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A Shout-Out to My Wife
The last couple of weeks have been a bit stressful with family stuff and work stuff. My wife has been amazing. She has been so supportive of me, defending my honour when family drama stresses me out, telling me to relax and telling me that I deserve to be taken care of. She has been very serious about me practicing the relaxation techniques every evening, and has been practicing her own script to put me into a super relaxed state. I feel so lucky to be experiencing this pregnancy with her by my side. Also, I feel extra lucky to be with a same-sex partner at this time of life. Today, one of my pregnancy apps mentioned the importance of a good birth partner. The app actually recommended a close female friend or a doula instead of a husband, because "studies indicate that a woman may do the job better." That's right, being gay has once again put me at an advantage 😉
Preparations for Baby
- Bought my first used diaper cover from a cloth diapering Facebook group. It's a newborn wool cover and I am super excited to receive it and put it away with my small but growing stash of diapering supplies.
- Attended a home birthing information night at my midwifery clinic. The house was PACKED – they had to call in back-up facilitators and split us up into three groups because they didn't have a room big enough for all of us. Perhaps home births are on the rise? We got to see all of the equipment and supplies that midwives bring to a home birth, we learned what happens in a bunch of different emergency situations, and we learned a lot about water birth. By the time we left, we felt even more excited and positive about the idea of giving birth at home (if that's even possible).
- As part of the hypnobirthing classes we wrote down each of our top 5 fears or negative emotions related to birth and/or parenting, and then we worked through the list together. It was really helpful to be forced to discuss our biggest worries out loud with each other. My biggest worry is having to transfer my care to the hospital – I tried not to get too invested in a birth plan, but I can see my perfect birth at home and I am having trouble seeing it go as perfectly at the hospital. My second biggest worry is my wife's work. It consumes her life in the most negative way and she doesn't plan to take more than 2 weeks of leave (because that's all the vacation she has for the year). Then it will be back to stressful 12 hour days. I am very scared of how we will balance her work with having a new baby. I really thought she would have quit by now…
Bodily Experiences This Week
- Emotional rollercoaster. This is actually a good thing; or better, at least, than the consistently sad mindset I was in early on in the pregnancy. I am generally really, really happy now. So excited to meet our baby, so excited to be pregnant, so excited it's spring, and generally happy with life. And then suddenly I will start sobbing over nothing. And then I will forget why I was crying.
- Foot and hip pain, foot and leg cramps. I was fast running out of shoes that fit me, and if I crammed my foot somewhere it didn't fit, I would pay for it with a muscle cramp. So I went to a shoe store that sold shoes to the elderly (read: comfortable shoes only) and bought a pair of moccasins. Bonus: they are hand crafted by Aboriginal artisans and half of the proceeds go to an Aboriginal-related charity of my choice. Really cool company: www.manitobah.ca. I will be wearing them all summer. Another way I have been combatting the hip pain is with a yoga ball. I spend most of my work day on the ball now, and most of the evening when we're watching TV. It alleviates ALL the hip pain while I'm on it.
- Appetite. Although weight gain has been a bit slow so far, I think this is the point where it will start to pick up. I am now hungry all the time, snacking constantly between meals. My calories have been a mix of nutrient dense and empty… from almonds and fruit to sour keys and potato chips. The hypnobirthing instructor who also happens to be a naturopath told us that if we are going to do one thing in our diets, let it be cutting out refined sugars and carbs. I'm sorry, but that seems like more than "one thing." I am not too concerned with my pregnancy diet, and I believe there is a balance to be found between doing what is best for baby and being happy – take away my sweets and there will be some bad mojo flowing through my body…
- Movement. I love it when I'm working with my laptop resting against my belly and little bug kicks it and it bounces. I like to think she's telling me to stop working and pay attention to her. Gladly, little bug, gladly. I haven't started officially kick counting yet. My midwives say I don't need to start recording kicks until 28 weeks. When did others start?
Baby This Week
- 13″ long, between 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds.
- If she has hair, it is getting colour.
- Nostrils have been plugged up until this point, but they are now opening so she can practice breathing (fluid) through the nose.
Here's a little clip of bug's wild kicks.


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I regularly read and enjoy the wisdom of Brian Klems in his The Writer's Dig. His words and those of his guests are a source of inspiration and edification for me. The following is my interpretation of his "7 Reasons Writing a Book Makes You a Badass" column.
1. It's hard. Very, very hard. Period. I'm writing my second novel and I've hit a wall. But because I succeeded once, I have confidence that this wall can be breached. I'll keep picking (or pecking) away until I'm through it and on my way to a good (great?) finish.
2. Editing woes. It's laborious. Necessary. Painful. Deleting. Refining. Finessing. Again and again and again and again. Phew.
3. To end or not to end? Never an easy decision! Any manuscript can always be made better, but at some point if you want closure, you need to say, "Done."
4. "Cold-querying agents is scary." I have yet to do that because I am self-published. But I can imagine that submitting my coup d'etat to a critic for judgment would be gut-wrenching.
5. Aah. Rejection. It's not about failure. It's about daring to try. Again and again.
6. Compensatory payment. No one can possibly compensate me monetarily for my time and effort. My compensation is knowing that I have completed my task and that it is a 'job well done". But I joyfully embrace any and all kudos! Thank you to the kind and generous souls who not only bought and read my book but also spoke well of it. I.e.: On Amazon.com for "Beware the Sleeping Dog" by K.A. Libby:
Five Stars on April 30, 2015 Format: Kindle Edition Excellent story. Well written and held my attention to the very end. A definite page turner.
7. Many try, but few succeed. Hurrah to all who write, finesse, and publish. Keep up the battle. Word-by-word. Page-by-page. Chapter-by-chapter.
To benefit from the article of my inspiration, go to the May 18, 2015, "The Writer's Dig" by Brian Klems at http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/7-reasons-writing-a-book-makes-you-a-badass

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João Domingos
I am a DPhil candidate at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, and I am supervised by Dr. Paul Leeson and Prof. J. Alison Noble. My doctoral research focuses on providing cardiologists with novel tools for utilizing 4D echocardiography data in clinical practice in order to improve workflow and accuracy of disease diagnosis. Specifically, I am interested in the design of computer vision and machine learning strategies to perform real time automated 4D analysis of echocardiography volumes.
I am also involved in low-cost mHealth projects for developing countries and currently working with the Oxford Centre for Affordable Healthcare Technologies (O×CAHT).
Awards and Scholarships
- European Society of Cardiology Grant (EuroEcho Imaging 2014 Free Registration)
- BMVA Travel Bursary Award (2014)
- Wolfson Innovate (WIN) Challenge 2014 - Highly Commended Prize
- Wolfson College Conference Grant (3x)
- Best Innovation Leveraging Technology Award presented by Dell at 2012 Dell Social Innovation Challenge (now Verb U)
- 1st place 2011 Engineering World Health (EWH) Design competition
- EPSRC (UK) Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Innovation Studentship (2010-2015)
- O. Bernard, J.G. Bosch, B. Heyde, M. Alessandrini, D. Barbosa, S. Camarasu-Pop, F. Cervenansky, S. Valette, O. Mirea, M. Bernier, P.M. Jodoin, J.S. Domingos, R.V. Stebbing, K. Keraudren, O. Oktay, J. Caballero, W. Shi, D. Rueckert, F. Milletari, S.A. Ahmadi, E. Smistad, F. Lindseth, M. van Stralen, C. Wang, O. Smedby, A. Papachristidis, M.L. Geleijnse, E. Galli, J. D'hooge, Standardized evaluation system for left ventricular segmentation algorithms in 3D echocardiography, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Nov 25, 2015
- A. Rendon, J.S. Domingos, J.N. Dungu, The role of 3D echocardiography in cardiac ultrasound, ECHO Journal, British Society of Echocardiography, 92:5-7, November 2015
- J.S. Domingos, H. Boardman, P. Leeson, J.A. Noble, A fully automated method for apical diagnostic view finding in 3D echocardiography, EuroEcho-Imaging 2014, 3-6 December 2014, Vienna, Austria
- J.S. Domingos, D.X. Augustine, P. Leeson, J.A. Noble, A new automated myocardial boundary delineator: comparison of left ventricular volume by 3D echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance, EuroEcho-Imaging 2014, 3-6 December 2014, Vienna, Austria
- G.D. Clifford, C. Arteta, T. Zhu, M.P. Pimentel, M.D. Santos, J.S. Domingos, M. Maraci and J. Oster, A scalable mHealth system for non-communicable disease management, IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC'14), 10-13 October 2014, Silicon Valley, California, USA
- M.A. Pimentel, M.D. Santos, M.A. Maraci, C. Arteta, J.S. Domingos, D.A. Clifton, G.D. Clifford, A $5 Smart Blood Pressure System, IET Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Low Resource Settings (AHT'14), 17-18 September 2014, London, UK
- J.S. Domingos, R.V. Stebbing, and J.A. Noble, Endocardial Segmentation using Structured Random Forests in 3D Echocardiography, in: Proceedings MICCAI Challenge on Echocardiographic Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Segmentation (CETUS), Boston, Sept. 14, 2014, pp. 1-8
- J.S. Domingos, R.V. Stebbing, P.Leeson, and J.A. Noble, Structured Random Forests for Myocardium Delineation in 3D Echocardiography, MICCAI 2014: 5th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, 14-18 September 2014, Boston, USA
- M.A.F. Pimentel, M.D. Santos, C. Arteta, J.S. Domingos, M.A. Maraci, G. Clifford, Respiratory Rate Estimation from the Oscillometric Waveform Obtained from a Non-Invasive Cuff-Based Blood Pressure Device, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'14), 26-30 August 2014, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- J.S. Domingos, E. Lima, P. Leeson, J.A. Noble, Local Phase-Based Fast Ray Features for Automatic Left Ventricle Apical View Detection in 3D Echocardiography, MICCAI 2013: 4th International Workshop on Medical Computer Vision, 22-26 September 2013, Nagoya, Japan
- J. Behar, A. Roebuck, J.S. Domingos, E. Gederi, G.D. Clifford, A Review of Current Sleep Screening Applications for Smartphones, Physiological Measurement Journal, 34 (2013), R29-R46 (DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/34/7/R29)
- J.S. Domingos, D. Augustine, P. Leeson, J.A. Noble, Automatic Left Ventricle Apical Plane Detection In 3D Echocardiography, Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, 9-14 February 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
- Arteta C*, Domingos JS*, Pimentel MAF*, Santos MD*, Chiffot C, Springer D, Raghu A, Clifford GD, Low-Cost Blood Pressure Monitor Device for Developing Countries, Proceedings of MobiHealth, 5-7 October 2011, Kos Island, Greece (* authors with equal contribution)
Email: domingos.domingos<at>eng.ox.ac.uk


