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livejournal | I thought I'd share some old fanfiction, fanfiction that started me on the path to writing fanfiction. They were called fanzines then. This was back in the days when it was all on paper, published like a magazine. 1989. Wow! Talk about making me feel OLD! I wrote fanfiction for the syndicated show, War of the Worlds. Some might remember it. It starred Jared Martin as Harrison Blackwood, Richard Chaves as Lt. Paul Ironhorse, Philip Akin as Norton Drake (I've seen Philip guest star on recent shows like on Warehouse 13), and Lynda Mason-Green as Suzanne McCollough.
If you'd like context for my stories, here is a great resource.
My favorite character was Paul Ironhorse played by Richard Chaves so my stories tend to revolve around him.
Hope you enjoy the read or at least laugh at how old it is. | 2019-04-22T04:12:51Z | https://sophie-deangirl.livejournal.com/18813.html | Porn | Reference | 0.963142 |
livejournal | The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - That science don't love you!
Christmas actually is my favorite holiday. It always has been. I grew up atheist, so for me it is all awesome dinners and family and presents and eating cookies until you collapse into crumb-covered torpor. I think I love it just a little more now that I’ve gotten to spend Christmas-time in the UK, even if my in-laws get me so drunk I don’t question wearing a silly paper crown until later when I’m looking at the pictures and wondering what is up with that again?
My favorite part of Christmas though, is actually the music. I think this is because I’ve been lucky enough to never work retail during this holiday, so it isn’t part of job PTSD for me. Though I will admit, hearing The Little Drummer Boy over and over on the radio one year kind of killed that one for me, not that I liked it that much to begin with. But here are my five favorite carols–they all also fairly uncommon ones, which is why I think the relentless creep of retail Christmas has spared them.
Just something about “Fall on your knees! Oh hear the angel voices!” gives me chills, every time. Every time.
I think this one can be entirely blamed on the number of times I watched the claymation Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as a kid.
I love this song with all my nerd heart. | 2019-04-26T06:36:04Z | https://katsudon.livejournal.com/906642.html | Porn | Arts | 0.928411 |
wordpress | This entry was posted in Life and tagged Life, new job, work. Bookmark the permalink.
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Oh my what a wonderful place to work! Personally I’ve always thought any kind of library is awesome, and I actually have two friends from my school years who went on to become librarians too!
I myself have a degree from there lol!
😀 I had no idea. Any tips? I will be at the University of a study school for about 4 days during the second week of September.
Haha I will actually be in Aber the second week of September for the study school. They apparently host one every year for the distance learners to set them up and explain how everything works.
You can also do a cliff walk over the top to Clarach bay from there which is quite picturesque (although Clarach is a fairly average little cover filled with a caravan park). | 2019-04-23T04:19:14Z | https://positivelymar.wordpress.com/2018/08/15/a-new-job/ | Porn | Reference | 0.278581 |
wordpress | Hey there folks! Long time, no natter. How the devil are you?
I bring you good news today: I have a new website. Yup, as promised, a new, spooky, sparkly website has been created by the fine folk at Square One, and the site rocks. It pre-empts the launch in the UK, on 4th June, of my debut psychological conspiracy thriller, The Spider in the Corner of the Room, and it’s where I’ll be blogging from now on.
So, if you fancy it, hot foot it to the new site at nikkiowenauthor.com and, if you sign up to the updates box, you could be in with a chance of winning a signed first edition copy of Spider. Whoop!
Thanks again for following the blog – and hope you LOVE the new one.
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wordpress | Thank you for the email about trials going on for injecting virus to attach to cancer cells, especially for myeloma. Very interesting since that is something they referred to when I visited Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. It’s worth listening to again and again.
Now to you, what a bummer to have to go through all this, but your sense of humor is contagious. Thank you for that and sure hope you’re much better now. At the end of February (in the Desert on vacation) I went into A-Fib, got a raging chest cold and had a wake-up call about having a stroke so I’m on blood thinners, etc. until I can get back to normal heart rhythm. May have to be zapped. Good thing is that the myeloma and the kidneys have both stayed stable and I shall get back to feeling my new normal (with cancer) soon.
You’re welcome. I think it is nice when you can hear about a therapy several times from different sources, it helps you zero in on an difficult and illusive therapy choice. I have asked many of my docs about the virus therapy, and I hear mixed reviews, but that’s expected. Mostly, I hear that the use of this treatment depends on the location and origin of the cancer cells, whether it will be successful or not. But nobody is saying it’s poppycock, yet, so that’s promising!
Oh my goodness, what a frightening and painful experience! Does the A-fib feel like a panic? Do you sleep at night? It’s amazing how quickly one can go into medical emergency, especially with compromised immunity like we have. I felt so vulnerable, so out of control when just a week before I was feeling so strong and energetic. I am very glad that otherwise you are stable. Take care, Kay! You are in my thoughts.
Oh Robin, I can’t even imagine. What an insecure place to be, not being able to help or take the pain away. I swear nothing I took would touch the pain – but between the medical cannabis and the magnesium powder at bedtime, I could sleep some. I’m sorry to hear Tom had to go through that. Such a complication! May he be in peace wherever he is now!
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wordpress | June 28th. What a day!
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tripod | New South Wales Imperial Bushmen War Diary, 15 August 1900.
This is an extract from the War Diary written by Major David Miller, Adjutant of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen who arrived in the Mozambique port of Biera and then moved to Rhodesia as part of the journey for deployment in South Africa to see action in the Boer War.
Column started at 7 a.m. arrived Otto's Hoop at 4 p.m. - 10 miles. Slight engagement with enemy outside Otto's Hoop - enemy retired. We occupied village and commanding positions.
Movable Magazine from which supply columns replenish consists of seven (7) steam road trains with carrying capacity of say 250 tons. Supply Park (Brigade) consists of nineteen wagons.
The column left Mafeking and re-occupied Ottoshoop. Miller outlines the supply lines he established for the column. | 2019-04-21T16:34:51Z | http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/1838141/nswib-15-august-1900-page-1/ | Porn | Business | 0.546793 |
wordpress | 1) Must sow a seed. You invest something first if you want to reap a harvest.
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typepad | For those of you who've been waiting for the general release of the last pattern in the From Me to You club, Something for You, it is now available here.
If you are stuck for last minute gifts, then the lavender sachets might be the answer. These were very quick and popular in the class. Lee finished one and had another two made and ready for filling in the three hour class. I wonder if they're wrapped and under the tree!
Last Friday I dropped in on Joanne at Tranquility Crafts n Supplies, Moonee Ponds. Joanne has been stocking my patterns for a number of years now and runs classes with them. This was the first chance I had to visit. The shop is packed full of temptation and inspiration. I always make a beeline for, yes you've guessed it, the red fabrics.
Some progress has been made this week. Realising time was slipping by, I needed to 'get serious' about what I was going to make for gifts this year. Now I always have trouble making a decision about what to make. No sooner than I think, 'Yes that's what I'll do', another idea pops into my head. A new idea is always much more exciting than an old one, even if they are just minutes apart! The prototypes are made and I'm not deviating. It's too early for sneak peeks, but I did purchase these rather gorgeous decorations from The Christmas Beetle, a week or so ago.
It's official, I'm in denial about how much I need to do before Christmas and how few weeks are left to do it in. I guess it would help to make a list. If I make a list I can cross two things off.
I know, you're wondering why list them if they are already done. Well the simple fact is, it makes me feel like I've achieved something.
Today I finished the baby quilt. This was started a few weeks ago. I'm very happy with how it's turned out.
Made last week, I gave into temptation and tried one of Barb's red deer buttons on the Deer tag. One Christmas present made, not thinking about how many to go!
If your like me and still deciding what to make for Christmas, then perhaps one of these kits will help.
Ages ago, on an episode of Food Safari, they made a whole orange and almond cake. I wanted to make one then and there but no matter how hard I looked I couldn't find the recipe. In desperation, I made different ones from my recipe books but they were a poor 2nd best.
Then a few weeks ago I searched for the recipe again and found it straight away.
Delicious doesn't even come close to describing how divine this cake is.
Here's the link so you don't have to wait months and months to make it like I did.
A new design is always my best, favourite, most exciting thing I've done so often the earlier patterns are overlooked when I'm deciding what to take to the shows or doing a trunk show. They are so familiar to me I forget they are still new to many girls.
So my first reaction when the girls at the Christmas in July workshop asked for a Scissor Essentials class was surprise and then pleasure that there was still interest in it.
I couldn't tell you how many bags I've made. Here are the two I still use today. I did think the blue was the very first one I made but I have a vague recollection of an earlier blue model. No, not red, it wasn't my favourite colour back then. The bag was so quick and easy to make I made all my sewing friends one for Christmas that year.
The bags put an end to my 'good' scissors being used to cut paper. Placing them in a bag, put them out of bounds!
There are three bags and a thread cutter case in the pattern. The girls on Saturday all decided to make the large bag.
Sue decided to fussy cut a piece of French General fabric and was thrilled with the finished result and how quick it was to make. Sue was going home to make more for gifts, quite a few if these fussy cut pieces are any indication.
The final classes for the From Me to You club were held this week. It's been very rewarding seeing so many finished projects. Many were finished or very close too, in the 3 hour class and in some cases more than one was made. More were made at home and given as gifts. It's been wonderful watching the girls personalise the projects through fabric and trim choices, omitting or adding embellishments.
The projects have been perfect for using favourite stash fabrics.
And it was very pleasing to see Beth using the rotary cutter case made in the last class.
A couple of weeks ago I received a call from Julie, who had just finished making the Believe! table runner. Julie rang to say 'how thrilled she was and it was the loveliest thing she'd ever made'.
Doesn't it look gorgeous? Lovely and fresh, perfect for celebrating Christmas in the middle of summer.
More often than not, when I sit down to design and make a new project, the finished item bears no resemblance to what I initially had in mind. I'm easily side-tracked. There's always the temptation to try a button here or maybe a piece of felt, applique a flower...... And sometimes what I think will work on a bag is better suited to a needle keep. But the past week has been a little different and the two things I set out to make have been made.
Yes I'm very focussed. I have a deadline to meet. Next year I will be releasing a book filled with projects I love to make. All very exciting and just a tad scary, with a great deal of work in between now and then. | 2019-04-20T10:13:02Z | https://marglowdesigns.typepad.com/marg_low_designs/2012/11/index.html | Porn | Shopping | 0.765495 |
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I don’t want to stop here! I want to hear from each and every one of you. Please take just a few minutes of your time and read over the first two chapters and comment on the story and let me know what you think! | 2019-04-20T13:15:41Z | https://weirdshortstoriesbychristian.wordpress.com/tag/love/ | Porn | Reference | 0.44567 |
wordpress | But if I am visiting a new country I do some planning to avoid hassles. Many a times, I could not get flight tickets or a hotel by waiting too long to decide. A good tour guide with a knowledge of the local history, customs, monuments and cuisine can be of great help when visiting a new country. He can make your journey enjoyable and you can learn a few things about the place.
I have a lot of places to explore and countries to learn about and I need to pack my bags soon! I have taken flights and buses and one thing I would love to try is go backpacking on some adventurous trips, treks and climbs with groups of people.
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.
One of my furthest trips from home was to Netherlands where I lived for 3 months. I had a great time learning about life in Europe and I could also visit London, Belgium and Scotland during my stay there.
I have a long list of favourite destinations to visit and if I were to select a country where I could spend some time with a family it would be Spain first and then France.
I am in awe of the Spanish people – their high energy, enthusiasm and bubbly nature. I would love to soak in the culture and learn more about their ways of life.
France is another favourite destination for me because I learnt French in school and about the wonderful places and food but have yet to experience it first hand.
Ofcourse there are a lot of places I would also love to visit in my home country India – like Rajasthan, Assam, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Agra etc.
So – some day I would love to pack my bags and head down to these destinations. | 2019-04-19T12:51:13Z | https://sajeevkmenon.wordpress.com/tag/travel/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.161322 |
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yahoo | When Amazon (AMZN) introduced its underwhelming Fire phone back in June, the company chose to forgo its usual low pricing strategy and used the same price as other top phones.
After mediocre reviews – even on Amazon.com the Fire gets only 2 out of 5 stars – and rumors of poor sales, Amazon confirmed the problems in its third quarter earnings report on Thursday. The company announced a $170 million expense for “inventory evaluations and supplier commitment costs” related to the Fire phone. At the end of the quarter, the company said it still had $83 million of phone inventory on hand.
The hit caused Amazon to report an overall net income loss of $437 million, or 95 cents a share, for the quarter. Analysts had expected a loss of only 76 cents a share. Without the $170 million loss on the phone inventory, Amazon would have easily beaten expectations with a loss of around 59 cents a share, excluding the tax impact.
Over the past seven years of Amazon selling its own line of gadgets, starting with the Kindle e-reader in 2007, the company has never recorded such a write-down for unsold inventory.
The problems with the Fire phone were obvious from the start. The hardware wasn’t as good as top phones from Apple (AAPL), Samsung and others. The unique features, like a simulated 3-dimensional view, seemed more like gimmicks than useful additions. And, most importantly, the pricing was much too high, on par with an entry-level iPhone. Amazon slashed the price in September, but the damage was already done.
Both the highly successful Kindle e-reader and sort-of-successful line of tablets took a very different approach. Most of those products were known for their unique services, low prices and adequate hardware.
Some analysts got confused about the phone, focusing on how it might prompt Amazon customers to buy even more goods from the company. A built-in scanner could identify all kinds of physical goods and tee up an offer to purchase online from Amazon. But it didn’t matter how easily customers could buy things if no customers had the phone in the first place.
Overall, the third quarter report was a disaster for investors: Amazon reported revenue of $20.6 billion, up 20% but slightly less than Wall Street analysts expected. On the bottom line, a net loss of 95 cents a share was much worse than the FactSet consensus of a loss of 76 cents a share.
Amazon shares, which have been struggling all year, dropped as much as 12% in after-hours trading on Thursday. | 2019-04-25T20:35:22Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-writes-off--170-milllion-loss-for-flopping-phone-214439221.html | Porn | Business | 0.365261 |
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wikipedia | For the fictional soap opera character, see Anne Baxter (Neighbours).
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy.
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, U.S.
Granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Baxter studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and had some stage experience before making her film debut in 20 Mule Team (1940). She became a contract player of 20th Century Fox and was loaned out to RKO Pictures for a role in Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), one of her earlier films. In 1947, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDonald in The Razor's Edge (1946). In 1951, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role in All About Eve (1950). She worked with several of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock in I Confess (1953), Fritz Lang in The Blue Gardenia (1953), and Cecil B. DeMille in The Ten Commandments (1956).
Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, to Catherine Dorothy (née Wright; 1894–1979)—whose father was the architect Frank Lloyd Wright—and Kenneth Stuart Baxter (1893–1977), an executive with the Seagram Company. When Baxter was five, she appeared in a school play and, as her family had moved to New York when she was six years old, Baxter continued to act. She was raised in Westchester County, New York and attended Brearley. At age 10, Baxter attended a Broadway play starring Helen Hayes, and she was so impressed that she declared to her family that she wanted to become an actress. By the age of 13, she had appeared on Broadway in Seen but Not Heard. During this period, Baxter learned her acting craft as a student of actress and teacher Maria Ouspenskaya. In 1939, she was cast as Katharine Hepburn's little sister in the play The Philadelphia Story, but Hepburn did not like Baxter's acting style and she was replaced during the show's pre-Broadway run. Rather than giving up, she turned to Hollywood.
At 16, Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs. DeWinter in Rebecca. Director Alfred Hitchcock deemed Baxter too young for the role, but she soon secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. In 1940, she was loaned to MGM for her first film 20 Mule Team, in which she was billed fourth after Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, and Marjorie Rambeau. She worked with John Barrymore in her next film The Great Profile (1940) and appeared as the ingénue in the Jack Benny vehicle Charley's Aunt (1941). She received star billing in Swamp Water (1941) and The Pied Piper (1942), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Baxter was loaned to RKO to appear in director Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). She was Tyrone Power's leading lady in Crash Dive (1943), her first Technicolor film. In 1943, she played a French maid in a North African hotel (with a French accent) in Billy Wilder's Five Graves to Cairo, a Paramount production. She became a popular star in World War II dramas and received top billing in The North Star (1943), The Sullivans (1944), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), and Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944), co-starring her future husband John Hodiak. Baxter later recalled, "I was getting almost as much mail as Betty Grable. I was our boys' idealized girl next door."
She was loaned to United Artists for the leading role in the film noir Guest in the House (1944), and appeared in A Royal Scandal (1945), with Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Coburn; Smoky (1946), with Fred MacMurray; Angel on My Shoulder (1946), with Paul Muni and Claude Rains.
Baxter co-starred with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in 1946's The Razor's Edge, for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Baxter later recounted that The Razor's Edge contained her only great performance, a hospital scene where the character Sophie "loses her husband, child and everything else." She said she relived the death of her brother, who had died at age three.
She was loaned to Paramount for a top-billed role opposite William Holden in Blaze of Noon (1947) and to MGM for a supporting role as Clark Gable's wife in Homecoming (1948). Back at 20th Century Fox, she played a wide variety of roles: a lawyer in love with Cornel Wilde in The Walls of Jericho (1948); Tyrone Power's Irish romantic interest in The Luck of the Irish (1948); a tomboy in Yellow Sky (1948), with Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark; a 1920s flapper in You're My Everything (1949), with Dan Dailey; and another tomboy in A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), again with Dailey.
In 1950, Baxter was chosen to co-star in All About Eve largely because of a resemblance to Claudette Colbert, who originally was cast but dropped out and was replaced by Bette Davis. The original idea was to have Baxter's character gradually come to mirror Colbert's over the course of the film. Baxter received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the title role of Eve Harrington. She said she modeled the role on a bitchy understudy she had for her debut performance in the Broadway play Seen But Not Heard at the age of 13 and who had threatened to "finish her off."
Her next Fox film Follow the Sun (1951) co-starred Glenn Ford as champion golfer Ben Hogan; Baxter played Hogan's wife Valerie. She was top-billed in the western The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1950), with Dale Robertson, and was part of an ensemble cast in O. Henry's Full House (1952), her last project for Fox. The comedy My Wife's Best Friend, with MacDonald Carey, was her second and last Fox film released in 1952. Baxter left 20th Century Fox in 1953.
In 1953, Baxter contracted a two-picture deal for Warner Brothers. Her first was opposite Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess; the second was the Fritz Lang whodunit The Blue Gardenia, in which she played a woman accused of murder.
DeMille asked me to come in. His office at Paramount was bursting with books, props, rolls of linens. I told him I'd have to wear an Egyptian false nose and he pounded the table. "No. Baxter, your Irish nose stays in this picture." He acted out my part and I kept nodding, and I walked out with the part. The sound stage sets were magnificent. It was all corny, sure, but DeMille knew it was corny—that's what he wanted, what he loved. I loved slinking around—really, this was silent film acting but with dialogue.
In 1960, Baxter received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6741 Hollywood Boulevard.
Baxter worked regularly in television in the 1960s. She appeared as one of the mystery guests on What's My Line?. She also starred as guest villain "Zelda The Great" in episodes 9 and 10 of the Batman series. She appeared as another villain, "Olga, Queen of the Cossacks", opposite Vincent Price's "Egghead" in three episodes of the show's third season. She also played an old flame of Raymond Burr on his crime series Ironside.
Baxter returned to Broadway during the 1970s in Applause, the musical version of All About Eve, but this time as Margo Channing (succeeding Lauren Bacall).
In the 1970s, Baxter was a frequent guest and guest host on The Mike Douglas Show. She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of Columbo, called "Requiem for a Falling Star". In 1971, she had a role in Fools' Parade as an aging prostitute who helps characters played by Jimmy Stewart, Strother Martin, and Kurt Russell escape from the villain, played by George Kennedy, before an act of betrayal seals her fate. In 1983, Baxter starred in the television series Hotel, replacing Bette Davis after Davis became ill.
Baxter married actor John Hodiak on July 7, 1946 at her parents' home in Burlingame, California. They had one daughter, Katrina, born in 1951. Baxter and Hodiak divorced in 1953. At the time, she said they were "basically incompatible," but in her book she blamed herself for the separation. "I had loved John as much," she wrote. "But we'd eventually congealed in the longest winter in the world. Daily estrangement. Things unsaid. Even a fight would have warmed us. To my shame, I'd picked one at last in order to unfreeze the word 'divorce.'" Hodiak died in 1955.
Baxter was a Republican who was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In the mid-1950s, after her divorce from Hodiak, Baxter began a relationship with her publicist Russell Birdwell, who took control of her career and directed her in The Come On (1956). The couple formed Baxter-Birdwell Productions to make films on a 10-year plan; Baxter would star in the films and Birdwell would work behind the camera. Princeton University Library has a collection of 175 letters by Baxter to Birdwell.
In 1960, Baxter married her second husband Randolph Galt, an American owner of a neighboring cattle station near Sydney, Australia, where she was filming Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. After the birth of their second daughter, Maginel, back in California, Galt unexpectedly announced that they were moving to a 4,452 hectare (11,000 acre) ranch south of Grants, New Mexico. They then moved to Hawaii (his home state) before settling back in Brentwood, California. Baxter and Galt were divorced in 1969. In 1976, Baxter recounted her courtship with Galt (whom she called "Ran") and their experiences at Giro in a well-received book called Intermission. Melissa Galt, Baxter's first daughter with Galt, became an interior designer and then a business coach, speaker, and seminar provider. Maginel became a cloistered Catholic nun, reportedly living in Rome, Italy.
In 1977, Baxter married David Klee, a prominent stockbroker. It was a brief marriage; Klee died unexpectedly from illness. The newlywed couple had purchased a sprawling property in Easton, Connecticut, which they extensively remodeled; however, Klee did not live to see the renovations completed. Although she maintained a residence in West Hollywood, Baxter considered her Connecticut home to be her primary residence. Baxter was passionate about music and was an active benefactor of the Connecticut Early Music Society.
Baxter was a longtime friend of costume designer Edith Head, whom she first met on the set of Five Graves to Cairo. Head appeared with Baxter in a cameo role in "Requiem for a Falling Star", a 1973 Columbo episode. Upon Head's death in 1981, Melissa Galt, who was also a goddaughter of Head, was bequeathed Head's jewelry collection.
Baxter suffered a stroke on December 4, 1985, while hailing a taxi on Madison Avenue in New York City. Baxter remained on life support for eight days in New York's Lenox Hill hospital, until family members agreed that brain function had ceased. She died on December 12, aged 62. Baxter is buried on the estate of Frank Lloyd Wright at Lloyd Jones Cemetery in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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While I discontinued the transcription, I’m not quite done with it all, but I’m not quite certain where I’ll take it next. Since then, I added a few new volumes to my library which, I think, will help to further illuminate the story of the ACS in the Shenandoah Valley.
As it so happens, just the other day, while perusing old newspapers for my OTD series, I came across a long clip dated July 11, 1856, from The Shippensburg News (Shippensburg, Pa.). While there is no mention of the activity in the Shenandoah Valley, I still thought it worthwhile to transcribe and share.
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Osogbo lies on the railway line from Lagos to Kano. It is known for the Osogbo School of Art and the Oja Oba Market building, said to be the former Oba's palace, within yards of the Osogbo Grand Mosque.
Osogbo is the trade center for a farming region. Yams, cassava, grain, and tobacco are grown. Cotton is grown and used to weave cloth. It is also home to several hotels and a football stadium with a capacity of 10,000 and a second division professional league team.
Most of the population are members of the Yoruba ethnic group. In 1988, about 27% of the population were engaged in farming as their primary occupation, 8% were traders and about 30% clerks and teachers.
Osogbo, sometimes called "Ile Aro" (home of dyeing), is a major dyeing center. The traditional industry is one of the major industries of Osogbo. A number of industries also began to rise after independence, notably small scale establishments involved in textile, foam making, and pencils. Osogbo was made a major industrial development center by the government of Nigeria during the 1970s. Osogbo is also the childhood home of the actor and dramatist Duro Ladipo and the Muslim scholar Sheikh Adelabu.
Osogbo is the venue of the annual Osun-Osogbo festival along the River Osun. The festival is centered on the sacred grove of the river goddess Ọsun, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
During the reign of Oba Olarooye at Ipole, life became very unbearable because of incessant dry seasons. The then Ipole people became much dejected, worried and uncomfortable over their losses involving their farms, domestic animals and human beings. The Oba Olarooye was worried and disheartened by the situation at Ipole Omu. He wanted emergency solutions to inevitable and uncountable losses. This was the time he ordered the chief hunter at Ipole-in the person of Timehin-and his co-hunters to go on expedition and look for greener pastures. Timehin and the other hunters courageously took up the challenge and moved out in search of a better place for settlement. The expedition discovered River Osun.
Yoruba tradition claims many people fleeing the Fulani Invasion settled at Osogbo following the fall of old Oyo. As a result, Osogbo increased in population largely due to migration from other Yoruba towns.
For want of a more open place than a grove and a more central location, Larooye and his people abandoned their settlement, including the already flourishing market and moved to Ode-Osogbo. At Ode-Osogbo, Larooye built his new palace at the present-day Idi-Osun while Timehin built the Ogun shrine now known as Idi-Ogun. Since then, Osogbo has maintained its function as an economic center.
^ "Welcome to Osogbo City Homepage". OSOGBOCITY WEB. Archived from the original on 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
^ "Osogbo". OSUN STATE GOVT. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
^ "Klimatafel von Oshogbo / Nigeria" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ Tunde Agbola. Osogbo: Cities, Volume 9, Issue 4, November 1992.
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wordpress | Medusa comes out of the shadows!
If you haven’t seen the previous post, I had an etching plate that just wasn’t… exciting, but in which I was trying to retain a large extent of the line drawing aspect of it, and was unwilling to etch more tone onto it. So I took it home and attacked it with a pointy tool instead… all over, but especially in the background.
I thought it was lacking a certain weight, tone, liveliness… and I didn’t much like it.
All the same, I have 5 or 6 good prints, and another couple of kind of ok ones, and there is something nice about printing the entire edition in one day and then being able to declare the plate worn out, end-of-story, not going back and trying to make more and so on. I imagine this would last a lot better on copper, but aluminium is rather cheaper, and I am getting through a lot of plates rapidly, for this calendar.
So, there is December for my 2014 calendar, rescued!
Thanks Mgon, yes, this is a very limited run of prints! A lot more limited even than the aluminium etching that I usually do, where I reckon I can get 25 off a good plate with no problem, 12 of a plate that I didn’t do very well…All the same, I’m not sure it’s that important, it makes them rarer, and I don’t sell loads all the time – sometimes i’d rather there weren’t so many prints hanging around in the plan chest!
I know you can have copper drypoint plates electroplated with steel – it might be possible to do that with aluminium too. It also works with mezzotint and allows you to make a much larger edition. It certainly makes a huge difference to the print – so much more depth.
Interesting, Rosie – haven’t seen them. But to be honest I think that copper alone would last as long as i want to be doing the same print run! I had some Mezzotint copper plates (pre-rocked – I don’t have a rocker and I don’t think my wrist would stand it), and they lasted as long as I wanted them to… If I had a plate I particularly wanted lots off maybe I could work over with the drypoint again – it might build up some interesting texture. Numbering them would be interesting, mind! | 2019-04-25T18:09:04Z | https://nancyfarmer.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/medusa-comes-out-of-the-shadows/ | Porn | Reference | 0.157256 |
wordpress | ← Public reminder – things I will write about.
I know I’ve got a bit of a reputation for pedantry, especially when it comes to DfE curriculum documents. I promise you, I don’t scour them all looking for mistakes. That would be petty. But when they’re physics bloopers or causing a ruckus, then I like to look into things a bit more.
What follows isn’t a judgement on whether the DfE are right or wrong about exclamations, only that I think their instructions and definitions lack clarity and precision, and that this topic is likely to be very confusing for 10/11 year olds (and under).
“The use of an exclamation mark does not change a sentence into an exclamation”. Of course it doesn’t! No one said it does (though some have had a joke about banning exclamation marks).
Let’s read the top line together shall we: The national curriculum states that an exclamation is one of the four forms of sentences.
And the rest of the relevant detail (they discuss exclamation marks a lot too).
So what’s the problem? Well, one example is rather vague isn’t it? And looking online for resources that schools use throws up some anomalies. Let’s ignore English schools using American English resources (a troublesome situation perhaps).
How do we know which are the exclamations?
The DfE don’t really mean exclamation when they say exclamation. They mean exclamation clause.
We use exclamations to express surprise or shock or a strong emotion about something. The type of phrase or clause associated with exclamations is called exclamative.
How I love the summer holidays!
The suggestion here is that there are different forms of exclamations with certain exclamation clauses (exclamatives). But they don’t just include what and how forms as shown further down on that page.
There are interrogative exclamatives that appear like questions but aren’t: Have I got news for you! which is functionally the same as I’ve got news for you! but the I and the have are inverted. It’s not a question, you wouldn’t answer yes or no (it’s not even a rhetorical one). It’s an exclamatory statement (and a commonly used one at that).
So here’s the thing: the document that test developers are to use is very specific about what is and isn’t allowed for the test.
Instructions to SPAG test developers.
Those weasel words are such a problem (for me as a parent): For the purposes of the test.
Everywhere there are resources children are using to learn to read and write from. And there are exclamations throughout them. I’ve just been through my daughter’s reading books. They’re everywhere. Some are interjections, some are what or how sentences. Some are imperative.
It’s confusing, and as my series of tweets from earlier this evening suggested – the DfE would have done well to define exclamation separately from an exclamative clause which is what they’re testing in the SPAG test.
Anyway I leave you with an exclamation; how would you categorise it?
*Thanks @DiLeed for the retitle.
