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Abilene Christian, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry athletes react to surreal end to spring seasons
Weird is a word that keeps coming up in conversations with college athletes in spring sports.
Spencer Chirpich, a senior pitcher at Abilene Christian, used it several times.
Shock, too.
The latter was true when he first got word the season was over because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
"I was kind of in shock," Chirpich said. "We saw the virus going on overseas, and then it came here to America and turned the world upside down a little bit."
On March 11, the Wildcats were coming off a 9-1 loss to the Texas Longhorns and were getting ready for a conference series at home against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi — the first of 11 home games in their next 12 games — when their season suddenly came to an end.
"We just had our first conference weekend, and we thought we were going to get rolling," Chirpich said. "All of a sudden, the NCAA said it was going to shut it down and they canceled the College World Series and eventually the whole season. It was some heartbreaking news."
The Reporter-News talked to players at Abilene's three sports-playing universities, including several seniors, about the impact of spring sports being abruptly canceled.
Is it over for good?
The Fairmont, Minnesota, native also was worried he had played his last college baseball season.
"I thought it might be over, but knowing the season just got started, there was a little hope the NCAA would grant us another year of eligibility," Chirpich said.
It appears spring sports seniors such as Chirpich will get an extra year of eligibility, perhaps even all spring sports athletes will get an extra year – treating it like a redshirt season. But some seniors already had plans after graduation and must move on.
Chirpich, though, still needed another year of school anyway, after transferring from a junior college after the 2018 season. He was coming back to ACU for another year, and he'll play another season if he can.
"There's definitely other guys who this was their last chance to play baseball," he said. "So, that's a hard pill to swallow for those guys."
Chirpich was at home in Minnesota, staying busy working out with other baseball players, when he talked Thursday. He plans to stay in Fairmont when school resumes Monday with online classes only – trying to make the best of a surreal situation.
"It just sort of happened, and you don't really have control over it," he said. "I'm just hoping and praying for the best, hoping they can get it under control and we can go back to living a normal life."
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Stewart reacts in disbelief
When the Allison Stewart heard the ACU women's tennis season was over, the Midland sophomore couldn't believe it.
"My first reaction was, 'What?' You don't even think that they can do that, really," Stewart said. "It also proves to everyone that sports shouldn't be the most important thing in our lives. The relationships and people they have in their lives is more important. It just proves that a tournament or match isn't that important."
The Wildcats, 3-1 in Southland Conference play, were getting ready to play Incarnate Word in a conference match March 15 in San Antonio when the conference announced it was suspending all play through the rest of the month. Two days later, the league canceled all activities for the remaining season, after the NCAA canceled its spring championships.
"All year you look forward to something, and then it's all taken away so fast, which is so strange," Stewart said. "I think all of the team still can't believe it's all been canceled, even though we know it is. It's just weird."
Stewart, talking from home in Midland, said the recent events have put life in perspective for her.
"Maybe this is a time when we just need to be home and be with our families and just live – not have a secure schedule, not worrying about our plans or to-do-list," she said. "I'm so used to checking things off every day and having a busy life. It's just so weird being home and wondering, 'What am I going to do today?'"
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Mixed emotions for golfer Clouse
Alex Clouse is going through a lot of mixed emotions.
The ACU junior understands why his golf season had to come to an early end, but that doesn't make the experience any easier to bear.
"It's surreal," Clouse said. "It's never happened in my lifetime before. We had a good team, and we had a lot of good vibes, good chemistry, and we were looking forward to making a push to the NCAA tournament and stuff. … It's frustrating and sad, really sad. I'm a big competitor. I know a lot of the other guys on the team are really competitive, too.
"For that to be taken away is pretty sad. But we can use this time to get a lot better, too. It's kind of a double-edged sword to some degree."
Fortunately, the Wildcats have only one senior on the men's golf team, Bryce Dooley. Clouse and ACU men's golf coach Tom Shaw both said they expect Dooley to move on after graduation in May.
"I'm pretty sure if they grant the seniors another year of eligibility he won't stick around," Clouse said. "He'll find a job once he's done in May. I'm more sad for him than I am for me, because that's it for him. It's weird to think he's done 2½ months earlier than expected."
Clouse, who was talking while back home with family in Flower Mound, said he plans on making the most of his time before beginning his senior year next season.
"Thoughts are popping into my head like, 'You've only got one more year left,'" Clouse said. "The next thought that comes into my mind is, 'I've got to make the most of that. I can't take every day for granted.' I'm already training for next fall. I'm putting together somewhat of a plan, thinking, 'How am I going to be the best player I can be for potentially my last year.' I want to leave it all out there and have no regrets, if it's my last year or not."
Clayton grapples with end of college career
The sudden end to the season hit Blair Clayton hard.
Though the ACU senior catcher from Caldwell might be able to come back for another season, she has already decided her college softball career is over.
"It's been really hard, honestly," Clayton said. "I've been trying to stay busy working at D-Bat giving lessons and surrounding myself with the sport. I'm also really grateful for everything I've had."
D-Bat is an indoor hitting facility in Abilene.
Clayton has taken the sudden end of her college career in stride, since her roommate, senior Emily Womble, hasn't been able to play in her time at ACU because of a shoulder injury.
"It was hard watching her go through that," Clayton said. "A lot of us had our last year cut short, but things could have been worse. There are some people who never get the opportunities we did."
Clayton also enjoyed getting to work with first-year ACU coach Abigail Farler.
"I'm just grateful I was able to part of the new Farler era, because I know she's going to bring some really big things in changing ACU softball's culture and just building great athletes who love each other and love Jesus," Clayton said.
The Wildcats had just opened Southland Conference play with a three-game series against McNeese in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on March 6-7, and they were headed for another conference series at Nicholls beginning March 13 when the conference suspended the season.
"There's a lot of thoughts going through my mind," Clayton said, thinking about that last series with her team. "I'm very scatterbrained and my voice is really shaky, because I'm trying not to cry. But that's kind of where I'm at right now."
Clayton said she can't come back to ACU for another season, regardless of what the NCAA decides to do. She already had declined a spot in ACU's occupational therapy school, so she could further her studies in occupational therapy at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in Austin.
