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Dr. Nancy Jennings studies the impact of media on the lives of children and their families and public policies and practices involved with children's media. Her research focuses on children's cognitive and social development and their use of media. She employs experimental design as well as qualitative methodologies to explore children's relationships with media characters. She has also conducted evaluation research on educational media and outreach programs as well as conducting content analyses and textual analyses of media content. She has also recently published a book (Tween Girls and Their Mediated Friends) focusing on girls and their relationships with media characters. Dr. Jennings has published on other topics including virtual environments, children's advertising, families and media, and media violence. She provides parent education programs on children's media use, directs the Children's Education and Entertainment Research (CHEER) Lab, and has published peer-reviewed journals articles and book chapters. Her passion for children's media carries over into her teaching and serves as the inspiration for her innovative study abroad program. Dr. Jennings teaches students about the integration of research, curriculum, and production (like that of the Sesame Street model) that work together to make learning fun and accessible for young children around the world. With the motive of teaching and living the Sesame Street global model of education and cultural respect, she developed a study abroad experience in which college students could learn about children's media from around the world with an appreciation for culture, child development, and media production and research.
Salatino is triple majoring in public relations and strategic communication, health and risk communication and sport communication at Ashland University in Ashland, Oh. In her academic career, she has won the top undergraduate poster award for OCA in 2013 and ECA in 2015. She is a member of Lambda Pi Eta, the communication honorary, Alpha Lambda Delta, an honor society and Omicron Delta Kappa, a leadership honorary. At Ashland, she has been named as the Outstanding Sophomore and Junior award in her department. Actively, she is involved as President of the Sport Communication Club on campus as well as Vice President of the school's PRSSA chapter. Through experience, she has completed several internships in the communication and social media world. This includes redesigning the University's Football Team social media sites to rebrand their name into NCAA compliance as well as increase the fandom by over 500 followers. This past summer, she interned at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa. where she managed and updated social media analytics to show increases in hits through all social channels and participated in a market research study to find non-visitors perceptions of Phipps Conservatory. Salatino is passionate about learning all facets of communication and is excited to take that learning upon graduation to her future career.
Hannah is a senior public relations major, communication studies and social media minor at Ohio Northern University. She is involved in various organizations on campus, holding leadership roles in each. Within the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Hannah has served as Secretary, National Assembly Delegate and is currently serving her second term as President. She received the PRSSA Outstanding New Member Award after showing promise and Outstanding Chapter Member for her commitment to the overall success of the organization. Within True North nationally affiliated student-run firm, Hannah has worked on projects for various clients. Her Bateman Case Study Competition team received Honorable Mention for the national client, FISERV. In the Student Planning Committee, she served as an Event Coordinator and is currently the Vice President of External Affairs. A sister of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, Hannah was the Social Chair and is currently serving her second term as the Historian/Chapter Reporter. She is a member of Mortar Board, member and President of Lambda Pi Eta and has been on the dean's list four consecutive semesters. In addition to schoolwork and leadership roles, Hannah currently works as a public relations intern for Cristofoli-Keeling, Inc., marketing intern for Communications and Marketing, assistant for Alumni Relations and social media intern for Dining Services. Previously, she was a featured blogger for the International Studies Abroad (ISA) top-ranked travel blog during her study abroad experience in Ireland and a special events intern at All Occasions Catering and Banquet Facility in Waldo, Ohio.
My name is Margaret Douglass, I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and am currently a senior at Denison University double majoring in communication and women's and gender studies. My current research interests explore gender and organizational communication. With regard to academic undertakings, spring term of 2015 I had the honor of being selected to serve as a Communication Departmental Fellow, where I perform research and clerical tasks for professors. I also hold the departmental fellow title within my women's and gender studies major. Moreover, fall of my junior year a colleague and I co-authored a research paper originally intended for a communication course. The project, "My Three Sons: An Unconventional Approach to American Conformity", was selected and presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Undergraduate Research Conference which took place at Smith College last April. On an extracurricular front, I hold the Membership and Recruiting Chairman position within my sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and enjoy volunteering at the Humane Society in Granville, Ohio.
Esen Saygin Koc, Bowling Green State University
Winning Poster -Bullies on My Phone!: A Discursive Analysis of "Yik Yak's" Impact on the Social Culture of Liberal Arts College
Archit Agarwal, Denison University
Dudley B. Turner has been at The University of Akron since 1986 as faculty, Director of the School of Communication, and Interim Dean of the College of Creative & Professional Arts. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from Purdue University, but started out with a Speech and Drama, Secondary Education degree from Asbury University (Kentucky) and performed in many productions (such as You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Mouse That Roared, The Most Happy Fella, Animal Farm and The Fantasticks). He has taught junior and senior high school students to university graduate students, courses across the spectrum of communication – public speaking, interviewing, professional presentations, communication theory, persuasion, research and pedagogy. He also completed a Professional Development certificate in distance education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After 14 years in administration at the university, Dr. Turner returned to his first love of full time teaching and research. He develops online courses and uses various technologies in all learning. He is devoted to service learning and various experiential learning approaches whether on campus or virtually using Second Life and other mediated communication. His research focus is on technology use in learning, such as augmented reality and quest-based educational games, and the use learning management systems, online learning, and virtual worlds.
Dr. Turner lives near Akron, Ohio, enjoys outdoor activities, sports, swimming and golf, and when indoors likes to read and watch movies. He is married (35 years) and has two grown daughters and a dog.
Interested in ethics and civic engagement, Laura situates teaching as a platform for involving students as active citizens. At the interpersonal level, she designs unique assignments in which students act as co-researchers and co-participants in one another's lives. These dialogic projects and the co-operative inquiry methods they employ take place in courses with a creative twist, such as "Communicating Kindness" and "Communicating to Inspire." Such courses promote supportive communication, while also empowering students to seek out both conference and service opportunities. For instance, last year her students attended OCA to present a roundtable discussion titled, "Cultivating an Ethics of Goodwill: How Kindness Enlightens Practices of Scholarship, Teaching, and Service."
In the realm of service, Laura and her students worked with Behavioral Health Partners, a nonprofit organization in Newark, Ohio, to research techniques for raising awareness and reducing the stigma around mental illness. This service opportunity enabled students to acquire richer understandings of health communication, while also developing insight into the disparities affecting their surrounding communities. As one student noted, "My overall health and perception of health has changed considerably over the past semester. Not only do I see myself differently, but the world as well." Beyond the course context, students in Lambda Pi Eta expressed interest in continuing service with this organization. As the advisor for Denison's LPH Chapter, Laura and members of the honorary visited homes of in-patient residents during the holidays. Alongside these activities, Laura is a Restorative Justice Facilitator while serving on various health-education committees at Denison.
Wittenberg University's Integrated Media Corps (IMC) is a collaborative academic and work-study program developed to train media professionals of the future.
Created in 2010 as a collaborative effort of the administrative Office of University Communications and the academic Department of Communication, IMC provides Wittenberg students with opportunities to apply classroom lessons while gaining technical expertise. The program welcomes students from all majors, providing hands-on experience in media production and broadcasting while also meeting publicity and public relations needs for the university.
