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Catalogue No: SCORED49With Paul Baker as Napoleon, Anastasia Barzee as Josephine and David Burt as Talleyrand, this production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in October 2000AVAILABLE ONLY AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD5 tracks available for downloadFor Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Fiji,Papua New Guinea & other Oceanic territoriesclick here: For all other available territoriesclick here: streaming from our® channel, or listen now on Spotify®:As the story sweeps from palace ballrooms to the sumptuous coronation at the cathedral of Notre Dame, from the beautiful rose garden at Josephine's Château de Malmaison to the shattering climax on the battlefield of Waterloo, NAPOLEON sets a spectacular tale of ambition alongside one of the world's most passionate, tempestuous and ultimately heartbreaking love stories.Book & Lyrics by Andrew SabistonBook & Music by Timothy WilliamsCast: Napoleon - Paul BakerJosephine - Anastasia BarzeeAnton - Jody CrosierThérèse - Sarah IngramTalleyrand - David BurtEnsemble: Heather Davies, Kristin Hellberg, Oliver Marshall, Anita Pashley, Nicholas Pound, Nigel Richards, Tom Sellwood, Louisa Shaw, Mark Stobbart and the Maida Vale SingersDirector - Francesca ZambelloOrchestrations - Jonathan TunickSound Design - Martin LevanMusical Supervision - Seann AlderkingMusical Direction - David Charles AbellCD produced by Seann Alderking and Martin LevanRecorded at Angel Studios, LondonMixed at Red Kite Studios, Llanwrda, Wales
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It seems that I've built one too many Featherweights over the last two years I've been building; now in to build number four, and this time, something that's not an axe, but something that's going to be entirely a lot more work, but entirely more effective in full combat (I hope!)
Introducing... Sawcerer! This is an overhead saw style bot, notably similar to the US robot MegatRON from which it takes a large influence.
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The chassis of the bot is all new, but I have designed it around recycling parts from the spares boxes of both Broadax and Broadax 2. As a result, its designed around the same 4248-based brushless drive, powered entirely by VESC 4.12 and/or FOCBOX ESCs as I have both to hand. Given how well this drive system worked in Broadax 2, I've taken over the exact same system with the 6:1 MOD1 single-stage gearboxes as well. This time around though will be aiming for 5s for the battery sizing to give the drive some extra kick.
The wheels are 125mm unlike the 80mm ones in both Broadax builds and Battleaxe. I've ordered some 'standard' castors to build around, though eventually, these will be on custom hubs and cast wheels, much like Broadax 2. This will be done after it's working though so as to not give myself too much to do at once to get it rolling.
The weapon is intended to be powered by a spare 5060 I have lying around that was for Broadax, though weighing up swapping that for a sensored 50xx motor given I'm using VESCs, thus I have the option!
Finally, the arm is to be powered by one of the converted-to-brushless Gimson gearboxes that were used for drive in Broadax 1, then into a MOD2 stage to give a total 65:1 ratio. I have however made provision in the internal sizing if I need to swap this out for a P60 or something else later, depending on how well this works.
The wedge design is designed to be interchangeable, but for the initial build will come in one style, the dustpan with forks design. I have however designed the forks to be bolt-in such that I can change the configuration as needed from short to long to none if required.
I will need to have custom pulleys made for the belting from the weapon motor, which sits inside the chassis, onto the arm shaft, then from the arm to the saw shaft, as nothing I could find off-the-shelf will meet exactly what I need here. Essentially I don't want to expose either the arm or weapon motors to the outside to shield from damage. Through the wonders of 3d printing, I have started to make prototypes to check sizing on everything, which I will have to eventually machine for the finished article.
Further parts are arriving shortly, hopefully over the Christmas break it can be fully assembled at least in prototype, ready for next years robot combat season.


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Take a Walk, Read a Book, Have an Adventure! Read the children's book, The Diggers by Margaret Wise Brown, posted along the outside walking path. Enjoy a reading experience in nature! If it is too hot, come inside and cool off while walking and reading, Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard. The inside StoryWalk is located along the windows near the children's area. All ages.
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Man killed in Beloit, police search for suspect
Victim died of gunshot wounds Sunday
BELOIT, Wis. — Beloit police are searching for a man they say shot and killed a man Sunday morning.
Police are looking for Tevon Marley, 28, who is wanted on a charge of first-degree intentional homicide.
Police said Ricky Sims, Jr., 19, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the 700 block of Merill Street in Beloit at 11:22 a.m. Sunday.
Sims died during surgery at Beloit Hospital. He was from Chicago.
Police said the shooting happened on the north side terrace on Merrill and Sims was found in a nearby yard. Police report Sims and Marley did not have any connection to this location and had been in two separate vehicles before the shooting.
Marley is also a suspect in an attempted homicide that occurred on April 5. His last known address was in Harvey, Ill.
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While doing photo research yesterday to bring you this retrospective on The Many Bags of The Olsen Twins, one thing became starkly apparent: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are ahead on...well, basically everything. Looking through pictures of them from 2007 wasn't a trip back in time like it normally would be when dissecting a celebrity's style; five years ago, they were both dressing like every single fashionable girl I know dresses today, and they were getting called trolls for it. Little did we know, they were just paving the way for the rest of us.
The Olsen Twins have a tendency to do the same when it comes to handbags. They were the first to carry the crazily popular Alexander Wang Rocco Bag, way back when it was called the Coco, and they were also among the first to rock the Proenza Schouler PS1 and Celine Luggage Tote. Their appreciation for a vintage Fendi crocodile tote caused the brand not only to reissue it, but also to dub it the Fendi Twins Tote. And that's not even counting their gorgeous, obscenely priced bags for The Row. Check out all of that and more after the jump.
A Proenza Schouler PS1 AND a Celine Luggage Tote? At the same time? Two years ago, long before the Celine bag had hit critical mass? Nicely done, Mary-Kate. The PS1 can be had for $1995 via Net-a-Porter.
Just for good measure, it's also important to have a Proenza Schouler PS1 in python, for days when Mary-Kate's feeling extra fancy. $3645 via Barneys.
What if you're craving black python, but not Proenza? Mary-Kate's Chloe Python Paraty might do the trick. It's all yours for $3820 via Net-a-Porter.
If there's one thing both sisters agree about, it's Balenciaga. Here's Ashley, many moons ago, carrying a bicolor Balenciaga City Bag. Similar bags can be found via Neiman Marcus.
Mary-Kate once made a nearly destroyed pistachio green Balenciaga bag famous, but this burgundy version of the Balenciaga City Bag is in slightly better condition. Barneys has a similar option for $1545.
Sometimes, though, the Olsens need a little more storage space. That's when Mary-Kate opts for her Balenciaga Work Bag. $1695 via Neiman Marcus.
The Olsens have never been huge Chanel aficionados, but Mary-Kate's Chanel Classic Flap in bright red is definitely worth noticing. You can't buy 'em online, but contact Chanel at 800-550-0005 for purchase info.
Mary-Kate also had a black patent Chanel Cabas back when they were the thing that everyone had to have. That other bag she's holding? Oh, just a vintage Hermes Kelly.
Speaking of Hermes, check out this totally bananas vintage Hermes Constance in green crocodile.
And yet another black vintage Hermes Kelly, this time on Ashley's arm.
On the opposite end of the Hermes size spectrum, this giant tan Hermes Birkin positively dwarfs Ashley.
And then, of course, there are the bags that the Olsen Twins have made famous, starting with the Alexander Wang Rocco, which had people salivating six months in advance when the twins started sporting the very first version of the design. You can rock it yourself for $875 via ShopBop.
And then there was the Fendi Twins Tote, which was a vintage piece that Fendi started making again after all the interest that the Olsen Twins generated in it. You can see its influence in one of Ashley's favorite bags from The Row. The Twins Tote is no longer made, but you can shop Fendi via Neiman Marcus. (We really recommend you take a look at the brand's brand new 2Jours Tote).
Speaking of The Row, the Olsen Twins clearly draw inspiration from some of their favorite pieces in their personal collections, particularly vintage bags. This The Row Alligator Day Luxe Tote is their own spin in the Fendi Twins. You can grab the regular leather version via Barneys for $5400.
Ashley's also a big fan of the The Row Luxe Alligator Tote in blue...
...and in tan.
In fact, Ashley's a big fan of all of The Row's alligator bag. Here she is with the infamous $33,000 The Row Alligator Backpack in grey, which has sadly sold out. (Yes, even at that price point.) You can shop Net-a-Porter's full selection of The Row bags here.
Just to prove my point further, here's Mary-Kate carrying The Row Alligator Shoulder Bag on the red carpet. The python version can be had for $5100 via Net-a-Porter.
Sometimes, if properly motivated, Ashley will carry one of the brand's bags in regular ol' leather. For instance, The Row Doctor's Bag. You can buy it for $4750 via Barneys.
And last but not least, The Row Day Luxe Leather Tote, which is $5400 via Barneys. All of a sudden, I want one quite badly, if only because it will make me ever so slightly more similar to the Olsens.


