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Despite the Arizona Wildcats' last few outings against the Toledo Rockets, there's no doubt that Saturday's season opener will be anything but a piece of cake. The Rockets are no mammoth, but they're at the top of the feisty MAC.
A poll over at Hustle Belt shows that readership on the MAC's fan website believes Toledo will win the MAC West and compete for a conference title with Ohio University. Add to that the Rockets' scary history against some very legitimate opponents, and the Wildcats might be in for a bigger fight than fans are willing to admit.
To bring you back to reality, let's start with UT's recent history against Arizona, which hasn't necessarily been a good measure for the Rockets' competency.
Back in 2008, the Wildcats defeated Toledo 41-16 in the first game of UA's Las Vegas Bowl run. But here's the scary part; later on that season, the Rockets beat none other than Rich Rodriguez's Michigan Wolverines, 13-10.
Moving forward chronologically, we see that the Rockets have the upset gene that pops out once or twice a season. In 2009, they dropped the Colorado Buffaloes 54-38, and while the Buffs were absolutely awful that season, well, that can't be discounted.
In the Wildcats' second meeting of the recent series during year 2010, they drubbed the Rockets by a 41-2 score as UA began its strongest stretch of football in more than a decade. But the Rockets did have a victory against a Big Ten squad in Purdue later on that year. Again, that's a solid Division I football team.
Last year, the Rockets' high-powered offense helped the team to a nine-win season with a 27-22 loss to then-No. 15 Ohio State before UT suffered a 33-30 double-overtime loss to Syracuse.
OK, so there's a not too far fetched possibility that the Rockets can win. But they're going to have to play defense.
In an article by the Toledo Blade, there are some mixed messages sent by the Rockets as to how their scouting of Arizona is going too far, though maybe I'm taking things a bit out of context.
UT saw quarterback Matt Scott play briefly in the 2010 blowout by Arizona, but Rockets safety Mark Singer says he doesn't know how to defend Scott.
"His arm's kind of suspect, they've said, but we have no film on him, so we don't know," safety Mark Singer said."
Sounds like perhaps Singer meant that, as of Tuesday, he had yet to look at the film. But wait, there's more.
The Blade also notes that the Rockets will take a peek at Michigan, Pitt and WVU game film to properly learn Rodriguez and Jeff Casteel's schemes. But he also writes that, for some reason, Toledo will not look at Michigan film from the 2008 win, when Rodriguez was a coach.
"We'd love to go back and look, but it's a little too dated for us," head coach Matt Campbell said.
Beats me what's going on.
So we have learned two things, probably none of which are accurate depictions of what might happen on Saturday, but both of which are completely worthy of mention.
1) We do know that the Rockets have upset potential and the talent to hang with a Pac-12 team.
2) They have their very own film of Matt Scott and Rich Rodriguez. Whether they use that (hint, hint, the answer is that they should) remains to be seen.


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Helen Jane Long
Helen Jane Long
|10 April 1974
|Hampshire, England
|classical music
|composer, film composer
|piano, clarinet, guitar, cello, organ, violin[1]
|Years active
|BLE Music Group
Helen Jane Long (born 10 April 1974) is a British composer, musician and pianist, best known for various advertisement contracts, her work on several film projects in a variety of genres, and, most recently, her contemporary-classic piano albums, Embers (2010) (BLE) and Porcelain (Warner Music Group). In 2003, Long worked as music assistant to Howard Shore on the film score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy.[2] Long composed the original music for the movie thrillers The Only Hotel and Surveillance 24/7.[3] As the world's highest streaming female pianist, Long's songs have been streamed more than one billion times.[4]
Early life, education[edit]
Long was born on 10 April 1974 in Hampshire, England. She began training as a classical pianist at age 4,[5] also learning clarinet, guitar, cello, vocals, organ, and violin later on.[1]
Long began composing when she entered college. However, frustrated with the progression of her music degree, she claims she spent her entire student loan on a huge sequencer keyboard. She then slowly continued to amass the equipment needed for a fully operational home recording studio where she independently practised recording, producing, scoring, arranging, and mixing.[5]
After college Long began working for the BBC on the children's shows Blue Peter and Live & Kicking, where she periodically worked with Ronnie Hazlehurst (composer for Only Fools and Horses), Dennis King of Black Beauty, and Nigel Hess (composer of the film Ladies in Lavender). She has also worked with composers Jerry Goldsmith and Ron Goodwin. She was signed to a major label soon after sending out demos of her material.[5] Long has since written scores, piano pieces, and full orchestrations for many films and television spots.[6]
In 2003 Long served as a music score assistant for composer Howard Shore on the historic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, as well as the extended DVDs.[3][7] Long, who had met Shore before the films, served essentially as his personal copy editor for the sheet music he wrote daily for new scenes.[8][2] She was also known on set for reliably supplying brownies and pancakes.[2]
She is well known for scoring the often played Volkswagen Passat commercials[2] in 2005.[3] Since 2005 she has scored a large amount of for-television documentaries on Channel 4, Channel 5, the Discovery Channel, and the BBC, including Behind the Da Vinci Code and Open Gardens in 2008. She has also scored several short films and the feature films The Only Hotel and Surveillance (2007).[3][5] She has done several recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, notably in 2007 when she worked with them to compose and record a music CD of orchestral music.[3][9]
Solo Releases[edit]
- Porcelain (2007)
Long released her debut album Porcelain on 24 July 2007[8][5] on Warner Classics.[3] The album is a collection of original piano compositions, many in a classically expressive and filmic style.[5] Besides Long on piano, the recording sessions also included musicians Jonathan Hill and Nick Holland.[8] The cello used in the recordings was handmade by Long's father.[5] As of 1 February 2010, Porcelain was the top selling album on America's largest classical radio station,[1] and she secured a sell-out tour of the United States.[9]
[10] On 3 May 2010 Long released her second piano album Embers with BLE Music Group.[6][11] The album quickly became widely requested on worldwide classical radio stations, and was "most requested" on Classic FM radio.[12][13]
- Intervention (2012)
- Identity (2016)
- Perspective (2018)
Long was Radio Classic FM's Guest List Composer in 2007.[13] She was also selected as Audio Network's Composer of the Month for February 2010.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Helen Long lives in the south east of the United Kingdom,[3] where she is an avid water-skier and triathlete.[5]
Scoring history[edit]
- Miscellanies
- Frog from the Website Pottermore
- Porcelain (2007)
- Embers (2010)
- Intervention (2012)
- Identity (2016)
- Live at St. James's, London (2016)
- Perspective (2018)
- Vessel of Light (2020)
- Disconnect (2022)
- ^ a b c d "Audio Network announces composer of the month for February". AudioNetwork. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Interview: Helen Jane Long". PRS for Music. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Helen Jane". UK screen. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "About Helen Jane Long - | Worlds highest streaming female pianist". Helen Jane Long. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Biography". HelenJaneLong.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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- ^ a b "Helen Jane Long". BLE Music Group. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Helen Jane Long: Composer". IMDb. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Helen Jane Long: Porcelain". ArkivMusic LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Helen Jane Long Interview". AudioNetwork. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ ;Embers (2010)
- ^ "Embers Product Details". DealNay. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Artist Overview". Amazon.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Classic FM Radio Interview with Helen Jane Long (UK access only)". Classic FM. 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
Further reading[edit]
- Interview on Classic FM (UK access only)
External links[edit]

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Already on the eighth day of Jesus' life, his destiny of atonement is revealed in his name and in his circumcision. At that moment, his blood is first shed and Jesus receives the name given to him by the angel: "You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). In the circumcision of Jesus, all people are circumcised once and for all, because he represents all humanity. In the Old Testament, for the believers who looked to God's promise to be fulfilled in the Messiah, the benefits of circumcision included the forgiveness of sins, justification, and incorporation into the people of God. In the New Testament, St. Paul speaks of its counterpart, Holy Baptism, as a "circumcision made without hands" and as "the circumcision of Christ" (Colossians 2:11).
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain insists Arsenal must quickly turn their attentions to Saturday's home game against Fulham.
The 20-year-old made his first-team return against Aston Villa on Monday night after being sidelined for five months with a knee injury.
