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Liz joined Woolley in 2007 after previously helping manage the office of a solicitors practice. She now manages all aspects of the day to day running of the office at Woolley and is also studying Accounts and Taxation.
When required, Liz also assists with project management and research projects. She is a gamekeeper’s daughter and has a keen interest in the countryside, floristry and reading as well as being a busy mum of two!
Liz’s beautiful Black Labrador ‘Gemma’ also accompanies her to work.
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Raj offers her tribute to MS Dhoni's career in a poetic note.
The ODI captain of India's women's team also praised Dhoni for his 'originality' and 'self-belief'.
The contribution of legendary cricketer, MS Dhoni, towards Indian cricket lies far beyond the numbers and records accumulated, during his glorious career.
Hailing from a small town in Jharkhand to cement his place in the Indian team, in itself is a huge source of inspiration for millions of aspiring cricketers in the country.
The manner in which Dhoni carried himself on the field truly makes him one of the best ambassadors of the game. India’s women’s team’s captain, Mithali Raj‘s adulation for Dhoni is well-known in the cricketing circuit.
Recently, BCCI’s Twitter handle shared a short video of Raj paying tribute to Dhoni and his contribution to Indian cricket.
In the video dedicated to Mahi, Raj has tried to summarise the immense contribution of the recently retired cricketer, in a poetic style.
“Dhoni is an inspiration and institution himself, He literally walks the talk. He is the dream of every small-town boy who aspires to play for country and achieve it all,” Raj enunciated.
“Respect, fame and the love of people. I’ve particularly admired him for his nerves of steel, innate calm and cool visage even under difficult situations,” she added.
Further, the leading run-scorer in women’s cricket heaped praises on Dhoni’s trademark ‘helicopter shot’, which took the breath away in the cricketing fraternity, when it first took off.
“Of course his inimitable style, whether its his batting or his wicketkeeping. That helicopter shot, that’s outside any cricketing text book, is a testament to his originality, talent and his immense self-belief. There will never be another like him. MS Dhoni’s legend etched in time forever,” Raj concluded on an emotional note.
“He literally walks the talk. He is a dream for every small town boy who aspires to play for the country and achieve it all.”#TeamIndia WODI side skipper @M_Raj03 on why she admires @msdhoni. #ThankYouDhoni pic.twitter.com/V3q67wFpx4
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) August 17, 2020
All eyes will now be on Dhoni as he steps back on the field after a gap of more than a year, leading his beloved Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Lipari is part of the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily. This is thelargest island in the archipelago and the more urbanized one, where it is possible to visit monuments and museums, as well as enjoy the beautiful beaches.
Its position is also strategic for exploring the other islands of the archipelago.
Here's how to get to and get around Lipari: info, costs and advice.
- Where it is
- Useful Tips
- How to arrive by sea
- How to get there by plane: nearest airports
- How to get around on foot
- Con i mezzi pubblici
- User questions and comments
Where it is
Lipari is located in the Aeolian archipelago, north of the province of Messina in Sicily and west of the Calabrian coast. Lipari is the main island of the archipelago, which politically belongs to the province of Messina.
Lipari is a rather small island, its residents are about 1.200. The best way to visit it all is to use buses, which include stops almost everywhere and which allow tourists to move around the island constantly admiring the beautiful landscapes.
Otherwise, more expensive and more comfortable are taxis, while it is Car rental is not recommended, not only because the prices are quite high (in August the daily rate could exceed € 100,00) but also because the traffic and the few parking spaces present could make traveling more tiring and chaotic.
If you still want to move on your own vehicle, without depending on the bus rides and timetables, it is possible and preferable to rent scooters, whose prices vary from € 40,00 to € 80,00 per day.
Another means of transport, which makes a holiday in Lipari and the surrounding islands even more suggestive, is undoubtedly the taxi-boat, the sea taxi whose return prices vary from € 6,00 to € 30,00 (depending on the destination).
- Recommended solutions and means: buses, scooters for rent
- Solutions and means not recommended: car
- City cards and season tickets recommended: 10 ticket bus booklet (from € 10,50)
How to arrive by sea
- From Milazzo / Molo Hydrofoils: Libertylines company, journey time 50 min, return ticket cost from € 33,00
- From Messina / Port of Messina: Libertylines company, travel time 2 h and 15 min, return ticket cost from € 28,00
- From Naples / Napoli Mergellina: SNAV company, travel time 14 h and 30 min, return ticket cost from € 100,00
- From Palermo / Port of Palermo: Liberylines company, travel time 3 hours and 55 min, return ticket cost from € 90,00
- From Reggio Calabria / Port of Reggio Calabria: Libertylines company, travel time 3 h and 25 min, return ticket cost from € 95,00
How to get there by plane: nearest airports
The main airport of reference is Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, this is connected by bus (about 1 hour and 30 minutes) to the Port of Messina, from which ferries depart.
Other useful airports are those of Palermo and Reggio Calabria, but in this case the journey will be considerably longer.
From "Catania-Fontanarossa Airport" to Lipari
- Distance from Lipari: 182 km / travel time: 1 h and 17 by car to Messina;
- take the bus from Catania Airport of the SAIS autolinee company to Messina (1 h 20 min from € 9,30). From the port of Messina take a Libertylines ferry to Lipari (50 min from € 18,00).
From "Palermo Falcone e Borsellino Airport" to Lipari
- Distance from Lipari: 252 km / travel time: 5 hours 5 minutes by car to Milazzo;
- from the airport take the regional train to the station (32 minutes) and from there change and take the train to the port (14 min, from € 9,00). From the port, take the ferry to Lipari (2 h and 55 min, from € 40,00).
From "Reggio Calabria Airport" to Lipari
- Distance from Lipari: 113 km / travel time: 4 hours 21 minutes by car;
- from the airport you have to reach the port with the ATM bus, in 25 minutes, € 2,00. Then take the ferry to Lipari (3 h 25 min, from € 25,00).
How to get around on foot
Lipari, despite being a small island, it cannot be visited completely on foot. Once you reach the port, you can stroll through the historic center, where there are numerous clubs and where the ruins of the castle stand.
To reach other points of interest, you need to use a means of transport, then either one scooters for rent, practical and fast compared to the car, or the buses, which move throughout the territory. Fractions to visit in Lipari are Canneto, which is 3 km from the center of Lipari, to the north the beach of Acquacalda, 9 km away and to the south Praia da Vinci beach, 5 km from the center.
Con i mezzi pubblici
The only public means of transport to move around the island of Lipari is thebus, managed by the Urso company. Tickets can be purchased at the port at the company's kiosk, or directly on the vehicle.
The timetables of the various races are available online, on the Urso company website.
Served by the Urso company. To reach the beaches it is necessary to resort to urban running, while if you want to move inland you need to use the extra-urban run. The vehicles are quite small, with a maximum capacity of 20 people.
- extra-urban journeys are not carried out on 25 December and 1 January
- Ticket / single ride cost: € 1,30
- Cost of ticket booklet / season ticket: 10 tickets € 10,50
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What It Is
Mattel's Angry Birds games, Knock On Wood and On Thin Ice, have been hot-selling games in the marketplace, and there's a brand new game based on the Angry Birds Space app. The object of the Angry Birds Space Game is to be the first person to reach 1,000 points. To score points, players must knock over pigs and break open the pig's helmet or asteroid for bonus points.
The game comes with Space Mission Cards that tell players how to set up the scene. There are four levels of cards. Level 1 is easy, Level 2 is harder, and Level 3 is the most difficult. The points values go up as the difficulty level does: 100, 200, 300. Level 4 is freestyle, meaning the Mission Cards will show you all the pieces you must use, but you can put them together however you want. The point values for Level 4 differ.
Players take turns choosing Space Mission Cards. Once you've chosen a card, hand it to the next player. That player is going to build what's on the card and you're going to shoot it down. Place the launcher at least one foot away from the front of the structure. Then use the birds listed on the Space Mission Card (in the order shown) to shoot down the structure. Place the bird into the launcher, hold the launcher down with one hand, and pull down on the slingshot with the other hand. Let the slingshot go to send the bird flying. All of the pigs must be knocked over in order to score points. Keep the Space Mission Card to keep track of your score if you knocked down all the pigs. If you're not successful, move the Space Mission Card to a discard pile. Score 100 bonus points for cracking open the space helmet and asteroid.
The Angry Birds Space Game comes with two birds (Ice Bird, Super Red Bird), a breakable asteroid, three pigs, a space helmet, a bird launcher, four large girders, two small girders, two triangles, two large stone girders, two small stone girders, two stone cubes, 32 mission cards, and eight points cards. The game is for two to four players.
Is It Fun?
Angry Birds Space Game has elements that are derived from the app, but it interprets the app in a way that works as a real world skill-and-action game. It adds a social, interactive dimension to the electronic game. The competition and the build-it-knock-it-down action is perfectly positioned for younger kids.
Just like the smartphone app, there is a slight learning curve to this game. It's a little tough at first to launch the birds, so it may take some time and patience to become an expert bird launcher. However, it largely uses motor skills and force so, unlike the app, which requires some level of strategic thinking and (however minimal) understanding of physics, this is a game that kids in the target age group can feel successful playing.
Who It’s For
Angry Birds Space Game is for ages 5 and up.
What To Be Aware Of
The two pieces of the space helmet go around the pig and snap together. The breakable asteroid pieces also snap together.
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Midland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Advertising to Produce, Buy, Sell, or Trade Child Pornography
In Midland this morning, Senior United States District Judge Robert A. Junell sentenced 47–year-old Kyle Unterbrink to 15 years in federal prison for advertising online to produce, buy, sell or trade child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Junell ordered that the defendant pay $51,000 restitution to the identified victims of the child pornography he possessed and distributed. Judge Junell also ordered that Unterbrink be placed on supervised release for 10 years following the completion of his prison term. In February, Unterbrink pleaded guilty to the advertising child pornography charge. Unterbrink, who has remained in federal custody since his arrest on December 11, 2014, has agreed to forfeit his residence to the Government to satisfy his court ordered restitution.
According to court records, over the course of several days in November 2014, HSI agents identified the defendant’s IP address as one which was making almost 2,000 images of prepubescent child pornography available to anyone in the world who was connected to the same network. On December 11, 2014, agents conducted a search warrant at the defendant’s residence and seized various electronic devices belonging to Unterbrink. A subsequent search of the seized items revealed the presence of approximately 6,700 images depicting the sexual exploitation of minors downloaded from the Internet.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Austin Berry prosecuted this case on behalf of the Government.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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Every Wednesday night during the six weeks leading up to my flight to South Africa I was enthralled by the BBC’s series ‘Africa’ hosted by Sir David Attenborough. It provided a perfect pre-safari build up. Having booked a stay at Thonga Beach Lodge with the sole purpose of having a chance to see turtles I was particularly interested in the episode featuring these rare and elusive reptiles. Realistically though my chances were limited. My stay was short and it was right at the end of the season for both egg laying and hatchlings emerging.
I had wanted to visit the lodge for a long time and at last here was my opportunity. Set on the province’s pristine Maputoland Coast, north of Sodwana Bay, the lodge is one of very few places to stay, directly on the beach, anywhere in KwaZulu Natal. Take into account that this is also within the Isimangaliso Wetlands World Heritage site and it all adds up to a very special destination.
Within the huge vegetated sand dunes the twelve room lodge is hardly visible and has barely any impact on its incredibly scenic location. Each individual beach-bush suite is spacious, fully self contained, and comes complete with a stunning ocean view. There are pure white sand beaches, dunes, tropical vegetation and ocean providing the surrounding backdrops. The lodge also has its own swimming pool, enclosed restaurant, outdoor dining area and bar. Andy & Maryke were great hosts and the recommendation by Andy for dinner was perfect for the venue. Grilled sole on a lemon & cherry tomato risotto, with sautéed vegetables, topped with white wine & dill sauce served to the sound of the ocean.
On arrival at the lodge I immediately checked out the activities board and booked myself on that evenings ‘turtle tour’ and a trip to lake Sibaya for the following morning. There was also kayaking on the lake, forest trails, ocean safaris and scuba diving. I have not dived for many years but I am told that the diving off this section of coast is some of the best in the world.
It is amazing how quickly weather conditions can change. As we started to climb aboard the Toyota Landcruiser the burning heat of the sun gave way to drizzle and gusts of wind. Not an ideal omen for the start of our turtle tour. Beki, our dread-locked driver, focused on the beach ahead of us while Amy, our look-out, scoured the sand for any sign of life. Within thirty minutes Amy pointed from the passenger seat and loudly declared “hatchlings!”
All I could see was a hole about the same diameter as a baked bean tin and what looked like a dozen pebbles slowly rolling away from it. Beki parked up, we disembarked, and walked back towards the hole. The next hour was like a trance. I stood with my fellow turtle trekkers and watched over seventy tiny loggerhead hatching turtles emerge and slowly make their way towards the sea. Because of our presence predators stood clear and allowed every one to make the journey safely across the sand. It was truly amazing to watch. Each hatchling seemed to scurry for a few feet, stop, take a breath, and then continue. Every now and then some turtles would catch a gust of wind under their miniature flippers and be flung onto their shells. We ourselves were being sand blasted and exfoliated by the wind fuelled sand. On reaching the ocean, waves washed the turtles clean of sand, and carried them back onto the beach setting them back fifteen to twenty feet. Deep breath and back again towards the surf they headed. We waited until each and every one had completed their first epic journey. It was a truly memorable ‘Africa moment’ recreated.
The following morning after watching the sun rise over the Indian Ocean horizon I accompanied Thulani, my guide, to Lake Sibaya. The twenty five square mile fresh water Lake, with water berry groves on its surrounds, resembled the ocean. Hot sun and blue sky had returned but the wind was still present creating choppy conditions. Here we found a wealth of bird life including Common Terns, Egyptian Geese, Orange Breasted Long Claw and White Breasted Cormorants. Hippos and crocodiles are also residents but proved difficult to spot. We did manage to catch sight of a large catfish swimming close to shore, the crocodile’s staple diet.
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For the first time since we’ve moved abroad, we were both off on New Year’s and the weekend before, so we decided to get off campus and celebrate properly somewhere; the question was where.
As usual, we let Skyscanner decide and the cheapest flights outside of Turkey were to Bologna. The times were perfect and the price was right, but we wondered if perhaps we shouldn’t look elsewhere because we had already been to Italy twice before and there are so many places nearby we haven’t seen yet.
But c’mon. It’s Italy.
The more we talked about it, the more I loved the idea of wandering through narrow streets, eating amazing food, and drinking good wine. After all, since we had already done the whole tourist thing a couple of times, we figured there would be no pressure to check off a list of sights to see and places to go; we could simply sit back and enjoy la bella vita.
We rented an adorable apartment from Airbnb (If you haven’t tried it yet, you should! You can get $23 off your first stay here.) and hung out like the locals for a few days. Of course, we did some sightseeing, but we also balanced that with trips to the local cafes for cappuccino or aperitivo (wine and appetizers) or strolling through the streets and window shopping. We even went to a local grocery store one night and bought all kinds of tasty ingredients to see if we could make our own delicious Italian dinner since our apartment had a kitchen – it was one of the highlights of the trip for me!
Once New Year’s Eve rolled around, we were ready to go out and see the annual fire in Piazza Maggiore. Yes, fire. They spend the days leading up to New Year’s building a paper sculpture in the middle of the square, and at exactly midnight on New Year’s Eve, they light it on fire and everyone watches it burn. It was incredibly strange and incredibly awesome all at the same time.
Moral of the story: Italy is always a good idea.
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed the induction of the thirty-fourth government of Israel early Friday morning, shortly after the swearing-in of 20 ministers.
"Despite all the ups-and-downs we had to go through to reach this moment, I am still moved by the position and I am certain that you are too," he began. "From this moment on we must leave disagreements outside this room and focus on good work for the citizens of Israel – all citizens of Israel."
"We will work with determination, responsibility and vigor in the face of all attempts to test our borders and our security from both near and far," he pledged. "Israel's enemies must know that any threats directed at us have red lines. This has been our policy under previous governments and will be under the current government as well."
"We will continue to promote a diplomatic settlement while upholding the vital interests and security of the citizens of Israel," he added. "At the same time and perhaps in assistance, we will try to realize the opportunity of regional developments and new possibilities of action with the moderate and responsible countries around us."
"We will work to improve social welfare with emphasis on lowering the cost of living in general and housing costs in particular. We will work to continue to reduce the gaps in Israeli society."
"We will continue to link the Negev and the Galilee with the center and to strengthen employment there and throughout the country."
"We are attentive to the cry of immigrants from Ethiopia and their families and next week we will form a special ministerial committee, under my chairmanship, to deal with this problem."
"We are obligated to work for the good of all Israeli citizens and we will do everything we can to justify the confidence the nation has vested in us," he concluded. "Now the time has come to roll up our sleeves and get to work. May our efforts be successful."
Meet the 34th government of Israel
The 34th government of Israel was sworn in on Thursday night.
The new Cabinet includes:
- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – also serving as Foreign Minister, Health Minister, Communications Minister, and Minister of Regional Cooperation.
- Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) – Defense Minister (returning)
- Silvan Shalom (Likud) – Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
- Yuval Steinitz (Likud) – Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
- Ze'ev Elkin (Likud) – Absorption Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister
- Ofir Akunis (Likud) – Minister without portfolio; designated to serve in the Communications Ministry
- Benny Begin (Likud) – Minister without portfolio
- Gila Gamliel (Likud) – Minister of Senior Citizens and Equality
- Yisrael Katz (Likud) – Transportation Minister (returning)
- Yariv Levin (Likud) – Public Security Minister, Tourism Minister, and Ministerial Liaison Between the Government and the Knesset
- Miri Regev (Likud) – Culture and Sport Minister
- Danny Danon (Likud) – Space and Technology Minister
- Haim Katz (Likud) – Welfare Minister and Social Affairs Minister
- Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) – Deputy Foreign Minister
- Ayoub Kara (Likud) – Deputy Minister of Regional Development
- Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu) – Finance Minister
- Yoav Galant (Kulanu) – Housing and Construction Minister
- Avi Gabbai (Kulanu) – Environmental Protection Minister
- Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) – Education Minister, Diaspora Affairs Minister
- Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) – Agriculture Minister
- Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) – Justice Minister
- Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) – Deputy Defense Minister
- Aryeh Deri (Shas) – Economy Minister, Minister of Development of the Negev and Galilee
- David Azoulay (Shas) – Religious Affairs Minister
- Yitzhak Cohen (Shas) – Deputy Minister in the Finance Minister, Ministry for the Negev and the Galilee, and the Economy Ministry
- Meshulam Nahari (Shas) – Deputy Education Minister
- Yaakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) – Deputy Health Minister
- Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) – Deputy Education Minister
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by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) Nov 23, 2009
Chinese and North Korean defence chiefs have pledged to strengthen their military alliance -- dating back to the Korean War -- during talks in Pyongyang, state media said Monday.
The move came after Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie arrived in North Korea for talks Sunday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Liang told a reception by Pyongyang's defence chief Kim Yong-Chun that the bilateral relationship was "sealed in blood" when he and other Chinese troops fought the 1950-1953 Korean War on the North Koreans' side.
"No force on earth can break the unity of the armies and peoples of the two countries and it will last forever," Liang said, according to KCNA.
"It is the fixed stand of the Korean army and people to invariably consolidate and develop the DPRK (North Korea)-China friendship, which has stood all trials of history," Kim Yong-Chun said.
The defence chiefs then had "comradely and friendly" talks, according to the report.
KCNA said Liang arrived in Pyongyang by plane on Sunday, inspected an honour guard, attended a fete, presented a gift for North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, and met with Kim Yong-Chun, but gave no more details on his itinerary.
Chinese state media announced Friday that Liang would be on a three-nation tour of North Korea, Japan and Thailand from Sunday to December 5.
The trip comes as Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North Korean policy, is scheduled to visit the communist state on December 8 in order to persuade it to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
North Korea quit the talks in April, a month before it tested a second atomic weapon. Pyongyang said last month it was ready to return to the talks, but only if bilateral meetings with the US make progress.
The six-nation talks, which began more than six years ago, group the two Koreas, the United States, China, Russia and Japan.
China has hosted the talks since 2003.
Though being one of North Korea's handful of remaining allies, China has joined tougher United Nations Security Council sanctions to punish Pyongyang for its defiant nuclear weapons and missile tests.
But China has strongly opposed any moves that could escalate further tensions on the often volatile Korean peninsula.
Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's communist party newspaper and official mouthpiece, Monday denounced the latest inter-Korean naval clash earlier this month as a US-South Korean scheme to ignite a new war.
Navy boats from the two Koreas had a brief but intensive exchange of fire near the disputed Yellow Sea border on November 10 -- the first such skirmish in seven years.
Seoul said its navy left a North Korean patrol boat in flames and local media reports said one North Korean sailor was killed and three wounded.
Pyongyang has since threatened to take "merciless" military action to protect its own version of the Yellow Sea border with South Korea and warned that Seoul would pay dearly for any future naval clash.
The North refuses to recognise the borderline set by the United Nations after the 1950-1953 war and demands that it be drawn further to the south.
Stealth version of J-11 fighter
7 years ago
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US Infantry Officer's Cuff Button, eagle with "I". Example of Scovill Mfg Co with dot dividers, dm between rings of dots. Button depicts eagle facing right with "I" in the shield, generally for infantry officers. Backmark will vary, this example features: "SCOVILL MF'G CO. / (star) (star) (star) " dm between rings of dots. Two part convex button, Cuff size.
We carry a large stock, if you are seeking a specific backmark please contact us directly, otherwise we will select a nice wartime example for you.
Reference: Albert GI85 / 88, Tice GI215
Inventory Number: BUT 042
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This page was printed from the Northern & Eastern Devon Formulary and Referral site at
Please ensure you are using the current version of this document
This is a summary of the NHS Devon CCG commissioning policy for Myringotomy/grommets with or without adjuvant adenoidectomy for the management of otitis media in children under 12 years.
Myringotomy/grommets with or without adjuvant adenoidectomy for the management of otitis media in children under 12 years will only be funded if the following criteria are met:
Otitis media with effusions (OME)
There has been a period of at least three months watchful waiting* from the date of diagnosis of OME (by GP/primary care referrer/audiologist/ENT surgeon) AND OME persists after three months AND the child suffers from persistent bilateral OME with a hearing level in the better ear of 25 dBHL (averaged at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz) or worse, confirmed over three months†.
Persistent bilateral OME with a hearing level better than 25 dBHL (averaged at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz) in the better ear but where the impact of the hearing loss on a child's developmental, social, or educational status is judged to be significant†.
Children who cannot undergo standard assessment of hearing thresholds where there is clinical and tympanographic evidence of persistent OME and where the impact of the hearing loss on a child's developmental, social or educational status is judged to be significant†.
*During the watchful waiting period, advice on educational and behavioural strategies to minimise the effects of hearing loss should be offered. The child's hearing should be re-tested at the end of this time.
†Good practice point: Ensure OME has not resolved once a date of surgery has been agreed, with tympanometry as a minimum.
Hearing aids should normally be offered to children with Down's syndrome and OME with hearing loss. Before myringotomy/grommets are offered as an alternative to hearing aids for treating OME in children with Down's syndrome, the following factors should be considered:
Insertion of ventilation tubes at primary closure of the cleft palate should be performed only after careful otological and audiological assessment. Insertion of ventilation tubes should be offered as an alternative to hearing aids in children with cleft palate who have OME and persistent hearing loss.
Adjuvant adenoidectomy is routinely commissioned for the management of OME, even in the absence of persistent and/or frequent upper respiratory tract infections.
5 or more documented episodes of acute otitis media in the same ear in the previous 12 months.
Where the circumstances of treatment for an individual patient do not meet the criteria described above exceptional funding can be sought. Individual cases will be reviewed by the appropriate panel of the CCG upon receipt of a completed application from the patient's GP, consultant or clinician. Applications cannot be considered from patients personally.
Alternatively, please send to: The Panel administrator at Bridge House, Collett Way, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4PH
Publication date: October 2019
Updated: May 2021
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Lady Gaga’s ‘Do What U Want’ Single Cover is Bootylicious [Photo]
Is it just us or are pop stars and nudity synonymous? Lady Gaga is the latest to bare all in the name of music. Wearing just a floral thong, the blonde-haired singer unveils the cover art for “Do What U Want,” her much talked about duet with R. Kelly. The full song debuts on Monday at 12:01am, but for now, fans can catch a snippet in Best Buy’s latest commercial for Dre Beats headphones.
Gaga will continue to release a new track every Monday up until the November 11 release of ARTPOP.
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Become a Member
If you love hiking in the beautiful Blue Hills, then you’ll want to join 1,000 people like you to become a member of the Friends of the Blue Hills.
If people like you do not join the Friends of the Blue Hills, visitors will:
- Lose parts of the park to development, like the recent proposal to build a hotel on parkland
- Face unpleasant or even dangerous trail conditions, with erosion destroying trails, and trees and branches blocking paths
- Miss seeing birds and animals because the forest health will degrade
I hope you will join the Friends of the Blue Hills because you know it will benefit everyone who visits the Blue Hills.
Please take a moment today to protect our natural treasure. Your membership will:
- Protect the park from development threats, like private parking lots and hotels
- Keep the trails safe for all visitors
- Improve the habitat for the animals that depend on it
Thank you in advance for helping to protect the Blue Hills. For just $30 or more, you can join the Blue Hills… and protect it for years to come.
While a donation of any amount is always appreciated, membership categories are:
- Basic Membership – $30
- Ponkapoag Protector – $50
- Hancock Hill Hero – $100
- Skyline Steward – $250
- Chickatawbut Champion – $500
- Hilltop Society (see below) -$1,000 or more
Societies With a gift of $1,000 or more you will join the Hilltop Society and with a gift of any amount in your Will, you are welcomed into the Skyline Society. Click on these links to learn about the benefits of joining the Skyline and Hilltop Societies.
Instructions to Sponsor a Trail: Click the button below and in the donation form select “Sponsor a Trail” from the drop-down menu labeled “Please direct my donation to”. Sponsor a Trail and support the Blue Hills! For $35 or more, you or the person you wish to honor can be the official sponsor of a Blue Hills Trail! As a sponsor, your donation will support the trails and forests – and you or your honoree will receive an official certificate with the recipient’s name, occasion, and the name of the sponsored trail along with a trail map of the Blue Hills! Give one today to recognize those you care about who love the Blue Hills!
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Yesterday our PrintrBot Jr made its first useful prints!
It has taken quite some effort to get to this stage, mostly because I knew nothing about 3d-printers when we started the project, and the original builders were out of town (but have now returned).
- Upgraded belts to GT2, in our case with a 20-tooth pulley, all ordered from 3dnielsen.dk (although the GT2 belt seems quite expensive). This has definitely improved our accuracy, now the X- and Y-axis are at a nice even 80 steps/mm, as calculated by the very awesome RepRap Calculator.
- Replaced some of the LM8UU ball bearings on the Y-axis because they were very unstable. This was probably the most important modification, although I don’t know if there is a difference in quality between the old and the new bearings. We still use the old bearings on the X-axis, they seem okay.
- Added cork mufflers to the motors. I doubt this is essential or even provides much benefit on the Printrbot Jr because the motors touch the chassis at multiple points, but they are cheap and can be retro-fitted with little effort.
- Made sure the circular ball bearings were properly tightened such that the middle part, that is not supposed to turn (as I learned), does not turn. Additionally, add wafers to get the bearings height aligned with the belts.
- Replaced the Z-axis threaded rod with a metric one: This is an almost too easy upgrade to not do, as an M8 rod fits the Printrbot Jr without any problems. The benefit (as can be calculated by the very awesome RepRap Calculator) is that the Z-axis will need an even number of steps to move from one layer to the next. As an example, consider a layer height of 0.3 mm with the old 5/16″ rod: this will result in an error of +1.1217541105598867mm over 10cm, where with an M8 rod there is no such error.
- We have not yet added a brass nut to the Z-axis because we have been unable to find one locally. An additional benefit of going for an M8 rod is that it requires no further modifications (unlike an M6, which needs a printed bit), but the M8 can still be incrementally improved, e.g. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:64738.
At this point our main problem is with adhesion of the first layer. We have experimented with a glass plate because we want to add a heated bed. We learned a couple of lessons from that, namely:
- Kapton tape on top of glass is not very adhesive, if it is not heated.
- We experimented with hair-spray. Hair-spray on painter’s tape is not a good idea, it makes the tape bubble and dissolves it a bit.
- Printing on glass with hair-spray is almost doable, but not quite convenient.
- Adding the glass plate on top of the original wood plate adds quite a bit of height, and the plate adjustment screws cannot be tightened too much because two of them will then hit screws on the chassis, resulting in the X-axis crashing. A good solution could be a longer Z-axis stop screw.
At this point we are back to printing on painter’s tape directly on top of the original wood plate. It seems sufficiently flat for the small prints we have done until now. A heated bed is definitely a thing to do, we plan to mill a PCB on our Bungard machine, following something like http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:91403 (however note that I read double-sided PCB is recommended, because heating only one side will result in the PCB warping).
With regards to calibrating the axis for the correct number of steps the instructions at http://reprap.org/wiki/Calibration has the following quote:
The following information concerning steps/mm adjustments is outdated. It has since been agreed that steps/mm should be set to the exact calculated values since printing with non-ideal steps/mm results in an accurate test piece, but makes the dimensions on every other part even more inaccurate.
… which sort of appeals to me because it is less labor, and the correct solution can be calculated. Thus, we are now using calculated values from the very awesome RepRap Calculator: X-axis: 80 steps/mm, Y-axis: 80 steps/mm, Z-axis: 2560 steps/mm. The extruder is currently at 600 steps/mm, but this is per calibration; the PrintrBot documentation mentions a default of 569 steps/mm.
With all this effort we are now able to print various small items improving the printer:
- Z-axis bolt holder: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:78023. The derivation was too tight for our build, the original fits snugly.
- 4 bed levellers: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:90336. Nice little addition, and additionally it validated that our calibration was not totally off: one nut could be inserted by hand, the three others only needed a little “Jysk kærlighed” aka. a very small smack with a hammer.
- New gears for the extruder: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26243. Our large gear already has a small crack from the original assembly, and some of the teeth on the large gear have started grinding leading to slips in movement, so we will need new ones at some point. We have printed the small gear, and will go for the large one soon.
- An 8-bit heart, to try to explain to wifes and girlfriends what we do: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21795 🙂
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Vans For Sale in Cleburne, TX
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The ‘swings and roundabouts’ of outrageous fortune –
22 July 2019
Coming to terms with the cost of Access to Justice in the post-legal aid world
In these conjoined appeals the Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton MR, Irwin and Coulson LJJ.) have taken the opportunity to deal with a number of issues relating to the reasonableness and proportionality of costs in PI and Clinical negligence cases and the proper approach to the assessment of those costs.
The case is important because it considers and explains the unique position of ATE insurance premiums in clinical negligence cases. In clinical negligence it is almost always necessary for an ATE insurance policy to be obtained by a Claimant to insure against the risk of incurring a liability to pay for an expert report or reports relating to liability or causation. Specifically, the Recovery of Costs Insurance Premiums in Clinical Negligence Proceedings (no.2) Regulations SI 2013/739, provide (by way of exception to the general rule in s.46 LASPO 2012) that such premium (insofar as it relates to the risk of incurring liability to pay of expert reports relating to liability or causation in respect of clinical negligence in connection with the proceedings) may be recovered. Brooke LJ had stressed in Rogers v. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council EWCA Civ 1134 the availability of such ATE insurance and the recoverability of the relevant premium, is an important means by which access to justice continues to be provided in clinical negligence cases. It was perhaps therefore unsurprising that the present Court of Appeal began their analysis of the issues in the instant case by saying:
Access to Justice must therefore be the starting point for any debate about the recoverability of ATE insurance premiums in any dispute about costs.
