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Add the cranberries, chopped hazelnuts and fresh mint.
Drizzle in lemon juice and serve.
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After a dirty week in politics (make that month – DSK, Arnie and Weiner), we need some clean food. This is about as simple as it gets – zucchini tossed with hazelnuts, cranberries and fresh mint. Add some sea salt and lemon juice and you're done. It's so exquisitely fresh that it requires no oil – the hazelnuts give just a hint of fat.
I used a spiralizer to create the zucchini noodles but you could just as easily use a peeler to create flat, thin zucchini strips. On saying that, this is my most used kitchen tool next to my Vita-mix. It costs about $ | 144 |
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The Director of QA&CD at KOU had an Important Meeting with the QA Committee Member at the University of Bologna
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CHORAL FOUNDATION CONCERT
John Rutter at Chelmsford Cathedral
John Rutter, Britain's most successful composer of church<|fim_middle|> organ loft in this lovely church, so Christopher Kingsley was able easily to share his erudite but accessible thoughts on each piece, rightly described in the vote of thanks as "enlightening and enlivening".
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ORGAN RECITAL Christopher Kingsley at Danbury Pa... | music, was in Chelmsford Cathedral last week to conduct his Canticle of the Heavenly City, commissioned by the Dean, Peter Judd, for Iffley Parish Church. It is beautifully phrased piece, sung here by the Cathedral Choir with accompaniment from harp and two flutes.
Rutter also conducted the last work on the programme, Parry's triumphal Blest Pair of Sirens. The Cathedral Choir were joined by the Consort and the Voluntary Choir, with a full orchestra, making an impressively joyful sound.
This unique event, which included performers from all the schools involved in the Cathedral's Choral Foundation, began with the orchestra, KEGS and CCHS united, under Tim Worrall, playing the Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite. These young players sounded wonderful in the Cathedral acoustic, with some impressive brass playing, and especially telling woodwind solos.
Cantatrici, a chamber choir from the County High School, directed by Felicity Wright, sang two all too brief pieces, Gibbons' Silver Swan and Stanford's Blue Bird - with piano accompaniment, for some unfathomable reason.
Robert Poyser conducted the Choir in Naylor's Voc Dicentis, with Charles Palotai and Matthew Butt as soloists, and the combined forces in Schubert's Mass in G; the Gloria and the Hosannas were particularly successful. The soloists here were Tom Robson, Isabella Gage and Simon Warne.
This was a superb showcase for the talent based around our Cathedral, and it was good to see it so well attended.
on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Reform Theatre at the Cramphorn Theatre
Albert Nobbs has enough on his plate with retirement and cholesterol, without bereavement to worry about.
Gordon Steel's hilarious piece plays like a sitcom, with some super one-liners and recognisable characters.
In Martin Derbyshire's solid front-room set, Albie sits in his favourite chair, a touching mixture of grumpy and vulnerable. This was a memorable performance from Roger Butcher, so good in Dead Fish from the same company last year. Counting the flowers on the wallpaper, flirting, cursing, talking to the dead and, movingly, listing the things he'll never do again.
Martina Clements was his clairvoyant wife Connie, back from the dead Blithe Spirit style to help his cope with life as a widower, and Ruth Carr gave a couple of character studies as the two neighbours: Alice, with her comedy teeth and her flatulence, and Rose, an old flame whose sympathy helps Albert over the worst.
Keith Hukin directed with a sure sense of style, with Sinatra on the soundtrack and no opportunity missed to raise a laugh or tug at the heartstrings.
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definitely a period piece and not that easy to bring to believable life. The poster is emblazoned with photos of Stephen McCann (Emmerdale) and Stephen Beckett (Coronation Street) .. the very mention of the 'soaps' should have warned me in the first place. I detest this sort of 'publicity' and even though it does seem to get bums on seats I react badly to it ! Mind you, the two 'named actors' did respectable jobs but I felt they were let down on the technical front. Sound was 'muffled' with too obviously 'recorded everything' .. the doorbell sounded totally false as did the door slams. Now how difficult is it to have a door slam and a front door bell ? Then lighting was barely OK .. when it's supposed to be raining outside you shouldn't have a sunshiny effect on the 'backdrop' - this stayed the same most of the way through ! And from where I was sitting it looked as if there was a coffee pot on the garden wall - I tried desperately to see if this was a reflection of something on stage, but nope, it wasn't ! Highly puzzled by that ! Then I could see light through a join in the scsnery ! How bad is that ? On the sound effect aspect it was supposed to be raining outside and yet the sound effect was 'wind' .. there are SO MANY sound effect cds that this is an unforgivable 'error' What was really disappointing was that there were more in the audience than for the BRILLIANT 'Brief Lives' last week .. all because someone has heard of 'Emmerdale' and 'Coronation Street' and Roy Dotrice has been out of the public eye for a while !
on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sentimental, hard-hitting and packed with tunes – Carousel is hard to beat for traditional musical theatre.
Ray Jeffery's latest production for CAODS was lovely to look at, well sung and meticulously choreographed, right from the moment the factory girls left their looms for the lure of the fairground.
Billy the barker was Stuart Woolner – "what a handsome fella he was..." physically just right, with a powerful, true voice. Not the most subtle interpreter of the role, but a magnetic actor. His Julie was Claire Carr, whose lovely voice was well used in If I Loved You; her girly duet with Carrie [Christie Booth] was a highlight of the show. Angela Broad made an excellent Nettie, carrying two of the biggest numbers, and Jonathan Davis relished his role as a relaxed, repulsive Jigger. Mr Snow, with his loud suit and louder laugh, was brilliantly played by Kevin Abrey, and there were cameos from veterans Leo McGiff and Peter Smith.
Men in gumboots, girls with brooms, a Fellini-esque finale all in white: the production was full of nice touches and effective groupings; the death of Billy, beautifully lit, with Nettie and Mrs Mullin [Caroline Escott], just one example.
A good orchestra, and confident choral singing, under MD Andrew Denyer, made this a quality evening's entertainment - polished and professional evening on this Monday night !
SOUND IN BRASS
Handbells at Chelmsford Cathedral
Sound in Brass are one of the leading handbell teams in the UK. Based in Springfield, they have played the Albert Hall and the Purcell Room, and made several recordings.
Last week they came to the Cathedral, appropriately raising funds for the Development Appeal, which includes restoration plans for the church bells.
A large, enthusiastic audience enjoyed a remarkably wide variety of music, beginning with their signature piece – Whistling Rufus – and culminating in a spirited tour de force, Strauss's Radetsky March.
They included just one piece written for this peculiar musical line-up; for the rest, ingenious arrangers had taken favourites and filleted them for the dozen or so players and their 128 bells. A Bach Pastorale worked well, as did a nicely swinging version of the Birth of the Blues. Simple works – Walking in the Air, the Berceuse from Fauré's Dolly Suite – proved effective; among the more ambitious attempts were Midnight in Moscow and Ketelby's evocative Persian Market, complete with cymbal !
As the Dean remarked at the end, there is a strong visual element to this art, the balletic swings of the bells all timed precisely to the beat.
on Saturday, February 23, 2008
CUCKOO TEAPOT
Eastern Angles at the Cramphorn Theatre
Like so much of Eastern Angles' work, Kate Griffin's Cuckoo Teapot is based on careful research of one of the byways of our local history.
This time it's the Norkies – Norfolk lads of a hundred years ago who went to seek seasonal work in the Burton breweries, and brought home a fancy teapot for their Mum.
The brilliantly simple, practical set had a bike and a chair, some little cupboards, slopes and screens. Ivan Cutting's fast-paced direction kept us interested in the interaction, and the five actors caught the accents and the mood to perfection. The star-crossed lovers – an apple cleft in two - were affectingly played by Tim Bell and Bryony Harding, and the two older women, united in the loss of a child, and much more, as it turned out, were marvellously brought to life by Helen Grady and Jacqueline Redgewell: their confrontation, and later, tenderer encounters, were among the best moments in a very strong drama. Graham Howes played both the creepy shop owner and the kindly brother.
The Cramphorn was sold out for this superb piece of documentary theatre – if you missed it there, it's still touring, and comes to Margaretting Village Hall on March 28.
... where we joined a capacity crowd [70 or s0] to see the show again. Harder for us to hear, what with the accents and the acoustic, and harder for them to achieve the atmosphere with minimal lighting and obtrusive decor. But the piece still worked well, and the teapot in its little cupboard survived unbroken this time !
Jean Genet's seminal play is now sixty years old. It has never had an easy ride with the critics. Too long, unhealthy, unactable.
In those grey postwar years, the dark tale of jealousy, dressing up and secret longings in garret bedrooms was shocking and daring. Nowadays it all seems very tame, and yet the frisson is still there beneath the flowery language and the evening gowns.
Keith Hiscox's brave production began promisingly. Madame's opulent bed dominates the set. Claire enters in stylish slow motion. Her sister Solange wears an irresistible combination of a black maid's uniform and yellow Marigolds. The ending, too, was effective: the shock of discovery, the blending into the curtain call.
But these moments were separated by 90 minutes – no interval, and not much variety – of difficult dialogue. Rebecca Errington was the dull, older [?] Solange, and worked hard at her character, especially in her monologue. Claire was Katherine Tokley, switching effectively from aping her mistress to teasing her sister. Emma Moriaty was a formidable Madame, oppressive and overbearing.
As Genet says in the play, it's a dangerous game. And if the risk didn't quite come off in this production, this is just the sort of edgy piece CTW should include at least once in every season.
this is the longer review I was commissioned to write for the CTW newsletter
Prostitute, poet, playwright, legionnaire and jail-bird – Jean Genet is the first author mentioned in Alan Bennett's new book The Uncommon Reader.
Genet's second-best play – and probably his most performed – was an interesting choice by Keith Hiscox to follow last year's impressive Oleanna. Is it Absurdist ? Theatre of Cruelty ? Melodrama ? Sisters, servants, sinners – as the strapline for the film version has it.
The mood was massaged with some rather obvious French chansons as we studied the vast bedroom set. The silky satin was just right, but the gold drapes didn't really come off – neither stylised nor realistic. That's not to say what might have taken their place – on a bigger, more sophisticated stage I suppose just blackness into the distance of the wings. The furniture looked good, though both the doors were wrong for their period and the rest of the dressing. I liked the ticking clock, emphasising the fear of discovery and disgrace.
Most of the lighting was frontal, apart from the return behind the door. More depth and mystery might have been achieved with subtler effects.
I loved the slowly opening door and the whole sequence at the top of the show. We might have welcomed more of that kind of expressionist style in the body of the piece.
The dialogue is a huge stumbling block. I've no problem with the translation – not credited in the programme – though I am pretty sure that the "crowns worn" in the funeral fantasy are in fact wreaths carried. But like the work of Orton, it is not naturalistic dialogue. The challenge is to make the stilted, heightened words work. "You frittered away my frenzies", did I hear someone say ? You can't treat that kind of writing as if it's lines from East Enders " Calm down, yeah" being the worst example.
The erotic charge between the two sisters is hard to gauge – here we had something more akin to puppy love, which would probably not have satisfied Genet. The text points us to the shared attic bed, dreams about each other, not to mention the milkman. I might have expected these two sisters to be more tactile. The intimacy, when it came, was less believable for being so out of character. We see a woman lashed with insults to climax – shuddering with pleasure. Should this have been more erotic, more explicit ?
Katherine Tokley was Claire, seemingly the dominant sister, playing the Mistress in the first piece of play-acting. I liked the way it slowly became apparent that this was a fake: this revealed theatricality is one of the strengths of the piece. Rebecca Errington's Solange was a nicely characterised wild child, though her hair would certainly not pass muster, and seemed to get in the way. Her devotion seemed child-like and simple, rather than dark and devious. All three actresses were younger than one might imagine – these are maids who have grown old in the service of Madame, played with a strong sense of style by Emma Moriaty.
It's often said that Genet wanted boys to play all three roles. This is sometimes done, and it does underline the major theme of play acting and pretence.
I often sit watching productions fantasising about how I could have done it so much better. But this piece defeated my imagination, I'm afraid. So all credit to Hiscox and his team for giving it a welcome staging. Maybe it needed a more radical "vision", with theatrical style imposed over the text. More relishing of the language, rather than a naturalistic delivery.
Or let's risk everything and bring on the boys …
on Monday, February 18, 2008
EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
M&G Concert at the Civic
The last of this season's M&G concerts saw the welcome return of clarinettist Emma Johnson, not fronting the endangered London Mozart Players this time, but as soloist with the presumably well-subsidised European Union Chamber Orchestra.
Playing her dark-toned basset clarinet, she gave us Mozart's sublimely beautiful concerto. Johnson must have played these notes hundreds of times, but the familiar work still sounded fresh and heartfelt, especially in the eloquent, wistful slow movement, with heartbreakingly quiet bass notes, and a magic moment when the strings crept in pianissimo after the cadenza.
She was well supported by some sprightly string playing, and the performance ended with a dance-like Allegro and a whispered joke.
After a tightly controlled Adagio for Strings, we heard a spirited Symphony 29, with fire in the Finale and a nice swagger to the Andante.
The evening did not begin promisingly, though, with a merely workmanlike Haydn Symphony. Only in the Presto last movement did we get any real energy and attack, any sense of communication with the audience or with each other.
The EUCO can seem forbidding on stage, so it was good to see their two oboists serenading the capacity audience in the foyer before the concert.
St Andrew's Youth Fellowship, Sandon
Once upon a time loads of youth clubs put on a panto. Now SAYF is one of the few survivors of this uniquely valuable tradition.
Peter Ellis has been producing them for longer than either of us would care to remember, and indeed this script, by Moira Edwards, first saw the light in 1983. The puns still raised a groan, and a new generation of kids clearly enjoyed bringing the legend to life. There was competitive community singing, music by Rodgers, Sullivan and Abba, amongst others, an Ultraviolet ballet, and lovely scenery by Adam Delf – the woodcut forest, the solid Viol Inn.
The Babes were Megan Galvin and Laura Messin, well matched and very effective in their Cosette duet, one of two raids on Les Mis. Jessica Moore and Antonia Stratton had the most striking costume as the hapless henchman to Mark Dobson's Baron. He was at his best in the 20s duet with Lydia Green's Miss Deed. Another successful duo was the Marion/Robin of Alice Delf and Rebecca Swann, singing Lionel Richie's Endless Love. Laurence Green made a jolly, portly Tuck, and Lauren Clark had lots of character charm as Fido.
The chorus worked hard, to especially good effect in Little Brown Jug and the Finale – We're All in This Together, from the unavoidable High School Musical.
PLUCK!
at the Civic
The world's funniest string trio turned up at the "Royal Civic Theatre" again last week, with a show even more surreal than last year's.
Footwear was a feature. Shoes were exchanged, and even stolen from the front row, to the tune of the Moonlight Sonata, arranged, like everything else, for violin, viola and cello.
The evening began with musical chairs: all three musicians managed to shift their seat from behind the potted palms to centre stage without missing a note of the Zauberflote.
And it ended, as all the best classical concerts do, with the 1812 Overture, complete with bells, pyrotechnic effects and tennis balls.
"Yarlsberg" the virtuoso fiddler was joined by adequate viola player Mr Abanathie and obsessive cellist Kadifachi, aka Hogg, who swooned for the Swan, and starred in Pluck's own remake of Psycho. Fans who remember her Fever were delighted to hear her Queen of the Night and Cole Porter's appropriate lyric – Why Can't You Behave ?
We also heard, all too fleetingly, Satie, Zadok, Gloria, Lakme, Ponchielli and the Lark Ascending, and witnessed a classic tea party mime and an instrumentalist plucked from the front row to join the boys in a memorable rendering of Monti's Czardas.
on Sunday, February 10, 2008
Christopher Kingsley at Danbury Parish Church
The Walker organ in St John the Baptist, Danbury, is a little over 70 years old. For the last 40 years, it has been played by Christopher Kingsley, first as Organist, latterly as Director of Music.
His celebration recital began with Purcell's familiar tune from Abdelazer, and then explored the repertoire in a varied selection of pieces. J S Bach, of course, including two contrasting Chorale Preludes and the Prelude in G, with its deceptively simple descending scales. And the less familiar John Alcock, organist at Lichfield in the 18th century.
From the rich Nineteenth Century repertoire, I especially enjoyed Franck's delightful Prelude Fugue and Variation, and a couple of bonbons from the irrepressible Parisian Lefébure-Wély.
Before a final Festal Flourish, from the unlikely pen of Gordon Jacob, we heard a Minuet in Classical Style, by Armstrong Gibbs, the composer who did so much to establish the strong choral tradition at Danbury.
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Campaign aims to fight underage drinking in Kearns
By Jasen Lee | Posted - May 8th, 2017 @ 8:33pm
5PM: Campaign aims to fight underage drinking in Kearns
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KEARNS — A new campaign launched in western Salt Lake County is targeting the prevention of teenage drinking through awareness and tough dialogue between parents and their kids.
Speaking Monday at a news conference in Kearns, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams announced a new effort to reduce underage drinking in that community. The Parents Empowered campaign will post ads throughout the area beginning next week at Harmons, the county library and other community gathering places.
<|fim_middle|> program) is adults giving us advice because (their) experience is way longer than ours," said Kearns School junior Hajer Al Hachami. "If we just have our own voice (along) with somebody right by our side to tell us (how to proceed), our mindset will be different and we'll understand what (not) to do."
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Jasen Lee | Parents Empowered is a state education campaign targeting underage drinking prevention. The program gives families information about the harmful effects of alcohol on the developing teen brain, along with providing skills for combating alcohol use.
"As a father of four young kids myself, this (issue) really hits home for me," McAdams said. "All parents need to learn to talk to our kids about drinking and the dangers of it."
He noted parents should provide children with all the "tools available before they're confronted with those decisions."
Salt Lake County received a $10,000 grant from Parents Empowered for visual displays that detail the dangerous effects of underage drinking, he explained.
A committee called Evidence2Success made up of 25 Kearns residents identified underage drinking as a priority in their efforts to improve the lives of youth and families in their community, committee member Joshua Nielsen said. The group of residents is involved in the community-based initiative aimed at promoting child well-being in the Kearns community.
"We're trying to get parents to the table to just have a conversation with their kids, whether they drink or not, the harms that underage drinking causes to developing brains — and the science backs it up," he said. "Hopefully, (parents) get passionate about talking to their kids about what underage drinking does to the brain."
The data collected by the committee from Student Health and Risk Prevention showed 70 percent of Kearns youth don't talk to their parents about drinking, and 34 percent take their first "real drink" before the age of 17.
Heber Latinos launch initiative to eliminate underage drinking
To combat underage drinking, a Utah Latino coalition has joined with Parents Empowered for the first time to launch an initiative informing parents of the harmful effects.
While data also showed that 26 percent of kids in Kearns don't feel underage alcohol consumption is much of a risk, some local high school students are well aware of the potential danger.
"I'm pretty sure of myself (with regards to drinking)," said Kearns High School sophomore Giselle Cesar Molina. "If I don't want to drink, I'll just say 'no' because that's how I was raised."
She noted, however, that the campaign could be helpful for people like her younger brother who may not know what to do.
"It's going to help them (realize) that it's OK to say 'no' and that drinking isn't the cool thing to do." she added.
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Google Fiber promises to bring high-speed Internet to the masses at low cost — but only in certain cities. So around the country, local governments have taken it upon themselves to build their own fiber-optic networks that can deliver the same capabilities. Last week, this effort was met in Kansas with a bill written by cable lobbyists who sought to ban cities from building municipal broadband projects. While the state cable association has since agreed to amend the bill in the face of public criticism, the incident is a reminder that public infrastructure projects can<|fim_middle|> remove barriers to infrastructure investment.' Those are the words that grant actual authority."
In a footnote, Silberman went on to highlight municipal broadband projects explicitly, citing state laws (such the one Kansas is now considering) as "a paradigmatic barrier to infrastructure investment" that the FCC could use to invoke Section 706.
Even as industry watchers are trying to determine just how far the FCC can go with Section 706, its authority to act on city-level fiber-optic efforts seems clear.
"The Chairman's message has been aggressively pro-competition, " said Paul Gallant, a telecom analyst at Guggenheim Partners. "So I wouldn't be surprised to see him pick up the ball from Judge Silberman and consider preempting state laws that tell cities they can't self-provide broadband."
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But what so far has been a fight between states, cities and established commercial incumbents may soon become an issue for federal regulators. A recent court decision has given the Federal Communications Commission a green light to intervene in these situations, industry analysts say. While it's too early to tell whether the FCC intends to exercise this power, mayors would find a powerful ally in Washington if they could convince the FCC to intervene.
Kansas isn't the only place where cable companies have thrown up barriers to publicly funded fiber optic networks. Colorado, for instance, has a law on the books that requires cities to pass a referendum if they want to start building a municipal network. The cable industry has campaigned against such ballot measures there in the past. In Seattle, cable companies lobbied to defeat mayor Mike McGinn, who was an advocate for public fiber.
The cable industry argues that public financing of city-wide networks costs taxpayers extra for what is already available commercially. This can be true if a city levies a new tax to pay for the fiber cables, if not enough subscribers sign on to make the network cost-effective or if it's unable to foot the bill through other means. But some cities have also circumvented this problem by offering public bonds instead of passing new taxes — and to many fiber supporters, the benefits of insanely fast Internet are enough to outweigh the criticisms.
When cities decide to offer fiber-optic Internet themselves, they wind up challenging the interests of cable companies and other existing providers. Assuming the financing and construction goes over without a hitch, the fiber-optic service — which is capable of speeds up to 100 times the national average — effectively becomes a public utility. Customers who sign on with the city must switch away from their old company, and in some cases get a better deal out of it. For $70 a month, residents of Chattanooga, Tenn., get access to speeds of 1 Gbps (1, 000 Mbps). That's way faster than even the highest speeds in many communities served by commercial providers.
Cable companies understandably don't like that. But their policy of trying to thwart city-led efforts at building broadband now risks running afoul of the FCC. In an ironic twist, the federal court decision striking down the FCC's net neutrality regulations may have given the agency just the power it needs to stop them.
Until now, the FCC's authority to regulate broadband has been somewhat ambiguous. In its ruling last month, the D.C. Circuit said the agency isn't allowed to write prescriptive prohibitions on regulating Internet traffic. But it also explained that the FCC can regulate broadband in other ways, under a section of the Telecommunications Act known at Section 706. This is a perspective even the dissenting Judge Laurence Silberman endorsed in spite of his overall argument that Section 706 doesn't grant the FCC power to implement the net neutrality regulations at stake in the case.
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Gonzo: I'd pay to watch golf's craziest swinger
In one of Karl Pilkington's travel programmes, he meets up with a former high-flying banker who has dropped out of the rat race and now spends his time on the streets, eating free food that restaurants discard into skips.
A different sort of documentary maker would have looked for the deeper significance in the man's actions, gently trying to put meaning to the dramatic change in lifestyle.
Instead, Karl, in his flat Manchester accent, asks gruffly: "What are ya playing at?"
Karl Pilkington, looking as puzzled as always
I always have these words in my head when I see Ho-sung Choi swing a golf club. What is he playing at? Why the stupid follow through? Come on mate, that's just daft.
And yet the Korean entered last week's Kenya Open at a respectable 209th in the world golf rankings. At the back end of 2018 he'd reached 194th after winning the Japan Tour's Casio World Open and following it up with two top 12s.
But what is going on with that swing?
https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/1106469745463840770
Choi inevitably has to address this question on a regular basis but he's happy to<|fim_middle|> at his shot and learning from his ball flight. I had to wait for the crowd's reaction to know if the shot was good or bad! It took me a while to get into my own game and try to beat him.
"I think he is great for the game of golf"
Golf365: What is your opinion on his swing? Is it a gimmick and would he do better if he just had a normal follow through?
GFC: I do like his swing. You can see he likes the show and he definitely exaggerates it when there is a big crowd around but I have to say his positions are pretty good overall. I think it's great for the game to see something so different and funny at the same time. Kudos to him!
Golf365: Did you hear any comments from the crowd about his swing?
GGC: Every time he hit a shot you can hear the laughs in the background. It's hard not to laugh, he is a showman!
Golf365: Did you chat to him about it and was he a nice guy?
GFC: You can tell he is a really nice guy, very polite who always acknowledges a good shot. Unfortunately, he doesn't speak any English and neither does his caddie so it was impossible to have a conversation.
Golf365: Given that you came home in 28 in round two and carded a 66, would you like to play with him again?!
GFC: I'd love to play with him again. I think he is great for the game of golf. I'd definitely pay to watch him play.
So there we are. From a sceptic to a fan. After 36 holes in the company of Ho-sung Choi, Gonzo has been converted.
And I have too.
There's no need to start wondering what he's playing at because Choi has something much more important in mind when he steps onto a golf course.
Why are we drawn to YouTube videos of Choi? Because he's different. Because he's having fun. And perhaps some of his colleagues a little further up the world rankings should remember his outlook when they curse and fret over a missed three-foot par putt.
"My goal now is to travel the world playing golf and entertain all of the crowds as best as I can," says Choi.
"All I want to do is make people happy."
That's what he's playing at.
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"Everything changed in 2013," said the Korean. "I remember trying my current swing when I was in deep rough, and after that moment I have been using the swing ever since.
"I swing the way I do because it best fits my body. I started golf at an old age compared to a lot of other golfers and as I have gotten older (he's now 45), I have become less flexible, so I felt I needed to adapt my swing as I wasn't hitting the ball as far as other players.
"I only use my follow through when I need to hit the ball really far – but I have to do it more often as I am getting older."
A regulation follow through. Nothing to see here.
Several top golfers have been quizzed about Choi and Rory McIlroy had this to say at Pebble Beach earlier this year: "Not sure a golf shot should mean that much to you that you're doing that after you hit it, like it's just trying a little too hard. You have to try hard at golf, but that's taking it to an extreme."
Presumably, like the rest of us, McIlroy was just giving his opinion after watching YouTube footage.
But how about asking someone who's actually had a front-row view of Choi's wacky swing?
Seven-time European Tour winner Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano played the first two rounds of last week's Kenya Open alongside Choi.
Prior to the tournament, Gonzo sounded sceptical, tweeting a video of Choi's swing with a message that could certainly have been viewed as sarcastic: "18 holes of this tomorrow. And another 18 on Friday. Thank you @EuropeanTour @KenyaOpenGolf for the pairing, I owe you big time! #blessed."
18 holes of this tomorrow. And another 18 on Friday. Thank you @EuropeanTour @KenyaOpenGolf for the pairing, I owe you big time! #blessed pic.twitter.com/awv42TznL7
— Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño (@gfcgolf) March 13, 2019
So how did it pan out? After just four holes of his opening round, Fernandez-Castano was three-over-par. Oh dear.
Players used to love, and still do, being paired with Ernie Els as watching The Big Easy's fluid rhythmical swing would rub off on them and feed into their own.
So was watching Choi's bizarre antics off the tee somehow having an adverse effect on Fernandez-Castano? I caught up with GFC to find out:
Golf365: Looking at your scorecard on day one, you made bogeys at 2, 3 and 4. Were you too busy staring at him and it put you off?!
GFC: Kind of, yes! It's funny but at first I was paying so much attention to his swing and his finish, that I kept forgetting about looking | 622 |
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3D magnetic amplitude inversion in the presence of self-demagnetization and remanent magnetization
Boxin Zuo
China University of Geosciences
, School of Computer Sciences, Wuhan,
. E-mail: boxzuo@cug.edu.cn; caiyi_cy@cug.edu.cn.
Xiangyun Hu
, Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics, Wuhan,
. E-mail: xyhu@cug.edu.cn; lius@cug.edu.cn.
Yi Cai
Shuang Liu
Geophysics (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2018-0514.1
Boxin Zuo, Xiangyun Hu, Yi Cai, Shuang Liu; 3D magnetic amplitude inversion in the presence of self-demagnetization and remanent magnetization. Geophysics doi: https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2018-0514.1
We have developed a general 3D amplitude inversion algorithm for magnetic data in the presence of self-demagnetization and remanent magnetization. The algorithm uses a nonlinear conjugate gradient (NLCG) scheme to invert the amplitude of the magnetic anomaly vector within a partial differential equation framework. Three quantities— the amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field, the analytic signal, and the normalized source strength, defined as the amplitudes of magnetic data that are weakly dependent on the magnetization direction — are inverted to recover the 3D distribution of the subsurface magnetic susceptibility. Numerical experiments indicate that our NLCG amplitude inversion algorithm has a rapid convergence rate that provides a reasonable inversion solution in the absence of knowing the total magnetization direction. High-resolution aeromagnetic data collected from the Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite-rare earth element deposit, southeast Missouri, USA, are used to illustrate the efficacy of our amplitude inversion algorithm. This algorithm is generally applicable for tackling the large-scale inversion problem in the presence of self-demagnetization and remanent magnetization.
The effects of self-demagnetization on magnetic data are associated with the high susceptibility of the magnetic source. A source with susceptibility greater than 0.1 SI can lead to significant self-demagnetization effects, which cannot be ignored in magnetic data interpretation. Many previous studies indicate that strong self-demagnetization can alter the magnitude and direction of source magnetization (Jackson, 1999; Lelièvre and Oldenburg, 2006; Krahenbuhl and Li, 2017). This demagnetization effect has been widely researched, particularly in mineral exploration (Guo et al., 2011; Hillan, 2013) and unexploded ordnance detection (Altshuler, 1996; Billings, 2004; Wallace, 2006), and various inverse data modeling methods have been proposed. Sharma (1966) suggests a numerical solution to the magnetostatic problem with high susceptibility that used an integral equation formulation. Purss et al. (2001) propose an iterative 3D numerical modeling method for high-susceptibility and complex targets. Lelièvre and Oldenburg (2006) develop a finite-volume-discretization (FVD) method for modeling the total magnetostatic field and propose using the Gauss-Newton inversion algorithm to recover 3D distributions of subsurface magnetic susceptibility. This method has the advantage of inverting magnetic data caused by a high-susceptibility source. Krahenbuhl and Li (2017) thoroughly investigate self-demagnetization effects with an integral equation formulation and suggest using amplitude data to interpret self-demagnetization problems for complex source geometries.
Previous research (Li et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2015) shows that remanent magnetization also cannot be neglected in the inversion procedure. Many collected iron ore samples show that high-susceptibility ore often contains abundant magnetite with various magnetism directions (Leão-Santos et al., 2015; Liu et al., 2018). Li et al. (2010) summarize that two strategies can be used to deal with the problem of remanent magnetization in data inversion. The conventional route estimates the magnetization direction using forward modeling (Li and Oldenburg, 1996; Pilkington, 1997; Clark, 2012). This approach is more applicable for data with a homogeneous magnetization direction within an estimated bias of 15° (Shearer, 2005; Liu et al., 2015).
The alternative method converts magnetic data into a quantity that is weakly dependent on the magnetization direction. Paine et al. (2001) invert the analytic signal (AS) amplitude of magnetic anomaly data with the general 3D inversion algorithm proposed by Li and Oldenburg (1996). Stavrev and Gerovska (2000) analyze the effects of reducing the sensitivity with different quantities of transforms. Stavrev (2006) uses amplitude transforms as a tool for magnetic data inversion of a 2.5D anomalous field. Shearer and Li (2004) and Shearer (2005) invert the amplitude and total gradient of the anomalous magnetic field in the presence of strong remanent magnetization. Li et al. (2010) propose using 3D amplitude inversion in the presence of significant remanence. Pilkington and Beiki (2013) use normalized source strength (NSS) data in a standard 3D inversion algorithm (Beiki et al., 2012); their research indicates that NSS data are weakly dependent on strong remanent magnetization effects and that NSS inversion can recover a reliable source distribution. Li and Li (2014) tackle the challenge of unknown magnetization direction in aeromagnetic data interpretation using 3D amplitude inversion. Leão-Santos et al. (2015) present a case study applying amplitude inversion to an iron oxide-copper-gold deposit with strong remanent magnetization. Furthermore, Krahenbuhl and Li (2017) report, a complex spatial distribution of source susceptibility will induce spatial heterogeneity in the magnetization direction. Thus, a single estimated average magnetization direction may not be applicable in complex data interpretation.
Considering the inversion challenge of complex remanent magnetization in a high-susceptibility source, we propose directly inverting the amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field using Maxwell's partial differential equation (PDE) and using an efficient approach to solve such a large-scale 3D magnetic data inversion problem. Many previous geophysical inverse optimization studies have shown that the nonlinear conjugate gradient (NLCG) algorithm is more efficient than the Gauss-Newton algorithm regarding computational time and memory (Rodi and Mackie, 2001; Siripunvaraporn and Egbert, 2007). Here, we propose a 3D NLCG inversion algorithm for inverting magnetic amplitude data based on a PDE framework. We consider five different amplitude quantities of magnetic data inversion. We then numerically analyze the sensitivity of these quantity transformations due to the strong remanent magnetization and the self-demagnetization effect. In addition, we invert three transformed quantities to validate the efficacy of the proposed inversion algorithm. Finally, we verify the method using field data from an iron oxide-apatite rare-earth element deposit.
PDE MODELING AND INVERSION OF MAGNETIC AMPLITUDE DATA
The goal of this study is to recover the 3D distribution of magnetic susceptibility for a high-susceptibility source with remanent magnetization using magnetic amplitude data. Li and Oldenburg (1996) propose the general 3D inversion framework with a weighting function and a smoothing function in the integral equation domain. Li et al. (2010) propose inverting amplitude data to solve the problem of significant remanence. Lelièvre and Oldenburg (2006) develop an inversion algorithm to recover a high-magnetic-susceptibility source in the PDE domain. Our work builds on their research. To tackle the problem of self-demagnetization, a PDE solution was used for source-free magnetostatics forward modeling, which can account for self-demagnetization caused by a highly susceptible source with complex geometry. The algorithm is realized in a general 3D inversion framework to deal with the nonuniqueness of inversion. The innovation of this study is in the formulation of the amplitude data inversion in the PDE domain, using the NLCG scheme.
In equation 1, the total flux B contains the primary induced flux B0 and the secondary flux Bs and ϕ0 and ϕs represent the induced potential field and second potential field, respectively. According to classic magnetostatic theory (Jackson, 1999) and the definition of the amplitude of magnetic gradient data, the forward modeling can be expressed as
∇·(B0+Bs)=0B0+Bs=μ0(1+κ)∇(ϕ0+ϕs),
where μ0 is the permeability of free space and κ is the isotropic magnetic susceptibility. The secondary flux Bs (unit T=V-s/m2) contains three directional components of magnetic flux (Bx,By, and Bz), which are calculated with the PDE forward-modeling method (Lelièvre and Oldenburg, 2006). The data amplitudes can be calculated via linear transform from Bs. The amplitude of the AS can be expressed as (Roest et al., 1992)
|AS|=(∂Bs∂x)2+(∂Bs∂y)2+(∂Bs∂z)2,
where ∂Bs/∂x, ∂Bs/∂y, and ∂Bs/∂z are the gradient components in the x-, y-, and z-directions. Let F(·) (F(m)=|Bs|) express the forward modeling of the model m=(κ1,κ2,κ3,…,κn) according to equation 1, where κ represents the model magnetic susceptibility of every divided cell and n is the total number of mesh cells. To increase boundary condition accuracy, the interested region is divided into a uniform orthogonal grid system, and nonuniform free-space padding cells can be added to the boundary of the model of interest without dramatically increasing forward-modeling cost. By<|fim_middle|>b) Cross section located at 18 m east. The pink cells indicate the true model position.
Synthetic model consisting of a dipping slab with inducing field D=0°, I=75° and remanent magnetization D=60°, I=15°, and Q=2. (a) Cross section located at 20 m east and (b) total magnetic anomaly produced by the dipping slab. (c) The 3D view of the inversion model with a cutoff display value of 0.5. (d) Cross section located at 20 m east. The pink cells indicate the true model position.
Inversion result of (b) (NSS). (a) The 3D view of the inversion model with a cutoff display value of 0.5. The maximum depth of the cutoff model is 12 m. (b) Cross section located at 20 m east. The pink cells indicate the true model position.
Inversion result of Figure 3c (AS). (a) The 3D view of the inversion model with a cutoff display value of 0.5. The maximum depth of the cutoff model is 14 m. (b) Cross section located at 20 m east. The pink cells indicate the true model position.
Inversion result of Figure 9d (Ba). (a) The 3D view of the inversion model with a cutoff display value of 0.5. The maximum depth of the cutoff model is 9 m. (b) Cross section at 20 m east. The pink cells indicate the true model position.
Average data misfit versus time resulting from the two numerical examples. (a) Cuboid model in Figure 1 and (b) dipping slab model in Figure 8 with GN and NLCG. The nodes represent the iterations.
Geologic map of southeast Missouri showing locations of plutons and the iron mine. Modified after Harlov et al. (2016). The study area located in the red rectangle.
The total field magnetic anomaly data and amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field data over Pea Ridge, southeast Missouri, USA. (a) The extracted total field anomaly and (b) amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field.
The AS and NSS data of the anomalous magnetic field over Pea Ridge, southeast Missouri, USA. (a) AS and (b) NSS.
Optimal regularization parameter β estimation using the L-curve method.
Volume rendering of the Ba inversion results with a cutoff display value of 0.2500 SI. (a) A 3D view of inverted model and predicted data and (b) view rotated from west to east.
Volume rendering of the AS inversion result with a cutoff display value of 0.2500 SI. (a) A 3D view of inverted model and predicted data and (b) view rotated from west to east.
Volume rendering of the NSS inversion result with a cutoff display value of 0.2500 SI. (a) A 3D view of inverted model and predicted data and (b) view rotated from west to east.
Predicted data for inversion in Figures 17–19. (a) Amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field data, (b) AS, and (c) NSS.
Apparent magnetic susceptibility of geologic units from the Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite deposit. Modified after McCafferty et al. (2016).
Vertical geologic cross sections of the Pea Ridge deposit. Modified after Seeger et al. (2001). (a) Cross section A-A′ and (b) cross section B-B′ located in Figure 14b. Cross section C-C′ represents the depth slice at 510 m level of Figure 23a.
Horizontal cross sections of the inverted models at the 510 m mine level. (a) The 510 m subsurface geologic plan map of the Pea Ridge deposit. The 510 m cross section of (b) the Ba inversion result, (c) the AS inversion result, and (d) the NSS inversion result. Lines A-A′ and B-B′ present the corresponding cross sections marked in Figure 14a. The position of the geologic structure in (a) is outlined in white in (b–d).
Cross sections of the inversion model results of the different amplitudes: (a and b) cross sections A-A′ and B-B′ of Ba, respectively, (c and d) cross sections A-A′ and B-B′ of AS, respectively, and (e and f) cross sections A-A′ and B-B′ of NSS, respectively.
Objective function misfit versus Ba inverted for time in the field data examples.
Volume rendering of the Ba inversion results (a) 3D view of inverted model with a cutoff display value of 0.2500 SI and predicted data, (b) view rotated from west to east, (c) cross sections A-A′ of the GN inverted model, and (d) cross sections B-B′ of the GN inverted model.
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Copyright © 2020 Society of Exploration Geophysicists | extending the model region to larger than the region of interest, we assume that the secondary flux Bs is equal to the induced flux B0 in the boundary position. Here, we use an NLCG scheme to invert the amplitude data, which is modeled using equation 2.
