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"Brooks" and "Strike Four" and more.
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Book Reviews
By Dr. Harvey Frommer
Mid-summer 2014 and
the sports books of
all kinds keep
getting published
for all kinds of
is a sampling of
just a few of the
worthies out for
their for your
sports bookshelf.
Brooks by Doug
Wilson St. Martin's
Press, $26.99, 340
pages) is the
biography of
legendary Brooks
Robinson. Many
anecdotes and stats
blend in this
engaging account of
one of the top third
basemen of all time.
Out of Little Rock,
Arkansas, Robinson
made his way to the
majors in a hurry
and once there
stayed for a long
time racking up 18
All Star selections
and 16 Gold Glove
awards. Author
Wilson has dug deep
and produced a
winning bio.
Miracle at Fenway by
Saul Wisnia (St.
Martin's Press,
$26.99, 295 pages)
is a celebration and
flashback of the
hard fought
championship season
of the 2004 Red Sox
of Boston. New
insights intermingle
with old stories.
This book is focused
on how and why "the
curse was broken" is
recommended for
BoSox boosters who
want to read about a
happier time than
2014 is for the team
from Fenway.
Kent State
Press/Black Squirrel
Books comes a
quartette of
Heading the list is
Strike Four by Tom
Batiuk and Chuck
Ayers, 231 pages of
perceptive and
beautifully told
accounts of 25 years
of baseball memories
from Crankshaft in
words and pictures
and cartoons. Aptly
sub-titled "The
Crankshaft Baseball
Book," Strike Four
wondrously recounts
the life and times
of Ed Crankshaft.
Browns Bible by
Jonathan Knight, a
mother lode of 599
pages, comes the
complete history
Game-By- Game of the
Browns of Cleveland.
For reading, for
reference, for
argument settling,
this is the book for
fans of the team and
sports fans in
general. The
territory covered is
all about the
franchise from
Classic Steelers by
David Finoli (Kent
State U, 227 pages,
paper) is a treat
for all fans of this
legendary team.
Fifty Greatest Games
are given the up
close and personal
Unbeatable by Jerry
Barca ($15.99, 310
pages) is focused on
the 1988
championship season
of Notre Dame's
football team. All
the excitement of
that special time is
played back.
flashback to an
earlier an earlier
team --The '63
Steelers by Rudy
Dicks (307 pages,
paper) is also
worthwhile reading
especially for fans
of that team.
Fascinating research
by Dicks into a team
that was not
supposed to be there
at the end. However,
a bunch of unsung
players prevailed
and pressed on to
compete for a
championship. Well
written. ABSORBING.
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With Jenni's new class, "Home for the Holidays," she's got me thinking about houses and decorations! Both of these cards began with wreath shapes, flower shapes actually as I'll explain. I had previously cut several layered flower shapes (nested_flowers_and_frames_set_C00141_21585) with my Silhouette from the November Project Kit that I didn't end up using on a page. I thought those little shapes looked like wreaths so that's where the idea for these cards was born. And how perfect are her little bow embellishments for these? Um . . absolutely perfect! The front of the card measures 4 3/4" wide x 7" high. I used foam dots under the triangular roof directly above the wreath block.
Supplies used for house card:Christmas 2011 Accessory Sheet
Christmas 2011 Mini Pattern Sheet
Be Our Guest Journaling Cards
Mini Chipboard Pieces - Star
Rhinestone Bow Embellishment - Red
Stamps: Cursive sentiment by Papertrey Ink, Chrismas by Michaels
For my next card I took more of those outlined flower shapes and layered them all together. I didn't try to get them perfectly layered. I wanted to be able to see in between some of the flower points to the layer below. In order to get the right scale for the bow on this card, I tied a little seam binding bow and layered Jenni's rhinestone bow on top. I cut banner shapes from her Inkwell Paper for ribbon tails. Finally I cut the Peace sentiment from the packaging from the large Christmas Card Bingo Set. The phrase "Joy to the World" from the Christmas Mini Pattern Sheet (used on the house card) works in that spot as well or type out any sentiment you like. The front of the card measures 4 1/2" wide x 6 1/8" high.
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My business partner, Dennis Stack, lost both his parents before his daughter and only child was two years of age. As is the case for many families, his parents kept their past to themselves, and Dennis soon came to realize his daughter would never know her grandparents, or learn from their life experiences.
Then, after 19 years as a Financial Advisor for E.F. Hutton and serving as Sr. VP & Branch Manager for UBS/PaineWebber. Dennis realized he was doing a good job preserving his clients' valuables, but he wasn't doing anything to help preserve their values.
Like many advisors, he would send typical holiday gifts to his top clients. However, the year he lost his mother to Alzheimer's disease, he instead created a booklet with a list of 100 legacy questions and packaged it with an audiocassette recorder and three blank tapes. The greeting card asked that they "take some time to save something worth more than money."
Dennis rarely got more than a "thank you" note from a few clients when sending his typical gift. That year would be profoundly different. Every client to whom he had sent his package took the time to call him personally. Each and every one of them!
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If ever the phrase, "it's the thought that counts" hit home, this was it. Even if they never recorded a single life story, their perception of Dennis was elevated to rock star status, something most advisors couldn't even imagine. In one gesture, he cemented his best clients' loyalty and made it nearly impossible for competitors to lure them away.
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'I'm not like other men,' said Dan. 'I'm not even like other werewolves.'
'I don't understand Mr Shaffer,' the psychiatrist shuffled his papers and coughed. '…like other werewolves. There is no such thing as a werewolf or lycanthrope as it's really called. It exists only in myths and legends. Please explain further.'
'I can do better than that,' Dan was slowly sipping a blended cappuccino laced with sugary hazelnut syrup. 'I can show you.'