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Does anyone care that Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard have both just been put on IR? It's an incredible thing really when the #1 and #2 QBs for your team go down for the year and you're QB situation hasn't taken a hit at all. Tyler Thigpen, the lucky heir will take over and be awful for sure. But the really interesting thing is that the street veteran they just brought in (Quinn Gray) could very well outplay Croyle, Huard and Thigpen. That is really bad coaching and management to keep 3 weak, weak QBs on the roster like that.
If I were a Chiefs' fan, I would be so ticked off at management, not just because of the QB situation but because of the entire state of affairs there. I'd be wondering about why we wouldn't have done Tony Gonzalez the favor of letting him hitch up with another team to end a solid career (in exchange for some nice draft picks to rebuild the team). I'd be wondering why we continue to deal with L.J. and his attitude and behavior and why we didn't trade him when he had value (…and get some nice draft picks to rebuild the team). I'd be wondering about how the GM Carl Peterson keeps his job. I'd be wondering about how the coach can keep his job. I'd be wondering how I ended up in Kansas City in the first place.


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The death of a construction worker in Middletown on Monday was reportedly caused by a freak sinkhole, and not a pit collapse as first reported.
A contractor's employee was killed Monday when a fell into a sinkhole while working on a sewer line extension near the Westown Movies Theater.
The worker was identified as Jerry Hurley, an employee of Newark-based Austin & Bednash Construction. His age and town of residence were not released.
"This is not a negligence thing at all," said Fire Chief Frank Bailey of Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown, which led a six-hour effort to recover Hurley's body on Monday. "The ground was just so saturated it created a sinkhole and, unfortunately, he fell in. I can honestly say, I've never been to a call like this before."
Hurley was a member of a crew working on a sewer tie-in project that would have extended town sewer service to the area near the corner of Del. Route 301 and Merrimac Avenue known as Westown, which is slated to include the 12-screen Westown Movies theater, a church and other businesses.
On Monday, that crew was supposed to work in a 14-foot-deep pit that had been dug previously and was reinforced with steel walls.
However, the project was delayed when workers found a substantial amount of water at the bottom of the pit, Bailey said.
Hurley had been using an excavator to dig a hole at the bottom of the pit into which a pump was going to be placed to remove the water.
At some point, Hurley exited the excavator to inspect the hole from the ground level outside the pit, when the earth on which he was standing gave way, trapping him in the wet dirt up to his shoulders.
A town employee who was at the site to inspect the work witnessed the collapse and called 911 at 11:54 a.m., at which time Hurley was reportedly still conscious and able to speak.
Bailey said the man's head sank below the ground before the first responders arrived minutes later.
Firefighters used shovels in an attempt to reach the man, who was found dead about 3 feet underground, he said.
Because the ground outside the pit was too unstable for emergency responders to continue digging, it took several hours to clear away a large enough area to safely recover Hurley's body, which had sunk nearly 15 feet by the time it was removed at about 5:45 p.m.
"There was so much groundwater around there that it just couldn't hold the weight," Bailey said.
The large hole dug by emergency responders was filled in by town workers overnight. It is not known when the sewer project might resume.
A Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman said Tuesday that an investigation of the fatal sinkhole is underway. By law, investigators have six months to complete their inquiry, she said.
Hurley's death is the second major incident to occur in the area of Westown Movies in the last week.
A fire caused minor damage to the building front exterior on Wednesday after a welding spark ignited a layer of foam between the building's steel framework and exterior wall.
"We're very concerned about what happened today and our sympathies and condolences go out to this man's family," said Rick Roman, the general manager of Westown Movies. "But this incident did not occur on our property and was not related to our project."


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LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired infielder-outfielder Skip Schumaker from St. Louis for minor league infielder Jake Lemmerman on Wednesday.
Schumaker hit .288 with 23 home runs and 211 RBIs in 810 games from 2005-12 with the Cardinals, where he had spent his entire career. The left-handed hitter has a .305 career batting average against right-handers.
The 32-year-old Schumaker, from Torrance, Calif., has split time between second base (412 games) and the outfield (389 games) in his career, appearing at all three outfield positions. Last season, he played 61 games at second base, 15 games in center field, 10 games in right field, and one game in left field.
He played for the Cardinals' winning World Series teams in 2006 and 2011.
The 23-year-old Lemmerman batted .233 with seven home runs and 46 RBIs in 116 games with Double-A Chattanooga last season.


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Fixing Action Box Styles After Upgrading to Version 2.8
So, you've bought Magic Action Box Pro since the first public release and have been upgrading your plugin with no apparent mishaps. Now, you just heard about our latest and biggest update so far, and you, being the excited owner of MAB, log in to your WordPress website to upgrade your purchased plugin and see what goodies we have for you this time. Upgrading is painless. Then you check out the pages where your action boxes are and instead of seeing your action box styles that you've spent 5 hours creating
You instead see this ugly pile of unstyled text.
Now, before you hit our support page and tell us how we screwed up this update, read the little blurb below about one teeny, tiny issue about the action box styles.
Who needs this fix
The blurb below applies to users who
- have been using Magic Action Box Pro prior to version 2.8 and
- like to design their own action box styles and now find that their action boxes looks ugly (unstyled) after upgrading to version 2.8.
If the two criteria above applies to you, then know this, you can fix this. Read on how.
Basically, the issue is the result of an improvement to the way you create action box styles. Where previously any styles you created apply only to that one action box you created it in, now, styles are created globally and can now be applied to multiple action boxes.
So, where previously, if you had 15 different action boxes and you wanted all 15 action boxes to have the same style – a style you proudly came up with – you had to go through each action box and set each action box style settings. One by one. All 15 of them.
But with version 2.8+ you just create one style that you assign to all 15 action boxes and avoid getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an added benefit. Lovely.
"But I'm still seeing this ugly pile of text!", you say.
Not for long. MAB Update Tool to the rescue.
The Fix
Simply 1) Install, 2) Activate, 3) Find under Magic Action Box Settings › Update Tool and you'll get something like this
What this tool does is it takes the styles you've created prior to upgrading to version 2.8+ and saves it as a global style – hence the button Globalize Style. Red indicates action boxes where you are using your own created styles and you haven't converted the style yet.
After clicking on the Globalize Style button, visit Magic Action Box Settings › Styles and Buttons to make sure that the style you created previously has been converted to a global style.
Next, edit each action box that need to use the style that you just converted and assign that style to the action box.
Save. And you're done. Ugly pile of text gone.
If you're still seeing the problem, try using the Clear Cache button found under Magic Action Box Settings › Main Settings › Other Settings Section. If that still doesn't solve it, that's the right time to tell us about it.


