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We too often believe that success happens as a BIG thing. However true success comes from the small things. Every time we try and keep trying we add to the<|fim_middle|> you back. Now…. go put on that Superhero costume and go create something amazing! | ratio of success. Even when we "fail" it adds a vital component to the overall equation. Never give up. Always keep trying and embrace the small successes.
This quote is personal for me. It's a reminder to never give up. Never give up on yourself or who you are, your dreams, or life in general. We are all worthy of good things, good relationships and being better people. Refuse to let others knock you down or keep you down. Above all refuse to let them change you into a creation not your own. You've totally got this!
Today's quote is just a reminder of your strength and resilience. Don't give up. Embrace your strength and keep trying.
As the vibration of the universe is rising, it is fuelling the spiritual awakening of more and more people. Even people who loosely understand the meaning of spirituality believe in a higher purpose, a grand scheme that is edging them closer to the meaning of their existence. Are you one of those people who is going through a spiritual shift?
Daily Thought: When you are setting goals make sure you are clear and specific in what you are looking to achieve. By stating that you want to be happy, have more money, be independent are all illusive general goals. Define and be specific about what those general terms mean. Will you be happy if you enter into a healthy relationship? If you make an additional $10,000? Or if you can buy a car? If you make your intentions clear and specific you will achieve them.
Daily Practice: Think of the goals you have set to achieve. Do they need to be made clearer? Think of every single detail about the end goal. Colors, shapes, how you would interact with the goal. What does your end goal look like? The more you can see what you are trying to achieve the better ability your mind has to develop and act on ways to create it. Don't be afraid to dream big and never give up!
The word "hacking" is popular these days, so consider this a hack for sensitive people dealing with where the Earth is situated relative to Saturn and Pluto.
This is Jupiter's yearly opposition, marking the middle of the best months in 2018 to see the planet.
I have as yet to encounter a discourse about the Moon card in the Tarot that will not start with 'creativity' as one of the moon's primary 'meanings'.
I have a problem with this, especially when, in dynamic reading consultations that are not informed by the 'little white book', the Moon hardly ever points to a type of creativity that's also constrained, and hence useful.
Always see work as play and play as important, and soon you won't know the difference between them.
Let's all take a work break!
Easy whimsical Southwestern appetizer that can be made in minutes.
Back to our Selves! Somewhere on our journey we'll realize that we don't have to go anywhere or do anything to find God. God is not hiding from us! The Divine Presence is right here, where we are. Now and always.
Aout Cat's Morning Bits: These daily post are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
Just a reminder today for those who need it. You've totally got this! If life knocks you down don't give up. Always be willing to try again and it may surprise you to see how many people are cheering for you or how many people your actions will inspire!
Well…………. quote for today is pretty self explanatory. Never giving up requires inner strength. We all have it. Sometimes it comes easy and other times not so much.The point is that we need to try even it it means taking baby steps a few at a time. Remember that you control your life and your destiny. You CAN create the life you want and remove the things that are holding | 789 |
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stillwater – marketing recap
How Focus Features sold a politically-charged drama.
(ed note: This should have been published last week, but life got in the way. Let's move on…)
Director Tom McCarthy is back with Stillwater, in theaters now. Matt Damon stars as Bill Baker, an oil worker whose daughter Allison (Abigail Breslin) has been imprisoned in Marseille, France for the last four years. She was accused of killing her roommate but maintains her innocence. When she slips Bill a note with more information about the killing it sets into motion a series of events that has Bill doing his own investigation, lying when he needs to and doing whatever he can to free his daughter.
The movie has arrived with a campaign that's been equally heavy on the drama of a father/daughter relationship and the political environment surrounding its release. Generally positive reviews has resulted in a 76% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so let's see how the rest of the campaign was arranged.
The Posters
"Secrets run deep" we're told on the first poster (by marketing agency BOND), released in May. Baker is largest element in the design, looking at the camera while around him are scenes showing the French setting of the story as well as a body floating in the water, clearly unwell.
The Trailers
The trailer (6.6 million views on YouTube), released in mid-May, clearly shows what the story entails and what audiences can expect. We see Bill travel to France to try and get Allison out of jail after she's been arrested for murder, and that his efforts are going to be more difficult than anticipated. He's an arrogant American, after all, presented as almost a caricature, and refuses to accept that a different approach may be necessary. There are some hints of more going on, that there may be some conspiracy at work, but for the most part it's sold as the story of an American who's angry he can't bully his way through the system.
Not much on the ticket-focused official website, but the movie's social profiles offer some good additional information.
Advertising, Publicity and Promotions
A first look at Damon as Baker came out in May accompanied by comments about the film and its story from McCarthy.
FIRST LOOK: Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin, Camille Cottin and Lilou Siauvaud in #STILLWATER, a film by Tom McCarthy. In theaters July 30. pic.twitter.com/3FP4CKkAvd
— Stillwater (@StillwaterMovie) May 10, 2021
The actor appeared on "Today" shortly after that to talk about the movie.
News broke in June that the Cannes Film Festival would act as the movie's world premiere.
Cottin was interviewed about what she thought after first reading the script and more.
Promo spots like this began airing at the beginning of July, cutting the story down and focusing on the drama of Bill's love for his daughter and his attempts to prove her innocence.
For his daughter's freedom, one father must find the truth.
From the director of SPOTLIGHT and starring Matt Damon, #STILLWATER is only in theaters July 30. pic.twitter.com/xPSo8DXtMq
— Stillwater (@StillwaterMovie) July 2, 2021
A first clip showing a scene between Bill and Allison was released during Cannes. Another clip came out a short while later.
That Cannes screening was well-received, generating positive buzz for the film and Damon in particular. The actor was interviewed about his character and what he learned while preparing for the role. There was also much made of Damon's emotional reaction to being back in a theater with other people.
More TV spots and other promos continued the buzz out of Cannes, all of them hitting roughly the same few beats as what had come before.
The most anticipated thriller of the summer is #STILLWATER. Starring Academy Award winner Matt Damon.
Only in theaters July 30. pic.twitter.com/Hrc6wFt4yy
— Stillwater (@StillwaterMovie) July 14, 2021
Damon appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning" to talk about the movie specifically as well as the more general return of theatrical moviegoing. Cottin later talked about the movie and more on "60 Minutes."
An exclusive AMC Artisan Films featurette had comments from the cast and McCarthy about the story and more. The movie's producer also spoke about filming in Oklahoma in an interview with the Oklahoma Film + Music Office. Regal Cinemas later offered an exclusive video interview with the cast, as did Cinemark.
Damon made another appearance on "GMA" just before release, with Breslin doing likewise a few days later.
The movie's premiere was held in New York City last week<|fim_middle|> how the story was developed resulted in Amanda Knox, famously imprisoned overseas for similar charges, to criticize an attempt to make money off her circumstances and experience. All that seemed to do was raise the profile of the movie a bit in the days before release.
A final profile of Damon focused on the actor's ability to disappear into roles and how that serves him in this movie.
If I were a cynically-minded person, the shift in the last week or two of the campaign to focus on the research Damon did in real roughneck communities and more might seem opportunistic. So many movies in the last five years have been slammed by right-leaning media anytime they portray blue collar workers or others who generally identify as conservative. This seems like an attempt to head such criticism off, with Damon and McCarthy taking pains to explain how respectful and accurate these portrayals are.
Labeling Damon as a kind of chameleon actor who disappears into his performances is…a stretch. He's such a bankable face and persona that the posters for his movies – including this one here – almost universally use a giant photo of his head as the primary element. But points for trying.
Aside from those observations, it's not a bad campaign, especially if you consider that the primary audience seems to be people in mostly red states who are alright with a gay daughter in the story if it means the righteous American character gets to be mean to a bunch of French jerks.
Author Chris ThilkPosted on 2021-08-03 2021-08-03 Categories Marketing Recap, Movie MarketingTags Abagail Breslin, focus features, matt damon, Stillwater, tom mccarthyLeave a comment on stillwater – marketing recap
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made – Marketing Recap
How Disney is selling its streaming original about a precocious young detective.
Based on the book of the same name by Stephan Pastis, this week's Disney+ original feature Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made seems, on paper, to be a weird mashup of elements.
On the one hand, the story of Timmy (Winslow Fegley) seems similar to many Disney theatrical or made-for-TV movies of the past. Timmy lives with his single mother Patty (Ophelia Lovibond) and fancies himself a bit of an amateur detective. His partner in his agency is a massive polar bear only he can see, and they both have their work cut out for them when Patty's car is stolen, leading them on all sorts of adventures.
On the other hand, the movie was cowritten and directed by Tom McCarthy, whose credits include Spotlight and The Station Agent.
Disney's campaign for the movie has sold it as a quirky comedy geared toward kids, with broad comedy and imagination at the forefront.
Timmy is introduced on the first poster (by marketing agency BLT Communications) with the copy at the top reading "Small detective. Big imagination." To emphasize that he's shown riding down the street on his scooter, his polar bear partner right behind him. It's a simple image with just a single photo used, but it works to make the essential point.
It was early January, just a month out from release, when the first trailer (384,000 views on YouTube) was dropped. As it opens, Timmy is in the principal's office, the result of an incident that got everyone's attention. We then jump to the backstory, including the fact that Timmy fancies himself a detective, running his own agency and with a polar bear as his assistant. That's just one aspect of Timmy's active imagination, which he uses as he searches for his mother's stolen car and gets into a ton of hijinks and other adventures while doing so.
There's no standalone website for the movie but it was promoted on the social profiles of Disney Studios, with the Disney+ accounts amplifying those posts.
Though it wasn't in competition there, the movie screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January, with the cast and filmmakers in attendance for the premiere event there.
Winslow Fegley, the star of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, takes on the #Sundance Film Festival. Stream the Original Movie Feb. 7, only on #DisneyPlus. #TimmyFailure pic.twitter.com/TQrVgS8d1w
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) February 1, 2020
A clip released around the time of Sundance has Timmy introducing himself and his detective agency – including his partner – to the audience.
Short videos like this were used not only as promotional tools on social media but as pre-roll ads online and as commercials elsewhere.
Small detective. Big imagination. Start streaming Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made on Disney+ this Friday. #TimmyFailure pic.twitter.com/XiDFzJvtKa
Just as the movie was about to become available, online ads that used a cropped version of the key art drove people to the Disney+ site where they could sign up.
During Sundance McCarthy was interviewed about taking a notable turn with this movie compared to his previous films. He engaged in a handful of other interviews as well to promote the film. News also came out a while ago that Disney was so happy with the movie it had already started developing a sequel.
There's nothing revolutionary here, other than the fact that most movies like this don't get screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Still, most all of the campaign hits the same marks you find in the advertising and promotions of any movie from Disney (or other studios) that featured plot points like Paul Giamati being painted blue and other such craziness.
But it's charming in its way, and is just the kind of non-event content Disney+ will be stocking itself with to keep subscribers moderately engaged, the same strategy Netflix and others have used.
Online ads that used the basic part of the key art started showing up as the movie was about to debut.
Disney released a clip of Timmy being himself.
Author Chris ThilkPosted on 2020-02-06 2020-04-02 Categories Marketing Recap, Movie MarketingTags disney, disney plus, timmy failure mistakes were made, tom mccarthyLeave a comment on Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made – Marketing Recap
Cinematic Slant Blog at WordPress.com. | , the cast and crew in attendance. This was Focus Features' first in-person premiere since the beginning of the Covid pandemic last year.
Matt Damon, Abigail Breslin and director Tom McCarthy at tonight's NYC premiere of #STILLWATER. pic.twitter.com/9GX4SUeV4h
An interview with Damon about what he learned – both about the people and their jobs – while shadowing oil roughnecks in preparation for the role was the first of many similar profiles to hit similar topics. Similar ground was covered in additional interviews with Damon and McCarthy where they talked about the political divide in the U.S., how respectful the movie is to the people it portrays
One more clip came out, this one exclusive to Fandango MovieClips.
News came just a week or so ago about a tie-in true crime podcast hosted by Marcia Clarke and produced by Focus Features in partnership with the L.A. Times.
An interview with McCarthy about | 195 |
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Aspiring fashion blogger right here!! Just kidding.
Clearing the clutter - Despite moving and cleaning out a lot last year, the clutter is starting to creep back in. I can't really jump on the Marie Kondo bandwagon, but if her method works for you, then you do you! I'm more of a 40 bags in 40 days type of gal, so I made my list of things to tackle and am ready to clear the clutter!
Facebook Marketplace - In the vein of clearing clutter, Facebook Marketplace is awesome for selling stuff. It has been around for a while, so it probably doesn't come as a surprise to many of you. I've had great luck getting rid of items and usually get my asking price for them. I've never been a big fan of Craigslist, and this is so much easier than shipping things with Ebay. Plus, I feel a little safer checking out the profiles of the buyers before making the exchange.
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Drowning Pool
This article is about the band. For other uses, see Drowning Pool (disambiguation).
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Alternative metal, nu metal, hard rock, post-grunge
1996 (1996)–present
Wind-up, Eleven Seven Music
Voodoo Corps, SOiL, AM Conspiracy, Suicide Hook, Motley Crüe, Flesh, Flyleaf,[1] Parade[2]
www.drowningpool.com
C.J. Pierce
Stevie Benton
Mike Luce
Jasen Moreno
Dave Williams
Ryan McCombs
Drowning Pool is an American metal band, formed in Dallas, Texas in 1996. The band was named after the 1975 film of the same name. Since its formation, the band has consisted of guitarist C.J. Pierce, bassist Stevie Benton and drummer Mike Luce, as well as a revolving cast of vocalists. The band's current vocalist is Jasen Moreno.
After the release of their debut album, Sinner, original vocalist Dave Williams was found dead on August 14, 2002[3] from heart disease. Jason Jones, who replaced Williams in 2003, recorded one album, Desensitized, but left in 2005 due to musical differences.[3] Ryan McCombs of Chicago based metal band SOiL later replaced Jones and released two albums, Full Circle and Drowning Pool.[3] However, McCombs left the band in 2011 to rejoin SOiL.[3] Jasen Moreno was announced as Ryan McCombs' replacement in 2012 and the band went on to release Resilience in 2013.
2 Controversy and military use of "Bodies"
3 Musical style and influences
4 Band members
4.1 Timeline
Guitarist C.J. Pierce and drummer Mike Luce formed Drowning Pool after relocating from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Dallas. There, they found and recruited bassist Stevie Benton. For a few years they stuck to performing as an instrumental trio, but this all changed in 1999 with the arrival of vocalist Dave Williams.[4] The band rose to fame while playing along with Ozzy Osbourne during an Ozzfest tour. Their 2001 debut album Sinner was certified platinum within six weeks. On August 14, 2002, Williams was found dead inside his tour bus. He died from an undiagnosed heart condition, now known to be cardiomyopathy.[5][6][7] When asked if the band had any unreleased songs, according to a 2002 Blabbermouth article, drummer Mike Luce replied that "only 3-4 songs were done, including one called "Heroes," which is a tribute to dead rock musicians such as Layne Staley. I don't know if we will ever release them."[8] After Williams' death, the band decided to carry on and so began searching for a new singer.[9] Many were considered, such as Ben Schigel of Switched, Vince Mullins of Haji's Kitchen, and Robb Flynn of Machine Head.[10] In 2003, the band decided on Jason 'Gong' Jones to replace Williams[11] and released the album Desensitized in 2004. During this era, the band also experienced a considerable shift in visual style: rather than the dark, grimacing, anti-social demeanor seen with Williams as the frontman, they shifted toward rock star vanity and sex appeal. Despite the success of the album's lead single, "Step Up," the album was not nearly as successful as Sinner, and it was publicly announced on June 14, 2005 that Jones had departed from the band, due to "irreconcilable differences".[12]
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Drowning Pool's third vocalist Ryan McCombs performing with the band in November 2010.
The band announced that their replacement singer would be formally announced at Ozzfest in Dallas, where the band did a one-off performance on the main stage. On July 20, 2005, the website SMNNews[13] revealed that Ryan McCombs, then former singer of SOiL, was the new singer. The band initially wanted McCombs to join Drowning Pool as the replacement of Dave Williams, nearly two years prior.[14] In spring of 2006, the band announced that they had parted ways with Wind-up Records.[15] In October 2006, a new song "No More" was announced to be released on the Saw III soundtrack, their first song (besides a re-recorded version of "Rise Up") with McCombs.[16] The band signed a new deal with Eleven Seven Music[17] and also announced a new management company, Tenth Street Entertainment.[18] The band's third album, Full Circle,<|fim_middle|>Jason Jones"
bar:McCombs text:"Ryan McCombs"
bar:Moreno text:"Jasen Moreno"
bar:Pierce text:"C.J. Pierce"
bar:Benton text:"Stevie Benton"
bar:Luce text:"Mike Luce"
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Main article: Drowning Pool discography
Sinner (2001)
Desensitized (2004)
Full Circle (2007)
Drowning Pool (2010)
Resilience (2013)
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This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Drowning Pool; it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA | was released on August 7, 2007. Two songs on the album were produced by Funny Farm Records, owned by Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx and former Beautiful Creatures guitarist DJ Ashba. The remaining songs were produced by Ben Schigel at the Ohio-based Spider Studios.[19] The band then toured with Saliva in North America and also Sick Puppies and Seether in support of the album.[20][21] Later in the year, work on a fourth album was announced.[22] On March 3, 2009, the band released a live album, Loudest Common Denominator, which featured acoustic versions of "Shame" and "37 Stitches" from Full Circle.[23]
The band finished recording their self-titled album with producer Kato Khandwala at House of Loud in New Jersey.[24] It was the first studio album in the band's history not to feature a change of vocalist from the preceding album. The album's first single "Feel Like I Do", was released as a free download on their official website, and the album was released on April 27, 2010.[25] On November 7, 2011, C.J. Pierce and Mike Luce announced a new project with former Nonpoint members Zach Broderick and Ken McMillan titled Voodoo Corps.[26] In November 2011, McCombs left the band to reunite with SOiL for touring and a new album. The band, now once again without a singer, began writing new material for a fifth studio album while holding vocalist auditions.[27] In July 2012, Jasen Moreno, from The Suicide Hook, was announced to be the band's new singer.[28] On August 14, the 10th anniversary of Dave Williams' death, the band released a song in tribute of him, their first with Moreno titled "In Memory Of...".[29] Two further singles were released with Moreno, "Saturday Night" in November 2012,[30] and "One Finger and a Fist" in December 2012, before the band released their fifth album, Resilience, on April 9, 2013.[31] On September 10, the band announced that they would celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of Sinner with a U.S. tour starting from October 22, in which they plan to dig deep into the songs from their debut album.[32]
Controversy and military use of "Bodies"
The band has faced some controversies and criticism due to the misinterpretation of the lyrics to their most well-known song "Bodies". In 2011, the song was associated with the 2011 Arizona shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.[33] Shortly after the shooting, the band made a statement addressing the link: "We were devastated this weekend to learn of the tragic events that occurred in Arizona and that our music has been misinterpreted. 'Bodies' was written about the brotherhood of the moshpit and was never about violence." The band also added: "For someone to put out a video misinterpreting a song about a moshpit as fuel for a violent act shows just how sick they really are. We support those who do what they can to keep America safe. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families of this terrible tragedy".[33]
"Bodies" was used consistently by interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in 2003, and was consistently played over a 10 day period of time in 2006 during interrogations of Mohamedou Ould Slahi while he was "exposed to variable lighting patterns" at the same time.[34][35][36] On December 9, 2008, bassist Stevie Benton was quoted by the Associated Press as considering it an honor that the U.S. military was using the band's music to torture captured prisoners.[37] On December 13, 2008, he issued an apology on the band's MySpace page about his comment on musical torture, stating his comment had been "taken out of context."[38]
Musical style and influences
Drowning Pool's style has been considered heavy metal,[3][39][40] alternative metal,[41] hard rock,[39][42] nu metal[3][39][43] and post-grunge.[44][45] The band has also been influenced by black metal and death metal.[46] The band's influences include Bathory, Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, Slipknot, Alice in Chains, SOiL, Opeth, Soundgarden, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Mötley Crüe, Beatles and Pantera.[34][46][47]
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Mike Luce – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1996–present)
Jasen Moreno – lead vocals (2012–present)
Dave Williams – lead vocals (1999–2002; died 2002)
Jason Jones – lead vocals (2003–2005)
Ryan McCombs – lead vocals (2005–2011)
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Home » Books Blog » How to Sell Books through Gift Shops in Parks
How to Sell<|fim_middle|>. | Books through Gift Shops in Parks
by Brian Jud
The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. It seems fitting that this week's post takes a look at how publishers can sell books through gift shops in parks and historic sites.
There are two major ways to sell to buyers at gift shops. One is to work through independent sales representatives found at http://www.greatrep.com. This site provides several entry points. Contact salespeople directly under "Lines Wanted," or list your book in the "Reps Wanted" section. There is also a list of upcoming wholesale trade gift shows at which you can exhibit and/or network.
Second are third-party operators (such as those listed below) that buy for gift shops in parks and historical centers. They work in partnership with the retail outlets to ensure that their guests have a meaningful experience and can extend their experience by discovering relevant products in their stores.
Event Network (http://www.eventnetwork.com) manages stores on behalf of many cultural attractions at iconic landmarks and historic sites such as Gettysburg National Military Park and The Alamo. Started in 1998, Event Network is now the leading operator of cultural attraction stores worldwide.
Eastern National (http://easternnational.org) was founded in 1947 to serve the National Park system. It operates more than 150 units of the National Park Service in the Eastern United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
Eastern National is also an independent publisher producing educational products for the National Park Service. "Our publications are different from those developed by traditional publishers," Erin Sweeney, Inventory Replenishment Manager at Eastern National explains, "because Eastern National collaborates directly with the parks to produce educational material to fit specific needs within the park."
The Western National Parks Association (www.wnpa.org) is the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service and 71 national parks in the western United States. WNPA ensures that all products, services, and programs enrich the visitor experience.
The core purpose of all three of these entities is identical. Laura O'Neal, a book buyer at Event Network summarized their singular objective by saying, "Our goal is to create an extension of the guest experience at each of our partnerships. We source books that provide educational value and that offer an opportunity for visitors to explore and learn more about the different concepts and exhibits that they have just experienced. We also look to represent local authors and titles that celebrate the particular region or area in which the venue is located."
They usually buy books on a non-returnable basis with discounts ranging from 50% to 70% off list price. Sweeney says, "The price should be under $20," and books priced at approximately $10 to $15 sell best.
Sales to parks and historical sites are seasonal, with sales peaking in the period from late May to early September. In general, hardcover books sell better than softcover books since parents seek books their children will be able to enjoy and keep as a memento of their visit to the venue. However, there are exceptions, as Sweeney points out: "Softcover books outsell hardcover in most cases in our stores."
A major decision criterion of buyers is your content's fit with the store's image and customer base. In addition, books selected are generally site specific. According to Sweeney, "Few books are relevant to all our locations." When you send your package to Eastern National, Sweeney recommends that you "Include a copy of the book and a sell sheet describing the data I need to make a decision." Visit the stores and get a good sense of what they are about, and then submit your book with a description of how your content fits with the retailer's mission and visitors.
Billions of dollars are spent in gift shops every year, and you can get your share of this market. Do your homework and submit a professional package that demonstrates how your content is different, better, and perfectly suited to their stores and guests.
Brian Jud is the Executive Director of the Association of Publishers for Special Sales and author of How to Make Real Money Sellling Books | 852 |
Food Producers in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand Win the Battle to Keep It GM Free
August 12, 2018September 12, 2018In Press Releases
Food producers in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand have won a major battle to keep the Hastings District officially GM Free.
Federated Farmers has formally abandoned its legal attempt to overturn Hastings official GM Free food producing status.
Pure Hawke's Bay, a lobby group representing Hawke's Bay growers, exporters and farmers backed the GM Free plan rules adopted by the Hastings District Council in 2015.
Pure Hawke's Bay chairman, and sheep and beef farmer Bruno Chambers says it's a very exciting win after many years of unnecessary battle.
"We have worked for seven years to capture this opportunity for Hastings and the region. Being GM free gives us a competitive advantage to market our high-end agricultural products internationally. Many regions around the world are officially GM Free. Finally we can join them rather than being left in their wake."
Hastings District Council was the first in New Zealand to adopt rules in the local plan to prohibit GM field trials and releases in the district. These rules are now in effect.
"It's a tribute to the Council, which understood the economic opportunities and how crippling GM contamination could be for our high-value food producers," said Mr Chambers<|fim_middle|> jobs, ensuring safe farming practices and food safety."
Hastings is not the only council to be taking this path. Auckland City, Whangarei and the Far North together now make up a large official GM Free region, after more than a decade of planning and community consultation.
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"It is a huge pity that Federated Farmers put the Council, our farmers and our growers to such needless expense, but we are now focussed on how to make this opportunity work for all farmers."
The region's GM Free status was also put under threat last year by a proposed change to the Resource Management Act.
"We've fought all the way and had to take the issue to Parliament, to protect Hawke's Bay's right to decide," said Mr Chambers.
"This has been a long and drawn out uphill battle so we are very happy with the outcome. It's taken huge commitment from producers and local Iwi, Ngati Kahungunu, with whom we've stood shoulder to shoulder."
Bostock New Zealand Owner and a member of Pure Hawke's Bay, John Bostock says the win is huge for everyone in Hawke's Bay.
"Some of the world's most celebrated food regions – Tuscany, Provence, Bordeaux – are officially GM Free. That's the club we want to be part of," says Mr Bostock.
Bostock New Zealand is one of New Zealand's largest growers and exporters.
"This is an opportunity to promote Hawke's Bay and our premium produce internationally with real credibility. Hawke's Bay is the Tuscany of New Zealand and now we can promote ourselves on par – as a premium growing region.
"We have one of the most pure, fertile growing areas in the world and some of the most valuable agricultural land in New Zealand. We can produce top quality food products – so we need to play to this strength and embrace our GM Free status. Hawke's Bay is leading the way for the rest of New Zealand and the world."
Mr Bostock says overseas demand for GM free products just keeps growing and Hastings' position creates real opportunities in competitive high-end markets.
"Attitudes to GMOs might change in the future but for now, GM Free is a must for premium markets and we are now well positioned to supply that demand."
Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazelhurst says securing Hastings' valuable GM Free status in law will help grow the local economy.
"Being GMO Free has huge benefits to helping grow our regional economies, creating more | 444 |
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75 MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN;SHE SCHMOOZES, COUNSELS MEDIA MOGULS; PIN-STRIPED WIT;DEAL MAKERS
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NANCY PERETSMAN
Allen & Co.
As a young Salomon Brothers media investment banker in the mid-1980s, Nancy Peretsman spent a year advising executives at The Detroit News on resolving their differences with shareholders and possibly going public.
But when a hostile bid to buy the newspaper made headlines in 1986, senior Salomon bankers yanked the assignment, which had suddenly become a glamorous piece of business. Quite literally, the corporate boardroom door was closed on her.
"That's the way it was," says Ms. Peretsman of Wall Street's old-boy corporate culture. "Now, I think we could have sued those guys and been zillionaires. But at the time, it was so normal. You're mad, but you just keep going."
These days, Ms. Peretsman sets up the meetings she used to get shut out of. She has advised some of the top media companies, including Cap Cities/ABC, CBS, and Pearson PLC, owner of The Economist. Her personal relationships with various moguls, such as Loews Chairman Laurence Tisch, are legend. On a recent morning, her assistant passes her<|fim_middle|> their deals.
If there is any negative rap on Ms. Peretsman, it comes from former employees who say her interest in deal-making came at the cost of developing talent inside the 15-member Salomon media banking unit.
Her love for scoping out the next media trend and putting together partnerships is evident as she energetically discusses the advertising revolution sparked by the Internet.
Her voice drops to a whisper for emphasis. "The Net is so compelling because it is free," she says. "It changes the whole economic model of advertising."
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Ms. Peretsman, 41, has gained this loyal following of heavy hitters not because of a single signature deal, but because of her ability to mingle comfortably with powerful executives and a deep knowledge of a dynamic industry.
Longtime client Mr. Tisch says: "Nancy is very honest. She is aware of everything going on in communications-just a first-class investment banker."
Surprisingly, though, Wall Street wasn't in her original career plan growing up in blue-collar Worcester, Mass. Her mother was a social worker and therapist and her younger brother and sister aspired to be professionals. "My family had a fairly negative view of business, especially big business," she says.
Summer arbitrageur
Ms. Peretsman figured she would be an advocate, and even interned at the Council for Environmental Quality during President Jimmy Carter's administration. But she quickly became bored with government. A summer job as a risk arbitrageur at Allen & Co., the elite media boutique where she now works, changed her path.
"It was the first thing I had done that I was totally engaged in," she says.
A bold style
Rivals say her success has been driven by a bold style. In a world that's inclined to discount women, she has employed a sharp wit to both distinguish herself from other bankers, and to disarm sexist critics.
Media executives "think she is an independent thinker with substance, and her strong personality has helped her to connect with people," says Fred Seegal, who was her boss as Salomon corporate finance chief and is now president at Wasserstein Perella. "She's a good schmoozer."
But Ms. Peretsman saves her boldness for deal-making. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Lehman banker Bob Scully, and their 10-year-old daughter. She generally stays far from the limelight that other bankers have courted on the pages of Vanity Fair and New York magazine.
Yet, she drew public attention last July when she left a deeply troubled Salomon after 12 years. The move prompted speculation that, like other fleeing Salomonites, she was upset about her total compensation.
"That was never my issue," she says. Instead, faced with the prospect of moving more solidly into management, she opted to go to Allen & Co. where she could focus on what she loves: the clients and | 504 |
Michael Healy-Rae: I couldn't read or write until I was 12
Craig Hughes
Michael Healy-Rae couldn't read or properly write until he was 12 years old and there were doubts about whether he could go to mainstream secondary school. Like so many people with dyslexia, he was undiagnosed and left to feel as if he didn't belong in the education system.
The TD, postmaster, landlord and businessman has spoken out about those early life difficulties in an interview with Extra.ie.
'At that time there was no such thing as a special needs assistant. There was never any such thing as getting extra tuition or anything like that. So it was a case, you just, to be honest, were left behind,' he says.
Michael Healy-Rae is interviewed by Craig Hughes. (Picture: Fran Veale)
Eventually, a nun, Sister Regina, realised the way that her pupil saw the world and started to solve the puzzle for him.
'I have good news for you, she said, you have a brain. But she said it's all locked up at small padlocks. And she said that the keys aren't made far those locks.
'But she said every time we'll meet, every time we'll work together, we'll make a new key. And we'll open that and she said, we'll be very surprised with what we find,' he says.
Mr Healy-Rae opted to plough his own furrow and he didn't let the dyslexia stand in his way.
'In another way, it was an advantage, and I'll tell you why. Because I concentrated on work, and all I was interested in, even from a very young age was working. And every type of work, you might say... everything I could do, every way I could turn a pound.
'And in any way I could do things, that's what I want to do. So rather than being academic, it was just about producing, about being productive,' he says.
Michael Healy-Rae shoots with TV host Ciara Doherty on At Home With The Healy Raes.
He was late to reading due to his dyslexia, but developed a 'ferocious appetite' for books. When he was in his early teenage years he was reading Enid Blyton's children's books as he played 'catch up' with his peers.
He completed his Inter Cert, as it was then, before going on to agricultural college.
When he was first elected to the Dáil as a TD for Kerry in 2011, he had a phone call from Sr Regina. He immediately took the call when he was told who was on the line.
'I told her, you're the reason I got elected. She said: "I know, but that's not important now,"' he remembers with a fond smile.
Mr Healy-Rae arrives at the DMG offices shortly before 10:30am. He has been on the familiar journey from Kerry to Dublin for the past four hours.
It takes longer if he leaves after 5:30am, but it couldn't be helped today. When he steps out of his Skoda saloon, with his name branded in giant white letters across the side, Radio Kerry is playing on his phone.
His son and constituency office worker, Councillor Jackie Healy-Rae, is speaking on the radio and he wants to make sure there are no 'scuds'. There aren't.
His son works for him, his eyes and ears in his constituency -- just as he himself was for his father Jackie Healy-Rae Sr, the former Independent TD for Kerry from 1997-2011 -- working to keep the Dáil seat in the family.
'Between watching my father's back, politically, it was a very critical time, and I will say those 14 years that he was in the Dáil, I had to be his eyes and his ears on the ground, combing the constituency, every part of it, and ensuring that his message was getting across,' he says.
Michael Healy-Rae cradles his second grandchild Odhran
The work 'needed to be done' and it meant sacrificing time at home, but this sacrifice, which he insists is no such thing, seems almost traditional in the Healy-Rae household now.
It's accepted that if there was a choice between going to a meeting 'at the side of a road about a ditch' or attending a family gathering, he'd be at the side of the road.
'I had children at that time and was I there to go to the match? Or was I there to go to feed the ducks? No, I wasn't. But like, that's it, I can't do anything about it.'
He's also a reformed smoker who used to take a drink, but not in the past six years citing an 'addictive personality' and the drink driving laws.
Early morning walks and shooting are how the always on-the-go Mr Healy-Rae winds down these days.
Mr Healy-Rae is an American citizen - his late mother, Julie, was born in Delaware and adopted by a family in New York.
She worked in the Syrian consulate in the Empire State Building in New York and spoke seven languages, including Arabic.
'She was a very smart woman,' Mr Healy-Rae says.
Michael Healy Rae is an American citizen - his late mother, Julie, was born in Delaware and adopted by a family in New York. (Fran Veal)
It was when she arrived in Kerry on her holidays that she had a chance meeting with her future husband, Jackie.
When she got off the train in Killarney she asked for a taxi to Muckross, where she was staying. Jackie was behind the wheel, and the two of them were engrossed in conversation for the entire journey.
'The last thing he said to her when she was getting out of the car, he said: "You will die of boredom here. What in the name of God are you going to do here for the next however many days?" 'She said: "Oh sure, I dunno, I'm only meeting the relations and all that type of thing", and he said: "You know, there's a big dance in Killarney tomorrow night. I'll collect you."
'So she thought to herself, sure I may as well, and he arrived the following night, and that was it,' he says. His American heritage has meant that Mr Healy-Rae has always been interested in American politics.
On Christmas Day in 1988, his mother gave him a book called The Art Of The Deal by a certain Donald J Trump. He read it from cover to cover in one night.
'Keep an eye on him… he's actually a brilliant person… he could finish up running the world yet,' his mother told him.
'She never got to see him being president of America or anything like that. But a lot of people since questioned me and said, did she say that he'd finish up ruining the world? But no, she said running the world,' he laughs.
While he admires Trump as a businessman, he believes he lost credibility in January 2021 when his supporters stormed the US Capitol building.
'Wild' Michael Healy Rae celebrates the launch of THE TURAS ,Ireland's very first endurance race,by abseiling down ther front of the Hilton Stakis Hotel at Charlemont Place...The Turas takes place this summer from June 14th to 21st in Southwest Ireland.Ireland's first ever World Series Adventure Race will welcome 40 teams of four from all over the world to the region...Photo .PHOTOCALL IRELAND. 14/05/2008...NO REPRODUCTION FEE
'Politics is politics and that whole thing about, I don't want to use the word encouraging people to violence or anything like that, but that whole thing of storming Capitol Hill that time.
'Look at what Irish politicians did… Everyone played a part in the political process and we stopped people killing each other. That's politics. That's the art of politics, a real politician,' he says.
Being in the public eye makes family crises more challenging, be they family bereavements, or his two sons, Jackie and Kevin, being convicted of assaulting an English tourist.
'If you were to let anything like that get to you… that's part of it, and if you're thin skinned and if you let things like that worry you… sure that's life,' he says.
Mr Healy-Rae is often seen as the epitome of a parish pump politician, with people telling him 'you're only interested in Co. Kerry', he says.
'To be a national politician, you have to be elected locally. And every minister, every Taoiseach, every person that ever was elected to the Dáil, they realise, well, I wouldn't be in this position only for I get elected at home.
'So if you're if you're talking about, we'll say, the local post office, for example, or the local shop, aren't you're talking about every other local post office and every other local shop? If you were talking about agriculture, and the price of beef, you're not talking about just the cattle in Kerry, you're talking about the product in Ireland,' he explains.
Former Minister for Transport Shane Ross touted Mr Healy-Rae as a future Minister for Agriculture during the Programme for Government talks in 2016.
Michael Healy Rae slammed the banks decision. Pic: Oireachtas TV
In his book, In Bed With The Blueshirts, Mr Ross says Mr Healy-Rae 'was famous for working late at night and arriving at unsocial hours in the morning.
'He always puts Kerry first, but has an impressive national and global knowledge that he often deliberately hides under a Kilgarvan bushel. Behind the scenes, Michael was pitching to be a minister.'
Mr Ross notes, 'It was obvious from the talks that Michael was ministerial material', but adds his problem was his brother, fellow Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae, whom he describes as 'an embarrassment that Michael needs to overcome'.
Asked about his ambitions, Mr Healy-Rae says he doesn't spend night and day 'dreaming about how I would advance', and adds that 'any politician that's worth their salt' wants to continue serving the people who elected them.
But he says ideas he has suggested in the Dáil have found their way into Government policies.
He says he hasn't read Shane Ross's book but promises to do so, along with Mr Ross's latest book about Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.
Mr Healy-Rae has built up a substantial property portfolio. The latest Oireachtas Register of Members' Interests show that he has 16 properties 'for letting' and five other land parcels.
He doesn't rule out entering into a government with Sinn Féin, but says he would have 'great concerns... there are major concerns on the policy side, particularly around agriculture and housing.'
