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Harry Frazee was a New York theatrical producer who, after an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the New York Giants, bought the Boston Red Sox in 1916 from Joseph John Lannin, a real estate mogul who had made his fortune in the commodities market. The deal was a complicated one and amounted to $1,000,000 to be paid to various interested parties. Frazee had to borrow money to consummate the deal, and this led to some of his financial difficulties as the Red Sox owner.
Frazee's tenure as Red Sox owner was complicated by his relationship with Ban Johnson, President of the American League. Johnson had angered Frazee by shortening the 1918 season because of World War I and the diminished gate receipts were and additional setback to the cash-strapped Frazee. Johnson, for his part, accused Frazee of permitting known gamblers to set up shop near Fenway Park.
By 1919 the embattled Red Sox owner was barely keeping his head above water. Turnout had fallen at the baseball park during the war and attendance at Frazee's theater ventures had suffered as well. Selling off some of his interests in these Broadway productions helped to pay off only a small part of his loan, and Frazee began to turn to his talented baseball players as a source of income. During the next four years, catcher Wally Schang, infielders Joe Dugan and Everett Scott and pitchers Carl Mays, Sam Jones, Herb Pennock, George Pipgras, Waite Hoyt and Joe Bush would soon all be traded - usually for cash with some mostly 2nd tier replacements added as part of the deal.
The most infamous transaction, of course, was the sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees in early 1920 for a record-setting $100,000. The deal was sweetened by a $300,000 loan from Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert. This only brought the beleaguered Red Sox owner temporary relief, as Lannin and other lenders were becoming impatient with the pace of Frazee's debt payments. Lannin sued for ownership of Fenway Park as collateral and, in the ensuing court settlement, Frazee had to pay Lannin $265,000. The revenue from the Babe Ruth deal and Ruppert's loan were used to meet this obligation.
Contrary to popular legend, the financial records make it clear that Harry Frazee did not sell Babe Ruth to the Yankees to finance No, No, Nanette, but rather to meet his debt obligations to previous owner, Joseph Lannin. His sale of the Red Sox in 1923 for $ 1,150,000 is the more likely source of the Broadway musical's successful Broadway debut in 1925.
It must also be mentioned that Babe Ruth's playing days with the Red Sox were not the happiest of relationships. He was often drunk and unruly and had abandoned the team on more than one occasion. Additionally, as his fame as a home run hitter began to grow, he no longer wanted to pitch and he became involved in various schemes such as becoming a prizefighter or an actor. Lastly, his demands for a 100% salary increase in 1919 probably pushed Frazee over the edge, as he had been more than generous with his temperamental star during his tenure as Red Sox owner.

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The Tao is constant in non-action
Yet there is nothing it does not do
If the sovereign can hold on to this
All things shall transform themselves
Transformed, yet wishing to achieve
I shall restrain them with the simplicity of the nameless
The simplicity of the nameless
They shall be without desire
Without desire, using stillness
The world shall steady itself
Lao Tzu
The meaning of the words The Tao is The Way and those who have either translated or study the work agree that the author intended it to be a guide to the natural way of living one's life in harmony with nature or The Way Things Are. In Verse Thirty-Seven Lao Tzu references the opposing natures (Yin/Yang) of the Universe and calls it the subtle clarity. I believe he is trying to make the point that everything in nature is in a delicate balance that should be observed, respected and let alone.
The Taoist individual, as a citizen of the community (The Great Oneness), accepts that all things exist in harmony with nature and; should things go wrong for the individual or the community, it is most likely due to a disruption of the energies of Yin-Yang. To restore balance, the individual must resist/stop trying to control nature. As a result, the natural Flow of life is restored and nature regains its equilibrium.
When the individual tries dominating nature (impose his/her will) it usually means that personal/selfish desires are at work. The Tao cautions that these desires may be disastrous to the individual and the community and; it implies that the individual is tampering with that which is sacred. Thankfully, these set-backs are often temporary, and Universe will restore balance but not before some amount of damage occurs as one forces his/her will into the Universe's plan.
So much of what professional or family Caregivers do is motivated by heartfelt compassion and benevolence. But these noble sources of fuel and intent can get confused with the Caregiver's need to know best and control if that Caregiver does not stay grounded and clear. Buddhism teaches that all human suffering (personal torment) has Desire at its core and that Suffering is self-inflicted. Try to recall the outcome and your emotions surrounding that outcome the last time you interfered, invited or uninvited.
I grant you that often times we are recruited as earth angle by the Universe. I've often congratulated the good works of my staff and colleagues by saying the Universe could not be everywhere, so It sent a nurse. We've all been asked to represent higher powers at times and many have not hesitated to answer that call. But I am not referring to those moments. I am speaking of the times when we dressed up our lower level emotions such as frustration, fear, need and anger and presented them as something very different. How would we know the difference? The outcome is torment free.
When you make a commitment to being a Caregiver, you must make a personal commitment to live a Mindful life. Mindfulness is the ability to remain present, alert and open to what is going on in and around you without letting our emotions overpower thoughts and speech. You must work to know what fuels your actions and trust in the Universe to guide you. Then each of us may come to know the peacefulness of putting down something that was never ours to pick up to begin with.


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An Early Day Motion has been tabled in Parliament, reminding the coalition government of their pledge to end the use of animal experiments to test household product ingredients.
Lodged by Graeme Morrice and sponsored by David Amess, Adrian Sanders, Naomi Long, Caroline Lucas and Jim Sheridan, the Motion notes that the former Home Office Minister stated these commitments would take effect before the General Election. The election is fast approaching and so far no steps have been made in this direction.
"We will end the testing of household products on animals and work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research." – The Coalition: our programme for government (May 2010)
Hopefully this EDM will remind ministers of the promise they made to those who voted for them in good faith that they would stick to their commitments. It's unfortunate such reminders are required with only four months to go, but hopefully this will urge them to proceed in the right direction for animals at the earliest opportunity.
The tabled EDM can be found here: http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/636
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Rahul Gandhi met Chinese, Bhutanese envoys amid Sikkim standoff, confirms Congress
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The Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has finally broken his silence over the controversy that has erupted after his meeting with Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui on July 8.
Earlier on Monday, the Chinese Embassy in Delhi first posted and later removed a statement on its website saying that the two met after the Congress denied it as "fake news".
"It is my job to be informed on critical issues".
On Twitter, Rahul Gandhi confirmed that he had met the Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui, former National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, Congress leaders from the North East as well as the Bhutanese Ambassador Vetsop Namgyel.
"If the government is so concerned about me meeting an ambassador, they should explain why three ministers are availing Chinese hospitality while the border issue is on", he added.
The Congress leader also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Germany.
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The initial opacity surrounding the meeting, coming as it did against the backdrop of an India-China stand-off on the border, even provided some TV channels the opportunity to cast doubts on Mr. Gandhi's motives in meeting the Chinese envoy, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders leapt into the fray to criticise him. It says Indian troops crossed the Sikkim section of the India-China border into Doka La and obstructed work on what is "indisputably Chinese territory".
