI's more than 40-year history has not been repeated in any of its competitive divisions. "The success of his corps dispels the myth that size alone determines a championship-caliber corps," Pioneer director and DCI Hall of Fame member Roman Blenski said. Since his start in the early 1980s, Mar has served as a volunteer director, never taking a paycheck for his work, while supporting his family with a successful career outside of the drum corps activity. With a quiet and steadfast leadership style, he has served on various Drum Corps International committees, including the Division II & III Executive Board (now the Open Class Advisory Committee), and has twice been recognized as a DCI Director of the Year in 1992 and 1998. Though the Mandarins made the jump to Drum Corps International's World Class in 2003, Mar has remained a champion for DCI's Open Class, mentoring directors of current and startup corps. "Ray is always someone to go to for advice, as he is a good listener who is polite and direct," Blue Devils B director and Hall of Fame member Rick Odello said. "He is always decisive and has an opinion whether you agree with it or not. Ray has great courage to tell it like it is."
Ray Mar
Steve Rondinaro DCI Broadcast Personality
The "face" and "voice" of Drum Corps International for more than 35 years, it wouldn't be an understatement to say that millions of individuals worldwide have seen Steve Rondinaro, as he's hosted DCI's television and movie theater broadcasts since the late 1970s to the present day. "For life-long drum corps fans, it's practically impossible to imagine watching the DCI World Championships on television or in movie theaters without being engrossed by what Steve says about the drum corps activity," DCI Staff Writer Michael Boo said. "Through the airwaves, he brings people right into the stadium." Rondinaro's drum corps career started like many others who have entered DCI's Hall of Fame, as a marching corps member. A young nine-year-old in New York, Rondinaro joined and spent 12 years as a member of the Watkins Glen Squires. He later co-managed and directed the corps, nearly achieving a 12th-place finalist spot in the 1975 World Championships in Philadelphia. Forging a successful career as a news reporter and anchor outside of drum corps, Rondinaro got his start with DCI's television broadcasts when asked by Hall of Fame Member Don Whitely to host a local PBS telecast of the 1976 DCI East competition in Allentown, Pa. A similar opportunity was offered in 1977 for the DCI Canada event in Hamilton, Ontario, and by 1979 he got his opportunity in front of the camera at the World Championships, sitting alongside jazz trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson as co-host. Over many years Rondinaro has had the opportunity to work with a diverse array of broadcast hosts from actress Rita Moreno to sports broadcasting legend Curt Gowdy, using his unique experiences and talents as a drum corps "insider" to educate his television partners even if they have little or no familiarity with the drum corps activity. As Rondinaro's broadcasting career took him to Miami in the early 1980s, he wouldn't lose sight of managing a corps. There he helped reorganize the Florida Vanguard into a new corps, Florida Wave, a group that went on to win DCI's A-Class Championship title in 1984. "He led from the top by setting a direction and helped guide the people hired to run the daily duties of building great young adults through the drum corps activity," former Florida Wave staff member Jeff Bridges said. "Steve's unselfish acts helped shape the lives of hundreds of young adults who would never have had the chance if not for what he did and what he gave." Rondinaro has brought the same attitude he had as a corps director into his work on countless Drum Corps International broadcast initiatives. "Steve has lived it as a performer, instructor and corps director," longtime DCI broadcast producer and director Tom Blair said. "As a broadcaster his priorities have been the same, always asking, 'Will it help DCI?' 'Will it help the individual corps?' And, most importantly, 'Will it help the kids?' His compensation has never been about money. He lives to support drum corps and he has done so for his entire life." View all members of the DCI Hall of Fame.
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October 2015
Dean Deanna Sands extended a warm welcome to new staff and faculty at last week's New Academic Year Welcome Reception, attended by more than 70 faculty, staff, students, alumni, SU colleagues and community friends! Starting this fall (or starting new jobs) are: Visiting Professor Honorine Nocon; new faculty Kerry Von Esch (ENES), Grey Moy (SchPsy), Thai Nguyen (SDA), Colette Taylor (EDLR), Steven Schuetz (MIT instructor) and Sue Ann Bube (Research Scholar); and new staff Jessica Fenner (Senior Administrative Assistant).
Pamela Taylor helped organize Saturday's sold-out Seattle Race Conference, which included keynote speakers Sam Song on "Learning Your Implicit Biases as First Steps for Personal Growth" and Leticia Nieto of Saint Martin's University on "Awakening to What Works: Practical Approaches to Deep Social Change." More than 500 attended the 11th annual conference, which was held at Seattle University and featured speakers from Seattle Public Schools, the ACLU, the Washington State Bar Association, Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities, Washington State Minority and Justice Commission, Seattle Office for Civil Rights, and Seattle Girls School, among others.
Colleagues in each school and college have declared 2015-16 the "Year of the Teacher." This is a grassroots movement among faculty to promote what we see as a main goal and virtue of our institution within the Jesuit context-teaching and learning. The Fall Kickoff on Friday, October 16 from 3:30 - 5 p.m. in Lemeuix Library Faculty Lounge is a festive, catered event where teachers meet teachers. An unconventional gathering where faculty will be invited to express insights, tales and dreams related to teaching. The year's events will also be previewed. All faculty is invited and encouraged to RSVP. Amy Eva is the College of Education's representative for the Year of the Teacher planning group.
The College of Education is currently advertising the position of Assistant, Advanced Assistant, or Associate Professor in Education Leadership (Tenure-track) to start in September 2016. This individual will have opportunities to teach and support leadership courses and experiences across certification, master's degrees and a doctorate of education programs. The person in this position will have major responsibilities to support the principal/administrator certification and master's degree program. In addition, the person in this position can provide support to an Educational Doctorate (EdD) to develop executive leaders for school, district, community college and higher education, non-profit, and government or social service settings with a focus on social justice. To learn more, visit our Careers page.
News from Research and Online/Professional Learning:
Endorsement academies taking off
The college's endorsement academies where K-12 teachers can be qualified for additional endorsements in high need areas continue to serve more of our region's teachers. In the spring, the college launched its first online endorsement academy for teachers to earn an ELL endorsement. In addition, we are offering multiple academies in partnership with Puget Sound Educational Service District and specific districts. We currently are offering endorsement academies in Kent and Highline districts, with an additional one planned for Tacoma Schools in the winter. We also have additional endorsement academies in development and planned to launch in winter and spring, 2016. This year, the college will offer endorsement academies in ELL, math, and special education.