I spotted something as I went to sleep last night, that was still bothering me this morning, and then Martin wrote to me on twitter asking if I minded him adding a comment – I said of course. What a comment [he wrote]!
Phrase begins with What / How?
Does not take the form of a question?
This passes 1,2 and 4 but not 3 which was added in the clarification document! <- 10 points from Gryffindor.
So let me spell this out for you: the examples for the test developers contradict the clarification document!
The fact that the frameworks continue to linger online with examples that are not creditworthy strengthens your point. Contradictory materials have led to confusion, and have led to all sorts of inference going on – some inferefences complete/some not. For my part, until the writing exemplars came out, my colleagues and I thought this would only appear in the test. The framework said:”For the puprose of the test.” So it seemed a reasonable deduction. Now that it is required in teacher assessment of writing for KS1, somehow these constructions will need to appear in the range of evidence.
6 Responses to Have I got precision for you!
First up – thank you for this blog. Some others on twitter, and my colleagues for sure, will attest to the fact that I have been challenging this issue for close to a year now. Initially on the basis of the degree to which it deserves a place in KS1 assessment / as a statutory element when we know more than ever, how precious the learning achieved in early years/KS1 truly is. But like you, I won’t get into the right or wrongs. I have been told by many people over the past year that i have “made my point.” They mean, “shut up about it.” They’re polite.
Next – apologies – there will be digressions – this has come to be a minor obsession for me.
It’s that subject/verb bit, I wanted to flag so that everything is in place here.
(I was glad to see this blog in the same way that i was when the issue exploded and gained a massive profile. That was short-lived when silly season kicked in – Shakespeare would fail/exclamation marks banned – unintentionally causing more confusion and panic. Is it sad that it kind of broke my heart a bit? I thought we might be on the cusp of a successful bid to discuss this rationally, logically and most of all pragmatically).
Anyway – subject/verb. As you show, in the glossary for the curriculum they meet the requirements of their own terms of reference.
2. (Implied requirement – I think this was from the exemplars; picked it up somewhere): Does not take the form of a question? Tick.
3. Subject + verb bit bringing up the linguistic rear, pantomime horse stylee? Tick.
4. All important exclamation mark to seal the deal? Tick. Boom! Mission accomplished.
Run them through our success criteria above and they fall down on point 3. Where’s your subject/verb young man. Of course the easy-going (and they often seem to be) linguist will say “Chill out chaps – the subject verb is clearly implied – it’s ellision – move on.” I like to think linguists are chilled out because they cherish the flexibility of language – its lack of stasis. You have to go with the flow or you’ll end up Angry of Enfield most times you connect online.
Basically we have ended up with a bit of a linguistic minefield for infant children. I’ll let others draw their conclusions about how they feel about that.
That said, in all of my encounters with y2 teachers in recent weeks, they are doing that thing thatgood teachers do: making this work in the best way possible for the children that I teach/know/care about. I’m not sayingthey should have to – but given the circumstances, I applaud them.
For the sake of clarity/those losing the will to live, I’ll just end on a few points based on HOW THINGS CURRENTLY STAND.
and has an exclamation mark at the end.
Do not drill and kill this for the test – as you rightly say, it can cause confusion with early reading if we are too narrow about this. That’s the last thing we want. Early reading involves so much – the teaching of the reading of punctuation as well as the act of decoding graphemes. And not eating the book. And knowing it carries meaning . And loving it. And getting excited for the next book. And loving (not fearing) language – even its complexities. etc.
Grammar is all about the art of making meaning. Worth keeping that in mind at all times.
Apologies for the ridiculously epic nature of the comment.
Apologies, too, for the typos. Phone typing not my bag.
Thank you, too, for this blog post. Of course we are going through a pedantic period in our grammar expectations. We would be, because they’re trying to prescribe what is essentially descriptive! It’s amusing for me, as an erstwhile pedant, myself! It’s also sad and soul-destroying.
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wordpress | What’s it worth if it doesn’t make money?
The new year comes with a lot of questions about where I want to go, how I want to live and love in the year to come and who I am. As my friends feel the same way, I have had a lot of interesting and inspiring conversations in the past days and here is one tought I want to share.
I was having lunch with a friend who is free-lancing and we were talking about the project that fills his heart with joy but doesn’t fill his pockets with money. As long as you are one of us, who have to work for a living, that’s a tough place to be in. Rent has to be paid. Bacon (or tofu) has to be brought home.
So, when you are in a situation like this, people may ask you: “What’s it worth if it doesn’t make money? Nice that you have a passion, but if it doesn’t pay the rent, it’s just a hobby!” Really? What do you want to be remembered for? What is going to be your little or great legacy? Maybe this burning passion of yours will change the world. Or make your neighborhood, family, dinner table a better place. It might lead you to do the most meaningful valuable things. And just because it cannot pay rent, you dismiss it?
Sometimes we are in the lucky circumstances that there is a great overlap between what we are passionate about and what pays the rent. That doesn’t make our passions more valid, it just means we are lucky. If you are not in this space right now, how about uncoupling the two: Find something that is bearable enough that pays the rent. And give your passion all the respect it deserves. Instead of ridiculing it like a fish that can’t fly.
I have started interviews for my innovation networks study, trying to understand how a new idea materializes and becomes real world change. I am looking at the whole political process you have to go through, building coalitions, spotting and dealing with opposition etc. And while every innovation story is different, I do see some common patterns emerge. One interesting person is the really annoying nay-sayer. Someone who sees their own glory threatened if you are successful, prefers a different solution to the problem, or just thinks that any kind of change is a pain.
The innovation pushers can spend a lot of time and energy being annoyed about them, complaining, building them up as the common enemy. But the interesting insight comes when setting up influence towers and considering: How strongly can this person actually influence that we implement our innovation? And I am surprised to see that some of these people who get a lot of attention end up being of rather marginal importance to the whole project success. Maybe they are like the mosquito in the room, that won’t kill you but can really really distract you.
Now the challenge is: How do you figure out early on whether the person who tries to stop you is a mosquito or a lion? And how can you develop the discipline to react appropriately, focus a lot of attention on potential lions and ignore the mosquitos? This is one of the few monents when you will hear me say: Don’t just blindly follow your gut feeling. Because we all react to certain triggers and the fact that someone is unpleasant, inappropriately competitive or you just can’t stand them, says little about whether or not they actually would have the power to stop you or not. There seem to be two steps to the assessment: Your gut feeling will (most often) tell you who to watch. Then take a step back and ask yourself: In the worst case scenario, what could this person do to stop us? Do they have formal veto power? Do they have access to someone who does? What other strategies could they succesfully employ?
Once you know whether this opposition is crucial to the success of your innovation, you can start thinking about strategies. If your opponent could have a potentially detrimental impact, you should do something and there are basically two directions you can take: Embrace or fight (well, the third option is ignore – but then you are giving the other person control over the situation).
Embrace: Understand the underlying motivations and see if you can find an overlap. Can you do something about their fear (of change), need for recognition, feeling of exclusion? Can you adapt the content of your innovation to integrate some of their ideas or can you change the public appearance to give credit to them in one way of the other? Can you strike a deal: I support yours and you support mine? Do you have a strategy to ease the disruption that change will bring to their work? Often these strategies are enough to defuse the bomb and they tend to cost much less energy and create less damage than a confrontative approach.
If they don’t work for the other person or for you, be strategic in the fight you are looking at: Who in the network is influential and on your side already? Any powerful people who are still sitting on the fence? Who are the people both you and the naysayer are connected to? Can you pull them toward your position? What are the missing links and actors in your innovation network?
Now while I encourage you not to spend too much energy on the mosquitos, not to obsess about them, I will say: Keep an eye on them. Check every once and again to make sure they didn’t become more influential without your knowledge.
I meet a lot of people who know exactly what will make them happy and fight with determination to get it: Be an entreprenneur, work for google, conceive a child, earn a million, whatever it is. And that’s good, have a goal and go for it! Unfortunately, what often happens is that we define this one goal as being success and everything else becomes failure by definition. If you define “being an entreprenneur” as your mark of success, then being an employee is a sign of failure. If your eyes are on google, working for anyone else reeks of failure. If your single mission is to conceive, then adoption or being a favorite aunt would be a failure. By these limiting definitions of success we divide the world in a very small island of success and a big sea of possible failures, making failure (as we define it) the much more likely outcome.
Goal: I have to be an entreprenneur!
Why will this make me happy?
Because then I can devote my whole time to doing, spreading, teaching Net-Map.
But why will this make me happy?
Because I love the way Net-Map lets me understand the complex issues people are dealing with and come up with good solutions with them.
Because I feed on the magic moments when the temperature in the room changes and you feel like a door opened the other person’s mind and all of a sudden they see a solution to a complex, messy problem they have been struggling with for a long time.
Because it gives me a feeling of connection and being meaningful in other people’s lifes and having an impact and empowering others to better cope with their problems.
O.k., let’s stop here. You see how I move from a rather specific goal to a much broader and also more emotional exploration of what makes me tick. Now take this last statement and forget for a moment how you have gotten it. Just read it as it is: It makes me happy to have a feeling of connection and being meaningful in other people’s lifes and having an impact and empowering others to better cope with their problems. This is one of my atoms of happiness. To have a complete periodic table of my happiness, I would have to take other concrete goals I have and break them down the same way. Now if I want to take this as a building block and develop concrete goals out of it, I have to ask myself: So what are all the things I could do which will give me these feelings? I see that being an entreprenneur is one of them, but all of a sudden I am surrounded by all kinds of options for success.
From seeing the world as a sea of potential failure with a small island of potential success I moved to seeing a whole diverse landscape of success with the occasional ponds and pitfalls of potential failure. I’m not planning to stop being an entreprenneur any time soon. But being aware of the many different ways I can lead a happy life gives me the feeling of doing this by choice and not because this is the only possible way.
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The other day I answered the question “What is your best advice for selling a product?” and that really got me thinking. I come from a family of entreprenneurs, so selling what I do is no only my bread and butter now but might have been in my mother’s milk as well. But we are also the kind of people who will run a mile if we feel like you are trying to sell us something and will not buy your product (even if we like it) because we hate being pushed.
3. Thinking on your feet.
These things are especially important if you are providing a product or service that is complex, customizable and personality-based, where people don’t just buy a physical gadget from you but engage in a service relationship, where a lot of the value they get is linked to what kind of person you are. If it will be your role to advise or teach them something, they have to first like and trust you to even want to engage you.
So start by listening and finding out what your client’s problem is. Often they will have a vague idea and your first service is to help them frame the problem, give it a compelling name and together developing a story line of 1. This is what it is at the moment, 2. This is where it comes from, 3. This is what we would want it to be and 4. This is how we could achieve that. And only number 4 on this list is where your product may come in.
But what do you do if you realize on the way that your product or service actually won’t solve their problem? Then don’t waste everybody’s time by pushing it on them and stay focussed on your mission of solving their problem. Tell them honestly what you would do in their situation, recommend a product, service, book, colleague or course of action that might help.
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These are people who want to change the world together by using Net-Map. They need to learn strategic network planning for groups that will help you achieve their goals even if they are not the most powerful actor in the field.
Staff of development organizations and their donors, environmental organizations and their donors, members of social movements, unions, lobbyists, staff of government agencies involved in multi-stakeholder processes etc.
They are interested in combining qualitative and quantitative methods, might or might not know quantitative network analysis, might be involved in research for social change, exploratory research, intercultural research. They need to know how to use Net-Map as a data collection tool, what makes it stand out from other tools and how it connects to the existing literature and other complementary tools.
They want to advance themselves, their brand, organization, career etc. by being more strategic in their networking and in handling complex situation and power plays at their work. They want to learn how to use Net-Map as a tool to deal with the people aspect of success (after they know everything about the numbers aspect), use it as a tool to support strategic thinking and team planning.
They want to use the method to add to their existing toolbox and use it to assist all of the above. Mainly with a focus on the learning and process aspect as opposed to the data collection aspect. They are most likely to work with the managers (in the broadest sense) and the advocates.
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Does this list have your name written all over it? Then we should talk. | 2019-04-20T20:14:44Z | https://netmap.wordpress.com/category/being-an-entreprenneur/ | Porn | Business | 0.269788 |
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wordpress | 1: I’m a good writer (forgive my hubris), but a terrible speller. My first school, attended from kindergarten to 2nd grade, did not teach phonics at all or correct spelling for the first few years of my education. Thus I can spell words correctly if I think about them, but if I’m just going with the flow of my thoughts, it’s fairly atrocious.
Let’s Ignore the Obvious Slump I’m In and Talk Books!
I read Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s The Language of Flower’s first. I’m not going to lie, I picked it first because it had a build-in book mark. More hard backed books should have these! It was both handy, and it couldn’t have cost that much, and it made me pick this book before a ribbon-less one. If ever I am a book publisher, you’ll be able to tell my books by their colorful ribbons. Well, that, and hopefully the impeccable quality of the stories we publish.
Victoria is a child of San Fransisco’s foster care system. Abandoned as a baby and then bounced from potential adoptive family to group home to over-crowded foster homes with regularity, she is about to turn 18 and be emancipated from the system with no support network, friends, or even a highschool diploma. She lands in a halfway house, where she can board free for three months, but without any skill other than a love for plants and an uncanny knowledge of the Victorian language of flowers, she is unable to find a job, and ends up living in a park.
But her knowledge of flowers and their secret language isn’t nothing. She’s been using it for years to subtly often unnoticeably communicate with those around her. Peony’s for anger, thistle for misanthropy, lavender for mistrust. Soon, a kind but solitary florist discovers Victoria’s talents just when she is on the verge of starvation, and is beginning to both look and smell like a street dweller. Grateful for the opportunity to learn an art she loves, Victoria throws herself into her new work, gaining the devotion of several patrons, and the eye of a handsome young flower farmer. But the young man brings with him the ghosts of Victoria’s most painful memories, and challenges her to step out of her past and overcome her hurts to live a full life- or, more accurately, to actually live for the first time in her life.
Richly written in a beautiful, flowing style, The Language of Flower’s was stylistically sound, while still being easy to read. The themes of motherhood and family will undoubtedly strike a chord with almost any woman, and were well-developed with feeling forced. Diffenbaugh’s first-person narration drew me in and flowed easily between past and present without being choppy or confusing. It’s a testament to how well the novel is written that I was so drawn into Victoria’s world, which, honestly, could have been easily unlikable. Victoria is stand-offish and distrusting. She doesn’t like physical touch or any type of intimacy, and she shys away from any lasting connections. While it’s understandable and realistic given her history of both abandonment and abuse, if handled by a less skilled author it could have been much more difficult to read. As it is, I came to a certain understanding with Victoria. My quirks and hangups might be different from her’s, but I certainly have my fair share. And what 18-19-20 year old hasn’t felt that they were just too strange, too flawed to ever be truly understood or loved at one low point or another? Victoria and I are about as different as possible, but I got her, and that’s critical to appreciating this often painful, though ultimately redeeming, story.
My favorite aspect of the book, though, (aside from the built-in bookmark) is what the almost forgotten art of the language of flowers added to it. I’ve heard before, of course, that different flowers mean different things, like red roses mean love, white roses mean purity, etc., but Diffenbaugh’s extensive knowledge of the hidden meaning of flower’s adds a special depth to this novel. Really, the flower’s become a silent character in this story, similarly to how the town of Paris was a featured in Sarah’s Key, or Hogwarts Castle in Harry Potter.
Ha! There, I did it! I posted a review. Slump, I am over you. Get thyself out of here! And tomorrow I really will be back. I can guarantee this, because the post is already almost finished. Also, I’m rewarding myself with chocolate for every blog post until I’m back in the swing of things. Or maybe even after that, insuring that I’ll here, blogging, forever. I am Full. Of. Win.
I have nothing for payment, but gifts are supposed to be free.
In the dark you chuckle.
A secret garden only the dead may know.
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wordpress | Saturday – a take-it-easy kind of day – and I am so thankful.
I dropped off my commission check and then came back home to clean – cook and I wrote 6 Blog posts!
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wordpress | When a loveless life is perhaps more satisfying?
Than a life well televised.
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yahoo | Good news, sleepyheads! According to a recent study, anything or anyone who tries to wake you up is attempting to prevent you from being beautiful. Your colleagues at work? They don’t want to see how alluring you are. Your dog that needs walking? It’s selfish and wants to be the prettiest one in the family. The alarm clock on your phone? Obviously, it’s been created by robot overlords who want to prevent human copulation so they can finally take over the world.
According to a study conducted by the bed brand Sealy, there is an optimum amount of time we should be sleeping to be our most attractive.
Neil Robinson, an expert on sleep at Sealy, told Her.ie, “Many of us strive to look and feel good, and spend a large amount of money trying to do so. However, we seem to forget that achieving a better night’s sleep can positively impact our overall appearance.
According to Robinson, the key to quality sleep is a comfortable bed, a calm and quiet environment, and a regular pre-sleep routine.
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wordpress | Phew that title was a mouthful! This is just a post to say I written a blog post for the lovely IGGPPC team all about stationery! Check out this link to read about how I deal with letter writing on the move!
In other news school has restarted woohoo so I am getting to know my new class and trying hard to stay organised and ahead of myself! How are you?
This entry was posted in letters, Stationery and tagged letters, stationery on September 8, 2013 by MissDotty.
Afternoon all! How are you on this lovely weekend? I hope that if you are in the UK you are enjoying the summer sunshine as much as me! I thought I would share a little ‘Sunday Summary’ for you and am thinking of making this a regular feature to share Filofax, stationery, letter writing and journaling bits as well as some of my weekly adventures in real life. What do you think?
Weather- Well I certainly cannot complain about the sun currently shining can I? How glorious! I hope wherever you are the sun is just as lovely, it really brightens the mood. The week however started off a little differently as I took my lovely class on a trip to Hunstanton. It stayed dry but it was chilly and very breezy. Eating our sandwiches was a fun occasion! The cold obviously didn’t stop us gazing at the ice-creams as we walked past.
Reading- This week has been a busy week, staying at work until late so most of my reading has been news websites and blogs as I haven’t had the energy to read. Bad book lover. I did start ‘The Long Earth’ by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett. I love anything by both so this has been something I have been looking forward to.
Writing- Apart from reports I managed a little writing at Cam City WI’s creative writing night. It was an interesting look at how objects can inspire writing. I took a letter from a penpal I had all those years ago in primary school. I also started a new Moleskine journal, it is amazing how a certain type of journal can just fit. I have had a bit of journaling lull but since starting the Moleskine I have been writing like a mad woman! I have also been keeping organised in my Personal Holborn Filofax. I am so totally in love with it. She is becoming a little full though so I need to have a rethink.
Letters- After a few weeks of minimal letter writing due to assessment marking and report writing, this week I started catching up on some snail mail. Always a joy!
The postcards were swap-bot thank you notes and one letter was for #Postcircle and one for Anna @walkthedust on Twitter and from the Postal Society. Sorry for the delay Anna!
Inspired by- I have been loving reading stationery related blogs lately (Filofax bloggers are awesome!) and have continued to be addicted inspired by Instagram and Pinterest. I have also enjoyed seeing my little container garden grow and here is a sneak peek at some of my little tomatoes. I nearly have some strawberries ready!
How has your week been? Please share in the comments below, I would love to know what you have been up to!
This entry was posted in Filofax, general, letters, Stationery and tagged filofax, general, letters on July 7, 2013 by MissDotty.
A few blog posts ago I wrote about a few things I was grateful for. It just so happened that May is a month I am so happy to be over but it has led to a myriad of things to be grateful for, particularly friends and a wonderful school and Head Teacher. My attention was turned to thinking of the positives and a way to remember all the good things in life. So I have finally made my gratitude jar!
I used a jar, some lettering and some strips of paper to write my gratitudes on. It sits on my bureau and my aim is to write something daily, no matter how big or small! I wanted to keep it simple and I may add some decoration in the future but for now I want to just focus on the importance of its contents.
Underneath you can see a sneak peek of my new journal! I will share more from that in a few weeks when she has a bit more in her!
This entry was posted in journal, smash book, Stationery and tagged journal, stationery on May 27, 2013 by MissDotty.
Ever since I have been knee high to a donkey I have always been on the quest for two things. The perfect handbag and the perfect organisational system. Over the years I have tried numerous Filofaxes, diaries, Moleskines, online systems and homemade planners. None have worked for long. My drawers are cluttered with half filled out diaries or Filofax inserts and my to do lists are strewn everywhere! However I have used the start of the holidays to start my grand organisation project.
1) Declutter and organise the house.
2) Find a planning system that works!
More on 1 tomorrow (just how do I organise all my craft clutter and teaching stuff?!) but today I want to share how I have set up my A5 Pennybridge. I have always been a fan of Filofaxes and part of my stationery geekiness has me regularly reading Filofax blogs looking for inspiration for the perfect set up. It was whilst reading some blogs that I saw people sharing the gorgeous A5 Holborn Zip. I completely fell in love with it (cue eye rolling from readers lol!) and so I searched around Cambridge (secretly knowing it was a bit above my budget but I wanted to see if it was as lovely in real life) but to no avail. Filofax and planner fans will know I am sure about the search for ‘one’ that will make everything work.
On the right is the space to slip your iPad in.
However I have instead used it to house my Moleskine week on a page diary. I love this diary so much and had been using it to record books read but instead thought I could use it as my day to day planner. When I don’t want to take my Filofax out and about I can just take this and still have my appointments with me.
I also have room for a little plastic wallet for stickers and post it notes!
The actual Filofax binder is fully removable so I can slip it out and work without the main binder itself being in the way.
At the front I have a year to view planner so I can see everything at a glance. This is a new way of working for me and I think it is great, why didn’t I do it before!
The actual Filofax diary inserts are now to be used as my to do lists. I used to have my appointments and to do list in one place but my to do lists get so large that everything was becoming confused so now it is separated out.
Then I have separate divided sections for personal stuff, school, WI etc to keep it all organised and in one place. And importantly I can move things about, get rid of things easily which helps in the organisation!
And so that is it so far! I will probably keep tweaking for a while but at the moment I am feeling confident that this can work.
However if an A5 Holborn Zip appeared as if by magic…well it would be love instantly!
Do you use a Filofax? If so what size have you gone for? If not what do you use as a planner? Please share below!
This entry was posted in Filofax, Organisation, Stationery and tagged filofax, organisation, stationery on April 2, 2013 by MissDotty.
Welcome to Miss Dotty Loves, a little nook to share my inspirations and passions. I am a teacher and a paper geek who loves journaling and anything paper related- journals, books, letters, stationery and craft! I may also share a little of life not paper related!
Open evening for parents and showing off our art work. | 2019-04-21T22:11:54Z | https://theeducationofmissdotty.wordpress.com/category/stationery/ | Porn | News | 0.154301 |
wordpress | Digital Native: Truth or Fiction?
We are very grateful to Tinashe Blanchet (@mrsblanchet) for this week’s summary. It was the last #edchat of the year and turned out to be a very lively and informative session! Many edchatters were born pre-digital but felt themselves no less part of the digital world! Tinashe has captured the atmosphere of the discussion and went one stop further and involved some of her Yr 12 ‘digital natives’ for a real all round view! thank you Tinashe. Find out more about Tinashe in her bio t the end of this post.
Finally, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011 and we’ll see you all again on January 4th!
This week’s #edchat was all about the new educational buzzword: “digital native”. This description of today’s student is appearing in blogs, journals, presentations, tweets, and many other forums in which educational technology is the topic of discussion. Nevertheless, many of us in the classroom wonder if the idea of kids as “digital natives” is reality when many of our students have no clue as to how to use technology in an educational (i.e. non-Facebook) context. Is is safe to say that because a child was born into the technology age that he or she is digitally literate? Many teachers have worked hard to stay up-to-date on the latest tech tools, and become offended when it is suggested that their students, by birth, have a better grasp of technology. If our students are “digital natives”, does that make us teachers “digital immigrants” or “digital aliens”? This was a lively chat with many differing views expressed. A few of my students (12th graders) participated to give those being labelled a chance to join in the conversation. Thanks to Dylan, Caralynn, Nancy and Fredy for being a part of this #edchat!
Do teachers and students agree with the widespread use of this label?
Is it safe to assume that our students are digital natives?
How do “digital dinosaurs” connect with “digital natives” in relevant ways in an educational setting?
@drdouggreen: #edchat One attribute they typically have is lack of fear. What they don’t know doesn’t get in their way.
josiefraser: A digital native is a ill advised & unhelpful metaphor http://j.mp/edK3Y3 #edchat – got that right!
aaronmueller: Digital Wisdom – article by Marc Prensky ERIC Record: EJ834284 http://t.co/XV5wTnH #edchat GREAT READ!
Tinashe Blanchet (@mrsblanchetnet) is the Professional Development Resource Teacher at John Ehret High School in Marrero, Louisiana. She lives in the Greater New Orleans area with her husband, David, and 3 young children. Certified in Secondary Mathematics Education, she currently teaches a remediation course for the state math exam, Advanced Math/ Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus. She also holds a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Orleans. She loves learning about how to enhance her practice with tech tools, as she maintains a “Model Technology Classroom” for her district. Please visit her online at http://mrsblanchet.net or http://blanchetblog.net to find out more!
School Policies: Helping or Hindering Student Learning?
This topic is one close to many teacher’s hearts and the participating edchatters were no different. Ideas of good practice , bad practice, hopes and desires all came out in the discussion. To capture the essence of this we are very grateful to Josh Stumpenhorst (@stumpteacher). He has done an amazing job in getting to the heart of the discussion and drawing out all the different threads. Thank you Josh. See more about Josh in his bio at the end of the post.
This weeks #edchat topic was about how schools’ policies are often hindering student learning in large part due to their restrictive nature. Many people had strong views about bad policies that were being imposed in their schools. One of the big ones that kept coming back up was the amount of filtering that takes place over the Internet. Most understand the need for filtering due to liability and the need for some form of filtering due to government regulations. However, teachers would like a middle ground and to be trusted to make educationally sound decisions on behalf of their students. Another theme that came out of this conversation is that often times the decisions that are being made about policy are being made by those farthest from the classrooms. To help solve this problem teachers and students need to be more vocal and collaborate with administration at every opportunity. In addition, administration needs to be more aware of the needs of students which is often done by simply being amongst students in the classrooms. At the end of the day, it is easy to point a finger for bad policy, but that won’t change anything. We must all work together, students, parents, teachers, and administrators, to write policies that reflect the need of today’s learners.
There were many themes that came out in the most recent #edchat conversation on 12/7/10. The central theme was how policies are hindering student learning and how to influence those policies to have a positive impact on student learning.
@ileducprof: Too many school administrators are only concerned with what occurs in their district. Missing out on collaboration opportunities.
@shamsensei: DO not wait until you KNOW how to make change. Start now. Fail and try again. Do not wait.
@stumpteacher: Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Don’t give up and keep pushing for change! Student’s learning MUST to be the corner stone!
@MZimmer557: I don’t know if it is all bad policies, it is just there are so many policies that get in way of quality teaching.
@shamsensei: has any1 asked d kids wat they want to change?
@cybraryman1: Ask not what your school can do for you–ask what you can do for your school’s students.
@ShellTerrell: Can each of us make a goal to try & collaborate with others to effectively change at least 1 ineffective policy in our schools?
How do we move our classrooms and students to be driven by learning and mastery instead of by testing and grades?
datruss: See http://bit.ly/aeVfuv RT @ShellTerrell: Yes it is! RT @stumpteacher: Sometimes it is better to ask forgiveness than permission!
Josh Stumpenhorst is a 6th grade Language Arts and Social Science teacher at Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, IL. I have been in this same position for eight years and have not plans on leaving the students! I have a passion for using technology and empowering my students through its use in my classes daily. Twitter has changed my life and I thank each and every member of my PLN and those that participate in #echat for the valuable things you have taught me. You can read my blog at stumpteacher and you can follow me on Twitter @stumpteacher.
Thank you to Debra Finger (@teacherdebra) for this week’s #edchat summary. PD is a topic close to everyone’s heart on #edchat and it was a very animated discussion with some people sharing good practice while others bewailed the fact that they had no input. All of this has been captured beautifully in Debra’s summary. Let’s hope that we can all take some of these examples of best practice and persuade our institutions to implement them. In any case we are all agreed that #edchat provides great PD every week!! Thanks Debra. Read more about Debra in her bio at the end of the post.
This topic generated hundreds of responses from this week’s participants. It was lively and fast-paced and at times difficult to keep up with everyone’s points. Many feel very passionate about professional development, how it’s delivered, modeled and selected. Several common threads came out of the discussion.
@rliberni: ADMINISTRATORS should attend PD workshops for support and enlightenment. Model behavior. Be the Change.
If we work backwards from the goal to the type of PD we need to meet these objectives, what are some areas of PD do teachers need to have to support their students’ learning while staying true to their own passions and interest?
I am a K-5 technology teacher at an independent school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. This is only my third year of a job that I fortunately fell into. Being a technology teacher and facilitator is not something I would have ever thought I would be. I am completely self-taught, knowing not much beyond email and internet when I began this job in 2008. I have been fortunate to have the time to spend learning about all of the tools and trying them out. Since joining twitter a year ago (@teacherdebra), my learning has increased tenfold. I cannot say enough how valuable twitter and my pln has been to my own as well as my students’ learning. We have benefited immensely. Here is a link to my wiki, my student’s wiki and the livebinder of resources I use with my students.
I was really sorry that I missed this #edchat session as parental involvement in schools is a real passion for me. Having 4 daughters, I have seen great changes in attitudes to parents in school (my eldest is 30 my youngest 11) and mostly for the worse, sadly. Here in the UK some attitudes towards parents in schools are quite frankly bonkers! Parents are, in my opinion a great and often untapped resource – their knowledge and talent should be exploited by schools not feared.
