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On Monday 9th October I attended morning assembly at Dover College to talk about motor neurone disease and the MNDA.
The college had lost a much loved member of staff to MND and the students have decided to support MNDA through the school year and many events are planned.
The presentation was about MND/Kennedy's Disease, and how the MNDA supports people and families affected by these diseases.
The presentation focussed on the celebrities the student might know of, who support MNDA such as Professor Stephen Hawking, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlotte Hawkins, Eddie Redmayne and Stuart Broad.
Also featured were inspirational people living with MND/Kennedy's Disease, who do everything they can to raise awareness of MND and to raise funds for MNDA. People like Mark Styles who was instrumental in getting Kent County Council to be the first council to sign the MNDA Charter, Jason Liversedge who despite being in a wheel chair managed to ascend Snowdon and also to abseil off the Humber Bridge and EyeGazeArtist, Sarah Ezekial who creates wonderful works of art using only her eyes.
Thanks to students and staff at Dover College for supporting MNDA and we look forward to hearing about your future activities.
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"Leaders now have unfettered access to a global market for talent. The downside is that their competitors have these same opportunities. In a highly competitive market, one of the last sources of competitive advantages is talent, and by extension the way in which talent is managed."
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Tom Pimm, MBA'86, reflects on his time at D'Amore-McKim and how it shaped his career. Pimm is now the co-founder and COO of Hub Recruiting, a talent acquisition firm.
March 17, 2017
Tom Pimm, MBA'86, is the driver of operations as co-founder of Hub Recruiting, a talent acquisition firm.
Tom Pimm, MBA'86, reflects on his time at D'Amore-McKim and how it shaped his career. Pimm is now the co-founder and COO of Hub Recruiting, a talent acquisition firm.
In 1986 with a Master's in Business Administration (MBA).
I have two great memories of Northeastern University (NU). First, the people were dynamic, communicative, and always ready to participate. Classes were fun, upbeat, and fast moving. NU paved an easy path to build on my core knowledge base while introducing me to new ideas and incredible people. Second, the campus and the city had an incredible pulse. In 1986, every sports team went to the championship finals (Sox, Celts, Pats, and Bruins), and the enthusiasm carried over onto the campus.
I've been a CFO for 20 years and ran two professional services firms, but most recently I am driving operations as co-founder of Hub Recruiting. We opened our doors in 2011, and we've grown very quickly. We have 30+ employees and support Talent Acquisition for some of the hottest tech firms in greater Boston.
Not only did I receive a great education, I also learned a great deal about working on teams and the nuances of leveraging skills to the greater good of the project. NU was my first introduction to case study learning, leadership development, and organizational behavior. I learned more about running a company from my organizational behavior classes than one could imagine.
We're spoiled, let's be honest. Boston has some of the top colleges and universities in the U.S., the best medical facilities in the world, and arguably the best tech and biotech startups. Our labor market is highly competitive, where the demand for talent now outweighs the supply. This is particularly true in engineering, sales, and product-type roles. Great consulting firms stand tall in competitive markets by differentiating their platforms and listening to their clients. We've stayed ahead of the curve, and I credit the NU program for doing the same.
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Trey Songz had a heart attack on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Just kidding ladies. Actually, Trigga Trey hit the JKL stage last night and performed "Heart Attack," off his Chapter V album which is expected to drop on August 21st.
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A four-day Bermuda cruise is the shortest option available, and not much longer than a weekend. You'll enjoy one day at Bermuda but not overnight there. Two cruises lines offer this cruise. See the complete schedule below.
In addition to 4-day cruises, we also have the calendar of 5-day cruises and 7-day cruises.