He alleged that the report was planted by external affairs ministry and intelligence bureau sources.
"For all these people who have been getting very antsy about it (the meeting) since morning I have some questions too".
On Friday, Rahul had tweeted asking why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "silent" on China.
After keeping the meeting secret for days, Congress media head Randeep Surjewala opened up and admitted that the meeting indeed took place and said Gandhi also met the Bhutan ambassador to India.
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Who would be a policeman? ~ UK Riots 2011
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- Anonymous14 August 2011 at 06:06
The policemen I met on the conference as a fellow delegate were of over 31 years service in some. I went to be involved in interview scenarios as academic at University of Derby. During that time I had a very serious back problem that was not noticed during the first hour. But when they realised I was in great pain and listening not saying of it the full force of the conference of over 200 police officers and a Chief Constable made it so I could still attend the conference and be releaved of this spinal injury pain and PTSD. Without doubt as an over 60 scientist I was able to have lunch, get on the train and be escorted and have the full attention without pity. I save that pity for Kate McCann and her family on the isle. Myself, I did not do pity in Praia Da Luz and the police acted in exactly the same way when told of how I could continue in my professional capacity. So the riots are the work of pity makers who want headlines.ReplyDelete
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On another Blog, written by the Wife of a Policeman who was present at the Riots, states that there were gun shots fired at the police.ReplyDelete


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Reviewed by Sara, Simsbury Library
I chose this book to review because it was what I was currently reading when we received the list. The story intrigued me and my time was due to read another "problem" novel, as I like to call them.
Ryden is having a rough time of life. He got Meg pregnant, Meg decided to stop chemotherapy in order to save her baby instead of herself, and then Ryden becomes a single parent. He is a senior and scouts from UCLA are visiting to decide if he is good enough for their soccer scholarship. How do you balance being a single parent, going to school, playing soccer, and oh yeah working to help pay the bills? Not very well.
Meg left behind some secret journals that Ryden thinks will help him become a better father. The intrigue and obsession of finding the journals adds a bit of mystery and determination to the story. You and Ryden will discover some things you did not expect.
This story shares Ryden's struggles and what it means to let go of the past and create a new future. Do I think it will win the Printz? Nope. Would I read another of Jessica Verdi's books? Yes. She really connects you to the characters. To really feel what they are feeling and root for them to succeed. I would love to read just a short, one chapter, follow up to Ryden's story when he is in college and see how the family is doing!


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The Flash (2014)
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.
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Formaggio Kitchen
The order below is the second or third order I've placed with Formaggio Kitchen this year. Their customer service has been excellent. Orders arrive quickly and generally as expected - if not the items in question were replaced immediately.
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Order Information
Order Date: Wednesday June 21, 2006
June 22, 2006 Delivered
The first box was left by the carrier for hours in the sun and the Hooligan was damaged. Formaggio Kitchen replaced it happily and it arrived the next day perfectly. The 2 500g jars of Raphael Framboise arrived as 2 250g jars and they send the missing 2 jars along with the Hooligan the next day.
What we ordered:
Chocolat Durand (32pc)
These fun chocolate boxes have numbers screened in edible gold on each piece which correspond to the flavored chocolate ganache inside. The chocolate is well crafted in an elegant style with high quality chocolate and subtle flavorings. They didn't last long. If you are looking for pronounced flavored chocolate this is not the maker for you – if you like chocolate with a subtle hint of something this is a winner.
Potato Chips - Les Chips d'Allauch
These potato chips were good – really good. Very thin and crunchy – on the oily side though. I wouldn't seek them out but would buy them if I saw them or would add to an order
Stockan & Gardens Orkney Oat Cakes - Thick
I somehow don't like these as much as others I tried. They don't have a great depth of flavor for me.
Kayak Cookies - Chocolate Salty Oats 6pk
These Kayak cookies are fabulously expensive and fabulous. Really really good. Would definitely order again.
Raphaël Framboise - 500g
My favorite jam. They sent 2 250g jars. I can't find a superior raspberry but I keep looking. Unbeatable.
Raphaël Cerise - 250g
The cherry is also very very good and I would order it again.
Ascutney Mountain - 1/2 lb
Arrived in great shape. Read more about it in our Master Cheese List.
Hooligan - 1/2 lb
From Cato Corner. The first one arrived melted (as pictured above) and was quickly replaced with a perfect piece. The customer service at Formaggio Kitchen is exemplary.
Poschiavo Spaghetti 500g
Good. Not the best ever but good.
Felice Flour Tipo "Burrato" 1kg $10
The one item I haven't tried yet.
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May, 2004 -
Formaggio Kitchen
The order was placed on a Sunday and we received it by FedEx on Tuesday before noon as expected. Everything was wrapped well but the vinegar bottle had smashed and covered everything in vinegar - fortunately the bubble wrap was all that suffered. Customer Service at Formaggio Kitchen sent out a replacement vinegar right away. All was well. (The rest of my comments are italicized.)
Jams & Preserves
Four Red Fruits [Selection d'Alice Confiture (Languedoc, France)] $8.95
Strawberry, Raspberry, Red Currant, and Cherry "An exceptional jam, each jar is bursting with fresh fruit and flavor. All are wildly delicious."
A good flavor mix. Hard to pick one fruit out but probably raspberry. But not an exceptional jam. A good jam - I've had better.
Confiture Framboise (250g) [les Confitures de Raphael] $8.95
Tastes of strawberries with a touch of sweetness. A bit on the runny side. Fruit is bright red. Not quite as an intense "strawberry" taste as I had hoped for but it's not too sweet which is great.
Confiture Artisanale de Pamplemousse (250g) [les Confitures de Raphael] $8.95
– Grapefruit Preserves
"Artisinally made jams from a variety of fruits. A delicate use of sugar lends to a beautiful, full flavored condiment that is not too sweet. Raphael Guillo-Lohan, who lives in Saint Coulomb, is a young man quickly making a name for himself in the world of French cuisine."
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Ciliege [La Confettura dell'Azienda Agraria San Benedetto (Montepulciano, Italy)] $10.95
"Luca Peruzzi's outrageous jams, made on his Tuscan farm from organic fruit cooked the same day as harvested. The purity of this fruit shines through, as sugar is used only sparingly, if at all. A terrific choice for inclusion in a cheese plate."
Cherry Preserves
I can imagine this on a cheese plate but it does nothing for a slice of toast. It's brown with a slight reg tinge and not appetizing at all to look at. The spare sugar makes it tart so paired with something with a bit of sweetness or pungent taste would work well. It probably shows the fruit off well – but it's not exactly the kind of "cherry" you were thinking of eating in June. This one is tart and a bit bitter and acidic.
Brebis Pardou (Aquitaine, France) [Cheeses of France] $23.95
"A fermier sheep's milk cheese, with a huge full flavor that lingers on the tongue. An excellent example of just how good sheep's milk cheeses can be. Handcrafted in Vallee D'Ossau."
This was good but not memorable.
