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- Media@McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
Upon receiving a substantial grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Faculty of Arts has established a postdoctoral fellowship program in the humanities. For 2017-2018, 4 fellowships were awarded: 2 Open Field, 1 Digital Humanities, and 1 Indigenous Studies. The following links provide more details about each fellowship. Please note that at this time the application deadline has passed.
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social and research-based growth.
The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program is to:
- attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally;
- develop their leadership potential;
- position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow.
The Faculty of Arts conducts an internal competition to select its candidates for the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Click here for more details about the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships. You can also access the evaluation criteria and eligibility criteria.
FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) has the following mission:
- to promote and provide financial support for research in the fields of social sciences and humanities and the fields of education, management, arts and literature;
- to promote and provide financial support for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in fields of research relating to social sciences and humanities and to education, management, arts and literature;
- to promote and provide financial support for the training of researchers through merit scholarships for graduate and postgraduate students and persons who engage in postdoctoral research, through professional development scholarships for persons who wish to re-enter the research community, and through grants that allow the teaching duties of college level professors engaging in research activities to be reduced;
- to create any necessary partnerships, in particular with universities, colleges and cultural institutions, and the government departments and public and private bodies concerned.
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and research training in the humanities and social sciences.
Media @ McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship
Media @ McGill is a hub of interdisciplinary research, scholarship and public outreach on issues in media, technology and culture, located in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies. It offers Postdoctoral Fellowships to promising scholars engaging in media-related research, as defined in its mission statement.
Fellows are provided with a workspace, and are expected to take an active role in the research activities and academic life of Media @ McGill (participation in conferences, seminars, etc.). They may also have the possibility of teaching a course within the Department of Art History and Communication Studies.
Eligibility: The Media @ McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to both national and international scholars who completed their doctoral degrees in a university other than McGill no earlier than June 1, 2011 or later. Fluency in English is essential; working knowledge of French is an asset.
Value and Duration: The stipend for the Media @ McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship is $45,000 CAD for 12 months (this includes a travel research stipend) beginning in the first week of September 2015.
Application Process: Click here to view the two-part application process for 2015-2016.
Employment Equity
McGill University is committed to diversity and equity in employment. It welcomes applications from: women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, visible minorities, and others who may contribute to diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.


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Queen's legendary singer Freddie Mercury just celebrated his 70th birthday and bandmate Brian May commemorated the momentous occasion through an awesome space memento-an asteroid. In a video posted on Queen's official YouTube page, Brian May shared the news with fans and the rest of the world.
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"I'm happy to be able to announce that the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center has today designated Asteroid 17473, discovered 1991, in Freddie's name, timed to honor his 70th Birthday." shared May in the video. "Henceforth this object will be known as Asteroid 17473 Freddie mercury. Published in the September 4th announcements of the Minor Planet Center, operating out of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), this announcement is to recognize Freddie's outstanding influence in the world."
The singer-songwriter was behind classic rock opera hits like Bohemian Rhapsody and Bicycle. He was also known for his on and off-stage presence, always bringing about a show wherever he went. Unfortunately, Mercury, who had already been battling AIDS, passed away from bronchial pneumonia, brought about by complications from the autoimmune disease.
Coincidentally, the asteroid named after the singer was also discovered the same year of his passing, in 1991. The space rock(star) passes around the sun at around 20km per second and never comes closer than 350 million kilometers to earth.
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The asteroid also reflects only one-third of the sunlight it catches and can only be seen with a very powerful telescope. Like the Freddie Mercury, only a few people may actually be able to see its greatness.
"It's like a cinder in space as many of these asteroids are," May shared in the video. "You need a pretty decent telescope to see it. It's just a dot of light but it's a very special dot of light and maybe one day we'll get there."
If we should only be so lucky.
Brian May's video can be seen below.
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Pirated HD-quality pilots for a number of upcoming 2015-16 season TV shows began showing up on torrent sites Monday, in what is being called a coordinated action by Variety.
The entertainment news outlet cites information obtained by antipiracy analytics firm Excipio, which reports clean authentic copies of Fox network's "Minority Report" and "Lucifer," along with copies of NBC's "Blindspot" and "The Carmichael Show," were first distributed on Internet piracy sites about 2 a.m. ET Monday, weeks ahead of their scheduled premieres.
Variety reports by noon ET Monday, just ten hours later, "Lucifer" had been downloaded or accessed by 141,498 separate worldwide torrent clients, while the pilot for "Minority Report" had been hit 111,269 times and "Blindspot" had 81,887 hits.
No figures for downloads of "The Carmichael Show" were available Monday.
While it remains to be seen how the copies of the season pilots were obtained, HBO announced in April, after four episodes of the show "Game of Thrones" hit torrent sites prior to the release of Season Five, it would no longer distribute DVD copies for review screeners.
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As a new patient, can I get a cleaning during my first visit?