Oxlade-Chamberlain was happy to get some minutes under his belt but is already looking ahead to Cottagers' visit to Emirates Stadium.
"We need to have the right preparation, the right commitment and hopefully we can get the win"
"It's a nice game for us at home," he said. "Fulham are another team that have a lot of skilful players but we've been doing well at home so it's always a nice game at the Emirates.
"But we need to have the right preparation, the right commitment and hopefully we can get the win.
"I'm just happy to be back and now I've just got to work on my fitness in training and make the most of it when I get my chance in the team. That's the thing I'm concentrating on at the moment, helping Arsenal do as well as they can."
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Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts), Nevis, and Anguilla were united as a single British colony in 1882, and from 1958 until 1962 they formed a unit of the (British) Federation of the West Indies. The associated state of Saint Christopher–Nevis–Anguilla was formed on February 27, 1967, but Anguilla ejected government authorities on May 30 and officially proclaimed independence in July because Anguillans felt that their small population would suffer discrimination in the local parliament. The flag of Saint Christopher–Nevis–Anguilla, consisting of vertical stripes of green-yellow-blue with a central black palm tree having three roots and three fronds, was thereafter no longer appropriate for the federation.
At midnight September 18–19, 1983, when the federation received its independence from Britain, the renamed Saint Kitts and Nevis hoisted a new national flag, which it continues to use. Designed by Edrice Lewis, the flag has a green triangle for the fertility of the islands and a red triangle for the years of struggle against slavery and colonialism. Running diagonally through the centre is a black stripe reflecting the African heritage of the people. Narrow yellow borders flanking the stripe refer to the brilliant sunshine of the islands. The stripe bears two white stars, one for each island, as symbols of hope and liberty. The flag was submitted in a competition, and the design was approved by the College of Arms of England, which is the heraldic authority for many Commonwealth nations.


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There's a lot happening around this time of year, including the Orthodox Easter, Earth Day, the start of Ramadan, and ANZAC Day, and over the last week, celebrities have been Instagramming in a more positive way, even though the COVID-19 pandemic is very much with us.
Natalia Vodianova (@natasupernova) showed off her dining table spread to commemorate the Orthodox Easter: the Orthodox Church never went with the Gregorian calendar and stuck with when they thought Easter should be, so there is a discrepancy between the two dates. They may well have a point: after all, can one Pope really declare a new starting-point for January 1? Religion aside, Vodianova had a colourful display to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in her own way.
American model Kara del Toro (@karajewelll) posed with her vintage Chanel sunglasses, which are arguably in vogue for 2020. Del Toro managed to keep up her high standard of photography on her Instagram—we're guessing that it pays to have archives! Her most obvious COVID-19-related post was four weeks ago; since then her fans have been able to indulge in escapism through her Instagram account.
It's the same with Norwegian-born, Australian-based model and singer Hilde Osland (@hildeee), who gathered up her favourites of her in red, and put them into a single post of nine images. She's a pro at Instagram: whenever we try to post nine, it crashes! She's also becoming a pro at TikTok, where some of her content is reposted from.
Our friend Panos Papadopoulos (@panosofficial) poses with sunnies and a black jacket, with a simple message, and comes close to acknowledging the pandemic: 'Keep your best mood … the world is changing', while hashtagging #positivevibes. We'll gratefully accept!
We completely admire Samantha Hoopes (@samanthahoopes) for being real and showing off bikini photos taken four months after the birth of her child. She notes, '7 months later my skin is still all stretched out! This is a reminder of how fucking awesome our bodies are & our journey into our new bodies is all about Self love & confidence is key! For me it has been a ride from loosing all my weight to figuring out ways to "bounce" back & in all of it I am proud of my new shape, new skin & new body!' We love her positive attitude and it's a wonderful message to have in these times.
No stranger to Instagram, Viki Odintcova (@viki_odintcova) is staying at home in Moskva and playing with make-up, taking a selfie and keeping her message simple.
Claire Rose Cliteur (@clairerose) poses for a selfie wearing eco-friendly, sustainable fashion brand Pangaia, which has its own material science R&D facility. The label, which was founded last year, may well be the first one that combines this level of research with its own collections.
Finally, commemorating Earth Day is actress Alexandra Daddario (@alexandradaddario), with a million likes of her image in the forest. The earlier text caption has disappeared in favour of a simple Earth emoji, and maybe that's all you need.


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September 14, 2018 - A free heart screening for area youth ages 12-19 will be held at King's on the Square, located on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 6. The event is being sponsored by The Peyton Walker Foundation, King's College, Geisinger and District II of the PIAA.
The heart screening clinic is open to students who are not currently under the care of a cardiologist. All participants will receive a vital check and electrocardiogram free of charge. For students whose results indicate the need for additional testing, echocardiograms will also be provided on-site free of charge.
Approximately 120 people can be screened at the event. People interested in participating must pre-register by Saturday, September 29. Registration can be completed at PeytonWalker.org.
The Peyton Walker Foundation was established in memory of a King's College student who died in a King's residence hall in November 2013 from sudden cardiac arrest related to a genetic heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. At the time of her death, Peyton was a sophomore physician assistant major at King's.
The heart screening at King's on the Square is the first to be offered in Northeastern Pennsylvania by the foundation. Most of the foundation's previous activities have occurred in the Central Pennsylvania area where more than 1,500 young men and women have been screened and almost 30 significant and previously undiagnosed cardiac conditions have been detected. The Walker family resides in Mechanicsburg.
Additional information is available by contacting the Peyton Walker Foundation at (717) 697-5511 or by visiting PeytonWalker.org.
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September 12, 2017
What is a fitness challenge? Fitness challenges come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors. Yes, even colors! Challenges like Color Runs can be fun a way to set short term goals, get in shape, include your friends and family and get motivated!
How do you pick one? From running a mile to running a marathon, doing a pushup to bench pressing your body weight, every challenge should have a good mix of pushing yourself both mentally and physically.
If you're the type of person who needs a group to get energized or motivated, then a group class might be the perfect challenge for you.
If you're more of a "techy" person, or the kind of person that likes to track numbers, quantify data and have a goal every day to aspire to, then devices like Misfits, Fitbits, Apple watches and Garmins can be great tools to help keep you accountable and working hard.
Or both! Programs like DietBet or StepBet can be a great interactive way to set goals, place bets, and engage with a community who has the same goals and is tailored to you, the individual.
Challenges like this are unique in that they not only give you a rewarding challenge to strive for (both physically and monetarily), they give you a measureable task, keep you accountable, give you a satellite group to interact with, and are competitive (but mostly with yourself). The goals can be short or long term. The nature of the game provides encouragement, incentives and rewards.
Short term challenges like these help you see results so you don't get bogged down or discouraged with the long term goal that is too far down the road to see.
The challenges you pick don't necessarily directly have to be a part of your long term goal. For example, if your long term goal is to lose 50 pounds, choose a local 10k charity or Color Run you'd like to do with your friends. Training for and getting in shape to do these events will indirectly lead to better health and weight loss.
These challenges should be something fun and entertaining that make getting in shape a more enjoyable experience. Don't be afraid to try something new and embrace the challenge!
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I was in our local 'big-box' store earlier today and was kinda surprised at what I learned. I was walking through the Men's clothing section when I kept hearing the strangest sound . . . it sounded like 'Geiger counter' . . . you know, the rapid clicking sound that we've all heard on the TV shows . . . I kept hearing that sound and looking to see from where it was coming and there appeared a clerk with one of those little 'price-checking' hand held devices. The lady clerk would simply hold the device in front of a rack of items and it would begin to rattle off like a tommy gun . . . and then slowly stop like popcorn winding down to the last few kernels. I asked her about the device and this is what she told me.