First endorsement academy with graduate credit
As an integral component of the college's new English for Non-Native English Speakers (ENES) master's degree, as of fall term, teachers who complete the ELL endorsement academy may elect to take the academy courses for graduate credit. Of 21 teachers enrolled in our first academy in this model for fall, 2015, nine are enrolled for graduate credit, and those nine tell us that having a graduate degree in ELL was a major reason for deciding to enroll in the endorsement academy.
Co-sponsoring of two events with Global Visionaries
According to its website, Global Visionaries is a youth-led organization that challenges and transforms young people into socially and environmentally conscious global leaders. Through Global Visionaries' unique three part learn-participate-lead approach, its participants are empowered to maximize their potential. Formed in 1995 and incorporated in 2002, Global Visionaries is based in Seattle, WA, welcoming participants from across the U.S.
Over the summer, the college co-sponsored two events with Global Visionaries, a week-long conference and a day-long workshop. Both were well attended and were a great first-step partnership with the organization.
Number and quantity of grant proposals submitted
Members of the college submitted five grant proposals in AY 14 and 10 in AY 15. In addition to doubling the number of proposals, the dollar amount of requests also doubled from $1.4 million in AY14 to $2.8 million in AY15.
Grants workshop for faculty
In late June, Elizabeth Kozleski provided an intensive, two-day grant writing workshop attended by six COE faculty. In addition to being the chair of special education at the University of Kansas, she has an extensive record of receiving grants that have fueled an impressive scholarship agenda. Attending faculty had the opportunity to receive individualized advice from her.
New donor impact publication published
The launch of a new College of Education publication, SPARK, named to recognize the impact our donors make to our college, coincided with the October 6 welcome event. The first edition of this annual publication features stories of how we are working in the four areas of the strategic plan to conduct research, build programs, and engage students, faculty and the community on a global and local level, and the ways in which donors have helped and can continue to help towards these goals. More than 4,000 copies being mailed to COE stakeholders, donors and friends this month. Copies are available from Marketing and Communications Director Karen Smaalders.
Website updates will improve functionality
The long-awaited change to TerminalFour, a new CMS (content management system) for the SU website, is scheduled for November. The new website will look similar to our current site, but it comes with much greater functionality and flexibility for designing pages and including elements such as blogs, podcasts and RSS feeds on our site. We are excited about the changes and look forward to being able to create a more compelling website as we learn to use the new system. Training sessions will be scheduled in November for staff who update the website. Any changes to the old website should be made in October before the transition to the new site. If you have a change that needs to be made, please contact Karen Smaalders or a program admin.
Fall Recruitment Events
The college is involved in a variety of recruitment events this fall, including:
EDLR Alumni Honor John Morford and Celebrate Scholarship Victory on Tug Boat Cruise
Alumni from the EDLR program-representing nine different class years-came together on Sept. 29 to celebrate reaching the $50,000 endowment fundraising goal for the John Morford Leadership Scholarship. Alumna, donor, and faculty member Tana Hasart, EdD '95, and her husband Rex Hasart, hosted the alumni event on their vintage tug boat-the R.W. Confer. Thanks to EDLR Alumna Julie Hungar, EdD '82, who chaired the fundraising committee, and Pauline Cline, EdD '84, who created a matching gift campaign for donors, this scholarship for EDLR students will live on in perpetuity. The first recipient will benefit in fall 2016. Founder of the EDLR program, and professor emeritus, John Morford attended the event with his daughter, Kathleen McGinn, a Harvard business professor. The $50,000 endowment will generate about $2,250 for EDLR students every year. Next steps for the campaign is to grow the Morford Scholarship to $200,000 in order to provide about $9,000 to benefit students.
Consultant Yarrow Durbin continued to work with fulltime faculty, staff and administration this fall with two workshops, one with new staff and faculty to review the work from last spring, and the second with all staff and faculty to move forward on working on issues identified by the college community. In the meantime, a smaller group of faculty and staff volunteered to continue working on development of norms for communication and interaction as part of Yarrow's work on strengthening trust and collaboration in times of change. Another workshop for all fulltime faculty and staff will be held on Friday, November 6 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in Loyola 203.
All tenured or tenure-track faculty in the College of Education are invited to apply for funding to support their ongoing scholarship during the 2015-16 academic year. The college has budgeted funds that offer an opportunity for faculty to receive funding in two categories: 1. Allocations of funding for operational expenses (e.g., purchase of software, payment to a consultant to support analysis, payment of gift cards for study participants, travel, etc.) that must be expended (with the appropriate invoices and documents submitted) by the end of spring, 2016 term. 2. Allocations to hire a graduate research assistant for the 2015-16 academic year. Electronic applications are due to Bob Hughes by October 30. Award announcements are expected by November 6.
Margit McGuire was elected president of Academic Assembly.
Congratulations to Sue Ann Bube, a recent graduate of the SU College of Education's EDLR program, has now been promoted to the faculty position of Assistant Research Scholar. Sue Ann is the director for the Center for Change in Transition Services. Her research interest include special education students and their transition from high school to postsecondary education and training, removing barriers for deaf and hard of hearing students, and using the Concerns Based Adoption Model to measure fidelity of implementation. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting and quilting.
Jessica Fenner joins the College of Education this fall as the Senior Administrative Assistant for the MIT, SPSY, SPED, ELL and LITC programs. She started working at the COE this summer when she filled in at the front desk and we are so fortunate to have her back at Loyola this fall. Jessica moved to Seattle from Wisconsin, where she gained a love of the outdoors living near the Apostle Island National Lakeshore. She earned a dual major in Art and Communication and a dual minor in Art History and International Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Following college she spent a year in Germany working at an internship at an art gallery and teaching English to business professionals.
Steven Schuetz, who has worked with families and adolescents in the Puget Sound region for over 20 years, joins the MIT faculty this fall. A founding board member of Street Youth Ministries, he has served on the board of the Washington State Chapter of GLSEN, worked as director of youth residential services for a community mental health agency, served as a child protection services social worker and operated a small family counseling practice in downtown Seattle. He has more than 10 years experience as a private educational consultant focusing on improving teacher-primary caregiver communication for students with mental health challenges. He holds a master's degree in marriage and family therapy from Seattle Pacific University and expects to graduate with a doctorate in education with an emphasis in curriculum and leadership from Northeastern University next year. Most importantly, he loves his students!
