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The unsettling image of the Third Reich's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, glaring at photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt during a League of Nations conference in 1933 remains, 80 years later, one of the signature—and certainly one of the most unflattering—portraits ever made of any high-ranking Nazi figure. In the photo, Goebbels's bony hands grip the arms of his chair. His tense posture transmits an almost palpable enmity. Hunched, wary, Goebbels resembles a seething homunculus.
If any picture from the pre-World War II era captured the sheer malevolence animating the Reich's ideology and actions, it was Eisenstaedt's photo of Goebbels at the Carlton Hotel in Geneva.
Far less familiar to history buffs and photography aficionados, however, are some of the other pictures Eisenstaedt made on that September day eight decades ago. Long before he (like tens of thousands of other German and Austrian Jews) fled the Nazi threat in the mid-1930s, making their way to Switzerland, the Soviet Union, America and other more or less safe havens, Eisenstaedt was an accredited journalist, working throughout Europe. His presence at the League of Nations conference in 1933, therefore, was hardly an accident; like other correspondents, he was there to cover the news—and as a photographer, he was there to take pictures, which is exactly what he did.
Several of those pictures appear in this gallery—photos made just three years before LIFE magazine, with Eisenstaedt as one of the weekly's first four staff photographers, launched in New York.
In the 1985 book, Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt: A Self-Portrait, the then-87-year-old photographer discussed how the Goebbels picture came about:
In 1933, I traveled to Lausanne and Geneva for the fifteenth session of the League of Nations. There, sitting in the hotel garden, was Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda. He smiles, but not at me. He was looking at someone to my left. . . . Suddenly he spotted me and I snapped him. His expression changed. Here are the eyes of hate. Was I an enemy? Behind him is his private secretary, Walter Naumann, with the goatee, and Hitler's interpreter, Dr. Paul Schmidt. . . . I have been asked how I felt photographing these men. Naturally, not so good, but when I have a camera in my hand I know no fear.
At another point, Eisenstaedt noted that "this picture could be titled, 'From Goebbels With Love.' When I went up to him in the garden of the hotel, he looked at me with hateful eyes and waited for me to wither. But I didn't wither."
Goebbels himself, meanwhile, as head of Nazi propaganda, went on to spread his singular brand of toxic, anti-Semitic lunacy for 12 more years after Eisenstaedt made his riveting portrait. A master of psychological manipulation and one of the earliest propagandists to recognize the enormous role that radio could play in controlling mass populations, Goebbels pushed the National Socialist agenda with the cold vehemence of a true believer.
When, in the spring of 1945, however, it became evident to even the most ardent Nazis that Germany was going to lose the war, Goebbels and his wife of 14 years, Magda (at right), chose to die at their own hands rather than surrender to advancing Red Army troops.
Accounts by survivors who saw the entire Goebbels family after they went into hiding beneath Berlin's Reich Chancellory differ in some details about what happened on May 1, 1945. Not in dispute is that Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda ordered the murder of their own children—Helga, 12, Hildegard, 11, Helmut, 9, Holdine, 8, Hedwig, 6 and Heidrun, 4 years old, all given names starting with H in honor of Hitler—with morphine and then cyanide, after which they themselves committed suicide. (An SS doctor named Ludwig Stumpfegger likely administered the lethal cyanide doses to the six children after they had fallen asleep, or passed out, from morphine.)
Neither Goebbels nor his wife, it seems, was capable of envisioning a world without their Führer—Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide the day before—nor were they willing to consign their children to what, in their eyes, seemed an unimaginably bleak future: so they killed them.
All eight bodies were discovered two days after the murder-suicides by Soviet troops; a quarter-century later, in April 1970, the KGB reportedly dug up the remains of Hitler, Eva Braun, the Goebbels and their children—they had been exhumed and reburied a number of times in the years after the war—burned them, and scattered the ashes in a tributary of the river Elbe.
Ben Cosgrove is the Editor of LIFE.com
Magda Goebbels photo: Pix Inc.—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images


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As Steve Ballmer has succinctly expressed on stage, Microsoft is a company that's big on its developers. While Windows Phone is certainly doing reasonably well at getting people to create apps for the platform — at least on a quantity level — Microsoft still has to work towards bringing over even more quality, popular developers and apps to the platform in order to better sway people from purchasing iOS and Android devices. With key applications such as Instagram still not on the platform, people may be less eager to give it a shot.