Many of the items in the store have little 'code markers' either on or in the article. All the jeans that I saw had a little 'epc' mark on the corner of the tag . . . 'epc' – electronic product code;. She told me that the 'tag' was on some items and already 'in' others . . . such as the automotive tires . . . hmmm . . . anyway, she went on to explain to me that 'they' were planning to install a system in the ceiling that would automatically scan the entire inventory when ever needed . . . since eventually ALL the items in inventory would have the epc's either on them or 'IN' them . . . it was the 'in them' that got my attention & peaked my curiosity . . . the truth is always stranger than fiction . . . blessings –


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Joyce McMillan: Labour's federalism smacks of desperation
On Wednesday, at University College, London, the Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale delivered what could, under other circumstances, have been the most important speech of her political life. She outlined a vision for a new federal Britain, with each of the four nations, and the great regions of England, enjoying greater powers to determine their own affairs than Scotland has under the present devolution settlement; and she called for a UK-wide People's Constitutional Convention, to determine the new constitutional shape of the UK following Brexit.
Yet for all the good intentions and reasonable sentiments behind the speech - which drew statements of support from Jeremy Corbyn, his deputy Tom Watson, and Andy Burnham, now campaigning to become Mayor of Manchester - it seemed to fall stillborn from Kezia Dugdale's lips; and its lack of resonance and traction, in Scotland and elsewhere, speaks volumes about the continuing decline of the Labour Party, and the shocking depth of the crisis it faces.
There have been times, of course, in recent Scottish and UK history, when this ardent embrace of federalism by Scottish Labour might have mattered, and shifted our politics on its axis. In 1997, when New Labour and the Liberal Democrats together commanded more than 50 per cent of UK votes, and were in broad agreement on the need for constitutional change highlighted by 18 years of Tory rule, a more thoroughgoing and comprehensive approach to UK constitutional reform could have been both possible and popular.
And in 2011, when the SNP won their surprise overall majority at Holyrood and an independence referendum became inevitable, a strong Lib-Lab push to have the option of full federal devolution within the UK included on the ballot, as a compromise third option, would no doubt have attracted overwhelming support in Scotland; but instead, Labour fatally chose to accept the harsh binary option of union or independence, allying itself with the Tories, and offering itself no third way out.
It's therefore clear that Labour's failure to embrace full-blooded constitutional reform has played a key part in its decline both in Scotland - where it is now running third behind the Tories - and, more slowly, in the wider UK, where the failure to reform, modernise and decentralise the governance of England, when the chance was there, has undoubtedly helped prepare the ground for the kind of xenophobic retro-nationalism, driven by economic despair in England's neglected regions, that has now surfaced in the Brexit vote, and in the rise of Ukip.
So it's perhaps not surprising that, six years on from Labour's last, best chance to put real UK reform on the table, the main response to Kezia Dugdale's recent embrace of the cause has been one of exasperation bordering on anger. Supporters of Scottish independence are likely to dismiss the whole thing as a con-trick, not least because of the fatuous assurances about a new age of federalism made by elder statesmen like Gordon Brown just before the 2014 vote. Genuine campaigners for a continuing, vigorous, reformed UK are bound to ask where the Labour Party was when they needed it, not least in 2011-12, when the terms of the Scottish referendum were being set.
And beyond that, everyone who has been paying attention to the seismic political changes of the last half-decade must wonder what political universe Scottish Labour is now inhabiting, if it imagines that the dream of a federal UK currently has any chance of being realised. The Liberal Democrats, once the most likely allies in any federal project, wrecked their own electoral fortunes by joining the coalition government in 2010, and are now basing their modest recovery entirely on a passionate opposition to Brexit; the current leader, Tim Farron, barely seems to know where Scotland is on the map, so ill-informed are his views on it. The Labour Party is now campaigning almost entirely on the defence of public services, without a word about constitutional reform south of the Border. The post-Brexit Tories are about as interested in the theory and practice of a modern federal Britain as is their good friend Donald Trump, and look set to form the UK government for at least the next eight years, if not longer.
And in the bigger picture of world politics, the time for tinkering with modern European constitutions seems to be over, at least for a while. Faced with a US President apparently bent on destabilising Nato, undermining the European Union, threatening war with China and Iran, and setting the planet on the fastest possible course towards environmental collapse, nations are likely to be too busy picking sides, and trying to protect their own most vital interests and values, to undertake major constitutional adjustments unless they seem absolutely necessary.
And in that perspective, the question of whether Scotland should leave an increasingly right-leaning and Atlanticist UK, and throw its lot in instead with the EU or the European Economic Area, has an urgency that the idea of a federal Britain absolutely lacks. Like everyone else, we have to make alliances in this new global stand-off; and insofar as we pick differently from the majority in the UK as a whole, we have to decide what to do about that difference. For Scottish Labour, as for the Scottish Conservatives, the balance of that decision is clear; win or lose, right or left, Donald Trump or Angela Merkel, the union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland is Scotland's most important bond, and cannot be breached.
For a growing number of Scottish voters, though, that decision is a difficult one, problematic, double-edged, and open for debate. By refusing any dialogue with the idea of independence, Scottish Labour - which is supposed to prioritise social justice above any constitutional arrangement - effectively cuts itself off from that living debate about Scotland's future. And although the day may come when the idea of a federal UK once again acquires some resonance, in these early months of 2017 it smacks only of desperation; combined with a dangerous mood of denial about how much the world has changed, and how far Labour now has to travel, if it is to win its way back to the centre of Scottish and UK politics.


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It's the presidential top 40! Guess who's first? And last?
It's kind of like the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40. But instead of counting down the top 40 most popular songs in the country, it's a countdown of the top presidents in the history of the U.S.
C-SPAN announced their second historians survey of presidential leadership today. And much like Rick Dees would get Debbie Gibson or Rick Astley in the studio to help count down the top songs, a whole bunch of really smart historians got together to do the countdown - presidential style.
So, it's almost the same thing.
Let's count down the countdown
Number one? Much like WHAM! dominated the top spots back in the mid-80's, President Abraham Lincoln continues his dominance at #1.
He's so popular that the U.S. Mint released four new pennies this year to honor the former president. Sure, pennies are essentially worthless but it's the thought that counts. [If you want to see the new pennies, click here].
The number two spot? His face is everywhere. Especially since Congress passed that gigantoid stimulus package. Now there are 780 billion brand new pictures of George Washington being rolled out in the next few months.
What's in a name? A lot. If you were a president and your last name was Roosevelt, you scored big. Franklin Delano captures the third spot, while Teddy comes in at number four.
Wrapping up the top five, is the guy Sarah Palin discussed during her big time GOP convention speech. No, not Bill Ayers or Joe the Plumber. But Harry S. Truman. Remember, she called him a "haberdasher."
Moving up the charts
Just like the Weekly Top 40, there are the big chart busters. You know the songs which are moving the quickest.
In the presidential countdown, the biggest biggest chart climbers are Bill Clinton and Ulysses S. Grant. Grant moved up 10 spots (from the 2000 rankings) to 23 from 33. And Clinton moved from 21 to 15.
How does this happen?
Historian Richard Norton Smith explains, "Participants in the latest C-SPAN survey of presidential historians have boosted each man significantly higher than in the original survey conducted in 2000. All of which goes to show two things: the fluidity with which presidential reputations are judged, and the difficulty of assessing any president who has only just recently left office."
Last place
The bottom five? The cellar dwellers?
38. Warren Harding
39. William Henry Harrison
40. Franklin Pierce
41. Andrew Johnson
42. James Buchanan
It's not known whether any of the historians made any long distance dedications to each other. But if you'd like to read the entire presidential Top
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James 5:13- end
'I don't like to bother God with my little troubles or triumphs' she said to me.
One of the things I have noticed in the last three years is that whenever I tell people at a dinner that I am now a vicar they start telling me something about their relationship with God
Last Saturday was no exception. The lady I was sitting next to at a friends party, turned the conversation to her prayer life; which it appeared was fairly non existent. 'I don't like to bother God with my little troubles or triumphs,' she said.
'Do you have children?' I asked. 'Yes' she said, 'but they are off at university now'. 'Do they ever ring you up?', 'Yes, at least once a week'. 'And do you enjoy hearing about their life at university, their troubles and their triumphs? 'Yes, of course' she said. 'Don't you think that our heavenly father might feel the same about us?'
'But there are such big problems in the world', she replied, 'so much suffering, so much that is bad, so much that is wrong. I don't want to trouble God with my little problems, when he has enough to deal with as it is.'
'Don't you think that the Creator of the Universe can cope with all of these problems at once?