Funding was approved for Year 2 of COE/SUYI Gatzert Counseling Initiative, which includes full-time salary for school counselor/supervisor (Said Ahmed) and partial scholarships for two counseling interns (Shamai Larsen and Elizabeth Swarny). Bill O'Connell (with the help of Mary Graham) will coordinate outcome research this year for a report to Mental Wellness Foundation, the organization that funded the grant.
O'Connell, W. & Norman, R.* (2015, October). Experiential Exercises to Enhance Cross Cultural Supervision. Paper presented at the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES) conference, Philadelphia, PA. (Co-authored with Dr. Rhonda Norman from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.)
Yamamura, E.K. (2015, October). Place-Based University-Community Partnership Development: Highlights and Growing Edges of the Seattle University Youth Initiative. Paper presented at the 2 nd Place-Based Community Engagement Initiatives Institute, Seattle University Center for Community Engagement and University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Yamamura, E.K. (2015). SUYI Tool Kit 2015: Seattle University Youth Initiative. Seattle, WA: Division of Academic Affairs, Center for Community Engagement, Seattle University.
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Keep your diet packed with healthy foods. Sure, you can splurge on the occasional cheeseburger or ice cream cone, but try to limit your intake of fatty foods and sweets. Foods with lots of protein, B vitamins, iron, vitamin E, essential fatty acids and sulfur will help to promote hair growth. So pig out on dark green leafy veggies, nuts, fish, whole grain cereals, eggs, beans, yogurt and nuts, but watch it with caffeine, carbonated drinks, fats and sugars.
Head to the salon every two to three months to get your ends trimmed. It may seem like you're defeating the purpose here, since you want your hair to grow, but getting rid of those dry, split ends will keep your hair healthy and let it grow faster.
Get moving. Regular exercise will increase blood flow to your scalp, which helps the hair to grow faster. Plus, your whole body will be healthier and feel great. Get a minimum of seven hours of sleep each night. Your hair grows while you're sleeping. If you aren't getting enough shut-eye, your hair won't have the time to grow.
Cut back on the number of times you shampoo your hair each week. You don't need to wash your hair every day. Doing so strips it of the natural oils that promote healthy hair. Instead, only wash your locks every other day at the most. Don 't use hot water, because it dries out your hair and scalp.
Give your scalp a rub down at least once a week. This will stimulate the hair follicles and help your hair to grow. Massage a dime-sized amount of warm castor or coconut oil into your hair and scalp using the pads of your fingers. Rub your fingers in a circular motion over your scalp for two or three minutes. Leave the oil in overnight, if you can, or you can wash it out right then.
Spruce up your regular shampoo by adding 1 cup of black tea and ½ cup of rosemary with half the bottle of shampoo. This fragrant addition to your shampoo will help to open up the pores in your scalp and increase circulation to promote hair growth.
Limit how often you use heated styling products. Yes, you want those perfect curls for your big date night out -- or you want your hair silky-straight for a meeting at work -- but using these tools damages and dries out your hair, preventing it from growing.
Grab an egg and some olive oil. Make your own weekly hair mask. Whip up an egg yolk and 3 tbsp. of olive oil. Massage it into your scalp, leave it on for 15 minutes, then shampoo your hair as usual.
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Mercedes is focusing on the brand new era alternative of their mid-size luxury SUV, the GLE Class. The all-new GLE can occur some time in 2018 may be because the 2018 Mercedes GLE or even 2019 model. Whatever the case, the brand new GLE model can replace the current variation which is actually the up-to-date M-Class model based on the variation which debuted in 2012 but with brand's new naming convention.
But, now, the GLE will be new from the ground up. It'll lay on the brand new chassis and with your body design which follows brand's latest design principles. The model will even get new motors including downsized engine variation for the AMG model. The inner will also be redesigned and the model will even get the brand new tech.
The new-generation 2018 Mercedes GLE can change from the current software to brand's MHA structure which is collection to underpin types which are measured above the GLC class. This software gives the same design with the MRA variation of brand's structure which debuted on the GLC model but is also the bottom of a lot of the brand's sedans and coupes.
Style wise, the brand new GLE can present more tough look, and it also can trip on the longer wheelbase and be greater as well.
The camouflaged model caught while screening in the town suggests redesigned nose with redesigned grille and new more angular headlights. The cover also seemingly have more distinguished design in addition to the wheels arches which will make the model to check more tough and wider.
A corner will even get redesigned taillights while the trunk glass appears to be more raked than on the current version.
In the cabin, the brand new GLE should function the similar design as in the E-Class. The center stack can house a tablet-like middle show with the Order infotainment interface. Before the driver will be redesigned instrument group with the chance for the digitalized option.
The model can, needless to say, deliver lots of luxuries and contemporary tech characteristics including the latest driver support systems.
The next-generation 2018 Mercedes GLE can again be available in many powertrain options. The standard types will be powered by the brand new era of inline-four and -six motors which offer better efficiency and performance. The diesel variation will not can be found in in the US but will be on the Previous Continent. But, we expect to see the plug-in hybrid variation again.
On the other hand, the high-performance AMG GLE63 can dump the current 5.5-liter V-8 engine and only the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8. This engine will take increased efficiency and power will be about 500 hp while the S variation should reach to 600 hp.
It's unclear yet when Mercedes could launch that model in 2018. It's probable to come because the 2018 Mercedes GLE or whilst the 2019 model. The price is also the mystery, but we do not assume a revolutionary improve over the current version.


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Christina Kelly, a public relations director, has an extensive background in fashion. Working with top designers and brands, Kelly's styles have been featured in GQ, Elle, and other leading publications.
Originally taped back on November 10th, this year's 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was officially aired on December 8th. Taking place in New York City, the event was packed with celebrities, great music, stunning models, and fabulous outfits. Referred to as "the sexiest night on television," the show earned nearly ten million viewers and generated an explosion of feedback from the fans.
