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The Nags Head Cottage was created in the tradition of the Nags Head Vernacular of the Outer Banks of the North Carolina Coast. The Hip Cottage is great for a holiday getaway or if you basically want a nice, two bedroom residence with character. The foyer and terrific space are open to the upstairs balcony, and the back porch can be accessed from the wonderful space, master bedroom, and single dining space. This lap sided, tin roofed Low Country Cottage is made to maximize views from the Screened Porch running the length of the rear of the property.
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The following excerpt is taken from the essay "Brexit Blues" by John Lanchester.
"The 'Overton window' is a term from political science meaning the acceptable range of political thought in a culture at a given moment. It was the creation of Joseph Overton, a think-tank intellectual based in Michigan, who died in 2003 at 43 after a solo plane accident. His crucial insight, one which both emerged from and was central to the work of the think tank Right, was that the window of acceptability can be moved. An idea can start far outside the political mainstream – flat taxes, abolish the IRS, more guns in schools, building a beautiful wall and making Mexico pay – but once it has been stated and argued for, framed and restated, it becomes thinkable. It crosses over from the fringe of right-wing think-tankery to journalistic fellow-travellers; then it crosses over to the fringe of electoral politics; then it becomes a thing people start seriously advocating as a possible policy. The window has moved, and rough beasts come slouching through it to be born."
Consider the archetypal, linear political spectrum. On the extreme left you have communism, on the extreme right you have fascism. The Overton Window describes the portion of that gradient scale that any one culture deems acceptable.
Over time that window expands, contracts, shifts left and shift right.
Fringe parties that gain popularity open the window's boundaries on one side. This has the affect of moving the centre ground and reframing the way all mainstream parties are perceived.
This is what I find most interesting.
By expanding the window, fringe parties indirectly influence mainstream politics.
You don't have to look much farther than UKIP. From The Spectator:
"UKIP has shifted the Overton window to the right (…) making room for the main parties to formulate harsher policies on immigration than the UK has previously experienced."
At the time of writing UKIP hold just one of 650 seats in the House of Commons. And yet their presence in Britain's mainstream politics contributed to The Conservatives' promise to hold a referendum on EU membership.
I find this equally fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

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Last week,Vanessa East, Issa and I had a shoot with DollFace Cosmetics and Strawberry Shirts. I had so much fun getting dolled up by Cebu's young make-up artists: Noe of COLORismyweapon, Janah of Make-up by Janz and Pearl of DollFace Cosmetics. We shot Strawberry Shirts' newest collection and also DollFace Cosmetics' Back to School campaign.
This is what I wore to the shoot. You guys know I never shy away from colors so I paired pink and cobalt together.
Noe and Janah prepping for the shoot.
Please excuse the clutter. Haha
Can't wait to see the photos by Alexa-Clare Tan. :)


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Rahil Arora
Posts by Rahil Arora
No Excuses Club: The endless perseverance of Massimiliano SechiMassimiliano Sechi has transformed what could be perceived as a tragic situation into an opportunity to empower others around the world
Team S.O.N.I.A - The future of an autonomous underwater vehicleInspiring story of an engineering club that uses innovative design to explore the ocean's depths
Remembering Stephen Hawking With the Team that Helped Give Him a VoiceLenovo spoke with the team from Intel that worked on giving Prof. Stephen Hawking a voice and learned that this project was far beyond a technical feat — it was a rich, emotional experience.
How a Silicon Valley robotics club is training the future generation of engineersInteresting story of a high school club where students are faced with unique challenges that require them to come up with creative solutions by designing their own robot.
Ray Xu: Computers, converters and collidersUniversity of Texas at Austin student, Ray Xu, creates radiation-proof data sensors inside the Large Hadron Collider.
Anvita Gupta: Faster tech, faster medsStanford sophomore Anvita Gupta uses machine learning and AI to speed up medical advances.


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Best Lip Product EVER!/
As mentioned in my last post, I've been on the hunt for a long-lasting lip stick/stain for a week. My best friend is getting married and the last thing she needs is to worry about is reapplying her lip color. As a bridesmaid, I'd say the same goes for me too. Well, I have found what I'm looking for times TEN! I spent about a half an hour in Ulta scrounging around looking at all of the options. Feeling overwhelmed, I saw Revlon had a buy one, get one free deal, and it quickly helped me narrow down my options. (I'm doing my part to stimulate the economy and I'm not going to pass up a steal like that)! I decided to take a chance on Revlon's ColorStay Overtime. It's a lip gloss/color duo. The color goes on smooth and dries fast, but gives you just enough time to get the color where you want it. The clear gloss doesn't taste the greatest, but it's not gummy at all.
I applied this product at 6:00 p.m. last night, ate dinner, drank water, washed my face, brushed my teeth, went to bed and woke up with the color still on my lips!!! It wasn't even blotchy! Granted, there wasn't any gloss, but there was the same beautiful color I applied last night!
BEST lip product I've ever tried! Not to mention they have 28 different colors! Most long-lasting lip products come in dark, ugly shades. Not this one! I've tried many different brands (Benefit, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Lancome, Laura Mercier, MAC...)
You should try it! Let me know what you think.


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It is important to be a safe digital citizen these days due to the rise in the number of malware viruses and online scams occurring throughout the USA.
However, many people are unsure as to how to go about being safe online – here are a few tips to help you keep yourself and your family safe when surfing the web.
Defend Your Computer
It is important to ensure that all software, including your web browser is up to date as they will be the safest versions to use. You should also ensure that you have anti-virus software installed as this will make certain that your computer is safe from attacks and hackers.
Always remember to keep your firewall turned on and protect your wireless router with a complicated password that no one will be able to guess.
Never click links or images on pop ups that look suspicious – they normally are.
Protect Your Information
Before you input any sensitive or personal information into a website – including your bank account details ensure it has SSL security in the form of an https URL and a locked padlock symbol which will be found in the URL box.
Always remember to never give out personal information in the form of an email as you are never sure who the recipient may be.
Strong Passwords
When creating passwords ensure they are strong and hard to guess. It is a good idea to include numbers, letters and capital letters. Also, use different passwords for different sites as this will make them harder to guess. You can also use a password checker online now to see how strong your password actually is.
Be Social, Be Safe
When you are on your social media profiles, turn off your location settings. This way you can control how people search for you and how much information they can find out about you.
It is also important to remember that anything you post online can be seen by thousands of people and cannot be removed. So, be vigilant about what you are posting. It is also worth being careful about what friends you accept – only accept ones you know personally.
Your Children
More and more children are going online now so it is imperative they understand how to be safe online. Therefore, it is important that you teach them the golden rules to online safety.


