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Hannah Howard has worked in several restaurants, but she's made the switch to the grocery side of the industry. She's now a cheesemonger for a small market chain, and will share her experience here.
At college in New York City, I knew I wanted a job in the real world—or at least not in the library.
I've loved cheese since I can remember. While my friends were still grossed out by anything non-pasta/non-chicken finger, I harbored a penchant for blue cheese. I requested Saga Blue from the grocery store, a mass-produced, subtly spicy Danish blue. I spread it on crackers and bagels, but the best way to eat it was to break off a piece and let it melt on my tongue.
Getting in with the Cheese
At the age of 17, with my only food service job as gelato girl at a struggling Wolfgang Puck Express, I thought hostessing would be a good way to get in the door. I chose Picholine. Not because of its Michelin star or three New York Times stars or proximity on the 1 train, but because it was renowned for having the best cheese program in New York.
I was articulate and responsible and not terribly unpretty, so I was hired. I worked at the Piche, as the employees fondly called the opulently chandeliered establishment, for nearly two years.
The job itself—to answer the phones, hang up furs, and escort patrons to their tables—was for the most part mind-numbingly boring. But at The Piche, I was sucked hard into the restaurant world. On a busy night, time flew. There was the endless soap opera of the Albanian hostesses, the wanna-be model hostesses, the circus performer server (the only female server), the alcoholic sommelier, and the Dominican busboys, who I bought fake designer jeans from in the basement before work.
What went on in the secret world of the kitchen was mostly a mystery to me, but once and a while Angel, the amply-pierced, tattooed, and muscled pastry cook, would slip me some contraband: petit fours, or a chocolate cake too oozing to serve.
And there was the cheese.
Max McCalman, the then cheese maestro of The Piche, would spend service sailing through the wide aisle of the dining room with his cruise ship of a cheese cart, regaling diners with tales of Valencay and suggesting a sparkling wine to complement their Kunik.
The best days at work were when I finished printing menus and organizing seating charts ahead of time. I would join Max in the wine room as he waxed poetic about Berkswell and Sbrinz. He lovingly unpacked and unwrapped his wheels and tommes, sometimes slicing off a sliver of something luscious for us to taste.
I wanted a promotion to be one of Max's cheese assistants, and bad. Max thought it would be grand (or so he said), but the big boss wouldn't have it. Only men got to work with the cheese, it seemed to me.
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But Max had a great alternative. The Artisanal Cheese Center, which was then owned by the Picholine folks (it has since been sold) needed someone to help organize the almost daily wine and cheese tasting classes they hosted.
So I embarked on a dream summer job. The Center paid me three days a week to coordinate cheesemakers, winemakers, and sometimes bourbon or scotch makers to come to the Center and talk about what they did. They heard I was an (aspiring) writer, and I got to use my burgeoning skills to write lusty descriptions of their cheeses for the Artisanal website.
On the fourth day, I came in as an intern and worked in the cheese caves. The caves were giant walk-ins, carefully temperature and humidity controlled, lined with wooden shelves of squares and rounds and pyramids of cheese. It was the height of summer, but I brought gloves and sweaters, otherwise I would lose feeling in my fingers an hour into the day.
Misting the orange skin of epoisses with brandy, flipping small pasty white rounds of goat cheese, I was happy. I would take home overly ripe wheels of cheese in my purse, the subway seats next to me empty. I smelled like a cheese cave.
The best part of the job was that I attended every class I organized, thus getting a free education in wonderful cheese. The best was the Master Class for Cheese Professionals, three days of seminars and lectures and giant tastings of cheeses. I took pages and pages in notes.
When I went back to school to continue my anthropology and creative writing degree, I felt like I definitely had a degree in cheese.
Next week: My adventures opening a cheese and wine café, and starting a cheese program at my Philly restaurant.
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You've heard about Birth Boot Camp and have been wondering what all the hype is over. This is your chance to come check it out! We have a special corner reserved at Revel Coffee House on Saturday, November 10 from 10:00 a.m. - Noon. Feel free to follow this event on Facebook.
We will have all of our fabulous materials on hand for you - and your partner - to look through, not only for all 8 classes, but also the Doula Client Workbook, Supporting Arms. This is truly a see-before-you-buy opportunity. We are pretty fun to hang out with, too.
Jessica and Mallory have limited doula availability through the holiday season, but this is a great opportunity to meet them, set up interviews, and get on their calendar.
Annika and Donna always have a variety of classes running - including our Comprehensive course, Hospital birth class, Homebirth class, and our Comfort Measures Workshop - but are also open to scheduling classes on an as-needed basis, such as the Sibling Birth class or Reboot Refresher.
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O'Reilly Media drops open-source backup for BakBone
As a publisher of books on open-source tools, O'Reilly prefers to use them, but went with BakBone when open-source backup failed to meet its needs.
Computer book publisher O'Reilly Media's internal IT likes to practice what it teaches by using the open-source tools that are the subject of many of its how-to books. But after a year of trying to work with open-source data backup tools, O'Reilly settled instead on BakBone Software Inc.'s NetVault Backup software.
Two years ago, O'Reilly ran Symantec Corp.'s NetBackup for servers in its two data centers and the open-source backup utility Amanda at a colocation facility. But the NetBackup licenses had fallen out of date, and the shop was running 3.4 when it began looking into upgrading.
The company then spent a year testing Bacula, another open-source tool. "We worked with it a lot to get it going, but it was taking too much time," Stone said. The product couldn't be configured to do tape-to-tape copying, and O'Reilly scrapped the project.
Stone said he never considered Amanda for the multi-terabyte data center environments. At the time, Amanda was scalable enough for a 200 GB environment in the colocation facility, but not for 2 TB and 1.5 TB backup environments in the data centers. The data at each of those facilities has since doubled.