And so often this sort of conversation continues: 'But what about when I have prayed and nothing has happened?'.
The agony of disappointed experience comes to the surface.
I think this is the issue that underlies so many of our problems with prayer. Why pray when we have had experience of God being silent?
It may have been 2000 years ago that James wrote his letter, but the reading we have just read shows, that even in the first few years of the church, Christian disciples needed to be encouraged to pray always. Both in times of trouble and in times of triumph. So if you feel like my dinner party companion – please be encouraged! You are not alone, either now or over the ages!
An author called Pete Grieg has written a book on this subject called 'God on mute'. It's a really good read. He offers 16 reasons that our prayers may not be being answered and it is worth getting to grips with all of them.
I am going to look at only two obstacles to prayer this morning.
Getting on God's wavelength
God's will and our wants
Getting on God's wavelength
When I was in the Army, one of the traps for the unwary, was to try and send a radio message to Battalion Headquarters when the radio frequencies had changed, as they did every few hours for security reasons. It was very frustrating when there was no answer. Until you realised that the problem was you, and not Battalion Headquarters at all. You could be saying in your best voice-procedure 'Hello, zero this is one' for as long as you liked, and getting crosser and crosser, but, if the frequency had changed, no-one would hear you. Or actually you would soon be hoping that no-one was listening and that some senior officer had not noticed your rather public mistake!
James says in 5:16 that 'the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective'. So the implication from what he is saying is that, sometimes, the reason that our prayers are not answered (they may be heard but are not necessarily answered) is down to us – that we are 'not righteous'. We are not on God's wavelength.
Now this is tough to hear and would be totally outrageous, if it were not for one simple fact: that we can choose to get right with God – to be righteous – it is entirely in our hands whether we are righteous or not. We can choose to become 'righteous', simply by having the humility to confess our sins to him.
This will remove the obstacle that our sins are to our prayers being answered or even heard.
Our sins block our relationship with God and our prayers don't get through. But when they are confessed, they are laid on Jesus, and we take on Jesus' righteousness and our relationship with God is unimpeded. Its called the Atonement. It's the gospel actually.
As James says in verse 15, in the context of prayer for healing, 'if they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective'.
So the first point is that we need to get on God's wavelength by confessing our sins before we can expect him to hear any of our prayers.
God's will and our wants
One of the most disconcerting things that I hear as a vicar is "I tried to pray, but it didn't work!'
Because underlying that comment is the idea that God is just like every other aspect of the natural universe. Like gravity, for example. The assumption seems to be that once we understand how it works, once we get to grips with the natural law underlying an effect, we can predict it, we can get it under our control and use it for our purposes.
God is not like that. As I have said many times before, God is not the Genii in the lamp.
You know the story: Aladdin finds the lamp and rubs it and the genii appears 'your will is my command, Sire..'
God is not like that. He is our Heavenly Father. He is not our slave. Its not about our will being his command, but rather his will being our command.
To go back to my example of the parent at home and the student at university, how often would the conversation go: 'Hi Daddy, sorry I haven't called you for six months, but I have run out of money. Can you send some please?'
Quite probably the answer will be 'no'. And that is not because you don't love the errant daughter or son, but because you do love them. And in the trivial case of running out of cash at university in this world, the lesson has to be learned about how to live on a budget. Even our children will recognise that it is a nonsense to say 'I tried that 'telephoning my father' business and it doesn't work – I haven't received the money I asked for'.
If God is our loving father, the answer will not always be 'yes' or 'yes now' it maybe 'yes, later' or even 'no'. We have to learn to accept that he understands the whole picture better than we do. His view is over the whole of the universe and the whole of time, he can see our prayer request in its context.
Now I know that does not cut much ice as an argument as to why God does not heal the person that we love with a brain tumour.
But I think James hints as to the answer here also. In verse 14 James asks the question:
'Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them
and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well…'
So far so good, what we would expect, but then James adds some strange language: 'the Lord will raise them up'. And without missing a beat James continues 'If they have sinned they will be forgiven'.
So whilst it is clear that James is principally talking about physical healing, this verse tends to suggest that when James is talking about 'healing', he is talking as well about something broader and more amazing than what our wonderful NHS seeks to achieve.
He is talking about a healing, not in the limited perspective of our understanding (a medical healing which is after all temporary – as we will all die at some stage), but a healing which will last over eternity.
As one theologian has written: 'The perfect will of God may be done in the lesser benefit of a return to bodily health, or in the supreme benefit of fullness of life in the immediate presence of Jesus. For this reason we must always say—in all our prayers, not just those concerned with healing—'Thy will be done'.
We don't actually know what is best for us, for those that we love – but God has an eternal perspective.
Once we grasp this exciting truth that successful prayer is really about submitting to God's will about acting in concert with him, then God can act, magisterially and wonderfully and beyond our imagination.
And so we come to the painting on your sermon sheet. It's a study for a much larger painting and it used to hang in our home in Kent, when I was a teenager and living with my mother and stepfather. And it has kindly just been given to me by my step brother as some of the family's paintings are being redistributed due to a recent death. It is of the Prophet Elijah running ahead of King Ahab, as the storm clouds gather. I received it this week. This week in which the Lectionary (over which I have absolutely no control) schedules me to speak about this reading in James, and its reference to Elijah in verse 17.
The background to the scene depicted is that Israel had spiralled into systemic sin under the leadership of King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. The people were worshipping the fertility god Baal. There was only one of the Lord's prophets left – Elijah. God's response was to send a three year drought. A manifestation that all was not right between God and men.
The people were desperate for rain. Eventually Elijah comes out of hiding and puts the prophets of Baal to the test and defeats them. The people massacre the prophets of Baal, thus, it would seem, decisively deciding for God in the cosmic spiritual conflict between Good and Evil.
So Elijah prays for rain. As James says – Elijah was just an ordinary man, like us. But a man whose relationship with God was without obstacle, a righteous man, a man on God's wavelength. A man who, despite the times in which he lived, was entirely focused on God's will. And he calls on God to send rain after years of drought, to mark the defeat of Baal. To mark the return of Israel to worshipping the Lord.
Elijah prays for rain. His servant goes off, told to go and look towards the sea, but there is nothing on the horizon – nothing – the drought looks set to continue. But Elijah persists; calling the servant to go look towards the sea over and over again until finally, the 7th time, the servant tells Elijah he has seen 'a cloud as small as a man's hand….rising from the sea'. Elijah tells King Ahab – hitch up your chariot, before the rain stops you. And he runs ahead of Ahab all the way to Ahab's summer palace of Jezreel. The story in 1 Kings 18 continues 'Meanwhile the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling'.
As I looked at this painting over the years, it always surprised me that Elijah runs in front of the chariot, why does he run in front?
I think it's because he will arrive at Jezreel together with King Ahab. Having been an outlaw for so long, the arrival of Elijah running ahead of the King's chariot in a traditional position of homage, suggests a moment when the citizens of Jezreel will see that King and prophet are reconciled, that man and God, are in alignment, that God's will has been done. And the drought is over.
As Isaiah 52:7 puts it 'How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news'. As James concludes, everything was restored to the way it should be, the way God planned for it to be: '..[Elijah] prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops'.
As we learn to confess our sins, to become righteous and seek God's will, not just our wants, in our prayers, ordinary people like us, we too can play our part in restoring things to the way that God planned that they should be.


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Posted in .NET, Iron Foundry, Cloud Foundry, · February 26, 2014
The members of Iron Foundry project many of whom are CenturyLink Cloud Development Center engineers, are excited to announce that we are entering the Cloud Foundry incubation process as of today. After two years of great Iron Foundry momentum as a stand-alone open source project – and with CenturyLink as a founding member of the Cloud Foundry Foundation at a gold level - we are excited to contribute this code to make .NET a first class citizen in Cloud Foundry!
This step marks the beginning of a journey towards a tighter relationship with the Cloud Foundry project – one that allows everyone, from individual users to full enterprises, to deploy, run, and control .Net applications running on Windows the same way as any other application running on Cloud Foundry.
