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New to the UK Chapbook chart and straight into the Number 1 slot is Jörg Bernig with flower angel ship. A chapbook of selected poems (several previously unpublished) by prize-winning novelist and poet Bernig, from Saxony in Germany, with translations into English by Tom Cheesman and participants in a translation workshop at Swansea University. Initial print run supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). All proceeds to Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group: http://www.swanseabassgroup.org
Jörg Bernig, from Radebeul near Dresden, worked in Edinburgh and Swansea in the early 1990s, just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before that he was a uranium miner in East Germany and also served in the East German army. He studied English and German literature at Leipzig and Berlin. Since 1998 he has published several volumes of poetry, short stories and three novels. He has been awarded several prestigious prizes for his literary work, including a Hölderlin Prize, a Lessing Prize and an Eichendorff Prize. His work has been translated into Rumanian, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Italian, Czech and now for the first time also English.
New entries into the UK chapbook top ten are flower angel ship by Jörg Bernig at No.1, Christina’s Moon by Jill Hedges
The No.1 Publisher crown is shared between three houses, Pluto Press, Hollyridge Press and Sampson Low, all have 2 entries in the top ten.
Oscar Wilde is the leading author with 2 publications in the top ten.
TOP TEN UK CHAPBOOKS
1 (-) flower angel ship – Jörg Bernig (Hafan Books, 1 Nov. 2013)
2 (2) On The Kitchen Table From Which Everything Has Been Hastily Removed – Olena Kalytiak Davis (Hollyridge Press, 1 July 2009)
3 (4) Poems for Political Disaster –
4 (5) Ballad of Reading Gaol – Oscar Wilde (Pluto Press, 29 Jun 1978)
5 (6) Soul of Man Under Socialism – Oscar Wilde (Pluto Press, 1 Jan 1987)
6 (3) Hard Rain – Tony Hoagland (Hollyridge Press, 20 Oct. 2005)
7 (7) Over The Skin – Carole Bulewski (Sampson Low Ltd, 17 Nov 2015)
8 (10) The Dead Spaces – April Pitts (Amazon Media EU S.à r.l., No Date)
9 (-) Christina’s Moon – Jill Hedges (Sampson Low Ltd, 21 Feb. 2017)
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Stocks sold off strongly Thursday morning on China trade worries and then recovered somewhat later in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) bounced back from being down 450 points and the broader S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) also closed with a moderate loss.
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Roku rides the streaming boom
Roku blew away its guidance for first-quarter results as the streaming TV specialist continued to grow market share, and the stock rocketed up 28.1%. Revenue soared 51% to $206.7 million, exceeding its forecast of $185 million to $190 million. Adjusted EBITDA was $10 million after the company set expectations for a loss of $8 million to $12 million.
Roku added 2 million new accounts in Q1 for a total of 29.1 million, up 40% from the period a year ago. Customers streamed 8.9 billion hours of programming, representing an increase of 74% year over year, and average revenue per user grew 27% to $19.06.
Roku estimates that its platform was on 1 in 3 smart TVs sold in the U.S. last quarter, up from 1 in 4 last year, making it the top-selling smart TV platform in the country. The company doesn't produce its own content, but is capitalizing on the rapid growth of streaming by partnering with content services to provide an advertising platform and to attract subscribers to those plans.
Investors were unimpressed with Cronos' results
Shares of Cronos fell 8.9% after the Canadian marijuana producer reported a modest increase in production and predicted losses will grow this year. Net revenue jumped 15% from the previous quarter to 6.47 million Canadian dollars ($4.79 million), which was more than analysts were expecting. The company reported a net profit of CA$428 million ($316 million), but that was due to an accounting adjustment as the liability on outstanding warrants was marked down. Excluding that paper gain, it lost CA$8.7 million.
Cronos sold 1,111 kilograms of marijuana in the quarter, up only 6.8% from the amount sold in Q4. Kilograms of dried cannabis sold increased 17% sequentially and sales of cannabis oil fell 23% by weight, but an increase in the selling price of oil contributed to a 9% gain in revenue from that product over last quarter.
Cronos still predicts that major capacity gains will come in the second half of the year, but investors may be having doubts about production that is falling behind that of peers, and a statement in the conference call that "adjusted EBITDA will likely decline over 2019" didn't help, either. | <urn:uuid:366ba3db-4756-4adc-b74f-4fd4e643160a> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/05/09/what-happened-in-the-stock-market-today.aspx | 2019-05-20T21:07:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232256147.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20190520202108-20190520224108-00196.warc.gz | en | 0.964281 | 571 |
Power Tour visit to private collection of cool cars
During the 2016 HOT ROD Power Tour, our group made a stop at Wards Auto Body, where owner Charles Janssen opened his shop for our group. He had been on American Pickers years ago for a 1970 Plymouth Superbird barn find he had rescued and was storing in a lean-to. That car was long gone, but he had others scattered about the property. Out in the field were a pair of 1969 Dodge Superbee Post cars that had been parted out through the years, along with many of the other vehicles sitting out there. | <urn:uuid:8d82ca2c-640f-4fda-bd28-1d89a8bacf36> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.hotrod.com/articles/power-tour-visit-private-collection-cool-cars/ | 2021-03-04T13:44:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178369054.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304113205-20210304143205-00505.warc.gz | en | 0.991159 | 121 |
This new project will require 2 new 4 floor staircase handrails and balustrades to be designed and installed along with 4 glass balconies a stainless steel hand rail with ballustrade refurbishment and anodised aluminium feature panels around the lift doors on both cores.
A lovely project neighbouring the Essex County Cricket Ground which required the design and installation of wrap-around aluminium panels in the reception and foyer lift area, entrance feature panels as well as feature panels to the existing external car park entrance canopy.
An exciting new project in Botswana's Okavango Delta.The project requires design and build of a 10 Challet and Restaurant Eco-Lodge completely off the grid with a solar power and battery electricity supply and environmentally friendly soak away drainage and sewer system.
77-79 Farringdon Road
A challenging project requiring the structural strengthening of the core over a 6 floor building with an additional steel structure for the new 7th and 8th floor and a new 2 floor steel staircase. A structural frame on the new roof to house louveres for plant protection. | <urn:uuid:71940cc0-59c0-46cd-9912-4438633b0bff> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.mysite.services/projects | 2022-05-17T13:55:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662517485.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517130706-20220517160706-00055.warc.gz | en | 0.887609 | 237 |
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010, the award-winning Minerd.com family website rebounded from a down year in 2009 by drawing its second all-time-highest number of annual visitors, adding voluminous amounts of content, and forging new friendships to help us reach new audiences.
All told, more than 1.7 million visitors have clicked into Minerd.com since its launch on May 7, 2000, including 266,551 the past year. Our strategy remains the same as the day the site went live – to appeal to tens of thousands of curious cousins who google a family name. We want search engine spiders to bring these cousins to Minerd.com and aspire for our site to deliver a meaningful, memorable experience. The site encourages interested cousins to share their own family treasure trove of information and invite them to our next family annual reunion in the Pittsburgh region.
As more and more names are added to the site, the more Google will find and deliver them to web-surfers in our family. It's a perfect system to connect like-minded people who share an interest.
Why the site's visit statistics improved so dramatically in 2010 may be inferred from research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The Pew's data show that more American adults than ever before use the internet, send or read email, use a search engine, and research a product or service. The same research shows a sharp decline in internet adoption by American adults in 2009, with a strong bounceback in 2010. This may mirror the economic downturn that our nation has weathered the past several years, and the fact that some families who may have been forced to cut back their Internet usage during that time have now returned to the online world.
As a mark of Minerd.com's relevance, its content continues to be used by students, authors and researchers. Many cousins regularly contact me to ask if they can add our site's content to their genealogy records or websites. As well, a thesis authored by an Ohio State University student references our site as a major source for her work of the family of William Minerd of Philippi, WV. Entitled "Founding Chestnut Ridge: the Origins of Central West Virginia's Multiracial Community," her publication discusses "the nature of racial ambiguity and identity construction in an early American frontier settlement." Link.
~ New Promotional Joint Venture with VisitPittsburgh.com ~
In a new promotional joint venture, Minerd.com and VisitPittsburgh, the official tourist promotion agency of Allegheny County, PA (Pittsburgh), agreed to share each other's web content to draw more reunion groups to the region with inspiration and valuable advice. Said Tinsy Lipchak, VisitPittsburgh’s executive director of tourism and cultural heritage, "We’re delighted to work with Minerd.com to reach new audiences around the world whose ancestral home is Pittsburgh. It’s a model other families and regions can use to attract guests who may have no other reason to come."
Under the agreement, the sites will share each other’s content, including my top 10 list of tips, “Take It from Me." VisitPittsburgh's extensive planning resources should be a valuable tool for our cousins from out of town who are planning to attend our next national family reunion in 2011. This includes extensive data about hotels, events, festivals, transportation, sports, restaurants, cultural attractions and shops.
The joint venture announcement, syndicated nationally via PR Newswire, was picked up by more than 300 electronic news media outlets, providing extensive online exposure.
Minerd.com also was mentioned, and our national reunion is pictured and featured, in the new publication There's No Place Like Pittsburgh, the official 2010 VisitPittsburgh Visitor's Guide. The booklet is a one-stop guide for everything to see and do in Pittsburgh. (Click to order your own copy from VisitPittsburgh.)
~ Relentless Pursuit of New Research ~
A great differentiating strengths of Minerd.com is its relentless pursuit of original, on-site, proprietary research on a national scale. This could not have been possible without the extraordinary online tools provided by Ancestry.com and Google Books.
The top development was in late September-early October 2010, when for the 19th year, cousin Eugene Podraza and I traveled to a new region of the nation to conduct our work -- this time to eastern Kansas, logging 1,000 miles in six counties near Kansas City.
We photographed the graves of five Kansas cousin-pioneers of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and as well as the final resting places of their children and grandchildren. Where possible, we visited the site of their former farms to capture a photographic image. Scouring in courthouses, we found court records such as deeds, marriages and probate documents documenting their lives. In remarkable small and large public libraries, which all featured genealogy and regional history collections, we studied old newspapers and rare books to secure details otherwise lost to history. One librarian, Mary Barker, actually knew and introduced us to long-lost cousins living in the community of Lebo.
The eastern Kansas libraries we visited are listed below, where we found important, rare material. Without these public repositories of free information, we could not conduct our brand of research and make the findings available on Minerd.com.
In addition to the Kansas trip, Minerd.com's founder visited the following libraries and courthouses in 2010:
~ Public Outreach ~
In 2010, I started using Facebook to promote new webpages and features, as well as announce plans for the 2011 reunion. Many cousins and friends follow the site on Facebook, and this technology has proven to be a tremendous way to reach out to cousins near and far. I also started using podcasts to tell the Minerd.com story in my own words, using my own voice.
The Little Big Horn Associates' Newsletter for August 2010 featured a Minerd.com cover story headlined "Tommy: The Unknown Custer of Tontogany, Ohio." The article covers our family's unique connection with the legacy of General George Armstrong Custer from the perspective of his nephew -- and our cousin Thomas C. "Tommy" Custer -- the illegitimate son of the general's brother Capt. Thomas Ward Custer and our Rebecca Minerd. The cover itself uses Minerd.com photograph of a Sons of Veterans parade and old postcard of the SUV's colorful logo, while the two-page layout contains 15 of Minerd.com's archival photographs and documents. Longtime LBHA board director Joan Croy has been an especially good and kind friend to Minerd.com over the years.
In April, at a meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans in Somerset County, PA, at the historic Mount Union Church near Rockwood, I was honored to present a talk on our local Civil War connections. Entitled "Innocent Farm Boys No More: Somerset County Minerd-Miner Cousins in the Civil War," my powerpoint presentation highlighted the wartime and life stories of David Harbaugh, Henry A. Miner, Jacob M. Younkin, Charles Rose, Richard M. Gorsuch and Ephraim Minerd, and describes my own own personal brush with history when meeting elderly cousin Minnie (Miner) Gary, a Civil War soldier's daughter, in the summer of 1978.
To more proactively share Minerd.com's story to our cousins and the public, I completed a first year of emailing the "Photo of the Month" every month as a newsletter to a large number of cousins. Also included in this monthly distribution are leading museums, research libraries, news journalists, economic development officials and business colleagues. If you would like to be added to (or removed from) this newsletter list, please contact me.
~ Aspirations for 2011 ~
The major focus for 2011 for Minerd.com and our national reunion will be to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War by honoring our 107 cousin-soldiers who served in the conflict. Of the total 106 were Union soldiers and one was a Confederate; eight gave their lives; 19 suffered wounds; and 11 were captured as prisoners of war.
To do so, we will complete research on two recently discovered soldiers -- Uriah Minerd of the 20th Ohio Infantry and 201st Ohio Infantry, and Sylvester Georgia of the 28th Iowa Infantry and a POW. We also are taking steps to edit and produce Well At This Time, the previously unpublished Civil War diary of Ephraim Minerd of the 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry – focusing on the final year and a half of the war, when he was convalescing from injuries suffered during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
We are preparing for a great reunion in June, entitled "A Visit from a Civil War Soldier." The reunion will feature a one-man performance by re-enactor Bill May and a daylong campout by the Sons of Union Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary of Somerset County, PA. (Those of you who attended our 1994 reunion will remember Bill's outstanding performance, just before the tornado arrived at our picnic grove.)
With help from cousins in Delaware, we hope to publish archives of the annual Laughery family reunion held every year since 1963. This would be the fourth reunion archive of a major branch of our clan (which includes Minerd-Miner, Harbaugh and Younkin), and the first such event based outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Next fall, God willing, cousin Eugene Podraza and I hope to embark on our 20th annual research trip, this time to south-central Kansas. Our target are the six counties of Edwards, Barber, Harvey, Sedgwick, Anderson and Linn, focusing on the DeMoss, White, Walker-Rice, Knight and Brown-Jones branches.
~ Apologies ~
During the past year, I have to admit I focused more on research, writing and adding content to Minerd.com than quickly responding to cousins who contacted me. Some cousins are still waiting for an answer from me – unforgiveable. I apologize to you if in fact you reached out to me and received silence in return. One of my new year’s resolutions in 2011 is to change that. I deeply regret any disappointment or unmet expectations you may have had.
~ In Closing, A Heart-felt Thank You! ~
Now into our 11th year after Minerd.com went live online, this work continues to be deeply fulfilling, surprising and eye-opening. Thank you again to everyone who has contributed your special part from your own family's trove of family treasures. This site is for you, and would not be possible without you. | <urn:uuid:9190e134-276a-4515-9f56-dbc0ce379341> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | http://minerd.com/annualreview2010.htm | 2018-10-23T20:54:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583517376.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20181023195531-20181023221031-00237.warc.gz | en | 0.943471 | 2,216 |
I'd like to hear your stories, ideas, comments, etc. Share some design ideas, whatever. There's a nice thread on the PDGA discussion board, too, but I think this would be a good place to talk about sandtraps, too.
Yeah, I hate to see a disc gently fall from the basket and then roll away. I think designers should always be aware of that possibility. I guess it can be diminished (basket in a depression), or heightened (basket on a slope), or whatever.
The thread on the PDGA board, well, the part that i liked, talked about using bunkers as casual relief, with line of play rule dictating that the next throw (no penalty stroke) be taken out of the bunker, in the first in-bounds area that you come to as you walk that line away from the basket.
I'd love to know where some courses are that have CR with LOP relief in effect. Is it on course signage? What tourneys have used it? Stuff like that. Seems like a great way to modify a hole that might be too simple or wide-open. What do you think?
I was drawing some hole ideas when the power was out thanks to Ike... I'll scan-n-upload later. | <urn:uuid:b0338a1e-e09a-4ef5-bcac-9666aa7cd42c> | CC-MAIN-2015-11 | http://discgolfer.ning.com/group/dgcpa/forum/topics/1809917:Topic:1157708 | 2015-03-06T04:44:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-11/segments/1424936465487.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20150226074105-00053-ip-10-28-5-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973554 | 265 |
Poynter reports that, building off of the success of the “We Are The 99 Percent Tumblr,” a group of journalists from the St. Petersburg Times have created “We Are Journalists,” a new Tumblr for journalists to tell the stories of their profession and talk about why they are passionate about what they do.
“We are journalists. We are proud of what we do. We are tired of bad press about the press. We are trying to be ‘team players.’ We are terrified of more layoffs and paycuts. We would like to produce quality work without ‘obamasux99’ posting some non-sequitur rant at the end of it,” reads the Tumblr’s description. “We complain because we want things to be better. We would like some respect, plz. We are journalists.”
Here’s one sample entry from a journalism student who started his studies in Brazil. While working for a newspaper, he used his position “to write about power: policy, government issues and other stories — I think we need to tell people what’s going on in Latin America, the current issues and the cancer of corruption and abuses”:
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On Tuesday, Nov. 13, volunteers from the Northwest Suburban Council PTA selected warm clothing from the NWSC PTA Coat Closet to be donated to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Ten large lawn leaf bags of overstock coats and warm weather accessories were selected by Susan Rogers, NWSC PTA Health & Safety chairman; Jen Towsey, Central Road PTA president; and Kelly Hill, also from Central Road. The items were then donated to RIM Logistics. RIM is a transportation company in Roselle that conducted a warm clothing drive at their warehouse. RIM will be delivering the collected items to victims of Hurricane Sandy.
The NWSC PTA Coat Closet was established so that all District 15 children would have the opportunity to be properly clothed in the winter months. The Coat Closet is at Gray M. Sanborn School, 101 N. Oak St., Palatine. Coats, hats, gloves and mittens, snow pants, scarves, and boots, ranging in size from toddler to adult, are available. Those needing clothing should contact any Community Consolidated School District 15 school office. The Coat Closet is maintained by the NWSC PTA Health and Safety chair along with the health and safety chairs from the 20 schools in Community Consolidated School District 15. The Northwest Suburban Council of the Illinois PTA provides support and resources to the local PTA units of all CCSD15 schools.
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Business owners know that part of operating a successful enterprise involves making a good impression on clients and customers. Maintaining a clean, functional and appealing place of business is a critical part of those valuable impressions. One thing that many business owners overlook is the appearance of their parking area. Offering well-maintained and attractive parking is important, and regular parking lot cleaning is a task that should be worked into the annual operating budget.
First Impressions Create Lasting Opinions
When visitors arrive at your place of business, they are taking in their surroundings and forming opinions about your business, even if those processes are not on a conscious level. If they arrive to find a dirty parking lot, they may assume that the interior of your operation is also unkempt, or that your team does not pay attention to detail. That can lead to a negative impression before they even cross the threshold and begin interacting with employees.
A Clean Parking Lot Will Remain Clean
There is a degree of psychology that comes into play here. People are less likely to litter or otherwise deface an area that is kept neat and clean. By maintaining a clean and attractive parking area, a business is sending the signal that people are looking after the property. That can make people think twice about dumping trash onto your lot.
Dirty Concrete Can Damage the Parking Lot
A dirty parking area is more than just an eyesore; it can also lead to the degradation of the lot itself. Over time, dirt and dust will accumulate into any holes or cracks present in the lot. Plants can then take hold, and their roots can push against the surrounding concrete. That can lead to additional cracking, which will, in turn, lead to more growth. The cycle can soon become an expensive problem. Cleaning the concrete and then addressing any cracks or holes can keep the parking surface smooth for many years to come.
Spring Cleaning is Perfect Timing
Spring is an ideal time to clean your parking lot. After a winter of low temperatures and various forms of precipitation, the pavement in your lot can end up looking a lot worse. When water seeps into cracks or holes and then freezes, it expands, making those cracks and holes even larger. When the weather warms, business owners should have the pavement professionally cleaned, and then inspect the parking lot for any damage that needs repair; this is a maintenance step that can save thousands of dollars down the road.
At Indiana Roof & Exterior Cleaning, we understand the importance of presenting the best possible image for your home or business. We have a team of skilled workers who can thoroughly clean your parking lot with minimal disruption to your business. Feel free to contact us to obtain an estimate, or to learn more about our cleaning process. We look forward to helping you make the best possible impression on your clients and customers! | <urn:uuid:8c098e97-7a1d-47b6-94eb-b6503a411e0f> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://indianaexteriorcleaning.com/2017/05/clean-parking-lot-important/ | 2017-10-21T00:59:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824537.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20171021005202-20171021025202-00052.warc.gz | en | 0.959348 | 577 |
Supa StrikasOur flagship product is the serialised story of the greatest football team in the world. We follow the players’ adventures both on and off the pitch as they travel to football-loving destinations all over the globe, searching for fun, mystery and, most importantly, world-beating football skills!
Website, Facebook, YouTube
Over 130 issues available
Size 195mm x 265mm
Number of pages 24 pages/issue
Product type Comic strips, comic books, digital comics, animated television show, online offerings and merchandising.
Currently distributed in Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Colombia, East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Palau, Reunion, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia
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The Wayne State Foundation is an institutionally related but separately incorporated nonprofit 501 (C) (3) corporation that exists for the sole benefit and promotion of Wayne State College. In 1961 local Wayne, Nebraska community leaders: Henry Ley, Adon Jeffry, Ken Olds and Val Peterson incorporated the foundation. Val Peterson was named the first executive director of the foundation. The foundation continues to benefit from the support and leadership of Wayne, Nebraska community leaders who serve as trustees and on the executive committee.
Since its founding, the Wayne State Foundation has focused on providing students with scholarships. With the initial scholarship support of $1,300 in 1962 to over $1 million awarded in 2009-2010, the foundation continues its commitment to increase scholarships for Wayne State College’s more than 3,500 students. The foundation’s impact on the College doesn’t stop there. Through contributions of alumni, employees, trustees, foundations and corporations the foundation provided funding for the following College projects. | <urn:uuid:be53234d-afbf-4480-87d7-a58a6766aab8> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.wsc.edu/foundation/about/ | 2014-03-11T21:07:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394011278480/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305092118-00058-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928567 | 199 |
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Andrew Milauckas, set to win a bachelor of fine arts degree in advertising design from the Savannah College of Art & Design June 1, will return home this summer to blend edibles with aesthetics in the small-but-singular building at 176 Blue Star Highway, northwest of the Blue Star bridge.
“Our brand concept,” said Milauckas, who interned last summer with an ad firm in New York City, “is to create an environment reminiscent of a 1950’s fruit and vegetable stand ... a place that resonates, where the eggs were laid that morning and produce inventory depends on what the farmer harvested the night before.
“With the rebirth of this pastime comes a healthier and cleaner future,” Milauckas said.
The Summertime Market’s goals are to:
Local Providence Farms owner Mike O’Brien will sell organic meats at the market, Milauckas said. Providence employee Melissa Sax is setting up contacts with other farmers.
“Between now and June we’re rehabbing the building (a cell-phone sales outlet in its most-recent incarnation),” said Milauckas. “Once I’m back, we will plan to be open each day till fall.” | <urn:uuid:bf56c27d-a93e-4520-ad3f-842a2e9e30b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://www.summertimemarket.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html | 2016-02-09T22:22:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701158130.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193918-00062-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916125 | 275 |
Episodic Payment System for Certified Home Health Agencies
Additional Billing Guidance as of July 1, 2012
1. Assessment Dates
In response to provider concerns, the Department has approved changes in the acceptable values for assessment dates reported with Occurrence Code 50 on episodic claims for Certified Home Health Agencies.
An OASIS assessment completion date must be reported with Occurrence Code 50 for all episodic claims which utilize rate codes 4810 through 4917. Code 50 is not required for claims utilizing rate codes 4919 (assessment only) or 4920 (maternity with no OASIS).
Previously, providers were notified that the reported assessment date must be on or before the start date of the episode (the "From" service date) but no more than 60 days prior to the start date. Because Medicare allows a 5-day window for assessments in certain circumstances, agencies were reporting some Medicaid episodes with no assessment in the acceptable date range.
Effective immediately, CHHAs may report assessment dates (Occurrence Code 50) that are up to 5 days after the start date of the Medicaid episode.
In addition, the Department has requested programming changes in the eMedNY billing system that will allow the acceptance of assessment dates up to 65 days prior to the start date of the Medicaid episode. Providers will be notified as soon as this change has been completed.
Both of these changes will be effective for dates of service May 1, 2012, and subsequent. The acceptable date range will apply to Start of Care, Resumption of Care, and Recertification assessments. Discharge assessments should not be used for episodic claims.
Please note that if there is more than one assessment in the acceptable date range, the latest assessment should be used.
If a provider has already submitted a claim with an acceptable assessment date, and this change results in an additional, later acceptable date, the provider is not required to refile the claim.
2. Medical Orders
A question has been raised regarding documentation requirements for Medicaid billing of Interim Claims. In accordance with Department of Health regulations (NYCRR Title 10, Section 763.7), medical orders and nursing diagnoses for a CHHA patient must be "signed by the authorized practitioner within 30 days after admission to the agency, or prior to billing, whichever is sooner."
Please note that submission of an Interim Claim is considered to be Medicaid billing and therefore requires that the agency has obtained signed medical orders.
