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my daughter is 8yrs old. She is just passionate about dancing. Her life is dancing.She works hard but nobody is here to give proper guidance in dancing.we are from jamtara, jharkhand. there is no scope for her at this place. we want her to make future in dance .can you provide classes everyday in a week. If u can provide classes then i will shift her to delhi.
Dance Classes for Children in South Delhi
Creative Movements | Age 4 to 6
Creative Movement classes are a fun-filled introduction to the world of dance. While utilizing Jazz based vocabulary many forms of movement and variety of dance are explored. Each class is designed to engage the child in a whole body approach to learning. Dance lessons naturally engage a wide variety of gross and fine motor skills while introducing concepts of musicality, tempo, energy, and level. Language and listening skills are enhanced through a variety of songs. Social skills are encouraged by learning to take turns, follow directions, gain an understanding of personal space, partner work, and follow rules of classroom etiquette. Creative Movement enhances emotional growth through imaginative exploration and the opportunity to connect with and release emotion through movement.
Pre-Teens | Age 7 to 12
Time Table
Regularly updated schedule for all Amar Colony, Delhi classes is available at: Delhi Dance Classes Schedule.
Monday, Wednesday & Friday- 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm. ( 4 years old to 6 years old) (Creative Fun Movements)
Tuesday and Thursday – 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm. ( 8 years old to 12 years old) (PreTeens)
Saturday and Sunday – 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm. ( 8 years old to 12 years old) (PreTeens)
Fee for Creative Movements Classes (3 hours per week)(Mon, Wed & Fri):
Monthly – Rs.2500
Quarterly –
Rs.7500 Rs.6000 (saving of Rs.1500)
Half Yearly –
Rs.15000 Rs.10000 (saving of Rs.5000)
Yearly –
Rs.30000 Rs.18000 (saving of Rs.12000)
Pre-Teens Classes (2 hours every week)(Sat & Sun):
Benefits of dance for kids
Improved Physical Health
Dancing is a highly physical activity, and kids who take dance lessons regularly should expect to see a significant improvement in their overall physical health. According to Pro Dance Center, regular dance practice can increase your child's flexibility, the range of motion, physical strength and stamina. The repetitive movements involved in dance can improve muscle tone, correct poor posture, increase balance and coordination and improve overall cardiovascular health. Dancing is an aerobic form of exercise. For children who are overweight, it can potentially help them to lose weight and improve their eating habits.
Socialization Benefits
In addition to being a physical activity, dancing is also a highly social activity. According to "FamilyTalk Magazine," dance lessons can help children improve their social and communication skills, learn how to work as part of a team, develop a greater sense of trust and cooperation and make new friends. If your child is shy, enrolling her in dance can encourage her to reach out to other children her age and help to reduce her anxiety about new people or places. Dance can also help to alleviate fears related to performing in front of an audience.
Educational Benefits
Becoming a skilled dancer requires practice, discipline and focus, skills that can be useful in other areas of your child's life. According to "FamilyTalk Magazine," dance lessons can help to spark creativity in young children and help them to develop an appreciation for the arts. Students who regularly participate in dance lessons typically tend to perform better academically than their nonparticipating peers. "FamilyTalk Magazine" estimates that students who have a background in dance tend to achieve significantly higher SAT scores and do better in math and science competitions.
Improved Self-Esteem
As children adjust to the movements and postures required in dance, they begin to get a better sense of their bodies. As they become more comfortable in their own skin, their confidence and self-esteem also improve. According to EduDance, dance lessons can encourage children to foster a more positive attitude and explore their own self-expression. This can be particularly beneficial for children who are physically or mentally impaired or those who are attempting to deal with significant emotional problems.
Why must your child start dancing early?
Children who learn dance in groups benefit in the following ways:
1. They learn to follow directions
2. They learn to co-operate with each other, work in a team
3. They interact both physically and verbally with each other
4. They develop better body-music co-ordination, rhythm sense and balance
5. They learn how to control their bodies better
6. They develop the confidence to perform in public once they perform at a DDA event
7. They're able to dance solo when offered to dance in family functions etc.
8. They learn to act without their parents' guidance
9. They learn new dance forms and understand 4,8 and 16 beat patterns
10. They get the regular exercise that their bodies need and are healthier
11. They feel relaxed and have fun – dancing is a proper workout for the body and mind
12. Kids who dance regularly are happier and better behaved
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My daughter is 5 years old and she loves dance.We r in This Hazari delhi and your institute is very far.Please suggest one of the best training center around north delhi .And my request is please open your branch in North delhi also.
My daughter is 8 years old and she loves dance.Already she is hoopla 3rd level student.We r in paschim vihar and your institute is very far.Please suggest one of the best training center around west delhi .And my request is please open your branch in west delhi also.
Hi.. My daughter is 2 yrs old and she is very keen in dancing. Is there any class for my little daughter.??
Waiting 4 ur +ve response.
Thnx & regards…
My son is 4+ and is very keen to dance and enjoys music. Would like to know any dance classes for weekends if available.
Do we have any branch available near Dwarka.
My Daughter is 3 Plus and looking to enroll for Dance Academy.
My daughter is 6 yrs old ,she love dancing so want to make her join ur academy,do u have classes in gurgaon also..pls share d details
Hi, my daughters are 4 and 7 and don't speak English yet (we arrived 4 weeks ago). Do you think language could be an issue ? Also, could we just drop by for a trial lesson? Thank you!
My son is 5+ years old seems to have apptitude of music and dance..want to expose him to dance to explore his intrest? which classes will be good for him.
hii, my daughter is 2.9 years old. she can join dance classes ?
My daughter is 5+ and loves to dance. I presently want her to undertake freestyle/ bolywood training. Also, shez available only on weekends.
Can u plz suggest furtheron, if u hv classes fr kids her age on sat/sun. If yes, wld need d details- timings, fees, place of workshop, shows/ performances held
Hi my Daughter is 12 years old and wants to learn Ballet. do you teach ballet.
Hi my daughter is 9 and is very keen to join a contemporary dance class, do you have a programme for summer that she can join?
My daughter is 11yrs of age.
I want to know ur nearby acedamy as I live in old Delhi naisarak.
Hi…. My daughter is 4+ and she is very keen to learn Dance and We are staying in Gurgaon can tell me what is the best way to approach your dance institute.
My daughter Madhu is 9+ yrs old & she learns Bharatnatyam since last 5 yrs. We stay in Patparganj.She is interested in Ballet & western dance also..Would u help me in this matter.