This year was unique for many reasons. One reason why the 2015 show was different than previous years is because of new models like Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid. The two 20-year-old models absolutely stole the show and received rave reviews all over social media. This year's major success is also attributed to performances by artists Selena Gomez and The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye). Selena, who rocked a fierce black gown and spiked boots, performed songs off her new album Revival like "Hands to Myself" and "Me & My Girls," and Abel performed his popular hit song "Can't Feel My Face."
Overall, the show, consisting of 6 themes and 75 different looks, was amazing! Angels (as beautiful and elegant as ever) worked the runway outfit after outfit, and presented new fashions that we can all look forward to in the year to come. Shop the looks from the 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show here: https://www.victoriassecret.com/fashion-show/shop.
Christina Kelly often gives her insights and thoughts regarding the fashion industry. She is currently a public relations and fashion consultant, working with a wide variety of high-end clients. Combining an innate business sense with fashion and style helps make Christina Kelly a true asset to her clients and business partners.


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Project: Studies Core, Research and Maintanance of Social –environmental businesses
The proposal of the project is the result of three converging factors: The businesses potential of the region, the lack of material resources as well as financial and accounting management to support the social-environmental businesses and make possible the construction of new businesses to the society.
Currently the social-environmental business presents itself as a development concept but with theoretical characteristics, method and strategies of its own which highlights the differences between a traditional social management and an enterprising one.
The characteristics of a social business are:
- Collective because produces goods and services to the community;
- Focus on the quets for social problems solutions;
- Respect to the people especially those on social risk;
The project aims to support the sustainable development of innovative social environment initiatives, with finance and accounting support to the entities which have generated positive impact in the local society and have stimulated social activities in the Distriti Federal and surroundings.
- Importance:
The creation of the core will make possible that studies in the area of social balance, social responsibilities and environmental accounting may be aggregated to the UnB Accounting Science Department generating a synergy between theory and practice, besides it will promote the engagement between graduate and undergraduate students with themes that lead to practical action towards society.
A)General Objectives:
- Promoting the network action by social-environmental initiatives, civil society organizing, companies, governs, Academy and international organizations towards the sharing of knowledge and technology and the establishment of partnerships and businesses;
- Play a role in the dissemination of the enterprising and professionalism of the social-environmental sector.
- Guarantee an adequate and efficient assistance system to the development of these business in DF and surroundings;
- Enable social-environmental agents in the processes of management and enterprising such as controlling and costs;
- Support businesses as to organizing, execution, planning evaluation and follow-up of the businesses regarding finance and accounting;
- Develop capacitating technologies In the accounting financial area;
- Disclose and articulate precise information abou the social-environmental local scenario;
- Contribute for the generation of data, articles, studies and research about the local economy;
- Offer financial and accounting assistance, consultancy and research targeted to the segment
The core has the following goals for one year time:
- Incentivate enterprises which were considered as competitive, innovators and of quality, thus generating work and income;
- Develop projects that promote social inclusion in an active way and education through social-environment enterprising
- Promote exchanging events between social-environment business people and the local society;
- Elaborate studies of social-environmental economy, developing knowledge about the influence of the sector in Distrito Federal and sourroundings;
- How to attend it:
A) Enabling: Workshops, Seminars, lectures;
. B) Research: to observe tendencies and improvement in the social-environment businesses
Some Results
- Seminar "Accounting & Pension: Challenges and Perspectives" (01/09/2011-UnB)
- Artigle: "Economical sustainability of the Institutions for Elderly long staying". Presented in the International Congress of Costing in Punta Del Leste – Uruguay (27-29 of November 2011)
- Ongoing Research on solid residues
Project executing period: 02/05/2011 – 01/05/2012


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I caught the end of a discussion on the radio the other day about '20/20' targets.
Should Australia commit to a 15% reduction? 20%? 25%?
Now, some may call me fanatic, but I think this kind of response to a serious global crisis is nothing short of pathetic.
I call upon the Federal government to commit to a 100% reduction in this pernicious form of limited-overs 'cricket'.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
20/20 Targets
3 comments:
- Marco said...
Oh! I get it. They were talking about the *Number* of matches. All this time I was thinking they were talking about reducing the targets when we play weaker teams like New Zealand :)
- Thursday, 13 December, 2007
- Dave said...
Purist zealot!
(I'm back, by the way. A bit sleepy though)
- Wednesday, 19 December, 2007
- Dr. Clam said...
Welcome back! Marco and I were getting really bored.
- Thursday, 20 December, 2007
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MAJOR L. A. DUNCAN, was born in Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Ind. His father was a native of Leesburg, Va., and
his mother of Chillicothe, Ohio. When two years of age his father died, and he, with his mother, went to Charlestown,
Clarke Co., Ind., to live with his grandfather, the late Judge James Scott. His grandfather and father being newspaper
men and editors, he, it may be said, grew up in the profession.
In 1856 he removed West, stopping in Iowa City, Iowa. In 1858, in connection with G. H. Jerome, he assumed the
editorship of the Iowa City Republican, and in 1861 was appointed, by the Governor of the State, one of the swampland
commissioners to settle swamp land claims of the State against the general government.
While in Iowa he was instrumental in helping that veteran Abolitionist, John Brown, through the State to Harper's
Ferry, though ignorant of his destination and full purpose.
In 1862 he resigned his commissionership to enter the Union army. He was appointed adjutant of the 40th Iowa Infantry
upon the formation of that regiment, and took part in the siege of Vicksburg and capture of Little Rock, Ark.;
in the battles of Prairie D'Ann (where, when on staff duty and leading the 50th Indiana Infantry into action, he
had a horse shot under him), Jenkins' Ferry, Little Missouri River, and several minor engagements. He was commissioned
major March 17, 1865, this being the highest vacancy occurring in his regiment during the war. After the surrender
of Lee he served some months in the Indian Territory, and was finally mustered out with his regiment at Fort Gibson,
Aug. 15, 1865. Though he was three years in his country's service, he claims only an inconspicuous part in the
In February, 1866, he came to Niles, and, in connection with E. C. Dana, bought two newspaper establishments, the
Niles Enquirer and the Berrien County Freeman, which he consolidated under the name of the Niles Times. At the
expiration of two years Mr. Dana retired, and the name of the paper was changed to the Niles Republican, since
which time Maj. Duncan has been sole editor and proprietor. He claims to publish a good, clean, reliable, local
paper, and his patrons and readers acknowledge the justness of this claim.
