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move the room with energizers
Tools to inject energy into the process, get people moving, and have fun.
A resource kit you can use to apply creative collaboration and unleash potential in your team or organization.
Tools to inject energy into the process, get people moving, and have fun.
Tools to unleash creativity, discover valuable insights, and develop new products and services.
Tools for personal development, reflection, self-awareness and how to integrate learning and grow.
Tools focused on implementation, and driving and supporting change in organizations.
Tools to build effective teams - foster trust and openness for better collaboration.
This activity supports participants to reflect on a question and generate their own solutions using simple principles of active listening and peer coaching. It's an excellent introduction to active listening but can also be used with groups that are already familiar with it. Participants work in groups of three and take turns being: "the subject", the listener, and the observer.
Do a brief introduction to active listening. Explain that often, when we reflect and discuss, we tend to focus on multiple individuals and questions at once, moving around our attention and focus. Meanwhile, when we listen to others, we tend to do so in a discussion-oriented way, thinking about "what will I say next", rather than listening to the other with full presence and attention. One powerful way to explore a question or a problem is to use active listening with focus on one person at a time. For this exercise, this is what we will do.
Optionally, make a list together with the group of "What makes good active listening?" Invite people to spontaneously offer answers and write them on a flipchart.
Using a flipchart, Introduce the three roles that individuals will take on during the exercise.
The subject:
The subject's role is to explore the question or problem from his/her personal perspective. The person in this role should keep in mind: allow the focus to be on you, and let your reflection flow naturally, being guided by the active listener.
The active listener:
The active listener's role is to listen will full presence and focus. To listen with the whole body, to be curious, observe, paraphrase what he/she hears and guide the subject with open questions. This person should keep in mind: ask open questions to support the subject's reflection; do not offer advice; listen with the whole body.
The observer:
The observer's role is to observe the process without speaking. To make observations from an outside perspective, to see and hear things that the listener and subject may not. This person should keep in mind: stay silent throughout the process; observe and make notes about what you see and hear; after the subject finishes, share the observations with the others.
Set up the question or problem. The question or problem is what each subject will explore and reflect upon. It could be a common question for the whole group (e.g. "What are the biggest barriers to change in my work and how can I work to overcome them?") or each subject can set his or her own question or problem (e.g. Choose a challenge in the workplace that you are struggling with currently.) Ensure that all participants understand what they should explore and reflect upon.
Have participants organize into groups of three. Make it clear that each participant should have each role for a set amount of time. Give groups one hour or more so that each round can last 20 minutes. Explain that groups should pay attention to the time and make sure that there are three equal rounds.
Once participants have finished, debrief the exercise, using questions like:
– What happened for me during the exercise?
– How did it feel to be the observer?
– How did it feel to be the subject?
– How did it feel to be the active listener?
– What did I learn about myself?
– How can I apply insights from this exercise?
Hyper Island Original
The purpose of this simple exercise is to demonstrate three key principles useful for creativity and idea generation: quantity is a condition for quality; building on the ideas of others; the ideas we come up with are usually all the same. The format is simple, with small groups standing and drawing apples. At the end of the exercise the whole group reflects and draws out learnings and reflections.
IDOARRT is a simple tool to support you to lead an effective meeting or group process by setting out clear purpose, structure and goals at the very beginning. It aims to enable all participants to understand every aspect of the meeting or process, which creates the security of a common ground to start from. The acronym stands for Intention, Desired Outcome, Agenda, Rules, Roles and Responsibilities and Time.
A short activity to run early in a program, focused on sharing fears, anxieties and uncertainties related to the program theme. The purpose is to create openness within a group. The stinky fish is a metaphor for "that thing that you carry around but don't like to talk about; but the longer you hide it, the stinkier it gets." By putting stinky fish (fears and anxieties) on the table, participants begin to relate to each other, become more comfortable sharing, and identify a clear area for development and learning.
A team-building activity in which a group is challenged to physically support one another in an endeavor to move from one end of a space to another. It requires working together creatively and strategically in order to solve a practical, physical problem. It tends to emphasize group communication, cooperation, leadership and membership, patience and problem-solving.
This workshop aims to help participants define, decide and achieve their goals. By supporting participants to envision where they want to be in a number of years on a holistic level, and defining the steps that will take them there, participants get a clearer picture of the action they need to take.
This exercise is useful for bringing groups together, to create interpersonal bonds, and to build trust. Participants stand opposite each other and have 30 seconds to give appreciative feedback to the other person. The group rotates until everyone has given feedback to everyone else. It is often used as part of wrap-up activities, to create an energized feeling to leave with.


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Join My Village
VSLA Turns a Family's Fortunes
Written by: Priscilla Sogah
Financial freedom is undoubtedly the pursuit of most people, and CARE, through its Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), is helping rural farmers like Joseph and Vida gain it.
Joseph and Vida, a couple living in Odikro Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, have been married for 20 years. During that time, Joseph has supported the family by looking after another farmer's cocoa farm (serving as the caretaker farmer) to make a living.
The practice of working as a caretaker farmer is widespread in many rural farming communities. Individuals with no income take the role of caretakers, cultivating farmlands owned by others, in exchange for a portion of the produce or a fraction of the profit after harvesting.
Some caretakers (depending on the agreement between the land owner and the caretaker) can also grow their own crops on the farm for additional income, but the maintenance and cultivation of the land is the sole responsibility of the caretaker farmer.
Prior to CARE's intervention in his community, Joseph engaged in this practice for about 10 years. However, in a quest to boost his family's livelihood, Joseph joined a CARE VSLA.
According to Vida, Joseph's income began to increase after he borrowed his first loan of GH₵ 500 ($112) to grow plantain and maize on the cocoa farm where he was working a caretaker.
Later, Joseph, alongside 109 other individuals from various communities across Ghana, received leadership training in order to learn how to provide continued support to VSLA members. Shortly after, Joseph assumed the chairman position for the 'Nyame Nti' VSLA.
During this period, Vida disclosed her reluctance to join the CARE VSLA after having had bad experiences with other savings groups in the community. Nonetheless, "My husband's testimony convinced me to also join the VSLA," she shared.
A few months later, Vida also joined the savings group and took out a loan to help fund the medical bills of the father, who later passed on. After recovering from this loss, Vida recognized the potential of the VSLA, and began thinking about how she too could work to boost her family's income.
During the VSLA's second year share out, Vida and Joseph received GH₵ 3000 ($674), which they used to acquire two acres of land to cultivate cocoa, maize and cassava.
When I visited their farm, the maize was growing steadily. It will soon be harvested, and the other half of the land will be prepared for cassava and cocoa cultivation. Vida and Joseph are looking forward to further yields from their farm and have hope that they will bring greater prosperity and opportunities for their family.

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The History Undergrad Society (THUGS)
THUGS exists to enhance the UVic experience of History undergraduates. THUGS is designed to facilitate student involvement in the study and interest of history by providing opportunities to network with peers and faculty members on both an academic and social level. It does this through regular events such as movie nights, special lectures, socials and pub crawls.
|Makayla Scharf
|Vice President
|Janine Rzeplinksi
|Director of Finance
|Hannah West
|Editor-in-Chief of The Corvette
|Lindy Marks
|Assistant Editor to the Corvette
|Sophia Anderson
|Director of Records
|Aaron Stefik
|Director of Communications
|Kate LeBere
|Director of Activities
|Michael Paramchuk
|Co-director of Activities
|Wren Shaman
|Co-director of Activities
|Rhett Mutschke
|Majors Representative
|Pier Brown
|Director at Large
|Robbie Steele
|Director at Large
|Tylor Mathers
|Director at Large
|Avery Nordman
|Director at Large
|Courtney Howard
|Director at Large
|Caelen Cook
|Director at Large
|Isobel (Belle) Davidson
|Director at Large
|Chantelle DeMontmorency
|Director at Large
|Colin Mooney
The History Undergraduate Society is also pleased to be undertaking a number of other academic events over the course of the year, including a panel on the end of the Cold War, a joint 'movie-night' with the Department of History, and the resumption of its "Myth-busters" lecture series.
The Beginnings
THUGS is a Course Union under UVSS which is recognized by the Department of History. Since the start of the course union, the namesake has changed many times. The earliest records of the course union is a Journal created in 1973. The
course union was called the Historical Association under the leadership of former President Robert McDougall. A journal was also created with Derek Osborne as the editor. The 1973 Journal is considered by many as the first Historical Undergraduate Journal at UVic.
