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Movie Night on the Lawn at the Fountains of Farah Gets Underway Saturday
Movie Night on the Lawn at the Fountains at Farah is making its fall debut this Saturday.
In fact, they’re bringing the Halloween-time movie watching fun for the next four weeks so clear your Saturdays for the rest of the month.
The free outdoor movie series will begin and end with a Tim Burton classic, kicking off with "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" this Saturday, October 15, and ending on November 4 with "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
The 2005 adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory stars Johnny Depp and is based on the 1964 book by the same name. It is not a remake of the 1971 film those of us of a certain age remember.
Don’t get your knickers in a twist. Winifred, Sarah and Mary - the three kindly old spinster ladies - are also on the schedule because it wouldn't be Movie Night on the Lawn without Hocus Pocus, one of the most classic Halloween movies of all time.
The annual Halloween-time screening of the silly fun that is "Hocus Pocus" is set for October 29. Get set for a “night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok.” (Amok, amok, amok, amok, amok.)
"Come, we fly!"
What to Know If You Plan to Go
• All movies are free to see
• Approximate start time is 7:30 p.m.
• Pets allowed as long as they remain leashed
• Bring your own lawn chairs or blanket as seating will not be provided
Movie Night on the Lawn 2022
Saturday, October 15
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005‧PG)
Saturday, October 22
Monsters Inc (2001‧G)
Saturday, October 29
Hocus Pocus (1993‧PG)
Saturday, November 5
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FRESNO — The federal government has awarded a $14.6 million contract to start a project that will link state and federal canals in California's San Joaquin Valley.
The funding comes from the federal stimulus package and was announced Thursday by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
The $30 million Intertie Project will connect the Delta Mendota Canal and the California Aqueduct using a 500-foot underground pipe and pumps. More federal money and funds from water users will support setting up transmission lines and performing environmental reviews in a second phase.
Officials say the project will add flexibility in managing the water system and allow water transfers to farmers by early 2012. The contractor is Shimmick Construction of Oakland.
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IN response to the Chris Haggett letter published in the last edition, I’d like to thank him for taking the time to tag us onto his complaint about Victoria Park flooding.
The advert was not paid for by the club but by a community sponsor who designed and requested the advert in the printed format, it’s a shame that Mr Haggett can’t see the positives.
We are currently top of the league with more wins in a season so far going back 10 years. We are on course to break further records and hopefully gain the promotion the town’s football team needs that will help it on the way to the Football League. We have had local and national radio and press coverage and attendance is rising by the week as more people join the journey.
Maybe it’s time Mr Haggett saw first hand what the management team is actually doing.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note series of phablets have proven themselves to be exceedingly popular over the years, and for good reason, too – the larger-than-normal display when it first hit the market which opened up a whole new world of visual treats to the masses, not to mention making the phablet category of devices more acceptable. Does it have competitors in this segment? Sure, and the latest model would be the Alcatel OneTouch Flash, also known by its model number 6042D. This particular handset was promoted to go up against the Samsung Galaxy Note as you can see in the rather cute video above.
The Alcatel OneTouch Flash comes across as a device that has been personified as an Android robot, where it goes up against a “Note” that obviously looks as though it is up to no good. Needless to say, the OneTouch Flash saves the day in the end, prevailing after their fight, thanks to its features. Of course, Alcatel has put up the OneTouch Flash against the Galaxy Note 3 Neo instead of the flagship Galaxy Note 3 – so do not be misled into thinking otherwise.
As for the hardware specifications of the Alcatel OneTouch Flash, it will run on Android 4.4 KitKat, has a 5.5” IPS display at 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, an octa-core 1.4GHz MediaTek processor, 1GB RAM, and 8GB of internal memory, alongside a 13MP camera that is located on the back, and a front-facing 5MP shooter.
|Key Specs||Galaxy Note|
|Max. Total Storage Capacity||96 GB|
|Battery Capacity (mAh)||2500 mAh|
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At an early age Rozeta (Ro-zee-ta) Rox was introduced into the modeling industry via the pageantry circuit. During her tenure she competed in 14 pageants and captured 12 titles .
At 5'10 she transitioned into a high fashion runway model. She has graced runways in first and secondary markets eventually leading to an international career. She has open and closed many shows for local, established, and promising fashion designers receiving many accolades from industry notables.
As a Runway Coach in tiered markets, she is most noted for her explosive personality, humility, unprecedented runway technique, and style. This highly acclaimed, sought after Runway Instructor is undoubtedly one of the industries leaders in transforming catwalk models from ordinary into extraordinary!
Her former proteges have gone on to appear in numerous fashion magazines, photographed with the industries elite photographers, and more importantly have sashayed the runways of several celebrated fashion designers while leaving their mark as only a polished RUNWAY ROX Model can!
Rozeta's booked trainings are best summoned up by a quote from one of her aspiring models, "Rox! You're Awesome!"
Driven with tenacity, and resilience this former model is destined to join the ranks of fashions most illustrious Runway Instructors. If given a chance to witness this divine diva strut her stuff, there would be no doubt that she is certainly blazing a trail to her anticipated goal!
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General Nature of Work:
Supervises the total operation of a small food service unit or a small bakery.
Guidelines for Class Use/Distinguishing Characteristics:
Examples of Work:
(Note: The examples of work listed in this class specification are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of specific statements does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed herein if such duties are a logical assignment to the position. The intent of the listed examples is to give a general indication of the levels of difficulty and responsibility common to all positions in this class.)
Organizes, plans and supervises the purchase, storage, preparation and serving of food and the maintenance of food service equipment and facilities.
Establishes standards for production, quality, sanitation and maintenance; makes frequent inspections to ensure that standards are maintained; inspects dry stores and refrigerated food to ensure optimum storage conditions.
Determines requirements for personnel, equipment, supplies and food; assists with budget preparation for food service unit; requisitions, purchases or approves purchase of equipment, supplies and food.
Establishes work schedules and training programs; supervises, instructs and counsels employees.
Teaches and demonstrates correct techniques of food preparation for maximum palatability and appearance and minimum waste.
In a Bakery Setting:Supervises the mixing of ingredients for and the baking of bread, rolls, pastries, cakes and cookies.
Instructs subordinate personnel in proper methods of preparing dough by either hand or machine mixing.
Supervises the preparation of fillings, puddings, sauces and icings; fills and finishes baked products.
Supervises the cleaning of baking equipment and utensils.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
(Note: The knowledge, skills and abilities listed are not necessarily inclusive of the requirements for every position in the class.)
Knowledge of the procurement, storage, preparation, distribution and serving of food products.
Knowledge of dietetic principles involved in planning and reviewing menus for nutritional adequacy, dietary balance and attractiveness of prepared food products.
Knowledge of the methods, materials and appliances used in a bakery.
Ability to teach food preparation and cooking.
Ability to maintain food service records and prepare written reports.
State Minimum Training and Experience
State Necessary Special Requirements:
(Note: Additional requirements may be applicable for individual positions in the employing agency.)
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Playing Killzone 3 on a modded PS3? You may want to rethink your gameplan. In light of Sony'songoing battleof attrition with hackers, Guerrilla Games has made it clear it will be working with Sony to deal swift justice toplayers who use a jailbroken system to gain a competitiveonline edge.
"The ability for one person to ruin people's games is not a good prospect obviously, so we're working with Sony on the moderation side," said studio producer Steven Ter Heidein hischat with CVG, continuing, “We're looking at people misbehaving, being able to follow reports against those so that's all been taken care of - and we're working with Sony to see, even more aggressively, what kind of things are happening.”
Heideexplained that Guerrilla will be actively monitoring online leaderboards and player stats for suspicious activity, and taking action when foul play is evident.He also noted the studio was not adverse to issuing continual updates if that's what it takes to keep Killzone 3 unsullied by system modders, adding, “That's the reality now, we have to keep patching the game to make sure we keep getting one over the hackers."
Killzone 3 is onlya coupleday young, so we'll have to wait and see if Guerrilla can keep a lid on the PS3 tomfoolery. In the meantime jailbreakers, consider yourself...cautioned?
Feb 23, 2011
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During the 1960s, Julio LE PARC was at the origin of numerous aesthetic practices that are of great importance today. The works from 1959 to 1971 gathered here by the art historian Matthieu POIRIER rely on dematerialization, perceptive haze, formal reduction, artificial lights, environments, the audience's implication, and varying levels of vision. These elements have become of crucial importance for several contemporary artists such as James TURRELL, Anthony MCCALL, Dan GRAHAM, Carsten HÖLLER, Ann Veronica JANSSENS, Olafur ELIASSON, Anish KAPOOR, Jeppe HEIN or Philippe DECRAUZAT, just to name only a few. Other works by LE PARC, shown this year at the MOCA in Los Angeles and at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, reveal a language that is at once minimalist and complex and in opposition with classical abstract compositions. The perpetual movement in space and time, which lies at the heart LE PARC's work cannot be captured by photography, and can only be grasped in vivo. In 1972, after LE PARC has already become a well-respected artist with these artworks, Jacques LASSAIGNE, the director of the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, suggests a large retrospective exhibition of his works from the years 1959 to 1972. However, the ambiance remains anti-institutional and, after having weighed and explored the pros and cons of this show in a long text, LE PARC declares that he is “incapable of making a decision”. He decides to flip a coin: heads he accepts, tails he refuses. On one fateful Saturday in April, the artist's young son tosses a coin into the air in front of witnesses at the museum. The coin lands tails up and the exhibition doesn't take place. In the decades that follow, LE PARC's work takes another direction and it is only at the end of the 1990s that his work retrospectively gains new life, alongside with the revival of perceptual art. Let us imagine today—without making any presumptions regarding the curatorial intentions some forty years ago—that the coin lands heads up and that the cancelled show is now taking place. | <urn:uuid:0ad41d95-3583-4f85-9b3a-2ef0412a7e1d> | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | http://www.bugadacargnel.com/en/artists/69474-julio-le-parc | 2016-12-06T19:48:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698541995.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170901-00116-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949751 | 462 |
Managing your Amara Enterprise team has just gotten easier!
Over the past few weeks we’ve been focusing on rolling out an updated set of tools for Amara Enterprise Team Admins.
If you haven’t heard about Amara Enterprise, yet, well let’s just say it’s the easiest way to get your videos captioned and it keeps getting easier. It allows you to leverage the power of a crowd combined with Amara’s unique, best in class subtitle editor. You can learn more about how it can help you here.
Several the unique feature sets that the Amara Platform offers, including team membership controls, video organization and quality controls steps have just gotten faster and simpler.
- Adding videos via RSS Feeds: Many of our individual users know how easy it is to automatically add their videos to Amara. They just add their YouTube username and their videos are added. Now Enterprise teams have this option as well, with a few bonus features. Amara supports automatically importing videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, Brightcove, Wistia and any other hosting platform with syndication support for standard media rss feeds. Add the feed once and your videos are kept up to date as you generate content. This keeps your subtitling and translating crowd busy and your content fresh!
- Team Video Organizing: If you like to keep your content organized. Amara has now added a batch move feature, allowing you to organize, reorganize and then shift things around some more. It’s too easy for those of use who like to keep things grouped.
- Team Application Processing: Application-only teams have been a standard part of the enterprise offering, however approving them can be a tedious process. Not anymore! We’ve added bulk processing so you can see a complete list of your applicants and batch approve those you’d like on your team.
- Team Messaging: Want to reach out to your crowd in their own language? Have an urgent need for some French or Japanese translations? Now you can choose to send email team members based on their language configurations.
- Quality Control Checks: Amara’s quality control checks allow team admins to approve subtitle content before it’s published. However there are times when there’s a backlog or a rush and you want your subtitles live, now. Enter bulk accepting approval tasks. Get a list of languages awaiting your approval, do a quick check of the latest revision, and publish!
Visit Amara Enterprise, if you’d like to learn more about the best subtitling platform and how we can help you make your web video and audio content accessible. | <urn:uuid:242b0ab9-f4bf-4d27-8f41-98ece23a44d4> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://blog.amara.org/2014/05/15/new-tools-for-enterprise-teams/ | 2019-09-17T16:25:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573098.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20190917161045-20190917183045-00244.warc.gz | en | 0.9069 | 554 |
This coral and turquoise watercolor triangle patterned pillow cover is a great way to add layer of subtle color and artsy geometric pattern to your interior space. Layer lots of different geometric patterns for a chic, bohemian look.
- Quality polyester peach skin fabric. durable and eco-friendly
- For the first time washing, please rinse with water before use.
- Select gentle machine washing mode. Avoid clothes containing zippers, hooks or buttons.
- We recommend using a mild detergent.
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PTI | Jun 9, 2017, 16:49 IST
AFD signs 3.5-mn Euro pact with India for 'MobiliseYourCity'
New Delhi, Jun 9 () French Development Agency (AFD) today signed a 3.5-million Euro Grant Facility Agreement with India for implementing 'MobiliseYourCity 'initiative financed by the European Union for sustainable urban mobility.
MobiliseYourCity (MYC) is part of an international initiative supported by the French and German governments. It was launched at Paris' 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) in December 2015.
MYC seeks to back 100 cities engaged in sustainable urban mobility planning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.
In India, MYC aims at supporting three pilot cities -- Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad -- in their efforts to reduce GHG emissions related to urban transport.
On the occasion, Ambassador of the European Union to India Tomasz Kozlowski said investments in energy, water, waste, climate and smart cities are investments in sustainability and address priorities under the flagship programs of the Indian government.
"The grants delegated to AFD by the European Union under the Asia Investment Facility enable AFD to bring additional value to its partners by implementing technical assistance and capacity building programs," said Pascal Pacaud, Head of Asia Department at AFD Headquarters in Paris.
As per a release, MobiliseYourCity will enable transformational changes towards a less carbon intensive development path in the urban mobility sector and materialize them into locally planned measures, projects and policies.
"With this new financing, which extends the agency's operations in the sector of sustainable mobility in India, AFD has notched up more than 800 million euros in total contribution," it said.
AFD finances phases I and II of the Bangalore metro, phases I and II of the Kochi metro and the construction of a metro line in Nagpur.AFD also supports Kochi and Chandigarh through a technical assistance programme for the development of a comprehensive vision of urban mobility. NKD ANU | <urn:uuid:568b6d13-70bc-44d3-b396-a8cde0dd0c40> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/afd-signs-3-5-mn-euro-pact-with-india-for-mobiliseyourcity/articleshow/59070520.cms | 2018-07-21T02:41:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592150.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721012433-20180721032433-00298.warc.gz | en | 0.918471 | 422 |
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Recent on this Blog we discuss on how to start a commercial fish farming Business in Nigeria and grow it big.
today i want to share with you a simple feasibility studies on fish farm am sure you gonna enjoy it.
I found the analysis below from Kings Way Agro Services and decided to add it as sample case study you can follow.
"This feasibility study prepared for a catfish farm capacity of 10,000 and fingerlings of high breed catfish where to be stocked. The expenses from pond construction to marketing is considered. The farm is to have 10 concrete ponds of flow through system and each pond is to contains 1,000 stocked catfish.
Cost of constructing each pond is as follows.
Each pond is 3m x 2.5m by 1.4m, each pond consumes 210 blocks and each bag of cement for 30 blocks. Hence 210 x 10 = 2,100 blocks. 2,100/30 = 70 bags of cement needed. 2000 x 70 = 140,000 naira.
4trips of sand used =7,000x4 = N28,000
2trips of gravel = 32,000x 2 = N64,00
Cost of labour = N150,00
Cost of plumbing (inlet and outlet facility) = N100,000.
Cost of bore hole = N150,000.
Cost of treatment = N50,000.
Cost of high breed fingerlings 30x10,000 = N300,000.
Cost of feeding from day one to maturity stage is 200 bags of foreign feed = N1,000,000.
After the average weight of the fish was 1.7kg. And it was sold at 800 naira each. The output was 800x9800 fishes, due to 200 mortality. 800 x 9800 = N7,840,000.
Input is N3.25'million. The profit is N4.59 million after six months of culture." Following this cost analysis, you can easily invest N3 million and expect a massive turnover of N4 million with six months it will take for you to harvest and sell.
There is no doubt that fish farming is very lucrative and profitable in Nigeria. You need to get it right by drawing complete business plan and following it to the later. You need to apply good management skills and follow the acceptable standard. If you do all these, you are sure to make good profit from your fish farming business in Nigeria.
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I was upset about being back home. Every time I would venture there I would feel less and less in touch with it. This time, it was the worst. I had never felt so alien in my life, like I didn't belong. When I told my mother about these feelings, it started a confrontation that ended with me storming out of the house.
I ran down the front steps and into the garage. It smelled of gasoline but I didn't care. Crying I slammed the door behind me and curled into a ball on the cement floor. My father came in after me, and attempted to console me. I screamed at him to leave me alone. He did.
After some time I crawled out a hole at the back of the garage, I fit through even though it was no bigger than a mouse. By now evening had come, and a cool summer feel was in the air. I decided to walk around the property to try and reconnect with the surroundings that had nurtured me so much as a child.
As I went to the back, I saw that my parents had turned the land into an enormous garden. A two and three story wooden structure that grew vegetables, many of which I had never seen. Giant melons, vines, huge pumpkins, zucchinis and bright peppers everywhere. This garden took up the entire yard. I climbed to the top and walked around it's edge. I peered over to the neighbors yard and they had built a similar structure although it was not as grand and plentiful as my parents garden.
I decided that I was going to pick some of these vegetables and bring them back to Toronto with me. I would have so much produce! As I tiptoed like a cat on the edge, I noticed an opening in the third level garden about midway. I looked out and saw my house. I felt stuck, unable to move down the latter, afraid I might fall.
When the next day came I took Adam, we got into the car and left without saying goodbye. The car loaded with vegetables. As we drove north, Adam turned to me and said he needed to go to Baltimore. He had become Tina Fey. I said to him that I would drive him to the border and he could take the bus. | <urn:uuid:1ca4c850-18bc-42df-9f67-5aa2dae4337b> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://bowdenblogg.blogspot.com/2010/11/so-much-produce.html | 2017-03-23T04:23:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218186774.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212946-00657-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.994082 | 464 |
Jake Schatz’s decision to choose rugby union over basketball was vindicated on Tuesday when he was chosen in the Wallabies squad along with Reds back-row teammate Liam Gill.
Schatz represented Queensland in both sports at junior level and his sister Bec played for Townsville in the WNBL.
Named in the Australian squad for the Rugby Championship, the 193cm forward wasn’t wondering whether he could have been playing for the Boomers at the Olympics in London rather than the Wallabies.
“I came to a point it was about which sport I enjoyed more, but it was rugby in the end,” said Schatz, who can play blindside flanker and No.8, but prefers the latter position.
He felt some of the basketball skills he acquired had helped his rugby.
“I feel like it definitely helps at lineouts – catching, passing – all your finer skills of the game,” said Schatz, who Wallabies coach Robbie Deans believes can ultimately play all three back-row positions.
Both Schatz and openside flanker Gill expressed surprise at making the Wallabies squad.
Gill was one of three openside flankers in the squad, along with captain David Pocock and Michael Hooper.
“It certainly wasn’t expected, the more I thought about it, the less likely I thought I would actually be in the squad,” Gill said.
“It was a huge shock and it’s a huge honour to be down here. It’s a big surprise.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles India Appoints new Head of Sales & Network Development
MUMBAI | September 12, 2016 - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India today announced the appointment of Nipun J. Mahajan as the new Head of Sales & Network Development for the company, effective today.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Kevin Flynn, President and Managing Director, FCA India said, “I am pleased to welcome Nipun to the FCA India team. He has joined the FCA India organisation at an exciting time as our iconic SUV brand Jeep joins our Fiat passenger car portfolio in this market. Nipun comes to us with a strong sales, network and sales planning background. His experience and energy will contribute to FCA’s planned growth and development in India for both Fiat and Jeep businesses.”
Nipun, an Engineer and Management Post Graduate in Marketing and Finance, comes to FCA with 22 years of diverse experience in Retail & Corporate Sales, Network Development, Sales Planning, After Sales in the Automotive sector. Prior to joining FCA India he was Director and Head of Sales, Service and Planning at Harley Davidson India. He has also been associated with brands like Volkswagen, Honda and Porsche.
About Fiat Chrysler Automobiles:
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), the seventh-largest automaker in the world, designs, engineers, manufactures, distributes and sells vehicles under the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, Ram, SRT brands as well as luxury cars under the Maserati brand.
FCA also operates in the components sector, through Magneti Marelli and Teksid, and in the production systems sector, through Comau and in after-sales services and products under
the Mopar brand name. In addition, the Group provides retail and dealer finance, leasing and rental services in support of the car business through subsidiaries, joint ventures and commercial agreements with specialized financing services providers.
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Journal Your Journey
The Basics of Being The Author Of Your Own Life
YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF YOUR OWN LIFE.
YOU HAVE THE CONTROL.
TAKE A HOLD OF THE PEN.
GRAB A NOTEBOOK.
- You always wanted to start a journal but wasn't sure how to begin.
- You don't know where you life is heading.
- You've been having a lot of stress in your life but don't know how to handle it.
- You have problems controlling your emotions.
- You find yourself thinking thoughts that you wish you wouldn't.
- You have a heartache, have a wall up, and don't know how to bring it down.
- You have good ideas but forget to write them down and forget them.
- Your room, thoughts, and life are a mess.
You don't want to get to the end of your life asking yourself questions such as...
"Why did my life go this route?"
"What could I have done better?"
"How did I not see this problem earlier?"
Instead, you are ready to truly understand who you are, your passion, and your purpose in life so that you can tell yourself at the end of your life...
Instead, you are ready to truly understand who you are, your passion, and your purpose in life so that you can tell yourself at the end...
- I lived my life to the fullest!
- I couldn't be happier.
- I have no regrets.
IN JUST 7 DAYS LEARN TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE BY THE POWER OF WRITING
- Find out exactly how journaling can help you with your daily life and goals
- See the importance of being the author of your own life
- Have the correct mindset to take charge and find your purpose
- Connect with your intuition and heart in a whole new way
- Find out exactly what type of Journal is perfect for you
- See the different ways to journal and right fit it with your goals
- Learn to keep your journal organized and see how the rest of your life starts to be organized as well
- Get your creative juices flowing on a constant basis
- By creating a daily discipline you will see how timing is everything, not just in journaling, but in your life
- Find out exactly what is stopping you from finishing a goal
- Learn to create new habits that will transform you
- See the importance of reviewing your journal to remember the lessons you have learned
- Find out the hidden message to your life
101 Journal Prompts (Value of $29)
- Have prompts guide you on your new life path to a greater today and an even better tomorrow
- See how such simple questions can open your mind and change whats in your pocket, body, and the way you communicate with others
Different Types of Writing Techniques (Value of $29)
- Find out different ways that you can write in your journal that will awaken you to a new version of yourself and how you handle situations
- Have new techniques that will change the way you view life for the better
One Coaching Calls With Jaslin Martin (Value of $120)
- One coaching call calls with Jaslin Martin, the owner of this course and a Life Coach. She specializes on improving energy, mindset, and self-love within your life
- Using these Journaling and her Clarity Coaching techniques she can answer any questions you have and guide you on the right path
- This is the key to applying what you learn from this course into daily life. Practice makes permanent.
Instant Access to the Spiritual Gainsters Sisterhood Bookclub
- This Facebook group is your safe space to interact with others while finding yourself
- Accountability is crucial in the beginning stages of journaling!
- You're not alone on this journey we call life
- Any questions throughout the course can be answered personally by me throughout this Facebook Group
Have Questions? Here Are The Answers
1. Wondering if Journaling is right for you?
- “Pouring thoughts out on paper has relieved me. I feel better and full of confidence and resolution.”
― Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say
- “Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.”
― Christina Baldwin
- "A personal journal is an ideal environment in which to 'become.' It is a perfect place for you to think, feel, discover, expand, remember, and dream." -Brad Wilcox
- "Keeping a journal of what's going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what's important and what's not." -Martina Navratilova
- "I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." -Anne Frank
2. Wondering if this course is right for you?
Testimonials from other users
- "Got my answers on a piece of paper, already wrote down to buy a journal my next time shopping :] . I feel as if Journaling things is going to help me dive deeper into being more organized & productive!" -Samuel Prieto
3. Is this program beneficial for beginners?
- This program is fantastic for newbies!
- We are very supportive of any questions asked and are here throughout your learning process.
- Best part is, even if you are not a beginner you will still learn from this program
- Every human being can get something out of this course as long as they are open to new possibilities
4. How is this program different than other information on the web?
- In this course you get to choose your identity
- Choose your life
- I take you on a step by step basis from start to finish on how to start your journal
- You create a mindset throughout this course that teaches you the power of the brain
- You have 1 on 1 support from a Life Coach that specializes on happiness and self-love
- Any questions you ask will be answered within 24 hours
- There is a high level of support and accountability so when you say your goal we follow up and make sure you keep your word (Integrity is everything)
- You have on going access to this program
- You learn SO much more than journaling
5. What is the pace of this course?
- Each module is dripped to be released on a weekly basis designed so there is no rushing and no overwhelm!
6. What is the weekly time commitment?
- You put in the time that you believe is necessary for this
- Each module contains 3-5 videos no longer than 10 minutes each that come with rich content and easy to follow step by step guide. These modules also come with text and PDFs with more in depth detail and action steps to guide you along the way.
A Letter From The Author Of This Course:
Hello, my name is Jaslin Martin. I created this course because journaling has impacted my life so drastically that I just HAD to put it out there in the world for others to see the massive change just carrying a notebook can do for you.
In 7th grade I was the girl that carried a book to read with her everywhere. I smiled, at my books. Fantasies were my happy place, my safe haven from the world. I would go to parties, lunches, funerals, you name it, and just read in a corner. I was one straight up introvert person.
In 8th grade I started to open up. Still a bookworm and always a bookworm, but this time I decided to write a book. In the process of writing my own book, I found myself. This is when I realized the power of writing. I started to carry a notebook with me everywhere I went (as well as the current book I was reading) and through time I grew into a person I could be proud of.
In 9th grade I started to master writing in a constant basis. I wrote down my emotions that I felt I could not share, random trains of thoughts, future ideas that I would later make a reality, and who I wanted to be for myself.
Now, eight years after picking up my first journal... I created a course to share what I have learned for others can grow in a faster period of time than I. I am here to teach. I am here to love. I am here to support all of you in whatever journey you decide to take. I am here for you.
P.S. Create A Nice Day!
For the past 12+ years, Jaslin Martin-Varzideh (the creator of this membership) focused on Personal, Business & Spiritual Development. She graduated from Landmark, Peaceful Warrior, The Shadow Process, Digital Marketer, and Mastery University (to name a few). At the age of 18, she started her first non-profit organization and at 20 years young she became the founder of her own LLC company. After reading over 111+ books and spending $52,254 in her own self-education, business, and marketing experience she feels ready to share her knowledge with the world.
Jaslin Martin-Varzideh pieced together HERunleashed so that you can let go of your fear, let out your creative juices, and live your purpose the way we ALL are meant to. She did it for herself and is now ready to help others do the same - no matter where you are and where you want to be it's possible!
This wealth of knowledge could cost you tens-of-thousands of dollars anywhere else. It represents an investment of $52,254 and over 12 years of research, hard work, and Jaslin getting over her own fears.
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I have a problem as I'm stuck with Hotmail as my main mail account for over 15 years now so I cant/wont change it.
The problem I have is the 10 G2 can open and receive Hotmail but I can't send one, I can enter the email address but as soon as I try tap into the message window a brown boarder encloses the frame, as with the other text input areas, but the keyboard does not pop up or appear so I can't type a message to the recipient.
I have tried different settings but cannot find a solution myself.
I apologise if this has be covered before but I have searched for over a week on the internet trying to find a solution but to no avail.
I hope someone here can point me in the right direction.
If you are not using it already, it's probably good to try Hotmail application on Google Play Store, you'll need a custom firmware to properly have access to Google Play.
If you like our web site, applications and firmwares, feel free to support our site. Donations are used to pay the bills for our server hosting costs, development tools and purchase new tablets to support.
Thx for the fast reply.
I want to keep it as "stock" as possible as I have too much tech stuff to "fiddle with" to get to work.
It seems these days nothing works "out of the box" ah well........
I have found the default mail client seems to be working
but has no folders creation for different incoming mail organization.
I looked for a firmware/rom update but found nothing from Arnova except the release version.
Is there a "safe" update ?
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I'm confused, perplexed, concerned and AFRAID!!!!! I'm not really sure what I would HONESTLY do if I were pulled over by the police these days. It seems more and more police officers are losing their minds and abusing / mistreating innocent citizens.
Videos number into the double, maybe triple, digits, showing police brutality and police misconduct on the internet these days. Even with officers KNOWING they are being visually monitored, they seem to care less and continue to be abusive and inappropriate.
