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The earliest known civilizations arose in Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq, Persia in modern day Iran, the Nile valley of Egypt, the Indus Valley region of modern-day Pakistan and North India, and the parallel development of Chinese civilizations in the Huang He and Yangtze River valleys of China.
Smaller civilizations arose in Elam in modern-day Iran, and on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea, as well as the Olmec civilization and the Caral civilization in modern-day Mexico and Peru.
The Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer is officially is believed to have begun around 4000-3500 BC. It ended at 2334 BC with the rise of Akkad, and is the world's first civilization.
The Egyptian civilization of the Nile Valley started at around 3200 BC. It ended at around 343 BC, at the start of the Achaemenid dynasty's control of Egypt. This is one of the three oldest civilizations in the world.
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Sunday, May 26, 2019
Jalie Patterns- Kate (3901) Gymnastic Leotard Review
Missy swims year-round and that means that she's in the pool at least three times a week. That also means that she goes through a lot of suits, she's tough on them and that her swimsuits need to not only fit well, but withstand the stress and frequency of lap swimming and swim team drills. These are all reasons why I love sewing swimsuits!
Kate (3901) Gymnastic Leotard is part of the new Jalie Sewing Patterns Spring Collection. By adding the width of the elastic in the arm and neckband, serging on and then flipping, I was able to modify the Jalie Sewing Patterns- Kate (3901) Gymnastic Leotard into a great swimsuit! It has great back and front coverage and fun front/back neckline detailing. I sewed up a size "O" graded to an "N"in custom fabric from Peek-a-Boo Fabric Shop.
Of course my little mermaid loves her new swimsuit and I'm happy to report that the Jalie Sewing Patterns- Kate (3901) Gymnastic Leotard (as a swimsuit) passed the swim team practice test! ;)
***Disclosure: "I received a free pattern in order to review this pattern for Jalie Sewing Patterns. The opinions expressed here are my own."***
Jalie Patterns- Nicole (3903) Mock Neck Top and Shift Dress Review
Last, but not least, a Jalie Sewing Patterns sew for ME! Jalie Sewing Patterns-Nicole (3903) Mock Neck Top and Shift Dress is part of their new Spring Collection. This simple top/dress pattern is the perfect base to create a wonderful me-made wardrobe!
I sewed up a size "U" Jalie Sewing Patterns-Nicole (3903) Top in cotton lycra (I believe that i got this lovely floral in a box-o-pretties from Purpleseamstress Fabrics awhile back). I did shorten the top to account for my height (5'-0"). The bust darts really help in giving the pattern shape and sets it apart from all other t-shirt patterns. The sloping of the armcyce is perfect- no gathers or creases of an ill-fitting garment, here! I can't WAIT to sew it up as a dress!
***Disclosure: "I received a free pattern in order to review this pattern for Jalie Sewing Patterns. The opinions expressed here are my own."***
Jalie Patterns- Nikita (3902) Workout Singlet and Swing Dress Review
It's springtime and my favorite Canadian PDF sewing pattern company, Jalie Sewing Patterns, is releasing their newest collection. Today, I'm showcasing the Jalie Sewing Patterns- Nikita (3902) Workout Singlet and Swing Dress.
I sewed up a size "O" open back top. I used some thin jersey knit (found at Hobby Lobby) for the front and cotton lycra from Purpleseamstress Fabrics for the rest of the top. I love the detailing in this pattern! The racerback and cut-out opening look impressive but are easy to achieve (I promise!). The wrap-around back and slit sides give the top dimension and make it easy for the wearer to move. The Jalie Sewing Patterns- Nikita (3902) Workout Singlet and Swing Dress is the perfect top or dress for working out and upcoming hot summer months!
As with all Jalie Sewing Patterns, 27 sizes are included in the price of just one pattern! Each pattern includes measurement and yardage charts. Step-by-step illustrated instructions make the pattern easy to understand (plus, you can always read the full instructions BEFORE purchasing, on their website!).
Also, I wanted to mention that I paired the Jalie Sewing Patterns- Nikita (3902) Workout Singlet and Swing Dress with the Jalie Sewing Patterns Clara (3887) High -waisted Leggings and Julia (3886) Bralette. Can (I just say that the Jalie Sewing Patterns Clara (3887) High -waisted Leggings are AHHHHH-MAAAAZING.....!?!??!?!??!?! I LOVE that the Jalie Sewing Patterns Clara (3887) High -waisted Leggings do NOT have a front seam and the contoured waist and gusset construction are the perfect fit!)
***Disclosure: "I received a free pattern in order to review this pattern for Jalie Sewing Patterns. The opinions expressed here are my own."***
Categories Jalie, Sewing, Sewing Ambassadors, Sewing Pattern Testing
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Basically Jalie Blog Tour- Swim Basics
Posted by Heather at Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11 comments
#3889 (Melanie Kimono) and #3134 (Racerback Swimsuit)
Hello, lovely readers and welcome to my stop on the Basically Jalie Blog Tour! The Basically Jalie Blog Tour features over twenty bloggers, over the course of a week, using Jalie patterns as a wardrobe staple. Since February is my daughter's birthday month (!!) and since my daughter also swims competitively, we took Jalie to the pool! :)
Today, I'm featuring the #3889 (Melanie Kimono) and #3134 (Racerback Swimsuit). One of the (many) reasons that I love to sew up Jalie patterns is the fact that all Jalie patterns include 27 sizes- from toddler size 2 all the way to women's size 22 (US). That's a HUGE size range included in the price of one pattern. For a point of reference, I sewed up a size "O" in both patterns.
#3134 (Racerback Swimsuit)
For the #3134 (Racerback Swimsuit), I didn't deviate from the pattern. I also didn't include the optional piping. Swimsuits (in general), can be difficult and time-consuming to piece together and sew. However, I find them greatly satisfying once completed. Plus, if I'm really honest, I really love the fact that I don't have to iron/press anything when sewing with swim fabric (haha!). ;-)
#3889 (Melanie Kimono)
For the #3889 (Melanie Kimono), I used a thick, mystery, border knit (I know, I know- the pattern suggests drapey wovens- I'm a rebel ;-). The fabric is a mix between a french terry and maybe a type of not-so-stretchy sweatshirt material- perfect for a chilly swimmer getting out of the pool, in between heats. Because I was cutting around that GORGEOUS border print, I did have to piece together the belt and I used ribbon for the belt loops. I LOVE how the Melanie Kimono came together- enclosed neckline seams and easy-to-wear drop shoulder sleeves.
Also, thanks to my sew sister Ti, of Simply by Ti, I want to highlight the great swim fabric that I received from her online shop. The black and pink swimsuit fabric is thick and sturdy- just want you need in swim material. It was easy to sew up and didn't fall apart while assembling and sewing. Shipping from Simply by Ti (WY) to myself (NC) was fast and prompt. I would defiantly order from Simply by Ti, again.
#3889 (Melanie Kimono) and #3134 (Racerback Swimsuit)
So, whether you are sewing for everyday, or, for a specific sport such a swimming; Jalie patterns are a great option! If you go to their website, you can even go ahead and read through the instructions BEFORE purchasing (and, remember, each pattern includes a huge size range of 27 sizes). Feel free to be inspired by the other bloggers and sewists on the Basically Jalie Blog Tour by checking out their links, below. Happy Sewing!
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Be sure to visit these talented sewing bloggers during the tour:
Wednesday, Feb 6 - The Petite Sewist | auschick sews | Replicate then Deviate | Deepika Blogs
Thursday, Feb 7 - Sew What Yvette | Sew Cucio | Shalini's Sewing Space | Curtiepie | A Jennuine Life
Friday, Feb 8 - SeamsLikeStyle | It's Liesel | SewSophieLynn | Danvillegirl Sewing Diary | Skirt Fixation
Monday, Feb 11 - The Crafting Fiend | Sprouting JubeJube | its sew colorful | Diskordia's Curvy Sewing
Tuesday, Feb 12 - All Things Katy! | BigFlyNotions | needle and the belle | Zoopolis
Categories Jalie, Sewing, Swimming Lessons
Friday, December 21, 2018
Jalie Sewing Patterns- FREE Yoko Square Roll-Neck Top
Posted by Heather at Friday, December 21, 2018 0 comments
Hello, Sewing Machine... how I've missed you! After a crazy, chaotic fall full of back to school, a trip to Disney (where Hubs ran his first half marathon), a family medical emergency, buying a house and MOVING... I'm back at the sewing machine in my new, big, gorgeous, bright sewing room!
Jalie Sewing Patterns, Yoko Square Roll-Neck Top
Today, I have something fun to share with you- the Jalie Sewing Patterns, Yoko Square Roll-Neck Top. This beginner (and figure) friendly PDF sewing pattern is brought to you for FREE by Jalie Sewing Patterns... that's right...FREE!! (Pssst.... if you've never tried Jalie Sewing Patterns, this is the perfect opportunity to try them out- you won't be disappointed!)
The Jalie Yoko Square Roll-Neck Top comes in the standard Jalie wide range of sizes (2y-2XL), features a drop shoulder and fitted turtleneck and sleeves.
