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Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the midânineteenth century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry--and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry--had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible.
Robert Citino now tells how European military leaders analyzed and eventually overcame this problem by restoring pursuit to its rightful place in combat and resurrecting the possibility of decisive warfare on the operational level.
A study of war at the operational level, Quest for Decisive Victory demonstrates the interplay and tension between technology and doctrine in warfare and reveals how problems surrounding mobility--including such factors as supply lines, command and control, and prewar campaign planning--forced armies to find new ways of fighting.
Citino focuses on key campaigns of both major and minor conflicts. Minor wars before 1914 (Boer, Russo-Japanese, and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13) featured instructive examples of operational maneuver; the First World War witnessed the collapse of operations and the rise of attrition warfare; the Italo-Ethiopian and Spanish Civil Wars held some promise for breaking out of stalemate by incorporating such innovations as air and tank warfare. Ultimately, it was Germany's opening blitzkrieg of World War II that resurrected the decisive campaign as an operational possibility. By grafting new technologies--tanks, aircraft, and radio--onto a long tradition of maneuver warfare, the Wehrmacht won decisive victories in the first year of the war and in the process transformed modern military doctrine.
Citino's study is important for shifting the focus from military theory and doctrine to detailed operational analyses of actual campaigns that formed the basis for the revival of military doctrine. Quest for Decisive Victory gives scholars of military history a better grasp of that elusive concept and a more complete understanding of modern warfare.
âIn this work a master scholar addresses a controversial subject in an unconventional time frame. Instead of accepting World War I as a watershed in modern warfare, Citino makes a strong case for the continuity of military thought and action from the turn of the century to 1940. . . . Well reasoned and well presented, Citinoâs arguments cannot be dismissed.â?âJournal of Military History
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During this 5-part blog post, I aim to survey the current relationship between the enterprise of education and the application of scientific enquiry and research findings. In particular, I wish to assess the capabilities of the scientific method for examining the processes of education, and also how we might profitably apply the findings of scientific research from other areas.
A large amount of renewed attention has been focused on the potential for science-led innovation in pedagogy in recent years, with movements such as researchED aiming to help link teachers with relevant areas of scientific research and in general become a more 'evidence based' profession.
However, exactly what should we realistically expect from the most perfect marriage of science and teaching practice?
In the first two posts I wish to prepare one half of the ground, by looking at some of the current limitations of this thing we all call 'education' and which we all talk about from a position of such intimacy.
In the third post I am going to flip over to look at the enterprise of science, to give – I hope – an open-eyed perspective on what it genuinely could hope to offer education, and what – in all likelihood – it will never be able to give us.
In the fourth post I will portray the fundamental challenge to any theorist of the human condition – the mind-boggling challenge of interactional complexity.
Finally, in the fifth post, I aim to give a road-map as I see it regarding the emerging state of the relationship between the two fields.
Firstly then, into the 'murky' concept of Education…
"So what should we do? The point of much of what I have said is that we have to face up to the fact that education in the broadest sense is one of the most elusive subjects in the human sciences; that we are bound to disagree and never to get it right, and never even really know how right we are getting it."
(Professor Mary Beard – from her keynote speech to the House of Commons Education Committee conference into the Purpose and Quality of Education in England – 13th September 2016)
In order for the techniques of science to have something useful to add to the practice of education, we need to be as clear as possible about what it is that we are wanting to apply science to. Of course, we all know what 'education' is… after all, even if we aren't working professionally in the field as adults, all of us since our earliest memories have spent a significant amount of time on the inside of the education system, partaking in it and having it 'done' to us…
However, this intimate familiarity can blind us to just how fuzzy and confused an area education is, before we even start to talk about methods. This fuzziness comes from two general areas – definitions and purpose.
One of the most intriguing things in life (I think) comes from how much of it seems to make sense until we start to stare directly at it, and try to pin down exactly what it is, and exactly what we mean when we refer to it. In the same way that writing was invented as an approximation of direct verbal communication, verbal communication itself evolved as a way to approximate directly experienced reality – sufficiently for everyday usage and survival – whilst not always quite getting to it with complete precision. In the process of doing this of course, it has also helped – in turn – to shape that experienced reality.
So… education…learning…intelligence…knowledge…understanding…skills… all of these are commonly used words in everyday English, and must surely be close to the heart of what professionals should be doing in classrooms, but it seems clear from any modest amount of reading, that we have a very poor consensus regarding exactly what we mean by them.
Now, it is often the case that the popular usage of a word isn't the same as its technical usage in a particular domain. For example, in the humanities and social sciences, the word 'modern' refers to a particular style or historical period, rather than simply the everyday sense of 'whatever is the most up to date'.
However, rather strangely, in the field of education, it is hard to find technical definitions of the words I singled-out above which significantly differentiates them from everyday use, and certainly which defines them so unambiguously that everybody working within the field knows exactly what is meant by them. Take this recent blog post by Cognitive Psychologist Daniel Willingham on the definition of 'learning' (the discussion in the comments section is essential to it) or the over 900 tweets which were spawned in response to this tweet of mine querying the definition of knowledge (David Didau also followed that up with a blog post exploring it further).
'Knowledge' is a good example to pick on, as it is frequently used at the present time to label differences in educational approach – 'knowledge' vs 'skills' – 'knowledge-based' schooling etc.
In everyday practice we use the words 'know/knowledge' to mean – amongst other things…
- a 'justified true belief' – something we can't be proven wrong about.
- a familiarity with something/someone – "I know the basic rules of football" or "I know the sister of the Headteacher"
- an acknowledgement of understanding – "I know what you mean, it's just that…"
In addition, taking a lead from cognitive science, for David Didau knowledge doesn't simply imply true beliefs, it is all of the 'stuff' we have learned and stored away in our brains – however trivial or erroneous. It is the sum total of what veteran philosopher of cognitive science, Daniel Dennett, in his recent opus "From Bacteria to Bach and Back", handily refers to as 'informational structures' in our brains, which includes understanding, skills, beliefs and anything else we might pick-up during our life.
So when some of the derision on Twitter aimed at the recent announcement of the new BPP "Knowledge-based PGCE" was because (effectively) "we all teach knowledge don't we?!", it was facilitated by the weakness of the term. Perhaps indeed, the description of the course should read:
"The first teacher training course to prioritise the voracious accumulation of domain-specific propositional/declarative 'know-that' as the route to building capabilities in pupils, rather than the oft celebrated alternative approach of trying to prioritise the development of domain-general procedural 'know-how', independently of the 'know-that'…"
I admit that it could look awkward on a poster, but it might have deflected some of the less necessary ire.
It could be deduced then, that if we're to debate a lot of these things, we really just need to make sure that we're using key words according to the 'expert' definitions. However, as my link to Willingham indicates, we might find that there are no definitive answers out there.
