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The Jones Group and EachScape Join Forces to Bring Holiday Cheer to Nine West Salespeople
The Jones Group and EachScape Join Forces to Bring Holiday Cheer to Nine West Salespeople
EachScape will create and manage app for the Nine West Brand Just in Time for Holiday Season
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EachScape, Inc., the leading platform for building and managing high end, highly custom, native apps, today announced that it was selected by The Jones Group Inc. (NYS: JNY) to power and manage its internal app for the Nine West brand. The app will serve as a tool for Nine West's sales associates and roll out to Nine West's wholly-owned stores, just in time for the holiday season. EachScape will allow Nine West to build the app like a developer, with no coding required.
The Jones Group joins an increasing number of enterprises that are embracing apps as internal productivity tools. Currently, 71 percent of enterprises are either looking to or are actively deploying their own mobile applications. Using EachScape's powerful drag & drop platform, the app will enable the Nine West sales team to access important internal tools—Including lookbooks, retail store layouts and training materials—as well as ecommerce, which will allow the sales team to order items online that are out of stock in-store. By moving from printed materials to mobile apps, retailers get the benefit of presenting their teams with dynamic, updatable information, more images and videos, and interactivity to provide tracking and feedback to program managers.
"The Nine West iPad app is a critical ingredient in creating an interactive shopping experience in our stores," said Scott Bowman, Group President of Global Retail and International Development of The Jones Group. "This integrates our digital channel into the store experience while also providing our store team with an experiential management and training tool."
"We are thrilled to work with Nine West to deliver an amazing app that will provide a myriad of tools for their salespeople in time for the crucial holiday shopping season," said Ludo Collin, CEO of EachScape. "Building the app is one part of it, but we will be there to manage the app and continuously iterate to ensure it is delivering the ultimate value for Nine West."
Clients including NBC, Scripps, Little Brownie Bakers, a division of the Kellogg Company, and Nivea already rely on and trust EachScape for delivering the guidance and the tools they need to create, deploy, and manage some of the most beautiful, engaging and powerful apps used around the world.
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The Jones Group Inc. (www.jonesgroupinc.com) is a leading global designer, marketer and wholesaler of over 35 brands with product expertise in apparel, footwear, jeanswear, jewelry and handbags. The Jones Group has a reputation for innovation, excellence in product quality and value, operational execution and talent. The Company also markets directly to consumers through branded specialty retail and outlet stores and through its e-commerce sites.
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Coming of the Andals
The coming of the Andals,[1][2] crossing of the Andals,[3][4] or arrival of the Andals[5] refers to the migration of Andals from Essos to Westeros. The time when this occurred is disputed; some sources indicate six thousand years ago,[6][7] the True History states it was four thousand years ago,[8] and some maesters like Denestan claim it was two thousand years ago.[8][9] Many of the petty kingdoms of the First Men were destroyed by Andal invaders and the children of the forest were pushed back to the north. The takeover was sometimes peaceful, however, with intermarriage between Andals and First Men.[5]
Generational warfare had occurred in Westeros between the First Men and the children of the forest, but the Pact between the two peoples led to four thousand years of peace and worship of the old gods by the First Men.[10] The Andals, the first new people of Westeros since the Pact, came from the hills of Andalos in western Essos. They were tall and fair-haired warriors who carried steel weapons and the seven-pointed star of their gods painted on their bodies.[6][10] Their religion, the Faith of the Seven, teaches that Hugor of the Hill and his Andals were promised kingdoms in a foreign land by the Seven, which led to the Andals sailing to Westeros. Maesters instead believe the Andals traveled west under pressure from the expanding Valyrian Freehold,[5] which conquered with dragons and forced subjugated peoples into slavery.[11] The Andals wielded iron in contrast to the bronze of the First Men, who were gradually defeated in generational wars over hundreds of years.[5]
The Fingers in what is now the Vale of Arryn was where the Andals first landed to wrest land from the First Men.[12] The First Men of the Vale were ruled by numerous petty kings, some of whom allied with the Andals instead of resisting them. The Shells and Brightstones were betrayed by Andal allies, and the Andal Corbrays claimed the Fingers. The Shetts of Gulltown allied with the Andal Graftons against the Royces, but their conflict ended with Gulltown controlled by the Andals.[13]
King Yorwyck VI Royce and his heirs led much of the resistance of the First Men to the Andals. King Robar II Royce gained the support of the Redforts, Hunters, Belmores, Coldwaters, and Upcliffs. These united First Men were able to successively defeat several Andal warlords, including the Corbrays, Graftons, and the Hammer of the Hills. However, Robar's army was routed in the Battle of the Seven Stars, and control of the Vale was claimed by the Andals of House Arryn.[13] Those First Men who did not submit to the Arryns fled into the Mountains of the Moon and became the Vale mountain clans.[5] The legend of Alyssa Arryn and Alyssa's Tears is said to be between six thousand[6] and two thousand years old.[9]
After conquering the Vale, the Andal warlords continued west through the Bloody Gate or sailed up the Trident into the riverlands, where they established their own small kingdoms. Tales from the era include the Fall of Maidenpool and the death of its young king Florian V Mooton; the Widow's Ford where Lord Darry's three sons held off Vorian Vypren and his Andals for a day and a night, slaying hundreds before they were themselves slain; and the events of the night in the White Wood. The Blackwoods and Brackens allied to oppose the Andals, but were shattered by 777 charging Andal knights and seven septons, at the great Battle of Bitter River.
The greatest of the river kings to oppose the Andals was King Tristifer IV Mudd, whom the Tullys fought alongside in many of his campaigns. Tristifer is said to have fought one hundred battles, winning ninety-nine and losing only one. When Roland II Arryn, the King of Mountain and Vale, invaded the riverlands and won small victories over several petty kings, he found himself facing Tristifer, who smashed his forces and forced the Valemen into retreat. One of Roland's allies then betrayed him to the river king, and Tristifer beheaded Roland at House Mudd's seat, Oldstones.[9] Tristifer was defeated in his hundredth and final battle, when seven Andal kings attacked simultaneously and defeated him; the greatest of these conquerors was Armistead Vance.[14] His heir, Tristifer V was unable to stem the Andal tide and failed to hold his own people together, and so the Mudd kingdom fell to the Andals. To avoid being slaughtered, many of the First Men houses submitted and intermarried with the Andals.[5]
The Andals had mixed results when they invaded Crackclaw Point, which is now part of the crownlands. While the native Crackclaws had success fighting in their valleys and bogs, eventually, the Andals learned that what they could not conquer with swords they could through marriage.[15]
During their conquest the Andals burned weirwood groves and slew the children of the forest when they found them,[10] believing them abominations, although True History states the children had already fled the riverlands before the Andals invaded.[2] The Andal Erreg the Kinslayer attacked High Heart, a sacred place to the children of the forest of the riverlands, killing the children and their First Men allies and cutting down High Heart's grove of weirwood trees.[5]
The Andals failed to conquer the Isle of Faces, leading to conjecture that some children of the forest survived on the Isle with the aid of the green men.[5]
After centuries of infighting between the Andal kings, House Justman was the first house to regain control over the riverlands.[2]
When the Andals first began crossing the narrow sea, Erich the Unready was the Storm King from House Durrandon of Storm's End. He took little interest in the invaders as he was embroiled in his own wars at the time, and he died while the Andals completed their conquest of the Vale.