The register also shows he is a postmaster, service station owner, plant-hire business owner and farmer. He says that, at 19, he borrowed heavily from a local businessman to get his first property. He paid him back religiously and got his foot on the property ladder.
He defends landlords, and believes the Government should cut tax on rental income, and is concerned about the exodus of landlords from the market.
'Listen to what happens inside the Dáil when they're talking about people who own property and who rent it out. It's as though there's something wrong with them. Nothing about the fact that they're providing the accommodation that's much needed,' he says.
He has also been renting property to the State to accommodate Ukrainian refugees, 'for the last couple of months'.
Politicians seem at the beck and call of their constituents more than ever. The Healy-Rae operation has a finely tuned way of dealing with contacts.
The register also shows he is a postmaster, service station owner, plant-hire business owner and farmer. He says that, at 19, he borrowed heavily from a local businessman to get his first property. He paid him back religiously and got his foot on the property ladder. Pic: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos
Calls are either recorded or else the details are written on a notepad to be passed to his constituency office for follow-up.
'You can never trust a politician who doesn't have... a notebook or else a dictaphone with them,' he warns.
'Because if you ring them up... if you say, I need help with my child, his name is… unless they're writing it down, or taking careful record of it, how are they're supposed to help you?'
It's relentless, but it doesn't phase him. His only concern is the consequence of not answering.
'If your phone rings, and if you don't answer it, and if you're not there to help somebody, they literally could go on to somebody else like that,' he says.
He checks his phone as it vibrates throughout the interview. And when the interview comes to an end, he immediately reaches into his pocket and checks his phone again.
'Only 11 missed calls - not so bad,' he smiles.
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The exhibition used maps, charts, photographs, art work and text to tell the dramatic story of the development of religious groups in the Helensburgh and Lomond area from the earliest times.
It described the people and their religious conflicts over a period of more than fourteen hundred years.
As part of the Millennium celebrations a short version of the exhibition was displayed in the Congregational Church — which is now the United Reformed Church — in West Princes Street, Helensburgh.
The Religious Heritage of this part of Scotland is a story of violence and dissension, friction between Church and State, strong personalities, rigidity and prejudice, breaking away of groups, re-uniting of groups and, despite all, much kindness and many good works done by men and women of strong faith.
The pre-Christian history of the area is obscure and although there are Iron and Stone age remains in the Rosneath Peninsula and elsewhere, nothing is known about religious groups associated with them.
The burial site, now almost obliterated, at Portkil, Kilcreggan, probably dates from 500 B.C. and there was a tradition that it was sacred ground, people bringing their dead there for burial well into the Christian period.
In the 6th century A.D. or possibly later St Modan and his companions preached and taught in the "Isle of Rosneath", founding Christian Communities before travelling on.
Around this time the monk St Kessog, also known as St MacKessog, was active on Loch Lomondside and he is said to have died a martyr's death at Bandry, south of Luss in 520 or 560 A.D.
St Modan came back to Rosneath to die and a simple chapel was built "to house his most sacred relics". An early church was also built at Kilcreggan, called the 'Church of the Rock', but no signs remain.
In the 12th century a Christian monastery was established in Paisley and from there monks travelled to the Rosneath Peninsula with the authority to appropriate the Church of Rosneath, receive all the revenue and employ a curate.
The Parish system<|fim_middle|> built St Columba United Presbyterian Church. In Cardross a Free Kirk was also built.
In 1900 the Free and United Presbyterian Churches united to form the United Free Church and, in 1929, the United Free Churches of the entire area joined with the Church of Scotland. The only Parish left untouched by the Disruption was that of Luss.
The Tabernacle, later the Congregational Church, Helensburgh's first place of worship, opened in 1803.
The Roman Catholic Church built St Joseph's Church in 1880 and St Gilda's Church in Rosneath in 1967. St Mahew's Chapel in Cardross dates from the 15th Century and was restored and opened for worship in 1955.
Helensburgh Baptist Church was built in 1886 and the Christian Scientists built a church in 1959. St Michael's and All Angels, the Scottish Episcopal Church, was built in 1843.
A group of Buddhists lived in the town, and, in the most recent local religious development, in 2016 they took over Park Church in Charlotte Street as the Buddhist Meditation Centre of Scotland, where they are attracting people from all over the country to meditate.
The centre is the first Scottish outpost of the Dhammakaya tradition of Thai Buddhism — and only the fourth in the UK, following in the footsteps of temples in London, Manchester and Newcastle.
After centuries of local religious following, these are clearly changed days — and there is much for all to meditate about as they ponder the way forward in a climate of dramatic falls in church attendances. | dates back to Roman days and was adopted by the early Christian Church. Rosneath and Cardross Parishes shared between them a huge area which became unmanageable.
Rosneath Parish was under the jurisdiction of Paisley Abbey and Cardross Parish was a Prebend of Glasgow Cathedral.
In 1648, after much argument, the Parish of Row (now Rhu) was created, taking North Garelochside from Rosneath and the lands of Camis Eskan to Loch Long and Glen Fruin from Cardross.
The Reformation arrived in Scotland in 1560 and the Church was ruled according to the Calvinistic principles of John Knox. Congregations were organised, each having a qualified minister, with representative elders of the people, deacons to administer finance, and a school.
Sadly, much of the cultural heritage was lost at that time. Organs were smashed, beauty destroyed and bleak barn-like churches built.
There was strife and fighting in the post-Reformation period when the General Assembly defied royal authority, refusing to accept episcopacy. A tale of rebellion and broken pledges unfolded until 1688 with the abdication of James V11 and the arrival of William of Orange.
The Church settled down for a while and played a major part in the community, teaching the young and speaking authoritatively on moral issues.
In 1843, however, following a period of unrest, 451 ministers left the Church of Scotland and throughout the area new congregations were formed and new churches built. This was known as the Disruption.
In the Peninsula, where there had been one church, now there were seven. In Row Parish, Shandon Free Church was built and, later, a Free Church was built in Garelochhead.
In Helensburgh the Kirk in the Square congregation left the Established Church, and the church became the Free Church — later to become the West Free Church.
A church was built on the seafront for those staying with the Establishment and this was later joined by the West Church, known subsequently as St Bride's Church.
Park Church was built to accommodate the Free Kirk overflow. Mrs Henry Bell, wife of the town's first Provost, steamship pioneer Henry Bell, and a group of seceders | 470 |
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Play-in competition between the United States and Germany will consist of two singles matches on Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m. ET, followed by two singles matches and the doubles match Sunday, April 17, at 12 p.m.
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In addition to televising the United States and Germany's Fed Cup play-in this weekend, Tennis Channel will cover the 2011 Fed Cup semifinal match between Russia and Italy in Moscow. Russia and Italy have faced each other five times in Fed Cup play, with the Russians winning all but one of those meetings. The most recent competition between the two nations was in the 2009 Fed Cup semifinal when Italy beat Russia 4-1 at home. The battle will consist of two singles matches on Saturday, April 16, at 5 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. ET, followed by two singles matches and the doubles match Sunday, April 17, at 11 p.m. ET.
The United States and Germany have met twelve times, with the United States holding an 8-4 advantage over its German hosts. The Americans enter this weekend's play-in after falling 4-1 to Belgium in the first-round in February. This is the first time the United States faces elimination from Fed Cup competition since 2002, when it defeated Israel 5-0 in Springfield, Mo. Should the United States lose this weekend it will not be eligible to compete for the Fed Cup in 2012. The Americans have played in the last two Fed Cup finals, losing to Italy both times.
The 2011 U.S. Fed Cup team is captained for the third-consecutive year by retired American tennis starMary Joe Fernandez, who won the Fed Cup championship as a player in 1996. The American team features Vania King, Melanie Oudin, Christina McHale and Liezel Huber.
Germany is bidding to win its way back into the Fed Cup for 2012 this weekend after losing 3-2 to France last year. The team is captained by Barbara Rittner and features Andrea Petkovic, Julia Goerges, Sabine Lisicki and Anna-Lena Groenefeld.
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De Sint-Willibrorduskapel te Geijsteren is een kapel in het bos op landgoed en natuurgebied Landgoed Geijsteren. Het landgoed is ongeveer 700 hectare groot en bevindt zich ten westen van het dorp Geijsteren in de Nederlandse provincie Limburg. Ongeveer 500 meter ten westen van de kapel stroomt de Oostrumse Beek.
De kapel is een rijksmonument.
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In 1948 is de put en de omgeving aan een ander onderzoek onderworpen. De put bleek gebouwd te zijn in een oude veenpoel met een diameter van 12 meter. Uit stuifmeelonderzoek bleek dat de poel dateerde uit de 4e en 5e eeuw n.Chr. Op een zeker moment heeft men de veenpoel aan drie zijden (westen, noorden en oosten) omgeven door een gracht van ongeveer drie meter breed en 90 centimeter diep. In de 14e eeuw lag deze nog open, maar later stoof eerst de gracht en daarna de poel dicht. Daarna heeft men een ellipsvormige aarden wal van een meter hoog en 75 centimeter breed aangelegd die aan de zuidzijde open was. De wal omvatte een gebied van 6 x 18 meter. Ook de ringwal raakte overstoven en werd er hier een kapel gebouwd. Met de datering van de poel, het voortleven van heidense gebruiken en de connectie met de periode van kerstening, acht men het zeer waarschijnlijk dat het hier gaat om een gekerstende heidense bron.
Rond de middeleeuwse<|fim_middle|> waterput die van oudsher bekendstaat als de heilige bron en een grenspaal uit 1551. Deze paal markeert de grens tussen het Land van Cuijk en het Land van Kessel en is thans de grens tussen de provincies Noord-Brabant en Limburg en de gemeenten Venray en Meerlo-Wanssum.
De kapel heeft aan de westzijde een topgevel. Op het dak bevindt zich een open klokkenspitsje uit de 16e eeuw.
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Lijst van weg- en veldkapellen in Venray
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Willibrordus | kapel zijn er diverse pre-christelijke gebruiken in ere gebleven. Op donderdag (dag van Donar, god van de donder) trouwden hier de aanzienlijken. In 1713 werd een inwoner van Swolgen veroordeeld om op drie achtereenvolgende donderdagen met een wit laken (doodskleed en kleed van Vrouw Holle) over zijn hoofd naar de Willibrorduskapel te gaan.
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De kapel is in gotische stijl gebouwd maar de plaats was reeds lang voor de bouw van deze kapel een bedevaartsoord. De kapel dateert ongeveer uit de 16e eeuw. Naast de kapel bevinden zich een eeuwenoude | 182 |
My Cooking is Killing My Sheep!
Jesus told Peter to "feed my sheep." That responsibility falls upon us as a believing community. Yet Paul reminds us that we all have different gifts.
One of mine is surely not pastoral care. Mind you, I did some graduate work in this area, but it's not my forte.
I screwed it up, as they say.
You will remember that I spoke about finding some bloggers who were in transition, having freed themselves of fundamentalism. They were in deep pain, struggling to retain a faith that had lost it foundations.
I felt that my offerings were not helpful. Yet one commented on that post and I felt encouraged enough to continue. I should have left well enough alone.
I have not the right words it seems, or the right attitude, or something. In point of fact, I think I misunderstood the "place" of the other person. I negligently thought I saw a person still struggling to retain faith. Rather I think I found a person who rejected fundamentalism in its interpretation of the bible, but accepted its underlying threat: It's all inerrant, or you have no reason to accept any bit of it.
This is the constant and insidious ugly side of fundamentalism. Not only does it convince that a book is God, it convinces that if the Book isn't God, there is no God to be found.
Most of the other commenters on this post are agnostics or atheists, so they were challenging me as well as supporting the doubts raised by the poster. Trying to argue a person out of agnosticism or atheism, especially when it is newly acquired is a worthless proposition.
But it did get me to thinking. How very different my own journey.
While I knew plenty of Catholics in my young life, they were never ones to speak of their faith. It just wasn't done. When I did learn anything about religion and God, it was from a fundamentalist point of view. This was true through my early 20's and through my 30's.
For, intuitively I knew this: God had to be at least as perfect and beautiful as ANYTHING I could create in my own mind. I suspected God was much more, but the Creator MUST be at least that perfect. I was merely a person, with a reasoning brain after all.
So reason, before I knew a thing about real theology, was a hallmark of believing. Remember, I am the one who, upon learning that there was no Santa Claus, placed God in the same category. Wispy magical imaginative whispers of non-reality. Nice, but not real.
We had a lively conversation, and I left assured that my common sense and reason would never be assaulted by the strange child-like machinations of fundamentalist demands.
Since that time, I've studied under priests and other nuns who were theologians and biblical experts, some in the Roman tradition, and recently in the Episcopal tradition. They, individually, studied in some of the most respected and intellectually rigorous universities in the world.
I was never asked to accept their beliefs. I had the benefit of their scholarly learning, but one thing that all of these fine men and women taught me, was that questions were never bad, God was big enough to handle them. And moreover, I understood, whether said directly or by implication, that the hallmark of a mature faith was one worked out individually.
I have come to see it this way: God is like a key hole. We are the key. Yet, we are a key blank at the beginning. Our experiences, study, prayer, and so forth serve to try to create the key that we can place in the lock and turn. We work at this, making it sometimes jiggle, turn a bit, turn more, stick. We withdraw it at times and look it all over again. We hone, chisel, sharpen. Over time, with effort, we begin to unlock God.
Jesus, of course, was a perfect fit. Perhaps Buddha was as well. Others, those we revere as great mystics and teachers, have got the lock almost open. Once open, the kingdom is ours, today. Jesus tried to explain to us how to do this. He showed us "the way." But there are other ways, I think, since I dare say the Dalai Lama thinks the Buddha's way is such.
This is a God I can love, and revere and work hard to emulate. This God, who joyously provides all his sentient beings with keys, calling them to fashion themselves in his image.
Some wonder why it is hard? Should it be easy? What can we possibly learn if it is handed to us on a silver platter? No, we become Christ-like by the struggle. Study is my joy, teasing out the delicate threads of real value in sacred scripture. Sacred? Yes indeed, for all was wrought by believing minds speaking their truth as carefully and completely as they could.
Confound it, but I cannot speak this in a way that convinces the unbeliever. I preach to the choir only. It is my frustration. Is it yours?
Originally posted at A Feather Adrift.
Today I review the second in the new Belief series published by Westminster John Knox Press. Luke: (Belief: A Theological Commentary) is written by Justo L. González.
Again, I give my deepest thanks to WJK for giving me the opportunity to participate in reviewing this extraordinary series.
If Plachter's book on Mark was excellent, this second offering by González, meets that standard in every way. While Plachter perhaps placed more emphasis on the exegetical-historical aspects of the gospel, González focuses a bit more on the theological implications of Luke to our world today.
All good interpretation of the Bible is contemporary. If it were not so, it would not be good. . . .The Bible is not on a par with the subsequent interpretation; it is above it, as the text is antecedent to the commentary. And the interpretation is always an interpretation for the time in which it is written or spoken.
There is also a distinctive flavor of liberation theology which permeates the text. This also seems logical to me, since any fair reading of Luke renders the conclusion that Luke portraits a Christ who favored the poor and the marginalized as the true inheritors of the Kingdom of God.
Paramount in González's theology of Luke is that the evangelist emphasized above all that Jesus' teaching was one of the "great reversal." His teachings were indeed revolutionary to his world. His was a world of power held by Rome, of patriarchy, of Temple priests and church hierarchy. His teachings again and again told of the coming Kingdom where none of this would be so.
The poor, the marginalized, the unclean, the unwanted, the unworthy, the sinners, the children, the women–all these would find a new world in God's Kingdom, one in which those who were served would serve, those first would be last, those most religious and pious would often find themselves judged less than the most simple of the country folk of Galilee, that most marginal of lands.
In fact, Mr. González suggests that if one were to remove all the "reversal" stories from the text, there would be few pages left.
Perhaps the most stunning theological commentary comes with González's explanation of the Paralytic. He shows how Luke weaves a story of how the teachers and scribes, the Pharisees sat around listening to the teachings of Jesus. The friends of the lame man could not get through the crowd of the listeners to reach the Healer. The end up opening the roof to lower the man to Jesus inside.
González reflects on these "circles" about Christ that we as church construct. We sit as pious listeners before the Word. We block the way for those who come in need of healing and comfort.
He points out that these people are not necessarily bad, but in their zeal to be at the forefront, they (we) block the way of others. We are cautioned to open the doors to those who are marginalized outside the circle. These are the people Jesus most came to help.
Of special importance to me, are the continued references to Jesus' table hospitality. Too many of our churches set themselves up as arbiters of who is invited to the table of Christ. Any fair reading of Luke, suggests this is a grave error.
Time and time again, as González points out, Jesus welcomed the sinner to the table, and did not require any repentance as a condition to the invitation. He teaches that we should be inviting those who cannot repay our offer, instead of those who will extend a return invitation to ourselves.
There is example after example of gentle, and not so gentle reminders to us as readers, that the Gospel of Luke calls us to a discipleship that is not easy, and not comfortable either. Luke tells of a Jesus who comes not preaching so much an afterlife of bliss but a life offered that is truly life. A full life, filled with the Spirit, faithful to God, bearing the cross of discomfort with the joy of knowing that we are doing God's will as did He who was his image.
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Matthew tells the story of how Joseph in a dream is told to take the child Jesus and make haste for Egypt to protect him from Herod who has designs to kill the child. After Herod's death, Joseph is informed again in a dream to return home. He does so but finds that Herod's son, Archelaus, is now ruler so he journeys not home but to the neighboring region of Galilee,<|fim_middle|> mind, we are to be sympathetic and kind.
These are fine words of course. The readings leave out the end of this chapter which accords one who does not honor parents as no better than a blasphemer and one who will be accursed. These are harsh and punishing.
Yet what of those who have suffered at the hands of parents. Many people have not been given the benefit of parents. Many have been raised with only one, and that one hard pressed to do an adequate job when circumstances may require multiple jobs just to keep the family afloat. Many have never had contact with the absent parent, and may not even know who they are.
Of equal trauma, if not worse are those who have suffered at the hands of physically abusive parents. Whether sexual or not, deep scars psychological and otherwise take a lifetime to heal. And though not given as much press, those who have been psychologically abused by verbal and more insidious mind games, also suffer life-long wounds.
What of these? So many of us are the product of dysfunctional families. When you expand to grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, the opportunity for abusive treatment are magnified. Are those who are victims of such families to simply forgive, forget, and honor?
They would find it hard to do so, and plenty of experts say that asking is unfair. Victims need to confront the hard facts of their torturers and need to confront them and make them face themselves. So the experts say. Where do these victims find solace? How can they read these admonitions to "be respectful" and be anything more than even more hurt and discouraged?
I think the pathway can be found by enlarging the concept of "parent." All of us parent when we interact with another human. We pattern behavior, we offer advice, we commiserate, we empathize. All these are human responses of the same nature as traditional parenting.
This idea becomes more apparent when we look at Paul's (or pseudo Paul) advice to the Colossian community. Paul tells us to "clothe ourselves in compassion, kindness, humility and gentleness and patience." We are to "forgive when a quarrel begins". Over all this we are to drape a cloak of "love." We are to be at peace. Teach each other, advise each other.
All this Paul exhorts us to do as a community of believers. As parents, if you will, to each other.
While we may not find purchase in our own immediate families with which to relate, we can look to our broader "family of humanity" and realize these same attributes. We can honor and respect our fellow humans. We can care for others in their infirmities and failing minds. We can be gentle and kind to their errors.
We can protect our greater family against the errors and dangers they are pursuing by speaking truth with compassion; we can admonish with love, knowing that we too are prone to err ourselves.
Paul in the end reminds parents, "never drive your children to resentment" for that will "frustrate" them, inhibiting their ability to honor and respect, as they are called to do.
Many in this world live alone. This was not the norm in the times when the writer of Ecclesiasticus, or Colossians wrote. In fact, it was highly abnormal. Large family units of parents, grandparents, sometimes children with spouses and young children inhabited the same household.
Yet, we can all respond to the words by seeing ourselves rightly in the family of humanity. No one is alone, we are all interconnected, and the Trinity, though deeply mysterious, at least seems to suggest that God expects for us to live in community, as God does. As Emmanuel (God with us) did and still does.
Will There Be Any Faith On Earth?
Indeed, what a question. It asks the seminal question to all of us, and for me synthesized a number of things I read, making me wonder, just what is faith?
It basically goes like this: If we have no settled doctrine to rely on, then we have nothing but what is the fashion of the day. I can as easily reject your "preferential option for the poor" as you reject church teaching on homosexuality. Where does it stop? To be Catholic is the accept this repository of faith as your foundation. No one is keeping you here.
This presupposes I would argue, that there is such a repository of faith that is sacrosanct as it were. Untouched in its basics since the resurrection at least, only added to as we come into a "fuller" understanding of truth. And many believe this is correct–they argue that there is perfect truth, unalterable, and knowable as such by everyone.
I daresay that every generation has thought it had the truth. Yet, civilization progresses over the eons and what was normative in 1350 C.E. is not necessarily so today in terms of moral behavior.
It denies as well, it seems to me, that the Holy Spirit works ever in the human race to help it, individually and collectively to understand who and what they are and what their life is to be. To suggest that even when majorities of faithful Catholics disagree with the Magisterium they are wrong by definition, is to deny that the Holy Spirit is active in the hearts and minds of each of us.
It is to deny, moreover, the value of the gift of intellect, or reason also gifted to us. Are we not to learn from the our pasts and to extrapolate anew, more inclusive morals for our future? Are we not to draw into sanctity all life as a higher level of love? All because such things were not contemplated in the past?
Again we get the presumed "never-changing faith" claim. Does not the Archbishop know that this is not true? Moreover has he learned no lessons from the past?
Father Frederick J. Cwiekowski, in his book, The Beginnings of the Church, explained how modernism was condemned by the Inquisition, turned Holy Office in 1908. Modernism, meaning the use of modern methods of biblical exegesis such as form, text, redaction, and other forms of criticism. The determinations made by such methods were condemned.
The Gospels were not historical but teaching testimonials, interpretations by the evangelist of what Jesus said and taught.
It questioned Christ's anticipation of the emergent church.
It questioned whether the apostles in fact knew of Christ's deity before the resurrection.
The Pontifical Biblical Commission in the years 1905-1915 declared all these things in error and heretical. Such conclusions were bolstered by the encyclical On the Doctrines of the Modernists by Pius X, and again in Spiritus Paraclitus by Benedict XV in 1920.
There is evidence they did not understand that Jesus was divine until after his resurrection. The apostles passed down what Jesus truly said and did, but it was later interpreted to the needs of the listeners of the Gospels.
None of the evangelists were apostles and they adapted and synthesized the information at hand to the situation of the emergent church.
These became incorporated into the final document, the 1965, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, (art. 19).
There is no truth to the claim that once dogma always dogma.
It seems to me, that faith, and being faithful is to be a constant student of what is taught by the Church and constantly to study what is being learned about the bible and its theological underpinnings. It is constant searching for truth, always following heart and mind, with careful and deep reflection.
It seems to me that we are all called to this work. It is simply not faithful to simply rely on an institution, no matter how revered as the sole determiner of all things moral and right. We, as Catholics, as Christians are obligated to seek truth ourselves.
Indeed, I do think there will be faith on Earth, Lord, as long as good people of strong believe ever seek to apply the issues of the day to the tenor of your teaching. | in Nazareth.
We learn that Joseph is the epitome of fatherhood, taking his son and wife to new lands to protect them and then being cautious upon return, keeping a "low profile" in a small backwater town, called Nazareth (can anything good come of Nazareth? indeed!).
Most of us can relate, knowing that our parents too would have done whatever was necessary to protect us and keep us safe.
The other readings are more problematical.
In Ecclesiasticus, we are told that the offspring should honor father and mother, indeed our sins are forgiven as we do so. We will have a long life if we respect and serve our parents. Even if they suffer from a failing | 144 |
No dog should ever end up in a shelter because of bad behavior! The truth is that a bad owner who didn't train them is to blame. A well trained dog can become a happy, healthy, and well adjusted member of the family. Making sure that your dog is well trained and pleasant to be around is possible. It simply takes time, knowledge, and effort.
When training a puppy to use a crate it is important to take your time and start with only a few steps at a time. When your dog appears to be at ease while inside the crate with the door ajar, you can help him adjust to the crate even further by slowly latching the door and rewarding him with treats fed to him through the spaces between the wires. Keep them in the crate for a small duration and slowly increase that duration. If the dog doesn't like it, slow the process.
When correcting your dog verbally, use sharp, short, concise commands. Avoid launching<|fim_middle|> to making this happen. Utilize the tactics above to help your dog become a part of the family. | a lengthy tirade against your pet and his naughty behavior. Say no and let them know what you would rather have them do. Also make sure that the volume of your voice commands their attention and lets them know that you mean business.
TIP! Once your pet is able to progress through training sessions, you'll be able to loosen the reins somewhat. The right balance of training, obedience and freedom ensures your dog has an enjoyable life.
Rewarding your dog generously and properly is essential in training your dog. Quantity and timing are important when it comes to rewards. Dogs won't know why they're being rewarded if you're not consistent.
TIP! Teach your dog not to bark with a simple command. The next time your dog barks, let him see a treat and give the order for him to be quiet; repeat this until your dog stops barking.
Consistency is very important when you are crate training your puppy. When your puppy gets out of its crate, you need to give it the occasion to relieve itself right away. As he gets older, he will gain greater control of his bodily functions, making it easier to control himself.
TIP! When traveling with your pet, ensure you pack all the necessary equipment. You should take their bed, bowls, and things to clean up after them.
As you progress with your dog's training, you should begin to give it more and more freedom. The right balance of training, obedience and freedom ensures your dog has an enjoyable life. Just be careful that you don't give your dog too much freedom, as this can cause negative behavior.
Be prepared to reward the dog as soon as it completes a positive behavior. You want to make sure that your dog understands that he has accomplished a good thing. Your dog will become able to realize the difference between what you consider as good and bad behavior.
TIP! Does your dog pull on the leash? This issue is often faced by dog owners, but is quite easy to fix. Buy yourself a dog harness, which will reduce pulling and improve the quality of your walks.
Start your dog's training by doing something it could easily learn. Not only will you achieve gratification due to your success, but your dog will know what acceptable behavior is. In doing so, you will see more consistent and positive results.
If your dog's barking is driving you nuts, you might try acclimating the animal to whatever stimuli is causing the undesirable excitement. First, determine what it is that causes your dog to bark- a knock on the door, someone walking by the car, or other cause. Your dog will understand that there is no need to bark in these situations.
TIP! If you're interested in your dog's agility, it's a great idea to pick a dog that's suited for it. Some breeds are just naturally more agile than others.
As it was stated previously, having a well-behaved and happy dog in your family is very possible. Proper training and showing your dog lots of affection and kindness are important | 611 |
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Christmas time, mistletoe and bleurgh!
Christmas is fast approaching isn't it? Children are finishing school for the year. Adults are possibly taking a break from work. For many it is a time of fun, relaxation and celebration but equally for many, Christmas is a difficult time. How about you? Are you facing Christmas without someone you love? Are you in an unhappy relationship? Does the thought of spending time with family put the spotlight on painful family dynamics? Perhaps money is a concern? Christmas can be expensive and place extra pressure on an already stretched budget. Perhaps you've been feeling lonely and this time of year is heightening that feeling? Maybe you've been thinking about<|fim_middle|> would like? A day under the duvet, some quiet time or a walk in nature perhaps? It doesn't really matter what it is. What I'm wondering is whether it is possible for you to carve out a little 'me' time to just allow you to be? It's not easy with competing pressures, but giving yourself something, even a little something, can be like offering yourself the same level of care you offer others; treating yourself as equally important.
I wish you well during the holiday period. If you do find in the New Year you'd like to make an appointment to come and see me, please give me a call on 07578 839779 or email me at donnagibson@thebridgecounsellingservice.co.uk and I'll be glad to book you in.
A very well written blog encapsulating how mamy are feeling at Christmas. | coming to counselling but want to get Christmas out of the way first. If so, it could be a tough period for you as you wait until the timing is better.
So what can you do in the meantime? I wonder how you feel about giving yourself permission not to feel OK? It perhaps goes against the grain, especially if you are used to masking your true feelings or trying hard to be upbeat for the sake of others. Sometimes just accepting where you find yourself can be helpful. Often there are no easy answers, but having compassion for yourself can help reduce the internal pressure. Even if you are committed to making Christmas great for everyone despite how you feel, you have given yourself the go-ahead to not feel OK. You are being true to yourself.
Perhaps that's enough? If it isn't though, could you tell one person how you're feeling? It's not always easy to put our needs at the forefront, but how would it be to risk asking someone to listen to you without offering any advice – could you ask for this? If you don't feel in a position to talk to someone, how about journalling – not necessarily documenting what you've been doing, but instead getting in touch with and writing about how you're feeling and what you're thinking? It may help you gain some clarity.
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Tribal's Managing Director of Quality Assurance Solutions, Janet Tomlinson had the pleasure of meeting with British Columbia Premier Christy Clark at Canada House in London.
Ms Clark was visiting the UK as British Columbia are keen to attract businesses and was very positive about encouraging British companies, especially post-Brexit.
The BC Premier discussed plans for economic development in British Columbia, and shared her thoughts on how technology can shape the future of education.
The Premier discussed education as core to<|fim_middle|> on the importance of early years in terms of preventing failure later on, especially for children who have special needs.
We are very excited to hear the plans for education in British Columbia and the opportunities for UK companies to be involved. | the long term economic vision for British Columbia, by ensuring that young people are trained in the skills that business will need. This includes the use of IT to make educational processes more efficient and she also commented | 40 |
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In 2017, Haynes birthed "A Vision Into Reality" Empowering women from all walks of life to participate in a mass photo shoot across all sectors is essential to build stronger economies, achieve internationally agreed goals for development and sustainability, and improve the quality of life for women, men, families, and communities. She honors our Congressional leaders, Judges, Police officers, Pastors, organizations, artist, Chefs, community activist, filmmakers, writers, women, and brands who inspire women to be inspired. Haynes continues building the world that she wishes to see, one piece at a time. Her vision has continued to grow each year with the addition of adding men to her program. The more of us who participate, the greater the impact.
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Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. (June 27, 1928 – March 4, 1993) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for New York from 1975 to 1981.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Brooklyn public elementary schools and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School, Queens, New York in 1946. Ambro earned a B.A. from New York University in 1955. He was married on June 11, 1955, to Helen McCooey, with whom he had three children, Cathleen Ambro DeRolf, David Ambro and Richard Ambro. His second wife was Antoinette Salatto.
Ambro served in the United States Army as a member of the Military Police from 1951 to 1953 where he attained the rank of sergeant.
Ambro served the town of Huntington as a budget office and purchasing and personnel director from 1960 to 1967. Later, he served on the Suffolk County, New York Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1969. From 1968 to 1974 he served four terms as Supervisor for the town of Huntington. He was simultaneously chairman of Huntington's Urban Renewal Agency, as well as president of Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Huntington.
In 1970, Ambro challenged Basil Paterson for the Democratic nomination<|fim_middle|> 25,000 cubic yards (19,000 m³), comply with the environmental criteria for ocean dumping under the MPRSA, in addition to the requirements of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. After leaving Congress, he worked as a lobbyist, and was a governmental and legislative consultant.
Ambro died, from diabetes, in a hospital at Falls Church, Virginia, on March 4, 1993 (age 64 years, 250 days). He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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United States Congress. "Jerome Ambro (id: A000170)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. | for Lieutenant Governor of New York, but was defeated in the primary election.
Elected as a Democrat to the 94th, 95th and 96th United States Congresses, Ambro served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1981. He led the Democratic Party to its first sweep of Huntington elections in 35 years. While Ambro was in office, the town of Huntington became the first municipality to ban the use of the pesticide DDT.
In 1980, Ambro authored an amendment to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (Section 106(f)) to require that the disposal of dredged material into Long Island Sound from any federal project, or from any non-federal project exceeding | 167 |
Turley, Kylie Nielson
Rhetoric and Ritual : A Deade of "Woman's Exponent" Death Poetry
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Turley examines death poetry printed in the Woman's Exponent in terms of eulogy, the "gospel of comfort" or doctrine that provides comfort, and scriptural texts. These same areas of study were the focus of Davis Bitton's work published in "Mormon Funeral<|fim_middle|> out for comfort and trying to reconcile "the assumption that a true testimony of life after death should stifle sorrow and the emotional devastation" that accompanies the death of a loved one. Finally, the authors of these poems often used texts from or alluded to scriptures to find comfort, hope and justification "for their deep and abiding grief." They were women of faith, as seen by their use of scripture, but faith did not erase their grief.
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Women, publications | Sermons in the Nineteenth Century." Turley compares her findings to those published by Bitton. Women eulogized in death poems were praised for their usefulness and for their role of mother. On the other hand, funeral sermons given by men "overwhelmingly focused on the virtues of being 'just and true'" rather than the virtues of parenthood. In addition, death poetry rarely described the relationship between a man and a woman, but more often focused on relationships between mother and child or between women. These poets were crying | 109 |
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Manufacturing Bits: June 18
Making microvias in packages; flexible fan-out.
June 18th, 2019 - By: Mark LaPedus
Making microvias in packages
At the recent IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in Las Vegas, Georgia Institute of Technology<|fim_middle|> is a way of integrating multiple dies in a package or system. The basic idea is that you have a menu of modular chips, or chiplets, in a library. Then, you assemble chiplets in a package and connect them using a die-to-die interconnect scheme.
In its latest work, UCLA demonstrated a large area (37mm x 52mm) foldable 7-segment display. The display integrates LED dielets based on an indium- gallium-nitride (InGaN) technology. The dielets are connected using 40μm pitch vertically corrugated copper interconnects.
"Through FlexTrate, we can target wearable and implantable applications that require high-performance, flexible systems, such as multi-channel surface electromyography (sEMG) systems, optogenetics for neural implants, and so on," said Arsalan Alam from UCLA, in a paper at ECTC.
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Mark LaPedus is Executive Editor for manufacturing at Semiconductor Engineering. | , Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) and Panasonic presented a paper on a technology that enables ultra-small microvias for advanced IC packages.
Researchers demonstrated a picosecond UV laser technology as well as materials, which enabled 2μm to 7μm vias for 2.5D interposers and high-density fan-out packages. A package incorporates a device with various routing layers. Microvias are tiny holes or vias, which connect one layer with another in a package.
There are several ways to make vias. The system used in this study is a UV laser system from ESI. The system, called Corner Stone, uses a coherent solid-state laser. It is a 355nm wavelength system that generates picosecond pulses at 80MHz with an output power of 16 watts, according to researchers.
This system created vias using an ablation or drilling process. A laser forms the vias. Using the UV laser tool, microvias with a minimum diameter of <7μm were fabricated in 5μm thick Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF) technology. A 7μm thick low-stress dielectric film from Panasonic was also used.
"This is the first demonstration of very small microvias (<7μm) in polymer dielectrics using UV laser ablation," said Fuhan Liu from Georgia Institute of Technology in a paper. "The motivation of this work is to address the high RDL interconnect density requirements for 2.5D interposer and high-density fan-out packages. The next generation of low-cost, ultra-small microvias will (1) Increase the RDL I/O density, (2) Meet fine bump pitch requirements, (3) Reduce the metal layer count for package substrate RDL, (4) Fill the gap between semiconductor back-end-of-line (BEOL) process and semi-additive process (SAP) and thereby (5) Improve the packaging performance at lower costs."
Flexible fan-out
At ECTC, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) described more details about a fan-out wafer-level packaging integration process using a flexible substrate.
In the works for some time, UCLA refers to its flexible substrate technology as FlexTrate. In its latest work, researches demonstrated a foldable display with LED dielets.
Flexible hybrid electronics are gaining steam in the market. The technology enables the integration of dies on a flexible organic substrate. But there are some challenges with the technology.
Instead of traditional technology, UCLA uses a flexible elastomeric molding compound called polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). PDMS enables the system to bend with an extreme radius. Then, dies are embedded in PDMS. The technology does not require a bonding process.
This approach uses a modular dielet approach. Dielets are a similar concept to chiplets, which | 593 |
John Burton, professor of dermatology at Bristol, was a pivotal figure in British dermatology, with contributions<|fim_middle|> was survived by two daughters, a son (a professor of ophthalmology) and nine grandchildren. | to writing, research, teaching and leadership within his specialty. He combined his many talents as an academic and kindly physician with a wonderful sense of humour. Although he spent his consultant career as a dermatologist, John Burton had a very thorough training as a physician and sustained his links with the Royal College of Physicians as a writer of questions and examiner for the MRCP exam from 1987 to 1992.
He became increasingly widely known from the 1970s onwards through his writing – firstly for those studying for the MRCP with Aids to postgraduate medicine (Edinburgh, Livingstone, 1970), soon followed by Aids to undergraduate medicine (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1973), Aids to medicine for nurses (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1976), Aids to medicine for dental students (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1983) and Essentials of dermatology (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1979). In these slim texts, John combined the essentials for understanding the subjects with an iconoclastic humour, such that readers found that they could after all remember those lists that were needed to pass exams.
John was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, the son of Lloyd Burton, a school teacher, and was the first in his family to go to a grammar school and then on to university. He had a highly successful undergraduate career at Manchester, obtaining many prizes and a BSc in physiology before moving through a series of prestigious junior posts in medicine – the professorial unit in Manchester, Hammersmith, the Brompton, then Edinburgh – where he undertook cardiovascular research before becoming a dermatologist.