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Thursday, June 15, 2017
Resilience: Remembering PulseUCF Art Gallery
The UCF Art Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs, quilts, paintings, stories and more to honor the victims and LGBTQ+ community on the one-year anniversary of the Pulse shootings. Opening Reception: Thursday, June 8, 2017, 4-6pm The exhibit is made possible by the Citizen Curator Project and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Admission is free Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. ...Events at UCF View Event
Interviewer Certification - PER006 (Faculty & Staff Only) (Recurring Event)UCF Human Resources - Innovative Center: Training Room
Do you want to hire the best people? During this workshop we will:* Introduce the concept of behavioral interviewing* Examine areas of possible discrimination concerns* Review hiring procedures * Offer 100+ interview questions to select from for your interviews * Provide sample reference check questions upon completion of the program, participants earn the designation of "Certified Interviewer," a requirement for ...Events at UCF View Event
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Connect with a Wellness Coach to achieve your personal well-being goals and learn how to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP coaching is available at Wellness and Health Promotion Services every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Events at UCF View Event
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Network successfully in a highly competitive job market. RSVP via our new system Handshake, that is replacing KnightLink for all workshops this summer!Events at UCF View Event
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Career Services and Experiential Learning has a new system! Learn how to navigate Handshake and take advantage of its features. Handshake will be replacing KnightLink and Place Pro. If you have used either of these systems in the past, you do not want to miss out on this chance to learn about Handshake! Your ability to search and find jobs ...Events at UCF View Event
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How to Start Your BusinessFlorida SBDC at UCF
A three-hour seminar designed to help entrepreneurs understand what it takes to start a business. Topics included business plans, legal forms of business, and licensing requirements. Registering for How to Start Your Business also includes our Business Fundamentals Webinars: Financing Alternatives, Marketing for Business Success and Business Plan Writing Made Easy at no extra cost. Fee: $30 Register NowEvents at UCF View Event
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous: We Bite Back (Recurring Event)Research Pavilion
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I received an interesting question a few weeks ago from someone who's been walking a Shamanic path but is not Aboriginal. The man's question was: "Why have I been chosen to do this work when I have no knowledge whatsoever of the Aboriginal way?" After some digging into the man's story, I uncovered that he started doing healing work almost two decades ago when his life wasn't moving anywhere. He lived in the city, had no love relationships, worked with the elderly and was hoping for a change. He said that a trip to Costa Rica and a meeting with a therapist who did ritualistic, adventure trips got him questioning some of his beliefs. It seems that from that point on one synchronic event over another brought him to people and to experiences which helped him learn about healing and introduced him to his present shamanic path.
CS explained that he often feels guilty that he's working on Aboriginal people but he's not Aboriginal. He's found some guidance towards answering this question but doesn't feel yet whole when it comes to the work he does. What I found interesting with his e-mail and his story was that it resembled many other e-mails that I've received in the last 2 decades. Lots of people who walk a shamanic path are not Aboriginal and they often wonder why they were called to this spiritual life especially those who have come to connect to Aboriginal elders and who have come to work with Aboriginal communities.
I find that behind this question there is often a lot of programmed cultural judgments and expectations. I remember my Aboriginal grand-mother telling me as a child that "I should never tell anyone of my cultural roots because they would eventually call me a savage and hurt my feelings." I didn't live on any reserve and went to private school (catholic convent). After learning history from catholic nuns and hearing their bias perspectives on Indians, I too after a while developed this self-preserving attitude that inevitably meant the loss of my cultural identify. My perception of my ancestors was tainted by the perspective of others. In the last two decades I've noticed the complete opposite happening amongst many white people. They have painted a perfect picture of ancient Aboriginal living which they quickly associate to the Aboriginal people of today. Often they expect today's First Nation People to behave according to the beliefs that they've adopted of their ancestors. The fact remains – not all Aboriginal people live on reserves; not all Aboriginal people follow the old religion; not all Aboriginal people know about totems, drums or even care about pow-wows. Like any other cultural group out there First Nation people are as diversified in thought, emotion and belief.
How do we begin to stop judging each other according to stereotypes? How do we begin to accept people according to their story and their personal or communal experiences rather than search to meet our expectations? These are definitely challenges and objectives for the society of today and tomorrow. We are no longer people who are separated all over the globes into distinct linguistic, cultural and religious groups. We are a melting pot of people who are struggling more and more with identity.
It doesn't matter if you are Aboriginal or not; or if you have knowledge of Aboriginal culture. If you can make a difference by just being who you are then shouldn't you become more and more aware and confident of you as a person. If you are accepted, valued, respected and appreciated then why ask yourself questions. If you're feeling guilty and unfulfilled it's not about what people are thinking or expecting – it's about how you are processing the interaction. Don't every stop working on your issues and growing. Be the very best that you can be no matter who or what you are. In the end, we're not different people we are meant to be ONE.