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We will do our best to complete a cleaning during your first appointment, but depending on how long it's been since your last cleaning, the condition of your teeth may necessitate a second appointment to complete your cleaning.
How safe are dental X-rays?
Whether from our appliances at home or from a trip to the doctor's office, radiation exposure should never be taken lightly. Fortunately, the field of dentistry has advanced in recent years to further protect patient's health. From highly targeted X-ray technology to high-speed X-ray film that requires shorter exposure times, the amount of radiation patients are exposed to during dental X-rays pose no health risk.
In fact, a recent policy change issued by Oregon's Center for Health Protection, Radiation Protection Services (RPS) no longer requires the use of a lead apron during dental X-rays. For more information on this policy change and what it could mean for your health and comfort, we encourage you to click here.
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Earning its name from the Cyrillic-inscribed gravestones discovered at its peak by California gold rushers (Cyrillic script is a writing system employed across Eastern Europe), Russian Hill has long been prized for its history, elegance, and stunning views.
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The Lancaster High School boys tennis team continued its solid play, blanking York High School 6-0 on Thursday.
The Bruins' Isaac Thomas won in the No. 1 singles match on a forfeit as York's Blake Williams was out with a back injury.
Isaac Thomas (L) won by forfeit.
Connor Palmeri (L) defeated Jackson Montgomery (Y), 7-5, 6-3.
Jacob Hudson (L) defeated David Good (Y), 6-3, 6-4.
Zack Onisick (L) defeated Noah Arnold (Y), 6-2, 6-0.
The Lancaster High School boys soccer team improved to 5-3 in Region III-AAAA play with a 4-3 home win over York High School at Memorial Stadium on Thursday night.
The Bruins, 6-6 overall, were led by Ernest Nunez who scored two goals in the LHS win.
Jonathan Baker and Isaac Marin each had a goal for LHS.
Marin had an assist as did Seth Blackmon and Jacob Cato, who assisted on a pair of goals in the Bruins' win over the Cougars.
Lancaster travels to rival Andrew Jackson High School to battle the 8-2 Volunteers on Monday night.
The Andrew Jackson Lady Volunteers softball team downed Central of Pageland 6-3 in Region IV-AA play on Wednesday at AJ.
Rebecca Price hurled the Lady Vols to the win, yielding 10 hits.
Caroline Wrenn led the AJ offense with two hits and a RBI. AJ senior Savannah Small had a hit and drove in two runs.
Carley Sims and Makayla Cairnes each had a hit and drove in a run. Morgan Eason also had a hit in the Lady Vols offense.
INDIAN LAND – Olivia Falk is taking her game to the next level in the county seat.
Falk, a standout volleyball player at Indian Land High School, will be playing the next two seasons at the University of South Carolina Lancaster.
Falk, a Lady Warriors co-captain, was the ILHS middle blocker/hitter last season when Indian Land went 13-11, 6-2 in region play.
The Lady Warriors, as the region runner-up, earned a playoff bid and went 1-1 in Class AAA Upper State postseason play.
The Buford High School Lady Jackets soccer team improved to 6-4 on the season with a 2-1 road win over Class AAA foe Chester High School on Thursday night.
Isabella Jones scored the game-clinching goal for BHS, netting the shot with three minutes to play.
Marisa King scored the Lady Jackets' first goal in the match.
The night before at BHS, the Lady Jackets edged rival Lancaster High School in a 1-0 win on Wednesday.
Isabella Jones had the lone goal of the tight match.
Each season Indian Land High School boys basketball coach Nate Smith has a goal – win a state championship.
Smith annually shoots for the state title, a lofty mark, but one he year-in and year-out quests for at the Lancaster County Panhandle school.
ILHS, in its second season in Class AAA, didn't reach the coveted top spot in March, but the Warriors made notable strides.
Two who know hoops success led the top honors for The Lancaster News' county girls basketball awards.
Andrew Jackson High School coach Sha'Ron Robertson, who guided the Lady Volunteers to their second straight Region IV-AA championship, along with Lancaster High School senior player Zaria Woods, lead the girls hoops honors.
Robertson is The Lancaster News 2017-18 Lancaster County Coach of the Year for girls basketball and Woods reaped Player of the Year laurels.
Andrew Jackson High School had one athlete place in the annual S.C. Strength Coaches Association state strength meet at Lexington High School in Lexington on Saturday.
Caleb Myers, a sophomore, finished third in the 205 junior varsity division.
The meet requires the athletes to compete in the bench press, squat and broad jump.
Myers highlighted his effort with a personal-best 405-pound squat.
Myers qualified for the state meet, placing first in the region meet at Lugoff-Elgin.
The Tri-County Classic, an area senior all-star basketball doubleheader, is set for Saturday at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill.
The hoops twin bill features a girls game and a boys game in the Trojans' gym.
Players from the four Lancaster County high schools will be represented.
The girls game tips off at 1 p.m., with the boys game at 3.
The teams will be guided by area coaches, including two with Lancaster ties.