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Freebie Printables!
Welcome to the main space to download free printables of Bible Verses for each day of the year!
**Be advised: This calendar is U.S.-centric, because that's where I'm from.**
Starting out with November, the rest of the months are soon to follow. Pin this page to ensure catching the next months! Calendars are available in three Bible versions: English Standard Version (ESV), King James Version (KJV), and New International Version (NIV). All files are in .pdf form. To download a free version of Adobe Reader, click here.
- Download the .pdf file below.
- Print onto white 8.5 x 11 card-stock (other colors might be ok, but you'll have to test that out yourself).
- Cut along the dotted lines then sort into numeric order.
- Prop up on a little stand, or keep in a drawer and swap out on the fridge. Or buy a recipe box with a ridge in the top for easy reading.
- Keep in a prominent place where the members of the household will easily see it. The kitchen table is good, if you have breakfast there.
- Discuss verse(s) with family and encourage reading the surrounding verses for context and meditation throughout the day.
– January ESV – January KJV – January NIV – BIY Plan January
– February ESV – February KJV – February NIV – BIY Plan February
– March ESV – March KJV – March NIV – BIY Plan March
– April ESV – April KJV – April NIV – BIY Plan April
– May ESV – May KJV – May NIV – BIY Plan May
– June ESV – June KJV – June NIV – Juney ESV (Different!) – BIY Plan June
– July ESV – July KJV – July NIV – BIY Plan July
– August ESV – August KJV – August NIV – BIY Plan August
– September ESV – September KJV – September NIV – BIY Plan September
– October ESV – October KJV – October NIV – BIY Plan October
– November ESV – November KJV – November NIV – BIY Plan November
– December ESV – December KJV – December NIV – BIY Plan December


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The Shared Loneliness of Edward Hopper
It's been a while since I've written here, but I've spent the past month preparing for my last residency and then attending the residency, and now I can say with pride that I have received my MFA in Creative Writing (not without literal blood, sweat and tears, mind). After a chaotic week of traveling, writing, revising, and holding/attending seminars and readings, this first post — written in my lingering post-MFA stupor — will return to an old series on visual art and look at the work of Edward Hopper.
In the past, I've written about other favorites of mine (Munch, Friedrich, Bacon, and Turner) and showcased particular paintings that inspire and inform my own work in fiction — not (just) their subject matter, but the ways in which they treat their subjects. Visual art (in attempting it myself and in viewing actual artists' work) helps me to see and — more importantly — feel the world in new ways. What one learns in studying paintings is that two-dimensional color and form are not stationary things — they move and breathe. They pulse, even in stillness.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is one of the best known artists of the Ashcan School, a group of painters that sought, above all, not to romanticize their subjects, but to paint life as they knew it (gritty, rough, chaotic) in New York City in the early 19th century. As Robert Henri said, "Forget about art!…and paint pictures of what interests you in life." The goal wasn't to strive for perfection or beauty, but to get at the heart of the bleak, gritty spirit of city life they felt all around them.
Hopper's work diverges slightly from the others in that it focuses on quiet, ordinary, usually solitary moments (as opposed to other Ashcan painters' scenes of rushing street traffic, portraits and boxing matches). His most famous piece, Automat, is of a woman at a cafe table with a cup of coffee. It's something that could (and, with a change of clothing, still can) be seen anywhere. But the way in which Hopper paints his subjects — heavily, darkly and in some form of isolation — expresses a somber, resigned solitude. Even when there are two or more human subjects, there's a palpable loneliness. His paintings are so saturated and smoothly stroked that they look almost flat, but upon closer inspection — especially of the human subject's skin — one finds a subtle, visual rippling (as in Morning in a City). It's that sense of isolation and the juxtaposition of flat heaviness and richly undulating sensuality that gives the paintings a strange, voyeuristic intimacy. It's as if the viewer is peering through a window at night, watching people in their houses and apartments or in public places, catching them in their most private, most vulnerable, and most true moments.
That's what I love about Hopper's work: the heavy vulnerability, the shared loneliness. Those characteristics are defining quirks of humanity, I think, and to see them displayed so honestly, without the polite softening of the averted gaze, is to be pulled outward, to find core aspects of oneself in others and yet to recognize that, in spite of that sympathy and sensitivity, there are barriers that can never be crossed; we are essentially alone in our experience of life, but together in it.
At least, that's the truth I find in his work. Take a good, long look at each of the following Hopper images and, in the comment box below, tell me what you see.
For more information about Edward Hopper and his work, check out this great site by the National Gallery of Art.
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Is it possible that no one painted shadows and loneliness better than Hopper? See Coast Guard Station or some of the other lighthouse paintings, or the rooftop paintings for great shadows. Room in New York is a great example of people together, yet alone. There is no interaction between subjects in Hopper's work. They behave as if they don't know one another. See Cape Cod Evening, Second Story Sunlight, or Sea Watchers, and of course Nighthawks. Summer Evening, ehhh, it's a stretch, the girl is indifferent… Your thoughts?
Nice Post, great artist, well done!
Hi Joseph! Thanks for dropping by and suggesting all of those great Hopper pieces.
You're right that Summer Evening is less obviously lonely because there's more of a sense of interaction between the boy and girl than in, say, Room in New York. But I'd still say that loneliness is very present there. There's so much darkness around the bungalow, which adds a lot of oppressive, isolating weight to the painting and makes the couple seem cut off from the rest of the world, disconnected, caught in a void. The girl's eyes are downcast and shrouded in shadow, mimicking the oppressive darkness around them and all that it suggests. As you said, she looks indifferent — she's not interacting with the boy, even though it's clear that he's trying to talk to her. So there's still that burden of separateness between them, that heavy sense of a near-but-missed connection. But, as in other Hopper paintings, the disconnectedness is more resigned than desperate, which (to me) makes it more tragic. In many ways, I think Summer Evening shows the beginning, or seed, of isolation in romance (romantic isolation?) and Room in New York expresses the later development of it — emotional/intellectual isolation in full bloom — which is interesting because he painted the latter 15 years before the former. It's almost as if he started at the end and worked his way back to the beginning.
I love Hopper's distinct brand of loneliness and I'm glad you admire his work as well. Thanks again for your comments!
Nice insights. Thank you for sharing Hopper's work, and for the lovely seminar incorporating the visual Eye. HL
Thank you, Hunter, for dropping by and leaving a comment! I'm glad you got something out of the seminar — that's really satisfying to me. Keep looking with the Eye Inside! 🙂
I really liked his painting chop suey.
Thanks for your comment! (Also, I love that your avatar is Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring!) Chop Suey is definitely another great painting. I'm glad you mentioned it, since I didn't put it up. 🙂
Heid, I agree with your observation that in Hopper's works, his images seem distant or lonely. I felt the same thing without even studying them very long. I, too, love his work.
Of course, I love people watching so that may have something to do with my fascination with his art. I also love that the images seem so "art deco" which is probably because of the time period in which he worked.
Everyone in the paintings you posted seemed so "lost in thought," almost as if they were alone, whether they were or not. Just as you observed, they were "together" yet seemed all alone.
I feel this type of painting is thought provoking because you get to sort of tell your own story about what you think is happening with the character(s). The artist isn't trying to tell you the story as much as he's leaving it to your imagination to come up with your own.
I also wanted to comment on the "automat." It's sad that a part of our history is gone (I wanted to call it Americana, but the automat originated in Germany, I believe). It seems to me that not that long ago, we still had mini-automats in hospitals or places like that where it wasn't as easy to go out and pick up fast food at some franchise. I love the idea of getting a meal by putting your coins in a slot and choosing a sandwich or whatever through a glass door.
Also, did you notice the body language in "Room in New York"? The woman seems to be saying, through the way she's sitting, that she doesn't even want to be in the same room as the man. If she did, it seems as though she would have put her book on the table beside her while reading or at least position her body more toward the man. She seems awkwardly angled away from him and quite uncomfortable. Maybe that's how she feels about him, distant and awkward and yet he seems oblivious to it.
Is "Morning in the City" a bit of an exhibitionist (just as we are in regard to the painting)? I mean, if you stand naked in front of a window in a crowded city hotel, it's likely that someone could see you from one of the other hotel rooms/apartments facing that room. Perhaps Hopper was "giving us a taste of our own 'voyeuristic' medicine."
And doesn't it seem as if characters in "Summer Evening" just received some bad news? Maybe they just learned that the girl is pregnant and they're contemplating their options. Or perhaps they just found out someone they were close to died. It does look like the girl is lost in thought or very contemplative while the guy seems to be trying to ease her mind. See what I mean about the stories you can make up just from the simple portraits Hopper created? It's really a lot of fun and quite participatory. I believe that was Hopper's intention.
It's interesting to note that Hopper wasn't always intentionally portraying people as lonely (or separate though together). He said of his "Nighthawks" painting (incidentally one of my favorites), "I didn't see it as particularly lonely… Unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city." I adore its early morning cafe setting. I would love to be "a fly on the wall" and try to figure out these people's stories.
Hey, Mom! I'm so glad you read this and left such great comments! You made a great point about the "telling your own story" aspect of the paintings. I love that, too. The open-endedness is what makes it so compelling; it works like a mirror and the subject's story becomes your story, in a way.
It's interesting what you said about the automats — how you're ordering and receiving food not from a person, but a machine that's stocked with food behind glass — because it reveals a lot about what Hopper is saying about the woman in the painting: she's cut-off, unreachable, especially from the viewer; she's behind a kind of glass as well. And that's a core statement in Hopper's art: that people are isolated from one another, even in close proximity. You can look, but you can't interact.
I agree with you about the body language in "Evening in New York"; there's definitely an invisible, impassable wall between the couple that they can't bridge because they can't even look at each other. Also, I love that you pointed out the voyeuristic/exhibitionist quality of "Morning in a City." I hadn't thought about that before — that there are layers of voyeurism and exhibitionism in it. That's a great point to make.
And thanks for sharing the Hopper quote. It is interesting that he hadn't initially intended for "Nighthawks" to be lonely. Art definitely reveals things about the artist, whether the artist is immediately conscious of those things or not.
Thanks again for the comments!