"It's worse than a breakup," Clayton said. "I've been playing the sport since I was a little girl, and it's been such good part of your life. It's your love and passion, and it's been taken away so abruptly, you know?"
Hot start, tough ending for McMurry softball players
The McMurry softball team was off to its best start in its, albeit brief, history. And then the season just ended.
The War Hawks opened their new on-campus stadium, Edwards Field, this season, and they were 13-2 overall and 8-1 in American Southwest Conference play. The 13 wins matched last year's total and program record and, even with plenty of season left, McMurry was poised to make its first ASC tournament.
All of that changed on March 13 when the ASC canceled all competitions and championships for the 2020 spring season.
"We were on the bus leaving Austin College and we were looking on social media, seeing what was going on," senior pitcher Hope Schoeneman said. "We saw that things were in the air, suspecting that things were going to happen thinking, 'It's not going to happen to us.' We get back, everybody leaves to go on spring break …
"We weren't expecting it to happen to us. We were a day or two later than everyone else at getting everything canceled, that's when it really hit us. We were kind of in shock. We didn't know how to react and what was going to come next."
Initially the ASC suspended play for the weekend of March 13-15. McMurry wasn't scheduled to play again until March 20, thinking it might not be affected by this at all.
"For a while we weren't aware that it was going to be canceled all together," senior outfielder Sarah Nagy said. "We thought we were being postponed and would pick back up. We had that hope, and then once we got the final notice of 'All 2020 spring competition has been canceled for the remainder of the year,' it hit a lot of girls. It was heartbreaking, especially for our seniors."
While a season ending after 15 games would have been hard no matter what, it was especially hard for the softball team this season. The young program finally found its identity on campus and was hitting its stride.
That made the news of the cancellations that much more difficult to swallow.
"I've been here since our inaugural season, so I've been through the worst of it," Nagy said. "I've played at Red Bud and to now get our own field and have a team that is so strong together, with no divides, and that works so well and plays for one another, it was hard to see it go away."
Nagy and Schoeneman came from junior college programs — Nagy after a year at Western Texas College and Schoeneman after a year at Cisco College and Odessa College. They know how hard it is at any level for a team to come together like McMurry's was this season.
"To be a part of a team that gets along so well, that plays together so well, that flopped our record from last year," Schoeneman, who already won two ASC West Pitcher of the Week awards, said. "I know that we had so much potential and not everybody got to reach it … Everybody's opportunity got stripped."
The two are trying to stay as busy as possible. Nagy was working at Crunch Fitness and, until gyms were ordered closed statewide, was able to use work to take her mind off things along with Schoeneman as a workout partner.
As hard as it is to say goodbye to softball as a player, Nagy will not be utilizing the NCAA not taking away a year of eligibility from spring sport athletes. But in her future endeavors, sports will continue to play a big role.
"I will not be coming back to get that year back," Nagy said. "Simply because I'm going to graduate school. I have worked so hard to get there already and I don't know if putting it a year on hold, if I'd get back in. Softball has been a part of my life since T-ball, to say goodbye to it hurts, I still know I'm going to be making a difference. I'm going into physical therapy and I know I want to work around sports with that, so I know it's always going to be a part of my life."
Schoeneman still is making her decision. It's one several college seniors will have to make and figure out over the next few months.
"I know there are quite a few people who would love for me to come back," Schoeneman said. "I have not decided yet, because it is so early. I know there's a part of me that would love to come back. Every person, if they could continue playing this sport for the rest of their life, I'm sure they would take the opportunity to do it."
No routine end for HSU athletes
As a senior on the Hardin-Simmons baseball team, Taylor McMackin was pretty familiar with the end-of-season routine. This year's version was unlike any in the past.
"I've seen four seasons end in college, and you give (teammates) a big hug and wish them well," the Lubbock-Cooper product said. "You have that whole bus ride back from the conference tournament to talk and go over memories. This, we weren't around each other at all when it got called. You couldn't really talk to anybody unless it was through text or phone call.
"We did have a team meeting through video chat, and that was really it. That was all we could do."
McMackin first learned of the season cancellation March 12 while driving home to Lubbock, where he had hoped to use his unexpected time off helping coach a travel baseball team. That could be a preview of his future, as McMackin said he plans to find a graduate-assistant position after the semester.
"From Thursday to about Sunday, it was probably the worst 72 hours of anything," McMackin said. "Especially being a senior. It sucks all the way around for everybody. There's a lot of seniors who have jobs coming up and prior commitments to things. It's not like we can just shut all that down and come back for another year. It's a big bummer to not get to finish it on your own terms.
"It's definitely weird because you're in that midseason form where you're kind of just getting things going. You're just into conference (play). It's like a season-ending injury (but) you're fine."
HSU senior Abigail Kendall knows the feeling.
Kendall and the Cowgirls tennis team had just wrapped up matches in Southern California – part of HSU's annual spring break road trip – when major suspensions and cancellations began March 11.
Two days later, her playing career was over.
"It was just very sudden and very abrupt," said Kendall, who was home in Belton when she got the news. "… It obviously came as a shock and I didn't really know how to process it at first. I think I was in a little bit of a denial, just kind of, 'There's no way that this could actually happen.'
"Our team has worked so hard this year trying to reach that conference title, and we had a really good shot this year. So, it's disappointing, for sure. Especially to be away from my teammates and my coach, because I know it's affecting him just as much, if not more."
Kendall is the lone senior on the team. She said the group has been keeping in touch, but the uncertainty of their next gathering has been tough.
"It's definitely hard to be away from teammates," Kendall said. "… I don't know when I'll see these girls again, and they've definitely made my last season one to remember, for sure. They're just as frustrated as I am that this has been happening."
Kendall is hoping her teammates find some good in the situation as well.
"In spite of all the chaos, it's been good to have some rest," she said. "Not saying that I would wish this to happen. It's been good to spend time with my family. I don't really get to see my parents a whole lot, so it's been good to be home. And to definitely take this time to lean on God …
"It kind of makes you realize what life's about … Just to be able to be intentional and to find joy in the little things that we would probably normally miss if everything was 'normal.'"
McMackin has found the same.