John was attracted to the stimulating research-orientated environment of Sam Shuster's dermatology department at Newcastle, where he joined a group who would later have a major influence on British dermatology – including Bill Cunliffe (later professor at Leeds), Malcom Greaves (later professor at the Institute of Dermatology), Martin Black (later professor at St Thomas') and Rod Dawber (later at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford). His own work was on sebaceous gland physiology, biochemistry and pathology. He was appointed to the first academic post in dermatology in Bristol as a senior lecturer and consultant dermatologist in 1973. Although facilities for research initially promised did not materialise, John nonetheless continued to produce research and supervise postgraduate students, mainly on the biochemistry and endocrinology of sebaceous glands and epidermal lipids. He established teaching in dermatology for undergraduates, GPs, nurses, dentists and many other groups. He was made a reader in 1982 and then professor in 1993.
He was a busy and talented clinician in Bristol Royal Infirmary's dermatology department, retaining his general physician's approach and he brought the rigour of his scientific training to clinical work. As well as his scientific research papers, John made many important contributions to the literature, particularly in therapeutics, including some that were a 'first', such as the benefit of metronidazole for rosacea, a double-blind controlled trial published in The Lancet in 1976 ('Treatment of rosacea by metronidazole' Lancet. 1976 Jun 5;1:1211-2).
He had many key roles in British dermatology. He served for six years on the executive committee of the British Association of Dermatologists, was chairman of its therapeutics sub-committee and was its president from 1995 to 1996. He was a very successful editor of the British Journal of Dermatology (from 1981 to 1985). He was the adviser in dermatology to the chief medical officer (from 1988 to 1994). His clinical prowess was recognised when he was chosen to be president of the dermatology section at the Royal Society of Medicine (from 1994 to 1995). He was an editor for three editions of Rook's textbook of dermatology (Oxford, Blackwell Scientific, 1986, 1991 and 1999), and also contributed nine chapters to this major British textbook. He wrote many leaders and editorials to the British Medical Journal and The Lancet – most anonymously.
The humorous side to John was sometimes seen in formal publications such as 'Prolonged haemorrhage following nail clipping' (regarding his botched attempt to trim the claws of a budgie), published in The Lancet in 1983 (Lancet. 1983 Dec 24-31;2[8365-66]:1484-5), then reprinted in Howard J Bennett's The best of medical humor (Hanley and Belfus, 1991) and particularly in his many after dinner speeches and guest lectures.
His erudition, enquiring mind, encyclopaedic knowledge and memorable style of presentation – almost always using his inimitable sense of fun – made him a much sought-after lecturer. He gave the prestigious Parkes Weber lecture at the Royal College of Physicians ('Diet and dermatology' 1988), and the Dowling Oration ('The logic of dermatological diagnosis' 1980) and the Deville lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine ('Cutaneous and sexual stereotyping' 1996).
John retired from his clinical and university positions in Bristol in 1996 and moved first to Dorset and then Somerset. He continued to work for a further two years as a consultant dermatologist at Dorchester Hospital.
From an early age he had enjoyed painting, and for more than 30 years John was a highly-regarded designer bookbinder. After retirement, he took up stone carving, jewellery making and furthered his gardening skills, particularly with bonsai trees.
Despite having suffered ill health for many years, John maintained his curiosity for life, wrote a blog with his thoughts and continued as many of his interests as possible. For 54 years, he was happily married to Pat (née Crankshaw), who was a consultant histopathologist at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. It was a devastating loss when Pat died in February 2018. John died from heart failure in November of the same year. He | 1,351 |
Where Has the Right Relations Task Force Been?
The Right Relations Task Force has become the Right Relations Committee, a standing committee of the Board. We are developing a charter,<|fim_middle|> Empowering Connection. Pam is an expert in teaching restorative communication skills. Several groups and individual congregants have become familiar with her work. Pam has been teaching how to create safe spaces for individuals and groups to move through roadblocks and conflict into growth and transformation.
This is just the beginning! If you would like to know more about the Right Relations Committee or Facilitation Team, please contact a member of the Right Relations Committee.
Louise Wilkinson, Mark Norelius, Mary Anderson and Aisha Hauser. | have submitted a budget, and we are working with the Board and other groups within East Shore to imbed right relations practices into the fabric of our church.
The Right Relations Committee introduced East Shore's Covenant of Right Relations at the June Congregational Meeting. Many people have signed the covenant signaling their support. A banner with the covenant will be available in the foyer on Sunday mornings for your signature as well.
What's really fabulous is that the Right Relations Facilitation Team (RRFT) is almost ready to tell the world that it is trained, practiced, and ready to serve individuals seeking guidance in resolving a conflict. The goal of "conflict coaching" is for an individual to become clear about their conflict and develop their own way forward. Over the summer the RRFT has received training from The City of Bellevue Conflict Resolution Center in coaching an individual through a conflict and they have practiced and practiced to hone their skills. Once the team is ready to go, anyone in the congregation wanting help to resolve a conflict can contact any RRFT team member or Right Relations Committee member to access their services. Stay tuned for more on what Facilitation Team members can offer.
Right Relations Facilitation Team members are being trained as process observers at meetings – for example, calling group attention to members who are trying to contribute but haven't been recognized, checking in when a group's Guidelines of Right Relations have been breached, and simply to ensure that a meeting doesn't fall off the rails of good listening and conflict response. If your meeting could use a neutral observer, let us know.
Members of the Right Relations Facilitation Team are Michelle Danley, Peter Sugarman, Dave Porter, Milly Mullarky, Jennifer Sumner, Mike Radow, Jose Garcia, and Mark Norelius.
Mark is already working with the Holly House Task Force as a process observer. We are hoping that what is learned here will serve the entire community as we move forward.
The Right Relations Committee and Facilitation Team are working with and learning from Pam Orbach of | 407 |
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Band Directory • Powered by Free Music • Last Login: 04 May 2008 04:32 PM • Guestbook • MiniPlayer | Frank Thewes Starts With A Step Frank Thewes' first full-length solo CD, "Starts With A Stept was released in June of 2004. A labor of love and recorded live in New Hope, Pennsylvania above the New Hope Candle Shop, the11 song "Starts With A Stept is Frank's first official output. As a balanced and creative work, "Starts With A Stept stands out because of its original flavor. Dylan-esque overtones, a few tunings borrowed from the Nick Drake cannon, mild similarities to Eddie Vedder, Leonard Cohen and Elvis Costello, and a subtle pop sensibility color this record. Subtle pop sensibilities aside, "Starts With A Stept is more of a singer/songwriter record. Mature and interesting evocations of experience and life, told through the various narratives of would-be love songs. "People have heard a few tracks and have said 'she must have been some girl'. Well, she is. But these songs are about me, as with any writer's songs. You are the filter, it came through you, and has to be of you. Emotional change of any kind can be a catalyst all kinds of songs. Besides, it's always good to look under the lyrics for a better view.t We get a better view of Frank Thewes with "Starts With A Stept. It is an interesting and evocative listening, meant to be played from start to finish. It's strong variety of song styles and moods, tempos and dynamics make it a CD player staple. Frank's deep, rich and evolving voice and strong but delicate guitar style take listeners on a musical ride, almost 45 minutes long. From the chiming opener "Love is a Compromiset, through songs like "Sugart, "Just Got Backt, "Listen to Reasont and the beautiful, stirring v almost John Mayer flavored "Birthday Songt, "Starts With A Stept is a very real and compelling work of music. "Starts With | 422 |
Elizabeth Carrott Minnigh, shareholder in the firm's Tax section, was honored as an outstanding author of the year by Bloomberg Tax.
Elizabeth and David E. Stutzman received the Outstanding Portfolio Author of the Year award for their work on Tax Management Portfolio 815, Planning for Authors, Musicians, Artists, and Collectors. The Portfolio addresses the unique issues involved in planning for and administering estates that consist in part of assets that have been created<|fim_middle|> Portfolio," said Minnigh. "I appreciate the opportunity to contribute practical insights on a topic I am passionate about to the legal community together with my brilliant co-author."
Read more about the honor in "Bloomberg Tax Announces Recipients of Outstanding Author Awards in Estates, Gifts, and Trusts." | by the decedent's personal creative efforts or the creative efforts of others.
"It is a true honor to be recognized by Bloomberg Tax for our | 29 |
The Niroga Yoga Studio has transitioned from a full service studio to offering select classes at our Training Center in Fellowship Hall, a part of the Oakland Peace Center. Our classes and teachers specialize in high quality personalized yoga instruction for all ages and abilities.
To learn more about our styles of teaching and what to expect in class, please visit our Class Descriptions page.
The Niroga Yoga Studio is<|fim_middle|> Transformative Life Skills to communities in need, such as incarcerated youth, high school students, and cancer survivors, many of whom may not otherwise seek out or have the opportunity to learn and practice these skills.
Niroga Institute strives to foster health and well being for individuals, families, and communities through the practice of Yoga. The Sanskrit word, Niroga, means 'freedom from disease' or integral health - health of body, mind, and spirit. | operated by Niroga Institute, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to foster health and well being through Transformative Life Skills (TLS) for underserved individuals, families, and communities.
Through direct service, education, and research, we bring | 56 |
Big Issue vendors star<|fim_middle|> a joy to work with both Southampton FC and the Saints Foundation throughout the process and wonderful for the vendors to have been involved throughout the week and today. The results really show the shared values we have as two organisations, working with the most vulnerable in society, giving them a hand up, not a hand out.
"It's great to see a football club working towards a positive outcome in this way. We are delighted with how it has gone and are looking forward to working with Southampton FC and the Saints Foundation in the future."
Our special Saints edition is still available from the The Big Issue Shop | at Southampton FC Premier League opener
Our vendors got the chance to swap the high street for the bright lights of the English Premier League as they sold the special edition match day programme at Saints' first game of the season against Swansea City on Saturday.
Big Issue vendors kicked off our new partnership with Southampton FC in style as they stole the show at St Mary's Stadium on Saturday.
As Saints began their Premier League campaign with a goalless draw at home to Swansea City, 14 vendors were on-hand to sell the special edition of The Big Issue that was the official matchday programme for the day. The historic first-of-its-kind link-up saw the one-off edition on sale at the match on the day as well as across the Hampshire region in the week running up to the game.
Saints footballers Nathan Redmond, Oriol Romeu, Manolo Gabbiadini and Florin Gardos also swapped the football pitch for a pitch of another kind when they joined the vendors on the streets of Winchester to distribute the edition.
And the partnership does not end there with The Big Issue Foundation, the organisation's charitable arm, offering the opportunity for vendors to enrol in an eight-week employability programme run by Saints Foundation, the club's official charity. The course equips vendors with job-ready skills and offers work placements across the club and will then see them afforded the opportunity of long-term employment appointments with Southampton FC.
This partnership is something that should be done more often, definitely
Gary Jackson, one of the first Big Issue vendors with the opportunity to enrol on the course, insists that he is excited about the opportunity after his big day at St Mary's.
"This has opened up so many possibilities today," he said. "I had the chance to meet some of the players while I was selling down near where the players arrive, which was great.
"I thought that selling the magazine with all these people here was going to be nerve-wracking but it went really well once it got going and a lot of the fans said that it was a really good idea once they got their head around it.
"There can be a lot of misunderstanding about The Big Issue and about homeless people but I think that this partnership has shown what we are about and that we are good people.
"This is going to continue with me going on to a do a hospitality course in October. Hopefully that will lead to me having a chance to work at the club. It has given me a chance to build and work out a structured life for myself. This partnership is something that should be done more often, definitely."
Istvan Kakas, who has been selling the magazine for seven years, called his appearance at St Mary's 'one of his best days'.
The vendor, who shared a booth with fellow seller Richard Cotterill on Saturday, said: "Today has been absolutely brilliant. We sold lots of magazines, over 250 and I think a lot fans were pleased with the magazine.
"Working with Southampton is a really fantastic idea and although it is a shame that they couldn't get the win on the day, it has given me one of my best days in my time as a vendor."
Richard added: "I think that it is a brilliant idea for The Big Issue to work with Southampton and I really enjoyed seeing the match – football is a lot different to when I last went to a match.
"The reaction from fans was positive on the whole and after 2pm I almost didn't have to do any selling because the queues were always big."
Greg Baker, Head of Saints Foundation, said: "The matchday activation of our partnership with the Big Issue at our first home fixture of the season against Swansea City was an incredible experience and really demonstrated how our shared values are at the heart of our partnership.
"It was great to see our fans really embrace the partnership and the vendors and we look forward to welcoming them back to the club and into the employability programme that we will be running in the near future.
Editor @PauldMcNamee speaks to the BBC about the historic link-up with #saintsfcpic.twitter.com/ys9XX6Pdg8
— The Big Issue (@BigIssue) August 12, 2017
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Ilit Azoulay (b. Jaffa 1972) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She received her BFA (1998) and MFA (2010) from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.
Azoulay received a classical training in photography, but ever since she completed her MFA she has critically confronted the norms of photography imposed by a paradigm, developed in a male-dominated industry capturing the decisive moment.
She is best known for developing a technique aimed at recomposing an image according to data gained from a thorough research process.
On the one hand her post-produced images inscribe the photographic process in duration, while on the other it alters the photographic perspective induced by the use of a single lens. In her works it is no longer possible to assess the position or temporality of the photographer for she vanishes behind the grid.
The artist critiques the Darwinist notion of progress that undergirds the technicity of photography and often refers to "the one man in the first daguerreotype who was unknowingly photographed, simply because the technology was not part of his understanding of the world yet.
With the help of researchers and witnesses, her work is developed on a textuality functioning as data. Azoulay does not create objects but rather discloses how an object has come about and shows why and how this disclosure gives itself as art. None of her works are photography in the straightforward sense of the term, all elements are carefully sensed, traced and (dis)placed. Her composite and multilayered images allow for a parallax view of several levels across time and space and are inscribed in the record of a duration.
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– Susanne Landau, In the Studio: Ilit Azoulay. In: Art in America, 2013
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We have been very busy today making Easter Cards. We placed a cross on the front and painted over it, before carefully taking it off the reveal our full piece of art on our cards with a silhouette of a cross. | cards and wanted then to look like they were shining as a sign of Jesus rising. We thoroughly enjoyed making our cards and can't wait to give them to our family and friends to celebrate this special time of year.
Today we visited our school prayer stations about the Easter Story. We reflected in each station and enjoyed our time in the hall.
Year 4 visit the prayer stations!
Today we visited the prayer stations which have been set up in the hall. Each station represents part of Jesus' journey from when he was condemned to death to His resurrection. We enjoyed the activities and it was a lovely time for prayer and reflection. Thank you Mrs Colley!
On Monday Reception were joined by Deacon Kevin and More than Dance. We are celebrating Holy Week in school and the build up to special events over Easter. We thought about what Jesus gave up for us and reflected on what we had given up for Lent and the promises we had made. We remember the love God has shown us and Deacon Kevin showed us how to express ourselves through dance so that we build movements in response to different emotions and words from God.We had such a lovely time learning the Easter story through dance. Reception then presented their dance in the afternoon as part of the liturgy.
Year 2 had a wonderful time learning the Easter story through dance.They talked about the Last Supper and discussed how they could go and serve God. The children then presented their dance in the liturgy on the Tuesday.
Yesterday we worked with More Than Dance to learn a liturgical dance. Our dance was all about Palm Sunday. We used a ribbon band as palms. We are looking forward to our Mass this afternoon.
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The first<|fim_middle|> don't end up completely lost and flustered.
Being observant is just as important, if not more. It's the simple things like zipping up your purse, not stopping to talk to sketchy looking strangers advertising something, and being aware of who is sitting or walking near you. Obviously, be more on guard in super touristy areas since pickpockets target tourists. Look like you know what you're doing, and you'll be just fine!
If you've found this article useful, you should check out my blog for more travel-related wisdom. I want to encourage people to get out there and see the world. I want people to know that it is possible to have a five star trip on a budget. I want my blog to entertain, inspire, and guide people towards a lifetime of travel. Stop fantasizing about your dream trip and start making it happen. | question I usually get from people when I mention solo travel is, "won't you get lonely?". Let me start off by saying that I don't think solo travel is for everyone. However, if you consider yourself a fairly independent and adventurous person, there is no reason why solo travel shouldn't be an enjoyable experience.
To be honest, solo travel was never something I thought I'd do. The idea first came to me when I had returned from studying abroad in London back in 2010. Ever since I was a young girl, I could remember having the travel bug. However, I was seriously suffering from this bug after returning from my study abroad program. I was desperate to plan my next trip and scrambling to figure out who would join me. I basically grew impatient trying to convince my friends to commit to travel plans so I just decided to jet off on my own! It was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Even though I was just re-visiting London, a city I had come to know quite well, I knew it was going to be a completely different experience on my own. It's easy to listen to those people who tell you it isn't safe to travel on your own, especially as a woman, or that you'll get extremely lonely. I forced myself to look at it from a different perspective. I could go anywhere I wanted, perhaps waste an entire day in a museum if I felt like it. I could also pick whichever restaurant I wanted to eat at without taking a vote from my friends (who are mostly vegans and vegetarians!).
I'm only human and of course I was secretly scared about the loneliness, especially during the evenings since that's when it usually ends up sinking in, right? Therefore, I made sure I had set plans for every evening I was there. During the days, I wandered wherever I wanted, but I was comforted knowing that my evenings were planned out. I ended up going on the London eye one night, seeing two shows (Phantom of the Opera and Billy Elliot), and meeting up with an old school friend for dinner on my last night. Most people I know also seem to have this fear of eating alone. I've never really cared about that, but if you're concerned, bring something to read! I find that in big cities like London, you often see people eating alone, so it's really not a big deal.
Another bonus about travelling alone is meeting other solo travellers! This is easier to do if you're staying at some sort of youth Hostel, however, I've met several solo travellers while visiting certain attractions. I always seem to meet one when asking them to take my picture in front of some monument. It's great because you feel this automatic bond since you have solo travelling in common. If you get on well, don't be afraid to ask them what their plans are later on and perhaps you can meet up. Chances are, they are thinking the same thing. When in Rome, right?
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However, the only rival Ma was not keen on directly mentioning was American competitor Amazon.com though he smiled when told that Alibaba Group has made more money in the past 90 days than Amazon has in 20 years. | Pay has made Ma hopeful "we could do something," Ma said, during an on-stage interview Monday at the WSJD conference, which is currently under way in Laguna Beach, California. He added that Alibaba currently had 100 million daily visitors.
Alibaba would look to video creation for the benefit of the 80 million visitors who come to the site without making a purchase, Ma said, like its American rival Amazon.com Inc. "We need content for them," like Hollywood-style movies, which only represent one piece of a larger opportunity.
China's breakneck production of exports will soon reverse, the Chinese entrepreneur said. There is greater potential in bringing goods to China, Ma said, and while the last 10 years were about exports, the next decade "should be about importing."
Alibaba will also have to address China's social problems if it wants to "last a long time," Ma said, adding that health care is "the only way" Alibaba can sustain its business. His comments come as Silicon Valley giants like Google Inc. and Apple attempt to enter the medical and fitness industries with new services.
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Mark Hollis RIP
Anyone hearing The Party's Over in 1982 might not have seen it coming, but Talk Talk's Mark Hollis was a rare thing in pop music: a genuine original. Over the course of five albums, from The Party's Over to 1991's Laughing Stock, he guided Talk Talk's evolution from Duran-aping synth-pop B-leaguers to avant-garde experimentalists.
Throughout it all, Hollis never lost his compositional savvy, even as the structures of the songs became looser and more extended. You can't write It's My Life, I Don't Believe You or Life's What You Make It and be deaf to the charms of melody. Nevertheless, the Talk Talk that made Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock placed more emphasis on mood, atmosphere and texture than immediately accessible tunes. Consequently, even as their art became more powerful and distinctive, the group began to fade commercially, and found themselves sneeringly dismissed by critics who didn't like (or in some cases even get) what they were doing.*
Mark Hollis passed away on Monday at the age of 64 after a short illness. Tributes poured in from musicians and fans, a real gamut-running selection, a who's who of the last 20 years of music. Talk Talk do seem to have inspired a particularly passionate devotion in a lot of people. It's not just the gorgeous, detailed arrangements and the loving care lavished on instrument sounds by engineer Phill Brown. It's the vulnerability of Hollis's voice, I think. An unusual voice – quavery, a little thin, a little forced-sounding, and consequently very human. His voice made more sense the more records the group made: by Spirit of Eden it was impossible to imagine any voice inhabiting those songs but Hollis's.
After Talk Talk released their final album, Hollis made one solo record (after a gap of seven years), and was then basically done. He wanted to concentrate on being a father and couldn't do that as a working musician. What an admirable choice to make, and how admirable the resolution he showed in sticking to it. Hollis's life in music was exemplary in many ways, and perhaps in that way most of all.
RIP, Mark.
*Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock both made the top 40 of the albums chart in the UK, but the group had no hit singles with new material after Life's What You Make It. So it's not true to say that SoE and LS sunk without trace, which is an implication I've seen a lot over the last few days.
**The 1992 Rolling Stone Albums Guide gave Spirit of Eden precisely one star – "Instead of getting better or worse, this band simply grew more pretentious with each passing year"
This entry was posted in Music and tagged Colour of Spring, I Don't Believe You, In memoriam, It's My Life, Laughing Stock, Life's What You Make It, Mark Hollis, RIP, Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk, The Party's Over on February 27, 2019 by rossjpalmer.
Lo Moon @ Omeara, 23/05/18
Like everyone else when they first hear Lo Moon, my response was incredulity. How had Talk Talk or Mark Hollis's lawyer not issued a copyright-infringement suit against the band, or at least against singer Matt Lowell's vocal cords? As absurd as Lowell's similarity to Hollis is, though, I found that I liked the music anyway, and Real Love and This Is It became part of my regular listening.
The other day I got round to checking out the whole of the group's self-titled debut album, so I'd be prepared for their debut London show, which took place at Omeara last night. The album is, I think, a qualified success. It's worryingly top heavy (ten songs long, and with only Real Love really bolstering the back half), but there's still five or six excellent tracks on there. The album has been impressively produced by Chris Walla and Francois Tetaz, and mixed by the reliably great Michael Brauer, so it sounds first rate, too.
The mix of prominent drums, icy synths and reverb-drenched guitars is, of course, hugely '80s-tastic, and in serious debt to Colour of Spring-era Talk Talk and Songs from the Big Chair-era Tears<|fim_middle|> band off.
Live, the band are very impressive. Matt Lowell seems a little awkward between songs, but he hits all the high notes cleanly and swaps between guitar and piano adeptly. Guitarist Sam Stewart (son of the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, but we won't hold his dad's music against him) works mainly in texture, since his melodic parts are so simple, and he does it very well. He and bassist Crisanta Baker did an excellent job of recreating the recorded arrangements by playing extra synth parts and triggering stuff – few young bands have their stage sound figured out so smartly or split the load between themselves so efficiently. There are no passengers in Lo Moon.
That includes touring drummer Stirling Laws, who was commanding from behind the kit. I don't know whether he played drums on the album, but he played those (very astutely arranged) drum parts flawlessly: he balanced the kit well, provided an authoritative backbeat and his right foot socked home, whether it was the simple 4/4 of Real Love or the swung, syncopated kick pattern of Loveless. The latter song also features mighty triplet floor-tom rolls in the chrous, and Laws pounded them out with real power and verve.
A young band touring their first album necessarily can't play a long set, which turned out to their advantage. In the longer term, Lo Moon might need to vary their palette a little to keep audiences with them for 90 minutes or more, since so many of their songs are long and mid-tempo. But their current live show is impressive for a band that's still developing.
This entry was posted in gig review, Music and tagged Chris Walla, Colour of Spring, Crisanta Baker, Do The Right Thing, gig review, live music, Lo Moon, Loveless, Matt Lowell, Michael Brauer, Omeara, Real Love, Sam Stewart, Stirling Laws, Talk Talk, Tears for Fears, This Is It, Thorns on May 23, 2018 by rossjpalmer. | for Fears; there's not much here you haven't heard other artists do first. But Lo Moon basically get away with it – partly because the best stuff (Real Love, This is It, Loveless, Thorns and Do the Right Thing) is too good for it to really matter how obviously it apes its influences, but also because there's something so guileless about Lo Moon's borrowing that it's hard to hold it against them. It's not like they're jumping on an already established Talk Talk bandwagon here, although possibly they're unknowingly creating one.
So last night I went with Sara and fellow copy editor Nick to see them at Omeara, the first show of a 2-night stand at at the venue. We arrived just in time for Lo Moon to come on and, while the gig was listed as sold out on the venue website, the room didn't feel quite full – a few no-shows maybe, but a solid turn-out. Thankfully, the sound mix was clear and lucid, unlike last time I went there, where the sound problems clearly put the | 224 |
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Valerian led his squad forward. Due to their two consecutive victories, their morale was currently high. Squad Two had actually become the favourites to win the whole thing. Valerian hoped to ride this wave of confidence and favour to the end by proving the betting odds right.
The plan Vorm had discussed with his before he came to Strapping's had four phases. Phase I: Pass the first exam without revealing his strengths. This phase could be considered to have been very successful. Phase II: Pass the second in the same manner. That failed but it was necessary, for the sake of the next two phases. Phase III: Leverage his position as team leader to find members that would compose a great squad. Phase IV. This was where things got interesting. Vorm had assured him that the centre would pit the squads against each other. When that happened, all he had to do was become the overall winner.
From then on, it was simple rinse and repeat of Phase IV. Each time he succeeded, he would be ranked as the number one elite with the full benefits of that position, He and his squad would be showered with resources after every victory partly to motivate them and partly to drive the others to try harder. If he did so long enough he would be given an actual rank. He would no longer be just, Elite Cadet Valerian Steelborn but an actual Private in the Batharian Royal Army.
Every cadet would receive this rank eventually, if not in the course of their schooling then when they finally graduated, however, there was still a race. Being promoted early went on your record, made you more impressive and even, put you on the fast track to an officer's position. Strapping's training only lasted for three years and at the end of each year, the most elite cadets got a promotion. The end of year one saw the rise of the first privates, the second the Corporals and the third, so long as they made it into the Lord tier by then, Sergeants.
Three years to become a Sergeant in the army. Who wouldn't want that? This was an ironclad appointment. Strapping's was one of the best military training centres in the country. Their graduates were surely worth those positions because they had earned them. It wouldn't end there. So long as they continued to produce good results they would remain on that fast lane, being considered for promotions before anyone else. It had only taken Vorm two decades to reach his current rank. Soon, he'd be a general in one of the most elite military organisations in the world.
Valerian wanted that. That was why he was not going to let anything stand in his way.
Squad Two marched on the walls of the redoubt that Squad Three had been given. They'd chosen not to wait. They were going to hit them ASAP and seize the momentum of this battle. Clearcrest was a threat. Having caught a glimpse of just what lay beneath her demure appearance, Valerian knew he had to be cautious. That girl had had it out for him since the elite were formally introduced. Surprisingly, she had backed off lately but that was probably because she only jumped on his case with the assumption that he was the weak link in the first place. Even so, they had to keep an eye out for her tricks.
Valerian glowered. They had to keep an eye out for things like that.
Seeing the smug look on his face, Valerian waited for him to continue.
"Isn't it obvious? I doubt Clearcrest would trust anyone but herself with the use of such a tool", Valerian told him.
"Clearcrest it is!" Alenwaa said with a grin.
By this point, the rest of the squad had gathered around them, eager to see what was happening. That was probably the only thing that saved Alenwaa's life.
Berengar shifted to let John take a look at the panel of light Alenwaa was using for his techniques. In the midst of his movement, something slammed into his left pauldron, pulping his shoulder. Affected by this obstacle, the shot intended to kill Alenwaa ended up grazing the side of his head instead. It peeled away the skin and left s groove in his skull before destroying his scrying panel.
However, their hunter was not done. The element of surprise gone, he began firing rapidly, targeting certain key members of the group. He went for Petilia, Cybele, Tamara and then, Valerian. Thankfully, the people in Valerian's squad had hair thin response triggers. They might have fallen into a bad position due to their overconfidence but they also had an instructor with whom long range ambush attacks were staple. Shields sprang up everywhere. The strange projectiles actually made it through one shield but there were many others to reinforce it.
"Not for long", Drusilla screamed back. She slammed her fists together, activating a defensive skill that caused her skin to become the colour of dark steel. Once that was done, she leapt out to draw their attacker's fire.
Valerian spared a glance in her direction only for his sharp eyes to spot something in the tree line behind her.
She barely made it back in time. If they weren't pinned down before, they sure were now. Spells of different colours struck at their shields like fireworks. It had to be noted that their shields weren't perfectly melded together. That was Alen's job. He was their warder and he was good at his job. Valerian always left him in charge of their defences, only helping when he needed time to recover his essence or to concentrate on other spells. Clearcrest had certainly chosen her first target wisely.
"How's Alen doing?" he asked Raphael.
The brash youth was an ugly sight. There was a giant hole in his left shoulder. Only a few strips of flesh connected his left arm to his torso. The bones were just gone. Blood poured out of it like crazy despite all of Petilia's efforts to staunch it.
"I'll be fine!" Berengar snapped angrily at his leader though the effect was somewhat ruined by how pale his face was. He knew he couldn't step back now. To do so would mean becoming a burden. He was a Tiabire, a knight born. This wouldn't hold him back. Not when his friends needed him. He clutched his lance even tighter, pushing past the pain.
Valerian stared at the armoured youth as if measuring his conviction. He could guess what was going through the youth's because he could actually see himself in Berengar's shoes. He knew he would never back down in such a situation.
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Petilia's lip quivered but she said nothing.
"Don't worry. You can keep the arm. We can't discard it anyway. We would need a higher tiered healer to look it over if this was real. There are people who can heal that you know", Valerian assured her.
Petilia said nothing. She was a healer. She knew. Such wounds were not easily healed especially now that she was supposed to burn the area. Even if the arm was reattached there'd definitely be some loss of motion. Still, she allowed herself to be placated. Valerian was right. This was just an illusion anyway.
The healer dealt with, Valerian shared a glance with Berengar. This girl was a little too innocent their eyes said. Making a point to look straight at the terrible wound, Valerian allowed his eyes to harden. 'I'll get you his head!' they seemed to promise. Berengar nodded, somehow understanding even without hearing the words.
Marcella Clearcrest stared worriedly at the motley assembly of shield spells between her and her opponents. Reynard might have been the squad leader that Valerian was wary of but he was definitely the one she fretted about the most.
Marcella read people. She always could. That was what let her strategies work so well.
'Know yourself and know your enemy and you need not fear the result of a thousand battles', the old book said.
She failed to do so in the beginning and so earned for herself a terrifying enemy. She knew her mistake quite well. The Steelborn had been so plain during the first exam that she erroneously thought his place in the elite had been due to his dual force nature and not his skill. Plus, he did not come from any notable family, clan or school. To her, he was comical.
All that confidence and arrogance with no proper backing or previous schooling. He was bound to fall sooner or later. Thus, when she began working towards her goal, she resolved to quickly to take out the weak ones before moving on to what she thought of as the real threats. It backfired.
Even now, she remembered the chilly look he shot at her when he caught onto her scheme during the team selection. Surprised by the venom in his eyes, she began to take him more seriously. Since she knew too little about him, she sent probes his way to find out more. He dealt with all of them adroitly, as if expecting them. Then, he had that fight with Gigne. At first, Marcella had been amazed at the skill, ferocity and power he had shown. Then, she came to her senses.
This was someone she had already provoked. Someone she knew nothing about. Someone whose eyes promised retribution every time they looked at her. Nevertheless, over the course of their stay in Strapping's, she had learnt a lot about the nonchalant Steelborn. The fact that she quit being so obvious in her ploys didn't mean that she quit trying to pry into their weaknesses.
Valerian didn't read people, he read situations. His ability to recognise and plan whiles taking into consideration where things lay was inconceivable. It hadn't taken him more than ten minutes to come up with a plan to take out Gigne's squad at a time everyone though his own done for. The way he manoeuvred Reynard was much of the same. When he reacted, it was like getting struck by lightning.
That was why she had hoped to get Squad Two done in in the first volley. Now, that didn't look like it would be the case but that was okay, she had planned for that scenario too.
"Ready?" Valerian asked his squad.
There were tense nods all around. Alenwaa was still unconscious but he had been stabilised. Raphael remained at his side, continuing to work on him. A one-armed Berengar stood in an awkward stance, lance at the ready. Meanwhile, Brandt was panting slightly as she helped hold up their shields. Valerian shook his head at this. The girl's spells were fearsome but her stamina was just too lacking. That was the only reason why she wasn't a mainstay member. They'd need a lot if they were going to come out of this successfully.
Valerian blamed himself. He had been taking this too easily. His resolution at the end of the Zebre came back to him. Somehow, he had slipped back into that tame mode. This was battle and somehow he still treated it like a practice spar. The right thing to do would be to crush their enemies outright but instead, they'd taken this approach constantly leaving openings that could be exploited. The whole thing was a mockup. At least, it had been so to Valerian until he saw two of the people under his protection nearly get killed right beside him.
He knew it was an illusion. He had told Petilia as much and yet those terse moments when the sound of that shot rang through the air, when the blood splattered and the screaming started, he really had felt genuine fear and guilt that his lax approach had gotten his friends killed. What use was he? What use was all his power? He was supposed to be their leader and yet he let them down. If this was real and not an illusion then…? Was he even taking his job seriously? For a brief instant, Valerian was lost in himself, his mind travelling to another time.
The man cried, yelling and begging but the young boy stooped over him didn't even blink. His head was twisted to the side and the small immaculate hand of his attacker drew a dagger across his throat. Valerian finished his task. This was one group of traffickers that would not be conducting business anymore. He scanned area, taking in the bodies that littered it. They may have been simple mortals but they put up a good fight. One even managed to break through his shield spell.
"The hunt was good Grandmother", Valerian said, nodding at a job well done.
The old lady gave him a strange look. "We might have a problem", she told him.
"What problem? Did one of them escape?" Valerian asked.
"To do our duty. We hunt those who hunt us and we hunt those who prey on those we protect", Valerian recited. The Hunters' Code and the ancient litany had been burned into his mind for three years. His grandmother knew this. Why did she ask?
"You say the words but you do not live them!" She revealed. "The killing is just an act but it is an act committed for a purpose, one you seem to be forgetting.
"These flesh peddlers have done much wrong to the people in our fief. That is why we are here. To fulfil our duty to them by hunting those who prey on them. It is a noble duty to which we are called Valerian!" Clara told her grandson. "We feed the people. We protect our people. We guard our territory. We safeguard the land. We cull the evil within and without.
"I…" Valerian began, unsure of how to defend himself. Something told him that she was right but at the same time, he was confused. Hunting and killing. Weren't they the same thing?
"I originally started bringing you on these hunts partly so you could confront the evils of the world and learn to recognise them and also so you could familiarise yourself with some of the unsavoury though necessary parts of our sacred duties. Now I feel that if I'm not careful I might set you on a wrong and devilish path. One where life and death hold no meaning and where duty and honour are forgotten", his grandmother sighed.
The old lady looked at him and said in a solemn tone. "We are hunters! Hunters come from and live for their people. We are their vanguard and their defence. We do not act unless for them. We hunt to provide for them and we kill to protect them. Understand this and you might become a credit to our order.
"I see…" Valerian said, deep in thought.
When Clara saw him pondering on her words she felt a bit better. If he could actually take something from this then the lesson would not be wasted.
'We hunt to provide for our people and we kill to protect them!' he said to himself.
Valerian had long since gained enlightenment on what these words meant. A hunter's people were his dependents. They could be family, friends, colleagues or the tribe itself. Looking at his squad, Valerian was forced to admit, they hd wormed their way into his heart. He was their leader and they, his people.
A strange surge passed through Valerian when he thought on this. The pact had been dissolved long ago. Technically, there really was no reason why he should hold back but he guessed that he had been under it so long that he was not sure whether to let his talons out and bear his fangs. However, things had changed. He would hunt now and he already knew his prey.
His battle intent billowed out settling onto his squad members. It was more intense and powerful than it had been when he last used it. Somehow, his deliberations had led to a breakthrough. It was understandable. His shackles had fallen completely and his recognition of his squadmates as his people had fed into it. That was good. More weapons for the coming fight.
Squad two watched as Valerian's aura grew slightly unfamiliar. It became predatory and dangerous. The more perceptive among them, the healers and Pugio especially, could not help but draw loud gasps at the palpable danger he posed. His facial expression changed as well. A savage grin revealed itself as a Valerian that no one had seen a long time came into play.
"On my signal…" he called out to his squad. His essence began to build on itself rising to a shocking extreme and he prepared his spells.
Their shields fell away allowing Valerian to unleash death and destruction upon their foes.
How many of you have been wondering what Grandma was teaching Valerian? Well… here's a taste. What exactly was/is she grooming him to be? The next chapter, 53: Curse Witch, is a bit more simple really. It's pure battle. I kind of like it but man was it a pain to write.
Sigh! I complained about the last chapter but this one is probably bigger.
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Lozano is the Partner in Charge of Whitley Penn's Dallas office, Director of the Firm's Audit department, a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and one of four members of the Firm's Compensation Committee. He is active in both the internal and external growth strategy of the firm.
Within the community, Lozano serves on the Board of Directors and Board of Advisors for the Dallas Regional Chamber, is a member of the Dallas Assembly, serves on the Park City Club Board of Governors, Board of Advisors for the State Fair of Texas, a former Advisor and Chairman for the Nexia International Audit Committee, and a current Board Executive Committee Member of the Finance Committee for the Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Dallas. He is also active with the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association and has most recently been named as the 2019 YMCA Board Annual Campaign Chair.
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Yes, if you use the balayage method, where highlights are painted straight on to your hair from the base to the tips with a brush, by hand. (Balayage is French for 'to sweep').