Incubation allows Iron Foundry to join with the other Cloud Foundry projects, giving us a forum to mature integration into the community's change and build processes. Greater integration means that Iron Foundry users are more quickly able to use features released in Cloud Foundry, and that we are better able to ensure continuing operation as other projects change around us. For those occasional new features that require Windows-specific coding, the window in updating Iron Foundry should be much shorter. This should let everyone, whether Iron Foundry/.Net developers or Cloud Foundry developers, enjoy feature parity across all deployment platforms and infrastructures moving forward.
The Iron Foundry contributors have work to do before our project can climb its way to being a top-level Cloud Foundry project. We have new features to add including incorporating the new Diego architecture as it matures and is ready for Iron Foundry to adopt, completing additional project infrastructure to ensure that we're maintaining compatibility with Cloud Foundry and its greater community as we make changes inside Iron Foundry, and creating great documentation to help people use Iron Foundry with confidence in any environment, up to full enterprise deployments. We expect these changes to happen relatively quickly as the Iron Foundry community's relationship with other members of the Cloud Foundry Foundation matures as well.
2014 promises to be an exciting time for Iron Foundry! We invite you to come along with us on this exciting journey, either as an interested observer or as a contributor. We'll update this blog along the way with interesting news as events happen. If you have any questions feel free to contact us through the project's website at https://ironfoundry.org.


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Despite the fact that you never hear of two things going together "like cats and bananas," there are quite a few YouTube videos that involve both. Some cats are terrified of bananas, other are disgusted. Shorty and Kodi like to play with them, and a very few cats even like to eat them. Enjoy a compilation of the best cat and banana videos. -via Tastefully Offensive
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I know we all have worries, but those of a second semester
senior are 100% more imminent, and how shall I put this… legit. As everyone
is one semester closer to graduation, and second semester seniors have a
countdown clock of doom, I thought I would compile a list of all the things we
have to look forward to.
How Much Partying is Too Much?
I'm getting older. I can feel it.
And you know what really feels it? All of the muscles I somehow am completely
able to move while intoxicated and which the next morning regret my attempt to
dougie the previous night. But perhaps more importantly, my conscience feels it
when I am too tired/lazy/can't be bothered the morning after to go to class. I
want to have fun as a second semester senior, but I also want my second
semester senior year to be just that: one semester. I'd like to be able to
graduate, and that (surprisingly?) involves going to class. I am currently in
search of a happy medium, which is a time-consuming concern, you skeptics.
What's a WI Again?
Yes, there comes a time when you
will have to know what these pesky acronyms stand for, and at that point it is
too late to take Exposition and you're stuck with a course like Current
Macroeconomic Issues because it's the only thing that will fit in your schedule,
and obviously taking classes on Fridays is never gonna happen. Oh, why did I
not pay attention to my requirements the other seven semesters I have been a student? If you are like me and have
at least three requirements to fulfill before you can snag a diploma, be
thankful that you are at least aware of what they are.
To Thesis, or Not to Thesis?
Writing a thesis can be an
intellectually rewarding experience that can somewhat justify your academic
worth, and I will never be completing it. It was a tough call, guys, it really
was, but I couldn't get myself to commit to the agony that would have been my
senior year experience. There are plenty of people for whom writing a thesis is
a meaningful personal accomplishment (read: graduating with honors), but I
could not get past the "I don't have anything to write about" stage. Although I
am, in the end, very satisfied with my choice, I can't help but feel useless
compared to my classmates who actually have something to show for the money it
takes to purchase a beautiful home in Western Pennsylvania.
Where are All My Friends?
One of the hardest parts about
senior year, the part that adds the sadness to mix with the excitement of
finishing and the terror of potentially having to live in a cardboard box, is
the fact that you will finally be moving on to the next chapter of your life, potentially
without the friends you have spent the past four years with. You have spent
four of the best years of your life with people who will now be peppered all
over the country doing various jobs or taking on demoralizing unpaid
internships with the hope of a stable job at the end of the tunnel. This is why
you should be like me and screw them all to take a year off to teach English
abroad. At least I'm the one that's doing the leaving.


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Much Sweetness :)
Today I decided to bake myself a cake. I didn't want a full sized cake because then it would get stale before I could savor every bite, just a tea sized cake. At first I was planning to use a regular loaf pan, but then I remember I have a set of four mini loaf pans from Nordic Ware. These were the perfect size. I don't think I've ever made myself a cake before, but I'm glad I did because this is possibly my all time favorite confection creation so far. I'm kinda in love with it.
I'll be making these little treasures for the month of August at a ridiculously affordable price, as far as specialty cakes go. So if you're in the mood for a special treat and live in the Ocean County area, send me a message. And now you'll have to excuse me, I have some tea and cake to relish.
Much Sweetness :)
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Easiest Pom DIY
Easiest Pom Pom DIY
Supplies you'll need:
– 10 Sheets of tissue paper- preferably 20×26 inches
– Scissors
– 10 inch piece of floral wire
– Needle Nose pliers
*instructions for Large Pom
Set stack of tissue paper facing away from you lengthwise
Begin folding stack of paper accordion style.
Each fold should be about 1 inch
Press firmly along each fold
Continue the accordion folding for the entire length
Once accordion folding is complete, hold the stack of paper taught at the center
Using the floral wire, tie the stack together as tightly as you can.
Use needle nose pliers to finish the the tie, alleviating any sharp edges
Cut each end to desired shape. Round, pointed etc.
Begin fluffing each layer of tissue
Pull layers up and toward the center, where the floral wire was tied
Continue fluffing layers of tissue
Once half of the paper has been fluffed, flip the pom over so the fluffed side is gently resting on a flat surface.
Again, bring each layer of tissue up and toward the center
Once all layers have been fluffed, you are ready to hang your pom.
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Sometimes, students not only learn some subjects but also practice it. They may learn about making a craft such as making a pencil case, bag, and others. The craft made by some unused material. As a teacher, sometimes you need dltk crafts to teach your kids. These dltk crafts are ready to be used in your class. These Dltk Crafts Printable can be the model of crafts which may be used as an example of a craft made by students.
Above is the example of Dltk Craft Printable. Thus, if you and your kids want to make it real, bellow is the example of the crafts made by students.
The blue picture above is the example of students' drawing with some real material added by the students. As a teacher, you may guide your students to make another kind of version using the same example of Dltk Crafts Printable. Your kids may use other pictures instead of the above pictures.
Finally, all these sheets can be downloaded freely to your folder. Don't you know the way to download all these sheets? It just easy. Just move your cursor on the right then click on the right and select save so your sheets will be downloaded automatically. However, if you want to look for other learning resources, just move your eye to the right since we provide you with some best quality pictures. Happy learning and teaching!


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IEEFA: Duke Energy's IRPs give short shrift to solar, wind and storage
A pair of long-range plans for Carolina utilities owned by Duke Energy underestimate potential savings from renewable energy sources over the next decade, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. The IEEFA report is the fourth in a series examining the integrated resource plans (IRPs) for Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress. The plans outline six possible scenarios for the company during the next 15 years. Five of the plans call for significant new gas-fired power generation capacity; the sixth, which would rely on no new gas, carries the highest estimated cost.
"Duke's half-hearted embrace of solar and wind generation can be characterized as 'yes, but,'" said Dennis Wamsted, an IEEFA analyst and editor who authored the study. "Yes, these technologies have potential, but it would be better to wait for costs to come down. IEEFA believes this is a significant error on the company's part."
Although most other East Coast states are actively developing offshore wind resources, Duke's base case plans do not see any role for the resource in the next 15 years. Meanwhile, companies such as Avangrid Renewables, the green energy arm of the Spanish utility Iberdrola, are planning a massive expansion of offshore wind that could enter service within five years.
In solar, Duke Energy Carolinas estimated that it could add 3,050 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity in the next 15 years, calling it a "significant amount of growth." The reality, according to IEEFA, is that an average annual expansion of 200 MW isn't significant enough for a company with about 2.5 million customers.
Finally, Duke is overlooking the potential of installing battery storage next to its 4,000 MW of existing solar generation capacity. Instead, the company warns that increasing its reliance on renewables and storage would require as much as $9 billion in transmission system upgrades, even though battery storage could significantly offset the utilities' anticipated growth in winter peak demand over the next 15 years.