The 1980s
The next active records start in 1981 with the course union name changed to History Students' Course Union (HSCU). The HSCU restarted the publication of a History undergraduate journal under a new name, The Ascendant Historian. The
Ascendant Historian continued to grow with readership reach McGill University. It was during this period where HSCU became more important. The HSCU pressed for policy and guideline changes which still affects History students to this day.
The 1990s
The HSCU continued to thrive into the new decade. The name changed once again to History Course Union (HCU). However, the HCU was on the decline and before the middle of the decade the course union collapsed. The course union was ultimately re-established in September 1994, under the name History Under-Graduate Society or HUGS. Over the next few years, a new constitution was drafted over many revisions with the help of many faculty members. The newly created HUGS helped re-established the the undergraduate journal with a new name, Blurred Genres.
The Early 2000s
With a stable organization, HUGS continued to re-established itself as an important part of the department and history students. Lecture series, social gathers movie nights were created to help grow the membership. The course union changed its name once again to its present form, The History UnderGraduate Society (THUGS). By 2004, THUGS once again was an organizations with no direction and were led by a group of Honour's students.
The Present Form
THUGS was re-established as an active course union with in campus life and the department in April 2006. A new journal name was established in 2006 called This Old Coast. However, the journal changed once more to suit the UVic style: The
Clearihue Review.
Today, THUGS is one of the most successful course unions with the support of faculty and staff members. With a mixture of social (Pub Crawls, History Socials, Meet-n-Greets), academic (The Clearihue Review, Movie Nights, Mythbusters and
the Forgotten Histories Lecture Series) and administrative (faculty candidate interviews, departmental policy reviews) aspects as the core foundations of THUGS, the future of the course union going to be more successful then ever before.
The Corvette is a peer-reviewed undergraduate history journal seeking to publish the best scholarship produced by University of Victoria students concerning the past. We are interested in all methods and fields of inquiry.


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and for now, it's holidays.......
Big Load Of Garforth will be back on Friday 2nd September -
Good Luck to Quirky Ales on Ash Lane opening their new TAP ROOM on Saturday 20th August - go check out their website to find out more details
Again, we're moving in the right direction Garforth
Keep using local first and more of what you want will come
Today has been glorious, let's hope it's the start of this so called, 'spanish plume' that's supposedly going to send temperatures, soaring our way, over the next 2 weeks...... #bringmesunshine
A great night was had by all at CA Hair Design's open even last Saturday. Great company, lovely food care of Freshly Made, which is great if you're getting your hair done, you can get your lunch or a snack their too. Lots of bubbles in glasses being passed around; perhaps a few too many for my little head ; )
So, it looks like Wetherpsoons have finally been granted planning permission, a lot of you have been waiting patiently, and some not so patiently..... for news as to when it's going to start, well it's a foot in the door for it to move in the right direction. To be honest, I'm not a massive Wetherspoons fan, but I' hoping it will bring the right footfall to Main Street and enhance what's already here as well as giving the old liberal club a much needed face lift. I'm sure even the doubters will go and have a nosey when it's up and open
GUESTBLOGGER - Write up two
We welcome back Christine
A shift to parenthood and local living
Hello again Garforth!
A few weeks ago I was a guest blogger for the Main Deal and shared my interest in keeping healthy and using what's on our doorstep – there's lots to be found in Garforth if you're looking for it! Beautiful places to go outside, lots of activities happening, and plenty of good food!
I'm a 30-something Canadian who's been living in Garforth for the past two and a half years with my husband. Our first baby is due in just two weeks' time. It's strange being so close to such a pivotal moment in our lives – becoming parents for the first time.
Today is my last day at work. Because I work in the city centre and take the train in daily, it's been convenient for me to do most of my shopping and socialising in Leeds.
That's about to change in a big way once baby arrives! I'll be spending most of my time in and around Garforth. I don't drive at the moment so I'll be out on foot – a lot – with baby while I'm on my maternity leave. We made sure we got a sturdy pushchair that could withstand some mileage.
I'm already making some changes – last week I had my hair styled with the lovely Stephen Pressley on Main Street instead of going to a salon in town (and he did a better job) and I'll be visiting one of the beauty salons to treat myself to a pedicure next week since I can't reach my toes anymore (any recommendations?) Once I get the all-clear from my doctor I'll be strapping baby into a sling and joining a Bumps and Babes fit-mummy class at Premier Fitness World and checking out some of our nice local cafes with my new mummy friends (mmm think Pride & Produce, Cielio and the Station House).
It will be interesting to see what I miss about going into the city centre. I have a feeling I'll find what I'm looking for right here in Garforth most of the time. What I know for sure is that you'll be seeing a lot more of me now – if you see me out and about with bump or baby please come and say hello! Or follow me on Twitter and Instagram @GarforthKitchen.
Christine x
The Garforth Lions 5th Beer Festival is on tomorrow from 11am-11pm with some great local bands too, enjoy #drinksensibly
Due to Holidays..... a much needed one, the next Blog will be on Friday 2nd September
Be happy, enjoy the sun and check out all the local businesses first - use the search link, at the top right of the page
Until then..........
I am so looking forward to the Olympics, we did so well in London in 2012 and I always believe we should watch and celebrate the good things that happen in our world, people of all nationalities coming together, working hard to achieve something great in their lives, even more so if you're a Para-Olympian - how many medals can we get this year?
Healthy Minds are now on our website; check out Maureen's page a great local company for healthy minds http://www.themaindeal.co.uk/keep-me-fit--healthy.html
It's been a hectic week at TMD Towers HQ this week, juggling work and kids off is always tricky, but then adding in-laws looking for houses in the area to the mix is fun! My in law's are moving from North Wales to be closer to us, trying to find a property in Garforth is proving difficult - what's with the prices? I know we have great schools and we are a good commuter link, but when shed like homes are up for £200,000 you've still got question it. Now looking further afield, but not too far, we we still want them to #shoplocal when they finally move over
Have you been in to The Station House yet? Their first week of opening? Great coffee and great food on offer, keep following all their social media pages to see what's on each day
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - The Station House Cafe
I have loved seeing all the fabulous posts from Pride and Produce this week - giving their neighbours on Main Street a taste of some of the goodies on their new menu – lucky businesses, and there's more to come next week - #WHOWILLBENEXT
CA Hair Design also opened this week, and Caroline has her launch event tomorrow evening from 6pm, New and regular clients welcome - pop in and have a look at her new salon #dreamsdohappen
Don't forget to pop along to St Gemma's tomorrow on Main Street for their fun day, with our local Garforth community choir performing from 1.00pm
As mentioned last week, we only have 5 charity shops, yes, 5 not a whole street of charity shops
Yes we have a fair few beauticians, hairdressers and barbers, but they're all surviving and they bring money and footfall to our town and they give you choice – look at the positives. if you think there's nothing else, then you really aren't looking properly.
From a street life comment, I believe there is a notice up on the railings outside the old liberal club Re: Licensing request for Wetherspoons - Nothing in planning but this is what it says on their website RE Jobs
We recruit for our new pubs six to eight weeks before they are due to open.
It may be worth keep a looking out on their page, as we don't yet know when they will start on the refurb.
I hope there was some of you who saw the local advertising for catering/kitchen jobs up at the new Strikes Garden Centre which were held on Monday - Good luck if you were successful
Enjoy the Olympics opening ceremony, which actually starts at 11.35pm tonight - might need a glass or two to stay awake
We are lucky where we live, Garforth, enjoy it
Until next week.............
My name is Christine Thom, I came to live in Garforth nearly 22 years ago; you may have seen me around ?
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AUSG issued the following statement after the Office of Campus Life launched The Market, a student-operated food pantry at American University.
The American University Student Government is excited to see the creation of The Market, a student-operated food pantry at AU. Food accessibility is a major issue not only at American University, but at universities and in communities across the country.
A survey conducted last year at AU found that 44 percent of students who responded experienced an instance in which they did not have enough food. An even higher number- 59 percent of students- reported knowing of another student that did not have an adequate food supply.