In its first year, the IMC included five students who primarily gained experience streaming live video of athletics events. It has evolved to include as many as 20 students working in a wide range of interest areas, including digital media, news releases, feature writing, website maintenance, video and audio production, and social media promotion. Many of the IMC students' projects are featured on the university's website, in printed publications, and across various social media outlets, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
IMC students also attend classroom sessions that provide opportunities to discuss communications strategies and network with industry professionals who periodically give presentations. Guest lecturers have included journalists, videographers, cinematographers, photographers, radio and television personalities, public relations professionals, and entrepreneurs in the communications field.
IMC students continue to explore their creative outlets, thanks to new curricular opportunities developed by academic advisors Sheryl Cunningham, associate professor of communication, and Matt Smith, professor of communication, and site supervisors/program directors Ryan Maurer, director of athletics communications, John Strawn, associate director of athletics communications, Erin Pence, university photographer, and Seth Iiames, director of communications and online content.
Lauren is originally from Westlake, Ohio and a senior at Ashland University. She holds a triple major in communication studies, specifically, Health and Risk Communication, Strategic Communication and Public Relations, and Sport Communication. She has presented research at Ohio Communication Association and Eastern Communication Association, and will be debuting at National Communication Association this coming year. In addition, she presented a paper titled "A Discourse Analysis of Contradictory Health Messages on the Iconic Show, The Secret Life of the American Teenager" at Ashland University's Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity symposium last spring. Outside the classroom, she serves as vice-president of Ashland University's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter and its sister organization, Accent on PR, and as the secretary of the Sports Communication Club. She also serves as the president of the honorary fraternity, Lambda Pi Eta. Throughout her years at Ashland, she has held three internships applying her knowledge and skills in PR at the following organizations: The Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the City of Ashland, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Benjamin Brojakowski, Bowling Green State University
Lauren Nicole Staley, Ohio Northern University
Lauren Fattlar, Ashland University
Adena A. Siefert, Ashland University
Anne Cooper-Chen, Ohio University
Kay-Anne Darlington, Ohio University
Kesha Liao, Ohio University
Heather is an Associate Professor at The University of Akron, where, for the last 15 years, she has taught MA and BA students in organizational communication and conflict classes. She was recently appointed Associate Director of the School of Communication at The University of Akron.
Prior to this appointment, Heather served the last three years as the Director of Graduate Studies, working closely with graduate students, teaching the Introduction to Graduate Studies courses and advising many Master's Theses and Projects.
Heather spends a great deal of time helping graduate students to become budding scholars. One such relationship blossomed into an article published recently in the Ohio Communication Journal with her student Andrea Mitchell.
Heather is currently working on an internal University of Akron grant to transfer her Analyzing Organizational Communication course into an interactive online course for future Organizational Communication Consultants.
Dr. Sheryl Cunningham teaches courses in Rhetoric, Media Studies, and Communication Theory in Wittenberg University's Communication Department. She is currently teaching the introductory theory course, an intermediate course on media literacy, and an upper level course which focuses on environmental communication. She is also in the process of developing a new upper level course, to be offered in the spring, in which students will learn about feminist theoretical approaches to film and television criticism.
Most of her research is in the area of political communication; she is interested in how gender, as a category of identity, is both implicitly and explicitly (re)produced in political rhetoric. She'll soon be traveling to the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference at Stanford University to present her paper "Image Events in Pro-life Activism: Fetal Testimony and Performing Personhood." Her most recent publication is the co-authored piece "Accruing Masculinity Capital: Dominant and Hegemonic Masculinities in the 2004 Political Conventions" forthcoming in the journal Men and Masculinities.
Dr. Cunningham holds a B,A. from Bluffton University and an M.A. from Ohio University, both in English. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Washington in June of 2008 and joined the Wittenberg faculty in the fall of 2008. While at Wittenberg she has been honored with the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from Wittenberg's Greek Life and the Lou Laux Environmental Sustainability Award for her work with students on a project to help decrease Wittenberg's energy consumption.
Kelly E. Tenzek, Bloomsburgh University
Emily M. Cramer and Mike Allen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Megan Salatino, Ashland University
Kathryn Johnson, Ohio Northern University
Scott Owen Chappuis and Sarah Conner, The University of Akron
Dr. Tang Tang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Akron. She teaches courses in media management and leadership, programming and audience analysis, media writing, mass communication theories and quantitative research methods. Her current research focuses on uses and impacts of new communication technologies in post-convergent environments, social media business models, and the attributes that lead to career success in the creative industries.
Dr. Tang has published journal articles in the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, International Journal on Media Management, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Journal of Media Education, Mass Communication & Society, Journal of Sports Media, Chinese Journal of Communication, and International Journal of Business & Social Science. She is also a co-author of Strategic Social Media: From Marketing to Social Change.
Dr. Tang received her Ph.D. from the School of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University in 2008. She was previously an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where she taught media management and leadership.
Dr. Tang currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Management, Marketing and Programming Division of the Broadcast Education Association, and is a member of the Ohio Communication Association, the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, and the International Communication Association. She has given more than 40 national and international conference and invited presentations. Dr. Tang is also a NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) Faculty Fellow.
Dr. Deleasa Randall-Griffiths is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Ashland University. She received her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Indiana University, her master's degree in Performance Studies from Southern Illinois University, and her Ph.D. in Interpersonal Communication, also from Southern Illinois University.
Dr. Randall-Griffiths has over 25 years of experience teaching at the college level. She loves working with college students because they are at such pivotal life-stage when they truly discover their own unique communication styles. She teaches the basic communication course, along with courses in interpersonal communication, family communication, performance studies and international storytelling.
Her research interests in performance studies include:
She has also worked in the areas of family communication and conversation analysis. Her research appears in Text and Performance Quarterly and the American Journal of Semiotics. Dr. Randall-Griffiths is active in campus leadership, serving as chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. She also stays connected with the local community by chairing the Ashland Chautauqua Planning Committee which brings history alive through performance. She has also written and directed three local history performances for the Ashland Chautauqua utilizing archival research and oral history. Dr. Randall-Griffiths and her husband, Tom, live on a lake near Ashland, Ohio with their 10 year-old daughter, Faith.
Ken Carano has worn many hats- educator, entrepreneur, advocate and politician, just to name a few. Carano will be the first to admit that it is his love for the art of communication that makes him so versatile.
He was a successful educator for 36 years at Austintown Fitch High School and Youngstown State University. He was a championship Speech and Debate Coach, and his teams were recognized as "Team of the Decade" after winning twelve state titles. For this, he was inducted into the National Speech League Coaches Hall of Fame. Carano also served as General Manager of the local Austintown Television Station, Channel 19.
However, it wasn't through speech or television where Carano earned his most famous title, but as announcer for the Fitch football home games where he was affectionately known as "The Voice of the Falcons".
Carano's political career is where his versatility is most evident. He began as a precinct committeeman 41 years ago. He ran a successful campaign for Austintown Township Trustee and served for six years. In 2000, he was elected to serve the 65th district of the Ohio House of Representatives and was re-elected three additional times in the newly designated 59th district. With the election of Governor Ted Strickland, Carano became the Governor's Regional Director for the four counties in the Mahoning Valley.