With increasing values of model magnetic susceptibility, the inverted model shows that decay is strongly concentrated near the surface. To counteract this decay, depth weightings are added to the objective function. The global objective function ϕ is defined as
minimizeϕ=ϕd+ϕm=12‖Wd(F(m)−dobs)‖2+β2‖αsWrWs(m−mref)‖2where Wr=(z+z0)−γ/2,
where Wd, Wr, and Ws are the data weighting matrix, depth weighting matrix, and model weighting matrix, respectively, αs=[αy,αx,αz] is the smoothing coefficient in three directions, and mref is defined as the reference model. The construction of this regularization matrix has been thoroughly discussed (Li and Oldenburg, 1996; Shearer, 2005; Fedi and Pilkington, 2012). Li and Oldenburg (1996) introduce a depth weighting term to compensate for the natural decay with increasing depth and address the problem of an inverted model concentrated at the surface. Lelièvre and Oldenburg (2006) propose using the depth weighting term Wr=(z+z0)−3/2 in the magnetic inversion in the PDE domain. According to their suggestion, the parameter γ is set to three for all experiments in this study.
To minimize the objective function ϕ with respect to the model susceptibility m, we use the NLCG algorithm (Polak, 1971) to solve this objective function. The regularization parameter β is identified by the L-curve algorithm, and it is fixed in each iteration. To describe this function minimization procedure in more detail, we deduce the following notation. The gradient of the objective function can be expressed as
∂Φ∂m=JTWdTWd(F(m)−dobs)+WsTWsWrTWr(m−mref),
where J is the sensitivity matrix that is critical when optimizing the objective function. Let J denote the Jacobian matrix of the forward function. We assume that the predicted data are the amplitude of the AS (equation 2), and J can be defined as
J=∂|Bs(x,y)|AS∂m=12|Bs(x,y)|AS−1/2∂Bs∂m.
The sensitivity matrixes of the other amplitudes of magnetic data in this study are constructed according to Lelièvre and Oldenburg (2006) and Pilkington and Beiki (2013). Assuming mii=0 is the initial model, which contains a homogeneous and small susceptibility value, the NLCG-estimated model at the ith iteration can be written as (Newman and Alumbaugh, 2000)
mi+1=mi+αi+1pi+1,i=0,1,2…,nΦ(mi+αi+1pi+1)=minα Φ(mi+αpi+1),
where pi+1 and αi+1 are the search direction vector and step size in the ith iteration, respectively. The term αi+1 can be estimated using the linear searching approach. This regularization parameter is directly identified according to the suggestion by Hestenes and Stiefel (1952). The search directions of iterations pi+1 are estimated by the approach used by Newman and Alumbaugh (2000) in their 3D magnetotelluric inversion.
The regularization parameter β controls the trade-off between the data misfit and the complexity of inverted model. In this research, the regularization parameter β is identified through a traditional L-curve algorithm. We discuss the choice of β in the following sections.
AMPLITUDE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS WITH SELF-DEMAGNETIZATION
As determined by previous research, the magnitude and direction of magnetization of a high-susceptibility source have a complex spatial distribution (Krahenbuhl and Li, 2017). Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the influence of strong self-demagnetization and remanent magnetization on data amplitude. We use the method proposed by Stavrev and Gerovska (2000) to remeasure the numerical distance of data caused by a high-susceptibility source with different remanent magnetization inclinations and declinations:
S(I,D)=∑|D90,0−DI,D|/|D90,0|,
where D90,0 is the amplitude produced by a source with a remanent inclination of 90° and declination of 0° and DI,D is the amplitude of a source with other remanent inclinations I and declinations D. The term S(I,D) expresses the stability of the quantity transformations with various I and D of remanent magnetization. A decreased S(I,D) means that DI,D is becoming less affected by the remanent magnetization that is present.
In this numerical experiment, we test five different 3D amplitude transform methods. The NSS (μ) was proposed by Wilson (1985), which can be derived as
μ=−λ22−λ1λ3,
where λ1≥λ2≥λ3 are the eigenvalues of the magnetic tensor. For some model types, such as the magnetic dipole, horizontal cylinder, and thin sheet, Beiki et al. (2012) and Clark (2012) show that NSS is weakly dependent on the direction of magnetization. Li et al. (2010) use the amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field (Ba) (equation 9) in 3D magnetic inversion to address the problem of remanent magnetization:
Ba=|Ba|=Bx2+By2+Bz2.
Pilkington and Beiki (2013) evaluate the influence of remanent inclination for NSS, AS, Ba, and the quantities E and Q (equation 10) (Stavrev and Gerovska, 2000) for magnetic dipole data:
E=((|∂Bs/∂x|2+|∂Bs/∂y|2+|∂Bs/∂z|2)/2)1/2Q=((|∂Bs/∂x|2+|∂Bs/∂y|2+|∂Bs/∂z|2−|∂Bs/∂x+∂Bs/∂y+∂Bs/∂z|2))1/2.
They conclude that model physical properties influence the sensitivity analysis. Here, we use the prism divided cell to represent the subsurface source. A high-susceptibility (1 SI) cuboid model is used in the numerical experiment (Figure 1). The source extends at a depth from 4 to 8 m. The induced field is set to 50,000 nT with I=90° and D=0°. The Konigsberg ratio (Q=|J⇀rem|/|J⇀ind|) in this experiment is set to two.
The sensitivity values of these amplitude transformations are measured by the model using varying I and D of remanence (Figure 2).
The sensitivity coefficients S(I,D) of all transformed quantities decrease monotonically with I close to that of the inducing field (90°) (Figure 2a–2e). In contrast, S(I,D) show an increasing tendency when D approaches the declination of the inducing field (0°) (Figure 2a–2e). We consider this as deriving from the heterogeneous distribution of the synthetic model (Figure 1) in the horizontal directions. To prove this assumption, we rotated the synthetic model (Figure 1) 90° horizontally and remeasured the sensitivity coefficients S(I,D) (Figure 2g and 2h). As shown in Figure 2g and 2h, S(I,D) decrease with reduced declinations D after the distribution of the model has been altered. In this experiment, the quantity NSS shows a higher level of sensitivity to the remanent magnetization compared with AS and E when I is smaller than 30° and D locates in the high sensitivity range, as shown in Figure 2i and 2j.
In total, the source distribution did not influence the differences of the sensitivity levels of these quantities. The term Ba represents a lower level of sensitivity to the remanent magnetization as compared with other transformed quantities (AS, NSS, E, and Q) (Figure 2f and 2h). The quantity Q (the black curve) is the most sensitive to remanence in this experiment, so we do not process it further. The performance of quantities AS and E is the same, so we only discuss AS in the following section for brevity.
To validate the performance of these methods, we compare these data for a remanent magnetization inclination of 45° (Figure 3).
In Figure 3d, quantity Ba exhibits a lower level of sensitivity to the remanent magnetization as compared with other amplitude transformations. The quantities NSS, AS, Ba, and Q (Figure 3b–3f) show clearer anomalous shifts that derive from the remanence. This agrees with the static result of Figure 2. In fact, the behaviors of different quantities greatly affect the inversion procedure, which is analyzed in detail in the next section.
VALIDATION USING NUMERICAL DATA
The model shown in Figure 1 is used in this amplitude data inversion experiment. The inversion region is divided into a 40×40×32 grid (a total of 51,200 1 m cells). The grid region includes two parts: an inactive region and an active region. There are 8 free-space padding cells on both sides in the x- and y-directions and 11 padding cells above the surface in the z-direction. Thus, the active region (model region) contains 24×24×21 cells with unknown susceptibility values to be determined. In this study, all of the reference models and the initial inversion model are set to 0.00 and 0.01, respectively. The regularization parameter β is set to 10 for all synthetic experiments.
Three quantities NSS, AS, and Ba are analyzed. First, the total field anomaly data (Figure 3a) are inverted assuming that the effective magnetization direction is known. The recovered model is shown in Figure 4a and 4b. With the prior information of remanence, this result shows an ideal recovered model without any bias induced by the remanence. This prior information is ignored in the following inversion tests. Figure 4c–4f shows the inversion results of amplitude data NSS (Figure 3b), AS (Figure 3c) and Ba (Figure 3d), respectively, assuming that only the inclination (90°) and declination (0°) of the induced field are known. These three amplitude transformations are not completely independent of the remanence magnetization, so the recovered inversion models show some bias. The distribution of the recovered model (Figure 4g and 4h) from Ba is closest to the true model, and the recovered model from NSS also exhibits good performance (Figure 4c and 4d). The inverted results of AS show a large anomalous source distribution range (Figure 4e and 4f), but the location is correct. Furthermore, all of the inverted results agree with the sensitivity analysis shown in Figure 2.
Essentially, the recovered models (Figure 4) are consistent with the true source, although the maximum values of the models are much higher than the true susceptibility values (1 SI) (Figure 4a–4h). This is considered to be due to the strong remanence that influences the amplitude data. As is common in most magnetic inversions, the susceptibility values of the inverted model on the fuzzy boundaries are much smaller than those of the actual susceptibility (Figure 4a–4h). In the second numerical example, we invert the data simulated for a 3D dipping slab shown in Figure 5a and 5b. A northerly directed inducing field (D=0°, I=75°) and an easterly directed remanent magnetization (D=90°, I=−15°) were used. The Konigsberg ratio (Q=|J⇀rem|/|J⇀ind|) of the remanent magnetization for this model is two (Figure 5a). Figure 6a–6d shows that, through the amplitude transformations, the influence of the inclination and remanence has been somewhat reduced.
First, the data were directly inverted, assuming that the directional information of the effective magnetization is known. Figure 7a and 7b illustrates that the inverted model shows significant deviations from the spatial distribution of the true model. The inversion is severely affected by the strong remanence component, which dramatically changed the anomalous distribution of the magnetic field. The data cannot derive a geologically meaningful inversion with an effective magnetization direction. The presence of remanence may complicate the magnetic inversion (Morris et al., 2007). To demonstrate this, the direction of remanent magnetization from Figure 8 was altered to D=60° and I=15°. The inverted model is shown in Figure 8c and 8d.
Numerically, the data misfit of the inverted model (Figure 8) was reduced (8.71%, 30 iterations) compared to the data misfit of the inversion in Figure 7 (13.88%, 30 iterations). Although a compact and reasonable model is recovered (Figure 8) with effective magnetization, significant errors remain. The experiments also illustrate that it is impossible to reach an ideal model that can provide a good fit with anomalous magnetic data containing strong remanent magnetization. Because the relationship between the remanent magnetization and the magnetic inversion is beyond the scope of this study, it is not discussed further.
Then, the amplitude data related with the model in Figure 5 were inverted (D=0°, I=75° for the inducing field and D=90°, I=−15° for the remanent magnetization), and it was assumed that the direction of effective magnetization was unknown in all of the amplitude inversions. As Figures 9 and 10 show, the recovered models of NSS and AS are not significantly affected by the remanent component. Although the recovered models do not clearly indicate the dipping angle of the slab, they successfully reveal the correct location of the true model.
The recovered Ba model agrees with the dip direction (Figure 11a and 11b), depth, and location of the true model, and it is closest to the true model in this amplitude inversion test.
As Figures 9–11 show, similar to the common magnetic inversion, the recovered models have a broader extent of lower susceptibility than the true model. There are significant deviations among the recovered results of NSS, AS, and Ba in the model spatial distribution. The inversion of AS represents the excessive structure distribution across the depth ranges (Figure 10). The Ba inverted model is the most compact (Figure 11), and it delineates the critical features of the actual model, such as the depth and dip direction. Although the inverted model of NSS does not indicate the dip direction of the slab, it distributes at a reasonable depth and position. In summary, these experiments illustrate that the amplitude data Ba are efficient for recovering a source with a strong remanence.
Finally, we compare the convergence of the GN and NLCG algorithms using these two numerical examples (Figure 12). The GN and NLCG converge effectively in 100 s. The number of iterations until convergence and the time for each iteration differ for NLCG and GN. In these two synthetic experiments, the inversion of the NLCG algorithm shows a faster rate of data misfit minimization than that of the GN algorithm. Moreover, by comparing the convergence rates of the two synthetic model inversions (Figure 12), we conclude that additional iterations and time are needed for the recovery of a spatially complex source with high susceptibility. Overall, NLCG requires less time to converge to a lower data misfit than GN in both inversion examples.
VALIDATION USING FIELD DATA
High-resolution magnetic data were collected from the Pea Ridge iron oxide-apatite-rare earth element (IOA ± REE) deposit by the U.S. Geology Survey in southeast Missouri, USA (Figure 13). This deposit is one of the best-characterized large Fe oxide deposits. The Pea Ridge deposit is hosted by volcanic rocks of early Mesoproterozoic age (approximately 1500–1440 Ma) (Aleinikoff et al., 2016; Day et al., 2016) and is covered by thick Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. The magnetite and hematite orebody have apparent high magnetic susceptibility (0.2<κ<0.7 SI). According to Harlov et al. (2016) and McCafferty et al. (2016), the host rock is a high-silica rhyolite with strong remanence (Q≈1). Allingham (1976) reports that the direction of the remanent vectors follows a random distribution. The geology of Pea Ridge has been fully depicted by underground mining and mapping expeditions (Seeger, 2001). For these reasons, this data set was used as field data for validating our proposed inversion algorithm.
The data were acquired by an airborne Cesium stinger-mounted magnetometer at a nominal height of 80 m in 2014. The survey contained 90 north–south flight lines spaced every 400 m. We selected 8509 observation points from the data over an area of 8.0×6.4 km. The geomagnetic flux of the study region is 53,036 nT, and the inclination and declination are 66° and 359.6°, respectively. We calculated the quantities of Ba, AS, and NSS from the total anomaly data (Figures 14 and 15). The positions of two cross sections encompassing the data, A-A′ and B-B′, are marked in Figures 14b and 15.
Although the orebody is distributed across the depth of 400–815 m, which is covered by 11 geologic maps (Seeger et al., 2001), McCafferty et al. (2016) propose that the magnetic orebody of Pea Ridge is vertically extensive and traceable to depths of approximately 2 km. Therefore, we set the inversion model region depth to 2400 m. In total, 5,148,000 cells were involved in the inversion calculation (220 cells east–west × 180 cells north–south × 130 cells top-bottom), and the mesh for the active model region contains 1,920,000 cells (200 cells east–west × 160 cells north–south × 60 cells surface-bottom). Although the nonorthogonal grid can accelerate the inversion procedure and works well with the relatively small-scale grid used in our experiment, we found that the proposed algorithm is more stable with an orthogonal grid for solving large-scale problem. Therefore, in this field data example, we used uniform 40 m cubic cells to form an orthogonal grid for inversion.
The methods suggested by Hansen (1992) and Leão-Santos et al. (2015) were used to identify the regularization parameter β, as shown in Figure 16. In this regularization parameter identification experiment (Figure 16), the curve is well-fitted to the monotonic functions related to the regularization parameter β. There is an obvious trade-off point near the regularization parameter value of one. The extensive inversion experiments show that an over-smoothing and less structure-inverted model will exhibit an inversion when the value of β is greater than one. Conversely, a loose recovered model, with excessive structures, will be inverted with a relatively small β value.
The effective susceptibility of the orebody was recovered using the proposed NLCG inversion algorithm with the amplitude quantities, as shown in Figures 17, 18, and 19. For these recovered models, the objective functions converge to approximately 5% after 20 iterations. Although these objective function misfits are not very small, they do provide reasonable estimations of the subsurface orebody property distributions that are consistent with the calculated quantities. The predicted data from the inversion are displayed in Figure 20, which is well-matched with the input amplitude data (Figures 14b and 15).
The experiments suggest that the grid design is important for the proposed algorithm. Insufficient padding cells or cells that are too large may lead to a highly incorrect solution. By using appropriate choices of the padding cell number and boundary surface sizes, the inversion should generate a reasonable inversion model with a rapid convergence rate. Based on the experiments, we suggest padding at least one-tenth of the number of active cells in each direction outside of the grid as the inactive free space cells to increase the accuracy of the approximated boundary conditions.
According to McCafferty et al. (2016), 143 apparent magnetic susceptibility samples of the iron orebody have been measured; these came from several drill cores mined from the Pea Ridge deposit (Figure 21). The average apparent magnetic susceptibility of the orebody (magnetite and hematite) is approximately 0.2–0.5 SI. The abundant magnetite ore has a significantly higher apparent magnetic susceptibility compared to the host rock. Based on this information and considering that the common recovered effective susceptibility estimates are lower than the actual apparent magnetic susceptibility measurements, the cutoff display value for all inverted models was set as 0.25 SI in this field data experiment.
According to the vertical geologic cross sections of different mine levels (400–815 m) at the Pea Ridge iron mine (Seeger et al., 2001), the orebody is a single dipping body (Figure 22). We compare our inverted results along the cross sections shown in Figure 14b (Figure 22).
As Figure 22a and 22b shows, a hematite zone occurs at the top of the deposit. Although pure hematite is essentially nonmagnetic, McCafferty et al. (2016) conclude that three discovered iron oxide deposits (Pilot Knob, Iron Mountain, and Pea Ridge) in southeast Missouri, regardless of the iron mineralization style, have a high apparent magnetic susceptibility. The samples of the hematite zone at Pea Ridge also have high apparent magnetic susceptibility (Figure 21). This indicates that this shallow hematite-rich zone surrounds all of the inferred magnetite-rich bodies and significant magnetite alteration exists in the hematite zone. Harlov et al. (2016) reveal that this hematite zone forms a gradational contact with the magnetite ore and contains patches of magnetite. This also provides another interpretation for the high magnetic susceptibility of the shallow hematite zone in Pea Ridge. In addition, primary, low-volume, REE-rich breccia pipes occur along the boundary of the magnetite ore, and cannot be distinguished geophysically (Seeger, 1992).
Here, we compare the inversion results (Figures 17–19) with these geologic interpretations. First, all inversion models (Figures 17–19) show a compact magnetic body, and the value of magnetic susceptibility agrees with prior information (0.2–0.5 SI). We note that the inversion results of Ba (Figure 17) show the correct dip compared to the vertical geologic cross-section map (Figure 22). Almost all inversion models show that the depth of the top of the dipping orebody is approximately 400 m at the correct horizontal position. However, the recovered models of Ba and NSS indicate that the depth of the orebody bottom is 2150 m (Figures 17b and 19b), whereas the inversion result of AS shows that the orebody extends to depths beyond the inversion region. Considering that the recovered models of AS also have a broad susceptibility distribution and extents with depth in our synthetic experiment, it is likely that the inverted results, which estimate that the orebody is located at a depth between 400 and 2150 m, are correct. These inverted models (Figures 17b and 19b) partly validate the Seeger (1992) hypothesis, suggesting a greater volume of the magnetic orebody at depth. We also compare the geologic cross sections provided by Seeger et al. (2001) (Figure 23a), the estimated strike directions recovered models of Ba, AS, and NSS (Figure 22b–22d) exhibit the correct strike N60°E at a depth of 510 m (Figure 23a). As our inverted model shows (Figure 17b), the deepest mine level reached during exploration (815 m) is a relatively shallow part of the deposit.
The positions of the vertical geologic cross sections A-A′ and B-B′ are marked in Figures 14 and 15. In the inversion results (Figure 24), only Ba shows a dipping angle that is consistent with the magnetite ore described by the geologic cross section maps.
Next, we compare the convergence of algorithms NLCG and GN in this field data inversion, as shown in Figure 25. NLCG finishes 25 iterations and converges in 6 h, whereas GN converges in 12 h and finishes 25 iterations in 34 h. Obviously, the number of iterations and convergence times differs between NLCG and GN algorithms. NLCG requires more steps but is faster at each step, whereas GN requires fewer steps but takes a long time for each step. In addition, NLCG reaches a larger initial reduction than GN. NLCG is more effective for this field data inversion example.
The inverted model of the NLCG and GN algorithms was compared in this field data inversion, as shown in Figure 26. The inverted model of NLCG (Figures 17, 24a, and 24b) and the inverted result of GN also reveal a dipping model that is consistent with the previously obtained geologic information (Figure 22). However, there are some locations where the result differs from that of the inverted model of NLCG. First, as Figures 17 and 22a show, the orebody has a small syncline structure at a depth of approximately 400–700 m. This detailed structure is not present in the inverted model of GN. Second, as shown in Figure 26b, the inverted model of GN only extends to a depth of 1500 m, which is slightly shallower than the previous geologic interpretation (2000 m). However, there are large volumes of anomalous sources that have relatively low susceptibility (0.1<κ<0.25) below the depth of 1500 m (Figure 26c and 26d). The inverted model of GN has more fuzzy boundaries and a broader extent than the NLCG inverted model at depth. In general, the shapes of the GN and NLCG inverted models are very similar. In summary, it is reasonable to state that the proposed algorithm can be used to efficiently invert a high-susceptibility magnetic source exhibiting strong remanence.
We solve the PDE solution of magnetic data amplitude using a conjugate gradient algorithm. We tested three primary amplitude transformation methods of anomalous magnetic data using inversion tests. The numerical and field data results indicated that the amplitude of the anomalous magnetic field is an efficient amplitude transformation that can be used in the PDE inversion algorithm. The proposed NLCG algorithm showed a fast convergence rate regarding the computational time required to compute accurate solutions in our experiments. Using an FVD to solve the PDE problem is a discretized integral weak form method, in which the error comes from finite discretization. One of the most efficient methods to reduce this error component is to use a fine mesh. It is important to consider the speed of convergence of an inversion algorithm with a fine mesh, and this will be helpful to improve the accuracy of the inversion from other points of view.
The results also showed that the NLCG algorithm is a feasible approach to the large-scale inversion problem. Possible extensions to the method involve using preconditioning to enhance the performance of the algorithm. This case study demonstrated the efficacy of using amplitude inversion within the PDE framework in the presence of strong self-demagnetization and remanent magnetization. The proposed algorithm does not depend on site-specific prior geologic information, and it is generally applicable for data interpretation in other areas with analogous exploration targets and challenges.
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 41674110 and 41630317). The authors thank the assistant editor J. Shragge and another anonymous assistant editor, the reviewers M. Leão-Santos, B. Morris, and another anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments and suggestions that significantly improved the manuscript. We also thank M. A. Kass for his valuable suggestion.
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A numerical model containing a rectangle in a nonmagnetic host. The inactive region above the surface is not shown.
Sensitivity for the amplitude transformations with different remanent I and D. (a) AS, (b) NSS, (c) Ba, (d) E, and (e) Q. (f) All transformed quantities. (g) Ba of the rotated model. (h) All transformed quantities of the rotated model. (i) Comparing AS and NSS in (f). (j) Comparing AS and NSS in (h) (rotated model). The points marked on the layers represent the measured data with different I and D.
(a) Total magnetic anomaly produced by the source (Figure 1) with a northerly directed inducing field (D=0°, I=75°) and a remanent magnetization (D=−60°, I=45°); 0.5% uncorrelated Gaussian noise is added. (b) NSS, (c) AS, (d) Ba, (e) E, and (f) Q.
Inversion result of Figure 3. (a) The 3D view of the inverted model of total magnetic anomaly data (Figure 3a) with a cutoff display value of 0.5. (b) Cross section of the inverted model of (a) located at 20 m east. The pink cells indicate the true model position. (c) Inverted model of Figure 3b (NSS). (d) Cross section of the inverted model of NSS located at 20 m east. (e) Inverted model of Figure 3c (AS). (f) Cross section of the inverted model of AS located at 20 m east. (g) Inverted model of Figure 3d (Ba) with a cutoff display value of 0.5. (h) Cross section of the inverted model of Ba at 20 m east.
The 3D numerical model of a dipping slab. (a) Cross section located at 20 m east and (b) 3D view of the slab model. The directions of the magnetization components marked in (a) are the 2D graphical approximated expression of the 3D magnetization vectors.
Data produced by the numerical model in Figure 5. (a) Total magnetic anomaly produced by the dipping slab, (b) NSS, (c) AS, and (d) Ba.
Inversion result of total magnetic field data (Figure 6a) assuming that the effective inclination and declination are known. (a) A 3D view of the inversion model with a cutoff value of 0.5 for the display. ( | 7,124 |
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ISLAS, ARTURO (1938–1991). Arturo Islas, professor of English at Stanford University and Mexican-American novelist, eldest son of Arturo Islas, Sr., and Jovita La Farga, was born in El Paso, Texas, on May 24, 1938. Arturo Islas, Sr., served as one of four Mexican Americans in a largely Anglo-American police force and gained renown as a very skilled policeman in El Paso. Islas was the eldest of three sons, and his father was especially emotionally distant from him, mostly because Islas failed to meet his father's machismo sensibilities as a firstborn. Arturo was a favorite, however, of his mother and grandmother. He learned to speak, read, and write English very early in his life, which enabled him to advance swiftly through his English-only elementary school. At home, he and his family spoke only Spanish as a result of his parents' insistence on maintaining their Mexican heritage and identity. Islas contracted polio when he was eight and was left with a shortened leg and a semi-permanent limp. Following this life-changing event, he often read novels and histories and frequently spent time at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso. During his adolescence, however, he left the Catholic Church. Academically, Islas was very successful and became the first Mexican American at El Paso High School to be valedictorian and the second to serve as president of the student council. Ultimately, he won an academic scholarship to attend Stanford University in 1956.
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New Mexico's Karen Trujillo, leader in education, one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year honorees
Miranda Cyr Las Cruces Sun-News
Published 12:26 pm UTC Mar. 13, 2022 Updated 7:29 pm UTC Mar. 13, 2022
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Karen Trujillo is one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year, a recognition of<|fim_middle|> clear proud moment, but there were many small moments that made an impact.
Karen Trujillo is pictured with her family on the day she was inducted as secretary of education for the state of New Mexico in 2019. With her are her husband, Ben, their two daughters, Taralyn and Tavyn, and their son, Timothy. Karen was chosen to be the USA TODAY New Mexico Woman of the Year for her dedication to education in the state. Courtesy photo
In contrast to some of her proudest moments, did she have any lows or any big challenges?
Ben: Obviously, being let go as secretary of ed. I think for educators around New Mexico, they were really happy that she became the secretary of ed. Especially because she was out at least four days a week in schools all over the state, all over. And yet somehow found a way to make it to her (Tavyn's basketball) games.
Karen was let go as secretary of education in July of 2019, after about six months on the job. She joined LCPS as interim superintendent shortly after.
Remembering Karen Trujillo: In her own words
How do you guys think that Karen showed courage in her everyday life?
Tavyn: She was present in everything she did. There was no hiding behind anything. She was always just her.
Taralyn: When it came to education too, she always said, 'Do what's best for the kids.' I think that was like a huge thing that she did, because she always advocated for them. Whether it made her enemies or not, she made sure that what she was doing was for the kid and she got it no matter what she had to do.
Ben: I think it takes a lot of courage to step into any of the roles she chose to step into, like running for county commissioner. That's a very visible, you know. You're going to be known. Every decision you make is critiqued. Obviously, I remember her becoming the secretary of ed, and even the superintendent here. It takes courage to do that. I remember when COVID-19 hit here, and we'd laugh about this. But they'd have Zoom meetings with their team. I was over here and I was listening. I said, 'I'm glad you guys are discussing all that, but whatever decision you make, it's going to be wrong for 50% of people.'
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She was present in everything she did. There was no hiding behind anything. She was always just her.
Did she have any guiding principles or mantras that she would often say? Or maybe any guiding morals?
Ben: A mantra that she would tell people all the time was 'bloom where you're planted.' That idea of quit worrying about where you could be, should be, and just bloom and shine where you're at in the moment.
She believed in people, especially young people. Even a lot of times before they believed in themselves, but she kind of fostered that. 'You can do this.'
Tavyn: I think she was just really good at talking you down off the mountain. A big thing me and her would talk about most is not to worry about everything being perfect.
Students at Las Cruces Catholic Schools make hearts in tribute to Karen Trujillo, on display Friday, March 5, 2021. Trujillo, the late Las Cruces Public Schools superintendent, was formerly a principal of LCCS. Nathan J Fish/Sun-News
On that topic of mantras, there's the #BeAKarenNM, that you guys began. How does that tie into her guiding principles?
Ben: I was speaking at an Educators Rising zoom thing last year. Before I had thought about it, I was talking a little bit about Karen. At the end, I was like, 'So just go out and be a Karen.' Karen was very frustrated with the narrative around education and how negative it was. She did the research on what a teacher shortage we're having and, and started Educators Rising, because of the negativity around education. My thought was, with the negativity around being a Karen… we're trying to change the narrative around (that too)."
Who were some of Karen's heroes that she looked up to maybe growing up or in her early career?
Ben: O.D. Hadfield was a professor she had at the (New Mexico State University) university. He was the chair of her Ph.D. program. Good personal friends.
Then, just from afar, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo, on the night the Board of Education dropped 'interim' from her title and approved a two-year contract for her, at the school board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Algernon D'Ammassa/Sun-News
How did she try to overcome adversity in her career?
Taralyn: She kept looking forward. I think she dealt with quite a bit at NMSU to try to start different things and people telling her she couldn't.
Ben: If you're married for 30 years, you get to vent to each other, you know, and I learned after about 29 years, she didn't need help fixing it. She just needed to vent.
Taralyn: "She'd pick a new thing she would do each year. One year, she's like, 'I'm gonna write a book.' Then one year, she was like, 'OK, I'm going to read for 30 days, I'm going to read a Bible verse and write a reflection and put it in a book.' And she did that. So this last year, it was painting… I think she went back into that and would kind of be like, OK, 'I'm good now' and move on to the next thing and figure out what she needed to accomplish.
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The pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, especially women. How did Karen guide the community and her family through that really difficult period?
Ben: With the guiding the community she was front and center with the district. When they started giving the vaccinations, she did it before it was a thing, they didn't know any different. So she called the hospital directly like, 'Hey, how do we get our educators in there?'
Taralyn: For the pandemic, it made her slow down a lot too. Because she was always going, going, going. I think all of us really as a whole were like 'OK, so we have this we're dealing with. Appreciate what you have in front of you.' That's probably the most time we all spend together in years.
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Karen Trujillo accomplished many things in her professional career, dedicating her life to becoming an educator and encouraging others to do so.
In the last two years of her life, Karen served as Las Cruces Public Schools' superintendent, rebuilding the district after a cybersecurity attack and facing the COVID-19 pandemic head-on, leading the district through a year of virtual learning. Before coming to LCPS, she served briefly as District 5 County Commissioner, then state Public Education Department secretary. She established Educators Rising in New Mexico and was interim associate dean for research in New Mexico State University's College of Education. She also taught math in her early career.
Karen tragically passed away the evening of Feb. 25, 2021, after a car struck her while she was walking her two dogs. Her loss continues to be felt by the state of New Mexico, especially by those in the education sector.
She was selected as the New Mexico honoree for USA TODAY's Women of the Year because of her dedication to keep students, staff and the district as a whole afloat throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Karen's husband, Ben, 56, and two daughters, Taralyn, 26, and Tavyn, 20, spoke for her. Their son Timothy, 22, lives in Santa Fe and was unable to join.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
Karen Trujillo's husband, Ben Trujillo and their two daughters Taralyn and Tavyn pose with their three dogs in the backyard of their family home in January 2022. Miranda Cyr/Sun-News
Who do you think paved the way for Karen and other women in education?
Ben: I don't know about paving the way but I think her entire family. Her mom's a teacher. She has four aunts that were teachers. Both of her parents earned degrees from New Mexico State. It was kind of always a foregone conclusion that you were going to go to college and not necessarily what you were going to do, but I just think the expectation was there without being said.
Dr. Karen Trujillo: New Mexico honoree of USA TODAY's Women of the Year
Karen Trujillo was selected as New Mexico's honoree of USA TODAY's Women of the Year for her work in education and efforts to keep students learning through the pandemic.
Miranda Cyr, Las Cruces Sun-News
Who do you think she paved the way for?
Ben: For me, I've coached since I've known her. Besides being a State Farm agent, I coach basketball. My players will tell you she knew more about them and their aspirations in terms of after high school. She always had those conversations with them (Karen's children), with their friends, with whomever.
Tavyn: Anywhere she could get her voice heard.
Ben: "I coached at Cobre High School, which is a smaller school. Socioeconomically, not a lot of money. Kids would see college like 'you can't do that.' She was always just encouraging them."
While in Cobre, Karen started Graduation, Reality & Dual-Role Skills at the school, a program intended for young parents and their children in high school. One young couple in her program still keep in contact with the Trujillos today.
Ben: They're still married. They live in Arkansas, and he will tell you what an impact she had. I'd like to say, that's not a one-off. There's so many things that I didn't even know. People come up and say 'She did this or that for me.' It sometimes makes me question how well I knew her.
Related: Karen Trujillo's family works on 'moving forward' one year after her death
What do you think some of her proudest moments were in her career?
Ben: I remember she went and did a presentation and she called me – I was out looking for houses in Santa Fe at the time, she was secretary of ed – so I dropped her off. Afterwards, when I picked her up, I said 'Well how did it go on?' She goes, 'Oh, it went good.' She said, 'Yeah, I did it in Spanish.' I said 'You what?' Because I'm always correcting her Spanish. To me, that's one of the qualities that if you can instill in a child – no fear of failure or being willing to try stuff and knowing on the front end – not like thinking I can do this – but knowing on the front end, you're gonna butcher it and it's OK. That's the way you get better.
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After grabbing a beer (priced at £4.25 for a pint.. GULP), we made our way into the crowd just as the first support act came on stage. The Family Rain are a blues rock band from Bath made up of three brothers. Although they didn't say an awful lot I enjoyed their set and their songs certainly had the audiences feet tapping. The band are signed to Mercury Records which is the same label as Jake Bugg and they are embarking on their second headline tour this month, so I'm sure we'll be hearing more from them.
The next support act was an American duo called honeyhoney. Signed to Kiefer Sutherlands label 'Ironworks Musics', honeyhoney's music is a combination of folk, blues, rock and pop. Suzanne Santo is the lead singer, playing both the banjo and violin, whilst Ben Jaffe plays acoustic guitar and accompanies Suzanne's vocals with harmonies. This band really impressed both Vickey and I. Suzannes jazzy voice sounds brilliant live and Bens accompanying harmonies really add to the tracks. It was hard to believe there's only two people in the band at times, as they created such a full sound. I've been listening to honeyhoney quite a bit since Sunday and after looking at their Facebook fan page its clear to see they've gained a fair few fans across the pond whilst supporting Jake Bugg. They've got some really great tracks which I recommend you have a listen to, I haven't been able to get their song Ohio out of my head since Sunday night.
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Next up was the guy we all came to see. Accompanied by his band on bass and drums, Jake Bugg delivered a great show. As a lot of his stuff is on the slower side he did a great job keeping the audience engaged throughout. Songs such as Trouble Town, Two Fingers and I've Seen It All had all the crowd singing along. Jake has cited artists such as Donovan, Oasis and The Beatles as influences which you can definitely hear. The fingerpicking style used on a lot of tracks is very Donovan esque and a track from his new album (which I can't remember the name of, please forgive..), had Oasis written all over it. A personal favourite of mine was Song About Love. Jake put a lot of emotion and passion into his performance of this song, which was acknowledged by the audience from the loud cheers he received when he finished. People of all ages were in attendance, showing that Buggs music appeals to the masses. There's a lot of hype around Jake Bugg and I think personally it | 614 |
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Top 4 Biggest Comebacks in WSOP's History October 18, 2019 Adrian Sterne https://top10pokersites.net
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In this article, I am going to discuss some of the biggest comeback moments that happened at WSOP events.
By the time you are done reading this article, you will have learned plenty of interesting facts, such as:
The circumstances in which these comebacks happened
What kind of lives these poker players led at the time
What were the aftermaths of these matches
How these comebacks became legendary
The World Series of Poker events is where poker history is made and where strange and marvellous things occur. Ever since Benny Binion rounded up seven of the best-known poker players for a showdown at Horseshoe casino back in 1970, the WSOP has expanded to cover the entire world with WSOP sanctioned events, as the search for the best poker players in the world continues.
The development of the tournament is rapid and has led to the expansion of the tournament to include 74 events where all types of poker are played. The WSOP culminates with the $10,000 no-limit Texas Hold'Em poker game dubbed the "Main Event." The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a multi-million dollar prize and a much-coveted WSOP bracelet.
With all these incredible rewards, cash, and accolades that await the winner, the focus and sheer determination of players are unparalleled. The legal poker games that have this much at stake are a perfect breeding ground for the most memorable moments in poker history. Everything from incredible comebacks to bluffs and upsets takes place at WSOP tables, so both the spectators and the players are in no shortage of thrill that can only be seen in poker games.
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In this article, we will present the biggest comebacks in WSOP's history and the circumstances under which these comebacks occurred.
1.Jack Straus and "A chip and a chair"
2. Greg Merson — The Modern Day Straus
3. Stu Unger — The Comeback Kid
4. Pius Heinz's 2011 Comeback
A legendary WSOP moment and comeback was directed by none other than Jack the "Treetop" Straus, one of the best-known players of the 70s and early 80s.
He owed his moniker to his towering physique, as he was over 6 feet tall.
Even though Jack's best-ranked place at the WSOP Main Events until the famous 1982 tournament had been the 3rd place in 1973 WSOP, he rose to stardom and is still remembered as one of the best players of the era thanks to the fact that he had pulled out the biggest comeback in WSOP's history.
Namely, on Day 12 of the 1982 tournament, Jack reportedly put all his chips in a single hand, got called on the play and lost. As he rose from the chair and table, he realised that he had left a $500 chip under the napkin. From then on, he used the chip to double up on several occasions, which resulted in him rallying the troops, or should we say chips.
Subsequently, Jack Straus went on to win the WSOP golden bracelet and the Main Event. He is credited for coining the poker phrase that says "You only need a chip and a chair to play poker and win" a phrase that all other players with short stacks of chips utter when they are hoping for a miraculous comeback.
Poker is such an intense game that requires not only superb poker skills but also grueling mental effort.
With such intensity and display of poker prowess, it is no wonder why the winner of the WSOP Main Event comes up with millions of dollars worth of rewards.
It is particularly pleasing to see when a player is able to battle their way up to the top once they had hit the ropes.
One such example that resembles Jack Straus's comeback was the work of Greg Merson, then a 24-year-old poker protégé who had honed his poker skills in online poker rooms. At WSOP's 2012 Main Event, Greg Merson was down to 50,000 chips at one point in the game, but by being a short-handed cash game specialist, he fought his way back to the final table against Jesse Sylvia and Jake Balsiger in a 12-hour marathon live-streamed across the planet to the amazement of all poker fans out there. By the time he reached the final table along with 9 other players, he had compiled 28,725,000 chips.
Merson employed his strategy as a short-handed specialist and passed on all bad bets which turned the game into a never-ending stream of hands. Sometimes it is the persistency and maintaining the concentration for a long time and not letting your mind wander off from the game that makes a poker player a true champion. Some of the spectators at the table couldn't endure the intensity of the game and turned away from the table, but the ones that remained were beaming with joy when he revealed his final card that brought him the title and $8.53 million in prize money.
Merson's campaign to reach the top also got him a 2012 WSOP Player of the Year honors and the confidence to keep playing at a high level.
Stu Unger's comeback is not so closely related to one particular game, but it is intrinsically connected to the entire WSOP tournament in 1997.
Stu Unger, nicknamed the "Kid" was a major young superstar of the poker world in the early 1980s, where he had won back-to-back titles in '80 and '81.
He remains one of just two people to have won WSOP three times and the only player with three Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker titles.
However, Stu Unger suffered from long years of drug abuse, ever since he became a cocaine user in 1979. By 1997, he had already been heavily indebted and broke and, if it hadn't been for his friend Billy Baxter, he wouldn't have been able to pay for the $10k buy-in to the WSOP Main Event. He was in such a bad mental and physical condition that he actually fell asleep during Day 1 of the competition. Albeit exhausted, he carried on and reached the final table.