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Sunday, 9 September 2012
The Walking Dead: Season 2
The second season of The Walking Dead picks up shortly after the events of the first. Whilst the first only had six episodes to tell its story, the second has thirteen, giving it more time to explore the premise and characters.
Things get off to a strong start in the first few episodes, which focus on the confrontation on the highway and the attempts to bring the group back together. New characters - the Greene family - and a new location - a large farmstead - are introduced and events unfold with some vigour. However, after the third episode the story bogs down a little as characters start spinning their wheels at the farm. This is where the ramifications of a major pre-season production crisis - a budget cut that infuriated showrunner Frank Darabont and saw him leave the series - are at their most noticeable. Whilst the budget problems ground the series for a little too long at the farm, the producers do make the most of the money they do have. The zombie effects are a cut above the more variable effects of the first season and there are some truly gruesome moments that equal the most visceral scenes of any zombie movie that comes to mind.
The long pause at the farm does allow some effective character development, particularly of Shane (Jon Bernthal), whose growing disillusionment with the group and his inability to accept the new status quo and move on is depicted quite well, even if the story does take a few too many episodes to come to a head. However, probably the best characterisation is left to Daryl (Norman Reedus), who evolves from the quieter brother of racist redneck Merle in the first season into a conflicted, complex character who refuses to fit easily into any stereotype. Rick (Andrew Lincoln), our main protagonist, gets a little lost in the mix this season with storylines focusing mostly on other characters, but comes back strong towards the end of the season as he starts to show signs of not handling the stress of command very well. However, his dynamic with Herschel (Scott Wilson) and the twists and turns it goes through is fascinating, with Herschel moving from a pacifistic man of faith to shotgun-wielding zombie-slayer under Rick's (not entirely laudable) influence. The introduction of Maggie (Lauren Cohan) as a love interest for Glenn (Steven Yeun) also adds a rare glimmer of sunlight to a dark season.
Whilst the season does suffer from some slow pacing in its central section, it remains highly watchable, and the pacing issue is mitigated considerably on DVD without a week-long break between each episode. There are some effective moments of dark humour (the 'zombie well' scene is hilarious), the writing is pretty good and the actors mostly effective. Aside from the pacing issue, the character of Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) suffers the worst from inconsistent writing and motivations, which the actress does her best to make sense of but can't quite sell.
Events culminate in a fairly epic two-part season finale in which the bubbling tensions within the group boil over and the biggest battle between the survivors and the zombies to date takes place. Despite some longeurs and niggling problems, Season 2 (****½) ends on a high that leaves a lot of balls in the air for the third season and its promise of introducing some of the best characters and storylines from the comic book to the TV series. The series is available now in the UK (DVD, Blu-Ray) and USA (DVD, Blu-Ray).
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Lori has got to be the most infuriating character in recent memory.
Also, where's Carl?
- 9 September 2012 at 16:57:00 GMT
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Adam, I love ya man, but you are fricking INSANE. Four and a half stars?!? This show and season consisted of a smattering of good ideas and scenes in an oasis of pointless, lazily written dreck. As you even allude to in your review, the characters were written with no consistency at all, Lori being the worst offender. Their motivations make no sense and there's nothing resembling growth or character arcs for anyone, aside from Shane (no wonder they dragged out his arc so absurdly long, it was one of the only really compelling bits of the show). The show stalls out ridiculously right at the start by having the characters linger around the farm with no real goals or driving tension; the "barn reveal" is good but up until then you're like Milhouse, crying with frustration, "When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!?"
I feel like way too many people support this show simply because they want there to be a great zombie show on TV. But this ain't it, and as much as it seems like they might actually have something interesting about to happen next season, I'm not holding my breath.
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One of the best views of the Outback is from above. Take to the air and maximise your time on the ground to tick off as many experiences as you can west of the Great Dividing Range.
For those who want to get to the Outback fast, take the daily Qantas flights from Brisbane to Roma, Charleville, Longreach or Mount Isa. If you have time on your hands, Regional Airline REX has connecting flights from Brisbane, Toowoomba, Townsville and Cairns to Outback destinations including Bedourie, Boulia, Birdsville, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Julia Creek, Longreach, Mount Isa, Quilpie, Richmond and Windorah. Tickets and journeys can be explored further at their respective websites.
Travel in comfort and see the blue Outback skies, rich golden soil and farmland from your window. There are a variety of train options available to suit your travel style, location and itinerary which are run through Queensland Rail. Tickets and journeys can be explored further at their website.
Enjoy the beauty of an Outback road trip without doing all the driving. Travelling by bus to the Outback is easier and more comfortable than ever with Bus Queensland. They'll connect you with adventures and once-in-a-lifetime experiences from Brisbane and Townsville to over 80 iconic Outback locations. Tickets and journeys can be explored further at their website.
The well-maintained highways and mostly sealed roads will connect you between the Outback towns and make travelling through the region easier than most would think. For those in search of an off-the-beaten track 4WD experience, take an alternate route between towns and follow the nature tracks and back roads to explore this remarkable part of Australia. Hiring a car would be the best option.
Ready to hit the road? Plan your outback road trip before you buckle up via the free QLDtraffic app or at qldtraffic.qld.gov.au


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Honey-Baked French Toast
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + chilling Bake: 30 min.
Makes6-8 servings
- 3 eggs
- 4 tablespoons honey, divided
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 cup milk
- 15 slices day-old French bread (cut diagonally 3/4/ inch thick)
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- Maple syrup
- In a bowl, beat eggs with 2 tablespoons honey and cinnamon; stir in milk. Dip bread into egg mixture.
- In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan, arrange three rows of five slices of bread, overlapping slices slightly. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Sprinkle brown sugar over bread; drizzle with butter and remaining honey.
- Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Serve with syrup.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 214 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 92mg cholesterol, 270mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.
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We had this for our Christmas morning breakfast, and it was easy and really good!!
Aug 15, 2012
So delicious! The only change I made was to add frozen blueberries before baking.
Apr 8, 2012
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Nov 29, 2010
We enjoyed this sweet french toast with bacon, and it was a perfect sweet and salty combination. I only got 12 slices in the pan before I ran out of the egg mixture, maybe because I used whole wheat french bread. We didn't bother with syrup since it was already sweet.
Apr 15, 2010
This was an excellent recipe and absolutely delicious. You do not need to add anything to it, just eat as is...this recipe is that tasty. Fresh fruit compliments the french toast nicely as well. I would make this again and have been sharing the recipe with everybody.
Feb 27, 2010
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Sep 10, 2009
Every time I make this, my guests and family rave about it. This has become one of my signature dishes! I serve it with fresh mixed berries.


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Center for Teaching Excellence
The Center for Teaching Excellence is the primary source of faculty professional development at Grand Rapids Community College. The purpose of the Center is to promote student learning and success by providing faculty with learning opportunities, support and resources designed to assist them in reaching their full potential as faculty members at Grand Rapids Community College. In order to do that, we offer a wide range of programming that includes:
- Providing resources on teaching and learning
- Offering facilitated workshops and learning opportunities
- Sponsoring community-building events
- Offering one-on-one consultations
- Hosting special events such as Faculty Learning Day
- Coordinating and administering the New Faculty Program
The Center is part of the Instructional Support department.
On this site you will find a variety of resources and information, including registration for our learning opportunities, a calendar of our events and information on other professional development opportunities and awards. You can find information about the faculty evaluation system using the following link: Faculty Evaluation System.