Indeed, despite referring to 'informational structures', Dennett points out that we struggle to properly define what 'information' is in itself. Certainly, we can't view 'semantic information' in our brain and culture in the same way that we have come to view 'Shannon Information' – the binary unit measure of data in computing. The brain storage and representation of units of 'knowledge' is, at best, understood as being distributed widely, and in constant shift as processes interact (something which I'll come back to in the final post).
There is a general problem here that, even if we come up with a definition wide and general enough to allow a word to cover all the things that we – seemingly intuitively – feel that it should, every concession makes it harder to do anything particularly useful with that word. If 'knowledge' for example, does cover all of the informational structures in the brain, then it becomes meaningless to talk about 'knowledge-based' schooling, and we need to create new terms with much more specific meanings in order to facilitate debate and research. If we can't operationalise a concept – clearly demarcate what it means distinct from other concepts – then we can't begin to scientifically verify that it does function as a discrete entity, and any investigation of it might equally well be done through the realm of poetry.
An example from wider culture could be the word 'love' – used constantly without people getting too confused. But are the following emotions really linked by anything more than the word love?
- The romantic passion which we feel for someone we're making plans to marry ("I'm in love with her")
- The heartfelt compassion which we feel towards the victim of some disaster ("I'm demonstrating love for that person")
- The pangs of attachment which as a child (and maybe beyond!) we feel towards our favourite cuddly toy ("I love that teddy!!!")
Arguably then, we should derive more meaning from the well-known song lyric "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with" (attributed by songwriter Stephen Stills to Billy Preston) by turning it into "If you can't be with the one you feel passion for, act compassionately towards the one you're with (until you develop an attachment to them…)" Perhaps best off not trying to sing it to the same chorus line though.
It is clear that any scientific investigations of the concept of 'love' then have to very clearly define some quite different processes, even if they notionally share the same umbrella term (and that is indeed what researchers do with love – 7 or 8 categories are not uncommon).
So the first big message to come out of these blog posts is that, if we wish for the scientific method and its body of existing findings to have much utility in education, we need to put much more concerted effort into defining and operationalising the concepts which we all, so far, only loosely talk about.
In many cases I suspect that this might require creating or adopting new terms to give extra clarity to things such as 'learning' or 'intelligence', and perhaps not being so quick to reduce so many things simply down to the heading of 'knowledge'.
In my second part, I'm going to return – once again – to the hoary old topic of the purpose of education…


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Our top 5 seaside eats on LA streets
Following closely behind our love for the sea is our deep love for good food and we mean GOOD, fresh, delectable food.
Boy, do we get excited when the food and the seaside come together in all their glory, then the sun comes out and angels start singing and white doves appear. Well, maybe forget part with angels and doves but you'll have to agree it is a magical combo.
In all seriousness here it is! Our little list of the best five places to eat on the seaside streets of Los Angeles. We hope you likey!
Our top 5 seaside eats...
Malibu Farm Pier Cafe (pictured below)
Herringbone, Santa Monica (pictured below, photography credit Marie Buck)
Butcher's Daughter, Venice Beach on Abbot Kinney
Superba, Venice Beach on Lincoln blvd. (pictured below)
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Saudi multi-billionaire's yacht Nasser Al-Rashid is so posh that the name of the ship is applied in 24-karat gold. What?!
Initially launched in 1990, very few details are actually known about the ship, although with the name in gold on the side it is difficult to see any expense being spared.
Another Arab billionaire, another stunning yacht. This one has 10 suits, 2 VIP rooms, movie theatre, sundeck as well as a swimming pool and helipad. This yacht was designed by Tim Heywood and constructed by Peters Shiffbau in Wewelsfleth, Germany. It is currently owned by the Prime Minister of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.


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An account of Pablo Bush Romero's life reads much like a Baedeker of adventure, for the author led an active and varied life dominated by his great love of the outdoors. Photographer, big game hunter, lecturer, explorer, sportsman, writer, and businessman - all of these apply to him, and one more: humanitarian. For Mr. Romero was a member of many civic and historical associations, and received various awards from such organizations as the Boy Scouts of America, the Tennessee Archaeological Society, and the National Geographic Society.
Born in Mexico City on October 6, 1905, he received his education there. An experienced writer, his articles appeared in many Spanish and English magazines, and in newspapers of the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Mexico. In addition to Under the Waters of Mexico, he also penned My Adventures with Tigers and Lions, Mexico and Africa from the Sight of My Rifle, and The Birth of Mexican Underwater Archaeology.
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Summer outfits should be fun, fresh and easy. Our Summer 2018 photo shoot features pieces from local boutique, Stash.
Stash features clothing and accessories by independent designers from all over the world, curated by owner Abby Franklin. Franklin is also a world-class stylist, having dressed the likes of Prince, Madonna, Katie Perry, and many others. Stash often carries pieces from affordable, quality vendors otherwise unavailable in the US. You can shop their website, Instagram feed, or brick-and-mortar store.
Models Emily Robbins and Chelsie Nitschke look cool no matter the temperature outside. Emily's jumpsuit is size and shape inclusive and the tropical kimono and sequin shades make for a festival-ready look. Chelsie sports a Stash Tee, star denim shirt, white denim jacket, rainbow platforms and mirrored sunnies. Good Vibes tee and Power to the Peaceful jacket paired with cat-eye-heart sunglasses are Emily's second look. Chelsie is giving us gypsy queen vibes in a lace dress with sequin epaulettes, pearl studded sandals and Ziggy Stardust stud earrings. Her camisole is by AnaOno and is available at PATTIandRICKY.com
Photo Credit: Authentic Photos and Designs
Hair and Makeup: Pamela Hawk
Styling: Alicia Searcy
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Spring 2018's photo shoot is all about glitz and glam.
Lily Guilder Design's aesthetic is fun, frivolous pieces for festival folks and rock n' roll royalty. Specializing in faux fur, sequins and lace designer Caitlin Stolley describes her brand as what you get when you cross "a lion with a peacock". As a theater major at Northwestern University she learned to make costumes for school productions with very little money and even less time. Her ability to do custom, one-of-a-kind pieces on the fly made Lily Guilder the perfect choice to close last year's Boundless runway show. Lily Guilder specializes in limited edition and bespoke pieces but also carries ready-to-wear garments.
Here are two looks from Lily Guilder on models Addie Sinclair, Alicia Searcy and Alicia's dog, Penny Lane. Alicia is sporting a wide-cut jumper dress paired with a sash (and a custom leather jacket by Red Mutha); Addie is wearing a convertible jumpsuit and belt; Penny Lane is wearing a bespoke faux-fur lined dog coat. The second look finds Addie in a leopard lined, cherry patterned coat; Alicia in a sequin dress with silver fringe, a fully lined faux-fur stole and matching detachable sequin patchwork hoodie; Penny Lane in a multi-fabric boa.