My son will turn 3 years old in the next few days.. I want him to join danxe classes..do u have anything that caters to 3 year olds.
My 5 years old daughter likes to dance. do you have any branch near by Kalkaji, South Delhi.
If yes, please contact @9999313842.
Thank you
My daughter is 16+ and has already does good dance. I am looking for a dance school who can groom her talent further by teaching techniques and not by just choreographing dance on any particular song.
But we live in sarojini nagar new delhi so i just want to know that you have any place nearby
Where i can send my daughter
My daughter is 6 yr old nd I would like to teach her dance
do you have some summer holidays batches for kids. Nearby dance centre of yours??? M staying in pushp vihar near Saket mall.
hi there,
i would like to register my daughter to a bollywood dance class. She is 3.5 yr old.
Please let me know what you have available.
Should be in south delhi and ideally close to IIT/Pansheel park area.
Thanks a lot in advance for your reply.
My kid just turned 3.
I want to get her admitted in DDA.
Do we have a branch near Vasant Vihar or Vasant Kunj??
My daughter is 4year old and she likes to dance ..
But we live in central delhi so i just want to know that you have any place nearby
Where i can send my daughter
Thank you
My daughter is 3 years old. I wanted to inquire if you take creative movement and free style dancing for this age group and if you have classes near gk -2.
My son is 13+ and has already does good dance. I am looking for a dance school who can groom his talent further by teaching techniques and not by just choreographing dance on any particular song.
Dear Ishani,
My daughter in 4 years old and i want to put her in dance classes, I live in Vishwakarma colony. May i know if there is any centre of your's near by.
My son is 4 yrs old. Can he join. Is there your clases in the vasant vihar.
I'm 15 years old and I want to pursue dance as my career. I want to become a choreographer, so if I join your classes will it help me with my career? I'm a student of class 9.
Prakhar, it is absolutely enthraling to see your seriousness towards your career at such young age! 😀 We have Professional batches available at out South Delhi Studio, which can definitely help you to pursue your career choice in future! Call me at 9811555359 to know more details about it.
All The Best!!
Hi, my son is 2 years and 10 months and I want to put him into dance class. I stay in Gautam Nagar and want to know what will be the best dance class over here.
Hello Shekhar!
It is good to know that you wish to put your child into dancing at early age. But the recommended age to put children into dancing will be 3+ to 4 years as before that they are in the very initial stage of growth mentally and physically in which they should not be expected to attain or understand any dance form.
Anyway we have two branches in South Delhi and Gurgaon where you can explore dance and fitness classes for yourself. To know more call me on 9811555359.
Thank you very much for getting in touch with us!
Dear Team,
My daughter Saiesha is only 23 months old and she will complete her 2nd birthday next month i.e. on December the 16th. What I want to know is whether can she take admission in your class; I know she is too small for dancing but as a parent I can see her passion for dance. She enjoys music and dance. I stay in Praladhpur, kindly suggest me whether she can join the class or I should I wait for one year at least.
My daughter is 3 yrs old. She is interested in dancing and singing. When she watches or listen any song then she repeats that in her senses. we want to teach her dance but she is a shy girl . she never act in front of anyone. what do I do?
Hi Smita! It is really gud that she started these activities at this early stage 🙂
Initially everyone feel shy and nervous to face people while dancing or singing, but by the time after practising all become fine and confident.
So I think you should make her try few classes. Presently we are conducting only dancing classes.For singing also she should start learning somewhere.
We have 3 options for her to learn dance.
10:30am-12:00pm (Saturday,Sunday)
My daughter is seven years old and wants to learn dance. We live in GK2. Do you have any studio near us?
Hi Ruchi! We have our both studios in Amar Colony,near Tagore International School.
For seven years old kid we have two batches.
4-5pm (Mon,Wed,Fri) Rs.1200 Per month
5-6pm(Mon-Fri) Rs.1800 Per month
Hi! My daughter is 5+, she is very carzy for dance, she always do every activity in dance moment.
I want to join ur academy.Can u tell me what would be the timing. we are in south delhi.
Hi Dalip!
Timing for this age group is 4-5 pm (Monday,Wednesday,Friday)3 days, fee is Rs.1200 and 5-6 pm (Monday-Friday)5 days, fee is Rs.1800.
Dear! my nephew is 8 yrs old, want to join your academy but what would be the duration of dance class?
Hi Pankaj! Batch duration for all kids batches is one hour.
Hi! I want to join the classes but do u have any transportation system ?
Hi Tanisha, thanks for your interest, but I'm sorry we don't have transport facilities 🙁 There are times like summer workshops for kids when we do provide taxi service in nearby areas, but for normal dance classes, you'll have to make your own way. We're very close to Kailash Colony and Moolchand metro stations. Regards Arjun
hi, my son is 4+, he can join dance classes ?
Hi Ritu, please bring him to the studio once and we'll see if he can. We'll be very happy to enroll him if we think he'll be comfortable in the group 🙂 Regards Arjun
Hello, I am 6 yrs old, I live in Kalkaji.Is there any transport facility?
Hello Deetya !! 🙂 So nice to hear from a 6 year old. You're go on to become a techie! We don't have transport facility I'm afraid 🙁 Your mummy or papa will have to get you here. We have some really cool summer workshops coming up from May to June.
I am Jasmine. I am 9 years old. I am interested bollywood dance, but I am living in Naraina and your academy so many distance. You can provide nearest in your branch in Naraina.
Dear Jasmine, we are in Lajpat Nagar 4 and very far from Naraina 🙁 This is the only center where we teach dance to children below the age of 12. We would love to teach you and hopefully will start a center in west Delhi sometime in 2013. Regards Arjun
Have your Branch in Gurgaon also.. ?
Hello Ashutosh, unfortunately the Gurgaon center is under refurbishment and will be active soon. Will keep you posted, but we're looking at the end of 2013 realistically. Regards Arjun
I am Tanisha. I am 10 years old.I love salsa … is there salsa for kids too? Please tell.
Hello Tanisha,
It is really great that you are interested in Salsa Dance form but currently we don't have any batch for kids,very soon we will come up with the Salsa kids batch as well.
Till then if you want you can join us for kids Bollywood mix batch otherwise leave your complete details so that we can call you when we start the batch.
Got anything to say? Go ahead and leave a comment!
Dance Away that Flab
Zumba: 500-1000
Aerobics: 500-800 Jazz Contemporary: 400-600
Bharatnatyam: 400-600
Hip-Hop: 350-550
Belly dance: 250-450
Bollywood: 300
Salsa: 200-300
These numbers vary with your body weight and the amount of effort you put in.