"You have your family time now, which you really take for granted a lot, I think, when you're in college," he said. "You go away from home and you're so excited to be with everybody. So, I think it kind of lets you take a step back and get close with your faith and all that."
It's his extended family – his teammates – that he's missing most right now. Them, and everything that came with baseball.
"Honestly, all of it," McMackin said. "Just the road trips with the guys. Just getting the experience to play college baseball and get to play a role in some big games. The conference tournament was always fun. Opening Day was always fun. I know no one will ever say this, but waking up at 6 a.m. through October … That was the best time of my life …
"Just being around all the guys and gaining great friendships that will last a lifetime. We still talk every day in our little group chat. I think that's the best thing I'd take away. The bonds that you build with all these guys that come in throughout your career."


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Accident: Fire, Holland
|Volendam nightclub
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|1 January 2001 at 00:15 (= 12:15 AM )
|Volendam, Netherlands, 52n30, 5e04
|MET h1e (is standard time)
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|10°36' 18°20 Asc. 03°08'
Netherlands accident, a fire that broke out in a night-club called "HetHemeltje" (Little Heaven) in Volendam on New Year's Eve just after midnight. Holland is mourning the death of ten young people and very worried about the lives of at least another twenty heavily injured kids, aged 13 to 20 years. With about 70 others of that same age they are in hospitals all over Holland, Belgium and Germany, undergoing specialist burn-treatment. Many of them will be severely mutilated forever.
They got struck by the fire in a bar on the second floor where some light fireworks seems to have lit the very inflammable, dried out, Christmas decorations at the ceiling. The burning branches fell down and within five minutes the whole thing was over. Clothes caught fire and an immense panic resulted.
The chart is about the effect of a less than 30' orb Mars Ruler 8 in Scorpio square Neptune in Aquarius in 4. Its effect for this place, at this time, was announced by the (non-parallax) Eclipse of 25th December for Volendam at 17:21:35 GMT. It has 27CAN23 Rising and an MC of 29PIS59. A most remarkable degree in itself!
The ASC is just in the middle of the conspicuous UR/VE conjunction in 8 and the eclipse-degree together with Mercury in 6, thus mixing ideas of fatality (Eclipse) and young people at a party (Mercury-Venus), with the
explosiveness of Uranus.
Important angular midpoints in the eclipse chart are:
1. Mars exactly NE/ASC (0')
3. MC exactly SA/NE (0'), PL/NN (10') and (wide) MA/SA.
Suddenly all "malefics" and the Node are connected to the angles.
As soon as:
1. Mars started to complete the square with Neptune;
2. The transiting Moon reached MA/NE of the eclipse within 10';
3. Venus, ruler 1 of the event, and in the 8th of the eclipse, went
inconjunct the eclipse-ASC;
4. The MC arrived exactly in between eclipse MA/PL and PL/AS, and
5. The actual ASC touched the square with the eclipse-degree, the announcement turned into horrible reality.
The Old Dilemma: should not we foresee things like this, and if we could, would we then be able to prevent them, so that they would not happen....(and thus could not have been foreseen?).
Sander Little
(Just read some new data in the newspaper. The number of injured youngsters in hospitals is about 200. Time of the outbreak of the fire was "about 00:15" MET.)
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Edgefield Recovery Center is a drug and alcohol rehab located at 10627/10631 Highway 71 South in Cheneyville, Louisiana.
The program uses main treatment approaches of Cognitive/Behavior Therapy, Relapse Prevention Plans, 12-Step Facilitation Approach. The center also offers these services in the following settings: Inpatient Drug Rehab, Short Term Substance Rehab, Long Term Drug Rehab.
Edgefield Recovery Center also provides people with a number of individualized programs tailored to the specific needs of people, such as: Persons with Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Adult Women, Adult Men. Edgefield Recovery Center also accepts the following types of payment: Private Pay, Medicaid Covered Treatment, Private Insurance for Drug Rehab.
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Lists help us remember all kinds of information. Given the list of recent national foodborne outbreaks in the news, keep repeating this list to your food service team. They are kind of like "commandments". As a professional in a food service facility we should think of the very basic food safety concepts that every crew member should aspire to learn, even though this list may have different priorities based on your menu. The first 3 apply to anyone who serves food, from a bag of popcorn to a full course meal. As chefs or managers, if we can "set the example" by repeating good food safety practices visibly to the crew, it will help them understand how important it is to the success of your facility. Thou shalt:
1.) Train every employee about correct handwashing, monitor it, document the process & use positive reinforcement. Use a 20 second handwash, cleaning the fingertips with a soft nailbrush. Know how, when, and why it's important. Handwashing is the number one practice YOU CAN DO to prevent a foodborne illness!
2.) Be a safe food handler. Restrict or send home crew members that are ill, so they do not handle foods. Require strict personal hygiene from all employees. Wear clean uniforms and hair restraints. Never wear jewelry or artificial nails at work.
3.) Enforce "no bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods" and train your staff exactly what that is. Wash hands and use alternatives such as disposable gloves, clean utensils or paper wraps to handle all ready-to-eat foods.
4.) Identify all potentially hazardous foods on your menu and keep them as cold as possible during storage and preparation.
35 to 38°F internal food temperature is best — no higher than 41° F maximum.
Keep FROZEN FOOD AT 0°F. Thaw foods safely a day in advance under refrigeration.
5.) Obtain food supplies from reputable approved sources. Inspect foods for spoilage and check temperatures when receiving from the supplier, during cold storage, and on the prep tables. When in doubt, throw it out!
6.) Observe time & temperature guidelines to prevent cross-contamination in storing and handling food prepared in advance of service. Label foods prepared with product, date, time, and temperature.
7.) Teach all crew members to use temperature charts and a stem thermometer. Remember to keep foods out of the DANGER ZONE 41° to 135° F. Use the four hour limit. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold!
Check food temperature in 2 places — the thickest portion & the center.
Sanitize the thermometer stem before & after use with an alcohol swab.
8.) Avoid cross-contamination of raw and ready-to-eat foods by hands, utensils and equipment. Keep raw products separate from ready-to-eat foods. Wash, rinse and sanitize food contact equipment.