Shortly after the Andals conquered the Vale, they began sailing to Blackwater Bay and the stormlands. The Andal Togarion Bar Emmon allied with the First Men of House Massey and expelled the stormlanders from Massey's Hook and established Andal control over the peninsula. The grandson of Erich the Unready, King Qarlton the Conqueror, was the first Storm King to face the Andals in battle, and his reign and the reigns of his successors, Qarlton III and Monfryd V, would be spent continually warring against the Andals. The Storm Kings won at least six major battles against the Andals, including the great Battle of Bronzegate when King Monfryd V Durrandon defeated the Holy Brotherhood of the Andals at the cost of his own life, but the Andals continued to invade, conquering Tarth and Estermont.
To prevent the Andals from conquering all of the rainwood, King Baldric the Cunning manipulated the petty Andal kings and warlords of Cape Wrath into attacking each other. King Durran XXI allied with the children of the forest, and this Weirwood Alliance achieved victories over the Andals at Black Bog, the Misty Wood, and the Howling Hill, and helped to check the decline of the Kingdom of the Storm for a time. A generation later, King Cleoden I allied with three Dornish kings and defeated the Andal Drox the Corpse-Maker in a battle on the river Slayne.[16]
Eventually the Durrandons and Andals came to an accord when the Andals failed in a seventh attempt to conquer the great castle of Storm's End. The Andals instead intermarried with the First Men storm lords; King Maldon IV and his son, Durran XXIV, for instance, married Andal maidens. The Andals swore to serve the Storm Kings, while King Ormund III and his queen converted to the Faith of the Seven.[16]
The North
When the Andals attacked the eastern shores of the north, they were aggressively met by the Kings of Winter, House Stark of Winterfell, and their First Men bannermen.
The Hungry Wolf, King Theon Stark, was supported by House Bolton when the Andal warlord Argos Sevenstar attacked and was slain in the Battle of the Weeping Water. Theon then sailed east, raided Andalos, and displayed the heads of his Andal victims along the shore's of the north.[17]
After the conquest of the Trident and the riverlands, the Andals began to attack the north from its south over land. However, every attack was thrown back by the crannogmen of the Neck or the strong fortifications of Moat Cailin; it is unknown how many Andal armies were destroyed in the Neck.[10][5] King Sherrit is said to have called down a curse upon the Andals while at the Nightfort, which is also where the legendary Rat Cook served "bacon-and-prince" pie to an Andal king.[18]
Eventually, the Andals relented and the north was allowed to remain in peace,[10] although over succeeding millennia Andal blood entered the kingdom through dynastic marriages.
The influence of the Andals was less in Dorne than in the other southern kingdoms of Westeros. Most Andals focused on the nearer lands on the narrow sea, rather than the Dornish sands. Some, such as the Ullers, Qorgyles, and Vaiths, adventured into more inhospitable regions of Dorne. The Allyrions, Jordaynes, and Santagars also established their own realms. The Martells defeated two First Men houses, the Wades and Shells, claiming territory near the mouth of the Greenblood.[19]
The Andals began to invade the westerlands after they conquered the Vale and the riverlands. Tybolt Lannister, the King of the Rock, defeated the first Andal warlord, and the next few attacks were also successfully defended against by House Lannister.[20]
As the Andals continued to march west, however, Kings Tyrion III and Gerold II arranged marriages between their bannermen and the most powerful of the warlords. The children of the Andals were brought to Casterly Rock to serve as wards but also hostages. After the death of King Gerold III, his daughter's husband, the Andal Ser Joffrey Lydden, took the Lannister name. Other houses formed by the intermarriages included Houses Brax, Drox, Jast, Kyndall, Lefford, Marbrand, Parren, Sarsfield, and Serrett. In contrast to most First Men kings, the support of the Andals allowed the Kings of the Rock to expand their power.[20]
The Reach
The Andals arrived late in the Reach, after the invasions of the Vale, the riverlands, and the stormlands, as they were previously prevented from sailing there by the fleets of House Hightower of Oldtown and Redwyne of the Arbor. The Gardener kings of Highgarden prepared the defenses of the Kingdom of the Reach. King Gwayne IV sought help from the children of the forest, while King Mern II focused on fortification. King Mern III bestowed honors on a woods witch who claimed she could raise armies of the dead. The anticipated Andal attacks never occurred, however.[21]
When the disunited Andals eventually reached the realm of the Gardeners generations later, they were welcomed by the Three Sage Kings: Garth IX, son Merle I, and grandson Gwayne V. Rather than resist, they granted lands, wives, and lordships to the most powerful Andals. Garth IX brought a septon to his court and built the first sept at Highgarden. Merle I, a convert to the Faith of the Seven, promoted the construction of septs, septries, and motherhouses across the Reach. Gwayne V was the first Gardener born into the new Faith and the first to be knighted. In order to integrate the newcomers, Merle I and Gwayne V took Andal brides, and all three kings accepted Andal knights and retainers into their service. For instance, Ser Alester Tyrell, the founder of House Tyrell, was made Gwayne V's champion and sworn shield.[21][22]
House Hightower of Oldtown were amongst the first lords to welcome the Andals.[23] Lord Dorian Hightower set aside his wife for an Andal princess and the stability of trade, and Lord Damon was the first Hightower to accept the Faith. After Damon's premature death, his son, the young Lord Triston, was raised and trained by Septon Robeson, who eventually became the first High Septon. Triston honored Robeson by building the Starry Sept, while Triston's son, Lord Barris Hightower, gave the High Septon his first crystal crown.[23]
The Gardeners encouraged Andal craftsmen, aspecially blacksmiths and stonemasons, to settle throughout the Reach, supplying their bannermen with iron instead of bronze and strengthening their castles with Andal masonry.[21]
Families formed by the intermarriage of First Men and Andal nobles include Houses Cuy, Graceford, Leygood, Orme, Roxton, Uffering, and Varner. The Andals and First Men of the Reach became closely integrated, and most of the newcomers aided the Gardeners against future Andal invaders. Maester Yandel writes that "seldom has a conquest been achieved with less bloodshed."[21]
Iron Islands
The Andals turned their attention to the Iron Islands a thousand years after their landing on the Fingers.[5] As the Andals invaded and settled in the riverlands, westerlands, and the Reach, they began constructing new settlements and stout castles. These stronger defenses, combined with the Andals' sailing ability, weakened the grip of the ironborn on the Sunset Sea. The Andals then began to invade the Iron Islands in waves, often with the support of rival ironborn lords.[24]
Rognar II Greyiron, King of the Iron Islands, was defeated by an alliance of Andals with Houses Drumm, Greyjoy, Hoare, and Orkwood. According to legend, Harras Hoare was chosen as king through the finger dance, but Archmaester Haereg states Harras became king by marrying the daughter of an Andal warlord.[24] The Hoare dynasty were often denigrated by the ironborn, especially by the priests of the Drowned God, for marrying and allying with Andals, tolerating the Faith and promoting trade instead of reaving.[25] The new religion never became popular in the Iron Islands and most families of Andal origin eventually converted to the native Drowned God.[5]
The Andals were a conquering people, but they were greatly outnumbered by the First Men of Westeros. In order to consolidate their control, the Andal warlords and kings often married the wives and daughters of the defeated First Men kings. Although most of the First Men eventually converted to the Faith of the Seven, godswoods with heart trees were retained in many castles to prevent religious wars.[5] An exception to the spread of the Faith is the Iron Islands, where the native worship of the Drowned God was adopted by the invading Andals.[5]
The Andals introduced writing, as before that time the First Men only used runes for carving on stone. Everything since written about the Age of Heroes, the Dawn Age, and the Long Night originates from stories written down by septons. The Andals also introduced weapons of steel.[10][2] Knighthood and chivalry spread through most of Westeros, especially in the Reach.[26][27]
One of the major, if largely forgotten, consequences of the invasions is the ending of the Pact. The children of the forest abandoned Westeros and slowly disappeared over succeeding generations, aside from beyond the Wall.[10]
During and following the Andals' arrival, six Andal-controlled southron kingdoms of Westeros were consolidated: the realms of the King of Mountain and Vale, the King of the Rock, the King of the Reach, the King of the Iron Islands, the King of the Trident, and the Storm King. Dorne remained a peninsula of bickering, feuding states of First Men and Andal origin, and the north remained under control of the First Men King in the North.[28]
There is little left of Andal culture in Essos.[29]
See also
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 60, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 70, Tyrion X.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 40, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book, Guardians of Order
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 48, Jaime I.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Vale: The Eyrie.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran VII.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: Valyria's Children.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 68, Sansa VI.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Vale.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands: House Tully.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 20, Brienne IV.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Dorne: The Andals Arrive.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Andals in the Reach.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: House Tyrell.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Oldtown.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Iron Kings.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Black Blood.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Highgarden.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Yet More Questions, July 22, 2001
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Tax advice for Floridians and businesses
With fewer tax-cut expirations on the horizon, there's less uncertainty. High-wage earners are facing higher taxes.