Comte Marcel Petite "Fort Sainte-Antoine" [Cheeses of France] $17.95
"From the high altitude Jura region in southeastern France. The Montbeliard cows graze on meadows teaming with pissenlit, or wild dandelion. Aged 10-14 months for a dense, creamy texture and fruity flavor. Aged by Marcel Petite.
Jack was unimpressed. His standards for Comte are Jean d 'Alos aged Comte. This did not excite him.
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Enormous Wheels of cheese rest in the galleries of the old military fortress of Saint Antoine. With continuous cool temperatures the Comte wheels mature for 8 to 18 months in the fortress cellars. More than 40,000 cheese wheels weighing 35kg each are pampered like babies, daily turned, abraded, brushed and examined. The taste of the matured cheese varies depending upon altitude of the meadows and what grows on it and the season."
Caramel "Caramel"
[Dammann Freres Bulk Teas] @ $9.50
Definite Caramel nose to the dry tea and hot tea has a velvety caramel flavor. If the tea gets too strong it's overpowering – so beware.
Decaf Vanilla "Vanille Detheine"
[Dammann Freres Bulk Teas] $12.00
Not that excited about it.
Cassis "Cassis"
[Dammann Freres Bulk Teas] $9.50
Overpowering Black currant fragrance and taste. For me this is a once-in-a-while tea and more afternoon than breakfast. I don't like it that much with toast and jam/honey. But maybe with a savory sandwich? I threw the rest out.
Assam Superior
[Dammann Freres Bulk Teas] $9.50
Not that excited about this Assam. Sort of ordinary.
Chocolate & Cookies
Cubotto Cuor di Cacao [Venchi Confections (Formerly Cuba Venchi)] $18.95
"When the two great chocolate companies, Cuba and Venchi, formed a partnership a few years ago, the result was some of the best chocolate ever produced. A bag of bite-sized chocolates--75% cocoa shell filled with extra-bitter chocolate creme. These are, quite simply, amazing. A chocolate for true afficionados, these are an elegant finish to any meal."
Dense Dark chocolate with a truffle like center. Really good but would not seek them out again.
Selection d'Alice Chocolate Biscuits, and Chocolate-Orange Biscuits [Selection d'Alice (Languedoc, France) Cookies] $8.95 each
"A variety of artisan biscuits and cookies collected from different regions of France and packaged under one label. This line has been a consistant favorite in our stores for its tender, buttery sweets made with the finest ingredients."
The cookies are thin and crisp. The orange perfect with a cup of tea. Chocolate with coffee. I ordered the plain chocolate – they sent chocolate mint. Made with butter, eggs, sugar and flour, and tasting fresh. Would not seek out.
Balsamic Vinegar
Antiqua 15 year "Riserva Speciale" 250ml [Balsamic Vinegars] $47.95
"Only 2000 limited edition hand-blown glass bottles of this precious vinegar are released each year. Each is accompanied by a delicate glass dropper. A special treat and a terrific gift for the food lovers in your life."
Arrived shattered so that the whole order was soaked in about 1 inch of Balsamic Vinegar. Fortunately the tea was carefully wrapped in plastic and the cheese had a plastic layer as well. Cookies and Chocolates were in cellophane and everything else was heavy glass and unbroken. So they are reshipping the Balsamic Vinegar. The Customer Service was great - no question as to how the diffculty was to be resolved. They immediately offered to replace and reship the broken item.
Not excited about this vinegar. It doesn't show much distinction dressing things. I've tried asparagus, tomatoes, salad and chicken. It has a raisiny sweet taste as it should but what flavor there seems lost on even the plainest of food.
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Pediatric Occupational Therapists often support educators and parents in helping children with handwriting skills. Long before the student sits down at the desk to complete a writing assignment, there are building blocks that serve as a foundation for success:
5 Activities that Benefit Fine Motor Skills
Allow for Tummy Time:
The prone or belly position is an important step in infant/toddler growth and development. As the child learns to push up on elbows and eventually hands in this position, it helps develop good shoulder stability as well as building the arches of the hands, which are used later for strength and precision activities like throwing a ball or writing with a pencil. Even older children can benefit using tunnel or scooter board activities or try the new Surfloor Tiles to bring some sensory fun to tummy time.
Work on Vertical Surfaces:
From pre-school and up, working on vertical surfaces can additionally support the concepts of tummy time. From painting on easels, to writing on wall mounted white boards, this position helps build good neck and shoulder muscles necessary for stability with writing skills as well as visual tracking skills needed for focus and precision.
Build Strong Hand and Finger Muscles:
Although standard early childhood modeling clay is a staple, consider using CanDo Theraputty or Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty to really give student hands a workout. Hide coins or chips in the putty and have children fish them out using pinch and push skills, which help build intrinsic hand muscles needed for fine motor skills like using scissors and squeezing a glue bottle.
Vary the Use of Media for Writing and Drawing:
With so much emphasis on technology, it's important to remember that effective fine motor skills depend on strong tactile (touch) skills. Add more texture and sensory input by practicing letters or designs using Wikki Stix or drawing with the Squiggle Wiggle Pen. As an LCD ewriter, Boogie Boards make a durable alternative and/or as a segue to using smart tablets with writing/drawing apps.
Introduce Helpful Sensory Tools
If wiggles and fidgets are an issue with in seat/on task behavior, adding simple sensory tools like a weighted lap pad which may provide just the right amount of deep touch pressure for calming.
More Occupational Therapy Related Blog Content
To find more helpful tips, tricks, and ideas relating to Occupational Therapy or with a focus on students with special needs, check out the Special Needs category or peruse the hundreds of other blog articles on our site.
April is Occupational Therapy Month! Supporting fine motor skills is only one component of the diverse role OT practitioners play in helping people of all ages in preventing or living better with an injury, illness or disability. For more information visit aota.org.


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Beaumaris North Primary School - Celebrating achievement: Six years of KidsMatter Primary
Beaumaris North Primary School is about 15 kms south east of the Melbourne CBD and has an enrolment of 670 students. The story describes the school's implementation of wellbeing initiatives and its commitment to KidsMatter Primary since 2009. It also includes a focus on the use of the KidsMatter Primary Portal for staff induction. In February 2015 the school was formally recognised as a KidsMatter Primary school.
Benalla East Primary School: Connects to parents
Benalla East began its involvement with KidsMatter Primary in 2010. The results from a parent and carer survey in 2011 showed an increase in satisfaction from 25% to 75%. The school believes it improved its communication and uses text messages to let parents and carers know about students' achievements. The school also texts information about school assemblies.
Coolaroo South Primary School: Letters from the heart
A strong focus of Coolaroo South Primary School is to bring the community into the learning environment. Students participated in a successful initiative in 2011 in which they wrote letters to a significant person in their lives. They crafted letters over several sessions and illustrated them to make them ready for a public exhibition in the school. Large crowds of parents and relatives and friends attended the exhibition which was called, 'Letters from the heart'.