You can do this yourself easily and it creates subtle multi-toned highlights.
For highlights, choose a light ash blonde (try Garnier Belle Colour 111 in Extra Light Blonde, 4.50, Asda). Mix up the colourant following its instructions and apply the colour to dry hair, plucking out fine strands at random around the parting and hairline and, using a toothbrush (my top tip), lightly coat each fleck of hair getting close to the root.
Leave to develop and rinse off. After five weeks, simply add a few more highlights.
You won't get the precision you get with foils at a salon, but this way you'll never overload your hair with dye or get obvious roots showing through either.
Plus, if you are trying to save on the cost of salon treatments, this is a great quick fix for bad roots.
There are numbers on the hair dye box telling you how long your colour will last.
Level one refers to temporary colour, which can be washed out after eight to ten washes, such as Clairol Nice and Easy Colorblend Foam (4.99, Superdrug).
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After colouring hair, it is important to use a colour protection shampoo and conditioner, such as Trevor Sorbie Warm Golden Blonde or Warm Rich Brunette Shampoo and Conditioner (5.10, Boots).
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You should always go one to two shades lighter than your own colour, as you tend to think your hair is darker than it is. Also, the colour on the box is usually one shade darker than it will appear on your hair.
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If you want the Duchess of Cambridge's rich, chocolatey shade, choose a light brown or dark blonde such as John Frieda Precision Foam Light Natural Brown 6N.
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Not everyone goes grey in the same way, so there's no universal answer.
If your natural hair colour is red, auburn or golden, you may go grey in patches.
Or your hair could take on an unflattering yellowish tinge, in which case I wouldn't recommend nature taking its course.
Instead, I'd opt for a warm blonde or honey-coloured shade — such as Garnier Nutrisse Nourishing Foam Spectacular Permanent Colour in 8.3 Honey Blonde (4.49, Superdrug).
To cover grey and retain a natural redhead feel, opt for L'Oreal Sublime Mousse 740 Flaming Copper, 6.99 (Boots).
The best tip with home colour is to work with what grey is coming through. If you have spot grey coverage, choose a colourant that is two shades lighter.
Don't worry about doing the whole head — just cover the areas that need it with your tint brush or toothbrush.
A couple of sprays of coloured dry shampoo will do the trick because when it is sprayed into short hair, it provides volume and texture.
Try Batiste Dark & Deep Brown dry shampoo (3.99, Boots), which contains a temporary colour pigment that can also disguise the odd grey hair.
Highlights, whether done at home or professionally at a salon, will generally make hair look thicker because it will produce texture.
They can also help to prevent the colour from looking too solid, which can be unforgiving on hair that is very fine.
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MMEA honors excellence in music education. Nominations will be accepted through January 22, 2019<|fim_middle|> choral music. Together, they characterized the essence of supporting the music education profession. They supported their colleagues, young and seasoned, and they supported every professional activity of the association and the school music community. Jim served as MBDA president, but his contribution was not limited to band activities. Rosemary eventually left the classroom to work full time in church music, but her involvement as a substitute music teacher and as an accompanist continued. At nearly any MMEA event, it was typical to see Jim and Rosemary offering to assist when they were not "on duty," doing whatever needed to be done. The award may be presented annually.
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Access the nomination form of each award below and complete an online nomination. Feel free to contact Ashley Ashman through email at mmea.member.at.large@gmail.com with any concerns or questions. Alternatively nominations may be submitted through mail to: Robert Frost Middle School, Attention: Ashley Ashman, 9201 Scott Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. Contact NAfME at 1-800-828-0229 or Call: 703-860-4000 or Email: memberservices@nafme.org for any membership questions.
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This award is to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the music education of Maryland's youth, whether as a teacher, administrator, parent, industry representative, performer, or in another capacity. The Corwin Taylor Music Education Leadership Award was established in 1993 in memory of Dr. Corwin H. Taylor (1905-1992), noted musician, composer, author, and educator. Dr. Taylor, an active member of the Music Educators National Conference (now National Association for Music Education, NAfME) and the Maryland Music Educators Association, was Supervisor of Instrumental Music for the Baltimore Public School system from 1945 to 1968 and a faculty member at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1968 to 1976. He will always be remembered for the great impact he had on the lives and careers of his students and colleagues. The award may be presented annually.
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This award is to recognize the administrators who are music advocates and supporters, working with the music team to build incredible music programs for their schools and communities.
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This award is to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the Maryland Music Educators Association. The Rosemary and James Walters Award for Service to the Maryland Music Educators Association was established in 2001 in memory of Rosemary and James Walters. Their teaching careers were in Maryland, spanning 30 years until a tragic accident in April 2001. Jim taught instrumental music, most recently at Francis Scott Key Middle School in Montgomery County. Rosemary taught | 666 |
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03. Road Sick
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05. Dead Set On Living
06. The Void
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Canadian metallers CANCER BATS will release their fourth full-length album, "Dead Set On Living", in the U.S. on April 24 via Metal Blade Records. Once again utilizing the legendary Vespa Studios and producers Eric Ratz and Kenny Luong, the CD brings yet another dimension to the BATS' menacing style of thrash-tinged hardcore rock.
"We're so stoked to be back in the Metal Blade family!" said CANCER BATS vocalist Liam Joseph Cormier. "We got to know so many amazing people at the label when we were a part of Black Market Activities and now it's so rad that were part of the Metal Blade roster! So many awesome people work at the label and they put out so many sweet bands, I couldn't me more stoked."
He added: "We really strived for that raw, off-the-floor vibe this time around, it's really the bridge between our live show and what we put on record."
Tracks like "R.A.T.S." (featuring guest vocals from Rob Urbinati of SACRIFICE) and "The Void" are laced with the gritty, sludgy groove that first emerged on cuts from 2008's "Hail Destroyer", while the blistering first single "Old Blood" roars with the riot-inducing speed and aggression so familiar to the band's fans. The blazing "Bastards!" also features vocal boosts from DEVILDRIVER's Dez Fafara and AN HORSE's Kate Cooper.
"We've been very lucky to experiment as much as we have," Cormier offered, crediting the band's loyal following for their fortune. "I love that we can have thrash songs, hardcore songs, and the more QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE or KYUSS kind of groove-based tunes."
Thematically, the album offers a strong focus on the bilateral relationship of dark and light, destruction and construction, life and death. The title track, for example, refers to a close friend of the band who ended up in the hospital in serious condition; only to have the experience cement his will to survive. "Road Sick", as the title may imply, finds Cormier struggling with the hardships that come with a career spent on the road.
"Our lives are all about touring, but that song is more universal," Cormier revealed. "It's really for anyone away from their loved ones, dealing with that situation."
Still, whereas 2010's "Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones" had a much darker tinge, "Dead Set On Living" strikes a tighter balance between the opposing forces and brings listeners closer to the light at the end of the tunnel by encouraging them to push through peril. "We all reach these dark places where we feel angry or alone," said the singer, "but that gives us a reason to pick ourselves up and strive to make something better."
Since first turning heads with 2006's "Birthing The Giant", CANCER BATS, made up of Liam Cormier (vocals), Scott Middleton (guitar), Mike Peters (drums) and Jaye Schwarzer (bass), is one of the hardest working bands in the music industry. The band spent close to 300 days away from home in 2011, and will likely come close to that in 2012.
The CANCER BATS recently revealed to fans that on April 21, 2012 in London, U.K., they would play six shows in five different venues, all within the space of 24 hours. Dubbed the "Pentagram" our (the location of the venues when joined together form the shape of a pentagram), all six shows sold out in the first week. A spring cross-Canada tour in support of "Dead Set On Living" is in the works, with dates to be announced soon.
"Dead Set On Living" track listing:
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\section{Introduction}
The spin force on spin one-half particles whose dynamics is governed by a Hamiltonian with spin-orbit interaction (SOI) has been the subject of interest over the last decade. The main motivation was the fact that this spin force was believed to provide an understanding of the spin Hall effect (SHE) an interesting phenomenon that was predicted and later observed to take place in some planar systems subject to SOI \cite{Dyakonov,Hirsch,Mukarami,Bernevig,Sinova,Bakun,Valenzuela}, mainly those arising from the structure inversion asymmetry known as the Rashba SOI (RSOI) \cite{rashba}, or bulk inversion asymmetry; the Dresselhauss SOI (DSOI)\cite{dresselhaus}. Shen \cite{Shen} has demonstrated that a planar spin one-half particle subject to a linear and constant SOI experiences a spin-dependent transverse force that is proportional to the square of the electric field giving rise to the SOI. He suggested that this force could explain the separation of spins with different polarizations; an essential precondition for the SHE. He also noted that the \textit{Zitterbewegung} behavior in such systems can be attributed to this force. Tan and Jalil \cite{Tan}, working within the gauge field formalism \cite{Anandan, Frohlich, Jin, shikakhwa12} for the SOI, introduced an intuitive picture for this spin force as the force by the field curvature of this gauge field that coupled to the particle through its spin degree of freedom. In the work \cite{Ho} the spin force picture was employed to calculate the SHE conductivity. In all these works the consideration was naturally limited to planar systems and the linear momentum of the particle was a constant of the motion.\\
The model known as the Dirac Oscillator (DO) first introduced by It\^{o} \textit{et. al.} \cite{Ito} but became famous after its rediscovery by Moshinsky and Szczepaniak \cite{Moshinsky} was introduced in order to have a Dirac equation which is linear in both the momentum and position operators. This was achieved by introducing a non-minimal coupling to a linear potential via the substitution $\vc{p}\rightarrow \vc{p}-im\omega\vc{r}\beta$ resulting in a Dirac equation of the form:
\begin{equation}\label{DO relativistic}
i\hbar\partial_t\psi=[c\vc{\alpha}\cdot(\vc{p}-im\omega\vc{r}\beta)+mc^2\beta]\psi
\end{equation}
where $\vc{\alpha}=\beta\vc{\gamma},\beta=\gamma_0$ and the $\gamma$'s are the Dirac matrices.
In the work \cite{Brito} it was suggested that this linear term can be viewed as the non-minimal coupling of a spin one-half neutral particle to the electric field of a uniformly charged sphere, thus providing a physical interpretation of the linear interaction introduced by hand. The DO found applications in many areas including mathematical physics, nuclear and subnuclear physics and optics \cite{Quesne} (see also the review \cite{Sadurni} and the references therein).
The non-relativistic limit of Eq.(\ref{DO relativistic}) gives the Schr\"{o}dinger equation \cite{Moshinsky}:
\begin{equation}\label{NRDO}
H\psi=\left(\frac{\vc{p}^{2}}{2m}+\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2r^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega-2\frac{\omega}{\hbar}\vc{L}\cdot\vc{S}\right)\psi=E\psi
\end{equation}
where $\vc{p}=-i\hbar\nabla$;$\vc{L}=\vc{r}\wedge\vc{p}$ is the orbital angular momentum; $\vc{S}=\frac{\hbar}{2}\vc{\sigma}$ and $\sigma_i; i=1..3$ are the Pauli matrices. The above (NRDO) is just the Schrodinger equation of a spin one-half neutral particle subject to a 3D harmonic oscillator potential and a strong SOI term resulting from a linearly growing radial electric field. Therefore, we expect to have the spin force in action here, too, just as in the case of planar systems. The present work is an attempt to calculate and interpret the spin force acting on this particle following - generally- the same lines used in calculating the same for planar systems. We will focus more on the case when the NRDO is placed on a sphere of radius $R$ as the spin force physics in this case is more transparent on the one hand, and such a geometry is closer to condensed matter systems on the other hand. Evidently, with the DO being just a theoretical model so far, the investigation of the spin force for this system is a theoretical curiosity. However, being a bound state problem, in contrast to the condensed matter 2D systems with SOI for which spin force is investigated, gives it an added intrinsic importance. On the other hand, as will become clear in the article, the physical interpretation of the spin force is so clear and transparent in this problem which might contribute to a better understanding of the 2D systems that have promising practical applications.
\section{Force Operator in the Non-Relativistic Dirac Oscillator}
In this section we derive the spin force operator for the 3D NRDO starting from Eq.(\ref{NRDO}) using the Heisenberg equations of motion following Anandan \cite{Anandan}. The SOI term in that equation can be expressed as:
\begin{equation}\label{reducing so}
-2\frac{\omega}{\hbar}\vc{L}\cdot\vc{S}=-\omega\vc{p}\cdot(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{r})=-\vc{p}\cdot(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{E})
\end{equation}
where $\vc{E}=\omega \vc{r}$ and we have noted that $\nabla\wedge\vc{r}=0$. We can then, upon defining the $SU(2)$ gauge field $g\vc{W}=g\vec{W}^a\sigma^a; a=1..3$ as
\begin{equation}\label{W}
g\vc{W}=m\omega(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{r})=m(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{E});\quad g=m\omega
\end{equation}
express the NRDO Hamiltonian as that of a neutral particle coupled to a gauge field;
\begin{eqnarray}\label{H in termsof W}
H(\vc{W}) &=&\frac{1}{2m}(\vc{p}-g\vc{W})^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega-\frac{g^2}{2m}\vc{W}\cdot\vc{W} \\\nonumber
&=& \frac{1}{2m}(\vc{p}-m\omega(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{r}))^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega-\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2r^2
\end{eqnarray}
The Heisenberg equations give for the velocity operator :
\begin{equation}\label{velocity op}
\vc{v}=\frac{d\vc{r}}{dt}=\frac{[\vc{r},H]}{i\hbar}=\frac{1}{m}(\vc{p}-g\vc{W})=\frac{1}{m}(\vc{p}-m\omega(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{r}))=\frac{\vc{\pi}}{m}
\end{equation}
where we have introduced the kinematic momentum $\vc{\pi}$. The term $- \frac{g}{m}\vc{W}= -\omega(\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{r})$ is what is known in the literature as the anomalous velocity \cite{Karplus,Chang}. Thus, we express the Hamiltonian as
\begin{eqnarray}
H &=& \frac{m}{2}v^2 -\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega-\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2r^2\\\nonumber
&=& \frac{\pi^2}{2m}-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega-\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2r^2
\end{eqnarray}
The calculation of the force operator then reduces mainly to the calculation of the commutator $[v_i,v_j]$;
\begin{equation}\label{force operator}
F_i=\frac{d\pi_i}{dt}=\frac{m^2}{2i\hbar}([v_i,v_j]v_j+v_j[v_i,v_j])
\end{equation}
where we have ignored the contribution of the potential to the force as this merely provides the Hooke's law force which is spin-independent.The commutator turns out to be
proportional to the field strength tensor $\frac{m^2}{2i\hbar}[v_i,v_j]=G_{ij}^c\sigma^c$. So, the force operators reads formally
\begin{equation}\label{force formaly}
F_i=(G_{ij}^c\sigma^cv_j+v_j\sigma^cG_{ij})
\end{equation}
with $G_{ij}^c$ given explicitly as:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{G}
G_{ij}^c &=& m\omega\left(\delta^{ac}(\partial_iW_j^a-\partial_jW_i^a)+\frac{2g}{\hbar}\epsilon_{abc}W_i^aW_j^b)\right) \\\nonumber
&=& \epsilon_{ija}(m\omega\delta^{ac}+\frac{m^2}{\hbar}E_aE_c)
\end{eqnarray}
The above expression for the force is formally similar to the standard magnetic force on a charged particle moving with velocity $\vc{v}$. This result is a general one for any linear SOI \cite{Anandan}.
Using the above explicit expression for the field strength tensor the force is given explicitly as ($\{.,.\}$ denotes the anti-commutator) :
\begin{equation}\label{F explicit}
\vc{F}=m\omega(\vc{v}\wedge\vc{\sigma}-\vc{\sigma}\wedge\vc{v})-\frac{m^2}{\hbar}\{\vc{E}\cdot\vc{\sigma},\vc{E}\wedge\vc{v}\}
\end{equation}
The second term in the above expression of the force was obtained by Shen \cite{Shen} for a general two dimensional hetrostructure with constant linear SOI. It was argued that it is the spin force that leads to spin separation and so the SHE. Here, $\vc{E}$ is radial and not constant. A straightforward but delicate calculation allows us to bring the force into the form:
\begin{equation}\label{F in terms of j's}
\vc{F}=-m(1+\frac{mE}{\hbar r^2})E\vc{o}^r+\frac{4E}{\hbar r}\vc{\hat{r}}\vc{S}\cdot\vc{K}+\frac{2i}{r^2}\vc{E}\wedge\vc{S}+\frac{m}{r}\vc{E}\wedge\vec{J}_r^H
\end{equation}
In the above expression $\vc{K}$ is the kinematic orbital angular momentum
\begin{equation}\label{K}
\vc{K}\equiv\vc{r}\wedge\vc{\pi}=\vc{L}-m\omega r^2\vc{\sigma}'
\end{equation}
where $\vc{\sigma}'\equiv \vc{\hat{\theta}}\sigma_{\theta}+\vc{\hat{\phi}}\sigma_{\phi}$ and $\sigma_{\theta}= \vc{\sigma}\cdot\vc{\hat{\theta}}$...etc.; $\vc{o}^r$ is the $\vc{\hat{r}}-$polarized orbital spin current:
\begin{equation}\label{orbital current}
\vc{o}^r\equiv \{\sigma_r,\frac{\vc{L}}{mr^2}\}
\end{equation}
and $\vec{J}_r^H$ - we use the arrow rather than bold font to indicate that it is a vector in spin space not the coordinate space- is the radially-convicted Hermitian spin current;
\begin{equation}\label{J Hermitian}
\vec{J}_r^H\equiv \{\vc{\sigma},p_r^H\}
\end{equation}
with $p_r^H\equiv-i\hbar(\partial_r+\frac{1}{r})$ being the Hermitian radial momentum \cite{shikakhwa pla ejp}, sometimes called the geometrical momentum \cite{Liu1, Liu2, Liu3, Liu4}. Expressing $\vec{J}_r^H$ in terms of this Hermitian operator renders it Hermitian. The part quadratic in the electric field in the first term of Eq.(\ref{F in terms of j's}) is the orbital counterpart of the expression for the force obtained by Shen \cite{Shen} and declared as the main result of his work. The part linear in the electric field was absent from his expression since he used a constant SOI in contrast to our case where we have a linearly growing electric field. One might expect the appearance of $\vc{O}^r\equiv \{\sigma_r,\frac{\vc{K}}{mr^2}\}$ instead of $\vc{o}^r$ in the first term of Eq.(\ref{F in terms of j's}). It turns out that that $\vc{O}^r=\vc{o}^r$. Finally, we note that the first and last terms in the same equation are Hermitians as they stand. As for the second and third terms, they are Hermitian together not separately. This is because the curvilinear unit vectors are not constants. We now move to consider the NRDO on a sphere.
\section{Spin Force on the Oscillator on a Sphere }
To construct the Hermitian Hamiltonian on a sphere of radius $R$, we start with the 3D Hamiltonian, Eq.(\ref{H in termsof W}), and , as was shown in \cite{shikakhwa pla ejp}, set $p_r^H$ to zero and $r\rightarrow R$. While for a sphere, and for this particular Hamiltonian, the result is the same as the one obtained by simply setting $\partial_r$ to zero and $r\rightarrow R$, this last approach is not correct in general \cite{shikakhwa pla ejp}. The Hamiltonian on the sphere thus reads:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{H sphere}
H_{sph} &=& \frac{-\hbar^2}{2m}\nabla'^2+i\hbar\omega(\sigma_\phi\partial_\theta-\sigma_\theta\frac{\partial_\phi}{\sin\theta})+\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2R^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega \\\nonumber
&=& \frac{L^2}{2mR^2}-2(\frac{\omega}{\hbar})\vc{L}\cdot\vc{S}+\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2R^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega
\end{eqnarray}
where we have defined the primed operators $\nabla'$ and $\nabla'^2$ to refer, respectively, to the gradient and Laplacian operators on the surface of the sphere;
\begin{equation}\label{gradient and laplacian on sphere}
\nabla'\equiv \frac{1}{R}\vc{\hat{\theta}}\partial_\theta+\vc{\hat{\phi}}\frac{\partial_\phi}{R\sin\theta},\quad \nabla'^2\equiv \frac{1}{R^2\sin\theta}\partial_\theta(\sin\theta\partial_\theta)+\frac{1}{R^2\sin^2\theta}\partial^2_\phi
\end{equation}
The above Hamiltonian is that of a rigid rotor plus a strong SOI. The velocity operator can be found by calculating the time derivative of the position operator on the sphere $\vc{R}=R\vc{\hat{r}}$ using the Heisenberg equations of motion and is just, as expected, the kinematic momentum $\vc{\pi'}$ on the sphere divided by the mass:
\begin{equation}\label{v on a sphere}
\vc{v'_H}=\frac{d\vc{R}}{dt}=\frac{[\vc{R},H_{sph}]}{i\hbar}=\frac{1}{m}(\vc{p'_H}-g\vc{W})=\frac{\vc{\pi'}}{m}
\end{equation}
where we have introduced the Hermitian canonical momentum on the sphere
\begin{equation}\label{Hermitian v0}
\vc{p'_H}=-i\hbar(\nabla'-\frac{\vc{\hat{r}}}{R})
\end{equation}
The radial part of the above operator is crucial to guarantee Hermiticity. This fact seems a general result for the Hermitian momentum on any 2D surface embedded in 3D by confining along the coordinate normal to the surface. The details will be published elsewhere. We mention here that a similar conclusion was obtained in the work \cite{Liu5,Liu6} by a completely different approach. The explicit form for the Hermitian velocity operator reads:
\begin{equation}\label{explicit v hermitian}
\vc{v'_H}=\frac{\vc{\pi'}}{m}=\frac{-i\hbar}{Rm}(\vc{\hat{\theta}}(\partial_\theta-\frac{im\omega R^2}{\hbar}\sigma_\phi)+\vc{\hat{\phi}}(\frac{\partial_\phi}{R\sin\theta}+\frac{im\omega R^2}{\hbar}\sigma_\theta)-\vc{\hat{r}})
\end{equation}
Therefore, the Hamiltonian on a sphere, Eq.(\ref{H sphere}), can be written as:
\begin{equation}\label{H sphere in terms of v}
H_{sph} = m\frac{v'^2_H}{2}-\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2R^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega-\frac{\hbar^2}{mR^2} \\
\end{equation}
We can go further and express the above Hamiltonian in terms of the kinematic orbital angular momentum operator $\vc{K}$ defined earlier; Eq.(\ref{K}), which on the sphere assumes the form:
\begin{equation}\label{K on a sphere}
\vc{K}\equiv\vc{R}\wedge\vc{\pi'}=\vc{R}\wedge(\vc{p'_H}-g\vc{W})=\vc{L}-m\omega R^2\vc{\sigma'}
\end{equation}
with $\vc{\sigma'}\equiv\vc{\sigma}-\vc{\hat{r}}\sigma_r=\vc{\hat{\theta}}\sigma_\theta+\vc{\hat{\phi}}\sigma_\phi$. The Hamiltonian on the sphere expressed in terms of $\vc{K}$ is then:
\begin{eqnarray}\label{H sphere in terms of K}
H_{sph}&=& \frac{K^2}{2mR^2}-\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2R^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega \\\nonumber
&=& \frac{1}{2}I\Omega^2-\frac{1}{2}m\omega^2R^2-\frac{3}{2}\hbar\omega
\end{eqnarray}
where we have introduced the kinematic angular velocity $\vc{\Omega}\equiv\frac{\vc{K}}{mR^2}$ and the moment of inertia $I\equiv mR^2$. Note that $\vc{\Omega}$ contains the anomalous angular velocity $-\omega \vc{\sigma'}$. So, the Hamiltonian on the sphere is just kinetic energy - with an anomalous term, however- plus constants. Looking at Eq.(\ref{H sphere in terms of K}) and the second line of Eq.(\ref{H sphere}) together, we see that the kinetic energy is the sum of the orbital kinetic energy and the SOI. In other words, the anomalous part of the kinetic energy operator $\frac{K^2}{2mR^2}$ is the SOI; $-2(\frac{\omega}{\hbar})\vc{L}\cdot\vc{S}$. Each part of the kinetic energy is conserved separately. The fact that the kinetic energy is conserved ( and so are the magnitudes of the kinetic angular momentum $K$, and $\Omega$ ) evidently implies that there is no energy transfer to or from the system, or in other words the forces and torques acting on the system do no work. The vanishing of this work manifests as the vanishing of the translational ($P_{trn}$) and rotational ($P_{rot}$) powers . The vanishing of translational power follows from the conservation of $\pi'^2$;
\begin{equation}\label{no power by F}
\frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\vc{\pi'}\cdot\vc{\pi'}}{2m}\right)=0=\frac{1}{2m}\left(\frac{d\vc{\pi'}}{dt}\cdot\vc{\pi'}+\vc{\pi'}\cdot\frac{d\vc{\pi'}}{dt}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\left(\vc{F'}\cdot\vc{v'_H}+\vc{v'_H}\cdot\vc{F'}\right)=P_{trn}
\end{equation}
where we have identified $\vc{F'}=\frac{d\vc{\pi'}}{dt}$. As for the vanishing of the rotational power delivered by the torque, we first note the important result which can be easily obtained upon noting that $\vc{R}\wedge\vc{\pi'}=-\vc{\pi'}\wedge\vc{R}$:
\begin{equation}\label{derivative of K}
\frac{d\vc{K}}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}(\vc{R}\<|fim_middle|>J}=\vc{L}+\vc{S}$ is conserved. This means that $\frac{d\vc{L}}{dt}=-\frac{d\vc{S}}{dt}$. For our system we have:
\begin{equation}\label{dl/dt}
\frac{d\vc{L}}{dt}=-\frac{d\vc{S}}{dt}=-\frac{2\omega}{\hbar}\vc{S}\wedge\vc{L}
\end{equation}
The meaning of this, upon noting that $L^2$, $S^2$ and $\vc{L}\cdot \vc{S}$ are also constants of the motion is that the precession of the spin in the magnetic field which is a real one induced in the rest frame of the particle, $\vc{B}\sim \vc{E}\wedge\vc{v}$, is accompanied by a precession of $\vc{L}$ in a way that preserves $\vc{L}\cdot\vc{S}$. At this point it is natural to ask if we can construct an operator that will have its time derivative equal to $-\frac{d\vc{K}}{dt}$. Indeed, it is obvious that the following operator
\begin{equation}\label{kinematic S}
\vc{\mathcal{S}}\equiv\vc{S}+2\frac{m\omega R^2}{\hbar}\vc{S'}
\end{equation}
satisfies
\begin{equation}\label{dk/dt}
-\frac{d\vc{\mathcal{S}}}{dt}=\frac{d\vc{K}}{dt}= \vc{\tau}
\end{equation}
Moreover, it is easily seen that $\vc{\mathcal{S}}+\vc{K}=\vc{L}+\vc{S}=\vc{J}$ which upon verifying that $\vc{\mathcal{S}}\cdot\vc{K}=\vc{K}\cdot\vc{\mathcal{S}}$ means that:
\begin{equation}\label{S.K}
\vc{\mathcal{S}}\cdot\vc{K}=\frac{1}{2}(J^2-\mathcal{S}^2-{K}^2)
\end{equation}
As all the operators on the r.h.s of the above equation are constants of the motion, so is $\vc{\mathcal{S}}\cdot\vc{K}$.
Since $K^2$ but not $\vc{K}$ is a constant of the motion, then with Eqs.(\ref{derivative of K})and (\ref{dk/dt}) in mind, we can say that it is the spin force that exerts torque on $\vc{K}$ to have it precessing in a manner that keeps $\vc{K}\cdot\vc{\mathcal{S}}$ constant. This provides an interpretation of this spin force. Below, we show by explicit calculation the validity of this conjecture, thus presenting the major result of this work.\\
We first calculate the torque by $\vc{F'_{spin}}$, Eq.(\ref{F spin on a sphere}). A careful calculation demonstrates that the torque of the last two terms (combined) of $\vc{F'_{spin}}$ vanishes;
\begin{equation}\label{vanishing torque }
\vc{R}\wedge(\frac{4E}{\hbar R}\vc{\hat{r}}\vc{S}\cdot\vc{K}+\frac{2i}{R^2}\vc{E}\wedge\vc{S})-(\frac{4E}{\hbar R}\vc{\hat{r}}\vc{S}\cdot\vc{K}+\frac{2i}{R^2}\vc{E}\wedge\vc{S})\wedge\vc{R}=0
\end{equation}
The torque of the remaining term is
\begin{equation}\label{torque explicitly}
\vc{\tau}=\vc{R}\wedge(-m(1+\frac{mE}{\hbar R^2})E\vc{o}^R)-(-m(1+\frac{mE}{\hbar R^2})E\vc{o}^R)\wedge\vc{R})=(1+\frac{mRE}{\hbar})mE \vc{J'^r_0}
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}\label{bare radial spin current }
\vc{J'^r_0}\equiv\{\sigma_r,\frac{\vc{p'_0}}{m}\}
\end{equation}
Recalling that $\vc{p'_0}=-i\hbar\nabla'$ , the above current is the "bare" radially-polarized spin current. The torque is proportional to and directed along the tangential canonical velocity $\vc{v_0}$ - without the anomalous term !.It worths mentioning here that the torque by $\vc{F'_0}$ vanishes,too. One more delicate calculation gives the result:
\begin{equation}\label{derivative of K explicitly}
\frac{d\vc{K}}{dt}=(1+\frac{mRE}{\hbar})mE \vc{J'^r_0}
\end{equation}
which is precisely the torque found in Eq.(\ref{torque explicitly}). This, does not only prove our conjecture, but also demonstrates that it is only the first term in the spin force in Eq.(\ref{F spin on a sphere}) that exerts the torque needed to conserve the projection of $\vc{\mathcal{S}}$ along the kinematical orbital angular momentum. This particular force is the one that has been mainly associated with the spin Hall force and the \textit{zitterbewegung} in condensed matter systems \cite{Shen}. In fact, one can see that an oscillatory behavior of $\vc{K}$ similar to \textit{zitterbewegung} in linear motion develops here. too. Since $\vc{\sigma'}$ oscillated in time, then noting its definition, Eq.(\ref{K on a sphere}), $\vc{K}$ oscillates in time,too. Since, as was discussed above, the oscillation of $\vc{K}$ is essential to conserve total angular momentum, then we can say that this \textit{zitterbewegung}-like behavior is a must to conserve total angular momentum of the particle. This relation between \textit{zitterbewegung} and the conservation of angular momentum for some planar systems was noted in \cite{David}.
\section{Conclusions}
The spin force for the NRDO, which is a spin one-half particle subject to a harmonic oscillator potential and a strong SOI is investigated. When confined to a sphere, the Hamiltonian of the oscillator turns out to be merely the kinetic energy operator with an anomalous part containing the spin operator. The spin force and its corresponding torque operators are derived using the Heisenberg equations of motion. it is checked that these do not transfer energy to the particle. While the magnitude ( the square) of the kinematic orbital angular momentum and thus the kinetic energy are conserved, the kinematic angular momentum vector $\vc{K}$ is not. It precesses so that its rate of change is given by the torque of spin force. This picture is similar to that of a particle in a magnetic field. The precession of the kinematic orbital angular momentum $\vc{K}$ is such that the projection of the corresponding spin operator along it is conserved; a consequence of the conservation of the total angular momentum of the particle. During this mechanism, the anomalous part of $\vc{K}$ that contains the spin operator oscillates as a result of the spin oscillation, a mechanism similar to the \textit{zitterbewegung} in linear motion. The only part of the spin force that contributes to the torque on $\vc{K}$ is found to be the counterpart of the spin transverse force that was reported in the literature of 2D systems \cite{Shen} as the force that leads to spin separation in the SHE and the \textit{zitterbewegung}. This force is non zero only when the particle's spin has a radial component, i.e. a component along the electric field giving rise to the SOI.\\
Finally, we note that the current analysis can be extended to other systems. One example is the DO in 2D, where one can consider confining it to a ring geometry. One can also analyze other bound atate problems with SOI, like the Hydrogen atom. Moreover, noring that the Hamiltonian of the NRDO conisdered in this work, when the SOI is expressed as a gauge field, is gauge covariant up to a constant. So, an investigation of the meaning of the gauge transformations in this case might be of interest. Also, the relation of this system to the Aharonov-Casher effect \cite{Aharonov-Casher}might worth investigation. Work in these directions is under progress.
| wedge\vc{\pi'})=\frac{1}{2}\left(\vc{R}\wedge\vc{F'}-\vc{F'}\wedge\vc{R}\right)\equiv\vc{\tau}
\end{equation}
where $\vc{\tau}$ is the torque.
Then it is easy to get:
\begin{equation}\label{no power by K}
\frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\vc{K}\cdot\vc{K}}{2mR^2}\right)=0=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{d\vc{K}}{dt}\cdot\frac{\vc{K}}{mR^2}+\frac{\vc{K}}{mR^2}\cdot\frac{d\vc{K}}{dt}\right)=
\frac{1}{2}\left(\vc{\tau}\cdot\vc{\Omega}+\vc{\Omega}\cdot\vc{\tau}\right)=P_{rot}
\end{equation}
with $\vc{\Omega}$ being the kinematic angular velocity defined earlier, Eq.(\ref{H sphere in terms of K}). So, we have a situation, similar to that of a particle in a magnetic field where the force exerts a torque but does not transfer energy. In our case, the velocity is the kinematic angular velocity which, however, contain an anomalous term; the $\vc{\sigma'}$. We will move now to the explicit evaluation of the force using the Heisenberg equations of motion and taking as the Hamiltonian that on the sphere, Eq.(\ref{H sphere}). We first split the Hamiltonian and the velocity operators as follows:
\begin{equation}\label{splitting v's}
\vc{v'_H}=\vc{v'_{0H}}+\vc{v'_f}, \quad \vc{v'_{0H}}\equiv\frac{\vc{p'_H}}{m}=\frac{-i\hbar}{m}(\nabla'-\frac{\vc{\hat{r}}}{R});\quad \vc{v'_f}\equiv -\omega \vc{\sigma}\wedge \vc{R}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{splitting H sphere}
H_{sph}=H'_0+H'_f;\quad H'_0\equiv \frac{L^2}{2mR^2};\quad H'_f\equiv -2\frac{\omega}{\hbar}\vc{L}\cdot\vc{S}+...
\end{equation}
where dots in the above equation refer to the constant terms in the Hamiltonian which we will not consider now on. The force then can be split as
\begin{equation}\label{F split}
\vc{F'}=m\frac{d\vc{v'_H}}{dt}=\frac{m}{i\hbar}[\vc{v'_H},H_{sph}]=\vc{F'_0}+\vc{F'_{spin}}
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}\label{F0 definition}
\vc{F'_0}\equiv \frac{m}{i\hbar}[\vc{v'_{0H}},H'_0]
\end{equation}
is the force in the absence of the SOI which is spin-independent evidently. While irrelevant to our present discussion, we give its explicit expression and will discuss its various terms elsewhere:
\begin{equation}\label{F0 explicitly}
\vc{F'_0}=-\vc{\hat{r}}\left(\frac{mv'^2_{0H}}{R}+\frac{\hbar^2}{mR^3}\right)-i\frac{\hbar}{R^2}\vc{v'_{0H}}
\end{equation}
As for $\vc{F'_{spin}}$, upon evaluating the remaining commutators in Eq.(\ref{F split}) (other than the one in Eq.(\ref{F0 definition}) )we get the expression:
\begin{equation}\label{F spin on a sphere}
\vc{F'_{spin}}=-m(1+\frac{mE}{\hbar R^2})E\vc{o}^R+\frac{4E}{\hbar R}\vc{\hat{r}}\vc{S}\cdot\vc{K}+\frac{2i}{R^2}\vc{E}\wedge\vc{S}
\end{equation}
This expression for the force is just what one obtains from the 3D force, Eq.(\ref{F in terms of j's}), upon applying the sphere condition: Radial Hermitian momentum $p_r^H\equiv-i\hbar(\partial_r+\frac{1}{r})$ set to zero and $R\rightarrow r$, which results in dropping of the last term in that equation. Note that the dropped term is Hermitian by itself which guarantees the Hermiticity of the remaining expression as can be checked explicitly.\\
To understand the nature of the spin force, we need to look closer at the dynamics of the system governed by the Hamilonian, Eq.(\ref{H sphere in terms of K}). As is known, while $\vc{L}$ and $\vc{S}$ are not conserved separately, $\vc{ | 1,163 |
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15 If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason 1any the less a part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason 1any the less a part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But now God has aplaced the members, each one of them, in the body, bjust as He desired.
19 If they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now athere are many members, but one body.
25 so that there may be no 1division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
26 <|fim_middle|> all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are aChrist's body, and bindividually members of it. | And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is 1honored, | 22 |
Over the<|fim_middle|> drainage layers allow for water in excess to drain, but will also have a geometry that creates small reservoirs to help with dry periods. Regardless, consideration should be given to either manually or automatically irrigating the roof during extended dry periods.
The information presented here is meant to provide base-line knowledge of green roofs. For more information about green roofs and asphalt roofing, visit www.asphaltroofing.org. | past decade, one of the ongoing hot topics in the world of commercial roofing is green or vegetated roofing. An entire business subset within the world of commercial roofing has sprung up. There are websites and trade shows devoted either entirely or primarily to the subject; and dozens of entrepreneurial enterprises have emerged hoping to find their place in this business. In addition to new entrepreneurs, most of the established commercial roofing manufacturers have created green product offerings. So where did all this come from and what's all the fuss about?