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Youtuber Ilia Chkadua gives us a peek inside one of Amazon's fulfillment centers, which are giant warehouses where items are sorted before shipping. His description says to watch the "Associates" work. Are the little orange roomba-like robots "Associates?" Because I think we should make it the law to call all robots Associates from now on.
Having Associates for co-workers would be cool, but water-cooler talk would definitely suffer.


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Now that newspapers are celebrating the in-progress homosexual "marriages" in California with front page articles, radio stations with top of the hour gushes about "newlyweds" and television news with live remotes from various city halls and courthouses throughout the Golden State, there's not much more to say, but to let the circuses speak for themselves. Funny how four people can overturn the will of an entire state. Except that this issue is no laughing matter. Pro-marriage advocates two weeks ago, however, gained almost double the necessary petition signatures required to get a constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage on the California ballot this November. That will be the for all the marbles. (About 694,00 were required and more than 1.1 million signed. Read more here.) The Wall Street Journal, ever looking for a financial impact, quotes something called the Williams Institute,"a think tank on sexual-orientation law at the University of California at Los Angeles's law school," as predicting homosexual weddings "will generate $684 million over three years for California's economy" but that "the social impact — and the impact on the nation — is expected to go far beyond the economy." Thank goodness for understatements.
Which brings us to Virginia for two reasons. The California Supreme Court decision one-upped (as difficult as that is to imagine) the infamous Massachusetts Supreme Court decision, which started this nonsense, by granting marriage licenses to non-Californians. Massachusetts clerks do not. (By the way, in California, licenses now read "Party A" and "Party B" in lieu of "bride" and "groom." How sentimental. How much is this going to cost Hallmark to reprint its wedding cards?) Still, how many of these couples will return to their home states and begin legal challenges to have their "marriages" recognized in those states? Plenty, according to the Alliance For Marriage. Not only that, New York Governor David Patterson has issued an executive order for his state to recognize "same-sex marriages" performed in California, Massachusetts and Canada (read the news release here). Virginia's homosexual lobby, through its words and legislative actions, has made no secret of its desire to whittle away, water down and eventually overturn the Commonwealth's Marriage Amendment. Will law suits be far behind?
The other reason Virginia comes to mind is that during the 2006 campaign, one of the many points of misinformation by the homosexual lobby was that, if passed, the Marriage Amendment would have the "unintended consequence" of prohibiting any couple (brothers, sisters, business partnerships) from entering into contracts and doing business together. Of course that hasn't happened and will not happen. Best proof yet? A neighborhood newsletter (we leave no stone unturned in our investigative journalism; click here): One of the leading fundraisers against the Marriage Amendment, Mac Pence of Richmond, and his partner, have bought a historic mansion on Monument Avenue and are converting it to a bed and breakfast. We doubt they even considered that they couldn't start this business together, proving the homosexual lobby's disingenuousness from the beginning. In fact, we're still waiting for that first lawsuit to be filed over any one of the several imaginary grievances that were so hysterically predicted.
Of course, this is but one small example of the falsity of their 2006 arguments. The only difference now is that with the California ruling they will create more misinformative arguments and make them louder, stronger and more frequent. Some will be emboldened to seek the courts. Why not, especially if four people can change the will of millions of voters? Which makes the bizzare scenes coming from California more than a just cause for concern.