Photo Credit: Searcy Studios
Hair: Lani Barrett and D'Andrea Felts
Makeup: Lucia S
Styling: Alicia Searcy and Kendall Parker
Dog Wrangler: Andrea Pilot
Fall 2017's fashion photo shoot showcases the distinctive Monk dress from Black by Maria Silver on Amy Burnett.
Maria "Poni" Silver is a talented musician, stylist and prominent Nashville fashion designer. Her premise has always been to create clothing as art so the wearer is viewed as a work of art. Her maxim, "Eres Una Obra de Arte" translates to "You Are a Work of Art". Every Black by Maria Silver garment is, in some way, directly inspired by art and it's influence on society. Silver's collections have graced the runway at Nashville Fashion Week numerous times, her designs have been featured in Nylon, The New Yorker and Women's wear Daily. and she has dressed the likes of John McCaughey (Deer Tick), Ruby Amanfu, and Margo Price. The latter was recently featured in Cosmopolitan wearing BBMS.
Here we see Silver's simple, sophisticated Monk Dress on Amy Burnett. Burnett is a para-badminton athlete who recently won a bronze medal at the Peru International Para-Badminton Tournament in Lima. She is currently one of just three athletes representing USA Badminton, competing at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Ulsan, Korea.
The photo shoot was completely improvised as a last-minute addendum to a video Burnett shot for Permobil's 50th Anniversary celebration. She is also wearing a collar by Seraphine Designs.
Photo Credit: Searcy Studios
Styling: Alicia Searcy
Our inaugural inclusive photo shoot for Summer 2017 features uniquely beautiful jewelry by Brooke Seraphine of Seraphine Design.
Seraphine Design has become one of Nashville's iconic jewelry artisans. Brooke turns her love of raw and tumbled gemstones into organically elegant statement pieces that punctuate the spectrum of Nashville style so beautifully. The majority of her collars and cuffs are open-ended and/or adjustable which makes them perfect for women of virtually every size.
Here, they are used to complete two formal looks on opposite ends of the spectrum. Chiquita Palmer wears raw pyrite to glitz up a far-from-plain nod to menswear in a tuxedo, white button-down shirt and pumps. Ashley Hamblin is prom-ready in her magenta princess dress with a pyrite and lapis collar and raw pyrite ring.
Photo Credit: Searcy Studios
Styling: Alicia Searcy


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Martin's Swiss Dressing - 12oz Bottle
Martin's Swiss Dressing - 12oz Bottle
Our popular dressing house made at the Swiss Hibiscus Restaurant in Portland Oregon
Amazing salad or coleslaw dressing. The perfect sauce for chicken or fish. Unbelievable dipping sauce for bread. Martin's Swiss Dressing is savory and creamy with the right amount of tang. Combined with Swiss spices, this is the perfect dressing/sauce for any occasion.
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Currently we are only selling 12 oz glass bottles of Martin's Swiss Dressing online. Please note: There is a 2-bottle minimum per order and a max limit of 12-bottles per order.
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Please allow up to 7-14 days for your order to be processed and shipped as we make our dressing fresh.
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As Budget 2014 doubles the length of JobBridge internships, Tadhg de Sales Reddan examines both positive and negative intern experiences
Earlier this year, a Donegal national school advertised a vacancy for an Assistant Principal to teach pupils, develop the school's education policy, and plan the curriculum. The catch? This advertisement was for an internship. The successful applicant would receive €50 on top of their weekly dole payment. It wasn't a joke.
This is most likely not the sort of internship the government had in mind when it launched JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, over two years ago. The scheme was designed to provide entry level placements for inexperienced jobseekers, especially graduates. Applicants are offered up to three consecutive internships, for a total of 18 months. In return, they receive a €50 top-up on their social welfare payment.
The scheme has many detractors, but others vehemently defend its value to young people. One proponent of the scheme is James Doorley, Deputy Director of the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI). Speaking to an Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection last year, Doorley described the benefits of participating in internships.
"First, they give young jobseekers the opportunity to gain employment and obtain experience. Second…[it helps] to network in employment situations, and jobseekers get to meet people. I am aware of a number of young people who took up internships [and] have obtained further employment, not with the organisation with which they served as interns, but with other organisations."
On the other hand, a JobBridge parody website called ScamBridge.ie describes the nature of internships being offered as "little more than super-exploitation of the unemployed."
Earlier this month, ScamBridge organized a protest outside the offices of FÁS in Dublin demanding that the government reverse a decision to double the duration of JobBridge internships from nine months to eighteen.
Speaking to the University Observer, James Doorley explained one of the reasons behind extending the internship scheme to 18 months. "Some employers were requiring people to have 12 months experience in job advertisements, so someone who had done nine months on JobBridge didn't qualify."
There are presently over 6,000 individuals on JobBridge internships, and 12,000 internships have commenced since the scheme began, although 60% of these internships have not run to completion.
According to the recent Indecon Report on the National Internship Scheme, 36% of participants secure immediate employment after their internship, and over half of these individuals go to work for the host organization. Although 57% of participants remain in the 'jobseeking' or 'other' categories when their internships end.
Interns themselves appear divided in their experiences of JobBridge. Andres O'Keefe is a UCD graduate with a degree in languages, who worked as a customer service intern for a large multinational. O'Keefe had previous experience in similar roles, and his treatment relative to paid employees clearly left him disillusioned. "I actually had the same workload as everyone else…I didn't see any difference when I was working there. I was treated as an employee, I had the same schedule. I had the same hours. I had the same responsibilities."
Like 80% of those who participate in JobBridge internships, O'Keefe was not offered a paid position by his host company. As such, he feels that some employers are taking advantage of the internship scheme. "There are many things I've seen, not just in my case, but I've seen that some employers, not all of them, do take advantage of the situation, because it looks a bit like cheap labour."
He also suggests the scheme is not properly regulated, with inadequate oversight from the authorities. "At no point had I any follow up or even any feedback from the department of social welfare… because of that, interns are at the employer's mercy a little bit."
The possibility that an intern may be open to exploitation is further aggravated by fears that failing to complete an internship may cause financial problems if they re-apply for jobseekers payments, although the Department of Social Protection insists this is not the case. There is also a danger that an intern will remain silent about unfair work practices, for fear that speaking out may harm his or her job prospects with the employer.
Clearly this is a concern for the NYCI too. Doorley explains, "A key issue for us is to improve [the] type of internships provided, improve mentoring and greater and more effective monitoring to prevent exploitation and job displacement."
There are many positive reactions to the JobBridge scheme, such as that of Robin Farrell. Farrell is a graduate of DIT, with a degree in Tourism Management. After becoming unemployed, he was offered an internship with a Dublin tourism company, working as an administrative assistant.
Although still unsure whether he'll be offered a job when his internship ends, Farrell has found the scheme worthwhile. "At the end of the day, it's a great experience. At that stage [when I finish], I'll have been here almost a year."
