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As college-bound minorities take a step toward self-improvement, lenders could be sending them two steps back.
Lenders rely on complex, and at times secret, methods of determining what rate to charge a borrower for student loans. Some lenders, including the credit giant Sallie Mae, look at the borrower's school to find out how many of its students have defaulted on their loans—and then factor that into the equation determining a specific borrower's interest rate. The result may be a significant increase in the interest rate and fees on a student loan based partly on what school the student chooses to attend.
One problem with the use of so-called "cohort default rates," as the U.S. Department of Education calls the statistics it requires schools to keep, is that some racial minorities default on their loans at disproportionately high rates. One analysis of federal data found that black students "had an overall default rate that was over five times higher than white students and over nine times higher than Asian students." Hispanic students defaulted at twice the rate of white students and at quadruple the rate of Asian students.
The result could be a vicious cycle. Schools with high cohort default rates tend to serve disproportionately large minority and low-income populations. Students who attend those schools, in turn, may be charged higher interest rates. The practice, highlighted in 2007 by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, prompted Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., to introduce legislation last summer that would have barred such a practice. It didn't pass, and there is no sign that the credit industry has renounced the method. Congress did, however, order a study of the effect that such practices have on the cost of private student loans.
Practices that have a disparate impact on minorities may violate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, a federal law designed to protect minorities from lending practices that treat minority groups unequally in credit markets.
The problem may be especially acute at schools such as community colleges that have elected not to participate in federal loan programs. Lower income and minority students are more likely to be among the more than 1 million students attending such schools. Student loans are accordingly much less accessible by racial minorities than by whites. Minorities must rely more heavily on expensive private loans and are at the mercy of a lender's fuzzy math.
The stakes for minorities trying to navigate the already tumultuous waters of today's recession are only going up. Defaults among low-income and minority students may rise as a growing number of new college students will be from their ranks because of demographic shifts and their efforts to boost their competitiveness in tight job markets.
The question is how long minorities will be charged more for their education simply because the schools they choose to attend serve more people who look like they do.
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Men's Hockey League Premier Division – 11 November 2017
Scorers: David Goodfield 18-F, Alan Forsyth 25-F, 54-F; Luke Taylor 30-PC, Arjan Drayton Chana 69-F
Squad: Harry Gibson (GK); Luke Taylor, Jonny Gall, Arjan Drayton Chana, Zach Wallace, Gareth Furlong, Alan Forsyth, Brendan Creed, David Goodfield, Nick Parkes, James Gall.
Subs: Lewis Prosser (5″), Rob Farrington (8″), Chris Grassick (Capt.) (8″), Willie Marshall (8″), Sam Spencer (9″)
Umpires: Dan Barstow and Mark Jarvis
Match Official: James Boylan
Surbiton Men maintained their two point lead over second placed Beeston in the Men's Hockey League Premier Division, but had a couple of scares before seeing off a spirited Reading squad at Sugden Road on Saturday evening.
Surbiton led 4-1 with 16 minutes remaining, but Reading scored twice to put Surbiton under pressure before a late goal clinched a 5-3 win for the reigning champions.
Captain Chris Grassick returned to Surbiton's squad in a match which saw both sides come close to scoring early.
In the tenth minute it was Edward Carson who opened the scoring from the left of the circle to give Reading the lead.
Eight minutes later, Surbiton were back on level terms, David Goodfield spinning round before beating former Surbiton goalkeeper, Tommy Alexander.
In the 25th minute, James Gall set up Surbiton's second goal, Alan Forsyth putting away the rebound from Alexander's save into the roof of the net in emphatic fashion.
On the half hour, Luke Taylor's drag-flick from Surbiton's second penalty corner gave Surbiton a 3-1 lead which they held until half time.
The crowd watching in chilly conditions had been warmed up by the quality finishes, but they had to wait until the 54th minute for Surbiton to extend their lead, Arjan Drayton Chana crossing from the right for Forsyth to score his second goal of the game and leave Surbiton apparently cruising with a 4-1 lead.
Teams are sometimes more vulnerable immediately after they have scored and Reading proved the point, replying within a minute, James Carson finding the backboard to give Reading's travelling support optimism for the final fifteen minutes.
And when Reading's leading goalscorer, Ben Boon finished from open play with eight minutes remaining, the Sonning Lane club had even more reason to believe they could take at least a point back to Berkshire.
In the penultimate minute those hopes were finally ended, Drayton Chana scoring from the edge of the circle to complete a 5-3 win in a good game of entertaining hockey.
Beeston beat East Grinstead 5-2 to stay two points behind Surbiton. Holcombe beat Brooklands Manchester University 3-0 and Hampstead & Westminster beat Sevenoaks 6-1 to remain third and fourth respectively.
Wimbledon closed to within a point of sixth placed Reading after their 2-1 home win over Canterbury, who remain bottom of the table on goal difference behind Kent rivals, Sevenoaks.
Surbiton travel to Brooklands Manchester University next Sunday (19 November) push back 2 pm. Brooklands are eighth, three points ahead of both Sevenoaks and Canterbury.

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Tomatino's has been named the "best pizza" in Montgomery county. No joke, when you walk in right next to the register area there is a plaque on the wall asserting to that fact. I was really excited that I was about to get in on the show. Who doesn't enjoy a great pizza? No one I know.
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I checked out their menu online because I am SO bad at making decisions on the fly. I really wanted to study it and know what I wanted before I went in. Good thing too...they were SO busy. I guess I half expected it on a Saturday during the lunch hour, but you always hope when you have a small child that it won't be though. All the booth and table seating in the front was taken so we were situated in the breezeway between the back room and the front. Which was fine, it gave the Wubby people and things to stare at in both directions.
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While I was on my walkabout I noticed a TON of art on the walls, complete with pricing. As I conversed with the hostess/waitress she let me know that ALL of the pieces were original works of art done by the owner's mother. WOW! Pretty awesome. (To protect the fact that they are originals I didn't take additional or close up shots hoping to prevent mediocre copies of her fine work. My decision.)
The inside was humming. People were talking, enjoying their food. Outside was no different. Before we walked in, I asked the folks out front at the bistro tables if this was a good place for pizza. They said they had just been there for the first time last night for dinner. Nuff said. Coming again the very next day was testament enough that I was indeed in the right place for a good pizza pie.
When I asked my all important question, "What are your most popular/most asked for pizzas?" the hostess told me the "Combo" and the "Mediterranean". Before we went, my Mister and I decided we would have the Mediterranean so it was fabulous to hear we'd made a good choice. We looked at the "Combo" ingredients before we went and there was SO much meat on it (Pepperoni, Sausage, Beef, Bacon and Canadian Bacon.), we just didn't think we'd want that heavy of a lunch.
The Mediterranean was RIGHT up my alley. I love the flavors of spinach, red peppers, black olives, artichoke hearts and feta cheese all together. This pizza had all that and MORE!
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It looked great and tasted even BETTER! My Mister is all about meat on his pies (though he agreed the Combo had too much meat for lunch), so he looked at it and said "It looks like a salad on crust." Nice hon. (He also thinks iceberg lettuce is "healthy".) The artichoke hearts and tomatoes gave it such breadth. This pizza didn't need meat with everything it had going on. This conglomeration of veggies TOTALLY holds its own. The sauce was pretty good as sauces go. The crust...the crust is somethin' magical; crisp on the outside, soft on the inside with all the feel of a deep dish crust withOUT all that extra dough goin' on. With the note on the menu that told me "We use organic flours, 100% part skim mozzarella cheese, unrefined sugars & sea salt. Our dough and sauces are made here daily. We prepare our vegetables by hand." Tomatino's was fast living up to its "best pizza" title in my book.