Who better to put together our summary this week than Ainslie Hunter (@ainsliehunter) on behalf of Parentella! This is a really challenging area for teachers and schools and I think this comes across in the summary – some great comments and amazing links. It gives us all food for thought – are we exploiting this relationship as much as we might? Thank you Ainslie!
Parent Engagement is important and necessary: All involved in the #edchat agreed were extremely passionate about getting more parents involved in schools.
Difficulties with creating Parent Engagement: Some difficulties were raised as well as strategies for improvement. The chat involved a debate as to whether the school should supply suggested PD topics to parents or whether parents should be asked their opinion. Suggested ways for ascertaining the ideas of parents included polls and surveys. Other concerns raised were related to how to get parents to turn up to such events, and specifically the right parents.
@tomwhitby – @davidwees: There is always the point to be made that they don’t know what they don’t know, so how can they direct what they need?
@ShellTerrell – The problem with PD for parents is the same as the parents’ evening issue – the ones that should be there don’t turn up.
@hadleyjf: – We need to help parents feel included, not excluded, by the tools we teach their children.
@CTuckerEnglish – How can we keep lines of communication open w/out placing unrealistic expectations on teachers?
@gellesastar – As a start how about offering voluntary, low key sessions for those who are interested. I think it may mushroom.
@teachingwthsoul: – We need to also seek out our parents who have the skills to provide the PD. This gets overlooked a lot. Los of gr8 resources!
@ricjuli – Do we ask parents what they want from us or do we try to fit p’s into our pre-conceived ideas of what they ought to do for us?
@EduTechSmith: – How do we convince students to reach out to their parents for involvement?
How can we keep lines of communication open w/out placing unrealistic expectations on teachers?
Please Don’t Tell Me That http://is.gd/hsexG One thing I mention is a need for shared language.
This post was written by Ainslie Hunter, writer for Parentella, the free social networking site for parents and educators. | 2019-04-22T00:14:13Z | https://rliberni.wordpress.com/2010/12/ | Porn | Kids | 0.508204 |
wordpress | While most of the posts on this site are nonfiction, there are some posts that are entirely fictional. You can find these within the Fiction category. Currently, all fictional posts are pieces ‘written by’ one character. Miriam is not me and I am not her. She is a figment of my imagination and her pieces are working in service of a larger story that is in the making. Please see this post for more info. | 2019-04-24T08:44:33Z | https://swankyday.wordpress.com/fiction/ | Porn | Reference | 0.162349 |
american | Brewer, Stephanie Erin. "Structural Human Rights Violations: The True Face of Mexico’s War on Crime." Human Rights Brief 16, no. 2 (2009): 7-12. | 2019-04-21T04:07:50Z | https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/vol16/iss2/2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.715028 |
wordpress | #BookReview A Little Bird Told Me by Marianne Holmes #PublicationDay @AgoraBooksLDN | Books and Me!
All things Bookish and more!
Posted on September 13, 2018 by Books and Me!!
In the scorching summer of 1976, Robyn spends her days swimming at the Lido and tagging after her brother. It’s the perfect holiday – except for the crying women her mum keeps bringing home.
Twelve years later, Robyn returns home, to a house that has stood empty for years and a town that hasn’t moved on, forced to confront the mystery that haunted her that summer.
And atone for the part she played in it.
When a story constantly makes reference to a family with the same surname as you, you find yourself a little more invested in a book and that is exactly how I felt whilst reading this! It was quite a shock to see the surname ‘Mace’ when it first popped up in this gripping drama, and I just kept hoping that terrible things weren’t about to befall this family!! It became personal haha!!
But the tension throughout this book was the hook that kept me transfixed! It follows 2 siblings – Robyn and Kit – as we see the in childhood and then as adults as they try and make sense of the goings on that Summer, and why they feel compelled to go back ‘home’ to try and get some answers.
Setting the book in 1976 made for some great retro mentions that really brought back the era to me! And knowing how hot and sunny it was that Summer really made the contrast to some of the darker goings on around the family work so well. Robyn and Kit never really knew why their mum would take in these crying women to their home, and then when a man in a cowboy hat would start hanging around trying to talk to them, things started to turn a little sinister and the panic set in for their mother who kept things very close to her chest.
When they go back home after years away, they are still viewed with suspicion by many of their friends and neighbours and you become intrigued as to what really happened to make so many people feel so strongly about their return. The more they discover, the more the importance of telling the truth becomes Telling lies is a dangerous game for all those involved.
There is an awful lot to explore with this book and I loved how effortlessly the story flowed from then to now – Robyn was clearly damaged by events in 1976 and it was fascinating to see how such a carefree childhood could quickly become so tarnished.
A gripping debut and I can’t wait to read more from this author in the future!
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It’s one of those books that draws you in quite quickly! | 2019-04-23T00:00:03Z | https://bookkaz.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/bookreview-a-little-bird-told-me-by-marianne-holmes-publicationday-agorabooksldn/ | Porn | Reference | 0.740234 |
wordpress | Gold Under Ice is Carol Buchanan’s second novel based on the Vigilantes of Montana. Descended from Montana pioneers and homesteaders, Carol is a nonfiction writer and student of Montana history who turned to historical fiction in God’s Thunderbolt, The Vigilantes of Montana, which won the 2009 Western Writers of America Spur award for Best First Novel.
Gold Under Ice continues the story of frontier attorney Daniel Stark, who rescues a man from drowning only to learn that his autocratic grandfather sent the man to bring him back to New York with gold to pay his family’s debt. But Dan does not have enough gold to rescue the family from their financial burden. If he joins the gold traders, he could make enough to pay the debt and secure his family’s future. Or he could lose everything and be branded a traitor to the Union.
This story grabbed me on the first page and kept my nose between its pages until I devoured the last word. It is a quality book—from the cover photo to Carol’s excellent writing. It is obviously well-researched and well-written. Carol weaves in Civil War history, how gold is traded and its parallels to gambling in an interesting and captivating way.
Her characters are well-developed, with distinct, clear voices, and relationships are strongly drawn. Dan’s dilemma—his duty to his family back home in New York versus his new family on the frontier—catches at the reader’s heartstrings and raises the stakes for our hero. Carol builds the conflict with Dan’s strong, patriarch grandfather as well as the elements, the lawless frontier and basic survival.
Gold Under Ice, published by Missouri Breaks Press, is an excellent read, one I highly recommend. It is available through Carol’s Website and in Kindle and paperback versions on Amazon .
In the third of the “Change and Cherish” series, Jane Kirkpatrick continues the story based on Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to help found a communal society.
Emma and her three children escape an abusive marriage and move from their homestead in Willapa to find safety in Aurora Mills, Oregon. Aurora was part of a utopian religious community that moved initially from Bethel, MO in the 1856 to the Washington Territory.
She has had great tragedy in her life, her heart has been broken, and hope seems out of her reach. And new troubles come from resisting the patriarchal leadership of the colony. But Emma’s spirit is strong and she longs to make sense of her tragedy and find a way to move forward, living with uncertainty in life, and a constant renewing of her faith.
Jane’s writing is a delight to read, a patchwork quilt rich with metaphors, as she tells Emma’s story of obstacles, loss, and conflict to find personal growth and satisfaction in giving and serving others. A Mending at the Edge is a wonderful conclusion to a woman’s story of strength and perseverance.
Jane Kirkpatrick is the award-winning author of 14 historical novels, two non-fiction books, as well as numerous articles. Aurora: An American Experience in Quilt, Community and Craft, a non-fiction book of interest to women’s studies, historians, quilters and craftsman will be out in December.
Heidi M. Thomas has a degree in journalism, a certificate in fiction writing, and is the author of a soon-to-be published novel, Cowgirl Dreams. She teaches memoir and beginning fiction writing and does freelance editing for fiction and non-fiction. She is a member of CWGI, Women Writing the West, and Skagit Valley Writers League. | 2019-04-22T09:17:59Z | https://heidiwriter.wordpress.com/tag/book-review/ | Porn | Arts | 0.463282 |
cnn | They may seem appetizing at first, but you wouldn't want to take a bite: these popsicles are made of polluted water. They are the creation of three design students from the National Taiwan University of the Arts, Hong Yi-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Zheng Yu-di.
"The water comes from 100 different polluted water sources in Taiwan, ranging from rivers to ports to ditches," Hong Yi-chen told CNN.
Along with suspiciously colorful waters (due mostly to industrial dye), the popsicles contain bugs, dirt, dead fish, cigarette butts, nets, oil and plastic waste in various forms, such as wrappers, bottle caps and miscellaneous packaging.
Born as a graduation project, "100% Polluted Water Popsicles" has captured the attention of the media and has been featured in several exhibitions in Taipei, including the Taipei World Trade Center's Young Designers Exhibition 2017.
"We had this idea because we believe clean water resources for everyone is a very important thing," said Hong.
Around 90 percent of the solid waste in the popsicles is plastic. Each year, around 8 million metric tons of plastic waste are dumped into oceans and waterways -- the equivalent of a truckload every minute, according to the World Economic Forum.
The treats are intentionally made to look appealing, and designed to convey the importance of pollution-free water through a sense of shock.
For the exhibitions, the students recreated the original ice popsicles using resin: "The resin was only used for displaying them, because otherwise the popsicles would just melt when mounted on the wall. So we found a material that preserved the same look as the ice," explained Hong.
They also designed custom packaging for each one, complete with the water source name and a list of, well, presumed ingredients.
The project has also been nominated for the 2017 Young Pin Design award. | 2019-04-23T03:06:49Z | http://www.cnn.com/style/article/sewage-popsicles-taiwan/index.html | Porn | Arts | 0.760631 |
wordpress | This is the true tale of two women; Marj, my sister-in-law, and her friend Debbie. Sorry Marj, but it is too good of a story not to share, especially for those who know these women.
Recently at their church they studied the book “Radical” by David Platt. At the end of the study they were challenged to do something out of their “comfort zone.” Marj, Debbie, their husbands, and several others from their church decided to go to Costa Rica on a service project.
They flew on a small prop plane from Pensacola to Miami. Marj is not a seasoned flier and told Rich, “Do not lose me at the airport.” They had a tight flight schedule so while the men were waiting to retrieve the luggage from the bottom of the plane Marj and Debbie made a quick run to the “little girls room”. Mission accomplished they went to meet the men at the terminal gate as agreed.
The men were not there so they sat down at gate D5 and waited. Still no men. Finally their cell phone rang, “Where are you? They are calling for you over the intercom and it is the last boarding call.” Oh, no! The correct gate was E5.
Immediately Marj and Debbie took off in a mad dash through the terminal (D5 was all the way at the end of the concourse), down the escalator, onto the tram, up the escalator and down through the terminal. But Marj had one problem. Because the men were trying to collect and gather all the luggage, she took Rich’s backpack filled with books with her. She discovered it is very difficult to run with a heavy backpack of books on your back. Debbie took her turn and huffing and puffing they got to gate E5 just in time to wave goodbye to the plane backing away from the gate with their men on board.
Now from the men’s end of the drama… They did not want to get on the plane without their wives so the airline personal let them stay off as long as possible but finally they told them they would have to board or they would sell their seats. Knowing the women were almost there they boarded but then the airline sold the women’s seats and the doors closed. The men were stuck with “strangers” in their wives seats.
Marj said she would have been frantic if Debbie hadn’t been with her. The airline booked them on the next flight out to San Jose. It wasn’t long until another member of their group showed up. He was flying in from Delaware and got detained in Baltimore. So now they were a group of three.
When they got to San Jose the men checked in with the airline and learned that their wives were only 1-1/2 hours behind. The women were relieved to find them waiting for them and some of their luggage that had not yet arrived.
Marj said the whole trip accomplished it’s intended purpose well. Not only did it start out of her comfort zone, she had to paint and varnish the whole time they were there which was something she was not fond of or had done much of. And it was also hot, very hot with no air-conditioning, and most of the time they were drenched with sweat and stinky!
The two days before they came home they did some sightseeing and one of the things they were scheduled to do was a zip line over the rain forest. She was not thrilled about this prospect but was assured another option was a gondola. When the bus was almost to the zip-line the driver asked who was doing the gondola. Marj was the only one who raised her hand. She was not leaving the group all by herself so she was stuck-zipping at neck-break speed down the mountain high above the trees. She said she never saw the view the others talked about-you can’t when your eyes are closed!
If any part of my body hurts it is usually my feet. From time to time, my feet give me a fit. Sometime it is a corn on the side of my foot, or a sore spot on the ball of my foot. Most of the time it is just tired, sore feet. Now it is my heel. For years I have had to wear “granny shoes” and only admire the stylish ones other gals wear. However, I must say, I am so grateful to SAS for making comfortable shoes for folks like me.
About three weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon in the matter of a few hours I developed a pain in my left heel that left me limping and hopping in pain; excruciating, piercing pain. And this was just after a vacation where we mostly rode and I was on my feet a minimal amount of time. I should have been rested and refreshed. I figured I had somehow bruised it but didn’t have a clue how.
Finally after about a week of almost unbearable pain, I hobbled to Dr. Earnest, a customer who is a podiatrist. He confirmed what I was beginning to figure out. I had plantar fasciitis. Let me tell you, this is not a fun ailment! I have been limping and hobbling like a crippled old woman!!!! My toes are even sore from walking on them. One evening Gene asked me if I needed a walker. It wouldn’t have done any good as both feet were hurting so bad I could barely put weight on either one. Try walking to bed on no feet! The “good” foot was reacting from protecting my hurting foot. I have also found that there is a “club” of other fellow sufferers!
Finally I am now into a “healing” regime. I am learning about stretching the plantar ligament and reducing swelling with ice. Today I got my “air boot”; a stylish, cushiony, navy-blue cam-walker with an air pump designed to keep my foot straight so the ligament can heal without being constantly re-torn every time I get up in the morning after a night of healing and rest. The fun part is learning to rock this baby from heel to toe as I walk.
This lovely, clunky, $157 boot is now my best friend and will go everywhere I go for the next month or so. Without this boot I won’t heal.
In about a week I will get my orthodics designed to fit into my shoes and adjust my step. The doctor said I will even have to wear the orthodic in my boot! Oh, me!!! I know, it can be worse and I am grateful it is “healable” with proper care. Two weeks ago I told the doctor I was ready to cut off my foot!
By the way fasciitis has one of the strangest spellings for a word. I believe someone said it is the only word with 2 ii’s in a row. (I don’t know for sure if this is a fact). I think I know why…your feet hurt so bad all you can think of is i…i…i!
My progress…at one month into this ordeal!
I am doing so much better but I am not totally healed yet! Fellow sufferers have told me I will get there and I think I am starting to believe them!!!
There is no instant “fix” or cure!
It is essential that I do my foot stretching exercises.
I will share with you what I am doing, besides using the cam-walker, just in case you are suffering and need some help. I must say I am NOT a doctor or a nurse. If you are suffering, please see a doctor and let them help you. I’ve had people tell me that suffered for months or years before getting professional help. This is just my journey…..
The doc initially wrapped my foot in 2″ wide brown medical tape. He said the tape was available at the drugstore but our drugstore does not have it so I used 2″ wide white adhesive tape from the our feed store that is used for taping horses legs. That worked for several weeks and then it pulled some skin off the bottom of my foot and I had to stop.
Here is how you tape.
Cut some short pieces of tape-maybe 5″ long and put around the bottom of your foot as shown below, going all the way to the heel keeping your foot relaxed. Do not pull tape tight. Just put it on naturally and relaxed.
Cut another piece 3-4 inches long and lay on top of your foot with sticky side up.
This will keep the next step of taping from sticking to the sensitive top of your foot.
Take a longer piece of tape and lay it on top of the sticky side up tape and wrap it around the bottom of your foot.
This helps to hold the arch ligaments in place.
Then cut a long piece of tape 12-14″ and wrap it around the foot starting near the toes, go around the heel and up the other side.
You have now made yourself a taped sock! It will feel good and it is amazing the support it gives.
You either have to keep your foot dry when you take a shower or remove it every evening (like I did) and redo in the morning. I was glad to have it off my foot at night.
I got a “night” brace at the drug store to wear at night. It is soft and keeps your foot from getting turned in funny positions during the night. It also holds the toes slightly pointed back towards your body. This also feels really, really good. You can not walk in it and if you have to get up during the night you have to slip it off and remember-stretch those toes before hitting the floor!
The other absolutely essential part of getting better is the foot stretches. The doc tells you this, the people where I got my cam-walker said it and fellow sufferers have verified the need for doing them.
Foot Stretches-there are numerous ones, but I will tell you about the ones I am doing.
First thing in the morning-before your foot hits the floor- bend your toes back towards your body. You can feel the ligament in the heel pull. Bend your toes back and hold several seconds, repeat several times. If I do not do this one I have ruin my whole day. Your foot ligaments heal and stiffen during the night. You have to release that ligament or you will have shooting pain and feel like you are walking on a ball. You have just undone the healing that took place during the night. Numerous times during the day I will flex my toes back as far as I can back towards my body. (You can use a towel to pull your toes back if you are too stiff to do it).
Put your hands against the wall-I put one on each side of the door jam and set my feet back about 3 feet. Keep the foot straight with the heel on the ground and bend knee of the good leg. You will feel the muscles in the calf of your leg pull. Hold for 1-2 minutes, release and repeat several times.
On a step, bring your toes on both feet as close to the edge as possible. Drop your heel slightly and hold. Again you will feel the ligament pull. I learned a hard lesson on this one-I dropped my heel to far and messed myself up for a day or so. The first time only drop the heel for 5 seconds. Each time add 5 seconds. Someone told me a 2by4 works good. You can’t overdrop your foot with it.
I am still waiting on my orthodic and can hardly wait until it comes in. At this point my heel is not hurting me unless I am on it too much and I can now walk without pain. Yea! This is a big deal and I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father. I have been talking to Him about it also.
This weekend I put my regular shoe on and cleaned the house. My foot got tired but I still had no heal pain. This was the first time I cleaned since this ordeal began. I simply had too much pain in my heel to be on my feet. I am still dealing with some general foot discomfort due to the cam-walker rubbing my little toe, my arch hurting, my shin getting use to the cam-walker, or my other foot hurting because of favoring my sore foot. I have talked to people who have suffered for months and years before getting better. I am making progress and I am seeing results! I am a long ways from where I was at a month ago. I have not needed a cortisone shot-at least not at this stage which is another option to help in the process.
September 9: It is not over two months and I am totally pain-free. Praise the Lord. I still need to stretch my foot before I get up in the mornings but I am adjusted to my orthodics and no longer think about my feet all day long and every step I take.
I have a recipe I really like for salsa. It is easy to make and tasty to eat.
These ingredients are flexible and can be adjusted to suit your taste.
1/2 c. or 8 Jalapeno peppers, chopped (4 without seeds and 4 with seeds) and/or 6 cayene peppers, chopped (may use 1/2 tsp. dried peppers). The amount of peppers you use will determine how “hot” it is. I personally like a mild and only use one kind of the hot peppers.
Cook salsa until all ingredients are soft. Mix 5 T. cornstarch to a little water and add to hot salsa to thicken.
Fill pint jars with hot salsa and pressure can 5 pounds pressure for 10 minutes or hot water bath for 22 mins.
Note: to pressure can use the same instructions in my blog “How to Can Tomato Juice”.
Georgia is known for it’s peaches but the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia can also grow some awesome fruit.
I have fallen in love with “Blazing Star”, a yellow peach from Turkey Knob Growers who are a part of Bowman’s Orchard in Timberville, VA. They were so sweet, juicy and as the saying goes “gorgeous as a peach!” They were so juicy I had to lean forward over the sink to eat one or I would have been wearing the juice on my front side! They also hold well while you are peeling and very importantly they are “cling-free”, which means the seed or pit is easy to pop out. They also have very little fuzz. They have several “Star” peaches and Blushing Star is their white peach.
I used to like Red Haven, a good older variety, but they have fallen out of my good graces as they have a tendency to cling tightly to the pit, making them very difficult and frustrating to process.
You want your peaches to be soft but not mushy to process. If they are hard let them set for a day or so. When you give a little, gentle squeeze they should feel soft.
There are two ways to remove the skins. My favorite way is to sit in my chair and peel. It takes me about 40 seconds with a sharp paring knife to cut the peach in half along the natural groove of the peach, pop the pit out and peel both halves. I peel in a circular motion around the half.
Another way to remove the skins is to drop the peach in boiling water for approximately 1 minute.
You can can peaches in halves, quarters, slices or chunks. I like to do some each way. The chunks I use to make peach cobbler or pie. An easy way to put the halves in a jar (wide mouth jars work best) is to use a fork. Drop the peach face down and layer additional peaches face down on top.
Fill the jars with a medium sugar brine. I simply use hot tap water-no sugar. The peaches are so sweet and with Gene being pre-diabetic we use almost no sugar. Fill to the lip at the neck of the jar. Do not overfill.
To make a medium sugar brine mix 2 cups sugar with 4 c. water. Fill the jars with brine. Another option is to put 1/2 c. per quart and fill with warm water.
Boil the lids in water for a few minutes and set on top of filled jars.
Add the ring and tighten securely.
Put 2 quarts of water and 1 tsp. cream of tarter in the pressure cooker. The cream of tarter keeps the inside of the canner looking shining.
Set the jar into the pressure canner.
Put the lid on the canner and when you see steam coming out of the vent hole on top put on the weight. The gauge will soon start to rise and you want 5 pounds of pressure for 8 minutes.
I always set the timer so I do not forget about the canner. You do not want to leave the canner. Choose another project to do in the kitchen so you are close by. If you do walk away-even for a few seconds, take your timer with you so you have the reminder of the canner on the stove. The canner is very safe to use but if you forget about it and the gauge goes into the black danger zone you could end up with a hole in your kitchen ceiling!
Once the allotted time is up, turn off the stove and let the gauge come down to zero. When the sound of air escaping from the vent has quit it is safe to open the canner and remove the jars. I set them on a towel on the counter to cool. Within a few minutes you will hear the delightful popping of the lids as they seal.
Let the jars cool overnight and then remove the rings. The jars will stay sealed and store in a cool, dark room. In a warm, well-lit room the peaches have a tendency to darken over time.
Simply peel, pit and slice peaches into freezer containers. Sprinkle a little sugar over the layers of peaches and freeze. (Note: I do not use any sugar).
I use the peaches that are bruised or extra soft for jam. I use the recipe on the “pectin” box. I prefer freezer jam but they have recipes for jam, jelly, freezer and canned. I made the sugar-free this year.
Questions: (These are in response to questions asked from my blog post).
Why does the pit (seed) not want to pop out of my peach? If peaches are not quite ripe this can be a problem. But usually it is the variety of peach. I always make sure I buy “cling-free” peaches. I am not sure why any orchard would raise and sell peaches that aren’t “cling-free” but they do. Red Haven is a good example of a peach that can go either way. They are a very good flavored peach. I love them. But sometimes they are “cling-free” and sometimes they are not. When the pit will not release you mutilate the peach trying to free it. I refuse to buy them.
For additional canning questions, look at my blog post called “Frequently Asked Canning Questions”.
This blog posting will be continually updated as I receive questions. If you have a question you may comment at the end of the blog or email me at hffinc@i-c.net. I also welcome additional comments or answers.
1. If a can does not seal is it safe to eat?
Absolutely. You will know within half an hour if it does not seal. Simply put it in the refrigerator and eat within 4 or 5 days. It would have the same self life as any opened can of vegetables.
2. Can I “re-can” a jar that does not seal?
You sure can. Open the jar and make sure the rim is clean. Use a new lid and process the same as the first time.
3. Can I turn the canner off and come back later to finish canning?
No. You must finish the process all at one time. The pressure needs to be held at a certain level for a prescribed number of minutes.
4. After canning what if my jar of peaches or snaps has lost some of the water?
Sometimes this happens and you don’t know why. As long as the jar has sealed they are safe.
5. How do I know if the jar has sealed?
The lid will pop inward and when you press your finger on the lid it is firm. If the center is bubbled up and there is a give in the lid it has not sealed.
6. Do I leave the rings on the jar after they have sealed?
No. After the jars have cooled, remove the rings and use them again. The jars will stay sealed.
7. Can I prepare the vegetable such as tomato juice or snaps and put in the refrigerator until the following day?
Yes. There is no reason you can’t do that. However on vegetables the sooner they are canned the fresher and better they are. Always do sweet corn immediately.
8. Can I help a jar seal?
Sometimes if you catch it soon enough. Occasionally I have one that doesn’t seal and I turn the jar upside down for a few seconds. It will then seal. This has to be done will the jar is still very hot. Once they have cooled it does not work.
9. Why does a jar break in the pressure canner?
I don’t know-I had a quart of peaches break yesterday. The jar could have a small crack or weak spot in it. Do not each the vegetables or fruit from the broken jar as they could have glass in them. The rest of the jars are fine.
Always use canning jars. Glass mayonnaise jars, etc are not safe for canning, the glass is too thin.
10. Can I reuse my lids?
No. Never. You may reuse the rings.
11. Do I need to boil the water first that I pour into the jars of snaps, peaches, etc.?
I have not found that it is necessary. Tap water is much easier to work with.
12. Why does liquid leak from the jar when I am taking it from the canner or right afterwards and what do I do?
Do nothing. Do not try to tighten the ring as it makes it worse.
It seems to happen when I open my canner a little too quick and the inside pressure has not equalized completely with the outside air pressure. (I could be wrong).
Usually the jars will seal anyways but sometimes if too much leaks out they don’t.
Be sure to let the gauge come completely back to zero and the sound of air escaping from the vent has ceased before opening the canner. I try to wait a few more minutes-can let it set for 5-10-before opening the canner.
Sometimes it happens if you don’t have the ring screwed on tight enough. Sometimes they will seal and sometimes they will not.
13. Can I put a half full jar in the canner?
No. It will not seal.
14. What happens if my pressure gauge does not work?
If the gauge does not work your canner is not safe to use. If it is building pressure you will have NO IDEA what pressure the canner is at and you could have an explosion. This is an extremely unsafe situation.
If the gauge is not working because the canner has not sealed you are not pressure sealing your jars. The gauge has to work or else you need to hot water bath your produce which takes longer.
July can be brutal and this year was no exception. We had 100 plus degrees with high humidity for 2 solid weeks followed by a week of storms. This week it has been in the upper 90’s with high humidity and frankly, I am tired of it.
My feet hurt and I am hot and miserable! More about my feet in a another blog. (Read “My Feet Hurt” in the Everyday Life or July 2012 category). In this blog I want to show some July pictures from around the farm.
A hawk-he didn’t let me get very close!
The BMR corn Gene planted for hay.
Mama cow licking off her newborn calf.
A big storm damaged one of our trees.
Power lines went down and we didn’t have electricity for 1-1/2 days.
Daylillies-one of the joys of July.
Full moon over the silos.
Wondering refreshing rain after several weeks of heat and drought.
Lantana enjoying the heat and sun.
Grandkids, Karla and Ryan, were here for several days.
Fresh “Blushing Star” peaches from the orchard to freeze and can.
Even though it is hot and humid and almost unbearable at times I would not trade my place in the country for the concrete of the city. Sometimes it pays to look around a little and you realize your spot in life is pretty good!
Today I will share with you how to can tomato juice. Canning whole tomatoes is at the bottom of this post.
First of all I just have to show you a few pictures of my Better Boy tomato plants. They are really doing well this year and we are enjoying fresh tomato sandwiches. I finally got enough to start canning.
Choose vine-ripe tomatoes, wash, core, and remove any bad or damaged spots.
Cut into wedges and put into a big pot to cook.
Then I take my hands and squeeze some of the tomatoes to make some juice in the pot. I usually add about 1 cup of water so the tomatoes don’t stick to the bottom of the pan and scorch.
Cook the tomatoes until they are fall-apart soft and juicy. Stir frequently.
It will take 15-20 minutes, depending on your size of pot.
I have a very simple sieve which I use to extract the juice from the skin and seeds. I do not have a juicer.
It sets perfectly into my old enamel dishpan -they probably aren’t even available any more!!! I have one of the large white plastic Tupperware bowl but it is not big enough.
Dip the hot tomatoes into the sieve. Fill about 2/3 full. You do not want to overfill or when you spin the wooden stick around the tomatoes come out the top of the sieve.
I was trying to take pictures during the process and I had to do everything with my left hand in order to snap the picture with my right so if I look a little awkward that is why. There was no way to snap the camera with my left hand!!!
Center the wooden rod in the center of your hand and roll it around the edges of the sieve until all the juice is extracted and the skins and seeds are left. It is easy to do and you will soon get the hang of it. It only takes a few seconds to do.
When I am done I have a bowl full of juice ready to can.
I like to pour the juice into a large 4-cup measuring bowl to pour into the canning jars.
After the jars are filled to the lower rim at the neck of the jar I add 1 tsp. salt per quart.
In a small pan bring the jar lids to a boil before you put them on the jars and tighten firmly.
Put 2 quarts of water in the pressure canner. I add 1 tsp. cream of tarter to the water to keep the aluminum inside of the canner shiny and clean looking.
Carefully set the jars into the canner. Today I had 6 quarts and 1 pint. I put them all together as it really will not make any difference. Quarts and pints are both done the same amount of time. I was a little bit short on juice so I added an inch or so of water to several of my quarts of juice. You will never be able to tell I cheated!!!
Put on the lid and turn the temperature on high. After steam starts coming through the vent on top of the canner, set the weight on top of the vent hole.
After several minutes the canner vent will close and the temperature gauge will start to rise. It takes about 1 minute to raise the gauge 1 pound of pressure. For tomatoes you want the gauge to go to 5 pounds. Adjust your temperature to keep it at 5 pounds of pressure for 5 minutes. I set my timer. Do not walk away from your canner unless you take your timer with you so that you have that constant reminder. Your canner is very safe to use and I have never had any accidents or close calls. But if you leave it and forget about it and the gauge goes into the black warning zone you might end up with a hole in your ceiling.