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May 22, 2013
According to an article in the Watford Observer, the Herts constabulary fears the coming Bilderberg conference may attract "possible crime and disorder linked to a nearby conference at The Grove."
After a local Green Party candidate announced she was planning to organize a "green event" around the Grove, Herts police apparently expressed their fears in a document cited by Watford Observer senior reporter Ben Endley.
"Documents show Herts police objected to the application due to "concerns over possible crime and disorder linked to a nearby conference at The Grove".", Endley reported.
In response to the request of Green Party candidate Su Murray to organize an event in a field across from The Grove Hotel from June 8 to June 12, the Watford Borough Council will not issue a permit for the event, consisting mostly of picknick-style pleasantries such as folk music, children's entertainers, face painting, and other innocent activities.
The Council's refusal to permit the event was apparantly preceded by Su Murray's own decision to withdraw her application altogether " fearing it would become too disruptive to the public and could be over-run by anti-Bilderberg protestors".
The police's fears might be fed by the Watford mayor Dorothy Thornhill, who expressed her fear of violence and anarchy, telling the local newspaper a week back that she fears violent protests at the upcoming Bilderberg conference.
"I have my concerns about it because it does attract people who can and do cause violence and disturbance.", Thornhill told the Watford Observer. Although she added she is "confident the police will be able to minimize that".
Past Bilderberg protests cannot give the mayor and Herts police any reason to think the coming conference will be violent. On the contrary, compared to other global summits the Bilderberg summit is usually being met with restrained protests of the most peace-loving people imaginable. On the rare occasions of incidents occurring during the protests, there is usually a provocateur present hoping to stir things up to the point of violent conflict.
There is a certain irony in the words of fear expressed by local authorities. By stating that crime and disorder are to be expected come June, the local Hertfordshire police inadvertently have a point: the only possible criminal activity going on- albeit in a most orderly way- will be the fact that elected officials will be mingling with the world's financial en economic elites without any detailed record or outside observers to democratically check the proceedings.
Jurriaan Maessen's website is Explosive Reports.
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An unmanned moon probe blasted off from China Friday (Oct. 1) to begin the country's next phase of lunar exploration and set the stage for even more ambitious spaceflights to come.
The Chinese moon probe, called Chang'e 2, launched at 6:59:57 a.m. EDT (1059:57 GMT) from the Xichang Space Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province, according to state media reports. It should take about five days for the spacecraft to enter orbit around the moon.
The Chang'e 2 spacecraft soared into space atop one of China's Long March 3C rockets. It launched on Oct. 1, National Day in China a holiday that commemorates the 61st anniversary of Communist rule in the country.
Chang'e 2 is the second step in China's three-phase Chang'e moon exploration program, which is named after China's mythical moon goddess. Chang'e 2 will test out technology and collect data on possible landing sites for the Chang'e 3 spacecraft, which is scheduled to land on the moon in 2013, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency has reported.
According to media reports, the mission has a cost of about $134 million.
Chang'e 2 will eventually swoop down to an orbit just 9 miles (15 km) above the lunar surface to take high-resolution pictures of landing areas for the Chang'e 3 mission, Xinhua has reported.
After snapping the photos, Chang'e 2 will retreat to an altitude of about 62 miles (100 km) to conduct a study of the lunar surface and dirt.
The Chang'e 1 probe launched in October 2007 and conducted a 16-month moon observation mission, after which it crash-landed on the lunar surface by design, in March 2009.
The Chang'e missions are just one prong of China's burgeoning space program, which has seen three successful manned spaceflights, including the nation's first spacewalk on the most recent mission, the Shenzhou 7 flight of 2008.
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Not the first time we've seen this, but it looks like Dell is shipping their Inspiron Mini 9 to regular joes with smaller batteries than the ones reviewers got.
Jkkmobile says that while review units had a 32Wh battery, consumer units have 24Wh batteries, which is why you'd be lucky to hit 3 hours of life vs. the four hours most reviewers got. We hit up Dell for a response, we'll let you know what they say. [jkkmobile]


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When I was in France,my hometown, I was a really big fashion designer. However, the company I was working with went bankrupt and I had to move out the house that they offered me for working in their company. From there, I had to find another company that would hire me, but nobody hired me because of the muchness of the young,new and fresh desginers.(Since they most likely target young people). I had to move to another town,and I came across Simtown in a website. I gathered information about the town,and booked a flight to the city near Simtown.
As I landed,I tried to find the train that leads to Simtown.It was really hard because everyone on the streets were busy to help me to get there, and some of the people were lying about where it was because they simply didn't know where the train station was. However,when I reached simtown, everyone was so nice. They introduced themselves to me. As some fellow sims were driving me around the city, I saw the billboard next to the river.
''FRENCH WEEK EVENT AT THE PARK FOR THE NEXT 12 DAYS,PLEASE TEXT 666 (sorry i couldnt think of a phone number) FOR MORE INFO''
So I texted 666 and the textbot responded to me with the details. The items that could be sold were candles,jewelry,pottery and glassware. The items that were made could be exchanged for french furniture and so. I was not very interested at first,but when I saw the grand prize, French Chateau. It contained beautiful furniture that I only would adore from the display windows of the stores. It was a really big house,unlike my small apartment in France, and the best of it was that it could be built on both normal and premimium lots for free.So I started working with the candles.
As the first 3 days passed, I hardly could reach to the pottery station. I was almost gving up until I saw the sign infront of my house. ''NEEDING HELP WITH THE NEW EVENT? HIRE LAURA CRAFT!'' I would consider what the sign said hilarious since it sounded so excited,but I let that pass away. There were no contact numbers or anything like that, just that text. I reached out to the sign and touched it. Everything became purple and there were stars everywhere. I saw some huge boxes with text on it that I couldnt read. Then everything went black for a few moments. There was another box,which had written some more unreadable stuff but since currencies and numbers are universal, I could read a really small part. There was writing $7.99 and nothing else.
As I went back to the real world, I felt a bit dizzy but then became fine. I saw a woman appear on the front of my house. I asked who she was. She said, ''I am Laura Craft,don't you remember that you just hired me?'' It was a little strange,but I did not question it because I didn't know what happened when everything turned purple.
We started crafting items for the event for days and days, and when we were at the last day, we were pretty behind on the amount of the items we had compared to the other people that participated for the event. (You could see the leaderboard via the textbot) We were both hopeless,and then Laura came to me and said; ''I didn't want to spend dollars on this,but we have to do this. I didn't know what she meant by dollars,but I didn't question it anyway. She always was mysterious.She went outside and when she came back,she had a purple chest with her. When she opened the chest, I was shocked and surprised at the same time.
The chest contained real plumbobs,not a statue or anything like that. If you don't know,plumbobs are really important in our religion. However,as far as we knew, plumbobs were green. The odd thing about these plumbobs were that they were purple. She said that those were ''Social Points''. I told her that they were plumbobs,not points but she wouldn't listen to me and act like I didn't know anything about these mysterious points at all. And in fact, I actually didn't. She started to use these purple plumbobs. We would grab a purple plumbob,start working at the stations,and then put the purple plumbobs above our head so that the crafting would be instant. Not only that,but when we used these plumbobs,we would craft more items per action than we usually did.
And that was how I got the grand prize,the French Chateau. I didn't know what happened to Laura Craft, the first time I looked away after the event was finished,and she was gone. I will always remember her and how she helped me to win the event though. Her helps were really appreciated.
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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O'Malley has elaborated on his public safety priorities for this year's legislative session.
O'Malley said Friday he wants to make $25 million available for schools to invest in security like locks and cameras. O'Malley also wants to boost the number of Maryland State Police officers.
O'Malley also will be seeking to renew a DNA sample collection law for people charged with violent crimes and burglary that's set to expire at the end of the year. Maryland's highest court has ruled the law is unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
The Democratic governor also outlined plans he discussed earlier this week during a summit on gun violence at Johns Hopkins University. They include a ban on military-style assault weapons and stricter licensing requirements.