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The IBM System/360 Model 44 is a specialized variation of IBM's System 360 computer architecture designed for scientific computing, real-time computing, process control and Numerical Control (NC).[1]
The Model 44 was announced August 16, 1965 and withdrawn September 24, 1973.[2]
The Model 44 lacked the storage-to-storage character and decimal instruction sets of a standard System/360,[3] however an "extended instruction set" feature was available to provide the missing instructions.[2] The machine featured four unique instructions: Change Priority Mask (CHPM), Load PSW Special (LPSX), Read Direct Word (RDDW), and Write Direct Word (WRDW).[3]:p.73
The system came with four memory sizes: E (32 KiB), F (64 KiB), G (128 KiB), and H (256 KiB), with an access time of 1 μs, which put it closer to the Model 65 (.75 μs) than the Model 50 (2.0 μs).[4]:pp.6-11,6-12[2] Storage protection was an optional feature.[5]:p.9
General purpose registers were normally located in a non-addressable portion of 1 μs core storage termed "bump storage". For added speed, the general purpose registers could be implemented in Solid Logic Technology (SLT) circuitry with an access time of .25 μs.[5]:p.8
A unique feature of the Model 44 was "variable-length precision floating point arithmetic". It had the same short floating-point instructions and long floating-point instructions as the other models in the System/360 line, but it also had a rotary switch on the front panel which could be used to set the precision of long floating-point numbers. The mantissa portion of long floating-point numbers could be chosen as 32, 40, 48, or 56 bits, with 56 bits being the standard value. Whatever the setting, long floating-point numbers still occupied 64 bits in memory (the first eight bits were the sign and the exponent); the setting only led, when it was less than 56 bits, to long floating-point operations ignoring some of the least significant bits of these numbers. This provided an improvement in speed when greater precision was not needed.[5]:p.13
An optional feature provided six external interrupt lines.[5]:p.9
The direct word feature allowed the transfer of a full 32-bit word of information between an external device and main storage. This differed from the standard System/360 direct control feature which transferred a single byte. The Write Direct Word instruction placed the contents of a word in memory as static signals on the 32 direct-out lines and used the I2 field of the instruction as up to eight timing pulses. The Read Direct Word read the 32 direct-in lines into memory and sent the I2 field as timing pulses.[6]:p.5
Write Direct Word ('B4'x): WRDW D1(B1),I2
Read Direct Word ('B5'x): RDDW D1(B1),I2
The direct data channel feature provided a fast, simple data transfer capability. Controlled by standard System/360 I/O instructions and commands, it allowed the connection of external devices that performed word-by-word data transfers with the Model 44 CPU at transfer rates up to 4 MiB/s.[6]:pp.12–16
The priority interrupt feature added thirty-two interrupt levels to the standard five. This used locations '800'x to '9FF'x for the old and new program status word locations. An eight bit interrupt description from the interrupting device was stored in bit positions 24 to 31 of the corresponding old PSW. Bits 16-23 of the new PSW were used as a mask which was XORed with the interrupt description to modify the address from the new PSW, effectively allowing indexing into a jump table for the interrupt according to data sent by the device. The interrupts were numbered from 0 (highest priority) to 31 (lowest); a higher priority interrupt could interrupt processing of a lower priority. A 32 bit Priority Mask Register, set by the Change Priority Mask instruction, could be used to selectively mask interrupts to keep them in pending status until the mask was reset. The instruction could enable levels tagged by 1 bits, disable levels tagged by 0 bits cancel levels tagged by 1 bits, or cancel and enable levels tagged by 1 bits depending on the value of the I2 field. The Load PSW Special instruction was used to exit an interrupt routine resume the next highest priority routine or non-interrupt code.[6]:pp.17–21
Load PSW Special ('B2'x): LPSX D1(B1),I2
I2 was reserved and should be zero.
Change Priority Mask ('B3'x): CHPM D1(B1),I2
The high order two bits of the I2 field were called the mask bit and the cancel bit.
The remainder of the I2 field was reserved and should be zero.
(mask bit) (cancel bit) Function 1 0 Enable levels tagged by 1 bits 0 0 Disable levels tagged by 0 bits 0 1 Cancel levels tagged by 1 bits 1 1 Cancel and enable levels tagged by 1 bits
The Model 44 could support up to one standard and two high-speed System/360 multiplexer channels in addition to integrated adapters for the single disk storage and the console 1052 printer/keyboard.[2]
A unique feature of the Model 44 was its integrated single disk storage drive which used the IBM 2315 cartridge and provided 1,171,200 bytes[5]:pp.5,11 of removable disk storage built right into the CPU. A second integrated drive was available as an option.[5]:p.12 The Model 44 Programming System (M44PS) used this drive as a systems residence device.[7]:p.7
The Model 44 Programming System software included a supervisor, utility programs, assembler, FORTRAN IV compiler, and a library of scientific subroutines.[2]
- ^ an example of using a 360/44 for NC/Numerical Control can be found at http://www.gao.gov/assets/400/393980.pdf
- ^ a b c d e IBM Corporation. "IBM Archives: System/360 Model 44". Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^ a b IBM Corporation (1966). IBM System/360 Model 44 Programming System Assembler Language (PDF).
- ^ IBM Corporation (1974). IBM System/360 System Summary (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e f IBM Corporation. IBM System/360 Model 44 Functional Characteristics (PDF).
- ^ a b c IBM Corporation. Data Acquisition Special Features for the IBM System/360 Model 44 (PDF).
- ^ IBM Corporation (1966). IBM System/360 Model 44 Programming System Concepts and Facilities (PDF).


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does this trainer affect the achievments in anyway?
No he don't.
it works as long as you dont use the ingame health code.
even when you get blown up in a vehicle or fall you still wont die.
Try the basic trainer on the other thread.
Also this trainer on CC won't ever be out for public release. If you want it buy a membership. And NO I am not sending mine.
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Do not take it personal, but I would never spend money for a cheat! It is ok to wait, but this amount of money is ridiculous. 99% of all games get free trainers, only about five games ever are ch-exclusively. That is lame! Be ashamed!
OK, I've asked around a bit and a friend of mine got unlimited. In his opinion (this is now not t blame you, just an info) the trainer is not very good: you can still die because of thounsand thing. Explosions for example, deep falls and some other events. First screen gets black/white, then colorful again but you are dead.
But then making it a bonus file -.-
I originally visited CH a year or so ago and had the same opinion... "Yeah, right. I'm not paying to cheat". However after a few games' trainers came out and I had to wait like a month to get a good quality, non-game-crashing trainer, it made sense. I just happened to sign up for a lifetime membership when it was cheap.
I havent regretted it. CH produces quality trainers. Its up to you, but like I said the waiting time as well as other people's glitchy trainers is why I signed up.
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Matthew 24:6 says, "And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end." Previously I dealt with the first half of this verse, but the second half makes an important statement.
Since wars and rumors of wars must take place, there would be a tendency to think that the end is upon them, but such is not the case. In fact, this warning has been ignored down through church history. Too often many have thought that because of military conflicts that the end of the age has come. 1 With the current war against terrorism in which the United States and Israel are currently engaged, some might be tempted to think that this is a sign of the end. While I do think that we could be near the end of the church age, it would not be for that reason. 2 To what does "that is not yet the end" refer?
I have previously shown that Matthew 24:4–31 covers the time period known as the seventieth week of Daniel or more popularly called the tribulation period. Thus, Christ is telling His disciples that when one sees the beginning of the birth pangs—the first few seal judgments of Revelation 6—then that is not the end of the seven-year tribulation period, but just the beginning. Many more events must unfold before one can "straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near" (Luke 21:28).