The buzz for the final game was so great that the organisers staged the game on Fremont Street, outside of the casino. Eventually, Ungar squared off with John Strzemp and finished the game with a straight on the river with A-4, compared to John's A-8.
Although people thought he would turn his life around, he wound up dead in a hotel room, practically penniless, despite having won over $30 million throughout his career.
The stage for the 2011 WSOP Main Event was set at the Penn and Teller Theatre at the Rio in Las Vegas where almost 7,000 players from 85 different countries competed for the prize money and WSOP's golden bracelet.
However, only nine players can reach the final table in November, called the "November Nine" table.
This group of aspiring champions saw an unlikely face joining them. A dropout student from Cologne, Germany, Pius Heinz made it to the end, but no one thought he had any chance of winning anything because he was up against the Czech poker superstar Marti Staszko and arguably the best player of the time, Ben Lamb.
However, Pius Heinz showed why his tactics that involved thorough preparation and training into reading people's facial expressions and bluffs gave good results. Although he entered the final table with the 7th lowest number of chips, especially when compared to Marti's and Lamb's stacks, with millions in chips he emerged on top.
An epic 6 and half-hours battle in the finals against Staszko ensued and in the final hand where the ace-high handheld by Heinz won him the championship and a whopping $8,715,638 in prize money.
As you can see in the text, these players had their way back to the top thanks to their ingenuity and unparalleled skill, which ensured their place in the legendarium of WSOP. Also, you learned more about how these poker comebacks occurred, as well as what were the consequences of these comebacks and under what type of life's circumstances they took place. These are the stories of bravery, skill and human triumph. If you want to join them why not try you hand at online poker, we made choosing one easier with our handy comparison section.
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Bought this to replace a 12 yr old Kenmore Elite that still works, just decided to place it in garage and get a new one for inside. This fridge looks great and has lots of room, but.... Have had this refrigerator for only 1 month and It does not cool. The fridge section stays between 48-50 degrees and the freezer section at 10 degrees. The digital display kept showing that the fridge was 34 and the freezer was at 0, but drinks and foods were not cold enough to the touch so I bought two thermometers and placed one in each section. Called Sears and they sent out a service tech. The service tech said he could order a part, which would take over a week to come in and then maybe another week before he could install it, but he wasn't sure that would fix the problem. He's seen many with this same problem. So, he deemed my fridge unrepairable. They are picking it up tomorrow. Who knows how long I'll be without a fridge, but at least I won't be dealing with this one and throwing more food away because it's spoiled from being too warm. Not sure, but I do not think I'll be buying another Kenmore.
The fridge was delivered without handles, and a week later I still don't have the handles. the fridge is also a lot noisier than my old one, and occasionally there is a n odd grinding sound from the compressor fan. Do not buy this!
It is brand new and constantly makes loud noise in the freezer. We had a service tech come out and he said the door was left open and ice froze on the fan. It makes the same noise every day and I'm checking the doors are closed. It is the noisiest fridge I've ever had. Tech is scheduled to come again and hopefully we can return it if the design is bad and the ice keeps coming back. Other than that the fridge is fine. I dislike the one long skinny drawer that's as wide as the fridge because both doors have to be opened to get inside of it.
This deserves no stars based on service. Ordered this fridge, and I was told it would be delivered the following day. I get an email saying it's being held due to some security verification. They couldn't even call me! I called to verify and was told 'seems like it wasn't needed'. I asked if they would still deliver today, and the guy didn't know. He transferred me to delivery and the rep tells me it still needs to be verified. I told her it's already been done and she checks on the delivery date and now it's 3 days later. WTF!!! Don't order from Sears—they LIE. Oh, and they outsource their team, so you could barely understand what they're saying. Not worth it. I cancelled this order. Buying from ******** instead.
Great space in fridge and also freezer, can now see everything that we have.
What do you recommend as the best stainless steel refrigerator with a bottom freezer and water spout for a family of three that has hearty appetites.
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London has many rivers, but<|fim_middle|>: Frances Lincoln | they are often hidden under centuries of development. Rivers like the Walbrook, the Fleet or the Westbourne have left their mark on the city, and still form an important part of our subterranean world.
David Fathers traces the course of twelve hidden rivers in a series of detailed guided walks, illustrating the traces they have left and showing the ways they have shaped the city. Each walk starts at the tube or rail station nearest to the source of the river, and then follows it down to the Thames through parkland, suburbia, historic neighbourhoods and the vestiges of our industrial past. Along the way there are encounters with such extraordinary Londoners as William Blake, Judy Garland, Paul Robeson, Terence Donovan, Bradley Wiggins, Nelson, Lenin, Freud, and the great Victorian engineer Joseph Bazalgette.
'London's Hidden Rivers' contains over 120 km of walks, both north and south of the Thames. Winding through the hills, valleys and marshes that underlie the city, every page is a revelation.
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He was commenting on BBC Sussex Radio about latest figures showing pollution levels in parts of Brighton and Hove remain above EU and UK standards, and how London breached its limits for the entire year only a few days into 2017.
Dr Wyche, who with Dr Kirsty Smallbone launched a £250,000 advanced air quality monitoring station at Falmer in 2015, said reducing pollution was a complex issue: "It's politically sensitive – should we ban all cars from city centres? It's not politically favourable for a politician to say that."
All of us, he said, has a part to play in cutting pollution: "We all like to use our cars and we all have gadgets at home which use electricity which comes from power stations which are pumping out all sorts of different gases and particles into the atmosphere."
The Joaquin Advanced Air Quality Station (JAAQS), opened by Brighton MP Caroline Lucas, is the first in the UK which can detect harmful nano-sized particles and their gaseous precursors.
Dr Wyche expects to publish its first year's findings from the station in the next few weeks and there are plans for UK's first outreach programme taking their work into primary and secondary schools. A website on the station's work is scheduled to be launched next month.
At the station's launch, Dr Wyche and Dr Smallbone, experts in atmospheric science, said: "Poor air quality is believed to result in around 50,000 deaths per year in the UK, according to Public Health England, and is thought to reduce people's life expectancy by an average of nine months across the European Union. The World Health Authority reported that outdoor air pollution kills more people worldwide than road traffic accidents, smoking and diabetes combined.
"In light of such dramatic statistics and estimates, it is crucial that we enhance our understanding of the relationships that exist between pollutants and health, and the JAAQS will provide a solid platform for us to do just this; it will provide unparalleled insight into the kinds of pollutants we breathe, their complex interactions and how they evolve.
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Vickie Nocera May 8, 2017 - 10:47 am Reply
I am a member of a group in Rye, East Sussex and we are very concerned about the effect the increasing traffic through Rye is having on residents who live on the A259 trunk road. We are concerned about pollution, noise, and
speed of traffic.
I saw Dr Kevin Wyche on the Sunday Politics Show a few weeks ago and he
was talking about a Fine Air Particle Monitor.
Our group would be interested to know how we might go about monitoring the air quality on the A259 in Rye. Rother District Council do some monitoring but their figures are dubious and we would like to conduct our own survey.
I look forward to your reply.
Laura Ruby May 8, 2017 - 2:25 pm Reply
Hi Vickie,
I have sent you an email directly with contact details for Kevin Wyche who would be happy to set up a time to discuss this with you.
We would love to hear more about your progress so do keep us posted!
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Uber is a good source of financial income and opportunity to both the company and the driver. This could be an opportunity to set your own schedule or an opportunity to help your community and lots of other benefits attached to it.
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In the partner or driver application, go to account –> payment –> add bank account and credit or debit card details. The bank account will be used to deposit money from Uber into your account. It will likely take about three days to post to your account.
If you believe that the fares collected are incorrect, go to your trip section of your application by clicking the menu on the left. Select the specific trip that you believe has the wrong fare. Click need help –> fare issues. The issue will be resolved and credited to your next payment statement.
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Trip earnings = Total amount paid by riders on your trip – Uber commission (75% of total fares).
Each pay period begins on Monday at 4 am and ends on the following Monday at 3:59 am.
You will receive an email on a Monday with a link to your payment statement. You can also log in to your Partner Dashboard at partners.uber.com and click on 'Pay Statements' on the left-hand side to see each weekly statement.
Service Fee: There is an Uber Fee associated with each trip, which is applied based on a percentage of the Trip Fare. The service fee is 25% of all your trip fares. This Uber Fee goes toward the use of the Uber platform, including support, credit card processing fees, and marketing to drive additional business to you. The Uber Fee is never applied to tolls, for which you receive a direct reimbursement in full.
Providing two-way ratings and feedback allow us to celebrate the riders and drivers who make Uber great. This system also lets us know if the quality of service provided is<|fim_middle|> However, if you don't want to or can't wait, just ask the rider to request another Uber when they're done.
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BYU senior Payton Sorenson, pictured here in the Cougars' newly renovated swimming facility, qualified for his second Olympic trials in December. (Ty Mullen)
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Payton Sorenson isn't just a good swimmer: he's a world-class swimmer. At just 27 years old, Sorenson has become one of the world's best sprinters and made it into the semifinals of the 2016 Olympic trials.
"I wasn't expecting to make it that far last time," Sorenson said.
Sorenson had only been home for a year from his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he surprised both himself and his coaches with his performance. His success at that time continues to fuel his training.
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After four years, the BYU senior will once again participate in the Olympic trials with aspirations to represent — along with the rest of the national team — the U.S. at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Sorenson qualified for the Olympic trials at the U.S. Winter Nationals meet in December when he completed the 50-meter freestyle event in 22.45 seconds. He placed second at the meet, taking home a silver medal. Along with qualifying, Sorenson also set a personal record time.
"This time, I know that I'm capable of doing well," he said. "Having that depth in my self-belief is going to take me further."
Sorenson isn't the only one who's optimistic about the upcoming trials. Head coach John Brooks is also optimistic about Sorenson's coming opportunities, though he acknowledges their inherent difficulties.
"We (the U.S.) have the fastest swimmers in the world, so to make the Olympic team you have to be one of the top two swimmers in the world," Brooks said. "He is currently ranked 17th in the world. In our country, he is ranked fourth or fifth."
Brooks asserts that as the 17th fastest swimmer in the world, Sorenson would be a shoo-in for the national team of any other country.
"It's a tall task, but he's a very strong competitor, and he wants to do his very best," Brooks said on Sorenson's prospects for making it onto the U.S. national team.
Brooks has been working closely with Sorenson to ensure he can be at his best for the trials. Sorenson says that he has been working feverishly on the mental aspect of swimming to improve his times.
Payton Sorenson, center, poses with his wife Kylie, right, and daughter Willow, left. (Payton Sorenson)
"It's a lot of mental prep in and out of practice," Sorenson said. "There's a lot of technicalities that go behind the strokes and it takes a lot of repetition to get those down to where you can use them when it comes time to race."
Brooks has also noticed the progress being made in Sorenson's abilities.
"He's faster than he's ever been before," Brooks said.
In the upcoming Olympic trials, Brooks won't be the only one in Sorenson's corner. Last August, Sorenson married Kylie. She will also be cheering for her new husband's success in the coming months.
Kylie praised the dedication that her husband has for the sport, noting the time commitment it requires for training.
"It's super time consuming," she said. "But he puts a lot of hard work into it."
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"Turning cultural objects into digital installations intrigues me"
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Alexander Rusnak is a second-year student in the Master of Science in Digital Humanities program, offered by the Digital Humanities Institute in EPFL's College of Humanities. As part of the Digital Humanities Institute's 'Student stories' series, Alexander describes his experience in the program, and what inspired him to enter this emerging interdisciplinary field.
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland in the United States, Alexander studied at the University of South Carolina before coming to EPFL. He is currently finishing his third semester of classes, and preparing for his internship in the DH Master program.
Alexander is focusing his studies on his two main interests: generative adversarial networks (GANs)/generative art, and data science for financial engineering. He has worked on his first interest with the Multimedia Signal Processing Group in EPFL's School of Engineering to analyze different deepfake detection approaches, and is currently improving style transfer networks for the Venice Time Machine project with the DHI's Digital Humanities Lab (DHLab), led by Frédéric Kaplan. He is also creating a work of digital art using GANs for a 2021 EPFL Pavilions exhibition.
In the field of financial engineering, Alexander worked as a data scientist intern at Pictet Asset Management in Geneva during the summer of 2020, to create equity trading signals based on social media data and news articles. He will continue this work for his internship, and hopes to find a second internship with an art museum for the summer of 2021.
CDH DHI: Why did you choose the DH Master program at EPFL?
Alexander Rusnak: I was already interested in digital humanities as a field before picking graduate schools, but this particular program appealed to me because it seemed rigorous (with a strong focus on data science and machine learning); the surrounding mountains and lake are wonderful; and because the EPFL Pavilions exhibit I saw when visiting was very aligned with my own artistic interests.
CDH DHI: What first inspired you to study digital<|fim_middle|> was child. My father studied mathematics/computer science, so he exposed me early to programming. These two disparate interests led me to study graphic design and computer science in my undergraduate years, during which I was commissioned for several public arts projects, found work as a software engineer, and was picked to create a learning community for the digital humanities at my university.
CDH DHI: What has your favorite course in the DH Master program been so far, and why?
AR: Definitely the Cultural Data Sculpting class [taught by DHI professor and Experimental Museology Lab head Sarah Kenderdine]. That sort of data art and visualization was a strong inspiration for me to come to graduate school, and it helped to expand my burgeoning skills in 3D modeling. The concept of transforming cultural objects into more easily digestible digital installations really intrigues me. I enjoyed the focus on exhibiting work as well.
CDH DHI: What have you found most interesting about the DH master program so far, and what have you found most challenging?
AR: I love the broad range of classes and data that we are exposed to – the variation in topics keeps things interesting. The focus on projects is also very suited to my learning style. The hardest thing for me is the adjustment to EPFL classes, where your entire grade is determined by the final exam – I am not used to this style, which is quite different from the American model.
CDH DHI: How do you describe what DH is to your friends and family?
AR: I usually start by saying it is essentially data science with a focus on humanistic datasets like literature, history, art, music, or social media data. Then I try to give concrete examples such as the Venice Time Machine, how Twitter data analysis works, and my own research.
Since digital humanities is such an emerging discipline, [describing it] is slightly frustrating, but can also lead to fruitful and unexpected conversations.
CDH DHI: What are your future career plans at the moment?
AR: I will likely continue working in the quantitative finance field for the immediate future. At the same time, I will continue to pursue my art practice vigorously, with a focus on digital installations and murals, and also hopefully an exhibition of a series of paintings I have been working on about artificial intelligence. Eventually, I would like to own my own exhibition space for digital art as well.
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AR: I have always had an acute interest in both the humanities and computer science. Particularly, I have been an avid reader and incessant painter with a very strong imagination since I | 38 |
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Beyond the Buzz: Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Revenue Cycle Management
Buzzword alert! For the past few years, if not longer, artificial intelligence has been promising to revolutionize the hospital revenue cycle. But the reality of applying AI to RCM has been less transformational.
That's not to say progress hasn't been made, says Derek Morkel, CEO of HealthTechS3 and GAFFEY Healthcare, which provides revenue cycle automation technology and services to healthcare providers.
"At the present time, we know that most of what is described as AI is really process automation," he says. "It is effectively reducing non-value added processes in RCM."
Morkel points to transcription automation, computer assisted coding, and automated claim status updating as three such examples. They might not be show-stopping examples of AI, but when it comes to a hospital's bottom line, solutions like these can turn heads. That's because 70% of all human activities during the lifecycle of a claim add no value to the process.
"Many processes and decisions that could be automated are still being done manually or in many cases not done at all," he says.
With hospitals forever on the hunt for ways to reduce costs while improving quality of care, AI represents a way to lower labor costs while boosting revenue.
GAFFEY Healthcare, in fact, has a pair of intelligent revenue cycle tools that were in use long before AI was a buzzword. AlphaCollector is an intelligent collections workflow system that helps hospitals streamline key RCM processes and reduce the steps to collect.
AutoStatus, meanwhile, is an automated claim statusing engine built into AlphaCollector that automatically gets the current status of a claim from a payor and then based on the rules for that status, will hold the claim back from being touched unless a collector can add value to that claim. That data is also incorporated with payor payment history, age and balance to create a risk matrix that then determines when a claim should be touched and by what skill level.
Limitations in current EMR technology can prevent hospitals from being able to take advantage of tools like these. This is especially true for smaller providers, Morkel says.
"The main issue that we see is that the core patient accounting platforms in EMRs do not have the capability to incorporate AI technology," he explains. "They were<|fim_middle|> should not be touched until the data would indicate there is an issue. Core EMRs are built where all accounts should be touched at some point. It's a different approach."
Morkel will be sharing more about AI in RCM in an upcoming webinar, "What Does AI Really Mean in Revenue Cycle?" on Sept. 10 at noon CST. He will provide current and near-future examples of AI in RCM and discuss the best applications for those in rural and community access hospitals. Reserve your spot today. | not built to accommodate it. EMRs for smaller providers, especially, struggle to extract the data necessary to run the required applications."
Take automated status updates, for example: "Patient accounting systems are built on when a collector should touch an account, not on when they shouldn't," he says. "Automated claim status platforms hold back what | 68 |
Microsoft Amalga is an integrated and policy-oriented data warehouse system used in a number of large hospitals in the U.S. The added value of Amalga is that it connects the many individual IT systems existing in the hospital and that it extracts information from these<|fim_middle|> on its network. Through interviews and conversations with key stakeholders the existing or not existing need was mapped and submitted to Microsoft.
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Microsoft asked hict to examine the possibilities for the European market because it wanted to approach the European market with Amalga.
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Pyrénées-Orientales: A Biker Dies after Hitting a Horse that was Wandering on the Road
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ACCIDENT: An investigation was opened by the prosecutor's office in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) to clarify details of the accident
A motorcyclist lost his life on Wednesday morning on a road near Latour-en-France in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The man hit a horse, who was wandering on the road, the fire department said. The biker would not have seen the animal.
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What is Considered Sexual Harassment in the Workplace? | caused by a pedestrian, many legal complexities can begin to unfold. Depending on the circumstances of the collision, either party may be held liable for resulting damages – from medical expenses to property damage and beyond. Even if injured themselves, pedestrians must turn to experienced pedestrian accident lawyers to navigate these complicated cases and recoup any losses incurred. These legal professionals are integral in ensuring both parties reach a fair resolution.
Even if it's easy to assume that the driver is typically responsible for car accidents with pedestrians, a split second of distraction from either party can have serious and far-reaching consequences. For example, an unaware pedestrian crossing into traffic unexpectedly puts both themself and the drivers in jeopardy – potentially resulting in devastating collisions that could injure all involved parties or cause one car to swerve off the road entirely.
When is a pedestrian at fault for a car crash?
Pedestrians don't just have the right to be on roads. They also have a legal responsibility toward car drivers. If a pedestrian fails in their legal obligation which causes an auto accident, then—regardless of who's more injured—the fault still lies with the pedestrian for causing the crash. Therefore, along with pedestrians having rights come serious obligations that must not be overlooked when navigating our shared streets and highways.
When a pedestrian-motorist accident occurs, it often comes as no surprise that the motorist is held to a higher standard of responsibility. However, this is not always the case.
Proving fault in these situations can be difficult—but entirely possible—due to how governments structure the related traffic laws. Though uncommon, there may be opportunities for pedestrians to bear some legal liability if they do not exercise caution on roads or sidewalks alike.
Examples of pedestrian liability
No matter who is behind the wheel, collisions between drivers and pedestrians can cause serious physical injuries and property damage. However, when the pedestrian is at fault for an accident, the driver can easily seek legal compensation and recourse with assistance from experienced pedestrian accident lawyers. From jaywalking to walking-while-texting, there are various ways where someone on foot could potentially bear responsibility for a car accident. Other examples include:
Failing to obey pedestrian signals or pedestrian crossing signs
Ignoring the right of way for a pedestrian crossing
Engaging in reckless behavior, such as running into traffic without warning
Walking against a red-light signal
Jaywalking (crossing the street in an area other than a designated crosswalk)
Walking on pedestrian-prohibited roads and highways
It is important to remember that pedestrians still have rights and responsibilities on the road. If they are exercising caution and following pedestrian laws, then they can rest assured that any traffic accident will be dealt with fairly by the courts. With the help of a reputable and experienced Los Angeles pedestrian accident attorney, justice will be served for both parties involved in a crash – whether motorist or pedestrian.
Proving legal liability for a pedestrian accident
The role of pedestrian accident lawyers is central in determining fault and seeking legal recourse for auto accidents. In most scenarios, the pedestrian is not at fault – especially when they are crossing at a designated crosswalk or intersection. However, it's important to note that pedestrian laws vary from state to state. You will need legal counsel with expertise and experience in state laws and local ordinances regarding pedestrian and vehicle accidents.
To prove liability in pedestrian-motorist collisions, pedestrian accident lawyers must explore every aspect of the incident. These factors may include:
Witness testimonies
Having an eyewitness on your side can be the difference between conviction and exoneration. By gathering contact information from any bystanders, the drivers might discover valuable evidence that testifies to their innocence—namely, testimony stating whether they could have reasonably avoided hitting the pedestrian.
Police reports provide invaluable evidence in pedestrian-motorist collisions. They include the responding officer's opinion of fault, as well as any citations issued to either the driver or the pedestrian. Because these documents are considered admissible evidence in court, they can significantly influence a judge's decision when presented accurately and appropriately.
When an auto accident involves pedestrians, medical records become especially because pedestrian injuries are often more severe than those experienced by motorists. Medical records help pedestrian lawyers establish a baseline of physical harm sustained by their clients and may be vital for determining legal liability.
Photos, surveillance video, and dashcam footage (if available)
In pedestrian-motorist collisions, photographs and videos can be incredibly powerful pieces of evidence. Whether it's from a pedestrian's cellphone or a vehicle's dashcam, these videos and images provide insight into the preceding events that transpired just before the accident. As such, pedestrian lawyers may rely heavily on this type of evidence to prove their client's innocence in pedestrian auto accidents.
Accident reconstruction reports
The best attorneys will also rely on pedestrian auto accident reconstruction reports to help them better understand their client's legal position. By studying the scene of the collision and other available evidence, an accident reconstructionist can gain insight into how fast the vehicle was traveling, whether sufficient braking time was available, and even the direction in which the car was traveling. These details can often be critical for pedestrian-auto collisions that are being litigated in court.
By gathering all available evidence and leveraging the legal skills of experienced pedestrian accident lawyers, drivers can confidently prepare for court proceedings and protect their legal rights. Even if you are responsible for an accident where someone is walking across the street, understanding your legal options is key to finding justice.
Hiring the best Los Angeles pedestrian accident attorney
Pedestrian-motorist accidents can be extremely complicated in terms of determining liability. While pedestrians may hold certain rights on roads and sidewalks alike, they must remain mindful of their responsibilities and obligations to motorists, as well. Negligence or reckless behavior can lead to serious legal consequences – not just for drivers but pedestrians, too.
Working with legal counsel who is an expert in all aspects of local and state pedestrian laws is essential for winning your case in a court of law—especially if | 1,191 |
Spike Lee simply directed a Bud advert displaying baseball's Jackie Robinson - Information by Automobilnews.eu - Automobile News and Trends - You must read this !
Marques mentioned partnering with Lee did not occur by likelihood as a result of the Oscar-winning director holds a particular admiration for Robinson.<|fim_middle|> the quantity on Robinson's shirt — from every sale of limited-edition bottles of Bud to the nonprofit.
Marques mentioned the funds raised for the inspiration ought to assist it to open a long-planned Jackie Robinson museum in New York Metropolis. | The Budweiser govt believes the advert will have an effect even on these with little data of Robinson's life.
"His story, mixed with Spike Lee's expertise and (Robinson's) daughter narrating — all of that can create a really compelling story for any age or demographic," he mentioned.
A 3-minute on-line model of the industrial launched Tuesday, two days earlier than the minute-long TV model airs throughout opening day. The advert may also be proven in baseball stadiums all through the season and in film theaters throughout america.
Budweiser has partnered with the Jackie Robinson Basis and can donate 42 cents — | 128 |
Notebook: Injury forced Greene to miss practices before big day at Texas
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Kansas guard Brannen Greene (14) tries to quiet the Texas crowd after a three during the first half, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
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Austin, Texas — Kansas University sophomore Brannen Greene, who scored 14 points in 20 minutes during the Jayhawks' 75-62 road win at Texas Saturday, had not practiced the previous two days.
Greene got hit by a Perry Ellis elbow at practice, keeping him from normal basketball activities. He had a shiner under his right eye.
"He hasn't practiced in the last two days. He just shot (on the side). We held him out of contact," coach Bill Self said. "They said it may have been slight (concussion). He had a headache. He said he could go. Doctors don't mess with that."
"My eye is not swollen, just black," Greene said.
Ellis explained: "I think he ran into me. I got the ball in the middle, turned around. He came and ran into my elbow. That's how it happened (practicing against zone)."
First place: KU is 5-1 in the Big 12, while Kansas State is 5-2. West Virginia and Iowa State are 4-2.
"If you told me we'd be 5-1 after six games I'd say we played really well," Self said. "Because three road games were really tough (Texas, Iowa State, Baylor)."
Coaches talk: KU led the entertaining game, 32-30 at halftime. "That was two good teams playing. Even Rick (Barnes, UT coach) and I talked at halftime. It was 'you're good. No, you're good, too.' Those were two good teams," Self said.
This, that: KU is 5-1 in Big 12 play for the 10th time under Self. ... KU leads the all-time series against UT, 24-8, with a 7-6 mark at Erwin Center. ... KU is 250-50 in Big 12 play. ... UT opened on an 8-0 run before Ellis scored KU's first points with 16:45 on the clock. ... KU is 12-0 when leading at halftime. ... After Myles Turner scored to put UT up, 44-39, with 14:36 left, KU outscored UT, 36-18, to end the game. ... KU concluded a four-game streak against ranked<|fim_middle|>horns this year (37-36). ... Self used just eight players, citing coach's decision for his moves. ... Greene chalked up double-digit points in consecutive games for the first time in his career (12 vs. Oklahoma, 14 vs. UT). ... Perry Ellis scored in double figures for the sixth time in his last eight outings, chalking up 14 points and tied his season-high with three assists. ... Since returning from an injury suffered against Georgetown on Dec. 10, Graham has recorded 20 assists and just one turnover in 92 combined minutes of play over the last six games.
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By the Numbers: Kansas wins 75-62 at Texas | opponents with a 3-1 mark. A year ago, KU became the first team since North Carolina's 1997 squad to knock off four-straight ranked opponents in the regular season. ... KU became the third team to out-rebound the Long | 55 |
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A doctor of podiatric medicine (DPM) is a physician or surgeon specially trained to diagnose and treat conditions of the foot, ankle or related leg structures.
What services and resources are available for podiatry patients at Southwest Medical Group?
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reservations. For happier, healthier feet or better shoe recommendations call to schedule an appointment at (970) 565-8336. | , the most common issues for the podiatry team revolve around the care of patients living with diabetes and athletes.
The care team also handles both surgical and non-surgical procedures. Whether a patient has mild joint discomfort or a full fracture in their foot, podiatrists are trained to treat a variety of conditions. The list includes foot fractures, bunions, hammertoes, osteoarthritis, ganglion cysts, ingrown nails, tendon ruptures, nerve entrapments, chronic foot pain, ankle fractures, instability, bone spurs and tarsal tunnel.
"We typically are able to get 95 percent of patients better without surgery," Carelock said. The foot specialists can also take x-rays, customize orthotics and brace or cast patients in house. For urgent issues and acute pain, patients can schedule same day appointments, but Carelock says they always appreciate a call in advance.
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Homeland Security To Test RFID At Borders
Department wants to track visitors entering and leaving the United States
The Department of Homeland Security is experimenting with radio-frequency identification technology to track foreigners as they enter and leave the country. The agency hopes the technology will improve border management without<|fim_middle|>, visas, or other documents visitors must carry during their stay in the United States. The tags shouldn't slow visitors' movements through border crossings, a Homeland Security spokeswoman says. For tracking foreign visitors, RFID is more efficient than current rubber-stamping technology, Meta Group analyst Gene Alvarez says.
To protect privacy, the tags won't hold visitors' personal information, only serial codes linked to information stored in the Homeland Security Department's US-Visit (U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) databases. The codes would be meaningless to any third party trying to access the information.
The tags will be tamperproof and difficult to counterfeit. Information on them can't be changed, and they won't be activated until they're issued. All this will prevent "skimming," the use of unauthorized reading devices to capture information from RFID tags, the government says. The tags also can't be used to track visitors' whereabouts while they're in the United States. | delaying travelers.
RFID tags will be tested at a simulated port this spring, then at border crossings in Arizona, New York, and Washington state from July through spring 2006. "Through the use of radio-frequency technology, we see the potential to not only improve the security of our country, but also to make the most important infrastructure enhancements to the U.S. land borders in more than 50 years," said Asa Hutchinson, Homeland Security's undersecretary for border and transportation security, in a statement last week.
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There are individual sale-long discounts. As an example, Valve has discounted all of their titles by 50<|fim_middle|> flopped with critics and in retail. But more than any other racing game this year, it is a blast to just get in a post-apocalyptic car and just set off across a seemingly endless amount of terrain. Exploring the 14,000 square kilometers of weirdly unpopulated land with friends is like exploring territory no one has ever seen before.
Just Cause 2 ($30 -> $15) – skip the plot, and stick to the free-roaming carnage. Jump off mountains, hijack choppers, and blow up entire towns. Just Cause 2 delivers on the promise of the Mercenaries series: a really over the top sandbox.
Lara Croft: Guardian of Light ($15 -> $7.50) – rather than try to gush about this fantastic mix of puzzling and action, I'll point you to Amirox's excellent review on NeoGAF.
Magic: The Gathering ($10 -> $5) – I am a sucker for trading card games, and Stainless games has put out a pretty good modern version of Magic. Note that there's no deck building or card trading – it's very focused on the actual game mechanics, which is good.
Recettear ($20 -> $10) – capitalism, ho! Recettear flipped RPG tropes on its head – instead of being the adventurer, you're the schmuck running the item shop. Great translation, great fun, worth picking up for anyone who's ground through more than one Final Fantasy title.
Shatter ($10 -> $5) – Sidhe's excellent revolution in brick bashing comes with beautiful graphics, a killer soundtrack, and lots to do.
Zombie Driver ($10 -> $5) – I have fond memories of the very first Grand Theft Auto, which was top-down and mostly involved pick-up missions and running over pedestrians. Zombie Driver is like a modern day GTA1, and I love it immensely for that alone. | % – so Left 4 Dead 2, which has a normal price of $20, will be at most $10 for the duration of the sale.
Next, there are bundles, in multiple shapes and sizes. Many publishers have a "Complete Pack" bundle – Valve's, as an example, is $50, a 72% discount off of the base price. Others are doing subsets of their libraries – Epic has the Unreal Deal Pack, which contains all five Unreal titles for $15. There are also multiple "indie packs", which grant you multiple games from independent developers (most of them are 5 games for $5).
Lastly (and most variably) are the daily deals. These change at 1 PM EST every day, and can contain individual titles, or bundles, or who knows what else. There is no advance notice as to what the daily deals will be.
The Daily Deals can be a curse if you decide to go jump all over the store immediately, because something you bought will undoubtedly get cheaper, later.
First, sign into your Steam account and start building your wishlist. You can add any game (but sadly, not bundles) on the store to it, including those not actually released yet. The wishlist page shows the current price and effective discount.
Review everything you've added and see if there's any bundles that are applicable. Three games from any one publisher means you should look for a bundle. Indie titles means you should be checking Page 15 of the "catalog" from the front page to see if there's something that combines them. Don't buy the bundle now, just make a note.
Once a day, log in and check the daily sales list. If something from your wishlist is there, snag it. If it's something that happens to be in a bundle, it's probably worth holding off – unless the other titles in the bundle don't appeal to you, of course.
On January 2nd, log in one last time and clear off anything that's sufficiently on sale that's still on your wishlist. Snag the bundles then, too.
One last option to consider if you're trying to maintain a budget: Steam now supports "Steam Wallet", which allows you to pre-fill your account with funds and spend out in a pre-paid fashion. To fund the wallet, just click the "Account" button in the top right of the Steam window.
Below is a broad list of recommendations for you to get started on. This list is limited to things I bought on Steam this year; everything that was listed in my guide last year is still fair game. There are some games that I loved this year that aren't on sale, so they're not on this list.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent ($20 -> $10) – Frictional Games has single-handedly proven that survival horror is not dead. With insanity effects reminiscent of Eternal Darkness, this is perfect for anyone who loves a good scare.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($20 -> $15) – the superior version of EA's excellent online shooter. More players online than the console version, dedicated servers, and lots of fun. I had more fun with this than I did with COD:MW2.
Burnout Paradise ($20 -> $15) – still one of the best racers you can get, now in one convenient package with practically all of the DLC in one place.
Everyday Genius: SquareLogic ($10 -> $1.50) – one of the games I was most surprised by this year, SquareLogic is a refreshing cross between Sudoku, Kakuro, and logic puzzles. There's tens of thousands of puzzles inside, so if you're into grid puzzles, don't pass on this.
Fallout: New Vegas ($50 -> $37.50) – sure, it was buggy as hell when it came out, but roaming the wasteland still feels pretty great. If you liked Fallout 3, this should be a no-brainer.
Fuel ($10 -> $6.70) – Fuel completely | 838 |
Augustana University Leadership
About Augustana
We promise at Augustana University that you will find an environment that is intellectually challenging. But this is also a place where academic rigor is accompanied by generous levels of support from faculty and staff who are committed to your success.
We promise we will integrate faith in the learning environment. This is a place where it is okay to talk about God and ask questions about faith, and where students will come to their own understanding of their faith and the values in which they believe.
We promise we will engage in community. This is a place where people seek to get to know one another and where relationships are built that are valid and personal.
When our students, in turn, promise to challenge themselves intellectually, integrate faith discussions and engage in our community, the result is a covenant relationship that creates an educational experience of enduring value.
That's Augustana.
President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was inaugurated as Augustana's 24th president — and the university's first woman president — in September 2017. In her first two years on campus, she and her leadership team engaged<|fim_middle|> Peace Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls before being called to the Augustana community in 2012. She is an alumna of the LECNA Fellows program, a certified Diversity Advocate, and trained Braver Angels moderator.
Deanna Versteeg
Vice President for Human Resources
Deanna Versteeg is the vice president for human resources where she oversees affirmative action; compensation and benefits; recruitment; employee relations and wellness; the Campus Learning Center for Children; and training and development. Versteeg joined Augustana University in 1990, and has more than 35 years of progressive experience in all human resources functions. She previously worked for banking entities in both Las Vegas, Nevada, and in Sioux Falls. Versteeg earned her A.A. from Nettleton College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Vision 2030 Strategic Planning Process
Sioux Falls: Learn. Play. Live. Stay. | faculty, students and staff in long-term strategic planning and secured unanimous approval from the Board of Trustees for Viking Bold: The Journey to 2030. Prior to joining Augustana University, Herseth Sandlin served as general counsel and vice president of corporate development for Raven Industries, Inc., a publicly-traded company headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD. She also served as South Dakota's lone U.S. Representative from 2004-11. When elected in 2004, she was the first woman from South Dakota to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the youngest woman serving in the House during that time. She attended college in Washington, D.C., earning her B.A., M.A. and J.D. degrees from Georgetown University. During this time, she was a teaching fellow for university students and an instructor on the faculty of the law school.
Mark Blackburn
Mark Blackburn serves as the dean of students and facilitates the integration of the academic experience with all aspects of university and student life. He oversees multiple functions to include: diversity, equity and inclusion; Title IX; campus life; civic engagement and service; health and counseling services, and recreational services. Dean Blackburn previously served as the assistant dean of students and director of diversity and inclusion at Augustana. He is a diversity trainer, educator, mentor, and a motivational speaker and attended the University of South Dakota where he earned his bachelor's degree. Blackburn received his M.A. at Augustana University and is currently working on his doctorate in higher education leadership.
Dr. Pam Homan '81
Dr. Pam Homan
Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President
As chief strategy officer & executive vice president, Dr. Pam Homan '81 oversees development and execution of strategic initiatives, advancement, alumni engagement, communications and marketing, institutional research, enterprise data analytics as well as the Augustana Research Institute. Prior to her roles at Augustana University, Homan spent more than a decade as superintendent of the Sioux Falls School District, where she was responsible for more than 25,000 students. She also served on the Augustana Board of Trustees for a number of years before joining the university leadership team. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from Augustana and her Ed.D. from the University of South Dakota.
Pamela Miller '94
Pamela Miller serves as chief of staff and manages special projects and provides support to the Augustana Board of Trustees. Prior to joining Augustana in her current role, she was the regional grassroots advocacy director for the American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate, and served as the campaign finance director as well as the state director in the congressional office of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. She previously worked in the financial services industry and for seven years was a major gift officer for Augustana. Miller received her bachelor of arts from Augustana and has also served as president of the AU Alumni Council.
Josh Morton
Josh Morton joined Augustana University as director of athletics in 2018. Prior to Augustana, Morton served as assistant athletics director at Michigan State University, and associate athletics director for the University of North Dakota. Before beginning his career in college athletics, Morton was a sports director and sports anchor for WCIV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina. He holds his bachelor of arts from the University of North Dakota where he was a walk-on football student-athlete in Division II.
Shannan Nelson
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President
As chief financial officer & executive vice president, Shannan Nelson oversees multiple campus operations including: enrollment; finance and business; financial aid; facilities, grounds and maintenance; human resources; university services; information technology; and legal. Nelson has more than 20 years of experience developing, leading and implementing sustainable growth programs for both private business and higher education. He joined Augustana from the University of Kansas — Lawrence where he served as associate vice chancellor of business and financial planning. Nelson holds a bachelor's degree from Union College and his MBA from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas.
Teresa Otto
Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Teresa Otto joined Augustana University as executive assistant to the president in 2019. Prior to moving to Sioux Falls, Otto worked as an executive assistant for a privately-owned trucking company in north central Iowa. She previously worked as an emergency 911 communications dispatcher for 10 years. Otto attended American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa, earning an Associate of Business degree in executive secretarial travel and hospitality.
Rev. Pr. Ann Elizabeth Rosendale '04
Campus Pastor
Rev. Pastor Ann Rosendale is a 2004 graduate of Augustana. She received her Master of Divinity and Master of Arts (Youth Ministry) degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. Ann participated in a two-year pastoral residency program at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, and served as associate pastor at | 1,028 |
Learning does not stop at the closing bell of the school day! Cornerstone Connections Project youth at New Haven Middle School (CCP New Haven) enjoy experiential learning activities along with the opportunity to develop assets through mentoring, academic enrichment, life skills development, and<|fim_middle|>.
There is a onetime $25.00 registration fee.
Transportation home at the conclusion of regular after school program hours is provided through East Allen County Schools [EACS]. If your student, is part of a normal EACS route they can be transported home. It takes 3-5 days after registration for EACS to place students on CCP New Haven's bus route. | community building. Youth in grades 6-8 are welcome to join CCP New Haven in the cafeteria from after school until 5:30 p.m.
Daily Choices: Learning Centers designed for STEAM [science, technology, engineering, arts and math] enrichment. Learning Centers change depending on the day throughout the school year depending on the availability of community partners but each is designed for the 6th – 8th grade youth enrichment.