When my gauge reaches the desired amount of pounds I can usually turn the burner back to medium high and it will hold consistent pressure. A pound or two over is no deal I do not like to be under.
When the timer rings, turn your burner off and let the canner sit on the burner until the gauge reaches 0. It is very important that you DO NOT OPEN the canner before the gauge reaches 0. The canner is under pressure and you could have serious scald burns and broken jars if you do. When it is 0, you can safely open the canner and remove the jars.
I set the jars on a towel on the counter to cool.
Within a few minutes you will hear the “popping” of the lids as they seal. This is music to the ears! The center of the lids will actually pop downward. If one has a bubble and isn’t firmly down within 15 minutes, it has not sealed. You may open the jar and immediately can it again using an new lid or you can put it in the refrigerator to use within the next several days. This evening I had one that acted like it wasn’t going to seal-all the others had so I turned it upside down for a few seconds and it sealed. I got lucky! Sometimes it will seal and sometimes it won’t. You have to do this within the first 10-15 minutes while the jars are still very hot.
I let the jars cool overnight and then I remove the rings. The lids will stay sealed and put the jars in my pantry to store.
Several very helpful hints…these are words to the wise!!!!
Watch your pot of tomatoes when they are cooking so they do not boil over or scorch (burn) to the bottom of your pan. You will learn your lesson very quickly the hard way if you don’t. It is not an easy mess to clean up!
Always, always clean up your pots and pans immediately. They clean up easy while they are hot but if you let them sit and cool, you will have a difficult mess on your hands. Tomato juice is hard to clean.
Note: If you do not have a tunnel sieve like I used, you can use a strainer, bowl and spoon. Sometimes I use this if I don’t have very many to do rather than get out my sieve.
If you want you may hot water bath your juice. Cover the jars with boiling water for 15 minutes.
Choose vine ripe tomatoes and rinse in water to remove any dirt.
Put a large pot of water on the stove and fill about 2/3 full of water and bring to a boil. Drop the whole, unpeeled tomatoes into the hot water for about 1 minute. Depending on the size of your pan you can do maybe 10-12 at a time. Gently remove tomatoes and drop into ice-cold water for a few minutes. The peels will crack. Take your knife and core the top of the tomato and the skins will slip off.
Stuff the whole or quartered tomato into quart or pint size jars. I press the tomatoes in, filling the jar. By pressing the tomatoes into the jars they make their own juice and you don’t need to add any water. If necessary, you may add some water to finish filling the jar. Add 1 tsp. salt per quart or 1/2 tsp. per pint.
Pressure can quarts at 5 lbs. pressure for 10 minutes using the same method as used for juice. Pints, I do 8 minutes.
We love limas. My favorite is the Fordhook variety but I like to pick them young. There is no comparison to homegrown limas and limas found in the grocery store. I have tried numerous times to buy them, even buying the Fordhook variety, but they are very mealy. Some things I like to can and some freeze. Limas I like to freeze. They have much better favor.
After they are picked I find a nice place to sit and shell.
Shelling limas is not hard, just give the bean a twist and it pops open. With your thumb nudge the beans out of the pod.
I washed the shelled beans twice to remove any dirt.
Now they are ready to freeze.
I have a special pan I blanch my beans in.
Fill the pan about half full of water. When the water comes to a boil add some limas to the top part (sieve section).
Bring to a boil for 1 minute. Lift the sieve section out of the pan and dump the beans into a pan to tap water to cool for several minutes. Then I dump them into ice water to finish cooling. The reason I put them in tap water first is simply to cool them some and help save on the amount of ice needed.
After they are cool I spoon them into freezer boxes or bags.
I write the date on the top and put them in the freezer.
All of us experience “storms” on this journey called life. Sometimes they catch us off guard and others times they are predicted and we fail to prepare or heed the warning. The storm that blew across Virginia last weekend and a large portion of the east coast left a lot of tree devastation behind. Some trees were weak but others were strong and still could not withstand the fierce straight line winds of the “derecho” storm.
I was reminded of a “parable” I had written a year ago about two trees in our yard. I share it with you…..
We have two trees, Walnut and Pecan, in our yard; they have a story to tell…..
The Walnut tree has stood the test of time for many years. An early photo from our farm shows the tree in the background, already a good-size sturdy tree with a very noticeable “north” lean.
When I came to the farm in 1972, I wanted to cut down the leaning, broken up, tree with dead limbs and a hollow trunk. But my husband who can not bring himself to give up on anything that may have a shred of value was adamantly against cutting down this fine tree. I was so sure this tree would not stand much longer that I planted a tender young maple close by. But Walnut refused to succumb to the elements.
Each year Walnut burst forth with a new crop of leaves and continues to produce an abundant crop of big green walnuts as if to taunt me when I had to rake them up so I could mow. Woodpeckers love the tree, knocking themselves senseless on its hard hollow bark. And each year Walnut and Maple grow a little taller, a little thicker and a little sturdier. Through the years their branches have intertwined as if they are thriving on the companionship of the other. And quite often my husband proudly points out the tree he didn’t give up on.
After the Hertzlers purchased the farm in 1967, Daddy planted several pecan seedlings in the yard. Forty-four years later these trees have grown into tall, stately shade trees producing generous crops of delicious pecans. But one tree in particular was hiding a deadly problem; it had developed a bad heart with decay rotting deep into its core. Early in its youth, a cow bit off the top of the tree, almost ruining it. It appeared to recover, shooting up 4 thick, strong trunks. However, in recent years we began to notice the well-kept secret. A split appeared in the trunk where it divided into four sections. Over time moisture had corrupted the flesh of the tree, seeped deep into its soul and rotted the heart.
Gene came to the tree’s rescue and put a chain around the weaken trunks and tighten them together. The tree continued to withstand the storms of life, including Hurricane Isabelle in 2002. Over time the tree continued to grow and thrive causing the security chain to snap apart. We noticed what had happened to its support but put off coming to its aid.
One evening several weeks ago, a sudden “big blow” broke off one the trunks revealing a tree rotten to the core. It was a sad day to see our beloved shade tree for what it really was; beautiful, stately and weak.
Once again plans were made to secure the tree with chains but before it could be done another sudden storm broke off the second trunk leaving a very weak, lopsided tree to weather a major hurricane brewing on the horizon. Irene was threatening to show her strength. Again I wanted to cut down the tree and start over and again Gene was determined to help the tree survive.
This time the two remaining trunks were chained together and a “lifeline” chain was fasted well above the rotten core and firmly secured to the base of a nearby tree.
The “support” tree is strong and its roots go deep into the ground. The strength of the support enabled Pecan to withstand the winds of Hurricane Irene.
We realize that years of decay have taken its toll and Pecan will never again be a productive, strong and stately shade tree. Yes, it has survived a devastating crisis. Yes, it will produce some more fruit and shade; but no longer will it be a tree of honorable and pride. No longer will it be able to stand on its own.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out is roots by the river and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?
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So most importantly for our berry lovers – what do these oblong shaped blue guys taste like? Much like wine, that seems to depend on each person’s unique palate – they have been described as a ‘mystery berry’ flavor, reminding some of blackberry, cherry, grape, and even subtle kiwi. With a very thin skin, the zesty sweet-tart berries melt in your mouth when enjoyed fresh off the bush. They work well in any recipes calling for blueberries, adding a sweetness and unique depth of flavor. Jams, pies, muffins, let your imagination grow wild in your culinary ventures with these special berries.
Also called haskap berry (from the Japanese name for the plant), this relatively ‘new’ fruit has actually been cultivated in cooler regions for centuries, farmers in Asia and Eastern Europe knew them well and how to grow honeyberries. The plants are native to Russia and Siberia and have remarkable cold tolerance, surviving temperatures of -55 degrees Fahrenheit and blooms that can tolerate spring frosts with little damage. It typically takes a full year before the plants start to produce any noticeable quantity of fruit, but we hope to have a handful to taste for ourselves this season! New rows are planted!
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wordpress | It should be so easy. Just take a picture and look it up in the book later. I thought this was an Early Purple but the book says that that orchid has blotched leaves and this one definately didn’t. On the slopes of Moor End Fell above Starbotton in upper Wharfedale.
I think this is the Common Spotted Orchid but my book says it prefers lime so I’m not sure. It seems happy growing in the disused whinstone quarry in Cliff Ridge Wood, a National Trust property at Great Ayton. It seems a perilous place to survive kids making fires and burning anything they can get their hands on. | 2019-04-21T02:59:33Z | https://fhithich.wordpress.com/tag/orchid/ | Porn | Kids | 0.642712 |
uchicago | FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) — The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has halted its sale of file folders with photos showing the current conditions of the complex due to public criticism, company sources said Wednesday.
The folders, offered in a set of three for 300 yen ($2.70), have pictures of the Nos. 1-4 units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, stricken by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
The operator known as Tepco said it sold them at two convenience stores on the premises of the Fukushima complex after people involved in work to scrap the plant asked the company to sell souvenirs. Tepco said it does not make any profit on the folders.
But there have been complaints from people who were offended by the folders.
In one of the world’s worst nuclear crises, the Fukushima Daiichi plant on the Pacific coast suffered meltdowns at three of its six reactors, spewing radioactive materials in the surrounding environment.
Decontamination and other efforts are under way to enable people who lived near the disaster-stricken plant to return to their hometowns, while Tepco struggles with massive compensation payments and cleanup costs stemming from the disaster.
Tagged with East Japan Earthquake + Fukushima, energy policy, health, nuclear waste, Radiation exposure, TEPCO. | 2019-04-23T06:00:45Z | https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2018/08/09/tepco-halts-sale-of-folders-with-fukushima-nuclear-plant-pictures-via-the-mainichi/ | Porn | Health | 0.413932 |
wordpress | A scary anecdote from Iran. A trusted colleague – who is married to an Iranian-American and would thus prefer to stay anonymous – has told me of a very disturbing episode that happened to her friend, another Iranian-American, as she was flying to Iran last week. On passing through the immigration control at the airport in Tehran, she was asked by the officers if she has a Facebook account. When she said "no", the officers pulled up a laptop and searched for her name on Facebook. They found her account and noted down the names of her Facebook friends.
News Group Newspapers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal evidence of his journalists’ repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories.The payments secured secrecy over out-of-court settlements in three cases that threatened to expose evidence of Murdoch journalists using private investigators who illegally hacked into the mobile phone messages of numerous public figures and to gain unlawful access to confidential personal data including tax records, social security files, bank statements and itemised phone bills. Cabinet ministers, MPs, actors and sports stars were all targets of the private investigators. | 2019-04-21T01:00:02Z | https://susanais.wordpress.com/2009/07/page/2/ | Porn | News | 0.905263 |
wordpress | Classroom design matters | Another dot in the blogosphere?
Yesterday I tweeted this image of a new classroom.
First, some context. I visited the classrooms of a brand new building at a university campus. As there was very little foot traffic just after lunch, I decided to use the classroom like a student might.
I sat near the back where the door was and faced the instructor’s console. I worked in the room for an hour to let the experience soak in.
These rooms were already reviewed by critics and blatant design failures had been remedied. Or so they thought. I spotted some basics that were not addressed. I share a labelled version of the same photo I tweeted to highlight a few design mistakes.
I get it — the console faced the glass wall so as to not replicate a lectern behind which an instructor might hide. I am for the idea of tutors learning how to be better facilitators instead of just deliverers of information.
I am not for a design that requires a facilitator to swivel 180 degrees to use the computer or visualiser and then turn back to face the class. A facilitator needs to constantly have eyes on his or her class to send and receive cues.
Even though such swivelling might be intermittent, a more involved presentation, e.g., the manipulation of a 3D object using the visualiser, will result having in the instructor’s back to the students.
Solutions: Swivel the console, not the instructor; provide professional development on facilitation strategies so that a properly-positioned console does not become a pedagogical crutch, fortress, or hideout.
This was a corner classroom and three walls were almost entirely glass — the front (as shown), the left (not shown), and the back (where the door was).
Bright sunlight shone in from the front and left despite the leafy curtain.
I could not take the photo by panning from or to the left glass panel because the light was so bright. The glare might be reduced as the plants grow more thickly, but I cannot anticipate by how much.
Our Singapore sun is not forgiving. The glass walls created a greenhouse effect so that I started to sweat even though I was the only one in the room. Granted I had just facilitated a workshop elsewhere and was in a long-sleeved shirt. But imagine about 20 undergraduates in t-shirts and slippers getting a free sauna.
One solution: Provide pull-down shades to reduce the glare and heat.
Perhaps there was a green cast from the vegetation outside, so the room was equipped with bright white light.
I do not know if these were conventional fluorescent tubes or LEDs made to look like them. They cast a harsh light that reminded me of a hospital waiting room or the floor of a manufacturing plant.
As I write this, I am in a public library that has off-white lights to make the environment feel warm and welcoming. Visit any modern café and the lighting will be similar, if not warmer.
All three places have this in common — students studying — but only the latter two seem to leverage on psychology to make the user comfortable.
The positioning of the lights also created glare on the TV screens (E). If the students are sitting in the room with the TVs off, they will see the glare from the lights and the windows.
One solution: Opt for warmer white lights.
The other walls were glass, so there were no boards on them. This meant that half the students did not have such surfaces. A facilitator would have to resort to using just half the classroom for board work.
I am all for using computers, mobile devices, and open online tools for cooperation, but some things are easier, faster, and more effective on a board.
One solution: Provide white boards on wheels for the other learning stations.
The boards and TV were surfaces and screens for projecting media. These are fine for group-based cooperative activities.
However, they are terrible for whole-class presentations. Students are likely to look at the projections instead of the speaker.
I foresee students or the instructor using the board D as the main projection surface. When they do, they will have to position themselves awkwardly between the console (A) and the board, and/or walk distractingly between them.
Solutions: Provide a clear and logical primary projection surface. This might tempt instructors to keep lecturing, but that is what professional development sessions on alternative strategies are for.
This was an example of a group table or learning station. In the relatively untouched rooms I visited earlier, I noticed that there were six seats around each table. This room had just been used and some seats were actually missing.
A designer probably thought that rounded triangle tables could comfortably seat two students on each side.
A better designer of cooperative work would realise that you need a small but odd-number of students for such work to be more efficient and effective. Groups larger than five make for slower progress; even-numbers leave no member to be a tie-breaker during decision-making.
One solution: Create seating for groups of five.
I will not share the other design faux pas that were part of the room prior to the initial round of criticisms. I will just point this out: It is far cheaper and more effective to hire a consultant to prevent these issues from seeing the light of day.
I hold my tongue when I use the rooms I am assigned for workshops. But when asked, I share mostly positive things and highlight one or two key corrections if I think my hosts can handle it.
The design of classrooms matters. While they affect budgets in the short-term, they affect learners and learning in the long run. | 2019-04-18T14:37:29Z | https://ashleytan.wordpress.com/2018/08/29/classroom-design-matters/ | Porn | Reference | 0.169209 |
wired | This is truly the best Lego project ever seen. Sure, it might not have the original's gullwing doors, but the lightning-conductor pole is on there, Marty has his "life-preserver" jacket, and Doc Brown's wild coiffure is faithfully rendered as a custom Lego hair-hat. If only we could see inside to check for the Flux-Capacitor. | 2019-04-21T22:42:24Z | https://www.wired.com/2009/01/back-to-the-fut-2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.295209 |
wordpress | Runners from different areas within the Metro, ran yesterday in different locations, different time but with one common goal. This is to commemorate a great Mother of Democracy, Corazon Aquino, Tita Cory to many.
It was a rainy day yesterday, but this didn’t stop us and our co-running addicts from running. A group ran in AAV. Another in UP at 5am; in Mandaluyong at 5am. We chose to run with the Makati group who met up at 6pm to run around Ayala Triangle and Salcedo Village. Most donned yellow shirts or their iamninoy runner shirts. I for one, have not picked up my shirt from BHS yet so I decided to tie a yellow ribbon on my cap instead.
A great run for a great and well loved leader. Maraming Salamat Tita Cory.
Addict ka na talaga sa takbo!
tito mark, look who’s talking 😉 hehe! just kidding!
Gail! I ran also pero sa UP 6:30AM na ata kami nagstart… ayun.
Argo! 🙂 Yes, I saw nga sa blog mo. But the Makati Team beat the QC Team in terms of attendance. Hehe! Just kidding! It’s great that you were able to go to Times. At least sa inyo may program pa. See you sa Urbanite! Parteeee after…kanta ka ulit ng careless whisper. Hahaha!
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wordpress | I am still in the early 80s with my next choice which is ‘Tell Me That I’m Dreaming’ by Was(Not Was). It’s another 12″ mix which is way ahead of this time. If you heard this on 6 Music today you would just assume it was the new Daft Punk single. It features Ronald Reagan samples two years before Trevor Horn liberally spread them over various remixes of Two Tribes, as the middle section uses Reagan’s first State Of The Union address from 1981: “Can we who man this ship of state deny, it is somewhat out of control?
Was (Not Was) did go on to have a novelty hit with ‘Everybody Walk The Dinosaur’ and bizarrely are not the only act in my nominations to be more famous for a novelty hit about the Stone Age. I seem to recall I had it as a 7′ single with the mix spread over both sides which I then had to edit back together for compilation tapes, but here it is its uninterrupted, video-less glory.
Should we have labelled this mini-blog ‘Lost in the 80’s ‘ ? Quite like this but not as good as ‘Out Come The Freaks’ which almost made it s one of my choices from the 80’s….almost but not quite….
Have no fear the 90s will also feature strongly, am doing them in vaguely chronological order. Nothing from 60s or 70s though.
My day four choice is from 1978 – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, ‘I Need To Know’.
This was the lead single from Petty’s second album, ‘You’re Gonna Get It’ which eventually went Gold in the US but this single failed to trouble the upper echelons of the Billboard chart, wasn’t even released in the UK and remains one of Petty’s less well-known songs.
I fear I’m going to upset Roy as I too have plumped for yet another 80’s selection!
So, following on from XTC yesterday, I move with chilling logic onto Thomas Dolby. “Why?” I hear you all cry. Well, when XTC’s front man, Andy Partridge, suffered from stage fright and refused to tour, in an effort to try and cajole him back into live performance, the other band members approached Dolby about taking over as front man for gigs. It never actually transpired and we (by we, I mean me!) can only dream what it might have sounded like.
I’m going full-on 80’s tomorrow !
This passed me by completely; not the sort of thing you heard at a Black Flag gig. He was a very odd looking chap; a sort of Dickensian Elton John.
Well I was wondering if this might happen- with 50 years of music to pick from, not just this artist, but this very track was down to be my day 7 choice. One of my all time favourite songs, period. So I will now have to turn to my subs bench, but I remain confident, even with a weakened team. I am choosing my words very carefully in that last sentence if you like clues….
I hope you’re not playing Mourinho “mind games” with me!
Reserve team ? How much did Matic, Oscar and Salah cost ? Such poverty of resources !
You want to try having Danny Pugh as your reserve left-back, the only right-back at the club (a teenager) out injured and Michael Brown in midfield !! | 2019-04-25T12:24:59Z | https://richardmlive.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/lost-in-time-day-four/ | Porn | News | 0.140444 |
cnn | Unemployment in Spain remains stubbornly high. The country's unemployment rate was stuck above 26% in June.
The eurozone -- plagued in recent years by sky-high joblessness and rampant youth unemployment -- might be turning a corner.
New figures for June indicate a slight decline in the number of jobless people across the region, though the unemployment rate remained steady at a record high of 12.1%.
Compared to the previous month, there were 24,000 fewer people looking for work across the 17-nation region, according to Eurostat data. That's not much of a change in the grand scheme of things, but it's certainly a start.
"June's dip in unemployment is likely a reflection of recent increased signs that eurozone economic activity has stabilized, and it fuels hopes that the eurozone can eke out marginal growth over the second half," said Howard Archer, chief European economist at IHS Global Insight.
"Even so, we doubt that June marks a decisive turnaround in eurozone labor markets and we suspect that unemployment will trend modestly higher over the coming month," he said in a research report.
The unemployment rate in the eurozone has remained at the record 12.1% for the past four months. In April, unemployment was reported to have hit 12.2%, but that was later revised down by Eurostat.
The current data show 19.27 million people were out of work in the eurozone in June.
As has been the case for awhile, Spain and Greece have the highest levels of unemployment. The latest data show unemployment levels were above 26% in both countries, with youth unemployment well above 55%.
Meanwhile, Austria and Germany maintained the lowest jobless levels out of the 17 countries that use the euro currency. Austria's unemployment was 4.6% and Germany's unemployment was 5.4% in June.
This unemployment data come a day after official statistics showed Spain's economy contracted for a seventh consecutive quarter, although the data indicate the contraction in gross domestic product was very small.
"The GDP number from Spain showed that the rapid decline in growth has started to ease, raising the prospects for positive growth in the forthcoming months, if indeed, we continue to see solid signs of improvement in all facets of economic activity across the eurozone," said Ishaq Saddiqi, a London-based market strategist at ETX Capital. | 2019-04-23T16:12:55Z | https://money.cnn.com/2013/07/31/news/economy/eurozone-unemployment/ | Porn | Business | 0.829701 |
yahoo | Justin Trudeau to run for Liberal leadership but is he all splash and no substance?
Sources for La Presse are reporting that Justin Trudeau will be seeking the leadership of the Federal Liberals. According to the French-language Montreal newspaper, Trudeau will make the official announcement in his home riding of Papineau on Tuesday.
While many in the media are already crowning Justin as the King of the Liberals, political analyst Warren Kinsella says that's not what is best for the party.
"He would be the front-runner," Kinsella told Yahoo! Canada News in an email exchange.
"But a lot of us Liberals don't want or need a coronation. We need a competitive race with lots of great, viable candidates and ideas. Justin needs that, too."
Kinsella, who was a Jean Chretien staffer, adds that Trudeau has the sizzle but needs the steak.
"He needs to talk about ideas and policies. He has the charisma thing nailed. Now he needs to tell us what he thinks."
"He's smart, young and intelligent and will have time to hone the skills to start his bid for PM. Liberal supporters who sat out the last election or drifted to the NDP in the last election will now have a serious rethink," McTeague, who now now operates Tomorrowsgaspricetoday.com told Yahoo!.
"The future is bright for the Liberal Party, but it will take work and a fresh approach to re-engage Canadians, especially the new generation, where Justin has a considerable advantage."
Not everyone, however, believes in Trudeau's abilities.
Jim Ross, who was a senior Conservative government staffer on the immigration committee when Trudeau was the Liberal immigration critic, told Yahoo! Canada News that the son of Pierre is unimpressive.
"He's a lightweight who didn't know his stuff," Ross said.
"He was the least knowledgeable of any of the opposition critics who I dealt with."
We also spoke to Abacus Data pollster David Coletto who says Canadians aren't necessarily looking for a professor to be prime minister.
"I think it is a misconception to say that Canadians are looking for a leader who has deep policy knowledge. They want someone who they can trust, who is authentic, and who shares their values," he said.
"Michael Ignatieff and Stephane Dion were likely the most academically accomplished Canadian political leaders in a generation and they were unable to connect with Canadians. The world of Twitter, Facebook and 30 second sound bites is not conducive to a deep thinker who cannot explain his or her positions in less than 140 characters. "
And what does his research predict will happen if Trudeau wins the leadership?
"We asked Canadians how they would vote if Trudeau was Liberal leader. Under a Trudeau leader scenario, the Liberals were statistically tied with the Conservatives and he would have taken 25 per cent of the NDP's vote," Coletto told Yahoo! in an email.
"Trudeau would throw a wrench into the NDP's plans to consolidate the anti-Conservative vote while giving the Conservatives and the BQ some breathing room due to vote splitting in Ontario and Quebec."
Whether he's just another pretty face or not, thanks to Trudeau, Canada's political landscape has just become a lot more interesting. | 2019-04-21T06:55:26Z | https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/justin-trudeau-run-liberal-leadership-splash-no-substance-154520920.html | Porn | News | 0.082098 |
wordpress | Lassa Fever: Is This Why the World Health Organization Said There Would Be 10,000 New Cases of Ebola a Week by December?
The symptoms are identical to those of Ebola. Fever, vomiting and bleeding all occur. Lassa, unlike Ebola is spread by infected rats, but once it has infected people human to human transmission begins. Like Ebola patients, those suffering from Lassa need to be treated in strict isolation.
Ebola is not the only haemorrhagic fever that stalks West Africa. The Lassa season is about to begin. This year, like every year, around 20,000 people will succumb to the disease in the region.
Lassa fever is spread by contact with bodily secretions of infected people as well as by inhalation of the dust from dried rat faeces. There is some evidence that supports the sporadic spread of the disease via infected rat bites.
Like Ebola, not everyone dies from Lassa. Usually, the death rate is much lower than it is with Ebola, but there have been sporadic outbreaks where the death rate has reached 70%, albeit rarely.
Every year medics and scientists struggle to contain Lassa; it’s a major focus for what health services there are in the region. This year however that focus has been taken by Ebola. Wards and medical facilities usually set aside for Lassa patients have been overwhelmed by those suffering from Ebola. Dr. Sheik Umar Khan head of the Lassa programme at Kenema Government Hospital, Sierra Leone died of Ebola in September. Six nurses and a lab technician have also been lost to the disease leaving the specialist unit direly understaffed.
This situation causes two major problems. Firstly, cases of Lassa will go untreated causing a surge in deaths from the disease. Secondly, people may assume they are suffering from Lassa because of its prevalence at this time of year, when in fact they are suffering from and spreading, Ebola.
At this point in the Ebola epidemic there is little point waiting for laboratory confirmation of the disease. The fact is that with both Lassa and Ebola showing the same symptoms, and with both diseases requiring treatment in isolation, the tipping point has arrived.
There is no way the already overwhelmed medical facilities are going to be able to cope with the extra case load. The countries worst hit by Ebola are the same countries that suffer the worst outbreaks of Lassa Fever.
There is no possibility whatever that all of these people, or even half of them can be treated, let alone isolated. The toll that Lassa takes on West Africa this year remains to be seen, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if it’s worse than usual given the lack of facilities for patients. Every coin, though, has two sides, and if Lassa patients aren’t being treated, then neither are Ebola patients. It’s inevitable that there will be confusion amongst medical staff about who has what condition.
One has to wonder if it was the pending Lassa season that made the World Health Organization suggest that the death rate ‘from Ebola’ would massively increase in the latter part of this year. They predicted up to 10,000 cases a week by December. If you add Lassa Fever cases to the current rate of Ebola cases being reported that would be about right.
With the projected number of isolation beds available in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea coming in at 4,500 by December 1st, which disease patients are suffering from is a moot point…They can’t be isolated regardless of what it is.
Nigeria, declared Ebola free just last week, is reporting an outbreak of Lassa in Oyo State. Medeciens Sans Frontieres (MSF) has already lost one doctor to Lassa according to Dr Geraldine O’Hara, an infectious diseases specialist from Huddersfield, UK.
It would be insane to think that these diseases are just Africa’s problem – it isn’t. As we saw with Thomas Duncan, it only takes one infected person to slip through the net and the chain of infection starts all over again in a new place. Luckily, this time it was contained; next time who knows?
Arenaviridae, is a single-stranded RNA virus and is zoonotic, or animal-borne.
with occasional epidemics, during which the case-fatality rate can reach 50%.
hospitals have Lassa fever, which indicates the serious impact of the disease on the population of this region.
materials, through touching objects or eating food contaminated with these materials, or through cuts or sores.
caught and prepared for food.
reused needles (this is called nosocomial transmission).What are the symptoms of Lassa fever?
Signs and symptoms of Lassa fever typically occur 1-3 weeks after the patient comes into contact with the virus.
vomiting, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, facial swelling, proteinuria (protein in the urine), and mucosal bleeding.
symptoms of Lassa fever are so varied and nonspecific, clinical diagnosis is often difficult.
detect IgM and IgG antibodies as well as Lassa antigen. The virus itself may be cultured in 7 to 10 days.
trimester of pregnancy, and for fetuses, about 95% of which die in the uterus of infected pregnant mothers.
wide distribution of Mastomys in Africa makes complete control of this rodent reservoir impractical. | 2019-04-22T04:23:03Z | https://zeitgeist77.wordpress.com/category/holistic-health/01-disease/pandemic/lassa-fever/ | Porn | Health | 0.572637 |
msu | For information on alumni events, activities of the SHRLR Alumni Board, please contact Kristi White at (517) 353-3131 or email whitekr@msu.edu.
Our Alumni Relations Board plays the lead role in building and coordinating our extensive network of some 2,500 highly accomplished alumni. This board provides our alumni with unique opportunities to network with fellow alumni and engage with our students.
Duncan Ferguson joined Vantage in 2013 as the Managing Director for Client Services. Duncan brings broad corporate human resources experience to Vantage, having held a variety of senior leadership roles with both BP-Amoco and GATX. Prior to joining Vantage, Duncan was Managing Director at BPI Group, a global HR consulting firm. Duncan’s role at Vantage is diverse and includes executive coaching, leadership development consulting, marketing, social media, and relationship management. Duncan’s also provides connections, insights, advice, and assistance to his extensive HR professional network.
Based on his unique experiences, Duncan has developed an avid interest and contemporary perspective on the changing relationship between companies and their employees. To that end, Duncan has been doing research on what it means to be a “Best Boss” and how this impacts organizational leadership, engagement, performance and retention.
Duncan received his Bachelor's degree from Michigan State’s College of Social Science and his M.A. degree from Michigan State University’s School of Human Resources and Labor Relations (SHRLR). He actively gives back to his alma mater, where he is the President of the SHRLR Alumni Relations Board, an Advisory Board member for MSU’s College Employment Research Institute, and a founding member of Chicago Spartan Leaders. He has twice been a guest on WGN Radio and has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Investment Daily, Chicago Tribune, and Benefits Online.