It could be possible that America's impending attack on Iraq could set off a series of events that could culminate in the beginning of the tribulation. Let me make it clear: I am not saying that these current events will do that, only that they could! We do not know this; we are still living in the church age, which will end when the rapture takes place prior to the beginning of the tribulation. So no matter what happens in the next few months, they will not be specific events that are prophesied in the Bible; Scripture does not prophesy church age geopolitical events.
The first half of Matthew 24:7 says, "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." Immediately we notice a difference between our Lord's use of "nation" and "kingdom." This is an important distinction, as we will shortly see.
First, I want to examine the usage of the conjunction "for." Does the Greek word gar refer to the preceding or following context? Dana and Mantey tell us in their grammar that gar "may express: (a) a ground or reason, (b) an explanation, (c) a confirmation or assurance." 3 All nuances of the use of gar are what we might call resultant in scope. This would mean that Matthew 24:7 is "introducing a reason" or is "explanatory" 4 of the preceding statement from Matthew 24:6. M'Neile asserts that gar "links the verse with the preceding." 5 This means that Christ is not introducing something totally new in verse 7. It means that the "wars and rumors of wars" of verse 6 are happening because of verse 7. So what is happening in verse 7?
The Greek word for "nation" is ethnos. It simply means "people" or if used of a national group of people it means "nation." 6 Our English word "ethnic" is derived from this Greek word. Since 'ethnos is set against ethnos' in this context, it must mean a "nation," like Canada or Mexico. On the other hand, the Greek word for "kingdom" is basileia. This word simply means "the territory ruled over by a king." 7 James Morison says, "Literally, upon nation. One nation shall rise in its anger to come down upon another." 8 But what is the relationship between nation and kingdom?
At the very least nation and kingdom are synonyms for national entities. However, it appears to me from the context that there is a progression from nation (ethnos) to a confederation of nations that form a kingdom (basileia). Morison says that the notion of kingdom could include "greater communities, or empire, embracing within one political sphere various distinct nationalities." 9 If this is the case, then the passage is saying that nations will be fighting against nations and groups of nations will also be fighting against each other. This would be similar to the alliance during the Cold War where NATO was aligned against the Warsaw Pact. M'Neile says, "The horrors described are not local disturbances, but are spread over the known world; nations and kingdoms are in hostility with one another (not divided against itself, as in Matthew 12:25; Isaiah 19:2)." 10
Preterist Gary DeMar, of course, believes that this was fulfilled in the first century. He says the following:
The Annals of Tacitus, covering the period from A.D. 14 to the death of Nero in A.D. 68, describes the tumult of the period with phrases such as "disturbances in Germany," "commotions in Africa," "commotions in Thrace," "insurrections in Gaul," "intrigues among the Parthians," "the war in Britain," and "the war in Armenia." Wars were fought from one end of the empire to the other. With this description we can see further fulfillment: "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom" (Matthew 24:7). 11
As usual, when one examines the preterist view on a specific matter closely it does not correspond to what the passage is actually saying. Tacitus is describing internal conflict within the Roman Empire, not "nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." Craig Evans notes that this passage speaks of "the expectation of global warfare and chaos…However, there were no major wars prior to the Jewish revolt." 12 Meyer declares: "As for the Parthian wars and the risings that took place some ten years after in Gaul and Spain, they had no connection whatever with Jerusalem or Judea." 13 Commentator, M. F. Sadler is on the mark when he notes the following about the parallel passage in Mark:
If this verse is the sequence of the previous one, then it can hardly refer to the time before the destruction of Jerusalem; for then the Roman power kept the peace of the world. It is consequently explained by many commentators as fulfilled in various local tumults between the Jews who were scattered everywhere, and the various Gentile nations amongst whom they dwelt. But this by no means answers to such expressions as, "nation against nation," and "kingdom against kingdom." They seem rather to refer to such a time as the present, when the civilized world is divided into many separate nationalities. 14
If this was the case one hundred twenty-five years ago, concerning the state of nationalism, how much more are we in that condition in our own day? Sadler adds the following comment at the parallel passage in his commentary on Luke:
I have noticed that these international conflicts seem to look rather to these latter times, when Europe and the adjacent part of Asia and Africa are divided into so many independent sovereignties, than to a time when there was but one great empire, which, as it were kept the peace amongst the smaller nationalities. 15
Taking into account verses six and seven, this passage is describing future events that will take place during the first part of the tribulation. Since Matthew 24:6-7 is parallel to the second seal judgment in Revelation 6:3–4, it is further fixed within Scripture as part of the future time of tribulation. Revelation 6:4 says, "And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men should slay one another; and a great sword was given to him." Thus, early in the tribulation the antichrist is involved in warfare against nations and kingdoms (see also Daniel 7:8, 23-24).
Interestingly senior British diplomat Robert Cooper, who has helped to shape British Prime Minister Tony Blair's view of the world, has written an article that provides insight as to why Blair has been one of U. S. president George W. Bush's strongest supporters for preemptive military action in Iraq. 16 Cooper's view of history holds that for the past few centuries the world has seen the rise of nationalism, which has led to international instability. He believes that we are now in the process of moving toward a time of postmodern internationalism, with global coalitions such as the European Union as the transitional stage. Cooper believes that military force is warranted by the international community when there are renegade states like Iraq that refuse to enter into cooperation with this postmodern arrangement. Cooper explains:
What is the origin of this basic change in the state system? The fundamental point is that "the world's grown honest". A large number of the most powerful states no longer want to fight or conquer. It is this that gives rise to both the premodern and postmodern worlds. Imperialism in the traditional sense is dead, at least among the Western powers. 17
He goes on to say, "The EU is the most developed example of a postmodern system." 18
Since we are in a transition from a pre-modern to a postmodern world, then "The challenge to the postmodern world is to get used to the idea of double standards." 19 What does he mean? Since there are nations like Iraq who will not come willingly into this wonderful new international community, then they have to be dealt with in the old-fashioned way—militarily. Thus, unlike old liberalism, which tends to be pacifistic, the new liberalism is selectively militant. Cooper calls for "a new kind of imperialism" that is built upon economic unity, while dealing militarily with dissent. This is why Cooper concludes his essay with a call for a "cooperative empire, like Rome." 20
It is not surprising to me that as we see the world currently being set for post-rapture events that a European intellectual would call for a revival of the Roman Empire, but with a new postmodern twist. How interesting that the Bible envisions a similar setup during the tribulation under the antichrist. We can see from a proper interpretation of biblical passages that Scripture calls for a future time as described in Matthew 24:6-7. We should not be surprised that the same God who wrote that Scripture is moving to bring its fulfillment to pass, likely in the near future. Maranatha!
1 For an endless supply of examples see Francis X. Gumerlock, The Day and the Hour: Christianity's Perennial Fascination with Predicting the End of the World (Powder Springs, GA: American Vision, 2000).
2 See my views in Thomas Ice and Timothy Demy, The Truth About The Signs of The Times (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1997); or Thomas Ice and Timothy Demy, Prophecy Watch: What to Expect in the Days to Come (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1998), pp. 9–76.
3 H. E. Dana and Julius R. Mantey, A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament (Toronto: The MacMillan Company, [1927] 1955), p. 242.
4 Dana and Mantey, Grammar, p. 243.
5 Alan Hugh M'Neile, The Gospel According to St. Matthew (London: MacMillan, 1915), p. 345.
6 William F. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957), p. 217.
7 Arndt and Gingrich, Lexicon, p. 134.
8 James Morison, A Practical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Mark (Boston: N. J. Bartlett & Co., 1882), p. 355.