I had a PERSONAL EXPERIENCE just this week with the Buffalo Police involving a young lady who looked stressed and disheveled walking down my street in front of my house in the city, and I asked her if she needed some help...to my surprise, she quipped back..."LEAVE ME ALONE"...as she proceeded to walk back and forth in front of my home and then got her phone and began cussing and arguing with someone.
I again asked her if she needed help...again..."LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" At this point, I instructed her that she needed to remove herself from the front of my home. She ADAMANTLY REFUSED, stating..."I ain't goin' nowhere". She couldn't have been much older than 21...probably younger... so I flagged down the police, who just happened to be at the corner of my street...which it was NOT surprising they were around, based on all the gunshots and violence that takes place in my particular area of the City of Buffalo.
When the police pulled up, I began to tell the first THREE OFFICERS about this young lady (there were two more cars directly behind the first car)....To my AMAZEMENT, I started to become the person in the wrong, with the first officer telling me..."JUST GO IN YOUR HOME"...while he ignored the foul-mouthed young girl who was still running her mouth. After telling me to go in the house and just ignoring the girl, the first officer drove off. I proceeded to try and get some help from the second officer...who just kept driving as well...and then tried the next officer, who was at least nice enough to say..."We're responding to a call down the street...we'll be right back"...which they never did come back.
You would think there would be a concern from the officers simply based upon the fact that there are daily shots fired and criminal activity in the part of the city in which I live...but apparently there is little concern.
Not all officers are INAPPROPRIATE...but it seems there are more and more fitting that description regarding the job they are hired to do...which is PROTECT!!!!
What is going on with our PROTECTION and the people we depend upon for SECURITY?
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Skin Blues wrote:Home ERA since start of 2011: 2.78
Road ERA since start of 2011: 3.58
That road ERA looks pretty damn good to me, no? I can't imagine too many guys in the AL East would have managed something like that over the last two seasons.
The ballparks he pitched in do not explain that big of a gap in home vs road ERA. The ballpark and defense did a lot to cover up the fact that this is not an ace. In a neutral environment with a neutral defense (which is how we should assess a pitcher's true value) he's probably a 3.75 true talent ERA pitcher.
If you pitch most of your road games in Fenway, Yankee Stadium, Rogers Centre, and Camden Yards (locations where HRs occur very frequently), I think that goes a very long way to explaining why you genrally do worse on the road than at home. Especially for a pitcher like Shields whose only real issue is allowing the home run ball.
He gets extra points for being so durable, but those innings will catch up to him, just like they do to everybody.
There's no reason to think those innings will catch up to him at any point in the next two seasons, if they even do at all.
We're talking about his true talent, and external factors like facing worse hitting does not mean that he's a better pitcher. But yes, he will be facing worse teams while with KC, both on the road and at home. But Kauffman has been a neutral hitter/pitcher park for the past 3 seasons, while the Trop has been an extreme pitcher's park in 2010/2011/2012. Don't know what numbers you're looking at that show they're equal.
True talent? I'm talking about how he'll do in Kansas City. That's the only thing that matters here (to both the Royals and his fantasy owners). It makes little sense to complain about Shields' home/road splits considering he's going to be pitching in a home park that limits home runs and pitching in a division with much easier opponents and ballparks that don't induce home runs at anywhere near the frequency of the AL East parks. If he was traded to Colorado, there might be some reason to worry about him. Not Kansas City.
Maybe he'll be good, maybe not. personally I'd look for an ERA closer to 4. And yes, regardless of how good he is this year and next, it does nothing to lessen the blow of this terrible decision by the Royals.
Shields has managed a 3.15 ERA over the last two seasons in the toughest division to pitch in in baseball. There is little reason believe that's suddenly going to shoot up to 4.00 when he starts facing teams like MIN, CLEV, CHI, and DET with regularity. Shields should do his job effectively for Kansas City. The issue for them will be getting the rest of the roster good enough to contend. | <urn:uuid:c0217e64-aff7-4214-84ce-f8a6b5af81d6> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | https://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=452821&start=40 | 2015-11-29T00:30:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398454553.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205414-00042-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978052 | 613 |
New Orleans is on Central Standard Time. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) in Kenner, Louisiana, is located approximately 15 miles north of the French Quarter in New Orleans and is served by all major airlines.
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Taxicabs: A cab ride to the Central Business District or the French Quarter costs approximately US$33 for one or two persons and US$14 (per passenger) for three or more passengers. Pickup is on the lower level, outside the baggage claim area. There may be an additional charge for extra baggage.
Bus/Public Transit: The Airport-Downtown Express E-2 Bus picks up outside airport Entrance #7 near the Delta counter on the upper (second) level. In the median, look for the sign and bench. Take the E-2 Bus to Carrollton at Tulane. At Carrollton and Tulane, on the corner by the Burger King, transfer to the #39 Tulane Bus. The #39 will take you to Canal Street at Saratoga. Walk to the middle of Canal Street and wait for the #47-48 Canal Streetcar going toward the river. The Marriott, the Sheraton, the JW Marriott, and the Astor Crowne Plaza are all on Canal Street. There is a streetcar stop about every other block on Canal Street near the French Quarter; get off at Canal and Bourbon Streetreet for the Astor Crowne Plaza, Canal and Chartres for the JW Marriott and at either Canal at Chartres or Canal and Decatur for the New Orleans Marriott and the Sheraton New Orleans. For further information and schedules: E-2 Bus: www.jeffersontransit.org. New Orleans city bus routes: go to www.norta.com, call 504-248-3900 or send email to firstname.lastname@example.org . The current fare for the Airport-Downtown Express (E-2) is US$2. The fareboxes will accept US$1, US$5, US$10, US$20 dollar bills and all US coins, and will provide change in the form of a value card that can be used for future fares. The New Orleans city bus fares are currently US$1.25; senior citizens with valid ID, US$0.40, transfers are 25 cents.
Driving directions to the hotels: Go east on Jerome S. Glazer Airport Access Road toward Airport Access Road (Jerome S. Glazer Airport Access Road turns into Airport Access Road). Take the ramp onto I-10 E. At exit 234 take the left lane toward Poydras Street/Superdome. Stay straight to go onto Poydras Street Take a left on Camp Street, and continue to Canal Street to go to the Sheraton, take a right on Canal, the hotel is straight ahead on your right. To go to the New Orleans Marriott, take a right on Canal Street, get into the left-hand lane and make a small U-turn. You will be in front of the Marriott. Continue a few blocks past the Marriott to get to the Astor Crowne Plaza at Canal and Bourbon Street. To go to the JW Marriott, after you take a left on Camp Street, go three blocks to Common Street, and turn left again. The motor lobby entrance is located on the right at 611 Common Street between Camp Street and St. Charles Avenue.
The car rental agencies are located on the lower level of the airport. Avis is the official car rental company for the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans. All rates include unlimited free mileage. Rates do not include any state or local surcharges, tax, optional overages, or gas refueling charges. Renters must meet Avis's age, driver, and credit requirements. For the best available rate and to make a reservation, please call Avis at 800-331-1600 or go online at http://www.avis.com. Please use the Avis Discount Number J098887.
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Valet parking only with some height restrictions is available at the New Orleans Marriott, Sheraton New Orleans, JW Marriott, and the Astor Crowne Plaza. Please see the hotelpage for details. Some other options for parking are:
- Premium Parking Service, Iberville Garage, 716 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-522-5975, www.premiumparkingservice.com/index2.shtml. Cost: 0 - 2 hours - US$9, 2 - 3 hours - US$11, 3 - 10 hours - US$13, 10 - 24 hours - US$20. Price includes valet service and 24-hour access. See website for details.
- Central Parking System, 365 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, (504) 525-7275, www.parking.com. 365 Canal is a flat lot and there is a kiosk where you can purchase parking. Cost: 3 hours - US$15; 12 hours - US$25. See website for details.
Please go to http://www.neworleansonline.com/tools/transportation/gettingaround/parking.html for general information about parking in downtown New Orleans.
Public Transportation around New Orleans
Information on public transportation in New Orleans is at www.norta.com (see above for phone and email contact information); check this site for the latest bus and streetcar schedules, maps and fares. New Orleans has three historic streetcar routes: the St. Charles Avenue Line, the Canal Street Line and the Riverfront Line.
The St. Charles Line (Rt. 12) runs down St. Charles from Canal Street to Claiborne Avenue, going past Tulane and Loyola Universities, the Garden District, and Audubon Park. Canal Street has two lines. Rt. 47 Canal-Cemeteries travels the length of Canal Street, starting at the river and ending at City Park Avenue near Greenwood Cemetery. Rt. 48 Canal-City Park/Museum starts at the Riverfront, travels up Canal Street, and ends near the entrance of the New Orleans Museum of Art. The Riverfront Line (Rt. 2) runs along the Mississippi River starting at the French Market; it stops at the riverfront on Canal Street near the Aquarium, and ends near the New Orleans Convention Center.
For the best value, consider VisiTour Passes offering unlimited rides. A one-day pass is US$5 and can be purchased on a bus or streetcar. Three and five day passes are also available.
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Indian skeptic charged with "blasphemy" for revealing secret behind "miracle" of weeping cross
By CORY DOCTOROW - BOING BOING
Added: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:27:33 UTC
Sanal Edamaruku, an Indian skeptic, went to Mumbai and revealed that a "miraculous" weeping cross was really just a bit of statuary located near a leaky drain whose liquid reached it by way of capillary action. The local Catholic Church demanded that he retract his statements, and when he refused, they had him arrested for blasphemy.
On 10th March, Sanal Edamaruku, President of the Rationalist International, flew to Mumbai. The TV channel TV-9 had invited him to investigate a “miracle” that caused local excitement. He went with the TV team to Irla in Vile Parle to inspect the crucifix standing there in front of the Church of Our Lady of Velankanni. This crucifix had become the centre of attraction for an ever growing crowd of believers coming from far and wide. The news of the miracle spread like wild fire. For some days, there were little droplets of water trickling from Jesus’ feet. Hundreds of people came every day to pray and collect some of the “holy water” in bottles and vessels. Sanal Edamaruku identified the source of the water (a drainage near a washing room) and the mechanism how it reached Jesus feet (capillary action). The local church leaders, present during his investigation, appeared to be displeased.
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A review of The Future of Blasphemy Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights
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Javier Krahe prosecuted for 'offending religious feelings' after 1978 short film was broadcast on Spanish TV
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Police confirmed to the BBC that Hamza Kashgari was sent back to Saudi Arabia on Sunday despite protests from human rights groups.
Mr Kashgari's controversial tweet last week sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.
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[That documentary] allows us to think out of the comfortable narrative that has been concocted for us by the state and its right-wing allies. Watching it allows us to digest opinions wildly diverse from ours and still give them their due consideration and appreciation. This is what made me happy.
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But in the real world where societies are plural, then it is both inevitable and important that people offend the sensibilities of others. Inevitable, because where different beliefs are deeply held, clashes are unavoidable. And we should deal with those clashes rather than suppress them. Important because any kind of social change or social progress means offending some deeply held sensibilities. The right to ‘subject each others’ fundamental beliefs to criticism’ is the bedrock of an open, diverse society.
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Events calendar of Portofino Coast
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From 20/04/2019 to 22/04/2019
From 20 to 22 April 2019 in the park of Villa Durazzo in Santa Margherita Ligure will take place the trade show "L'Erba Persa", popular name with which marjoram is known in Liguria…
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The 2013-2014 NFL season came to an end yesterday evening in a less than exciting conclusion (unless you’re Seahawks fan of course). Now as most of us impatiently await the new season to kick off this fall, Mexico based artist John Raya decided to channel that energy into into an amazing collection of Star Wars Universe NFL Helmets.
All 32 teams from the National Football League have been transformed into teams from the galaxy far, far away, and the end result is quite impressive. After the Hoth TaunTauns beat the Couruscant Jedis in the conference Championship game, they were blown out by the Toydria Wattos in the Intergalactic Bowl. Check out all the team helmets below.
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Exercise testing for young people with cystic fibrosis
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Invited presentation on 'Exercise testing for young people with cystic fibrosis'
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Any problems due to driving in 4 Wheel Drive on dry pavement and/or at high speeds?
I recently purchased a new 2010 Ford F-150 SuperCrew, my first brand new vehicle and truck. I love it and would not take anything for it.
While in a hurry to work this morning, I placed my Ford in 4H to get out of my gravel driveway and then forgot to take it out of 4H. I drove almost 50 miles in 4H and 20 of those miles on the interstate going speeds at up to 70-75 mph. The owner’s manual states that driving on dry pavement may cause driveline damage.
What are your thoughts on any future problems that I may have by doing this or what did I do to my Ford? Does anyone else drive there truck at this distance or longer and at this speed and what have you noticed with your truck?
It is not recommend, but 50 miles isnt that bad.... still avoid it if you can.
Biggest issue with 4x4 in the dry is turning. When its dry, the wheels cannot slip so the system binds from all the grip on the road. This creates very high internal pressure on the gears and even drive shaft. So straight line highway for 50miles isnt that bad.
I often tow a snowmobile trailer in the winter (not on dry road) and with a snow covered highway have done 200+ miles in 4x4 many times... I often did this with my 03 F150 and traded it in with 150,000miles on it without one single issue with the truck ever.
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What we learned in London attacks
Published: Sunday, July 17, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, July 17, 2005 at 12:00 a.m.
To The Editor: Now we know that terrorists are everywhere and nowhere. Now we know that George Bush has not isolated the war against terrorism to Iraq. Now we know that George Bush is not capable of fighting a war against terrorism and winning. Now we know that violence is not the antidote to violence. Now we know that violence has begotten violence.
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Avert Roach Bait Gel is different from all the other pesticides out there today. The special formulated bait gel kills even the pest that are immune to insecticides, the active ingredient in Avert Roach Bait Gel is derived from a natural fungus in the soil that is very toxic to the roaches. The easy to use Avert Roach Bait Gel is perfect of use in cracks and crevices. Avert Roach Bait Gel is great for both indoor and outdoor uses.
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ORDINANCE NO. 3717
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE & ON-SITE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - CABRITOS NUEVO LEON RESTAURANTE, 1215 E. EXPRESSWAY 83, LOTS 14-16, HERITAGE COMMERCIAL PLAZA SUBDIVISION #1.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of mission finds that during consideration of the conditional use permit request of November 16, 2011, the planning and zoning commission of the city of mission upon duly recognized motion and second, voted to recommend to the City Council that the Conditional Use Permit shown below be granted.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Mission, held a public hearing at 4:30 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2011, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall to consider the following Conditional Use Permit.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSION, TEXAS, THAT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BE GRANTED.
Legal Description Type Conditions of Approval
1215 E. Expressway 83 Sale & On-Site Consumption -1 year re-evaluation, due to
Lots 14-16, Heritage of Alcoholic Beverages - the retirement (sensitive)
Commercial Plaza Cabritos Nuevo Leon community to the north
Subdivision #1 Restaurante - Waiver of the 300’
- Must comply with the Noise
- Must obtain a business
READ, CONSIDERED AND PASSED, this the 28th day of November, In the Year of Our Lord, 2011.
Norberto Salinas, Mayor
ATTEST: Anna Carrillo, City Secretary
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Comparing individual classes of recruits can be a very challenging exercise. Due to each school’s different position each year and internal standards, classes can vary from mid-teens to over 30 signees for a given class at a given school. Last year I introduced my best take on the subject with the Nth best recruit approach.
Nth best recruit takes each player in a class and gives them a rating from 0-99 and then places those rankings in order, high to low. This way you can see how one class compares to another at each level. With Jabril Peppers in the mix, Michigan is going to compete with everyone at the top of the class but then drop into very good range as the recruits progressively move from high four star territory (Drake Harris) to high three star (Brandon Watson) with former gray shirt candidate Brady Pallante pulling in the final spot.
One change for this year is that I have normalized the classes so that they all show how the class is dispersed as if they were a 25 person class. You lose the quantity estimate, but over time, the spread of recruit’s rankings are more indicative of a team’s recruiting prowess than the number of offers they have in a year. If Michigan had five more offers, the odds are their curve would look very similar to what it does now.
*All signee lists were updated as of late Tuesday night and don’t reflect any signing day action
Michigan Under Hoke
Michigan’s last three classes have been highly consistent in terms of recruit quality from top to bottom. Last year’s class was the strongest through the top half and this year’s class is nearly identical in ratings to 2012’s class with Pepper’s the welcome exception.
On an average basis, Michigan’s classes have landed them roughly in lower part of the top 10 nationally. The improvement in these classes will begin to show up this year as my prior studies have shown that player in their third year or more on campus are far and away the biggest predictors of success. The 2012 class enters that zone this year and Michigan should move near the top 10 in terms of overall roster talent+experience this season and move into the top 10 indefinitely beginning in 2015.
The Big Ten
Leaders Legends East!
After a very close comparison last season, Michigan’s 2014 class is clearly lower rated than Ohio State’s. Michigan’s class falls behind immediately after Peppers and maintains a similar gap until the final few players.
Michigan sill is quite a bit ahead of the rest of the division. Penn St and Michigan St are in the next tier. There is a consistent gap between them and Michigan and Penn St’s class is currently slightly higher rated than Sparty’s across the first few spots.
The top third of Maryland’s class is in line with Michigan St and Penn St but they quickly fall into line with the bottom tier of Rutgers and Indiana.
The Race For #1
The five teams rated highest on most services
The bottom half of all the great classes this year are virtually in distinguishable from each other, except for Tennessee. While the Volunteers have put together a really nice class, this chart helps expose the formulas used by all the major services for team rankings. Tennessee is rated no lower than sixth overall by any of the four major services and although they have a very good class, you can see the separation between the great classes and theirs. Getting a giant class isn’t about being better at recruiting, it’s about having a fluky roster situation. Almost all coaches are going to recruit to their 85 (or more) roster spots so having more commitments is vastly overrated.
Ohio State has the weakest top end of all the four serious contenders but the middle third of their class is as good as anyone’s. Texas A&M’s class shows a big drop after the marquee headliners. LSU is strong throughout but Alabama, once again, clearly has the class from top to bottom. If you take any spot along the line of 25, the Alabama point is rarely behind any other team and no one is as consistently strong as they are.
Michigan’s Hall of Highly Touted
In the past two classes, Brady Hoke has inked eleven players that made the first or second team for Michigan’s Hall of Highly Touted.* After two loaded classes, this year’s smaller class was also lighter on top rated talent. Drake Harris cracked the second team as a wide receiver while all-everything signee Jabril Peppers was a no-brainer first team defensive back.
Peppers scored a 96.5 out of a possible 99 (unanimous #1 rated recruit) which makes him the highest rated recruit at Michigan in the internet era of recruiting. When you expand the field beyond Michigan to the whole Big Ten, Peppers comes in at #2 behind Terrelle Pryor (97.9) for highest rated Big Ten signee over the last 12 classes.
*The top players based on composite recruitindg rankings
SO, YOU’RE 8-1 IN BIG TEN PLAY SO FAR…
While it is true that we followed what was our best shooting performance (albeit by 0.48% in terms of effective field goal percentage) with our worst in conference play to date, I will say that I will take 8-1 in Big Ten play into the Second Stretch Of “AHHHHHH!” on the schedule. After all, nobody ever said it was easy and although we were favored yesterday, there was some apprehension all the same given where it was being played.
In any case, the averages in conference play are beginning to moderate as expected between tougher games and such, but they are still looking quite good overall. At this point, we might be able to look at a couple things as concerning, but perhaps not in the sense that we should be alarmed at present. The summary averages for conference play as of yesterday afternoon postgame:
Field Goal %
Three Point %
Free Throw %
Off. Rebound %
Def. Rebound %
Assist / Turnover Ratio
True Shooting %
Free Throw Rate
Points / Possession
Of the four factors, the only one in which we typically perform worse than our opponent is offensive rebound percentage. The roughly 6% margin here translates to about three offensive rebounds on average per game, at least in this case. Michigan averages about seven offensive rebounds per game, whereas our opponents have been averaging about ten per game. Otherwise, our effective field goal percentage, despite taking a hit yesterday, is significantly better, and we also get to the line quite a bit more as evidenced by the average free throw rate.
There is less than a 1% difference in average turnover percentage, so essentially the battle here is a draw. We give up about as many as we get – the raw average is about 10 turnovers per game by Michigan to 11 by our opponents in conference play. It won’t shock anyone, however, if I say that this last game was not in the upper half of performances in conference play, but it certainly was not the worst. That was the Purdue game, which we won.
THE LAST FIVE GAMES:
I made Michigan’s numbers the line graph (the blue line, naturally) on this one so the trend and comparison is perhaps more evident. Let me know if this is not the case.
Here are the four factors over the last five games –
Other statistics of note –
Greetings, lacrosse faithful. It's snowing outside and we're much closer to the memory of minus-13 temperatures than the technical start of spring, but it's time for spring sports anyway. (Perhaps this is part of the reason the South is picking up on lacrosse faster than real Big Ten schools.) Since the official season opener is just a week away, and Michigan scrimmaged Marquette just today, here's a look at the opponents Michigan will face this season in stickyball sport. Some are familiar by now, some are not.
A word on the landscape, which changed this year as it does every year in lacrosse. Michigan's conference, the ECAC, lost two of its best teams (Denver and Loyola) and is down to five schools from eight (Hobart left for the NEC) and in its last year of existence. Despite dropping below six members, the ECAC retains its tourney autobid due to a grace-period rule. The tourney has expanded to 18 teams to accommodate the higher number of autobids - the ACC and the newly formed Atlantic Sun now earn them. 10 autobids and 8 at-large spots are at stake. Not that this affects Michigan much, but it has the practical benefit of expanding the at-large field by one since the ACC champ always took an at-large.
So Michigan will play a four-game ECAC schedule and, depending on how things go, could have a shot at actually making the four-team ECAC tourney, since only one team will be left out. Michigan will also play four of their five future Big Ten rivals. Below is a guide to the grid in each team's section:
|Preseason rank||Media poll and USILA coaches poll, respectively|
|2013 computer||LaxPower's computer ranking, out of 63 teams|
|2013 result||What happened when we played them|
|2013 O-rating||see below|
|2013 D-rating||see below|
The O-rating and D-rating are concoctions of my own devising, similar to a KenPom number. They represent goals per game of 100 possessions (50 each.) I threw some tempo-free stats into a formula, adjust for schedule, and come up with a number. The national raw average was 15.33 last year, highest in any of the years I've tracked these stats. Top and bottom quartiles are roughly above 16.5 and below 13.5.
Right then, on with the show.
Penn State - Sat., February 8 - Away
|2013 result||L, 11-5|
|2013 O-rating||15.75 (22nd)|
|2013 D-rating||11.97 (5th)|
Penn State had a really good season last year til it got derailed in the tournaments. They beat Denver, lost in OT to Notre Dame and Ohio State, and ran roughshod over the CAA until being upset in the CAA final by Towson and the NCAA opener by Yale. They relied heavily on a pair of 40-goal scorers, one of which is back this. That's T.J. Sanders, a pure scorer and deadly sniper who scored on over 40% of his shots. Seniors Shane Sturgis and Tom LaCrosse (clearly born for this, although he can probably never visit Quebec) bring very good secondary scoring. PSU also has a top-notch goalie in Austin Kaut.
The defense will be very strong, and the presence of Sanders and Kaut explain why the media thinks they're one of only two teams in the country worthy of being mentioned with the ACC. (In the preseason polls, the six ACC teams are in the top eight and top seven.) Michigan plays this game and the Ohio game for the Creator's Trophy, and PSU looks like the favorite to win it.
Mercer - Fri., February 14 - Home
|2013 O-rating||13.06 (51st)|
|2013 D-rating||19.38 (60th)|
Michigan is dipping heavily into the Atlantic Sun for opponents this year, probably in an effort to find a win or two. Mercer is the first of three teams from this conference we'll face. They've basically been awful since the inauguration of their program, but four wins is three more than they've had in a season in their history, and they're picked third of six in the A-Sun. Dangermen include 30-goal scorers Chris Baxa and Zack Ward at attack, and goalie Mike Nugent came up with a solid .553 save percentage despite an extremely porous defense in front of him. As Michigan was a meager 1-13 last year, this'll be the first decent indicator of how much our team has improved. Astute fans will remember this was the first team we ever beat, back in 2012.
Detroit - Wed., February 19 - Neutral
|2013 result||Rained out|
|2013 O-rating||12.37 (54th)|
|2013 D-rating||14.86 (26th)|
The Titans were sort of the anti-Penn State last year - mired in a lousy losing season, they snuck into the MAAC tournament as the 4th seed and then won it by upsetting Marist and then Siena, the latter in overtime. Then they went to the NCAAs and damn near knocked off 2-seed Notre Dame, actually holding a 7-3 lead after three periods.
Last year's game was washed out by a lightning storm, but Michigan was holding their own, down 4-3 in the second when the game was called. UDM will be a relatively tough out this year, though. Their defense was highly respectable for a low-major team and though they lost most of the top names from that unit, the offense is at full strength with their entire scoring core returning. They'll add Shayne Adams to that, who medically redshirted last season after starting with 10 goals in 4 games. The Titans are tied with Siena as favorites to win their conference and have a head start in the battle for state supremacy.
Johns Hopkins - Sat., February 22 - Away
|2013 result||L, 17-8|
|2013 O-rating||16.79 (14th)|
|2013 D-rating||11.17 (1st)|
We used to play this game because John Paul and Dave Pietramala are tight; now it's just as much thanks to future conference affiliation. We'll just have to get used to losing to the Hop for a while. The pollsters don't think they're among the elite teams this year, mainly due to losing their outstanding goalie and most of their scoring, but they're still Hopkins. And they've got Wells Stanwick, the youngest son of a very large and ridiculously lacrosse-blooded family. Wells, and I hate to say this, gives his older brother Steele a run for his money in the talent department, and Steele was a Tewaaraton winner. There might be one in Wells's future, too.
Cornell - Sat., March 1 - Home
|2013 O-rating||20.35 (4th)|
|2013 D-rating||11.94 (4th)|
As with Hopkins, the voters predict a fall; Cornell, too, loses a ton of scoring talent, possibly the most in the country as they'll no longer have Rob Pannell or Steve Mock. They're also finding their way with a new coach, as the fairly successful Ben DeLuca was fired in the fall in the wake of a hazing scandal. (Apparently it's no longer OK to make freshmen drink til they puke.) The Big Red will be the highest-profile visitors to visit Ann Arbor depending on your take on Maryland, and they still have scoring punch in Connor Buczek and Matt Donovan, so despite the predicted precipice and likely bubble-team-at-best status, Michigan will still have all it can handle and more.
High Point - Wed., March 5 - Away
|2013 result||L, 13-10|
|2013 O-rating||12.00 (58th)|
|2013 D-rating||18.91 (58th)|
With two big uglies out of the way, Michigan heads south to once again take on the Atlantic Sun. Quite probably the most disappointing result of last season was a 13-10 loss to brand-new High Point, so this can work as another benchmark game to check improvement. The Panthers have started this season with an uncompetitive loss to lately-disappointing Delaware, so hope exists. The offense is mainly keyed by playmaker Matt Thistle and finisher Dan Lomas, but it's not a high-powered one by any stretch. This is the best chance up to this point in the season for a win.
Furman - Sat., March 8 - Away
A two-game southern swing concludes in South Carolina, where Michigan again takes on a brand-new program. Being brand-new, there's not much to go on in terms of evaluation, but, being brand-new, they probably stink. They're almost entirely freshmen plus a tiny number of juco transfers and one or two D-I transfers. Still, the High Point game last year is a cautionary tale. Michigan should win, but should still be wary because reasons.
Bellarmine - Sat., March 15 - Away
|2013 result||L, 12-6|
|2013 O-rating||12.11 (57th)|
|2013 D-rating||12.12 (7th)|
This could be the most important game of the year. Of the various accomplishments by which a team measures success, the most accessible to Michigan is a berth in the ECAC tournament. It's not much of an accomplishment - five teams for four spots - but the tourney atmosphere and travel (to scenic Columbus) would be good for a growing team.
Beating just one conference team would probably do it, as anyone you beat would have to win twice to pass you, and this is the most likely spot for it. It's not easy - Bellarmine has a well-deserved reputation as a strong defensive squad. Neither is it insurmountable. The Knights lose an outstanding goalie and most of their already-anemic scoring to graduation. This is the first conference game of the year and the last time facing them as a conference foe - although, since the Knights are off to the A-Sun next year (which by then will be the SoCon) and we seem to like that conference, and furthermore as Louisville is relatively convenient to Ann Arbor, I would bet it's not the last we'll see of them.
Maryland - Tue., March 18 - Home
|2013 O-rating||18.36 (9th)|
|2013 D-rating||12.26 (8th)|
Without looking at sports I don't pay attention to (so there's a fair chance I'm off my rocker here) this is the first time Michigan will face Maryland in anything since the announcement of their move to the B1G. I guess we'll have to get used to seeing them around. I don't have to like it.