To enroll, please fill out the registration packet in its entirety and submit it by email, mail or drop off at the NHMS Office. Download and print the form here | 123 |
Guest column: Complementary and alternative medicine — what's the alternative?
In end-of-life care, a large percentage of cancer patients use some form of complementary and alternative medicine. Studies also have shown that almost half of all hosp<|fim_middle|> to the public. | ice care centers in the country offer complementary and alternative therapies and have a provider on staff, under contract or both. Alternative medicine refers to treatment that is used instead of conventional medicine, while complementary therapies are used in addition to regular medical treatments. Many patients who choose alternative medicine over the care of a general practitioner are likely to do so because they have had bad experiences with traditional medical practitioners. Those who use complementary therapies in addition to what their doctors order often don't tell their doctors about their supplementary treatments, which can cause complications in their treatment.
The idea of complementary and alternative medicine speaks more to the formation of a medical orthodoxy than it does the variety of medical philosophies that exist for the purpose of treating patients. While orthodoxy provides standards and guidance for proper practice and affords its adherents (as well as those they are meant to serve) reassurance that those standards are followed, the monopoly that orthodoxy demands prohibits other voices and beliefs from contributing to the free market of ideas. This, at times, is a good thing, such as when regulation of health and safety must take priority over a plethora of bad choices. It is not, however, beneficial when exclusion detracts from the goals of the orthodoxy itself.
The past two centuries of American medical-practice history have been marked by the redefining of what constitutes complementary and alternative medicine and what makes the cut as orthodox. In the early 19th century, there was no such thing as complementary and alternative medicine; similarly, allopathic medicine (and the American Medical Association) did not have the professional authority it has today. Allopathy was not even the dominant school of thought; it competed with many other philosophies of medicine and healing.
As the American Medical Association grew in dominance, it also incorporated some of its rivals. For example, the AMA labeled osteopathic medicine a cult, and osteopaths were seen as "cultist." The AMA code of ethics declared it unethical for a medical physician to associate voluntarily with an osteopath. Yet, today, osteopathic physicians can join the AMA and have full practice rights as medical doctors in all 50 states. On the other hand, though it shares the belief with osteopathic medicine and with physical therapy that manual manipulation is in fact a form of treatment, chiropractic medicine is nevertheless still considered a form of alternative medicine.
Today, many patients who use complementary and alternative medicine do not care about the philosophy of treatment; they just want the treatment to work. In the era of patient autonomy, this is a positive development. The difficulty arises, however, when the patient's choice and the definition of treatment — regardless of its efficacy — do not align. A 1996 U.S. District Court ruling defined "experimental treatment" as "those procedures and/or treatments which are not generally accepted by the medical community." Disapproval, however, may not be based on evidence but rather on orthodox medicine's interest in incorporating the treatment or not. If it doesn't, for whatever motivation — whether ideological, financial or other — many health insurers will decline coverage simply because there is not enough evidence of success to warrant deeming the particular treatment as medically necessary. I am not advising that every alternative remedy be considered sound medicine, but what should be considered is that the development of medicine be for the sake of the patient and not the profession. Patients should be able to trust their doctors to give sound advice so that they do not feel the need to seek alternatives without the knowledge and/or encouragement of their physicians.
Ira Bedzow is the director of biomedical ethics and humanities at New York Medical College and senior scholar at the Aspen Center for Social Values. Join him and top scholars July 20 for "When Life Nears Death: A Conversation of Medical & Social Values" from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 435 W. Main St. in Aspen. The event is open | 794 |
PREP PRIMER: Mainland 'hungry' ahead of clash with No. 2 Sanford Seminole
Chris Boyle @ChrisBoyleDBNJ
Taron Keith and Timmy McClain, two of the top passers in Central Florida, could light up the scoreboard at Daytona Stadium.
After back-to-back bye weeks, one created by a scheduling conflict and another by Hurricane Dorian, Mainland football coach Scott Wilson feels his team is finally finding its groove.
"They have responded great," Wilson said. "They're hungry. They hate missing football, and they love every second of it. Weather permitting, Mother Nature permitting, we're going to continue to get into a sense of normalcy. They're ready for whatever it takes."
There's no better time for the Bucs to be sharp, as they host one of the best teams in Florida on Friday night.
Mainland (1-1) welcomes in Sanford Seminole (3-0) for a 7 p.m. showdown at Daytona Stadium. The 'Noles jumped up to No. 2 in Class 8A poll, released Tuesday by The Associated Press, thanks to a 24-13 win at DeLand. Mainland is the only Volusia/Flagler team ranked, sitting No. 8 in Class 6A.
3 THINGS TO WATCH
1. Polished passers
Mainland senior quarterback Taron Keith is averaging 299 passing yards per game in the early going. The South Florida commit has completed 75.5% of his passes with seven touchdowns and just one interception, a last-second Hail Mary against DeLand on Aug. 23.
"He's cerebral, very smart and intelligent. He studies his stuff and knows the opponent," Wilson said. "The sport is like a business to him. Week in, week out, he's not the type of kid you have to look for to be coached. He wants to be coached. He is so well-prepared, and that stuff helps."
Three-year starter Timmy McClain is at the controls for the Seminoles. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound left-handed junior has totaled 673 passing yards and four touchdowns with a 62.3% completion rate.
2. Locked and loaded
Through two games, TJ Lockley has been the breakout star for the Bucs.
The junior, who started at quarterback for Father Lopez in the 2018 season, has thrived as Keith's top receiving target. Last week, Lockley torched Pine Ridge for 214 scrimmage yards (184 receiving) and four touchdowns.
"Now that teams see that I'm making big plays, it opens (things) up for everybody else too," Lockley said.
Wilson said his offense is taking what opponents have given them. With the Bucs' passing game in gear, it could lead to more chances for Nathaniel Braswell and Isaiah Gordon in the backfield. The duo has combined for 83 yards on 24 carries.
3. Seminole's secondary
Seminole will test Mainland's passing game with an extremely opportunistic and talented secondary.
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Picks: Chris — FPC 27-21; Zach — FPC 35-24; Godwin — FPC 45-21.
Frostproof (2-2) at Father Lopez (2-1), 7 p.m.
This has the makings of a key game in Region 2-3A, especially as it pertains to seeding. The Green Wave got back on track Friday by blowing out Cocoa Beach, 42-7. Frostproof prides itself on running the ball and playing solid defense, to the degree that head coach Shannon Benton said two weeks ago, "I'm good with a 6-0 game." The Bulldogs blanked Avon Park, 21-0, for a second straight win.
Picks: Chris — Frostproof 21-17; Zach — Father Lopez 23-19; Godwin — Father Lopez 21-20.
Trinity Christian (1-2) at Foundation Academy (3-1), 7 p.m.
Similar to Father Lopez, Trinity can make a significant statement inside its region (2-2A) if it can trip up Foundation. The Eagles' last four touchdowns have come by way of defense and special teams, including a pair of Jalen Wilson kickoff returns in last week's 34-13 loss to Jacksonville Christ's Church. Foundation has scored 21 offensive touchdowns, and senior quarterback Henry Austad is directly responsible for 15 of them. The Lions are on the fringe of the AP's Class 2A rankings.
Picks: Chris — Foundation 45-7; Zach — foundation 38-14; Godwin — Foundation 21-7.
Satellite (2-1) at Pine Ridge (1-3), 7 p.m.
Pine Ridge senior Derius May currently sits fourth in the area with 32 tackles, and dual-threat quarterback Chaz Williams has accounted for 465 yards and five touchdowns. Satellite opened some eyes with a fairly comfortable 27-6 victory over Father Lopez on Sept. 10. The Scorpions allowed just 146 yards of offense.
Picks: Chris — Satellite 30-12; Zach — Satellite 45-7; Godwin — Satellite 14-6.
Newberry at Taylor (2-1), 7 p.m.
Taylor came up empty in its bid for a second 3-0 start in three seasons, instead losing 33-14 at Bell. Anson Rodriguez, the leading rusher in the Volusia/Flagler area, ran 25 times for 136 yards and two touchdowns, but the Wildcats could not overcome three turnovers. Newberry has made some noise among the rural programs, most notably a 20-17 overtime upset of then-ranked Hawthorne in Week 2.
Picks: Chris — Newberry 49-10; Zach — Newberry 56-7; Godwin — Newberry 38-17.
St. Johns Country Day (1-1) at Warner Christian (1-1), 7 p.m.
Warner started the year brightly, but came back down to Earth a bit with a 37-0 loss at Vero Beach St. Edward's. The Eagles mustered 75 total yards of offense, though Michael Oliver (six tackles, two TFLs) and Chandler Lane (five tackles, one interception) provided some highlights on defense. The visiting Spartans hope to rebound after taking a 47-0 drubbing from Tallahassee St. John Paul II.
Picks: Chris — St. Johns Country Day 21-7; Zach — Warner 25-21; Godwin — Warner 19-14.
Halifax (1-2) at West Oaks (0-3), 7 p.m.
The Knights were in the win column for the first time in 2019 last week, handling Merritt Island Christian 26-6. D'Vonte Lindsay caught three balls for 96 yards and a touchdown. Don't be fooled by West Oaks' record. The Flame has battled some serious small-school contenders, namely Orlando's The First Academy, Zephyrhills Christian and Maitland Orangewood Christian.
Picks: Chris — West Oaks 35-6; Zach — West Oaks 38-16; Godwin — West Oaks 30-14. | two of the team's three interceptions at DeLand last week, turning the tide with a 25-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter. Cornerback O'Shae Baker claims a handful of Division I offers, including Kent State, while Delvin Ingram and Gregory Liggons III comprise a formidable pair of safeties.
Chris Boyle (@ChrisBoyleDBNJ): Seminole 27, Mainland 24. Record: 25-9.
Zach Dean (@ZachDeanDBNJ): Seminole 24, Mainland 17. Record: 30-4.
Godwin Kelly (@godwinkelly): Mainland 24, Seminole 10. Record: 24-10.
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Spruce Creek (1-1) at New Smyrna Beach (2-1), 7 p.m.
Spruce Creek has gained the upper hand in this Southeast Volusia rivalry, winning each of the last four head-to-head meetings. Last November, Marvin Scott III rushed for 212 yards and four touchdowns in a 33-21 win. The Barracudas went all the way to Alabama last week and reeled off a 21-3 win at Gulf Shores. Antonio Mascote is averaging 9.2 yards per carry, and the duo of Cole Stratton and Jake Sanford have combind for 31 tackles.
Picks: Chris — Spruce Creek 41-20; Zach — Spruce Creek 42-21; Godwin — NSB 35-34.
Atlantic (3-0) at Matanzas (1-2), 7 p.m.
Atlantic scored a pair of wins in a six-day span last week, defeating both Seabreeze and Melbourne Central Catholic on its home field. As a team, the Sharks are averaging 331 rushing yards per game, anchored by dual-threat quarterback Aaron Manning and tailback CJ Robinson. Matanzas fell into a 24-7 hole at Middleburg last Thursday, but the Pirates stormed back for a 35-30 victory behind Noah Cundiff's 134 scrimmage yards.
Picks: Chris — Atlantic 33-7; Zach — Atlantic 30-13; Godwin — Atlantic 28-7.
Deltona (0-3) at DeLand (1-1), 7 p.m.
"The Battle for the Bone" pitted a pair of unbeatens in 2018. This time around, Deltona seeks its first win as a substantial underdog. Denzel Chatman hit Eli Patton for a 60-yard touchdown pass last week, but it wasn't enough for the Wolves to take down Seabreeze in their District 4-6A opener. Leon Rolle and Keyonta Alexander ran for touchdowns, while DeLand's defense held Seminole to 5 of 13 on third down in defeat.
Picks: Chris — DeLand 38-0; Zach — DeLand 35-6; Godwin — DeLand 35-14.
Fletcher (1-2) at Flagler Palm Coast (3-0), 7 p.m.
The new No. 1 in the Fab 5, FPC capitalized on four takeaways and wore down Spruce Creek's defense in the fourth quarter en route to a 41-20 win. Marc Genis ran for three scores, and Altarik Lumpkins scooped a pair of high snaps for touchdowns. Fletcher faces a dire situation after back-to-back losses to Sandalwood and Fleming Island. Myles Montgomery is | 774 |
APhA, 12 Other Pharmacy Organizations Call for Tier 1 Priority Status for Pharmacists in Planning for the COVID-19 Vaccine
The American Pharmacists Association and 12 other pharmacy organizations today told a special committee of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) that pharmacists should be given tier 1 priority status in the allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine(s).
"Pharmacies and pharmacists in all practice settings are essential front-line health care providers and have been providing COVID-19 and related patient care since the coronavirus first appeared in the United States," the group said. "We are proud of the tremendous critical efforts that our members have undertaken to help our nation respond to the pandemic."
The organizations said that pharmacies in all practice settings should be included in this designation. This includes community pharmacies, hospitals, long-term care facilities, specialty pharmacies, community health centers, physician offices, ambulatory clinics, managed care organizations, hospice settings, and government facilities.
The organizations noted that more than 360,000 pharmacists have been trained to administer vaccines to patients of all ages, and "stand ready and able to meet the health care needs of their patients and communities."
Earlier this week, NASEM issued a draft set of recommendations for how the COVID-19 vaccine(s) should be allocated to the public, starting with essential health care providers and others at high-risk of transmission. Pharmacists were listed in the second priority tier .
The pharmacy organizations' letter had three key recommendations:
To ensure that pharmacists continue to provide critical care to patients, including administration of COVID-19 vaccine, the Framework must recognize pharmacists in all practice settings in Tier 1 as essential front-line health care providers for priority vaccine administration.
To ensure the equitable allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to priority and other populations, our organizations strongly urge the Committee's report include a primary recommendation that ALL licensed pharmacies are given a priority designation in Federal and State vaccine allocation, distribution, and immunization plans. This should include prioritization of ancillary supplies and access to personal protective equipment (PPE) in the delivery of care to patients and protection of our immunizing workforce.
The Committee should recommend that federal and state vaccine distribution and immunization plans include a fully-funded component for pharmacists and other accessible health care practitioners to conduct coordinated and consistent community- based-education and outreach campaigns supporting recommended vaccinations. These campaigns should focus on eliminating stigma, addressing vaccine<|fim_middle|>armacy-comments-discussion-draft-preliminary-framework-equitable-allocation-covid-19
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American Pharmacists Association
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association
National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
National Association of Specialty Pharmacy
National Community Pharmacists Association
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Each episode focuses on the life and mission of Jesus Christ as taught in the New Testament, and provides background for teaching the lesson at home or at church.
You can listen to each weekly podcast either with the scriptures before you or in the busy hours of your life while you are doing other things. A link is included below each podcast image to see the scriptures and quotes that are referenced.
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Coming from an arts background, Evelyn found her niche with lost-wax kiln casting in <|fim_middle|> colour placement, taking advantage of the creative freedom for conceptual vision and innovation that the lost wax process encourages.
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Using a language that speaks of our connections, visualised through the characteristics of flora and fauna, her focus continues to be in developing the ideas that also encompass researching methods and experimenting with techniques further.
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Vanguard: Exercises for the Creative Writing Classroom
Joseph Holt
There's a line in the Charles Portis novel The Dog of the South that pokes fun at the stubborn and self-absorbed nature of writers. Two men are driving through Mexico when their conversation turns to literature. The driver, a pedantic cuckold named Ray Midge, boasts of his military history collection—"sixty-six lineal feet of books," he says—only for his passenger, the disgraced medical doctor Reo Symes, to dismiss it all outright. There is only one book worth reading, says Dr. Symes, compared to which everything else is "foul grunting." He produces from his doctor's grip a slim yellow volume with peeling covers titled With Wings as Eagles.
As it happens, With Wings as Eagles is little more than an instructional tract for salesmen. Its author is the enigmatic John Selmer Dix, M.A., who wrote the book while riding the express bus back and forth between Dallas and Los Angeles, his composition materials spread on a<|fim_middle|> Grandpa to come get me. … Tell Caroline [her black nurse from when she was a child] to come get me." It seems she might be dying, although it's not totally clear, and Julian runs away to get help.
Slide 4. Special Details and Themes
"Everything That Rises Must Converge" is a morally complicated story. It's difficult knowing which character to sympathize with. It also uses some outdated terminology (Negro, Negroid, Negress) but I feel we can't fault the story for that, seeing as how it was written fifty years ago and attempts to deal with questions of segregation and inequality.
The story is concerned with generational decline. Early in the story, Julian's mother reminds him that "Your great-grandfather was a former governor of this state. … Your grandfather was a prosperous landowner. … Your great-grandfather had a plantation and two-hundred slaves." Julian doesn't like being reminded of his family's old fortunes and their history as racial and economic oppressors.
Slide 5. Should You Read It?
(No script; just read off the screen.)
Joseph Holt graduated from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. His writing has appeared in Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, and The Sun. He reads prose submissions for A Public Space and teaches in the MFA faculty at the University of Alaska–Fairbanks.
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Well, it drives me bonkers when young writers state, almost as a point of pride, that they too don't read. It's a claim I've encountered more than a few times in my teaching. Maybe students wish to suggest that their overstuffed social lives preclude them from grappling with the labors of others, or maybe they wish to assert ownership over the entirety of their own genius, as though they are beyond influence. (Regardless, one assumes these students are getting all their narrative instruction from TV shows.) It rankles me only slightly less when young writers are asked about their favorite or most influential book, only to cite one they'd been forced to read as a school assignment.
Such students are rare, of course. More common are those who have read widely but secretly, for whom literature has long been a private indulgence. These students might feel sheltered or odd, their rich inner lives difficult to share with nonreaders. It's in workshop that these students find their communities. You see it play out during full-class discussions, with all the name-dropping of authors and titles, or after dismissal, when bookish debates move into the hallway or the student union or a nearby bar. Workshops are thus empowering in two separate but similar ways: they ask students to generate their own work, and they allow students to declare their literary ambitions—as writers and readers—without fear of judgment.
I'll state the obvious: writing is inseparable from reading. Add to that, young writers who hope to create valuable stories had better read some valuable stories themselves. "It rarely happens," writes John Gardner in The Art of Fiction, "that a writer can achieve effects much larger than the effects achieved in books he has read and admired." We talk sometimes about the tradition of literature—the progression of themes, forms, and techniques over many generations—and that's the idea I'm working toward here. Writing students should recognize the wealth of published literature that precedes them, not only to ease the pressure of inventing narratives from whole cloth, but also to feel part of a lineage that extends beyond the circled desks of the workshop classroom.
With this in mind, we teachers of creative writing should foster our students' development as active readers. Here is where the Readshare comes in. In short, the Readshare is an end-of-the-semester presentation, much like that in a public speaking or academic research class. It asks students to locate a short story, describe it in a slideshow, and present on it to their classmates. For our purposes, the Readshare encourages students to take initiative with their reading and to articulate responses to a literary text.
Despite these pedagogical goals, I first conceived of the Readshare assignment as a way to balance a course schedule. A couple of years ago, I was teaching Fiction Writing I at the University of Southern Mississippi, where our undergraduate curriculum was structured so students took introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses in their chosen genre. Because I was leading the introductory course, I wanted students to leave with a grasp on workshop etiquette as well as critical terminology. Yet with an enrollment of twenty students, full-class workshops weren't really an option. They would be difficult to manage, place an enormous workload on students, and occupy almost all of our instructional time.
My solution was to separate students into workshop groups: two groups for our shorter stories (three to four pages) and three groups for our longer stories (eight to ten pages). While one or two groups met with me for workshops, the other students conducted exercises on their own, outside of class. For their first off-week, students completed three generative exercises of about fifty minutes apiece. For their second off-week, they researched and prepared their Readshare presentations. (I'd liken that time to the research week in an academic writing course, in which students meet in the library but their work is nonetheless self-directed.) Finally, with their Readshare presentations occupying the final week or two of the semester, students had time to process their workshop feedback and prepare their final portfolios.
This exercise was effective because it gave students autonomy and authority. Students were free to present on any short story, with a few specifications. One student chose an H.P. Lovecraft story. Another picked one at random from a copy of Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry she found lying around the department. One student presented on "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. And one little provocateur chose a short story from Playboy, which at least gave us an opportunity to discuss literary venues. In each case, students took ownership of their reading. Then, in describing their story, they adopted the role of instructor, which of course ends up being the vocation of many creative writers.
Most important, the Readshare presentations created a forum of readers. As the assignment title suggests, students were encouraged to share their enthusiasm for a literary work. Yet as the directions that follow explain, students were asked to remain critical in their assessment of that work. (The slideshow requirement adds rigor, so that students organize their thoughts more deliberately.) The ultimate goal of the Readshare—and perhaps all our efforts in workshop—is to view literature as the result of craft decisions. We can learn to dissect a narrative like one might dissect a frog in biology class, with attention to its composition and the relationship among parts. And with this practice, students should become more comfortable, confident, and adventurous in their own writing.
The structure for a Readshare presentation shouldn't be tricky. A basic pattern might look like this: (1) summary and context, (2) characters and setting, (3) plot and conflict, (4) theme, point of view, or genre elements, and (5) conclusion and/or recommendation. This structure is flexible, of course. Each story raises its own concerns. And you can imagine how the structure can be adapted for a student critiquing a poem, in which rhythm, diction, imagery, and persona might replace our concern with narrative, or an essay, which might rely more on voice, ethics, tradition, and form.
Ask students to choose a short story that's printed in a literary journal or a book (as opposed to online). It should be a moderate-length story of at least ten pages. Any story is fine, so long as it's meaningful to them as a reader.
Ask students to create a slideshow in which they summarize their story for their classmates. Remind students that their classmates probably haven't read their story.
Presentations should be five to seven minutes and should cover the main fictional concepts of character, setting, plot, conflict, point of view. Rather than literary criticism, presentations should be craft description or analysis. That is, instead of describing "what the story means," students should assess how it's constructed. They can also briefly discuss the context—author, publication date, and so on—but that's not as important as their actual critical reading. Lastly, they can explain why they chose this story and whether they would recommend it to their classmates.
Example of the Exercise
Shortly after distributing the Readshare assignment prompt, I gave this model presentation on Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge." It wasn't perfect. For one thing, it ran well over seven minutes. (With that in mind, be sure to have your students practice adhering to the time limit.) My notes on the third slide, "Plot & Conflict," were far too extensive. That said, developing the slideshow and script deepened my appreciation for "Everything That Rises Must Converge." We learn well what we need to teach. If you'd like to use this presentation in your own classroom, you can find my email address online and I'll be happy to share the files with you.
Slide 1. Introduction
Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1925. O'Connor is well renowned as a writer in the Southern Gothic tradition. The term Southern Gothic usually refers to writing characterized by dark and overgrown locales, outmoded social attitudes, and grotesque characters. The story "Everything That Rises Must Converge" appears in a story collection of the same name, published in 1965, one year after O'Connor died at the age of 39.
In this story, Julian accompanies his mother on the bus to her weekly "reducing class" at the YMCA. Around this time, the buses in their city had recently been desegregated. Julian and his mother have different attitudes about race, and when they encounter several black people on the bus, Julian attempts to antagonize his mother by sitting next to them and being (awkwardly) kind. When Julian and his mother get off at their stop, she tries giving a young black boy a shiny penny, and the boy's mother assaults her. Julian's mother is shaken by the confrontation and might be nearly dying at the end of the story.
Slide 2. Characters and Setting
Julian's mother is "a widow who had struggled fiercely to feed and clothe and put [Julian] through school and who was supporting him now 'until he got on his own feet.'" But Julian sees his own mother, physically, as "the dumpy figure, surmounted by the atrocious hat."
Julian is a progressive young man, but he's self-righteous about racial equality. For instance, "When he got on a bus by himself, he made it a point to sit down beside a Negro, in reparation as it were for his mother's sins." Julian is also very spiteful toward his mother. In some instances, he's downright mean.
Slide 3. Plot and Conflict
Most of the story takes place in scene—dialogue and physical action. But we also have close access to Julian's thoughts. The entire story happens over a short period—perhaps thirty minutes.
Julian and his mother walk to the bus stop and discuss race. During this scene, we see their vastly different attitudes. Julian's mother says, "They [meaning black people] should rise, yes, but on their own side of the fence." She also recalls her childhood when she was raised on the family's old plantation (in part by a black nurse), and how the house fell into disrepair. From Julian's mother's dialogue, we understand her noble but old-fashioned attitudes about race.
Most of the bus passengers are white people who express disdain at the recent integration. Julian's mother sees the all-white makeup of the bus as an opportunity to raise the issue of race: "Everybody was white. 'I see we have the bus to ourselves,' she said. Julian cringed." She gets a little support from the other white riders, but not really.
When a well-to-do black man enters the bus, Julian sits beside him in order to upset his mother. The narration says, "[Julian's mother's] face had turned an angry red. … He felt his tension suddenly lift as if he had openly declared war on her." Julian starts fantasizing about how he can "teach her a lesson," like by making black friends. Also during this scene, our sympathy is turned toward Julian's mother, as she's described in a childish manner: "Her feet in little pumps dangled like a child's and did not quite reach the floor."
A black mother and her child enter the bus. The black woman wears the same hat as Julian's mother. The woman sits beside Julian and her son sits beside Julian's mother, leading Julian's mother to infer that, because of their placement on the bus seats, "she and the woman had, in a sense, switched sons." Finally, Julian's mother recognizes that she and the black woman are wearing the same hat, and this, Julian thinks, "should teach you a permanent lesson." But it doesn't really teach her a lesson—she's not humbled, in other words.
The black woman and her child get off at the same bus stop as Julian and his mother. In doing so, Julian's mother searches her purse for a nickel to give the boy. Julian knows she will do this and tries warning her against it. But because she doesn't have a nickel, Julian's mother tries giving the boy a shiny penny, only to be assaulted by the boy's mother. Her attempt at charity comes off as condescending, and the boy's mother hits her and says, "He don't take nobody's pennies." The black mother and her son disappear down the street.
Julian lectures his mother, but she seems to have reverted to a childlike mental state. Julian begrudgingly helps his mother as she sits helpless on the sidewalk. "I hope this teaches you a lesson," he says. She starts walking home, and Julian follows, continuing his lecture even though she's unresponsive. Finally she says, "Tell | 2,709 |
Address: Lindholmspiren 3A, Lindholmen Science Park, Göteborg, Sweden.
Ferry, bike, car or bus. There are many ways to get to SAFER at Lindholmen Science Park. The ferry takes only 5 minutes from Stenpiren and Bus 16 or 55 will take you to Lindholmen in 8 minutes from the Central Station.
The airport bus takes you to Göteborg City Centre in 30 minutes and cost SEK 105 (11 €). Take the bus to Nils Ericson Terminal/Central Station (Centralstationen).
Go out the west exit to bus stop Nordstan. Bus 16 and 16X (direction Eketrägatan) runs every 3 minutes at rush hour. From Nordstan to Lindholmen takes 6-8 minutes.
NOTE: You cannot pay<|fim_middle|> Then take the first left onto Lindholmsallén. This is the main road leading up to the main building.
Drive towards Norra Älvstranden through the tunnel "Lundbytunneln". Follow the signs towards Norra Älvstranden and later Lindholmen.
From Stockholm drive towards Oslo and follow the signs towards Hisingen/Hamnar and Norra Älvstranden/Lindholmen. Take right towards Lindholmen. Turn left onto Lindholmsallén. This is the main road leading up to the main building.
You simply follow the sign Norra Älvstranden and later to Lindholmen. | with cash or card on the buses!
The taxi service is located just outside the international transit hall. All of the major taxi chains are represented and standing by to help you get into town in a convenient and speedily manner. Approximate fixed prices by taxi from Landvetter Airport to Lindholmen cost 470 SEK (520€).
It's a nice bike ride to SAFER at Lindholmen. From the city centre, go by the bridge "Götaälvbron" and then follow the signs to Lindholmen. From the central station it takes about 15 minutes to Lindholmen by bike. It is also possible to go to one of the ferry terminals and take the bike on the ferry to Lindholmen.
Gothenburg's first route for electric buses runs between Lindholmen Science Park and Johanneberg Science Park via Avenyn, Brunnsparken and Götaälvbron. The buses are silent and emission-free and run on electricity from wind power and hydropower. The bus route is among the most modern in the world. Among other things, passengers can recharge their phones onboard and enter and exit the bus from indoors. Ordinary Västtrafik tickets are used to ride the bus.
The quickest way is to take the direct ferry "Älvsnabbare" which runs from Stenpiren straight to Lindholmspiren.
This trip will take about 6 minutes.
There is another ferry called "Älvsnabben" that runs between Lilla Bommen - Stenpiren - Lindholmspiren - Slottsberget - Eriksberg - Klippan.
The stop "Lindholmspiren" is situated in the Lindholmen Science Park area.
SAFER's office at Lindholmen is located in central Gothenburg. It takes about 5-10 minutes from the city centre of Gothenburg to get to Lindholmen by car.
From the bridge "Götaälvbron" or the tunnel "Tingstadstunneln"
Drive towards the Norra Älvstranden to Lindholmen. Turn right under the railway, towards Lindholmen. | 454 |
Murder in Belgravia: A Mayfair 100 Mystery (Hardcover)
By Lynn Brittney
This is book number 1 in the A Mayfair 100 Mystery series.
#2: A Death in Chelsea: A Mayfair 100<|fim_middle|> | Mystery (Hardcover): $26.99
A high-profile murder propels a unique crime-fighting team into the dark environs of London's underworld—and on a terrifying quest to track a ruthless killer.
London, 1915. As World War I engulfs Europe, a special task force is formed in the affluent Mayfair district to tackle the city's thorniest crimes against women. When the bobbies and Scotland Yard come up short, there's only one telephone number to dial: Mayfair 100.
An aristocrat has been murdered, and his wife, a witness and possible suspect, will only talk to a woman. With the blessing of London's Chief Commissioner, Chief Inspector Beech, a young man invalided out of the war, assembles a crew of sharp, intrepid, and well-educated women to investigate. But to get at the truth, Beech, Victoria, Caroline, Rigsby, and Tollman will venture into the the city's seedy underbelly, a world where murder is only the first in a litany of evils.
Lynn Brittney's Mayfair 100 series debut, Murder in Belgravia, is the darkly compelling story of a movement far ahead of its time, in an attempt to combat the prejudices against women then and now.
Lynn Brittney has been a writer for almost thirty years and has written several adult and children's non-fiction books and many plays for adults and children that have been performed all over the world. Her first young adult novel was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize, the Brandford Boase Award and the Doncaster Book Prize. Her second young adult novel was included in the UK Government's Recommended Reading List for Boys and was described by the Daily Telegraph as containing..."furious swordplay, tremendous chases, atmospheric journeys and wince-inducing reminders that this was an age before anaesthetics." This is her first Mayfair 100 mystery and adult novel.
Praise for Murder in Belgravia:
"A delightful ensemble cast of sleuths with their complex relationships make this a compelling read. Even though the setting is London's fashionable West End, we are constantly reminded that WWI is never far away and that London's poshest neighborhoods are not far from its seedy underbelly."
—Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of the Royal Spyness mysteries
"Murder in Belgravia offers an exciting blend of history and mystery as Chief Inspector Beech and his intrepid team of investigators seek to solve a murder in the often-dangerous environs of WWI-era London. Filled with rich period detail, a lively cast of characters, and fast-paced twists and turns, this novel will leave you cheering for Beech and company and eager for their next adventure!"
—Ashley Weaver, author of the Edgar Finalist Murder at the Brightwell
"Murder in Belgravia is a savvy, sophisticated 1920s murder mystery with a delightfully engaging circle of sleuths, from the wounded war veteran Scotland Yard detective and his team of Bobbies to the smart, unconventional ladies, who bring their own impressive talents to crime solving! I can't wait for their next case!"
—Andrea Penrose, author of the Wrexford & Sloane Regency-set mysteries
"Brittney plots skillfully and rolls out a terrific cast of investigators, boding well for her proposed series of historical procedurals."
"Enticing...Well-drawn characters...This is a must for Downton Abbey fans."
"A great look at the time period and...the female characters are portrayed very strongly here. The story is enjoyable as well and the time period fits perfectly into the novel. It looks like this is the start of a new series and I for one look forward to more."
—Red Carpet Crash
"A deftly scripted and darkly compelling story of a movement far ahead of its time...Murder In Belgravia will leave its fully entertaining readers looking eagerly toward the next Mayfair 100 novel."
—Midwest Book Review
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Publication Date: March 13th, 2019
Series: A Mayfair 100 Mystery
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical | 911 |
Exploring Digital Transformation in 2023
Jan 7, 2023 by iHash Leave a Comment
In his role as chief digital strategist for Genpact, Sanjay Srivastava has a unique view of how people, processes, data, and technology align to support business objectives – the type that propels sustainable competitive advantage. Consulting with the CIOs, CDOs, and CTOs of the world's largest and most innovative companies gives him an idea of what digital transformation trends could unfold in 2023.
Here are Sanjay's top five, and below are his thoughts on each topic:
1. Moving from data-poor to data-rich
Data exists in many places, and it's no secret that companies struggle to use most of it. This concept is known as dark data. Essentially, data hides in plain sight but is unknown or inaccessible to business leaders, causing them to feel data-poor.
In 2023, I expect companies to move from data-poor to data-rich for two reasons: first, business operations have more digital devices embedded, so we have new and more visible data sources. Secondly, artificial intelligence (AI) can take previously unstructured data and easily convert, extract, and put it to productive use.
Some data-rich enterprises are already harnessing the power of data to create modern customer experiences. Consider the travel industry. With one app on your phone, you can view schedules, check if your flight is on time, buy tickets, view loyalty benefits, pick a seat, track your bag, complain or compliment – it's an experience that connects customers and the employees who serve them. While some industries still struggle to keep up, 2023 must become a year for change.
2. The shift from big data to big AI
Big data is often messy. To make the best use of data, AI operations teams devote valuable time and resources to managing, governing, cleansing, and wrangling it.
But as we see repeatedly, it's not the amount of data you have that matters; it's how you use it selectively and effectively. For example, large language models (LLM) – some of the most advanced deep learning algorithms capable of understanding conversational language – make data more usable. With LLM, an employee could ask for "a report comparing Q4 2022 sales to Q4 2021," and the LLM delivers the request instantaneously. Here, AI evolves from being directionally accurate to specifically correct.
This is big AI – and as a result, enterprises are experiencing higher performance from out-of-the-box models compared to traditional models trained with big data. Consequently, big AI is reducing the need for big data.
3. Bridging the gap between business and technology with AI
As I explored in the second trend, big AI brings the power of artificial intelligence to everyone. In other words, AI is bridging the gap between business and technology expertise. Business leaders no longer need to speak the language of technology leaders and vice versa – but they can work together effectively.
These intelligent applications could be a worrying development for technology leaders struggling to control shadow-IT initiatives. However, rather than driving a wedge between business and technology teams, these AI-powered solutions lay the foundation for a data-driven enterprise where everyone can use AI to get work done quickly and efficiently.
There is no need to fear AI – if you have the proper controls and governance. And while some may question if this advancement in AI challenges what we perceive to be authentic and human, we know that as technology changes, attitudes change too. So, as long we keep humans in the loop, the benefits of AI are endless.
4. Technology is the key to a sustainable future
Adopting sustainable business practices is no longer optional. Instead, it's something every employee, customer, and partner will consider when deciding which companies to work for, buy from, and work with. And this trend will become even more prevalent in 2023.
In response, technology leaders are increasingly using advanced analytics and AI to support sustainability goals. They analyze their internal and external data to identify opportunities for carbon reduction, measure their carbon<|fim_middle|>'s about how you build a business that constantly adapts to the external environment and never gets stuck in existing ways of doing things. And this is where people play a crucial role.
I say that digital transformation is only 20% about the tech and 80% about the people. Why? Because you need an organization full of data-literate, AI-enabled, and innovative talent to turn your digital aspirations into a reality.
As your business needs continue evolving, the skills of your employees must keep pace. For example, consider roles like SEO specialists, telemedicine physicians, and drone operators, which didn't exist until relatively recently.
To thrive in this new environment, business and technology leaders must continue to seek, attract, retain, and develop technology talent across their organizations for success in 2023 and beyond.
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Beyond tangible benefits, sustainable business practices are an opportunity for business and technology collaboration, as tech leaders can help business leaders measure and optimize their sustainability efforts.
There is also a shift in how enterprise leaders view sustainability. Instead of seeing it as a drain on budget and resources, organizations can balance purpose with profit. What's more, as sustainability initiatives drive greater competitive advantage, innovation, and financial performance, sustainability investments will continue to grow.
5. Digital transformation is 80% people, 20% tech
Enterprise leaders must manage digital transformation in stages. The process begins with experimentation and the incubation of ideas into pilot programs. Then, you can scale these pilots into production. Finally, once in production, you can enhance your digital programs continuously.
But often, the most overlooked enabler of successful digital transformation is managing organizational change and culture. It | 185 |
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Little Joe McLerran Performing Live At Main Street Tavern Wednesday April 5th 2017!
A Night of Jazz, Blues And More With Little Joe McLerran at Main Street Tavern!
Little Joe started out playing a type of blues known as Piedmont Blues, a musical style common to the south eastern part of the US during the 1920s, 30s and 40s. At 18 he released his first CD as Son Piedmont. Little Joe's music has broadened somewhat over the years, to include a significant jazz repertoire, but still relies on the intricate finger picking he's famous for. With 5 albums under his belt he continues to grow.
In 2010 Little Joe was selected by the US State Department to take part in the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad. He traveled to the Persian Gulf region of the Middle East with his band, the Little Joe McLerran Quartet.
Little Joe continues to travel to festivals and for the US State Department as a musical ambassador presenting educational and cultural exchange missions and plays festivals, concerts and clubs across the country, in the Tulsa area, and around the world.
This Wednesday April 5th, you will be treated to Jazz, Blues, and more! Prepare yourself for fantastic evening of music at Main Street Tavern!
This show is a Tulsa Jazz Music Group Production*.
*Tulsa Jazz Music Group is a division of Taylor Entertainment Group LLC
Date/Time: Wednesday April 5th, 2017 6 pm-9 pm
Location: 200 S. Main St Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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Little Joe's Website: http://www.rootbluesreborn.org/
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This collection of papers has been crafted by students of Adrienne Héritier in honour of her 70th birthday on June 29<|fim_middle|>gruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin., 2014. 274 p. | , 2014 and her official retirement from the European University Institute in Florence. We would like to use this occasion to thank and commemorate her for the extraordinary work she has done for thestudy of political science in general and for us, her students, in particular. The papers in this collection were presented at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) conference, 'Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective: Interests, Institutions and Policy-making', at Freie Universität in Berlin on July 4and 5, 2014. The papers aim at encapsulating the versatility of Adrienne's scholarship by addressing core themes regarding 'EU Governance', 'Policy Analysis', and 'Regulation and Governance'. A number of acknowledgements are appropriate regarding the birthday conference and this collection. First, we wish to recognize the team assisting Tanja Börzel who organized the conference and edited the Festschrift. Special thanks go to Luisa Linke and Katja Pomianowicz. Second, we would like to extend our gratitude to the funding bodies which made the event and collection possible: the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe" at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Centre for European Politics at the University of Copenhagen, and the Chair of Empirical Theories of Politics at the Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München. Third, we thank the participants, the paper givers, the discussants, and the chairs at the conference.
Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin.
Börzel, T., Jensen, M. D., & Knill, C. (Eds.) (2014). Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective. Interests, Institutions and Policy-Making: Conference in Honour of Adrienne Héritier on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday (4-5 July 2014). Berlin: Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin.