He licked some syrup off his designer stubble and bared his teeth. They seemed to be growing as he spoke. His voice was distinctly becoming lower, more like a growl. 'It's the sugar in the drinks.' He was twitching as he spoke. Long black hairs began sprouting from his face and the backs of his hands. 'No-one believes me you see. And that has a tendency to make me angry.' He slipped off the couch and squatted on his haunches, still holding on to his coffee with his claws. He took another sip through his elongated fangs. 'I wouldn't mind so much if it was triggered by the full moon like in the stories. That at least would be predictable. Once a month and all that. But I have to be so careful. Checking the labels of everything I buy. Looking at the sugar content. Sucrose, fructose, it doesn't matter. It all has the same effect.'
With which he leapt at the hapless psychiatrist, his teeth bared and jaws slavering.
'I guess you believe me now,' he said, leaping through the open window.
For Jan it was a night like any other. A nice dinner of roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese, peas and gravy. Followed by sticky toffee pudding and custard. All washed down with a large glass of cola. That was Dan's version. For Jan it was a low fat sugar free yoghurt instead of the pudding and sparkling water instead of cola. She allowed herself only two tiny roast potatoes and passed on the cauliflower cheese even though it was her favourite. She had to stay in good shape for her job. She worked as a rep selling diet shakes and nutritional supplements and though she didn't actually use the products, she needed to look as though she did.
Dan had popped out for a walk as he did every night after dinner. He was usually out for a good hour but she didn't mind as it gave her time to do the washing up, watch EastEnders and get in some practice in front of her Pilates Weight Loss Workout DVD. She would have preferred to exercise on an empty stomach but Dan's nightly absence gave her some privacy. And the opportunity to create a new menu that would subtly knock a few pounds off her portly partner. She set to work. It was time to start making a few changes. First of all, she would secretly replace the cola with a sugar free version. He wouldn't notice so long as she poured it into a glass and threw away the can. Then she would start preparing low calorie desserts like fresh fruit with a single cream alternative or a sugar-free lemon sorbet. Just these two changes would make such a difference. Little did she know just what a difference it would really make.
There are three ways to become a werewolf. Be born a werewolf because your parents were both werewolves. Be bitten by one, or be 'cursed'. So legend would have us believe. Dan on the other hand knew different. He was the exception to the rule. He never really believed that he was the only one but even though he had been told he would instantly recognise another 'sugar-induced-werewolf' as he jokingly called himself, he hadn't so far. At least not in Bromley.
This new 'shape-shifting' syndrome he assumed, was the result of decades of sugar rush and over-indulgence in sweet foods and drinks from coffee chains. He was addicted. Cappuccino, latte macchiato, mocha and luxurious hot chocolate, all served with extra syrup and those cute little marshmallows on the top. For most people it resulted in being overweight (he knew he was too) but for him it had an added 'curse'. Except he found it rather fun. He could induce it at will with little more than a large chocolate bar, but he could also be easily tricked. Hidden sugars in so many things. He had to take a packed lunch to work at Altered States Tailors in Bluewater. He didn't dare to pop into his local peri peri chicken in case the BBQ sauce made him start howling at the moon-shaped overhead lights in the Build-a-Bear shop. That would frighten the little buggers! How hilarious that would be but he would instantly get the sack. There would be no verbal or written warning for spontaneous lycanthropy. It would be out on your furry butt sunshine or should I say moonshine.
So Dan waited till he got home. He was starving. Maybe it would be sausage and mash tonight or spag bol followed by chocolate pudding and raspberry ripple ice cream (his favourite). Then it was a pint of full-fat cola and out for a walk. The transformation wouldn't take long if he had enough sweet stuff. He hadn't decided yet where he would go. Somewhere he could freely howl and chase a few squirrels in the churchyard maybe, or perhaps he would aim a bit higher tonight. A night club was always fun. Most of them too pissed to acknowledge his existence.
Horror of horrors! Tonight's dinner was a tuna salad (yuk!), light on the mayo and even worse there was no pudding. Only fruit and 0% fat free yoghurt and Jan had already replaced the cola with the sugar-free variety. That's it, he thought, I'll take a walk through the churchyard to the One Stop Shop and get myself a bar of chocolate or two. Because I'm hungry. The cola will trigger the 'other thing'.
He'd been walking for a good 15 minutes before he begun to realise something was wrong. No hair on the back of his hands or all over his face. No elongated fangs. No growing fingernails. Something was up. This couldn't be happening or not happening in this case. He was standing in the middle of the churchyard shivering. He hadn't worn a coat because once he was covered in fur he wouldn't need one. And that's when he saw him. Another werewolf. Drinking a chocolate mocha cappuccino in a paper cup. He recognised it instantly. He could even see the marshmallows. Dan tried to howl but his throat dried up. He tried to growl and snarl but it came out like a whimper. Then he tried to run but wolves can outrun a human without even trying.
'But I'm the only one in Bromley,' he cried as he went down in a mass of teeth and hair and saliva.
When they found him the next day he was lying face down in the churchyard with his neck torn open. In his hand he was clutching an empty cup of chocolate mocha cappuccino. He had tried to grab it and take a swig but he never stood a chance. Jan had thought she was doing him a favour. Little did she know.
In a world where for some people reality is too painful to bear and dreams are as fragile as eggshells, Mia was happy to float between the two. Her world was one of waking dreams.
'I dream with my eyes open', she said to the doctor, who was rapidly making notes and tutting a great deal. 'I walk with fairy folk and elves and creatures from beyond the stars.'
'I'm sure you do Mia, I'm sure you do.' The doctor was putting away his notebook and closing his brown leather bag. 'I'll give some more sleeping tablets, but only for a few days. They are addictive you know.'
Back at the surgery, Doctor Williams shook his head and spoke to his secretary in a quiet voice so as not be overheard by the usual plethora of sulky kids with buttons up their noses, pensioners who faked illness just so they could have someone to talk to and pregnant women having their blood checked for anaemia.
'She really believes everything she says, that poor girl. I'd love to get to the bottom of what it is that is keeping her in this floating reality…something traumatic that she won't face,' he said.
'Drugs I expect,' Julia Fisher replied, 'She's on something. Has to be.'