Jalie Sewing Patterns, Yoko Square Roll-Neck Top- Turtleneck Detail
After consulting the included body measurement chart, I sewed up a size "T" (approximately equivalent to USA Size 6). I used cotton lycra for the turtleneck, a flowy, mystery poly-rayon from my stash for the body and a nice, lightweight rayon spandex for the sleeves.
Jalie Sewing Patterns, Yoko Square Roll-Neck Top
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Made for Mermaids Back To School Blog Tour
Posted by Heather at Tuesday, July 31, 2018 0 comments
Good-bye, July! Hello August! It's hard to believe, but Missy only has one more month of summer lovin' and then it's BACK TO SCHOOL as a big, smart THIRD GRADER!! It's crazy how fast this summer flew by!
Missy's had a growth spurt, this summer- she now wears the same size shoe as I do...!!! So, I needed to make some fun, durable play clothes for school. The Made for Mermaids Bonny Leggings, paired with the Made for Mermaids Paige Piko Top, make the perfect everyday school outfit!
For a point of reference, both garments are a size ten. The Made for Mermaids Bonny Leggings are shorties length sewn out of cotton lycra from one of my favorite online fabric shops, Purpleseamstress Fabrics. The Made for Mermaids Paige Piko Top is the curved hem tunic length, half sleeve, out of mystery knit bought at Hancock Fabrics (eons, ago). Instead of knit binding on the Paige Piko Top, I used 1/2" picot elastic from Pretty Posh Prints.
Both patterns are easy to sew, comfy to wear and they are in regular rotation on my sewing machine. Plus, did I mention that BOTH patterns are FREE?!?! Yay!!
Now, to tackle that darn school supply list....!! ;-P
While you're perusing the school supplies at Wal-Mart, go ahead and check out these other talented bloggers/sewists and their Made for Mermaids Back to School makes!
Categories Blog Tour, Education, Made For Mermaids
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Love Notions Summer Lace Tour
Posted by Heather at Thursday, July 12, 2018 0 comments
I chose to sew up the Love Notions Rockford Raglan. For a point of reference, I sewed up a size Small, standard bust (this pattern also includes pattern PIECES for full bust), tunic length, 3/4 sleeve Love Notions Rockford Raglan. I did NOT adjust for my height (5'-0") because I wanted to wear it as a fun, casual tunic. I used rayon spandex for the body of the Love Notions Rockford Raglan and PRINTED lace cotton lycra for the sleeves. I also added 1 1/4" stretch lace trim to the bottom hem of the tunic. Sew fun!
Now, go ahead and check out the other talented Love Notions Summer Lace Tour stops- lots of fun tips and tricks to show you how to add lace to your favorite Love Notions pattern.
Monday: Sewing Curves SewSophieLynn Kainara Stitches Tuesday: doodlenumber5 My Heart Will Sew On Third Shift Creations Wednesday: Princesse et tresors Phat Quarters Thursday: All Things Katy! Back40life Friday: Sew Like a Sloth Very Blissful Seamly Behaviour
Monday: Sewing Curves SewSophieLynn Kainara Stitches Tuesday: doodlenumber5 My Heart Will Sew On Third Shift Creations Wednesday: Princesse et tresors Phat Quarters Thursday: All Things Katy! Back40life,Sprouting JubeJube Friday: Sew Like a Sloth Very Blissful Seamly Behaviour
***Disclosure: "I received a free pattern in order to review this pattern for Love Notions. The opinions expressed here are my own."***
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Friday's trade was generally supportive for grains but a profit taking selloff in the soybeans had the November contract 8 ¼ cents lower on the close. December corn closed 8 ¼ cents higher at $7.82 and December wheat 22 ¼ cents higher at $9.24 ¼.
Follow through strength from the weak dollar and strong outside markets helped grains start the day sharply higher. The Fed's decision to extend their QE program has undoubtedly been the catalyst for the falling dollar over the past two trading sessions. Crude oil was also sharply higher partly from the weak dollar and partly from the unrest in the Middle East.
We can see from today's Commitment of Traders Report that the managed have been lightly reducing their net long soybean and corn positions as of Tuesday. Keep in mind this does not include numbers from Wednesday's USDA report.
The biggest surprise to the market was the new crop corn yield of 122.8 with unchanged harvested acres (87.4 million). The average analyst estimate was 120.6 with 86.173 million acres. Naturally this resulted in a much higher US Corn Ending Stocks number at 733 million bushels (market estimate was 592 million).
Not only was the US corn carryout above expectations, the world carryout was another 3 million MTs more than the average guess. Even though these supply numbers are quite low, they were still above the expectations which is why we had a negative reaction on the report day. The EIA ethanol report was also a little "bearish" with lower production and higher stocks. Another aspect to consider is the negative technical formation December corn has right now.
Soybeans on the other hand obviously had a very positive reaction to the report. The report wasn't overly bullish from carryout as much as it was for US production. The market was calling for yields to drop to 35.5 bpa and the USDA September estimate was 35.3. The average analyst estimate for total US production was 2.657 billion bushels and the USDA came in at 2.634 billion. The US Soybean data was slightly "bullish" while the World supply was a little more than the market had anticipated. The USDA left South American production unchanged (Argentina at 55 MMTs and Brazil at 81 MMTs).
The USDA wheat supply estimates were generally higher than the market's expectations. The USDA did lower the Russian wheat crop by 4 MMTs but left the Australian and Canadian crops unchanged.
This report was not far-enough away from market expectations to create a large change of opinion going forward. The final stocks report for corn and soybeans may be the next major market mover at the end of the month. Please contact EHedger at 866-433-4371 if you would like to try our proprietary farm management software called AMMO. To learn more please visit www.ammoag.com.
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"We have found that people are just beginning to realize how versatile this material is," added Irving. "Its unique properties have allowed us to begin finding uses for it in situations where granite may have been too heavy or brittle. RVs, boats, planes, trains and automobiles – Granite Transformations means you are only limited by your imagination."
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With U.S. offices based in Miramar, Fla., Granite Transformations, a division of Trend USA, has facilities and showrooms around the world offering new and exciting alternatives to traditional countertops, backsplashes, floors and more. The first Granite Transformations franchise opened in 1996 in Perth, Australia. Consumer response to the revolutionary resurfacing process was overwhelming, resulting in growth across Australia and New Zealand. With the first U.S. offices opening in 2001, Granite Transformations now has nearly 100 showrooms across the United States with more showrooms opening every year. In 2004, the company began UK operations and is now also growing throughout Europe. In addition to easy installation and beautiful surfaces, the company also offers its customers the convenience of quality cabinet refacing.
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Alumni Hall, site of the faculty offices and campus chapel at Niagara University.
Today, colleges and universities, both public and
private, are beset by serious problems. It is an era
when many, drowning in a sea of red ink, are scrambling
desperately for state funds. And, in an attempt to
remain attractive to new students, many are giving them
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But at Niagara University, an institution with deep religious
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Some thoughts about Simon Reynolds' "Retromania"
Last week I attempted to jumpstart my brain after yet another mind numbing day pushing paper around an office, and attended a talk at the ICA, "Over and Over and Over and Over", which was essentially a launch for the new book by Simon Reynolds, "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction To Its Own Past".
The panel consisted of Reynolds; artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard; former member of Throbbing Gristle/current member of Chris and Cosey, Cosey Fanni Tutti; Professor of fashion history and theory, Caroline Evans, and was hosted by Rob Young, music writer.
I haven't read Reynolds' book yet, but from what I have gathered via the talk, and blurbs on his website, it seems his premise is that current music is obsessed with the past and wanting to replicate it, and is failing to offer anything new or original, and though the history of popular music harking back to bygone eras actually extends back a fair way, these days, the "past" seems so much more recent, folding back in on itself in closer and closer intervals.
He has written on his Retromania blog: "Is it a dearth of innovation that inspires the chronic nostalgia for the lost golden ages of rock's youth? Or have we become victims of our ever-expanding capacity to store, share and instantly access cultural data, a historically unprecedented phenomenon symbolized by the rise of the iPod and YouTube?".
I left the talk feeling irritated by the way Reynolds came across – he seemed to have a very whitebread way of thinking. He practically dismissed a member of the audience who mentioned grime as a challenge to his premise that there's nothing new, and when someone else suggested that maybe he's just not going to the right places to find new music, he seemed incredulous that there could be types of music not found on the internet that he wouldn't have access to.
Since the talk, I've read a few interviews with him, notably this one at the Quietus, and it seems that maybe he was just not making himself quite clear at the ICA – either that, or he's had a few epiphanies since last Thursday, because in this interview he does acknowledge other forms of music outside of the indie bubble as being innovative, and his focus seems to be less narrow.
One of the points that was brought up at the talk at the ICA but not very well explored, was made by fashion professor Caroline Evans. She seemed rather bemused by Simon Reynolds theory, and questioned his belief in time being so linear. Reynolds lamented that music should be much further ahead than it is, given that it's 2011. He contended that past genres had the power to shock, that new music used to be able to shake up the status quo in profound ways, but these days we seem to have slowed right down, content to repeat and regurgitate.