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Act Now in Western Australia
The State Government in Western Australia is doing its part to combat global warming with a program called ACT NOW FOR THE FUTURE. Three simple print advertisements show chimneys, cars and lightbulbs and the words " It's your choice."
The Act Now campaign was developed at Marketforce, Perth, Australia, by executive creative director Andrew Tinning, graphic designers Andrew Chu, Ryan Albuino and illustrator Alastair Taylor.
Filed under: Print
Tagged: Alastair Taylor, Andrew Tinning, Marketforce
Location: Australia


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In a detailed rebuttal to the criticism by founder NR Narayana Murthy on the proposed pay hike for chief operating officer Pravin Rao, the company said it had reduced his fixed pay while allowing an increase in variable pay based on performance.
"It is essential for us to see that this revision in his compensation, as with several of our senior leadership team, is focused on making Infosys more competitive, is benchmarked against peers," said CEO Vishal Sikka in a statement.
"(It) is critical for us to retain key talent and align the long-term interests of our leadership team with that of our shareholders," he said.
The stock allotted to Rao comes with a vesting period of four years. As a result, the net increase in his compensation for fiscal 2018 will be 1.4% which could go up to 33.4% in the fourth year, assuming similar grants are made in subsequent years, the company said.
The two-day board meeting is scheduled for April 12 and 13.
It is expected to announce a buyback of shares and also deal with demands laid down by the founders, which includes a review of the remuneration practices as well as induction of new members onto the board of the Nasdaq-listed company.
On Sunday, in an open letter to reporters, Murthy criticised the pay hike being issued to Rao, saying the quantum of the pay-hike proposed — nearly 60% to 70% increase — would erode the trust of the rank-and-file employees.
In a statement on Monday, the company said cash component of Rao's salary, including annual cash bonus, has fallen 10.6% to Rs 4.6 crore from Rs 5.2 crore earlier while the performance-based component, directly linked to company and individual performance, has been increased to 63% from 45% of total compensation.
The latest salvo by Murthy comes at a time when the company has appointed Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a mediator to finalise a corporate governance framework to take inputs of founders and other stakeholders, including institutional shareholders. "The discussions were happening, but it was not being revealed in public. One of the things being talked about is how to improve the governance at the remuneration committee and the possible induction of new board members," said a person with knowledge of the discussions between the company and its founders.
In February, Murthy had slammed governance at Infosys, saying it was flawed and that the chairman of the board and remuneration committee needed to take responsibility for the falling standards.
Industry observers are divided in their opinion on the fractious tussle at a company once regarded as the bellwether for governance standards in the Indian technology industry.
Former Infosys executive V Balakrishnan said the pay hikes should be linked to improvement in shareholder returns.
"The stock has not performed well and you have a variable salary for senior management where the shareholders do not even know the milestones which they have to achieve to get that variable. It is totally under the control of the board," Balakrishnan said. He reiterated his demand for an overhaul of the board to improve governance.
Shares of the company closed down 1.11% at Rs 1009.45 apiece on Monday on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The stock has lost about a fifth of its value in the last one year as growth in the information technology industry slows amid digital disruption and protectionist governments in the US and UK.
Governance experts, however, disagree with Murthy and said his statements were damaging the company.
"I do not see Rao's compensation as a corporate governance issue. That is because it is not a related party transaction. Rao is a professional and not a promoter," JN Gupta, managing director at Stakeholders Empowerment Services, said.
Infosys had asked shareholders to vote on Rao's salary, to ratify the appointment of DN Prahlad as an independent director and to vote for an amendment to its articles of association that would allow a share repurchase, in a postal ballot which was published on the BSE website on Sunday.
Overall, Rao's salary increase passed with 67% of votes cast in favour of it. About 33% of the vote cast were against the raise. Over 90% of the votes cast were in favour of the other resolutions on the ballot.
Murthy had earlier questioned Infosys' former CFO Rajiv Bansal's severance pay. He had also criticised the salary being paid to CEO Vishal Sikka, which was raised to $11million last year from $7.08 million in 2016.
"Infosys has the responsibility to attract and retain top quality talent," the company said in a statement on Monday, while adding that it has taken careful note of the statements expressed by the company's promoters.


