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The halls of traditional study were never for Ryze, who felt a more raw and primal connection to the magic of Runeterra than those who tried to teach him. As a young man, he travelled the world, seeking the wisdom of powerful hermits, witches, and shamans. When he had learned all he could, Ryze turned to seek the lost, forgotten, and forbidden knowledge in the world. This led him to an ancient form of spellcraft known as thorn magic. This art required Ryze to tattoo spells on his body, infusing his being with vast arcane power. His travels also brought him to the giant indestructible scroll he carries on his back. The purpose of the inscribed spell is a secret only Ryze knows. However, he claims it is an abomination, something that he must safeguard from the world. Today, Ryze has joined the League of Legends to study the magical creatures and powerful will-workers that fight there, in order to complete his exploration of mystical Runeterra.
''There is no doubt. Ryze is no longer a mage - he has become a creature of magic.''
Now This is just a build I built off of the current item list and play style i have using Ryze. I added future Masteries and Runes to see what his full potential would be.
Now my explanation for the skill set up. I have Ryze start off maxing out his rune prison so he would be into a form of support then maxing out overload for its passive cooldown effect. After that maxing Spell Flux for Damage. This way Ryze can still be somewhat effective at soloing and an excellent ganking ally right away. It also makes him effective until he can build up his Ability power through Items.
Items: I get sorcerers boots early on cause i know it is impossible sometimes to get the 6th item but if you find yourself able to I sell of the boots in favor of the last item. I dont have a specific way of grabbing items yet though I do always go for archangels staff first.
Feedback would be MUCH appreciated. This is my first build and I am just starting out but I wanted to see how my idea for Ryze would fair out here among the pros.


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You went to your local farmers market and found an abundance of beautiful mushrooms from Shiitake, Baby Bellas, Button, Oyster. Now what do you do with them? Well these are a few examples of mushrooms that would work really well with risotto and are easy to find at your local market.
Did you say Risotto?
Yes, risotto is that wonderful and very versatile Italian dish that is despite what you have read or seen, is not that difficult to make as long as you follow the directions. This is also the dish that usually sends Chef Gordon Ramsey into a tail spin on "Hells Kitchen" for being under seasoned and under cooked.
Risotto is an Italian rice dish that is cooked with a stock over low heat, till you get a creamy velvety consistency. The stock used ranges from a poultry based, beef, vegetable, or seafood based. There are many variations of risotto from pumpkin to garlic-parmesan, but they all share four main ingredients butter, stock, wine and onion. It is one of the most common ways of cooking rice in Italy. Risotto is traditionally made in Italy with a high starch and short to medium grain rice called Arborio, Baldo, Carnaroli, Maratelli, Padano, Roma, and Vialone Nano. These varieties of rice can absorb liquids and release starches, so they are stickier than the long grain varieties. If you are unable to find arborio, or if it's too pricey then pick up Calrose rice. I've used calrose many times and the results are very similar, at least to me they are.
Risotto when plated should remind you of how lava flows, and is not stiff or stacked 2 inches high on the plate.
- The key to perfect risotto are these four things
- Patience. Risotto takes an average of 25-30 minutes to cook.
- Have in a separate sauce pan the stock you plan to use already heated on another burner on simmer.
- Do not leave the stove once you start adding your stock. Risotto creamy texture is a result of constant stirring that releases the starch in the rice.
- Do not salt the risotto until you are ready to plate as the stock, and cheeses used have a lot of sodium to begin with, and by adding more salt you risk over salting your dish. So just use a pinch for the mushrooms and wait to see if you need to add more, after dish is done.
3-5 Tbsp olive oil
1-2 lbs mushrooms any variety, sliced.
1 large shallot, finely diced or 1 small red onion
3-4 cloves garlic, minced fine
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
4 cups vegetable, or chicken stock
1 cup water
1 cup white wine
2 cups arborio or calrose rice
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus more for serving
2 Tbsp parsley, chopped fine
Salt & Pepper to taste
Heat stock in a medium saucepan and heat to simmer over medium heat.
In a large sauté pan heat 3 Tbsp of olive oil over med high heat until very hot. Add mushrooms and sauté the mushrooms over high heat until golden in color. Add a small pinch of salt halfway through cooking, but do not add anymore until the risotto is finished.
Remove sautéed mushrooms and set aside, Taste and correct for salt, if you haven't already added salt..
Using the same large sauté pan or pot set over medium heat, add butter, 1 Tbsp olive oil, and garlic and chopped shallots. Cook and stir until the onion or shallots become soft about 3-4 minutes, but do not scorch or brown.
Next add the rice. and using a wooden spoon stir to make sure all the rice grains are coated in the fat and have become translucent around the edges, about a minute or two.
Add wine and stir all ingredients until the liquid is absorbed 50%.
Next add 1 cup of the simmering broth. Stir the rice, making sure you get along the corners of your pot with your spoon, so the rice doesn't stick.
Stir in about three-quarters of the mushrooms to the pan around this time.
Continue stirring until most of the liquid is absorbed by the rice. Then add another 1 cup of broth and keep stirring. This is the part where you do not leave the kitchen.
Continue adding your stock now reduce by adding 1/2 cup at a time, add more each time liquid is absorbed and until rice is al dente.
If there is any liquid remaining that should be okay, unless its soupy. Also the rice should never be crunchy. The best way to know you are on the right track is to taste a grain at a time to determine when the rice is done.
Stir in about 1/4 cup Parmesan , and the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Salt to taste.
Spoon risotto into a bowl. Top with the remaining sautéed mushrooms, cheese and a sprinkle of chopped parsley, and some fresh cracked black pepper.
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- 6 Simple Do's and Don'ts of Risotto (selectitaly.com)


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A good way to find out which sports your child prefers is to pay attention to what sports they watch on TV. You can also ask them about which games they prefer to play during recess with their friends. Then, use this information to determine which sport your child would like best.
Below we've included some of the top sports to consider for your child.
Football is a team sport where one team tries to outscore the opposing team by kicking a ball around. There are plenty of positions which your child can play here like goalkeeper, defender, midfielder or striker. If you aren't sure which position your child would prefer the team's football coach can help out.
This sport is generally a good choice for children who love to run as there is quite a bit of running involved in the game. So if your child is always racing around at recess then this might just be the perfect option for them.
Basketball is a game played by two opposing teams of five players. Points are awarded for throwing the basketball through a hoop. These are located on either side of the basketball court. At the same time that one team tries to score on the opposing hoop, they must defend their own net as well.
There are five positions for your child to try in basketball. These are point guard, shooting guard, centre, power forward and small forward. All the running and throwing techniques in basketball will keep your child active and engaged.
Rugby is a team game played with an egg-shaped ball. You can carry, kick or pass the ball from player to player. Each team scores points by scoring tries or by kicking penalties.
Rugby has two variations. In one variation there are seven players then in the other variation there are fifteen players. This type of sport is a contact sport, meaning that your child may bump into other players while trying to capture the ball. For this reason, your child will also be wearing plenty of protective equipment. It might be suitable if your child is strongly built as s/he will have to go up against other players and stand his/her ground.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey is a game played between two teams while skating on ice. Each team has six players; forwards, halfbacks, fullbacks and a goalie.
These players wear skates and protective gear and use hockey sticks to compete on an ice rink. In order to win, they must outscore the other team by scoring goals on the other team's net with a hockey puck. All players in this game wear protective gear because it is a contact sport. So it is best suited for a child who doesn't mind contact sports and enjoys skating.
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Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a major contract by J. Ray McDermott Middle East, Inc. to supply high voltage submarine power cables for a Saudi Aramco project to upgrade the crude oil gathering and power supply facilities in the Arabian Gulf.