'Definitely not, I've examined her, talked to her, there are no track marks down her arms, I'm sure she doesn't smoke marijuana, she's not suicidal. No there's something else. Something I need to get to the bottom of. Maybe I should regress her….'
'Then she'll tell you she was Joan of Arc or Cleopatra in a previous life or some such nonsense.' Julia was always dismissive of anything slightly spiritual or scientifically doubtful.
'Not that kind of regression. Not to a 'previous life' as you call it. Just to her childhood so we can find out what is hidden there.'
'A couple of bodies, I expect. She probably murdered her parents and hid them in the cellar.'
'Now who's the fantasist?' Dr Williams laughed.
Mia's eyes are lightly shut but she is not asleep. 'They don't believe in you anymore,' she says aloud. 'But it's no matter. I see you. Like little stars you shine for me and only for me. You sparkle in the night sky and fall to the ground one by one in tiny gossamer droplets of light.'
'Help us,' I hear you say. 'If they stop believing in us, we'll vanish forever.'
'I love you,' she replies. 'I love you as if you were my own children.' And the world is shining around her and there are tears in her eyes.
'I'll help you, I promise. Trust me.'
'Everything that has ever happened in your life, Mia, is stored deep in your unconscious mind. Your conscious mind, however, may block these memories because they are too painful. This can give rise to mental illness and emotional disturbances. But I'm here to help you.
'I am going to take you back to your early childhood.
'Your eyes are closed and your eyelids are starting to relax. In a few moments, I will count rapidly from ten to one and with each number, your relaxation will increase. 10… 9… 8… Stored deeply in your unconscious mind are memories of other times and other places. 7… 6… 5… Soon you will be able to retrieve those memories and recount them…4… 3… 2… 1.
Then a strange thing happened. He realised that Mia was floating about two feet above the couch. She was surrounded by twinkling lights of silver and gold. They circled her body and then began to circle his head. Round and round they went. They played games like an aerial hide and seek, up and down they flew, now left, now right. They were making him dizzy.
'Free us,' they said. 'Help us….believe…'
He remembered his conversation with Mia only the other day. 'I walk with fairy folk and elves and creatures from beyond the stars,' she had told him.
He hadn't believed her. 'It's just a dream, a nightmare or even a hallucination,' he had told her. But here they were all around him. And he was talking to them.
'How can I help you?' he asked them.
'By believing in Mia,' they replied.
'I believe,' he said and in an instant another believer had been converted and he knew that his life would never be the same.
I've been sitting on my story Miss Havisham's Ghost for over two (or even three) months, unable to go anywhere with it, so I decided the best thing to do was to give up. Not give up on writing the story but on trying to combine the two stories into one.
I have done this – bring in something autobiographical – before in a story and one of my friends thought the real person I was talking about was the grown up version of the child in the story. It hadn't occurred to me that anyone would, but I thought if that story was confusing then this one would be even more so! So this morning I split them up.
And now I have two stories – each one almost 4,000 words. One is a traditional (so far) ghost story without a title, while the other is mainly autobiographical. All I need to do is progress the ghost story without the added complication of weaving in the other. The challenges of course, remain the same as ever!
'Stage of Fools' is a quote from Shakespeare's King Lear. However, I used it as the title of a short story in which a theatre director decides to stage a production of The Medea, a Greek tragedy by Euripedes. Peter, the director, is a pretentious fool with ideas well above his station and talent. In the meanime his marriage to his French wife, Justine, is falling apart and while Peter is looking for funding by seducing the daughter of a rich publisher, Justine (like Medea) is plotting her revenge.
I have always had a 'thing' about The Medea ever since I studied it in the second year of my OU degree. However, I never imagined it would become the plot of a short story!
Here is an exceprt from Stage of Fools, the last and longest story in An Irrational Fear of Dogs and other short stories.
It was a fascination with Greek tragedy, brought on no doubt by a boy's experiences of the Classics at public school that led Peter Meadows to follow his childhood ambition and stage a West End production of Medea. Now approaching that milestone age which shall only be spoken in whispers when one is quasi-famous, he believed it to be now or never. Justine preferred never, but then always more pragmatic and less self-indulgent than her husband, she was the one who paid (or frequently didn't pay when they had no money) the ever increasing bills that fanned themselves out on the floor of the porch like the spreading flare of a peacock's tail feathers, vying for attention.
'They'll take care of themselves,' Peter would say if she tutted and then throw them over his shoulder to land in a pile on the floor.
'Non cherie, they will not,' she replied and picked them up, stuffing them into the sagging pockets of her long brown cardigan, before adding them to the teetering pile that was now becoming a fire hazard in the conservatory.
Thus began the daily ritual of will they won't they which perfectly demonstrated the widening chasm between two people who had met at university when the whole world stretched out before them, filled with happiness and opportunity. Peter, two years older than Justine, was dashing, attractive and extremely persuasive. The year was 1988 and he was in his third year reading Drama at Reading University when the beautiful exchange student walked into the bar of the Student's Union and asked for a glass of Chardonnay in perfect, yet broken, English. Slim, chic and better dressed than the average university student, she was obviously French.
'I'll get that,' Peter said to the barmaid (another of his recent conquests but no hard feelings eh), who was pouring Hock out of a wine box, 'and I'll have a beer.'
It didn't take him long to discover that Justine, as her name turned out to be, was in her first year studying the Classics at the Sorbonne and was in England to discover the museums and art galleries.
'J'adore Oxford, en particulier le musée Ashmolean.'
'Then we must go there,' Peter replied, everyone at his school had at least passed basic O level French, 'I know, let's go tomorrow and take a picnic and go boating on the river.'
Within a week they were sharing his digs and were head over heels in love.
Ok that sounds like an observation. It's actually another excerpt from
An Irrational Fear of Dogs and other short stories. This one is called The Sweet Smell of Lilies. So here goes…
Lilies remind me of funerals. Not a very original observation, I hear you thinking. Why not roses or gardenias or boring old Sweet Williams or those plants that everyone loves the smell of except me, stocks, I think they are called. No there is something about lilies, especially white ones, that is associated with death.