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What a great first three weeks we have had in the Jpod. The students are well and truly settled back into their routines, getting to know their new home groups, teachers and making new friends.
During week 3 we have started to move the students into different groupings so they are now getting to know the expectations for their specific learning goals in reading groups, writing and letters and sounds, where the teachers can target the 'just right' learning for each student. Working in flexible groups is a great opportunity to be more precise with our teaching with students often moved and re- grouped as the year progresses. Groupings used in the Jpod are sometimes based around specific learning needs or sometimes formed due to students learning styles or social and emotional considerations.
The students have really enjoyed working with many different teachers across learning areas and we have enjoyed getting to know the students better too. Remember that your child's homegrown teacher is always your first point of contact if you have any concerns with your child's learning progress but the whole Jpod team will often be involved in discussing and planning for all the students learning.
Writing has many different complex components involved in it: such as thinking of ideas, constructing sentences, punctuation and spelling and creating different texts for different purposes.
Although we do type a lot now in everyday life, it has been shown that having fluent handwriting and forming letters in the correct size, orientation and direction can be very helpful in helping the other aspects of writing.
We have been explaining this to the students this week and helping them to understand why it is important to focus on handwriting to help them develop fluency with the mechanics of writing. If their handwriting and letter formation is coming easily and effortlessly then this will mean that their brain can be 'freed up' to concentrate on what they want to write and other issues such as spelling and punctuation.
You may have heard your child talking about Lazy 8's as we have been doing these both as a mindful breathing activity and also as a handwriting warm up. The easiest way to explain the link between the Lazy 8's and letter formation is through the video below:
This is something that you can encourage your child to do at home as both a mindfulness activity and also to help with their fine motor development and handwriting skills.
Lazy 8's breathing
MINDFULNESS and GRATITUDE
You may have heard your child come home talking about mindfulness or noticed this on our weekly timetable. Mindfulness is essentially the practice of calming the mind to be 'in the moment' and there are many ways to do this, such as concentrating on breathing, taking a quiet moment to reflect, calm and peaceful activities such as coloring, drawing, listening to calming music or building with logo blocks.
We have been trying to incorporate short breaks for mindfulness during the day to help students to refocus and clear their minds.
Daily mindfulness has been shown to help reduce anxiety in us all and can be used to help build a positive outlook on what is good in our lives. When mindfulness is combined with practicing gratitude and empathy it can have very positive effects. One of the gratitude activities we have been using is to regularly ask the students to reflect on what the best thing is that has happened to them that day, or at play time or simply during circle time to say what they are grateful for in the world or their life. We are finding that this is a good way to focus on the positives (rather than the negatives) and as students do this they should begin to see more positives and feel happier in themselves, which is of course a place that we all want to be and happy students = happy learners.
There are plenty of tips out their on the internet about how to practice mindfulness with your children and there are also apps available to help with this, such a 'smiling minds'. Some simple activities to try might at home might be:
-Practise breathing buddies (see video below for an explanation)
-Make your walks mindful – Go on a "noticing walk." Stroll through our neighborhood and notice things you haven't seen before. Designate one minute of the walk where you are completely silent and simply pay attention to all the sounds we can hear.
– find 10 minutes for a quite relaxing activity such as coloring or listening to relaxing music.
What was known as 'Investigations' in prep is known as 'Discovery' in the Jpod. In Discovery students are often asked to use their natural skills of Inquiry and Wonder to pose and answer questions about the world they live in with a focus on learning through authentic projects that can hopefully make a different to their lives and the lives of others around them.
In the next few weeks our focus for Discovery will be on developing Collaboration, Creativity and Character skills in the students and we will be using the Arts (drama, visual, media) as a vehicle to help the students use and showcase these important skills.
We started this week by exploring Collaboration and it was amazing to both see and hear the students explain what good Collaboration would 'look and sound like' and importantly watching them demonstrate these skills by working together in small teams as they did the learning. As the term unfolds we will explore creativity and the character of 'growth mindset' which is so important to help the students unlock their full learning potential.
Philosophy learning will compliment this by focusing on revisiting and building 'growth mindset' in the students through the fantastic Mojo films.
We are looking forward to another great week of learning with your children and we thank you for your support in keeping up the important home routines of reading at home and practicing magic words.
It was also lovely to meet so many families on Monday at our open classroom evening. It was great to see the students proudly showing off the school and introducing their families to their teachers. If you didn't get a chance to come in then, we are alway happy for you to pop into the Jpod after school to have a look around or have your child give you a tour.
Don't forget LIBRARY DAY is Tuesday so please remember to return books borrowed so that your child can borrow another book.
Don't forget to leave us a comment as we love hearing from you and always try to share comments on the blog with the students. Just remember our blog rules if you are leaving a comment and don't use surnames please.
Many Thanks


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|Church of St. John the Baptist, Quincy, Illinois
Let every tongue give thanks to you,
Lord our Father,
for the unutterable gift
of your most abundant charity.
You have not spared the only Son of your heart,
but you have handed him over
to death
for all of us
that we might have so great and so faithful
an advocate
before your face in heaven.
- Saint Bonaventure, The Tree of Life, 37


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Monday, April 25, 2016
Photo: Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Flickr
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has announced three new currency notes that will begin circulating on May 16. The new series 7 banknotes you should be on the lookout for are the $20, $50 and $100 bills.
"Our banknotes are the national emblems that are most frequently accessed by all our citizens. They reflect who and what we value and remember, our taonga; and they declare what we want to say about our place in the world. I am sure that New Zealanders will appreciate the quality and enhanced integrity of the new notes," said Sir Jerry Mateparae, New Zealand's 20th Governor-General.
All the new banknotes from Series 7 will have the same four main security features, which you can see below are the holographic window, puzzle number, raised ink and a color changing bird.
New Zealand 20 dollar front
New Zealand 20 dollar back
New Zealand 50 dollar front
New Zealand 50 dollar back
New Zealand 100 dollar front
New Zealand 100 dollar back
Another interesting highlight to note on New Zealand's banknote, is that their $5 banknote was chosen by The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) as the best banknote of 2015.
New Zealand 5 dollar front
New Zealand 5 dollar back
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Institutes for Adult Learning
The Institutes for Adult Learning (IAL) are: City Lit, Morley College, Hillcroft College, Northern College, Ruskin College, Working Men's College, Mary Ward Centre, Fircroft College and the Workers' Educational Association. Each has its own identity, mission and distinctive approach, which we believe adds to the rich diversity of adult community education. As a group we also share joint belief in the power of adult community education to deliver social justice, stronger families and communities, healthy ageing, digital inclusion, social mobility, employability and many other cross-government priorities.
Each of our courses and programmes is designed to help people develop literacy, numeracy, digital and other basic skills that help them lead more productive lives at work, at home and in society. Every day we see the power of education to transform lives and communities.
The IALs have been educating and supporting adults in their learning for over 160 years. Over the course of a parliament we will collectively provide educational and learning opportunities for more than 600,000 people.
We provide a vast and comprehensive range of programmes that offer something for every community, especially the most disadvantaged, in Britain. From English, maths and computing skills to cultural and civic studies, the IALs give adult learners diverse experiences which have a proven impact on their confidence, self-esteem, parenting, motivation and life goals. In all our courses we embed skills needed for work and life.
We work in partnership both with one another and with other learning providers to deliver and promote the value of adult community education across the UK. At the heart of what we offer is equal access to education and learning at every stage of life. We recognise that giving people a second chance to learn is a vital part of any skills strategy.
As a group, we provide nationally significant education to adults from across the country. We reach the students who are largely un-catered for by mainstream providers and play a major role in raising aspirations for some of the nation's most disadvantaged communities. This vital work must continue if the UK is to bridge the skills and productivity gap which evidence shows is holding back the economy.
For more information please contact Chris Butcher


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The Ashland University men's basketball team stormed back from a nine-point halftime deficit to beat visiting Ohio Dominican, 66-60, on Sunday (Nov. 11) afternoon at Kates Gymnasium in the Eagles' home opener.
Junior guard Rodrick Caldwell scored 14 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to lead the Eagles (2-0) offensively in his home debut.
Ashland, which shot just 8-for-27 (30 percent) in the first half, came back to shoot 52 percent (13-for-25) from the field after halftime, while loading up defensively against the Panthers (1-1), who won the Great Midwest Athletic Conference title last season.
The Eagles struggled on the offensive end throughout the first half, trailing 30-21 at the break as they went without a field goal for the first five minutes of the game.
"I think we were playing good defense, but at the beginning they were getting all the tough loose balls and they were out-toughing us," said Caldwell. "Once we eliminated that, we got the W."
AU had its deficit down to two, 21-19, with four minutes left in the first half, but the Panthers scored nine of the 11 points to close.
Ohio Dominican quickly took the lead up to 12 with a 3-pointer to start the second half and still maintained a nine-point edge with nine minutes to play.
Ashland climbed back from there, getting buckets from Caldwell, senior forward Phil Frentsos and senior guard Ben Haraway to cut it to 50-47.
Haraway's 3-pointer off a feed from junior center Drew Noble gave Ashland its first lead of the game with 5:43 to play, 51-50.
The Panthers worked it back to a tie game at 52-52 before Frentsos buried a corner 3-pointer, again from Noble, to give Ashland the lead for good.
"We were just saying, 'let's win this game,'" Caldwell said. "Once we had that momentum, we knew it was over. We knew we could win from the beginning, we just started off slow."
The Ashland defense was impenetrable down the stretch. The Panthers went more than eight minutes without a field goal with Ashland also forcing five turnovers in that stretch. By the time Ohio Dominican ended that run with 38 seconds left, the game had already been decided as Caldwell hit four free throws with under a minute to play.
"It's good for us, trying to protect our home court" said redshirt-sophomore guard Aaron Thompson. "We know going on the road its tough to get those wins, so we get those first few wins here, we can figure out who we are."
Ashland shot 40 percent (21-for-52) for the game and held the Panthers to a 39 percent (24-for-61) mark. The Eagles held Sam Hickey, who hit seven 3-pointers in Ohio Dominican's season-opening win over Wayne State, to just eight points overall.
Thompson joined Caldwell in double figures with 10 points and six rebounds. Noble was excellent from the post as a facilitator, finishing with nine points, seven rebounds and a career-high six assists.
"We're a young offense in terms of figuring this out and it's going to take time," said 10th-year head coach John Ellenwood. "Where we were three weeks ago is light years better, but it's still going to take time."
Haraway and Frentsos had eight points apiece and sophomore forward Derek Koch finished with six points and six rebounds while struggling with foul trouble in his Kates Gymnasium debut.
The win started a five-game homestand for Ashland, which returns to Kates Gymnasium on Thursday (Nov. 15) for a 7 p.m. tip-off against Ohio Christian.