Because the B1G chose to start lacrosse by inviting two powerhouses rather than wait until more schools (MSU, Northwestern, whoever) started up their programs, Michigan will probably find itself fighting with Rutgers to stay out of the basement for the foreseeable future. But that will be then. This is now. Maryland will bring a team that'll be very tough to score on, with a standout netminder in Niko Amato behind a veteran defense. Typically the Terps have relied on balanced scoring rather than a big superstar for their offense, but most of their depth graduated, leaving Mike Chanenchuk and Jay Carlson as the only double-digit goal-scorers from last year. There's still a formidable talent gap, though, and I expect Maryland's defense to be among the very best nationally, if not tops.
St. Joseph's - Sat., March 22 - Home
|2013 result||W, 11-8|
|2013 O-rating||10.95 (61st)|
|2013 D-rating||18.53 (54th)|
St. Joe's is not a fully-funded team, so this year they've moved out of the CAA into a conference more their speed. This was Michigan's only win of last season; the Hawks are historically awful, though improving somewhat under a new coach the past two years. They had one of the nation's worst offenses last year and only four players with double-digit goals, but at least all of those players are back. Still, they'll likely be as usual, which is to say, a threat to lose to an A-Sun team.
Air Force - Sat., March 29 - Away
|2013 result||L, 10-6|
|2013 O-rating||15.55 (26th)|
|2013 D-rating||14.45 (21st)|
The Falcons have just about been the picture of average lately, with a 7-7 record last year, 6-7 the year before that, and sitting right near the top of the bell curve in O- and D-ratings. This year, with Denver and Loyola out of the picture, they're a decent possibility as a contender for the ECAC title, with all major scoring contributors returning. Mike Crampton is the top player with 34 goals and 19 assists, and Tommy McKee is an excellent finisher as well while Keith Dreyer performs well as a setup man.
Air Force, somewhat interestingly, is the only ECAC team left without a landing spot after the conference's dissolution, but rumor has it they'll follow Bellarmine into the A-Sun/SoCon. As for this year's game, though, they're a likely bet to knock off Michigan, especially in the altitude.
Fairfield - Sat., April 5 - Home
|2013 result||L, 10-8|
|2013 O-rating||14.98 (34th)|
|2013 D-rating||15.69 (31st)|
The ECAC coaches figured Fairfield as the team most likely to challenge Ohio for the conference title, but it's really very close between them and Air Force. There's not a lot of difference between the two teams. Goaltending is about the same, and Fairfield only loses one of their offensive core. The top returning scorer is Jordan Greenfield with 34 goals.
In fact, if forced at gunpoint, I'd give the slight nod to Air Force, not Fairfield, which fared slightly worse in all the metrics and was Michigan's closest loss last season. With the game at home, this should be the conference game in which the Wolverines have the second-best chance, after Bellarmine. It's probably not close to a 50/50 chance, but maybe 25/75?
Ohio State - Sat., April 12 - Away
|2013 result||L, 17-8|
|2013 O-rating||17.65 (11th)|
|2013 D-rating||13.80 (19th)|
Ohio was the bloody obvious pick for the final ECAC championship; last year, they played their way to a 3-seed in the NCAA tournament. The spirited, close game that Michigan played against them in 2012 gave way to a blowout loss last season, and Ohio even shed some of its snail's reputation and played at a tempo just slightly below average.
All-American attackman Logan Schuss is gone, but midfielder Jesse King has a chance to be just as good, posting a 32-goal, 23-assist season in 2013. He's joined in the midfield by Turner Evans (26 goals) and playmaking attackman Carter Brown (27 goals, 16 assists) should be able to step into Schuss's shoes somewhat. Goalie Greg Dutton regressed somewhat last year after a very good 2012 season, but he's a four-year starter all the same.
It'll probably be a while before Michigan is ready to challenge the Buckeyes. Whether they can stay among the country's best teams remains to be seen (the pollsters are fairly divided on their quality), but coach Nick Myers has them in good position to do so. These guys are a symbol of the spreading-out of the power in lacrosse that's been going on the past few years.
Yale - Sat., April 19 - Home
|2013 O-rating||16.47 (17th)|
|2013 D-rating||11.98 (6th)|
The Elis have been on a slow and steady rise, and they've placed themselves this year as one of the Ivy's top contenders. Princeton is back on top in the polls after a longish (for them) absence, but Yale is the reigning champs; they then knocked off Penn State in the NCAAs and came within a whisker of doing the same to Syracuse.
So Cornell has the bigger name, but Yale is likely to be the best Ivy League team Michigan faces. They had a trio of 30-goal scorers last year, and two - attackmen Brandon Mangan and Conrad Oberbeck - are back this season. FOGO Dylan Levings won almost 60% of his faceoffs last year. Yale also had an excellent defense last year. In recent years, they've occupied a rung in the Ivy League one notch below Cornell and Princeton, but they're going to make some national noise and could be perhaps the 2nd or 3rd-toughest opponent we see this year.
Robert Morris - Sat., April 26 - Home
|2013 O-rating||15.43 (28th)|
|2013 D-rating||16.09 (37th)|
Unless Michigan reaches the ECAC tourney, we've reached the end of the journey. RMU was known for a powerful, up-tempo offense a couple years ago, but that reputation has eroded away somewhat. They're still up-tempo, and they had five 20-goal scorers last year (fairly rare for a low-major team) but only two of those players remain. Obviously, by the time we get to this game we'll have a much better idea of this matchup, but from here it looks at least passably winnable.
Here's a quick-reference table of the schedule's O- and D-ratings. Michigan is at the bottom.
For Michigan's part, that's a step back on offense but a slight improvement on defense.
However, I think there are more winnable games on this schedule than last year, if only because Denver and Loyola are gone and the A-Sun features so heavily. Other people smarter than me can probably preview the team itself, but let's just assume a reasonable amount of improvement and then divide the schedule like so:
Doom: Penn State, Hopkins, Cornell, Maryland, Ohio State, Yale
Not real likely: Air Force
OKish chance: Fairfield
Fair chance (but don't get your hopes too high yet): Detroit, Bellarmine, Robert Morris
Possibly favored: Mercer, High Point, Furman, St. Joseph's
Last year I predicted reasonable improvement, too, and called for three wins, and that worked out not very well. This year the schedule looks more like an hourglass. Six games against top national teams, and seven against teams potentially within striking distance. Not having goalie Gerald Logan is gonna suck, but even so, let's put on the optimism hat and call it a four-win season. Even if it has to come by feasting on the southern schools, it'd be a step in the right direction.
Hello again, internet,
I conducted a survey this past week (started on Monday) about how people expected Michigan to perform over any given 20 year period. A big thank you goes out to the 328 MGoUsers who pitched in their opinions. Here are your results. I was going to do fancy stuff like trendlines and variance, but then I got lazy. Sorry.
Each survey question's graph is linked in each section's title, and the analysis lies below each image. I've also included the actual results over the past 20 years (1994-2013).
Average Expected: 1.92
Over Last 20 Years: 1
Analysis: The six people who expect a national championship every year do sway the average a bit, but still, this seems high to me. I put 1, but honestly expect 1 every 30-40 years. Of course, I started being a fan in 2008, so my maize-colored glasses are pretty transparent.
Average Expected: 7.84
Over Last 20 Years: 5
Analysis: I guess this is reasonable. I do think Ohio takes the lion's share of the titles, but we should be a clear 2nd, and closer to 1st than 3rd. As much as I love Michigan, I can't get over the recruiting advantage that OSU has. MSU's emergence and persistance and the addition of Nebraska do lower my expectation a bit, as well.
Average Expected: 10.70
Over Last 20 Years: 7
Analysis: Putting in the 2013 data point was tough, man. Luckily, we're not too far off splitting, despite The StreakTM. I still think Ohio has the edge here because of recruiting, but we should be close to even. Beat Ohio.
Average Expected: 14.25
Over Last 20 Years: 12
Analysis: Works for me, 3 every 4. Unless Narduzzi never leaves. Which fuck.
Average Expected: 18.41
Over Last 20 Years: 15/16 (didn't play 4 of the years)
Analysis: Again, I became a fan in 2008. I fully expect to beat Minnesota all of the time.
Average Expected: 9.58
Over Last 20 Years: 6.04*
*For this, I collected all of the recruiting team rankings from the 4 major recruiting services (247, Scout, Rivals, ESPN) and found out how many #1 B1G finishes we had for as long as the service was tracking it. Note that 3 of the services' first team rankings were in 2002, and ESPN started in 2006. I then projected our average amount of #1 finishes over 20 years, and then calculated the average over the 4 services.
Analysis: Many people will say (and did say in the survey comments) that conference position doesn't matter, and there's an argument there, sure. I've typed out and deleted a few sentences defending it, but I'm too lazy to start an argument against. Just look at the data, meh.
CONCLUSION: Everyone is unreasonable except me. I'd love to run a similar survey for the other schools' fanbases, but that is an effort for another day.
Michigan Softball 2014 Season Preview
Michigan topples ASU at the WCWS in 2013. MGoBlue.com
Starting in just a few short days, the University of Michigan softball team will begin its 37th season, the 30th with sure-fire Hall of Fame coach Carol Hutchins at the helm. With not a single losing season in school history and an active streak of six straight Big Ten Championships, the Wolverines always expect to succeed at the highest levels. After returning to the Women’s College World Series last season following a three-year hiatus, expectations are as high as ever, with the team looking to improve on its fifth place finish in Oklahoma City.
Below I plan to take a look at Team 37 from a variety of different angles. I’ll start with the major departures from last season and new players expected to contribute in 2014. Then I’ll work through the pitching, batting, and defense before taking a broad view of the season as a whole. By the end I hope you’ll agree with me that there’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to this year’s edition of the Michigan softball team!
Despite the small size of last year’s senior class, they had a big impact on the success of team 36. Without question the departure that will be felt most obviously on the scoresheet is that of Ashley Lane. Lane delivered a stellar senior year with a career high .363 batting average, an on-base percentage over .400 and 18 homers. Caitlin Blanchard and Sierra Romero were the only Wolverines with 100+ who had higher batting averages, and only Romero had more long balls (the next-highest total was 10, from Lauren Sweet). Replacing Lane’s power will be one of the key challenges that this year’s team will have to meet in order to match last year’s performance.
Amy Knapp was one of the more unsung heroes on last year’s team, but she also leaves a hole in the line-up, taking her excellent defense at the third-base position with her along with a .317 batting average. For a Michigan team that struggled with fielding last year, it will be important to find someone to step up at the hot corner. Jaclyn Crummey was primarily a pinch-runner, although she batted quite well in her limited opportunities. Pitcher Stephanie Speierman, the fourth and final member of the senior class only saw limited action, coming in as a reliever on six occasions.
The senior class left with four consecutive Big Ten Championships and 195 wins to only 44 losses.
While the seniors will be missed, Michigan softball is a program for which the cliché about reloading instead of rebuilding is absolutely true. Four new players join the team as freshmen this season, and they will be expected to contribute from day one. As MGoSoftball has already put together great recruiting profiles on three of these players, I’m going to link them here:
Megan Betsa, RHP: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/hello-megan-betsa-sb
Abby Ramirez, IF: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/hello-abby-ramirez-sb
Kelly Christner, OF: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/hello-kelly-christner-sb
Michigan also adds another IF in Lindsay Montemarano for whom I didn’t see a profile. Some info on the one-time UCLA verbal can be found here http://wantagh.patch.com/groups/schools/p/seaford-softball-star-signs-with-michiganand a fairly fluffy interview from MGoBlue.com is available here http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/111913aab.html.
It’s clear that all of these players have the potential to contribute early on, especially pitcher Megan Betsa (of whom more below).
In addition to the freshmen, Michigan will also be looking for several players who played only sparingly last season to step up and take on a bigger role this season. One name that has come up a number of times in this regard, including in a recent interview with Hutchins herself, is sophomore utility-player Kelsey Susalla. Susalla only saw relatively limited action last season, appearing in 35 games, mostly as a substitute (she had nine starts, all but one at 1B). She made the most of her opportunities, however, hitting .315 with 5 homers and 24 RBIs in just 54 at-bats. When Michigan needed a spark last season, Susalla was often the one to come in off the bench and pinch hit, appearing in some very high-pressure situations. We can expect to see a lot more of Susalla at the plate as she looks to bring some added punch to a Michigan line-up looking to replace Lane’s power.
In the Circle
If everything goes according to plan for the Wolverines, the pitching staff could well end up being one of the biggest strengths of this team. While Michigan struggled defensively at times last season (finishing 41st in the nation in team ERA at 2.34, a tolerable but not elite mark), they return two upperclassmen pitchers with the potential to have great seasons alongside highly-touted freshman Megan Betsa (see MGoSoftball’s profile, linked above).
The two returning pitchers are juniors Haylie Wagner & Sara Driesenga, both of whom have experience as the ace of the staff. Wagner started her Michigan career in stellar fashion two years ago, going 32-7 with a 1.53 era. The southpaw’s 32 wins represent the most by a freshman in Michigan history, breaking the record held by all-time UM great Jordan Taylor. Wagner’s brilliant debut campaign garnered her Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and Big Ten Freshman of the Year recognition.
A back injury prevented Wagner from playing for the first three weeks of the 2013 season, however, and lingering effects appeared to hinder her performance all year long. In the super regionals she was slated to pitch in the deciding game against Louisiana-Lafayette, but aggravated the injury during warm-ups and did not appear again the rest of the season, finishing with a 19-3 record. While her ERA slipped by almost a full run, it is hard to see any long-term cause for concern, as her struggles can largely be attributed to the injury and the missed time associated with it. If Wagner can approach the standard she set for herself in 2012, Michigan will have one of the deadliest pitching staffs in the Big Ten, if not the nation.
Fortunately for the 2013 Wolverines, Wagner’s injury only ended up providing the stage for RHP Sara Driesenga to deliver an impressive sophomore performance. The Hudsonville hurler came to Michigan as a touted recruit, but struggled out of the gate, going only 9-10 in her freshman campaign with an ERA of 2.53, well back of her counterpart. She actually made bigger contributions at the plate, hitting .340 in 103 at-bats, good for second on the team, just .007 behind Big Ten Player of the year Amanda Chidester. Driesenga’s .457 on-base percentage was actually tops on the team in 2012.
The offseason saw a major transformation in Driesenga’s game, however, and one that was badly needed in light of Wagner’s up-and-down year. Driesenga carried a heavy burden in the circle, tying the Michigan record for pitching starts in a season with 41. She set the tone early, tossing the first no-hitter of her college career against Hofstra (a 3-0 7 inning affair on February 23rd) and continued to impress throughout the season. While her offense suffered some, perhaps due to her greater role in the circle, she still reached base over 40% of the time. Meanwhile, her ERA jumped to 1.89, and she only seemed to get stronger as the year went on, throwing complete-game shutouts against Valparaiso, California, and Arizona State in playoff action. In the end, Driesenga finished with a 31-9 record and showed great potential going forward.
In 2014, Michigan has the luxury of two experienced upper-classmen in the circle along with a promising freshman, one Hutch has already spoken about getting involved in the rotation. Presuming that Wagner returns to form after having a whole offseason to fully recover and Driesenga continues her upward trajectory, this pitching staff could well once again be the best in the Big Ten, possibly one of the best in the nation. One item to watch will be how Hutch manages things with three capable pitchers, including two righties and one lefty. Softball pitching staffs are much smaller than baseball ones, often featuring one single pitcher who throws almost all the big games. This has been changing a bit in recent years, though, and Michigan may join the new wave. If all three prove capable, be on the lookout for fewer complete games and more rotation within the Michigan staff. As long as they can provide a solid performance, this team can go far, because as the next section shows, run support should be plentiful indeed.
At the Plate
The conversation about Michigan’s offense can only begin with one name: shortstop Sierra Romero. Romero came in as a highly-touted freshman, reputed to be one of the best in the entire country, and she did not disappoint. In her rookie season, Romero led the Wolverines with a scorching .379 batting average, and slugged .841 with an OBP of .527 (you read that correctly – more than half the time Romero stepped to the plate last season, she ended up on base). In addition to her excellent averages, she hit for power as well, driving home a Michigan single-season record 23 home runs. Romero dazzled start-to-finish en route to winning Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Big Ten Player of the year honors. If Romero does nothing more than repeat her freshman production, she will still be among the best (if not the best) in the Big Ten, and even incremental improvement would bring her into very rarified air nationally. The national analysts are certainly looking for such a performance, as Romero is one of only six sophomores on the preseason Player of the Year Watch List. Expect opposing pitchers to walk Romero a good deal this season, intentionally or otherwise, as they work to minimize the threat she poses.
Coach Hutch will likely get creative with her line-ups, moving Romero around as she did last year to free her up and prevent defenses from pitching around her. Even so, the responsibility falls to other Michigan batters to provide Romero protection. Last year, this burden was primarily shouldered by Caitlin Blanchard, an excellent hitter for average, packing somewhat less in the way of power (only 4 homers last year) than Romero. Blanchard’s stellar .374 average (.441 on-base) last season provided a great offensive boost as well as protection.
It is important to emphasize, however, as important as these two players are to the Michigan line-up, they are far from the whole story. Among players with 50 or more at-bats last season, almost all had on-base percentages over or close to .400, and Michigan returns six who hit over .300. The one exception is Lauren Sweet, who had a .236 batting average and a .317 on-base as a sophomore. Those middling numbers are extremely misleading in terms of characterizing her season, however. After struggling mightily in the non-conference, the light went on when Big Ten play began and stayed on through the WCWS as Sweet drove home 10 home runs on the season, including several in post-season action. If Sweet can continue playing the way she did the second half of last season, she joins Kelsey Susalla as one of the prime candidates to replace Ashley Lane’s 18 long-balls from last season.
To make a long story short, Michigan returns almost all of the key pieces from a stellar offense last season. Michigan’s 425 runs last year broke the school single-season mark previously held by the 2005 National Championship team, and at 6.64 runs per game, the Wolverines tied for 6th place nationally. Only Oklahoma’s ridiculous 7.80 mark was more than a couple tenths higher. If the Wolverines can find a way to replace Lane’s power (and I think they can with Susalla stepping into a bigger role and Sweet continuing to play at a high level), there is no reason to think that Alumni Field won’t once again house one of the finest offenses in the nation. Incremental improvement from some of the younger players (I can’t believe I’ve gotten this far without mentioning the other freshman standout named Sierra from last season, Sierra Lawrence) and continued leadership from the upperclassmen like Blanchard and the speedy Nicole Sappingfield, we could see one of the best offensive seasons in Michigan history. With apologies to Keith Jackson, if Team 37’s offensive potential doesn’t whet your appetite, then you’re reading the wroooong preview.
In the Field
I will admit that the non-pitching aspects of defense constitute a part of softball that I have a much harder time evaluating, especially with the limited amount of games I get to watch. With little in the way of stats beyond fielding percentage, I only have slim data to work from, so I certainly invite and appreciate corrections and expansions to what I write here (that goes for the whole preview, of course, but especially this section).
That said, a few comments are in order. It is no secret that Michigan struggled defensively at times last year, and fielding was certainly part of that. The Wolverines’ fielding percentage of .959 was exactly in the middle of the NCAA last year at 144th out of 289 teams ranked on the NCAA website and 8th in the Big Ten. For Michigan to reach the elite status they are aiming for this year, there will need to be improvement in this department. Fortunately, there is reason for hope here. If the light went on for Lauren Sweet offensively part way through the season, it did the same for freshman star Sierra Romero on defense. While Romero blazed away at the plate right from the get-go, it took her some time to fully adjust to the speed of the college game in the field, and she turned in a team-high 23 errors on the season. Once the heart of the season rolled around, however, Romero went from sore-spot to strength, making a number of dazzlingly athletic plays. Perhaps the highlight was a play that didn’t quite come off, as late in the season she threw a Jeter-esque laser to first, spinning in mid-air while moving towards third from her shortstop position. While the throw came up just short of getting the runner, it demonstrated a level of athleticism, confidence, and comfort in her role that in seldom seen in college softball.
As for the rest of the defense, Michigan loses one of its better fielders in Amy Knapp and a middle-of-the-pack performer in Ashley Lane. With plenty of speed in the outfield, patrolled by Sierra Lawrence and Nicole Sappingfield along with .984 fielder Lindsay Doyle, we should expect most playable balls to be caught in that department. It is difficult for me to make much in the way of a projection here, as opposed to the sections above, but we can certainly identify this area as the biggest point in need of improvement. Raising this number at least into the top third or quarter of the NCAA seems to me to be a key element in Michigan’s push for another Big Ten title and trip to the WCWS.
Now that we’ve looked at the roster and all the different aspects of the team, it’s time to draw things together and make some Bold Predictions. The pollsters are certainly expecting big things out of this team, tabbing the Wolverines as the #5/#4 team in the nation in the preseason polls, with only fellow WCWS teams from last year ahead of them (Tennessee, Oklahoma, Washington, and Florida, in that order in the coaches’ poll; ESPN.com/USA Softball drops Washington to #5, leaving the top 5 otherwise the same). Given all the talent outlined above and the track record of success, it is difficult to argue with the high ranking.
As usual, the Wolverines have given themselves plenty of opportunities to prove their quality in the non-conference portion of the schedule. Opening day features two top-25 opponents in #4/#3 Florida and #25/#23 USF. While there are some cupcakes mixed in as well to get the Wolverines on their feet, the non-conference is littered with big-name teams from down South and out West. As usual, the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, CA (Mar. 6-8) will provide a brutal three days, as Michigan looks to take on ASU, Washington, Houston, Arizona, and Texas, three of whom are in the top ten. There are plenty of opportunities here to pick up the sort of quality wins that the NCAA will look kindly upon when deciding who gets to host regionals & super-regionals come tournament time. (As a side note, it should be noted that while opening day is February 8th, Michigan does not play a home game until their final non-conference tune-up on March 18th. The ladies will travel thousands of miles playing top-ten teams all across America, racking up 29 games on the road before getting a chance to play in the friendly confines of the Wilpon Complex. The ability of Carol Hutchins to recruit players with the character to make this journey, to coach teams that succeed under these conditions, and to use this time every single year as a chance to bring the team together through adversity is a huge testament to why she is one of the two or three greatest coaches in the history of the sport).
Once conference play hits, the Wolverines will have a bit of a break, starting with three-game sets against last season’s bottom-feeders Indiana and Penn State. It won’t be until the April 18-20 series in Ann Arbor against the Golden Gophers that Michigan has to face down a team that had a winning record in the Big Ten last season, and they will never have to do so on the road (Wisconsin, the only other team over .500 in the Big Ten that Michigan will face, comes to Ann Arbor in the final series of the season, one which may well have major Big Ten Championship implications). The chuckleheads at Big Ten headquarters decided not to schedule any games between the top two teams from last year, Michigan and Nebraska, both of whom are ranked in the top ten, so we shall have to wait until the post-season to (hopefully) see that heavyweight matchup. It would be difficult to ask for an easier conference slate than Michigan is getting this year, skipping two of the four next-best teams and getting the other two at home, while only travelling to face teams that went sub-.500 last year, both in terms of conference play and overall. Nebraska, the top competition in the conference and the only Big Ten team to beat Michigan in the regular season a year ago, meanwhile, has to face all three of Minnesota, Northwestern, and Wisconsin, getting only the Gophers at home, and misses out on miserable Penn State.
What, then, for overall expectations? I don’t have to go too far out on a limb to say that I expect great things from this team. With one of the best offenses in the country, highly-recruited talent in the circle, a ton of experience returning, and one of the greatest coaches of all time running the show, there is no reason Michigan can’t do very, very well this year. While there will be a few stumbling blocks on the way (staying perfect in a season with well over 50 games is unrealistic, obviously), I expect Michigan to pick up a few quality wins in the non-conference schedule and come into the Big Ten season still sporting a top-ten ranking. Six straight Big Ten Titles will probably become seven, as no one in the Big Ten can match Michigan’s talent. Nebraska is an up-and-coming team and may provide a challenge, but in my estimation their tougher schedule will probably doom them to a strong second-place showing. Michigan will once again host a regional and probably a super-regional as well and will go all the way to the WCWS. Once there, it’s all but impossible to predict what will happen, especially given my limited knowledge of the rest of the field. Two years ago, though, when Wagner and Driesenga came on the scene with Romero in the pipeline, I said that I thought 2014 and 2015 would be Michigan’s best chances at another National Championship for some time. Nothing in the interim has changed my mind. I am usually extremely cautious and unwilling to jinx anything, but I truly believe that Michigan will once again be the best team in the Big Ten and among the nation’s elite. Winning it all is a lofty goal, but it is well within reach. The season can’t start soon enough!
It's about time we have some new Michigan basketball wallpapers. Last year, I made a couple intricate ones of a "throwback" roster photo an Atlanta-themed one come tourney time. Recently, I wanted to make something bold and simple, but that would also tie into this year's team.
Behold WE WORK. I've made one for desktops (widescreen and fullscreen), plus an iPad version that is built to rotate with your device and another for the iPhone. You can download all of them HERE.
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Massa, only a little more than 20km from Villa La Bianca, is a splendid city in the north-west of Tuscany, positioned at the mouth of the small Frigid river valley, about 5 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city, famous as a seaside resort, has a rich history demonstrated by numerous churches and Renaissance buildings in its wonderful territory. Massa, which experienced its heyday as the headquarters of the Princes Cybo Malaspina, also retains a charming old town, ideal for a walk in search of monuments and interesting places.
Although damaged by bombing during the Second World War, Massa has interesting monuments, among which we highlight: the Malaspina Fortress, a magnificent medieval fort situated on a hill, which dominates the town center of the city of Massa; Ducal Palace, also named the Red Palace today is the headquarters of the Prefecture, was built between the XVI and XVII century and has a brightly colored facade overlooking piazza degli Aranci, and the Cathedral, the most important religious building of the town, which houses various works of art. Other places of interest are: Pietro Pellegrini Botanical Garden, located in Pian della Fioba, the diocesan Museum housed in the building of the Cadets and the Apuane ethnologic Museum. | <urn:uuid:902cb048-7d42-4571-9600-68cc5e0d9794> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://villalabianca.it/en/itinerario-massa/ | 2023-09-30T19:38:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510707.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930181852-20230930211852-00752.warc.gz | en | 0.963804 | 279 |
December 1, 2017
For the last 13 years, Thomas Hughes has been in the exact same spot for Carol of Lights®. Each year, he climbs the stairs to the top of the Administration Building's west tower to play the carillon. The bells can be heard at the start of the ceremony.
The event, now in its 59th year, marks the start of the holiday season with the simultaneous illumination of more than 20,000 lights strung along campus buildings. Hughes said he's honored to be a part of one of Texas Tech's most treasured traditions.
"It's a great privilege," he said. "I like the physicality of (playing) it. I like being able to hear the results of what you're doing. I look forward to it."
Carol of Lights® will be held on Friday, December 1, 2017. Hughes will begin playing the carillon at 6:30 p.m. and the ceremony starts at 7:00 p.m.
With the flip of a switch, more than 25,000 colored lights illuminate 18 buildings around Memorial Circle, the Engineering Key and the Broadway Entrance to the campus during Texas Tech University's Carol of Lights®.
This annual event, sponsored by the Texas Tech Residence Halls Association, is attended by over 20,000 Tech students and local residents. It is one of Texas Tech's largest and oldest traditions.
Follow the event on Twitter #TTUCOL.
Donations to the Carol of Lights® fund can be made online at www.give2tech.com.Twitter
Texas Tech University Student Housing houses approximately 8,000 students in 13 residence halls, four suite-style halls and one apartment complex. Housing offers rooms with movable and fixed furniture, suite style rooms and apartments for both undergraduate and graduate students.
For more information about the different residence halls, visit the University Student Housing website.Twitter
The Texas Tech Residence Halls Association (RHA) is the second largest student organization on campus. RHA strives to provide leadership opportunities, programming and services relevant to its 6,200 on-campus residents.Twitter | <urn:uuid:cba83eb4-9f0f-4814-8bf3-14d80ddc864d> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2017/12/video-carillon | 2017-12-11T05:37:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948512208.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20171211052406-20171211072406-00117.warc.gz | en | 0.950242 | 432 |
Discussion in 'Say Cheese' started by keegen456, Sep 3, 2008.
Here is my new tank all set-up! Plus pretty Maggie saying Hi!
Aw look at the EVIL E :biglaugh: the tank looks wonderful!
Wow looks great! Nice set up for the ANGELIC E's ya got there. :angel12:
Wow, I'm envious! Beautiful 'tat and evilly angelic E. I love how green it is, and I'm sure the crabs do, too!