3. End Date of Partial Episode
Previous instructions indicated that if a patient is discharged, the last day of the episode should be the last day on which a Medicaid-billable service is provided. Providers have expressed concern that when the Discharge Status Code would qualify the episode for a full 60-day payment, but the discharge occurs on a later date than the last Medicaid billable service, they are unable to report the appropriate Discharge Code because the discharge had not yet occurred on the "Through" date of the claim.
To address this issue, providers will be allowed to end a partial episode on the Discharge Date rather than the last billable service date if all of the following criteria are met:
- Discharge Date and last Medicaid-eligible service date are not the same.
- Episode length is less than 60 days, regardless of whether Discharge Date or last billable service date is used as the end date of the episode.
- Discharge Status Code is one of the following: 01, 02, 20, 50, 51.
Providers may rely on these guidelines effective May 1, 2012.
4. Surplus Paid to Other Providers
A question has been raised seeking confirmation that the "surplus" or "spend down" amount that is reported by the CHHA on an episodic claim should include only those amounts which are applicable to services provided by the billing agency.
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2nd February 2024
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) recently published its annual UK Poverty report, which shows that “stubbornly high levels of poverty” remain in the UK, with 20 years since we last saw “a sustained fall in poverty”. The data highlighted in the report shows that since 1994/95, the percentage of people in deep poverty now makes up the largest group of people in poverty. This means that in 2021/22, six million people lived with an income of less than 40% of the UK median.
With the UK entering this election year with unacceptably high levels of poverty, JRF are pushing for a coherent plan with creative policies to end poverty in the UK. The report looks at the current situation across different groups and regions, and the future prospects for poverty in the UK. Read the full report here.
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• People living in rented accommodation
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As Abbie mentioned in her Corned Beef & Pasta recipe we are making meals with what we have in the house, so here is yet another recipe with corned beef.
On our last visit to Costco, before the lockdown happened, we hardly managed to get anything we normally buy from there so we picked up what we could. One of these things was 12 cans of corned beef, plus we already had a few in the house already so now we need to use it once or twice a week to eek out the meat we have in the freezer to limit out trips to the supermarket.
We wouldn’t normally use more than one can every 3 to 4 weeks, mainly due to the fact it’s processed and the fat content but needs must.
The recipe we did today I found on the Princes website and just has a bit of a play around with the ingredients. So, here is my take on a Baked Corned Beef Hash
- 1 x 340g can corned beef, cut into chunks
- Around 750g potatoes mashed
- 100g leeks sliced (we used frozen but you can use 1-2 fresh leeks)
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp mushroom ketchup (optional)
- 10g butter
- 2 tbsp milk
- 400g can baked beans
- 100g cheese, grated
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, Gas Mark 4. (reduce slightly for a fan oven). Cook the potatoes in lightly salted boiling water for 15-20 minutes, until tender. Simmer the leeks in boiling water for 10 minutes.
- While those are cooking, put the chunks of corned beef into a bowl with the tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and mushroom ketchup (optional). Stir together gently.
- Drain the cooked potatoes and mash them with the butter and milk. Season to taste, add about a third of the grated cheese, then stir in the drained leeks.
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Küre Mountains National Park, located in Turkey's Kastamonu and Bartın provinces, was named a Protected Area Network Park (PAN Park) in April, becoming the first PAN Park in Turkey and one of only 12 parks in the selective PAN Parks network in Europe.
On April 16 a team of international PAN Parks verifiers -- Gordon Miller from the UK and Franco Mari from Italy -- supported by expert Yıldıray Lise from Turkey and the management of Küre Mountains National Park gathered in Ankara together with two observers from the staff of Kaçkar Mountains National Park, which is a potential PAN Park located in eastern Turkey, and a representative from World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Turkey.
The experts and professional park managers met representatives of local governments, several mayors of local villages and institutions involved in cooperation in the PAN Parks process and carried out an independent international PAN Parks verification between April 17-21.
Erdoğan Atmış, an associate professor from the forest policy department of Bartın University, said in a statement on behalf of the Foresters Association of Turkey this week that the expert reports came quickly after the visit.
“We had expected that the experts would have good impressions, but we did not expect the result to come that fast,” Atmış said. “It is remarkable that Küre Mountains National Park was the leader among the 41 national parks of Turkey.”
Küre Mountains National Park was qualified to be a PAN Park -- a process that started in 2006 -- as the area hosts the best intact examples of Black Sea Moist Karst Forest ecosystems. The aim of the management of the national park is to secure this biological diversity.
In order to be certified for the conservation organization, a park has to have “at least 100 square kilometers of untouched nature at its core, where flora and fauna still thrive without human interference. Wilderness areas also have to be managed in a sustainable manner when it comes to conservation, tourism and human developments.”
The PAN Parks network stretches across 10 countries from Finland to Georgia. No human exploitation, roads or construction, hunting, fishing, mining, logging, grazing or even grass cutting are allowed in the core areas in these parks.
The PAN Parks Foundation, a nongovernmental organization founded in 1997 by the WWF, oversees “The Million Project,” which has the goal of preserving 1 million hectares of European wilderness by 2015.
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Exclusive Excerpt from Ace in the Picture
by Jude Tresswell
“You’re not gay, are you?” Raith suddenly said. “And I don’t think you’re straight, either, or bi, and I think you must be ace.”
“Sorry,” said Phil, embarrassed by Raith’s bluntness. “Sometimes Raith says things that most people wouldn’t.”
“So they think it,” Raith said, with a shrug. “What’s the difference in thinking it and saying it?”
“Well—” Phil began.
“It’s okay, Phil,” Nick said. He stared at his coffee mug. He had never discussed being ace with anybody in real life. On internet forums, yes. Often. They’d kept him sane. Real life, no. Why? he asked himself. And here was a man who was openly gay—openly polyamorous!—confronting him with his own well-guarded secret. Why couldn’t he, like Raith and Phil and Ross and Mike say, This is me. Like it or leave it. I don’t care a toss?
Here was a chance to say it. Take it, he told himself.
“Yes, I’m ace,” he said, and immediately wished he hadn’t. Of all the people to come out to, he’d chosen two men who surely wouldn’t understand at all! Men who knew the taste of other men’s saliva and spunk and body sweat, and who doubtless inserted more than fingers and tongues into each other’s orifices. Regularly. Not even with just a single other. There were four of them, for goodness sake.
“Oh,” said Raith. “I thought you might be. See, I was right,” he said to Phil. “I’ll go and do the dishes and make some cocoa.”
So that was it? That was the big confession? What an anti-climax. Nick could have cried. And they’d obviously been discussing him in his absence!
“I can’t imagine it,” said Phil gently, aware of Nick’s discomfort. “I mean, I fuck the hell out of two sassy men—but if you want to talk about it, I’m a very good listener. I don’t reckon it’s easy to be asexual in a world that seems to revolve around sex.”
“What do you think it revolves around?” asked Nick, relieved, in a way, to turn the conversation from himself.
“For me, it’s love, but love, for me, is different from sex. I love Ross. If anything happened to him, I’d be distraught, but I don’t find him sexy. The attachment is emotional, deeply emotional, but not sexual.”
“I’ve sometimes felt like that about people,” said Nick, drawn into a sort of confession by Phil’s quiet, thoughtful manner, “but it hasn’t worked out. I’ve not wanted to… do anything in bed, and they’ve misunderstood, and we’ve gone our separate ways. At first, I thought I might be gay, but I know I’m not. I can like men, but not sexually.”
“I can like women, but not sexually,” Phil said with a laugh.
“Could you kiss one?”
“On the cheek, I could. On the lips—a big sloppy one—ugh! No!”
“Me neither. Ugh! No! The problem is I couldn’t do it to a man either.”
Phil nodded his understanding.
“There’s nothing wrong with my libido,” Nick started saying.
“There’s nothing wrong at all,” said Phil.
“Thanks. What I mean is, being ace doesn’t mean that I never feel horny. I do. It just means that I’d rather…”
“Slake your own thirst?” Phil finished for him. “That’s how Mike would put it anyway.”
About Ace in the Picture
Polyamory and asexuality meet in this third tale about a north-east England quad.
The police suspect Raith Balan of faking a painting. So do money-launderers who sink profits into art. Mike, Ross and Phil, the three men in Raith’s life, must prove his innocence. They’re hampered by their certainty that a member of the Fraud Squad is corrupt.
The senior investigating officer is Detective Sergeant Nick Seabrooke. He knows he is asexual, but is he aromantic too? As Raith’s lovers struggle to keep Raith safe and find the fraudster, the sergeant struggles to understand why the quad is often in his thoughts.
Available at: Amazon
About Jude Tresswell
I’m not Nick Seabrooke, the ace in the picture, but there are some firsthand truths peeping through the fiction. Like Nick, I’m ace and happy with it, but also, like Nick, I’m wavery on that ro/aro line–and that can cause some soul-searching. If the picture painted in the story is a very narrow one, it’s because I didn’t want to stray too far from what I know. The quad, however, are totally imaginary.
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Athletic Club vs Real Sociedad de Futbol, La Liga 2020 REGULAR SEASON
0 : 1
31st of December 2020 13:00
First half: 45 | Second half: 45+4
- 0' - In just a few seconds San Mames will turn into a battlefield for Athletic Club and Real Sociedad de Futbol.
- 5' - Goal! Portu scores his 24 goal in 39 matches.
- 8' - It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ander Guevara.
- 13' - Martin Merquelanz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 18' - Supporters expect more eagerness from Mikel Vesga, as he is very good at scoring at San Mames with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 21' - That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ander Barrenetxea.
- 23' - It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Unai Vencedor Paris.
- 28' - Athletic Club is showing some good football. However, Athletic Club are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 33' - While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mikel Oiarzabal made 114 appearances and scored 36 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 38' - It’s high time Imanol Alguacil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 39' - The referee calls foul for Mikel Merino. He receives a Yellow card.
- 44' - Willian Jose has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 5 goals this season.
- 46' - Another substitution for Real Sociedad de Fútbol to replace Ander Guevara by Martín Zubimendi on 46 minute.
- 51' - It looks like no one’s ball. Athletic Club is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 55' - The referee shows Athletic Club player a Yellow card on 55.
- 56' - The Athletic Club manager makes a substitution. Álex Berenguer departs to be replaced by Unai López.
- 61' - Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
- 62' - Unai Núñez is having his name booked by the referee on 62.
- 67' - Igor Zubeldía is having his name booked by the referee on 67.
- 68' - Another change for Real Sociedad de Fútbol made on 68 minute. Andoni Gorosabel leaves to be changed by Modibo Sagnan.
- 73' - Raúl García is replacing Unai López for the Athletic Club side.
- 74' - Another substitution for Real Sociedad de Fútbol to replace Portu by Ander Barrenetxea on 74 minute.
- 79' - The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Sociedad de Futbol that had 114 games and scored 155 goals.
- 81' - Athletic Club receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 81.
- 84' - That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ander Capa.
- 85' - The whistle greets Asier Villalibre as he departs to be replaced by Kenan Kodro.
- 90' - Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Athletic Club and Real Sociedad de Futbol (для сухой ничьи).
Today 2020-12-31 Athletic Club vs Real Sociedad de Futbol are fighting La Liga league on San Mames.
Athletic Club had 38 games and get got 51 points in Season (2018/19)
Real Sociedad de Futbol had 38 games and get got 56 points in Season (2018/19)
Todays referees are: Jose Sanchez, Raul Cabanero, Jose Gallego, David Recio
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|Real Betis Balompie||38||41|
|RC Celta de Vigo||38||37|
|RCD Espanyol de Barcelona||38||25|
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- 17 Yuri Berchiche
- 1 Unai Simon
- 3 Unai Nunez
- 4 Inigo Martinez
- 10 Muniain
- 9 Inaki Williams
- 2 Jon Morcillo 56'
- 21 Ander Capa
- 20 Asier Villalibre
- 19 Kenan Kodro 85'
- 12 Alex Berenguer
- 16 Oihan Sancet 56'
- 27 Unai Vencedor Paris
- 16 Oihan Sancet 56'
- 22 Raul Garcia 73'
Real Sociedad de Futbol
Captain10 Mikel Oiarzabal
- 20 Nacho Monreal
- 19 Alexander Isak
- 9 Willian Jose 85'
- 10 Mikel Oiarzabal
- 17 Martin Merquelanz 68'
- 5 Igor Zubeldia
- 8 Mikel Merino
- 18 Andoni Gorosabel
- 15 Modibo Sagnan 68'
- 14 Jon Guridi
- 16 Ander Guevara
- 36 Martin Zubimendi 46'
- 7 Portu
- 22 Ander Barrenetxea 74'
- 1 Alex Remiro
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Welcome to a walk around 18th century Stirling – the town that became a hotbed of rebellion against the Act of Union with England. The Jacobites were gaining strength and sympathy, and it was near Stirling that the opposing forces met in battle to decide the destiny of the Scottish crown.
Neil Oliver: Welcome to a walk through history, a tour of Stirling which will take us back in time to a period when, in the space of less than ten years, some of the most significant events in Scotland’s past took place.
In the early years of the 18th Century, Scotland was a divided realm. Allegiances to different crowns and churches kept the country perpetually on the brink of civil war. In 1707, the Act of Union was passed uniting the Parliaments of Scotland and England. Union had a mixed reception in this fissured turbulent nation. In the years which followed, there were to be rumblings of discontent, the seeds of rebellion turning to fury, and come 1715 an uprising which could have broken up the United Kingdom.
As guides to these tumultuous times, we have three historians, all of whom live in or near the town of Stirling, which is my home town too.
Before we start, make sure you have a map of the town. Along the way, you’ll hear the following sound to indicate where you should press pause before walking to the next point of the walk and pressing play again.
Point 1: Broad Street
Our walk begins in the centre of Stirling’s old town by the Mercat Cross. Modern Stirling sprawls out in all directions, but in the 1700s these streets on the hill were all there was to this market town of four thousand people. Local historian John Harrison.
John Harrison: Stirling in the early 18th Century is a modest sized market town. It was about the seventh in terms of economic activity amongst the Scottish towns. The market was absolutely crucial to its economy. It was also very important that it was a garrison town, with always at least perhaps a hundred soldiers or so in the castle and at times of tension there would be considerably more. You’ve got small manufacturers, weaving particularly and a whole range of other activities, obviously very closely related to its rural hinterland, socially, politically and economically.
Neil: Visit today and you’ll find its streets thronged with tourists, shoppers, students, even the occasional historian or TV presenter. And three hundred or so years ago, Stirling’s population was much like that of many other Scottish towns. Historian and fellow Stirling resident Bruce Lenman.
Bruce Lenman: There would have been a range of people. There had to be merchants, because this is in the middle of a quite vigorous agricultural area, and agriculture doesn’t work without markets, so there are people who deal in grain, in cattle and so on and so forth. There’s the retail sector. One of the markets was the flesh market. You’d have had a servant class because absolutely everybody had servants if they’re anybody, and you would have had tradesmen, you would have had guilds like the weavers. So, in terms of social structure, it’s mostly the same as any other Scottish burgh, including of course the occasional great nobleman who comes in and out for political reasons, so it’s a typical burgh in an odd place.
Neil: Unlike most 18th Century burghs, Stirling was inland, not on the coast. It’s a gateway town where highlands and lowlands meet, and it would have been a place where those journeying from north to south or south to north passed through. Its heart was its marketplace, right where you’re standing on Broad Street.
John: Broad Street was very much the centre of the town life, administratively and economically, and it was part of the more prestigious area of the town. It would have been the most active. You’d have markets taking place there on the market days, and the fairs. It would be very busy on market and fair days. It could have been very quiet indeed at other times. It would have been very much a social place where people might have talked and have fights, a whole range of activities actually taking place on the street in a way that simply doesn’t happen now.
Neil: So on a busy day, Broad Street would have been a hive of activity. Take a look at the buildings around you. If you’re looking up the hill from the Mercat Cross, the Tolbooth is to your left. That’s where the town’s council would have met, and it would have been pristine, having been altered and rebuilt in 1703. Directly opposite it on your right is Norrie’s House, typical of the homes of the merchants who dominated the borough. With these well preserved buildings and the neatly laid cobbles, it’s not hard to picture Broad Street as it must have been in the 1700s, full of people and animals and produce. But then, imagine that scene disrupted, a rowdy crowd gathered around a crackling bonfire, the shouting and commotion of a riot. As Scotland prepared for union with England, Stirling’s residents decided to make their feelings known. Karin Bowie is a lecturer in history at Glasgow University.
Karin Bowie: There was a public demonstration against the proposed union between Scotland and England here at the market cross in Stirling on the 4th of December in 1706. Now, the town of Stirling had already protested officially against the Union by sending a petition to Parliament, which had been organised by the town council and signed by over 550 people from the town, but some of the people in the town decided to go beyond that and organise a burning of the Articles of Union. So they lit a fire and burned the Articles, with a crowd around and people cheering as the Articles were burned.
John: I think it is very significant that this riot actually takes place at the Mercat Cross. This was almost, one could say, the most public place in Stirling. It’s where official proclamations were made, so in a sense, it’s a claim that we’re acting officially or at least in an official place. This isn’t something, a hole in a corner affair, it’s a public statement.
Neil: But that very public nature of the demonstration was about to backfire on the town.
Karin: The people who organised the protest in Stirling actually were in a sticky situation because a much larger demonstration of the same sort had been staged in Dumfries just two weeks before, and as a result of that Parliament just five days before had passed an act outlawing unauthorised assemblies and meetings, so they’d actually done something very illegal, but they hadn’t actually realised it. They hadn’t heard about this new law yet coming in from Edinburgh. So the people in the castle, the garrison and the castle reported this to Edinburgh, and the town council immediately had to backtrack, and they wrote to Edinburgh saying, “Oh don’t worry, nothing really happened, it was just some boys and drunken people,” because they had to distance themselves from something that had suddenly become a much bigger deal than it might have been had they pulled it off a few weeks before.
Neil: I rather like the idea of this being a rebellious burgh putting forth its views. Across Scotland, there is a mixed reaction to union. Many Scots are worried about taxes, the security of their church and the loss of their Parliament and separate identity. There are others who see union as the only way that a depressed, broke Scotland can stay afloat as the larger countries around it become ever more powerful through international trade. Bruce Lenman.
Bruce: The union is pushed through by the nobles, who by the early 18th Century, they’re just desperate because the economy is in a downward spiral, and they reckon the only way to achieve economic vitality is to enter into a union with England, and at that point they abandoned their sponsorship of the separate Scottish state and go for a union state instead. That’s the fundamental explanation for the Union.
Neil: But there was another element which determined popular attitudes towards affairs of the day, over and above all economic concerns, overshadowing every element of life was the biggest divider of all - religion. Walk now to the top of Broad Street and turn left to get to the next point in our walk, the Church of the Holy Rude.
Point 2: Church of the Holy Rude
This church is the oldest building in Stirling after the castle, and where better than a church to explore just how important religion was in 18th Century Scotland?
Karin: Religion was fundamental to people’s lives, it was central to the practice of their lives, and there were political issues relating to religion at the time. The key issue is that during the 17th Century there was a struggle in the Scottish church over whether it would have an Episcopalian or Presbyterian structure; would it be run by bishops under the control of the King or would it be a more independent church managed by its own ministers? By the end of the 17th Century there were real cultures developed among the people where they are firmly committed to the idea of either a Presbyterian or an Episcopalian church, so it’s not just a matter of high politics, it’s really a matter of people’s own opinions.
Neil: Fundamentally, irrevocably intertwined with religion, was the struggle for Scotland’s throne. With loyalties divided between the Protestant Queen Anne, supported by Scotland’s Presbyterian population, and her younger half brother, James VIII of Scotland and III of England, the Old Pretender, direct male heir of the Stuarts, who had been exiled to France as a baby in 1688. James’s supporters, popularly known as the Jacobites, were mostly Episcopalian, although James himself was Catholic. Now, much of the power in Scotland lay with the Presbyterians, although there were still landowners and lairds a-plenty with Jacobite sympathies.
This church that you’re now looking at had, in centuries past, been a favourite place of worship for the Scottish Stuart kings, but by the early 18th Century it was a place where the Catholic Stuarts and Episcopal supporters would not be welcome.
Bruce: It’s a huge burghal Kirk of the late medieval period, although of course the building is perpetual and it’s never finished and it’s always being changed. It is an awesomely impressive building which preserves the only really good oak hammer beam roof in Scotland, and it had seen the coronation of a king, albeit a baby one, in the shape of James VI. It’s dominant in the town. It stands very close to the castle, and it’s a symbol of the union of church and state, which is fundamental and being undermined by splits in the ruling class, because you can’t operate a church state without having a reasonably unified upper class. As soon as they start splitting, the Kirk’s strength is weakened as well as the State’s.
Neil: And if ever there was a symbol of the divisions religion could create, it is the Church of the Holy Rude. From 1656 until 1936, the Church was actually physically divided in two, split into separate congregations, the result of an argument between two ministers. And by the early 18th Century, the wider religious divisions in Scottish society were having concrete effects on the town of Stirling.
John: The Church had been physically divided in the 1650s, reflecting internal divisions within the more Presbyterian strand of the Kirk, and it remained physically divided, in fact, until into the 20th Century. There had developed, simultaneously with that, different strands of opinion in the society of Stirling; one as being Presbyterian, the other as being Episcopalian. There was a major struggle within Stirling between those two groups for control of the town council and for control of the Kirk sessions, so it was really a very, very bitter struggle. It did take five years for the Presbyterians to win, and even then it remained a divided society. I think it’s important that towns like this are becoming divided in ways which they had not been before. That’s going to be a problem in the long term.
Neil: It’s now time to move to the next point of the walk. If you wish, before you go, take some time to explore the church. Look out for the place where that dividing wall once stood and the spot where an infant king was crowned. Then make your way up to the slopes of the old kirkyard behind the church, picking your way past the graves, to reach the raised viewpoint at the top.
Point 3: Kirkyard
You should now be on a raised platform of land at the rear of the atmospheric old kirkyard, much loved by locals like John Harrison.
John: We come up through the kirkyard and past the church, between the graves of the kirkyard, and it always seems to me to be one of the most interesting areas of Stirling. You’ve got a large number of monuments going back to the 17th Century, so you very much feel yourself in place with many of these people who were participating in the events we’re talking about, the riots, the arguments and so on that will all be buried there, and significantly it’s high in the town, prestigious area between the town itself and the castle, in an area that’s always been associated with ceremony and ritual.
Neil: The men and women whose graves you’ve passed lived in a deeply fissured Scotland. In these early years of the 18th Century, discontent about the Union was possibly the only thing that did cross religious divides. The Presbyterians were struggling to keep order, and the Jacobites were waiting in the wings, anxious to stir up trouble, offering themselves to the population of Scotland as a political movement which could break the Union. The roots of rebellion were growing deeper. Stirling found itself caught between two sides; a Presbyterian town surrounded by Jacobite sympathising landowners. Look now at the sweeping views around you. From this vantage point, you can see why the balance of power in Stirling, this gateway between highland and lowland, was so crucial.
Bruce: Stirling is strategically hugely important. We are standing overlooking the new cemetery, which of course would not be there in the early 18th Century; it was just a valley in which they held horse fairs. But from this point of view overlooking the new cemetery, you can also look over the extraordinarily flat countryside that surrounds this great rock structure that the castle’s placed on. It’s now some of the best farmland in Scotland, but in the early 18th Century a lot of it is covered by bog, and between the river Forth and the bogs, it’s very difficult to get past Stirling, particularly if you’re trying to come south. So Stirling is a brooch which strategically holds Scotland together. If you control Stirling, you can stop anybody getting any further south towards the crucial targets of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and that’s why the castle is so fundamentally important.
Neil: Let’s go now to Stirling’s castle. There is a path that heads first through and then to the rear of the new cemetery that will take you to some steps. These lead up to the Castle Esplanade and the next point on this walk.
Point 4: Castle Esplanade and outer defences
You’re now outside Stirling’s most famous landmark. Look closely at its outer defences; the face it presents to the town. This fortress was once a lot more vulnerable and looked very different from the castle of today.
Bruce: We’re on the Esplanade looking straight at the front of Stirling Castle. The first thing you have to remember is that in 1706 it wouldn’t have looked like this at all, because the castle actually stood on a separate small hill with a small valley between it and the town. The Esplanade now is smooth, that’s because it was filled in order to give you a parade ground in 1809. If you were here in 1700 you’d see far higher walls facing you. And the present structure of the castle is very interesting, because after the Union, in 1707, there was an attempted Jacobite invasion in 1708, which would have taken advantage of all the resentment bubbling in Scotland over the forcing through of the Act of Union. It aborted, but it put the fear of god into the Government, which then started to design fortifications for Stirling that would enable it to resist a modern siege.
Neil: The Government had hoped that with amendments to the Act of Union popular protest would fade. But in 1708 the first Jacobite challenge following the Union of Parliaments took shape.
Karin: The degree of protests against the Union didn’t die down, people remained very unhappy about the Union, and the French decided to take advantage of that in 1708 by trying to land James, the Old Pretender, and stage an invasion of Scotland, and Stirling is important to that because they were aiming to try to take Stirling, and in fact news of the impending arrival of James was spreading through Scotland, and it was lairds in Stirlingshire who actually took horse and tried to ride out to meet what they thought would be their Jacobite King. They ended up being arrested and sent to London for trial. But it shows both the degree of Jacobitism in the lands around Stirling and the degree of unhappiness about the Union.