Evidence of sod roofs goes back centuries, initially thought to originate in Iceland. But it has only been in the past 30 – 40 years, starting in Germany, that vegetated roof assemblies have been systematically studied and tested. There are unquestioned ecological, psychological and aesthetic advantages to green roof assemblies. Evaluating the economic picture is not so straightforward.
Ecologically, one of the most significant benefits of a green roof is storm water management, especially in urban environments. Many cities have storm water systems that are prone to flooding and back-up during heavy rain events. A green roof can significantly absorb and/or retard the rain water from contributing to the flow in the storm sewer system. Much of the rain water falling on a green roof is eventually returned to the atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. It is also generally recognized that the vegetation/soil components of a green roof will capture a variety of components commonly found in rain water such as heavy metal ions and nitrogen. Further, as green roof coverage increases in any given locality, erosion caused by storm events will lessen, and the demands on the infrastructure needed for storm water management will be mitigated. Other ecological benefits include cooler air temperatures on a localized microclimate scale, providing a wildlife-friendly habitat, and a roof surface that can capture and hold wind-blown dirt and dust.
The psychological and aesthetic advantages of green roofs are closely intertwined. It has long been recognized that people react positively to natural surroundings. Replacing flat, featureless roof surfaces with vegetation is an enhancement to overall quality of life. Aesthetically, the design possibilities that are possible with vegetation are vast. Shapes, colors, and patterns can be managed with plant selection and arrangement. The addition of walkways and seating areas can create a park-like setting. Even the most basic green roof vegetation offers color and texture that would otherwise be absent.
The economic benefits of a green roof are realized throughout the life of the roof. The soil cover, plants and natural evaporation/expiration all serve to make the building cooler in summer and warmer in winter, thus reducing overall energy costs. Additionally, because the soil/vegetation layer is protecting the waterproofing layer from ultraviolet light and mitigating temperature cycling, two of the major factors that cause weathering of the waterproofing membrane have been mitigated. For new developments, it is possible that the addition of green roofs will reduce storm water-related restrictions on impervious coverings. And because of the overall ecological benefits discussed above, there may be financial incentives from municipalities.
With the current emphasis on energy and sustainability, the roofing industry has continued to design innovative systems to provide excellent protection for today's buildings. As a roofing material, asphalt meets these new demands while still delivering on its traditional strengths of high-quality, long-life cycle and reliability. Asphalt built-up roofing (BUR) and modified bitumen roofing systems play a central role in the development and operation of institutional and commercial facilities looking to go "green." Increasingly, these systems are getting more attention for the benefits they offer these facilities looking to expand their sustainability efforts because multi-ply membranes create a more rigid and stable surface, making the roofing system a better platform for a building's mechanical, solar panel and vegetative roof systems.
Waterproofing – It really does not matter if you have the most-lovely green roof in town if you have leaks into your building. There are numerous manufacturers to choose from, most of which will have a dedicated green roof product line. Note: If your building does not have a green roof, this would simply be referred to as 'roofing,' but under a vegetated assembly it is referred to as 'waterproofing.' Do not let the differing terminology confuse you.
Root Barrier – All green roof systems need to be able to prevent root growth from penetrating the waterproofing layer.
Insulation – This component is not always mandatory. The decision to include it will depend on your climate, local codes and other considerations. If the insulation layer is to be placed above the waterproofing, a closed cell type of insulation such as extruded polystyrene or cellular glass is necessary.
Drainage Layer/Filter Fabric – These are two separate functional components that are often combined in a single product. The drainage layer allows for lateral water movement and the filter fabric prevents the fine mineral matter in the soil from flushing through and clogging the drains.
Growth Media – This is not just 'dirt' or top soil. Lots of thought and science go into designing the growth media for a green roof. Soil media ingredients are selected to provide the best performance when considering density, permeability, water retention and erosion.
Plants – There are various choices. A critical factor in the plant choice is your local environment and what plants will or will not thrive in that environment. Most green roofs are designed for low maintenance and drought resistance. The class of plants known as 'sedums' are the most commonly selected to meet those needs.
Irrigation – A thriving green roof is a balance between enough water, but not too much to create problems such as root rot. Most | 1,129 |
Contrary to what certain renovation shows might lead you to believe,<|fim_middle|> been occupied by the same woman since the '60s, and she'd preserved it as much as possible," says Dupree. "There was a lot of original detail." While the home was far from a fixer-upper, the couple still needed to undo a few less-than-historic updates, such as thick linoleum flooring and drop ceilings. "It had really good bones," says Shome. "It just needed a light renovation to really bring out the original beauty." They took the renovation process one room at a time, starting with critical areas like the kitchen, which was transformed from a narrow galley into a bright, open space perfect for entertaining. The master bath also received an overhaul and doubled in size and light, thanks to additional space and a skylight reclaimed from a closet and dumbwaiter.
The decoration has also evolved over time as the couple sources items from estate sales, flea markets, and their travels. "We have eclectic taste, and things come from all over the place," says Shome. "It's a mix, which really reflects our personalities." Naturally, photography takes pride of place throughout the home, along with artwork by Dupree and several of his family members, and the furniture ranges from ornate early-1900s pieces to midcentury-modern finds.
The library of the Brooklyn townhouse shared by Architectural Digest photo director Michael Shome and Corcoran real-estate broker Justin Dupree features floor-to-ceiling artwork, including Shome's collection of photography by artists such as Martin Parr and Helmut Newton. The room also displays work by Dupree, as well as pieces by his mother and brother. | a house does not become a home in a weekend—or even a year. In fact, as Michael Shome and Justin Dupree found after they purchased a townhouse in Brooklyn ten years ago, a home—particularly one that is personal and rich in history—is always a work in progress. Dupree, a broker at Corcoran, discovered the 1909 Renaissance Revival building when he was trying to find the right property for clients. Those buyers opted for a place in nearby Fort Greene, but the Crown Heights gem was the perfect fit for Dupree and Shome, who as the photo director of Architectural Digest, also knows a great home when he sees it.
"It had | 140 |
Mitch Barloga is the Active Transportation Manager for the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC). He has worked over 20 years in the public sector, primarily focused on planning and developing ped, pedal & paddling facilities in "The Region." At NIRPC, Mitch has championed the NW Indiana Greenways+Blueways program which has spurred the construction of over 150 miles of regional trails as of 2018. These efforts have been sustained by several planning initiatives, policies and the regular updating of a map detailing regional non-motorized facilities.
Mitch is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and received a masters degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago after undergraduate studies in Landscape Architecture at Purdue University. Mitch also serves as the Northern Indiana Coordinator for the American Discovery Trail Society, and serves as Board President of Rebuilding Together of South Lake County. Mitch is a founding member of Crown Point Safe Pathways, and actively participates with the regional non-motorized advocacy group, South Shore Trails. As a third-generation resident of The Region, Mitch continues to strive to improve the quality of life for those living in Northwest Indiana and throughout the state with the Greenways Foundation. He resides in Crown Point and his son, Sam, is currently enrolled at Ball State University.
Tabitha is an attorney at the law firm of Lewis & Kappes in Indianapolis, where she practices utility law and commercial litigation. She joined the Greenways Foundation because she believes in the power of trails to bring communities and families together, promote tourism and local economies, provide green transportation alternatives, and improve the physical and emotional well-being for users of all experience levels. An avid trail user herself, Tabitha enjoys hiking, cycling, and running. She commutes to work via bicycle whenever possible.
As a certified public accountant, Bill brings a wealth<|fim_middle|> be involved in energizing greenway efforts in Indiana once again. As a Fishers resident, he spends frequent mornings walking along the Fall Creek Trail at Geist Reservoir. He and his wife, Sandy, have eight grandchildren and are avid world travelers and look forward to new adventures in the years ahead.
Steve is a high potential mechanical engineer and manager with 14+ years program and project management, lean, six sigma, manufacturing, design, development and project engineering experience. His current role is a Program Manager for the Rolls-Royce M250 SGTF (Small Gas Turbine) program, a new series of helicopter engines developed for the next wave of gas turbine engines in the Defense and Commercial aerospace industry. Steve's educational background includes a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, and an MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, double majoring in Supply Chain Management and Finance. His personal interests include spending time with his young and growing family, participating in and following several sports. An avid distance runner and trail enthusiast, Steve finds that he is at his best while spending time outdoors, on or near a well-developed trail.
Megan McClellan joined the board in 2018. While completing her master's degree in Environmental Policy at Bard College, Megan became interested in community involvement with construction of new parks. During an internship with a rail-trail organization, Megan realized how many new trails were being created and how many benefits trails had for a community. After completing her thesis on trail management techniques, she moved to Northern Indiana to become the Trail Director for the Syracuse-Wawasee Park Foundation. As the sole employee of the Foundation she gets to wear many hats, in order to maintain the existing 11 miles of trail and continue building trail around Indiana's largest natural lake, Lake Wawasee. When not at work, she enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering at Loveway, a therapeutic horse-riding center.
Yvette currently serves as the Chair of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Trails Advisory Board, on the board of directors of the Indiana Trail Riders Association and as the President of the Hoosier Back Country Horsemen of West Central Indiana. She is a certified trail crew specialist on trail design and maintenance, a certified Class A Sawyer through the USDA Forest Service, a Trail Trainer through Tread Lightly and a Leave No Trace Master Educator. Yvette is a lifetime member of the Indiana Horse Council, the Greenways Foundation and the Indiana Trail Riders Association and a charter member of the American Quarter Horse Association Trail Riding Program and the Red Hats & Purple Chaps. As an adventurous trail rider, she enjoys finding out what is on the other side of the next ridge and taking her grandchildren on trail rides with the hope that they will carry on the tradition of promoting and protecting the trails that remain.
Jane Santucci owns and operates a full service marketing and public relations firm. Her company focuses on the environment and tourism. She formally worked in the television news industry for nearly a decade in Southeast Florida and Indiana. She has spent the last ten years as a dedicated servant leader making people more aware of the fragility of our planet. Her specialty is storytelling in a business framework. She earned her undergraduate degree in Multimedia Journalism from Florida Atlantic University and her Master's in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University. Her greatest ideas come to her when she is exercising on the Heritage Trail in Terre Haute. She is also a hobbyist beekeeper and enjoys trying things that make her feel uncomfortable.
Lorie serves as the Executive Director for the Evansville Trails Coalition (ETC) in Evansville, Indiana and describes herself first as an advocate and life-long volunteer — working to connect community through partnerships and collaborations. Lorie promotes ETC's mission to connect people and places, to promote active lifestyles and to advocate for the development of multi-use trails. Lorie endeavors to support city and county leaders and the positive initiatives that bring focus to the importance of trails within city neighborhoods.
Seeking to improve the quality of life for Evansville's communities, Lorie's goal is to grow the coalition of trailblazers in Evansville and to help build awareness and support of the Evansville bike and pedestrian trails network for the benefit of all people. Providing a means for active transportation for all community members is vital. Trails support people, neighborhoods, community and economic growth.
A proud alumna of the University of Evansville, Lorie has a background working in higher education and spends much of her free time serving and supporting nonprofit organization boards. Volunteering has been a part of Lorie's life since childhood and she encourages others to find a way to make a difference in their communities through volunteering.
In her personal time, Lorie enjoys spending time with her family, biking, walking and hiking and is now working to become an Indiana Master Naturalist.
Or you may send email to the Greenways Foundation at any time.
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Becoming a member does not automatically sign you up for our email newsletters. To join our email list, please visit our Email List page. | of experience and skills to the treasurer's position. He has extensive experience providing tax, retirement planning and business consulting services for clients of Katz, Sapper & Miller, where he is a partner in the Employee Benefit Plan Services Group. In addition to serving the Foundation, Bill is active with several professional associations.
Angie is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cardinal Greenway, overseeing the development, construction, maintenance and day-to-day operations of this 62-mile rail-trail. Angie, along with her fellow staff and passionate volunteers, also markets and manages the White River Greenway, the Cardinal Equestrian Trail and the Historic Wysor Street Depot. Angie brings more than 30 years of experience in the non-profit arena and volunteer management to her role within the Greenways Foundation board.
Tom is a geologist by education (Ball State and Indiana University) and currently serves as the President of Aqua Indiana, a water and wastewater utility serving parts of 14 counties in Indiana. He served as Deputy Director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources in the 1980s, and has been active in water issues in the state for nearly 40 years. He was a charter member of the Greenways Foundation when it originally formed in 1991 and is anxious to | 261 |
We're moving house in a few weeks. There currently is no vegetable garden, so im taking the opportunity to make up raised beds. My only problem at the moment is what to fill the beds with? Its going to be the most expensive part of the bed, so I want to get the best material for the best price.
Any advice? How did everyone else go about it? Iv been keeping an eye on compost in a few places, but there still full price.
First and foremost get the future garden soil tested and take advice once you have that information as you don't want drainage problems at the interface of the existing soil and what you intend to import.
A mis-match of textures can result in serious drainage problems down the road. Do it once and do it right. Sand over clay is slightly better than clay over sand (to mention the extremes) but still not a good situation.
If you do place sand on top of a sandy soil, that is far better than placing a heavy texture soil on top of a sandy soil. Of course it will drain quickly but so will the subsoil, resulting in relatively even soil moisture throughout, which is the best you can hope for.
As regards sourcing, personally I would be putting in as much bought bagged material as possible as you can be confident of the mixture plus it will have the correct balance of nutrients and acidity. There are places that sell topsoil of differing grades, check your local yellow pages. You could ask at your local council dump as I believe most of them now produce compost, just check first that the council carry out regular checks for metal levels (from sewage) and you don't want that. Lots of well rotted farmyard manure wont go astray either and maybe some sand/ small gravel or grit, you do need to check the proportions of what you intend to fill beds with too.
Caz, welcome. Tagwex has offered you far more science than I could even dream of BUT I'd like to offer you the opportunity to examine exactly WHY you<|fim_middle|>, top soil. However you are not always guaranteed this. It depends on the main contractor and earthworks contractor. It also depends on the end use of the material, are they selling it off or is it to be reused on site.
Its like everything in construction you have the good and you have the bad, unless you see the material being scraped off and put in the stock pile, your never 100% sure what's in it.
Personally I would only take topsoil material off a construction site if I knew the digger driver and at that I would still be very selective. | 're going for 'Raised Beds'? This whole principle is comparitively modern and has developed into something of a 'must have' fad. Everyone seems to think they must have 'Raised Beds' with all the periodic maintenance etc involved.
If your new patch has weeds growing on it, it will obviously support plant life so, as a long term strategy, I'd set about digging it. By all means add things to it to improve certain qualities like tilth etc but, by using the soil at its present level, you're availing yourself of natural capillary water supplies and avoiding the future expense and effort of renewing artificial plots.
There are situations where raised beds serve a very useful purpose, e.g. for wheelchair use, but I'm just anxious that, having viewed a few other posts on here, you're not just going with the flow. One spade plus one fork may prove cheaper and just as effective?
@caz87: You should look around the previous topics in this forum by using the search engine as you will find plenty of good advice, sometimes contradictory, but it would most likely be correct coming from the authors experience or point of view and not necessarily suiting your requirements. You just have to wade through it and apply their thoughts to your circumstances. You should start with the sticky at the top of this forum written by the site owner/administrator. Plenty of good info there on raised beds.
Tagwex, iv been browsing around a few garden sites the last few weeks since we decided to move, and nothing has quite answered my question regarding best and cheapest way to fill the beds.
But to answer a few of the questions asked, I have no idea what's under the lawn in then new garden, we haven't moved in yet. I do understand the science behind soil as I'm a civil engineer. First thing I'll be doing when we get in is dig a test hole to see what's there.
I'm going for raised beds as the back garden isn't huge so I want to incorporate the veg patch as part of the garden, as a feature I suppose you could say. This year has been my first year growing anything and there was a pre existing veg garden in the house. It wasn't great with regards weeds, which was fine this year as I was unemployed. I'm back working now, which is away from home, and my partner will be looking after some the the daily side of things. I want to try keep things as simple as possible. I had a couple of small raised beds with compost in them this year and had very few weeds. A lot easier to maintain. I have unlimited access to farm yard manure, so I reckon this year will be the expensive part just to get them filled. I'll have a look in town this weekend so see if theres anywhere I can get compost.
I have found that if you "double dig" the area where the bed are going to be, the extra air incorporated means that they will be full (admittedly, mine are only 8" high) I incorporate bought compost, free manure, garden compost, horticultural sand and grit in my herb bed, whatever. The point is to not mix subsoil and topsoil, but create drainage in the subsoil, and to incorporate organic matter and fertility into the topsoil. It doesn't really matter what you can lay your hands on, as long as you obey these rules. Then you never dig again (barring normal soil disturbance in general cultivation) and keep adding very thin layers of mulch several times a year.
Hello, The cheapest way is not necessarily the best way, you will get out of it what you put in, scrimping now means more costs down the line. Infrastructure costs are always high but as each year goes by it lessens.
I have the same problem myself as we only started up this year too and after much hard work we now have 656m2 in drills/furrows and a greenhouse waiting to be collected. We only hope that the returns are worth it. The weeds were 1.5m high over most of it but my mini-digger sorted that out. I always had an interest in gardening but always went for the floral side rather than the veg side. So when we moved house in April we decided to go for the big veg plot, unemployment and hunger are a great source of inspiration plus I had the time.
Can you not get a soil sample from your future garden and get it tested, you only need half a mug full? My local garden center does a thorough test for only €5, tells you what the soil is lacking. No point preaching to the converted about soil mechanics then, I'm a civil engineer too. See if you can get composted leaves from somewhere, parks maybe if you are in an urban location, or spent mushroom compost. Which part of the country are you in anyway?
Well done caz87, you've hit the nail on the head regarding the expensive side of raised beds. Here and elsewhere I've read members tales of saving a tenner on the price of a frame, whereas the expensive part (and hence the part where savings could be made) is the filling.
Also, I've seen people with "raised beds" where they've never filled the frame with growing media; essentially a traditional bed with a wooden frame.
So, to answer your question, the best material for the best price is probably topsoil from a nearby building site. Are there any houses being built nearby? Bear in mind that the quality of the soil beforehand tends to be much better than afterward.
There you have it: free topsoil. I'd recommend mixing this with farmyard manure. Is there a farm nearby? Free manure.
Leaf mould is a great additive. Are there broadleaf woods nearby? In particular beech or oak? If so, free leaf mould.
Any wasteground nearby? If so are their weeds growing on it, and what ones? Nettles are high in nutrients! Dock and dandeloin have roots that run deep. As a result, these weeds and their roots are rich in nutrients. Shred the leaves and compost or make a tea from the dead roots.
As an engineer you probably know how to mix cement with a shovel? Use this technique with the pyramid to mix these media (but don't add the water).
Topsoil, manure, leaf mould and weed leaves/compost. All good materials; all free.
I'd also like to echo Blowin's post.
Just one possibility from my own experience. Do you have a commercial strawberry grower near you? If so, the modern way of growing is to have raised tressles/benches, suitably irrigated, on which are placed grow bags. They then plant about 8 plants in each and, being at waist/chest level, they're easy and clean to pick.
At the end of the season my local man stacks them up, leaves them for a year to make sure the plants die, and then makes them available to anyone who is prepared to come and collect them. I had 200-300 of them in the early days and greatly improved my soil quality by digging them in after they'd produced a fine crop of onions from sets.
You've mentioned that you have a good supply of manure. That will provide all the nutrition you want so I'd consider placing a good layer of that as a foundation and then, purely as a growing medium, cast-off bags as per the above or el cheapo bags from Lidl or suchlike should be more than adequate.
Seaweed too, of course. Lots of micro-nutrients. Also free to collect.
I guess the word compost in the thread title is the wrong word. I'm not worried about the nutrient side of things, as I said, iv free access to manure. What I'm looking for is a growing medium for the beds. As iv said before I'm an engineer and there is a mound of topsoil on the site I'm working on at the moment, but its a couple of hours drive away from my home! I'm based in the Midlands, so sea weed isn't really an option, at least not in big quantities.
Would compost from mushroom producers be pretty much the same as the strawberry compost? I think there's still a few of them knocking around the place.
My plan is to get the beds made and filled this side of Christmas. Put manure on them etc and put them to bed until next spring. The only bed that I will be using before then is where the garlic is going. I missed out on them this year.
@ tagwex, I'm not trying to scrimp on the cost now, but at the same time I don't want to spend x amount when i can get the same quality of soil for cheaper.
Thanks for all the advice. some food for thought!
but at the same time I don't want to spend x amount when i can get the same quality of soil for cheaper.
That is the very point I was making. With bought bagged compost you know what you are getting, topsoil from a building site could be contaminated with anything. Quality is the key word - get the soil tested for it's constituents. Cheaper is not necessarily best.
...topsoil from a building site could be contaminated with anything.
I dunno how accurate a statement this is. Normally the topsoil from a building site is either removed or piled up at the very start, prior to any actual works beginning. In such a scenario it would be virgin soil and unadulterated.
Agreed my potatoes, to some extent, but having spent 30 odd years on building sites I can assure you all sorts get hidden and thrown in/on these stockpiles of topsoil during the course of the works. Also contaminated spoil is sometimes brought in from another site to mix in with the good stuff as it is so expensive to properly get rid of. It happens. Hairy arsed groundwork sub-contractors from Mayo working in London were by far the worst!!! "It's not my country, I don't give a f***".
Technically topsoil from a construction site should be just that | 2,103 |
Joo: Perhaps the ultimate live piece (though the sound was always a problem…). What a merry little tune… Here I must always plan<|fim_middle|> been written just for me. It was just wonderful to sing, and I always got goose bumps. | exactly when and where to get air, in order to arrive safely.
Oli Rubow: I like it, the charm of the MPC-60. Since 2000 I play the song at every concert with HATTLER :-) When people dance wild, it's the highest praise for me!
Torsten de Winkel: Wow, I'd forgotten that there's some really hip guitar licks of mine on this… ;-) I've had the pleasure to play this one live since I rejoined the HATTLER live line-up in 2006 . It's changed over the years, for example, there's a new harmony section on the second solo section. But this original one is great fun, too; Joo put some Herbie-style accompaniment under his trumpet solo in places where he shifts accents over the 4/4 beat. I've always loved the irreverent yet motif-oriented way TAB TWO put their sonic puzzles together, always glad to be able to contribute one or another spice to to the mix!
Joo: Somehow I was always reminded of Dark Side Of The Moon. That sounded like a farewell. That was the last TAB TWO song I've mixed before we parted. Since it was already the end.
Joo: Mixing the song was easy, because the arrangement is so transparent and clear, compared to many other TT songs. It has a great atmosphere, which then represented the last studio album well.
Sandie Wollasch: The composition was already completely finished, and I felt this song had | 317 |
Located at the centre of the lusciously green tropical forest, the Hanging Gardens of Bali overlooks the famous Ayung River and ancient Dalem Segara temple. This perfectly located resort boasts "the world's best-swimming pool", which is designed to overlook the picturesque, mesmerizing rainforest right underneath it. Designed to capture the harmony of the forest, each villa is roofed with the traditional Alang Alang thatched roof. Staying true to its Balinese culture, even the decor is traditional. The hotel is also one of the most spacious and well-equipped, making it an ideal destination for the perfect wedding location. Living up to the title of luxury resort, the spa treatment, which uses a combination of local, ancient and natural ingredients, completely rejuvenates anybody, soothing the mind, body and soul.
A serene and harmonic environment surrounded by greenery.
Lush greenery and the tropical rainforest surrounds the infinity swimming pool, giving you the feeling of tranquility at its best.
Overlooking the lush green valley, make sure to carry your phone to get some amazing clicks.
With a view of the renowned Dalem Segara temple and the "world's best swimming pool" the dining experience in the garden is one of the most memorable and artistic. The dining experience here offers its guests a blend of contemporary, international and local culinary techniques, tantalizing each one of the taste buds. The ingredients for each meal come fresh from the market or from the in-site farms making food that much more enjoyable.
Located underneath the restaurant, the partial open-aired bar and lounge<|fim_middle|> its disposal, the bar offers an exotic variety to its guests.
Dwell in a rejuvenating experience at the Hanging Gardens Spa or just enjoy traditional spa treatments at the riverside Bale: a unique spot where the Balinese jungle meets the rushing waters of the Ayung River. Relax and choose from the signature treatments and rituals, whilst the stunning views and the rhythmic sounds of the jungle and river stimulate the senses. | offers the view of "the world's best swimming pool" and Famous Ayung River's valley. The drinks served here are a creative mix of cocktails and premium wines intensifying the exultation. With the fresh fruit garden available to | 47 |
Notre Dame Rocketry Team claims multiple awards during 2021 NASA Student Launch competition
Team Accolades
The Notre Dame Rocketry Team (NDRT) had a banner year, evidenced by the multiple awards they received at the end of the nine-month-long 2021 NASA Student Launch competition.
Their virtual season was celebrated during an online<|fim_middle|> team's approach to safety, design, outreach, marketing, and financial and engineering stewardship of their activities," said Jemcov. "Students benefit from the truly collaborative environment where all technical, financial, and leadership challenges must be resolved through everyone's contributions."
Another significant benefit to the Student Launch competition, said Jemcov, is that a third-party professional organization (NASA) judges each team's solutions and strategies. The feedback given to the teams helps students learn from their successes and failures.
— Nina Welding, College of Engineering | ceremony, at which Notre Dame received awards in five divisions of the competition. The team took:
Third place in the Launch Division
First place in the Safety Division
Second place in the Altitude Division
Third place in Educational Outreach
Third place in Team Spirit
The annual NASA Student Launch program challenges middle school, high school, and university students from around the country to design, build, fly, and land a high-powered amateur rocket between 3,500 and 5,500 feet above the ground.
Student teams are asked to predict their rocket's altitude months in advance of launch day using rocketry principles and computer simulations. They tailor their altitude to maximize the return of scientific value from their payload in the same way that NASA teams target specific altitudes for their missions.
"We are a completely volunteer team," said mechanical engineer Brooke Mumma (ND '21), the NDRT project manager. "But we approached the challenge the same way working engineers do — going through the design cycle from concept to construction, testing, and iteration. Different subteams worked together to integrate all of the complex subsystems into our rocket."
This year, the payload mission for college teams was a lander that deploys from the rocket during descent. The vehicle had to land upright or contain a system to upright itself, levelling within 5 degrees of vertical and taking a 360-degree panoramic image of the location, which was transmitted back to the team.
Some of the subsystems designed to accomplish the challenge, said Mumma, included a recovery system, which was capable of returning all the parts of the rocket to the team and an apogee control system, designed to help reach the target height of 5,300 ft.
"Being part of the NDRT for the last four years helped me to become a better engineer," said Mumma. "I developed strengths in designing for manufacturing, creating thorough documentation, learning how to interface with an interdisciplinary team, and many other skills that you don't always get in a classroom."
For the last 20 years, NASA's Student Launch program has provided a realistic experience for students that resembles the operational lifecycle NASA and industry engineers use when developing and operating new hardware.
Aleksandar Jemcov, research associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has served as NDRT adviser since 2014. "The NDRT team has grown from a small club to a serious 56-member organization with officers, team leaders, and a team captain," he said.
"I have witnessed a profound change in the | 521 |
Fontana Unified School District Superintendent Randal S. Bassett praised the District's efforts to prepare young scholars for emerging careers at the inaugural State of the District Scholarship Breakfast, held April 10 at the Center Stage Theater in Fontana.
The event, put on by the Fontana Public Schools Education Foundation, brought Fontana Unified staff, parents and community members together to celebrate the district's accomplishments and raise more than $10,000 for student scholarships.
Bassett highlighted the success of its schools in 2018<|fim_middle|>. Many moonshots centered around refining science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) instruction at all educational levels and creating more community partnerships.
Bassett introduced some of these new programs and learning opportunities, including Code to the Future curriculum at Dorothy Grant and Chaparral elementary schools, a renewable energy career academy at Kaiser High School, and a partnership with TESLA that will boost career readiness.
His address also highlighted the achievements of Fontana Unified students who are seeking higher education and careers in these fields, including Kaiser High senior Winnie Huang and Fontana High senior Alexandra Ortega.
Huang and Ortega are both high-achieving AP scholars, student-athletes and active in campus and community service. Huang was recently awarded the $40,000 STEM scholarship from Edison International, and Ortega has received the all-expense-paid 2018 Gates Scholarship. | , including a Schools to Watch designation and California Distinguished School award, and discussed the changing landscape of public education.
To prepare students for these emerging careers, each school came up with a moonshot, or long-range goal to propel Fontana Unified into the future | 52 |
So Christmas is coming and it's the time to be jolly, although preparing for Christmas is anything but! Picking out and buying gifts for your loved ones can get stressful. Because of the genius that is online shopping, I avoid physically having to go to the shops. The shopping centres during Christmas time is absolute hell. It takes like five hours to get parking, you have to be quick otherwise stores run out of stock and people just don't care if they get in your way. Yeah, no thank you, I would take online shopping any day.
I have put together just few online stores and ideas for some Christmas goodies.
They are beautiful, clear clutches with a variety pouches inside. The reason why I love this clutch is you can get your name engraved on them, which is a cute personal touch.
I am at the age where some of friends are getting hitched or moving in with their lovers. My cousin's girlfriend mention to me she just loves it when people buy her house ware for their new apartment. The online homeware store From the Owl have a unique, cute selection of gifts for homes. Another online home ware store is Wheel and Barrow. They offer some fab entertaining and kitchenware. They have a pretty awesome range of large drink dispensers, perfect for summer parties.
Day Spas are always so popular, I mean, who doesn't like to get pampered? Both these Day Spas allow you to order gift vouchers and treatment packages online. Keturah Day Spa is one Perth's best Day spas and they do corporate and hen's day bookings. It's a fun way to spoil you and your friends. Hidden Valley Eco is really a hidden gem. It's located in a much more secluded area in the hills .You can enjoy your day spa treatment and also stay overnight in lodges.
Ok, so I have mentioned My Little Photobook before in a prior blog. I just love this concept because it so old school. Isn't it so much fun going through old photo albums? And no one really prints our photos anymore. It's an app for your phone where you select photos, submit them, then they create the images into a beautiful book and it gets delivered at your door.
The Special Delivery Company the name says it all- these are beautiful package gift hampers. They have gifts for every occasion such as Christmas, for babies or if you want something special for him or her. They have already done the hard part in selecting gorgeous high quality gifts in different packages and all you really have to pick is the pretty packaging.
I'm sure everyone has a million pairs of sunnies you can never have too many. Quay Australia have fun and stylish and pretty reasonably priced. They also provide<|fim_middle|>arning a part time wage and living a fabulous life ain't easy, but we at Hunter-Rose have mastered the art of living economically. Here are our top tips on living a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget.
Make coconut oil your bestie: Have you noticed that coconut oil is in EVERYTHING these days? It's because it can be used for so many things and it's less that $10 at your local supermarket. Our favourite uses are: Make-up remover, after sun care lotion, hair treatment, shaving cream and team up with honey for a hydrating face mask. You can even recycle the jars for your green smoothies… yum!
Breaky is the most important meal of the day: Breakfast is usually cheap, easy and delicious. But most importantly it'll save you from snacking throughout the morning or buying an expensive lunch.
Vacay the cheap way: find an exotic location (within 4 hours of flight) where your currency has the advantage and look out for cheap flight deals. In our case Bali, Indonesia, is always a good idea: Cheap sale flights for $100 return, $150 for accommodation (3 nights/long weekend) and say $250 on massages, food and drinks and you've got yourself a luxurious holiday for $500. I've spent more on a night out in Perth.
Shop Swiftly: Don't give yourself time to slowly stroll through each isle, you'll end up with lollies, dried fruit, nice smelling candles and other money wasting things you didn't intend to buy. If you give yourself a time limit to be out of the grocery store, you will take only the essentials and what is needed.
Frozen: You may not feel like having leftovers 3 days in a row but after a busy day at work and all that's in your pantry is a can of tuna and vita-weat, you'll be grateful for last week's lasagna. Frozen fruit is perfect for smoothies and wax candles burn longer when they have been frozen.
Google – The virtual sales assistant: Most online stores have some kind of discount or incentive at any given time. So before you make a purchase google the store for any discount codes. I've received 50% off my total purchase, scored free shipping and often had cute gift added just because I googled the promo code of the store I was willing to pay full price at.
Hell No H2O!!: Now we want a champagne lifestyle, so go ahead, buy the expensive shampoo. The trick here is to wash your hair less, within reason of course – we don't want you being the smelly kid at work. Dry shampoo is a cheap and brilliant way to keep your hair look fabulous in between washes.
The moral here is that it doesn't take a lot of money to be fabulous, so change your attitude and work with what you've got!
Church bells are ringing, flowers are blooming and the sun is shining. It must be wedding season!!
Rules have relaxed on dress code, so be creative and get pretty!! See how we transition from day to night in our Sunday best. | free shipping Australia wide which is a mega bonus.
Another Christmas gift idea is one that I have found from just being on insta, is drawings of people. Gosh there are so many talented artists out there. So you can send a picture in like a family picture, a couple picture or a picture of you and your bestie and get it drawn. Here are just a few talented illustrators and graphic designers I have found but there are so many out there- Hayley O'Connor and Stephanie Baynie to name a few.
Starting up your business can be difficult, time consuming and most of all expensive. E | 124 |
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We developed an effective method of coating with polymers to produce a new drag reduction effect. The ends of polymer chains are anchored to the wall by an insoluble binder, and the other ends dissolve in water. The turbulent drag reduction induced by this polymer coating was investigated in a rectangular channel flow and in a boundary layer flow. The influence of molecular weight on the drag reduction was investigated in a channel flow, and it was shown that | 129 |
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Neuroscience is one of today's hot topics. Every day, it seems there's a new development or invention in the discipline. There's certainly a lot of truth when people say the brain is "the final frontier."
One of the branches of neuroscience is neuropsychology. Sounds exciting<|fim_middle|> or has learned that could be useful or of interest to you!
Psychology translations (III). How to specialize through self-learning
5 ways a neuropsychology translator can help you | ? It is! But probably not in the way people imagine it to be. Like many other specialties and subspecialties, the day-to-day practice of a neuropsychologist can remain a mystery for people outside the field (even other psychologists).
In this post, I'd like to touch on neuropsychology as a translation specialism. In a later post, I'll go into more detail about the ways a specialized translator can help test designers, test publishers, CROs, and authors in their validation efforts.
What makes neuropsychology different from other translation fields?
Why and what to translate in neuropsychology?
What could go wrong?
What makes neuropsychology different from other fields?
There are some things that make neuropsychology different from other psychology settings, which impacts the type of translations a neuropsychology translator will do.
The day-to-day of the clinical neuropsychologist is not even remotely similar to the "patient on divan and psychologist listening" image that probably pops into most people's minds. In fact, a neuropsychologist's day is usually filled with assessment appointments, report writing, or cognitive rehab activities (all of which involve multiple steps and processes).
Neuropsychology assessment and tests
The instruments we use to measure processes are different from what most people probably think about, that is questionnaires (personality inventories, achievement tests, etc.) or similar. Of course, neuropsychologists also use scales, structured and semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires for assessment. But our instruments can look completely different, as we need to test the performance of the person through different conditions; some are somewhat natural (e.g., describing a scene) and others less so (e.g., learning "random" words).
But what about language? In general, psychologists are very interested in how culture and language influence measurement. Specifically, as neuropsychologists, we are very aware of the impact of language and culture on our tests and we have a specific field of study called cross-cultural neuropsychology.
There are several situations in which someone might need to translate neuropsychological tests to another language. These include (but are not limited to):
Clinical research: These include multisite clinical trials or decentralized clinical trials with cognitive outcomes. They involve patients from different regions and may require adaptations in several languages for clinical outcome assessments. They can be anything from the more "classical" patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to clinician-reported outcomes (ClinROs), observer-reported outcomes (ObsROs), and performance outcomes (PerfOs).
Fairness: Today, there are efforts to avoid language and culture (rather than the construct to be measured) being the main differentiator between test takers. To this end, translated tests might be offered as one of many test accommodations. Access to previously adapted and validated tests in other languages is better than relying on test administrators for impromptu interpretations, which can have unpredictable effects.
Academia: Contributing and sharing with the international scientific community might be a strong motivator for researchers and university groups to adapt an existing measure to their context and share their findings with the world.
What can be translated?
Content to be translated depends on the type of measure and the complexity of the administration and materials. In general, it includes:
Test stimulus material: stimulus booklets and other stimulus material.
Manuals/instructions for test administrators: administration and technical manuals, record forms, scoring sheets.
(Both types of content include material to be used by test administrators and test takers).
Academic material: abstracts, posters, papers, presentations, etc.; all related to the research.
Editorial/literary material: popularization books, student manuals, specialized books.
Some people know their discipline so well that it's sometimes difficult to imagine how things can go wrong, but little errors can all add up, and having an appropriate adaptation process that doesn't include specialized linguists can have consequences.
The ISOQOL Translation and Cultural Adaptation Special Interest Group issued the following warning about test materials (stimuli and rater/patient instructions) for performance assessment on clinical trials (which include cognitive assessments):
For constraints of timelines or budget, this material is often neglected, poorly translated, or even not translated at all due to the assumption that clinicians and site personnel are sufficiently fluent in English. Expecting clinicians and site personnel to use English forms and instruction manuals can dramatically result in bias or incorrect interpretations of the measure content that threaten the validity of the data.
Small errors that add up
I was involved in the English-to-Spanish adaptation of a neuropsychology battery for the assessment of executive functions for a clinical trial.
In the translation of the administration manual, the meaning of "easel position" was misunderstood and the term was mistranslated. The translator thought it referred to a painting task and translated accordingly. But it actually referred to the position of a stimulus book that opens in such a way that it can stay upright and face the patient when flipping the pages.