That being said, they are actively working to solve this problem, and, to help spread the word about why developers should jump on the Windows Phone bandwagon, they will be hosting a special developer summit in San Francisco, on June 20th-21st. It's a pretty interesting location choice; it appears that Microsoft is trying to reach out to the Silicon Valley crowd, which is a pretty awesome thing.
If Microsoft could get more and more quality app developers on board to the platform — in terms of both existing apps that can be ported and new apps that are being developed with great potential — then I think that this huge app issue that many consumers surely face will be solved. June is definitely cropping up to be a busy month for developers; on top of the Windows Phone Developer Summit, Apple's WWDC and the Google I/O events are also going to be happening.


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Dun BaldarEdit
- Alliance advantage: The bridge serves as an excellent choke-point. Flags within each bunker are covered by archers. The archers in these bunkers immediately aggro just before leaving the bridge area, and cover all the way up to the Aid Station flag.
- Horde advantage: Horde attackers are less visible moving around the north of the north bunker. Once Horde assaults a bunker, it serves as an excellent fire base for the Horde, a fact that is, bizarrely, not so for the alliance. Flags in bunkers can be capped without being hit by archers, albeit not easily.
Frostwolf keepEdit
- Horde advantage: Inner gates create a very tight choke point, easily holding back greater numbers of Alliance.
- Alliance advantage: Invading Alliance players can bypass virtually all additional NPCs on the way to the Relief Hut. Defending tower archers do not have to be killed in order to capture either base tower or the Relief Hut, allowing Alliance players to capture the base towers earlier on in the game (often before the Horde can even enter the Dun Baldar base). This allows Alliance players to pull and tank Drek'Thar earlier.
Aid stationEdit
- Alliance advantage: In the flag area, are 5 NPCs in addition to the Stormpike flag defenders (and bunker archers) that are easily aggroed, making it difficult to capture the graveyard without a larger force of players.
Stormpike GraveyardEdit
- Horde advantage: Horde has a sheltered advance underneath the Bridge, from the mine entrance, and from above, via the road that runs up to the alliance starting area. The high mountains are only accessible further south down the road, thus the snipers perch just south of the flag, as well as the majority of the walls that surround the graveyard, have no direct, safe or quick route on foot to engage in melee with the Horde, giving Horde ranged units a significant advantage.
- Alliance advantage: The main advance is narrow, which corrals the Horde and makes them susceptible to AoE attacks. If it is taken, the next spawn point (Starting cave usually) is a very short run, aiding in recapture.
Stonehearth GraveyardEdit
- Alliance advantage: The average Horde rush game runs straight to Balinda, and on to Dun Baldar, completely bypassing the graveyard capture point. This leads to many scenarios in which this graveyard is captured late in the game
Snowfall GraveyardEdit
- No advantage: Both sides now start at equal distance to the graveyard as of Patch 2.4. This GY is controversial, as capturing servers no advantage, and can be a hindrance late in the game, when it can be more advantageous to respawn in your own base to fight back enemy Offense, rather than spawn midfield. Especially in defense, it would be better to spawn in your tunnels than in the middle of the map.
Iceblood GraveyardEdit
- Horde advantage: Good choke point for the Horde, with nearby NPCs/tower and useful high ground to watch over the entire area. Capturing this is often discouraged as it will send all horde respawns back to Frost Wolf creating more defenders.
- Alliance advantage: Warriors can charge up from below, onto those who are spawning. Susceptible to capture even if it is an active graveyard, as the flag is set behind the players spawning (whom are typically advancing north, away from it), with its view obstructed by a wall. Once captured, this serves as a great choke-point for Alliance players as any north-bound Horde are funneled into two narrow passageways. One passage will aggro the flag defenders and lead to the Ally-controlled spawn point, and the other will take Horde players to the path for south-advancing Alliance players.
Frostwolf GraveyardEdit
It is a flat, fairly open area with no natural advantage for either force. Both sides have seen this as biased against them, but ultimately it is a level playing ground in a confrontation, barring the owner's closer spawn point.
Notably, the open area is beneficial for ride-by NPC kiting, and its proximity to the nearby mine can give some NPC support via kiting.