Stone ran across BakBone's product at an industry conference, and it seemed a good compromise between an expensive full-blown NetApp environment and cheaper open-source tools that lacked features. But the choice came with a price -- O'Reilly admins had to learn a new application cold. "This was a whole new product, but our administrators don't get formal training on stuff like this -- they just have to figure it out," he said. "We rolled this out to 100 servers over three sites, configured offsite duplicates, and made our backups work like they used to work, without requiring external scripts."
Server and client-side agents were delivered as a TARball -- a group of files handled as a single file -- to the company's servers. The software also automatically configured the drives in O'Reilly's physical tape libraries, cutting down setup time further.
But Stone said he'll probably always use more than one tool for backup. O'Reilly still uses another open-source tool, BackupPC, to back up workstations to a server that is in turn backed up by NetVault. Database administrators handle RMAN dumps for mission-critical databases, and O'Reilly uses native tools that come with MySQL instead of BakBone's application backup agents for that database.
Stone said he misses a few NetBackup features, including the ability to centrally manage separate domains. "The plan was for us to run one NetVault master server and a smart client at our secondary location, but it turned out that BakBone couldn't cross the firewall -- [NetBackup] did," he said. "We ended up having to pay for two master servers rather than one, and we don't have a unified catalog or administration between the two sites."
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A copy of a 'lost' album by British dance star Aphex Twin has gone on sale online for $13,500 (£8,438).
The rare double vinyl edition of Caustic Window was printed as a test pressing in 1994, but the project was subsequently scrapped and never released.
The copy is reportedly one of just five test pressings made and the mystery seller claims to have obtained it from bosses at Aphex Twin's own Rephlex Records 20 years ago.
Listing the album on Discogs.com, the seller writes, "The 5th... test pressing! A chance to share the music, or keep it to yself (yourself). I'll demonstrate it's (sic) authenticity & deliver by any reasonable means. Unplayed, & Rephlex will never press it."
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Arlington is installing red-light cameras with improved technology.
The city is beginning to install new cameras that produce high-resolution pictures and 12-second video clips that further illustrate a possible violation, offer 24-hour video surveillance and can monitor up to 20 vehicles at once for more than 300 feet.
While the new cameras can also detect speed, Arlington police say they won't be used to issue speeding violations.
The latest news from around North Texas.
The first new camera is located at the intersection of Fielder and Randol Mill roads. More are expected to be installed at other city intersections throughout the year.
Red-light cameras are a fixture at most Arlington intersections.
"I think it's a good thing, because I see people running red lights all the time and I think it's very dangerous and if they can keep people from doing that, the more they can stop people the better," Karen Brougham said.
Dee Dee Carr, a mother of two young drivers, agreed.
"I think it's really good, and I think it'll keep folks obeying the law and prevent accidents and people getting hurt," she said.
Austin Eaby said he doesn't mind red-light cameras too much.
"I was T-boned at an intersection not too long ago at an intersection," he said. "Someone ran a red light and T-boned me."
But Eaby said he still has reservations about the cameras.
"I think it's kind of almost cheating -- trying to get us on video when [police] could be out themselves trying to catch us," he said.
Jody Hawkins described himself as a defensive driver who likes having the cameras.
"I think police forces are underfunded, and I think this helps offset the cost of that," he said.
Police say drivers caught on camera are not issued a ticket but receive a civil infraction, meaning they get just a fine and not points on their record.
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Here is a cute little cake I made for my work mates farewell. It says "Good Luck" in Japanese on the top, I made sure it didn't say something random like lucky noodles or something because she would know (she's Japanese).
This cake was only a 6" but somehow it fed so many people I couldn't count! It also got a little cat-walk as my work mate thought it deserved to be showed off to the entire office before being cut up and devoured! Always nice to feel appreciated!
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Special Delivery
You know Ben and I would be sleeping, I would suddenly wake up when my water daintily broke, I would startle Ben awake and say "It's time" he would then hop out of bed and run around like a madman. I would grab our perfect pre-packed hospital bags and sit on a birthing ball for a minute while the car warmed up. Then we would begin speeding to the hospital, maybe even get pulled over for speeding and when the cop realizes the situation we get a siren-led police escort the rest of the way to the hospital!
You see, when I graduated from BYU in December, my health insurance was no more. I became one of the 48 million. After a lot of thought and going back and forth, we decided the best thing to do for us was to have the baby in Canada where we have family and Alberta Health Care (ie-FREE). There are definitely pro's and con's in this situation. I needed to be up there by at least 37 weeks just in case anything happened really early but Ben has had work and school in Utah and couldn't just take a month off.
So last Monday I took a road trip home to Lethbridge and Ben will be staying there until "It's time".
Statistics with first pregnancies have me hopeful that everything will work out, that Ben will get here in time for the delivery and then we will stay up here at my house for a week or two before heading back to Utah. This baby has got to keep cooking for a couple more weeks though!
The hardest part for me is these three weeks we are going to be apart for the last part of my pregnancy. I have become pretty dependant and needy these days, a hand massage before bed, a back scratch to put me back to sleep in the middle of the night when I can't sleep if my life depended on it. Help in and out of all vehicles, him carrying everything over five pounds, my someone to lean on as I waddle around and the moral support when I feel so done being pregnant and sick.
SO please wish us luck that Ben will be able to make it here in time SAFELY and his school won't suffer too much.
PS: I have had dreams about labor almost every single night since I have been home. Last night my good friends at Seattle Grace Hospital (Greys Anatomy) delivered my baby for me after BYU turned me away. Alex and Meredith said they would do it pro-bono but I had to deliver on the floor because they couldn't do it for free if I was in the bed. So Callie Torraz delivered my baby for me on the floor while the rest of them cheered me on. I sure love those guys.
9 comments:
- Lindsay said...
I pictured (and planned for) the same, and nothing happens the way it does in the movies, does it? Ugh. I pictured birth as such a peaceful, planned out time -- yeah, right. Blah! Wouldn't it be nice if it did happen that way?!
- February 23, 2013 at 12:39 PM
- Purposely at Home said...
god bless y'all. i hope everything goes smoothly and the little peanut is healthy. :)
- February 23, 2013 at 6:56 PM
- jennica said...