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Meet the Class of 2022!
Posted: March 16th, 2018
Meet the 16 new residents of the Class of 2022!
Lawrence Belcher, MD Pritzker School of Medicine at University of Chicago Ren was born in Virginia and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He attended college at the University of Chicago, where he majored in political science. After college, he oversaw the development of a new clinic in Detroit while conducting research on shift work disorder. He then returned to the University of Chicago for medical school, where he focused on systems issues in healthcare, including improving care for LGBTQ individuals. He also took an active interest in medical education, serving as a peer educator and creating a wealth of educational resources for his classmates. He enjoys cooking and old game shows.
Kristin Bevington, MD, MEd University of Massachusetts Medical School Kristin was raised in Lowell, MA and completed her undergraduate work at Harvard, studying history and science. After graduation, Kristin worked for several years leading outdoor education programs at national parks and later worked a teacher at a charter school in Oakland. She returned to Harvard to complete her post-bac and also served as Assistant Dean for Harvard's summer school program before attending medical school at UMass. There, she did some research on adolescent substance use at a residential facility. Kristin is very interested in child and adolescent psychiatry, and particularly in working with school-aged children.
Lauren Deaver, MD University of Mississippi School of Medicine Lauren is originally from Massachusetts and attended college at Elon University in North Carolina. After college, she completed a two-year stint as a third-grade teacher with Teach for America in Indianola, Mississippi. She then attended medical school at the University of Mississippi, where she served on the board of the Jackson Free Clinic and participated in a QI project to improve patient handoffs. Lauren enjoys wandering bookstores and cooking new recipes in her free time. She will be part of our integrated pediatrics and child psychiatry track and has a particular interest in working with schools.
Raphaela Gold, MD, MSc Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Raphi earned her bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Harvard College, and then went on to earn an MPH at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She returned to New England to attend the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where she has participated in the Perinatal Addiction Research Program, providing psychiatric and obstetrical care to pregnant and new mothers with substance use disorders. She was also a clinic manager for a local free clinic and has a strong interest in community psychiatry. Raphi is an avid skier and, in her spare time, also enjoys baking pies.
Mila Grossman, MD Pritzker School of Medicine at University of Chicago Mila was born in Madison, WI and attended Georgetown's School of Nursing and Health Studies for her undergraduate degree in healthcare management and policy. She went to the University of Chicago for medical school, where she explored an interest in women's mental health. She also conducted quality improvement research on improving patient sleep in the hospital. Throughout medical school she was active in teaching, peer mentorship, and curriculum development. Outside of medical school, she enjoys being active by playing tennis, skiing, and cycling, and she has completed RAGBRAI (a 500-mile bike ride) twice.
Zachary Grunau, MD Tulane University School of Medicine Zack studied Philosophy at Haverford College, before working as a musician and later as an IT specialist at Penn. After completing a post-bac at Harvard, he continued to medical school at Tulane, where he volunteered at a substance abuse treatment facility. Zack took an extra year in medical school to pursue medical education research working on several projects, including the creation of a psychiatry question bank for shelf exam review. In his free time, Zack is a comedy writer for Funny or Die, and enjoys spending time with his fiancée, who is a medical student.
Reuben Hendler, MD Icahn Scool of Medicine at Mount Sinai Reuben studied cognitive neuroscience at Yale University, where he led efforts to improve student mental health and toured with the Whiffenpoofs a capella group. He attended medical school at Mount Sinai, where he continued his work in student wellness by developing a resiliency curriculum. Reuben also developed his interest in systems of care, working on projects in Zimbabwe and New York. He took a strong interest in medical education, engaging in peer tutoring and coordinating a mentorship program for Mount Sinai's longitudinal clerkship. Reuben enjoys singing and making ice cream.
Linda Herrera de Lechuga, MD, PhD Texas A&M College of Medicine Linda was born and raised in Mexico before coming to the US to attend college at the University of Texas at El Paso. After completing her undergraduate degree in Biology, she stayed on to receive her PhD in Microbiology, studying Chagas disease. Linda then attended medical school at Texas A&M, where she served as an interpreter at a clinic for underserved patients. Linda is interested in cross-cultural and emergency psychiatry, as well as working with adolescents. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, and spending time with her husband, who is currently a medical student, and her daughter.
Michal McDowell, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School Michal completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford, where she majored in Human Biology with a minor in Iberian and Latin American Studies. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed an MPH with a focus on Health Policy. Her MPH capstone project focused on best practices in mental health prescribing, and she worked to create evidence-based prescribing practices for a large outpatient healthcare provider. Throughout medical school, Michal was active in research and policy related to transgender health, and she hopes to pursue this interest going forward. She enjoys playing with her dog, running, cooking, and practicing yoga.
Alexander Moscicki, MD, MSc Harvard Medical School Alex was raised in Newton, MA and attended Pomona College, where he majored in neuroscience. He then worked as a fellow at NIMH on a project involving pediatric bipolar disorder and pursued master's work at University College in London, focusing on cognitive neuroscience. In medical school at Harvard, Alex helped direct a free clinic in Chelsea, and spent a fifth year researching autism spectrum disorders in Germany. Alex is also interested in global and cross-cultural psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and hiking.
Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS University of California, Davis, School of Medicine Lucy was born in Nigeria, and earned her undergraduate and Master's degrees in Biology at California State University, East Bay. Before medical school she started an undergraduate premedical observation program that provides early medical education and mentorship to undergraduate students, and continues to actively mentor students. She completed her medical school at UC Davis, where she co-founded a student-run free legal clinic and conducted research on neuromodulation as a therapeutic strategy in epilepsy. Lucy enjoys baking, traveling, and watching stand-up comedy in her free time.
Eric Ross, MD University of Michigan Medical School Eric completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry and neuroscience at Dartmouth College, where he earned a Howard Hughes fellowship to do neuroscience research. He then spent three years doing research at MGH, using mathematical modeling to assess the cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment and prevention strategies. At the University of Michigan Medical School, Eric created a tool to allow patients to provide medical students feedback on their communication skills and volunteered in a clinic for asylum seekers. In his spare time, he cross-country skis and spends time with his cats, Bean and Maya.
Joshua Salvi, MD, PhD Weill Cornell Medical School Josh attended Penn State for his undergraduate degree in biomedical and chemical engineering. He completed his MD and PhD degrees at Weill Cornell Medical School. For his PhD research, Josh studied the role of mechanosensation in hearing and balance. In medical school he held several leadership roles in his school's student run free clinic, and was a co-founder of Neurodome, a neuroscience outreach program developing high tech films and other interactive media to educate the public about topics in neuroscience. Josh enjoys geocaching, board games, ink making, and spending time with his Welsh Corgi.
Timothy Shea, MD Weill Cornell Medical School Tim was raised in New Haven and attended Boston College, where he majored in psychology. He spent three years working for Teach for America in Baltimore, teaching high school math and serving as the school representative to the Teachers Union. He completed medical school at Weill Cornell, where he was the mental health co-director for a free clinic and created a nutrition class for medical students that helped them learn how to cook healthy meals. He also explored functional neuroimaging research on chronic stress and the use of ketamine. Tim is very interested in community psychiatry, healthcare disparities, and adolescent populations.
Leah Shesler, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School Leah was born and raised in Massachusetts. She attended college at Wesleyan and worked at the MGH Bipolar Clinical Research Program before attending medical school at the University of Massachusetts. At UMass, she was a leader in student wellness, developing and leading a resiliency elective to reduce burnout and promote empathy. Leah enjoys figure skating, barre, jazz violin, and cooking Italian food. She will be part of our integrated pediatrics and child psychiatry track and is passionate about providing early intervention to improve the lives of young people.
Marc Weinberg, MD, PhD University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine Marc completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at the College of Charleston before earning his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied the neuroanatomical basis for psychological stress and stress adaptation. In medical school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill he worked in a clinical research group and participated in a Humanities in Medicine track where he became interested in narrative medicine. Marc plans to continue his involvement in clinical research and will continue writing narratives based on medical experiences. In his free time, Marc enjoys finding new running trails and exploring the parks and museums around Boston.


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While we were looking the other way (Rx opioids), the benzodiazepine class (Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, etc) have been creeping up in the prescription tally. It has been known for years that "benzos" are addictive. They are also considered by addicts as a drug that helps increase the duration and intensity of opioids. They are also used to reduce the withdrawal effects of various drugs of abuse. They are also one of the hardest drugs to withdraw from.
Benzos got their start in the public psyche as "mother's little helper." They increase GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, that in turn relaxes the patient and reduces anxiety. Hence the class term of "anxiolytics." These drugs are extremely dangerous for many reasons. The opioid potentiation effect probably the most notable during the current opioid/heroin epidemic.
Doctors need to be re-schooled (or just schooled) about addiction. Many have no inkling what causes addiction, the normal course of addiction and how their prescribing habits affect addiction and society in general. Mandatory prescription monitoring needs to be in place in every state. When a doctor writes for an addictive drug, it needs to be logged in the database and all Rx's that get presented at a pharmacy need to be logged in the same database by the pharmacist. Right now, most state monitoring databases are voluntary (hello, Ohio!).
If we can track a pair of socks from Amazon.com all over the country, we can track dangerous prescription drugs. When I was a pharmacist in Illinois, we had triplicate prescription blanks for all CII narcotics. That means the MD writes the Rx and sends one copy to the DEA, and the other 2 to the pharmacy. The pharmacist fills the Rx and sends one copy to the DEA and retains the original. We need better ideas, not ones based on greed, to start saving our on members of society. We can't trust the medical profession to do it for us.