But as Evans pointed out, whose past is he talking about? Aren't different things happening for different groups of people at any one time? The idea that the past and future continues along one long line which can fold back directly upon itself smacks of only seeing the world through the eyepiece of the dominant culture, and it's a viewpoint that just doesn't make sense if you aren't Simon Reynolds (i.e if you're not a white, English, straight male music journalist – big assumption on my part regarding his identity obviously, but what I'm trying to say is that he has a certain viewpoint that seems to be reflected by the majority of music journalism at the moment, but does not necessarily resonate with everyone who reads this stuff).
Reynolds seemed fixated on the idea that everyone cares about a so-called "golden age of rock", that they all share the same feelings of nostalgia about it, but whose golden age is this? For a lot of people (I'm thinking of my own youth in the suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, and the people I knew), the kind of music that Reynolds is referring to possibly was not an experience everyone had growing up, even in a collective cultural consciousness way, therefore hearing it, or utilizing it "again" in current music, (I'm thinking, for example, of hip hop sampling), doesn't actually create a sense of nostalgia at all. It's almost more like using "found sound".
This all may sound a bit po-mo-there-are-multiple-realities-and-lived experiences…But well, it's actually true, and it gets slightly tedious when the same kinds of people who espouse these kinds of theories based on their own lives, privileged as they are to be living the dream of being a "regular guy", are held up as the gurus. I wouldn't have minded so much if the others on the panel vehemently disagreed with him (Caroline Evans seemed to disagree, but she couldn't quite articulate why), or if people (i.e music media) would stop with the veneration of Simon Reynolds.
For example the audience tittered somewhat at Caroline Evans' frustrated outburst that she didn't "get it", referring to Reynolds premise that there was a crisis in music. But I agreed. One of the problems I had with the talk is that it began with this premise already decided upon, that what he said was true…there was a crisis in music. By the end of the talk I was of the opinion that even if there was a crisis in current popular music (whatever we have decided that term could mean), it's quite obvious that this crisis isn't occuring for everyone, but we are all expected to agree with Reynolds' theory.
Host Rob Young brought up one of the examples of meta-music which is apparently mentioned in "Retromania" – Kanye West's "Stronger", which samples Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", a song which in turn samples Edwin Birdsong's "Cola Bottle Baby". While the phenomena of this song could be viewed as some crraaazzy kind of layering, folding, retro-origami thing, I couldn't help but think, but hasn't hip hop sampled forever? It's not a new nostalgia trip that this genre is on, unless you see the whole genre as being stuck in this groove forever, but I'm pretty sure even Reynolds doesn't regard the birth of hip hop as something derivative. So whose crisis is this?
I'm not saying that Reynolds' theories don't make sense, they do, and is depressing to see old bands reform and millions of box sets come out in different kinds of packaging (and here I sit typing this wearing a Joy Division tshirt) but what I take umbrage to is the kind of universality that is being afforded this so called "crisis".
One member of the audience suggested that Reynolds was just feeling sore because his generation are no longer the economic power pushing the music industry along…suggesting he was maybe a bit past it, and should move over and make way for the kids.
Given that I do acknowledge that there is a bit of a retro approach going on in some areas of music today, I think it's important to point out that there are other positive reasons why this might be happening, that don't have anything to do with a lack of creativity, or even the financial imperative to shift units and therefore appeal to people's nostalgia. If you listen to a band like Trash Kit for example, you'll be able to hear a raft of queer/feminist post punk influences from the 70s and 80s. However, rather than making you yawn, Trash Kit (and other bands like them) inspire you to research this history which is less than obvious and yes, thanks to youtube etc it is now more accessible. This is not nostalgia, it's a friggen public service to the rest of us. This so-called timeline that Reynolds is saying can so easily drawn through current alternative/mainstream indie music is only just starting to be done with Trash Kit and their contemporaries and predecessors, and it's a privilege to be sick of this so called looking-back.
Reynolds does accede that there is good new music out there, (an idea that Cosey Fanny Tutti outright shat on, calling much current music a pointless assault, unlike Trobbing Gristle which she presumably considers assault with a point), and I do realise that he has stated he has no problem with music being influenced by and building on the past. But I was just struck at how many different angles this issue of so-called "retromania" can be looked at from, and feel annoyed that angles don't generally present for "good clear music journalism" and aren't presented as the norm. I think a comment that a woman in the audience made kind of sums up how I feel: at one point Reynolds' mused that perhaps he is asking too much, that perhaps music is music and if it ain't broke, why fix it, citing a comment someone he knew made about a chair being a chair, so why reinvent it…But the woman in the audience said that she knew someone who was growing a chair out of the ground, who grew their own clothes…The chair & the clothes still function the same, but it's the angle that you look at them from that makes the difference, the way in which you approach the idea.
Will there be a time when male music critics are no longer upheld as the last word on music criticism? No doubt. While you're holding your breath, check out my latest blog discovery Feminist Music Geek. Her most recent blog entry is a review of a new book Vinyl Deeps collecting writing by Ellen Willis, pop critic.
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More than 40 years after the Miami Dolphins completed their perfect season, President Barack Obama proudly welcomed "the only undefeated, untied team in NFL history to the White House for the very first time" on Tuesday.
"Give it up for the 1972 Miami Dolphins!" Obama said to cheers.
The president hosted legendary coach Don Shula and team members in a East Room ceremony that began shortly after 2 p.m.
"I know it's a little unorthodox four decades after the fact, but these guys never got their White House visit after winning Super Bowl VII," Obama said. "You know, some of them are a little harder to recognize these days. You know, they don't have the Afros, or the mutton chops, the Fu Manchus."
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In just their seventh season in franchise history, the Dolphins avenged a loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the previous season's Super Bowl by winning every game on its schedule then breezing through the playoffs en route to a 14-7 win over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.
Obama said the Dolphins players had "an incredible impact" on him.
"In 1972, these guys were a juggernaut. They had a grinding running game that wore opponents down. They became the first team ever with two 1,000-yard rushers. They had the league's best offense. They had the league's best defense. They posted three shutouts," Obama said. "They doubled the score of their opponents eight times. And they did most of it after their outstanding Pro Bowl starting quarterback, Bob Griese, broke his leg in Week 5."
He was replaced by the backup QB Obama jokingly referred to as Earl "Old Bones" Morrall, who did not attend Tuesday's ceremony.
"As one teammate later said, 'Earl couldn't run and he couldn't throw.' But Earl could win, and that's what he and the Dolphins did again and again and again," Obama said.
Forbes: Miami Dolphins Worth 'Only' $1.07 Billion
Counting the regular season and postseason, they went 17-0. Nobody can argue with the team's record, even though it only played 14 regular season games, Obama said.
Obama referred to when he hosted the 1985 Chicago Bears, who had also missed their White House visit, and how at the time he called them "the greatest team ever."
"But, I mean, take it with a grain of salt," Obama said to laughs. "The Bears lost once in their nearly perfect season. It happened to be to the Dolphins."
Shula picked up on that when he presented Obama with a Dolphins jersey signed by team members that said "Undefeated" with the number 72.
"This is something that we hope that you find a good spot for somewhere in your office and where you can look at it and think about the whipping that we put on that '85 (Bears) team," the Hall of Fame coach said as the audience laughed.
Dolphins Release Kicker Dan Carpenter
The 1972 team featured a number of future Hall of Famers, including Griese, RB Larry Csonka, WR Paul Warfield, OL Larry Little, and Shula. Csonka and Mercury Morris became the first RB tandem to each top 1,000 yards rushing in a season.
Nine players on the team made the Pro Bowl: Csonka, Morris, Warfield, Little, OL Norm Evans, LB Nick Buoniconti, DE Bill Stanfill, S Dick Anderson and S Jake Scott. Stanfill, Anderson, and QB Earl Morrall (who subbed for an injured Griese for most of the season) were named 1st-team All-Pro.
Tuesday was the first time the '72 Dolphins made the trip to the White House. It has been noted that then-President Richard Nixon was mired in the Watergate scandal in 1973 after Miami won Super Bowl VII. Obama pointed out, however, that Super Bowl champion teams did not start visiting the White House until after 1980.
"The entire Miami Dolphin organization is very excited and appreciative that the 1972 'Perfect Season' team is going to be honored by President Obama at the White House," Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said in a statement released by the team last week. "By going undefeated all year en route to a Super Bowl championship, the '72 Dolphins reached the pinnacle of sports achievement and set a standard for excellence that has yet to be duplicated."


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The Northside ISD Police Department operates 24-hours a day and is dedicated to the safety and welfare of all students, faculty, staff and visitors of the District and the protection of District property. The Department works closely with all local municipal police departments, state and Federal agencies, and other school district police departments in the Bexar County area. The NISD Police Department consists of state Licensed Peace Officers and civilian employees who provide office support and 24-hour dispatch.
Northside Police Officers are involved in the classroom as well as the community. In addition, the Department plays an important role in helping the District maintain its commitment to the community and staff by providing speakers to PTAs, citizen organizations, and faculty groups.
The Northside Police Department's jurisdiction includes all the geographical territory within the boundaries of the District's 355 square miles, as well as on any property outside the District that is owned, leased or otherwise under the control of the Board of Trustees.