Cassie. your pregnancy posts are just amazing. im so grateful that we know such world renown doctors like callie, meredith, and alex. too bad you couldn't just road trip to seattle and have the pros do it. haha. good luck with everything! im praying for you!
- February 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM
- Holzhauers Est. 6.25.11 said...
You will do great! Our Lord created us to do this!!And it is so beautiful and the closest thing to magic in the natural world. :)
-Jenni Holzhauer
- February 23, 2013 at 8:44 PM
- Bryanna Peterson said...
Working at the hospital, I have this fantasy Grey's world in my head too. I am sure my pregnancy brain will think a lot like yours! haha. Maybe we will see you around here in SoAB! Good luck with everything!
- February 24, 2013 at 9:02 PM
- Emma Frances said...
I just saw on Instagram that your sweet babe is here! Congratulations!! And I sure do hope Ben made it there in time!! So happy for you all!
- February 26, 2013 at 2:38 PM
- The Adventurer said...
You had that baby and its BEAUTIFUL!!! CONGRATS sweet Cassie!!!
- February 28, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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i can't stop laughing at your dream. it is so hilarious. congrats!
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"As we begin the season of Lent…
…it's easy in our increasingly secular world to ignore it or in the world of superficial piety to privatize it. But the word from God spoken by the prophet Isaiah brings a different message. Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? In fact, God warns those who are fasting and tearing their clothes to shreds that God is not impressed with all that. Only when the people stop oppressing their workers, blaming each other for their problems and breaking relationships within their own families will God respond to their prayers.
It's not a difficult jump to get from Isaiah to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Publix. A few weeks ago Trader Joe's signed an agreement with CIW, only a few days before opening its first Florida store. So it's still about Publix. Now, don't get me wrong, I like my Publix store. I like the politeness of its workers. I like the cleanliness of the stores and the variety of the items they stock. I like their Buy One, Get One Free sales.
What I don't like is the arrogance of their leadership (they never responded to our letter and thousands of dollars of cash register receipts) and their unwillingness to even sit down and talk with the CIW leaders. In every situation that the workers of CIW have encountered for a decade now, when they are able to sit down and talk with the heads of fast food conglomerates, tomato grower associations and food supply companies, they were able to see each other's humanity and dignity and to find a place of agreement. Yet Publix leadership refuses to sit down or to talk, which only says to me they know that theirs is a morally indefensible position and they can't look the workers in the eye.
In my sermons over the past months, I have focused on the difference between chronos time and kairos time. The old ways of chronos time are quickly disappearing and kairos time, God's time, is upon us. The kin-dom is at hand. We can see that as old marriage inequality laws fall to the wayside, as old religious understandings of impurity disappear, as old oppressive political regimes and laws melt away. The unwillingness of Publix to sign with the CIW is the last vestige of the old agricultural order in the South which relied on slave labor and then share-cropping and segregation to support it. This too shall pass. The question for them is do they wish to be on the side of justice or oppression, the past or the future.
During the week of March 5-10 many of the leaders and workers of the CIW will be on a fast at the Publix headquarters in Lakeland. We are invited to join them throughout the week and on Saturday, when they end the fast. I will join them to lead their religious vigil the evening of Wednesday, March 7.
I invite you to join me there or join us in prayer that evening.
Perhaps our Lenten discipline this year might be to pray every day that the hearts of the leaders of Publix might be softened, that they might sit down with CIW and sign an agreement which gives the workers just one penny per pound more for their labor. Remember Isaiah…
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Is more homework really making smarter students? Or is it taking away from growing up?
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YThis is as good of flat earth video to start with as any... And yes I did laugh and snicker at "flat earthers" before .... But then I woke up and started to look. I mean really open my own eyes and look.
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I'm not saying I know for sure, flat or ball? But I do have a mind of my own that's open enough to look for my own answers. I do know what my eyes see!
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I think this is a brilliant documentary! A real eye opener and a must see for anyone interested in what's going on in the world!
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Amazing to watch this from 1972 and it seems just like she could be talking about what's happening in the news today...
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This was a very eye opening 2006 documentary. A real must see!
A Different Perspective
I have watched loads of 9/11 things. I have my opinion of what happened that day and why but that's not important right now.
It seems like most everything I have seen has been about the buildings either from the air or the aftermath. I had almost forgot there were so many people on the ground that day going here and there, working, relaxing, or whatever. Their perspective of it I could never fully understand or even imagine but this video made me realize how horrific it must have really been for the people on the streets on a regular day.
"102 Minutes That Changed America"
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The Falling Man
The Falling Man
I remember 911 well as I am sure many people do. I was at home asleep when a friend rang me and said New York was being attacked... No one knew what was going on and I was scared. The events of that day were traumatic and what haunted me most and always stuck in my mind was the images of people jumping. I couldn't face that...
One night of insomnia I saw this on TV. I decided to face the one thing of that day I had never faced. The one thing I couldn't look at... People jumping.
The images still haunt me but after seeing this I feel different somehow. I feel like these people were forgotten in a way... Over 200 people jumped or fell that day... I had no idea there were that many till I saw The Falling Man.
But why did they jump? How could they? I couldn't....
Question Everything & Think
I guess like everyone I have thoughts and opinions. So I thought I would share some of them here. Some may sound weird to you or even crazy or silly but this is me... the good the bad and the ugly.I have strong opinions but I like to learn new things and I like to try to see things from as many views as I can and keep a very open mind.
Question everything and think!
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Welcome to Mayflower Mill Elementary School
Mayflower Mill Elementary is located in the southern part of Tippecanoe County and serves 620 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. It operates a school-wide Title I program to provide students with extra assistance in reading and math. Mayflower Mill Elementary provides a caring, safe, and energetic environment that is conducive to student learning.