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Editor's note: Dr. John Boyce, chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut, was lead author of the Centers for Disease Control's national hand hygiene guidelines for health-care workers and heads the Hand Hygiene Resource Center.
Dr. John Boyce says hands contaminated with virus are often a pathway for people to develop flu.
(CNN) -- The rapid spread of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (also known as swine flu) from Mexico to at least 19 other countries in less than 10 days is a cause of major concern.
It emphasizes the need for the public to become familiar with how influenza is spread and which preventive measures they can use to reduce their chances of becoming infected.
Although little information is available at this time, it appears that this influenza virus spreads from one person to another in the same way as other influenza viruses -- by "droplet spread."
Respiratory droplets are generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes and expels droplets of fluid. Those droplets travel short distances (usually less than three feet) through the air and can be deposited on the mouth or in the nose of people or on surfaces.
Those who develop influenza often shed large amounts of virus in their respiratory secretions for several days after they become ill. Experience with other viruses suggests that individuals with influenza can contaminate their hands when coughing, sneezing or blowing their noses. The virus can survive on the hands for at least one hour.
If a person whose hands are heavily contaminated touches a surface such as a doorknob, table or computer keyboard, they can deposit the virus onto that surface, where it can survive for minutes to several hours. One study conducted with a regular seasonal strain of influenza virus found that the virus could survive on facial tissues for several minutes and for two to eight hours on stainless steel or plastic surfaces.
If another person touches a contaminated surface with his hands when the virus is still alive and then touches his own mouth or nose, he may become infected. Infection might also occur when a person with influenza shakes hands with another person who subsequently touches their own mouth or nose with their fingers.
Several studies have found that many people touch their noses or mouths several times an hour during the course of daily activities. So there are plenty of opportunities for people to inadvertently introduce a flu virus into their bodies if their hands become contaminated.
As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that individuals perform hand hygiene -- also known as hand washing or decontamination -- frequently during influenza outbreaks. In addition to reducing the risk of developing influenza, hand hygiene can help protect people from becoming ill with several other respiratory viruses by eliminating these organisms from the hands.
A recent study found that hand washing with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer were both highly effective in reducing a seasonal strain of influenza virus on the hands. This should also be true for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.
Either plain soap or antimicrobial soap will reduce the amount of virus on the hands. To ensure decontamination, be sure to wash your hands vigorously and keep both soap and water on your hands for at least 15 seconds.
When sinks are not readily available, alcohol-based hand sanitizers are a convenient and effective way of eliminate the virus from hands. Use an amount of sanitizer at least the size of quarter or enough to keep your hands wet for at least 15 to 20 seconds while you're rubbing them together.
The CDC also recommends that people should avoid touching their mouths, noses and eyes, since surfaces they touch may be contaminated when flu virus is present. People who develop influenza or other respiratory viral infections should also clean their hands after blowing their nose or after covering a cough with their hands.
Since droplet spread is the most common way influenza is transmitted from person to person, the CDC also recommends avoiding close contact with individuals who are sick. If you do become ill with influenza, the CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others.
Hand hygiene is an important tool in preventing infection from influenza viruses such as this recent strain and is an easy and effective way to prevent contracting infectious diseases in general. Take the time to educate yourself about proper hand hygiene to protect both yourself and your family.
Note: Further information about the 2009 H1N1 influenza (swine flu) outbreak can be obtained by going to CDC's Web site. For general information about hand hygiene in health-care settings, go to this CDC site or this Hand Hygiene Resource Center site.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John Boyce.
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From its first trailer, people have noted more than a few similarities between Tom Cruise's upcoming scifi flick Oblivion and Pixar's wonderful Wall-E. I'm kind of amazed it took this long, but someone finally took the bait and made a mash-up using the Oblivion trailer's audio and footage from Wall-E; unsurprisingly, it works out insanely well. Seriously, someone broker a marriage to Katie Holmes and pay the Scientology enrollment fee, and I'd say Wall-E's action movie career is only beginning.
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All the kabobs I've ever had have been yummy but pretty standard. You know, chicken, pineapple, peppers & onions. Right now I feel like there are so many great fancy vegetables that are more readily available to us than in the past. Vegetables like brussel sprouts, kale, shitaki mushrooms and red pearl onions aren't what you normally think for kabobs. They are so delicious when done right so don't be scared… Pair these amazing veggies with a juicy steak and the flavor from the grill really makes this a delicious dinner idea. Its also as easy as it gets to make. Enjoy!
Recipe: (Yields 4-5 Kabobs)
2 lbs sirloin steak cut into 24 cubes
12 brussel sprouts cut in half
12 kale leaves
12 shitake mushrooms
12 pearl red onions peeled (white are fine if the red aren't available)
Alternate spearing meat and veggies on a metal or soaked wood skewer. Be sure to spear two cubes of meat at a time so that the meat doesn't dry out on the grill since the veggies need more time to cook. When spearing the kale, fold it over a few times and then skewer through the middle. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Grill on medium high heat until veggies are done and meat is still juicy. Serve and enjoy!


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JCDecaux's rival Clear Channel, which recently won a contract for Westfield's regional shopping centres, is understood to have made a bid for the contract.
Trinity Leeds is thought to be the only major large-scale retail and leisure destination that will open in 2013 and from spring 2013 JCDecaux will sell advertising on 22 digital six-sheets inside the centre.
The centre will house Mango, H&M, Topshop, Fossil, and Marks & Spencer, amomg others, as well as restaurants from D&D, Yo Sushi, Giraffe and Carluccio's and the first Everyman cinema outside London.
Sean Curtis, portfolio marketing manager for Land Securities, said Trinity Leeds would establish the city as one of the UK's top four retail destinations, "just behind London's West End, Glasgow and Birmingham".
Curtis said: "We are delighted to be working with JCDecaux to maximise opportunities for brands through their state-of-the-art digital advertising portfolio in our flagship new retail centre."
JCDecaux has the contract to sell outdoor advertising in more than 70 shopping centres across the UK, including Bluewater, Lakeside and the Bullring.
With the addition of Trinity Leeds, 29 of JCDecaux's malls will have digital screens.
Spencer Berwin, managing director, sales, JCDecaux, said: "Trinity Leeds is set to transform shopping in the North, with our all-digital advertising network engaging shoppers in this major new retail and leisure development.
"Our high-quality digital screens will offer brands huge flexibility to communicate with audiences, with time-sensitive and content-rich campaigns enhancing the shopping experience."
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DEAR PEGGY: The recipes that you publish show nutritional values and I'm especially interested in cholesterol values. How much cholesterol is recommended per day? —C.A., Essex, United Kingdom
According to the American Heart Association and also the USDA's 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, we should limit dietary cholesterol to 300 mg per day. However, if you are watching cholesterol, you also need to limit saturated fat to less than 10 percent of your total calories and minimize trans fat as much as possible. Both saturated fat and trans fat increase cholesterol levels. In other words, if you typically eat about 2,000 calories per day, that would mean a saturated fat limit of 200 calories or 22 grams.