The Lancaster High School golf team stayed unbeaten on the season, taking a one-shot win over Class AAAAA foe Nation Ford High School in a three-way meet at the Springfield Golf Club in Fort Mill on Tuesday.
The Bruins shot a 157 to top the NFHS Falcons, who had a 158, and Northwestern at 176.
LHS senior Brady Hinkle and Trey Crenshaw each posted a 38. Mason Tucker had a 39, while Nick Mangano carded a 42, a shot ahead of Baylee Evans' 43.
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The Grammys may be the most well-known music awards, but the Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll is perhaps the best barometer of what was good in the world of music. The ballots are in for 2008, and among the almost 600 critics surveyed, TV on the Radio's Dear Science came out on top. As Jim explains, the critics often do it better, but the poll is not perfect, especially since the departure of longtime Pazz & Jop"Dean"Robert Christgau. Usually the Village Voice list is vastly different from the list of Grammy nominations, but this year there are some crossovers, especially in terms of singles. M.I.A's "Paper Planes" and Estelle's "American Boy" got top marks in Pazz & Jop, as well as a number of Grammy noms.
On January 20, President Barack Obama not only inherited 2 wars and a failing economy. He also inherited a pretty kick-ass record collection. According to a recent story in Rolling Stone, there are several hundred LP's in the White House basement, including Led Zeppelin IV, Let it Bleed and Rocket to Russia, all provided by the RIAA and marked with the presidential seal. The list of records was not always so cool though. During the Nixon administration, album artists included Pat Boone and John Denver. So, Jim and Greg want to volunteer their own services to make sure that the collection thrives in the year to come. They say: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country's record collection."Go to episode 166
featured songs
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- Cheap Trick, Ballad of T.V. Violence, Cheap Trick, Epic, 1977
- Miley Cyrus, 7 Things, Breakout, Hollywood, 2008
- Guns 'N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Democracy, Interscope, 2008
- Devo, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Warner Bros., 1978
- Jimi Hendrix, Star Spangled Banner, Woodstock I, n/a, 1970
- Bob Marley, Buffalo Soldier, Confrontation, Island, 1983
- Chuck Berry, Promised Land, Reelin' & Rockin', n/a, 1959
- Blur, Magic America, Parklife, Food, 1994
- Woody Guthrie, This Land is Your Land, This Land is Your Land, n/a, 1967
- MC-5, Back in the USA, Back in the USA, Atlantic, 1970
- Sam Cooke, A Change is Gonna Come, Ain't That Good News, RCA, 1964
- Simon & Garfunkel, America, Bookends, Columbia, 1968
- Drive-by-Truckers, Sink Hole, Decoration Day, New West, 2003
- The Talking Heads, The Big Country, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Sire, 1978
- Neil Diamond, America, The Jazz Singer, Capitol, 1980
- James Brown, Living in America, Rocky IV, Scotti Brothers, 1985
- Randy Newman, Sail Away, Sail Away, Reprise, 1972
- Robyn Hitchcock, America, Gotta Let This Hen Out!, Relativity, 1985
- Public Enemy, Fight the Power, Do The Right Thing, Motown, 1988
- Estelle, American Boy, Shine, Homeschool, 2008
- Rhymefest, Thriller Skit" and "Get Up, Man in the Mirror, self-released, 2008
- Lupe Fiasco, Kick Push, Food and Liquor, Atlantic, 2006


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The House narrowly approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement this morning, delivering a hard-fought victory to President Bush while underscoring the nation's deep divisions over trade.
The 217 to 215 vote came just after midnight, in a dramatic finish that highlighted the intensity brought by both sides to the battle. When the usual 15-minute voting period expired at 11:17 p.m., the no votes outnumbered the yes votes by 180 to 175, with dozens of members undeclared. House Republican leaders kept the voting open for another 47 minutes, furiously rounding up holdouts in their own party until they had secured just enough to ensure approval.
The House vote was effectively the last hurdle -- and by far the steepest -- facing CAFTA, which will tear down barriers to trade and investment between the United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
"This win sends a powerful signal to the region and the world that the United States will continue to lead in opening markets and leveling the playing field," said Rob Portman, the U.S. trade representative, in a statement issued immediately after the vote.
Although the deal was approved by the Senate last month, it was overwhelmingly opposed by House Democrats who contend that it is wrong to strike a free-trade pact with poor countries lacking strong protection for worker rights. Only 15 of the 202 House Democrats backed the accord, while 27 out of 232 Republicans voted against.
During last night's debate, which lasted 21/2 hours, the bitterness of the Democrats' opposition shone through in condemnations such as that by Ohio's Dennis J. Kucinich, who thundered: "CAFTA is for multinational companies who want to make a profit by shutting plants in the United States and moving to places with cheap labor."
To win, the White House and GOP congressional leaders had to overcome resistance from dozens of Republican members who were also loath to vote for the accord because of issues ranging from the perceived threat to the U.S. sugar industry to more general worries about the impact of global trade on U.S. jobs.