Tiffany is a proud May 2012 graduate of the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. During her time in the Program, she served as SHRM President, and worked as an Assistant in the Career Development and Placement Office. Tiffany interned at Marathon Petroleum Company and accepted a full-time opportunity to join their team upon graduation. During Tiffany’s 6 years as a HR Consultant with Marathon Petroleum, she worked at their Corporate Office in Findlay, OH, and refineries in Garyville, LA, and Detroit, MI. In those roles she supported hourly and salaried employee groups, served on a number of project teams, and gained valuable labor experience. In her role at the Detroit Refinery, she also served as the Community Relations Representative. Tiffany has recently joined Phillips 66 as a Human Resources Business Partner at their corporate office in Houston, Texas.
Jeffrey Krautkramer holds more than 20 years of experience in human resource leadership, spanning across the industries of manufacturing, financial services, healthcare and consumer food and beverage. As Chief Human Resources Officer, he is responsible for developing and executing strategies to support Starkey Hearing Technologies' success in the areas of talent management, training and development, and organizational performance.
Jeffrey Krautkramer is actively involved in the human resources community through service on the alumni board of directors for Michigan State University's School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and as a member of the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC). He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and his master's degree in human resources and labor relations from Michigan State University.
Jerry is Managing Partner of the Human Resources Practice Group at DHR International in New York. He manages searches for human resources leaders across a vast array of industries and organizations, and his clients benefit from his more than two decades of global experience in both corporate human resources and executive search. Mr. McGrath began his corporate career with GTE Corporation, a predecessor firm to Verizon. He spent 10 years in progressive human resources roles culminating with the role of director of executive placement. Mr. McGrath holds a master’s in labor and industrial relations from Michigan State University and a bachelor’s in political science from West Virginia University.
Prior to joining DHR, Mr. McGrath was the leader of Caldwell Partners’ Human Resources Practice and a member of the Financial Services Practice. He joined Caldwell Partners from Korn/Ferry International, where he served as the client relationship manager for a number of the firm’s large global clients, leading executive searches across functions and industries in the Americas and in Europe.
Mr. McGrath began his corporate career with GTE Corporation, a predecessor firm to Verizon. He spent 10 years in progressive human resources roles culminating with the role of director of executive placement.
Patrick is a Global and Regional Chief Human Resources Officer, operating effectively at the C-suite to provide strategic and pragmatic solutions in times of crisis and potential exposure to the Brand. Coach and sounding board to leadership, ensuring actions taken by leaders are aligned to their values and the higher purposes of the company and all stakeholders. Deliver sustainable outcomes to business and human capital matters that involve constant, rapid and complex changes; frequently with cross border and cross cultural impact, across major global financial institutions. Provide Leadership to all elements of Human Resources Risk Governance with a focus on protecting and strengthening the Brand, economic performance, inclusion and employee engagement.
He was born and raised in Germany and France, speaks French fluently, and has worked both in the United States and Europe. He is open to domestic and global assignments and operates effectively in multi-cultural global environments. Pat holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland in Political Science and Economics with High Honors and a Master of Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University with Distinction.
Baily received her Bachelor's in Economics and Psychology from Albion College and graduated in 2012 from the MHRLR program. Currently she is a Organizational Engagement Analyst at Quicken Loans. While at Quicken Loans (6 years in Fall 2018!), she has been part of building a new performance management program, annual compensation program, creating the engagement survey, recognition programs to name a few! A HUGE Michigan State Spartan fan, lucky enough to be a football season ticket holder for 7 years now and has gone to 5 MSU bowl games including the 2014 Rose Bowl. | 2019-04-20T11:17:28Z | https://hrlr.msu.edu/alumni/alumni_board.php | Porn | Business | 0.132845 |
wordpress | I find immense beauty in photography. Not to be cliche but a photo does speak a million words. They tell stories. Beautiful intricate detailed narratives. Narratives that to your own personal photo is a reflection of what exactly you were feeling at that moment. What about how others view your photos.
In my daily cultural, lifestyle, beauty, and social media browsing I come across gorgeous photography that inspires me. Then I wonder what was Nicole of Gary Pepper feeling as she stood next to the gorgeous blue flowers? What about Kristina from Kayture as she was beautifully captured in the whirlwind of Orange and red leaves in Paris? Do they look back on their photos and remember the feeling beyond the posing?
One day I’ll be able to ask them exactly that question. The nagging curiosity looms from the inspiration other people give unintentionally. Nicole and Kristina, both now that they inspiring their fans and fellow bloggers. Do they realize on how deep of level? For me I look at photos and I try to recreate the emotion that was portrayed to me. And just like instantly I am motivated to plan a photo shoot or simply dress up the next day. That’s the effect that of photographs. Each photo has a unique inspiration to them.
Remember that in the land of aesthetics we are surrounded by the beautiful. The beautiful is not meant to jaded or tainted with negativity. The beauty is to be adorned and celebrated. Find inspiration in the little details.
On to what inspired today’s look, besides sunshine and laughter. My quick but very memorable trip to Paris, the after I graduated high school always looms in the back of my head. Strolling though the cobblestone alleyways, finding a story in every restaurant we visited. I found Paris to be my home for those brief two weeks. In those two weeks I breathed in the culture that surrounding Paris. The old Bed and Breakfast’s that I called home for a few days here and a few days there. When I came across this old church with the unique door, in a matter of seconds I was filled with memories of Europe. This retro dress unintentionally embodied my Europe Journey. I have been reignited to go immerse myself in the beauty of it all! | 2019-04-18T12:44:42Z | https://janaesaisquoiblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/beautys-narrative/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.367521 |
wikipedia | Peter Cathcart Wason (22 April 1924 – 17 April 2003) was a cognitive psychologist at University College, London who pioneered the Psychology of Reasoning. He progressed explanations as to why people make certain consistent mistakes in logical reasoning. He designed problems and tests to demonstrate these processes, for example the Wason selection task, the THOG problem and the 2-4-6 problem. He also coined the term "confirmation bias" to describe the tendency for people to immediately favor information that validates their preconceptions, hypotheses and personal beliefs regardless of whether they are true or not.
Wason was born in Bath Somerset on 22 April 1924, and died at seventy-nine in Wallingford, Oxfordshire on 17 April 2003. Peter Wason was the grandson to Eugene Wason, and the son to Eugene Monier and Kathleen (Woodhouse) Wason. Wason married Marjorie Vera Salberg in 1951, and the couple had two children, Armorer and Sarah.
Peter Wason endured his schooling, which was marked by consistent failure. With the beginning of World War II, Wason completed officer training in Sandhurst, and continued on to serve as a liaison officer for England's Eight Independent Armoured Brigade. In the Year 1945 Wason returned home, having been released from his duties of being an officer due to extreme injuries. Wason then pursued more academic ventures by studying English at Oxford in 1948, and continued on to become a lecturer at the Aberdeen college. After the realization that he did not really prefer English, and actually found it quite boring, Wason attended Oxford University to obtain a master's degree in psychology in 1953, and then a doctorate in 1956 from University College London. He remained teaching at University College London until his retirement in the early 1980s.
Much of Peter Wason’s first areas of experimentation was not in the field of psychology of reasoning, but instead, language and psycholinguistics. Wason and Jones performed an experiment in which subjects were asked to evaluate numerical statements, such as “7 is even” and “9 is not odd”, and state whether the statement is true or false. The results revealed that affirmative assertions were evaluated faster as true than as false, but evaluation of negative assertions occurred faster as false than true. From these results, Wason came to the conclusion that negatives are used in daily lives and discourse to correct common misconceptions. An example of this usage would be “The chair is not here”. Wason continued to explore and experiment in the field of psycholinguistics. Alongside Susan Carey at the Harvard Center for Cognitive Studies, Wason found that context affects comprehension of an utterance, measured in time taken to respond. Participants were likely to respond more quickly to the statement “Circle number 4 is not blue” in a context in which all of the other circles were red. Wason came to the conclusion context affects comprehension.
Before the creation of psychology of reasoning, it was a commonly held belief that humans reasoned by logical analysis. Wason argued against this logicism, saying that humans are unable to reason, and quite frequently fall prey to biases. Wason thought many of the things in his life were inconsistent and therefore unreasonable. When he designed his experiments, Wason's goal was to examine the illogical nature of humans. Wason also wanted to look further into the confirmation bias, the tendency to strive toward proving one’s hypothesis instead of disproving it.
In 1960 Wason developed the first of many tasks he would devise to reveal the failures of human reasoning. The “2-4-6” task was the first experiment that showed people to be illogical and irrational. In this study, subjects were told that the experimenter had a rule in mind that only applied to sets of threes. The “2-4-6” rule the experimenter had in mind was “any ascending sequence”. In most cases, subjects not only formed hypotheses that were more specific than necessary, but they also only tested positive examples of their hypothesis. Wason was surprised by the large number of subjects who failed to get the task correct. The subjects failed to test instances inconsistent with their own hypothesis, which further supported Wason’s hypothesis of confirmation bias.
Wason created the Selection Task, also known as the 4-card task, in 1966. In this task, participants were exposed to four cards on a table, and given a rule by the experimenter. The participants were then told to choose just cards to determine if the rule given to them by the experimenter was true or false. As Wason expected, a majority of participants failed to answer the question correctly. Only ten percent of participants solved this task correctly. The confirmation bias played a large part in this result, as participants usually chose cards to confirm their hypothesis, instead of eliminating it.
Wason devised yet another task, called the THOG task, to further his studies in psychology of reasoning. In this task, participants were shown cards with a white diamond, a black diamond, a white circle, and a black circle. They were then given a rule, and instructed to choose which of the cards would be a THOG, which were not, and which could not be classified. The THOG task required subjects to carry out a combinational analysis, a feat an adult should be able to accomplish, using reason and logic. That being said, half of the participants answered the problem incorrectly.
Peter Wason took a rather unconventional approach to his studies. When running experiments, he took a more active approach. Although he had some lab aides, he insisted on being present when experiments were run, so he could actively watch the subjects’ behavior throughout the process. It is also said that Wason infused a clinical psychology atmosphere into his study by asking his subjects how they felt about the experiment itself, as well as the results delivered. These evaluations were recorded and placed in his papers, giving them a more personal and unique feel than many other academic papers of the time. Wason’s goal was to discover new psychological phenomena and new aspects of human behavior, and not only to test his own hypotheses.
The Psychology of Chess, (with William Hartston, 1983).
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wikipedia | The Incredible Hulk Returns is a 1988 American made-for-television superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk which serves as a continuation of the 1978–1982 television series The Incredible Hulk.
In The Incredible Hulk Returns, Dr. David Banner, a scientist who transforms into a green-skinned superhuman monster when enraged, believes that he has found a potential cure for his condition, but he is sabotaged by the inexplicable arrival of the arrogant warrior-god Thor, who has been banished from Valhalla. The two then team-up to battle a rising criminal organisation. Bill Bixby returns as Banner and Lou Ferrigno reprises his role of the Hulk. Eric Kramer makes his first and only appearance as Thor and Steve Levitt stars as Donald Blake. This was also Jack Colvin's last appearance as Jack McGee.
Dr. David Banner has been gainfully employed at the Joshua-Lambert Research Institute (as David Bannion) where he and a team of scientists are putting the final touches on a Gamma Transponder, which he intends to use to cure him of his ability to turn into the Hulk. He has not changed into the Hulk for two years since he met a young widow, Maggie Shaw, with whom he is romantically involved. By chance, he is recognized by a former student of his, Donald Blake. Blake reveals that, on an expedition in Norway, he was bound into possession of an enchanted hammer containing the soul of Thor, an immortal warrior banished by Odin to Earth. Thor is reluctantly compelled to serve Blake, who is unnerved by this. Thor damages equipment and angers Banner until he turns into the Hulk, who easily fights him off and leaves.
In the morning, Banner scolds Blake for setting back his experiment and demands that he and Thor make amends. Journalist Jack McGee hears of sighting of the Hulk and attempts to track him down. Thor laments of his banishment from Valhalla and bonds with Blake at a bar, briefly entertaining the possibility of Thor using his powers to fight crime. A criminal organisation within the Joshua-Lambert Institute seek to kidnap Banner and the Transponder, but the Hulk effortlessly dispatches them. The mob leader LeBeau targets Dr. Shaw instead of Banner. Mob members disguised as police officers ambush Banner and Shaw and kidnap Shaw despite the combined efforts of the Hulk and Thor.
LeBeau blackmails Banner into handing over the Transponder in return for Shaw's life. Banner sabotages the Transponder so it cannot be used as a weapon, removing his chance of a cure. Hulk, Blake and Thor ambush the gang's hideout and fight off a legion of gunmen to rescue Shaw. McGee is once again the subject of ridicule for his obsession with the Hulk and Thor. Blake and Banner both agree that Shaw has likely figured out that Banner and the Hulk are one and the same and that Banner should leave to protect her. Thor and Blake, now at peace with each other, say their goodbyes to Banner. Banner is forced to end his relationship with Shaw and once again leaves to find a cure.
Unlike the preceding series which was produced by MCA/Universal, this film and the following two sequels were produced by New World Television (New World was Marvel's owner at the time) and Bill Bixby's production outfit, which, in association with NBC, took over the Hulk television franchise from former broadcaster CBS.
Bill Bixby recruited Nicholas Corea, who wrote and/or directed many episodes of the Incredible Hulk TV series, to write and direct The Incredible Hulk Returns. Stan Lee was a consultant on the film. Kenneth Johnson, the creator/executive producer (and sometimes writer/director) of the TV series, was not invited to contribute to the film.
This television movie acted as a backdoor pilot for an unproduced television series featuring Thor, another Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name. Much like the television treatment of the Hulk, Thor's backstory has been altered from his original comic book appearance: while in the comics Donald Blake and Thor shared the same body and could transform by use of an enchanted cane, Thor is here depicted as being a servant of Blake and they are two separate entities, though he is still depicted as having been banished on Earth by Odin for being an arrogant and irresponsible warrior. His status as the "god of thunder" is ambiguous (though he does once claim to be the "son of Odin"), his powers are heavily limited and his hammer is not restricted by the "worthiness enchantment".
This film is the first time another character from the Marvel Universe or any genuinely supernatural or otherworldly elements appeared in the universe of the Incredible Hulk TV series. Thor and the Hulk would next appear on-screen together in 2012's The Avengers, played by Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo respectively.
The Incredible Hulk Returns was a major ratings success, outdoing even the high expectations directed to it as a reunion of the Incredible Hulk TV series.
This television film was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on May 13, 2008 along with The Trial of the Incredible Hulk as a DVD double feature. They were re-released by Image Entertainment on October 11, 2011.
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^ "Hulk Smash Television!". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
^ a b Glenn, Greenberg (February 2014). "The Televised Hulk". Back Issue!. TwoMorrows Publishing (70): 25.
^ O'Connor, John J. (1988-05-20). "TV Weekend; Incredible Hulk Meets Mighty Thor". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-10. | 2019-04-21T06:56:26Z | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Hulk_Returns | Porn | Recreation | 0.258995 |
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I got a note from a Daily Candy reader the other day. He was upset because for three days in a row, his Daily Candy newsletter hadn't come. That's permission.
Permission is like dating. You don't start by asking for the sale at first impression. You earn the right, over time, bit by bit.
One of the key drivers of permission marketing, in addition to the scarcity of attention, is the extraordinarily low cost of dripping to people who want to hear from you. RSS and email and other techniques mean you don't have to worry about stamps or network ad buys every time you have something to say. Home delivery is the milkman's revenge... it's the essence of permission.
Permission doesn't have to be formal but it has to be obvious. My friend has permission to call me if he needs to borrow five dollars, but the person you meet at a trade show has no such ability to pitch you his entire resume, even though he paid to get in.
Subscriptions are an overt act of permission. That's why home delivery newspaper readers are so valuable, and why magazine subscribers are worth more than newsstand ones.
In order to get permission, you make a promise. You say, "I will do x, y and z, I hope you will give me permission by listening." And then, this is the hard part, that's all you do. You don't assume you can do more. You don't sell the list or rent the list or demand more attention. You can promise a newsletter and talk to me for years, you can promise a daily RSS feed and talk to me every three minutes, you can promise a sales pitch every day (the way Woot does). But the promise is the promise until both sides agree to change it. You don't assume that just because you're running for President or coming to the end of the quarter or launching a new product that you have the right to break the deal. You don't.
Permission doesn't have to be a one-way broadcast medium. The internet means you can treat different people differently, and it demands that you figure out how to let your permission base choose what they hear and in what format.
When I launched my book that coined this phrase 9 years ago, I offered people a third of the book for free in exchange for an email address. And I never, ever did anything with those addresses again. That wasn't part of the deal. No follow ups, no new products. A deal's a deal.
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tripod | The following diagram shows the practical three phase diode bridge rectfier.
Figure 6. Three phase diode bridge rectifier.
A filter capacitor is connected to the dc side of the rectifier. The supply side transmission line is represented by the R and L in series. It is not very difficult to understand the operation of this circuit. The diodes are numbered according to the sequence in which they begin to conduct. Out of the diodes 1, 3 and 5 with common cathode connections, the diode connected to the highest positive phase voltage would conduct. Similarly, out of the diodes 2,4 and 6, with common anode connections, the diode connected to the most negative phase voltage would conduct. If the three phase voltage waveforms are drawn and examined, it will be easily seen that the diodes conduct in the sequence 1,2,3�and so on. Each diode conducts for 120 degrees per cycle, and a new diode begins to conduct after a 60 degree interval. The output waveform, Vd, which consists of portions of the line-to-line ac voltage waveforms, repeats with a 60 degree interval making it a six-pulse rectifier.
Figure 7. Three-phase diode bridge rectifier with nodes numbered for Pspice.
The same diode model developed for the single phase rectifier has been used here as well. The rest of the codes are straight forward. To overcome convergence problem, some initial conditions have been assigned to the inductor current and capacitor voltage.
*load resistance and smoothing capacitor.
Figure 8. Output voltage compared with the 3-phase input voltage.
Figure 8. Current through diode D1.
Figure 9. Current drawn from phase voltage V1 compared with the current drawn by the load resistor.
Figure 7 shows the output voltage compared with the input three phase voltages. By theory, we expect a six-pulse dc output. But here, the output is nearly a straight line. This is because of the effect of the filter capacitor that have been used. As expected, Figure 8 shows that a diode conducts for 120 degrees per cycle or per one period. Like the output voltage, the output current is also almost straight dc, while the shape of the current drawn from a phase voltage results from the different conduction cycles of the diodes. | 2019-04-24T23:55:39Z | http://tcdpspice.tripod.com/three_phase.html | Porn | Science | 0.635159 |
wordpress | As we mentioned in other news, the PvE Tournament will have different phases and challenges through every WoTLK raid so any kind of guild able to raid can take part (you can read a bit more about it here and here). Therefore, many players may want to participate with fresh characters to take advantage of the Attunement Challenge or there might be new ones who wish to take a quicker path in order to join/create a guild and partake in this adventure that is about to come.
In any case, we have decided to ease the possibility for everyone to join our Legendary PvE Tournament, no matter if you are a current or a new player. This way, it becomes a great opportunity to get those characters ready to start in Naxxramas and progress their way through the rest of the raids altogether in the competition.
We thought to offer it with enough time before the beginning of the PvE Tournament so players can organise their guilds, groups and recruitments while taking advantage of this holiday season. Thus this promotion will be active until the Tournament begins.
In order to use it, you just need to access your Account Pannel on the website, then click on Instant 70 and you will be shown a Free boost choice.
On the other hand, if you are a new player you will have to Apply for Free Instant 70. You will see a button in order to do so, just click on it and follow the given instructions. If any issue appears or any doubt arises, feel free to open an in-game ticket and our Game Masters will help you.
– It is totally free and you do not need to be premium.
– The free pack will contain the starting sets and a Cold Weather Flying book.
– Once you have used it over one of your characters, you can’t use it anymore.
– If you have donation points but you are eligible for the Free boost, the free boost shall have priority and no donation points will be deducted from your account.
We really hope you enjoy it, thank you very much.
We would like to give you a bit more of general information about the upcoming Legendary PvE Tournament.
1) We are working to make it as open and accessible as possible so that everyone can participate, from old players to new ones, or even those who are not yet playing in our server, we’ll give more details soon about this.
2) There will be several categories/races to participate in, this way a new fresh guild could compete with the most dedicated one for the top prizes. Players will be able to choose the path of their participation, there will be separated branches that will lead to the final results, based on each group’s decisions through each stage.
In past tournaments, we presented 2 kinds of challenges; the Speed run challenge and the Achievement run challenge (special feats proposed by us). The group with more points in total was the winner.
However, for this new version of the tournament, we have added more types of runs and phases, so everyone can join and compete while deciding which challenges suit them best for each stage/phase (no matter their current progression through the Tiers). Some will be fun, some will be hard, some will be chaotic, some will be based on random; every group chooses their path. To quickly mention few, we will present the addition of Attunement challenges, Dare challenges, Creative challenges, “Hate the GM, not the Game” challenge…etc.
We want to offer everyone the possibility to participate, compete and have a good time thanks to this more than epic tournament and of course, earn some juicy rewards while savoring again the WoTLK raids.
3) It is a big tournament, the dates are yet to be set, but it will require several IDs.
4) Even though the tournament specifics are mostly set; if anyone wishes to send us some suggestions they will be welcome. Feel free to write us an e-mail to dalaran.community@gmail.com. Any idea you think that may be fun, challenging or impressive is always good considering.
5) Everything will be published and explained properly through further news. Once we’ve announced every relevant detail, we will post a thread on the forums which will gather all the information and can be used as the main source of reference.
This is a call to arms, we are not looking for Heroes, we are seeking Legends! Tell your friends and gather your team!
We would like to mention that we have many great news to announce. However, we are going to start first by talking about the Legendary PVE Tournament we have been preparing for some time.
As you probably know, we have been hosting the unprecedented Legends of Dalaran PvE tournament for some years, which consisted in several contests (speed run / special and unique achievement run – feats we propose, nothing custom) within the available Top Tier at that moment. This time, this remarkable PvE Tournament will be for everyone, it will include different and new contests/challenges for every single raid tier, from Naxxramas to Ruby Sanctum. Therefore, no matter if you just reached level 80 and started doing Naxxramas, if you are raiding the Heroic modes of the top raids or even if you are thinking to start anew the WoTLK progression, you may participate and earn some gratifying rewards, dashing through a challenging, progressive and pre-nerf content with this competition.
We are currently finishing its shape and form – everything will be explained through further news, such as how to participate, details, dates/schedule and rewards. We are looking forward to hosting this Legendary PvE Tournament and hope that every one of you enjoys it as much as we will.
“Do you hear the screams from the Scourge under the Ziggurat? Do you think yourself strong enough to not bow down before The God of Death? Will you rise among the Champions and make your faction proud? Are you feeling the shivers when you approach The Frozen Throne? Will you dare to enter into the realm of shadows and face the Twilight?
Icecrown Citadel ID sharing system.
With this announcement we want to clarify any possible doubts that may arise with the new ID sharing system that will be present for the Icecrown Citadel raid.
The IDs will be the same for 10 Normal and 10 Heroic modes, this will also happen for 25 Normal and 25 Heroic. So, for example, if you kill a boss in 10 Normal it will not be possible to kill that boss on its Heroic version the same week.
As you probably know, in order to access The Lich King encounter you will have to defeat 3 bosses first during the same lockout: Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel and Sindragosa.
The weekly quests inside the raid will also be shared between 10 Normal and 10 Heroic, the same will happen for 25 Normal and 25 Heroic.
Remember that even if the raid is switched to Heroic mode by the leader, every player will still need to have the proper attunement in order to enter, as explained in our last new.
– Icecrown Citadel 10 Normal and Icecrown Citadel 10 Heroic will have the same ID. If you kill a boss in one mode it will not be possible to kill him in the other. The same will happen for 25 Normal and 25 Heroic.
– If you switch between Normal and Heroic difficulties, all the raid members will need the proper attunement in order to enter into the raid.
– In order to have the possibility to engage The Lich King Heroic: Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel and Sindragosa have to be defeated also on their Heroic version.
– You will have 25 attempts each week to defeat all the ICC bosses in Heroic mode. Each wipe on Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, Sindragosa and The Lich King shall remove one of the available attempts.
– If you reach 0 attempts in Heroic: Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, Sindragosa and The Lich King will stop being available this week in this difficulty.
– If you reach 0 attempts in Heroic and switch to Normal mode, you will still have the possibility to kill those bosses who were not killed already.
A) Your raid kills Professor Putricide in Normal mode and the rest of the bosses in Heroic mode: The Lich King Heroic will not be possible to engage, you will have to fight him in Normal mode. It will be the same outcome if just one of the required bosses is killed in Normal.
B) Your raid kills all the bosses in Heroic mode, but reaches 0 attempts during the Lich King Heroic encounter: you will not be able to continue with The Lich King Heroic. However, you will still have the possibility to defeat him if you switch to Normal.
C) Your raid kills Professor Putricide in Normal, Blood-Queen Lana’thel in Heroic and reaches 0 attempts while fighting Sindragosa in Heroic. You can switch to Normal mode and defeat Sindragosa, and then continue with The Lich King. But, Professor Putricide and Blood-Queen Lana’thel will not be available since those bosses were already killed, not matter in which mode. This means: those bosses killed in Heroic mode will not be spawned in Normal mode, and vice-versa.
The Trial of the Crusader will be opened in few minutes, we really hope everyone enjoys it.
We have tried to polish the scripting with the help of every Beta tester. However, there might appear some minor glitches. If anyone finds any issue regarding the scripting, please write us an e-mail to dalaran.community@gmail.comand let us know, so we can hotfix it as quick as we can.
The proper vendors shall be spawned during this night.
Remember the raid is on its pre-nerf status and the bosses are tuned in order to make it changeling to the players.
Those pre-nerf and tuned were tested already by raids with Ulduar equipment, so try to not report those things, please.
Dates and further details about the new content.
We would like to let the community know certain dates and details about how the next content is going to be released.
First of all, as you already are aware, the Trial of the Crusader raid (every difficulty on their pre-nerf status) is going to be opened this Saturday November 7th, this will happen at 20:00 Server Time. Each player will need to have completed Ulduar on normal mode in order to be qualified to enter ToC, which means you need to have achieved The Secret of Ulduar (10 players) if you want to enter into ToC/ToGC 10 man and The Secret of Ulduar (25 players) for ToC/ToGC 25 man.
We will not mention Onyxia’s Lair, as we have to perform a previous Beta Test before it is released, but you shall be updated regarding this matter once the realm first is achieved. However, as mentioned before, Onyxia’s Lair will be available around 2 months after ToC’s release.
Now, as we would like to make every release enjoyable without breaking the progression feeling, we are not going to open the Trial of the Champion dungeon this Saturday, but the November 20th. Koralon The Flame Watcher will be available with this update as well. Also because of this, the Northrend’s Heroic dungeon bosses will not drop any Emblem of Triumph yet, we will announce when they are going to after see how the guilds are progressing through the new content. Remember that in order to be entitled to loot these emblems the Keepers of Ulduar personal achievement will also be required. We shall explain everything before update Algalon with such feature. Of course, every Emblem of Triumph or item which is not supposed to be obtainable right now but it was due our mistake shall be wiped this Saturday.
The arena season ends this Saturday as well, we are going to announce the beginning of the next one and the rewards through another new. Before the next arena season starts, we are going to check every wintrading report in order to exclude them from the rewards and the season itself, so we can perform the proper punishment.
Due the massive amount of suggestions that we have received through tickets and e-mails about reconsidering the entrance requirement for ToC, we have decided to accept them. So, in order to access ToC/ToGC 10, each player shall need to have achieved The Secret of Ulduar (10 players) and The Secrets of Ulduar (25 players) for ToC/ToGC 25.
However, as we want to have a healthy and active patch, we will be open to suggestions during the next content’s progression. As always, we are really thankful to every player who respectfully presents his opinion thinking the best way to improve the server.
As you probably have already noticed, almost every day we are performing a maintenance in order to deploy several fixes, exploit corrections and other preparations before the incoming ToC release.
We are trying to perform them during the off-peak times with the minimal shutdown time as we can. We are also announcing them through our social media (Facebook and Twitter) and within 15-30 minutes in advance in the live realm, so everyone can stay tuned about what is going on.
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indiana | BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University will host a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday, April 8, to signify the start of construction on the 85,000-square-foot Jacobs School of Music Faculty Studio Building.
An architect's rendering of the new Jacobs School of Music Faculty Studio Building.
Presiding over the event will be the Trustees of Indiana University, IU President Michael A. McRobbie, IU Bloomington Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson and Jacobs School Dean Gwyn Richards.
The building will be constructed on the northeast corner of Third Street and Jordan Avenue. The facility is expected to provide technologically and acoustically superior teaching and practice facilities to rival any music school or conservatory in the world, while also marking the entrance to the university's music, fine arts and performing arts district.
The project also involves an addition to the west side of the Musical Arts Center that will accommodate about 20,000 square feet consisting of three large rehearsal rooms, a storage area, an audio control room, music technical shops and common spaces. Both additions are intended to complement the Jacobs School's existing facilities.
The new Faculty Studio Building will contain 84 studios for faculty and assistant instructors as well as seminar rooms, administrative offices, graduate student spaces, mechanical support space and a faculty lounge.
The estimated cost of the entire project is $44 million and is supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc..
The dedication will take place under a tent on the site (1415 E. Third Street, Bloomington, Ind., 47405).