As the Office of Campus Life noted in its announcement of The Market, these numbers align with national findings on food insecurity. AUSG is thankful to the students led by Emily Dalgo CAS-SIS '17 and administrators including Dr. Fanta Aw for recognizing the need in our community and taking the initiative to rectify it.
AUSG encourages any student who is in need of food to sign up for access to The Market, which is located in Room 2 on the lower level of Letts Hall. Visit bit.ly/AccessTheMarket to sign up for access- approval occurs within two days and access to the room is gained via your AU ID card. The Market is open daily from 6am-12pm and from 2pm-2am.
For more information from the Office of Campus Life, visit www.american.edu/ocl/The-Market.


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Sci-Fi writers needed to prevent space-time meltdown
A top team at Los Alamos recently went public with findings that have shaken the scientific community to its core. Using heretofore-classified wormhole technology, the team has managed to observe an alternate reality, largely the same as our own, but with one difference — three Maryland science fiction fans are about to become prize-winning writers.
How I learned to defend against zombies
I can't claim to be unfamiliar with the living dead. I logged enough hours watching zombie movies as a kid that I could have received a PhD in zombiology from the George A. Romero School for the Aaaaaarghts.
Harvesting Furgurson's Folly
In a 10-by-20-foot plot at Goshen Farm's Sharing Garden in Cape St. Claire, my family has built a little organic city. Furgurson's Folly, my father dubbed it.
On one end are tomatoes, fat to the point of splitting, interspersed with basil plants. On the other, two trellises host green beans, one so abundant the trellis teeters over our plot's edge.
Young whitetail deer growing fast
In the last couple months, you may have seen small white-spotted deer curled up in brush and leaves or taking tentative walks through the woods — or across the road. It's the tail end of fawning season for whitetail deer. After six or seven months of gestation, a new batch of fawns has arrived in the world.
The emerald ash borer chews half of Maryland
Nothing may seem amiss, but the entire western half of Maryland is now a quarantine area. In 14 counties west of the Chesapeake and Susquehanna, Maryland Department of Agriculture has found evidence of the emerald ash borer. The destructive Asiatic beetle, which has conquered the west in nine years, kills ash trees from the inside out.
Corvettes on the Bay presents 60 years of iconic history
Elaine Phillips was always interested in cars. When she married a man with a '59 Corvette C1 he'd personally restored, her interest became an obsession. Now they have three, the '59 C1, a '61 C1, and an '05 Coup, and she edits the Fiberglass Flyer, the newsletter of Corvette Annapolis.
Ancient sea creatures provide food for birds, medicine for us
On the beaches of the Chesapeake, you can consort with creatures that predate the dinosaurs and whose existence you've benefited from if you've been to the doctor in the past 30 years.
Especially if you get up very early in the morning.
Bay Weekly's movie reviewer joins prestigious Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
After what she calls a "long history of being a really annoying amateur film critic," Bay Weekly's own Diana Beechener is now a member of the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.
At Annmarie Garden, nature and art live in harmony
Among art from the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center in Solomons stand seven houses occupied by bluebirds.
What do Netflix, Kevin Spacey and a North Beach actor have in common?
Marc Goodman followed a link on Facebook to the set of the big-budget television series House of Cards.
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Can you spot the logos?
Happy New Year to everyone!
Can you spot the logos?
Happy New Year to everyone!
Filed under Typography
Detail of Stewart Bale Ltd photo of the model Father Christmas in Blackler's department store, 1958. Archive reference SB 581174-1
A very fond childhood memory of Blackler's Department Store, Liverpool at Christmas. The Santa model was, to my child's eye, really enormous and the whole place was quite magical. Ahhh! Memories.
Have a wonderful and magical Christmas!
Filed under Liverpool, Thought for Friday
Thomas Nast's most famous drawing, "Merry Old Santa Claus", from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. The 'real thing'.
Filed under Illustration
"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated. When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind… I became possessed with a great desire to show people something of this wonderful loveliness, an ambition to become, in some measure, its preserver."
Filed under Photography, Technology, Thought for Friday
Pantone have announced their colour for the year 2011. Designers of all types take note as we embrace violent pink.
"In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues," explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. "Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother color red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum."
From Daily News and Analysis. Pantone have announced that honeysuckle is the colour of the year 2011, they christened the reddish-pink shade, calling it 'a brave new colour, for a brave new world'.
Yes, Brave New World, I feel so much better already.
Filed under Design
Telling lies to the young is wrong.
Proving to them that lies are true is wrong.
The young know what you mean. The young are people.
Tell them the difficulties can't be counted,
And let them see not only what will be
But see with clarity these present times.
I found this in Victor Papanek's Design for the real world. Chapter 11, The neon blackboard. For the book go here.
It seemed appropriate.
Filed under Design education, Made me think, Thought for Friday
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)
imagine |iˈmajən|verb [ trans. ]1 form a mental image or concept of : imagine a road trip from Philadelphia to Chicago | [with clause ] I couldn't imagine what she expected to tell them.• [often as adj. ] ( imagined) believe (something unreal or untrue) to exist or be so…
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It was the proverbial shot heard around the music world. Once the iTunes stream of Random Access Memories was up, it wasn't long before the barrage of "OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC" and, naturally, the "OMG THIS IS THE WORST THING I'VE EVER LISTENED TO AND I NEED TO DOUSE MY EARS WITH BATTERY ACID" posts began flooding the interwebs.
For better or worse, Daft Punk's popularity has far transcended the boundaries of the EDM bubble thanks to a now-legendary set at Coachella 2006, the unprecedented success of their Alive 2007 tour, and, perhaps, because of their elusiveness since. Excepting the Tron: Legacy soundtrack, Random Access Memories is the first studio album from the duo in over eight years. Eight. Years. Do me a favor and let that sink in for a bit.
The album begins with the funk-laden "Give Life Back To Music," which peppers in healthy servings of the duo's signature robotic vocals. Though it admittedly leans a bit more on the repetitive side than I would have liked, the track is reminiscent of the Daft Punk of yore and is guaranteed to work admirably in a live setting.
My verdict on the album's second track, "The Game Of Love," is a resounding "Meh." The song feels as though it's shooting for seductive but winds up sounding more like a George Michael track if George Michael had decided to start scoring porn.
Then comes the glorious "Giorgio By Moroder," a sprawling nine-minute homage to album collaborator and electronic legend Giovanni "Giorgio" Moroder. Although some will no doubt criticize the track's length, it is one of my favorites from not only the album but the duo's entire catalog. A progressive exploration of all the genres that have shaped modern house, it's a mesmerizing opus that culminates with a stunningly structured orchestral breakdown. Should I ever be recorded on video engaging a supervillain in an epic battle, I want the second half of this song acting as the background music.
To me, the somber-yet-boring next track, "Within," was an oddly placed one as it effectively killed my musical buzz. "Instant Crush," which features The Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas, works to restore some of that momentum with its delicately layered sound that so beautifully conveys longing. It's a dazzling song (I can't help but think of The Police's "Every Breath You Take" when I hear those opening guitar notes, though).
Seeing as how I was pretty lukewarm on the album's lead single, "Get Lucky," I found myself wishing the duo's other collaboration with Pharrell Williams, "Lose Yourself To Dance," had been released in its stead. It's comparably radio-friendly but offers up more in terms of song progression and complexity. Personally, though, I don't find Pharrell's chivalrous offer of his shirt as a perspiration absorber to be particularly sexy.
Put bluntly, "Touch" is weird. It begins as bleepy-bloopy garbled noise before Paul Williams starts belting out the opening lyrics as though he just came straight out of the Phantom of the Opera. Then comes the disco. If that sounds like it'd be jarringly disjointed, that's because it is. The album version of the catchy lead single "Get Lucky" fares better than the radio edit, but I still found it to be a somewhat unremarkable single.
From here, the album goes on a more consistent streak. "Beyond," another album favorite of mine, opens with an elaborate, string-filled fanfare before Daft Punk's signature robot vocals find their way back into the album and guide you on a soothingly mellow and seductive musical path reminiscent of Chromeo but sexier. "Motherboard" will no doubt be off-putting to those whose only real exposure to electronic music is, er, Daft Punk, but it's a starkly ambient departure from anything I've heard from them, and I love it for that.