Rep. Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.), the chief deputy majority whip, said as members left the Capitol that trade votes are always hard but that this one was especially so for Republicans because "the other side really ramped this up and made this a political vote."
Before the vote, GOP leaders, who had negotiated deals in recent days to sway Republicans, made it clear they were prepared to twist arms. "It will be a tough vote, but we will pass CAFTA tonight," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) told reporters yesterday morning. "And we will do it with very few Democrats on board."
Underscoring the importance that Bush attaches to the pact, he put his prestige on the line by making a rare appearance with Vice President Cheney at the weekly closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference. Bush spoke for an hour, lawmakers said, stressing the national security implications of CAFTA, which are rooted in the concern that growing anti-American sentiment in Latin America would flourish if the United States refused to open its markets wider to the nations that negotiated the pact.
"Mothers and fathers in El Salvador love their children as much as we love our children here," Bush said, stressing the need to look out for the young democracies in "our neighborhood," according to lawmakers. He also noted that four of the six countries -- the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua -- have assisted the U.S. military effort in Iraq.
The last-minute negotiations for Republican votes resembled the wheeling and dealing on a car lot. Republicans who were opposed or undecided were courted during hurried meetings in Capitol hallways, on the House floor and at the White House. GOP leaders told their rank and file that if they wanted anything, now was the time to ask, lawmakers said, and members took advantage of the opportunity by requesting such things as fundraising appearances by Cheney and the restoration of money the White House has tried to cut from agriculture programs. Lawmakers also said many of the favors bestowed in exchange for votes will be tucked into the huge energy and highway bills that Congress is scheduled to pass this week before leaving for the August recess.
So many top Bush administration officials were working the Capitol last night that Democrats joked that the hallways looked like a Cabinet meeting. Cheney made an after-dinner trip to the second floor of the Capitol and stayed until shortly after 10 p.m., meeting with members.
The Democrats voting in favor were Reps. Victor F. Snyder (Ark.), Melissa L. Bean (Ill.), Dennis Moore (Kan.), William J. Jefferson (La.), Ike Skelton (Mo.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Edolphus Towns (N.Y.), Jim Cooper (Tenn.), John S. Tanner (Tenn.), Henry Cuellar (Tex.), Ruben Hinojosa (Tex.), Solomon P. Ortiz (Tex.), Jim Matheson (Utah), James P. Moran Jr. (Va.) and Norman D. Dicks (Wash.).
The Republicans voting against were Reps. Duncan Hunter (Calif.), Tom Tancredo (Colo.), Rob Simmons (Conn.), Connie Mack (Fla.), Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr. (Ga.), C.L. "Butch" Otter (Idaho), Mike Simpson (Idaho), John N. Hostettler (Ind.), Charles W. Boustany Jr. (La.), Bobby Jindal (La.), Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.), Candice S. Miller (Mich.), Gil Gutknecht (Minn.), Dennis Rehberg (Mont.), Scott Garrett (N.J.), Frank LoBiondo (N.J.), Christopher H. Smith (N.J.), Virginia Foxx (N.C.), John M. McHugh (N.Y.), Howard Coble (N.C.), Walter B. Jones Jr. (N.C.), Patrick T. McHenry (N.C.), Robert W. Ney (Ohio), Ron Paul (Tex.), Virgil H. Goode Jr. (Va.), Barbara Cubin (Wyo.) and Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.).
Among representatives from Maryland and Virginia, Republicans voted in favor and Democrats voted against except Moran, who voted for; Goode, who voted against; and Rep. Jo Ann S. Davis (R-Va.), who did not vote.
The victory for Bush was crucial because it came at a time when his clout on Capitol Hill has been called into question, and it also gave a badly needed boost to his broader free-trade agenda. The White House is hoping to hammer out a free-trade accord encompassing all the nations of the Western Hemisphere. More important, it wants to successfully conclude the talks underway in the World Trade Organization to lower trade barriers on a global basis.
Those considerations turned CAFTA into a political battleground far out of proportion to its economic significance. Proponents touted the six countries involved as constituting the second largest market for U.S. goods in Latin America after Mexico, absorbing $15 billion in U.S. exports last year. But that is just a little more than 1 percent of the $1.15 trillion in U.S. exports.
Democrats and their union backers fear that congressional approval of the accord will signal that free-trade deals are possible with almost any country, no matter how low its wages or how inadequate its labor protections. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned that the political consequences will come back to haunt Bush.
In the debate, proponents cited the fact that CAFTA is the latest in a series of free-trade deals with individual countries -- including Jordan, Singapore, Chile and Australia -- that Congress has approved in recent years. They demanded to know why opponents would not give the same favorable treatment to neighboring countries. Although CAFTA might not be perfect, "on the whole this agreement does much more for Central America than we will have the opportunity to do for a long time to come," Moran said.