To this day, he is also the Executive Vice-Chairman, the Election Chairman and the Parliamentarian of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, posts he has held for 15 years.
My interest in communication began in the early 2000's as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls. While there, I took to the idea that communication does not solely transmit meaning between individuals but is a key component in the (co-)creation of the social worlds we inhabit. My formative experiences at River Falls, lead me to pursue my M.A. at the University of South Florida in 2007. There I was exposed to the idea that communicative practices are never innocent and became sensitive to the role communication plays in the pursuit of social justice. Since 2009, I have been pursuing my Ph.D. at Ohio University, where I was introduced to the relationship between communication and pragmatist philosophies that situate knowledge generation as an active process stemming from lived experience. I spend my time at OU fulfilling my graduate student teaching responsibilities and volunteering at The Gathering Place, a community drop-in center for people living with mental illness. I have become taken by music's expressive and relational capacities through my participation in their weekly musical activities and music therapy groups and providing free guitar lessons to interested members. My musical experiences with the organization form the backbone of my dissertation research as I explore the relationship between communication, music, and self-expression. It is an honor to be named Distinguished Graduate Student by the Ohio Communication Association and hope to uphold the integrity of the award.
Lauren Tennet
Lauren Tennet is a senior Public Relations student with a double minor in history and Spanish at Ohio Northern University. Tennet is a Dean's List student and a member of Ohio Northern University's Honors College program. A native Houstonian, Tennet is currently the intern at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Texas. In the fall, she will serve as True North Public Relations' Firm Director, Advertising Manager for FORUM and Vice-President of Membership for Delta Zeta. Tennet is a member of the academic honoraria Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma, as well as Lambda Pi Eta, the communications honorary.
She serves on the Student Advisory Board to the College of Arts and Sciences, President's Club and Alumni Singers. Tennet has received the Presidential Scholarship at Ohio Northern University and was nominated "Best Student Firm Member" in May of 2012. Besides academic achievements, Tennet has a passion for music and performance. At Ohio Northern, Tennet was a part of four musical productions, including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Oklahoma! In the future, she hopes to be happy.
Megan Wise
As a student at Ashland University, Megan currently serves as the Editorial Assistant for the nationally peer-reviewed scholarly journal Communication Research Reports, and she recently developed instructor material for the text, Organizational Communication: Strategies for Success. During the spring, Megan presented at Ashland University's College of Arts and Science Undergraduate Symposium about the seriousness of medical professionalism and the detection of suspicious behavior through nonverbal communication tactics.
At Ashland University, Megan is the President of the public relations club, Accent on PR, where students work toward representing the Department of Communication Studies in an alluring light to attract future students and highlight the many accomplishments of our alumni and students. Additionally, she is the President of Lambda Pi Eta, a communication honorary, where they celebrate the successes of current communication students and present research at various conferences. For the past two years, Megan has received the academic honors award for both the Department of Communication Studies and the Department of Journalism and Digital Media based on academic performance.
During the fall semester, Megan will carry out a marketing and public relation campaign for the Ashland YMCA by developing, implementing, and maintaining a variety of marketing components. By using forms of media, she will promote and advocate the company in order to increase awareness and participation.
Upon graduation, Megan hopes to secure a position in the public relations field with a prestigious organization where the skills of writing, marketing, planning, and coordinating events help her strive toward her passion of communication.


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Ashley Park PreK-8 School fifth grade English teacher Barry White Jr. has an elaborate, personalized handshake for each of his students.
"They know when they get to the front door we do our 'good mornings,' and then it's time to go," the teacher out of Charlotte, NC told ABC News. "I'm always pumped up and then we start doing the moves and that brings them excitement and pumps them up for a high-energy class."
White attributes his idea to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"You see that bond and how close they are," he said of the Cavaliers. "I wanted to bring that feeling into the entire fifth grade."
"I started with one simple handshake last year with a fourth grader," White explained. "She would wait for me every morning before she'd go to class. She'd get in trouble sometimes for being late because she'd wait on the handshake."
"This year I started making handshakes with the kids at recess. It was just one or two students and then it became contagious," he continued. "I saw how much it meant to them, so I said, 'Come on. Everyone come on.' Then it was my full class, then it was kids from other classes. Now I have third graders wanting to do it too."
The students helped create their own routines, which they perfected during lunch and recess.
According to White, it was not difficult to learn the all of the handshakes.
"It's muscle memory at this point," he said. "I do it so much with them. They love coming up to me and doing it. I just know the certain moves that go with certain kids because it's personalized."
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In June of this year, I had the opportunity to interview, with AJPA Director Aliza Becker, one of the leaders of this movement: renowned journalist, activist, and human rights advocate Anat Saragusti. We met with Saragusti at the central public library in Tel Aviv. She spoke about the dreams, challenges, ideology, and strategy of this singularly powerful activist movement. As the group embarks on their latest venture, and as we stand in the wake of our Jewish season of reflection and commitment to change, we thought that there is no better time than now to share these reflections from one of WWP's leaders.
Anat Saragusti on Women Wage Peace
On September 25, one the first days of the new year, the Israeli women's grassroots activist movement Women Wage Peace (Nashim Osot Shalom) embarked on an impressive "Journey to Peace," a multi-day march through the land of Israel-Palestine, which will culminate next week during the holiday of Sukkot. This is not the first ambitious undertaking of Women Wage Peace (WWP), who have an impressive history of disruptive, bold, radically optimistic, and resilient activism. "We," write the activist collective in their press release about the Journey, "who fasted for 50 days in front of the Prime Minister's residence, who marched 200 kilometers from Rosh Hanikra in our March of Hope, who rode by train from Nahariya to Sderot, who stood at 140 intersections throughout the country – we are beginning a journey that will echo in Israel and around the world: Peace is possible."


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To Minnesota sports fans, from an Englishman: Don't stop believing
It's hard out here for Minnesota sports fans. The Vikings fluffed their lines. Again. The Twins are bottom of the AL Central. Again. The Wild failed to cross the line. Again. The Timberwolves are a team full of promise but no playoffs. Again. It's enough to make you swear off sports for a while. Give up on their transformative, transcendent power. But don't touch that dial. Something is happening in the world of sports right now that is so unexpected, so miraculous, that it might just warm a frozen Minnesota heart. It might just make you believe again. In fairy tales. In rainbows and unicorns.
Leicester City will win the Premier League.
Most of you have no idea what this means. That's OK. I'm as surprised to be writing this as you are to be reading it. As a criminologist, I usually only comment when bad things happen. Really bad things. Things like mass shootings. Gang violence. Acts of terrorism. Furthermore, I'm an Arsenal supporter, so technically this is an act of treason.
I should probably explain this is a story about soccer. But I know Americans don't really care for soccer so instead I'll just call it a David and Goliath story. Rocky, with cleats. "The Miracle on Ice" meets the 1991 Minnesota Twins. It's also a story about a little place called Leicester.