Hastings Primary School - layers of wellbeing
Lethbridge Primary School: Bridge-building with KidsMatter
Lethbridge Primary School is in a rural township 75 kms south-west of Melbourne and about 32 kms from Geelong. It enrols 101 students, and moved to a new location in 2011. The school story outlines the challenges for the school community in adapting to the new location and open teaching and learning spaces, and creating new traditions for Lethbridge Primary School. Part of that process was to implement KidsMatter in 2012. The Action Team organised a Wellbeing Expo which involved wide representation of community health and fitness groups to promote mental health.
St Mark's Catholic Primary School, Fawkner: On message
The school story for St Mark's describes some of the ways we try to involve families in our community. It also outlines our focus on our 'value of the week', student leadership and lunchtime clinics. Our school story will also be included in a future Victorian KidsMatter Primary newsletter which will be sent to a wide range of schools. It will also be used when schools are thinking of introducing KidsMatter Primary.
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In 2006, the National Pork Board and the United States Department of Agriculture identified the lack of a universal curriculum for swine industry professionals as a national need. About the same time many land grant universities that had traditionally taught swine management courses stopped doing so due to budgetary constraints or low course enrollments which further exacerbated this situation. In response, Iowa State University, North Carolina State University, and the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence received a U.S.D.A. Higher Education Challenge Grant to develop an on-line curriculum in swine production and management. The result was the Swine On-Line curriculum which is now part of the Ag*IDEA Consortium of which NC State University is a member.
The proposed course is an elective course in the Swine On-Line curriculum which was developed to meet an identified national need in higher education. Feed is the largest cost in pork production and an understanding of feed ingredients, preparation and delivery are critical components of a pork production enterprise. This course is designed to introduce students to a modern feedmill, including operations such as feed mill design, basic feed mill operations, feed quality control, ingredients and their inventory, and feed storage and delivery.
The proposed new course will be taught as part of the Ag*IDEA consortium, with the course being offered by qualified faculty at contributing institutions. The course was taught previously at NC State University by a faculty member who is now located at another institution that is part of the Ag*IDEA consortium. He is continuing to teach the course as part of the Swine Science Online national program.
The goals of this course are for students to understand:
Students completing the course will be able to:


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I ran my first race this evening the Park Hall 5k organised by the Oswestry Olympians. I had three objectives, to finish, not to come last and to come in under 30 minutes.
All three were achieved and with my new Garmin forerunner I know my split times
1 - 5:58
2 - 5:59
3 - 5:41
4 - 5:50
5 - 6:03
Not sure what happen to the 5th Km as I had targets in site to chase down but could not find the extra pace. But it was a good evening and the sun shone. Not sure how many runners there were but was over 125.
I was a little surprised to find I knew two other runners and also one of the stewards, my post man
Ellesmere 10k is now in the diary for August. But back to the local roads in the mean time following the Liz Yelling half marathon plan with the Great North Run as my target for September.


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Tom Brennan: Season Recap: Kingsport Mets
Another season recap on yet another losing Mets squad.
Kingsport's Mini-Mets finished up at 29-37, 16 games worse than the league's best team. This team did feature very decent hitting, but it's pitching was poor overall, hence the 8 games under .500 result.
Eduardo Fermin hit .352 in 19 games.
Rigoberto Terrazas hit .348 (2nd in the league) in 52 games, although he missed the last 2 weeks.
"Daddy Wags" Wagner Lagrange hit .335 (4th in the league) before being promoted to Brooklyn late in the season to try to resuscitate Brooklyn's moribund offense (I love to use the word moribund, don't you?).
First baseman Jeremy Vasquez hit .296 with 7 homers in half a season before also sent to Brooklyn for offensive disaster relief.
Juan Uriarte was certainly a welcome catcher and hitting performer in the Mets organization, going .305/.372/.455 in 52 games. We can only hope the 19 year old is for real going forward.
All of the above hitters nicely also had relatively low strikeout rates. I am not a big fan of guys who fan.
Except, that is, for OF Anthony Dirocie. Showing more power than anyone in the Mets minors not named Pounding Pete Alonso or Triphammer Travis Taijeron, Mr. Dirocie had a terrific 19 doubles, 3 triples and league-leading 11 homers in just 61 games.
The 93 Dirocie Ks in just 61 games were, however, extremely high, and the 20 year old 5'11" 175 pound slugger has a big red alert to address there if he is not to emulate former high strikeout flame outs Ivan (Hoe) Wilson and Vicente (Vinnie the Loop) Lupo.
Pitching wise:
5 relievers (Joshua Payne, Aaron Ford, Ryan Selmer, Billy Oxford, and the also-promoted-to-Brooklyn Steve Villines) pitched very well. Chris James and Joe Cavallaro started 16 games between them in commendable fashion.
Aaron Ford got bumped all the way to Columbia late in the season and found the hitters much tougher, giving up 9 runs in 5.2 innings there, but the lefty did fan 33 in just 21 innings this year overall, with a fine 1.05 WHIP. I'll take it gladly.
Steve Villines had a 5 star season, going 3-2, 1.65 between Kingsport and Brooklyn, with 41 strikeouts AND JUST 1 WALK in 27 innings. How's that 41:1 strikeout to walk ratio, hah? The 2017 10th round pick's sterling performance reminded me of another former 10th round reliever's sterling performances in his days in the minors: Paul Sewald.
However, 6 other guys who will remain nameless threw over 200 combined innings had a combined ERA of well over 6.00, which is not conducive to team success.
Kingsport actually led the league in hitting for a while before promotions and injuries dropped them to .275, with 365 runs scored, 5.5 runs per game, and 47 dingers. Best of all the Mets minors teams.
A 4.92 team ERA and 5.6 runs allowed per game did not constitute blue ribbon stuff, though.
But I will take a strong hitting rookie team like this one, where half the pitchers pitch quite well even if the other half...uhh...suck, anytime, because rookie ball is all about producing quality hitters (check - the K Mets had several) and pitchers (check - the K Mets had several).
It gives real hope that hitting and pitching in Brooklyn will be better in 2018, and that hitting in Columbia will improve too, as these better K Mets graduate upwards in 2018.
Consider me happy with this team's performance despite its LOSING record. Losers can be winners sometimes.
2016 coveted high school draftee Cameron Planck has not yet pitched in a minors game in 2016 or 2017. Maybe he's a mirage? Apparently he had shoulder surgery but is listed as active...hmmm. Tell him Jack Chesbro went 41-12 in 455 innings in 1904, but he had to actually pitch in games to do it. Hopefully, we'll see Mr. Planck in 2018.


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The Kenya Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (KOGS) recently held a sensitization forum to discuss the Every Second Matters (ESM)- Uterine Balloon Tamponade (UBT) and ESM-Ketamine innovation in Kisumu, Kenya. The African Institute for Health Transformation (AIHT) team in collaboration with the head of Reproductive and Maternal Health service Unite (RMHSU) Dr. Joel Gondi brought together 16 members of KOGS drawn from Kisumu, Bungoma, Kakamega, Garissa, Turkana, Homa Bay, Vihiga, Busia and Migori Counties. One main objective of the forum was to to discuss the best strategies to accelerate rollout, data collection, reporting, uptake, and scale-up of both the Uterine Balloon Tamponade and Ketamine innovations. The forum also focused on sensitizing KOGS members on maternal health lifesaving innovations.