Neil: The English Navy had got wind of the plot and scared off the French ships headed towards the Scottish coast. Jacobite sympathisers were thrilled that the attempt had been made; devastated that it had not been successful. The Government was horrified and took measures to secure Scotland, including building the great stone walls that stand in front of you now.
Bruce: They brought in a man called Theodore Drury, who was the King’s military engineer in Scotland, and he put in modern defences, which is what we’re looking at, and the whole point about them is you cannae see them. They’re low, they do not offer a target to artillery, and they offer positions for garrison artillery to sweep the front of the castle, and attacking it from this point of view once they’ve done that in 1708 (sic) is suicidal. So you’re looking at a virtually unstormable fort. It’s a monument to military engineering in the early 18th Century.
Neil: With such an undercurrent of rebellion, support for the Jacobites was increasing by the day. Move on now, back towards the town. Head across the Esplanade and down onto Castle Wynd, which is dominated by two mansions; one intact, the other now a shell.
Point 5: Castle Wynd, Argyll's Lodging and Mar's Wark
Take a close look at the two buildings on either side of the street. The one closest to you is a huge house called Argyll’s Lodging, and slightly further down on the other side of the road is a ruined but still very impressive town house, Mar’s Wark. It’s time to introduce Argyll and Mar, two nobles who were to overshadow events in this part of Scotland.
John: We’re now on the Castle Wynd, and the key buildings on each are the Argyll Lodging, actually built around a central courtyard, and almost opposite it is the 16th Century Mar’s Wark, another town house built in the 1570s for the then Earl of Mar who at that time was Regent to Scotland. And those two families were both, over a period of several centuries, very important in this area and continued to be important right down to the time that we’re talking about. In fact, both families, representatives of both families, were going to play key roles in both the Union and the Jacobite risings.
Neil: The Earls of Mar where the hereditary keepers of Stirling Castle, and their family, the Erskines, were prominent in the Elites of Stirling. The Deputy Governor of the Castle was an Erskine, as was the Provost of the town, and the Earl himself had a house and grounds in nearby Alloa. The Argyll family had taken over and extended their town house in the 1660s, and they too would have had a longstanding influence on the area. The second Duke of Argyll and the 11th Earl of Mar were both politicians who played a big part in pushing through the Act of Union, but by 1713 the Earl of Mar is disillusioned. He’s not the only one. A House of Lords motion to repeal the Union is defeated by just four votes, and then Mar’s fortunes change completely. In 1714 Queen Anne dies, leaving no heir. Her successor is George I from the German - Protestant – House of Hanover. With a new King comes a new Government, and Earl of Mar embarks upon a path that will secure his place in Scottish history.
Bruce: Mar is of course the key to the whole thing, and he had been very strongly pro Union. When the Hanoverians came in, he was anxious to curry their favour and to stay in government, and then it becomes clear that there’s no job for him, at which point he experiences a Pauline conversion to Jacobitism and hostility to the Union. Of course, once you rebel you’re in trouble, because treason law is draconian, so it really is an irreversible decision. Once you raise the Jacobite standard and draw your sword, you’ve taken your decision, there’s no way back.
Neil: The Earl of Mar had joined the Jacobites and began to gather an army. His nickname is Bobbin’ John, the Lord who had a strop upon losing his job and switched sides. But there’s perhaps a kinder view to take of a noble who saw the hopes he had for Scotland dashed. In 1715, the year Mar called Jacobite sympathisers to arms, Scottish support for Union was at its lowest ebb, the disappointment felt across society. Union was supposed to make things better and hadn’t. Karin Bowie.
Karin: Scotland had a credit crunch in the late 1690s and fell into recession, and it really didn’t climb out of that recession for quite a long time, and that continues through 1715, there’s no real recovery that anyone can point to and attribute it to the Union. So the economic miracle hasn’t happened, if anything things are worse, and so there’s concern about the new taxation levels that have been imposed on Scotland. English customs and excise taxes have now been put into Scotland; new tax collectors have been sent to Scotland. Smuggling begins to explode at this point as people try to evade these new taxes, there’s great concern about this new tax regime, and then various laws start to get passed in the British Parliament that people see as against the spirit of union and disadvantageous to the Scots.
Bruce: Clearly there was enough discontent in Scotland in general to make a coup d'état very feasible, particularly if you drew fighting men from the highlands. The lowlands were basically disarmed, which is why Mar, who’s a lowland nobleman, actually starts the rebellion in his estates in the highlands. You don’t need to have a majority, to talk in a wholly anachronistic modern term, to take over a country, you need a big enough resolute armed group, and Mar has that.
Neil: The man charged with facing Mar’s resolute armed group is the Duke of Argyll. An army man, he came north to this Stirling town house as soon as Mar gathered his army. History has perhaps been kinder to him. Bruce Lenman.
Bruce: Well, the big difference is Argyll’s a soldier. I mean he’s got an ego the size of a mountain, but he’s actually a very brave fighting man, Red John of the Battles, and he is the one who comes back and pulls things together and forms an army. He is the one who sees Stirling as the crucial point and who forms an armed force and takes his stand here and is prepared to fight as the Jacobites try to move south.
John: Argyll certainly seems to have used Stirling as his base in 1715. It is known that some of the councils of war were held there and his army was camped both within the town and in the King’s Park just outside the town, so it was very much the HQ for the Government forces, constant with Argyll’s realisation of the key role that Stirling was going to play in the defence of the rest of Britain.
Neil: The clash between the two sides was not instantaneous. Argyll would have had a small Scots army to draw on, but both sides needed to call a wider range of supporters to arms.
Karin: The Earl of Mar raises his standard, but you can’t raise an army out of the ground. It takes time to raise men, get them armed. Mar faced real challenges because it was harvest time, and so although some of the clan leaders and the lairds were politically sympathetic, their followers were not necessarily as interested in walking away from home during harvest time. It did take some time to raise the men. They were raising regiments and men through into October, and by early November they were in Perth. Argyll had managed to get his regular forces and the volunteer forces here gathered at King’s Park below Stirling.
Neil: Let’s now start to head in the direction of King’s Park, the part of Stirling where I live. Walk down past Mar’s Wark, past the church and down St. John Street, which then continues as Spittal Street. Turn left onto Academy Road and at the bottom take the steep footpath that branches to the right. This brings you to the Smith Art Gallery and Museum on Dumbarton Road. Turn right onto Dumbarton Road; one block up you’ll reach Queen’s Road. If you walk along there and you’ll find a choice of ways into the great, green expanse of King’s Park.
Point 6: King's Park
You’re now in a much loved place in Stirling – today, somewhere locals can walk dogs, take children to run about or play the occasional round of golf. But in 1715, it served a very different purpose.
John: We’re in the King’s Park of Stirling. This was established as a royal park in the 12th Century and was in continuous royal control thereafter. Still is, in fact, Crown property. It was important, various stages in its existence, for hunting, but in many ways its real practical importance was to provide hay and pasture for horses, and in times of crisis it would also provide a campsite for armies, for dragoons, for mounted soldiers and so on, and there are records of that happening going back several centuries even before the 18th. And it’s a large area, several hundred acres, and you could encamp a large number of people here within the park, so it was a very, very important thing for the castle to have.
Neil: Although Argyll’s army was smaller than the Jacobites’, around two thousand men, the influx of soldiers would have had a huge impact on the town.
Karin: Stirling of course was very familiar with the garrisons of the troops in the castle which were there regularly, but I think it still would have been quite a sight to see the thousands of soldiers and camp followers spread out across King’s Park below what was still a very small town.
Bruce: An early modern army is not like a modern army, and they can’t function if they don’t have camp followers because they need to buy things like drink, shoe laces, buttons, gaiters, and so there’s a whole horde of people living off them, including of course large numbers of women, and you’ve probably got quite a fair number of children milling around. I mean it’s an encampment, it’s a community; it’s quite different from a modern army.
Neil: And although the townsfolk of Stirling would have been used to quartering soldiers, it didn’t mean that the incoming army was well received.
Karin: One of the troubles with this open ground of course is that there’s no barracks, the army are all camping here, and it’s winter time, it’s November, it’s getting cold, and one of the complaints that the town of Stirling makes is that on cold nights soldiers end up trying to find warm rooms in Stirling to sleep in instead of staying in their tents as they’re supposed to be.
Bruce: All armies are deeply unpopular in the early modern period. It doesn’t matter whose army it is; it can be your army or the enemy’s army, it doesn’t matter, everybody hates soldiers.
John: And they possibly hated them with good reason as well because they were a rough, tough lot. I mean some of these guys were not people you’d want around too close.
Neil: Eventually, the news comes that the Jacobites are headed south from Perth, and the Government forces move north, followed by locals from Stirling and around keen to watch the action. They march towards what would turn out to be the key battle of the 1715 rebellion in nearby Sheriffmuir.
Karin: The battle is, it’s an encounter battle, which is it’s a battle between two forces who are on the move, so it’s not that they’re drawn up ready to go into battle and they’re perfectly formed where they would like to be. They’re actually both marching, and one group comes over the hill and sees the other, and that’s the start of the battle. It’s chaotic, people don’t manage to deploy their forces the way they might have liked to and, as a result, the battle is inconclusive. There are casualties on both sides, but it’s not really clear who’s won, there’s not a decisive winner. But Mar falls back and Argyll’s therefore able to stand his ground and Mar falls back, so although Mar has inflicted more casualties on Argyll and had the larger force, he doesn’t break through, he doesn’t get through Stirling.
Bruce: It’s a confused fire fight. It’s quite clear that mostly they stood and fired muskets at one another, and they do so in a state of total confusion so that the armies actually go round like a revolving door, and at the end of the day Argyll camps on the battlefield expecting the fight to resume the next day. At which point he expects to lose because you don’t need to defeat him, you just need to keep fighting him until he runs out of replacements, and Mar falls back, at which point he has irreversibly lost it.
Neil: It was a battle with no clear winner, and an inconclusive battle is a victory for the status quo, that is for Argyll. Mar’s lack of military leadership has cost him dear. The energy and impetus behind his Jacobite rebellion has gone and his army withdraw to the north. Not even the arrival of James, the Old Pretender, the exiled King in whose name they’ve been fighting, can rouse the troops again.
Karin: The Government forces march north in pursuit of Mar, and this is now the dead of winter, and they’re marching through heavy snows. It’s actually a very impressive military operation to move that far north through the snows, and Mar’s I think surprised that they actually manage it. So they’re putting pressure on Mar, and it becomes clear that the military operations really can’t continue in the winter. It’s unusual in this time for there to be war in wintertime anyway, and after Sheriffmuir many of the clansmen feel they have done their duty and performed in battle, and they head home. So Mar’s facing serious levels of desertions, and things really just fizzle out through December and eventually Mar and James VIII, the Old Pretender, take ship and head back to France and exile.
Neil: And so ends the Jacobite uprising of 1715. ‘The Fifteen’, as it’s come to be known. Our walk through history too is almost at an end. Before you return back into the town, do wander around the King’s Park, the place from which an army set off to do battle, and as you walk, listen to Bruce Lenman and Karin Bowie explaining why the Jacobite uprising of 1715 is now looked back on as a lost opportunity. It’s the rebellion which should have been won, a cause which was never again to see such levels of popular approval in Scotland.
Karin: One of the significant things about The Fifteen is the degree of popular support for the rebellion. Mar raised upwards of fifteen thousand men at one point, which for an early modern rising is a significant number of people, especially when we consider how divided Scotland was and that he was only drawing on the Jacobite Episcopalian side of Scotland.
Bruce: It is by far the most important Jacobite rebellion. It’s the one with the widest support, it’s the one with support in England, and it’s the one that could and should have mounted a serious threat to the core of British Government, which then as now was London. The Jacobites should have brought down a threat which had a sporting chance of unseating a recently installed Government, and it’s mismanagement that accounts for the fact that it fizzled out the way it does.
Neil: From now Scotland begins to settle down, the people slowly becoming reconciled to union, to the Hanoverian rulers and to each other. The Jacobite story is not yet over; Bonnie Prince Charlie will see to that. The people of Stirling will have more battles to live through, but it will be a long time before so many voices are raised at once again. These were events that affected the ordinary people in towns like Stirling, citizens engaged and concerned about the fate of their country, living through events which had a real impact on their lives, walking the very streets that we have today.
This audio walk was made in collaboration with the Open University. Further information and more walks can be found at open2.net/scotland.
You might like to print out directions for the walk before you get started.
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There’s been a rumor buzzing through the halls of the BIO offices the past few days. It sounds like the One-on-One Partnering System will be launching early for the International Convention’s BIO Business Forum. Partly due to the fact that we have pretty exciting numbers for Partnering companies (already!), and partly because we’re just really looking forward to launching!
So how early? It looks like it will be this coming Monday, April 11th. If you’ve already selected and paid for partnering during your registration for the event, all you have to do is simply be on the lookout for your login. But if you’re interested in learning how to partner at the Business Forum, click here for more details. You can also always call us, email, tweet or comment for more information, too.
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The Aviary, the experimental cocktail bar from Chicago’s Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas, finally makes its New York debut today on the top floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The Office, the Aviary’s smaller speakeasy counterpart, opened in June, but the long-awaited Aviary, considered one of the best cocktail bars in America, is the duo’s larger, envelope-pushing showpiece.
Like the Chicago original, the Aviary NYC will serve fancy cocktails and progressive food to match, Eater NY reports. The cocktail list at the new Aviary includes the “Wake and Bake,” a blend of rye whiskey, coffee, and orange juice, served with an everything bagel-scented pillow, seemingly a nod to the new city. And because the Aviary is inside a hotel, daytime service, including drinks and food, is a must. The bar launches with a Japanese-inspired dinner menu from chef Dan Perretta, with eventual plans to add lunch and Australian-inspired breakfast.
This is the first time Alinea Group has expanded outside of Chicago, where, in addition to the Aviary and the Office, they have groundbreaking restaurants Alinea, Next, and others. But, it’s likely not the last. Kokonas told Eater in August that he and Achatz are interested in expanding the Aviary/Office combo globally, including to cities like Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, and Las Vegas.
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Did you know that varicose veins are common during pregnancy, particularly in women who have a family history of the condition? An expectant mother’s body prepares itself for a new bundle of joy by upping its production of progesterone and increasing blood volume to support the growing fetus. Both can make it easier to develop varicose veins.
Meanwhile, the growing uterus puts pressure on the inferior vena cava — a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart. This, in turn, increases pressure in your leg veins. These changes can cause valves in the veins to trap blood rather than allow it to flow smoothly. This can cause venous insufficiency — and varicose and spider veins can be the visible result.
If you think you’re developing varicose veins or other painful vein symptoms in your legs during pregnancy, here are six tips that may help.
1. Avoid prolonged standing and sitting — Taking frequent breaks to move around can boost circulation. If your work involves prolonged standing, try wearing compression stockings to stimulate blood flow.
2. Skip high-heeled shoes — High heels change your natural walking motion, which shifts your weight to the forefoot and causes the leg muscles to remain contracted. This can result in a less forceful calf muscle pump, which can cause venous blood to pool in the lower leg. Consider wearing flat shoes with a good arch on a daily basis and save the high heels for special occasions.
3. Get regular exercise — Moving your body for just 20 minutes a day can improve your circulation and help keep your veins healthy. Walking is an excellent form of exercise during pregnancy, as are indoor stationary bicycling, swimming, and low-impact aerobics. In addition, you should get up and stretch or walk every 30 minutes throughout your day to avoid being stagnant.
4. Watch your weight — Food cravings might be hard to ignore when you’re pregnant, but you only need about 300 extra calories per day during your pregnancy. Increased weight puts more pressure on your veins. You can ask your obstetrician to help you determine how much weight you should be gaining between doctor visits.
5. Avoid crossing your legs —It’s important to watch how you sit especially for a prolonged time like when you’re watching TV or eating at the dinner table.Crossing your legs prevents blood from moving out of the veins and increases the pressure within them.
6. Consume foods with fiber and vitamin C — Eating fibrous foods can help keep your digestive system keep moving and prevent constipation, which can contribute to varicose veins. Vitamin C helps the body build collagen and elastin — both of which are used to repair and maintain veins. It plays a crucial role in strengthening the vein walls and also helps reduce inflammation. Try adding foods that are high in vitamin C to your diet, such as berries, oranges, broccoli, and lemons.
Most leg vein symptoms that occur during pregnancy are not serious and usually disappear within three months to a year after giving birth. However, some women may have continued pain even in postpartum. It’s important to reach out to a vascular specialist to determine if changing a few lifestyle habits are enough or if you need vein treatment.
For many women, practicing these basic precautionary measures can help lower the risk of developing varicose or spider veins during pregnancy. Check out more ways you can alleviate vein discomfort in the accompanying infographic.
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College Sports Roundup: St. A men cagers win
The victory improved St. Anselm to 10-2 overall and 4-2 in the conference while the Falcons fell even at 5-5 and 3-3.
Roy Mabrey chipped in 14 Hawks points while Dino Mallios and Chris Santos each scored 11 and Dominic Borelli netted 10.
Andrew Shaw came off the Bentley bench to lead all scorers with 23 points.
St. Anselm built a lead as large as 13 points in the first half before settling for a 38-27 intermission advantage.
Stony Brook 65, New Hampshire 49: At Stony Brook, N.Y., Chandler Rhoads dropped in 14 points and hauled down seven rebounds, but the Wildcats failed to rally from a 10 point, 32-22 halftime deficit, and fell to 4-10 and 0-2 in America East. Patrick Konan added 11 points and two steals to the UNH totals.
Southern Maine 90, Keene State 83: At Keene, four players in double figures and a half dozen free throws in the game's final 1:14 weren't enough for the Owls. Eric Fazio scored 19 while Ryan Martin and Rashad Wright each added 17.
Eastern Connecticut 73, Plymouth State 63: At Willimantic, Conn., ECSU enjoyed five-point advantages during both halves as it secured the win. Alex Burt of Dover topped the Panthers (1-2 in LEC) with 17 points.
New England College 89, Maine Maritime 82: At Henniker, Abdirahman Mohamed and Ryan Schmidt led the Pilgrims to their first NAC win of the season with 22 points each.
Husson 73, Colby-Sawyer 71: At New London, the Chargers had the ball with 20 seconds to play but failed to score the equalizer and slipped to 3-3 in the NAC. Mike Dias topped CSC scorers with 16 points.
Princeton 2, Dartmouth 1: At Princeton, N.J., Eric Neiley scored his third goal of the season, but Princeton notched twice in the second period to hold off No. 8 Dartmouth. The one-goal loss was the third straight for the Big Green (8-5-2 overall and 4-3-1 in ECAC Hockey).
Saint Michael's 8, SNHU 2: Steven Berry and Joe Collins tallied the two goals.
St. Anselm 2, Buffalo State 2 (OT): At Buffalo, N.Y. Tim King and Tucker Mullin netted the Hawks goals while goalie Robert Kang made 35 saves.
Plymouth State 4, Babson 2: At Babson Park, Mass., Mike Freitag scored twice and Jack Astedt made 43 saves as PSU improved to 9-3-0.
New England College 2, Fredonia State 2 (OT): At Fredonia, N.Y., Cheyne Matheson scored a pair of third period goals to pull the Pilgrims to the draw.
Stony Brook 48, New Hampshire 44: At Durham, Stony Brook's Chikilra Goodman scored a game-high 18 points including the game's final three. Kelsey Hogan of Nashua and Elizabeth Belanger scored 12 and 11 points for UNH (0-2 AE).
Bentley 72, St. Anselm 49: At Waltham, Mass., Krista O'Gara came off the bench to lead the Hawks (1-6 NE-10) with 10 points . Christiana Bakolas of Manchester and Jane White of Amherst scored two each for No. 2 Bentley.
Eastern Connecticut State 66, Plymouth State 44: At Willimantic, Conn., PSU received 10 points from Bow's Meghan Faretra.
Southern Maine 72, Keene State 53: At Keene, despite 17 points from Amherst's Christan Wojtas and 15 from Siobhan Carnell, the Owls (5-6, 0-2 LEC) were outscored by 15 in the second half.
New England College 67, Maine Maritime 40: At Henniker, Stephanie Parker scored 18 points. Kate Levy tallied 11 and Markey Flewelling 10 as NEC moved to 6-0 in the NAC.
Colby-Sawyer 71, Husson 59: At New London, Cailin Bullett (nine points) moved into second on the Chargers all-time career assists list with 478 and 11th on the all-time scoring list with 1,046 career points.
Women's ice hockey
Dartmouth 6, Union 0: At Schenectady, N.Y., Zoe Brennan and Ailisha Forfar scored two goals each as the Big Green evened its ECAC Hockey record at 4-4-1.
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4 things to know about cholesterol tests
You could have unhealthy cholesterol levels and feel just fine. But that doesn't mean you'd be just fine. In fact, you could be headed for serious health problems like heart disease, heart attack or stroke.
That's why it's crucial to have your cholesterol tested. Here are four things to know about this important test:
1. Why you need to get tested.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fatlike substance that's normally present in your bloodstream. There are two types of cholesterol—LDL (the bad kind) and HDL (the good kind). Too much of the bad kind or not enough of the good kind can gradually clog arteries that your heart and brain depend on for blood. That paves the way for poor circulation, heart attacks and strokes.
If you know you have a cholesterol imbalance, you can take action to avoid these consequences. But high cholesterol rarely has symptoms, which is why you need to have yours tested at regular intervals.
2. When to get tested.
According to the American Heart Association, all adults age 20 and up should have their cholesterol tested every four to six years. Some people—such as those who already have or are at high risk for heart disease—may need a cholesterol check more often. Ask your doctor what's right for you.
3. How to prepare for the test.
You can visit your primary care doctor for a cholesterol check. He or she will test your cholesterol by taking a small blood sample—usually from your arm or finger—and send the sample to the hospital lab for analysis.
If you're having a test called a lipid profile or lipid panel, you may need to fast (not eating or drinking anything besides water) for 9 to 12 hours. If you forget to fast, tell the person drawing your blood. Also, ask your doctor if you should temporarily stop taking any medications while you fast.
4. What you'll see in the results.
The lab will return your test results, called a cholesterol score, to your doctor, who can interpret them for you. A typical lipid panel or profile will show the following levels in milligrams per deciliter of blood, or mg/dL:
- LDL (bad) cholesterol tends to clog arteries. So lower is better.
- HDL (good) cholesterol helps remove excess LDL. So higher is better.
- Triglycerides. This blood fat can boost heart risks if present in high amounts.
Your lipid panel will also tell you your total cholesterol score, which is the sum of your LDL, HDL and 20 percent of your triglycerides.
If your cholesterol levels aren't where they should be, you can improve them by making lifestyle changes and, if needed, taking cholesterol-lowering medicines.
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On July 24, 1950, Bumper 8, a modified German World War II V-2 rocket, became the first ever rocket to be launched from Cape Canaveral. Cape Canaveral already became the test site for missiles the year before, and was chosen for rocket launches to take advantage of the Earth’s rotation, because of its southern location. Cape Canaveral In 1949, U.S. President Harry Truman established the Joint Long Range Proving Grounds at Cape Canaveral to test missiles. The…Read more
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Now that we can communicate with the dead, a few of them you might know, have something to say to you.
I know how you felt, even if sometimes you didn't show it. I know why now (I know everything now) and I understand. I wish I could've done more for you. I wish I could've known you better. My love for you is the one thing that will never die.
Stop being so SAD (lol). You're not the one who died!
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Workshop: Transformational Capabilities In A World Of Innovation & Disruption (Manila)
15 January 2020 (8:00 am - 12:00 pm)
Sampiro function room, Fairmont Hotel, 1 Raffles Drive, Makati Avenue Makati City Philippines
This event is no longer available (date has already passed).
Quint Asia Roadshow 2020
Transformational Capabilities To Create Customer Value In A World Of Innovation & Disruption
By challenging the status quo and connecting business and technology we accelerate digital and organizational transformation.
Quint Wellington Redwood together with Phoenix One would like to invite you for a workshop on “Transformational Capabilities To Create Customer Value In A World Of Innovation & Disruption”.
In this 3-hours workshop, we provide examples and cases to display the required skills and capabilities your organization needs to stay relevant in a world of digital transformation and disruption. we take you through concepts from business innovation, solving business problems to effective IT service execution. In this workshop, we take you through the concepts of:
✔ Effective use of the customer journey
✔ Design thinking
✔ Lean startup and Lean leadership
✔ Agile and Scrum
✔ ITIL 4
Next to guiding you through the different approaches, we will give you an overview of available courses and roadmap to instill these skills and capabilities.
Chairman of the Board of
DevOps Agile Skill Association (DASA)
Michiel de Boer
Director Consulting Asia
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How Much is It to Replace a Door
Door replacements costs vary for a wide range of products, and additional accessories added to doors eventually lead to a spike in their overall cost.