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MP3: Tokyo Police Club - "Southside" (Moby / Gwen Stefani Cover)
Ontario's own indie rockers Tokyo Police Club have recently announced a new project called 10 Songs, 10 Days, 10 Hours, 10 Years in which the band will be covering ten different songs from the years 2001 to 2010 in only ten days. No easy task.
The first installment is a cover of Moby and Gwen Stefani's 2001 hit "Southside," which features M83's Morgan Kibby doing Stefani's vocals.
"Southside" is a bit darker and more mysterious than anything Tokyo Police Club has really come out with before, making it pretty interesting hearing frontman David Monks tackle it vocally. The rendition is not too far off from the original, though there are a few added guitar solos near the end. Be on the lookout for the band's next cover, coming your way ridiculously soon.


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Are you looking for some new ways to increase visitors to your website? Get it now! Very often there is nothing wrong with the website as it is designed professionally and its portfolio is full of amazing work. You will have to literally earn attention for your website from people. It is so because the online world is an attention oriented economy. Marketing is as important as designing your website. It becomes quite easy when you understand this game once you begin to apply creativity to marketing. It becomes real fun once you start doing so. Let's look at some of the creative ways to lure visitors to your site.
Content Creation:
Everyone sure does know that content is the one which reigns your website. Good quality content speaks for itself. This would result in the visitors sharing your content on various other platforms which would increase traffic to your website.
Add social media buttons to your site:
You can provide your visitors the opportunity to share your content only if you can provide some means of doing it. Like adding social media buttons to your site will surely help you.
Press Releases:
You can benefit from the traffic stream of press releases every time you find something noteworthy to share.
Give away freebies:
You can create many types of valuable content which depends on your site's niche. You can have many articles with short tips related to something or articles which are loaded with advices. You can give away s such stuff to your customers for free. If your customers would like it they would surely share such stuff, they would surely share such stuff. Once your products get popular you are sure to get more visitors to your site.
Make your site Search Engine Optimised:
Search engine optimisation techniques have been the major way to get more traffic to a site for free. You will surely have to work out on this so that your site gets optimized. When this happens your site's rankings will increase. All you have to do is invest in some efforts and time while optimizing your site. For example, if you are having a travel guide site like UKBA, you will have to optimise your website with all the keywords associated with it.
Offline Promotion:
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I have a bit of an issue with perfume. I love luxurious fragrances as much as the next person; there's something so indulgent about a squirt or two of a designer eau de parfum when you're off on a posh night out, or simple feeling fancy, but I know the reason why: it's because it's expensive. I have my own small collection of precious perfumes, Vera Wang's Princess being my favourite, but with it retailing at sixty quid a bottle, you can see why I save it for special occasions. Most days I rely on the body mists from The Body Shop, but even they can be pricey if I'm in the run-up to pay day. What's a girl to do?
Enter Superdrug, the shop that consistently covers my ass, so to speak, with brilliant beauty buys for the cash-strapped gal. This time, they're coming to my rescue with their new range of Layering Lab body sprays, at £2.99 a pop for 100ml. So far they have six scents in the collection, with positive early reviews.
I bought the scents 'Floral' and 'Paradise' when they were on offer a few months ago, and I've given them a good test run. Turns out I'm impressed!
The Paradise scent boasts tangerine, green tea, and vanilla notes, while Floral embodies rose, raspberries, and white musk. Paradise is probably my favourite of the two as it's the sort of sharp scent I enjoy and it smells like it could be way more expensive — reviews have likened it to Paco Rabane's Olympea, which I've been very tempted to splurge on in the past. Floral is nice too, but it reminds me of the kind of scent you got as a stocking filler for Christmas with a Disney princess on the front; not wholly luxurious, but cute and feminine, if a bit more girly than sophisticated. I've found that both scents are pretty long-lasting; even after a day at work I'll come home and catch a little whiff of it on my wrists or in my hair.
The scents' main selling point is in the name, however: they were designed to be worn one on top of the other. With this clever idea, The Library of Fragrance springs to mind, only while their range is much larger, Layering Lab's body sprays are one fifth of their price tag! Each bottle describes its scent in detail, which is a luxurious touch, and even suggests which scents pair well together if you're unsure.
Lastly I like how the bottles look; the designs are really cute with their pretty pastel themes, and they're small and light enough to pop into my handbag for the day in case I fancy a top-up. Overall I can't fault them, really — I would just like a few more fragrances to choose from!


