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Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. Declares Initial Monthly Distributions of $0.1525 Per Share
NEW YORK—November 25, 2013—Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: ARMF) announced the declaration of initial monthly distributions of the Fund for the first three months of 2014 of $0.1525 per common share, payable as noted below.
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Based on the Fund's initial public offering price of $25.00 per share and current share price of $20.56 (as of its close on November 22, <|fim_middle|> notice will be distributed to the Fund's stockholders in the event that a portion of a monthly distribution is derived from sources other than undistributed net investment income, such as from short-term capital gain, long-term capital gain, or return of capital.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment performance during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to change based on tax regulations. The final determination of the source of these distributions will be made after the Fund's fiscal year end. If necessary, the Fund will pay an adjusting distribution in December that includes any additional income and net realized capital gains in excess of the monthly distributions for that year to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. In January or February of each year, investors will be sent a Form 1099‑DIV for the previous calendar year that will define how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
About Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.
Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management company that is externally managed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ares Management LLC, a global alternative asset manager and SEC- registered investment adviser with approximately $68 billion of committed capital under management as of September 30, 2013. ARMF seeks to provide an attractive risk-adjusted level of total return, primarily through current income and, secondarily, through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a broad, dynamically managed portfolio of below investment grade senior secured loans, high yield corporate bonds, other similar fixed-income instruments, including derivatives, collateralized loan obligations, and other asset backed securities. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The Fund's net asset value may be accessed through its NASDAQ ticker symbol, XAMFX.
Statements included herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. securities laws, and may relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, condition or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and others beyond the Fund's control. Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements made herein.
This document is not an offer to sell securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. An investor should consider the Fund's investment objective, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing.
Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. is a closed-end fund, which does not engage in a continuous offering of its shares. Since its initial public offering, the Fund has traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ARMF.Investors wishing to purchase or sell shares may do so by placing orders through a broker dealer or other intermediary.
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© 2019 Ares Management Corporation | 2013), the distributions represent an annualized distribution rate of 7.32% and 8.90%, respectively (calculated by annualizing the distribution amount and dividing it by the IPO share price or current price, as the case may be). Information regarding the distribution rate is included for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of future results, the achievement of which cannot be assured. The distribution rate should not be considered the yield or total return on an investment in the Fund.
Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. has invested approximately 75% of the proceeds (equity and assumed debt proceeds) received at the closing of its initial public offering on October 31, 2013. As of November 21, 2013, the Fund had an effective duration of 1.66 years with approximately 39% of assets invested in senior secured bank loans, 53% in high yield bonds and 8% in collateralized loan obligations.
"We continue to see significant opportunities to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns in these asset classes, and we are diligently selecting investments as we put capital to work," said Seth Brufsky, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Ares Multi-Strategy Credit Fund and Senior Partner of Ares Management LLC. "While we recognize that many investors—including ourselves—are concerned about the overall market price performance story of closed-end funds, we are comforted by the credit quality of the underlying assets within which ARMF invests as well as the strength of the Ares platform and view these as significant advantages as we strive to position the Fund defensively with respect to interest rates, but opportunistically with respect to credit."
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Deezer's Lossless Streaming Music Service Is Perfect for Audio Nerds
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Deezer's streaming music service has been around overseas for years, and it's finally coming to the United States this month in the form of Deezer Elite, which delivers CD-quality audio through the interwebs. Finally, high-resolution audio that makes sense.
The new Deezer Elite service is exclusive to the US for now, and it's also starting as an exclusive for people who own Sonos systems. It's unclear exactly how long that exclusive partnership will last. The service will stream lossless FLAC files at 44.1 kHz/16-but. In the parlance of streaming music data, that translates to 1,411 kbps, or 4.4 times higher quality than the 320 kbps maximum on services like Spotify.
That's not just an arbitrary number of bits either—it's CD-quality, whichis the highest rate audio anybody needs. Any more bits are statistically and scientifically unnecessary. Of course, science won't stop companies like HDtracks or Pono from trying to sell you 192 kHz/24-bit audio, which is fine if you want to drop the money and use the hard drive space. Unfortunately, it makes things like streaming music impossible. All we need is 1,411 kbps, which thanks to advances in technology is finally possible in streaming form.
What Is High-Resolution Audio?
This week, Sony unleashed a battery of expensive audio gear that claims to support "high-resolution
De<|fim_middle|> long run, you'll have to pay a premium for higher quality music.
Still, Deezer Elite is really exciting for audio nerds, and as an audio nerd, I think it's exciting for all of us. This is the real evolution of music delivery. All the conveniences of digital, without sacrificing audio quality. We'll let you know if Deezer Elite is as awesome as we suspect when it launches in beta on September 15th. [Sonos] | ezer Elite has some drawbacks. First of all, those CD-quality files are going to eat up bandwidth quicker than your Sonos stream, so if you're limited by your ISP and you listen to lots and lots of music, you could run into some data cap issues. What's more, it's not clear how exactly you're going to be able to access the service on your mobile devices or cache it for offline playback if it's locked into Sonos.
Finally, Deezer Elite is expensive. It'll cost $20 a month, which is twice what unlimited services like Sonos and Beats Music cost. There's an introductory half-price deal, but in the | 135 |
As 24 Horas de Le Mans de 2021 foi a edição número 89 do evento automobilístico de endurance que se realizou entre 21 e 22 de agosto de 2021 no Circuito de La Sarthe, Le Mans, França. O evento organizado pelo Automobile Club de l'Ouest, foi a quarta manga da temporada de 2021 do Campeonato Mundial de Endurance da FIA. Originalmente estava<|fim_middle|> desportivos de agosto de 2021 | programada para os dias 12 e 13 de junho, mas devido à pandemia de COVID-19 foi adiada para agosto.
Foi a primeira edição com os protótipos Le Mans Hypercar, que substituíram aos protótipos Le Mans (LMP1). O automóvel n.º 7 da Toyota Gazoo Racing, comandado por Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi e José María López foi o ganhador desta edição.
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O número mínimo de voltas para classificação no final (70 por cento da distância geral do vencedor da corrida) foi de 260 voltas. Os vencedores da classe estão em negrito.
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Welcome to the Illinois Animal Control Association!
The Illinois Animal Control Association , ( formally known as County Animal Controls of Illinois or CACI) , is an organization representing Animal Control Agencies throughout the state. We hope you will find this website informative and engaging. Please check back often for updates on training opportunities and important legislative news. If you have questions please contact one of the board directors<|fim_middle|> no longer in use and could be captured and used. In 2017, CACI changed to Illinois Animal Control Association (IACA) to better reflect its membership and mission.
In the past five years, IACA has added training and education to its objectives in an attempt to promote the professionalism of the field. Since 2013, IACA has sponsored the Animal Control Track of the Prairie States Conference which offers nationally-known speakers and topics at affordable prices. IACA has also offered one-day training sessions covering Chemical Capture, Handling Vicious and Dangerous Dogs, Report Writing, Investigation Techniques, Officer Safety, and more. Check out the Training Page for a listing of this year's workshops, locations, and topics.
One more way the group has devised to communicate with its members is through the Facebook page, this new and improved website, and monthly member e-mails. With each of these methods, IACA offers information on trending issues, upcoming legislation, training opportunities, and more.
If you're in animal control in Illinois, join us as we move ahead to improve the opportunities and professionalism in our field. Become a member today! Consider being even more active and join us at a quarterly board meetings.
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IACA was re-founded in 2005 in response to state legislation that dramatically affected the Animal Control Act. Originally, the group consisted of county operated animal control programs, and membership reached 62 of the 102 counties in Illinois. With the larger counties as members, CACI represented 90% of the state's human population.
After battling several legislative changes that would hinder animal control and diminish public safety, CACI decided to add other objectives to its mission. In 2012, the group expanded its membership to include municipal animal control agencies. Because of the expanded membership and the confusion caused by its original name, the organization found that Illinois Animal Control Association name was | 170 |
Campus Staff Minister - University of Georgia
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) is seeking a godly, goal-oriented, self-starter to develop and mobilize students and faculty for mission at the University of Georgia (UGA). The school is classified in the highest ranking, "R-1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity" with comprehensive doctoral programs across the arts, sciences, engineering, law, and medicine. UGA is known for its vibrant student community. UGA's college town of Athens was rated among the best college towns in the country by U.S. News, and the competitive Bulldogs sports teams compete in the NCAA Division l Southeastern Conference.
InterVarsity is looking for a mature, campus staff leader who has a track record of mentoring young men and women into leadership teams, possesses strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to work with graduate students, faculty and university administrators, and shows initiative and ability to develop and execute strategies that will build the overall campus fellowship.
In addition to investing in students and faculty, GFM campus staff members have regular opportunities to exercise their teaching gifts and further develop their leadership skills. We prefer someone with academic work beyond a bachelor's degree. All staff will be required to raise their full ministry budget and will receive training in Ministry Partnership Development.
For more information contact the GFM Area Ministry Director of Georgia, Michael Moriarty
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A graduate degree is preferred. A completed Bachelor's degree is required
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Diesis Network celebrates its 25th birthday
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, CECOP had the chance to sit down with Gianluca Past<|fim_middle|> newsletter Data protection policy | orelli, Executive President of Diesis Network.
CECOP (C): Congratulations on celebrating 25 years of existence! Can you tell us the history of Diesis, how everything started and how did Diesis become what it is today?
Gianluca Pastorelli (GP): In the beginning, Diesis was named CECOP R&D and it was closely linked to CECOP. In the late 90's it was almost bankrupted with huge losses when it was taken over and relaunched on the initiative of some Italians (CGM and INFORCOOP/LEGACOOP) and French (CGSCOP), then others joined from Spain, Italy... and the organisation started growing. A new team, new members, some years, and a lot of effort were needed to recover and relaunch. The name was changed also to open to the whole social economy and not to focus only on workers' coops.
We thought our sector needed advocacy (provided by CECOP) but also knowledge: this is essentially DIESIS' mission. The focus has always been on research and development projects and the members are national wide organisations supporting the development of social and solidarity economy. Thus, step by step the partnership and activities enlarged reaching coverage of more than 20 countries and more than 40 members.
C: What is one achievement you're most proud of?
GP: The team! 12 from different countries, backgrounds, ages…75% women, skilled, motivated, committed, connected with the national members, young … at least some of them... What I really enjoy is that we work very hard without losing our sense of humour.
C: Can you name one fact about Diesis that few people know?
GP: DIESIS is not an acronym: while we were looking for a new name we were unable to find a meaningful one and then… DIESIS! It comes from the music language you see… the black notes on the keyboard? One can create his/her own favourite version: D for development, I for International or Innovation, E for Economy…. I guess we have had creativity and flexibility in our DNA since then. In English, it translates with "sharp", another complex and multifaceted word…
C: In 25 years, Diesis has worked on many projects for the promotion and development of the Social Economy Enterprises in Europe, including cooperatives. What challenges and opportunities do you see for cooperatives in the current European context?
GP: Cooperatives are the backbone of the Social Economy and the most suitable form to develop real companies. I stress the word "real" since in the past there were too much attention paid to (apparently) more "modern" or fancy forms of Social Economy. Cooperatives have always been there, before the Social Business Initiative, and the Social Economy Action Plan, and will be there long afterward. We have a lot of opportunities ahead of us, but we must be aware of the challenges: One major challenge is that the level of expectations for Social Economy is very high, sometimes too much.
C: CECOP and Diesis have a long-lasting relationship. How do you see this collaboration developing further?
I think we can do more and more things together, both organisations can benefit from close cooperation. The idea of Diesis has always been to nourish the advocacy with knowledge, and vice-versa. Let's keep doing it, more and more.
Thank you for your time and we wish you a very nice anniversary!
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Hooniverse Motorsport News For May 2nd, 2016
This weekend there was a bunch of racing to keep track of, and I've done my best for you. Sports cars, stock cars, open wheelers, and more, on both sides of the Atlantic! There was a NASCAR race, a Formula 1 race, various IMSA races in California, ADAC GT Masters races, VLN racing, plus news, reviews, analysis, commentary from those 'in the know', PR releases, and some great race cars for sale! The NASCAR race was apparently a giant mess, so at least read on for that one.
The racing will only continue to get hotter from here, so we'll do our best to help keep your finger on the pulse. Just be aware of the fact that this post<|fim_middle|>TE-AM teams at Le mans this year and there's even one of their old C6.Rs on the reserve list.
Thanks, I didn't know that. More Corvettes racing has got to be a good thing. Hopefully some make it stateside too. It is pretty poor if the factory team fears competition from privateers, as Brad alluded to.
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Sad about Indy@Boston, but it came down to money. Indy wanted Boston to put up more cash and it just isn't there. Boston wanted Indy to pay for too many infrastructure improvements to pull it off. Oh well. It was not the best choice for a venue, but man would it have been fun. | is filled with spoilers. Giant carbon-fiber, multi-element, DRS-equipped, Gurney-flapped, Spoilers!
NASCAR Blows Up In Alabama
In Soviet Russia, Formula 1 Races You!
IMSA Heads To The Dry Lake
MX5 Cup Returns In California
McLaughlin Fills In For Swedish Touring Car Race
VLN Race 2 At N-Ring
ADAC GT Masters Heads To Sachsenring
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Ex-Schumacher Benetton Selling For Peanuts In Monaco
Celebrating Senna On The 22nd Anniversary Of His Accident
NASCAR – Talladega
In the business, this race is what they call 'a shitshow'. There were a full spate of 10 cautions, which is awful for those of us that actually care about racing, and ZOMG AWSUM for NASCAR fans.
It was Keselowski who managed to wade through the filth to come out on top. Only seven cars in the forty that started the race managed to exit the weekend without damaged sheetmetal. That's right, a full 33 cars were involved in seven "big ones". Is restrictor plate racing at super speedways a practice that we should end?
The Tony Stewart Things –
NASCAR is cutting costs, I guess, and they no longer have one official in each team's pit box. Now they are down to one guy for every four or five pit stalls. Because of that lack of oversight, some teams are trying to shorten their pit stops by only fastening as few as three lug nuts. NASCAR has ruled it is against the rules, but they will not do anything to enforce that rule.
Tony Stewart shouted salacious things about this. NASCAR fined him a bunch of money ($35,000 to be exact). Other drivers thought it was ridiculous that he was fined so they threw in the money to pay the fine. Tony was happy about that, paid the fine with his own money, and donated the other drivers' money to charity.
Also, he had a serious back injury in February, and his doctor released him to run just one stint in the race over the weekend. For the rest of the race, his car was handled by Ty Dillon.
Dale Jr. Is Awesome, Drives Without A Steering Wheel
Look at that! Would you just look at it!?!
Sadly 'Little E' would go on to end his day by bringing out the third caution.
Formula 1 – Sochi
Four races into the season and each of them have been won by Nico Rosberg.
Seb Vet crashed out on lap 1 thanks to a pair of contact incidents with Daniil Kvyat. The resulting wreck brought out a safety car and hand Kvyat in the pits for a 10 second penalty.
Lewis Hamilton had a sub-par qualifying thanks to a second hybrid unit failure in as many race outings. With some good strategy, and some impressive driving, the reigning champion was able to pull out a second place finish.
Haas scored points with Big John again this weekend, making this three points-scoring races out of four contested.
Both Alonso and Button finished in the points in their McLaren Hondas. Alonso contends that this must be McLaren's goal for every race going forward. I agree with him.
IMSA WeatherTech – Laguna Seca
Race 1 – Prototype and GT Le Mans
The big story of the weekend here is that Ford won their first GTLM victory with Briscoe and Westbrook. The team worked well and conserved phenomenally on fuel to take the win. While most GTLM cars have stints somewhere just over an hour, Westbrook managed to set a pace that not only took him to the point, but allowed him to conserve fuel and stretch the final stint to one hour and 17 minutes.
Westy commenting on his win to Sportscar365 –
"The team immediately gave me a fuel number and I said, 'Oh my God they're nuts!' But we did it!
It was just a real race of trying to keep some sort of pace in the car and get the fuel number, which was really difficult in the beginning.
It's something that everyone at Ford Performance and everyone at Chip Ganassi Racing deserves. What a strategy… For them to believe that was possible was incredible. They believed in me that I could do it and I obviously trusted them."
Similarly, it was Mike Shank's Ligier Honda LMP2 team that finally got the win monkey off of their back on Sunday at Laguna Seca in the Prototype category. So far it has been the *other* Ligier Honda that had been winning everything, but with the ESM team off working on their Yurpeen program, it was Shank's time to shine.
It was the Mazda prototypes that took the front row in qualifying, but one of them blew up their engine thanks to a seized oil pump, and the other one spun while trying to fend off advances from Shank driver Ozz Negri. John Pew started the car and got his driving time out of the way early, allowing ace driver Negri to do his thing. At the end of the race, the Shank Ligier was in the lead by a solid 30 seconds over the Daytona Prototype of Goossens and Dalziel.
Race 2 – LMPC and GT Daytona
Kimber-Smith and Alon drove to victory in a fuel-saving race over the Starworks car of Popow and van der Zande.
In GTD, it was the AJR Porsche of A. Riberas and M. Farnbacher who took the victory in a flag-to-flag win. Riberas started the race, and by the 15 minute mark had already pulled out a 7 second lead. He never looked back. When he handed over to Farnbacher, it was Mario that set the races fastest GTD lap, furthering the team's lead over the competition.
Riberas on his team's win –
"Clearly Porsche has a very good car that suits Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This is my first time here, and I have to say now it is one of my favorite tracks."
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IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – Laguna Seca
In the GS class, it was Porsche all the way. The frankly pitiful 7-car field in GS was split between Cayman GT4s and Mustang GT350s with an Aston Martin kicker. The Mustangs had the advantage on pit stops, taking far less time to fuel up than the Porsches. However, the GT4s were dominant on track, and spent no time passing the Mustangs for the lead in the final stint. The Bodymotion car of Cassels and Hindman came out on top (for the second race in a row), and the two CJ Wilson Racing Caymans finished out a Porsche 1-2-3 finish.
In ST, it was the McCumbee/McAleer Mazda MX5 that took the point for Freedom Autosport (giving Mazda their 6th ST win in 6 years at MRLS).
In a bit of sad news, the GS class champions and winningest team in CTSCC racing, Rum Bum racing, have suspended their campaign indefinitely. I really liked that team, and the series is worse off without them. Hugh and Matt Plumb were wickedly quick, even on their bad days.
IMSA Talks About The Future
Nothing is confirmed as of yet, and likely will not be for a long time, but in a memo put out by IMSA to their stakeholders, they have floated a few ideas.
First, what to do with LMPC. The class has pretty much run its course, and the cars are well more than a decade old. The car will be retired at the end of next year, and they wanted to discuss what to replace it with, if anything, and where to put it. There was talk of moving PC out of the WeatherTech series altogether, and possibly moving a PC-esque class into Continental Tire racing. If that does happen, it would likely be with a new LMP3-type closed cockpit design. P3 cars were also mentioned when talking of what to replace the IMSA Prototype Lites chassis with.
Another concern involved the low car counts in the GS class of CTSCC. Though no solution was given, there was mention of FIA GT4 specifications (much like what is being employed by PWC's GTS class), and even TCR, which could be awesome!
Mazda MX5 Cup – Laguna Seca
On Friday, the series held its first race for the new-series cars, and it was a mostly calm race that was won by Patrick Gallagher.
A 19 year old kid won race 2, his name is Robby Foley, and he's an engineering student. Saturday's race was a bit more smash-em-up, and involved a lot more off-track excursions. When it is up on YouTube, you should watch it! In the meantime, here's our review of that car with Duncan Ende.
Porsche GT3 Cup – Laguna Seca
Jesse Lazare won both GT3 Cup races at Laguna Seca this weekend. This is just the second weekend of GT3 Cup racing this year, and Lazare has won 3 races from the two double-headers, giving him a commanding points lead, and probably a bit of a confidence boost. Jeff Mosing of #TeamTexas and TOPP racing swept the Platinum Masters class, Michael de Quesada won the Gold Cup class as well.
Lamborghini Super Trofeo – Laguna Seca
Corey Lewis won the first round of LSTNA racing after starting in last place. Not only did he win the race, but he managed to pass the whole field and pull out an almost 10 second lead by the end of the sprint race.
Lewis on his race (from Lamborghini ST press release) –
"It wasn't the way we usually like to start these race weekends, but it just so happened to be in qualifying we had a red flag and we didn't get a time in. We had a lot of work cut out for us in Race 1 and just kept our nose clean. We just tried to be be as consistent as we could and manage the traffic as best we could. It was an awesome job by Change Racing and Lamborghini Carolinas and Monster Energy drink."
Shinya Michimi won round two over Corey Lewis, reversing the result from race 1. This was Michimi's first Lamborghini Super Trofeo overall victory.
Michimi on his race (from Lamborghini ST press release) –
"I've really got to thank all of my guys at Prestige Performance/ Lamborghini Paramus. They put together a really good car all weekend. We've been right on pace, and we finally really brought it out in the race. To have a good race car is really important."
Scandanavian Touring Cars –
The Kiwi driver Scott McLaughlin filled in for Polestar and made an impressive debut in European racing, despite a DNF spectacular crash in race 2 where he was hit from behind. In race one, he finished on the podium in second place just behind Volvo teammate Robert Dahlgren.
Race 2 was won by Richard Goransson's Volvo over Dahlgren in second.
Here is that crash that took McLaughlin out.
Check out that MASSIVE 8-car field!
VLN Racing – Nurburgring Round 2
Phoenix Racing win their second VLN race in a row. After their victory at the season opener, Frank Stippler and Anders Fjordbach again dominated proceedings. At the finish of the race, the team had almost a minute in hand over the second placed Black Falcon Mercedes. The Haribo Mercedes filled out the top three.
ADAC GT Masters – Sachsenring
Race 1 –
In the first race of the weekend, it was Sebastian Asch and Luca Ludwig who took the win in a Zakspeed Mercedes. The GRT Grasser Lamborghini of Luca Stoltz led for the first half of the race. Asch started second and dropped to fifth at the start.
A spun Porsche brought out a safety car at about halfway. Some of the teams had already completed their pit stop, and some hadn't. When the dust settled, it was Luca Ludwig in the lead of the motor race, and that is where he stayed.
While the new Ford GT was winning in the states, the new Calloway Corvette GT3 was winning in Europe! Jules Gounon and Daniel Keilwitz took the car's maiden win. Luca Ludwig started the race from pole for Mercedes, and initially kept the lead. Keilwitz, meanwhile, started 9th and rocketed his way up to 3rd in the opening lap. The following lap, the 26 year old passed Laurens Vanthoor for second. On lap seven, Keilwitz moved into the lead past Ludwig, and then started to gap the field.
After handing over to Gounon, the gap was up to 7 seconds. Unfortunately that was destroyed when a safety car was called. After the field went back to green, Gounon continued to set quick laps in the C7 'Vette, and by the time the checkers fell, he had a 4 and a half second victory. By taking the overall victory, the 21 year old also won the "junior" category. Just let that sink in…
Mike Shank Keeping Options Open For Indy 500
Mike Shank knows that his options are running slim to field a car in the 500, but he's not counting it out just yet. He's down, but he's not out!
IndyCar At Boston Is Dead
Promoters of the event have ended negotiation with the city.
John Casey, CEO and President of the Grand Prix of Boston had this to say in a statement –
"An event of this magnitude requires considerable city and state support, and though we did overcome significant obstacles and demands that have been presented to us, the most recent demands regarding the flood zone issues and requirements of additional expenditure on the line of credit with no guarantees of overcoming those issues have left us no options but to cancel the race in Boston and look at other options.
At this juncture the demands that have been asked of us make this event in Boston economically unviable and despite robust corporate partnerships and excellent tickets sales, if we have no guarantee of MEPA approval then time was of the essence to make this difficult decision. It is very disappointing for everyone who has worked so hard on the event and all of our corporate partners and fans who have supported the Grand Prix of Boston.
We have had a team of over 50 people, as well as the city and state agency personnel who have been working tirelessly to find successful and viable solutions and unfortunately we are at an impasse. We are exploring all options and will have further information available in the coming days."
Long Live IndyCar At Boston
IndyCar has a spot on the calendar for Boston in September, and John Casey (quoted above) plans to hold that date if possible.
The team is looking for new venues after his existing venue cancelled on him. Casey was hoping for a street race, but has opened his options to a permanent track. Racer.com's Robin Miller has hinted that Gateway near St. Louis, and Watkins Glen in New York might be on the list. Casey has not said where he is planning for, but insists he has a "couple of different alternatives".
PWC Making Plans For The Future Of GTS Class
WC Vision LLC has released their full plans for the GTS class in 2017. The class has, until recently, been a bit of a mish-mash and a catch-all, which is a shame, because there used to be some really good racing there. This year, however, the GTS class has started to evolve into something that seems like it has a common theme, at least.
For 2017, the GTS category will allow all SRO homologated GT4 class cars, in addition to all PWC homologated GTS class cars that ran in 2016. In 2018, however, the old-style GTS cars will be phased out for full GT4 class compliance.
Greg Gill, President and CEO of WC Vision, PWC Competition Director (emphasis is mine) –
"The PWC series was the first in this country to adopt the global GT3 platform with our Competition Director Marcus Haselgrove leading that charge. Now, as the series reviewed the data from its first six rounds of GTS racing, we are ready to confirm the full addition of GT4 to GTS in 2017, with a year transition time for adoption of the SRO GT4 homologation globally by 2018. We anticipate hearing about more OEM entries into the GTS class in the coming weeks. This is a very exciting time for GTS racing and its drivers, teams and sponsors. We see a great future for GTS."
Marcus Haselgrove, PWC Competition Director –
"The PWC series supported the homologated GT3 concept in North America, attracting many new manufacturers. The goal in the competition department has been to assist all manufacturers with their motorsport ladder systems. I proposed in January, 2015 that GT4 was a logical step for the series. We took a bold move allowing manufacturers to test in public on race weekends. Through transparency other manufacturers looked at the GT4 platform developed by Stephane Ratel and technical director Claude Surmont (SRO) for their North America customers. Already five new manufacturers have joined since last season's final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. This also answers to feedback from the fans for more manufacturers."
The GTS class currently allows competition from the following cars; Chevrolet Camaro Z-28, KTM XBow GT4, Ford Boss 302, SIN Car R1 GT4, Ginetta GT4, Audi TT RS,Lotus Evora GT4, Aston Martin Vantage GT4, Maserati Gran Turismo MC, and Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport.
Remember when GT1 was the place for manufacturers, and GT2 was the place for privateers, and then costs in GT1 were driven up by competition, so manufacturers moved to GT2?
Remember when GTE (GT2) was the place for manufacturers, and GT3 was the place for privateers, and then costs in GTE were driven up by competition, so manufacturers moved to GT3?
GT3 is getting expensive, and GT4 is currently the place for privateers. Do we really want "More OEM entries" in that class?
Here Are All Of The Cars Ayrton Senna Drove In F1
It's been 22 years since we lost Senna, so here are all of his cars. This double-wing Toleman is my favorite. Go To Motorsport.com For The Full List.
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You Could Own A Schumacher Benetton
Bonhams is selling this 1991-1992 Benetton in Monaco later this month. The pre-auction estimate for this car is between $250,000 and 320,000. To me, that seems a bit on the low side. See the full listing on Bonhams website.
From The Listing –
This Benetton B191B is powered by the 72-degree Ford HB V8, bore and stroke dimensions 95.0mm x 61.6mm, cubic capacity 3,494cc. With a compression ratio of 12.0:1 the engine revved to an ear-splitting 13,800rpm and developed a rated 730bhp. This power unit drove through a Benetton-made six-speed gearbox. The moulded carbon-composite construction monocoque chassis weighs just 38kg – 83.7lbs – and carries pushrod-actuated all independent suspension, front and rear. Wheelbase length is 2,880mm – front track width 1818mm and rear track width 1720mm. Fuel tank capacity within the fuselage is 204 litres.
John Barnard, the renowned British design engineer, master-minded such innovative and hugely successful single-seater racing cars as the Indianapolis '500'-dominating Chaparral 2K, the pioneering carbon-composite construction McLaren MP4/1 and MP4/2-family of World Championship-winning machines, the 'paddle-change' Ferraris and these Benettons which so notably projected Michael Schumacher onto the world stage.
Of the Benetton-Ford B191/B191B-series John Barnard would recall: "When it first came out, everyone was jumping up and down about the nose… It was similar in concept to that of the Tyrrell 019 – very swept up at the front to improve the aerodynamics. However, I didn't think it needed the gull-wing arrangement used by Tyrrell, so we built a model and tested in the wind tunnel and it worked well. We had curved mounting pylons, which freed up the middle of the wing and made a more solid mounting point.
"The Benetton team were in a state of flux when I started with them, so I didn't want to do a car that was too way out because we had enough on our plates with everything else. That said, the chassis was interesting; for the most part it was conventionally moulded from the outside, but the front third was moulded from the inside, allowing us to mount things like the pedals directly onto the monocoque without complicated machining. We then bonded a thin aerodynamic skin to the outside.
"The gearbox was transversely mounted and we were going to have a paddle shift – but unfortunately we couldn't handle the software and electrics for it, so we went back to a normal gearshift. I think it was the last car I designed with a gear lever.
"Nelson Piquet took first place in the Canadian Grand Prix of 1991 driving the B191, which was very pleasing. Every car I had designed up to that point had won in its first season – and Piquet maintained that record. I left the team at about that time, so I missed out on Michael Schumacher's arrival, though he did drive my car in the last five races of '91 and the first three of '92…"
It took a good car to replace the highly successful B191/B191B offered here, and Benetton's replacement B192 was designed by another Formula 1 star in the making – the team's new chief engineer, Ross Brawn…
This beautiful 3.5-litre V8-powered Formula 1 car is relatively uncomplicated and easy to run. Its current connoisseur collector has maintained the Benetton in fine fettle via his specialist race preparation company and we recommend it highly to a new owner/driver… With its multiple connections to ten Formula 1 World Championship titles and its significance within the Michael Schumacher story, it is an historic artefact of true stature.
In other news, Combos are still the official 'Cheese Filled Snack of NASCAR'.
[Sources and Photos from DailySportsCar.com, SportsCar365.com, Racer.com, Motorsport.com, and nasportscar.com]
JayP
Lug nuts – Teams are looking for a way to get a .1 sec everywhere. NASCAR figured that's a risk the teams should determine themselves. 4 or 3 lugnuts can hold the wheel on… to a point then they shake like hell. A self-enforcing rule.
Give a team that kinda leeway, they'll run one lugnut?
The Rusty Hub
If they weren't doing 200 at Talladega, I'd cut 'em loose and let them be self-solving problems, as we say in LeMons. But even with the strength of the NASCAR chassis, someone's eventually going to get hurt that way.
If NASCAR is smart and really as concerned about safety as they claim, they'll start pushing teams to centerlock wheels. One lugnut to rule them all.
mdharrell
Wait, what's wrong with using only three lug nuts?
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theskitter
If a production spec DAF needs 3 lug nuts, by my calculations, a Sprint Cup version would need… counting on fingers… 48.
Are those fingers all your own?
Some of them are 100% real chicken.
I don't even want to know whether that answers my question.
dead_elvis, inc.
From the late, lamented Sandwich Monday:
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Tell me more about IndyCar at Gateway. If it stays on the Boston date, they're book-ended by Pocono and Sonoma. Gateway makes it easier, logistically, to head back to Indy both before and after the round.
As for the track, Gateway is a relatively short, but narrow, oval. I think the cars would be pretty spectacular there, but you'd get a processional race like Phoenix and/or Long Beach. I'm sure Andretti has no interest in promoting Milwaukee or else I'd recommend that again.
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Thanks again Brad, and good to see the Ford GT having some early success. Also interesting to see the Corvette GT3 car raced by a private team too, I think it is poor form for manufacturers not to sell their GT3 cars.
The Corvette GT3 is *only* privateers as far as I can tell. Also, Calloway is not allowed to sell them to US-based teams, for fear of competing against the Cadillac team in PWC.
It's all complex dumb stuff and politics these days.
I should have said GTE/GTLM rather than GT3, in reference to there being only a factory team there, and no privateers being able to run a Corvette in GTE Am for example. I wonder if it would theoretically be a cheaper way to go racing than a Porsche?
Both of last year's Corvettes are racing with G | 5,633 |
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Keeping his promise at the start of the season, East Bay High School Girls Flag Football coach Michael Cooper led the program to its sixth district championship last month.
To claim the title the Indians defeated three-time defending champions Bloomingdale in a 14<|fim_middle|>16 with a powerful 20-7 victory over Plant City to claim the 2A District 6 championship victory; the program's third in as many years.
To the Bulls credit, last month's bout could have gone either way and was as good and as exciting as high school sports get.
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Aside from winning the trophy, when the game was over, East Bay did not only play its ninth district championship, but also posted its 100th win, in 11 years.
Only two other coaches can claim 100 wins in the county: Josh Saunders of Robinson 134, Matt Hernandez of Alonso 106.
"I have enjoyed coaching many talented players in the past and we had great teams, but as I said at the beginning of the season, this is by far the best team that we have ever had," Cooper said. "They deserve it.
They have worked hard and kept the right attitude all for the love of the game. I am proud of what my players have achieved for me and themselves because they believe in my direction, which is, "Do the best, be the best you can be as a daughter, sister, student, and teammate. I love my players for what they've accomplished."
The last time the two teams met was in 2015, when Bloomingdale led by program head coach Michael Lankford had the upper hand and defeated the Indians 27-6 to win their second district tile in a row. The Bull's winning streak continued in 20 | 327 |
Lucy Aber is savouring the moment after smashing Annet Kabasindi's 14-year national javelin record last Saturday.
Little attention is normally given to field events during local athletics meetings. But Aber stole the show and made sure she was the talk of the Akii Bua Memorial Championships at Namboole.
It was her second attempt at the javelin and produced a throw of 53.80m to eclipse Kabasindi's record of 51.82m.
At that moment, everything else ceased to matter as the Police constable celebrated a new national record and qualification to the Africa Senior Championships.
"It feels great to break a record that has stood for so long," Aber was quoted as saying on Saturday.
The javelin competition produced another 'winner' in Josephine Lalam, whose throw of 50.80m saw her qualify for the U20 World<|fim_middle|> by smashing the 10,000m standard.
Kiplangat's 29:08.03 was inside the set standard of 31:00.00 for the IAAF junior event.
At the same meeting, Oscar Niyonzima, Geoffrey Kipsang, Mathew Chepkirui, Alex Mutai, Benson Karameka and Laban Kipyeko got themselves onto the UAF selection list after qualifying for the 10,000m.
Later this week, Uganda Athletics Federation is expected to name the team that will carry Uganda's flag to the IAAF organised event between July 10-15. | Championships in Finland next month.
Two weeks ago at the National U20 Championships, Victor Kiplangat had opened the qualification rush for the Finland championships | 31 |
New University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Instructor, Dermatology Section Position Open Until FilledBlog Post
The Department of Medical Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine invites applications for a full-time, 12-month position as a Clinical Instructor within the Dermatology section.
Qualification: DVM or equivalent. Board certification or Board eligibility is required in the American College of Veterinary Dermatology or European College of Veterinary Dermatology. Aptitude and/or experience in clinical instruction of veterinary students, interns, and residents is also expected.
Applicant will commit time to the clinical activities of the hospital and school including the clinical and didactic teaching of veterinary students and residents, continuing education programs, and to basic science or clinical research that advances academic clinical practice. The successful candidate will participate in the clinical activities of the hospital including patient care, instruction and supervision of veterinary students, interns, and residents. Availability and willingness to consult and communicate with referring veterinarians and clients is vitally important. Approximately 750 dermatology patients are evaluated annually. The current caseload in the Small Animal Clinic is comprised of approximately 80% dogs and 20% cats. The Dermatology Service also provides services on a consultation basis for a small numbers of horses, farm animals, and exotic species. The distribution of time in clinical service is expected to be approximately 60-70%, implying approximately 36 weeks per year of clinical duty. The remaining balance of effort in the section and the Department will be determined in accordance with service needs, academic priorities<|fim_middle|> Center, and the School of Education are located within a short distance of the School of Veterinary Medicine on the UW-Madison campus. A close relationship also exists with the Wisconsin State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which is located within the same footprint on campus as the School of Veterinary Medicine. UW-Madison considers the School of Veterinary Medicine to be a major factor in its overall success as a top five university in terms of awarded federal funding. The school is also a major factor in Madison's emergence as a hub of commercial biotechnology, including regenerative medicine technologies.
The UW-Madison campus and the surrounding area have many enriching opportunities. Madison was named the most bike-friendly city; the Dane County Farmers' Market is one of the largest in the nation; Madison has the most restaurants per capita of any U.S. city; Madison consistently ranks as a top community in which to live, work, and play; and the university is nationally recognized for academics and athletics. Please see the following link for more information about Madison:
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Interested candidates should apply by uploading a cover letter, current CV, and a document listing three professional references to www.jobs.wisc.edu. On this website, click on "Browse Jobs" then search for Position Vacancy Listing #99828 for complete application instructions. Please disregard the final application date specified on this job listing; it will remain open until filled and applications are welcome at any time. Questions about the position can be addressed to Dr. Douglas DeBoer at douglas.deboer@wisc.edu. | and the successful candidate's expertise and academic goals in veterinary dermatology. These activities could include didactic teaching, continuing education, and/or focused clinical research. The candidate should have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work cooperatively with all sections of the hospital and department.
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Published Oct 13, 2017 11:00 PM
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Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are raising the turf rebate from $1.75 to $2 per square foot in an effort to encourage Angelenos replace turf with sustainable landscaping. The raised rebate will be available until December 31. Applications for the rebate are available on the SoCal Water $mart website.
The rebate is a part of LADWP's California Friendly® Landscape Incentive Program, which incentivizes residents to replace water-wasting lawns with landscapes that include plants native to Los Angeles, groundcover like mulch to help retain moisture in the soil, and a rain capturing element. LADWP General Manager David H. Wright said in a statement that, "[s]ince 2009, Angelenos have removed nearly 50 million square feet of grass, yielding about 2 billion gallons in annual water savings." The goal of this rebate extension is to continue the trend of removing grass and turn sustainable landscaping into the "new normal," according the the Mayor's office.
The program is a component of Mayor Garcetti's Save the Drop initiative, which offers incentives and rebates for making residential homes more sustainable. Besides offering a rebate for removing turf, the program offers rebates on water efficient toilets and gives out free low-flow shower heads to LADWP customers.
Despite the heavy rainfall this past year, Mayor Garcetti still hopes to encourage lasting conservation efforts in Los Angeles. "Now, it's time to double down by removing thirsty grass from our yards, and finding new ways to Save the Drop," he said in a statement.
Angelenos successfully cut their water usage by 20%, | 346 |
From Macroom I proceeded by the Cork road along the right bank of the Lee—here a sweet and sylvan stream. About nine miles from Cork, a little to the left of the high-road, stand the ruins of the Abbey and Castle of Kilcrea. The abbey occupies a retired and picturesque situation on the margin of the Bride, a small river which takes its rise in the neighbourhood of Kilmurry, and for several miles winds through a long valley, in the midst of which was formerly the dreary morass, known as the Bog of Kilcrea; rendered almost impervious to the traveller by the matted underwood, and other rank vegetable productions, with which it was overgrown. The numerous remains of large oaks still found in the neighbourhood show that the greater part of this vale, and the lofty uplands by which it is surrounded, were in more ancient times covered by a vast wood.
The friary, as well as the church which adjoins it, are worthy the attention of the antiquarian and the artist: an avenue of venerable ash and elm trees conducts the visitor to the church, and prepares the mind for the solemn impressions that the gloomy appearance of the ruins are calculated to inspire. It is said that a nunnery existed on this spot at a very early date, of which St. Cyra or Cera, was abbess; and the anniversary of that saint is celebrated on the 16th of October; but all traces of such an institution have long since disappeared. The Ulster Annals state that the friary was founded in 1478. Its church was dedicated to St. Bridget or Bride.
It would appear from the ruins, that the buildings were never of any great extent, nor very remarkable for architectural embellishment; their principal interest arises from the melancholy contemplation of the gloomy and neglected aisles, where the dust of prince and peasant lie mingled in undistinguishable contusion beneath the ruinous tombstones, which are scattered over every portion of the church and convent. Most of these stones bear the names of the old families and septs of the district: McCarthy, M'Swiney, and Barrett, are the most numerous.
There are doubtless many interesting monuments to be found here; but the accumulation of mould, bones, and other relics of mortality within the precincts of the ruins, renders it impossible to discover them without considerable labour. The passage from the church to the convent is on the north side of the nave,<|fim_middle|> infinitely more mischief than he had sustained, and driving off, if possible, double the number of cattle which his clan had lost. | through an enclosure, called the "Earl's Chamber." From thence the visitor proceeds to the different chambers of the convent, the names and uses of each being furnished by the guide, who points out, with confident volubility, the kitchen, refectory, dormitory, penitentiary, &c. The corbels which supported the joists of the second-floor may still be seen in the walls. All the chambers were pleasantly lighted by numerous oblong side lights. The cloister which adjoins the north wall of the choir is a large square court, around which ran a covered-in ambulatory, where the brotherhood were wont to walk in wet weather. The other portions of the convent communicated with the cloisters by five doors, which opened into it.
At a short distance from the convent stands the Castle of Kilcrea, said to have been built in the fifteenth century by the same Cormac McCarthy, Lord of Muskerry, who founded the church and friary. The ruins evince it to have been a place of considerable extent and rude magnificence. A staircase, composed of dark marble—of which there are extensive quarries in the neighbourhood—leads, by a flight of seventy-seven steps, from the ground-floor to the summit of the building, becoming spiral as it approaches the higher chambers. The upper apartment, which was spacious and well lit, formed the state-room; its floor, which is now unsheltered by a roof, is overgrown with grass, from which circumstance it is called the parkeen-glas, or "little green field." Traces of outworks are still visible around the castle; and on the east side is the bawn, a small fortified area, defended by curtain walls and two square towers. This enclosure, in former times, served by day as a place of recreation to the inhabitants of the castle, and by night as a secure retreat for the cattle of the estate, which were in no less danger from their natural enemies, the wolves, than from the plundering bands of kernes or gallowglasses of the various hostile septs, who, as opportunity or hope of prey allured them, swept the country with whoop and shout, rifling and burning the dwellings of the unprotected peasants, and carrying away their cattle to their impregnable mountain fastnesses. There they enjoyed their triumph until the chief whose lands had been robbed, watching his time, rushed out with his enraged followers, and in the darkness of night retaliated upon the aggressors, by committing | 524 |
Royal Leamington Spa enters the Heart of England in Bloom Competition annually.
The Project is overseen by a Committee of volunteers. If you would like to<|fim_middle|> category in the Heart of England in Bloom Competition.Help us to achieve another "Gold" award by entering your Garden into this year's domestic garden competition.
Our Competitions for 2017 are now closed.
Keep up to date with all that is happening and re-visit us soon!
Leamington was visted by the Heart of Engalnd In Bloom Judges on 11th July when a tour of the Town took place taking in the retail heart of the Town, Lillington Youth Centre, the water distribution plant at Cubbington, Milverton School, Victoria Park and culminating in a tour of Jephson Gardens. We await the announcement5 of the result in September. | get involved with any of our projects get in touch with us - we are sure to be able to find a role for you.
The Committee is now actively organising the 2017 Competition. This includes the preparations with our Primary Schools resulting in the geranium train at Jephson Gardens and work in association with a wide variety of partners across the Town to portray Leamington in all its glory when we are judged by the HEIB Judging panel on 11th July .
in 2017, Leamington was awarded a GOLD certificate in the small city | 118 |
moe. formed at the university at Buffalo in 1989 when Chuck garvey, Rob Derhak, and Ray Schwartz played a Halloween Show per their friends request. Sadly, Schwartz left 3 years<|fim_middle|>000 in donations between January 2005 and January 2006. They kicked off their year by holding a benefit concert for World Hunger Year in 2010. | later to go to graduate school. Nearly 10 years later later they would have a steady band, joined by Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico, and Jim Loughlin.