While O'Keefe feels he was asked to do the same job as paid employees, Farrell feels that his employer trained him well and appreciated the purpose of the internship: "I did get a lot of training… there's a manager as well, and they were sort of my mentor… We would all do similar roles, but other people would have a lot more responsibilities than me."
After completing a four year degree, including a six month work placement, shouldn't Farrell already have been well equipped for an entry level position? He doesn't necessarily agree. "Maybe not so much in dealing with customers directly…that's something you can't really get training for."
Farrell's experience echoes the stated objectives of JobBridge. Launching the scheme two years ago, Social Protection Minister Joan Burton said that unpaid internships would "give young people the opportunity to gain valuable experience as they move between study and the beginning of their working lives."
Indeed, 64% of all JobBridge participants have degrees to undergraduate level or higher, of which 22% have postgraduate degrees, according to the Department of Social Protection.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to exercise caution in associating internships with inexperience. The department also say that 72% of interns have previously held full-time employment. Speaking to the media earlier this month, Minister Burton conceded that the scheme is "not for everyone."
Pathways to employment via internships have been attempted elsewhere in the EU, and not without controversy. Last year, UK companies like Argos, Sainsbury's and TK Maxx were forced to withdraw from a similar work placement scheme devised by the British government.
Public outrage saw one Tesco store over-run by Right to Work protestors after it advertised for nightshift staff, who would not be paid, but instead be allowed to keep their benefits. Tesco subsequently improved its offer, but the scheme has been irretrievably tarnished.
On the other hand, the UK has had success with other employment schemes particularly aimed at young people who are not in employment, education, or training. Instead of offering extended, unpaid internships, the UK scheme provides financial incentives to employers who hire unemployed youth, in the form of a cash subsidy.
Indeed, during the Irish Presidency of the European Union earlier this year, EU Social Protection Ministers agreed a €6 billion Youth Guarantee scheme for Europe. The scheme would guarantee to offer a job, work experience, or training to every young person aged between 18 and 24, although the Minister has not clarified whether this will replace JobBridge, or operate alongside it. Similar Youth Guarantee schemes have attracted praise for their success in Finland and Scandinavia.
For some, it's a welcome change from a broader EU policy focused on fiscal austerity as a response to the economic downturn. In the recent budget, the Irish government have invested €14 million in the Youth Guarantee scheme, but it has yet to be fully implemented.
In a press release, the NYCI welcomed the initial investment, but said it is "far below what is required," estimating that over €270 million would be required to implement a Youth Guarantee in this country. To put that in context, it would reduce the savings in Budget 2014 by 10%. On the other hand, it could provide a strategy to take 40,000 young people off the live register.
Employer Jonathan Healy, who runs a B&B and tourism company in Co. Tipperary, is disillusioned with the government's strategy on unemployment. Healy has hired an intern under the JobBridge scheme, but remains sceptical about JobBridge, which he doesn't think goes far enough.
"I think [JobBridge] should be there for everyone who is unemployed… especially young lads," says Healy, who would favour increasing the overall payment, and making participation mandatory at the same time.
Although he has hired an intern, Healy says that JobBridge "doesn't make a huge difference to the bottom line", and doubts whether he will be in a position to offer a job to his intern when her placement ends, except maybe if business improves.
Healy cites wage costs as one obstacle to hiring new staff, but also cites current welfare rules, whereby any claimant working more than three days per week will not receive a jobseeker's payment, regardless of hours worked. "When the internship scheme ends, we could just afford to pay [our intern] part-time, but… she would lose her jobseeker's money."
Like the interns who spoke to the University Observer, Healy claims there has been no on-going monitoring or interaction with the Department of Social Protection.
The latter issue is a concern; whether JobBridge is either inherently exploitative or empowering is a matter of continuous debate. But for public confidence to be maintained in the scheme there must be proper regulation of the type of jobs that can be offered, and the quality of training that is provided to interns.
As well as the Assistant Principal's role referred to earlier, other JobBridge vacancies have included those for a school cleaner, a fully qualified solicitor, and a retail manager "with previous experience in a similar role." Clearly, these are not vacancies that empower well educated, inexperienced young people to take their first steps on the employment ladder.
Despite his bad experience of the scheme, O'Keefe does not completely write it off. "The best part would definitely be the fact that that's on my CV now, and whether I had a good experience or not, it's something that would allow me to apply for better jobs."
Overall, the criticisms of JobBridge are many, and often valid, but remedies to the unemployment crisis are a lot scarcer.


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Frequently asked questions
- Where to play Re-Volt online?
- How to use RVHouse?
- Solve "Can't launch Re-Volt" error
- I get a "CRC checksum error" when Re-Volt is launched from RV House
- How to play Re-Volt in Windows Vista? (Can't flip buffers error message)
- I can't host or join multiplayer games in RVHouse (Can't connect to lobby error message)
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Solve "Can't launch Re-Volt" error
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- If Re-Volt works in offline mode, you can close it and start using RVHouse
I get a "CRC checksum error" when Re-Volt is launched from RV House
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How to play Re-Volt in Windows Vista? (Can't flip buffers error message)
In Windows Vista you might get the error message "Can't flip buffers". To solve this you have to run Re-Volt with the -sli command. You can install the WolfR4 tool to do this or setup your system yourself (read below).
Re-Volt in Windows Vista for single player
- Find your Re-Volt executable "revolt.exe".
- Right click on it and choose the shortcut tab.
- Add "-sli" in the target url.
Re-Volt in Windows Vista for multi-player (using RVHouse)
RVHouse does not use your ReVolt shortcut for launching Re-Volt. Therefore the method above does not work in RVHouse, but you have to edit the Revolt registry settings:
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- Hit CTRL-F to open the search window and search for "Re-Volt" until you get a result that looks like the image below.
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I can't host or join multiplayer games in RVHouse (Can't connect to lobby error message)
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Article by Anne Davis
A quote presented itself to me recently: "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."
Ugh. Does it have to?
The end of my comfort zone brings me to sweaty palms, heart palpitations, and a general sense of unease. The unknown often signals an experience in our bodies that we call fear (bhanyanaka rasa).
For our ancestors, the feeling in the pit of the stomach came as a warning sign: danger. Our lives literally depended on the response - flight, fight, or freeze.
These days, our fear response is still alive, although there may not be a mountain lion lurking around the corner. From general nervousness or worry to all-out-sweat-soaked-blouses, the tell-tale stomach ache remains. We are fearful of losing: our health, our home, our jobs, our relationships.
If we are fearful of losing something, then there must be something to lose. Attachment. It's true, we are all attached. To our egos, to our lovers, to our concept of self. And the thinking nature of our beings means that we will pontificate on the "what if" scenarios until the end of days. Or more likely, at 3am.
So what to do? We can recognize fear as a message (from the universe, from our souls, from the deepest well) and a reminder to live. life. now.