The facts of the instant appeal were that the Claimants, D and W, had each brought successful clinical negligence claims against the respondent Trust. The claims had settled without proceedings being issued. D’s claim had settled for £4,500, W’s for £10,000. Their respective cost bill were £18,376 and £31,714. Both had taken out ‘block-rated’ ATE insurance. Under the Regulations, £5,088 of the premium was recoverable, yet when it came to assessment the Respondent Trust successfully challenged the recoverable amount and reduced it to (in D’s case) £650 and in W’s case £2,500. On appeal from the District Judge, the Judge had upheld both assessments saying that – on the evidence – the judge had been entitled to reduce the recoverable amount to what the District Judge considered ‘reasonable and proportionate’.
The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, reviewed the authorities on the challenging the insurance premium, and stated the proper approach to apply having regard to Rogers v. Merthyr Tydfil; Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust v. McMenemy EWCA Civ 1941; and Kris Motor Spares Ltd. v. Fox Williams LLP EWHC 1008 (QB). The principles which the Court helpfully distilled at para. 56 are as follows:-
i) Disputes about the reasonableness and recoverability of the ATE insurance premium are not to be decided on the usual case-by-case basis. Questions of reasonableness are settled at a macro level by reference to the general run of cases and the macro-economics of the ATE insurance market, and not by reference to the facts in any specific case [McMenemy];
ii) Issues of reasonableness go beyond the dictates of a particular case and include the unavoidable characteristics of the ATE insurance market [Rogers];
iii) District judges and cost judges do not have the expertise to judge the reasonableness of a premium except in very broad-brush terms, and the viability of the ATE market will be imperilled if they regard themselves (without the assistance of expert evidence) as better qualified than the underwriter to rate the financial risk the insurer faces [Rogers];
iv) It is for the paying party to raise a substantive issue as to the reasonableness of the premium which will generally only be capable of being resolved by way of expert evidence [Kris].
The Court explained that these principles “must be applied in every case because the insurance market is
integral to the means of providing access to justice in civil disputes [now limited to clinical negligence cases] in what may be called the post-legal aid world.
The Court then went on to clarify the correct approach to assessment, making clear that they were not saying that a paying party is bound to accept the reasonableness of whatever premium has been paid. The mere fact that ATE insurance provides access to justice does not mean that the relevant premium must automatically be regarded as reasonable. The approach rather should be that: If the ATE policy is bespoke then the grounds of challenge will be relatively wide. If the ATE policy is ‘block rated’ then the grounds of challenge will be more restricted and will usually have to relate to the market and expert evidenceis likely to be necessary. Comparing the value of the claim to the amount of the premium was inapposite. It was not a reliable measure of reasonableness. It would ignore the way a block rated policy was calculated by reference to a wide range of cases. The cost of a reasonable ‘block-rated’ policy was something the paying part would simply have to bear. In saying so Court drew a similarity with the fixed costs regime about which Briggs LJ (as he then was) had commented in Sharp v. Leeds City Council EWCA Civ 33 as follows:-
41… The fixed costs regime inevitably contains swings and roundabouts and lawyers who assist claimants by participating in it are accustomed to taking the rough with the smooth, in pursuing legal business which is profitable overall.
On the issue of proportionality, (as distinct from reasonableness) the Court were asked to decide whether a proportionality challenge was limited to the particular circumstances of the case (‘the narrower interpretation”) or whether it was to be assessed by reference to all the circumstances, and so encompass matters which were not necessarily related to the case in question (“the wider interpretation”). The Court’s answer was the latter. Questions of proportionality were not limited to the particular circumstances of the case but rather to be considered by reference to the specific matters in CPR 44.3(5) and if relevant any wider circumstances identified under CPR r.44.4(1).
That led on to the question whether, if an ATE insurance premium was held to be ‘reasonable’ could it still be subject to a proportionality assessment? In the case of a relevant block-rated premium (such as in the instant cases) once assessed as reasonable it could not be then assessed as disproportionate. That was so for two reasons (i) being a block rated policy its amount bears no relationship to the value of the claim, still less to the amount for which the case settled. Second because ATE is critical to access to justice in clinical negligence claims. The Court held that when it comes to proportionality there are some issues which cost judges must simply leave out of account. These exceptional items will be those items of costs which are fixed and unavoidable or which have an irreducible minimum without which the litigation could not be progressed, court fees being the best example. The block rated ATE premium was one such exceptional item.
Finally, the Court summarised its views on the ‘right approach’ to costs assessment by judges, noting the absence of any consistent approach being applied around the country to the assessment of costs bills in clinical negligence. The suggested approach from the Court of Appeal is as follows:-
The judge should go through the bill line by line, assessing the reasonableness of each item, if possible the proportionality of each item should be assessed at the same time.
This exercise should produce a total figure which the judge considers to be reasonable.
The proportionality of that figure has then to be assessed by reference to CPR 44.3.5 and 44.4(1). If it is proportionate no further assessment is required.
If a further proportionality assessment is required then that should not be line by line but should consider various categories of costs e.g. disclosure of experts’ reports or specific periods where particular costs were incurred etc. In respect of such categories the Judge may then make reductions as appropriate on grounds of proportionality but this part of the exercise would have to exclude those elements of costs which are properly regarded as unavoidable, such as court fees, the reasonable element of the ATE premium in clinical negligence case etc.
The net result in the instant was that both appeals were allowed and the ‘reasonable’ sum of the ATE premium recovered in each case without any discount for proportionality.
The appeal has highlighted the inconsistency of approach by costs judges to assessments of reasonableness and proportionality of bills of cost in clinical negligence cases. It has also clarified the integral role of the ATE insurance market for ensuring access to justice in clinical negligence cases and explained that if block-rated policies are used, then proportionality has little or no role to play because the policy will bear no relation to the sum claimed, still less tothe settlement value, but will be set at a figure by reference to the wider basket of cases which is necessary to allow access to justice for all claimants. If the paying party has to pay a premium which is (as it was in D’s case) higher (at £5,088) than the sum he actually recovered viz. £4,500, that is just part of the “swings and roundabouts” in this subset of civil litigation which is dependent upon a buoyant ATE insurance market for maintaining access to justice in the ‘post-legal aid world’. For the paying party in clinical negligence, usually NHSR, it might reasonably be said: civil litigation of this kind is not a playground – these further restrictions the NHS’s ability to reduce its liability to costs for disproportionately expensive low value cases are yet more slings and arrowswhich the NHS (and we all as taxpayers) must bear as the consequence of successive governments’ practical extinction of the legal aid system and the transfer of the cost of access to justice to the insurance market.
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75 minute Aerial Yoga Class- Booking is essential.
Prices- block booking to be used within a 1 month period
£45 for 4 classes ( £45 for a 4 week month/£55 for a five week month)
or £35 for 3 classes
or £25 for 2 classes
To attend classes you must have previously attended a 2hr beginners workshop which are held on a fortnightly basis either Saturday or Sunday afternoons 2-4pm
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In gender bias, women are first among equals
Editor, The Times:
Contrary to Lisa Scott's "Gender bias no cure for domestic violence" (Times guest commentary, Oct. 24), there is gender bias in the impact of domestic violence: Women are disproportionately the victims of domestic violence, and men are disproportionately the aggressors.
A July 2000 research report published by the U.S. Department of Justice, "Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence," surveyed an equal number of men and women and found that nearly 25 percent of women and 7.6 percent of men are physically assaulted by a current or former spouse during their lifetimes.
[Ed. note: The report goes on to say, in the next sentence, "According to these estimates, approximately 1.5
million women and 834,732 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an
intimate partner annually in the United States." See http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm and http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles1/nij/181867.txt]
Acknowledging that men also suffer from domestic violence and that women sometimes perpetrate it does not erase the fact that women and girls are at heightened risk and that men are most often the perpetrators.
The anxiety we are all experiencing in these tense times provides a glimpse of what domestic violence victims live with daily. "You don't have to travel out of many homes to discover a war zone," one survivor observed Oct. 25 at a national domestic-violence conference. This national crisis rages on, and can be solved only by women and men working together. There is no gender bias in our hope that better laws and public education will protect all Americans from domestic violence.
[Ed. note: The N.O.W. Legal Defense Fund has been a strong supporter of the Violence Against Women Act, providing funding only for programs to help woman victims of domestic violence, and strongly opposed an amendment that would mandate that these services be provided to victims regardless of gender.]
Kathryn Rodgers, president, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York, New York
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. My year has been made. I read with great interest and delight the commentary by Lisa Scott. She has brought to the forefront what many men and women who choose not to go through life with blinders on have known for decades. The reality of gender bias against men known as bigotry in regards to domestic violence.
Until we are ready in this anti-male community to address this, including the women who purposely strive to punch the emotional buttons of men to bring them to a point of rage, then we do not really want to deal with domestic violence. We would only be furthering a system that allows women with a hidden agenda of bigotry and hatred toward men to have a platform to further their selfish, divisive and destructive agendas and rhetoric.
As to Lisa Scott: Thank you, Lisa. You are undoubtedly a person of quality, integrity and a deep sense of justice. I can see the kindness from your picture as you smile from your eyes. Very authentic, attractive, feminine traits by the way, that many women in this community could stand to learn. Sure beats passive aggressiveness.
Steve Baldwin, Edmonds
Ignored too long
It's really good to see the media bringing a little balance to the portrait of domestic violence. The issue of violence by women has been ignored far too long, in spite of a rising tide of evidence that it is an important factor in domestic and family violence. We must avoid gender profiling and presumptions of guilt based on gender in this important and sensitive area.
Steve Graham, co-chair, Island Domestic Violence Outreach Services, Vashon Island
Death in the family
As true as the author's statement is, I can only imagine how the supposed domestic-violence gurus in our greater Puget Sound area scooted to the edge of their seats shaking their heads in constant denial to the truth about domestic violence not being a gender issue.
To bring the truth a little closer to home, between 1995 and 1999 there were 25 domestic-violence related homicides in the city of Seattle where one intimate partner killed another; 14 women were killed by their male intimate partner and 11 men were killed by their female intimate partner (Washington State Association of Sheriff and Police Chiefs Annual Report).
This month being Domestic Violence Awareness Month would be the perfect month in our area to truly recognize that "Every Victim Counts."
Greg Schmidt, Renton
$4 billion, 2 percent
Lisa Scott's commentary presenting the facts, though not politically correct, is a welcome breath of fresh air in a service-turned-industry. Think of the money ($4 billion) we are spending on less than 2 percent of the population (that is, if we pretended VAWA funds were used to help men as well as women)... and I am not convinced that this 2 percent considers recidivism.
Doug Martin, Olympia
This boy's life
As a woman, I believe it is past time for society to begin recognizing that "victim" doesn't always mean "female" and "violence" isn't always equivalent to "male." It is also time we stop perpetuating myths and untruths simply because we have held them to be true for so long, particularly when they have been debunked by valid research.
Women are strong and intelligent, and sometimes they are victims of domestic violence, but men are also strong and intelligent and also become victims of domestic violence, as Lisa Scott pointed out. We must begin to value every victim and must commit to helping every person who experiences domestic violence male or female.
As a soon-to-be mother, I worry that if I have a son, his position in society will not be valued as strongly as if I have a daughter. That if he is ever the unfortunate victim of domestic violence, he will be too ashamed to speak out and, worse, that there will be no one there to help him because society bought the lie that domestic violence is only perpetrated on women.
With nearly half the victims of domestic violence being men, there is simply no way to justify a system in which only women are offered protection and services while mostly men are passed off as abusers.
To answer Scott's question, of course an important public-policy debate should not be about which sex is the most important victim. If we are to overcome our current system, we must begin to recognize that every victim is important enough to receive the help they need and that every abuser should receive their due punishment without consideration for gender in either case.
Mindy Taylor, Marysville
After reading Lisa Scott's guest commentary, "Gender bias no cure for domestic violence," twice, I must say I am not quite sure what her objective was in writing it.
She had the opportunity in this article to enlighten the public to the realities of domestic violence; that it happens across all levels of income and education, that it does not recognize religion, race, or ethnicity, and that there are simply not enough resources available to accommodate its victims (regardless of gender).
Instead, she used this precious opportunity to further the division between the genders, to portray domestic violence advocates as men-bashers, and worst of all, to continue to minimize the very real problem of domestic violence in this country. Shame on her for wasting such valuable space especially during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Tracee Parker, Kirkland
The full article is at the Seattle Times Web site.
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How much work (in Joules) is done on a 1 kg object to lift it from the center of the Earth to its surface? The radius of the Earth is 6371 km.
The gravitational force of attraction acting on an object of mass m is given by `F = (m*g*r)/R_e` where r is the distance of the object from the center of the Earth and `R_e` is the radius of the Earth.
The work required to bring an object with mass 1 kg from the center of the Earth to the surface is given by :
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= `(m*g/R_e)*(1/2)*(R_e^2 - 0)`
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The work done to bring an object with mass 1 kg from the center of the Earth to the surface is approximately 31.217*10^6 J
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© 2014 Vision Church Fulton/LHR Photography
Being Bold for Him
"I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your
praise. I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your
love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your
word. When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted." Psalm 138:1-
Being bold has been a lifelong struggle of mine. My loved ones would describe me as quiet, sweet, and "too nice." I prefer to stay out of the spotlight. I worry about what others will think of me or say about me if I boldly speak the Truth or express my love for Him. I don't want to come across as unloving or annoying.
I've been asking God to help me be bolder without seeing any change. Then I came across this passage in Psalm 138. I realized if I praised Him with all my heart and called out to Him, He would make me bold. Have I been praising Him with ALL my heart? No. After examining my praise and worship life, I concluded that I was being lazy in this area. I have to be bold in my praises to God so He can make me bold in sharing His Message! The more I exercise this ability to spend time in His presence, the stronger I'll become spiritually.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
I was devastated to find out today that my beloved Jane Magazine will soon cease publication. I feel like I've grown up with Jane after reading it religiously for 10 years (basically half my life) after initially discovering it via The View circa 1997.
It deftly picked up where Sassy left off, though it was decidedly more polished. Jane was one of those magazines that I picked up the day it came out, regardless of who graced the cover. It truly feels like the end of an era, and I'm left with a monthly magazine void that Teen Vogue will not be able to fill...
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12 Hours to Kill is a B-movie noir from 1960 that caught my eye based on Barbara Eden in a starring role. This film is based on a mystery serial from The Saturday Evening Post written by Richard Stern. The film is directed by Edward L. Cahn who looks to be a prolific B-movie director of mostly Sci-Fi and Horror films. I am not to familiar with his work and don’t recognize most of his films.
Our protagonist is played by Nico Minardos who plays a Greek Immigrant fresh off the boat in New York City. It looks like Minardos mostly worked in one-off appearances on varies television shows for the next 25 or so years.
The story starts with our hero minding his business in his hotel room late at night looking out the window when he witnesses a gangland slaying. He goes to the cops and we have two higher-ups listen to his story. They know they have a leak in the police force so the two keep it secret and send our hero and witness to a small town. On the train Minardos meets a beautiful women,Barbara Eden, going to the same town. Somebody leaks the eye witnesses identity to the press and from here we just have characters chasing each other, not knowing who to trust and who not to.
Barbara Eden is the high light of this film, though her character doesn’t ring true. She plays a women that is helps a total stranger, that she knows is in trouble, with no questions asked and is happy to do it. Maybe at the end of the 1950’s this single strong happy to help female existed, but to me she seems to go out of her way a little to easy. She does light up the screen and is very likable, if not believable.
This film has a few scenes which look brilliant. I liked the opening scene of the gangland slaying, also the scene where our hero gets off the train and sees the bad guys waiting for him. The movie does miss the mark elsewhere, for instance I liked some of the hand to hand fighting later in the film, but the editing doesn’t make a lot of sense. The train scene with the little dog had potential, but doesn’t fit well with the rest of the film and seems drawn out and long. I don’t have a degree in film and only know what I like, but I honestly feel this film could have went from a below average noir to something a bit better with some stronger editing alone.
This film doesn’t seem to have a very big following and I can understand why. When looking at reviews on various sites, I found saying like “almost noir-esque suspense/drama” and “pretty much a by the numbers wannabe noir.” I would say this is definitely a noir, it’s just not a great noir or even a very good one. This is for noir fans that want to see everything or big fans of Barbara Eden. It is not a total waste but If you are new to noir, I would start somewhere else.
Favorite Tidbit: T.V. greats Gavin MacLeod and Ted Knight both appear in this movie in smaller roles, though they don’t have any scenes together. They would of course go on to star together in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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Despite curbs, Chinese players emerge on world golf scene
When Chinese golfer Li Haotong once dreamt about making headlines, he probably wasn’t envisaging the mocking recent coverage of his mother wading into a water hazard to retrieve his club. Li, who turns 22 today, can giggle now because it’s his game that’s making the news, after a startling performance at the British Open saw him touted as a potential major-winner.
Li’s success at Royal Birkdale preceded the historic achievement of his bespectacled countryman Dou Zecheng, who won on the Web.com Tour on Sunday to become the first Chinese to earn a PGA Tour playing card. China has long been viewed as the next great frontier for emerging golf talent, but that vision has been slow to materialise, at least in the men’s game.
But golfers such as Li and Dou, 20, are at the forefront of a new generation of talented young Chinese players waiting to break out. Their emergence comes despite the Chinese government’s ambivalent attitude towards golf, which was banned under Mao Zedong and is traditionally viewed as bourgeois.
On the one hand, Chinese authorities have shut dozens of golf courses-many of them illegal-and curbed new construction, while also warning Communist Party members about playing the game. But on the other, big tournaments such as the $9.75-million WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, one of the world’s richest golf events, are a regular fixture.
None of this is the concern of Hunan native Li, who had to contend with embarrassment in June after the video of his mother, knee-deep in water, swept the internet.
“Don’t remind me, please,” the often-smiling Li told reporters later. Frustrated at a poor shot at the French Open, Li launched the club into a murky pond, only for his mother to roll up her trousers to go and fetch it. As fellow players watched on in hysterics-apparently unaware it was Li’s mother-she fished out the club, only to toss it back in after realising it was snapped.
The incident did nothing to harm Li, who registered China’s best performance in a major after his final round of 63 at the British Open placed him third and earned him a spot at the Masters. “It’s kind of a dream come true,” said Li, who is 66th in the world rankings and has been quietly making a name for himself in recent years
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“Social media posts are captured in electronic memory and stay there for a long time, unlike words, which could easily fade away with time.” – Dr Kushal Jain, Consultant Psychiatrist
“The negative is when couples end up focussing too much on social media based relationships rather than real relationships.” – Gopa Khan, Mental Health Therapist
The impact of social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp cannot be denied on how it affects modern relationships and modern day dating. In many cases, relationships have not been able to withstand the constant scrutiny and suspicions that social media incites.
Saumya Tewari spoke to experts Dr Kushal Jain, consultant psychiatrist, and Ms Gopa Khan, mental health therapist, about how social media ruins relationships.
How Does Social Media Ruin Relationships?
The world of social media has a lot to offer, but its offerings can be both positive and negative. Our involvement in social media has increased so much in the past few years, that one cannot evade the disastrous results of the same.
Not all social media is bad, but yes, social media ruins relationships if one uses it in a malignant or careless way. In conversation with Dr Kushal Jain and Gopa Khan, let us see how.
Do you think social media such as Facebook or WhatsApp have changed modern couple relationships?
Dr Kushal Jain: Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become closely associated with people’s lives, as they spend considerable time uploading their pictures, writing posts and tagging others. This definitely impacts modern couple relationships in real time.
We frequently come across clients who are distressed both emotionally and psychologically or are depressed when they or their relationships are mentioned on Facebook or WhatsApp.
Gopa Khan: I had one client who was addicted to WhatsApp and and was on many chat groups. This impacted his marriage and family life severely. That experience was indeed a testament to how social media destroys relationships.
In another case, a newly married lady would spend her whole day on Facebook instead of focusing on her other priorities and this created an immense conflict in the marriage, leading to a messy divorce.
However one has to know that, ‘social media destroys relationships’ cannot be a reason for you to make mistakes like this. It is be unfair to blame social media, as it is actually a person’s inability to draw healthy boundaries that is the issue.
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How does social media affect relationships and add jealousy in a relationship?
Dr Kushal Jain: Social media act as a catalyst in magnifying emotions. Social media, especially Facebook, can exacerbate and then sustain small amounts of jealousy. Jealousy is a normal human emotion and therefore social media cannot be blamed for it.
Gopa Khan: Jealousy will always exist but the degree intensifies if the partner is an insecure woman or man. Someone once asked me if Facebook ruins relationships and I said that yes it can.
For instance, a spouse may not like his other half getting too many ‘Likes’ on Facebook or have men in her FB friends’ list or WhatsApp groups, or vice versa. In addition, spouses deciding which friends can be in their respective FB accounts becomes a control issue. In such cases, I ask couples to keep out of each other’s Facebook accounts if possible, as it does get messy.
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Is social media activity becoming a tool among modern couples to keep tabs on each other?
Dr Kushal Jain: This is a very common issue that I encounter with couples in relationship counseling. They frequently complain about their partners checking their phones or keeping track of their Facebook and WhatsApp activities looking for signs of cheating or any social media relationships that they might have fostered. We have to accept that nothing can be changed now and we have to live with social media.
This phenomenon of checking your partner’s online activities happens, and will happen even more in the future. Social media have just become another reason for individuals to become more suspicious and paranoid. People should be aware that they are tracked and kept tabs on.
Do modern couples talk about issues arising out of how social media destroys relationships?
Dr Kushal Jain: Every now and then we do get clients who discuss how their relationships are negatively affected by the posts their partners put up on social media platforms. This is usually associated with breakups, fights, relationship arguments and, in rare cases, even violence. This is when I remind them that social media sites are also how people are connected. So social media does act a double-edged sword.
Got a question for our counsellor Dr Kushal Jain?
Gopa Khan: It’s very much part and parcel of couple’s counseling now. My standard advice to couples…please don’t share passwords with spouses and refrain from posting personal aspects of your life, and definitely NO selfies… that’s definitely inviting trouble.
On a serious note, sex addiction issues also show up while using social media and are leading to breakdown of marriages. Maintaining healthy boundaries and not putting too much information out there on your personal life is the most sensible thing to do.
So, does social media ruin relationships? Not necessarily. Facebook doesn’t invite us to cheat or use it to talk to other people. At the end of the day, it’s your own actions that determine your relationship. So stay safe, careful and cautious about your online activities.
Saying ‘social media ruins relationships’ is a very broad way of judging the same. But yes, it can be harmful if used the wrong way. Moreover, it can create doubts or suspicions in the mind of your spouse if you use it too randomly. Talk it out with your spouse and make some social media boundaries.
A survey in the UK tells us that one in three divorces resulted in disagreements over social media. So do not take this too lightly. Does social media ruin relationships? Clearly, it can.
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A programmer exhibits a sample of the ransomware cyberattack on a laptop computer in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. By contrast, as soon as WannaCry is inside an organisation it is going to seek out susceptible machines and infect them too. Some specialists say the assault might have been constructed to use a weak point in Microsoft systems that had been identified by the NSA and given the title EternalBlue. Problem occasions are a great way to get fit, meet new folks and travel the world- and all for an excellent cause! So, you want to manage your home units ( desktop pc , notebooks, tablets) through a excessive-speed wireless community? Then you must arrange an access point, which will give your gadgets (and their accessories) a default wi-fi web connection to connect with. Security is necessary, so be sure that your IP address is safe from outsiders, then get pleasure from. And never a cable in sight!
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The virus or malware behind the newest cyber-assault has been identified as ransomware”. This can be a virus that locks down both your pc or your net browser, and a message on the screen calls for you make a cost within the on-line forex Bitcoin to have your laptop unlocked. We also have quite a few partnership alternatives that Pc Assist can supply your business. Please contact Christina by electronic mail or phone 020 8361 5540 to search out out more. It’s plastic and simple. The top of the puck pushes all the way down to reveal a small charging port that your cellphone can plug into while resting on a stand. There is no loopy setup required here; you just drop your phone on that port, turn on your computer monitor, and all of the sudden you are offered with what appears to be like like a standard laptop desktop, stuffed with icons.
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Analog computer systems use continuous bodily magnitudes to signify quantitative information. At first they represented quantities with mechanical elements (see differential analyzer and integrator ), but after World Struggle II voltages were used; by the Nineteen Sixties digital computer systems had largely changed them. Nonetheless, analog computers, and a few hybrid digital-analog methods, continued in use through the Sixties in tasks equivalent to aircraft and spaceflight simulation. Some of the trusts and hospitals affected embrace North Cumbria, Morecambe Bay hospitals, Blackpool, Barts Health in London, Colchester, Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.
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Studer A-80 - Cover Protection Hood (broken sides)
Condition: Used, 2 corners damaged.
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The Philadelphia Eagles host the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football this week.
Wes Reynolds and Matt Youmans preview the game and break down their best bets.
Seattle Seahawks (-6.5, 48.5) at Philadelphia Eagles
Reynolds: The Seahawks (7-3 SU; 6-4 ATS) come into Monday Night fresh with ten days in between games having played on November 19th defeating Arizona 28-21 on Thursday Night Football. Seattle is currently tied for the lead in the NFC West with the Los Angeles Rams (Rams won the first meeting in Week 10, second meeting in Seattle for Week 16).
Meanwhile, the Eagles (3-6-1 SU; 3-7 ATS) have fallen from first place in the NFC East after the Washington Football Team won at Dallas, 41-16 on Thanksgiving. The Eagles could regain first place with a victory tonight but are reeling after losing two straight in New York and Cleveland in back-to-back weeks.
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20200912 Parsha Nitzavim-Vayelech – Here we are, Now what?
Getting back to God’s Normal
This week’s Parsha is a double Parsha because we are not in a leap year. It encompasses Deuteronomy 29:9 to 31:30. The most significant aspect of this portion is the renewal of the Mosaic Covenant with Israel. We have to remember that the vast majority of Bnei Israel standing on the East side of the Jordan River were not present at Mt Sinai. All the people above the age of 20 had died out in the wilderness due to their lack of faith.
Therefore, at Hashem’s direction, Moses gathered the people together to renew the covenant that their fathers heard at Mount Sinai and to which they agreed wholeheartedly.
Deuteronomy 29:9-14 “You are standing today, all of you, before Adonai your God—the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, all the men of Israel, (10) your children, your wives, and the outsider within your camp (from your woodchopper to your water carrier). (11) Each of you is to cross over into the covenant of Adonai your God that He is cutting with you today, and into His oath. (12) “This is in order to confirm you today as His people. So He will be your God, just as He promised you and just as He swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. (13) Not with you alone am I cutting this covenant and this oath, (14) but with whomever is standing here with us today before Adonai our God and with whomever is not here with us today.
So what were they renewing? Which Covenant? Certainly, they were renewing the Mosaic Covenant because that would be the laws and regulations for their daily lives. These laws and regulations also made them distinct from the peoples and nations around them.
But Genesis 22 tells us of another covenant. That was the Covenant God made with Abraham. The Mosaic Covenant was a reaffirmation of the Abrahamic Covenant that promised that Abraham would be the father of many nations. Even more importantly, it promised that all the families of the earth would be blessed through his seed.
That is the promise of the Messiah, who would come and be a savior to anyone who would believe in him. All the world is blessed by the Messiah Yeshua IF they will just lay hold of that promise.
Verse 14 has some strange language in it. God was cutting the covenant for all who were standing there at that moment. But then He says it was for whomever was NOT standing there on that day. In other words, God’s promise to Abraham and the Children of Israel was not for a moment in time. It was for ALL generations. When God makes a promise, it is a forever kind of thing.
On this occasion of getting ready for the crossing over into Canaan what did Moses do? He recited the Law that God had given them at Sinai. He had a copy written for each tribe. He gave a commandment that every 7 years, the people would get together hear the Law read out to them. In the intervening years the Law was retold by memory and we know that sometimes memory can fail us, so that 7 year requirement was important to bring us all back to the center of the road.
There was another 7 year requirement that was important to God, that was outlined in Exodus 23:10-12. It pertained to giving the land an opportunity to rest, and it also provided the poor among B’nei Israel an opportunity to gather and be fed. It was an issue of social justice and provision for the poor, and also a prescribed Sabbath for the land, for animals, and for the servants among them.
10 “For six years you are to sow your land and gather the increase. 11 But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat. Whatever they leave behind, the animals of the field may eat. You are to deal with your vineyard and your olive grove in the same way.12 “You are to do your work for six days, but on the seventh day you will rest, so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and also the son of your handmaid and the outsider may be refreshed.
Let’s fast forward a thousand years to the end of the Babylonian exile. The Children of Israel were coming back into the land after 70 years of exile in Babylon. You can read about it in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Did you ever wonder why they were exiled for 70 years? It was because Israel did not keep the 7 year sabbath for the land and for the poor beginning with the reign of King Saul. There was 490 years from the time of Saul to the destruction of the first temple. 490 divided by 7 equals what? That’s right, 70 years. The land got its prescribed years of rest, and Israel was reprimanded for her social injustices.
2 Chronicles 36:20-21 He exiled to Babylon those who had escaped the sword and they became slaves to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia— (21) in fulfillment of the word of Adonai by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had paid back her Shabbat rests—for as long as it lay desolate—the Shabbat rest was kept till 70 years were complete.
Israel had not let the land rest, or her people rest. They had not observed the commandments concerning the shmitah such as returning land back to the original clans, freeing slaves, and perhaps, most important, they did not gather together and read aloud the Torah. They had abandoned God’s standard of holiness and pursued their own path. The reading of Torah may very well have avoided the exile if they and read it and heeded its words.
But God left a remnant. It seems as though He always has a remnant. And God’s remnant is enough for a majority. We can read about it in Ezra.
Ezra 9:8 But now for a brief moment Adonai our God has shown us favor in leaving us a remnant and giving us as a peg in His holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes and has given us a little relief in our bondage.
I like the imagery in this verse. He has given us a peg in the Temple. Some translations say a nail in the Temple. For all of our transgressions, Hashem still grants us his grace and a place in the temple. Through a lot of difficulty, danger and delay, the Temple was finally rebuilt along with the wall around Jerusalem. There were divisions among the people. They had different opinions about how things should be done.
Ezra 3:12 But many of the kohanim, Levites and patriarchal leaders, older men who had seen the former House, wept loudly at the sight of the founding of this House, while many shouted for joy.
It was the glass half full or the glass half empty conundrum. Some Levites wept at past glories lost and others rejoiced that there was still a foundation and a place to start the rebuilding.
I’ll mention just in passing another odd parallel between the Exodus from Egypt and the return to Israel from Babylon. Only about 20% of all the Hebrew people in Egypt left to go to the promised land. And only about 20% of all the Jews left the lives they had carved out for themselves in the land of Babylon. In fact, Nehemiah 3:12 says that “Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, and his daughters repaired the next section.” I think it would be wise for us to acknowledge and honor the efforts of ADONAI’s daughters, who rise up to the occasion and readily accept the labor intensive efforts that are required to build the Temple. We could not move forward as a congregation were it not for the significant contributions of our ladies here at Tree of Life. It is clearly significant to ADONAI also, as it was recorded in scripture that certain women worked side by side with the men, in dangerous circumstances, to do God’s work.
I think though that one of the most important things that B’nei Israel did in the building of the walls and the Temple was what happened at the rededication of the Temple. Let’s read together some more excerpts from Nehemiah.
Nehemiah 9:5 5The Levites… said: “Stand up! Bless Adonai your God, from everlasting to everlasting! May Your glorious Name be blessed; may it be exalted above all blessing and praise…
Nehemiah 9:7 7“You are Adonai, the God who chose… Abraham… and made the covenant with him to give the land… to his seed. You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous… 13“You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just judgments, reliable laws, and good statutes and mitzvot. 14You made known to them Your holy Shabbat and ordained for them mitzvot, statutes and Torah by the hand of Your servant Moses…
Nehemiah 9:16 16“But they, our ancestors, became arrogant. They stiffened their neck and did not obey Your mitzvot.
Nehemiah 13:1 On that day, the scroll of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people.
As they were trying to get back to a normal, pre-exilic existence, Israel began the right way.
- They stood up together as a unified body.
- They worshipped ADONAI together
- They remembered the covenants together
- They confessed their sin together
- And then they read the Law of Moses out loud to the people. They redirected the people to God’s standard of holiness.