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Halfway across the world, more than a half-million people live on American time. The Philippines is home to the largest call center industry in the world, and to man the phones during American business hours, many Filipinos adjust their lives to a global schedule.
"Once you're a call center agent, your life turns 180 degrees," says Rene Reinoso. "First of all, you do not anymore like the rest of us. Or rather, the rest of them, [those] who wake up in the morning and sleep at night."
Reinoso sits with a few co-workers at an outdoor bar in the business park where they work. On the street, it's morning rush hour, and normal office workers are hurrying to their jobs. But Reinoso and his friends are at the bar, smoking cigarettes and stubbing them out in empty bottles of beer.
They're not just living in an American time zone. They're living on an American calendar:
"Normal workers of the Philippines would enjoy the holidays. We have a lot of holidays in the Philippines. But for us, call center agents, we only enjoy US holidays, like July 4th, Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Christmas," says Reinoso.
And they're on American weather too. When a disaster hits, like flooding in New York and New Jersey, their company has all hands on deck to answer customer calls.
But when there's a typhoon and Manila is flooded, it's business as usual–in America.
"About a year-and-a-half ago, we had a major flood here in our area. And the flood rose up to up to my thighs. We had to wade through the flood to come here, and we had to wade through the flood to go home. We were not excused. Because in the States it wasn't flooded, so we had to come here and take the calls for the US," he says.
In some ways, they're living in a different culture too. Call center workers can't have normal lives at a normal time, and their days off don't always fall on weekends. So it's hard to go to birthday parties, family dinners or get-togethers with college buddies. They mostly socialize with other call center workers.
It's isolating. But in a conservative Catholic country like the Philippines, it can also be liberating. The call center industry has a reputation for permissiveness. Besides all the drinking and smoking, Rene says some workers take advantage of employer-provided napping rooms to do more than just nap.
"There are a lot of incidents where they get caught in the sleeping quarters," he says. "It's part of the culture now. We call it the call center culture. It's part of it."
Rene's co-worker, Ryan de Castro says it comes from more exposure to Western media
"There's a big difference between the culture in the Philippines and the culture in the States," says Castro. "And I would say that the culture in the call center industry is a bit more westernized than in the normal industry."
Ryan says that's not a bad thing. Most poor Filipinos don't have access to the internet. For call center workers, just being able to afford it, is one of the great things about the job. Working on American time gives them an entry into an American-style middle class life.
Minimum wage for office workers in the Philippines is about 10000 pesos a month. But the starting salaries for call center agents are around 18,000 pesos, about $400, with room to move up. It's enough for them to buy the beers and Starbucks lattes they drink every day, plus nice clothes and updated cell phones.
For Castro, the money and the lifestyle are the tradeoffs for the crazy hours, the occasional boredom, and the havoc on his family life,
"But I guess I'm lucky," he says. "It's important that I have work and I'm doing well with work, so it's a sacrifice that's OK to make."
By 11 a.m., Castro and his friends have gone through three buckets of beer. Castro had to leave to take his son to a doctor's appointment. The rest of them look bleary-eyed. It's almost lunchtime in the Philippines, but they'll be staggering home to bed–like office workers in New York.


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December 6, 2012
Are you still cramming who, what, when, where, why and how into the first paragraph of your news release? Are you still married to the dated "XYZ Company today announced …" approach?
These conventional methods to release leads are formulaic, old-fashioned and — let's face it — dull. They slow the story down, appear unsophisticated and are too stereotypical to stand out from the competition. Instead, consider these three more effective approaches.
Launching a new product or service? Focus on how it solves your customer's problems instead of on the product or service itself:
X (users) who have struggled with Y (problem) will now be able to Z (benefit), thanks to A (product or service).
Here's how it looks in action:
Commuters who now spend an hour each day driving from Sunrise Beach to Osage Beach will soon be able to make the trip in 15 minutes, thanks to a new bridge that ABC Company will build this summer.
Do you have news to report? Appeal to reader interest by leading with the two most interesting elements to readers:
Here's how it works:
XYZ Corp. volunteers will plant 77 trees at Encore Park on Sunday. That means the park, located in an area hit hard by drought, will have trees that help reduce runoff, absorb rainfall and retain water.
Feature leads attract readers by illustrating your key message instead of just stating it. Feature lead approaches include:
Whichever method you use, write a lead that appeals to readers' self interest or that makes your story interesting.
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Today's How I See DV perspective is by writer Alex Iwashyna who blogs at LateEnough.com. Late Enough is a humor blog, except when it's serious. Alex is a freelance writer, poet and media consultant who writes about about her life intermixed with important ramblings on her husband fighting zombies, awkward attempts at friendship, her kids outsmarting her, and dancing like everyone is watching. We are very excited that she lent her voice — and support — to our campaign.
Celebrities seem to have it all — fame, fortune, the ability to get a book published that is poorly written and yet makes the best-seller list – not to mention the chefs, personal trainers and trips to exotic locales.
They are paid to look and act certain ways at certain times so I don't mind the commentary on their dresses and hair and ability to act or sing. But I draw the line at holding celebrities to higher standards when it comes to domestic violence. I don't think being famous gives people magical powers to escape abusive relationships quicker because, while they may have the financial means to leave, abuse is not a basic socio-economic problem. The women and men in these relationships are human beings who are going to respond like abused partners.
Take Rihanna and Chris Brown's relationship. Almost everyone supported Rihanna when she left Chris Brown after the abuse went public, but when she forgave him and went back to spending time with him, people were mean and angry and ignorant. Ignorant because it takes seven times ON AVERAGE for a woman to leave her abusive partner. Maybe she could've been an anomaly and left the first time around, but she's not. That doesn't make her a bad role model. That makes her not yet even average. And the public's reaction to this — the vitriol, the hate — makes it even harder for people to leave again. We set people up to not want to admit the abuse is happening again, to not be willing to seek help. Being kind, thoughtful and understanding is not condoning abusive behavior. Plus, what does an I told you so attitude even achieve?
Another very common reaction to abuse is to normalize it. "He's just trying to make me better." "I egged him on." We rationalize because the truth that someone I love is also hurting me can be difficult to process or understand. "Real Housewife" Melissa Gorga recently wrote a book about her marriage, Love Italian Style. I have only read excerpts, but I noticed warning signs of an unhealthy relationship.
Men, I know you think your woman isn't the type who wants to be taken. But trust me, she is. Every girl wants to get her hair pulled once in a while. If your wife says "no," turn her around, and rip her clothes off. She wants to be dominated. (an excerpt from her book, which is a quote of her husband ignoring consent. More quotes can be found on Jezebel)
In the book, she also shares how she is not allowed to go on overnight trips, get a job or say no to sex more than once a day. Most of the public response to her book is how terrible and gross and awful they are as a couple and she is for writing this as an advice book. But, setting her husband aside, Melissa Gorga is just human. She may have more reach than the average person but that does not make her immune to a very human reaction to unhealthy behaviors: normalizing it so she can survive. Instead of demonizing her, we can react by saying, "If your relationship looks like this, know that it doesn't have to be this way. Here are places to find help."
These same relationships are happening every day to people we know. Nearly 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men experience abuse over their lifetime. While I would never want anyone to go through domestic violence, seeing complex relationships play out in celebrities' lives could help us comprehend our own experiences or to be more understanding of our friends and neighbors in similar situations. Will those we care about read how disgusted we are with people being abused or see someone they can turn to and trust to not be judged?
About Our Contributor
Alex Iwashyna holds a medical degree and a political philosophy degree and became a writer, poet and stay-at-home mom with them. She uses her unique perspective on her blog, LateEnough.com, to write funny, serious, and always true stories about life, parenting, marriage, culture, religion, and politics. She has a muse of a husband, two young kids and a readership that gives her hope for humanity. While Alex believes Domestic Violence Awareness Month is every month, she's grateful to be participating in How I #SeeDV this October.