Working with the Bhanayaka Rasa
One of the first things to practice is recognizing the fear when it surfaces.
Bring your awareness to the feeling that arises in your body. Sit with the sensation. Drop the storyline. It doesn't own you, it doesn't define you. Notice what comes up.
Since most of our fears are centered in our basic needs (safety, security, stability), they can be aligned with the Muladhara (or Root) Chakra. Many of the practices you might associate with the first chakra can be used here to work with the fear (worry, nervousness, jealousy) you experience day-to-day.
Take it to the mat:
Asanas, meditations, and mudras that focus on linking the self (ego) with the divine, and in grounding the self to the earth are keys here.
- Meditation focusing on the third eye helps to stimulate connection with the spiritual
- Root/Grounding meditation such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vApUMcbFSiE
- Chakra 1 focused asanas and/or grounding postures, such as:
- Uttasana (standing forward fold)
- Malasana (squat)
- Balansana (childs pose)
- Trikonasana (triange)
- Chin mudra - Press the tip of the index finger to the thumb. Works to connect the self with the divine
- Prithvi Mudra - Press the tip of the ring finger to the thumb. Works to increase earthly connection and reduce fire element.
- Inversions - inversions literally change your perspective
Take it Off the Mat:
You can work with the Bhanayaka Rasa throughout the day. Here are some ideas to get you started…
- Move your body by jogging, walking, cycling
- Open your mouth and chant (start by chanting "OM")
- Use Essential Oils like cedar, sandalwood, and pine
- Surround yourself with the root chakra color red
- Get closer to the earth through Gardening or barefoot walking
- Journal - does anything coming up warrant a worry-fest? Make a plan, do the things, move forward.


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National Security
Should retired U.S. military leaders be sounding off on politics?
Once officers retire from the U.S. military they are no longer bound by tradition and law to remain apolitical, and Americans increasingly see retired generals and admirals grabbing the public megaphone to sound off on politics.
It's a trend that has built over the past quarter century, and it makes some active officers, military analysts and constitutional scholars uneasy.
Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the past week have issued lists of endorsements from retired top officers, each candidate jostling to roll out more generals as props and look more suited to serve as the next commander in chief.
Trump, in various venues, said President Barack Obama had left military brass "reduced to rubble," suggested that a housecleaning of top generals would be in the offing and pledged an ambitious drive to rebuild the U.S. military.
Trump's stance resonates with retired Vice Adm. Jerry L. Unruh, who left the Navy in 1994 and lives in Pensacola, Florida. Unruh said in a telephone interview that he was chagrined with what he saw as the decline of the military, leading him to join 87 other retired generals and admirals to publicly endorse Trump.
"I see a deterioration in the military force structure," Unruh said. "We have armies, navies and air forces that are smaller. In some cases, it goes back to World War II levels. . . . In Navy ships, we probably have one-half of what we did then. We were just nibbling on a 600-ship Navy. Counting everything, we're down in the 275 range now."
Unruh brushed aside concern that Trump might induce partisanship in the officer corps by replacing generals who the candidate says have proved "embarrassing to our country" with Trump supporters.
"If there is a danger, it's far less than what is happening under the current administration," Unruh said.
In August, two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the body that comprises the highest-ranking members of each branch of the military, criticized retired generals for speaking at the Democratic and Republic conventions, describing it as unseemly.
The current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, sent a message to all troops earlier this year demanding that they stay out of politics.
"The great regard that the military is held in at the moment by the public is in part because of the perception that the military is an institution that is above politics, that is untainted by politics," said Andrew J. Bacevich, a diplomatic and military historian who is retired from a teaching post at Boston University.
The great regard that the military is held in at the moment by the public is in part because of the perception that the military is an institution that is above politics.
Andrew J. Bacevich, diplomatic and military historian
If elected, Trump would not be circumscribed by law from undertaking a broad shakeup of members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, even though several have terms into 2017.
"It's not so alarming that some of them might go. A lot of them might go voluntarily," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Harley A. Hughes, another Trump supporter. "There's enough slack in the law that they (presidents) can do anything they want."
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, who also has endorsed Trump, said he foresaw immediate action if Trump were to win.
"You know what he's going to do? He's going to put warriors back in the game," said McInerney, who said Trump's occasional hyperbole about U.S. readiness did not bother him.
You know what he's going to do? He's going to put warriors back in the game.
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, a Trump supporter
"He makes some audacious statements and whatever, and that's what reality TV stars do. But because he's a reality TV star, I shrug them off," McInerney said.
For its part, Clinton's campaign touts that it has endorsements from 110 former military leaders, including retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter Cooke, who said in a recent statement that "Donald Trump has a lack of knowledge on everything from force structure to NATO to our alliances and partnerships."
U.S. voters have occasionally turned to top generals to lead the country, starting with George Washington and including Andrew Jackson (War of 1812), Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War military hero) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (World War II).
"They were war heroes. That's not what we have here," said Bruce Ackerman, a constitutional law scholar at Yale Law School, referring to the lower-ranking admirals and generals now lining up on both sides of the political fence.
Prior to World War II, said Ackerman, who has written extensively on civil-military relations, U.S. officers routinely refrained from even voting, accepting a "professional ethic of impartiality." Following the Vietnam War, Ackerman said, sentiment among officers shifted toward the Republican Party, and 1992 marked a watershed year for political intervention.
In that year, Gen. Colin Powell, then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote an open letter in The New York Times opposing in resounding terms President Bill Clinton's policy of intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina, formulating a doctrine that the U.S. military should be employed only with overwhelming force and when a clear objective can be achieved.
Whether they intend to or not, they are really undermining the military professional ethic.
Andrew J. Bacevich, diplomatic and military historian
For his part, Clinton added to perceptions of playing politics, putting in as Powell's successor Gen. John Shalikashvili, who was a dark horse not at the top of the line of succession.
In the intervening years, retired top officers have become more visible, taking on roles as military consultants on television and often voicing strong opinions.
Having scores of retired military leaders speaking out in public is "deeply problematic," Bacevich said. "Whether they intend to or not, they are really undermining the military professional ethic, which is based on the reality and the perception that the officer corps is apolitical. . . . I think it's unseemly and ill-advised."
Ackerman said retired and active-duty officers were not separated by a firewall.
"There is ongoing contact between present members of the high command and retired members," he said. "They stay silent while the retired members speak out. This is a fundamental challenge to the founding principles of the republic."
Tim Johnson: 202-383-6028, @timjohnson4


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Khazal's barrister said his client wrote just two paragraphs in the book, with most of it written by other people.
A Supreme Court jury has been discharged after failing to make a decision on a second charge against a Sydney man who compiled a book on terrorism.
Belal Khazal pleaded not guilty to two terrorism-related charges after producing a book published on the internet.