Supporters also hammered home the argument that most imported goods from Central America already enter the U.S. market duty-free, under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. CAFTA "levels the playing field," contended Rep. Ron Lewis (R-Ky.), because it would immediately eliminate the tariffs imposed by Central American nations on 80 percent of their industrial imports from the United States, and 50 percent of the agricultural imports.
Foes retorted that CAFTA differs from accords such as the ones with Morocco and Australia. "This is the first agreement in which we would move backwards in enforcing international labor standards," said Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), noting that the provisions protecting worker rights are weaker than those under the Caribbean pact.


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Every time I get paid (every two weeks), I update my net worth. The idea behind this is that my goals are that my liabilities drop every two weeks, and by tracking them in this way, I am able to get a nice picture of where I stand financially. Its not a perfect balance sheet that I have (because of student loans I have a negative net worth), but the progress is what I am looking for.
- up $345.97 from March 12th, 2010
- up $7985.85 from March 26th, 2009(one year ago)
These assets include my house (I give it 1% appreciation each year in my appreciation), my RRSP and my TFSA. The stock market continues to inch up, helping me out.
- better $77.69 from March 12th, 2010
- better $15,021.23 from March 26th, 2009(one year ago)
These liabilities include my mortgage, student loans and a consolidation loan (mainly for my Masters Degree for teaching). This was a little more painful as it was frugala's birthday and I was still catching up from having less pays for the last two weeks. Hopefully in the next net worth I will be able to get back to business.
- better $423.66 from March 12th, 2010
- better $23,007.08 from March 26th, 2009(one year ago!)
Continuing the nice positive moves over the last year. As long as I can do the "slow and steady" progress I will be happy. I haven't combined frugala's numbers into here yet (if I ever will), but because she doesn't owe anything, the liabilities section will always be mine. Just sitting back and thinking about it, I am better $23,000 this year as compared to last. If you think of being a millionaire, it will take me over 43 years at this point (which I don't want to wait that long), so I will have to pick up the pace.
The last thing I am going to track is the value of the TSX. I have some asset allocation goals that are dependent on the value of the TSX.
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The highlight of my day was the humorous competition we had at lunch. I was jumping for fun until I wanted to see if some of the campers and staff could jump longer than I could with out stopping. My record was 87 jumps but Charlie Diouf beat me badly with 157 jumps without stopping. That almost double the amount. I realize that lunchtime is the best time to play with the camps and get to know them too.


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Air Travel
The Memphis International Airport (MEM) serves more than 10 million passengers a year with routes to cities across the United States. The major airlines servicing the airport are Delta, American, United, Southwest, Frontier, and Allegiant. The airport is conveniently located just 8 miles from the University of Memphis campus, and approximately 10 miles from the NCUR-designated hotels.
Memphis is home to an Amtrak station which operates a passenger train that travels north to Chicago, IL and south to New Orleans, LA. The station is located in downtown Memphis and is approximately 20 minutes from campus.
Memphis plays host to two major bus companies with links to a variety of destinations. The Greyhound bus terminal is located near the airport at 3033 Airways Blvd, approximately 10 minutes from the downtown and east Memphis hotels. The Megabus company also operates in Memphis and its terminal is located at 3921 American Way, approximately 5 minutes from East Memphis hotels and 10 minutes from the downtown hotels.
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The Internet Insurance Group ("IIG") has announced the launch of its new flagship website SmallBusinessQuote.com.
A site focusing exclusively on Small Business insurance
Based in Waltham, the IIG is a national insurance agency run by a group of seasoned insurance executives, aimed at selling commercial insurance to small businesses.
IIG's Co-founder and CEO Lou Geremia says the company's latest site launch reflects the growing on-line demand for small business products.
"Small businesses are increasingly turning to online platforms to manage a number of their key administrative functions such as payroll, benefits, credit and accounting, so it is only natural that they will seek similar outlets for insurance", Geremia said.
Seven commercial carriers' products available through SmallBusinessQuote.com
According to Mr. Geremia the company has been operating in "stealth mode" during the past year in order to create and round out its array of product offers from A+ Rated national carriers. Currently, the company website lists the following carriers that it is working with:
- Liberty Mutual
- The Hanover
- The Hartford
- Progressive
- Berkshire Hathaway Guard
- Travelers
Prior to launching SmallBusinessQuote.com, Mr. Germia has spent the last 15 years of his career overseeing some of the largest online P&C agencies and insurance lead generation companies in the industry.
Here is a screenshot of the site's home page.
How the site works
Currently, IIG offers small businesses online access by licensed agents via its website. Once it connects with a small business, the prospective customer is guided through the purchase process by the firm's licensed agents, headquartered in Waltham, who provide quotes from the site's present carriers.
Licenses in 48 of the 50 states
Presently Smallbusinessquote.com is operated by IIG, which hold agency licenses directly in 46 of the 50 states. In New York and California, the company operates as Internet Insurance Agency Group, LLC and Internet Sales and Marketing Insurance Agency, LLC, respectively. The company has no presence in either Arkansas or Hawaii.