We believe this vision statement encompasses everything that is important to us at Mayflower Mill Elementary. We enjoy and appreciate the partnerships we have in the community, as well as, the community we strive to build in our classrooms and our school. It is important that we not only create learners in our society, but also leaders. This also goes for our staff. We are lifelong learners and leaders in our school community.
Core Convictions
All adults in our community are living by these core convictions daily and as a result, show the following attitudes and actions
Adults in our community live by these core convictions daily and as a result, show the following attitudes and actions. All educators, parents, and community members place a high value on education. To ensure that all children learn, adults provide a safe and caring environment. All teachers are passionate about their profession, are knowledgeable of current educational research and best practices, and are prepared to educate our future citizens. Teachers will present challenging curriculum. Teachers will use a variety of instructional and assessment tools to address the different learning styles. Parents are actively involved with their children's education and promote positive behavior in and out of the classroom. Parents will volunteer at school, come to school activities, and talk with both their child and his teacher on a regular basis. Community members are also highly involved in the school. Local businesses will encourage employees to do tutoring and mentoring in the schools, and employees will partner with teachers to create real-world application for their curriculum. Businesses will facilitate field trips and provide guest speakers to allow students to observe and experience career opportunities.
In this environment where all adults are living by their core convictions, all students
In this environment where adults live by their core convictions, all students will be highly motivated to learn. They will be willing to take risks and set high goals for themselves. All students will be engaged in their learning. Students will show respect and take responsibility for their education. They will learn important team building skills by working in small and large groups. They will demonstrate mastery through a variety of authentic assessments and experiences. All students accept challenges, show motivation, and put forth their personal best.
As a result of these efforts; our school's student achievement data goals are as follows:
- 100% of students will pass ISTEP+ English Language Arts and Math.
- 100% of students will be at or above grade level reading according to TRC and Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark tests at the end of the school year.
- 100% of students will show 1 year growth on the NWEA MAP assessment.
Mayflower Mill's curriculum is based on the Indiana Academic Standards located http://www.doe.in.gov/standards. Curriculum maps based on these standards are located in the Principal's Office for inspection by members of the public.
Benchmark assessments will be administered 3 times per year by certified teaching staff. Reading benchmark assessment, TRC, will be administered for students in grades K-2. Teachers will administer the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System for students in grades 3-5 at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. NWEA will be administered in grades K-5 three times per year . Additionally IREAD will be administered in the Spring for students in grade 3.
Stakeholder Involvement
Describe the process used to engage a variety of stakeholders in the development of the institution's improvement plan. Include information on how stakeholders were selected and informed of their roles, and how meetings were scheduled to accommodate them?
Mayflower Mill Elementary reached out to stakeholders using a variety of school communication methods (electronic newsletter, facebook, mass emails, school website). Input was solicited from students, teachers, parents, and community representatives through a stakeholder survey. The survey was completed electronically, which allowed stakeholders to complete the survey and submit their input at a time that was convenient to their schedules. For stakeholders without internet access, they were invited to come into the school office and use one of our computers to complete the survey. School staff were available to assist as needed.
Describe the representations from stakeholder groups that participated in the development of the improvement plan and their responsibilities in this process?
The Mayflower Mill School Improvement Team was comprised mostly of Mayflower Mill Elementary staff members. As data was analyzed, ideas were generated, and decisions made, this information was shared with stakeholders who indicated a desire to remain involved in the process. These stakeholders were then able to provide their input which factored into the final school improvement plan.
Explain how the final improvement plan was communicated to all stakeholders, and the method and frequency in which stakeholders receive information on its process.
The school improvement plan is uploaded to the Mayflower Mill Elementary website. Notice is provided annually, and the plan is accessible via the school website.


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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Think Win/Win
During the summer of 2010, I interned at Thomson Reuters. While there, I took part in a project which involved presenting "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," and my group focused on habit 4: "Think Win/Win." This habit is about working/negotiating with other people, and looking for ways to benefit everyone. To present this, I drew these cartoons, which depict all of the ways that two people can work on a cake-related project.
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Win/Win is the best way!
Good Cartoons!
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Two Boise State Engineering Faculty Earn CAREER Awards | Flexible Hybrid Electronics | 2017 Foundation Scholars | Bernard Yurke Named INL Distinguished Fellow | Construction Management Reno Competition | Engineering Students Give Mobility to Kids with Disabilities | IDoCode Leads to Huge Jump in High School Computer Scientists | Engineering in Action | COEN News
Two Boise State Engineering Faculty Earn CAREER Awards
By: Kathleen Tuck
Boise State University engineering professors Eric Jankowski and Yanliang Zhang have earned prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards. Each project was selected to receive about $500,000 over the course of five years.
The CAREER award is the NSF's most prestigious award supporting junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. It is intended to give promising researchers an early career boost by providing stable research funding over an extended period of time.
View the full "Two Boise State Engineering Faculty Earn CAREER Awards" article.
Boise State Project Looks at Flexible Hybrid Electronics
By: Kathleen Tuck
A project from American Semiconductor and Boise State University is among four projects of 131 submitted that has been selected for funding from NextFlex, America's Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) Manufacturing Institute.
The selected projects are aimed at tracking and optimizing the performance of people and high-value materials and products, while also showcasing the technology's capability to enhance our lives. Other award recipients include University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Binghamton University.
View the full "Boise State Project Looks at Flexible Hybrid Electronics" article.
Three Boise State Faculty Named 2017 Foundation Scholars
Don Warner, Lisa Brady and Rick Ubic have been selected as 2017 Boise State University Foundation Scholars. They will be recognized at the Foundation's annual board meeting on April 26.
The prestigious Foundation Scholar Awards honor Boise State faculty who have demonstrated ongoing commitment, expertise and accomplishments in teaching, research and creative activity, or professionally related service.
The award includes a $3,000 honorarium from the Foundation for each scholar. In addition, their names will be added to the display showing all recipients of the Foundation Scholar Awards since 1992. The display is located on the first floor of the Student Union Building near the main staircase.
View the full "Three Boise State Faculty Named 2017 Foundation Scholars" article.