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CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS and DEMONSTRATIONS
Deadline for submission: 31st December, 2012 (Papers and Posters) (CLOSED)
Deadline for Demonstration submission: 1st March, 2013
Extended Deadline for Demonstrations: 8th March, 2013
Submission Method: Easychair, Submission Format: SIGCHI – see Submission for details and links. All papers and posters will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers and posters will be published in the proceedings and will be included in the ACM Digital Library.
Creativity is sometimes thought of as being a human cognitive capacity to solve problems. Creativity is sometimes thought of as a process that occurs in the intersections between individuals, domains and fields. Creativity is sometimes viewed as a characteristic of an artifact, such as an artwork, or of a concept, such as a new scientific theory, that is both novel and valuable.
The Creativity and Cognition Conference Series aims to be a common meeting ground where individuals can interact with others from different domains and fields to explore and share a variety of information, observations, insights and ideas about the human capacity to creatively solve problems and produce novel and valuable artifacts in their context and culture.
As a single track conference the Creativity and Cognition conference series establishes a forum where people can "rub minds" with and hear about the work of others from a variety of domains and perspectives as they report and describe their engagement with that most complex of intersections–creativity and cognition.
To this end, Creativity and Cognition 2013 seeks papers, posters and demonstrations from individuals and teams of people working in any of a variety of domains who seek to improve our understanding of this multifaceted domain that engages the interest and attention of people from so many different fields.
General topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Descriptions or case study reports of musical, artistic, literary or other forms of successful creative expression or collaboration.
- Reflections or analyses of design, artistic thinking or creative thought in general or analysis of the creative process in any medium of expression.
- Visual, auditory, tactile or multi-modal representations for creative work, e.g., technology for graphics, visualization, virtual reality and other forms of computing.
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- Inter-disciplinary methods and models for creative collaboration, e.g., reports of inter-disciplinary interactions and collaboration for creativity, including discussion of what worked and what didn't.
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- Empirical studies of social media and computing in creativity.
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All submissions are to be anonymised, and presented in SIGCHI format, for which templates can be found on the Submission page of the conference website.
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National Instruments (NI) is an interesting company that develops NI LabVIEW software as its flagship product. The company is fortunate to sell its products to a diverse customer base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 15 percent of revenue. Customer base diversity is an especially good thing in the technical software market.
I have followed NI for a number of years and really got interested in the company a few years ago with LabVIEW 8.5 being used alongside SolidWorks. LabVIEW has followed a natural progression in the evolution of the NI product line for designing and prototyping complex systems, including robots, that are becoming increasingly pervasive in the world around us, and not just manufacturing environments anymore.
National Instruments supports the increasing need for simultaneous simulation of mechanical and electrical systems, also known as mechatronics. As I have been saying for several years, there was a time when mechanical systems and products were strictly mechanical, however, the majority of today's products continue to become more capable, and more complex, involving the integration of mechanical, electrical, and software subsystems.
A more comprehensive way to view mechatronics is the systematic integration of mechanical, electrical, electronics, and embedded firmware (software) components. When all of the various components are combined the result is an electromechanical system. Maybe a better term is functional ecosystem. In this context, mechatronics is characterized by software and electronics controlling electromechanical systems. This description is widely seen in automotive engines and other automotive systems, as well as production machinery and medical equipment.
A continuing trend is that as mechatronics systems get more complex and as functionality demands increase, in many instances software and firmware are replacing or at least supplementing hardware. A benefit of this transition from hardware to the burgeoning emphasis on software is called "postponement," that is, the ability to include or change major functionality features during the final stages of production via embedded software. (more…)


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Hard Work and Capitalism
I find it immensely amusing and tiring to talk with capitalists because they never actually hear what I say; it's more like they're continuing an imaginary debate with me than responding to my points. I have a pretty good idea that this is just a symptom of being too ignorant of capitalism to know anything about any other social system, but it's still funny/irritating when they come out with one of my "favorite" points: you just don't want to work hard.
I'll save the capitalist vs. anarchist (and civilized vs. primitive) analysis for later. Capitalists claim that "hard work" is a virtue within capitalism; so success within capitalism means an abundance of "hard work" and failure within capitalism means a sorry lack of it. (You can smell the victim-blaming already, I know.)
Bullshit. Capitalists do not believe hard work is a virtue, because the reward system for "hard work" inside capitalism is the absolute opposite of what a capitalist ideal of "hard work" would look like.
Before I go on, think about what "work" means. It includes: producing a physical object, producing a physical state (cleanliness), and organizing people or things so that these two "production" states can be carried out most efficiently (therapy, management, etc.). What work does not include is socializing, because socializing is enjoyable.
The lower down on the pay scale you are—the less successful you are at capitalism—the less you are allowed to socialize, regardless of how it affects your ability to work. I've seen cases where managers have actually separated crews because they thought "socializing" was a uniquely anti-hard work evil, making it harder for them to get done in a certain amount of time, and still they refused to allow the crew to work as they did best.
But the higher up on the pay scale you are, more and more of your "job" is actually just socializing. You don't "work" under the same definition; you eat lunch with someone.
Capitalism cannot value "hard work"—that is, a dedication to productivity that eschews social and personal needs in favor of more work—when the most highly-valued positions are the absolute antithesis of that same "hard work."
It's even more ridiculous to believe that capitalism values "hard work" when socioeconomic inheritance happens. Very, very few CEOs got to be where they are by "working hard." Most got their job by being born to rich, famous, or powerful parents. They did not have to work hard—ever. Hell, there are very few lawyers who weren't born into a place of privilege.
I'm actually gonna assert that within capitalism, "hard work" disqualifies you for a more highly valued position; it's a disadvantage to be hard-working. The biggest reason is that, because hard work is so closely associated with poverty and capitalist failure, hard work is coded inferior by capitalism. It's devalued because the people who are the poorest are expected to work the hardest, and because very often they do.
But another thing is that power within capitalism is also based on socialization—you get power by getting people to give theirs to you. And one of the simplest and most ridiculous part of any status quo institution is the circle-the-wagons reflex: protect yourself against any untoward implications by refusing to break ranks.
That's more than capitalist, by the way—carnists do it (well sure that animal abuse is wrong, but I eat tasty animals and I can't care if they're abused because I want some cheese har har har!), pro-porners (well I can't say anything about their clearly-unhealthy "kink" because I know mine is unhealthy too and I don't want to draw attention to it), anti-feminists (first it was our right to rape, next time it'll be our balls!). It's pretty par-the-course for injustice.
I don't think capitalists do it intentionally, but people who work hard and the people who take the most shit are shut out of higher-paying positions; once I had a friend working at a U.S. pharmacy/corner store who was fucking amazing at it and impressed the hell out of the district manager. This wasn't weird; it was just how zie did zeir job. After three months of doing everything literally perfectly, though—and if you're familiar with those shitty pharmacy/corner stores and their turnover rate, you'll understand how hard it is—the assistant managers started whispering about how zie was trying to suck up into the position of manager. They found excuses to write zem up when nothing had been a problem before and, within another month and a half, they'd made the job so fucking unbearable zie left.
And this is pretty common; if you work hard, you're seen as a threat and cut down to size.
So in reality, hard work isn't a virtue of capitalism; it's a mark of failure. The best thing you can do to succeed within it is cultivate charm and appearance and schmooze the hell out of powerful people in hopes that they'll give you some of theirs. This has been how it's been working for quite a long time—and they'll have the gall to say women didn't earn their way to the top.
Of course, the whole socializing thing is boring, because trying to pander to others' prejudices is really annoying; and a low-paying job sucks because you have to take a lot of shit. I prefer actual work, upcoming.


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Primary School Songs (+ early years)
Music For Schools engaging range of musical resources, songs CD's for Primary schools. Primary schools musical resources for use alongside the curriculum, to sing in the classroom or to use the songs and work sheets for a larger school performance.
A CD and e-booklet resource featuring 8 great songs to get children singing and talking about emotional wellbeing and resilience. It's not just a great song resource for school shows and assemblies, but also a fun musical focus for classroom discussions about common emotions, helping children to recognise, explore and deal with daily feelings.
Fit Food Five is a resource booklet with CD, featuring 5 full-length, popular-style songs and short play scripts for ages 7 to 14 focusing on healthy eating choices.
A CD and e-booklet resource packed full of songs, poems and narrated 'follow-me' activities for early years practitioners exploring rhythm & rhyme in the early years foundation stage. The content links closely with many of the EYFS early learning goals, especially within 'Communication & Language', PSED, Literacy and Expressive Arts & Design.
Go for Green, modern, educational songs for children aged 7 to 11, thinking, learning and singing about important environmental issues.
A magical mix of 14 tree-themed Christmas songs set to familiar tunes (nursery rhymes and other favourites) - for an easy solution to your musical Christmas Nativity play performance for ages 3 to 9. Ideal for your pre-school, nursery, infant and primary school Christmas show, with the Christmas tree as the central focus.
A narrated musical resource of 16 original songs to support Foundation Stage children's learning and development in Mathematics (EYFS statutory framework). An engaging range of songs and activities which explore Numbers and Shape, Space and Measure.
A narrated musical resource of 16 original songs plus other musical activities to support early years practitioners in the area of children's personal, social and emotional development. The content links closely with the PSED early learning goals as set out in the Dept. for Education's Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.
A One-Act Primary School Musical Play about People Who Help Us. This 35+ minute show is ideal for ages 5 to 9 making it suitable for KS1, lower KS 2, Infants, First and Primary Schools. Full of people who help us songs and a great script.
Best-selling CD of 10 modern Easter songs for ages 7-11. Ideal for Easter assembly plus FREE performance licence, all for £14.99. With top reviews, Sing Easter helps children to sing and learn about the key events of the Easter story.
Double CD resource of 32 original songs to support pre-literacy skills and Phase One of the popular Letters and Sounds teaching programme (Aspects 1 to 7). Fun, lively and engaging songs for early years children, exploring attentive listening, turn taking, vocal and instrumental sounds and much more.
School Christmas songs, This is Christmas is a collection of modern, educational childrens Christmas songs ages 5 to 9, think and sing about our favourite Christmas traditions and symbols.
Primary School Play, Assembly resources, Try Something New is fun, educational collection of ten healthy eating songs for children aged 5 to 9. Our healthiest of childrens musical resources.
School Performance, School Assemblies, Musicals For Primary School Children, Welcome To Our World is a whole-school song and dance spectacular musical show. This double CD resource comes with FREE access to the online e-booklet of detailed notes and lyrics.