Relief HutEdit
- Alliance advantage: The capture point is not covered by archers from the defending towers, and other than the initial flag defenders, there are no extra NPCs that aggro.
Vanndar Stormpike/Marshalls vs Drek'Thar/WarmastersEdit
- Horde advantage: In Dun Baldar, Vanndar and the Marshals line the back wall. In Frostwolf Keep, Drek stands in the center, his Warmasters arrayed around him. This gives the Horde an advantage in both attack and defense: When defending Drek, they have a safe area behind the aggro of theNPCs to retreat/rest, while Alliance have less shelter.
Captains Balinda vs GalvangarEdit
- Horde advantage: Balinda is a fairly weak caster NPC, with unintuitive attack combos and easily countered attacks. Galvangar is a strong melee-type character, who uses a periodical intimidating shout and has a cleave attack.
- Alliance advantage: Galvangar can be disarmed, greatly reducing his damage.
Lieutenants and CommandersEdit
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Alliance Advantage: Horde Tower flags are not covered by archers.
Horde Advantage: Horde Towers are slightly harder to climb.
Icewing bunkerEdit
Because it is situated right next to the only path into and out of Alliance territory, whoever controls IWB controls the pass. In most games the Alliance won't leave any defenders, making it an easy take for the Horde who can hold off a squad of Alliance players with just a couple RDPS in the windows. Were the Alliance to leave defenders here, they could rather effectively bottleneck the Horde and prevent them from moving onwards.
Stonehearth bunkerEdit
Horde Advantage: The bunker is set out of the way, such that Alliance players won't be passing near it on their way to Galv. This makes sending one or two Horde units to capture it very easy without significantly reducing the scope of the attack force on Balinda.
Iceblood TowerEdit
A group of ranged characters encamped on the tower can effectively control the roads leading to Iceblood Garrison and Iceblood Graveyard.
Set almost squarely between two Horde starting graveyards, Tower Point can be somewhat difficult for Alliance to hold if the Horde holds any units in reserve from the initial blitz. However, once the point is controlled, it represents a rather effective bottleneck for the Alliance to prevent Horde reinforcements from moving towards the Alliance towers.
Misc. terrainEdit
- High road: Road running south from the Alliance entrance cave to where it branches to join with the lower road, and where it continues into the Alliance lumber mill. Horde can use this to attack SP from above, and Alliance can bypass Horde forces as they travel south.
Theories on real/perceived imbalance Edit
Race Games Edit
Quite simply, Alterac Valley was not designed as a PvE battle to be decided in under 20 minutes, and the removal of superfluous NPCs (patch 1.11) does not address the placement of the remaining NPCs, the terrain, or how good the opposing defenses are with a skeleton defense—or quite often, no player defenders at all. These were designed to compliment the other NPCs, and a lively PvP battle.
Another factor to consider is the level of thought put into by players who don't want to be in the battleground for over half an hour, and the level of organization in an average [PuG]. Presumably, AV being a PvP arena after all, there is a counter available to either side for whatever is put in their way. Change however comes slowly in a disorganized mob, so better tactics are slow to filter through. For instance, from this author's view (Alliance), I can see no real reason why Horde players would not attack SP from above and behind, pretty much exclusively, from what is referred to as the high road. It's not intuitive however, but then it may change in time.
At this time, Alliance does have a significant advantage; issues such as the placement of NPCs in the two bases, which used to be balanced by other issues in a fuller game, and the terrain itself when used in race games, cater to the lowest common denominator of the two forces. However, Alliance, even with the perceived advantage, does not win AV an unbalanced amount of the time, though a thorough examination of rated battlegrounds might show if this advantage can be pressed in such a way to make the horde lose every time.
This is simply a reflection on the playerbase, and how they have chosen to play, rather than issues of balance inherent in the map, which is after all, objectively, being abused to gain as much honor as possible.
Culture Edit
Groups of players who believe they can win, will usually win; players who believe they will probably lose anyway, will not try as hard, and thus generally lose. If your opponent has a force of 40 who have some level of trust and organization, and you a force of 30 with 10 AFKers, bots, stealthers, fishermen and grinders, you are already at a disadvantage.
What begins as a being decided by a combination of skill, gear and organization, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as a loss will often result in another loss, a win in a win, as a pool of players become entrenched as either winners or losers in each battlegroup. Thus a supposed bias will emerge, while a neighboring battlegroup can have an alternate view on bias.