Bernard Yurke Named INL Distinguished Fellow
Bernard Yurke, a Distinguished Research Fellow in the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State, has been named a Distinguished Joint Appointment Fellow by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The appointment is intended to foster collaboration between the two institutions in basic energy science research in coherent exciton interactions in matter.
INL offers a broad array of capabilities in both fundamental sciences and engineering sciences in support of the U.S. Department of Energy mission, and delivers critical outcomes in nuclear, clean energy deployment and critical infrastructure protection.
"It is necessary for our lab to expand emerging core capabilities in chemical and molecular science, and condensed matter physics and materials science in ways that will enable our applied missions," said Kelly Beierschmitt, INL's deputy lab director and chief research officer. "One way to do this was to develop a partnership with researchers in materials science at Boise State University. We are thrilled to add Dr. Yurke and the Boise team to our community."
View the full "Bernard Yurke Named INL Distinguished Fellow" article.
Construction Management Student Team Scores Success at Competition
The Boise State University Construction Management department took 37 students to the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition held Feb. 8-11 in Reno, Nevada. The Commercial Team was awarded first place in the Region 6 Commercial category.
During the competition, teams met with industry problem sponsors and were presented with problem statements and accompanying plans and specifications. Teams had about 18 hours to develop and prepare solutions, including a detailed estimate, project schedule, staffing, and safety and sustainability plans. Each team's experience, approach to pre-construction and construction phases of the project and ability to respond to deliverables were critical in the grading process.
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Engineering Students Give Mobility to Kids with Disabilities
Boise State University engineering students are teaming up with St. Luke's Health System for Go Baby Go, a program that provides independent mobility for children with disabilities. Go Baby Go adapts battery-operated cars for young children who can't crawl or walk, or who have other mobility challenges. Vehicles are modified with PVC pipe, switches, cushions and straps to allow children to drive themselves without help.
In late January, members of Boise State's Society of Women Engineers participated in a "pre-build" event to create a car for a 3-year-old with mobility issues.
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IDoCode Leads to Huge Jump in High School Computer Scientists
There has been a nationwide call to empower all American students from kindergarten through high school to learn computer science and be equipped with the computational thinking skills needed to be creators in the digital economy.
Our economy is rapidly shifting, and both educators and business leaders increasingly recognize that computer science is a new basic skill necessary for economic opportunity and social mobility. Computer science is applied in nearly all fields of human endeavor ranging from agriculture, commerce, transportation, medicine, arts, music and even social sciences. By taking computer science courses in high school, students are better prepared for college and for their future careers.
A Boise State University project called IDoCode, in collaboration with Idaho school districts, Idaho Technology Council, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA) and code.org, has led to a remarkable increase in the number of Idaho high school students studying computer science.
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Engineering in Action
Gunes Uzer, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Boise State, is the 2016 recipient of the Young Investigator Award presented by Stem Cells journal. This $10,000 prize is awarded annually to a young scientist whose paper is judged by journal editors to be of worldwide significance.
Tim Andersen was profiled in a Q&A in the Idaho Business Review. The article focuses on the tremendous growth of the department in recent years, both in the number of students enrolled and the amount of funding it brings it, as well as efforts to attract more women to the field. He also noted that "We have essentially 100 percent placement. Everybody who interviews OK gets a job. In our last graduating class, 95 percent of the 70 students who graduated stayed in the Boise area." Those with an Idaho Business Review login can read the article here.
Boise State University materials science undergraduate student Jennifer Domanowski has been recognized as a Top 20 aerospace-bound engineering student by Aviation Week and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The "Tomorrow's Engineering Leaders: The 20 Twenties" awards will be presented during Aviation Week's 60th annual Laureates Awards on March 2 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
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S M Naziur Mahmud, a graduate student in the Civil Engineering Department was recently awarded a scholarship through Itasca Consulting Group's Educational Partnership Program (IEP). The IEP program represents an international scholarship competition where a graduate student working under the supervision of a faculty member proposes a novel research idea to be studied using one of Itasca's numerical modeling tools. Once selected, the student receives a complimentary license for the numerical modeling tool of interest, and a chance to work directly with a mentor from ITASCA to tackle challenges in the proposed research topic. The scholarship is renewable for subsequent years upon review of the tasks accomplished during the first year. The title of Naziur's research project is: "Using the Discrete Element Method to Evaluate the Effect of Polyurethane Grouting on Railroad Ballast Behavior during Tamping Maintenance". Naziur joined Boise State in January 2015, and is working with Dr. Deb Mishra towards his Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.
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College of Engineering Dean Search Finalists
Four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Engineering will be visiting campus in the next three weeks. The candidates will meet with faculty, staff, students and community members to share their visions and interest in the position.
You are encouraged to attend the open forum scheduled for each candidate.The candidates will deliver a 30-minute presentation on their vision for the College followed by a 30-minute Q&A session.
The finalists are Mary Rezac, Stacy Gleixner, JoAnn Lighty, and James Ferri. For your review, attached are the finalists' application packages. Please do not share this information with anyone outside of the University. Once the announcement appears in the Update, only faculty, staff, and students will be able to access the information online.
Open forums for the candidates are scheduled as follows:
Dr. Mary Rezac from Kansas State University
Open Forum: Monday, February 27th, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., MEC 106
Dr. Stacy Gleixner from San Jose University
Open Forum: Friday, March 3rd, 9:00 – 10 a.m., ENGR 110
Dr. JoAnn Lighty from the University of Utah, currently on loan to the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Open Forum: Monday, March 6th, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., MEC 106
Dr. James Ferri, from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
Open Forum: Monday, March 13th, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., MEC 106
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When your temper flares, use this meditation to cope with your anger immediately. As we move forward with this exercise, keep in mind that anger is a normal, natural emotion and there is nothing wrong with feeling angry from time to time.
Managing your anger doesn't mean you're going to remove anger from your life. It means you're taking steps to control how you respond to your anger. You have the power to control and manager your anger in a healthy, productive way.