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R&B singers Solange Knowles and Frank Ocean will join A Tribe Called Quest, Nine Inch Nails, and more as headliners for the second annual Panorama NYC, the East Coast version of the Coachella festival. Other headliners include Tame Impala and alt-J.
Three-day and single-day general admission and VIP passes go on sale Friday, January 13th at 10 a.m. EST via the Panorama.NYC website. American Express Card members can purchase pre-sale passes from Thursday, January 12th at 10 a.m. EST through Friday, January 13th at 9 a.m. EST.
A single-day GA pass is $99, with a three-day GA pass at $282. A single-day VIP pass runs $230, with the three-day VIP pass at $650.
Panorama will feature The Lab, an interactive, museum-quality exhibition space featuring digital art installations created by New York City artists. The event also features The Point, an open-air club featuring continuous house and techno music.
Solange’s headlining spot mirrors her sister Beyonce, who will headline this year’s Coachella festival.
Can we kick it? pic.twitter.com/OYKPQHhRBM
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We are steadily bringing in more bolts of Christmas fabric, although we are far from thinking of December as we swelter in our heat wave! But I just couldn't resist sharing this special group with you. It comes from Stof Fabrics and is called Enjoy Christmas. There is a little touch of metallic gold mixed in with this holiday theme fabric.
The border print panel has about a 24" repeat, and we think it would fit well into a couple of our favorite patterns. The Triple Treat pattern from Thimbleberries comes to my mind. What do you think? | <urn:uuid:8ef86a99-8309-441f-a085-719dfe8d79ca> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://bearpatchquilting.blogspot.com/2012/07/more-christmas.html | 2017-07-26T06:32:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549426050.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170726062224-20170726082224-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.971048 | 116 |
Students discuss the changes that take place in families and identify independent activities that they can do to help and cope with these changes.
Students brainstorm feelings associated with puberty, explore the myths & facts of puberty using the Laugh and learn video as a stimulus and create an illustration of a myth and associated fact.
Students explores the physical, social & emotional changes associated with puberty using the Laugh and learn video as a stimulus and then create a mindmap of positive coping strategies.
Videos and short activities to use with students before they receive their HPV vaccine at school.
Students explore gender stereotypes, respectful relationship qualities and non-consensual image sharing in this 8 sequential session program.
Students use a video and the graffiti wall strategy to develop an understanding of what porn is, how people come across porn, why people access porn and its possible harms. Strategies for dealing with unwanted exposure to porn are also discussed.
Students research and develop quiz questions about safer sex (websites provided). Teacher combines student's quiz questions to create a class quiz assessment.
Students complete a T/F pre-quiz on BBVs; use a video stimulus and websites (provided) to research BBV transmission/prevention. Findings reported via a choice of radio advert/instagram post/whole class display. | <urn:uuid:b7b40174-5cf6-4136-add6-5fa9faca5c09> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://gdhr.wa.gov.au/learning/learning-activities/-/categories/186394?p_r_p_resetCur=true&p_r_p_categoryId=186394 | 2022-10-07T05:30:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337971.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007045521-20221007075521-00700.warc.gz | en | 0.888285 | 272 |
Day two of the “no fructose” plan was a disaster. I ate TWO bowls (small ones, but still) of chocolate-coated candied orange peel (made by me), and had half a teaspoon of honey in my coffee. The result? Exhaustion, sore joints, headache, grumpiness, fatigue and skin lesions. *Sigh*. I am so addicted to the sweet stuff that I’m actually considering getting a strong course of antifungals from a GP and not changing my gluttonous ways. I miss bananas most of all, although cocoa with honey is right up there, too.
Surely I can go more than two days without sweetness? Or maybe I really AM that bitter that I need all the help I can get!
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Last Saturday night/Sunday morning, BoB Mark Holloway completed his 4th World’s Toughest Mudder – a 24 hour extreme 5 mile obstacle course challenge in the Las Vegas desert where elite athletes aim to complete as many laps as they can in the 24 hours.
In 2011 Mark was injured in Afghanistan which gave him some permanent damage, he was lucky to recover relatively quickly which has enabled him to continue his military career. After receiving help from Help for Heroes he recognised that not all injured personnel were as lucky as him.
Mark trained relentlessly, in particular this year, the hours, weeks and months of pushing himself has been a salvation and helped him control the vicious circle of things that haunt and hinder him. After clocking up 60, 65 and 70 miles in previous years he decided nothing short of 80 miles would do – a gruelling 16 laps!
Chatting to Mark the night before the race he was worried the nerves would get the better of him and being in the shape of his life, he was ready to just get going. He duly did and at noon Las Vegas time set out on one of the most toughest 24 hours!
The first 6 hours were hard-hitting for him – stomach upset and cramping legs caused a lot of pain. The middle 12 hours he managed to get going proper, but then pulled his shoulder on two consecutive laps on the same obstacle! He thought about pulling out but somehow managed to modify how he tackled that obstacle and, as he said, “blasted through the laps”. Until the third to last where he developed severe hydration, was weak, disorientated and sick.
However from nowhere Mark showed a superhuman energy and determination to finish in style, developed a second wind and was able to complete another two laps, making 17 in total and crushing his goal to complete 85 miles!
- Mark finished 12th out of 1200
- 1st UK male
- 5th in his division (male age 30-34)
Many many congratulations to Mark on a superhuman achievement. Yesterday he said he had enjoyed a long awaited beer and could not move without making a groaning noise, but is now on his way home ready to be back at work Wednesday! We are yet to hear if he is going to go for a 5th WTM!
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Last night we had a chocolate fondue fountain party and the boys loved it!! We had strawberries, bannanas, graham crackers, and oreos for dipping.
Here is the crew that came to the benefit last night. They were awesome and they had an awesome time!
For this party there was some certian criteria that the students had to meet. They had to pass their week, they had to write at least 3 letters home this week, and they had to have helped out a fellow student in some aspect of their program. All of these boys stepped up to the challenge!! We are so proud of these guys and hope to see everyone on Stone Ridge here next time!! Way To Go Guys!! | <urn:uuid:94d9dc08-171f-4b18-a9c2-b1c2a5722321> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://stoneridge.diamondranchacademy.com/2010/04/chocolate.html | 2018-07-21T07:41:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592420.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721071046-20180721091046-00013.warc.gz | en | 0.993913 | 145 |
The ISTQB Advanced Security course is for Technical Testers, Security Testers, Security Co-ordinators and Managers, plus testers and test managers who are serious about including security aspects into their test plans or who want to specialise.
With the ever-increasing numbers of security breaches, both human and machine-based, significantly more understanding is required from testers to ensure that the proper quality assurance measures are in place for assuring the security of IT systems.
This intensive four-day course contains lectures, exercises and practical work to describe and illustrate best practices in security testing.
- A Certificate at ISTQB Foundation level must have been awarded for candidates to sit this course
- It is recommended that candidates have at least three-years testing experience before attempting the course and exam.
To qualify as an internationally-recognized Certified Advanced Level Security Tester and be issued with an ISTQB® Advanced Level Certificate, delegates must successfully pass the exam administered by the relevant National Board or Examination Provider.
The 2-hour exam contains 45 questions, of which 60% must be answered correctly for a pass to and certificate to be awarded.
If English is not your first language, please advise us so that we can apply for an additional 30-minutes of exam time for you.
A comprehensive course manual is provided.
Holders of the Certified Tester Advanced Level qualification are eligible to continue onto any other ISTQB course at Advanced level and/or progress to becoming an ISTQB accredited Expert Level Tester.
ISTQB Advanced Security Tester (a four-day course)
The Basis of Security Testing
- Security Risks
- Information Security Policies and Procedures
- Security Auditing and Its Role in Security Testing
Security Testing Purposes, Goals and Strategies
- The Purpose of Security Testing
- The Organizational Context
- Security Testing Objectives
- The Scope and Coverage of Security Testing Objectives
Security Testing Approaches
- Improving the Security Testing Practices
- ISTQB Advanced Security Tester Certification Course
Security Testing Processes
- Security Test Process Definition
- Security Test Planning
- Security Test Design
- Security Test Execution
- Security Test Evaluation
- Security Test Maintenance
Security Testing Throughout the Software Lifecycle
- Role of Security Testing in a Software Lifecycle
- The Role of Security Testing in Requirements
- The Role of Security Testing in Design
- The Role of Security Testing in Implementation Activities
- The Role of Security Testing in System and Acceptance Test Activities
- The Role of Security Testing in Maintenance.
Testing Security Mechanisms
- System Hardening
- Authentication and Authorization
- Firewalls and Network Zones
- Intrusion Detection
- Malware Scanning
- Data Obfuscation
Human Factors in Security Testing
- Understanding the Attackers
- Social Engineering
- Security Awareness
Security Test Evaluation and Reporting
- Security Test Evaluation
- Security Test Reporting
Security Testing Tools
- Types and Purposes of Security Testing Tools
- Tool Selection
Standards and Industry Trends
- Understanding Security Testing Standards
- Applying Security Standards
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Spedra is a new treatment containing the active ingredient Avanafil which is a phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor. It works by relaxing the blood vessels improving blood flow towards and within the penis, allowing an erection to occur upon sexual stimulation.
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Erectile dysfunction is an umbrella term for when a man has difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection. While it's common for men to occasionally have minor erectile trouble, frequent problems with erections could indicate an underlying health condition.
Men over the age of 40 are more susceptible to erectile dysfunction, but the condition can affect men at any point in their life.
Erectile dysfunction can be caused by a physiological or psychological condition. Even if the condition is not caused by a psychological condition, it can cause a man mental distress.
Causes of erectile problems can include:
Spedra's active ingredient, Avanafil, is a phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor.
During sexual arousal, tissues within the penis release a chemical called cyclic guanosine mono-phosphate (cGMP) which causes vasodilation (dilation of the blood vessels), increasing blood flow to the corpora cavernosa - a pair of cylindrical chambers which fill with blood, producing an erection.
PDE5 inhibitors, such as Spedra, prevent the enzyme (phosphodiesterase) from breaking down the cGMP. This results in blood vessels being dilated for longer, resulting in a longer lasting erection.
Spedra is not an aphrodisiac and does not increase your sexual desire. In order for spedra to work, you must already be sexually aroused.
Spedra is clinically proven to work within 20 minutes and can last for up to 4 hours.
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I’ve been using, and embracing, technology in the ESL classroom for a few years now. Working with Level 2 learners in a course partnered with a workplace experience, it was a natural fit. I had a SMART Board from day 1, access to a computer lab, and training and support provided by LearnIT2Teach to set up a Learning Management System using a Moodle platform. I also had free and dependable Wi-Fi in the classroom. I have to admit, I had been getting spoiled.
Some of my colleagues had joked with me about what I would do if I were to be stripped of the technology that I used every day, or if my location were to change, say, to a church basement or similar. Then one day last November, it happened. New location. No SMART Board. No Wi-Fi.
After a wee bit of panic, I realized that the tech isn’t mandatory. It’s a tool. It’s like having a blackboard – you can just create far more lively pictures with a SMART Board. Also, when I first started teaching overseas, there were no computers available, and no access to the Internet. It would just take a little re-organizing.
After a few weeks, I realized that there was a media cart of which none of my colleagues were taking advantage. I now use the media cart, projected onto a large screen, with some interactive software. There is no SMART Board in the room, of course, but my learners can still walk up to the screen and touch it while I manipulate the mouse and follow their movements. The learners like to explore the technology in this way and look forward to any of the interactive ESL games that are widely available on the Internet. The learners, by the way, are Literacy level. We don’t have access to a computer lab, but if we did, I would still open up a Level 1 course with LearnIT2Teach.
I know that as long as I have a computer, and a projector, I will bring technology into the classroom. Becoming digitally literate is a skill that learners crave. Many do not have access to computers in their homes, so having access in the classroom brings the digital world into their lives. Together we have explored how to use a search engine, how to find community information online, and how to be safe on the World Wide Web. Those that do have computers often have children using them, so this is a topic that they have paid close attention to.
I guess, then, the verdict is that I failed the no-tech challenge. Perhaps “failed” is not the right word. Let’s just say I re-imagined how to use technology in a classroom with limited resources.
In a world where digital literacy is not just required in the workplace, it is expected, I think every effort needs to be made to introduce technology and use it with our learners so that they become familiar with it and more confident in their abilities.
Comment here as to whether you agree or disagree.
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03/19 Links: 3 Israelis said killed, at least 11 others hurt in Istanbul bombing; Tuvia does Germany
Turkish officials said three Israelis were among the five people killed in a suicide bombing that rocked a main pedestrian thoroughfare in the heart of Istanbul on Saturday. At least 11 Israelis were among the 36 injured in the explosion.
Turkish authorities identified another of the people killed as an Iranian national.
Turkish Deputy Health Minister Ahmet Baha Ogutken confirmed in a statement to the Daily Sabah newspaper that an Israeli woman was killed in the explosion.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that two Israelis had been killed and said it was possible there was a third Israeli fatality.
An official from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party was reportedly fired Saturday after saying she hoped Israeli tourists injured in Saturday’s deadly suicide bombing in downtown Istanbul had died.
Irem Atkas sent her ill-wishes over Twitter shortly after a bomb was detonated in central Istanbul, killing three Israelis and wounding 11 others, according to Turkish officials.
“I wish that the wounded Israeli tourists were dead,” Irem Aktas, a board member in the women’s branch of the party in the Istanbul neighborhood of Eyup tweeted shortly after the attack. Her account was removed from social media site not long thereafter.
Aktas was reportedly dismissed from her duties immediately afterwards.
When he talked to Germans, “I found out that eight out of 10 Germans hold anti-Semitic views,” he said. “By anti-Semitic, I mean that most of them, if you ask them if they are, would scream ‘Not me!’ but if you ask them they tell you that Jews control world politics, all the money, and the stock exchanges and the banks. I ask them stupid questions.
“I go to Wannsee, where they decided to kill the Jews.” Tuvia’s talking about the Berlin suburb where Nazi officials, meeting in January 1942, decided to commit genocide. “Right cross the street from it there is a hotel and restaurant. It is packed. They do weddings there, and you have to reserve well ahead of time. I ask the owner stupid but honest questions about how it works, how do young German girls say to their young German lovers, ‘Honey, let’s get married right next to where they decided to gas the Jews’?
“I ask childlike questions like that. That’s how you get people to talk.”
Germans are “obsessed with the Jews,” Tuvia continued. “Why do they know the names of Israel’s prime minster, defense minister, foreign minister? When you ask about German ministers they have no idea. Why do they know about everything that’s going on in Israel? When I ask them what about Chechnya” — which after all is far closer to them than Israel — “they can’t answer.”
Germany is building “a beautiful Jewish center,” he continued. “But when you go to the synagogues, there is nobody there, except maybe tourists. Germany is rebranding themselves as being Jewish. Germany is actively engaged in covering up its soul. But are Germans nice to the Jews? F••• no.”
Alas, she a married a terrorist.
Hanan Al-Hroub was born and raised in the alleys of Dheisheh refugee camp and has experienced first-hand the suffering of its people. The camp is close to the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, where she went to school. She married a Palestinian freedom fighter, Omar Al-Hroub, who took part in one of the most daring guerrilla operations in the occupied territories, the Dabboya operation, in Hebron in May 1980. When the guerrillas were being pursued in the mountains they attacked a group of settlers going from the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement to the Dabboya building near the Ibrahimi Mosque. Thirteen settlers were killed, including their military leader in Hebron, and dozens were injured. Months after the operation, the guerrillas were captured; Omar was imprisoned and spent many years in Israeli prisons before being released. It was then that he met and married his life partner who became the best teacher in the world.
Did the adjudicators of this prize do their due diligence?
Today is Sport Relief (brought to us by Comic Relief) with millions of people throughout the country raising money for charity. It is set to dominate the BBC TV tonight.
It is a tragic question but one has to ask how much of these funds are used properly?
Comic Relief makes grants to certain charities one of which is War On Want whom I have been writing about for many years now and, in particular, its executive director John Hilary.
John Hilary’s War On Want has been spending War On Want time and precious resources on targeting one specific country; Israel. You know, the country that also happens to be the only Jewish one.
A Palestinian assailant stabbed and lightly wounded a Border Police officer near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on Saturday morning.
Magen David Adom paramedics were treating the man, in his twenties, who was lightly injured with stab wounds to his upper body, and were evacuating him to hospital in Jerusalem.
An initial investigation of the attack showed that the suspect, a resident of Hebron, arrived at the Pharmacy Checkpoint at the entrance to Kiryat Arba, and when Border Police forces at the crossing asked him to identify himself he pulled out a knife and attacked one of the men with it.
The forces shot and killed the 17-year-old Palestinian suspect.
The commander of the Border Police forces at the checkpoint praised his unit’s reaction.
One of the most widely broadcast news stories associated with Israel this week was Real Madrid’s invitation of Ahmad Dawabshe – the 5-year-old Palestinian survivor of the 2015 Duma house fire-bombing (in January 2016 two Jewish Israelis, one of them a minor, were charged with three counts of murder and being an accessory to murder – the defendants deny all charges and Abu Yehuda has been tracking the many inconsistencies in the case).
It might seem mean to raise concerns about somebody committing a good deed – which this certainly is for the child – but there is serious baggage associated with this “act of kindness”.
The media have, as expected, used this as an opportunity to engage in an orgy of demonization of Israel and its “Jewish terrorists”. In doing so, the media have of course ignored both the incredible rarity of Jewish acts of terrorism and the incredible frequency of Muslim acts of terrorism specifically against the Jews of Israel. They also ignored the fact that, whereas Israelis were universally disgusted at even the possibility that Jews could have committed the fire-bombing, the Palestinian population in contrast rejoices every time Muslims slaughter Jewish civilians – including children – in cold blood.
On March 10th BBC News School Report celebrated its tenth annual News Day. Reports produced by schoolchildren in the UK and abroad with the help of the BBC appeared on television and radio throughout the day and it is reasonable to assume that the 30,000 pupils taking part in the project were among the audience.
One of those reports was produced by a school in Jerusalem and it opened with a portrayal of the ongoing wave of Palestinian terrorism against Israelis which did nothing to contribute to viewers’ understanding of the background to that issue.
“The holy city of Jerusalem. In recent months there has been a rise in tensions and violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
A daily reality of growing intolerance and mutual fear. Despite the divisions, some are trying to get along together.”
We have of course seen similar promotion of the notion of equivalence in reports from BBC journalists throughout the last six months – not least the frequent use of variations of the phrase “Israeli-Palestinian violence” to describe a surge in terror attacks against Israelis. We have also seen that the BBC has during the last half-year conscientiously avoided providing its audiences with any serious reporting on the subject of the incitement and glorification of terrorism from official Palestinian sources which underpins those attacks.
The revelation of his praise for Palestinians who chose “the jihad way” to liberation forced northern Virginia surgeon Esam Omeish to resign from a statewide immigration commission in 2007. But it hasn’t stopped him from enjoying red carpet treatment from Obama administration officials.
Omeish briefly drew national attention in 2007 when he was forced to resign from the Virginia immigration panel. The move resulted from Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) video showing him praising for Palestinians who chose the “jihad way” during a rally in 2000.
This was no slip of the tongue. At a different event two months earlier, Omeish congratulated Palestinians who gave “up their lives for the sake of Allah and for the sake of Al-Aqsa. They have spearheaded the effort to bring victory upon the believers in Filastin, insha’allah [God willing]. They are spearing the effort to free the land of Filastin, all of Palestine, for the Muslims and for all the believing people in Allah.”
Nonetheless, high-ranking Obama administration officials engaged with him despite this and his praise for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. They consulted with him on Libya and included him in other events aimed at engagement with the Muslim community and countering violent extremism.
Now, Omeish is hoping those contacts will help him persuade U.S. officials to change gears in Libya, shifting support from a secular political figure to one with links to al-Qaida. He spelled out those ambitions in a Feb. 29 letter addressed to President Obama posted on Omeish’s Facebook page.
After finally declaring that ISIS’s murder of thousands of Christians, Yazidis, and Shia Muslims constitutes genocide, the Obama administration is reportedly seriously considering officially recognizing that the Pope is Catholic.
“The genocide recognition wasn’t an easy decision to make. It took more than two years for us to conclusively determine whether ISIS’s killing of tens of thousands of these minorities was in fact systematic or whether it was a highly coincidental series of freak hunting accidents,” Secretary of State John Kerry told The Mideast Beast. “We’re going to be just as deliberate as we examine whether Pope Francis is, in fact, Catholic.”
Kerry noted that Pope Francis’s position as head of the Catholic church, his previous stint as a Catholic Cardinal, and his tendency to wear a large hat usually worn by Catholic leaders suggested that he was likely Catholic, but added that further investigation was needed.
“We don’t want to jump to any premature conclusions, like when we thought [Syrian President Bashar] Assad had used chemical weapons,” Kerry explained. “I hope Obama and his successor give this question the careful deliberation it deserves.”
President of the Arab American Institute James Zogby – Sanders’ other stated go-to source for foreign policy advice – is notoriously anti-Israel. He refers to the “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) movement as a “legitimate and moral response to Israeli policy.”
In the past, Zogby has attempted to rationalize Palestinian terrorism against Israelis, saying that he was trying to understand “why the perpetrators [of terrorist acts] acted as they did or why there are people whose anger and despair bring them to support this or that crime.”
Zogby, who is of Lebanese descent, has described Hezbollah terrorists as “the Lebanese armed resistance.”
Also last month, Politico reported that Sanders has been advised for his presidential run by Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired U.S. Army colonel who served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell and later became a staunch opponent of the war in Iraq. Wilkerson previously espoused the conspiracy theory that Israel may have carried out chemical attacks in Syria as a false-flag operation against the Assad regime.
A pamphlet distributed at an official side panel of the UN “Human Rights” Council session on March 17, 2016 contained the following:
“Let us bolster our connection with the blessed al-Aqsa mosque and leave it not alone for the plots of the Israeli settlers that are constantly attempting to storm and desecrate our mosque…”
The pamphlet distributed at an official side panel of the UN “Human RIghts” Council session on March 17, 2016 contained the following:
“The Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Committee, or, HRC, was founded in 1996 in line with the Palestinian Authority’s aspiration … (iii) to save the Old City from the greed of Jewish settlers.”
The following material was distributed at an official side panel of the UN “Human Rights” Council session on March 17, 2016: a CD titled “Hebron’s Old City: Ethnic Cleansing via Systematic Oppression”
After the main Syrian Kurdish group officially declared areas under its control in northern Syria a federalized autonomous region this week, the Syrian regime and opposition, as well as Turkey, immediately rejected the declaration.
The group was also not given a seat at the table of peace negotiations taking place in Geneva.
Despite not being recognized, the Syrian Kurds have fully governed their region for two years. Their governance has been overwhelmingly democratic, egalitarian and secular in a region where totalitarian and Islamist ideologies prevail.
The only other areas in the Middle East that can be characterized in this way are the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq — where minorities are well-protected under new laws — and Israel.
Former German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, the first openly gay leader of a mainstream political party, has died from blood cancer at the age of 54, his foundation said on its website on Friday.
MK Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu), who served as foreign minister between 2009 and 2013, eulogized Westerwelle, praising him for his friendship and sympathy with Israel.
“Westerwelle was a true friend of Israel, and I had the privilege of working with him,” Liberman said. “Together, we worked to strengthen and develop ties between Israel and Germany.”
Westerwelle was leader of the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) from 2001 until 2011 and foreign minister during Chancellor Angela Merkel’s second term from 2009 until 2013.
His foundation announced in mid-2014 that he had been diagnosed with acute leukemia. He last appeared in public in November, presenting a book on his battle with blood cancer called Between Two Lives.
Still think Israel is a racist, apartheid state? You wouldn’t know it to listen to these young Muslim and Christian Arab girls, who are joining the Israeli army in ever greater numbers.
Young Muslim girls are joining the fight, on Israel’s side! These courageous young women have a unique and important story to tell, and together with a growing number of Christian Arab girls, they are breaking new ground joining ranks with the Israeli army.
When Private ‘A’, one of the Muslim girls now serving in the IDF decided to enlist, her parents refused to support her. She had to leave home and received support from the army as a lone soldier.
“I need to support myself,” she says, “and it’s really difficult, even with the help I get from the army. It is rare for a Muslim girl to join the army, because our families will not accept it. Even so, I would still recommend others to enlist. It is a great, life-changing experience.”
Private ‘G’, a devout Muslim, grew up in a Jewish neighborhood. She decided to enlist after she saw all of her neighbors going to serve.
The radical leftist organization Breaking the Silence responded to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement Thursday night, according to which they will be investigated after having “crossed another red line.”
Netanyahu’s announcement was sparked by a Channel 2 investigative report, which revealed that members of the organization apparently tried to gather classified intelligence about sensitive IDF operations along the Gaza border with Hamas.
In response the radical group said in a statement that “the Prime Minister who turns the security services of Israel into a political tool – that’s the true and dangerous crossing of a red line, and that needs to be investigated.”
“The attempt by Prime Minister Netanyahu to close the organization and harm soldiers and warriors who oppose the occupation needs to worry all those who are concerned about the future of the state of Israel,” continued the group, saying it has nothing to hide from an investigation.
The question now for France is whether Hollande’s efforts to reimpose French law are any more successful than the efforts of Sarkozy, and whether they are a spasm or a mission. You could argue that Hollande now at least has events behind him. But in the past there have been quite a number of occasions, although not as bloody as this one, when individual cases have broken the surface and temporarily shocked France from its sleep-walk into dissolution and civil war: the stoning to death of a young Muslim woman in Marseilles in 2004; the torture and murder of a young Jewish man by a Muslim gang in the Parisian suburb of Bagneux in 2006; the murders of pupils at a Jewish school in Toulouse in 2012. Each time the Republic rallies, but the country’s pulling apart continues.
It is easy for outsiders to point to holes in France’s post-war immigration strategy or the failure of its model of integration. And it is true that France has done immigration and integration badly. But who has not? Yes, travelling on public transport in France you notice lines and routes on which everyone is black and others where nobody is. But there are similar phenomena now across Scandinavia, central and southern Europe.
Nor can we be complacent in Britain. It was appropriate for the Prime Minister to leap to Birmingham’s defence when Fox broadcast their piece in January. But Birmingham is in fact a striking example of our own problem. The city remains one of the biggest producers of domestic terrorists and Isis fighters in Britain. Perhaps most striking is the fact that nine tenths of Birmingham’s convicted terrorists come from areas where the Muslim population is between 25 and 50 per cent (the latter figure being more than ten times the national average). Likewise, before anyone notices the centrality of ‘Sharia 4 Belgium’ to the continent’s jihad, it is worth noting that the group’s launch was enabled by Muslim extremists from Britain.
Riot police were called in to disperse the crowds who gathered in the Brussels suburb after missiles were thrown at the Belgian authorities.
Tensions were sparked after young people from the troubled area started declaring their support for their “hero” Abdeslam, according to a witness.
An eyewitness posted on Twitter: “Great tension in Molenbeek with young people from the area praising their ‘hero’ Salah Abdeslam.”
Police officers were targeted by locals, many of which were young people, who threw objects including bottles, according Belgian newspaper La Libre.
Video footage of the incident shows large crowds in the road where the dramatic terror raid took place, with shouts heard before objects are thrown at officers.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a measure prohibiting state and local agencies from contracting entities that boycott Israel, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
The bill requires that all companies doing business with the state certify that they are not boycotting Israel. The state treasurer and pension funds are also required to divest public holdings from such companies.
The legislation passed Arizona’s House of Representatives by a margin of 42-16 and its Senate by 23-6.
“Boycotts and related tactics have become a tool of economic warfare that threaten the sovereignty and security of key allies and trade partners of the United States,” explained State Representative David Gowan, who sponsored the bill. “The state of Israel is the most prominent target of such boycott activity [and] companies that refuse to deal with the United States’ trade partners such as Israel … make discriminatory decisions on the basis of national origin that impair those companies’ commercial soundness.”
IsraellyCool: BDSFail Central – 2016 Upcoming Concerts In Israel
The concert announcements are big this year in Israel and every time a new one is made, Roger Waters gets a hernia.
The following is a quick summary of international artists that have either confirmed a concert date or announced their intent to play in Israel:
I will be updating this list when new shows are announced, so keep checking!
The secretary’s remarks came shortly after an Iranian general boasted that the Islamic Republic retrieved over 13,000 pages of intelligence from the sailors’ computers, GPS devices, and maps. The Washington Post characterized the latest revelation as yet another instance of Iran “[exploiting] the incident for propaganda purposes” and “angering American officials.”
Other incidents cited by the Post included broadcasting images of the sailors kneeling at gunpoint, of one sailor crying, of a drone flying near a U.S. aircraft carrier on the day of the capture, and of a video apology from one of the sailors, as well as the awarding of medals to the Iranian officers involved in the seizure.
Shortly after the incident, Sen. John McCain (R – Ariz.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, raised the possibility that Iran violated international law by detaining the naval boats and their crews.