The 8.22 from Cheltenham is rumbling past Didcot Power Station. 'Choo choo,' it goes. I look for the Fat Controller but he isn't there. Only a thin man with a gaunt face and a copy of the Guardian and a woman with cheap luggage and cheap shoes. She has poisoned her entire family and fled her home in the country to run away with the thin man with the gaunt face. But her cheap luggage and the Guardian are too mismatched so I give up there and then.
At Paddington there is a crowd thronging around some event of which I have no knowledge. A minor celebrity has stepped down from the train perhaps and collapsed on the floor, having been shot twice in the leg and chest by a crazed fan with a Colt.45. I am sure I can smell sulphur. The police come quickly. Everyone will be arrested. I must flee the crime scene quickly in case they think it was me. The evidence is in my handbag. My fingerprints are all over the gun.
'Help! Help! It wasn't me,' I cry, 'I am innocent. I was on a train passing Didcot Power Station at the time officer. You can ask the Fat Controller or the thin man…..'
Suddenly a man with a small moustache stands up in the middle of the throng and brushes himself down. He is embarrassed, I can see that.
'I am so sorry,' he says, 'I tripped.'
The crowd moves on, uncaring now. I move with them. I have an appointment with death. I am going to my uncle's funeral in Willesden. He died in suspicious circumstances. He was poisoned. He was alone at the time you see…


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The Simone France Philosophy: (from the website)
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The Kindle Fire tablet does not come with an USB cable. If you don't want to buy an expensive cable, but you need to send files from your PC to your new Kindle Fire, you can still do it wirelessly through your home wireless internet connection.
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1Using your Kindle Fire, click on the 'Apps' tab.
2Click on the 'Store' tab. Type 'WiFi File Explorer Pro' in the search window and download the file to your Kindle Fire. Be aware that a small charge is made. Choose the 'Pro' version and not the version called 'WiFi File Explorer' (which is severely limited).
3Start the WiFi File Explorer Pro program on your Kindle. You will see a http:// address at the bottom of the program. Go to your PC Windows Internet Explorer (IE) and type this URL (include the http://) into your URL address window. You should see something like Fig. 1.
- (Important: Always start the WiFi File Explorer Pro program on your Kindle Fire before you go to the URL on your computer. It seems the web site won't come up unless you already have the program started on your Kindle. Keep that in mind if you are having problems.)
- This website, along with the 'WiFi File Explorer Pro' program running on your Kindle, allows you to send files from any PC directory to your Kindle Fire. What you are looking at is a list of files and directories located on your Kindle Fire.
4Create a new directory by selecting 'Create Directory'. A window will open and you can name your new directory anything you wish (so you remember where your files came from, try naming it FromMyPC). Okay, find this new directory in the list and double click it so that you are inside that new directory. Remember, you must be inside your new directory BEFORE you do any file transfer.
5Send a file from your PC to your Kindle Fire. Click on the highlighted link 'Select Files' as shown in Fig. 2.
- This window is in the lower right-hand corner of PC screen.
6Search for the files. A window will open and you can search for any file on your PC that you want to send to your Kindle (try one file as a test). Next, click the button 'Upload Files'. This will send the PC file to your Kindle using the internet and the wireless internet connection in your home.
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Inspirational Spontaneous Donation
The following is an account of an auspicious meeting between Red Cross donor, Wayne Sundmacher, and Red Cross volunteers shopping for non-perishable food items at a BJ's Club store in Hamilton, New Jersey. At the spur of the moment, Wayne stepped up to cover a substantial bill for Red Cross supplies to be distributed to residents affected by Superstorm Sandy in New York and New Jersey at the cash register.
He says:
After having spent four days without electricity or hot water, our lights came back on early Saturday morning. That's just an inconvenience, and nothing compared to our friends who lost their home. My wife and I felt very lucky to have only lost some roof shingles, some food from our refrigerator and our electricity for four days.
As a State employee, I had some involvement in emergency management and was painfully aware of the plight of those left homeless by the storm. I was also aware of the great volunteer response by organizations like the Red Cross, and how they were endeavoring to meet the needs of thousands of people affected by the storm.
On Sunday morning November 4th, I was shopping at BJ's Club in Hamilton, NJ, restocking perishable food items that we had lost during the power outage. I was surprised to find the aisles crowded with American Red Cross volunteers, scurrying about, collecting case after case of non-perishable food items. Their enthusiasm was inspiring, and I wanted to find some way to help, but also didn't want to distract them from the important work they were doing.
When I arrived at the check-out, I turned to find Red Cross volunteers with several flat-bed carts, waiting in line behind me. My only thought was, "What can I do to help?" Certainly, the volunteers weren't set up top take a donation, so I did the next best thing. I approached the young man behind me, with an offer to pay for the first $100 worth of food items they rang up.
While I thought my $100 offer would go a long way, the very first case of food the Red Cross was purchasing rang up at $214. Sometimes, you just have to go with your heart, and not consider your wallet. Rather than try to split up the purchase, I just told the cashier I would pay the full cost of that case of food. I cannot tell you how good it made me feel, to know that food I had just purchased would be distributed to someone in desperate need, that very day. And the cost? Well, that's a couple less dinners out, and a few weeks without doughnut shop coffee. I think that's pretty easy to bear.
– Wayne Sundmacher
Here's a link to a great post on Wayne's Facebook page where he challenges friends to make a donation of their own to help the efforts of the American Red Cross in New Jersey.
We are incredibly touched by his generosity and second him in encouraging others to follow his example. Thanks Wayne!
By the way, over the course of the weekend of November 3-4, the American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania sent 17 teams of volunteers to New York City and Jersey City to distribute food and and water. In all, our teams distributed more than 48,000 food items and 20,000 bottles of water to residents in New York and Jersey City. (More photos here. Scroll to second half of set to see the store and distribution pictures.) This was just a small part of the large-scale response by the American Red Cross to Superstorm Sandy.


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Call for Presenters!