Börzel, Tanja (Editor) ; Jensen, Mads Dagnis (Editor) ; Knill, Christoph (Editor). / Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective. Interests, Institutions and Policy-Making : Conference in Honour of Adrienne Héritier on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday (4-5 July 2014). Berlin : Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin., 2014. 274 p.
Börzel, T, Jensen, MD & Knill, C (eds) 2014, Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective. Interests, Institutions and Policy-Making: Conference in Honour of Adrienne Héritier on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday (4-5 July 2014). Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin., Berlin.
Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective. Interests, Institutions and Policy-Making : Conference in Honour of Adrienne Héritier on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday (4-5 July 2014). / Börzel, Tanja (Editor); Jensen, Mads Dagnis (Editor); Knill, Christoph (Editor).
Berlin : Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin., 2014. 274 p.
N2 - This collection of papers has been crafted by students of Adrienne Héritier in honour of her 70th birthday on June 29, 2014 and her official retirement from the European University Institute in Florence. We would like to use this occasion to thank and commemorate her for the extraordinary work she has done for thestudy of political science in general and for us, her students, in particular. The papers in this collection were presented at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) conference, 'Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective: Interests, Institutions and Policy-making', at Freie Universität in Berlin on July 4and 5, 2014. The papers aim at encapsulating the versatility of Adrienne's scholarship by addressing core themes regarding 'EU Governance', 'Policy Analysis', and 'Regulation and Governance'. A number of acknowledgements are appropriate regarding the birthday conference and this collection. First, we wish to recognize the team assisting Tanja Börzel who organized the conference and edited the Festschrift. Special thanks go to Luisa Linke and Katja Pomianowicz. Second, we would like to extend our gratitude to the funding bodies which made the event and collection possible: the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe" at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Centre for European Politics at the University of Copenhagen, and the Chair of Empirical Theories of Politics at the Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München. Third, we thank the participants, the paper givers, the discussants, and the chairs at the conference.
AB - This collection of papers has been crafted by students of Adrienne Héritier in honour of her 70th birthday on June 29, 2014 and her official retirement from the European University Institute in Florence. We would like to use this occasion to thank and commemorate her for the extraordinary work she has done for thestudy of political science in general and for us, her students, in particular. The papers in this collection were presented at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) conference, 'Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective: Interests, Institutions and Policy-making', at Freie Universität in Berlin on July 4and 5, 2014. The papers aim at encapsulating the versatility of Adrienne's scholarship by addressing core themes regarding 'EU Governance', 'Policy Analysis', and 'Regulation and Governance'. A number of acknowledgements are appropriate regarding the birthday conference and this collection. First, we wish to recognize the team assisting Tanja Börzel who organized the conference and edited the Festschrift. Special thanks go to Luisa Linke and Katja Pomianowicz. Second, we would like to extend our gratitude to the funding bodies which made the event and collection possible: the Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe" at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Centre for European Politics at the University of Copenhagen, and the Chair of Empirical Theories of Politics at the Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München. Third, we thank the participants, the paper givers, the discussants, and the chairs at the conference.
PB - Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe", Freie Universität Berlin.
Börzel T, (ed.), Jensen MD, (ed.), Knill C, (ed.). Perspectives on European Governance in Comparative Perspective. Interests, Institutions and Policy-Making: Conference in Honour of Adrienne Héritier on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday (4-5 July 2014). Berlin: Kolleg-Forscher | 1,546 |
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Setting sail for a better world
They want to do something together<|fim_middle|>theater Bremen. The admission price of three Euro goes as a donation to Bikers Against Child Abuse.
Additional information and registration at:
www.TEDxJacobsUniversity.com
Kristina Logemann | Brand Management, Marketing & Communications
k.logemann [at] jacobs-university.de | Tel.: +49 421 200-4454 | to fight hunger, climate change, and child poverty – worldwide, but in Bremen, too. Under the motto "Setting sail," students at Jacobs University are holding the TEDxJacobsUniversity innovation conference on November 12th on the campus of the English-language University in the north of Bremen. Speakers from various organizations will give brief presentations of their approaches for the needed change.
One of them is Gerald Marin, co-founder of FoPo Foodpower in Switzerland, who will speak about how to stem the wasting of foodstuffs. The physicist Dr. Christian Gutsche, who works for Bremer Solidarstrom, will point the way toward energy conservation. The presentation by Michelle Warning of Hero Construction Company will tell how to strengthen civil courage and become an everyday hero. Stephanie Brisson of Ahoy Berlin will speak about co-working and how work can become more exciting. Volker Ordelheide will present an organization that fights against child abuse: Bikers Against Child Abuse.
The conference is part of the worldwide TED-Initiative, a non-profit organization in the USA, whose goal is to spread "good" ideas and network people with one another. Prominent speakers, such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, and designer Philippe Starck, appear at the annual central TED Conference. There are also local events around the world, such as the one at Jacobs University. In between the speakers' presentations, attendees can also enjoy various musicians as well as improvizations by Impro | 302 |
Things look grim as I peruse the transit options for getting from Kochi to Goa: A pair of overnight buses back-to-back, broken apart by a six hour layover in Bangalore. Weary from the journey up to Munnar, I commit the cardinal sin of Indian sojourning and book a plane ticket. Later, as I squeeze on to the plane I am seated next to a clean-shaven Israeli man; He introduces himself as Udi and we exchange pleasantries. The plane departs and I drink in the view hoping it'll stave off the pang of guilt I feel for taking the easy option. It doesn't.
Udi and I share a cab into Palolem, far down the southern end of the state, making a bee-line for the beach. Goa has all the trimmings of a tourist hot-spot: White, sandy beaches, cheap beer pouring abundantly from beach-front bars and an ocean of tourists taking advantage of the only location in India where western swim-wear is acceptable. A few minutes pass before I spot a German couple I'd met in Chennai. I run out to greet them. Shortly after, to my surprise, Amit & Nuriel from Kodaikanal appear as well. Udi asks if I'm the mayor to which<|fim_middle|> grateful for the tenacity of the Enfield — though perhaps chance alone had spared me the same fate. | we both chuckle; The stay had become a reunion.
For all intents and purposes, this could have been Tel Aviv. The place was bustling with Israelis on tour, many having just finished their stint in the defense force. Later in the week, Amit suggests we all hire scooters and make for Cola, a secluded beach 15 minutes up the coast. I splash out on an Enfield and agree to meet them later. After blasting through the forests of the Cotigao wildlife sanctuary all morning, I made my way to Cola in the hopes of linking up with them. Turning off the main drag toward the beach, I found Udi traveling hastily in the wrong direction. Amit had come off her scooter and he was in search of bandages. The beach road was a rocky, unkept affair jostling even the sturdiest vehicle and a few miles onward I found her sat in the dust, bloody and grazed. I reflected on the nagging unease I'd felt scootering around Auckland a few years ago and was at once | 216 |
One of my tunes of the summer, maybe of the whole damn year! An inspirational anthem!
I heard Brian Power's remix, loved it and said I needed to dub this<|fim_middle|> is out now on Soulhouse Music. | out. He sent me the stems and off I went. Hope you like!
Louie discovered that I had this unreleased track on my hardrive at SunceBeat 2018 (Croatia) and we had a chuckle after I assured him it was my job to have music this hot by any means necessary. Monster record!
Love Hilary's voice and the remix is doing damage o' plenty on my dancefloors.
One of the gems of the year for me…The remix took it to the next level.
A wonderful piece of music perfect for this tribal house era and great to hear the former Shalamar front lady back in the game!
Paris is a heavy DJ and a heavy producer and I'm always looking out for her work in my inbox. Love the vibe on this one!
An instant killer cut for me. This one will stay in the bag for a hot minute!
Another mighty remix from the liquid session don. Luv the bounce on this one a lot.
This is absolutely battering speakers right now. Total Bigness!
Bollo feat Jocelyn Brown – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys (Ronnie Herel's Dub) | 240 |
Women's economic empowerment is a pre-requisite<|fim_middle|> and formal businesses out of very little capital, create networks to maximize limited resources, and shoulder disproportionate care-taking responsibilities, which often include cooking, fetching water, growing food, cleaning, and caring for children, the sick, and the elderly. Women succeed in spite of laws, policies, social norms, and institutions that hold them back. This policy brief examines opportunities to create an enabling environment for women to thrive economically. | for inclusive and equitable economic growth. Women around the world are resilient and resourceful economic agents, overcoming persistent, gender-based barriers to advance the health, education, and economic security of their families. Evidence shows that women's full participation in the economy drives better performing and more resilient businesses and supports economic growth and wider development goals for nations. Every day, women demonstrate they can build informal | 76 |
Everyone deserves a little bit of fun as we are getting closer to the end of the year. Prospero Teaching organiSed an afternoon for their International Teachers.
The past 12 months have been pretty intense for both teachers and the team at Prospero Teaching<|fim_middle|> the office earlier on a Friday and meet lovely people and enjoy some ice cold drinks… especially on a hot day!
Prospero welcomed nearly 30 teachers to spend the afternoon together in the heart of busy London, near Shoreditch in a local bar, called 'The Crown and Shuttle'. The international team had reserved a lovely outdoor area.
There was a great atmosphere amongst the group, with our teachers getting to interact with new and familiar faces.
They all shared great stories and experiences from their lives and also gave teaching ideas to each other. It was a good opportunity to socialise with other international teachers.
They glammed up the picnic tables with an array of decorations including games, funny masks and flags.
Of all the flags, the Belgian one was used the most, as the World Cup quarter-final was in full swing. Our Belgian teachers were all smiles as De Bruyne scored his second goal.
It wasn't the first occasion that Prospero Teaching had organized an event for their teachers. A couple of months ago our team took their teachers on a street art tour in Shoreditch. You can read more about the event and see some amazing pictures here.
As the photos show, everyone was having fun.
Overall it was a fantastic way to finish the school year and the international team is looking forward to the next one!
What is the secret behind our success? We are just as successful as the people who are working in our offices at Prospero and leading us towards something great. We have a truly amazing team who appreciates their teachers and puts great effort into their everyday work.
This year, Prospero Group won the "Best Companies to work for, 2018" award. It was an encouraging feedback to the company that the activity they are doing day by day is paying off. Not only are their candidates happy but the people who are working for the company as well.
You might look at these pictures and start wondering what it would be like being part of this great international teachers' group. Don't just wonder – take the first step!
Prospero Teaching is here to help you to find the perfect job for your qualification and experience and also guide you with the move, if you're coming from abroad.
Click here to have a look at the newest vacancies we offer!
Have a teacher friend who would love to take on a new teaching job with Prospero? Refer them to us and we will give you £150 if they get a placement! Read more here! | . We know that working around the clock and having no rest is tiring.
On the 6th of July, the Prospero International Team organised a 'Teacher's Appreciation Summer BBQ'.
It was not only fun for the teachers but for our international consultants as well. It's always great to get out of | 63 |
Irish novelists
"We'll have to put a stop to this bookworming. No future in that." (Molly Keane, Good Behaviour)
March 31, 2018 June 9, 2018 / madamebibilophile / 19 Comments
This is my final contribution to Reading Ireland Month 2018, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books and Raging Fluff. Do check out the posts from the month, it's been great 😊
I had 2 Molly Keane novels in my substantial TBR, so this seemed a perfect opportunity to get to know an author so many seem to enjoy. I began with her first novel, the wonderfully titled The Knight of Cheerful Countenance (1926). Unbelievably, she wrote this at the age of 17 to supplement her dress allowance (!) and chose the pseudonym MJ Farrell to hide what she was doing from her friends, who were all huntin' shootin' fishin' types. Molly Keane wrote the introduction to my Virago edition and it's well worth a read, to hear tales of friends with uncles called Major Hyacinth Devereaux and the butler shrouding the parrot before morning prayers. I'd love to know if she ever met the Mitfords.
The plot of The Knight of Cheerful Countenance is slight: Allan comes to visit his Irish cousins, falls in love with one who loves another, while his other cousin falls in love with him. It's full of horses and slightly less full of bloodsports, thankfully. There were about 2 passages I skipped because I just really don't want to read about such things. And yet despite these unpromising qualities, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel.
In her introduction Keane fully acknowledges that the incredibly privileged, oblivious existence of her childhood and young adulthood is gone forever. The novel makes passing reference to the political situation of the time, but Allan and his cousins Ann and Sybil are walled up on an estate away from it all:
"Deeds of unbelievable foulness and treachery were still – judging by the newspapers – of almost daily occurrence in the land, but they seemed to leave untouched the district of Bungarvin. Yet wrecked police barracks and courthouses, country houses standing empty, and the charred walls of what had once been country houses, all went to show how little of a myth was the state of civil war in Ireland."
As the title suggests, the novel is a romance and there is most certainly an escapist quality to it (the first publishers were Mills & Boon, although I think they published a wider range then than they do now).
"Dennys St Lawrence presented as good a picture of young manhood as one could wish to see on any glorious summer morning. With his bare dark head and his grey eyes, his handsome horse, and his easy seat in the saddle, he belonged to this Irish morning with complete entirety."
This isn't straight romance though. Keane views the events and the people with a fond, humorous eye:
"Silence, however, never reigned for long when Allan was anywhere about.
'Jolly little successful what-not, what?' he observed affably, by way of starting the conversation."
The Knight of Cheerful Countenance is a short novel (272 pages) and so it doesn't flag, and I would never have guessed it was written by a 17 year old. It's not the most accomplished piece, but it's not juvenilia either. I don't really feel I've done it justice here. It's very readable and good fun, and it certainly made me want to read more by Molly Keane.
Which is exactly what I did. Loving Without Tears (1951) was Keane's tenth novel and she was also a successful dramatist by this time, so it is a much more sophisticated novel than her first. It is much darker than The Knight of Cheerful Countenance, centring around a wholly manipulative matriarch, the inappropriately monikered Angel, who bends her children, niece and faithful retainers to her will.
"Each worshipped her and each lamp should have its due portion of oil to feed that flame of worship, and from each she would obtain the maximum of that slave labour which is the expression of such a love."
She is an absolute tyrant, all the more despicable because her tyranny is couched in expressions of maternal love and concern. But things are about to change. Her son Julian has returned from the war with a fiancée who is (shock!) American, and a woman of the world. She sees through Angel and will not be manipulated, unlike Angel's daughter Slaney, who is oblivious to her mother trying to split her up from the man she loves:
"As a gardener tends nectarines, so did Angel minister anxiously to skin and hair and health of body. As well, she disciplined the beautiful body towards an excellence in the sports best calculated for its exhibition – a garlanded, shampooed young heifer, her looks a miracle, her thoughts unknown, Angel led her daughter by a ribbon towards the supreme sacrifice and glory of the right marriage."
There's also a niece, Tiddley, who Angel abuses despicably, bribing her to help with her plans to disrupt her children's lives. The nanny Birdie, sees things as they are:
"the love she's pinching out from each of us, same as I'd disbud a rose"
Yet the brilliance of Keane's writing means that while I desperately wanted everyone to wake-up to what Angel was up to, and for her to get her comeuppance, I didn't want her punished too badly. Loving Without Tears is an astute psychological study of a woman who behaves appallingly, but it is done without heavy judgement and you are left to fill in some gaps as to why Angel behaves as she does. To some extent it is a comedy of manners; if only everyone can cast aside convention and have an honest conversation, everything will work out. So it is funny, but with a cynical undertone running through it which stops it being fluffy. I enjoyed watching it all play out pretty much as I expected (not a criticism, I enjoy Austen for the same reason) and the ending was entirely satisfying.
To end, a song about another famous Irish Molly:
"I only take a drink on two occasions – when I'm thirsty and when I'm not." (Brendan Behan)
March 26,<|fim_middle|> Synedoche (or Autonomasia)
The three of us walked slowly down to Grogan's…"
The splintering of the narrative with the definition also hints at what is to come, as soon the story begins to be invaded by other stories the student is writing: about a devil Pooka and a fairy in his pocket; about Furriskey, born a fully grown man; a Western; versions of Irish folklore. All the narratives start to reflect and echo each other, eventually they overlap and boundaries break down. In other words, this is classic modernist brilliance, layering up myth and meta-narratives to create something astonishing. If you want to read Ulysses but you're not sure you're up to the task, At Swim-Two-Birds could be a good gateway novel 🙂 As Dylan Thomas said:
"This is just the book to give your sister if she's a loud, dirty, boozy girl."
In other words, if she's a student.
Secondly, Stir Fry by Emma Donoghue (1994), who would go on to have enormous success with Room sixteen years later. This is the sort of first novel that doesn't seem to be published as much now – perfectly decent efforts of thinly disguised biography whereby an author gets to grip with their craft. I've no actual facts to back up my theory, but it seems that while more and more books are published, first novels now have to have a huge wow factor – not necessarily a bad thing, but there's an awful lot of truly dreadful writing being published because it will make money, while these better written but modest efforts flounder. I hope potentially good novelists are not being put off: hang in there budding writers!
Anyway, back to Stir Fry. Maria is seventeen and leaves her rural home to start university in Dublin.
"Dirty blue clouds were scudding over slate roofs. A good cold smell in the air and the whiff of turf smoke as she turned the corner made her think of home. The dusk lasted much longer in the country; nothing to get in the way she supposed. In Dublin there was only half an hour of grey, then the street lamps blinked on and all the shoppers hustled home in the dark."
She is remarkably naïve, even given her young age, and takes forever to realise that her two flatmates are in a same-sex relationship:
"Now suddenly here were two friends of hers kissing on the table she ate at every night. Rapt faces and library books and garlic, how bizarre."
She considers moving out, which may seem ridiculous, but Maria's world sees discussions like this occur in all earnestness:
"'Look, they're both very nice. And they wear skirts sometimes too.'
'Oh, I know,' said Yvonne wisely, 'but they'd have to, wouldn't they, as cover?'"
What follows is a sweet story of Maria coming to realise who she is and what she wants. The characters are all very believable and they and Dublin are drawn with real affection. Stir Fry is a quick read, a bildungsroman in which nothing and everything happens. It doesn't contain the brilliance Donoghue displayed with Room, but it still made me think it's a pity we don't see these types of first novels much anymore.
To end, an Irish band that first came to prominence when I was student – this song was played at many a sticky-floored student club back in my day:
"Being Irish, I always had this love of words." (Kenneth Branagh)
Happy St Patrick's Day! To celebrate this day, and to participate in Reading Ireland Month hosted by Cathy at 746 books and Niall at Raging Fluff , I've picked one novel from my TBR mountain which was also on Cathy's 100 Irish Novels list and a poem by one of my favourite contemporary Irish poets . This will also be one more stop on my Around the World in 80 Books Reading Challenge, hosted by Hard Book Habit.
Firstly, The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch which won the Booker in 1978. This was recommended to me by my sixth form English tutor, which means it's been on my TBR for *cough* 20 years *cough*. Oh dear. I got there eventually. Charles Arrowby, theatre director, decides to retire to the coast:
"The sea is golden, speckled with white points of light, lapping with a sort of mechanical self-satisfaction under a pale green sky. How huge it is, how empty, this great space for which I have been longing all my life."
Arrowby is vain, arrogant, solipsistic, self-aggrandizing… He views himself as some sort of Prospero figure:
But of course he isn't a magician, he has no more power than anyone else. The titular force of nature that surrounds him acts as a reminder of this, indifferent and formidable.
"the sea was a glassy slightly heaving plain, moving slowly past me, and as if it were shrugging reflectively as it absent-mindedly supported its devotee"
It isn't long before his self-induced exile starts to unravel. He starts to have hallucinations about sea monsters and within this unstable psychology is the constant background obsession with his teenage love, Hartley. By odd coincidence, she now lives in the same village with her husband, and all of Arrowby's delusions become focused on her, as he is unable to conceive of anything that won't fit in with his own needs:
"I reviewed the evidence and I had very little doubt about what it pointed to. Hartley loved me and had long regretted losing me. How could she not?"
The Sea, The Sea is an extremely clever novel, carefully balancing Arrowby's delusions on a precipice between comedy and terror:
" 'There's an eternal bond between us, you know there is, it's the clearest thing in the world, clearer than Jesus. I want you to be my wife at last, I want you to rest in me. I want to look out for you forever, until I drop dead.'
'I wish I could drop dead.'
'Oh shut up –' "
I was never sure which way it would go, how violently it would all unravel, or whether it would resolve in a subdued, sad way. Arrowby's quiet, introspective (possible spy) cousin is the voice of reason, resolutely ignored:
"You've built a cage of needs and installed her in an empty space in the middle. The strong feelings are all around her – vanity, jealousy, revenge, your love for your youth – they aren't focused on her, they don't touch her. She seems to be their prisoner, but really you don't harm her at all. You are using her image, a doll, a simulacrum, it's an exorcism."
The Sea, The Sea is a novel that tackles major themes: the nature of love, the meanings we attach to our lives, how we decide what is real when we can only view from our own perspective, how we recognise what really matters. Arrowby's narcissism is contemptible, but the skill of Murdoch's writing shows him as an everyman (despite his belief in his own extraordinariness) and places us in a position where to judge him harshly is to judge ourselves:
"Time, like the sea, unties all knots. Judgements on people are never final, they emerge from summings up which at once suggest the need for reconsideration. Human arrangements are nothing but loose ends and hazy reckoning, whatever art may pretend in order to console us."
Paul Muldoon
Images from here and here
Secondly, Why Brownlee Left by Paul Muldoon, the titular poem from his 1980 collection. Muldoon's poems can be difficult to comprehend and contain head-scratchingly obscure references, but he is also humorous and playful, and takes such clear joy in language that I think any new collection from him is cause for excitement. The poem I've chosen is one of his most accessible but still leaves plenty of space for the reader to decide on meaning; it contains Muldoon's gentle humour, and it's all tied together with expert use of rhythm and echoing half-rhyme – I hope you like it 🙂
Why Brownlee left, and where he went,
Is a mystery even now.
For if a man should have been content
It was him; two acres of barley,
One of potatoes, four bullocks,
A milker, a slated farmhouse.
He was last seen going out to plough
On a March morning, bright and early.
By noon Brownlee was famous;
They had found all abandoned, with
The last rig unbroken, his pair of black
Horses, like man and wife,
Shifting their weight from foot to
Foot, and gazing into the future.
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To end, as I read a review of a new Phil Lynott biography over the weekend, here are Thin Lizzy singing their version of a traditional Irish song: | 2018 / madamebibilophile / 19 Comments
This is my second contribution to Reading Ireland Month 2018, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books and Raging Fluff. Do join in!
As with my previous Reading Ireland 2018 post, I picked two books at random from the TBR, but they turned out to be thematically linked. They are both about the impact of alcohol dependency on families, and both achieve the difficult balance of not being depressing yet not shying away from the damage alcohol can cause. Orange juices all round everyone – or maybe a cup of tea?
Firstly, Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle (2006), a sequel to his 1996 novel, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. I thought TWWWID was brilliantly written, and I was looking forward to catching up with Paula again and finding out what she'd made of her life beyond her abusive husband. At the start of the novel Paula is 4 months sober.
"She's tired at night and that's the way it should be. A hard day's work and that. She likes being tired. Tired and sober – it's different. The sleep is different – it's sleep. Although she doesn't always sleep. But it's grand; it's fine. She's not complaining.
Who'd listen?
She brushes her teeth. The important ones are there. The ones at the front. The missing ones aren't seen, unless she smiles too wide. Then the gaps appear."
We don't learn what prompted Paula to commit to sobriety this time but she's sticking with it. She's worried about her kids: Nicola has grown up too quickly, caring for Paula and her siblings; John Paul has given up drugs but is in a relationship with a woman Paula's not keen on; Jack is fine, but Leanne seems to be following in her mother's footsteps:
"What does an alcoholic mother say to her alcoholic daughter? It's shocking. It's terrible. But Paula's not falling down on the ground. She's not running away or pretending it's not there, or screaming and making it worse, All the things she's done before and will probably do again.
I am an alcoholic.
She's facing it.
She drinks her tea standing up. She needs the energy that standing up gives her, the alertness."
Paula facing it was what I really liked about the characterisation in this novel. She feels guilty about the past, but she doesn't beat herself up over it – if anyone's had enough beatings it's Paula. She allows that she's human, and she never pities herself. She's a remarkable woman, a strong woman, although she doesn't see it.
"Maybe it's the way the brain works to protect itself. It invents a new woman who can look back and wonder, instead of look back and howl. Maybe it happens to everyone. But it's definitely the drink, or life without it. It's a different world. She's not sure she likes it that much. But she's a new-old woman, learning how to live."
This is the problem for addicts: often by the time they're ready to be sober, there's very little to be sober for. But Paula takes the life she has, her problematic relationship with her kids, her low-paid, hard-graft job and she gets on with it. This isn't bleak or depressing, it's actually a believable and life-affirming story of human endurance and resilience.
"She sits back and it sits beside her. The need, the thirst – it's there, here."
As with TWWWID, I was absolutely rooting for Paula. It's her story and as it was in TWWWID her voice is crystal clear and so real. But it's also a story of modern Ireland: the Celtic Tiger, being part of the EU – Paula is the only Irish cleaner at her work – and contemporary music that Paula takes joy in, learning what came after Thin Lizzy. It's about redemption, personal and national (the IRA disarm towards the end), but a redemption that carries the past with it:
"All of Paula's past is in her back. It's there, ready, breathing. One last kick from a man who died twelve years ago."
Secondly, Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey (2004). In Paula Spencer, the question is posed: "Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn't know." and this is what Tatty is concerned with. It follows Tatty over 10 years as the child of at least one alcoholic, possibly two. Hickey manages a remarkable feat in capturing both a child's point of view and writing in the second person in a way that isn't annoying:
"And you can feel your face wobbling like jelly when the car goes out of town and over the cobblestones, and you can see all the dark houses on all the dark roads; then you can lie down and look at the orange street lights, pulling you home on a long orange string."
Tatty is an observant, confused, conflicted child. She lives in a world where men and women live clearly delineated lives, separate from one another. Tatty adores her roguish father and this adds to her isolation from her mother:
"They stay in the kitchen; they sit at the table and smoke cigarettes and drink tea and give out stink about men and that's a bit mean because the men never give out about them. The men never say anything about them at all."
Tatty is a bright child and she finds solace and companionship in books:
"They're nearly as good as real friends anyway, because she can go places with them and talk to them and they talk back and include her in. Sometimes they're even better than real friends, because you just don't just know what they look like and where they live; you know as well what they're thinking and how they feel about things. A real friend mightn't tell you something like that."
Hickey brilliantly captures the pain of childhood even when it is barely acknowledged by the child. Tatty and her siblings have markers of difference that are picked up on by the other children. Her sister ditches her milk on the way to school because it's in a whiskey bottle. The fact that the family have little money and the children are neglected is perfectly obvious to the other children at school:
"Sometimes you can match the girls to their lunches. The best lunches belong to the same sort of girls. Girls with lace socks and black patent shoes. Girls like Geraldine Draper. She gets a Club Milk and a bottle of Coca-Cola that she opens with her own proper opener, She gets triangle sandwiches packed into her lunch box and King crisps her Dad buys in a shop near his work…She has bouncy ringlets squirting all over her head and a different ribbon for every day of the year…She has lovely plastic covers on her schoolbooks; her pencil case is always packed."
Tatty is offered an escape when she goes away to boarding school. We don't know why she is going because Tatty doesn't know, but it may be because she is her father's favourite and the brightest. She finds the separation from family not remotely traumatic:
"Tatty tries to think what homesick means and why it makes you cry. When Mam goes mental she might start shouting, I'm sick of this bloody house! I'm sick of it! Sick of it!
But she knows that can't be the same thing."
Tatty is a subtle novel. We can see the damage being caused by the parents but it is never hammered home, because Tatty herself is not aware of it. It stops the novel from being unrelenting bleak, but it doesn't obscure the damage that is being done to a family by the alcohol dependency. The final image in the novel is truly heart-breaking and it left me reeling.
To end, another clip from Father Ted, and a reminder that reading Roddy Doyle can have side effects:
"I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland." (Lady Gregory)
March 6, 2018 / madamebibilophile / 19 Comments
Here's a contribution to Reading Ireland Month 2018, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books and Raging Fluff. I hope to get a couple more in before the month is out 😊 Do join in!
These first 2 choices I picked pretty much at random, but they actually have a lot in common. Both published in the last few years and both set in the 1990s, documenting a young woman's time at university. This was the era when I went away to uni for the first time (embarassingly there have been many times since, I am the eternal student) and both absolutely captured that period spot on. To help take us back, here's a 1990s ad break – Levi adverts were huuuuge in the 90s and this was my favourite, probably because I like being in water:
On with books. Firstly, Tender by Belinda McKeon (2015) which I read after being convinced by Cathy's excellent review. Told from the point of view of Catherine, Tender details her relationship with James, a funny, delightful man who bowls her over from the start:
"Everything about him was so lit up by this brilliant, glinting comedy"
Their friendship becomes very intense, very quickly. Catherine has arrived in Dublin having led a sheltered life where her every move is reported back to her parents by neighbours. James has just returned from Berlin, whereas Catherine has never been on a plane.
"She had never heard a boy talk so sincerely, so emotionally, before. She had actually squirmed, listening to him. If he had been joking, if he had been being ironic, that would have been one thing, but this was not irony, this was strange, unafraid openness."
However, James is not quite as open as he first appears. While Catherine comes out of her shell at uni, having sex, drinking, having fun, she gradually realises that glittering James has a secret. It's unlikely that any reader will be as naïve and inexperienced as Catherine, so I don't think its much of a spoiler to say James is gay, and he eventually comes out to her. McKeon brilliantly captures how this announcement causes Catherine-as-she-used-to-be to hit against Catherine-as-she-is-becoming:
"Widen her eyes; force them full of brightness. Show none of the riot going on inside; the bafflement, the confusion with all its stupid roars and plumettings, the astonishment, the weird temptation to stare….Nothing was more urgent now than to keep all of this out, to keep her face soft with calm and with intelligence and with openness, the face of someone wiser, someone better, the face of someone that she wanted, so badly, to be."
James' struggles may have (thankfully) dated, but his hurt and pain are fresh:
"I watch everyone Catherine, I watch them live their lives, and I watch them meet the people they can love, and I watch them go on their dates, and take over sitting rooms to have sex with them, and I – what am I supposed to do?"
The real strength of the novel is how McKeon captures the vulnerability, confusion and intensity of young adult lives without losing older, cynical readers like me. Catherine is immature, selfish and behaves appallingly at one point. And yet I really felt for her. However misguided, however possessive and unreasonable she is, she's a young woman struggling to find her way:
"She wanted the brilliant, funny, vibrant James, lit up with enjoyment, teeming with it, and she wanted him to be only her friend. She did not want him to love the others this much, to take such unbridled pleasure in their presence."
Tender brilliantly captures a specific time in the 1990s – all the pop culture references brought it flooding back to me – and a time in people's lives that transcends the specific circumstances. McKeon's psychological observations are acute but the novel never falters under the weight of this. The characters with all their flaws, their brilliance and their mundanities, have really stayed with me. Tender is a moving novel, recognisable and touching.
Secondly, The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride (2016). McBride's first novel, A Girl is a Half Formed Thing, used stream of consciousness and struggled for years to find a publisher as it was seen as non-commercial. It went on to have gratifyingly huge success. This, her second novel, also breaks down language and syntax, but I thought it was a bit less deconstructed than her first, possibly more approachable. Eily arrives at drama school in London from Ireland, terrified and excited:
"Remember people are blind to under your skin or. Under my skin now."
"All the speculative friendships I, jealous, observe. It's just space but I have so much distance to make and this seems a wistful world."
McBride's style perfectly suits the overwhelming confusion of feelings that come with being young, in a new city and reeling from all the new experiences and opportunities that are landing at your feet.
"Sun of the morning. London day. The banjaxed exhuming themselves from doorways. Buses and music. Spivs and Goths. New Age Travellers and leather coats and too-tight jeans and diamond whites. Everywhere heaves of fighting in the streets. This is the finest city I think and, no matter how awkward or bloodily I am in it now."
She meets Stephen, an actor 20 years her senior, and the two of them begin a relationship. It is a long time before it is articulated as such, and in the meantime there are misunderstandings, jealousies and horrible sex with other people. Eily and Stephen are both deeply damaged and McBride picks apart their individual pain and the loving, difficult relationship they create together with perfectly paced plotting and telling detail. It is a heavy-going story at times without doubt, but there is humour there too, such as Eily's speculation as to Stephen's dating life:
"They'll speak interestingly of the Royal Court at some elegant restaurant where he'll footsie her up. Then go back to her flat. Pet her Siamese cat and spend the night inside because he's the type who knows what's good for him – women who give men what they want. Not me, with a band-aid in the hook of my bra, unable even to fake it and no idea."
The Lesser Bohemians is a love story, but absolutely not romanticised in any way. Eily and Stephen come from deeply disturbed backgrounds and they both keep messing up, frequently. They are also both likeable, and so much more than their pasts. They are trying to move forward into rewarding, fulfilling lives individually and together. They have found each other and they love each other.
"I've pushed my fingers right through his skin, caught hold of his ribs and must now fall with him."
McBride is a stunning writer and she can craft sentences of breathtaking beauty. Anything by her is a must-read.
To end, when I first went to uni I only had a few CDs (yes kids, my music was stored on discs!), one of which was Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? by Limerick band The Cranberries, featuring the beautiful voice of lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, who sadly died this year:
"Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories." (Steven Wright)
December 6, 2016 June 9, 2018 / madamebibilophile / 20 Comments
I'm a month into my new job and the main effect it's having is that my memory is shot to pieces. Trying to cram #allthefacts about one particular health condition into my head means all other knowledge has dribbled out of my ears. In fairness, my short and long-term memory has always been appalling and I used to claim I operated in a constantly shifting 3 hour window. This is currently down to about 30 minutes. Plus I got lost at Bank the other day, when I've lived in London MY WHOLE LIFE. And there's a bloomin' great building at Bank (guess which one) to help you orient yourself.
Where am I again? Oh, yeah…
So to console myself this week I'm looking at novels which explore memory. Its inherently unreliable nature means memory is a gift to novelists who want to consider how we construct reality and decide who we are. (At the moment I'm happy if I manage to construct a sentence, never mind reality and coherent sense of self).
Firstly, The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (2003, tr. Stephen Snyder 2008).I'm a huge admirer of Ogawa and her spare, stunning writing. In this short novel she details the relationship between a young housekeeper, her son, and the Professor she works for, who since a car accident in 1975 has a memory which lasts 80 minutes, though his memory from before the accident is intact.
"At the end of my first day, I noticed a new note on the cuff of his jacket. 'The new housekeeper,' it said. The words were written in tiny, delicate characters, and above them a sketch of a woman's face. It looked like the work of a small child…but I knew instantly it was portrait of me. I imagined the Professor hurrying to draw this likeness before the memory had vanished. The note was proof of something, that he had interrupted his thinking for my sake."
These notes cover the Professor's suit and give him an eccentric experience which belies his brilliant mind. He is talented mathematician who sees numbers everywhere. His housekeeper became pregnant at 18 and needed to work to support her child; she is intelligent but not highly educated. Gradually though, he is able to convey the magic of numbers to her and her mind relishes the new challenge:
"With my finger I traced the trail of numbers from the ones the Professor had written to the ones I'd added, and they all seemed to flow together, as if we'd been connecting up the constellations in the night sky."
Meanwhile Ogawa is able to convey the magic of numbers to the reader. There is no-one more resistant to mathematics than me – I won't even play soduku. Yet the Housekeeper's response to the discoveries the Professor opens up for her is so creative and joyful that I found myself carried along:
"I wondered why ordinary words seemed so exotic when they were used in relation to numbers. Amicable numbers or twin primes had a precise quality about them, and yet they sounded as though they'd been taken straight out of a poem. In my mind, the twins had matching outfits and stood holding hands as they waited in the number line."
The titular characters and the Housekeeper's son – nicknamed Root as his flat head reminds the Professor of the square root sign – form a tender alliance. The Professor cannot remember them from one day to the next, and yet he changes their lives forever, through his love of numbers and how he uses these to reach out to people. The novel is a love story, but not a romance. It is about the love of friends, of family, of vocation. It contains tragedy but also endurance beyond such, with Ogawa's sparse style bringing the story a great delicacy. I adored it.
"I thought of the Professor whenever I saw a prime number – which, as it turned out, was almost everywhere I looked: price tags at the supermarket, house numbers above doors, on bus schedules or the expiration date on a package of ham, Root's score on a test. On the face of it, these numbers faithfully played their official roles, but in secret they were primes and I knew that was what gave them their true meaning."
Secondly, The Sea by John Banville, which won the Booker Prize in 2005. I'm still a bit conflicted about how I feel about this one, but it's given me food for thought and is undoubtedly well-written, so I decided to add it to this blog where I only write about books I like. The Sea is narrated by Max Morden, coming to terms with the recent death of his wife. He returns to the holiday cottage which in his childhood was rented by a family, the Graces', while Max and his family had a nearby chalet.
"I approached the Cedars circumspectly. How is it in childhood everything new that caught my interest had an aura of the uncanny, since according to all the authorities the uncanny is not some new thing but a thing known, returning in a different form, a revenant?"
The Sea is an effective exploration of memory as Max's memories of the childhood holiday are jumbled alongside those of his marriage and especially his wife's final illness. Chloe and Myles Grace are twins who never quite reveal themselves to Max, although he begins a tentative romance with Chloe.
"Her hands. Her eyes. Her bitten fingernails. All this I remember, intensely remember, yet it is all disparate, I cannot assemble it into a unity."
As Max remembers the events of that summer he is forced to reflect on his wider choices and the man he is, particularly as he is now single again.
"Life, authentic life, is supposed to be all struggle, unflagging action and affirmation, the will butting its blunt head against the world's wall, suchlike, but when I look back I see the greater part of my energies was always given over to the simple search for shelter, for comfort, for, yes, I admit, it, for cosiness."
So… my reservations about this novel are weirdly some of its strengths. It is written in considered, careful prose, expertly structured overall to build to a conclusion that reconciles past and present. But for me it almost felt too considered, too artful. Then I wondered if Max, insecure about his social background, was supposed to be a slightly ponderous man out to prove his own cleverness? I'm not sure, I would have to read another of Banville's novels to know. There are certainly moments of wry humour to lift the narrative at moments:
"these days I must take the world in small and carefully measured doses, it is a sort of homeopathic cure I am undergoing"
I'm undecided about Banville at present but I'll certainly give him another try. If you've read him I'd really appreciate enlightenment as to his style and other novels that would be worth a read? The reason The Sea made it onto this determinedly positive blog was the final line of the novel, the final image. It was so powerful, such a perfect end, so moving and insightful: a moment of pure brilliance.
To end, it had to be either this or Elaine Paige dressed as a giant feline. Ultimately I decided to have my memories misty-water-coloured rather than alone in the moonlight. Take it away, Babs:
"Students, eh? Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't hit them with a shovel!" (Terry Pratchett, Making Money)
Despite being woefully slow in my blogging, I've managed a second post for Reading Ireland Month hosted by Cathy at 746 books and Niall at Raging Fluff. Sláinte!
I've picked two novels linked by undergraduate protagonists – one a classic of Irish literature which is on Cathy's 100 Irish Novels list, the other a little-known first novel by an author who has gone on to huge success.
Ah, those heady student days…
Firstly, the classic At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien (1939). The unnamed narrator is in many ways a typical student:
"Whether in or out, I always kept the door of my bedroom locked. This made my movements a matter of some secrecy and enabled me to spend an inclement day in bed without disturbing my uncle's assumption that I had gone to the College to attend to my studies. A contemplative life has always been suitable to my disposition."