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Benign prostatic hyperplasia is the medical term for an enlarging prostate gland. It is a very common condition in aging males, and more than half of men over the age of 60 have mild to moderate prostate enlargement. The condition does not always cause symptoms or affect health, but it can result in difficulties urinating and chronic lower abdomen pain. The most common benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment is a daily course of medications that relax prostate muscles and gradually shrink the gland. Surgery to remove part or all of the prostate may be necessary if medications are ineffective at relieving symptoms.
In many cases, an enlarging prostate is discovered during routine medical exams well before it starts causing symptoms. When the condition is found very early, the doctor may choose not to initiate benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment. Instead, the patient is simply instructed to schedule regular checkups to monitor changes in his body. Early treatment is usually avoided since benign prostatic hyperplasia often goes away on its own or never causes problems.
If a doctor decides that benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment is needed, he or she usually prescribes a medication to prevent or relieve urination problems. Patients are commonly given drugs called alpha-blockers that inhibit nerve cell activity in the prostate. The medication relaxes muscles to prevent the prostate from throbbing and putting pressure on the urinary tract. The most common alpha-blockers for benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment include doxazosin, tamsulosin, and terazosin.
A large prostate that already causes chronic symptoms may not respond to alpha-blockers alone. Urologists often prescribe an additional medication that actually shrinks the prostate over time. Drugs containing dutasteride or finasteride shrink the prostate by preventing the release of testosterone in the gland, the chemical that triggers enlargement. Most patients who take alpha-blockers and prostate-shrinking drugs exactly as prescribed by their doctors experience significant symptom relief.
If a patient does not respond to medical care, he may need to undergo surgery. The most common surgical benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment is a procedure called transurethral resection. A surgeon guides an endoscope and a scalpel through the urethra to the interior of the prostate to cut away excess tissue. Another procedure, called transurethral needle ablation, is preferred by some surgeons and accomplishes the same effect. An electric needle is inserted and heated inside the prostate, where it burns away tissue.
A prostate that is very large and causes severe symptoms may need to be removed. In a procedure called a prostatectomy, a surgeon makes an incision in the abdomen and scrapes out the inner core of the prostate. Prostatectomy surgery is usually effective at relieving symptoms, though complications such as blood loss and urinary tract damage can occur.
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Featured Community Member Post - Bobthekillerpenguin
We love our community, and we want to give each and every OMGeek a voice to be heard. Today, I received something written by Bobthekillerpenguin of awesome BF3 guide fame, and I have put it up here for everyone to see. With this piece starts a new section called the Featured Community Member Post, where we will put up something written by a member of the community as a blog post on the front page. If you've written something you'd like to share with us, or if you're interested in writing something, shoot me an email at email@example.com!
Why I Chose to be an OMGeek
by Bobthekillerpenguin
I have been thinking why I joined the OMGeek community. Was it because of my friendship with Blitzio? Maybe. Was it because I was a lone wolf, now slightly mature, slower and in need of the protection a pack offers? Most likely.
The reality is that after 4 years of console gaming with loud mouthed, foul mouthed, glory hogging randoms, I just wanted a great bunch of guys to play video games with once or twice a week. So I took a calculated risk.
Blitzio, an original OMGeek, is a genuinely awesome person IRL. Sure his hair never moves or looks any different day to day, and he misses the odd gym session or turns up with just ten minutes left on the clock, but the point is he is a great guy. I figured that by extension his gaming buddies would be too.
I wasn't disappointed. Within days of joining I had personal messages wishing me a happy birthday (erm…I turned 25….and if you believe that I have some magic snake oil I can sell you) from the other original OMGeeks. But that's all sappy crap that you, a potential OMGeeker, probably don't give two hoots (what is this circa 1950's Suburban America?) about.
What you will give a hoot (there it is again!) about is the fact that we have a small dedicated community of good solid gamers. Now maybe one or two of us can compete at the highest levels but most of us just seem to enjoy a good game and competing for the A Squad ribbon. The banter is awesome on mumble – Zackler, our Moderator at Large, does a mean Arnold Schwarzenegger impression - and the server is well looked after.
You'll find the forum is very active and multiple issues get discussed. We range from BF3 squads and tactics to Minecraft and even some well-placed links sending you to awesome tunes such as Haddaway's 'What is Love'. What more could you want!?
Becoming an OMGeek supporter guarantees you a reserved slot on the server. So if the server is ever full all you have to do is request a spot and - bam – you're killing Russians or Yanks in minutes!
Also you get thrown into a pretty awesome draw system where you stand the chance to win a video game. Better than a kick in the balls (lady bits if you are a girl), eh?
So you have a choice to make. Join the likes of JRevita, Inque, Zarcolitic and myself for light-hearted, but ultimately A(ish) grade quality gaming, with excellent banter and admin support – or go it alone and feel isolated from the world at large.
Alternatively you can join another clan – but we won't be extended too many pleasantries in that respect ;)
There are some great clans out there, we especially like BADASS clan.
My final thought? I became an OMGeek to enjoy BF3 to its full potential. So if that is your main driver then join us (believe me it is SO much better when you work as a close knit squad and platoon).
If you are looking for more and in need of a genuinely open and relaxed gaming community, dedicated to South Eastern Asian gamers, then you may have found a home.
Thinking about it? All you need is a computer, headset, download mumble and search for OMGeek.
See you on the Battlefield - hopefully with the [OMGk] tag.