The court heard it had information on how to blow up planes and an assassination hit-list.
Khazal's lawyer argued he was the author of just a few paragraphs and that he compiled information that was available to anyone on the internet.
Yesterday a Supreme Court jury found the 38-year-old guilty of one charge - producing a book knowing it was connected with assisting a terrorist act.
But the jury has been unable to make a decision on the second charge of attempting to incite a terrorist act.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is yet to decide if Khazal will face a re-trial on that second charge.
Quote: Seems clear that writing a couple of paragraphs that landed in some book doesn't commit any deed in relation to what others may think? Or do about it. Let the man go this trial is a witch-hunt.
Yesterday's quote.
Quote: It will be interesting to see what sentence he gets in relation to the Suspended sentence given in the winery terrorist plot case. Where there was prime evidence to commit a terrorist act on Australian soil.
In this case found guilty of merely submitting a couple of paragraphs to the authors of a book would hardly be classified as "producing a book knowing it was connected with assisting in a terrorist act."
What terrorist act? And what if the said alleged terrorist act was in resisting occupation? Seems then it's only a matter of what race you belong to? Or who wanted to win an illegal occupation of a sovereign nation? And Draconian Laws in the land of the occupier - upon which those who dissent against occupation and murder - even in their own homeland - in relation to an illegal and degrading war - and crimes against humanity can be punished for words and not deeds.
Jury finds man guilty of terrorist book charge
A Supreme Court jury has found a man guilty of one terrorism-related offence and is still considering its verdict on a second terrorism-related charge.
Judge attacks disparity in laws
Justice Kirby was at the University of NSW last night to accept an honorary Doctorate of Laws for his ''eminent service to the community''.
Suspended sentence in winery terrorist plot
A Victorian grape grower who planned to blow up a rival winery in the state's north-east has been given a suspended sentence.
High Court rejects appeal against Thomas retrial
The High Court has rejected an application for an appeal by Melbourne man Jack Thomas against his retrial on terrorism-related charges.
Bill: Independent reviewer for terrorism laws
Two Liberal Senators have introduced a private member's bill calling for an independent reviewer of terrorism laws.
Push for overhaul of laws on terrorism
In a paper in Judicial Review he said that the National Security Information Act "gives the appearance of having been drafted by persons who have little knowledge of the function and processes of a criminal trial".
Court denies Lodhi leave to appeal
Lodhi claimed the trial did not establish that he had actually decided to carry out a terrorist attack.
Thomas to appeal retrial order
Lawyers for Victorian man Jack Thomas will appeal to the High Court against a decision to retry him on terrorism related charges.
Court orders retrial for Jack Thomas
The Court of Appeal has ordered that Victorian man Jack Thomas must be retried on terrorism-related charges.
Push for overhaul of laws on terrorism
In a paper in Judicial Review he said that the National Security Information Act "gives the appearance of having been drafted by persons who have little knowledge of the function and processes of a criminal trial".
Court denies Lodhi leave to appeal
Lodhi claimed the trial did not establish that he had actually decided to carry out a terrorist attack.
Hicks media gag order ends
As part of the deal, he was also banned from speaking to the media after his release in December 2007.
Terror trial halted over prison conditions
A Supreme Court judge has put a Melbourne terrorism trial on hold and ordered Corrections Victoria to change prison conditions of the 12 accused men
Faheem Lodhi - another non-terrorist jailed under Australia's 'anti-terror' laws? Jack Thomas, a non-terrorist, has been jailed under Australia's anti-terror laws. Now Faheem Lodhi has been convicted under the terror laws on flimsy, circumstantial evidence. It is likely he is another non-terrorist jailed for political purposes under the terror laws.
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The Incomplete History of Rafts. 2009. Handmade series of art books printed and bound by artist. I made this book for David Pearlman (whose spirit has propelled most of my work) as he prepared to go through the Panama Canal in 2009. He is most publicaly known as Poppa Neutrino. The stories I have to tell about this man and the crew he rolled with, The Floating Neutrinos, are endless. They are most famous for crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a boat made from scrap wood found on the Hudson and in the streets of NYC. These books are a compilation of archives of the Floating Neutrinos, as well as pages of texts, letters, and lists that speak to the tendency some people have to cross great bodies of water-- along with pages from Camus, Moby Dick, To The Light House, photographs of my grandfather--- strung together to form a story of associative leaps.
Betsy, 2009. This raft was made in honor of Captain Betsy, the captain of many of the Floating Neutrinos vessels and my greatest teacher. This little boat was a part of the Incomplete History of Rafts project. I travelled in it up and down the waterways near Portland, OR--- the Willamette, the Multnomah Channel, and a small section of the Columbia River talking to people about rafts.


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This old phonograph was owned by my paternal great grandmother ... The records still play!
Pictured to the left are my maternal grandparents, and the frame on the right holds a hair wreath from the combings of this grandma and her siblings made by their mother ... Sounds strange, but its really neat!
The painting above depicts the cows my dad helped raise, and the grandfather clock below belongs to my mother ... Not old, but still a family heirloom.
Below is the wedding chest made for my mom's grandmother over 100 years ago.
These 2 items have always been know. As "the-shelf-that-Dad-built" and "the -desk-that-Dad-built". You'll clearly see the 4s carved in the shelf, identifying it as belonging to me :) hehehehe ... I'm no dummy -even at age 4 I knew how to get what I wanted :)
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My sweet granny is now an angel.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my maternal grandmother has been fighting lung cancer for the last (almost) four years. She fought it as hard and as long as she could, but she lost her battle on Thanksgiving day, at two o'clock in the afternoon. She went to meet Jesus the way she would have wanted to... at home, surrounded by her family, with her daughter and twin sister right by her side. We are sad for us, but we are so happy for her. She is no longer in pain, she is no longer broken, she is no longer scared or confused. She is whole.
In late August, she went on hospice. At that point, they were saying she would only be with us for a few more weeks... she showed them. She got over a little hiccup and started doing better. By September, she was planning a little baby shower for our family. She helped where she could, but was tired a lot of the time. She had started to decline again at this point, but she held on for that baby shower. She was so excited about our baby girl. I'll never forget her face when we told her we were expecting, when we showed her that first ultrasound... pure joy. After the baby shower, her health really took a turn for the worse. She slept more, ate less, and we all knew it wouldn't be much longer. Last weekend, she had to be catheterized, because she could no longer leave her bed. On Monday, we were told she didn't have much time left. Her 70th birthday was on Tuesday. At that point, she was sleeping most of the day and not eating at all.
Thursday morning, I was woken up by a phone call. My sister was on the other end; she was crying. I knew immediately. My mama didn't want to tell me, she was afraid for mine and baby girl's safety, but my sister knew I would want to be there. Granny had taken a turn for a worse during the night, and they were saying she probably wouldn't make it through the day. We got up and got ready, went and picked up my brother and sister (my parents didn't want them driving), and went to her house. At that point, I still thought she was going to pull through. She'd beaten every timeline, every time.... but when I saw her, I knew. We got to her house at 1:50 pm, she passed away at 2:00 pm. I know she was waiting on us to get there.