In 1872 he was elected presidential elector for the Fourth Congressional District, and cast a personal vote for
U. S. Grant and Henry Wilson. He served four years on the Republican State Central Committee, and was one of the
board of visitors to the State normal school in 1879.
Maj. Duncan, since the formation of the Republican party, has always been a warm supporter of that party and its
principles. Prior to its organization he was a Whig, having been reared in that political faith.
History of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan
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Wednesday at the Senate Foreign Relation Committee hearing on U.S. strategy for combating ISIS, after a clearly frustrated Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) grilled Secretary of State John Kerry on the administrations strategy against ISIS, Kerry oddly winked and made a glib comment about their long standing tradition of "enjoyable" debates.
After intense questioning on the administration's ever-changing position on arming and training the Free Syrian Army, an angry McCain said, "That sounds like we can't take on two adversaries at once, it sounds bogus and false."
The gavel sounded as the Secretary of State winked and said, "We have a great tradition, I believe in John's adage that a fight not joined is a fight not enjoyed. We always have a great time."
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The majority of states have banned corporal punishment of school children while maintaining the rights of school authorities to use reasonable force and restraint to quell a disturbance threatening physical injury to others, to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects upon or with the control of the student, in self-defense or for the protection of persons or property. In states where corporal punishment is allowed, local districts can ban corporal punishment as well as establish conditions beyond those established by state laws and regulations for its use. Where state law permits, courts generally uphold the "reasonable" application of corporal punishment and have been reluctant to find that such punishment violates student due process rights or rights to be free from "cruel and unusual punishment".
For information relating to the data below, please visit the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights website.
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Today's picture is of the hill we call Slate Hill. We spent some time today clearing a path through the rocks, and taking pictures. Also on the way up the trail I ran over a nice large tarantula. I tried to miss it but ran over it anyway. Somehow though it didn't seem to have killed it because it crawled off the trail.
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Lunar Science: Light Amid the Heat
Before man's first Lunar landing, most scientists thought of the Moon as a Rosetta stone: an untouched repository of precious clues that would help reveal its origin and history, to say nothing of providing new insights about the evolution of the Earth and other planets. After first successful landings, most of these fondest hopes have been realized. The Apollo missions brought back 594 lbs or lunar rocks and soil, thousands of photographs and a flood of data that have changed some of man's basic concepts about the Moon. But many of the mysteries remain. Indeed, the very act of exploration has created new lunar puzzles. "The Moon", said once Geophysicist Gerald Wasserburg, whose laboratory at Caltech dated many of the lunar rocks, "is giving us answers that we don't even questions for".
Apollo samples showed, for example, that the Moon and Earth have significantly different chemical compositions. That finding challenged the old idea that the Moon was ripped from the Earth. Yet scientists are still at a loss to explain how – or when – it was formed. Paleomagnetic studies of lunar rock indicate that the Moon once had an unexpectedly strong magnetic field – and thus a large molten iron core. Yet equally valid data suggest that a core of significant size could not have existed. Even the ages of the rock present new problems. The oldest specimens show that the Moon's surface underwent a violent event about 3, 9 billion years ago that remelted them, but scientists are still debating what might have caused that cataclysm.
For all the heat, Apollo's missions shed considerable light on the Moon. It revealed that the Moon – and presumably the Earth – was under incredibly intense bombardment by great chunks of space debris in the first 600 million to 800 million years after its formation 4, 6 billion years ago. But 3, 1 billion years ago this bombardment stopped. The evidence returned by Apollo shows that the Moon's surface has remained virtually unchanged through those eons of time. Perhaps most important of all, exploration of the Moon has shown that it is not a simple, uncomplicated sphere but a true planetary body with a complex history and evolution of its own. Like the Earth, the Moon was once at least partially molten, and thus became differentiated (many heavier elements sank toward its center, while lighter elements floated to the surface to form a crust). In the words of Apollo's chief scientist in the 1970s, Noel Hinners "It is a piece of the solar pot from which all the inner planets are made. We had no idea of that before we went there." Indeed, it is the rich load of Moon data already brought back by Apollo that makes the premature conclusion of the program such a bitter disappointment to many lunar scientists.
Nonetheless, all the missions were scientifically very productive and scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt was the first professional geologist on the Moon. The Taurus-Littrow landing site contained what may be small volcanically created cinder cones; they seem to be miniature versions of earthly features like Honolulu's Diamond Head. The cones may well be remnants of what NASA Geochemist Robin Brett called "some of the last belches of lunar activity before the Moon turned off". Apollo 17 planners scheduled a program of experiments and observation far more sophisticated than any of the earlier scientific efforts on the Moon. For Apollo 17 four wholly new instruments were included in the ALSEP package: a mass spectrometer to measure the Moon's tenuous atmosphere; a detector that let earthbound scientists monitor the bombardment of cosmic dust particles and micrometeorites on the Moon's surface; an array of four listening devices – geophones – that can pick up shock waves from explosive charges that were detonated after the astronauts had left and told much about the substructure of the landing site; an extremely sensitive gravimeter that was designed to pick up minuscule variations in lunar surface gravity.
Gravity Waves
Recording those tiny variations on the Moon went a long way toward settling an argument raging among physicists. In the 1960s, University of Maryland Physicist Joseph Weber astonished his colleagues with the announcement that he had detected gravity waves. Predicted by Einstein's 1916 general theory of relativity, such waves are the vehicles presumed to transmit gravitational energy across space. Critics contended that Weber's detectors probably sensed some of the Earth's own rumblings. But if sudden variations in gravity are simultaneously picked up by a detector on the Moon and a comparable device on Earth, the sceptics may well be silenced.
During their travels across Taurus-Littrow, astronauts Cernan and Schmitt also performed several new "traverse" experiments. They took on the spot measurements to determine local fluctuations in the Moon's gravitational field in hope of learning something about the density and structure of the material under the site. With data from a device called a "neutron probe", scientists were able to calculate how long a particular sample has been lying on or near the lunar surface. The astronauts also sent penetrating microwaves into the lunar surface with a radio transmitting-receiving system. The pattern of the reflected signals could indicate, among other things, whether water is present up to a mile under the surface.