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U. A. Fanthorpe (1929 - 2009) spent her earliest years in Kent. She attended St Anne's College Oxford afterwards becoming a teacher and ultimately Head of English at Cheltenham Ladies' College.
Vahni Capildeob. 1973
Vahni Capildeo has lived in the UK since 1991, where she has published four poetry collections including Undraining Sea (2009), Dark & Unaccustomed Words (2012) – longlisted for the 2013 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literatu
Valerie Bloomb. 1956
A Valerie Bloom reading is an uplifting experience, one that can coax even a shy British poetry audience into joyful participation, hands in the air to carry imaginary cake boxes, as they join in with the chorus to 'Pinda Cake'.
Valerie Gilliesb. 1948
Valerie Gillies' poems are of a startling clarity.
Velma Pollardb. 1937
Velma Pollard was born in 1937.
Vernon Scannellb. 1922 d. 2007
Vernon Scannell (1922 - 2007) published his poetry from the 1950s right up to the last year of his life, but seems to be less well-known than he deserves, despite being the recipient of the Heinemann Award for Literature and the Cholmondely Award.
Vicki Feaverb. 1943
Vicki Feaver (b. 1943) grew up in Nottingham "in a house of quarrelling women", an emotional inheritance which finds later expression in her poetry.
Vincent O'Sullivanb. 1937
Vincent O'Sullivan (b.1937, Auckland, New Zealand) lectured at Victoria University, Wellington (1963-1966) and Waikato University, Hamilton (1968-1978).
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Vivian Smith (b. 1933) was born and grew up in Hobart, Tasmania. He lectured in French at the University of Tasmania for ten years before moving to the University of Sydney where he was Reader in English until he retired in 1996.
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Vona Groarke is one of the leading Irish poets of her generation. Born in Mostrim, Ireland, she studied at Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Cork.
W N Herbertb. 1961
W. N. Herbert was born in Dundee in 1961 and educated at Brasenose, Oxford, where he published his thesis on Hugh MacDiarmid (To Circumjack MacDiarmid, OUP, 1992).
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Sociologist, civil rights campaigner, historian, Harvard graduate, anti-war activist, academic, essayist, novelist, communist and, of course, poet, W.E.B.
W. E. Henleyb. 1849 d. 1903
'Invictus' has ensured that Henley is a significant Victorian literary figure, but the phenomenal popularity of this one poem has perhaps led to the neglect of his other work.
W. H. Audenb. 1907 d. 1973
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) is one of the most influential voices in 20th Century poetry.
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The Welsh poet William Henry Davies wrote the poem 'Leisure', which famously begins:'What is this life if, full of care,/We have no time to stand and stare.'
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W. S. Graham (1918-1986) was neglected in his own lifetime but his reputation as a major modernist romantic has been growing steadily since his death, with the help of influential champions such as Harold Pinter and Michael Schmidt.
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At various times, Walt Whitman was a teacher, a journalist, a government official and a clerk. He also spent a significant period in his life working in the hospitals of the American Civil War, and witnessed the acute suffering of casualties.
Walter de la Mareb. 1873 d. 1956
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was the prolific author of many volumes of poetry, short stories and novels, including one of the most enduringly popular poems in the English language, 'The Listeners'. Born in Charlton, Kent, he was educated at St.
Walter Raleighb. 1552 d. 1618
As a successful military adventurer and explorer, author and poet, Ralegh was a significant figure in the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
Walter Scottb. 1771 d. 1832
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Are you excited for Black Friday 2019?
What Is Black Friday? Black Friday was considered the busiest shopping day of the year in America, then it became common for many other countries including Ghana. Although there were many reasons behind the name, it generally caught on for the enormous profits that merchants gained during that day alone. Jumia Ghana celebrates Black Friday every year with amazing offers, deals and discounts but, here is the surprise; in Jumia, we extended Black Friday for most of the month to provide you with more offers and deals so that you don't miss a thing! Jumia GH became very keen about Black Friday celebration, as it provides wonderful surprises every day and every week. You can buy everything you want at the best prices during Jumia Black Friday Ghana. Take advantage of our Black Friday sales and discounts to enjoy the cheapest online shopping experience of all times. Excited now? You must be wondering when is Black Friday? Black Friday is the name given to the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Jumia Ghana, Black Friday begins on November 8th and ends on November 29th. Prepare your shopping list now and get ready!
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Some photos from a recent walk around Okawa near the Tenryu river.
Crossing the Yume-no-kakehashi bridge.
Its finally springtime but still a little early for full bloom.
Into the forest for some more slow shutter speed shots.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
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The Season Finale of Oxygen's "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" Follows "Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas" at 11PM ET/PT
Finalist Judi Chats Live with Fans During the Season Finale of "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" on www.oxygenlive.com
NEW YORK - January 19, 2012 - The Bad Girls bring their drama to sin city on the season premiere of "Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas." Follow the action on Twitter @BadGirlsClub and post your own thoughts on the drama with #BGC8. Then, Judi and Kori fight for love one last time on the season finale of "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" at 10PM ET/PT. Follow the show @LoveGamesOxygen on Twitter and tweet live with fans during the show using #LoveGames.
"Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas" - Monday, January 23 at 10PM ET/PT (Season Premiere)
In the premiere episode, alliances quickly form among the housemates before they've even unpacked their bags. Knockout twins Gabi and Dani quickly steal all the attention, while former cheerleader Amy gets the rest of the ladies riled up with her eccentric ways. The girls venture out for their first of many nights on the town, and an accident involving a pair of expensive jeans sets the tone for the rest of the season.
"Bad Girls Club" adds some sibling rivalry to a new cast of young, bold, outrageous and endlessly entertaining women as they jockey for position as the head girl in charge. Each claiming to be the ultimate "bad girl," can they put aside their differences and live together peacefully in a Las Vegas mansion - or will chaos rule?
"Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" - Monday, January 23 at 11PM ET/PT (Season Finale)
On the season finale of "Love Games," it all comes down to two Bad Girls and their five suitors. Kori and Judi know that Joey and Matthew remain dedicated to their ladies, respectively; however, the girls are determined to win over the guys who have not yet pledged their loyalty. Unfortunately for Judi, her surprise elimination of Freaky JP last week has left a bitter taste in the mouths of some of her supporters. The final HBIC Challenge tasks Kori and Judi with getting the remaining guys to unwittingly say and do five things. Which girl will be able to persuade the guys to say and do what they need to win? Meanwhile, John "The Player" finds himself in the opportune position of deciding who will win this game of love. Both ladies are aware of John's conniving ways and know they must use caution whenever he is involved. In the end, only one Bad Girl will be crowned the season three winner of "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" and win a fun prize to share with her special man.
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Experience a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of St Edmundsbury Cathedral's Millennium Tower with our fun and knowledgeable guides. Explore our heady heights with amazing views from the top of the tower, the highest point in Bury St Edmunds! Don't forget your camera!
Join our Tower Guides on an exciting journey where you will learn more about the origins of our Cathedral church and about its continuing development over the last century culminating in our most exciting project in recent years; the building of our 160ft Millennium tower which was finished only in 2005. The magnificent Vaulted Ceiling followed in 2010.
The brief for the build for was for a tower to be constructed with traditional methods and materials which would last for over one thousand years!
Visitors on the tour will be see rare views of the Cathedral itself and across the town and wider countryside and on some days as far as Ely. The 160ft tower represents modern technology and traditional craftsmanship co-existing side by side.
On this tour, there are various stopping points, looking out over the South Transept roof, the chance to look out of the Gallery onto the Quire and see our painted Nave roof up close. The tour also takes in the area above the vaulted ceiling before visiting the roof with its amazing views
Tours generally run from April to September on Saturdays and Sundays but they also take place at other times such as bank holidays and group visits at other times can also be arranged, please check our website for details. Book on our website in advance or on the day in the Cathedral Tourist Information Point within the Cathedral Shop.
There are certain Health and Safety conditions for the Tower Tours which can be viewed in more detail before booking on our website and you will be asked to sign a disclaimer prior to ascending the tower.
If you are interested in booking a group on a Tower Tour please contact email@example.com.
Booking information
Numbers are strictly limited so to be sure of a place book online below. Tickets can also be purchased on the day (depending on availability), from our Tourist Information Point linked to the Cathedral Shop.
Once you have purchased tickets, the meeting place for the Tower Tours is by the Font where the Guides will then take you to the starting location by the Vaulted Ceiling.
Access will not be permitted to:
· Children under the age of 10 (children aged 10-17 must be accompanied by a responsible adult.)
· Adults aged 80+ (stipulation by our Insurers).
· Anyone to be perceived to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
· Those who suffer from vertigo or claustrophobia or are nervous of heights, steep spiral staircases, narrow passageways and high galleries.
· Those who are pregnant, suffer from heart disorders, or any medical condition or disability which might affect their own safety or the safety of others.
Health and Safety Issues
· Stairways are steep and narrow.
· A reasonable level of fitness is required to tackle the 202 steps to the top.
· The walkways maybe slippery.
· Suitable footwear must be worn (high heels are forbidden).
· All bags must be left at ground level, a secure locked location will be provided for bags during the tour.
· Decisions and instructions of the Cathedral Tower Guides are final and must be followed without question at all times.
The Chapter of St Edmundsbury Cathedral can accept no responsibility for accident, loss or injury to persons or property during tours and visits.
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Don Johnson, our fiddle player, has been with The Arizona Dance Hands for about two-and-a-half years. He is much sought after for recordings and special occasions. Don plays several styles of fiddle, and is a valuable asset to our music.
Don joined The Arizona Dance Hands after Ed Smith was forced to retire due to ill health. Ed had been with us for over 40 years.
Toni Clark is the bass player for The Arizona Dance Hands. She sings beautifully, Patsy Cline Style.
Toni has recorded in Nashville and toured with the USO Shows in Viet Nam.
She jokingly says she is the oldest member of the band, because she is an old time movie buff and knows all the songs from the old musicals when we need them. You see, we play requests much of the time, and you can't know too many songs.
Earl Mock is an original member of the Arizona Dance Hands.
He plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandolin and bass.
He also sings and does harmony.
Dean Armstrong is the founder of the band. He formed the Arizona Dance Hands in 1948, when he first moved to Tucson. He was inducted into the Tucson Area Music Association (TAMA) Hall of Fame, and is listed in "Who's Who in the West", "Who's Who in Entertainment", and "Who's Who in the World". He received the Jefferson Award" for community service in 1992.
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Application for Admission to Practice
Admission Ceremony Schedule
|Ceremony Date / Time
|Deadline for Receipt of Application
|Tuesday, December 17, 2019 2:00 p.m.
|November 15, 2019
|Tuesday, October 15, 2019 4:30 p.m.
|September 17, 2019
|Friday, November 15, 2019 1:30 p.m.
|October 18, 2019
Attorneys wishing to be permanently admitted to practice in the Eastern District of Tennessee must submit to the Clerk's Office:
- Applications should be mailed to the divisional office where you plan on attending the ceremony.
- If admitted in a state other than Tennessee, a certificate (not more than 30 days old) of good standing from the highest court of a state, territory or the District of Columbia
- Application fee, which is currently $205. See E.D.TN. LR. 83.5(a).
The applications are forwarded to a Standing Committee on Admissions. Each Committee is comprised of prominent local attorneys who rigorously review each application and make a recommendation to the District Judge on whether the attorney should be admitted or denied.
Once the applications have been sent to the Standing Committee, a letter will be sent to the applicants notifying them of the progress of their applications and the date and time of the ceremony.
A fall and spring ceremony is held each year in the Chattanooga, Greeneville and Knoxville divisions.
Applicants who are unable to attend their scheduled ceremony will be deferred to the next ceremony. However, if an applicant misses multiple ceremonies, he or she may be required to submit another application and another $205 fee.
On occasion, and with approval of the District Judge, a special admission for an individual attorney will be allowed.