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Wind Map by Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg
All the way in blissfully sunny Los Angeles during the throes of Hurricane Sandy, I watched with growing anxiety as friends and family rode out the storm. I found myself unsatisfied by personal accounts of empty supermarket shelves and mass media coverage of FEMA efforts and felt I needed better awareness of what was happening in empirical, but also meaningful terms. As it turns out, I wasn't alone — cue the Wind Project, from artists Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg. Wattenberg, trained as a mathematician, is also known for his work on number of classic digital art projects like the Shape of Song, The Apartment, and Whitney Artport's Idea Line, as well as Rhizome's StarryNight. Collaborating with Viégas since 2003, they have served as principles at the IBM Visual Communication Lab, where they initiated the "Many Eyes" project, a user-generated forum for uploading data and creating visualizations through conversation and collaboration, in the hopes of fostering a more social and democratic style of data analysis. Other past projects span from visualizations of Google Image discrepancies of fine art masterpieces to chat histories to baby names. Viégas and Wattenberg currently work with Google's "Big Picture" Data Group in Cambridge, MA and maintain their own practice as Flowing Media, Inc.
Their latest project is "a living portrait of the wind currents over the United States" using data pulled hourly from the National Digital Forecast Database. The Wind Project site saw a strong spike in visitors in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, as dumbfounded viewers watched the complex choreography of curling, comet-like wind lines circling the eastern seaboard. Though I'm not sure it did much to calm my nerves, the image from landfall — October 29th, 2012 — has become an instant visualization classic. I recently spoke with Viégas and Wattenberg over email about the project and its impact on our experience of Sandy:
Were you surprised by the reaction to the wind map in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy? What do you think it is about that specific visualization that really captured people's awe but also sense of dread?
We were impressed, but not totally surprised: Hurricane Isaac was kind of a warm-up storm, and we saw a lot of interest then. One big difference was this time we were in the path of the storm. In fact, it's a minor miracle that our data center (that is, one old computer) in Massachusetts had power the entire time...


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Case Number: 5-107-012(B), Year Published: 2007
HBS Number: KEL479
Family Business, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Succession Planning, SWOT Analysis, Shareholder Value, Leadership
A married couple who have a successful industrial B2B business evaluate whether or not to sell the business to two of their offspring, who are both entrepreneurial MBA graduates. Complicating factors include the fact that the sale price and structure need to finance the couple's retirement and give fair inheritance treatment to the remaining siblings. In addition, the father has had some health issues and the business is doing well, so there is a lot of forward momentum to sell to the next generation.
Evaluate whether or not, and how, to keep a business founded and run by entrepreneurs as a family business into the sibling generation. Explore "escalation of commitment" and how it influences decisions to keep the business in the family or not.
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Third Saturday Swing is Back is one of the best places to find lots of Swing dance partners of all levels. You definitely don't need to bring a partner.
Ben and Sheri are prominent local dancers/instructors/competitors run this popular event with very good dancers as well as beginners. They have a fun, creative style which permeates this place. There are plenty of partners, from intermediate to very advanced. This place is for serious dancing – no bar, no band, (but they have great snacks!) This is the place to be if you want plenty of great partners to dance with on a third Saturday night.
Read my exclusive interview with Ben and Sheri. – Brian
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The Blood Moon Explained
Sydney Observatory's Andrew Jacob illuminates the detail behind a lunar eclipse, why it glows red, and what to expect from this stellar show.
RELAX: the lunar god is not really angry with us, despite appearances to the contrary this week. The harvest will not be affected, and no virgins need be sacrificed to appease his terrible wrath.
The moon's orangey-red appearance this week is due to a syzygy — or a perfect alignment of three celestial bodies — of the sun, the Earth and the moon.
National Geographic explains that the moon's red colouring is due to sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere and refracting to the red end of the spectrum.
Lunar eclipses do not happen every month, because of the moon's tilted orbit around us. Their frequency varies widely: from one every few years to five in a year.
Tuesday night's eclipse will be the first in a tetrad, or series of four. Subsequent eclipses will occur on October 8 this year and April 8 and September 28 next year.
SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES: How the world saw the moon turn red
The shade of red that the moon turns cannot be forecast, and is largely dependent on the amount of dust circulating in Earth's atmosphere at the time of the eclipse.
The best time to see this week's blood moon — as it is called — is on Tuesday night, although Perth residents will miss it altogether due to their position.
The Sydney Observatory recommended the following local times for best viewing:
Adelaide: Moon rises at 5.48pm; eclipse ends at 7.03pm
Brisbane: Moon rises at 5.27pm; eclipse ends at 7.33pm
Darwin: Moon rises at 6.41pm; eclipse ends at 7.33pm
Hobart: Moon rises at 5.33pm; eclipse ends at 7.33pm.
Melbourne: Moon rises at 5.49pm; eclipse ends at 7.33pm
Sydney: Moon rises at 5.28pm; eclipse ends at 7.33pm
Perth residents will unfortunately be unable to view the phenomenon
Astronomers advise looking low on the horizon and to the east to see the phenomenon.
Unlike solar eclipses, the lunar eclipse/blood moon phenomenon is perfectly safe to view and to photograph.
Blood moons have been believed to be omens for many different cultures throughout history, and this week's one is no different.
Wikipedia notes that American pastor Mark Blitz believes the second coming of Jesus Christ will coincide with the final eclipse in the current tetrad.
Another American pastor, John Hagee, believes the eclipse is a portent of significant changes for the world.


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Sermon: And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil
Text: Matthew 6:9-13; James 1:2-4; First Peter 1:6-7
Rev. Laura Brewster
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Sermon: And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil
Text: Matthew 6:9-13; James 1:2-4; First Peter 1:6-7
Rev. Laura Brewster
I long to return to in-person worship. Many of you have communicated your longing to return to in-person worship services as well. That said, our Lord counsels us to love each other as he loved us. Part of loving each other during this season is refraining from in-person worship. As our Bishop has reminded us, worship is essential; meeting in person for worship is not.
We have not established a definitive date when we will return to in-person worship services. Before we return to in-person worship, we must first secure access to a consistent source of specific cleaning products. Additionally, we will be guided by recommendations offered by governmental officials and medical experts.
Be advised that when we do return to in-person worship services, the new "normal" will be different than it was prior to the start of the pandemic. Changes will be made to existing practices in an effort to protect our most vulnerable members and our community as a whole. For example, when we first return to in-person worship, we will limit the number of worshipers at each service, we will wear facemasks, we will not use bulletins or hymnbooks to prevent the possibility of spreading coronavirus via these materials, we will not pass around the offering plates, and seats will be disinfected between worship services. Some of these practices may seem overly restrictive or cumbersome. But again, loving each other in this season means engaging in practices designed to minimize the risk of inadvertently spreading a virus that has already claimed too many lives.
Until we do return to in-person worship, let's engage online. Worship services continue to be available at 9am and 11am. Additionally, numerous small groups are meeting online. Let me know if you need help finding one.
Finally, it's easy to feel isolated in this age. But remember, our Lord promised to be with us even until the end of the age. We are not alone, friends. We have God, and we have each other. Thanks be to God.
Grace and peace,
Pastor Laura