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8 p.m., Saturday, September 28, 2013
Tickets: $75, $65, $55.
International superstar José Feliciano performs at 8 p.m., Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. With a name that is synonymous with music, José Feliciano is recognized as the first Latin Artist to cross over into the English music market, opening the doors for other artists who now play an important role in the American music industry. He's been awarded over forty-five Gold and Platinum records; he has won nineteen Grammy nominations, earning nine Grammy Awards, including the LARAS Award for Lifetime Achievement. Support for this concert comes from Bank of America and media sponsors Venü magazine and WPKN (89.5 FM). Tickets are $75, $65, and $55.
José was born blind, to humble beginnings, on September 10, 1945, in Lares, Puerto Rico. One of eleven boys, he was five-years-old when his family immigrated to New York City. He was immediately drawn to music and taught himself to play the guitar, listening to vinyl records and practicing as many as 14 hours a day. And he was inspired to sing by hearing Rock'n'Roll music of the 50's. He started his career playing in coffee houses in Greenwich Village and travelling to clubs and cafes from Boston to Cleveland to Detroit, Chicago and Colorado. A music critic from the New York Times, reviewing his performance at Gerde's Folk City, referred to him as a "10-fingered wizard who romps, runs, rolls, picks and reverberates his six strings in an incomparable fashion." His talents got him signed to RCA Records in the U.S. And in the Spanish market, he soon became a superstar. Taking long-time standards and torch songs from another era, he re-worked and re-fashioned them with his signature acoustic guitar style and his vocal inflections of jazz and American influences, making them sound brand new. By the time he was 23, José Feliciano had earned five Grammy nominations and won two Grammy Awards for his album "Feliciano!" He had performed over much of the world, and had recorded songs in four languages. His career also included acting, and he made a number of dramatic TV appearances, including an episode of "Kung Fu", "McMillan and Wife" and "Chico and the Man," for which he wrote and performed the theme song. In the early 90's, he hosted a radio program on a local Westport, Connecticut, radio station, WMMM.
Although he's written and recorded countless hits, the three songs that have become milestones for Feliciano in his career are his original interpretation of The Doors' "Light My Fire," which topped the charts globally in 1968; "Che Sara," a 1971 San Remo Music Festival entry that became a mega-success for José throughout Europe, Asia and South America; and "Feliz Navidad," the Christmas song that has now become a tradition worldwide during the holiday season every year. It has become a top iTunes download, and ASCAP has placed it among the 25 Greatest Holiday Songs of the Century.
José Feliciano's musical career has been immortalized with a Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. New York City has honored him by re-naming Public School 155 in East Harlem, "The José Feliciano Performing Arts School." The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, an ancient and prestigious Papal Order of the Catholic Church has knighted José at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and he's received a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Guitar Player Magazine has awarded him "Best Pop Guitarist," placing him in their "Gallery of the Greats," and he's been voted both Best Jazz and Best Rock Guitarist in the Playboy Magazine reader's poll, as well. In 1996, José was selected to receive Billboard Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. He appeared on the Motown 25 Special where he preceded Michael Jackson's premier 'moonwalk,' and he performed for two Popes: Pope John Paul II during "Christmas at the Vatican" and Pope Benedict XVI before the Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium.
In 2005, José recorded a collection of Mexican Mariachis. In "A Mexico...con Amor," he was able to express his affection for the people and music of Mexico in much the same way he'd illuminated the beauty of the bolero. In September 2006, The Hispanic Heritage Foundation, an organization that identifies, inspires, promotes and prepares Latino role models through national leadership, cultural, educational and workforce programs, honored José with their prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In 2008, José explored the typical countryside music of the Dominicanos - The Bachata. The album, part of his now-popular "Señor Series," was aptly titled, "Señor Bachata!" won two Grammy Awards, for "Best Contemporary Tropical Album" by LARAS, the Latin Association of Recording Arts and Sciences and "Best Tropical Album" by NARAS, the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences. In November 2011, LARAS honored him with their prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his life's work.
He and his wife Susan live in a centuries-old former tavern-turned-homestead on a river in Fairfield County, Connecticut. They have a daughter and two sons. José's current release, "The King ... by José Feliciano" is a collection of twelve of José's favorite Elvis Presley songs, recorded in his inimitable style and released in August 2012.
Tickets are available through the Quick Center Box Office: (203) 254-4010, or toll-free 1-877-ARTS-396 (1-877-278-7396). Tickets can also be purchased online at www.quickcenter.com .
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Fairfield University at 1073 North Benson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Entrance to the Quick Center is through the Barlow Road gate at 200 Barlow Road. Free, secure parking is available. Access for people with disabilities is available throughout the Quick Center for audience members and performers. Hearing amplification devices are available upon request at the Box Office. Fairfield University is located off exit 22 of Interstate-95. For further information and directions, call (203) 254-4010 or 1-877-278-7396, or visit www.quickcenter.com .
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Media Composer Companion Applications
Over the years, I have done many presentations on workflow and workarounds when implementing particular solutions with Avid Media Composer. Whether it be text editing of ALE files, file renaming, or using MetaCheater to extract essentual metadata from QuickTime files still not available from Avid's QuickTime AMA plug-in. Manufacturers are moving quickly and what used to be reserved for "high-end markets", is now everywhere. For example, Sony just announced a series of 4K camera at less than US$ 6,500 joining the Blackmagic 4K Production camera at US$ 3,995, not to mention 4K coming to a phone camera near you. Not only are there new formats and codecs, but color management via 1D and 3D LUTs and ASC CDL workflows to make full use of the sensors used.
Adding to the "essential postproduction toolkit" is Assimilate Inc's Scratch Play. Free to download for OS X, Windows and even works on the Surface Pro for on-set use allowing color decisions to be made as well as generating LUTs and ASC CDL to be used in downstream processes. At the very least, it is the universal resolution independent codec player sorely needed in many pipelines. While applications exist by camera manufacturers such as Sony, Canon, RED, etc. they are of course dedicated to their own formats. Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve Lite has been the essential free tool for both OS X and Windows and is way more than a viewer, but a full DI color workstation for dailies creation and color mastering. Assimilate offers a full DI workstation as well, but different tools are needed at different points in the pipeline. And while Resolve can be used to create LUTs and CDL's, the fact that it can do so much more is what can actually get in the way for a quick look at a file and creating a LUT or ASC CDL file expressing intent to a colorist. Both solutions have their place, but the creation of a nimble subset functionality of the Scratch product is a great idea as a tool, and of course gets "Scratch" into as many hands as the free Resolve.
The bad news is that for Media Composer v7 users, none of the LUT or CDL values work. Neither of the two 3D LUT's imported into project (3dl and LUTher) and the ASC CDL values use the XML specification. Here is an example for a single file:
Media Composer only accepts an ALE file (TAB) for metadata import. And even if it were in ALE format, Assimilate would also need to include START and END timecodes as well as filename in a column called "Source File" as Media Composer is very strict about how its merges. Too strict even. Maybe Assimilate will add this to the product or Avid will update its import functionality to either support the LUTs or ease up on ALE merge. But adding an XML import would be even better, not only for LUT + CDL workflows (as it could define order), but locators and spanned locators, etc. could be supported from on-set logging applications like MovieSlate.
I wonder if Avid reaches out proactively to these third parties and helps them enable the workflows with their products. "Media Composer As A Platform" will be a future blog topic. As much as Avid touts "openness", the day to day workflows can be very quite challenging and the binary format of AAF is not the easiest to deal with for many workflows. ALE, for better or for worse, is what is available now, but the workflow could be so much better.


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Cork overpower Wexford to storm into final with Kilkenny
CORK will face Kilkenny in the All-Ireland camogie final after overpowering Wexford 1-15 to 0-8 in their semi-final replay in Walsh Park yesterday.
Katriona Mackey's first-half goal gave the Rebels a one-point lead at the interval, and they tore Wexford apart in the second half.
Despite Orla Cotter's early point for the Rebelettes, Wexford settled quickly, and a brace from Ursula Jacob either side of a Shelley Kehoe point put the 2012 champions two points clear.
However, Cork came roaring back and a Mackey point was followed by a stunning goal by the corner-forward.
A reply from Katrina Parrock was followed by three Cotter frees, and three quick-fire points from the Model women in injury-time cut the lead to 1-5 to 0-7 at the break.
Cork dominated the final half-hour, sweeping over seven unanswered points before Wexford raised their sole white flag of the half.
Pictured is Briege Corkery receiving her player of the match from Annette Ni Dhathalao of Liberty Insurance.
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Posted by Chronicle Sports Editor Al Saracevic.
For the first time in 8 years, the Giants have earned a trip to the Fall Classic. In typical fashion, the clincher was a nail-biter for fans, with the giants asking their bullpen to pitch seven innings of relief. They responded with seven scoreless innings, knocking the defending National League champions out of the playoffs. The decisive hit was delivered by Juan Uribe, who hit a solo home run in the 8th to provide the final margin of victory, 3-2.
The Series will start on Wednesday, at AT&T Park in San Francisco. It promises to be a classic matchup, pitting San Francisco's golden arms against the Texas Rangers' heavy lumber. Does pitching beat hitting? We'll find out.
Bottom of the ninth: Wilson gets Gload to ground out, 4-3. One down. Rollins works a walk. Polanco hits into a fielder's choice, forcing Rollins at second. Utley works a walk, leaving two on with two outs. Ryan Howard works a full-count, fouls one off and…. strikes out looking. The Giants win the pennant!
Top of the ninth: You have to give it to Andres Torres, who legs out a one-out bunt single, finishing it off with a head-first slide. This just one month after have an appendectomy. Wilson forced to bat with bases loaded and two outs. Chops one to first to end the inning. Giants go to the bottom of the ninth, up 3-2.
Bottom of the eighth: Tim Lincecum takes the mound for the Giants. And he's dealing. Strikes out Werth. Victorino with a nails at bat, singles to right. Ibanez does the same and it's time for Brian Wilson. Bochy's gamble, bringing in a starter to pitch in relief, will be discussed at some length if the Giants lose. Can Wilson deliver a five out save? He gets two in a hurry: Ruiz lines out to Huff who doubles Victorino off second. Giants, 3 – Phils, 2
Top of 8: Juan Uribe hits a first-pitch fastball on the outside half of the plate over the right field wall to give the Giants a 3-2 lead. Giants fans everywhere breathe for the first time in an hour. Lincecum's up in the pen. Is Bochy bringing him in for the 8th?
Bottom seven: The storyline for the Giants here is the bullpen. Six scoreless innings since Sanchez imploded in the bottom of the third. Pitching coach Dave Righetti has to be a proud man right now. Howard strikes out for the 127th time in the series, leaving the score 2-2.
Top of seven: Madson's on to pitch for the Phils. Strikes out a pinch-hitting Ishikawa, meaning that's it for Bum. Two-out double by Freddy Sanchez leads Manuel to put Huff on. Stage is set for Buster to be the hero. Sittin' dead red on a 2-0 fastball, Posey hits it hard… right at Utley. Torture continues, Giants fans. Tie ballgame.
Bottom six: Lead-off double from Ibanez, who moves to third on a groundout. That gets Oswalt out of the game, who's lifted for pinch-hitter Francisco. Bumgarner Ks him on a rainbow curve. With two out and a man on third, Bumgarner gets Rollins to fly out. The future has become the present for the Giants, with Bumgarner and Posey leading the team into the most important nine outs they've played since 2002. Tie ballgame.
Top of the sixth: Ross does it again, delivering a one-out double into the corner. Doesn't matter, though. Giants fall prey to their arch-nemesis: the double play. Phils, 2-2
Bottom five: Bumgarner on to pitch. Rollins greets him with a hit. Howard hits his second double of the night. The big fella is having a more typical night. Smart move walking Werth intentionally, allowing Bumgarner to wiggle out of the jam with a comebacker from Victorino. The 21-year-old from North Carolina proving he's got ice in his veins.
Top five: Fontenot pays off right away, singling over Utley's head. Giants having great success getting leadoff hitters on. Sanchez adds a single, giving Giants a huge opportunity with two on and one out. Huff and Posey come up short and we go to the sixth tied 2-2. Oswalt showing why he's considered one of the best. He's got a flat-out filthy changeup tonight.
Bottom four: Affeldt coming on strong, putting down the Phils in order. On a team that seems to hatch a new hero every night, Jeremy Affeldt hasn't really had a chance to shine down the stretch run. Would anybody rather see Barry Zito out there? This is the kind of situation he would have been used for if Bochy had put him on the postseason roster. Giants will have a new pitcher in the fifth, as Fontenot came out to pinch-hit for Affeldt in the top of the 5th.
Top of the fourth: Fabulous play by Jayson Werth, running down a foul ball off the bat of Ross. Makes a sliding circus catch, adding untold millions to the free agent contract he's expected to sign this offseason. How many of you are hoping Bill Neukom is signing that check? Giants go down quietly. Still 2-2.
Bottom three: Major turn of events. With a man on first, Sanchez plunks Utley, who picks up the ball on the way to first and flips it toward the mound. Words were then exchanged and the benches cleared. Bochy decides to pull his left-hander out of the game, figuring he might be too hot to deal with Ryan Howard in a level-headed way. Affeldt in to pitch. On the biggest stage of his life, Sanchez loses his cool. One would hate to see that become the defining moment of his career. Affeldt gets out of the jam, getting Werth to fly out and Victorino to ground out. Made some big pitches in a tough, tough spot.
Top of three: Shades of game two with J. Sanchez providing an offensive spark for the Giants. Leadoff hit wasn't a triple, but it gets the team going. Another big play at the plate with Ruiz tagging out Torres on a great throw from Victorino. And how many times have we seen Huff in the right place at the right time? The thong-ed one comes in to tie the game on a slow-roller from Posey.
New ballgame going into the bottom of the frame. Phils, 2 – Giants, 2.
Bottom two: Sanchez shows some signs of settling down, although it's clear he's struggling with control. The young lefty has plenty of experience with control struggles, but has shown much more resiliency in this breakout season.
Top of the second: While the Giants have been up and down all season, one thing remains constant: This team can hit into that double play, boy. Hurts all the more with Uribe delivering a knock right after the twin killing.
Bottomless first: Giants in trouble, with Sanchez off his mark and the middle of the Phils lineup finally waking up. You had to figure Howard was going to bring his hard hat tonight. How much rope should Bochy give Sanchez here? Phils 2, Giants 0.
Bottom of the first: Sanchez is wild, bouncing one in during a stretch of six straight balls. Looks to be pressing out there. When he does get one in the zone, Utley crunches it into the corner. Phils 1, Giants 0.
Top of the first inning: Oswalt looks solid, despite allowing Torres to reach base. Top of the Giants lineup continues to struggle in this series, despite all of Bochy's efforts to shake it up. Further down the order, a lack of a consistent solution at third base seems to be the biggest problem.