His dissolution is perhaps a bit more extreme than most students however:
"It was in the New Year, in February, I think, that I discovered my person was verminous."
Yuck. Gradually clues emerge that this student may be more literate than he first appears, such as how he describes his friend offering to buy him a drink:
"I rejoined that if his finances warranted such generosity, I would raise no objection, but that I (for my part) was no Rockefeller, thus utilising a figure of speech to convey the poverty of my circumstances.
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In anticipation of his presentation at Affiliate Management Days entitled 'What the CFPB Means for Affiliate Marketers', conference chair<|fim_middle|> | Geno Prussakov interviewed David Naffziger, CEO of BrandVerity. In the Q&A below, Naffziger touches on thoughts about affiliate marketing, and in particular, affiliate programme management.
David Naffziger: Where are your affiliate sales are coming from and what are the affiliates doing to promote your programme. There are almost always opportunities in the answer to this question – either through removing non-incremental sales or through identifying growth opportunities.
GP: What was the most important marketing lesson that you learned in 2015?
DN: Even the best-intentioned marketing partners make mistakes in their promotional methods. A lot of our work in 2015 was with programmes that maintained very high compliance standards that required near-zero errors by the publishers. Within this set, the vast majority of compliance issues were unintentional.
DN: While there will certainly be opportunities due to ongoing platform changes - mobile, for example - expect 2016 to present some interesting opportunities driven by macro-level economic changes. We may see the early signs of an economic slowdown in the US (it has certainly started internationally) and that may create interesting opportunities for responsive marketers to shift messaging and focus.
DN: The biggest challenge remains finding and driving incremental sales. Even with a plethora of tools available for attribution, it is still challenging to truly identify which affiliates drive incremental growth. Similarly, programmes need to reward affiliates that are found to be incremental.
DN: My talk is focused on the CFPB and its impact on affiliate marketers. This recently formed agency has increasingly showed that its oversight extends into the marketing channels of online financial services marketers. This is redefining the relationships between affiliate programmes and affiliate marketers and we're finding much tighter relationships than has been common in affiliate marketing. I'll explore the new relationships and the new expectations that managers are placing on their affiliates.
DN: Be responsive to shifting market opportunities, relationship expectations and even key metrics.
Don't miss David's conference presentation, What the 'CFPB Means for Affiliate Marketers', at Affiliate Management Days on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, from 3:15-4:00pm.
Click here to register for attendance. Use discount code PMI15 for 15% off of full conference passes. | 469 |
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Long-term investors give M1 another lease<|fim_middle|>, including Keppel and SPH.
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Being contrarian can be rather unnerving, but Keppel Corp's move to buy out M1 at the time when the telecom industry is reeling from fierce competition appears a happy resolution for all parties, including M1's other shareholders who may not have the stomach for roller-coaster rides.
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Keppel on Thursday said it will be making a pre-conditional voluntary general offer of S$2.06 cash a share for the M1 shares it does not own, and a separate offer to privatise subsidiary, Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation (Keppel T&T), at S$1.91 a share in cash. The offer for M1, made together with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), values M1 at around S$1.91 billion.
The buyout offer may have come as a surprise to some. After all, Keppel together with SPH and Malaysia's Axiata Group Berhad - all holding a combined stake of 61 per cent - had pondered selling their stakes in M1 in a strategic review back in March 2017.
But Keppel's latest move should not really be a surprise. Conditions are now ripe for Keppel to resurrect plans to privatise Keppel T&T, a move it tried back in 2002, and eventually reap the synergistic potential with M1.
With a firmer grip on M1, M1's access to last-mile infrastructure can be used to provide connectivity for properties/infrastructure under Keppel's management. Keppel T&T's datacentre services can support M1's weak presence in the enterprise segment. Keppel can better integrate its electricity distribution business with M1's home services, and there are also media distribution opportunities that SPH can provide and better realise through M1, according to Kenny Liew, a technology, media and telecom (TMT) expert at Fitch Solutions.
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The current shareholding structure, noted Joseph Ng at OCBC Investment Research, makes it challenging for Keppel to push for change and reposition M1 to take on disruption in the telco space. Keppel said it has plans to arrest the decline in M1 shareholder value through a combination of transformation efforts. These include the digital transformation of M1's operating platform, cost management initiatives and balance sheet optimisation to unlock value from underlying infrastructure, as well as growth initiatives into new markets and segments.
A simpler structure will allow Keppel to make this happen.
While revenues have slumped, M1 has continued turning over a very stable net profit. Its current share price weakness makes M1 a very attractive value buy for Keppel.
However, there are risks. These transformation efforts are expected to take "several years", and the outcomes cannot be totally certain. Dividends from M1 could be affected during such time by the intensifying competition in the Singapore telecom market, as well as the allocation of resources required for these efforts.
The clear winners at this point are M1 shareholders, who have seen upside injected into the share price. For those who don't share Keppel's long-term vision for M1, it may be best to consider taking up the offer. Fundamentals for the telecom market here have deteriorated and there are little organic growth opportunities left. The entry of Australia's TPG, the fourth Mobile Network Operator here, will only add to the uncertainties.
Analysts told BT that Keppel's management highlighted at a briefing with them that its primary goal was to seek a controlling stake of 50 per cent plus one M1 shares. They reckoned Keppel's management would probably prefer to only acquire enough shares to achieve their objective of control to avoid taking on too much debt for this acquisition. The intention appears not to take M1 private. At the current level of shareholdings, Keppel will only need an additional 17-18 per cent stake to reach that target.
So even if Axiata, which holds 28.3 per cent, were to reject the offer, it does little to impede Keppel's objectives. However, should acceptances run past 90 per cent, Keppel will adhere to listing rules and proceed with a delisting. Having said that, if Axiata does reject the offer and makes a counter offer, it will still be a win-win development for M1 shareholders | 961 |
<|fim_middle|>. | Drumm Farm Center for Children
The Drumm Farm Center for Children is a foster care center established in 1929 as a working farm called the Andrew Drumm Institute. It's namesake and founder, Andrew Drumm (he died in 1919 but drafted his will in 1912), was a successful cattle rancher and prominent businessman from Kansas City who wanted to provide a safe place for orphaned and poor boys to grow up, receive an education, and learn useful agricultural skills. The center is comprised of several buildings and is next to a golf course that, for a time, provided revenue to the institute. Today, the center serves both boys and girls and also provides housing for foster families. It also offers programs to help children and families cope with emotional, physical, financial and other challenges. The center was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, which was then still called the Andrew Drumm Institute.
The Drumm Farm Center for Children was founded in 1929.
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"History." Drumm Farm Center for Children. Accessed May 13, 2019. https://www.drummforkids.org/who-we-are/our-history.
Steele Sr., Patrick H. "Andrew Drumm Institute." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. November 3, 2006. https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/06001014.pdf.
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Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of that route or problem you love to send at your climbing gym? I did, which is why I recently sat down with a few route setters from The Rock Boxx and Western Oregon University's climbing wall and talked to them about what it takes to set a climbing route. And it isn't easy; these route setters work hard to make sure what they set is fun, climbable, and enjoyable for climbers of all skill levels. Here is a little peek into route setting and the work that goes into it. Enjoy.
In North America most routes and problems, set either inside a gym or at a crag outside, are graded by two different systems: the Yosemite Decimal Rating System (YDRS) and the Hueco Scale (also referred to as the V Scale). These two systems categorize routes based on technical and physical moves the climber must make during the climb. With the YDRS, a system used for sport and trad climbing, the routes are rated from 5.0-5.15, where the Hueco Scale, used to grade bouldering problems, goes from V0 – V16. Of course these ratings can expand as climbers continue to push boundaries and explore the realms of the sport; V17 has already been proposed but is yet to be confirmed. The higher the climbing grade, the harder the climb becomes. For example, a 5.8 utilizes holds such as large jugs and pockets – holds that are easy to grab and hold on to. A route rated at 5.11, however, will see holds like crimps and pinches and slopers, and will demand good technique and a high sense of body awareness from the climber.
Route setting is a complicated process for many reasons: which holds to use, what grade the route will be set at, which area of the wall to set on, and how the route will look going up or across. Is there a section of the wall that contains more features? If so, how does that affect the holds you want to use? Are there overhangs? How will that affect the grade being set? These are just some of the questions setters have to consider before actually setting.
Another aspect of setting that makes it tricky is how subjective the grading system is. For example, Daniel Struble, a climber who used to set at WOU, said, "Many gyms in the US use YDS and/or Hueco systems, but many use their own systems, like The Rock Boxx, and some don't use any rating systems at all: U of O's bouldering area, for example. These tend to encourage people to climb on things they wouldn't otherwise try because they got scared off by the numbers." Katie Nance, another setter at WOU, said there is a disparity between climbing a 5.10 at Western's wall vs. climbing a 5.10 at Planet Granite or Portland Rock Gym. Furthermore, when I climb a 4 at The Rock Boxx, which does not use the V Scale, just a system related to it, it feels like a V3 at WOU. These differences do not take away from the legitimacy of the routes, however; it is just one more obstacle for a route setter.
The process of a route being set depends entirely on the person who is setting it. Zander Albertson, who has set at Western Oregon University, says he usually has an idea of what he wants to do while still on the ground. These ideas can be anywhere from the need to set a certain grade, a crux idea (the hardest section of the route) that he sets first then builds the rest<|fim_middle|>xx it helps to create a unique, congruous style throughout.
Prior to writing this blog I didn't realize all that went into setting a route. It's impressive, the work and knowledge of climbing a setter must have. None of route setting sounds easy and next time I see a setter I will most definitely be thanking them. Johnston said that route setting is artistic and I think she's right: there's a certain art that comes with it; much like a painter takes a blank canvas and produces something beautiful, a route setter sees a blank piece of wall and utilizes it to construct something that, when climbed, can have the ability to look like a dance. | of the route around, to a theme, such as crimps, slopers, pinches, etc. Jon Snyder, a setter from The Rock Boxx, says "it varies quite a bit for me. Sometimes I find a group of holds that I think would be fun to use together. Other times I have an idea for a string of moves and then have to find the holds that make that possible." He added too that some of his inspiration for routes comes from climbing outside and seeing movements he thought were interesting.
I visited Snyder and Jon Chayse, another setter at The Rock Boxx, when they were setting a 5 with moves inspired from a problem at Smith Rock. The first thing they did was lay out all of the holds they were going to use, which in this case were all slopers, a hold that is smooth and requires an open-hand grip (think of holding the round side of a bowl). As they set up, they explained to me that their gym tries to set holds that are consistent with one another so it flows better. Not all gyms are like that but at The Rock Bo | 227 |
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Guillermo del Toro Hails Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' a 'Masterpiece'
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"The Shape of Water" director also praises Joe Pesci's "masterful" performance
Guillermo del Toro didn't take long to establish himself as master of the macabre. In just three years, he leapt from his sorta-shaky Spanish-language debut to an entertaining A-list starrer filmed in the U.S. His latest, "The Shape of Water," is hitting<|fim_middle|> makes sure you see it all, eschewing shaky-cams and ADHD edits in favor of, well, photographing the action.
1. "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006)
Wildly imaginative, with stunning set pieces and a villain whose target is a little girl, del Toro's triumph is an assured and at times audacious mix of fairy tale, history, and story about how much stepdads can suck. Its ghouls are ghastly in ways you've never seen before, with the result being not only awe but also a hunger to find out what else the director has up his sleeve.
Where does his latest, "The Shape of Water," rank among the director's storied output?
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10. "Blade II" (2002)
All the del Toro camera tint in the world can't compensate for Wesley Snipes' cheesiness as a daywalker in this vampire franchise. The dialogue includes such eloquent lines as, "Eat shit, you fucking fuckers!" Our gore-loving director may not have had a hand in writing the script, but he's still complicit.
9. "Pacific Rim" (2013)
The world doesn't need another Michael Bay. So why did del Toro try to become one? This summer tentpole about monstrous kaiju is all audio and visual noise, with lifeless line readings from star Charlie Hunnam accompanying the many, many things that go boom. The cherry on top? The humans pilot giant robots. I wonder what he bought with that paycheck.
8. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (2008)
It's no "Hellboy I." Next.
7. "Cronos" (1994)
Del Toro's debut feature is an austere but handsome affair that should be lauded for its non-CG effects and condemned for its terrible acting. It feels like a first film, albeit one from a promising filmmaker.
6. "Mimic" (1997)
Del Toro's first monster movie and first English-language film. Mira Sorvino vs. human-size New York City cockroaches may not sound like it's worth the price of a ticket, but "Mimic" is smarter and more enjoyable than it has any right to be. Again, the effects are real and the look is stylish. And when a man-roach meets the A train, behind that wicked crunch is the satisfaction of a guy whose job it is to play pretend.
5. "Crimson Peak" (2015)
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Have you gotten the sense that del Toro has a flair for eye candy yet? This Gothic ghost story may be his most beautiful, with period sets and costumes lending themselves well to the director's visual decadence. Its flaw — besides having a beginning-and-ending voiceover that borrows from "The Devil's Backbone" — is that it's not scary. Ghost story fail.
4. "The Shape of Water" (2017)
You'll either be on board with this story, or you won't. This fairy tale has touches of "Pan's Labyrinth" but without that film's inventiveness; once the script goes to the place where you don't believe it might, the plot is as by-the-numbers as any we-can't-be-together romance. Its valentine to outliers combined with Sally Hawkins' marvelous silent performance ensure, however, that it can't be dismissed.
3. "The Devil's Backbone" (2001)
Set in a Spanish orphanage in the aftermath of that country's Civil War, this is a slightly spookier ghost story that mixes the topics of politics, abandonment, and friendship into its gossamer soup. You don't see its bad guy coming, just as you won't anticipate its violent end. This is the director in full command.
2. "Hellboy" (2004)
Del Toro can't take all the credit for the source material that gives the title character his charm. But he directs longtime collaborator Ron Perlman to a performance that pops like not all superheroes do. The half-man, half demon with an affinity for nachos and a right hand the size of a Buick is more entertaining when he's not pounding someone into the ground, but just in case you care about that, the director | 771 |
Investing in the Lottery
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Lottery is a game of chance in which you buy tickets and wait for the numbers to be drawn. It is a form of gambling, and some governments outlaw it while others endorse it. The New York Lottery has two sets of Lotto balls in its possession. This means that you can double your chances of winning.
Investing in lottery tickets yields a 8% return
Investing in lottery tickets is considered a low-risk investment, but it's not as risk-free as it may sound. More than a third of Americans buy lottery tickets at least once per month, and the average jackpot is more than $600 million. Whether you're looking to save for retirement or college tuition, avoiding the temptation to play the lottery is a smarter bet.
Investing in<|fim_middle|> but it can also create tricky tax issues. Luckily, there are several ways to minimize tax repercussions.
Investing in Keno slips from the Chinese Han Dynasty
Lottery slips date all the way back to the Chinese Han Dynasty (205-187 BC) and were probably used to finance the government's various building projects. These ancient drawings have a lot of meaning, including the fact that they were used to fund the construction of the Great Wall of China. The ancient Chinese also used lottery slips to finance major government projects, including the construction of roads, canals, and bridges.
New York Lottery maintains duplicate sets of Lotto balls
The New York Lottery keeps duplicate sets of Lotto balls and selects one at random before each drawing. The balls are weighed and stored in a vault until the drawing time. Each drawing is overseen by a detective who makes sure all equipment is kept secure.
Oregon State Lottery oversees each drawing
The Oregon State Lottery oversees every drawing and distributes prizes as determined by the commission. The commission is made up of five members appointed by the Governor. The lottery contractor provides the lottery games. A five-member Lottery Commission oversees the lottery and approves each drawing and its financial reports. The commission also oversees retail sales of lottery tickets and shares. The commission is audited by the Oregon Secretary of State on an annual basis.
New York Lottery pays lump sum instead of annual payments
If you have won the New York Lottery, you have the option of receiving your prize in a lump sum or annuity payments. You have 60 days from winning to decide on the payment method. However, if you choose annuity, you cannot change your mind after the first payment is made.
Italian national lottery began in the 15th century
The Italian national lottery was first organized in Milan on 9 January 1449 by the Golden Ambrosian Republic, which needed funds for its war against Venice. This game quickly spread throughout Italy and was called Lotto. The first lotto involved betting on the names of Great Council members, with five candidates being chosen at random every six months. Later, the game evolved and began to use numbers instead of candidate names. The modern Italian lotto traces its roots to this game, which is now legal.
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Investing in Powerball winnings can be a great way to grow your money. You can spend your prize money on real estate, stocks, cash flow notes, or start your own business. It is also a good idea to put ten percent of your income into interest-paying savings accounts and savings bonds. Winning the lottery can lead to financial freedom, | 72 |
The digital centre preserves Islamic manuscripts and has copies of commentaries on the Quran from the 12th century.
LONDON - Dressed in white robes and beaming an ever-optimistic smile, an Iraqi Dominican monk told how ancient manuscripts he saved from the Islamic State (ISIS) were being restored and digitalised by refugees in Erbil, Iraq.
Father Najeeb Michaeel's lecture-and-slide presentation was organised by a London-based charity, Gulan, which promotes Kurdish culture. An exhibition of photographs by Richard Wilding, Gulan's creative director, showing Michaeel and the rescued Dominican library in Mosul was presented in conjunction with the lecture.
The library housed a unique collection of ancient manuscripts dating to the ninth century and printed books from 1515. In addition to Christian texts, there were works on geography, history and mathematics, as well as Muslim, Yezidi and Jewish literature. Some of the manuscripts on animal skin are more than 1,000 years old.
After 2003, the Dominican monastery was threatened by extremist groups in Mosul – threats included letters<|fim_middle|> way to fight ISIS is through the promotion of culture – the brightness which the darkness of ISIS is trying to destroy," Michaeel said. The digital centre also preserves Islamic manuscripts and has copies of commentaries on the Quran from the 12th century.
In addition to conserving the manuscripts, Michaeel has written a book: "Saviour of Books and People." His academic work focused on comparing the Quran with the Bible's Old and New Testament.
The Dominican Order, a teaching order, was established in Mosul in the 1700s, originally with brothers from Italy and France. They amassed a library of thousands of ancient manuscripts and set up a printing press in 1857. It was destroyed by the Ottomans in 1914.
Michaeel said he was very happy to celebrate this Christmas in Mosul in St Paul's Church with three bishops, ten priests, approximately 70 Christians and more than 100 Muslims. One of his slides was of the burned monastery in Qaraqosh where red roses were blooming in the garden. | containing bullets and a broken cross – Michaeel said. This prompted him in 2007 to move the entire library to the nearby Christian town of Qaraqosh.
After taking control of Mosul in 2014, ISIS advanced on Qaraqosh, and Michaeel moved the library contents again, this time to a secret location in Iraqi Kurdistan. He said he made four return trips, loading the most important books and manuscripts in the boot of his car.
On his final trip, he left Qaraqosh in two cars at 12.15am, a couple of hours before ISIS arrived. The monastery in Qaraqosh was destroyed and the books left behind were burned.
Michaeel gave some of the manuscripts to people with vehicles who were leaving Mosul. "I did not know them but they put the manuscripts into the boots of their cars," he recalled. "Some manuscripts from the 12th and 13th centuries were transported in wheelbarrows. The British Museum would crucify me if they saw this," he joked.
The rescued books and manuscripts are being restored and catalogued by Michaeel's Digital Centre for Eastern Manuscripts in Erbil. More than 8,000 manuscripts from 105 collections from Iraq, Turkey and Iran have been digitised. Another 10,000 manuscripts and thousands of printed books are still to be digitised.
The monk said he was disappointed that NGOs and international organisations have not assisted in the preservation of the manuscripts. "UNESCO only provided some conservation materials to help protect the books from mites," he said.
In addition to setting up the Digital Centre for Eastern Manuscripts, Michaeel converted a half-built building in Erbil into a centre for refugees. The digital centre provides training for refugees in manuscript conservation and they are paid for their work.
He said he was eager to share Iraq's Christian heritage with the world. "The best | 402 |
Opened his Fantasmagorie in Paris in 1798 in the Couvent des Capucines, a semi-derilect convent, with tombstones and cloisters, and in the late eighteenth century a popular entertainment complex.
Born in Liège Robert studied at Leuven and became a professor of physics specialising in optics. He was an avid painter and intended to move to France to pursue a career in art. He moved to Paris in the 1790s and maintained a living as a painter and draughtsman.
Robert attended a new form of illusion performance in 1793 in the form of a magic lantern show by Paul de Philipsthal. Philipsthal was one of the earliest known performers of such shows and, with his understanding of optics, Robert realised the potential of what would become "phantasmagoria". His skills in painting would also prove to be a significant asset in the development of his new-found obsession.
Robert read the works of 17th-century scholar Athanasius Kircher and was particularly interested in the magic lantern, an early form of slide projector. He created his own version of the device with several improvements, adding adjustable lenses and a moveable carriage system that would allow the operator to change the size of the projected image. He also made it possible to project several different images at once using more than one painted glass slider. The resultant display had a very ghostly effect especially when in a smoky atmosphere. Through this the operator had the ability<|fim_middle|>, Spain, and the United States among others. During his travels he dedicated a lot of his time to ballooning. | to manipulate images projected from an unseen location. In 1799, after further refining the system, he received a patent for his "magic lantern on wheels", naming it the Fantoscope.
Robert developed a phantasmagoria show based around his projection system and the use of other effects and techniques. Robert scripted scenes that involved actors and ventriloquism alongside his projections, creating a convincing impression of the appearance of ghosts. Robert used several projection devices in a variety of ways, including rear projection and projection onto large pieces of wax-coated gauze (giving the image a more translucent appearance). He also used smoke and mirrors to further disguise the mechanisms behind his show. His painting skills allowed him to create accurate depictions of famous French heroes such as Jean-Paul Marat, Voltaire, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Robert appeared at the Pavillon de l'Echiquier on 23 January 1798 and performed his first show. His charisma and the never-before-seen visual effects left the audience convinced that they had seen real ghosts, with many left terrified by the performance.
After being investigated by the authorities, Robert's show was shut down in Paris. He moved to Bordeaux and continued to perform, before returning to Paris a few weeks later. It was during this trip to Bordeaux that Robert first experience balloon flight as a passenger - an experience that would have a massive influence on his life. On his return to Paris Robert discovered that two of his former assistants had continued the performances without him. He refined his show, making it more elaborate and inventive and started performing in a more permanent location from 3 January 1799. The Gothic surroundings of the crumbling Convent des Capucines near the Place Vendôme gave Robert the ideal eerie home for his show.
The shows began with the audience being shown optical illusions and trompe-l'œil effects on their way to the showroom. Inside the candlelit room the audience would be seated as audio effects emulate the sound of wind and thunder and an unseen glass harmonica plays unsettling music. Robert would then enter the room and start a monologue about death and the afterlife. He then began the show in earnest, creating smoky mix of sulphuric acid and aqua fortis before projecting his ghostly apparitions.
The shows were performed at the Convent des Capucines for four years, and Robert went on to take the show around the world, visiting Russia | 502 |
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The Wild Kittens Who Tamed Our Neighborhood
By Maggie Lewis
YOU never know what surprises are waiting for you just around the corner. For example, I would never have thought Mr. Ianelli, who lives on the corner of our street, would turn out to be a kitten tamer. He's a perfectly ordinary-looking man. He usually wears a sleeveless undershirt and old slacks. His bald spot glints in the hot sun as he scrapes, paints, prunes, and mows. Since he turns his radio up while he works, we used to just wave when we passed by. Other people called in and yelled about politics.
So it was a big surprise one day on our way home from the library when he turned around and said, "I have five kittens. Come and see them." He explained that a mother cat had turned up at his back door asking for food, and when he fed her, she trotted off and fetched her litter. They had moved into his backyard. We went in his gate, but we didn't see any kittens. We saw their mother rush under a bush. The kittens had already dashed away. They'd been born outside and weren't used to people. They were shy , like wild animals.
Mr. Ianelli didn't think he could adopt all of them. He offered us one. That's when I began to wonder how you tame a kitten. What would we do with a kitten who ran off all the time? Could it really be a pet if it was as wild as a squirrel or a robin? I didn't think so.
Any kittens are interesting. Kittens you can't see are fascinating. We got in the habit of going home from the playground, the library, or the store by way of Mr. Ianelli's corner so we could watch them scoot under the fence or vanish into the hedge.
Pretty soon they were too well fed to be invisible any more. They were getting fat bellies eating the food Mr. Ianelli left for them. Three were tawny orange, like lion cubs. The others were the shyest, black-and-white streaks that zipped around the corner if you came too near. They liked the little house Mr. Ianelli made them out of tipped-over lawn chairs. And I think they were glad he sometimes stayed up late chasing away other cats that came looking for a fight.
But Mr. Ianelli wondered where they would go in winter. He couldn't have six wild kittens living in his house. And even though wild birds and rabbits are happier that way, cats, even cats born outside, have a hard time living in the wild. He called animal shelters, hoping one would keep them until someone came along and gave them a home, but the shelters wouldn't take his six unless they were tamed. Better tame them soon, one said, or they'll wander off when they grow up and become strays.
THE kittens didn't know this. They were just having a fun summer. They lounged on Mr. Ianelli's lawn, battling each other and stalking us from behind the hedges as we walked by. Sometimes they were rolling on the back steps, or playing tag in their lawn-chair house.
We found someone who needed a kitten, but he couldn't catch any of them. How can you adopt a kitten that dives for cover if you even look at it? That's when I decided we needed a kitten tamer.
I called a friend who knows about animals. She had a friend who worked in an animal shelter and tamed kittens in her spare time. The friend agreed to try to tame the six - all we had to do was get them to her.
Mr. Ianelli said, "Sure, give it a try, but I don't think you'll catch them." He was right. We rented a trap that would catch them without hurting them. Our friend came over with her parents. We set the trap and tried to chase them in. We stalked them by their food bowls. We fanned out and looked in the bushes. But as soon as we got close, Zip! Rustle! They were gone with the swish of a tail.
"They're too fast for you," said Mr. Ianelli. I could be wrong, but I thought he looked pleased. We left the trap, hoping one might wander in. One did, but Mr. Ianelli let it out. "He was screaming," he said.
It seemed hopeless. The kittens were too wild to even get to the tamer's house. We stopped trying. Mr. Ianelli took the trap back to the rental place. The kittens grew into graceful young cats. It got colder. We didn't see them playing anymore, and we wondered if the jolly pride of summer lions had already become strays. One day, when it looked like snow, I saw Mr. Ianelli in his backyard. "What happened to the kittens?," I asked.
Mr. Ianelli smiled. Three had gone off with his daughter, to a shelter that agreed to keep them until they were adopted. The rest? Sylvester, Reddy, and Ringo now live inside. "They got so they'd eat out of my hand," he said. All that time we were chasing them around and trying to find a tamer, they were being tamed. They had Mr. Ianelli looking after them, feeding them, and caring about them. Sometime over the summer, they must have realized they were pets.
Mr. Ianelli tamed us, too. Now instead of going and watching him paint, we call out, "Hi Mr. Ianelli, how are the kittens?" And he smiles and comes over and tells us all the cute, crazy things those cats are getting up to. You never know what surprises are lurking just around the corner, in your own neighborhood - wild creatures, kitten tamers, and best of all, neighbors.
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ICONIC BRANDS - LEVI'S
The Levi's® Brand Celebrates 140 Years
Levi's ad campaigns (Photos courtesy of Levi's)
When Levi Strauss partnered with tailor Jacob Davis in 1873 on a patent for riveted pockets on work pants for Western pioneers, they couldn't have dreamed of its impact on modern culture. The Levi's® 501® button fly jean – the original and first ever blue jean – was born on May 20, 1873. And 140 years later, it is more popular and even more relevant to global culture and style than ever before.
Deemed Time Magazine's "Fashion Item of the 20th Century" – the original Levi's® 501® button fly jean is an American icon that has been woven and stitched deeply into our world's cultural heritage. From presidents to movie stars, farmers to fashion icons, entrepreneurs to the every man, the cultural significance of Levi's® 501® jeans has been defined by the people who wear them. No other product has been worn, loved or re-imagined quite like Levi's® 501® jeans. A symbol of individuality and universality – the 501® jean is the ultimate expression of personal style – worn by the pioneers who shape our world, generation after generation.
Levi's 501 Colored Pack (Spring/Summer 2009)
The Evolution of the Levi's® 501®Jean
Designed with uncompromised authenticity and tailored to perfection, the 501® jean has subtly evolved through the years – improving with age to provide every generation with the jean they need.
This season, the 501® jean will be available in the same great fit in new colors including mineral red, chalk blue, ivy green, true chino and white. A lighter weight shrink-to-fit twill fabric offers an incredible, buttery-soft hand feel.
The evolution of today's 501® jean has been driven by a commitment to craftsmanship and quality. There isn't a stitch on the jean that hasn't been reconstructed and improved to enhance this timeless product, while staying true to its essential core. Look for finer fabric, reinforced stitching, larger pockets to store your latest<|fim_middle|>vi's Flagship Store Regent Street, London (Photo courtesy of Retail Design Blog)
What's your interpretation? #501
From February through May 2013, the Levi's® brand is embarking on a campaign called "501® Interpretation" to celebrate the range of expressions of unique personal style from around the world. We put the Levi's® 501® in the hands of the fans—young and old, famous and not so famous—asking them for their interpretation of the original. A digital photo gallery of their images from high fashion to street style and everything in between will live at www.LEVIS501.com.
Levi's® fans can join the movement by tagging photos of themselves in their 501® jeans with #501 on Twitter and Instagram or by uploading directly at www.LEVIS501.com.
From this amazing collection, Levi's will hand select the photos that best represent the energy and events of these times to live in a limited-edition "Book of 501®" as a legacy for the future. What's your interpretation? #501
The "501® Interpretation" campaign will also run across print and outdoor platforms in select markets around the world.
Levi's Whirlpool Sculpture by Ian Mcchesney (Photos courtesy of Retail Design Blog)
Levi's® Bags by Checkland Kindleysides
Levi's store by MBH Architects, New York
Levi's XX store by WoodSmithe, Santa Monica, California
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Levi's Curve windows 2012 Spring, London (Photos courtesy of Retail Design Blog)
The Levi's® brand epitomizes classic American style and effortless cool. Since the invention and patent of riveted clothing by Jacob Davis and company founder Levi Strauss in 1873, Levi's® jeans have become the most recognizable and imitated clothing in the world – capturing the imagination and loyalty of people for generations. And while the patent has long since expired, the Levi's® brand portfolio continues to evolve through a relentless pioneering and innovative spirit that is unparalleled in the apparel industry. Our range of leading jeanswear and accessories are available in more than 110 countries, allowing individuals around the world to express their personal style.
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Labels: 140 Years of Levi's, 1873, 501, American Fashion, Fashion Item of the 20th Century, Fashion Studio, Iconic Brands, Iconic Products, Jeans, Levi Strauss, Levi's Ad Campaigns, Levis Stores | smart phone, and updated belt loops, inseams and cuffs. We've done it all in the spirit of the original, with the same care, the same craftsmanship, and the same attention to every detail. It's the same Levi's® 501® as always, like never before.
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The joy of Easter begins with the anticipation of Easter Day. We cover statues, icons and images of the cross at the start of Passiontide, and the starkness of the tomb is brought home with the stripping of the Altar on Maundy Thursday. Chapel is left bare and the Office is stripped to its essentials, as we put ourselves into that place where the Disciples were that very first Easter.
On Holy Saturday, we prepare Chapel in anticipation of the Easter Vigil. Flowers return, coverings are removed, candlesticks are put back into place. We set up a temporary Chapel elsewhere in the Priory to allow these things to happen, but perhaps it also symbolises the Disciples gathering together in one place, scared, lonely, upset and afraid, as they mourn the loss of their<|fim_middle|> to anyone, for they were afraid" because that was what actually happened. | Lord and Master.
And then, this morning, we crept downstairs in semi-darkness, with the dawn starting to lighten the sky. The Exultet was sung, the Vigil readings recounted the history of Israel from Creation to the Exodus, and as the sun crept over the horizon and spread its rays into Chapel, our Risen Lord was greeted with a joyful noise.
We have been honoured to have the Venerable Cherry Vann, Archdeacon of Rochdale, with us for the Triduum. Her preaching from Maundy Thursday until this morning included her insights from the sabbatical she has just concluded, during which she spent much time with the L'Arche community in Manchester. With having heard the Easter Resurrection Story from St Mark, we were given the thought that perhaps, it has the original ending of "So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing | 195 |
Here in the Midwest, where we have been blessed by a very mild winter, many of you are already mowing your lawns, trimming and pruning trees and shrubs; in general, thinking of about anything you can to spend some time outdoors in this great weather. But before you fire up that lawn mower, garden tractor, chainsaw, or leaf blower, make sure you know about the fuel you may have been storing all winter long, or are getting ready to replace this spring.
Fuel is one of the most important things that you can use in an emergency. Whether it powers a car, generator, or stove; you'll need to make sure that your fuel is ready for when you need it.
Handle all fuels with care. Remember that all of these could light at a moment's notice.
We've collected a few tips on how to properly store different types of fuels, where you should store them, and how long they<|fim_middle|> fuel for lighters or other small fire starters. Many backpacking kits use butane fuel.
Butane comes in pressurized containers and the canisters are required, by law, to have instructions on the label regarding storage and usage of the product. Following the instructions will ensure that you keep your butane supply safe.
Proper storage is the first element in butane safety. Keep it in a safe place at home that is out of any children's reach. Many containers can withstand even high temperatures. Even if you live in a climate that is rather warm, your butane should still store well … find a dry and cool place, out of the direct sunlight and away from any other sources of extreme heat.
You'll obviously want to store your propane in a well-ventilated area outdoors. Make sure that your propane tank is stored upright – probably on a concrete slab.
Don't store the propane tank next to anything flammable. Also ensure that it is stored in an area where a large amount of water will not fall on the tank – for example, next to a gutter or in the open under the rainfall.
Never store the propane in a house or garage. Click here to read Propane 101's article about proper propane safety.
Charcoal is a great option for cooking fuel. They might get your hands a little bit messier but that's not always a bad thing. The good thing is that you can store this dry fuel inside your home! However, never cook with charcoal indoors!
You can store charcoal in a dry location – like a bin or metal canister. You can also make a waterproof container by placing the charcoal in a bucket and use a gamma lid to seal the top. This should keep the briquets by not letting moisture into the bucket!
According to the Fireplace Supplier Register, coal can be stored in damp places without harming it. It can also be retained in areas that have little or no protection from the rain and snow. If you choose, so you don't have to handle wet coal, you can cover it outside with tarps to keep it dry.
Avoid the temptation to keep a lot of firewood in your home. You can obviously carry in a few logs, but the best location to store firewood is outdoors. It's recommended that you keep your firewood at least 30 feet away from your house – not leaning against the house, next to the door. Ideally, wood should be kept off the ground too.
You can make a simple firewood holder out of two-by-fours in order to stack the wood properly. Be sure to stack the larger pieces of wood on the bottom of the pile. This will help the pile from leaning or falling over. Here is an article on how to build a firewood caddy.
You'll want to use a cover to protect the wood from getting wet. You can purchase a specific log rack cover or a simple tarp will do. Make sure that the cover is secured so it doesn't blow away in the wind.
You may notice that there are some bugs in your firewood. Do not spray your wood is insecticide! This can seep into the wood and fume in your house when you burn the log. Instead, the best thing to do is dry out the wood as quickly as possible. This will encourage most of the bugs to leave the wood.
There are a variety of matches out there. Avoid placing cheap matchbooks in your kits and emergency supplies. They can absorb moisture a lot easier.
Instead, focus on matches that are waterproof and have longer stems. This will allow you to light things from a safe distance and make sure that your matches are safe from moisture.
If you don't have waterproof matches, you can place your matches in a waterproof container. Make sure that the container is a thick plastic and isn't stored in direct sunlight. | can store.
When storing fuel, or other fire-starting material, you'll want to make sure to put them in a different colored container. Most of the time, liquid fuels are stored in red containers. At a minimum, containers should be obviously labeled.
Make sure that containers are sturdy, reliable and have a good seal on them. You want to make sure that the fuel won't leak. You should also consider a container that isn't clear or translucent.
The American Petroleum Institute recommends that you only store gasoline for up to two years. This recommendation does not include gasoline that has been treated with a stabilizer.
There are many types of stabilizers on the shelf that can get your gasoline to store for a few years.
While I've used gasoline that has been stored for years on my lawn mower, using "stale" gasoline that has been stored for an long time can have some diverse effects on your motor. The recommendation for 1-2 years of shelf-life would provide optimal gasoline.
Surprisingly, diesel doesn't have a very long shelf-life. It can only last for 6-12 months.
The problem with storing diesel is that it begins to oxidize as soon as it leaves the refinery. Sediments begin to form that would clog the motor. This reaction can be slowed by keeping the fuel cooler and by adding stabilizers. The condensation from the gasoline can also form algae.
Some people who store diesel for a long time (the Navy, gas companies) use methods to stabilize their supply. These methods can be pretty expensive though.
Kerosene is one of the easiest fuels to store, and is more versatile than most people think. It does not evaporate as readily as gasoline and will remain stable in storage with no special treatment.
Kerosene has a shelf-life of about three months. Storing kerosene for longer than that can result in bacteria and mold forming in the container.
When you store the kerosene, be sure to label the container properly. You want to make sure that it doesn't mix with gasoline or another type of fuel. You should store your kerosene in a different color container than gas to ensure that they are not mistakenly mixed.
Be sure to store the kerosene outdoors but protected from direct sunlight. Prolonged sunlight can degrade the kerosene.
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At the<|fim_middle|> Dr Jeremy Rowe (Head of Biology) on the right. These are the three winning posters. | start of February, BLUE Marine Foundation, of Lyme Bay Fisheries and Conservation Reserve, came into school to present to Year 9. The title of the team's presentation was "Everything is connected". They demonstrated that there were lots of sustainable ways that fishermen can catch their fish, that the food web is complex and the marine ecosystem depends on careful management.
BLUE Marine Foundation was established in 2010 and works with fishermen to educate students about the importance of the ecosystem beneath Lyme Bay, where a pioneering project analyses fishing activity data to inform its long-term management, aiming to safeguard biodiversity throughout the 60 square nautical miles of this very special local reserve. The School is very grateful to Neville Copperthwaite, Rowena Taylor and Nicky Mitchard from Blue Marine Foundation for their time and excellent presentation.
At the end of the presentation they invited students to enter a poster competition on the theme 'Protecting the marine habitat-reasons, problems and solutions'.
We are pleased to announce Elizabeth Fox was the overall winner with Harry McDougal and Ben Powles runners up. Our photo above shows the winners with their posters. Left to right Andrew Ellison (Head of Science), Elizabeth Fox, Harry McDougal and Ben Powles with | 249 |
Neochori (Grieks: Νεοχώρι) is een dorp en een gemeenschap op het schiereiland Pilion, Magnesia, Thessalië, Griekenland. Het was de zetel van de voormalige gemeente Afetes. Het dorp ligt verscholen in de omhelzing van een groot dennenbos op 480 meter<|fim_middle|>ë | boven zeeniveau en ongeveer 35 km ten zuidoosten van de stad Volos. De gemeenschap Neochori bestaat uit de dorpen Neochori, Agios Dimitrios, Afyssos, Zervochia, Megali Vrysi en Plaka. De gemeenschap strekt zich uit van de Egeïsche Zeekust van het schiereiland Pilion tot de Pagasetische Golf. Agios Dimitrios en Plaka liggen aan de Egeïsche kust en het toeristencentrum Afyssos ligt aan de Pagasetische kust.