On the left, an example of a stimulus book in easel position (Source: Pearson Clinical)
This completely changed the meaning of the instruction. If it had passed unnoticed, it might have affected what the different test administrators understood, leaving the door wide open for interpretations that could lead to variability in administration.
Neuropsychology is a highly specialized scientific subfield but also a highly specialized linguistic subfield. If you don't have a linguistic background, you might not know that translators specialize in specific areas (popular fields are medical, legal, technical, and marketing), and psychology translation is one of the subfields that requires a specialized approach.
I hope, by now, you're convinced that neuropsychology is not only a specialization within psychology but also within translation.
I really believe this understanding will help in your search for the right partners. Incorporating a neuropsychology translator or specialized linguist into your validation process will help you avoid errors that others might not detect, but that can add up.
If you want to know exactly how translators specializing in neuropsychology can help you, don't miss my next post!
Karol Tapia de Moya is a psychologist and English to Spanish translator. She specializes in the fields of psychology, healthcare and medicine, and education. In this blog, she writes about everything she knows | 1,274 |
TOKYO, JAPAN - NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a data, cloud and international communications leader within the NTT (NYSE:NTT, news, filings) Group, announced today it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global" (Magic Quadrant) report*1 published by Gartner Inc. on January 2015, for the 2nd consecutive year. NTT Com was evaluated for the completeness of its vision and its execution capabilities.
Gartner's Magic Quadrant report evaluates service providers for the completeness of their vision and their ability to execute those visions. According to Gartner, "Vendors in the Leaders quadrant are performing well today and maintain a stable organization with a clear vision of market direction. They deliver comprehensive portfolios of network services, across broad geographies, with good service quality. They address the global networking needs of a broad range of enterprises is terms of size, geographic distribution and vertical industry. Leaders shape the direction of the market by extending their coverage, developing new class-leading capabilities and new commercial models<|fim_middle|> and upgrade global network services that enable customers to grow their global businesses effectively and efficiently. | , and deploying these at scale."
Last year, under Global Cloud Vision, NTT Com strengthened and expanded its networks, data centers and other global ICT infrastructure. NTT Com's recent initiatives include NFV services as part of its Arcstar Universal One utilizing Virtela's technologies, and Arcstar Universal One Virtual, which enables network virtualization on existing network, using SDN technology. NTT Com, a global ICT partner, intends to further expand | 90 |
Turn heads at your next costume ball, tea party, or other royal appearance when you wear the Elegant Renaissance Dress. This handcrafted dress is made of luxurious royal velvet in a beautiful burgundy paired with ornate gold brocade. The front panel features lacing down the bodice, giving a layered look to this Baroque-inspired ball gown.<|fim_middle|>. If your reenactment event calls for unmatched beauty, choose the Elegant Renaissance Dress. | Lacing down the back of the bodice adds a touch of romance and adjustability to the design. Inside the dress, the bodice is lined with soft satin and has incorporated plastic boning to support its silhouette. To get the historical skirt shape shown, wear this velvet Renaissance dress with our Renaissance Pannier (MCI-241), sold separately. The satin-lined sleeves of the gown end at the elbows, where its cuffs erupt in layers of ruffled velvet and white lace framed by bands of brocade | 105 |
Looking for ways to deliver better customer service? Check out how three men in a loft brought zen to the table.
It sounds like the beginning of a joke, really. "Three men walk into a loft …" But it's actually how the Zendesk story begins – around an old kitchen door-turned-desk in a Copenhagen dwelling, where friends Mikkel Svane, Morten Primdahl and Alexander Aghassipour dreamed of bringing a little zen into the otherwise crazy world of customer support.
The result is a leading cloud-based customer service platform specifically designed to drive customer satisfaction, particularly when satisfaction is at its most crucial apex: problem resolution time. And the good news is that because of Redbooth's collaboration and integration with Zendesk, users can now enjoy all the benefits that this platform has to offer.
And the story is only beginning.
For years, successful companies like Apple, Google and Philips Electronics have been touting the same message: differentiate yourself based on the experience you deliver to customers; not on the products you sell.
Agents can track progress and escalate issues without leaving Zendesk.
Every comment on the task that gets created is added to the ticket thread, giving full context on what is happening.
Non-customer-facing teams can collaborate solutions to problems, and easily notify the customer-facing team when issues have been resolved.
Take speed-to-resolution, for example. It can mean the difference not only between quarterly profits, but whether a company stays in business or not. Customers demand responsive, quick-to-resolve action when problems arise, and they need a smooth hand-off between customer input and back-end internal systems, teams and processes in order to resolve issues. Our partnership with Zendesk helps meet those demands.
Because so much more customer interaction takes place online rather than face-to-face, it's more important than ever to pay attention to the details. Technology entrepreneur Jeff Bezos explained his philosophy when it comes to above-and-beyond service when he said, "We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.
Zendesk brings organizations closer to their customers. In fact, with this seamless integration, customer issues are immediately addressed with a single click driving internal collaboration and speedy problem resolution. Additionally, Zendesk customers who add this integration get to experience Redbooth benefits and services in the same Zendesk environment, look and feel that they're used to – dramatically enhancing customer service, efficiency and productivity.
As Redbo<|fim_middle|>enbaum knows, keeping existing customers satisfied is much less costly than obtaining new ones, and this Redbooth partnership enables Zendesk users to drive the highest levels of satisfaction at the most crucial times. "Zendesk handles the communication with the customer; Redbooth manages collaboration internally. Together, this is an extremely powerful integration with real, bottom-line impact," he said.
Zendesk is a customer service platform designed for companies that want to create more meaningful, personal, and productive customer relationships. This integration brings visibility, strength and collaboration into the ticket resolution process, enhancing delivered services and benefitting from customer feedback.
If increasing retention and customer lifetime value sounds good to you, take a look at our Integration Guide, and set up your Zendesk integration now.
What are you doing to enhance customer service? Do you already use a customer service platform? If you use our Zendesk integration, what do you think? We look forward to reading your responses below, and be sure to include any customer service success stories if you have them! | oth CEO Dan Scho | 4 |
Amaris is an international technology and management consulting firm growing at a very fast rate and providing innovative solutions<|fim_middle|> their values: pragmatism, critical look and innovation. | to rather demanding and complex projects. Its core activity being the council of clients throughout the entire process of carrying out their projects by offering the right services to improve efficiency and performance. It operates within five main areas of expertise: Business Consulting and Management, IT (Information Technology), Engineering and High-Tech, Telecoms, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. Amaris does business with companies everywhere in the spectrum from small family business to international groups and in various fields such as energy, transports and finance.
EY is an accounting and audit firm with more than 230 800 collaborators around the world making it one of the Big Four accounting firms in the planet.
EY's collaborators operate in audit, accounting and consulting that provide the clients with high value prioritising sector-wide approach. In a constantly evolving world that offers, should you look beyond the barriers, plenty of opportunities, EY went for a rather ambitious goal: Building a better working world.
EY's partnership with Junior-Enterprises has already celebrated its third anniversary and counting, they have been assisting us through different issues, each time offering customisable help that adapts to our very specific problems, which has been allowing us to make the most of our Junior- Enterprise and never cease to improve daily.
BNP Paribas is the first banking group eurozonewide and fifth worldwide, implemented in over 74 countries, with a labour force of 189 000 employees.
The numbers rise up to 30 million retail banking clients in its four domestic markets: France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy as well as its other trademarks. The retail banking is also very developed in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, Poland and the Western United States.
BNP Paribas is the french trademark with the highest value ever.
The first post-baccalaureate engineering school, INSA Lyon offers a high level of engineering education. With nearly 5,000 highly qualified engineers on campus, INSA Lyon offers a large panel of expert students. Diversity, excellence, open-mindedness and innovation are the driving forces behind INSA Lyon, which, for almost sixty years, has defended a vision of the avant-garde engineer. The INSA engineer is not an engineer like the others. He has excellent scientific and technical skills, but he is also able to understand the issues of his society and to be part of the evolution of his world. School with an international dimension, INSA Lyon has more than 250 partner universities throughout the world and ranks among the 10 best engineering courses in Europe. Supported by its 22 research laboratories, it also aims to become a recognized research and innovation center in the world, with a strong appeal in the industrial and economic world.
Grouping more than 170 structures in France, the National Confederation of Junior Enterprises has been working for 50 years to support and develop the movement of Junior-Enterprises.
Third Junior-Enterprise of France, em lyon junior conseil is emlyon business school's Junior-Enterprise.
Since 1972, she has been supporting companies in France and Europe with consulting studies in audit, communication, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing and strategy.
We respond to the problems encountered by our clients, whether they are large groups, SMEs or entrepreneurs by adding the skills of a business school to our areas of expertise.
As a group of junior companies from the INSA network, Junior INSA offers us an efficient national structure capable of carrying out missions quickly throughout France.
With more than 40 specialties, designed around an education of excellence backed by cutting-edge scientific research. We offer services in a variety of areas, including computer and safety, mechanics, materials engineering, mathematics and many more.
A network of the Lyon urban area, Junior-Enterprises Lyonnaises is the association of 8 Junior-Enterprises Lyon. Centrale Rhône-Alpes, emlyon business school, ESDES, IAE Lyon, INSA Lyon, ISARA, Lyon 2, and Sciences Po Lyon have joined together to offer a wider range of skills to our customers. The group promotes the brand and movement of Junior Enterprises in the Lyon area.
ETIC is working in close partnership with My Business Plan, a consulting firm 100% specialised in business plans, financial modeling and fundraising.
Over 7 years, they have accompanied more than 750 entrepreneurs, very small and medium-sized enterprises as well as big companies with their business plans, by leaning on | 918 |
Slightly earlier than usual last Saturday, Boy Child and I boarded a train to Glasgow. It was the first of three trains. It was 7:07am!
So, where were we heading so early on a sunny Saturday? We were off to Liverpool to see Myles Kennedy.
Neither of us had ever been to Liverpool (in fact, Boy child had never travelled so far by train!) but we were armed with Google maps.
Five hours later, give or take a few minutes, we arrived into Liverpool's Lime Street station. Within a few minutes, with the help of said maps, we had found the venue and then set off in search of lunch and our hotel.
By 2:30pm, fed and watered and safely checked into our hotel (that's a whole story on its own) we were back at the O2 Academy for the meet and greet. This was Boy Child's first meet and greet experience and he looked on a little nervously as I caught up with various members of the AB family from around the world. One of the highlights of these shows is catching up with friends. It never ceases to amaze me how far folk will travel to see this guy. Two girls had flown in from Tokyo to catch a couple of shows!
Eventually, we were ushered into the venue via a service entrance, through a cobbled covered courtyard, past a washing machine and a drier! We were given a warm welcome by Paul and the team as always and the rules for the day were laid down to ensure that the meet and greet ran smoothly.
After a quick photo with Myles (I managed to get two – thanks Paul) we were all shown back outside to wait for show time.
Shortly before 7pm, the VIP queue were allowed into the venue a few minutes ahead of the rest of the waiting fans. After running up an incredibly steep flight of stairs, a rail position was safely secured for the evening. Happy days!
The support act for the evening was Dorrian Sorriaux, the super talented, French guitarist from Blues Pills. This is one skilled musician! Having released his first solo EP Hungry Ghost a few days earlier, Dorrian quickly impressed the growing crowd. The diminutive maestro surprised many of the audience with his vocal abilities. They are right up there with his guitar prowess. Dorrian played an all too short set and enchanted us with his lively blend of folk/rock acoustic music. Definitely a solo artiste to watch out for.
By now the heat in the venue was incredible! It was with relief that I accepted a cup of iced water from the security staff and medic as they started to pass drinks out to the melting fans.
Shortly before nine, the lights dimmed again and the haunting opening to Devil On The Wall echoed round as Myles started the song just out of sight of the crowd. As he stepped out on stage a wall of cheers greeted him. And, yes, he was still wearing Granny's table cover (sorry, Myles!) The set opener was promptly followed by Standing In The Sun, the SMKC classic.
Maybe it should have been renamed Standing Under A Blazing Sun as everyone in the room, Myles Included, was already dripping with sweat!
The Mayfield Four classic, albeit Myles claims it is cheesy, Mars Hotel proved to be a firm fan favourite.
With an acoustic rendition of Addicted To Pain following on immediately, Myles had expertly covered all aspects of his career in the first few songs of the night. Nicely done!
Having been fortunate enough to see two previous shows on the first UK leg of the Year Of the Tiger tour back in March, I was secretly hoping to hear some "new" songs. Myles didn't disappoint.
The first of these was the beautiful Ghosts Of Shangri La. Played on his "laser like" resonator, Myles had the capacity crowd held in awe. We all love that song it appears.
Then having checked how we were all holding up in the heat, we were given a choice- Lover or Show Me A Leader. Lover was my personal choice but, with my usual level of luck, Myles opted to play Show Me A Leader, the epic Alter Bridge song from The Last Hero.
A second<|fim_middle|> Looking tired but ever the gentleman, Myles took his time, spared a few words for everyone and signed everything the fans thrust in front of him.
Hot, tired and happy, Boy Child and I said our final "goodnight's" to the remaining members of the AB family then meandered back to our hotel, both wishing we were following the tour on to Leeds.
Till next time. Thank you, Myles.
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Hearing Myles play an acoustic version of Iron Maiden's classic, The Trooper, is a sound to behold. Introduced with a little nostalgic tale of his teenage years playing air guitar with a tennis racquet, Myles ably demonstrated his prowess. Not only did he demonstrate his skill at playing but he displayed his talent for playing hard and fast while dripping sweat from every pore!
Dear Lord, it was HOT!
Manager, "Renaissance Man", friend, Tim Tournier joined Myles on stage next for the first of two appearances as the duo had obvious fun playing together before slipping slickly into Haunted By Design. It really is a delight to behold when you can tell that the star is enjoying the show as much as you are.
The third and final "new" song of the night for me followed a couple of songs later – Songbird. Love love love it!
What's left to say about Watch Over You that followed? Goosebumps and tears in my eyes every single time. Such an emotional ballad. Simply gorgeous.
Probably my highlight tune of the night followed – Travelling Riverside Blues. I just love this one. Love the mischief of its lyrics and, from watching Myles play this, it's easy to see that he loves it too.
Still playing his resonator (have I mentioned just how much I love this guitar?) he rounded out the main body of the set with a sultry acoustic rendition of the SMKC song World On Fire.
As ever I harboured a secret hope that hallelujah might make the cut for the encore. Sadly, not tonight….one day…. I hope! Myles opened his two-song encore with the breath-taking Love Can Only Heal. When I first heard this on the record, I cried. I've cried most times I've heard it and this time was no exception. So beautifully raw and personal. Incredible song and a magical performance.
The final song of the night saw Tim (Timmy!!!) return to the stage as together they closed the show with Year Of The Tiger. A perfect note to end on.
What a show! I just wish I could do it all again, despite the heat!
Having said our farewells to various AB family members, Boy Child and I made our way slowly outside. Fresh air has never felt so welcome!
I'm sure after such a hot and physically draining show, many musicians would have declined to spend time chatting with fans and signing items but not Myles. | 531 |
Each year there comes that time that all<|fim_middle|> daunting task to review your sales staff, the information that is gained and shared can be useful to both you and your sales team. Sales performance reviews provide an opportunity for mutual goal setting. Evaluations can help to identify problem areas and their causes. They can point out the link between outcomes and behaviors. Sales performance reviews give the sales manager the opportunity to appraise both positive and negative issues. This information should lead to the development of strategic plan for performance improvement for your sales people with the ultimate goal of increasing sales. | sales people and sales managers face with trepidation and anxiety: sales performance reviews. Sales performance reviews are much needed (and usually compulsory) part of any good sales management plan, and they do not need to be problematic. In fact, when done properly sales performance reviews should be used to identify successes and accomplishments as well as any problem areas. In either case, the information provided in sales performance reviews can be used to pinpoint ways to improve sales and correct problems.
Reward those who are performing up to or exceeding expectations.
Identify sales people who may need additional training or assistance.
Identify sales people who are not meeting expectations and are at a point where they may need to be terminated.
Additionally, the performance evaluation should be used to help set goals and improve communication between the sales manager and the sales staff.
The approach to doing sales performance reviews should be three fold.
Employee self-evaluation. This evaluation gives the sales person the opportunity to do some soul searching. It allows the person to determine if they have met personal goals that they have set for themselves. Each year the sales person should be establishing their own goals and objectives. Prior to the sales review, the sales person should be furnished with all of the relevant data regarding their performance for the year. In addition to doing the self-evaluation, the sales person should set goals and objectives for the year ahead.
Outcome based evaluations. This evaluation should be done by the sales manager and should focus specifically on data. This evaluation is unambiguous and based solely on facts and figures. This part of sales performance reviews is to see where the sales person met, exceeded or failed to meet agreed upon goals for the year. The outcomes based evaluations must be measurable and should be founded on detailed numbers and percentages. This area is not at all subjective or personal. The outcomes evaluation could show a percentage increase in sales, market share, or quotas obtained by the sales person. It is a quantitative criterion for performance. This is a bottom line, objective evaluation.
Behavior based evaluations. Behavior based sales performance reviews are qualitative and are somewhat subjective. These evaluations assess the characteristics of the sales person that have an effect on how well they perform. Although more difficult to implement, these evaluations are also measurable. It is very important to never let personal bias influence this type of evaluation. To a certain extent, the behavior-based evaluation is often the basis of the outcome-based evaluation. The behavior analysis of sales performance reviews can include varied criteria.
Sales Skills. This can include product knowledge, closing skills, and the ability to overcome objections.
Management Skills. This can include record keeping, planning, and customer service including cold calling and customer follow-up.
Individual Skills. This is the toughest part of sales performance reviews. It can include discussion of the sales person's attitude, willingness to work as a team, personal motivation or even personal appearance.
Sales performance reviews need to be relevant to the job. They must be reliable, specific, measurable and standard for each sales person. Although it can be a | 602 |
IRVINE – Bell-Jeff battles to get back into game, but its second attempt falls short in 7-6 loss to Pomona Catholic in title game. Falling behind by three runs, the Bellarmine-Jefferson High softball team was asked to fight its way back in its CIF Southern Section championship game Friday against Pomona Catholic.
However, finding themselves down a second time by a three-run deficit, this time heading into the final inning, the Bell-Jeff coaches asked their players to muster another comeback attempt in the Division VII game.
No. 2 Bell-Jeff put forth a valiant effort, pushing across two runs in the seventh inning and putting the potential tying run on second base. But the No. 1 Pacers were able to weather the challenge, sending the Guards down to a 7<|fim_middle|> Bell-Jeff (22-6) still had some fight left in it.
Padilla got into deep trouble in the top of the seventh after getting the first batter of the frame to ground out. Number 9 hitter, Krystal Ordonez, started the rally with a walk. Leadoff hitter Maddy Gionoli followed with a single to left field and Monique Landini walked to load the bases with one out.
Pomona Catholic Coach Roger Wallace had seen enough, and he pulled Padilla and brought in Victoria Givens in relief. She was promptly greeted by Samantha Casarez, who roped a single through the left side if the infield to score Ordonez.
Cleanup hitter Jaylen Watson did her part, hitting into a fielder's choice to score Gionoli, as Casarez scampered to second. However, the Guards stranded the potential tying run, as a groundout to third ended Bell-Jeff's quest for a historic title.
The Guards received two hits, including a double, and a run batted in from Cristina Colon. Gionoli was two for four with two runs scored and Casarez was two for four with an RBI.
Bell-Jeff starting pitcher Jackie Pons was able to keep the Pacers off the board through the first three innings, thanks to some help from her defense.
Pomona Catholic had runners on first and second with one out when Gionoli, at shortstop, turned a nifty 5-3 double play. In centerfield, Watson came up with a fine catch on a sinking line drive in the third to get the Guards out of the inning.
But Pomona Catholic was finally able to break through with two runs in the fourth inning on three hits.
Bell-Jeff responded in the top of the fifth, slicing the deficit in half as Sofia Palacios reached base on a fielder's choice and scored on a double to right-center field by Priscilla Panizo.
The Pacers added two runs in their half of the fifth to take a 4-1 advantage. But the Guards came roaring back to tack on three runs in the top of the sixth inning to tie the score at 4.
It was Pomona Catholic's turn to answer the call in the bottom of the sixth off Bell-Jeff reliever Amanda Maalouf. Sarah Guillen drove in a run and Givens delivered a double that scored two runs for the Pacers in the inning.
With a team that boasted seven freshmen and five seniors, Castaneda is expecting good things from the Guards next season. He is hoping that their experience Friday — as well as the trek through the playoffs — will benefit the players.
"With seven freshmen, coming this far, doing what they've done, is just a great accomplishment," he said. "They got a taste of it. This feeling of losing is a feeling that nobody likes, and it's not like any other loss. It is something that resonates and something that will drive you next year. | -6 defeat at Deanna Manning Stadium in Irvine.
It was the first time Bell-Jeff has advanced to a CIF title contest after not getting past the second round of the postseason prior to this season.
It was also the first time in 36 years that a team in the city was able to make it to a championship. Burbank High won a 3-A crown in 1975, and that serves as the area's lone CIF softball title.
Castaneda said before the game that he had seen footage of Pomona Catholic starting pitcher Amanda Padilla, and the junior tended to tire late in games. And that's just what happened. Padilla breezed through the first four innings, allowing just one base runner, surrendering no hits and striking out eight in a row.
The Pacers come into the title game on a 14-game winning streak, with all of those victories coming by way of shutout. During the streak, Pomona Catholic outscored its opponents a whopping, 234-0 — including beating three playoff opponents, 81-0.
The last time the Pacers dropped a game was April 6, when they fell to West Covina, 2-1.
It was that dominance that helped the Pacers (24-5) surge back to take a 7-4 lead after six innings. But | 279 |
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Ashley Heath and her Heathens will play Radio Room on Jan. 31. Photo provided.
If you've seen Ashley Heath live in the Upstate before, whether it was a Fall For Greenville or Smiley's Acoustic Café or Gottrocks, you might not be ready for how hard her Thursday night show at Radio Room is going to rock. And that's because, in the past, Heath, a previous winner of the Journal's Regional Artist Of The Year award, played either solo acoustic or as part of a stripped-down duo in her previous performances. This time, she's bringing some Heathens with her.
The Heathens in question would be her band, a the four-piece outfit that backs Heath on her latest EP, 2018's Where Hope Never Dies. On that release's five songs, the band plays bluesy, groove-heavy rock behind Heath's own propulsive rhythm guitar and her soaring cry of a voice, lending some serious muscle to the proceedings.
The Asheville native still loves playing acoustic, but she says it's simply more fun to have a full-tilt rock band wailing behind her.
Perhaps part of the exhilaration that Heath feels onstage playing the songs from Where Hope Never Dies comes from the fact that, from the songwriting to the recording to<|fim_middle|> her struggle. | the release, the EP was entirely within her control. It was a different story from her first album, A Different Stream. To keep costs down, that album was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios by interns who essentially used the sessions as practice. And it was originally intended as a duo album with a friend of Heath's, who left midway through the recording.
The EP's release on CD & LP, along with the accompanying t-shirts, stickers and other merchandise to promote it, were made possible by a Kickstarter funding campaign that literally became fully funded at 2 a.m. on the final day of the campaign.
For Heath, it was a high point on the roller coaster she's been on for the last four years.
"There's no balance to this life at all," she adds with a laugh.
But if there isn't a balance, Heath feels there might just be a bright side to | 178 |
Professor Emeritus Derek John Mulvaney AO CMG (1925-2016). The greatly respected Australian archaeologist Derek John Mulvaney (known as John) was HAGSOC's third Patron, 1997-2007. Accepting the position in June 1997 he protested that he was not a genealogist,but that he had recently been involved in genealogical research as background to an edition of the letters of Charles Edward Cowle (1863-1922) - in charge of police at Illamurta in the Northern Territory - and that the only notable feature of his family tree was that Senator Sir Joseph<|fim_middle|> named) was Cowle's brother-in-law! The letters were published as From the Frontier: Outback Letters to Baldwin Spencer (Allen & Unwin 2000). John Mulvaney took an active interest in the Society, frequently (and unobtrusively) attending Monthly Meetings, and Society functions. After ten years in the post, Professor Mulvaney resigned in August 2007. | Symon (after whom Symonston in the ACT is | 12 |
Ontario County Historical Society executive director to retire
By Mike Murphy mmurphy@messengerpost<|fim_middle|> World War I in 2018, prohibition this year and next, immigration.
Above all, the museum is an educational institution and with the fairly recent addition of Ontario County Arts Council exhibits, a cultural one as well.
"The history is going to be there," Varno said. "The Society has to figure out how to handle it."
Varno, who lives in Cheshire, said he pledged to give at least three months of guidance to a new executive director, should it be needed, to help in the transition.
The hope is to gather applications and resumés by Jan. 10, 2020.
"We want to cast a wide net and we want to get the best," Varno said.
Varno said he will leave a good team in place that includes Townsend, museum educator Preston Pierce, receptionists Maureen O'Connell Baker and Barbara Hill, and the nearly 50 volunteers who help in the day-to-day operation of the museum and its fundraisers.
"I am proud of our team," Varno said. "Together, we have created a welcoming place where history, culture and learning come together. We are grateful for the community support." | media.com
When he leaves in July, Ed Varno will have served 25 years
CANANDAIGUA — Local history is more than knowing who owned the grand house on North Main Street in Canandaigua.
People love history and the people and their stories that tell of the past, according to Ed Varno, executive director of the Ontario County Historical Society.
But in learning more about the past, people ought to enjoy the experience, Varno said.
"We must make a good impression," said Varno, who is announcing his retirement, effective July 23, 2020 — 25 years to the day he signed on for the job.
The society's board of directors is now seeking his replacement, which could prove difficult because of the good impression he's made on the community during his tenure.
Christopher Hubler, who is president of the organization, said the society had lost its direction, its staff was laid off and its finances were "not in the best of shape" when Varno came aboard.
"Ed picked up the pieces and with a lot of hard work, unique ideas and community support, he rebuilt the staff and created a welcoming atmosphere that made the organization a viable cultural institution for our county," Hubler said in a prepared statement.
Varno is credited with bringing creativity to promoting local history. For instance, he found a President Theodore Roosevelt impersonator for an event celebrating the society's 100th anniversary in 2002. Varno also once dressed in Depression-era garb and sold pencils on the street to raise money for a payroll.
The society also has won several awards over the years for programming, including the Museum Association of New York's creative award for its Architectural Scavenger Hunt and by the New York State Cultural Heritage Tourism Network for museum Curator Wilma Townsend's book, "Votes for Women: The Suffrage Movement in Ontario County, New York."
In recent years, the museum, which Varno said holds a "phenomenal collection," has housed several special themed exhibits, including suffrage in 2017, | 437 |
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This week we are going to talk about the Oven Roasted Summer Squash I fixed for Man Food Mondays.
I hope you have a relaxing 4th of July celebration and are ready to go this week. Michelle and I drove over to the Thompson Family Farm this past Sunday to see what had been brought in. Watermelons, peaches, tomato's, okra, corn and a couple of varieties of summer squash to name a few. I am not sure why, but Michelle and I have been talking about a type of summer squash called patty pan squash, which as luck would have it they had some. The kid in me thinks it looks like a UFO, which would make it fun to cook in my opinion :). So a meal is born, chicken on the rotisserie grill, fried okra patties and UFO squash with a salad… oh and sliced tomatoes fresh off the vine, yup sounds like dinner.
I went looking for ideas<|fim_middle|> garlic and the other 1/3 of the basil as you did on the first layer then top with 1/3 of the melted butter. Layer the last of the patty pan squash and repeat the process of adding the other ingredients, Squeeze lemon juice over the pan and place in the oven and cook for 35 minutes. Check for doneness and add time if needed.
If the layers are a bit thick it will take a little more time to cook, just check back every 5 to 10 minutes so that you do not over cook it. I saved the scalloped top sections to put on the top of the dish just for fun. You can slice this long ways instead of cross ways and that may speed the cook time a bit. This was a fun side dish to make.
I hope you enjoy this and will check back next week for our next adventure. | about how to cook this and came across a number of them. I settled on cooking it like I have cooked other varieties in the past. The odd shape of the squash may throw you off but it slices up well for this dish.
Wash and scrape the outside of the squash to remove some of the tough skin. Slice the squash in to 1/4 inch thick slices.
Layer the patty pan slices across the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan. Place 1/2 of garlic slices on this layer of patty pan. Sprinkle 1/3 the basil across the top of this layer and pour 1/3 of the melted butter on top of that.
Layer all the yellow squash on top of the patty pan and add the other half of the | 161 |
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Published: Dec. 8, 2022 at 6:54 PM EST
SUTTON, W.Va (WDTV) - Stevie Boggs is a 6′4 freshman from Braxton County boy's basketball that has already showed flashes of greatness. In a matchup against Notre Dame, Boggs had one play where he had two blocks in under 10 seconds, shutting down the Irish offense and helping his team maintain its lead. For him, he's just glad that the work he has put in has gotten him time on the court.
"Started practicing hard, coach got me in shape," said Boggs. "Got me getting rebounds and playing rough under the rim. Real sweet getting to be out on the court and stuff. Getting a lot of minutes and everything."
But for coach Lunceford, he takes away that the team was down by a significant margin and was able to come back: winning by 10 after trailing by as much as 11.
"We just have to do us. If we settle in, trust what we're doing, trust the game plan," said coach Lunceford "It just kind of kept ticking away. By the fourth quarter, the effort paid off."
And for Boggs, as a freshman, coach Lunceford has already described his height and skillset as something he hasn't had before.
"This is probably the shortest lineup I've ever coached. That being said, we shoot the ball well," said coach Lunceford. "With the size that we have, we lean heavily on him. I was really proud of him tonight. Not just the scoring, he boxed out, rebounds, changes so many things. When you have a 6′4 kid waving his arms around, it's a luxury I've never had."
With the win, Braxton was able to open the season with a win, but it's the road ahead that has made Boggs' patterns in the weight room worth gold.
"This whole team is people pleasers. They want to make you proud of them. Stevie, first part of the season he comes out and says: 'Hey coach I want to get in the weight room with you. I want to do this, I want to do that.' That's what got me," said coach Lunceford "Now, every day, we'll practice until six, and then me, him and my son, we end in the weight room working out until seven. That's what we're trying to get them to do. We've got a great group of freshmen here and we're trying to get them to buy into this. This experience and stuff they are getting now, especially with these guards around them. They learn a lot."
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Скандинавская медная марка () — весовая единица стран Скандинавии, которая имела вес 218,3 г и приравнивалась к ⅔ медного фунта весом 327,45 г. С 1620 года весовая марка стала эталоном для чеканки медных монет и долгое время приравнивалась к серебряной марке по скандинавской биметаллической системе, которую отменили в 1776 году.
История
В средневековье, когда валюты европейских стран были основаны на определённой весовой норме драгоценного металла, скандинавские государства столкнулись в первую очередь с проблемой нехватки серебра на своих территориях. С XI века при изготовлении серебряных монет в этих государствах в качестве весовой единицы стала использоваться кельнская серебряная марка. До XVII века для стран Скандинавии<|fim_middle|>История Исландии
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Деньги Финляндии | серебряные и золотые монеты чеканились на Гамбургском монетном дворе. С XIII века на территориях Шведского лена Даларна, в торговых центрах Фалуне и Сетере, шла активная добыча меди на руднике «Большая Медная гора» (). Первое письменное упоминание о горных работах на этих рудниках датируется 1288 годом. С 1397 года, в начале правления Эрика Померанского было решено объединить страны Скандинавии в Кальмарскую унию с собственной структурой управления, но под защитой Датской короны. Также король Эрик ограничил привилегии ганзейцев и установил пошлины на их товары в Зундском проливе. После развала унии марка становится одной из денежных единиц во всех государствах Скандинавского полуострова (кроме территорий, находившихся под опекой Дании — Финляндия, Исландия, Гренландия) и чеканится в серебре. В начале правления короля Швеции Густава I изготавливаются первые медные монеты-плиты, названными пеннингами (). С 20-х годов XVII века медный стандарт стали применять в монетной системе Швеции. Эталоном для изготовления монет из меди служила скандинавская медная марка весом 218,3 граммов. Таким образом, Швеция пыталась расширить внутреннюю экономику и создать дефицит меди в других странах Европы, рассчитывая на спрос и большую цену на этот металл в торговле с другими странами. .
Двойной денежный стандарт
В 1620 году шведский король Густав II принял решение применить двойной денежный стандарт, используя как для изготовления медных монет медную весовую марку, так и для серебряных соответственно серебряную. Для чеканки медных монет правительство начал использовать металл с рудника Стура-Коппарберг. В 1624 году в рудодобывающем городке Сеттер был создан монетный двор для чеканки медных монет. В 1625 монетный двор был создан в городке Никопинг () и в 1626 году в местечке Арбуга (). Золото и серебро и далее использовалось зарубежное и чеканка монет из драгоценных металлов действовала долгое время по европейским стандартам. В 1627 году были отчеканены первые медные монеты грубой формы, вырезанные из медных листов. Но первые годы производства медной монеты техника совершенствовалась. Фрезерование было следующим шагом развития техники. В 1644 году, были изготовлены первые монеты-платы, получившие номинальную название — далер. 2½ медных далера приравнивались к 1 серебряному далеру, а с 1665 и до реформы 1776 года 1 серебряный далер стал стоить 3 медных далера. Самая тяжелая плата была весом в 43,4 фунта (19,7 кг) номиналом в 10 далеров. Учитывая большой вес этих плат (), ими в основном рассчитывались с иностранными покупателями во время валютных расчетов. В 1689 году за эталон скандинавских весовых единиц была принята датская серебряная марка, которая имела массу 334,54 г, таким образом вытеснив по весу более ранний эталон для серебра кельнскую марку. В 1716—1719 годах, во время Великой Северной войны, согласно указу короля Швеции Карла XII, изготавливали медные чрезвычайные монеты () массой 756 г и номинальной стоимостью в 1 далер. Но правительство не гарантировало ценность новых монет и подобные типы далеров в основном использовались в дореформенный период после войны.
Отмена медного стандарта
В целом, двойной монетный стандарт создавал проблемы как для простых граждан, так и государств, которые его использовали. Медь постепенно обесценивалась, а соотношение серебра с годами становилось неоправданным. В 1776 году король Густав III провёл денежную реформу, по которой медный стандарт был отменен, а серебряный риксдалер стал главной валютой Швеции.
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Mirkka Lappalainen: Maailman painavin raha: kirjoituksia 1600-luvun Pohjolasta. WSOY, 2006. ISBN 951-0-32185-0.
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Weatherford, Jack. The History of Money. CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC. NEW YORK p. 288. 1997 ISBN 0-517-59980-5
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Валютные эпизоды из истории. Раздел: Скандинавские медные монеты 1600—1670 года
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Ancient stars at the centre of the Milky Way contain 'fingerprints' from the very early Universe
Astronomers have discovered some of the oldest stars in the galaxy, whose chemical composition and movements could tell us what the Universe was like soon after the Big Bang.
Finding these rare stars is really like looking for a needle in a haystack. But if we select these stars in the right way, it's like burning down the farm and sweeping up the needles with a magnet
An international team of astronomers, led researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Australian National University, have identified some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, which could contain vital clues about the early Universe, including an indication of how the first stars died.
These stars, which have been at the very centre of the Milky Way for billions of years, contain extremely low amounts of metal: one of the stars is the most metal-poor star yet discovered in the centre of our galaxy. These stars also contain chemical fingerprints which indicate that the very first stars may have died in spectacular deaths known as hypernovae, which were ten times more energetic than a regular supernova. The findings, reported today (11 November) in the journal Nature, could aid in understanding just how much the Universe has changed over the past 13.7 billion years.
For decades, astronomers have been trying to determine what the Universe was like soon after the Big Bang – understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed is crucial to this goal. While some astronomers are looking outward to galaxies billions of light years away to untangle this mystery, others are looking inward to the centre of our galaxy.
If you've ever looked up at the night sky from a dark place you might see the centre of the Milky Way. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, and astronomers are interested in picking out the oldest stars and finding out about their chemical composition and movements.
Soon after the Big Bang, the Universe was entirely made up of only hydrogen, helium and small amounts of lithium. All of the other elements, like the oxygen we breathe or the sodium in our toothpaste, have been made inside stars or when they die as supernovae. This has led astronomers to search for extremely metal-poor stars: stars with lots of hydrogen, but very little of any other element.
It had been thought that the very first stars formed in the centre of the galaxy, where the effects of gravity are strongest. But after decades of searches, astronomers found that most stars in the centre of our galaxy have a similar metal content of those much closer to us. While the stars at the centre of the galaxy are about seven billion years older than the Sun, they're still not old enough to understand what the conditions were like<|fim_middle|> strategy to find the oldest stars in the galaxy. Stars with a low metal content look slightly bluer than other stars: a key difference that can be used to sift through the millions of stars at the centre of the Milky Way.
Using images taken with the ANU SkyMapper telescope in Australia, the team selected 14,000 promising stars to look at in more detail, with a spectrograph on a bigger telescope. A spectrograph breaks up the light of the star, much like a prism, allowing astronomers to make detailed measurements.
Their best 23 candidates were all very metal-poor, leading the researchers to a larger telescope in the Atacama desert in Chile. From this data the team identified nine stars with a metal content less than one-thousandth of the amount seen in the Sun, including one with one-ten-thousandth the amount – now the record breaker for the most metal-poor star in the centre of the galaxy.
"If you could compress all the iron in the Sun to the size of your fist, some of these stars would contain just a tiny pebble by comparison," said Dr Andrew Casey of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, one of the study's co-authors. "They're very, very different kinds of stars."