Let's work on this together.
Take a few moments to relax. This feels good, doesn't it? Once this quick relaxation exercise is complete, you can move on with your day behaving in a way that you feel good about; in a way that is calm and measured and not ruled by emotion.
Let's begin by observing the anger. Allow yourself to feel however you need to feel. Notice your feeling, but don't react to it yet.
Inhale deeply. Stay there for a moment…and exhale.
Inhale… hold the tension…. exhale…. release all that tension with your breath.
Inhale…. and exhale……
Inhale…. and exhale……
Keep repeating, slowly and deeply, and allow your body to relax.
Consider how you're feeling now. Make note of where the anger is physically stored in your body. Are you harboring anger in your shoulders? Are your fists clenched? Is your jaw tight? Maybe you have pain in your stomach or neck. Anger can manifest itself in a number of places throughout your body. This is uncomfortable, so let's relax some of these muscles.
First, tighten your hands into fists. Hold that position, tighter and tighter, feeling the tension in your hands and arms.
Now relax. Unclench your fists and let your arms and hands be free and limp. Consider the difference in feeling tension and feeling relaxation. It's so much more comfortable to be relaxed.
Relax your shoulders. You may want to tense up your shoulders and then relax, or you may just want to relax your shoulders without tightening them up first. The choice is yours.
Next, focus on your face and jaws. Just as you did with your shoulders, relax your face and jaws. You may want to tense them first, but you don't have to. Just allow your face and jaws to become soft and relaxed.
Notice where you're harboring tension. Be mindful of how your body feels, from head to toe, and relax each section of your body as you do this.
How do you feel now?
Be proud of yourself because you're controlling your anger by choosing to relax. To further manage your anger, repeat some affirmations like these to help develop self control thoughts:
I acknowledge that I am feeling angry right now, and accept the way I feel.
I have the power to control my reactions.
I can fully experience this anger, yet wait before I take action.
I can feel angry, but calm and in control at the same time.
It's okay to feel angry.
Consider how you feel physically, and relax any tense areas.
Consider how you feel emotionally. Notice how emotions come and go. Notice that anger comes and goes.
Engaging in the self-control exercise helps you diminish the anger so it's no longer such an issue.
At the end of the relaxation session you may feel less, the same amount, or more anger than you did when you started the exercise.
If you're still angry, you may need to release these emotions by expressing yourself. And you can choose how you want to do that ñ call a friend, write in your journal, go for a walk. The choice is yours. You can release anger through breathing deeply. Inhale relaxation, and exhale anger.
As you take steps to cope with your anger in a healthy way, use this breathing script to support you:
Inhale deeply…. and exhale…..
inhale….. exhale…. relax with each breath
inhale….. exhale….
inhale….. exhale….
Continue this breathing exercise to cope with anger and to relax.
Now let's do a countdown, from 5 to 1. You're at 5 now, but by the time we get to 1, you'll be fully awake, and you'll also be calm.


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Beechcroft at Brookhaven; Centennial at East; Linden at Mifflin; Northland at Whetstone; South at Africentric; Briggs at Walnut Ridge; Marion-Franklin at Eastmoor Academy; Independence at West.
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Beechcroft at Brookhaven; Centennial at East; Linden at Mifflin; Northland at Whetstone; South at Africentric; Briggs at Walnut Ridge; Marion-Franklin at Eastmoor Academy; Independence at West.Central Catholic League
DeSales vs. Watterson at Crew Stadium.Ohio Capital Conference
Pickerington North at Gahanna; Newark at Grove City; Groveport at Pickerington Central; Lancaster at Reynoldsburg; Dublin Jerome at Olentangy; Dublin Scioto at Westerville Central; Marysville at Westerville South; Westerville North at Olentangy Liberty; Central Crossing at Upper Arlington; Dublin Coffman at Hilliard Darby; Worthington Kilbourne at Hilliard Davidson; Thomas Worthington at Westland; Delaware at Big Walnut; New Albany at Franklin Heights; Olentangy Orange at Watkins Memorial.Mid-State League
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Centerburg at Loudonville; Danville at Northridge; East Knox at Fredericktown; Utica at Johnstown.Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference
Buckeye Valley at Northmor; Ridgedale at Elgin; Cardington at Highland; North Union at River Valley; Pleasant at Mount Gilead.Others
Zanesville at St. Charles; New Lexington at Hartley; Lima Central Catholic at Ready; Dayton Dunbar at Mount Vernon; Grove City Christian at Manchester; Miami Trace at London; Madison Plains at Hillsboro; Westfall at Adena; Fairbanks at Yellow Springs; Marion Catholic at Riverside; Marion Harding at Napoleon.Saturday's games Mid-State League
Columbus Academy at Newark Catholic.Others
Jonathan Alder at Dayton Thurgood Marshall, 7 p.m.; Columbus Crusaders at Saltsburg (Pa.) Kiski, 2 p.m.


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When Kurt Lightner conceives ideas for a new project, he keeps in mind the importance of paint and color while balancing his spatial illusions. His paintings are a perfect blend of conceptual and recondite art.
Born in Ohio but now based in New York City, Kurt Lightner made a name for himself in art circles with numerous solo and group exhibits over the last decade. His latest works are a series of acrylic on panel paintings that emphasize color while taking into account his flair for the abstract. The series is a collection of abodes that play on spatial composition with hallucinogenic imagery.
Kurt Lightner's latest exhibit titled Paintings and Sculptures was held in his home state of Ohio at the Rebecca Ibel Gallery in Columbus.
Kurt Lightner Creates Mind Bending Paintings
Taylor Keefe — November 13, 2011 — Art & Design
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[SUVA, Fiji] Fiji pleaded with US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Paris climate deal Wednesday, as the tiny Pacific nation prepares to lead the latest UN talks on reducing global emissions.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the world needed America's leadership "as we confront the greatest challenge of our age".