It should be noted in support of this, that the current prevailing attitude of patch 1.11 onwards is similar to a pre-patch 1.10 (for some servers at any rate) situation that saw one side not caring whether they won or lost. It would seem that Blizzard's actions can have a resounding impact on player contribution within this battleground.
Limited experience Edit
As AV has moved from its traditional long encounters to a cynical exercise in milking the system, players are not exactly endeared to the map (not that the previous versions were universally popular, or free of players focused exclusively on the rewards), a common sentiment being to get out of there as soon as rep/honor permits. Short games where essentially the same strategy is played out ad nauseum, also leads to a narrow range of experience. How much can a player know of the tactics an enemy uses on attack, if they themselves never defend? How quickly can counters be discovered when players are encouraged not to search them out?
This leads to a playerbase that is largely inward-looking and ignorant when determining what their opponent faces—delivering an entrenched and narrow-minded view of AV. The only way to fix this is to train players, and that is itself a difficult task. To do so would take a group of dedicated players on each battlegroup queuing in a small group. These players, with clear ideas of the map, strategy, and a willingness to change strategy and command the battlegroup, can direct the other thirty five in a concentrated effort to win the game. In doing so, they introduce those players to the effectiveness of a solid group strategy. With time, the group will train enough players, and they others, etc., so that the game is very enjoyable.
Overall Problems Post 2.0 Edit
Essentially, Alterac Valley has become just another PvE raid instance where a PuG can walk in and easily win. Side quests and other things that potentially make the fight more interesting are overlooked because they are simply unnecessary, and doing them removes players from 'the action' and potentially lose you honor points. A group can leave 15 people on defense, send 25 in on offense and easily win the match. There is no need to upgrade the armor of the NPC units, send cavalry attacks, or summon the raid boss. Battles have gone from the former multi-hour strategy matches, to footraces to the opposing base. It's simply a matter of which group of 40 people can reach the opposing base first and kill the leader, which, in itself, is painfully easy. As of patch 2.4, when Season 4 was released and Season 2 became available as Honor gear, every single Alterac Valley seems to be a massive zerg without any thought put in to the offense except "CAP THEIR BASE NOW!!!". Honestly, if I am playing Alterac Valley, I get about 5 of my friends to go back capture the towers. Bunkers/towers are rarely ever defended after the capture timer has started. The game requires many changes if it is to return to its former glory.
(From Horde perspective) As a Horde Paladin player, Alterac Valley frustrates me very much post 2.4. In Patch 2.4, the Horde's starting cave was moved back about another 30 seconds of running. This gives the Alliance a much closer starting point to the Horde's base, and the Horde ends up reaching Dun Baldar much later than the Alliance reaches Frostwolf Village. If you pay attention in Alterac Valley, you should notice that the Alliance will always start on the Relief Hut flag before Horde even reaches the Dun Baldar bunkers. This is due to the fact that Horde: A) has no defense whatsoever and B) The Alliance starts much closer and you can't get interrupted while capturing the flag at the Relief Hut.


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1. Boyd, N.F. et.al. Mammographic Density and the Risk and Detection of Breast Cancer, N Engl J Med 2007;356:227-36.
2. Brem RF, Tabár L, et.al. Assessing Improvement in Detection of Breast Cancer with Three-dimensional Automated Breast US in Women with Dense Breast Tissue: The SomoInsight Study. Radiology. 2015 Mar; 274(3): 663-73.
3. Pisano et al. Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast –Cancer Screening. NEJM 2005;353:1773
4. et al, NEJM Jan 2007.
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Advanced algorithms automate the imaging process to help provide remarkable image quality and reproducibility from user to user, these include: Tissue Equalization, Nipple Shadow Compensation, Breast Border Detection and Chest Wall Detection. All of these are all designed to eliminate the distractions, and focus the radiologist's attention on the most important data – the anatomy.
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POLYSONIC® Ultrasound Lotion is an acoustic coupling lotion that is hypo allergenic and has a light pleasing scent
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Mount Washington Climber's Log
chicagosky - Aug 9, 2011 6:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 20119hrs 20 mins car to car
Went up Lions Head as Tuckerman was closed for maintenance. Interesting way up and the route finding kept us engaged but saw several people injured or just too tired on the way back down. Almost white out conditions at the summit.. in July!