Iran is reportedly planning to build a statue of 10 US sailors it briefly detained in its territorial waters in January.
The head of naval forces in the country’s Revolutionary Guards said the monument would be a “tourist attraction,” Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
According to the report, the statue will be erected on Kharg, a small Iranian island in the Persian Gulf close to the site of the arrests.
The sailors, nine men and one woman, were detained in January after they drifted into Iranian waters off Farsi Island, an outpost in the middle of the Persian Gulf that has been used as a base for Revolutionary Guards speedboats since the 1980s.
“There are very many photographs of the major incident of arresting US Marines in the Persian Gulf in the media and we intend to build a symbol out of them inside one of our naval monuments,” Commander Ali Fadavi told the Iranian Defense Press news agency, the Telegraph said.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s interview in The Atlantic magazine earlier this month has sent shockwaves across Saudi social media.
In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published last week, Obama raised questions about Riyadh’s links to terrorist groups that have destabilized the Middle East.
Saudi twitterati were indignant at what they saw as the President’s betrayal of his country’s longstanding ally.
“Obama talked like a little man… reflecting Washington’s poor contribution to global security,” tweeted Salah.
Tensions are boiling over in the Western Sahara, a region Morocco has occupied since 1976, and local Sahrawi groups warn that if the UN pulls out its troops from the region in a concession to the Moroccan government, war will likely follow.
Morocco has occupied the region since it was handed to its troops by Spain, when Madrid ended its colony there. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) holds a government-in-exile in Algeria, arguing for its rights to rule over the region, and the Algerian-backed Polisario Front has been fighting for independence in the disputed territory.
If the UN ends its peacekeeping mission in the vast and mineral-rich Western Sahara that would be “the shortest way to the resumption of war,” warned Polisario Front’s UN representative Ahmed Boukhari, as reported by Associated Press on Friday.
“If there is no mission, there is a vacuum and an invitation to war,” he warned, calling on the UN Security Council to maintain the UN presence in the region.
Greece’s interior minister on Friday likened the grim camp holding thousands of refugees on the border with Macedonia to the Nazi concentration camp Dachau.
His comments came as EU leaders were meeting in Brussels to try to reach a deal with Turkey on the migration crisis.
“I do not hesitate to say that this is a modern-day Dachau, a result of the logic of closed borders,” Panagiotis Kouroumblis said in televised remarks from the squalid Idomeni camp.
“Whoever comes here takes several blows to the stomach,” he told reporters, pledging to boost policing and medical supervision in the area.
The Anne Frank foundation on Friday criticized an “escape room” game made to look like the small Amsterdam apartment where the teenage Jewish diarist hid with her family from the Netherlands’ Nazi occupiers during World War II.
According to its website, the recently opened Escape Bunker in the town of Valkenswaard, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Amsterdam, has a room styled to look like the apartment. As part of the game, visitors are locked in and have to escape within an hour using teamwork, creativity and “out-of-the-box” thinking.
The Anne Frank foundation, which manages the museum in the canal-side house that includes the Frank family’s hidden apartment, said the apartment was one of the places where the Holocaust, or Shoah, played out and said, “It shows very little empathy for survivors of the Shoah to use the annex as a backdrop for an escape room.”
A kosher butcher shop in Copenhagen was vandalized for the second time in a year.
The attack on the shop in the Danish capital occurred Wednesday night and was discovered early Thursday, the news website BT reported, based on a statement by the local police force.
At around 3:40 a.m., a patrol car reported that a brick had been thrown through the shop display window.
The previous attack, in April 2015, involved the scrawling of the words: “Jew pig” on the window.
But a police spokesperson told BT, “There’s nothing that points in a direction” of a hate crime in the investigation of the more recent attack.
On the surface, the relationship between Israel and the United Kingdom appears to be rife with politics. Artists have said that they will not appear in Israel, while teachers and academics have called for boycotting Israeli conferences. Even the renown physicist Stephen Hawking has said he wants nothing to do with Israel.
In the tech world, though, Israelis and Britons get along famously. Geoff Iddison, a top executive at MasterCard and a UK national himself, said that at his company, the issue of politics “has never come up. There has never been a question in our company about working with Israel, certainly not because of such matters,” said Iddison, executive vice president for M&A and Investments at MasterCard Europe. “For us, it’s all about the innovation we find in Israel.”
Iddison was in Israel to meet financial technology start-ups, as part of a new MasterCard program called TechTrek.
“Israeli innovation is a byword in our industry, and the skill set of Israelis for financial technology is extremely strong. We are used to seeing good ideas come out of the Israeli start-up community and we would like to establish stronger and more meaningful ties within this network of innovative companies,” Iddison said. Politics, he insisted, was not on the agenda of MasterCard, and other businesses that are serious about innovation and growth.
IsraellyCool: MUST WATCH: Straight Talking Golda Meir
Yesterday was the 47th anniversary of Golda Meir becoming Israeli Prime Minister after Levi Eshkol’s sudden death in February 1969.
Here is an interview with her from 1970. Watching this, I can’t help thinking
– What a woman
– What a leader
– I forgot she had such an “American” accent
– The more things change, the more they stay the same
The whole thing is fascinating as Golda navigates through a hostile interview. There are many highlights but pay special attention at around 18:05, when the hostile interviewer admits something. As well as what Golda says from 19:00 about palestinians.
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From Holme Moss to Côte de Buttertubs, county famous for its love of cricket has entered into the Tour de France spirit, writes John Westerby
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Antievolution bill dies in Missouri
When the legislative session of the Missouri House of Representatives ended on May 13, 2005, House Bill 35 died in the Education Committee. HB 35 provided that:
All biology textbooks sold to the public schools of the state of Missouri shall have one or more chapters containing a critical analysis of origins. The chapters shall convey the distinction between data and testable theories of science and philosophical claims that are made in the name of science. Where topics are taught that may generate controversy, such as biological evolution, the curriculum should help students to understand the full range of scientific views that exist, why such topics may generate controversy, and how scientific discoveries can profoundly affect society.The second and third sentences, of course, are modelled after the so-called Santorum language, present only in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference for the No Child Left Behind Act and not in the act itself. The sponsor of the bill, Cynthia Davis (R-O'Fallon), was a cosponsor of both of the previous legislative session's "intelligent design" bills in the Missouri House of Representatives, HB 911 and HB 1722.
On May 4, 2005, the House Education Committee alloted ninety minutes of hearings to HB 35, although it was so late then in the legislative session that there was no realistic possibility that the bill would proceed further. During the hearings, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "All but one person who testified in favor of the bill were members of two families, both of which home school their children." Testifying against it were Bob Boldt, Jan Weaver of the University of Missouri, Columbia, and Becky Lutherland, representing the Science Teachers of Missouri. Undaunted, Cynthia Davis told the Post-Dispatch that "she hopes that by getting a hearing, she at least introduces a concept that might catch on in next year's session." | <urn:uuid:cd1b44fa-b100-4bf8-a701-bdf9d19aedb3> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://ncse.com/news/2005/05/antievolution-bill-dies-missouri-00650 | 2015-11-30T16:51:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398462686.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205422-00186-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954309 | 389 |
Study is good first step on annulment law
New Hampshire has taken the first step to improve its archaic criminal annulment laws.
The laws, as they exist now, are being used increasingly to erase criminal convictions from court records, and are forcing the state's courts, prosecutors and media outlets to withhold important information from the public.
On July 13, Gov. John Lynch signed a law creating a committee to study the state's annulment laws and recommend improvements. The creation of the study committee had the full support of the state's newspapers, broadcasters, courts and the attorney general's office, who all testified in favor of the bill as it made its way through the House and Senate. These groups now must ensure the study committee does a thorough and thoughtful review and makes recommendations that balance citizens' right to know with society's desire to forgive one-time minor crimes.
We were pleasantly surprised to report that David Lovejoy, the man whose criminal complaint against former Rockingham County Sheriff Dan Linehan brought the flawed law into the spotlight, agrees the law should be studied.
Sheriff Linehan was forced to resign by the state attorney general's office after he admitted leaking information about his opponent Lovejoy's annulled domestic violence conviction, which, under current law, could be a criminal misdemeanor.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Do You Still Seek Justice?
From The New Yorker last week
In a world of one color
the sound of wind.
Mountain after mountain without a bird,
a thousand paths without a footprint,
a simple boat, a cloak of bamboo,
an old man fishing in the falling snow.
Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?
In February Nation Magazine started up a discussion message board, which attracted me and a whole bunch of other lefties, some pretty well-known. http://nationdiscussion.ning.com/ At first interaction was vigorous and exciting. My first comment attracted disagreement from none other than Katha Pollitt. I thought it all was going to be different. But eventually my Internet habits took over, and I grew as weary of endless, wandering threads there as I do at other sites. I stopped clicking in.
Last week a message came from the moderator reporting only 5 people were posting. He wanted to know why no one was bothering with it anymore. He also started sending messages about what topics were getting posted, and eventually some of us have come back in. But it got me to thinking. Everywhere in the States there seems to be some kind of lethargy setting in---or something.
People I know have the same concerns they did before the US presidential election...and some have decided Obama's had enough time now to communicate the directions his administration is taking. Supporters who gave his campaign lots of time and money came to believe he really meant his message of Change. Where is that grassroots spirit now that brought the man into office? Are we disillusioned? What are our real feelings? Are we just too tired to bother? Did we pay our money, and now we want the show? What is going on in America? I'm not alone in wondering. The columns this weekend were brimming over with such questions.
But before I start siting where I think some of the best ones are, let me share with you an email I received just a couple of hours ago. It's from someone who is very much awake and still on the front lines. Here's a report from Elisa Young on the world premiere in Charleston of the new documentary Coal Country. As you may know, the film was made by Mari-Lynn Evans who also created the recent 3-part Appalachia series that showed on PBS~~~
"The premier was kind of a bipolar experiencing - extremely good things jaggedly contrasted against extremely hard things.
"I don't know how MariLynn dealt with everything that happened from Wednesday to Saturday. I think you know the Labelle cancelled. Then the hotel we were in canceled our rooms!! Then they scheduled to show the film at the cultural center in the state capitol complex. The next e-mail I got after that was that the coal industry was calling in so many threats to the cultural center that there would be police in riot gear!!
"I got there about a half an hour into the reception because the rain was so heavy we could barely see to drive down 77. Once we got there, saw lots people I've worked with over the years but have not had time to stay in touch. It felt like a reunion. Larry Gibson, Maria Lambert, Chuck Nelson, Maria Gunnoe, Judy Bonds, Matt Noerpel, Terri Blanton, on and on. Many of the students who have been actively involved turned out. I met some people fighting coal that I'd heard of or corresponded with, but had never met face to face. Me and Kathy Selvage ended up sitting together - had not met before - she is fighting MTR (mountaintop removal) and the Wise power plant in Virginia.
"Matt Peters and Corey Frost (a young man I met at Power Shift who decided to move here and work on a farm) made the trek down from Athens. Amanda Comstock who is fighting coal in Dover Ohio (AMP contracts coal mining and prep plant) caught up with us at the Blue Grass Cafe where people were visiting afterwards.
"People said there'd been some arguments/fights before I got there - miners getting mouthy and trying to start fights. State police were present - Riot gear wasn't.
"Most of the miners and coal industry people were up in the balcony during the screening, and they kept getting really loud, hurling insults, jeers, at times could not hear the movie, but I was proud of the people in our camp - they did not respond by telling them to shut up or throwing insults back over the fence, sat there respectfully. If we had responded in kind to them, it could have gotten really ugly.
"Overall I think MariLynn tried her best to tell both sides of the story, which was difficult because not many from the coal industry were willing to talk with her or go on record....
"The way I see it unless we successfully stop the industries that are fueling the demand for coal, MTR and all the other methods of coal mining will continue. Most of the underground mining in WV is mined out, the coal that's left is in the mountains and for the most part unminable by other means. As long as there is a demand for coal, the best we'll get for MTR-threatened communities is a temporary cease fire - like we just went through with Obama after all the promises he made..
"I think the greatest value of Coal Country is was done in a way that both sides of the story are told - pro-coalers can't dismiss it as propaganda - and it will to raise awareness about the injustice because people will actually see and hear it - hopefully to drive home that we need to invest, right now, in healthier ways of generating our electricity.
"The movie was great, concentrated mostly on MTR. When we were talking the next day, MariLynn told me that their family farm in WV that was lost to the coal industry years ago recently had the coal beneath it $680 million. They are getting ready to go after it.
"Here is one review written on coal country: http://climategroundzero.org/2009/07/coal-country-premieres-in-charleston-wva/ "
There are photos at that blog, and Elisa wrote the third comment. Another review, with a photo of the film crew interviewing Ms. Selvedge, is here~~~
Around these parts, coal is probably a bigger issue than elsewhere in the world...but people everywhere are getting the message that when you flick an electrical switch, you're involved with coal. The news also is out that oil, gas, and coal are deeply invested in the legislative battle over environmental change. (I notice we're using that phrase now, as more effectively descriptive than "global warming" or "climate change.") But what of that...and other issues?
Paul Krugman this morning describes an apparent lack of response in the nation to that of a frog in an increasingly heated bowl. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/opinion/13krugman.html?th&emc=th On Saturday Ralph Nader's column questioned elected Democrats' answers to the demands of their constituents~~~
"These lawmakers---Democrats all, who are the majority in Congress and who agree with these questioners---keep saying 'It's not going to happen' or 'It's not practical.'
"'It's just not practical' to provide a federal minimum wage equal to that in 1968, inflation adjusted, which would be $10 an hour.
"'It's not going to happen' to get comprehensive corporate reform at a time when a corporate crime wave and the Wall Street multi-trillion dollar collapse on Washington, on taxpayers and on the economy is tearing this country apart. A little regulatory tinkering is all citizens are told to expect.
"'It's just not practical' to give workers, consumers and taxpayers simple facilities for banding together in associations with their own voluntary dues to defend these interests in the corporate occupied territory known as Washington, D.C."
Then he lets loose~~~
One of Bill Moyers most critical concerns is the "select few" who seem to run our republic. On Saturdayas well, he and his main Journal partner, Michael Winship, discuss how things really get done in the nation's capitol~~~
And then there's the Bush administration, and what actions should follow what those people did to us. Here there seem to be stirrings, especially over the weekend after the news was divulged regarding Cheney. There are many reports on this today but here is one from Raw Story on Friday, about Cheney's "assassination ring"~~~
and another at Politico, where the story first broke about keeping information away from Congress. This update was yesterday~~~
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Boy howdy, the Stooges are influential! Shit, didn’t you know? Well now you do.
Actually, this tidbit is something we’re all supposed to know. You know, like
it’s one of those things you nod your head and abide to when you’re a big rock
and roll fan, even if you don’t like the group. “Oh yeah, that’s when Iggy Pop
was really radical,” you’re supposed to say. When he was writhing on stage and
cutting himself up with broken beer bottles and shooting smack and all that
crazy Detroit shit. And debuting at the tail end of the ‘60s with this garage
sound? Man, that was just unheard of! Which, maybe it was for a lot of people
who hadn’t noticed that another band called The Velvet Underground had been
around since ’67 (on vinyl, anyway) and doing it much better.
Anyhow, the dear folks at Rhino have seen fit to do up both the Stooges’ debut
and followup Fun House as deluxe two-disc sets as is all the rage anymore when remastering golden moldies. You get the original album on the first disc, and
then a bunch of outtakes and/or demos on the second. Needless to say what has
been in the musical closet should often remain there. I mean, hands up all those
people out there who actually sit through those DVDs with four hours of bonus
features and leftover footage. Exactly. I don’t need to see cutting room crap
for Mean Girls no matter how hot I think Lindsay Lohan is. Er, was.
And so it goes for both of these discs. Especially the debut album, where the
majority of the disc is repeated in the “Original John Cale Mix”. Tell me, o
Lord, why this mix wasn’t remastered as well? First thing you’ll notice on all
the tracks is the ungodly amount of hiss. The guitars are pushed farther back in
the mix as well, and all too soon the bonus disc of goodies is rendered
pointless. Besides, the Stooges’ first album really isn’t all that exciting.
Everything on the Nuggets box set completely smokes this crap, and one gets the
feeling that that kind of unknown garage rock is exactly what was influencing Iggy and Co. The most interesting thing on the debut (Hint: it ain’t “1969” or
‘I Wanna Be Your Dog”) is the long and boring “We Will Fall” that is everything
Jim Morrison ever wanted to be. Vaguely creepy with a semi-gothic chant in the
background and lyrics about sex in motel rooms, but without the drunken, idiotic
wannabe Rimbaud posing.
Something happened in between the debut and Fun House, however. Maybe it was the
heroin. Maybe it was the volume of the guitars. Who knows. History has marked it
as being better than the debut LP, and I can’t disagree here. Somewhere online
you can find a review of Fun House that I wrote a few years back where I’m
absolutely going gaga over it. OK, look, since then I woke up and realized that
only half the album is good. The original second side is pretty much a piece of
shit, with the shut down of “L.A. Blues” being even less interesting than Lou
Reed’s Metal Machine Music. Go figure. But the first three songs, “Down on the
Street,” “Loose,” and “T.V. Eye,” still resonate well enough that they’ll make
you feel tough inside and instigate some object smashing. So a few points for
The bonus disc for Fun House features some demos and various takes of a few of
the album’s songs, as well as the tune “Slide (Slidin’ The Blues)” and hilarious
single mixes of “Down on the Street” and “1970.” Rhino had already previously
exhausted this album for some unknown reason under their Handmade imprint and
the Fun House Sessions release. OK, it may have been a landmark album, but no
one in their right mind would want to sit through every single take of this
The remastering on both of these reissues is stellar and is a complete
improvement over the former CD versions. That still doesn’t mean you need to
plunk down for them again, unless you just gotta have those bonuses. For my
money, Raw Power is the best Stooges album anymore. At least on that one, they
were breaking away from the two-chord doldrums that flood the first two albums.
Again, Lou Reed and the Velvets did that whole thing better. Lou still does it
better, for that matter. Bottom line is these reissues would have been way
cooler had they just been done up as single album entities with zero bonuses. A
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Is magic gone from the world? Was it ever here? Read The Moonstone and you might just believe in magic again! Fans of strong women like those found in ‘The Mists of Avalon’ series will find themselves right at home.
Finna’s mother is dead. So why is this woman standing on her stoop claiming to be just that?
Catriona arrives bearing a gift—a luminous moonstone that holds the secrets to Finna’s heritage. What heritage?
Catriona insists that the two of them must journey to the castle of the Celtic moon goddess, Arianrhod. Moon goddess?
The story Catriona weaves is preposterous. A parallel reality, known as the ‘Otherworld’, exists next to this one. According to her, this place has no electricity, cars or any other modern conveniences. “The moonstone will show the way,”
Catriona intones cryptically. Newly pregnant Finna is naturally skeptical. Where has this woman been for the past eighteen years? And why would her father lie about her mother’s death?
All her instincts tell her to stay put during this critical time. But Catriona is uncannily persuasive, convincing her despite Finna’s misgivings.
What a trip through this alternate reality really means, and the secrets Catriona reveals about their family and the baby Finna carries, have Finna questioning everything she has ever known. With her life and that of her unborn child in jeopardy, Finna must find a way to survive.
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There may never be an answer as to why 32 year-old Anthony Nichols threatened to shoot outside an elementary school late Monday night when he didn't have a gun.
However, Nichols was eager to get police officers to respond to his threats. What started out as a normal 911 phone call turned out to be something else.
Dispatcher:"911 what's your emergency?"
Nichols: "Yeah this is Anthony Nichols."
Nichols: "I've got a gun and I'm going to shoot. I'm at Preston Smith Elementary."
Dispatcher: "Why are you going to do that?" Nichols: "Just bring them on."
However, 32-year-old Anthony Nichols didn't stop there.
Dispatcher: "911 what's your emergency?"
Nichols: "What the f*** is taking ya'll so long?
Dispatcher: "Sir, what is going on? What is making you do this?"
Nichols: "Ahh, that really doesn't matter."
It appears Nichols then hung up. That's when the dispatcher called him back.
Nichols: "This is bull****, ya'll are f***** ridiculous. I know ya'll f****** suck. This just takes the cake. I mean this is f******, this is the thesis to my argument. Ya'll are morons."
Dispatcher: "Where do you want to officers to meet you at sir?"
Dispatcher: "Where do you want to officers to meet you?"
Nichols: "Ya'll can't find me? I gave ya'll a specific elementary school, and you mother******* can't find me. That's ridiculous."
The dispatcher called Nichols a third time.
Dispatcher: "Yes sir, this is the police department again."
Just about the time Nichols hung up again, around 10:00 p.m., police arrived at 87th and Dover.
LPD Sgt. Jonathon Stewart said Nichols refused to drop the object he was holding, so police released a K-9 to take him down, which Nichols managed to evade.
"Officers repeatedly asked Mr. Nichols to drop the weapon and get on the ground," he said.
Police said he continued to ignore commands, then started to charge at officers. That's when officer Norris Roberson shot him.
Victoria Vigil watched the entire incident through her window. "After sitting in my room watching T.V. I heard two loud bangs," she said. "He was on the ground and they were trying to resuscitate him. They just kept pumping and pumping, but he wasn't do anything."
Nichols was taken to UMC where he later died.
There was no answer at Nichols' residences.
Nichols does have prior convictions, including assault on a public servant, two DWI's and aggravated assault.
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For a belated Mother’s Day outing, sis and I took our Momma to tea. We got dressed up and went downtown. Many of the hotels offer tea, but we went to The Langham, Boston because I just had an event there and they are lovely to work with. I was happy to give them our business.
After cosying around a coffee table in plush sofas and arm chairs, we each ordered the Tiffin selection. For tea, I had a pomegrante green tea. I liked the showiness of getting smell the samples.
We got our tea and the sandwiches. There was a smoked salmon on Boston brown bread, egg & chive salad on brioche, roast beef and farmer’s cheese on sourdough, and English cucumber and dill with cream cheese. My fav was the egg salad.
Next came the scones. Ohh the scones. This was the best scone I’ve ever had. Ever. There was clotted cream, strawberry jam, and lemon curd for the scones. I loved the mix of clotted cream and sweet jam. I could have just had the scones and tea. They were, hands down, the best part.
We ended it with dessert. I think some were lacking and not really my thing. The raspberry macaroon and a little chocolate crunch cake were both amazing. I didn’t care about the other two.
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Gender differences: bereavement, social support, and depression of assisted living elders
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Purpose: The older generation is often overlooked by society today. It is easy to forget about their quality of life. This study was important to find out how that population can best be served. Also, the “Baby-boomers” are getting to the age where they are to enter assisted living facilities. Because of this, even more of the society is to be affected by this topic. The purpose of the study is to understand the gender differences in regards to bereavement, social support, and depression in older adult assisted living residents. Methods: This research is a cross sectional survey study conducted by face-to-face interviews utilizing a quantitative method. Non-probability and purposive sampling methods were used to generate a total of 100 participants aged 65 and over living in assisted living facilities. Those interviewed were interviewed in March at six assisted living facilities in Wichita, Kansas. A structured survey questionnaire was used to measure the dependent variable, which were gender differences. The questionnaire included multiple scales to measure the independent variables, which were bereavement, social support and depression. Results: This study showed significant differences between gender for social support, depression, and bereavement of older adult assisted living residents. The study showed that women received more social support than men. Women were more likely to be depressed then men. Loss of a loved one will affect women more adversely then men. Overall the study showed that women were more affected by depression, bereavement and social support then men. Implications: The significance of this study is to help contribute to the improvement of the overall health of older adults in assisted living facilities. Assisted living facilities and caseworkers need to offer adequate counseling and therapist for the older adults to help them empower their overall wellbeing.
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Brunswick Stew - 2 Recipe - Cooking Index
|1||Chicken - cut up|
|1||Onion - quartered|
|2||Celery - diced|
|1/8 teaspoon||0.6ml||White pepper|
|1/4 teaspoon||1.3ml||Black pepper|
|10 oz||284g||Frozen small lima beans|
|16 oz||454g||Frozen white shoe-peg corn|
|1 lb||454g / 16oz||Canned tomatoes|
|3 lbs||1362g / 48oz||Potatoes - cubed (small)|
|1 tablespoon||15ml||Brown sugar|
|1/4 teaspoon||1.3ml||Marjoram - (dried)|
Place chicken in Dutch oven and add enough water to cover well. Add onion, celery, salt and pepper. Simmer until chicken comes off bones easily. Remove chicken to cool and add corn, butterbeans, tomatoes, potatoes, ketchup and vinegar; cook 2 hours or until tender. Remove chicken from bones and add to vegetables along with Worcestershire, Tabasco, and Marjoram.
Serves 6 - 8 NOTE: Vary amount of water for thick or soupy stew. Add a cup of chicken broth after first or second serving.
From Virginia Hospitality 15th edition, 1990.
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I almost lost consciousness as the walls of her pussy gently caressed my stiffened stalk inside of her; as she held me sensations of peace, adoration, and desire washed over me.
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With each parry of my flesh sword in her sodden sheath, I elicited moans of growing orgasmic tension from her. As I pierced her pussy repeatedly, she grabbed the sheets in her fists and groaned “oh my god . . . . fuck ….what are you doing to me?” I could see the pending orgasm filling her body, as she jerked in an attempt to thrust against me. But her mounting ecstasy had robbed her of coordination and control; she was now a receptacle for the steaming contents of my balls. The rapture that had control of me was now filling her, displacing any other feeling in her. All that she could feel was the burning pleasure of my penis rubbing the inside of her cunt. It was taking control of her. It started as a smoldering ember deep inside her pussy but now it was an incendiary blaze that consumed her entire body and her consciousness.
She began to push against me in an erratic staccato effort to grind her burning pussy against me; her vagina gripping my penis in a desperate attempt to milk my liquid from me. I continued to thrust into her, penetrate her and grind against her. There was desperation in my thrusts as well, a need to seize pleasure from her and give her pleasure at the same time.
As I knew her orgasm was imminent I held her face in my hands and softly said to her: “look at me, look into my eyes; I want to see your face as you cum”. With a look that displayed panic, fear, anguish, pure joy, bliss and confusion she looked into my eyes”. Her expression was so erotic it steeled my penis to the consistency of an iron rod. I continued to relentlessly penetrate her and thrust in and out of her as our eyes locked. Then I slowed and delicately teased her holding my cock in the honey coated silken folds of her pussy lips. I then resumed penetrating her and grinding against her pussy which was oozing her love nectar at this point.
Her eyes opened wide as the orgasm ignited her vagina and tore into her. She was being consumed by the sweet fire of orgasmic release. Her back arched and her body stiffened as the orgasm forced her vagina to convulse and spasm as agonizing rapture transported her to place that only a woman in surrender to orgasm can know.
She looked into my eyes in the confused anguish of orgasmic euphoria. As her pussy quivered and contracted the panic in her face transformed to a look of satisfied ecstasy as the orgasm filled her up. She shook, trembled and twisted as she sang the sweet song of feminine orgasm. The orgasm grabbed her pussy, it hardened her nipples and it forced her mouth open in a tortured grimace. The orgasm held her most sensitive female parts and was squeezing them hard, wringing absolute pleasure from them. She squealed as her anus contracted in wild counterpoint to each orgasmic convulsion that squeezed her vagina. At the same time the sweet lips of the orgasm were suckling her clit causing divine waves of rapture to surge into her brain.
It was more than I could resist. It was impossible to hold back any longer. As if I was a classical guitar, the fingers of her desire found the strings of my male guitar. Her desire began to pluck my strings in increasing cadence and intensity; I could feel the sweet tension building. The music I heard and felt inside me told me that orgasm was imminent. The pace of the vibrations that were reverberating throughout my body increased until there was no space between the blissful notes.
The sensation made me writhe in anguished need for relief. Then as the pleasure seemed to be teetering on that discreet threshold between agony and bliss, the fingers strummed a series of chords in me that set me off. The vibrations of my orgasmic instrument released the pleasure into me; my body filled with sensations that have no description. As I gasped my body reached its limits of how much pleasure I could hold.
Then in an agonizing millisecond my orgasm burst open and unleashed my torrent of liquid love. When it let go in that moment, the flood of my cum sought the sweet path of release into her; it flowed determinedly over her fingers with ferocity as if they were insignificant pebbles in a mountain stream. In a hot rush to its destiny, the liquid testimonial of my passion streamed from my cock slit. It poured from me and gushed deep into the wetted sheath that held my lurching – pumping cock in a series of hard convulsive spasms. The pleasure I felt was pervasive, it caused me to sing my own resonant song for her as my body stiffened in ecstasy. I emptied fully into her vagina, as her pussy greedily sucked its prize from me in the last spasms of her own bliss.