Last year, accountants stayed busy with the expiration of an estimated $500 billion in Bush-era tax cuts. This year is more stable. "It's completely the opposite of last year," says Benjamin A. Tobias, a CPA and president of Tobias Financial Advisors in Plantation. "Last year, we were looking at ways to accelerate income. This year, I would say tax planning is going back to normal." Back to normal means searching for ways to reduce taxes an individual or business pays by deferring income or increasing expenses. Some uncertainty remains about whether certain tax breaks will be continued. Jerry Gaddis, founder of Tropical Tax Solutions in Key Largo, says "it's become almost impossible to plan" because Congress will make last-minute decisions on whether to extend or change certain tax breaks.
Advice for Individuals
» Investing: Watch your investment income closely. A new 3.8% Medicare tax on investment income over $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples) kicks in this year. This is on top of the typical taxes paid for capital gains, which can be as high as 20% for high-income earners. Michele Lipson, a partner at Marcum LLP's Tax and Business Services division in Miami, says Floridians who have more than $200,000 in investment income this year need to prepare to pay a higher tax rate or sell stocks at a loss to get under the $200,000 threshold, Lipson says. "The key is being able to time income and expenses to put you just below the limit," she says. Investment income can be capital gains from stocks or passive income such as income from rental properties.
» Earnings: Track how much salary you earn and prepare to pay more in taxes if you are a high-wage earner, says Tropical Tax Solutions founder Jerry Gaddis. Some examples of the additional taxes: The top tax rate went from 35% to 39.6% for individuals making more than $400,000 or married couples who earn more than $450,000. Single filers who earn more than $200,000 and married couples who earn more than $250,000 pay an extra tax of 0.9%. A new rule limits itemized deductions, primarily affecting individuals who make more than $250,000 or married couples filing jointly who earn more than $300,000. "Be prepared to pay more," Gaddis says.
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Minor in Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Ethics is a central area of human concern and human inquiry. A special concern with ethics and human values is one of things that defines Loyola University Chicago and the Jesuit Tradition. Philosophy and philosophical treatments of ethics and ethical theory are foundational for the critical discussion of ethical issues in other fields. The Minor in Ethics and Moral Philosophy can prove to be a significant credential for some students, both for finding employment and for admission to graduate or professional school, as there is increasing attention to the study of ethics in professional schools.
Minor Requirements
For this minor a student must take six courses in ethics. At least four of these six courses must be taken from the Philosophy Department, and at least two of them must be at the 300-level.
As many as two ethics courses can be taken outside of the Philosophy Department. Philosophy Majors cannot receive the Minor in Ethics and Moral Philosophy.
Double-Dipping Policy
- Students may not major and minor in the same discipline.
- Majors: Not less than 21 credit hours in the individual student's transcript must be unique to each major; that is, the courses in question are considered as actually fulfilling requirements of one major, not of more than one major.
- Minors and interdisciplinary minors: not less than 8 credit hours in the individual student's transcript must be unique to each minor; that is, the courses in question are considered as actually fulfilling requirements of one minor, not of more than one minor or major.
Course Offerings
All sections of any the following courses count for the Minor in Ethics and Moral Philosophy:
- Communication 217: Ethics and Communication
- Criminal Justice 350: Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Justice
- Philosophy 181: Ethics
- Philosophy 182: Social and Political Philosophy
- Philosophy 284: Health Care Ethics
- Philosophy 285: Business Ethics
- Philosophy 286: Ethics and Education
- Philosophy 288: Culture and Civilization
- Philosophy 289: Philosophy and Gender
- Philosophy 321: Ethics and Society
- Philosophy 323: Philosophy of Law
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- Philosophy 369: Philosophy of Medicine
- Philosophy 385: Environmental Ethics
- Philosophy 388: History of Ethics
- Political Science 341: Political Ethics and Public Service
- Theology 192: Moral Problems
- Theology 194: Social and Economic Christian Thought
- Theology 340: Foundations of Christian Morality
- Theology 342: Perspectives on Life and Death
- Theology 344: Theology and Ecology
Note that, in addition to the courses listed above, individual sections of courses that are not on this list but which are taught as ethics classes can count towards the minor on a case by case basis. For example, some sections of topics courses, such as Phil 389 and Phil 398, can count towards the minor, provided such courses are ethics courses. Also, two or more sections of one topics in ethics course, such as Phil 324, can count towards the minor, if those sections are different ethics courses.
Note also that a student can incorporate the courses taken for the Core Curriculum into this minor, in such a way that only some additional courses are needed to complete this minor. For example, a student can take two Core philosophy area courses in ethics and one Core theology area course in ethics. That student would then take three additional ethics courses (of which two are from Philosophy at the 300-level) in order to receive the Minor in Ethics and Moral Philosophy. This feature can be useful in planning the courses for one's minor.
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NASA ARC: "Spreading the Word" – Experience the Dark Side of the Jam.
Subject: Spreading the Word – Experience the Dark Side of the Jam.
From: Centerwide Announcement
Date: February 25, 2013
TO: Resident Staff
FROM: Harry Partridge, Center Chief Technologist and Donald James, Acting Director, New Ventures and Communications
SUBJECT: "Spreading the Word" – Experience the Dark Side of the Jam.