Climate sceptic Trump should honour his country's commitments under the Paris deal, said Mr Bainimarama, who will serve as president of the UN's COP 23 talks in Bonn later this year.
"We can't have one of our best performers abandon the field of play... stay the course," the Pacific leader said in a statement issued by his office on Wednesday.
"Listen to those around you who are encouraging you to do so. Don't let the whole team down by leaving when we have a clear game plan and have put so many scores on the board." Mr Bainimarama said the time for questioning the veracity of climate change had passed and the best scientific advice on the issue was clear.
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Fiji is already dealing with the impact of climate change through wild storms such as last year's Cyclone Winston, he said, which killed 44 people and wiped out one-third of the country's economic production.
Climate change meant such extreme tempests could flare up "out of nowhere, at any time", he added.
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Mr Bainimarama said the top priority at COP 23 was "to build a grand coalition of governments, civil society and the private sector to defend and uphold the Paris Agreement".
While the November 6-17 talks will be held in Bonn, Germany has invited Fiji to act as president in order to give a voice to those on the frontline of climate change.
Mr Bainimarama said Fiji could never have hosted such a large meeting, which is expected to attract 20,000 people.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Not-at-all-Dolce (& Gabbana)
"We were looking to recreate a game of seduction in the campaign and highlight the beauty of our collections," the designers said.
So here's a question: if they think this image conveys a 'game' about 'seduction' and 'beauty', what sort of image would they have come up with to illustrate an actual gang rape?
16 comments:
- Bernice said...
Very strange notion of beauty. Promoting the product? 65% of the shot is about undressed humans, 30% clothes that look like newly washed King Gee outfts. Could be a recruiting poster for the US military..
& the shining oily thing - goes with the implicit threat of violence? not to mention the Photoshopped thinness of 'em all. Which i wasn't going to mention. Very strange notion of beauty.
- 6:37 am, March 08, 2007
- Mindy said...
Someone has been watching too much porn if they think that is an image of seduction. Disturbing more than anything, and would certainly put me off buying their clothes, if I was silly enough to buy their label in the first place.
- 7:39 am, March 08, 2007
- Black Knight said...
Nice shoes, though.
(Yes, I agree. That looks to me to be all about power and nothing to do with seduction)
- 9:19 am, March 08, 2007
- Lou said...
"Miss, are you okay?"
She looks like she's fainted from anorexia and they have no idea what to do except for the guy with the weird quasi-Taxi Driver haircut.
I don't know, when i see male models rape isnt exactly what first springs to mind.
But your comment made me laugh out loud.
- 9:43 am, March 08, 2007
- Pavlov's Cat said...
BK, go stand in the naughty corner in those shoes for half an hour and then see what you think!
Lou, LOL back atcha. Maybe I should institute a caption competition.
- 9:46 am, March 08, 2007
- Mary Bennet said...
It's pretty clever marketing seeing that the newspapers covering the story about banning the ad in Italy felt they had to use (at least a cropped version) as illustration.
What a shame the shoes are so pretty!
- 9:56 am, March 08, 2007
- Perry Middlemiss said...
Whichever way you look at it this is a pretty crass advertisement.
Are we now getting to the stage that marketing personnel can only get their ideas from pornography? Don't be surprised if this is the case. I've worked in marketing and I can tell you some marketers don't have a very firm grip on reality at the best of times.
- 1:16 pm, March 08, 2007
- elsewhere said...
I'm quite impressed by her semi-backbend. That's a difficult position to maintain.
- 3:07 pm, March 08, 2007
- JahTeh said...
Why couldn't we have it the other way round with the bloke on the receiving end? At least we'd have a better look at the clothes and I have to admit, I love the shoes but only to look at.
- 3:33 pm, March 08, 2007
- BK said...
See? See! It's not just me who likes the shoes.
- 4:13 pm, March 08, 2007
- ThirdCat said...
Watch out, bk, the wind will change.
- 4:25 pm, March 08, 2007
- meggie said...
the emporors new clothes...
- 7:14 pm, March 08, 2007
- Ampersand Duck said...
Apparently their whole fashion parade was OTT with leather and rubber and masks etc. Methinks one (or all) of the designers has discovered a new recreational pastime. It's a bit yawn-making, really.
- 9:17 pm, March 08, 2007
- Ampersand Duck said...
That last comment was directed at their new-found hobby, not the politics of the ads, which I think are reprehensible.
- 9:18 pm, March 08, 2007
- BK said...
Look, 3rdCat;
if you saw me wearing those shoes you'd want to claw your own eyes out in terror.
- 10:28 am, March 09, 2007
- BK said...
D&G have got their knickers violently in a twist:
- 3:22 pm, March 14, 2007


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I've got quite the pen turning bug going on right now… Have a bunch of prepped blanks, a few turned blanks waiting for assembly (or me to choose if gold or platinum looks better).
In the midst of all this pen turning (Tim, you're really re-ignited a spark here), I found a few extra 7mm euro pen tubes, and those starter pencil kits from PSI that I didn't use yet. I thought I'd take a stab at making a pencil or two for work, using some wood salvaged from work – specifically the bottom portion of the hardwood spindles I'd been saving (and included in the Pen swap).
This is my first attempt at making a pencil. I had a kit, but the wrong length blanks, was able to make it work just fine though. If I have another "blow out" I'll salvage the tubes to make another one, or I'll just get some more tubes with my next order of pen supplies.
This was harder to turn (being softer than the blackwood, bamboo and bocote I'd previously turned today, and having much more to remove before ending up with a slighly beefy slimline. Nothing like a nice beefy, thickly primed, finger jointed 1 1/2" blank, right? (or perhaps I needed to head back to the grinder to re-sharpen my gouge?
Anyhow, I was able to get a nice finish with the skew, and didn't need much sanding, rather than go to 2000 like with my other pens, I just went to 220, and then used the "extra-fine" sanding sponge, before building up layers of walnut oil and friction polish. I'm interested to see how this finishing technique will hold up to almost daily use, and banging around in my tool belt/ tool box. That'll be a test for my other pens, that are otherwise held with kid gloves.