Join me in Kansas at the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) annual conference!
SEADAE is partnering with Young Audiences Arts for Learning to offer a conference on ESSA with a focus on looking at how policy meets practice in our schools. Now through June 15, 2018, SEADAE will be accepting proposals for conference sessions to appeal to a broad audience of educators K-12, teaching artists, higher education, administrators, arts stakeholders and researchers.
The conference is structured around two central themes relating to ESSA as states and school districts roll out their plans. The two themes include:
– Charting new realities for arts education under ESSA
– Putting the arts into education policies and practice
Please click on 2018 SEADAE RFP Request for Proposals at one of these two locations or
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8 Reasons Why You Should Never Visit Santorini
by Alex Georgiades | Updated 08 February 2019 | Posted in Top Lists, Destinations, Greece
Santorini is one of the most popular Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. After perusing through seemingly-idyllic blue and white photos online and in brochures, it is highly likely that the prospect of Santorini holidays will be cemented in your foreseeable plans, but STOP RIGHT THERE. Santorini may seem perfect, but it's about time someone told you the truth. So prepare yourself. Here are 8 reasons why you might never want to visit Santorini...
1. The Scenic View
As a photographer, I enjoy my fair share of taking photos on holiday. Yes, I love a good sunset from time to time. Yes, I can appreciate an incredible view of a serene blue skies and white buildings sprawled across a canvas cliffside. But I have to say, this place is just TOO picture perfect, that you'll want to stop and take a photo every two seconds. And hey, they'll probably all look the same to you when you get home anyway...
2. The Sunsets
Picture this. Spending your evening perched on a luxurious balcony, with a view over-looking a white-and-blue village, that has now absorbed the aura of the crimson sun as it sinks into the sea amongst a panalopy of stunning colour. Yeah, sounds pretty good doesn't it? Well, in fact, no. A sunset means nothing to me now. Wherever I go, no sunset will ever amount to what you can experience on this island. Thanks a lot Santorini.
3. The Food and Drink
Greek culture is famous for it's traditional dishes, and they consider themselves to be experts when it comes to grilled meats, constantly working with fresh supply from their land and sea. That's all well and good, but how exactly are you supposed to choose from a menu that has such a wide variety of incredible dishes? For foodie's like myself, this only causes arguments (especially when your girlfriend goes to steal food from your plate...)
4. Endless Romance
WARNING: If you take your partner here, prepare to be constantly pestered for boring moonlit walks through Oia, or to share a sunset that damn near blinds you from the comfort of your rooftop. Oh, and the weather is beautiful. So be prepared to log some serious hours on suncream duty - the worst!
5. There Are Too Many Things To Do
You might be going to Santorini for a simple holiday in the sun. Alas, expect to find yourself being tricked into memorable adventures, such as snorkelling trips, volcano hikes and quad biking. It's all very boring, trust me. Just stay at home. You'll probably come back more exhausted then when you left.
6. It's Luxurious Homes
Santorini villas are always something special and it is certainly home to some of Clickstay's most luxurious and idyllic properties. So, prepare yourself for social media hate when all of your mates don't like your photos on Facebook and are constantly jealous of your picture uploads and status updates. Genuinely, you'll feel terrible.
7. The Welcoming Locals
The locals on this small island care about their homes reputation and welcome tourists with open arms, which means that over the duration of your stay you're likely to build some unlikely relationships with Santorinis residence. Like Nikos here, who provided us with free 'pastourma' whenever we passed his shop. But let me tell you, goodbyes are never easy. Don't let these friendly menances into your hearts. I still miss Nikos and his free gifts everyday...
8 . You'll never want to go home.
One big problem with this place, is that you lose all sense of time, responsibility and reality. But, the lifestyle in paradise gets very rudely pulled from under your feet on leaving day, and I can assure you, it's not pretty. Just don't risk it.
What? You still want to go? Fine, if you insist then here are our villas in Santorini


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- By Andi McDanielMarch 20, 2014
- By Andi McDaniel
At least a couple times a month, an article with some kind of generational war cry makes the rounds. You've seen them in your Facebook feed: "Millennials: Could They Get Any Lazier?" Or "Boomers: When Will They Get Out of the Way of Our Careers?"
Inevitably, one group feels self-satisfied while the other rolls its eyes, feeling misunderstood.
My opinion? We can do better than this.
A new Nielsen report provides fodder for a generational ceasefire, and its insights might surprise you. The research suggests to me that Millennials are more like boomers — and their parents — than the stereotypes would have you believe. Here are five ways how:
(MORE: Are You More of a Boomer or a Millennial?)
1. Millennials are the modern-day coupon-clippers. "Coming of age during the Great Recession imprinted Millennials in important ways similar to Great Depression-era generations," according to the report. "They're more austere, more money-conscious, more resourceful and wary of investing in the stock market."
In July of 2013, the unemployment rate for boomers was 6 percent, and for younger Millennials, 13 percent. In other words, Millennials have been broke throughout their coming of age. And much like the boomers' parents, their worldviews have been permanently shaped by this experience.
But instead of the Depression-era-stuffing-bread-rolls-into-their-coat-pockets, they're seeking deals on Groupon and Shopkick.
2. Millennials are not so selfish after all. Boomers are seen as the ultimate parenting enthusiasts (responsible, after all, for the infamous "My kid's an honor roll student" bumper stickers). But Millennials are also family-oriented, with 52 percent saying being a good parent is one of their most important goals in life. And 63 percent feel it's their responsibility to care for an older parent.
3. Millennials value community, like, a lot. Picture the stereotypical Millennial: hooded sweatshirt, giant headphones, absorbed in a tiny glowing screen, lost to the world. While the hooded sweatshirt part may be true (and OK, fine, the glowing screen), the "lost to the world" part is not.
Millennials are actually highly engaged with their communities. Despite their small paychecks, they contribute to causes (75 percent of Millennials made a financial gift to a nonprofit in 2013), and they're avid volunteers (more Millennials did volunteer work in 2013 than any other generation).