I am pleased to invite Ames resident staff to drop in on the "Dark Side of the Jam" gathering in Building 3 on March 8-10, 2013. The Dark Side of the Jam is bringing together top game designers for a "satellite game jam" with the goal of developing space and science games. Dark Side of the Jam challenges gamers to not only to demonstrate their coding prowess, but help capture the public's interest in the science and technology advancements being made in aerospace exploration.
Dark Side of the Jam opens with registration at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 8, and runs until 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, in the Building 3 Ballroom. The center director will welcome the participants, and then NASA speakers will share knowledge about NASA aeronautics, small spacecraft, robotics, and planetary exploration to ignite ideas. NASA also will provide feedback on Saturday to the game developers. The event kicks off on Friday evening at about 7:30 p.m. NASA also will provide displays and models for inspiration.
The event is an educational project of the Night Rover Challenge, http://www.nightrover.org/ , conducted under the auspices of NASA Centennial Challenge (Office of the Chief Technologist), who will use the products of the session to improve and expand NASA outreach.
Up to 25 members of the Ames staff can drop in on Dark Side of the Jam. Please contact either Ingrid Desilvestre, mailto:email@example.com , or Dionna Marshall, mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com , to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis and we'll send you a detailed schedule.
It should be an interesting and hopefully fun event for all involved.


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Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ be an open set with smooth boundary $\partial \Omega$. Consider the following linearized Navier-Stokes equations in $Q_T=\Omega\times (0,T)$ for an arbitrarily fixed $T\in (0,\infty)$, $$ u_t-\Delta u+a(x,t)u+b\cdot \nabla u+\nabla p=f(x,t),\text{div } u=0 $$ with the initial and boundary conditions $u(x,0)=0, \left.u(x,t)\right|_{\partial \Omega\times (0,T)}=0$. Here $u(x,t)=(u^1(x,t),u^2(x,t),u^3(x,t))$ and $p(x,t)$ denote the unknown velocity and pressure respectively, $a(x,t)$ and $b(x,t)$ denote the given coefficients.
Question: Suppose that $$a\in L^r(0,T; L^s(\Omega)), b\in L^{r_1}(0,T; L^{s_1}(\Omega)),$$ where $2/r+3/s<2$, $2/r_1+3/s_1<1$, and $f(x,t)\in C_0^\infty(\Omega\times (0,T))$, can we solve the above equations in arbitrary $L^p$? Can we get the estimates such as $$\|u_t\|_{L^p(Q_T)}+\|D^2 u\|_{L^p(Q_T)}+\|u\|_{L^p(Q_T)}\leq \|f\|_{L^p(Q_T)}?$$
Solonnikov dealed with this problem in his paper "Estimates for solution of nonstationary Navier-Stokes equations" (http://www.springerlink.com/index/N8374858XNT22P11.pdf). However, I can not verify his proof (Page 487 to Page 489).
Who can help me? Any comment will be deeply appreciated.


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Berlin, 28, MFA Fine Arts, www.annewoelk.de
I am a contemporary figurative painter, who creates mixed-media paintings with a penchant for bright colors, geometric shapes, and street-art forms. My work explores the relationship between cultural plurality and a recycling of pop-culture, by layering different motifs from Science Fiction film stills and quotations from an art historical background, like Symbolism and color-field paintings. Overall I am constantly studying the possibilities of oil paint as a medium and trying to push my boundaries.
I appreciate the work of Kai Althoff, Corinne Wasmuht, Daniel Richter, David Hockney, Franz West, Gerhard Richter, Pierre Soulages, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko.
I always get two with cheese.
In the summer of 2009 I undertook a journey by car for several weeks along the French and Spanish-Atlantic coast with stops in Paris, Bordeaux, Vieux-Boucau, Biarritz, San Sebastian and Bilbao. I enjoyed myself immensely.
Sometimes I like the sound and the noise of the studio building with its different characters, but usually I love to listen to: audio books, The Cure, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Faith No More, Jeff Buckley, Amy Winehouse, John Lennon, and Lassie Singers, (among others). Honestly I have no real daily routine, I paint when I am hot for my work. Late in the evening is the best time to concentrate. During the nighttime I get ready for new things and I have my best ideas.


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I'm using the plugin "Extra User Fields" to add extra fields to the user's profile. I know how to get the value of the field (get_user_meta/get_author_meta), but I also want the label as a string, but I don't want to get the full code (like <label>Label</label><input value="value" />
etc., because I want to be able to do with the label and the value what I please.
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text: On their way to a safari zone teeming with Pokemon, our heroes walk right into the middle of a jungle. Without knowing they are in a region in which Pokemon are protected, Ash tries to capture a Chansey and is arrested by Jenny, the safari ranger. Af... (more)ter talking with the ranger, Ash is released, but not before he learns that there are Pokemon poachers in the area. Our heroes accompany the ranger into the forest, pursuing the poachers. Within the jungle, a young man leads a pack of Kangaskhan. His name is Tommy and no one knows the secret of his childhood.


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AALI programs and services support the University mission by enhancing learning and teaching, promoting the professional development and engagement of students, faculty and staff, and integrating learning and living in community. As a partnership between seven University-focused areas, these offices and centers support the work of UD academic units and the UD campus learning environment.
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Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $1.6 billion in cash to MBIA Inc. and will receive the right to buy a 4.9 percent stake in the bond insurer to resolve long-running litigation, the companies said on Monday.
Bank of America will also remit $137 million worth of MBIA senior debt it acquired in December and provide MBIA with a $500 million credit line as part of the deal.
The accord will settle all of the two companies' disputes, including liability for MBIA as a counterparty in swap deals with Bank of America. Bank of America will take a charge against previously reported first-quarter earnings and its capital ratios will rise under Basel III as a result of the deal.
MBIA shares rose as much as 57 percent on the news. By the close, the shares were up 45 percent, at $14.29, while Bank of America shares closed up 5.2 percent at $12.88.
The settlement marks Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan's latest step to fix wide-ranging litigation related to the financial crisis and relieves investor fears that MBIA might face liquidation over the bank's claims.
In a statement, MBIA Chief Executive Jay Brown called the deal a "significant milestone" for the company, which is in the process of restructuring itself and risked running out of money within months if it had not settled the Bank of America dispute.
"I think Bank of America was able to put some pressure on and extract some clear leverage from the fact that MBIA looked to be on the brink," said attorney Don Hawthorne, a partner at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider who has represented clients in mortgage-backed securities litigation.
"It's probably a good deal all around," he added, reflecting that "MBIA obviously had a strong case and Bank of America had a strong negotiating position."
MBIA had long been in the sleepy business of guaranteeing municipal debt against default, but last decade it began guaranteeing riskier structured bonds, such as repackaged mortgage securities, in a bid to add revenue and profit.
That backfired as MBIA lost its top credit ratings and banks sought to hold it liable for losses after the housing bubble burst. Short sellers such as hedge fund manager William Ackman argued MBIA lacked capital to cover structured finance losses.
To survive, MBIA won approval in 2009 from New York's insurance regulator, now part of the state's Department of Financial Services, to split into a municipal bond insurer to underwrite new deals and a guarantor of structured finance products that would handle old claims.