The forum began with introductions and welcoming remarks from Dr. Onyango, the Chairperson of KOGs Western Chapter, and followed with the first presentation by Dr. Joel Gondi. Dr. Gondi commended Obstetrician and Gynecologists for their efforts in making a difference in maternal and reproductive health service provision. He emphasized how to implement locally generated evidence based innovative techniques that offer local solutions to maternal and adolescent reproductive health challenges. He also emphasized the need for quality of care to be improved, and he acknowledged it is at the heart of all the best practices they are expected to implement. Dr. Gondi highlighted critical observation is where quality of care is compromised not as a result of scientific, but rather administrative systems failure especially where there is staff shortage or delay in offering services.
Dr Gondi also wanted to know how far KOGS has been articulating and propagating some of the best practices such as UBT and Ketamine innovations in their practice. He emphasized the need for KOGS to shape direction of Maternal Health policies in Kenya. He invited KOGS to participate in the review of the Reproductive Health Policy that is ongoing, and he mentioned that this review would attempt to interpret and meet the constitutional requirement that Kenyan Citizens have a right to the highest standard of Reproductive Health in a devolved system of governance.
Dr. Gondi concluded by highlighting resources and partnerships KOGS could use, provided by the Ministry of Health (MOH), in rolling out and scaling up the two Maternal Health Innovations. Dr. Gondi stated, "So long as the two innovations are recognized by the National Steering Committees and the Technical Working Groups (TWGS), and Science supports the innovation, the MOH will support the scale up". He mentioned this could have been achieved earlier in the year, but unfortunately the industrial actions and the political climate have not been conducive enough. This however, he said was in the pipeline for execution in the next quarter where the MOH will make and implement supportive legislation, policy, and guidelines on Maternal Health Best Practices in Kenya.
Dr. Kereki, KOGS President Representative, also made a keynote address at the forum, and during his keynote address, Dr. Kereki gave the audience some startling statistics on maternal health.
Some of the startling statistics Dr. Kereki shared;
- Every month more than 20 women die at childbirth.
- According to confidential reports, 857 mothers died in the 1st half of 2017 as compared to 142 mothers during the same period in 2016.
- Only 10% of maternal deaths are reported. What happens to the 90% unreported cases? For instance DHIS reported 962 deaths in 2016.
- Over 50% of Public Health Facilities remained closed over the strike period. Doctors went on strike for 100 days and nurses 150 days; this he observed set stage for a perfect "relay" where Kenyans were exposed to 250 days without medical services in the public facilities.
Dr Kereki continued to highlight some of the challenges reproductive health care face. He highlighted:
- Lack of prioritization of resources where Maternal Health Care is not prioritized
- Leakage of maternal health resources due to corruption and nepotism.
- Ineffectiveness of Free Maternity Care due to lack of resources to support the same and misappropriation of the meager resource allocation for the same.
- Inadequate, inappropriate, and erratic supplies.
- Lack of maternal services in communities where they are needed the most (adolescents and youth; nomadic and pastoralists; people with disability; street population; and populations in informal settlements in all our cities).
- Inadequate trained professionals to handle some very unique and specialized but necessary Reproductive and Maternal Health services.
Dr. Kereki proposed solutions to some of the challenges. He urged Active involvement of KOGS members in policy making using a phrase that, "You are either on the table or you are in the menu…where do you want to be?" Dr. Kereki also stated that most of the local problems have local solutions such as the UBT and Ketamine, an old drug that has been tried and tested locally, and the only question is on roll out, uptake, and scale up. Dr. Kereki emphasized so long as there is no missed opportunity and there is a call for agitation by KOGS that every life matters, then the local innovations can and will make a big impact on the negative maternal health indicators currently reported in Kenya.
Another keynote speaker at the forum was Professor Khama Rogo. Professor Rogo acknowledged that maternal and reproductive health problems are similar in Africa, but solutions can be developed and adopted locally to make a difference. "As professionals we are not any less guilty. In health the consequences of omission are not the same as the consequences of commission", stated Prof Rogo.
Professor Rogo discussed the delays and inefficiencies at facility level giving a case scenario in Siaya County where a 14 year old succumbed to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) due to provider delays at facility level, referral delay, and blood scarcity. He emphasized medicine is an apprenticeship, and young doctors need role models to mentor them. He noted that internship is the final stage of molding after which it would be difficult to churn out quality medical doctors into the health care industry. Prof Rogo mentioned that the role of Obstetrician Gynecologists is only second to the work of God. He stated, "When God leaves you, you are done, when the Obstetrician Gynecologist leaves you, you die".
He continued to also discuss near misses. Near misses, he mentioned are "deaths" in the eyes of an African woman because the loss of a uterus would basically "kill" her womanhood and status in the society. He challenged Obstetrician Gynecologists to embrace their roles with courage and to know that they are dispatched to counties not because of perfections, but rather imperfections that they are expected to correct. "You must therefore leave that place better than how you found it!" he concluded.
According to Professor Rogo a lot of emphasis needs to be put on governance, health financing, equipment, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and essential drugs and human resource strengthening. All these he said can be achieved even at county levels as counties are now allowed to legislate at the County Assembly level with regards to what works for them best.
Professor Rogo also encouraged the KOGS team members to participate in evidence-based research and do as many publications as possible as it is the only way that local innovations can be acknowledged internationally.
He closed his remarks with a quote to the Obstetrician Gynecologists. "You don't light a lump and hide it under the table. You guys are light; are you under the table or above the table? It is not the numbers that count, but the commitment to get it done. Do it now…you are the best, you are qualified and gifted!" he stated.
Monica Oguttu, KMET Executive Director and chairperson Kisumu Health Task Force Committee, and Dr. Solomon Orero presented the ESM-UBT and ESM-Ketamine innovation at the forum. During her ESM-UBT presentation, Monica Oguttu addressed the KOGS team in her capacity as KMET Executive Director and chairperson for Kisumu Health Task Force Committee. She mentioned that despite the gains made by many government interventions such as "Linda mama" and "beyond zero" initiatives by the first lady, maternal health indicators still remain negative. Kisumu alone has many OBS/GYNs but teamwork seems to be the missing link.
Her presentation captured the PPH situation in Kenya, recommended procedure for PPH management in AMSTL, provided statistics on PPH in Kenya, and highlighted the percentage contributions to PPH by each of the four T's (trauma, tissue, tone, and thrombosis). The UBT innovation was then introduced, from sharing information to proof of concept stage, trainings conducted, endorsements obtained (including from KOGS), and finally lives saved to date. A video documentary was also shared showing the UBT technique and how it has impacted lives of many women in Garissa County.