How can I lose weight?
You lose weight when you consume or burn more calories than you take. Burning 3500 calories means you lose 1 lbs or 450 grams (almost half a Kilo) of weight.
In other words, if you cut 500 calories from your diet each day or burn 500 calories working out or dancing, you would lose 0.45 kgs in a week. :)
At Delhi Dance Academy we can also talk to you about your daily diet and recommend changes to help you lose weight.
Delhi Dance Academy has been featured on 24 x 7 News Channel as one of Delhi's best dance institutes. We have made recent appearances on TV Channels like BBC, Aajtak, E TV, NHK World, MTv and NDTV Goodtimes. We are among the top 50 activities to do while in Delhi by TripAdvisor with excellent reviews.
DDA remains one of Delhi's most sought after dance academies - The Hindu
Delhi's Top 5 Places to Learn Hip Hop, Popping and Locking - HT City, Hindustan Times
Belly Dancing Classes That'll Help You Ace The Art - HT City, Hindustan Times
Top 5 Places to Learn Bollywood Dance in Delhi - HT City, Hindustan Times
Delhi's Best Places to Learn Dance - Delhi Times, Times of India
Zumba at Delhi Dance Academy, I must confess, leaves me panting and exhausted - Business Standard
Shaadi Poori Filmi Hai (Article on Wedding Choreography) - TFL Magazine
Namaste India Dance Workshops - Editor's Pick - Timeout Delhi Magazine
The Top Place for B Boying, Hip Hop, Funk Jazz and Zumba - Hindustan Times main newspaper
Gymnastics Classes by Arman Safa Khan - Timeout Delhi
Shall We Dance? Director Arjun Sandhu interviewed by HT Mint
11 Unusual Things To Do In Delhi by About.com
Top 10 Things to Do In Delhi by Guardian UK
Latest Schedule of all Batches in Delhi is available at: Latest Dance Classes Schedule Delhi
Latest Schedule of all Batches in Gurgaon is available at: Latest Dance Classes Schedule Gurgaon


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Williams took a knee throughout Figgins' brief time on the free-agent market, unable to do anything except wish him well after he agreed to a four-year, $36 million deal with the Mariners.
"I don't have any money," said Williams, who projects the Sox's payroll to wind up near $100 million. "I would have loved to (add him), but it didn't work."
it's not due to the Rios claim says Kenny:
"We wanted that player," Williams said. "We don't look at (the situation) as a hindrance. We look at him as an answer to one problem we've had for a long time. This guy is a career .280 hitter with power speed, with speed, with defense. We're happy to have him."
Gonzales says the Sox have about $20 million to spend.

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There's nothing particularly exciting about 2011 in my eyes, except this and 2012 will be where most eyes will be trained.
This evening we could be, as a society, forgiven for being morose, depressed, wishing to bring to trial and hang various people. They never stop, never rest from continuing the command and control, never cease for a second exploring every crack, every fissure in our goodnaturedness to get control.
I don't think they're human, I seriously don't. Look at this by Celia Green:
Britain's army of unpaid carers are to get new rights to protect their health and wellbeing under plans being considered by the Government.
More than six million people care for loved ones, friends and neighbours but many fail to get the recognition and support they need, say campaigners.
For the first time, plans to reform the social care system, due to be published next spring, will make carers' needs a priority (Daily Mail, 28 December 2011)
But we know what 'rights' and 'needs' mean. If you are given a 'right', society is given the 'right' to force you to have what you have a 'right' to.
In the spring, Sainsbury's will pilot a scheme in 14 of its London stores to identify hidden carers who may need support.
I have already commented on the disgusting idea of having supermarket staff trained to ask 'unobtrusive' questions without revealing their motive for doing so. Any supermarket that involves itself in persecution of this kind should be boycotted. I hope Sainsbury's sales will drop significantly on this piece of news.
The Care Services Minister, Paul Burstow, says disarmingly:
Without the support of relatives and friends, many people who aren't able to look after themselves would not be able to stay at home.
(Unspoken implication: we will be able to close in on them so much better if it is made illegal for them to get unpaid 'help'.)
As I'm in the care business in RL, I asked about it today and was told the government had tried this on before. They want to identify any carer and co-opt them voluntarily. Slave labour with possible future incentives.
That's appalling.
It never stops, they never stop.
They lie and suck the vulnerable in with promises of alruism and all they're ever after is control.
This evening, let them not get us down, let them not make us despondent, let's look forward to some victories in 2012. We can start this way:
1. Withdraw our children from educational exposure we ourselves do not choose to expose them to;
2. Let's vote for anyone but the Big 3 [in the States, anyone except the Big 2];
3. Let's stay within the law but fail to cooperate with anything governmental or semi-governmental – take it to the very edge.
That's about all we can do for now – keep hoarding the food and other supplies, spend virtually zero as far as we can but above all, let's note what they don't want – they don't want us affording anything, eating good food, drinking good whisky or wine, they don't want families coming together – they hate it – they want no outbursts of patriotism, they want no fun and raucous laughter. they want depresssion and demoralization and even today the Mail was saying we don't want democracy any more, when what they really meant was we don't want 650 corrupt politicians at Westminster and more in Brussels and Washington.
This night's our night, not theirs. We're going to enjoy it. The food's ready, the wine's ready, the company's ready – let's do this thing.
Let's not give them anything they want.
Happy New Year to all people of good intentions reading this!


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The staff at Cleaning & Maintenance Management revamped its old benchmarking survey in an effort to more accurately gauge the modern trends and issues affecting the market and the professionals that operate within the JanSan industry.
When developing the new in-house/facility manager survey, our goal was not only to uncover the informational needs of these end-users, but we also wanted to gain clarity on the overall market's current condition and direction and how these factors affect in-house departments.
This snapshot of the market helps CMM develop educational resources for the entire industry.
The following pages will help in-house managers and professional cleaners understand the commonalities and differences they share with their peers so they can operate in a more efficient and effective manner.
Interesting Findings
According to this survey, an interesting response that is affecting all facility types identified in the survey when asked to rate industry issues as most affecting their organization, "improving productivity/efficiencies" was identified as very important.
When segmented out these were the actual results of respondents who believe improving productivity/efficiencies is a very important issue: Education: K-12, 81 percent; Education: College/University, 82.6 percent; Healthcare: Hospital, 90 percent; Healthcare: Long-term, 80 percent; and Office/Government, 72.7 percent.
Health and safety also ranked high as a very important issue across all of these facility types.