But 18 banks objected, saying it would leave MBIA insolvent and unable to pay its mortgage-related claims.
Monday's settlement leaves Societe Generale as the only bank still in that case. A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Avoiding Liquidation
In a statement, Benjamin Lawsky, New York's financial services superintendent, said the deal was reached after more than a year of negotiations. He called it "a very positive step forward for both Bank of America and MBIA."
The deal came together after MBIA's board hired Blackstone Group LP as an adviser, said a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to discuss it publicly. A Blackstone spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on their role.
MBIA's structured finance unit could have been forced into liquidation or rehabilitation had the Bank of America case continued, the insurer said on Feb. 27. Brown said that month that there was a "significant risk" of a regulatory proceeding.
In 2011, the municipal bond guarantee business lent $1.1 billion to the structured finance unit to fund settlements with bond buyers, debt that over time grew to be $1.7 billion. But the company's regulator refused to allow the structured finance unit to borrow more.
MBIA will use proceeds from the Bank of America deal to repay that loan, which stood at $1.6 billion as of May 2, following a $110 million payment from a separate settlement with Flagstar Bancorp Inc.
More Legal Woes
As part of the accord, Bank of America will receive warrants to purchase 9.94 million shares of MBIA, or roughly 4.9 percent of its outstanding stock, at a price of $9.59 per share. The warrants can be exercised any time prior to May 2018.
Some investors saw Bank of America taking an equity stake as a sign of confidence in MBIA's future.
Bank of America will take a charge of $1.5 billion, or 10 cents per diluted share, after taxes related to the settlement, slicing its previously reported earnings per share in half. Accounting standards dictate that it take the charge against first-quarter earnings because it has not yet filed its 10-Q report, Bank of America said.
The bank's Tier 1 capital ratio under Basel III standards will rise by 10 basis points to 9.52 percent to reflect a reduction in risk-weighted assets related to the MBIA swaps being canceled. Its tangible book value per common share will drop by 10 cents to $13.36.
The MBIA deal is just the latest settlement Bank of America has reached to resolve crisis-era litigation.
Last month, the bank reached a $500 million settlement with investors who claimed they were misled by its Countrywide unit into buying risky mortgage debt. The second-largest U.S. bank still faces litigation by the Federal Housing Finance Agency on behalf of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and by insurer American International Group Inc.
Bank of America is also awaiting court approval of an $8.5 billion deal reached with investors in Countrywide mortgage-backed securities. A hearing is scheduled to begin May 30.
On Friday, the New York and Delaware attorneys general dropped their objections to the deal. AIG and other parties remain opposed.
"I don't think anyone's going to ever at this point declare victory," Bank of America Chief Financial Officer Bruce Thompson said on a conference call last month. "We're moving through in a pretty meaningful way this pipeline of items."
News of the Bank of America-MBIA settlement was first reported by Dow Jones.


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Charity Founded By Sandusky Gets OK To Sell Headquarters
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A charity for children founded by Jerry Sandusky is getting a judge's permission to sell its headquarters building in State College.
Judge William Morgan signed an order Tuesday that allows The Second Mile to sell the property for $650,000.
Morgan says the money will be held on deposit until further notice.
The 69-year-old Sandusky started the organization to help at-risk youths in 1977. Sandusky is serving a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of child sexual abuse last year. Prosecutors say he met most of his victims, if not all of them, through the charity.
The Second Mile is still functioning, and plans to move its operations to rented space in nearby Bellefonte.
The purchaser is A.G.L. 2 Limited Partnership. Sandusky claims he was wrongfully convicted and is pursuing appeals.
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Why Are Michigan's Bottle Deposits So High?
By Ethan Trex
The classic Seinfeld episode "The Bottle Deposit" will be 15 years old in May. In honor of Kramer and Newman's ill-fated trip to Michigan in a mail truck full of bottles and cans they hoped to redeem for dimes, let's take a look at why Michigan's bottle deposit is so high.
How long has Michigan had the dime deposit?
The 10-cent deposit traces its roots back to the Michigan Beverage Containers Law of 1976. Here's how it works: the consumer pays an additional dime up front, which will be refunded when the can or bottle is returned. The rule aims to curb litter, encourage recycling, and provide funding for environmental programs.
Does the higher deposit prompt more recycling?
A five-cent difference may sound trifling, but the higher deposit helps make Michigan's recycling program wildly successful. Although it's tough to track fraudulent cans and bottles that come in from outside the state, the Michigan program has returned over 95 percent of the deposits it has taken in since the year 2000. According to stats published by the Container Recycling Institute, these rates dramatically outpace those in states with nickel deposits, where redemption rates largely remain in the 60-to-80-percent range.
Those dimes add up, too. In 2008, Michigan returned over $407 million in deposits.
Could Kramer and Newman really have pulled off their stunt?
Moreover, they might have had to find quite a few stores to redeem their cans. Under Michigan law, retailers have to return $25 worth of deposits per person per day. Retailers are allowed to return larger sums at their own discretion, but they're only required to shell out $25 to each person. Since Kramer and Newman had $500 worth of cans apiece, they might have found themselves hoofing it to 20 different retailers.
Has anyone actually tried this scam?
Oh yeah. In 2007, Michigan State Police ran Operation Can Scam – no points for creative naming there – which led to the arraignment of 10 grocers and conspirators. The grocers' scam was pretty much Kramer and Newman's idea on a grander scale: smugglers in Ohio collected millions of cans and sold them to grocers at a discount off the 10-cent redemption value. The grocers then redeemed the deposits for the full dime, and everyone made a profit.
At least they did until the law caught wind of the scheme. In the course of making the 10 arrests, the authorities turned up millions of cans and $500,000 in cash. The director of the Michigan State Police told ClickonDetroit.com that similar scams defraud the state of $13 million each year.
What happens to any unclaimed dimes?
Even though an extremely high percentage of containers are returned, unclaimed deposits still regularly add up to eight-figure sums each year. Three quarters of that money goes into the Cleanup and Redevelopment Trust Fund to pay for environmental programs, while the remainder goes to the retailers.


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Yehudi Menuhin Collection
Spanning 75 years, the career of Yehudi Menuhin included work as a virtuoso violinist and a highly respected conductor. The Yehudi Menuhin Collection, assembled by his family, consists of 54 78 rpm recordings of Menuhin performing violin works, often accompanied by his sister, Hephzibah Menuhin. The recordings were made primarily for the Victor and Gramophone companies between 1938 and 1950. They works by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahms, but also recordings of lesser-known pieces, such as Ildebrando Pizzetti's Sonata in A major.
This collection has been processed under the auspices of the Council on Library and Information Resources with generous financial support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Related collections
Jascha Heifetz Collection
The Heifetz Collection features recordings by the violinist and a rare unpublished recording by Leopold Auer.


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hey guys em creating a website regarding Internet marketing help me is writing good content.
if you are an expert in internet marketing, you should not need any help in writing your content
if you aren't, then perhaps you should create a website about something else
i'm just sayin
em just enter into this field you can call me internee.
If you're just entering the field then you probably shouldn't be starting a website on the topic.