9 Morison, Mark, p. 355.
10 M'Neile, Matthew, p. 346.
11 Gary DeMar, Last Days Madness: Obsession of the Modern Church, (Power Springs, GA: American Vision, 1999), p. 79. For a similar view see also Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr., Perilous Times: A Study in Eschatological Evil (Texarkana, AR: Covenant Media Press, 1999), pp. 47–49.
12 Craig A. Evans, Word Biblical Commentary: Mark 8:27—16:20, Vol. 34B (Dallas: Word Books, 2001), p. 307.
13 Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer, Critical and Exegetical Handbook to The Gospel of Matthew, 2 vols. (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1879), vol. 2, p. 130.
14 M. F. Sadler, The Gospel According to St. Mark: with Notes Critical and Practical (London: George Bell and Sons, [1884] 1898), p. 298.
15 M. F. Sadler, The Gospel According to St. Luke: with Notes Critical and Practical (London: George Bell and Sons, [1886] 1911), pp. 527–28.
16 Robert Cooper, "The New Liberal Imperialism," in the Observer Worldview Extra (London: April 7, 2002) at the following Internet address: www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,680094,00.html.
17 Cooper, "New Imperialism."
18 Cooper, "New Imperialism."
19 Cooper, "New Imperialism."
20 Cooper, "New Imperialism."
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I was able to get a couple of the servo/motor models printed to test fit with the model as my actual motors won't arrive for 3-4 more days. All holes and the physical size line up as expected. This will allow me to use these (if I wanted to) to build a still model for display purposes.
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Here is another shot of the modeled/printed motors mated to a couple of the real ones. These are the only real ones I have not in use which is why I needed/wanted to print some for test fitting.
I am always surprised how complex assemblies you can make without having real assemblies That's actually pretty badass Can't wait to see what will you make once we will actually have assemblies.
Thank You. As your aware I am just starting out, only 6-7 months of work at this level. I have some really cool (I think) ideas I want to bring to life. But I still have lots to learn with this software as well as lots more about the topic (Robitcs) that I am modeling.
Right now I am duplicating robots that exist for purchase, but I am adding my own styling/twist to them and making them 3D printable. I hope as I progress with the software as well as when the more advanced features arrive that I can bring my other ideas to life. Currently this wouldn't be possible for me without the feature set that the current production version of Shapr3D has.
I am looking forward to seeing what the assemblies feature set will bring and how it will enhance my models. As mentioned in another post I am hoping to model an RC Helicopter (I used to fly and compete) but I truly think assemblies may be key to that. I am hoping to also make a short video showing some of the movement of the limbs (using screenshots and video software), but this is only a thought at this time.
I just updated to version 2.2.6 and absolutely love the screenshot tool.
Here I have the servo joiners modeled. Here are a couple screenshots of the part as well as them in the assembly.
I've been working on the 3D Printing and test assembly to see if I have everything correct, or at least what I perceive to be correct. During this test fitting I noticed that I needed a way to hold back some wiring or it will be pinched at the joints.
Here is what I have come up with, it is nice and simple. I will print it tomorrow and test fit to see if it is enough.
I was able to test print the wire clamps and install one as a test to be sure it didn't bind up in the knee movement. All worked as I hoped.
I just finished the last connecting part to join the actuator motor to the leg for the ankle and hip areas. You can see there is a spot for a M3 nut to recess on the back.
Here they are added to the assembly. Now I can go back to working on the hip plate, this will allow me to start modeling the housing (body) where the Raspberry Pi 3 with the Arbotix Pro motor controller board.
I received the Dynamixel AX-12A motor actuators today. I prepped them for the installation and started test fitting the parts with the actual motors.
Overall the parts are working/fitting as expected. I have a couple parts I will modify slightly to reduce friction and also allow for wire routing. Below are a few pictures of one of the legs mostly assembled and wired. Again, there will be some changes but part of the process for me is to model, print, test fit, modify, print and test again. And of course repeat as needed.
I haven't abandoned this project. I have been experimenting with the beta (sorry can't disclose it yet). With that said I will at some point in the near future continue to finish this project as I am anxious to see it come to life.
This time of the year I spend a lot of time riding my Harley so this comes after that. And after a recent mention of R/C Helicopters here in the forums I decided I would get back into it, so the last few days I spent assembling 4 kits I purchased, which took some of my time away from this. When the robot is finished I am strongly considering modeling a R/C Helicopter, this should be a challenge for me as there are a lot of parts and then to make it look assembled with Shapr3D should be fun.
Stay tuned as I will be sharing more as mentioned in the near future.
This project is in the works and I do have some more updates, I will share them soon.
So now that I was able to combine workspaces and locate parts (using translate tool) I was able to get the parts I modeled assembled.
Note: The Raspberry Pi model (small computer) is a freely downloadable model and was not created by me. Downloaded from here.
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11 High School Study Abroad Scholarships to Apply to Now
For any high school student, mention scholarship, and you're almost undoubtedly speaking about college. But did you know that there is a whole array of scholarships out there for other educational purposes? Like language learning, advancement in the arts, and yes, even study abroad? If you are a high-schooler who wants to study abroad but worried about finances, (after all, you still have four years of college yet to come!) consider applying for a scholarship before you let "I can't afford it" become yet another excuse.
Quick Tips for High School Study Abroad Scholarships
- Check with your program provider to see if they offer scholarships first. CIEE and Youth for Understanding, for example, offer partial and full scholarships to their students in select programs/countries. This is generally the best place to start your scholarship search.
- Read the small print carefully. Some scholarships cannot be used with another scholarship while others can only be used towards tuition fees, but not towards daily expenses (like room and board). Others still are specific to a region or academic field and you would qualify if you are studying in Japan, for example, but not Mexico. Make sure your scholarship can be used towards your program!
- Apply to as many scholarships as you can! The more you apply for, the more likely you are to win one. Simple logic, right?
Being proactive, aggressive, and organized will help make that study abroad bill feel smaller and smaller and smaller until poof, it's almost gone! Enough of this, let's get to the good stuff. Here are 11 awesome scholarships that help high school students study abroad.
Scholarships for Studying Abroad in High School
After you've found the perfect high school study abroad program, it's time to get your finances in order. Check out these scholarships, but don't end your search here. Be sure to double check other unique scholarship options to your community. Perhaps your place of worship, your local rotary club, or your Mom's coworkers will be sources of extra money to help you pay for your trip!
1. YFU-USA Key Club/Key Leader Scholarship
If you are an active member of your high school's key club, this scholarship is for you! Applicable for travel in nearly 40 countries. Some previous language study may be required to be eligible. Check out the YFU-USA scholarship database for even more funds to help you study abroad as a teen.
- Restriction: Must be a member or alumni of Key Club
- Award: $2000
- More Scholarship Info
- Read reviews of all YFU high school study abroad programs
2. Define Yourself Scholarship
High school seniors who plan to attend college in the following academic year are able to apply for this ongoing monthly scholarship awarded to students just for "Being you!" It is not merit based, but applicants have to create a profile on GoEnnounce about themselves. Students will continue to be considered for the scholarship so long as they keep an updated profile.
- Restrictions: High School Seniors only
- Award: $500
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3. Brandon Goodman Scholarship
Students with at least a 2.0 GPA who complete a 250-word essay about their academic goals and contribution to their community are eligible for this scholarship open to high school and university students studying abroad.