While listening to "Fragments of Time," you might recognize Todd Edwards' vocal stylings from "Face To Face" off the duo's sophomore release, Discovery. The former is a similarly fun and accessible tune, though I'm admittedly more partial to the latter. Animal Collective's Panda Bear makes a guest appearance on "Doin' It Right," which I find to be a decent track but nothing more.
Over an hour after starting the album, we come to its final track, "Contact," and wow, what a track. It begins innocuously enough before the organs butt in shortly before the one-minute mark. From here onward, the track becomes a progressive journey that steadily builds in sheer intensity as it rockets headfirst toward the end. It's a face-melting banger of a track that will absolutely obliterate the crowd when it's played live.
From a genre exploration perspective, the ground Daft Punk covers for this release is incredibly broad. Perhaps that's what makes reviewing this particular body of work so ridiculously harrowing. Looking at the wide spectrum of genres Daft Punk delves into and the intricate production of it all, it's plainly evident that Random Access Memories is their most ambitious album to date and understandably so since they're essentially condensing eight years of new thoughts and influences into one package.
The inherent problem that's presented as a result is a general lack of cohesion. The album definitely has some pretty fucking awesome moments, but it's difficult to pick out those moments when listening to the entire album in one sitting, especially when you consider the fact that its runtime is close to 75 minutes.
It should go without saying that when you've had close to a decade to ruminate on a new album, expectations for its success are exponentially high. To this day I still remember the landscape-altering musical epiphany that followed my first listen of the duo's sophomore album, Discovery, in 2001. It's safe to say that Random Access Memories is nowhere near as transformative for me. That's admittedly a lofty standard to be compared to, and it may not be a totally fair one, but it's difficult not to judge musicians relative to their body of past work. In that respect, I can't help but be a little disappointed by this release.
That being said, the strong tracks from Random Access Memories are bona fide gems. Though it's a little early to make the call, I anticipate that "Giorgio By Moroder," "Instant Crush," "Beyond," and "Contact" will rank favorably high when I look back on my favorite Daft Punk tracks. At the very least, they will undoubtedly be put on heavy rotation on my driving playlist for the next year. From a production standpoint, the album is masterfully polished, and while I don't find it to be as listenable as their past releases as a whole, I can certainly appreciate the meticulousness that went into crafting this one.
To be clear, the album is a solid release. My downfall was expecting something more exemplary. Still, Random Access Memories will more than adequately hold me over until their next release, which will hopefully be here sooner than eight years from now.
Random Access Memories will be released on May 21st.
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There are many homeowners who can't seem to find bedroom ideas for couples to apply on their own room. You really don't need to stall when it comes to upgrading the look of your room especially when it can give your space a new look. Waking up to a whole new place can actually make you feel more refreshed than ever and ready to take on the day. This is why, taking the time to look for ideas that will work well with the space that you have. You don't realize it but your bedroom can be quite powerful regardless of whether you have wooden floors, hardwood furniture, cedar closets or other bedroom accessories. This is why taking the time to look at different ideas is highly recommended.
Great Bedroom Decorating Ideas for Couples
There are great bedroom decoration for sale for couples that you can find not just in magazines but online as well. When looking at designs you should always take into account the basics of your room. Start with the walls, floors and beds when revamping it. Aside from these you should also consider the doorway because this is usually the first thing that you see before you enter your private haven. There are many who seem to forget that this is also part of the things they need to consider when looking for decoration to buy for couples.
If you take a closer look at it you will find that the doorway is also part of their consideration. These designs are not just revolving around traditional doorways but they can be entirely modern with sliding doors and led lights incorporated into them. Most pictures of makeovers also pay attention to the doorway which means so should you. You might be surprised how beautiful your room will look like when you start right with your doorway.
According to bedroom reviews, looking for decors you should also take into account your ceiling. Many rooms appear unfinished because the ceiling has been forgotten. If you don't want to have a half-baked room for you and your partner you should look for couple's room ideas that take into account the ceiling as well. You can design your ceiling whatever way you want to. You can add texture to it or color if you prefer. Just make sure that you consider whether or not it will blend well with the rest of your accessories or if it complements the rest of your things. Again, take your time in looking at pictures of makeover reviews to see whether or not the style of the ceiling fits your room.
Bedroom Decoration for Couples – On a Budget
You might think that applying decorating ideas into your own space can cost you a lot of money. The good news is that there are makeovers on a budget that you can make use of if you are on a tight budget. There are some décor ideas that won't deplete your funds severely. You might be surprised that even changing a few items or re-arranging your furniture can make a big impact to your place.
Bedroom decorating ideas to buy for couples can also tackle your lighting. Installing additional lighting to your place can create a more interesting look to your room. If you want something dramatic, you can add a chandelier without it becoming too overpowering to suit your tastes. You can look for ones that make use of different styles of chandeliers so you can compare designs and styles.
Revamping the look of it can breathe new life to your space. Whether or not you will do a complete overhaul reinventing it can help uplift your spirits not just from the moment that you wake up but also at the end of the day. With the help of these ideas you can turn it from boring to amazing in no time. For sure, you and your partner will be hanging out together in your brand new haven thanks to the bedroom decorating ideas for couples you can use as a guide today.


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January 17, 2018
Afghan Leader Questions Pakistani Antiterror Fatwa
January 17, 2018
Pence Urges Peaceful End To Standoff Over Afghan Governor
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called for a peaceful change of leadership in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, where the powerful governor has defied attempts by the central government to oust him for the past month amid sensitive ethnic rivalries.
January 16, 2018
Democracy 'Retreating' As Trump 'Abdicates' U.S. Role
Democracy is "under assault and retreating" around the world, with the United States "abdicating" its traditional role as a champion of democratic ideals in the past year while Russia and China "increase repression at home" and "export their malign influence" abroad, Freedom House says.
January 14, 2018
Pakistan's Imran Khan Would Talk With Trump, But 'Dread It'
Imran Khan, a candidate to become Pakistan's next prime minister, says it would be a "bitter pill" to swallow to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump but that he would reluctantly do it should he become victorious in national elections later this year.
January 07, 2018
Standoff Over Powerful Afghan Governor Foreshadows Bitter Election Fight
A standoff between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Atta Mohammad Noor, the powerful provincial governor he is trying to remove from his northern stronghold, is increasingly turning into a battle over next year's presidential election.
December 31, 2017
Searching For America's Changing Role In A Changing World
The time when the United States acted on the global stage as "the indispensable nation" is coming to a close as the geopolitical environment shifts and diversifies. Can the Trump administration find a way to effectively navigate this perilous transition?
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Ipswich Turky-cock Alehousehistorical closure era: ancient
Ipswich 1st Jan. Last Thursday night one Thomas Elliott, a Chair-maker of this Town, hanged himself with his Hankerchief on the Pails belong(ing) to the Turky-cock Alehouse; it was observed that the Pails on which he hanged himself was not above five foot high, so that he was almost on his Knees. Yesterday the Coronor's Inquest sat on the Body, and brought him in Lunatick. His own daughter in August 1724 hanged herself in the same Posture on a Screw in the Wainscot at Leicester Martin's Esq; to whom she was a Servant.Ipswich Journal, January 1st 1726***
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, March 3rd 1733***, to the Turkey-Cock in St Nicholas's Parish, Ipswich (Further references to a Match of Cocks occur in June and December and again in August 1734 and all refer to the landlord as Mr Johnson).
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Complete the form below to submit a proposal for an educational dinner. Educational dinners can be between a pharmaceutical company and the Chapter base, or between a pharmaceutical company, home health care company, and the Chapter base. Please note that proposals must be submitted 45 days PRIOR to proposed dinner event to allow lead time for promotion.


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Coach parking in the CBD
Coach parking in the Brisbane CBD is available at approved locations and times. These interactive maps display locations, times and restrictions on coach parking in the Brisbane CBD. Select a bus icon for location details and time restrictions.
The interactive maps are a guide only and operators are asked to check signage prior to parking.
Impacts to coach parking
The Queensland Government, in collaboration with Destination Brisbane Consortium, is delivering the redevelopment of Queen's Wharf Brisbane in the CBD from January 2017. As a result of the redevelopment, Queen's Wharf Road is now permanently closed and part of William Street, between Elizabeth Street and Margaret Street has been closed for the next six years.
In response to these road closures, Council has provided additional information on the interactive map below, on available short-term coach set-down and pick-up points within the CBD and their times of operation.