Interestingly, according to the survey, the majority of the healthcare segments' respondents noted that operating budgets actually increased from 2013-2014, compared to the majority of education and office/government facilities, which remained "flat year over year."
However, even with higher operating budgets, the majority of healthcare respondents also reported that their starting and hourly wages were lower than the majority of their education and office/government counterparts.
According to our survey, the average hourly wages in the healthcare segments are: Healthcare: Hospital, $10-$10.99; Healthcare: Long-term, $13-$13.99.
The average hourly wage among the majority of Office/Government and Education: College/University respondents is over $20. For Education: K-12, there was a first place tie between $12-$12.99, $13-$13.99 and over $20.
Open-ended Feedback
In addition to the multiple choice questions, we also asked two important open-ended questions to conclude our survey: What technology and/or innovation has positively impacted your facility in the past few years and What do you think are the three most critical issues facing the in-house/facility management industry today?
For the top technologies making the biggest impact in recent years, the following popular innovations came to the forefront:
- ATP testing equipment
- Software, such as CMMS and workloading
- Green cleaning/sustainable initiatives
- Tablets and smartphones
- Microfiber.
As for the most important critical issues facing the in-house/facility management industry today, the three most common responses include:
- Budgets
- Costs
- Staffing issues.
We thank all of those who took the time and effort to complete our survey and we hope you find these results useful to your operations.
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Seeing on a Saturday morning an entry titled Most Secure Browser: Internet Explorer 8 in my feedreader certainly did not help my hangover and having read the entry 3 times now I think I still am living a vivid Friday night session. Bloggers love Firefox and many of us will never change because of the flexibility and extensions available for Firefox. You need to know it though: the safest browser out there is Internet Explorer 8!
I am sure you now all have fired up IE8 of course. Nor did I, but that's mainly because I'm on a Mac and have not touched Windows at all anymore since I switched two years ago. Still it is a fact now and Microsoft Evangelist Giorgio Sardo published the results of a security poll, conducted by NSS Labs among the 5 top browsers and Internet Explorer 8 came out on top. [Read more…]


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How Is an Espresso Blend Created?
Once it's in the cup, it's easy to tell espresso from a so-called "regular" cup of coffee. But at what point exactly do the two streams diverge? Espresso should be understood as simply a form of preparation and not a kind of coffee. But aren't some coffee beans prepared specifically with espresso brewing in mind? Before the Single Origin espresso craze, wasn't blending once a "thing" we admired in terms of balancing a coffee to make it produce wonderful shots? Absolutely.
The basic theory behind espresso blending is to create a layered set of flavors that respond well to the intense mode of brewing that is espresso. Layering allows the coffee roaster to control the sensory balance of acidity, sweetness, and body in a coffee—specifically in a coffee that's going to be brewed to accentuate all of the characteristics of the beans in a less-than-subtle way.
"I think blending is kind of a lost art," says Gabriel Boscana, Director of Green Coffee at Sightglass Coffee Roasters in San Francisco. "We focus a lot on single origin [unblended] espressos these days, which is not a bad thing. But I do think the layering of flavors is really hard to do." In terms of finding one single kind of coffee bean that evokes the right balance of sweetness, body, and acidity, Boscana says, "it's really going to be tough to find a supercomplex single origin that's going to hit all of those points. They're out there. But really tough to find."
Thus, almost every roaster offers a blend of coffees for espresso that attempts to check all those sensory boxes while creating a coffee that's versatile enough to taste great as a single shot or as a macchiato, cappuccino, or latte.
But how do you decide which coffees to blend, and how, and at what ratios? At Sightglass, the Owl's Howl Espresso blend is currently a mix of coffees from Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Ethiopia. Boscana explained why they chose the coffees they did:
"Most Guatemalan coffees are kind of big, they have a lot of chocolate, some fruit. So you have that as the base of the coffee. The Costa Rica is the middle: simple, clean and sweet. The Ethiopian coffee is the high note, it's where the brightest acidity comes in. It's really clear, with good clarity—it's like the soprano of the three. And that's what you want to finish with," said Boscana.
"The Guatemala is the first thing you taste, it's tactile, it's big. Then the flavor moves to the middle palate, and you get the Costa Rica: caramel, sweet, simple sugars, nothing too complicated, medium weight. And then once you finish the shot, the finish should be the light, floral citrus finish of the Ethiopian Sidamo. Pleasant and not acrid or sour. You work up to the lightest notes as you're drinking the espresso. That's the idea."
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Of course, that's only one theory on blending and there are myriad others. Brazilian coffees, for instance, are widely popular as espresso "base" components due to their hefty, super-sweet profiles. Blends are also often created with technical needs in mind: a roaster can build a complex, finicky blend that tastes wonderful on an espresso machine operated by a superexpert barista. Or it can fall into the hands of someone who simply can't make it taste right. Blending the right coffees in the right ratios so that it's hard to mess up a shot—that's where the art of blending really comes into play.
And what about roasting?
"There's two schools of thought, and many roasters go back and forth, or they just fight about it. One school of thought is that you don't roast for espresso, you just roast for the optimal flavor of that coffee and it's up to the barista to make it delicious," says Boscana, who himself believes you should roast a coffee specifically for the brew method—espresso—you're preparing it for.
"I think you should roast for espresso, because it goes back to purpose. What do you want to say with this? What is the purpose of this coffee? Usually this means you roast a little bit longer, and a little bit darker. Those profiles can look, on a graph, very different from each other, and for the most part it's a little bit longer and hotter, and darker because you do want to accentuate more body. Espresso's ALL tactile: you want to accentuate body and sweetness, tone down the acids a bit so it's more pleasant," said Boscana.
"Espresso is such a violent, concentrated thing, that anything you would taste in the filter brew is going to be accentuated in the espresso."
That said—is it wrong to brew an "espresso roast" coffee as drip, or vice versa? Not if it tastes good to you, says Boscana. "It's all that person's experience," says the veteran roaster. "You're not in their mouth."
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Sector risks have increased after the Brexit decision, and exporters to the UK have already suffered shrinking margins due to currency volatility.
- Sector risks have increased due to the Brexit decision
- Still good growth opportunities in overseas markets
- Payments take between 30 days and 60 days on average
The export-driven food sector represents Ireland's most important indigenous industry, employing 50,000 people directly, with 180,000 related jobs in farming and support industries. Ireland continues to be the largest net exporter of dairy ingredients, beef and lamb in the EU, and has recorded increasing demand for its products in 2014 and 2015. Ireland is the largest exporter of powdered infant formula in Europe, currently producing 15% of the total global output. Domestically, the sector benefits from the rebound of the Irish economy and growing consumer confidence.