Today we are also beginning again. The world would have us believe that we are “Stronger Together” and use it as a campaign for wearing protective masks and following the same handwashing hygiene protocols that ADONAI prescribed for B’nei Israel thousands of years ago. I don’t know why we went through all of this. Perhaps We have been exiled for 6 months due to the actions of misguided government officials and aided by a corrupt media. In some parts of the country, their local governments are suing congregations and fining them $5,000 per day because they to the courageous stand to meet together to worship God. Fortunately, we don’t have those kinds of extremes here in Texas. So instead of wailing and crying about the government abuses, let’s be like those that rejoiced that at least the Temple foundations still stood. We have our beautiful facility back and we can once again gather to worship God.
So here we are. Now what? We are one week away from the High Holy Days. Next week we will all gather back here with our shofarot and we will celebrate Rosh Hashanah. This is a perfect opportunity to reassess our lives and our relationship to our Creator. How can we best “Get back God’s Normal?”
READ THE WORD
Instead of having someone read God’s word to us, we all have Bibles available to us. I encourage each of you to make a concerted effort to get into the Word, study it, meditate on it and follow it. It is our roadmap. It is what keeps us on the right path.
For our part at Tree of Life, we will continue to teach directly from God’s word and not from the latest thing that is trending on social media. If you want to get a head start on what I will be teaching each week, look up what Parsha is for that week. A great resource for the weekly portion is the website at First Fruits of Zion. You can see their website up there on the screen. Unless I get a special direction from the Lord, I will be teaching somewhere in the Parsha.
INTERNALIZE THE WORD
David said in Psalms 119:11
Psalms 119:11 I have treasured Your word in my heart, so I might not sin against You.
David used an analogy of eating God’s word, taking it into your body so that it becomes part of you.
Psalms 34:9 Taste and see how good Adonai is. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.
SPREAD THE WORD
Finally, don’t be the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is dead because it doesn’t have an outlet. The Jordan river and other streams flow into it but nothing comes out. One of the requirements for a mikveh is that it must be living water, not stagnated water that doesn’t flow. It’s the same with our lives as Believers. We can take in all the teaching and preaching, but if we don’t do something with it, then what good is it. One of the last things Yeshua said to his disciples did not include sitting on a bench doing nothing.
Matthew 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Ruach ha-Kodesh, (20) teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And remember! I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Some will ask why did all this COVID stuff happen. I’m not going to go into global geopolitics and economies and all that stuff. But I have been thinking on something that Moses said.
Deuteronomy 8:15-16 He led you through the great and terrible wilderness—fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought forth water for you from the flinty rock. (16) He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and test you, to do you good in the end.
I don’t know why, but I do know that it is all for our good in the end. Let’s pick up, and go forward in the Lord’s grace and strength, letting the world know that greater is He that is in me and he that is in the world.
STAND with me, and let’s pray TOGETHER:
Father, we acknowledge together, as a unified body of Believers, that You are Almighty, the maker of the heavens and earth, the King of the Universe. Teach us how to worship You in the way that You deserve, instead of with vapid empty praise. We remember Your covenant with Abraham, that all the earth would be blessed through the promised Messiah. We remember Your covenant with Moses, that if we listen AND obey Your commandments, You would be faithful to hear our prayers. We confess our sin, and our need for Yeshua HaMashiach, our promised Messiah, and His sacrifice by which we are reconciled to You. And we ask that You create in us the craving to consume Your Living Word, that Your Word would be the guiding light within us, that leads us during this season and those times yet to come…
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The Department of Surgery's primary teaching hospital is Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
600 Gresham DriveNorfolk, VA 23507
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a 644-bed tertiary care facility regionally and nationally known for many of its programs. It is the primary teaching hospital for undergraduate and graduate education at EVMS. A busy Level 1 Trauma Center, it's special services include the Nightingale Aire Ambulance. Residents spend time at this hospital while on the following rotations: professorial/private, acute care, vascular, transplant, and trauma. During these rotations, residents are exposed to both full-time and community faculty.
Sentara CarePlex Hospital3000 Coliseum DriveHampton, VA 23666
Sentara CarePlex Hospital is a 224-bed hospital, acute care hospital, and Certified Primary Stroke Center located in Hampton, Va.
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Safety is no game, but a new PlayStation-like system developed in Sudbury might actually improve safety in mines.
The Ontario Mine Rescue experience launched today as Dynamic Earth's newest exhibit. The exhibit centres around virtual training in the world's first ever interactive and digitally simulated mine, FERDENO.
A human controlled avatar named Kyle explained the exhibit to a keen crowd of summer camp attendees, industry and economic development professionals.
In the interactive exhibit, visitors use consoles and HD graphic monitors with surround sound to immerse themselves in the virtual mine.
“The way we are learning is dramatically training,” said Don Duval, the CEO of NORCAT. “Sudbury can be and continues to be globally recognized for all that is next in mining.
FERDENO was developed in NORCAT's Immersive Learning Centre with the help of Ontario Mine Rescue. It is a program that can be used by industry professionals for corporate training, but Duval said they will also pursue the consumer market of regular video game players, who can benefit from the “play based learning” it offers.
For example, users might have to identify different types of fire extinguishers to overcome a challenge, a lesson that will stick with them.
The system can be adapted to create various scenarios for different clients need, and audience members were excited to hear there was a female avatar that can be used.
“There's limitless combinations,” said Ontario Mine Rescue general manager, Ted Hanley. “This challenges rescuers to think critically.”
The game is an opportunity for players to “actively engage the unknown,” according to Ed Wisniewski, NORCAT's director of software development and the brain behind FERDENO.
For now, the Ontario Mine Rescue experience has become a permanent part of Dynamic Earth, and FERDENO's first vistors there were enthusiastic about the system.
Summer camp attendees Danny Crowder and Andrew McGarry said the system was easy to adapt to for kids raised on video games, but said they still learned a lot.
“Sure it's a good way to learn,” said McGarry, distractedly as he maneuvered around a corner in a virtual truck. “But it's fun.”
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. That Machiavelli’s name has become synonymous with cold-eyed political calculation only heightens the intrinsic fascination of The Prince – the world’s pre-eminent how-to manual on the art of getting and keeping power, and one of the literary landmarks of the Italian Renaissance. Written in a vigorous, straightforward style which reflects its author’s realism, this treatise on states, statecraft, and the ideal ruler is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how human society actually works.
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- Campus Staff Took Advantage of Weaknesses in Admissions Processes to Inappropriately Admit 64 Students as Favors to Donors, Family, and Friends
- Campuses Lack Key Criteria and Standards to Support Their Admissions Decisions
- Campuses Have Not Adequately Ensured That Reviewers and Faculty Consistently and Fairly Evaluate Applications
- The Office of the President Has Not Safeguarded the University’s Admissions Process
Campus Staff Took Advantage of Weaknesses in Admissions Processes to Inappropriately Admit 64 Students as Favors to Donors, Family, and Friends
- Our review found that campuses admitted 64 applicants—in addition to the two identified in the federal investigation—for academic years 2013–14 through 2018–19 on the basis of their families’ donations to campuses or their connections to campus staff, leadership, and donors. These inappropriate admissions decisions subverted the university’s high standards for admissions and denied more qualified applicants educational opportunities.
- Campus staff falsely designated 22 of these applicants as student‑athlete recruits because of donations from or as favors to well‑connected families. Each campus we reviewed lacked sufficient processes for verifying that the applicants whom coaches identified as student‑athlete recruits actually possessed experience or athletic talent in the sport that they purportedly played.
- UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted 42 other applicants who were connected to campus staff and donors. These applicants were less qualified than many others for whom the campuses denied admission. In fact, some of these applicants received the lowest possible scores on their applications. The involvement of multiple members of management at UC Berkeley in these inappropriate admissions demonstrates that campus leadership failed to foster a culture committed to the university’s principles of fairness in admissions decisions.
In Violation of University Policy, the Campuses We Reviewed Admitted 64 Applicants Because of Their Families’ Donations and Connections
Because the university’s admissions process determines who has access to the high‑quality education it provides, maintaining the integrity of that process is essential. The university has established high standards for its admissions process and has regularly stated that it bases admissions decisions on an applicant’s merit, achievement, and life experiences. Through those statements, the university has effectively affirmed that factors such as relationships to university staff, parents who are alumni, and financial gifts and donations have no place in admissions decisions.
Despite the paramount importance of adhering to its high standards, the university has admitted some students because of inappropriate factors. As Figure 2 shows, we found 64 applicants across all four campuses we reviewed whom the campuses admitted for academic years 2013–14 through 2018–19 because of donations from the applicants’ families or because of relationships with campus personnel, alumni, or prominent donors. The majority of these applicants were white and at least half had annual family incomes of $150,000 or more. In most of these 64 cases, the campuses admitted the applicants even though those who reviewed their applications (readers) had determined that the applicants’ levels of achievement were not competitive for admission.
The University Admitted 64 Students Based on Inappropriate Factors
Source: Analysis of admissions records, donations, and athletics participation at UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, and UC San Diego from academic years 2013–14 through 2019–20.
Excerpts of UC Berkeley Coach Emails
Assistant Coach to Head Coach
[The family’s] recruiting agent called me up […] to have a direct conversation about what needed to happen next with this kid. After beating around the bush for a little bit, he said the family has made it clear they would like to “add to the legacy of the [sports team] and their family at Berkeley” to the tune of $[Amount redacted] donation. Figured I’d double check with you guys before I told him “thanks/no thanks.”
Head Coach to Assistant Coach
🍷👍👍👍👍👍$[Amount redacted] upfront for this year?
Assistant Coach to Head Coach
We didn’t get that far into the conversation…wanted to touch base with you first and told him I’d get back to him later this week…but he sounded very serious.
THREE DAYS LATER…
Assistant Coach to Recruiting Agent
After getting a chance to discuss our conversation with the staff yesterday, [Head Coach] is open to opportunities and would like the chance to speak on the phone. If the [family] is willing to establish their legacy with Berkeley and [the sports team] very soon involving the figures you suggested, we’ve already identified specific short‑term & long‑term needs of the program. With this could *possibly* come early admission for [applicant] to facilitate the process & agreement. We would need [applicant’s] transcripts, SAT/ACT test scores, a PDF of [their] complete application & a letter of recommendation from a recent instructor to speed the process along.
Source: UC Berkeley email records.
For example, as the text box shows, UC Berkeley admitted one applicant as an athlete based on their family’s ability to donate significantly to the athletics department. To protect the identities of the applicants we describe in this report, we withhold certain details regarding the circumstances of their admissions and avoid the use of gendered pronouns. This admission occurred despite the coaches’ repeated assessment before the family’s offer to donate that the applicant lacked the talent to compete at the campus. After the exchange the text box depicts, the applicant’s family made a large donation to the team, and the coaches facilitated the applicant’s admission. As we describe in the sections that follow, because of limitations in the evidence available for our review regarding the campuses’ admissions processes, there were likely more inappropriate admissions at the campuses than the 64 we describe in this report.
Campus staff were able to engineer many of these 64 inappropriate admissions—which we describe in further detail in the following sections—because the campuses failed to implement important safeguards against improper influence on admissions decisions. The missing safeguards include separating decision‑making authority between multiple individuals to ensure that no single individual is responsible for an admission decision and validating key information about applicants before offering admission. Other missing safeguards include requiring staff involved in admissions decisions to disclose in advance any associations to external organizations, such as sports clubs, or to individuals who may apply in the upcoming admissions cycle. Further, a robust approach to protecting the integrity of admissions would include prohibiting communication between development staff—those responsible for donor relations—and those involved in admission activities. By adopting strong policies and providing training about inappropriate influence in admissions decisions, the campuses could insulate the admissions process from improper interference. In the absence of these practices, staff at the four campuses took advantage of the gaps in admissions processes to the detriment of the university. When it does not maintain an admissions process free of inappropriate influence, the university risks admitting applicants because of their families’ connections or wealth while depriving other more qualified applicants of the opportunities that they have earned.
Coaches and Athletic Staff Falsely Designated 22 Applicants as Qualified Athletes as Favors to Donors and Friends
At each campus, coaches and athletic staff designate applicants whom they want to recruit for their teams as prospective student athletes. Campuses may eventually admit these prospective student athletes with the understanding that they will bring a valuable talent to a campus athletic program. As the text box shows, we reviewed prospective student‑athlete admissions from academic years 2013–14 through 2018–19 for at least six sports teams at each of four campuses: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. We found 22 instances in which coaches at those campuses designated applicants as prospective student athletes and each of the following was true: the applicants lacked the necessary athletic qualifications; they did not substantially participate on the team for which they were recruited; and evidence indicates that donations or potential donations to the university, a family’s level of influence, or familial connections influenced the decision to designate the applicants as student athletes.
Inappropriate Admissions of Prospective Student Athletes
We reviewed prospective student‑athlete admissions for at least six of the following teams at each campus:
• Men’s soccer
• Women’s soccer
• Men’s crew
• Women’s crew
• Men’s track and field
• Women’s track and field
• Men’s golf
• Women’s golf
• Men’s water polo
• Women’s water polo
• Men’s swimming
• Women’s swimming
• Women’s basketball
• Men’s tennis
We found that each campus inappropriately admitted the following number of applicants as student athletes:
• UC Berkeley: 13
• UCLA: 4
• UC San Diego: 1
• UC Santa Barbara: 4
Source: Analysis of applications, admissions data, email records, and athletics records at each campus.
In some cases, the campus appeared to admit the applicants in exchange for donations to the athletic department. Figure 3 depicts one of these cases, in which a UC Berkeley coach facilitated the admission of an applicant as a prospective student athlete, even though the applicant had played only a single year of the sport in high school and at a low level of competition. After admission, the applicant’s family donated several thousand dollars to the team. However, the applicant never competed with the team, and the coaches removed the applicant from the team after the season ended.
Additionally, coaches designated some applicants as prospective student athletes because of their connections to campus personnel or influential alumni and donors. For example, a coach at UC Santa Barbara (Coach 1) worked with a different team’s coach (Coach 2) to admit an applicant for Coach 2’s team who was initially denied admission during the standard application process. The applicant’s family were donors to Coach 1’s team and also donated to Coach 2’s team at the same time their child applied for admission. After Coach 2 requested the applicant’s admission, UC Santa Barbara’s admissions department questioned the applicant’s qualifications, prompting several emails between Coach 1, Coach 2, and the applicant’s father. In one email, Coach 1 asked the father if the applicant’s high school coach could “put something together” that would demonstrate the applicant’s talent and referred to the admissions process as a “game.” The high school coach eventually submitted a letter of recommendation that included little detail about the applicant’s athletics skill and instead focused on the applicant’s personality. UC Santa Barbara then admitted the applicant as a student athlete despite never receiving any additional evidence of athletic qualifications. Additionally, we found no evidence the applicant ever competed for the team.
Staff at UC Berkeley Used Vulnerabilities in the Athletics Admissions Processes to Admit an Unqualified Applicant
Source: Analysis of admissions records, athletics records, donations, and emails at UC Berkeley.
In a similar example at UC San Diego, the coach of one team (Coach 1) asked the coach of another team (Coach 2) to facilitate the admission of an applicant who was the friend of a UC San Diego athletic board member. In an email to the athletics director, Coach 2 stated that Coach 1 shared with him that the board member “had helped out with scholarships, etc. in the past, and if we could help [the board member], it may help the department.” Although Coach 2 noted that the applicant was not a normal recruit and “did not have the grades to get in on [their] own,” he facilitated the admission of the applicant. Coach 2 said he did so because he wanted to help the board member and the applicant “looked like an ok recruit.” The applicant never participated on the team. Coach 2 further stated in the email to the athletics director that he was “not happy to be used in that manner,” explaining that the “board member used me to get his family friend’s kid in UCSD,” and noting that, “[the applicant] wasn’t going to get in otherwise.” Finally, the coach wrote that he “would handle this differently if it wasn’t for [the applicant’s] relationship to [UC San Diego’s] board member.”
Figure 4 shows an example at UCLA where a coach facilitated the admission of an applicant after a member of the development office—which is the department responsible for fundraising and donor relations—advocated for the applicant’s admission on behalf of a donor. Although we found the applicant participated in high school in the sport for which they were recruited, we found that they were significantly less qualified than other recruits to the team, and they did not meaningfully participate on the team for UCLA.
At UCLA, Development Staff and Coaches Admitted an Applicant Because of a Connection to a Donor
Source: Analysis of admissions records, athletics records, donations, and emails at UCLA.
It is unlikely that the 22 applicants we found represent the true number of applicants whom coaches falsely identified as prospective student athletes to gain the applicant’s admission because of their connections to donors or influential individuals. First, we reviewed athletes for only a fraction of the athletic teams at each of the campuses. Further, even among those teams, we identified more than 400 athletes who did not appear on their teams’ rosters for more than their first year at that campus—indicating they stopped participating in that sport. Among that group were several athletes who had questionable circumstances surrounding their admission whom we did not count in our total of inappropriate admissions. Some of these athletes had limited or nonexistent athletic qualifications, while others were related to campus staff or a prominent donor. Others were immediately made into a team manager, indicating that the coaches never intended for the applicant to compete on the team. For example, one applicant we reviewed was only admitted after the coach rushed the applicant through the athletics admissions process a few months before the start of the academic year. Yet our review found no evidence that this applicant ever played the sport they were recruited for, and the applicant never appeared on the team’s public roster. Although the timing of this admission and its circumstances were outliers when compared to other recruiting and admissions activity, we found no evidence of impropriety. In fact, we concluded that an applicant’s admission was inappropriate and included them among the 22 we discuss in this report only when we identified definitive evidence, such as the emails that we described above, that the applicant’s admission was improperly influenced by their connections.
The Campuses’ Weak Processes and Inadequate Oversight of Athletics Admissions Processes Allowed These Inappropriate Admissions to Occur
The campuses’ athletics admissions processes are open to abuse because they allow for a large percentage of applicants to gain admission on the basis of much different considerations than the general applicant pool, and there is inadequate oversight of these admissions processes. For example, from academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20, UCLA’s committee for reviewing student‑athlete applicants admitted about 98 percent of the cases it reviewed for fall admission. The other campuses admitted a significant majority of student‑athlete applicants as well. In contrast, the four campuses admitted from 14 percent to 32 percent of all applicants. Further, in recognition of the special talents that the prospective student athletes would bring to the campus, the admissions process does not hold them to the same academic or application review standards as the general applicant pool. For example, the average grade point average for the bottom quartile of applicants whom UCLA admitted for academic year 2019–20 was 4.15, but the average grade point average for its admitted student athletes was 3.74. Nearly 6 percent of students and 21 percent of athletes did not have a grade point average in the applications data. Students may not have a grade point average in the data because their high schools use a grading system that does not easily convert to the standard scale or the students did not provide enough information on their application to calculate their grade point average. Similarly, two‑thirds of the admitted student athletes whom UC Berkeley evaluated through its holistic review process for academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20 received the lowest possible rating from its application readers—which is equivalent to a recommendation that the applicant be denied admission. In combination, the high acceptance rate and lower standards in key areas of applicant review elevate the risk of inappropriate influence during the admissions process because they make admission as a prospective student athlete an attractive option for applicants who are not academically competitive for admission through the regular admissions process.
Further increasing this risk is the degree to which many teams—including many of the teams that we reviewed—rely on donations as a revenue source. For example, from 2014 through 2019, 75 percent of the UC Berkeley men’s tennis team’s budget came from donations. Generally, coaches at the campuses are contractually responsible for fundraising for their teams and use that funding to pay for expenses such as team travel, athletic scholarships, and salaries for coaches and support staff. Their reliance on donations to support the continued existence of their teams can put pressure on coaches to use their significant influence over the admissions process to falsely designate applicants as qualified athletes to cultivate a positive relationship with prospective or existing donors.
Despite the vulnerability to abuse in the athletics admissions process, none of the four campuses we reviewed implemented effective safeguards against inappropriate admissions activity in the years leading up to the national admissions scandal. A primary safeguard is to have someone independent of the athletics department verify that all prospective student athletes possess talent that qualifies them as legitimate recruits. Instead of this independent verification, the campuses largely relied on coaches’ assertions that prospective student athletes were athletically qualified. At UC San Diego, neither the athletic department nor undergraduate admissions verified the athletic talent of applicants whom coaches identified. Although UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara established policies for reviewing the talent of prospective student athletes, we judgmentally selected 10 athletes at each of these campuses to determine whether the campus had verified talent before admitting the student. Neither campus was able to provide evidence proving the campus had actually performed this talent review. UCLA was able to provide documentation that it carried out a talent review of the non‑scholarship prospective student athletes we had selected for review. However, a single employee within the UCLA athletics department performed this verification and did not perform the review for scholarship athletes. In the absence of thorough and independent talent verification, the campuses allowed the 22 cases of inappropriate admissions we identified.
A similar, secondary safeguard is verification that student athletes participate on the teams for which a campus recruited them. Although some student athletes may leave a team because of injuries or other legitimate reasons, we found that a student athlete participating for less than one year is a possible warning sign that the athlete was admitted inappropriately. However, during the years we reviewed, only two of the campuses—UC Berkeley and UCLA—had policies that required student athletes to participate in their sports for a minimum time period of at least one year. Although these policies also required UC Berkeley and UCLA to track whether student athletes remained on a roster, none of the campuses we reviewed had policies for adequately investigating the circumstances of the admission of athletes who quit the team soon after admission.
A robust set of safeguards should also address the risk of inappropriate influence through donations. A regular review of financial contributions to the university matched against future and past athletic admissions decisions could prevent and deter admissions decisions based on donations. However, none of the campuses had implemented adequate processes—such as an independent review of prospective and recently admitted student athletes for associated donation history—to ensure that donations did not play a role in the admissions process. If UC Berkeley had been monitoring for donations, it likely would have identified those made by the family of the prospective student athlete that Figure 3 features, and it could have investigated further.
The University Has Not Made Sufficient Changes Following the National College Admissions Scandal
In response to recently publicized issues—including a soccer coach at UCLA who admitted to falsely designating two applicants as prospective student athletes in exchange for money—and the systemwide internal audit, the campuses we reviewed began implementing some safeguards for the athletics admissions process. However, despite the implementation of these additional safeguards, none of the campuses have fully addressed the gaps in their athletics admissions processes. Although each campus has established a process for verifying athletic talent, only UCLA and UC Santa Barbara plan to require verification of talent for all prospective student athletes. UC San Diego is planning to verify the athletic talent of only the prospective student athletes to whom it does not offer athletic scholarships. UC Berkeley’s plan is similar to UC San Diego, with the exception that it also plans to review prospective student athletes to whom the campus plans to offer minimal scholarships of about 2 percent. However, scholarship athletes also represent a risk with respect to inappropriate admissions activity; a small number of the 22 applicants admitted inappropriately were scholarship athletes, highlighting the importance of reviewing all prospective student athletes. Athletics staff at UC San Diego stated that they do not plan to verify the talent of scholarship athletes because they believe that the additional level of effort would not significantly reduce the risk of inappropriate admissions activity. In contrast, the director of athletic compliance at UC Berkeley explained that not verifying the talent of all prospective student athletes likely presents a risk, but that performing those verifications would strain the athletics department’s resources.
UCLA’s new process for verifying the athletic talent of prospective student athletes, if implemented systemwide, could strengthen the university’s safeguards against improper influence in athletics admissions. Specifically, UCLA has begun establishing criteria for each sport that prospective student athletes must meet to be recruited, such as specific times within which an athlete must run a specified distance or specific athletic rankings an athlete must achieve. Evidence of meeting these criteria must come from reputable sources. The other campuses we reviewed have not implemented a similar policy; however, such a policy could reduce the risk that a coach would be able to facilitate the admission of an unqualified applicant.
Additionally, UC Santa Barbara has updated its policies to require that a committee composed of faculty and admissions staff review talent documentation for all prospective student athletes, increasing the independence of the talent verification process. In contrast, UCLA, and UC San Diego have established policies for verifying athletic talent that delegate that responsibility to their athletic departments. As a result, the staff performing the reviews may be subject to internal pressure to inappropriately approve a prospective student athlete’s qualifications. Although UC Berkeley’s policy requires both athletics staff and a staff member in the office of undergraduate admissions to verify some applicants’ athletic talent, we selected 10 applicants to assess whether the campus was actually performing these verifications and found it had not for any of those 10 applicants. Requiring verification by individuals outside of the athletics department, such as from the office of admissions or internal audits, would better ensure the objectivity of a review.
Finally, none of the campuses have implemented complete reviews of applicants admitted through the athletics admissions process to determine whether donations—both preceding an admissions decision and also received in the year following the admission—inappropriately factored into their admission. Policies that UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego recently adopted provide that the campuses will check for donations connected to recruited athletes at the time of admission, while UC Santa Barbara has implemented a process for checking the donation history related to all applicants to whom they are considering offering admission. However, we observed that donations that were connected to inappropriate admissions also occurred after applicants were admitted, as Figure 3 demonstrates. Until the campuses address this gap, they risk further abuse of their admissions processes, which undermines the credibility of the university and the integrity of the admissions process.
UC Berkeley Frequently Gave Preferential Treatment to Relatives and Friends of Faculty, Staff, and Donors
UC Berkeley Admitted Applicants Because They Were Connected to:
• Donors and potential donors
• Campus staff
• Campus managers
• Managers at other university campuses
• A manager from a local education program
• A colleague from a small private college
• A counselor from a local high school
Source: Analysis of UC Berkeley’s admissions records.
At UC Berkeley, improper influence on admissions decisions was not limited to its athletics department. Multiple staff in its admissions office were involved with admitting 42 additional applicants because of their relationships to donors, university staff, and others for academic years 2016–17 through 2018–19 as indicated in the text box. As a result of the staff members’ actions, these 42 applicants took spots that would otherwise have belonged to applicants who had received higher ratings. Each of these 42 applicants received reader ratings that made it unlikely they would receive an offer of admission. Our assessment of the likelihood of admission is based on the rates of admission for academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20. Some of the 42 inappropriate admissions come from the academic year 2016–17 admissions cycle. Consistency in admission rates by reader rating from academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20 and a similar overall admission rate for academic year 2016–17 indicate that the likelihood of admission in academic year 2016–17 was likely similar to the period for academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20. These admissions occurred even though UC Berkeley’s own policies identified that a fundamental principle of its admissions process was that it would not give preference to applicants because they were related to donors, alumni, or employees of either the campus or the university. However, UC Berkeley’s leadership failed to uphold this principle and, in doing so, failed to uphold the university’s commitment to an admissions system based on merit and achievement.
We identified that UC Berkeley admitted 17 of the 42 applicants because of their connections to donors or potential donors. These admissions occurred after UC Berkeley’s development office—which is responsible for the campus’s fundraising and donations—referred the applicants to the admissions office. In most cases, the executive director of operations at the UC Berkeley Foundation within the development office made these referrals. In one case, the development office referred a potential applicant to admissions staff so that they could meet with the applicant in person. An assistant director in the admissions office then informed the former admissions director that she would meet with the “VIP student…whose family is [a] potential donor.” After the applicant applied to UC Berkeley, the former admissions director was the first person to read and rate the application, assigning it a rating of Strongly Recommend. The former admissions director then admitted the applicant, despite the fact that the second application reader gave the applicant the lowest possible rating of Do Not Recommend.
Each of these 17 applicants received uncompetitive ratings from application readers such that they were unlikely to be admitted to UC Berkeley without the referral they received from the development office. In fact, five of these applicants received the lowest possible rating from both of UC Berkeley’s application readers. Under normal circumstances, these application scores would have resulted in denial of admission.
UC Berkeley admitted another 11 of the 42 applicants because of their connections to campus staff, university staff, or the acquaintances of campus staff, such as the enrollment director for a private college who was a colleague of UC Berkeley’s former admissions director. In one example, admissions staff requested that an applicant receive additional consideration because the applicant was the child of a director‑level UC Berkeley staff member. Although the applicant had already received a Do Not Recommend score from both application readers, UC Berkeley admitted the applicant without any justification for doing so. In a similar example, the former associate dean of students contacted the former director of admissions through email and asked the director to conduct an additional review of an applicant. The former director of admissions responded, “Shhhh. You have to keep it a secret, but good news is coming [the applicant’s] way.” UC Berkeley admitted this applicant even though the applicant had received the lowest possible application rating from both readers, again without any justification. Without connections to campus staff members, these applicants almost certainly would not have been admitted.
UC Berkeley also admitted another 14 of the 42 applicants from its waitlist because of their connections to donors, staff, and influential individuals. Like other campuses, after selecting applicants for admission, UC Berkeley offers certain other applicants a place on its waitlist, from which it admits additional students as space allows. To be admitted from the waitlist, applicants must accept a waitlist offer by “opting in” to the waitlist. Only a small percentage of applicants receive a waitlist offer, and admission from the waitlist is competitive. For academic year 2018–19, UC Berkeley offered a place on the waitlist to only 10 percent of applicants who were not offered admission, and it admitted 34 percent of the applicants who opted‑in to the waitlist. According to the campus’s public Frequently Asked Questions document about the waitlist process, UC Berkeley focuses primarily on the content of the original application when making decisions about whom it will admit from the waitlist. However, it is unlikely that UC Berkeley admitted these 14 applicants because of their original applications. In all 14 cases, the applicants received uncompetitive scores from readers that gave them poor chances of being admitted. Rather, these applicants’ connections to donors, staff, or influential individuals drove the decision to admit them.
One case from these 14 admissions decisions is particularly problematic. UC Berkeley appears to have admitted this student because of an inappropriate letter of support from a university Regent. University policy states that members of the Board of Regents should not seek to influence inappropriately the outcome of admissions decisions beyond sending letters of recommendation, when appropriate, through the regular admissions process. However, the Regent did not submit this letter through the regular admissions process. Rather, after the campus placed this applicant on its waitlist, the Regent wrote a letter to UC Berkeley’s chancellor advocating for the applicant, and the chancellor’s staff sent the letter to UC Berkeley’s development office, which in turn forwarded the letter to the admissions office.
As indicated above, admission from the waitlist is not guaranteed, with most applicants still being denied even after being waitlisted. This applicant had only about a 26 percent chance of being admitted to UC Berkeley on their own based on the ratings that readers had assigned their application. The email records we reviewed indicate that staff in the admissions office consulted with the development office about who should be admitted from the waitlist. The admissions office also prioritized the admission of applicants on the waitlist whom staff had recommended, as well as applicants on a list that the former admissions director created. It is therefore likely that the applicant whom the Regent recommended would have been on a list that received priority admission from the waitlist. Given the low likelihood of this applicant’s admission and the prominent and influential role that Regents have within the university, we conclude that the decision to admit this applicant was likely influenced by the Regent’s advocacy.
UC Berkeley admitted these 42 applicants while denying admission to many others whom its application readers had rated more highly. As Figure 5 illustrates, applicants who were connected to donors and staff took the places of other applicants whom the campus had determined were more qualified for admission. Although all of these 42 applicants received scores that gave them a low chance at admission, two‑thirds of the 42 applicants had a less than 10 percent chance of admission to the campus. Moreover, 13 applicants had the lowest possible application ratings, which under normal circumstances would have resulted in virtually no chance of admission. Given the low ratings that readers had assigned to these applicants and the absence of any other documented reason for admitting them, we conclude their admissions were based on their connections to campus staff or other influential individuals.
UC Berkeley Admitted Children of Staff and Donors Instead of More Qualified Applicants
Source: Analysis of UC Berkeley admissions records.
UC Berkeley allowed campus staff to request special consideration for these applicants through three different processes. First, UC Berkeley’s admissions office maintained consistent communication with its development office over multiple years. In those interactions, the development office often provided the admissions office with the names of applicants connected to donors and potential donors. In one of the years we reviewed, the development office indicated which of the applicants were “priority.” UC Berkeley admitted every applicant that the development office indicated was a priority. None of these applicants had received ratings on their applications that would have made them competitive on their own merit for admission to UC Berkeley.
The former admissions director also openly invited staff to send her names of family and friends who had applied so that she could personally review the applications. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, the former admissions director sent an email to UC Berkeley staff offering to review the applications of applicants they might know, in one year describing that she was doing so “in the spirit of professional camaraderie.” Although she noted in her email that university policies do not allow the admissions office to consider the alumni status of an applicant’s family or any other special interests, UC Berkeley then admitted some applicants for whom campus staff requested that the former admissions director provide a “second look,” even when the ratings the applicants had received from readers were not competitive in comparison to the rest of the applicant pool.