- Restrictions: None
- Award: $300
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4. US State Department Scholarships
The U.S. State Department offers a variety of scholarships for high school students studying abroad, depending on where you study and the focus your program has. Scholarships are competitive.
- Restriction: Scholarships linked to programs
- Award: Varies
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Bonus 3 scholarships!
- The National Language Security Initiative fully sponsors students studying Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajik), Russian and Turkish through one of their programs.
- The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program offers full financial support for students to spend a semester or an academic year in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Thailand, and Turkey, as a participant in the "YES" program.
- For those accepted into The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, the U.S. State Department will provide full scholarships to study abroad in Germany. No previous language required.
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"These merit-based scholarships cover half of the tuition cost for a year or semester program to Costa Rica or Argentina. Candidates must meet the program eligibility requirements for the semester or year program in Argentina or Costa Rica."
- Restriction: AFS Costa Rica and Argentina participants only
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For students studying abroad with CIEE, partial scholarships are available to those in the Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Italy, and Spain programs.
- Restriction: CIEE participants in select countries only
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Participants in the AFS study abroad program to Japan are eligible for a full, merit-based scholarship for the AFS study abroad program in Japan. To apply, you must write four essays based on current prompts.
- Restriction: AFS Japan participants only
- Award: Full scholarship
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- Read reviews of High School study abroad programs in Japan
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No previous Italian language experience/proficiency is required to apply for this AFS study abroad scholarship. The scholarship is not granted based on financial means, but can be combined with AFS' Global Leaders' Need Based Scholarships. Check out the AFS website for more deets.
- Restriction: AFS Italy participants only
- Award: $2,000 USD
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- Read reviews of High School study abroad programs in Italy
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The Halsey Fund scholarship is for a student who could not attend SYA through personal means and is exceptional academically. Awards are based on both merit and demonstrated financial need. The scholarship also includes flight reimbursement for transportation to and from the program. Be sure to also apply for SYA merit scholarships. Programs are in China, Italy, Spain, and France.
- Restriction: SYA participants only
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10. Abbey Road Programs Summer Fellowships & Scholarships
Abbey Road offers two fellowships for their summer programs. Recipients of the Abbey Road Enrichment Fellowship must share their stories from abroad on AbbeyRoad's blog, with the possibility of being featured on their website. The $1000 scholarships are reserved for students pursuing language study in France, Spain, and Italy. There are other additional subject specific scholarships, be sure to check their website.
- Restriction: Abbey Road participants only
- Award: $500 or $1000
- Find out more info on these scholarships
- Read reviews of all Abbey Road study abroad programs
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For participants in SIT's The Experiment in International Living Alumni, several options are available. Students from underrepresented states or regions and/or those who will be the first to participate in the program from their high school qualify for the Geographic Diversity Scholarship.
Students with a family member who is an alumni of the program or looking to do a second year can apply for the Experiment Alumni Family Scholarship; for currently homeschooled students, there is the Home School Student Scholarship; and for those who demonstrate a clear interest in the thematic focus of the program, they can apply for the Thematic Focus Scholarship.
- Restrictions: EIL participants only
- Award: $250 - $3,000
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For high school students studying abroad and looking for scholarships and funding, don't let the long lists of "undergrad only" scholarships get you down – they're out there! Keep your feelers out, use your program as a starting point, and talk to local organizations that support students in your area. You may surprise yourself by finding money to help you study abroad in the most unlikely of places.


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Badge confusion. The front end says RS, the old Rally Sport designation that first appeared on 1967 Camaros, while the back says LT, which presumably means Luxury Trim or Latte Tote or something. It could mean Lifeless Torque, but we'll get to that in a second.
The fact is, the handsome Cruze hatchback, like the Golf, is more of a family capsule than a funmobile. It drives well enough, with okay steering and restrained body motion, the corners absorbed without much drama and the brakes operated by a steady pedal, but there's no joy in it as there is in the Honda and Mazda. Whereas the Golf feels like a little Mercedes, though, the Cruze just feels like a little Chevy.
Granted, it has the lowest base price, but only by $60 from the Honda, which has more upscale cabin trim if fewer actual features. In the Cruze, all the touch points are blah, from the plastic steering wheel to the hard-plastic shifter with its giant and incongruously placed reverse-engagement trigger, a fidget that will distract your fingers constantly. The strange dash fabric echoes the Malibu's and is a novel and interesting flourish—the pattern comprises tiny Chevy bow ties, not fish scales as first thought—but too much hard, deep-grain plastic, as predictable in a Chevy as tomorrow's sunrise, swaddles the cabin. A floppy, ill-fitting headliner threatened detachment at any second, and the trim around the hatchback glass was made of two separate and badly aligned plastic sheets that would look sorry in a Lada. We've seen amazing stuff from the new GM, but mostly on the surface or down in the guts. In between, interiors remain the General's weak point.
Another weak point: that engine! On paper, the 1.4-liter is the limpest of our group, and on the road it's just AWOL. The torque shortage had us lifting the hood to see if the engine was indeed shipped with the advertised turbo. Even mild grades forced downshifts, which provoked moans and vibration from the other side of the firewall but not much thrust. The Cruze refused to be launched, its traction control interceding without invitation. Even at 4000 rpm, the maximum revs the computer allows with the clutch depressed, the engine fell down in a coughing fit when the driver dumped the clutch, producing the slowest zero-to-60-mph time in this test by far. It'd be one thing if the Cruze were the fuel-economy champ, but it finished third, with 26 mpg.
Don't say we're biased against Chevy; a Cruze sedan finished third of five last year in a comparison, albeit against softer targets. And the car has merits, including a spacious back seat and a decent spread of features for the as-tested price, including a power driver's seat, heated front seats, and a seven-inch high-speed touchscreen with Android and Apple compatibility. But the second-most-expensive car in this test still feels the cheapest, and that's a problem.
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2019 Upcoming Events
Painting for Pups Event | December 9, 2018
LeAnn Oman of LeAnn Oman creations will lead painters in making a beautiful winter scene. No experience necessary. Guest musher painter will be Ryan Redington.
Whiskeys of the World | January 18, 2019
Mark your calendars for the 2018 Whiskeys of the World Event! Join us on Friday January 18th for this event! Mingle with mushers while tasting 5 top shelf whiskey's and 5 made-from-scratch small plate food offerings.
Past Schedule of Events from Beargrease Race Week 2018
Once the 2019 Race Schedule is finalized, the below will be updated.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Cutest Puppy Contest | January 20, 2018
Cutest Puppy Contest at the Fitger's Complex in Duluth. Registration begins at 11 am and the viewing and voting is from 12-2pm, with awards at 2:30pm.
Cub Run | January 20, 2018
Novice mushers ages 3 to 14 compete in scaled down version of the race (1 to 2 miles). Silver Creek Town Hall, Two Harbors, MN. Musher check in at noon, first mushers take off at 1:20. Spectators encouraged.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
BEERgrease at Glensheen! | January 26, 2018
We have partnered up with Glensheen and Canal Park Brewing for the first ever BEERgrease! This inaugural event will take place at the premiere House Museum in Minnesota and we'll enjoy culinary creations and BEERgrease Beer from CPB. (Basically-we just wanted an excuse to kick-off Beargrease Weekend with an EPIC party). Join us for food, tours and of course…beer & bonfires:
$40, advanced registration required. Includes tour of the historic mansion or snowshoe tour of the grounds. 5:30 pm.
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Vet Checks | January 27, 2018
Vet Checks for teams at Camp 61 in Beaver Bay, MN. Starting at 8:00 AM.