9.) Cook and heat-process food to above recommended minimum temperature (usually 145°F, 155°F or 165°F based on the kind of food). Post a chart for the crew. Memorize your minimum cooking temperatures for the common raw foods you cook in your facility.
10.) Rapidly chill hot food to below 41°F within 4-6 hours! Use ice bath, shallow pans, stirring, cut or reduce into smaller portions, and uncover while in the cooling process (check local regulations).
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Lacie Thrall passed away in early 2017 after a long illness. She dedicated her 35-year career to improving the health and well-being of others by promoting food safety best practices. Lacie worked in environmental health for 17 years before joining FoodHandler in 1997 as the Director of Safety Management. While at FoodHandler, she trained employees and customers on safe food handling practices, including proper hand hygiene and glove use. Later as a FoodHandler consultant, Lacie provided the foodservice industry with food safety information and advice through her blog on FoodHandler.com.
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KATHMANDU, June 6 :
A major policy intervention would be required to start more hydropower projects in the country to achieve the required per capita electricity consumption for graduating Nepal to the league of developing countries by 2022, an energy expert said on Friday.
"Given the sluggish pace of hydropower development and slow economic growth rate, Nepal will be able to achieve the standard per capita energy consumption of 2,000 units, required to achieve the status of developing country, only in 2045," energy expert Amrit Man Nakarmi projected, presenting his working paper at a workshop on ´Electricity Demand: A total Energy Perspective´ in Kathmandu on Friday.
The workshop was organized by Independent Power Producers´ Association (IPPAN).
"Electricity is important for industrial growth and other social development. We need to generate around 18,000 MW for peak hour by 2022 if we are to graduate to the group of developing countries," added Nakarmi.
At the current pace of hydropower development, Nepal will be able to generate around 1,500 MW by 2022.
Nepal´s industrial growth has declined to 1.2 percent from 9 percent recorded in the 1990s when there was no power cut. At present, Nepal´s per capita energy consumption stands at 93 units – the lowest in South Asia. The share of hydropower in total energy consumption stands at only 2 percent.
Nepal´s investment in energy sector is also one of the lowest in the region, standing at mere 0.3 percent of GDP compared to 16 percent in Bhutan and 3.4 percent in India.
Nakarmi added that Nepal should spend at least 5 percent of GDP, or Rs 85 billion annually, to achieve the electricity requirement to meet the electricity per capita consumption target.
The expert´s view comes at a time when Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has stopped signing power purchase deals with private developers, saying that it will face energy surplus after 2017/18 when power generated by Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project is connected to national grid.
Nakarmi also suggested to officials to put in place functional legislative, regulatory and institutional framework, integrated energy sector policy and sub-sector policies, to increase power generation.
Experts also said generation of an additional 700 MW of energy can reduce trade deficit by around 10 percent.
Nakarmi said electricity can replace Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) used for cooking worth Rs 20 billion, diesel worth another Rs 20 billion for generating electricity, and import of generator sets worth Rs 10 billion annually.
Total trade deficit is projected to cross Rs 500 billion this year.
Total energy supply in the country hovers around 800 MW, including imports from India. Import of fossil fuel can also be reduced by around 12 percent, according to Nakarmi.
Source : Republica


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This month's HRD volunteer spotlight is on the HRD Treasury department!
Written by Nicold Shoulder
Some of you may not know that Humboldt Roller Derby is a 100% volunteer run organization. Behind the scenes of our fantastically fun roller derby games there is an army of volunteers that keep the league rolling. We'd like to take a moment to tip our helmets to some of those folks who have helped HRD along the way.
The treasury department has come a loooooong way since the start of HRD. Way back in 2007, Jennifer McMahon, our founder, took care of all of the treasury tasks like paying bills, getting licensing and insurance all by herself. Now we have an entire team of treasurers who each help keep HRD fiscally fit!
Currently, Jodi Page aka Rollin Numbuzz, heads up our Treasury Department. She is the mom of our very own Luna Lovebad. Numbazz participated in our training camp program and is also the chief number cruncher for Stimson Small Business Services. At the helm of Treasury, Rollin Numbuzz over see's a posse of 8 or so assistant treasurers who each in their own right play a vital role in the day to day operations of the business side of HRD. They collect dues, process sponsorship purchases, oversee our ticket sales, manage our fabulous merchandise inventory, do our bout banking, pay our bills, manage our books …. OMG … TREASURY MAKES MAGIC HAPPEN EVERYWHERE!!!!
HRD is lucky to have had a long line of mathematically gifted volunteers. From 2009-2012, founding BOD member Steven Santos aka The Vault was not only our first treasurer, but also played a large part in writing our bylaws and helping us apply for Non Profit status which we (finally) in obtained in 2014. He was followed by Malice in Wonderland (2012-2013) who was responsible for guiding HRD out of the ages of excel spreadsheets and into the new era of Quickbooks and hired Aria Cox of Greenbooks. Aria not only whipped our books into shape, but she came to be so inspired by HRD that she joined training camp and transformed into our tough jammer and beloved coach, SUMbody dial 911. Then along came Spike D. Punch
(2013-2014) who steadied the helm and kept us streamlined as we rolled along our merry way. SUMbody briefly took the reins as interim CFO for the remainder of 2014 until Numbuzz came Rollin along!
These folks may have overseen things but it took an army of assistant treasurer's, who all dedicated loads of time and expertise to make HRD the legendary land of flying unicorns and endless rainbows it's known for today. Some super stand out valued assistant treasurers that HRD would like to give a HUGE thank you to is: McNasty our current member dues & training camp registration collector, Bianca Swagger and her crew of fly ass Merch Mavens, Locked Up our amazing new bookkeeper, Danimal our new Ticket Master, Raven Maniac our sponsorship coordinator SUPERSTAR. There have also been amazing folks like Ruckus, Villain Thomas, RaqHell, Reverend Bacon, Grrl Haggard, Frisbee Rollin, Lush De Luxe, Schwilly Nelson, among many, many, many others who helped keep HRD financially balanced through the years. THANK YOU ALL!