McDermott has contracted Nexans to supply the 230 kV and 115 kV power cables required for this project. The new tie-in platform will be powered from shore in Saudi Arabia by a 230 kV submarine XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) insulated cable. It will feature three power cores, each with a copper cross-section of 630 mm2 together with one 48 SMFO (single mode fibre optic) element. The modified tie-in platform will be connected to shore by a 115 kV XLPE cable with three power cores, each with a copper cross-section of 400 mm2 and one 48 SMFO element.
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Jürgen Wattenberg, Kapitan zur See
During my research for my first novel, An Honorable German, I corresponded in 1980 with Jürgen Wattenberg because he had served as the Senior Navigation Officer of the German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee. He was not an easy man to correspond with and he held to the view that Germans were more victims of World War Two than instigators. (A common view among many German war veterans and the older generation in the decades after the war).
Panzerschiff (translated means 'armored ship') Admiral Graf Spee (photo courtesy German Federal Archives) in 1936
There is no evidence that Wattenberg was an an active supporter of the Nazi Party and as a member of the military he could not have been a member of the Nazi Party since neither officers nor men in the German armed forces–known as the Wehrmacht (defense forces)— were allowed to join political parties. This seems odd, I know.
However, exceptions were made and many high ranking officers were given party membership as an "honor." The Nazi leadership had a contentious relationship with the German Army which was by far the largest of the armed services and commanded a very high prestige in German life. Had several stronger and more honorable men been Chief of the German Army General Staff in the first year when the Nazis came to power they could easily have executed a coup d'tat and simply shot Hitler and his gang.
Unfortunately, they did not. However, deep opposition to Hitler remained in the General Staff and to their credit conspirators in the German Army (as well as the Abwehr—sort of the German CIA), made numerous attempts on Hitler's life, the most famous being the bomb set off at Hitler's field headquarters in Prussia on 20 July 1944.
Caption and photo courtesy of the Imperial War Museum: 17 May 1937 WARSHIPS AT THE SPITHEAD FLEET REVIEW OF 1937. (Held in honor of the coronation King George VI). The German heavy cruiser ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE anchored off Spithead for the 1937 Fleet Review. In the background are the battleship HMS RESOLUTION and the battlecruiser HMS HOOD.
As recounted in my novel, An Honorable German, the "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee was badly damaged in December of 1939 in the Battle of the Rio Plata. The Captain later blew up the ship.
As to Wattenberg, like many of Graf Spee's officers, he had effected his escape from internment in Argentina and returned to Germany whence he was given command of U-162. About 45 years old at that time, he was a little old to hold command of a U-Boat but there was a shortage of trained and experienced sea officers in the German Navy and Wattenberg was certainly an experience sea officer (offizer zur see). Jürgen Wattenberg,
Wattenberg was in the Caribbean, a dangerous assignment because the water is shallow and even when the u-boats were underwater they were visible. But there was "good hunting" in the Caribbean, particularly tankers proceeding to the United States and other countries from oil refineries in Trinidad. (Oil was discovered in Trinidad in 1857 with commercial production beginning in 1913 according to the report "100 Years of Petroleum in Trinidad and Tobago" issued by the government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago).
(the steel drum music originated from people playing on the empty 55 gallon barrels left after the war was over).
Although this would usually be something a U-Boat commander would have avoided unless he had no other choice, in September of 1942 off the Bahamas, Wattenberg fired torpedoes at a British destroyer which wasn't the smartest thing to do. U-162 was quickly sunk by three Royal Navy destroyers. Most of the crew including Wattenberg survived.
Like all captured U-Boat officers he was first taken to an interrogation facility known as Ft. Hunt just outside of Washington DC. There, German speaking US navy officers interrogated the German officers over a series of days. I've read transcripts of many of the interviews and they are boring. The men were treated to the letter of the Geneva Convention of 1929 on Treatment of Prisoners of War.
From the minute he arrived at Ft. Hunt, in late September of 1942, he started to complain and complain. In 1980, when I first began to research my novel, I corresponded with him. He was a jerk. His main complaint: while being repatriated after the war ended, American GIs stole his scrapbook. Aw, too bad. The Nazis had just murdered millions including most of European Jewry and he was pissed because some American soldiers took his scrapbook? Yes, he was.
I was able to get his declassified information from the time in which he was a POW from the National Archives and one of the items in the stack was a letter of complaint in English he had sent to the Swiss. As something of a cottage industry, the Swiss government was appointed as the protecting power by the Germans, the Americans and the British and representatives of the Swiss Red Cross inspected all POW camps. Wattenberg, like many German naval officers of the time, was fluent in English. (I sent copies of all his POW records to him.)
Wattenberg wrote in a complaint to the Swiss:
Wattenberg was within his rights under the Geneva Convention. Officers retained their authority and could not be compelled to do anything such as clean their rooms. This was for their orderly to do.
Nonetheless, this seems a harsh complaint to make that on his first day of being a POW or PW as they were known at the time. Many of the men who served as sentries in POW camps in the US were often men who were extremely young or much older and didn't meet the physical or IQ requirements to be sent into the US Army fighting overseas.
All prisoners of war in the United States in World War Two were in the custody of the Provost Marshal of the US Army–that is the general commanding the military police and all prisons and stockades for the US Army in the US. (Military police in the US Army overseas came under the authority of the respective provost marshal in their higher echelon command. Hence they reported outside the chain of command so officers who were not in the military police could not countermand their orders).
Wattenberg was released at the end of the war and returned to Germany. He eventually became the manager of the St. Pauli Girl Brewery in Bremen.
18 December 1939: Admiral Graf Spee in the Rio Plate off Montevideo after being blown up and scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff who shot himself two days later.


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The Cool For the Summer singer has been open about her own battles with body image, and now she admits Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian signalled the charge for her to get healthy.
In an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, which aired on Wednesday (10Feb16), Demi reveals Kim, in particular, should take credit for revamping what is considered hot.
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"When the Kardashians came on the scene, that was the first time that I really associated curves with beauty, and it was just so new to me. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that's so cool!' And even in a time when I was still struggling with food, I was able to look at Kim's curves and be like, 'I should really be proud of my curves'."
Demi battled an eating disorder and checked into rehab in 2011 to tackle her body image issues.
"Now there's tons of beautiful, curvy women out there," she adds.
During the TV chat, the Latina also opened up about her romance with "handsome" boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama, confirming the couple is not engaged, adding, "I don't see a ring (but) I wouldn't mind if I saw one."
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The four ducks in the photo may be looking for a miracle but they are not a team.
Those of us in transition might have a similar problem. We're looking for a miracle but we are not building our team or even getting on our own team to move to the level where a miracle is possible.
The movie Miracle (2004) about Coach Herb Brooks and the 1980 US Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Team (sometimes referred to as the original dream team) has a few sub-themes running through it that are of value to those of us in transition. Let's face it, for each of those coaches and players, the change from being former rivals and stars of college hockey to being teammates and rookies in the international league was one heck of a transition.
It would be easy to shrug off this example of transition as having no relevance to our own transitions which might not always be a move up (at least they don't start out as a move up). I'm going to suggest that it doesn't matter at what point or in which direction a transition starts out because really it's a cycle and every transition will have points of moving up, moving down and marking time.
Actually I think this is an excellent example of how a seemingly positive transition isn't necessarily any easier than a seemingly negative transition. It also illustrates how hard people can fight against even the things they actually wished for. (Are we fickle or what?) But the big messages for those of us in our own transitions come through in five sub-themes captured in five revolving questions that get asked again and again through the film.
The questions:
What's your name?
Where are you from?
Who do you play for?