Finally, UC Berkeley allowed admissions staff to request preferential treatment for relatives and donors by using a process intended to benefit applicants who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. UC Berkeley allows admissions staff to nominate applicants for additional consideration by placing them on a list it calls the prospect list. The emails that UC Berkeley’s admissions leadership sent to admissions staff indicate that the prospect list is for applicants who participate in UC Berkeley’s outreach programs, which generally assist disadvantaged high school and transfer students in preparing for and applying to college. The emails from the two more recent years—2018 and 2019—also state that the staff could add “other applicants to watch.” Although the majority of applicants whom admissions staff nominated were connected with these outreach programs, staff also placed applicants on the prospect list for inappropriate reasons, including the applicants’ connections to donors, staff, and faculty. UC Berkeley admitted several of these applicants while denying admission to similar or better‑rated students whom staff legitimately had placed on the prospect list because they had participated in a campus outreach program—the very applicants whom the prospect list was supposed to benefit.
It is unlikely that the inappropriate admissions that we describe in this section represent the total number of applicants whom UC Berkeley admitted as a result of inappropriate considerations. Although we found evidence that indicates that the development office provided a list of applicants to the admissions office in 2017 as well, we were unable to locate that list among the email records we reviewed. Further, the records we reviewed indicated that the admissions office had been soliciting requests for preferential treatment from campus staff before the period we reviewed. Therefore, it is possible—if not likely—that UC Berkeley admitted additional applicants because of their connections to donors and staff beyond those that we have reported.
The university’s admissions guidelines indicate campuses should ensure a fair and merit‑based admissions process. These inappropriate admissions occurred because UC Berkeley’s leadership failed to develop a campus culture to support such a process. Responsibility for reinforcing the principles of fairness and merit‑based decision making lies primarily with campus leadership, who must communicate and visibly adhere to clear expectations that applicants will be evaluated and admitted based solely on their merit and achievement. Instead of adhering to these principles, managers within the admissions office—including the former admissions director—participated in admitting these 42 applicants. Staff holding leadership positions in the admissions office communicated freely with UC Berkeley’s development office and facilitated the admissions of donors’ children. Staff from all over the campus advocated for their own relatives and friends. The former admissions director’s open invitation to staff encouraged this inappropriate advocacy, modeling the idea that preferential treatment for relatives of staff was acceptable.
The current director of undergraduate admissions, who was not in his position at the time that these inappropriate admissions occurred, agreed that the preferential treatment we observed is unacceptable, and that donor status, legacy, and relation to faculty and staff should not influence admissions decisions. He stated that he was surprised and disappointed that this preferential treatment occurred despite the existence of campus policies prohibiting those types of considerations in admission.
The presence of some procedural safeguards to prevent improper influence, including conflict‑of‑interest forms that staff were asked to complete and the involvement of multiple reviewers in some decision making, did not deter the unethical behavior that UC Berkeley staff displayed when making these inappropriate admissions, demonstrating that such safeguards are not sufficient on their own. Given the pervasiveness of this problem and seriousness of our findings, correcting the deficiencies in UC Berkeley’s culture and approach to admissions will require more significant intervention than establishing additional, similar safeguards. Despite the presence of a new director of undergraduate admissions, university leadership must assume a more active role in UC Berkeley’s admissions process until the campus demonstrates that it can operate its admissions process free of improper influence and in accordance with university standards. Until UC Berkeley establishes a culture where management communicates, models, and enforces expectations of a fair and merit‑based admissions process, it risks continued preferential treatment for relatives and friends of university donors, staff, and faculty. Such preferential treatment undermines the fairness and integrity of the admissions process by rewarding the opportunities a UC Berkeley education offers to applicants who are well connected rather than to those who are better qualified and more deserving.
To protect the fairness and integrity of its admissions processes, the Office of the President should establish systemwide protocols for admissions processes by the fall 2021 admissions cycle that prohibit the following:
- Giving authority to any one person to make a final admissions decision.
- Consideration of an applicant’s familial or other personal relationships to university staff or faculty in an admissions decision.
- Communication between a campus’s development office and its admissions office about applicants and prospective applicants.
To protect the campuses’ athletics admissions process from abuse, the Office of the President should require each campus to do the following by the fall 2021 admissions cycle:
- Have at least two reviewers verify the athletic talent of all prospective student athletes before their admittance. At least one of these reviewers should be from a department other than the athletics department. Each campus should develop standards for the level of talent that prospective student athletes for each of its teams must possess and then use those standards to verify the talent.
- Track student athletes’ participation in the sport for which they were recruited. If a student does not participate in the sport for longer than one year, the campus should determine the reason why the athlete stopped participating and, if necessary, conduct a review of the circumstances that led to the student’s admission to identify signs of inappropriate admissions activity.
- Review donations to athletic programs to determine whether those donations made before or after an athlete’s admission may have influenced the athletic department’s decision to request the athlete’s admission.
The Office of the President should immediately require staff involved in making or informing admissions decisions to report all attempts to influence admissions decisions, regardless of source, to their supervisors or to the director of undergraduate admissions.
Beginning with the fall 2021 admissions cycle, the Office of the President should oversee UC Berkeley’s admissions process for at least three years. The Office of the President should ensure that all admissions decisions are merit‑based and conform to the university’s policies on admissions. Further, the Office of the President should facilitate the establishment of a culture of ethical conduct in admissions by providing regular training to admissions and development staff, conducting reviews of admissions decisions, and monitoring the admissions office’s communications about applicants to ensure no inappropriate factors influence admissions activities.
Campuses Lack Key Criteria and Standards to Support Their Admissions Decisions
- UC Berkeley and UCLA have not established criteria for selecting from among the thousands of applicants who apply each year. Because of the campuses’ lack of criteria, it is unclear why—in addition to the inappropriate admissions we describe in the previous sections—they have frequently admitted applicants with lower ratings while denying admission to applicants their readers have more highly recommended.
- All three campuses we reviewed selected applicants for admission who did not meet university eligibility requirements, but could not demonstrate that they had identified those applicants as ineligible, and had not documented a rationale for admitting many of those applicants.
Campuses Have Not Established Adequate Criteria for Their Admissions Decisions, Limiting Consistency and Transparency
As the Introduction describes, readers at each campus review and rate applications based on the applicants’ levels of academic and nonacademic achievement. However, once readers rate applications, a campus must choose the applicants to whom it will offer admission. To ensure accountability in the admissions process and in recognition that this process should be transparent, valid, and equitable, BOARS states that each campus should develop the methodology it will use for selecting applicants. BOARS further explains that a campus should develop its methodology based on its goals and priorities. These priorities may include majors or areas of study that it wishes to expand or types of achievement that it desires in its student body. For example, if a campus determines that a priority is student activity in community service, it may implement a selection methodology to choose applicants with a history of community service.
Despite BOARS’s guidance, UC Berkeley and UCLA have not developed methodologies for selecting from among the thousands of applicants who apply each year for admission. In the absence of any documented criteria for selecting applicants, it is unclear why UC Berkeley and UCLA have admitted certain applicants while denying others. In our review of the campuses’ admissions decisions for academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20, we found that the two campuses’ decisions often did not reflect their readers’ ratings of applicants, as Figure 6 illustrates. For example, for academic year 2019–20, UCLA admitted into the College of Letters and Science only 18 percent—or about 1,000—of the applicants whom its application readers rated Recommend for Admission. However, in that same year, UCLA admitted into the College of Letters and Science more than 1,100 applicants whom its application readers rated lower than Recommend for Admission, including some whose ratings indicated that they were not competitive enough to be recommended for admittance. Given that these ratings represent the campus’s assessment of how competitive an applicant is for admission, and that UCLA’s scoring guidance states that it will admit applicants based on those ratings, it is unclear why UCLA would admit applicants whom it determined were less competitive than others it denied.
UC Berkeley’s and UCLA’s Lack of Criteria Casts Doubt on the Fairness of Some of Their Admissions Decisions
Source: Analysis of policies, procedures, and admissions documentation at UC Berkeley and UCLA.
UCLA’s admissions office may have had reasons for selecting certain lower‑rated applicants for admission over higher‑rated ones. For example, UCLA frequently admitted athletes with lower ratings on their applications because of the value that it believed that those athletes would bring to its sports programs. However, for applicants other than athletes, the campus could not provide any documentation justifying how it chose which applicants it would admit among those it rated Recommend for Admission, or why it admitted lower‑rated applicants over higher‑rated applicants. We observed a similar pattern of admissions decisions and missing justifications at UC Berkeley. In academic year 2019–20, UC Berkeley denied about 600 applicants to the College of Letters and Science that its application readers had rated stronger than Recommend—meaning that at least one reader had rated the applicant Strongly Recommend—but in the same year, UC Berkeley admitted roughly 1,600 applicants to the College of Letters and Science that its readers had rated at or lower than Recommend. As the Introduction explains, UC Berkeley and UCLA use different rating scales, contributing to a greater percentage of applicants rated Recommend at UC Berkeley being admitted.
Specifying in advance how a campus will make admissions decisions aids admissions staff in ensuring those decisions are consistent. Because of resource constraints, we would not expect the two campuses to explicitly document their reasons for admitting or denying each of the more than 100,000 freshman and transfer applicants who annually apply to each campus. However, a clear description of why the campuses would choose one applicant over another with a similar rating would align these campuses’ processes with BOARS’s guidance. It could also better ensure that the admissions staff make consistent and fair decisions based on factors the campuses value. In the absence of clear criteria, admissions decisions affecting thousands of applicants each year lack appropriate transparency.
Both UC Berkeley and UCLA agreed with our recommendation to develop more defined procedures for making admissions decisions. UC Berkeley’s director of undergraduate admissions asserted that the admissions office considers the internal priorities and institutional goals that the campus’s chancellor has informally communicated to it when making admissions decisions. However, he agreed that it would improve transparency and accountability to document how the campus’s priorities and goals inform its decision making when choosing among similarly rated applicants. The director of undergraduate admissions at UCLA also agreed that having documented methodologies for selecting between similarly rated applicants would enable UCLA to demonstrate why it might admit one applicant and deny another with the same rating.
In contrast to the other two campuses, UC San Diego has established a methodology for making admissions decisions, and the information we reviewed indicates that it follows that guidance. For example, its methodology for selecting applicants lists several priorities for admission, including that it highly prioritizes admitting applicants to its arts program who have received high ratings from its application readers. The admissions data we reviewed shows that UC San Diego generally admitted applicants to its arts majors who had received its highest reader ratings while rejecting other applicants to those programs. However, UC San Diego’s admissions methodology lacks a clear set of criteria to guide its decisions when it must choose from among similarly rated applicants, limiting transparency in its admissions decisions. Additionally, although we did not identify that these admissions decisions were improper, the lack of a documented reason for these admissions decisions introduces risk of inappropriate admissions.
The Campuses Did Not Adequately Identify Applicants They Selected for Admission Who Did Not Meet the University’s Eligibility Requirements
As the Introduction describes, university policy allows campuses to admit a small percentage of applicants who do not meet university eligibility requirements through a process it refers to as admission by exception. According to BOARS’s guidelines, the university allows admissions by exception because its eligibility requirements—such as coursework requirements and grade point average—do not recognize an applicant’s full set of achievements, talents, or personal circumstances. As a result, application readers may determine that an applicant has demonstrated extraordinary potential but still be technically ineligible because they did not, for example, complete one of the 15 required college preparatory (A-G) courses.
BOARS’s guidance provides recommended reasons for considering an applicant for admission by exception.
In April 2020, BOARS issued updated guidelines related to admission by exception. Among other changes, BOARS narrowed the applicability of the guidelines to apply to only California resident applicants as opposed to nonresidents. This change is consistent with how the university has interpreted its admission by exception policy when assessing compliance in the annual reports that BOARS submits to the Regents. It also added guidance related to tracking and reporting these admissions to BOARS. These include the applicants having overcome personal challenges, having had limited or nontraditional educational opportunities, having special talents, or having academic achievements equivalent to the eligibility requirements. BOARS’s guidance further explains its expectation that each campus’s comprehensive review process should guard against the possibility that the applicants to whom they offer admission by exception are admitted instead of applicants they determine to be more qualified. BOARS reports annually to the Regents about the number of admissions by exception systemwide.
Using the university’s application data for academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20, we identified applicants who did not meet one or more of the university’s eligibility requirements.
Our review of admission by exception was focused on freshman applicants. The table shows the hundreds of those applicants whom each campus selected for admission. Campus readers had strongly recommended most of these applicants for admission. However, each campus also selected for admission a small number of applicants—21 at UC Berkeley, seven at UCLA, and 10 at UC San Diego—whose reader ratings indicate that they were uncompetitive for admission and for whom we did not identify another reason for why the campuses may have admitted them, such as being an athlete or having a special talent. Regardless of the applicant’s ratings, for the majority of the applicants in the table, the campuses could not demonstrate that they had taken the key steps of identifying that these applicants were ineligible and then justifying the decision to admit them. These gaps are especially concerning for the lowest rated applicants, for whom we expected campuses to have deliberately considered and documented why they should be admitted despite both their low ratings and status as ineligible for admission.
|Ineligible Applicants The Campuses Selected for Admission|
|UC San Diego||794|
Source: Analysis of applications and admissions data regarding California resident freshman applicants that UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego selected for admission for academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20 and whom did not meet university eligibility requirements.
Note: We did not include nonresident applicants in the table because university‑approved college preparatory (A-G) coursework is only available in California, making it unlikely that any nonresidents would have been able to meet that eligibility requirement.
Each campus has a different approach to identifying ineligible applicants, but none of their approaches are adequate to identify all ineligible applicants. At UC San Diego, the senior associate director of enrollment management asserted that the campus reviews a list of applicants it is considering for admission in order to identify those who are ineligible. However, the campus explained that the query it used to create the list for academic year 2019–20 applicants identified only the applicants who had not met the exam requirements, not those who had not met the coursework or GPA requirements. UCLA claimed to run similar queries but could not demonstrate that it actually did so. Finally, the strategic initiatives advisor in the office of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley acknowledged that the campus identifies only certain categories of ineligible applicants whom it selects for admission, such as applicants who attended home school or an unaccredited high school. He stated that the campus does not try to identify other potentially ineligible applicants because it is not concerned about their academic strength.
All three campuses’ practices for identifying ineligible applicants are heavily reliant on a process that occurs after they have already selected applicants for admission. After an applicant accepts an offer of admission, applicants must arrange for their school to submit an official transcript. The campus then reviews the transcript to confirm the information the applicant provided in his or her application and to evaluate whether the applicant has met eligibility requirements. According to the campuses’ practices, if the applicant is ineligible, the campus should record at that time whether it will uphold its admittance decision and its reason for doing so.
However, if a campus only records that it is admitting an ineligible applicant after it has offered the applicant admission, it risks unknowingly offering admission to ineligible applicants who do not align with BOARS’s guidance on admission by exception. As we discuss earlier, BOARS identifies situations in which a campus may use admission by exception to offer admission to applicants, and indicates that campuses should guard against the possibility that the applicants to whom they offer admission by exception are admitted instead of applicants they determine to be more qualified. The processes at the three campuses we reviewed do not provide assurance that all applicants the campuses offer admission by exception are aligned with BOARS’s guidance on such admissions.
Deficient oversight by the Office of the President contributed to the campuses’ poor processes for identifying ineligible applicants. According to its executive director of undergraduate admissions, the Office of the President had not reviewed whether campuses had policies or procedures governing admissions by exception before its recent internal audit. In its systemwide audit of admissions, the Office of the President noted that campuses were not adequately tracking the applicants they admitted by exception or documenting their reasons for admitting such applicants. However, it did not determine the actual number of applicants who were ineligible at the time the campuses offered them admission, and did not recommend that campuses identify applicants who are ineligible at the time they are selected for admission.
Of the three campuses we reviewed, only UC San Diego developed procedures for its admission by exception process in late 2019 in response to the systemwide internal audit. These procedures specify how UC San Diego will record admissions by exception and the criteria that it will use to determine when it will admit an applicant by exception. Although the strategic initiatives advisor in the office of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley stated that the campus had documented its procedures for admission by exception, the document he provided to us does not in fact document such procedures. He provided other records demonstrating only that UC Berkeley reviewed whether applicants were admitted by exception at the point of enrollment, not when making admissions offers. Finally, the director of undergraduate admissions at UCLA stated that the campus intends to develop procedures, but it has not yet done so.
A new state law effective as of January 2020 states, among other things, that a university campus must have at least three senior campus administrators approve all admissions by exception, and must establish a policy that applies articulated standards to its decisions to admit applicants by exception. In response to this change in state law, BOARS updated its guidelines in April 2020 to recommend that three individuals—a campus’s director of undergraduate admissions, another official in the admissions office, and a member of the university’s Academic Senate who is external to the admissions office—approve all admissions by exception. Despite the findings of its own internal audit, the Office of the President told us that it plans to rely on campus reports about how the campuses use the admission by exception policy. Until the Office of the President ensures that campuses accurately identify the applicants whom they admit by exception and monitor to ensure that these applicants are qualified, it risks that uncompetitive, ineligible applicants will take the place of better qualified applicants.
To ensure that the university maintains a fair and consistent admissions process, the Office of the President should require each campus to take the following actions:
- By March 2021, document and implement a selection methodology that describes how it will choose applicants for admission, particularly when the applicants have received similar ratings from application readers. Further, the selection strategy should specify the reasons why a campus may choose an applicant with a low or uncompetitive rating instead of an applicant with a higher rating.
- Develop and implement processes to use when selecting applicants for admission for identifying applicants whom it has selected for admission and who are not eligible for admission to the university, and record their rationale for admitting those applicants despite their ineligibility.
To provide assurance that campuses’ use of the admission by exception policy is aligned with the policy’s purpose, beginning in June 2021, the Office of the President should annually select a random sample of applicants admitted by exception and verify that campuses recorded a rationale for each admission and that each rationale aligns with BOARS’s guidance.
Campuses Have Not Adequately Ensured That Reviewers and Faculty Consistently and Fairly Evaluate Applications
- Campuses have not adequately trained or supervised the readers who rate applications, creating the risk that their evaluations of thousands of applicants will be unfair or inconsistent. For instance, UC Berkeley’s readers correctly assessed only about 60 percent of practice applications during training before the campus allowed them to rate actual applications.
- Campuses have not taken critical steps to protect applicants from reader bias. They have provided application readers with applicants’ demographic information, including their names, native languages, and birthplaces, which could bias the readers’ evaluations.
- Campuses allow academic departments to participate in evaluating applicants for admission to their programs, but they have provided little or no oversight of the processes that those academic departments use when evaluating applications. As a result, these departments’ evaluations are at risk of inconsistency or bias.
The Campuses Have Not Ensured That Their Readers Rate Applications Fairly and Consistently
Fairness and consistency are essential characteristics that the university’s admissions processes should guarantee to all applicants. As we discuss in the Introduction, campuses rely on a combination of internal admissions staff and external application reviewers to serve as application readers. Generally, two readers review each freshman application and assign it a rating that represents their assessment of the applicant’s qualifications and fitness for admission to the campus. Although the number of applications that each reader reviews varies, many readers review hundreds, and some review over a thousand applications during an admissions cycle. According to BOARS’s guidelines for implementing university undergraduate admissions policy, campuses must train readers and monitor them throughout the evaluation process to ensure that they evaluate applicants consistently to maintain the integrity of the applicant review. Ensuring fair and consistent evaluation of applicants is critical because, as Figure 7 shows, even one reader’s rating of an application has a significant impact on that applicant’s chances of admission.
At Any of the Three Campuses, a Single Reader’s Rating Can Have a Significant Impact on an Applicant’s Chance of Admission
Source: Analysis of admissions and application review data for applicants between academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20 at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego.
Despite the importance of readers’ ratings, the three campuses we reviewed have not established adequate processes for ensuring that readers are properly trained or for monitoring their readers to ensure fairness and consistency. Reader training at all three campuses includes a presentation discussing the factors that readers should consider when assessing applications, as well as example applications and the appropriate ratings for those applications. Additionally, each campus generally asks readers to evaluate a selection of applications from a previous year (practice applications) to teach them how to accurately evaluate applicants. According to the campuses, they then compare readers’ ratings of the practice applications to the campuses predetermined accurate ratings to evaluate whether the readers are ready to rate actual applications. To know whether this training has successfully prepared readers to rate applications, campuses would need to identify a level of proficiency that they expect readers to demonstrate. For example, a campus could require that each reader must accurately evaluate 90 percent of practice applications before reviewing actual applications. However, none of the campuses have established a proficiency standard for their readers or a formal process for verifying that readers are ready to read actual applications. Instead, the campuses rely on their supervisors to independently assess whether readers are ready, without providing relevant written criteria to those supervisors.
As a result of this informal approach, the campuses’ standards for readers being ready to review applications vary significantly. UC Berkeley’s training records for applications for the fall 2020 academic year show that, collectively, its readers correctly evaluated about 60 percent of the practice applications. UC Berkeley could not provide training records for 20 percent of its readers. Our analysis is based on all available records. Such a low proficiency rate creates a significant risk that readers will incorrectly evaluate actual applications. Because UCLA and UC San Diego use rating scales that are broader in range than UC Berkeley, we analyzed training proficiency at those campuses first by assessing how often the readers were within one point of the correct score and found that readers demonstrated nearly 97 percent accuracy at UC San Diego and almost 99 percent at UCLA. However, as Figure 7 demonstrates, even a rating difference of one point can significantly affect some applicants’ chances of admission. Therefore, we also reviewed how often readers at UC San Diego and UCLA assigned the same score that the campuses had determined to be the correct rating for the practice application, and found that their rates of proficiency were only 58 percent and 75 percent, respectively.
Although some variation in scoring would be expected during training, it is concerning that none of the campuses had a formal expectation of how often its readers needed to score applications correctly. Without such a proficiency standard, the campuses have less assurance that their readers’ ratings are accurate and consistent. The directors of undergraduate admissions at each campus agreed that they should establish minimum proficiency standards for their readers.
In addition, none of the campuses we reviewed have adequately monitored their readers throughout the admissions cycle. Each campus has established rating guidelines that include the approximate distribution of application ratings. For example, UC San Diego’s guidance states that it expects only about 5 percent of applications will receive the highest possible rating and that about 10 percent will receive the lowest possible rating. If a reader deviates significantly from these general expectations, it could be a sign that the reader is not appropriately evaluating applicants and requires corrective instruction. However, the campuses could not demonstrate that they adequately monitored readers to ensure they identified and addressed such deviations. Figure 8 shows the effect that this lack of oversight has had at UC Berkeley, where a significant number of readers were either too lenient or too strict during its most recent application cycle, according to UC Berkeley’s own rating guidelines. We found the same concern at UCLA and UC San Diego, where an applicant’s ratings were dependent on which reader evaluated the application. In other words, at each campus some applicants likely received lower ratings than they should have, and others likely received higher ratings than they should have. These overly strict or overly lenient readers each read hundreds or in some cases more than 1,000 applications during an admissions cycle. Given the effect of even one reader’s rating on an applicant’s chances of admission, as Figure 7 shows, these overly strict or overly lenient readers likely affected some applicants’ chances of admission.
Applicants’ Ratings at Each Campus Were Highly Dependent on Who Reviewed Their Applications
Source: Analysis of application review data for applicants between academic years 2017–18 through 2019–20 at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego.
The application ratings we reviewed demonstrated the importance of strong training and monitoring. We identified multiple instances in which readers who incorrectly rated most of their practice applications also failed to meet campus standards when evaluating actual applications. For example, two UC Berkeley readers—who were both assigned to read international applications from the same region of the world—incorrectly rated all or nearly all of their practice applications. Both of these readers subsequently read nearly 1,000 actual applications. One reader was overly strict, rating 80 percent of the applications with the lowest possible rating and only 4 percent with the highest possible rating. In contrast, the other reader assigned the lowest possible rating to only 44 percent of her assigned applications and the highest possible rating to 20 percent.
However, performing well in rating practice applications is not a guarantee of a reader’s strong performance when reviewing actual applications. In fact, we found that some UCLA and UC San Diego readers who correctly rated all or nearly all of their practice applications were much too strict or lenient when reviewing actual applications. For example, one UCLA reader’s training record shows that she correctly assessed almost all practice applications. However, when reviewing real applications this reader scored only 2 percent of the nearly 600 applications she reviewed with the highest possible score while scoring 24 percent with a “3” rating, which was a rating of “Acceptable For Admission.” By comparison, UCLA expects that 5 percent of applications will score at the top end of its scale and that only 15 percent will score a “3” rating. According to UCLA’s assistant director of freshman review, UCLA’s practice is to invest time and effort in comprehensive reader training and certification before allowing readers to read actual applications. She shared that given its large volume of applications, the campus has limited time and resources to monitor reader ratings and rating distributions once reading begins. However, our findings demonstrate that campuses must invest time and effort into monitoring reader performance throughout the reading process, not just during training.
Both UC Berkeley and UCLA have programmed various reports into their application review systems that show, among other things, the number of applications that each reader has read and the distribution of ratings for each reader. The deputy director of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley and the associate director of freshman review at UCLA stated that their admissions staff verbally provide constructive feedback to readers when necessary. Regardless, the disparities in readers’ ratings at the campuses show that whatever verbal feedback readers receive does not always rectify concerns. UC San Diego previously established similar reports for monitoring readers but stopped using these reports in fall 2019 when it transitioned to a new application review system. The assistant director of operations at UC San Diego stated that the campus could no longer use the monitoring reports because its new application review system lacked these reports. However, UC Berkeley and UCLA use the same application review system as UC San Diego and, as mentioned above, they have programmed their monitoring reports into the system.
Each campus generally agreed that it could improve its reader monitoring, but argued that some variability is inherent in an application reading process. UC San Diego’s admissions director stated that its processes include mitigating factors that improve reader consistency, including that two readers review each application and that it has a process for reviewing applications when the two readers’ ratings of an application differ significantly. In fact, all three campuses we reviewed have processes for addressing when reader scores diverge from one another significantly. Specifically, UCLA and UC San Diego have rating systems based on seven‑point scales. At those campuses, when the first two readers’ ratings differ by more than one point, the campuses have a third reader evaluate the application. UC Berkeley has only a three‑point scale, and it conducts a third review of an application when the first two ratings are at the opposite ends of the scale. At each campus, the third review determines what the applicant’s final rating will be. For example, at UCLA and UC San Diego, the third review rating replaces the first two review ratings. Although these processes are useful for detecting sizeable differences in reader ratings, even small differences can have a significant effect on an applicant’s chance of admission. Figure 7 depicts a one‑point difference in reader ratings and the resulting sharp decline in an applicant’s chance of admission. Some deviation in reader assessment is reasonable, but that deviation should not occur because of preventable problems with a reader’s use of a campus’s evaluation criteria. Therefore, a robust process for monitoring the accuracy of reader evaluations is critical to ensure that a campus’s admissions decisions are fair and consistent.
Finally, according to campus staff, the majority of each campus’s transfer applicants have only one reader evaluation. Staff who read transfer applications are generally a subset of the internal staff at each campus who read freshman applications. Especially in light of the problems with some readers being overly strict or overly lenient, a single evaluation increases the possibility that an applicant may receive an unfair evaluation. The admissions directors at UC Berkeley and UCLA indicated that performing a second read of transfer applications would not be possible without additional staff resources. According to the admissions director at UCLA, only internal staff read transfer applications due to the complexities associated with evaluating applicants by major, and he would not be comfortable delegating even part of the transfer review to external readers. However, because campuses read most transfer applications only once, they cannot apply the same strategies for ensuring accurate and consistent ratings that they use for freshman applications.
The directors’ assertions that transfer applications are more time‑intensive to review compared to freshman applications are reasonable given the factors they described to us and material we reviewed about how each reader must verify that the transfer applicant has completed required preparatory coursework. Nevertheless, to ensure a fair and consistent admissions process for transfer applicants, it is essential that these applicants receive at least two reviews of their applications, just as freshman applicants do. Some campuses in the university system offer admission to all California community college transfer applicants who meet the minimum requirements to transfer. At such campuses, there would be no need to perform two independent reviews of applications.
The Campuses Have Not Taken Steps That Could Safeguard Applicants Against Reader Bias
In addition to not taking adequate steps to ensure consistency among reader ratings, the campuses have allowed readers to view information about freshman applicants that could bias their evaluations, such as names, native languages, and, in some cases, gender. The Office of the President provides this application information to the campuses and allows them to determine what information they provide to their readers. However, research shows that being able to see certain demographic and identifying information may cause readers to subconsciously modify their evaluation of applicants. This type of subconscious modification of behavior is known as implicit bias, and we would expect that the campuses would guard against its influence in the evaluation of applicants. Nonetheless, all three campuses allow readers to see freshman applicants’ names and native languages. UC Berkeley and UC San Diego further allow readers to see applicants’ genders, and UC Berkeley and UCLA allow readers to see applicants’ birthplaces.
By allowing readers to see this information, the campuses risk that an applicant will be either disadvantaged or favored by a reader’s implicit biases. These biases may relate to the applicant’s gender, native language, or ethnicity—which a reader may infer, either correctly or incorrectly, from the applicant’s name, birthplace, or native language. None of this personal information is included in the comprehensive list of 14 factors that BOARS allows campuses to use to evaluate and select applicants for admission. Thus, providing it to readers is unnecessary for the evaluation process.
The directors of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley and UCLA disagreed that readers should not be able to see names, first languages, and birthplaces. For example, UC Berkeley’s director of undergraduate admissions cited his belief that these data provide important context about the applicant in each case. However, the director of undergraduate admissions at UC San Diego stated that he had no concerns about removing that information so that readers and staff would not be able to see it when evaluating applicants. Each campus trains its readers on the factors they should consider when assessing an application. Some of these trainings include information about the dangers of implicit bias. However, the university should do more to reduce the risk of implicit bias. Specifically, the Office of the President could stop providing campuses with information that has the potential to bias reader evaluations.
In addition, UC Berkeley has not guarded against another type of potential bias. Specifically, it allows the second application reader to see the rating assigned by the first reader, which jeopardizes the independence of the second review. Once the second reader is aware of the first reader’s rating, the second reader may be swayed to assess the applicant differently than he or she otherwise would have had they not seen the first reader’s rating. In contrast, neither UC San Diego nor UCLA allows the second reader to see the first reader’s rating. The directors of undergraduate admissions at both campuses stated that this practice prevents the first reader’s rating from influencing the second reader’s evaluation.
After we shared our concerns about this practice, UC Berkeley’s admissions director asserted that beginning in fall 2020, he intends to make the first and second reads independent of one another. UC Berkeley’s stated intentions to improve this process are a positive first step. However, until UC Berkeley fully implements this change, the risk will remain that the first reader’s score could influence the second reader’s judgment and deprive an applicant of two independent evaluations.
The Campuses Have Allowed Academic Departments to Influence Admissions Decisions With Little Oversight
The campuses have not ensured that all departments involved in admissions decisions have implemented appropriate safeguards against improper influence. Each campus allows certain academic departments to provide direct input on admissions decisions. For example, UC Berkeley allows a number of departments, such as its college of engineering, to review, rate, and recommend applicants for admission to specific programs. The arts schools at both UCLA and UC San Diego conduct a similar application review with a particular focus on the applicants’ special talents in arts, music, or theater. In fact, at UCLA, academic departments influence one‑third of all freshman admissions decisions. The weight that the admissions offices give to recommendations from academic departments varies by campus, but is significant. At UCLA and UC Berkeley, the admissions offices give substantial weight to academic departments’ recommendations on freshman admissions and frequently admit the applicants they recommend. At UC San Diego, the admissions office considers ratings that staff in its arts departments assign to applicants to its arts majors when deciding between applicants whom the admissions office has similarly ranked.