Graveside ceremony by the burial site of John Beargrease, Beaver Bay, MN / 12:00 PM.
Social: Cash Bar & Silent Auction | January 27, 2018
Everyone is welcome to Social Hour from 3:30-5:30 at Superior Shores. Grab a soda or cocktail from the bar and peruse the Silent Auction, all proceeds will support the Beargrease. Many mushers and handlers will be coming in from their Vet Checks, as well as the judges, vet teams, families and friends – it's a great time to gather and celebrate all things Beargrease!
Opening Ceremonies Dinner | January 27, 2018
Dinner Requires Ticket in Advance of $18
Dinner begins at 5:30, advanced tickets required. Cost is $18 per person. We will be carb-loading the mushers with an array of pasta (choice of red or white sauce), salad, and dessert. The Bib Draw and formal program begins after dinner.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Race Start | January 28, 2018
11:00 AM Race Start
Hwy 2 State Trail access lot. Shuttle busses are also available and begin transporting spectators at 8:30 AM from Lake Co Fairgrounds, on Hwy 2 in Two Harbors. Race Headquarters is being housed at Superior Shores Resort – stop by to check out the Silent Auction items and see the standings.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Mid-Distance Race Finish | January 29, 2018
Mid-Distance race finish at Trail Center Lodge, on the Gunflint Trail in Grand Marais, MN. (Finish times vary – first mushers in, typically starting around 7 AM?)
Mid-Distance Finishers Awards Banquet | January 29, 2018
Mid-Distance Banquet will be held at Skyport Lodge at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at Skyport Lodge or online. Advance registration is advised.
Marathon Teams Layover | January 29, 2018
The Marathon teams will be on layover at Grand Portage Lodge and Casino on January 29.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Marathon Race Finish | January 31, 2018
Marathon race finish at Billy's Bar in Duluth, MN. (Finish times vary – first mushers in, typically starting around 7 AM?)
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Marathon Finishers Awards Banquet | February 1, 2018
Marathon finishers and awards banquet at Superior Shores Resort. 11:00 AM . Cost is $15, advanced registration required.


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26 November 2014: Consultation on the Review of the MPs' Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has today launched its consultation on the MPs' Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses ("the Scheme").
IPSA reviews the Scheme regularly to ensure that the rules and budgets remain fair, workable and transparent. As with previous reviews, IPSA is keen to hear from the public, MPs and other interested parties on the matters raised, and any other amendments that people think necessary.
IPSA's Chair, Sir Ian Kennedy, said today:
"While the Scheme is operating well, we are considering a few minor adjustments to help to ensure that the rules continue to work well in the new Parliament.
"We are consulting on necessary changes relating to MPs' staff pensions to ensure that the Scheme complies with pension auto-enrolment legislation; a minor amendment to ensure consistency and clarity regarding subsistence claims for MPs' staff; and clarifying the requirements on MPs when starting, ending or amending a lease for rental accommodation or an office.
"I am keen to hear as many views as possible as part of this year's consultation."
The consultation is launched today and runs until 18 January 2015. The consultation document is available via this link to the Consultations page of our website.
Responses to the questions in the consultation can be sent by email, or by post. The responses received will inform any changes that IPSA makes to the Scheme.
The new edition of the Scheme will come into effect in the new financial year beginning on 1 April 2015, with some changes taking effect the day after the General Election.
For more information, please contact Greg Tinker on 020 7811 6490.
Notes to Editors
- The current Scheme (which covers the 2014-15 financial year) is available on IPSA's website: www.theipsa.org.uk


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Christina Lai
i love her shes is my hero
She is very nice and helpful and cares a lot for the students
Ms. Lai is definitely a very fun teacher to have but I haven't learned a thing in her class that's actually related to science. As a student who's struggling, she's only made me feel worse about myself and favours the smarter students.
She is an amazing teacher and a nice, honest person who is sympathetic and cares for students. Only thing bad thing she does is mark somewhat difficulty, and also her intolerance for gum. Get on her good side and you will have an amazing course!
u just need to be nice to her and talk to her a lot, she favors a lot of kids. her tests r really hard and she never actually teach the lesson
Ms Lai is the best teacher ever. She is funny, insightful and knowledgeable. We miss you. Come back soon!!!!
I LOVED LOVED LOVED HER. She is amazing. She has a beautiful soul and was my favourite teacher at Earl Haig. Her class was lessons more than just science...yeah, we didn't focus on science as much as we should have...but I always looked forward to going to her classes. She just lights up the entire room and she's so quirky and funny and unique and very very special. She is definitely a teacher to remember with a great heart!
All i can say is she is wonderful !!!! She is such a funny teacher and really nice. If you have her you are so lucky !!!!
I LOVE MS LAI.she's so friendly and outgoing! though, i don't think she knows the optics chapter very well...
She's one of the best teachers I've ever met in my life. She tries to teach us in the easiest way we can understand, and her random stories are always interesting too! Her stories about her daughter are so hilarious. XDD Treats everyone fairly, and she even tries to help solving our personal problems. Once again, I think she's one of the greatest teacher at Earl Haig! :]
She's the best teacher I've ever had. She teaches well, treats students very equally and has a really easy-going personality. If you have any problem or something that you don't get in class, ask her, and she'll explain it in great details and you'd definitely be able to achieve a good mark. You're really lucky if you get her as a teacher. :)
She teaches well, and treats everyone fairly. Her classes are a LOT of fun to attend. I really hope that she'd come back soon!! SHES THE BEST. : )
Ms. Lai is AWESOME. Not only that, she's been around the world all over the place and you can talk to her about anything. Especially grade 10 course placement. Ask her about the really long life speech and tell her that a student named Eugene told you.
I thought her classes were always pretty fun and she doesn't talk to students in a condescending way. She doesn't take anything from anyone but she treats everyone fairly.
SUPER DUPER i took enriched science just to get her again, and i was so upset when i didnt. just make sure when she gives class work you do it, finish it and then do what ever. and participate in class because she loves ppl who does.
good teaching....but she cries at the drop of a PIN!
She is practical. Her tests are hard (make sure to give reasons equal to the amount of marks the question is out of. Don't repeat your reasons). She talks openly about taboo subjects which is interesting.
u really don't learn anything from her personally.. its always overhead notes and textbook work.. she never teaches the class. Projects should be VERY creative and study well in advance for tests and quizzes
ehhh being creative is a big part of your marks with her
w/e man...she's the best teacher ever...she knows students...
Super nice and funny. She'll let you do other class work in class even if you have to do something for her class. Overall she is the best teacher EVER
got her for only 3 or 4 wks durin' Gr.9, a very great teacher nevertheless :)
Mrs. Lai is the nicest teacher you will ever meet. Extremely helpfull even classes that she doesn't teach you.
can't believe how important artistry is to her... very elementary


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Junior is out of the nest now and able to fly quite well. He's sticking pretty close to his mum, loudly whining and begging for food. Here she is feeding him:
There's a certain behaviour I've seen them engaging in - it's really strange. Junior gets over next to his mum and then rolls over onto his back, wiggling his feet in the air and calling out. I finally got a couple of photos of this. They're not the best quality (I was shooting from quite a distance) but you can see in this one (below) Maggie standing over Junior, who is on his back (the white you see is the underside of his tail).
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In this next photo (below), Maggie seems to be pecking and prodding at Junior. I'm not sure if she's trying to get him up, or if she's going after some kind of parasite (possibly a leech)?
Here she is standing over him, and rolling him onto his side (he wasn't cooperating, just flopped there like a sack, with her tugging at him).
Finally he's rolling back onto his feet, with Maggie apparently grabbing at his legs from the right hand side.