Why are you here?
Did you leave anything on the table?
I'm jumping in here because somebody is going to get in a huff that these questions don't apply in their situation because they are a solo act. This is probably going way out on a limb for some readers but from what I have been able to observe if you are human you are part of a team. Humans need traveling companions through life. So there is a team or many teams you belong to even if it's with your aspiring self or your childhood dream incarnation.
If you are going through a transition as a solo traveler you likely have a team-like relationship with your self that filled the roles in your former situation and you also are building a team-like relationship with the self you are grooming to step into the roles in your new situation. So you can put these questions to yourself the same as Brooks and his players put them to each other in the course of transitioning into a new team and coach.
What do these questions mean and why do we care? Let's take a look-
What's your name? On the surface this is simply "Who are you?" It highlights that the team is made up of separate individuals with separate names and characteristic. It is not an army of clones. Of course for a solo you might not change your name but the you here in the transition is markedly separate from the one in the situation that has been left or the one being moved into.
Where are you from? This asks where's home or what's your history or your background? This is about sounding out your foundation. This can incorporate a lot of characteristics like your family structure, or regional influences, your education or training, and life experience. These are the external things that influenced your path and whether it was easy or a struggle so far. And how the question is answered tells a lot about what the person answering it thinks is important. Sometimes the answer isn't obvious and it takes work to figure it out.
Who do you play for? This is about "Whose team are you on?" In the film the right answer to this question very subtly changes. The first time it is about who had coached the teams they were chosen from because it is asked before the team is selected. But later that becomes the wrong answer. Everyone in transition has to shift between the coach and roster of the team they are no longer part of and the coach and roster of the team they are now playing on.
Why are you here? In the film this question is about "Why do you play hockey?" But it's a question that everybody has to have an answer for: why do you this and not that, why are you in transition, why did you leave that situation or why do you want to get into that situation? Be very clear that if you don't know why, you won't have a reason to keep going. So it is imperative that you get straight about your why and put it into a clear statement to remind yourself why you do what you do.
Did you leave anything on the table? This is a very subtle presentiment in the film and it can be so easily missed or dismissed, but the issue has to do with the level of commitment and playing all-out even in the face of defeat or failure. The question is "Did you hold anything back?" I have heard the phrase "don't leave any cards on the table" which is similar to Brooks line. In a card game it can mean did you play every card at your disposal or did you leave something on the table; or it can refer to folding early to freeze your loss.
Brooks himself never answers this question but (and I do not know Brooks whole story) it seems that he hints that his being cut at the last minute from the 1960 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team might have had something to do with holding back; or leaving something on the table. For a person in transition it is a question to get at one aspect of the truth about why they are in transition as well as assess their past performance and make pertinent corrections where needed.
You might ask why you got laid-off ahead of others, or why did you train for a field you actually hate working in. You might ask it to see why you have more talent but less success that your peers. It is especially a useful tool to sort through a failure that was presumed to have resulted in success. The question can tell you what kind of team player you are and if you need to remediate your approach.
So now it comes down to me and to you. Even if our transitions don't seem as daunting or important as moving from a relatively small college hockey team to the Olympics, our transitions are still events of great moment for us. And really for everyone who loves or supports us in some way. If nothing else we each owe it to ourselves to get on our own team and be our own best team player we can. Answering the questions and reflecting on the answers might bring forth the insight we need to move to the next level of our game of life.
As a sort of post script, I think it is interesting that Brooks never once asks what position any of the guys played. On a team it doesn't matter what position you play; what's important is the position the team needs filling.


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Have Catholics and Protestants Resolved their Differences?
You could say that the Protestant Reformation officially ended in 1999. In that year Pope John Paul II and representatives of "subscribing Lutheran churches" signed a document titled, "The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification." Emerging from the specific and technical language of this twenty some-odd page document is a humble admission: The essential dispute between Roman Catholics and the first Protestants was grounded in an inadequate understanding of Justification by Faith. This document is a milestone in the efforts of the Church to honor the will of Jesus "that all may be one."
Faith alone or faith and works?
The trouble all stems from a basic misunderstanding of two biblical verses on both sides. Paul's letter to the Romans proclaims that all humanity has been justified – that is put right with God – through the risen Christ (Rom 5:1-2). Salvation, in other words, is God's free will gift to humanity. It cannot be earned, altered or affected by human action but can only be received through Faith. Paul explains that although Israel had the Law – divinely revealed instructions for how to act in a manner pleasing to God – it ultimately did them no good because the chosen people were unable to follow it. "For 'no human being will be justified in his (God's) sight' by deeds prescribed by the law, for through he law comes the knowledge of sin" (Rom 3:20).
And then there's the letter of James. "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,' and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that so faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead" (Jas 2:14-17). Martin Luther, the Catholic monk whose 95 Theses were the inspiration for the first phase of the Protestant Reformation in the early 16th Century despised these words of James. It is said he refused to recognize the letter of James as a divinely inspired book of the New Testament.
Luther's reaction can now be seen much more clearly as a misinterpretation of James' point. The letter of James was written some time – and possibly a generation after – Paul's letter to the Roman's. His point is not to negate Paul's proclamation of God's gift of salvation, but to develop it further. If a person has not been transformed by an encounter with God's unconditional love through faith in the risen Christ in the way in which he or she acts towards those in need, then that person has not been in the presence of Christ at all. "Faith without works is dead," in other words, because faith never existed in the first place.
Yet Luther's reaction is quite understandable given Catholic abuses of the 16th century. The "vending machine" distortions of the high Middle Ages had left many of the faithful with the strong impression that while baptism may have spared them from the eternal damnation of Hell, there would still be much to atone for from the temporal punishment for their sin in Purgatory. In modern Catholic theology Purgatory is understood as a process that occurs outside of time and space; in Medieval theology it was understood much more as a place – with torments rivaling those of Hell! This primitive understanding of Purgatory coupled with a Church hierarchy generally fixated more on material wealth than on spiritual wealth created an unholy alliance manifested most scandalously in the buying and selling of Indulgences. Doing good deeds as a demonstration of Faith was increasingly replaced by paying large sums of money to Rome in order to shorten the time of punishment in Purgatory. "As a coin in the coffer sings," so went the chant of a most notorious seller of indulgences, "a soul from Purgatory springs!"
Healing Words
"The present Joint Declaration has this intention: namely, to show that on the basis of their dialogue the subscribing Lutheran churches and the Roman Catholic Church are now able to articulate a common understanding of our justification by God's grace through faith in Christ" (Joint Declaration, sect. 5). With these words the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification provides the healing balm on a wound in the Body of Christ that is five centuries old. The reason for this coming together is not a denial of history, but a recognition that both the Catholic and Lutheran churches have matured in their theology: "this Joint Declaration rests on the conviction that in overcoming the earlier controversial questions and doctrinal condemnations, the church neither takes the condemnations lightly nor do they disavow their own past. On the contrary, this Declaration is shaped by the conviction that in their respective histories our churches have come to new insights" (sect 7).
Having introduced its essential premise the document then goes on to in some detail the proper theological understanding on the relationship between Justification through Faith and demonstrations of faith through good works. "The foundation and presupposition of justification is the incarnation, death and resurrection of Christ. Together we confess: by grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us to good works" (Sect 15).
The document further goes on to point out that "In the (Lutheran) doctrine of 'justification by faith alone,' a distinction but not a separation(emphasis added) is made between justification itself and the renewal of one's way of life that necessarily follows from justification and without which faith does not exist" (sect 26). Faith and works are, in the words of the old song, like love and marriage. You can't have one without the other. "We confess together that in Baptism the Holy Spirit unites one with Christ, justifies, and truly renews the person. But the justified must all through life constantly look to God's unconditional justifying grace" (sect 28).