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The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is building on the protection work for which TNC is known, and now we are working with corporations and governments to apply smart infrastructure siting principles to make development more sustainable and using innovative finance to complete large deals that have the potential to protect more nature in the next five years than we have during our entire history.
For example, in China, we're trying something new in one of the world's last remaining giant panda habitats. A land bursting with natural and cultural riches, TNC China is looking to boost conservation by introducing the country to a distinctly TNC-style approach — land trusts.
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The Chinese government has established more than 2,500 nature reserves throughout the country, but most aren't well funded or actively managed. And, until recently, China's strict landownership laws made it difficult for non-governmental organizations to play a significant role in land protection. But in 2008—while maintaining ownership of all land—the government opened the door for Chinese private entities to hold forestland use rights.
Now, The Nature Conservancy is testing a model that will enable Chinese land trusts to protect and sustainably manage China's most important lands and waters, provide livelihood solutions for communities living near reserves, and create a mechanism to finance long-term reserve management through private contributions.
Our goal is to create 10 land trust reserves together with our partners by the end of 2020. Over time, we aim to mobilize the private sector to protect China's land through voluntary action.
To date, working through local organizations, such as the Paradise Foundation, we have established four land trust reserves.
In 2013, the Conservancy initiated China's first land trust reserve: 27,325-acre Laohegou Land Trust Reserve. Laohegou links several existing reserves in Sichuan's Pingwu County that together sustain a wide array of plants and animals, including golden snub-nosed monkeys, takin (a sheep relative that resembles a goat and an antelope), Asian black bears, Asian golden cats and musk deer. Pingwu County also has the highest density of endangered giant pandas in the world.
We are also helping communities near Laohegou profit from forest-friendly livelihoods. Working with the Paradise Foundation, we established a community development fund to help jump-start a guesthouse and an agriculture program that connects farmers to high-end markets for sustainable food products like honey, eggs, chickens, sausage and persimmons. So far, more than 60 families have been able to double their income through eco-friendly agriculture.
This has reduced the amount Laohegou villagers are degrading forest resources within the reserve, and wildlife are beginning to return to Laohegou in greater numbers, including species that have not been found in the reserve before. A "camera trap" captured this photo of a Sichuan snub-nosed monkey in Laohegou.
Now, we are using the Laohegou model to initiate other land trust reserves that fulfill ecological and social goals. Bayuelin Land Trust Reserve, also in Sichuan, supports habitat for the southern-most giant panda population as well as for Tibetan macaques and Asian leopard cats. We are also working with nearby Yi ethnic minority communities to increase their profits from sustainable livelihoods, such as organic tea production, that reduce their need to hunt and gather within the reserve.
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If you're wondering how much this costs, I'm just going to say it's rather expensive. The price depends on your hair length, colour history, and how many processes it takes to achieve your desired result. FYI, box dyes (which was what I had) are harder to colour over. I was at the salon from 11:30am to almost 11pm that day, but I'd say it was totally worth it. I asked for an asymmetric bob (longer on the left!) and a cool blonde ombré effect. I also brought in a lot of pics to show the stylist that day.
I'm currently using the Joico Color Endure Violet Sulfate-Free Shampoo to preserve my hair's colour. If I stop using it, it'll turn slightly more yellow-blonde, but the purple shampoo almost immediately changes it back again. To prevent my hair from drying out (especially in this weather), I condition it and use hair oils before styling.
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Lt. James Van Fleet was assigned to the 13th sometime about March 15. Its tough to be a young Lt. in a Tiger Squadron when your father is the Commanding General of the Theater. Van Fleet went down on April 3rd while on his 4th mission. With him went navigator John MacAllaster and gunner Ralph Phelps. I think the search lasted three days.
"James Van Fleet, Jr."
"the 7th Chadwick"
When the moon was up we searched for trains and lost airplanes. "How's the moon?" "Full"! "There'll be battle damage tonight." When the moon is down you search for trucks. Hard nosed airplanes could be dangerous when the moon was up because you had to get down low to use them on trains.
Hard nosed airplanes could be dangerous when the moon was down because you had to get down low in the black to use them on trucks. Or you might work under the flares so you could see the roads when the moon was black. Then the Commies could see you as well as you could see them. It sounds corny now, but we really called them "Commies".
Some people said the trains had stopped running during this period. Not so! On back-to-back missions on May 4th and May 5th with Capt. Ayotte we found and damaged trains. Ayotte was a Tiger. The rail-cut program only stopped trains for a while. The fighter-bombers dropped delayed action fuses on the rail lines during the day and the Commies tried to fix the rails so the trains could run at night. On April 12th I flew with an administrative pilot to rail-cuts on Purple 11.
"Rail Cut"
Captain "Smith" was a Pussycat. When we got to our rail-cut coordinates south of Chonju we found the rails were already cut. There were three trains end-to-end waiting for the rails to be repaired. We never got close to the trains with our bombs but the pilot called in the strike report that we had hit the trains. The next pilot in the area looked for the trains and never found them. I'll bet he didn't look in the rail yards in Chonju. I wouldn't have wanted to!