While his buddies worked on the Moon, Ron Evens marked his scientific contributions from high above in America. Besides intensive picture taking with both hands-held and automatic cameras, he examined the moon with a battery of experiments, including an ultraviolet spectrometer that made measurements of the thin lunar atmosphere that was used for comparison with those from the ground-based ASLEP spectrometer, and an infra-red scanner that took continuous temperature readings of the moon's surface (its margin of accuracy within 2 degrees F). Evans did also his own detailed description of what he saw below him. Besides, it was just such "eyeball" observations by Apollo 15's Al Worden that discovered the tantalizing cinder-cone-like features in the Taurus-Littrow region and played a key role in its selection as the landing site for the final lunar mission in the XXth century.
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As hot and dry as it is, Palm Springs does receive the occasional summer storm. The clouds roll up, wind whips the foliage, lightening sparks, thunder rolls and almost none of the rain reaches the the 104 degree ground. But it is pretty.
As everyone knows by now, we are working hard to turn these scenic videos into a video greeting card business. Now that the website is working (don't ask) it is time for a little marketing. Over the Labor Day weekend every blog subscriber will be made a member of Once Upon a Greeting. The additional subscription is FREE and runs through the end of January 2015 (yes, 2015). There is no obligation to use or even look at the site. But you might like it. And if you know someone else who might also enjoy it sign them up for this blog by Sunday night and we will set them up as well.
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Postupnoy, A. N. (2000). History and today situation: evaluation of expert-narcologists. In: Youth and Drugs (sociology of narcotism) (eds. V. A. Sobolev and I. P. Rushchenko), pp. 222–254. Kharkiv: Torsing.
Narcotism at this stage is mainly a medical problem. Drug addicts of the fifties in the Kharkov region were few and represented the homogeneous social group — these were men of middle and senior age, as a rule, invalids of the Great Patriotic War of the 1 st and 2 nd group or patients with heavy somatic diseases. They've been developing drug dependence as a result of medical application of drugs as anaesthetics. Sometimes their friends and relatives were getting accustomed to them. Practically all drug addicts were morphine addicts. You could see women among drug addicts extremely rarely and children and teenagers were completely absent.
Drug addicts were registered in medical institutions and they were officially given drugs. Other forms of drug addiction were practically unknown. There was no special prevention of drug addiction in that period. The society had a problem of people, sick with drug addiction, but in fact there was no drug addiction as a social problem. It is the most unexpected — in the twenties drug addiction swept over the Soviet Russia. It was liquidated for less than 20 years. To the given moment the country came out of the heaviest war and it practically always caused a splash of deviations and narcotism, but in this case it didn't happen, drug addiction didn't revive. Theoretical reconstruction of the qualitative parameters of the society and then realized measures is necessary for creation of the modern model of the solution of this problem.
Drug addiction is turning into a classical social problem. But the growth of the number of drug addicts with small initial quantities didn't attract attention at once. The change of the social composition is going on: the number and share of drug addicts of middle and old age, invalids and people with heavy somatic diseases is decreasing.
Their share by the end of the sixties is decreasing to 10-15%. The rest — new generation, primarily connected with the criminal world.
Narcotism remains primarily male and urban, but from the late seventies the share of female narcotism is gradually increasing and penetration of drugs into the countryside is taking place. The average age of population decreases, the share of the youth and then of the teenagers and children is growing. If in the early sixties the youth of 20–25 years of age was 15–20% of the general number of the population, then already 10 years after the category reaches 50% The teenagers' narcotism is growing as well, its share reaches 15–20%.
The composition of the drugs used is changing: the use of soporifics and sedatives (noxyron, barbiturates, tranquillizers) is increasing, the use of hemp and its derivatives is growing, new forms are appearing: stimulators (ephedrine, ephedron, pervitin (methamphetamine-racemate), phenamin (amphetamine)) and hallucinogens (cyclodol and others). The drugs primitively made of vegetable raw materials are being used on a larger scale, an illegal market of drugs is forming. The attitude of the society to drug addicts is changing- they are perceived as criminals or as amoral degraded people.
The social problem already exists, but the level of narcotism was still of a "background" character. Only about 5% of the young people were involved in drug taking, including those, who tried only once.
Since 1959 the specialized narcological departments and consulting rooms are being created. The process of their formation, equipment, training the personnel qualification is going on. The system of cooperation of narcological institutions with state institutions is being established, public forms of fighting with narcotism are widely spread. In 1975 narcology is separated from psychiatry and becomes independent. The creation of the social institution of prevention and fighting with narcodiseases, adequate to the situation formed by this time, begins in Ukraine.
The distinctive feature of the third stage — rapid growth of rates of narcotization of the country, the process acquired the character of an epidemic. The characteristic periods inside the given period; 1982–85 — the growing of the rates of growth and number of drug addicts; 1986–90 — reduction of the rates of growth of narcotization; 1990–96 — epidemiological character of the drug addiction spread; from 1997 to present- some reduction of the rates of growth, the signs of the situation beginning to stabilize.
Special acuteness of the period of the middle of the nineties. Simply connecting it with the structural crisis, the Ukrainian society found itself in and catastrophic by their consequences attempts to overcome it, experts give the main reasons and factors of this phenomenon: social and economic crisis; destruction of social and cultural environment; general deterioration of the state of health of the population; accessibility, relative cheapness and total advertising of tobacco and alcohol; total propaganda of drugs by films and video films, by the mass media and show business; attack of organized narcobusiness; destruction of the created before system of prevention and fighting with drug addiction.
Drug addicts become significantly younger. Group of 19–24 years of age, covering about 65% of the sum total, prevails numerically. Significant part of drug users made their first take much earlier- when they are 12–14, at 14–15 they actively make experiments with drugs, and at 16–18 they form drug dependence. Experts think that from 30 to 50% of today's youth are familiar with drugs. Drug addiction became a fashion, an attribute of the youth subculture. The rates of growth of narcotism in the countryside surpass the town ones. Female drug addiction is growing. The consumption of medical forms is decreasing. The drugs made primitively from vegetable raw materials prevail. Their share according to the experts, reaches 90%.