They graduated from college halloween parties to performing at well-known festivals and opening for established bands. moe. has opened for The Who, performed Woodstock 99', Radio City Music Hall for new years eve in 2006 and 2007. They performed at Lollapalooza in 2007, at at Bonnaroo five separate years and Summerfest four separate years. Not only have they performed at notable festivals but they have also started their own festivals.
moe. currently hosts 3 different festivals, aptly named; "moe.down," "throe.down," and "Summer Camp." "moe.down" came alive in 2000 and was an annual event until 2014, and it will be making its return this year. At moe.down you can find three days full of music, camping, and fun. Moe. hosts the tropical throe.down in jamaica for a fun vacation full of music and sun. Their Summer Camp festival is a three day festival, it started in 2001 with 1,000 attendees and it now hosts over 20,000 festival goers. moe. Is a band that knows how to show their audience a good time! You don't want to miss them at The Huckleberry Jam this year!
Don't know who they are? Check out "Nebraska" and "Okayalright."
You can watch moe. perform at The Huckleberry Jam this July 27-29th! Tickets are on sale HERE.
Fun Fact: In 2006 they raised $35,000 for the Kelberman Center, a community resource for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families, by performing at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York. They later donated $38,000 to the Kelberman Center during The Faces of Autism telethon. This contribution brought the band up to over $200, | 456 |
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"The number one challenge for commercial clients after a loss event like a flood is normally business interruption, which unfortunately is a topic that's overlooked by many," said Nathan Normoyle, vice president of National Operations at ARS Canada.
In January, business interruption was flagged up as by far the most significant concern among risk managers in Canada, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2018. Experts partly attribute this to the fact that post-loss restoration operations (from fire, flood, windstorm etc.) are becoming more and more challenging.
Insurers, claims adjusters and post-loss restorers are coming up against new things like highly technical machines, complex supply chains, and even environmentally-friendly building products that can be difficult to repair after a loss. That's where the management skills and technical expertise of restoration companies really take centre stage.
"At ARS, we manage the business interruption process for our clients and customers," Normoyle told Insurance Business. "When we visit an impacted property, we assess three key things: the extent of the damage, whether damage can be contained and commercial operations can continue, and the most rational step to avoid business interruption and minimize cost to both the business and the insurance company. | mind when commercial organisations think flood are: damage and destruction. They don't necessarily think about the possible flow of ongoing disruption, displaced staff and supply chain woes.
When flood strikes, business interruption losses can quite literally come raining down. Getting back up and running is hard because of the mass inundation of water, which is why the expertise of restoration companies like Access Restoration Services (ARS) are so vital | 80 |
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Cuffe was a Black philanthropist, merchant, sea captain and abolitionist. The son of a former African slave father and American Indian mother, Cuffe was born on the island of Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts, near the commercial port of New Bedford. Later persuaded "that commerce furnished to industry more ample rewards than agriculture," he prepared himself for that field by becoming proficient in mathematics and navigation. Keenly opposed to discrimination against his people, Cuffe championed their cause with an intensity that might be expected of a less successful man. But his wealth was no shield against racism, and his problems reveal as much about its long arm as about the difficulties encountered by a black person in America.
A nationalist and Quaker, he was shaped by the major currents of his era. The concerns of his people did not alone define his interest, but they were at the center of his life and accounted for much of his influence. It was through his efforts that Blacks were granted the right to vote in Massachusetts in 1783. Most of Cuffe's life was spent in Westport, a Quaker enclave in southwestern Massachusetts where in 1797 he bought a farm for $3500. He had earned his fortune from whaling and trade in the Americas and Europe. He owned shares, over a period of time, in up to ten ships, and the financial support of the Friends and their doctrine figured in his success as a businessman. They captained some of his ships and like him, believed that the virtues of the counting house, such as industry and frugality, were pleasing in the sight of God.
Cuffe's faith was a factor in his using a substantial portion of his wealth to help others, building an integrated school when the community failed to do so and contributing to the raising of a new Friends meetinghouse in Westport. Cuffe's interest in Africa stemmed in part, from his father having been born there. Cuffe promoted colonization in Sierra Leone, and took a group of thirty-eight black settlers there in 1811. The success he achieved, as a Black captain with Black crews was evidence of the black expertise thought essential to the redemption of Africa. His voyage there in his own ship in 1815 with emigrants from America and his financial success anticipated ideals later associated with black nationalists from Henry Highland Garnet to Marcus Garvey. This complex man, like Bishop Henry M. Turner later in the century, was certain enough of his own vision to risk association with the American Colonization Society, whose motives regarding the return of blacks to Africa were highly suspect in black leadership circles.
Cuffe, though working to uplift of his people, accepted support from white allies, and though struggling for Black rights in America assisted in the regeneration of Africa. He made an impact on his time sufficient to begin a tradition, and that, perhaps, is his greatest legacy.
In September 1818 large numbers of people were present at his funeral in Westport. Paul Cuffe was buried in the Friends cemetery there.
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Hierarchical salient object detection for assisted grasping.
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In-field cotton detection via region-based semantic image segmentation.
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Towards a Dialogue System Supporting Automatic Event Identification.
Realtime Hierarchical Clustering Based on Boundary and Surface Statistics.
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Efficient radius neighbor search in three-dimensional point clouds.
Performance-optimized Indexes for Inequality Searches on Encrypted Data in Practice.
Gödel Agents in a Scalable Synchronous Agent Framework.
A Multisize Superpixel Approach for Salient Object Detection Based on Multivariate Normal Distribution Estimation.
Horizontal velocity estimation via downward looking descent images for lunar landing.
Interactive color image segmentation via iterative evidential labeling.
Patients' Privacy Protection against Insurance Companies in eHealth Systems.
Center-Surround Contrast Features for Pedestrian Detection.
A Cognitive Approach for Object Discovery.
Informed Haar-Like Features Improve Pedestrian Detection.
A Novel Machine Translation Method for Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language.
A Decentralized Pseudonym Scheme for Cloud-based eHealth Systems.
Attention-Based Detection of Unknown Objects in a Situated Vision Framework.
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Tailorable component architectures for CSCW-systems.
Supporting cooperation in a virtual organization.
Transparent, Flexible, and Resource-adaptive Image Processing for Autonomous Service Robots.
From GeoStore to GeoToolKit: The Second Step.
Recognition of Polymorphic Patterns in Parameterized Graphs for 3D Building Reconstruction.
A Library Application on Top of an RDBMS: Performance Aspects.
Structured Name-Spaces in Secure Databases.
Maintaining Library Catalogues with an RDBMS: A Performance Study (Abstract).
An Axiomatic Interpretation of Confidentiality Demands in Logic-Based Relational Databases.
Security Threats and Security Policies for Networked Multimedia Information Systems in Medicine.
Models for photogrammetric building reconstruction.
Logic Program Modules for Interoperable Information Systems.
Stellungnahme der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen KI-Intitute (AKI) zur KI-Evaluierungsstudie von Arthur D. Little.
Views in Object-Oriented Databases (Invited Paper).
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A Management System for Distributed Knowledge Base Applications.
An Information System for the Mining Industry.
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Observations about Bounded Languages and Developmental Systems.
The Structure of Context-Free Grammatical Families.
Über eine explizite Darstellung von Listenstrukturen.
Some further remarks on the index of contex-free languages.
A Note on Leftmost Restricted Random Context Grammars.
Normal Forms for Context-Sensitive Grammars.
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Multi-scale region-based saliency detection using W2 distance on N-dimensional normal distributions.
A Distributed Information System for Managing Phenotyping Mass Data.
10 Years of Agile Lab Courses for International Students.
Discriminable Points That Stick Out of Their Environment.
Performance of histogram descriptors for the classification of 3D laser range data in urban environments.
Adaptive Multi-cue 3D Tracking of Arbitrary Objects.
Making Solomonoff Induction Effective - Or: You Can Learn What You Can Bound.
SmartGuide - A Smartphone Museum Guide with Ultrasound Control.
Person tracking in three-dimensional laser range data with explicit occlusion adaption.
Boosting scalable gradient features for adaptive real-time tracking.
A context management infrastructure with language integration support.
Adaptive real-time video-tracking for arbitrary objects.
Learning to hash logistic regression for fast 3D scan point classification.
Optimization techniques for laser-based 3D particle filter SLAM.
Visual landmark generation and redetection with a single feature per frame.
Position Estimation of Mobile Robots Considering Characteristic Terrain Properties.
Adhering to Terrain Characteristics for Position Estimation of Mobile Robots.
New Execution Paradigm for Data-Intensive Scientific Workflows.
Using semantic descriptions for adaptive mobile games UIs.
Using Semantic UI Descriptions for Adaptive Mobile Games.
Land-Use Dynamic Simulator (LUDAS): A multi-agent system model for simulating spatio-temporal dynamics of coupled human-landscape system. I. Structure and theoretical specification.
People Tracking using Laser Range Scanners and Vision.
Distributed Scientific Workflow Management for Data-Intensive Applications.
ISKODOR: unified user modeling for integrated searching.
Interconnecting Documentation - Harnessing the Different Powers of Current Documentation Tools in Software Development.
Integrating aspect-orientation and structural annotations to support adaptive middleware.
Tailorability of personalized BPEL-based Workflow Compositions.
Awareness and workflow based coordination of networked co-operations in structural design.
Automatic Discovery and Composition of Services with IRIS.
Beyond the Web: Retrieval in Social Information Spaces.
Towards Composition Management for Component-based Peer-to-Peer Architectures.
Personalized Peer Filtering for a Dynamic Information Push.
Three Pillars for Congenial Web Searching - Continuous Evaluation for enhancing Web Search Effectiveness.
The Story of the GeoToolKit - An Object-Oriented Geodatabase Kernel System.
Cooperative Pull-Push Cycle for Searching a Hybrid P2P Network.
IRIS: A Framework for Mediator-Based Composition of Service-Oriented Software.
Mediatorbasierte ad hoc Integration autonomer Web Services.
Strategies for a Component-Based Self-adaptability Model in Peer-to-Peer Architectures.
Spatio-temporal database support for long-period scientific data.
Towards Virtual Knowledge Communities in Peer-to-Peer Networks.
The Indilib Approach: How to Integrate Heterogeneous SGML/XML Data by Means of the Semantic Web.
Learning action models for the improved execution of navigation plans.
Trojan horse attacks on software for electronic signatures.
Learning of plan execution policies for indoor navigation.
Protecting Java Component Integrity Against Trojan Horse Programs.
Management and visualization of large, complex and time-dependent 3D objects in distributed GIS.
Managing Dependencies in Component-Based Distributed Applications.
Object Identity and Dynamic Recomposition of Components.
Protecting the Creation of Digital Signatures with Trusted Computing Platform Technology Against Attacks by Trojan Horse Programs.
Configuration of Applications for the 3rd Generation Mobile Communication .
Improving the Retrieval Performance of Content-Based Image Retrieval Systems: The GIVBAC Approach.
A 3D Interface for the Administration of Component-Based, Distributed Systems.
New Methods for Topological Clustering and Spatial Access in Object-Oriented 3D Databases.
Identifying Buildings in Aerial Images Using Constraint Relaxation and Variable Elimination.
The Evolve project: Component-based tailorability for CSCW applications.
Extending GeoToolKit to Access Distributed Spatial Data and Operations.
Confidentiality vs. Integrity in Secure Databases.
Searching and Browsing Collections of Structural Information.
Protecting Confidentiality against Trojan Horse Programs in Discretionary Access Control System.
Unterstützung von Kooperation in einer Virtuellen Organisation.
The MyVIEW Project: A Data Warehousing Approach to Personalized Digital Libraries.
Lava-Spracherweiterung für Delegation in Java.
Distributed Component-based Tailorability for CSCW Applications.
Semi-Automatic Acquisition of Symbolically-Annotated 3D-Models of Office Environments.
The Evolve tailoring platform: supporting the evolution of component-based groupware.
The Effect of Confidentiality on the Structure of Databases.
Pattern Recognition Combining De-noising and Linear Discriminant Analysis within a Real World Application.
The Use of Cooperation Scenarios in the Design and Evaluation of a CSCW System.
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The Institute of Oceanography and Global Change is one of the seven university research institutes hosted by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), whose constitution was approved in August 2011 (1). This research institute is the natural consequence of the research activities developed in the ULPGC for three decades in the field of marine science.
The Marine Science Faculty pioneered these studies in Spain since the early 80's. Those first trained<|fim_middle|> development.
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Copyright © 2023, IOCAG. Theme by Devsaran. | professionals joined the faculty members who had hitherto been their teachers, thus setting up a comprehensive research environment. The report published by the Foundation for Knowledge and Development in its 2011 edition (2) highlights that ULPGC ranks as the first Spanish University in the field of Earth Sciences, in regard to publications included in the first quartile (> 70%), which certainly reveals the high quality of research performed by IOCAG members.
Furthermore, the creation of this new institute is part of the actions taken by the Canarian universities within the Tricontinental Atlantic Campus, seeking to convert the Canary Islands in a national and international reference in the field of marine research, leveraging its geostrategic location. IOCAG raises three objectives: 1) to enhace the Europe-Africa-America hub in the marine environment, 2) the internationalization of education, research, development and innovation and transfering the knowledge and information and communication technologies (ICT) of the marine environment, 3) intensify the sustanable exploitation model for marine resources to facilitate local economic | 218 |
Dynamo Moscow survived a<|fim_middle|> easy to play, but after that we lost concentration. Maybe because we had a 7-point advantage from Game 1."
"We played hard, but we made many stupid turnovers. In the end we came back but were too tired. Dynamo is a favorite team in the ULEB Cup. Of course I'm disappointed with the result, but satisfied with the attitude of my teammates." | competitive series on Tuesday and advanced to the ULEB Cup Last 16 thanks to a home win over ASCO Slask Wroclaw by 92-83. In the first game of the series last week, Dynamo had won by 7 points, 78-85, thus managing to advance with a total 16-point advantage. In the Last 16 round, Dynamo Moscow will have homecourt advantage against the winner of the series between Ventspils and Lukoil Academic. Travis Hansen led the winners with 26 points including 5 of 6 triples, Henry Domercant added 23 and Sergey Monya chipped in with 14. Rashid Atkins led Slask with 29 points, Dawan Robinson posted 13 and Terrell Martin bagged 12.
ASCO Slask fought hard to stay on the trail of Dynamo Moscow during the first minutes. However, when Torrell Martin stole the ball and Dominik Tomczyk turned the ball over right after, Sergey Monya replied with a bomb that gave Dynamo the first solid lead, 17-8 in minute 4. Tomczyk himself solved the problem after timeout with a three and Martin hit another one to quickly cut the deficit down to 17-14. Travis Hansen stopped the bleeding with his own three and Dynamo sson regained control with strong defense and accuracy in offense to put an end to the first quarter, 29-17. Atkins took command in offense for the guests and Slask maintained, even trimmed a little, the deficit carried from the first quarter. Two free throws by him made it 45-37, but Hansen came back with a triple-plus-foul situation that made it 50-37 at the break.
The second half was no different. Dynamo was always ahead thanks to the comfortable lead that was always moving around 10 points, but Slask never surrendered. Two straight triples by Dawan Robinson and Martin allowed the guests to make it a 9-point game again, 66-57. Atkins penetrated for Slask baskets but Sergey Bykov nailed a bomb from downtown that put Dynamo back in a safe place. Monya's putback made it a 12-point thing for the hosts but Atkins closed the third period with a rainbow layup that left it at 73-63 after 30. The last period started with a 0-5 run including Atkins' 25h point from the arc for 73-68, and the trend went on when Martin hit a three to close a 5-12 burst for 78-75 with 4 minutes to go. Robertas Javtokas and Henry Domercant, however, lifted Dynamo in the moment of crisis to pull away again to 87-77 with two minutes to go.
"The game was very intense. Both teams scored many points, but in spite of this, played very good defense. Slask didn't give up, but we controlled the game and qualified to the next round."
"I am glad that we played against Dynamo Moscow, one of the best clubs in Europe today. We have big plans for the future and these games are very good experience for us. We were struggling until the end. I wish all the best to Dynamo and Pesic."
"From the start of the game it was | 706 |
Concerts, Sports, PSAT
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We are dedicated to youth, their growth and development, and believe in building sound character through strong families, strong communities, and a strong nation.
While teaching the academic disciplines, Heritage Academy is dedicated to instilling into the minds and hearts of our youth knowledge of and respect for the ideals and values of the great men and women of history, including those who founded the American nation.
As they gain an appreciation of these people of accomplishment, they will be ready to provide the selfless service to their fellow citizens and to their country which will be required in the coming years to assist in restoring America's greatness.
Heritage Academy exists to this end.
9/27 20<|fim_middle|> usually the type that I am listening to, or performing at the moment. I like to have fun and play games and sports of all kinds.
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Hello Heritage Academy scholars and families.
My name is Bob Brown. I am honored to introduce myself as your College Relations Manager for the Mesa campus. I am truly excited for this opportunity to help guide you on your journey with both high school and college planning. I came to Heritage Academy after spending 12 years at Rio Salado College as a Site Coordinator and Student Success Coach in Rio's Early College/Dual Enrollment department. While at Rio, I served thousands of students/parents with their early college opportunities which included: Dual Enrollment, ACE (Achieving a College Education), planning for Associate Degrees, placement testing, admissions and enrollment, and tuition assistance to name just a few. I am proud of the work I did at Rio Salado College and am excited to bring that knowledge and expertise to Heritage Academy. Prior to working at Rio Salado College, I worked in several different management capacities in the business sector. While I am proud of the accomplishments I made during this time, nothing gave me greater satisfaction than working with students/parents during my time at Rio Salado College.
Other things I enjoy are spending quality time with my wife of 29 years, both my daughters, and my two wonderful grandsons. I enjoy working in my backyard and on all the honey-dos my wife gives me, camping, golfing, softball, and just about anything outdoors. Appointments are available by phone, in-person, or virtually (see link above) I truly look forward to working with the Heritage Academy family.
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My name is Jeff Burrell. I have been a teacher for many years; math, science, critical thinking, piano, problem-solving and some other odds and ends. I have lived in Mesa, Arizona almost my entire life. I was born here, went to school here, got married here, went to school some more, got a job here, and am still in school here (just on a different side of the desk, now). My wife and I have been married for over 30 years. We have three children and love to spend time with them. I earned an Associate's Degree from Mesa Community College in General Studies. I went on to finish a Bachelor's Degree at Arizona State University in Secondary Education, with a minor/double-major in Mathematics. I am highly qualified to teach Mathematics and Physics in high school and college. I earned my Master's Degree in Teaching and Learning (with an emphasis in Technology Integration) from Nova Southeastern University. When I am not teaching, I love to go on walks with my wife, take pictures of the sky, play games with my family, play and listen to music, make things with my LEGO collection, and solve puzzles. I enjoy teaching because I get to help others discover truth. I am grateful to have played a a part in training heroes at Heritage Academy since 1996.
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9/27 2022 Band Concert 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Heritage Academy Auditorium
10/3 2022 – 10/6 2022 Fall Break
10/13 2022 Dollars for Duds
10/14 2022 Government CLEP Practice 1 9:00 am – 11:00 am Room 3
10/14 2022 Swim Pasta Dinner 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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A NOTE FROM Mrs. Udall:
Hello Heritage Families,
One more week left in this quarter! Please be sure to check any emails from teachers and remind scholars to hit those deadlines.
Soccer, baseball, and volleyball oh my! We have many sporting events next week and I hope to see some of you there.
Heidi Udall, Principal
Hands on Learning!
Mrs. LuzHosie took a hands on approach to teaching about different cultures this week. Her 3B Honors Spanish II class learned how to make tortillas from scratch! The scholars had a great time and learned a new appreciation for the complexity of this staple.
Heritage Performing Arts Hawaii Tour! Mar 12, 2023 – Mar 17, 2023
This tour is designed to provide our 9-12th grade scholars with some amazing performance-related experiences as well as experiencing the Hawaiian culture at the Polynesian Culture center. Other sites include: Pearl Harbor memorial, Waimea Falls and the Circle Island tour.
If your scholar is interested in participating in the tour, please complete the sign up form: PERFORMING ARTS HAWAII TOUR SIGNUP FORM
$500 per person September 15, 2022
$500 per person October 15, 2022
$500 per person November 30, 2022
$750 per person January 15, 2023
Balance February 15, 2023
We encourage students to take advantage of Arizona ECA donation opportunities to help pay for tours.
Includes: Airfare, transportation, hotel rooms, breakfast & dinner, and all entrance fees.
2023 Spring Performing Arts Tour Flyer and Schedule
Questions: Buffie Meeker buffie.meek@heritageacademyaz.com
Trinity Mile High, Prescott AZ, Cross Country Meet 9/17/22 was a lot of fun!
(Top 10th finishers got medals) We came home with 4 plaques, and 6 athletes who received medals!
HS Boys (5K)
Andrew Myers: Placed 9th with a time of 22:48
Team scored: 1nd place overall
Adelle Johnson: placed 3rd with a time of 24:22
Team scored 2nd place overall
JH Boys (1.5 miles)
Cedric Fillmore: placed 2nd with time of 10:12
Brigham Shoemaker: placed 4th with a time of 10:59
Team scored 1st place overall
JH Girls
Bailey Goodman: placed 3rd with a time of 12:41
Lainey Stapley: placed 6th with at time of 12:53
Team scored 3rd place overall
Fine Arts Retreat Jan. 11 -12, 2023
Advanced scholars from all Heritage Academy campuses enrolled in arts classes and programs may attend the Fine Arts Retreat in January.
Invited scholars will spend three nights and four days (Wed.-Sat.) at Pine Summit Camp located in Prescott, AZ. Scholars will spend two full days in intensive study and rehearsal in preparation for a live performance on Saturday.
Cost: $285 (includes transportation, meals, intensive workshops, extracurricular activities, and lodging at the camp.)
AZ Tax Credit can be used to pay for this!
2023 Arts Retreat Flyer & QR code
$140 due September 23, 2022**
$145 due December 1, 2022**
*Subject to based on enrollment
**No money will be refunded
Emily May emay@heritageacademyaz.com
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Missed out last year? Buy the 2021/22 Yearbook HERE limited supplies $30 each!
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE!
Our hardworking and talented stage craft crew need some tools to help build the awesome sets used in our school productions.
WISH LIST:
squares & speed squares
Any hand or power tools that are no longer being used or just any donated ones would be greatly appreciated.
If you have an item for donation or questions, please contact Kerwin Blau (kblau@heritageacademyaz.com).
Junior High Southern Arizona Tour April 26 & 27, 2022
Exploring: Tombstone, Queen Mine, Bisbee(including ghost tour), Pima Air & Space Museum, and the Sonoran Desert Museum
Includes: transportation, hotel for 1 night, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners, and admissions to venues
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Payment schedule: $370/person
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Refund Policy (either tour company or student cancels) Full refund before Dec. 15, 2022. Refund minus $100 between Dec. 16th & Mar. 23rd No refund after March 24, 2023
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Please contact Jostens' directly with any questions. They will have all the answers and will ensure your order is exactly what you (and your family) want.
Mr. Kerwin Blau Learn more
Hi my name is Kerwin Blau, and I have been involved with music one way or another all my life. I have been a student of music for over 40 years and I have taught music and band for over 20 years. I was born and raised here in Mesa. I graduated from Gilbert High School and attended MCC and received my degree from ASU. My wife and I have been married for over 25 years and we have four children. Music has been such an important part of my life, and I have always wanted to be the kind of music teacher for my kids that I wish I would have had when I was a child. I have been fortunate to see music and the arts flourish here in the valley and I am excited to be a part of that. I also enjoy Scouting, reading, cooking, outdoor activities and being with my family. I am asked quite frequently what my favorite type of music is, and in all honesty I have to say it's | 1,778 |
Sen. Moran Announces Over $1 Million HHS Grant to Kansas Health Centers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related<|fim_middle|> Kansas
Click here for more information on these grants.
By providing patients access to high quality, value-based care, health centers are uniquely positioned to meet the nation's most pressing health care needs, as well as emerging health priorities. HRSA-funded health centers are the first line of care in combatting the nation's opioid crisis. In 2018, health centers screened nearly 1.1 million people for substance use disorder and ultimately provided medication-assisted treatment to nearly 95,000 patients nationwide.
HRSA-funded health centers are also playing an important role in the White House Initiative Ending the HIV Epidemic by serving as a key point of entry for the detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of HIV. In 2018 alone, health centers provided over 2.4 million HIV tests to more than two million patients. Nationwide, health centers provide care to 1 in 6 patients diagnosed with HIV.
HRSA's Quality Improvement Awards recognize the work that health centers do to address health priorities by designating health centers that ranked in the top 1-2 percent in one or more key areas – behavioral health, diabetes prevention and management and heart health – as National Quality Leaders. The top 30 percent of health centers that achieve the best overall clinical performance receive designation as Health Center Quality Leaders.
These awards also recognize health center achievements in other areas, including improving cost-efficient care delivery while also increasing quality of care, reducing health disparities, increasing both the number of patients served and patients' ability to access comprehensive services, advancing the use of health information technology, and delivering patient-centered care.
For more than 50 years, health centers have delivered affordable, accessible, quality and cost-effective primary health care services to patients. Today, nearly 1,400 health centers operate approximately 12,000 service delivery sites that provide care to more than 28 million patients nationwide.
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EPA Announces Federal Partnership to Build Nationwide Resilience to Natural Disasters → | Agencies – today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding $1,259,650 in Quality Improvement Awards to 18 health centers in Kansas. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Kansas health centers will use these awards to improve the quality, efficiency and value of the health care they provide.
"Health centers across Kansas provide an invaluable service to their communities, and the healthcare professionals they employ are committed to improving outcomes for Kansans," said Sen. Moran. "This HHS grant funding will make certain these centers have the resources to continue providing high-quality care. I'm pleased to support the work of these health centers and will continue to work with HHS and health center leadership to advance the wellness of Kansans."
Kansas Health Center Quality Improvement FY2019 Grant Recipients:
Atchison Community Health Clinic, Atchison
Cowley County Community Health Center, Winfield
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg
First Care Clinic, Hays
Flint Hills Community Health Center, Emporia
GraceMed Health Clinic, Wichita
Health Ministries Clinic, Newton
Health Partnership Clinic, Olathe
HealthCore Clinic, Wichita
Heart of Kansas Family Health Care, Great Bend
Heartland Medical Clinic, Lawrence
Kansas State Department of Health & Environment, Topeka
Konza Prairie Community Health & Dental Center, Junction City
Prairie Star Health Center, Hutchinson
Salina Health Education Foundation, Salina
County of Sheridan, Kan., Sheridan
Hunter Health Clinic, Wichita
United Methodist Western | 333 |
Saint Jean Bosco, ou Don Bosco, né Giovanni Melchior Bosco le à Castelnuovo d'Asti (village de la principauté du Piémont, Piémont-Sardaigne), et mort le à Turin (Italie), est un prêtre italien.
Il a voué sa vie à l'éducation des jeunes enfants issus de milieux défavorisés et a fondé, en 1859, la Société de Saint François de Sales, plus connue sous le nom de congrégation des Salésiens. L'Église catholique romaine l'a déclaré saint le 1er avril 1934, sous le nom de saint Jean Bosco. Il est fêté le 31 janvier selon le Martyrologe romain. C'est le saint patron des éditeurs, des apprentis et des prestidigitateurs.
Biographie
Enfance
Jean Bosco est né le aux Becchi, un hameau de petites fermes près de Castelnuovo d'Asti (maintenant Castelnuovo Don Bosco), au Piémont. Ses parents sont des paysans pauvres et sa mère devint veuve avec trois enfants en 1817.
Par son caractère et ses qualités intellectuelles, il avait une grande influence sur les enfants de son âge, qu'il entraînait avec lui vers les divertissements et la prière. Doté d'une mémoire extraordinaire et d'une intelligence hors du commun, il s'ingéniait à répéter à ses amis les sermons qu'il avait entendus à l'église. Ce sont là les premiers signes de sa vocation apostolique. Sa mission sacerdotale fut extraordinairement féconde.
Formation et ordination
Sa famille étant très pauvre, il fit ses études avec l'aide de bienfaiteurs et avec l'argent qu'il a gagné en travaillant, comme serveur dans un café ou comme palefrenier. Pendant ses études, il en a profité pour apprendre les différents métiers de ceux qui le logeaient. C'est ainsi qu'il fut tour à tour apprenti cordonnier, apprenti forgeron, apprenti menuisier. Sans le savoir, il se préparait à fonder différentes écoles de métiers à l'intention de ses futurs élèves. Ordonné prêtre en juin 1841, il se consacra aux jeunes pauvres et abandonnés des quartiers populaires de Turin, notamment aux jeunes ouvriers. On l'appelle « Don Bosco ».
Ému par les misères matérielles et spirituelles de cette jeunesse abandonnée, il décida de les réunir tous les dimanches, pour les instruire et les éduquer, tout en leur procurant des divertissements. Plusieurs de ces jeunes étaient errants, sans ressource ni famille. Beaucoup d'entre eux avaient connu la prison, souvent accusés d'avoir volé pour pouvoir se nourrir.
L'abbé Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860) (canonisé en 1947), qui fut son ancien professeur de théologie morale et son conseiller spirituel au début de sa carrière sacerdotale, aussi aumônier des prisons de Turin, l'avait sensibilisé à cette dure réalité. Les premiers contacts de Don Bosco en faveur des jeunes ne furent pas toujours aussi faciles, comme le fut la rencontre avec le jeune Barthelemy Garelli, le . C'est au cours de cette rencontre, que Don Bosco a perçu l'appel de toute la jeunesse abandonnée.
Par ailleurs, ces jeunes étaient devenus farouches et agressifs et comprenaient mal l'intérêt qu'un prêtre pouvait leur porter, eux qui étaient abandonnés, désillusionnés et rejetés de partout. Aussi leurs<|fim_middle|> Saint Jean Bosco (dessin-animé, 2012) : réalisé par : Jean-Michel Irsch .
Notes et références
Annexes
Bibliographie
Joris-Karl Huysmans, Don Bosco, École typographique de Don Bosco, 1902.
Jean Bosco, souvenirs autobiographiques (1815-1855), Apostolat des éditions et Éditions paulines, 1978.
Augustin Auffray, Le Bienheureux Don Bosco, Lyon, Emmanuel Vitte, 1929.
Jean de La Varende, Don Bosco, Paris, Fayard, 1951.
Henri Bosco, Saint Jean Bosco, Gallimard, 1959.
Madeleine Bosco et Henri Bosco, La Vie extraordinaire de saint Jean Bosco, Éd. Casterman, 1961, illustré par René Follet.
, Don Bosco, une biographie nouvelle, Paris, Éditions Don Bosco, 1987.
Père Francis Desramaut s.d.b. , Don Bosco en son temps (1815-1888), Turin, Éd. Società Éditrice Internazionale, 1996.
Jijé, La Vie prodigieuse et héroïque de Don Bosco, bande dessinée.
Water Nigg, Don Bosco, un saint de tous les temps, éditions paulines et apostolat des Éditions 1981, (édition française, traduite de l'allemand ; édition originale "Don Bosco Verlag") Walter Nigg était un pasteur luthérien).
Abbé Gaston Courtois, illustrations de Robert Rigot, Saint Jean Bosco, Éd. Fleurus, collection « Belles histoires et belles vies », .
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Liste d'ordres religieux catholiques
Église Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice de Nice
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Site des salésiens de Don Bosco en France
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Naissance en août 1815
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Décès à Turin
Décès à 72 ans | premières réactions furent parfois des injures. Certains citoyens bien pensants soupçonnaient aussi Don Bosco de rassembler des jeunes délinquants et désœuvrés pour fomenter des manifestations et des désordres, voire des révolutions.
Aussi,à la demande des citoyens et des autorités de la ville de Turin, fût-il expulsé de bien des endroits avec ses jeunes jugés bruyants et dérangeants avant de pouvoir s'établir définitivement dans le quartier de Valdocco, en banlieue de Turin. Deux chanoines, dont l'histoire a retenu les noms, Don Nasi et Don Alsoneti, pensèrent même que ses projets étaient la manifestation de la folie des grandeurs et tentèrent de le faire interner dans un asile de malades mentaux, désigné à l'époque "maison de santé".
La perception de la population et des autorités de la ville changea rapidement à la suite du dévouement que déployèrent plusieurs de ces jeunes , dirigés par Don Bosco au cours de l'épidémie de choléra qui sévit à Turin dans les années 1854-1855. Miraculeusement, aucun de ces jeunes infirmiers ne fut contaminé. Il devint alors évident qu'il fallait prendre au sérieux les activités de Don Bosco et des jeunes garçons qu'il accueillait. Il est mondialement connu pour avoir aidé la réhabilitation des délinquants, parfois même très endurcis. .
Établissement de l'oratoire Saint-François-de-Sales
Sans autre ressource que son ardent désir d'aider cette jeunesse, confrontée à un profond sentiment de désespérance, de lui redonner l'estime de soi, de prendre conscience son potentiel de la possibilité pour eux de s'insérer dans la société et d'y jouer un rôle, il ouvrit, un refuge avec l'aide de sa mère, Marguerite Occhiena, dite Maman Marguerite, celle-ci ayant accepté de l'accompagner à Turin, pour l'aider à offrir le toit et le couvert aux plus déshérités.
Ce furent les débuts de l'Oratoire Saint-François-de-Sales, dans le Valdocco, dont les activités s'élargiront sans cesse : cours du soir en 1844, foyer d'apprentis en 1847, école secondaire, camps de vacances (1848) et cours professionnels. Don Bosco rédigea aussi plusieurs manuels scolaires à l'intention de ses jeunes élèves. Il publia enfin une revue mensuelle, les Lectures catholiques, dont le tirage atteignit 15 000 copies, chiffre énorme pour l'époque (1853). Les retombées et l'influence des idées diffusées dans ces publications furent telles que certains adversaires frustrés attentèrent à sa vie, Don Bosco en fait état dans ses Mémoires, avec l'apparition d'un énorme chien gris, « le Grigio » , surgissant mystérieusement, on ne sut jamais d'où, mais toujours au bon moment, doux et patient avec les enfants de son patronage, mais féroce envers les agresseurs.
Don Bosco développa l'idée, assez nouvelle pour l'époque, que l'éducation intellectuelle et professionnelle permet d'empêcher la délinquance. Pour cela, l'éducateur doit être ferme avec les jeunes, tout en étant bienveillant et en leur faisant confiance, en attendant de chacun, le meilleur (amorevolezza en italien). À ce titre, Don Bosco figure parmi les grands éducateurs et pédagogues du .
Les Salésiens et les Salésiennes
Pour assurer le développement de son action, il s'entoura de prêtres éducateurs avec lesquels il fonda, le , la Société de saint François de Sales (dont les membres sont couramment appelés « salésiens »). Leur mission est l'éducation des enfants défavorisés. La Société Saint François de Sales sera approuvée en 1869 par Pie IX.
En 1872, avec Marie-Dominique Mazzarello, Jean Bosco fonda l'Institut des Filles de Marie Auxiliatrice (ou Salésiennes). En 1876, il a fait approuver une manière de tiers-ordre, la Pieuse Union des coopérateurs salésiens.
Il est fondateur de maisons d'accueil pour étudiants, de foyers pour jeunes ouvriers et de séminaires pour vocations tardives. Son activité au service de la jeunesse des milieux populaires, les résultats qu'il obtient auprès d'elle dans les divers domaines de la formation générale, professionnelle, religieuse et ses recherches pédagogiques, sont bientôt connus à travers l'Europe, où les fondations d'instituts se multiplient.
Son rayonnement
Don Bosco a œuvré dans le nord de l'Italie, région profondément anticléricale à l'époque. Victor-Emmanuel II avait pour ambition d'unifier et de donner une véritable indépendance politique à l'Italie morcelée en diverses principautés et royaumes alliés (pour ne pas dire vassaux) de l'Empire d'Autriche, possession de la très catholique Maison de Habsbourg-Lorraine. Pour ce faire, le roi de Sardaigne devait non seulement annexer les différents états Italiens (dont les souverains étaient ses parents liés par la même politique cléricale et conservatrice) mais aussi annexer les États pontificaux sur lesquels les papes régnaient depuis plus de mille ans. Pourtant, Don Bosco réussit à maintenir de bonnes relations à la fois auprès du pape Pie IX, des dirigeants politiques, entre autres le marquis Michele Benso de Cavour, père de Camillo Cavour, le roi Victor-Emmanuel II, et le premier ministre du Royaume d'Italie, Urbano Rattazzi, qui s'était pourtant attaqué aux privilèges des congrégations religieuses.
Reçu en audience par le roi, Don Bosco lui aurait prédit que s'il ne mettait un terme à sa politique anticléricale, il serait frappé par deux fois dans les affections qui lui étaient le plus chères. En effet, la reine-mère et la reine moururent en janvier 1855 à quelques jours d'intervalle.
Rattazzi fut même l'un de ceux qui suggérèrent à Don Bosco de fonder l'Ordre des Salésiens, pour continuer son œuvre, dont il reconnaissait l'utilité et la nécessité, et pour laquelle il avait beaucoup de considération. Il lui a d'ailleurs suggéré une formule juridique pour le statut des membres de sa congrégation pour que les gouvernements anticléricaux ne s'y opposent pas : .
Cette formule confère aux Salésiens le statut de citoyens aux yeux de l'État et de religieux aux yeux de l'Église, le vœu de pauvreté des salésiens est différent de celui qui est prononcé dans d'autres ordres religieux. Les Salésiens ne font pas vœu de pauvreté proprement dit, mais s'engagent à laisser l'usufruit des biens qu'ils pourraient posséder à la société salésienne. Ils conservent la liberté de tester.
Ces modalités particulières du vœu de pauvreté des Salésiens entérinent les suggestions du ministre Rattazzi qui s'était attaqué aux privilèges des congrégations religieuses en Italie notamment en raison de la mainmorte. Les membres des congrégations religieuses n'avaient pas d'enfant et ne pouvaient posséder personnellement des biens qu'ils transmettaient à des héritiers. Lors du décès d'un religieux, ses biens étaient dévolus à la congrégation qui pouvait ainsi les accumuler indéfiniment, sans rendre de compte.
Don Bosco a su s'entourer de personnes compétentes et dévouées, provenant de toutes les couches de la société. Il a aussi assuré la relève nécessaire à la pérennité de son œuvre en formant, en instruisant et entraînant à cette fin les jeunes disciples les plus prometteurs qu'il avait accueillis. Une grande partie des premiers Salésiens sont des jeunes que Don Bosco avait accueillis en sa maison.
L'abbé Michel Rua (depuis proclamé bienheureux) qui fut son premier successeur, l'abbé Jean Cagliero qui partit en 1875 pour établir les premières missions salésiennes en Amérique du Sud, avant de devenir cardinal en 1915, et Joseph Buzzetti qui fréquenta l'oratoire dès l'âge de dix ans et s'y dévoua pendant toute sa vie dans les fonctions les plus diverses, illustrent bien ce fait. Don Bosco a été aussi l'un des premiers à concevoir des contrats de travail pour protéger les droits et la santé des jeunes dont il s'occupait et qui étaient souvent exploités par les industries et le monde de la construction. Il est ainsi devenu un des précurseurs du droit et des normes du travail. Au début de la révolution industrielle, Turin était une ville en plein développement, avec les problèmes sociaux que cela comportait.
Toute la population de cette région lui a voué respect et vénération, reconnaissante de l'œuvre accomplie. On lui a attribué des miracles, le don de lire dans les consciences et de prédire l'avenir, ce qui expliquerait en partie sa popularité immense et les triomphes qu'il remporta dans ses voyages en France (1883) et en Espagne (1886).
Mais on a, depuis lors, insisté sur ses qualités exceptionnelles d'éducateur. À l'exception d'un Traité sur la méthode préventive en éducation écrit en 1876 et publié le lors de l'inauguration solennelle du nouveau siège de l'œuvre , il n'a pas laissé d'exposés didactiques, sa pédagogie se comprenant à partir de son action.
Il faisait de l'éducation une affaire de confiance affectueuse et vigilante qui devait s'exprimer dans la joie et il admettait dans ses groupements une liberté si étonnante pour l'époque qu'on l'a souvent passée sous silence. Une de ses maximes était : .
Don Bosco fut un précurseur et promoteur de nombreuses idées nouvelles, avec les risques que cela comporte. Il fut souvent confronté à des différends avec des personnes dont il attendait de l'assistance et de l'encouragement. L'une des plus grandes épreuves que Don Bosco a vécues en ce sens, fut le désaccord avec son archevêque, Lorenzo Gastaldi. Pourtant, Don Bosco et Gastaldi avaient d'abord été de grands amis. La mère de Gastaldi vint pendant plusieurs années aider Marguerite, mère de Don Bosco, à entretenir les vêtements des jeunes accueillis à l'oratoire et l'hygiène corporelle des jeunes protégés. Ceci était important pour ces jeunes qui devaient réussir à convaincre des employeurs de les embaucher. Don Bosco avait appuyé, auprès du Pape Pie IX, la nomination de Gastaldi au siège archiépiscopal de Turin en 1871.
Si Gastaldi avait été un personnage discutable, on pourrait peut-être hausser les épaules, mais il fut par ailleurs un grand archevêque. Avant d'être élevé à l'épiscopat, il avait été en mission pendant quelques années en Angleterre, à l'époque du mouvement d'Oxford, qui marqua la renaissance du catholicisme en Angleterre.
La source du désaccord entre Don Bosco et Gastaldi a résidé dans les modalités du recrutement et la formation du clergé. Quand Gastaldi arriva au siège archiépiscopal de Turin, il avait constaté que le recrutement des prêtres du diocèse de Turin était insuffisant et il comptait sur Don Bosco pour activer ce recrutement. Mais Don Bosco projetait le développement de la nouvelle société salésienne, à laquelle plusieurs nouveaux séminaristes, qui avaient quitté le séminaire diocésain, avaient choisi d'adhérer, de préférence au rattachement au diocèse.
D'autre part, Gastaldi et Don Bosco n'avaient pas la même conception de la formation des prêtres, et ces questions interpellaient sa conscience d'archevêque. S'ils se destinaient à l'éducation des jeunes, Don Bosco préconisait une formation précoce sur le terrain, tout en poursuivant les études théologiques et philosophiques conduisant au sacerdoce. L'archevêque considérait plutôt que la formation théologique et sacerdotale devait être plus complète et avoir lieu dans des séminaires ou des noviciats, milieux plus propices à l'étude et au recueillement. Selon lui, l'implication auprès des jeunes devait avoir lieu plus tard seulement.
De plus, la congrégation des Salésiens avait été approuvée par le Saint-Siège avec, selon Gastaldi, plusieurs dérogations et privilèges exceptionnels dans les circonstances, Don Bosco échappait alors d'une certaine façon à la juridiction de son archevêque. Les relations se compliquèrent quand des écrits anonymes, erronément attribués à Don Bosco ou à son entourage, vilipendèrent l'archevêque Gastaldi. De là un conflit qui dura plusieurs années, et qui ne prit vraiment fin qu'avec la mort subite de l'archevêque, en 1883.
Les relations de Don Bosco furent beaucoup plus faciles avec le successeur de Gastaldi, le cardinal Gaetano Alimonda, qui, dès son intronisation, reconnut le bien-fondé des méthodes et de la pensée de Don Bosco. Mentionnons qu'avant sa nomination comme archevêque de Turin, le cardinal Alimonda avait été recteur du séminaire de Gênes pendant plusieurs années. Il était donc compétent pour évaluer les modes de formation des salésiens qui se destinaient au sacerdoce. Quand Don Bosco mourut en 1888, ce fut le cardinal Alimonda qui célébra les funérailles et prononça l'oraison funèbre. Plusieurs milliers de personnes assistèrent à ces funérailles, de près ou de loin.