Unfortunately, this groundbreaking Declaration has not been widely and enthusiastically embraced by the Church. The words of Abraham Lincoln reflecting on the reception of his memorable second Inaugural Address may help us understand why it takes so much time before our own agendas and those of God can coincide: "Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them." Let our prayer be that this document will come to take its rightful place in the consciousness of the faithful as a fundamental building block of the Church of the third millennium.
Wow.. It's like going back to university again. I believe it's one of the longest post here.


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On an overcast Sunday morning in early June, Conner Bailey swam 9.2 miles, nonstop, down the Tennessee River, to a first-place finish in U.S. Masters Swimming's 2017 Ultramarathon Distance Open Water National Championship in Chattanooga.
And, get this. With a time of 2:42:55, the Auburn University rural sociology professor emeritus reached the finish line a staggering 25 minutes and 55 seconds ahead of his closest, and only, competitor in the 70-74 age bracket and left 10 men who were 10 and 20 years his junior in his wake.
Not too shabby for an old guy. Especially an old guy who, 18 months before, had been dogpaddling upstream in a race for his life.
Obviously, Bailey is an avid swimmer. Always has been. Blame it on his West Coast roots. Not too many years after he took his first wobbly steps, he was body-surfing with his buddies in the waves off the coast of his native Malibu.
He began swimming competitively in the seventh grade and continued on through his senior year in high school.
"As a kid, I was an OK swimmer, but when I was 12, a friend of mine whose dad worked in downtown L.A. got me into swimming with the L.A. Athletic Club, where all these famous swimmers went," Bailey says. "At 14, I was working out with swimmers who were world champions, who'd won gold and silver and bronze medals in the Olympics."
That was a powerful motivator, and for the next few years, he was training 50 weeks a year and racing almost every weekend.
We're talking swimming in excess. Not surprisingly, the sport began to lose its luster.
And, too, "I discovered books, and girls," Bailey says. "Mostly girls."
By the end of high school, he was burned out on swimming, so much so that when it came time to choose a college, he had three criteria: It had to be in town at the opposite end of the size spectrum from the Los Angeles megalopolis, it had to be far enough from home that his parents couldn't just happen to drop by and it could not have a swim team.
That's how he wound up at Southern Oregon College. It was 800 miles from his folks, it was in a town of about 11,000 and it didn't even have a pool, much less a swim team.
He graduated in history in 1968, served three years in the Peace Corps in Malaysia and then returned to that country for his master's thesis research as an Ohio University graduate student in international affairs.
"I decided in graduate school that I was a committed academic," he says, and that decision led him to Cornell University for his Ph.D. It was at Cornell that he first heard of an emerging field of study called rural sociology, and he quickly realized he'd found his calling.
"I remember thinking 'Wow! They've invented a new discipline for me!' " he says.
He received his doctorate in 1980 and worked as a social scientist in Indonesia and the Philippines with the World Fish Center and then at Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution before joining Auburn's Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology in 1985 as an assistant professor. And in Auburn's College of Agriculture he has remained, rising through the ranks to associate professor in '88, full professor in '94 and, as of Oct. 1, 2015, professor emeritus.
The research program he has built in his 32 years at Auburn is unparalleled. He's been the lead scientist or co–principal investigator on research grants totaling more than $6.4 million, with projects focusing on community development in rural Alabama, socioeconomic relationships between timber dependency and poverty, social impacts of changing timberland ownership in Alabama and heir property issues. And through the years, students have consistently rated him as among the best in the classroom.
But back to swimming. Bailey admits he didn't do much of it in the '70s and '80s, other than recreationally. But in the early 1990s, he started feeling the pull of Auburn's Martin Aquatic Center, and by 1993, he was training regularly there.
Today, he's the veteran member of Auburn Masters Swimming, a club for competitive swimmers, triathletes and other serious swimmers on campus and community-wide. The club, part of U.S. Masters Swimming, has scheduled workouts at the center with qualified swim coaches six days a week.
In a typical year, he swims in five to eight competitions, including the intramural meet at Auburn, where he and his team race undergrads. He also hosts a two-day meet every February that draws 200 swimmers from all over the country, some well into their 90s.
But for Bailey, the 9.2-mile race in Chattanooga was the most significant, and not just because he won or because it was his longest ever.
"I didn't do that (swim) to prove anything," says the 71-year-old Bailey. "For me, it was life-affirming—to go from being near death a year and a half ago to being national champ in a pretty tough race."
He's referring to a chapter in his life that began in the midst of spring semester 2015, when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. But cancer wasn't what nearly killed him. In fact, three rounds of chemo followed by a couple of surgical procedures, and he was cancer-free—and, from all indications, on the fast track to complete recovery.
Until Dec. 26, while he was on his way to San Francisco for a Bailey brothers' reunion.
"It hit me on an airplane somewhere over Missouri," he says. The "it" was sepsis, a potentially deadly bloodstream infection that, for him, may or may not have been related to the surgery. Whatever the culprit, his temperature shot up to 105.7 degrees. He was seriously sick.
He spent several days in ICU in a California hospital before being medevacked to UAB, where his surgeon is based. He was in the hospital for 12 days, and recovery was slow as molasses. Throughout his battle with cancer, even while on chemo, he had continued swimming at the aquatic center with Auburn Masters members. Not true with the sepsis.
"I was out of the hospital by mid-January, but I didn't swim again until April (2016)," he says.
Bailey has never been one to preach to others about getting active and staying in tip-top shape, and he won't start now. All he knows is, had it not been for his commitment to swimming, his story very well could have had a different ending.
"I never thought swimming was going to add years to my life, just that it was a way to improve the quality of my life while I'm around," he says. "But I'm having to rethink that now."


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A half an hour drive out the city and you'll be surrounded by nature in the tranquil setting that is Foxley Wood. It's a national nature reserve and a working wood. The trust there have re-purposed ways of using the wood, as it would have been used in times gone by but for the modern day. It's fascinating stuff.
Last Saturday, Hamish & I put on our boots and headed around the 2.5 km trail. We didn't see a single soul out there. It was marvellous.
It's a funny time of year for nature, it's only just spring so most things brown and lifeless, with the occasional gorgeous flower or buds peeking through the mud.
My amazing Asos fur lined parka came in handy as there was a definite chill in the air!
Part way around the trail we discovered an old abandoned carriage, it somehow perfectly fit in with its surroundings. We stumbled upon a few homemade dens and teepee's too. It's certainly a place to come for an adventure.
This glorious green carpet will turn into bluebells very soon, I can only imagine how stunning it will look.
From fallen logs, to dried old mushrooms, hidden burrows and trickling steams, Foxley wood has it all. If you're lucky enough you may spot some deer or get startled by noisy pheasants.
It's definitely a place where wellies are needed! RIP boots!
When Spring is in full swing or when summer arrives I can imagine that this place is beyond stunning. It was so peaceful and tranquil, it just nice to be surrounded by nature getting a good old dose of fresh air.
Foxley village is rather quaint too, the roads are narrow and wind around cottages, farms and barn conversions. It's a delightful part of the world.
Have you been to Foxley Wood?


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Posted on January 31, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be conducting a sobriety roadside safety checkpoint in White County on Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol recognizes that sobriety checkpoint is highly visible and effective tools in the battle against impaired driving.
Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills ore than 16,000 people and injures over 305,000 others every year in the United States. Troopers will evaluate drivers for signs of alcohol or drug impairment and take corrective action for other violations observed while ensuring the protection of all motorists.
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Donald Lee Trusty, age 51, of Walling, passed away Jan. 22, 2014, at his residence.