Given the weight that the campuses afford recommendations from academic departments, we expected that each campus would have ensured that the departments’ processes for reviewing, rating, and recommending applicants conformed to best practices for preventing improper influence. However, none of the campuses adequately did so. Key safeguards against improper influence include having conflict‑of‑interest policies that require reviewers to disclose relationships and recuse themselves from reviewing applications from applicants they know, as well as ensuring that no single individual can make an admissions decision. We would have expected the campuses to ensure that academic departments involved in admissions decisions adopted these safeguards.
Because campuses have not required academic departments to implement adequate safeguards related to admissions decisions, the departments’ practices have been inconsistent. For example, UC Berkeley’s management, entrepreneurship, and technology program within its college of engineering has established a strong process related to admissions: two readers rate each application, and then a committee selects which applicants to recommend. However, in contrast, UCLA’s associate dean of academic and student affairs for the school of engineering (associate dean of engineering) stated that he alone—one single individual—recommends applicants for admission to most engineering majors.
In at least one instance, this UCLA practice resulted in unequal treatment of an applicant. Specifically, we identified that one applicant’s parent directly contacted the school of engineering to advocate for the applicant. Although a parent making such contact to advocate for a child may not be in itself inappropriate, a campus should not consider such contact in its admissions decision to preserve the fairness of its admissions process for all applicants. However, in response to the email of the parent in question, the associate dean of engineering requested that the parent provide additional test scores for the applicant, which the parent did. Although another engineering staff member noted that the applicant’s additional test scores were poor, the associate dean of engineering recommended the applicant for admission to the engineering program.
In regard to this engineering applicant, the associate dean stated that he was concerned that the applicant’s math test scores were low, but when he considered those scores together with the applicant’s holistic rating and GPA, he believed that the applicant would be successful as an engineering major and admitted the applicant. However, the associate dean also acknowledged that he had treated this applicant differently than others by responding to the parent’s email in such a manner instead of informing the parent that they would have to wait until admissions decisions arrived. By communicating with the applicant’s parent, the associate dean of engineering gave the applicant unequal review and consideration compared to other applicants. He was able to do so—and make a decision on his own—because the campus had no requirement that multiple individuals participate in the admission decision, and no conflict‑of‑interest policy for the school of engineering prohibiting external influence in admissions decisions.
Involving academic departments in admission decisions is reasonable given that each department may value different traits in applicants. For instance, engineering departments typically value an applicant’s performance in mathematics. Similarly, staff in arts departments, such as visual arts, dance, or theater, are better qualified than the admissions office staff to determine which applicants’ artistic talents are sufficient to warrant admission. However, the campuses often assigned this responsibility without first ensuring that departments would preserve the fairness and consistency of the admissions process. The directors of undergraduate admissions at each campus acknowledged that they lacked knowledge about academic departments’ processes for reviewing and selecting applicants and about the specific individuals responsible for the final admissions recommendations. Each admissions director has responsibility for his or her campus’s admissions process and for ensuring that the entire process aligns with the university’s overall admissions principles and policies. With that responsibility comes an implicit requirement to also ensure that all aspects of the campus’s admissions process are free of improper influence.
Recently—generally as a result of the Office of the President’s internal audit of admissions practices—some academic departments have developed or stated that they plan to develop conflict‑of‑interest policies. These policies generally require staff to certify that they have not reviewed applications for individuals with whom they have personal relationships. However, adoption of this practice among campuses and departments is inconsistent. None of the academic departments at UC Berkeley that recommend applicants for admission have developed these policies. UCLA developed a certification form that it says staff must sign in order to recommend prospective student artist applicants for admission, and the campus provided evidence that it required those forms for applicants whom the arts department recommended for admission for academic year 2020–21. However, UCLA has not required the same for staff in its engineering or nursing departments. Regardless, UCLA’s certifications differ from the draft certification that UC San Diego developed, which requires staff to predisclose potential conflicts of interest as opposed to attesting after the fact that they did not review applications from individuals they know. Furthermore, some departments still assign responsibility for reviewing or selecting applicants for admission to one individual. Until the Office of the President and the campuses ensure that all departments involved in admissions decisions have implemented appropriate safeguards against improper influence, the risk that such influence could unfairly affect some admissions decisions will remain.
Finally, UC Berkeley also allowed campus staff outside of its admissions office and academic departments to influence admissions decisions. Unlike the other two campuses we reviewed, UC Berkeley allowed campus staff—such as club sport coaches and band directors—to request that the campus admit applicants because of their special talent. To request such an admission, staff filled out a special talent request form, on which they described the applicant’s level of talent and potential value to a campus program. We reviewed 28 such applicants whom UC Berkeley admitted or placed on its waitlist and found that 23 of these applicants received reader ratings of only Recommend or worse. Nine of the 23 received a rating of Do Not Recommend from at least one of the two readers who reviewed their applications. Based on their ratings, all 23 of these applicants would have had little chance of admission, indicating that the admissions office placed significant weight on the special talent recommendations forms when admitting or waitlisting those applicants.
Although special talent is an acceptable factor on which to base an admissions decision, UC Berkeley’s special talent admissions decisions are questionable because, according to the former manager who oversaw this process, the admissions office did not verify or require evidence of the applicant’s special talents and instead relied on the statement of the requesting staff member. This former manager collected and reviewed the request forms and determined whether to recommend students for admission. The former manager asserted that another staff member was responsible for deciding whether to offer admission. However, we found no evidence of additional review following the former manager’s recommendation for admission. During the two‑year period that we reviewed, UC Berkeley admitted 26 of the 28 applicants the former manager recommended for admission and waitlisted the remaining two. UC Berkeley’s current director of undergraduate admissions, who was not in his position for the majority of our audit period, stated that he ceased this special talent admissions process beginning in the fall 2020 admissions cycle and that UC Berkeley is currently revising how it will consider special talent when making admissions decisions.
To ensure that the university maintains a fair and unbiased admissions process, the Office of the President should require each campus to take the following actions:
- By March 2021, establish acceptable levels of application reader proficiency and maintain training and monitoring programs that ensure that its readers attain and sustain those levels. In addition, it should report annually to BOARS on those efforts and on reader consistency levels, including the frequency with which reader ratings align with campus guidelines for rating applications.
- Beginning with the academic year 2021–22 admissions cycle, require each campus that does not admit all eligible transfer applicants to ensure that two readers review all transfer applications.
- Beginning with the academic year 2021–22 admissions cycle, ensure that the second readers cannot see the ratings of first readers for both freshman and transfer applications.
To better ensure that implicit bias in the evaluation of applications does not affect applicants’ chances at admission, the Office of the President should remove potentially biasing information from the application information that campuses can access.
To ensure that it properly protects all admissions activity against improper influence, the Office of the President should require each campus’s undergraduate admissions office to do the following:
- Identify all other campus departments that participate in or provide information that affects admissions decision making.
- Obtain, evaluate, and approve a description of the criteria and processes that these departments use in rating and selecting applicants to recommend for admission.
- Annually obtain a roster from each of these departments of the individuals who will participate in admissions decision making and their roles and ensure that no single individual is responsible for such decisions in any given department.
- Ensure that each individual whom a department includes on the roster it submits has received training on appropriate and inappropriate factors on which to base admissions decisions and has agreed to abide by the campus’s conflict‑of‑interest policies with respect to admissions.
The Office of the President Has Not Safeguarded the University’s Admissions Process
- The Office of the President did not set minimum protocols for the campuses’ admissions processes or conduct sufficient oversight of their admissions practices. Weak oversight of its recent internal audit meant that issues at the campuses were undetected by campus auditors. In the absence of common protocols and adequate oversight, the Office of the President can provide only limited assurance to the public that its admissions processes reflect the high standards it publicly affirms.
- Although the university guarantees admission to applicants who excel at their California high schools, it has not monitored the program that facilitates this guarantee or expanded participation by California schools.
The Office of the President’s Inaction Has Allowed Weaknesses in Campus Admissions Processes to Persist
The Office of the President has not used its position as the university’s central oversight entity to detect and prevent deficient admissions practices. As the executive agency of the university, the Office of the President is best positioned to safeguard the fairness and consistency of the system’s admissions processes by setting minimum procedural requirements that align with best practices and by performing periodic reviews of the campuses’ admissions practices. However, the Office of the President has not consistently performed these key tasks. In the absence of standardized processes and ongoing oversight, the weaknesses in campus admissions processes that we describe throughout this report have persisted. The admissions process is a critical pillar of the university system, and it is essential for the university to protect it from weaknesses and inappropriate influence. Without proactive action by the Office of the President, admissions decisions that do not reflect the university’s standards are likely to continue and to erode public trust in the system’s integrity.
Most troubling is that the Office of the President has not established a minimum set of systemwide protocols and procedures to protect against impropriety, despite having evidence that the campuses’ admissions processes are susceptible to inappropriate activity. In 2014 UCLA identified that its athletics admissions process was vulnerable to manipulation when it investigated two questionable athletics admissions decisions. The campus concluded that these admissions decisions were primarily motivated by the expectation of financial benefit to the university and that they violated university policy. After that investigation, UCLA modified its policies to require campus staff to verify the athletic qualifications of all nonscholarship prospective student athletes. To strengthen the athletics admissions processes at other campuses, the Office of the President could have expanded UCLA’s solution across the entire university system. With these verification procedures in place, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara would have identified some of the unqualified prospective student athletes we previously discuss and had the opportunity to deny them admission.
However, even UCLA’s 2014 policy to verify nonscholarship prospective student athletes is inadequate to prevent questionable admissions. As we note earlier, the 22 inappropriate athletic admissions we found included student athletes who had received scholarships. Despite the risk of inappropriate admissions, the Office of the President has still not required a minimum systemwide protocol for verification of athletic qualifications. Instead, the Office of the President has recommended that campuses adopt talent verification procedures only for those recruited athletes who do not receive scholarships. Therefore, even if campuses choose to comply with this recommendation, staff wishing to inappropriately admit an applicant may have the incentive to offer scholarship funding in order to circumvent this verification safeguard. Further, as we explain in more detail later, it has delegated to the campuses the authority to determine how they will address its recommendation. Until it adopts strong and clear requirements, the Office of the President cannot provide a satisfactory level of assurance to the public that its admissions processes reflect the high standards it publicly affirms.
The Office of the President has allowed other troubling weaknesses in admissions processes to continue as well. The university’s desire to provide each campus a level of autonomy to make decisions about which applicants to admit is reasonable. However, it should establish basic and uniform expectations for the processes themselves, such as the expectation that each campus maintains proficiency standards for its application readers and prohibits any single individual from making admissions decisions. Without these baseline admissions protocols—which should not vary by campus—the university cannot claim that every student who applies will receive fair and consistent treatment, regardless of the campus to which they apply. It is for that reason that throughout this report, we recommend that the Office of the President adopt consistent procedural requirements for all of its campuses.
Procedural changes alone will not ensure full accountability in the admissions process. To detect problems, the Office of the President will need to periodically review the campuses’ admissions practices. Before the national college admissions scandal in March 2019, the Office of the President had never conducted a systemwide review of the campuses’ admissions practices. Instead, the Office of the President had asked individual campuses to conduct self‑reviews of their admissions processes, or in some cases, campuses initiated admissions audits of their own accord. For example, the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) conducted an internal review of its admissions and enrollment practices to evaluate why it had overenrolled its incoming class for the 2017–18 academic year—an error that led it to rescind admission offers for hundreds of students. Its review found that it had not developed campus specific guidelines to promote consistency in the holistic review process. UC Irvine’s review also identified that it had a weak process for predicting how many admitted students would ultimately enroll.
Regular review of a process is a basic oversight tool that can provide an organization with assurance that the process is well designed and operating as intended. As the UC Irvine example above demonstrates, such reviews can also identify weaknesses. Had it performed regular reviews of the campuses’ admissions processes, the Office of the President might have identified their poor practices, required improvements to those practices both at individual campuses and across the system, and prevented the improper and inappropriate admissions we identified.
Although the Office of the President led a systemwide internal audit of admissions practices in 2019 and 2020 in response to the nationwide admissions scandal, its decision to rely on the campuses to review their own admissions practices limits that audit’s value. The Office of the President developed the scope of the internal audit and procedures to assess campuses’ admissions practices. However, it asked the campuses’ internal audits units to perform the audit work. Without providing any independent evaluation of the adequacy of the campuses’ audit work, the Office of the President compiled the campuses’ results into a systemwide report summarizing the weaknesses they identified. As a result, the Office of the President was unable to detect gaps in the campuses’ internal auditors’ reviews that it may have identified had it provided stronger oversight of the campuses’ work. For example, UC Berkeley’s internal auditor missed the campus’s failure to comply with its policy to give no preference to an applicant based on a relationship with donors, alumni, or employees of either the campus or the university because it relied on campus policies and staff assertions to determine how the campus made admissions decisions. Consequently, the Office of the President did not learn about a highly problematic practice at one of its premier campuses.
The deficiencies that the internal audit did uncover were generalized observations about the campuses’ admissions processes that did not fully address areas of concern. Specifically, the audit observed that the campuses lacked policies and procedures to guide their admissions processes and noted weaknesses in the level of documentation that the campuses maintained about admissions decisions. The audit also found that campuses varied in whether they tracked admissions by exception and participation in athletics. However, in key areas, the audit’s observations were limited. For example, when the campuses’ internal auditors observed that a campus had not verified athletic talent, they did not attempt to determine whether applicants were qualified to play in the sports for which they were admitted or whether inappropriate factors had influenced their admissions decisions. By not taking these additional steps, the campuses’ internal auditors were not able to determine whether any inappropriate admissions took place.
The Campuses’ Differing Approaches to Implementing a Recommendation From the Office of the President
Office of the President issued a systemwide recommendation:
Establish a policy limiting communication between development personnel and the admissions office regarding admissions matters. At a minimum, any communication regarding the admissions status of specific applicants should be prohibited.
Campuses have each responded differently to this recommendation:
- UC Berkeley indicated that it would develop such a policy, but it had not done so as of July 2020.
- UCLA initially stated that this practice was already in place, but that it would document the practice more thoroughly. Even though, as of July 2020, the campus had not adopted a policy in writing, the campus auditors have considered the recommendation implemented because of other university policies. However, none of those university policies discuss communication between development and admissions personnel or prohibit such communication.
- UC San Diego implemented a policy, effective December 2019, to address this recommendation.
Source: The Office of the President’s systemwide audit report and the corrective actions developed by UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego.
Moreover, for the issues the internal audit did uncover, the Office of the President has allowed the campuses to develop their own corrective actions and has not ensured that they take consistent approaches to similar problems. The text box provides an example of a systemwide recommendation that the Office of the President issued and of the differing approaches campuses took to addressing that recommendation. By failing to provide the campuses with more specific direction, the Office of the President missed an opportunity to bolster consistency and fairness in the university’s overall admissions process. Further, we found no evidence that the Office of the President plans to independently verify the corrective actions that campuses have agreed to take. Rather, it is relying on the campus internal auditors to verify implementation of these corrective actions. In deferring to the campuses, the Office of the President is repeating the weak oversight practices that led to problems we identify throughout this report.
In fact, despite the fact that its admissions office has taken no action, UCLA’s auditors have concluded that the admissions office has appropriately responded to one recommendation. Specifically, the campus chose not to follow through with its plans to better document how it guards against communication between development and admissions personnel. Instead of improving the documentation of its practices, as it initially stated it would, UCLA has simply referred back to a university policy against allowing for donations to influence admissions decisions that had already existed at the time of the internal audit. Campus auditors considered the reference to existing policy sufficient to close this recommendation, an action that leaves an important recommendation for safeguarding the integrity of admissions substantively ignored by UCLA. The Office of the President’s chief compliance and audit officer explained that his office relied on the audit leadership at each campus to perform quality assurance of the work performed during the audit and to follow up on the corrective actions each campus took in response. However, given the shortcomings described above, we believe that the systemwide audit office must conduct independent oversight of campus audits pertaining to the integrity of campus admissions processes and the corrective actions they take in response.
The Office of the President Has Neglected a Key Program Meant to Ensure University Access for Applicants From Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Key ELC Program Participation Criteria
High schools must do the following:
- Be accredited.
- Be located in California.
- Provide most instruction in the classroom.
- Offer a full list of university‑approved college preparatory coursework.
Source: University website.
As part of its commitment to the State’s Master Plan, which was enacted to define specific roles for the State’s different public postsecondary educational institutions, the university makes certain admissions guarantees: the university guarantees admission to applicants who rank in the top 9 percent of all graduating high school students statewide and to applicants who rank in the top 9 percent of their specific high school graduating class. To obtain admission through the second of these pathways, an applicant’s high school must participate in the university’s program known as Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC), which allows the university to determine which students have earned guaranteed admission because they are in the top 9 percent of a high school’s graduating seniors. The text box shows the key criteria that high schools must satisfy to participate in the ELC program. According to the Office of the President’s data, about 2,100 of the 2,800 high schools in California met these criteria in 2019.
Despite the significant number of high schools that meet the criteria for participating in the ELC program, the Office of the President’s neglect has limited the actual participation rate. In April 2012, BOARS indicated that it was concerned that only 63 percent of high schools with a university‑approved course list were participating in the ELC program and asked the Office of the President to assess the participation rate. The minutes from BOARS’s April 2012 meeting reflect that one member expressed interest in knowing how many students attended the nonparticipating high schools. In response, the Office of the President provided an analysis to BOARS that concluded that the ELC program served the vast majority of California students. Specifically, the Office of the President’s further analysis of nonparticipating high schools led it to conclude that about 95 percent of California’s eligible high schools participated in the program. The Office of the President’s analysis did not directly respond to the request for information about the number of students at nonparticipating high schools, and since 2012 it has not performed another assessment to evaluate whether participation rates remained the same or improved, or to determine how many students have access to the university through the ELC program.
Using the Office of the President’s data on California high schools, we determined that the participation level of eligible high schools has declined since 2012. As Figure 9 shows, about 30 percent—or more than 600—of the 2,100 high schools that met the ELC program criteria in 2019 did not participate. Thus, the participation rate in 2019 was much lower than the corrected participation rate of 95 percent that the Office of the President determined in its 2012 assessment. Further, among the nonparticipating high schools, almost 30 percent—about 170 high schools—have student populations that are at least 75 percent socioeconomically disadvantaged. More than 7,700 students graduated from these schools in 2018. Therefore—given that the number of students graduating likely did not change substantially—in 2019 thousands of students graduated from high schools that serve a majority disadvantaged student population and did not participate in the ELC program. As a result, these students did not have a chance to compete for one of the two guaranteed admissions options available to high school students in California. Nevertheless, the Office of the President acknowledged that it has not recently identified eligible high schools that do not participate in the ELC program or contacted nonparticipating high schools to encourage their participation.
The Office of the President Has Not Conducted Outreach to Improve High School Participation in Its Local Guarantee Program
Source: Analysis of the university’s high school profile data, approved course offering data, and eligibility in the local context program participation data from 2019. Estimated number of graduates based on 2018 graduation rates.
The Office of the President could not adequately explain why so many high schools are not participating in the ELC program. The Office of the President’s director of undergraduate admissions asserted that these high schools deliberately choose not to participate and generally do not have students applying to the university. She explained that students from the majority of these high schools apply to less selective public universities or elect to attend community college. However, this reasoning ignores that program participation and the admission guarantee could encourage more graduates from a high school to apply to the university. Further, because the Office of the President has not examined program participation in nearly a decade, its understanding about why high schools choose not to participate is based on outdated information.
The Office of the President’s failure to monitor the ELC program and ensure that it reaches as many high school students as possible is detrimental to the university’s fulfillment of its commitment to Californians. The university started the ELC program with the purpose of fostering equal opportunity for all California residents to attend the university. The ELC program can have crucial benefits for applicants, particularly when they are from disadvantaged backgrounds. According to a study published in 2018, ELC applicants who enrolled at the university were more likely to graduate from college, attend graduate school, and have higher earnings in their mid‑20s than they would if had they enrolled at less selective public universities in California. Further, in May 2020, the university reported that more than 80 percent of the applicants in the fall 2019 freshman class who were guaranteed admission through the ELC program but not in the top 9 percent of high school graduates statewide were the first generation in their families to attend college, and nearly 80 percent were from underrepresented groups. These findings indicate that the program provides significant benefits to disadvantaged or underrepresented students who might otherwise experience limited access to the university. These findings underscore the importance of better oversight from the Office of the President.
To better safeguard the integrity of the university’s admissions processes, the Office of the President should, by July 2021, begin conducting regular audits of the admissions processes at each of its undergraduate campuses, ensuring that it reviews each campus at least once every three years. These audits should be conducted by systemwide audit staff and include, but not be limited to, verification of special talents, communication between admissions staff and external parties regarding applicants, and other avenues for inappropriate influence on admissions discussed in this report. The audits should also endeavor to identify inappropriate admissions activity and deficiencies in the admissions process. The Office of the President should make the results of the audits public.
To ensure that campuses adequately address deficiencies identified in its own internal audit, the Office of the President should immediately begin to assess whether the campuses have completed the corrective actions they developed in response to systemwide recommendations and should evaluate whether the campuses’ actions adequately address the audit’s concerns.
To increase the number of high school students who have the opportunity to gain admission to the university through its ELC program, the Office of the President should, beginning in April 2021, do the following:
- Annually determine which high schools are eligible to participate in ELC but do not. It should annually report to BOARS the number of these high schools and their demographic characteristics.
- Annually contact eligible high schools that are not participating in ELC to determine their reasons for choosing not to do so. It should assess whether the university can address barriers to participation and, to the extent that it can increase participation, it should take the steps to do so.
We conducted this performance audit under the authority vested in the California State Auditor by Government Code 8543 et seq. and in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives.
ELAINE M. HOWLE, CPA
California State Auditor
September 22, 2020
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API: New offshore energy plan will strengthen U.S. energy security
WASHINGTON, January 4, 2018 – API welcomed the Interior Department’s new proposal for a five-year offshore oil and natural gas leasing plan to allow greater access to energy resources in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, putting the U.S. on the right track towards increased energy production, economic growth, and job creation.
“This new offshore leasing plan is an important step towards harnessing our nation’s energy potential for the benefit of American energy consumers,” said API Upstream Director Erik Milito. “The ability to safely and responsibly access and explore our resources in the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico is a critical part of advancing the long-term energy security of the U.S. It will also encourage economic growth, spur manufacturing and investment, create thousands of additional U.S. jobs, and strengthen our national security.”
A study earlier this year showed that the natural gas and oil industry supported 10.3 million U.S. jobs and added $1.3 trillion to the nation’s economy in 2015.
“The oil and natural gas industry has the experience and advanced technology to develop the nation’s offshore energy safely. We are continuously developing and improving safety standards, programs, new technologies, and best practices to protect our workers, the environment and marine life. And decades of experience have shown that offshore operations safely coexist with military activity, the commercial and recreational fishing industries, and coastal tourism.”
Since 2010, more than 100 exploration and production industry standards were created or strengthened, including standards for safety and environmental management, well design, blowout prevention and spill response. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) references 96 API standards in its offshore regulations.
“Eighty percent of U.S. voters support increased domestic oil and natural gas production,” said Milito. “The administration’s new offshore leasing plan will give our nation the ability to access our vital energy resources to help meet growing domestic and global demand while helping to supply affordable energy for consumers, manufacturers, and businesses.”
To learn more about America’s offshore energy potential, visit americasoffshoreenergy.com.
API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, which supports 10.3 million U.S. jobs and nearly 8 percent of the U.S. economy. API’s more than 625 members include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 40 million Americans.
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Description : Baby Elsas Potty Train Game - Frozen Games
Baby Elsa's Potty Train : Baby Elsa is a big girl now and her mom wants her to start behaving like a like. This game is to guide Elsa though the potty training process. But first of all, let's find a couple of things you might need for Elsa's training session. Using your magnifying glass spot the potty, the toilet paper, baby Elsa's favorite book, the soap and a soft towel. Great job, ladies. Now step by step teach her how to use the potty and then make sure you also teach her a valuable hygiene lesson. Wonderful, now could you help her select a colourful outfit to wear today? Have a great time!
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Beth Harmon The Queen’s Gambit Brown Sherpa Jacket
The Queen’s Gambit is the real deal of the year and you would surely love the movie and The Queen’s Gambit Anya Taylor-Joy Sherpa Jacket that is wore by Beth Harmon. And the most talented actor who played the role of Beth Harmon is non-other than beautiful Anaya Taylor-Joy. However, she is just an eight-year-old orphan girl in the movie who loves to play chess and by the age of sixteen, she has become the most versatile player participating in the U.S open championship.
Also, you would love the amazing features in Beth Harmon The Queen’s Gambit Brown Sherpa Jacket. first of all this beautiful outfit is made up of high-quality wool blend to serve you for years and there is a thick lining inside the jacket to maintain your temperature. Furthermore, it has open style closure on the front, attractive brown color, collarless style to keep it simple yet stylish, full sleeves, and open hem cuffs to give you some confidence.
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There are a number of concerns in the industry around the assessment process:
-the assessment process for the Green Deal requires an assessment of the property by an accredited Green Deal Assessor. Without this there can be no Green Deal. This means that the Green Deal Assessor needs to be able to assess a property for suitable measures, calculate the improvements, and agree the plan with the resident. This is a very different job from the traditional EPC Domestic Energy Assessors, many of whom are paid a pittance and (if the amount of cloned EPC data on RHP’s books is to be believed) haven’t even visited the properties that are supposed to be assessed. The likelihood is that many of these DEA’s will retrain as Green Deal Assessors (GDA’s) Will they be able to carry out this much more demanding role?
I think that this is an opportunity for building surveyors and architects to enter this market. The market will need people who understand buildings in the round, and who can assess whether a measure is viable as well as beneficial in energy efficiency terms.
-the consultation is open to how the assessment process is paid for and envisages that in some cases the assessment will be paid for by the Green Deal Provider, the company carrying out the work. When the Green Deal Plan is agreed between the GDA and the occupier, the Plan must be costed by multiple Green Deal Providers. This means that if a Green Deal Provider pays for a hundred plans, they may only get the work from thirty or so, so the value to them is uncertain.
I think that it makes more sense for the cost of the assessment process to be set at a flat rate which is then rolled into the cost of every Green Deal Plan, in the same way that a mortgage provider rolls in the cost of arranging the mortgage finance. This would allow the market to find the best way of delivering the assessment in an independent way without putting uncertain costs onto the Green Deal Plan. It would mean that the Green Deal Assessment process is independent of the Green Deal Providers, as a guaranteed income would attract professionals into the market, and their Green Deal Plans would be sufficiently high quality for the Green Deal Providers to use to tender for the works. If the Green Deal Providers do not have confidence in the plans they will either, not tender, or have to visit the site and carry out their own assessment process anyway, thus duplicating the effort and cost of the assessment process.
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Here is the cover I illustrated for Adam Shaughnessy’s middle grade book, The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable Fib. for Algonquin Books.I created it with water color dyes, photoshop and adobe illustrator.
This assignment was exciting not only because I had a long, quirky title to hand letter, but the story had giants,a mysterious hut in the woods, and gods from Viking mythology. There were so many options to propose for the cover:
Here is a middle grade cover that I illustrated for Shelley Moore Thomas’s Secrets of Selkie Bay. This assignment was fun because Anne, the creative director at Roaring Brook Press, gave me a lot of freedom to do what I wanted in terms of subject matter, type treatment, and execution. After reading the story that was beautifully told in first person narrative of an Irish girl, both Anne and I thought we needed to show the rocky islands of Ireland and give the book a sense of magic.
We combined some elements out of two of the sketches. Anne liked the drama of the splash against the rocks and the details of the town.
After the next sketch was approved, I painted the final using dyes:
Then I scanned the painting and did the rest of the image using my cintiq for photoshop (linework) and illustrator (type treatment):
Here is a sample cover for Greenwillow books that was not used. It was a cover for a steampunk novel where the protagonist, a girl who dresses in boy’s clothes, is on the run in a city that seems to be looking for her….
I have left the title out in this image, but it was in gold and orange in the dark area at the bottom of the cover.
It’s a middle grade book written by Peter Johnson. The story is a little different than my usual assignments because it is not a mystery, ghost, or adventure story. After doing several sketches, the editor and art director decided that they wanted a bunch of scenes from the novel as vignettes to allude to the slice-of-life moments in the novel told from the perspective of the eccentric Benny Alvarez. The book was a fun read and I was happy with the end result.
Below are some of the sketches leading up to final concept. I enjoyed coming up with all of the different angles of representing this story.
This was a refined, first-runner-up.
This concept made it through three rounds. It shows the negative Benny with his red headed friend on the back, who is more cheerful.
Benny drowning in the-glass-is-always-half-empty kind of way.
Initial concept more surreal. Benny lives a life where the glass is half empty, but he’s also a dreamer, so the silhouette of him “flies” to the surface.
Here is a book cover that I illustrated for Scholastic called A Snicker Of Magic. The story takes place in a quirky, southern town with a whole cast of eccentric characters. I did not do the title treatment on this one, but I enjoyed creating the wrap-around of how the town square might fold with the cover. It was also fun illustrating the characters in silhouette on the back. The book comes out in February of 2014, so go ahead and preorder your copy!
Here is another middle grade book cover that I illustrated for Penguin Putnam by Dean Pitchford called Nickel Bay Nick, about a young troublemaker who through the help of an older mentor, learns to do good for the people of his town Nickel Bay. In the story, the boy reverse steals by breaking into places and leaving 100 dollar bills for people to find in order to boost the moral of his community. The art director wanted me to show scenes within 100 dollar bills that occur in the story.
I decided to paint this cover because I worried that the money might look boring if it was created on the computer. The scenes were also painted separately and placed inside the money.
Here is a book cover that I did for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the second installment of the middle grade Shakespeare Mysteries (Formerly known as Letterford Mysteries.) I am painting more elements in my covers and assembling them in photoshop. I hope to add more painting in future covers.
This mystery adventure story takes place in mostly London where They chose the most exciting scene in the story for the cover. I actually had to study the Blackfriars Bridge by “flying” over it in 3-d google maps in order to understand where the secret entrance to the underground sewers was in relation to the bridge and buildings.
Here are some of my sketches. I decided to change the colors in the final cover to make it more moody and have the above ground contrast from under the bridge.
Here is a paperback cover that I illustrated for April Ward at macmillan. I actually did my first book cover for her years ago when she was at Harcourt so I was thrilled to be reunited with her on a new project. The original interior illustrations and cover were created by the talented Kelly Murphy, but sales wanted to try another illustrator for the paperback cover.
This project brought some new challenges for me. Usually I have to place the characters in the shadows or use a hand as the figure so that the reader can place him or herself inside the main character.This time the figure on the cover (alex) had to resemble the same one in the interior illustrations that was described in the manuscript.
The sales team’s main concern was that the cover be dynamic and show a lot of action so that the book would appeal to boys. This dictated the color palette of mostly blues away from a warmer palette. I used photoshop and ink on the figure in the foreground, illustrator on the title and the time machine, and water color in the bottom scene. This is my first published Action/adventure cover. below are some of the sketches leading to the final image.
Here is the newest Pseudonymous Bosch book cover.
WRITE THIS BOOK is different from the other five books in the Secret Series because it is more of a “how to” book on genre writing. It was decided early on that there must be a large hand on the cover because the other books in the Secret Series all shared this in common and they wanted this book to “belong” with the others. Below are some sketches that were submitted:
After the cover meeting, everyone decided that they liked the hand with the pencil serving as a road sign and a path of paper beside it. The concept alluded to the different paths that a writer might take when writing a story. Pseudonymous Bosch requested that more items on the desk resemble things that might travel down a road so the pink eraser became a car. The front cover was completed by the end of summer but I had to wait for the back copy until late fall to finish the entire cover. I continued the theme of common desk objects being creatures or obstacles on the back and side flaps. The book will be released April,2013.
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Summary: Repeatedly stating a position and refusing to look at options.
One of the most difficult negotiators to deal with is the unilateral thinker who can see only one possible outcome to a negotiation. This negotiator’s attitude is, “My way or the highway.”
An airline passenger is irate because the first-class reservation she thought was confirmed for her flight is not in the airline’s system and no other first-class seats are available. To every option the reservations specialist suggests, the woman reiterates, “My reservation is in the system. You have to find my seat.”