Over the years there have been a few key people who HRD just wouldn't be the same without. There are really sooooo many, but we wanna give a special shout out to Lewis Call aka Lew D. Conduct. He is one of those truly special people in HRD history. As a BOD and assistant treasurer from 2009-2014, Lew D. ran ticketing and purchasing all while remaining HRD's original #1 fan!! Lew D. always found a way to make sure fans got in to see the sold out bouts, he made sure we had all the supplies stocked to keep the track taped, skaters and spectators safe and mostly importantly, he makes sure you get a hug just when you need it the most!! Lew D. Conduct was one of the original BOD members and retired after 7 YEARS!!! of dedication to HRD. Thank you bunches LEW for all the years! We ❤ you Lew and hope you can come relax and enjoy all the games as a spectator.
As you can see from the long list of amazing people above ~ it truly does take an army to run the business of Roller Derby. Thank You to all you fabulous volunteers that have kept HRD rolling for all these years and special thanks to the HRD Treasury Department. We appreciate all you do and the expertise you bring to our league.
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I've done it in the past many years ago -- call their Publications department, speak to a live person, and place your order -- but it seems that technique doesn't seem to work today.
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This is a double sized episode. We're joined by the first ever Kill Team Champion and a host of community organizers for Community Spotlight segments. This is a Kill Team focused episode where we break down a few of the things to watch out for if you're just getting into the game.
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We're joined by Thomas Miller to talk about his success at the NOVA Open Kill Team Tournament and to discuss Kill Team in general. It's a pleasure to have him on the show.
We include 3 Community Spotlights in this show. I really dig being able to talk to these guys on air. These event organizers and community leaders listen to the show and when they reached out it was a no-brainer to bring them on to talk about their tournaments. PLEASE check out their events. If you can make it to any of them you will not be disappointed. Links below!
Later in the show we discuss how Thousand Suns have the potential to be a powerhouse in Kill Team. They have durability, great offense and can compete in every phase of the game. The roster has a mix of cheap objective holders and powerful marine units to do your damage.
The Crucible in Orlando FL USA. Find information here.
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Alternatively you can subscribe via your own iTunes, and it should update our podcast when we post a new one.
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The new Samsung Galaxy S introduces the brand as a real major player in the thriving smartphone market. Boasting one of the best quality screens available anywhere, as well as running on the ever impressive Android operating system, this is one of the handsets to watch in the coming months.
The Galaxy S is the third handset from Samsung to utilise the popular Google Android system. Android remains a firm favourite with phone fans everywhere as you are not subjected to the constraints that others operating systems such as Apples software has in place. Another major plus point is the fact that Android supports flash files, which are a major part of many modern websites. Over the top of this you will find the excellent user interface which is Samsungs own TouchWiz system. Based around the widget system, it offers fully customisable homescreens and some genuinely useful features. The "Friends and Updates" widget collaborates various social networking updates together in on easily manageable place. Looking at the design of the phone, it is easy to draw comparisons with the iPhone. The large screen dominates proceedings and features four buttons at the foot of each screen which enable you to access the phones most common functions including text messaging and also making calls. A physical home button is located beneath the screen. The phone looks really great, and this is helped by the inclusion of active wallpapers. These give the phone a real wow factor. Perhaps one of the most impressive, if understated feature, is the smart unlock system, which accesses certain functions directly by simply sketching a pre determined letter on the screen whilst the phone is locked.
The impressive display featured on the Samsung Galaxy S is one of the major attractions of the handset. The huge 4 inch measurement puts it ahead of many of its competitors in terms of size, whilst the WVGA resolution means it also wins many prizes for the quality of the image displayed. The Super AMOLED technology that the screen uses also plays a part in producing the excellent clarity. The deeper natural black colours and improved viewing angles offer great legibility in sunlight. In addition to this the screen is remarkably thin, allowing the overall depth of the device to measure a slim line 9.9mm. Not content with being one of the slimmest phones available, it is also one of the most lightweight at just 118 grammes. The plastic body helps keep the weight to a minimum, but does make the phone feel slightly cheaper than others available. If you were thinking of changing your phone for an Apple or an HTC, then it is certainly worth considering adding the Samsung Galaxy S to your list thanks to a package which is as close to complete as you are likely to find.
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what is everyone paying their Pizza makers, cooks, and prep guys? Thanks!
There are going to be some huge variables so maybe replies w/ state minimum wage and experience will be more helpful.
Min wage just went to $10.20/hr, next jan 1 it goes to $11.10, then the year after that it goes $12.00 + adjusted for inflation every jan 1.
Small shop, only 6 insiders and 5 drivers at the moment. Insiders make $10.50 to $12/hr, managers make $13.50/hr and prep guy makes $15/hr
state minimum 10.10 but we pay pizza guys approx $15/hr…we pay everyone above going rate and are able to retain quality reliable employees this way
Min wage is $11. Insiders - Drivers - Prep make $12 to $14
Managers make more than I care to disclose.
Spill the beans pirate.
Curious why do prep guys get the most pay? is it hard?
I think he has some prep guys at a central commissary doing dough, etc. this may be the prep guys @pizzapiratespp is referring to.
Just to clarify, all groups are under the same pay scale.
Insiders ( phones, cashiers, pizza maker types ) mainly part timers $12-14
Drivers ( same as inside but driving ) $12-14 + tips. Part timers make more per hour because they generally scram at the end of the rush. Full timers make a bit less per hour because they spend a little more time in store during off times. But make good money anyhow
Prep crew is a mix of full and part timers. $12-14
These rates will go up $1 per year for the next 4 years.
In my neck of the woods it is very hard to find full time people. Many places hire only part time so they then work for us part time also. Works out great for everyone. We get people who only want to work our busy hours. The employees get a flexible schedule and all the hours they want or need. Most work around 50 hours a week. Some guys have been able to arrange a 4 day workweek and pull down a good 50K to 60K a year. They love it. I have grown to love Obama Care. Please don't take it away.
You've got to be approaching 50 full time equivalent employees at your busiest location? I guess that only matters if you have at more than 30 that work enough to meet the full time threshold of 120 hours a month? The first 30 are exempt from penalties, correct? I haven't paid much attention to this since selling my second shop. Current store has 23-25 full time and 10 full time equivalents. It wasn't real clear to me if the two stores would be combined to meet the 50 FTE equivalents so this weighed in pretty heavily on my decision to sell the second shop.