The South Brisbane Depot (Parmalat site) has been made available to coach operators for longer term parking. Bookings must be made in advance by visiting the Queensland Government and Queensland Bus Industry Council's Bus Parking Calendar at www.buspark.com.au. A number of longer term coach parking spaces are also available in Albert Street between Margaret and Alice Street, and on Upper Albert Street between Turbot Street and Wickham Terrace. These sites are indicated on the interactive map.
Brisbane CBD parking
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YDL is proud to introduce our 2017-2022 strategic plan!
In 2016, the Ypsilanti District Library embarked on a strategic planning process for a five-year plan. YDL engaged The Ivy Group, a nationally-known firm that specializes in strategic planning, facilities planning, branding, and marketing for libraries. The planning process included a phone survey of district residents, interviews with community leaders, and public engagement. A strategic planning steering committee consisting of YDL board members, staff, and community members worked hard to synthesize this input into an ambitious and exciting plan that will drive library improvements and new community collaborations over the next five years.
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Previous Strategic Plan: 2011-2014
The planning process for 2011- 2014 had a strong internal focus, building a strong foundation to ensure that the Library remains current and relevant for our patrons. The plan included comprehensive capital and maintenance plans for library buildings, an aggressive technology plan, and a fund development plan will help us continue to be good stewards of public resources in a time of challenging economic times.
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Previous Strategic Plan: 2007-2010
In the 2007-2010 strategic plan, YDL successfully strengthened the excellent library services that our community has come to expect. This was accomplished through the creation of a website which acts as YDL's "virtual branch," the expansion of service hours, the opening of a Coffee Shop at YDL-Whittaker Road, the installation of after-hours lockers which offer patrons convenient pick-up of library materials, and the establishment of an interim library location in Superior Township.


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By Brian Scott | July 28, 2011 | 2 Comments
Why do freelance writers love writing for new magazines? Because new magazines often need freelance writers to write regularly or to pitch articles and column ideas for at least four to six issues in advance. Besides, editors of new magazines are desperate to find freelance talent.
Roughly 1,000 magazines are launched every year, according to Samir "Mr. Magazine" Husni, a magazine consultant and chair of the journalism department at the University of Mississippi. Nearly 20,000 consumer and trade publications exist in North America, according to the National Directory of Magazines. These statistics don't include many of the small, independent start-up magazines.
New magazines can be a goldmine to dig up freelance work. Editors of new magazines are eager to find freelance talent to write regularly or to pitch articles and column ideas for at least four to six issues in advance, depending on the magazine's frequency. New magazines can offer you, the freelance writer, an easier and quicker way to break into magazine writing.
I use various sources to uncover new magazines. My favorite is Ulrichsweb.com, an online directory of magazine serials. Before a magazine launches, the publisher or publishing company applies for an ISSN # and Ulrich's records the ISSN #, along with the publication's information, such as launch date, frequency, category, and contact information. Ulrichsweb.com is useful if you want to locate publications before they launch and before they publicly announce their debut via the newswires.
If you do not want to pay for a subscription to Ulrichsweb.com, you can use other free resources, such as MagazineLaunch.com and MrMagazine.com. These free resources track new magazine start-ups by researching the newswires and subscribing to press release services.
Writing for new magazines has some downsides. Firstly, circulation is usually at the low end and so is the magazine's exposure in the marketplace. Secondly, the pay rate usually isn't competitive with similar magazines. Thirdly, editors usually won't pay you until after they publish your piece, instead of paying you on acceptance. Fourthly, many new magazines fail within the first year and it is possible the magazine could fleece you.
Whether the publication or website has writer's guidelines or not, your aim is to pitch your query letter, article idea, proposal, or full article to the editor. Most writers prefer writing a query letter and sending it to the editor. Follow this process:
Many writers e-mail the editor their information to keep on file; however, I also find that mailing my correspondence to the editor gets results. You force the editor to read and touch your correspondenceComputer Technology Articles, and this increases the chances of him remembering who you are and what you can provide.
Convincing an editor to outsource work to you or accept your articles for publication has a lot to do with how well you pitch and present yourself and your ideas. This is why writing a near perfect query letter is vital to getting work.
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I have had my article on Small Business training published in OnRec magazine.
Whilst it is widely acknowledged that training is an essential part of a business's ability to progress, UK small businesses are struggling to invest in training due to a mindset of reduced spending during the recession according to business improvement strategist and professional trainer Sylvia Baldock.
Baldock argues that training is still being seen as a luxury rather than necessity because of a lack of conscious acknowledgement of the benefits of training…Read more.


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What's Orange Pi PC?
It's an open-source single-board computer. It can run Android 4.4, Ubuntu, Debian, Rasberry Pi Image. It uses the AllWinner H3 SoC and has 1GB DDR3 SDRAM
What can I do with Orange Pi PC?
You can use it to build…
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- Games
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- A speaker
- Android
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- Pretty much anything else, because Orange Pi is open source
Who' s it for?
Orange Pi PC is for anyone who wants to start creating with technology – not just consuming it. It's a simple, fun, useful tool that you can use to start taking control of the world around you.
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First person shooters have become more commonplace on this generation of consoles. For a while a large number of FPS games have been set in World War II or Vietnam. Now it seems that several of them are set in a sci-fi setting. Some of the most recent sci-fi shooter games have been Halo 2 and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect. Now Eidos is getting into the act with Crystal Dynamics' Project: Snowblind.
In P:S, you play Nathan Frost, a soldier that was injured in the line of duty trying to rescue another member of the squad. However, through the miracle of modern technology, he is able to recover from his injuries through bio-augments that also enhance him. Jack needs to put these bio-enhancements to good use if he is going to defeat the enemy.
The graphics in P:S are generally well done. The character animations for running and walking look realistic. While the polygon counts are a bit low for the characters, the textures on the characters help. However, they still seem to look a bit blocky, especially the faces of the characters when you get too close to them. They are too long, and the lips just don't move with the speech as well as in other games.
The environments are believable. The effects of the war are easily seen. Fires flare up from explosions. Buildings have holes from the explosions. Craters abound outside from the bombs dropped in the area. Everything feels dirty.
While moving through the buildings, the textures all look similar. In fact, a lot of the game looks the same. While enemies are wearing masks, it still feels like the variety of enemies is lacking. It feels like the number of different enemies could be counted on one hand. More variety would have been appreciated.
A few of the animations are a bit odd. A good portion of the game I used the Carbine gun. Whenever I would kill an enemy, he would drop to his knees and fall forward. This seemed unrealistic, especially when every single one of them would fall the same way.
The lighting effects are spectacular. When using your bio-augments, the lighting really shows off. One effect lets you see enemies through walls. A bio-shield is close to a personal lightning shield. The blur effect of slowing time is better than the one used in Enter the Matrix.
The music in P:S does it's job. It gives you the feeling of a patriotic movement while having a futuristic techno vibe. The music is rather quiet though, never overpowering the action.
The voice acting seems to be done well. The main character does come across as a bit deadpan at times, and a few of the other characters suffer from a bit of overacting. Most of the voices do a good job of conveying the emotion of the person speaking.
The gunfire effects do feel a bit muted. While the rocket launcher packs a punch, the explosion sounds a bit muffled. The other weapons of the game have this same issue. While most of the other effects fit well, such as picking up health packs and weapon clips, it's disappointing to have the weapons sounds muffled.
Anyone who has played a console FPS game will feel right at home here. The left and right analog sticks control looking and movement. Up and down on the D-pad cycles primary weapons. Right on the D-pad cycles secondary weapons and left cycles through the augmentations. Selecting the correct augment or secondary weapon never felt intuitive for some reason, and often I would try to switch the secondary weapon by hitting left on the D-pad, but it's understandable that the PS2 controller only has so many buttons.
The R1 and R2 buttons are the primary and secondary fire buttons for the main weapon, and L1 uses a secondary weapon. Triangle uses and cancels the bio-augmentation, square picks up and uses objects, X jumps, and circle crouches.
A common complaint about shooters about the PS2 is that there seems to be a bit too much dead zone in the analog sticks. This issue shows up here in P:S as well. The aiming never feels quite tight enough.
When first starting P:S, you are fighting with the squad. The firefights here are intense. With the enemy fire coming from all directions, there is a real sense of confusion until you get your bearings. Moving from one area to the next gives you a bit of a breather, but the action doesn't let up for long.