There are several counters that may be effective in this situation. Apologizing and responding to the customer’s frustration with empathy is a great place to start. Brainstorming alternative solutions with the passenger or suggesting other alternatives that might work could also be effective. For example, since no first-class seats are available, the airline employee might offer the passenger a seat in a section of coach that is close to the front of the plane. She might also try the Tactic of Higher Authority by asking, “On the off chance that my supervisor can find you a first-class seat on another flight, would that be agreeable to you?”
But some people never stop Playing Their Broken Record. If that is the case, the airline employee could acknowledge the passenger’s emotions (using the tactic of I Feel Your Pain) and simply say, “I understand this is a very frustrating situation and you are not happy. Of the possible solutions I have suggested, which one would work best for you?”
Have you used or encountered this tactic in your negotiations? If so, how’d it go?
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Gavin Cheeky Bikini Bottom in Love Pink by FRANKIES BIKINIS
This variant is currently sold out
The Gavin ribbed bikini bottom will provide you with Frankies' signature cheeky coverage and a flattering, mid-waisted fit that will be hugging your curves in all the right places. The perfect bikini bottom.
- 88% Nylon | 12% Spandex
- Cheeky Coverage
- Luxe Ribbed Fabric
Matching top sold separately.
Sizing & Fit: This style runs true to size.
Model is wearing a size Small.
THIS ITEM IS FINAL SALE
All jewelry, handbags, accessories, shoes, belts, bodysuits, swimwear, intimates, home, sale items, and gift cards are final sale and may not be returned or exchanged.
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Download Instagram Post Page Mockup For Free.
Todays freebie is a free 2016 Instagram Post Page Mockup created by Anthony Boyd. Use this mobile mockup psd to preview any branding work you might have on the new Instagram page layout. This free screen mockup psd comes with an editable profile picture, profile username, post image, likes, and comments section.
File Format: PSD
Layers: Smart Objects
Dimensions: 719 x 1280 Pixels
File Size: 382 KB
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We haven't fallen off the face of the earth...we're still here. :) I was late getting our pictures taken this year so they won't be back until Friday. YIKES!!! But then I will stuff Christmas cards and get them on their way. They may or may not reach you before Christmas but MERRY CHRISTMAS just the same!
So here is a sneak preview of what will be arriving in your mailbox shortly:
precious baby girl
something sure was funny :)
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The Must List: Modernist Cuisine in High Def, a First Hill Costume Crawl & More
Photos of Food at the Moment of Being Cooked
(10/26 to 2/17/14, times vary) — How exactly does heat make an egg physically transform? Seattle entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold helped popularize molecular gastronomy (the hyper-nerdy take on cooking) with his book Modernist Cuisine (2011). Now Photography of Modernist Cuisine: The Exhibition at the Pacific Science Center showcases 100 stunning large-format shots from the book. Read on for our interview with Myhrvold.
Bookworms Unite at Seattle’s Literature Crawl
Thursday (10/24, 6 p.m.) — Lit Crawl Seattle is a festive night of free readings (at various walkable Seattle locations) by acclaimed writers Ivan Doig, Nicole Hardy, Will Self, Claire Dederer, Peter Mountford, Ellen Forney and many others. Grab a map at Elliott Bay Books or Richard Hugo House.
Photo Center NW Debuts Holly Andres’ Spooky Photos
(10/24 to 12/15, times vary) — Photographer Holly Andres’ new show, The Homecoming, reveals her early training as a painter, as well as her penchant for portraying young girls in pursuit of forbidden knowledge—in a style that marries David Lynch with Nancy Drew.
Must Dress Up
Don Your Scariest Garb for the ER Costume Crawl
Saturday (10/26, 8 p.m.) — The First Hill costume extravaganza (the “ER” is due to the close proximity to Pill Hill’s emergency rooms) is back for its fourth year and promises plenty of Halloween high jinks at each of its three venues: The Hideout, Vito’s and the Sorrento Hotel’s The Hunt Club.
Homes, Wine and Delish Bites at Taste of Evoke
Tuesday (10/29, 6 to 9 p.m.) — Expect an evening full of food and wine pairings from five chefs and five Washington wineries (think sous chef Erik Skaar of Crush and DeLille Cellars), all while exploring the main floors of two Evoke model homes in Issaquah.
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STEM students from Bethel-Tate Middle School participated in the MathCounts contest at the University of Cincinnati Feb. 23. From left are coach Fay Wagner, Alyssa Barnhouse, Justin Royer, Caleb Brink, Ethan Guseman and Wyatt O'Neil.
What is 30 years old, has received recognition by five different presidents, and came to the University of Cincinnati this February? MathCounts! MathCounts began in 1983 as a program for strengthening students' mathematics and critical thinking skills, and to date, more than six million students have participated. This year, competitions are taking place in all 50 states, involving more than 6,000 schools. The program offers materials that are studied throughout the fall and winter, culminating with an exciting day of teamwork and friendly competition.
This year, the MathCounts program has been an integral part of the middle school classes in the Clermont County Gifted STEM Program, with students from Bethel-Tate and Williamsburg middle schools participating. Students practiced independently, completed online challenges, and worked hard during face-to-face classes. Some students even met after school to hone their skills. The local competition was held, and the top scorers represented their schools at the Cincinnati area competition at the University of Cincinnati Feb. 23. During the competition, Ethan Guseman won the top-scoring position for Bethel-Tate and Spencer Clark took this honor for Williamsburg. Seven Hills School won the Cincinnati title, and will advance to the state level competition.
Submitted by Faye Wagner, gifted intervention specialist at Bethel-Tate and Williamsburg local school districts.
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This life-changer of a recipe isn't your mom's banana bread. It's better. And we've got no qualms saying that.
Honest grub with demolish-the-entire-panful-while-standing-at-the-counter allure. Grab some napkins.
Cute as a button, and not much bigger, these buttery, bacony scones are the most diminutive and darned good baked thing we've had in recent memory.
It was a dark and stormy night...oops. We mean, this stiff yet slightly sweet cocktail is certain to thunder through your evening.
No longer are you safe from temptation just because you summoned enough fortitude to skip the Nutella aisle at the store. Not safe at all.
They look like fudgsicles. They taste like fudgesicles. Yet they're made cocoa, coconut milk, and honey so you don't even have to do that thing where you pretend that something's healthy. Because it actually is.
Blender drinks don't get much boozier than this rendition of that raid-the-liquor-cabinet classic. Umbrella optional.
This peanut butter, honey, and arugula sandwich is like a pb&j sandwich gone to finishing school...at Chez Panisse.
These fork-mashed spuds are indulgence defined with their easy execution, deceptively rich taste, and lack of bowls and beaters to clean.
This much-ballyhooed 'wich from Hog Island Oyster Bar in San Francisco is stuffed with fromage blanc, Gruyère, Cheddar, and Havarti. Talk about the stuff romance is made from...
And, on the seventh day, God created gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah). And the world has been a more glorious place ever since.
Know how every once in a while you taste something that's so insanely satiating that a single spoonful pretty much satisfies? Nah, neither do we. Pass the ice cream, please.
Wicked. Sinful. Indulgent. Those are just a few of the words being bandied about by folks who've succumbed to this ridiculously crack-like concoction.
Ben & Jerry, we love you and we always will. But we can make our own Super Fudge Chunk now, riddled with chunks of all sorts of super fudge-y ingredients.
Salted Butter Tart15/22
A ridiculously creamy--and relatively simple--homemade caramel filling graces this properly flaky pastry. Salted butter--lots of it--lends this dessert just the right amount of decadence.
This caffeinated incarnation of a classic chocolate cake comprises cocoa-y layers that take their jolt from a cup of joe and ample fudgy ganache that make everything, even chocolate cake, better.
Frozen Gin Fizz17/22
We know, we know. Blender drinks are for sissies--or so you may think. If that's the case, take a sip of this stiff riff on the gin and tonic. Then get back to us.
Essentially eggs scrambled with chips and salsa, chilaquiles is equally enticing in the a.m. as the p.m., with a cup of hot joe or a bottle of cold cerveza.
This sophisticated chocolate fix draws on just two ingredients, comes together in minutes, and is satiating beyond belief.
How do you define a true New York-style cheesecake? A sweetly crunchy graham cracker crust cushioning a rich, creamy, moan-inducing filling with a slightly lemony lilt. In other words, this recipe.
When you want just a taste of seduction and intrigue, rather than the full hangover, try this little number.
Milkiest? Chocolatiest? We think so. This creamy, dreamy little concoction is smoooooothness on a spoon.
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The iced land opened up before me at the road end. Whitened earth stretched out to dark hills in the distance. Hoary sandstone seams are a running stitch, hemming field boundaries and retaining muffled, shifting sheep.
As I advanced into the veiled land, still, silent cattle loomed from road edges, breathing smoke plumes into the frosted air.
There is the surprise of a sandstone farmhouse nested in the crook of a land fold. Shrouded, lightly.
And then a spectral wall of cloud, fallen to earth, has consumed house windows and doors, church hall walls, has eaten the penitentiary.
The spire rises above with a stark bleak clarity.
To my right and the south I sense the reassuring omniscience of Tinto – pre-history pointing still to the sky and tying us to this earth. On the Hill Fort, buffering mists reveal shadowy mesolithic ancestors working prized pitchstone into bewitching tools and carrying a horn of fire up the ritual path.
To my left and in front, lies Wolfclyde and the Coulter Motte. Its settler farmers carving their new life in royally gifted land and building. Recent. They speak to me in a Flemish tongue bringing new trade.
But there are the neolith field barrows, tumulus rising like slumbering giants before me. Unfolding and furling again as I pass at increasing speed.
The land is a cradle and a grave. It is food and shelter, sustenance and death. It is my womb and my home and I will turn my flesh into its folds, one day.
Until then, there is the journey. The daily grind of the city, and of work and of money, to be fought. There are the little joys to be won. The smell of Ana’s wind-blown hair and the earthy odours of the pleasure she took in that new football strip; a smile and kiss; the promise of living, replete.
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1. Definitions: “Seller” shall refer to Southern Dock Products, The Overhead Door Company of Austin, Just-Rite Equipment, Lavallee Overhead Door, The Overhead Door Company of New Orleans, The Overhead Door Company of South Florida and JB Mathews Equipment, The Best Door Company, American Roll-Up Door, Passport Dock and Door and affiliates. “Purchaser” shall refer to customer ordering product or service Southern Dock Products, The Overhead Door Company of Austin, Just-Rite Equipment, Lavallee Overhead Door, The Overhead Door Company of New Orleans, The Overhead Door Company of South Florida and JB Mathews Equipment, The Best Door Company, American RollUp Door, Passport Dock and Door and affiliates. “Supplier” shall refer to manufacturer of equipment or parts proposed. Unless specifically referenced in writing otherwise, these terms and conditions shall apply to all orders placed with Seller.
Terms and Conditions
2. Payment: Equipment and Installation Terms: Net 20 days from date of invoice. Service Terms: Net 10 days from date of invoice.
3. Prices: The prices quoted herein for all products and services are good for 30 days from the date of this proposal and are based on delivery and installation within 60 days. All prices quoted include material, freight, mechanical installation, and sales tax. Unit pricing is based on the quantities specified. Additions or deletions may affect unit pricing.
4. Delivery: All dates specified, if any, are estimates and Seller shall in no event be held liable for delays caused by delays in transportation, manufacturer delays, labor disputes, acts of God, or any event beyond Seller’s control.
5. Warranties: Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Seller will extend to the Purchaser any warranty for finished goods offered by Supplier. That warranty and all associated limitations of liability shall control Purchaser’s rights. Seller disclaims any other express warranties, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for
a particular purpose. In the event of material defects covered by Supplier’s warranty, the Supplier at its sole discretion
will remedy such defects by repairing or replacing defective equipment or parts.
A 60-day service warranty shall apply to all service labor (excluding parts). In the event of defects in workmanship brought to Supplier’s attention during this warranty period, Seller shall remedy defects with necessary repairs during
normal business hours. Follow up repairs requested after this service warranty period has expired will be the
responsibility of the Purchaser.
Purchaser’s responsibility includes cleaning, maintaining, proper use, etc. Any deficiency caused by a failure to follow Supplier’s guidelines for usage and upkeep will not be covered under any warranty, regardless of the timeframe of the service request.
6. Photographs: Seller reserves the right to photograph the work site prior to work beginning, during the installation phase, and at the completion of the project. All photographs will include only products which Seller has installed.
7. Permits & Testing: All permits, licenses, and fees are excluded and are the responsibility of the Purchaser. Interpretation of building fire codes is the responsibility of the Purchaser. Any special training, badging, background checks or substance abuse testing which may be required for a specific project is not included in proposal unless otherwise specified
8. Bonds: Pricing does not include costs for payment and performance bonds (if required).
9. Limitation of Liability: Neither Seller nor any Supplier whose products are the subject of this transaction, shall in any event be liable for any loss of use of any equipment or incidental or consequential damage of any kind whether for breach of warranty, negligence or strict liability.
10. Cancellation Charges: Orders may be cancelled by the Purchaser only upon prior agreement in writing by both the Seller and the Purchaser, and in the event of such agreement, the cancellation is subject to proper and reasonable charge based on type of material and status of the order at the Supplier’s factory.
- If standard equipment is cancelled before shipment, Purchaser will be invoice 25% of the purchase price.
- If standard equipment is cancelled after shipment but before installation, Purchaser will be invoiced 50% of the purchase price plus cost of all freight & handling charges.
- If special equipment is cancelled before manufacturing, Purchaser will be invoiced 25% of the purchase price.
- If special equipment is cancelled during manufacturing, Purchaser will be invoiced 70% of the purchase price.
- If special equipment is cancelled after manufacturing or shipment, Purchaser will be invoiced 100% of the purchase price plus all freight and handling charges. No returns for special equipment after shipment.
Special equipment is defined as equipment or products manufactured by a signed submittal process. All other equipment is considered standard equipment.
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All About STEM NEWS
North West employers put STEM engagement on the menu
As the build up to the launch of the Business of Science 2018 series of events gains momentum, business leaders from around the North West gathered recently at an exclusive dinner hosted by Business of Science founder, Steve Bennett.
Richard Carter, managing director, BASF UK & Ireland, headline sponsor of Business of Science 2018, welcomed guests to BASF UK’s Cheadle headquarters for a relaxed and lively discussion on the topics at the top of the agenda for the science-based businesses in the region and beyond.
Productivity, Brexit, the Northern Powerhouse, innovation, scaling up and strategic collaboration were among the talking points that were keenly debated by employers including BASF UK, PZ Cussons, Victrex, RSK and Grant Thornton, and think tanks IPPR North and the North West Business Leadership Team.
A key theme that emerged at several points during the evening was the perceived image problem of the science-based industries – in particular, the chemicals industry – and how this could be addressed in order to attract the next generation of talent to the industry.
While the North West chemicals cluster is recognised nationally as a strength and has a key role to play in the Government’s modern industrial strategy, the perception around the table was that it is still behind other science-based sectors, such as automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical and personal care, when it comes to a positive public image.
Rebalancing this situation requires greater STEM engagement between employers and local schools. Not just at pupil level but with teaching staff too since teachers are hugely influential in ensuring that the next generation continue to study STEM-related subjects.
The shared view from guests was that teachers can be better supported with insights and experience to educate pupils on what the business of science looks like in the region today, opening their eyes to what career opportunities it offers. This is knowledge that too often sits with employers and is not shared well enough.
The opportunity for industry, therefore, is for employers to ramp up their educational outreach activity by supporting initiatives such as STEM Clubs Week, the Great Science Share, The Big Bang, KidsLab and SEERIH. Getting this right could be game-changing for the future of the business of science in the North West and beyond.
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Kawaii Chinese Dragon Plushies Duo
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Katy Free - Fine Day (2016)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 42:40 min | 101 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | Label: Freeka Music
Sure, Katy's first memory of singing is "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" for her church while actually missing her two front teeth. After that auspicious beginning she studied classical voice and applied that to musicals and choirs that toured and performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. While studying musicology and jazz voice at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, she toured the eastern United States sharing her passion and love of jazz music.
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There is no doubt that almost every Australian family was affected by World War One in some way or another.
One sad fact that came out of the war was the intense hatred of Germans that emerged together with all things German. The German families who emigrated to Australia and were happily living their lives, being a part of so many local communities suddenly became “the enemy”. When war broke out they were suddenly classed as an “enemy alien” purely because of their heritage, with many sent to concentration camps.
Many towns and streets in Australia had German names. However, come the start of World War One . . . and all thing German became “the enemy”, so to have German place names was no longer acceptable.
Hanover Street – changed to King Street to honour King George V who reigned during WWI.
Brunswick Street – changed to Queen Street, to honour Mary of Teck, wife of George V.
To remind citizens of the war effort (WWI), many new streets were named (or some re-named) in patriotic fervour.
Albion Street (an ancient poetic name for Britain), Argonne Street, Brussels Street, Empire Avenue (formerly Mangrove Street – Concord Volunteer workers built three cottages here for returning wounded soldiers), Gallipoli Street, Lemnos Street, Lorraine Street, Malta Street, Mena Street, Warsaw Street – were all to commemorate sites connected with WWI and to remind citizens of the war effort.
Others were named to commemorate those who helped to win the war.
Anderson Road – Brigadier General Sir Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson, KCMG. An outstanding soldier and “a fiercely Australian patriot”.
Cavell Avenue (formerly Broke Street) – British nurse Dame Edith Louisa Cavell.
Davidson Avenue – Sir Walter Edward Davidson, Governor of New South Wales, 1917-1924.
Hamilton Street (formerly Swamp Street) – General Sir Ian Hamilton (British soldier) who commanded the gallant assault at the landing at Gallipoli in 1915.
Ian Parade (formerly Swamp Street) – see Hamilton Street
Jellicoe Street – Admiral of the Fleet, John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellico. He fought in the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the grand fleet at the Battle of Jutland.
Kitchener Avenue – Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, who died part way through the war.
Lloyd George Avenue – David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister. Represented Britain at the Versailles Peace Conference.
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THIS WEBSITE TALKS ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS AND THE POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF HERBS, SUPPLEMENTS,
PHYTONUTRIENTS AND DRUG PRODUCTS. THIS WEBSITE ALSO TALKS ABOUT SOME POPULAR HEALTH ISSUES AND
DISEASES. ARTICLES IN THIS WEB SITE IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, YOU SHOULD
CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DO NOT COPY NOR TRANSFER ARTICLES TO
Krill oil is obtained from krill which are small, pelagic, shrimp-like crustaceans of the family
Euphausiidae. Krill oil is a reddish, opaque, lipid extract of marine krill (Euphasia
superba). The major components of krill oil are triglycerides and phospholipids, and
include the fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5 n–3), docosahexeanoic acid
(DHA, C22:6 n–3), and cis-11-octadecenoic acid (vaccenic acid, C18:1 n–7). The
combined concentration of EPA and DHA in krill oil is approximately 26 percent, with a
ratio of EPA to DHA of approximately 2:1. Krill oil also contains naturally-occurring
Frozen Antarctic krill are crushed and the lipids and proteins are extracted using acetone.
Following extraction, the krill proteins and lipids are filtered through an organic solvent-
resistant filter under reduced pressure to enable physical separation of lipids and
proteins. Excess acetone is evaporated and water is separated from the oil. The oil is
subjected to additional filtration and purification to remove impurities and is packaged in
a modified nitrogen-containing atmosphere and stored.
The mean EDI is 3.1 to 4.1 grams per person per day (g/p/d) and the 90th percentile EDI
(mean multiplied by two) as 6.2 to 8.3 g/p/d. The manufacturer notes that at a combined
level of 26 percent of total EPA and DHA, the maximum daily consumption of EPA and
DHA would be 2.2 g/p/d.
GRAS Notice No. GRN 000242
SOURCE: FDA website 2010
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I enjoy historical programming. In Downton Abbey, you can see the world changing in each character. WWI forces each level of the people in the Abbey to step outside the “position” of society they hold if they want their country and heritage to endure. The war is personalized by each character, and how they react to the world at the end of the war. I found so many interesting nuances that I enjoyed and looked forward to watching. The clothing of upstairs and downstairs, as well as the interaction between the two worlds. The village people, streets, homes, shops, and the society involvement that was expected. From the Dowager on down, each woman was in her own generation. The fact that Americans once married for title and the financial need of the English aristocracy turning their head to perpetuate the class status. For me, it was a history lesson that I don’t think could have been taught any better.
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Internship Application Deadlines:
Spring Deadlines: Oct. 10 (priority) and Nov. 10
Summer Deadlines: Feb. 10 (priority) and March 10
Fall Deadlines: May 1 (priority) and June 1
Arizona State University partners with The Washington Center in Washington, DC, to offer full-time, semester-long internships with a wide variety of organizations in the nation’s capital. Students in any major are eligible for a Washington Center internship. A small sample of potential internship sites includes:
* The Smithsonian Institution * Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
* Department of Defense * National Education Association
* U.S. Department of Commerce * American Psychological Association
* C-SPAN * National Park Service
* Federal Marshall’s Program * Council of State Governments
* INTERPOL * US Senate and House of Representatives
* Peace Corps * U.S. Small Business Administration
* The Jane Goodall Institute * Leadership Africa
* Departments of Health and Human Services; Food and Drug Administration; the Interior;
ASU encourages students to participate in experiential opportunities that will enhance their overall growth and development. Through funding from University Student Initiatives, ASU offers up to seven students who are accepted to this program each academic year a scholarship of $7,000. In addition, The Washington Center offers a $2,000 scholarship. Please note that TWC interns are required to pay both TWC fees and ASU tuition and fees.
Washington Center internships are 9 credit hours in the summer and 12 credit hours in the fall and spring. In addition, students enroll in one academic course at The Washington Center for 3 credits. Thus, students enroll for a total of either 12 (summer) or 15 (fall and spring) credits during the semester they spend at The Washington Center. Because interns earn academic credit for both the internship and the academic course, they pay both TWC and ASU tuition and fees, as well as any housing expenses while living in Washington, DC.
The credits are divided between NEW 484 (for the internship) and NEW 494 (for the academic class). These are flexible credits that can be applied to students' DARS in whatever way makes the most sense. For instance, a fall or spring internship that involves research and extensive writing at an environmental organization might be divided into 6 Biology or Sustainability credits and 6 English credits. If that student took the academic course on Rising China, those credits would likely transfer as Political Science credits.
Interns spend Mondays through Thursdays at their internship sites. On Fridays, they meet with other TWC interns in large and small groups for classes, seminars, fieldtrips, and other activities. In addition, one evening each week they take an academic course taught by a faculty member at The Washington Center. Courses include such topics as:
* Rising China
* Forensic Psychology
* How Washington Engages the Arab Middle East
* Nonprofit Leadership and Management
* Scandalous Washington
* Media and the Movies
* Campaigning for a Cause: How Advocacy Groups Change the World
* From Ideas to Action: The Anatomy of Entrepreneurship.
To be eligible for this program, you must have achieved at least second-semester sophomore standing (completed 45 credits) with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher.
1. Go to the Washington Center website and explore possible internship opportunities, costs, potential funding sources, and important deadlines.
3. Contact Kathleen.Waldron@asu.edu at the beginning of the process for guidance. It is recommended that you email copies of any written materials that are part of the application process to Kathleen Waldron before submitting them to The Washington Center.
Each academic year, ASU offers seven $7,000 scholarships to students completing an internship at The Washington Center. These are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, dependent upon the student's acceptance to The Washington Center and their financial aid package. In addition, The Washington Center offers the same students a $2,000 scholarship, for a total scholarship package of $9,000. The ASU scholarship monies are first applied to any outstanding balances with ASU (tuition for the semester the student is in Washington, DC and any other outstanding fees). What is left is then given to the student to pay TWC fees. Because interns are enrolled at ASU just as they would be for any academic semester, they also are eligible for any other financial aid packages they would normally receive. It is recommended that students meet with Financial Aid to discuss the specifics of their individual financial aid packages, which can vary greatly.
For more information, contact ASU's university liaison with The Washington Center, Kathleen Waldron
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Uncyclopedia:Pee Review/User:MacMania/Red Dwarf
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
If you don't mind being reviewed by a noob, I'd like to do this. I have 24 hours, right? Why do I need to provide this? 05:24, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
- Absolutely don't mind it; I like to think it provides a fresh perspective. In fact, the first article in recent times that I had reviewed was in fact reviewed by July's Newbie of the Month. Uh, signed, Sir MacMania GUN—[17:18 6 Sep 2009]
|Humour:||7||My review coming in right under deadline....First, you're either braver or crazier than I am to even attempt this article. Satires of satires seldom work. Second, it's probably not typical to state credentials at the beginning of a review, but as you have no idea who I am, here goes. I'm a fan of Red Dwarf, although I haven't seen all the episodes (I missed the 2009 reunions). I'm an SF fan, a professionally-published writer, and have done radio comedy including being in a comic sci-fi radio sketch that was written by a friend of mine (it was very funny, but intellectually it made Red Dwarf look like Masterpiece Theatre). Third, I really enjoyed your other articles I've seen, although you might want to know that the one about Cheerios has the phrase "Only then was the claim was called to the attention of the directors of the FDA". Fourth, when it comes to criticism, I can be a royal, nitpicky pain in the ass.
There were some parts of your article I greatly enjoyed. Some points I found funny that I think many readers would find funny. There's others I think would only be enjoyed by Red Dwarf fans (who are, of course, the only people of note). For other parts, read on.
Your Intro: I really liked the intro of talking about the star. When I was first told about this series, I though it was a fantasy about a red dwarf (you know, a short, sunburned bearded guy). And also I'll be glad to see the current Red Dwarf article replaced.
Dave Lister as the last human cliché I don't get, but that may be just me. When you described Cat as "an evolved humanoid cat with racist undertones," I was expecting to see this dealt with, but didn't see it--what racial undertones? "Contrary to popular belief, its science fiction setting is not a main characteristic of the show, but something to distract from the lack of humour in later series." Sorry, I didn't get this. The setting in series one distracted from not being funny in series eight? Maybe if you explained this as some temporal thing, it might be funny--or might not. Also I don't know if you want to use this or not, but Dave the astronaut and Holly the computer are a takeoff by name of Dave the astronaut and Hal the computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey. (The joke reference also existed in DH:SC where it was Dave and Hab). Where Danny John-Jules shows up 30 minutes late for his "appointment," did you want to say "audition" or "try-out?" But I do like that part--nice.
Dave Lister—"really being half-black and half-Irish." Don't know if you want to use this or not, but when they did the episode where Dave aka Charles was found as an infant under a pool table, they looked for a baby that looked like the actor Charles. The baby they chose? The son of John-Jules (Cat). I knew immediately when I saw the baby it was supposed to be Dave. Isn't it weird that one actor's son actually looks a hell of lot like another actor on the same show? Makes you wonder.
Also "sending the world into a nuclear holocaust, which would involve destroying all supplies of Indian food anyhow." A fan of the show who saw Lister change history for his stomach might get this, but I don't know if anyone else would (are you talking about the U. S. President John F. Kennedy episode?).
Cat--"...human-like appearance, which is always far more convenient for low-budget British sci-fi." Really liked this. I think using true descriptions of the cast with tongue-in-cheek references like this works very well, for fans and non-fans. I'd like to see more of this in this article.
Kryten 2X4B-523P--Sorry, I know about being reprogrammed, but didn't find the "declare an apple to be the Bolivian navy" funny.
Holly--really liked this. Old guy trying to sound young by saying "dudes"--great. And gender change but it's only a head, like it. By the way, you probably knew in the meet-your-opposite-sex-counterpart episode Hilly was the female counterpart of Holly, and Hilly was played by the woman who later played Holly.
Kristine Kochanski--she is where? I know, in series VII and VIII (but she did appear earlier, played by somebody else). But some more mention of her would be nice, even if you think her character wasn't very funny (although I really liked her frustration in her early episodes. And some critics and fans really liked VII and VIII). She was, after all, a major character in the series, first met in the very beginning and mentioned throughout.
Synopsis/Premise: I liked the ship is the size of a city, with the city presumably being Guildford. But I didn't get how this related with population between 169 and 11169 crew members.
Liked :"crew range from bureaucratic smegheads to incompetent smegheads," although maybe better as "crew range from bureaucratic smegheads to non-bureaucratic smegheads."
Liked the neologisms and invented insults part.
Plot: To me, "hilarity ensues" is rarely funny, and I don't find it funny in this article.
Series 1 seems true, but I don't see the joke.
Series 2 part seems to mostly be inside references to episodes, as do much of the other series' sections. For a fan, it's a nice reminder of those episodes where "hilarity ensues", but other than that, I don't find much of this funny.
Series 3 I do like "sesrevinu sdrawkcab," and "an alternate Rimmer that is actually not annoying." Even non-fans might find these amusing.
Series 4 & 5 I did like your reference to the version of Rimmer that's not annoying (I love Ace Rimmer), but the rest of these sections I didn't find amusing. Sorry.
Series 6 I like the Emmy/British/American bit. Nice.
Series 7 and 8 I didn't find funny.
Back to Earth: I liked the first part of this, but didn't get the Blade Runner reference. Maybe this is because I didn't see this (I did see Blade Runner).
Cultural Impact: This seems to be mostly true and not funny, but I suppose that's all right for the ending. I do like the last line about most memorable being "smeg"--that's nice and probably true.
Footnotes: Like 'em. Would like to see more.
Don't know if you want to go into the various Red Dwarf spinoffs. At least a mention might be nice.
Also no mention of Duane Dibbley? OK, he's in the picture. I guess that is enough.
Another thing you might want to think about is how this programme ripped off virtually every other sci-fi programme in existence. I know that would require a rewrite of the plot section, but I think you could get a lot of humor out of this. Personally I would like to see this be the primary focus of the article.
I remember in the documentary The Red Dwarf A-Z when Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation) said when he first saw Red Dwarf he thought it was an unauthorized ripoff of Star Trek, and was going to call his producer. He was so serious, at first I believed him. I think this article could use more of that kind of deadly serious humour.
By the way, I remember an interview where Charles was asked by a young woman or teenage girl what "smeg head" meant, and he burst into laughter. Apparently the show's creators claimed it didn't mean anything, but if it doesn't mean "dick head," I'll stop eating
|Concept:||7||I love Red Dwarf, but I don't know if the concept for this article is really clear.|
|Prose and formatting:||8||I largely talk about the prose in the humour section. I generally like the style as being straight forward/serious sounding (except for the hilarity ensues phrase). The formatting looks fine to me. I think formatting is something that, if you notice it, is a problem.|
|Images:||8||I like the images. On the captions, I made the mistake of reading the one for the ship Red Dwarf before I read the one for the star red dwarf. I didn't find the caption funny--but when my brain finally stopped working backwards, I really liked them. The other captions are OK--if you cut the hilarity references--but I don't find them great. Sorry I'm not giving you any ideas for improvement. My score for images would be 9 (with a 10 for the captions to the first two), but a 7 for the other captions.|
|Miscellaneous:||7||General overall impression.|
|Final Score:||37||I think this article has potential, but could really use developing. I don't find it up to the level of some of your other articles that I really enjoyed. But again, I think doing a comedy about a comedy is very difficult. About the only way I think that works it to do it completely straight/serious, and even then it often doesn't work. But a good try! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them here or on my user page.|
|Reviewer:||Why do I need to provide this? 04:29, September 7, 2009 (UTC)|
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The idea of polka dots on sneakers is not exactly new. Nevertheless Nike used the concept once again on their Air Force 1 and we have to say, as much as we have already seen of the pattern, the outcome is still a good one. This latest Air Force 1 features polka dots all-over, including on the tongue, laces and mid-sole. Look out for a release on June 13th at Atmos.
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Georgia Branch – Healthier With Hemp
In November 2017 hemp foods became legalised in Australia. This week we chat to Georgia Branch, co-founder of Hemple a hemp food company that’s leading the way for this new category. We ask Georgia all of those questions about the difference between hemp and cannabis as well as the challenges faced in branding something that’s so new to market and comes with a level of stigma attached. Is this just another health food fad in Australia? What are the real benefits of hemp products and how ethical is the farming process? We delve into this and more on this episode of Maker & Creator.