Mr. Trusty was born May 6, 1962, in Sparta, a son of Marie Felton Trusty and Glyn Trusty.
He served in the U.S. Air Force.
Mr. Trusty was preceded in death by his father; a nephew, Timothy Trusty; grandparents, Haskel and Lerah Belle Trusty and J.W. and Cleatis Felton; and one stepson, Lee Slatten.
In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife, Renee Trusty, of Walling; son, Anthony David McArdle, U.S. Air Force, of Italy; Nicholas Trusty and wife Chelsea, of Cookeville; stepdaughter, Jessica Harden, of Sparta; five other stepdaughters; brother, Alan … Read More
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Brittany Ann Farley Johnson, 29, of Sparta, passed away Jan. 26, 2014.
Mrs. Johnson was born Nov. 18, 1984, in Cookeville, the daughter of Dale Farley and Karen Foster Farley.
She was a kindergarten teacher at Findlay Elementary. She played basketball and tennis at White County High School and basketball at Roane State Community College where she graduated with an associate degree, and later she graduated from TTU with a bachelor's degree.
She was a member of the church of Christ at Cumberland Heights.
Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her grandparents, Barbara Clee Davis Foster and Haskell Farley and Bessie Williams Farley.
Survivors include her parents, … Read More
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Recent bitterly cold weather that has taken a toll on Sparta and White County, as well as surrounding cities and states, has precipitated the issuance of a statement by Tennessee Valley Authority to clarify when and how officials will ask for the public to conserve electricity.
According to Jim Hopson, who handles TVA's public relations, Tennessee Valley Authority has experienced three rounds of extreme cold during the month of January, including the cold snap that was experienced the past few days.
According to Hopson, each of these events significantly increased electricity demand and placed a strain of TVA's power distribution system, which supports about 9 million people throughout … Read More
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
A man who had been indicted in Smith County for allegedly stealing $11,000 in fundraising collections from a youth football league last fall has now been indicted in White County on similar allegations.
According to the case's lead investigator, Detective Chris Isom of the White County Sheriff Department, in August 2013, Jeffery Todd Burke, of Cookeville, who served as a middleman between the Warrior Football League and a fundraiser company, took a large sum of money, reportedly more than $16,000, from the league that was supposed to be turned over to the fundraiser company for cookie dough the football players sold to raise money for … Read More
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Hwy 111 crash. At approximately 1 p.m. on Jan. 28, while bundled up in heavy coats and hats to keep warm in the 12-degree weather, Sparta Police, Sparta Fire Department, White County Emergency Medical Services and Sparta-White County Rescue Squad responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 111 at Walker Cove Road. The Rescue Squad performed a minor extrication. The southbound lanes of Highway 111 were blocked as rescue workers aided the victims and cleared the scene of debris. Details of the crash were not available at press time and will be in the Feb. 3 edition of The Expositor.
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Raela Gore
Staff Writer
As Becky Simmons slept sitting upright in bed, she cradled baby Sawyer in her arms. Although Sawyer was only days old, he began experiencing episodes in which he would cease breathing and his eyes would roll back in his head. Becky held him close, hoping that if she were holding him during an episode, it would wake her.
That night as she held him, she dreamt of her grandfather, who had been a monumental part of her life.
"My Papa came into my dream and said, 'I'm holding his soul. I'm holding his soul,'" Becky said.
When … Read More
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Ray William "Billy Ray" Boyd, 82, of Smyrna, formerly of Spencer, passed away Jan. 25, 2014, at Alive Hospice in Nashville.
Mr. Boyd was born March 30, 1932, in Radford, Va., a son of Troy Jefferson and Nannie Plotner Boyd.
He was a faithful member of the church of Christ, serving as a minister more than 40 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Boyd was preceded in death by a son, Troy W. Boyd; a brother, Lorne Boyd; and two sisters, Joyce and Madeline.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Boyd, of Smyrna; daughter, Charlene Wilson and husband David, of … Read More
Posted on January 30, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Goodwin Davis, 60, of Cookeville, formerly of Sparta, passed away Jan. 26, 2014, at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, after a long illness with cancer.
Ms. Davis was born July 17, 1953, in Cookeville, to Robert Arvil Goodwin and Treva Lafever Goodwin.
She was employed at Fleet Guard, in Cookeville.
Survivors include her daughter, Jennifer Dawn Davis, of Cookeville; her three grandchildren, Navada Davis, Destiny Streit, Diesel Powers, of Cookeville; brother David Goodwin and wife Henrietta, of Sparta; aunts, Alice Lorene Alison, Cleo Sliger Goodwin, both of Sparta; uncle, Kenneth LaFever, of Richmond, Ind.; two stepsons, Ben Ruffalo, of Virginia, Tony Ruffalo, of Des Moines, Iowa; … Read More
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Posted on January 29, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
The White County Middle School eighth grade Warriorettes earned a spot in the Central Tennessee Conference semifinals with their opening round win over host, Coffee County.
The Warriorettes defeated the Lady Raiders 40-37 on Monday. The Warriors were scheduled to play Tuesday, but that game was postponed until Wednesday due to the weather. The results from that were not available at press time.
A 17-point second quarter keyed the victory for the Warriorettes against Coffee County.
The inside game of the Warriorettes paced the win as Hannah Leftwich and Megan Sparkman tossed in 10 each. Cassie Randolph added seven Paige Parker netted five and Tia Leftwich chipped in … Read More
Posted on January 28, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
The extreme cold weather has caused an unexpected demand of power. TVA has issued a "Step 20" Power Alert and is asking all electric power consumers to reduce their use of electricity as much as possible through the duration of the extreme cold temperatures
The voluntary reduction is needed to help ensure a continued supply of power to essential services throughout the region and avoid interruptions in service. TVA is using all available resources, and along with Caney Fork Electric Cooperative and Sparta Electric System, is working around the clock to make power available to consumers. Both local utilities are cutting back on power use in their facilities … Read More
Posted on January 27, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Billy Dale Wallace, 76, of Spencer, passed away at his residence on Jan. 23, 2014.
Mr. Wallace was born Oct. 20, 1937, in White County.
He was a retired contractor and farmer and a member of the Church of God.
He was preceded in death by his father, William Martin Wallace and his mother, Ollie Belle Wallace.
Survivors include his wife, Laura A. Evans Wallace, of Spencer; stepson, Daniel R. Perkins, of Orlando, Fla.; brother, Lynn Wallace, of Brentwood; mother-in-law, Ginny Evans; brother-in-law, Robert Evans and wife Barbara; sister-in-law Virginia Evans, of Nashville; niece, Sherri Wallace Cash and husband Scott, of Brentwood; niece, Stacie Wallace McMahan and husband … Read More
Posted on January 27, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Raela Gore
Staff Writer
When New Yorker Anita Spainhower sought retirement, she looked to Tennessee for a new home. She visited a few towns, but none seemed to be the right fit—Sparta was a different story.
"We were impressed with Sparta as we came through," Anita said. "We did a little house shopping and made a deal to buy a house that same day."
To remain active in her high school class reunions, Anita created a MyLife page to get in touch with old classmates. David Spainhower recognized Anita from high school on her profile, and the two began emailing and calling. The … Read More
Posted on January 27, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
Reba Nell Pullum, 88, of Sparta, passed away Jan. 23, 2014, at her home.
Mrs. Pullum was born May 13, 1925, the daughter of Ada and Lonzo Williams.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jesse Albert Pullum; son, Michael Albert Pullum; and brothers and sisters, Vestal, Willie, Pauline, Raymond, Hollis, Clayton, Bessie and David (Dee) Williams.