The mission of the Northside Independent School District, a dynamic, growing, culturally diverse public educational system committed to the belief that children come first, is to encourage each student to strive for personal excellence and to ensure all students develop intellectually, and learn to function, contribute and compete as responsible individuals in an ever-changing world, to be accomplished through challenging learning experiences provided by superior educators in partnership with parents and the community in a climate of cooperation and mutual respect.
The Northside ISD Police Department supports this mission by aiding in the development and implementation of a well-defined plan to promote discipline and safety and to prevent drugs and violence on our campuses.
Racial profiling policy
It is the policy of this department to police in a proactive manner and to aggressively investigate suspected violations of the law. Officers shall actively enforce state and Federal laws in a responsible and professional manner without regard to race, ethnicity or national origin. Officers are strictly prohibited from engaging in racial profiling (Article 2.131, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure).
This department accepts complaints from any person who believes that he or she has been stopped or searched based on racial, ethnic or national origin profiling. No person shall be discouraged, intimidated or coerced from filing a complaint, nor discriminated against because he or she filed such a complaint. Complaints may be initiated in person or by phone at the office listed below during regular business hours.
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The Adobe Creative Residency empowers talented individuals to spend a year focusing on a personal creative project, while sharing their experience and process with the creative community. Meet Adobe's 2019 residents — up-and-coming creative leaders who are eager to share their work and ideas with others.
UX/UI designer
Seattle, Washington
Working at the intersection of food, sustainability, and UI/UX, Julie will explore how human-centered design solutions can inspire a circular food system. During her residency, she will conduct research and engage with thought leaders to create a design series focused on preventing, repurposing, and redirecting food waste. Along the way, she's excited to share her design process with the community to inspire others to redesign the world around us. Post-residency, she wants to work as an Experience Designer leveraging emerging technologies to build a better tomorrow.
UX/UI designer
Berlin, Germany
Patricia is exploring the city of the future and how new technologies like AI, voice control, and augmented reality will change our interfaces and design decisions. She's focusing on the areas of new work, living, and mobility, and she's sharing every step of her design process to get people excited about the possibilities of UX design. Post-residency, she'd like to work with companies that share her passions for problem-solving and using new technologies to benefit society.
Interaction & Experiential Designer
Kyoto, Japan
Takuma is spending his residency developing interactive and experiential installations. He's showcasing the possibilities of using Adobe tools to develop new experiences, and he's improving his work by collaborating with artists in different fields. Along the way, he's sharing his ideas and design processes with the creative community. He'd like his work to enhance people's imaginations so that, one day, he can take part in developing world-changing experiences.
Sherborne, U.K.
Octavia is spending her year creating illustrations related to the theme of The Joyful Everyday — the idea that happiness can be found in the minutiae of daily life. She's sharing her progress via studio vlogs, blog posts, and social media updates. In the future, she'd like to turn her obsession with stationery into an original line of illustrated greeting cards. She also hopes to do more international editorial work and build a beautiful, honest brand that connects with people.
Tokyo, Japan
During her residency year, Aiko is creating a pop-up book that brings together analog and digital illustrations with augmented reality (AR). She's also offering design workshops and online tutorials to engage with the creative community. Ultimately, she hopes to publish her magical book, and she'd also like to work with luxury brands and innovative companies that align with her aesthetic approach.
New York, New York
Passionate about storytelling, Tyler is creating a video series that shares his experiences as an emerging artist alongside the experiences of established artists who are navigating their influence. He's posting to Instagram and YouTube each day to bring the community into his creative process. In the future, he hopes to keep telling stories that help people feel less intimidated at the prospect of following their dreams.
Munich, Germany
For her project, Seeing Music, Amelie is working with musicians to visualize their lyrics in the form of surreal artistic scenes. As she builds backgrounds and props, poses the musicians, and creates her artwork, she's sharing her creative process from start to finish on social media. Her future plans include finding representation for her art and photography, creative-directing music videos and short films, and being hired by theaters, musicians, and actors to visualize their ideas in photos.
Graphic designer, photographer, & videographer
Miami, Florida
Cyn is working to help aspiring artists understand the mindset and practice of visual storytelling. She's creating a visual methodology that will cultivate one-on-one learning experiences and empower artists in the realms of photography, graphic design, and videography. She hopes to create an educational movement within social media to enrich the content we absorb, and she'd like to create an academic resource as well. Longer-term, she'd like to focus on philanthropic efforts to create stories that illuminate the culture of the streets.
Photographer & designer
New York, New York
Juan Jose's Impossible Stories project is a series of images from daily life that are manipulated to create a fictional reality. His residency is enabling him to share his creative process, get feedback from the community, and expand his storytelling tools and techniques. In a few years, he'd like to be a creative director whose focus is on making ideas visually tangible.
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I'm starting and ending the week with chocolate.
Chocolates ruled my childhood but among the scores of brown bars and silver wrappers scattered in my memory, one gold tin sticks out.
From an overhead view, the tin's top was the shape of a cocoa bean, its body extending down and straightening into a slim line before distending into an oval shape once again to round out its base. Gilded in gold, I always had to ask for help to pop the top, effectively negating the possibility of private pig-out sessions.
It's a tin of Van Houten chocolates, an assortment of chocolate-covered almonds, hazelnuts, and raisins. As a kid, I didn't care for nuts so I always rooted around for the smallest chocolates, those were the ones with raisins. When those ran out, I'd nibble around the edges of the other chocolates and then thrown them back into the tin once I'd eaten through to the nutty center, something my parents weren't at all amused by.
I forgot about Van Houten chocolates as I grew up and my food and chocolate universe expanded too. Then, not too long ago, I'm scouting around the supermarket – doing a reconnaissance, if you will, for new food to feed on. I see some unfamiliar brown packaging in the chocolate aisle and let out an involuntary whoop when I see the label: Van Houten.
This isn't the tin but bars and packs of promised pleasures: Milk chocolate and semisweet chocolate in their unadorned essence or enrobing nuts, familiar friends from that tin of long ago: hazelnuts, roasted almonds, and raisins too. I'm goggle-eyed at what I see before me, and because I have no restraint when it comes to all things sweet, I buy two of every Van Houten variant available.
In the checkout line, I marvel at the packaging, sleek and smooth with the brand's characteristic gold-gilded lining. Unconsciously, I bring a bar up to my nose and inhale deeply, willing a fragrance to reveal itself to me. I catch sight of a young girl across another counter shooting me a queer look. Conscious now, I put the bar down and turn away, chuckling.
At home, I lay my prizes down, willing myself to calm down, slow down. Impossible.
Almonds in chocolate: texturally rocky, totally dreamy.
I rip into each packaging. Visually, the almonds are a striking contrast to the chocolate, their tear-dropped shells are boats bobbing about in a bay of brown. The hazelnuts on the other hand, are enmeshed in an enthusiastic embrace with milk chocolate, their shelled, ivory exteriors illuminating a darkened interior. The bar's sheen is so brilliant that it catches my every fingerprint.
Because Van Houten is of European heritage, its milk chocolate is creamier and I daresay, stickier than an American chocolate. Pleasingly but not overly sweet, the chocolate coats my mouth before I bite down: the crunch of nuts is a bewitching contrast.
The semi sweet chocolate is deeper in color and flavor. Its increased cocoa mass makes it firmer and thus, it melts more slowly in the mouth. But its inherent smokiness is substantial and expansive, the perfect foil in a naked (no nuts) bar or of that awash in almonds.
The chocolate covered nuts and raisins of my childhood are now called dragées (drah-ZHAYS). I have yet to find the tin but this package suffices. Oh, what memories unfurl as I gaze at this unopened pack! Soon, the dragées are glinting, winking up at me: Hey girl, remember me? Long time no see.
I eat one variety of each nut (and one fruit) one at a time – size determines contents, and raisins are the smallest. The meaty grit of a whole almond, the butteriness of an entire hazelnut, the sweet ping of a raisin, all echoing in a contrast that mesmerizes, and a flavor that fuels memories of long ago.
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Terry Frei now covering Colorado State University for The Denver Post
Consider this an open letter to the Colorado State University constituency.
I've written a lot on CSU football and indeed many other Rams' athletic programs, both men's and women's, during my two stints in various roles at The Denver Post. During my hiatus, I even did a major piece on Sonny Lubick's revival of the program when I was with The Sporting News.
Also, in books and in the paper, I've written about CSU's World War II heroes, including Bus Bergman, Dude Dent, John Mosley of the Tuskegee Airmen, and Perry Blach. Former CSU student body president and football star Glenn Morris, who won the 1936 Olympic decathlon in Berlin and was perhaps the second-most celebrated athlete in the U.S. in the wake of the Games, is one of the title figures in my fact-based novel, Olympic Affair: Hitler's Siren and America's Hero.
So this isn't a cold introduction.
I didn't need a GPS to get to Fort Collins and I already knew where to stop for a cinnamon roll, either way.
This is a first, though: In the reconfigured sports department this fall, I will be the lead beat writer for CSU football and CSU sports, rather than what I was in the past — a generalist dropping in when needed to help out the beat writer, and also when the mood strikes me to write a feature or a column.