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That 'blind democracy' (let's say; faith in the power of group think over conventional wisdom), as a primary socio-political philosophy, could apparently be failing the West in such a severe way seems anathema to all that The West traditionally sees as intelligent and wise. However, it is arguable that this is just a 'meme' that westerners have been blindly swallowing, like coolaid administered from trusted elders.
Here are some quotes from The Cambridge Companion to Socrates, for example, suggesting that there were once highly respected elders in the West - elders who arguably positioned the West in the most intelligent and positive direction, who did not venerate blind democracy in the way that westerners do today. Unfortunately, however, like Jesus and Gandhi, they were severely persecuted for trying to help:
Editor's preface, p.xiii wrote:Socrates is the patron saint of philosophy. Although he was preceded by certain philosophical poets and surrounded by some learned sophists, he was the first real philosopher. If you wish to know "What is philosophy?" one good answer is that philosophy is what Socrates did and what he started."
p12 wrote:"We know, for example, that Socrates was born in Athens in 470, that he came from the deme of Alopeke, and that he was sentenced to drink hemlock after he was judged guilty in 399 of each of the three charges that Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon accused him of: corrupting youth, introducing new divinities, and not believing in the state gods."
p339 wrote:"Socrates goes on to comment on the rare souls who have "tasted how sweet and blessed a possession philosophy is, and at the same time they've also seen the madness of the majority and realized, in a word, that hardly anyone acts sanely in public affairs and that there is no ally with whom they might go to the aid of justice and survive, that instead they'd perish before they could profit either their city or their friends and be useless both to themselves and to others, just like a man who has fallen among wild animals and is neither willing to join them in doing injustice nor sufficiently strong to oppose the general savagery alone. Taking all this into account, they lead a quiet life and do their own work. Thus, like someone who takes refuge under a little wall from a storm of dust or hail driven by the wind, the philosopher – seeing others filled with lawlessness – is satisfied if he can somehow lead his present life free from injustice and impious acts and depart from it with good hope, blameless and content." (Republic 496c5-e2) It would be hard to imagine a more extreme statement of the hostility between philosophy and politics as they exist in the non-ideal world."
p340 wrote:"In effect, he demands that politics be based on knowledge of what is best for the community, and this means what is best for the "souls" of the citizens. Statecraft ought to be based on a philosophically defensible understanding of what is best for human beings. Socrates was famous, correspondingly, for leading every question back to an examination of his interlocutor's way of living (e.g., Apology 36c3-d1, 39c6-d2, Laches 187e6–188a5, Symposium 215e6–216c3), and for being concerned above all about how he should live his own life. One of the key methods Socrates used to raise the question of the justifiability of an individual's or community's modus vivendi was the paradigm of expert knowledge."
p348-349 wrote:"Some interpreters have suggested that of the next-best regimes Socrates sketches in the Republic , a slight and surprising preference for democracy might be indicated for the sorts of derivative considerations just sketched. Democracy is characterized by its liberty (including freedom of speech, 557b5), license ( 557b5), the leave given to each to arrange his private life as he judges best ( 557b4–10), and therewith its permissiveness with respect to the pursuit of wisdom as well as luxury and decadence. Strikingly, even the democratic soul is said to be attracted to "philosophy" at times ( 561d2). Socrates at one point remarks that democracy is "a convenient place to look for a constitution" for the reason that "it contains all kinds of constitutions on account of the license it gives its citizens. So it looks as though anyone who wants to put a city in order, as we were doing, should probably go to a democracy, as to a supermarket of constitutions, pick out whatever pleases him, and establish that" ( 557d1–9)."
Do you think it is time to go beyond democracy as a primary socio-political tool?
Do you think this western blind democracy is still such a worthy export to 'impose' on other nations, as has been the fashion, at this current developmental stage?
Do you see any necessary change to the present western democratic vision? If so, what? - A return to noble kingship, for example? Philosopher kings?


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Court flair: Is it worth $2.7 million?
When it comes to revitalizing public places in Charlottesville, the standard set by the Downtown Mall raises the bar for every other project in town. In June, The Project for Public Spaces, a national non-profit group studying community revitalization projects since 1975, named the Downtown Mall one of 21 successful revitalization projects worldwide, comparing it to a small-scale Las Ramblas, a historic pedestrian mall in Barcelona, Spain.
This Friday, November 18, another Charlottesville revitalization project makes its official debut with a ribbon-cutting ceremony: the Court Square Enhancement Project.
Introduced in 1998, the Court Square Project is the brainchild of Mark Beliles, chair of the historic resources task force; former city director of strategic planning Satyendra Huja; and former city councilor Meredith Richards.
"Mark Beliles came to me with an idea for a park near Court Square," Richards recalls, "a place where people could gather. It was just a sketch."
That sketch turned into a $3 million historic renovation plan. The idea, according to Richards– who admits it was her "pet project" on city council– was to restore the Square based on the history of the area and make it a "focal point, a doorway, to visit the history of Charlottesville."
The history began when the Square was laid out in 1762; the courthouse was constructed in 1803. According to The Virginia Landmarks Register, "It was not unusual in the early 19th century to see Jefferson conversing here with James Madison and James Monroe.
For Beliles it was a no-brainer. "I just noticed how under-developed our court house was," he says. "This project went smoothly because there was a general agreement that this was a special place. Of course we need this; why didn't we do this long ago?"
More than half the cost of the project went to burying utilities around the square. The final bill, according to the city budget office, came to $2,725,000, including a $1.7 million "T21" Federal Enhancement Grant.
Has the project achieved the goals? Was the money well spent? Will the new Court Square attract more townspeople and tourists? Or is Court Square all dressed up with no place to go?
"I think it's beautifully done, no doubt about it," says vice mayor Kevin Lynch. However, Lynch does have concerns about how the T21 Enhancement Grant was used and wonders if burying the utilities was really worth it. "I'm not sure it provides a lot of bang for the buck," he says. When city council voted unanimously to approve the Court Square Project in 2001, it was Lynch who raised concerns about the cost of putting utilities underground.
"It did take money away from other transit projects, for which the T21 grants were created," says Lynch. "'We could have built a bike path from downtown to Forest Lakes for that kind of money, or pedestrian bridges over the railroad tracks downtown and in Fifeville."
Lynch admits he doesn't really know how much those other projects would cost, but he points out that T21 grants– handed out by the U.S Department of Transportation under the Transportation Equity Act– were intended for communities to improve their transit systems. Technically, burying utilities around Court Square– because it facilitates pedestrian access– qualified as improving public transit.
Although he's happy with the Court Square renovation, Lynch wonders if the city might do something different next time. "I do think its fine to say, 'Okay, this looks nice, this looks beautiful,'" he says, "but the next project should be used for the things that T21 funds were meant to do."
And, Lynch explains, city council is doing just that. "There's more interest on council in doing something that helps our transit system work better," he says. Lynch suggests more transit stops on West Main and Route 29, more frequent Trolley routes, and perhaps some smaller transit stations around town to augment the big (nearly $10 million) Transit Center planned for downtown.
But what about Court Square? Will the new renovations make it a destination, a gathering place like the Downtown Mall?
"I think it will," says Lynch. "It's a different sort of crowd... but I think it will continue to be a destination, and I think it anchors the fabric of historic buildings downtown."
As for Beliles, he's pleased with what he saw as a long overdue historic renovation. However, he would have liked a larger pedestrian area at Court Square, a kind of "pedestrian area-only plaza," he says. He also wishes the more historical Park Street side of the courthouse had received more attention.
"I would have liked to see brick all the way around the square," he says, "but there just wasn't enough money for that." Beliles hopes Court Square will become a destination similar to the Downtown Mall: "I would love to see more inns, coffee shops, and restaurants in Court Square."
Only time will tell if the Court Square Enhancement Project will be a revitalization success like its downtown neighbor. In the meantime, it sure does look pretty. And even if it doesn't improve transit or become a popular place to hang out, there's always the history.
"I see it as our legacy to the public realm," says Richards, "to honor our history." And who can argue with that?
Granite curbs and wide brick sidewalks went overground while utilities were sent underground