During the ESM-Ketamine presentation Dr. Solomon Orero gave a history of ketamine use in Kenya, the rationale for use, dosage, and side effects. During the plenary discussion a number of OBS/GYNS testified to having successfully used ketamine to save lives in instances where there was no anesthetist or where patient referrals would cause delays in saving the patient's life. A few other participants raised concerns about their job security, especially in the event that ketamine failed and a patient died. Dr. Orero reassured them that as long as proper documentation and procedures are adhered to as per the expected SOP's they would not be victimized. "You have two options, you either do nothing and watch the patient dies, or you use ketamine and you get a chance to save the patient's life" he stated.
With prior emphasis from Professor Rogo, Dr. Orero further emphasized that Ketamine is not being used as a replacement to general anesthesia, but rather recommended when conventional management levels have failed. Basic eligibility criteria such as a functional theatre in place, an MO, where there's no anesthetist, and basic checklist requirements such as availability of oxygen in the theatre before ketamine use. An Obstetrician from Kisumu testified having used ketamine for all the surgeries they had in Kaplong for a couple of years with no adverse out comes. It was similarly observed by other obstetricians present that the safety level of Ketamine was better than spinal depending on the experience of the anaesthetist or anesthetist assistant.
The meeting concluded with action plans and next steps highlighted below:
Way forward/Next Steps:
- KOGS Western region to share a write up on maternal health gaps and the proposed solutions to be adopted.
- Kakamega OBS/GYN will hold a stakeholders' forum where he will address the issue of ketamine use where there is no anaesthetist.
- KOGS have an important role to play during MPDRS and in county MNH TWGs.
- Vihiga County OBS/GYN promised to lobby his county to purchase ESM-UBT as an essential maternal health commodity.
- Turkana County OBS/GYN plan to hold a reconnaissance meeting with the Turkana CHMT to discuss gaps in ESM-UBT utilization and UBT commodity security.
- KOGS to document county specific maternal health situation during the Industrial strike period by health providers (Doctors and nurses)
- In the next quarter (January 2018-March 2018) MOH will make and implement supportive legislation, policy and guidelines on Maternal Health Best Practices in Kenya where the ESM-UBT will be discussed by the MNH TWG and MNH steering committee.
- Joint planning with obstetrician/gynecologists as team leaders to accelerate rollout of Ketamine and UBT in their respective counties
We would like to thank all our partners that made this forum possible. We would like to appreciate our partners AIHT, KOGS, MGH, RMHSU, and KMET for their continued mission to saving maternal health with lifesaving innovations.


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At The Inkwell Presents: ANOTHER NIGHT BAZAAR. In this dark fantasy anthology, authors explore the concept of the Night Bazaar, a place where time and geography are fluid, and the magical intertwines with the everyday. Join us to hear from six of the authors - don't miss this exotic, time-traveling pre-Christmas event.
Friends of Vera marks GREG FLETCHER's fiction debut. He's also the author of four essays, several plays, and the craft book Shorts and Briefs—a collection of short plays and brief principles of playwriting, published by Northampton House Press. For more details, visit www.gregoryfletcher.com
Anthology editor LENORE HART, who grew up in a haunted house in Florida, is the author of 8 novels (two optioned for film), and short stories, poems, plays, and articles. As Elisabeth Graves she writes the Dark Florida series. Her work's been featured in Poets and Writers, on Voice of America radio, and PBS's "Writer To Writer." Find more at www.lenorehart.com, @LenoreHartAuthor on Facebook, or @Elfair on Twitter.
As an academic advisor at Penn State, CORINNE ALICE NULTON shares her love for language with reluctant freshman while jotting down her own words in the breaths left between. Her play "14 Symptoms" was featured in the Brick Theater's Game Play Festival in 2014, and her 10-minute play "Flesh" was a finalist at the Kennedy Center in 2012. She's also drama and poetry editor for A Door is a Jar Literary Magazine. http://www.lenorehart.com
One sprout from a Dutch family tree of pillars of society and artistic freebooters, MAU VANDUREN has lived and worked all over the world with best friend and wife Jackie, learning new cultures and experiences along the way. Mau wrote fiction in Kenya and Barbados, and a nonfiction history Many Heads and Many Hands was published in 2014. He's currently at work on his 10-year project, The Binder, a trilogy.
APHRODITE ANAGNOST's debut novel, Memoir of a Death Angel, was an Amazon Best New Author semifinalist in 2014. Passover (co-author, Robert P. Arthur), won a 2016 Chanticleer Paranormal Book Award. Anagnost, AKA Frances Williams, is a country doctor, horse trainer, and equestrian book editor. Find her on Twitter @AphroditeAuthor, on Facebook, and at www.XenophonPress.com.
NAIA POYER, a book designer, painter, and graphic designer, lives in Boston and is working on an MA at Harvard. A queer agender writer, visual artist, and academic, Poyer hopes to contribute to better LGBTQIA representation in art, media, and scholarship. Visit them at www.Facebook.com/NaiadBookDesignor naia046.wixsite.com/naiaddesign.


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Packed with entertainment for all the family, The Real Halloween celebrates all that is magical about Halloween and late autumn. This is meant to enchant (not scare) your children!
Throughout the weekend, children can take part in the charities ever popular workshops including, Witches Pets, Wizard Shields , Magic Potions, Magic Wands and Witches Messengers. Other activities include lantern making, the witches' kitchen, pixie post office and face painting. Families can also try their luck at Wizard Games with Sugar Beer Shot Putt, Vegetaboules, Broomstick Javelin, Apple Bobbing and more.
Each day the event ends with a magical, story by candle light in the woods of Holt Hall . Fire braziers, live music, storytelling, shows, craft market, food stalls and mulled apple juice all add to this unique family event.
Advance booking recommended.
Fairy Fair, Holt Hall, Holt,Norfolk, NR25 7DU,
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More Events in Norfolk in February
Nature Explorers, Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens, Fakenham
Norwich Original Fleamarket , St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Halls, Norwich
Winter Feed, Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens, Fakenham
Snowdrop Days , Raveningham Gardens , Norwich
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I've heard many different artists or creatives speak about mentors and how important they are for young people pursuing a life dedicated to making things. Austin Kleon, the author of NYT best-seller STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST, talks about adopting mentors through reading biographies and studying the lives of people you want to learn from. Lana Del Rey (my love) even offers advice to her fans saying "pick your role-models wisely, find out what they did and do it..."
In the spirit of "finding out what they did" I was inspired to read Patti Smith's memoire JUST KIDS, a prolific and inspired picture of two artists struggling to unlock their creative consciousness and to create. It's arguably one of the most powerful biographies I've ever experienced, and I say experience because Patti Smith refuses to write something you simply read. It permeates to your core... however unsettling or painful or romantic, you will be moved by her words, her madness, and her passion.
Patti Smith's relationship with the late artist Robert Mapplethorpe is a dynamic pairing of two incredible creative minds, exceedingly different, yet interwoven and very much the same. Patti's honest and raw expression of two kids fighting for creative freedom in a merciless New York City moved me so deeply that I could not escape the fact that something deep in my consciousness was moving, and whether I had initially intended it or not, Patti was teaching me. I had unwittingly adopted her as a mentor, and what she taught me is equally inspiring and haunting. Six things specifically stood out to me as I read her book. I've outlined them below...