After this introduction, you see Nathan Frost go after one of his squad mates. Nathan is critically injured, but he is able to survive because of the bio-augmentations. These allow Nathan to have special abilities to become a one-man army. Early on Nathan has the ability to slow down time and see enemies through walls and in dark places.
Once leaving surgery, Nathan collects his weapons and is briefed for the mission at hand. Then he is sent out to support the squad he is with. These situations are where the game really shines. Unfortunately, once entering building within the game, you lose your squad and the pace of the game slows down.
Entering the buildings makes it feel like P:S wants to be a partial stealth game with some action elements. However, P:S is no Splinter Cell. Nathan does gain an invisibility bio-augment, the game isn't suited for stealth. Nathan can crouch and move around slowly, you will still make noise. Shooting cameras or hacking them will help to avoid alarms going off. The pace of the game just deadens to a crawl though, and the adrenaline of the initial levels is out the window.
P:S does provide several multiplayer options. The typical vanilla Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag modes are available. Also included is Hunter, where one player is invisible with more health and all weapons and bio-augments. The player with the most points at the end wins. Assault and Tactical Assault has teams defending a generator while attempting to destroy the opposing teams. The Tactical Assault game includes disabling generator shields first. Quick Demolition has teams searching for a bomb and transporting it to locations inside the enemy base.
Multiplayer modes have clans that can be created and classes to select. These classes have different primary and secondary weapons and bio-augments. The booklet does mention that large-scale games will most likely have less than optimal performance because of the PS2 hardware limitations.The single-player game is short. Most gamers should be able to get it done in a rental period without too much problem. If you enjoy the multi-player aspect of the game, then P:S has plenty of options that can keep you occupied for a while. However, those who don't play multi-player games often or don't have a broadband connection will feel shafted by the longevity of the game.


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In this course you'll learn how to set up and run money-making T-shirt campaigns as a Teepsring affiliate, and to use the Facebook advertising platform to promote them. The course comprises 21 Lectures organized into the following sections:
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Get inspired
Get an inside look at a few of the people who have benefitted from cutting-edge cancer treatments at the UW and learn more about what motivates our doctors and staff.
Positive and Determined
In 2016, 9-year-old Maddie Schieve ran a one-mile cross-country race nearly three minutes faster than she had previously. It was an impressive feat that would make any parent proud under ordinary circumstances. Given her medical condition, it was nothing short of amazing.
Less than a year earlier, Maddie felt a pain in her side while playing with friends. Thinking it was a pulled muscle, her father Matt applied ice. The pain eventually subsided, but she got so winded during a basketball game that she had trouble making it up and down the court. Her doctor prescribed an inhaler, but her symptoms didn't improve. She was lethargic and losing weight.
Maddie's pediatrician determined one of Maddie's lungs was not functioning. After seeing a chest X-ray, the doctor said, "Pack a bag. You need to go to UW Hospital immediately."
Maddie had a softball-size tumor in her chest that collapsed one lung and pushed her trachea to one side. A biopsy indicated that it was Ewing's sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that grows in bones or in the soft tissue around bones. The diagnosis hit Matt and his wife Jenny hard.
"The first couple of weeks after diagnosis were pretty much a blur," Matt says. "I remember a lot of crying and sleepless nights."
The good news was that the cancer had not spread, and Maddie could be treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation.
Maddie tolerated treatment exceptionally well and was steadfastly positive the whole time. Photos taken during her numerous hospital stays show her smiling, giving a thumbs-up and enjoying many fun activities offered at American Family Children's Hospital.
"At first, it was kind of scary, but it got better once I went through a couple of treatments," Maddie says. "You just have to have a positive attitude all the time and not think that something bad is going to happen."
Throughout the nine months of chemotherapy and 32 radiation treatments at the UW Carbone Cancer Center, the Schieves maintained as normal a routine as possible. Matt, a Janesville police officer, and Jenny, a teacher, took turns taking Maddie from their Janesville home to treatment in Madison, while also making time for Maddie's two younger brothers.
"We did a lot more things as a family, and we still do," Matt says. "Friends and family have made it a lot easier, financially and emotionally. They made it so we didn't have to worry about a lot everyday responsibilities."
With the approval of her doctors, Maddie continued to participate in sports throughout treatment and ran her fastest mile just two days after chemotherapy.
Maddie completed treatment in October 2016 and is in remission. She continues to participate fully in all the activities she enjoyed before her diagnosis—softball, volleyball, cross country, track and basketball.
Matt says this experience has made him more optimistic. "From the beginning, I thought things were the worst of the worst," he says. "Then I saw the doctors and staff taking care of Maddie and other kids. When I saw that they were getting better, my whole outlook on everything changed for the better. Now that we're done with all this, I try to maintain that optimism about everything I come across."
Matt is grateful to all those who supported his family through Maddie's treatment and looks forward to helping others going through similar challenges. "I want to be there to make it easier for the next person," he says.
The Schieves are also expressing their gratitude and support by participating in The Ride, a bicycle fundraiser for cancer research and treatment at the University of Wisconsin.
"People know how tragic cancer is. It affects everybody. But it isn't a death sentence thanks to the research and treatment at the UW," Matt says. "They saved my daughter's life. By participating in The Ride we can help the UW find new ways to treat all types of cancer and save more lives."
Cancer-free and Enjoying The Ride
In 2003, Marshall Flax went to an ENT specialist to discuss options to reduce his snoring. The doctor said a tonsillectomy might help.
The plan was to remove the tonsils. After removing one tonsil, the doctor interrupted the procedure, terminated the anesthesia and told Flax he had cancer.
Flax was taken to a recovery room as the anesthesia wore off. When he fully regained consciousness, he looked at his wife Lisa and said, "This is really bad, isn't it? We're not going on that canoe trip, are we?" referring to the "bucket-list" canoe trip in northern Ontario they had planned.
Flax was diagnosed with Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. This was a surprising diagnosis given that Flax, then 50, was a longtime vegetarian, who rarely drank alcohol and hadn't smoked since college.
He underwent seven weeks of radiation at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. When the inside of his mouth became inflamed from treatment, he had to use a nasogastric tube for feeding.
During radiation treatment Flax also received two rounds of chemotherapy. He was too sick from the side effects to receive a prescribed third round.
Fourteen years later Flax, a retired therapist/specialist for the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired, is cancer free. He has seen two children become successful adults and eventually got to take that canoe trip. He continues to enjoy a healthy life with relatively few long-term side effects, mainly loss of some taste sensation and dry mouth from reduced salivary gland function.
Flax has supported UWCCC over the years. He serves as a patient advocate for the Wisconsin Head and Neck Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant and regularly participates in UWCCC fundraisers.
Last year, Flax and his wife participated in The Ride, a bicycle fundraiser for cancer research at the University of Wisconsin.
"It was a pleasure to ride," Flax says. "I had these moments when I thought, 'Isn't this really great that I'm healthy enough to be able to do this?'"
They will participate in The Ride again this year on Sept. 17.
"The great thing about The Ride is that it provides funding so that researchers can get traction on their innovative ideas, which will make them more likely to get additional grant funding," Flax says. "My hope is that the money from The Ride will eventually lead to improved prevention and more targeted treatments that minimize the severity of side effects and increase the number of people cured."


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With such a subtle episode title, I wonder what's going to happen!? Also, everyone gathers in King's Landing to talk business. Because last time Cersei got a bunch of important people together in a season finale it worked out super well for them.
If you haven't seen episode 7 stop reading now, or you'll regret it. 'I've waited a week for this and I can't believe you've ruined it, you monster' regret. No one likes regret. So, stop thinking about it and just book a Mustang test drive already.
A stern looking Greyworm kicks off the episode, standing with the Unsullied outside the walls of King's Landing. Jaime watches on, acutely aware that they're ready to cap bitches if necessary.
The Lannister armies prepare for this possibility, with 1000 barrels of delicious, piping hot oil.
Bronn and Jaime look out across the army and engage in a borderline philosophical discussion around cockless men fighting. It's almost insightful and that scares me.
The Dothraki roll up at this point, with war cries that give me flashbacks to Xena Warrior Princess circa 1995. They're followed by the Targaryen crew, sans their queen.