It's pronounced 'Lester'
Leicester is a city about the size of St. Paul (population 350,000) that lies 100 miles north of London, in the exact center of England. It's pronounced "Lester," not "lie-ses-ter" or "lie-kes-ter," as my Minnesotan wife said. I was born there. And raised there. My family still lives there. And until this week it was famous for one thing: the discovery of a medieval king underneath a parking lot. Come Sunday, however, Leicester will be famous for one more thing: the greatest sporting achievement ever.
Leicester's soccer team is 132 years old and its greatest success to date is finishing second place in the top division, in 1929. In the domestic cup, Leicester City hold the record for the most defeats in the final without having won the competition. As recently as 2009, the team were in the third tier of English football.
Leicester started this year in the top tier but as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title, having narrowly escaped relegation last season (literally demotion to another league for being so bad). In preseason, the manager who saved them from relegation was forced to resign after his son, a player, was caught racially abusing a Thai brothel worker. Career suicide when your club is owned by the Bangkok-based King Power International.
Expectations sank lower when the club unveiled its new manager, Claudio Ranieri, 68, a man who had just been sacked because his Greece national team had lost at home to the Faroe Islands. That's the soccer equivalent of missing a 27-yard field goal in dying seconds of a playoff game. Sorry, Vikings fans.
Theatre of Dreams
So, what happened next? Ranieri set the team a modest target of 40 points over 38 games, just enough to keep them afloat another year. Leicester unexpectedly hit that target after only 20 games. In doing so, one player — who only four years ago was playing nonleague football and taking extra shifts in a factory to make ends meet — became the first to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches. The critics were dumbfounded. To celebrate, Ranieri threw a pizza party. For professional athletes.
In a league where big clubs trade marquee players like stocks and foreign investors routinely buy success — it's fantasy football for billionaires — what happened next was ripped straight out of Hollywood. Leicester's average Joes continued to defy the odds — and the math (Leicester's squad cost about 10 times less than their peers to assemble) — winning game after game after game after game by playing with "one heart" and refusing to quit while ahead or behind.
Which brings us to Sunday. Leicester will travel to Manchester United, needing just one more victory to clinch a most unlikely championship. It's the perfect setup. With 20 league titles, Manchester United are the most successful club in English history. They are also the "most valuable football brand." The ship that launched the faces of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. The monolith that plays in "The Theatre of Dreams." Only this time it is Leicester, not United, proving dreams can come true.
So there you have it Minnesota, a buoy of optimism in a sea of bad news. For those of you still not sold on the merits of soccer or of building an MLS franchise in St. Paul, please watch on Sunday. Last year, Leicester beat Manchester United 5-3 (or 35-15 if you subscribe to sports that award 7 points for every goal scored), hardly "low scoring," the typical complaint of soccer skeptics.
But more important, watch Leicester, in Ranieri's words, "fight for each other on the pitch." Watch them play, not for fame and fortune (although that will come), but for the love of their new manager, and the beautiful game. And watch a fan base drawn from one of the most ethnically diverse cities in England, united as one. Fans who can literally cause an earthquake with their goal celebrations.
Minnesota's failing sports franchises could learn a thing or two from the Leicester story. Let's hope it doesn't take 132 years to sink in. At the very least, Leicester give us a reason to be happy when happiness can seem so far away.
James Densley, who holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, is an assistant professor in the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University. He is also a huge sports fan.
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Claudio Ranieri is 64 not 68, and not all Americans ignore proper football. I love it.
While I am a Manchester United supporter, I will be conflicted as Leicester City tries to win the title this Sunday at Old Trafford. The Foxes' story and Ranieri's success are truly incredible. They have also won with a great style, which we fans appreciate.
I grew up in Chicago, so if Leicester's success could encourage the Cubs to win a World Series, that would also be appreciated.
Ranieri threw the pizza party to celebrate the team keeping a clean sheet (not conceding any goals; a shutout in hockey terms). The team had been scoring a lot of goals but giving up too many. The players had to make their own pizza. Since then, they have kept quite a few more clean sheets.
Read more at: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/claudio-ranieri-leicester-city-premier-....
The Foxes have my attention
Ever since a January episode of Slate's sports podcast, I have been following the Foxes and their tremendous season. They have most of the world on their side. I know I'll be rooting for them to beat Man U and clinch the Premiership.
Their leading goal scorer is also a bit of a racist:
They are not really the lovable bunch of scamps that the media makes them out to be.
Also Arsenal did the double over them this season.
Apparently, Shinji Okazaki, Vardy's fellow forward has forgiven him. There are jerks on every sports team in the world. It doesn't invalidate the work of the entire team.
Arsenal may have done the double v. Leicester, but they have again underperformed elsewhere, so they are out of the picture with 3 games left to go. Arsene Wenger can't seem to get a full season out of the team, as usual.
Unless Shinji Okazaki was the one abused in the casino....
..... not sure he is the one to do the forgiving. Mr. Okazaki speaks for himself, not the Japanese as a whole.
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Introducing the first non-retro action figure line from Funko - and what a great place to start with Game of Thrones. Each figure uses excellent sculpts and detailing to bring life to these figures scaled at 3.75" (the same size as standard modern Star Wars figures) and complete with points of articulation at head, waist, elbows and knees. with accessories. This first series brings us lots of GoT characters not seen in figure form before as well as a 'Wall' playest. The Night King Action Figure stands around 9.5cm tall. Packed in a hang tag, blister pack.
Catalogue Number : F2921
Genre : Fantasy
Size : 9.5cm
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Every once in a while one of my kids gets overtired and cranky.
And MISERABLE.
And DEMANDING.
And RUDE.
Today is one of those days for one of my kids.
And, although I realize that this child needs my love and patience more than ever today, what I'd really like to do is kick their butt out the front door.
But I can't, because I'm the Mom.
I don't like being the Mom.
However, since I am the Mom I CAN take the car and go and get ice cream.
And, I CAN stop on the way home and buy a nice bottle of wine too.
And I CAN even pick out whatever bottle I like.
And although neither of these things will help make my child less cranky, they will make ME happy.
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So, I've learned a thing or two in my day. I've had a horrible childhood, with verbal and physical abuse, struggled with the alcoholism of others, grew up very poor and insecure about who I was as a person. It's hard to find your path when you aren't confident about yourself or any choices you make. But over time, I've had to deal with most ordeals myself, and learn some important life lessons along the way. One of the reasons I'm a confident person today is because I feel I've been given certian gifts that have to do with design, compassion, and creativity, and I felt it a shame to not be appreciative, or to waste them. And today I was thinking that my (almost annoying to others) optimistic attitude is a huge part of life. If you look at life with a negative, pessimistic, and cynical eye, you won't appreciate all that this life has to offer. If you are positive, optimistic, motivated, and just appreciative of life, you will see all the beauty it has to offer, and everything you do will just feel better. Here are some sayings that I draw motivation from.
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Iran deal: See dealer for details
The more I get into the Iran nuclear deal, the more it feels like the television show "Mad Men" — you know, those slick advertising geniuses who seduce you with promises but downplay the fine print.
It's like one of those radio commercials for hot new car deals, where the announcer chokes on his breath while reading the qualifiers: "MSRP excludes taxes, title, other options and dealer charges; higher MSRP will affect lease price; dealer sets actual prices; lessee responsible for insurance; closed-end lease offered to approved customers only through participating dealers; additional charges may apply at lease end; supplies limited; offer ends March 1. See dealer for details."