A reception will immediately follow the ceremony. The groundbreaking precedes the world premiere of the opera Vincent April 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 8 p.m., commissioned in celebration of the founding of the IU Department of Music in 1910. | 2019-04-20T06:53:37Z | http://info.music.indiana.edu/news/page/normal/17875.html | Porn | Arts | 0.883728 |
wordpress | Hello everyone! I haven’t blogged in quite a while and just thought I would share this quick post with you.
Today, I noticed my aunt had a list of three things she was thankful for as her status on Facebook. Shortly after I read this, she had another status nominating myself and three others to do the same.
When I went to make my status of 3 things, it was a wonderfully welcome reminder of the infinite blessings I have in my life. Life can get hectic and become monotonous sometimes, which can make us forget how the little things in our lives are actually so momentous (like growing up in a country free from war, or having free healthcare and education, or simply the family and friends that you have missed out on saying “I love and appreciate you” in a while).
I just hope this little post can get you to stop and think about all of the great things you have in your life for even a minute. Such a simple exercise can make a world of difference in your attitude and outlook on the day. I know I feel refreshed, peaceful, and appreciative – can’t wait for the next 2 days to come so I can continue to feel this little happiness boost.
I encourage anyone reading this post to share this little slice of positivity with others! I am thankful that social media can be used to brighten others’ days. Now, go forth and be thankful!
P.S. After the three days, I will be sure to put my nine thankful for’s at the end of this post!
Awesome post that lets you step into the mind of a child for a brief moment. It makes me sad, however, that, as adults, we have grown out of asking questions like these because they are commonplace and accepted.
We are creating future artists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, chefs, musicians, carpenters, electricians, economists, activists, teachers and citizens!
Hi loyal blog readers or any newcomers who have just stopped by for the first time!
I have been saving up a list of things to chat about and finally got around to it! So brace yourself for a bunch of totally unrelated items that have crossed my mind since I last posted. Warning: LONG POST!
1. A little preamble: I am currently working at the Affinity Credit Union in my hometown this summer (more about this under item #3)- and I LOVE it! All the staff there are unbelievably friendly, welcoming, and all-around nice people! That’s what makes it so easy to go to work every day.
Anyways… One day, one of my co-workers (let’s call her Rachel) mentioned that a member (let’s call her Miranda) told her she got a job interview at a financial institution. Rachel noted what a friendly young girl Miranda is, but said she almost wanted to tell Miranda to take her lip ring out for her interview, otherwise she surely wouldn’t get it.
This encounter made me, as my ECS prof would be proud to hear, go “Hmmm…” And not in regards to what Rachel said, because I can agree that she’s right: people don’t associate piercings with professionalism. And THAT is what made me go “Hmm…” Why does society automatically look down on individuals that have rainbow-coloured hair, dark makeup or piercings (and I can’t lie, I myself do this because it is so far from my personal style, not to mention piercings make me cringe because of my intense fear of needles – haha)?
All of the labels like ’emo’ and ‘goth’ have given society as a whole a negative view on people who sport these personal style choices. When you think about it, it’s a bit silly to think of people as unsuitable for a job simply because of a nose ring or their purple hair. It’s like not hiring me because I chose to wear a necklace that day, or a green shirt.
These choices have no effect whatsoever on how hardworking, trustworthy, etc, etc, etc a potential employee is. And just because hair dye and eyebrow rings didn’t exist ‘back in the day’ we think that they are inappropriate for a job interview? That, my friends, seems just a little bit wrong. If I choose to keep my hair brown and my face unpierced, that is my choice, but it doesn’t make me better suited for a job than someone who didn’t choose the same. I wouldn’t want to get a job based on that fact. And we shouldn’t expect people to change their appearances in order to be accepted. I am not going to dye my hair blonde and start wearing lipstick to get a job. And someone with green hair and a tongue ring probably doesn’t want to have to change their appearance, either!
What do you think? Why does society have such a bad view of piercings, dyed hair, etc?
Note: I can understand having to take your piercings out when it is a safety hazard. For example, I used to work at Subway and employees couldn’t have their facial piercings in while working because they were considered ‘an open wound.’ But in a job outside of the food industry, why does it matter?
2. This item is about a comment I got on my Ten Tree Apparel post (see my last post from May 22, “ten tree gets a zero out of ten from me”) that sparked my thinking in a different way.
I won’t quote anything the commenter said but the gist was: You made a good point until the very last piece where you used the word ‘twig’ to describe the models. Derogatory terms should be eliminated for girls who are slim as well as curvy.
I had to admit, I was a bit disheartened that someone had something that wasn’t purely positive to say about my remarks, but I can also admit that this person was 100% right. While I meant the line “just because your brand is named 10 tree doesn’t mean your models all have to be twigs, because all women aren’t,” to be a play on words with the company name, it truly is derogatory towards thin girls.
It isn’t just the girls that are larger than the models in magazines that are negatively affected by the fashion industry: it is also the slim girls! They get called names like ‘anorexic’ simply for being naturally thin, and that isn’t fair anymore than a girl who can’t help being larger than celebrities on the television. I was frustrated that someone had criticism for my post, but I am glad that this person spoke out and made me realize that I was being a hypocrite in an unintentional way. I won’t turn down a chance to learn and expand my horizons! So thank you, to my critic. You have helped me grow as a person!
3. As I mentioned previously, I am working at Affinity Credit Union as a summer student. I am a Member Services Representative (MSR, or, as most people know us as, tellers) and so far, it is going really well!
And while I really like my summer job, it has also reinforced my passion for education. I can truly say that even after trying out a compelling job, I wouldn’t change my future plans for the world. A couple of people on staff have asked in passing if I will end up working at ACU forever, and I just have to smile because, while I can truly say it’s a desirable work environment in every aspect, nothing can sway me from my plans as a teacher.
4. One of my coworkers has a young boy who has some learning challenges and struggles with reading. She mentioned one day last week that she was hoping to hire a tutor this summer and I immediately said “Pick me!” because I have tutored a boy the same age for the last two summers and loved it!
Thankfully, she agreed to entrust her son’s precious little mind to me, and I am already super excited to get started! I have been in contact with his homeroom teacher and am going to meet to chat about his needs. I always like to have a little get-together with their teacher to talk about any resources they may suggest, or get activities that the child was working on in class time and could be continued throughout the summer, as well as any general comments or suggestions.
If anyone reading this has any suggestions, I would gladly soak them up, so chime in, please! It would be greatly appreciated! I will hopefully post some of my plans/ideas later on when my schedule is a little more solid, so stay tuned!
I am staying at my grandparents’ house in Saskatoon tonight as I have a 2-day training course here for ACU. We were just coming back from supper and a girl was knocking on their door. After one glance, I realized that I recognized her from a volleyball camp we both attended 4 years ago! I didn’t want to say hi in case she didn’t recognize me (which happens A LOT to me – once I meet you once I won’t forget your face! And I creep a lot of people out because I know who they are, but they don’t know me haha). Fortunately, she recognized me right away and we had a really good chat, which totally made my day!
The whole experience just left me thinking what are the chances that… she was working for Sask party and knocking door-to-door in Saskatoon, she was at my grandparents’ house just as we got home, I just happened to be in town ONLY for tonight because I am working at Affinity and had my training in the city?
It was just one of those moments where you have to take a step back and go… ‘Wow!’ Life is truly so amazing because its twists and turns can work out in such mysterious ways. It makes me so excited to see what life has in store for me behind some crazy twists and turns!
This is an age old problem for young children. It happened when I was that age, it clearly still happens today and, unless some technology comes around that tags your personal items to you genetically, it will happen in the future. It is also difficult to address because you can’t accuse either child of lying.
I have come up with a way to solve this dilemma through PREVENTION, so that rather than having to deal with it, you can hopefully discourage it from happening altogether. It is called the “mine” monster.
“Has anyone here ever heard of the mine monster? No? Well, let me tell you, he is a sneaky little creature that likes to take children’s belonging and call them his own. And once he steals something from you, you will probably never get it back.
Has anyone heard the word “envy” or “jealousy” before? Do you know what it means? Yes, you’re right, it is when someone wants things that other people have. That is what the mine monster has – jealousy. He takes your things and then squeals “IT’S MINE!” (in a silly voice) and he runs away to his hiding place and you can never get your stolen item back! He is very sneaky, so you have to watch out for him!
Did you know that people can become mine monsters sometimes? Yes, it’s true. When we see someone else has a sparkly pencil or a brand new ball cap that we like, we may want to take it from them so we can have it. But that is NOT right. That is jealousy. And we can’t take other people’s things and call it our own. Because we don’t want to be a mine monster, do we? No, of course not!
So how can we stop the mine monster? First, we can make sure that our name is on our things, so everyone knows who it belongs to. Second, if we like something that someone has, like a special box of markers or a toy, we can’t take it from them, but we can ask them nicely if they would let us try it if they are not using it. That is called sharing, and it makes the mine monster VERY mad because he hates sharing, because it is a nice thing to do.
I just thought this was a cute little idea that you could do with your class to prevent kids from taking things that aren’t theirs. Maybe you could even ask the class if they wanted to see what the mine monster looked like and have a little sock puppet or something you could put on your hand and go around the classroom saying “I’m on a hunt, what will I find? A _____________ (ex. red pencil case, box of crayons, etc, etc, etc.) that is mine!” (and take something from a student’s desk in the mine monster’s “mouth!” That would be sure to get your point across).
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livejournal | so much for the snow warnings?
After class this morning I had to walk over to the IMA to renew my locker (basket) before the deadline. Since I'd been so lazy about signing up for credits, I didn't get my U-PASS and registration until last night. At last, I can stop fearing that bus drivers will notice my out of date stickers! While I was there, I swam until I cracked my toenail open making an especially sloppy turn.
Rather than bleeding in the pool, I called it a day and limped to catch a bus back to work, where I hung around for a few distraction-filled hours. On the way, I finally made it into Red Line and was pleasantly surprised -- both with the quality of the food and with the overall interior atmosphere. I took my food to go since I was already running late, but it seems pretty decent.
Carole, Carolyn, Jeff, and I met in Pioneer Square for some art walking. With the winter weather, none of the street vendors were around; so we looked at expensive pretty things in the galleries. We are not especially talented in the criticism department -- discussing differences between tacky and gaudy and determining whether certain pieces were too Pier One. This is not to say that there weren't many good specimens on display. The live/work spaces were mostly closed though, which was sort of disappointing. Even the Live Girls were on vacation.
After gawking at a screaming building (a broken steam pipe?), we had dinner in a cozy booth at Trattoria Mitchelli, where we were joined by Atri, Carole's fiancé. It turned out to be a long dinner. We tried to assist in the wedding planning and made fun of some of the worst movie previews of the season. Because of Winn-Dixie is probably our anti-favorite (with Constantine a strong contender).
I agree 100%. The sad thing is that I think that they re-did the exterior before opening. A total failure.
I think that ehy could change some little things on the outside to make it less offensive, but I'm not exactly sure what. | 2019-04-20T12:22:32Z | https://joshc.livejournal.com/457244.html?thread=1013788 | Porn | Arts | 0.950072 |
livejournal | I keep thinking back to 1996, when I worked at National TechTeam in Harper Woods. Next cube over from me was Rob Baulsch, an intelligent but laid-back plaid-clad skater kid with a propensity for malapropism.
We'd all seen Pulp Fiction about a thousand times, of course, and everyone knew that The Wolf was a total badass. The Wolf knew how to get things done, even when people were somewhat less-than-cooperative.
It should have come as no surprise, then, when during a rapidly-escalating exchange with a technical support customer, I heard Rob say, in his best The Wolf impression, "Sir, I don't mean to sound coy with you, but if you follow these steps we can get your Lexmark printer working again."
Naturally he meant curt. I don't think he was making passes at the frustrated fellow on the other end of the phone line. I can't help but think, though, that maybe the customer was one of those people that, not knowing curt from coy, simply understood the tone in which it was voiced and started listening to the true master of Lexmark troubleshooting do his job.
I wish I could remember some of Rob's other wonderful vocabulary mishaps. He was never at a loss for words because he could always bend one to suit his meaning. He was never misunderstood; his intent transcended mere words.
Malapropism was nominated, but did not make the cut, for Merriam-Webster's Top Ten Favorite Words of 2004. | 2019-04-23T00:53:10Z | https://cherdt.livejournal.com/52182.html | Porn | Business | 0.766909 |
wordpress | It is really an amazing thing to realize that the way we think and especially the way we think about ourselves, is usually what we become in life. If we go around thinking that we will never be anything in life or accomplish anything in life, we never will. If we go through each day with a gloomy outlook on life, we will get exactly that, a gloomy life. It is a choice to have a happy attitude or a sad or depressed attitude. It is all in our hands. We control our attitudes.
I like being around cheerful people. Cheerful people are happy people, they have a certain way about them and individuals want to be around a happy person. On the other hand, gloomy people way you down, there is a heaviness in their personality and their sadness sometimes rubs off on a person. Let’s choose to be a cheerful person today, make someone smile today, tell a joke to a friend or family member and try to make them laugh. Cheerfulness is contagious, and so is sadness. Choosing to be cheerful in all circumstances enables us to be content in every situation. We have many things in our life to be cheerful about. Think on those things! | 2019-04-24T10:37:23Z | https://thoughtsfromamustardseed.wordpress.com/category/cheerful/ | Porn | Society | 0.161107 |
wordpress | There is no doubt that you have seen “the boy” at many places- that small boy playing cricket on the road with his buddies; that average teenage boy doing crazy stuff to impress his girl; that college boy who is physically present in his class but mentally he is in a world of thoughts where he is thinking about his pointless life, and many a times that boy looks into mirror and talks to himself….
I am going to write about an average life of such a boy who is none other than myself and I hope you will get it from the root of emotions in your heart.
When the boy was small, anything was possible for him. With a blanket behind him, the boy would have become superman, with a broom he would become a wizard. He believed in himself and he was just him, a haapy, innocent boy. There was no fear of failure.
When the boy stepped into teenage or in his formative years of life, the boy gets interest in vivid sports and music or some artistic stuffs. He dreams of becoming an artist or a well known musician. But his parents enroll him in mathematics and science fields instead. The boy is told that marks scored in X and XII board exams are all that matters. His life becomes mechanical. And with the passing time he starts loosing his belief in himself. Suddenly he gets fond of sad music and four walls of a room is the only relaxing place for him where he starts thinking. He unknowingly tries to enroll himself in a sadistic enviornment created by his own thoughts about negativity of the world.
There is another face of his teenage, the face of love and friendship. Though the boy sees a lot of girls as he grows up, there happens to be one special girl. He loves that girl so much that a small smile on her face brings butterflies in his stomach and twinkling stars in the hot afternoon sky.
But for some reason, it never lasts. The girl misunderstands the boy and their realtionship breaks, before it even actually begins to exist. But every time the boy thinks of her, his heart beats two times as fast.
Meanwhile, when all this is happening he was studying in XI standard. Beacause of some reasons he left his school and joined a college for doing a diploma course in engineering and later plans to pursue a degree in the same. He slowly gets disconnected with his friends, his place and the shades of memory of that special girl also gets lighter with passing time. The boy gets busy in his life.
Then he pursues engineering but his enthusiasm slowly decreases. Thanks to Indain education system, where scoring more marks is more important than actually understanding the concepts and doing that practically.
Overtime, he realises what is right and what is not. At one point the boy realises that he has grown up. And on a random jobless day, the boy just thinks what if he was still a kid or had pursued a career in sports or arts or ….
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sfgate | Amos Blackmon’s town house in Danville is close to the epicenter of one of the largest earthquakes that have shaken up the East Bay community over the past week.
Amos and Carla Blackmon have been front and center for all the action this week.
Their one-story town house sits right next door to a spot in Contra Costa County where, as of Tuesday afternoon, the largest of 250 quakes over the past week was centered. That’s what they’ve been told by the earthquake experts at the U.S. Geological Survey.
“It’s unbelievable that they’ve tracked it to here,” Carla Blackmon said.
The ground around them has been shaking since Oct. 13, when the growing swarm of quakes began. The quakes — ranging from the hardly perceptible magnitude 0.8 to a more robust 3.6 — have been occurring every few minutes to every few hours, rattling residents in the surrounding communities, particularly San Ramon.
That is the city closest to a branch of the Calaveras Fault that also runs near the Crow Canyon Country Club neighborhood where the Blackmons live in nearby Danville. And that’s where the largest of the tremors shook the ground Monday.
The Blackmon’s gated community — with a lush golf course and dotted with manicured lawns — showed no signs Tuesday of the 3.6 magnitude quake that had struck late afternoon the day before. But among the swarm, that one, they said, was the most memorable.
The couple’s home and belongings have sustained no damage from the week of multiple quakes, but Carla Blackmon’s nerves weren’t so fortunate.
But seismologists say residents of the area have little to worry about. The Calaveras Fault is simply releasing tension, and the chance for a big quake — one stronger than magnitude 6.7 — is low, about 7 percent within the next 30 years.
A swarm of 120 small quakes, she noted, shook the area back in 2003.
Still, the latest swarm has unsettled the people who live there. Down the street from the Blackmons, Marcie Diffenderfer found herself in a state of suspense over the quakes. She works from home and has felt several of them.
“You kind of just sit and ask yourself when is it going to happen again,” she said.
Monday’s 3.6 magnitude quake felt like a car hitting the side of her house, she said.
Doug Waiswilos, manager of the Costco store in Danville, said the quakes have been good for business. Customers, he said, have been coming in to stock up on everything from fire extinguishers to flashlights to bottles of water.
Meanwhile, Skye Devivi, an employee at the local Sprouts store, told how one of the quakes shook her out of bed.
“It was like someone grabbed me up and shook me,” she said.
Devivi has lived in the San Ramon area for more than 30 years, and while she remembers some big quakes, she doesn’t recall any time when there have been so many short, sudden shakes over such an extended period.
“It kind of makes me feel like something is coming,” she said.
But some residents believe all the buzz about the quakes is overkill.
Gabriel Deleon said no one he knows is too concerned.
Still, many residents seem to be taking this swarm as a warning sign.
Francine Garcia, who lives in neighboring Danville, said she’s used the quakes as an opportunity to call everyone in her family to tell them to update their emergency plan, just in case a big quake is coming.
It never hurts to be prepared, she said. | 2019-04-26T15:38:41Z | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Is-San-Ramon-quake-swarm-an-omen-or-no-big-deal-6580420.php | Porn | Business | 0.531927 |
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wordpress | After months of researching and writing, today I can finally reveal the project on which I have been working. The 80’s Annual is a fun mix of everything we loved back in the day, combined with news and views from 80’s artists on 2016 and beyond. As a huge fan of the decade, I have endeavoured to put together something I would want to read, so I’m hoping it will appeal to all you 80’s fans too.
A full-colour retrospective of the year, with more than a nod to the teenage magazines of the era, The 80’s Annual embodies the excitement felt by the generation who grew up receiving an annual at Christmas. Featuring celebrity commentary on 80’s popular culture, 20 Question interviews, Top Tens, with contributions from Bruce Foxton, The Selecter, Johnny Hates Jazz, Musical Youth, Londonbeat, Then Jerico, Phil Fearon, Brother Beyond, Modern Romance, John Parr, Paul Hardcastle, Hazell Dean, Steve Blacknell, Garry Bushell, Matthew Rudd and more. Not forgetting the obligatory cheesy photo story, 80’s fiction, crosswords, puzzles, and quizzes including Lyrically Challenged, Pop Quiz and Which 80’s Group Are You? The 80’s Annual offers the perfect combination of nostalgia and new. A great read for every adult 80’s child. Going back to the 80s has never been so much fun!
The 80’s Annual will be published by New Haven Publishing on 1st November, and is currently available for pre-order from Waterstones. | 2019-04-20T20:32:27Z | https://myeighties.wordpress.com/tag/bruce-foxton/ | Porn | News | 0.930521 |
ncsu | I would like to tell you that every time I teach there are epiphanies all over the room, and that you can hear the angels sing, but that would be lying, so I won’t tell you that. But I will tell you that the closest I’ve ever come to experience such moments is when I let my students find the answers for themselves, and share those insights with each other. Peer-to-peer communication is the most effective teaching tool I’ve ever found, and the most elusive. But what if you could harness it? What if you could bottle it and let your students open the bottle as needed? What if you could- on demand- let students tell other students about the things that they have found and let that be the kindling to a much bigger peer-to-peer fire? That’s what I’ve used YouTube for.
In the interest of being perfectly honest from the very start, I am not a big technology expert. I am not even a little technology expert. I barely know how to get by using my computer and my super-smart cell phone. However, I do know a whole bunch of people who are experts in the latest technology, and a lot of those experts happen to be some of the students taking my classes…and the folks at DELTA. This is the story of how I was able to get help from both of those talented groups of people to create a YouTube channel that is being used to teach organic chemistry laboratory concepts at NC State and in some other very interesting places.
Three years ago I was teaching one of my organic chemistry lab sections and explaining to my students how to use one of the many instruments in the teaching labs. I was tired of delivering the same explanation for the third time that week (and that was a light week), and mused out loud to my students that I wished there was better way to deliver that content, maybe a way in which they could instruct other students. They rushed to point out to me that –duh- there was a better way, and that –duh- they could help me with that: all I needed was a YouTube tutorial. I –duh- took them up on their “offer” to help me create such a thing, and that is how we got started.
The project took shape in a most organic fashion. Since the students were volunteering their time, they empowered themselves with creative freedom, but were nice enough to give me veto powers as far as the content was concerned. Within two days of our initial conversation, a team had been assembled, and a massive social media survey was underway. It turns out that asking a simple question like “what would you like to see in a chemistry lab video” on Facebook can bring you hundreds of responses in minutes. Most of those responses can be distilled into a few principles, which guided our initial efforts: no jokes, no music, keep it short; let the students do the work. A month later we uploaded our first instrumentation tutorial to YouTube, completely scripted, produced, shot, acted, voiced, and close-captioned by students. It was an instant success.
We learned a lot from that first experience, and we spent some time assessing the way in which students were using that initial video. We found that there were tangible learning gains when laboratory students were able to watch a tutorial made by their peers (1). We received such positive feedback that we went on to create other tutorials, came up with a name (S.M.A.R.T. Student-Made Audiovisuals Reinforcing Techniques) and I was able to get the attention of DELTA in the form of a large course redesign grant.
My association with DELTA took this project from the parochial realm of a few volunteer students to a serious production (with people who actually knew how to do things properly) and our YouTube channel to the next level (with NC State branding and flashy animations). DELTA team members (lead by the formidable Cathi Dunnagan) bought into the idea of this student-generated product and worked hard to preserve that peer-to-peer information distribution model. Together we expanded our YouTube playlist to include a total of 28 videos that span topics ranging from instrumentation to technique to safety, and everything that a student needs to be successful in our organic chemistry labs.
We didn’t stop there, but moved on to assessment. In a very original effort, we used 360 spherical video to collect video of lab sections with and without student-generated video supplementation. A review of the lab footage showed that treatment groups invariably completed the lab in less time than the control groups and were, in most cases, less dependent on explanations from their TAs in the subjects covered by the videos. Follow-up survey results show that most students (80% of respondents) found the videos to be valuable aids when completing the lab.
(1) JORDAN, J.T., BOX, M.C., EGUREN, K.E., PARKER, T.A., SARALDI-GALLARDO, V.M., WOLFE, M.I., AND M.T. GALLARDO-WILLIAMS. 2016. Effectiveness of student-generated video as a teaching tool for an instrumental technique in the organic chemistry laboratory. Journal of Chemical Education. 93(1): 141-145. | 2019-04-23T00:51:27Z | https://delta.ncsu.edu/news/2016/03/01/s-m-a-r-t-ways-to-teach-using-youtube/ | Porn | Science | 0.986512 |
wordpress | Librarians… are you aware of this? If no, READ!
I will not even pretend to be an expert on this issue, but I would like to share some links which have been floating around some social media circles regarding the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Michael Geist is sounding alarm bells regarding the proposed act. The vote has been delayed until January.
This is a good, fairly neutral video which will provide an overview of the effect of the bills application will have on websites which are targeted.
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wordpress | The central role of asceticism in Roman religious and philosophical life has often been obscured by scholars of western civilization who assume that asceticism is primarily a Christian phenomenon in the West.
Long before the emergence of Christian asceticism, however, many Roman philosophers of a wide variety proposed sophisticated systems of ascetical formation. The ascetical agenda of the Cynics is well attested both in ancient and modern literature. But there were other systems as well.
Musonius Rufus and Epictetus, his student, both present diatribes ‘concerning asceticism’ in which they lay out their own system of asceticism. James Francis’s study of the Roman ascetics of the second century shows the pervasive interest in matters ascetical among a wide variety of Romans, including the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
The later Roman philosophical ascetics Plotinus, Porphyry, and Iamblichus build on this long tradition of Roman ascetical theory and further develop systems of asceticism by blending Stoic and Cynic interests in Neo-Platonic philosophical categories.
These all attest to the emergence and development of Roman ascetical systems long before the more thoroughly researched Late Antique Christian systems. | 2019-04-20T12:34:23Z | https://honorthegodsblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/the-central-role-of-asceticism-in-roman-religious/ | Porn | News | 0.343879 |
utoronto | 5Tanks creep and topple forward to the wire.
8Men jostle and climb to meet the bristling fire.
13Flounders in mud. O Jesu, make it stop! | 2019-04-19T00:22:47Z | https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/attack | Porn | Reference | 0.424161 |
typepad | Team Berryman is Dan, Marina, Michael & Steven Berryman...we are insanely passionate about sharing the Gospel - the Good News - with the unreached people of Burundi, Rwanda & Tanzania. It is our pleasure and privilege to mobilize, equip and lead North American teams on short-term missions with e3 Partners Ministry. We'd love to have you partner with us in this incredible opportunity for ministry we've been called to do.
Financial Partners - regular, monthly supporters along with one-time donations are all an integral part of our ministry. 100% of our salary comes from the generous support of our Financial Partners. All donations are made directly to E3 Partners Ministry and are tax-deductible. If you'd like to support us financially, we'd love to meet with you to share our vision for East Africa and beyond and how you can be a part of God's work through us. Please contact Dan or Marina and we will set up a meeting time & place that's convenient for you!!
Ministry Partners - a major part of our job is to mobilize North American Christians to join us on church-planting campaigns. These "missionary journeys" will not only result in a spiritual harvest, but a personal, spiritual renewal and awakening! If you're ready for a faith-filled adventure, we'd love to have you join us on our next campaign! Come with us as we take the message of salvation, hope and love to the ends of the earth!
Prayer Partners - we are SO grateful for the faithful prayers of our prayer team! We have witnessed firsthand the power of prayer while sharing the Gospel in Africa. We've watched prostitutes and drunks and refugees and the elderly and the young pray to receive Christ, not because of our eloquence or giftedness in sharing the Gospel, but because of prayer. Check out the Prayer Partners page for updated prayer calendars along with current prayer requests.
Always amazed when we arrive with all our luggage in Africa! Part of the fun of arrival is when we cram most of our stuff into a car then start adding people into the car and then finish cramming the rest of the stuff in. The car this time was a cute little Rav4. We stacked & shoved & loaded in all 350 pounds of baggage. Then when we were just about all in, the car key was nowhere to be found. Searched everywhere, the ground, under the car, unpacked most of the bags...Dan sat in the car patiently, somewhat unable to move or breathe then finally he un-wedged himself from the stuff and came out to join the search...surprise -- he had been sitting on the key the whole time!
PRAISE GOD: Protection, provision, mercy all in abundance during 2 days of travel!!
God is doing some amazing things in Zanzibar. Keep praying for seeds to be planted and sown, for the churches in Zanzibar to be strengthened and encouraged, that they would be committed and passionate about sharing the Gospel now that they have been trained and equipped by Dan and his team, that they would faithfully disciple all believers, and that ultimately God would grow His church and be greatly glorified!!
The following is Dan's daily chronicle on his current short-term mission trip with e3 partners to Zanzibar. He posts to Facebook via Twitter (@daninreallife). I copied all his Tweets and pasted them into paragraph form for easier reading.
Last time I wore these pants I was leaving the USA. I wore them for the next 17-days. Yes, they're like a good friend. Boarding Group 1! Does this nullify my "mission" trip? Need to fly across USA then Atlantic then Europe then the Sahara then a little more. Still waiting to board. Need to go back to gym, bags are all too heavy. Going to Africa. Landed in Chicago waiting for connection at Manchu Wok, why? Tradition! On flight leaving USA, need to turn twitter "off". I can send, get DM's, get text, but can't afford to listen to all of you. Miss you guys! In Chicago & London, experiencing cross cultural dress. People carry large, bulky clothing. They call these items "coats". Strange. The American team has assembled. We are 3 strong. Zanzibar, here we come.
Made it to Nairobi. Best all around flights ever. Thank you, United Airlines & Kenya Airlines. 1 more flight to Zanzibar. Leaving Nairobi, home of the world's hottest airport. I'm sweating like a dog in Chinese restaurant. Arrived in Zanzibar w/ all our bags. Bags look a little looted. TSA took my can of Raid, but we're in business to plant churches. Staying at a hotel in Zanzibar that used to be the slave market. Carried 60-pounds of scripture tract & gospels to Zanzibar. I had booklets in suitcase, carryon, pockets.Pray Isaiah 55. Wow, a tourist bus full of white people pulled in front of hotel (old slave market). Hope they don't think I'm part of interactive show. Woke up from sound nap dazed & confused. Rushed to opening ceremony. I'm an hour early. Wished I'd brushed my teeth or ate a pack of gum.