Ce différend avec Gastaldi suscita des questionnements qui firent l'objet d'examens approfondis lors du procès en canonisation. À certains moments, les postulateurs de la cause de béatification craignirent que ces controverses, soulevées par des témoins contemporains et par le promoteur de la foi (dit l'avocat du diable), lors du procès en canonisation ne le fissent échouer. En effet, au début du , certaines personnes influentes se souvenaient encore du litige opposant Don Bosco et Gastaldi, et approuvaient plutôt l'attitude et les opinions de Gastaldi.
Toutefois, le pape Pie XI qui avait connu Don Bosco et avait visité son œuvre à Turin-Valdocco, alors qu'il était encore un jeune prêtre, nommé Don Achille Ratti, professeur de théologie au grand séminaire de Milan et conservateur de la bibliothèque ambroisienne de Milan, encouragea énergiquement la béatification et la canonisation de Don Bosco, lesquelles eurent lieu respectivement en 1929 et le jour de Pâques, le , jour de clôture de l'Année sainte.
La fête de Don Bosco est fixée au 31 janvier, date anniversaire de sa mort. A quelqu'un qui s'interrogeait sur le temps que Don Bosco consacrait à la prière, vu l'intensité de ses nombreuses activités, le Pape Pie XI répondit qu'il fallait plutôt se demander à quels moments Don Bosco ne priait pas.
En 1958, Pie XII le proclame patron des apprentis.
Au , on comptait Salésiens et 523 novices répartis dans , ainsi que Salésiennes et 414 novices dans .
Hommages
À Rome, la basilique San Giovanni Bosco fut construite dans les années 1950 en hommage et le quartier Don Bosco qui l'entoure est renommé en son honneur.
École primaire Saint-Jean-Bosco dans la ville de Douala au Cameroun.
En Vallée d'Aoste, deux écoles parifiées portent son nom : un institut d'éducation primaire à Aoste et la principale école supérieure de menuiserie de la région, située à Châtillon.
Une école primaire porte son nom à l'Île Maurice : Saint Jean Bosco R. C. A. School, cette école se situe dans la ville de Curepipe à l'arrière de la basilique de Sainte-Hélène.
Des écoles secondaires portent son nom en Europe et en Afrique (notamment au Maroc dans la ville de Kenitra), mais la Belgique est la seule à organiser une compétition sportive : InterBosco.
En Amérique du Sud, plusieurs fondations portent son nom et œuvrent dans le même but que Don Bosco.
Don Bosco est l'un des patrons de Brasilia, la capitale du Brésil, en raison d'une « prophétie » effectuée à la suite de l'un de ses rêves dans lequel il avait vu la création d'une cité prospère située au bord d'un lac entre les et parallèles de l'hémisphère sud.
Le groupe Scout de France, Strasbourg, implanté à Neudorf (Strasbourg) porte le nom de groupe Jean Bosco.
Le groupe Scouts et Guides de France implanté à Pontoise porte le nom de groupe Don Bosco.
À Paris, l'église Saint-Jean-Bosco renferme des reliques du saint. Dans la même ville, la meute du groupe 120 des Scouts unitaires de France porte le nom de Saint Jean Bosco. Par ailleurs, dans le 16 arrondissement, se trouve le foyer Jean-Bosco, 23 rue de Varize, destiné aux étudiants.
À Montpellier, l'église Don Bosco (paroisse Saint Jean Baptiste du Lez) a été édifiée dans le quartier Antigone
À Sherbrooke au Canada, dans la province de Québec, une rue est nommée en l'honneur de Don Bosco. Il y a également, sur cette même rue, un collège d'enseignement secondaire privé nommé Le Salésien.
À Saint-Charles-Borromée, au Canada, le centre récréatif et le parc qui l'entoure porte son nom. Le centre est d'ailleurs situé sur le chemin Jean-Bosco.
À Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, le collège privé de la commune porte le nom de collège Jean Bosco.
À Marseille, la Fondation Don Bosco propose un lycée technologique et un lycée professionnel.
À Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, il existe un collège primaire Don Bosco.
À Nice, la Fondation Don Bosco propose un collège privé, un CFA, un lycée général et technologique et un lycée professionnel. Une place porte aussi son nom.
À Landser (Haut-Rhin, Alsace), existe un établissement privé « Don Bosco Landser » (école, collège et lycée général) suivant la façon de penser de Don Bosco. Les mots d'ordre y sont : .
À Chambéry, en Savoie, la Fondation du Bocage, sous tutelle de la fondation salésienne gère un lycée professionnel, un centre de formation continue, un centre de vacances et une maison d'enfance. Une école privée porte son nom et une église lui est consacrée.
En République démocratique du Congo, le collège Saint François de Lubumbashi a été plusieurs fois désigné comme la meilleure école du pays et les institutions salésiennes dans la ville de Lubumbashi sont la référence en matière d'éducation et de santé.
À Antananarivo au Madagascar, radio Don Bosco émet sur 93,4 MF, où siège dans le quartier d'Ivato l'administration de la communauté Salésienne Malgache.
À Gières en Isère, une école primaire et un collège sont également nommés Don Bosco.
À Campo Grande au Brésil, une université salésienne est nommée Universidade Catolica Don Bosco.
En Belgique : à Gand, se trouve le lycée technique Don Bosco ; à Bruxelles, l'institut Don Bosco; à Tournai, le centre scolaire et internat Don Bosco; à Ghlin (Mons), l'école professionnelle Don Bosco, et à Quiévrain, le centre scolaire don bosco.
À Kénitra au Maroc, il existe une école primaire et un collège nommés Don Bosco.
À Meylan en Isère, une église porte son nom.
À Gabarret dans les Landes, une école primaire, un collège et un lycée professionnel sont nommés Saint Jean Bosco.
À Marlieux, l'école primaire et le collège privé de la commune porte le nom de Saint Jean Bosco.
À Mayenne, l'ensemble scolaire privé porte le nom de Don Bosco.
A Meximieux, l'école élémentaire porte le nom de Saint Jean Bosco.
À Mulhouse, une paroisse consacrée en 1955 porte son nom ; elle est administrée par des Pères salésiens depuis l'origine.
À Dijon, en Côte d'Or, une église porte son nom.
À Maastricht, aux Pays-Bas, un club de foot étudiant lié a l'université de Maastricht porte son nom; DBSV (Don Bosco Studenten Voetbal) Red Socks
Le Campobosco est un camp catholique organisé avec des jeunes, par les Salésiens de Don Bosco. Ces rencontres forment des jeunes, qui y apprennent la vie telle que les Salésiens la voient. Cette rencontre est organisée dans différents pays (France, Espagne, etc).
A Compiègne, une école et un collège privés portent le nom de Groupe scolaire Don Bosco.
Le groupe scout et guides d' Europe IVème Paris qui porte son nom
À partir de , les reliques de Don Bosco sont emmenées en pèlerinage dans cent trente pays du monde, en préparation du bicentenaire de sa naissance qui a eu lieu en 2015.
Films sur Jean Bosco
Don Bosco, 1988, réalisé par Leandro Castellani, avec Ben Gazzara dans le rôle de Don Bosco.
Don Bosco, une vie pour les jeunes : réalisé par : et avec Flavio Insinna dans le rôle de Don Bosco .
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The company met the press yesterday, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the big day below!
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died. As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.
David Hare's Skylight originally premiered at the National Theatre in London in 1995 before going on to play smash hit engagements in the West End and on Broadway the following year. When the 2014 production of Skylight opened in the West End in June it was praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Medical technology startup STARK Industries LLC cofounder and CEO Joe Swantack works well against a deadline.
STARK's high-pressure unit costs thousands of dollars less than traditional ventilators
In a given time frame, STARK Industries can produce 500 units by the end of the year
If needed, in the long term, they hope to produce up to 200 units per day
In April, a license was made available for a NASA Jet Propulsion laboratory-designed ventilator to help those with COVID-19.
In just five days, Swantack and his eight employees went to work, submitted their proposal and beat more than 100 other companies across the country.
"Since it's domestically sourced, and manufactured, and made in the USA, it's just a win-win, not only for us here domestically, but for everyone across the world, because this is an inexpensive design," said Swantack.
The company's high-pressure unit costs $10,000 as opposed to $20-50,000 for a traditional ventilator. It also uses a fraction of the parts and only takes an hour to assemble.
Stark Industries is not only selling domestically, but in third-world and developing countries as well.
The company, which started in 2017, has partnered with manufacturer Lazeray Technology of North Royalton to produce the ventilators.
"It's great to be part of a solution that save lives, right," said Lazeray Technology COO Ty Shirley. "You can really get your business rallied behind those opportunities, make an impact positively to society."
Keeping up with the growing demand has been key to their success.
"We can deliver with the appropriate time frame, up to 500 ventilator units by the end of the year. Long term, we have the immediate capacity to produce up to 200 units per day," said Swantack.
In a time when many small businesses are facing multiple struggles, STARK Industries feels fortunate for its success and ability to potentially save lives of patients in the ICU.
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Auburn QB John Franklin III expects to start in 2016 opener
AUBURN – Auburn's quarterback equation might just be: A plus B has to equal C.
Variable A is John Franklin III said after the A-Day spring game Saturday that the only reason he signed with Auburn was to be starting quarterback for the 2016 season. The East Mississippi Community College reaffirmed in his first media interview what he's been saying for months on social media.
"I told y'all before I got here, I came here for one goal, one reason and one reason only," Franklin III said. "That's still my goal and that's still the objective for me."
Variable B represents the cliche that college programs don't bring in junior college transfers to sit the bench or provide depth to the position, especially at the quarterback spot. This is a concept Auburn offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee confirmed in an interview session that no coach would "bring in a junior college guy in and not expect him to play" leading to more than speculation that Franklin III has to be involved this fall but that role hasn't been defined yet.
"I can't tell you what exactly he's going to do at this point because he's still in competition to be the starter," Lashlee said on April 7. "He is a guy that has shown he can handle things. He's has some impact player ability so I would expect us find a way for him to help us regardless."
The C result of this equation is the conclusion is Franklin III will be the starting quarterback when Auburn<|fim_middle|> Malzahn said Saturday. "We have a really good idea with that during the spring. We have a full body of spring evaluations. I'm not worried about it or concerned that nobody has separated themselves on a day like this."
Franklin's major emphasis during the summer months will be continue to learn the playbook and get a chemistry with Auburn's inexperienced wide receivers. This is the same thing that media was told Franklin did with group texts to receivers as soon as he arrived on campus in January before spring practices began in March.
"The summer it's going to be big for us just gelling and everything," Davis said. "The more time we spend together the better we'll be, with any offense, just building the chemistry and being out there with each other." | opens the 2016 season against the defending national runner-up Clemson on Sept. 3. However, with none of the three Auburn quarterbacks did anything to distinguish themselves in the A-Day spring game Saturday, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn simply isn't ready to announce a starting quarterback. Video provided by AuburnTigers.com showed Franklin III taking first-team snaps Tuesday in the final practice before the end of the spring season.
"I believe I'm going to be out there on Sept. 3 the first snap of the game," Franklin III said Saturday. "That's the bottom line. That's just how I operate. That's the goal. That's the objective for me. Nothing less."
Franklin III was just 7 of 11 for 61 yards including a 40-yard touchdown to wide receiver Marcus Davis. The fact that quarterbacks were not made live for contact made it much more difficult for the dual-threat signal caller showcase his athleticism and speed in the run game.
With none of the candidates at quarterback separating themselves from the positional battle, Malzahn still has a major problem heading into the summer and fall. This is a problem Malzahn thought he'd solved and a situation Lashlee said last week he assumed the program was in a better place with the increased experience of Jeremy Johnson and Sean White along with the signing of Franklin III.
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– The wording of the link should be informative. For example, it should say more than simply 'privacy policy'. Explanatory text such as 'Find out more about how our site works and how we put you in control' would be more appropriate.
– If children are likely to access the service, organisations should consult the ICO's code of practice on age appropriate design.
Please contact us if you would like assistance with implementing compliant cookie consents and policies.
Spotlight on facial recognition
In recent months we have seen that facial recognition technology is coming under increasing scrutiny from the data protection authorities, the courts and privacy campaigners alike.
News in August of the historic use of facial recognition by property developers in Kings Cross prompted significant media attention and a backlash from privacy campaigners. The ICO has indicated that it is taking facial recognition technology, and its potential for abuse, very seriously and is launching an investigation into its use in Kings Cross.
Furthermore, the European Commission is planning regulations that will target the indiscriminate use of the technology and will implement stricter rules to ensure that individuals have the right to know when they are being monitored.
You can read our Insight article on the topic here.
Huge fines on the horizon
In early July, the ICO released details of its intention to fine British Airways £183.39m for the cyber breach it reported in autumn last year. This is the first major potential fine in the UK under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 and it was followed swiftly the next day by the announcement of a proposed £99,200,936 fine for Marriott International for its own data breach.
British Airways and Marriott now have the opportunity to make representations to the ICO in respect of the level of the penalty and the findings. As the lead supervisory authority for the breach, the ICO also announced that it will be taking representations from other EU supervisory authorities whose residents have been affected by the breach.
Google hits headlines twice in one week
Google has been subject to two court judgements this month.
The first saw the search engine giant win an appeal against a French data protection regulator, which fined Google €100,000 for failing to remove unlawful results across all of its global platforms. Google appealed, arguing that it should only have to delete results from searches carried out within Europe, and from its European platforms (such as google.co.uk and google.it). The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Google's favour. You can read more here.
The second saw The Court of Appeal allow a class action against Google, in respect of the search engine's alleged unlawful monitoring of iPhone users without their consent through the use of third party cookies between 2011-2012. You can read more here.
Other regulatory decisions and activity
Unlawful e-marketing
The following action has been taken by the ICO in the past few months for breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations:
Home Protection Limited has been fined £90,000 for making nuisance calls to people registered with Telephone Preference Service in order to sell its home security products and services.
EE Limited has been fined £100,000 for sending direct marketing messages to its customers when they had opted out of receiving marketing messages from them.
Making it Easy Limited has been fined £160,000 for making 297,761 calls to subscribers whose names were registered with the Telephone Preference Service.
Subject Access Request concerns
We have also seen a focus from the ICO on organisations that have failed to respond to subject access requests within the one month period prescribed by the GDPR:
The ICO issued the Metropolitan Police with two enforcement notices due to a backlog of subject access requests (one relating to SARs pre 25 May 2018 and one relating to SARs after that date). The Met has until 30 September 2019 to resolve the backlog before fines are imposed.
Hudson Bay Finance Ltd was also issued with an enforcement notice for failing to respond to a subject access request. The company was given 30 days to comply with the notice with failure to comply being a criminal offence.
Searches for illegally obtained data
The ICO searched two addresses in Liverpool as part of an ongoing investigation into the acquisition and sale of illegally obtained personal data. The ICO worked in partnership with the Insurance Fraud Bureau to investigate a business suspected of carrying out high volumes of data framing activity.
GDPR fines further afield
The Greek Data Protection Authority fined PWC €150,000 for unlawfully processing employee data. PWC had, incorrectly, been processing employee personal data on the basis of consent. This is another reminder that employers should not be relying on employee consent as a basis for processing their personal data as the imbalance of power between an employer and an employee effectively makes consent very difficult to obtain.
High commendation for H&L in Legal 500
We're proud to announce that our legal expertise has been recognised by Legal 500 for our data protection, privacy and cybersecurity work.
Legal 500 cited our: "notable expertise in the technology, media and entertainment sectors acting for a client roster, which includes The Pokémon Company International, Comic Relief, the Harry Potter Theatrical Production and Virgin.
"The team handles contentious and non-contentious mandates and takes a cross-departmental approach utilising the commercial, employment and litigation teams.
"Sacha Wilson also enhances the firm's strength in the data privacy aspects of marketing, adtech and digital media. Daniel Tozer leads the technology and data practice and focuses on commercial data protection. Senior partner Gerrard Tyrrell leads the group's contentious work and John Kelly regularly acts for private individuals."
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Please get in touch if you have any concerns or would like to know more.
Preparing for a 'no-deal Brexit'
With 'no-deal Brexit' remaining a distinct possibility, organisations need to start 'Brexit-proofing' their data protection operations. For information on how a no-deal Brexit will affect data protection law in the UK, please see our article on the topic published on our website here.
The table below outlines the key steps controller and processors, both in the UK and the EU, might need to take if the UK exits from the EU without a deal on 31 October.
Position post-Brexit Checklist of key steps
UK based controllers and processors Controllers that process personal data solely in the UK in relation to UK data subjects will be subject to the UK GDPR (a version of the GDPR implemented in the UK by the Data Protection Act 2018). The UK GDPR will also apply to processors located in the UK processing personal data obtained from those UK based controllers.
The GDPR will continue to apply to any processing in relation to data subjects in the EU or which is otherwise subject to the extra territorial provisions of GDPR.
UK law will recognise the EU model clauses, adequacy decisions and binding corporate rules so that international transfers of data out of the UK can continue as now. · Do you process personal data about EU data subjects? If so,
o Do you need to appoint a representative in the EU?
o Who will be your lead supervisory authority in the EU?
o Do you need to update your record of processing, your internal policies and your privacy notice (if you are a controller) to refer to them?
· Do you receive personal data from the EEA? If so, have you entered into EU model clauses to allow for the lawful transfer of the personal data to the UK?
· Do you transfer personal data to the US based on a privacy shield certification? If so, check that the US importer has updated its privacy notice to specify that it will apply the privacy shield principles to transfers of personal data from the UK.
· Have you updated your contracts to restrict transfers of personal data outside of the UK?
EU based controllers and processors The UK GDPR will have extra-territorial effect. If an EU based controller or processor processes personal data about UK data subjects, or the processing is otherwise subject to the UK GDPR extra territorial provisions, the UK GDPR will apply.
The UK will be a third country for the purposes of the GDPR and an appropriate transfer mechanism will need to be put in place for transfers of personal data from the EU to the UK. The UK will not benefit from an adequacy decision, at least in the short to medium term so the most appropriate transfer mechanism is likely to be model clauses. · Do you process personal data about UK data subjects? If so,
o Do you need to appoint a representative in the UK?
o Is your current lead supervisory authority the UK's ICO under the current 'one stop shop' principle and do you therefore need to appoint a representative in the EU?
· Do you share personal data with a controller or processor in the UK? If so, have you entered into EU model clauses to allow for the lawful transfer of the personal data to the UK?
ICO guidance on cookies
The ICO issued its long-awaited guidance on cookies in July. The guidance gives practical tips on how to obtain valid 'GDPR standard' consent for cookies. It is clear that consent is required for all non-essential cookies, it must be informed and freely given, and the user must take clear and positive action to give consent. This means that:
– Pre-enabled non-essential cookies are not valid and should not be set on landing pages. Users must be told up front about what cookies exist and what they do, before giving consent.
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Gustav Willeit was born in 1975, and grew up in Corvara in Alta Badia. From 2<|fim_middle|> life and history. | 000 to 2004, he studied at the F+F School for Art and Design in Zurich, Switzerland, acquiring technical skills that can now be found in the formal structures underpinning his innate poetic vision of the world. In 2005, he worked as an assistant at the studios of various photographers in Zurich. Since 2006, he has been working freelance in Italy and Switzerland.
There is the artist who uses photography as an intellectual and emotional tool to relate with the complexity of the external world. This is the magic touch of Gustav: the images he creates tell stories. As if his way of photographing belonged to a written language that translates into pixels. There is no landscape: there are skies, and clouds, symmetries, mirrors, rocks, and there is life. Not just solitude and disorientation. There is adventure. A reckless attempt to reconstruct the image of a place or a face or an architecture that lies between anthropology and geography. It is no coincidence that Gustav Willeit synthesises his being in Guworld. Gustav creates his world with snapshots that annihilate the ephemeral by transforming it into a dimension of eternity. But be attentive: there is no salvation in this way of acting and creating. If we are accurate in looking at the images we will see there is the allurement of the sensible and the present, but there are also cracks, like the wrinkles of a face, that announce the crumbling of | 300 |
Erin to celebrate court square project
Ribbon-cutting for completion of decade-long Downtown Revitalization is Sept.<|fim_middle|> winning business will receive a prize and recognition as a Beautification Award winner.
Businesses will also be encourage to have sidewalk sales during the festivities.
Mark Hicks can be reached at 931-212-7626 or on Twitter: @markhicksleaf. | 22
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ERIN, Tenn. — Later this month, the City of Erin will celebrate the completion of a downtown project that was a long time coming.
On Sept. 22, city leaders will mark the end of the city's downtown revitalization project, which has been in the works for more than a decade, with a ribbon-cutting and various activities.
"We're happy with what we have and want to show it off," Mayor Paul Bailey told members of the Houston County Chamber of Commerce during the group's Sept. 1 meeting. "We want to show we are proud of the work that's been done."
Planning for the project began in 2004, but Phase I did not get underway until 2016. The project, which included reworking of sidewalks around Court Square and developing a new entryway from the square into Betsy Ligon Park, was paid for with Tennessee Department of Transportation grants.
Some minor finish work is continuing on the final Phase III late last year, and weather delayed completion, which was hoped to wrap up before the Irish Celebration in March. Bailey assured everyone it will be ready for the dedication.
A number of delays happened over the years, including rejection of construction bids by TDOT and having to request new bids.
Bailey said now everyone is ready "for it to do what the Downtown Revitalization was meant to do – enhance business around the square and encourage people to come to downtown."
The ribbon-cutting will be held at noon at the new park entrance, which features a structure that pays homage to Erin's railroad heritage. From two brick columns, an arch supports railroad tracks and cross ties that create the illusion of walking beneath a rail trestle.
The afternoon will feature live music and food, along with drawings for door prizes until 4 p.m.
Additionally, the Chamber will have a decorating contest for businesses around the square with a fall theme. The | 396 |
TORONTO, ON (November 12, 2009) –Harbourfront Centre's Natrel® Rink will be one of Toronto's first outdoor rinks to open this winter. This gives savvy students the opportunity to Learn to Skate before the skating season kicks into high gear.
This winter, skaters of all ages and abilities are invited to participate in one of over 100 Learn to Skate classes taught by experienced instructors. Each Learn to Skate class is designed specifically to suit each student's skill level, from first-time skaters to those looking to improve their skating technique.<|fim_middle|>416.973. 4093 or visit harbourfrontcentre.com/skating. | Small class sizes also ensure that students learn to skate in a fun, safe and comfortable environment.
New this year are special Teen and Women-Only Classes, along with Drop-In Clinics, romantic Date Skates, Private Lessons and Group Lessons. As always, Harbourfront Centre offers the popular Parent and Tot, Kinderskate, Children and Adult Lessons. Prices for classes range from $45 to $95.
For those who have already perfected their double axels Harbourfront Centre offers FREE daily skating from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Skate and helmet rentals, lockers and sharpening services are also available.
The Natrel® Rink is open from Nov.21, 2009 through to March Break (weather permitting) and is fully supervised by Harbourfront Centre's rink marshal. All Learn to Skate participants are required to wear CSA-approved hockey helmets. Classes cancelled due to weather conditions will be rescheduled. Harbourfront Centre and the Natrel® Rink are both located at 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto.
For information on Learn to Skate and to register for classes the public can call | 259 |
A good looking, classy, simple watch. No nonsense and no frills.
Last edited by avusblue; May 29th, <|fim_middle|> happy with the purchase although I paid a premium to secure it. Great everyday watch - I am wearing it now in fact, at work.
I am enjoying all the AT and Railmaster posts - I love both watches: it's a shame Omega decided to retire the 'regular' sized Railmasters. I am also developing a soft spot for the current ATs (8500 calibre): beautiful detail on the dial.
Photos, please! The white dial/blue markers 2503.33, and its larger brother, are fan favorites here. Any photos would be well received, and appreciated.
I have not seen any other Railmasters with the tan croc strap. This is the 39 mm Railmaster. Cheers.
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I'm looking to buy a case back key, anyone knows which will fit the 36mm Quartz AT(2518)?
30mm, or 33mm? Any help would be greatly appreciated. | 2011 at 18:10.
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I've always admired the simplicity of the silver on silver. Looks good!
Picked up this exact AT a few weeks ago from an Australian dealer. Really | 61 |
PERSONAL INJURY is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind, or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. It is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit alleging that the injury has been<|fim_middle|> made over a period of time. | cause by the negligence of another. Damages include bodily injury, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accident, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, etc.
Attorneys represent client on a "contingent fee basis" in which the attorney's fee is a percentage of the plaintiff's eventual compensation, payable when the case is resolved, with no payment for fees necessary if the case is unsuccessful. There will be costs associated with any claim which will require reimbursement regardless of outcome.
Damages are categorized as either special or general. Special Damages are measurable costs which can be itemized such as medical expenses, lost earnings, and property damages. General Damages include less measure costs such as pain and suffering, loss of consortium, and emotional distress. Personal injury claims result in both special and general damages.
You suffered monetary damages due to the harm you suffered when the party breached it duty of care.
The amount of compensation for a personal injury will primarily depend on the severity of the injury. The more serious the injury and the more intense physical pain and suffering associated with the injury will receive the higher amounts of settlement.
The Statute of Limitations for an individual to bring a claim for compensation is within 3 years of the date of the accident.
Payments will be through a settlement agreement or a judgment as a result of a trail. Settlements can be either lump sum or as a structured settlement in which the payments are | 307 |
US F-22s came face-to-face with Russia's top fighter near Alaska and were at a major disadvantage
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Sep. 13, 2<|fim_middle|>-22 to get its kills from concealment and at a great distance puts it at a disadvantage when performing a possibly contentious intercept.
Bronk told Business Insider that for that reason, the F-15, an older jet, would make a better interceptor.
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The US's and Russia's top fighter jets recently ran into each other in the skies near Alaska — and had combat broken out, the Russian jet would have been favored.
The US's F-22 doesn't visibly store weapons and relies on stealth, so coming face-to-face with an advanced Russian fighter would put it at a disadvantage.
Most incidents in the skies involving the US are communicated in advance and handled professionally, but the rules of engagement leave the US vulnerable to a first strike.
US F-22 stealth fighter jets intercepted Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable bombers and Su-35 fighters that approached Alaska on Tuesday, and it highlights a downside to the US's top fighter jets.
The F-22, with its incredible acrobatic abilities in the air and all-aspect stealth cloaking it from enemies at a distance, is the US's most lethal combat plane.
While the F-35 was built as a flying quarterback that can dogfight, bomb ground targets, gather intelligence, or conduct surveillance, the F-22 specializes in one thing: air-to-air combat.
But with today's rules of engagement, the F-22's huge advantages in stealth mean little.
During an intercept, a jet pulls up next to the plane that has invaded its airspace and tells the plane, via radio, some version of "turn around, or this will escalate."
At this time, it's customary for the jet to tilt its wings and show the intruder a wing full of missiles. But the F-22 could never do that; because of its stealth design, the F-22 stores all missiles and bombs internally.
A pilot intruding into US or US-protected airspace who meets an F-22 really has no idea whether the jet is armed. The Russian Su-35 holds more missiles than the F-22, and it holds them where everyone can see.
On top of that, if a routine interception were to turn kinetic, the F-22 would start the battle at a huge disadvantage.
Stealth advantage negated
A montage showing the phases of an acrobatic maneuver performed by a Sukhoi Su-35 piloted by Sergey Bogdan at the 2013 Paris Air Show.
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If a fight were to start during an intercept like the one this week, the Russian pilot would have the huge advantage of having the F-22 in sight. What's more, the Russian Su-35 can maneuver better than the F-22.
Retired Lt. Col. David "Chip" Berke, the only US Marine to fly both the F-22 and the F-35, previously told Business Insider that with the F-22, "my objective wouldn't be to get in a turning fight" with an adversary. Instead, Berke said, he would use the F-22's natural advantages of stealth to avoid the dogfight.
But just because Russia's Su-35 can turn better and has more missiles doesn't mean it would automatically win a dogfight that broke out from an interception. The capabilities of the F-22 and of its pilots, who stand among the Air Force's best, would surely give it a chance in such a fight.
Justin Bronk, an expert on combat airpower at the Royal United Services Institute, previously told Business Insider that fifth-generation fighters like the F-22, with its internal weapons stores and reliance on stealth, and the F-35 were "not really necessary" for interceptions and that "other, cheaper interceptors can do the job."
The real risk
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at their summit in Helsinki in July.
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The US frequently intercepts Russian jets that fly near US airspace, and it almost always happens in a safe and professional way. The US and Russia have their differences and today have building tensions due to conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, but a fight between the world's two greatest nuclear powers wouldn't be a decision taken lightly.
In Syria, where Russian and US jets operate in close quarters, the two maintain a deconfliction line and call each other to alert the other side to inbound jets to avoid clashes.
But the way the US Air Force designed the F | 900 |
It looks like Simone Biles is officially taken.
The gymnastics champion, who won five medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the hearts of an entire nation, has taken to Instagram to share a photo of her first-ever relationship. The lucky guy? Simone's fellow gymnast, 23-year-old<|fim_middle|> about her budding romance soon. | Stacey Ervin, People confirms.
Simone took to Instagram on Monday night to post a sweet pic of herself and her reported beau, gazing lovingly into each others' eyes. She wrote in the caption, "always smiling with you." No, you're crying!
And Stacey has also shared some sweet moments with Simone on Instagram, posting an adorable photo on the occasion of Simone's induction into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame on Sunday. "Words cannot express how incredibly proud I am of you, all you've accomplished & how well you carry yourself," he wrote. "You make me feel like I am the luckiest man alive. Congratulation on your induction to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame! I can't wait to see what the future has in store. "
The gymnast hasn't exactly been one to play coy about her love life in the past. Back in April, while she was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars, Simone opened up about the fact that she's never had a boyfriend and had only been on one date in her life at the time.
"I have never had a boyfriend in my life," Simone told Entertainment Tonight alongside her dance partner, Sasha Farber. "At 20 years old, I feel like you should have gone through those things and gone on dates. I have been on like, maybe one proper date. Not even." When Sasha jokingly asked her how it went, she replied, "I think it went OK." And even though she was mum on whether there was a second date, she did spill that it did end in a kiss.
No word on whether Stacey was the guy Simone was talking about all along, but here's hoping she provides more details | 353 |
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Zumba Success!
Thank you to everyone who came out to join us for 2 hours of exciting Zumba fun!
With your support, we were able to raise $2,000 which will directly support Special Olympic athletes in the Inland Empire region.
We had so much fun that will host another Zumba event before the end of the year.
Here are photos and videos of all the fun we had!
Video<|fim_middle|> being selected as a Global Messenger for the last 10 years, as well as a participant in the 2006 Special Olympics USA Games in Iowa and 2018 Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. Krystal says that Special Olympics has changed her life the most in teaching her to do her best and trying hard to learn, but also having fun with so many different sports. Krystal is also a Junior College graduate with her certificate in Life Skills with special recognition from her local Regional Center.
Click HERE to see Krystal's World Games Spotlight article.
For more detailed and up to date information you can click here to visit Special Olympics USA
#Cheer4USA #WEARESOSC #SOSCIE #SPECISLOLLYMPICS
"Freezin' For A Reason!"
Thank you to everyone who braved the weather and came out to support the 8th Annual Big Bear Polar Plunge! The Plunge raised $80,000 to support Special Olympics athletes in the Inland Empire!!! There are lots of fun freezin' pictures on our Facebook Page
You can still donate by clicking: www.sosc.org/bbplunge
Congratulations Athlete/Global Messenger Krystal Johnson!
On January 25th, our very own Krystal Johnson was recognized by the Inland Empire Caucus at their 15th Annual Legislative Breakfast.
Krystal has been employed at Fontana Resources at Work for 9 years. After being a line worker for several years, she was promoted to a work crew that contracts with CalTrans.
"Through employment, Krystal has gained confidence and independence." states her mother, Delia Johnson.
Krystal has been a Special Olympic Athlete for 18 Years. The events she enjoys are floor hockey, bowling, golf, athletics, and tennis. Krystal is also a Global Messenger who speaks on behalf of Special Olympics to educate people about our sports program. Earlier this year she successfully competed at a National level in athletics in Seattle, Washington where she took Gold in 200m and Silver in shot put. This amazing athlete qualified and was chosen to compete in tennis for Special Olympics World Games, March 2019 in Abu Dhabi and is serving as an ambassador to promote the games. The United Arab Emirates will provide a film crew to document Krystal's road to World Games. The footage will be used to promote Special Olympics World Games on the airways of the United Arab Emirates. Krystal has committed herself to working out and practicing tennis three times a week after work so she can do her personal best. Please join us in congratulating Krystal for this recognition and for all her hard work to be the amazing person she is!
SAVE THE DATE for the Special Needs Resources Fair
The Special Needs Partnership Coalition will be hosting a Special Needs Resource Fair at the Goldy S. Lewis Community Center in Rancho Cucamonga. This is a FREE event for the community and for those looking for information on transitioning from high school to more independent living. The event will include information on Vocational Education, Financial Planning, Legal Planning, Independent Living and Recreation Programming.
For more information, please contact Katy at Katy.Cox@cityofRC.us or 909-774-3853
Thank you to all our Festival of Speed Volunteers
Pictured: Amazon Volunteers!
A quick shout out to all the volunteers who helped make this weekend's Inaugural Orange County Festival of Speed an amazing success!
Through the pouring rain on Saturday and the frigid wind on Sunday, more than 60 volunteers were outside the venue keeping smiles on their faces and making the event registration process run smoothly. Another 25 volunteers were inside making sure the SOSC and LETR information and merchandise booths were staffed. A few others spent the day taking care of the event VIP's.
Special recognition to the folks at Amazon, Bosco Legal Services and Alpha Phi Omega, UC Riverside who sent multiple members to volunteer with us for the weekend.
We appreciate you!
Happening THIS WEEKEND in Fontana
Inaugural 2019 Festival of Speed Fundraiser
to benefit Special Olympics Southern California and the Law Enforcement Torch Run Program
January 12 and 13, 2019
AutoClub Speedway, Fontana
In its inaugural year, we hope to elevate the car show from its roots to a new level rivaled only by England's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Instead of a hill climb to showcase the greatest automobiles in the world, we hope to highlight them in a more relatable and appropriate element – a superspeedway with a road course! And what better course than the AutoClub Speedway located in Fontana, California.
We will have the opportunity to watch some of the world's most extreme hypercars and exotics do what they do best – showcase their performance abilities on a track with side-by-side racing, high speed passes, extreme acceleration, and maybe even the occasional burnout! The OC Festival of Speed will surely offer attendees something unique, exciting and exhilarating to witness for the first time in the U.S.
Don't miss this unique opportunity to see the world's greatest cars do what they were intended to do!
Click HERE to register to attend the event!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Special Olympics Night at Cal Baptist
Using the promo code: SON0212 before February 11th, you can claim up to 5 free tickets to the Lancers vs. Bethesda college game!
For More Information Click: www.cbulancers.com/promo
Volunteer at our Regional Spring Games in Fontana
Volunteer registration for the 2019 Inland Empire Regional Spring Games in Fontana is now open online.
Do you enjoy the sports of Aquatics, Basketball or Bocce? Then don't miss your chance to become one of our volunteers needed to create a transformative experience for the athletes with intellectual disabilities who will compete.
Location: Fontana Park, Fontana
Time: 8 AM - 4 PM
Who can volunteer: Individuals and groups
Volunteer Opportunities for ages 14 and up:
Set-up/Tear-Down
Opening Ceremony/Olympic Village Assistants
Score/Time Keepers
Line Judges for Bocce
Fans-In-The_stands (**ages 8-13 can register with an adult)
Click HERE to register to volunteer!
January 9th is National Law Enforcement Day!
Shout out to all of our Law Enforcement partners for all they do for Special Olympics and their local communities! Your commitments are remembered on this National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. #LawEnforcement
Happy Holidays & Office Closure Reminder!
From Your Special Olympics Southern California Inland Empire Staff
Abbey, Stacy, Mimi & Blake
Reminder: The office will be closed from 12 PM on Friday, December 21 - Tuesday, January 1st.
We will be back in the office on Wednesday, January 2nd, ready to kick off the new year!
Thank You to the "Applebee's Community Connections" Program
On Saturday, December 1st, through the "Applebee's Community Connections" program, Applebee's Menifee hosted a "Flapjacks" fundraiser to benefit Special Olympic Southern California Mighty Menifee Local Program. Through the support of the local community, the event raised $1,230 that will go directly towards the Mighty Menifee program.
Thank you to all who attended and supported.
Thank you to the Murietta Knights of Columbus
On Friday, October 19th, The Murrieta Knights of Columbus sponsored their "Harris Gehl Memorial Annual Golf Tournament". This year, Special Olympics Southern California, Inland Empire Region was proud to be named as the beneficiary.
Taking place at the Redhawk Golf Course in Temecula, the tournament had an amazing turnout of participants and the weather was perfect!! The event kick-off included Athlete presentations and upon completion, an amazing $8,793 was raised.
Participation in Special Olympics is FREE to all athletes and their family members, and we rely on the generosity of individuals and community members like the Knights of Columbus to help us make a difference.
Do you enjoy planning events?
If you enjoy event planning and have been wondering how you could get involved with Special Olympics, please consider joining one of our fundraising committees. We are looking for volunteers to help us increase awareness of and raise funds for Special Olympics Southern California, Inland Empire Region.
As you may or may not know, participation in Special Olympics is FREE to all athletes and their family members, so we rely on donations and fundraising events to help us make a difference.
We are looking for volunteers with skill sets in any of the following areas:
Corporate Sponsorship Engagement
Live/Silent Auction and Raffle Coordination
Entertainment Coordination
Vendor Coordinator
2019 FUNDRAISING EVENT COMMITTEE OPPORTUNITIES
Big Bear Polar Plunge – March 2, 2019
LETR Temecula Torch Run – May 19, 2019
Hats Off to Special Olympics – November 2, 2019
If you would like to receive more information about any of these events, please contact Mimi Wright, Administrator of Volunteer Engagement at mwright@sosc.org.
From your staff at the Inland Empire!
Zumba Fundraiser Success
A special shout out to everyone who supported our Zumba Masterclass on Sunday, November 18, 2018
With 2 solid hours of dancing sweating and having a great time, we raised $1,000 that will go directly towards supporting Special Olympic Athletes in the Inland Empire Region.
We want to thank Zumba Instructors Zuzu Zumba, Krissy Vandy, Marie Ynami, Jeri Lee and IE staff member Mimi Wright for bringing their amazing energy to the party. Venue Host, The Active Church in Yucaipa and vendors, Domillisa, Partylite by Brittany, and Laura's LulaRoe Box for your support and donations to the raffle drawing. All of the students, families, and friends who joined us on the dance floor were amazing and you can see pictures and videos of all the fun on the Facebook Event Page.
Temecula Valley Area Director Sue Reed Recognized!
The City of Wildomar recently recognized our very own Sue Reed in appreciation of her hard work, dedication and compassion in assisting and participating in the Cop-On-A-Rooftop event held at their local Dunkin' Donuts on Friday, November 2nd to benefit Special Olympics Southern California, Inland Empire Region.
Congratulations Sue! A recognition well deserved!
Congratulations to Local Program Coordinator Hilda Bojorquez!
The City of Menifee recognized our very own Hilda Bojorquez as a "Community Champion" by the California Parks & Recreation Society (CPRS) for her tireless efforts improving the quality of life for Menifee residents through her commitment to Special Olympics - Inland Empire Region. The Community Champion Award honors and recognizes individuals and organizations who have contributed significant effort to influence and improve the quality of their community through parks and recreation.
Please join us in congratulating Hilda. We know is that she very deserving of this recognition!
A Successful Red Robin Tip-A-Cop!
We'd like to send a big shout out to the La Quinta Police Department and California Highway Patrol, Red Robin staff, SOSC Athletes and family members along with the local community who came out to support the Red Robin Tip-A-Cop on November 1st.
The event was a success and together we raised $1,184!
All funds raised to benefit Special Olympics Southern California athletes in the Inland Empire Region!
Thank you Barstow Sheriff's Station and Barstow CHP for all your support!
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, Barstow County Sheriff's Station & California Highway Patrol Officers worked alongside the Oggi's staff to raise an amazing $2,563 to support the Special Olympics athletes in the Inland Empire Region!
Way to go everyone!
Cop-On-A-Rooftop is Happening All Throughout Southern California THIS FRIDAY!
Join us on Friday, November 2nd from 6-10 am for our second annualDunkin' Donuts Cop On A Rooftop event taking place at 68 locations across Southern California.
During the fundraiser, local law enforcement officers will stake out Dunkin' Donuts rooftops to heighten awareness and raise money for Special Olympics Southern California.
Everyone who makes a donation at this event will receive a coupon for one FREE medium coffee!
Inland Empire Region Locations:
11995 E. Foothill Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
924 E Ontario Ave., Corona
355 S Mountain Ave., Upland
36270 Hidden Springs Rd. Unit A, Wildomar
40361 Murrieta Hot Springs Rd, Murietta
4922 La Sierra Ave., Riverside
18641 Van Buren Blvd. Riverside
15082 Bear Valley Rd., Victorville
42225 Jackson St. Building J, Indio
#coponarooftop
#specialolympics
INSIDE SOSC: IE Regional Fall Games Recap
For a sixth year, Big League Dreams' facility played host to the Inland Empire Regional Fall Games this past weekend in Perris. For more on this story, click HERE.
Red Robin Tip A Cop Success!
THANK YOU to all the supporters of the November 1st Red Robin Tip-A-Cop!
The La Quinta Police Department, California Highway Patrol Officers and The Thermal Sheriff Explorers worked alongside the Red Robin staff to raise an amazing $1,184 to support the Special Olympics athletes in the Inland Empire Region!
Another Successful Applebee's Tip-A-Cop
THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the October 18th Applebee's Tip-A-Cop a success!
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol Officers worked alongside the Applebees staff to raise an amazing $2,180.00 to support the Special Olympics athletes in the Inland Empire Region!
Thank you to everyone for your support of Special Olympics and all of our athletes, coaches and volunteers.
California Pizza Kitchen Tip-A-Cop was a Huge Success!
A huge SHOUT OUT to all who helped make the October 11th California Pizza Kitchen's Tip-A-Cop a success!
Law Enforcement Officers in Chino Hills, Palm Desert, Rancho Cucamonga and Temecula worked along CPK's awesome servers and hosts and raised more than $7,815 in tips and other donations to support our Special Olympics Athletes!
Show your support for local athletes with Down Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities, by attending a Special Olympics event. Whether you attend a competition or fundraisers, our athletes will be excited by the encouragement they receive from the community.
Thank you Fontana School Police Department
A huge THANK YOU to everyone for making the October 4th Applebee's Tip-A-Cop a success!
We're excited to announce that a total of $4311.00 was raised to support our Special Olympics athletes!
Thank You Rancho Cucamonga!
We'd like to send a big shout out to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Special Agents, Rock & Brews staff, SOSC Athletes and family members along with the local community who came out to support the Rock & Brews Tip-A-Cop on September 20th.
The event was a success and together we raised more than $2,200! | Footage of 18th Annual Law Enforcement Temecula Torch Run!
Thank you to the students of the 2019 Murrieta Mesa Media Team for creating this wonderful memory for us.
18th Annual Law Enforcement Temecula Torch Run
American Road Trip First Tip-A-Cop Was A Huge Success!
Thank you to everyone in the Yucaipa community who came out to support the first American Road Trip Tip-A-Cop fundraiser. With your support, we raised $3,745 to support Speical Olympics Southern California, Inland Empire Region.
#wearesosc, #LETR4SOSC, #Tipacop
Thank you to all of our Temecula Torch Run Supporters!
(Photo Cred: Temecula CHP)
Sunday's rain couldn't dampen the spirit of local law enforcement officers, Special Olympic athletes, family and friends of the local community. More than 100 came together to carry the "Flame of Hope" through the streets of Temecula to raise awareness and funds for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Special Olympics Southern California – Inland Empire Region would like to thank everyone who supported the 18th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, especially our event sponsors Pechanga Resort & Casino, Shella Care Management, Abbott, Volkswagen of Murrieta, Bay Alarm Company - Ontario Branch, Willdan, Rancho Community Church, California Highway Patrol, Temecula Police Department and Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
The event kicked off with an opening ceremony at Pechanga and included presentations by local law enforcement, Special Olympics athletes and members of the community.