Livetronica - Aug 6, 2011 2:34 pmi made a wise decsion
i tried to summit during late december with a friend
he ended up not feeling so good so stayed at the base of tuckermans
i made it up to tuckermans but decided i would rather live to climb another day
the wind and snow was filling my tracks in only a few seconds
jeffh25 - Jul 28, 2011 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2011HP # 28
46 degrees and 75 mph winds in July. I know I should have been ready for this place but it's unreal. Truly blown away by the mountain and almost literally blown off it.
joshvillen - Jul 21, 2011 11:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2011Traverse
Hiked from Appalachia, ended my traverse here due to lack of a spotted car, summit was beyond busy.
zoomloco - Jul 16, 2011 5:33 pmalone in the morning
on AT thru hike in 2000, left lake of clouds early after my chores of preparing breakfast, then got to be alone on the summit until I saw a ranger around 7:30. I was gone by the time people started coming at 8...the best way to experience this overrun but otherwise amazing mountain
Kingz - Jul 11, 2011 3:03 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010Tuckerman Ravine Trail
Nice hike except for the cars at the summit...
desainme - Jun 20, 2011 3:03 am Date Climbed: Jun 23, 1992Amonusuc Ravine
Nice hike had been up the auto road back in '73 had a sticker "this car climbed mt. washington"
yadahzoemtn - Jun 2, 2011 6:38 am Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2009Ice Fall in Tuckerman's Ravine
Went up Tuckerman's Ravine and experienced a lot of ice fall. Summited in very windy conditions and decided on the safter route down via Lions head. Had a wonderful time getting this one.
RhythmicMom - May 31, 2011 7:15 pmA few years back
Climbed this with my ex a few years back - can't remember the route or the date, I only remember we encountered many extreme weather situations along the route. We started with hot and humid, extreme sun and sun burns, then heavy rain at some point, then really strong winds and thick clouds at the top - it was actually scary - I thought the wind was going to blow me off the mountain! Would do it again though. Maybe this time I'll take more notes and photos to remember it better :)
phillinley - May 30, 2011 4:17 pmLions head
Got hit by a storm above tree line. I totally underestimated those winds, they are no joke. I'll drive to the top another time instead :D
hiker102 - May 19, 2011 9:44 am Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2007Tuckerman to Lions Head
Finally, after an almost two year hiatus from any kind of peak "bagging", we took the 6 hour journey down to New Hampshire to fulfill a long awaited aspiration to climb north-eastern America's highest peak... the busy and "dangerous", yet anti-climactic, Mount Washington...
For a full trip report with photos, you are welcome to visit my website: Peak Fever
WildBlue - May 5, 2011 10:00 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 1986Loved those cairns
Went up during Appalachian Trail hike. Complete whiteout blizzard in the middle of the summer. The rock cairns were the only way we could find our way.
Monopole - Apr 5, 2011 12:33 amSecond Home
Many climbs at all different times of the year, via all of the standard routes. Favorite ascent is up Huntington Ravine.
LakesideHiker - Mar 21, 2011 9:02 pm Date Climbed: May 30, 1975Memorial Day Weekend
Spent the whole weekend climbing around the mountain. Two of the 40 days of sun!
truello - Mar 21, 2011 11:24 am Date Climbed: Feb 26, 2011Traverse? No. Lion's Head? Yes.
Tried to do the traverse but got turned back after difficulties with route finding and snow (shouldn't have tried Webster Cliff trail...). Ended up summiting via Lion's Head. Beautiful day up to Alpine Garden followed by whiteout and high winds (75 mph gusts at -5F) for the rest.
chrisbrown - Feb 22, 2011 10:57 pm Date Climbed: Dec 29, 201092mph winds and -60 wind chills
After an unsuccessful attempt on 1/28/10, I felt compelled to go back and conquer the mountain during severe winter weather. Back in Jan. I had to turn back due to a friend that couldn't push on and zero visibility.
I returned Dec. 29th (this time solo) and was successful! As the title says, the weather was ridiculous. But it was EXACTLY what i came for!
Jow - Feb 22, 2011 9:51 am Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2011REI Adventure
Took REI 2 day beginning mountaineering course, day 2 took Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail to summit, that was hard
JimWallace - Feb 21, 2011 6:19 pm Date Climbed: Feb 18, 2011windy lions head ascent
Great day climbing in the Whites.We ascended via the Lions head route up to a very windy summit with gusts over 80 mph.Very exciting!