Like what you hear? Our listeners can get 20% off Hemple products. Just click here and use the code MAKERCREATOR
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Sammy Hagar can't drive 55, so why should Pennsylvania motorists?
As PennLive reporter Jan Murphy noted earlier today, the state is bumping up the speed limit along certain highways to 70 mph, though where those boosts will happen has yet to be revealed.
Which begs the question: How fast is too fast? Should drivers be allowed to zoom by at 70 mph on the Turnpike (or elsewhere)? Should we be allowed to go even faster? Or is that irresponsible and PennDOT should dial the limit back down to 55 mph?
We want to hear from you. Share your thoughts in the comment section below and vote in our (completely informal) poll.
Oh, and drive safely.
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It was amazing to be in the space with hundreds to over one thousand women physicians from around the globe at the AMWA/MWIA 100 conference. It more than warmed my heart.
I was home. In my over 20-year career in medicine this was the first time I felt at home. It was the place that I’d been looking for most of my career- a place to belong with like-minded women physicians ready to grow and support one another.
From the keynote Gloria Steinem to each speaker and panel discussion to the comments and questions from the audience, it affirmed and confirmed for me that medicine is a wonderful profession.
It is a profession that we can get excited about.
It is a profession where women can be alive and thrive. We can embrace all of our gifts and talents, especially the non-medical ones, to complete the experience and live meaningful fulfilling lives.
In that space women physicians shared the valleys that led to their peaks without shame or guilt or fear. Vulnerability is welcome and honored. It opens doors to new career and life choices. What starts as a dream can become your new reality.
In that space connections and genuine relationships are valued beyond the clinical arena. It is the source of inspiration, encouraging words, and sharing new ideas that can change lives.
Being in that space for 4 days I realized that there is more untapped potential that resides within me, waiting to bring more genius into the world. And it is not for some of us. It is available for all of us.
In this modern era of medicine we get to create what we desire. We can break the mold. Sure, it is going to take hard work. Yes, you’ll have to think outside the box. And absolutely we will trip and fall.
Know that there is guidance, support, and mentorship available on the journey. We don’t have to do it alone. We don’t have to know it all. We can and must use the resources available to support us as we grow into our next levels.
I realized that while it has taken me over 20 years to find my familiar place, there are so many physicians that live where I once was- successful yet struggling, feeling like a fraud, afraid to ask for what they truly desire. Smart, talented, gifted doctors met me after my panel discussion yearning for the strategies to make the shifts they need to create a life and career that speaks to their soul. These strategies are not taught in medical school or residency. And while mentors help to navigate the medical arena, you are figuring out life all by yourself. And let’s be honest it’s not working.
Success in life and your medical career comes when you make new decisions. It happens when you decide to invest in your personal growth. It happens when you decide that the time is now and not to wait another year or the year after that.
Declare this is your year and schedule a complimentary Discovery Session at Stephanie@NurturingMDs.com.
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The whole carbon credits debate seems to be escalating pretty fast. A week ago, Minister McConalogue bluntly stated that the carbon credits for existing forestry are owned by the State, citing the financial supports for forestry as the reason. It’s not news – this has long been the case.
Sometimes, though, a tipping point is reached. The realisation that a carbon budget for farming is looming may have concentrated minds. The carbon tax on fuels, rebatable for agri-diesel used by farmers, but not agri-contractors, is another reminder that carbon counts, and is being counted.
But it’s only being counted out, not in, and this seems unjust. The message seems to be that farmers own all the carbon they produce in the course of food production, and must take ownership of that carbon and its environmental cost, but have no ownership rights over the carbon that is stored in the soils they farm, or the trees and plants in the hedgerows and habitats on their land. It all seems a bit one-way.
The IFA responded on Tuesday, and raised the pertinent point of replanted forestry land, where no subvention is provided. The fact that carbon credits were never mentioned in the contracts signed was highlighted, and the supports were explained as being for income foregone by the farmers who planted their land, and then had to wait up to 40 years for any net income from that investment of land and finance.
Perhaps everyone owes a debt of gratitude to Limerick dairy farmer and forestry owner John Hourigan. When he went public on his successful leasing out of carbon credits, it crystallised in farmers’ minds the fact that credits are worth money.
Of course, for many farmers, the primary use of carbon credits may be as offsets for the carbon generated in food production.
In that regard, Tim Cullinan’s assertion at Tuesday night’s farm leaders debate that it was the IFA who pursued an amendment to last year’s climate change bill looking for recognition of farm offsets is significant.
He said they initially pushed for recognition through an amendment within the Dáil, but the bill passed through that chamber with no amendments.
The IFA then lobbied senators, and it was Tim Lombard, the Cork farmer and Fine Gael senator, who successfully attached an amendment while the bill passed through the Upper House of the Oireachtas. That amendment is one piece of a jigsaw that needs to be pieced together pretty quickly.
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How do you smoke chicken on a propane grill?
Place the chicken, breast side up, on the grill rack over the drip pan. Cover the grill and smoke the chicken, adding more coals about halfway through grilling to maintain the temperature, until the juices run clear when the thigh joint is pierced with a knife tip, about 2 hours.
How long does it take to smoke a chicken on the grill?
The size of your bird will dictate how long your chicken takes to cook. Roughly speaking, it takes about 3-5 hours to smoke a whole chicken, or approximately 45 minutes per pound at 250 degrees F.
Can you smoke meat in a gas grill?
Can You Smoke Meat on a Gas Grill? You most definitely can smoke meat on a gas grill! In fact, you can smoke whatever food you want on a grill. If you only have a trusty gas grill on your patio, but you’re craving that delicious flavor of smoked meat, no fear!
How long do you smoke chicken at 250 degrees?
Smoke – Place chicken on smoker. Close pellet grill lid and cook at 250 degrees for about 3 hours for 3.5 lb chicken or until chicken has reached 165 degrees F. Rest – Let rest 5-10 minutes and then enjoy!
How long should I smoke chicken?
All in all, to smoke a whole chicken, it should take about 2 and a half to 3 hours when cooking a 5-pound bird at 275 degrees Fahrenheit. But as the temperatures of grills can vary, it is better for you to use a probe thermometer to see how long you should cook the meat.
Do you flip chicken when smoking?
There is no right or wrong way to cook your chicken. The chicken is going to cook no matter what! Some people say that you should start out with it breast meat down, then flip the chicken to breast up part way through cooking to make sure it’s evenly cooked.
What temperature do you grill chicken pellets?
225°F is the magic temperature when smoking chicken breast on a pellet grill. Food cooks a lot slower at this temperature and smoking at 225°F allows the chicken to absorb the smoky flavors at a slower pace. Smoking chicken is a more delicate cooking method than grilling.
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It’s easy to get intimidated when you’re starting to get knowledgeable about a new field or topic. There’s vocabulary and shorthand to learn, multiple theories and perspectives to digest, and zillions of websites, videos, and articles to take in. Personal finance is no different, and many people understandably find this overwhelming and back away from the information overload. The problem is, unlike learning about French cheeses or Peruvian basket weaving, learning about personal finance isn’t really optional. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to figure out how money works.
But I have great news: you don’t need to be a genius – math or otherwise – to rock at personal finance. Yes, you might be bowled over by all the information that’s out there, at least at first. Especially if you read the investing blogs – those geeks* get really into the numbers. But they do the number crunching and tracking because they like to (they’re geeks**, remember?), not because they have to. And neither do you. In fact, you can rock at personal finance with very, very little knowledge about the subject.
The basics of personal finance are elementary – literally. You only need to possess basic, elementary math and reading skills to understand them. For example:
- Take in more than you’re spending every month (simple subtraction, income minus bills and expenses)
- If you’re taking in less than you’re spending, adjust your spending or take in more (again, simple addition and subtraction)
- Make the gap between your income and obligations as wide as possible, then save or invest the difference (this mostly involves reading about basic savings and retirement accounts – easy). Make sure you do this every month.
And…that’s pretty much it. If you want to get fancy and read all about dollar-cost averaging vs. lump-sum investing and ETFs vs. index funds and Roth vs. traditional IRAs, you certainly can. I mean, hell, I’m a personal finance blogger, so I get a kick out of that kind of stuff. But you don’t have to; all you have to do is figure out how to do a few simple things, then keep doing them over and over again. If you manage to make this happen, you’re going to come out ahead. And the truth is, you’re going to come out way ahead of all the people who tried to get too sophisticated too fast and ended up getting so freaked out by the nitty gritty details of their finances that they gave up and went back to their head-in-the-sand ways.
Dave Ramsey sums it up best when he says that personal finance is “80% behavior, 20% head knowledge.” I probably would have worded it differently (is there another type of knowledge besides “head knowledge”?), but the sentiment is so, so true.
Very few financially successful people are geniuses. You don’t have to be either.
*I’m a total geek, so it’s ok for me to use that word
**I should also mention that investing geeks are the best kind of geeks because they’re, you know, rich. I am not this type of geek. Drat.
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In my last article, I discussed acne and its effect on self-esteem at any age. It’s important to understand that acne is genetic. Once it’s under control, the effective treatment plan and home care must be followed or it will come back.
So how can you or a loved one struggling with acne achieve long-term, clear skin success? There are so many choices and contradicting opinions when it comes to treating breakouts that just knowing where to start can feel overwhelming.
In my opinion, the best course of action is to find a skin therapist who specializes in acne. A skin therapist will help you find effective ingredients, treatments, and services for acne while avoiding the lure of marketing hype from department or drug store brands.
DERMATOLOGIST VS. SKIN THERAPIST
When you believe you’ve lost all hope for clear skin, seeing a skin therapist in conjunction with a dermatologist can definitely enhance results. While dermatologists practice out of medical offices and often prescribe medications, skin therapists typically work in salons, spas, or under the direction of a dermatologist.
Even if prescription medications help clear up acne, many topical or oral drugs can leave skin dry, irritated, and congested. Often, these side effects can be just as uncomfortable as the acne itself. Skin therapists help you balance abrasive prescription solutions with calming and hydrating skin support.
In my experience as an acne skin specialist, prescription medication is only one of many approaches to the healing process. It’s possible clients may even need to quit prescription medications because they’re either ineffective or too harsh on skin.
PRO-ACNE INGREDIENTS & METHODOLOGIES MATTER
Acne-approved ingredients and treatment options are very specific and require an entirely different level of skin knowledge and experience to use effectively.
Skincare ingredients such as fruit acids, benzoyl peroxide, and retinoids create clear skin results but can be drying if not used properly. If, for example, any of the above ingredients are not combined with the correct moisturizer, you will likely experience dry, irritated, and flaky skin. Think you can pick up any old face cream to balance it out? Unfortunately, the answer is no. A common cause of breakouts in mature skin is from moisturizers designed to hydrate but which contain pore-clogging ingredients.
As tempting as it is to try DIY acne products and treatments, a skin therapist specializing in acne will guide you toward educated, acne appropriate solutions so that healing happens faster and with better results.
PASS ON THE POPPING
While it may feel strangely satisfying, squeezing pimples often makes matters worse. Not only does popping pimples lead to larger, redder, and more noticeable imperfections, but it also results in slower healing. In worst case scenarios, popping can also lead to scarring.
Touching pimples may also cause them to multiple. When using incorrect pressure, or squeezing at the wrong angle, you easily disrupt the integrity of your follicles, causing infection to spread to other follicles. This leads to inflammation and, ultimately, more breakouts.
A NOTE TO PARENTS
Admittedly, the teen years are a difficult time to adopt a regimented skincare routine. Parents may think their helpful tips and face wash-nagging will help their child achieve clear skin. Trust me, it doesn’t work—it simply makes them more self-conscious and less likely to try. Let a trained professional teach them how to manage their skin.
For more content like this, check out our Beauty section.
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Alright, it's me, Nanny Banton. Somehow I've managed to blag Manchester’s Finest to give me and my mates a new show, dunno what they were thinking.
I can’t figure if it was my CV of DJing and promoting in Manchester or the fact I’m deliciously good looking that’s got me this gig.
Don’t really know how it’s going to pan out, it’s just us lot having a laugh. There’s some structure to it but don’t worry about that.
It’s gonna be monthly-ish; we’ll probably just do it when we have time between getting off with girls and browsing Just Eat (RIP Hungry House).
It’s mostly about what’s going on music-wise but we do go on about other stuff as well, you know, like goin’ the gym n that and each episode we’ll be joined by some special guests.
Anyway, whatever, this is the first show we did. Me, Chimpo, Danny, Wilf and Stu went to The Liars Club, which was pretty sick. We had loads of cocktails, Wilf told us about The Loop, Chimpo and Danny had a well funny joke off and Nando’s got dissed hard.
Yes I’ve noticed that I say “yep” too much during Wilf’s bit, not arsed though, I’ll be better next time.
We’re going to be bringing you more of the same soon so if you wanna come and get involved or you want us to visit you, get on the blower, any free stuff is always welcome!
Buzzin, nice one, safe.
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Read reviews for the Etain 17-7 by Valley Sea Kayaks as submitted by your fellow paddlers. All of the reviews are created and written by paddlers like you, so be sure to submit your own review and be part of the community!
I find the Etain a little roomy for me, but I am not sure if that is necessarily a very bad thing yet. That's because it has a lot of storage capacity for tripping. One thing that stands out to me is how well it turns for such a large kayak. It doesn't have aggressive thigh braces and with the cockpit being roomy for me, you would think the braces wouldn't provide the support I need for aggressive maneuvers and rolling. But again it's surprisingly not a big problem either. When I am practicing rolls and going back and forth from side to side with and without paddle, I kind of wish I had more support, but its ok with the current thigh support setup.
My hatches don't leak. I think the little 4th hatch in front of cockpit is nice. The cockpit opening is huge. Well at least I know I can jump back in easily if ever in a pinch.
Overall a good kayak. "8" for me means good to very good. I am not sure I have enough knowledge to give it an accurate rating though.
Now that I had more confidence in it's downwind / going with waves handling, I took it out in 2m waves and had a blast. It surfed very very well.
I had a lot of faith in the designers at Valley and knew some of my doubts would come to pass and boy was I right. What a difference moving the seat back 1" made.
The skeg is a bit vague and really less effective than the one I had on my Aquanaut Club RM. Running with the wind/ waves even with the skeg fully down does not stop weathercocking completely. I'm not sure if this is due to the swede form design or me being at the low end of the recommended weight (I'm 175-180lbs). In short I have to do a lot more edging and sweeps in certain conditions.
As for speed, it's slower than the 'Naut but not by much. It also feels more porky. I've also surfed some small waves and it was ok. As this boat handles completely different than the 'Naut, I'm still taking my time to figure out it's handling characteristics before venturing out on some real nasty stuff.
Overall still happy with my purchase.
As a previous Aquanaut RM owner I found the Etain familiar but different. The triple layer poly was rock solid and can take major abuse. The low point is that at close to 60lbs there is a bit more heft to carry from car to launch point. The new Valley seat is a huge improvement over the old and I cannot find any fault in terms of comfort. The new back band is better but I still replaced it with an Immersion Research lounge back band with the pro straps installed ( I can't say enough good things about this set-up!). The original thigh pad placements were uncomfortable. I moved them forwards, drilled some new holes and rebolted them in place. Easy fix. The rubber hatches work well and are easy to put on and off. I fitted some bungy cords with plastic snap clips to secure the hatches to the deck rigging. I also bolted the day pod/4th hatch to the hull and used rubber washers to keep it watertight. I did this because I saw a video on Vimeo that showed the pod blowing off in surf as well, the pod easily moves out of place when you remove the hatch. Another easy fix.
I have only taken it out once for a 10km paddle in calm conditions as it is still cold on Lake Ontario in March. The primary and secondary stability were just awesome compared to my previous two 18ft kayaks....I can't wait to go out in white caps! I also find the Etain is more responsive to turn than the Aquanaut. As some pebbles jammed the skeg in the up position I can't comment on it. The good news is that even though the wind picked up the tracking was still very good. I still think the rope & cleat system was more robust and reliable than the slider system as I never had a skeg jam with it. I did not bring my GPS but I was probably doing 6-7 km/hr (I still need to build up my endurance after my winter break from kayaking).
All in all a very nice kayak that should complement my requirement for a kayak that is good for day tripping, multi-day camping and handling rough conditions. I also wanted something that could take the abuse of hitting rocks and being dragged out of the water. So far this boat is a home run! I gave it a 9 because I still needed to do a few modifications to make it perfect.
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The Ground Theatre @ *SCAPE, Singapore 8th September 2016 Photos by Alvin H. Special thanks to Snowbird Productions
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Local teen arrested for assault, burglary
Published 12:00 am Thursday, July 16, 2009
NATCHEZ — A Natchez teen was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Brooklyn Drive residence.
Adams County Sheriff’s Office Invesitgator Ricky Stevens said Jamale Minor, 17, allegedly forced open the door to the woman’s bedroom, held a knife to her neck and attempted to have sex with her.
The woman fought with Minor and his attempts were unsuccessful.
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Minor has been charged with burglary and aggravated assault.
He is being held without bond.
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A commercial site without a proper security system is a ripe target for prowling burglars and criminals. Among other things, a good commercial security system provides you with:
In addition to automated protection, our security systems let you check in on your property wherever and whenever you like. We can set you up with remote monitoring technology that allows you to view cameras or hear audio on your smartphone, tablet or computer. We can also create a keyless entry system that allows you to adjust levels of employee access from home (or anywhere else).
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It’s fair to say that it is unacceptable to wait too long between a diagnosis of cancer and starting treatment. The wait can cause anxiety, stress and spark fears that the cancer will spread. Unfortunately, you may have to wait more than two months to start treatment. This can be down to various reasons including pressure on your local hospital due to people needing particular types of scans or tests prior to the start of treatment.
Recently, the National Health Service (NHS) in England has been criticised by cancer charities after new data published has revealed that thousands of cancer patients are waiting too long for treatment.
The figures show that the NHS has yet again, missed its 62-day waiting time for May 2017. This means that the target hasn’t been met for 17 months in a row, according to Macmillan Cancer Support.
The target measures how long cancer patients wait from the moment they are urgently referred by their GP with suspected cancer to getting first treatment.
The cancer waiting time figures show:
- The 62-day target was breached again in May – 81% of patients started treatment within two months after being urgently referred by their GP, against the target of 85%
- So far in 2017, more than 10,000 people have waited more than two months for treatment to start, including more than 4,000 people who have waited for more than three months
- The target has now been breached for 17 months in a row and has only been met in one month during the past three years (from June 2014 to May 2017)
Responding to the data, Moira Fraser, director of policy and public affairs at Macmillan Cancer Support said:
“The continued breach of cancer waiting time targets is very disappointing. It’s crucial that anyone diagnosed with cancer receives treatment as soon as possible and that no one is left to endure unnecessary uncertainty before this starts.”
Moira added: “Waiting for diagnosis and treatment isn’t the only difficult and painful period of uncertainty for cancer patients. The health service must also address the ongoing lack of support following treatment.
“Nobody should feel abandoned after the emotional rollercoaster of a cancer diagnosis and treatment.”
The government set the waiting time targets in England and Wales for treating cancer patients. Waiting time targets set by the Scottish Government and the Department of Health in Northern Ireland are the same. The current targets aim that patients wait no more than two months between the date the hospital receives an urgent GP referral for suspected cancer and starting treatment. There is also a target for starting treatment no more than 31 days after the meeting at which you and your doctor agree the treatment plan.
If patients have to wait longer, it should be because they choose to or because they need extra tests to fully diagnose their cancer.
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I’ve known about this for a while now, and I must apologize for not sharing sooner.
There are three main reasons why I’m only sharing this now, instead of 3 weeks ago when I first found out about it:
1) I wanted to have plenty of time to test it out myself first before recommending it.
2) I wanted to ensure it stayed live and wasn’t going to be shut down by Instagram quicker than I can eat an entire loaf of sourdough bread.
3) I wanted to see what Instagrammers were doing behind the scenes when they thought nobody was able to look anymore.
And let me tell you, I saw some interesting things. Instagrammers clearly buying followers again. Some suddenly following 50-200+ new accounts every day in an effort to get more followers/stop losing followers. Lots of juicy stuff.
So, what is this new alternative to Social Blade where we can transparently see an Instagram account’s activity again?
I present to you, Ninjalitics.
Now I know there is going to be another flood of those “but why should anyone care what anyone else is doing on Instagram?” comments. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, some Instagrammers are scamming companies by doing brand deals based on rates which are set on fake followers. If you want a more full picture of why this matters and how to tell if someone has fake followers, I have a comprehensive article on that here. Just keep in mind that Social Blade stopped working back at the end of March 2017, so for any new data you’re going to want to use Ninjalitics. You can still see old data on Social Blade though – which is very helpful to see activity in the past that was less than honest.
To use Ninjalitics, you have to search by username on the homepage of the website. If nobody else has searched the user you are searching for, they won’t be in the database yet, however, your search will signal the website to start tracking data on that person. If you check back in a few days and search the same account, you would then be able to see the data from those past few days.
Ninjalitics shows all the usual numbers, such as followers, following, and number of posts, but it also shows engagement rate, a chart that shows follower growth by day, a bar graph that shows followers and following by day, a bar graph that shows the total comments and likes on the last 12 posts, a standard table chart showing new followers, following, and posts per day, and more.
So there you have it. Another free alternative to Social Blade that is easily accessible by anyone. Hopefully this one sticks around for a while!
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Morgan - Shown here in Burnt Sienna
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Austin has no shortage of awesome new restaurants, and we're celebrating them in our 2017 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards. Sixteen of the top new restaurants in Austin will go head to head in our annual tournament, powered by Whole Foods Market, where you decide who will be crowned the Best New Restaurant of 2017.
827Ray's Kitchen + Cellar
827Ray's doubles as neighborhood spot for far West Austin and a dining destination for those outside the area. There's a lot to love about the elevated American menu, including the baked goat cheese appetizer. The wine list is extensive and varied, and chef/owner Wayne Brooks and his staff will happily provide a recommendation.
The Beer Plant
This Tarrytown spot marries craft beer, wine, and cocktails with a 100-percent plant-based menu. While the food selection caters to vegans and veggie-lovers, it has been designed to appeal to all of Austin. The gastropub also features 40 taps, with options from local breweries and a well-rounded lineup of sours, farmhouse ales, and prairie ales.
Cane Rosso has earned international acclaim for its authentic Neapolitan-style pizza, which was approved by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana. The Dallas-based pizza restaurant's first Austin outpost took over the South Austin building previously home to St. Philip in August 2016.
Cannon + Belle
The new restaurant at the Hilton Austin downtown made a big splash when it opened in November. The former Finn & Porter space has completely transformed into a fresh, bright eatery offering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and cocktails. Chef Peter Maffei still leads the kitchen.
Citizen Eatery serves up scratch-made vegetarian and vegan cuisine on Burnet Road for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The menu of locally sourced, mostly plant-based cuisine pairs well with what the team calls "Citizen Smart Spirits," cocktails prepared with ingredients that add a biological benefit to the booze.
This Domain Northside hot spot, which also has locations outside of Texas, boasts an airy patio and spacious dining room with live music five nights a week. Expect tasty bar snacks, hearty dishes, and a ton of craft beer options.
Delicious stays true to its name with large portions, affordable prices, and a varied menu of hearty breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. In addition to dining, you can also shop fresh grocery items from the quaint market in Lamar Union.
Another big hit on the scene, Eberly offers a beautiful, midcentury setting courtesy of co-founders Eddy Patterson and John Scott, former owners of Stubb's Bar-B-Que. The Cedar Tavern, a gorgeous bar with legendary New York City ties, has a separate bar menu with high-end drinks.
This upscale Mexican concept from the team behind Jacoby's Restaurant & Mercantile serves beautiful dishes with both Mexican and Tex-Mex influences in an impeccably decorated environment. Tequila and mezcal star in several drinks, from traditional margaritas to creative concoctions.
From the same team that brought us Italic, 24 Diner, and Easy Tiger. The large West Avenue space features chef Andrew Curren's all-day menu of soups, sandwiches, and comfort favorites. The robust bar program curated by sommelier Craig Collins ranges from rosé to craft cocktails.
The Ramen Tatsu-Ya team branched out from noodles with Kemuri, a Texas take on an izakaya inspired by chef Tatsu Aikawa's experience as a Japanese native growing up in the Lone Star State. The menu focuses on shareable plates — including smoked meats, yakitori, and chinmi — while the beverage list emphasizes sake, whiskey, and beer.
In what was perhaps the most high-profile closure of 2016, chef Paul Qui pulled the plug on his namesake restaurant. Kuneho, an Asian-inspired eatery, is its replacement. Modeled after a Japanese sushi bar, Kuneho’s culinary offerings also include Thai, Filipino, and Korean influences. In addition to a main dining room, there is an outdoor patio and a cocktail lounge called The Borough.
Old Thousand is becoming a go-to spot for Chinese food on the east side by serving up a mix of dine-in and takeout options with a side of cocktails and funky music. The concept is the first from new restaurant group SMGB. Uchi alums and Rising Star Chef of the Year nominees James Dumapit and David Baek helm the kitchen.
Red Ash Italia
Prolific restaurateurs Larry Foles, Guy Villavaso, and executive chef John Carver opened this modern Italian eatery in the Colorado Tower downtown in October. The ground-floor bar and lounge area are outfitted with cozy leather booths, while a mezzanine dining room is perfect for noshing on dishes like handmade noodles, fresh seafood, and wood-grilled meats.
Salt Traders Coastal Cooking
Round Rock hooked this new concept from famed Austin chef Jack Gilmore. Heavily seafood-centric, the ample menu includes options for all tastes, with salads, soups, and even a steak from the oak-fired grill. The craft cocktail lineup reflects the coastal vibe too.
This upscale Italian eatery took over Sandra Bullock's Bess Bistro space on West Sixth Street. Complementing Sophia's classic entrees and pasta plates is an extensive wine list and cocktails with special emphasis on barrel-aged creations, Amaro, and house-made vermouth.
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As many of you know, I have lost a whole lot of weight since June of 2012. You would think I would have said since January 2012 since that is when I had T.J. However, I lost the majority of the "baby weight" right off the bat save 3-5 lbs. I consider that losing it all especially since I wasn't really doing super well with my weight when I got pregnant, so it isn't like those few pounds were ever too far off anyway.
Anywho, I decided in June that I was done. Done. I was done fighting my weight, done looking in the mirror and hating what I saw, done waiting to shop for clothes because I "was going to lose weight first", done wasting my youth being unhappy and unhealthy. Now, don't get me wrong, I was never obscenely large (save for at the end of my pregnancy- you would feel a slight vibration when I walked into the room during my final trimester), but I certainly wasn't content with the way I looked.
It was time to buckle down. It was time to realize that the taste of something was never worth what it did to my body. Over the next 6 months I shed off 21 lbs and was 16 lbs lower than my original starting weight-in when I became pregnant. How?
-Regular, but not "intense" exercise
-Eating better foods
-The Lord. Actually, He should come first... couldn't have done it without strength- all strength comes from Him... you get the picture.
No "diet" plan. I am done dieting. I am choosing a different "lifestyle". I have been dieting since I was probably 10 or 11 years old. Yes. 10 or 11. For some of you, that may seem heart-breaking; for others, you are right there with me. Sometimes your genes don't help your jeans- ba dum CHA! But honestly, unless you have an actual condition labeled by a physician, suck it up, stop blaming the genes, and get your booty into gear! Where there is a will, there is a way. I am no longer sitting around complaining about how unfair it is that some people can eat all the garbage they want, not exercise, and still fit into a size 00.
Okay, well, I lied. I still can complain about that... but it isn't going to make me fit into a smaller size or feel more comfortable in my skin. Thus, I can complain while I pass up that cupcake or bag of chips. I can complain while I am out for a walk with T.J. when I really just wanted to bum out all day. There is no secret formula or magic pill.
Don't get me wrong. For some people, a diet plan works. Oh my goodness, I cannot tell you how many wonderful things I have heard about Weight Watchers! SO many people have found amazing results with that program (Including my friend, Alyssa, who looks fantastic!!!). I would definitely encourage anyone who is ready for some serious weight loss and NOW to plug into that program! However, there were a few reasons it just wasn't for me:
1. Cost- Once again, where there is a will, there is a way. There were probably sacrifices I could have made or scholarships I could have applied for, but it really wasn't super worth it to me (especially until I gave it a decent effort myself).
2. "Fake"- I tell a lot of people, "I don't do 'fake'." I really try to stay away from sugar substitutes, diet drinks, diet foods, etc., because they are "chemical-y", and if you know me at all, you know I have kind of turned a little on the "crunchy" side within the past few years. I try to stay away from chemicals, over-medicating, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, trans-fats, and partially hydrogenated oils. I just truly believe the stuff is bad for your body. I believe God made the world a certain way and that those natural things work better with our bodies. Totally my opinion. You want to eat/drink that stuff, go for it. I will probably die before ya anyway! Anywho, my aversion to "fake" makes diet plans difficult.
3. Failfulness- I don't diet well. When I "diet", it turns into, "Man, I cannot wait until this stupid thing is over so I can stuff my face with stuff I have been missing!" I know that Weight Watchers is AWESOME with this kind of thing, but in my mind, I would probably still be thinking that way. Thus, as soon as I met "goal", I would pile even more poundage back on- fabulous.
4. Try- I wanted to try. I had never really gotten to the point before where I just decided that you know what... I am over this whole fat thing (not that I was ever considered fat- save for pregnancy- but you get what I mean...). I needed to at least give it a try first without a "plan".
My plan was simple:
1. Don't eat garbage: At first I just "starved the craving" by not allowing myself even a TASTE of anything that might trigger "snack mode". I have a very impulsive, compulsive personality. Once I open that bag of chips, it is gone. Just one more... how about one more?? How about THE ENTIRE BAG!!!! OM NOM NOM NOM NOOOMMMMM!!!!!!! After awhile, I could actually handle moderating my intake (ONE Hershey's chocolate kiss? Don't mind if I do!). I just finally starting thinking "are those calories actually worth the 30 seconds of 'yum'?" Usually the answer was "no". I also had to get out of the mindset that I was going to eat something because it was a special occasion. There will always be a "special occasion". Trust me. Been there, done that. I can make one up for today. "Aww, well it is the weekend, and Travis is home, so it makes it difficult to eat better because he can eat whatever he wants. Not only that, but I want to really be able to enjoy this day with our whole family home, and I can do that by eating what I want... like chocolate!" Monday: "It is Presidents Day!" Tuesday: "I spend this day with my mother-in-law shopping and such. It is difficult to eat well when you are eating on the go. Plus, we want to enjoy the day together!" Wednesday: "Travis and I are using Wednesday as our surrogate Valentine's Day! You can't eat well on Valentine's Day!" Thursday: "I am thinking about going to a mom's get together thing on Thursday. It will be difficult to eat healthy when I am out and about. Plus, what if the other ladies are eating stuff that is bad for them... I don't want to be rude and not join in..." Friday: "I have had a rough week taking care of my now 'toddler'. It is Friday... time for a break... time for a pick-me-up!" And now we are back to the weekend. You see... if I wanted to, I could plan my excuses for the entire week. At the end of it, the unhealthy food has added no true value to my life. In fact, it has made my self-esteem plummet as I try to squeeze into my clothing and fail to do so. So. not. worth. it.
2. Drink schtuff: Drink things that help with the cravings but don't give you the "munching" satisfaction. Coffee with creamer, hot chocolate, chai tea with milk and honey... these are all of my go to "craving satisfiers". When I say that I have to "starve the craving", I don't only mean the craving for something sweet or salty... it is that... but more than that, it is the craving to always being "eating" something- chewing- "munching" if you will. I know a lot of people say "don't drink your calories", but hey, it worked for me. I must be weird. Let's not kid ourselves though... we already knew THAT!
3. Exercise daily: I got up EVERY morning at 5:00am and did my P90X workout...
Are you kidding me?! I am still drooling all over myself in bed by the time Trav leaves for work (attractive visual, eh?). I am talking one 30 minute WALK a day with T.J. in the stroller and a SHORT set of floor exercises and stretches before bed each night. That's it! Done. Hey, it may not be much, but it is something.