She is survived by one sister, Wilma Judd, of Cookeville; her children; Carolyn Farris and husband Royce, Rick Pullum and wife Pam; daughter-in-law, Judy Pullum; six grandchildren, Bryce Pullum, Wayne Farris, Cameron Farris, Katie Roberts, Jerry Pullum and wife Laura, Jacoby Farris and Lisa Manus; seven great-grandchildren, Jesse Pullum, … Read More
Posted on January 27, 2014 12:12 am by Sparta Live
J.C. Cantrell, 72, of Sparta, passed away Jan. 24, 2014, at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas.
Mr. Cantrell was born March 16, 1941, in Sparta, to William Norman and Emma Kirby Cantrell.
He owned and operated Cantrell's Service Station in Sparta for more than 32 years.
Mr. Cantrell was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Dude William Cantrell; and four sisters, Ellen, Bertha, Willietta and Bernice.
He is survived by his wife, Brenda Faye Jones Cantrell, of Sparta; daughters, Kim Cantrell Eller, of Sparta, Sherry Cantrell Wilkerson and husband Randy, of Sparta; and grandsons, Alex Eller and A.J. Wilkerson.
Funeral service was 3 p.m., Jan. 26, … Read More
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Purpose and Audience
This course is an introduction to the application of laser technology and techniques to accelerators. The course is designed for graduate students, engineers, and scientists interested in the basic concept and techniques for laser applications in accelerators. Prerequsities: Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism at the junior/senior undergraduate level.
The course will survey the concepts and techniques for laser applications in accelerators, including laser pulse manipulation and laser-beam interactions. At the end of the course, the students are expected to understand the basic laser techniques, laser-beam interactions, and laser related as a beam diagnostics and beam manipulations.
Lecture 1: Laser Basics.
Lecture 2: Laser propagation and diagnostics.
Lecture 3: Photoinjectors and laser synchronization
Lecture 4: Laser pulse shaping
Lecture 5: Laser-beam interactions and applications: FEL and Thomson scattering.
Lecture 5b: Laser-beam interaction and applications: Inverse free electron lasers
Lecture 6: Beam manipulation and processing using lasers: IFEL, stochastic cooling, etc.
Lecture 7: Electro-optical sampling and applications
Lecture 8: Introduction to the frontiers: laser accelerators


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Justice's Lack of Privacy
The Justice Department has reason to be nervous about the fact that hundreds of FBI files were turned over to the Clinton White House on a no-questions-asked basis. Last week, Justice agreed to pay one of its former officials an unprecedented $250,000 settlement rather than continue to deny it violated his rights under the Privacy Act. Should more revelations about the use of FBI files surface, the Justice Department could be at risk from a series of potentially expensive class-action and individual suits.
The case that Justice...


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Hannah's research focuses on how immigration policy and processes of migration shape migrants' everyday lives and experiences of work, community, leisure and transnational relationships. Her research interests include community and social relationships, migration and refugee studies, volunteering, multiculturalism; and the ethics and methodologies of research with migrant populations.
I've always taken every opportunity to travel and learn about places, cultures and societies. Initially my interest wasn't in research but in campaigning and political change to address global justice issues, particularly related to indigenous peoples, refugees and race. Working in a children's rights project at Save the Children, I came to understand the importance of robust evidence for influencing policy and effecting social change. At that time, there was a sudden shift in the media representation of refugees. In 1999, there was widespread public support for the UK's role in resettling refugees from Kosovo. Only a few months later, the government announced plans to disperse people seeking asylum around the UK. Suddenly, xenophobic sentiments were commonplace and a sense that more understanding of refugees was needed led me to a PhD in Social Justice to explore 'community' among people seeking asylum.
I'm working with nine civil society partners on an ESRC Knowledge Exchange 'Platform on Forced Labour and Asylum' to develop practical ways to tackle forced labour among refugees and asylum seekers. This follows on from our research study 'Precarious Lives', the first research to evidence and explore why and how people seeking protection from persecution in the UK can be susceptible to forced labour. This year I'll also be visiting the University of Sydney with a WUN Researcher Mobility Programme grant to explore refugee precarity on an international scale.
That people do not live in a community but engage with (or avoid) spatial and temporal realizations of community. Practices and spaces of ephemeral association such as food, dancing, music and parties enable 'community moments' that realize shared values within the context of lives marked by fluidity and insecurity. I've contributed to a body of work that evidences long-term and widespread destitution among refused asylum seekers as an intentional result of government policy, a crisis that is consistently denied and ignored by the state.
The main highlight is that research offers me the opportunity to work with inspiring people from around the world, and through these connections to learn through personal insights about cultural, political and social issues across the globe.
Migration is a complex and ever-changing phenomenon. It is useful not only to follow policy changes at the national and international level, but to remain engaged with the reality of migrants' everyday lives to understand and challenge theory, policy and assumptions.
Migration? Of birds or people?
My favourite hobby is tropical-water scuba diving, but chances for that are few and far between. I'm not so keen on the mud and cold of UK waters, so I keep myself occupied with my allotment, capoeira, snowboarding, pilates and studying for an HE Cert in Spanish at Leeds Metropolitan University.
For more on Hannah's research and publications visit her homepage


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BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May revealed during a radio interview that she needed a "stiff drink" after her calamatious conference speech, which was marred by a prankster handing her a P45, a coughing fit and a collapsing set.
She said her husband Philip was worried for her safety after Simon Brodkin managed to get so close to her despite intense security in Manchester last week.
Mrs May was asked whether she had contemplated giving up midway through her address to delegates after her voice repeatedly broken down.
.@Theresa_May jokes about needing a "stiff drink" after her troubled party conference speech last week #MayOnLBC https://t.co/5Ar8x6Eq4b pic.twitter.com/Lp9RRJpeZU— Tory Generation 🇬🇧 (@Tory_Generation) October 10, 2017
She said she hadn't, adding: "I'd had a cough sweet before I went on and some cough medicine earlier. I suppose I just thought I would be okay."
That issue came after the comic — also known as Lee Nelson — gave her a fake unemployment notice and joked that Boris Johnson had asked him to perform the stunt.
Mrs May said there had been a moment where she thought "has something gone wrong, am I supposed to be stopping?" but then realised it was not someone official.
She said: "I think he had been a bit worried about the individual who approached me, probably more so than I had been on my position up there on the podium.
"As everybody now knows, he gave me a really big hug because he just wanted to say well done for getting through it."
He was asked if she needed the big hug her husband gave her once she finally got through the speech, she said: "I think I probably needed a stiff drink afterwards."
After the speech a plot to oust her from Number 10 Downing Street was revealed, with ex-party chairman Grant Shapps at the helm.
During the radio segment, Mrs May also repeatedly refused to say if she would vote for Brexit if the UK held another EU referendum today.
The Prime Minister — who voted Remain last time around — was asked during a phone-in interview whether her position has changed, reports The Sun.
Theresa May refusing to say whether she would vote Leave or Remain were a referendum to be held today.— Citoyen saboteur🇪🇺 (@polnyypesets) October 10, 2017
She began by telling the caller on LBC, a talk radio show in Britain, she did not answer "hypothetical" questions.
But after she was pushed the PM said: "I could sit here and I could say I'd still vote Remain or I'd vote Leave, just to give you an answer."
"I'm being open and honest with you.
"What I did last time round was I looked at everything and came to a judgment and I'd do exactly the same this time round."
The failure to say she would want to plump for the very thing she is now in charge of delivering is sure to worry Brexiteers anxious about our exit.
Mrs May added: "But we're not having another referendum. That's absolutely crucial."
"We are going to deliver on the vote of the British people, we are going to deliver Brexit — 29th March 2019, we come out of the European Union."