Immediately following the ceremony, officers carried the "Flame of Hope" from the casino through the streets of Temecula Valley into the rolling hills of wine country to arrive at Wilson Creek Winery where more than 150 additional supporters were waiting to cheer them in their accomplishment.
The event concluded with a BBQ celebration, live music by The Burt Brion Band, dancing, a silent auction and raffle. An amazing time was had by all and together, more than $35,000 was raised which will allow them to continue offering FREE training and programs to the more than 4,000 athletes and their families throughout the Inland Empire Region.
Pictures and video will be shared on our Facebook and Flickr pages soon.
Thank you! We are already looking forward to next years event!
SOSC has a public photo album on Flickr. We don't have pictures from all of our events posted but here are a few you may like.
2019 IE Regional Spring Game - Fontana
2019 Big Bear Polar Plunge
2018 IE Regional Fall Games - Big League Dreams
2018 Regional Spring Games - Vista Murrieta
Two More SUCCESSFUL Claim Jumper Tip-A-Cops
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Claim Jumper Tip-A-Cop fundraisers on April 11th.
The San Bernardino Police Department raised $4, 236 and the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department raised $2,750 for a total of $6,986 raised in one evening to support Special Olympics Southern California, Inland Empire Region.
#wearesosc
#letr
#tipacop
#sbpd
#SOSCIE
#Claimjumper
The 2019 Albertsons, Vons, Pavillions Campaign was a HUGE SUCCESS!
Thank you to all Special Olympics Supporters who donated to the 2019 Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions Campaign!
With the help of ith the help of local shoppers, we raised over $1.408 million dollars! This surpassed our previous high of $1.356 million!
Thank you for supporting acceptance and inclusion! Your donation helps Special Olympics Southern California enrich the lives of even more athletes with intellectual disabilities through sports, health, and leadership programs.
#AVP4SOSC #WeAreSOSC #Vons #Albertsons
Your Inland Empire Staff is Rockin' Crazy Socks for World Down Syndrome Day!
Today is World Down Syndrome Day, a global awareness day officially observed by the United Nations. Each year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder. You can learn more by clicking here:https://www.worlddownsyndromeday2.org/
Fun fact: The reason World Down Syndrome Day falls on the 21st of the 3rd month, is to signify the uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down's. Bet you didn't know that, did you? If that ever comes up in your pub quiz, you are welcome.
Join us to acknowledge the day by wearing some crazy socks! Take photos and post them on your socials with the hashtag #WDSD19 and #wearesosc.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay
#wdsd19
#leavenoonebehind
#lotsofsocks
Shout Out to Unified Champion School Murrieta Valley High
We'd like to congratulate Murrieta Valley High School on the success of their recent Respect Rally which was organized by their School Spirit Class and NEST (Nighthawks Engaging Students Together) Club.
A Unified Champion School since 2017, the rally was structured as a 2 part event.
For the first part of the event, athletes, students, partners, and teachers participated in Parachute Games, Corn Hole and Giant Jenga. The second portion focused on Unified Sports and making sure their athletes are an active part of the campus culture.
The pledge event took place during lunch where students and teachers had the opportunities to take the "R-Word" pledge. Upon taking the pledge, they each signed a banner that will be displayed in the school.
"It was a fun day and had great participation by both students and staff on campus." ~ Jason Cantu
About Unified Champion Schools: Special Olympics Southern California's Schools Program encourages inclusion, participation, and leadership in students through the power of sport. This partnership between schools and Special Olympics Southern California includes sports training and competition, inclusive youth leadership and whole school engagement for students of all ages.
About Spread the Word: Spread the Word is a global engagement campaign to increase inclusion amongst people with and without and developmental disabilities through grassroots action. In schools, workplaces, and communities around the world, local leaders are taking a pledge to create socially inclusive places to learn, work, and live.
Registration for the 18th Annual Temecula Torch Run is LIVE!
Be a champion of acceptance and inclusion by joining us for our 18th Annual Temecula Valley Law Enforcement Torch Run benefiting Special Olympics Southern California Inland Empire Region. Join us on Sunday, May 19, as Special Olympics athletes and law enforcement officers carry the Flame of Hope through the streets of Temecula to raise awareness and funds for individuals with intellectual disabilities. This is a FUN community event! You, your family and friends can participate in this FUN RUN for a minimum of $30!
Click HERE for all the details including information on attending the BBQ Celebration and sponsorship opportunities!
Happening This Week! Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi
UPDATE 3/21: Ms. Krystal made us proud. She is coming home with the Bronze in Tennis Singles and another Bronze in Tennis Mixed Doubles! #goKrystal
Tune in live on ESPN News Thursday, March 14th - Friday, March 22nd, 2019
The Opening Ceremony will be live on ESPNEWS, from Zayed Sports City Stadium, beginning at 11 a.m. ET on March 14. Kicking off World Games, the Opening Ceremony promises to be a must-see mix of hope, happiness, unity and inclusion, starring 7,500 Special Olympics athletes from more than 190 nations in front of 40,000 spectators — and expect performances from a stellar line-up of artists. The ceremony will culminate with Special Olympics athletes completing the Law Enforcement Torch Run®, carrying the Flame of Hope into Zayed Sports City and lighting a cauldron to mark the beginning of the Games.
Joining 300+ members of the US delegation, our very own Krystal Johnson is will be competing in the tennis competition.
Krystal Johnson is nearly a 20-year veteran of Special Olympics Southern California. In that time, she has participated in tennis, floor hockey, golf, gymnastics, basketball, bowling, and athletics. Her accomplishments have led to her | 1,778 |
Isaiah 40:30-31 (ESV) ~ Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
God's people are set free through the proclamation of His greatness. We see in verses 12-31, Isaiah declares that God is greater than anything on earth or anything scattered throughout the universe. Seven comparisons are made. Let's take a brief look at them.
The Lord is greater than the universe.
The Lord is greater than any counselor or teacher.
God's knowledge, understanding, and justice are infinite. Therefore, He has no need for a counselor or advisor, since there is no being anywhere in the entire universe who can add to His knowledge, understanding, or spirit of justice.
He needs no counselor to advise or instruct Him about what to do (v.13).
He needs no one to enlighten Him or to teach Him the path of justice or to show Him what to do (v.14).
He needs no one to impart knowledge or understanding to Him.
The Lord is greater than all the nations of the earth in all their power and glory.
The power and glory of all nations throughout history are nothing more than a drop of water in a bucket or a piece of dust on a set of scales (v.15).
Nothing among the nations could ever be offered to God that would be worthy of His glory.
The Lord is greater than all the images and false gods of this world.
No idol or false god can even be compared to the Lord. Comparisons are ridiculous.
Idols and false gods are nothing more than man-made objects, the creation of people's imagination.
The Lord is greater than all the people of the earth.
When the Lord sits enthroned above the earth, looking down upon the people, they appear as nothing more than grasshoppers in His sight.
The Lord is so great that He can stretch out the heavens that He created and spread them out like a tent in which He lives and demonstrates His presence and glory.
In comparison to the rulers and judges of this earth God is far greater. He alone judges the great, the powerful of this earth. If their works have been evil, He erases and makes their works useless.
Blasting them with the fury of His breath, the Lord causes the great and powerful to wither away like a plant or to be swept away like chaff by a whirlwind (vv.23-24).
The Lord is greater than any being in the entire universe.
No one else is great enough nor has the power to create such a vast universe.
The Lord is greater than any trial<|fim_middle|>. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. | or temptation.
He is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth (v.28). Thus He oversees the earth and knows everything that is happening. Because He is everlasting—no beginning and no end—He is able to oversee and control all events of human history.
He never faints or becomes weary in overseeing the earth and His people. Again, being everlasting, God is always available to help those who truly trust and obey Him.
He strengthens both the weary and the weak who trust Him (v.29).
He will renew the strength of all who wait on the Lord (vv.30-31). No matter their chronological age, the Lord will strengthen them with more energy and vigor than even young men have. Note this fact: the word wait does not mean sitting around doing nothing. Rather it means to hope in the Lord, praying and trusting the Lord to meet one's need (Isa. 26:3-4; 30:15). Also, the word renew means to exchange, such as exchanging old clothes for new. The believer who truly places his hope in the Lord will renew his strength, exchange his weaknesses for the Lord's strength (2 Cor. 12:9). The Lord will build up the believer, empower his spirit to soar above the trials and temptations that afflict him, to soar just like an eagle above the earth. A believer who truly hopes in the Lord will be strengthened so that he can run through the problems, hardships, trials, and temptations of life. And he will not grow weary. He will walk victoriously, triumphantly, and not faint (v.31).
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (ESV) ~ But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me | 402 |
Colham Green
Colham Green, Hillingdon
A semi-rural locality situated between Hillingdon and Stockley Park, and dominated by Hillingdon Hospital
The manor of Colham Garden, alias Drayton, once covered a large area to the south of Uxbridge and Hillingdon. The name may be a corrupted reference to its location near the River Colne or to a landowner called Cola.
The manor was first mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 831, and at the time of Domesday Book it was of greater significance than Hillingdon, while Uxbridge was merely its subsidiary.
The long-vanished manor house stood to the north of the green, near what is now Hillingdon and Uxbridge Cemetery.
The hamlet of Colham Green was in existence by the late 16th century and a house called Moorcroft may have been a centre for illegal Roman Catholic activity. This was the home in the 1590s of Henry Garnett, superior of the Jesuits in England, who was executed in 1606 as an accomplice of the Gunpowder plotters.
In the mid-1740s Hillingdon vestry chose Colham Green as the site for the parish workhouse, which later became Uxbridge union workhouse. A schoolroom, chapel, infirmary and other buildings were added afterwards. The surrounding area remained virtually uninhabited in the 19th century, when the land was occupied by farms, gravel pits and brickfields. Moorcroft farmhouse was built early in the century and survives today, on Moorcroft Lane.
Evelyns School<|fim_middle|> Geograph Britain and Ireland, made available under the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Licence. Any subsequent reuse is hereby freely permitted under the terms of that licence. | was established at Colham Green in 1872 and maintained close connections with Eton until it was closed in 1931. Much of Colham Green was built up with private estates before the Second World War and with the Violet Farm and Evelyns council estates afterwards.
In 1930 control of the workhouse passed to Middlesex County Council which began to develop it as Hillingdon Hospital. The hospital was largely rebuilt in 1963 and has recently undergone radical redevelopment – but much more work still needs to be done. A long-running but ultimately successful strike of domestic staff at the hospital became a socialist cause célèbre in the late 1990s. Older hospital facilities on the north side of Pield Heath Road have been replaced with housing, under the names Chantry Park and Kings Place.
The surviving part of the original Colham Green is now a recreation ground, which is shown in the photo at the top of this article.*
At Colham Manor primary school the proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is higher than average. A wide range of home languages is represented, including Somali, Arabic and Urdu. A much higher than average proportion of pupils are eligible for additional government funding, known as the pupil premium.
Postcode area: Uxbridge UB8
* The picture of Colham Green recreation ground at the top of this page is minimally adapted from an original photograph copyright Des Blenkinsopp, at | 336 |
Rules are the set of expectations / standards that specify the desired and prohibited behaviors / actions. There are two different rules students are expected to follow: School rules and classroom rules. School rules are formal rules expressed in a code of conduct and usually written on school handbook. They also have serious consequences such as "Bringing knives, weapons or other dangerous objects to school will result ten day suspension and referral to police." On the other hand, classroom rules are the set of expectations / standards in classroom set by teacher with student input/agreement. Classroom rules are provided during the first day/week and written on classroom rules poster and usually have less serious consequences.
1. Do not wait until the first day of school to establish your classroom rules with your students: Some literature suggest that teachers set the classroom rules with students during the first day of school. Many teachers take this advice in a wrong way and wait for students to start developing classroom rules. Considering that new teachers must focus on establishing their authority in the classroom, they often find it most effective to develop the rules and consequences themselves in order to communicate to their students� firm guidelines for behavior from the beginning. Otherwise, students may perceive that the new teacher in front of them wants to be their friend � or does not know how to take leadership of the classroom. It would be a precarious start to the year to say, "so, guys, what should the rules be?" and get "no homework!" as an answer.
Students especially low grades usually better respond to established structure and boundaries for behavior from the moment they enter a classroom. Having clearly specified rules helps students know what they are to do. Waiting to involve them leaves many opportunities for students to engage in unacceptable behaviors as they wait for rule development. Also establishing rules with student input may make things difficult especially when considering diverse students or students that are shy or lack of capacity and social awareness. These students usually are not comfortable to participate cooperatively in rule creation especially during the first days, thus limiting their contributions and possibly building a non-democratic rule development process. Therefore, the advice is that teachers should create the rules without student input before students arrive in classroom. However, development of these rules should be incorporated from previous experiences with student specific knowledge garnered from teachers from earlier grades. Finally, during the first days, the rules must be discussed with students and seek for agreement.
2. Classroom rules should represent a teacher's areas for improvement in classroom management: The purpose of establishing classroom rules is to reduce and eliminate problem behaviors that occur on a daily basis. Therefore, the list should only include those most common problem behaviors. In other words, when reading a classroom rule poster, one should be able to basically say "these are the most common behavior problems this teacher is trying to eliminate".
3. Classroom rules should not be too general: This is a very common mistake teachers make when they setup their rules. For example: The rules "Be Responsible" , "Behave Appropriately ", "Be Ready to Learn", "Be Polite" and "Be Kind to Others" are too general. "Be Responsible" can mean 20 different things such as "come to class on time", "do not cheat", "bring your materials to the class" and students will be confused what breaks this rule and they might be breaking the rule without even realizing it. Effectively enforcing a rule like this is almost impossible for experienced teachers who have a strong handle on classroom discipline, let alone a new teacher who just started teaching. Therefore, each rule should present a statement addressing to a specific behavior rather a general statement covering many things at a time. Another example of mostly used classroom rule is "Do your best". Again, although it sounds nice and positive, it does not focus on a specific expectation because "doing your best" can mean "study before class", "do your homework", "score high on exams" etc.
4. Classroom rules must be short, clear, and simple: The idea of establishing good classroom rules is that your students must clearly understand your rules in order to follow them. Vocabulary should be consistent with students' grade and/or ability level. Teachers should avoid rules that are vague even you intent to discuss the rule extensively with students later. Your students should easily be able to remember and repeat them to you when needed. Therefore, make sure that each rule is short, clear and simple. For example the rule "Every student will demonstrate habits of a responsible learner including but not limited to: no gum, food, or drink in class, bring your homework, book, notebook, and pen to class, be on time, no profanity, no leaving the room without permission." This rule is not short, not clear and not simple to follow. In fact, there are more than five actual classroom rules that can be extracted from this rule.
5. Keep the number of classroom rules to minimum: Each classroom rule appears more important when there are fewer of them. Fewer rules are also easier for students to remember and for teachers to enforce. In addition, having just a few rules avoids the sense that you are trying to control a student's every movement. Remember, too many rules overwhelm young children. The suggested number for the classroom rules usually is 3 to 5. Remember, you can always update the list anytime.
6. Don't confuse rules with procedures. Each student is expected to follow a certain procedure during daily classroom activities. They are expected to learn that you have certain procedures (specific directions), from how to enter/exit the classroom, use pencil sharpener, use restroom to line up for lunch. Therefore, teachers should avoid the need to reduce all of these to procedures to classroom rules. So "Place your books away in the right place" is really not a classroom rule but a procedure.
7. Classroom rules should be updated throughout academic year: A teacher should update the classroom rules when needed. For example: once students stop a problem behavior listed on classroom rules, there is no need to keep it there. Teacher should remove the rule from the list, maybe adding a new one based on newly observed misbehavior. Students should be informed regarding each update made on the classroom rules.
� 3rd time: Write to home: Student fills out a form reflecting on his misbehavior and parent is required to read over and sign the reflection form. OR Send student to another room: Student is sent to a nearby class where student works independently on an assignment to have a chance to calm down and regroup.
When classroom rules are broken, it is important that teachers should avoid using threats, intimidation, including yelling humiliation, sarcasm or grades as consequences.
9. Teach your rules and consequences; do not just show the poster: Once you have generated a short list of clear, simple rules and gradual, logical, meaningful consequences that fit the criteria, you will need to explicitly teach your students. Teachers should avoid the assumption that rules and consequences are discussed once, put on poster board, and left alone. They should make the rules part of their teaching rather than just decorations. In fact, you must teach your rules and consequences like any other curriculum content. This does not mean simply reading them from a handout, but rather providing rationales, soliciting input, having students identify examples and non-examples throughout the academic year. Some teachers believe that spending a lot of time on teaching classroom rules is a time taken from instruction. However, when they asked to calculate on how far behind they could fall if they took too much time completing simple tasks, they get the idea. For example: if it takes the class three and a half minutes to find their reading journals and a pencil instead of one minute (or less), by the end of the year, they will have lost a day and a half looking for pencils. This is why teachers reserve large amount of time for establishing and teaching classroom rules. An example of schedule for teaching classroom rules as follows.
� First Day: Provide rules and consequences, discuss with students (teach them), seek input.
� When rules are updated: Provide rules and consequences, discuss with students (teach them), seek input.
10. Consequences must be reinforced and recorded. Now that you have the rules and consequences written and taught to your students, it is time to think about how to enforce it. Teachers should understand that teaching classroom rules effectively will not guarantee that students will follow them all the time. There will be times that rules will be broken. In addition to establishing and teaching the rules, teachers should also plan on enforcing them. One golden rule is rules and consequences must be reinforced for all students at all times. No exception, period.
Reinforcing the classroom rules especially in the beginning of academic year is very crucial. Students only consider that you mean business if you show them you are serious about your teaching and classroom management. Especially in the beginning of academic year, teachers should be able to stop what they are doing and deal with reinforcing the classroom rules when misbehavior occurs because once a teacher starts making exceptions for some excuses such as "not wanting to interrupt teaching", "not wanting to deal with it at the time", "having a bad day" or "this is the first time student breaking the rule", a double standard exists and rules become worthless.
The secret to reducing or eliminating some behavior problems is establishing classroom procedures for daily tasks and activities. Your students will appreciate your consistency, and once they have internalized classroom procedures, the day will run that much more smoothly. Classroom procedures basically refer to directions for specific activities.
There are two different types of procedures students are expected to follow: School procedures that are provided during school orientation such as procedures for library check-out, procedures for using computer labs, procedures for school entry, exit, and playground activities, cafeteria etc. On the other hand, classroom procedures are specific directions for in-class activities such as procedures for entering into the classroom and getting ready for class, using restroom, using pencil sharpener, drinking fountain and sink, etc.
Imagine asking a class full of 21 third graders to �pass in their worksheet assignment� every morning. Sounds simple enough, yet inevitably a small group of students might playfully wave their worksheets by a neighbor�s ear. Some might take the opportunity to jump up and walk over to your desk, while others would want to hand you the worksheet directly because that is what their teacher did last year. Chaos. However, developing and practicing a specific procedure for passing in worksheets (left across the rows and up the first aisle, for example) will create an orderly response to that request, avoid conflicts between students, and shorten the overall time it takes for this managerial task.
Along with classroom rules, procedures help ensure excellent behavior by teaching students specific behaviors for specific circumstances. But keep in mind that rules and procedures are different. In short, rules are expectations for behaviors, and procedures are methods for doing something (like lining up, sharpening pencils, etc.). Usually, classroom procedures become routines after a while. The more times the students do the procedures the more they internalize it so after a while students just automatically follow them without much thinking about them.
Step 1. Establish Your Classroom Procedures: When establishing classroom procedures, teachers should develop procedures that allow students to know what / how they should be doing particular activities in which a specific process is necessary. Teachers should start listing classroom procedures before the first day of school based on their previous experiences (own classroom or internship). These procedures are also written in classroom management plan, hence serving multiple purposes. If a procedure is in place but teacher found out that it is not working as planned, teacher can modify or replace the procedure with a new one. Therefore, updates to procedures might be needed.
Step 2: Describe Classroom Procedures Clearly: Once established, teachers should be able to teach (not just show) each procedure during first week of school by defining the procedure in concrete terms, demonstrate the procedure in class, even demonstrating a complex procedure step by step when needed.
Step 3: Rehearse Classroom Procedures Until They Become Routines: Teachers should have students practice the procedure, step by step, under their supervision until it becomes routine. The students should be able to perform the procedure automatically without teacher supervision.
Step 4: Reinforce a Correct Procedure and Re-teach an Incorrect One: As the days go on, teachers should be able to determine whether students have learned a specific procedure or whether they need further explanation, demonstration, or practice. Re-teaching the procedure might be necessary when needed.
4. wait for the teacher to dismiss the class.
1. When we have someone come into our classroom who is not part of our class (teacher, administrator, student, parent) you are expected to follow the same classroom rules and procedures.
2. You are expected to be polite to the visitor.
3. Do not talk to the visitor unless he/she is talking to you directly.
4. Continue working on your assignment as usual.
5. If the visitor needs to speak to me privately, I expect you to remain in your seat without talking until I finish speaking with the visitor.
A rule identifies general expectations or standards; a single rule can encompass a wide range of expected behaviors. A procedure communicates expectations for specific behaviors. Effective teachers use both rules and procedures. For example, you might establish the rule �Respect other students and their property� and also create separate procedures for returning books to the appropriate place in the classroom and participating respectfully in class discussions.
The number and kind of rules and procedures vary from class to class and from grade to grade, but every good teacher has them. How students treat one another, when and how students may leave the room, and when it is appropriate to speak out in class are common topics for rules and procedures in every grade.
I believe this information will be extremely helpful and useful when I finally have my on classroom. Thank you for posting.
I also feel this article is useful and helpful. It has many great tips and advice that I will use when I become a teacher! Thanks again for all of your helpful ideas.
So many great ideas for my classroom!
This article is really useful for establishing rules vs establishing procedures. It really helps to distinguish what you should/should not have as your rules. The "3-5 rule" rule is great.
I really felt this article spells out the differences between rules vs. procedures. Excellent article and I will be sure to refer back to this when planning the setup of my future classroom.
I feel like this article was extremely helpful. I found it made me think more and brought new ideas to mind for me in terms of rules vs. procedures.
In Pre-K We turn our rules into a social story and at the beginning of the year we will read that social story all the time for the first couple of weeks and then add that social story to our library. For those of of that may be wondering...a social story is a personal story that has pictures of our students and describe a specific situation that I want to address. I have a social story for our carpet rules, classroom rules, outside rules, etc.. The students really relate to these stories.
This is very helpful information. Be prepared, be responsibile, be respectful, are general, but those rules can be specific such as be respectful by keeping hands and feet to self, use nice words and so on. This would be for a younger group. Rules can also apply for a specific area of the classromm such as learnig centers. The rules can be be respectful and then specific rules for that center such as wait your turn, be nice to the computer and your friends.
This article has opened a new avenue in my mind. There are so many things to discuss on the first day or even week of school. It can be stressful to think of how to manage time and mention all of the topics that need to be discussed. However, your article broke it down into simpler pieces. Great read!
As a teacher in a self-contained EBD classroom, I enjoyed reading this article. Classroom rules and procedures must be developed before school starts by the teacher. Allowing a little wiggle room to have students develop procedures is definitely encouraged, but ultimately, rules, routines, and procedures need to be developed by the teacher. Consistency is the most important component when implementing rules & procedures as well. Students will try to get away with anything, especially in my classroom. Say what you mean & mean what you say.
I definitely agree with the importance of establishing classroom rules. Having a specific and consistent set of rules shows students that you have control of your classroom, and helps them know what to expect. The transition from one grade to another can be tricky, but when the rules are addressed clearly, it is easier to<|fim_middle|> post was so helpful to me as an upcoming teacher! I completely agree that it is so important to make sure the classroom rules are clear on the first day of school.
I thought this post was very informative! I enjoyed the step-step processes and the many examples.
Helpful reading. I think this is essential for all teachers, but especially new teachers.
When introducing the rules to the class, I let the students "believe" they are developing the rules, when I already have the rules developed, to gain buy-in from the students. I guide students to "developing" essential rules needed in the classroom and write the rules as if they were brand new and hand crafted by our class in order for the students to take ownership of the rules. This strategy has worked for me in the past 4 years as students are able to tell and demonstrate what the rules are and are not.
I really enjoyed how you separated the rules into two different sections because the kids need to learn the differences of the school rules and classroom rules.
This was an enjoyable read and very helpful to an up-and-coming teacher such as myself. This gives me a lot of confidence.
I appreciate your information on how to set up rules and procedures, it will be most helpful when I begin teaching my own class.
Thinking about teaching a class in just over a year all by myself can be very overwhelming. I think this is a great thing to read, and it will be a great guide to look over in the future for helpful tips and ways to set up the classroom.
Great article, I agree that rules should already be in place on the first day.
Thank you for this post. I find that rules and procedures take time and thought in order to be effective. Students need to have plenty of time to practice the rules and especially the procedures. I like to review rules and procedures every day for at least the first six weeks of school. Providing students with examples and non-examples are a great way for providing practice for the students.
This article is very useful for actual application in my current classroom. My first year teaching, I did not understand a lot of these points and my classroom management suffered because of that. I feel like I am improving each year on rules and procedures, but I can always improve. This article helped me to self-reflect on several areas of classroom management.
Setting guidelines and expectations from day one and following through with consequences when rules are not followed, are imperative to having a productive learning environment. Thanks.
Be very careful relinquishing your power to calling parents as a first result. Let students know you are in charge and the parent is secondary in YOUR classroom.
I feel as though classroom management is one of the most important factors to success in the classroom. You make an important point in stressing the importance of establishing rules before the first day of school.
This is a very good and detailed article.
I really think this information is useful and helpful to upcoming teachers! Especially, since it is the hardest concept to implement.
Your article is full of information that every first year teacher should read before creating their classroom management plan. This would help these teacher be better prepared for the future.
I really enjoyed reading this post. Classroom rules are important to set on the first day of school and it is crucial that they are enforced throughout the entire school year. Thank you for sharing different strategies when it comes to planning and putting classroom rules into effect.
I really enjoyed this post. It gave me a lot of tips and ideas for my own classroom one day!!
What a great article! These tips are easy to implement and very helpful in practicing good classroom management.
"Do not wait until the first day of school to establish your classroom rules with your students: Some literature suggest that teachers set the classroom rules with students during the first day of school." I do not quite understand this. While some research suggests rules should be established and iron clad and students should have no involvement in helping to create rules and consequences I disagree. I will note that in my disagreement that I can see your point about how asking students about rules might take away from the teachers authority and that in lower grades students are not quite ready for that level of autonomy or self awareness and rules, structures and boundaries need to be preset. However, in possibly grades 3 and up students should be involved in helping to at least create some classroom rules and some consequences for breaking rules. Doing this allows students to be more accountable for their behavior, it also gives them reasoning and insight as to why the rules exist making students more likely to follow them. I am not saying do not have a plan, or a notion of what the classroom rules should be but I do think having students involved somewhere in the rulemaking/consequences process makes students more accountable. My idea has always been to create my own rules poster as a teacher showing students some basic rules and having them help to create the rest of the rules we will then vote by raised hands on which rules we are keeping. I can decided to veto any decision or make suggestions to the class throughout this process. Or better yet you create the rules and have students create the consequences. You can also do the same for positive behaviors by earning rewards. For example helping others gets you a ticket or earns some other privilege.
This is a great post! I think that it is especially important to introduce and implement the classroom rules on the first day of class. This is the time period where students get to know you as an educator and begin to realize whether or not you are going to strictly adhere to your rules.
This is a great article and I will use this information in order to create a successful learning environment.
I really enjoyed reading this. I am a future teacher and anything about classroom management I find to be very important for me to learn.
I loved this article. I think it will be very useful to new and old teachers. Thank you.
I think this article will be very helpful when I have my future classroom.
This article was awesome and so useful!
This article was very helpful and well thought out.
I liked how the article was laid out in steps. this made it very interesting and easy to understand.
Thank you for posting very clear and to the point classroom management techniques. I've learned that it is best to start out strict with rules and procedures than it is to start out lenient and work towards enforcing them later.
I really like the layout of the article for me to personally follow, but This will definitely be helpful in future teaching careers.
I found this to be very helpful when thinking about rules and procedures. For my classroom, I think I would give an outline of the rules and procedures but rewrite them with the students with more detail so they feel personally responsible for their own rules. Giving the outline helps lead them away from nonsensical responses and also leads them into the direction I need them to go in as their teacher.
This was very helpful to me. Thank you for providing real world problems and solutions.
This is useful because it sets guidelines and helps you learn how to be in charge.
This is very helpful for distinguishing and establishing classroom rules and management in the classroom for new and existing teachers. There so so much valuable information. Thank you!
This article information will be very helpful when I began my career.
This is a really helpful article. I will refer back to this once I start teaching. In the meantime I will share with my mom, who is a teacher!
Thank you for this article, I feel like step three for rule creation is one of the hardest. It is easy to fall into the trap of creating a simple and general rules.
Class room rules are just as important as school rules and I feel as we need to combine them as a unit to have the best and most successful class.
This is an inspiring article with so much information to take into my future classroom. I will be sure to follow these instructions.
Great information for beginning teachers. Great list of rules and procedures that are easily implemented in a classrrom.
These solutions are very thorough and provide a lot of insight!
Thank you! this will help so many new teachers! Including myself!
Thank you for this information! It is very helpful as a new teacher to have these resources to refer to.
Thank you for this information! So many great ideas for my future classroom!
Thank you for this information! I will use this in my future classroom!
This was fantastic information! I have seen this before, but now I have it in a location that I know that I can save it and use it for the future. Thank you.
This is incredibly helpful for incoming teachers! It is nice to acknowledge "teacher rules" in addition to "student rules". I definitely will save this for my future classroom as a reference!
I truly appreciate the rules you have listed and will most definitely keep these in mind when running my classroom.
I really appreciated how you focused on the importance and difference between classroom rules and classroom procedures. I agree that things will become automatic for students. I will be one less thing for the teacher to worry about as the school year progresses.
This article was informative and made a lot of sense. Explaining why you have to establish the rules and seem like a teacher and not a friend to students was something that I did not think too much about.
This article is a great guideline for classroom procedures and rules to have in a classroom, thank you!
I really enjoyed this article. I will definitely be using this information in my classroom in the future. Thank you for providing this for others.
I agree with Dr. Unal that one of the most important things that a teacher must do is to explain the classroom procedures to the students. Setting clear expectations will the students stay on task and respect the classroom rules.
I also agree that the purpose of creating a classroom management plan is to prevent negative/disruptive behaviors from happening.
Thanks so much for the fantastic information, very useful!
I think it is so important to learn classroom management before becoming a teacher, and I truly believe that this will help me! Thank you.
Thank you for your experience and helping future teachers like myself!
Classroom rules are a important set of rules and guideline that helps new teachers structure there class and for students to always understand the rules of the course thanks for sharing.
Classroom management is very important to every teacher! This definitely helped me to get an idea of different classroom procedures and rules. Thank you!
Having procedures set in place will help students to know what is expected of them. This will, ultimately, help them to stay on task. Learning can be done more efficiently this way. Even in the simple case of having a visitor in the classroom, it is important for students to know what to do! Thank you for the great article. You have provided lots of wonderful information and tips.
This post had many valuable ideas that I can apply to my future classroom!
Thank you for posting, this will be very helpful for new teachers. | get students used to the routine of the classroom.
Revisiting classroom procedures may be required even six weeks into the school year. Classroom management is an ongoing task, therefore a revisit here and there of procedures that were set the beginning of the year would not be an odd thing to do.
This is a great post on classroom management. The information provided is a great recap on previously learned classroom management strategies. I recommend that this page be bookmarked for future references. The information will be useful for any beginning teacher.
I love the examples that were provided for the classroom rules and procedures, as well as the procedures for when we have visitors in the classroom. This was a really helpful article.
These expectations and standards are listed in order and easy to follow. I will definitely utilize this guide to implore my own personal touch and create a well managed classroom.
I will definitely take your advice when it comes to establishing classroom rules.
Establishing the difference between school and classroom rules is crucial.
I found this case study to be very helpful.
Wonderful guide about classroom rules and procedures. I found this to be very helpful.
First days are reflective days. You would want to set the environment, rules, and answer questions accordingly.
I am a firm believer that establishing guidelines for the classroom starting from day one is very important to the overall functionality of that classroom throughout the year. I always start out with my rules and procedures listed somewhere in my classroom where students can see and reference it at all times. I will take time to redirect my students to the list if I see that they need a reminder. I teach fifth grade and feel the rules are just as important for them as they are kindergartners. I feel that not only must rules be established but also enforced. I enjoyed your post. It gave me some great ideas and thank you for sharing.
The first day sets the pace for the rest of the year! I find that most students say that I am too nice, and many of my friends say I have a "resting nice face", so it is important for me to be consistent early in the year and not waver in giving consequences. This will help with establishing with your students that you mean business.
Letting or should I say guiding students on establishing and creating rules in the classroom really is one best practice in teaching.
Great article about classroom procedures. I would have to agree with some of the 10 key points listed above. I teach younger grades and I learned it is best to make the rules with the students instead of going about it ahead of time. This way every students in accountable for following them.
I definitely struggled with developing rituals and routines when I got to my new school this year. I was always getting them confused with rules and I didn't really understand how to word them. This article is really helpful and I will use this as a resource for next year's planning.
This is a great post and full of great classroom management strategies for a future classroom.
Great post! I am always trying to find things that help me grow in my classroom management skills. This article provides me with many helpful tips on how I can effectively implement rules in my future classroom.
This post was great! I learned so much. knowing that classroom rules refer to teacher�s expectations from students in classroom regarding the student�s behaviors and that the classroom rules are non-negotiable to ensure that the students have appropriate behavior, safety and boundaries between classmates and teacher. Having classroom procedures refer to the direction the classroom should go and how the materials should be used in the classroom which will keep everyone organized and keep everyone in their appropriate behavior.
This was a great article/post to read! There are many helpful ideas for classroom rules and procedures!
This article is very helpful and comprehensive! I will print it and be sure to include it in my teacher's tool kit. Classroom management is one area where I need to concentrate on; I will use this article is the basis for establishing my own classroom management plan.
The information within this article is extremely relevant in any classroom setting. As a pre service teacher, it is important to make sure classroom rules and procedures and implemented in the classroom beginning on day one.
Classroom management is very important because that shows how well you can be flexible and manage behaviors, this article gives very good insight to managing a classroom.
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Nyitra vármegye települései | Velős (1899-ig Velusócz, szlovákul Velušovce) község Szlovákiában, a Nyitrai kerület Nagytapolcsányi járásában.
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A települést 1389-ben "Welys" néven említik először. 1461-ben "Welyz" alakban említik. A nagytapolcsányi uradalomhoz tartozott. 1570-ben 10 család élt a faluban. 1715-ben 11, 1720-ban 23 háztartása adózott. A Colloredo, majd az Erdődy család birtokolta. 1828-ban 34 házában 263 lakos élt. Lakói mezőgazdasággal, szőlőtermesztéssel foglalkoztak. A 19. és 20. században a Stummer család birtokában állt.
Vályi András szerint " VELUSÓCZ. Tót falu Nyitra Várm. földes Ura Gr. Traun Uraság, lakosai katolikusok, fekszik Zavadához nem meszsze, mellynek filiája; határja ollyan, mint Podhragyáé."
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Nyitra vármegye monográfiája szerint "Velusócz, az Inovecz-hegység alatt fekvő tót község, Nagy-Jácztól északnyugotra, 305 r. kath. lakossal. Postája Prasicz, táviró- és vasúti állomása Nagy-Tapolcsány. Földesura a Colloredo, később az Erdődy család volt. A XIV. század végén azonban még Tapolcsány várához tartozó birtok volt és "Welys" néven szerepelt."
A trianoni békes | 613 |
"50 New York Covers: A Public Art Project" is taking place at various locations throughout the five boroughs until late October.
If you've spent time in New York City recently, you may have noticed a series of artistic magazine covers decorating public spaces. This is the work of New York magazine, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
For half a century, the metropolitan publication has been at the forefront of news, culture and fashion in the city and beyond. Now, the editorial staff has developed a public art project to highlight New York's connections with the art world.
New York magazine photography director Jody Quon believes in the creative and discursive significance of magazine covers. She has worked alongside editors, artists and the consulting firm Culture Corps to turn the city into their own exhibition space.
The first eight covers premiered in mid-January at parks and street corners in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. These designs – all variations on the theme "My New York" – were created by Marilyn Minter, Barbara Kruger, Yoko Ono, Rob Pruitt, Hank Willis Thomas, Alex Katz, Mel Bochner and John Giorno.
As a teenager in the 1940s, Katz would sketch people he saw on the train while commuting to art school. The magazine's editorial staff asked the Brooklyn artist, now 90 years old, to go back into the subway and capture people's likeness once again.
He came back with a series of drawings that<|fim_middle|> as billboards, wall murals, projections and poster giveaways.
A special gallery exhibition of all 50 covers also will be on display in the fall. For more information, keep up with New York Magazine on Instagram and Twitter (@NYMag), visit their website at www.nymag.com or keep an eye out as you traverse the city. | were subsequently published in their 50th anniversary issue, and then displayed on the streets of New York.
Thomas shows how one letter can make all the difference. He removed the "V" from the prominent slogan "ALL LIVES MATTER," changing the phrase instead to "ALL LI_ES MATTER." Shown against a black backdrop, the minimalist cover is stark and unsettling in medium and message.
Ono and Minter similarly work with text to convey subtle complexities. Ono's "Whisper to Me" design presents the title phrase in tiny arial font against an all-white background. Minter's cover shows the phrase "Home of the Resistance" written by hand on a steamed window, with the blurry face of the presumed writer shown on the other side of the glass.
In the near future, the magazine plans to roll out new covers by Kerry James Marshall, Judy Chicago, Maurizio Cattelan and more. Currently, they are promoting Giorno's new site-specific installation at a construction zone near the Swiss Institute. They believe in staying up-to-date, and appealing to the people who call New York home.
The project will eventually cover locations in all five boroughs, including the Port Authority, the Independent Art Fair, the Parks Department and more. Activations will show up in all different forms, such | 267 |
Sledding at this Durand-Eastman hill was prohibited, but lots of people still did it.
With all the snow on the ground, our thoughts this week turn to outdoor winter activities, namely sledding.
One of the most notorious places to sled locally was Suicide Hill in Durand-Eastman Park. Sledding there was prohibited, but lots of people still did it. It was dangerous —there were several injuries over the years — but that only added to the appeal.
Lest you think we're promoting law-breaking activity and perilous pursuits, we're not. The hill is still there, but it's no longer navigable. We're looking at Whatever Happened to…Suicide Hill?, which attracted thrill-seekers for generations and left exhilarating memories for many.
And besides, all kids did stupid stuff at one time or another.
Suicide Hill, also sometimes called Dead Man's Hill, was near the golf course at Durand-Eastman. (It wasn't the only local park with a so-called Suicide Hill, but for this story<|fim_middle|> signs, that's for certain," Grant said. Sledders would scramble when sheriff's deputies showed up, but once they left, the action returned.
A chain-link fence was placed at the top of the hill later that year, following "many complaints" from Rochester General Hospital about injuries at Suicide Hill. Sledders still found a way to take their downhill plunge.
"Some of us would wear hockey helmets and pads on our elbows and knees because of the injuries we had seen happen," Dave Ogrodowski of Rochester wrote.
There was even the occasional fashion faux pas inflicted.
Tragically, a man died in early 1977 from a sledding accident at the hill. A Democrat and Chronicle story from five years later said the hill by then had been planted over with trees to prevent sledding.
But trees take a while to grow, and sledders apparently kept coming to Suicide Hill — at least, for a while. News stories in the '80s and '90s mentioned sledding there, including a 1988 story that said a man was ticketed $50 while being transported to the hospital with back injuries.
Yes, Suicide Hill was dangerous. Yes, it was stupid (and illegal) to sled there. But the memories, for many, have lasted a lifetime. | , we're talking about the one at Durand.) Nancy Strychasz of Tonawanda, Erie County, tackled the hill in the 1950s.
News stories said the hill's slope was 80 degrees. For those who forgot their high school geometry, Google an 80-degree angle. It's almost straight down.
Whatever Happened To ... Mapledale Party House?
There were bumps along the way that launched riders airborne, a creek at the bottom of the hill, and a wooded area beyond the hill. It's no wonder why Monroe County parks officials declared the place off-limits, or why so many people were injured.
Thrill-seekers knew the risks. Signs were posted and fences were put up to keep people off the hill. Still, they went, many fondly remembering the experience and brandishing their broken bones and bruises as badges of honor.
"I broke multiple ribs sliding down that hill," Charles Lafler of Rochester posted on Facebook. "Loved it and had tons of fun." Others posted similar memories on Facebook.
A 1972 Democrat and Chronicle story reported the fifth injury reported in a week from people using the hill. The county's parks director at the time, Alvan Grant, said the county was not responsible for injuries suffered by people sledding in posted areas, as Suicide Hill was.
But there was only so much that officials could do. "People won't listen and won't obey | 299 |
Q: How do we get the proper USB charger for tablets with varying cable lengths and gauges? We install tablets on walls that require a constant supply of charging power.
We use different cables with various lengths and gauges. Most of our installs use Cat5E so we usually use 2 conductors of that cat5E for the positive and 2 conductors for the negative.
I do know that USB chargers all have a voltage of around 5.4 volts and the usual chargers put out between 1 amp and 2.1 amps. We have used 2 amp chargers with charger cables as short as 15 feet and they do not charge.
Q. Is there a formula for determining the proper amperage for a charger output with the variables with the gauge and length?
Q. If not<|fim_middle|> 5.0V at the device. At 5 meters you'd have 0.88V drop in the cable or 5.4-0.88=4.62V at the device, which may be too low. It is within 10% of 5.0V but not within 5%, depends on what the device expects. The longest USB-to-Lightning cable Apple sells is 2 meters.
You could try using a thicker wire gauge, but by the time you get to 16AWG you basically have an extension cord rather than a data cable. Probably better to wire AC to near the device (as you mention), or if not practical, run an extension cord to near the device and plug the USB adapter into the extension cord. Maybe wrap where the cord, adapter, and cable meet together in electrical tape so they don't pull apart easily.
| , how do I find a charger that will charge my devices with varying lengths and gauge of wire?
A: Consider "power-over-ethernet-to-usb" e.g http://www.ipadenclosures.com/ipad_kiosk_enclosure/accessories/poe-to-usb-adapter-for-ipad
That uses 48V along the Cat5 cable, and a converter at the recieving end. So power dissipated in the cable is minimised and you're guaranteed a nice stable 5V over the charger.
A: You don't necessarily have to run the data lines from USB charger to iPad, but you do need to have pullup & pulldown resistors on those lines, or the iPad won't charge. The resistors could be at the iPad end of the cable rather than the USB end, if your cable doesn't include data lines. Reference: Adafruit, where D+ & D- each get 75kohm pullup to 5V & 49.9kohm pulldown to ground.
For wire gauge, Cat5E is specified for wire gauge between 22-24AWG. 22AWG is ~0.053ohms/m, 24AWG is ~0.084ohms/m. Reference: Wikipedia. Worst case with 24AWG would be 2.1A x 0.084 ohms/m = 0.176 Volts per meter drop in the cable. So anything much over 2 meters and the 5.4V you start with at the USB adapter will fall below | 346 |
Map Fox River Valley R.R. in Wisconsin with its connections.
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Fox River Valley R.R. in Wisconsin with its connections.
Shows area of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Indicates county boundaries, larger cities, and some drainage. The line was chartered in 1852 and constructed in 1854.
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Lipman & Riddle.
Fox River Valley Railroad.
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Milwaukee, [1857]
- Fox River Valley Railroad
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The above table is the top 10 players at this stage of last season's Fantasy Premier League campaign, after 7 gameweeks, and then their ranking through the following 31 weeks from GW8 to GW38. Only Bale and Michu hung on to a place within the top 10 although honourable mention must be given to Baines and Hazard.