"Regulators should require Duke to seek out new renewable generation options," Wamsted said. "Failing to do this risks saddling ratepayers with new, soon-to-be-stranded, gas-fired generation capacity, and ignores the compelling economic case for renewables."
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This time of the year there ALWAYS seems to be a party going on. Whether it be a work party, Dirty Santa with friends, a holiday function at a local venue or dinner with the in-laws, you've got plenty to do in the month of December. I love this outfit, because it is classy, festive and fun! The ruffled off-the-shoulder top is just too pretty and the green tweed skirt is classy yet still sexy. I paired it with a cute pair of camel knee high boots to tie it all together.
This outfit is so versatile too! You could easily wear a pair of tights underneath the skirt if it felt too cool and the outfit would also be adorable with booties or OTK boots. Add a wool coat if it is just TOO cold, for me that's if the temp drops below 60 (southern girl, here!).
Wear this for a nice date night with the hubby. This month can get overwhelming and you still need to find time to relax with just each other!
I just love the versatility of these pieces. My favorite part is that this top is only $15 from Walmart! Order online and pick-up when you are popping in to do your grocery shopping! I am wearing a size Small for reference. I just noticed while linking, that they are out of stock in the white! I will link some similar options for you as well.
The skirt is an oldie but a goodie from J.Crew. I will link some similar options for you below. My boots were only $10 through Just Fab! Such a steal of an outfit, yet stunning at the same time!
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The Great War (2016)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Michael Hollingsworth
Directors: Michael Hollingsworth and Deanne Taylor
The History of the Village of the Small Huts, 1914 – 1918
April 1 - 6 , 2016
April 1st, 2016 – May 14th, 2016
In 1914 many cultures struggle to be heard in the national dialogue, but British Canada is still a well-fed bulldog with a loud bark. When war looms in Europe, the loyal colony musters a tenth of its people to defend the Empire. VideoCabaret's award-winning ensemble conjures the battlefront and the home front with the trench-humour of soldiers, the follies of leaders, and the tragic farce of warfare. (soulpepper.ca)
|Rick Alan Campbell
|Solicitor General Arthur Meighen / Servant / Colonel Arthur Currie / Sir Wilfred Laurier / Soldier / Factory Foreman
|Jamie Cavanagh
|Private Dave Anderson / Armand LaVergne / Minister of Militia Sam Hughes
|Mac Fyfe
|Lieutenant Robert Adams / Duke of Connaught (Governor General of Canada) / German Prisoner / Military Messenger / Soldiers / Mute Patient
|Jacob James
|Lieutenant Stephen Ramsay / Henri Bourassa / British Soldier / Army Chaplain Scott / Soldiers / Trenchfoot Patient
|David Jansen
|Sir Robert Borden / Johnnie's Mother / Colonel Otto Von Schlippenschloppen / General Julian Byng / Dwayne / Soldier
|Aviva Armour-Ostroff
|Duchess of Connaught / Dave's Father / Private John / Private Jacques / Mabel / Mlle Armentiere / Soldiers / Mute Patient / Nurse
|Linda Prystawska
|Edith Ramsay / Laura Borden / Madge / Soldiers / General Alderson / Nurse / Mlle Armentiere
Creative Team
|Michael Hollingsworth
|Michael Hollingsworth
|Deanne Taylor
|Astrid Janson
|Costume Designer
|Melanie McNeill
|Costume Designer
|Alice Norton
|Wig Designer
|Andrew Dollar
|Lighting Designer
|Brad Harley
|Prop Designer & Drawings
|Adam Barrett
|Video Designer
|Brent Snyder
|Jake Blackwood
|Sound Designer
|Eric Bellamy
|Assistant Sound Designer
|Courtney Goodwin
|Wig Apprentice
|Rebecca McDermid
|Wig Apprentice
|Zoe Camille Kime
|Wig Apprentice
|Rachel Forbes
|Costume Maker
|Lina Falomkina
|Costume Maker
|Marianne Alas
|Costume Maker
|Avik Mukherjee
|Props Builder
|Anne Barber
|Props Builder
|Andrew Dollar
|Production Manager
|Andrew Dollar
|Stage Manager
|Joanne Rumstein-Ellis
|Assistant Stage Manager
|Bennett Hyslop
|House Technician
|Jesse Gilmour
|Production Assistant
|Adam Barrett
|Deanne Taylor


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We found ourselves craving Schnitzel, but we also wanted a vegetarian meal. So, we made schnitzel out of portobello caps! Since the German word for "Mushroom" is "Pilz," we decided that we had to make a pilsner sauce to pour on top.
We served this with Rösti and Emmentaler Peas. However, it would also go well with carbs like Mashed Potatoes or Spätzli and veggies like steamed zucchini or broccoli and sauteed Swiss chard.
Time: 30 Minutes
- Portobello Caps
- Egg
- Bread Crumbs
- For the sauce:
- 6 ounces Pilsner Beer
- 6 ounces Vegetable Stock
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Flour
- Onion
- Honey
- Ground Nutmeg
- Black Pepper
- Clean your mushrooms, and use a spoon to scoop out the gills.
- Crack and beat an egg in a large bowl, and then egg wash and bread each mushroom cap, and set aside.
- Slice your onion, heat some butter in a pan (one you'll use to make your sauce), and add your onion slices. Sautee to caramelize.
- As your onions caramelize, heat a large cast iron pan with some butter as well. When that butter melts, put your mushroom caps in, and fry for about 4-5 minutes. You may need to add some more butter or oil as you go.
- When your onions have caramelized, sprinkle your flour on them, and stir to coat. Turn the heat to low, wait a moment or two, and then pour in your vegetable stock, beer, nutmeg, black pepper, and honey.
- By this point, your mushrooms should be golden brown on the first side. Flip, and cook them for another 4-5 minutes (adding more butter/oil as needed).
- When your mushrooms are all golden brown and flattened, and your sauce is thickened to your desired level, you're good to go!
- Plate, devour, and enjoy!


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How Does Pedagogy Apply to Home Education?
Pedagogy is the method and practice of teaching, especially an academic subject or theoretical concept.
There are several distinct Homeschool Pedagogies. These are helpful to know as you research curriculum, consider your family's abilities and challenges, and future goals.
Pedagogy is distinct from the method's delivery; you can utilize a classical pedagogy at home, in a co-op, or an online venue. Just as educational pedagogies vary, so do delivery methods, and it's good to know and understand both. For example, an online program might utilize a classical, textbook, or unit study approach.
For a complete discussion on online education, check out Online Learning: A Homeschool Primer.
You might also have heard of Pedagogies referred to as Methodologies. What's the difference? Pedagogy is a discipline that deals with the theory and practice of education; in other words, why are you doing what you are doing. The Methodology is the practical application of the theory, so Pedagogy deals with the theory, and Methodology is the practical application of that theory.
Charlotte Mason
This Pedagogy is named after, not surprisingly, Charlotte Mason. Mason believed that traditional educational methods expected too little of the student while, at the same time, interacting with them in a way that was too harsh. This method focuses on "living books" rather than twaddle. Living books are books written well and authored by those who love their material. The method also emphasizes narration which is a verbal retelling of the material rather than the use of worksheets and quizzes to determine what a child is learning. Rather than focusing on seatwork, learning happens through exploration, hands-on activities, and nature study. The emphasis is on short lessons that take advantage of a child's attention while they are interested and focused. While Charlotte Mason believed whole-heartedly in studying nature, she believed that a child's nature should not be left unbridled but reined in by good habits; thus, Habit Training is an important piece of the Charlotte Mason pedagogy.
Want to discover more?
Tools and Resources
- The Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
- For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
- Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer
- Habits: The Mother's Secret to Success by Charlotte Mason
The method is based on Mason's 20 Principles.
Prominent Features of this Pedagogy
- Habit Formation
- Nature Studies
- Living Books
- Narration Journaling
- Composer and Pictures Study
The Classical Pedagogy is based on the theory of the stages of learning below:
- Trivium – the 3 paths: Grammar, Dialectic (or Logic), and Rhetoric. These stages are primarily language-based. The Grammar stage focuses on memory work and the study of Latin. Students progress in their studies by furthering their understanding of logic, critical thinking, and the art of argument. As they continue to gain influence and mastery, they become the expert and the teacher in the rhetoric stage.