Her desire then released its hold on my cock having completed its task, collecting my semen. I collapsed onto her. She kissed me tenderly and whispered in my ear in a hot breath … thank you. I sighed and kissed her in return as my sloppy love softened penis popped out of her inflamed and sodden vagina. My creamy spendings drooled from her redddened pussy lips, just as wine drools from the mouth of a lush.
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1. Posted: Sat 23rd Mar 2013 01:50 GMT
Hi everyone, i'm hoping we can gather a nice group of Aussies here to play casually or hardcore online whichever you prefer. Post back with NNID so we can all catch up with each other.
The more the merrier! I'll check back here often.
Add friends via Miiverse "search users" function! That way both users won't needs to insert name.
Edited on Sat 23rd March, 2013 @ 01:56 by SneakyStyle
Australia. Looking for more MH3U online players!
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This guy from New Zealand has a curious way of playing the lottery. While some people join syndicates to increase their chances of winning, this Nelson lottery player plays the same numbers multiple times on the same draw hoping for a greater share of the prize should he win.
Interestingly, the man says the system works for him! In fact he has just posted a win of more than $100,000. A full dozen of his tickets, with exactly the same number combination, won a 2nd division prize. Each ticket won a $9481 prize netting him a total of $113,772.
He says he always picks his own combination from numbers most frequently drawn, and uses that combination for a month or two. After that he picks a new set of numbers.
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Tracy Tomlinson creates hand-crafted Cigar Box Guitars, Tin Banjos and other musical instruments from the turn of the century from his workshop in Campbell River, BC. He makes each one-of-a-kind instrument from recycled and repurposed materials with its own unique voice. Putting the fun back into creating the Old Time Instruments that were the furnaces where today’s music was forged into life! No store front, all work is done at home. See more at www.facebook.com/HardTimesMusicalInstrumentCompany. | <urn:uuid:db7d0758-e248-4210-8133-65e2a4853f2d> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://firesign.ca/hard-times-musical-instrumental-company/ | 2023-05-31T00:20:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646181.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530230622-20230531020622-00013.warc.gz | en | 0.956131 | 116 |
This FREE educational virtual lecture provides patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals with the latest information on screening, treatment, and prevention of colorectal cancer. The content of this virtual lecture was derived from a live, educational teleconference presented by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America on Thursday, March 1, 2007.
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There was a time when if you wanted something done affordably and efficiently you would outsource it to somebody else. Outsourcing is of course still common place in many areas of business. But crowdsourcing is quickly rising in popularity, and can replace virtually anything traditionally outsourced.
Crowdsourcing is most popularly used in a few categories:
Crowd Voting. Using the crowd to vote on which idea to go with or how to proceed with a project, including anything from the name of a product to which article appears on the front page of a website. (Crowd voting is integral on community driven sites like Reddit).
Crowd Competition. Just like the Aussie flag and Opera House, a crowd competition is used to find the best of the best, whether that be a product design or a trailer for a movie.
Crowd Collaboration. Using the collective intelligence of the crowd to outsource skills, ideas and problem solving. Startups commonly use crowdsourcing to fill the roles needed to develop the business or even brainstorm the initial idea.
Crowdfunding. Using the reach of the internet to generate funding for a project or cause, by accepting donations from individuals through platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. This is common for startups that have a seemingly popular and innovative idea but can’t secure funding in the traditional way. It is often future customers that pledge their money.
Women leading the charge
Data suggests it is women leading the charge in crowdsourcing, at least in terms of those doing crowdsourcing jobs. Over 60% of such workers are female.
What’s not a surprise is the tech savy millennial generation are the majority overall demographic. There are 70% of crowd workers falling in to the age group. Most crowd workers tend to already be employed and are using the opportunity to make extra cash as a side activity. Those that do it full time are likely already full time freelancers, using crowdsourcing platforms as another avenue to find work.
The big take away however is that it works. 92% of web based crowdsourced projects have been successful!
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Studio Dragon – The Top K-Drama Production Company
Studio Dragon is the top K-Drama Production Company in the world. The company was started back in 2016 as a spin-off of CJ ENM and a year later went public. Some of their most memorable Kdramas include Guardian: The Lonely And Great God, Love Alarm, It’s Okay Not To Be Okay, True Beauty, Crash Landing on You, Sweet Home, and Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha just to name a few. In fact, most of the great Korean dramas are coming out of Studio Dragon. If they are not producing the dramas, they are developing, distributing, or marketing them.
The Best Korean Drama Production Company – Studio Dragon
The reason why Studio Dragon is considered the best Korean Drama Production Company is that they have a massive network of K-drama writers, directors, and production companies that focus on dramas that have international appeal. This is why they have been aggressively expanding their influence in the global market through joint planning as well as production consulting with overseas partners. Studio Dragon manages over 100 directors and writers under its different subsidiaries and affiliates. In addition, they are constantly collaborating with external production companies to acquire titles for TV channels in South Korea such as tvN and OCN.
O’PEN – K-Drama Accelerator
O’PEN is a yearly scenario content launched by Studio Dragon to find the best new talent. The winning scenarios are made into 10 one-act dramas that air on TV. They also help the writers with planning and development, distribution, and matching the appropriate writers to directors. Think of O’PEN as a K-Drama accelerator for writers looking to break into the Korean drama industry.
Partnership with Netflix
Studio Dragon signed a production and distribution agreement with Netflix back in late 2019. The agreement will last from 2020 until 2023. During that time Studio Dragon will produce original series that Netflix will then distribute on its platform to the global audience. Netflix will also gain access to distribution rights to other Studio Dragon content that has already been produced.
Studio Dragon has also established a US office in early 2020. It has already started to collaborate with companies such as CAA (Creative Artists Agency), Skydance Media, and UCP (Universal Content Productions). Making Korean dramas in the US allows greater creative freedom. The reason is that in the US, writers/directors can push boundaries that they couldn’t in South Korea. Therefore look for more and more great K-dramas coming out of Studio Dragon in 2022!
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keimeno=• ID: 231191002-631 • Price : 700.000 € • > Hotel complex with a total area of 470 sq. m in Skala Prinou of Thassos. Its excellent location 50 metres from the beach and , at the same time, a kilometer from the ferry port of Skala prinos, where the connection of the island to the mainland makes it an extremely advantageous investment value of Thassos. Magnificent sea views, exquisite azure waters, endless greenery, which gives the pine forest and the sight of a sunset, visible from here only as a magnet attracts year after year a lot of tourists. Tastefully decorated rooms surrounded by lovely well-kept garden, free car Parking, a café bar and a restaurant with an area of 100 sq. m. - this is not a complete list of all the benefits. The plot on which the complex is built is 750 sq. m. | <urn:uuid:d8df0e56-da05-47fc-a2c3-617ba76c5e3a> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://ee24.com/greece/macedonia-and-thrace/kavala/offices/709634/ | 2017-04-24T23:01:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119995.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00087-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898983 | 193 |
It took six months of planning and a lot of hard work by our event committee (Melanie, Alexandra, Marcela, Nancy, Amelia and Alyssa-Marie) but last night we had our most successful fundraising event ever.
We had 350 guests at the beautiful new Scotiabank conference centre to hear and see Arlene Dickinson being interviewed by Tavia Grant. I had the opportunity to give a short summary of our indigenous digital education initiative, and we challenged people to become angel investors in this exciting new program.
It was really wonderful to chat with our guests (over awesome food and wine) while photos from our communities in Peru scrolled in the background on the huge LCD screen. It’s hard to connect the two solitudes of a classy urban social function and a circle of kids playing in the grass in Huadhua Peru but somehow, last night, it worked.
We raised $50,000 and shared our story with 350 people who didn’t know Alma before last night. And it was a lot of fun.
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Patkau Architects is known for creating innovative, sculptural buildings that result from a search for the “found potential”: aspects of site, culture, materials, and environment that facilitate architecture evocative of circumstance.
Since 1978, Patkau has been recognized with over 80 national and international awards. Defined by sharp, angular intersections, rolling curves and warm wood aesthetics, their innovative portfolio includes private residences, cultural institutions, landscape interventions, and major urban buildings. Patkau Architects’ commitment to innovation is demonstrated through ongoing architectural research, including three published books and numerous articles. Their most recent publication, Material Operations, is available through the Princeton Architectural Press.
Wood’s flexibility allows us to design, model, and construct complex geometric forms with a great degree of precision.
From the studio: “Our decision to build with wood is primarily a response to the unique circumstances identified in each project. In many scenarios, it is the most cost effective option. Opportunities for prefabrication have a profound effect on construction speed, which passes savings on to our clients. The wide familiarity of wood and wood construction also helps to create jobs and reduce the reliance on specialized trades needed during construction. Wood’s low thermal conductivity and efficiency as an insulator helps us to design environmentally responsible buildings that cost less to operate and improve the comfort of occupants in the buildings. Above all, Patkau strives to create buildings that create a unique sense of place.”
This snow country house is located on a northwest slope overlooking a panoramic view of Whistler valley in southwest British Columbia. Construction is a hybrid of framed systems. Concrete slabs and walls enclose the lower floor while the upper levels are comprised of composite steel and a heavy timber structure with wood-frame infill. The entire structure is sheathed with a monolithic screen of open-spaced ipe boards over conventional roof and wall assemblies. Softwood fir or hemlock were used for framing, and glulam for the pole beams.
This library is inspired by a ravine hidden within dense foliage at the edge of its suburban site. A continuous folded wood roof runs the length of the library, its three peaks corresponding to the three program zones within. Upper and lower planes of the roof are optimized for daylight, acoustics, structure and technical services, striking an irregular profile at each end of the building.
Structural glue-laminated timber panels provide a quick and efficient way to frame the shape of the roof. The 132 feet (9.76 meters) panels span multiple bays, and with plywood, form an effective structural diaphragm. The insulating properties of wood also prevent thermal bridging at the deck, a critical consideration in the prairie climate. The folding wood ceiling is constructed of modular wood panels, each with three Douglas Fir slats measuring 6 inches by 0.7 inches (140 millimeters by 17 millimeters). Besides creating a warm and humane interior, the panels hide the practical elements that often clutter a ceiling. To complement the building’s deciduous backdrop, the library is clad in black aluminum. At the clerestory windows, wood grilles maintain continuity of the finish and diffuse the prairie sunlight as it streams into the interior.
Audain Art Museum
The museum’s design molds public spaces and galleries into a linear form within the surrounding forest. The structure is elevated one full story above the ground and crowned with a steeply sloped panelized wood roof containing offices, art storage and temporary exhibition galleries. At entryways and other openings, dark metal is overlaid by a luminous wood casing. Public spaces in the interior use the same wood as interior finish, providing visitors with a warm, calm aesthetic. The roof structure was built using long-span prefabricated engineered wood panels (LSL/Douglas Fir PSL) 7.9 feet (2.4 meters) wide and up to 54 feet (16.5 meters) long. Panels were shop fabricated and pre-membraned to allow rapid enclosure of the steel structure on site regardless of weather conditions.
Academic Wood Tower
This 14-story classroom and office building for the University of Toronto will be one of the tallest timber buildings in the world at more than 260 feet (80 meters) high. The structure—beams, columns, decks, and bracing—is constructed of glue-laminated mass timber. A significant portion of the timber is exposed, revealing aspects of its structural design. The first of these is branching. At the base of the building, braces divide to reconcile the six-bay wood structure of the tower with the five-bay steel structure of the Goldring Centre below. Similarly, at the crown of the building, the braces fan out at the event space—opening the corners to emphasize dramatic views out to the city. Where possible, the structural system is manifest at building-scale, with dramatic super-braces wrapping the perimeter and braced to the core, providing lateral stability.
Glulam slab floor decks maximize clear spans and provide inherent twohour fire-resistance. The envelope is unitized and prefabricated for rapid construction to protect the timber from moisture and fire as the building is assembled. The joints between the panels are airtight, while still allowing for building movement, resulting in a high-performance and constructible envelope. During the design process, alternative solutions to the current code were developed to show that a partially exposed mass timber structure introduces no more risk than conventional tower construction. | <urn:uuid:686614f4-8e65-45cf-8024-530075fd9197> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://gbdmagazine.com/patkau-architects/ | 2021-08-01T08:30:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154163.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20210801061513-20210801091513-00207.warc.gz | en | 0.927771 | 1,138 |
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Adriana Fonseca Net Worth: Adriana Fonseca is a Mexican actress and dancer who has a net worth of $6 million dollars. Adriana Fonseca (Castellanos) was born March 16, 1979 in Veracruz, Mexico. She is best known for several roles in Televisa's telenovelas such as La usurpadora as Veronica Soriano (1998), which she landed because she won an acting competition at age 16; Rosalinda as Lucy Pérez Romero (1999); Mariana de la Noche as Caridad "Chachi" Montenegro (2003); Contra viento y marea as Sandra Serrano Rudell (2005); Bajo Las Riendas del Amor as Montserrat Linares (2007). Fonseca's first protagonistic role was in the soap opera Amigos Por Siempre alongside Ernesto LaGuardia. She combined this soap opera with a theater performance Mama nos quita los novios with famous personalities such as Angelica Maria, Hulio Aleman. In 1999, Fonseca appeared in soap operas such as Gotita de amor and Preciosa but the role of Rosalinda's sister gave her the most exposure. Fonseca then starred with René Strickler in a ten-episode soap opera called Mujer Bonita. She landed a protagonist role in Telemundo's successful telenovela Corazón Valiente as Angela Valdez (2012), alongside Ximena Duque, Aylin Mujica and José Luis Reséndez. | <urn:uuid:08691bd6-0f14-43df-855a-2965776f0cd4> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/adriana-fonseca-net-worth/ | 2017-04-26T08:10:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121216.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00316-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922316 | 348 |
A New Media Campaign by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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This year’s World of Concrete (WOC) is hoping to make an entry into domestic homes by creating beautiful and colourful interior designs.
In the 43rd annual show at the Las Vegas Convention Center the World of Concrete created a first ever outdoor section contributing to live ongoing demonstrations in a house model setting exhibiting creative utilization of concrete.
Mr. Bent Mikkelsen who aided in the organization of Decorative Concrete Live section of WOC and has an industry magazine establishment said that contractors were given the opportunity make use of the materials by gaining an idea to create polished or stained living room floors, wooden fireplaces and stone features with 63 decorative specialists from around the country. He further added “Cement is like the pottery clay of the construction industry. Its uses are limited only by the imagination. It has the ability to mimic other building material finishes as well as have its own unique looks.”
In areas like strip malls and Starbucks, stained concrete floors are popular because of low maintenance and the chic look it provides, Mr. Mikkelsen expects 10,000 of the 60,000 WOC visitors to have a glance at the outdoor decorative section.
Mr. Chris Becker gave classes at WOC on the use of decorative concrete. He said that in WOC one-third in some form or another is related to decorative concrete and cannot compare to anything over the last 20 years. Becker added, “There is a trend of people taking this utilitarian, commodity type of material and fashioning it into their home, using different colours and different textures to suit their environment, adding that concrete floors and countertops are gaining in popularity.”
Houston 1975, where WOC first started with 77 companies presenting their goods to an attendance of 1,550. On an average this year about 1,500 companies including large companies like Caterpillar and Liebherr Group will display latest products and services, ranging from enormous eye-catching objects like cranes, cement trucks and drills to smaller objects as well as accounting software, GPS tracking and cloud services.
“This is a good show for us. We expect to generate a couple of hundred solid leads,” said Steve Antill, director of sales for Foundation Software, which focuses on the construction industry. He said that his establishment promotes new mobile suite enhancements such as field time cards and daily report capabilities.
Over the four day event, WOC is hosting a range of 90 minute as well as three hour continuous education classes and workshops on the subjects of field leadership, strategic thinking and safety.
WOC is underway in spite of the US cement industry going through a profitable period. In 2017 domestic demand is expected to rise to 3.1% and 4% in 2018 as predicted by Ed Sullivan – Chief economist at the Portland Cement Association.
As the state’s population and economy grow the demand in Nevada is likely to rise creating a demand for housing and construction materials. Though cement consumption is still 50% below its peak of 2.7million metric tons in 2006 according to data.x of Portland cement.
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An occasional series of practical recipes to cook using the ingredients at hand.
December, 2013, Panama
December in Panama means that the Jamaica flowers are in bloom. These are used to make beautiful, traditional Christmas drinks. We bought a couple of pounds of fresh Jamaica (also called saril or sorrel) flowers at the Abastos market in Panama City, and Pete processed them and prepared seasonal drinks for us.
- 1 lb of fresh saril flowers
- Carefully remove the green seed from the red saril flowers.
- Lay the flowers out to dry for a couple of days.
- Simmer the dried petals in water for about 15 minutes.
- Mix the saril tea with sugar or simple syrup, rum, and ice.
Mix with champagne, vodka, or ginger wine instead of rum.
Top with a little grated nutmeg.
For those of you who wish to try this at home, here is a more exact recipe made with already dried flowers. This “Chicha de Saril” recipe is from the famous Manolo Caracol restaurant in Panama City.
- 1 liter water
- 1 oz. dried saril petals
- 1 oz. ginger
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- sugar to taste
Put Saril petals in a glass container. Boil ginger, cinnamon, and cloves in water for 15 minutes.
Add cooked water to glass container filled with the petals and let it cool. Strain and drink (cold or hot).
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Sectarianism is a constant point of discussion when talking about Iraq. Many in the west interpret everything that happens in the country in sectarian terms. Iraqis in general do not like identity politics, yet fall back on it again and again. Fanar Haddad is a research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore. In his book Sectarianism In Iraq, Antagonistic Visions of Unity, and in various articles he has attempted to break down the origins and changing nature of sect and politics in Iraq. It is his theory that sectarianism is not a constant in the country, but rather an ever changing set of symbols and interpretations that ebb and flow given the sociopolitical situation. What follows is an interview with Haddad about his general concepts, and how they apply to post-Saddam Iraq.
1. You’ve said that there are two general ways that people view sectarianism in Iraq. One you called alarmist, and the other reductionist. Can you explain the difference between the two?
The prevalence of these polarized positions might actually be the reason I started researching sectarian identity in the first place! I was frustrated by the fact that discourse on the subject of ‘sectarianism’ in Iraq, with few exceptions, tends to adopt one of these two equally simplistic and frankly preposterous approaches. As the labels suggest, ‘alarmists’ will inflate the relevance of sectarian identity in all things Iraqi as if ‘sectarianism’ is the driving force of Iraqi history and Arab Iraqis are little more than Sunni and Shi’a automatons fueled by the power of sectarian passions! On the other hand, what I have labeled ‘reductionists’ do the exact opposite: sectarian identity is denied any relevance in Iraqi society, history or politics. Indeed according to this view ‘sectarianism’, if acknowledged at all, is often presented as a completely extraneous phenomenon; an alien virus introduced into the Iraqi body politic circa 2003.
Both approaches have their all too familiar templates, arguments and selective readings of Iraqi history with which to embellish their arguments. Both employ a snapshot vision of history to present a slideshow implying Iraqis are either forever at each other’s throats or perpetually in each other’s embrace! The very fact that Iraqi history contains enough examples of harmony and discord to sustain an alarmist-reductionist debate, tedious though it might be, into the early hours highlights the crucial point missed by both camps: that communal identity – any communal identity – is not fixed; not in its meaning, social relevance, political salience or content.
What we often see is an observer reflecting on today’s near-pathological sectarian entrenchment and holding that as ‘the real’ of Iraqi identity that is then projected onto his/her reading of Iraqi history. Conversely there are those who see orientalist stereotypes, Islamophobia and simplistic reductions at the mere mention of sectarian identity. Here, credence is given to an older generation’s reminiscences about the irrelevance of sectarian identity back in their day; that is then held as ‘the real’ of Iraqi identity hence, according to this view, what is being witnessed today has to be the work of something nefarious and invariably alien – a conspiracy, the occupation and American manipulation, Iran, Safavids, Wahhabis, politicians with external agendas and so forth.
For the researcher working on sectarian identity, both camps pose a problem: alarmists will selectively read your work and latch onto what they will regard as validation of their view whilst reductionists, being allergic to the mere mention of sectarian identities, will presume that the very fact that you are researching sectarian identity means that you are in effect what I have labeled an alarmist. The latter problem is a very common one both in and out of academia: in the name of Iraqi nationalism, solidarity with the Iraqi people or fighting the good fight against orientalist and neo-imperialist stereotypes the researcher examining sectarian relations is often guilty until proven innocent!
2. Rather than seeing identity politics in Iraq as being a constant, you’ve written that it is always in transition. In general terms, can you briefly explain how sectarianism has changed in Iraq from just before the U.S. invasion to the present?
I have argued that the sanctions-era (1990-2003) is crucial to understanding the beginnings of sectarian entrenchment in post-2003 Iraq. Few things are quite as ahistorical as holding 2003 as the divider between a sectarian and a non-sectarian Iraq. That is not to say that identity politics were inevitable or that sectarian entrenchment was unavoidable in 2003; rather, due to the realities of the sanctions-era, these were always likely outcomes of regime change. It would have taken considerable will, vision and statesmanship to curb the slide towards sectarian entrenchment; unfortunately for Iraq these were sorely lacking amongst both the Coalition authorities and the newly empowered Iraqi elites.
Like any mass group identity that is perceived as ‘primordial’, meaning ones that are large scale, intergenerational, hereditary, and often perceived as being in a sense immortal, sectarian identity will always have the potential to be utilized, inflamed, and politicized. It is not that people are inescapably driven by this or that identity nor is it that such identities are completely incidental to people’s perceptions of self; rather, such identities have the potential to shift from being latent, largely irrelevant, tucked away in the background to something more immediate in people’s perceptions of themselves, others and the world. These ‘immortal’ group identities, race, religion, sect, ethnicity and so forth have such immense emotive power that they can shift from irrelevance to inflamed centrality and politicization over very short periods of time.
To illustrate, even in London where many think that we have permanently transcended these ‘primordial’ identities, the gruesome murder of a soldier on the streets of London saw an almost immediate invigoration of English/white identity in some quarters. To be sure, this was a very limited phenomenon. and far right groups like the English Defense League and others who thrive on identity entrenchment in the UK remain marginal; but imagine how relevant they would be if we had ten years’ worth of such identity-coded attacks as Iraq has had?
In Iraq, sectarian identity has been an issue since state establishment in 1921. To be sure it is an issue of varying relevance over time and between different people, but it is an issue nonetheless that has been accumulating symbolic baggage since 1921. Nevertheless what happened in 2003 was unprecedented. For one thing, you had the empowerment of Shi’a, in itself a problem in the Arab world. The fact that this triggers such wild fears and vehement rejection amongst Sunni Arabs not just in Iraq is part of a deeper problem relating to failed nation-building and, perhaps consequently, the inability to accept the organized expressions of outgroup identities much less their political mobilization. In 2003 Iraqis and the wider Arab world were forced to confront the realities of sectarian plurality and had to seriously think, as never before, about sectarian relations.
An absolutely vital point to note is that whilst the empowerment of Shi’as, even in the best of circumstances, is a tough sell in the Arab world, 2003 made this empowerment all the more controversial and all the more likely to activate and politicize sectarian identities, because it marked the empowerment not just of Shi’as but of Shi’as who defined themselves as such, and whose Shi’a identity was central in their political makeup and their public personas. To such people sectarian identity, far from being incidental, is central to their view of self and other. Their empowerment in 2003 ensured that identity politics would thrive, and hardened the rejection of the post-2003 order by many Sunnis in Iraq and beyond. The point here is that a politician who happens to be Shi’a may face some unfair skepticism from Sunni quarters, but this is not a bar to him/her eventually gaining a Sunni constituency as the case of Ayad Allawi clearly demonstrates. However, Sunnis are very unlikely to ever truly accept a Shi’a politician whose Shi’a identity is on display. To illustrate with an American parallel, a white voter might vote for Barack Obama, a politician who happens to be black, but would be most unlikely to vote for someone like, say, Louis Farrakhan, a black nationalist!
Whilst sectarian identity in Iraq has always been an issue of fluctuating importance, 2003 was unprecedented in that ethnosectarian identities were codified into the political system. Far from being just a tool of neo-imperialist divide-and-rule tactics this was a reflection of the proclivities of many of the newly empowered political elites, and also some significant sections of Iraqi society. There is no denying that vast swaths of Shi’a Iraqis regarded 2003 as their moment to right historical wrongs as seen by them as a communal group. The basic building bloc of this approach holds an ethno-sectarian majority as a de facto political majority. In such a view, and regardless of intentions, how else were post-2003 Iraqi politics to develop other than along identity lines? Furthermore, since righting historical wrongs took the form of recognizing sectional communal victimhood, how were Sunni Arabs to compete in such a system when they had no such notion regarding themselves? With hindsight none of this seems particularly odd given the orientation of many of Iraq’s former exiles who, throughout their considerable careers in opposition, acted more like communal advocacy groups rather than national movements.
The fact that all of this was happening in an atmosphere of acute lawlessness, political drift, occupation, horrendous violence, an intense lack of internal and external sovereignty, and concomitantly intense external interference exacerbated what would perhaps otherwise have been manageable issues.
So the short, and rather obvious answer to your question is that 2003 accorded sectarian identity, which was by no means irrelevant prior to 2003, and sectarian relations, which were by no means completely tension-free prior to 2003 an entirely unprecedented social and political relevance to the point of reifying sectarian identities in politics and society. A more interesting side note would be to consider the extent to which 2003 had similar effects upon the rest of the Mashreq, but that is an even more complicated story.
3. Another part of your argument is that sectarianism is both related to the idea of the nation state, and a threat to it. Can you explain this ironic relationship?
What I was trying to say here was that modern sectarian identities in Iraq and elsewhere are framed through the prism of the nation-state. In many ways they are products of the nation state largely divorced from what sectarian identity was in previous centuries. However, even whilst being a product of the nation-state they obviously carry the potential of undermining national cohesion should they become salient enough.
In my answer to your previous question my point of departure was 1921 rather than say the battle of Karbala, why? 1400 years of Islamic history may provide the symbolic foundations, the backdrop, of sectarian identity, and it certainly furnishes the details of sectarian doctrine, but it seems rather secondary to sectarian dynamics in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East today. It is crucial to distinguish between sectarian identities before and after the advent of the nation-state. With the nation-state comes rights, feelings of entitlement, a sense of political ownership, national identity, and so forth. These concepts alter how a community views itself, and change the framing of communal competition. In addition to competing for ownership of doctrinal/religious truths, you now have the more immediate, tangible and consequential competition over national truths as well. To illustrate, when ‘sectarian violence’ flares up in Iraq how much of the violence is about sectarian doctrine? Even when sectarian doctrine or more commonly sectarian readings of Islamic history is invoked, it is usually done to in essence conscript an emotive figure/event from history in order for it/him/her to be projected onto the present; to dress a national issue in religious garbs: for example, Maliki becomes Al Mukhtar, Wahhabis become Bani Ummayah, Shi’as become Ibn al Alqami, and so forth. However, in essence, what is ultimately being fought over is the nation-state rather than the faith. More often than not, the intricacies of faith and theology are about as relevant in Iraqi sectarian dynamics as ‘Christianity’ is in the rhetoric of European far-right groups. It is religion-as-identity rather than religion-as-faith that is being mobilized, and it is done so with reference to and in the name of the nation-state.
I should say that doctrinal sectarians undoubtedly exist however in Iraq these have been mercifully marginal. To illustrate, anti-Shi’a rhetoric in Iraq has traditionally revolved around ethnic and national issues namely accusing Shi’as of being Iranian or at least pro-Iranian, and questioning their Arab pedigree and loyalty to Iraq. Compare that to sectarian dynamics in say Saudi Arabia where doctrine/Islamic history has always been central to anti-Shi’a polemics. This is why I have always felt that there are few things more damaging to sectarian relations than sectarian doctrine. I would argue that sectarian competition is far more manageable when it is framed through the prism of the nation-state rather than the prism of religious dogma. Unfortunately, the latter has been gaining relevance in Iraq and elsewhere over the past 10 years. Indeed, sectarian dynamics in Iraq, Lebanon, and elsewhere do seem to be changing in a way that is fostering the politicization not just of sectarian identity, but of sectarian doctrine as well. It just might be the case that the unprecedented regionalization of sectarian relations that has been caused by Iraq, new media, the cumulative effects of decades of sectarian propaganda, and the fact that the entire sociopolitical order(s) of the Middle East seem to be in flux today will transform sectarian identities into something that is no longer as wedded to and contained by the nation-state as has previously been the case.
4. Part of identity politics in Iraq is based upon the belief in victimhood, which then gets translated into a perceived right to compensation and power. Generally, how do Shiites see themselves in these terms?