In het centrum van Neochori ligt een dorpsplein, versierd met de eeuwenoude platanen en een overdekte fontein uit 1807. Er zijn twee taverna's en ook een kleine kafenion. De Agios Dimitrios-kerk onder het plein werd gebouwd in 1768 en is echt opmerkelijk. Uiterlijk ziet de kerk er vrij eenvoudig uit, maar de binnenkant maakt indruk met zijn houten uitgesneden iconenscherm en de muurschilderingen van de Epirote- schilder Pagonis .
Neochori staat bekend om de leisteen van zijn steengroeven. Verder zijn honing, appels en olijven typische producten van Neochori en omgeving.
Geschiedenis
Neochori is, zoals de naam al zegt, een "nieuw" dorp (neo chori = nieuwe plaats). Vroeger was de regio volledig beslecht van de Egeïsche kant tot aan de Pagasetische golf. Neochori werd echter in de middeleeuwen gebouwd door inwoners van de omliggende nederzettingen, maar ook door kolonisten uit de Egeïsche kant en uit het noorden van Griekenland.
De geschiedenis van de regio rond Neochori is erg lang. Het begon in de oudheid, de mythen van het koninkrijk Lai en berichten over Minoïsche nederzettingen, evenals kolonisten in Agios Dimitrios en Kaap Klossou, die op veel oude kaarten wordt genoemd als "Knossou". De historici Strabo en Herodotus schreven rapporten over Afetai .
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Home WORLD Cameron says bomb likely caused Russian airliner crash
Cameron says bomb likely caused Russian airliner crash
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was increasingly likely that a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt with the loss of 224 lives, setting him at odds with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands have suspended flights to and from Sharm al-Sheikh, leaving thousands of European tourists stranded in the Red Sea resort where the doomed airliner originated.
Egypt, which depends on tourism as a crucial source of revenue, said the decision to suspend flights was unjustified and should be reversed at once.<|fim_middle|> airliner crash
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A Sinai-based group affiliated to Islamic State, the militant group that has seized swathes of Iraq and Syria, has claimed responsibility for the crash, which if confirmed would make it the first attack on civil aviation by the world's most violent jihadist organization.
Moscow, which launched air strikes against Islamist fighters including Islamic State in Syria more than a month ago, says it is premature to reach conclusions that the flight was attacked.
In a telephone call, Putin told Cameron it was important that assessments of the cause of the crash be based on information from the official investigation, Interfax news agency reported.
Cameron, who hosted Egypt's President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi on Thursday for a previously scheduled visit, said: "We cannot be certain that the Russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, but it looks increasingly likely that that was the case."
His Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, said it was "a significant possibility" Islamic State was responsible, given a range of information, including the claim of responsibility.
Britain said it was working with airlines and Egyptian authorities to put in place additional security and screening measures at the airport to allow Britons to get home. It hoped flights bound for Britain could leave on Friday.
If a bomb brought down the Airbus A321, that would devastate Egypt's tourism industry, still recovering from years of political turmoil. Shares in holiday companies Thomas Cook and TUI Group fell.
U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said on Fox news that evidence so far indicated an Islamic State attack "with an explosive device in the airplane".
DOOMED FLIGHT
While Egypt has bristled at the suspensions of flights, Sisi said during his visit to London that he understood countries' concerns about safety. He said Cairo had been asked 10 months ago to check security at the airport in Sharm al-Sheikh.
"We understood their concern because they are really interested in the safety and security of their nationals," he added.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, said Russian planes were still flying to and from Sharm al?Sheikh.
"Theories about what happened and the causes of the incident can only be pronounced by the investigation," Peskov said.
Egypt's civil aviation minister, Hossam Kamal, said investigators so far had no evidence to support the explosion theory. Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia said investigators would examine whether there was any explosive material on the plane.
Security experts and investigators have said the plane is unlikely to have been struck from the outside and Sinai militants are not believed to have any missiles capable of striking a jet at 30,000 feet. Russia's Kogalymavia airline, which operated the crashed plane, said three of its four remaining A321 jets had passed Russian safety checks, while the fourth would be checked shortly.
FIRST FUNERALS
Russia on Thursday began burying some of those killed in the crash, which could affect strong public support for the Kremlin's air strikes in Syria.
In St Petersburg, the intended destination of the doomed flight, friends and loved ones bade farewell to 31-year-old Alexei Alexeyev, who worked for a heating and ventilation company and had been returning from a holiday.
Islamic State has called for war against both Russia and the United States in response to their air strikes in Syria.
The hardline group, which also has a presence in Egypt's neighbor Libya, is waging a campaign of suicide bombings and shootings in Egypt designed to topple the government.
A senior Russian lawmaker said Britain's decision to stop flights from Sharm was motivated by London's opposition to Russia's actions in Syria.
"There is geopolitical opposition to the actions of Russia in Syria," said Konstantin Kosachev, a senior member of Russia's upper house of parliament, when asked about Britain's decision, in comments reported by RIA news agency.
At Sharm airport, security appeared to have been tightened on Thursday with security forces patrolling the terminals and not allowing drivers, tour agents or others to loiter while awaiting tourist arrivals, a witness said.
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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Review: In Season 6, 'The Nine-Nine' Matters More than Ever
Captain Holt's trials and t-shirts are the secret weapon for a satisfying beginning to Season 6.
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Melissa Fumero and Andy Samberg in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
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"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" picks up right where it left off — as if nothing happened between the time Season 5 ended and Season 6 began. The premiere features no self-knowing nod to the audience or meta jab at the show's former network. The story just continues, and that's how it should be.
There are a million reasons why. For one, NBC was motivated to revive the comedy because it's produced by parent company NBC Universal, and in the upcoming content wars, ownership is the whole ballgame.<|fim_middle|> in Brooklyn and everyone does not love the police. These are never-ending endeavors, and yet they're the common goals of every character on the show. Moreover, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" deals with hard issues often enough that audiences don't always expect easy answers to serious problems. (Terry Crews' Sergeant Jeffords was racially profiled in his own neighborhood, and it could very well happen again.)
So how does the show respect the truth of its world without losing the joyful tone of its characters? It's the shirts and the "not" and the relentless perseverance springing from both. Goor and his writers consistently find ways to pepper extra doses of humor into each episode's running time, and the shirts are a stellar sneak-attack of funny in "Honeymoon." Meanwhile, choosing to not let Holt get his job speaks to the real world fans are living in and the creators are willing to acknowledge. It's more valuable to watch Holt grieve, nearly quit, and then resolve to fight the powers that almost squashed his career than to hand him a promotion. He obviously deserves it, but is that how things work in 2019?
Not everything ties back to Trump, but this choice feels carefully considered for the culture of our times. Happy endings aren't guaranteed; injustice is still rampant. It would be easy for everyone to fall into despair, and Goor's series recognizes as much through Holt's initial reaction. But the joyful spirit of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is distinguishable from other sitcoms in that it even though it delivers laughs in droves, it also provides a bit of a pep talk. Viewers need to see Holt lose because they need to see Holt fight back. They need to see persistence so they can emulate it themselves. They need to see "The 99," and NBC is giving it to them.
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" airs new episodes on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
This Article is related to: Television and tagged Brooklyn Nine-Nine, NBC, Reviews | NBC wants future fans to be able to watch all of "Brooklyn 99," uninterrupted, without subscribing to a different streaming service. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) doesn't make a snide remark to Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) about the show's history because that's not the "Nine-Nine" way. Its a sincere show filled with kind characters. They're not about to mock the folks who gave them five great seasons, especially when the new episodes have zero time for distractions.
And the first two NBC entries are medal-worthy performers. "Honeymoon" tracks Amy (Melissa Fumero) and Jake as they use their wedding insurance money to live large at a Mexican resort. Episode 2, "Hitchcock & Scully," shines an insightful light on two of the show's veteran reserves. For anyone worried about the show changing tacts for its new bosses, fear not — it's still the same show and still great. But all that time worrying does provide a fresh opportunity to appreciate what makes the show tick, and why it resonates so strongly six seasons later. In short, producer and showrunner Dan Goor makes every second count. As for how, well, that requires some spoilers.
[Editor's Note: The following portion of the review contains spoilers for "Brooklyn 99" Season 6, Episode 1, "Honeymoon."]
The "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" premiere continues undisturbed, quickly delivering a long-awaited answer that, for a turbulent 24 hours, fans thought they may never hear: Did Captain Holt (Andre Braughter) get the commissioner job? Yes, he did — or so he thinks. After reading his email too fast, Holt misses the word "not" in his would-be congratulatory letter. His mistake provides Jake enough time to grab a boombox for a celebratory Jock Jams session, which creates the perfect cold open close as his oblivious exuberance runs contrary to the group's despondent new tone.
Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Holt's loss is a big choice, and one that will define the season overall, but it also sets up "Honeymoon's" A-plot. All set to go coco-nuts around the clock, Jake and Amy's romantic shenanigans are dampened by the surprise presence of Captain Holt at the same resort. (Gina, of course, is to blame, thanks to "referral code: Gina30.") Yet Holt's arrival isn't a downer for the audience. It's a case to be solved — how can Amy and Jake motivate Holt to go back to work and save their honeymoon in the process? — and thus fits the show's enduring formula.
But let's take a second to elevate the not-so-hidden star of the show: Holt's shirts. Explaining that he tried to go to work but ended up on a plane to Mexico instead, Holt didn't pack a bag: "I bought a bundle of novelty shirts at a nearby gift shop. This one says 'What's up, beaches?' — instead of 'bitches,' for humor reasons." The explanation takes mere seconds but it provides an opportunity for bonus fun throughout the episode.
Sure, it's funny when Holt is blankly staring across the restaurant at Amy and Jake's romantic dinner, but it's even funnier that he's doing it in a sleeveless shirt with a buff bod printed on it. And it's great when Holt breaks into Amy and Jake's room during a couple's hot stone massage, laying down on the ground to better facilitate conversation with their face-down positions, but that he's doing it in a "DTF: Down to Fiesta" t-shirt is the cherry on top of their sundae. Finally, his "1 Tequila, 2 Tequila, 3 Tequila, FLOOR!!!" ensemble is the ideal juxtaposition to Holt's heartbreaking news that he's quitting the force.
Chelsea Peretti in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Of course, he doesn't quit the force, but the audience needed to see Holt go to that dark place while facing unexpected hardship. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" has always been about positive, supportive people sacrificing for the greater good and each other. They're idyllic, if silly, police officers, who forge idyllic, silly friendships. Often, these classic, happy sitcoms result in the characters getting everything they want, sometimes too easily, since rewarding nice people is an easy way to sustain the positive energy driving feel-good comedies. When a character says they're going after something they really want, audiences expect them to succeed.
But "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" doesn't operate that way — they can't. Despite Holt's claims that he's done everything he set out to do as a captain, there is still crime | 1,003 |
Pharmac strikes provisional deal to fund breast cancer drug Ibrance
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Pharmac<|fim_middle|> Coronavirus strain | has struck a provisional deal to fund a breast cancer drug which petitioners and sufferers have been demanding.
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Government drug-buying agency Pharmac has proposed to fund Palbociclib, marketed as Ibrance, after reaching an agreement with supplier Pfizer.
Health professionals will now be consulted and if feedback is positive patients could be prescribed Ibrance from April.
"Our clinical experts have told us that these types of medicines (CDK4/CDK6 inhibitors) can stop or slow down the progression of the cancer, giving people more time to spend with their loved ones," Pharmac said.
More than 2000 New Zealanders are expected to be eligible for the first and second line treatment in the first year of funding, and up to 950 New Zealanders eligible each year afterwards.
"We are here to make more medicines available for more New Zealanders," Pharmac's chief executive Sarah Fitt said.
"We do this by negotiating with medicine suppliers and running competitive pricing processes. In this instance we ran a request for proposal process and Pfizer offered the most competitive package."
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One of the new drugs set to be funded, for breast cancer, was funded in Australia four years ago. Source: 1 NEWS
At the moment the drug is not subsidised by Pharmac, meaning users have to pay the full cost themselves of more than $5000 a month.
The announcement has "delighted" the Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition.
"This will be a huge relief for the hundreds of New Zealand women who are struggling to self-fund this medicine," said Libby Burgess, its chair.
"Other countries have funded this type of medicine for several years now - Canada since 2016, UK and Scotland since 2017 and Australia since 2018."
Burgess said a group of women with advanced breast cancer marched to Parliament in October 2018 to present a petition calling for Ibrance to be funded.
"We're pleased that this action has led to positive change, but it's a tragedy that so many of those women are now no longer with us."
A petition last year urging Health Minister David Clark to fund the drug received 50,000 signatures, and one in 2018 presented to Parliament received 34,000 signatures.
"Cancer kills one in three New Zealanders, and we need to ensure that we keep up with the rest of the world when it comes to cancer medicines," Burgess said.
"New Zealanders deserve world-class cancer care, and access to modern medicines is a critical part of that. New Zealand's current medicines budget is one of the lowest in the OECD and this must change."
Pharmac said it had funded nine new medicines and widened access to 26 other in the last six months.
It announced funding for Kadcyla, another type of breast cancer drug, in October.
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THE showstopper at the Lodsworth and District Flower and Produce Show was the children's section.
The standard at the Lodsworth and District Garden Club's 55th annual show last Sunday was exceptionally high, giving the judges a difficult task to select winners among the ugly vegetable monsters, attractively decorated biscuits and beautiful pasta<|fim_middle|> Petworth Observer – always the first with your local news. | flowers.
Sue Buckingham, chairman and show secretary, said: "So many children had been inspired to produce imaginative and clever entries.
Scarlet Smithers, seven, won the Williamson Cup for her exquisitely decorated and intricately-coloured biscuits, and newcomer Lily Mitchell, eight, won the Sellar Trophy for most points overall.
The adults put on a pretty good show, too.
Sue said: "The village hall was a pleasure to behold – beautiful flowers, toothsome vegetables, mouthwatering cakes and wonderful photographs.
Peter Corbett, new to the village, was the only member to bag two awards – the Lady Nathan Trophy for his vegetable collection and the highly-coveted Banksian Medal for most points in flowers, fruit and vegetables.
Brecknock Cup for floral arrangements, Libby Milling. Crosbie Cup for flowers and fruit, Jill Halfhide. George Baldwin Cup for photography, Liz Smillie. Gordon Cup for vegetables, Vera Baker. Silver Jubilee Plate, most points in all adult sections, Mary Daubeny. Thorp Trophy for culinary skills, Caroline Fortune.
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Steve Oneschuk
By John Stevens
A few days before the 1996 annual meeting and dinner, members of the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch were shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Steve Oneschuk, as fine a gentleman as one is ever likely to encounter. At the time of his death he was still in the first year as a member of the executive and had already built the steel cabinet that encloses our sign, carved signs for our Open House, installed shelving in the NPCA storage closet and had carved a Golden Eagle head as a donation to the bucket raffle at our annual dinner.
Steve grew up in St. Catharines , the second youngest of six children who were raised by his mother from the time he was two because his father was killed during construction of the Welland Ship Canal. Introduced to sports in public school, Steve excelled and while in high school played football, basketball, hockey and lacrosse. There were two basketball titles and a football championship at the high school and two provincial lacrosse championships. In his graduating year, he was the Rotary medallist and headed to the University of Toronto (U of T) on a scholarship after declining an offer to try out for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football team.
He led his university class in first year and was in the top four when he graduated. He was a Canadian Intercollegiate All-Star four times in football and three times in basketball and was named U of T's outstanding athlete in 1953 and 1954, thereby gaining entry to the university's sports hall of fame. In the 1954 football championship game while playing both offense and defence, he scored a touchdown (five points in those days), kicked the convert and in the dying seconds kicked a 40-yard field goal into the wind to lead U of T to a 9-8 victory over Western. That performance probably produced the easiest selection of outstanding athlete ever at U of T.
Both Edmonton and Hamilton selected him in separate drafts for the CFL. He chose Hamilton and was signed for $5,<|fim_middle|> in Vineland and was also able to devote much more time to his real passion, woodcarving.
His pleasure in working with wood had been kindled in a wood pattern-making course that he had in high school. For the last 25 years of his life, the focus of the carving was on birds. In the early 1970s, he entered an amateur competition and won first place with a life-size Canada Goose. The following year, he only came third but that was likely because his entry was mistakenly placed in the professional division! He continued to win awards for his work, topped off with a world championship in 1993 for a life-size Common Loon preening its feathers.
In 2007, the St. Catharines Museum mounted a special exhibition of his carvings. The detail was astonishing and he had the ability to capture the essence of each species of bird with just the right pose. Unlike a drawing or painting, he had to get it right the first time as once it had been carved, it couldn't be corrected. A particular favourite of mine was one of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding in a tubular flower for which the long thin bill of the bird is the only attachment to the rest of the carving.
For all his talents, Steve was actually a quiet man, letting his work speak for him. While it is a shame that he died so young, he has left a legacy that rings loudly for which we can be very thankful. | 000, not a bonus but as an annual salary. As he had done in university, he played both ways for the Tiger-Cats. On offense he alternated between fullback and halfback, punted and kicked field goals. When the other team had the ball he was a defensive back: all this from a man who played at 180 pounds on a five foot ten inch frame. Hamilton certainly got value for their money. In his six years as a pro, three times as captain he led the team to the Grey Cup game but only got one win.
He began teaching high school in Hamilton in 1955 after graduation. Initially he taught science, chemistry and physical education but by 1970 had become a principal. He served at several high schools in the Hamilton system before taking early retirement after suffering a heart attack in 1987. While it was retirement from education, it was anything but passive as he became a regular volunteer at The Owl Foundation | 203 |
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Founding Mothers of Professional Surfing
Lauren L. Hill on the early trailblazers who fought for equal pay and established the sport on a global scale
05/2020 Escape
In 2019, the World Surf League became the first American-based global sports organization to implement equal pay for male and female athletes. It was a historic move for a sport in which gender discrimination had been so radically entrenched. For most of the competitive surfing's history, women were treated like sometimes pretty, but mostly irrelevant, sideshows. Parallel to surfing as a spiritual outlet and art form, there has always been a competitive element to wave riding in societies with developed aquatic cultures. Ancient Polynesians rode waves for centuries before Europeans witnessed surfing, and in both Hawai'i and Tahiti, competitive surf gatherings were common, as was gambling on those events.
1966 world champ Joyce Hoffman dominated competitive surfing in her era. (Photo: Ron Church, She Surf)
Professionalized surfing as a distinctly Western tradition arose in the 1960s and birthed in the 1970s. Many surfers and contest organizers had their hands in what contest surfing should be. However, the deeply subjective nature of what defines "good" surfing leaves ample room for debate about how contests are structured and judged.
Historians agree that the first official world champions—Australians Phyllis O'Donnell and Bernard "Midget" Farrelly—were crowned in 1964, the same year the International Surfing Association (ISA) was formed. The winner-takes-all accolades event on Sydney's Manly Beach is considered the inaugural World Championships.
The women's results of the Peruvian 1965 World Championship were not even mentioned in Surfer Magazine that year
"World Championships" was somewhat of a misnomer, however, especially for the women's division. The field of competition was small, and Linda Benson was the only international entrant. On the men's side, "only 13 of the 200 entrants were non-Australians," documents Matt Warshaw in The History of Surfing. Still, the event, sponsored by Australia's largest petroleum company, was attended by tens of thousands and received ample media coverage—including a live broadcast of the finals, a first.
World champion Joyce Hoffman graced the cover of Life and the pages of Vogue as one of surfing's early stars. (Photo: Ron Church, She Surf)
The legitimization of an official World Championship allowed the birth of commercial surf stars. Joyce Hoffman, who won in 1966, was a dynamic, powerful, and stylish surfer who garnered big-name sponsors and was even featured on the cover of Life. Hoffman was the first woman to ride the cataclysmic waves of the Pipeline, and she dominated surfing through the 1960s with an obsessive,<|fim_middle|>, if we tried that, the sponsors would say 'See ya later!'"
In 1975, in response to subpar prize purses, a small group—including professional surfers Jericho Poppler, Mary Setterholm, and Mary Lou Drummy—founded the Women's International Surfing Association (WISA) to address the sport's gender inequities, because, as Setterholm asserted: "Waves treat everyone equally; men and women are on the same terms as far as nature is concerned." WISA held stand-alone events, like the Hang Ten Women's International Professional Surfing Championships, which boasted a $3,000 (€2,750) prize purse. But the event had its challenges. Namely male surfers who refused to clear the line-up in blatant disrespect. Competitors were forced to fight for waves with non-competitors and maneuver around a crowded Malibu line-up to compete.
The following year, in a devastating event indicative of the gender-power dynamics of the culture, one of the cofounders of WISA was sexually assaulted by a group of surfers. She fled the sport and the state of California. This was a potent reminder that even though women were making strides, the reign of patriarchal masculinity, wherein domination is power, was still oppressively present, on land and in the water.
Surf historians note that surfing in the 1960s was counterculture and, as a result, both women and men were considered free-spirit thinkers who refused to conform to traditional family and cultural norms. (Photo: Ming Nomchong, She Surf)
As men's contests grew in size and scale into the eighties, women's events were still an afterthought. In Girl in the Curl: a Century of Women in Surfing, Andrea Gabbard describes one Australian contest in which, "the first place woman took home $1,500 (€1,400), the man $35,000 (€32,000). The best surf was reserved for the men. Often, while women were out competing in their final surfing heats, all eyes in the crowd—and the media—were focused on the women competing in the bikini contest on the beach. Some pro-women joked half-heartedly that it would be more profitable to win the bikini contest and receive a lucrative modeling contract."
Margo Oberg was one of the first women to take home prize money from a surfing contest: $150 (€140) at the Santa Cruz Pro-Am in 1969. Born in Pennsylvania and transplanted to Kauai, Oberg cut her teeth surfing against boys in the club contests and emerged as a power surfer and fierce competitor. She went on to win four world titles (usurping Joyce Hoffman). Her low-center-of-gravity stance and aggressive style inspired many male journalists of the day to compare her surfing to the men's—the "highest" reigning compliment for female surfers for most of the 20th-century. Oberg capitalized on the "shortboard revolution" of the 1960s, which swept the surfing world with smaller, lighter boards. While Joyce Hoffman was the icon of women's longboard surfing, Oberg became the gold standard for high-performance competitive short boarding.
Oberg was a catalyst for progressing women's surfing both competitively and also into heavier water. When asked in a 1979 profile by Surfing Magazine about the financial progression of her sport, she said: "In tennis, women can say they won't play unless they get more money, and they get it. In surfing, if we tried that, the sponsors would say 'See ya later!'"
As many women of her era did, Oberg recognized the vast athletic and commercial potential of female surfers, despite experiencing the chauvinistic attitudes of dominant surf culture that held back the sport. She was diplomatic and remained more focused on competition than paying the personal and professional price for attempting to change the status quo.
Nevertheless, these bold women pushed boundaries and laid the foundations for performance, athleticism, and marketability of female surfers. Even if never fairly compensated or rightfully recognized in their time, they were pioneers of the sport and catalysts for the boom that followed in subsequent decades. When the World Surf League announced their recent decision to award equal prize money to male and female athletes, CEO Sophie Goldschmidt said that the organization wanted to be on "the forefront of equality, starting on the waves" and thanked "the many advocates who have worked for decades to help advance women's surfing."
From fighting for equal pay and recognition to contemporary surfers, explore the world of female surfing through She Surf.
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A Peaceful Parisian Loft Full of Personality
Nestled in a typical passageway in the busy 11th arrondissement sits a tranquil-like loft that is a welcome escape from the streets of Paris. Once a derelict old factory, this family home was painstakingly renovated over years before evolving into a masterpiece of design. Explore a beautiful feature from Inspiring Family Homes. | competitive drive. Surfers of her era were considered wild and free-spirited, not necessarily serious athletes. Hoffman's commitment, a clean-cut presentation, and the calculated approach made her an aspirational icon for the sport.
"Waves treat everyone equally; men and women are on the same terms as far as nature is concerned"
While some mainstream American publications became champions of women's surfing and Joyce Hoffman in particular, women were frequently excluded from the male-dominated surf media. The women's results of the Peruvian 1965 World Championship were not even mentioned in Surfer Magazine that year.
This lack of recognition wouldn't deter dedicated water women, as it hadn't in the past. Prior to the 1964 World Championship, there were events like the Makaha International Surfing Championship that crowned unofficial world champions. One of these women was Californian surfer Ethel Harrison, who moved to Honolulu and married Hawaiian Joe Kukea in 1935. Ethel Kukea went on to victory at the Makaha International Surfing Championship, in both 1955 and 1956, the first two years the competition included a women's division. When she won in 1955, she was 41-years-old and a working mother of three.
In 1958, Californian Marge Calhoun, a decorated swimmer, diver, and stuntwoman, went on an epic adventure to the Hawaiian Islands with her surfing companion Eve Fletcher, a Disney animator by trade. They lived in a panel van for a month and charged waves from Hale'iwa to Sunset on O'ahu's North Shore. That year, Calhoun won the prestigious Makaha event at age 32. She and her daughters, Candy and Robin Calhoun, also talented surfers, were blonde, statuesque, and known for epitomizing the sunny "surfer girl" style of their generations.
On at least one occasion, after winning a heat, Haslock was asked by a ruthless photographer to hand her surfboard off to a more glamorous beachgoer who was then photographed with Haslock's board for the glossy media depiction of women's surfing
Later, in 1961, Calhoun was a cofounder of the amateur U.S. Surfing Association and its first and sole female judge. Another Californian, Linda Benson took the Makaha title in 1959. She was 15 at the time. The same year, Benson became the first woman to surf O'ahu's big-wave mecca Waimea Bay. She recalled her experience to Liquid Salt magazine:
"I remember that day. They were calling it 18 feet (5.5 meters). We stood on the cliff just watching the waves and kicking the dirt, trying to decide whether to go out or not. There was a small guy from Windansea named David Cheney. He had the smallest board, a 10-foot (3-meter) gun, and he let me borrow it. I waited for a lull and my heart was pounding. I didn't think about whether or not I was going to be the first girl. I just went and did it."
As the first woman to ride Waimea Bay, Linda Benson helped nudge women's surfing into heavier waters. (Photo: Ron Church, She Surf)
In England, women's contest surfing can be traced to one dominant figure: Gwyn Haslock. As the sole female competitor, she entered the British National Championships in 1966—and inspired the establishment of a Ladies National Championship in 1969, which she won. Haslock went on to victory at four consecutive British Ladies Surfing Championships (1970-1974) and the English Surfing Championships as late as 1990. On at least one occasion, after winning a heat, Haslock was asked by a ruthless photographer to hand her surfboard off to a more glamorous beachgoer who was then photographed with Haslock's board for the glossy media depiction of women's surfing.
Despite their achievements, early pioneers were not recognized for their accomplishments to the same extent that the men were. The monetization of men's surfing made this sexism easily quantifiable.
The first surf contest to offer prize money was the Tom Morey Invitational, held in Ventura in 1965. It offered a $5,000 (€4,500) prize purse: $2,000 (€1,800) for the winner. No women were invited. As detailed in The Encyclopedia of Surfing: "The men had over a dozen money events in 1975; the women had three. Michael Peterson got $1,500 (€1,400) for taking Bells, women's division winner Gail Couper won $200 (€180)." Male surfers were not making a generous living by any means, in fact, most were borrowing money to get to the events, but only a handful of women were financially compensated at all.
"In tennis, women can say they won't play unless they get more money, and they get it. In surfing | 1,076 |
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Letter: US-Iran agreement a good thing
It was the Rev. Billy Graham — more than 35 years ago — who called for an end to the arms race.
He described massive spending on the armaments of war as "insanity" and "madness." The year was 1979. Since then, the investment in perfecting nuclear arms by the U.S., Russia, Israel and other nations of the world has continued. We have the ability now to destroy the world many times over, bringing an end to the wonder of human life and all of nature.
A president of our country — General Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican — warned against such a calamity. That was more than 50 years ago. "There is no way," he wrote, "in which a country<|fim_middle|> she wrote to an astronaut at the time: "Please take the nuclear bombs to the moon on your next space flight and leave them there."
The agreement between Iran and the U.S. is not perfect, but it is far better than the real possibility of another war and an inferno that could bring even more misery and death to the Middle East. The critics of diplomacy are already howling. They will attempt in the weeks ahead to attack the deal and scare us to death.
"I speak," General Eisenhower said, "as one who has witnessed the horror and the lingering sadness of war, as one who knows that another war could utterly destroy this civilization which has been so slowly and painfully built over thousands of years." The best route to the future remains diplomacy. The diplomats should be thanked and not attacked.
Reverend Frederick Trost | can satisfy the craving for absolute security, but it can easily bankrupt itself, morally and economically, in attempting to reach that illusory goal through arms alone."
A small girl in Milwaukee, age 8 at the time, stated the truth in a single sentence: "Grownups can't be trusted with guns and bombs." A 9-year-old girl in Chicago expressed her thoughts in a note | 80 |
Movement Detroit 2017: Perspectives from Above Ground and the Underground
by Karlie Powell
in Events, Reviews
As festival season powers through the summer, many are still riding the excitement of one of the most impactful music events on the scene — Movement in Detroit!
I'm one of those people.
The feeling you get walking through a lively Hart Plaza, techno pumping from each stage in the city that made it, is truly unmatchable. Combine three days worth, with some of the best tech and house DJ/producers in the industry, and people from literally all over the planet, and you're in for an unforgettable experience full of fun and music discovery.
Something I've noticed right off, from my first year at Movement in 2015 to 2017 — the growth, not in mass but in dynamic. I heard more stories of people traveling great lengths to get to the concrete ravers paradise (I'm thankful the D is within driving distance for me). One instance in particular sticks out to me, as a couple from Australia heard about, then researched Movement, fell in love with the music, and decided to make it the destination for their first music festival, ever. They said it was the best weekend of their entire lives, and they weren't the only ones.
Saturday night was all about getting your feet wet when it came to the music. Jumping around stage to stage, I felt naive thinking in my head, "It all sounds the same." But, I knew better. The heartbeat of each song might pump the same, but each artist equips the tracks differently through unique style and sound. For the only time in recent memory, I let go and went where the music took me. Finally, I forced myself to stay put for an entire set, which happened to be Richie Hawtin closing out the Main Stage on day 1. He went for a slow opening, with an eerie build that bloomed into a theatrical, adrenaline infused performance — with every moment as intentional and intricate as the next. He completely captured my attention, and that of the packed in audience with his carefully crafted set and visually stimulating CLOSE production until the bitter end.
Sunday was another blur in terms of who and what I watched, but it was a consistent flow of amazing music, great conversation, and afterparty talk — "Where'd you go last night?" "Where are you going tonight?" "Oh, well, _______ is the best afterparty all weekend!" Soon, it was time to lock down a plan. Being a huge Deadmau5 fan, I decided to camp out for Testpilot at the Main Stage and that's when Adam Beyer unexpectedly served up one of my favorite techno delicacies of the weekend! The uncontrollable dancing was soon shut down by rain, then lightning, and delay on delay on delay. Few artists can deal with a situation like that, keep their cool, power through it, and still come out on top with one of the best sets of the entire weekend — and Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 aka Testpilot is one of them. More on his epic set here!
At Movement 2017, it seemed each day was better than the last, and Monday topped off the incredible music festival with the most variety offered all weekend. I started off my day by dying and going to heaven with a surprise Mija set in the VIP section to celebrate her birthday, complete with sunshine, cocktails, and treats… Then made my way to Main Stage for Soul Clap live, into Claude VonStroke's debut of Barclay Crenshaw, by far the craziest set I witnessed all weekend (watch here)! Survive, Carl Craig, The Gaslamp Killer, and Detroit's own Danny Brown were all sprinkled in there, finishing off the day with the legendary Carl Cox — who truly gave a grand finale -esque performance laced with the best sounds techno has to offer! By the close of the festival, Main Stage felt like a house party. And, that's what Movement is all about.
As I frolicked above ground, others found home for the weekend in the underground… Like my colleague, Georgia, that will take it from here…
For many, the Underground Stage is a foreign land nestled just below the rest of Hart Plaza. And while house-y and tech filled grooves blast through the speakers at the stages above, the Underground Stage, hosted by Resident Advisor this year, was thumping away with its hard techno beats, not a sound that many can get used to. But for me, it had been like the promised land, especially after the 2016 lineup had fallen a bit flat when it came to diving into the deeper depths of techno that many fans would have liked to have seen. It's probably important to note that the techno I refer to here isn't quite the same as the Detroit techno that still came highly represented.
2017 was most definitely the return of techno to Movement and I mean real, heavy, industrial like techno. This cavern of concrete was home to artists such as Headless Horseman, Rrose, Drumcell, Adam X & Perc, Rebekah, Function, DVS1, and quite a few more.
In years past I had barely spent time down there for a few reasons, but the biggest was most definitely the sound. This year was by far the best that it's sounded in the four years that I have attended Movement and for that, I tip my hat to the sound engineers that no doubt worked tirelessly to transform a space of stone into something that could work acoustically. It finally felt like I was able to hear the music the way that it was supposed to be heard. And<|fim_middle|> allowed me to do a bit of wandering around the festival which is always enjoyable. But of course, I once again found myself in the Underground to be able to catch DVS1 at 8pm. This is an artist I've gotten to catch back home in Chicago before so it was another can't miss set for me. It's evident that this mans knowledge of music and the genre of techno is next to none with the way that he is able to command the dance floor. He proved this once again when he took to the stage at The Works for the closing of the Interface | Scene party later that night.
The best part of the Underground stage is that it is a safe haven from the rain that unfortunately rolled in over the festival that weekend. So when I walked in a bit late on day 3 and a sudden, yet short, storm decided to pour on us I quickly made my way down there. Monday gave way to artists such as DJ Hyperactive, Rebekah (Hybrid Set), Drumcell, and Ben Sims b2b Truncate.
By this point in the weekend my energy levels were definitely fleeting due to lack of sleep and too much good music (I just couldn't stop dancing). Which is why Rebekah's set was the prefect tempo to ease me into day 3 and bring back what ever little energy I had left. She had been one of my more anticipated acts to catch and I was happy to be able to make it in time to do so. Via a live hybrid set, Rebekah was able to showcase why she is currently one of the hottest acts to catch. Immediately following her was Drumcell, a California native that is on a mission to prove that America knows exactly what it is doing in terms of techno. He was relentless and that is exactly what I expected from him. Up next was Ben Sims b2b Truncate, a pairing that I truly didn't want to miss but unfortunately had due because my body was giving into its exhaustion. And while I enjoyed some chicken alfredo from room service back at the hotel those two men delivered a perfect set to wrap up a perfectly curated weekend spent Underground.
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Karlie Powell | perhaps it was too good because it led me to not leave the stage pretty much all weekend. I tried catching a few other acts that I had made plans too see but no matter how hard I tried the Underground Stage kept pulling me back in.
Saturday boasted probably the most impressive lineup out of the three days with Matrixxman, Rrose, Headless Horseman, Adam X & Perc, and Function all leading into one another. Each artist worked and performed perfectly into the next, keeping intensity the whole time. The deeper sounds that make up Rrose and Headless Horseman were the perfect appetizers to one of my favorite performances of the weekend, which was the back to back set from Adam X & Perc (AX&P). I've been lucky enough to catch both separately, specifically at the Interface | Scene 2016 after party (the destination party for all things techno), so I knew what both were capable of and together, well, it exceeded my expectations for the day.
Sunday was most definitely my most laid back day in terms of who I wanted to catch and | 218 |
The ObserverBooks
Inside a deep Brown study
William Keegan provides a balanced survey of the iron chancellor in The Prudence of Mr Gordon Brown, says Sunder Katwala
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Sunder Katwala
Sat 13 Sep 2003 21.09 EDT
The Prudence of Mr Gordon Brown
by William Keegan
Wiley Europe, £18.99, pp368
Every Labour government has left office broken by economic crisis. Yet it is the politics of the Tony Blair-Gordon Brown relationship that has dominated books about the Chancellor. Paul Routledge's colourful and partisan account was in the mould of the 'campaign biography', designed to cause explosions at Westminster. With much more of the economic evidence now in, there have been few accessible attempts to assess it.
But this book by Bill Keegan, The Observer's economics editor, is a judicious and balanced survey. It contains much well-sourced, inside information on the workings of the Treasury, but is not short on anecdote: Keegan suggests that Brown's long feud with Robin Cook may date to the launch of a book they had jointly edited in 1983, where Brown was late and Cook started the celebrations without him.
Brown's prudence, claims Keegan, has three strands: As a 'son of the Manse', he was inclined to a frugality demanded by Labour's harrowing experience of economic disaster and its defeat at the polls in 1992. Brown and Blair gave priority to destroying Labour's reputation as a party of high taxation and devaluation. Much less remarked upon is that Brown also inherited a prudent official policymaking machine. The Treasury had come a cropper. Its policy had collapsed in the ERM crisis and it had underestimated the Lawson boom fallout. This left it open to change. 'Previous Labour governments have felt captured by the Treasury. Brown captured the Treasury,' writes Keegan.
He recalls how shocked he and the rest of the economic commentariat were by Brown's political coup de thétre - making the Bank of England independent on day eight in power. Yet he also shows how long in the making the move was. Brown had first recruited his highly influential special adviser, Ed Balls, on the basis of the latter's 1992 Fabian pamphlet advocating Bank independence and a rigorous approach to economic stability. By 1995, Brown was convinced<|fim_middle|> euro-caution combined a strong belief in the merits of his independent Bank with the scars of the ERM crisis.
If Brown's was 'prudence for a purpose', Keegan asks whether the caution went too far. Sticking to Tory spending plans for the first two years delayed Labour's assault on decades of underfunding. Keegan's modus operandi is to present the evidence and allow his readers to make up their minds. But in explaining why 'Brown was determined to take a long-term view of everything', Keegan is with Keynes in hinting that the short run can matter rather a lot, too.
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Christmas was the most fun time of the year for Martina and Montana, twin sisters who made and sold homemade chocolate-chip cookies during every Christmas holiday.
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"The importance of being versatile," said Minerva.
"We're learning something else, too," said Montana.
Mitchell was glad to see that his daughters were being educated while they worked on their Christmas project. "And what else are we learning?," he asked. | the sale of the cookies were donated to buy Christmas presents for needy children.
The 17-year-olds had been involved in their special project for five years and had raised more than $1,000 to buy toys for needy kids.
The girls' parents, Mitchell and Minerva, were very proud of their daughters. Mitchell and Minerva also worked on their own special annual Christmas project: They painted scenes of local mountains and valleys and sold them on online auctions to raise funds for overseas missions projects.
This Christmas, Mitchell and Minerva decided to try their hand at making cookies, and Martina and Montana painted some landscapes. Mom, dad and the twins had so much fun they decided that for all future Christmases they all would make chocolate-chip cookies and paint landscapes.
Mitchell and Minerva wanted to give their "signature" to their cookies, so they carved little crosses into the tasty treats. "We'll bake the best-tasting and most fashionable chocolate-chip cookies in the world," Minerva promised.
Montana and Martina taste-tested their parents' cookies. "These are even more delicious than our cookies," Montana said.
"And that means they are extra super delicious," bragged Martina.
Martina and Montana wanted to personalize their paintings, just as their parents left their imprint on their cookies.