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By Jonathan Kaminsky
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Washington state Legislature was set to convene on Thursday to consider legislation designed to entice Boeing Co to build key parts of its newest jet, the 777X, in the Seattle area.
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, called the special legislative session to extend roughly $8 billion in tax breaks and streamline permits for Boeing and to approve a $10 billion transportation tax package.
In a letter to Inslee sent on Wednesday, the head of Boeing's commercial airplanes unit, Ray Conner, wrote that "favorable economic incentives" implemented by the state coupled with Boeing machinists' pending approval of a contract would solidify its commitment to build the wings of the 777X and house its final assembly in the Puget Sound region.
A provisional agreement between Boeing and the machinists' union was announced by Inslee on Tuesday.
Union members are due to conclude voting next week on an eight-year contract that includes $10,000 signing bonuses. It would also halt additions to workers' pensions and set up a different retirement plan funded by the company, the union said.
The agreement is viewed as crucial to the Seattle area, which is increasingly competing with non-unionized workers in southern U.S. states where wages are lower.
Inslee's plan includes extending commercial airplane tax incentives until 2040 and widens other exemptions.
Democrats control the legislature's lower house, and a Republican-dominated majority the Senate, the upper chamber. Sentiment leans to passing Boeing-related tax incentives.
Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, a conservative Democrat,
cautioned it could take weeks to pass a transportation revenue package which would likely rely on a gasoline tax increase.
It was not immediately clear whether Boeing views swift passage of a transportation package as a prerequisite to locating 777X production in Washington state and building 1.5 million square feet of new facilities in the Puget Sound area. (Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky in Olympia, Washington; Editing by Eric M. Johnson and W Simon)


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Joining the back of the fairly long and not especially resplendent line of named-after-their-lead-character-and-the-job-they-do movies like Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant does its best to stretch half an hour's comedy out into a full length feature in the mold of the great Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker stable. Predictably, it's less Airplane! and more Scary Movie 3.
Mark Feuerstein is the titular hero, an obnoxious lothario with Frank Drebin-levels of self-delusion. Larry is apparently the greatest flight attendant in the sky, with a Zen-like ability to solve extremely flight attendant-specific problems. When his profession is threatened by the introduction of cybernetic substitutes and his life turned upside down by the appearance of a son he never knew he had, Larry is forced to save the day while (kind of) learning some important life lessons.
Feuerstein gamely manages to hold the straight face required, but unlike Leslie Nielson (or even Charlie Sheen) his Larry isn't in any way charming or sweet. In fact he's an annoying, shallow jackass. It's not easy to cheer for someone whose most redeeming feature is a striking resemblance to James Blunt. Scenes are quoted almost verbatim from Hot Shots! and Airplane!, including one featuring a little too on-the-nose cameo from Julie Hagerty, and trotting out her most famous film's most famous line.
More understandably, maintaining the laugh rate necessary for a successful spoof proves beyond director Sam Friedlander, who repeatedly falls back on cheap 'Gaye' jokes. Throughout, the movie falls between two cramped aisles – it's neither fast-paced enough for pure spoof nor serious enough for comedy drama.
On the flipside, it by no means wallows in the slop of recent abominations like Epic Movie. The general cheapness of the material and sickbag-thin plot is leavened by a barely-credible supporting cast – what the hell were Marcia Gay Harden, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Henry Winkler and Bob Gunton thinking? – and it does generate a few decent giggles along the way, amongst the misogyny and vague homophobia. Only during an ill-judged closing song and dance sequence does it cross into the truly eye-grating.
Larry is a tool, and I'd very happily never meet him again. But we're closer to Ron Burgundy than Paul Blart. Just.


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A full list of discussion groups will be available in mid-October 2006. Discussion group moderators are encouraged to add information about their groups to this page. Please consult the offical Midwinter program book at www.ala.org/midwinter for current updates and last minute changes to any of this information.
A list of discussion groups from the San Antonio Midwinter(Jan 2006) is available at http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2006/sessions.htm for your reference.
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Rosemary pastry
3 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon sugar1/2 teaspoon finely snipped fresh rosemary leaves1 cup shortening, chilled1/3 cup ice water1 egg yolk, lightly beaten1 tablespoon vinegar
In large bowl combine flour, salt, sugar and rosemary; cut in shortening until mixture resembles cornmeal.
In small bowl combine ice water, egg yolk and vinegar. Add liquid mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, to flour mixture using a fork to mix, until flour mixture is moistened. Divide in half; form into balls.
Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.
Food processor method: In food processor combine flour, salt, sugar and rosemary leaves. Add shortening. Pulse until mixture resembles cornmeal. Add liquid mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, until moistened.
Proceed as above.