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The Plot:
While a strapping youth in Salem, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln was known as a kind, considerate man, willing to listen to his fellow farmer's needs (and eventually take up their cause in the State Legislature as a representative) and extend credit to strangers in need. One day, he helps out a poor family passing through, and their payment of books seems to seal Lincoln's fate. Years later, when Lincoln takes up the practice of law as an inexperienced attorney in the capital of Springfield, he runs into a clan of settlers known as the Clays. When the Clay boys are accused of killing a local lug, Lincoln decides to represent them. As the trial looms, Lincoln is called to the manner of the potentates of power. It is there where he meets his future wife, the fickle Mary Todd. Sure enough, with the lynch mob in attendance, the State presents its case against the Clays. With pocket politician Stephen Douglas looking on, the boys appear to be headed to the gallows. But never one to give up, this country lawyer with a laidback, comically casual style is not going down without a fight. He will do whatever he can to help the Clays, and make sure that they live to see another day. Justice is paramount to Young Mr. Lincoln - and it is something he will carry for the rest of his life.
The DVD:
Young Mr. Lincoln is cinema as iconography. It is history as fictional heroism and truth as twisted through an undeniable monochrome majesty. Placing all his immigrant son adoration for his hallowed homeland into every single shot, the great John Ford recreated a pre-Civil War Midwest, a place where honesty and hard work provide shelter from an oncoming 'storm'. Indeed, this masterful director laces the film with so many symbolic allusions that the film acts as a primer for all the problems that Lincoln will face in his short 56 years of life. Dramatic and witty, with just the right amount of homespun cornpone wedged in between the joyful jingoism, this is motion picture patriotism at its most rousing and sentimental. Wisely calling on Henry Fonda to fill the earnest country lawyer's lumbering shoes, Ford found the proper persona to illustrate his Lincoln - a man of few words whose carefully chosen comments create instant myth. This is the Abraham Lincoln who can and does move lynch mobs to reconsider their actions with a spur of the moment speech. This is the future President for whom words would wield as much power - both pre- and post- election - than any of his noted and named physical claims. Sure, it's all filtered through a studio system mentality that tosses aside authenticity for a heightened sense of style, but there is no denying the core beliefs that bathe this magnificent movie in the shimmering glow of greatness that was one of America's finest leaders.
Surprisingly, Young Mr. Lincoln is not really a bio pic. It is more an exploration of allegory, a chance to visualize the values that makes this fallen hero a political and moral icon to generations. Ford obviously wanted to preserve the man's mystery, loading the screenplay with all manner of Honest Abe tall stories. That is why we see Lincoln splitting rails or recalling his days by the fire, filling his head with book learning. We see him admire a tome on the law and humbly help himself to an education in jurisprudence. Indeed, this concept of found, common sense justice is primary to what Ford is after in this film. Yet he is not interested in complete fairness, or the literal sense of giving each man his due. No, in this filmmaker's eyes, justice is served via honesty, integrity and unpretentiousness. There is nothing fake about Lincoln (at least in this version of his heralded life) - Fonda radiates a kind of inner genuineness that seems to stream off in waves of unquestionable wholesomeness. When faced with playing local politics as usual, he politely passes, arguing that he's not the kind of man to bail out on a scenario before it's completed, for good or bad. As an attorney, disputes are settled with consideration, not corruption or connections. All throughout Young Mr. Lincoln, Ford wants to find the inner man. He could care less if he gets the entire story straight. If you walk away knowing the internal temperament of this American emblem, that's all that matters.
That is why Fonda is not required to do much more except look the part and offer up his always genial gentleness. Even when Lincoln is mad, angry at the wrongs and discriminations surrounding him, his voice is mannered, laced with reasoning and resolve. Indeed, Ford never lets his lead come unglued, showing the kind of Method mentality that complicates modern performances. No, his Illinois idealist is a thoughtful man, one constantly looking off into the distance as if called by a higher purpose and power. Scattered along the backdrop are those issues that will later plague our future President: businessmen making back door deals; slaves supplanting jobs from the decent country farmers; political divides and individual agendas; the rugged frontier vs. the emerging city sensibility. Part of what makes Young Mr. Lincoln so powerful is that you can see the simmering trouble - it's written in the wild-eyed enthusiasm of the vigilante mob. It's found in the rugged and haggard faces of the men who built the country. By foreshadowing what he could become, and relying on our already intuitive knowledge of what will happen to this man during his time in office, Ford finds a poignancy and emotional center that is incredibly moving. You see the good in this man called Lincoln, and you lament the fact that it will be extinguished for very suspicious, and very specious, reasons.
Don't get the wrong idea about this film, though. It is not a platform for the politics and policies that Lincoln would use to try and repair a near-fatally fractured Union. Indeed, Young Mr. Lincoln is more or less a prequel/blueprint for To Kill a Mockingbird, with the future Commander in Chief as Atticus Finch and two Caucasian country brothers as the object of everyone's legal claims. This is a standard courtroom drama, laced with wonderful moments of homespun wit and judicial wisdom. Fonda does some amazing work during the trial, letting Lincoln slowly and deliberately get to the truth. The story is interesting, since we don't know enough of the facts after watching the crime unfold to make a discernible decision on our own. By allowing the legal wrangling to play out naturally, with the standard linguistic games and give and take between opposing counsel, Ford offers the maturation of Lincoln. He is pinpointing the moment when this jack-legged country lawyer became a singular man of purpose. By giving his own oath on top of the one imposed by the bar, Lincoln is putting his entire life on the line. He's letting his future be guided by his own actions now, so that later it can be lead by experience. There are some hilarious moments here, times when the humor borders on humiliation. But Ford is out to find the redemption in even the most minor of instances. That is why Lincoln is able to laugh at himself. It is also why he is deadly serious when the situation demands it.
As a result, Young Mr. Lincoln is the kind of film that makes you glad to be an American. While it may sound like so much patriotic pabulum, the fact is that this corny cliché actually held some absolute truth. The United States once held men, and ideals, like those of Abraham Lincoln in high regard. People lived by their word, and their bond could no be broken. Opportunities appeared endless and freedom was the foundation, not the only reason, for everything we did. In Young Mr. Lincoln, John Ford tries to encapsulate that notion of power in the people. It argues that one man can make a difference, as long as he is the right individual for the calling, and has found his own place among the populace. Throughout this minor masterwork of a film, Ford allows Lincoln to wander, and watch. Eventually, something clicks inside this thoughtful, compassionate man, and he realizes that if he does not take up the cause for those without a voice, no one will. It is this dimension of destiny, this notion that fate cannot be fought or beaten that makes this movie so special. While it's not the biography of an emblematic individual in our nation's history, it is a startling psychological profile. Or better yet, it's a reflection of all our inner optimism. This is Lincoln the way we wish he were. This is Lincoln the way we hope he was.
The Video:
For a film that is nearly 67 years old, Young Mr. Lincoln looks magnificent. Criterion, doing its usual stellar job in image preservation, delivers a 1.33:1 full screen monochrome masterpiece, a transfer so spectacular that it appears to have been shot yesterday. The interplay between shadow and light is astounding and Ford's compositions are nothing short of celluloid canvases as animate art. Watching this film is like taking a walk through the gallery of historic Americana visuals. There are times when you can pause the film and find moment after moment of serene, sublime beauty. Though they are often praised for their work, Criterion deserves special mention here. Young Mr. Lincoln looks remarkable.
The Audio:
Perfectly modulated and layered with majestic underscoring (by Alfred Newman), the Dolby Digital Mono presentation of Young Mr. Lincoln is professional and pristine. There is no distortion, and even with the flat, tinny truth of early Hollywood sound work, the movie's aural elements evoke a deep sense of ambient and atmospheric pleasure.
The Extras:
In order to maintain the high standards of the technical specs, Criterion makes the wise choice of placing all the bonus materials on a second DVD (there is nothing on the first disc except for the film). While it's not an overwhelming assortment of goodies, what we do get is certainly choice. First up is Part 1 of a multi-faceted look at Ford's career, thanks to the BBC series Omnibus. Narrated by British film icon Linsday Anderson, we learn about the legendary director's initial career in film, from his work in the silent days to his inevitable triumphs prior to World War II. It is a fascinating introduction to one of Hollywood's most misunderstood moviemakers. Next up, a spry 70 year old Henry Fonda makes an appearance on the seminal UK chat show Parkinson, and gets a chance to reflect on his career, his family and his time as one of Ford's favorite leading men.
The director speaks for himself in audio interviews conducted by his grandson, and he's as irascible as ever (a Fonda Q&A is also featured) and there is a gallery of production documents for the film that one can "electronically" page through. Toss in a downloadable MP3 file containing a radio dramatization of Young Mr. Lincoln by the Academy Award Theater and a 28 page booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an homage to Ford by Sergei Eisenstein and you have an excellent package. As usual, Criterion finds the proper supplemental material to give insight and perspective into the featured film, and it's importance to both its maker and its star.
Final Thoughts:
Coming as it did directly after Ford's first epic western Stagecoach, many may feel that Young Mr. Lincoln is not representative of this director's best work. After all, it doesn't feature vast horizons spreading across virgin landscapes, individual moral struggles played out against classic white hat/black hat paradigms, or a love of the initial innocence that was young America. Come to think of it, maybe it does. Indeed, Ford's signature statements are all here, wrapped up in the story of a simple man who would be one of our most profound Presidents. While we wait for the day when someone does Lincoln's legacy justice (perhaps in a Ken Burn's Civil War style), we have this inspired illustration of human resolve and personal power. On of the classic films from the heyday of Hollywood, Young Mr. Lincoln easily earns a Highly Recommended rating, and Criterion is equally praised for its treatment of this treasure. Abraham Lincoln was more than just his myth and his symbolism. John Ford's fantasy as fact is a stunning statement of all that made the undeveloped United States great. It also signals what is significantly lacking in our own time. We will probably never see another leader like Lincoln. We will definitely never see another director like Ford. Like his films, he was one of a kind.
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Board game introduces pathways to a competitive bioeconomy using hemp & bamboo
This Monopoly alternative is designed to act as a walkthrough of the concepts of a new economically and ecologically viable "Industrial Evolution" based on a renewable bioeconomy.
To get from here, with here being a global economy based on petroleum and non-renewable resources that is literally killing us, to there, with there being a cleaner future with a livable climate and a high quality of life for all, we're going to have to make some huge changes in the way we do things.
These changes are starting to happen in some sectors, such as renewable energy, but considering how huge our total energy appetite is right now (I think the technical term is "boat-load"), it's a slow process. And that only affects the energy side of the equation, not the materials side, so even if we were to go 100% renewable energy tomorrow, our stuff, of which we are so fond of buying and using and disposing, will still be made mostly with non-renewable materials (which are often transported vast distances from production to manufacturing to retail).In order to transition our economy from one based on nonrenewable and energy intensive resources, we'll need to make a shift to other, more eco-friendly, materials which can be grown sustainably and sourced locally. In short, we need to establish and grow a 'bioeconomy' that is both regenerative and economically viable.
That's essentially the premise of a new board game from the Foundation for a Bioeconomy, which seeks to introduce the concepts and strategies, as well as the economic factors, of a functional bioeconomy that could scale up to be a true gamechanger. The backstory for this proposed 'Industrial Evolution', as well as some illustrative examples, can be seen in a short video series (4 parts, 15 minutes total), which lays out the groundwork for a "bioeconomy founded on bamboo and hemp, built by women for all."
"We introduce a different strategy to combat resource wars, climate change, high prices, and offshore manufacturing. By replacing wood, plastics, chemicals, and steel in consumer products with bamboo, hemp, and other biomaterials we begin an Industrial Evolution. We can fix this. The solution is all around you. Simply stop buying it. Buy lower priced products made of biomaterials. Saving the world is a BONUS." - Foundation for a Bioeconomy
The Bioeconomy game, which is described as being "the Monopoly Game where EVERYONE WINS," uses a market-driven approach, with products and product licensing and supply chains and utilities (i.e. solar energy and water purification as ecological services) all put into play in creating the bioeconomy. The two main materials that are at the core of this game are industrial hemp and bamboo, neither of which has really taken off as a large-scale solution in the US, in part due to ridiculous legal restrictions on growing hemp domestically, but which have the potential to be scalable and profitable solutions for a variety of materials needs.
The game is currently in a crowdfunding phase, with backers at the $20 level receiving one copy of the game, which is made, appropriately enough, from bamboo and hemp:
The Bioeconomy game is only one element of the Foundation for Bioeconomy's work, as the organization is actually looking to implement the solutions it highlights in the game, and grow a bioeconomy by substituting biomaterials for fossil fuel-based and nonrenewable materials. To that end, the organization is asking for signatures on a petition to US manufacturers, which seeks a pledge from these companies to use biomaterials in their products and to move factories back to the US.
"Our primary focus is to return jobs to the United States. A bioeconomy is more than about renewable energy. It is also about the materials we use in the development and manufacture of consumer goods.
Factories close to fields of bamboo and hemp is our goal. It's not rocket science. It's prudent business practices. We start with the easiest products to manufacture from bamboo & industrial hemp: Food, Biochar, Pulp filler, and Fibers. As manufacturers realize a reliable domestic and international supply chain, businesses gain the incentive to return manufacturing activities to the United States."
Find out more about the Foundation for a Bioeconomy at its website.