One of the first things about Patti's early life that struck me was that she never seemed to be paranoid about when she'd achieve a certain level of status or notoriety in the art world. She lived with a certain conviction that she would do something that mattered, but didn't appear to be anxious about when that moment would come. I was reminded that in order to have the freedom to create work that is good, it has to be honest. And in order to be honest, we have to have the time for self-discovery-- a process that simply cannot be rushed. It has to come out life on it's own, it can't be forced out. Conviction to create is only half the battle, the other half is having patience with our own mind, trusting that it will catch up with our conviction in it's own time and that the perspective that comes out of that will be enough because it is distinct to our own identity--exclusively ours.
2. CONSTANTLY CREATE (even if it sucks)
Patti writes a lot about how in the early days of her poetic work she often could not complete a poem. She would write until she hit a wall she could not get over and stop. Start a new poem. Hit a wall. Repeat. We don't usually think about having to persevere through creativity, but finding the resolve to continue trying, even when it doesn't work, is so much easier said than done. She mentions having pages full of half-written works, poems that would never be finished. But all the "failed" work eventually fed into her collective vision and drove her to make something that mattered. She truly had an innate sense of "process" as opposed to a finished "product" and, as I said earlier, trusted in her conviction enough to press further into her ability, requiring her work to grow.
About a third of the way through the book, Patti and Robert take up residence at the Hotel Chelsea and the work they create from that point on is distinctly elevated. At the time, The Hotel Chelsea was a gathering place for artists, musicians, and the like of all calibers and backgrounds. Patti refers to her interactions with those who frequented it's grounds, from Allen Ginsberg to Bob Dylan. The point isn't that they were surrounded by fame, as many of these people had not yet reached their platforms of success, but that they were surrounded by other like-minded people who were driven mad by the same desire to make something, to develop their perspective, to becomes something. I've come to find that creativity fuels creativity, and nowhere have I found that to be more valid than in JUST KIDS. The concept is even Biblical, referenced in 1 Corinthians 15:33. If "bad company corrupts good morals," then "bland company corrupts inspired creativity." Patti drives home the point that who you surround yourself with is directly linked to the work you create.
The number 1 thing that just about knocks me out about PUNK/ROCK LEGEND Patti Smith is that she never even attempted to sing until her late 20's. Life as a musician never seemed to cross her radar until she had already lived very much as an artist, poet, and collaborator with Robert Mapplethorpe. The very thing that made her LEGENDARY evaded her until she first started collaborating with musicians around the age of 27. Culturally we are so addicted to the "prodigy" narrative-- the idea that if your body of work isn't ground-breaking by the time your 20, you're done before you've even begun. Patti is PROOF that good work is HARD work and HARD work takes TIME. Time requires investment and investment requires constant reevaluation of where you are and what you're doing all the while trusting conviction and process. We are never a finished product. The best thing we can dream for ourselves is that our best work is ahead of us, not behind us.
5. SHOW YOUR WORK (to whoever will listen)
When Patti made the first steps into the world that would become PUNK, she performed live readings of her poetry set to music. More performance artist than musician, her poetic identity was raw and unfiltered, pained, yet beautiful. She would sit on a stage and read her work, often in the midst of a jeering audience who let her know exactly what they were thinking. She talks about finding her voice and calling out the nay-sayers, developing what would become her infamous repartee with a crowd looking for trouble. She was willing to show her work to whoever would listen, without worrying about perfection she was willing to learn from the awkward and uncomfortable. These early live shows weren't about making other people like her work, nor were they about validation, these moments were about her continued pursuit to discover the power of her work in it's vast potential, and that an audience, however brutal, can teach you about trusting your voice and finding your fight.
Artists are notorious for being moody, unpredictable, volatile, and often victims of incredible loss. Patti knows a think or two about disappointment, heartache, and defeat. She gained a lot. She lost a lot. What I could not escape while reading her book is the fact that in the midst of her pain and loss and empathy for brokenness, is this exquisite beauty and poetry in the narrative of her life. To experience heartache is to have lost something loved, to have loved something is to have lived, and truly living is what we are all desperately trying to do. The vibrancy of living passionately and assuming the accompanying risks colors Patti's entire body of work. So much of her work expresses a raw and unmitigated rage, passion, and fire for what it is to live freely without subscribing to what is popular, what is easy, or what is safe. Patti knows rage as well, and it is this rage that seems to fuel her endless passion for realism. To know rage is to care about what is wrong and to fight for what is right. To be devoted to conviction without distraction. Complacency is death. Creativity--true art, cannot exist in the midst of complacency.
Thank You, Patti Smith
The creative life is a life of passion, empathy, and rage. It requires active participation in madness and uncertainty and demands disregard for safety and ease. Having conviction requires that we disregard our need for survival. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it is the lesson plan of how Patti taught me that art without madness cannot exist. If we want to create something that matters, we have to let go of certainty and dive into something greater. This is not my wisdom, it is Patti's. I can only be filled with gratitude for her willingness to share. We are never a finished product, we are always learning, growing, and changing. Patti makes me want to be committed to these ideals and trust in who we are becoming and that no matter what, it will be worth fighting for.


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KOHAT: A man set his ex-wife on fire after she refused to remarry him in Mir Ahmad Khel, Kohat on Friday. He then proceeded to set himself on fire as well.
Syed Marjana filed a case with Saddar police and said that she was at her neighbour's house when she got a phone call from her daughter-in-law asking her to come home. When she reached, she found her daughter Ayesha's ex-husband pouring petrol on her and lighting a match. She added that he also poured petrol on himself.
According to police official Afsar Khan, Marjana's former son-in-law Samiullah barged into their house with his brother Sohail and insisted that Ayesha should marry him again. When she refused he doused her in petrol. Samiullah and Ayesha were both severely burnt.
The official added both of them were taken to Kohat Divisional Hospital where doctors referred them to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Samiullah's brother Sohail managed to flee. The police have filed a case against the accused.


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We just completed another mural at Toyota of El Cajon. Their service area wall is 16′ high x 32′ wide–a very large and intimidating space to work with! Toyota asked us for ideas of how to provide information for their customers when they drop off their vehicles and how to make it much more friendly and bright at the same time. After several artistic concepts, they decided on a yellow brick road theme.
We loved being able to help them with this hand-painted mural and provide a more inviting and relaxed environment for their customers. One of the reasons we like doing work for Toyota of El Cajon is that they are a completely eco-friendly dealership. We had to use low VOC paints to keep in line with what their mission is and it matches our mission as well to be an environmentally conscious business.


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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday Night Ride Recap - 11/03/09
We had twelve riders for the Tuesday Night Ride! We rode north and headed over on 5th. Up Cleveland and then we headed through the fairgrounds to Silver Drive up to North Broadway. We made it over to Ferris and then to Cleveland. At Morse we stopped for food at Taquikin. Then we headed west and north through the Tamarack roundabout. We crossed the pedestrian bridge over 71 and then headed south on Indianola. We headed down Walhalla to High and the group started to break up. 22 miles. Many tacos consumed.