As selfish as it was, all I could think about was how she would never meet my baby girl. When I tearfully admitted this to Ty, he told me that now our sweet girl has a gaurdian angel, and in my heart, I knew it was true. Before they took her away, I got to tell her I loved her one last time, and I asked her to watch over our sweet girl... and I know she will. One day, I will get to tell our girl about her beautiful gaurdian angel... how she never met her, but loved her so much.


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Calgary jazz artist Ellen Doty finds inspiration in loss for her emotional new single
A loss is only a gain if you do something positive with it.
Only if you use it to help others, help yourself while healing.
Ellen Doty has gained that insight recently, tragically, as a result of some losses — and they're thoughts and experiences she has now shared with others in her new single Just So You Know.
The contemporary jazz ballad, which the local artist released last month, had its beginnings in grief, as she was dealing with the death of her close friend, Sheree Evangelista, who was taken suddenly in a car accident.
Conversations with her friend's bereaved husband in the aftermath deeply affected her, as well, and would eventually help produce the lyrical heft of a deep, weighty and truly emotional song.
"For him the hardest part of it all wasn't at the beginning when he was surrounded by all his family and friends, it was later on when he was supposed to go back to normal life and everyone else has gone back to their jobs and (other) things, and trying to move on from that," says Doty, who had also released her debut Gold around the same time and was planning her first cross-Canada tour.
"And another thing being his fear of forgetting. So forgetting her smile or her smell or her laugh, and not even being able to do anything about that. What can you do about that?
"I tried to put his feelings and story into words to something that was meaningful for both of us."
Those words and music — co-written with longtime musical partner Oliver Miguel — have also been given a remarkably powerful visual treatment, thanks to a stark, haunting video produced by local filmmaker Brock Mitchell of Shot at the Dark/Deluxe Design Group Calgary. The seven-minute clip features a performance of Just So You Know done live and off-the-floor at Festival Hall, in a fittingly intimate manner, with a small audience including Evangelista's husband.
"The take that we ended up choosing I got choked up in — the audio take," says Doty of the video, which includes a dedication to her friend at the end. "But it was just a really special thing that we wanted to keep. You can just hear the emotion in it. I just thought that was something we should share."
She did so a couple of weeks ago with a release show that she calls a "wonderful celebration" of her friend's life and spirit, while also a collective sharing, again, of that loss specifically and loss of loved ones in general.
"It was a really emotional night, actually. When we played the video and we performed a few songs, a lot of people were crying and it felt pretty heavy," she says.
"But … through all that I've had a lot of people approach me and share stories of their own grief, which I think is pretty special, that they feel comfortable saying, 'You put this out there as your thing and I want to share this with you. And thank you for putting these feelings into words,' that maybe that they weren't able to describe themselves."
That's why the video also features a dedication to "all those we have lost."
It speaks to the universality of grief, but also, Doty admits, alludes to another life that touched the songwriter and was taken around the same time as Evangelista's.
As she reveals, Just So You Know was also inspired on an emotional level by the death of another friend, Kaiti Perras, who was taken tragically in the Brentwood slayings.
That, too, weighed heavily in the writing of the song, something Doty shared with Perras' family before the track was released — a gesture she thought was important and, perhaps, a positive, something to help with the healing.
As for the rest of those wishing to gain something from Just So You Know, the song is available now from iTunes or from her Doty's website ellendoty.com.
She'll also give the song a proper, larger launch this weekend with Friday and Saturday night shows at Fort Calgary. They will, undoubtedly, be emotional concerts again for Doty, but also ones that show the importance of moving forward.
"And I'm going to be playing a few new tunes, actually," she says.
"I'm just songwriting for a new album right now, so I'm going to set a few of those free."
Ellen Doty performs Friday and Saturday evening at Fort Calgary. Tickets are available from ellendoty.zoobis.com.
For a longer interview with the artist, download or listen to the Bandwagonish podcast from last week.


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I had a great question from a student last week… how can you stack the SharePoint 2013 Suite Bar on top of the Ribbon, thus collapsing down the needed real estate for the top area of your SharePoint site. You can accomplish this with a few lines of CSS. Continue reading Stack the SharePoint 2013 Suite Bar on top of Ribbon
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Use CSS Sibling Selector Combinators in lieu of :nth-child for IE8 Support
Wow just the title of this blog post is a mouthful. Just wait, it will get worse. This post was inspired by one of my students who wanted to hide the second and third search scopes (Result Sources in SharePoint 2013) in the drop down in the SharePoint user interface AND needed to provide support for IE8. Using CSS this can be done really quickly. Continue reading Use CSS Sibling Selector Combinators in lieu of :nth-child for IE8 Support
Hide items from SharePoint Ribbon using CSS
When you search for ways to hide items from the SharePoint Ribbon, such as the Font formatting block or the Edit HTML Source option, you will generally find a bunch of methods that involve fancy code and creating a new project in Visual Studio. One thing the Ribbon does have going for it is a ton of added classes and IDs to all the various options, buttons, links, blocks and components. You can target and remove elements from the Ribbon by just using CSS. Continue reading Hide items from SharePoint Ribbon using CSS
Obscure issue with moving around items in SharePoint 2013 ribbon
Ever have one of those days where SharePoint just makes you say, umm, WTF??? Yeah, me too. Tag another one on the long list.
I wanted to absolute position the ribbon's tab row right DIV contents of SharePoint 2013 to a different location on the page. In non-SharePointy code speak, I just wanted to move the links on the right side of the page that consist of Share, Follow, Edit/Save, Focus on Content and Developer Dashboard to a different place on the web page. Continue reading Obscure issue with moving around items in SharePoint 2013 ribbon
SharePoint 2013 Ribbon styles preview box – fix for bad background
I came across an oddball issue today where the background area of the Styles preview boxes in the Ribbon turned black when using a custom master page in SharePoint 2013. Here is a quick CSS fix that will correct this issue. Continue reading SharePoint 2013 Ribbon styles preview box – fix for bad background
How to use Icon Fonts with SharePoint
One of the current trends in the web world is to use icon fonts with and for various things in your web user interface. They are fast to load, easy to scale in size, quick to change color, and it's simple to add effects. Icon fonts can be used in SharePoint with just a little CSS. This post contains demos for both SharePoint 2010 and 2013. Continue reading How to use Icon Fonts with SharePoint
SharePoint 2013 CSS classes that suck and save the day
If you are working on custom SharePoint 2013 master pages, designs and/or CSS, these little CSS classes and style statements may give you some grief, or save your tooshie… This list will continue to be updated as I come across more! Continue reading SharePoint 2013 CSS classes that suck and save the day
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Understanding SharePoint:CSSLink and how to add your custom CSS in SharePoint 2010
CSS is a wonderful tool for branding SharePoint; unfortunately SharePoint 2010 has done a decent job of making things pretty hairy and confusing with working with CSS in a SharePoint site. Something we get asked all the time in our classes is "where do I link to my custom CSS file?" Great question and the answer isn't just "from your master page". Continue reading SharePoint CSSLink
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CSS specificity (weight) and SharePoint
When dealing with SharePoint CSS one of your biggest friends is specificity. It also happens to be one of the harder things to wrap your head around, especially if you are just getting into creating and editing CSS. Specificity is a key thing to understand for SharePoint branding and something that I cover in all my branding classes. Continue reading SharePoint CSS and CSS Specificity
What makes good SharePoint CSS?