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COLLEGE PARK — These were just the sorts of games that Maryland often struggled to put away last season — nonconference contests against smaller teams that couldn't seem to hold the Terps' interest until the final moments.
Maryland missed 12 of its first 17 shots against Morehead State on Monday night — a beginning that seemed to foreshadow another uneven effort.
But the Terps — propelled by the first Comcast Center points from transfer Dez Wells — seemed to come to life after that, using their superior size and depth to record a 67-45 victory in their home opener as part of the Barclays Center Classic.
"Yeah, we wore them down," Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. "All 10 guys in our rotation can play. Thank God we have some depth, because I think some guys get tired pretty quickly."
Maryland was energized by a dunk by Wells. Coming down on a break, Pe'Shon Howard lofted the ball above rim level, where the Xavier transfer dunked it hard for his first Maryland points in front of the home crowd with 8:37 left before halftime. Just like that, the fans — who might have feared a Maryland letdown after a three-point loss to defending national champion Kentucky on Friday night — raised the decibel count to accustomed manic levels.
Last year, Maryland won by single digits at home against such teams as Radford, Cornell and Florida Gulf Coast.
This season's Terps appear to have better insulated themselves from disappointing showings in games they are supposed to win. Even when Maryland shoots poorly — as it did for early stretches Monday night — it has the depth and inside strength to wear down smaller opponents. It does not need to rely on its outside game.
Turgeon started the same lineup he did against Kentucky — four returning players from last season, plus Wells.
But Turgeon substituted liberally. Maryland's lead was only 11-5 when the Terps had five players on the floor who weren't with the team last season: freshmen Shaquille Cleare, Charles Mitchell, Jake Layman and Seth Allen and transfer Logan Aronhalt.
"It's a luxury having guys come in and you're not losing anything," forward James Padgett (nine points) said. "A couple of our freshmen played great."
Maryland was led by Nick Faust (City, 12 points) and Alex Len (11 points, seven rebounds). Mitchell had nine rebounds. Layman had seven points and said he felt more comfortable than in Maryland's season opener — the 72-69 loss to Kentucky in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Maryland's size advantage was obvious. Len, Maryland's improving 7-footer, was sometimes matched up against 6-9 forward Jason Holmes or 6-7 forward Jordan Percell.
Maryland's inside strength was evident in the teams' free-throw differential. The Terps went to the line 29 times, making 17. Morehead State was 6-for-8.
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Morehead State had won its opening game — against LIU Brooklyn, Maryland's next opponent Friday night —by relying largely on 3-pointers. But the Eagles missed nine of their first 10 3-pointers as the Terps rolled to a 35-19 halftime lead. Morehead State finished 1-for-14 from beyond the arc. Senior Milton Chavis led Morehead with 10 points.
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On this day, 152 years ago, Leonhard Seybold and his wife, Katherine (Protz) Seybold arrived at Castle Garden in New York City from Germany. They were passengers on the ship "New Orleans", and may have been married on-board ship.
Only six days earlier, on May 27, 1857, Joseph Voiland and Felicitée Marie (Sadie) Romond, arrived in New York City from France. They were married shortly before their emigration.
Leonhard and Katherine Seybold's granddaughter, Dorothy Louise Harris, would marry Joseph and Felicitée Voiland's grandson, Russell Bernard Weller, on July 15th, 1929. They are my grandparents.
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Objective: Incorporate the Collaboration Audit — a great tool that Jim and Barry created and published in the 3rd Edition of The Leadership Challenge?to help teams work through collaboration and focus on the practice of Enable Others to Act.
Audience: Training and coaching clients.
- One large (18 x 24) sample of the Collaboration Audit for each table or group of participants
- Pens or pencils
1. There are fifteen items on the Collaboration Audit. Ask each participating team to rate each item as a group, using a scale of 1 to 5. Explain that any statement that receives an initial rating of 3 or less should be discussed further — for clarity and understanding — and teams should consider any changes that would increase collaboration.
2. Ask each group to identify the items ranked 3 or less and explain why. [Note: I have found that item #4 of the Collaboration Audit generates a lot of discussion. Keep an eye on that one.]