Oh my, what a deal.
Well, it certainly reminds me of the Iran deal, which is littered with fine print, some of it quite treacherous.
"Anytime, anywhere" was a wonderful promise … until we discovered the qualifier that Iran can delay inspections of its nuclear sites by more than 24 days. In fact, the process is so cumbersome and bureaucratic it can easily stretch out, according to The Wall Street Journal, to three months or more.
Three months or more! That's like telling a drug dealer you'll be busting his house next Tuesday at noon. As Jackie Mason noted, restaurants in New York City have a much tougher inspections regime than what we negotiated with Iran, because they can be inspected at any time without any notice.
Why is this issue so critical?
Because a super-tough inspections regime was supposed to be our consolation prize for allowing Iran to keep its nuclear infrastructure. If you'll recall, the original goal of diplomacy was pretty straightforward: The United States and its partners would make a major concession — the end of nuclear sanctions — in return for Iran making a major concession — the end of its nuclear program.
When we decided to concede to Iran the right to keep most of its nuclear infrastructure, inspections became the decisive deal point. Anything short of ironclad would seriously weaken the deal. Can anyone argue with a straight face that the inspections regime we negotiated is ironclad?
As bad as that is, though, it gets worse.
"Anytime, anywhere" came with another sexy promise: "snapback sanctions." In combination, these two promises created an irresistible sales pitch: "We'll surely catch Iran if it cheats, and when we do, the sanctions will snap right back!"
Irresistible, yes, but wait until you see the fine print.
Simply put, in the unlikely event that we ever do catch Iran cheating and try to "snap back" sanctions, there won't be many sanctions left to snap back to.
Here is how Washington Institute's Executive Director Robert Satloff explains it: "Let's say that the U.N. Security Council does order the reimposition of sanctions. According to my read of the agreement, all contracts signed by Iran up until that point are grandfathered in and immune from sanctions. That means one can expect a stampede of state-to-state and private sector contracts — some real, many hypothetical — all designed to shield Iran from the impact of possible reimposition of sanctions."
In other words, Iran can quickly rack up a slew of deals with Russia, China and Europe worth more than $100 billion and, even if Iran is caught building a nuclear bomb behind our back, we will have zero power to undo those deals.
I don't care if you're Republican or Democrat, this fine print stinks.
The grandfather loophole is especially lethal. Once the Persian mullahs make their irrevocable deals, why should they fear us? It will be difficult enough to catch them cheating — what will restrain them if they're not even afraid to get caught?
As the emotions are heating up in our community over this deal, I'd like to suggest a less emotional reaction: Study the fine print.
I have, and that's why I oppose the deal. It's full of nasty surprises. There are many other examples, such as the sneaky switch from United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929, which says Iran shall not undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles; to the current deal, which says only that Iran is called upon not to undertake such activity. From the mandatory "shall not" to the permissive "called upon"— sneaky, indeed.
The Iran nuclear deal may be complex and hard to understand, but, in my book, the real danger is in the fine print. Study it closely. This is not about partisanship or politics. It's about something we all have in common: We hate getting ripped off, especially by slick Mad Men.
David Suissa is president of TRIBE Media Corp./Jewish Journal and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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PrecisionPoint will use its managed services and analytics to deliver a multi-layered application built on a data integration infrastructure that allows the retrieval of deep-rooted information held within Dynamics NAV and AX systems. The product will then present the analysis using visualized performance metrics from Targit, which is able to integrates reporting, analytics and dashboards.
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February 17, 2015
this is a short story I wrote in about 10 minutes and I thought id upload it. I may turn it into a proper story and carry on the plot... :) Read More
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For a couple of years now, Creatures around the world have been forced to go down to Shitland. Not literally, of course, but for Creatures these days, they've gotta be careful, as the so called "Government" has been putting up Creature Jail's everywhere around the world, capturing Creatures and letting… Read More
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June 30, 2011
Her world is held between the petals of the sacred rose she received as a little girl. The man appeared so friendly, yet he carried so much darkness, and that darkness was personified in that rose. If she removes the rose, she will be faced with an eternity of punishment… Read More
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May 16, 2010
Jenos Hazard`lemon for JulieNewman. If you don't like lemons, then DON'T read this!!! Read More
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Who do others think you look like?
George Clooney. My colleague Dave thinks so, but only like his character in the film Syriana. Thanks Dave - thanks alot!
What is your favourite timber frame joint?
What a revelation for me to discover the magic of the pegged mortice and tenon joint. Simple, timeless in fact, in it's design elegant, strong and long lasting. Of course, we love to experiment with different joints, different materials...reinvent the wheel. But for me, oak is a beautiful and robust timber, it takes the knocks and cleans up beautifully. And the fact that a Mortise and Tenon joint gets stronger over time and oak dries like iron, is all about things being built to last in spans of lifetimes. This means a great deal.
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Must be close on 100 self build exhibition show stands built that i've worked on over the years. It is quite a challenge for just the few days of a show , to put on what is in effect a piece of theatre. To showcase all the beauty of what we do and how we do it. It is rewarding though, to see the 'wow' reaction from future clients as they view finished photographs of our work and engage with the post and beam structure that we have built for the show.
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Stoopot, Uncle Buck, Jay Leno...
What music are you currently listening to in the workshop?
These days I'm more in the office than the workshops. But when I was 'on the tools', I recall a Phil Collins tune being played on the radio, but unfortunately this provoked the throwing of a chisel at the workshop stereo by one of the carpenters.
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Getting away from the computer, blowing the dust off my carpentry tools to make furniture and sculpture in an attempt to maintain the skills and knowledge gained all those years ago.
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FABIO COENTRAO bizarrely paid £3,500 to CHEAT his driving theory exam as he was desperate to get a license before his move to Real Madrid in 2011.
The Portugal international confessed in a Braga court that he had someone making hand signals during a video exam.
According to Portuguese paper O Jogo, the person assisted him by pointing to the right answer in the background.
As punishment the court ordered the Los Blancos defender to pay £2,600 to a charity food bank in Braga.
The 29-year-old said he was desperate to get his hands on a license when he was on the verge of joining Real Madrid.
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Coentrao feared he would not be able to pass his test in Spain due to the language barrier.
His desperation led him to go to the Vile Verde, which is the driving school he obtained the license with.
The Champions League and Euro 2016 winner was informed the academy take payments to allow their students to cheat in exams.
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Those crazy kids went and got engaged. As E! Online was first to report, Kanye popped the question to Kim last night in front of 250 (more or less) of their closest friends and family at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Ya know, the stadium?