Its was about the most complicated calculation I ever did back a few years ago. At the time we were at 55 FTE. Now we are around 75 FTE company wide. In our small little world the ACA ended up being a big nothing burger. We had 50 additional people who qualified which could have cost us upwards of 20K a month. ( a bit of a worry there ) We offered insurance to all 50. 6 people purchased insurance but 3 of those cancelled it after a few months. Its now costing us about $900 a month in addition premiums and about 2k a month paperwork requirements.
There is plenty free insurance available here in California. There is no need for people to purchase it.
Thanks for all the feedback. I was really more interested in the philosophy behind everyones pay scale. I know there are industry standards and percentages that get imposed on us as owners but like many of you have stated I have a difficult time finding reliable help. I believe it's worth paying more for retention purposes. Long term this approach should be profitable.
That was probably my mistake- I chimed in with the min wage, etc.
When I opened my last DP store, we payed high for the area in an attempt to do what others here have mentioned- attract and retain. Did it work- to a certain degree but then that "attractiveness" seems to dissipate, if that makes any sense.
We were next to a Dunkin Donuts and their managers were make $10-12 (2001) and I was starting CSR's at that.
Paying a bit above market will help a little in the retention department. I rely mostly on just saying "thank you" as much as possible.


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Nana Akenten Appiah-Menkah has described corruption, partisanship, and tribalism as the triplets killing Ghana's democracy. Several voices including that of this author have been wailing about these 'beasts' destroying our country but our voices have been drowned in the cacophony of partisan politics and silly insults. Let's hope Appiah-Menkah can make this his hobby horse and with the support of others, start a movement to bring about the necessary changes our country needs. In my writings, I have appealed to the Peace Council- the body of clergy and prominent statesmen, to adopt this as their new campaign post the election.
I would like to reduce all three beasts to the second evil listed above-Partisanship! In another article on Ghanaweb on March 13, 2013, Chairman Rawlings was quoted in Nigeria as suggesting that we introduce elements of our traditional system into our political systems to tone down the political bickering. This is all because the Western style of democracy that we have embraced without adapting it to our traditional system is hurting us. Why we Africans, fail to adapt but rather choose to imitate everything Western, smacks of inferiority complex. The West adapts things from us but we think we have to copy everything "ditto ditto" as we say in Ghana. The concept of an elected president is alien to our culture. The former speaker, Peter Ala Adjetey, suggested that the powers of the Presidency must be reformed to enhance development. Members of his own NPP did not even take kindly to his suggestions. While we are quick as Africans to distinguish ourselves from other ethnic groups i.e. "I am Akan, you are Ewe", there are a lot of similarities in our cultures that lends credence to someone describing what may be referred to as "African culture". Even the North African Berbers, share in our cultural similarities and that distinguishes them from other Middle Eastern Arabs.
I am talking about our chief's court or council of elders system-the African Parliament. Our Kings or Chiefs were not lords over us; they are custodians of our culture and symbolize everything about our norms, values, and history. To address social issues, each clan was represented at the chief's court-every clan! Larger clans enjoyed more seniority and therefore more responsibilities but at the end of the day, at the chief's court, everyone can (I am using present tense because this is still going on in our villages) contribute to the debate and the chief issues verdicts after consultation of all. We are ruled by consensus, consultation, and respectful dissent. At the end of the day, if someone was not happy, there was always a new hearing or appeal as long as the grounds of appeal are acceptable according to norms and values of society. The chief's court prides itself in respectful dissent and not acrimony.
Western democracy introduced the concept of the opposition. Ideally, the opposition is to foster competition, keep the party in power on its toes, and give the population choices to choose from. Unfortunately, in Africa, this is opening ethnic wounds, dividing ethnic groups held together artificially by colonial boundaries, and promoting graft (serious corruption) to ensure that each party has the financial resources to perpetuate itself in power. This is what is killing us!
Let's not throw away the baby with the bathwater. The parliamentary system is very much akin to our traditional system-each constituency must be represented in national parliament. Let each community elect and sponsor its parliamentarian. I am advocating the parliamentary system of government. Once in parliament, let parliament elect a speaker based on merit. Let the politicians do their thing and finally settle on the leadership of parliament and parliamentary committees to have oversight over different sectors of the economy. In the process, parliament must elect a prime minister who can be fired by parliament at any set time if he is found to be incompetent or violates the laws of the land. The prime minister should assist parliament in appointing eminent citizens to serve as cabinet ministers and sectorial ministers. These ministers can also be fired if parliament finds them wanting. The only thing to be eliminated is the acrimonious and expensive presidential system. Ghana and Africa can save billions by doing so. Away with party politics, expensive presidential elections, and ethnocentrism! Prime Ministers or Heads of Government business and ministers can be fired by parliament (the people's representatives) anytime they prove incompetent or fall short of the higher standards expected of them. Power will belong to the people. Each parliament should be dissolved every 4 years as it is now. The National House of Chiefs will be an upper house to parliament and the presidency will be rotated from region to region. The president of the National House of Chiefs at any point in time will hold the title of ceremonial president. A strong National House of Chiefs will foster national unity and tribal harmony.
This stuff is not rocket science, our academics and politicians know this but are waiting for the IMF,EU, Washington, or China to suggest it to them. Our leaders do not inspire. Unlike our founding fathers- J.B. Danquah and Kwame Nkrumah, who knew what they wanted and projected a vision, our leaders today defer to global power brokers to tell them what to do. Well, these foreign leaders have their societies to care about.
Ghana, arise! Provide the African leadership that has become your role among your African siblings. Like King David in the Bible who though young was anointed to be a leader, so are you Ghana. You've been anointed to provide your African siblings with the leadership and guidance that the continent needs. Don't fail in your responsibility. All hands on deck. Politicians, let's recreate the traditional set up (chief's court culture) in which everyone has a voice even if it may sound foolish. Let us build consensus and tolerate dissent. Let us put an end to the acrimony that characterizes our current democratic/kleptocratic/monecratic system and recreate an African system that works. Show me some leadership people!