Prices can also vary based on the service required when replacing a door, the material of the door chosen as a replacement, the method used in replacement of the door as well as the location where the replacement is to be done.
If you have questions, then you can always turn to the door repair Richmond.
Door replacement cost is largely anchored on the type of material to be used on it. Wooden, steel, fiberglass, and wrought iron doors come in various styles, which end up either inflating or deflating your door replacement budget.
Popular trends can also affect the costs of doors since people are nowadays leaned towards fiberglass doors than wooden doors due to their longevity, and while steel doors are less costly than the other two, people still opt for fiberglass.
Sidelights, decorative glass, and other accessories and addition such as moldings can also hike up the price of a door replacement.
The following is a list of cost implications vis-a-vis material of the door.
- Solid and hollow doors attract a price range of between $30 to $250 and are mainly used for interior purposes.
- Solid exterior wood generally costs between $500 and $3000 depending on the styles and additional accessories required.
- Engineered solid wood fetches between $100 and $600 and is mainly an exterior door type.
- Doors are generally durable and thus require less maintenance over its lifetime; however, the surface must be kept scratch-free for as long as its aesthetic value is to be maintained.
- Installation costs are;
Standard steel cost around $150 and $300 before any style additions or customizations are done to them, after which they would fetch between $300 and $1,500.
Are quite costly due to their security features, and retail between $1000 to $8000 and are commonly applied in glass used within the wooden base.
Comes in wood grain and smooth textures and cost between $200 to $2,500 commonly. Its durability and energy efficiency are some of the factors that make it one of the most popular door materials.
Material is a relatively low cost compared to the others due to its composition; wood particles and glues subjected to great heat. The price range for this door type is generally between $50 and $600.
Door type applies to interior and exterior setups and includes sliding capabilities that place it at between $150 and $2,500.
Solid Core Doors
Doors are made from foam and/or wood particles and cost about $150 to $300, including installation.
Hollow Core Doors
Door types are typically made in a hexagonal like inner structure and require between $200 and $400 per door inclusive of installation services.
Frames have varying prices that generally fall between $250 and $700, but additional aspects such as the nature of the wall where the frame is to be fitted could hike the cost of installing frames.
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Louise Candlish is the bestselling author of twelve novels. Her thriller Our House was a number one bestseller in paperback, ebook and audiobook and is shortlisted for a 2019 British Book Award – Crime & Thriller Book of the Year. It has been optioned for TV by Death in Paradise producers Red Planet Pictures, and was picked as a Book of the Year 2018 by the Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Real Simple, the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Sunday Express, Red and Heat. Louise lives in London with her family.
Your latest book, Those People is described as a twisty domestic suspense about the dark side of suburbia. Can you tell us a bit more about the book?
It’s a cautionary tale about bad neighbours. The residents of Lowland Way are very happy with their street (and quite pleased with themselves generally), when two invaders, Darren and Jodie, move in on the corner and start behaving appallingly. Polite complaints escalate very quickly to more chilling solutions.
What inspired the idea behind this novel?
I was noticing a lot of news stories about neighbourhood vendettas and decided to dig a bit deeper. I had a bad neighbour myself a few years ago and so I understood the strangely heightened emotions that get stirred when your home life is threatened.
What do you hope the reader will take away from this book?
I’m hoping readers will reassess as they go as to just who ‘those people’ might be. My message in this book is that we’re all equal and deserving of living freely and airing our preferences. An opinion isn’t worth more because it has a wealthier owner. I also hope the reader will have been royally entertained.
What’s your daily writing routine like and what are you working on at the moment?
If I’m writing, I’ll start at about 8.30 and go on until I’m bored or restless. With a deadline looming, I work whenever I can, there is no routine. The deadline for my next book is coming up soon so I’m at that stage. There’s a lot of fear and confusion!
Do you know your neighbours? If so, everything okay?
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It wasn’t that way back that the Philadelphia 76ers have been within the midst of The Course of. Sure, there was quite a lot of shedding concerned, however a number of positives got here out of it as nicely. Gamers like Jerami Grant, Robert Covington and T.J. McConnell acquired the runway to change into authentic NBA gamers.
And, regardless of whiffing on a number of draft picks, the Sixers hit the jackpot in 2014 once they chosen perennial MVP candidate Joel Embiid third general.
There was one other NBA participant round throughout The Course of that remembers it fairly vividly — he simply wasn’t on the courtroom. Jalen Duren, the thirteenth general decide within the 2022 NBA Draft, usually discovered himself within the low-cost seats watching video games on the Wells Fargo Heart.
When the Detroit Pistons got here to Philly final week, it was a dream-like homecoming for the promising rookie.
“Man, it’s a surreal feeling proper now,” Duren stated pregame. “That is superb for me. I used to be simply speaking to the coaches, I keep in mind being up within the nosebleeds watching the sport so to be on the ground now it’s simply an incredible feeling for me.”
And his coaches positively knew it was particular for Duren — largely due to the 40-50 tickets he wanted that evening.
“Effectively, I hope so as a result of J.D. took everyone’s ticket so it higher imply one thing,” Pistons head coach Dwane Casey joked.
Duren remembers seeing the beginning of Embiid’s profession within the constructing the place he’d sq. off in opposition to the two-time MVP runner-up. It wasn’t Duren’s — or the Pistons’ — finest recreation of the season, however the younger large man had his moments in opposition to the five-time All-Star.
And that’s in a season the place Duren’s age has ceaselessly belied his play. The groundwork for Duren’s fast progress was laid in a metropolis that loves its hoops.
“I stated [Memphis head coach] Penny Hardaway — and coaches right here in Philly — and [Memphis assistant and former Sixers head coach] Larry Brown, all these guys did an excellent job with him,” Casey stated, “so he was taking the suitable steps of an NBA recreation, NBA method, however nothing simulates being in it for actual. However he’s a fast learner, sensible, adapts to sure conditions, coachable — you will get on his behind and he responds in the suitable method. He’s gonna be nice for the Pistons group for a very long time.”
Duren starred at Philly Catholic League powerhouse Roman Catholic and in addition for Philly-based AAU squad Group Ultimate, which has produced quite a few NBA gamers.
Duren would switch to nationwide powerhouse Montverde in Florida for his junior and senior seasons. There he grew to become one of many high recruits within the nation. He in the end spurned colleges like Kentucky and the chance to show professional for the G League Ignite to affix Hardaway and Brown with the Tigers. After main Memphis to the NCAA Event for the primary time since 2014 and profitable AAC Freshman of the 12 months, Duren declared for the NBA Draft, the place — after some confusion — he wound up a Piston.
However Duren nonetheless credit his Philly roots for molding him into the participant he’s developed into.
“The grit, the grind,” Duren stated. “Being at Roman and taking part in for Group Ultimate simply … basketball is large in Philly — everyone knows that. So, rising up getting that aggressive edge and taking part in in opposition to all sorts of guys, guys who might have made it to this degree [but] simply didn’t make the suitable choices. I really feel like rising up right here helped me quite a bit, helped me with my aggressive edge, helped me understanding the sport and simply being in contact with the sport from an early age.”
The early returns on the Pistons draft evening have been optimistic. Explosive guard Jaden Ivey, chosen fifth general out of Purdue, has confirmed to be a vivid spot. Ivey and Duren, together with 2021 first general decide Cade Cunningham, might type arguably essentially the most intriguing younger trio within the NBA.
However Detroit is 8-27 to begin the yr whereas Cunningham just lately underwent season-ending shin surgical procedure. It’s going to take time for Cunningham (21), Ivey (20) and Duren (19) to search out their footing within the NBA and make the Pistons related once more.
Whereas there are a number of areas of progress for Duren, he’s taken benefit of each alternative he’s gotten up to now.
“There’s quite a lot of little nuances he’s nonetheless studying as a result of totally different nights are various things he’s acquired to do,” Casey stated. “He’s studying … he’s an excellent pupil — a sponge. However once more, there’s no magic wand to say the place he will get it in actual time and similar to all rookies there’s a studying curve however he’s proper on monitor the place he ought to be.”
There may be one space of the sport the place Duren has already produced at an elite degree: rebounding.
He leads all rookies in rebounds per recreation (8.2) and rebounding share (16.7, good for 14th in the complete NBA). He’s additionally eighth within the league in offensive rebounding share (12.6).
Positive, Duren’s 6-foot-10, 250-pounds body and supreme athleticism assist, however there’s additionally an innate ability to rebounding that he clearly has.
“What’s gonna take time is his taking pictures, his free throws and all these issues,” Casey stated. “Defensive coverages, terminology — these issues will take time — however one factor I knew would translate can be his rebounding due to his measurement and physicality [and] his knack — he has a pure knack to rebound and that’s one thing you’ll be able to’t educate.”
Forward of the matchup in opposition to Embiid, Duren stated it’s the kind of problem he loves. Battling elite bigs like Nikola Jokic or Anthony Davis is one thing Duren desires to be taught from.
Whereas his recreation doesn’t appear to line up together with his beginning certificates (he simply turned 19 again in November), neither does his perspective.
“Individuals will say I’m fairly uncooked and I take a look at that as a superb factor as a result of I’ve room to develop in all elements,” Duren stated. “However the place I’m at now, I really feel like I’ve completed much more than folks would even count on. I really feel like all elements of my recreation can develop. I really feel like we’re locked in on simply me changing into the very best participant I can change into.”
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The Antikythera Mechanism: Who Designed the World’s Oldest Astronomical Computer?
Since its discovery in a shipwreck near Greece in 1900, an ancient metallic astronomical clock, called the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ still baffles scientists. Research articles on the clock offer loose context for what the device is and what is does, but virtually none tackle the outstanding hard questions - who made it and where did its inherent astronomical and mechanical knowledge come from?
The Antikythera Mechanism (Fragment A – front); visible is the largest gear in the mechanism, approximately 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) in diameter. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )
Discovering the Antikythera Mechanism
In the spring of 1900, fishermen diving for sea sponges off the coast of Antikythera island in Greece, came across the shocking sight of scores of human limbs, faces and horses. The first diver to resurface was panicked by having found: “too many men and horses for him to count,” which he had presumed had met their fate in a shipwreck. However, it was not the corpses that had set fear into his heart, but he had discovered a rare collection of ancient Greek statues forgotten in time on the seabed of the Mediterranean.
Over the next year divers recovered several marble and bronze artifacts from the Antikythera shipwreck, which still today remains the largest ancient ship ever found. Several of the rare bronze statues were believed to be the work of Lysippos or Praxiteles, two of the most important Classical Greek sculptors of the fourth century BC.
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Ashley Cowie is a Scottish historian, author and documentary filmmaker presenting original perspectives on historical problems, in accessible and exciting ways. His books, articles and television shows explore lost cultures and kingdoms, ancient crafts and artifacts, symbols and architecture, myths and legends telling thought-provoking stories which together offer insights into our shared social history . www.ashleycowie.com.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a landmark vote on Monday morning, the Libertarian-controlled Congress passed a bill eliminating all prohibitions on child labor in the United States.
Standing outside the Capitol Building, large swaths of supporters wearing Ayn Rand t-shirts emblazoned with the words “Our Market, Our Money, Our Bank Accounts” cheered loudly as House Speaker Paul Ryan read the tally.
“With 357 votes in the affirmative, the Congress of these United States has decided to put the market first. For far too long this sick regulatory environment has been strangling the life out of individualism and family values.”
Shortly after his words, Quakerized Oats announced the Wisconsinite will be the new face of its flagship products, based upon “his fantastic charm and goober blue eyes.”
In Maryland, token libertarian speaker Jimbob Clem confessed he cried tears of joy upon hearing of the bill’s passage. “This is going to revolutionize the market in the United States, serving freedom and freedom’s freedom for all time to come. Next stop for me is Pot City.”
When reporters asked him if America is in fact a nation with standards of human rights and dignity, Clem gave them a coy laugh. “Are you plum haywire? I never signed the social contract, and in fact, there is no social contract, because that would be tyranny. RON PAUL RELOVEUTIONLOL!11.”
Notable libertarian activist Martine Nicole of France also gave the decision her full support. “People are jehlouse of dee winners, and PJ Ryan is a winner. Vee libertarians leeve to serve the market, because the market ees freedom.”
Even President Obama, who has helped gut organized labor by signing three free trade agreements, offered support for the new legislative act. “Fundamentally, America is about money. This new bill will attract jobs to our country, continue expanding globalization, undermine national sovereignty, and destroy the last dregs of the respectable working class. As for the nationalists who care about our workers, I say this: F off.” | <urn:uuid:7f6ff90a-0c4b-4a91-b88c-338b5daa1abe> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://glossynews.com/top-stories/politicos-and-polticians/201307190242/libertarian-congress-legalizes-child-labor/ | 2017-01-22T20:18:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00359-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942626 | 455 |
How to doa Firebird Leap. By: Just For Kix
Learn how to do great Firebird Leaps. Dance Tips from the Dancers of Just For Kix! We teach all kinds of dance moves and steps for all different types of dance. We instruct dancers in Ballet, Hip Hop, Jazz, Kick, Modern, stretching and exercise. | <urn:uuid:fdf65e5e-bd3d-4612-a5c5-bcf16f839569> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://dancemedia.com/v/283 | 2016-02-10T06:47:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701158811.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193918-00068-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87032 | 73 |
School Games Gold Award
We are thrilled to announce that Redborne has been awarded the prestigious Gold School Games Award!
This outstanding achievement is a testament to our school's unwavering commitment to sports and physical activity provision.
The Gold School Games Award, initiated by the Youth Sport Trust, recognises schools that excel in promoting physical education, inclusivity, competitive opportunities and fostering young leaders in sports. This awards scheme was launched in 2012, and since then, it has been marking schools across the UK for their dedication towards the development of competition in school and the surrounding community.
This honour highlights Redborne's continuous efforts in ensuring all our students have access to high-quality physical education and numerous sporting opportunities. Our school's dedication towards fostering sportsmanship, teamwork, and inclusivity has been the foundation for this recognition.
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our wonderful physical education staff and dedicated sports coaches for their relentless passion and commitment to our students. A huge round of applause goes to our students who have embraced the spirit of sportsmanship and displayed unwavering enthusiasm in all sporting endeavours.
This Gold School Games Award not only celebrates our achievements thus far but also inspires us to work harder towards engaging our students in sports and physical activities. We are excited about the future of sports at Redborne, and as we continue to grow, we hope to create an even more inclusive, healthy and active school community for all our students.
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Stroke & Neurological Rehabilitation Program
What we do
The program helps people with neurologic deficits resulting from stroke, central nervous system diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and postsurgical brain and spinal cord injuries.
The Stroke & Neurological Rehabilitation Program is located within the Mark Goodson Building at 444 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. Self-parking is available via the parking garage entrance on Colgate Street. Validation is not available. For all parking rate information and discounted tickets, please visit cedars-sinai.org/patients-visitors/map.html. | <urn:uuid:340d663a-0cc0-47d8-a6cf-180197cd20ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-27 | https://www.cedars-sinai.org/locations/stroke-neurological-rehabilitation-program-155.html | 2022-07-04T13:09:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-27/segments/1656104375714.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220704111005-20220704141005-00243.warc.gz | en | 0.891865 | 148 |
Challenges of Fixed-income Investing
Challenges of Fixed-income Investing
Your parents and grandparents may have known better about lots of things when you were younger. But you probably shouldn’t be following their example when it comes to managing your money in retirement.
“Most retirement income for [our] parents’ and grandparents’ generation came from Social Security and a defined-benefit pension plan,” says Drew Denning, Senior Vice President and Retirement Strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors.
No longer. Defined-benefit pensions, which pay a fixed amount, are fading into history. Social Security is seeing minimal, if any, yearly increases. And interest rates have been at historic lows for years.
Prioritization as a beginning
“Your expected returns in fixed income [investments] are lower than they have been in the past,” says Brian Rehling, Co-Head of Global Fixed Income Strategy and Managing Director at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Therefore retirees, and those preparing to retire, may need to rethink their investment strategies.
Every investor is different, Rehling and Denning say, so every strategy will be different. Of the most important considerations — risk tolerance, the income needed in retirement, total assets, and long-term financial goals — the last one could be especially critical. Some retirees focus on maintaining a lifestyle. Others may want to leave a significant inheritance, make charitable contributions, or help children or grandchildren with college. Depending on your goals, it may be prudent to keep a slightly more aggressive strategy for a longer period of time to try to continue building wealth.
“I think investors need to have a diversified portfolio of equities, bonds, and cash, and the percentages are going to vary,” Denning says. “The No. 1 variable in how they’re going to invest is their risk tolerance.”
Risk and return usually are correlated. Bump up the risk and your returns might be higher — or dramatically lower. Clamp down on risk and you might minimize losses, but you may also reduce your returns.
One of the biggest mistakes investors make, Denning says, is assuming they can use a withdrawal rate — the rate at which they liquidate their assets to cover expenses — that’s actually too high.
Although an appropriate withdrawal rate for most investors will differ, the traditional rate is 4% per year, he says. That’s enough to provide someone with $1 million in invested assets potentially a $40,000 a year income stream (on top of Social Security or other sources of retirement income).
“Most clients assume they can withdraw higher than the 4% withdrawal rate,” he says. Financial Advisors often have to tell clients, “You can’t support a 7 to 8 percent withdrawal rate.”
Inflation can also drain your spending power. That’s why fixed-income investments, which have lower risks but also typically earn less, shouldn’t be the only type of asset in most people’s portfolios — even those already in retirement.
Rehling says there are other ways to potentially reduce risk in your portfolio without relying too heavily on fixed-income investments. For qualified investors, alternative investments, such as private equity funds, and real assets, such as commodities and real estate, may serve a similar purpose.
“Alternatives have historically been used to help reduce volatility in portfolios,” Rehling says. “You may give up a little of the upside, but then you may give up some of the downside, too.”
Commodities and real estate may act as a hedge against inflation because their value — and therefore the income an investor earns from them — has historically tended to go up as inflation rises.
Bear in mind, while investors may benefit from the ability of alternative investments to potentially improve the risk-reward profiles in their portfolios, it’s important to remember the investments themselves can carry significant risks. Government regulation and monitoring of these types of investments may be minimal or nonexistent; returns may be volatile and present an increased risk of investment loss.
Rehling and Denning both say that as important as it is to find the right investment mix, it’s just as important to actually start putting money aside. The biggest problem for many people doesn’t end up being how their projected lifestyle impacts their need for retirement income or whether they have the right combination of assets. It’s simply that they haven’t invested enough. Starting early, even with a small amount, can let you take advantage of compounding interest.
However, if an investor reaches retirement and finds that he or she doesn’t have enough money to support the lifestyle wanted, there are still options, such as cutting some living expenses or perhaps going back to work part time. But putting all your money into bonds and certificates of deposit — as your parents or grandparents might have done — may not be able to fund your golden years.
All investing involves some degree of risk, whether it is associated with market volatility, purchasing power or specific security.
Alternative investments, such as private equity funds, are not suitable for all investors. Any offer to purchase or sell a specific alternative investment product will be made by the product’s official offering documents. You could lose all or a substantial amount investing in these products. These funds are speculative and entail significant risks that can include losses due to leveraging or other speculative investment practices, lack of liquidity, volatility of returns, restrictions on transferring interests in a fund, potential lack of diversification, absence and/or delay of information regarding valuations and pricing, complex tax structures and delays in tax reporting, less regulation and higher fees than mutual funds and risks associated with the operations, personnel and processes of the advisor.
Real assets are subject to the risks associated with real estate, commodities and other investments and may not be suitable for all investors. The commodities markets are considered speculative, carry substantial risks, and have experienced periods of extreme volatility. Real estate investments have special risks, including possible illiquidity of the underlying properties, credit risk, interest rate fluctuations, and the impact of varied economic conditions.
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Our newly designed bird hygiene brush kit has green plastic handles. The brush set is essential for cleaning bird tables and feeders and birdbaths throughout the year.
Poor bird table hygiene can allow harmful bacteria to build up and result in birds spreading disease resulting in illness and possibly death. Adhering to a regular cleaning regime of regularly removing uneaten and mouldy food and droppings reduces these risks.
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Welcome Class of 2021! Though the start of school may look a little different than we all intended, our ASP college advising staff is ready, willing, and able to help you with all things related to college and financial aid. Whether you need one-on-one advising or want to attend group workshops, the ASP is office is still open for students from all of our high schools. Here are a few things you can be doing right now to get ready for the upcoming year!
Meet With Your College Advisor
Every ASP high school has a dedicated college advisor whose job is to help students with everything related to college applications, financial aid applications, scholarships and more! They are here to help you get every detail of your college applications, essays, and financial aid applications right, even in the virtual space. Treat these appointment links like you would our campus office – a place to drop in to talk about whatever is on your mind and get things done!
Join the ASP Remind Account
To keep up to date with all upcoming virtual workshops and events, join the ASP Class of 2021 Remind account by using this link or texting class code @ASP2021 to 81010. We promise not to spam you and will use this account to inform students and parents about upcoming workshops, deadlines and college programming throughout the fall semester.
Set Up Your SCOIR Account
Students and parents are invited to set up their SCOIR account to start building their college lists, exploring affordability, or completing a career assessment. ASP partners with SCOIR to manage students’ college lists and applications, send teacher recommendations and required documents, track scholarships and more. There’s even an extensive career survey if you want to analyze your strengths! You can set up your account by using school’s link below. Parents can also set up an account.
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- School of Health Professions
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College Visits, Workshops & More
ASP partners with colleges and universities around the country to help assist students with all parts of the college process, including the college search! There will be ample time to get assistance with your applications and essays, too. Make sure to bookmark our calendar to stay up to date!
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The FIM has launched its global Road Safety campaign at the occasion of the Austrian round of 2018 FIM MotoGP World Championship at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.
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World motorcycle speed records don’t come tougher than when you’re sitting atop the machine at almost 300mph. But that’s what Californian Ralph Hudson has achieved on his Suzuki. John Nutting … Read More
Last Friday the countdown to the 2016 WorldSBK and FIM Endurance World Championship season began for four brand new howling road racing machines.
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A-Line/Princess Scoop Neck Floor-Length Tulle Prom Dress With Beading Sequins #18997
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ITMG222 IT Project Management Using MS Project® (3 semester hours)
This course studies the concepts and technology trends of project management. Students explore the principles, practices, features, and functions of the Microsoft Project® application. The course will be taught with a mixture of analytical methods and practical exercises. Students create project plans; organize tasks such as estimating, budgeting, and scheduling; perform and manage resource allocation; identify project constraints; determine a project’s critical path; create Gantt charts and establish a project baseline using Microsoft Project. Students must have access to Microsoft Office Project Standard 2016 or higher. Course software requirements, including the appropriate versions, are listed under the course materials site. This course aligns with the topical requirements for the CompTIA Project+® Certification.Microsoft Project® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.CompTIA Project+® is a registered trademark of the Computing Technology Industry Association, Inc. | <urn:uuid:926638a5-48e2-4e03-8001-813904cc5b33> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://catalog.apus.edu/search/?P=ITMG222 | 2023-09-30T12:51:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510676.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930113949-20230930143949-00411.warc.gz | en | 0.817251 | 189 |
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
No season on accountability could possibly be complete without a conversation on what the word means for administrators. Hollie Marjanovic sits down with Head of School Kevin Lewis and Cathy Davis, who currently serves as our math lab coordinator but has successfully juggled multiple faculty and admin roles since she began at SA in 1989. In our conversation, we dive into St. Andrew’s past to get some answers about how we have become who we are today:
1:32-5:35: Cathy Davis’ favorite role in her time at St. Andrew’s and what it teaches us about the interplay between administrative work and the work of teaching.
5:41-6:58 : What Kevin meant by “accountability” when he set it as a theme for us all this year: the strong supports we all provide each other as we work in concert.
7:08-8:28 : The question Hollie posed that totally stumped Kevin: WHO is actually considered “administration”? Kevin’s conclusion: “Does it matter as long as we are able to support each other as we work together to accomplish our mission and the goals of our school?”
9:16-11:18: What was the structure of administration like when Cathy Davis first began in 1989?
11:20-16:33: What schools were like before the unceasing onslaught of digital communication.
16:35-18:10: To whom are administrators held accountable? Kevin shares the official structural answer (the board) and then his more pragmatic take: “I’m accountable to all of you [faculty, parents, students, general public].”
17:36-20:39: What that mysterious SLT (Senior Leadership Team) is about and why it exists.
20:44-25:37: We examine whether more circular or bottom-up methods of evaluation and feedback could be powerful mechanisms for administrators to improve their performance.
25:38- 27:32: How does our admin model and ratio of faculty-admin-staff compare to other independent schools?
27:35-29:43 : Cathy recalls a pivotal turning point in our school’s history and why meeting locations matter.
29:44- 31:45: What has changed in our school’s environment to shift structural, admin, faculty, and student needs?
31:48-34:11: Hollie, Kevin, and Cathy talk about board meeting minutes and the vital intersection of transparency and trust. | <urn:uuid:e0ffb1e7-47b2-4d15-93c2-a8fa502310b0> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.i2podcast.org/e/reframing-admin-accountability-as-transparency-trust-looking-to-our-past-to-help-inform-our-future/ | 2023-12-02T17:56:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100448.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202172159-20231202202159-00723.warc.gz | en | 0.949249 | 541 |
Friday, October 29, 2010
Carrying on from where we began our duck prosciutto adventure:
I dusted the salt off, rinsed them, patted them dry.