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IMA Workshop Series: Communicating Your Practice
Perfect your skills in professional studio visits, artist talks, artist statements, and communicating your practice to a variety of audiences. In this course, you'll learn how to write about yourself and your practice, and become equipped with the skills to write an artist statement, bio and exhibition proposal. Gain an insight in how to talk […]
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IMA Co-Directors Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh will give a tour of our current exhibition, Ebb Rains, by renowned Berlin-based Dutch artist Willem de Rooij. Burns and Lundh will provide an insight into this expansive exhibition that reflects on the Dutch colonial presence in the Asia Pacific region, and makes subtle reference to more recent instances of empire and intervention in the natural world. Considered one […]
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Join sisters, artists, curators, and Ngugi women belonging to the Quandamooka People of Moreton Bay, Freja and Elisa Jane Carmichael, for an afternoon of weaving and yarning. Workshop participants are invited to join the weaving circle, learn basic techniques, and share stories. Freja and Elisa Jane come together to share their knowledge and experiences surrounding weaving, […]
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(CNN)When the next president is sworn in on January 20, 2017, three of the Supreme Court's justices will be in their eighties. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia — a liberal, a moderate, and a conservative, respectively — have all served for at least two decades, but a combination of well-documented health issues and the reality of advancing years raises the prospect that the next president could be poised to nominate at least three justices to the top court.
So why aren't conservatives talking about this more?
After all, all manner of major issues are being decided by the court, in many cases by a 5 to 4 margin. Indeed, issues ranging from the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate power plants and private water sources to the legality of Obamacare to presidential power during wartime and the question of whether terrorists can demand a civilian trial could all be overruled with a one-vote shift in the balance of the court.
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Monday, March 17, 2014
Celebrating the Irish
Today it is all about wearing the colour green, and I immediately think of shamrocks, leprachauns, a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, lively music played from a fiddle and you can not help but feel happy.
I am celebrating my Irish family roots and always like to think back about my ancestors on this special day. My fathers family came out from the Emerald Isle, that earned the name because it is one of the greenest and grassiest places.
Wishing you a rainbow
For sunlight after showers
Miles and miles of Irish smiles.
For golden happy hours
Shamrocks at your doorway
For luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends.
Each day your whole life through
~ Irish blessing
May the luck of the Irish be with you
Wishing you a safe and happy St. Patrick's day.
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So I've finished like reading the books that Alliya gave me which are Local Girls and The Boys Next Door. But the common thing about those two books were the guys.
In Local Girls well the guy's like patient and totally a gentlemen and rich. So what more can you ask for? Well apparently it gets complicated when the guys is your bestfriend twin brother. Can anybody say Drama? Haha. gedik. So the girl kinda got herself into her own mess. And the guy has to patiently put up with her. Amazing rite? I bet in real life the guy would just run away and forget about her. But girls in books always have some problem and whining issues. Is it really like that. Maybe, because I whine a lot. The Boys Next Door, well it's more of the girl being confused. And at the end, the guy gave her 16 roses for her 16th bday. Talk about a way to get forgiveness. So this is why in real life I always look at the guy and think no, he is not romantic enough or he's not funny. It's because books invaded my mind. In books the guys are flawless. I know a girl like me couldnt possibly get that kind of guy, but a girl can hope right? When there's a will theres a way. So I probably die alone because of my expectation. Thats what you get when you read to much books.
Adios. your Whine n Cheese
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Labels: boys next door, local girls, perfect guy
3 comments:
- Shanya said...
Yeah books always gie the wrong ideas...bt we still love it ryte...& theres noting wrong with aiming high...if we aim low then we will et beyond low..but if we aim high we will get middle:)
im blabbing tnx lina 4 dat hahaa.
i mean come on edward cullen???
how are we supposed to find a hot,pale,vampire
- November 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM
- QMcullen said...
yeah, look at me now,
praying for Edward Cullen to come through my window=|
- November 19, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- lino said...
BOOKS! wht are we to do
- November 20, 2008 at 12:42 PM
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There Won't Be Any Penis in Fifty Shades of Grey
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No, Jamie Dornan will not go full frontal in Fifty Shades of Grey: "There were contracts in place that said that viewers wouldn't be seeing my, um … Todger? Yeah, my todger ... You want to appeal to as wide an audience as possible without grossing them out. You don't want to make something gratuitous, and ugly, and graphic." Hm, does Jamie Dornan know exactly which movie he's making? The todger is pretty crucial.


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Turkey is a Mediterranean country with a lively culture of eating, drinking, and entertainment, with nightlife and eating-out possibilities to suit every preference. During the summer months, al fresco dining is the norm, particularly along the coastal areas and along the Bosphorus in Istanbul.
Turkish nightlife has traditionally centred around meyhanes, similar to taverns, where an assortment of mezes (small plates or appetizers), often followed by a meal of fish, is consumed with rounds of raki, the aniseed-flavoured national spirit. Still extremely popular with all ages, the meyhane is a social affair, where dining and drinking is often accompanied by live music played on traditional instruments.
A great way to explore Turkey's culture is through its music. The big cities attract both well-known and up-and-coming musicians, DJs and performers from around the world and music festivals are now a popular feature of the summer months, ranging from hard rock and classical to electronic and jazz. Traditional music is also still popular in Turkey, ranging from Anatolian folk music to Turkish-style classical music to lively, Balkan-influenced "fasil" music, and experiencing it live is the most enjoyable way to hear it.
The drinking scene is as diverse as the music scene, with options ranging from low-key bars to trendy clubs featuring local as well as international DJs. In the summer, especially in the coastal areas, many of these venues are water-side and open-air, allowing revellers to party under the stars.
Istanbul is one of the world's hottest city-break destinations, in part due to its nightlife. Many of the hip new hangouts, chic restaurants and rooftop bars are all a stones-throw from the energetic Istiklal Caddesi in Taksim and nearby Tunel, as well as many dotted along the Bosphorus; enjoy sophisticated cocktail-sipping in trendy bars to clubbing all night to global beats. In the summer, Istanbul also revels in water-side fun, with plenty of open-air entertainment against the stunning backdrop of the Istanbul skyline.
Shopping Turkey
Turkey is one of the world's great shopping destinations. Located at a historic trade crossroads linking to the Silk Road, the country has been a shopper's paradise for centuries, offering everything from hand-woven Turkish carpets and kilims to jewellery, antiques and Iznik ceramics, carved meerschaum and a growing number of designer brands including Mavi Jeans, Vakko and Beymen. You will also delight at the diversity of culinary shopping, including fresh fruit and vegetable markets in every city, sweet treats, nuts and spices, Turkish tea, coffee and alcoholic tipple.
Istanbul, Turkey's largest city and the country's cultural and business capital, offers the greatest variety; from its atmospheric bazaars to more than 135 modern shopping malls dotted around the country. The legendary Grand Bazaar (Kapali Carsi), near the historic centre of Sultanhamet, which first opened its doors to traders in 1461, is a vast labyrinth of 61 covered streets encompassing 4,400 shops selling everything from jewellery and carpets to leather and antiques – intermingled with cafes, restaurants and beautiful ancient architecture. Although bargaining is still the norm, the Grand Bazaar today is a much calmer, less-crowded environment than yesteryear as many shoppers have migrated to the modern malls and high streets around Istanbul. On Wednesdays, you may like to visit the kilim auction at the Sandal Bedestan. The nearby Egyptian Spice Bazaar (Misir Çarsisi; closed Sunday) is another favourite with shoppers for its enticing array of exotic spices, jams, dried fruits, nuts, tea, coffee and of course, lokum, or Turkish Delight, in its multitude of flavours. For handicrafts, ceramics, calligraphy and miniatures, head to the nearby Istanbul Handicrafts Center, Istanbul el Sanatlari Çarsisi – or the book bazaar for rare and interesting finds.