Irish food exports amounted to EUR 10.8 billion in 2015 and are expected to grow further, reaching EUR 12 billion by 2020. Several of the world's larger emerging economies are undergoing cultural changes, away from 'starch-based diets' to 'protein based diets', further fuelling the global demand for Irish food products.
However, the Irish food industry is highly dependent on the British market, which accounts for 40% of food exports. Therefore, exporters to the UK have already suffered shrinking margins due to the Pound Sterling depreciation in the wake of the June 2016 Brexit decision. The Irish food sector will increasingly be exposed to currency volatility and risks in relation with the decision of the UK to leave the EU.
Irish mushroom growers, who export 80% of their output to the UK, have already been negatively affected by the Pound depreciation. Many forward contracts had been negotiated with British retailers in Pound Sterling end of 2015, with the consequence that the Pound depreciation in H2 of 2016 has led to severe losses for many businesses in this segment, even including closures of several companies.
For the Irish dairy subsector the recent abolition of EU milk quotas and sharply decreasing milk prices have led to a short-term decrease in margins and delays in capital expenditure programmes. However, in the long term the lack of quotas is expected to provide new business opportunities for Irish dairy businesses.
Payment duration in the food sector ranges between 30 days and 60 days, depending on the subsector and the customer segment. Payment behaviour in this sector has been very good over the past 12 months. The number of protracted payments, non-payments and insolvency cases is still very low, but an increase cannot be ruled out in the coming months, as downside risks for Irish food exporters to the UK will probably rise in the future.
The sector still suffers from the lack of capital expenditure during the years of recession. While banks still do not provide sufficient loans to the food sector, the situation is improving. That said, Irish bank lending is still relatively conservative, and access to finance can pose problems for smaller food businesses.


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Stamford mayor launches investigation
STAMFORD -- Mayor Michael Pavia has ordered a full investigation into the hiring of a city worker for tree pruning at Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's house for "potential employee misconduct or ethical violations," the mayor said Wednesday.
Routine tree and hedge trimming at the governor's $1 million home in Stamford's affluent Shippan neighborhood came under scrutiny this month when the worker, Ron Markey, told Malloy's neighbors he was a fulltime city employee. Markey later revealed he was hired by the politically-connected city contractor AFB Construction Management, prompting Pavia to launch an official inquiry.
"We don't know the circumstances of this event yet," Pavia said. "We won't know anything until this investigation is completed. But it would be particularly disturbing to me to find out that something was wrong or there was wrongful behavior."
Human Resources Director Emmet Hibson said he has scheduled a Thursday morning meeting with Markey, a city landscape specialist who earned $118,000 last year.
"You can do work on the side, but not during city hours and not with city property," Hibson said. "So we have to determine what exactly was used, if anything, and what the severity of that was and what the appropriate level of discipline, if any, is necessary."
Markey confirmed he is meeting with HR officials Thursday.
"I was asked to defer any questions to my superiors and go to that meeting," he said. "I'm hoping for the best."
Malloy's neighbors saw Markey trimming trees and hedges at the governor's house on two separate Saturdays this month, and a city truck was photographed driving away from the governor's home. Markey said he used his own equipment for the work, but could not fit the ladder into his debris-filled truck bed and called a nearby city worker to pick it up for him.
Hibson said he plans to look into Markey's use of city property and his working relationship with AFB Construction, which manages Stamford's schools, parks and building facilities.
"The fact that it's the governor's house makes it a little more sexy, so to speak, but I don't think it changes our analysis," Hibson said. "There's just a lot of things that I don't know the answer to and that I need to find out."
AFB Construction CEO Al Barbarotta said he is the property manager for Malloy's house at 277 Ocean Drive East, which the governor is renting out for $8,000 a month while he lives in Hartford. Malloy, a Stamford native, served as the city's mayor for 14 years before running for governor in 2010.
According to the State Elections Enforcement Commission, members of the Barbarotta family, including Alfonso and Sharon, of Trinity Drive, Trumbull; John and Audrey Barbarotta of Washington Street in Trumbull; and Joseph and Christine Barbarotta of Millwood Drive in Branford, contributed more than $2,000 to Malloy and his running mate, now-Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, during the 2010 gubernatorial election cycle.
The money included contributions to exploratory and candidate committees.
In an interview at the Government Center Tuesday Barbarotta said he was hired by the governor to oversee the upkeep of his Stamford home.
"The hedges were let go for a long period of time and the governor said, `Let's get someone in to take care of those hedges,'" Barbarotta said. "Ronnie Markey works for the city. I used him personally at my house. I called him up -- the governor had no clue I called him."
Markey said he performed the work, which totaled 20 hours, as a subcontractor for Stamford-based Muskus Landscaping and Tree Services. Although Markey is the registered owner of a Branford tree care company, it is effectively dormant, and he sends most of his referrals to Muskus, including that of Barbarotta.
Muskus said he would provide a copy of the bill to Hearst Connecticut Media by the end of the day Wednesday but had not done so by press time. Malloy said Tuesday he had received Muskus' bill, but has not released a copy of it. It's not clear why Muskus billed Malloy directly, rather than billing AFB Construction or Barbarotta.
The company's owner, John Muskus, said Malloy did not get a discount for the tree trimming and that Markey determines the rate for the jobs he subcontracts.
"Yes, that is the going rate," Muskus said of the $1,500 plus tax billed to Malloy. "Yes, there's a bill out. I'm waiting for payment."
Muskus said he has never done landscaping or any other kind of work for Malloy before.
"There's absolutely no favors done," Muskus said. "I'm just trying to make a living."
Andrew Doba, Malloy's Capitol spokesman, said on Wednesday that the work was paid for.
"The governor paid for all work done at the house," Doba said.
Pavia said he plans to conduct a "thorough and complete" investigation of Markey and AFB's work at the governor's house. The mayor's administration has overseen several investigations of city employees that resulted in criminal charges, starting with the 2010 arrest of former human resources specialist Fred Manfredonia, who was charged with stealing $350,000 from city coffers and served jail time.
Earlier this month, police charged Rippowam School custodian Andrew Shavers with stealing time after a private investigator filmed him allegedly running personal errands while he was clocked in at work. Shavers is free on a $15,000 bond while his criminal case is adjudicated, and has started disciplinary hearings with the city's HR department as well.
Pavia said he hopes the work done at Malloy's house does not turn out to be another case of impropriety by city workers.