"Jim Braly"
When the moon was full and you got down to look for trains you would always find flak. North Korean gunners would be firing 20 mm or 40mm guns at us with tracers. They looked like they were squirting up little red golf balls. I remember a mission with Jim Braly when we were stooging around east of Pyong-yang at 7,500 feet and some anti-aircraft fire hosed up our way. I announced to Jim, "No sweat on the flak. They only have a range of 6,000 feet." As I said this I HEARD (that's right, I said HEARD) the shells pass over the canopy with a 'whit...whit.. whit.whit.whit.whit. I'd forgotten the hills were 3,500 feet in that area.
People said the Commies were stringing cables between the hills to snag airplanes. I never believed it. Oh, we hit cables all right but we forget that North Korea was an industrial country. Those were power lines we were hitting, but they were just as effective as cables.
There was always flak around. When the action on Purple-11 became too hot we would circle around a big island off the coast south of Chonju, which was always secure. Then when we thought the gunners had gone out for tea we would go back in for a few more quick passes. There were many searchlights in this area - not always in use. On May 5th, Lt. Soefker flew home with his rudder shot out. Then on May 30th he came back with mud all over the front of the airplane from rocket blasts. Soefker was an F-51 pilot. He once told me he flew the B-26 like his F-51.
"Cable Hit"
On May 25th I learned what the searchlights were for. Capt. Jim Braly was my pilot on this night and we flew all over Purple-11 and no one shot at us. Not a single burst. There were searchlights everyplace. Finding no targets to attack, Braly began to shoot out searchlights. You can't comprehend the brightness of a searchlight beam. After 40 minutes in the light we saw an enemy prop fighter caught in his own searchlights. Then we knew why there was no flak.
In early June my 50 mission tour was coming to a close. The moon was full on June 5th & 6th. Braly and I had discussed flying our own special mission for several weeks. (Surely the statute of limitations has run, hasn't it?) We would go far up north where they didn't even know there was a war going on. On June 5th it was my 49th mission. We were going up Purple 5 - all the way up the long canyon to Kangye and reccy the railroad west from Kangye to the reservoir. I called it Purple 5 North double North. It was a beautiful night to fly - not beautiful in regard to visibility but beautiful in regard to the white cumulous clouds and the rugged landscape and the bright moonlight.
We had scarcely left Kangye going west when we found the first train, but in a place we couldn't get to. South of the railroad was a shear cliff several thousand feet high. The track ran along the base of the cliff and a train was parked in a bowl. There was no way to make a run at it.
In desperation Braly finally made a run toward the cliff, made a sharp right banking turn into a near high speed stall and tried to throw the bomb onto the cliff to start an avalanche. According to my diary we spotted six trains that night but couldn't work them because of the low cumulus clouds and the rugged terrain. Since we were not working our route I don't know what we reported.


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Last year, some friends of ours mentioned that they had attended a sort of 'getting ready for marriage' course before tying the knot.
The course encourages you to find your motivators and to understand your partner's, leading to a harmonious partnership.
Now, anyone who knows the Other Half and I in real life knows we're a little firey… So we thought this course sounded like a pretty good idea (not that we're married or even engaged, but we've been together nearly eight years, have a baby, and all that jazz, so we basically are).
A quick Google brought up the questionnaire they'd had to fill in and a few minutes later we discovered:
- We actually knew each other really well and
- Our motivators were pretty different. (Shocker.)
Top of my list was that I valued time over all other love languages (there's five total, FYI). I need undivided attention and your time. (I know, total Prima Donna.)
The OH on the other hand valued gifts. Whether being showered with gifts on a special occasion or a surprise mini Toffee Crisp in his lunch to show you're thinking of him (if I made his lunches, that would be more relevant, but in reality, he makes mine…) – gifts, in a very unsuperficial way (most of the time…) are how the OH knows you love him.
Now, the difficulty for all people is that we naturally will show love by giving/acting on our own strongest motivators. Because that's what makes sense to us. E.g., I give my time, energy and attention; the OH give gifts. Of course, if the other person doesn't necessarily value that motivator (or 'speak your love language' as it were), you might be in a bit of hot water.
This starts to make a lot of sense when you look at our history…
The OH 'jokes' about the various gift crimes I've committed over the years – ie, when my gifts have completely missed the mark.
Our first Valentine's: we'd only been dating two weeks and he secretly stole my charm bracelet and had a four leaf clover attached to it (my nickname since we met has been 'Irish' – a long story!).