The twins began incorporating renderings of the silhouette of Jesus in every painting. In some paintings, Jesus was depicted on the Cross. In others, He was shown feeding the multitudes, being baptized by John the Baptist, or as the baby in the manger.
"You girls have become very adept at painting landscapes," said Mitchell.
"I think we're all learning a very important lesson," said Minerva.
"What lesson is that, Mom?," asked Martina | 359 |
Nevada's Big Give is NEXT THURSDAY March 21st!
This year, we are asking our communities throughout the state and region to be a part of Nevada's day of giving – an opportunity to unite our community around causes in which we truly believe and to build support for the<|fim_middle|> your friends and family members about the important work we do and ask them to join us in helping to make a difference.
We love our work and take the responsibility of serving children and families in our community very seriously.
We would like you to know that we make the most of every dollar contributed: In fact, 93 cents of every dollar given goes directly to program services.
We serve children ages birth through 24. The community's kids are "our" kids, and we consider our clients to be members of the Children's Cabinet Family. Our approach works because we focus on strengthening families, not just on helping one person.
On March 21, or before, visit the 2019 Children's Cabinet Big Give Page and make a donation to us and/or to any of the great participating nonprofit organizations in Nevada.
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Thanks to a community of supporters, all of our services are free and available to families. We can help the parents and youth who ask for help, without having to turn them away.
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Venus Goes Into Gemini — Learn More About Your Relationships
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Venus has just entered curious Gemini and it's a great time to learn more about the most important, one-on-one relationships in your life. Whether you're in a LTR or just breaking the waves with someone new, comparing planets and signs between two lives and charts is not only informative, it's essential. There are two types of charts/readings that are the most commonly used.
Synastry is when two charts are superimposed with one another. It allows us to understand how two individuals operate together inside of a relationship. It accounts for the expression of each person in the relationship, where the potential is, where the challenge is and how it can be worked out. By honoring both people and the interrelated points of connection, couples can see themselves and the relationship as a whole.
MIDPOINT COMPOSITE
The difference between the Synastry method of looking at two people in relationship and the Mid-Point composite is like looking<|fim_middle|>, patterns, and ultimate goals in working together.
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Thanks Jan. Glad it made a difference. | at the separate ingredients of soup, then tasting and taking in the whole soup. The Midpoint Composite chart takes the midpoints between each planet and the ascendant in two charts, and determines s a shared planet/sign/degree/house/ascendant for both people. What emerges is a composite of both people and charts creates an image of the couple as one entity. While the Synastry chart shows both people in their respective strengths and weaknesses, the Midpoint Composite chart unleashes the power as a couple– the couple as a whole entity.
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I love my report; it's been very insightful regarding my own traits and attributes in comparison to my husbands. I can definitely see clearly how we struggle and what to nurture about eachother as individuals working together as a whole. I feel much more confident in our life together as a TEAM; and this report was avery in depth way to see all of our tendencies | 283 |
Kosovo delegation meets with NOA of Croatia
November 11, 2021 January 13, 2022 / Croatian Olympic Academy
September 2021 marked the foundation of the Kosovo Olympic Academy under the guidance of the Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC). A delegation from the Kosovo Olympic Committee subsequently visited the Croatian Olympic Academy (<|fim_middle|> for the Kosovo Olympic Academy to be developed according to the Croatian model.
KOC General Secretary Aliti, on behalf of President Krasniqi, thanked COC President Matesa for the hospitality and the fruitful dialogue between the two Olympic Committees and indicated the intention to formalise this cooperation by planning to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation next time the two organisations meet.
COC President Matesa expressed his willingness and that of the Croatian Olympic Committee to work closely with their Kosovar colleagues.
The President of the European Olympic Academies, Manfred Laemmer, sees this exchange as a key progression which will strengthen the dissemination of Olympic values within sport in Kosovo.
The NOA of Kosovo will now continue its collaboration with the Croatian Olympic Academy on an operational level in order to foster the development of sports coach education and enhance its dissemination of Olympic values. The NOA of Kosovo and the HOA will meet again in the coming months.
Invitation to concluding "Athletes Friendly Education" conference | HOA) in mid-October of this year.
The three-member delegation, formed by KOC General Secretary Besim Aliti, and the coordinators of the Kosovo Olympic Academy, Fitim Arifi and Diellza Kelmendi, was welcomed by the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) Zlatko Matesa, its General Secretary Sinisa Krajac and the Director of the Croatian Olympic Academy and EOA Board Member Sasa Ceraj.
The purpose of the visit to Zagreb by the Kosovo delegation was to develop the cooperation between the two Olympic Academies, specifically by gaining relevant knowledge and experience from the Croatian Olympic Academy.
During a one-day workshop, HOA presented its functional model and shared in-depth knowledge about the model's application with the Kosovar colleagues. The plan is | 165 |
If Brisbane Roar fans needed another reminder that Devante Clut<|fim_middle|> than I thought I would have," Clut said.
When asked if he thought he could be one of Brisbane's impact players under new Head Coach John Aloisi – who watched Wednesday night's match from the stands – in the 2015/16 season, Clut said it was clear what he needed to do.
"I'm confident in myself and I think I can keep it coming," he said.
The Roar squad is now on a four-week break before returning to training in early July ahead of the blockbuster clash against Liverpool FC on Friday, 17 July – Aloisi's first match in charge at the club. | could be one of the club's key players in the next Hyundai A-League season, Wednesday night's LFP World Challenge tour match against Villarreal CF at Suncorp Stadium was it.
The 19-year-old bagged a brace against the sixth-placed La Liga club in the Roar's comprehensive 3-0 victory, including a stunning long-range curler from outside the penalty box. Costa Rican striker Jean Carlos Solorzano chimed in with Brisbane's second goal on the night.
Clut scored 11 goals in 15 Foxtel National Youth League matches last season and then made immediate impact in his first senior game of the 2014/15 campaign, scoring two goals in a 3-3 draw with K-League Classic's Suwon Bluewings in Match Day 3 of the AFC Champions League.
After his emphatic end to the 2014/15 season and his two goals against Marcelino García Toral's Villarreal, Clut said even he was surprised by how much he had progressed since the beginning of the year.
"I think I've definitely learned more | 233 |
It's a new year and that means organizations are gearing up to fine-tune the operational aspects of their company. HR generalists all over the nation are ticking the boxes to ensure compliance—and for many, configuring an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) is part of that equation. Most organizations use the calendar year to begin their plan, so now is a critical time to get started on the affirmative action front. Creating an Affirmative Action Plan has its tricky moments, as many organizations are not sure if they need one or what it takes to put a solid plan into motion. Not sure where to begin? First, let's start with who needs an Affirmative Action Plan.
The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act, requires contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment veterans with service-connected disabilities, recently separated veterans and other protected veteran. VERVAA requires that employers with contracts entered before Dec. 1, 2003 who also have 50 or more employees and contracts of $25,000 or more would be required to take affirmative action. Those with 50 or more employees and $50,000 in federal contracts would be required to have a written affirmative action program. For contracts entered on or after Dec. 1, 2003, contractors with 50 or more employees and a contract of $100,000 or more would need a written affirmative action program.
Under Executive Order 11246, federal contractors and subcontractors with<|fim_middle|> anywhere you need it. | 50 or more employees who have entered into at least one contract of $50,000 or more with the federal government must prepare and maintain a written program, which must be developed within 120 days from the commencement of the contract and must be updated annually. The program should cover recruitment, hiring and promotion of women and minorities. Any depository of government funds in any amount or any financial institution that is an issuing and paying agent for U.S. saving bonds and savings notes in any amount must develop and maintain written affirmative action programs as well.
Executing a good Affirmative Action Plan has several benefits. A study conducted by University of Illinois professor Dr. Cedric Herring in 2009 analyzed more than 1,000 American businesses, and Dr. Herring found that employers with diverse employee pools have stronger bottom lines, the result of a stronger customer base, a larger market share and higher sales revenue, all of which resulted in higher profits. This means the better the plan, the more likely the organization succeeds. On the other side of the coin, it prevents organizations from being out of compliance, which can garner penalties, sanctions, and even revocation of government contracts. While the benefits are clear, creating a solid Affirmative Action Plan can be tough for your already busy HR team.
Creating an Affirmative Action Plan has its obstacles. For starters, states and federal laws have different requirements. If your organization operates on a multi-state level, there may be different hoops you need to jump through to ensure full compliance. Of course, the process does not have to be a manual one as many companies adopt technology to mitigate the cumbersome task of solidifying their plans. The beauty of software is that it takes away the tedious nature of manual tracking. Need a plan that covers all of the bases? Use software that can customize your employment application and allow your applicants to self identify their race, gender, veteran status and more at point of application. This takes away the headache of manually tracking without having to dedicate manpower to get it done.
An Affirmative Action Plan is not a new phenomenon, but it can trip up even the most astute organization. The New Year brings great opportunity for organizations to hit the ground running. Get off to a strong start by firming up your Affirmative Action Plans. Start by determining if an Affirmative Action Plan is right for your company and mitigate the process by allowing tech solutions do the heavy lifting. By being proactive, you lessen the risk of being out of compliance while giving you the peace of mind by getting the job done right.
href='https://www.applicantpro.com/glossary/applicant-tracking-system/'>applicant tracking system of the 21st century. It's been through many changes and will continue to evolve as technology does. But it's safe to say that the applicant tracking system of today is better than it's ever been before. Today, the applicant tracking system can be one-stop shop for all of your hiring needs, with integrations. The very basics of the system, is that it does exactly what it sounds like: track applicants. Applicants use the ATS to apply for a position with your company and the system collects and stores all of their information via the cloud. It provides all of the necessary components you need to sift through your applicant pool and hire the most qualified candidate for your open position. With the applicant tracking system, there is no longer the need for paper applications or having to sift through countless emails of resumes and other requested material. Everything you need is available in one place, all the time, | 732 |
Is your basement habitable? The goal is to make your home gym every bit as appealing as the real gym, so before you even think about ordering exercise equipment, make sure you've sealed any leaks, cleared out any clutter, and installed natural light fixtures to<|fim_middle|> you actually look forward to using it. | create a bright, inviting space. If you have problems with mildew or a musty, stale smell, install oscillating fans to improve air circulation.
Aside from price, there are three key factors you should consider when choosing your exercise equipment. They are the footprint (or floor space) each piece of equipment needs; the clearance it needs to the front, back, sides and even overhead to allow space for moving parts or your body; and, last but most importantly, how much do you like it? It doesn't matter which piece of equipment the experts (or salesmen) tell you is "best." If you don't like it you won't use it, and that translates to wasted money.
No matter what kind of gym equipment you're installing, having the proper floor covers protects both your basement floor and the equipment. You can either install jigsaw-style, padded flooring across the entire gym floor, or use heavy-duty roll-out mats under each piece of equipment. Don't forget flooring for the free weight area, too — nothing will ruin your day faster than a dumbbell dropped on a bare cement or wooden floor. Once the floor covers are in, you can install your equipment.
Once you have the basics of your basement gym planned out, it's time to think about the additional perks that will make it a more pleasant, inviting — and ultimately, useful — place. Floor-length mirrors are a great way to check your own form, especially if you're lifting free weights. A mini fridge for chilling drinks is nice, as is a stereo system or television to keep you entertainment and motivated as you work out.
No matter what sort of equipment or extra perks you place in your home gym, remember: The point is to create a space that is so bright, inviting and comfortable, | 360 |
In late January 2019,<|fim_middle|> out your newly public video to any or all of your social media accounts as you wish.
How To Promote YouTube Videos on Social Media – Automatically!
Previous Previous post: Is Sub for Sub Finally Dead on Youtube? | Youtube depreciated some of its auto posting functionality when it removed the ability to automatically post the link to your newly public video to Twitter, Google+ and other platforms. Creators were justifiably disappointed.
Well do not fear, there is a way to replace the automatic functionality by utilising the online service IFTTT. In fact, this process opens up a whole lot more functionality and the sky is the limit when it comes to implementing automated tasks all over your online portfolio.
IFTTT, also known as "If This Then That", has been around for while and offer some pretty interesting functionality across many online sites, platforms, services, and more. Basically, IFTTT lets you perform a task based on a trigger on one service and implement a task on another.
Some examples of actions that can be undertaken by IFTTT include turning on your porch light when your pizza delivery is on its way, pass content from one social media account to another, even have yourself notified when that special item is on sale at your local supermarket.
Back to Youtube! In this video tutorial, we will walk through the process of setting up IFTTT automations (called Applets) to share | 238 |
Breathwork in the Holotropic tradition, full, conscious, connected breathing under guided supervision.
Somatic Experiencing at<|fim_middle|> addiction.
Be encouraged to use your addiction to set yourself free to do what have always wanted to do, to be who you have always wanted to be, to manifest and express who you already are from your deepest meaningful, highest reality. Be prepared for massive change, expect your deepest longing to be brought to fruition. Be prepared to stop running and turn and face the challenging terrain within.
Building the mind/body/spirit, developing resilience, cultivating willpower, experiencing contentment.
It is within this fundamental framework that you regain your health. Not just the health of your physical body, but also the health of your spirit and the health of your soul. Engaging in your creative self, "facing-in" to release long held trauma releases the potentiality of letting your shining light emerge.
Emerge in joy, pleasure and well being as your creative self fuels your long term health. | the Clayfield.
Dancing, wild spontaneous crazy no one watching, dance.
Tapping Your Creative Healing energies.
Everyone can tap into this deeper source within them. It takes practice to connect to your creative self, a process that involves getting inner obstacles out of the way. Once the blocks are gone, creativity flows up from deep inside; your personal force, unleashed. Addictions are seen as the result of blocking the natural flow of your creative energies. Initiating an internal process of letting go, getting out of the way, and allowing energy to flow, healing is initiated by releasing our creative force for the mastery of health and well being.
It is a process of connecting to your cosmic self in the face of a mundane world.
As we go through the painful experiences of our lives, we automatically try not to feel the pain. As if by magic we won't have to experience the unpleasantness. We have all done this since childhood. We cut off our mental and emotional anguish by tensing muscles and repressing it into our unconscious. To keep it supressed in the unconscious, or just below conscious awareness, we create all kinds of distractions in our lives to take our attention away from it.
The price is great, the price is the quality of your life.
It is you and only you who will heal yourself.
The process of healing a personal addiction is more correctly, an act of personal empowerment. It is a personal journey, a rite of passage. Addiction is a message that somehow, somewhere you have forgotten who you are and what your purpose is. You have forgotten and disconnected from the purpose of your creative energy, from your core.
There is direct link between your unfulfilled longing and your | 345 |
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Operating in Egypt – Part 2
Read Part 1 of Operating in Egypt here.
Alternative energy production methods
Suez Cement is investing resources in the analysis of other energy production methods, including best practices. Its findings show that solid fuels, such as coal, petcoke and waste-derived fuels could be viable solutions.
"We are in the initial stages of retooling our energy strategy. Our hope is to implement innovative energy production solutions at our plants within the next two to three years, which will entail converting our current infrastructure to support new energy production schemes," explains Carré.
Carré concedes that there are serious concerns about the environmental impacts of coal energy, but points out that research indicates 81% of European cement producers meet their energy needs via coal and petcoke products. Furthermore, many global cement firms depend on coal to power their facilities, even in oil-producing countries like the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. He emphasises that the European Union boasts some of the most stringent environmental protections in the world, which have prompted coal technology to evolve into a cleaner and more efficient fuel. Continuous improvements in technology have dramatically reduced or eliminated many of the negative environmental impacts traditionally associated with the use of coal.
"We are committed to doing our part to deploy the same technologies as the ones used in Europe, where coal is used as the main source of energy for cement plants without causing harm to the environment or to the health of the population; we plan to install similar filtering and handling equipment here in Egypt," he affirms.
Investment in state-of-the-art technology
In addition to grinding facilities for coal and petroleum coke, SCGC is also building new facilities to collect and process waste from landfills and farms. In December 2013, the company inaugurated the first waste-processing plant located inside Kattameya cement plant that converts pre-sorted waste into fuel. The facility is the first in Egypt and was designed with state-of-the-art equipment and technology. The scheme is part of Suez Cement's strategy to boost the amount of energy it acquires via refuse-derived fuels (RDF). The facility is being built in compliance with Egyptian environmental law and is expected to process 35 Kt of waste and provide up to 20% of the fuels required by the plant.
SCGC believes that opportunities to invest in renewable energy in Egypt are<|fim_middle|> budget, trade and energy deficits, as well as falling currency reserves and increasing pressure on impoverished communities. However, the company remains optimistic that Egypt's new government, regional allies and other international donors will help the country solve these issues. "While we have faced many challenges over the last few years, Egypt's economy is headed towards stability," says Hisham Fahmy, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. "Because of strong industry leaders like Suez Cement leading the way, Egypt's economy will only continue to grow."
The cement industry, with the leadership of Suez Cement, has an important role to play in ensuring the country's economic growth returns by remaining competitive, innovative and a source of employment for tens of thousands. Carré is confident: "We can help Egypt's recovery given our plans to invest in new energy solutions, as well as sustainable environmental practices and corporate social responsibility programmes."
Written by Fayrouz Saad. This is an abridged version of the full article, which appeared in World Cement's May 2014 issue. Subscribers can view the full article by logging in.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcement.com/africa-middle-east/01052014/operating_in_egypt_part_2_92/
Fayrouz Saad talks to Bruno Carré, CEO of Suez Cement, Egypt, about the company's operations in Egypt. This is an abridged version of of the full article, which appeared in the May 2014 issue of World Cement.
Power shortages affect cement production in Egypt
Egyptian cement manufacturers may turn to coal as a source of energy as recent power shortages have forced rates production to drop.
Suez Cement sees earnings fall in 3Q13
Energy supply issues, combined with lower demand and the base effect from one-off earnings in 3Q12, contributed to a 72% decline in net profits for the Egyptian company.
Suez Cement set to relocate plants and increase total output
Suez Cement plans to relocate two cement plants and will take steps to boost its total capacity. | huge. In fact, the company is in the final stages of the design phase of a large wind energy project. Italgen, Suez Cement's parent company, together with other investors, has committed €130 million in the first phase of the first privately-owned wind farm in Gabal El Zeit near Hurghada, which, when completed, will produce enough energy to cover 40% of Suez Cement's power needs. Phase I is slated to produce 120 MW of electricity with the hope of eventually producing 400 MW of power in subsequent phases. The electricity will be transmitted to plants run by Suez Cement as part of the Group's plan to incorporate a higher percentage of renewable power in all of its facilities. Carré says, "Until now, this energy challenge has prevented us from manufacturing the quantities of cement needed by the market. However, I am confident that our strategy with the proposed solutions will enable us to overcome this challenge and remain a market leader."
Suez Cement considers safety and security as fundamental values to be integrated in all its activities.
Construction industry to drive economic growth
The Egyptian economy's recovery includes stimulus packages involving funds earmarked for major infrastructure projects. Suez Cement forecasts that the construction sector will require growing quantities of cement and cement products as the projects get underway. Some of the construction is targeting densely populated areas, while other projects are taking place in previously undeveloped areas to provide housing developments for Egypt's growing population.
Carré is "confident the construction industry will be one of the main drivers of economic growth in the coming years, providing much-needed job opportunities for Egyptians and ensuring demand for cement continues to rise." Suez Cement believes in Egypt's significant growth potential and trusts that once stability is restored, Egyptians will begin to enjoy the economic recovery they have been waiting for.
To be sure, there are bound to be challenges on the way, in terms of | 389 |
Eggplant Parmesan is one of my absolute favorite things. Unfortunately, eggplant is right up there<|fim_middle|> and let them sit for at least fifteen or twenty minutes. Then you can rinse off the slices and continue on with the recipe. It just makes the eggplant tastier.
Some people put the slices in a colander and then salt to make it easier to rinse off.
And others swear to salt and then put something heavy on top of the eggplant to squish out the stuff. The salt is drawing moisture out of the eggplant, and probably some other flavor. I'm not an expert or a nutritionist. I just love growing eggplant and making Alton Brown's one pan quick eggplant parm.
As always, use the best possible ingredients that you can for the best flavor. | with Brussels sprouts for a lot of people. The bottom line is that it's important to prepare it correctly (more on that below). It doesn't take that much extra time but it will provide a better result.
My mom would make eggplant Parmesan occasionally. She'd also make chicken Parmesan. And I was such a brat that I'd complain because it wasn't eggplant.
But then I've always loved vegetables. So, here's a cool and easy to prepare eggplant Parmesan recipe that's super light.
This video doesn't have a recipe per se that I could find. So take notes when you watch it.
It's pretty light as is. So what would I change? I've become very aware of how much sugar is in things these days. I even found sugar in my Stacy's bare naked pita chips. So before you buy your jar of marinara, check how much sugar is already in it. Better yet, make your own. I'll make a post later this summer when I have an abundance of tomatoes on the vine begging to be made into a sauce.
One important thing to know is that it's essential to salt the eggplant slices | 240 |
Adding a car amplifier is considered one of the most efficient ways to improve the sound quality of the audio system in the car. The primary job of the amplifier is to boost the signal given by the head units, which improves the quality of sound you experience. A 5 channel amp is considered as an ideal choice.
But, you need to learn how to wire 5 channel amp in your car.
What Is A 5 Channel Amp?
How To Wire 5 Channel Amp?
But first, what is a 5 channel amp? This 5 channel amp will offer ample options and is considered perfect for powering the entire sound system. These amps have four channels which are used to power both the rear deck speakers and front speakers, and the fifth speaker is a dedicated channel that will power the subs.
So, 5 channel amps are designed for a surround sound system which uses four speakers and a subwoofer. With this, you could get the ultimate music experience - especially if you know to wire 5 channel amp correctly.
Let us learn how to wire 5 channel<|fim_middle|>For some, wiring a 5 channel amp and installing it in the car could be a daunting task. But you can do it if you follow these steps. I hope this information will help you.
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Torx, Phillips and Allen screwdrivers with different sizes or a universal screwdriver with interchangeable tips.
Wiring tools would also need a socket wrench and inserts, self-tapping sheet-metal screws, combination wire stripper and crimper, rough grit sandpaper and a cordless drill.
The installation parts would include RCA cable that is long enough to reach from the radio up to the designated mounting location, together with insulated T-tap connectors and crimp rings, 4-gauge power, and ground wire, 4-inch plastic zip ties, inline fuse holder with fuse and 16-gauge primary wire and 16-gauge speaker wire.
First, inspect the internal fuse values of the 5 channel amp. You need to buy a fuse for snapping into the inline fuse holder. The fuse will protect the power wire leading to the car, therefore, preventing a fire if there's a short circuit.
You need to find a mounting spot for the amp, away from foot traffic as well as seat rails, and also provide at least 3 inches of space around the unit for ventilation.
Locate the wire bundle under the hood leading from the engine bay to the cabin of your car, and also find where it comes out under the dash. You will use this for the power wire.
It is also a good idea to get a schematic of the car, detailing where every panel clip, screw, and wire is located in the car.
Now, you have to consult the wiring schematic of the car to find the screws holding the radio to the dash bezel. You must remove the screws then set them aside in the cup holder or a zip-top baggie.
Pull the radio from the dash carefully. Then, detect the RCA output jacks on the back of the radio. You have to slide the RCA cable at the back of your stereo from behind your radio cavity.
Get rid of the side sill panels to secure the edges of the carpet. Feed the RCA cable through the wire channel in the gap to the chosen amplifier mounting spot.
Look for the blue accessory wire that leads from the wiring harness of the radio labeled ACC. Cut a length of the primary wire long enough to reach from the mounting location of the amplifier to the accessory lead.
Strip a half inch of the insulation from the both ends of a primary wire. You have to crimp a spade portion of a T-tap connector into the bare wire. After that, you have to clip a hinged part of the connector over the ACC wire that leads from the radio.
And now, slide the spade into a slot on the hinged connector and then route the wire along the same path taken by the RCA cable.
You now have to open the hood of the vehicle. Remove the nut that secures the black ground wire from the battery. You also need to remove the nut holding the red positive lead, but don't remove the wire from the battery.
Cut the length of the power wire which could reach without tension from the battery terminal to the mounting location of the 5 channel amp. Cut a smaller length 18 inches long and strip an inch of the insulation from the both ends of the shorter cable and on the end of the long lead.
Crimp the ring terminal, slide the ring over the post and secure the nut. Insert the other end of the short lead and also the stripped end of the long one to the opposite ends of the fuse holder. You need to shelter these wires through the use of Allen screws and tightening inside the holder above the wire strands.
Now, secure the other end through a grommet and pull the power wire carefully. You need to route the wire under the opposite door sill that is used for the RCA as well as remote turn on lead to the mounting spot.
And for ground wiring, you have to look for a section of sheet metal within 18 inches of the mounting location of your 5 channel amp. The bare metal until it is shiny and clean, sand the paint at the said spot. Then cut a length of ground wire with 18 inches or even less.
Strip an inch off the outer insulation from one end of the wire and crimp the ring terminal into the wire. Screw a ring terminal into the bare sheet metal with the use of a Phillips self-tapping screw.
You must not use a welded location or a seat belt bolt since these wouldn't offer proper continuity and might cause ground-loop whine or malfunction.
For speaker wiring, cut two lengths of the speaker wire, enough to reach the amp. Find the speaker wire leads on the harness of the radio with the use of the label affixed to the top of the unit, or in the manual.
You have to have the T-tap over every speaker wire. Strip a half inch off the insulation from both ends of the conductors on every speaker wire. Crimp the spade portion of this T-tap connector and slide into the slots at the base.
Route the speaker wire from behind through the wiring channel that is occupied by the RCA and the remote will turn on leads to the 5 channel amp.
Finally, screw the power, the ground and the remote wires to the respective terminals on the amp. Screw the speaker wires to the amplifier terminals that match the polarity observed at the radio. You now have to slide the RCA cables to the matching white and red amp inputs.
Screw the 5 channel amp to the projected mounting location. After that, reinstall the radio in the cavity and reverse the steps taken to remove the unit. You need to snap all the sill plates back into their places, thereby covering the wires that lead to the amp.
Now, lock the underhood fuse holder to the existing wire bundle with the use of the pair of 4-inch zip ties. Snip off the extra with the use of the tips of the wire strippers. Turn on your car and stereo. Turn the amp gain all the way down. You now have to turn the radio up to the ¾ volume point or turn it to the point where audible distortion is heard, and slowly reduce the gain up until it disappears.
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Instagram Facebook Pinterest LinkedIn<|fim_middle|> this was taken, had a number of craft booths which were interesting to walk through. You can see the smoke in air in this photo:
Rainbow Farm had pumpkins and gourds in addition to apples:
I hope you've enjoyed this sneak peek into my visit to California. I miss it already. Even though I've now lived in Florida longer than I lived in California, since I grew up there it will always feel like home.
The Present Rearranges the Past
Photo by SID ZHAO on Unsplash
"Something wonderful happens to you and you instantly look back over your life and see it as a series of fortunate events stretching off into the distance like mountain peaks. Something terrible happens and your life has always been a litany of woe. The present rearranges the past. We never tell the story whole because a life isn't a story; it's a whole Milky Way of events and we are forever picking out constellations from it to fit who and where we are."
—Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby
Photo by Lukasz Szmigiel on Unsplash
"A new season is blowing up the valley, drifting over the hills, rising up from a cooling earth, a new season with its challenges, its changes, its excitements, and its own particular rhythms and miracles."
—Jean Hersey, The Shape of a Year
What simple pleasures and everyday adventures do you anticipate this fall?
Secret Destinations
Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."
I'm off to California to visit my parents this week. At least, that's what my travel documents say. What secret destinations will I discover? I can't wait to find out.
What secret destinations have you stumbled upon?
Hi, I'm Kathy--welcome to Catching Happiness
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Is It OK to Be Happy?
In 2017 we've seen terrible stories of loss and suffering. Hurricanes, wildfires, mass shootings, a volatile and divisive political climate—and that's just in the U.S. Every day it seems there's a story that will break your heart. In the face of all this, I sometimes wonder if it's OK to be happy. How can I be when so many people are miserable? Do you ever wonder this, too?
I won't keep you in suspense. The short answer is yes, it's OK to be happy.
The kind of happiness Catching Happiness is ultimately concerned with is not only the "simple pleasures and everyday adventures" of the tagline, but the deeper waters of joy and contentment. Joy and contentment come from living the best life we can live, doing what we think is right in most situations, appreciating what we have, sharing with others and helping when we can, enjoying and savoring the good in our lives, and learning from our mistakes and tribulations.
Though I personally am not suffering at this moment, suffering happens. It's happened to me before, and is certain to happen again. I need to embrace the happy times and not waste them or push them away in fear of what the future holds.
It's much easier to be—and talk about—being unhappy. We bond over complaining, forming instant connections over irritants like traffic jams or the latest crisis in our lives. But when it comes to sharing our happiness, we're afraid it sounds like bragging. We can be afraid to share the highs with others because we think it will make them feel bad, but is this really true? That probably depends on the audience. It's possible someone you don't know very well and who's not familiar with your life's ups and downs might think you're bragging. But if it's someone who cares about you, he or she will likely be happy for you. Use sensitivity and tact when sharing the good. Sometimes your happiness will be an inspiration and encouragement to others. At least they don't have to worry about you!
Remember this: Our happiness does not hurt anyone. Our unhappiness doesn't help anyone.
Also remember: happiness is contagious.
So go ahead and be happy. Bring your awareness to what makes you feel happy, and don't be afraid to share your happiness with others. This world is in desperate need of more good stories and happy adventures.
What is one thing you're happy about right now?
One of things that makes me happy
April Lindner
A Will Greater Than Its Own
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Introduction by Ted Kooser: Several years ago I published a children's book about a bag in the wind, so it's no wonder I love this poem by April Lindner, who lives in Pennsylvania. Once you start noticing these windblown bags, you see them everywhere. Her most recent book is This Bed Our Bodies Shaped (Able Muse Press, 2012).
One rainy night we sat in traffic
and, overtired in back, you saw
a wind-whipped grocery bag afloat
beyond the clutch of jagged branches,
swept by gusts and whirled in eddies.
A sudden downdraft swooped it earthward,
where it danced till with a whoosh
a current luffed it past the power lines.
Disowned by gravity, small ghost
not yet snagged by twiggy fingers,
it couldn't reach the earth. Thin-skinned,
it pulsed, translucent jellyfish.
You wept and pled to be let out
into the dark and slanted rain,
somehow to save that desolate thing.
The light turned green and still you begged,
Go back, go back, on its behalf,
caught and held, bossed and tossed
by a will much greater than its own.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2010 by April Lindner, "Carried Away," (The Hudson Review, Vol. LXIII, no. 1, Spring 2010). Poem reprinted by permission of April Lindner and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2015 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Apple Hill
Field Trip Friday--California Dreamin'
Northern California was particularly photogenic this month. Instead of telling you about my trip, I'm going to share a few of my favorite photos. (Neither of my parents lives in an area threatened by wildfires—at least right now—though we could smell and see smoke some days.)
One of my favorite things to do when I visit my mom is to walk every morning on the land that I grew up visiting every summer. I snap photos of whatever flora and fauna I come across. (Alas, no horses next door this year.) How fallish it looked (click on photos to make them bigger):
The cows came over to see what I was up to:
Loved this mama and baby:
Nothing much has changed since I was a child. I still drag my mother to see horses. This time, we went to the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown. Interesting place. These are wild ones:
When I visit my dad and step mom, I also get to see my feline "sister":
This year, we dropped in to see my step mom's brother, who is the manager of Funderland, an amusement park that's been open since 1946. He remembers going there when he was a child! The rides were adorable and I want to devote a page in my travel sketchbook to them:
The day before I came home, we visited a couple of the farms that are part of Apple Hill. In addition to apples, cider, donuts, pies, and lots of other tasty treats, High Hill Farm, where | 1,278 |
Veg Ridge: The Beet Burger at Brooklyn Beet Company
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The Brooklyn Beet Burger at the<|fim_middle|> in every bite. But I always get it without the Edam, because I don't like cheese in general (stick with me), and I try to keep vegan anyway.
Not that the Beet Burger is otherwise vegan: the Langoš, a server once told me, has dairy in it. But it's that fried Slovak bread that makes the burger—it's like eating a veggie burger served in a zeppole. I'm pretty strict about not including animal products in my diet, but I always end up—and not without a bit of shame—screwing that up just a few times a year, when I sit myself at one of the Beet Company's shared tables and pretend I don't know what's in the bread. But that's an indication of how good it tastes—enough to make you forget your most deeply held moral beliefs. Especially after one or two Bay Breakfasts.
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New Brooklyn, Old Brooklyn, and the Art of Brooklyn
How Peppino's Perfected Old School New York Pizza | Brooklyn Beet Company. Photo by Hey Ridge
The following is the first in an ongoing series of posts about eating vegetarian and vegan in Bay Ridge.
The Brooklyn Beet Company (7205 Third Avenue) is one of my favorite restaurants in the neighborhood, and yet there's only one thing I ever order there: the Brooklyn Beet Burger. It's a testament to how good that goddamn burger is. (Well, that, and the cocktails. How does a Bay Breakfast—tequila, pineapple, lime, etc.—feel so appropriate whether at brunch or dinner, in winter or summer?) Veggie burgers are the sort of thing I rarely order anywhere: you usually get a lame pressing of peas and carrots and soybeans, or a Boca patty; I'll eat them occasionally at home, but only rarely if I'm going out, and then it's usually as an excuse to get something else: the potato chips at Burger Bistro, the pita bread at Offshore. But BBC, a farm-to-table spinoff of Park Slope's Korzo, has a must-get veggie burger, as much for the add-ons as for the patty itself—the kind you can't eat anywhere else.
Like a lot of what you can order here, it's beet-based: a patty made up of the Eastern European red root, as well as walnuts and black-eyed peas. But for the beet-averse, who seem plentiful, the texture is totally different, and the taste only vaguely related; the patty starts with beets, but ends somewhere else, somewhere unique. Don't dismiss it till you've tried it. The onions, caramelized in Riesling, are a nice flavor enhancer, as is a dollop of the house beet ketchup, which I include | 363 |
Luis D. Ortiz Offers More Details on His Baby: "There's a Lot More to the Story"
August 23, 2019, 10:30 AM ET
The Million Dollar Listing New York agent opens up more about his road to fatherhood.
By Laura Rosenfeld
Luis Ortiz Is Going To Be a Dad!
Luis D. Ortiz surprised us all with the happy news that he is expecting his first child, a baby girl, which you can relive, above. Now the real estate agent is opening up a bit more about his road to fatherhood.
The Million Dollar Listing New York agent's baby was due in two months from the time he filmed that interview in the August 22 episode. "Obviously, not planned, and, you know, there's a lot more to the story, and I wish I could tell it," Luis said. "I'm genuinely happy thinking about it, but I just want to make sure I do things right."
Luis broke the news to his longtime colleague Ronita while visiting her baby daughter for the first time in the episode. Ronita couldn't believe it at first, but she was definitely very happy for her friend. "It is a blessing," Luis told Ronita.
Fatherhood will be something new for Luis, but he already knows that the love he will have for his daughter will be unlike anything he has experienced before. "I have no idea how this is gonna go, but I will love her no matter what. Like, true love," Luis said with tears in his eyes in an interview during the episode. "I don't even know what that feels like or is, but I have the feeling that I'm about to find out."
Luis D. Ortiz Confirms He's Expecting a Baby Girl: "Seriously, I'm Having a Kid"
Luis' life has gone through some major changes over the past few years. He stepped away from real estate and said goodbye to New York City after Season 5 of MDLNY. Luis did some soul searching in Paris and all over the world before returning to the Big Apple and resuming his real estate career in the current season of MDLNY.
"It's crazy how much<|fim_middle|> it. His fellow MDLNY agents Fredrik Eklund, Ryan Serhant, and Steve Gold have all also become fathers in the past couple of years.
See what's coming up for the MDLNY guys in an all-new episode Thursday at 9/8c, below.
This Million Dollar Listing Is Bringing Modern Design to Historic SoHo
Luis D. Ortiz
Million Dollar Listing New York
MDLNY's Luis on the Pain He Felt Before Returning to NYC
Luis D. Ortiz Talks His Break from MDLNY | things have transpired since the time I left New York. It's very beautiful to see it," he said during an interview in the August 15 episode of MDLNY. "I've been through a lot these past two years, a lot of ups, a lot of downs. But every day gets better, and seeing this only makes me happy. It puts no pressure on me 'cause I have my own time. And I can't have all these beautiful things right now if there's a big part of me that's broke and I need to fix that first before I go on to have a family and have kids. Wow, that hit a f--king nerve. I hope that's not true — and that I have to fix myself before I have a kid — because I am having a kid."
Luckily, Luis has a few new dads he can turn to for some parenting advice if he ever needs | 185 |
Sanalla discusses Investment Opportunities with leading IOCs
By editor2 on 5th July 2018 in Oil & Gas
As part of the inaugural Libyan-European oil and gas summit held in Vienna last week, Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla met with representatives from leading oil and gas companies.
He was accompanied by NOC Board member Abulgasem Shengheer, and the heads and specialists of a number of NOC affiliated companies. Individual meetings were conducted with OMV, Schlumberger, BP, Repsol, Metka, Medco and Gazprom.
Mr. Sanalla spoke of the exceptional investment opportunities currently in the Libyan oil and gas sector, and received service offering<|fim_middle|> institution that seeks to divide the Libyan oil and gas sector must be condemned.
He expressed his hope for a swift resolution of the current standoff in the Gulf of Sirte, and for NOC to be allowed, unconstrained, to continue its role supporting the livelihoods of the Libyan people. The assembled IOCs expressed their commitment and support to NOC as the only legitimate Libyan institution responsible for the exploration, development and sale of Libyan oil.
Statement by African Union Commission on Libya
Sirte Rapid City Profiling and Monitoring System
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Mohammed Algodban 8th July 2018 at 12:45 am # | presentations from assembled IOCs. Each company explained their portfolio of operations and ideal future partnership cooperation.
The NOC chairman confirmed that international companies are welcome to contribute to the restoration of oil field and port infrastructure, and to establish development projects in accordance with existing legal frameworks and fair competition practice. He emphasised the importance of knowledge exchange and best practice to enable NOC to realise its stated ambition of increasing production to more than 2 million bpd by 2022.
Mr. Sanalla underlined international community recognition of NOC as the sole legitimate Libyan NOC, and the importance of the respect for both international and Libyan law. Any illegitimate parallel | 132 |
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Booking a hotel room in Texas has become much less difficult thanks to the internet. Most of the larger hotels will allow you to set up a reservation online, and offer discounts for doing this. There are several websites that will allow you to get a hotel room for much cheaper than walking to the front desk. Using the internet, you can see what the hotel has available in their rooms. The pictures allow you a 360 degree look at way the rooms are set up. There are commercials for discount sites for hotels that can get you some big deals and save some serious money. If you have to walk into the hotel to book a room, be sure to ask about any discounts that have available. There are typically discounts for having a certain service or being a member of the armed forces. Asking about the discounts can save you money.
Are you considering going on a long getaway to Texas or just looking at travelling for any reason? If this is it then your next step is to look for the right hotel room that will accommodate your budget and your requirements. For this reason, you can easily check through the online arrangement where you will also be able to save a lot. Whenever you are thinking of a getting a hotel room for whatever reason you will have to first consider the kind of motel that you want to stay in. If you happen to be going for pleasure then you will want to look at getting a hotel that will be closer to the things that you want to do such as shopping to sightseeing. This is also a great way of saving money that you will otherwise be spending on taxi services | 354 |
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