However, knowing that these stars have low amounts of metal wasn't enough to be certain that they formed very early in the Universe. They could be stars that formed much later in other parts of the galaxy that weren't as dense, and they are just now passing through the centre. To separate those possibilities, researchers measured distances and used precise measurements of the stars' movement in the sky to predict how the stars were moving, and where they had been in the past.
They found that while some stars were just passing through, seven of the stars had spent their entire lives in the very centre of our galaxy. Computer simulations suggest that stars like this must have formed in the very early Universe.
"There are so many stars in the centre of our Galaxy – finding these rare stars is really like looking for a needle in a haystack," said Casey. "But if we select these stars in the right way, it's like burning down the farm and sweeping up the needles with a magnet."
When the very first stars in the galaxy died, they left a chemical signature on the generation of stars reported on in this latest study. This chemical fingerprint suggests the very first stars may have died in spectacular deaths known as hypernovae, an explosion ten times more energetic than a regular supernova. This would make it one of the most energetic things in the Universe, and very different from the kinds of stellar explosions we see today.
"This work confirms that there are ancient stars in the centre of our Galaxy. The chemical signature imprinted on those stars tells us about an epoch in the Universe that's otherwise completely inaccessible," said Casey. "The Universe was probably very different early on, but to know by how much, we've really just got to find more of these stars: more needles in bigger haystacks."
L.M. Howes et. al. 'Extremely metal-poor stars from the cosmic dawn in the bulge of the Milky Way.' Nature (2015). DOI: 10.1038/nature15747
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An artist's impression of a hypernova, an explosive death of a star roughly ten times more energetic than a normal supernova.
Credit: ESO
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The Best Pizza On The Ave !
Everyone has there own favorite little Pizza Shop in their neighborhood ; a home away from home that is "sauce" full of wonderful eats. The "Park Avenue Pizza" restaurant, a family owned business follows this tasty trend! Located in beautiful Winter Park, Fl, Park Avenue Pizza is a delicious place to grab a slice on the go. The beautiful interior provides a comfortable yet stylish environment that would soothe the hearts and stomachs of anyone walking in, providing a suitable scene to enjoy lunch or dinner. The option to sit outside in the lovely weather is welcomed as well.
Park Avenue Pizza provides a scrumptious selection of food. From Appetizers such as Mozzarella Sticks and Chicken Fingers with Fries and Salads to Hot & Cold Subs, Stromboli and Calzones! I've tried the Meaty Calzone with a side of Snapple and was completely satisfied. This place has an assortment of beverages. From Coca-Cola products to your favorite Beers and Wines. If your still hungry for more they carry Blue Bunny frozen treats for those with a sweet tooth.
Overall, this warm-hearted restaurant, brings friends, couples, and tons of neighborhood passerbyers. My Girlfriend<|fim_middle|> budget for that and found this place cozy and convenient.
I don't know what they're putting in this pizza but it is incredible. Time after time, it's consistently awesome, my family and I are totally addicted to it. Knowing how good the pizza is, my husband tried the Chicken Parm...SAME as the PIZZA - OUT OF THIS WORLD good! Great food, great service, very clean restaurant and bathrooms make this "pizza joint" an absolute CAN'T MISS! Trust me, try it once and you too will be a believer! YUM!
Park Avenue Pizza provides a scrumptious selection of food. From Appetizers such as Mozzarella Sticks and Chicken Fingers with Fries and Salads to Hot & Cold Subs, Stromboli and Calzones! I've tried the Meaty Calzone with a side of Snapple and was completely satisfied. This place has an assortment of beverages. From Coca-Cola products to your favorite Beers and Wines. If your still hungry for more they carry Blue Bunny frozen treats for those with a sweet tooth. | and I never hesitant to stop by, whether for a friendly hello from the wonderful owners or to chow down on irresistible pizza!
I don't know what they're putting in this pizza but it is incredible. Time after time, it's consistently awesome, my family and I are totally addicted to it. Knowing how good the pizza is, my husband tried the Chicken Parm…SAME as the PIZZA – OUT OF THIS WORLD good! Great food, great service, very clean restaurant and bathrooms make this "pizza joint" an absolute CAN'T MISS! Trust me, try it once and you too will be a believer! YUM!
A pizza and a greek salad delivered to your door is the best dinner when you don't feel like cooking. The pizza comes quickly and is piping hot. It may not be as "classy" as some of the other restaurants in Winter Park but it will never disappoint you.
We needed good food, fast, and at reasonable prices. We thought this place was perfect for that. We ordered a salad and several slices of pizza. They delivered it to our table fast, hot (pizza) and cheerful. It is not facncy like the places around it but we did not have the time or | 249 |
Mike Pogue, controller at Florida-based VM Iron Works and Structural Steel Corp., talks about his company's approach to cash flow.
Wells Fargo Works: Tell us about the history and growth of your business.
Mike Pogue: Our owner, Vincezo Marzella, originally started working in Montreal, Canada, where the business focused on iron and steel jobs like custom fabricated gates and rails. Then they moved down to South Florida, and launched VM Iron Works and Structural Steel Corp. as it exists now, in 1995. With the building boom in Florida, the business evolved into focusing more on structural steel for large commercial buildings. That means we fabricate and install the "guts<|fim_middle|>.
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Wells Fargo Works: How do you manage through these periods?
Pogue: Lines of credit are huge. And generally projecting, in advance, what's going to happen in the next month is a big part of it. We know our fixed costs, we know what payroll is going to be, but we don't always know what sub-costs are going to be, or how much additional labor we're going to have to bring in, a month or two months out. So I try to match up payables, receivables, and projections for when we're going to collect on a project. And that's obviously all about knowing the business and our customers, and making educated decisions around what's going to happen, based on historical data.
In working with Wells Fargo, they've been helping us find efficient ways to manage payroll and deposits, so we can stay as current on those payments as possible, which is, of course, essential.
Wells Fargo Works: As you become better able to manage those cash flow issues, it makes sense that you become increasingly able to take on larger projects. But does it take even longer for you to get paid on those?
Pogue: Actually, sometimes it's the opposite with bigger jobs because they're more regimented and the pay is more consistent. There's more urgency. Those businesses have put their money out and they don't want to pay interest for two years. They want to pay for six months and get the business open and start turning a profit on their investment. So in my experience, bigger jobs typically pay faster.
Wells Fargo Works: What's your advice for other small business owners managing cash flow?
Pogue: I think that a lot of small businesses experience the worst cash flow issues when they don't carefully project where the business is going. So at VM Iron Works, we're trying to be very conscientious of where we are and where we're going.
What's in, what's out, and what's possible for your business. | " of the building, like the steel in the columns and beams.
Wells Fargo Works: What are some of the main cash flow challenges your type of business experiences?
Pogue: The general contracting business is always tricky when it comes to cash flow. It's especially tough in Florida, where the law states that the general contractor has to provide the bank or funder with a release of lien from all the companies who worked on the project in the prior billing period before they can receive funding. And to do that, you have to pay all those vendors, subcontractors, etc., before you can receive the payment for your project.
Being in this industry is a really tricky game because you have to play with your cash flow to manage that critical three- or four-day period between getting everyone their checks, getting their releases, and getting those releases to the funder so you can get paid. Managing this gap is complicated, and if we want to get the big projects, we have to have access to cash just for that period | 206 |
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"Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals.
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Talent and luck matter to success. But talent and luck are no guarantee of grit. And in the very long run, I think grit may matter as least as much, if not more.
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You can agree or disagree with that take, but she's done the work. More importantly, she's developed a test to measure Grit, and you can take it by clicking here.
Finally, Duckworth's TED talk on grit appears here (email subscribers click through for video). She notes that the Grit test is easy to fake, so be honest when you take it. Let me know if you're John Wayne or Rudy-like when it comes to GRIT...
I feel like having employees that "get it, want it, and have the capacity to do it" has been the most successful approach to hiring in 17 years of being in business. But recently, I feel like employees also need to have inter-personal skills that facilitate their growth within the organization.
Our company is having the hardest time finding qualified well-rounded IT technicians. In particular, we have struggled to identify candidates that have communication skills to interface with our users. I was wondering if you would ever recommend training in business architecture for new job applicants. I had recently taken a course on developing soft skills for IT using a training method in enterprise architecture from the Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence. I would recommend to anyone in tech looking for jobs, that there certainly are jobs available in all areas—app dev and hardware. What I am having trouble finding are people that have the tech AND softer skills (writing and conversational skills) to relate to our customers. Just a thought.
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As part of Galway Fashion Week, I was invited to a private breakfast in the Radisson Blu Hotel, with Galway Now Magazine and it was amazing. We were treated to delicious food, in beautiful surroundings as well as a private catwalk show. Since it was such a fun morning I have decided to cover it on its own and share the actual Galway Fashion Trail early next week.
When I arrived I was whisked up to the stunning RAW suite on the fourth floor of the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway and was delighted to see some familiar blogger faces and a smiling Donna from Galway Now! The room was set out beautifully (and no sushi in sight!) as the Radisson know how to do so well and I was really looking forward to catching up with some people who I hadn't seen in quite a while. Blogging can sometimes be a little lonely when you are just writing to your laptop – so getting to catch up with other bloggers who understand that is always good.
The food served was just scrumptious. No other words could describe it. When we sat down there was a yummy mango, passion fruit and ginger smoothie and cupcakes. There was also a wonderful selection of cold options such as strawberry & vanilla fool and a delicious greek yoghurt with Spring berry compote and Athenry granola (yum!<|fim_middle|> beautiful Millinery creations were by Majella Lennon Dalton and Brid O Driscoll Millinery. I love both of their work so it was fantastic to see it up close and see the detail that they both create within their pieces.
At the end of the breakfast, we were treated to a chauffeur driven journey into town with Bradley Renault. The car was so comfortable and I think it really added a luxurious aspect to the start of the Galway Fashion Trail.
A big thank you to Galway Now Magazine and the Into the West Blogger Network for having me along, the Radisson Blu for hosting us and Bradley Renault for driving us into town in style. It was so fun and I am looking forward to sharing all the details with you of the actual Galway Fashion Trail as well! | ).
I'll be honest – there was not a word spoken as the buttermilk pancakes, stuffed Portabello mushrooms and poached egg with avocado and streaky bacon were brought out! The Radisson really treated us to a delicious meal and we felt thoroughly spoiled.
There were also some stands around the room that we could browse as well which was fun. Sheneil Shoes were there showcasing an array of stunning show options and they also supplied the shoes for the catwalk. Optique Opticians were there giving out some fab advice. And JewelBox.ie was also there – I love this brand and Denise the owner is just so great to talk to. I brought the most stunning little brooch that will add character to any black blazer on the morning.
We were also lucky to see some of the designers from the Irish Fashion Innovation Awards on the catwalk as well – work from Louise Porter and INNU. Both are amazing designers so loved having another opportunity to see their work.
The shoes were supplied by Sheneil Shoes, the clothes by Harper.ie and Aisling K MakeUp did all the beautiful makeup looks on the models. The | 231 |
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Do our best to constantly justify our reputation for quality.
Our clients tell us that our people, products and services have differentiated our firm over the long term. This reputation for quality over time is a very important part of our firm's character and history of success. Accordingly, we will do what is necessary to ensure high quality in all aspects of our business and, importantly, we will not cut corners at the expense of sound long-term development of our products, services, operations, risk-management systems, or people.
The people who represent our firm every day do so with integrity.
At The Vision House we strive to comport ourselves in a manner that conforms to the highest standards of ethical behavior, integrity and honesty. We instill a strong culture of compliance throughout our firm.
Take a long-term perspective in managing portfolios.
Our expert team designs and offer an array of actively managed and index-enhanced investment products to help achieve the long-term financial goals of our clients. Our products are developed to balance expected returns and risk over a long-term investment horizon. We believe it is important to invest across traditional asset classes as well as in alternative investment strategies. This breadth allows us to be responsive to the evolving needs of our clients and to gain insights into new areas for future development.
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In our industry, no good idea stays small for very long and some can rapidly transform the competitive landscape. In this context, we strive to quickly adapt and innovate when opportunities emerge that offer potential to provide compelling value to our clients.
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A strong achievement orientation is critical to our success.
The continuously evolving needs of our clients, the increasing complexity of capital markets and the intensifying competitive landscape all place a premium on discipline, speed, and nimbleness. We rely upon each other to exemplify these attributes and work together toward the shared objective of "winning the right way."
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It is essential for us to be well prepared through continuous professional training and education. This will serve us well in terms of both demonstrating consistent industry thought leadership and operating within all established regulatory and compliance standards.
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How are the decisions of Parliament enacted?
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Decisions in Parliament are enacted through Bills.
Bills go through procedures in both Houses.
Once given Royal Assent, the bill is then binding as law, and the government ministries execute them.
The way in which law is created and maintained.
The procedure to create law in the UK.
How do Bills become law?
This video discusses the means through which bills, policy and general legislation become law in the UK.
Bills must pass through both Houses.
There are different procedures for both Houses.
Yet once a bill has been approved by both Houses, it then gains Royal Assent and becomes law.
The procedures to scrutinise bills in Parliament.
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How can individual Parliamentarians influence legislation?
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<|fim_middle|> powers of the Judiciary demand that it be: independent, fair, and non-political.
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The powers of the Judiciary.
The ability of the Judiciary to act impartially by defining the specifics of a law between two contending parties. | This video delves into the duties and functions of civil servants in relation to their ministers and ministries within the British Government.
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With all the paperwork, red tape, rules, and regulations involved in the home buying process these days, sometimes mortgage delays are unavoidable. Sometimes a mortgage delay is beyond our control. But more often than not, a delay in the mortgage process is not only within the home buyers control, it may be caused by the home buyers themselves. Even the Best Loan Officer in Salt Lake City can't do anything if the borrower takes two weeks to send in the required documents with their loan application!
Recently I sat down with Danny Young, a mortgage Loan Officer with Academy Mortgage in Salt Lake City, UT to find out what causes most mortgage delays. Danny and his team at Academy Mortgage are some of the best in the mortgage business… but they aren't magicians. If you don't give them the documents and info that they need to do their job, their hands are tied. Learn these 10 most common causes of mortgage delays so you can do your part to help your lender get your home loan processed quickly.
Why Should You Care About a Small Mortgage Delay?
Somewhat recently, I had a home buyer client who had some serious mortgage delays, which meant they needed an extra two weeks in order to finalize their mortgage, and close the purchase. Their delay caused a chain reaction with the sellers, and the home they were buying, and so on, and so on. In the end, SIX different transactions were delayed because of one buyer's mortgage delay. Spoiler alert: it all worked out, for everyone involved. BUT… while we're extremely grateful that we held these transactions together, we were somewhat lucky. This chain reaction of mortgage delays caused by just one loan could have easily ended badly. This is why it's so important to understand the most common causes of mortgage delays, so you can avoid them like the plague, give your lender the tools they need to succeed, and close the purchase of the home on time.
The infographic below shows a brief list of the 10 Most Common Causes of Mortgage Delays. For more detail and explanation of each one, see the full list below the infographic.
Slow to submit requested docs to the lender (Pay Stubs, Tax Returns, copy of drivers license, etc). Again, if you take 10 days to give your lender the pay stubs they asked for at your first meeting, you're asking for a delayed mortgage.
Not accepting eConsent authorization upfront – The mortgage industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries out there. As a result, your lender needs you to e-sign an initial authorization which gives them permission to look into your credit, finances, etc to determine<|fim_middle|> people buy and sell Salt Lake City area homes for years.
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Delay in signing initial loan disclosures – the process can't move forward until disclosures are reviewed and acknowledged.
Processing and Underwriting not done in-house or out of state – If you lender needs to wait for someone in another office, or even in another state, to complete certain things, delays almost always occur. (Danny's processing and underwriting is done in-house, at his office. This is the most efficient and quick way to process a mortgage).
Delaying ordering the inspection – schedule your home inspection immediately after you go Under Contract on the home. The quicker you get that done, the sooner you'll know if you truly want that home, and the sooner you can order the appraisal.
Delays ordering the appraisal – right now in Salt Lake City, Utah appraisals are severely backlogged, and are taking 7-14 days to get the report back. If you waited 2 weeks before ordering the appraisal, and you had a 30 day closing deadline, you are almost guaranteed to need an extension.
Making purchases on Credit after going under contract – DO NOT go out and buy new furniture, washer and dryers, a new car, or put ANYTHING on credit without first talking to your lender about it. A new purchase on credit can throw your debt-to-income ration out of whack, or negatively impact your credit score, which could actually disqualify you from getting a mortgage! Disaster!!
Cash Deposit in bank accounts – Cash is hard to source, and your lender needs to be able to document where the funds came from. Ask a lender for clarification.
Sourcing Large Deposits in bank accounts that are not pay roll checks – Everything has to be sourced, and any delay in getting your lender a copy of the checks deposited can cause a mortgage delay.
Expired Drivers Licenses and ID's – Your IDs can't be expired before closing. Make sure you plan ahead and check your expiration dates. Unfortunately, If you walk into closing with an expired ID, you will not be walking out with house keys.
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Heavy clouds slid sullenly over the dark night sky, only to be torn apart by jagged<|fim_middle|> town near the border to the Fleeting Garden, the atmosphere hadn't been affected by the weather. Indeed, the biting cold and the dreary sleet made sure that the tavern was bustling with homins and Roccio Anichio, the landlord, was starting to become worried for his beer supplies.
Exuberantly and noisily, the homins were celebrating as if to forget the chills of winter and the misery outside; not one thought being wasted on the rough winter weather and the brewing storm. That was until the door suddenly swung open with a clatter bringing the storm violently into the room... In that instant all conversation stopped as all eyes were focused on the entrance. Who, they wondered as they stared at the door swinging in the storm winds, was travelling in this dismal night?
Suddenly lightning struck, a dizzying flash of purest white which cut a jagged scar across the watchers' vision. It split the darkness and revealed the dark outline of a homin framed by the door.
Motionless, like a statue of finely carved wood, he stood outside only a few steps from the door. As soon as a handful of homins took heart and started to approach the stranger, he made a first step towards the door. Then, a second step followed and a third. He was moving slowly, as if it was a great struggle for him to move one foot in front of the other. Finally, he reached the doorstep. Everyone inside held their breath as the light from the tavern room hit the stranger, expecting the strangeness to take some material shape. Then there was a collective sigh of relief as the dark outline, very unspectacularly, turned into an old but perfectly normal seeming homin.
Roccio was the first to regain the power of speech. "What brings you here, to my tavern, at such a late hour, stranger?" his voice broke the silence. "Or else, what drives you from your home in a night like this?"
"My home is the forest, and my way brings me to your door." The voice sounded just like the creaking of wood in an old tree. "Am I not welcome here? In that case, I will leave."
"No, no." Roccio assured the stranger, who had again turned to the door. "So stay here with us. In a night like this we don't want to turn anyone away. Come here. Here is something to warm you up again." He placed a steaming cup on the counter for the strange visitor. "It's on the house." | flashes of lightning. The cold sleet that had been pouring down on the sodden and muddy forest floor had already driven everyone inside to huddle over the warm fires. Only the baying of wandering Gingo packs remained as proof of life outside in this cheerless night. Hence no one saw the dark shadow that flickered for a brief second in the poor light of a lamp close to the town gates of Avalae.
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When do teachers assess students' attainment of outcomes?
The most important task in schooling should be: deciding what students should learn. As important as this is, it is often neglected by assuming the standards provide worthy learning goals and outcomes for all student. However, this is not the page to lament that topic, but it is critical to emphasize - it is importance to consider the appropriateness of what we expect students to know before you begin an assessment process. With that as a warning, this article focus is on assessment.
Assessment is conducted continuously by both professional educators and students with the purpose to improve learning and instruction.
Assessment is the collection of data to inform. It is the measurement activities educators use to attempt to make valid inferences about students' knowledge, skills, and dispositions; as well as using those measurements and inferences to make curricular and instructional decisions. Information that should be bias free, fair and consistent (valid and reliable) for the purpose of suggesting developmentally appropriate activities to achieve productive mastery oriented growth and assist with affective communication for learning through instruction.
A cautionary note: assessment and evaluation are related, but they are not the same. E valu ation is a process of determining the value, or quality, of a response, product, or performance, that is assessed to make a judgement. Evaluation should be based upon established criteria. It is the evaluator whom puts value labels on the different levels of criteria for performance. When grades are used to put students into categories, failing or passing, it has valued consequences, and hence evaluation. When teachers are fired based on their students' performance, that is evaluation. When decisions of consequence are made based on a value judgment, that is evaluation. Someone decides consequences, often rewards and punishment, based on their evaluation of achievement levels.
One may wonder if all assessment is evaluative. However, that doesn't have to be the situation. If the assessment levels are constructed to describe levels of achievement students will develop as they progress to mastery of a topic or skill, then there need be no value placed on student's performance. No need to down grade, or evaluate young students performance poorly when it is below the top level as the student's performance would be assessed and described by its levels to decide where learning and instruction should start and what kinds of learning activities would be best to move closer toward mastery. No value is attached. Only decisions based on the student's performance at his or her current developmental level.
This article focuses on assessment of learning. For information related to teacher assessment see - teaching in the pedagogy directory.
While the following tasks are numbered they do not need to be started or completed in any specific order. They are interrelated and work on one will often necessitate a change in another.
Decide topics and big ideas students will learn.
Unpack the topics or big ideas to identify facts, concepts, relationships, generalizations, skills, processes, attitudes, and habits of mind students will need to know to perform activities for the topics or big ideas.
Identify problems, questions, tasks, or activities students can perform to learn the intended information and skills and which will also provide usable information to infer student's understanding and use of the ideas, attitudes, habits of mind, skill to perform tasks, and their abilities to use the necessary practices and processes to investigative the topic to solve problems and gain expertise of the big idea.
Describe how students can be expected to communicate and/ or do the identified problems, questions, tasks, or activities when they have mastery of the topic or big idea.
Describe the kinds of responses students might have as they begin to learn and on through mastery. Order them into levels that describe observations of what students will say or do, when they answer questions or perform tasks or activities. The student's performance will be the artifact to infer what students know to assess their learning and make teaching and learning decisions.
After a topic, big idea, or skill is identified, the first thing to do is decide what information is important to know about it, how understanding can be expressed, and what level of understanding, competence, or skill students should have. This process is known as unpacking a standard or idea and the results are communicated as: big ideas, goals, facts, concepts, generalizations, objectives, or outcomes. See planning and the planning tool box for more information.
To determine what concepts a person knows and the degree of conceptual understanding he or she has of those concepts we observe students as they do or make something. What they say or do is know as an artifact. So in the assessment game concepts or ideas are associated to what a person can do to indicate their conceptualization of a particular concept. In other-words what a person can do is used to infer what there understanding is for the ideas being assessed. Usually those ideas have different levels of understanding and those levels are used as the measuring guide or ruler. The measuring guide, therefore, describe different levels of something a person can do to indicate the person's level of understanding or skill. This information is known as a scoring guide or rubric and each level has information know as outcomes.
Placing a student at a particular level is the measurement aspect. Just as the length of a room can be measured differently by different people the placing of students at different levels can also occur. These differences or inconsistencies are attributed to bias, or an assessment that is not valid or reliable.
For example. A scoring guide or rubric that has clear descriptions of levels with sharp differences between level outcomes will be easier for people to score student's behavior or artifact. It would also provide for more agreement between different teachers scoring the same behavior or artifacts resulting with more scores at the same level for the same student or similar student understanding. This assessment would be considered as a more valid assessment. Validity is how well the assessment measures what it is supposed to measure. Ways to increase validity.
The amount of agreement among different observer's measurements or level placements to each others determines the assessment's reliability. A test's consistency or the degree to which an assessment yields consistent results; ways to attain reliability include test-retest, alternate form, split-half, and inter rater comparisons. The manner in which an assessment is created, implemented, and scored all affect its reliability. Ways to increase reliability.
Each topic or subtopic can be stated as a big idea. A statement that captures the essence or power of the topic. Each topic must be unpacked or its powerful ideas identified along with all the necessary subtopics.
Suggestions for unpacking, concepts, and outcomes can be found in planning and other subject and topic related areas on this site.
Whether you create your own or use concepts and outcomes from curriculums or standard documents it is essential you have a very good understanding of what is desirable for students to know (concept, relationship, generalization) and do (outcome, skills) at their specific level to be able to create and implement assessment.
Authentic assessment is when the task students perform to demonstrate a behavior, skill or create an artifact is a meaningful, often real world, application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. The closer the task is to what people do in the world as architects, machinists, doctors, mechanics, construction workers, designers, business people, politicians, parents, citizens, the more authentic the assessment.
An examples of an authentic assessments in mathematics for algebra and pattern recognition.
Compared to the same task as teacher directed or work book kind of assessment.
If assessment is ongoing and continuous, then the answer to the question. When should we assess? Is answered with always.
However, if assessment is ongoing and continuous there is an element of time for assessment that has meaning to the assessor and the person being assessed with respect to self-assessment.
The time element can be separated into four categories, which are helpful to use when making decisions to facilitate learning.
While it's possible any assessment task, activity, or questions might fit in any and all of these four categories, here are some important reasons to consider each of the four.
The major characteristic to associate with diagnostic assessment is that it is preliminary.
It is to probe into what is known before facilitating instruction. It usually precedes learning activities, but doesn't have to. It can come at anytime during a lesson. For example, if during a lesson a question arises, that depends on background information, the teacher can ask a diagnostic question to check the students' level of understanding for that background information. At the end of that diagnostic question, she can decide if the students are ready to proceed or if the background information needs to be developed before continuing on the day's planned activity. Diagnose of students' readiness.
This type of assessment is used to check the students' progress toward learning. It can happen at anytime during a lesson and is usually understood as such.
This kind of assessment is usually associated with the time immediately after facilitating learning. However, what is that time frame? Is it at the end of a five minute mini-teach where summative assessment is to summarize what was learned in the five minutes? Or is it a time frame of an hour, day, week, month, or year?
One could argue that it is only summative if you are inclined to think the students understand the concepts and can perform the outcomes, other wise it could be considered formative. Whatever, it usually is considered the last assessment before the teacher moves to another topic. It could be the first summary check, or a question to double or triple check, and of course the assessment results will be within the range of acceptable or above.
This assessment is to inquire into the students' understanding of being able to apply, use, adapt, alter, or join ideas that have been taught. The purpose of seeing how well students understand what they learned.
Assessment that tries to determine if the information has become strong enough to be usable beyond the scope of the examples to which they are familiar or examples that are similar to what was presented during instruction, or are they able to use it in ways that were not presented and demonstrate a variety of application, analysis, and synthesis with the information.
Again, any one of these kinds can come at anytime of the lesson and only makes sense with respect to the purpose of the teacher within a sequence of facilitating learning. When planning a teacher can anticipate all four types of assessment that will be used through out a sequence for each concept within the sequence. The planning will prepare the teacher to interact with students and be ready to facilitate their learning in real time that will be individualized for each student.
Sample use of diagnostic, formative, summative, and generative assessment in a classroom for mathematics content and practice.
Identify the topic, big idea, standard, or skill.
Unpack it to identify the information students need to know: facts, concepts, relationships, generalizations, skills. See procedures and frameworks above and see lists of concepts and misconceptions in subject resources.
Consider the students' developmental level of understanding.
Consider misconceptions students might have and their sources.
Start either at the top or bottom level. If information unpacked for what students should know is used, then it will describe either the top level or an acceptable level below the top. If information is used related to misconceptions, perceptual, or naive understandings, then it will describe the bottom level of understanding. Next information can be identified between these as steps or levels students will progress through as they begin with their initial understandings and progress across the levels to become as expert as defined. These levels describe the different levels of understanding of information, for the topic, sequenced from lowest to highest that students need to know. This information should be: facts, concepts, relationships, generalizations, skills.
In this steps, which is harder, is to identify outcomes to describs what students do which can be observed to infer their undertanding at the different levels.
Lastly after the outcomes are defined and described they need to be communicated as levels. There are two basic ways to do this. One is to separate each fundamental idea related to the bigger idea into categories and describe outcome levels<|fim_middle|> selected task that will provide assessment data to infer their understanding, attitude, and/ or skills in the identified areas.
Create the assessment problems, questions, tasks, or activities, as they will be presented to students.
Create and write all administration guidelines that are necessary to engage students in the assessment task so that they might be successful in completing it.
Review the needs for all students that will be assessed to identify all accommodations for special needs and provide for those accommodations.
Identify and describe what kinds of responses students might have for each item for different levels of understanding or skills that might be seen in an artifact created by a student or viewed when performed by a student.
Order the different descriptions from low to high levels and select or modify them to create a scoring guide or rubric.
Describe how the scoring guide or rubric will be checked for consistency, validity, and reliability.
Describe how to check the assessment items for bias so that no one will be offended or unfairly penalized.
Pilot assessment task/tool to see how it works with students.
Norm-Referenced tests are standardized based on a representative group.
Your child scored at the 50% percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. That can be interpreted to mean that 49% of the students that took the test scored lower and 49% of the students scored higher.
Your child scored at the 99% percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. That can be interpreted to mean that 99% of the students that took the test scored lower, none of the students scored higher, and 1% had the same score.
Your child scored at the 75% percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. That can be interpreted to mean that 74% of the students that took the test scored lower, 24% of the students scored higher, and 1% scored the same.
Does not test for what students know in a manner that can be used to facilitate learning.
The assessment and accountability movement has caused people to realize that reporting and relying on achievement or proficiency alone to rate teachers gives an incomplete picture. Students can come into a grade above or below grade level and make little or very good progress and that progress or lack of progress will not be represented in an achievement or proficiency score alone. Therefore, making it impossible to determine a teacher's success or failure with an end of year achievement or proficiency score. Therefore, data must be collected to determine both achievement/ proficiency and rate of achievement or growth.
Reporting and displaying data for both growth and achievement is one way schools, government, and other stake holders believe they can achieve a more accurate view of what is being achieved by students and teachers. For example: scores for achievement could be reported in terms of a percent for proficiency and growth reported in terms of an average growth percentile for individual or groups of students. These scores would then be plotted on a graph with 0-100% on each axis where the fifty percentile divides each in half. Creating the representation, like the one below with four quadrants, one in which each of the combined scores might fall.
Consideration for dropping a grade - yes or no? | for each catgory seprately in a chart or outline form. The second is to describe all the information in a narrative for each level.
Start by deciding the number of assessment levels and naming them. For example four: beginning, progressing, proficient, and advanced.
Beginning - Try to solve problems from memory. Believe solutions are known and need to be recalled or they just pop into your mind.
Progressing - Try to solve problems from memory, but if unable to recall a procedure and strategy will seek to understand the problem and try to discover them to use to solve the problem by random search for a solution.
Proficient - Try to solve the problem from memory, but if unable will implement a hueristic or procedure that includes steps to understand the problem, restate it in their own words, seek strategies, choose and implement a strategy, and check its accuracy.
Advanced - Try to solve the problem from memory, but if unable will implement a hueristic or procedure in a systematic manner that includes steps to understand the problem, restate it in their own words, seek strategies, choose and implement a strategy, check its accuracy by trying alternative stratgies to achieve equal results, and reflects on the process while solving and after.
Notice the results above are in an outline form with a narrative for each level that combines several categories within each level. Below is the same information in a table format.
Next lets see what a scoring guide will look like if the subcategories are separated.
Try to solve problems from memory. Believe solutions are known and need to be recalled or they just pop into your mind. Try to solve problems from memory, but if unable to recall a procedure and strategy will seek to understand the problem and try to discover them to use to solve the problem by random search for a solution. Try to solve the problem from memory, but if unable will implement a hueristic or procedure that includes steps to understand the problem, restate it in their own words, seek strategies, choose and implement a strategy, and check its accuracy. Try to solve the problem from memory, but if unable will implement a hueristic or procedure in a systematic manner that includes steps to understand the problem, restate it in their own words, seek strategies, choose and implement a strategy, check its accuracy by trying alternative stratgies to achieve equal results, and reflects on the process while solving and after to improve on their problem solving abilities.
Try to solve problems from memory. Try to solve problems from memory and thanks about the steps taken and how to implement them and make decisions as they solve the problem. Try to solve problems from memory and thinks about the process while solving Try to solve problems from memory and reflects on the process while solving and after to improve on their problem solving abilities.
No set plan. Aware that a series of steps can be followed to solve problems. Know a comprehensive hueristic and use it in a flexible and accurate way to solve problems. Know a comprehensive hueristic and use it in a systematic, flexible, efficient, and accurate way to solve problems.
Occasionally selects an appropriate strategy. Aware of different strategies and attempts to implement one. Aware of different strategies and use one or two to solve most problems. Aware of multiple strategies and implemnts them to check their accuracy and marvel over how different strategies can achieve verification and confidence in solutions.
If achieves a solution does with difficulty and satisfied with success. Solves the problem singularly and listens when other solutions are presented. Solves the problem in multiple ways that are similar or inverse operations, listens when other solutions are presented. Generates multiple ways ways to solve the problem with some being unusual and not often selected as solutitons, listens when other solutions are presented and offers suggestions for improvement.
May be able to summarize a few highlights when asked. Communicates results orally and in writing. Communicates how results were achieved orally and in writing with information for the hueristic, strategies, and multiple solutions to verify them. Communicates how results were achieved orally and in writing with information for the hueristic, strategies, multiple solutions to verify them, and how metacognition is helpful for problem solving and excited about improving their problem solving with metacognition.
Identify a big idea or a general description of what students are to know to be assessed.
Identify facts, concepts, generalizations, skills, process, and/or attitudes needed to understand what is characterized by the big idea or other description of what students are to know.
Identify problems, questions, tasks, or activities that students can perform that could provide usable information to infer students understanding of the concepts or generalizations; their attitudes related to the topics, concepts, and/ or generalizations; their skill or ability to perform necessary or identified skills; and their abilities to use inquiry and selected investigative practices and processes.
Describe what students can be expected to communicate and/ or do if they are to successfully complete the identified problems, questions, tasks, and/ or activities.
Select one or more problems, questions, tasks, or activities that can be used to initiate student's performance of the | 1,031 |
Just in case you're planning your own visit, please note that the acts in the sizzle reel may be different from the acts you will see. We saw some of the same acts, and some different ones as well.
As it turns out, my first impression of Cirque Dreams was true to their style. There is always a lot going on at any one time, and much of it is surreal. It has neither the simplicity of more traditional circuses, nor the quiet sophistication of other nouveau troupes. Cirque Dreams Holidaze is very much what you might imagine you would dream if you were a circus clown who drank too much spiked egg nog. There were jump-roping reindeer, a penguin doing rolla bolla, and a marionette who seemed unnaturally flexible. As all of this was going on, gingerbread men toddled across the stage, glittery singers belted out a range of familiar and new holiday tunes, candy canes inched past, and a jaunty woman in red bounced back and forth<|fim_middle|>. If you love traditional circus artistry, there's plenty to be found in the show. Unfortunately, it's difficult to concentrate on it with so many other things happening on stage. I occasionally felt bad for the performers that they weren't able to have our full attention. All in all, it's a strange, mesmerizing, dizzying holiday circus, but certainly a fun experience for a family.
Tickets for Cirque Dreams Holidaze start at $43 and go up to $103 (including a $4 facility fee).
You can purchase tickets at the Boch Center Box Office, Bochcenter.org, or by calling (866) 348-9738.
*The show is 2 hours with a 20 minute intermission.
Disclosure: We received complimentary tickets for review purposes. No additional compensation was provided. | . It was dazzling and overwhelming all at once.
So, is it a good show for kids? Yep. The two young ladies who were with me were absolutely captivated and delighted. Of course, my daughter is always on the look out for the occasional circus trick she has done herself, but her friend equally enjoyed her outside point of view. They both loved the quick-change costume act and I admit that even though I have a decent idea how it's done, I'm always still impressed. They both giggled through the "Symphony of the Bells" act, which involved some audience participation from some guests in the orchestra. And, of course, all of the aerial acts brought plenty of oohs and ahhs.
Cirque Dreams Holidaze has been touring for 8 years and features 30 artists in 20 different acts | 173 |
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The extensions that legislative leaders approve are temporary waivers of certain statutes and regulations. Legislative leaders include the Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House and House Minority Leader.
The extensions that legislative leaders have approved are beneficial for many Washingtonians during the governor's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order. Examples include:
waiving late fees and penalties on tax payments;
allowing health care delivery through telemedicine;
relaxing standards for opening new health care facilities;
waiving continuing education requirements for health care workers so they can focus on providing health care for the time being; and
waiving requirements to allow notaries to notarize documents through remote methods, to name a few.
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Updated on August 20, 2021. | Have legislative leaders approved an extension of the governor's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order?
A: No.
A lot of people have asked: Have legislative leaders approved an extension of the governor's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order? The answer is simply: No.
The governor structured this order to avoid having to ask for legislative approval to extend it. He issued it under emergency powers that authorize him to "prohibit" activities during the entire length of time he deems a state of emergency to exist (RCW 43.0 | 111 |
You always hear about contractors standing behind their work, a fun catch phrase that carries with it a sense of confidence for the consumer.
And Mike LaPlante does, of course, guarantee his work. After more than 40 years in the business, he knows his work is solid, quality craftsmanship.
But he does more than just stand behind his product.
Mountain View Construction was established in 1983 and because of the sheer volume of homes and commercial constructions Mike has developed, he's more than likely to stand inside his work.
Actually, most of us are.
It's rare for any of us to go anywhere in St. Maries or the surrounding area where we don't at least walk through a building crafted by Mike or drive by one of his custom-built homes on a near-daily basis.