(MORE: How Generous are Baby Boomers?)
4. Let's talk about the technology thing. There's no question that Millennials are more absorbed in technology than any previous generation. And boomers should relate — across the entire age spectrum, we're all spending more time mesmerized by our screens, and we're all feeling the consequences (or else "tech sabbaticals" wouldn't be rising in popularity).
But I find it encouraging that to Millennials, technology is a relationship tool: "54 percent feel technology helps them be closer to their friends and family," the Nielsen report states.
Whether technology actually does strengthen relationships is a deeper question.
5. Cities are the new suburbs. While Millennials' affection for urban environments may not bode well for suburban real estate (might want to unload those McMansions sooner rather than later), it's a great sign that this generation is building a future with fewer cars and the vibrant, creative energy that defines urban life.
As Nielsen puts it, "The 'American Dream' is transitioning from the white picket fence in the suburbs to the historic brownstone stoop in the heart of the city."
If you value art, music, historic preservation, and hey, even shopping — this is good news.
As a recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine suggests, the young and the older have much to learn from each other. It's a "lose-lose" situation when we antagonize and categorize, but a win-win if we stay open and learn from each other's strengths.
We'll explain to you what ROFL stands for if you'll help us get our kids on the honor roll. Deal?
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Electroencephalography (EEG) provides detailed information on brain activity. EEG biomarkers represent this information based on algorithms that extract specific properties of the EEG signals. This can be the spectral content, such as, the power or peak frequency of the alpha oscillations, or it can be biomarkers in the temporal or spatial domain, such as, long-range temporal correlations or the phase lag index. Importantly, these biomarkers can be sensitive to disease or intervention-induced changes in brain activity, making them critical for neuroscience research.
Since 2008 we have developed the Neurophysiological Biomarker Toolbox (NBT) . NBT's core aim is to provide a large selection of algorithms for analysing EEG signals in an easy-to-use EEG toolbox. In 2012 we released part of this toolbox as open-source code to the public. The toolbox has since then been used in multiple research projects (more than 10 peer-reviewed articles published), and has more than 1500 registered users. In 2015 we established the company NBT Analytics in order to accelerate the development and use of advanced EEG analysis in clinical trials. NBT Analytics has obtained an exclusive license on the closed-sourced part of the toolbox.
NBT Analytics is committed to the advancement of EEG signal processing to better understand brain states. We have, therefore, established the research organization NBTresearch to give a community of researchers access to the research version of the NBT toolbox. This version of the toolbox is significantly different from the public open-source NBT toolbox, providing a completely new data format and new algorithms. In the future, selected features from the research version will be released as part of the open-source public version.
We only accept members that expect to provide significant contributions to the toolbox. If you are interested in becoming a member, then please write a mail to [email protected], with detailed information about your research and how it benefits from and contributes to NBT.
If you want to contribute to the open-source NBT toolbox including our online tutorials on EEG analysis, then you do not need to become a member of NBTresearch. The open-source NBT toolbox is available on Github, and we appreciate pull requests. Contributing your code will make it available for the global EEG research community.
We welcome requests for collaborations. This can be in the form of joint grant applications where you as an academic researcher will need an SME partner (NBT Analytics). Or, if you have a medical research question and would like to outsource the complex task of making the best of your EEG data.
Currently, we are a partner of the CognitionNet project funded by the EC under FP7-PEOPLE-2013 (607508).
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Modern Family Season 5 Episode 15 "The Feud" airs Wednesday, February 26 (9:00-9:30 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. Episode Synopsis : Modern Family Season 5 Episode 15 "The Feud" – Phil is upset to have lost his elected office of social chair to his nemesis Gil Thorpe, and when he finds out Luke is competing against Gil's kid in a wrestling match, it becomes his own personal battle. Claire is nervous for a big client meeting but things get extra hairy when Mitch and Cam ask her to pick up Lily from school and conveniently leave out the fact that her class just had a lice scare. Elsewhere, Gloria chaperones Manny's school field trip to the museum, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. Read More... //www.tvequals.com/2014/02/26/modern-family-season-5-episode-15-the-feud/


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The O'Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) Scotland by Swatch, an Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star Prime event, entered its 8-day waiting period today welcoming some of surfing's best professional athletes at Thurso for the kick off of the world's northern based event on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS).
The inconsistent surf on offer at either Brims Ness or the world famous righthander of Thurso East forced officials to postpone the start of competition until tomorrow morning when another call is made at 7 AM by O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series contest director Matt Wilson (AUS) with reasonable chances to see the expected new swell supposed to hit Northern Scotland show its first pulses for Day 2.
With 120 surfers having made the trip to Thurso to try and seize the valuable ratings' points on offer and US$ 145 000 up for grabs, the O'Neill Cold Water Classic (CWC) Scotland will witness world class action with event top seed and ASP Top 45 rookie Drew Courtney (AUS), 20, leading the favorites' charge while current ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) ratings' No. 1 Owen Wright (AUS), 19, will be ready to extend his lead over close followers.
Defending champion Adam Robertson (AUS), 26, will be back out in the renowned cold waters of Scotland when Round 2 paddles out, the Victorian based competitor looking to keep-up his exceptional form that saw him make the final of the last ASP World Tour event at Bells Beach after making it through the trials and defeating several Dream Tour leaders on his way.
With former ASP World Champion and last year's O'Neill CWC Scotland equal 5th Sunny Garcia (HAW), 2008 runner-up Adam Melling (AUS), O'Neill team riders Jarrad Howse (AUS) and Hugo Savalli (REU) as well as Europe's rising stars Joan Duru (FRA) and Marc Lacomare (FRA) all attending the event, the set-up is ready for another spectacular edition.
The O'Neill Cold Water Classic Scotland is the second event of five on this year's O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series and offers valuable 3500 ratings' points to the winner counting for the qualification towards next year's ASP World Tour.