"I can't understand why everyone is not much more cognizant of what they do on their own time that affects city resources and city time," the mayor said.
Staff Writer Ken Dixon contributed to this report.
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Terry Tempest Williams is a favorite writer of mine, not only because she writes of the environment, the living and physical world we live in, but because the God-view that is woven through her writing is familiar to me, close to my own. Williams talks of the consciousness of being in the world in an article in the online The Progressive. She then compares that consciousness to the "world view" held by many scornful of environmentalism, specifically naming current GOP candidates Santorum, Gingrich and Romney. Williams quotes Santorum:
Consider Rick Santorum's recent comments to Bob Schieffer on Face The Nation, when he said Barack Obama's "world view" is different than that of most Americans. The day before, Santorum had said that the President believes in "some phony ideal, some phony theology . . . not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology."
When Schieffer asked him to clarify his statements, Santorum said that he was referencing not the President's faith but environmentalism.
"Well, I was talking about the radical environmentalists," he said. "That's what I was talking about: Energy, this idea that man is here to serve the Earth, as opposed to husband its resources and be good stewards of the Earth. . . . I don't believe that that's what we're here to do."
"The Earth is not the objective," Santorum said. "Man is the objective. I think a lot of radical environmentalists have it upside-down."
The most frightening thing about Santorum's comments are that so many people have the same world view. Many seem to have no consciousness of the reciprocity, the symbiosis in our existence in this world. We have become parasites of the highest order, sucking the life out of all that has been supporting us.
Williams includes this from Gregory Bateson (1904-1980), an anthropologist who saw human beings as part of a system:
If you put God outside and set him vis-à-vis his creation and if you have the idea that you are created in his image, you will logically and naturally see yourself as outside and against the things around you. And as you arrogate all mind to yourself, you will see the world around you as mindless and therefore not entitled to moral or ethical consideration. The environment will seem to be yours to exploit. Your survival unit will be you and your folks . . . against the environment of other social units, other races, and the brutes and vegetables. If this is your estimate of your relation to nature and you have an advanced technology, your likelihood of survival will be that of a snowball in hell. You will die either of the toxic byproducts of your own hate, or, simply, of over-population and overgrazing. The raw materials of the world are finite.
I cannot say it better so will simply repeat Bateson's pronouncement while thanking Terry Tempest Williams for her essay on the need for consciousness.
If this is your estimate of your relation to nature and you have an advanced technology, your likelihood of survival will be that of a snowball in hell. You will die either of the toxic byproducts of your own hate, or, simply, of over-population and overgrazing. The raw materials of the world are finite.


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AMSTUD 145: Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley. The site and source of vibrant economic growth and technological innovation. A disruptive force in social, economic, and political systems. An interface between technology and academia, with the the quirky influence of the counterculture in the background. A surprisingly agile cultural behemoth that has reshaped human relationships and hierarchies of all sorts. A brotopia built on the preferences and predilections of rich, geeky white guys. A location with perpetually sunny skies and easy access to beaches and mountains. nnThis seminar will unpack the myths surrounding Silicon Valley by exploring the people, places, industries, and ideas that have shaped it from post-WWII to the present. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject and considers region's history and development; the products of Silicon Valley, from computers and circuit boards to search algorithms and social networks; and Silicon Valley's depictions in photography, film, television, and literature.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Kessler, E. (PI)
2018-2019 Winter
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AMSTUD 145D: Jewish American Literature (ENGLISH 145D, JEWISHST 155D, REES 145D)
From its inception, Jewish-American literature has taken as its subject as well as its context the idea of Jewishness itself. Jewish culture is a diasporic one, and for this reason the concept of Jewishness differs from country to country and across time. What stays remarkably similar, though, is Jewish self-perception and relatedly Jewish literary style. This is as true for the first-generation immigrant writers like Isaac Bashevis Singer and Anzia Yezierska who came to the United States from abroad as it is for their second-generation children born in the United States, and the children of those children. In this course, we will consider the difficulties of displacement for the emigrant generation and their efforts to sustain their cultural integrity in the multicultural American environment. We'll also examine the often comic revolt of their American-born children and grandchildren against their (grand-)parents nostalgia and failure to assimilate. Only by considering these transnational roots can one understand the particularity of the Jewish-American novel in relation to mainstream and minority American literatures. In investigating the link between American Jewish writers and their literary progenitors, we will draw largely but not exclusively from Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
AMSTUD 145M: Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the USA, 1890-1950 (ARTHIST 145, ARTHIST 345, FEMGEN 145)
This course examines social conflicts and political controversies in American culture through the lens of visual art and photography. We consider how visual images both reflect and participate in the social and political life of the nation and how the terms of citizenship have been represented¿and, at times, contested¿by artists throughout the first half of the 20th century. The class explores the relation between American art and the body politic by focusing on issues of poverty, war, censorship, consumerism, class identity, and racial division.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
AMSTUD 146A: Steinbeck (ENGLISH 146A)
Introduction to the work of an American writer, beloved by general readers, often reviled by critics, whose career spanned from the Great Depression through World War II to the social upheavals of the 1960s. Focus on the social and political contexts of Steinbeck's major works; his fascination with California and Mexico; his interdisciplinary interest in marine biology and in philosophy; his diverse experiments with literary form, including drama and film.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Jones, G. (PI)
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
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AMSTUD 150: Introduction to English II: American Literature and Culture to 1855 (ENGLISH 11B)
(Formerly English 23/123). A survey of early American writings, including sermons, poetry, captivity and slave narratives, essays, autobiography, and fiction, from the colonial era to the eve of the Civil War.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Richardson, J. (PI)
2018-2019 Spring
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 14
04/01/2019 - 06/05/2019 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 200-203 with Richardson, J. (PI)
Instructors: Richardson, J. (PI)
AMSTUD 150A: Colonial and Revolutionary America (HISTORY 150A)
(Same as HISTORY 50A. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for HISTORY 150A.) Survey of the origins of American society and polity in the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics: the migration of Europeans and Africans and the impact on native populations; the emergence of racial slavery and of regional, provincial, Protestant cultures; and the political origins and constitutional consequences of the American Revolution.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors: Gienapp, J. (PI)
2018-2019 Autumn
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 14
09/24/2018 - 12/07/2018 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 380-380C with Gienapp, J. (PI)
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Instructors: Gienapp, J. (PI)
AMSTUD 151: Migration and Diaspora in American Art, 1800-Present (ARTHIST 151, ARTHIST 351, ASNAMST 151D, CSRE 151D)
This lecture course explores American art through the lens of immigration, exile, and diaspora. We will examine a wide range of work by immigrant artists and craftsmen, paying special attention to issues of race and ethnicity, assimilation, displacement, and political turmoil. Artists considered include Emmanuel Leutze, Thomas Cole, Joseph Stella, Chiura Obata, Willem de Kooning, Mona Hatoum, and Julie Mehretu, among many others. How do works of art reflect and help shape cultural and individual imaginaries of home and belonging?