- Quadrivium –the 4 paths. These areas of study are more Math based and often tackled in the later years: Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Music.
Course work is integrated throughout studies. Students make connections about the importance that each subject plays in working towards an integrated whole of understanding the universe. There is an appreciation of the importance that history and language studies play in this integrated approach.
Related Resources
- The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers
- The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jesse Wise
- Climbing Parnassus by Tracy Lee Simmons
- A Latin Centered Curriculum by Andrew Campbell
- Cross Seven
- The Power of the Socratic Classroom by Charles Ames Fischer
Prominent Features of this Pedagogy
- Memorization & Skill Acquisition through practice
- Socratic Discussion
- Logic study, Timelines
- Great Books
- Systematic learning
- emphasis on the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
- Latin studies
- Moral formation through story and Myth
This term was coined by John Holt, who was one of the forerunners of the homeschooling movement and a public school teacher. The term originally referred to people leaving traditional or government schools. Holt advocated for providing resources for your child, being aware of their interests and passions, and letting those be the guiding factor in your student's education. The main tenant of his writing was that play was a child's work and that children are learning all the time. He believed that children should direct their own studies, and parents were to be mentors and guides to help children reach their individual educational goals.
Related Resources
- Teach Your Own by John Holt, et al
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn
- Growing without Schooling
- Dumbing us Down by John Taylor Gatto, et al
Prominent Features of this Pedagogy:
- Parents take the lead from the child
- Children take responsibility for their own learning
- Students learn through natural life experiences
- Adventure-driven
- Adaptable and an excellent way to take advantage of unique lifestyles like Globe schooling or Road schooling
Unit Study
Prominent Educator Raymond and his wife, Dorothy Moore, were probably the first to talk about Unit Studies, also known as Delight Directed Learning. Their method was to manage your homeschool time by blocks of time each day devoted to time working around the house, time for table work (what would be considered traditional school work), and Unit Studies or Delight Directed learning. For instance, if you are studying about the Revolutionary War, you would create a unit learning the weaponry or clothing of that time period, incorporating writing and cooking projects about this time period, and reading letters or works of fiction about this time period. A student is learning more as a result of integrating subjects. Their interest and a love of learning are retained since they are immersed in the topic and learn more than a list of facts about that subject.
Related Resources
- The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook by Raymond Moore, et al
- Unit Studies Made Easy by Valerie Bendt
- How to Create a Unit Study by Lisa Nehring
Prominent Features of this Pedagogy
- Books
- Projects & Crafts
- Activities
- Lap books
- Research
- Easily school several students at once
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President Donald Trump is taking heavy criticism for his announcement on Friday that the U.S. is "terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization."
But the evidence is mounting that the $450 million the U.S. spends yearly on WHO is money down a rat hole.
On Monday, the Associated Press revealed how the WHO lied to the world about China's initial cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak. Those lies, which delayed other countries' responses to the virus, caused hundreds of thousands of needless deaths. The AP gained access to recordings of internal WHO meetings in January. Those recordings capture WHO officials discussing how to keep China's secretive conduct under wraps, even as WHO kept praising China publicly. That sugarcoating left the world unaware and unprepared for the pandemic about to hit.
Even without this damning new information, Trump would have been right to pull American dollars and prestige out of the WHO. The organization has an abysmal record dealing with previous global diseases, from SARS to H1N1 flu and Ebola. In the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak in 2014, Harvard Global Health Institute Director Ashish Jha wrote of the growing skepticism toward the WHO because it "often fails to perform when the world needs it most."
Look at how WHO spends its money. Only 4% goes for medical supplies. Double that is spent on air travel, and 10 times that on staff salaries and perks. WHO is a bloated, cushy bureaucracy.
Don't confuse WHO with the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders or other organizations delivering care to the sick. On Sunday, Trump's national security adviser Robert O'Brien suggested the U.S. will shift its support to such front-line care.
WHO spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year hosting meetings, paying for business class travel and top hotels, and turning a blind eye when senior staff go "with girlfriends on fabricated missions," according to an AP investigation. Why should U.S. taxpayers, who kick in $450 million a year, the most from any nation, pay for global junkets?
In the AP's latest revelations, WHO's top staff are recorded discussing behind closed doors how China is concealing the virus, while publicly praising China for transparency.
China had mapped the genetic makeup of the virus by Jan. 2 but withheld the information until Jan. 11. Worse, it concealed until Jan. 20 that the virus is contagious, even though Wuhan hospitals were flooded with patients. By the time China locked down Wuhan, some 5 million residents had fled, carrying the disease across the world.
"It's obvious that we could have saved more lives and avoided many, many deaths if China and the WHO had acted faster," explains the University of Washington's Ali Mokdad.
Yet, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus whitewashed China's deception. "The speed with which China detected the outbreak, isolated the virus, sequenced the genome, and shared it with WHO and the world are very impressive and beyond words," Tedros announced on Jan. 30. He called it a "new standard of outbreak response."
The communist standard -- lie and let hundreds of thousands die. The same thing happened when China tried to hide SARS in 2003.
When Trump suspended WHO's funding in April, Tedros pompously lectured: "Don't use this virus as an opportunity to fight against each other or score political points." Tedros needs to look in the mirror.
He's the one playing politics, barring Taiwan from participating in two emergency coronavirus meetings. Taiwan had some of the earliest cases and was the first to tip off the WHO that the coronavirus was likely contagious. But any concessions to Taiwan infuriate Beijing, and that's where Tedros's loyalty lies.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims the president, without Congress's approval, doesn't have the constitutional authority to hold back WHO funding or pull the U.S. from the organization. Let the lawyers haggle over that. Trump's got the big picture. WHO is not worthy of U.S. support. WHO puts politics ahead of the world's health and blows our tax money on travel boondoggles and high living for its staff.
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When John Greenwood, a Catholic priest from Chicago -- and a liberal "child of the 60s" -- suddenly learns that he's a Jewish Holocaust orphan, he asks desperately, what does that make him? Is he Catholic or Jewish? American or German? Who's right, his pacifist mentors, or his newfound family, some of whom died fighting Hitler? Do his liberal beliefs encourage freedom or slavery? Is the real agenda of the United Nations to destroy the Bill of Rights?
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How do I Become a College Registrar?
A college registrar is a person who is responsible for supervising registration processes and handling student records at a college or university. To become a college registrar, a person usually has to complete high school and attend college himself, earning a master's or doctoral degree in a related subject. Additionally, a person who wants to get a job as a college registrar may need experience in an academic-related position and demonstrated administrative skills.
An individual who chooses to become a college registrar handles the registration process for students at a college or university. This may involve processing related requests and providing registration assistance. A person in this field may also handle such things as scheduling classes and maintaining and assessing student academic records. Often, a person in this position also has the job of preparing transcripts, collecting tuition and other school fees, and making sure that a student's financial and academic requirements are met before graduation. This person may also spend part of his time verifying that students have attended or graduated from the institution.
Although employment requirements may vary from college to college, a person who wants to become a college registrar will usually need a graduate-level degree in order to do so. Usually, those who hold these positions have earned master's degrees, and some employers may prefer applicants who've earned Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. Common majors for a person interested in this career include education administration or student affairs. An individual may also pursue a degree in education services or a similar field in preparation for this career.
Besides advanced education, many colleges and universities prefer applicants who have experience in academic-related positions. For example, a person may start out working or even interning in a college registration office and then work up to taking on this position. An individual may also pursue this career after working in an educational institution's financial aid office. In addition to related experience, a person who wants to become a college registrar typically needs good administrative, computer, organizational, and communication skills. Though registration software may help to automate some parts of this job, a person in this position typically needs to be detail-oriented as well.
Often, institutions provide on-the-job training to new registrars. To ensure they are able to perform well in their jobs, people in these positions typically spend a good deal of time staying abreast of policy changes and trends at their institutions. An individual who lands this job may also attend workshops and seminars that help him to learn new processes and streamline procedures.