I got nervous when I checked Voer's duck prosciutto method again. They left their duck breasts in salt for 48 hours, not Charcuterie's stipulated 24.
Why? More liquid extraction?
And they say to check for 'doneness' by weighing the breasts, that they should lose about 20% of their weight. So please weigh in on how you arrived this method, which I trust implicitly, but was expecting to find in The Book. And didn't.
So I weighed, and each breast is exactly 1lb, which is bit creepy.Then I ground white and a little black pepper over them and added some juniper berries. I'm not used to white pepper.
The Frenchie, it is worth mentioning, is all fired up. He loves eating, but is less excited about cooking. Until The Book. Now he wants to make sausage. He keeps saying, What's next, and Maybe we should get a sausage machine. I think he may have found a food calling.
After wrapping: the recipe says 'a layer of muslin' but it ought to be more clear. One layer of muslin is very, very flimsy and quite indecent. My duck is swaddled in about 6. Yes! it can breathe! I think. See, totally insecure about raw meat. The Frenchie says don't worry. I look at him, like, have you forgotten who you're talking to?
The cat is merely curious and is not a thief, oddly, but two blue jays did visit, which is worrying. Maybe coincidence. The squirrel clutched its heart and beat a retreat.
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Byrne, Fazio lead RBC to victory over FT in WOBM semi
TOMS RIVER – Senior Kevin Fazio became an inside presence for the Red Bank Catholic boys basketball team in the fourth quarter.
Fazio scored 10 of 12 points, all inside the paint, in the fourth quarter and helped the No. 2 seed Caseys to a 60-57 victory ver No. 3 seed Freehold Township on Monday night at the Pine Belt Arena in a semifinal game of the 31st annual WOBM Christmas Classic.
"That was one of things that we knew we could take advantage of because they don't play big up front. Kevin is real aggressive and strong to the basket," Red Bank Catholic coach James Catalano said. "Once he starts to feel it, that's just the way Kevin plays. When he gets the ball inside, he's going to get his shot off because he is that quick."
Fazio brought the inside presence while senior Liam Byrne drained it from downtown. Byrne hit a game-high six three-pointers and finished with a game-high 23 points. Byrne made three three-pointers in the second quarter and had 12 of his 23 points at halftime. Junior Evan Madigan added seven of his 11 points in the second half as the Caseys advanced to Tuesday night's 7:30 p.m. championship game against No. 4 seed Toms River North.
"We knew the type of guards that they (Freehold Township) had, quick, to the basket (type players). We knew that was what they were going to do," Catalano said. "We didn't do a good job of being in the paint where we need to be on the weak side. But I give our kids credit for being down most of the game and coming back and winning."
Freehold Township led, 30-27, at halftime but Red Bank Catholic (4-1) outscored Freehold Township (2-3), 12-10, in the third quarter to cut Freehold Township's lead to 40-39 after three quarters.
Freehold Township senior Kyle Czajkowski had five of his 10 points in the fourth quarter, senior Tyree Wilson had six of his 10 points in the second half, senior Jason Czajkowski added six of his nine points in the first half and senior Dan Saunders supplied nine points. The Patriots will play in the Tuesday's 2 p.m. third place consolation game against No. 9 seed Toms River South.
TOMS RIVER NORTH 73, TOMS RIVER SOUTH 57: Mike Nyisztor made a season-high eight three-pointers and finished with 12 of his game-high 26 points in the first quarter as the No. 4 seed Mariners (4-0) defeated the No. 9 seed Indians (2-1) in the second WOBM semifinal on Monday night. Patrick Marinaccio added nine of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, Evan Martin provided 10 of his 14 points in the first half and Jordan Craig supplied 10 points. The Mariners will try for their first WOBM championship since 2011. Toms River South's Tymere Berry scored 10 of his team-high 15 points in the first half, Khaleel Greene added six of his 10 points in the first half and Tyler Fall added nine points.
IN THE SCORE AT THE SHORE TOURNAMENT
SOUTHERN 57, OAKCREST 44: Junior forward Peyton Wejnert scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, mostly from the foul line as he went 7-for-8 from the line for the the No. 2 seed Rams (3-1). Overall, he also finished with nine rebounds and went 17-for-23 from the line. Senior guard Jake Logue added 11 of his 16 points in the second quarter and he finished with 14 rebounds and junior guard Ethan Dubois added four points and nine assists. The Rams will play No. 9 seed St. John Vianney in Tuesday's 3:15 p.m. championship game at Southern Regional High School in Stafford Township.
ST. JOHN VIANNEY 50, ABSEGAMI 39: Grant Goode scored 11 of his 20 points in the first half and Zach Howarth added 14 of his 16 points in the second half as the No. 9 seed Lancers (3-1) defeated No. 5 seed Absegami.
IN THE HUSKIES HOLIDAY CLASSIC
MANALAPAN 49, OLD BRIDGE 46: Kyle Mullen scored seven of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and was named tournament most valuable player and Zach Mischischia added 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Braves (5-0) edged the Knights in the championship game of the 7th annual Huskies Holiday Classic played at Matawan Regional High School. Misischia was also picked to the all-tournament first team. Meanwhile, Gerard Hodge-Rocourt added seven points and Michael Venezia had four points.
IN THE SOUTH AMBOY TOURNAMENT
HENRY HUDSON 52, SOUTH AMBOY 44: Junior forward Chris Coberg had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Admirals to the win over the Governors in the first round. Junior guard Anthony LaRuse added 11 points, including three 3-pointers, and junior guard Tom DeFilippo had 10 points for Henry Hudson. Henry Hudson will meet South River at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the championship game.
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Even though Futuretown -- backed by former HTC CEO Peter Chou -- started off as a studio dedicated to the HTC Vive platform, its 5D Totalmotion is open platform and supports two other VR systems out of the box: Oculus Rift and 3Glasses from China. In fact, the company's using the Rift for its 5D Totalmotion demos at the Tokyo Game Show, in order to maximize the amount of usable space at the booth. CTO Justin Liebregts explained that if all the games ran on the Vive, his team would need to set up partitions between each setup due to potential interference from the passive Lighthouse trackers, whereas the Rift doesn't have this issue since it uses active trackers that are plugged into the PC.
Yang said he's aiming to launch the 5D Totamotion within the first half of 2017. That said, all four of the aforementioned titles were playable at the show. I started off with Wave Breaker: Surf VR which got me surfing from a fast-flowing river all the way to the big waves on the sea. It was, to my surprise, physically intense. I wrongly assumed that I wouldn't need the handlebar, but eventually I learned that I needed to do a lot of twisting, which is a good thing that the standing module comes with shoe bindings à la snowboards. I was also given a Woojer haptic sensor vest to put on in order to simulate the sensation of rush, which Sure, I kept missing the balloons, but it was still fun and proved to be great way to work out. I was already sweating a bit after just this one game.
I was then given a chance to recover by riding on a horse and an eagle inStallion Adventures: Horse Riding VR. Admittedly, I freaked out a little when the first cheetah briefly chased me, but it turned out that the horse and the eagle were on a fixed track due to the game's early-stage development. The only control I had over was the horse's speed: I simply had to tug the riding module's rope and bob in sync with the horse's movement to accelerate, and then pull the rope back to slow down. Hopefully the final game will allow more freedom to explore the virtual world.
Later on I checked out Whiteout: Ski VR which let me ski down a mountain in any way I wanted (and also knock out other virtual skiers for a laugh). While I'm no expert in skiing, I wish the game had a dedicated module that would allow my feet to move separately like in real life, rather than using the same module I used for surfing earlier. But that's not to say it wasn't fun.
Last but not least, I hopped on the motorcycle module for Infinity Rider: Motorcycle VR. I appreciated how this module offered a realistic handlebar with brake handles and acceleration grip on the right, but the overall body didn't provide enough tilt for turning (Chou assured me that this will be addressed in an upcoming iteration of hardware). Also, for some reason, I quickly felt sick and had to hop off as soon as the game ended. My guess is it was to do with a combination of visual delay and motion delay, but there was also the possibility of me not getting enough rest after the three previous games. Hopefully Futuretown can fix these issues, as this particular ride has a lot of potential -- just imagine riding a speeder bike in a Star Wars VR game.
It'll obviously be a while before we see the 5D Totalmotion in public places. While there are already other types of VR rides in malls and arcades across Asia, Chou, who also serves as the Honorary Chairman at Futuretown, claims the 5D Totalmotion is already more compelling -- even more so than those at Tokyo's VR Zone, according to feedback he received -- and is also much easier to deploy. He isn't worried about being comparatively late nor potentially being copied by others. "We have soul. People who copy have no soul... By the time we ship the products, they will be so much better [than others]." | <urn:uuid:131de331-1f67-48a8-a09a-608a15fdf7ca> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | https://vrroom.buzz/vr-news/products/futuretown-turns-vr-simulator-rides | 2017-11-18T04:36:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934804610.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20171118040756-20171118060756-00133.warc.gz | en | 0.976409 | 834 |
The grim task of calculating a death toll from the attacks on New York and Washington was being done in reverse. First, officials were trying to find out who survived.
With too many people missing for an accurate count to begin in New York, authorities began a frantic search for the names of confirmed survivors so they could begin to guess the number of dead in the World Trade Centre.
''The best estimate we can make is that there will be a few thousand left in each building,'' said Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said yesterday.
Asked about a report that the city had requested 6,000 body bags from federal officials, he replied, ''Yes, I believe that's correct.'' Another 5,000 bags were expected today, The New York Times reported.
In all, at least 1,000 people were missing or dead so far, though the number was sure to rise.
Because of the difficulty of digging through the rubble, only 82 fatalities had been confirmed as of Wednesday.
The mayor said 202 firefighters and 57 police officers, as well as the World Trade Centre's head of security, were among the missing. Published reports said the number of missing firefighters hit 350.
State officials, too, were counting. Nearly 200 state government workers and an unknown number of private-sector employees couldn't be located, Governor George Pataki said Wednesday. An estimated 38 members of a Manhattan management company were missing.
Also missing were some of the 900 people employed by the state Attorney General's Office in a building near the World Trade Centre.
At the Pentagon, the military services said about 150 people - mostly Army soldiers - were unaccounted for.
There were 266 passengers and crew on the four planes that were hijacked and destroyed in the terror attacks.
Operators at the New York mayor's hot line were compiling the names of the missing and providing relatives with information about patients at city hospitals.
Two Web sites listed thousands of names of people who worked or lived near the disaster.
''If you have survived the World Trade Centre attack or know someone who has, please add their name to our list,'' said a message on http://www.ny.com. It asked users to note the survivors' conditions.
A similar Web site also was established by Battery Park City, a residential complex near the World Trade Centre.
About 300 state workers and more than 3,000 employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey worked in the towers.
There was some good news from the towers' largest tenant, the Morgan Stanley firm, which employed 3,500 people on 20 floors in both towers.
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Hi. I’m Coleman McCormick, a product guy living in St. Petersburg, Florida with my wife and two kids. I’ve spent my career in technology, starting out as a geographer with an IT background, now evolved into product management. Currently I’m working on Fulcrum, a low-code platform for field services.
colemanm.org is my personal blog which I first started back in 2010. I post about a variety of topics that interest me, including product development, technology, economics, philosophy, writing, books, and more. I’m an avid runner and sports fan, so sometimes there’s a sprinkling of posts on athletics.
Since October 2018 I’ve written a post every day here on the site. It’s an exercise in creating a writing habit, and a personal challenge to see how long I can keep it up.
I’m a supporter of RSS and the open web, so the best way to follow what I’m writing about is to subscribe to the feed. If you want to get in touch, I’m easily accessible on Twitter or email @ coleman at mcco dot me. You’ll also find me in a few other places on the internet like GitHub, LinkedIn, and a few talks on YouTube.
“Best Of” Department
Here’s a sampling of some of my favorite posts from over the years, in no particular order.
- Entering Product Development — Historical background on a precursor to what became Fulcrum.
- Modes of Control — Discussing Andy Grove’s concepts of motivations vs. complexity in teams.
- Jekyll Collections to Build a Library — Technical post on how I created a reading library.
- Flexible Education — Thinking about how to make formal education more flexible for kids.
- 2019 — The first annual tradition of posting publicly my goals to track for the year. An ongoing experiment in “garage door up” habit-forming.
- An In-Depth History of Maps — A review of Lloyd Brown’s rich history of cartography and map-making.
- Right-sizing and Scoping — Thoughts on the product manager’s favorite topic, scoping work.
- On Retention — Retention and expansion are the two key forces in SaaS. You have to solve retention before you invest big in acquisition to scale.
- A Product Origin Story — Background history in how we got started on Fulcrum.
- The Power of SaaS Models — Some thoughts on B2B SaaS after almost ten years building a SaaS product.
- Addresses and Geocoding — Comparing coordinate and addressing systems for mapping.
- William Noel McCormick, Jr. — A memorial to my grandfather.
- An Open Database of Addresses — An overview of the OpenAddresses project.
- Annals of the Former World — A review of John McPhee’s excellent book on geology.
I have a few recurring series posts that I return to on occasion.
- Weekend Reading — A weekly digest posted on Saturdays with 3 links of recent interest. Sometimes news, sometimes apps, anything I found interesting in #InternetExploration.
- Best Songs — A while ago my dad and I were talking about collecting playlists of our all-time favorite songs. The main criteria is “songs personally meaningful to you.” There are many in my personal archive, so I post one every now and then.
- Places — where I snapshot and write short posts about interesting places on the globe.
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We’ve been here before… Under Carter…
NOT A WARM & FUZZY FEELING…..
The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet strike fighters are the tip of the spear, embodying most of the fierce striking power of the aircraft carrier strike group. But nearly two-thirds of the fleet’s strike fighters can’t fly — grounded because they’re either undergoing maintenance or simply waiting for parts or their turn in line on the aviation depot backlog.
There isn’t enough money to fix the fleet’s ships, and the backlog of ships needing work continues to grow. Overhauls — “availabilities” in Navy parlance — are being canceled or deferred, and when ships do come in they need longer to refit.
Every carrier overall for at least three years has run long, and some submarines are out of service for prolonged periods, as much as four years or more. One submarine, the Boise, has lost its diving certification and can’t operate pending shipyard work.
The Navy can’t get money to move around service members and their families to change assignments, and about $440 million is needed to pay sailors. And the service claims 15 percent of its shore facilities are in failed condition — awaiting repair, replacement or demolition.
Congress has failed for the ninth straight year to produce a budget before the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2017, reverting to continuing resolutions that keep money flowing at prior year levels.
The dire situation of naval aviation is sobering. According to the Navy, 53 percent of all Navy aircraft can’t fly — about 1,700 combat aircraft, patrol, and transport planes and helicopters. Not all are due to budget problems — at any given time, about one-fourth to one-third of aircraft are out of service for regular maintenance. But the 53 percent figure represents about twice the historic norm.
Sixty-two percent of F/A-18s are out of service; 27 percent in major depot work; and 35 percent simply awaiting maintenance or parts, the Navy said.
Under the continuing resolution, the senior Navy official said, another 14 ship availabilities will be deferred in 2018 — one submarine, one cruiser, six destroyers, two landing ship docks, one amphibious transport dock and three minesweepers.
At least there is some fuel, and most of the pilots and crew are able to maintain their basic quals, if not their complete readiness package, unlike when we were going cold iron on entire squadrons for 30-60 days at a time.
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Karen Sisel never endured a month, a week or even a night with a child in a neonatal intensive care unit.
The mother of two daughters, grandmother of six and now a great-grandmother never had to rely on a full-service children’s hospital like Brenner Children’s Hospital. She says she doesn’t know of friends or acquaintances who have been treated at Brenner Children’s either.
“I’ve been very blessed,” says Sisel.
She feels blessed enough to help make sure that others in the region who need the best care can receive it at Brenner Children’s. Sisel is supporting the campaign for a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to ensure that the tiniest and most vulnerable babies have the best chance at the best life possible.
The campaign is raising $25 million to build a new NICU with 50 private patient rooms and a more comfortable, supportive environment for families.
“Maybe it’s a mother’s instinct,” says Sisel, who has committed to give $5 millon to the NICU campaign in hopes of encouraging others to match her gift. “I just have always loved children.”
What she witnessed during a visit to the children’s hospital convinced her to give.
In spring 2015, Sisel took a tour of Brenner Children’s to learn more about the care it provides to families throughout western North Carolina and parts of neighboring states.
“I was so impressed with the staff and everybody working with these children,” she says. “I thought it was just the most wonderful place for children who need care and have to be in a hospital.”
That impression changed when she entered the NICU, where more than 10,000 babies and their families have received care for more than 20 years.
There, she saw babies fighting for their lives alongside their parents—who were alongside other families coping with their own situations in communal pods with eight babies and families per pod.
While the care provided is state-of-the- art, there is no privacy in the current NICU, and light and noise can be excessive during what may be one of the most difficult times a family can face—the average NICU stay is 21 days, and some may stay for up to a year.
“It just ate at my heart,” Sisel says in recalling the physical environment. “The parents had no place to be alone with their children. I knew if I were in their position, I would want to be alone with my husband and my child.
“That’s when I really started getting involved.”
Supporting the Community
Sisel, a native of Massachusetts enjoys being involved in her community. Her husband Dale Sisel, who died in 2014, capped a long and successful career as president and chief executive officer of R. J. Reynolds International. The Sisels lived in Texas, London and Switzerland, among other locales, while moving 17 times. After visiting 24 countries, all 50 states and five of the seven continents, Sisel has lived in Winston-Salem since 2005.
She volunteers locally with GreeNest, which helps individuals and families in need who are transitioning into sustainable housing. GreeNest provides donated items to furnish their homes and has a particular focus on helping military veterans and families with children.
She has volunteered as a tutor at Brunson Elementary School, where her daughter has worked as a teacher. She also has supported Ronald McDonald House, and she and her husband funded scholarships and faculty positions at Wake Forest University.
Like the NICU campaign, all are good causes that are close to home, Sisel says. She chose to support the NICU effort before she decided to make her support public.
“I have remained anonymous for quite some time,” she says. “I finally decided it was time to come out in the open and get people motivated.
“I will continue to give every year, but if I can get other people to match what I’m giving or even part of what I’m giving, that would be wonderful.”
She believes a new NICU at Brenner Children’s is a need just like the others she sees in her community. It promises to give families and their children a home away from home when they need it most.
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Sports Peyton Manning to Bill Belichick: This might be ‘last rodeo’ Peyton Manning told Bill Belichick, "This might be my last rodeo," after the Broncos beat the Patriots, 20-18, in Sunday's AFC Championship Game. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Doug Pensinger By Daniel Ferrara firstname.lastname@example.org January 26, 2016 7:03 PM Print Share fbShare Tweet Email Confetti was falling down on Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick as they gathered at midfield for what may have been the last time after Sunday’s AFC Championship game. Manning’s Broncos had just knocked off the Patriots by the skin of their teeth, a 20-18 nail-biter whose difference was a missed extra point. As it had been many times before, Sunday’s meeting between these two legends was historic. “Hey listen, this might be my last rodeo, so it sure has been a pleasure,” the 39-year-old Manning said in footage captured by NFL Network, bending his surgically-repaired neck down to whisper in Belichick’s left ear. “You’re a great competitor,” Belichick replied, keeping it short and sweet as usual. If Sunday was truly their last encounter, Manning can take solace in the fact that his playoff record against Belichick was 3-2, though he has just one Super Bowl ring to Belichick’s six - four since taking the helm with New England in 2000. At least Manning will have a chance to win a second one on Feb. 7 when his Broncos take on the Panthers in Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. By Daniel Ferrara email@example.com Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comments We're revamping our Comments section. Learn more and share your input. | <urn:uuid:eb648ed4-f0d0-405f-82fe-ab17058fb73c> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://www.amny.com/sports/peyton-manning-to-bill-belichick-this-might-be-last-rodeo-1.11396617 | 2019-02-22T10:44:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247515149.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20190222094419-20190222120419-00311.warc.gz | en | 0.954337 | 390 |
Hawkesbury Show, 27 August 2022, Gates open 12.30, Hawkesbury Village Hall and Recreation Ground, High Street, Hawkesbury Upton, South Glos GL9 1AU
I’ll be spending the afternoon in the books tent at the Hawkesbury Horticultural Show with Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival founder and organiser Debbie Young and other authors, so come and say hallo! I’ll also be judging the carnival floats. The show includes stalls and sideshows, fairground rides, plenty to eat and drink, and a grand marquee full of exhibits (fruit and vegetables, crafts, baking, flowers, photographs and more). For more information see the Hawkesbury Show Website.
Women and Money: A historical perspective, West of England & South Wales Women’s History Network 29th Annual Conference, Saturday 15 October 2022, 9.30 am to 4.10 pm, Bristol Central Friends’ Meeting House, Champion Square, Bristol BS2 9DB
Money makes the world go round…and worldwide women own less than half of it. The WESWWHN 29th annual conference looks at the theme of women and money. With a range of talks on women as investors, earners and traders from the early modern period to the twentieth century. For programme and booking details see the WESWHWN website. | <urn:uuid:de57a38a-ce7c-4910-966c-466dc8c6e40e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lucienneboyce.com/diary/ | 2022-08-16T15:55:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00592.warc.gz | en | 0.893478 | 278 |
12 Mar AGNES
Agnes admits it, when we enter her place, “we can almost touch the sky”. From this flat whose atmosphere is very minimalist, the view on Paris is amazing. We dominate the capital and feel like on board of a big boat. Maybe that’s why Agnes puts her sunglasses on. And books are part of the trip. Agnes is not someone who thinks about the organisation of her bookcase. The books are here, close to her and that’s all that matters. We nevertheless identify – thanks to the colours of the book covers – an intuitive and practical arrangement by publishing houses. The small table on which she writes – her novels but also her searches – moves around in the room, following her mood. When Agnes wants evasion, the table goes by the window. When she wants to feel surrounded and supported, she moves by the bookcase. But she can write everywhere especially the novels that are really pure pleasure for her.
Agnes reads a lot, both essays and novels. For the novels: mainly French contemporary literature. She follows the contemporary literary scene and often has some very good surprises. “But if I have to think about some more classic references, I would say that Marguerite Duras in on my top list”. Lately, she tried to read some crime novels – “with the idea of writing one” she says laughing. But the test was a fail: “I was scared…”
Agnes teaches gender studies in Geneva. So she reads about that quite a lot: Foucault and Barthes are the pillars. “But they are also real writers who know how to tell a story”.
Looking into her bookcase she grabs a book from Angelica Lidell, a Spanish playwright. “Her writing really moves me. She goes back to the catharsis, to the unspeakable.” A look by the window to this incredible view. “What is literature’s purpose if not moving us?” asks Agnes. We couldn’t agree more.
A few meters from the bookcase, we notice a small altar: statues, candles, incense… “You just found out my Asian corner!” says Agnes who was born in Bangkok. Every year she travels to Asia and brings back these objects. “Thanks to them I maintain a link between my two cultures: spiritually Budhist, intellectually from the West.”
A FEW BOOKS TO BORROW FROM AGNES:
Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite, Pantheon: the diary of an hermaphrodite who was designated female at birth, then reclassified as a man and eventually committed suicide at the age of thirty. Published with a very interesting preface by Michel Foucault.
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, Routledge: published in 1990, it is considered as one of the canonical texts of queer theory and postmodern poststructural feminism.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: Spanning eight decades – and one unusually awkward adolescence – this great American novel is a grand, original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. Highly recommended! | <urn:uuid:8fcb5dd8-fe79-4daa-b6c3-7145ff239e18> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://www.thearchivistsblog.com/en/agnes/ | 2022-12-07T07:37:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711150.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20221207053157-20221207083157-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.963529 | 718 |
Questions About Sex Pills? In regards to buying medicine, individuals are always filled with uncertainty. To be honest, everyone wants to know that Do Sex Pills Really Work? I do not blame them. These are pills we are talking about.
There have been lots of cases where individuals overdosed on tablets or took the wrong ones that lead to their departure. I am not trying to scare you here, I’m only making you understand how careful you must be.
Therefore, before we get into further dialogue allow me to tell you this: Do not buy pills on your own hand (except the ones that are for colds and aren’t harmful)! Ask your doctor for an advice and eliminate* any risk that might occur.
And today, the main part of the report.
Frequently Asked Questions about Sex Pills
1. Do Enhancement Pills Really Work?
In all honesty, yes, they do work, but no they do not. Here is the deal. This question means enhancement pills generally. What you must realize is that the industry is flooded with enhancement and gender pills which come from many different manufacturers.
Some of them are shown, some are not and others are kind of recognized. What I am trying to say here is that you must know what to select.
There are pills which don’t work at all. Some are even based on the placebo effect. The other half is the only bunch of components that don’t do anything. However, there are pills which are carefully developed at a laboratory, thoroughly thought through by a team of scientists and then, after they had been tested, placed in the marketplace.