I got him, err, nothing…
Our first Christmas: (11 months after the Valentine's bitter disappointment), I got him the Kiehl's Men's range… Which while that's actually a lovely gift and one he'd probably love these days, it didn't exactly scream romance and 'I know you so well!' given he only needed to shave about once every two weeks at the tender age of 20…
There's also been a fondu set (he loves to cook! It made sense at the time…) which he's still never used (not bitter at all…); the clock made out of a Rolling Stones record (he's a huge fan! But granted, it was utterly not his style and a little tacky…); a tweed blazer (he's really into fashion – sadly, it turns out I know nothing about men's style…) and I won't bore you again with the story about his first Father's Day… Not my finest moment…
They haven't all been tragic. Successes over the years have included a popcorn machine, *thinks really hard…* a onesie, *strains memory* oh and a massive, snuggly dressing gown, which at the time, he was really bad at lying about how great it was when he first opened it, but a month later, writing an essay wrapped up in his robe he conceded it was indeed a good gift. (And five years on, he still loves it and says it's one of the best gifts I've ever got him, "even if it was kinda boring". I'm taking that for the win and running.)
But buying gifts for someone who
- Has really high expectations
- Values gifts above all else (see point one)
is really bloody hard! And I'm bound to have made a mistake (or ten) along the way!
Traditionally, August/September is the time I start putting together lists of what to buy him, as, to add insult to injury, we have Christmas, both our birthdays and our anniversary all within three weeks of each other. That takes a bit of forethought!
But this year, I'm trying something different.
I recently discovered giftwink.com. You plug in each person's details – their birth date and interests, and it spits out recommendations based on that demographic information.
The site then stores this info and sends you a reminder before their birthday next year as well, including a suggested list of gifts for someone of that age, sex, location (showing my age now…) and those interests. Genius.
I tested the site's gift giving abilities a few month's ago for Cousin Munchkin's fourth birthday. I followed Gift Wink's recommendation and purchased the interactive book, "Press Here". It was an absolute hit – even the other adults were asking where I'd found such an unusual book. (Winning! I'm a gift giving ninja at last!)
So having now made lists for Little Miss, my mom, Auntie Chatterbox, the favourite Uncle, my friends, my in-laws… Basically everyone, I put this to the ultimate test.
I showed the OH the list Gift Wink generated for him based on the information I input – age (to-be), male, likes cooking, fashion, sports & fitness, etc.
It ranged from £3 to £185 and included everything from the Ladybird's The Husband book (an ironic gift, perhaps? Lucky for him, I'm not fishing for a ring.) to a Beginners' Indian Cooking Course at The Cooking Academy (apparently giftwink has met the OH, or at the very least, stalked his dreams…!).
The OH's response:
No. No. That's cool. I like that. No. Yes.
Yeh, that'd be cool if I wasn't an Apple nerd. Max would like that actually… God no, that's awful. Nice.
Ooh, yeh, actually, that's quite cool. That's a really nice messenger bag. And that clock is a lot better than the monstrosity we have at the moment, Amie. I like the Star Wars t-shirt, get me that! Oh, that print is cool, wait, only £5, really?!
Honestly, the OH hates any kind of gift giving/finding service or site because he says they're generic and full of shit gifts no one would actually want (his words, not mine). Despite my best efforts, he also doesn't really shop online for presents – apparently the insane stress the day before said present is needed, running round inspirationless shops is all part of the fun… Who knew…
But as he scrolled through his list, he admitted that he was pleasantly surprised. Even one of the £5 stocking fillers (a peg-leg pirate bottle opener, note to self!) was 'pretty on the money' (and I cannot stress enough how much the OH hates a stocking filler!). Out of 84 gift suggestions, he said something genuinely positive – almost excited even! – about over 20 of them. That's pretty damn high praise from one of the fussiest gift receivers in the world.
So apparently I'm done and dusted for this year! Win!
But I have been very firmly told if I get him any more cuff links, he'll swiftly return whatever he gets me. Message received. *Quietly scribbles out 'cufflinks' from the Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary list*
So, to help make gift crimes a thing of the past, giftwink are asking you to share your #giftcrimes stories – whether you're giving or receiving – on Facebook or Twitter, using the hastag, by September 25, 2016.
For sharing your story, you'll be entered into a prize draw to win £50 worth of gifts via giftwink.com.
You can find out more about the competition here.


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Keeping with a tradition dating back to March, this will once again be the final post of the month
I've managed to continue to remember to weigh myself daily, except when I haven't been here
April 1: 226.6 pounds (16 stone 2.6 pounds, 102.8 kg)
April 30: 229 pounds (16 stone 5 pounds, 103.9 kg)
Difference: A rise of 2.4 pounds (1.1 kg), which isn't so good.
It's been a bit variable this month, with a selection of sarnie type things for lunch rather than just the bagels, which suggests I need to go back to the bagel shop more in May.
Well, not too much. I walked to work twice, had a few lunchtime walks with the camera, oh, and did a mega walk in London. I've just bought some new walking shoes, which might encourage me to make more effort.
Once I'd finished the mega editing process, I managed to settle down a bit and carry on posting. Including this one, the April total will be 77, which is one up on March, despite it being a slightly shorter month, and me being in London for a few days.
More pictures taken, and indeed posted this month. Excluding some that I deleted as they were really unusable, I took 389 pictures in April, which is a lot more than last month. Must keep that up.