Victimhood is central to Shi’as’ self-perception of themselves as a group. Much the same as other out-groups across the world, Shi’ism tends to see itself as history’s righteous martyr. This view is rooted in both fact and fiction relating to Islamic as well as modern national histories. A central plank of Iraqi Shi’as’ victimhood complex is that of the oppressed majority or the majority that was denied power or even access to power for 82 years of Iraqi statehood. This Iraqi Shi’a victimhood is given an almost sacred aura through its projection as a continuation of the trials and tribulations of the House of the Prophet and the Shi’as throughout Islamic history. As already mentioned, this allows for current issues relating to national dynamics to be projected as continuations or at least parallels of conflicts from Islamic history.
These notions remain potent today despite the empowerment of Shi’a political forces. Given that this empowerment, the righting of a major historical wrong in the eyes of many Iraqi Shi’as has aroused such a violent rejection from within Iraq and beyond, the Shi’as’ victimhood complex, far from being assuaged by 2003, was nourished by it due to the resulting feeling of encirclement felt by Iraqi Shi’as on a national and regional level.
What makes this problematic is that with feelings of victimhood come feelings of entitlement; as such, communal victimhood attains political value. In Iraq this has been highly divisive because a communal, sectional victimhood has been given a national platform. Yet by definition, a communal sub-national victimhood cannot act as a myth of nationhood in contexts of significant communal plurality, because it excludes so many and, in the case of Iraq, it implicates and vilifies others. Victimhood has the potential to unite a group and foster feelings of group-loyalty, which is why a national victimhood alongside a national enemy is conducive to national cohesion, Israel being the example par excellence here. Unfortunately for Iraq, and despite the immense suffering that all Iraqis have undergone for decades, the realization of this potential is more distant today than ever.
5. Sunnis on the other hand, were in power pre-2003, and therefore lacked that type of identification. How have they started to adapt to the new politics?
Remarkably well in my opinion! In 2003 Iraqi Sunnis were forced to consider themselves as Iraqi Arab Sunnis and, for the first time ever, had to form a coherent sectarian identity. Essentially they have had to play catch-up with their Shi’a compatriots in identity formation, and in the formation of group-specific myths, symbols, and narratives. Ten years on, there is a far more coherent sense of Sunni identity in Iraq. This of course does not equate to Sunni unity anymore than a well-developed Shi’a identity equates to Shi’a unity; it simply means that more and more Sunni Arabs see themselves as such today and frame their perceptions of self and other through a previously non-existent Sunni Arab perspective. As such, whatever coyness existed with regards to sectarian labels amongst Sunnis seems to have largely evaporated. Today, and for some time now, Sunnis are willing to openly campaign as Sunnis for Sunni issues.
I am most interested in how Sunni symbolism is developing, and I deal with this subject at length in a forthcoming chapter in Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf. Being a product of the post-2003 environment, Iraqi Sunni identity revolves around the past 10 years both in content, and in symbolic representation. It has been quite remarkable to witness the birth of a group identity; surely a rare phenomenon in history and one that usually takes far longer than ten years! For example, over the last decade, and especially since the civil war we have seen the birth of Sunni symbols, Sunni organizations, and even the beginnings of a Sunni lexicon. I remember interviewing someone from the Sunni waqf who interrupted me when I mentioned Sunni victimhood (madhlumiyah al Sinniyah): “We have no victimhood, that’s Shi’a talk! What we have is exclusion and marginalisation [iqsa’a wa tahmeesh].”
|"Mohammed is our example" pin that highlights the growing use of Sunni symbolism in Iraq (Fanar Haddad)|
|Sunni flags flying over border of Mansour district in Baghdad (Fanar Haddad)|
The past ten years have also seen the birth of new forms through which Sunni identity is asserted. One of the most notable examples of this can be found in the remarkable transformation of the mawlid celebrations, the celebration of the birth of the prophet. Whilst it has always been an event associated with Sunnis it was never about Sunni identity per se since none existed in any meaningful sense prior to 2003. To illustrate, the mawlid today sees larger attendances than ever, and is marked by a carnivalistic assertion of Sunni symbolism such as the Muhammad qudwatunna banners (Muhammad is our role model). In the past the mawlid did not have so pronounced an identity element as it does today for the simple reason that Sunni identity, such as it was back then, had no need for assertion, and hence did not have the symbolic tools such as Muhammad qudwatuna with which to express itself. The other prominent site of Sunni identity assertion is of course the ongoing protests, and watching the symbolism employed has been very interesting. Once again, none of this means unity: as is the case with Shi’ism or any other identity, the symbols are not universally subscribed to in equal measure, but there do seem to be generally recognised boundaries within which ‘our’ symbols are created, contested, and asserted.
A central facet of Sunni identity today is victimhood or what our friend from the waqf insists on calling exclusion and marginalisation: the new order is perceived to have come at their expense, and to be aimed against them. Like similar cases of group victimization from other contexts, Sunni victimhood in Iraq has morphed into a myth of unique victimhood based on reality, but inflated by perception. One of the interesting things that I have found is that Sunni victimhood is formed almost in imitation of and directly in competition with Shi’a victimhood. I have lost count of the number of times that Sunni interviewees, unprompted, would derisively mention the Shi’as’ pronounced victimhood complex, and dismiss it as nothing in comparison to what Sunnis have had to endure. This attitude stands to reason: in a state that is founded on the glorification of mythologies of ethnosectarian victimhoods competitive advantage is gained by inflating one’s own victimhood at the expense of the other’s.
Another problem with such intense feelings of group victimization is that they tend to dominate perceptions. As such whilst discrimination undoubtedly exists, disadvantaged groups will blame identity-based discrimination for much that befalls them, and not always with good reason. With regards to Iraqi sectarian dynamics we clearly saw this previously amongst Shi’as just as we are seeing it today amongst Sunnis. An issue affecting all governorates, say poor services and delivery as a result of corruption will today be seen as an example of yet another political and administrative failure by Shi’as, but may be perceived as an example of sectarian discrimination by Sunnis thereby further validating Sunni victimhood.
6. Can you give some specific examples of this new Sunni identity in the on going protests in Anbar, Ninewa, and other provinces?
Yes, and in online activism as well. The protests are, amongst other things, a mobilization of Sunnis and Sunni identity. And yet again I must stress that this does not mean unity or uniformity. If anything, the protests have shown the diversity, contradiction even, within Sunni identity. This does not mean that Sunni identity is wanting or that the identity formation process is not yet complete. Diversity and contradiction are an inherent part of group identities, and there is no end to identity formation; rather it continuously evolves and accumulates symbolic baggage and new meanings. Identity is not any one thing; it is a spectrum within broadly defined and rather vague boundaries that mark out what is ‘us’. This spectrum has been on full display in the protests; indeed its strong assertion has created fissures amongst the protestors between federalists and centralists, militants and those who want to continue peacefully protesting, those who accord the system enough legitimacy to favor negotiation with Baghdad and those who do not and so forth. The symbolism that has been employed has been similarly varied. It is very interesting to see instances where symbols from pre-2003 Iraq are used alongside ones born in the last ten years, for example the old Iraqi flag and the glorification of the martyrs of Fallujah. Likewise some continue to use specifically Sunni symbols alongside sect-neutral Iraqi nationalist symbols. In short you have the symbolism of Sunni Iraqi nationalism mirroring in many ways that of Shi’a Iraqi nationalism.
7. Shiites on the other hand, have gone on to express their new feelings of freedom after Saddam throughout major cities like Baghdad. What are some examples of that, and how does it conflict with the idea of Iraqi nationalism?
The importance to many Shi’as of expressing Shi’a identity through Shi’a symbolism and ritual can scarcely be exaggerated. I have often wondered how the Ba’ath’s relationship with the Shi’a would have been had the former not foolishly targeted Shi’a ritual, symbolism, and religious figures. I would go as far as saying that for many Shi’as 2003 was a moment of deliverance, because it allowed for the expression of Shi’a identity, and the organization of Shi’a ritual as much as for its deliverance of political power to Shi’a political forces. The emotive power and the importance of long-censored ritual and symbolism to Shi’as was aptly illustrated in the Arba’een commemorations of 2003 that came just ten days after the fall of the Ba’ath. It is estimated that something in the region of 3 million pilgrims descended on Karbala that day. Needless to say, coming just 10 days after the fall of the Ba’ath such a mammoth assertion of Shi’a identity nurtured many fears and suspicions amongst Sunnis about what the post-2003 order entailed.
Shi’a political actors have dealt most immaturely with this issue. Firstly, I would say that Shi’as, like anyone else, have every right to celebrate their occasions, perform their rituals and display their symbols without having to justify it or to have their ethnicity/nationalist credentials questioned. Furthermore I would add that Sunni Arabs have to overcome their irrational fears of assertions of Shi’a identity, which in the Mashreq can be paraphrased as needing to get over the childish myths of unity and uniformity that seem to characterize their perception of what ‘we the people’ are! However, having said that, in the case of Iraq this perfectly legitimate desire to assert one’s identity has been abused and politicized and has exacerbated sectarian tensions by validating what may at one point have been irrational suspicions.
The common charge of ‘they want to Shi’ify Iraq’ (tashyee’e al Iraq) may have been easily dismissed as the stuff of paranoid sectarian polemics in 2003; however today the charge carries more credence, albeit rarely to the full extent that is usually entailed by those making the charge! Shi’a iconography is prominently displayed across Baghdad today much to the chagrin of everyone else and to those Shi’as who do not really buy into the pageantry – and these do exist of course. Now some may argue that the majority of Baghdadis are Shi’as hence it stands to reason that you will see their symbolism in the city in much the same way that you are more likely to see Irish flags in Boston than in Houston. I partially agree with this view: again, people have the right to display whatever symbolism they like in their homes and businesses. The problem in Iraq is that these displays of sectarian symbolism are not confined to individuals or private property and businesses; they are asserted by and in organs of state and public spaces. Were I a Shi’a I should be allowed to hang a picture of say Ali ibn Abi Talib on my house and not have to answer to anyone; however it is a very different matter when pictures of Ali ibn Abi Talib are used as public monuments as is the case in Iraq today. Indeed, in Baghdad and elsewhere, the omnipresent murals of Saddam Hussein were simply painted over with pictures of Shi’a saints or religious figures. Shi’a identity or a Shi’a bias is also clearly discernible in state television and in politics. In short, and despite the rhetoric, Shi’a political actors have done little to foster the idea of a secular sect-neutral Iraq; on the contrary they seem intent on endowing Baghdad and Iraq with a sectarian identity. At the very least this serves to politicize Shi’a symbols, alienate non-Shi’as from the state, and raise sectarian tensions and resentments.
8. Iraq’s ruling parties helped create sectarian politics in the country even before the 2003 invasion. How did they organize themselves in the 1990s, and how did they use identity politics after the fall of Saddam?
I think this accounts for much of what I mentioned in answer to your previous question. From the beginning of their careers most of today’s Shi’a political elites were Shi’a-rights advocates not national politicians; needless to say none of them had the Mandela-esque ability to switch from one to the other! When they entered national politics they brought their sectional advocacy, and sectional mentality with them into national politics. These sect-centric mentalities exist at street level so we cannot blame elites for ‘creating’ them, but we can certainly blame them for nurturing, inflaming, politicizing, and reifying them.
With hindsight it seems hardly surprising. Most of the opposition and throughout their careers operated as representatives of and advocates for communal groups. In many cases, cases I knew personally it was clear that their entire view of Iraq and Iraqi history was so dominated by communal identity. Incidentally, I am not making a value judgment here: advocating for a communal group is a legitimate endeavor, and it stands to reason that many would become obsessed by group identity if they believed that it was group identity that resulted in their persecution and exile. However, right or wrong, this did not translate well into national politics. The starkest example of course is the ethnosectarian apportionment so characteristic of and damaging to the new Iraq. Yes the Coalition must shoulder some responsibility for this abysmal policy; however, it was the brainchild of the Iraqi opposition, and can be dated back to the early 1990’s. One finds references to the supposedly healing qualities of ethnosectarian apportionment in the writings of the opposition from across the 1990’s and right up to 2003. What the opposition in exile neglected to ask is firstly how will this be done in the absence of a reliable census and secondly how can ethnosectarian apportionment be instituted without politicizing and reifying ethnosectarian identities and ultimately nourishing that which they were trying to fight, namely ‘sectarianism’?
Once in Iraq the former opposition in exile faced a serious problem in the form of a crushing legitimacy deficit: not only were they empowered by an invasion, they were unknown quantities in Iraq who, most importantly, failed to deliver. It has been said that this legitimacy deficit pushed Iraqi politicians to fall back on communal identities and to actively nurture sectarian entrenchment for political gains. I think there is much truth to that, however, in my opinion this strategy was based on a pre-existing political orientation that viewed Iraq in an ethno-centric or sect-centric, and hence necessarily exclusionist way.
9. Iraq just had provincial elections in April 2013, and parliamentary ones are due in 2014. How does campaigning for office affect the sectarian tone in the country?
Given the conditions of the new Iraq, from flawed constitution to poor governance to lawlessness to violence to communal mistrust and so much more, elections have been a disaster for sectarian relations. In fact if we look back, with the sole exception of the 2009 provincial elections, every single electoral round has been accompanied by sectarian entrenchment, and heightened tensions. As we saw in the elections of 2013, next year’s elections will likewise be accompanied by a rise in sectarian rhetoric and sectarian mobilization. The shape this takes is often to raise the banner of victimhoods past and present, and in that context take a harder stance be it against ‘Ba’athists’ or against today’s ‘marginalization and exclusion’. Some actors take a more direct approach: in the most recent elections a number of Shi’a clerics explicitly urged their followers to vote regardless of how flawed the system is because they were voting for a Shi’a state. Likewise, neither the ongoing protests nor the arrests that initially sparked them off were divorced from the most recent elections. The fear is always that political actors will eventually lose control of the entrenchment they foster in every election.
|Competing sectarian identities in Iraq, a Sunni flag flying before a large mural of Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr and Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr a the Baghdad Railway Station (Fanar Haddad)|
10. Finally, how do you see identity politics progressing in Iraq? Can you see a time when Sunnis and Shiites begin to find common symbols or events to rally around, or do you think the present situation will be the status quo for the near future?
My view on this is a rather pessimistic one. There may well be a time in the future when sectarian identities lose political relevance and people in Iraq and elsewhere elevate other unifying identities at the expense of their sectarian identities. Let us not forget that people with such a frame of self-perception exist today but they are unfortunately marginal to the political forces driving sectarian dynamics in Iraq and the region. Towards the end of my book I considered how Iraqis might reflect on the civil war in the future: in times of sectarian tension they may conjure the brutal memory of the civil war to show what ‘they’ have done to ‘us’ throughout history; conversely however, at times when sectarian identity loses relevance Iraqis may point to 2006-2007 (avoiding the civil war label) to show how outsiders, despite their most ardently malicious efforts, failed to divide us for here we are united under the Iraqi flag! In other words, context will dictate how Sunnis and Shi’as view themselves and each other and how they remember their past.
Unfortunately the context today, and for the foreseeable future does not bode well for sectarian relations. It sometimes feels like most of the past ten years were a test run for what has begun to unfold across the Mashreq as a result of the Syrian civil war. If recent reports are to be believed, then the Syrian conflict has become, amongst other things, a Sunni-Shi’a conflict despite the ironic fact that the Assads are neither Sunni nor Shi’a. The cumulative effects of the past ten years plus what is happening in Syria today have endowed sectarian identity with an ill-deserved political relevance of unprecedented proportions. Today there are indications that the parameters dictating sectarian relations as we have known them for decades are changing; the ‘rules’ of sectarian relations are being altered. Back in 2006, not that sectarian relations were rosy in that fateful year, even Saudi Arabia and its nauseating clerics had to backtrack from their sectarian rhetoric against Hezbollah when the latter was at war with Israel. Today sectarian division in the Middle East is no longer the elephant in the room that went largely unnoticed by previous generations: today it is openly embraced as a fact of life in a most aggressive and confrontational manner by an increasing number of people.
The entire Middle East is in the midst of an epochal change that will take many years to fully unfold, and that will undoubtedly alter social and political dynamics. The changes in how communal identities are viewed are very much a part of that process: the current volatility and violence of sectarian dynamics will perhaps be remembered in the future as the interim between two periods; between the now moribund societal framework that marked most of the 20th century on the one hand, and whatever emerges after the current period of upheaval on the other. I think it is now obvious that the political change in 2003, the revolutionary changes in media and information flows and the consequent weakening of more familiar forms of authoritarianism in the Middle East mean that there can be no going back to the old way of doing things where outgroups maintained an apologetic, at times seemingly clandestine, stance vis-à-vis cultural majorities. Amongst other things what is happening today is a renegotiation of the norms of communal relations with outgroups asserting themselves in the name of their communal group as Shi’as or as Sunnis rather than as sectarian advocacy groups masquerading as ‘national’ or ‘reformist’ movements as was often the case in the past. In essence, the old way of formulating sectarian dynamics, basically silencing the expression of sectarian identities and expecting disadvantaged sectarian outgroups to accept their lot and maintain their sectarian identity in a very private manner no longer works, and Middle Eastern societies are trying to find a new formula that can manage newly exposed, invigorated, and hypersensitive sectarian identities. Where this will ultimately lead is anyone’s guess; but as with all such major societal transformations the process has been a traumatic one and will likely continue to be so in the near future.
Chatham House, “Iraq’s Political Systems,” 3/19/13
Haddad, Fanar, “Can a ‘Sunni Spring’ turn into an ‘Iraqi Spring?’” Middle East Channel, Foreign Policy, 1/7/13
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- Sectarianism In Iraq, Antagonistic Visions of Unity, New York: Columbia University Press, 2011
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It has been a while I actually posted something that I wrote and thanks a lot to @DJ_Fleau for her post last week. It was a real lifesaver. How was your weekend? I guess it was just as fast as mine. I really wish weekend starts from wednesday. (Yes, I am lazy).
What exactly do women want? I have asked myself this question numerous times and I have tried hard to figure it out. Truth be told, it might vary from woman to woman but really, we guys do not actually have a clue as to what women want. Even some of these women do not actually know what they want. Most women you meet tell you their ideal man should be tall,dark,handsome,rich and blah, blah,blah. At the end of the day they meet the man and at the end of the day something is still missing. They still have something to complain about.
A girl and a boy meet and like each other and naturally she expects the guy to make the first move. If he moves too fast, he is desperate, if he takes his time, he is slow and has bad timing. What do women want?
Let us assume he gets the timing right by a stroke of luck, if he compliments her (genuine or otherwise) he just wants to sleep with her. If he does not throw the compliment around, he is not romantic and he is not open. What do women want?
She goes on a date with him, if he tries to be nice and opens doors and holds the chair out for her during the date, he is trying to hard and it is not in our culture. If he does not open doors or hold out the chair for her, he is not a gentleman. What do women want?
After the date, they probably are close and the feelings are stronger, if he does not reply her chat on time, he is busy with someone else and does not have her time. If he replies her immediately he is jobless. What do women want?
If he replies her with ‘K’ she is boring to him. If he types an epistle he talks too much. What do women want?
Finally they start dating, and things are all rosy. If he asks what her day is going to be like, he does not trust her and he is allover her. If he does not ask after her plans for the day, he does not care about her. What do women want?
If she gets into a fight with her best friend, and you decide to stay out of it, you are not supportive of her. If you decide to weigh in on it and say your mind, you are insensitive. What do women want?
If she asks you if she has added weight, and you say no, you are lying to her. If you say yes, she gets angry at you and starts feeling insecure and haunts you with what you said. She shows you girls who are skinny and asks that is what you want right? What do women want?
If you decide to hangout with your guys one weekend in the month instead of with her, she feels spited and says your friends are more important than she is. She makes you feel guilty, but when you want her to spend a weekend with you instead of with her friends, you are too possessive. What do women want?
If you decide to watch football instead of go shopping with her, football is your priority. She says things like how much are you going to get for watching it. If she decides to watch Kardashians and you say same, you are selfish. What do women want?
The list is endless. It takes a lot to actually understand women. A wise man once told me , if you want to be happy with your woman, just take her as she is. They are emotional and at times will do things that just makes you wonder if they are babies. Never try to change your woman. | <urn:uuid:9c3a5bb0-6a71-4973-ae2d-9f1c5bc2e822> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://hardehyi.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/what-exactly-do-women-want/ | 2019-08-18T22:05:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027314130.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818205919-20190818231919-00233.warc.gz | en | 0.986687 | 817 |
Don’t Let The Wrong One In : Re-inventing the Femme Fatale
*Please Note – This Piece is Full of Spoilers*
There are ideas that seem to be of a certain place and time. Call them icons, if you will. One of the most powerful icons of the early to mid twentieth century is the femme fatale. Born of a cultural climate where gender was not divorced from sex and where women were expected to be virginal and submissive, femme fatales rejected this essentialist vision of gender by being sexually aggressive, socially independent and more than willing to use their sexual wiles to render men subservient to their own desires and goals. Decades after the arrival of the contraceptive pill and miles down the road towards sexual equality, you could be forgiven for thinking that a society such as ours has outgrown the need for bold cinematic challenges to our understandings of gender. Indeed, nowadays the femme fatale seems like little more than an anachronism; as out of place in the modern world as a cockney spiv might be in pre-Credit Crunch London. However, even the most liberal of societies falls into lazy thought patterns, habits of conception that need to be re-examined lest they go stale, rot and become oppressive dogma. Swedish Vampire film Let The Right One In (2008) is a film that rides out not only against popular theories of gender, but also against the commonly held belief that children are innocent, pliable creatures who need to be protected from adults. It does so by rejuvenating and reinventing that most iconoclastic of icons, the femme fatale.
Rather than merely support this claim with examples from the film, I think a more interesting way of illustrating my point is by comparing Let the Right One In with a film from another era. Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy (1950) is an underrated gem of femme fatale-driven film noir. A tale of young love and big dreams leading to bloody violence and tragic death, Gun Crazy is eerily similar to Let The Right One In. The only difference lying in the set of gender rules that are being attacked.
Both films begin with an images of dysfunctional and misplaced early manhood. Let the Right One In opens with an image of Kare Hedebrant’s Oskar. A skinny creature of translucent skin, bony arms and absurdly blond hair, Oskar is so pale as to resemble a photograph that has been left out in the sun. Bullied relentlessly by his classmates, the friendless child to a over-worked single mother and an estranged father who might well prefer the company of the bottle, Oskar is lost. Faded. Bleached out. Lacking any clear identity, Oskar latches onto a symbol of masculine potency; a pocket knife, which he uses to act out the kind of violent revenge fantasies he would never be capable of putting into practice. “I don’t kill people” Oskar protests late in the film, “But you’d like to, if you could” the vampire counters.
If Oskar is a bleached portrait of pre-pubescent masculinity, Gun Crazy’s Bart is photograph taken with the lens cap on. Standing in the pouring rain framed by neon signs, Bart has eyes only for the guns in the window of a nearby shop. One incompetent act of burglary later and he finds himself in front of a judge while his sister explains how he has no parents other than her and while he may be obsessed with owning guns and shooting them, Bart is incapable of doing violence even to an animal. Isolated and assailed with feelings of inadequacy, both Bart and Oskar are drawn to the traditional trappings of masculinity whilst also being repulsed by the very capacity for violence that grants those objects their semiotic potency. Clinging desperately to images in order to, as Bart puts it, “feel awful good inside like I’m somebody”, it was perhaps unavoidable that both characters would decide to fall for people who are not only capable of incredible violence, but who also seem to possess the traditionally masculine characteristics that both Oskar and Bart hate themselves for lacking.
It seems somehow fitting that we first encounter Annie Laurie Starr at a carnival. Much like the harvest festivals of old Europe, the arrival of a carnival in mid-20th Century small-town America must have seemed like an alien invasion. Carnivals made their money by injecting a little much-needed but ultimately harmless chaos into the button-down lives of the local citizenry. The carnival was a world where boundaries were pushed back; from the food that you knew you should not eat, to the games you knew were basically gambling or the freaks, geeks and side-shows that hinted at a world so much wider and so much more colourful than that enjoyed by most people. Lewis sets the scene by having Bart and his (now adult) friends wander through the carnival with eyes like dinner plates. Eventually paying to enter the sharp-shooting show, the boys encounter a woman a world away from the dowdy but good-hearted women embodied by Bart’s sister Ruby. Laurie struts about the stage in trousers (a sartorial choice that will later earn her a rebuke as she tries to infiltrate a shipping company), her gun-belt drawing the eye to her hips in the first of many plays on her sexuality. She pulls out her gun and fires a blank in the direction of Bart. Here is a woman who not only owns her female sexuality, but she also seems to have a better mastery of male sexuality than the naïve and virginal Bart.
Throughout the film, Laurie usurps the traditional male role, right down to doing the driving in the first of Gun Crazy’s superb cinema verite back-seat shots of the pair driving around town looking for a parking space. Laurie sets the terms for the relationship; seducing Bart, offering him a job and then coolly clearing the way by ditching her old boyfriend Packet (shortened and feminised to ‘Packey’ as an additional slap in the face). Most importantly, the couple only turn to crime to satisfy Laurie’s desires :
“There isn’t enough money in those guns for the kind of start I want. Bart, I want things, a lot of things, big things. I don’t want to be afraid of life or anything else. I want a guy with spirit and guts. A guy who can laugh at anything, who will do anything, a guy who can kick over the traces and win the world for me.”
This exchange takes place as Laurie languidly stretches out on the bed while Bart cleans his antique guns. The scene is thick with sexual politics; Bart keeps his symbols of masculine power clean and boxed up, Laurie wants to use hers. If Bart refuses to use his then, according to Laurie’s words, he is no guy. Laurie underlines this act of sexual blackmail by putting her stockings on, making it abundantly clear to Bart what he will lose out on if he refuses to play ball.
(scene begins at the 4:52 mark)
Eli’s seduction of Oskar is played out in very similar terms. We first encounter her as she surprises Oskar as he is acting out revenge fantasies in the courtyard of the apartment block the pair both live in. Initially, Eli is stand-offish. She primly informs Oskar that they cannot be friends and then tells him to go away, something Oskar refuses to do on the grounds that he has lived in the building for longer. This initial encounter sets the tone as Eli and Oskar are constantly re-negotiating the terms of their relationship. Oskar wins the right to use the courtyard but in return he lends Eli his Rubik’s cube. In return for this act of kindness, Eli bathes and changes her clothes so as to eliminate what one assumes is the stench of death that follows her around. From there the pair become increasingly close with Eli giving Oskar advice on how to deal with his bullies (“hit harder than you dare”). Hanging over this apparently innocent friendship is Eli’s companion.
We are encouraged initially to think of him as Eli’s father as he goes out and murders people so that Eli need not risk venturing out. However, after a botched attempt at replenishing blood supplies, Eli rants and raves at the older man who can only beg her forgiveness. Clearly Eli is someone who knows how to convince men to service her needs. As with Gun Crazy’s Packey, Eli’s relationship with her companion foreshadows the future relationship she might have with Oskar.
When Laurie decides to move on from Packey, she does not even bother to inform him. Despite having been lovers and despite Packey having been present at a previous robbery in which Laurie killed a guard (making him, much like Eli’s companion, a custodian to her secrets), he is now to be cast aside because he is no longer of any use to the ever-hungry Laurie. The same hand-over takes place in Let The Right One In when, following a second botched murder, Eli’s companion is taken by the police. In order to prevent the police finding their way back to Eli, the companion drinks a jar of acid, dissolving his tongue and scarring his face. No longer of any use as a companion, Eli feeds from her protector with a good deal of tenderness but, once he is dead, she lets him drop from a seventh floor window without a second thoughts. Within minutes, Eli is naked and climbing into bed with Oskar, negotiating exactly what is involved in “going steady” as he lies stock still and utterly consumed by pre-pubescent desire and need for affection.
Let The Right One In also manages to mirror Gun Crazy’s extraordinary motel scene. Just as Laurie decides to come clean with Bart, so too does Eli as she talks Oskar into accepting that she is a vampire who kills people in order to survive. This final re-negotiation is sealed with a display of sexuality. In a scene hugely reminiscent of Verhoeven’s latter-day erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992), the blood-soaked Eli changes clothes, leaving the door partly open as though inviting Oskar to take a peak. Just as Sharon Stone’s Catherine Tramell flashes her naked body in order to exert control over Michael Douglas’s Nick Curran, so Eli flashes her groin at Oskar. An act that sets up the film’s needlessly bloody finale. In both Gun Crazy and Let The Right One In, the femme fatale uses her feminine wiles to lure the chosen man into a state of submission. That state achieved, both Laurie and Eli set about making sure that their men can never return home to their families.
What Oskar sees when he takes a peak at Eli is where Gun Crazy and Let The Right One In show their different cultural contexts. While Laurie is as dominant, violent and sexually aggressive as any man of her era, she is undeniably a woman. However, Eli’s groin reveals neither a penis, nor a vagina but a smooth surface adorned only with old scars. When Eli tells Oskar that she is “not a girl”, it is easy to take this as an attempted admission of Eli’s non-human status. That she is a vampire and so, technically, “not a girl” despite her feminine-sounding name and her long hair. The film does not really explain the issue of Eli’s lack of genitals but the original novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist reveals that Eli was born a boy and then mutilated by the vampire who sired her, effectively trapping her for ever in an intersexual state.