She also reconfirmed her commitment to staying on as leader until at least the next election in 2022, saying: "I'm not a quitter — there's a long-term job to be done."
.@Nigel_Farage lets rip at Theresa May after she refused to say whether she'd vote for Brexit in a second referendum https://t.co/NyAsLicMlj pic.twitter.com/JIhB7en2li— LBC (@LBC) October 10, 2017
Asked about the disgraced former minister she said: "I have parliamentary colleagues who have a variety of views."
But pressed further on the attempted coup, which she saw off at the weekend she said: "You should have any disagreements in private."
In a final lighthearted question the PM was asked which of her Cabinet colleagues "would you most like to keep you company" if she was cast adrift.
Theresa May refused THREE TIMES in interview with @IainDale to say whether she would vote for Brexit if there was a referendum today. FFS. pic.twitter.com/GbupCUzO4e— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) October 10, 2017
After laughing she said: "Now this is going to be one of those terrible questions, but you know what the name that first went through my mind — and maybe it's just because I've had a cough is Dr Liam Fox, because I'm sure he'd be very practical."


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The 4 bedroom Langdale has been designed to offer extra space for growing families.
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One in a series of occasional articles on the people affected by the No Child Left Behind law.
Robert G. Smith, superintendent of the Arlington County schools, has been on a winning streak.
When he took the job in 1997, experts wondered whether the county's many low-income students with limited English skills could handle the new Virginia standardized tests. But he and his school board gave teachers time and money to prepare, and by last year, all 30 Arlington schools had reached the state's testing benchmarks or were close to doing so.
Now, like many other successful superintendents, Smith has to start over. The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which took effect in July, has imposed a new set of test score targets and deadlines. The law is so complicated that interpretations seem to change every month, and Smith has had to submit a 92-page application just for the privilege of having his assessment system knocked askew by the U.S. Department of Education.
"I am positive about establishing clear standards. I am positive about assessing clearly what we hope to accomplish. I am also positive about disaggregating data and making sure all of our children are doing well," he said. "But like so many other things, the devil is in the details."
The No Child Left Behind law is the latest version of a two-decade-old effort to ensure that all U.S. students learn to read, write and do mathematics well enough to succeed on the job or in college. It began in southern states, where bad schools were hurting the local economies. Smith is familiar with that history because he spent 16 years as a school administrator in Spring, Tex., watching a succession of governors, including George W. Bush, insist on better accounting of public school achievement.
Smith acknowledges that the national effort has improved education in some of the country's worst school districts, but he worries that it may have less beneficial effects in districts, such as Arlington, that are already doing a good job.
When measured by per-pupil spending, test score gains and high school course quality, Arlington is one of the best districts in the country. One of its schools with a majority of low-income students, Barcroft Elementary, has won national attention for surprisingly high test scores.
Smith said he has been trying to decipher the new law and determine what Arlington must do to meet its standards. "Our major initiative initially with No Child Left Behind was to try to figure out what it was doing to us," he said.
He has budgeted an extra $150,000 to collect data on the college majors and other credentials of his approximately 2,000 classroom teachers so he can determine whether any are teaching subjects they do not entirely understand, a no-no under the federal law. He also is investigating the effect of the law on his 343 instructional assistants, many of whom are supposed to have at least two years of college education, or the equivalent, under No Child Left Behind. He has budgeted $153,000 to help the assistants pay for any extra college courses they might need.
For the first time, he has also had to notify all parents of children receiving special instruction in English, even down to kindergarten level, that they have been designated for extra help. "I think we communicated that before," he said, "but not to the extent we do now."
Arlington will lose about $200,000 a year because of a change in the way grants are awarded for helping children from non-English-speaking families, he said. The increase in overall federal funding for education under No Child Left Behind will make up for that loss, but not by much.
Now his focus is on the new federal 95 percent rule, which requires that local districts test at least 95 percent of students in any of the subgroups identified in the law -- non-Hispanic whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, students with limited English, special education students and low-income students.
A particularly important change for Arlington, where 41 percent of the students come from non-English-speaking households, is a rule that such students must be tested within three years of their arrival in the school system. Under the old state rules, the district had five years to prepare such students before giving them the tests, and Smith said that the new tests may not be a valid measure of what the students can do.
Several of his schools, he said, will have trouble reaching the new federal standards and making the "adequate yearly progress" that will determine if they get the dreaded "needs improvement" label or not. Schools so designated will be required to provide extra tutoring for students who want it and transportation to other schools for families that demand it.
Continued failure to meet the standards could lead to replacement of school staffs and other drastic measures.
Another new rule, however, may save some Arlington schools. Like other states, Virginia has asked that yearly progress not be calculated for racial or other subgroups of less than 50 members at any school. At least four north Arlington elementary schools -- Jamestown, Nottingham, Tuckahoe and Taylor -- are unlikely to have that many black, Hispanic, low-income or special education students, Smith said.
But even those schools will have to show steady improvement for all of their students on standardized tests, a requirement that Smith fears will lead to less imaginative teaching. The federal law, he said, encourages "a narrow gauge approach to education where we reduce that which is taught to that which is tested. That is the real concern."


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Rudolph Mazda PAR Championship Event #2
SCCA - Pan American Region
Registration closed March 16, 2016 6:00 PM on March 16, 2016 6:00 PM MDT Registration ends March 16, 2016 6:00 PM on March 16, 2016 6:00 PM MDT Registration opens March 9, 2016 9:00 AM on March 9, 2016 9:00 AM MST Registration runs from March 9, 2016 9:00 AM to March 16, 2016 6:00 PM
Sunday March 20 - Rudolph Mazda PAR Championship Event #2
Sunday Event Schedule
7:30 - 9:30 - Tech Inspection & Registration - PLEASE PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT
7:30 - 9:30am - Course open for walking
9:45 - 10:00 - Mandatory Drivers Meeting
10:15 - Corner Workers get in position
10:30 - Noon (appx) - First Run Group
12:00 - 12:30 - Lunch
12:45 - Corners Workers in position
1-2:30 - 2nd Run Group
2:30 - Course tear down and equipment loaded followed by awards.
Entry Fees
Current SCCA Members - $40 if pre-registered & $45 the day of the event
Non-SCCA Members - $50 if pre-registered and $55 the day of the event
Credit Cards accepted at the event site or you can pay online here! No extra fee for credit card payments.
Save $5 by registering online - payment not required at time of registration. You may pre-register and make payment at the event!
Details......Details......Details...............Championship Series Events
Each competitor will be given a minimum of six ( 6 ) timed runs & possibly 2-extra "fun runs" if time permits.
The first six ( 6 ) timed runs will count towards your individual overall score for the event. Only ONE ( 1 ) of the "quickest" of the six timed runs will be your scored time for the event.
There will be two individual run groups for this event and all entries will be equally divided as much as possible. No competitor may ride in another vehicle ( in order to gain a competitive edge ) to receive another "look" so to speak, at the course.
Each run will be made on a technically designed, but challenging, course defined by orange traffic pylons. Top Speeds are usually kept at 60-70 mph by the fastest or most powerful vehicles and the course can be anywhere between 60 to 80 seconds in duration. The length of each run is usually 8-tenths to 9-tenths of mile.
A 2-second time penalty will be added to a given competitor's individual timed-run for each and every pylon that is hit or taken down during a run.
Everyone will be expected to work & perform their worker duty or task when directed by the Chief of Workers. We are a total volunteer group of workers and racers. No one is allowed to get out of their worker duties unless advance prior arrangements have been made with the Event Chairman via email. Exemptions for worker duty are a family emergency, having to go to work. Otherwise, all other excuses for not performing your worker duty when requested will not be recognized or acknowledged.