I'm looking forward to it.


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Lung cancer survivors experience long-term effects of breathlessness
With the growing number of long-term lung cancer survivors, research is needed to identify and address cancer survivorship issues. One of the most common and debilitating symptoms among lung cancer patients is dyspnea, or shortness of breath. As most studies of dyspnea have reviewed patients with active lung cancer or immediately after treatment, the prevalence of dyspnea over the long-term once treatment has been completed is not well characterized.
In a study featured in the August edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Marc B. Feinstein, MD describes the prevalence and severity of dyspnea in long-term lung cancer survivors and provides specific factors associated with the condition that may help clinicians target post-treatment rehabilitation strategies. Dr. Feinstein and fellow researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School surveyed 342 early-stage lung cancer survivors, who had their tumor removed within one to six years of the survey. Within this population of cancer survivors, dypsnea was found in 205 individuals (60 percent), nearly three-fold the number of patients who presented with dyspnea before their surgery (21 percent).
Additional findings showed that factors associated with long-term dyspnea in cancer survivors included presence of dyspnea before lung cancer surgery, reduced diffusion capacity (lung's ability to transfer oxygen into the blood) and lack of physical activity. Depression symptoms also were assessed, but were not very prevalent in the study sample (occurring among 10 percent of lung cancer survivors), but were nonetheless strongly associated with dyspnea.
"The identification of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with dyspnea is perhaps the most significant finding," affirms Marc Feinstein, MD, assistant attending physician in the Pulmonary Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. "This implies that strategies which improve physical activity or relieve depressive symptoms may results in improved breathlessness."
Researchers concluded that future research is needed to test whether screening and intervening for depression and physical inactivity among lung cancer survivors improves dyspnea is long-term lung cancer survivors.
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Colorado governor asks again for federal pot response
The Associated Press
Aspen, CO Colorado
DENVER – Colorado officials asked again Wednesday for a federal response to the state's recent marijuana legalization vote.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper said in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that Colorado needs a response "as soon as possible" about how the Justice Department will respond to Colorado's marijuana vote. Republican state Attorney General John Suthers also signed the letter.
Hickenlooper and Suthers reminded the Justice Department that while federal officials have maintained their right to enforce the Controlled Substances Act, the administration has also turned a blind eye to many medical marijuana users and sellers.
"We need to know whether we can expect any different posture regarding marijuana grown and distributed for recreational use," Hickenlooper and Suthers wrote. "Specifically, we need to know whether the federal government will take legal action to block implementation" of the marijuana measure, "or whether it will seek to prosecute grow and retail operations."
Voters in Colorado and Washington state voted last week to allow adults to possess small amounts of marijuana without a doctor's recommendation. So far, the Justice Department has said federal law stands, but that the measures are under review.
Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers also talked to Holder by telephone last week, with no signal whether the Justice Department would sue to block the marijuana measure.
On Tuesday, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire met with Deputy Attorney General James Cole in Washington, D.C. Gregoire reported that the federal government still hasn't decided whether to take action to block new laws legalizing marijuana.
In the Colorado letter, Hickenlooper and Suthers reminded the Justice Department of confusing signals about state employees who implement marijuana regulations.
U.S. attorneys in several states have cautioned that state employees implementing medical marijuana laws are subject to federal prosecution, but no charges have been brought. Colorado has an entire enforcement division within the state Department of Revenue overseeing the marijuana industry.
"We find no clear guidance on these issues," Hickenlooper and Suthers wrote.
A spokesman for Hickenlooper said there was no immediate response from the Justice Department..
Prosecutors in both states are already starting to act. At least three prosecutors in Washington state announced plans last week to drop criminal cases against adults facing possession in charges for small amounts of marijuana. And in Colorado on Wednesday, Boulder County became the first in Colorado to drop similar adult possession cases.
Boulder police Chief Mark Beckner told the Daily Camera newspaper his department would stop issuing tickets or making arrests for possession of marijuana less than an ounce and paraphernalia.
"We had already told our officers it was a waste of time to issue summonses for those offenses anyway, given the passage" of the marijuana measure, Beckner said.
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Many members of the community wrote to laud the former Skico executive and city councilman for his friendship, dedication to family and community-minded spirit over more than two decades in Aspen.


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Our Great American Patent System Is on the Verge of Being Destroyed!
"The Congress shall have the power...To promote the progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
--The United States Constitution, Article I. Section 8
PIA helped short-circuit HR 2795 the deadly Patent "Deform" (Reform) act of 2005 (109th Congress). The Anti- American innovation evil doers are still plotting to bring new anti-innovation legislation in the new Congress in 2007 (110th Congress) by way of House Bill HR 1908 and Senate Bill S 1145.
Help Us Defeat this new Threat to American Innovation! Donate to PIA (Professional Inventors Alliance)
BUT -- Despite the Constitution's protection for inventors, some members of Congress have been attempting to cripple America's 216-year-old patent system, the patent system that has made us the world leader in innovation and technology. They are planning to limit or eliminate the patent rights of individual, small business and academic inventors -- the most productive inventors in America and the world. We must not let them do this!
Who we are and why we're here:
The Professional Inventors Alliance was founded by Independent American inventors to let our fellow Americans know what is being attempted and what we MUST do to stop it.
Conserving the American Patent System is the only way to preserve our technological and economic future!
(This is not alarmist, this is serious and it is true!)
Some of the Testimony before the 109th Congress:
"Patents: Protecting Inventions
The patent system is a fundamental foundation of America's innovation based economy.
… Like any other part of the free enterprise system, the patent system offers economic incentive by allowing private ownership. In a way, this is no different than real estate. Private ownership of valuable assets is the basis for the American economy."
"Small inventors: America's Economic Engine
The leading component of America's invention output is driven by individual inventors, academic institutions and small and medium businesses."
".... Individuals and small businesses in aggregate have substantially more processor patents than Intel or IBM- -- indeed more than the two combined."
(our) "patent system exists to protect and encourage invention, not products."
"Small changes in patent law can, as an unintended consequence, have catastrophic effects."


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Take a look at the first screenshot set from Dark Souls II.
please fix targeting system, frame rate drops, and make the MP more like Demon's Souls. thanks!
Only problem with the game is frame rate drops...easily fixable..
Still waiting for Demon's Souls 2, but whatever, that's probably not gonna happen so, give me mah Dark Souls! Oh yeah!


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Lars Von Trier Gossip
Lars Von Trier gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Kirsten's Melancholia, Charlotte's bump
The last time Lars Von Trier came to Cannes, a lot of movie people stormed out the theatre, expressing disgust with Antichrist. He reacted as he does. Like people don't get him. Like an auteur misunderstood. Some would say that's how he gets off. And yesterday he pushed that too far. During a press conference for his new film Melancholia, which is receiving some very good reviews, and in competition this year, Von Trier first decided to publicly discuss Kirsten Dunst's struggle with depression, and then went off on a ramble about Jews and Nazis and Hitler. Full Story


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Mrs. Randyl Gavert joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2012. Prior to becoming a teacher she worked in publishing for several years as a managing director for Bantam Doubleday Dell, as well as being an ESL teacher. Mrs. Gavert graduated from Stern College with a BA in English. Two of her daughters are graduates of Tiferes Bais Yaakov.
Mrs. Tzvia Eisenberg teaches Grades 9 and 12 Safa. Her early teaching years were spent in Arizona and California, in both private and public schools. Upon returning to her native Toronto, she has been teaching for local day schools in both Limudei Kodesh and General Studies at the elementary level. She also teaches Remedial, and provides tutoring services. Mrs. Eisenberg holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Speech and Hearing and a Masters of Education in Special Education from Arizona State University. She is certified in the Feuerstein Method of Instrumental Enrichment (Level 1) and draws upon this learning in her work with students. As part of her community involvement, she is a mentor with Partners in Torah.
Mrs. Pazit Shukroon has been with Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2012 and is the Student Activities Coordinator. She also teaches a Hebrew Language course and a Chumash class. Mrs. Shukroon received her BA in Judaic Studies and Mathematics from the Teachers College of Bais Yaakov Scharansky in Tel Aviv, Israel. Following six years of teaching in Israel, at both the elementary and high school levels, Mrs. Shukroon moved with her family to Canada. Here she taught in a local day school for five years before joining the Tiferes Bais Yaakov family. In her role as Student Activities Coordinator, Mrs. Shukroon ensures that the students fulfill their Ministry of Education requirements for community service hours, coordinates Chesed activities, arranges Rosh Chodesh programs, plans Shabbatonim and liaises with outside organizations for all special programs. Her role is pivotal in promoting the values of Tiferes Bais Yaakov through Student Council and extracurricular activities.
Miss Aliza Shor is an alumna of TBY and joined as a staff member in 2018 teaching Grade 10 Academic Science. She is currently completing her Bachelors of Science in Nutrition and Food with a minor in Psychology at Ryerson University. She is passionate in teaching students biology, chemistry, and physics. Miss Shor has been involved with many chesed organizations – gaining relevant experiences in working with students with many differing abilities and exceptionalities. She worked as an occasional teacher at TBY in 2017 in both Chol and Limudei Kodesh subjects.