They might not function exactly the same way for every single people, however, they have a reasonable prospect of success in what they’re made to perform.
So, don’t fall for the advertising and be picky!
2. How do Enhancement and Sex Pills Just Work?
Well, like I’ve said before, pills are made in a laboratory. Behind pills, it’s all science and chemistry. They may place all organic ingredients, but it is still not that organic.
So, to answer the query, they operate depending on the formula which the scientists are working on. They operate depending on the way the scientists are mixing the components altogether. Furthermore, they work according to just how these ingredients interact with one another.
However, since we are talking about enhancement pills here, I will be a bit more special.
Male penises have two chambers on top of those. These chambers can expand which will result in penis enlargement. So, these enhancement tablets pump up and enlarge the chambers. So as to do so they’re utilizing nitric oxide.
In this medical research you will find natural remedies that are effective male enhancements. If you find a pill that contains them, it may be reassuring.
3. How Many sizes can I Add?
The size which you can enhance your penis depends on many factors. The same pill won’t affect two different people the same manner. Someone may add a whole lot, someone may take more time to the identical size and someone might not nearly as many dimensions as the previous two.
So, the amount isn’t strong. What’s strong though is that using the very best products on the market today you may add some dimension. How much exactly, nobody knows!
In this research there’s been supplied a wonderful explanation of how penis enlargement is just attained. There is also a statement claiming that you can add only several centimeters.
4. Are there any regrets about the Market?
Yes. There are many distinct scams in the marketplace today. Like I have said, the first scam is the pill. They are simply a waste of money.
Another common scam is the “Free 40 days Trial” alternative. Fundamentally they provide their product for free for 40 days. If you do not like what you see you are able to return it.
Well, what happens when you purchase is totally unacceptable. In a couple of days, the invoice will arrive at your address. They’ll charge you the whole package, the full price and think about you a subscriber. What that means is they will be charging you every month until you unsubscribe.
A similar thing will happen with the “On-demand” option.
5. Is Penis Surgery a Better Option?
You can add dimension to your penis with a surgery. You will deform your manhood too. If you’re eager to make that threat, then go for it.
My advice is to not try it. If you are desperate about incorporating size, try some pills. Obviously, carefully choose them, but do not go to surgery. Yes, with pills you are taking a risk as well, but with surgery, it is greater.
In this study, you’ll discover all you need to learn about penis surgery, as well as the standard concerning the penis length.
6. I have Tried Plenty of Pills and They Didn’t Get the Job Done. Why?
Maybe you’ve tried the wrong ones.
So, it is most likely that you have been duped by the marketing and advertising of these pills which you have purchased. Check for stats, ask around, check opinions or ask your doctor if he knows of a good enhancement pill manufacturer.
As soon as you’ve assessed out those fields, proceed to the purchasing part.
7. Are “Free Trial” Options Good?
Like I have said in the fourth question where I pointed out exactly what you ought to run off from, yes! The products that offer you free trials are most likely frauds.
The Final Verdict:
Well, seems like we have arrived at the conclusion of this report. Those were the often asked questions regarding male enhancement and sex pills.
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If you're thinking of relocating, the tax ramifications might not be your first consideration. You might move because of a job change, to be closer to family or for a better climate after you retire. If you choose Florida, you'll get a break financially as well, because the state is tax-friendly in several respects.
Florida does not impose an income tax on your earnings, and it won't levy a tax on your Social Security income either. Many pensions are exempt from taxation in the state as well.
Inheritance and Estate Taxes
Florida has no inheritance tax. In some other states, if you receive a bequest, you would have to sacrifice a percentage of it to the government. The state has not charged estate taxes since December 2004. Estate taxes are based on the value of your estate at the time of your death; these taxes would normally be paid from your estate before any of your debts and before your gifts are distributed to your beneficiaries. Estate taxes can result in your beneficiaries receiving less than you intended.
Florida is somewhat less friendly regarding sales taxes, but only five states do not charge sales tax at all, according to the Retirement Living Information Center. The state's rate is 6 percent, which is close to average. Comparatively, California charges 8.25 percent and the sales tax is 7 percent in Tennessee, Indiana, Rhode Island, Mississippi and New Jersey.
Property taxes are usually payable to your municipality or county based on the value of your home, and all states impose them. However, Florida will exempt up to $50,000 of your home's value if you own your property on January 1 of the calendar year, and increases are limited to 3 percent per year. If you're over 65 years of age, the increase may be lower. The state also exempts an additional $500 if you're a widower or widowed, and $500 if you're disabled.
The $50,000 property tax exemption applies only if you are a Florida resident and live in that home. It might not apply if you move to Florida but maintain a home in another state and only spend certain months in Florida. If you don't keep another home, it's no issue, but if you want to make sure you take advantage of Florida's property tax benefits, Florida must be your state of primary residence, or domicile. Domicile is the place you always return to when you travel, even if you travel for months at a time. Make sure your vehicle is registered in Florida, that you vote in Florida and that you have a Florida driver's license. Make sure your Florida address is the mailing address for all your important mail. File your federal taxes from your Florida address as well. | <urn:uuid:dc75ba74-2ff7-4154-bc1f-175b15f13488> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.sapling.com/8749415/tax-benefits-moving-florida | 2017-06-29T07:18:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323889.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629070237-20170629090237-00503.warc.gz | en | 0.961383 | 552 |
The Minot State University basketball teams are both 4-0 for the first time in school history, but their real tests begin today.
After beating up on mostly NAIA opponents during a favorable nonconference schedule, the Beavers open their Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference slate with a doubleheader against in-state rival University of Mary. The women play at 4 p.m., followed by the men at approximately 6 p.m.
"We've done what we've had to do for the nonconference stuff," MSU men's coach Matt Murken said. "Now all those things are magnified even more. ... Hopefully we'll see an increase in our focus and our intensity knowing that we're gonna start playing better teams on a night-in, night-out basis. Those first ones are important, but now with each win, everything gets more important."
Minot State University sophomore Savana Kingsbury looks to shoot between two Dickinson State defenders Sunday at the MSU Dome. The Beavers host the University of Mary in a hoops doubleheader beginning today at 4 p.m.
Both MSU squads have held edges in size and athleticism through their first four games, but they'll be competing solely against Division II teams for the rest of the season. Those physical advantages will either be less pronounced or gone altogether.
"Our challenge now is to eliminate the lulls in productivity on either end," Murken said. "We've been able to get away with playing a majority of good basketball. We need to make sure when we get in league, you can't play five good minutes and just be out there for two minutes and lose focus or not execute."
The Mary men's team (2-3) is composed of mostly newcomers, but returning seniors Jalen Jaspers (11 points per game) and Marc Musungayi (12.4 ppg, 6.0 rpg) are the Marauders' top two scorers. Jaspers is a physical 6-foot-3 guard and Musungayi is an athletic 6-6 post player who shot 56.5 percent from the field last season.
"They've got 10 or 12 new guys and they're still getting comfortable playing together, but really, overall they've increased their talent level from where they were at last year," Murken said. "They've been doing a nice job of rebounding, they've been doing a good job of getting in transition and attacking the basket, so those are things we've gotta make sure we're ready to defend on Saturday night."
The teams split two matchups last season, with each winning at home.
On the women's side, a colossal interior battle can be expected. Marauders senior Linda Murray, a 6-2 forward, is averaging team highs of 20.7 points and 9.0 rebounds. She was an all-conference selection two years ago before sitting out last season with an injury.
Likewise, a 6-2 senior post - Carly Boag - leads the Beavers with 24 points and 11.3 boards per contest. MSU coach Sheila Green Gerding said Murray is the focal point, but the Marauders (2-1) have plenty of other weapons. Senior point guard Lindsey Sand tallies 11.7 points and 6.0 assists per outing, and 5-10 sophomore wing Brittney Dietz averages 16.3 points and 6.7 rebounds.
"(Murray is) really good around the basket and strong and physical, so it's really important that we try to limit her touches," Green Gerding said. "Every position, they always have some kids on the court that can score."
Boag had 31 points in the Beavers' NSIC opener last season, a 74-73 win at Mary. The Marauders limited her to 16 in a 70-58 Mary victory in Minot later in the season.
Daniel Allar covers Minot State University athletics.
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Corcoran v. Levenhagen
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|08-10495||7th Cir.||Not Argued||Oct 20, 2009||TBD||Per Curiam||OT 2009|
Holding: A death row inmate challenged his death sentence in district court, giving five arguments for the reconsideration of the sentence. The district court accepted one and did not resolve the others. The Supreme Court held that an appeals court subsequently erred when it reinstated the death sentence upon reversing the district court on the single ground considered, without evaluating any of the other grounds raised by the defendant.
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Sometimes I imagine a scene of a time capsule opening years after its burial, and a noxious stink arises from the urn because its socio-temporal contents have lost all their context, and thus all their meaning. "Ew," says the crowd assembled, "why ever did we bury that?" Not so Hal Ashby's The Landlord, long unavailable despite being, to my mind at least, one of the most assured directorial debuts in Hollywood history, and also perhaps my favourite of all his work. I saw it as a teenager in the 70s, before it vanished out of circulation for decades. This particular time capsule is all madeleines and bitter almonds, its contents apparently not having aged a day in 42 years.
Ashby, one of the key directors of the Hollywood renaissance of the 1970s, had an 18-year directorial career, but if he had died after the first 10 his career would have been note-perfect. Those last eight years, before his early death from cancer in 1988, saw him scorned by studios and backers as the archetypal last Hollywood hippie (Ashby can be seen in all his patchouli'd finery in the very first shot of The Landlord, at his own third, beads and kaftan-heavy, wedding that year) and a prime exemplar of the drug-fuelled 70s Hollywood that the suits wanted to get past.
Between The Landlord and Being There in 1980 Ashby offered a totally coherent artistic sensibility; his body of work both remarkably diverse, but unmistakably his own. Any film-maker who knocks seven films out of the park one after another – The Landlord, Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Bound For Glory, Coming Home and Being There – should have statues of himself lining Sunset Boulevard; instead, Ashby feels like he is slowly slipping from our grasp. The Landlord's reissue may, I hope, go some way to slowing that slide into oblivion.
The Landlord tells the story of a young New York aristocrat (Beau Bridges) who buys a rundown ghetto tenement building (in Brooklyn's Park Slope, then a declining white-flight neighbourhood, now totally gentrified) with the aim of tossing out the black renters and living there alone. It represents the happy confluence of three or four exceptional talents, black and white together (most of whom died quite young) creating a still wonderfully penetrating, wise and exact meditation on race relations at the end of the 1960s.
The most important contributor is black screenwriter Bill Gunn, adapting a 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter, also black, but adding most of the tartest lines and characterisations himself. (Try this: "You whites scream about miscegenation and you done watered down every race you ever hated!") Gunn, an actor and playwright who died in 1989 aged 54, should have had a proper career as a director. As The Landlord was being readied in 1969, his own major studio debut, Stop!, was shelved by an uncomprehending Warner Bros (it exists only on VHS today), which had expected blaxploitation and instead been given a thoughtful but transgressive melodrama which poetically blurred racial and sexual boundaries, and had as its protagonists two sophisticated white and black intellectual couples.
His cult 1973 independent "horror" movie Ganja and Hess (the only other movie starring Night of the Living Dead's Duane Jones) was butchered by its distributors, who'd asked for something sub-Blacula and been given an astonishingly elliptical and incantatory Africanist tone-poem that never even mentioned vampirism. In its reassembled version it comes across as a cousin to the kind of film-making being pioneered at UCLA by Charles Burnett and the other Larry Clark (who made Passing Through) in the same period, and has been greeted, in reconstructed prints, with similar retroactively apologetic acclaim.
The Landlord thus remains Gunn's major surviving achievement in cinema. His screenplay is predictably at home in the ghetto apartments of the renters among whom Elgar Winthrop Julius Enders comes to live, a warm and shadowy environment populated by the matriarchal Marge (the legendary Pearl Bailey, in one of her few movie roles) and by loud-mouthed, oft-incarcerated agitator Copee Johnson (Lou Gossett) and his lonely wife Francine (Diana Sands, who died at 39 in 1973). Gunn's black characters fairly sing their toothsome dialogue. Francine says to Elgar, mournfully but proudly, at one point, "I was Miss Sepia 1957 – that's like Miss America, 'cept in colour" – a nice line but one also, as delivered, filled with contradictory kinds of pathos for its speaker.
And then there is cinematographer Gordon "Prince of Darkness" Willis, who is to his hometown of New York City what Raoul Coutard was to 60s Paris: its biographer, its poet, its painter. (Willis's camera operator/protege here was Michael Chapman, later to shoot Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and Phil Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers) Willis gave us the sepia-toned moral murk of The Godfather I and II and the city-symphony of Manhattan, as well as Klute (NYC-based) and the non-Gotham paranoia-scapes of Alan Pakula's other 70s work. Willis has always considered himself a co-author, telling the story entirely in visual terms that cohere with the film's larger narrative aims, and here he is indispensable to the film's effect. Every shadow thrown or blaze of light enriches the film's subtext and moves the movie along a little more nimbly to its inevitable conclusion (when Elgar realises he's just a clueless white tourist in the black experience, and doesn't belong).
And then there's Ashby, tyro director. His friend Norman Jewison (for whom he'd won an Oscar editing In the Heat of the Night) gave Ashby The Landlord for his directorial debut and acted as his producer. The workaholic (and everything-aholic, by many accounts) Ashby threw himself into the project, created one of his family environments on set and produced a film more deftly assembled and well argued than many other debuts. He was born fully formed as a film-maker, on the evidence available here, which I unhesitatingly put alongside The Last Detail as his other indisputable masterpiece.
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As I write this month’s column, it is a fabulous fall day. The air is crisp, the sun is shining bright and not a cloud can be seen in the azure blue sky.
Therefore, it hardly seems like the right time to write about a month, December, which could be dreary. Luckily, even though it takes place in December, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce Christmas Walk and House Tour are anything but dreary. In fact, they are both downright cheery.
In the next few weeks, garlands and trees will frame our downtown.
More than 4,000 lights and hundreds of handmade ornaments will be put on the 50-foot tree. Santa’s Geneva home will be placed on the corner of James and Third streets, prepped and ready for the jolly old elf. We thank the Geneva Public Works elves for all their assistance in bringing festive cheer to the city.
The Christmas Walk on Dec. 6 is not only a wonderful tradition, but also is Geneva’s start of the season.
Our evening begins with Santa Lucia and her attendants arriving. As they pass out Swedish Pepparkokor cookies, the familiar welcome song for Santa can be heard among the crowd.
The horse-drawn carriage rounds the corner and out jumps St. Nick. Guided by police escort (a thank you to the GPD), Santa makes his way to the stage and – with the mayor – lights the great tree on the courthouse lawn. It is officially the holidays!
Continue your evening as you stroll and visit the shops and restaurants.
Admire the beauty of the night as State and Third streets are illuminated and carols fill the air.
Tell your wishes to Santa (he’s there until 9:30 p.m.) and don’t forget to try a chestnut being roasted right on the street. Are you feeling the holiday spirit?
Dec. 6 and 7 also includes the Christmas House Tour – five exquisite homes, aglow with holiday decorations, open their doors to visitors for self-guided tours Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The personality of each home will shine when local decorators and landscapers work with homeowners to create holiday magic. This year, we are pleased to have Anastazia – Treasures for the Home; Celebration Design of Gibby’s Wine Den; CIRCA; Heinz Brothers Greenhouse; The Little Traveler; Moonlight Landscaping; Plandscape; and The Mossy Twig as our decorators.
You will not only enjoy the architecture, but also the unique collections and interior designs, which reveal the personalities of the families residing in the homes. And the homes are spectacular this year.
Tickets can be purchased at the Geneva Chamber office and several locations around town. Call 630-232-6060 or visit www.genevachamber.com for information on the house tour.
A Holiday Tea will be at the First Congregational Church in Geneva is included in the $30 price of the ticket. Proceeds from the House Tour are used to decorate Geneva for the holiday season.
Downtown magic continues all weekend, in fact, all December in Geneva – find the what, where and when at www.genevachamber.com.
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the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
Christmas is a special time of the year for
parents and an even more magical one for babies. The Christmas tree, presents,
shiny decorations, colourful lights, smells, tastes and sounds make Christmas
Day a complete sensory delight. Unfortunately, the celebrations can be both
exhausting and stressful, so it is important to keep in mind that your baby
still needs your love and warmth and the security of a familiar routine. It is
also worth considering the safety aspects of anything that can be harmful to
are 10 top tips to ensure that your baby enjoys the celebrations:
provides the perfect excuse for relatives and friends to have fun
together. To ensure that your baby does not become too overwhelmed from the
excitement, limit guests to family and close friends (if possible). If they
want to hold or play with your baby, keep the changeovers to a minimum and make
sure you are available for a cuddle when needed. Nothing is more important to
your baby’s emotional well-being than your reassuring presence.
your baby’s first Christmas as enjoyable as possible by keeping his or her
routine the same. Too much change can raise your baby’s stress levels. To avoid
emotional insecurity, give presents when your baby is alert and ready to play
and stick to the normal schedule for eating and sleeping. If you are nursing
your baby, find a quiet place away from the action. Both of you will appreciate
the chance to relax and spend some peaceful time together.
Day provides a wealth of sensory stimulation for your baby, but look out for
signs of over stimulation and tiredness. Too much excitement can make your baby
grumpy or miserable. A favourite blanket or toy can provide the emotional
comfort and security that your baby needs, but stay close by to provide a
and stage appropriate toys will stimulate your baby’s senses and offer a wealth
of learning opportunities for discovery and exploration. Black and white
objects, bright, colourful toys that make soft, gentle sounds will stimulate
the interest of a newborn or very young baby. Favourite toys for babies aged 3
to 6 months include objects that can be brought to the mouth and play gyms that
can be biffed and kicked. From 6 to 9 months of age, pop-up toys, musical
instruments, tea sets and activity centres with buttons to press will provide an endless source of amusement.
Large plastic bricks, wooden puzzles with handles, shape sorters, drums
and push along toys are fun and educational for babies aged 9 to 12 months.
However, giving your baby too many toys on Christmas Day can be overwhelming.
Limit the number of toys to one or two at any one time to maintain interest. If
your baby becomes irritable, take a break.
are one of the best toys for babies and it is never too early to introduce
them. Books that contain textured or sparkly materials, large, brightly
coloured pictures and hide-and-seek surprises encourage adult interaction and make
great Christmas presents. Snuggling up close and talking about the pictures is
a wonderful way to introduce new words and sounds. For relatives or friends who
find it difficult to know what to say to your baby, reading a story makes
talking much easier.
presents can brighten up your baby's first Christmas. A treasure basket
containing interesting objects or a cardboard box filled with paper or fabric
offers endless learning possibilities. However, safety is an important
consideration. Christmas tags with sharp edges, long ribbons and homemade
creations that contain small parts can present a serious hazard. Never give
plastic wrap or Styrofoam products to your baby. If swallowed, they may adhere
to the lining of the gut causing blockage or infection. Toys designed for older
children such as electronic games and singing Christmas cards may contain magnets
or batteries, which if ingested, can adhere to internal tissues or leak
dangerous chemicals. Always err on the side of safety and put the item out of
with relatives and friends can be very enriching for your baby on Christmas
Day. For example, they can show your baby how a new toy works, or get involved
in turn-taking activities such as rolling a ball back and forth. Time-honoured
games such as peek-a-boo, blowing ‘raspberries’ and being tickled with a soft
brush are lovely ways to stimulate smiles and giggles. Adult interaction is
vital for healthy social and emotional development because it spells love and
warmth, and because it shows your baby that he or she is fun to be with.
needles, scented potpourri, cinnamon, spices, herbs and Christmas cooking
smells offer your baby a multi-sensory experience and may be associated with
fond memories in years to come. Good smells can enhance your baby’s mood and
behaviour, but it will be trial and error finding out which ones appeal the
most. Your baby’s facial expressions should indicate if one scent is preferred
to another. Avoid essential oils, since these may contain a high phenol content,
which can irritate your baby’s skin. Other scents that can cause an allergic
reaction include Arum lilies, mustard and horseradish.
are very attracted to coloured lights, shiny decorations, tinsel and glitter.
All these things will stimulate your baby’s senses and accelerate learning. Again,
safety is all-important. Putting presents under the Christmas tree provides a
tactile experience for your baby, but place gifts of perfume and aftershave out
of reach. They may contain chemicals that could be harmful if swallowed. Your
baby will love the shiny decorations, but make sure that they are shatterproof
and do not present a choking hazard. Avoid using mistletoe or holly as
decorations. Ingested berries can cause severe vomiting, diarrhoea and
drowsiness. Use low voltage LED tree lights that meet current safety standards
or better still, use LED battery-operated fairy lights, which do not get hot.
The best option is to pick your baby up and look at the Christmas tree together
from a safe distance. This will help your baby to feel a part of what is going
At the end of a busy day
carols, songs and music bring warmth and happiness to Christmas Day and they
set the tone for a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. Music is one of most
beneficial learning resources for your baby and its effect on intellectual
development is far-reaching. Music can also help your baby to relax and drift
into peaceful sleep at the end of a busy day. There is nothing more important
to your baby than snuggling up in your arms and hearing you sing a favourite
lullaby. This is the best way to end a wonderful Christmas Day!
By Dr. Lin Day (www.babysensory.com)
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In this week's edition, the Coen brothers chat about bringing their childhood into their new masterpiece A Serious Man, while newcomer Daniel Barber reveals what it was like to direct Michael Caine in revenge thriller Harry Brown. Plus, reviews of Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Roland Emmerich's disaster movie 2012.
Joel and Ethan Coen's new film, the suburban comedy A Serious Man, moves away from the menace of No Country for Old Man and Fargo to examine one ordinary, middle-class, middle-American Jewish man's quest to understand why his life has started unravelling. They tell Jason Solomons why it took so long for them to get around to mining their own upbringing for a film.
Next up is director Daniel Barber, whose feature film debut Harry Brown centres on a retired Marine who decides to dispense some vigilante-style justice to the young thugs who killed his friend. He defends his movie's depiction of the mean streets of London, reveals how his young stars helped to make the film authentic, and why he wouldn't want to make a documentary to illuminate what's going down on the estates.
And finally, Xan Brooks joins in to review the week's key releases, from the "perfect film" that is Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, to Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock ("light, airy but a little insipid"), to Roland Emmerich's big, dumb but brilliant disaster blockbuster 2012. | <urn:uuid:27af7333-7ea8-4cdb-b993-f88f7097ade3> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.theguardian.com/film/audio/2009/nov/12/film-weekly-podcast-coen-brothers | 2014-04-25T01:36:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1398223207046.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20140423032007-00225-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958011 | 298 |
I agree with most of what has been contributed below, especially Anna Maria's comments on involving farmers or other local stakeholders in developing the evaluation design and relevant indicators. Using a participatory approach will help uncover assumptions in program design or other local incentives that the research team did not foresee, and which therefore would not be covered in the questionnaire. Involving local research team members is helpful, but the closer you can get to bringing the individuals who would be program participants themselves into the design, the more relevant and targeted the survey will be.
Just a few thoughts in addition to what has already been said:
1.Striking a balance between depth and length of assessment:
Think critically about how the data will actually be used to design/adapt programming or inform decisions, and then eliminate the assessment questions that collect unnecessary data points. One way to do this is to conduct a simulation of use: the evaluation team brainstorms potential evaluation findings, and then has a facilitated discussion with the intended evaluation users to discuss how those findings would influence program design or funding decisions. This can help narrow down which data points you really need. For example, you might have questions about types of employment for various household members, but recognize that these data aren't likely to impact your program design - so you can eliminate them from the questionnaire.
I'd also recommend bringing in more participant-led data collection methods (e.g. Most Significant Change or other storytelling formats, participant-led stakeholder mapping exercises in which they visually map out how the local system presents challenges or changes to information flow, resource access, etc), as this will add depth to your data.
I agree with the comments made by others about involving local stakeholders in data collection (to the extent possible in light of methodological limitations in an experimental setting). This example of community-led enumeration in Ghana is good inspiration!
2. Making findings from M&E assessments useful to farmers:
The data placemat approach, in which the facilitator presents data visually, then guides stakeholders to explore and explain the data in their own words, is a good way to get people interacting with the data. For an audience of smallholder farmers, you'd need to rely more heavily on visuals that farmers relate to (rather than bar charts!) but I think there's a way it could be done!
After presentation of findings, you could have farmers generate short skits that represent their vision of a future in which the lessons about farm sustainability are implemented. This helps generate enthusiasm for action, as motivated by evaluation findings.
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I bet there’s nobody that works harder than I just did, and you’re going to turn it into a waste.
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Contrary to Singer's view, Kuper asserts that there is no "royal road" to poverty relief, but intersecting roads that may take us to a place without poverty. Drawing on the works of Rawls and Marx, Kuper examines how an effective political philosophy of this kind might be developed.
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In response to Kuper's article Singer writes, " I show that his counter-examples are often irrelevant to what I am advocating, and he has not substantiated his extraordinary claim that the approach I advocate would 'seriously harm the poor'."