Jon asks Tyrion how many people live in KL and wonders why so many people would choose to live that way. It's reminiscent of all the times people from your hometown ask why you moved to the big smoke. "There's more work in the city, and the brothels are far superior."
Honey, preach.
Below deck, The Hound messes around with his zombie cargo to remind us of this plot point.
Inside the palace, Cersei talks about murder logistics in case anything goes wrong. Apparently the plan is to have an offsite at a place called the Dragon Pit. Jaime seems super done with her bullshit.
Outside, the posse talk about the origin of the Pit. Back in the day, dragons weren't allowed to roam free because they liked BBQing the city too much. In the end, they became very small and sick, which is rather sad, really.
Bronn, Brienna, Pod and some Lannister soldiers appear to escort the posse the rest of the way.
Pod and Tyrion and super happy to see each other, but Bronn interrupts their reunion.
"Come on, you can suck his magic cock later."
The Hound and Brienne also have a catch up sesh. She passed on that Arya is alive, and they both just wanted to protect her. The Hound wonders who is looking after her in Winterfell. He doesn't seem particularly surprised that she can take care of herself these days, and doesn't plan on getting in her way.
Smart man.
I really like the mutual respect between these two, and the little Arya-induced smirk between them.
In fact, this whole scene is basically a bunch of old friends, and foes, on different sides of a war coming together. They're glad to see each other, they wish each other well, and yet remain enemies because of some power hungry monarchs. It makes for an interesting perspective. What are any of them really fighting each other for?
Speaking of which, Tyrion takes this opportunity to try and buy Bronn's loyalty. He thinks that his allegience may be shaky, considering how risky it was to set up this offsite meeting.
Bronn disagrees. From his perspective, he delivered two traitors heads to Cersei, both of which she is willing to pay for.
It's hard to argue with that logic.
Tyrion seems to have missed old mate's pragmatism, and says so. Aww, bros.
Meanwhile, The Hound threatens to murder anyone who opens his secret crate. Seriously, stop flogging this dead zombie. We know it's there, okay?
The Posse walk into what is essentially a low-key Colosseum. Three separate seating areas have been arranged just in case anyone missed that they're all enemies.
Bronn and Pod go off to have a drink, because fuck Question Time. Everyone else looks around in a paranoid fashion and wonder if this is going to be the Sept 2.0. The episode's been running low on C-bombs, so Tyrion and the Hound exchange a few to keep the quota up.
Cersei and her crew enter the arena. So much eyeballing ensues. The Hound takes this opportunity to call his brother ugly and tell him that they both know who is coming for him. WHO? Am I forgetting something? Someone please enlighten me.
Cersei is annoyed at Dany's tardiness.
To nobody's surprise she arrives on Drogon, who proceeds to wreck the joint and doesn't even care if it's heritage listed.
This is all such a power move, I love it.
Tyrion tries to get this party started, but Euron pulls a Kanye to torment Theon and be prejudiced against dwarves.
Taylor Cersei tells him to sit the fuck down.
Tyrion gets back on track, explaining how they all hate each other and have done their fair share of murdering. Cersei gets impatient immediately and wants to know why they're meeting.
Jon tags in to bring up the army of the dead. Did you know he's seen it with his own eyes? Cersei cracks a joke about the people of King's Landing being better off as undead, because she's a garbage ruler. Also, she doesn't believe in any of this, thinking it's probably a ruse to get her to stand down. It's a fair assumption, TBH.
It's a good thing they have evidence! The Hound carries the crate in and eventually manages to open it. Nothing really happens though, because we need to build tension. He has a solution though.
Of course the zombie flips out and runs at Cersei, but is stopped right before it gets to her thanks to a conveniently well measured chain.
The Hound blasts it in half with his sword, but it keeps crawling around, proving their point.
Qyburn picks up one of the arms and seems super into it. Even after Jon burns it he looks a little too excited. This guy is a freak, y'all.
Cue Jon talking about how this is the only war that matters and Dany claiming she didn't believe it at first either.
Jaime seems to have come around, asking how many undead there are. Euron wants to know if they can swim and is psyched to hear they can't.
In classic Greyjoy style he decides to bugger off to his islands, and suggests that Dany do the same. They'll be the only ones left alive once winter is over. Dany swipes left in her mind.
And with that, he's all, "Bye Felicia."
Cersei decides to accept the truce and help fight, which I don't believe for a second, but sure let's humour this for now. Her one caveat is that Jon stays in the north and not take sides. Dany breaks out the, "What about me, it isn't fair."
Cersei is all, "Lol no, I don't trust you. But I do believe in Ned Stark's son because he is also
a gullible idiot honourable like his father.
As it turns out, Jon is just as much of a dickhead as Ned. He chooses this moment to reveal that he pledges allegiance to Dany, soz. Unsurprisingly, Cersei retracts her offer, especially because the north will fall first. She'll figure out the rest later. Classic Cersei.
Everyone's faces at this point register "FFFFUUUUUUUU."
Brienne tries to appeal to Jaime on their way out, literally saying "fuck loyalty." This seems to offend Jaime, who is all about loyalty.
We'll just ignore that whole Kingslayer thing.
Meanwhile, everyone in Dany's posse is pissed at Jon and wish he knew how to lie, just a bit. Tyrion decides they're fucked and insists on talking to his sister, even though it means almost-certain death.
Cut to The Mountain escorting him to the queen's chambers. Jaime meets him outside.
Their conversation boils down to them both agreeing that they're idiots and part on relatively decent terms. Cool story, bros. It's pretty sad that at this point they assume their sister will just straight up murder him.
I really hope that the cracks in Cersei and Jaime continue. He seems pretty disillusioned with her at this point.
Cersei's room is dark and ominous. She throws some shade at Tyrion for siding with a "foreign whore," because of course she does.
She lets loose about Tyrion always trying to destroy their family and he's personally responsible for the death of basically everyone. Tyrion tries to defend himself, saying he has advised Dany against killing them and that their dad was a real dick to him.
He also uses this very dire conversation to land a subtle, but sick burn on Joffrey, saying that if it wasn't for him (Tyrion), Cersei would have had two beautiful children. Savage.
Cersei doesn't care. He tells her just to kill him then, because screw this noise. He yells at Cersei to give the word to the Mountain. For a moment, the look on her face is like all of her Christmases came at once. But in the end she can't do it, and looks rather disgusted with herself.
Tyrion pours himself a drink, and one for his sister. He reminds her that she knows how much he loved her children, besides Joffrey I assume. She DGAF about his feelings cause his actions cost them their future.
They talk about what's so great about Dany anyway, as well as Cersei not caring about the world. Again, such a good ruler.
She reminisces back to 2 minutes ago when that zombie came at her. All she cared about in that moment was protecting her family.
- Tyrion — "Tou must be pregnant because you don't like anyone else anymore."
- Cersei — "... shit.
- Audience — Haha, TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN."
Outside, Jon and Dany chat about how the Dragon pit was the beginning of the end for the Targaryens. The dragons wasting away meant they became just like everyone else.
"You're not like everyone else," says
predictable fuccboi Jon.
For the 30th time this season Dany brings up now being able to have kids. Jon quite rightly asks what proof she has of this.
- Dany — "Some crazy witch woman said so."
- Jon — "She sounds trustworthy."
- Every Viewer — "INB4 incest baby next season."
Tyrion and Cersei return. The latter totally promises to march north with everyone else. For real guys. Yes. Definitely.
Over in Winterfell, Sansa is annoyed that Jon bent the knee to Dany without consulting her. Littlefinger is happy to stoke her paranoia, citing how hot Dany allegedly is and that Jon probably wants to ride that dragon. Also something about an unstoppable alliance.
In a bold move, Littlefinger suggests that Jon could be unnamed as King, and Sansa is into it, although Arya would probably try to kill her because Faceless Man.
He introduces her to a game he plays to deduce motives. it involves assuming the worst in everyone, because that's healthy. He gets her to apply it to Arya and the result is her murdering Sansa so she can become Lady of Winterfell.
Sansa looks both convinced and freaked out.
Uh oh.
Dany must have a fast travel campfire at Dragonstone, because the posse are already back there. Yes, I'm still mad about all the stupid travel times this season.
The team talk strategy and decide it's best for Dany to arrive at Winterfell with Jon, to show a united front. It has nothing to do with sharing close quarters on a ship. Nope.