Mrs. Moran Sabbah teaches a Safa course and a Biur Tefillah class. Her first 5 years of marriage were spent in Jerusalem where she was trained as an outreach professional through the renowned Ner L'elef program, as well as the Aish HaTorah women's outreach program.
Miss Tali Lasarow is a Tiferes Bais Yaakov alumna and joined as a staff member in 2018. She attended Michlalah Jerusalem College where she received a Jewish Studies Teaching Certificate; she is currently completing her degree in Kinesiology at York University. She has professional development training from the Azrieli Foundation on Holocaust Education. Miss Lasarow is passionate about preparing students for their future roles as leaders in the community and preparing them for their post-secondary pathways. She is enthusiastic about teaching students cross-curricular skills and gaining an appreciation for Canadian History.
Mrs. Albana Kume joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2018 teaching Grade 12 Chemistry. She has experience teaching Biology, Math, Chemistry and General Science at the secondary and post-secondary level. She received her B.Sc. in Biology, M.Sc. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and M. Teaching in Secondary Education. In addition to her experiences in the education field, she has experiences in the scientific industry in virology and microbiology.
Rabbi Joshua Kaller is currently teaching Hashkafa for grades 10 and 11. In addition to his role at Tiferes Bais Yaakov, Rabbi Kaller is the Director of Professional Networks program at Aish Ha'Torah Toronto. He grew up in Florida and was looking to make a difference in the world from an early age. From a Corps Member, to his role as Advocacy Director of 'Be The Change Inc.', Rabbi Kaller has always pursued vehicles to make an impact on others. This involvement led Rabbi Kaller to found GatherTheJews.com, a grassroots community movement dedicated to educating
young Jewish professionals about local community activities in Washington, D.C. His desire to have a larger impact on the world directed Rabbi Kaller to American University where he received his J.D. Degree, with a focus on International Law, Human Rights, and Non-Profit Taxation, as well as a Masters in International Affairs. He then traveled to Israel where he attended Machon Shlomo Yeshiva and Rabbi Klein's Chabura for four years and subsequently moved to Toronto with his wife Shira, a TBY Alumna. Rabbi Kaller ran diverse programming at the Westmount Shul
for the past two years, including programs for families, young professionals as well as a business mentorship program.
Mrs. Rivkah Housfater joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2018 teaching grade 12 Advanced Functions and Calculus. She has previous experience teaching Mathematics at the University of Toronto and Bais Chomesh. Mrs. Housfater has a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Toronto, and a BA in Mathematics from the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
Mrs. Leah Handelsman graduated Bais Yaakov High School of Toronto in 2002. She then continued on to Israel where she learned at Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald's Seminary, Me'ohr Bais Yaakov in Yerushalayim where she received her Teaching Certificate. She began studying for a BA in Education in 2003 and assisted in a Kindergarten class at T.T.T. during that time. She then moved to Waterbury, Connecticut where she taught Grades 1 and 2, while giving shiurim to the ladies of Connecticut for a couple years. Israel was Mrs. Handelsman's next stop, where she continued to give shiurim to ladies on a variety of different topics. Upon her return to Toronto in 2010, she began teaching Chumash and Navi at TBY, as well as heading the Mishmeres Program for the entire student body.
Miss Elisheva Gottlieb is currently teaching Grade 9 Applied Science in Tiferes Bais Yaakov and has been with the school since 2017. As well, she is involved with the Student Success Team and works closely with individual students to develop strategies for their success in learning. She also teaches math in Bais Yaakov High School. She has a BA in Education from Talpiot College and has experience working with students with varying learning abilities in different classroom settings.
Miss Gabi Froom is an alumna of TBY and joined as a staff member in 2017. She attended Bnos Sarah Teacher's Seminary where she received her Teachers Certificate. Currently she is completing her BA in Psychology with a concentration in Education. Miss Froom runs the Chessed programs in school and teaches Grade 9 Halacha, Alt. Ed and SST classes.
Mrs. Shayna Breslow is a Tiferes Bais Yaakov alumna and feels honoured to have the opportunity to return in a teaching position. She attended Michlalah Jerusalem College where she received a Jewish Studies Teaching Certificate and then completed a BA in Psychology, a concurrent Bachelor's Degree in Education and a Masters of Education all from York University. She also earned an Additional Qualification in Special Education and is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Before joining the TBY team, she taught both Judaic and General studies at Eitz Chaim. She currently teaches Chumash, Safa, and Navi to various grades at Tiferes Bais Yaakov.
Mrs. Carah Babin has joined the Tiferes Bais Yaakov staff in 2018. She has been teaching for over 15 years. Mrs. Babin has taught at the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Harbourfront Centre and Centennial College. She has developed a curriculum for the City of Toronto and was a guest artist at Mayfield School for the Arts. Mrs. Babin has a B.A. in Art and Psychology from York University and Post Graduate in Art Therapy from the Toronto Art Therapy Association. She also holds a Post Graduate in Recreation Therapy from Centennial College. Mrs. Babin is teaching Learning
Strategies, Intro to Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology and Human Growth and Development. She is also passionate about incorporating technology into her teaching practices in order to enhance student engagement. When Mrs. Babin is not at TBY, she is busy with her private practice in Psychotherapy, volunteering for her shul and taking care of her daughter.
Mrs. Aura Woznica has been teaching Nutrition and Health at Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2011. She went to Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim for a year after high school. Upon her return, she received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nutrition and Food from Ryerson University.
Mrs. Sherri Wise has a BA in English and French Literature from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, a Master's in Education from OISE/U of T, and an MA in English from York University. She has taught English at the high school level since 1990 and served as General Studies Principal of Bnos Bais Yaakov from 2000 to 2005. She served as a Teaching Assistant at York for several years, teaching Writing and Shakespeare to undergraduates while working on her PhD. Mrs. Wise joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2013 and is delighted to be teaching two classes of Grades 10 and 12 English along with her roles as English Curriculum Leader and Senior Advisor.
Mrs. Shanie Warman joined the Tiferes Bais Yaakov staff in 2016. She taught and was a Rakezet at Michlalah Jerusalem College and Shaalvim for Women. She was the Assistant Director of Michlelet NCSY summer program. Mrs. Warman teaches Chumash, Biur Tefillah and Jewish History to various grades at Tiferes Bais Yaakov.
Mrs. Orly Turtel attended Michlalah Seminary in Israel prior to returning to Toronto and receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree from York University and a Masters in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School in Yeshiva University. Mrs. Turtel joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2008 and enjoys teaching Chumash and Navi subjects to her students.
Mrs. Shayne Train has been teaching Information Technology in Business (Computers) and Visual Art at Tiferes Bais Yaakov since September 2003. She is also the Coordinator of Educational Technology, a Curriculum Leader of Art, Computers and Physical Education and a member of the Professional Development Committee. Mrs. Train is a certified Art, English and Special Education educator and she also holds a diploma in Computer Programming. Tiferes Bais Yaakov awarded her a Teacher of Excellence Award in 2010 for her volunteer commitment to the school in the areas of Technology Integration, Faculty Professional Development and working with special needs students. Mrs. Train has developed the school's Resource Wiki (website) as well as an online gallery to showcase student websites and art. Her particular areas of interest are Educational Technology, Differentiated Instruction and Art.
Miss Leah Sutton graduated from the Masters of Teaching program at the University of Toronto, with specializations in English and Drama. She has a passion for Shakespeare, and she wrote her Masters thesis on the Relevance of Shakespeare and his plays in the classroom. After graduating from CHAT, Miss Sutton completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, Literature, and Theatre at McGill University. In addition to teaching, she also loves theatre, and acts in plays and musicals around the city. She joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2017 teaching Grade 9 Geography and Grade 9 and 10 English. Previously, she has worked at Eitz Chaim, where she taught English and social studies, and Bialik Hebrew Day School.
Miss Aliza Silverberg graduated from York University in 2016 with a BA in History and a Bachelors of Education. She is certified in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions, with teachable subjects in History and Social Sciences. Miss Silverberg joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2017 teaching Grade 9 English.
Mrs. Shani Sherman graduated with Honours from Prospect Park Bnos Leah High School, attended Darchei Binah Seminary in Israel, and then Queens College studying Nutrition/Dietetics. She started at Tiferes Bais Yaakov as a tutor in 2008 and began teaching Biology to Grade 11 and Chemistry to Grade 12 in 2010. Along with her time at Tiferes Bais Yaakov she also teaches the Bat Mitzvah program at Ahavat Yisrael Hebrew School, and has been tutoring since high school.
Mrs. Ruti Schochet has been teaching Chumash since 2011 at Tiferes Bais Yaakov. She is originally from Argentina and received her BA in Education from Michlelet Beth Rivka in Eretz Yisroel. Ruti has been teaching for over 16 years primarily in high school grades, first in Israel and then in Toronto.