Only one rider per vehicle will be allowed to ride as a passenger in a given run provided that they are at least 12-years of age ( and have a signed parental or guardian form filled-out ) and have signed the event wavier form, plus the temporary weekend membership form also.
Loaner helmets will be available at the event or you may use your own helmet provided that it confirms to the 2014 SCCA Solo Rules requirements. If you bring your own it MUST be Snell rated 2000 or better.
Every competitor must have a current and valid drivers license or current and valid drivers permit ( with a signed parental or guardian form filled-out at the time of registration ) and must be prepared to present it at the registration table.
All vehicles must conform to the 2016 SCCA Solo Rules safety inspection. It will consist of making sure that all batteries are properly fastened in place, wheel bearings at all four positions are in good shape, seat belts are in good shape and properly fastened, brake pedal test involving no mushy brake feel or leaks, all lug nuts at each position are in place and properly torqued, all tires may not have any cords or belts showing & are not cracked or split anywhere on the carcass, etc. All coolant, brakes, engine or transmission leaks will be allowed if found to be excessive. All cars must have mufflers and be reasonably quiet during operation.
*We will need everyone's help & cooperation is picking up the course and loading the pylons and all the equipment back into the trailer.
After the course and equipment have been picked up and loaded onto the trailer, we will have a trophy and awards presentation.
We will have three different class categories for this year and trophies will be awarded for each of these three individual categories.
They are as follows:
Rookies Class
You are eligible for this class if you are new or a first time competitor to solo racing and/or if you have not competed for 1-full year of solo competition
Intermediate Class
Anyone is eligible to run in this class provided that they are no longer eligible to compete in the rookies class any longer and if they have demonstrated that they are not exactly ready ( due to car preparation, car classification and/or driving experience or skill ) to compete in the Open class. No limit of years of competition here. If someone competing in this class clearly shows or demonstrates a strong or absolute dominance in this class, the Pan American Region board reserves the right to move a competitor into the Open Class at their discretion.
Open Class
This a category that is reserved for drivers that have demonstrated very strong driver skills & experience ( not to be judged in years ), excellent car preparation and/or possess a vehicle that has a distinct and clear advantage over the competition due to its power, weight, tire & wheel size, car classification and/or PAX Index.
We hope that each and everyone of you will come out to experience and enjoy the exciting world of solo racing & competition.
You can pay online with a Credit/Debit card or Check via Motorsportreg.com or you can elect to pay with cash or check at the event itself. for credit card payments
Disclaimer: The above event is subject to cancellation due to other event scheduling conflicts that may occur from time to time during the year at the Cohen Stadium facility.


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Lotus E-bike by Giancarlo Zema for LumineXence
Lotus E-bike is a pedal assisted electric bike by Giancarlo Zema for LumineXence.
Information provided by Giancarlo Zema Design Group
It is an innovative eco-sustainable, pedal assisted electric bike sophisticatedly designed by the architect Giancarlo Zema for LumineXence. The main aluminium structure is just one single curve starting from the front of the bike, to incorporate the pedals at the centre, before enveloping the back wheel concealing the integrated battery and the brushless BionX electric motor, which finally ends below the comfortable saddle.
The maintenance-free cardan shaft transmits pedaling power accurately and silently. The large LED touch screen display also gives information on charge status, road systems and conditions and the nearest Lotus recharging points. A highly intuitive system and maximum comfort are the happy result of its extremely ergonomic shape and practical storage containers.
The Lotus E-bike can be re-charged at Lotus recharging points, equipped with 8.7Mq (500x220cm) photovoltaic shelters with generating capacities of up to 1.2kWp. The six "bud" bike docks are the perfect design solution for recharging and parking individual E-bikes. Top-ups can be paid by cash point or credit card thanks to a special electronic system.
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Erin Sarotte
Hello! My name's Erin and I'm a FOCUS missionary. Welcome to my page!
Hello! My name's Erin and I'm a FOCUS missionary. Welcome to my page!
This past year, I served at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. It was there that I learned what it means to truly live out the New Evangelization of the Church by serving those who are already Catholic but yearning for a deeper relationship with Jesus. It was a very fruitful year of mission and I'm blessed to have had the opportunity to serve there.
This year, I will be serving at California State University in Fullerton, California and I am excited to see what the Lord has in store! Although it will be very different from last year, I am ready to serve on a public campus and share the mission of Christ with these students.
I was born and raised Catholic and
went to Catholic school all the way through high school. My faith was important
to me, but I was missing a big part of it- having relationship with Jesus.
Unlike many college students, I intensely grew closer to Christ in college. It
was through my FOCUS Bible studies, my Catholic sorority, and the mentorship of
FOCUS missionaries that I learned the true meaning of having a relationship
with Jesus and what it looks like to live that out daily. I learned to share my
testimony, the Gospel, and develop a prayer life. It opened my eyes to seeing
God working in every situation in my life and allowed me to place my trust in
Him. I developed a vision for spiritual multiplication and a zeal for souls. He
allowed me to share this with others and spread His word in a culture that
doesn't want to hear it.
After college, everyone expects you
to find a full-time job in the field you just got a degree in. I think FOCUS is
doing some of the most important work that can be done on this earth. I prayed
about and discerned if Christ was calling me to this work for a couple years
and said "yes" to Him.
My first year as a missionary at Franciscan was probably the hardest year of my life. I learned that laboring for souls requires dying to yourself and trusting in Jesus. Despite the hardships, there was so much fruit born this past year. It is because of the authentic friendships I developed, the divine intimacy I grew in, and the spiritual multiplication that happened that I continue to be convicted of the mission of Christ and the mission of FOCUS.
Please join me in the pursuit of souls for Christ! My life was changed in college through the leadership and friendship of FOCUS missionaries and student leaders. I pray for strength as Christ leads me in mission as well. Your prayers and support make it possible to win the souls of college students for Christ in such an important time in their lives. Thank you very much in advance, and know that your support will not go unnoticed.
We encounter God in an intimate relationship through daily prayer, the sacraments and the Scriptures.
By building genuine friendships, we meet students on a deeper level.
We teach students how to share the gospel, who in turn teach other students how to pass it on …


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We support the student in regards for the education in Australia, checks for the requirements for the purpose of entry.
Once the student gets registered and submits all the essential documents apart from the English Test score, we at Aussizz Group apply for Conditional Offer Letter from the education provider. However, if the student already has an English Test Score, we can directly apply for the Unconditional Offer Letter.
This process may take 4-6 weeks for assessment depending upon the education provider. The outstanding documents will be requested (if required).
After the offer letter is received, the applicant need to submit the required documents for the Streamline Visa Process (SVP) and furnish the financial documents for the amount to be shown. The first semester fees are to be paid to the education provider or as required by the education provider. A few institutions may need to pay the full fee of 1 year.
Upon the satisfaction of the SVP process, the education provider issues the Electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCOE) which is inevitable for processing the visa.
Then, the application for the student visa is sent to the Department of Immigration & Border Protection, Australia. It is highly recommended that you lodge for the visa before 12 weeks from the days of orientation in the institution.
You can only meet the eligibility criteria for both institution and visa application if you have:
Australian universities & colleges accept both IELTS & PTE scores as a proof of English proficiency. The following guideline for IELTS/PTE score is just an approximation, each University or institute will have their own benchmark score for their respective courses.
You must submit evidence of sufficient funds that must be 3 months prior from the date of application for the duration of your stay in Australia.
The immigration department must be satisfied that an applicant, once in Australia, will have genuine access to the funds they claim to possess to cover the travel, tuition and living costs for themselves and their family members.
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