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The sumo squat works all leg muscles, although it can also be used to target the inner thighs. This exercise can be performed with or without weighted resistance. The key to this exercise is to stand with the feet beyond shoulder width. The wide stance forces the inner thigh muscles to work harder. The toes should be turned out.
Once the feet are in position, hold the medicine ball in front of the body. The arms should hang freely during the movement. Squat down until the legs are parallel. A partial movement (e.g. half way down) is okay for those with limited mobility. Be sure to keep the back straight and head up. Exhale as you stand up.
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OSB14 Starting Block
The OSB14 is a part of the new generation of starting block for swimming.
It replaces the OSB9 and includes an inclined foot rest, which allows a significant improvement of thrust when the swimmer starts. This proven technology has been adapted to the new starting block.
The OSB14 is designed in fiberglass to ensure the platform robustness while optimizing its weight (28kg).
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Beaming with pride as she stood beside him at the West End premiere of her directorial debut Nowhere Boy, she told me: "The age difference doesn't mean anything to me. I don't see why it should mean anything to anyone else." Johnson, for his part, said: "We are very happy."
Mandrake fancies their announcement, just as Nowhere Boy goes on general release, will give almost as much pleasure to the film's publicists as their respective families. Johnson stars in the film as John Lennon and very good he is in the role, too.
Mandelson's fears
Mandrake wonders if Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, is in denial. When I came across him at the Business Book of the Year Awards at the V&A Museum, I asked him if he could ever see himself playing a part in a coalition government.
"I honestly can't say what the future has in store for me should the unthinkable happen at the election," he said, not having apparently read an opinion poll for quite some time. "The idea of coalitions has never exactly filled me with confidence, particularly looking at the examples on the continent. To be honest, quite often they are a disaster."
Warsi is stumped
Baroness Warsi may have had the biggest poppy on the BBC's notorious Question Time which showcased the vile BNP leader Nick Griffin, but she admits that she would herself fail Lord Tebbit's "cricket test".
"I would fail it completely," says Lady Warsi, the daughter of an immigrant bed-maker who, providing David Cameron wins the election, is likely to be Britain's first Muslim Cabinet minister by next June.
"You never have a dull moment when the Pakistanis are playing. There's just an excitement there which I think some other nations don't produce on the pitch."
Lord Tebbit said a key test of "Britishness" for people from ethnic minorities was who they would support in a cricket match: the national team or their country of origin.