There's no sign of some of 2013/14's top fantasy performers. Van Persie, Suarez, Mata, Cazorla, Lambert, Lukaku, Benteke, Walcott, Fellaini, Gerrard, Lampard.
The point.... the season is far from over. What we know now from the first seven gameweeks is not what we'll now at the final whistle of GW38. There is still a lot of opportunity to get ahead and our advice to fantasy managers at this point is to ... stay on your toes! Do not burn your transfers and desperately spend point hits just to get the current top scoring players in your team.
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Full title:CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLANT, v…
Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Date published: Jul 10, 1980
636 F.2d 464 (D.C. Cir. 1980)
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
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Argued December 7, 1979.
Decided July 10, 1980.
Stephen A. Bokat, Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley T. Kaleczyc, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.
Allen H. Feldman, Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., with whom Nancy L. Southard, Asst. Counsel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.
Donald R. Crowell, II, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for amicus curiae, Hobart Corp. et al., urging reversal.
John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Civil Action No. 77-1842).
Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, TAMM, Circuit Judge, and HAROLD H. GREENE, U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia.
Sitting by designation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 292(a) (1976).
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.
Opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON, concurring in the result only.
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651- 678 (1976), allows a representative authorized by employees to accompany an inspector during a walkaround inspection of the employee's workplace. This case presents the issue of whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Administration) must follow the notice-and-comment procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 553 (1976), before declaring per se discriminatory the failure of an employer to compensate an employee representative for his walkaround time. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court rejected the challenges to the regulation, finding, among other things, that it was an "interpretive rule," rather than a "legislative rule," and therefore that it was exempt from the APA's notice-and-comment requirements. We reverse and remand the case to the district court with instructions to vacate the regulation and conduct any further proceedings, if necessary, not inconsistent with this opinion.
Concluding that work-related injuries and illnesses caused tremendous suffering, loss of production, and expense in lost wages, medical bills, and disability compensation payments, Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Act), Pub.L. No. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1590 (codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 651- 678 (1976)). Section 8 of the Act authorizes Administration inspectors to conduct workplace safety inspections. 29 U.S.C. § 657 (1976). Congress was especially concerned that these inspections include worker participation. To ensure an opportunity for employees to communicate their safety concerns, Congress specifically required employers to permit an employee representative to accompany the Administration inspector as he examines the work environment. Id. § 657(e). Congress also prohibited employer discrimination against an employee for the employee's exercise of his or her rights under the Act. Id. § 660(c)(1).
The sponsor of the Senate bill, Senator Harrison Williams of New Jersey, explained during the floor debate that "[c]ertainly no one knows better than the workingman what the conditions are, where the failures are, where the hazards are, and particularly where there are safety hazards." 116 Cong.Rec. 38340 (1970), reprinted in Subcomm. on Labor of the Sen. Comm. on Labor Pub. Welfare, 92d Cong., 1st Sess., Legislative History of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, at 430 (Comm. Print 1971).
Section 8(e) states in relevant part:
Subject to regulations issued by the Secretary [of Labor], a representative of the employer and a representative authorized by his employees shall be given an opportunity to accompany the Secretary or his authorized representative during the physical inspection of any workplace under subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of aiding such inspection.
29 U.S.C. § 657(e) (1976).
Section 11(c)(1) directs:
No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by this chapter.
Id. § 660(c)(1).
In November of 1971, the president of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, AFL-CIO (OCAW), filed a complaint with the Secretary of Labor alleging that the Mobil Oil Corporation's failure to pay employee representatives for their time during an Administration inspection of a Mobil refinery was a violation of the Act's antidiscrimination provision. The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health rejected OCAW's contentions. Relying in part upon the Solicitor of Labor's opinion that walkaround time was not "hours worked" under section 3( o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 203( o) (1976), the Assistant Secretary concluded that an employer's failure to pay employees for time spent with the Administration inspector was not per se discriminatory. The Department of Labor subsequently promulgated the Assistant Secretary's decision as part of its rules. See 38 Fed.Reg. 2681 (1973) (codified at 29 C.F.R. § 1977.21(a) (1975)) (rescinded 1977).
OCAW next sought judicial relief, but the district court upheld the Assistant Secretary's interpretation of the FLSA and the Act. Affirming that decision, this court held that because walkaround time primarily benefits employees and because the walkaround is conducted beyond the employer's control, walkaround time does not constitute "hours worked" under the FLSA. Leone v. Mobil Oil Corp., 523 F.2d 1153, 1163-64 (D.C. Cir. 1975). Furthermore, inasmuch as neither the terms of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 nor its legislative history offered guidance on the payment issue, we also held that payment for walkaround time was not so essential to the effectuation of the Act's provisions as to compel an inference of a payment requirement from the Act itself. Id. at 115961. We noted that the question of whether employers should compensate employees for their time with Administration inspectors is a policy question "properly reserved to the legislative process" and not to the courts. Id. at 1161.
In March of 1977, however, a new Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health took office. At her direction, the Administration staff and the Department Solicitor's office began a review of the walkaround pay controversy. As part of this review, the Assistant Secretary asked the Labor Department's Division of Fair Labor Standards to reevaluate its opinion that walkaround time was not "hours worked" under the FLSA.
Four months later, in an August 10, 1977 speech before the Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the OCAW, the Assistant Secretary announced for the first time that "[a]ny employer who fails to compensate employees for walkaround time will be charged with discriminating against their workers under Section 11(c) of the Act." Joint Appendix at 11. A month later the Solicitor of Labor issued a new opinion stating that an employer's failure to pay workers for walkaround time is discrimination prohibited by section 11(c)(1) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 660(c)(1) (1976). On September 20, without any public proceedings whatsoever, the Assistant Secretary promulgated what she termed an "interpretive rule and general statement of policy" declaring that "an employer's failure to pay employees for time during which they are engaged in walkaround inspections is discriminatory under section 11(c)." 42 Fed.Reg. 47344, 47344-45 (1977) (codified at 29 C.F.R. § 1977.21 (1979)). The Assistant Secretary proclaimed the new regulation to be retroactive as of the date of her OCAW speech, except for employers who first learned of the speech's contents at a later time.
On October 25, 1977, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States (Chamber) filed an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the validity of the new regulation and asking for declaratory and injunctive relief. Granting the Government's motion for summary judgment, the district court held that the regulation was interpretive and therefore exempt from the notice-and-comment requirements of the APA. The court concluded that the Administration did not exceed its statutory authority in issuing the new rule. The Chamber of Commerce appeals.
At the outset, we reject any notion that the Administrator may have concerning the "hours worked" definition of the FLSA as a justification for the new walkaround pay regulation. Our decision in Leone v. Mobil Oil Corp., 523 F.2d 1153 (D.C. Cir. 1975), directly addressed this question. Walkaround time does not constitute hours worked because it is not an activity controlled by the employer and engaged in primarily for the employer's benefit. See Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co., 328 U.S. 680, 691-93, 66 S.Ct. 1187, 1194-1195, 90 L.Ed. 1515 (1946); Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad v. Muscoda Local No. 123, 321 U.S. 590, 598, 64 S.Ct. 698, 703, 88 L.Ed. 949 (1944). The employer neither selects the employee representative who accompanies the Administration inspector nor regulates the employee representative's conduct. Indeed, employer control over the employee representative would thwart Congress's premise of an independent employee representative, a premise that underlies the walkaround provision. Moreover, as we also pointed out in Leone, although an employer may ultimately gain from improved industrial safety, the primary beneficiaries of the walkaround are the workers themselves. See 523 F.2d at 1163-64.
In short, the FLSA does not create a right to pay for walkaround time. An employer who refuses to compensate an employee for such time does not deprive the employee of rights conferred by the FLSA, and thus the employer's refusal to pay is not discriminatory under section 11(c)(1) of the Act. Id.
The Administration contends its regulation has an alternative basis as the Administration's "expert conclusion" that an employer's refusal to pay an employee for walkaround time imposes an insurmountable economic barrier against the employee's exercise of his walkaround right. According to the Administration, this obstruction of the employee's right is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the employer's refusal to pay and thus makes that refusal per se discriminatory behavior. In response, the Chamber argues that, in addition to other errors, the Administration violated the requirements of the APA by issuing the new regulation without publishing a general notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register and without allowing interested parties to submit their comments before the regulation's adoption. See 5 U.S.C. § 553 (1976). The Administration concedes that it did not afford any notice or opportunity for comment but argues that its regulation is only an "interpretive rule" exempt from the notice-and-comment obligation by virtue of 5 U.S.C. § 553(b)(A) and (d)(2).
Although the Administration also denominates its regulation as a "general statement of policy," its own descriptions of the regulation's import belie this characterization. When the Assistant Secretary addressed the OCAW convention, she stated flatly: "A WORKER MUST BE PAID FOR WALKAROUND TIME." Joint Appendix at 11 (emphasis in original). She promised the union that " [a]ny employer who fails to compensate employees for walkaround time will be charged with discriminating against their workers under Section 11(c) of the Act." Id. (emphasis added). These remarks announce a definite and final rule, not a general and unsettled proposition. Adopting a similar tone, the regulation itself pronounces that "an employer's failure to pay employees for time during which they are engaged in walkaround inspections is discriminatory under section 11(c)." 29 C.F.R. § 1977.21 (1979). These statements demonstrate that the regulation "establishes a binding norm, and thus does not, as a policy statement must, `leave the agency and its decision-makers free to exercise discretion.'" Regular Common Carrier Conf. v. ICC, 628 F.2d 248, at 251 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (quoting American Bus Ass'n v. United States, 627 F.2d 525, at 529 (D.C. Cir. 1980)). See Guardian Fed. Sav. Loan Ass'n v. Federal Sav. Loan Ass'n 589 F.2d 658, 666 (D.C. Cir. 1978); Pacific Gas Elec. Co. v. FPC, 506 F.2d 33, 41 (D.C. Cir. 1974).
A rule is interpretive, rather than legislative, if it is not "issued pursuant to legislatively-delegated power to make rules having the force of law" or if the agency intends the rule to be no more than an expression of its construction of a statute or rule. See Joseph v. United States Civil Service Commission, 554 F.2d 1140, 1153 n. 24 (1977). See generally 2 K. Davis, Administrative Law Treatise §§ 7:9-:16 (2d ed. 1979). Because the Administration possesses legislatively delegated power to make legislative rules and because it is apparent to us that the Administration must have intended this regulation to be an exercise of that power, we hold that the walkaround pay regulation is a legislative rule.
A. The Administration's Legislative Rulemaking Authority
There is little room for doubt that Congress authorized the Secretary of Labor to issue legislative rules regarding workplace inspections. Section 8(g)(2) of the Act empowers the Secretary to prescribe "such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out [his] responsibilities under this chapter, including rules and regulations dealing with the inspection of an employer's establishment." 29 U.S.C. § 657(g)(2) (1976). This provision allows the Secretary to promulgate legislative as well as interpretive rules, see Cerro Metal Products v. Marshall, 620 F.2d 964, at 982 (3d Cir. 1980); Marshall v. W W Steel Co., 604 F.2d 1322, 1325, 1326 n. 3 (10th Cir. 1979), and the Secretary has already employed quasi-legislative power with respect to workplace inspections, see, e. g., 29 C.F.R. pt. 1903 (1979).
Though the Secretary of Labor is authorized to issue legislative rules, we express no opinion whatsoever at this time as to whether this particular regulation was a valid exercise of that authority. See pages 470-471 infra.
B. The Administration's Legislative Rule-making Intent
Ascertaining that an agency intended to engage in legislative rulemaking presents a far more difficult inquiry. Divining agency intent is rarely a simple matter, for bureaucratic boilerplate often obscures the true purpose. The administrative agency's own label is indicative but not dispositive; we do not classify a rule as interpretive just because the agency says it is. See Citizens to Save Spencer County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 600 F.2d 844, 879 n. 171 (D.C. Cir. 1979); Citizens Communication v. FCC, 447 F.2d 1201, 1204 n. 5 (D.C. Cir. 1971). Instead, "it is the substance of what the [agency] has purported to do and has done which is decisive." Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States, 316 U.S. 407, 416, 62 S.Ct. 1194, 1200, 86 L.Ed. 1563 (1942).
Despite the Administration's averments, we cannot conclude that it intended its new regulation to be interpretive. In Leone v. Mobil Oil Corp., 523 F.2d 1153 (D.C. Cir. 1975), we held that neither the terms of the Act nor the Act's legislative history nor the policies underlying the employee walkaround right require employers to compensate employees for walkaround time. Id. at 1159-61. We would prefer to believe that the Administration acts in good faith; we therefore believe the Administration would not issue an interpretation in flagrant defiance of this court's Leone decision. In any event, we are certain the Administration realized that statutory interpretation by an agency is not necessarily controlling, see Skidmore v. Swift Co., 323 U.S. 134, 139-40, 65 S.Ct. 161, 164, 89 L.Ed. 124 (1944), and thus it knew that although "courts often defer to an agency's interpretive rule they are always free to choose otherwise." Joseph v. United States Civil Service Commission, 554 F.2d at 1154 n. 26. See Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc., 447 U.S. 102, 116, 100 S.Ct. 2051, 2060, 64 L.Ed.2d 766 (1980). After this court's ruling in Leone that the Act, its legislative history, and its policies do not mandate walkaround pay, an Administration issuance of a differing view solely as a matter of its own interpretation would be inconceivable. Such a rule would be a mere phasm of agency action, "full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing," W. Shakespeare, Macbeth, act V, sc. v, lines 27-28.
Cf. Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, 445 U.S. 1, 100 S.Ct. 883, 63 L.Ed.2d 154 (1980) (interpretive regulation upheld because complimentary to the purposes and scheme of the Act). See also Marshall v. Ohio Bell Tel., No. C 48-479 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 3, 1980) (walkaround pay regulation held invalid).
Moreover, the effect of the new regulation exposes the Administration's true intent. Interpretive rules "`are statements as to what the administrative officer thinks the statute or regulation means.'" Citizens to Save Spencer County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 600 F.2d at 876 (quoting Gibson Wine Co. v. Snyder, 194 F.2d 329, 331 (D.C. Cir. 1952)). Such rules only provide a "clarification of statutory language," Joseph v. United States Civil Service Commission, 554 F.2d at 1153; the interpreting agency only "`reminds' affected parties of existing duties," Citizens to Save Spencer County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 600 F.2d at 876 n. 153. See Yale Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 478 F.2d 594, 599 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 914, 94 S.Ct. 211, 38 L.Ed.2d 152 (1973).
Courts often infer the intent behind an action from the action's foreseeable effects. See, e. g., Brown v. Califano, 627 F.2d 1221, at 1234 n. 79 (D.C. Cir. 1980).
The Administration could not be explaining or clarifying the Act's language, for, as we concluded in Leone, the Act neither prohibits nor compels pay for walkaround time. There was no "existing duty" to serve as the subject of an Administration reminder. Congress has not "legislated and indicated its will" on the question of walkaround pay, therefore the Administration must have done more than exercise its "`power to fill up the details.'" United States v. Grimaud, 220 U.S. 506, 517, 31 S.Ct. 480, 483, 55 L.Ed. 563 (1911) (quoting Wayman v. Southard, 23 U.S. (10 Wheat.) 1, 43, 6 L.Ed. 253 (1825)).
Though the walkaround pay regulation does not merely explain the statute, the effect of an interpretive rule, the regulation certainly endeavors to implement the statute, the effect of a legislative rule. See Gibson Wine Co. v. Snyder, 194 F.2d 329, 331 (D.C. Cir. 1952). Accord, National Association of Insurance Agents v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 489 F.2d 1268, 1270 (D.C. Cir. 1974) (per curiam). The Administration found walkaround pay essential because "the failure [of an employer] to pay for [an employee's] walkaround is inherently destructive . . . of the entire enforcement scheme of the Act." 42 Fed.Reg. 47344, 47345 (1977). By making this determination, the Administration provided the policy decision Congress omitted — namely, that without walkaround pay there is no walkaround right. It is clear to us that the Administration has attempted through this regulation to supplement the Act, not simply to construe it, and therefore the regulation must be treated as a legislative rule. Cf. Energy Consumers Producers Association v. DOE, 632 F.2d 129, at 141 (Temp.Emer.Ct.App. 1980) (regulation interpretive because meaning of statutory term neither expanded nor contracted in form or substance), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 101 S.Ct. 102, 66 L.Ed.2d 38 (1980).
Because the Administration's rule is an attempted exercise of legislative power, it must be vacated for failure to comply with the procedures specified by the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553 (1976). The APA requires the Assistant Secretary to publish a general notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register at least thirty days before the proposed rule is to take effect. Id. § 553(b), (d). The Assistant Secretary must allow interested parties to submit their comments before a final rule is adopted. Id. § 553(c).
The Assistant Secretary should not treat the procedural obligations under the APA as meaningless ritual. Parties affected by the proposed legislative rule are the obvious beneficiaries of proper procedures. Prior notice and an opportunity to comment permit them to voice their objections before the agency takes final action. Congress enacted 5 U.S.C. § 553 in part to "`afford adequate safeguards to private interests.'" H.R. 1203, 79th Cong., 1st Sess. (Comm. Print June, 1945) (quoting S. Doc. 8, 77th Cong., 1st Sess. 103 (1941) (Final report of Att'y General's Comm. on Ad. Proc.)), reprinted in S. Doc. 248, 79th Cong., 2d Sess. 20 (1946) (official legislative history of the Administrative Procedure Act). Given the lack of supervision over agency decision-making that can result from judicial deference and congressional inattention, see Cutler Johnson, Regulation and the Political Process, 84 Yale L.J. 1395 (1975), this protection, as a practical matter, may constitute an affected party's only defense mechanism.
An agency also must not forget, however, that it too has much to gain from the assistance of outside parties. Congress recognized that an agency's "`knowledge is rarely complete, and it must learn the * * * viewpoints of those whom the regulation will affect. * * * [Public] participation * * * in the rule-making process is essential in order to permit administrative agencies to inform themselves . . ..'" H.R. 1203, 79th Cong., 1st Sess. (Comm. Print June, 1945) (quoting S. Doc. 8, 77th Cong., 1st Sess. 103 (1941) (Final report of Att'y General's Comm. on Ad. Proc.)), reprinted in S. Doc. 248, 79th Cong., 2d Sess. 20 (1946). Comments from sources outside of the agency may shed light on specific information, additional policy considerations, weaknesses in the proposed regulation, and alternative means of achieving the same objectives. See National Petroleum Refiners Association v. FTC, 482 F.2d 672, 683 (D.C. Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 951, 94 S.Ct. 1475, 39 L.Ed.2d 567 (1974). By the same token, public scrutiny and participation before a legislative rule becomes effective can reduce the risk of factual errors, arbitrary actions, and unforeseen detrimental consequences. See Freedman, Summary Action by Administrative Agencies, 40 U.Chi.L.Rev. 1, 27-30 (1972).
Finally, and most important of all, highhanded agency rulemaking is more than just offensive to our basic notions of democratic government; a failure to seek at least the acquiescence of the governed eliminates a vital ingredient for effective administrative action. See Hahn, Procedural Adequacy in Administrative Decisionmaking: A Unified Formulation (pt. 1), 30 Ad. L.Rev. 467, 500-04 (1978). Charting changes in policy direction with the aid of those who will be affected by the shift in course helps dispel suspicions of agency predisposition, unfairness, arrogance, improper influence, and ulterior motivation. Public participation in a legislative rule's formulation decreases the likelihood that opponents will attempt to sabotage the rule's implementation and enforcement. See Bonfield, Public Participation in Federal Rulemaking Relating to Public Property, Loans, Grants, Benefits, or Contracts, 118 U.Pa.L.Rev. 540, 541 (1970). See generally Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath, 341 U.S. 123, 171-72 n. 19, 71 S.Ct. 624, 648-649, 95 L.Ed. 817 (1951) (Frankfurter, J., concurring).
In holding that this regulation is legislative in nature but improperly promulgated, we intimate no view on whether the Assistant Secretary could reissue the same rule after satisfying the requirements of 5 U.S.C. § 553. Only after the full notice-and-comment procedures have run their course will we have a record enabling us to judge whether ordering pay for walkaround time is indeed a statutorily authorized, rational, nonarbitrary, and noncapricious method of supplementing the Act's provisions. See 5 U.S.C. § 706(2) (1976). See generally Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 547 F.2d 633, 658-61 (D.C. Cir. 1976) (Tamm, J., concurring), rev'd on other grounds sub nom. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 435 U.S. 519, 98 S.Ct. 1197, 55 L.Ed.2d 460 (1978); Greater Boston Television Corp. v. FCC, 444 F.2d 841, 852 (D.C. Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 403 U.S. 923, 91 S.Ct. 2229, 29 L.Ed.2d 701 (1971). We leave that question for another day.
We cannot permit the Administration to issue a legislative rule without complying with the Administrative Procedure Act. As Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes declared four decades ago: "Democracy is a most hopeful way of life, but its promise of liberty and of human betterment will be but idle words save as the ideals of justice, not only between man and man, but between government and citizen, are held supreme." Address of Chief Justice Hughes, 150th Anniversary of the Supreme Court (Feb. 1, 1940), reprinted in 309 U.S. at v, xii (1940). The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court with instructions to vacate the Administration's walkaround pay regulation, 29 C.F.R. § 1977.21 (1979), and to conduct any further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion that it deems necessary.
Characterization of 29 C.F.R. § 1977.21 as a legislative rule is consistent with our previous analysis of the Occupational Safety and Health Act's walkaround provision. In Leone we held that the courts could not impose a walkaround pay requirement and that walkaround pay remained a question "properly reserved to the legislative process." Leone v. Mobil Oil Corp., 523 F.2d 1153, 1161 (D.C. Cir. 1975). Though in using the term "legislative process" we were contemplating congressional action, we obviously meant at least that more than an interpretation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act would be necessary to compel employer payment for walkaround time.
[27] BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, concurring in the result only:
I write separately because I seriously doubt that application of notice and comment procedures can depend entirely on neat, discrete categories. The labels associated with exceptions to 5 U.S.C. § 553 have "fuzzy perimeters" and depend on distinctions "`enshrouded in considerable smog.'" Thus, I find it harder to criticize the agency for not analyzing correctly the import and legal status of the action challenged here.
Pacific Gas Electric Co. v. FPC, 506 F.2d 23, 38 (D.C. Cir. 1974).
American Bus Ass'n v. ICC, 627 F.2d 525, at 529 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (quoting Noel v. Chapman, 508 F.2d 1023, 1030 (2d Cir. 1975), on distinction between general statement of policy and rule requiring publication).
Nonetheless, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced in no uncertain terms its intention to charge employers with a statutory violation based on its new view of a statutory provision. See majority opinion at pp. 466-467. This announcement is prospective and definitive, factors which strongly suggest that, at least without more, it is not merely a "general statement of policy" exempt from § 553. See, e. g., American Bus Ass'n v. ICC, 627 F.2d 525, at 531-533 (D.C. Cir. 1980); Guardian Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n v. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., 589 F.2d 658, 666 (D.C. Cir. 1978). And, although it serves as an interpretation of existing law, it also effectively enunciates a new requirement heretofore nonexistent for compliance with the law. In this fashion, OSHA is exercising the authority Congress delegated to it to "`fill up the details' by the establishment of administrative rules and regulations, the violation of which could be punished by fine." United States v. Grimaud, 220 U.S. 506, 517, 31 S.Ct. 480, 483, 55 | 7,651 |
year – we all get a little manic with the extra hours of light, (and hopefully sunshine). And while all this sunlight doesn't necessarily mean you are instantly ready to tackle a marathon, it does mean you can take make the most of the training hours. Use this time wisely to build endurance for other classic Alaska races like the Anchorage<|fim_middle|>. It also keeps you alert to your surroundings. There's plenty of wildlife out there. A little noise from you just might shift a moose or bear to another trail.
Save the iPhone for emergencies. Turn it off or keep it on airplane mode to save battery life. OK, if you summited a peak or two in the Chugach Front Range take the selfie. | Run Fest in August, the Equinox Marathon in September, or Willow Marathon in December.
the famed Boston Marathon in April. Runners World magazine also selected the Anchorage Run Fest as a Bucket List race in its' January issue.
The Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks is argu- ably an Alaskan Bucket List race like Seward's Mount Marathon. Steeped in history, the tough course profile looks like a cardiac EKG.
Relatively new on the running scene is the Willow Marathon set in December – Think minus-20 degrees or more at the start. This race is a chance to channel Robert Service or Jack London – you will be tested.
So here are a few choices, and some tips to make use of this unique Alaska gift: mega daylight!
because most of your pals are also off of work. Plus there is safety in numbers and running in a group is loads more fun. Another upside is one can start earlier in the day or much later in the evening. The range of where you can run increases as well. Drive to Eklutna Lake for an out-and-back lake run, or check out Girdwood for another out-and-back along the bike path to Bird. Out-and-backs are fun because larger groups can start and finish at the same time by des- ignating a set turnaround times such as 45 minutes or an hour, or more. To avoid injury do not increase the distance or time by more than 5 percent each week. Your body adapts gradually to this stress. If you crave more time on your feet, walk at the end for another 10 to 15 minutes.
Pace: Run so you can chat with your friends. Share your goals, and how you worked through tough patches in events. A favorite of mine is to swap side cramps. A quick slap on your friend's side to take away his cramp or give him/her yours.
using the hours after sunrise and before sunset as travel time to your training spot.
to for the training effect. Factor in a 10 to 15 minute recovery.
Third, avoid injury by gradually increasing your distance and speed. June has five Sat- urdays. Aim to make your longest run on the 30th instead of the 2nd. Maintain a gradual adaptation. If you want more time on your feet, add a walk before and afterwards.
Finally, make the long outings primal by going unplugged. No tunes. Enjoy the banter between buddies | 509 |
Dancing, as an art form, has always been expressive. And the West African dance craze "Azonto" certainly communicates a message — although in a more direct way than other dances do.
Azonto is the popular dance for a Ghanaian and West African fast-beat music genre. It sometimes can be used as a rude reference to wayward girls. Azonto music and dance became more popular in mid-2011 when it became Ghana's first dance moves to have appealed to a lot of international taste. Basically, the dance moves involve mostly hand gesturing with the aim to pass across a message.
Finding its roots in the coastal areas of Ghana, Azonto dance has gained for itself a considerable amount of attention. The Azonto tutorial video on YouTube has garnered close to 600,000 views. Clubbing scenes from Paris to Amsterdam are featuring this addictive dance. The US Army has made a video of its soldiers doing the dance. For his single, "Fine China", Chris Brown incorporates some of the famed moves in his music video (although he mistakenly credits Nigeria for having started the dance). It is certainly getting big. It has been in existence for a while but was recently popularized by Fuse ODG, a Ghana-born British in his song titled "Azonto" and Iyanya – a Nigerian musician who used it in one of his tracks, Kukere, which became one of the best-selling tracks in Africa.
The Azonto dance appears to be quite simple to some but difficult to others. It embraces Africa in the way that it is like most African dances; involving a lot of knee-bending and hip-gyrating. This may be the reason why it comes quite naturally to most Africans. One of its more fun and most crucial elements is to either portray a person's means of livelihood or deliver a direct message while doing the dance. This may undoubtedly be one of the reasons why the dance was so interesting and popular.
To show what job the dancer has, Azonto makes use of movements that are associated with the particular occupation. A photographer could, for instance, mimic taking shots with a camera as he dances. A carpenter could act like he was hammering a nail into a wall. Or a basketball player could incorporate dribbling, passing, and shooting motions in his moves. The variations of Azonto dance are thus virtually limitless, with every type of profession possibly being portrayed in an infinite number of ways.
Then there's Azonto's other communicative function; it can be used to say practically anything. Dialing imaginary numbers on one's palm, then holding an imaginary phone to one's ear while eyeing a lady can say, "I want to call you. What's your number?" Or the message could be encoded by tugging on the collar of one's own shirt then pointing to the door to say, "It's hot in here. Wanna step out to catch some fresh air?" The only rule is that the movements used to deliver the message have to be fun and rhythmic.
Quite unbelievably, the dance has even gyrated its way into Ghana's churches. The religious actually practice an adapted version of Azonto called "Chrizonto", short for "Christ's Azonto". Piesie Esther, one of Ghana's top gospel artists, is the lead advocate for Chrizonto, even organizing a special prayer service at the Osu Presbyterian Church. There, members of their faithful communicate messages of Christian love through gestures like cupping one's heart and offering it to other churchgoers.
Still on a religious note, but perhaps more morbidly, the dance has even been used in some of Ghana's funeral processions as a way of honouring the dead. In one YouTube video of such a ceremony, dancers with a coffin on their shoulders, still to the upbeat and joyous tempo that matches Azonto, move side to side and proceed to point<|fim_middle|> Macarena, Gangnam Style, and the Harlem Shake, though, is that the sensation seems to have true staying power. Despite the fact that the Azonto dance explosion started in the early 90s, the dance continues to grow in popularity to this day, with new Azonto-tailored music being churned out at least once every week.
It seems like Azonto is here to stay. | up, as if directing the departed to head towards heaven.
What separates Azonto from other dance crazes like the | 23 |
Crappies are widely popular for southern anglers during those first warm days in March. After all, 50°F water means biting crappies that any angler worth his salt can catch. Yet, crappies aren't the only panfish eager to nail a jig in 50°F water. Bull bluegills are often shallower and easier to catch. In a few months when bluegills are on the beds, everyone has their sights set on them. But if you'd rather not wait until the spawn, you can catch prespawn bluegills now without much competition from other anglers. If trophy hump-head bulls interest you, early spring is your time.
Bluegills are easy to find most of the year. Even big ones are a few links down on the food chain in most waters, so they're rarely caught far from the security of some type of cover. When the sun begins warming the shallows in early spring, they capitalize on mid-depth cover. Depths and types of cover vary from lake to lake. In a highland reservoir it might be a rockpile or emergent weeds on the edge of a secondary creek channel in 8 feet of water; in a shallow oxbow lake it may be cypress knees in 4 feet of water—but more on cover specifics later.
Although cover provides security, that's certainly not all bluegills are after. "In Arkansas oxbows, when the water temperature hits 52°F to 53°F, bluegills quickly move in from wintering areas, stopping at the first shallow cover they come to," says Brandon Gavrock, a wildlife officer with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in Crittenden County. Gavrock has been fishing oxbow lakes in the Mississippi River Delta since he was a kid. "A bluegill is scared of being eaten by something, so by its nature, it hangs tight to cover. But more importantly for fishermen, at that time of year, they're moving into the shallower cover to feed."
Tiny baitfish and invertebrates are abundant in the thick stuff once the water begins to warm. "Around here, when the water hits 50°F to 52°F for a week, it often brings on the first insect hatch," says Louie Mansfield, a former guide on Tennessee's Reelfoot Lake and owner of Grizzly Jig Company. "Lake flies hatch in the water, float to the surface, and wiggle out of their shells. They collect along standing trees and grasslines at that time of year, and they draw in a lot of bluegills."
Different types of cover serve as suitable staging areas, depending on the fishery. On Kentucky and Barkley lakes, two highland reservoirs known for crappie and bass fishing, but rapidly gaining fame as bluegill and redear fisheries, offshore rockpiles and emergent weeds are great places to check, especially if they're within an easy swim of a good spawning area.
One of my favorite areas on Lake Barkley is within 20 yards of a community wintertime crappie hole. It's a flat just off a secondary creek channel with a large amount of sunken brush. Bluegills are usually scattered within<|fim_middle|> setup for heavier cover. My two personal favorites include a 10-foot pole with 4-pound monofilament for fishing sparse, isolated cover and the edge of thick cover, and a 13-foot pole with 8-pound FireLine Crystal for reaching back into dense stuff, like flooded willows and cypress knees. Thick woodcover claims a lot of jigs, so the braided line allows you to straighten the hook to free a snagged jig, saving you a few cents and some retying time. You're also better equipped for the occasional channel cat or largemouth.
The idea when dipping shallow cover is to keep moving until you find fish, but you still must give them time to react with each drop. "I may only leave a jig next to a piece of cover for a few seconds when the water is warm," Gavrock says, "but it may take a little longer to entice a bite in the cooler water. I usually drop the jig next to the cover, leave it for 10 seconds or so, and move on to the next piece of cover."
Although the water may only be 5 or 6 feet deep, most of the fish hold in a similar depth next to the cover. Once Gavrock finds a productive depth, he sometimes clips a float to his line for consistency, even if the float isn't necessarily used as a strike indicator. At the very least, he notes the distance of his rod tip from the water's surface at all times. Once he catches a fish, he tries to duplicate the same presentation for the next dip.
When informed anglers think of prespawn fishing, they picture early spring weather in the wake of a long winter, cabin fever relief, and a good chance at trophy-class fish. Early-season bluegill fishing is no different. Like any other type of prespawn fishing, certain techniques seem to have advantages. Dead-sticking a tiny jig around mid-depth cover is always a solid bet. | the brush, but they're reliably stacked on a large rockpile on the edge of the channel. In May, the fish bed along the shore within two long casts of that rockpile, and it's a popular spot for bank fishermen. But bluegills are virtually ignored in the area the rest of the year. Fishing for them over that rockpile on even the most brisk of early spring days has always been as reliable for me as when they're on their shallow nests.
On mud- and sand-bottom oxbow lakes, woodcover takes top shelf because weeds and rocks usually aren't as common there. One of my favorite Arkansas oxbows is disconnected from the Mississippi River, and it endured a prolonged drought a few years ago that allowed the shorelines to become covered with willows. Once the lake returned to its normal level, the outside willows were flooded. The deepest of them are now in 5 to 6 feet of water—perfect habitat for early spring bluegills.
Other types of cover also are worth checking. "Man-made cover, such as boat houses and piers, can concentrate bluegills during the early spring," Gavrock says. "I like to fish older, established piers because they're usually the first to grow algae when the water begins to warm. That algae concentrates little baitfish, and those baitfish attract big bluegills and other gamefish."
Beyond cover, water temperature is the most important consideration at this time of year. Bluegills are especially choosy in this regard, and a couple degrees can make an amazing difference. Last spring, for example, while fishing an oxbow lake in Arkansas, I found numbers of fish that were easy to catch among cypress knees, where the water was 54°F. Trouble was, the wind was pounding me on that side of the lake, making it difficult to keep my boat where it needed to be. I motored into calmer water and fished cypress trees in an identical water depth. The water temperature there was 52°F. I never got a bite—two degrees was the difference in hungry fish and the Dead Sea.
Areas where numbers of early spring bluegills congregate can be on two ends of the spectrum when it comes to fishing style. An offshore rockpile in 8 feet of water is a "spot-on-a-spot" area. If your presentation is just a few feet away from the cover, you probably won't get a bite. Casting a slipbobber rig can work, but it doesn't take your rig long to drift out of the strike zone with even a light breeze.
At the same time, a mile of flooded trees in an oxbow lake can present a bewildering amount of cover to fish. If you spend too much time in one area and fail to get your bait in front of enough different pieces of cover, you're apt to never find the sweet spot.
But beyond covering water or fishing a spot within a spot, bluegills in cold water seem to respond best to a bait suspended in front of them and held perfectly still. Fishing vertically with a tiny jig is among the easiest ways to accomplish that. For this, a short ultralight spinning rod works well for offshore, while a long dipping pole is perfect for shallower, visible cover.
I've had good luck with painted 1/32-ounce ballhead jigs tipped with waxworms. Jigs with dressing work as well and seem to entice more strikes from crappies that are testing the shallows. "I prefer a hair jig, such as a black Grizzly Jig, for dipping in oxbow lakes," Gavrock says. "I use either a 1/32- or 1/80-ounce size. A 1/80-ounce slows you down because of its rate of fall, so I like a 1/32-ounce jig for searching, and a smaller jig once I've found fish, particularly if they're acting finicky."
Northland Gypsi Jigs are among my favorites, but any tiny hair jig works. Grizzly Jigs use duck feathers tied to size #10 fly hooks. They're designed specifically for this style of fishing. They're available in sizes down to 1/80-ounce—Mansfield's favorite.
Be prepared for a slow fall when using these tiny jigs over plain ballheads. Carefully control your line to keep it as taut as possible, which is another advantage of fishing vertically. Most strikes occur as the jig is falling, and if your line is slack, you never feel them.
Adding something for scent enhancement is usually a good idea. I like waxworms and begin each outing by hooking the worm through the middle, allowing it to wiggle ever-so-slightly in front of the fish's nose. Once I find fish and decipher whether or not they're finicky about biting, I may thread the waxworm onto the hook to save on worms and rebaiting time. A little piece of redworm works too. Mansfield sometimes foregoes livebait altogether, choosing instead to tip his jig with Berkley Powerbait Nibbles, or to spray it with scent.
Although any ultralight setup works for dropping a tiny jig over the top of submerged offshore structure, a shorter rod has advantages for control and precision. I like a light ice rod when fishing rockpiles in the early spring on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. It draws a few funny looks from southern anglers, but it seems a natural choice for vertically fishing tiny jigs. Sensitivity is paramount in this situation, so I spool up with something that doesn't stretch. Two-pound-test FireLine Crystal is my favorite.
Finding productive offshore areas can be time-consuming in early spring, so casting presentations come into play. For fishing the edges of pea gravel flats, points and emergent grasslines, Kentucky and Barkley lakes guide Jack Canady likes casting a downsized drop-shot rig. "I use a 5½- to 6-foot rod to cast a 1/4-ounce drop-shot weight tied about 18 inches below a #4 Aberdeen hook," he says. "I tie that hook directly to my line, and use a redworm or piece of nightcrawler on it. Six-pound-test fluorocarbon has been the best line for me. Lighter than that and those big shellcrackers can snap it."
Canady is focused more on redears than bluegills in the early spring because they're a more popular species among his clients and plentiful in Kentucky Lake. But he catches plenty of bluegills doing this as well. Even though his presentation is a casting one, it involves a lot of stationary time for the bait. "I raise my rod tip a bit, pull the rig toward me a foot or so, then lower my rod tip to give it a little slack," he says. "That method works well for fish that are staging around cover right off those pea gravel flats before the spawn."
Long, telescoping jigging poles are sold in about every Mid-South tackle shop for less than the cost of a premium crankbait, and they're ideal for this type of fishing. No reel is required, since dipping takes place in less than 10 feet of water, but using one may simplify things. Mansfield uses a graphite rod in the 10-foot range most of the time, with 4-pound Vicious high-visibility yellow line spooled onto an automatic fly reel. The hi-vis line allows him to see strikes a little easier with a 1/80-ounce jig.
I prefer a heavier | 1,577 |
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STEM subjects have recently been given a big boost at SRWA winning two accreditation certificates this half term in recognition of their committment to the subject area. | 9 students were this week treated to a live RAF Road show courtesy of Royal Air Force Engineers.
The demonstrators dramatically revealed the science and technology behind fighter jets and defence using a drone, a model jet engine and the Rueben's tube of fire!
The presentation, called, 'Fun with Flight', explored the science of flying. Students learned how the physics they study in the classroom is an integral part of the work that engineers do in the RAF and other engineering organisations.
The show gave a fascinating insight into some of the future careers our students can aspire to. There is already a shortfall of 'home grown' scientists and engineers to meet the needs of the country and by capturing the interest of young people aged 12 – 14, the RAF hope to increase the numbers that take STEM subjects and ultimately increase the pool of talent in years to come | 171 |
christmas in june (thinking ahead about our tech use) — doreen dodgen-magee psy.d.
My niece turns 7 this week and is celebrating with a Christmas party. It's June. She chose this theme for many reasons,including the generous inclusion of hot chocolate that the holiday invites. As the E3 (game developers) conference kicked off yesterday, it seems<|fim_middle|> years, the game includes a visually beautiful story line involving a massive cat/eagle creature and a young man moving fluidly through obstacles and challenges enhanced by a complex and compelling musical score. I am not a gamer. I am deathly allergic to cats and not particularly drawn to animals. I don't tend toward animated Japanese films. Even still, I thought the trailer was beautiful. This makes no sense. If I, who am prone to dislike both the media and the message, am drawn to it's relational themes (between beast and boy) and sensual beauty (lush landscapes, subtle falling feathers, beautiful music), how much more so will those who want (and know how to) face into the strategic challenges of the game be drawn in? For anyone who finds embodied relationships difficult, costly, hard to find, or few and far between, the relationships available in digital spaces (with the characters we play or with the people we play with) are especially appealing.
The time to determine how we want to parse our personal and interpersonal resources is now. As individuals we are benefitted by honestly assessing the way in which we engage our embodied spaces and how our digital lives enhance or limit this. As the holiday season approaches we will be bombarded by press releases, news stories, and trailers (beautiful, stunning, interesting trailers) touting the latest and greatest of all relationships digital. Technologies will promise us opportunities to engage digital landscapes (head sets that allow you to turn your head in the game/digital environment and actually see what is behind you, etc) in never before ways. They will suggest that enhanced game play options will deepen your connection to the clans with which you (or your child, office mate, barista, etc) engage. Some games will promise to help you relax and some will offer intimate relationships with characters you yourself can fully shape. Very likely, all of these will be fun/effective/compelling/engaging. Almost certainly, they will be habit forming.
How much of my life and energy is spent in digital spaces versus embodied ones?
Am I able to tolerate boredom? Do I ever allow idle time? Can I make and sustain eye contact? Do awkward social moments cause me undue stress? Am I personally and socially resilient?
Am I preoccupied with game strategy, social network sites, or other digital content even when I am engaging with things or people I have enjoyed in the past? Do my spoken conversation or internal dialogue center on stories or examples from digital platforms exclusively?
Do I defer to digital forms of entertainment above all others most, or all, of the time?
Once we've taken honest stock we can make healthy choices from the inside out rather than relying on cultural norms or marketing efforts to tell us what is best for us. For health, we need a balance. We need friends in embodied spaces in addition to those we play with (or im-personate) online. Just like limiting Christmas to hot chocolate would be silly, so would settling for life online when so much is to be had off of it.
If you, or someone you know, is having a hard time breaking a gaming habit that is hurting the ability to live in/tolerate their embodied life, email me. I'd be happy to help you find resources to help. | that Ella is not the only person thinking about Christmas. In keeping with retailers of all kinds, the gaming industry is whetting it's loyal customer's appetites about what they can look forward to this December. Live streams, constantly updating blogs, and never ending tweets emanating from the conference are bombarding me as I type.
Digital spaces offer opportunity for escape in exceedingly powerful ways ranging from fully immersive experiences (think of the gamer who is playing with a head set and microphone) to singularly visual or auditory distraction (your partner in bed scrolling through youtube clip/news article/pandora station or playing trivia crack on their phone/tablet). When the images/sounds on the screen were square edged, pixelated images (and their auditory counterparts), it was easier to limit one's time. When games had fewer story lines and less actions within the player's control, there was only so long that one's attention could be held.
Watching the trailers from Day 1 of the E3 conference, however, leads me to a place of deep empathic understanding of how compelling today's games (and other digital forms of entertainment) are. Take the trailer for the much anticipated upcoming December release of The Last Guardian. In development for 10 plus | 249 |
Planning key to survival when visiting desert
Posted December 2, 2011 By HANNAH ROMIG
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — If someone says, "you go one way, I'll go the other way, and we will meet up on the other side," do not agree to it if you are out in the desert.
First, evaluate your surroundings. This idea may work in a grocery store or at a racetrack, but park rangers at Joshua Tree National Park warn that such an approach between park visitors will inevitably lead to a party member getting lost.
Joseph Zarki, chief of Interpretation at Joshua Tree, has dealt with missing person incidents resulting from visitors wandering away from marked hiking trails, falling while rock climbing and getting stranded after vehicle breakdowns.
To avoid future incidents, Zarki is working to educate park visitors on desert survival.
He argues that survival involves much more than drinking plenty of water and applying sunscreen. It requires packing the right gear, recognizing marked trail routes, evaluating personal climbing skills and preparing for emergencies.