Discussion Comments
@jmc88 - You are absolutely correct. I have worked in small colleges and I know that when a registrar is needed they crave to have someone that has experience or expertise in the job.
Many times it takes a long time to fill the position, simply because not enough people have appropriate experience or knowledge in the job to have numerous people apply for the position.
Sometimes people with no expertise will be hired because they are capable, but they usually only last a short time until they can find someone qualified to serve the position.
I would suggest anyone wanting to become a registrar should look into small colleges as they are really desperate to find people when the position becomes available.
@cardsfan27 - You are absolutely correct and I know that there are programs at major colleges that train people that want to become registrars at a college or may want to have it on their resume in case the position should ever become available in which the college they work for needs someone for a short time.
I know someone that got training to be a registrar simply to be a backup in case the registrar at the college needed to go on maternity leave.
For the most part I think a registrar needs to be highly qualified, but there are a lot of small colleges that are willing to hire capable people as opposed to highly qualified applicants, simply because it is a line of employment that is so obscure that a college may not have anyone qualified apply for the position.
@Izzy78 - That is true, but colleges seem to want to hire people that they feel are capable at the job and not necessarily have the best qualifications.
The registrar at my college was an admissions counselor before they became a registrar and the only experience they had was simply working for the college and knowing the culture of the campus and being around students.
A registrar to me is seen more as a book keeper and someone that maintains records and does not really require a whole lot of expertise.
I know that this greatly disagrees with the article, but I went to two small colleges and this was the case in both and I am sure it is probably different at larger universities.
When I was a student in college my theater professor told me that when he got out of college for his Masters Degree in Theater they hired his as the registrar of the college.
Seeing how much a registrar does I find this to be incredibly odd that they basically gave the job to someone without any experience whatsoever.
I know that to be a registrar they need an organized and reliable person and my professor did fit the description, but one would think that someone should have some expertise in the subject, or at least have had a job as a student worker with a registrar, to at least have some qualifications for the job.


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Just-Drafted Dodger From Voorhees Beat Childhood Cancer at St. Chris
Devin Smeltzer was not scared.
The Voorhees, New Jersey, native had not yet turned 10 years old, and was diagnosed with a rare form of pelvic bladder cancer. But Smeltzer was a tough kid. The pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma didn't scare him. It just made him angry.
"I was never really scared," he tells Philadelphia magazine. "I was more angry and pissed off in the beginning… it was probably two months of me being a pity party."
But his mood improved as he continued his treatment at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. He steeled himself by focusing on returning to his playtime passion, baseball. Though he missed the entire fourth grade at his South Jersey school, he recovered — and returned to school and the baseball field.
Last month, Smeltzer was selected in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He signed with the team, and is now a professional baseball player. And, he says, he couldn't have done it without the support of the staff at St. Chris.
"St. Christopher's saved my life," he says. "I have relationships with nurses and doctors there and they're my family. I look up to them like any other part of my family."
One of those family members is Margaret "Peg" Mulherin, a registered nurse at St. Chris for more than three decades. ("When I finished nursing school I had a friend who talked me into driving from New Jersey to Philadelphia to come to St. Christopher's," she says. "She stayed a year and I've been here 36.") She says Smeltzer was scared of one thing, but it wasn't the cancer.
"Dev was a nervous wreck," she says. "He had a lost a lot of weight. Kids hear the word cancer they think, 'Jeez, I'm going to die.'… but he hated, hated being in the hospital." But what scared Smeltzer was needles; he had a portacath installed in his arm. "Even though it was numb," she says, "he was always a nervous wreck about who was going to do it, how fast you did it, that kind of thing."
The treatments were tough. Smeltzer describes his ordeals: Two months of chemotherapy. Nine weeks of heavy radiation and chemotherapy. Then chemo for the rest of the year. "It was horrible," Christina Smeltzer, Devin's mom, says. "He was a healthy kid, and it took us all by surprise."
Smeltzer constantly asked the doctors when he'd be able to play baseball again. "When he started to play again, it gave him some normalcy in his life," she says. "It was something that he knew, something that calmed him down. When he started to play again, he just breezed through the rest of his treatment."
On August 12th, 2000, he was declared cancer-free. And Smeltzer was a star once he returned to the baseball field. But it was after he transferred to Bishop Eustace Prep in Pennsauken that he began to really shine. By his junior or senior year, he realized he really could play professional baseball.
"He's always been one of those players that always had the heart to make it as a pro," says Tim Smeltzer, Devin's dad. "It's been an amazing ride."
He was drafted by the Padres in the 33rd round of the 2014 MLB Draft, but turned them down in order to go to college.
He spent a year at Florida Gulf Coast University and struggled his first year, going 1-4 with a 6.19 ERA. But he lit it up in the Cape Cod Baseball League that summer and basically "got too good" before transferring to San Jacinto College in Texas.
He helped his team to the junior college national championship game before losing. He was excited for the draft last month. But your draft slot determines your minimum signing bonus in baseball, and when Smeltzer wasn't called by the third round he had resigned himself to playing another year of junior college baseball.
But when the Dodgers took Smeltzer, they offered to pay Smeltzer over slot — that is, pay him like he'd been drafted a few rounds earlier than the fifth. He accepted, and began training at the Dodgers' Arizona facility. He's pitched nine innings so far as a pro, with a 4.00 ERA.
"Honestly, it hasn't hit me," he said. "It just feels like another summer of summer ball. I think it'll hit me when I don't have to report to school next year. It's been a dream come true so far.… there's a lot of hard work ahead of me but I've been blessed to get drafted by the Dodgers."
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Guy Ben Ner's excellent video Stealing Beauty (2007, about 18 minutes) was featured in an architecture talk that my husband attended. When he came home I was eager to hear about what invited speaker Vito Acconci had to say. The reply? "Forget Acconci, watch this!" In the video the narrative imitates a typical American sitcom, but the artsy twist here is that it's shot in various IKEA stores, without staff permission. Complete with punchy theme music, outifts that coordinate with the showroom sets, and dialogue that centers around the value of money and family, the video is a hilarious performance piece. Rather than commercial breaks to cut up the action, scenes take place in different showroom sets, sometimes in an entirely different store. The transition between spaces reminds one of Borges, the family chatter going on in kitchens folded into other kitchens. When a certain action (dishwashing, showering, watching a porn flick) can't be performed in the store, sound editing fills in. IKEA showroom set as narrative constraint–brilliant! Watching the family perform their lives just like the showrooms perform perfect and desirable furniture sets produces that delicious familiar/strange feeling, and leaves you wanting to run to your local IKEA store with a video camera and a script. Watch Stealing Beauty at UBUWEB.
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Baltic Marine Group has won a tender to build marine gensets for Estonian Navy's mine hunter - EML Ugandi. The contract is to build, supply and install three custom-made marine diesel generating sets to give both electricity on board as well as power the diesel-electric propulsion system for the Sandown-class minehunter.
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New South Wales and Jillaroos fullback Sam Bremner has never been more nervous for an Interstate Challenge ahead of the 2017 edition at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Sunday.
Gearing up for her seventh game for New South Wales, Bremner said a host of firsts for the Dragons Ambassador is the reason as to why she's so on edge – not to mention that the Blues are defending the Interstate Challenge title for the first time in 19 years.
"I was only saying the other night to my husband that I'm extremely nervous. I couldn't stop thinking about football and I try not to do that all week because I don't want to burn out," Bremner said.
"I was trying to pinpoint why my emotions were different this year because I've been doing it for a long time.
"I came to the conclusion that it was on home soil for me which it's never been. It's live on Fox which it's never been and we're coming off the back of winning the title which it's never been.
"It's a first for many and it's adding to my nerves and excitement to play on Sunday."
Exactly eight years ago was the first time Bremner played at WIN Stadium and has been blown away by the development of the women's game ever since.
"I played for Helensburgh Tigers at half-time of an NRL game [eight years ago] and now I'm about to play for New South Wales on the same stage," Bremner said.
"Up until three years ago [the interstate challenge] was on at half-time of an NRL game or on an oval out back of whoop-whoop.
"Now we're a curtain raiser, which helps us get supporters and fans."