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Kwon, M. (PI)
2018-2019 Winter
4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
01/07/2019 - 03/15/2019 Mon, Wed 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at McMurtry Building rm 350 with Kwon, M. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-03-18 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Kwon, M. (PI)
AMSTUD 151F: Angelheaded Hipsters: Beat Writers of San Francisco and New York (ENGLISH 151F)
Reading of central writers of the Beat movement (Ginsberg, Kerouac, di Prima, Snyder, Whalen) as well as some related writers (Creeley, Gunn, Levertov). Issues explored include NY and SF, Buddhism and leftist politics, poetry and jazz. Some exposure to reading poems to jazz accompaniment. Examination of some of the writers and performers growing out of the Beats: Bob Dylan, rock music, especially from San Francisco, and jazz.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors: Fields, K. (PI)
2018-2019 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-CE |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 6
01/07/2019 - 03/15/2019 Mon, Wed 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at 200-205 with Fields, K. (PI)
Instructors: Fields, K. (PI)
AMSTUD 152C: The JFK Era and American Literature
Few U.S. presidents have exerted so great a fascination on the national¿and global¿post-World War II imagination as John F. Kennedy. As the 2013¿s semi-centennial anniversary of Kennedy¿s assassination attests, the production of films, television and multimedia programs, biographies, conspiracy theories, academic studies, and literary texts about the iconic JFK and his fabled, thousand-day presidency continues unabated. In this course, we will explore the attention Kennedy has drawn from writers and filmmakers in texts by Norman Mailer, Don DeLillo, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
AMSTUD 152K: Mixed-Race Politics and Culture (AFRICAAM 226, CSRE 152K, ENGLISH 152K)
Today, almost one-third of Americans identify with a racial/ethnic minority group, and more than 9 million Americans identify with multiple races. What are the implications of such diversity for American politics and culture? This course approaches issues of race from an interdisciplinary perspective, employing research in the social sciences and humanities to assess how race shapes perceptions of identity as well as political behavior in 21st-century U.S. Issues surrounding the role of multiculturalism, immigration, acculturation, racial representation, and racial prejudice in American society. Topics include the political and social formation of race; racial representation in the media, arts, and popular culture; the rise and decline of the "one-drop rule" and its effect on political and cultural attachments; the politicization of census categories and the rise of the multiracial movement.
Last offered: Winter 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
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Though the fabric is a lovely design, it wasn't cotton and frayed like mad and so I did a French seam to make it last a bit longer. It was also quite difficult to photograph, so I strung it from the washing line!
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Bruin Brawl
Soon after arriving on campus, most George Fox freshmen get a lesson on the university's oldest and oddest tradition.
The instructions are simple. Be vigilant for a flash, the moment the leather pillow-shaped Bruin Jr. is exposed on campus. Then, grab it and run for the nearest exit.
It would be a lot easier if students from the other three classes weren't trying to tackle you, tear the leather prize from your hands, and carry it off themselves. Today, students call this Bruin Brawl, but previous generations remember it as Bruin Flash or B.J. Fight. Yes, George Fox University is affiliated with the pacifist Quaker movement. And yes, the irony is undeniable.
Although disdained by some as a testosterone-soaked mix of mud wrestling and tug-of-war, no one can deny Bruin Jr.'s ability to spark a memory. "When you ask people about Bruin Jr., you always get a story, even if they've never touched it," says Greg Woolsey, a 1994 graduate whose father battled for Bruin Jr. while a student in the late 1960s. Alumni still tell about the first airborne flash in the late 1970s when Bruin Jr. dropped from a helicopter into a crowd on the old football field. Dennis Sturdevant ('81), owner of Precision Helicopters outside Newberg, estimates he's airlifted Bruin Jr. to campus six to eight times over the last three decades.
The grand tour
Those weren't the only times Bruin Jr. picked up frequent-flier miles. The younger Woolsey took it on a George Fox study tour to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, and England. While at the Tower of London, Bruin Jr.'s belly picked up the signature of a member of the British Royal Guard.
Most of Bruin Jr.'s travels are local. Jeff Rickey ('76), now dean of admissions and financial aid at Earlham College, remembers Bruin Jr. taking a trip down the Willamette River during the annual George Fox raft race. A student in the race flashed Bruin Jr. as he passed under spectators on the Highway 219 bridge.
"Of course, everyone was waiting for him when his raft made it to shore." Bruin Jr.'s appearance has always caused a stir, sometimes at inappropriate locations. It has appeared on the court at halftime of varsity basketball games, at a Christmas candlelight ceremony, and, of course, at the biggest student gatherings on campus: chapel.
"The numerous chapel flashes were in poor taste, but very entertaining," says Rickey, "especially when done on the stage behind a speaker who was invariably running late."
Object of obsession
How seriously do some students take Bruin Jr.? Early in the school's history, students were known to chase each other through Newberg, even stopping traffic. The school newspaper reported a struggle "amid falling trees" during the legendary 1962 Columbus Day storm.
Age may not dampen Bruin Jr. fever. The class of 1957 brought a vintage version of Bruin Jr. to the 2007 50-year class reunion. "They wouldn't even let me touch it," says former alumni director Robby Larson. Kara Newell ('57) warned Larson to keep his distance. "She told me: 'If you try to take it, we'll get you.' I think she was serious."
Gary Brown, former alumni director, remembers the reaction of fellow student Ken Kumasawa ('63) when a group of friends spotted Bruin Jr. from the second story of Minthorn Hall.
"Bruin Jr. was flashed outside, and we headed for the stairway," Brown says. "Ken threw open a window and bailed out. He was on the ground and in hot pursuit before we were."
The amazing part of the story is Kumasawa dove out the window with a cast on his already broken leg.
Dancing in the street
Bruin Jr. appeared in fall 2007 following the university's annual all-campus Serve Day. Encircled by more than 100 cheering spectators, about 50 young men surged back and forth for more than three hours. At the center of the scrum, one student clenched Bruin Jr. while the nearest students attempted to tear Bruin Jr. from his hands, a third layer of students struggled to peel away the second layer of students. Grass turned to mud, which in turn covered shoes, pants, shirts, hair, and faces. Finally, at 10:30 p.m., Bruin Jr. came free, and a senior sprinted to the edge of campus with dozens of classmates. They swarmed him and his prize. "We all danced in the middle of the street and took a group picture with our Bruin," says senior Sarah Reid.