"Whether you are hiking, climbing, driving, camping or biking, always tell someone where you're going and when you expect to return. Don't hike alone if you can avoid it. Make sure you have adequate food, water and clothing suitable to the time of day you're going to be out, and wear sunscreen and a hat to protect yourself," said Zarki. "Most importantly, if you get lost, just stay put."
For desert hikers and campers, a large part of survival hinges on the contents of a backpack. Packing essentials include a gallon of water per person per day, sufficient food, waterproof tents for overnight stays and extra blankets.
"Overnight backpacking is awesome because you are self sufficient, you have everything you need to survive for multiple days on your back. It is like a turtle carrying your own food and your water," said park visitor Eric Thomas, age 27.
Ming Huang, who came to the park from San Diego, spent the night on Ryan Mountain with a 25-pound backpack full of Ramen noodles, curry, rice, water, a tent and a sleeping bag.
Camper Dennis Yankulov from Los Angeles reaches into his self-pitched, waterproof tent to grab some extra blankets for sitting around the campfire (Photos by Hannah Romig).
At the Hidden Valley Campground, Austin King and a group of friends were equipped with their own firewood and headlamps. After her first night of camping, King realized that cooking hearty meals was more satisfying than snacking on small granola bars or trail mix.
"Don't bring snack foods, thinking that they will be easy meals, because they won't fill you up. Pack food like beans, hot dogs, potatoes, eggs and bacon," said King.
Before heading out for a hike in Joshua Tree, take the time to collect a desert map at one of the three visitor centers. Although hiking trails are well marked at the beginning of each path, maps are helpful because side trails blur actual path boundaries and make it difficult for hikers to distinguish between the right and wrong way.
"One of the problems we have here at Joshua Tree is we have a lot of what are called social trails," said Zarki. "These are trails that are not official park trails, but are made either by hikers or horseback riders and they look like paths."
With the park extending almost 80,000 acres, it is extremely important that visitors stick to designated trail paths. Zarki said that most people usually rescue themselves before an emergency is proclaimed, but Joshua Tree Search and Rescue is deployed about six times a year.
"Most people just wander around a little bit and then all of the sudden they stumble out on the road and they're fine," said Zarki. "The search and rescue team is a highly skilled group, though."
Paid park staff and nearby town volunteers engage in weekly training programs in the desert to prepare for missing person reports. If lost, they recommend that you continue to call out for help. In one incident at Barker Dam, a man fell into a ravine sink. He was located five days later only because he continued to shout for help.
As the head ranger for Joshua Tree's night sky programs, Pam Tripp tells her guests to prepare for extreme temperature changes. From day to night, desert temperatures can drop up to 40 degrees. The fluctuating climate poses a heightened threat to those<|fim_middle|> emphasizing desert safety now more than ever. One of the biggest challenges comes with the popularization of the park as it appeals to international travelers.
"There are a lot of international people who come from Europe and aren't used to the desert. We are trying to figure out how to communicate information about desert safety to a visitor population that speaks a different language," said Zarki.
Noted progress has been made with the availability of park information in Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Italian and Spanish at visitor centers and entrance stations.
Ultimately, however, visitors must assume the responsibility of educating themselves about the proper way to pack and prepare for an adventure in the desert.
"You have to rely on yourself for cooking and you have to do certain things to stay warm and keep your body alive out here. You do not really see those things in the city. You know you do not have to work to keep yourself alive in the city, but when you are hiking or camping, you do. It is that extra little thrill," said Tony Sassu, an experience hiker who traveled to Joshua Tree from Florida.
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"People don't know how to prepare for the climate and they often forget that they are pretty insulated in a car with air conditioning or a heater but, if that car breaks down, you need to deal with the weather outside. Even if you do get stuck out eight miles or so and that is a distance and average person can cover, it's different in the desert," said Tripp.
The motto of staying put resonates in this type of situation, because it is likely that the search team will be able to locate a vehicle. Tripp says that, if your car breaks down, the best instrument for attracting attention is a reflective CD or similar object.
Climbers are urged to be honest in recognizing their skills. Visitors flock to Joshua Tree for the specific reason of climbing the massive rocks that decorate the desert landscape, and it is common for the activity to be considered a family event.
"Make sure when you're climbing to get good equipment, to know how to use it and to not overdue your climbing skills. People often forget that it is easier to go up than it is to go down," said Zarki.
With three deaths in 2011, Zarki, Tripp and the rest of the Joshua Tree staff are | 273 |
"What we need is policy, not more consultation"
26 November 2008, source Sustainable Business Magazine
Neil Bentley, director of business environment at the Confederation of British Industry, has a mantra: You've got to be green to grow. And he is chanting it as the UK moves to a low-carbon economy. Tom Idle spoke to him about the new mood sweeping the CBI
Neil Bentley is optimism personified. And that is good news because, as director of business environment at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Neil is well placed to voice corporate concerns about how the UK will remain competitive as it moves towards a low-carbon economy.
It has been six years since Neil joined the CBI, initially running the organisation's employment and skills programme, before concentrating his policy development expertise on public-sector reform. He is now six months into his new role at the Centre Point building, London, and he is loving every minute - excited by the opportunities climate change brings to the UK's business community. "This is a major opportunity for businesses," he tells me. "You've got to be green to grow."
New enthusiasm
It is a message the CBI keenly spreads at every opportunity: stresses to its membership of companies of all sizes; in Whitehall; in Brussels; in America - which is where Neil is flying off to next, following my meeting with him. This new enthusiasm for the agenda is a far cry from the CBI of old.
The publication of the CBI report, Climate Change: Everyone's Business, initiated by the new director-general and former FT editor Richard Lambert, marked a real turning point for the organisation. For the first time, it recognised the role its 200,000 members could play in addressing global warming, providing the key linking mechanism between government and consumer. Of course, many of those members were already demanding a more progressive approach by the CBI.
That report, led by BT chairman Ben Verwaaven, was the catalyst for the establishment of a climate-change board. And there is now a three-year delivery plan that Neil will lead. At last month's Chartered Institute of Management Accountants conference on performance management for sustainability, speaker Oliver Greenfield from WWF was asked whether he thought the UK was at a tipping point for business engagement in the agenda. "Well, I got invited to lunch by the CBI the other day, so I guess it must be," he replied. Times have certainly changed.
"The CBI's position has changed," admits Neil. He puts this down to new leadership from Lambert, plus the setting up of the climate change task force, which has "changed the tone and emphasis of what the CBI is doing on climate change". So, is this the end of the anti-environmental regulation stance? "It's not so much about anti-regulation, but getting the right regulation in place for the outcomes you want to achieve," I'm told.
"For us, it should be about better regulation and light-touch regulation, rather than anti-regulation. That is why we always argue for robust debates, because lots of other organisations say regulation is always the answer. But we always say, 'well, what is the problem to which regulation is the answer?'"
Asking these types of questions alongside Neil is a policy team of eight, all keen to stress the job business can do in mitigating climate change, as well as making money from it.
The CBI is in the process of finding out what businesses are doing to address environmental concerns, and how that can be used in the lobbying exercise to get what businesses need in order to sustain that activity and grow.
Another part of this wide-ranging agenda is getting information to the broader business community on what the leading firms are doing. A new climate change-themed website, launching later this month, will provide the platform for this work. According to Neil, there is not so much of a gulf between the companies making the most of the sustainability agenda and those not - just that some are more advanced than others.
"It's not a case of some people are doing it and some people aren't. Everybody recognises that sustainability and a low-carbon economy is the way to go. They are at different stages of understanding what they need to do."
What is likely to quench this thirst, at least in the short term, is the desire to cut costs and be as efficient as possible during this period of economic difficulty. But, in the longer term, Neil is hopeful that business strategies will be developed with sustainability at their heart. "Economic cycles will change, political cycles will change, but this is a long-term agenda," he argues. The Climate Change Bill will be a stringent piece of legislation. The day before meeting Neil, Lord Turner, chairman of the government's Committee on Climate Change, announced recommendations that the bill be tightened to prepare for 80% carbon emissions reductions, as opposed 60%. Is the CBI happy with that? And, more importantly, is business ready for that sort of commitment? "We are not scientists," Neil tells me. "The experts have said that's what we need to do. And we're up for the challenge."
What Neil wants now is a government-devised framework of policy and decisions to be made on three key issues. The first is on the planning bill. "You cannot invest and renew your energy infrastructure in nuclear, and onshore and offshore renewables, if you can't get the planning process right."
The second is on energy efficiency. "There needs to be a major drive from government in educating consumers and businesses." The third issue is clean coal technology. "We need a decision on carbon capture and storage," says Neil, stressing the need for not just one demonstration project, but maybe ten or 12 across the EU - a bit like Germany's established small-scale pilot. "We need some clear decisions from government because, without that, we are not going to be able to make the 2030, never mind 2050, targets."
We go on to discuss how the London Array offshore renewable energy project collapsed because of a lack of policy to attract investment in infrastructure. "There will be businesses looking at the UK and wondering whether they can trust to invest here. At the London Array project, the planning system spun that process out - the decision was then left, capital costs increased and it made it uneconomic.
"These companies are operating on a global scale, and there are investment<|fim_middle|> on business behaviour. It can demonstrate to other regions around the world that cap-and-trade is the right model for influencing business behaviour."
The CRC is another favourite tool of Neil's members, eager to put a price on their carbon use in order to drive investment in new technology. But given the current confusion surrounding the scheme, due to come into play in 2010, Neil wants to make sure the methodology behind it is correct. "It's quite complex. That's why we've been pushing the government to try and simplify it as much as possible.
"We want government to recognise that this is about behaviour change. If you get it wrong, there will be a set of unintended consequences - and then you start to undermine the credibility of what you are trying to achieve."
It is clear there is still a huge amount for the government to do in cascading information to the business community, and making clear what the intention of the CRC is. The idea of publishing a league table on the progress being made by business on the CRC is causing plenty of unease among the companies I've spoken to recently.
Neil agrees that it is a "very live concern". "It's something we'll have to talk to government about in a lot of detail. This so they understand the reputational risk, and what that means in terms of company and shareholder value - that it's not just a league table to be published, but it will have an impact on how companies are seen."
Neil has a lot on his plate. But he is excited about the future, particularly by the impact the Climate Change Bill might have on how the UK is seen by the rest of the world. "Once the Committee on Climate Change is on a proper statutory footing - and once you get legally binding carbon budgets alongside the Budget next spring - that's when all of this is going to come home to policy makers and businesses: that the UK is actually at the forefront, leading the world towards a low-carbon economy.
"That is going to send really strong signals to the rest of the world."
| coal | nuclear | offshore | renewables | opportunities in other countries who have got the right policy framework in place."
Despite his concerns, Neil's optimism remains. He is happy with the government's decision to create the Department for Energy and Climate Change, seeing it as a chance for joined-up thinking on balancing the UK's energy need with its climate change ambitions.
"We're going to see much more debate about balancing up energy security and supply with climate change. That's why the department is a good idea - it can bring those two agendas together."
But it is decisions we need, not more consultation, argues Neil. "We need government to start setting out a coherent policy framework." Of course, central to this for Neil and his team will be urging government to work with the business community."
Neil is quick to cite Germany as a place we can learn plenty from. "We're a bit behind the curve and our concern is that we are potentially losing out. A couple of years ago we might have been seen as a leader in climate-change technology, but Germany has got a step ahead of us now."
That won't be the case for long, hopes Neil. The pressures exerted by the Climate Change Bill, with its legally binding carbon budgets, and the results of the EU emissions trading scheme and the UK's own carbon reduction commitment (CRC), will be successful, he says.
"We need to make sure emissions trading is the core building block of the EU's climate change agenda. If you get the price of carbon at such a level, it starts to have an impact | 306 |
El Consejo General Vasco () fue el órgano preautonómico del País Vasco (España), que existió entre enero de 1978 y abril de 1980, cuando una vez aprobado el Estatuto de Autonomía del País Vasco y realizadas las elecciones autonómicas, se formó el primer Gobierno Vasco tras la llegada de la democracia a España.
Antecedentes: Asamblea de Parlamentarios Vascos
En mayo de 1977 diversas fuerzas políticas vascas (Partido Nacionalista Vasco, Partido Socialista de Euskadi, Euskal Sozialistak Elkartzeko Indarra, Partido Comunista de Euskadi, Democracia Cristiana Vasca y Acción Nacionalista Vasca) firmaron el denominado «Compromiso Autonómico», donde se acordaba que fuesen los parlamentarios vascos y navarros salidos de las elecciones constituyentes quienes redactasen el futuro estatuto de autonomía.
Tras la celebración de las elecciones, a las que varios de los partidos firmantes del Compromiso (PNV, PSE-PSOE y ESEI) concurrieron con una lista común, el Frente Autonómico, al Senado, se constituyó la Asamblea de Parlamentarios Vascos (19 de junio de 1977), en la que se integraron todos los diputados y senadores electos en las cuatro provincias, a excepción de los parlamentarios navarros de la Unión de Centro Democrático (tres diputados y tres senadores en la provincia, del total de cinco y cuatro parlamentarios respectivamente), que se oponían a la integración de Navarra en una autonomía conjunta.
El Gobierno de Adolfo Suárez no quiso abordar la concesión de autonomía para el País Vasco y Cataluña antes de la aprobación de la Constitución, por lo que propuso unos regímenes preautonómicos para toda España, a fin de asentar el futuro Estado autonómico, recibiendo ya la transferencia de algunas competencias. A lo largo de varios meses, la Asamble<|fim_middle|>obierno de los diferentes pueblos del Estado español», y la que otorgaba preeminecia al diálogo para construir la nueva democracia «frente a otras vías empleadas por los sectores más radicalizados», considerando «toda violencia, no solo morálmente como rechazable, sino también políticamente inaceptable», al tiempo que tendía una mano a ETA-militar y ETA-político militar para «entrevistarse» con el Consejo y establecer «las bases para una normalización de la vida ciudadana».
Composición
El primer Consejo General Vasco se constituyó el 17 de febrero de 1978 bajo la presidencia del socialista Ramón Rubial. Tenía la siguiente composición:
Segundo Consejo General Vasco (1979-1980)
El segundo Consejo General Vasco se constituyó en junio de 1979, una vez realizadas las elecciones generales, municipales y forales de dicho año. Como características del mismo se daba la circunstancia de una mayor implantación del Partido Nacionalista Vasco en detrimento del PSOE, un mapa político más heterogéneo y la división del nacionalismo independentista de izquierdas entre Euskadiko Ezkerra, que apuesta sin equívocos por la vía democrática y pacífica y por la elaboración del estatuto de autonomía en el marco de la nueva constitución, y Herri Batasuna, que apuesta por la ruptura y no respalda el proceso democratizador.
Composición
Bajo la presidencia de Carlos Garaikoetxea, del Partido Nacionalista Vasco, el segundo Consejo quedó formado por:
Referencias
Bibliografía
Enlaces externos
La preautonomía, en la web de las Juntas Generales de Guipúzcoa.
Política del País Vasco
Historia contemporánea del País Vasco | a de Parlamentarios trabajó en un proyecto preautonómico, que debía ser aprobado por la Asamblea y aceptado por el Gobierno. El borrador del proyecto ("Proyecto de Decreto-Ley de Régimen Transitorio Preautonómico para el País Vasco"), consensuado por el PSE-PSOE y el PNV fue aprobado por la Asamblea el 17 de septiembre de 1977. Sin embargo, quedó a la espera de la negociación del mismo con el gobierno. Varios escollos aparecieron en dicha negociación, siendo el más importante la cuestión de Navarra, en donde la UCD había obtenido la mayoría de los representantes parlamentarios. La cuestión se resolvió al aceptar la UCD la posibilidad de incorporación de Navarra al órgano preautonómico cuatriprovincial, dejándola en manos del órgano foral correspondiente, al tiempo que el PNV accedía a la necesidad de realización de un referéndum para que dicha incorporación, si la decidiese el órgano correspondiente, fuese definitiva.
Así, el Gobierno, mediante un decreto-ley promulgado el 4 de enero de 1978, creó el Consejo General Vasco (CGV) como institución preautonómica vasca, apenas tres meses después de haber restaurado la Generalidad de Cataluña (29 de septiembre de 1977). El decreto preveía que las tres provincias vascas y Navarra pudiesen adherirse al Consejo (y formar parte así de la preautonomía, lo que sería el primer paso para una autonomía cuatriprovincial). La decisión para unirse al Consejo se hacía recaer, en primera instancia, a los diputados y senadores elegidos en cada provincia, y de forma definitiva, mediante decisión de las Juntas Generales, en el caso de las provincias vascas, y del órgano foral correspondiente (el cual, según otro decreto-ley promulgado ese día, sería acordado por el Gobierno y la Diputación Foral de Navarra posteriormente). Las normas de elección para dichos órganos serían fijadas un año después, tras la aprobación de la Constitución, mediante reales decretos el 26 de enero de 1979 (en el caso de Navarra, se determinó cuál sería el órgano foral competente para solicitar la incorporación al Consejo General Vasco, el Parlamento de Navarra y el modo de elección), y las primeras elecciones a las Juntas Generales y al Parlamento de Navarra se hicieron coincidir con las elecciones municipales de 1979. Los parlamentarios de Álava, Guipúzcoa y Vizcaya acordaron que sus provincias se uniesen al Consejo General. Los de Navarra decidieron lo contrario.
Funciones y composición
De acuerdo con el Real-Decreto por el que se creaba el Consejo (oficialmente Consejo General del País Vasco), este estaba compuesto por:
Un presidente, con funciones representivas
El Pleno, convertido en «gobierno provisional» con funciones meramente gestoras.
No se prevé la transferencia de ninguna transferencia concreta. Así, el Consejo sería meramente ejecutivo. Los asuntos más importantes que trató el Consejo fueron:
El concierto económico, creándose comisiones mixtas para el estudio de propuestas a remitir al Gobierno central.
La cuestión de Navarra.
El proyecto de Estatuto de Autonomía del País Vasco.
Primer Consejo General Vasco (1978-1979)
Este primer Consejo, según los resultados electorales de junio de 1977, debía de tener como representación proporcional 6 miembros del PSOE, 6 del PNV y 3 de UCD, si bien PNV y PSOE llegaron a un acuerdo para permitir la presencia de Euskadiko Ezkerra. Además de los objetivos generales sobre el concierto económico, la situación de Navarra y el estatuto de autonomía, el primer Consejo adoptó como bandera la ikurriña, convirtiéndose así en oficial por vez primera desde el final de la Guerra Civil; eligió a los representantes vascos para el proceso de negociación en el establecimiento de la policía autónoma vasca: Juan María Bandrés, José María Benegas, Enrique Casas, José Ángel Montoya, Juan José Pujana Arza y Jesús María Viana y adoptó varias declaraciones, entre las cuales destacaron la primera, en la que se reconocía la necesidad de que las elecciones de junio de 1977 fueran el «primer paso» en el proceso democratizador de la sociedad española y vasca, apostando por la elaboración de una «constitución democrática que contemple la posibilidad de acceso al autog | 1,133 |
The AS French course teaches students how to express personal ideas and<|fim_middle|> directly. | opinions in a broad range of situations and on a variety of topics with fluency and spontaneity. They will acquire a rich vocabulary and will learn to master the structures needed to convey more complex ideas.
Students will also study a wide variety of authentic texts through reading magazine articles and literary texts, watching DVDs and researching on the internet. Grammar is an important part of the course and students will learn to express themselves fluently and accurately in French.
The focus of the A2 course is to develop communication skills, to encourage the development of the knowledge and skills acquired at AS and to use French in a wider range of contexts.
You will gain a useful insight and appreciation of French society and culture as well as reflecting on aspects of contemporary society.
If you want to apply for this course, you will need to contact Kings Priory School | 166 |
Set in a prime location of Tulare (CA), Best Western Town and Country Lodge puts everything the city has to offer just outside your doorstep. The hotel offers a high standard of service and amenities to suit the individual needs of all travelers<|fim_middle|> Western Town and Country Lodge. | . To be found at the hotel are 24-hour front desk, facilities for disabled guests, express check-in/check-out, luggage storage, Wi-Fi in public areas. Some of the well-appointed guestrooms feature television LCD/plasma screen, carpeting, non smoking rooms, air conditioning, heating. Recuperate from a full day of sightseeing in the comfort of your room or take advantage of the hotel's recreational facilities, including hot tub, fitness center, outdoor pool, indoor pool, steamroom. Friendly staff, great facilities and close proximity to all that Tulare (CA) has to offer are three great reasons you should stay at Best | 131 |
In most cases, the world revolves around your own life. But then there are so many factors inside that life. Your life includes your job, your social life, your passions.<|fim_middle|>'m sick. Because everything falls on me..
I'm taking a nap as I type this.
Self care is really important, I think spending time with friends is a a good idea too as it allows a sometimes much-needed break from dating and boosts your confidence!
I had to learn self-care after always putting others before myself. It was such a valuable lesson. Thanks for sharing these great ideas.
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And even though our world just revolves around us, sometimes that can be extremely exhausting and extremely discouraging.
It's important to take care of yourself when you start feeling down or when you start feeling the weight of the world on you shoulders. Because of course you have so much to do, you can't possibly take a break, there are people who need you. But you can't do anything for them if you don't take time for yourself.
So when you're exhausted, lay down and take a nap. Don't push yourself until you need to catch up on a week's worth of sleep and just can't function.
And when you're overwhelmed, take a break. Take the day off, clear your mind, make a list. Do what you can to just shut it all out for a little.
When the people in your life are asking too much of you, tell them. Tell them you can't be there right now, they will understand.
Make a cup of tea. Read a good book. Spend a weekend night in. Take up a hobby. Go to the gym. Take a nap. Buy a planner. Make a list. Color, paint, write. Drink a glass of wine, dance, smile, laugh. Do whatever you need to do to take care of yourself.
It sometimes seems as if the world will just fall apart if you don't keep pushing yourself to your wit's end. But it's just not true. The world will let you take a break, so take it. Take care of yourself in order to be the best version of yourself and so you can be there for the people who need you the most.
This is so true and it continues to become harder the older you get to take care of YOU! I found yoga has really helped me with self care and love. It's basically cheap therapy.
I feel the world falls apart everytime I | 405 |
Beginner Ukulele Songs. How to play and where to find.
When you start to play the Ukulele, and want to learn beginner Ukulele songs, you first should learn some easy chords.
For instance C, F and G7, and try to change from one to another. This is also a progression.
The you have to learn how to strum. Read our post about Strumming!
This is the firs of five articles about songs for the Ukulele.
Se the article on chords on Ukulele and print out the chord charts.
When you have learned the chords and can change between them<|fim_middle|> you probably want to learn as soon as possible. Go to our post about it.
If you want to find beginner songs for Ukulele you can try this link.
Songs for beginners. This site starts with songs with just one chord, and are very good.
Here you also can find songs for Baritone Ukulele, Press BAR. | reasonably fast, you can try out some beginner Ukulele songs.
It can also help you to buy a book for beginner to get some explanations and some easy beginner Ukulele songs to try. Pick out one or two you like, and learn them.
Try first to learn them at the simplest way. Change from one cord to another, and learn the pattern of the chords. Then try to play it so you can hear that it is this song. Play it along while you sing the text and be confident with that.
After you accomplish this, try to ad the best strumming pattern and keeping the beat.
The beat it important, so if you have problems you can use a metronome. A metronome can also be downloaded as apps to your phone, or you can by one separate.
Practice, practice and practice. After a while you can manage one song, and if you are a beginner, that is 100% improvement :-).
It is better to be able to play one song good than several bad. You give a better impression to your surroundings and with one you can.
Now you have the opportunity and confidence to learn the next. Good luck!
You can buy the books in a music store or on net.
You can also find a lot of help on YouTube to get you started. For learning how to strum you can go to our post about it.
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Perthshire North MSP, Mr John Swinney, has today thrown his support behind a campaign to name Pitlochry Festival Theatre (PFT) as the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre<|fim_middle|>iles Conisbee, Head of Sales & Marketing at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, commented:
"We were delighted to win the Most Welcoming Theatre in Scotland Award again last year. It's incredibly exciting, and humbling, to win it three years in-a-row.
"We work incredibly hard to ensure Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a place for everyone and that everyone is welcome in this special place. I do hope Scottish theatre-goers in their thousands continue to vote for us as we as strive to achieve a magical four-in-a-row.
"For me, there's simply no place like Pitlochry. If you feel the same, I urge you to cast your vote."
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The award, which sees over 160 theatres from across the UK vie for the honour, is organised by UK Theatre and will be decided via a public vote. PFT has a strong pedigree in the competition, having been voted National Winner for Scotland for the past three years.
Commenting, Mr Swinney said:
"I was delighted to hear that Pitlochry Festival Theatre have again been nominated as one of the UK's Most Welcoming Theatres.
"As a long-term supporter of the theatre, I know firsthand what a wonderful facility it is and how hard those involved work to make sure that it is a place for everyone to feel welcome and comfortable.
"PFT is one of the cultural pillars of Perthshire – as evidenced by their three consecutive wins in this competition – and I would encourage those across the region to get behind their bid to be named as the overall UK winner.
"Voting is quick and easy – simply visit http://www.uktheatre.org/vote and follow the instructions. The closing date is Tuesday September 18th 2018, with the winner to be announced shortly thereafter."
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One thing to remember when developing a blog is to ensure that your readers know that they can depend on you. Choose a consistent frequency for your responses such as once a day or once a week, which will help establish reader confidence that they can expect a response to their input. When you've made a connection with your readers, they can expect you to be present. You have an obligation to your readers if your blog really takes off. If you get frustrated, think of your readers.
You must update frequently to keep your blog fresh. To retain visitors and increase traffic, you must frequently provide new content. Without new content, your visitors will not be compelled to visit your blog, or even return! Try posting on a daily basis for your blog at minimum.
Don't stuff your blog posts with keywords and don't overload your blog with Adsense ads, plug-ins or large images. Going overboard with any of these things may cause search engines to penalize your blog's ranking, or de-list your blog altogether. Your want to ensure that your style of writing is easy to follow and comes across as natural.
Do not purposefully plagiarize in order to create content for your blog. Plagiarism is a sure way to ruin your reputation in a hurry in the writing a blog world. You do not need any advanced degree to succeed in writing your blog, but you do need to be knowledgeable and passionate about your subject.
Make sure that you add to your blog on a regular basis. If you want to attract new traffic and keep people returning to read your blog, you must continually offer new content. If you're lacking new and fresh content, people have no reason to revisit your blog. Generally speaking, a posting should be made on a daily basis.
Ask other bloggers to write guests posts for your blog. You will increase the interest in your blog by adding quality content. You will also experience a boost in readership thanks to fans of the guest blogger stopping by to take a look at your blog. You can ask several different people to provide guest posts to help you to develop a very high quality blog.
Maintaining a healthy blog site is important. Perform any necessary maintenance tasks and make changes when warranted. Your readers will enjoy the changes and you won't lose visitors to a broken website.
You should consider inviting guests to make posts on your blog. If nothing else, it will help you improve relationships with these individuals. Don't ever underestimate the power of networking. Guest writing a blog will give a boost to both of your sites. There is also the added benefit of having someone who you can ask for favors in the future.
As you select keywords to use in your blog posts, it's crucial that you select unique keywords that don't have too much competition. You do not want to utilize the same typical keywords used by every other blog; if you do your blog won't be noticed. Keep your keywords unique to get the search engines' attention.
You want to make sure your blog stays healthy. In order to do this, you have to update and maintain your blog, including making minor but appealing changes from time to time. This will keep visitors interested and make sure that your blog is in good working order.
Always use lists and italics for keywords so you can target your niche effectively. That will make your blog easier for the search engines to crawl, which will ultimately result in a boost in readership. This tip alone can be powerful.
Stay patient in the initial stages of growing your blog. It takes time for your blog to be discovered. There also won't be much for people to read until you have built up a good backlog of content. The more valuable content you have on your blog, the more traffic you will drive to your site.
Creating an large amount of relevant posts on your blog will help search engines find your site. Consequently, your website will see an increase in traffic and readers because more people found your website through your relevant blogs. Remember that a boost in visitors means a boost in readership, making your blog a very popular one.
In order to boost traffic, your blog must be focused on providing good quality and engaging content. When you have honest, personal, quality content, readers are more likely to return.
Building up a blog can be accomplished much faster if you use social media to your advantage. In today's market, everyone is a social media site. If you aren't, then you are missing many fantastic opportunities to promote your blog. If you want your blog to be a success, you have to post your articles to places like Twitter and Facebook.
When trying to think about the keywords you want to use for your blog, know that it is essential to choose more unique words rather than competitive ones. Using the same common keywords used by other sites will just make your blog get lost in the shuffle. To increase the number of reader's views, be unique.
Even before you launch your blog, make sure you have some clear goals in mind. Are you looking to become someone that people view as skilled in a certain field? Perhaps your goal is to make money. Maybe you have a variety of goals in mind. Understand what those goals are and build your blog accordingly.
It is important to the integrity of your blog that you keep to a regular schedule. People are starting blogs all the time, and if you don't post new content on a regular basis, readers will seek out bloggers who do. With the exception of major holidays, every day should be a running a blog day.
Try to come up with a blog homepage that is unique. Many blogs use as their landing page a list of the most recent posts, but you can create a customized homepage. Your fresh take on formatting will also improve your search engine results.
For articles that are a little longer than other posts, divide the content with subheadings. It will be easier to read your blog and you will gain more viewers. This is easy and can really improve your blog.
Use a font that is a comfortable size for most readers when blogging. This is vital to your success. Since written content is crucial on your blog, you need to be sure it's font is readable. You want something that has the perfect balance. It shouldn't be so big that it dominates the page or so small that your readers need a magnifying glass to view the text.
Place keywords inside italic and bold tags, preferably using CSS. This will help your readers pick them out and the SE spiders also will like that. Keywords and phrases which stand out in your content will get clicked on by visitors, which is your goal.
Blogs are quite social, so treat yours in that way. Because of this, you must be accessible to your readers. You should also become involved in communities that will get your blog noticed in the niche that you have chosen. Blogging takes a lot of work, and not putting in enough of it is sure to see your blog fail. For your blog to be successful, you need to be the one to make it happen.
Building up a blog can be accomplished much faster if you use social media to your advantage. Social media is not only a free way to promote yourself using the latest technology, but if you do not use it, you are ignoring loads of possible traffic for your blog. If you want your blog to be a success, you have to post your articles to places like Twitter and Facebook.
Use brief but relevant content in the navigation bar. One of the most popular spots of a blog is a link bar. Consider putting your subscriber number in this area. The link bar isn't as popular as a post's end or beginning, so use it as a tool to help people subscribe.
Promote commenting on your blog. Doing so will help your readers feel as if they are a vital part of your blog. Always make time to respond to these comments, as well. This gets your viewers coming back because they want to read your response, while also continuing to take part in the conversation.
Think about search engine optimization when you choose a topic and theme for your blogs. Your blog will attain higher ranking with major search engines and it will also run much smoother. Given that time is of the essence, visitors do not want to look at a site that is stuffed with slow videos and plug-ins. Return visitors are your bread and butter, so cater to their needs.
Make sure you have a page set up where people can contact you. This will make it easy for your visitors to make contact if they should have any questions. You don't know who might read your blog – celebrities you admire and well-respected people in your field might stop by. Allowing readers to contact you puts you in touch with people who can help you improve your blog or even help your career.
Quality content and promoting your blog. Quality content is a key area to making your blog a success. Your readers will flock to other blogs if yours is not producing quality content. Similarly, without proper promotion, your site won't last long. You will get the best results from your blog if you combine these two methods.
Be sure to create interlinks within your blog. This can help make your site into one that is easy to navigate, which will certainly please your readers. You will reduce visitor frustration if your content is well designed.
Make sure you proofread! If your blog is filled with mistakes in spelling and grammar, your blogging career will not last long. Don't just rely on spell check to fix all your errors. There are many errors that spell check doesn't pick up. For instance, common mistakes like "your" for "you're" and "their" for "there." Read it over twice if you have to.
Promotions and giveaways are a great way to attract new readers. There are few things that excite people more than the chance to win something. The giveaway doesn't even have to be for something expensive in order to draw in new visitors. Just the word free will attract readers out of the woodwork. Offer freebies often and your readership will increase. People who know you do giveaways will frequently check your blog.
Liven up your content with good use of statistics, graphs and occasional polling to capture the interest of your audience. These tactics help to create lively and interactive blogs that maintain reader interest. You can easily improve the appeal and individuality of your blog by using these tools.
Include polls and surveys in your blog. This will draw visitors to your blog, as well as enable your visitors to make their voices heard. It's important, of course, to provide feedback on the results of polls and surveys. In addition, you can utilize the information you obtain to tailor your blog entries to your readers' interests.
Use any of your social network accounts to tell people about your blog. Request that they share the link to your blog so that you are able to gain a wider variety of readers. Using your own social network account is preferred so people don't think it's a corporate account.
The tips you just read should have shown you how easy writing a blog is. You just have to learn a few techniques, and keep working on your blog all the time. Now you have the hard part taken care of, use the information here to grow and nuture your blog. You have the final say on how far you want to take your blogging.
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Ga-eun Yoon: I never wanted to tell a story about bullying, I wanted to tell about relationships between friends, that can be very complex. Sun is longing so hard for a friend, but doesn't have the required social skills: she is shy and not brave enough to make friends. There is some bullying involved, but not with evil, premeditated intentions. There is no bigger plan behind it. Sun's nemesis, Bora, a top student under great pressure, is no evil monster. Like everyone else, she likes to hang out with the popular kids, not with outsiders like Sun. That's very natural.
Yoon: In the gym, children are physically active. While playing, they express themselves through a very honest body language. That's the perfect setting to show their feelings: even if you lie with words, your body will speak the truth. Since they're only playing, it looks all harmless and innocent, but still the situation is cruel and can hurt a child deeply.
But Sun never shows or tells how much it hurts. She keeps it all to herself.
Yoon: Sun's parents already have so many problems of their own and she probably doesn't even realise how big her problem is. As a child I sometimes felt very lonely, but didn't know what loneliness was or where it came from. I simply considered it a part of everyday life, not worth paying too much attention to. Only when growing up I came to realise it, that's why I made this film not only for children but also for adults.
Is the closing scene a subtle way to tell that you still have a certain belief in friendship?
Yoon: The ending changed many times in different ways, from very sad to extremely happy, but I think this version is the most realistic option. I wanted to offer these girls one more chance to get along and become friends again. Every time when watching that closing scene, I think it might as well be some kind of dream or fantasy. But still I believe that some kids are able to offer each other another chance.
The film is partly based on your personal experience?
Yoon: When I was 12 years old I had a tough time. I was new at school and met one friend who was really nice. I thought she would be my eternal soulmate. Until one day she started hanging out with the cool kids, ignored me and started bullying me. It was terrible and I felt really devastated. Later I wanted to find out why she did it. I've been wondering: maybe she had her reasons that I couldn't understand, maybe she had problems at home, just like me. Maybe her family situation made her stressful, like it happened to me. Of course THE WORLD OF US doesn't literally tell my story, but some of the feelings I felt and the moments I went through are in the movie.
Yoon: I love to watch children play. I sometimes go to a school near my house, only to observe them. I see them in the schoolyard and hear their conversations. I was never among the cool kids. Maybe in my next life, but not in this one, although I always wanted to be like them.
Also the dialogue feel natural. Did the young actors improvise?
Yoon: I wrote the dialogue very carefully, but never gave them the script. I explained the situation and then they played it how they understood it, in their own words. Chooi Soo-in (Sun) was very well qualified for her role. She had no acting experience, but when she applied for an acting class, she was refused for being too shy. On meeting her for the first time I realised how well her personality fitted to the story.
Sun's little brother is remarkable.
Yoon: Everybody adores him. So do I, but… He didn't listen to anybody: not to us, his parents or anybody else in the world. Such a strong personality and only 6 years old. In the script he was supposed to be very gentle. But in the auditions I noticed that shy boys had difficulties to express themselves. While this cute boy had so much energy. I rewrote his role, making him a much more extravert type. We created the right atmosphere for him, pretending that acting was just 'playing'… So he played!
Have I ever seen a film with as many close-ups?
Yoon: I love close-ups. I constantly want to show the drama expressed through my main character's face. Again it's about the honesty of body language, children have no poker-face. For young actors it's easier to act with their face than with their hands. There was also a budgetary reason: the film was made on an extremely small budget, leaving us no money for an elaborate art production or many extras. So we focused on the faces.
There's also very little music in the film. Another budgetary decision?
Yoon: Not at all. While writing the script, I never thought about music. In this film I want the audience to feel the<|fim_middle|> is nothing more than getting in the best possible position to apply for the best possible university.
For my generation things weren't that harsh yet. Preparing for university only happened in high school. Nowadays already in kindergarten children study constantly. Very young students attend tutoring classes every day until 10 o'clock. There is no more time to play.
What if one little girl dreams of becoming a film director… What would her parents say?
Yoon: They'll probably make her go to university first. Or if a child is really artistic, parents will think she is gifted and find her the best tutors. If a child is interested in film, he should win an Oscar. If a child is good at sports, he should become a champion. It's always about being first and best, which might push children away from their true pleasure and talent. Koreans themselves realise this is becoming problematic and that the failure is institutional.
Could such stressful competition stimulate even more bullying?
Yoon: Children and adults all over the world treat each other cruelly. But if in Korea your school results aren't good, you might indeed be considered a bad friend. Children might care more about your grades than about your personality. That's sad, but when I was young, there were other reasons equally cruel. As you see in the film: when one is from a rich family and one is poor, this makes it more difficult to get along together. | ambiance: the sounds, the words, the yelling… To take you into the children's world and make you feel their energy. You can identify with all their emotions without feeling 'forced', which music sometimes does.
The children all carry their parents' problems on their shoulders.
Yoon: Children and parents have to deal with each other, they have a mutual pact. That might seem unfair, but that's how it goes. They have to find a way to live together and if that doesn't work, children must find the strength to live their own lives.
Between mother and daughter are nothing but good intentions. She really wants to be a good mum, if only she had the time.
Yoon: Even if she has to work hard and deal with a drunken husband, still she does the best she can. In this film every parent cares for their children in their own way. Even the drunken father deep inside wants to be a good dad, but he can't make it happen yet, maybe later. Most parents try and sometimes they fail. We're not perfect.
Could you tell a bit more about the Korean education system, that seems so harsh.
Yoon: Korean schools and society are more competitive than you could ever imagine. Especially universities, they are the ultimate symbol of class and status. If you can enroll in one of the best universities this will guarantee you a successful career and a big salary, which are the only parameters in this extremely materialistic society. Education | 297 |
Penn researchers find neural signature of 'mental time travel'
Published: Monday, July 18, 2011 - 18:32 in Psychology & Sociology
Almost everyone has experienced one memory triggering another, but explanations for that phenomenon have proved elusive. Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have provided the first neurobiological evidence that memories formed in the same context become linked, the foundation of the theory of episodic memory. The research was conducted by professor Michael Kahana of the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences and graduate student Jeremy R. Manning, of the Neuroscience Graduate Group in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine. They collaborated with Gordon Baltuch and Brian Litt of the departments of Neurology and Psychology at the medical school and Sean M. Polyn of Vanderbilt University.
Their research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Theories of episodic memory suggest that when I remember an event, I retrieve its earlier context and make it part of my present context," Kahana said. "When I remember my grandmother, for example, I pull back all sorts of associations of a different time and place in my life; I'm also remembering living in Detroit<|fim_middle|> researchers | and her Hungarian cooking. It's like mental time travel. I jump back in time to the past, but I'm still grounded in the present."
To investigate the neurobiological evidence for this theory, the Penn team combined a centuries-old psychological research technique — having subjects memorize and recall a list of unrelated words — with precise brain activity data that can only be acquired via neurosurgery.
The study's participants were all epilepsy patients who had between 50 and 150 electrodes implanted throughout their brains. This was in an effort to pinpoint the region of the brain where their seizures originated. Because doctors had to wait for seizures to naturally occur in order to study them, the patients lived with the implanted electrodes for a period of weeks.
"We can do direct brain recordings in monkeys or rats, but with humans one can only obtain these recordings when neurosurgical patients, who require implanted electrodes for seizure mapping, volunteer to participate in memory experiments," Kahana said. "With these recordings, we can relate what happens in the memory experiment on a millisecond-by-millisecond basis to what's changing in the brain."
The memory experiment consisted of patients memorizing lists of 15 unrelated words. After seeing a list of the words in sequence, the subjects were distracted by doing simple arithmetic problems. They were then asked to recall as many words as they could in any order. Their implanted electrodes measured their brain activity at each step, and each subject read and recalled dozens of lists to ensure reliable data.
"By examining the patterns of brain activity recorded from the implanted electrodes," Manning said, "we can measure when the brain's activity is similar to a previously recorded pattern. When a patient recalls a word, their brain activity is similar to when they studied the same word. In addition, the patterns at recall contained traces of other words that were studied prior to the recalled word."
"What seems to be happening is that when patients recall a word, they bring back not only the thoughts associated with the word itself but also remnants of thoughts associated with other words they studied nearby in time," he said.
The findings provide a brain-based explanation of a memory phenomenon that people experience every day.
"This is why two friends you met at different points in your life can become linked in your memory," Kahana said. "Along your autobiographical timeline, contextual associations will exist at every time scale, from experiences that take place over the course of years to experiences that take place over the course of minutes, like studying words on a list."
Source: University of Pennsylvania
Researchers Find Neural Signature of 'Mental Time Travel'
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Located where the Prairie and Parkland eco-regions meet, Ribstone Farm takes its name from a prominent hill north of the hamlet of Endiang, Alberta.
We brought home our first Icelandic sheep in<|fim_middle|>0. If you're interested, please send us an email at ribstonefarm@gmail.com. | the fall of 2009: two ewes and a ram purchased after seeing an advertisement by chance in a newspaper. Icelandic sheep caught our eye earlier when we read about their hardiness, ability to thrive on grass, and impressive horns and wool, but we hadn't expected to find any in Alberta. When the chance came to bring those first lambs home we jumped at it, but decided to start small: neither of us knew anything about sheep and didn't want to take on more than we could handle.
We fell in love with keeping sheep, and as we learned more about the Icelandic breed became convinced we had made the right choice. Our little flock thrived on the abundant grass available to them. Lambs came quickly and easily, grew fat and healthy on pasture, and passed those traits on to the next generation. We've added many animals to our flock since that first fall and look forward to adding more in the years to come.
If you are interested in breeding stock, wool, or lamb, or even in just learning more about the Icelandic breed, please contact us for more information.
Ewes or rams and where are you located?
We have no ewe lambs available at this time. We do have some yearling rams. If you are interested, we may be able to provide you with one. Please let us know.
Cheeky Finns are required to pick sheep up themselves.
ISO of a handsome Ram that will be able to breed our lovely ladies this December!
Perhaps – we've sent you an email. Hope to speak with you soon!
Hello Donna – we have unregistered ram lambs available this year. We are asking $300.0 | 345 |
Q: How do I reply to "thank you" and "sorry"? I am a foreigner and I am wondering how to respond "thank you" and "sorry".
I think I could respond to "thank you" like this:
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*You're welcome.
*Don't mention it.
*Not at all.
*(It's ) my pleasure.
*That's all right./That ok.
*No problem.
I think I could respond to "sorry" like this:
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*It doesn't matter.
*That's all right./That's OK.
*Never mind.
Am I right? Do you have something else to add? Thank you so much.
A: I'm an American native speaker. For "Thank you." I often use these:
"You're welcome."
"I'm happy to help."
"No problem." (Informal, and can sound a little arrogant in some situations, but it really means "It was no trouble to help you.".)
And, in America, we often return the thanks, especially when it's a mutual exchange such as buying food or something from a store:
"Thank you."
For "sorry":
"Oh,<|fim_middle|> matter to me that you're sorry.". I wouldn't use it!
Also, "Never mind." sounds funny in America. We usually use it to say, "You can forget what I was talking about, because it's not important.".
| that's okay." / "That's alright."
"No big deal." Informal, but friendly. It's a nicer way to say "It doesn't matter.".