Heat 1: Wiggoly Dantas (BRA), Jayce Robinson (GBR), Alex Gray (USA)
Heat 2: Sunny Garcia (HAW), Yujiro Tsuji (JPN), Mark Cameron (SCO), Yuzuru Tanaka (JPN)
Heat 3: Jay Davies (AUS), Omer Bar (ISR), Ryah Arthur (USA)
Heat 4: Marco Giorgi (URY), Alejandro Moreda (PRI), Micheal Bailey (USA)
Heat 5: Heath Joske (AUS), Angelo Lozano (MEX), Chris Davis (USA)
Heat 6: Matt Mohagen (USA), Gordon Fontaine (FRA), Haritz Mendiluze (EUK), Georgie Watts (SCO)
Heat 7: Madison Williams (AUS), Luca Guichard (DNK), Matt Capel (GBR), Eduardo Fernandes (PRT)
Heat 8: Luke Munro (AUS), Freddie Meadows (SWE), Matt Johnson (USA)
Heat 9: Lyncoln Taylor (AUS), Travis Beckmann (USA), Brandon Roberts (ZAF)
Heat 10: Alek Parker (USA), Damien Chaudoy (REU), Ricardo Lange (DEU), Micah Lester (AUS)
Heat 11: Marc Lacomare (FRA), Jason Harris (USA), Jensen Callaway (USA)
Heat 12: Bobby Hansen (NZL), Reubyn Ash (GBR), Jose Trujillo (MEX)
Heat 13: Richard Christie (NZL), Seam Holmes (ZAF), Josie Graves (PRI)
Heat 14: Daniel Redman (ZAF), Will Tant (USA), Joe Tanaka (JPN)
Heat 15: Jano Belo (BRA), Alan Stokes (GBR), Shota Nakamura (JPN), Mark Harris (GBR)
Heat 16: Manuel Selman (CHL), Andrew Bennett (USA), Sam Lamiroy (GBR)


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Are you thinking of moving this spring? "Spring" seems to be the most popular time of year for people to put their homes on the market. Everyone always seems to be "waiting for spring"!
Whatever the time of year, the most important thing any home seller can ever do is TIDY UP. In most cases, significant, or even insignificant, renovations aren't really necessary. And by "not necessary", what is meant is spending $1000 or $2000 on a renovation project or projects will get you a negative return (the return is less than the amount it cost you to complete the project). So, why spend $1000 to get $100?
Most homes, and of course there are exceptions, don't require a huge amount of work to prepare to sell. Most buyers purchasing a resale home, and again, there are exceptions, acknowledge that the home will not be perfect. It may have holes in the walls from where pictures hung. It may have slight scuff marks on the hardwood floor from where a plate was dropped. There may be a crack in the sidewalk concrete.
In selling a home, aside from proper pricing, presentation, and exposure, the most valuable piece of advice is to TIDY UP. Outside, even if it's winter, make sure your yard doesn't look like you've forgotten about it. It should look dormant, not forgotten. Cut back trees and shrubs, try to rake leaves up off the grass, and make sure that gardening tools, lawnmowers, and all the "summer stuff" is stored neatly in the garage or basement. Buyers would rather have a garage packed neatly with yard furniture than have an empty garage with outdoor furniture an dcushions strewn around outside. For a summer sale, cut the grass, rake the leaves and pinecones, and have your yard look cared for.
And now for the interior... Remember, buyers are confused by clutter. The more clutter there is in a home, the harder it is for them to see THEIR STUFF in there. They can't see it as their home if too much of YOUR STUFF clutters their minds.
In the kitchen, clear the personal magnets, notes, pictures off of your fridge. Make sure counters have minimal appliances and gadgets on them. Clean out your junk drawer (every kitchen has one). Most of all, keep counters relatively bare, and make sure dishes are put away. Dirty dishes kill sales, and bare counters make them look bigger, and give the buyers the impression that the seller is organized. Organized people are up to date on home maintenance, and take care of their homes!!!
In bedrooms, bathrooms, and the rest of your home, the same principles apply. Make beds, make sure your closets are organized, with clothes folded, and nicely arranged. Linen closets, same thing... Folded, and neat. Bathrooms? Same principle as for the kitchen: Counters tidy, and relatively bare... Put that toothbrush and hair brush in the drawer. Fold and hang the towels. Family and rec rooms? More leeway here, as we know this is where families spend alot of their time, but kids toys put away, "stuff" picked up off the floor and put away.
The best thing to note about the recommendations above is that they cost you nothing other than time. No contractor required. No special equipment needed. A bit of time, a bit of your own labor, and a desire for a quicker sale of your home is all it takes to TIDY UP and make your home more appealing to that buyer who wants to pay top dollar for your home!


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This is the moment that you've been waiting for, finally a payment integration that changes the way that you accept and manage payments.
For too long, the capabilities of payment systems have been about taking the cash, and leaving the rest to you to figure out. The reality is that by accepting credit card payments it can result in hours wasted reconciling, matching and finding information on transactions, burning through hours of your valuable time; and don't get us started on the cost ...
Well, no more! Wise-Pay is going to get you online accepting payments in a flexible and cost effective way.
If you've previously worked through the Wise-Sync setup, you'll be familiar with our step-by-step processes, designed to help you through the simple (but complex) steps. Good news is that Wise-Pay has less configuration; more relaxation. So let's get started. Here is what you will need to complete:
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If you have Wise-Sync, but are yet to sign up to Wise-Pay you can send an email to: email@example.com and we will send you a proposal for Wise-Pay which you can accept.
Alternatively, if you do not have Wise-Sync or Wise-Pay you can sign up for them here: https://www.wise-sync.com/accounting-sync/pricing/
Configure your Merchant Settings
Each Merchant has a slightly different implementation; so we've documented each. Just keep in mind that the details provided in these screens are sensitive, so please keep them safe as you would any other primary access information. Click on the following articles to set up each of the different payment providers.