3. Discuss the three essentials of collaboration. In The Leadership Challenge, Jim and Barry identify these as:
- Create a climate of trust
- Facilitate positive interdependence
- Support face-to-face interactions
4. Next, explore how each of the Collaboration Audit statements match up to these three essentials:
- Statements 1,2,3,4,5 measure ?climate of trust?
- Statements 6,7,8,9,10 measure ?facilitate positive interdependence?
- Statements 11,12,13,14,15 measure ?support face to face interactions?
Facilitator Note: You could give each person an audit and have them total scores. However to facilitate group collaboration, I prefer to print the audit on 18x24 paper and bring the group together around the audit as they discuss the statements.
Collaboration Audit
Developed by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
Rate the extent to which you agree or disagree that each statement describes the actions of people in your organization. Use the following scale to indicate your level of agreement or disagreement.
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|Neither Disagree nor Agree
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Around here, people...
_____ 1. Act in a trustworthy and trusting manner.
_____ 2. Ask others for help and assistance when needed.
_____ 3. Treat others with dignity and respect.
_____ 4. Talk openly about their feelings.
_____ 5. Listen attentively to the opinions of others.
_____ 6. Express clarity about the group's goal.
_____ 7. Make personal sacrifices to meet a larger group goal.
_____ 8. Can rely on each other.
_____ 9. Pitch in to help when others are busy or running behind.
_____ 10. Give credit to others for their contributions.
_____ 11. Interact with each other on a regular basis.
_____ 12. Treat every relationship as if it will last for a lifetime, even if it won't.
_____ 13. Make it their business to introduce their colleagues to people who can help them succeed.
_____ 14. Freely pass along information that might be useful to others.
_____ 15. Relate well to people of diverse backgrounds and interests.
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When We Knew We Were Feminists
Edited by Courtney E. Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan
When did you know you were a feminist? Whether it happened at school, at work, while watching TV, or reading a book, many of us can point to a particular moment when we knew we were feminists. In Click a range of writers—including Jessica Valenti, Alissa Quart, Amy Richards, Shelby Knox, and Jennifer Baumgardner—share stories about how that moment took shape for them. Through these diverse narratives, editors Courtney E. Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan tackle the questions of what makes a feminist, what it means to be one, and how that identity shifts and grows over time—and they emerge with an honest picture of the role of feminism in the lives of young people today.
Sometimes emotional, sometimes hilarious, this collection gives young writers who already identify with the feminist movement the opportunity to be heard—and it welcomes into the fold those new to the still-developing story of feminism.
Salon.com Q&A with J. Courtney Sullivan:
Q: Based on the essays, it seems that people develop their feminist beliefs gradually but the actual act of taking ownership of the word is a lot more sudden and weighted than, for example, the first time they call themselves a Democrat. Why is that?
A: It can be a loaded term. I know a lot of women who embody what it means to be a feminist but do not want to use that word. The misperceptions about what it's all about have gotten into their heads. To me, it's hugely important to claim the word, because it makes you a part of something. It makes you a part of this bigger community, which is a powerful thing.
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"You know how little kids say, 'It's not fair!' and 'You are not the boss of me!" That innate sense of fairness is the earliest source of every revolution—including feminism. As more little girls grow up without being schooled or shamed out of this sense, more women, and many men, too, are having "Clicks!" Read this diverse, touching, and entertaining anthology of Click! stories to find a fairness that is all your own."—Gloria Steinem


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Tests for Structural Change and Prediction Intervals for the Reduced Forms of Two Structural Models of the U.S.: The FRB-MIT and Michigan Quarterly Models
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Prediction interval tests are applied to the reduced forms of two quarterly models of the U.S. (the "old" FRB-MIT model and the Michigan model). The results illustrate the range of tests one can perform on an estimated simultaneous equation model. In particular, the tests determine whether ex post forecast errors can be attributed to structural deficiencies of the models. The paper examines confidence regions and other aspects of forecast distributions-comparisons between mean forecasts and nonstochastic forecasts, comparisons between, forecast variances from multiperiod endogenous simulations and those from one period simulations, and comparisons between forecast variances and residual variances.