Facts, Theories, and Hard Choices: Reply to Peter Singer [Full Text]
In response to Singer Kuper suggests that only a wider range of institutional reforms and political strategies can generate sustained inclusion in governance and the global economy.
Achieving the Best Outcome: Final Rejoinder [Full Text]
Singer responds to Andrew Kuper: "I reiterate the central ethical claim of my argument and argue that, if we don’t know how to make deep structural changes that will end desperate poverty, it is still better to help some people rather than none."
Global Governance and Genocide in Rwanda [Full Text]
Lang writes: "Read together, [these books] make a fairly convincing case that the UN was indeed responsible for failing to stop the genocide in Rwanda."
Democracy, Diversity, and Boundaries
Third Worldism Redux
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry, Michael Ignatieff, Amy Gutmann ed.
REVIEWED BY DAVID PETRASEK
In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All, William F. Schulz
REVIEWED BY JAMES W. NICKEL
The Graves Are Not Yet Full: Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa, Bill Berkeley
REVIEWED BY LYDIA TOMITOVA
Explorations in African Political Thought, Teodros Kiros
REVIEWED BY LESTER P. LEE, JR.
Breakthrough International Negotiations, Michael Watkins and Susan Rosegrant
REVIEWED BY COLETTE MAZZUCELLI
Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement, Stewart Patrick and Shepard Forman, eds.
REVIEWED BY JOHN L. WASHBURN
Governing for the Environment: Global Problems, Ethics and Democracy, Brendan Gleeson and Nicholas Low, eds.
REVIEWED BY VIVIAN BERTRAND
Boundaries and Allegiances, Samuel Sheffler
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The April 2016 issue of Rough Notes magazine featured an article on the competitive market of amateur sports insurance. Rough Notes is a leading trade magazine for insurance agents that often turns to John Sadler for his insight into sports-related industry trends and issues.
With regard to insurance service and risk management in this segment of the insurance industry, Sadler was quoted saying, “For the third year in a row, the biggest issue of concern in amateur sports insurance is brain injury in the concussion-prone sports. While most carriers haven’t actually seen an influx of brain injury claims activity on the amateur side, they’re being cautious.”
Sadler is referring to the response to ongoing reports in the media of professional athletes diagnosed with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) following their autopsies and researchers looking into the possible link of contact sports to CTE in living athletes.
“It’s feared that adverse media attention will negatively impact juries.The recent Pop Warner settlement has not helped in this regard; however, many recent court rulings in this area have been favorable to sports associations,” said Sadler.
Sadler was also asked about rate increases, which he says are running in the range of 0 to 8% for accounts with good loss histories. “High-risk concussion sports are seeing slight rate increases and coverage reductions. Carriers want to limit their exposure on this still-difficult-to-quantify risk by excluding it altogether, lowering aggregates and/or including defense within limits, and they’re also requiring certain risk management controls as a pre-condition of binding.”
He also addressed the issue of risk that comes with the social element of sports and clubs, saying, “While most of these clubs do have policies in place to help cover potential injuries and to protect and defend against any potential lawsuits, there could be gaps. This is particularly true where a liquor liability exposure exists.”
The article in its entirety can be read here.
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Just about a month ago, Bishop dropped “Ready 4 Whatever” on the mass public. Well I’m here to report that after such a short time there has been such a great response that Bishop has decided to give The Legal Dope Spot the exclusive opportunity of releasing the album to you, the people, for FREE!!!
Now don’t get too excited… I won’t be driving around to everybody’s house and handing out physical copies. No. You still have to pay for those. And why not! If you download the album and like what you hear (which you will), why not spend a few bucks and support real hip hop! | <urn:uuid:dd7dac67-d198-42ce-a3d1-5fa1a15bf50c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://thelegaldopespot.com/2012/10/05/bishop-ready-4-whatever-free-download/ | 2017-06-29T07:23:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323889.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629070237-20170629090237-00534.warc.gz | en | 0.958536 | 139 |
Introduction to Philosophy/What is Buddhist Philosophy?
Buddha expressed his philosophy when he said: "I teach only two things, O disciples, the nature of suffering and the cessation of suffering."
Buddha taught the famous "Four Noble Truths" and "Eightfold Path," which allows people to achieve enlightenment. Enlightenment (nirvana, awakening, realization, satori) is the cessation of suffering, freedom from conditioned existence (samsara). Buddha taught that every action has a consequence; things are because of previous conditions. If one practices the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, then one will no longer be subject to the cycle of existence samsara.
"My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience... My teaching is a means of practice, not something to hold onto or worship. My teaching is like a raft used to cross the river. Only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation."
To his favourite disciple, Ananda, the Buddha once said (from: Old Path, White Clouds by Thich Nath Hanh):
Three Marks of Existence
- Annica - Everything is subject to change.
- Dukkha - All pervasive unsatisfactoriness.
- Anatta - Everything is empty of a separate self.
Four Noble Truths
- Dukkha - Life is unsatisfactory, disjointed, suffering.
- Samudaya - There is a cause of suffering, which is attachment or desire (tanha).
- Nirodha - There is a cessation of suffering, which is to eliminate attachment and desire.
- Marga - The path that leads out of suffering is called the Noble Eightfold Path.
Buddha taught that in order to realize enlightenment, man must free himself from his ego, and give up all desires. Buddha taught that by having so many desires (such as wanting pleasure, wealth, happiness, security, success, long life, etc.), man condemns himself to suffering, and will never escape the cycle of rebirths.
Therefore Buddhism believes that suffering is self-created.
The Eightfold Path
Wisdom - Prajna
1. Right Understanding (or Right View, or Right Perspective)
"And what, monks, is right understanding? Knowledge with regard to dukkha, knowledge with regard to the origination of dukkha, knowledge with regard to the stopping of dukkha, knowledge with regard to the way of practice leading to the stopping of dukkha: This, monks, is called right understanding.
2. Right Thought (or Right Intention, or Right Resolve)
"And what is right thought? Being resolved on renunciation, on freedom from ill will, on harmlessness: This is called right thought.
Morality - Sila
3. Right Speech
"And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, abstaining from divisive speech, abstaining from abusive speech, abstaining from idle chatter: This, monks, is called right speech.
4. Right Action
"And what, monks, is right action? Abstaining from taking life, abstaining from stealing, abstaining from unchastity: This, monks, is called right action.
5. Right Livelihood
"And what, monks, is right livelihood? There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones, having abandoned dishonest livelihood, keeps his life going with right livelihood: This, monks, is called right livelihood.
Concentration - Samadhi
6. Right Effort (or Right Endeavour)
"And what, monks, is right effort? (i) There is the case where a monk generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the sake of the non-arising of evil, unskillful qualities that have not yet arisen. (ii) He generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the sake of the abandonment of evil, unskillful qualities that have arisen. (iii) He generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the sake of the arising of skillful qualities that have not yet arisen. (iv) He generates desire, endeavors, activates persistence, upholds & exerts his intent for the maintenance, non-confusion, increase, plenitude, development, & culmination of skillful qualities that have arisen: This, monks, is called right effort.
7. Right Mindfulness
"And what, monks, is right mindfulness? (i) There is the case where a monk remains focused on the body in & of itself -- ardent, aware, & mindful -- putting away greed & distress with reference to the world. (ii) He remains focused on feelings in & of themselves -- ardent, aware, & mindful -- putting away greed & distress with reference to the world. (iii) He remains focused on the mind in & of itself -- ardent, aware, & mindful -- putting away greed & distress with reference to the world. (iv) He remains focused on mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, aware, & mindful -- putting away greed & distress with reference to the world. This, monks, is called right mindfulness.
8. Right Concentration
"And what, monks, is right concentration? (i) There is the case where a monk -- quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful (mental) qualities -- enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. (ii) With the stilling of directed thought & evaluation, he enters & remains in the second jhana: rapture & pleasure born of concentration, one-pointedness of awareness free from directed thought & evaluation -- internal assurance. (iii) With the fading of rapture, he remains in equanimity, mindful & fully aware, and physically sensitive of pleasure. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, 'Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasurable abiding.' (iv) With the abandoning of pleasure & pain -- as with the earlier disappearance of elation & distress -- he enters & remains in the fourth jhana: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither pleasure nor pain. This, monks, is called right concentration."
Buddhism's world view
Buddha taught that beings were born into their position because of past karma. He taught that there were six realms of existence: hell, insatiable-spirit, animal, fighting-spirits, human and heavenly-being. A human birth was most desired because you have the best chance of enlightenment.
- Life is dukha (suffering)
- Karma: Cause-effect relationship.
- Enlightenment: Escape from samsara.
- Everything is marked by suffering, change and emptiness.
- The following quote by Buddha summarizes many of his beliefs1:
- On ignorance depends karma;
- On karma depends consciousness;
- On consciousness depend name and form;
- On name and form depend the six organs of sense;
- On the six organs of sense depends contact;
- On contact depends sensation;
- On sensation depends desire;
- On desire depends attachment;
- On attachment depends existence;
- On existence depends birth;
- On birth depends old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, misery, grief, and despair.
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Ad Hoc Science Working Group (ASWG) was responsible for identifying the core science goals for the JWST mission and developed in 1998-1999 hypothetical observing programs to accomplish them. These 25 programs were known as the Design Reference Mission (DRM) and were used to guide telescope, instrument, and satellite designs. Ideally the JWST would be capable of accomplishing the DRM in less than half of its nominal 5 year lifetime, leaving the remainder of the observatory's mission for broader studies and followup observations.
Observations were included in the DRM because they were thought to be representative of the types of science that people would do with a large, infrared-optimized space telescope.
The ASWG DRM programs fall within 5 main themes, each of them addressing some of the key outstanding problems in astronomy.
- Cosmology and the Structure of the Universe
- The Origin and Evolution of Galaxies
- The History of the Milky Way and Its Neighbors
- The Birth and Formation of Stars
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- Constructed with premium resin, eco-friendly and durable Frame without mirror.
- The overall shape is warm and romantic, retro and nostalgic.
- Vintage design fits for any room decor, like bedrooms, living rooms, office, etc.
- Provide a secure spot for displaying small collectibles, photos, art and more.
- A great way to make best use of blank wall space for added storage.
- Shop with 100% Shahalmi Guarantee.
Oval Wall Hanging Frame
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Department of Family Medicine Chair Candidate Seminar: "Lessons We Have Learned in Cervical Cancer Prevention"
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Charleston Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Department of Family Medicine
Jennifer Nall 792-7254 firstname.lastname@example.org
The College of Medicine is pleased to present a seminar by Dr. Diane Harper, candidate for the position of Chair, Department of Family Medicine.
"Lessons We Have Learned in Cervical Cancer Prevention"
Dr. Harper is Professor in the Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Hardwood floors with updated plumbing, electrical, freshly painted this upstairs unit is located in the heart of East Nashville and is close to everything fun and exciting that East Nashville and downtown has to offer. Easy access to interstates. Includes Water in Price. Landscaping done by Landlord.
Listing Agent: Martianez Rorie
Courtesy of: Keller Williams Realty
Office Phone: 615-778-1818
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Gretchen Paisley Print Dress
Utterly exquisite: a mix of scarf-inspired prints on a fluid maxi dress. We love the keyhole neckline and alluring side slit.
- Crafted with stretch for a smooth fit.
- Length: 56.5".
- 95% polyester, 5% spandex. Unlined.
- Machine wash. Imported.
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A handsome medallion design of lime green and blue woven over a rich navy satin silk ground. The perfect tie for your patterned or striped shirts.
Handmade of 100% Woven Silk
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I have been pondering for quite some time about offering cooking classes here at the Lindsay House Bed & Breakfast. I am fortunate to be associated with some phenomenal cooks, women that have inspired me in the kitchen as well as in life. You may have seen on previous blog posts that I have mentioned my friend Pat. She is a seasoned foodie & cook in her own right, and now she has agreed to share her knowledge in the form of a cooking class here at our Inn. I am thrilled to say the least. She and I have enjoyed each others company in the kitchen for a long time, and to be able to share that with others will be a blessing for the both of us. Check out our specials page for all the details.
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CHICAGO – A Chicago area rail agency is warning commuters to leave extra time for the morning commute because of the cold weather.
In a statement, Metra says trains are likely to be delayed with subzero temperatures and wind chills forecast for this week.
Trains will be operating at reduced speeds if necessary to reduce stress on the rails. Agency officials say cold weather also usually leads to slower boarding.
The agency had troubles with switching earlier this month during a blast of cold weather. Also six passengers were hospitalized with minor injuries when a commuter train hit a "bumping post" at a downtown station.
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How To Talk To Your Dealer
How to Talk to Your Airquest® Dealer
No one knows your preferred home comfort levels as well as you do. And, nobody understands how to help you create your perfect comfort for every season like your local Airquest® dealer. Airquest dealers are experts who can assist with more than just installing a new heating or cooling system. They’re available to help you find the perfect products for your needs, cost-efficient solutions and comfort preferences. They can also help with diagnostics on your existing unit, routine maintenance and repairs.
Our Airquest dealers can help you every step of the way, but there are also some things you can do to become an expert on your own home comfort system and prepare to talk to a dealer.
Think about what you want out of a home comfort system:
- Is air quality important to you? Is there someone in your family sensitive to pollen or that has allergies?
- Are you planning on staying in your home for years to come?
- Has your current heating system been warm enough in the winter? Your cooling system cool enough in the summer?
- Are there new areas of your home you would like to add heating or cooling to, such as an attic or garage?
- Are you looking for an economical solution?
- Are high efficiency and long-term savings worth a bigger investment to you now?
- Would you like more control of temperatures in your home or in different areas of your home?
Prepare to talk to your dealer:
Your answers to what you want out of a home comfort system will go a long way towards helping your dealer understanding your needs. Before your dealer arrives, make a list of your preferences, then be prepared to discuss the many options your dealer has to offer.
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I expected December to be better than last month for adsense, but I never expected this. Due to a couple of really hot posts that Google seems to really like and some changes to my Adsense positioning, I’m on track to exceed my Adsense earnings from November within the first week of December. In fact, if it keeps up like this, it’s possible that my Adsense earnings from December could exceed my total earnings for November.
How’s that for an increase in earnings? Heck Yeah!
So, I mentioned that I have a couple of hot, hot posts, but what did I change that makes my earnings so much better? Well, as most frequent visitors are likely aware, my adsense runs as a skyscraper on the left side of the blog. That’s great and it performs reasonably well. However, I thought I’d do a little experimenting to see if I couldn’t add a little extra oomph to my earnings on the hotter posts. And boy howdy did it work. All I did was add a block of adsense directly into the post. Nothing fancy and not in any particular size (although I favor the 250X250 block). That’s it. One little addition/change. And my earnings skyrocketed.
If you run Adsense on your blog, I strongly suggest that you try adding a block of adsense into your most popular search engine posts. I don’t like adding it to my most popular reader posts because I think it gets in the way of the post, but the posts that the search engines love are fair game. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised with how it works for you. I might even try throwing in some affiliate links in those boxes to see what happens.
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You have moved to the big city, found the perfect apartment, carried 3 suitcases full of your most worldly possessions up 5 flights of stairs (oh…really only me?) and now comes the time to start unpacking.
Shit, New York apartments really are small!
For a big city, everything is very compact and tiny apartments are the norm in New York City. If you are lucky you will see a couple of savvy space saving ideas while apartment hunting, but a more likely scenario is ‘charming cupboards’ filled to the brim with clutter and mess.
These are a few strategies I have implemented to avoid feeling like Alice in Wonderland stuck in a house.
Clear the clutter
The less you have, the easier it is to keep the whole apartment clean in the long run. Whenever I move, I always unpack straight away. Suitcases sprawled out on the floor can not only cause a lot of physical pain, but mental pain as it sits there taunting you like it knows how much you hate unpacking it. While unpacking, I try and put away the most important items first so they have prime position. This way if you run out of space you can put the less important items away (or to Goodwill). Everything should have its own place that is easily accessible and cleared from other objects.
Slim line hangers
Unlike Carrie Bradshaw, I like to cook at home so storing sweaters in my oven is an unrealistic approach.
These hangers are both functional and aesthetically appealing. The non-slip material means no more piles of clothes at the bottom of the wardrobe while the slim line shape increases closet space.
And hey, they look pretty fancy too for a small fortune at Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Plastic bag play
I know it sounds bizarre to fold plastic, but I hate throwing bags away when I know I could reuse them. And yes, many of you may think I am a little OCD, but if and when you do it you will see how amazing it is not to have plastic bags busting out of cupboards all the time. It takes all of 30 seconds.
Kitchen is an ambiguous term in New York City; it often means a wall with a sink, stove and fridge within the main room. Our first sublet was a 1-bedroom apartment with an all-in-one kitchen, dining and lounge room. I’ve started to wonder if the previous tenant actually ate at home because there isn’t any space to put the food, utensils or bench space for that matter.
A kitchen cart like this one from Walmart is a perfect way to not only store cooking equipment and have extra bench space, but it is also portable.
Ottoman, Empire Storage
It’s all about multifunctional furniture here in New York City. Ottomans are the kings of multifunction. Not only are they seats for guests, they can be used to store linen, blankets, books, anything really. My favorite thing to do is place an acrylic tray on top and it becomes a coffee table without being too cumbersome.
Compact Bedside Tables
If you are lucky enough to get a bedroom, chances are it wont be very big. Usually it’s the bed and only the bed that gets squished into the room. Clever innovation and improvising will go a long way if you are looking for the perfect bedside table. The best way is to put the bed under a window. You have a built in table in a windowsill. Alternatively, I think floating bedside tables are a great idea. While you may not to be able to drill in a leased apartment there are also a bunch of other ways to utilize the space.
Thou shalt not buy a futon, ever.
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December 15, 2017 by Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor
Ontario’s call for standard treatment plans in auto accident benefits might well do the opposite of what was intended — increase claims disputes and provide no benefit to insurers, personal injury lawyers say.
In his Fair Auto Insurance Plan, released Dec. 5, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa “basically put out a bunch of bullet points,” personal injury lawyer David Preszler said Thursday in an interview. “The devil is all in the details, and we do not know what the details are yet.”
The plan is intended to carry out some recommendations released Apr. 11 by David Marshall, who was appointed in 2015 as a special advisor to Sousa on auto reform. In his report, Fair Benefits Fairly Delivered, Marshall recommended there be “no cash settlements” in accident benefits specified in the legislation as medical and rehabilitation care.
A major problem of Ontario auto is about $1.4 billion a year “is being paid for competing expert opinions, lawyers’ fees and insurer costs to defend claims – instead of going to treatment of injured parties,” wrote Marshall, who used to head up Ontario’s government-run no-fault workers’ compensation insurance program.
One of Marshall’s 35 recommendations this year was that the auto insurance regulator “move as quickly as possible to create programs of care for the most common types of automobile injuries.” In response, Ontario said Dec. 5 it will mandate “standard treatment plans for common collision injuries such as sprains, strains and whiplash.”
But depending on how this is put into practice, it could “pigeonhole” a person injured in a motor vehicle accident “and make them follow the treatment plan the government prescribes,” Preszler said.
For example, it is difficult to predict whether a person physically injured in a car accident will go onto develop chronic pain or psychological injuries, Preszler said. So, the right treatment plan would be different for a victim who develops chronic pain than for one who does not.
Even with standard treatment plans, “there are going to be disputes,” Preszler said.
In its Dec. 5 announcement, the province did not specifically commit to banning any cash settlements. But it did say standard treatment plans would “change the emphasis from cash payouts” to treating injured people.
But ending cash settlements would benefit neither accident victims nor insurance companies, Preszler predicts. Without cash settlements, insurers could end up administering a claim for decades if the victim is permanently injured.
It is “far too early to tell what impact the announced reform will have because the government was short on providing details,” personal injury lawyer Joseph Campisi told Canadian Underwriter Thursday.
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In the August 2013 issue of Guitar World magazine, Kathryn Hanneman, the wife of late SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, recalled the spider bite that he suffered in January 2011 and the resulting infection that ravaged the flesh and tissues of Jeff‘s arm, leading to numerous surgeries, skin grafts and intense periods of rehab that forced him into semi-retirement, depression, and left him near death at several points
Describing the night that Jeff felt a small prick on his arm from a spider bite at a friend’s house, Kathryn told Guitar World that she knew there was something wrong when he walked in:
“He wasn’t feeling well, and he just wanted to go upstairs and go to sleep. Before he did he said, ‘Kath, I need to show you something, even though I really don’t want to.’ And he took off his shirt, and I just freaked out when I saw his arm. It was bright red and three times the normal size. I said, ‘Jeff, we need to go now. We need to get you to the ER.'”
Jeff was intoxicated and refused to go to hospital, but the next morning she managed to get him into the car despite his lack of strength.
“When we got to the hospital in Loma Linda, they took one look at him and they immediate knew what it was, so they took him right in … neither of us thought it would be a life-or-death situation.”
Three hours later, everything had changed.
“The doctor put it in perspective for me. He said, ‘I need you to see your husband. He may not make it.’ The doctor looked at Jeff and told him, ‘First I’m going to try to save your life. Then I’m going to try to save your arm. Then I’m going to try to save your career.’ And looking at Jeff on that stretcher and possibly saying goodbye, knowing that I may never see him again… [pause] was one of the hardest moments of my life.”
Kathryn says she encouraged him to go to rehab to get over the effects of the resting flesh-eating illness, but all he wanted was to get back to playing guitar.
“I couldn’t get Jeff to go to rehab or therapy. I think he was letting the visual of his arm get to his emotions, and it was messing with his mind. It was hard to keep him upbeat at that point. I think he thought he could do this on his own – that he would just to go rehearsal and play, and that that would be his rehab.
“But I think he started to learn, once he tried rehearsing, that he wasn’t playing up to his ability and that he wasn’t able to play guitar at the speed he was used to. And I think that really hit him hard, and he started to lose hope.”
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INTRODUCTION: THE MISSING MASS
Astrophysicists describe dark matter (and dark energy) as forming an invisible mass predicted by the big bang theory, yet so far only perceived indirectly by observing the motions of visible, astronomical objects such as stars and galaxies. Despite its invisibility and unknown constitution, most of the universe, perhaps as much as 96 percent of it consists of dark matter, a phenomenon sometimes called the “missing mass problem.” The gravitational presence of this unseen force presumably keeps the universe from flying apart. This book borrows the metaphor of an unknown but ubiquitous stellar mass and applies it to the world of art and culture. Like its astronomical cousin, creative dark matter also makes up the bulk of the artistic activity produced in our post-industrial society. However, this type of dark matter is invisible primarily to those who lay claim to the management and interpretation of culture – the critics, art historians, collectors, dealers, museums, curators, and arts administrators. It includes makeshift, amateur, informal, unofficial, autonomous, activist, non-institutional, self-organized practices – all work made and circulated in the shadows of the formal art world, some of which might be said to emulate cultural dark matter by rejecting art world demands of visibility, and much of which has no choice but to be invisible. While astrophysicists are eager to know what dark matter is, the denizens of the art world largely ignore the unseen accretion of creativity they nevertheless remain dependent upon.
Consider the destabilizing impact on high art were some of these hidden producers to cease or pause their activity. What would happen for example if the hobbyists and amateurs who purportedly make up a billion-dollar national industry in the US simply stopped purchasing art supplies or no longer took classes with “professional” artists, or ceased going to museums to see what bona fide artists do?2 And why consider only the tactical withdrawal of amateur participation, which is by definition marginal? What about the dark matter at the heart of the art world itself? Consider the structural invisibility of most professionally trained artists whose very underdevelopment is essential to normal artworld functions. Without this obscure mass of “failed” artists the small cadre of successful artists would find it difficult, if not impossible, to sustain the global art world as it appears today. Without this invisible mass, the ranks of middle and lower level arts administrators would be depleted, there would be no one left to fabricate the work of art stars or to manage their studios and careers. And who would educate the next generation of artists, disciplining their growing numbers into a system that mechanically reproduces prolific failure? Furthermore, by purchasing journals and books, visiting museums and belonging to professional organizations, these underdeveloped “invisibles” represent an essential pillar of the elite art world whose pyramidal structure looms over them eternally out of reach.
And yet there is no material difference between an earnest amateur on one hand, and a professional artist made invisible by her “failure” within the art market on the other; except perhaps that against all the odds she still hopes to be discovered? How would the art world manage its system of aesthetic valorization if the seemingly superfluous majority—those excluded as non-professionals as much as those destined to “fail”—simply gave up on its system of legitimation? Or if they found an alternative to it by creating a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network of support and direct sales bypassing art dealers, critics, galleries, and curators? Indeed, to some degree this has already begun to take shape via media applications of Web 2.0. What has not happened is any move towards re-distributing the cultural capital bottled up within the holding company known as high art. All of these forms of dark matter play an essential role in the symbolic economy of art. Collectively, the amateur and the failed artist represent a vast flat field upon which a privileged few stand out in relief. The aim of this book is to raise an inevitable question: what if we turned this figure and ground relation inside out by imagining an art world unable to exclude the practices and practitioners it secretly depends upon? What then would become of its value structure and distribution of power?