Your subscription will include a standard account with IntegraPay, our preferred payment provider:
IntegraPay Merchant Settings
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Payment Services
Payment services provide the connection between the various integration points (ConnectWise, Quosal, Email Links) to the supported Payment Providers (IntegraPay, Braintree, Stripe, Authorize.Net)
Email Link for ConnectWise Invoices - Create an email link to include a Pa Now button in the HTML body of the Invoice Email template sent from ConnectWise Batch Email Wizard
Quosal Order Porter Integration - Configure the Quosal Order Porter integration, to accept one-time and recurring payments instantly from Order Porter
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More accolades for the Highlander… The NHTSA recently awarded the 2015 model an overall 5-star safety rating. This isn't very surprising given that the 2014 version had a 5-star rating, and the 2015 has the same design.
At the same time, the 2015 Honda Pilot received a 4-star overall safety rating, putting it a notch below the Highlander. This result was also expected, as the 2015 Pilot has the same basic design as the 2014 model, which previously received a 4-star rating.
Both the Highlander and the Pilot received a 4-star rating for frontal crashes and rollovers, and a 5-star rating for side crashes. The difference in the overall rating is the result of better safety technology on the Highlander.
Of course, these features are part of the optional driver's tech package, so that aspect of the rating only applies to the Limited trim level w/the tech package, or the Limited Platinum (which includes the tech package).
Note, however, that the Highlander scored "Acceptable" in the IIHS small overlap frontal crash test (and was named a Top Safety Pick+) while the Pilot received a "Poor" rating in the same test. Presumably, Honda will address this shortcoming in the rumored 2016 redesign of the Pilot.


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We grow these apple varieties …
Supermarket apples don't always ripen on the tree, so you may have been missing the full flavor and special characteristics special to tree-ripened apples!
Some first time visitors are surprised at how unique each variety may be — varying in sweetness, color, tartness, and even texture.
We hope you enjoy selecting the perfect apples for pies, cobblers,
salads, and just plain great eating right off the tree!
This crisp apple blends sweetness and tartness just right for snacks and salads. Also great for baking, applesauce and for freezing.
This attractive apple is favored for cooking, cider and fresh-eating. It has a sweet-tart flavor. Its flesh is white and is very slow to brown, making it ideal for salads.
A tart but very flavorful, very crisp apple that stays hard for months in refrigeration. Empires are dark red in color and are great for eating or baking and the slices do not get to soft. Great for making caramel apples.
Slightly spicy flavor. Cream-colored flesh. This apple is firm, juicy and crisp. A favorite for fresh-eating, pies and applesauce.
One of our favorite eating apples after Christmas. The flavor gets stronger and is great for baking, although its slices will not get soft or release any juices. You might want to blend another apple like a Golden when baking. Fuji will easily stay very hard and extra sweet until taken out of refrigeration.
Gala has a wonderful super sweet flavor with crisp, firm, juicy flesh. Gala stores well for months in refrigeration. Gala is great for eating and baking because the slices do not cook down hardly at all.
Ginger Gold
Ginger Gold is crisp, sweet and juicy. This apple is a early season favorite. It may be the best of the early season fresh-eating apple.
Golden Delicious
Goldens are bright yellow and large in size. Goldens are great eating, applesauce and baking, while the slices keep their shape. Goldens and Jonathans combined make for a great pie. In storage this apple stays sweet, but tends to get soft, but not to soft to enjoy.
Granny Smith
Granny Smith is one of the later varieties. With a firm, crisp texture, this dark green apple is an excellent choice for caramel apples. Its extreme tartness balances the sweetness of the caramel. Great for Salads and just plain eating. Time to PUCKER UP!
This is a solid green cooking apple. If you like a tart eating apple try the greening. Makes an excellent apple pie.
A newer variety that has everyone going wild over it. #1 eating apple. Honeycrisp has a very sweet flavor and is extra juicy. This apple has a nice crisp bite to it and stores for quite a long time.
Ida Red
Its crisp, very firm, white Flesh is tangy and juicy. This apple is good for eating and great for applesauce and baking. Ida is a cross between Wagener and Jonathan. This is a Good keeper when refrigerated.
A very large, sweet-tart flavor Crisp apple that is very juicy. The apple is pink and large in size. Jonagolds are great for eating, applesauce or baking. When baking the slices do get soft.
This apple is great for eating and cooking. It has a slightly tart flavor. This is a cross between a Jonathan and a McIntosh.
The Jonathan apple is pretty and popular. It works well for eating and cooking. Jonathans juicy flavor has a spicy tang that blends well with other apples.
McIntosh is a classic apple for eating out of hand. It is favored for its ultra-juicy white flesh, lightly tart flavor and excellent fresh apple aroma. This apple is great in salads. Best known for making applesauce and cider. Also great for baking pies.
Mollie Delicious
A large to very large attractive red apple. Mollie is mild and juicy. This is one of the earlier apples to come on.
Mutsu also known as Crispin, is a wonderful eating apple. It has the perfect blend of tart and sweet with lots of juice and snap. Great for eating and cooking.
Northern Spy
The Northern Spy is a baker's dream. This tart apple is great for cooking and baking. It holds its shape and flavor in the oven. Although it is tart, many people like it for fresh-eating too. This apple will never win a contest for its beauty, but don't let that put you off.
Paula Red
One of the earliest apples to be harvested. This apple has a pleasingly tart flavor and good aroma. The Paula Red is great in back-to-school lunches, or early season baking. Great for applesauce too.
Red Delicious
Most popular known apple is the Red Delicious. It is known for it sweet flavor and good looks. Its flesh is yellowish. Red Delicious is primarily a fresh-eating apple.
A beautiful red color apple with pure white flesh. The tart flavor is good for eating, applesauce or baking. In baking the slices get soft. Because of its beautiful white flesh, its slices do not brown as quickly as others.
The Rome is an old-time apple. It's a large round apple with a mild, sweet flavor. Romes are used primarily for baking because they hold flavor and shape so well.
Winesap is the apple with old- fashioned flavor. It has a spicy almost wine-like flavor that makes it great for cider. Violet red in color, it's great as a snack and in salads.
A good solid burley apple, with a sweet-tart taste and a hint of brown sugar flavoring.