SnowStorm Fans — "IT'S HAPPENING!"
In the throne room, Theon corners Jon to talk about honesty, and how he was always lawful good, even as kids. Jon promises that he has definitely done things he regrets.
- Theon — "Not compared to me."
- Jon — "No, not compared to you."
Theon feels caught between being a Greyjoy and a Stark. After a long winded talk about Ned, Jon says that Theon is both. Also, he'll try to forgive him for being a right bastard and whatnot.
Theon cries and laments over Yara needing him. Jon wonders why he's still in this conversation.
Down on the beach, Theon approaches the Greyjoy men, and tries to rally them to save Yara. They refuse and he ends up punching on with the leader, who proceeds to beat the hell out of him.
Theon eventually gets the upper hand when old mate tries to kick him in his non-existent dick. All the remaining dudes are into the rescue mission and head off on their side quest.
In Winterfell, Sansa stands pensively on a wall in a coat she is, frankly, slaying. She asks a random guard to have her sister brought to the great hall.
Inside, she sits next to Bran. Arya is brought in, looking around in a worried fashion. Littlefinger can barely contain his smirk.
Christ I hope that the rumours are true and that this is a ruse against him. Arya asks if Sansa definitely wants to do this. Sansa is absolutely down, because she has to protect her family and the North.
"You stand accused of murder. You stand accused of treason. How do you answer these charges... Lord Baelish."
Littlefinger looks super shocked and it's the best.
Sansa goes through a chunk of the stuff he's done, including murdering their Lysa and Jon Arran, causing the conflict with the Lannisters and getting Ned murdered. He tries denying it all, minus the whole Moon Door incident, declaring that no one was there to see what really happened with Ned.
Three-Eyed Bran — "Um, hi."
Littlefinger really starts scrambling at this point, begging to speak to Sansa alone, saying he always tried to protect her. Sansa quotes his game back to him like a god damn queen. She says he turned their mum and Lysa against one another, and tried to do the same with her and Arya.
He demands one of the lords escort him safely back to the Eyrie, but gets a "Nah lad" response.
He starts gets on his knees and cries about loving Catelyn and Sansa, even though he betrayed them pretty hardcore. Sansa quotes him again, saying there is no justice in the world unless [they] make it. And then thanks him for the lessons he taught her.
Arya walks over and slashes his throat with the valerian steel dagger, bleeding out on the floor as everyone watches on.
There were rumours flying around that this execution was coming. But still, god damn.
I still think it makes little sense that so much of Sansa and Arya's faux-feud was carried out when they were alone. One could argue that Littlefinger's spies could have been watching or listening at anytime, but it's still a bit weak.
Regardless, this scene was still intense and had me both on the edge of my seat and gasping audibly in the office. I'm also relieved that Sansa and Arya hadn't been indulging in full blown revertigo this whole time.
There's a nice poetic justice in Littlefinger's demise. He was the one responsible for setting the entire series in motion. But he really wasn't an integral part of anything at this point. And unless Robin Arryn decides to try get revenge, I can't see there being any real fallout.
Littlefinger always wanted to be someone important and influential. In the end, he died an inconsequential death.
Back to Cersei's map atrium, Jaime talks strategy for heading north. Cersei calls Jaime the stupidest Lannister and a traitor for believing that she was really going to help their enemies.
He looks flabbergasted, because they saw an actual zombie and what the hell is she playing at. She's pretty chill to let everyone else deal with it and die while she has her kid. Also, they'll take their land back in the meantime. Yeah, the thing she accused Dany trying to do.
Jaime rightfully thinks this is dumb. Either the dead will come for them, or the people they're betraying. But that's okay, cause Cersei is going to throw money at the problem.
As it turns out, she has bought The Golden Company with Iron Bank cash and Euron has gone off to get them. Yeah, he was faking running away.
Jaime is going to honour his pledge and Cersei cries treason again. She doesn't really need him anymore cause she has baby on the way. For a moment it seems like she will order the Mountain to kill him, and much like his brother before him, he dares Cersei to give the word. But she doesn't.
Jaime looks betrayed and sad.
In the very next scene we see him riding away from King's Landing. He looks around, as if it's for the last time, and he's probably right.
It starts snowing, because winter has finally arrived. Not just physically, but metaphorically. The sun has finally set across Westeros, and on one of the strongest relationships in the series — the Lannister twins. And only darkness lies ahead for them.
As much as Littlefinger is responsible for chaos across the land, so is their romance. Joffrey's succession wouldn't have been called into question by the Baratheon brothers if people didn't suspect incest. Dany was still years away from coming home, but Westeros was already a country at war.
And now their relationship is broken and Littlefinger is dead. Yet the mess they created remains.
Back in Winterfell, Sam arrives and goes to see Bran. The latter remembers him because, you guessed it, he remembers everything. He explains about becoming the Three-Eyed Raven and Sam nods, making one of those humouring sounds you use on a 5 year old when they say something ridiculous.
He reiterates that he sees everything, but asks why Sam is there. Okay, sure. Bran reveals that Jon is coming home with Dany. Sam looks impressed and asks if he saw this in a vision. Bran hands him a scroll. It's pretty funny.
Three-Eyed Bran reveals Jon's parents, and in no surprise to anyone, it's Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. Also, he was born in Dorne so his last name should be Sand.
Sam magically remembers Gilly's revelation from last week, that Rhaegar had his marriage annulled so he could pledge himself to someone else. Bran flashes back and sees it all.
At this point we start cutting between the revelation and Jon going to see Dany in her ship cabin. With Tyrion watching.
Uh oh.
In another flashback, we finally hear Lyanna's final words to Ned — that her baby's names is Aegon Targaryen. Of course, Bran saw this flashback last season. I guess we'll ignore that he would have heard what she said then too?
Meanwhile, Jon and Dany are getting it on in real time. She's probably already pregnant.
Bran announces what we already know, Jon is the heir to the Iron Throne and he needs to know. More banging and Tyrion outside the door, because it's been awhile for him.
The fact that they're having sex on a ship seems way too on the nose to not be intentional.
The. Ship. Is. Literally. Sailing.
All the SnowStorm fans in the world are celebrating and creating GIFs immediately.
Apparently we needed something to calm the hype train, so cut to Sansa and Arya chatting about Littlefinger and how Sansa is the Lady of Winterfell. The latter wonders if that bothers her.
Arya says she was never really going to be a lady, she she became something else. They exchange niceities about how strong each other are, as well as a bit of sisterly teasing. It's nice, and the kind of personal growth I had been hoping for these two characters.
They both drop some Ned quotes; it's a nice moment. In the Godswood, Three-Eyed Bran is tripping balls as usual, and spies on Eastwatch.
Tormund and Beric look out at the woods beyond the wall while shooting the shit. I'm sure this will all end fine.
In yet another predictable (and admittedly rumoured) plot twist, here come the undead, with the Night King riding a giant ice dragon.
What ensues is a lot of blue flames being spewed at the wall and our boys running for their lives. I honestly don't think they made it. We don't see them escape and there's a lot of destruction going on.
I swear to God if I find out that Tormund got served an off-screen death I will write some very strongly worded tweets. That'll show 'em.
The wall crumbles and the army of the dead start making their way into Westeros, with Old Man Winter leading the charge on his dragon.
Well. Shit.
I'm interested to see how the timeline pans out next season. The Night King can fly about icing out whoever he wants before the southern armies have time to do anything.
I also wonder what his end game is. Let's say he wins and everyone in Westeros is turned into a zombie. Then what? Does he retire to a castle to raise a family of frosty children? Will his Ice Wife bug him to get a real job and ask what happen to the man she married?
Sorry, I got a bit side tracked there.
So that's a wrap to season 7, and I have a lot of questions regarding next year. Will Dany and Jon care that they're related? How soon until we find out that she's pregnant? What role will Jaime play in the war without a Lannister army behind him? And in general, what in the hell is going to happen?
They only have 6 episodes left to play with, and even though there are talks that they may be supersized episodes, that's not a lot of time left.
In the meantime, there is a heap to unpack from this episode alone. Feel free to unload all of your thoughts and theories below! And if there are any other upcoming shows *cough* Westworld *cough* that you would like us to do recaps for, let us know!
Game Of Thrones Season 7 Episode 6 Recap: Beyond The Wall
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