I've seen both parents nudging and pecking at Junior - sometimes one or the other, sometimes together. Maybe they are removing parasites, but it actually looks more like Junior is throwing some kind of temper-tantrum and they're just trying to get him to stop it.


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Hiking and skiing the Rockies with my daughter — Colorado style
Traveling is not something I'm accustomed to, but my oldest daughter lives in Colorado.
Traveling is not something I'm accustomed to, but my oldest daughter lives in Colorado.
Even to call this a run is misleading: for many of us doing the race, the best that can be achieved is a steady walking pace up the slope and a cautious slow jog on the way down.
Being on a ski hill on a nice summer day sounds idyllic until you realize you're not there for the scenery but to complete a potentially gruelling five to seven kilometer run, up and down the hill and complete the obstacles, many of which will be located in mud.
I am at the midpoint in my training towards the five-kilometre Spartan Race and its 20 or so obstacles with my daughter Bryn.
Chad Ronalds is preparing for a Spartan Race in Montreal this summer. You can read each installment in his journey by clicking here. As I prepare for my first Spartan Race event – a five kilometer run with 20 obstacles – I realize that thinking I'm in reasonable shape for […]
So here we are, a brand new year, full of hope and promise, unblemished as is only possible at this early juncture, time to make some new habits. But who has the time?


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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Collage Storybook
playing around with the collage story book at http://www.houseof3.com/ took me awhile and with some help from my sister, but i finally figured out how to use it and i love it. photos taken by linda wiley.
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Just a quick note regarding our weekend in Indy. Yats--prices still dirt cheap at $5 per plate but a very limited menu. I am a huge fan of etouffee--special was spinach and mushroom. Taste was good but the ratio of entree to rice was off--not nearly enough rice (if you can believe it)compared to amount of etouffee. We would eat there again.
Tavola di Tosa--highly overrated! We decided it was more of a place to be seen than anything else. The menu was 100% yuppie (and I hate that word but there's no other appropriate term). I had the rigatoni with cauliflower, pine nuts and raisins--pasta was cooked well but no flavor to the dish. Hubby had pasta rags with lobster---again, no flavor. Will not return.
Cafe Patouche (not sure about the spelling) on 49th and Pennsylvania. Absolutely wonderful breakfast. Daily special omelette was bacon, horseradish and gouda--excellent. Portions were perfect. Crowded but the line moved quickly. Serve yourself coffee while you wait.
By the way, I love this board. Thanks for all the recommendations!


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Fostered or Forgotten is a Teen Vogue series about the foster care system in the United States, produced in partnership with Juvenile Law Center and published throughout National Foster Care Month.
"When I leave my foster parents' house, the whole weight of the world is on my shoulders to provide for myself," Lanitta Berry, an 18-year-old senior at Rocky River High School outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, tells Teen Vogue. "If I make one wrong move, then a lot of stuff can get messed up, so I'm mentally preparing myself for the long run."
At 13, Lanitta was twelve weeks pregnant and worried about her safety and that of her unborn baby. Lanitta says she stayed with her older sister for a few days, and then she entered into the foster care system, first staying in a shelter for teen moms for over a year, and then moving into a foster home with her baby, Violet, where she has been ever since.
"I think it's best that I stayed in foster care and my life has been better," says Lanitta. "If I would have gone back, I don't know what would have happened honestly."
Across the United States, around 437,500 children like Lanitta are in America's foster care system, according to the most recent figures. Some children enter into the child welfare system as the result of either abuse or neglect. After a report comes in to the child welfare hotline, an investigator will examine credible cases. If the investigation finds that a home is unsafe for a child and that the risks are too severe to be addressed while the child is in the home, that child will be sent into foster care.
Once in foster care, children are either placed with relatives, with foster parents, or in group care, which places youth in government-run or contracted facilities. In 2016 over 17,000 young people aged out of foster care without the state finding them a family to live with. Foster care in the United States is made up of a vast network of federal, state, and county child welfare systems, which are plagued with problems, including a lack of funding and resources, a shortage of foster parents, and accusations of race and gender discrimination.
The lack of sufficient funding and support has led to alarming statistics concerning the well-being of foster alumni. According to the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, an organization committed to helping those leaving foster care and now part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, more than one in five former foster youth become homeless after age 18. One in four young people become involved with the criminal-justice system within two years of leaving foster care. Seventy-one percent of young women who age out of foster care become pregnant by age 21. Just 58% of foster youth graduate from high school by age 19, and fewer than 3% complete a four-year college degree by age 25.
"Foster kids aren't readily visible in our communities. They're politically powerless. There's no lobby advocating for foster kids in a big way," Sandy Santana, executive director of Children's Rights, an organization that uses the court system to bring about change in the child welfare system, tells Teen Vogue. "The lack of attention, public will, and political power means that in times of crisis or in times where governors need to balance budgets, the child welfare system sometimes suffers the brunt of that and gets less funding."
In large part due to more surveillance and what some believe is racial discrimination against black families, black children are overrepresented in foster care and face significantly worse outcomes during and after their time in the system. About 75% of all reported cases are for neglect, a much more subjective determination than abuse, where biases along lines of race and class can play a role.
"What we've seen in the system is that African-American kids in particular get reported more often because of a lot more surveillance in poor communities than in rich communities. A lot of these referrals come from law enforcement, schools, and hospitals," Tracey Feild, director of the Child Welfare Strategy Group at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, tells Teen Vogue. Once they're in the system, children of color, especially black kids, are more likely to stay in foster care longer, reenter the system more often, and be placed in group care. They're also more likely to age out of care without finding a permanent family than white kids in foster care.
Foster youth, particularly those of color, also face significant stigma in their daily lives. "I think it's a blessing but also a curse to have foster care in my life," Lanitta, who is African-American, says. "When people interact with me in the foster care system, they probably look at me as another case number, or as, 'Oh, that's another pregnant black kid in care,' instead of, 'Oh, that's Lanitta, and that's her daughter, Violet.' "
Girls in foster care are also disproportionately vulnerable to sexual abuse, and LGBTQ youth are disproportionately vulnerable to abuse and discrimination.
Mark, 26, says he remembers being mistreated by his foster parents for his queer identity. "I didn't come out. It just happened that my foster mom found out through social media and then it was a big ordeal. It was a fight rather than a coming out celebration," Mark, who grew up in California, tells Teen Vogue. "I would be grounded just for being queer. My foster parents would make little remarks like, 'You're not going to get a good job.' 'You might die sooner.'"
The foster care system offers little support when youth age out of care at 18 or 21, depending on the state. Currently finishing his masters in social work, Mark struggled to finish his associates degree while homeless for a couple of years after he aged out of a housing program in California for former foster youth. Lanitta's daughter, Violet, is now four, and they will live together in their foster home until Lanitta graduates from high school. This fall, Lanitta will attend the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and with the help of a scholarship for former foster youth, will have to provide for both herself and Violet while studying full-time.
It's also difficult for foster youth to graduate high school and prepare for adulthood when they are forced to move frequently with little warning or support. Even under such difficult circumstances, some foster youth attend college and find scholarships to fund their educations. Jackie Robles, an 18-year-old freshman at Cal State University, Long Beach, managed to graduate high school on time and apply to 13 colleges, even though she was transferred to several housing placements after leaving her grandma's care at age 16.
"I've gone to a school in another state, I've done online school, and I've been in a continuation high school. I had to switch high schools at least five times," Jackie tells Teen Vogue. "Because I went to so many schools, my transcripts were just a mess and I wasn't getting the credit for some of the classes I already took."