Pastor's story: his sister converted to Jesus, as muslim it was his duty to kill her, thru a miracle & sister's testimony he comes to Jesus. The influence of 1% Christian population ended slavery in Zanzibar. I have a new love - Spice tea. In Zanzibar, 1st man prayed for Jesus as crowd made fun of him. Just shared my lunch (bag of peanuts) w/ children around church. Tanzanian children very well mannered unlike rest of Africa. Need prayer for health, not well in Zanzibar. Also, pray for new Christians & the muslims who mock them. 1st day in Zanzibar 168 heard the story of Jesus, 35 professed Jesus as Lord. Hard to do when all your neighbors are muslim.
Slept good last. Many crazy dark dreams. Best dream was of ice cream sundays & shakes. Rod this is a prophetic dream. See you at BR [Basking Robbins] in Dec. Zanzibar lunch yesterday: hand wash (village water) no towel, no tools just fingers, ate w/ wet hands, OOPS! & my 1st coconut (whole thing). Today In Zanzibar, shared Jesus w/ 79 people, all muslim. 1 man was an iman. None accepted Jesus. Muslims wanted proof Jesus is God or a miracle. Pray that God will speak to the people of Zanzibar in dreams & visions. Thank you for prayers. My health has improved! In Zanzibar, no new Christians attended Bible studies but 1-church new Christians came undercover of darkness. Spent night in prayer & study. Spoke in church using Pastor Jim's notes from last week: Eph 2:4-10, Acts 18:28, Gal 2:20. God is good & provided me a message.Praying for my USA church services in Phoenix: Harvest Bible Chapel & Christ Lutheran. Miss you guys. In Zanzibar church buildings are good construction, but churches are few & members very few. Most Christians came from outside Zanzibar. At 1-church only Pastor's family, 1-American + 3-Korian missionaries showed up. Why? Fear. Muslims burned pastor's house 3-days ago.
Spoke at 2nd church Zanzibar today, 7 people attended. We met in house, we prayed, sang, took an offering & preached. In Zanzibar we have worked w/ 9-churches, shared Jesus w/ 382 people & 107 have put faith in Jesus.Zanzibar: major rain this am. Hot, humid pm w/ major bug plague. We ate at tourist stop along sea wall. Fresh sea food all crawling w/ bugs.Confession: found Internet cafe near hotel during break Sunday, spent my 1st 30-min adjusting NFL fantasy team. Sorry. Got strange "green" drink for breakfast in Zanzibar. Hmm. What is it? Blah, blah, blah? Oh, it's avocado juice. Didn't know it was a drink.
Working at a house church in Zanzibar that muslums regularly stone during prayer - worship services. Someone just prayed to make Jesus Lord of their life in Zanzibar. God is good! Found a group of Christians. We gave them gospels of Matthew. They dug right in. I thought some finished book before we left. Prayers are being answered, people in Zanzibar are trusting in Jesus for salvation. Muslims called after us for prayer. God is glorified.Came across rare Christian family, they were born & baptized Catholic, sent kids to Lutheran school, learned that Jesus was the Way to God. In Zanzibar, my translator was busy, praying w/ convert. Woman came to us. I gave pastor e-cube. He started sharing Jesus. She prayed too. Zanzibar Pastor has not given me the evange-cube back. He keeps sharing Jesus.
Dan and Auzelio (both are church planters with e3 partners ministry) have been stranded in Burundi for nearly a week due to the volcano eruption in Iceland. It seems rather ludicrous that an event so far away from central Africa could have such a huge impact on their travel plans, but it has derailed their travel plans along with the travel plans of so many other travelers around the world. I've posted tons of updates from Dan at http://rockthedesert.typepad.com, including a couple of letters he sent and most of his Tweets (twitter - @daninreallife).
I spoke to Dan this morning - he said that they might actually arrive back home sometime on Saturday - that's good news for him and for us! Please pray for safe travel and zero delays in getting home. Auzelio has run out of blood pressure meds, so pray that he gets home with minimal medical consequences. We are thankful that God has redeemed this extra time on the ground they've had in Burundi. We know that He is at work in Burundi. There is a continuous spiritual battle there. But God will be victorious. We praise God that He is in control and that He is shining His light into the darkness. God is building His church in Burundi and the gates of hell will not prevail against it!!
Stories of our 2nd week in Africa continue. Trisha’s PowerPoint tells the impressions of a 25-year old woman visiting Burundi.
You can find a lot of these stories on Marina’s personal blog http://rockthedesert.typepad.com/. There’s a whole section devoted to Africa stories and a link that also takes you directly to Team Berryman’s “website.” Marina is updating the blog every couple of days with new stories from our 25 day adventure, so keep checking back…and please leave a comment or send an email in response to what you read – we love to hear feedback!!
Right now we are busy planning our next two church planting trips – Burundi (with medical component) in November 19-29, 2009 & Rwanda (with water well component) in January 7-17, 2010 – we hope you’ll consider joining us – we are so excited about these trips and hope you’ll catch the vision and be a part of what God is doing in Africa sooner rather than later!!
If you do not want to receive these updates please reply back to me. I will be sending out 3-6 updates about this trip, then I will start sending notices about our upcoming November and January trips.
https://www.e3partners.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=30189. At the bottom of this page check “I would like to give to an e3 staff member…” then enter our names Dan & Marina Berryman…Thanks!
How’s your summer going so far? Have you been able to escape out of the heat, visit family, relax with friends, re-charge & rest, fire up the grill, swim ‘til you’re pruney, and overdose on watermelon & popsicles?
Team Berryman spent 25-days this summer in Africa on 3-different, consecutive, church planting campaigns. We’ve got so many stories of God’s redeeming love to share with you!
One of our team members, Tricia, joined us for the entire 25-days. She is 25 yrs old, Chinese-American, a Texas Longhorn, school teacher and loves missions. She has a unique perspective and summed up each campaign in a power point. I’ve attached one of her power points to help convey our collective experiences.
Right now we are busy planning our next two church planting trips – Burundi (with medical component) in November ‘09 & Rwanda (with water well component) in January ’10 – we hope you’ll consider joining us – we are so excited about these trips and hope you’ll catch the vision and be a part of what God is doing in Africa sooner rather than later!!
We've already had a crazy-busy year with 2 trips to Africa so far and 4 more to go before the end of the year!
The following is a letter we just sent out to our prayer partners along with our summer prayer calendar. We hope you'll read this, view/print the prayer calendar and commit to praying for us this summer...if there's anything you'd like for us to pray about, please let us know - this is not a monologue but a conversation that we want to include you in...thank you for letting us serve you in this way! P.S. if you want some Ethiopian coffee beans mailed to you as a prayer reminder, we'd be glad to ship those off asap - just let us know!
Team Berryman is gearing up for its first-ever back-to-back-to-back church-planting campaigns! We depart for the heart of on June 24. Dan will lead 2 separate campaigns in Burundi and 1 campaign in Rwanda.
The Burundi teams are small but ready to take on the challenge! We will have some unique ministry opportunities at an orphanage and hope to be a blessing to the local pastors during a 1-day pastor-to-pastor conference.
The Rwanda team includes 7 students who have been praying, raising support and preparing for this trip for many months. We anticipate that God will use them to minister to fellow students along with many adults and children. This team also has a representative from Water4Rwanda who will join us in evangelism as well as meet with local leaders to plan and discuss drilling water wells in the near future.
(1) A prayer calendar – on the back of this letter, there’s a detailed calendar for you to post where you can read it daily. We hope to accomplish a lot of things in a short amount of time....please commit to partnering with us in prayer on a daily basis if you can!!
(2) A small bag of coffee beans from Ethiopia – Marina brought these home from Africa just last week – we hope that you’ll enjoy the heady, earthy aroma of these freshly roasted beans and that when you brew up a pot of coffee, you’ll think of us and take a minute to pray for our team members and the God-sized mission we’ve been called to in Burundi and Rwanda!
Thank you so much for your prayers – when we partner together in prayer God is glorified. He alone can and will accomplish great things in us and through us!
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sfgate | Inexpensive painting tools can create believable wood grain patterns.
Faux painting is a craft that takes some time to master, especially when trying to simulate something as complex as wood grain. If you don't have the time for trial-and-error, you can get reasonably predictable results by using a paint comb and a wood-graining rocker. These two inexpensive tools are available at paint stores, and you use them to create a pattern with a glaze on a base of acrylic paint. You'll get the most authentic-looking grain pattern by using wood-toned paint and glaze, but you can also use the tools to create Art Deco patterns with primary colors.
Remove the cabinet doors and lay them on a flat surface. Remove all the hardware from the doors and the cabinets with a screwdriver.
Sand the cabinet lightly by hand with 220-grit sandpaper to etch the surface of the laminate. The purpose of sanding isn't to remove the finish, but to etch it so the primer adheres. Sand the doors separately.
Prime the cabinet and doors with an oil- or water-based wood primer. Choose a product that features strong adhesive properties over one that covers stains, if you have to make that choice. It's important for the primer to bond with the surface of the laminate. Let the primer dry before continuing.
Paint two coats solid semi-gloss latex finish with a paintbrush. Choose a color with a woody hue, such as beige, sienna or umber, if you want to replicate the appearance of wood.
Mix equal parts clear acrylic glaze and latex paint with a darker hue than that of the base coat. Roll the mixture onto one side of the cabinets or one of the doors with a 4-inch roller.
Run the paint comb along one edge of the surface, holding it at a 45-degree angle, starting at one end and pulling it in a straight line all the way to the other end. The comb pattern gives you a discrete starting point for the rocker, which makes the faux grain.
Set the rocker on one end of the surface with its edge overlapping the comb pattern and draw it in one continuous motion to the other end. Use this basic motion to create most of the pattern.
Draw the comb along the edge of the rocker pattern whenever you want to create the impression of a separate plank. Another way to vary the pattern to give the same impression is to draw the rocker in the opposite direction.
Let the glaze dry and then protect it with a coat of clear polyurethane varnish so it doesn't chip off and ruin the wood-grain effect.
Paint all the sides of the cabinet and the cabinet doors in the same way.
Although it doesn't take as much skill as painting wood grain, you still need to get the hang of using a rocker. Practice on a scrap piece of plywood.
If you make a mistake, you can erase it by simply spreading more glaze.
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wikipedia | Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler was composed in 1901 and 1902, mostly during the summer months at Mahler's holiday cottage at Maiernigg. Among its most distinctive features are the trumpet solo that opens the work with a rhythmic motive similar to the opening of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, the horn solos in the third movement and the frequently performed Adagietto.
The musical canvas and emotional scope of the work, which lasts over an hour, are huge. The symphony is sometimes described as being in the key of C♯ minor since the first movement is in this key (the finale, however, is in D major). Mahler objected to the label: "From the order of the movements (where the usual first movement now comes second) it is difficult to speak of a key for the 'whole Symphony', and to avoid misunderstandings the key should best be omitted."
The score appeared first in print in 1904 at Peters, Leipzig. A second "New Edition", incorporating revisions that Mahler made in 1904, appeared in 1905. Final revisions made by Mahler in 1911 (by which time he had completed his 9th Symphony) did not appear until 1964 (ed. Ratz), when the score was republished in the Complete Edition of Mahler's works. In 2001, Edition Peters published a further revised edition (ed. Reinhold Kubik [de]) as part of the New Complete Critical Edition. This edition is the most accurate edition available so far.[according to whom?] Previous editions have now gone out of print.
is followed by a somber, funeral march (the primary theme).
The march is twice interrupted by a calmer secondary theme.
and leads into the first theme.
Rehearsal mark 5, marked im Tempo des ersten Satzes "Trauermarsch", introduces a theme accompanied by the sighing motive and a repeated quaver motive from the beginning of the movement.
Later, another return to the Tempo des ersten Satzes: Trauermarsch, brings a return to the Secondary Theme of the first movement. A triumphant choral breaks forth but dissolves into a return of the tragic material of the opening of the movement.
The central scherzo develops several waltz and ländler themes.
The final rondo is a contrapuntal tour de force. Several of the themes evolve out of the fragments heard in the opening measures. The last movement also utilizes themes from the Adagietto as well as the chorale from the second movement.
The symphony is generally regarded as Mahler's most conventional symphony that he had yet written, but from such an unconventional composer it still had many peculiarities. It almost has a four movement structure, as the first two can easily be viewed as essentially a whole. The symphony also ends with a rondo, in the classical style. Some peculiarities are the funeral march that opens the piece and the Adagietto for harp and strings that contrasts with the complex orchestration of the other movements.
A performance of the symphony lasts around 70 minutes.
Performed by the Virtual Philharmonic Orchestra (Reinhold Behringer) with digital samples (Garritan Personal Orchestra 4). Tempo is slightly faster than usual, at duration 8:44.
The fourth movement may be Mahler's most famous composition and is the most frequently performed of his works. The British premiere of Symphony No. 5 came 36 years after that of the Adagietto, conducted by Henry Wood at a Proms concert in 1909.
und meine Liebe, meine Wonne!
I cannot tell you with words.
can I with anguish declare.
It lasts for approximately 10 minutes, and Mahler's instruction is Sehr langsam (very slowly). Mahler and Mengelberg played it in about 7 minutes. Some conductors have taken tempos that extend it to nearly 12 minutes (viz. recordings by Eliahu Inbal, Herbert von Karajan, and Claudio Abbado), while Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic performed it in 9 1⁄2 minutes. The shortest recorded performance is from Mengelberg (Concertgebouw, 1926) at 7′04″. The longest commercial recording is Bernard Haitink (Berliner Philharmoniker, 1988) at 13′55″. A recording of a live performance with Hermann Scherchen conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1964 lasts 15′15″.
Leonard Bernstein conducted it during the funeral Mass for Robert F. Kennedy at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, on 8 June 1968, and he also briefly discusses this section along with the opening bars of the second movement in his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures from 1973.
Although the Adagietto had regularly been performed on its own, it came to popular (i.e. non-classical) prominence in the 1971 Luchino Visconti film Death in Venice. In that film, the lead character was modified from the novel's original conception of writer to that of composer, with elements in common with Mahler. Since then, the music has been used across many fields, from advertising and figure skating to television and further film uses, easily making it the most familiar piece of Mahler's musical output.
Mahler wrote his fifth symphony during the summers of 1901 and 1902. In February 1901 Mahler had suffered a sudden major hemorrhage and his doctor later told him that he had come within an hour of bleeding to death. The composer spent quite a while recuperating. He moved into his own lakeside villa in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia in June 1901. Mahler was delighted with his newfound status as the owner of a grand villa. According to friends, he could hardly believe how far he had come from his humble beginnings. He was director of the Vienna Court Opera and the principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic. His own music was also starting to be successful. Later in 1901 he met Alma Schindler and by the time he returned to his summer villa in summer 1902, they were married and she was expecting their first child.
Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 and 7, which all belong to this period, have much in common and are markedly different from the first four, which all have strong links to vocal music. The middle symphonies, by contrast, are pure orchestral works and are, by Mahler’s standards, taut and lean.
Counterpoint also becomes a more important element in Mahler’s music from Symphony No. 5 onwards. The ability to write good counterpoint was highly cherished by Baroque composers and Johann Sebastian Bach is generally regarded as the greatest composer of contrapuntal music. Bach played an important part in Mahler's musical life at this time. He subscribed to the edition of Bach's collected works that was being published at the turn of the century, and later conducted and arranged works by Bach for performance. Mahler's renewed interest in counterpoint can best be heard in the second, third and fifth movements of this symphony.
World premiere: October 18, 1904, Cologne – Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by the composer.
United States premiere: March 24, 1905, Cincinnati – conducted by Frank Van der Stucken.
Belgian premiere: March 5, 1906, Antwerp – 'Nouveaux Concerts' conducted by the composer.
Of Adagietto only: August 31, 1909, London – conducted by Henry Wood during a Proms concert.
Of complete work: October 21, 1945, London – London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Heinz Unger.
After its premiere, Mahler is reported to have said, "Nobody understood it. I wish I could conduct the first performance fifty years after my death."
Herbert von Karajan once said that when you hear the symphony, "you forget that time has passed. A great performance of the Fifth is a transforming experience. The fantastic finale almost forces you to hold your breath."
^ Willem Mengelberg's conducting score of Mahler Symphony No. 5. Handwritten quote of the poem on page 178, Adagietto. Nederlands Muziek Instituut.
^ Henahan, Donal (9 June 1968). "Protestant and Catholic Songs Mingle With Symphonic Music" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
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wordpress | If you saw my last post about this national embarrassment, you will recall that I mentioned his book in which he admits to a strategy of “truthful hyperbole” (which is perhaps more accurately rendered: “plausibly-deniable hyperbole”).
It is clear enough that trump has spent a lifetime managing his success in this manner; he is a con-man. He tells people what they want to hear in order to manipulate them into making the incorrect decision to trust him. He has admitted this in his book, and here he is admitting to withholding the truth in order to keep people in a more easily manipulated state of suspense.
Now, this isn’t, of course, unheard of in modern politics. The Clinton campaign assuredly acts similarly. However, what we have here is a choice between a candidate in whom we have absolutely no demonstration (much less assurance) of substance behind the manipulation. In fact, we have evidence that he has failed repeatedly upon gaining the improperly-placed trust of his past business partners. We know by his own admission that he does not read, much less on issues of national or international import, and that he considers himself to be his best consultant.
Sadly, after decades of political disputes between candidates threatening the disastrous outcomes looming at the hands of their opponents, I’m afraid we’ve lost the capacity as a nation to recognize a genuine threat. Even when the very party that nominates a candidate is fractured to an unprecedented degree over support for him, with those who do not support him making it clear that they are in agreement with his opponents that he is an entirely incompetent, unacceptable choice for the leader of the free world, the country remains largely divided over standard party lines.
Trump is a national disgrace, wholly unfit for the office of President of the United States.
HRC is a hard-working, respectable person who nonetheless ruins and/or damages situations with a sort of greedy arrogance.
Also, the email scandal was/is legit to the extent that HRC was intentionally circumventing department regulations in the same way that Colin Powell did before her.
All of this seems to me to line up well with what we (should) have already surmised, as well. The fact that we have an intelligent insider’s opinion on these matters which seems entirely in line with the available facts should strongly support the conclusion that the only rational choice before Americans in this election is HRC.
It is not fun to have to choose a candidate with serious and known flaws, but her competence and hard work seems unquestioned, and though she may arrogantly stumble on occasion, the former characteristics are of extreme importance when faced with an opposing choice that, by every single account, lacks them entirely.
I really, really hope America doesn’t make the obviously wrong choice this time around. It is hard to imagine that the consequences of such a failure will not be severely bad for the country. | 2019-04-20T21:05:51Z | https://bluehatrecord.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/a-flawed-politician-vs-a-career-charlatan/ | Porn | Society | 0.368986 |
wordpress | As Hurricane Sandy crawls through the Washington, DC area, and the kids clamor for yet another game of Who Shook Hook?, now seems as good a time as any to prepare a thoughtful post on the Maryland Dream Act. As a Washington DC resident, I don’t get a vote in Maryland even though, to paraphrase the former Alaskan governor, “I can see Maryland from my house.” Of course, that has never stooped us from having an opinion and I hope that all of my Maryland friends support Question 4, the so-called Maryland Dream Act next Tuesday.
The Maryland Dream Act, if passed, would allow certain undocumented youth resident in Maryland to pay in-state tuition at public universities and institutions in the state of Maryland. According to the Washington Post, “Under Maryland’s Dream Act, students who can prove that they have attended Maryland high schools for at least three years and that either they or their guardians have filed state taxes would be allowed to enroll at community colleges at in-state rates. Those who attain an associate’s degree or 60 credit hours could transfer to a four-year institution. At the University of Maryland, annual tuition is $7,175 for in-state students, compared with $25,554 for out-of-state students.” Obviously, the savings for undocumented youth is substantial.
The Maryland legislature passed the Maryland Dream Act in April 2011 and Governor O’Malley signed the bill. However, opponents gathered sufficient signatures to put the law to a referendum. That effort created Question 4 on the ballot next Tuesday.
Opponents believe that, by offering undocumented youth in-state tuition, more undocumented youth will attend public institutions, which will lead to fewer American citizens getting coveted spots at those universities. True enough- if this passes, more undocumented youth will attend public institutions and, yes, it is possible that some number of American citizens will get the limited slots for admission. It strikes me, however, as profoundly un-American to suggest that American citizens are bound to lose in any competition with undocumented youth. After all, they have been competing with them all their lives. These undocumented youth did not just spring out of Mexico. They grew up here, attended Maryland schools, pledged allegiance to our flag alongside their native born classmates, played on their soccer teams, and danced at their proms. Every step of the way, they competed with their classmates. This is something that every kid growing up in a multicultural Maryland is already used to.
Opponents seem to be scared of this competition. For all the rhetoric of free markets and competition, opponents favor stacking the deck. This belies a disturbing lack of confidence in American born students. What is truly remarkable about this is that young people overwhelmingly support the Maryland Dream Act. Those who have the most to lose, so to speak, support the Maryland Dream Act. This is because they know these undocumented youth and have attended school with them for several years. They are already used to their presence and see how their lives have been enriched and the competition has been upped. In America, we have always believed that competition is a good thing, that better competition leads to better results and, as usual, it is the kids who get this better than the adults.
There is also a moral dimension to the legislation. These kids came to the U.S. through no fault of their own. They have lived in our communities, attended our schools and have accepted the American Dream. Providing them with in-state tuition is a recognition that they are part of our lives and our communities. It is giving them the same rewards for their hard work and achievement that is provided to those who through random luck were born in the U.S.
Finally, the long-term economic benefits are clear. After these kids graduate from school, they will have better opportunities and better jobs. Some will start businesses, some will conduct ground breaking research. All will pay much more back in taxes than the tuition break they received.
The good news is that this message is winning. The latest Washington Post poll shows that Question 4 is likely to pass with over 58% of the electorate. This is not to say that anyone should be complacent. Opponents are determined. Some may remember that the presidential candidacy of Texas governor Rick Perry was already on the rocks even before his “oops” moment. Perry was destroyed in the primaries by his support for in-state tuition for undocumented youth in Texas. Mitt Romney accelerated his path to the nomination by labeling the Texas Dream Act an “inducement” to illegal immigration. Opposition to the Maryland Dream Act remains firm and committed and not to be underestimated.
If you live in Maryland, please vote for Question 4.
Jennifer Cook is one of the founding partners of Benach Ragland. In fact, the firm was nearly Benach, Ragland & Cook, but we decided that law firms these days were going for shorter names, like Duane Morris or Dewey LeBoeuf (Wait, not that one!) Plus, Jen, unlike the other founding partners, does not have a monstrous ego that requires constant feeding. But make no mistake, Jen is essential to this firms’ operation and activities. Jen’s organization, thoroughness and commitment to creative and zealous representation and client service keep us all on track and our clients’ needs at the forefront. And, as a former environmental lawyer, Jen not only organizes our practice, she also multitasks by being in charge of our extensive recycling program at BR.
Other than a spell (6 year spell!) of California fever, Jen has made Washington her home since she came to Georgetown as an undergraduate. A devoted Hoya, she attended Georgetown law. Before dedicating herself full-time to immigration law a few years ago, Jen spent a decade at Duane Morris in the environment and energy practice. Doing this work, Jen learned the ins and outs of federal agencies. She dealt with them on administrative matters and sued them to protect her clients’ rights. Sounds a lot like what we do. Her experience makes her a savvy and skilled advocate who can find her way around a labyrinthine statute and agency. Getting warmer to immigration! However, Jen, a warm and outgoing person, missed the human element in her work. Representing utilities and trusts is not the same as representing nannies, laborers, and families. In immigration law, success is measured in dreams achieved: the ability of a family to stay together, an education for a farmworker’s daughter, freedom of expression and to be who you are. It is manifested in hugs, tears of relief, jerk chicken, Diwali sweets, and spicy enchiladas. After finding that Thomas Ragland and Andres Benach needed help with some of their work while at Duane Morris, Jen threw herself into immigration law, with characteristic gusto and doggedness. Pretty soon, Jen was driving to see clients in immigration detention, attending immigration interviews and haggling with judges over bond.
Jen took to immigration like a fish to water. She presented a demeanor that clients knew that they could trust. In one of her first cases, she was able to gain the trust of a Ugandan client to tell her that he was gay. He was in his thirties and had told no one of his sexual orientation. Jen helped him to gain the strength to make this admission to his conservative family. His admission saved his life as he was able to seek protection from deportation on account of the horrendous treatment of homosexuals in Uganda. If it were not for Jen’s perceptive questioning and her warm and approachable demeanor, he may have carried that secret to an early grave. Jen also did the heavy lifting in our federal court naturalization case, Abusamhadaneh v. Taylor in which a federal judge in a 90 page decision found that the government was wrong to find that our client lacked good moral character. While Thomas Ragland and Denyse Sabagh were in the spotlight, Jen did the hard work of reviewing the materials, digging through the record, and finding the facts that led the client to victory.
A marathoner, Jen knows about endurance, pacing herself and keeping at a goal that may seem far out of sight. Jen takes inspiration from the travails of our clients. Immigrants take risks by leaving their country and embarking on a dangerous journey for the hope of a better life. Jen left a comfortable practice and took a risk by starting a new venture in the hope of a life with more meaning and deeper human connection. All of us at Benach Ragland are enriched because she did, as is our clientele.
In September 2008, our client Y— pled guilty and was convicted of attempted sexual battery in violation of Va. Code §18.2-67.5(c), sentenced to 11 months imprisonment (all suspended), plus 1 year of supervised probation. In March 2010, he was arrested by ICE and sent to Hampton Roads Regional Jail. DHS charged him with (1) aggravated felony “sexual abuse of a minor” and (2) CIMT within 5 years of admission. He appeared for four consecutive master calendar hearings, during which the government sought to introduce new evidence and just delayed the proceedings, before the family hired us the day before the fifth MCH. We stayed up late preparing a lengthy motion for bond redetermination, arguing that his offense did not qualify as an aggravated felony, thus he wasn’t subject to mandatory detention and should be released on bond, and we filed and argued it the next day. The IJ agreed, rejected the aggfel charge, conducted a bond hearing, and ordered Y— released on $10K bond. The very next day, DHS not only appealed the IJ’s bond order, it also invoked the “automatic stay” under 8 C.F.R. §1003.19(i)(2) in order to prevent our client from bonding out of ICE custody.
Certain that Y— was not subject to mandatory detention, we promptly filed a writ of habeas corpus in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, challenging our client’s continued custody under the automatic stay provision. We argued that 8 C.F.R. §1003.19(i)(2) is ultra vires to the statute, because it grants DHS unchecked ability to override an IJ’s bond decision under INA §236(a), without having to demonstrate why continued detention is warranted. At the next MCH one week later, DHS relented and withdrew the automatic stay. The family posted bond and Y— was released from ICE custody after a 2-month ordeal. But DHS persisted with the bond appeal, insisting that our client’s conviction was an aggravated felony.
The Board of Immigration Appeals disagreed (BIA Decision – redacted.) The Board agreed with us that under the categorical approach, Y—’s conviction is not an aggravated felony because the Virginia statute under which he was convicted lacks an element requiring that the victim be a minor, or specifying the age of the victim. The BIA then remanded the case to the Immigration Court. Having lost on the aggfel charge, DHS turned its focus to the CIMT ground of deportability. The government argued that although neither the categorical nor the modified categorical approach reveals that Y—’s offense is a CIMT, under Step Three of Matter of Silva-Trevino, the IJ should consider evidence from outside the record of conviction that purportedly demonstrated our client’s conduct was morally turpitudinous.
In October 2011, we filed our first motion to terminate, arguing that Silva-Trevino was wrongly decided because it conflicts with Fourth Circuit law, Supreme Court jurisprudence, and decades of adherence to the traditional categorical and modified categorical approach. DHS did not respond. After the Fourth Circuit rejected Silva-Trevino in Prudencio v. Holder, 669 F.3d 472 (4th Cir. 2012), we filed a supplemental motion to terminate based on intervening precedent. Again DHS did not respond, so we filed a notice of non-opposition, urging the IJ to rule on our long-pending motion to terminate. On the day of Y—’s next MCH in May 2012, DHS filed its brief in opposition, arguing now that attempted sexual battery in Virginia is categorically a CIMT. Despite having previously conceded that moral turpitude could not be discerned until Silva-Trevino Step Three, the government now urged the court to find that Y—’s conviction is a CIMT at Step One, because “moral turpitude is intrinsic to all offenses that have a realistic probability of being prosecuted” under the Virginia statute.
We filed one more lengthy brief in opposition, challenging the government’s categorical argument, maintaining that application of the “realistic probability” test articulated in Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007) – which was adopted by Silva-Trevino – was improper, and noting that DHS cited no authority for its contention that every conviction under Va. Code §18.2-67.5(c) is inherently a moral turpitude crime. Again DHS did not reply, and we anxiously anticipated a ruling at the next MCH in November.
But the IJ was finally persuaded and apparently didn’t need to hear any more. He granted our motion to terminate, found that DHS had failed to sustain its charges of removability, and terminated proceedings. After a 2½ year struggle, including seven hearings in Immigration Court, a failed DHS appeal to the BIA, habeas corpus proceedings in ED Va., and numerous rounds of briefing and re-briefing, we finally prevailed. Our client can now move on with his life, refocus on work and family, and put this agonizing chapter behind him. A very satisfying victory for the Benach Ragland team.
The CIS has announced that a major change to the way that it processes waivers for unlawful presence will be finalized by the end of the year. This change has the potential to help thousands of immigrants married to Americans but unable to adjust status in the U.S. to regularize their status.
It has always been one of the worst parts of being an immigration lawyer. I meet a young couple- an American citizen and her foreign-born husband. They may have a kid or two. Maybe the kid is running around the office or quietly munching on pretzel sticks. The couple works and owns a small house. They want to know if she can get him a green card. I already am fairly certain I know the answer because the questionnaire they filled out in advance of the meeting has told me most of what I need to know. He entered the country illegally (“without inspection”).