You can hire some freelance writers to write your articles.
And having no background in the topic and with English as a second language he'll have no clue if the articles are any good or not.
If you are not well versed in a topic, PLEASE do not create a website about it to try and make money. You're just wasting your time and the time of any poor soul who should happen to find your site based on some obscure five word long tail keyword.
As others have already pointed out, if you do not have any knowledge on the topic you are creating your website around, you'll most probably end up buying content rather than producing it on your own.
In my personal opinion, you should rather search for a SEO who can write great content which is at the same time, optimized as well. This will help you make your website a great success. Good luck!
It will be difficult writing great content with minimal experience, at this point I suggest learning first. A website like this is a good place to start.
I agree with with you 'BagAWriter' but even if you learn and you do not have skills to rearrange the content, still it is useless. Isn't it?
content arrangement can also be learned. : )
However, I have to agree with what everyone is saying here. Don't push it too hard. There are literally a LOT of things you need to learn and be very familiar about first before engaging in such a topic. Perhaps, there are other things/topics you can write about instead of "internet marketing."
Yeah, wardcosbyson, you're absolutely right. So, what are you going to write about then?
Internet marketing is a very diverse field i would advise you to write content on most of the sub-branches of field. Now they are SEO(on page activities and off page activities),
Social media optimization, Link building techniques, forums, blogs, articles, directory submission, press release, classified ads are a few topics on which you can write content.
… regarding SEO, SEM, Sales Strategy, Sales Courtesy.
but whatever, your topic is so popular that it's hard to promote
BTW, in a sense, domain name is not some important, the importance is the way the strategy for how to promote your site.
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THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL — JUNE 13, 2012 — All horses entering the grounds of the 2012 American Quarter Horse Association world championship shows must have current (30-day) original health certificates, as well as original negative Coggins tests dated within the last 12 months of the show. This includes horses that originate from the state where the show is being held. The results on health certificates and Coggins papers should indicate the horse's registered name.
Horses affected by or having been exposed to any contagious disease during the 30 days preceding the world championship show will be excluded from the grounds.
All horses (whether entered or not) and livestock that enter the grounds are subject to examination by AQHA officials/designated representatives and/or state officials (collectively "officials") for determining whether such animals are, have been infected/exposed, or are likely to be infected with an infectious or contagious disease. If after such examination, such officials have reason to believe that an animal's health condition places other animals at risk, such officials, at their sole discretion, may quarantine such animal (and others that may have been infected/exposed) or, if appropriate, require that such animals be transported off the grounds.
AQHA is not requiring a negative blood test for equine piroplasmosis for the 2012 AQHA world championship shows. Should this change, health requirements by show will be announced at:
- 2012 Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show, August 3-11 in Oklahoma City – www.aqha.com/youthworld
- 2012 Adequan Select World Championship Show, August 24-September 1 in Amarillo – www.aqha.com/selectworld
- 2012 AQHA World Championship Shows, November 2-17 in Oklahoma City – www.aqha.com/worldshow
In addition to AQHA's health requirements, owners should consult the health requirements of the state(s) through which their horse is traveling. A list of veterinary services area offices from across the United States can be found at www.aphis.usda.gov.
AQHA news and information is a service of AQHA publications. For more information on The American Quarter Horse Journal or America's Horse, visit AQHA Publications.


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Carrying on the tradition established by last year's cohort, Deep History and Domestication finished the semester with domesticate inspired food and course awards. We had quite a feast! From silk-inspired gummy worms, to "dog biscuits," goat-cheese dip, chocolate (cow's) milk, "pigs" in a blanket, yeasty bread, and (back for lack of a better idea) domesticate cookies, we noshed our way through the animal imaginary that shaped the course this semester. We declared Corinne's human-dog biscuits a success, lauded Kelly's and Corinne's culinary explorations, admired Peter's resourcefulness, savored Cara's goat cheese dip, and polished off Tanner's chocolate milk and french fries (provided as "food that is eaten with hamburgers but not offensive to vegetarians ;-)). And we all agreed that Molly's cupcake tableau of animal cracker camels traversing a desert was amazing!
The research projects are complete and posted, and anyone who visits this site should check them out! They share a common structure, but are unique and inspiring in their design and execution. We gave out several course awards, including, Best Overall Project, for Camel, The Most Undervalued and Invaluable Creature (which also won the Best Design category), and "Cutest Pictures" which had strong finalists in Dogs and Their People, Domesticating Wilbur, and Goats. There was firm consensus that the winner in the "Best Title" category was "A Fungus Amongus" (although I must point out that yeast might be a domesticate but is not an animal). Tanner's chocolate milk reminded us of the importance of lactase persistance in the evolution of human society, just as his project on cattle emphasizes how reciprocal the domestication process is. Peter kept us on our toes all semester (synthetic meat, anyone?), and offers some intriguing insights about the influence of silk on human history and happiness.
Thanks so much for a wonderful semester! I learned a lot and enjoyed our explorations of domestication tremendously.


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Neighborhood District - 3 (ND-3): The ND-3 district accommodates single family homes including some additional building types that can support affordable alternatives to home ownership such as smaller lots, attached homes, or a cottage court style product that includes single family homes that surround a common courtyard. Key standards in this district include:
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"If Thou Wilt Enter into Life, Keep the Commandments," Ensign, May 1996, 35
Priesthood Session
6 April 1996
"If Thou Wilt Enter into Life, Keep the Commandments"
The Savior said, "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments" (Matt. 19:17). I would like to tell you a story, brethren—a true story about a man named Abinadi. Abinadi was a prophet who preached repentance to a wicked people and a wicked king. He preached boldly and courageously, knowing that he was putting his own life in jeopardy because of his words.
Wicked King Noah angrily ordered his priests to kill Abinadi. King Noah said, "Away with this fellow, and slay him; … for he is mad."
But when the priests tried to lay their hands on Abinadi, he withstood them, saying: "Touch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message which the Lord sent me to deliver. … I must fulfil the commandments wherewith God has commanded me."
The people of King Noah were afraid to touch Abinadi because the Spirit of the Lord was with him. "His face shone with exceeding luster," and he spoke "with power and authority from God." Abinadi declared that he would finish the message that God had sent him to deliver—and then it wouldn't matter what King Noah and the people did to him. (See Mosiah 13:1–9.)
When Abinadi concluded his message, King Noah demanded that he deny the words he had spoken—or he would be put to death. But Abinadi refused.
The firmness of Abinadi's faith is found in this poignant entry in the sacred record: "And now, when Abinadi had said these words, he fell, having suffered death by fire; yea, having been put to death because he would not deny the commandments of God, having sealed the truth of his words by his death." (See Mosiah 17:6–20; emphasis added.)
My brethren of the priesthood, what a powerful example Abinadi should be to all of us! He courageously obeyed the Lord's commandments—even though it cost him his life! Prophets of all dispensations have willingly put their lives on the line and, with courage, have done the will and proclaimed the word of God.
The Prophet Joseph Smith went "like a lamb to the slaughter" (D&C 135:4), never wavering as he fulfilled the Lord's commandments.