Mrs. Fraidy Schachter joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2017 teaching Grade 12 Functions, Calculus, and Chemistry. She has previous experience teaching Math and Science in Bais Yaakov High School and Beis Chomesh. Mrs. Schachter earned her Masters degree in Physics, Thesis: Quantam Mechanics from Hunter College, Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from York University and a BA in Chemistry from Stern College Yeshiva University. With a solid background in mathematics and sciences, she develops in her students an appreciation for the material and how it explains the world around them. She prepares them for university with an introduction to higher level mathematical and scientific inquiry and communication.
Mrs. Racheli Rudner is an experienced Navi teacher and sought after speaker in our community. Her certification, Bachelor's Degree and teacher training took place in Yavneh Teacher's Seminary in Cleveland, Ohio. She then taught Navi, Chumash and Hashkafa in Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School in Chicago. This was followed by five years of teaching in numerous seminaries in Israel. We are privileged to have Mrs. Rudner as part of our Limudei Kodesh staff since 2007.
Mrs. Adina Ribacoff is currently the Limudei Kodesh Principal at Tiferes Bais Yaakov and has been with the school since September 2005. Mrs. Ribacoff develops the Jewish Studies Curriculum and oversees its implementation on a day-to-day basis. She focuses on instilling and developing in the girls a positive spiritual and religious connection. Mrs. Ribacoff teaches Chumash and Kesuvim to Grade 12 and gives the girls the tools to build a proper foundation for their future homes. During the summer of 2013, Mrs. Ribacoff studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Principals' Center. Mrs. Ribacoff lectures to women in the US and Canada on various topics and gives parenting and Shalom Bayis workshops. Her daughter Kimchit graduated from Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2013.
Born in France, Rabbi Pinto earned his Baccalaureate Degree from Eshel Yeshiva in France. He went on to study in Telshe Yeshiva, Cleveland; in Heichal HaTorah Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, and in Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood. Upon moving to Toronto in 2002, Rabbi Pinto attended Kollel Yismach Moshe for 5 years. He has served as the Rabbi of Magen David Sephardic Congregation for over 4 years. In 2013, Rabbi Pinto became a Rebbe at Bircas Shmuel Yeshiva. In 2016, he joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov teaching Halacha to Grade 10.
Mrs. Ruty Pinto has been with Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2011 and has really enjoyed teaching here. Born in France, Mrs. Pinto earned her Baccalaureate Degree from Tomer Devorah, France and then went on to study for three years in the Jewish Teachers Training College at Gateshead Seminary in England. Concurrently with her teacher's training, Mrs. Pinto studied by correspondence through the University of Nancy, France and earned her DEUG in Linguistic English. Presently, Mrs. Pinto teaches Safa at Tiferes Bais Yaakov to Grades 9 and 12, while teaching French to Grades 7 and 8 at Bais Chinuch L'Bonos.
Mrs. Polina Nagla graduated from York University in 2008 with a BEd, BA Honours in Art History. She has worked for the TDSB since 2009 as an Occasional and Long Term Occasional teacher. Her teachable subjects include: Social Sciences (History, Family Studies, Law, Civics, etc.), Visual Arts, ESL, Special Ed., Library, and OSSLT Prep. Mrs. Nagla joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2014. She is currently teaching: Grade 9 English, Grade 9 Learning Strategies, Grade 10 History, Grade 10 Civics, and Grade 11 History. She is very involved in the Thornhill Woods community as the Sisterhood President at the Thornhill Woods Shul. She also led a JWRP mission to Israel in 2012.
Mrs. Talia Nacson is an alumnus of TBY and joined as a staff member in 2016. She teaches Grade 9 Art and Grade 10 Applied Science. While completing a honours Bsc. in biology from York University, Mrs. Nacson has pursued further artistic training and has explored art education through her course in educational psychology. She has also received training in Supplemental Instruction (SI) through York university and has facilitated very successful SI programs for first and second year biology courses at York. Mrs. Nacson has taught Biology at Talpiot College and is a teacher for NCSY's Torah High and an art teacher at Eitz Chaim Spring Farm.
Miss Ariella Morel is currently completing her Master's in Education from York University. She has a BA in Mathematics, a Bachelors of Education, I/S Division, and a Jewish Studies Certificate all from York University. Miss Morel is a 2007 graduate of Tiferes Bais Yaakov and joined the staff in 2012 and teaches Grades 9 and 10 Mathematics.
Mrs. Diana Melnick has been teaching at Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2002. She received her "Morah L'Golah" teaching certificate from Midreshet HaRovah in 1999 and then completed her Honours BA at York University in Sociology and Mass Communication, followed by a Montessori Teacher's Accreditation Certificate. Over the years at Tiferes Bais Yaakov, she has taught Chumash, Navi, Bekius, Halacha, and Safa. Mrs. Melnick developed the Davening Workshop Program together with Rabbi Leib Kelemen from Yerushalayim, which has been running at Tiferes Bais Yaakov for the past few years.
Miss Sarah Marmorstein joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2017 teaching Grade 9 and 10 Science. She has experience teaching Biology, Geography, Math and Science in Bais Chomesh and Bais Yaakov Elementary School. She received her BA in Science and is currently working on an MA in clinical counseling.
Mrs. Shira Lipner attended Michlelet Orot before receiving her Undergraduate Degree in Psychology from York University and her Masters in Child Study and Education from OISE/U of T. Mrs. Lipner taught at Associated Hebrew Schools before beginning her career at Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2003. She enjoys teaching Chumash, Biur Tefillah, Navi, and Halichos Bas Yisrael to different grades, as well as creating a monthly Yom Iyun for the entire school.
Mrs. Rusi Lifshitz joined Tiferes in 2016 as a Grade 11 Chemistry teacher. She has a Hon. BSc from Your University and a Major in Biology. She received her teachers certification from Michlalah Yerushalayim. Mrs. Lifshitz has previously taught Math, Science, Biology and Biochemistry in other schools.
Mrs. Lynn Lichtenstein is the Head of the Remedial Department at Tiferes Bais Yaakov. Mrs. Lichtenstein also serves as Parent/Student Liaison to help ensure open lines of communication for any concerns our parents or students may have. She is available to implement the Special Needs Policies and to support students needing assistance in time management and organization of schoolwork. As one of our Special Education Coordinators, Mrs. Lichtenstein accommodates or modifies course work whenever required, creates individualized programs and is there to listen whenever a student needs her. She is available to all students, not only to those with identified learning needs. Mrs. Lichtenstein has been at Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2008 and has added Guidance to her many roles. Mrs. Lichtenstein is a member of the Professional Development Committee. She has degrees from York University and from OISE/U of T in Special Education. Mrs. Lichtenstein taught in many schools in Toronto including Eitz Chaim, Bnei Akiva Schools, Bais Yaakov Elementary, and WillowWood before coming to Tiferes Bais Yaakov. Her daughter Shira graduated from Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2011.
Mrs. Tania Lebenfish joined Tiferes in 2017 as a Grade 12 Business studies teacher. She has a Bachelors of Arts and a Bachelors of Education from York University. Mrs. Lebenfish has previously taught Business courses in other schools.
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Kulik was born in Brooklyn, New York and learned in Mir Yeshiva, Flatbush, in Brisk Yeshiva, Yerushalayim, and in Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, New Jersey. Upon moving to Toronto, Rabbi Kulik learned for fifteen years in Kollel under the tutelage of HaRav Shlomo Miller. He has been teaching and lecturing on many Judaic topics to both adults and children, as well as being a practising congregational Rabbi for many years. Rabbi Kulik's career at Tiferes Bais Yaakov began in 2012 and he has taught Halacha to Grades 11-12, Chumash and Parsha to Grade 9, and Jewish History to Grade 12.
Mrs. Natalie Katz joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2007. She currently teaches Grades 11 and 12 Physics and Grade 11 Math. Prior to joining Tiferes Bais Yaakov, Mrs. Katz was an Executive Assistant at Zareinu, and worked for IBM Canada in their Software Development Team and in Services and Training. Mrs. Katz has a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Software Engineering and Computer Science. In addition to her teaching role, Mrs. Katz works in the Finance Office at Tiferes Bais Yaakov.
Mrs. Tamar Juda is an alumnus of Tiferes Bais Yaakov (2008) and feels privileged to be returning to her alma mater as a math teacher. After graduating with a Bachelors of Science from Charter Oak College, she completed the Junior/ Intermediate Bachelors of Education program at Western University, with a special focus on mathematics. As a Grade 9 math teacher, she takes responsibility for teaching the Grade 9 Applied Math Ontario Curriculum.
Mrs. Ofra Gemara has taught for the past 35 years in Israel and Canada. She joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2015 teaching Navi to Grade 9 and Kesuvim to Grade 11. She studied at Orot Elkana Collage in Israel. Mrs. Gemara holds a teaching certificate for teaching Jewish studies and English at the secondary level from the Ministry of Education in Israel, and holds a B.Ed from Orot Israel College.
Mrs. Randyl Gavert joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2012 as a Grade 9 English teacher. Prior to becoming a teacher she worked in publishing for several years as a managing editor for Bantam Doubleday Dell, as well as being an ESL teacher. Mrs. Gavert graduated from Stern College with a BA in English. Two of her daughters are graduates of Tiferes Bais Yaakov.