According to advocates, the best way to solve America's foster care crisis is to fund preventative measures to keep kids out of state care in the first place. States also need to invest in developing greater numbers of staff and foster parents from a wider set of racial backgrounds and geographic locations. While serious challenges remain, there have been some significant victories in foster care advocacy. The Family First Act, signed into law in February, provides incentives for states to keep kids out of foster care, and to favor family homes over group facilities. Lawsuits have also helped bring reform. Children's Rights has pursued lawsuits to help overhaul foster care in states including Texas, Connecticut, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
The young people Teen Vogue spoke with are committed to advancing the rights and visibility of foster youth. "Every time I have a chance to speak out, I do, because one thing that Americans don't understand is that every problem that we see is systemic. Every single problem that we see is connected to each other somehow," Lanitta says. "People say, 'Youth are our future, our prosperity.' But what are we doing to make sure that all youth have a great foundation and they can be built up in a healthy manner?"
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I have not posted anything for so long!! My regular day job has been busy and I have been working on something new and exciting.
For now, the reason I changed my blogs name… I was never really 100% happy with the first name I chose. I have never been great at naming anything really including pets and apparently blogs too.
The new name I feel works with me better and shows who I am a bit more. I like the word 'delve'. It's generic dictionary description is something like this:
to search for information about something
to reach into a bag, container, etc. in order to find something
My interpretation goes something like this:
to go searching for something you especially want
And well, I love looking for interior products, new designs and idea's so this just seemed to 'fit' a bit better.
More news to come…


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[Originally written on this date in 2004]
After recovering from the previous evening's festivities, we managed to drag ourselves out of bed, get dressed and drive up to Newark in order to catch the PATH into the City. The weather was rather favorable which was nice, as walking in the extreme cold or while it is raining really kills the joy of it all, but thankfully that was not the case. During the train ride, we had one of those obnoxiously loud conversations about dead bodies and what not. The lady that was sitting across from us looked absolutely horrified.
Once in the City, we hoofed it up Church to Canal where we encountered much pedestrian traffic, most likely due to the fact that people were out shopping for the impending holiday. Having plenty of experience with moving among said traffic, Jon took my hand in his and we just pushed our way through the people. At last we arrived at Unimax, where I brought out the list I had made and set straight to purchasing: 16g captive bead rings that would eventually find their home in my ears, 4g black acrylic CBR's to match the other I already have, 4g red acrylic skull claws, and 14g spikes that would be worn with new short labret studs in my bottom lip and vertical labret.
Even though it had only been a few weeks since I stretched my septum, I decided to buy a 2g taper and 2g red acrylic plug so I would be prepared when the hole was ready to stretch again. Lastly I would like to note that I paid wholesale on all of above mentioned items, which brought my total to $25 and was fairly reasonable, but Jon picked up the tab anyway.
Went across the street to grab some hot dogs and sodas from one of those sidewalk vendors and headed for the train, as we wanted to leave the City before the sun went down. On the ride back, these guys just would not stop staring at us. People are severely lacking in manners these days, and the staring thing is getting real old, and completely unnecessary. In fact, Jon decided to make loud remarks about their clothes, hair, facial features and anything else he could think of while staring straight at them. People turned to look at them and I burst out laughing as they became the center of attention and were visibly embarrassed. Jon smiled broadly and took my hand, ensuring to give them a good glare as we got off.
Upon our return to his house we set about changing for that evening's festivities, which included wearing some of the newly acquired jewelry. Hair was quiffed, clothes sorted to coordinate, boots polished, silver in just the right places and I find myself staring into the eyes of an amazing human being, wondering how I got to be so lucky. We smoke and do shots – for once those are the only substances we partake of before getting into the Chevy, surf tunes on high volume as it takes to the highway.
Arriving in Asbury, he parks the Chevy a block over from the Lanes and we take a moment to wet or whistles with whiskey, a flask finding its way into a pocket inside his coat. He smiles and produces a comb to tidy up our hair, which leads to several minutes of groping and kissing like we're teenagers trying not to get caught.
We hadn't been to the Lanes on a Saturday night, and I must say that I was kind of surprised to see plenty of people were already there and the band was swinging. We bowled on lane 13 for a while, though due to our intoxicated state, neither of us did very well. At some point I was struck by hunger, so we paused the game and hit up the snack bar. Cheap food is always good, and I dined on this delicious chicken sandwich with a side of nuclear fries and onion rings. After finishing up our game, we returned the shoes and drank the contents of the flask while Crimson Ghost Society played. They do surf versions of Misfits tunes, so it is all instrumentals with no vocals and it was awesome.
Cocktails were purchased from the bar and after downing them Jon brings me outside because he said he needs some air. We wander down to the beach where he tells me he is having a great time and I concur. He uses the moment to take me in his arms and drown me in kisses, which makes me so happy I could burst. Then he says those words again while holding my face in his hands, though this time I say it too and the expression in his eyes is priceless.
Upon returning to the Lanes, we are excited to see Gein and the Graverobbers on stage. Drunken dancing ensued because Jon insisted that we could not just stand there like everyone else, and we managed to clear a small area that caused some people to gripe. The band was into it and encouraged others to move to the beat, so eventually there were two other couples that joined us and it was amazing.
The last thing I remember was the dark highway and falling asleep on his arm. Then a sweet voice quietly roused me from my slumber by saying: "Hun wake up, we're home."
Needless to say, after all we did that day, we were quite happy to pass out.


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|Source: http://rotaryeltahrir.org/
Liberation Square is the focal point of life in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, as the surrounding area is packed with some of Egypt's most prominent buildings. Buildings such as:
- the Egyptian Museum, which was tragically looted during the protest last week,
- the National Democratic Party (NDP) Headquarters,
- the Mogamma government building,
- the Headquarters of the Arab League
- as well as the original downtown campus of American University.
|Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12340082
The square is of such national importance one national newspaper is quoted as saying "whatever happens in Tahrir Square immediately becomes a national concern" The square has also been the a traditional staging ground for Cairenes with grievances against the government, an examples being the bread riots of 1977 or more recently protests against the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
|Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/01/ahdaf-soueif-egypt-protests


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A stylish cap that can be worn at any time, but which in seconds can be turned into protection against biting and stinging insects.
The netcap protects your whole head and, because it includes underarm cords (which pulls the net down) your neck is also protected.
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Officers of the Kogi State Police Command have on Wednesday morning besieged and sealed the State House of Assembly complex on the order of the National Assembly following the lingering leadership tussle that has bedeviled the house in the last three months.
The development which took the workers of the state assembly by surprise follows the failure of the Assembly to resolve its crisis and the order by the senate that the House be sealed.
Speaking on the seal-off, Mr Aliyu Akuh, deputy to the embattled speaker Momoh-Jimoh Lawal said the crisis remained unresolved as earlier directive to return to status quo ante by the House of Representatives was ignored by the five members.
"What happened with five members seeking to impeach a speaker in a house of 20 members is an aberration, unheard of and more so that some members' names and signatures were forged and included as being part of them.
"We had to go to the higher authority which is the National Assembly vested with the constitutional powers to intervene in such situations. The House of Representatives ordered the seal-off and it was concurred by the Senate," he said.
On its part, factional speaker, Alhaji Umar Imam described the seal-off as illegal saying that for the National Assembly to have gone ahead to seal-off the assembly in spite of the fact that the matter was pending in court was tantamount to illegality.
It was gathered that the road leading to the complex was barricaded by armed policemen who subjected staff of the assembly to scrutiny and only allowed them entry upon confirmation they that they were staff.