And think of our Savior's example. He taught us how to live by the way He lived. Think of His tender compassion as He worked miracles and as He cared for the poor and the afflicted. He humbly chose to be obedient to His Father's commandments—and He endured to the end, fulfilling His divine mission and completing the atoning sacrifice for all mankind.
Brethren, as bearers of the priesthood of God, let us follow the example of our Lord Jesus Christ and His prophets, past and present. It may not be required of us to give our lives as martyrs, as did many of the prophets. What is required is our obedience to the Lord's commandments and our faithfulness to the covenants we have made with Him.
May I talk directly to you young men of the Aaronic Priesthood for a moment? The Aaronic Priesthood is the preparatory priesthood. It prepares you for the higher priesthood—the Melchizedek Priesthood. As bearers of the Aaronic Priesthood, you must learn to obey the Lord's commandments. Honor your mother and father, keep the Sabbath day holy, do not take the Lord's name in vain, honor womanhood, be chaste, do not lie or steal, live the Word of Wisdom, and pay an honest tithing and a generous fast offering. If you keep these commandments and others, you will be richly blessed.
You young deacons, teachers, and priests: Are you worthy to officiate in the preparation, passing, and blessing of the sacrament? These are sacred responsibilities. The bread and water are emblems of our Savior's flesh and blood; they represent His atoning sacrifice.
Think of that for a moment. The sacrament that you administer each week is in remembrance of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The wondrous gift of the Atonement overcomes physical death unconditionally, and it is infinite because it is for all who have lived or will ever live in mortality. Through the Atonement, we are all redeemed from the Fall of Adam and will be resurrected.
However, for the full blessings of the Atonement to take effect in our lives and allow us to return to live with our Heavenly Father, we must repent of our sins and be faithful in obeying the commandments of God. Thus, the redemptive blessings of repentance and forgiveness are an important part of the Atonement, but they are conditional upon our faithfulness in obeying the commandments and the ordinances of God.
Oh, how the Lord blesses worthy bearers of the Aaronic Priesthood who bless and pass the sacrament to faithful members of the Church in His memory! And how He blesses those who partake of the sacrament worthily! If you are worthy to participate in the administration of the sacrament, you will be worthy to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood at the appropriate time and enter the temple to take upon yourselves covenants with the Lord.
Young men, prepare to serve as missionaries. Going on a mission teaches you to live the law of consecration. It may be the only time in your life when you can give to the Lord all your time, talents, and resources. In return, the Lord will bless you with His Spirit to be with you. He will be close to you and strengthen you.
Work hard to obtain an education and to learn technical skills that will allow you to be self-sufficient and support your family.
Cultivate good friends who do not try to make you choose between their ways and the Lord's ways. Be the kind of friend who makes it easier for others to obey the commandments when they are with you.
Now, to you brethren who hold the Melchizedek Priesthood, as well as the Aaronic Priesthood holders: As you know, keeping the Lord's commandments is a lifetime effort! Let us be faithful and courageous in keeping His commandments, as we have covenanted to do.
The Savior declared: "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments" (Matt. 19:17). "If ye love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15).
Some may ask, "Why did the Lord give us commandments?" In premortal councils, He determined that we, His spirit children, would be given commandments by which to live during our mortal lives. Jehovah, the firstborn spirit child of our Heavenly Father, said: "We will go down, … and we will make an earth whereon these [God's other spirit children] may dwell,
"And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;
"And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon" (Abr. 3:24–26).
These commandments are loving instructions provided by God our Father for our physical and spiritual well-being and happiness while in mortality. Commandments allow us to know the mind and will of God regarding our eternal progression. And they test our willingness to be obedient to His will.
The commandments are not a burden or a restriction. Every commandment of the Lord is given for our development, progress, and growth. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: "God has designed our happiness. … He never will institute an ordinance or give a commandment to His people that is not calculated in its nature to promote that happiness which He has designed" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 256).
How I love the commandments of the Lord! They guide and protect us and allow us to return back into the presence of our Heavenly Father. If we faithfully obey the commandments, we are promised the blessings of eternal life. Eternal life, "the greatest of all the gifts of God" (D&C 14:7), is to be exalted and to live with Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ in all the eternities to come. He dearly wants us to return to Him.
We don't need to wait, however, until the next life to receive many of the promised blessings. In this life, the obedient may enjoy peace of mind, happiness, and "joy in the Holy Ghost" (Rom. 14:17).
Living the commandments brings us into harmony with Deity; we become one in purpose with the Father and the Son. When we are one with God, we walk with spiritual light. Our diligence in keeping the commandments allows the Holy Ghost to dwell within us. We are given the gift of personal revelation. This is a spiritual light that protects us and serves as a beacon, guiding us in righteous ways. It dispels the darkness of the adversary. So powerful is this light that it can reach us even when we are drawn into a black hole of sin so deep and so dark that we believe no spiritual light could ever penetrate.
Do you remember being afraid of the dark when you were a child? When you became frightened, you probably turned on the light or lit a candle—in fact, you lit every light in the house! When your parents came home later in the evening, they would ask, "Why is every light in the house on?" And then they would proceed to give you a lecture, I am sure, about the family budget and the cost of electricity.
You have learned, however, that by turning on an electric light or by lighting a candle, there was no more darkness, no more fear. You learned a simple law of nature, which is also a spiritual law: Light and darkness cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Satan and his disciples cannot tolerate the spiritual light of the gospel; they must immediately depart. Satan cannot command you to do anything. With the priesthood, you can command him to depart in your thoughts and in your actions.
When we live the commandments, our countenance is surrounded by gospel light. With this spiritual light, we no longer wander in the strange and darkened paths of the adversary, becoming lost, discouraged, depressed, and fearful. Walking in the light of the gospel, we will not lose sight of our eternal goals.
Brethren, choosing to live the commandments frees us from the shackles of sin and allows us to experience true happiness. There is no joy in sin. As the prophet Alma taught his son, "Wickedness never was happiness" (Alma 41:10).
It takes courage to keep the commandments. To fail to do so because of peer pressure is to have the fear of man—to be more afraid of what man thinks about us than what God thinks about us. I have never understood why someone would have a greater concern about man's opinion than about God's opinion.
To know and keep the commandments, we must know and follow the Savior and the prophets of God. We were all blessed recently to receive an important message from modern prophets, entitled "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" (see Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102). This proclamation warns us what will happen if we do not strengthen the family unit in our homes, our communities, and our nations. Every priesthood holder and citizen should study the proclamation carefully.
Prophets must often warn of the consequences of violating God's laws. They do not preach that which is popular with the world. President Ezra Taft Benson taught that "popularity is never a test of truth" ("Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet," in 1980 Devotional Speeches of the Year [1981], 29).
Why do prophets proclaim unpopular commandments and call society to repentance for rejecting, modifying, and even ignoring the commandments? The reason is very simple. Upon receiving revelation, prophets have no choice but to proclaim and reaffirm that which God has given them to tell the world. Prophets do this knowing full well the price they may have to pay. Some who choose not to live the commandments make every effort to defame the character of the prophets and demean their personal integrity and reputation. In response, the prophets remain silent and merely turn the other cheek. The world may see this as weakness, but it is one of the greatest strengths a man can have—to be faithful, unyielding, and unwavering to that which he knows to be true, accepting whatever consequences may follow.