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I have always driven Honda, Acura vehicles and I don't baby them. I have used these tires on several occasions, because they are cheap, and for the most part they handle good in the dry Texas climate. The tread wear is terrible. I put a set of these on my Acura TL 6-speed and they lasted all of 17k miles. I drive my cars relatively hard, but I don't burn out or drift. These tires are good in dry conditions, however, they are terrible in the rain. I do a lot of highway driving, and I have to reduce my speed by at least 10mph in order to not slide all over the road. I bought a set of falken azenis pt-722 for my new rims, but they ordered the wrong size so these were the only thing they have in stock. I went ahead and had them install them. Bad idea. I called Discount Tire and they told me to bring them back and they would put the falcons on. This is why I will only buy tires from Discount Tire. They care. So in closing, not such a good tire. If you can afford a little more, get something different... If not, get these and replace them in a year.
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Excellent tire! Sustained 180kph no problem. Confidence inspiring & razor sharp response. Good even treadwear! Had them to the wear bars & just replaced with Falken 912, I like the Ecsta ASX better.
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The idea that the 1990s were a lost decade for B.C., 10 years of economic rack and ruin under the NDP, has been a constant theme in Liberal attacks.
As the campaigning intensifies in advance of the May 2013 general election, the pitch now is that British Columbians can't afford to let a new NDP government take us back to that dismal decade.
But a different storyline has now been delivered by a surprising source, the Business Council of British Columbia. An economic review that looks at the '80s under Social Credit, the '90s under the NDP, and the first decade of the 21st century under the Liberals produced a blizzard of statistics that will no doubt be interpreted differently by the Liberals and New Democrats.
Only the most blinkered, partisan review, however, could conclude that the '90s were fundamentally worse than the '80s or even the decade after Liberal leader Gordon Campbell swept to power in 2001.
The statistical review shows that the '90s were high growth relative to the decades on either side. The economy grew faster, jobs were created at a higher rate and exports grew faster than in either the '80s or '00s.
I'm cherry-picking these aspects just as I'm sure politicians will do when they tell their version. The actual picture is more complicated and open to interpretation. But while arguments will rage over the net effects, there is no sign of a lost decade.
The growth of the economy in the '90s was driven in part by population growth. The average GDP growth was higher at 2.72 per cent per year in the '90s than in the '80s at 2.12 per cent or the '00s at 2.36 per cent. However, the growth per capita, each individual's share of the growth, was higher under the Liberals at 1.2 per cent compared to just .65 per cent under the NDP.
The growing population may also have been primarily responsible for the high rate of job growth in the '90s. The unemployment rate was lower under the Liberals, but it was also falling across the rest of the country.
One of the political questions out of all of this will be how much the government of the day was responsible for what did or did not happen.
The business council economists do compare how B.C. performed versus the rest of the country. On that basis, even though growth was slower under the Liberals than under the NDP, B.C. was outpacing the rest of the country. In the '90s, a period of high growth in Canada and the U.S., B.C. was falling slowly behind.
While the Liberal spin on that is that the NDP took the shine off what should have been a decade of stellar growth, there were other factors at play then just as there are now. The forest industry in B.C. was continuing a decline that began a decade earlier. Commodity prices were down and the economies with which we are being compared were booming.
The Liberals benefited from a commodity boom, while manufacturing declined in the east.
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But in investment growth in machinery and equipment — an area that based on their rhetoric I would have expected the Liberals to do vastly better than the New Democrats — the pace has fallen under the Liberals.
None of this is proof that the NDP did a better job than the Liberals or vice versa. As the business council economists caution in the introduction to their report, B.C. is a small market and the province's well-being is influenced as much by external factors, such as commodity prices or the value of the loonie, as it is by government policies here.
That's not to say the government doesn't matter to the economy. It's just that the difference it can make isn't as great as both Liberals and New Democrats will try to persuade us it is as they try to win our vote.
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Thanks for comments on the previous chapter. Along with Chapters 3, and 10, it was one of the ones I really enjoyed writing.
I normally try and write a Chapter every week, but have decided to take a rest this week (busy and tired from work). Based on my rough plot, which keeps changing each week as I write, it should be around a 60-80 chapter story.
Chapter 18 should be up in the next couple of days. In this chapter, Yeung Yin Siu meets Bak Fung Wan and the plot thickens with the arrival of another elite fighter who calls himslef, Ka Kim Mo, ie the 'Fake Swordsman'. Things also get interesting when Bak Fung Wan discovers that his daugther has fallen in love, just days before the urgent summit.