"No problem." Also informal. (Yes, we can use it to answer "Thank you." and also "Sorry." -- in each case it means that you weren't bothered. But I don't recommend using this phrase in formal settings until you are really comfortable with how it feels.)
"Don't worry about it."
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For most meeting planners, working with a CVB sales rep is a fact of life. Usually, after years of meetings and RFPs and site visits, by the time a meeting is booked the planner and the rep have formed a strong bond. However, like any relationship, there is always room for improvement! We've pulled together a list of best practices for working with CVB<|fim_middle|> make your next meeting in Columbus a success. | sales teams that you can use to surprise and delight all of the reps with whom you work.
As one of our dedicated convention sales staff so aptly put it, CVB reps are like the conductor in an orchestra – we are the connection to everything in the city and in charge of the overall performance. We are able to look at the bigger picture for all your meetings, so help us help you by keeping in mind the following.
First and foremost, tell us your history! This is more than just your peak rooms. Let us know: Where have you been? How was your experience in other cities? What have you learned from those experiences? Do you have any hot buttons or must haves?
Be sure to outline your group profile. Are you double heavy? Is there a preference for warmer temps?
It's also helpful to know the health of the group. What does the future look like? How far out are you booked? Are you growing or shrinking?
We also like to know up front what your decision timelines look like – Two months to short-list, site visit by summer, contract by end of Q4, etc.
Additionally, make us aware if you are considering our city because of a local resource prior to a site, so we can ensure we connect you with the right entities and you get the most out of your visit.
Essentially, just understand that there is no such thing as information overload when working with a CVB. Think of it like going to the doctor; the group history, habits and health are important. It's easier for us to make recommendations when we understand all facets of your group.
One last thing of note, please check with us about services we provide even if you're unsure! We often find that groups think we just handle business downtown, but our work with various facilities and partners reaches far out into the suburbs. We do spend a lot of time working with groups who call downtown's Greater Columbus Convention Center home, but we have great hospitality partners in the areas of Polaris and Easton and beyond as well.
Get in touch with our energetic sales team today to find out how we can | 429 |
Entrepreneurship to be encouraged in new space!
ANDRE TEAGUE/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Believe in Bristol Executive Director Christina Blevins talks with volunteers Friday as they prepare the agency"s new office space on Moore Street.
Check out this article in the BHC — Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 2:15 pm | Updated: 10:27 am, Tue Dec 11, 2012.
Entrepreneurship to be encouraged in new space BY DAVID MCGEE | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER TriCities.com
New office space for the Believe in Bristol organization will also serve as a small-business incubator for budding entrepreneurs and a downtown visitor's center.
Believe in Bristol, the downtown development and promotional organization, began moving into the highly visible space at 36 Moore St. –– formerly occupied by Healing Arts Center –– a few weeks ago. Volunteers busied themselves Friday installing a projector, furniture, shelving and tidying up the 2,700-square-foot building in the shadow of the future Birthplace of Country Music museum.
It replaces the cramped 500-square-foot upstairs offices on the Tennessee side of State Street. A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Tuesday.
"We needed a nice place that looks like we're helping with economic and community development," said Christina Blevins, Believe in Bristol's executive
director. "We were very
thankful to have that [previous] location. It was donated for our first couple of years and then we paid a very minimal monthly rate to be there. We were able to leverage the money we saved to focus on what we wanted to become, our promotional activities and building our organization. We grew up there."
However, that cramped space typically had boxes stacked from floor to ceiling and the meeting space was limited.
The organization applied for and received a $20,000 Virginia Enterprise Initiative grant. That money is being used to outfit a resource center for prospective and existing business owners and to host seminars and meetings.
"We want entrepreneurs and the existing businesses to believe in their business and know there are people who care and want to help," Blevins said. "We partner with People Inc., SCORE, the colleges, the Bristol business resource center, but this is unique because it is a community-owned center."
Anyone wishing to start a downtown business or an existing merchant can access a color copier, iMac computer and projector, or use the meeting space.
Visibility played a "huge" role in the decision to move, especially with a location next to the country music heritage center that is expected to open in August 2014.
"Throughout the week and weekends, we're hoping to get volunteers to come in here and be that welcoming, Bristol-style, 'How can we help you?' kind of place," Blevins said. "Once the museum opens, hopefully we'll have a hotel, hopefully we'll have a parking structure and this will be someplace to help make downtown a cool place to be."
Entrepreneur Week
»Job fair, 10 a.m., Foundation event facility, 620 State St.
» Entrepreneur basics workshop, 4 p.m., 36 Moore St.
» Mobile marketing workshop, 6 p.m., 36 Moore St.
» Believe in Bristol Christmas party, 6 p.m. 36 Moore St.
» Call (276) 644-9700 or visit http://www.believeinbristol.org for more details.
Pen's Floral to Host a Customer Appreciation Day
Pen's Floral invites everyone to drop in on Tuesday, December 18 for a Customer Appreciation Day! They will be serving cider, cookies and lots of holiday goodwill to their customers, neighbors and friends. Be sure to join them anytime between 9 am to 5 pm at 32 Moore St. in Downtown Bristol, VA.
Bristol Senior Show Choir presents MERRY CHRISTMAS at the Paramount
On Tuesday, December 18th at 7:30pm, the Bristol Senior Show Choir returns to the Paramount for their Christmas show that is fun for all age groups. From Santa and his friends, a snowball fight, and a toy parade, there is something in this show for everyone to enjoy. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Also encouraging donations of non-perishable food items.
Journey's End in Downtown Bristol
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On Tuesday, December 18th (inclement weather date is Thursday, December 20th) at 6:30 PM, Journey's End will again take place in Historic Downtown Bristol! Starting at the Downtown Center and ending at the Paramount Center for the Arts, Journey's End is our local interpretation of the Latino tradition of Las Posadas (The Inns). Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem is recreated as they go from inn to inn seeking lodging. The final inn welcomes them in and celebrates their arrival. This Believe in Bristol event lasts a little more than an hour; hot chocolate, cider, cookies and gingerbread will be served. Restaurants will be taking dinner reservations, several of the downtown shops will be open and The Paramount will be host to an event. Come and celebrate Christmas in the heart of our community!
Bristol Virginia Fire Department Presents Pride & Ownership
The Bristol Virginia Fire Department will present Pride & Ownership, a one-day leadership session by Chief (ret.) Rick Lasky, author, trainer and a 34-year veteran of the fire service. The presentation will be held on Sunday, December 16 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Bristol Virginia School Board Auditorium, 220 Lee Street, Bristol, Virginia. "While primarily focused on motivating and inspiring fire service professionals, the messages Chief Lasky delivers will also strike a chord with anyone who desires to rekindle a passion for their profession," said Bristol Virginia Fire Chief, J.C. Bolling. **Admission to Pride & Ownership is free with a canned food donation for a local food bank. Seating is limited and registration is required. To RSVP, contact Peggy Brown, Bristol Virginia Fire Department, (276) 645-7304, via email: peggy.brown@bristolva.org.
First Christian Church presents THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS at the Paramount
Celebrate the season with the beautiful sounds of First Christian and Woodlawn Baptist Church Choirs on Sunday, December 16, 7:00pm at the Paramount Center for the Arts. Admission is free. Patrons are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Bristol Emergency Food Pantry.
"It's A Wonderful Life" at the Paramount Center for the Arts
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home is sponsoring the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life" at the Paramount Theatre, Sunday, December 16 at 2 p.m. Mr. Rex Ward, on the Mighty Wurlitzer, and the Sullivan East Bluegrass Band and Sullivan East Barber Shop Quartet will provide music beginning at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the show. Admission is free, however, tickets are required and may be picked up at the Paramount Box Office (423-274-8920).
Appalachian Express presents A Merry Little Christmas at the Paramount
Since 1968, the Appalachian Express Chorus has been entertaining audiences with the sounds of four part Barbershop harmony. The men who comprise the Appalachian Express come from all areas of the greater Tri-Cities, and their talents have allowed the Chorus to become one of the most respected singing organizations in the region. **Tickets: $15 Adult; $12 Senior/Students; $6 Children 12 and Under.**Show starts at 7:00pm on December 15th at the Paramount Center for the Arts.
Breakfast with Santa at K P Duty's Bank Street Location
Come hang with the Big Guy: Breakfast at 9:30am with Santa at K P Duty's Bank Street location on Saturday, December 15! You can enjoy our tasty menu: Sausage, Bacon, Biscuits and Gravy, French Toast Casserole, Potatoes, Fruit and lots of fun! A family tradition since 1995. **By reservation only — call 423-764-3889. Cost is $7.95 (for children 12 and under) and $12.95 (for adults) + tax and tip.
Theatre Bristol presents Peter Pan The Avenger
Peter Pan The Avenger will be showing at Theatre Bristol on the following dates: Friday, December 14, 8pm — Saturday, December 15, 8pm — Sunday, December 16, 2pm. Directed by Daniel Potts. Starring Daniel Freeman as Peter Pan, Katelyn Morrell as Wendy, Mike Musick as Captain Hook. For more information, please check Theatre Bristol's Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TheatreBristolTN?fref=ts.
P. Buckley Moss Media Event/Unveiling at the BCM/BRRR Office
"Jammin' on Piedmont" by P. Buckley Moss, 2011
Renowned artist P. Buckley Moss returns to the Tri-Cities to unveil her third and final rendering in the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion fine art series. A media event in her honor will take place at 10:30am on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Birthplace of Country Music/Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion office located at 416 State Street, Suite A, in Bristol, TN. The public is also invited to attend. **"Music at The Mural" completes the Bristol Rhythm trifecta in true P. Buckley Moss style, following 2010's "Music on State Street" and last year's "Jammin' on Piedmont". Giclee prints will be sold for $95, fine art posters are $60. For the past three years P. Buckley Moss has graciously donated her talent to Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion as a fundraiser; proceeds on the sale of each print are given back to the organization. "Music at The Mural" should not be confused with the festival's annual poster artwork.
Appalachian Authors Book Fair at the Bristol Public Library
Appalachian Authors, a chapter of the Virginia Writers Club, will be having a Book Fair at the Bristol Public Library on Friday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15, 10am-4:30pm each day. Come visit the authors and talk to them about their work. Are you a budding author? If so, bring a sample of your work. Talk to the authors about writing, publishing, and editing your work.
Believe in Bristol's Annual Christmas Party at the new Entrepreneurial IdeaSpace!
The Believe in Bristol IdeaSpace is hosting Believe in Bristol's Annual Christmas Party. This event is open to those entrepreneurs who want to jump right in and hear firsthand about the movement happening in Historic Downtown Bristol. Meet and mingle with Believe in Bristol Board and Committee Members and see where you fit in! **Believe in Bristol office, 36 Moore Street, Bristol, VA, at 6pm on Friday, December 14, 2012.
Astrophotography students to exhibit work and share their enthusiasm about VI and BCM-hosted program
Andromeda Galaxy, NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology
Birthplace of Country Music® partnered with two Virginia Intermont College professors this fall to present "Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos," a six-week astrophotography program developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and aimed at engaging middle school children. For the past six weeks, Drs. Pearson and Turner, with the assistance of interns at the college, have worked with students from Virginia Middle School and Vance Middle School in Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee. These students were introduced to a wide variety of resources in the Smithsonian's Micro-Observatory Telescope Network, including the ability to control the robotic telescopes via the Internet and use its software to capture their versions of the cosmos. The once-a-week, two-hour sessions featured engaging astronomy and astropoetry lessons.**VI Physics Professor Chuck Pearson and Cultural Heritage and Public Arts Professor Jessica Turner will host a reception to honor the students and exhibit their work on Friday, December 14, 2012, at 5:00 pm in Harrison Jones auditorium at Virginia Intermont College. The media and public are invited to attend.The students' chosen images, as well as their captions, poems, and reflections on the program, will be on display during the reception. Refreshments will be served. **For more information on the program and its reception, please contact Dr. Jessica Turner at jessicaturner@vic.edu or 276-466-7191.
Theatre Bristol & YMCA of Bristol TN present THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS at the Paramount
The Night Before Christmas on stage on Thursday, December, 13, 5:00pm! With a cast made up of over 30 children involved in the After School Enrichment Program hosted by the YMCA, this nineteenth-century poem describes a visit from St. Nicholas to a family home and the joy that ensues from this visit. A magical show is sure to leave each audience member touched by the Christmas spirit! Admission is free although donations are always appreciated. Audience members are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food donation for the Bristol Emergency Food Pantry.
Believe in Bristol IdeaSpace: Mobile Marketing for Today's Business Workshop
The Believe in Bristol IdeaSpace presents "Mobile Marketing for Today's Business," a workshop presented by Sandy Ratliff, Virginia Department of Business Assistance, at 6pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Small and local businesses use every tool available to grow their leads and increase business....except the one in their purse or pocket...the cell phone! The one device that people have with them everywhere can be an advantage in reaching new customers. 84% of mobile phone users use their devices to look for information about local businesses and organizations. Today's consumers use mobile search in almost every area of their lives. Many of them use their mobile phones to find information on prices as well, even if they plan to make the actual purchase offline at your store. The challenge for area small businesses is to make sure that their online marketing efforts are "mobile friendly". Come join us for this course and discover the different means of connecting with a prospect through a<|fim_middle|> about spending and saving money. This workshop will provide insight on how to improve your credit score and the importance of usingcredit wisely. **Workshop held at the Believe in Bristol office, 36 Moore Street, Bristol, VA. **Remember all events during this LAUNCH week are FREE, and there will be a drawing for a free Amazon Kindle onThursday night!
Greater Bristol Job Fair at Foundation Event Facility
Jobs seem to be at the top of everyone's list for Christmas. Everyone is talking about jobs, where are they, what do you need to acquire one or who can you talk to about a job. Christmas has arrived early for job seekers in the Tri-Cities in the form of a job fair. On Wednesday, December, 12, 2012 the Greater Bristol Job Fair is being hosted at the Foundation Event Facility, located at 620 State Street and is being offered free to the public. No pre-registration is required. The fair begins at 10:00 a.m. and will close at 3:00 p.m. Various employers will be on hand looking for qualified applicants to fill their many available positions; companies include Bell Helicopter, Eastman, Wellmont Health Systems, US Solutions, and many others. There will be job counselors on site to review resumes and provide recommendations to individuals for resume improvements. **Many local colleges will be on hand in the event attendees are interested in possibly entering a new field and need new skills to do so. . The Bristol Public Library's Adult Learning Lab will also be participating in the event offering help with GED preparation, computer skills, English as a second language, college entrance exams, and more. **Skilled professionals will be present to assist and offer advice to those interested in starting their own business in today's economy. **Scott Tollett, the bestselling author of "Bounce Forward" will be speaking at the event. Tollett has successfully navigated six major career crises while also increasing his job responsibilities, influence and compensation at the same time. He will be sharing his first-hand experiences and will outline his job search formula in a clear, yet practical way. Tollett will be speaking at 10:30 a.m. and again at 1:15 p.m. **Prepare for success and wear proper business attire, remember first impressions count, bring copies of your resume, and arrive with a positive attitude. **For more information about the event contact Kristi Haulsee 423-652-0184 or Michael Parker at 423-279-7193.
BCM Enters the Blogosphere
From outer space to cyber space, Birthplace of Country Music is taking its Smithsonian affiliation — and its brand — to astronomically creative heights. In January the BCM catapults into the blogosphere, chronicling a new frontier of goings-on and behind-the-scenes progress being made by the organization working to complete Bristol's Birthplace of Country Music Museum. The new blog will launch with the New Year, appearing weekly on Fridays starting January 4, 2013 on the BCM's website, www.BirthplaceOfCountryMusic.org. Sarah Tollie, former Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion intern and new BCM employee, has been on the ground floor of development for the Museum for the past several months. Tollie will serve as the blog's voice, chronicling her experiences every step of the way.
BRRR's 2013 Holly Jolly Christmas Reveal of BRRR artists for 2013!
Remember Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion begins its daily reveal of artists playing the 2013 festival on Wednesday, December 12. Don't forget to log on to www.BristolRhythm.com, and join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter, daily through December 23rd and add a bit of musical cheer to your holiday season!
Featured Artists at 606 State Street Gallery: Pat Lehmkuhl and Carl Jenkins
Solo show by King College photography student Jessany Bowman at CityMug
December Holiday Storytime, Various Youth Activities, and the Nevermore Book Club at the Bristol Public Library
Pinterest Project Saturdays starting at blowfish emporium
City Mac Workshops Every Day!
King College's 2012 High School Photo Contest Exhibition at Bristol Public Library
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Day Passes on Sale Now
December 06, 2012 - August 31, 2013
Henry Lingarud at O'Mainnin's Pub
Well Dogs at O'Mainnin's
Folk Soul Revival at 620 State
Astrophotography students to exhibit work, share enthusiasm about VI and BCM-hosted program
Wolf Creek at 620 State
Lonley H at O'Mainnin's
606 State Street Jammers at 606 State Street Gallery
Unplugged Open Mic at O'Mainnin's Pub
Last Call at O'Mainnin's Pub
Ryan Ward at O'Mainnin's Pub
James Meadows at State Line Bar & Grille
The End of the World Party with Farmhouse Ghost at O'Mainnin's
Barlow Gin at Borderline Billiards | smart phone, learn how to integrate mobile marketing into your current web site, and develop a mobile marketing strategy and executive plan. **Workshop held at Believe in Bristol office, 36 Moore Street, Bristol, VA. **Remember all events during this LAUNCH week are FREE, and there will be a drawing for a free Amazon Kindle on Thursday night!
Buy your Weekend Passes to the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion NOW at the special price of $40 through December 31, 2012. Weekend passes are $70 at the gate. BRRR will be held on September 20-22, 2013. Check out www.bristolrhythm.com for more information.
Believe in Bristol Entrepreneurial IdeaSpace: Entrepreneur Basics Workshop
The Believe in Bristol IdeaSpace presents "Entrepreneur Basics" workshop with Becky Nave, People Inc, at 4pm on December 12, 2012. Becky will discuss financing, business plans, credit and managing expenses in this workshop.This workshop is to assist you in your new business endeavor or help you run your currentbusiness more profitably. We will discuss the importance of a business plan — every business, from startups to existing businesses, has a need for business planning. Businesses that write a business plan have a 50% greater chance of success than businesses that do not. We will discuss credit and finance. What are lenders looking for? The process of managing your income and expenses is a learned financial skill. With a budget, you can make informed choices | 321 |
The North Huntington Beach (NHB) Under-11 boys' soccer team advanced to<|fim_middle|> | the round of 16 in the Cal South State Cup Playoffs Feb. 1-2.
NHB competing against from throughout southern California, Carlsbad and Fallbrook. Starting tournament play in San Diego with more than 100 teams, NHB made it to the top 16. In the first five games of the tournament, its stingy defense allowed only three goals, while the high-powered offense scored 16 goals.
NHB was defeated by San Marcos in its final game in tourney action in Lancaster.
NHB trains and plays all of its home games at Hope View School in Huntington Beach. The team is: Ryan Bui, Jacob Bullock, Colin Ryan, Cantor Wright, Ty Polk, Ivan Lopez, Christian Hodson, Elijah Guptill, Alex Gamez, Ethan Rose, Nate Mester, David Pantaleon, Patrick Buckie and Malakai Nolasco. The team is coached by John McArthur and Chris Ruiz.
NHB is looking to add players to its team. For more information, visit http://www.NHBFutbol.com. | 228 |
The Senators brought back<|fim_middle|> to keep getting better and keep building his game." … The Senators held an off-ice workout at their downtown hotel after arriving Saturday. That means they'll hold a morning skate Sunday. | the 28-year-old forward on waivers from the Lightning, which had claimed DiDomenico only days earlier.
WINNIPEG — Who says you can't go home again?
It has been a whirlwind week for Chris DiDomenico.
Waived by the Ottawa Senators nine days ago, the winger was claimed by the Tampa Bay Lightning and assigned to that club's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse for a two-week conditioning stint.
On Saturday, though, the Senators brought him back by re-claiming the 28-year-old forward on waivers from the Lightning, which had made its move to grab DiDomenico only days after Ottawa claimed forward Gabriel Dumont on waivers from Tampa Bay.
DiDomenico was immediately assigned to the club's AHL affiliate in Belleville and with the Senators already in Syracuse all he had to do was cross the ice to face his former team Saturday night. He suited up for three games with the Crunch and scored a goal.
Nobody is sure exactly what Tampa GM Steve Yzerman was trying to accomplish by taking DiDomenico in the first place, but the Senators needed forward depth in the organization and didn't hesitate on making the reclaim.
"The plan wasn't to bring him in now. We're so happy to have him back," Senators head coach Guy Boucher said Saturday. "When we sent him down, it wasn't to get rid of him, it was to keep him with us and keep him in our ranks and available and we lost him.
Boucher said he was pleased with DiDomenico's contributions while he was with the Senators and that was why they didn't want to lose him in the first place.
Though rookie defenceman Thomas Chabot was happy to score his first National Hockey League goal, winger Zack Smith let out a bigger sigh of relief after his first of the season.
The veteran Senators winger hadn't scored in 28 games extending back to last season and that was why he seemed happy to make a contribution in Friday's 6-5 victory over the New York Islanders in Brooklyn.
"It was very relieving," Smith said. "You think about it a lot and you try not to think about it too much because then you start gripping your stick tight, but it's kind of human nature.
The slump wore on Smith, who hadn't scored since March 4 against the Detroit Red Wings.
"It's tough when especially when you're not winning games because you're not scoring enough goals," Smith said. "We haven't scored many over the seven-game losing streak and I think that puts pressure on the guys who aren't scoring and it puts a lot of pressure on the guys who are scoring.
The Senators hope they can gain momentum from their victory over the Islanders as they prepare to face the Jets on Sunday night. "It was a similar effort that we had through the losing streak and it wasn't anything entirely different," Duchene said. "We stuck with what we were doing and we got some offence. We got some goals that hadn't been going in previously. The biggest thing is to focus on that process and what got us those goals (Friday) night. We were talking about having an offensive outburst because we know we've got the talent to do it and it was a great game for us." … Alternate captain Dion Phaneuf was impressed with Chabot's effort in Brooklyn. "I thought he played incredibly well," Phaneuf said. "He a guy that's got incredible movement and he skates so well. He moves the puck extremely well out of our zone. I think (Friday) he got rewarded. The first goal was special and it was a very good shot by him. I'm happy for him. It's a special moment for him in his career and it feels better when you win the game. Good for him for the way that he played, the way that he came in and the way he stepped up his game and played tough minutes. As a young guy, he's going | 814 |
When the subject of "best living American novelist" comes up, Robert Stone is on the short list. As long as Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, and Toni Morrison draw breath, he will come up near the bottom of that list, but as Stone nears his victory lap after an underrated career, his command of the novel, his mastery, and his roots are showing. Those roots are decidedly New England and extend to Coastal Connecticut. And playing to those roots has made Robert Stone the essential New England novelist. He is to New England what Roth has been to New Jersey: a shrewd and unblinking narrator of misplaced faith and wayward souls.
of his house; Brookman is suspected of pushing her in front of the car.
On the surface it's a crime thriller. That's where Stone separates himself from the pack of writers who have raised "intelligent crime" fiction (think Dennis Lehane) to the level of literature. The characters in Death of the Black-Haired Girl ring out with New England spiritual crisis that goes back to Hawthorne and even Robert Frost. Brookman's wife hails from a strict Mennonite background in the Midwest. She struggles with it. Brookman believes he is compassionate and empathetic in his relationship with a student, while the community is disgusted. And Maud, the black-haired girl, struggles with a graphic antiabortion piece she has just finished for the college newspaper. The right thing, in Stone's fiction, is defined by the individual, at odds with the individual's faith and eventually met with consequences by society.
Stone spent time living in a small house on the shore in Stonington in the 90s and has taught at Yale. The coast and the ocean figure most prominently in what might be his best novel, Outerbridge Reach. Its central character, Owen Browne, has had his faith in man and his country shattered in Vietnam. Now he's ready to put whatever faith<|fim_middle|>icle the Jerusalem complex of messianic and fatal faith. Lucas represents the intersection of intelligence and blind faith that drive this novel and Stone's work. | he has left into a boat and the fate of the sea. Browne is an Annapolis grad and Vietnam vet, now a sailboat salesman in Connecticut. He wants to sail solo around the world—after his millionaire boat-maker boss, who was meant to make the sail, disappears. Enter society, in the form of a cynical documentary filmmaker, Strickland, who will make a movie of this voyage. It is to be partly a movie that Owen himself will shoot at sea, and that Strickland will augment with interviews with Owen's desperate and alcoholic wife, Anne, as well as with various corporate players that sponsor the project. Owen takes to the sea, determined to cover his weak sailing skills with faith in his own toughness. The journey is different than expected. In Stone's world, they all are.
faith at its fringes. It is set in the Old City of Jerusalem—Muslim, Christian, and Jewish extremism. The cast of characters then are set loose in the labyrinthine passageways snaking toward the Temple Mount, which different groups are plotting to destroy. Christopher Lucas, a journalist living in Jerusalem and the novel's main character, is the child of a Christian mother and Jewish father. He is there to chron | 251 |
Q: Arnol'd's definition of differential 1-form In his Ordinay Differential Equations, Arnol'd mentions the following:
Functions of the attached vector that are linear at each given point where thay are attached are called differential 1-forms.
Apparently, he's giving justification of going from the equation ${dx\over dt}=v(x)$ to ${dx\over v(x)} = dt$ and then integrating.
And this is pure confusion to me.
I've never before come across differential forms. So can you please explain in simpler terms?
NOTE: Please make sure that you're explaining it to a Physics undergraduate who is not very familiar yet with his new crush, mathematics.
I'm also attaching the screenshots for context.
A: Before we even get to differential $1$-forms, you need to be comfortable with the standard differential calculus in higher dimensions. Very roughly speaking<|fim_middle|> number.
By the way, I'm sure Arnol'd has an entire chapter later on related to differential forms, so perhaps it might be helpful to read up on that as well.
| , the entire purpose of differential calculus is to study non-linear behaviour of functions by first approximating them by linear functions; this is literally the definition of the derivative. In single variable calculus, the derivative is often introduced as the "slope" of the curve at a point, but while this is geometrically nice, it is not the whole story. I hope you are familiar with the following definition for differentiability:
Let $F: \Bbb{R}^n \to \Bbb{R}^m$ be a function, and fix a point $p \in \Bbb{R}^n$. We say $F$ is differentiable at $p$ if there is a linear transformation $T: \Bbb{R}^n \to \Bbb{R}^m$ such that
\begin{align}
\lim_{h \to 0}\dfrac{ \lVert F(p+h) - F(p) - T(h) \rVert}{\lVert h \rVert} = 0
\end{align}
If such a $T$ exists, it is unique, and so we can unambiguously denote it by the symbol $dF_p$ (called the differential of $F$ at $p$).
Rewriting that equation, we get that $\Delta F_p(h) \equiv F(p+h) - F(p) = dF_p(h) + o(h)$, which in words says we can approximate changes in the function $F$ by a linear part, which is $dF_p(h)$, and an additional "remainder" term $o(h)$, which is "small" in the sense that $o(h) / \lVert h\rVert \to 0$ as $h \to 0$.
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate motivation for differential $1$-forms, but the way I like to look at it is as a geometric way of saying what $dF$ does. Suppose we deal with the special case $m=1$. Let $F: \Bbb{R}^n \to \Bbb{R}$ be a differentiable function. Then, for each point $p \in \Bbb{R}^n$, $dF_p$ is a linear transformation from $\Bbb{R}^n$ into $\Bbb{R}$. In symbols, we say that for every $p \in \Bbb{R}^n$, $dF_p \in (\Bbb{R}^n)^*$ (this is common notation for the set of linear maps from $\Bbb{R}^n \to \Bbb{R}$). In other words, from the function $F$, we have constructed a new function $dF: \Bbb{R}^n \to (\Bbb{R}^n)^*$, which to each point $p$ assigns the differential at that point, $dF_p$.
Once again, the way you should think about $dF$ is that if you give me a point $p$, then $dF_p$ is a linear transformation which locally approximates the function near the point $p$. i.e if $h$ is a "displacement" vector with very small length, then if you are displaced slightly from the point $p$ to the point $p+h$, then the function changes by an amount $F(p+h) - F(p) \approx dF_p(h)$. So, $dF_p$ in a sense "measures and approximates" small changes to the function $F$ in a neighbourhood of the point $p$.
Now, a differential $1$-form is pretty much what $dF$ does. The following definition only works in $\Bbb{R}^n$ (I'm going to simplify some things by not going into tangent spaces of manifolds etc, and canonically identify tangent spaces of $\Bbb{R}^n$)
Definition:
A differential $1$-form defined on $\Bbb{R}^n$ is a function $\omega : \Bbb{R}^n \to (\Bbb{R}^n)^*$
Notice how this is exactly the same thing as what $dF$ does. So a differential $1$-form $\omega$ is a function which for each point $p$, assigns a linear transformation $\omega_p: \Bbb{R}^n \to \Bbb{R}$. Just to emphasise again, $\omega$ can be thought of as a "function of two-variables" $\omega_{(\cdot)}(\cdot)$. In the lower slot, we input the point $p$ of interest. This leaves us with a function of $1$-variable $\omega_p(\cdot)$, which is linear. In this remaining slot, we can feed it vectors $h$, so that finally $\omega_p(h)$ is a real | 1,046 |
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When you are prepping for your next Bible study, it's important to get the details worked out ahead of time. In the midst of the Bible study you will get busy and will thank your past self for doing the hard work before the study begins. So what's involved in creating a solid structure for your Bible study? Welcome to the three T's of planning.
Deciding what route you're going for the study is essential when putting together the schedule. The details are what make creating a schedule easy.
If you decide to go the exegetical direction and teach through a book of the Bible, you'll need to chart the book first, and then use the subsections to schedule out the study. I'll put a post out soon on charting books of the Bible. It's tedious, rewarding work and totally worth it!
If your study is topical, think on the main points you want to get across and write them down. Topical studies are great because you can pray through what your group would need to hear and be interested in. Then, you can go as detailed or broad as you like. For more information, take a look at my post on choosing a topic.
Theme: What's your main message<|fim_middle|> You have the material for it! Doing the detail work upfront will help you out in the long run. Keep the work you've done for later use.
« Week of Reflection: How'd You Do Last Year? | ?
The work you do by charting your book or praying through your topical study will get you to your main theme. This is the forest view.
If you are doing a Bible chart, it will lead you directly to the theme of the book. All you need to do at that point is word it in a way that will draw people into your study. For example, once charting the book of James, you may find that the theme of the book is, "Stand Firm". However, when forming it into a theme for your study, you may title it, "Know Yourself". You will be communicating the message of standing firm but in a context that may draw more of a picture for your audience.
For a topical study, you've basically chosen the theme, but like with the Bible chart, you'll need to depict the theme in a way that reaches your audience. Look at the points you have created and organize them into a cohesive flow. Find that one main message that ties them all together.
Time: How long is your study going to be?
Once you have your main theme and the subsections of that theme, you can adjust them to any length of Bible study. If you're doing a six week Bible study, take the top tier subsections of your theme and there are your topics for each week! If it's a twenty week study… no problem! | 278 |
Have you entered your club's annual fishing contest trusting to luck to fill your keepnet on the day? You won't find the champions who compete at national level leaving anything to chance.
In these well-informed days, with the angling press giving an abun-dance of information, nobody should go to a match water 'cold'. Even if certain items have not been covered by the angling papers, a little effort pinkies, squatts or worms – to take. On odd occasions another bait may score, but if match and pleasure catches from a water have resulted from a certain bait over a season or two, why waste time preparing another that is not recommended?
The same applies to the amount of tackle to take along. Reports will give you the information. For example, if you have read that the match is at a place where you might need to walk a long distance to your peg, why cart all your poles along? Similar precautions should be taken with regard to reels, the serious angler will not want to be equipped with less than three, all in good working order. You most certainly need two reliable reels for the average match if not more.
Although it seems expensive, it is surprising how soon you will accumulate the necessary gear. Two float and two ledger rods ought to be in the kit because of the possibility of breakage. Even with the lightweight plastic carrying tubes there is a risk, particularly during transport. Glassfibre does not take kindly to sharp knocks, so handle with care and don't lay rods where they might be trodden on.
The first thing to do when setting out your peg is to have a good look to see what features you can use. For example, a flat patch of ground will be just right for the basket. Then make sure you will be where nothing obstructs casting and striking. Any weeds or snags near the bank might impede landing a good fish. Be sure to manoeuvre the rod without snagging bushes or trees, so that a fish can be steered easily round them.
Most of this planning can be done without actually standing at the peg. In this way you avoid disturbance, which on some waters, par-ticularly shallow, clear spots, can make the difference between success and failure. Scaring off the fish before you even start fishing means wasting match time while you wait for them to return.
A little reconnaissance can show you the easiest, safest way down a difficult bank, the way you will get maximum cover from bankside vegetation, and whether you will be standing or sitting to fish. All this is certainly worth a minute or two for consideration before starting to fish.
At the swim, the first thing is to lay out your tackle on the bank. Assemble your rods and reels, putting together the rod from the top length down and making sure the rod-rings are in line. It is much easier this way; try it and see. Also carefully check that you do not miss passing the line through all of the rings. If you miss one out, you might not notice in good conditions, but when it is windy and wet and you are trying to get maximum casting distance, missing that ring can be a serious nuisance.
Once the tackle is set up, make sure you have everything you will need out of your basket and ready to hand. This is comparatively easy in these days of purpose-built tackle and float boxes. You want everything out of your basket because if you are<|fim_middle|> easy reach, perhaps leaning against your basket. Above all it must be secure. It is no use to you once it is washed downstream!
You will soon get used to laying out your tackle effectively, and practice counts a lot. You will benefit in time from this planned approach.
Of course there are some arbitrary factors which will affect your chances – factors which you are powerless to control, such as the weather and, most important, which swim you are allotted. In close-pegged matches, a very definite ad-vantage attaches to the pegs at either end, for fish arrive from upstream or downstream and the angler who has drawn an end swim has first crack at them. Of course, without the right bait, approach and technique, even he won't catch anything: so if you draw a mid-pack peg, temper your envy of the end men with the knowledge that you can outfish them through pure skill! | sitting down to fish it is a nuisance having to stand up every time you want something. If you are standing up then your basket lid can act as a bait tray. Either way, rummaging round in the 'skip' instead of having everything to hand is time-wasting.
If you are using an umbrella, make sure it is firmly anchored before you start – guy ropes are cheap enough and it is very distracting to worry about whether that umbrella is going to stay in place once it starts flapping around.
Be sure all your bait pots are to hand so that at a glance you can see where your maggots, casters, or hempseed are without bending and stretching. Not only is this time-saving, but also less tiring with an adequate number of reasonably sized compartments.
Disgorger or forceps can be hung round the neck on a piece of nylon or string, and the latter can usually be clipped to the flap of a jacket pocket. The most important thing is that they are to hand and you are not having to search for them when they are needed. Apart from anything else, the quicker the hook is out and the fish in the keepnet, the kinder.
Positioning of nets Keepnet and landing net designs and sizes will be covered in a later article, so now let us just consider their positioning. The keepnet must be sunk so that the mouth is as close to you as possible. The shorter the distance a fish has to be moved after unhooking, the less chance of missing the net with it. To avoid this, some anglers use an apron and slide the fish down into it – you are not harming the fish by dropping it the short distance involved.
Bigger fish should be transferred from landing net to keepnet without lifting them out. But first you have to get them in the landing net, and positioning is again important. Where possible, the business end should be kept in the water. It is easier to just slide out the net gently than to have to lift it and place it in the water before netting a fish. It is also less likely to scare the fish. The handle should be within | 436 |
<|fim_middle|> weekends; learn to weave, sew, knit and other crafts. | Inn 32 is a family owned and operated inn. We provide a family-friendly, laid-back and relaxed atmosphere. We have been renovating and upgrading non-stop since purchasing the Inn in 2015 with many plans to continue with improvements. Visiting us again? You will almost certainly enjoy something new upon each visit. We constantly strive to find ways to enhance your experience as you create memories to treasure.
A few of our most recent upgrades for 2018/2019 are new showers/bathtubs. Office store with local crafts and souvenirs. New exterior doors on the main and south buildings. Addition of 5 family and 3 dog friendly rooms. An onsite winery with tastings and paint and sip classes. As well as retreat weekends.
It is only a short drive to all White Mountain and New Hampshire attractions including: golf courses, Ski 93 areas, train rides, Clark's Trading Post, Whales Tail Water Park, Franconia Notch State Park, Lost River Gorge, Cannon Mountain, Loon Mountain, the Mount Washington Cog Railway, and The Kancamagus Highway.
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§ 276-1 Designation of certain street names.
§ 276-2 Houses, stores and buildings to be properly numbered.
§ 276-3 Numbering problems to be settled by Mayor and Council.
The street known as "Alpha Street" between Park Avenue and Lee Avenue shall hereafter be known as "Mill Street"; the part of street known as "Hawk Avenue" between Springtown Road and the underpass of the Central Railroad shall hereafter be known as "Third Avenue"; the street known as "Oak Avenue" between Williams Street and Alpha Street shall hereafter be known as "Railroad Avenue"; the part of Third Avenue between Harding Street and Hunterdon Street shall hereafter be known as "Hawk Avenue"; and the street known as "Holland Street" between Railroad Avenue and Berry Alley shall hereafter be<|fim_middle|> the owner or occupant of any dwelling house, store or other public building shall fail to number and cause to be numbered said dwelling house, store or public place in conformity with the number designated on said current Tax Map as aforesaid after written notice by the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Alpha, the owner or occupant shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,250, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. | known as "High Street."
The owners or occupants of each and every dwelling house, store or other building which now fronts or hereafter may front upon any of the streets, alleys or public places within the Borough of Alpha shall cause the same to be properly numbered and all numbers shall correspond with the numbers upon the current Tax Map of the Borough of Alpha filed in the office of the Tax Collector of said Borough, and it shall be the duty of all property owners or occupants to have their houses and business places numbered in conformity with the numbers designated on said current Tax Map. The figures are to be at least three inches in height placed conspicuously on the front of each dwelling house, store or other building. It shall be the duty of all owners or occupants of all dwelling houses, stores or other buildings to apply to the Tax Collector of the Borough of Alpha for the correct number of said house or public place as the same is indicated on the current Tax Map, and upon receipt of said application, the Tax Collector shall furnish to said applicant the correct number of said property.
In case of doubt or difficulty in applying the above plan for numbering any dwelling house, building, etc., application may be made to the Mayor and members of the Borough Council, a majority of whom are hereby empowered to settle and issue the same by assigning a number whereby the same shall be known, and their action shall be reduced to writing if necessary and filed with the Borough Clerk.
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While Instagram might not boast the following of Facebook, it is still one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with over a billion active users. Like Facebook, Instagram boasts enormous reach and the unique selling point of being able to appeal directly to users' visual senses. Instagram is the world's foremost social media platform that hinges on visual media.
Instagram's unique visual focus, coupled with its amazingly broad reach, makes it one of the most lucrative platforms for spreading brand awareness, reaching new audiences, and conducting business. Efficiently targeted and managed Instagram advertising services can pay for themselves many times over, increasing interest in your products, building customer loyalty, and generating new streams of revenue for your business.
Advantages of Instagram Advertising Campaigns
Because of its broad reach and unique positioning, Instagram is perfectly suitable for running ad campaigns that are directly targeted at users that might not be highly interested in your brand, products, or services because they simply don't know about them yet.
If your business is currently running digital marketing campaigns to generate new interest in your products or services but is not taking advantage of social media advertising, specifically on Instagram, here's what you could be missing out on.
Reach new audiences, generate new revenue streams.
Advertising on Instagram is nearly guaranteed to introduce you to new audiences that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to target. Each social media platform has its own loyal following and Instagram is no different; by creating a selectively targeted and continuously optimized Instagram advertising campaign, you can reach new audiences and grow your business through additional sales.
Gathering relevant information about your customers.
Instagram is not only useful as a money-making tool. When you run an Instagram ad campaign, invariably some of your audience will not convert, but that does not mean that the ad budget was allocated or spent in vain. Simply by advertising on Instagram, you can learn more about what formats of ads, what types of media, and what types of products, servicing, and positioning appeal to your audience. This valuable information about customer preferences and consumer behavior can be invaluable to your business as it continues to define your ideal buyer persona.
Expand brand reach and recognition.
While by some metrics an Instagram ad campaign that fails to conclude any new sales would be a failure, the platform can still be used to effectively expand your brand reach and recognition. With so many users, Instagram, like other social media platforms, can be vital for spreading awareness about your products and services.
Manage existing customer relationships.
Retargeting and remarketing efforts can be used to help manage your existing customer relationships, as our creative social media marketing team will construct new ads and targeting plans to convert visitors that show interest in your products or engage with your posts or ads but do not buy the first time they see them. In this way, an Instagram ad campaign can be a valuable tool for customer relationship management by capturing important information about user preferences and behavior.
How to Advertise on Instagram?
Almost any business can sign up for Instagram Ads Manager and start creating an ad campaign in very short order. Once you complete your account setup, you can name your campaign, set your campaign objectives, allocate a budget, and even start defining your target audience.
However, running an efficient Instagram ad campaign requires a great deal of expertise, specifically with social media management and eCommerce PPC management, either aspect of which could quickly become a full-time job – not to mention choosing the right types of Instagram ads to appeal to your target audience.
Types of Instagram Ads
Instagram Advertising Formats
One aspect of establishing a new Instagram ad campaign is choosing, then developing the Instagram ad formats that appeal most closely to your target audience and will enable you to extract the highest value from the campaign.
Instagram Video Ads
Instagram video ads are like photo ads in many ways, except instead of a static photo, video ads contain video snippets intended to attract the attention of viewers and then engage them. Because viewership rates are higher on Instagram than on other platforms (probably attributable to the fact that the platform was designed around sharing visual media), video ads can be highly effective.
Because of the time limits placed on IG video ads (typically around a minute), most Instagram video ads are only snippets or teasers of the full video promotion that may be stored on another platform, like YouTube or the company website.
Nonetheless, IG video ads that show products in use can generate a great deal of customer interest, and depending on the positioning and promotion of the video ads themselves, the campaign views may balloon significantly if sufficient customer interest is generated.
IGTV Ads
IGTV is basically the name given to longer videos that can be posted to Instagram. They're effectively video ads, but they can be much longer, up to 20 minutes. Because of this, they can help advertisers, especially those for whom audiences are highly attracted to video-based content, to circumvent the short video ad requirements of Instagram. IGTV ads can be effective for businesses that rely on longer form video-based content to communicate value.
Instagram Photo Ads
Arguably the simplest and most straightforward of all Instagram ad formats, Instagram photo ads take advantage of the visual nature of the platform to deliver basic pictorial ads. Since the platform was designed for photo sharing, it so happens that these are also the most common type of Instagram ads.
Aside from the fact that photo ads require attractive, engaging visual content to be effective, they also benefit from catchy, engaging captions containing relevant information and tags.
IG stories are some of the most popular features on the platform, and story ads typically display as a user is navigating between stories of the accounts he or she follows. Story ads are typically very short and cannot be revisited; this may be considered a drawback, but since many users are aware of this fact, they may be more likely to swipe up (which results in a visit to the ad's landing page).
Story ads can be used to improve brand reach and particularly to increase traffic to a business's website, especially if the ad is so crafted in such a manner that is strongly appealing to the target audience.
Instagram Sponsored Ads
Sponsored ads are a unique ad format through which a business can promote its own IG posts as an ad itself, in which case the post will become the ad and is known as an "Instagram sponsored post."
Because the business in question effectively pays to "boost" its posts, these types of ads should be reserved for posts that are expected to generate a great deal of customer interest. For example, some businesses reserve their budget for sponsored ads to promote special events, sales, or exclusive services. They can also be generally used to improve brand awareness.
Instagram Carousel Ads
Carousel ads are very similar to video ads or photo ads, except they feature a group of images instead of one. If your initial photographic ad captures your target user's attention, they'll be more likely to "stay" and swipe through the ad's images, increasing Instagram post engagement and attention. Like the other Instagram ad formats mentioned here, they can be highly effective at driving traffic to your business's website, especially if the ads themselves feature content that is attractive to your target audience.