Each of us is free to accept or reject the commandments, but none of us is free to modify them to suit our personal preferences. Priesthood leaders do not have the right to change revealed principles and commandments just for the sake of being popular with the world. Nor do prophets have the authority to alter God's commandments in order to make them more palatable to those who are weak in their resolve to live worthily.
On one occasion a Church leader was confronted by a grieving parent who wanted one of God's commandments softened to accommodate a wayward child who had been disciplined by the Church. In his grief the parent had suggested that the Church leader was unchristian in denying the child the full benefits of membership in the Church.
The Church leader shared the sorrow of the parents and the child, but he remained loyal to the commandments of the Lord. In response to the accusation of not being a Christian, the leader said, "If I were to attempt to change the commandments, at that very moment I would no longer be following Christ's teachings."
Rationalization that God should change His commandments to accommodate our transgressions leads to spiritual darkness, which only the light of the gospel can remove. To the woman taken in adultery, Christ did not soften the commandment to not commit adultery. Rather, He counseled her to "sin no more" (John 8:11). He promises all of us forgiveness through repentance. It is we who must change, not the commandments.
Dear brethren of the priesthood, we must never forget for a moment that the covenants we have made to keep, the promises we have made with the Lord and with our Heavenly Father, are the most important decisions we have made in our lives. Let us study and ponder the scriptures and listen to the counsel of living prophets. Let us teach and testify of the truthfulness of the commandments in our homes and elsewhere as directed by the Spirit. Let our lives reflect our love of the Lord by being obedient to the commandments and reaping the promised blessings both in this life and in the life to come. "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments" (Matt. 19:17).
I testify that God lives. Jesus is the Christ. May we remember who we are and act accordingly, that we may gain the riches of eternity for ourselves, our families, and our friends, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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- Formulate a hypothesis
- Experiment
- Analyze the data collected from the experiment.
- Form a Conclusion
Of course, teachers - and everybody else - apply this method constantly, ranging from how we shoot basketballs to how we bake a cake. Teacher Action Research, however, puts it into action in a little more formalized way.
Here are three times I've applied it with English Language Learners and how the results have informed my teaching practice today:
Immigrant Family Literacy Project
Several years ago, I made a home visit to the family of one of my Hmong refugee students. The father was very enthusiastic about how he had seen his son using a computer at school to learn English when he had visited during "Back-To-School" night. He went on to say that he wished he had a computer so he could learn English, too, because it was so difficult to regularly get to adult-school classes. I asked him if he knew other parents who felt the same and, if so, could he bring them together for a meeting? He enthusiastically agreed, and our school worked with parents to ultimately provide fifty families with free computers and home internet access.
The project was given an award by the International Literacy Association as the best example of using technology to promote literacy in the world that year (see The Best Resources For Learning About Schools Providing Home Computers & Internet Access To Students for lots of details on the literacy project).
Unfortunately, we did not have enough resources to be able to provide all our ELL families with this tech resource and provided them on a first-come, first-serve basis. At the end of the program's first year, students with home computers had an average of quadruple the gain in our English assessments than those not participating in the project.
Of course, since the project was first come, first serve, it's likely that part of that gain was due to participating families and students being more highly-motivated. However, that it unlikely to have been the cause of such a huge difference.
Though we had to end the program after two years because of funding constraints, its success has led me to continue encouraging students and their families to use web resources for English-instruction at home. The rapidly reducing costs of the Internet and smartphones has made it more realistic that families can study online at home - even without School District help - along with the availability of apps like Duolingo and those from the British Council (see The Best Mobile Apps For English Language Learners).
ELLs Visualizing Success
Much research has documented the success that athletes and others achieve by visualizing themselves succeeding in their chosen fields (see My Best Posts On Helping Students "Visualize Success"). Some research has shown how this practice can specifically benefit English Language Learners.
I've applied this strategy in both my English Language Learner and English-proficient classes. I've done short guided experiences where they regularly visualize being great readers, writers, and speakers (and imagine people praising them for it) twice-a-day for thirty or so seconds each. It's voluntary, though everyone has to be silent and motionless during that time. Typically, about forty percent of the students in my "regular" ninth-grade class say they're doing it, while seventy percent in my Intermediate English class say they are...
I had students complete, and carefully monitored, pre-and-post assessments the first year I had students try out this kind of practice. In that year, all the ELLs who said they participated in the visualizations registered similar gains in those assessments. However, everyone who did not participate actually had declines. The English-proficient students all registered gains, though those who did not use visualization techniques improved less.
Of course, these results might very well just be correlations, and not have anything to do with not doing visualization. The students doing the visualization might be harder workers in general than those who are not, or some of the students not doing visualization might have been feeling ill during the post-assessment— there could be many factors at play.
Since that first year, I have used visualization off-and-on. Though research results from the first year are not conclusive, one thing that is clear is that this practice can produce a calming effect on students. And, to tell you the truth, often that result is worth far more to me and the class than any explicit connection to direct language-learning.
Using Technology To Teach Social Studies In School
I'm a long-time advocate of using technology to assist language-development, and a fair amount of research supports its use with English Language Learners (see The Best Places To Find Research On Technology & Language Teaching/Learning).
Several years ago I had the opportunity to personally test out the hypothesis that technology can benefit ELLs in school. I taught two United States History classes, comprised entirely of ELLs - one period took place entirely in our school's computer lab while the other class spent the entire year in our classroom with very minimal technology.
The results were surprising to me (you can read all the information and see copies of the assessment instruments at Results From My Year-Long U.S. History Tech Experiment). Both classes registered similar gains in history content knowledge. However, though both groups liked their classes, the non-tech students gave their course much higher marks in what might be considered "engagement factors" like enjoying the class, saying they learned a lot about U.S. History and wanting to learn more about it in the future.
This experiment was done eight years ago, and I like to think that my skills as a classroom teacher and at using tech have improved considerably (not to mention advancement in the tech tools available). If and when I have a similar opportunity to try this experiment again, I would do also do two major things differently:
* I wish I had given a straight pre-and post-assessment on English comprehension. Based on the data from our family literacy home computer project (see the first example in this article), I would have expected that those in the computer lab would have had a greater increase in understanding English, though I might very well have been proven wrong.
* I would have put more time into figuring-out how the tech class could have connected more with our International Sister Classes. We started out strong in that regard — for example, students were corresponding with an EFL class in Spain to learn how the Spanish Conquest of the New World was taught in that country — but ended up succumbing to the impulse of having to "cover the curriculum" and those connections fell by the wayside.
I'm confident that those kinds of projects would have - at the very least - increased levels of student engagement. In fact, I can say that with certainty because I have carried this lesson into many of my future classes where we'd done countless projects with classes around the world (see Links To The Joint Projects My ELL Geography Class Did With Classes Around The World ). The levels of student interest in these sister class relationships are through the roof!
How have you used teach action research to improve your teaching? And/Or how would you like apply it in the future?
Larry Ferlazzo teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He has written eight books on education, include three on teaching English Language Learners, writes a teacher advice blog for Education Week Teacher, and has his own popular resource-sharing blog. He writes regular posts for the New York Times on teaching English Language Learners.