If the first wave of femme fatale films deconstructed the narrow social role ascribed to women by society at the time, then Let The Right One In makes a much bolder argument. Eli’s use of her feminine sexual characteristics to groom, seduce and effectively enslave a weak-willed and confused male means that she perfectly fits the traditional femme fatale role. However, what makes Let The Right One In so revolutionary is that Eli’s intersexual status allows the film to attack not only traditional gender roles but the entire philosophical underpinning of our thinking about gender.
Many of our society’s attitudes to gender reveal the tacit acceptance of the idea that there is an intrinsic link between which genitals you are born with and which gender you should adopt as the basis for your identity. Evidence for this can be seen in childhood accusations of being a “sissy” but also the tendency among both straight and gay people to be more attracted to people who conform to society’s gender expectations. The Journalist Tim Bergling refers to the gay community’s dislike of effeminate men as a form of ‘sissyphobia’. By virtue of assuming female sexual characteristics to suit her own purposes, Eli is demonstrating the fictitious nature of this link. Eli chooses to resemble a girl not because of the genitals she was born with or because of the genitals she possesses, but because it allows her to use the sexual and emotional desires of men. Having assumed a partly feminine appearance, Eli does not feel particularly obliged to conform to society’s expectations of how a girl ought to behave. One reason for Oskar’s intense attraction to Eli is that while Eli is a complete outsider, she is not in any way bothered by this fact. Indeed, she only starts to wear explicitly female clothes and dress in a way appropriate for the weather in order to please Oskar. She constructs her own identity and acts the way she wants to act not because of a desire to fit in but because of her powerful inner desires for blood.
Regarding the issue of pre-pubescent sexuality, it is possible to read the film as being all about paedophilia. Eli is an elderly man who passes himself off as a twelve year-old girl in order to seduce a pretty young boy. This is a valid reading of the film up to a certain point but I cannot help but feel that it fails to take into account the ambiguity of the film’s ending. Seen as a metaphor for paedophilia, Let The Right One In’s ending is undeniably downbeat, but Oskar is smiling in the final scene and seems to be happy about the decision he has made. So rather than seeing the final scene either as the fruition of the kind of love story dealt with by writers in the Paranormal Romance genre, or as a metaphorical climax to a prolonged period of grooming and seduction, I think it is preferable to see the ending in more muted tones and as a recognition that, even though Oskar is pre-pubescent, he is driven by sexual and emotional urges that allow him to make his own decisions. The metaphorically negative and genre-based positive spins one can place on the ending are recognitions of the fact that in life we make decisions that can turn out for the good or for the bad. Just because Oskar is a child, it does not mean that he cannot make those kinds of decisions for himself and live with the consequences. | <urn:uuid:d5f7a301-fcd5-48ca-a38b-b3d599501376> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://ruthlessculture.com/2009/03/30/dont-let-the-wrong-one-in-re-inventing-the-femme-fatale/ | 2016-02-09T09:42:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701157012.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193917-00118-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966145 | 3,210 |
CUTTLESTONES auctioneers are to host a talk on the Staffordshire Hoard to help raise funds to conserve the treasure.
The event at the Penkridge auction rooms on Thursday, April 29, will welcome Steve Dean, Principle Archaeologist at Staffordshire County Council, as speaker. He led the dig and will unravel its mysteries during an hour-long presentation that includes video footage and images of the finds.
As reported in last week’s ATG, the £3.3m required to purchase the hoard has been raised, but another £1.7m is needed to fund its conservation, interpretation and display.
To secure your tickets for the talk, email firstname.lastname@example.org along with your name, address and telephone number.
For further details visit www.cuttlestones.co.uk or call 01785 714905.
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Have you ever been curious about the rights of the serfs and wenches who serve you your half-chicken and soup at Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament? Perhaps you have spent a ponderous afternoon considering where their horses are stabled when they are not in battle. Those knights, are they cocky? Are they kind to the kitchen staff? When someone in the castle gets the flu, does it spread like the plague? Well, boy, do I have the podcast for you.
Jon Speier, the general manager of Medieval Times’ Dallas castle, stopped by the Old Monk for a couple pints of ale and to discuss some rather big news for the Irving-based chain. For the first time in 34 years, the lead in the evening’s show will be a queen. The new show launched in Dallas last night. It’ll start rolling it out to the other eight castles later in November, starting with Chicago. The script changes every five to six years.
Speier’s a fascinating guy. He’s been with the company since the Dallas castle opened, in 1992, and he has the tights to prove it. He worked his way up from serf—escaping a grim fate despite serving O.J. Simpson and the annual Mary Kay conference attendees—all the way to GM. He’s even managed the horse stable in Sanger, where the company has, over the years, become the largest breeder of Spanish Andalusian horses in the country. If you’re wondering whether Medieval Times is still a thing, more than 20 years after showing up in The Cable Guy, it most certainly is. The company is looking at building a tenth castle, in Phoenix. These are all things that get discussed. Bonus: will Zac find a way to sneak in the phrase “bellytimber” into casual conversation?
Give it a listen with the streaming player below, or use your favorite podcatcher. Show notes after the jump.
1. We start in the present: Dallas is seriously considering tearing down the 1.4 mile stretch of freeway that separates Deep Ellum from downtown. The City Council’s Economic and Housing Development committee voted to study the economic impact of tearing the sucker down or burying it. It’s the first time a city entity has been on board with even entertaining the idea. The full Council votes on it on Nov. 8. Here’s our piece on it, and here’s Wilonsky’s.
2. The Amazon bid is in. The Dallas Regional Chamber submitted it yesterday, and we’ve got something like 30 potential locations scattered throughout North Texas. Get excited, but probably not too excited.
3. The NFL Draft is coming to Dallas. Some people are pumped, I guess.
4. Behold, the dumbest name in Dallas dining.
5. There are a lot more photos on Google image search of drawings of Medieval-era serfs than there are of serfs at Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. Just an observation.
6. So I’ve been mildly obsessed with this History Channel reality show called Forged in Fire. Mildly obsessed, in that, if it’s on, I’ll watch it and be rapt. It’s mostly bearded dudes forging swords and then whacking them at things in slow motion to heavy metal stock music. Medieval Times’ knights use titanium steel swords; apparently the spark it creates when it strikes another sword is brighter and is sustained longer than other types of steel. I just started YouTubing “Forged in Fire” and “titanium” to see whether those dudes have forged a titanium sword. I can’t seem to find one, but here’s this video, and I’ve got to move on to the next show note or I’m going to lose my afternoon.
7. Falcons fly at Medieval Times. Sometimes they even land next to your soup. I would totally pay for this.
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Interconnected porous calcite has attracted attention as an artificial bone replacement material and as a precursor for the fabrication of carbonate apatite, which is also an artificial bone replacement material. In this study, calcite granules were exposed to acidic calcium phosphate solution, and the feasibility of fabricating interconnected porous calcite using this process was evaluated. No setting reaction was observed under the nonloading condition. In contrast, under loading conditions, calcite granules were bridged with dicalcium phosphate dihydrate crystals, and the calcite granules set into interconnected porous calcite foam. When applied 0.4 MPa of loading pressure during sample preparation, compressive strength of the obtained interconnected porous calcite was ∼1.5 MPa. The exposure of the calcite granules to acidic calcium phosphate solution under loading conditions was the key for the setting reaction to occur. This is because calcite granules cannot contact one another under the nonloading condition because of bubble formation on the surfaces of the calcite granules. The interconnected porous calcite revealed excellent tissue response, and new bone was able to penetrate into the porous calcite 2 weeks after implantation.
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[SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ: GILT) has announced that Erez Antebi has decided to step down from the position of CEO of Gilat Satellite Networks.
Dov Baharav, Gilat's Chairman of the Board will assume the position of interim CEO until a new CEO is appointed. The transition between Mr. Baharav and Mr. Antebi will occur during the second quarter of 2015. Mr. Baharav will remain Gilat's Chairman of the Board.
On behalf of Gilat's Board of Directors, Dov Baharav saiud, "We recognize Erez's great contribution to Gilat over the many years in his various positions. His achievements include developing and leading a series of successful initiatives to enter new markets, as well as new product development, streamlining operations and improving cost savings. These and others have helped establish a solid foundation for Gilat's future."
Mr. Erez Antebi said, "After many years in the company and three years as CEO, I'm happy to see its success and strong momentum going forward. I am proud of having led the company back to a profitable path and turning Gilat into a true global leader in its space. Though I have decided to look for my next opportunities, I will always remain committed to Gilat's success". | <urn:uuid:22e72551-22c5-44a9-8523-35257457853f> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1983956226 | 2019-05-25T01:43:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232257845.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525004721-20190525030721-00184.warc.gz | en | 0.969376 | 276 |
Court guide for lead inspectors
- Navigating the Trial Process: A Manual for Lead Inspector Experts educates lead inspectors and risk assessors on what to expect when they are subpoenaed to appear as an expert witness at a deposition or in court. The guide was developed by the Loyola University Civitas ChildLaw Center's Policy Institute.
State and local organizations
- Access Living addresses housing issues for disabled people through education, community organizing, advocacy and individual housing counseling.
- The Chicago Commission on Human Relations receives complaints of illegal discrimination by those renting or selling property.
- Chicago Rents Right is a Chicago Department of Housing program which provides information for Chicago-area tenants about their rights and responsibilities.
- The Center for Conflict Resolution works with individuals and communities to manage and resolve a range of conflicts.
- Cook County Commission on Human Rights receives complaints of illegal discrimination by those renting or selling property.
- Illinois Department of Human Rights receives complaints of illegal discrimination by those renting or selling property.
- John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic aims to educate the public about fair housing law and to provide legal assistance to organizations that address housing discrimination issues.
- Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing offers legal assistance to low- and moderate-income households in the Chicago area.
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago offers free legal aid to the citizens of Cook County.
- The Metropolitan Tenants Organization provides information about tenants' rights and responsibilities regarding a variety of issues, including lead hazards in housing.
- Alliance for Healthy Homes (AFHH) has merged with National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) as of January 2010.
- National Lead Information Center (NLIC)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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We’re racking up a lot of frequent flyer miles this month. We just finished speaking at GLOBALCON, and now we are off to Baltimore for NFMT, DC for the Building Energy Summit and then back here to the Bay area for Cleantech Forum San Francisco.
Last week, Derek Johnson, director of east coast operations, spoke at GLOBALCON. During his session – Driving Efficiency & Savings with Smart Building Energy Management – Derek showcased how predictive energy optimization technology addresses the fundamental shortcomings of HVAC systems and provided case studies to demonstrate how this technology can manage energy consumption in buildings, saving up to 30 percent with little or no capital expenses and no impact on occupant comfort.
This week, our CEO Mike Zimmerman will take over the tradeshow circuit. He will be speaking at Building Operating Management’s NFMT 2012. Session W2.47 – “Smart Buildings: Energy Optimization Technology for Efficiency and Savings” – will explore the next generation of intelligent building energy management, showcasing how BuildingIQ is using advanced technology to predict and automate the management of energy use in buildings.
After his session at NFMT, Mike will head from Baltimore to DC for the Building Energy Summit which will kick off the White House Better Buildings Challenge in Washington, DC to collectively reduce energy consumption 20% by 2020. And finally later this month, we will be presenting with our partner Schneider Electric at Cleantech Forum San Francisco.
Together with Jay Nardone, vice president of Schneider Electric, Mike will discuss how partnerships between energy management vendors and building management system (BMS) vendors are helping redefine the way energy is managed in commercial buildings worldwide. Offering the only system available on the market that goes beyond reporting to deliver
measurable energy savings, Schneider Electric and BuildingIQ are providing the next generation of energy efficiency in commercial buildings.
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As CIO at building materials manufacturer Owens Corning, David Johns has a laser focus on the customer experience. If an aspect of the organization doesn't touch the customer directly, he wants it simplified and standardized to cut costs and gain efficiencies. Shared services, or what others call centralized IT, is a means to that end. In this interview, Johns describes Owens Corning's shared services model and tells why end user self-service provisioning is his ultimate goal. David Johns SearchCIO.com: Some consider shared services to be pooled virtualized resources; others take shared services to be a centralized IT model. What shared services model do you follow at Owens Corning? Johns: I would say we might be considered a combination of both those definitions. We have run IT "centralized," or we have operated as one single, global organization, for 10 years now. We do have resources in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S., but we operate as one global organization. We have a set of principles where we look for ...
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Dozens Audition For Final Performances Of Robert Joffrey's NutcrackerDancers waited nervously at the ballet company's Loop studios as others performed in front of staff - girls wearing black leotards and white tights, and boys also dressed in black and white.
Joffrey Ballet Holding Auditions For Its "Nutcracker" ProductionIt's only Labor Day but, Chicago's Joffrey Ballet is preparing for an annual Christmas tradition reports WBBM's Regine Schlseinger.
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Joffrey Ballet To Livestream Rehearsal Of Swan Lake On Youtube Thursday Chicago's Joffrey Ballet is doing something tomorrow no other ballet company has ever done, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
Joffrey Ballet To Begin Nutcracker Auditions Next MonthIt might still be summer, but Chicago's Joffrey Ballet company is looking ahead to its annual Christmastime tradition - a production of the Nutcracker.
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Joffrey Ballet Reaches Agreement To Avoid LockoutA tentative deal has been reached to keep dancers on their toes with the Joffrey Ballet.
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S.E. Felter worked these flooded fields as a teen. Now, the Adams County supervisor is hoping the water recedes quickly from the inundated agricultural community.
During S.E. Felter’s early teen years, he baled hay a few miles from his Adams County, Miss. home. But now the land Felter worked as a youngster is a lake, after the Mississippi River swelled its banks and pushed water inland along creeks and rivers. Read more »
Secretary Vilsack on the Mississippi River with a grain elevator towering behind him, highlighted how the Korea trade agreement would eliminate tariffs on two-thirds of all U.S. ag exports to Korea and bring $1.8 billion export growth.
I spent yesterday in St. Louis, talking about the importance of trade and smart trade deals to America’s rebounding economy. Within 500 miles of St. Louis, farmers are producing more than three quarters of the nation’s corn and soybean crops, injecting $75 billion into the global economy, supporting 265,000 jobs, and producing $131 billion in crops and livestock. Meanwhile, the Mississippi River moves about 500 million tons of cargo each year, including 60 percent of the nation’s grain exports, accounting for $8.5 billion in exports. USDA recently reported that grain barge traffic around St. Louis is up 126 percent over last year, underscoring the importance of St. Louis to the national economy as a hub for U.S. farm exports. As the heart of the nation’s farm economy, St. Louis is pumping life into the overall economy. Read more » | <urn:uuid:2d05cf33-fbc7-45b7-983f-a69c00c7025e> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/mississippi-river/ | 2013-12-10T20:40:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164025146/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133345-00066-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939278 | 337 |
The 266th pope has been chosen: Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina, 76. He is choosing the name Pope Francis.
He has changed into his papal white cassock, and one-by-one the cardinals approached him to swear their obedience.
Preceding him to the balcony was French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the protodeacon, who announces "Habemus Papam!" Latin for "We have a pope" and then introduces him to the world in Latin.
Bergoglio is the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
Bergoglio had reportedly finished second in the 2005 conclave that produced Benedict XVI — who last month became the first pope to resign in 600 years. The 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aires has spent nearly his entire career at home in Argentina, overseeing churches and shoe-leather priests.
Elected on the fifth ballot, the new pope was chosen in one of the fastest conclaves in years, remarkable given there was no clear front-runner going into the vote and that the church had been in turmoil following the upheaval unleashed by Pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation.
A winner must receive 77 votes, or two-thirds of the 115, to be named pope.
The conclave played out against the backdrop of the first papal resignation in 600 years and revelations of mismanagement, petty bickering, infighting and corruption in the Holy See bureaucracy. Those revelations, exposed by the leaks of papal documents last year, had divided the College of Cardinals into camps seeking a radical reform of the Holy See's governance and those defending the status quo.
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Students gather around a makeshift memorial in front of Burruss Hall on April 17. A massive candlelight vigil was held on the drillfield the same evening.
Photo Courtesy of Ivan V. Morozov
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Beyond just an hourly or project based retainer, there are many pricing models that you can use when selling SEO services to local businesses.
Local businesses don’t usually view SEOs in the best light. This is mainly because many SEOs overpromise and underperform. If you are looking to utilize search engine optimization outsourcing, you should be aware of these 10 things when picking an agency or freelancer and committing to SEO project outsourcing:
When people think about making money with SEO freelancing and freelance digital marketing, they often assume that client work or applying for a job are the only ways to do it. If you are just starting out or frustrated with working for clients, this guide is for you.
Startups are delicate little beings and they need to be treated with care. For most startups, the most important part of their business is marketing and sales. Unfortunately, if you cannot get these things right, your business will typically close once the money runs out. So instead of buying that hot tub or water slide for your hip new downtown office, consider using that precious investor money to expand your business.
The same amount of work will get you way more leads in your water damage restoration marketing campaign. If you are a water damage SEO, or contractor yourself, you will want to take note of these 10 long-tail keywords that can help get the phone ringing. | <urn:uuid:53362cb9-807f-49d7-869b-89ac3ab4cc61> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.keywordsheaven.com/category/guides/ | 2021-05-10T21:06:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243989749.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20210510204511-20210510234511-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.955315 | 279 |
Tom Hiddleston, Emma Watson and other popular stars are bringing back the glory of poetry reading via “The Love Book” app.
Radio Times reported that like the other stars, Tom Hiddleston and Emma Watson have read poems penned by world-renowned bards. Allie Esiri, the app’s creator, discussed and enthused about the recording procedures and poetry reading skills of the celebrity readers.
Esiri singled out Tom Hiddleston’s rendition of “May I Feel Said He,” a poem written by E.E. Cummings in 1923, for it is the most popular among users. Compared to the other poetry readings available on the app, Hindleston’s reading garnered the most number of feedback via comments and emails.
Tom Hiddleston and Emma Watson are two of the celebrity readers who have read downloadable poems on “The Love Book” app. Other popular stars such as Damien Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter, Gina Bellman and Helen McRory are also part of the readers’ list.
According to iliterature, The Love Book app is a compilation of various literary pieces focused on the subject of love. Users can download poems, short stories, quotes and letters using their iPhones or Android phones. | <urn:uuid:14750356-7a64-4da3-b577-6e4526fc8759> | CC-MAIN-2014-42 | http://iheartwatson.net/ | 2014-10-25T16:42:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-42/segments/1414119648706.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20141024030048-00244-ip-10-16-133-185.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920004 | 269 |
An athlete’s body is their most valuable tool. Whether they’re sprinters, marathoners, out on the track or traversing the field, they need their body to be up for the next challenge ahead. Whether you’re a long-time athlete or just getting started with your training regimen, there are things you can be doing outside of your workouts or practices to make sure your body is ready for the next pulse-pounding event.
When you adhere to a routine, whether it is regular strength training or cardio workouts, it’s important to let your muscles and joints rest and repair in between sessions. To help aid in times of recovery, sports massage can play a beneficial role you might not have considered before. The Certified Massage Therapists at Advanced Medical of Twin Cities know exactly how to assist you when you crave the right recovery for hardworking muscles. Whether you need a quick sports massage to prep for your next big competition or you simply need a something extra to aid in recovery, check out how different sports massage techniques can help you.
We Understand How to Help You Best
When you come through our doors, we never apply one-size-fits-all techniques. We take the time to get to know you, hear your needs and goals, and assess what the best course of action is. Our team approach ensures you’ll be getting the care you need no matter what your concerns are. We want to see you get back to what you love doing most, so getting your body back up and moving is our number one priority.
Our massage therapists are experts in their field and know the vast number of benefits sports massage can have on the whole body. Overall, massage therapy can lower body stress, reduce muscle spasms, improve circulation, calm your nervous system, reduce pain and even increase energy levels. You’ll leave our clinic feeling rejuvenated and ready to take on the next set of reps, lap around the track or throw of the ball.
No matter the sport, your mobility and range of motion need to be operating on all cylinders. When those factors are compromised, you won’t be able to throw as far or leap as high. Sports massage can dramatically improve your range of motion, especially when performed on major muscle areas. A study published by the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that a massage as short as 30 seconds provided a “7.2% increase in hip flexion range of motion.”
Imagine the benefits to be reaped when you seek sports massage therapy regularly—every 1 to 2 weeks. You may be able to sit deeper in your squats or even perfect your form while you swim. Enhanced mobility is crucial to advancement in many sports or activities, and if your muscles are tight around joints, you may not be experiencing the range of motion you crave. Regular massage can alleviate muscles, loosen tightness and restore mobility.
When you train, your muscles need time to relax and repair themselves. If you exercise heavily and practice often, your muscles may lose their capacity to relax. When hardworking muscles aren’t given the time to recover, they can become tight, causing you to lose flexibility. Not only can the sheer loss of flexibility cause injury, but so too can the increased risk of muscle pulls and tears. Through sports massage, your muscles can experience relief from chronic soreness, stiffness and inflexibility.
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Sports massage does a lot you might not even be able to feel directly. Regular massages on deep tissue or trigger points can improve blood flow through your muscles, which maximizes the supply of nutrients and oxygen available to those muscle groups. These benefits in conjunction with improved lymph circulation add up to quicker rebuilding of muscles and tissues.
It’s been found that “massage following an intense workout actually causes muscles to enlarge and grow new mitochondria.” Since mitochondria are essentially the powerhouses of our cells that are responsible for converting nutrients into useful energy, it only makes sense that more mitochondria means more useful energy—and energy is everything for an athlete. Muscles with increased mitochondria utilize oxygen at a higher rate than normal, leading to amped up endurance so you can keep going well past the final whistle.
What isn’t there to love about a good massage? “Getting massaged causes muscles to unclench, a racing heart to slow, heightened blood pressure to fall, and levels of stress hormone cortisol to drop.” When all of these benefits swarm you at once, you’re more apt to let go of the stress on your shoulders, regroup, recharge, and face the day feeling refreshed. Go into your next workout with a renewed outlook and clear mind, which will undoubtedly help you up your game.
Regular Sports Massage Could Up Your Game and so Much More
Regular sports massage could have you reaping priceless benefits that may push your game to the next level. From increased range of motion to injury avoidance and even sheer happiness, what isn’t there to love about massage? Even if you choose to seek the occasional athletic massage that’s deep tissue or meant to target flared trigger points, you could experience welcome relief of muscle soreness or tightness.
If you’re an athlete interested in seeing what our massage therapists can do for you and your sport, get in touch with Advanced Medical of Twin Cities. By listening to what your athletic goals are and taking into consideration the needs of your specific training program, we can help your body reach your aim in no time. | <urn:uuid:72ecf867-e606-4067-9842-c8068f8f8c08> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.advancedmedicaltc.com/5-priceless-benefits-of-sports-massage/ | 2020-12-06T02:23:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141753148.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20201206002041-20201206032041-00341.warc.gz | en | 0.930879 | 1,139 |
When it comes to non-profits, the word “overhead” carries a lot of weight. For example, Form 990 has an entire page dedicated to breaking out an entity’s expenses by type, with a total at the bottom which sums all program, fundraising, and administrative expenses–the latter two collectively known as “overhead.” Thus, it would seem this emphasis on measuring overhead is assumed even at the highest levels; but where is the value in this? Donors like knowing where their dollars are going with respect to the non-profit’s mission, but why be concerned about the mission today if the organization isn’t going to be here tomorrow? Non-profits are faced with a dilemma: while it’s critical to their long-term success that they spend their money wisely and invest it in ways that will ensure their livelihood, they’re under immense public pressure to keep overhead low.
At Barnes Dennig’s annual non-profit seminar, we were fortunate enough to have Peter Brinckerhoff–a thought leader in the non-profit sector–discuss overhead. Peter said plainly to the crowd, “Do not spend all of your money every year.” A movement has begun in the non-profit sector to transform the public idea of overhead, and Barnes Dennig is in support of this effort. The website Overhead Myth has been created to help spread the message. For the sake of the needs within our communities which the non-profit sector is fighting to address, Barnes Dennig is urging readers to visit the above website and reconsider their idea of how they measure a non-profit’s success. | <urn:uuid:1e369327-f24e-4e96-ae7f-35b4516faf4e> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | http://www.barnesdennig.com/2013/07/non-profits-the-overhead-myth | 2018-02-24T03:55:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891815318.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180224033332-20180224053332-00026.warc.gz | en | 0.967309 | 349 |
With literally thousands of permutations of pickup brands, models, positions, widths, colors, and wirings, there is no doubt that you will at some point want something we don't have and potentially cannot find anywhere - don't worry though we have you covered.
We currently carry Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio and can access their entire product lines - if they make it we can order it for you!
First, please go to the manufacturer's website to confirm what you're looking for exists. Next, please email email@example.com exactly what you'd like with as much detail as possible (e.g. I want a DiMarzio Crunch Lab with two blue coils). I will check to see if we can order that specific item and will go ahead and temporarily "add" the item to the site so that you can check out and purchase it.
In terms of lead-time, please assume that it will take at least two weeks for us to make the order, for it to ship from the manufacturer to us, and then for us to ship it to you. We will let you know when your item has shipped and email you tracking numbers as usual. | <urn:uuid:f655cf3a-340a-4051-9678-09060386aeb5> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://www.guitarpickups.xyz/blogs/faqs/67231171-how-do-i-order-something-that-is-out-of-stock | 2020-10-31T16:39:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107919459.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20201031151830-20201031181830-00108.warc.gz | en | 0.967897 | 248 |
PMI policies protect the lender if you default on your mortgage. PMI is required on all FHA mortgages with a down payment of less than 20 percent. fha-backed loans allow for a down payment as low as 3.5 percent. PMI fees vary depending on your credit scores and down payment.
Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) FHA loans require private mortgage insurance, referred to as MIP (mortgage insurance premium) or PMI (private mortgage insurance).. There are two types of mortgage insurance you will pay. An annual MIP and an up-front mortgage insurance premium of 1.75%.
FHA loans require a mortgage insurance premium, or MIP, to be paid. fha loans insures for lenders in the case of default. FHA loans insures for lenders in the case of default. Typically, lenders require private mortgage insurance, or PMI, when borrowers invest less than 20% down payment.
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All FHA mortgages in 2018 have 175 basis points or 1.75% of the base loan amount as an upfront mortgage insurance premium The only exception for this rule are for homes located on Indian lands, please see section 248 of the HUD 4000.1 FHA Handbook for more information
FHA MIP, or mortgage insurance premium, is a type of insurance policy that protects lenders if an FHA loan holder defaults on his or her mortgage. This insurance allows lenders to issue fha loans requiring very small down payments and at low rates. FHA MIP reduces lender risk, and the benefits are passed onto the borrower.
On a $250,000 loan, mortgage insurance on a USDA loan is $100 less a month than FHA loans. Mortgage insurance will be required on most mortgages except for VA loans, and conforming loans with an LTV of 80% or less. FHA PMI rules changed in 2013 no longer cancelling PMI after the LTV reaches 78%.
FHA mortgage insurance is required for all FHA loans. It costs the same no matter your credit score, with only a slight increase in price for down payments less than five percent. FHA mortgage insurance includes both an upfront cost, paid as part of your closing costs , and a monthly cost, included in your monthly payment.
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You may have noticed in the local news recently, that it is becoming an increasingly challenging time for the High Street. Large chain stores and closing meaning many face job losses with little to no notice.
In light of this the local branch, based in Ferndown, are offering those worried about their job security, the opportunity to interview for a care professional role the same day. The interview will be an informal phone call and is guaranteed on the same day that the enquiry is made.
Branch Director Sam Jones commented: “ With many businesses closing, It’s a very uncertain time for a lot of people in our local area and will inevitably be causing a great deal of concern for what the coming months may hold. We want to make their next steps as simple as possible and in turn, hopefully we can secure some of those people a new role within our growing team.”
“There are many transferable skills between customer service and being a care professional. We believe people who share our PRIDE values of Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Empathy, along with our in depth training can make excellent care professionals. This would offer them a new career path and also help the local community stay living in the home they love.”
GoodOaks Homecare’s mission statement has always been: “To be the go-to provider of quality care at home by valuing, developing and rewarding the caring people who work with us.”
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This vehicle won't be on the lot long! A versatile hatchback seating as many as 5 occupants with ease! All of the premium features expected of a Subaru are offered, including: air conditioning, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, and remote keyless entry. It features a continuously variable transmission, all-wheel drive, and a 2 liter 4 cylinder engine. Our aim is to provide our customers with the best prices and service at all times. Please don't hesitate to give us a call.
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