The answer is not to imagine the emergence of a more comprehensive social art history in which the usual art subjects are better contextualized. Nor is it to take part in some rarified tour of this dark-matter world in which the mysterious missing cultural mass is acknowledged, ruminated over, and then re-shelved or archived as a collection of oddities. Instead, when the excluded are made visible, when they demand visibility, it is always ultimately a matter of politics and a rethinking of history. This is often the case with artists’ collectives, groups, and collaborations whose communal self-embrace inevitably spotlights the general superfluity of artistic production and producers. But something has also happened in recent years to that far larger mass of inert dark matter. It is a change that dramatically alters the relationship between visible art and its shadowy other, between professional and amateur, the institution and the archive.
Dark matter is getting brighter. And simultaneous with that change in status, this once missing mass has also been forced to undergo its own adaptations and mutations. The essays that make up this volume do not seek to link the growing illumination of imaginative dark-matter productivity with a market-generated notion of outsider art or some other facile locus of cultural colonization. Rather, their allegiance is with those artists who self-consciously choose to work on the outer margins of the mainstream art world for reasons of social, economic, and political critique. In a sense, these artists have learned to embrace their own structural redundancy, they have chosen to be “dark matter.” By grasping the politics of their own invisibility and marginalization they inevitably challenge the formation of normative artistic values. Here “politics” must be understood as the imaginative exploration of ideas, the pleasure of communication, the exchange of education, and the construction of fantasy, all within a radically defined social-artist practice. Indeed, such informal, often highly politicized micro-institutions are proliferating today, and have been growing in number for the past 15 years at least. This kind of self-organized dark matter infiltrates high schools, flea markets, public squares, corporate websites, city streets, housing projects, and local political machines in ways that do not set out to recover a specific meaning or use-value for art world discourse or private interests. Which is why the responses to this growing illumination made so far—including the various narratives and theoretical attempts to manage dark matter, from the academicization of public art to relational aesthetics—are no doubt transitory, and merely part of a greater shift taking place within the broader cultural paradigm.
Look again at the art world and the dark matter it occludes. Few would deny that the lines separating “dark” and “light” creativity, amateur and professional, high from low have become arbitrary today, even from the standpoint of qualities such as talent, vision, and other similarly mystifying attributes typically assigned to high culture. What can be said of creative dark matter in general, therefore, is that either by choice or circumstance it displays a degree of autonomy from the critical and economic structures of the art world by moving instead in-between its meshes. It is an antagonistic force simultaneously inside and outside, like a void within an archive that is itself a kind of void. But, as I hope to show, the archive has split open, its ragged contents no longer hidden from view. Still, this growing materiality is not necessarily a politically progressive event. Increased visibility not only poses certain risks for any institution that seeks to enclose it but also—by privileging spontaneity and discontinuity, repetitions and instability—dark matter can seldom be sustained as a political force. What proves effective in the short term or locally remains untested on a larger scale. And that is the point we appear to be rapidly approaching: an encounter with matters of scale and the need for a new sustainable political culture of the Left. Dark matter’s missing cultural mass is both a metaphor for something vast, unnamable and essentially inert, as well as a phantasmagoric proposition concerning what might be possible at this moment of epistemological crisis in the arts and structural crisis in global capital.
This then is a book about the politics of invisibility that could only have be written at a moment when invisibility itself has emerged as a force to be contended with, or, conversely, a provocation to be selectively controlled. It is as much dedicated to those who refuse the capture of their invisibility, as it is to those whose very visibility has been and continues to be refused. But this is also a study of something else. We might call it the ubiquitous gaze of the “social factory” that now looks back at us tirelessly, unblinkingly, and with an unprecedented historical hunger. The collision of these visibilities and shadows, appetites and circumventions defines the spaces of my text, as well as the very conditions that artists, myself among them, must operate under within a post-Fordist enterprise culture. And yet, as odd as a book about invisible artists and artwork may seem, my methods are less orthodox still. In his essay “The Author As Producer,” Benjamin called upon cultural workers to become producers transforming the very means of their artistic production.
What follows is my attempt to respond to that call. Throughout these pages I have sought to write tendentiously, in the critically engaged manner proposed by Benjamin, producing, I hope, a committed work that never disengages from its political core. By turns it invokes historical research, critical theory, empirical observation, and journalistic reportage approached from the bottom up, from the viewpoint of a cultural worker who necessarily labored at numerous ignoble jobs from janitor, to dishwasher, to industrial fabricator before becoming a college instructor, all to maintain his existence as an “artist.” And while these sundry work experiences were admittedly privileged by gender, ethnicity, and education, they nonetheless remain deeply instructive for my work and mark this volume in ways that have sometimes taken its author by surprise.
This fundamental identification as a cultural worker leads me to push my critique of enterprise culture beyond an analysis of representation in order to examine artists’ working conditions and the power of the market. It also draws directly from my own history as an artist, specifically with two artists’ collectives—Political Art Documentation/Distribution, or PAD/D (1980–88), and REPOhistory (1989–2000)—both informally structured groups whose relationship to the art world was, and remains, marginal at best. Finally, whenever possible, attempts to define art and aesthetics have been avoided. For obvious reasons an artist is not able to step outside of such discourse into some detached critical space. Instead, I allow those who claim to make “art” to define it on their own terms, even if their identification with the practice is provisional, ironic, or tactical, as for example when artist Steve Kurtz insists “I’ll call it whatever I have to in order to communicate with someone.” And perhaps this playful relationship to the word “art” has its downside, given that Critical Art Ensemble, the Tactical Media group Kurtz co-founded, has received very little direct financial support from cultural foundations.
My aim in other words is not to separate art from non-art, the rubbish from the dross, but to examine how these self-defined cultural practices operate within a changing economy involving material and symbolic rewards and penalties, visibilities and shadows. I leave it to the reader to decide if this idiosyncratic approach permits the airing of ideas and histories that would otherwise remain in the dark. What follows therefore is one admittedly partial attempt to articulate the politics of this missing mass. To paraphrase the cosmologists: there is perhaps no current problem of greater importance to cultural radicals than that of “dark matter.”
“We can measure the waste of artistic talent,” the art historian Carol Duncan perceptively observed as early as 1983, “not only in the thousands of ‘failed’ artists—artists whose market failure is necessary to the success of the few—but also in the millions whose creative potential is never touched.” Duncan adds that this glut of “art and artists is the normal condition of the art market.”5 As an artist trying to make my way through the complexity of New York’s cultural scene in the 1980s her comments struck me as both accurate and suggestive of an unglimpsed reality just below the surface. It seemed as though some vaguely visible structural condition peculiar to contemporary art had briefly flashed up before me. After several decades of working at being an artist, political activist, writer, teacher, curator, and founding member of two political artists’ collectives, Duncan’s comments returned to me with a vividness that only lived experience can furnish: The oversupply of artistic labor is an inherent and commonplace feature of artistic production. Why?
In preparing this study I reinterpreted the art historian’s remarks as a series of questions. What do the many, necessarily “failed” artists, as Duncan calls them, actually provide to a system that handsomely rewards some of its participants? Artists are educated by the art world to see such failure as a kind of chaff that must be removed to release a small nucleus of value. Yet, even this agricultural metaphor reminds us that a “wasted” husk once protected a valuable seed. Perhaps most importantly, this creative chaff maintains and reproduces the system’s symbolic hierarchies by exchanging information about the luminaries of the art world at openings, parties, on blogsites, doing so reflexively, like a vast field of heliotropic flowers always oriented towards a brightly lit centre. Even if the soil at the margins of this field is sewn with bitterness, such gossip reinforces the apparent naturalness of the overall art economy and its hierarchies. To restate this point with a shift of metaphors, the artist Martha Rosler was once brazenly informed by an art dealer that either you’re on the art world “table” or your not.
As peculiar as the cultural economy of fine art may be, there is no getting around the fact that an increasing number of individuals are choosing to become artists.7 This is all the more striking given the past 30 years in which a form of deregulated capitalism has dominated the global economy transforming increasing segments of the population into an under- or simply un-employed surplus population that exceeds even the necessary “reserve army of labor” essential to the functioning of capital. So why has art, an inherently precarious activity in the best of times, actually flourished during this process of competitive global austerity? Needless to say, the answer appears to lie not strictly within the art establishment, but is instead part of a broader change in the status of culture within the neoliberal economy of the past 30 years. For one thing, enterprise culture requires a kind of enforced creativity that is imposed on all forms of labor. Workers, whose livelihoods have been made increasingly precarious by the collapse of the traditional social welfare state, are expected to be forever ready to retrain themselves at their own expense (or their own debt), to labor continuously even when at home or on vacation, and finally, they are expected to be constantly creative, to think like an artist: “outside the box.” Such universal demand for imagination and innovation inevitably places added value on forms of “creativity” previously dismissed as informal or nonprofessional.
In a very tangible sense dark matter is simply not as dark as it recently appeared. The spread of information technologies including the World Wide Web directly enhance this process of illumination while expanding forms of creative economic discipline into the affective and domestic spheres of human life. As never before, producing, copying, re-mixing, printing, uploading, and distributing images and information has become (almost) everyone’s privilege, even their social responsibility. Digital technology also functions like a prosthetic memory permitting the excluded to document and narrate ephemeral, everyday activities and overlooked forms of expression or resistance. As Boris Groys insists, no one sits in the audience any longer, everyone is on stage.8 Which brings me to the third and most important phenomenon and the one this book is most keen to address— the way this twin expansion of neoliberal demand and creative “mining” technology has inevitably led to a kind of rupture within a vast surplus archive “from below,” a vault of pent-up ideas and desires, hopes and frustrations, littered with odds and ends, and structured (if that word applies here at all) by narrative gaps and lacunas. In an age of enterprise culture, when concepts of labor and class and resistance are being taken apart and put back together again, it is to this shadow or surplus archive that artistic dissidents and rebels now look for inspiration on “how to fight.” For what post-Fordist enterprise culture and its precarious dependency on social networks have unleashed may not be fully compatible with the kind of giddy, self-regulating free market idealism digital libertarians have cheerfully promoted. The new electronic commons might instead be thought of as the return of an old commons, or, as Blake Stimson and I proposed: “the newness of the new e-collectivism, like the newness of the new Arab street, is only a rebirth of intensity, the welling up of spirits from the past, a recall to the opportunities and battle lines of old.”9 This materializing missing mass is no doubt permeated with its own historical baggage, half-submerged resentments, but also a sense of anticipation. Under these circumstances, even once formidable modes of artistic dissent such as institutional critique have become deeply ambivalent about the role of self-criticism.10 In a sense, the once-hidden surplus archive is now eating its host. Or, more precisely, like some extraterrestrial vegetal pod it is becoming its host. But I am getting ahead of things.
The book begins by selectively examining politically committed forms of mostly collaborative art that arose on the cusp of the post-Fordist structural adjustment of the late 1970s and early 1980s…
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Speaking of things I am addicted to, I didn't bring anything at all along with me to crochet, and it was actually a little difficult for me to leave the bag with the afghan I'm working on inside my apartment. Wth, brain. Seriously, I am not normal. There was a yarn hoarder on Hoarders this week, like I told a couple of you, and the guinea pigs were looking from the tv to me to the huge box of yarn sitting in my living room with complete guinea pig condescension. Sanapig was probably just wondering when the Hoarders crew would show up to film so that he can be on television.
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SALT LAKE CITY – Troy Williams threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score in No. 24 Utah’s 31-27 comeback victory over Southern California on Friday night.
The Utes roared back in spectacular fashion with Tim Patrick catching an 18-yard touchdown pass at the pylon with 16 seconds remaining to cap a 15-play, 93-yard drive. Patrick had his third 100-yard receiving game of the season.
“USC, that’s my hometown,” said Williams, who is from Carson, California. “Growing up watching Reggie Bush, Carson Palmer and Mike Williams and all those dudes, just sitting at home watching on TV and imagining maybe one day I’ll play with them or against them. Today was that day.”
The Trojans controlled most of the game and had a 27-17 fourth-quarter lead, but Utah (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) scored 14 straight points. USC fell to 1-3 for the first time since 2001.
Utah attempted to control the game on the ground early against the No. 98 run defense in the country, but USC tightened up and forced the Utes to win through the air.
USC’s Sam Darnold threw for 253 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first career start after replacing Max Browne.
“Refused to quit, just kept fighting the entire 60 minutes,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. “Made play after play after play at the end there when we had to make plays.
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by Guen Bradbury, Rabbiting On Veterinary Adviser
At RWAF, we advise that all rabbits should be neutered to prevent unwanted litters and unwanted sexual behaviour, such as mounting and spraying. However, even after neutering, many male rabbits will still mount their companions and many female rabbits will continue to dig large holes (some males also). Owners often worry that the rabbit wasn’t neutered successfully, but these behaviours are not just driven by hormones from the ovaries or testicles. In this article, I’ll explain what sex-specific behaviours are, when they start and why they happen. I’ll describe what neutering does and why it doesn’t prevent all of these behaviours. Finally, I’ll advise on how to manage these behaviours.
What are sex-specific behaviours?
Sex-specific behaviours include scent-marking behaviours, such as spraying urine on other rabbits, people, or objects and leaving dry faecal pellets around their enclosure to mark territory. They also include courtship behaviours, such as circling around people or rabbits and making a humming sound. Finally, they include mating behaviours – mounting rabbits or people.
When do sex-specific behaviours start?
Sex-specific behaviours start at puberty. The testicles of male rabbits descend around 10–12 weeks of age (female rabbits reach sexual maturity around a month later), and both sexes start to show sexual behaviours.
What drives sex-specific behaviours?
These behaviours are driven by the sex hormones oestrogen and testosterone. When an animal reaches puberty, the part of the brain called the hypothalamus starts producing more of a hormone called gonadotrophin-releasing hormone. These gonadotrophin-releasing hormones tell another part of the brain, the pituitary gland, to release hormones called gonadotrophins. These gonadotrophins then act on the ovaries or testes (the gonads) and make them produce more oestrogen or testosterone. Rabbits are seasonal breeders – when the days start to get longer in spring, their brains start to produce more gonadotrophin-releasing hormones, and this seasonal rhythm drives seasonal sexual behaviour.
But these gonadotrophins don’t only act on the ovaries or testes – they also act on the adrenal gland (the gland that most people know produces adrenaline). The adrenal gland releases a variety of different hormones, two of which are oestrogen and testosterone. This means that these hormones don’t just come from the ovaries and testes.
What happens when we neuter a rabbit?
When we neuter a rabbit, we remove the sperm and egg-producing organs. When a vet neuters a male rabbit, they make an incision in the scrotum and remove both testicles, the blood supply, and some of the spermatic cord (though not all of it, which is why male rabbits may still be fertile for 4-6 weeks after neutering). When a vet neuters a female rabbit, they make an incision in the abdomen and take out both ovaries. Some vets will remove the uterus as well, though the benefits of this are debated. In the UK, most older vets will try to do ovariohysterectomy but it can be hard to get right down to the cervix, so in practice, many are ovariectomies. Additionally, given the adhesion risk in rabbits, the increased pain with a more complex surgery, and the increased surgical time, many sources now recommend ovariectomy rather than ovariohysterectomy in companion animal species – providing the ovaries are removed, there is no increased risk of stump pyometra.
Why do some behaviours persist after neutering?
Not all sex hormones are produced by the ovaries and testes, so when we remove these, the adrenal gland will continue to produce some. Although the rabbit cannot produce sperm or egg cells, the adrenal gland can still produce some sex hormones – especially during the spring. Some rabbits will show more sexual behaviours than others – this seems to be because some adrenal glands produce more testosterone than others, and in some rabbits, the adrenal glands may increase production of testosterone when the testes are removed. Neutered rabbits have higher levels of sex hormones than neutered animals of other species (like ferrets, cats, and horses) – this would indicate that the adrenal gland produces a fairly substantial amount of sex hormones (House Rabbit Society, 2004).
These persistent levels of sex hormones in neutered rabbits explain the sex-specific behaviours that we see. This may also explain why male–female pairs are easier to bond and less likely to fight than single-sex pairs – the sex hormones cause different motivations and need for resources between male and female rabbits, and so there is less competitiveness between rabbits of the opposite sex.
Neutered rabbits may show social, sexual, or even mild aggressive behaviours in the spring. Females may dig new burrows. Rabbits may become more aggressive to their companion rabbit or to people – they may chase and mount them more and may ‘chin’ to mark their territory more frequently.
Very rarely, sex-specific behaviours may indicate incomplete removal of the ovaries or testicles. Neutering of a male rabbit is a simple procedure and it is extremely unlikely that part of the testicle is left behind. If the rabbit has a retained testicle (it has not descended into the scrotum), then the vet will discuss this with you. Sometimes, a bit of ovarian tissue may be left behind in a female rabbit – speak to your vet if you see behaviours such as fur-plucking from the dewlap in your neutered female rabbit.
What can we do about sex-specific behaviours?
Sex-specific behaviours in neutered rabbits rarely cause a serious problem. Many bonded pairs may have more disagreements in spring and early summer. There will be more mounting and chasing but as long as there is no fighting this should settle down in a few weeks. If serious fighting breaks out, they’ll need to be separated, given time to calm down and then carefully reintroduced once their hormones have settled down. This may take several weeks. Try not to bond new rabbits at this time of year as there is a higher chance that they may fight – if you need to, then keep a closer eye on them than usual.
Keep a close eye on your rabbits at this time and act immediately if you see any fighting or signs that a fight may have happened (scattering of fur, blood or wounds on one or both rabbits). Give them plenty to do in their home to keep mentally and physically active. Allow them the freedom to express their normal behaviours of digging, foraging, running and jumping.
In conclusion, the majority of neutered rabbits will continue to show some sex-specific behaviours because neutering doesn’t remove all of the sources of these hormones. Neutering can reduce the severity of unwanted behaviours and prevents unwanted litters. The remaining sex-specific behaviours give your rabbit some of her or his unique personality! | <urn:uuid:cf27816e-4985-4997-af30-d5e6c13525f3> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/rabbit-care-advice/behaviour/what-causes-sex-specific-behaviours-in-rabbits/ | 2021-04-16T08:50:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038088731.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20210416065116-20210416095116-00516.warc.gz | en | 0.92933 | 1,470 |
How to survive sniggering teens
How to walk past a group of teenagers without attracting attention. "Just keep looking down at your practical shoes like the shame-filled, frightened adult you are," advises Sarah Hutto in the New Yorker. "Don't contemplate your weaknesses, thereby emitting adult-fear pheromones. Specific things not to think about include: polyps on any part of your body, your incipient jowls or cankles, marital issues, either one of your mortgages, your multiple food intolerances, HPV, or gingivitis. Possible things to think about instead: your stellar fibre intake, having met your health-insurance deductible for the year, the more-than-adequate frequency with which you change the litter box, your dental-care regimen, and your solid driving record." Read the full column online.
Man talk - the truth about locker rooms
Donald Trump reckons his vulgar bragging about groping women is simply what men do; locker room chat. So what is Locker Room Chat, really? "Some old guy I never met told me about his knee surgery. It was graphic," tweeted one gym user. "Debating whether it's cost efficient to keep a hot tub running through winter or stop-start it on demand," offered another. But some athletes feel they have been tarred with the same, unpleasant brush. Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi described Trump's comments as "some fantasy stereotype about what locker rooms are like. This somehow sterile environment where man-children blab about non-consensual sexual contact with women." He went on to say he's heard men use words to describe women that he would not approve of or use, but said talk of non-consensual sexual act is way worse. Matt Miller, a former college football player and bodybuilder says, "you talk candidly about issues and you're a man, so you brag about sexual exploits being bigger than they were". (Source: the Guardian)
The Kiwi diet - mineral water and cigarettes
News nostalgia, February 1931: Fifty days into a fasting contest England's Alf Wilson had to withdraw on the advice of his doctor. This left New Zealander Raymond Tac the winner. However, Tac was eager to keep fasting. So soon after he launched into an attempt to break his personal record of going 90 days and four hours without food. Tac sealed himself behind a glass wall so spectators could view him trying to live for over three months on mineral water and cigarettes. It is unclear if Tac succeeded in his attempt to break his record.
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TREY’S GOLF THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY
Everything about Trey’s golf themed birthday party makes us want to par-tee!! From his golf ball shaped birthday invitations to the custom putting green his mom created for the party…everything for his birthday was fabulous and fun. Trey’s golf themed birthday invitation was die-cut in the shape of a golf ball and included an envelope liner which featured pattern of tees, flags, and clubs! For the party, Trey’s mom constructed a golf course…so we helped her with flags for her hole. Each guest went home with a set of golf clubs, which we helped personalize by making name plates for each guest. We even helped personalize the birthday boy’s mini golf cart by adding a monogrammed golf ball…now that’s swanky! | <urn:uuid:1e0496b8-1bd3-44f7-84b3-549469d29eca> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://www.nicoandlala.com/birthdays/golf-themed-birthday/ | 2019-12-16T00:52:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575541310970.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20191215225643-20191216013643-00025.warc.gz | en | 0.956848 | 180 |
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Due to its popularity, will be high in of downloadable games are growing. It is not actually surprising because people are in search of ways unwind after a hard hard day’s work and it does simply that. It helps a individual relax and be challenged in the same effort. It also assists in the focus inside the task at hand. There are puzzle games download at gaming sites for spare. There are also others can have pay out a minimum price towards. Do not worry though while it is not expensive. Before your purchase, check the reviews first so may know how the game that you will purchase will be worth this tool. The truth is not online games are worth all that, so acquiring that you receive a great site. | <urn:uuid:2e954e6c-ce58-4b85-a915-fcd71deeb49f> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://radio-mania.info/ps3-games-best-on-the-web-service-provider/ | 2021-03-07T09:00:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178376206.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20210307074942-20210307104942-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.967158 | 810 |
To say that I am a woman and a musician, I don't think that makes me any less powerful," says singer-songwriter Lori Carson, who toured with the Lilith Fair for eight of its July concerts.
Her soothing, gentle voice drew about 400 people to a recent performance at the tiny Village stage at Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Mass. Ms. Carson's band - made up simply of a cellist and a guitarist - fit in well with the low-key, informal atmosphere there.
"I think the [Lilith Fair] is a great idea," Carson says. "I love the idea of touring with other women artists ... kind of supporting each other."
Perhaps best known for her work with the New York-based rock group the Golden Palominos in the early '90s (a band that has since disbanded), Carson sings music that is soft, intense, and delicate. Although she has recorded several records and appears on the soundtracks for "Stealing Beauty" and "The Saint," she keeps a relatively low profile.
"I just don't think that I am very commercial in my sensibility or in any way," Carson says, while sitting on the plush green grass outside in the backstage area. "I don't want to exploit myself."
Carson admits she has never felt comfortable with the business of musicmaking, including touring. Her Lilith Fair performances lasted only 20 minutes.
"I'm not very well set up in terms of the business side of things," Carson says. "And everything is negotiating your slot. And I didn't negotiate my slot. I just said, 'Sure I'd like to do the tour.' "
She recorded her latest solo album (her third), "Everything I Touch Runs Wild," in the bedroom of her Manhattan apartment with an accordion, a guitar, and a few other acoustic instruments to achieve a more "intimate and imperfect" sound.
The singer from Long Island reveals her vulnerable side, writing personal lyrics about loneliness and falling in and out of love. Over acoustic rhythms, she sings about a boy from Nashville in "Make a Little Luck," and about losing control in a relationship in the quiet yet gripping "Something's Got Me."
"The songs are not literally biographical, but they are still very personal," she says. "I start with a place that feels really powerful, but I don't stick to the facts. I make it more interesting with simple language."
On the cover of "Everything," Carson is dressed in a strapless burgundy evening gown - an image more evocative of a loud dance album than a pensive acoustic one.
"I decided to do it in a moment of rebelliousness," she explains. "I just didn't want people to look at the cover and say, 'Oh yeah, here's another quiet, introspective folk singer.' "
Growing up in a family that discouraged musical pursuits, nudging her toward more traditional professions (her brother is a lawyer and her sister is in advertising), Carson says she fell in love, ironically, with songwriters her father listened to: Carol King and Joni Mitchell.
"I felt like it was freakish to be creative," she says.
Clearly past this stage, Carson says she would like to keep doing work that is vital, either on her own or collaborating with other artists.
Back on the Village stage, Carson ends her show with a song from her previous solo album, "Where It Goes." Many faces in the audience are contemplative. Some people begin to cry - a reaction that Carson finds rewarding.
"I see that happen, and it makes me feel so good," she says. "It gives me great pleasure when there's a circle of connection." | <urn:uuid:57fb7ae5-e26c-49fb-bd69-a2d3bb1c9615> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1997/0801/080197.feat.music.4.html | 2020-10-25T17:55:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107889574.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20201025154704-20201025184704-00329.warc.gz | en | 0.980115 | 769 |
Posted: June 11th, 2014 by Andrew
Today JJ shares the cinematic and awe inducing video for “All White Everything”. You can watch the video directed by Olivia Kastebring on JJ’s YouTube / Vevo.
If you missed their epic trailer a few weeks ago, they are ready to unleash their first new album in four years titled V, out August 19th via Secretly Canadian / Sincerely Yours.
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