But he does more than piece together brick and mortar. He constructs communities.
Mike is an integral part of the underpinnings of St. Maries because of his dedication to the town through volunteerism. He has served on several boards and with dozens of service organizations and continues to do so today, oftentimes holding important positions in multiple clubs simultaneously.
Mike LaPlante's Mountain View Construction plays a huge role in the construction of St. Maries.
He currently serves as the chairman on the board of trustees for the Benewah Community Hospital, which just constructed a new hospital. He is also a board member of St.<|fim_middle|> of projects Mike has completed. | Maries Rotary and Timber Plus, a nonprofit organization made up of local businesspeople focused on economic development in the area. He is also a member of the St. Maries Elks Lodge, a member of the Benewah County Planning and Zoning Commission and the National Federation of Independent Businesses. And those are just the groups he's currently involved in.
It's evident that Mike believes there's more than one way to build something.
This Mountain View Construction project can be seen as you enter St. Maries from the West.
The best part is I haven't even gotten to the best part: Because of the longevity of Mike's career, you don't need to look far for a reference. A friend, neighbor or a complete stranger on your morning walk will surely have insight into the quality of his work. Another excellent place to start would be his web site.
But if you're a St. Maries resident, chances are, you might only need to look out your front window.
Be sure to check out Mountain View's web site here to learn more about the services and products they offer and to view even more lovely pictures | 228 |
The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) continued its tax awareness at worship centers on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the Philadelphia Central Church in Congo Town, making presentation to hundreds of worshippers.
Assistant Commissioner for Real Estate Tax Division Isaac B. Stevens told the congregation that taxpaying is a national obligation and urged members of the congregation to be fully compliant by paying their taxes<|fim_middle|> by paying their fair share of lawful revenue to the state. | .
"The taxes you pay, will help to build our roads, hospitals, schools and provide other basic social services," he said. Commissioner Stevens wants members of the church to make taxpaying a key priority, which will help to develop the country.
The events are being held under the auspices of the Real Estate Tax Division. The presentation on various property tax kind gave worshippers a broader understanding on tax matters and the procedures in tax payment as well. Discussions highlighted Real Property Tax, with emphasis on commercial, residential and industrial properties as well as withholding on rents.
Meanwhile, the Resident Pastor of the church, Rev. Abilio V. Balboa, encouraged members of the congregation to fully comply with the LRA by meeting their respective tax obligations. Rev. Balboa wants members of his church to set good examples | 163 |
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Senior Russell Star-Lack sat down with The Paly Voice to discuss his passion for music. Not only is Star-Lack a devoted listener, he also a skilled guitar player and singer. Photo by Nika Woodfill.
In this week's edition of Tuesday Tunes, The Paly Voice sat down with accomplished guitarist and RAJ band member senior Russell Star-Lack to ask how music has impacted his life.
According to Star-Lack, who primarily plays guitar and sings, music helps him relieve the stress that comes with being a student.
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According to Star-Lack, it's important for people to expand their horizons and discover the world that music has to offer.
"I encourage people to at least try, or listen to different kinds of music," Star-Lack said. "I consider myself a listener of music even more than I am a player of it. So even just listening to stuff you don't normally listen to and challenging yourself can really help broaden perspectives and maybe even help learn more about the world."
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Aspiring rapper kicks off Quadchella | "I listen to it [music] constantly, I play it constantly, I write it constantly," Star-Lack said. "It is the best way for me to deal with stress. If I have an issue, I might write a song about it or find one I can relate to, and it will help me deal with stuff."
Star-Lack grew up around music and fell in love with it at an early age.
"My dad played guitar, and I thought that was really cool," Star-Lack said. "When I was six, I was in the car with my mom and [Eric Clapton's] 'Layla' came on the radio and I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awesome. I want to do that.' And that's really what got me started playing music."
Star-Lack loves to find his inspiration from classic blues and rock legends.
"My favorites are Eric Clapton and all the great guitar guys — Hendrix, the Allman brothers and Jimmy Page with Led Zeppelin," Star-Lack said. "For blues, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Clark Jr. All these guys are great and not appreciated enough."
Star-Lack in particular loves blues for the raw emotion in its lyricism.
"Blues is really where it's at for me," Star-Lack said. "There's just something about the emotion in blues. It's oftentimes not as technically as advanced, but there's just this raw feeling in the lyrics that really show what was going on in the singer's mind at the time."
In his free time, Star-Lack likes to perform with his band RAJ, which are the initials of the other band members, including seniors Arjun Vasudevan and Jeremy Samos.
"I don't take a lot of risks in my life, and I think that performing is how I get that feeling," Star-Lack said. "It's addictive. I feel like I can express myself a lot better when I'm performing in front of my friends, people who know or don't know me, than if I'm just talking. I'm very introverted, and it's kind of fun to be the exact opposite, to play guitar behind your head and sing really loud and just be crazy and | 479 |
This post is in conjunction with @sndbox's weekly question<|fim_middle|>. | , which is to describe the blockchain in one sentence, which can be found here.
* The blockchain serves as that neutral third party where a trust-less system can ironically ensure the most trust between the two parties involved.
Explaining the blockchain is a relatable way to those that are more skeptical about the subject is arguably one of the hardest tasks that I have to face regarding the final presentation of my thesis proposal. With blockchain being such an integral factor in how the infrastructure functions in inter-Korean relationships, if the critics do not understand what blockchain is or how it works, then it is going to be very difficult for them to understand the rest of the narrative.
@sndbox's Blockchain and Bourbon series is a great precedent to reference regarding explaining the blockchain, as they have been through the process of trying to explain to many of their parents, relatives, friends, and acquaintances as they were developing the @sndbox incubator program.
This particular episode called Explaining Blockchain to your Grandma where they focus on how we can make relatable analogies to crypto and the blockchain. This other article by @sndbox called, "It's Kind of Like….." Crypto Analogy Illustrations where they hosted a challenge for Steemians to produce their own narratives for explaining the blockchain network to friends, families, coworkers, etc.
This submission relates the blockchain network to bacteria, in which they have a plethora of sources and that it cannot be truly killed around the world. These bacterium can be turned into either harmful or harmless ones depending on the kind of activity that it meant to be used for.
This submission is very interesting in that it points out that we're so used to eating meat which is the equivalent of people using banks for their currency and transactions. When people get introduced to a more healthier diet that is in the end more beneficial for the diet of a human, but it's more just hard to transition to do something that one is not used to.
Why is the Blockchain Relevant to my Thesis Proposal?
1) What is the Korean conflict, and why is it significant to understand the difficulty of reunification?
2) Why is this ongoing tension an architectural problem?
3) How can the decentralized system of blockchain solve this architectural problem?
* How the structural system of the blockchain can translate into a physical manifestation and imply spatial conditions and creation.
There is great power to decentralization and in my opinion, there needs to be a place for juxtaposition, where a decentralized process can exist alongside the centralized government. This creates a balance to life, where it does not sway in one direction, and gathering the most accurate general consensus is important.
When you think of Moon Jae In's current reunification policy, where I did a review post on the website here, the "New Economic Map" Initiative comes to mind when thinking about how the three belts follow these paths and systems when considering travel between the cities between both North and South Korea.
In the diagram below, the left side shows the physical system created from the existing cities in both North and South Korea. This proposal is very similar to the economic initiative map, where the goal of this new belt integration infrastructure is to create an inter-Korean market, where it establishes a public-private partnership network, while implementing market cooperation into different phases.
I would say the physical systems works its way through the constraints of the enormous mountain range in between the left and right side. The digital realm does a great job of creating a network that essentially stitches these "nodes" together, representing essentially a decentralized or distributed system, where the network itself is inter-connected with one another, ignoring the constraints of the physical reality | 728 |
This hilarious play pits a father in law against a mother in a comedic succession of squabbles. Jerry Sloan is a successful writer<|fim_middle|> fire and needs a place to stay. Abe and Mildred can't stand each other. This play is one hilarious confrontation after another until the heart warming finale in which the oldsters discover that, really, each is not so bad.
Please note: Online ticket sales close 4 hours before show time. After that time you may call (770) 331-0079 to find out ticket availability. A volunteer will answer or return your call as quickly as possible. Please be aware that as the curtain time gets closer, it is harder for our volunteers to handle phone calls. | of advertising jingles married to an equally successful lawyer. Living with the happy couple is the not so happy Abe Dreyfus, Jerry's curmudgeon of a father in law. Abe is a funny guy to the audience, not to Jerry. The situation is exacerbated when Jerry's mother Mildred looses her house in a | 68 |
We are fast approaching our 9th!! New Years Eve boat party in a row, and In preparation for the big event, we interviewed our headline act OLIVER LANG about his year so far and more importantly, what we can expect from him on NYE.
Oliver has had a busy year with new productions, a Manchester residency and jet setting all over the world for gigs on top of his Ibiza commitments year in year out.
RGS: This is your 3rd time playing behind the decks for us on a NYE boat party, firstly thanks for coming back again, but what for you makes these events so special for you?
OL: I love playing the boat parties in the summer, for obvious reasons, but there is something special about the atmosphere on NYE, there's is a real buzz about the place, everyone is in a real party vibe<|fim_middle|> and tech. The sound system on the boat is phenominal to play on, and my music is going to work a treat on board!
OL: It's been a nice and diverse year for me, as I have moved back to the UK and playing far more events over here, which has been great.Having based myself in Ibiza for the past 10 years for a majority of the year with all my residencies there it has been refreshing to play in new venues and countries even. I have just got back from an Asian tour, with the highlight being in Bali. Ibiza is obviously still close to my heart, and I had some incredible events out there, including ……. .I also couldn't not mention the Electronic Sessions boat party that I played earlier in the year, it is always so much fun!! music wise I have been in the studio a lot….
RGS: The music scene is constantly evolving and changing. What are some of the current trends and how do you feel about them?
OL: A lot of people talk about the "boom of EDM or Deep House" with the success of all the major festivals and the rise of dance music on popular radio. Hate it or love it, it's just a thing that's happening right now.
RGS: One track that makes you feels elated?
RGS: Which do you prefer: studio or stage time? Why?
OL: I love both in different ways, but anyone who knows me will say stage. I started out DJing and I turn into a different beast up there; I feel at home. You will see this on NYE.
RGS: If you had one free day in Ibiza and nobody would recognise you, how would you spend your time?
RGS: Finally if you could use 3 words to sum up the Electronic Sessions boat parties, what would you say? | . Every year I have done one it seems to get better too, and there is literally no better place to be for the fireworks at midnight than in the middle of the Thames.
RGS: What is your best memory from playing on our NYE boat party last year?
OL: It was actually coming on the decks just after the fireworks had finished. London produces one of the best displays in the world, so to get on the decks just after that, with the houses of parliament one side and the London eye the other, with all the lights and the atmosphere, is one of the best experiences anyway. But generally people are even more pumped up once the fireworks are over, and they just let their hair down and go nuts for the rest of the night. Great memories.
RGS: So what can we expect from your set this year Oli?
OL: I think the important thing about these events is the ' house party' vibe that they create, and because of that fact, i think it is important to not play anything too outside of the box. I plan on playing a nice blend of party house music, old school classics, and good quality deep | 234 |
Principal, Mass Torts Section Head
Andy Birchfield
About Andy
Andy Birchfield manages Beasley Allen Law Firm's Mass Torts Section, which is recognized as a national leader in pharmaceutical litigation. The section successfully resolved claims for thousands of clients in the Vioxx, Bextra/Celebrex, Baycol, Rezulin, PPA and Ephedra litigations.
Most recently, the Mass Torts Section filed a federal class action against Johnson & Johnson, seeking to hold the company accountable for benzene-tainted sunscreen products.
After graduating cum laude from Samford University in 1988, Andy went on to graduate magna cum laude from Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. Beginning his legal career at a small law<|fim_middle|> or attorneys who have demonstrated consistent excellence on behalf of their clients and the firm.
He also has been selected to Midsouth Super Lawyers annually since 2009, Best Lawyers in America annually since 2007, and has been named to the LawDragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, which is the 500 best attorneys across the nation in this category.
Andy was named the Best Lawyers Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs "Lawyer of the Year" in Montgomery in 2020 and 2022.
A regular speaker at national, regional and state seminars pertaining to mass tort litigation, Andy has been quoted in a number of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Lawyers Weekly USA, American Lawyer, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and the New York Times. He has also appeared on Sixty Minutes, CNBC's "Closing Bell," National Public Radio, CNN and MSNBC. Quotes about him include:
"The field general for his firm's mass torts group has marshaled $450 million in wins over Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin and others." — Lawdragon, February 2007
"He's taken on the makers of many troubled medicines, including Baycol, Clelbrex, ephedra, hormone replacement therapy, Rezulin and Vioxx." — Lawdragon, March 2006
In addition to his professional duties, Andy is active in the community. He and his family are members of First Baptist Church of Montgomery, where he has served as chairman of the Deacon Board, and chairman of the Prayer Ministry. Currently, he teaches an adult Bible study class, and he is serving as the chairman of the Church Leadership Council.
Andy has also incorporated his faith with his professional life by starting and leading a weekly Bible study and devotional time at the firm. Since its inception in 1997, this weekly devotion has grown from a small gathering of co-workers to a large group of employees, clients and friends. He became a member of Samford University's Board of Trustees in December 2017 and will serve on the board through 2022.
In 2010, Andy and his wife started an orphan ministry, Children's Hope, that operates an orphanage, schools and a medical clinic in Jacmel, Haiti.
Andy and his wife, the former Tanya Payne, grew up in Pell City, Alabama. They have five children, two sons (Dow and Will) and three daughters (Beth, Hope and Lena).
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama (1993)
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama (1998)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (2004)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (2009)
United States Supreme Court (2008)
Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992)
Samford University (B.S., cum laude, 1988)
The American Association for Justice
Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
Midsouth Super Lawyers (2009 – 2022)
Chad Stewart Award (2017)
Beasley Allen Litigator of the Decade (2010)
Chambers USA – Product Liability – Nationwide – Band 3
Best Lawyers Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs "Lawyer of the Year" in Montgomery (2020, 2022)
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"The Millennium Bug: Will It Bite?" by Andy Birchfield. Attorney Paper | firm in Montgomery, Alabama, Andy gained trial experience in both state and federal courts. His practice encompassed a wide range of legal matters including personal injury and civil rights cases.
Andy's efforts have been indispensable in heading the firm's Vioxx litigation. In April 2005, he was chosen to co-lead the Plaintiff's Steering Committee for the federal Vioxx Litigation Multidistrict Litigation; and he has been lead counsel or co-lead counsel in five Vioxx trials, including one that resulted in a $51 million verdict against Merck.
After joining Beasley Allen in 1996, Andy handled cases involving consumer fraud and commercial litigation. He later proved to be instrumental in developing the Mass Torts Litigation Section in 2000 and was named section head for Mass Torts, which now consists of 11 lawyers and 60 support staff. To date, Andy has been involved in cases resulting in settlements and verdicts totaling in excess of $7.5 billion.
Andy is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Montgomery Trial Lawyers Associations. He has served as president of the Montgomery County Young Lawyers and the Alabama Young Lawyers, as well as numerous task forces and committees of the Alabama State Bar. He has served on the Committee for Character and Fitness, which assesses those attributes with respect to applicants for admission to the Bar.
Andy also serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association and is an active member of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Andy received Beasley Allen's 2017 Chad Stewart Award. This honor was created in memory of Beasley Allen lawyer Chad Stewart, who passed away unexpectedly in April at the very young age of 41. It was created to recognize an attorney who best exemplified Chad's spirit of service to God, his family and the practice of law in the service of "helping those who need it most."
In December 2010, Andy was named one of Beasley Allen's Litigators of the Decade. The award was created to recognize the attorney | 431 |
Andrew DeNicola is a multi-instrumentalist/composer who plays the saxophone, flute, and clarinet around the New York Metro Area. His musical endeavor began when in high school he was given the spotlight to play a jazz ballad entitled I Remember Clifford. After that experience Andrew quickly realized that music was his calling. He then attended on a performance/composition scholarship the prestigious Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee he studied with some of the finest musicians in the world such as George Garzone, Bill Pierce, Darren Barrett, Greg Hopkins, and plenty more. He also was actively gigging up in Boston at both the jazz clubs such as Wallys, The Lilypad, or playing in a Wedding Band around the New England Area. He recently graduated and moved to New York and heard about the Local 802 musicians union, and decided to start down the right path for musical work. Just recently he went into the studio and recorded his debut album as a leader with <|fim_middle|>/composition with George Garzone, Bill Pierce, Darren Barrett, Greg Hopkins, Ayn Inserto, and plenty more. In addition, Andrew went on tour around the east coast with Brian Mcshea and the Sideman, a rock and roll group playing in all different clubs from New York, to Virginia. | 15 professional musicians. Ever since that experience in high school he knew that no matter what; music will be apart of everything he does.
Andrew DeNicola has performed as a bandleader and sideman for numerous musicians in the New England and New York Area. Andrew recorded his debut album that is mostly original jazz fusion music. At Berklee Andrew played in a wedding band outside of school that consisted of Pop music. He also has played with a lot of latin groups from Afro-Cuban music to Brazilian music. He studied jazz improvisation | 110 |
Lebanese songstress Abeer Nehme: 'I haven't sold out'
The 38-year-old tells us why going mainstream is more about art than it is money
Abeer Nehme is constantly challenging herself to create a sound that's better than the last Photos Universal Music Mena Courtesy: Universal Music Mena
Saeed Saeed
Pop is not a dirty word – if musicians do it right. And that's a point of view held by Abeer Nehme, one of the region's most esteemed.
After making a name for herself throughout the Arab world as a technically adept singer – with songs encompassing traditional folk, opera and Maronite hymns sung in the Syriac language – the Lebanese artist, who recently dipped her toe into the world of commercial music, is now venturing into pop. But she is not creating mere escapist fluff.
Nehme's latest single Waynak, her debut release with Dubai record label Universal Music Mena, is a stylish and classy ballad packed with its fair share of symphonic flare. A lovelorn song centring on an unsatisfying relationship, Waynak makes use of Nehme's husky and undulating vocal style as it's<|fim_middle|> including percussion and qanun. But this is a more commercial affair.
So Waynak has a satisfying chorus to warrant repeat listens. The 38-year-old chanteuse is known for her eclecticism, though. She frequently performs internationally as part of operatic and orchestral groups, and explains that the move towards a more mainstream sound has more to do with art than commerce. "It was more down to me challenging myself," she explains. "This is how I often go about my career. A lot of my projects began with me competing with myself. It is all about the challenge of working on something that is better than the last project."
What makes a good song
When it comes to the radio-friendly sound of Waynak, Nehme says the challenge wasn't about nailing the vocals – in fact, she says the tune was "relatively easy to sing". Nehme, who has clearly studied her craft, says that instead, a good pop song is more about the whole than the sum of its part. "And that can really apply to most music, in that a good piece is often defined by how its different elements work together," she says. "You need to have a good voice, well-written lyrics and sophisticated production. These are often the characteristics that make a song successful, no matter what style it is."
Nehme was born in the municipality of Tannourine in northern Lebanon, where her musical talent was spotted from an early age. She enrolled into various music institutions and graduated from university with a degree in oriental singing.
Those skills were put to good use, with Nehme being enlisted to work alongside one of the Arab world's most acclaimed composers Elias Rahbani, who gave her the lead role in two operettas, Andalusia, Jewel of the World and Eela in 2007 and 2010 respectively. Nehme followed this up with further career milestones, including performing at Paris's Festival Les Orientales and the World Sacred Music Festival in Fes, Morocco. She credits her musical education for arming her with a curiosity that has always informed her work. "I have always viewed what I did as a form of research in a way," she says. "Whether I am singing traditional or sacred songs, I am always interested in what makes them be. I am always looking for those fine details of the song that perhaps others may not focus on."
But Nehme doesn't lament the fact that a new generation of singers are finding success through shortcuts such as television talent shows. The expertise of an artist, she says, is ultimately defined by personal experiences rather than professional development. "Not all the great singers went to music school. They are who they are by what they went through in life," she says. "The interesting thing about Arabic music is that it doesn't teach you to sing, but instead how to listen. You learn to appreciate the different styles and schools of singing, and once you know that, you can go on to find your own sound. What the conservatory taught me is that you should always and ultimately realise that you are not the only one with a good voice. It teaches you to be more aware; less ignorant."
Abeer Nehme Nehme is known for her eclecticism, having performed in operas and with orchestras around the world Universal Music Mena
This perhaps explains why Nehme – who released the folk album Aroma of My Prayer in 2009 with a small independent label Tibel Music – has taken her time to sign with such a major record label as Universal Music Mena. And she has taken stories of her peers being stuck in overbearing contracts as cautionary tales. "I never want to be categorised because I've always felt that music can be sung in different ways. The worst feeling I can have as a singer is to feel creatively choked," she says. "So I took my time and I think I have found the right collaboration with this label, in that it allows me to make music that will reach more people, but still have it sound different in its own ways."
And Waynak is merely a taste of what Nehme has in store. She says that a pop album is presently in the works and should be out by the end of the year. Her more esoteric fans will also be pleased to know that Nehme is collaborating with master Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife on another project, too. "It will be an album where all the songs are composed by him, which I am really excited about," she says.
"I like the fact that I am working on various things at the same time and how my music can be of different zones. I am very proud of that."
Waynek by Abeer Nehme is out now through Universal Music Mena.
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Oh yes even I agree Salman's the reigning king of Bollywood but there was a time when the Baadshah was unstoppable playing the lover boy churning out hits in his own inimitable style. But there is one film which left a lasting impression on my mind – RAB NE BANA DI JODI.
This is one film which I never tired of watching. I have already watched it n number of times and will probably watch it again just for one<|fim_middle|> is true in most of our cases. We all end up wearing a mask sometimes even towards people we love. We need the mask sometimes as an access point. But the best thing is it stops there. Beyond a point it's our true self which will hold us good in the long run.
Tani eventually realizes where her heart lies and that is the ultimate triumph of the film. She chooses simplicity over gloss. Being ordinary isn't bad after all. Even ordinary middle class people do have happy endings.
PS : The scene where he re appears as Surinder during the dance competition finals is one of my favorite scenes ever. | simple reason – The film has it's heart in the right place. It does start out slow with Surinder being forced to marry Tani due to circumstances. But as the story moves you can't help but empathize with Surinder's plight.
The film dwells on something which is a very rare quality these days – Unconditional love. Surinder just devotes himself completely to his lady love while Tani looks for love elsewhere. And then he wears a mask. The mask that hides his true personality and Tani ends up falling for that.
I guess this | 114 |
Judge Dread: A Review Of Philip Glass's The Trial…
It's difficult to think of a more apt time for Philip Glass's take on Franz Kafka's infamous 1925 novel The Trial to arrive in theatres. When a new American President is promising to refill Guantanamo Bay with inmates based on who they are rather than what they've done, the story of Josef K, a man who is arrested on his 30th birthday for a never specified crime, is one which carries a warning which will already be too late for some.
Glass's 'Trial' is a co-production between Scottish Opera, Music Theatre Wales, The Royal Opera and Theater Magdeburg, and it is a great advert for European cultural collaboration. It opens in Josef K's bedroom, a sparse set which will be subtly and inventively used throughout. Josef is awoken by two agents who appear to be the evil doppelgängers of Herge's Thompson Twins from the Tintin books, with their bowler hats and wry moustaches. They are here to arrest him, but cannot tell him what for or who has accused<|fim_middle|> To Last Night From Glasgow…
Next For Jean: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Catherine Czerkawska About The Jewel & Jean Armour… | him, something that Josef, after initial shock, takes lightly at first. But as the year unfolds, and his 'trial' begins, the seriousness of his situation begins to dawn. Is he an innocent man? Kafka asks which one of us can honestly claim to be, and that is part of the terror of this tale.
Nicholas Lester plays Josef K, and he is pristine in his suit and slicked hair, like a ventriloquist's dummy brought to life; tellingly so as people try to put words in his mouth and manipulate him for their own benefit. What unfolds is a story of institutional corruption, from the agents who ask for his underwear and eat his breakfast, to the lawyers, judges and priests who hold his fate in their hands. Nearly everyone claims to be 'simply obeying orders', and the levels of bureaucracy reveal themselves as a modern version of Dante's circles of hell.
While Lester is the leading man, this is undoubtedly an ensemble piece with all the others actors taking on multiple roles, and when they are not front and centre they are in the background watching and judging. They are part audience, part voyeurs, and this makes the theatre audience complicit also, watching passively as a man's life is destroyed without discernible rhyme or reason. At a time when Big Brother is watching 24/7, this is a prescient and uncomfortable aspect of the production. None of what happens to Josef is private or is in isolation. At all times there is a face at the window, a bystander by-standing, or a crowd gathered who are only too keen to believe the rumours which surround Josef and to make their own uniformed opinions. Sound familiar?
As well as the staging, the costumes must be mentioned. Characters who resemble members of the Addams Family are rendered in sepia and grey, making for ghoulish presences. Another familiar filmic reference comes when the elderly court appointed priest moves around the stage with his shadow looming large in the background reminiscent of Gary Oldman's Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's film of the same name. The priest's presence is unsettling as Josef has to consider which law takes priority, that of the land or that of the church – or are they simply two sides of the same coin?
Mention has to be made of Philip Glass's score. It is magnificent, and lifts a good production to greatness. It is the perfect accompaniment to the paranoia and malfeasance on the stage. At times haunting, at others urgent and unsettling as Josef K's life unravels in just one-year. Kafka's fiction has influenced some great Scottish novels, Alasdair Gray's Lanark, Iain Banks' The Bridge and Kames Kelman's You Have To Be Careful In The Land Of The Free to name just three. Anyone who knows those books and sees The Trial can't fail but to make such connections.
It's yet more evidence that Scottish Opera is involved in some of the most innovative theatre around, and they should be congratulated for their part in bringing such a fine production to Scotland. As I mentioned at the top of the page, the timing couldn't be better. This is illustrated perfectly, and chillingly, by Josef K's question to the priest, "Are lies part of a universal system?". Replace "lies" with the term "alternative facts", and reply with the same affirmative answer, and it begins to seem unarguable that Kafka's time has come again. In truth, it never went away.
Here's the trailer for The Trial:
The Trial is on at Glasgow's Theatre Royal, 24th, 26th & 28th January, and at Edinburgh's King's Theatre on the 3rd & 4th February.
Images courtesy of Scottish Opera
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Richest Pastors In Nigeria 2019 Top 10 List
Articles, Lifestyle
by Oluwatimilehin Atere
Richest Pastors In Nigeria 2019 Top 10 List – It's no secret that pastors, especially those that serve large churches, are doing well for themselves, probably even more than they deserve. Gone are the days where pastors had to wait to get to heaven before they could get their rewards, Pastors usually earn a lot more by receiving personal gifts and donations, all of it off the books.
For some years now, Forbes (an international magazine) writes about the richest pastors in the world and at least 5 Nigerian Pastors makes the list. While some people would argue that its was insensitive for pastors in a country as poor as Nigeria, where thousands of people die due to hunger and various ailments such as malaria and cholera should keep such amount of wealth to themselves, others will would argue that they are doing God's work and those riches are the lord's blessing for doing His work. Well, that's not for us to judge. below we present to you the richest Pastors In Nigeria 2019 top 10 list
Richest Pastor In Nigeria: Bishop David Oyedepo
Estimated Net Worth $180 Million
Bishop David Oyedepo, apart from being known as the Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, with a network of churches located in over 300 cities in Nigeria alone, and in 45 African nations, Dubai, United Kingdom and the United States.
He is also known as the pioneer founder of the Covenant University located in Otta Ogun State which is highly respected in the academic sphere, Landmark University in Omu-Aran, Kwara State and Faith Academy; a full boarding system secondary school. The Bishop is acknowledged as the owner of both Dominion Publishing House which is responsible for the sale of his books and a water producing company named Hebron.
The David Oyedepo Ministries International thus comprises of Living Faith Church World Wide, World Mission Agency; the global missionary arm of the church's operations, Dominion Publishing House; the publishing arm of the church, the higher institutions of learning and the Social Development Missions projects.
Papa, as he is popularly called, has an estimated worth of $180million according to 2018 Forbes list, thus ranking him as the richest pastor in Nigeria Top 10 List
2nd Richest Pastor In Nigeria: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Estimated Net Worth $50 Million – $70 Million
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, presiding over Christ Embassy Church (formerly known as the Believer's World Fellowship) is one of the Ministers who openly engage members to sow seeds in monetary form. The ministry holds Healing School sessions and also, Higher Life Conferences which takes place home and abroad. The International School of Ministry as organized had a tremendous attendance in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2016 with 5000 ministers in attendance from a total of 145 countries. The Pastor is also recognized as the author of the 'Rhapsody of reality' devotional, alongside other books which accrues income. He also owns three separate television channels which gains a large number of views across the globe. His net worth is estimated as $50 million -70 million, and as always made the top 3 spot of richest Pastors In Nigeria top 10 list for some years now.
3rd Richest Pastor In Nigeria: Pastor E.A Adeboye
Estimated Net Worth $39 Million – 50 Million
Pastor E.A Adeboye, popularly referred to as Daddy G.O was appointed in 1981 as General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God succeeding the transition of Pa Akindayomi.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God is one of the largest Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria with several branches globally. The mission has a private university named Redeemers University. Pastor Adeboye is one of the very<|fim_middle|> central on the theology of prosperity which is often referred to as a controversial topic in Christendom. He is a well known face on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Estimated to worth $20 million.
6th Richest: Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor
Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor, founder of the Word of Life Bible Church with its Headquarter based in Warri. He occupied the position as National President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria in 2005 for five years. He was again elected as the President of the apex body of Christians in Nigeria; Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). His desire to ensure the alleviation of poverty in the communities has led to him partnering with Micro Finance banks of reputable standard. He has real estate properties in his name, luxury cars and a private Jet. His net worth is estimated at $15million
7th Richest: Reverend Chris Okotie
Reverend Chris Okotie; a Musician, Author, politician and Lead Pastor of the Household of God Ministry located in Ikeja, Lagos State. The church is recognized as where a number of famous musicians, actors/actresses in the movie industry and high class members of the society attend.
Estimate worth is $12million
8th Richest: Pastor Gbenga Oso
Estimated Net Worth $3.5 Million
Pastor Gbenga Oso of Laughter Foundation which is a Ministry that has yielded great testimonies of barren women turned nursing mothers, used to be one of the pastors in Gospel Faith International until 1997 when he started his own Ministry. He is well known as Father of a million Babies and his worth is estimated to be $3.5 million
9th Richest: Bishop Mike Okonkwo
Estimated Net Worth $3Million
Bishop Mike Okonkwo, founder of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) is one of the never mistaken names in Nigeria. He was formerly a banker in African Continental Bank for only two years before heeding to the call of Ministry in 1980. He is the prominent founder of Empowerment for the Less Privileged Foundation; a Non-Governmental organization concerned with alleviation of poverty in the society. He is a Speaker at several Conferences in&out of the country, a crusade evangelist, Author, television and radio host. Forbes list enlisted his net worth as $3million.
10th Richest: Pastor Lazarus Muoka
Pastor Lazarus Muoka is the Founder and General Overseer of the Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement who first started out as a businessman in Lagos before delving into Ministry. He pastors one of the churches in Nigeria with a large congregation.
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4th Richest Pastor In Nigeria: Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua
Estimated Net Worth $25 Million
Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua, known by all and sundry as TB Joshua, is the Founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and also Africa's largest Christian television network – Emmanuel TV. He has been enlisted in notable magazines as one of the influential persons in Africa. The Church is remarkable for the scholarship programs it offers to students to study both in Nigeria and internationally to further their education. A construction of a school later named Emmanuel School in Lahore, Pakistan was funded by TB Joshua, with another in Ecuador which was rebuilt in 2017 after an earthquake. With over 400,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel and millions of followers on his Facebook page, Prophet TB Joshua is regarded as being a famous Televangelist.
His net worth is estimated to be $25million, although Forbes 2018 list revealed that his net worth is about $10million.
5th Richest Pastor In Nigeria: Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo
Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo is the Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) based in London, United Kingdom. The bountiful income he earns is mostly from the sale of Christian books and audio release produced by the Matthew Ashimolowo media company. His teachings are | 342 |
A Borehamwood boy had a barmitzvah party at the Jewish Care complex where his mother volunteers as a speech therapist.
Residents at the Betty and Asher Loftus Centre in Friern Barnet received formal invitations to Mikey Wyman's celebration and more than 60 looked on as he was called up at the centre's Wohl Synagogue.
The Yavneh<|fim_middle|> the charity's spiritual leader.
During the subsequent tea, Mikey's mum Naomi spoke about her volunteering at the centre and the barmitzvah boy discussed life as a 13-year-old today.
Following in his mother's footsteps, Mikey has been visiting the centre to chat to residents and intends to continue volunteering there as part of his Yoni Jesner Award.
Rabbi Junik said residents had told him how much it meant to receive an invitation.
The celebration at the care home was held in advance of Mikey's barmitzvah ceremony at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue's satellite congregation at Yavneh College.
What's on the children's menu? | pupil sang part of his barmitzvah portion in a service conducted by Rabbi Menachem Junik, | 23 |
The body of the car needed a lot of work done to it. Like drilling out a whole lot of spot-welds and I needed to do a fair bit of welding.
Any of you who have done work like that on a car know that it's a real pain in the *** to lay on you back under a car and have to grind and weld above you. And other jobs would become a whole lot easier and comfortable when I would be able to manipulate the position of the car.
The best and easiest solution for this would be a rotisserie. These support and let you rotate the entire car.
These are readily available and can be bought is several shapes and sizes. The downside of these are that they can be really pricey.
They are not that complicated so I was already thinking up a design of my own. With a little steel and other parts I would be able to build one of my own at just a fraction of the costs.
But while searching the internet for parts for a rotisserie, I came across a guy that was selling one for a price I couldn't match even by making one myself.
So I decided to take a look at it.
The rotisserie was a very simple design, but it was well designed and of very good quality with some laser cut parts and descent welds<|fim_middle|> sure the crossbeam was in horizontal position and them tack them in place.
Now that the car could be bolted to the rotisserie stands, I could hang the car in place and try to find the center of gravity for the body.
This was pretty important as that center of gravity should be roughly at the rotating point of the rotisserie to be able to turn the car over by hand.
I had to lift the car up very high to be able to bolt it to the rotisserie. The crossbeam is clamped down with 4 plates so that it's adjustable.
Once up in the air, I started looking for the center of gravity, of which I had no idea where that should be.
In the picture above, you can see that the crossbeam is still very low on the triangular shaped frame. When looking at the pictures below, you might notice that the crossbeam is positioned a lot more toward the rotating pin of the rotisserie.
That means that the center of gravity of the tripped out body of the car is surprising low. Almost down at the bumper mounting points! Not to bad of a starting point for good handling if you ask me.
Now I was able to rotate the body of the car all the way round by hand. On one of the rotisserie stand there is a laser cut disc with holes in it. I can lock the position of the car in place by sliding a pin through one of the holes. This way I can work on the car without worrying about the car rotating further than I want.
Working on the bottom of the car should be a breeze now. Probably one of the best tools I bought for this project up till now! | to it. My own design was a bit more elaborate than this with a lifting system incorporated into it so I wouldn't have to jack the body up to get it in. But for the price the guys was asking, it would save me the hassle of collecting parts and fabricating it myself and a whole lot of time. This would give me a few weeks head start I could spend on the car itself. So I bought it and took them home with me.
But to be able to hang the car from this rotisserie, I would need to fabricate something sturdy to attach the car to the cross beam of the rotisserie.
The best way to do that with this car is at the bumper attachment points. The brackets for the bumpers are bolted directly to the chassis beams, one of the strongest parts of the car.
I could use the bumper brackets of the front bumper as an example. The brackets of the bumper themselves were made of pretty thin steel and wouldn't be strong enough. So I made my brackets a whole lot stronger to support the full weight of the car.
I could weld these brackets to the cross beam of the rotisserie and bolt them to the car. This should be sturdy enough to support the weight of the car in every position.
Now I needed to make support brackets for the rear of the car. But didn't have to make brackets for that myself, as I had a more simple solution for this.
I wasn't going to use the USDM rear bumper anymore now that I had the much nicer JDM rear bumper. So I wouldn't need the crossbeam for that bumper anymore either.
The mounting poinst of that crossbeam were already pretty strong and sturdy and should be able to take the weight as well. It would obviously fit the car and were easily adapted to what I wanted to do with them.
All I had to do was cut those mounting points out of the crossbeam of the bumper and weld them to the crossbeam of the rotisserie.
And then there were 4 mounting brackets. All I needed to do was weld them to the crossbeams of the rotisserie. I didn't want to measure it all out, weld them in place and then find out that they wouldn't fit or that the bolts wouldn't thread through.
So it would be best to bolt the brackets to the car, make | 480 |
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The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new job placements for 16 to 24-year-olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Employers of all sizes can apply for funding which covers:
100% of the National Minimum Wage (or the National Living Wage depending on the age of the participant) for 25 hours per week for a total of 6 months
associated employer National Insurance contributions
employer minimum automatic enrolment contributions
You'll get £1,500 funding per job placement. This is for setup costs and to support the young person develop their employability skills.
100% of National Minimum Wage (or the National Living Wage depending on the age of the participant) for 25 hours per week for a total of 6 months
Job Placement Criteria
The job placements created with Kickstart Scheme funding must be new jobs. The placements must be a minimum of 25 hours per week, for 6 months and pay at least the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage for the employee's age group.
For each job placement, you must help the young person become more employable. This could include:
looking for long-term work, including career advice and setting goals
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