Under US law, an individual who entered the United States without inspection is ineligible to obtain adjustment of status to residence in the United States. Even if they are married to a U.S. citizen. Even if they have American children. No matter how long they have lived here or where their entire family resides. There is an exception, however. If someone- a family member, an employer- filed an immigrant petition on behalf of the foreign national prior to April 30, 2001, they will be “grandfathered” under the old 245(i). This provision allowed an individual who had a basis for residence, such as a U.S. citizen spouse, to adjust his status in the U.S. to permanent resident by paying a $1000 fine. As a provision of law, it was brilliant: it allowed thousands of people to fix their status, kept families together, and allowed employers to sponsor needed workers. All while providing a substantial sum to the U.S. Treasury. As brilliant legislation, it was, of course, doomed. It was eliminated in 1998, revived briefly between December 2000 and April 2001 and has been buried since. The law does provide that anyone who was the beneficiary of a petition filed prior to April 30, 2001 and was physically present in the U.S. on December 20, 2000 can continue to claim the benefits of 245(i).
The grandfathering provision, while beneficial, does little to solve the situation of the couple described above as most of these people have entered the U.S. long after April 2001. This couple has two options. First, they can choose to do nothing. The husband can remain in the shadows, fearful of removal, unable to get work authorization, decent work, health care or a driver’s license. Second, they could elect to try their hand at seeking residence through processing an immigrant visa at a U.S. consulate in the husband’s home country. This option would require the husband to return home and to apply for a visa abroad. But, aha! By departing the U.S. after having been here illegally for more than a year, the husband has subjected himself to a ten year bar on returning to the U.S. The consulate would have to deny the immigrant visa for a period of ten years. The law does provide for a waiver of the ten year bar. If the applicant can prove that denying him an immigrant visa would cause his U.S. citizen wife “extreme hardship,”the ground of visa ineligibility may be waived by the consulate and a visa issued. But this waiver may only be sought after the immigrant visa is denied. In other words, the husband must proceed abroad, apply for the visa, get denied and then apply for the waiver, all with no guarantee that he will be able to return in less than ten years. Thus, it may come as no surprise that many people choose the first option, as unappealing as it is. Only people with the strongest evidence of hardship would take that gamble.
The Obama administration is trying to do something about this catch-22 situation. The administration has proposed to move the processing of these waivers from the foreign offices to the U.S. Most importantly, they will process these waiver applications before people proceed abroad. This minor procedural change will have an enormous impact on the lives of thousands of immigrants and their families. By knowing in advance that they will be able to return, scores of immigrants will step out of the shadows to regularize their status by seeking waivers and immigrant visas. With the uncertainty of being able to return and prolonged separation from loved ones and employment eliminated, many immigrants will be able to take important steps to improve their situation.
The provisional waiver process is only available to the beneficiaries of “immediate relative” petitions. These are the spouses, children (under 21), and parents of U.S. citizens.
Individuals in removal proceedings will not be able to seek provisional waivers.
It can only waive unlawful presence. Although waivers are available for certain misrepresentations and crimes, those waivers may not be sought provisionally.
There will be a biometric requirement.
There is no appeal/ reconsideration mechanism, for denied provisional waiver applications.
The April 2012 regulations are proposed regulations and not yet in force. By law, an agency must provide the public with an opportunity to comment on any proposed regulations. In May 2012, the American Immigration Lawyers Association submitted extensive comments in an effort to improve on the provisional waiver process. The latest information is that CIS has reviewed all the comments and is working on a final rule which they intend to publish before the end of the year.
Despite the imperfections of the proposed rules, this change in waiver processing has the potential to help thousands of immigrants, their families, employers and communities. Many people have always been able to demonstrate extreme hardship but were too worried about the potential of being stuck abroad for ten years if the case did not go well. Even if it was approved, waiver processing has usually required at least a year abroad for the applicant. By being able to depart abroad to seek a visa with the security that he will be able to return, the new rule will allow thousands of immigrants to resolve their status and generate additional stability and tranquility in their lives.
I live in the 9th Circuit and aged-out. Does Osorio mean I should apply for adjustment?
Since we wrote about the landmark victory for undocumented youth in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Cuellar de Osorio, we have been inundated by the following question: I think this covers me, should I apply for adjustment of status now? The answer, like so many legal answers, is the perpetually unsatisfying “it depends.” We have prepared this information to help you understand the issues and make a decision about whether applying is appropriate for you. However, this stuff is complicated and one size does not fit all. We strongly suggest that anyone contemplating applying for adjustment of status based upon Osorio consult with a reputable immigration lawyer.
Do I live in the 9th Circuit?
The Ninth Circuit is the judicial district that covers a large section of the American west. It includes the following states: California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Guam. The Osorio decision is federal immigration law in these states. Immigration officials are obligated to follow the law of the circuit in which the office sits.
Who does the Osorio decision help?
The Osorio decision may help you if you were, as a child, the beneficiary of an immigrant petition for your parent (“derivative beneficiary”), but aged-out of eligibility by turning 21 before you could apply for your residence, and a new petition has been filed on your behalf. Osorio held that an aged-out derivative beneficiary can reclaim their earlier date in the new petition. So, for example, your grandmother filed for your mother, when you were sixteen. The petition was approved, but you and your mother could not apply for residence until the filing date became current. By that time, you were 22 years old. Your mother would have been able to adjust to residence, but you had “aged-out” of eligibility as the immigration law no longer considered you a child. At that point, your mother may have filed a petition for you as the unmarried daughter of a permanent resident. That petition, under the law prior to Osorio, would have gotten the date that your mother filed the petition. All that waiting on your grandmother’s petition would be lost and you would go to the back of the line of unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents. Under Osorio, you would be able to transfer the date of your grandmother’s petition to your mother’s petition and be eligible to apply immediately for residence.
So, how do I know if I am in the Osorio class?
A new petition filed and approved on your behalf.
Is that all I need to apply for adjustment of status?
A current priority date. Check!
If you entered without inspection or violated your nonimmigrant status, you are ineligible to adjust status in the United States, unless you are grandfathered under INA 245(i). INA 245(i) forgives these transgressions for the paltry fee of $1000. However 245(i) expired on April 30, 2001. Only people who were the beneficiaries of petitions or labor certifications filed before that date can get the benefit of 245(i). In addition, potential 245(i) beneficiaries must also show that they were physically present on December 20, 2000.
OK, I have all that, should I apply?
Well, it remains to be seen what the Citizenship & Immigration Service will do with the Osorio decision.
I thought you said that it was the law and CIS had to follow it?
Very simplistically, that is true. However, the government could choose to appeal or seek rehearing of the decision. In such a case, the government could ask a court to stay implementation of Osorio. The government could also instruct the CIS to simply hold the cases in abeyance until the CIS can come up with a plan to administer these cases nationwide. While such delay may not be entirely legal, an applicant who felt that her case was being delayed improperly and for an unreasonable amount of time would have to bring a lawsuit in federal court seeking to compel CIS to make a decision. A court will not entertain such a lawsuit until the application has been delayed for several months as the statute only provides a cause of action for “unreasonable delay.” Thus, it is not yet clear how CIS will react to these cases and how they will process them.
Is there any precedent for how they may react?
Yes. Osorio is not the first case to reach this conclusion. The Fifth Circuit reached the same decision in Khalid v. Holder in 2011. Anecdotal evidence is that the CIS has recently begun to adjudicate and approve cases that were filed on behalf of people covered by Khalid. Initially, cases were not being adjudicated, but as of July 2012, we have heard about approvals.
What are the risks of applying?
The risk of making yourself known to the government is always the same. The government will place you into removal proceedings and an immigration judge could order you deported. This is obviously a worst case scenario, but it is a possibility whenever you apply to CIS for a benefit. That being said, we do not think that that is a extremely likely outcome for the following reasons: (1) you may be able to apply for adjustment before the Judge, who is not bound by any bureaucratic inertia from CIS; (2) CIS’ guidelines about placing individuals into removal proceedings discourage putting people into proceedings when they are denied benefits unless they have criminal records, have been involved in immigration fraud or are security risks; and (3) many would-be Osorio beneficiaries are DACA eligible and benefit from the greatest amount of favorable discretion.
In addition, there is a risk of losing money and having dashed expectations. An application for adjustment will cost about $2500 in filing fees, which would not be returned if the case is denied.
Talk to a lawyer. Understand the decision, your application and the costs and benefits of seeking adjustment and come to an educated decision.
Thirty four days before the Presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney has expressed a position on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has been in place since August 15. In an interview with the Denver Post, Romney stated that if he were elected President, “The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that the visa would continue to be valid. I’m not going to take something that they’ve purchased.” He also said that, although he would honor the work permits and deferred action grants, he would not issue any new ones after his inauguration.
This is certainly welcome news, but the wording of Romney’s support is worrisome. First, I can not help but think that there is some sort of dog whistle to the anti-immigrant crowd in there. By stating that the President is allowing people to “purchase visas,” Romney alludes to a common wingnut belief that the President is simply selling visas to whomever can come up with $465. A common hallucination against DACA is that there is going to be extensive fraud and we will never know if we are helping the real DREAMers or whether we are giving status to criminals and terrorists. I wonder if Romney is consciously indulging this fantasy. Second, Romney views this as entirely transactional. He makes no mention of the compelling circumstances of DACA applicants. He views this as something that people have purchased and not as a program meant to shield a deserving class of youth from the fear of removal. People deserve this benefit, in Romney’s worldview, because they have paid for it, not because of the circumstances of their arrival and their potential to contribute to our society. By linking the program to a financial transaction, Romney undermines the moral validity of the claim to civil rights for the DREAMers. Third, it is not a visa. Come on, get it right. You are running for the Presidency not for the Topeka School Board. Get your terms and facts straight. I suppose the error can be easily explained by the fact that Romney’s number one immigration adviser is Kris Kobach, who rarely gets anything right on immigration law.
Romney also said that, at the end of the two years that DACA grants are good for, “Before those visas have expired we will have the full immigration reform plan that I’ve proposed.” Romney is dangling major immigration reform. Of course, we have no idea what his plan is or how he plans of getting it through a Congress that has been ceded to the likes of Steve King and Jeff Sessions. The Republican party, with the help of certain feckless Democrats, has repeatedly stymied even the most sensible immigration reform. Remember the DREAM Act passed the House and got 55 votes in the senate, which would have been enough had the Republicans not filibustered it. Romney is attempting to woo Latinos by blaming the President for the failure to pass immigration reform between 2008 and 2010. This fantasy argues that since the Democrats had a a filibuster-proof majority in both houses during that time (which is not strictly true- there was the Specter conversion and the Kennedy death) and failed to pass immigration reform, that a Republican president and a Republican Congress would do better. Hogwash. Republican President Bush could not get the wingnut portion of his party to support immigration reform and, since his first day in office, President Obama faced a Republican minority committed to defeating him and using the filibuster to prevent anything from happening in Congress. Now, they have the chutzpah to imagine that Republican obstruction had nothing to do with the failure to get immigration reform. While, we believe that most reasonable people reject this, it is disappointing to see otherwise astute observers of the political scene fall for this.
Time to go, Sheriff Joe!
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet Paul Penzone, a Phoenix police officer for the past 21 years, who is running for Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Now, ordinarily, I don’t have a lot of interest in races for Sheriff in a state I have never lived in. However, this is a special race because Paul Penzone is running against incumbent Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the 80 year old Bull Connor of our time.
There is scarcely enough time to go through all of the outrageous abuses of power attributed to Sheriff Arpaio. Just last year, the Justice Department released the findings of an investigation into allegations of abuses of power, racial profiling, and jailhouse abuse by Sheriff Arpaio’s department. The Department concluded that Sheiff Arapio’s department had a “a pattern or practice of violating the United States Constitution.” Sheriff Arpaio has been known to terrorize the Latino community in Phoenix, Arizona, using posse-style raids into the community to round up suspected undocumented immigrants. The Justice Department called the racial profiling by the department the worst instance of racial profiling to date. Arpaio’s program to target immigrants is not about safety but rather about animosity against Latinos. Arpaio has said, of his anti-illegal immigration efforts, “Ours is an operation where we want to go after illegals, not the crime first…It’s a pure program. You go after them, and you lock them up.” The Justice Department sued Sheriff Arpaio’s department in May 2012.
The terrorization of the Latino Community by Sheriff Joe has made Phoenix a less safe place than it was when the Latino community felt that they could have contact with the police that would not likely result in their incarceration. Where people are afraid that the police will arrest them because of the color of their skin or their accents, they do not report crimes, call in tips or otherwise help the police, resulting in a less safe community. When this is combined with Arizona’s SB 1070 “papers please” law, the trust between the community and the police has been eviscerated. This is the status quo in Maricopa County and what is most disturbing about it is that Sheriff Joe’s ideas are catching on. Several states have enacted SB 1070 style statutes and, although courts, have generally voided most of these laws, the rough justice of Sheriff Joe has inspired copycat efforts by other wannabe sheriffs, who are drawn to Sheriff Joe’s iconic status among the hateful right. This iconic status, however, comes at the expense of real policing which requires deep bonds of trust between the community served and the police department.
Paul Penzone gets this. While he would get my attention simply by not being Sheriff Joe, Penzone plainly articulates the costs of Sheriff Joe’s reign of terror and speak passionately about building back trust in the Latino community. Mr. Penzone ran a program called Testigos Silencios (Silent Witness) which was instrumental in catching two serial killers and provided the Latino community with an opportunity to interact with the police in a constructive way. It would be a great thing to send Sheriff Joe packing, just as Russell Pearce, the noxious author of SB 1070, was booted from office. But it is a big bonus for the people of Arizona, particularly the Latino community, to get a Sheriff who rejects the racial profiling, abuses, hysteria and fear-mongering that have characterized the Sheriff Joe era and who views his job as to address crime and to serve his community and not make headlines.
Penzone is within 6 points of Sheriff Arpaio. No challenger to Arpaio has ever come within a dozen points of him. The defeat of Russell Pearce and the caricature of Arizona as an international hate state have energized those good people in Arizona who want to return their state to the civilized world. Arapio raises millions in the conservative echo chamber through stunts like challenging President Obama’s citizenship. Penzone is ridiculously underfunded against Arpaio but he has mounted a serious challenge and all those who deplore the climate of fear that Sheriff Joe has created should send a check to Penzone and give him a fighting chance to take down this insidious man. | 2019-04-20T22:46:52Z | https://liftedlamp.wordpress.com/2012/10/ | Porn | Sports | 0.523518 |
msn | “We’ve got a crisis in affordable housing in the city of Dallas and we’re underway to start to make a dent in that number,” said Drury.
If approved by council members, Drury said Confia will build the houses homes for roughly $150,000 to $180,000.
The city requires Confia and other developers who take part in the program to sell to families of four earning about $77,000 a year.
The developers are capped to making 15% profit.
Confia Homes executives, CEO Ricardo Alonso and President Kenneth Roberts said they want to give back to the community.
“It provides a tremendous opportunity and it’s our goal from a company perspective to provide quality housing to the citizens of Dallas one lot, one house, and one family at a time,” said Roberts.
They bought the nearly 1,300 square foot house for $120,000.
Her house was one of 17 Confia built two years ago as part of the program.
Drury said in January of this year, the city sold 51 vacant, tax delinquent lots to five developers.
In all, he says the city hopes to sell a total of 200 lots to developers by the end of this fiscal year, September 30.
Since the Land Bank Program began about ten years ago, 400 affordable homes have been built. | 2019-04-26T01:03:06Z | http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/dallas-council-committee-advanced-plan-to-build-new-affordable-houses/ar-BBVYAAW?srcref=rss | Porn | Business | 0.822524 |
cnn | Significance: These are big Muslim democracies with increasingly market-oriented economies. The implications of their arrival among the global elite will be profound, both as inspiration to Muslim nations that are still struggling, and as an object lesson to Westerners who believe Muslim modernity is an oxymoron.
In both these nations growth has been unleashed by modern Muslim leaders who understand the essentials of market reform. In Turkey, the main achievement of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been to contain inflation that had once hit 6200 percent, and debts that had forced Turkey to accept an IMF bailout, in the months before he took office in 2002.
In a nation that had been ruled since World War I by an aggressively secular minority, Erdogan freed pious Muslims like himself to play a normal role in the economy, and to compete for any job, generating growth that has raised average incomes from $3500 to $10,500. He is deregulating Islam itself.
Indonesia is a similar story: after the fires that engulfed the last months of the Suharto dictatorship in 1999, and the series of incompetent leaders who followed, President SBY (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) got control of inflation and debts, and unleashed the previously downtrodden and marginalized provinces to grow.
Unlike many other commodity economies, Indonesia has smartly invested the proceeds of a decade of high commodity prices in new roads and other basics for future growth, rather than throwing wild parties, Russian-style. Under SBY Indonesia has become the rare developing commodity economy that works.
The views expressed in this article are solely those of Ruchir Sharma.
This article is lacking in detail.
How is the deregulation of Islam part happening?
The Americans in Afghanistan are already to deregulate Islam by trying to prove to the Afghans that Capitalism is better than Islam.Patrick. If and when the Afghans start chanting "Allah Akbar, but Capitalism Akber-er" then the unholy American adventure in Afghanistan can be counted as a "success"!
Well, it is indeed a very good concept. I 100% support the deregulation. Keep moving Sharma.
i hope pakistan and bangladesh learn lessons from turkey and indonesia, walk away from fundamentalism and join the coveted list of emerging nations soon.
Wow wow wow! Bangladeshi fundamentalists? I know Bangladesh is a poor country but it's also asecular country. Not an Islamic state like Pakistan. If your ever visit b'desh you'll see that there are a lot of Hindus (at leasts the ones that the Pakistani army didn't kill in the Liberation War), over 10% of the population. And they are allowed to practice their religion freely. This a nothing but myth in certain muslin countries.
Pakistani Army during liberation war? I have been reading CNN since 1997. And this is most ignorant comment.
In America, before 9-11, all Islam needed was an open mind. Now, after the US attacks by radicals, there is a resistance. The "Do this or we will kill you" device is definitively counter-productive. However, I pray using pillows for my knees, and bow facing east after every prayer (50+/day) and the fulfillment is self evident, so I am not going to try to convince anyone to try it.
Compared to Turkey Indonesia is ethnically highly diverse, with more than 300 languages. The people range from rural hunter-gatherers to modern urbanites. The country faces secessionist movements in several provinces, where secessionists have been encouraged by East Timor's 1999 success in breaking away after a traumatic 25 years of occupation. Islamist militants have flexed their muscles now and then. Geographically Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis. Yes, Indonesia is as vibrant as its volcanoes.
The Kurds in both Eastern Turkey and Northern Iraq need to secede from these countries and set up their own republic. Unfortunately, the West does not want this to occur!
Islam needs to be destroyed completely.
Y do you Jews have to robo post??
Thor, he's not a Rabbi and he's not a Jew. He's a robo-troll for anti-Semitic sentiment.
Muslim theocracies have their head firmly planted in 7th Century sand.
Religions – all of them – are not spiritual or devine – they are methods to control populations.
It‘s all well and good for these countries,but it‘s the radical arm of islam that‘s willing to kill innocents that tend‘s to get the headlines!! | 2019-04-20T19:03:08Z | http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/23/sharma-deregulating-islam/ | Porn | News | 0.649905 |
livejournal | My sleep schedule has gone very strange again. Today I kept cat-napping, dozing off for ten or fifteen minutes every hour or so. Since it takes several minutes for my brain to start functioning after sleep, even brief sleep, it was like almost half the day got subtracted. There were also a couple of very strange dreams, one of which was partly familiar. One of them involves speeding in a car along a narrow road from which a cliff plunges down at the very edge of crumbling asphalt. I don't like that dream. I'm asking it not to come back, but it probably will. If it does come back I'm asking it not to bring along a television actor to be driving the car, because that just makes it weirder.
Other bad news is that the forecast has reduced the chance of rain next Monday. Yesterday it was above 50% and now it's down to 38%. But it has added a 39% possibility of rain a week from Thursday. I hope this won't be one of those autumns when rain gets repeatedly predicted but never materializes. I could end up irrigating the plants clear into December. Longer if we also get a dry winter.
But at least the forecast is still saying it will get cooler on Saturday. The leaves are accumulating rapidly, and I need a couple of cool days for raking them. The yard is looking bigger than it used to. I think I must be shrinking. If I get small enough I can eat a lot less and save a lot of money on food. But I don't look forward to using the keyboard by jumping down onto it like Archy the cockroach. The process is tedious enough already. Also I have no idea if Portia would be as tolerant of a cockroach-sized creature as Mehitabel always was. | 2019-04-18T14:25:29Z | https://flying-blind.livejournal.com/2128641.html | Porn | Computers | 0.96733 |
wordpress | ABS-CBN’s primetime family drama “Annaliza” once again won the ratings game as the tear-jerking reunion of Annaliza (Andrea Brillantes) and father Guido (Zanjoe Marudo) hit a national TV rating of 22.4% last Friday (Aug 2) beating its rival program with only 9.9%, based on data from Kantar Media.
Viewers tuned in as Guido finally reunited with Annaliza and surprised his adopted daughter by attending her school’s family day. The two rejoiced in each other’s embrace while Annaliza’s biological parents, Lazaro (Patrick Garcia) and Isabel (Denise Laurel), watched from afar. It was through Lazaro and Isabel’s efforts that Guido was released from prison in Oman. Now that he is back home, Guido must unravel the secrets long kept from him by his wife Stella (Kaye Abad). What will he do once he finds out that Stella abuses his daughter Annaliza and that his old friend Makoy (Carlo Aquino) is still alive? How will he face the truth that Annaliza may be taken away from him once Lazaro proves that he fathered the child? Don’t miss “Annaliza” weeknights before TV Patrol in ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. For updates, like the show’s official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Annaliza2013 or follow @Annaliza2013 on Twitter and share your reactions using the hashtag #Annaliza.
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wordpress | Now, being heavily biased, I can’t speak fairly to the issue of gun control and my feelings for how gun laws in America should change; that being said, this ad is shaping up to be one of the biggest mistakes the NRA has made so far in its argument to date. Not only does it oversimplify the issue, show gratuitous images of guns alongside children, but it promotes the message ‘stand up and fight’ which I feel is highly offensive to anyone still in mourning after the Sandy Hook tragedy. Even worse, but unfairly ropes the Obama children and the nation’s children into the gun debate. Admittedly, the #DemandAPlan initiative was heavily based around school shootings and used a similar platform, and also utilized the death of children as part of its material, and played on our post-sandy reactions to motivate people towards a single solution.
However the fundamental difference between the two ads was that one asked us to approach congress and ‘demand a plan’ while another told us to ‘stand up and fight’. In my mind, this calls forward an image of a gun owners across the nations running to ammunitions stores, arming themselves with weapons, and marching on the government (I may be the only one with that image in mind). It is this author’s opinion that the NRA may have had a valid argument with arming teachers to protect children, however because of their choice of ‘ammunition’ they appear to have shot themselves in the foot. | 2019-04-20T04:33:17Z | https://citygopher.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/the-new-nra-ad-your-thoughts/ | Porn | Kids | 0.979221 |
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yahoo | Will A-list resistance mark the end of Dolce and Gabbana?
Despite a slew of headline-gracing scandals, Dolce and Gabbana has successfully meandered through hot water over recent months. But now, it seems the Italian fashion house may finally be facing the consequences.
On Sunday evening, Hollywood’s biggest names demonstrated their sartorial know-how on the Oscars 2019 red carpet. From Lady Gaga in Alexander McQueen to Gemma Chan in romantic Valentino ruffles, the starry evening certainly lived up to every fashion devotee’s expectations.
But while a couple of A-listers wore Dolce and Gabbana to Vanity Fair’s after party, no big names donned the label at the Academy Awards itself.
Has the once-reigning brand finally lost its crown?
From a Louis Vuitton-clad Emma Stone to Sarah Paulson in hot pink Brandon Maxwell, the 2019 Academy Awards red carpet welcomed some of the best dressed A-listers to date.
Lady Gaga, who has worn several Dolce and Gabbana designs in the past, also opted against the Italian label.
Back in February 2017, Stefano Gabbana took to Instagram to criticise the cropped Atelier Versace outfit she wore during the Super Bowl halftime show.
In defence, the singer took to Instagram to call out body-shaming without directly addressing the scandal.
The arguable boycott also thrived at the 2019 Golden Globes with again, major names opting against wearing the luxe label.
But what did it take for celebrities to finally bid farewell?
Most recently, Dolce and Gabbana – founded by design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana – faced controversy after releasing a ‘racist’ advertisement.
The ‘instructional’ video, released in November 2018, depicted an Asian model attempting to eat an Italian pastry with chopsticks. In the clip, the woman mispronounces the brand and looks confused by the dessert, collectively known as cannoli, on her plate.
It wasn’t long before the advert sparked backlash with Instagram account @dietprada leading the protest, dubbing the campaign “offensive”.
If that wasn’t enough to kick-start a boycott against the brand, co-founder Stefano Gabbana allegedly sent messages to account owner, Michaela Tranova, referring to the “China Ignorant Dirty Smelling Mafia”.
The fashion house’s response was that the Dolce and Gabbana account was hacked.
Social media users promptly began to boycott the brand via social media thus pressurising Dolce and Gabbana to release an apologetic statement before eventually cancelling its Shanghai show.
But it’s not the first time the luxury label has sparked outcry among A-listers.
In September 2018, the designer called Italian fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni’s Dior wedding dress “cheap” after not long before describing Selena Gomez as “ugly” via Instagram.
Now, it seems the design duo’s social media trolling may have finally alienated the brand from some of its biggest clients.
According to a 2017 McKinsey report, Chinese consumers constitute almost a third of the global luxury market, making up 500 billion yuan (approximately $72 billion) in annual spending.
Dolce and Gabbana owns outlets in 25 Chinese cities and the design duo’s recent antics will have damaged their most lucrative market.
The design duo’s 2018 Shanghai show will have been a strategic ploy to secure high-paying clients in the booming industry with competitor Kering – the owner of Gucci and Alexander McQueen – reporting an increase in sales soaring by 30% in the first half of 2018.
But the tone-deaf advertisement alongside Stefano Gabbana’s keyboard antics may have cost the brand financially.
The media has also turned its back on the brand making it clear that all is not forgiven.
At the AW19 show during Milan Fashion Week, The South China Morning Post reported that the Asian media section was less than a third of its usual size with editors from leading publications boycotting the brand.
Yet with First Lady Melania Trump’s wardrobe still boasting Dolce and Gabbana designs, the brand may have a way of staying firmly on the media’s radar. The Duchess of Cambridge also wore a Dolce & Gabbana look – a tweed suit – to an event two weeks ago. | 2019-04-23T15:54:11Z | https://uk.style.yahoo.com/dolce-gabbana-losing-favour-among-listers-160920706.html | Porn | Shopping | 0.146785 |
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carleton | Abstract: Is it true that secularity forms the air that animates the way we arrange our society, order and even the place of God in our self-understanding? Through this question, Professor Taylor will explore our contemporary human condition with his philosophical anthropology and account of modernity.
Bio: A multicultural polymath, Professor Charles Margrave Taylor, is a Canadian philosopher with global stature, a Companion of the Order of Canada, the first recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Gold Medal for Achievement in Research, and the 2007 recipient of the Templeton Prize for Progress toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. | 2019-04-19T04:46:46Z | https://events.carleton.ca/charles-taylor-secularity-god-and-society/ | Porn | Society | 0.954974 |
wordpress | From Housekeeping NaijaWives Monthly, 13 May, 1955 2007.
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have be thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you’ll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in comb your hair and be fresh-looking. Make sure you don’t smell like Iya Basirat after cooking all day. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. Run a dustcloth over the tables.
During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. If it is hot and there is no NEPA, fan him gently to cool him off . Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering to his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
Minimize all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum blender as you are grinding pepper or beans for moinmoin. Encourage the children to be quiet.
Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first – remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
Don’t greet him with complaints and problems.
Don’t complain if he’s late for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through at work or while he was hanging out with the boys or chilling with his girlfriend.
Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or lie him down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink criminally cold bottle of beer ready for him.
A good wife always knows her place.
I’m putting out my disclaimer before I get a beat down for this post (LOL!). I did NOT write it o! (The original post is HERE ). I don’t sanction, support or agree with any of the contents. I only “adapted” it for todays “Good Naija Woman” (GNW) wannabe and to support some observations I have made over the years.
As ridiculous as all this sounds, some of us (men and women alike) have been brainwashed into a perception of what/who a “good” Naija woman is. What makes this unfortunate is that some Naija women actually make efforts to follow the “good Naija woman” script. Ask any dude to describe a good Naijawoman and I can bet it won’t be too far from the list of items above.
Like the false prophet (Obejay) said, the greatest lie is the one you tell your self. This behavior is clearly not sustainable and this is why tings dey scatter after two or three years.
Naijamans advice? This is 2008. Just be real. If he really wants you, he’ll accept you for who you are!
5 days, 1 Ghana! – Day 2: Chops, more chops, even more chops!
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imdb | Q: When and Where will this film be shown at the earliest? Is it possible to obtain video in advance, or even some still pictures?
Keira Knightley is simply outstanding in this drama about a woman torn between two men at the end of WW2. Very much in the vein of a Merchant Ivory production; might seem old-fashioned by modern standards, but there is definitely a place for this type of film, which is largely missing from current productions. An enjoyable, moving and beautiful film. | 2019-04-21T10:36:00Z | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5977276/?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&pf_rd_p=&pf_rd_r=KPPEPQBZ0Q932BJ513FD&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=60601&pf_rd_i=&ref_=il_il_tt1 | Porn | Arts | 0.942921 |