Miss Gabi Froom is an alumna of TBY and joined as a staff member in 2017. She attended Bnos Sarah Teacher's Seminary where she received her Teachers Certificate. Currently she is completing her BA in Psychology with a concentration in Education. Miss Froom runs the Chessed programs in school, teaches Grade 11 Workplace Math, Grade 9 Halacha, Alt. Ed and SST classes.
Mrs. Shayna Friedman is a Remedial Department Coordinator. She is available to implement our Special Needs Policies and to support students needing assistance in time management and organization of schoolwork. Mrs. Friedman acts as a Special Education Coordinator, making herself available to all students. Mrs. Friedman has been with the school since 2004, starting out as a tutor and providing assistance on exams. She then assumed her current position as Special Education Coordinator in 2006. Mrs. Friedman brings with her a Bachelor of Commerce in Computers from McGill University and previous experience teaching Computers to adults and to high school students. She then earned a Masters of Education from York University and Additional Qualifications in Special Education. Mrs. Friedman is a member of the Professional Development Committee.
Miss Batya Feigenbaum is the Special Programs Coordinator, assisting and implementing extracurricular programs and student activities at Tiferes Bais Yaakov. She also produces and directs the biennial Tiferes Bais Yaakov original school production. Miss Feigenbaum teaches Bekius – General Torah Knowledge and focuses on the spiritual and religious development of the Tiferes girls. Miss Feigenbaum is a graduate of Me'ohr Bais Yaakov Teachers Seminary in Yerushalayim, and started working at Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2004.
Mrs. Rita Drutz has been teaching Careers, Geography, History and Math at Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2000 as well as being the Social Science Curriculum Leader. In 2014, she accepted the position of General Studies Vice Principal. Throughout her teaching career, Mrs. Drutz has had the opportunity to teach both mothers and daughters of the Tiferes Bais Yaakov community. Prior to working at Tiferes Bais Yaakov, Mrs. Drutz taught Physical Education and Mathematics at Bais Yaakov High School from 1977-1980. She has an Honours BA in Physical and Health Education and a concurrent Bachelor's Degree in Education from York University.
Dr. Jeremy Burt obtained his Bachelor of Science from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, and his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of California in Berkeley, where he spent 5 years working as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the fields of Toxicology and Genomics. Dr. Burt has been teaching Grade 10 Science, Grades 11 and 12 Biology, Grade 11 Chemistry and Grade 11 Information and Communication Technology since 2013. Dr. Burt is also the Science Curriculum Leader. Dr. Burt has B.Ed. qualifications from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE), in Chemistry and Biology.
Mrs. Doris Bistricer is a native of Uruguay. She moved to Toronto in 1971 and attended Eitz Chaim Schools and subsequently, Bais Yaakov High School. After graduating from Michlalah Jerusalem College for Women with a degree in Pedagogy, she taught Grade 4 at Eitz Chaim and attended York University. She has been teaching at Tiferes Bais Yaakov, first Safa and then Navi, since the school's inception in September 2000.
Mrs. Chayala Bistricer has been teaching at Tiferes Bais Yaakov since 2008 and teaches Navi to Grades 11 and 12, as well as Grade 12 Jewish History. After graduating from Torah Academy for Girls in Far Rockaway, New York, she went to Bnos Chava Seminary where she was trained and received a Teacher's Diploma. From there, Mrs. Bistricer went to Touro College where she completed a BA in Psychology with a concentration in Education.
Rabbi Yaakov Bell attended Gateshead Yeshiva in England for three years, followed by two years of study in Israel. Upon his return to London, he received a scholarship to Jews College, headed by chief Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks, and began working on his degree in Jewish Studies while teaching part-time at his former school, Hasmonean. He received his BA from Jews College and then moved to Toronto where he became a mortgage broker. However, his desire to teach was compelling and he accepted a part-time position at Netivot Hatorah where he taught for almost 10 years. At the inception of Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2000, Rabbi Bell was invited to teach Halacha and has been with the school ever since.
Mrs. Chaya Avramson joined Tiferes Bais Yaakov in 2016 as a teacher of Grades 11 and 12 Mathematics. Prior to this she taught high school mathematics for 15 years in Alberta. Mrs. Avramson holds a BEd in Mathematics, a BSc in Biological Sciences and a RN diploma. Before embarking on her teaching career, Mrs. Avramson worked as an RN at the Hospital for Sick Children, and spent several years as a Community Health Nurse in Canada's Arctic.


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Re: RAC newbie question
From: jason arneil <jason.arneil_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:01:46 +0100
Message-ID: <email@example.com>
> Hello, Dan
I have done an Oracle Clusterware rolling upgrade from 10.2.0.3 to
22.214.171.124and it worked as advertised without whole cluster downtime. I
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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:01:46 +0100
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Hello Yavor,
2008/10/7 Yavor Ivanov <Yavor_Ivanov_at_stemo.bg>
> Hello, Dan
> Yes, I see I did not explain myself to clearly... I haven't done 10g
> -> 11g RAC upgrades, but as far as I remember, 9i to 10g RAC upgrade
> requires downtime for the whole cluster during the upgrade (or "migration",
> on Oracle terms) of the clusterware. Are you sure it is possible to make
> rolling upgrade from 10g to 11g (or 11 to 12...) of the clusterware without
> downtime?
I have done an Oracle Clusterware rolling upgrade from 10.2.0.3 to
22.214.171.124and it worked as advertised without whole cluster downtime. I
Wrote it up
-- http://jarneil.wordpress.comReceived on Tue Oct 07 2008 - 11:01:46 CDT
> I'm not talking about the possibility to use the standby database to
> minimize downtime.
> Regards,
> Yavor Ivanov
> Oracle Certified Master
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Norris [mailto:dannorris_at_dannorris.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 4:35 PM
> To: Yavor Ivanov
> Cc: Tom.Terrian.ctr_at_dla.mil; Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR);
> oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: Re: RAC newbie question
> Yavor,
> I'm not sure I am clear on your recommendation. You said you'd use a
> single 9-node cluster too, but then seem to bring up topics that appear
> to suggest that a single cluster is a Bad Thing.
> To clarify, there is no planned downtime I can foresee that would affect
> the entire cluster. Clusterware upgrades are rolling. New ORACLE_HOMEs
> would just be added (no downtime) along side the existing ORACLE_HOMEs
> so that some databases could run on a newer version. Assuming all
> databases are either multi-instance or single-instance but could afford
> a short failover outage, no applications should have any extended
> outages. Obviously, if a database patch/upgrade is required then those
> databases would have planned outages to apply the patches (if the patch
> isn't rolling upgradable too). Of course, this is no different than if
> you were in 3, 3-node clusters.
> In short, I can't find any reason to "break up" the nodes into multiple
> clusters. I'd put all of them in a single cluster which I think will
> ultimately increase the overall availability of the total environment.
> Dan
> Yavor Ivanov wrote:
> > Usualy I would go with single 9-node cluster too. Same reasons.
> But there are some more things to consider here.
> >
> > Think about cluster upgrades. If you have one cluster to upgrade,
> this sounds like single downtime window. But what if one database needs a
> newer version (and newer clusterware), and the other cannot afford downtime
> at that moment? This is something rare, but it's not bad to think of it.
> >
> > Also, some influences may come from your backup / DR strategy.
> But this goes too deep, and gives too little value.
> >
> > But as I've said, I'd usually go to 9-node with every app running
> on different nodes.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Yavor Ivanov
> > Oracle Certified Master
> >
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Venezuela's baseball team mourns death of Hugo Chavez
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Venezuela's baseball team was taking pregame batting practice when players heard that president Hugo Chavez had died.
"He was a baseball man," manager Luis Sojo said after a 6-5 loss to the Miami Marlins in a warmup game for the World Baseball Classic. "At the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009, the first call in the morning was his. And after the game, he used to call me, too. It's a very sad moment for our country. We wish the best to his family, we know they are going through a tough time right now."
Chavez died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year fight against cancer.
"It's sad what's happening to our country," first baseman Miguel Cabrera said. "We send our condolences to his family. This is something you don't wish on anybody.
"I don't know how his family is right now. He's no longer with us - it's very sad. I cannot comment a lot on it because I feel a lot of pain, and I'm not there in Venezuela."
Pitcher Carlos Zambrano said he hoped his fellow Venezuelans would come together.
"I'm very sad. I ask that the Venezuela people stay calm," Zambrano said. "We have to understand that the president had a family. He's a human being and it's sad. We send him the condolences to the Chavez family. We know it's a difficult moment. This caught us by surprise."
Some players did not want to discuss Chavez's death. Pitcher Anibal Sanchez and third baseman Pablo Sandoval both declined when asked to comment.
A Venezuela spokesman said the team had requested a pre-game moment of silence for Chavez and asked that flags be flown at half-staff, but was told all parties involved - the Marlins, Major League Baseball and Roger Dean Stadium - were not prepared to do so.
"There are things we can't control," Zambrano said. "For the respect of Venezuela, they have to do something before the first game against the Dominican Republic (at the WBC in Puerto Rico)."


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