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Stating something is part of the fantasy genre puts a stake in the ground regarding the appearance of supernatural elements. As I discussed yesterday, the three main supernatural elements in my planned setting are magic, religion, and the cataclysm. All of these elements are commingled to some degree, so it's best to start with establishing the desired role and feel of the supernatural in the setting before drilling down to the nitty-gritty.
My desire for elements of the supernatural in this setting is to make the world seem less knowable and more dangerous. Magic should be something to be feared, and those who learn how to harness it should be feared even more. Performing acts of magic should be convoluted and complicated, but have remarkable results.
Magic and the cataclysm are related because the disaster that would cause the end of civilization, especially in a setting that does not have the technology for nuclear weapons, bioplagues, or grey goo, is almost certainly going to be magical in nature. That does mean that I need to determine how magic works before I determine how it went so incredibly awry.
Religion is related to magic because the two elements both fall into the category of "unknowable" to most denizens of the world. Belief in Gods does not come from seeing the Gods perform miracles, and belief in magic does not come from an ability to perform it or understand it.
All of this is complicated by my background and approaches to writing and seeing worlds. I am, by training, an engineer. For whatever reason, this has made it very difficult to write fantastical things like gods and magic. That said, if I can think of an internally consistent system and identify core assumptions, I can usually muddle through.
After thinking about this a bit, I have a set of ideas. Basing magic on a four-element construct (fire, water, air, earth) is something I've found interesting, but it lends itself to a more high-appearance, "shooting fireballs" type of magic, which isn't the flavor I'm going for for this game. I've also thought about the notion of fate, and magic being an avenue to alter the destiny of other people, places, and things. There are a lot of interesting ways to do this, but it brings into it some pretty hairy questions about free will which are kind of antithetical to my intent of making this setting fairly open-ended.
The magic I keep on coming back to involves more of what a D&D player may call "divine" magic: communing with and beseeching supernatural beings to produce effects beyond the abilities of normal humans. This collapses all three of my core supernatural elements nicely; spirits and other mystical beings can easily form the basis of religion, and spirits could also come up with plenty of motivations to use their power to destroy civilization.
There's a whole lot of writing that can be done to flesh this out, and even a relatively simple idea can get complicated. In going forward with this idea, I find that there are three questions that come to the fore almost immediately. First, what does the "spirit" ecosystem look like, in terms of types, power level, and spheres of influence? Second, why would any of these spirits be willing to fulfill requests for mortals? Third, how does the spirit world interact with the material world?
Spirit ecosystem
The notion of a vast array of potent ethereal creatures aligns with many fantasy works, the mythos of many cultures, and even the bible itself if you get into the Apocrypha. It also starts to work into a somewhat gameable notion of magical ability. Local tree spirits may be able to grant wishes for good fortune and healthy crops, and ask for nothing more in return than a bottle of mead. The God of Wind could destroy the entire fleet of the enemy city…but what would they want in return?
Requests to spirits
As mentioned above, spirits could have desires fulfilled by mortals, but this only makes sense at the lowest level of favor. Once you get up into serious requests, one can expect serious consequences. For these to make sense, you both need to ascribe more human desires to your spirits, and you need to detail their world to such a degree that those desires make sense.
Spirit World and the Mortal World
Clearly, for spirits to grant requests the spirit world and the mortal world have to interact in some way. This starts to introduce the broader, hairier questions which will have to be answered eventually: is the spirit world an actual place you can go? Can mortals ever achieve these powers without an intermediary? Is there some way to imprison a spirit and force it to do your bidding? In this setting, the answers to all three of those questions are likely no, but those answers themselves then open up the second round of questions: why not?
So magic itself is organized in a sensible manner, and religion seems to fall out fairly directly as well. Considering the nature of the cataclysm will help explain why magic is rare, especially if lesser spirits are fairly common.If the cataclysm was directly caused by use and overuse of magic, it would make most people suspicious and fearful of magic. It may even explain the existence of a group that hunts down those who still try to commune with spirits.
These organizing principles give me a lot of ideas, and I think the supernatural side to my world is beginning to gel. I'm probably going to write further details in a more private setting, both because of the amount of trial and error and also to keep my players from seeing any spoilers. That said, I should have enough of a basic idea to move towards the second big step for developing this setting: making decisions about game mechanics, and what game system to use for a potential campaign.


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Today's call centers must look closely at what could be influencing their performance so they can make the most out of their resources. One of the most neglected factors that influence employee productivity is office design.
The way companies design their office interiors has changed drastically throughout the years . The traditional design focuses on cramming as many people as possible into a small space. The cubicle then became popular as a way to improve productivity by giving employees privacy. Nowadays, companies are more into open, collaborative spaces that are more relaxed rather than formal.
Some of today's biggest companies, such as Google and Facebook, are well-known for their unique workspaces. There are areas for playing games, relaxing and sleeping, and collaboration. The idea is to get people to interact more with one another, inspire creativity, and provide employees a place where they can be productive without feeling stressed out or pressured.
For contact centers, adopting these design ideas could trigger performance improvements, as they boost employee engagement.
1. Minimize the level of noise.
To allow agents to communicate clearly with callers, their work environment must be free of unnecessary noise. Machines that produce noise, such as printers and photocopiers, must be transferred to another room. Also, you can allot separate spaces for meetings and other group activities so they won't intrude into ongoing call center operations.
2. Use stimulating colors.
While it hasn't been scientifically proven yet, it's popularly believed that colors can actually affect our moods , For instance, the color blue is commonly associated with feelings of calmness, whereas green hues are said to induce feelings of refreshment, as it's the color of nature. Yellow, orange, and purple tones are also great mood boosters. Why not use these colors in your office interior design to lighten up the atmosphere and boost everyone's moods?
3. Create spaces for collaboration.
Increased collaboration is the foundation of efficient teamwork. To establish good team dynamics, call centers must provide spaces where employees can talk to one another in a relaxed manner. It can be a lounge with comfy couches or a mini-café where agents can grab coffee and have a nice chat. As opposed to formal meeting rooms (i.e., those with office chairs, tables, and LCD projector), these spaces allow employees to feel more at ease with one another. Therefore, they'll be more willing to talk freely and share insights. Plus, this increases employee retention, as employees with friends in the office are less likely to leave .
4. Allot a space for relaxation and fun.
In a call center, employees are usually asked to work on rotating schedules. This might make them prone to lack of sleep, as they may have a hard time adjusting their body clocks. That's why it's important to allot spaces where agents can take a nap.
Areas where employees can play a game or two are also a good idea. It would allow them to unwind, have fun, and catch a quick break from work.
5. Use ergonomic furniture.
As you plan your office design, make sure to choose ergonomic furniture. Sitting for eight hours or more every day can take a toll on employees' well-being and may even lead to bad posture and muscle pains. To avoid this, make sure to provide comfortable chairs. Computer monitors must also be positioned at the eye level, while desks must be at elbow height.