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Standard ABOVE
- Michigan Tech: 62% of the time
- Bowling Green: 38% of the time
Best-Worst Randomization
- Michigan Tech: 65% of the time
- Bowling Green: 35% of the time
I've been doing ABOVE projections with a randomizing element since late January. The reason for this is pretty basic: if you want to test that an estimate is right, you can use a group of estimates clustered around a single estimate and see if any of them are right or wrong. I've been using a randomization band of +/- 40, so in a case where I ran 81,000 cases (I run 100,000 to 1,000,000 based on how many games I'm estimating), I'd expect to see around 1,000 uses of each BELOW input.
That first estimate is the randomized BELOW estimate churned through the ABOVE calculation 1,000,000 times. Coming into the final, Michigan Tech is at BELOW 1701 and Bowling Green is at 1617, its highest mark in 2016-17. As a result, we could have a matchup of MTU 1741, BGSU 1577; in that matchup, Michigan Tech would be picked to win 72% of the time. We could also see MTU 1661, BGSU 1657, and that's a dead heat.
When I noticed that BGSU was at its best mark of the year, I decided to additionally randomize between the best and worst marks for each team. MTU has been as high as 1739 and as low as 1586; BGSU is at 1617 now and was as low as 1479. This gives us a band of 54% BGSU favored to 82% MTU. Throw that in the wash and you get that second pair of numbers.
Which is better? It's a single game. BG fans will probably rib me if their team wins on Saturday. MTU fans will probably accuse me of jinxing them. I'll probably be frustrated either way, but it's a certainty that I'll be back next year.
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Samsung's Pro line of tablets was considered ridiculously expensive when it debuted, but thankfully for those who want in on the hardware, the market is quickly correcting the company's overzealous pricing. After seeing big price drops on eBay in both May and June, the refurbished Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 is now cheaper than it's ever been at $369.99. That's nearly $300 off the retail price of the new tablet, and much more palatable when compared to offerings from competing manufacturers.
The Tab Pro 12.2 is among Samsung's best-equipped large tablets, second only to the Note Pro 12.2 (with its stylus and Wacom digitizer) and the Galaxy Tab S 10.1 (with its Super AMOLED display). Shipping is free to the United States, and the seller is also offering the item for buyers in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and many other nations... but strangely, not Alaska or Hawaii. Sorry, non-contiguous readers. The item location is given as "United States," so it isn't clear which states will be charged sales tax.
This particular Tab Pro is offered as "Factory Refurbished with a 1 year Quick Ship [eBay seller] warranty," which may be a deal-breaker for some - non-manufacturer warranties have a poorer reputation when compared with their direct counterparts. If that doesn't bother you, head on over to eBay to pick one up. Only 52 have been sold so far, so I doubt there's a rush on the listing. eBay is also offering a 14-day return policy for its featured items.


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Compressed air systems are typically used on heavy trucks and buses. These compressed air systems can be divided up into a variety of categories, such as service brakes, parking brakes, control pedal, and an air storage tank. Other parts that make up the compressed air system are air dryers, cartridges, air tanks, hoses, connector pipes and pressure regulators. The parking brake operates on a disc or drum arrangement, which is designed to be held in the applied position by spring pressure. Air pressure has to be produced to release the parking break. Service brakes used for slowing or stopping get air that is routed under pressure to the brake chamber via the compressed air system and this stops the vehicle.
All compressed air systems require a supply system and a control system. The supply system compresses the air and stores it for when it's needed within the vehicle. Compressed air systems are driven by the crankshaft pulley via a belt, or directly from the engine's timing gears. The compressed air gets fed through a cooling coil and into a dryer to remove moisture and impurities. Compressed air systems are vitally important in heavy duty trucks.
One of the easiest methods to purchase a compressed air system or parts for a system is to go online. Once online, punch in the vehicle make and model and find the parts that you require. Go to the checkout stage of the purchase, and punch in the delivery address where you want your online parts purchase to be delivered to. No longer is there any need for long trips to find a parts supplier that might not have the parts anyway. Online purchases are by far the easiest.


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I found this talking memos by Bill O'Reilly compelling. Of the most interest is the discussion that ensues afterwards with his guests. I wish this video contained that section as well, but it does not and I can't find that video on his site, but it is worth a shot if you can because it brings out the differences in philosophy concerning the issues. So, what is Bill's point?
June 9, 2009
Bill O'Reilly and Human Rights Hypocrisy
June 4, 2009
Step One Complete
Update on Covenant Seminary Application: I am now a student at Covenant Seminary. We are moving into the next stage which is financial assistance. Of course, I'm praying for a scholarship or two or twelve. Not sure how long this part of the process will take, but will keep everyone updated. Thanks for the prayers.
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On 1 August 2016 the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) announced that it had made a decision to cancel the registration of Hands On Computer Training International Pty Ltd (RTO number 2058), which trades as Australian Institute of Commerce and Technology (AICT).
ASQA advises that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has made an order to stay ASQA's decision until the Tribunal's review of that decision has been finalised. This means ASQA's decision will not take effect today (16 September 2016) as previously advised.
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17 Sep. 2002
To: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
It has been a year now since we, 62 young people raised in Israel, sent you a letter announcing that we will not take part in the continuing oppression of the Palestinian people. Today, as the situation in Israel and in the Territories deteriorates, we say it again, together with many who have joined us: we refuse to be soldiers of the occupation.
The state of Israel commits war crimes and tramples over human rights, destroying Palestinian cities, towns and villages; expropriating land, detaining and executing without trial, conducting mass demolitions of houses, businesses, and public institutions; looting, closure, curfew, torture, prevention of medical care, construction and expansion of settlements – all these actions are opposed to human morality, and violate international treaties ratified by Israel. In these and other actions Israel systematically prevents Palestinians from carrying on their day-to-day lives. This reality leads to suffering, fear, and despair, which yield terror attacks. Therefore, the occupation is not only immoral; but it also damages the security of Israel's citizens and residents. Such security will be achieved only through a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
When the elected government tramples over democratic values and the chances for a just peace in the region, we have no choice but to obey our conscience and refuse to take part in the attack on the Palestinian people. As youth about to be called to serve in the military we pledge to do all that we see fit so as not to serve the occupation. Some of us will refuse to enlist; others will refuse to serve beyond the green line, and others yet will avoid military service in other ways – we view all these means as legitimate and necessary, and we call on other youth, conscripts, soldiers in the standing army, and reserve service soldiers to do the same.
Minister of Defense, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
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Precision Slotted Booster: Filament Wound Fiberglass
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Have someone in your life with a sweet tooth who would love a special gift basket designed just for their needs? Meet our Sweet Sensations Gift Basket, the perfect mixture of tons of tasty treasures beautifully wrapped up and ready to elicit smiles!
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