I recently read an interesting post that I think is a good starting list for judging CSS files. You can check it out here: Judging CSS / Spotting Bad Code
Reading that article and my ensuing comment that I posted based on my experience with SharePoint led me to think… why not write this up for SharePoint? So here I am. 🙂 Let's get started with chatting briefly about why you should even care about what makes good SharePoint CSS code. Continue reading What makes good SharePoint CSS?


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Ryan Worch began his career in finance in 1999 at Newby and Company as an assistant trader and broker. Mr. Worch is a registered investment advisor in the State of Maryland. Mr. Worch graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Virginia Tech in May 1999, where he majored in Finance.
Prior to starting Worch Capital, Ryan Worch worked for Metzman Capital Ventures. He held various positions working his way up to portfolio manager. He managed an in house portfolio utilizing a growth strategy.
Ryan Worch founded Worch Capital in 2006 where he currently focuses all of his attention. Worch Capital specializes in the management of enhanced equity and alternative investment products.
Ryan is married to a wonderful wife and has four amazing children. Outside of the office Ryan is an avid sports fan and enjoys playing golf anytime he can sneak away.
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A thousand curses upon gainful employment for getting in my way. I can't even begin to tell you how disappointed I am in myself.
I am bloody well self employed. If you are self employed, then theoretically you are the boss. (Note that this is not true if you have small children. Then you are not master of your own days no matter who employs you. If you have little kids then the success or failure of your day hinges on the whims of beings who are very small and yet very powerful beyond their means... Sort of like skunks.) Sure, I have contracts and responsibilities and things have to keep moving or we shall starve to death and be homeless, but there is no boss who can make me do things. I am the boss. This means that I should be able to arrange December as a light month...right?
Well smack me with a waffle and call me stupid, because I arsed it up again. I thought I was being smart when I made my manuscript deadlines in the fall, but I forgot that the edits would come back to me now and all of a sudden my desk is covered and there's a deadline for a page a day calendar (Right now it's still on my desk. I would link to the Amazon Canada page, but my name is miss-spelled and I'm pretending I don't care.) It's not due until early January but I thought that was no biggie because I would finish it in early December so it wouldn't screw up my Christmas knitting. Now my Christmas knitting and the calendar are not done because some total moron who ought to know better (that would totally be me) didn't remember that the editing on the next book would come back now and...well. You know. It's like that. I'm behind on the knitting and the Christmas baking and the present wrapping, but staying on top of the gainful employment. I can't believe what an idiot I work for though. (That would be me again.)
All of this is a rather long way of saying "hey look...I have one and a part of a sock instead of a pair of socks." Also...I think my cat (who refused to budge from her spot) looks rather disappointed with me. (STR Dixie Chick, mediumweight, my standard sock recipe.) The schedule claimed these should be finished this afternoon for me to stay on track, and they are not, nor will they be. I'm officially behind. I'd promise myself that I would co-ordinate better next year so I can avoid this, but I think that considering I promise myself that every year, it might be a lie.
Do you think the planet would notice if we all called in sick to work this time next year and took a week off to sit around in our jammies, drinking hot tea and knitting? I won't tell if you won't.Posted by Stephanie at December 12, 2007 2:24 PM


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We champion contemporary artists and spark creative experiences for positive community impact.
We envision a community where contemporary artists and an engaged public enhance their creative capacity through relevant, diverse, and accessible experiences.
McColl Center for Art + Innovation is a nationally acclaimed artist residency and contemporary art space in Charlotte, North Carolina. Located in the former Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Uptown Charlotte, McColl Center houses nine individual artist studios, more than 5,000 square feet of exhibition space, and multiple common-use spaces, including a studio for large-scale sculpture fabrication. We invite artists to take risks in their processes and explore their ideas within the context of Charlotte. We welcome the visiting public to connect with contemporary art and artists through exhibitions and public programs.
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Located in Uptown Charlotte, McColl Center for Art + Innovation is located in the former Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. This gothic-revival structure was designed by J.M. McMichael and built in 1926. Between 1927 and 1950, the church was one of the city's most active, with more than 500 members. Due to several factors, including the decline of the Center City and post-war growth of suburban areas, the church's membership dissolved in the 1950's. The building was sold in 1981 and stood empty for many years. On November 14, 1984, a homeless woman sought refuge in the abandon structure. To keep warm she piled a stack of wooden chairs onto a small fire which soon raged out of control. Within hours, one of Charlotte's landmarks was nothing but an empty shell.
In 1995, Bank of America acquired the church for the sole purpose of establishing an urban artists' community. With the vision and support of the Bank, Hugh McColl and the Arts & Science Council, the 30,000 square foot structure was redesigned by FMK Architects and rebuilt by Rodgers Builders. The renovation was completed in 1999.
Since opening it's doors in 1999, McColl Center for Art + Innovation has become a nationally acclaimed contemporary art center dedicated to connecting art and artists with the community. Located in a historic, neo-Gothic church in Uptown Charlotte, the Center houses nine artist studios and over 5,000 square feet of Gallery space. We welcome the public to explore our exhibitions and connect with artists through various programs including open studios, community outreaches, workshops and more.
Artists inspire critical thinking and influence positive change. They interpret the past and invent the future. McColl Center for Art + Innovation's residency program is dedicated to supporting artists regionally, nationally and internationally while promoting contemporary art. Fusing regional character with a national perspective, the Center is a place where artists work, conduct research and participate in outreach projects which extend out into the community.
McColl Center for Art + Innovation is supported, in part, by a Basic Operating Grant from the Arts & Science Council, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; as well as the North Carolina Arts Council with funding from the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art; and the generosity of corporate and individual donors.


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The holidays will be here soon, and for many of us, that means holiday parties! But, if you find yourself hosting one of these festive gatherings, it's not all mistletoe and merriment. There's the guest list, the menu, the beverages, the decorations, the party favors… the list goes on and on. And, if you live in a small house or apartment, you'll need to figure out how to arrange your home to prevent your guests from feeling like they're packed in like a can of sardines.
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