Right now, it is very disappointing when the president wants to meddle in local democracy by appropriating the role to nominate those who should contest for district and local government chief executive positions. When, o-when, will we finally seize the bull by the horn and move our continent forward?
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The MicroStar 2000 project started in 2000 with the initial encoder design. The first encoder was finished and flow in 2001 and has gone through continuos design upgrades and evolution. In addition to the encoder a number of other related designs are on this web site including a receiver. The main focus of all the designs on this site are radio control model aircraft.
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Tou Yia Xiong is an illustrator and designer who recently designed a toy which was featured on ABCs daytime talk show The View during their Best of 2014 New York Toy Fair segment. Tou Yia's toy design, called Tree Top Adventures, is an elevated four quadrant wooden activity center that includes 6 bead tracks and 6 gliding tracks.
As I sat down with Tou Yia in his room to conduct the interview, I couldn't help but feel reminded of my childhood; all his creative gadgets and toys, to his cartoony illustrations made me remember what it felt to be a kid again. When I found out he was 26, I was astonished that he was so accomplished already. He also handed me his professional portfolio book that had many of his illustrations, which I was extremely impressed by.
How long have you been affiliated with CHAT?
I have been involved with CHAT for several years now. My initial involvement was when I took part in CHAT's Masters Gallery in 2009 when Kathy Mouacheupao was the executive director. Since then I have helped out with several CHAT programs such as Fresh Traditions (a fashion show highlighting Hmong designers). Additionally, I started my own event called X-Draw-Vaganza as a part of CHAT's visual art program. In that program, we held drawing classes last summer that I facilitated. The students and I also curated an art show that coincided with last year's Fresh Traditions.
When did you start your work as an illustrator and designer?
I don't know if that counts, but I used to make drawings in elementary school then sold it to my classmates for a few quarters each. The drawings included Sylvester the Cat, Mickey Mouse, and some dinosaurs I think. It was enough to buy me a bag of chips and soda. Then in high school and college, I did small design projects for family and smaller businesses. It wasn't until after I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout that I delved more into my career as an illustrator and designer.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in multimedia design. The program allowed me to practice many different aspects of design including graphic design, animation, web design and game design. Shortly after graduation, I moved to Seattle and found a job working on an iOS game called, Mr. Dreamer. I created everything visual including user interface design, character and world designs, and animations. During my time in Seattle, I did freelance illustration and design too. That's when I really learned more about illustration. Now, I am starting a new creative path as an Associate Product Designer at The Manhattan Toy Company in Minneapolis. I have been with them for about a year.
What would you say is the most rewarding part of your job?
I think one of the most rewarding parts of my job is seeing the final product whether that's a toy, illustration, game, or printed item. You understand all the hard work and time you've put into it, then to see it realized is quite an amazing feeling. The thing I love most about this is how an idea blooms into something that now takes form in our world.
How did you come up with the idea or concept of your Tree Top Adventure toy?
This toy was developed with The Manhattan Toy Company. The idea was to create a wooden activity toy to meet certain costs goals and other business metrics. After the project is handed off to me, I start my market and competitor research. Then I proceed to doing rough sketches, which get more refined once I have a better direction for the toy. It has to be marketable, manufacturer-able, and visually appealing, too. A lot of collaboration happens during this development process. My team has a lot of input into my concepts. During my research, I noticed many activity toys had no legs, which got me started thinking of ways to incorporate them. The legs evolved into the tree trunk after having thought about my tree-house days as a kid. With the raised play area, kids can stand and play with it as well as move around into the different play quadrants.
How does it feel having your toy design being recognized as one of the year's best toys?
I am humbled by the recognition. It feels great to see my toy share the same stage with other large brand name toys like LEGOs. It was quite nerve wrecking to watch the hosts and guests play with it on The View. I was scared something would go wrong or break, but nothing bad happened.
Is there any advice that you have for fellow illustrators and designers and how they could make a career out of their hobby/passion?
Share your passion! This line of work is not a traditional path for many people, especially for a Hmong person. Often times we are told not to go into this direction, but rather go and become something prestigious with a higher earning job like a doctor. If it's your passion, then share it with others. Surround yourself with people who support and understand you even if you have to break some hearts along the way.
Work hard at being the best! Being an illustrator or designer could sound dreamy, but know that it involves actually doing work. And by doing work, you will only get better and always chase that. Being at your best involves constant learning, especially if you're interested art and technology. Go learn, whether that's through college classes, listening to podcasts, or simply asking for help.
Step away from your desk! As an illustrator and designer, you'll end up behind a desk most of the time. It's where we get carried away in our work, but we must remember that there's a greater community out there. It is important to remember to step back from our desk and go out to engage ourselves in such communities. You might just learn a thing or two, heck maybe even get a gig here or there or simply to commiserate with.
How do you find inspiration for your work? I'm looking at this illustration of this marshmallow guy; it's so fun and creative. Where does it come from?
It's as simple as asking what can I do with this shape or thing. How else can I reinterpret this? I turned the simple marshmallow shape into characters and placed them in an environment that I thought would be funny. My kind of funny is pushing a marshmallow in a cup of steaming hot chocolate. I would like to think that my work is an extension of my own character and influences. Much of the influences came from Saturday morning cartoons, The Simpsons, and Far Side comics.
If you had to choose, what has been your favorite piece that best represents your work?
My favorite piece was not even professional. It was my senior project at UW-Stout, which was Vauj – A Kite Story. It is a 2D animation about a boy reminiscing about his father when they flew kites together in a refugee camp. The animated short was inspired by a moment I had with my late father. The animation visual style is a good representation of my work and what I am creating now. Its narrative and theme represent something I continually want to achieve.
If you had the opportunity to work with any artist who would it be?
Nicolas Marlet would be someone I would enjoy working with and learn from. I really admire his work. His character designs are phenomenal! You have to see his sketches though. They are so lively! They should make animation in the style of his sketches. He does a lot of work with DreamWorks. He did the concept art for Kung Fu Panda and How to Train your Dragon.
Following the interview Tou Yia showed me many of his sketches that not many people have seen. I felt privileged to take a peek at the concept designs of his work.