Istanbul also has many vibrant outdoor markets, selling an assortment of fresh food and produce, clothes and antiques. There is a flea market every Sunday in Istanbul near the Grand Bazaar, as well as the Horhor Market in Aksaray on weekends, and daily in Cihangir. There is an art, crafts and jewellery fair in Ortakoy, by the water's-edge on Sundays – and the city's fresh food markets are also renowned, including its fish markets and colourful fruit and vegetable stalls.
For a more modern shopping experience, Istanbul doesn't disappoint, with designer brands, edgy boutiques and upmarket malls moving in at a remarkable pace. New developments include the ultra-sleek Istinye Park, City's Mall in Nisantasi, the futuristic Kanyon (shaped like a canyon) in the upmarket Levent district which houses Turkey's first Harvey Nichols. Istanbul is also host to Europe's second biggest mall, the Cevahir after London's Westfield. Thanks to Turkey's strong textile sector, when it comes to clothing there is something for every budget, style and taste. Those looking for world-wide brands and fashion labels will find them in Istanbul's upmarket malls, while also discovering some of Turkey's home-grown talent at Turkish designer stores and boutiques.
Istanbul is also packed with interesting quarters that are great for everything from designer labels to unusual, quirky pieces. Visit Istiklal Caddesi and Galata near Taksim, a bustling promenade of boutiques, clothes, record and book shops, as well as fantastic cafes and restaurants – and hidden gems in the many passage ways that lead off the main street. Northeast of Taksim is the trendy neighbourhood of Nisantasi, where you'll find an array of elegant boutiques and upmarket cafes.
Other Cities
Outside of Istanbul, other cities with historic bazaar areas include Izmir, known for its leather garments; Bursa, whose silk textiles are famous; and Kayseri, traditionally known for its carpets. In addition, every major city in Turkey will usually have a modern shopping mall, offering a mix of global brands and domestic labels. In smaller towns, open-air street markets are common; these popular markets are filled with vendors selling fresh produce, household goods, and, in tourist areas, craft or souvenir items.
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The Toronto regional transit agency will take an unprecedented step into the real estate business Wednesday when it issues a request for proposals to develop four of its Eglinton-Crosstown station properties.
Following in the footsteps of financially successful transit agencies overseas, Metrolinx's plan will aggressively seek returns on transit investments by ensuring new stations are parts of mixed-use buildings from Day One. It's a long-term strategy that infrastructure funding experts say should revolutionize how Canadians think about paying for transit expansion.
While initial proceeds will defray only a small part of the $5.3-billion rapid transit line's capital costs, Metrolinx is eyeing bigger returns on the other 22 Eglinton stations and, eventually, its largely underused property holdings across the region.
Such "land-value-capture" revenue streams are mostly untapped in North America, but they've helped East Asian cities to continually expand rail systems.
"Finally, this is so overdue for Toronto," said Steve Fry, who studied Asian infrastructure funding while doing an MBA at Oxford and has since advised on the subject through his business consultancy, Pacific Links.
"In this part of the world, our rapid-transit cost calculations are always wrong because we never consider net costs; we never account for the money we should make off properties we have to buy to build subways," said Mr. Fry, who lives in his native Toronto even if little of his work is here.
He said Metrolinx won't make as much as it could because it's selling the four sites rather than playing developer. "But if they get this right it's a great first step … it should transform thinking around here, where we usually build wasteful stand-alone stations."
Metrolinx, which has retained real estate services firm Avison Young to advise on Phase I of a "competitive procurement process," is slated to officially launch the request for proposals on Wednesday. Winning bids are expected to be chosen in May.
The lands in play are on Eglinton Avenue West – at Bathurst Street, Weston Road and two sites at Keele Street. Industry sources say they'll likely fetch $14-million to $22-million in total. But the 19-kilometre LRT line will have 25 stations when it opens and requests for proposals for many other properties could be issued soon.
"Depending on the success of these first projects, we're likely to repeat it … that is our objective," Metrolinx spokeswoman Anne Marie Aikins said by e-mail. "It's the first example of achieving land-value capture in the [Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area] for transit and it will inform future engagement between Metrolinx and the development community."
Avison Young declined a request for comment.
The Weston Road site can take high-rises, while eight-storey buildings are the tallest permitted by the city on the other three.
Though not talking publicly, developers and real estate firms have been abuzz while studying the sites and preparing bids in recent days.
Transportation and urban-governance consultant Richard Gilbert – a long-time critic of Toronto's often sprawling one-storey, single-use subway stations – said Metrolinx's initiative should be applauded, even if this is "only a modest first step."
"In Toronto, we've considered stations as burdens that raise costs, so we've tried to keep the number of them to a minimum," the former city councillor said. "It's absurd. In some cities, stations are seen as revenue generators. If station-related development is planned for before stations are built, stations can be features of developments paid for by developers."
Toronto has periodically considered capitalizing on its transit properties. It published lists of prime undeveloped TTC sites in 2002, but never acted. In 2003, then-city councillor David Miller got a motion passed at the TTC calling for a report on "models such as a transit development corporation that would both ensure appropriate densities where new subways are proposed and directly capture the wealth created by the subways to help pay for their creation."
It's unclear if the report was ever done and, as mayor, Mr. Miller opted instead to promote street-based light rail because initial capital costs are lower. Promises by his successor, Rob Ford, that Toronto could build subways fully paid for by develpers are seen as unrealistic by proponents of land value capture.
Aside from basic profit potential, Mr. Fry argues that benefits extend to transit operations as well as the capital side. He cites examples from Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, where the co-development of stations has sped creation of urban-style land uses that in turn boost fare revenues.
Though cautioning about differences between Hong Kong and Canadian cities, he and Mr. Gilbert are fans of MTR Corp., which builds and operates that city's subways, while also being a major developer and landlord. MTR, which has been profitable for more than 35 years, is 77-per-cent owned by the public. The other 23 per cent of its shares trade on the Hang Seng index.Report Typo/Error
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National Book Award Winners - Non-Fiction
Description: Description: The National Book Awards are presented annually "to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and to enhance the cultural value of good writing in America." Here we present the Non-Fiction medal winners.
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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russiaby Masha Gessen
Longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award in NonfictionPutin's bestselling biographer reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.
Stamped From The Beginningby Ibram X. Kendi
Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism.
Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
"This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New Chinaby Evan Osnos
A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation.
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, First Editionby George Packer
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America is an unsettling history of the US that attempts to document the massive political and economic changes that have taken place in the last three decades in the United States.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercityby Katherine Boo
From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modernby Stephen Greenblatt
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-Fiction One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of
Just Kidsby Patti Smith
Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography.
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbiltby T. J. Stiles
A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism.
The Hemingses of Monticelloby Annette Gordon-Reed
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIAby Tim Weiner
For the last 60 years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation despite its many blunders that lay hidden in its archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, a "legacy of ashes."