Instagram Mapped and Guided Ads
Mapped and guided ads use a series of tags to help users navigate through a series of posts. They're not widely used, but they do enable a somewhat "personalized" experience for the shopper since the ads can be used to allow customers to "create" an image of a product customized to their tastes based on the preferences and options they select. While they are time-consuming to produce, they can be effective for creating a personalized, directed advertising experience, boosting click-through rates, and catching attention.
Defining Instagram Ad Objectives
It's also important to establish Instagram ad campaign objectives before you invest in one. If you don't set the campaign objectives ahead of time, it will be difficult or impossible during the course of the campaign to determine if the project is meeting goals and worth the investment or not.
There are other campaign objectives you can set for an Instagram campaign which will vary according to the unique needs of your business, but the following three are among the most common, especially for eCommerce businesses.
Spreading Brand Awareness
Instagram ads can be used to effectively spread brand awareness as well as to generate interest; in this manner, they can be used to sew the seeds of customer engagement and interest. Even customers that don't convert through the ads may go on to learn more about your brand before eventually converting. For the purposes of spreading brand awareness, an IG ad campaign can also be used to gather valuable information about your user behavior so your business can further refine its buyer persona as it grows.
Generating Higher Levels of Traffic
Instagram social media ads can also be used solely for the purpose of generating higher traffic to your website, which can be an important metric for organic growth statistics, potentially having a positive impact on your other organic growth strategies<|fim_middle|> your Instagram advertising efforts with the efforts you pursue on your other social media platforms. In addition to Instagram ad services, we also offer Facebook advertising services and social media management services for other platforms.
Taking a holistic approach to social media marketing will not only help you balance Instagram ads costs but also improve your efforts across the board, as the data you gather from one campaign can be used cross-functionally. You can also utilize your other social media campaigns to further refine your definition of your ideal buyer persona.
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In addition to eCommerce SEO and PPC strategies, our digital marketing team also specializes in email marketing and content marketing. The best thing about working with a social media management partner that offers a wide range of other digital marketing strategies is that all of your efforts can work together toward your common goal of building your business and growing sales.
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Instagram Advertising Services | (like eCommerce SEO) as well. Again, as for the purposes of spreading brand awareness, when an IG ad campaign is run for the purpose of generating higher traffic, it can be used to gather valuable data about your target market that can then be used in customer relationship management initiatives down the line.
Generating Higher Conversions or Sales Figures
Generating higher conversion rates or sales is the main reason most eCommerce businesses run social ad campaigns in general. For most eCommerce merchants the ultimate goal of concluding a sale is the reason for investing in Instagram ad management services. When a business runs an Instagram campaign with the purpose of generating sales through the ads themselves, it is critically important to craft ads with original, attention-grabbing content, optimized in accordance with the expectations and perceptions of your target audience, with calls to action and with Instagram hashtags, where applicable.
Targeting as a Component of a Successful Instagram Marketing Campaign
Instagram's Ad Manager, like Facebook's, lets you set three different types of audiences, which are known as saved audiences, lookalike audiences, and custom audiences. Typically speaking, saved audiences are targeted fairly broadly according to some of the features enumerated below; custom audiences are audiences that are compiled according to target criteria that you set, or they can be compiled from email lists, from other databases, or according to their behavior on certain platforms. Finally, there are lookalike audiences, which can be generated based on their similarity either to one of your saved or custom audiences.
Whichever audience you are trying to create, Instagram allows you to target your intended audience according to some of the following factors.
Demographic Factors
Instagram Ads Manager enables you to target audiences based on a variety of demographic factors including but not limited to age, sex, language, and other unique demographic identifiers. Because these demographic factors guide user behavior, they are some of the key determining features in defining your buyer persona, especially at the outset of a campaign. They can, however, be adjusted during the course of an ad campaign.
Geographic Factors
Social media platforms like Facebook Ads and Instagram Ads can also be targeted according to location. Fortunately, you can define these criteria very easily within the Instagram Ads Manager and make adjustments throughout the course of the campaign. You can target IG ads according to country, state, region, county, city, or postal code. You can even set a specific address radius or DMA (designated market area).
Factors Associated with User Behavior
User behavior is most likely the most valuable factor that influences the optimization and success of an Instagram advertising campaign. Through the Ad Manager, you can target audiences based on interests, but targeting the actual actions that users take during the course of a campaign will prove invaluable to eventual profitability.
Measuring the Success of an Instagram Campaign: Continuous Optimization
Much of the success of a social media strategy like an Instagram ad campaign does not come from the initial steps you take while setting up the campaign, but how closely your Instagram ad services provider monitors the campaign and makes adjustments accordingly. These ongoing monitoring and continuous optimization practices will help you improve the effectiveness of your ads, increasing your profitability and potentially scaling back the costs of your campaign.
Here's what we look for…
Reach and Impressions
Reach refers to the actual number of users that have seen your ad and impressions refer to the number of times your ad has actually been viewed or seen during a given period of time. Both of these figures are extremely important for an Instagram ads campaign because without reaching an audience, there's no chance they can convert. One of the first objectives is to ensure that the ads we develop will not simply reach a significant number of eyes, but that those users are members of your target market. Otherwise, your ads might suffer from low engagement, from clicks that don't convert or simply be ignored.
Click-through Rate and Cost-Per-Click
Click-through rates refer to the number of users that actually click through your Instagram ads to your website. A high click-through rate can be a good thing if it results in a conversion (or otherwise meets your objectives). However, ads that generate a lot of clicks that don't meet campaign objectives indicate some misalignment of ad content, strategy, or poor optimization of the destination or landing page. These are some key considerations our Instagram experts follow when monitoring the success of an Instagram ad campaign. Cost-per-click is an indicator of how much, on average, you end up paying for each click you earn on your ads. High cost-per-click is acceptable as long as your conversion rates offset it, but the goal is to drive down the average cost-per-click while maintaining high conversion rates.
Instagram Engagement Rate
Instagram engagement rate is a critically important measurement of how users interact with your ads, given by views, comments, and other behavior. Instagram ad engagement is a huge indicator of the success of a campaign because it will lend you invaluable soft insights into how effectively your targeting is performing and whether users who actually see your ads like them or not. Even if ads do not convert, high engagement may indicate commensurate interest. These users may be candidates for remarketing or retargeting, but their behavior can also help you craft your ads to be more attractive to others like them; tracking targeting factors associated with users that engage with your ads may constitute a significant portion of the ongoing optimizations associated with your campaign.
Conversions are, ultimately, the metric you want to follow. As any social media expert can tell you, if your main eCommerce goal is to make money through an Instagram ad campaign then conversions are the metric you need to watch. Conversions can equate to basically whatever goal you set to gauge the success of your Instagram ad campaign. Conversions could be sales, building your follower base, or even getting users to sign up for a newsletter, but they are ultimately the key metric to watch as they will tell you whether or not your ad campaign is succeeding. Conversions alone will give you an indication of whether or not your campaign is a success, but on its own conversion rate will not tell you where you need to make improvements. That's why you need to closely follow the metrics enumerated above.
Continuous Improvement: Drive Profitability Up and Costs Down
The purpose of tracking the metrics mentioned in the previous section is to increase the performance of your Instagram paid promotions and advertising campaigns over time. By closely monitoring the above metrics and attending to targeting cues, our Instagram ad management experts will perform a series of continuous optimizations, slightly altering ad content, messaging, formatting, targeting, and other factors in order to more closely meet the expectations of your target audience.
Together, these ongoing optimizations will ultimately result in ads that are more favorably received by your target audience, resulting in higher rates of engagement, greater brand awareness, and increasing conversion rates. The ultimate goal is not simply to make money for your business but to drive down the cost of the ad campaign over time, increasing your return on investment.
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In Jason v. National Loan Recoveries, LLC, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland determined that a borrower could challenge a district court judgment as void beyond the catch-all three-year statute of limitations, where it was obtained against him by an unlicensed collection agency. Noting that prior case law determined such judgments to be void, the intermediate appellate court held that a void judgment was subject to attack "at any time," but an open question remained as to what remedies were available, including whether they were subject to the defenses of laches and waiver.
However, the Court determined that a three-year statute of limitations applied to Borrower's claims for unjust enrichment relating to amounts received in satisfaction of the judgment through garnishment of his bank account, as well as Maryland statutory consumer protection claims relating to unlicensed collection activity. Because the record was not clear as to when Creditor had been allegedly unjustly enriched, i.e., the date it received the garnished funds, the Court reversed the dismissal of the unjust enrichment claim for further proceedings. However, the Court affirmed the dismissal of the statutory consumer protection claims on limitations grounds, noting that the Borrower was on inquiry notice of the alleged unlicensed collection activity more than three years before filing suit.
After acquiring a debt in default, Creditor sued Borrower, and subsequently obtained a judgment against him. Thereafter, a writ of garnishment was served upon Borrower's bank, and ultimately the judgment was satisfied through the garnishment proceedings.
Three years after the original collection suit had been filed, Borrower filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration that the prior judgment against him was void because Creditor lacked a collection agency license, asserting a claim for unjust enrichment, and further asserting that Creditor's unlicensed collection activity violated the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act, Md. Code, Comm. Law § 14-201 ("MCDCA"), and Maryland Consumer Protection Act, Md. Code, Comm. Law § 13-101 ("MCPA").
Notably, Borrower alleged that Creditor constituted a collection agency because it acquired the loan when it was in default. See Md. Code, Bus. Reg. § 7-101(c)(1)(ii) (defining a "collection agency" to include "a person who engages directly or indirectly in the business of . . . collecting a consumer claim the person owns, if the claim was in default when the person acquired it; . . ."). Further, for purposes of the appeal, it was undisputed that at the time Creditor had filed suit against Borrower, it did not hold a Maryland Collection Agency license, nor did it obtain a license until after the writ of garnishment was issued.
Creditor moved to dismiss Borrower's claims, which the trial court granted, determining that all of Borrower's claims were barred by the three-year statute of limitations under Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings ("CJP") § 5-101. This appeal followed.
Addressing Borrower's claims for declaratory relief, the Court noted that in Finch v. LVNV Funding, LLC, 212 Md. App. 748 (2013), it previously held that "a judgment entered in favor of an unlicensed debt collector constitutes a void judgment as a matter of law." Op. at 6. Recognizing that Finch did not address the applicability of the statute of limitations, the Court nevertheless concluded that although "it is possible that the passage of time could limit the remedies available to the judgment debtor who is subject to a void judgment, there appears no time limit for asserting that a judgment is void." Op. at 8 (Emphasis in original).
Thus, although the Court reversed the dismissal of the claims for declaratory relief, it explicitly expressed no opinion regarding the remedial relief that the Borrower could ultimately obtain, and whether such relief was subject to defenses of laches or waiver. Further, the Court noted that comments to the Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment indicated that payment on an invalid judgment resulting from valid debt does not create unjust enrichment. See Op. at 8-9 n. 4.
The Court then determined that "a claim for unjust enrichment that seeks the remedy of restitution of money is subject to the general three-year statute of limitations" set forth in Maryland Code, CJP § 5-101. Op. at 13. Applying the discovery rule to Borrower's unjust enrichment claim, the Court noted that it could not ascertain when Creditor obtained the funds from its judgment against Borrower. Op. at 15. Therefore, the Court could not determine whether the unjust enrichment claim was timely filed, and accordingly reversed the trial court's dismissal of such claim for further proceedings. Op. at 17.
Finally, the Court held that the three-year statute of limitations also applied to Borrower's statutory consumer protection claims under the MCDCA and MCPA. Op. at 18. The Court rejected Borrower's assertion that Creditor had a duty to disclose its lack of licensure. Rather, the Court determined that Borrower was on inquiry notice of Creditor's collection activities against him at least three years prior to filing his lawsuit, and was on inquiry notice to investigate potential claims against Creditor when it sought and obtained the judgment against him. Thus, the Court held that Borrower's statutory claims under the MCDCA and MCPA were time-barred, and affirmed the dismissal of such claims. Op. at 18.
In Elyazidi v. SunTrust Bank, et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a debtor's alleged violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, et seq. (FDCPA), which attempted to challenge debt collectors seeking estimated attorneys' fees in its initial pleading. Observing that the debt collectors sought no more than what applicable law allowed, and that they explained that the amount requested for attorneys' fees was estimated, the Court held that this conduct was not misleading in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 16<|fim_middle|>]he act of sitting in a Maryland office and drafting court documents, or taking phone calls, is not the activity that [the Debtor] seeks to condemn in the case." As the challenged representations occurred in Virginia, and as any harm to the Debtor occurred in Virginia, these Maryland statutes had "no application here." Id. at 22; see also Consumer Prot. Div. v. Outdoor World Corp., 603 A.2d 1376, 1382 (Md. App. 1992) (holding that regulatory statutes are "generally construed as not having extra-territorial effect unless a contrary legislative intent is expressly stated").
Accordingly, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the Debtor's claims in their entirety. | 92e(2). Nor was it unconscionable in violation of under 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(1), as it was proper for the debt collector to estimate an appropriate fee within the limits of its contract with the debtor.
In opening a checking account with her banking institution (the "Bank"), Appellant ("Debtor"), agreed to be bound by the Bank's rules and regulations, which included a provision on overdraft liability allowing for the Bank to recover an "attorney's fee up to 25% . . . of the amount owed." In September of 2010, although the account held no more than a few hundred dollars, Debtor cut herself a check for $9,800. After its own attempts to collect the overdraft were unsuccessful, the Bank hired a Maryland law firm ("Law Firm") to bring a debt collection action.
Following the judgment in favor of the Bank in the collection suit, Debtor filed a separate lawsuit against the Bank and Law Firm in Maryland state court. Challenging their efforts to recover allegedly unearned attorneys' fees in the collection suit, Debtor brought two counts under Maryland state consumer protection laws, as well as two counts under Sections 1692e(2) and 1692f(1) of the FDCPA. Additionally, Debtor sued the Law Firm under Section 1692f of the FDCPA for failing to redact Debtor's social security number from bank statements filed with the Virginia general district court.
After removing the case to federal court, the Bank and Law Firm filed separate motions to dismiss. The district court dismissed the case, and this appeal followed.
As a preliminary matter, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected the Bank's and Law Firm's (collectively, the "Appellees") argument that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Although the doctrine prohibits federal courts from reviewing state court decisions, the Fourth Circuit explained that "a federal court is not stripped of its jurisdiction simply because the claim challenges conduct that was previously examined in a state court action." Op. at p. 9. As the federal suit posed "no challenge to the Virginia Court's judgment," the district court was not barred from hearing it. Id. at p. 10.
As to the alleged FDCPA violations related to the claimed attorneys' fees, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of the Section 1692e count. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1692e, a debt collector may not "use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt." 15 U.S.C. § 1692e. Such prohibited conduct includes any "false representation of (A) the character, amount, or legal status of any debt; or (B) any services rendered or compensation which may be lawfully received by any debt collector for the collection of a debt." 15 U.S.C. § 1692e(2).
Noting that the representations must be viewed in context, the Court held that "where the debt collector sought no more than applicable law allowed and explained via affidavit that the figure was merely an estimate of an amount counsel expected to earn in the course of the representations cannot be considered misleading under 15 U.S.C. § 1692e(2)." Op. at pp. 13-14. According to the Court, under these circumstances, "any consumer – no matter how sophisticated – should have understood the nature of the Appellees' request [for attorneys' fees]." Id. at p. 15.
Likewise, the Court also affirmed the dismissal of the alleged Section 1692f(1) violation. Under 15 U.S.C. § 1692f, a debt collector may not use "unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collect any debt." 15 U.S.C. § 1692f. As an example of such prohibited conduct, Subsection (1) condemns "[t]he collection of any amount (including any interest, fee, charge, or expense incidental to the principal obligation) unless such amount is expressly authorized by the agreement creating the debt or permitted by law." 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(1).
In the complaint, Debtor alleged that the attorneys' fee request was "unauthorized" because "neither the agreement nor applicable law permit recovery of attorney's fees for services not performed." Op. at p. 16. However, the Fourth Circuit determined that this argument had no merit, explaining that "it was entirely proper for [the Bank] to estimate an appropriate fee within the limits prescribed in the September 2010 agreement." Id. Although it drew all reasonable inferences in the Debtor's favor, "the only reasonable inference here is that Appellees sought to enforce their contractual rights in compliance with state court procedure." Id. at p. 17.
Addressing the alleged FDCPA violation related to the disclosure of the Debtor's social security number, the Fourth Circuit again affirmed the dismissal. Notably, the Court observed that the enumerated activities prohibited under 15 U.S.C. § 1692f all have "the capacity to harass the debtor or to pressure her to pay the debt." Op. at p. 18. Although "alarming," Appellees never threatened to disclose the social security number, and the Debtor was not "cowed into paying the debt." Id. at pp. 18-19. Rather, the Court held that "the lapse occurred in the course of litigation and was easily remedied," and therefore, "the disclosure cannot be considered unfair or unconscionable." Id. at p. 18.
Finally, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the Debtor's Maryland consumer protection claims, including counts under the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act (MCDCA) and Maryland Consumer Protection Act (MCPA). Although the Debtor attempted to frame the challenged activities as having occurred in Maryland, the Court noted "[t]he critical point, however, is not whether Appellees conduct business in Maryland, but whether some significant portion of the challenged activity occurred there." Op. at p. 21. Indeed, "[t | 1,356 |
How I launched the story of the Skipping Sikh
When 74-year-old Rajinder Singh released a video of himself skipping during lockdown, his daughter Minreet Kaur, a<|fim_middle|> tale take on a life of its own.
He went on to raise thousands of pounds for the NHS and inspired many to dust off their skipping ropes and get fit during those first weeks of the pandemic. Rajinder is now planning to mark his 75th birthday by taking part in the London Marathon, skipping across the finishing line. Here Minreet tells how she took her father's story and helped launch a phenomenon that has kept whole communities fit and active during lockdown.
The Skipping Sikh is running the London Marathon in aid of Mencap. Donations can be made here. You can see his videos on YouTube and follow his adventures on Facebook and Twitter.
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Disney Interactive to Feature 'Disney Infinity,' 'Fantasia: Music Evolved,' and More at D23 Expo
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We've let you know recently about many of the great events and exhibits that attendees at next month's D23 Expo will be able to experience. This week brought the announcement of another great addition to the Expo, as Disney Interactive announced they will be giving guests a sneak peek at some of the exciting new games they have in store.
For the first time, Disney Interactive will be getting its own arena presentation at this year's Expo. Set to take place at 12:00 PM on Sunday, August 11, Disney Interactive Co-Presidents Jimmy …
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D23 Expo to Offer New 'StagePass' Event Tickets
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The D23 Expo is now just a few weeks away, and the convention is set to offer some extremely exciting events. However, attendees at the previous D23 Expos will remember that with these exciting events come some extremely long lines. In an attempt to combat this issue, Disney recently announced that the 2013 Expo will feature a new "StagePass" system for acquiring tickets to the Expo's smaller events.
For events taking place at Stage 23 and Stage 28, Expo guests will now be able to retrieve a limited number of tickets …
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D23 Expo to Celebrate 60 Years of Walt Disney Imagineering
Fans of Disney's theme parks who are headed to this year's D23 Expo are in for a treat, as D23 announced this week some of the exciting events and exhibits that Disney's Parks and Resorts Division have in store for the upcoming Expo. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Walt Disney Imagineering, Expo attendees will be able to enjoy exclusive panels, access to Imagineers, merchandise, and more.
Like at the 2011 Expo, Imagineering will be hosting a pavilion on the Expo floor this year that offers a glimpse behind-the-scenes at Imagineering. …
D23 Lineup Includes Stars from Disney Channel and Disney XD, Plus a Screening of 'Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel'
The D23 Expo in August has something for every Disney fan, including teens, tweens, and kids who are hoping to meet their favorite stars from popular shows on Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior.
A Disney Channel showcase kicks off August 9 with a special screening of Phineas and<|fim_middle|> at the Expo over the past few months, but with so much jam packed into the Expo's three days, it can get a little bit overwhelming. Here are some highlights of what attendees can expect at the D23 Expo:
Exclusive Screenings and Sneak …
Disney Publishing Worldwide to Feature Best-Selling Authors, Giveaways, and More at D23 Expo
All different sectors of the Walt Disney Company have a lot in store for next weekend's D23 Expo, and Disney Publishing Worldwide is no exception. Disney-loving readers at the upcoming Expo will be able to enjoy special storytelling events, the chance to see best-selling Disney authors, exclusive giveaways and more throughout the three-day convention.
As previously announced, the Disney Living Pavilion will contain Disney Publishing's "The Wonderful Words of Disney" area. This area will feature comfortable areas for guests to relax and peruse some Disney books, as well as kiosks featuring …
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More Details Revealed About Marvel's Inaugural Appearance at D23 Expo
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More details were revealed today about Marvel's offerings at the upcoming D23 Expo, and it certainly looks like they will be pulling out all the stops. This will be Marvel Entertainment's first time at the D23 Expo, with Disney having acquired the company in 2009. With the company having a much smaller presence at this year's San Diego Comic-Con than in previous years, it is expected that the D23 Expo is where Marvel will impress audiences with big reveals and special sneak peeks.
As previously announced, Marvel Studios will be part …
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Disney Store to Celebrate 25th Anniverary at D23 Expo, Offer Exclusive Merchandise and Special Events
We're less than two weeks away now from the D23 Expo, and announcements of what each sector of the Walt Disney Company will be bringing to the event are still coming out. While we already learned what Disney Consumer Products has in store, Disney Store has most recently announced their special offerings at the Expo. Disney Store will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary at the Expo, and fans will be able to look forward to special and exclusive merchandise, special events, artist signings, and more.
Expo attendees will be able to …
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Walt Disney Studios Announces Presentations, Exhibits, and Stars at the D23 Expo
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Walt Disney Studios has finally announced more information about what they will be bringing to the D23 Expo, and it looks like Expo attendees will have a lot to look forward to. With the Expo only ten days away, the Studios has announced stars, exhibits, and special panels that Expo attendees will not want to miss.
The highlight of the Studios' presence at the Expo will be their Arena presentation on Saturday, August 20 from 10:30 AM-1:00 PM. The presentation, led by Rich Ross, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios; Sean Bailey, …
Disney Living Pavilion at D23 Expo to Feature Special Merchandise, Interactive Experiences
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With the D23 Expo almost two weeks away, new information about what each section of the Walt Disney Company will be showcasing at the event is being announced faster than ever. Most recently, Disney Consumer Products announced their offerings at the three-day convention. At the division's Disney Living Pavilion, Expo guests will be able to discover new and exclusive merchandise, participate in interactive experiences, meet the creators and innovators behind the merchandise, and more.
Guests at the pavilion will be invited to "explore the ultimate Disney lifestyle" through the three "neighborhoods" … | Ferb: Mission Marvel. The show features Phineas, Ferb, Perry the Platypus, Spider-Man, Thor, Hulk, and Iron Man and is the first Disney and Marvel animated crossover. In the special, the Marvel superheroes come to Danville after Dr. Doofenshmirtz's latest "inator" invention …
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Disney Announces Full D23 Expo Schedule
[13 Aug 2011 | One Comment | ]
We're less than one week away from the D23 Expo now, and Disney has finally announced the event's final schedule. You can view the complete, up-to-the-minute schedule over at the D23 Expo website.
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As a feminist blogger who writes about the significance of the ways we present ourselves, I'm required by law to write about The Hunger Games. This, reader, is that post.
To give you an idea of where I'm coming from, I devoured the trilogy in a week, and endured the three days of slow torture between the film's release and my having a chance to see it. I'm usually the curmudgeonly snob who comes in and says that anything so wildly popular can't possibly merit the hype. I read, then filleted, a handful of pages from Twilight; I saw part of one of the Harry Potter movies and felt a wave of gratitude for my IUD ensuring I'll never be forced to watch such things against my will. But The Hunger Games had exactly what I wanted, and once I got over myself enough to admit that Suzanne Collins had squarely and accurately targeted me, I gave in wholeheartedly. In a nutshell: Love the books, liked the movie, don't think the film would have nearly as much value for those who hadn't read the books. And my thoughts here probably aren't anything new, which I'm glad for; I'm thrilled that these books have provoked such levels of cultural analysis.
What I have to say boils down to this (and if you're determined to avoid any and all plot points until you've finished the trilogy, stop reading now): The Hunger Games masterfully explores the division between the self and the public self. We see various ways characters cope with this enforced gap—Peeta doesn't just grin and bear it but thrives, Cinna plays his cards so close to the vest that it takes two books before we learn what he's really about, and even Cato (in the movie, at least) is shown as finally questioning if he even has a private self, being trained since birth for his death.
And here's what I think is so remarkable about the trilogy: The division between public and private life is framed through a manipulation of Katniss's femininity, but that femininity is seen as a means to an end. The books aren't so much a critique of the construction of femininity as a critique of the ways it serves the existing power structures. It's a Marxist/anarchist feminist critique, and though I consider myself neither a Marxist nor an anarchist, I'll say this: The more material illuminating that feminism exists not because men want to keep women down but because the status quo has an investment in keeping people divided and with diffuse power so as to keep power concentrated where it already is, the better. Katniss is taught to use her "feminine wiles," but those wiles are exposed for what they are: favor-currying tools that keep women scrambling over false power while the real power lies elsewhere. The manufactured Katniss-Peeta romance only gets the pair to the point where they have to rely on their actual strengths—ingenuity,<|fim_middle|> in just three days a while ago, and couldn't understand why I hesitated to do it in the first place. I guess the marketing is to blame. THG are somehow very realistic, way better and dealing with more serious issues than HP ever managed to touch (and I'm telling you as a devotee of both series).
But the thing is until reading this post I didn't pay much attention to feminism issues incorporated in The Hunger Games trilogy. Yes, I recognized some deep community problems Capitol and our own world of XXI Century share, e.g., the similarities in the obsession with style, reality shows and scandalous personalities. But I must admit you have a point too. THG are more than just a YA novel. Autumn, thank you for making me reconsider the significance of this masterpiece!
P.S. I disagree with Courtney. Katniss didn't deserve to be left alone and miserable at the end. At war times (and the Games can be considered as such as well) the consequences of one or another choice can't be predicted. There are too many variables in the equation. Katniss was a victim of the situation alongside Peeta, Haymitch, Katniss's mother etc. Besides, she was a very confused girl in her late teens too.
And so, no, I think the ending was very good. I wouldn't call it a happy ending, because a war can't have a happy ending, it can just end. So many are dead, places are destroyed and minds are harmed. The world just goes on as if nothing happened, and people are left to deal with it the best way the can. And the best way for Katniss and Peeta is to deal with it together.
Autumn, the marketing I'm talking about are TV ads. In my country (Latvia) "The Hunger Games" was advertised as breath-taking world's bestseller (well, now I know it's true to core), but it was done in the same visual way and by the same low, rumbling blockbuster voice as in the "Twilight" ads. And the books looked very alike - solid black cover with a single bright picture on them. I went to book exibition shortly after the first airings of the TV ads, and there they were, the new books were piled in a mountain and people crowded around them. Just like with "Twilight". And as I think that reading "Twiligt" was sort of wasting my time, I thought it's not worth to even try THG. But I'm happy that my assumptions turn out to be wrong from time to time!
I, for one, didn't feel that The Hunger Games exposed me to any feminist issues. Obviously since Katniss is female the issues she dealt with were gender-specific. What women who read this book might not realize is that men also have roles that society pressures them to fulfill. Even though I'll never be expected to wear a dress and high heels, I know what it's like to be pressured to do something I don't value the way society does.
I'd be interested in the story of one of the male tributes who died. He apparently didn't live up to society's expectations of masculinity i.e. physical prowess and mental toughness. Most men in the real world probably don't. It'd be interesting to see how he deals with that - hard to tell him it doesn't matter any more than it matters for a girl being tall, blonde, and 20 lbs underweight. His life (and maybe his family's, if he provides for them) is on the line.
Shaun, what I thought was so great about the books was that it was clear that what Katniss was dealing with WASN'T gender-specific. The idea that because it happens to a girl, it's a girl issue, but that if it happens to a boy, it's a universal experience--that's problematic because it takes men to be neutral and women to be a variation. Some of Katniss's concerns were female-specific--like how she doesn't know how to be conventionally feminine--but I thought the book beautifully showed that this was what ALL the tributes (and indeed, all the characters) had to deal with. Peeta is skilled at playing up his feelings for Katniss but he still resents it--that's a pressure. He's really the one who gave Katniss the idea about showing the Capitol that they weren't playing the game on their terms. They are ALL showing that they're being pressured to do something they don't want to do. Nobody is saying it's specific to women--anyone paying attention would know otherwise.
The character of Finnick (who shows up in the second and third books) has an interesting character arc about masculinity--he's portrayed as being super-virile and masculine, but we learn information about him in the third book that shows how much of that was a tool employed by the Capitol to keep him in line. You might enjoy the story line--I thought it was fascinating, and he's a compelling character. | solidarity, and rebellion. The currency of compliant femininity, in the end, is worth little.
Critiquing the power structure behind femininity is a clever ploy on Collins's part, both as a writer and as a businesswoman, for the simple reason that it seamlessly reveals how women's issues aren't solely of concern for women. I couldn't find information on what the gender breakdown of the book's audience is, but I can only imagine that a greater number of boys read—and just as important for Collins, bought—The Hunger Games than have read any other book featuring a female protagonist in recent years. (As for the film, the New York Times reported that 39% of the film's audience in the opening weekend was male.) I absolutely don't want to devalue literature aimed squarely at girls, so I'm not trying to say that The Hunger Games is somehow better because of its appeal to boys. But not only does it do its part to balance the gender history of great YA lit and expose boys to some feminist issues—that prettiness is constructed, and that serving as decoration isn't natural to girls any more than it is to them—it also casts light upon the ways our assumptions about day-to-day behavior and personality can be shaped to serve a purpose that isn't our own.
It's a lesson in how manipulation of our public persona can wind up muddling our true intent, something that "the kids," boys and girls alike, are now forced to be keenly aware of because of their own ability to create public personae. As Rob Horning writes at Marginal Utility: "It's not clear even to [Katniss] in the end whether her emotional reactions are real or strategic performances." One of the trickiest parts of examining emotional work is that it can be difficult to know what we're doing because we're expected to do it as opposed to because the situation or our temperaments call for a certain action. The allegory of the games as the constant surveillance of social media makes sense, and Collins skillfully uses the romantic story line to illuminate the ways the manipulation of our own emotions can alienate us from them, which has a long history of being gendered but which is also endemic to the self-branding necessary to social media.
As Subashini pointed out, it's interesting that Peeta is better at not being alienated by his emotions, since it's women who are often thought to be both more in touch with our feelings and better able to manage them. My hope is that The Hunger Games can create a chink in that idea, exposing the ways in which calculated self-presentation can muddle what is thought to be innate and true. And the more we all recognize the price of those calculations—not just women, but anyone at the mercy of a larger state power or under surveillance, which is to say all of us—the better we may be able to figure out whether we're actually willing to pay it.
This is a great deconstruction of many elements I didn't even realize were present in THG! I, like you, consumed the trilogy very quickly. I loved it, but hadn't thought about it this deeply.
I think the comparison between Katniss's public and private self only become more interesting and complicated in the third book. She has become this revolutionary figure yet she doesn't want to be. She's a very different person that the child she was in the first book.
It's interesting that the roles Katniss finds herself in are not those she has chosen for herself. She's the glamorous young girl who falls in love. Then she's the revolutionary figure. Never are of her own choosing.
Feminism aside, I hated Katniss by the end of the third book. I think she deserved to be alone and unhappy at the end of the trilogy. But yeah, I can't lie. I still cried.
Courtney, the third book is fantastic in exploring these issues--I love the part where Haymitch points out that everything that truly made Katniss who she is came from her own actions.
I loved Katniss throughout! Why did you think she deserved to be alone and unhappy? I genuinely found her sympathetic.
This was an excellent analysis, and an interesting angle I hadn't considered. I don't have anything else to add...except that like you, I had no interest in the other huge pop culture hits (Twilight and Harry Potter) but I was totally hooked immediately on The Hunger Games and finished all 3 books in a week as well!
Heh, glad I'm not alone! I was wondering if my cynical-gal cred was going to pot... I wonder what exactly it is? It's not just that it's an interesting female character, though that's part of it. I dunno, who doesn't like a battle to the death?
I don't know what it is either, but I too had no interest for Twilight and Harry Potter, but absolutely devoured The Hunger Games.
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See the cliff dwellings of Montezuma Castle National Monument and the restored mining town of Jerome. Next, ride the Verde Canyon Railroad along a spectacular route between two national<|fim_middle|>, and is the perfect "home base" for this 6-day adventure.
Pricing starts at $3,045 including air.
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This experience features a combination of American West highlights with the scenery of Grand Canyon National Park and the red rocks of Sedona, the Native American history at the Montezuma Castle National Monument, the Old West nostalgia of two train rides and five nights at a resort property in Sedona, Arizona. Just north of Phoenix, Sedona is known for its upscale resorts, artist galleries and breathtaking red rock scenery | 101 |
Bespoke apprenticeship at SRC Bede puts Jess a step ahead
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Dreams of teaching youngsters to dance have become a reality for Jess.
The Hartlepool performer has moved a step closer to achieving her ambitions after securing a bespoke apprenticeship with the school that taught her to dance.
Now working as an apprentice in activity leadership at The Karen Liddle School of Dance in partnership with SRC Bede Sixth Form, Jess gets to teach the skills she learnt herself as a small child.
(Clockwise from left) Jess, pictured with Karen, George and Paul
The 20-year-old said: "I'm teaching young children dances I learnt myself when I was little. It's brilliant, I really enjoy it."
The Karen Liddle School of Dance is a community-based school which aims to make dance lessons affordable for people from all backgrounds.
The school currently teaches around 250 students of all ages and after 30 years in business they regularly see previous students return with their own children.
Jess joined the school when she was just two. Bitten by the bug, like many of her fellow students, she has grown up at the school and went on to help out with lessons on a weekend.
Karen Liddle, the dance school's founder and owner, said: "Jess was always happy to offer extra help and attention for students who were struggling with the moves, and quickly became a favourite with the kids.
"We really value her as a member of our team. When she said she'd like to go into teaching, we wanted to support her and find a qualification she could complete with us."
After spending quite some time looking for the perfect course and starting to worry that it didn't exist, it was Karen who first found the apprenticeship at SRC Bede.
She said: "The apprenticeship had to work well for both sides, especially as it would be the first one we'd experienced too. We chose the apprenticeship in activity leadership at Bede as we were really impressed with the initial communication with staff there, who were keen to make sure that everyone was clear on what we wanted to achieve and that we were working together. The course covered all the extra elements we were looking for, like safeguarding knowledge and protocol, which is essential for teaching children."
Jess's level 2 apprenticeship comprises a mixture of college-based learning (where she works on her portfolio), on-the-job training at the dance school, and observations and assessments of the lessons she teaches.
Jess, pictured outside the Sports Centre at SRC Bede
Recently, the dance school has started a new venture – teaching and delivering workshops in a number of primary schools, which Jess has been assisting with. "I wanted to include Jess in these new collaborations so that she could gain some experience of a slightly different environment to the studios here, which would benefit her in the future," said Karen.
Jess said: "Some of the students that we meet at the studios and at the schools have confidence issues. It's very rewarding working with them and seeing them gain enough confidence to go on to perform."
Paul Hewitson, Operations Manager at the dance school, said: "Supporting Jess with her apprenticeship has definitely benefited the school. More qualified team members means more support for our students, and as a student of the school herself we're thrilled to be helping Jess achieve her goals."
George Parkinson, Jess's assessor at the College, said: "We've all been really impressed by Jess's progress – she is consistently completing her work to a very high standard. We've also established a great relationship with Karen and Paul at the school and have enjoyed working with them<|fim_middle|> Services students flying high with fundraising
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Jess has said that she's been enjoying her apprenticeship so much, she's thinking about going on to complete the Level 3 qualification at Bede too.
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Soccer "Grassroots" will suffer over John Delaney controversy says Billy Walsh<|fim_middle|> that needs to be sorted out very quickly because it's not football and the grassroots of football is going to suffer", |
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Former Republic of Ireland Junior and Amateur International BIlly Walsh says the Grassroots of Football is going to suffer in the wake of the FAI set to lose out on more than 1.4 million this year after Sport Ireland suspended funding to the association following the recent controversy over former FAI Chief Executive John Delaney giving a €100,000 loan to the FAI.
Speaking to KCLR, Billy said the whole situation is a very sad mess.
He said "When somebody is at the top for so long, that stuff happens. John Delaney has been involved for a long time, I suppose human nature makes you think you're untouchable and for me, that's what this smacks of".
"John Delaney has done a lot of good stuff, there is no point in saying that he hasn't but for me he is there too long, and now this thing is coming out, and I am sure there will probably be more to come".
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Neurology journal Neurocase has an interesting study of a women who started compulsively writing poetry after having brief epileptic amnesia treated with the anti-seizure drug lamotrigine.
A 76-year-old woman reported having a poor memory and short periods of disorientation and was eventually diagnosed with transient epileptic amnesia – brief recurrent seizures that lead to short periods where affected people can't lay down new memories.
Several months after starting lamotrigine [a common and widely used anti-seizure drug], the patient suddenly began to write original verse. Whereas poetry had never previously been among her pastimes, she now produced copious short poems (around 10–15 each day) on quotidian topics such as housework or about the act of versifying itself and sometimes expressing her opinions or regret about past events. These poems often had a wistful or pessimistic nature but did not have a moral or religious focus. Her husband characterized them as "doggerel" because they were generally rhyming and often featured puns and other wordplay.
This versifying had a compulsive quality: she spent several hours per day writing poetry and became irritated if attempts were made to disengage her. However, she appeared to derive pleasure from the activity and there was no evidence of associated distress. She did not produce prose passages, diaries, or other examples of hypergraphia, nor did she develop new interests in<|fim_middle|> was dissection, which needed, rather inconveniently for the owner, physical access to their brain. Despite occasional unfortunate cases where the living brain was exposed on the battlefield or the surgeon's table, corpses and preserved brains were the source of most of our knowledge.
When brain scanning technologies were invented in the 20th century they allowed the structure and function of the brain to be shown in living humans for the first time. This was as important for neuroscientists as the invention of the telescope and the cadaver slowly faded into the background of brain research. But recently, scrutiny of the post-mortem brain has seen something of a revival, a resurrection you might say, as modern researchers have become increasingly interested in applying their new scanning technologies to the brains of the deceased.
It's a fascinating area and you can read the full article at the link below.
UPDATE: I've just noticed two of the links to studies have gone AWOL from the online article. The study that looked for the source of a mysterious signal by scanning people, cadavers and dummies and found it was a scanner problem was this one and the study that used corpses to test in-scanner motion correction was this one.
Link to Observer article on brain scanning the dead. | other "creative media," such as visual arts or music.
When reassessed 6 months after the onset of versifying this apparent compulsion had diminished, but she continued to produce occasional poems. She had also developed a more general fondness for wordplay, frequently using puns in speech, making humorous word associations, and identifying word patterns in everyday objects such as car license plates. Throughout this period there were no associated mood symptoms, features of a thought disorder, or other changes in her behavior or cognition to suggest hypomania or another generalized neuropsychiatric disturbance.
The article mentions the exclusion of hypomania and thought disorder because these are two other phenomena that appear as compulsive rhyming or punning in speech.
The article also mentions some similarities between the compulsive poem writing and hypergraphia – compulsive and copious writing that is a well-known although not particularly common symptom of epilepsy.
The difference in this case, however, is that hypergraphia often appears as meaningless, rambling or disorganised, and this particular patient produced competent, if not particularly high quality poems.
One of the most interesting implications of these cases is that rhyming, punning and poetic speech, which we normally think of as something that needs specific conscious effort and attention, can appear spontaneously to the point of overwhelming our normal forms of communication.
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The latest edition of The Psychologist is a special open-access issue on the science and social impact of hallucinogenic drugs.
There's an article by me on culture and hallucinogens that discusses the role of hallucinogenic drugs in diverse cultures and which also covers how cultural expectations shape the hallucinogenic experience – from traditional Kitanemuk society to YouTube trip videos.
The other articles cover some fascinating topics.
Neuroscientists Robin Carhart-Harris, Mendel Kaelen and David Nutt have a great article on the neuroscience of hallucinogens, Henry David Abraham discusses hallucinogen persisting perception disorder or post-trip flashbacks, and there's also piece that talks to a researcher, participant and clinician on the use of psilocybin to alleviate cancer anxiety, while Keith Laws discusses an intense painting and its psychedelic aspects.
There's also an excellent piece on the influence of psychedelic drugs on literature from Dirk Hanson – long-time writer of the essential drug blog Addiction Inbox, and Mo Costandi (who you may know from the Neurophilosophy blog) has written a fantastic retrospective of the use of psychedelics in psychiatry.
Overall, a fascinating read and well worth checking out.
Link to special issue of The Psychologist on hallucinogens.
I first discussed this curious corner of neuroscience back in 2007 but a recent Neuroskeptic post reminded me of the area and I decided to check in on how it's progressing.
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Do you find it hard to trust God in the unknown?
It's easy to praise Him when things go our way, but what about in the difficult times?
How do we continue to believe when everything in the natural seems contrary to His Word?
There have been moments in my life where I've had to choose to trust when my feelings were telling me otherwise.
When my marriage was falling apart, or when my father passed away, and even when I had to send my kids back to school.
In each case, the future was uncertain.
But there was something to learn from these circumstances.
When life seems out of control, I've learned to press in.
Not just reading<|fim_middle|>. | it, but thinking about scriptures throughout the day.
I hung them on my mirrors and spoke them out loud, commanding my thoughts and emotions to line up with the truth of God's Word.
My feelings often try to convince me that God's Word isn't true, but the more I think on the Word the more His truth becomes real.
1 Thessalonians 5:16 tells us to pray without ceasing, because that is the will of God in Christ for us.
When we are praying throughout the day, especially in the hard ones, we are lining up with God's will.
Putting ourselves in that position, opens up the door for God to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or imagine.
This week I was reading Tiffany's post Why We Keep Choosing Faith. Like Tiffany, I can always believe for God to do the impossible in the lives of those around me, but when it comes to myself, it can be a bit harder to believe.
Tiffany shares her struggles with believing God in the hard times and how she copes with doubt.
Do you ever put God in a box? I know I do at times.
You can read more of Tiffany's post and find out how she handles these feelings at Simply for One.
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Do You Know the Truth about Who You are in Christ?
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Bistro Guillaume is a high profile eatery within the Melbourne Crown complex. Red Design Group worked with Guillaume Brahimi and Crown to bring the renowned chef's signature bistro to life.
The design of the venue, situated along Melbourne's prime Southbank promenade within Crown, pays tribute to French tradition and the bistro's reputable food experience. The design makes use of many ground floor surfaces within Crown, and contrasts the expansive windows opening into the alfresco terrace.
The bistro features metallic wallpaper, warm oak timber panelling found in early 20th century French bistros, and moulded timber and mirrors providing a modern twist. The alluring lacquered green entry is reinforced on the bar's timber mouldings, infusing a sense of fun and a playful nod to the traditional rivalry between the French 'frogs' and English 'roste beuf'.
Signature custom pendant lights have been reused from the Bistro's former location, as has the carpet which inform the mezzanine's monoch<|fim_middle|> to sit, linger and return.
Stephen Tieppo, Senior Designer, RED Design Group. | romatic hues. Considering meals are created by acclaimed chef Guillaume Brahimi, partial views into the kitchen provide guests with a behind-the-scenes preview.
Bistro Guillaume sought Red Design Group for a second time when establishing their Perth restaurant. Take a look at the result here.
I approached the task of with an emphasis on layering. The result is a space infused with depth, exaggerated volume, richness, and concentrated zones. The design solution invites patrons | 90 |
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