A 1968 flash may hold the record for the longest Bruin Jr. contest. Mike "Biggs" Wirta ('74), now a George Fox custodial supervisor, recalls the epic struggle that raged across campus.
"It started in late morning and ended at dusk," he remembers. "Guys would go in shifts. They'd wrestle for it, then leave to go to class or to eat."
Larry Herrick ('72) remembers how exhausting a Bruin Jr. flash was.
"They got pretty brutal. Once when I walked away, I could hardly hold up my arms, they got pounded so much."
Not surprisingly, administrators have occasionally tried to quash the tradition to prevent injuries. Other times, Bruin Jr. has been confiscated temporarily. Levi Pennington — who served as president from 1911 to 1941 — was said to "charge into the fray" in an attempt to keep excited students under control.
Today, Bruin Brawls are restricted to outdoors and announced in advance, and they require supervision by representatives from the student government.
Modern Bruin Brawls often leave large patches of mud on the campus lawns, but few permanent scars. "Nobody's gone to the hospital in a couple years," says Heather Eslinger ('08), a former student government officer who oversaw Bruin Brawls during her time at George Fox.
Things have gotten so civilized that former George Fox President Dave Brandt helped start the tussles several times during his tenure. His favorite flash occurred when he faked an ankle injury in the middle of the campus quad. A group of concerned students gathered as an ambulance arrived, siren screaming. When the paramedics reached him, Brandt reached into their gurney and pulled the blanket back to reveal Bruin Jr.
George Fox Bruins
George Fox's athletic teams can trace their Bruin nickname and mascot to the same bear that began the Bruin Jr. tradition. Although sportswriters called the college's athletic squads "Quakers" in the 1950s and '60s, the Bruin nickname was used in the 1940s and officially adopted in 1970 by a vote of students and faculty.
The descendant of a black bear that lived on campus in the late 1800s, Bruin Jr. has had numerous reincarnations in canvas or leather skin. Sometimes the struggle is too much, and the faux bear must be replaced. Other times, Bruin Jr. disappears during the summer vacation, going into hibernation in some alumnus' closet or garage.
Somehow Bruin Jr. always returns to campus. Psychology professor Kris Kays (Ba '87, PsyD '94) admits she doesn't really understand the allure of Bruin Jr., but says she's glad for the stories and the tradition. "It's helped me feel part of something bigger than me, my class, and my generation. It helps give us a sense of community, and that's one of the richer parts of being at George Fox."
Steve Bury ('83) spearheaded a student government effort to bring back the tradition in the early '80s after a period of dormancy. New students were educated on Bruin Jr. etiquette at dorm orientation meetings, and a leather worker created the new Bruin Jr. based upon a retired Bruin Jr. found in a museum display case.
Bury improvised the inside filling. "We stuffed it with cotton and my mom's nylons."
Another story out of the 1970s tells of the worn-out remains of an old Bruin Jr. being placed inside a new leather Bruin Jr. Wherever Bruin Jr. went, it carried inside a part of its predecessor, a link with the past.
If not always so symbolically, Bruin Jr. lives on at George Fox.


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A session at the meeting was devoted to reviewing the IPR, a draft of which had been discussed at a workshop held in Djibouti in January. James Zhan, Director of UNCTAD's Division on Investment and Enterprise, said that in order to reach its goals for foreign direct investment (FDI), the Government of Djibouti needed to further reform its legal and regulatory framework to improve the business environment. At the core of these reforms was the adoption of a new investment code in line with international best practices, he noted.
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This striking declaration comes from Roger Revelle, the U.S. Navy's chief oceanographer during World War II and the man responsible for transforming the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California into a major research institution, leading major expeditions to the Mid- and South-Pacific in 1950 and 1952 (as quoted in Daniel Yergin's "The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World").
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In the 1950s oceanic explorations greatly expanded. Data gathered by oceanographers from many countries led to the discovery of a great mountain range on the ocean floor virtually encircling the Earth.
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Other discoveries included unexpected heat flowing from the sea floor, as noted by Elizabeth Noble Shor in a history of Scripps during this period:
The results from the first measurements of heat flow through the sea floor were among several surprises gathered on the first major Scripps expedition, Midpac, in 1950: the temperature gradient was very similar to that measured on lean, whereas it had been expected to be considerably less. "The only adequate source of heat that has been suggested is radioactivity within the earth," noted Bullard, and oceanic basalts are considerably less radioactive than continental rocks. The source of heat, therefore, must be deeper within the earth, presumably beneath the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
They also discovered unexpected magnetic patterns on the sea floor, per Shor:
The chart of magnetic intensities from the Pioneer survey startled geologists. Before them lay evidence of great north-south lineations and a single right-lateral offset of 155 kilometers along the Murray fracture zone off southern California. The survey was "the first attempt to make a detailed magnetic map of an extensive area of the oceans," said Bullard and Mason. "The results are of exceptional interest in that they reveal major structural trends of which there is little or no indication in the topography, and they provide evidence for unsuspected horizontal displacements along some of the faults of the north-east Pacific greater than any that have so far been observed over the continents."
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In 1961, scientists began to theorize that mid-ocean ridges mark structurally weak zones where the ocean floor was being ripped in two lengthwise along the ridge crest. New magma from deep with the Earth rises easily through these weak zones and eventually erupts along the crest of the ridges to create new oceanic crust. …
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A better understanding of the oceans, which cover 71% of Earth's surface, as well as the tectonic processes that shape our planet would prove useful in many fields. Perhaps most importantly, it began to unlock the study of climate change and the role that humans would play by increasing the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, what Revelle called, "a large scale geophysical experiment of a kind that could not have happened in the past nor be reproduced in the future."
Not only were these discoveries incredibly important, but being an oceanographer in this heady climate sounds fun, too.
That much is obvious in an account by Edward S. Barr of how after his junior year of high school in San Diego he convinced Revelle to take him on the 1950 MidPac expedition as a $US75-a-month lab assistant, and how they traveled to Honolulu, the Marshall Islands, the Kwajalein Atoll, and deep into the South Pacific, with prolific discoveries and adventure all the way.
One photo included in the memoir, which shows Barr using a fathometer echo sounder on August 31, 1950, is labelled: "Discovering the MidPac Mountain Range on my watch!"
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