4. Pray: You have no strength in yourself. Lean on the Lord.
Well... that's it! Oh wait... I do take pills- vitamins- haha! Voila! Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been easy by any means. Has it been worth it? Ohhhhh yes! Most definitely worth it.
The reason my post is entitled "Starve the Craving" is because I have been struggling with 5 lbs I gained back during the time I had guests in town for T.J.'s birthday party. His party was JANUARY 12th... in case you didn't know... really? I couldn't manage to get 5 minuscule pounds off in over a MONTH?!?! Lame. Know why I couldn't? Because I wasn't trying!!! Since working at it, I have already gotten at least one pound off (that is from trying for the past few days... yeah... I wasted a whole month being less comfortable in my clothes when I could have started peeling that weight off right away... smart...).
Anyway! I am back to step one- starving the craving- worst. step. everrrr. However, I refuse to let myself do the same thing I have every other time I have tried losing weight: losing hope and letting it get out of control until I finally decide, yet again, that I want to try losing the weight. By that point, I usually am bigger than ever, so I don't have to lose a few pounds... I have to lose the whole lot of it and then some! WHAT a waste of time!
Just thought I would blog about my lifestyle change... for those of you who care! =] I hope maybe I can inspire someone out there who has been in or is currently in my shoes.
Any tips or tricks of the trade? Have a story you'd like to share? Have you made a nutritional lifestyle change recently about which you would like to share? Want to respond to my post? What to talk about your obsession with penguins? Please comment! =]
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How cold weather affects your feet
It is December and the temperature is starting to drop significantly. How does this drop in temperature affect your feet? My patients will generally notice increase dryness and cracking of their feet. This generally can be treated with lotions and creams, but if not treated can lead to larger cracking called fissures and even open wounds/ulcers. The most important thing during this cold weather is to practice preventative medicine and to utilize lotions and or creams to enhance your skin’s moisture. What is a good lotion to use on your feet? I usually recommend and prescribe ammonium lactate cream for very dry skin. If there is associated itchiness and redness this could be a combination of athlete’s foot and dry skin, so an antifungal cream would be a good addition as well. Some people can notice bluish discoloration to their toes due to the cold weather and pain. This can be due to a condition called Raynaud’s disease. You should establish care with your nearest IPG podiatrist if you are experiencing any of these issues during the winter months. Stay warm.
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Ken Rogulski, WJR News, interviewed some people waiting on line at the Cobo Center in Detroit to apply for stimulus money.
KEN ROGULSKI: Why are you here?
WOMAN: To get some money.
ROGULSKI: What kind of money?
WOMAN: Obama money.
ROGULSKI: Where's it coming from?
ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get it?
WOMAN: I don't know. His stash. I don't know. I don't know where he got it from but he's giving it to us, to help us. We love him. That's why we voted for him. Obama! Obama!
Here's how another woman responded to Rogulski's questions:
ROGULSKI: Did you get an application to fill out yet?
WOMAN: I sure did. And I filled it out, and I am waiting to see what the results are going to be.
ROGULSKI: Will you know today how much money you're getting?
WOMAN: No, I won't, but I'm waiting for a phone call.
ROGULSKI: Where's the money coming from?
WOMAN: I believe it's coming from the City of Detroit or the state.
ROGULSKI: Where did they get it from?
WOMAN: Some funds that was given by Obama.
ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get the funds?
WOMAN: Obama getting the funds from... Ummm, I have no idea, to tell you the truth. He's the president.
Oh, my God.
UPDATE, September 27, 2012: Obama Phone, Romney Sucks
So it's come to this. Americans are supporting Obama because he's handing out phones.
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In recent years, the rise of e-commerce has transformed the way people shop and do business. With the increasing popularity of online shopping, online payment methods have become an essential part of the e-commerce ecosystem. Today, online payments are fast, convenient, and secure, making them the preferred payment method for many consumers and businesses alike.
Historical Alterations and Market Impact
Online payments have come a long way since their inception in the late 1990s. In the early days of e-commerce, online payments were seen as risky and unreliable, and consumers were hesitant to trust them. However, with the development of secure payment gateways, the growth of e-commerce websites, and the rise of mobile commerce (m-commerce), online payments have become a popular and trusted method of payment.
The impact of online payments on e-commerce has been significant. According to a report by Statista, global e-commerce sales are projected to reach 6.5 trillion US dollars by 2023, up from 3.5 trillion US dollars in 2019. This growth can be attributed in part to the increasing popularity of online payments.
One of the major advantages of online payments is their convenience. Customers can make purchases from the comfort of their homes or offices, without having to visit physical stores. This convenience has led to an increase in impulse buying and overall sales for e-commerce businesses. A report by PayPal found that businesses that added PayPal as a payment option saw a 27% increase in sales, compared to those that did not.
Online payments have also made it easier for businesses to expand their reach beyond their local markets. With e-commerce websites and online payment methods, businesses can sell their products and services to customers worldwide. This has opened up new opportunities for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to grow and compete in the global marketplace.
Online Payments Impact on Bill Payments
Online payments have also revolutionized bill payments, allowing customers to pay their bills quickly and easily. For example, customers can now pay their water bills, PSPCL bills, council taxes, and utility bills online using various payment gateways. This has eliminated the need for customers to visit physical bill payment centers, saving them time and money.
Some of the popular bill payment options available in India include Quick Pay, Billpay, Pay Now, and E-Payment. These platforms allow customers to pay their water bills, electricity bills, and other utility bills online, without having to stand in long queues. Similarly, in the Philippines, customers can pay their Meralco bills and PLDT bills online using various payment gateways.
The emergence of online payments has also had a positive impact on e-commerce businesses that offer bill payment services. For example, businesses that offer bill payment services have seen an increase in revenue and customer loyalty. This is because customers prefer to pay their bills online rather than visit physical bill payment centers.
Emerging Trends in E-commerce
As e-commerce continues to grow, new trends and technologies are emerging that are changing the way businesses sell their products and services. One of these emerging trends is live commerce, which allows businesses to use live video streaming to showcase their products and interact with customers in real-time.
Live commerce has gained significant momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many consumers turned to online shopping due to social distancing measures and lockdowns. This trend has been embraced by e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Tmall Global, as well as by social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
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Automotive technical dataThank to a trust relationship established with 140 automotive manufacturers and importing companies, IMES has become a major actor in the technical and pricing data display for the professionals of automotive repair. Its display activity is about the creation of data diffusion and involves the whole production process :
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- on line consultation for the approved network of the automotive sector
IMES is a famous expert in the sector of progressive specialized software programs as well as in the sector of multi-platform technical means. For about twenty years, many automotive car brands have trusted IMES in this display activity of technical data.
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Many people question the need for African American skin care products and those for other dark skinned ethnicities, as we tend to assume that one person’s skin is the same as the next excluding variations in color. The truth is that different ethnicities often have unique problems, or issues to which they are more prone. African American skin does have its own specific needs.
One of the things that there is a high incidence of is acne, which is caused in part by excessive oil production. What happens is that the excess oil combines with dead keratin cells to form a tight plug in your follicles. The formation of pimples, pustules, and papules comes when the commensal Propionibacterium acnes bacteria causes inflammation to form in the blocked follicle.
Since acne is a common problem in people of all skin colors, there is really no need for a special African American skin care anti acne formula. No matter what your race or skin tone, you want to be careful about the various acne fighting formulas on the market. Most of them will cause minor to severe irritation and drying, and many feature ingredients that are potentially toxic or carcinogenic.
What you need to be on the lookout for are formulas with ingredients like hydroquinone, ammoniated mercury, and mercury (II) chloride. Hydroquinone is an organic compound that scientific studies have linked to Leukemia development in several types of animals. Ammoniated mercury and mercury (II) chloride are just like any other form of mercury, and are highly toxic to humans.
For defeating the acne suffered by just about anyone, including an African American skin care products must contain ingredients like Maracuja passion fruit extract, Jojoba oil, Capuacu butter, active Manuka honey, Babassu wax, Shea butter, and Witch Hazel. Maracuja passion fruit and Jojoba prevent follicle blockage by regulating oil production, while these other ingredients reduce inflammation and eliminate the bacteria that causes it.
The other major problem that people with darker complexions often suffer is variations in skin tone. People with darker skin often suffer from post traumatic melanin hyperpigmentation, which causes the traumatized area to become darker than the rest of the skin. Vitiligo is a common African American disease, where the pigment cells are destroyed and irregular light, or even white patches occur.
There are many products out there that are designed to even the skin tone, but what I would advise for African American skin care are products that contain an ingredient called Extrapone nutgrass root extract. This natural compound is a melanin inhibitor, and can either reduce the melanin in darker patches or lighten the skin surrounding lighter patches. Either way you end up with a more even complexion.
Make no mistake about it. Although not especially African American skin care products, the formulas that contain the ingredients I have listed here will work extremely well in alleviating the common problems you suffer. These compounds are the safest and most effective ingredients you have available, and you will get a lot of benefit from use of the products that contain them.
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Remarkably, we're having to have this blog post today, because this should be self-evident after years and years of dealing with varying degrees of stupid in America. Yet, somehow, we still feel the need to have uproars over everything. Here's a summary statement, and then we'll go from there:
The freedom we have in America, freedom of religion and freedom of speech especially, includes the freedom to do and say things that are patently offensive, morally repugnant (if not illegal), completely disagreeable, and inherently stupid.
That means that if Muslims would like to build a mosque and community center at the edge of Ground Zero in Manhattan, whether it's insensitive or not, they have the to do so, because it's their property.
That means if this pastor in Florida wants to burn Qurans, Talmuds, NIV Bibles, or copies of my book (once it's written), he can.
Look, we've had court cases determine it is legal to burn American Flags. We've had court cases determine you can't discriminate against building churches.
Whether we like it or not, freedom only exists if it exists for those who are rude and insensitive, who are offensive and disagreeable.
That being said, burning a Quran ranks up there with burning any other book: all you're doing is creating publicity that makes the other side look smarter than you. We have had conservative Christianity rail against Harry Potter, did it help? Nope. Probably would have been better otherwise.
Building a mosque where people don't really want one isn't exactly a flying start for "community dialogue" or whatever the aim is. You can exercise that freedom, but it will likely backfire on you. Especially true in New York. New Yorkers, from all I can tell, don't like to be told what to do or not to do, so I'm curious how long it will take for a hot dog vendor to set up on the public sidewalk by the Park51 building. How long will he be extended freedom and tolerance to sell pork products? Just wondering…
As to restricting speech over "this will cause an international backlash and put our troops at risk by offending Muslims:" every ounce of freedom in America is offensive to the Taliban. From voting to women wearing pants to eating bacon, these folks don't like us. If it wasn't this, it would be something else, even if it wasn't true. To restrain free speech, you have to give a better reason than "perhaps there might be trouble." Our country was founded by people who gathered and made speeches that caused trouble. Had King George III individual locked up every person who spoke in a way that endangered Redcoats, we'd still sip tea and say "Your Majesty."
Now, I think that we should do everything we can as Americans at home during a war to protect and support our soldiers fighting to secure our freedom, and I think this guy is stupid and wrong for doing this. However, to bring to bear the weight of the US Government against him to pressure his speech to stop is also wrong. Do you want the government telling you to shut up because you might cause harm?
As to the question of is burning a Quran the way to show Jesus' love to the world? No, of course not. That's not this guy's goal. His goal is to show the world and America how bad he thinks Islam is.
Finally, and this is as much an internal question for myself, but I think it applies to true Christians at large: with this nut in Florida and the fruitcakes in Kansas at Westboro, you have no more than what, 150 people? Why do 100 million or more American Christians have to respond to everything these idiots do in the name of Christ? Given that it's obvious even to the non-Christian world that they are wrong, can we not ignore them, stop giving them publicity, and take away their motivation for this stupidity?
Really, do we see the Pope apologizing for fringe, Pope-ignoring groups that claim to be Catholic? Heck, the Park51 Mosque/Community Center Imam won't even call Hamas terrorists when they blow up grocery stores in Israel. Why do we feel the need to insist ordinary Baptists come up with anything to say about this stuff? Westboro, the folks in Florida, all they really want is the publicity. Quit giving it to them, even in "condemning" them, and they will go away.
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The Management Service automatically distributes credentials to each Security Client when it checks in to the Management Service for the first time. After this credential is distributed, the Security Client is permitted to receive policies from the Policy Distribution Service and provide reporting data to the Policy Distribution Service.
Cryptographic best practices dictate that the credential, or key management key (KMK), be renewed at regular intervals to prevent certain cryptographic attacks from being practical. This can take place on a relatively long cycle, typically about once every year, and should not be done too frequently because the renewal requires some effort and network bandwidth.
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Allow the Communications Console to run a complete check. Running the Communications Console causes the Management Service to lose user and log data; however, policy data is not deleted.
Have all end users authenticate to the Management Service (either via VPN or while inside the appropriate firewall) by right-clicking the Security Client taskbar icon, then clicking.
The Management Service passes the new KMK credentials down. In some cases, the user must authenticate to the domain (username and password).
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As promised a couple of pictures following our blogger get together. It was lovely to meet you all and have a bit of a chinwag.
I am still struggling to get the whole thing going and need to learn quick smart. My husband helped me put it together but he is not experienced either and besides he is not a very patient teacher.
Anyway, I will persevere and get there. I have
a lot more I want to talk about and am happy to have found a great group of girls!
Next Saturday we have the last sale this year for our group The Port Hacking Potters. It will be in the mall in Cronulla, the whole day on Sat 8. December. Again pictures to follow!
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I don't mean that they would literally go crazy and kill everyone, I mean like if they would lose their direction in life, stop being selfless etc. I know lots of really nice (obviously deluded)…Continue
"I hate going to church (I'm still forced to) and have always been, and I've always had doubts, but trusted my parents that they were right. I DID have an AHA moment, though, after watching Zeitgeist, and even though I now reject a lot of…"
"Welcome to Think Atheist, Ama! It is great to have you here.
Message me, or tweet me (@Monicks), or contact any of the Moderators with any suggestions or questions.
Make sure to search the Groups to find members interested in the same topics as…"
"I wouldn't really "drill atheism into him" because that's not what atheism is all about. You don't want to force anyone to believe a certain thing because that's what atheism tries to get away from. If I…"
"Your question assumes that religion is the morality that binds us. The description you gave of your friend is very rare indeed… even of the most devout believers. To think that losing faith in a god would undo what appears to be an otherwise…"
"I agree with Dan - that is exactly my position - I just don't care what people do, just not in the street please. It's when they come knocking at my door, or are pushing laws in parliament, or getting into secular schools. That's when…"
"1.Read my statement again and you will see I called you a pseudo-christian, no-one else.
2.Just what "realities of the 21st century" am I ignoring?
3. read my statement again (slower this time time) and explain how Christians are…"
"At age 14 I would let it go right now. If he has a strong set of beliefs it's because he has had them drilled into his head at home. I would keep debating him when it does come up, but remembering he truly believes what he is saying, so…"
"I have friends who seem to benefit from religion if only it helps them feel more positive about themselves. I even recommend church to a couple friends who need all the support they can get. At the same time, I discouraged them from being taken in…"
"I would not try to "convert" anybody. My biggest beef with organized religions is that they can be too "on your face".
It doesn't matter to me if someone believes that the squirrel sitting on the brach over there is…"
"Atheists take on burdens that the “faithful” cannot bear:
Theists and atheists alike operate on an all-too-narrow bandwidth of knowledge and discipline. A wider channel can be acquired only by study, being challenged, and having to…"
There really is no one right way to live your life.
If you chose to be truthful, and genuinely believe this person to be your friend, then there is no need to convert anyone. Just be yourself. The hypocrisy encountered in everyday…"
"Right, and that's been established. The problem is that you defined aggressiveness as NOT excluding sensitivity. Being politically correct IS being sensitive ie, acceptance and tolerance. So by your own admittance with your…"
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Gather at corner of Ocean Blvd & Junipero Ave
Long Beach, CA 90803
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Join ANSWER LA and allied organizations for a fight-back contingent in the Long Beach LGBTQ Pride Parade!
Stand with others to march for justice and equality, to honor and advance the struggle of LGBTQ people.
March with us to say:
MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW!
The Supreme Court Ruling is Coming SOON! The struggle must continue!
FULL EQUALITY NOW, OR FIGHT!
Our mass movement has brought us this far. Our struggle for justice and equality must stay in the streets, active and alert. Whatever the Supreme Court decision, stay ready to stand up and continue the fight for LGBTQ equality. Bigots like Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee are actively spreading hatred and promoting violence against our community right now. In the spirit of the Stonewall Rebellion: STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! No justice, no peace!
WORKERS' RIGHTS ARE LGBTQ RIGHTS!
We stand in full solidarity with all workers, documented and undocumented, in their fight for just wages, working conditions, and full amnesty. We demand in solidarity with low wage workers across the US, many of whom identify as LGBTQ, a $15 dollar minimum wage and right to a union in all workplaces. We stand against the laws that remain in over 30 states allowing employment discrimination against LGBTQ people. We further demand full rights for all undocumented workers in this country and an immediate moratorium on deportations.
TRANS POWER IS LGBTQ POWER!
Stand with the ongoing surge of Trans people against violence and discrimination. In spite of all the violence and hatred fomented by bigots, fascist-type thugs, police and I.C.E. agents, the Trans community is rising up and saying no more! An injury to one is an injury to all of us. Unity with all Trans people! Stop discrimination everywhere!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND TOGETHER IN UNITY!
The LGBTQ community has long faced the scourge of police terror. Trans youth face rampant police abuse today.
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Dr. Amy Bishop was the prime suspect in a 1993 mail pipe bombing attempt of a Harvard Medical School professor. Read about the novel found on her computer. Updates and Details as they evolve. Update 2-15-10 below.
The 1993 attempted bombing happened at the same time the Unabomber was being sought. Those working with Bishop at the time say they were terrified:
We were completely rattled -- it was the time of the Unabomber," former co-worker Sylvia Fluckiger said of the two homemade pipe bombs that were sent to the professor's house. The bombs were later detonated by the bomb squad.Ms. Fluckiger said Bishop and the Dr. Paul Rosenberg had a disagreement.
I just know there was an argument ... that the police questioned her," Fluckiger said. "She had told me they talked to her about those bombs. She had like a grin on her face."This report says that Dr. Rosenberg either did, or planned to, give Bishop a negative job performance evaluation.
The Amy Bishop saga should make it mandatory that background checks for University personnel be thorough. What are these people doing on our campus' with our children?
Investigators told ABC News that during the investigation into the bombing they found a novel on her computer that described a scientist who had shot her brother and then sought redemption.Bishop and her husband, Jim Anderson were both questioned about the package containing two bombs was sent to Dr. Rosenberg's home in Newton, Massachusetts. The case remains unsolved.
ABC is reporting that the 1993 investigation will not be reopened, but the shooting and death of Bishop's brother, Seth Bishop, will be reopened.
A Braintree, Mass. man say he was at work at an auto dealership the day Bishop shot her brother. Here's a snippet of the story - and after this, think about how this woman could have cleared in the death of her brother so easily:Pettigrew says Bishop was walking through dealership looking at cars when the police arrived. Police questioned him, he told his story, but he never heard from them again. Read the entire story here.
Tom Pettigrew, 45, told the Herald he was working at the Dave Dinger Ford auto repair shop in South Braintree, near the former Bishop home, when he saw the gun-wielding woman run into the dealership with what he thought was a BB gun.
Pettigrew said he heard noise coming from where car keys are stored, so he went to investigate.
“I go over to the door and I can sense that she’s right near the door,” Pettigrew said. “I’m thinking it’s a BB gun. I open the door and she’s right there and we basically bumped into each other and I got a shotgun right in my chest!”
And she’s like, ‘Hands up!’ and I’m like, ‘Yes ma’am’
Bishop appeared agitated and nervous, Pettigrew said. The University of Alabama professor now accused of killing three colleagues Friday said she needed a car because, “I got into a fight with my husband and he’s going to kill me,” the worker recalled.
Related and Background:
Amy Bishop Debra Moriarity: Moriarity Heroic Prof at UAH Shooting Saved Lives
Amy Bishop at Firing Range prior to UAH Shootings: Bishop in Therapy?
Amy Bishop Shot and Killed her Brother 20 years ago
Gopi Podila, Maria Ragland Davis and Adriel Johnson Murdered at UAH
Amy Bishop is UAH Shooter
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In this article we’re going to take a look at 20 of the best native advertising examples EVER.
The average person is estimated to encounter anything from 6,000 to 10,000 ads per day in 2021.
So it should be no surprise that if you want your ad to stand out then it needs to be pretty special.
Native ads have an advantage over traditional banner ads in that they are more closely matched to the organic content that is being viewed, and therefore more likely to appeal to internet users.
Let’s take a look at 20 of the best native advertising examples ever, so that you can gain some inspiration and make your next ad a great one!
What is native advertising?
Native advertising is sponsored material that blends in with the organic content it appears alongside. Native ads appear natural – and are highly targeted – so they are more likely to appeal to their target audience.
To avoid consumers feeling ‘tricked’, it needs to be made clear that native ads are in fact ads.
This can be done with a small ‘Sponsored’ banner tag next to the content or a small ‘ad’ icon.
Native ads can appear in a number of places and we’ll take a closer look at that as we move through our list of the 20 best native advertising examples ever.
20 of the best native advertising examples EVER
1. Amazon + Pukka
Amazon knows how to get people to buy more. The ecommerce giant was practically the pioneer of online upselling and cross-selling.
In this partnership with Pukka, a native ad shows a selection of relevant products along the top of the product results page.
This ad blends in really well with the rest of the page and yet does not disguise the fact that it’s sponsored content.
2. YouTube + HBO
It seems (at least for now) like YouTube will always be free. It’s the number one place for watching video content and many brands – like HBO Max – now even upload snippets from their TV shows and movies to encourage people to purchase and watch the whole thing.
This native ad for Season 1 of Friends is in the perfect place, and the big blue BUY button is eye-catching enough to make viewers stop and consider purchasing it.
3. eBay + James Wellbeloved
This super-subtle native ad from James Wellbeloved on eBay ticks all the boxes. It appears alongside a related product, it doesn’t detract from the user’s shopping experience, but best of all it includes the text “Buy now on eBay.”
This informs users that they don’t even need to leave eBay to purchase this product. Smart move!
4. Facebook + Beer Hawk
This native ad appears naturally within the Facebook news feed. So users can scroll past it quickly if it doesn’t appeal to them.
The best part about this ad is that it’s a GIF:
This movement really attracts the eye and helps this ad to stand out.
5. Reddit + Huel
This promoted post for Huel Complete Protein is expertly placed in the r/Fitness page on Reddit.
And, not only does it fit in well in terms of subject matter, the look and feel of the ad is almost indistinguishable from the other posts in the thread.
The only feature that gives away the fact this is a native ad is the small grey text ‘Promoted’ in the top left-hand corner of the post.
6. The Guardian + General Mills
The Guardian is a popular and reputable news source, so it’s no wonder a brand like General Mills wanted to partner with them on this sponsored article.
This scrollable piece on regenerative agriculture features eye-catching microinteractions and comes across as an informative page with just a small call-to-action for General Mills at the very end.
At the top of the article is this icon that makes it transparent to readers that this is a native advertisement:
7. Panoply + Purina Pro Plan
It’s not just websites that can take advantage of native advertising! This branded podcast from Purina Pro Plan on the Panoply network is a great example of a native ad that adds lots of value for the people who interact with it.
This one-off 6-part series explored the inner workings of a dog’s brain through the lens of human cognition – pretty fascinating stuff!
8. Forbes + Cognizant
Tech company, Cognizant took advantage of native advertising to create this Forbes article all about the future of the IT industry.
Native ads like this one benefit the brand (by giving them a huge platform), the hosting site (who benefit financially), and readers (by granting them easy access to an in-depth article written by experts).
Like The Guardian example, this too begins with a clear indicator that this is paid content so as not to confuse readers.
This Autotrader ad made the list because it’s SO subtle! And this is exactly the idea behind native advertising.
Native ads should blend in with the existing content and not disrupt the user’s experience in any way.
This ad is a perfect example of that. It looks like every other listing but has a very small “ad” badge above it to inform users that this is a paid-for listing.
Like Amazon, Google has been offering native ads for some time. These ads appear above the organic search results and are signified by a small, non-obtrusive “Ad”.
When there is a shopping intent behind a user’s search, ads are also featured in an easy-to-scroll carousel (as seen above).
11. Gimlet + eBay
This is another branded podcast series between Gimlet and eBay. The podcast – which ran for two seasons – featured insights and advice from small business owners and industry experts, with tips for how listeners could build their own business from the ground up.
It was the first branded podcast that Gimlet ever worked on and it was a success for both companies.
Gimlet made sure to be completely transparent about the fact that this podcast was an advertisement for eBay, including this in all of the show art and also mentioning it several times to listeners throughout the course of each episode.
12. Skyscanner + Visit Portugal
What better place for a travel company’s ad than a flight comparison site? This native ad appears on the homepage so that everyone searching for flights can instantly see this beautiful view and might consider booking a trip to Portugal.
The ad includes more than just an image. There’s information about the country, including which cities to visit, and also important information about the current travel restrictions – something that’s very important to all travellers right now.
13. Walmart + Tasty + Eko
The result of this three-way partnership between Eko, Tasty, and Walmart is a fun interactive video that benefits all brands involved.
The video walks viewers through the steps of making their own meatball dinner – with products provided by Walmart, recipes provided by Tasty, and the whole thing made possible by Eko’s interactivity!
It’s a win-win-win!
14. CA Technologies + The New York Times
This scrollable infographic in The New York Times gave CA Technologies an amazing amount of exposure for their brand.
Paid posts in collaboration with brands that have an incredible reach – like The New York Times and The Guardian – are some of the best examples of native advertising.
These posts always add a lot of value for readers, while at the same time giving brands a platform that they would not otherwise have access to.
15. Netflix + WSJ
When Netflix wanted to promote their new (now, widely successful) show, Narcos, they partnered with the Wall Street Journal to create an interactive portal.
This portal is extremely educational, featuring lots of information about the real life characters and situations that inspired the show.
The information is accompanied by interesting microinteractions, graphics, and video content.
And there’s also a “test your knowledge” section at the end for fans that want to compare their expertise to that of Pablo Escobar.
16. Gatorade + Snapchat
Ahead of the 2016 U.S. Open, Gatorade partnered with Snapchat to create a retro-style game that celebrated each one of Serena Williams’ Grand Slam wins.
The native ad was quite revolutionary for the time and gave Snapchat users a fun in-app gaming experience, while subtly promoting Gatorade.
The game received 160 million impressions on Snapchat and won two Webby Awards (one for Best Use of Native Advertising). The game now lives here if you want to check it out.
17. Seven Seas + The Telegraph
Something everyone could use more of these days is good news! Seven Seas partnered with The Telegraph to create a Good News segment that highlights uplifting, feel-good news stories.
While this native ad doesn’t directly promote any Seven Seas products, it helps readers to form a positive association with the brand.
18. Spotify + Studio Canal
When it comes to “the best” native advertising, it’s all about thinking outside the box. Studio Canal did exactly that when they partnered with Spotify to create a sponsored playlist to promote their latest movie, The Last Letter from your Lover.
The Warm Fuzzy Feeling playlist features love songs that would perfectly complement (and get people in the mood for watching) this romantic drama.
19. Buzzfeed + Purina
Purina seem to really love native advertising as this is their second placement on our list!
In this collaboration with Buzzfeed, this funny, relatable, and adorable video – told from the perspective of a cat – speaks directly to cat lovers and owners everywhere, while also subtly promoting the brand.
It’s an extremely popular video that currently has almost 12 million views!
20. Apartment Therapy + Hulu + The Mindy Project
If you’ve ever spotted something in your favourite TV character’s bedroom and thought “I’d buy one of those!” then you’ll love this native advertising example.
In partnership with Hulu and their hit TV show, The Mindy Project, Apartment Therapy created a shoppable experience that allowed viewers and fans to buy items featured on the show.
Fans could buy items from Mindy’s office, kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, and nursery in order to “get the look!”
The best native ads are the kind that are transparent enough that people know they’re ads, but are also so good that people interact with them anyway. That’s what we feel the 20 native advertising examples in the list have in common.
Want to see more amazing ads?
Check out our list of the 50 Best Commercial Ads of ALL TIME.
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Biden: “I Promise You The President Has a Big Stick”…
That’s a mental picture I could have done without.
ZIP | April 26, 2012 12:01 pm
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Boston.com / Business / Insurer's website error reveals data on drivers: "Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. of Quincy was offering unrestricted access to the Registry of Motor Vehicles database through its own website until a Salem man noticed the security breach and raised concerns about the potential for identity theft.
Joel P. McNamee, 22, said he received some paperwork from his insurance agent over the weekend and noticed a website address at the bottom of one of the pages. The website, www.arbella.com/RegistryAccess/entry, gave him access to the Registry of Motor vehicles database.
He said he was able to look up anyone by name and obtain their address, date of birth, license number, and driving history. In most cases, he said, he was also able to obtain the driver's Social Security number by looking at their historical records."
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Right angle drill attachment can run forwards or in reverse.
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Can withstand the impact of drilling power.
With the handle according to the need to install around the edge, and enhance stability.
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Malaysian GP: We should have brought Alonso in, say Ferrari
Boss Stefano Domenicali says it was Ferrari's decision not to call Fernando Alonso in to repair a damaged car early in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The move caused the Spaniard to crash out of a race which he could well have finished on the podium.
“Fernando's not happy to come away with zero points, but he's positive and looking forward because he knows we have something to play with”
Domenicali said: "We took a risk that didn't pay off."
He said the decision was based on the drying conditions and the hope the wing would survive long enough for them to change tyres at the same time.
"After the touch, the race was not over and I considered the situation where there was a transition from wet to dry," Domenicali said.
"In normal conditions you would come in, but in this transition, if you believe the wing can survive, you try and bide your time. You may have the chance to pit to change to the dry tyres and be the hero of the weekend.
"Unfortunately the wing didn't stay there."
He emphasised that the decision to stay out was not Alonso's.
"The decision was from the pit wall," Domenicali said.
"Obviously Fernando can feel it in the car, but he could not see the damage from his view.
"We take the responsibility as the team. The 'kiss' [on Vettel's car] was unfortunate because we could have taken good points from this race.
"Fernando's not happy to come away with zero points, but he's positive and looking forward because he knows we have something to play with."
Fernando Alonso's first lap retirement was his first since last year's Japanese Grand Prix and occurred in his 200th race.
Alonso had damaged the wing when he lightly touched the rear of leader Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull at the second corner on the opening lap.
Despite the damaged wing then hanging at an angle, Alonso hung on to second place all the way around the first lap.
He continued into a second lap, and the wing came loose on the pit straight, robbing him of control, and he went straight on into the gravel trap at Turn One.
Vettel went on to win the race and Alonso, who has narrowly lost out to the German in two of the last three world championships, is now 22 points behind the Red Bull driver after just two of the 19 races.
Alonso said on his Twitter account: "Bad luck today, as always over 19 races will be compensated and we are ready to recover good points in the next race!"
He even joked that it was a shame to miss out on a podium ceremony that was overshadowed by bitterness between the Red Bull drivers, after Vettel ignored team orders to pass team-mate Mark Webber to win the race.
"Today that I'm not in the podium I'm missing a good moment..!" Alonso wrote. "I will try not leave them alone again."
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Total Driving features a good-sized handful of cars that can be used to race in One-player Mode as well as head-to-head Two-player Mode. The title's courses are situated in many different settings that include dirt race tracks with multiple winding and cuived-banked turns as well as city-based courses where avoidance of multistoried buildings is a must.
Graphically, the title looks to be fairly detailed with accurate con trolls and close-to-realistic car movements for players to enjoy, as they rocket under bridges and through mountainous settings with challenges rooted in the type of setting the course is located. The only area of concern is the lack of competing cars in this demo. Besides the Two-player Mode, only one car is ever seen on the road at a time. SCE hasn't officially announced this European title, but we believe they will in the upcoming months.
- MANUFACTURER - SCE-England
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s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178368687.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304082345-20210304112345-00576.warc.gz
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"section": "fineweb",
"url": "https://www.victoryworshipcenter.net/"
}
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