The stabilization of consumption of hard drugs, connected with the injection type of introduction, takes place because of the fear to catch HIV infection. Wide spread of hemp and its derivatives.
Drug addiction will grow on growing in the next 5–7 years. In general the formed system of factors, determining the narcotization of the youth will remain.
There is the most acute necessity of development of the state program of fighting with the youth narcotism.
The singling out of all sum total of the factors, influencing the narcotization of the youth, some their functional minimum as a basis of the development of the state program under conditions of the resource deficiency. Three interconnected components of the mechanism of the narcotization: the human being, his microenvironment and the impact of social factors on him. The analysis of all components and the disclosing of the inner nature of their influence.
The analysis of the key role of a fixed orientation in the determination of the narcotization, in the interpretation of the influence of social factors on the motivational structure of a personality.
The singling out of the factors and the situations of the risk of narcotization on this basis and, correspondingly the determination of the directions of their prevention.
The substantiation of the idea about the direct interconnection of the degree of drug spread in society with the level of social optimism of its population, taken in the most general case as an internalization of a society objectives and a belief in their achievement. There is an attempt to present all significant changes of the dynamics of narcotism spread from the fifties to the present time from this point of view. There is actuality of the institutionalization of the system of fighting with narcotization.
Revealing the basis of the current disfunctioning of the prevention system and fighting with drug spread among the youth. The necessity of the solution of tasks referring to various logic stages of the process of institutionalization, beginning from the first — understanding the essence and acuteness of the problem and statement of the objective of the activity, to the final stage — creation of the system of control.
The consideration of the remarks and proposals of the experts in the given sequence.
The society doesn't still realize in full measure the acuteness and danger of the problem: the growth of narcotism took the scale, dangerous for the nation and the reaction of the leadership of the country (in the form of programs of fighting, additional resources etc.) is absent.
There is uncertainty of the objective of the future institution and, consequently, the impossibility of developing its strategy. Taking into consideration the scarcity of resources, experts talk about the possibility of gradual growing of the level of objectives, but striving for the significant reduction of the scale of drug addiction should be a reference point. There is a problem of drug legalization, the pros and cons.
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Does going downhill give you the chills? Do corners freak you out? Would you like to learn new cycling skills in a supportive atmosphere? Consider joining me for a half day clinic.
The clinic is set for the East Bay hills on October 26th from 9-1pm. We will meet at Rockridge BART station, there are many local roads including Tunnel road, Wildcat road and Grizzly Peak, Redwood and Pinehurst road, or Snake road as great options. Tunnel, Pinehurst, and Snake are close to Rockridge BART station. I expect a clinic mainly on the bike, about 4 hours, including all the stopping and talking.
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Creepy-ish Reads - Friday the 13th - Halloween Book List10:13 AM
The leaves are changing, pumpkin spice is in everything, and the sweet-tooth's are getting ready with all that comes the chills and scary of the October air. For me, I don't read or watch many things that scary. It's just something I don't really enjoy but with it being Friday the 13th and the season of spooks and boo's, I knew it was time for me to set up a 'scary' book list. So, theses are the 'scariest' books I've read. I use scariest as a very light term.
Stalking Jack the Ripper, is hands down my favorite dark'n'spooky read!
I love everything about this from the characters to the writing. The speed of this book sprinkle the creepy and eerie moments out perfectly! If you havn't read this, you could read it at a better time then now in the crisp air of October!


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Mo Ghile Mear is a haunting, but still rousing melody, accompanied by an Irish text most people cannot understand. Yet a proper rendition of Mo Ghile Mear reduces stout men to tears, especially if they know the message of the song, and are of a romantic Jacobite persuasion. And then Mo Ghile Mear is a song that musically connects Ireland and Scotland, English musician Sting, the seminal Irish folk group Chieftains, and an unfortunate border collie.
And while Mo Ghile Mear at a first passing glance seems to be all about a lost love, and nothing more - it is a coded political message. Which once was akin to high treason.
Popular since the 18th century, the song has come to international attention during the late 20th century again, mainly due to a number of excellent recordings.
Mo Ghile Mear - the Lyrics
Seal da rabhas im' mhaighdean shéimh,
'S anois im' bhaintreach chaite thréith,
Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is i n-imigcéin.
'Sé mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear,
'Sé mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.
Bímse buan ar buaidhirt gach ló,
Ag caoi go cruaidh 's ag tuar na ndeór
Mar scaoileadh uaim an buachaill beó
'S ná ríomhtar tuairisc uaidh, mo bhrón.
Ní labhrann cuach go suairc ar nóin
Is níl guth gadhair i gcoillte cnó,
Ná maidin shamhraidh i gcleanntaibh ceoigh
Ó d'imthigh uaim an buachaill beó.
Marcach uasal uaibhreach óg,
Gas gan gruaim is suairce snódh,
Glac is luaimneach, luath i ngleo
Ag teascadh an tslua 's ag tuargain treon.
Seinntear stair ar chlairsigh cheoil
's líontair táinte cárt ar bord
Le hinntinn ard gan chaim, gan cheó
Chun saoghal is sláinte d' fhagháil dom leómhan.
Ghile mear 'sa seal faoi chumha,
's Eire go léir faoi chlócaibh dubha;
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó luaidh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.
Mo Ghile Mear - a Translation in Outline
So, what's it all about? For somebody not speaking Irish, Mo Ghile Mear might as well mean "My Ghillie and Mare", or be a recipe for a Guinness cake. But far from it ... as a rough translation of the first two verses, with the chorus wedged between them, shows. The song would then be titled "My Dashing Darling" or something similar:
For some short time I was a gentle maiden,
Now I am a spent, worn-out widow,
My darling has crossed the wild waves,
Gone far away.
He's my hero, my dashing darling,
He's my Caesar, dashing darling.
I know no rest, but only sorrows,
Since he went far away, my darling.
Every day I am constantly sad,
I weep bitterly and shed many tears,
Because our lively young man has left us,
And, alas, we hear no news from him.
And so on, and so forth - he's gone, she weeps, just another Country & Irish chart-topper in the making? Far from it ...
Mo Ghile Mear - a Love Song?
No, even so it sounds like it ... because those in the know would immediately associate the singer with the goddess Éiru, the personification of Ireland itself, and with all of Ireland by extension (thus a male singer would not arouse any speculations regarding his sexuality (which might have been disastrous in Ireland up to a few years ago).