The Worst Hard Timeby Timothy Egan
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The Year of Magical Thinkingby Joan Didion
Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at first flu, then pneumonia, then complete
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Ageby Kevin Boyle
An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle in 1920s Detroit.
Waiting for Snow in Havanaby Carlos Eire
"Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban." In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Havana--exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by Fidel Castro's revolution.
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson #3)by Robert A. Caro
The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, continues.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depressionby Andrew Solomon
With uncommon humanity, candor, wit, and erudition, award-winning author Andrew Solomon takes the reader on a journey of incomparable range and resonance into the most pervasive of family secrets.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essexby Nathaniel Philbrick
The true story of a whaling ship that was sunk in 1820 by a sperm whale. Only 8 of the 20 sailors reached home after months adrift in the ocean.
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIby John W. Dower
Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources and illustrated with dozens of astonishing documentary photographs, Embracing Defeat is the fullest and most important history of the more than six years of American occupation, which affected every level
Slaves in the Familyby Edward Ball
In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, Slaves in the Family is, in the words of Pat Conroy, "a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word 'family.'"
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jeffersonby Joseph J. Ellis
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An American Requiemby James Carroll
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The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communismby Tina Rosenberg
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How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapterby Sherwin B. Nuland
Attempting to demythologize the process of dying, Nuland explores how we shall die, each of us in a way that will be unique. First published in 1994, a 2010 perspective is written by the author.
Becoming a Manby Paul Monette
Paul Monette's National Book Award-winning memoir hailed as a classic coming-out story Paul Monette grew up all-American, Catholic, overachieving... and closeted.


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My opponent does not need to argue that another anime is better; only that Death Note isn't the best.
Please participate only if you have watched the entire Death Note anime.
According to Anime News Network, Death Note is an "urprisingly gripping and original suspense tale that raises a handful of interesting questions about morality".
Death Note is the best anime for three reasons.
1. It has the best characters
2. It has the best plot
3. It has a fantastic theme song (The World)
So, point one, that Death Note has the best characters. Basically, the entire story line is about Light, which is extremely interesting to watch because he is the antagonist. He, along with many other characters, are cunning and decisive, making every scene captivating and suspenseful. Also, the main antagonist, L, is the three best detectives in the world.
Point two, that Death Note has the best plot. It centers around two big themes: death and life and justice and judgement. Interspersed with comic relief, Death Note captures drama and suspense while displaying the sober effects of murder. Most importantly, justice wins in the end and L's legacy is revived in N.
Finally, that Death Note has an awesome theme song. MojoWatch.com rated #5 out of ALL THE ANIME SONGS EVER. (https://www.youtube.com...). It' totally suits the show as it is extremely powerful and epic. May I mention that the Bleach theme is nowhere on this top ten list.
I made a mistake by only making this debate two rounds. :(
In conclusion, Death Note rules!
First, the characters, One Piece has a immense amount of incredible character that expand the anime's superiority. For instance, Not only one piece has a powerful set of main characters but also it has the most badass character of all time, Shanks. In addition, One piece shows a better develop of characters' strength than Death Note which gives the main character as you say god-like power. For instance, we see Luffy, the main character, become from a week town boy into a complete badass pirate who takes down whatever challenge he face ,so which would like to see a person gaining the power of a god or a person developing the power of a God.
Secondly, the message. One Piece has better messages than Death Note because unlike Death Note, One Piece actually tries to teach it's viewers a lesson. For instance, One piece teaches that sometimes a trip is not about the destination but about what you learn on the trip.
Finally and most importantly, The Plot. One Piece's is the main reason why it has gain the spot of best watch anime's and it is known among the masses. One Piece's plot is so unexpected that fans can't even tell what is going to happen next. For Instance, nobody expect that Luffy's father was Dragon nor that ace was going to die right after Luffy save him or that Sabo was alive after all of this year.
To conclude, One piece is by far better than Death Note.
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Reasons for voting decision: Pro used sources so obvious that goes to him. Debated the moral message that One Piece gives, however both sides had messages and both sides have good theme songs. So their arguements are equal. Really it just comes down to the sources that Pro had used. If Con had stated that One Piece was thee most popular anime and used sources for that, I would have voted him, but Pro is also correct, Death Note is awesome too. (Btw, Neither One Piece or Death Note are the best, Its One Punch Man! xD)
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'The BFG': Skywalker's Gary Rydstrom Reveals the Sounds Behind the Movie's Snozzcumbers and Whizzpoppers
That — along with everything from Snozzcumbers, foul-tasting vegetables, to Whizzpoppers, exhuberant flatulence — were the key challenges faced by director Steven Spielberg's longtime collaborators in the sound team on Disney's The BFG,which opens this weekend.
The film is based on the Roald Dahl classic about a young girl, played by newcomer Ruby Barnhill, and a giant, performed by Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, who introduces her to Giant Country. "The whole movie has a storybook feel, even the non-giant world feels like a storybook version of reality. But the biggest difference is scale. We tried to emphasize the scale difference between what Sophie and her world was like and what the giant world was like," says Skywalker Sound's seven-time Oscar winner Gary Rydstrom, supervising sound designer and rerecording mixer on The BFG. "For instance the first time you hear BFG approaching the London orphanage to take Sophie, his footsteps have a weight to them that comes from editing the sound of sonic booms from aircrafts breaking the sound barrier; we gave a deep weightiness to them so he seems scary."
Rydstrom and the core sound team, including rerecording mixer Andy Nelson, supervising sound editor Richard Hymns and production sound mixer Ronald Judkins, all have a long history of working with Spielberg.
"He's very trusting about what we do but he takes particular interest in things that are new and key to the movie. For this movie, he wanted to talk about the dreams. We talked about that up front more than anything else. He wanted them to be tangible, real things. The beauty of the movie is that dreams are physical things flying through the world.
"The BFG catches dreams, so we had to figure out what that would mean to give them a sound and a personality," Rydstrom says, adding that additional sound designer and rerecording mixer Christopher Scarabosio also worked heavily on the sound of the dreams. "Spielberg himself had a lot of ideas, for instance to hum like a bumblebee but have vocalizations based on whether they were happy or sad or scary. We recorded a lot of kids playing, laughing, and various things that could sound like the humming of a dream that's flying around. The dreams in the movie were spilt from happy to nightmares. The nightmares were electrical and snappy and awful, and happy dreams were 'hummy' and pleasant and playful."
Spielberg also wanted to discuss how they planned to create "what the book and movie delicately calls Whizzpoppers, which are the farts that the giants make," he adds. "How many times in your career do you get to do fart jokes? … We got to a point where they were very cartoony, that made Spielberg happy and laugh.
"To record it, we bought weather balloons and inflated them; we basically made big whoopie cushions. And we'd lean on them like a bean bag chair."
Other sounds included that of the giant chopping the Snozzcumber.
"He doesn't use a knife, but what looks like a snow plow; everything is scaled up. We had fun with the utensils. We recorded a machine with a massive blade that cuts steel, for the impact of the snow plow. [And for Snozzcumber] a lot of what we recorded was vegetables from the store that looked like they were past their peak, and spent a day chopping them up and sticking our hands in them."
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