His toy is available for shipping on March 19th with The Manhattan Toy Company at www.manhattantoy.com.
My interview with Tou Yia Xiong showed me that you can pursue a career in something you love, Art, and still be successful.
See more of Tou's Work:
You can also see more of his work at http://www.tyxdraws.com/
See Tree Top Adventure preview on ABC's show, The View!
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from techdirt.com: We see so many bogus DMCA (Digital Millenium Copywright Act) takedowns, and we hear the big copyright holders insisting that it's just an accident each and every time -- and not to worry about the collateral damage and censorship it leads to.
So it seems interesting that TorrentFreak has uncovered a series of bogus DMCA takedown notices to Google from four different giant Hollywood players -- Viacom, Paramount (owned by Viacom), Fox and Lionsgate -- that each ask it to remove links to Simon Klose's excellent documentary about The Pirate Bay TPB AFK. As TorrentFreak notes, Fox, via DtecNet (another total failure for the "six strikes" company), asked Google to remove a link to the movie on Mechodownload. Viacom asked for links to be removed to the movie on Mrworldpremiere and Rapidmovies. Lionsgate asked for to remove a link to the movie from The Pirate Bay of all places. Needless to say, all of these were authorized copies that the movie studios were seeking to have hidden.
Beyond the obvious concern about censoring a movie that shows, perhaps, a more sympathetic side of the TPB crew and their legal situation, these kinds of take downs serve another, more nefarious purpose: making sure there is less value for authorized works on these various sites. You hear it all the time from these companies that these sites are "all bad" and must be taken down. Having authorized content really looks bad, so it's nice for them that they can remove it by filing bogus DMCA claims with no real recourse. No wonder the MPAA is so vehement that it shouldn't need to consider fair use before sending bogus takedowns.
Yes, I'm sure these were all just more "accidents" but the impact is very real. For struggling filmmakers like Klose, having authorized copies of his film removed from Google has a serious impact. Copyright maximalists never seem concerned in the slightest about the collateral damage on the people who have actually learned to use these platforms well. They prefer to protect those who fight against new systems of distribution, while harming those who have succeeded in using them.


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How to take better photos of your kids at home during Covid-19
I have a daughter who is 6 years old, and it's not easy to spend the whole day together:) However, we have been doing good so far. I mean I guess. I'm not sure:)) I always try to take her images outside but now because of this Covid situation we can't go outside. I took her photos yesterday and edited. It took only 20 minutes and you can do it too. Here are some suggestions:
1- Find a spot and adjust the light. Turn off the artificial lights inside. Find a spot in front of the window or near the best natural light source. Just shoot in the direction where the background will be the most neutral or least cluttered!
2. Get Close. We live in a small house so it's easy for us to get close:) If you shoot tight, it's easy to crop out the clutter. And you can easily see the emotion. Look at my daughters beautiful smile below:)
3. Have FUN:) Just tell what you want them to do or just watch them while they are doing something they enjoy:). I told my daughter that I will take her photos and she can do whatever she wants. She put on a mask and she said I'm gonna jump on my bed:) Here is the result:
4.You can create beautiful photos that your family will treasure for years to come. Just find a good spot and light. Here are some baby images at home you can try:


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Hello. I wondered how to make the sprites that VDP1 draws translucent on top of VDP2 layers. I got it on the example of the game Device Reign. But almost all sprites become translucent at once. Although there are exceptions (character panel with a portrait and statistics). It seems that individual sprites are somehow given their own priority. But I don't know whether to change the order of the sprites in such a way as to make only specific ones translucent.


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Biicla has been blowing up in a big way over the past year. Having burst onto the scene with his impressive single "No Place", the Russian phenom has now teamed with fellow newcomer Modeness on a fresh new track "Deeper".
It seems Biicla gets better and better with every release – and this latest offering is definitely no exception. Featuring a masterful mix of lush, pulsing piano, wonky, pitched vocal chops and deep, distorted bass all rounded out over an undeniably infectious 4/4 groove, this one will definitely have you on your feet. Stream "Deeper" below and enjoy!
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George Eliot
Birthday Number 22
" No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from."
George Eliot was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era whose novels are known for realism and psychological insight, such as Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), and Silas Marner (1861).
She was born on Monday November 22nd 1819, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.
George Eliot has great potential as a leader, organizer, or builder of an institution or business. She has a vision and the capability to materialize it. George possesses the capacity for great strength, but conversely she can be deeply afraid of the dimensions of her ambitions. Eliot may secretly feel that nothing will measure up to her original dream. Consequently, George Eliot can turn away from her ambitions. This can result in enormous disappointment to her should George sacrifices her dream because of fear of failure.
Eliot's challenge is to be willing to start her enterprise small and take practical steps toward enlarging it to its full scope.
George Eliot has a gift for seeing both the details of a plan and how it should unfold. She is orderly and patient, and she can approach a problem methodically and systematically.
Her solutions tend to be unique. George Eliot keeps her own counsel and has much inner strength.
Conversely, George can be nervous and suffer grave doubts about herself, which she also tends to hide. Yet, Eliot has unusual perception. Her intuition is very good and she should rely on her first impressions.
George Eliot is both practical and idealistic. She tends to want to ground her ideals in realistic methods. George is not one to indulge too much in grandiose plans for their own sake.
George Eliot has enormous potential for success. Many who have left a permanent stamp on humanity - inventors, Nobel Prize winners, leading artists, and statesmen - have had the 22 prominent in their charts.
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About George's Birthday number
George's day of birth is one of her four core numbers - the Life Path, Expression, and Heart's Desire being the other three. It is the least significant of the four core numbers, but perhaps the most finite, in that it reveals a specific ability George Eliot possesses in a marked degree.
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- Client: Sgoiltean Ura/Western Isles Council
- Value: £38 million
- Project Description: The design of five new primary schools, Point, Westside, Sir E Scott, Balivanich and Daliburgh Primary Schools.
- Construction Overview: Construction was of traditional steel frame buildings incorporating robust finishes and detailing and enclosed courtyards to cope with the harsh environment. Challenges included remote locations, poor ground, and design for flood conditions
- Project Dates: Completed 2012


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