But who was the darling the goddess was lamenting for?
None other than Charles Edward Stuart, better known as "Bonnie Prince Charlie", who led the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 and then went over the sea to Skye, continuing to France, to live out his days as a pretender to the English and Scottish throne, finally finding his last resting place in the crypt of Rome's Saint Peter's Basilica - a fitting tribute to the champion of Roman-Catholic hopes.
Mo Ghile Mear - the History of the Song
Mo Ghile Mear was written, in Irish, by the poet Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (1691 to 1754). Thus it is not a folk song proper, having an identified author. A huge number of Mac Domhnaill's poems reflect a longing for the coming of a just, and Catholic, ruler - effectively conjuring a "better Ireland" that would reverse the historic reality of Glorious Revolution and the Battle of the Boyne.
The Stuart pretenders were the real-life (though often not very realistic) focus of this longing.
Mo Ghile Mear became Mac Domhnaill's most famous poem. The lament was written after the Battle of Culloden (1746), the final defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the effective end Jacobite cause as a viable alternative to the Hanoverian kings. The mind boggles when contemplating that (careful, we are entering Outlander territory now, with a possibility of swooning ladies) Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser might have deprived Ireland of one of its most beautiful songs, had they succeeded in stopping the '45 ... but I digress.
Mac Domhnaill composed his Mo Ghile Mear almost according to the convention of so-called Aisling poetry - in which Ireland haunts the dreams of the poet, in the form of a woman, mainly to lament the state of the island, but also predicting better times. Mo Ghile Mear diverts from this Aisling form in one point: the lament is not related by the poet, but Ériu is assumed to be the poet herself.
Mo Ghile Mear - Recommended Recordings
There are two recordings I'd recommend - one is the effort by Irish and Scottish artists that concluded the sixth episode of the BBC "Highland Sessions" (still available on DVD), singers include Mary Black, Iarla O'Lionard, Mary Ann Kennedy, Karen Matheson, Karan Casey, and Allan MacDonald. Then there is the version recorded by Sting together with the Chieftains on "The Long Black Veil".
But for sheer (shear?) fun you cannot beat the ad Specsavers had on TV for some time, with Mo Ghile Mear sung by Una Palliser ... see it on YouTube.


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Affiliate marketing is popular and it can be a great way for a newbie to begin making some money online. CAN be. If you do your homework.
AND if you set out with realistic expectations along the lines of: no, you will not get rich overnight and yes, you will have to do some work!
As my dad would say "it's not digging ditches," so it is not back-breaking work. Nor is it rocket-science. But you will need to learn some skills and do some work and be consistent and use some common sense.
Doing a little research and picking up some useful tips is not a bad idea either! So here's one for you!
Successful affiliate marketers understand the cookies and the duration of the cookies of the product they promote. So you also take that into consideration when looking into products to promote, right? Right!
Duration of cookies, huh? We're not talking about a bag of Oreos hidden away on the top shelf of the snack cabinet. We are talking about cookies as in little thingys that websites put on computers.
The average consumer doesn't think much about cookies. They understand that cookies are a part of life online and that companies use them to track information. They are annoyed with all these cookies clogging up their computers [even if that isn't true!] You might have said some of those things yourself!
But when you decide to sell products as an affiliate, these cookies become very important. They are the way you will make money. The cookie is what ties you and your commission to the sale that came in from that guy over in Australia whom you've never met!
How many times have you found a site and saw something that you really liked but you didn't have the time, energy, or money to buy it just then and so you clicked on out of the site, on your merry way? Lots of times, right?
Sometimes you forgot about it entirely or decided that you don't want it after all.
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If you found that must-have item randomly on the net, you won't remember the person, the affiliate, who was selling it. You only remember the product. If you searched and found the product again and purchased it, the cookie would ensure that the commission would go to the person whose site you find in the first place, even if you've been on six sites since.
As an affiliate, that is good news for you. That's why, as an affiliate, you would want to know how long the cookies last!
There are pros and cons to the benefits of short or long cookie duration! Usually a longer duration is tied to a smaller commission percent. Then again … it might make sense to have a longer time for people to make a decision.
Other times, it makes better sense to get the bigger commission even though there's a shorter cookie time – maybe it a time limited offer or an impulse buy sort of product so you're pretty sure people will either buy now or not.
Here are a few articles that show some of the pros and cons of different scenarios of how to look at cookie duration and how it can affect your business. I hope they will help in your decisions and research!
I don't know what ever happened to this guy. There's nothing newer than 2011 on the site but you know? This is the best explanations of cookies and how to look at duration than you're ever going to see! In the case of this blog post, age doesn't matter!
What is an Affiliate Cookie and Do I Care about its Duration?
So should you be worrying about how long the cookie lasts or what happens if people decide to look for the product tomorrow and buy from someone else? Or should you put your energy into how to get people interested enough to buy now? Then whole cookie thing would be moot!
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I think the views of folks looking at it from the other side answers the question for me! The following two articles are by men who advise people who want to run affiliate programs. What will benefit them? Should they have the initial sales go to their affiliates and then take all the rest for themselves?
Ultimately, that will not benefit them at all. They make more money if their affiliates make money. And guess what? The statistics show that the affiliate and their product owners make most of their money in the first 30 days. Maybe a little after. But only 1% after 90 days.
1%. That's not worth any of us arguing about, is it?!
Why Your Affiliate Program Should Have a Lifetime Cookie by Matt McWilliams
Post Affiliate Pro: How to Define Cookie Lifetime In an affiliate Program?
Both of these guys have advised that the length of the cookie does big things in the PR department, it does good to make the affiliates feel better and more trusting toward the product owner while not really making much difference financially for anybody! They both advised long duration cookies.
Matt McWilliams advises them to go with a lifetime cookie. Why not? If it makes everyone love you and work that much harder to sell your stuff, it would be crazy not to!
For us as affiliates, I think we can calm down! Know to check the duration. 30-90-365-lifetime is good. We don't want the momentary blip cookies (session cookies) that expire the minute the person goes on to another page. But we see that our time is better spent on learning how to sell with a sense of urgency so that people act right away than trying to get them back later before our cookies expire!
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