The photo shows the before and after. Still don't know what the wood really is, I was beginning to suspect pine, but it's not – finished too easily with the skew, and with no catches! I don't even mind the detail of the finger jointing (which changes with the light) – If only I knew where it was going to be, I could better incorporate it into the design
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#1 posted 03-18-2008 12:51 AM
I hate to tell you this but it looks to me like you are becoming addicted to turning. I am sure that your lathe carried this warning on the box and you chose to ignore it so I am afraid you are probably beyond help at this stage. :)
Seriously, this is a nice post and it is always good to try something new.
Keep on turnin'
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#2 posted 03-18-2008 01:54 AM
I like the finger jointing detail you have in there, that's pretty cool.
#3 posted 03-18-2008 03:32 AM
Nice pencil. The wood looks like lauan. If I'm right about that, you deserve ten times credit for a beautiful turning. Great job.
-- The only easy wood project is a fire
#4 posted 03-18-2008 04:43 AM
Neat looking pencil Scott, I think I've got a handful of those PSI kits in my stash as well! Glad to see the swap is serving its purpose!
-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA
#5 posted 03-18-2008 05:27 AM
I love the jointing detail as well. It's a nice contrast without being too stark. The finish you have on it is really light which is also nice. Some times finishes people use give such a shine or plastic look that it's hard to admire the wood itself.
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#7 posted 03-18-2008 06:00 AM
Thanks! – ahh, what lurks beneath the surface. I could make several more and never know what wood/woods/grain lies under that gloss primer. If this didn't turn out so well, I'd have made the next out of oak salvaged from the stair treads of the same job (which historically, I haven't liked turning)
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#8 posted 03-18-2008 06:41 AM
Really like the way that finger jointing turned. Great pencil and idea, Scott
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over two decades.
#9 posted 03-18-2008 12:42 PM
Hey Scott, nice pencil. Isn't it fun to see what emerges when you turn a pen or pencil?
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Tackling Conflict in a Religiously Diverse World 6 December 2016
The UK has seen a remarkable increase in the number of people describing themselves as non-religious. They now make up nearly half of the population – up from just an eighth in 2001. Despite this dramatic change, religious beliefs have rarely in recent times played a greater part in our national discourse, international discourse, or in our lives.
Living in our interconnected world it is impossible to distance ourselves from debates and conflicts on our doorstep or in other parts of the world. At the same time, especially in urban areas, what may appear a diverse society according to statistics are actually 'parallel lives' – where individuals never encounter other communities. There remain significant barriers, which prevent interaction and mutual trust. For example, since the Paris attacks in 2015, measures by the French authorities have been implemented that show differentiation along ethno-religious lines. In these circumstances, it is relatively easy for extremists, of whatever persuasion, to stir up race and religious hatred.
The changing religious landscape is made more complicated by the growth of fanaticism and violent extremism. Conflicts easily become 'religionised' and people can seek to define and sharpen differences between 'us' and 'them' to rally support for themselves. On the one hand, there is suspicion that religion is a primary source of all the world's ills but on the other, a blanket denial of the legitimacy of non-religious approaches to life. Nonetheless, religion can provide a harmonious link between different communities, even in times of violent conflict.
In circumstances of anxiety about national identity and cohesion, religious or ethno-religious based identities may also be perceived to be inappropriately assertive. The decision to ban burkinis in Cannes is an example of a reaction to what is perceived as an 'over-Islamising' of the public sphere.
Religion is a both unifier and divider.
Religion operates not as a static bloc with set beliefs but is adaptable and in flux, shaped by and shaping its surroundings. Understanding the changing religious landscape is not an option but essential for it epitomises today's complicated, fragmented and multifaceted world. Understanding how religion interacts at local, national and international levels is key because religion and society are engaged in a two-way encounter, influencing each other both for good and for ill.
Tactics exist which can tackle tensions and outbursts of violence, which may incite religious hatred and intolerance. It is noticeable that Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin, as well as Western politicians, are more and more vocal in this area.
Increasing levels of religious literacy, including within faith communities, may be an obvious tactic but is fundamental. Developing cross-religious partnerships, including formal interfaith dialogue groups, joint political and/or social action initiatives, and using the influence of diaspora communities can also have impact.
Interfaith dialogue and engagement between people holding different beliefs and belonging to different backgrounds can strengthen the bonds of civil society. Participants seek to understand each other, discover the common ground underlying their differences, resolve their differences when possible, and learn to live with them when it is not. It is no surprise that interfaith dialogue is seen by politicians and policymakers as important for fostering social cohesion.
Another tactic to tackle tensions which may incite religious hatred and intolerance is to develop cross-religious partnerships. Interfaith dialogue and engagement between people holding different beliefs and belonging to different backgrounds can strengthen the bonds of civil society, and help people feel involved and integrated. Interfaith dialogue can also play an important role in conflict situations and the successful delivering of humanitarian aid.
A final tactic is to leverage the role of dispersed communities, brought together by globalization and social media, as the local is truly global and diaspora communities have become a significant non-state actor. Nonetheless, residual conflicts, arbitrary boundaries and ethnic and tribal differences can quickly resurface in different parts of the world. In the UK, localised, deep-rooted historical differences in Kashmir, for example, re-emerge quickly in the streets of Bradford and damage local communal relations.
The Woolf Institute, has studied and taught the encounter between religion, civil society and foreign affairs for two decades. Currently, the Institute trains staff at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Diplomats face a complicated and multifaceted world and must recognise that religions have many deep similarities, overlaps and commonalities but also significant differences between them and within them. No tradition is monolithic, none is unchanging and none exists independently of specific cultural, historical and political contexts and circumstances.
The challenge faced by diplomats is faced by us all. The pattern of religious affiliation around the world has not only changed but continues to change. The challenge today is to enhance our capacity to read this most potent sign of our times.
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