So next time you ask yourself the question: WHY ME?
Give yourself the answer: WHY NOT?
My 5 cents on the matter.
P.S. I made the beaded rosette at the top of my blog entry. I chose this picture for this topic because my grand-mother once said "beaded rosettes were made when individuals were sick. They represented the dream so to speak of the illness (the whole process). Rosettes were later given as gifts to the healers -- so that they wouldn't be sick with the ailments they cured or healed." I made this particular rosette when I was ill with a kidney infection. I gave it to my doctor when I recovered. Old ways don't have to disappear they can be used in new ways and for new awareness.


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If you live in some parts of the UK, especially rural areas, you might be suffering just a tad of frustration when you want to view a website and seem to be waiting ages for the content to download. To be fair to the website owners and their web designers, it probably is not because of file sizes being too large to download but more likely to be the internet speed accessible by your desktop pc, mobile or tablet device.
Broadband speeds (cable and fibre) in the UK can achieve as high a figure as 43 megabits per second mark according to a recent BBC News Technology Report but for many people outside the big cities the average is around 7-13 Mbps. Click here to view the full article. That kind of speed was dreamed about just a few years ago but with more people using the web, with greater use of graphics and video clips, especially within social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Google+, the scenario has definitely attracted a 'can and must do better' approach from the telecommunications sector.
Web Connection Speed Race Leaders
So here's an interesting question. Which country might you imagine to have the fastest Internet connection speed on the planet?
For most people the likely answer would be the United States … and they would be wrong. According to statistics currently available, the country acknowledged to be the world's leading country for broadband connection speed is South Korea where they are getting ready for 10 gigabits per second! Anyone keen to read more will find this page an interesting read.


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Snaggable versions of this tag in my Fotki album
For this tutorial you will need the following:
Paint Shop Pro, I am using PSP X7, you should be able to use any version.
Tube of choice, I am using the artwork of Anna Marine Individual Tube 49-1 which you need a license to use.
Scrap kit of choice. I am using a PTU scrap kit by Ladyhawwk Designs IB-Anna Marine-49-1
Font of choice, I am using Segoe Script
Mask of your choice
Plugins: No outside plugins used
Just remember that my choices of papers and elements is just a suggestion, change it up and make it yours! You don't have to follow mine exactly.
Add a drop shadow of your choosing to tubes & elements throughout. I usually use 1, 1, 50, 5 unless otherwise noted.
Let's get started!
Open a new canvas 850 x 850 pixels with a white background
Open frame 1 copy and paste as a new layer
click inside with your magic wand, selections, modify, expand 2, selections, invert
open paper 4 copy and paste as a new layer
click delete on your keyboard,
Copy and paste your close up tube as a new layer, resize by 90%
arrange in your frame
erase the bits that hang out of your frame where you don't want them
Now add your elements:
element24 resize 60% arrange on bottom right, duplicate, mirror horizontal
element 3 resize 50% arrange above flowers on right side
element 30 resize 46% arrange bottom center
element 28 resize 46% arrange to the right of element 30
element 29 resize 35% arrange behind the coffee beans layer
element 26 resize 45% arrange behind beans & cinnamon sticks
element 22 resize 45% arrange between the coffee cup and coffee beans
element 23 resize 60% rotate right 80 arrange behind coffee cup on the left
add paper 6 above the white background
apply your mask, merge group, duplicate, merge together, resize 85%
crop and resize
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THE VARI POWER MAX (VPM SERIES) IS THE LATEST ADDITION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE TROLLING MOTORS that are designed and engineered to be best in class for higher thrust and efficiency ,precise digital variable-speed control, free maintenance digital power system, quiet operation ,great reliability and durability . Vari Power Max gives you the longer run time and with the smaller ampere that you can save much more battery to fish day in and day out. What's special is with the electronic protector technology, the propeller will stop working once it run into a strong resistance (e.g. When weeds or debris wrapped around the propeller in the water, the digital protector works.) Plus, with the digital power system technology, there is less energy loss and the motor do not need servicing, and it greatly extends the motor life. The digital variable-speed control provides precise and smooth speed adjustment when you need them. And the tough stainless steel shafts and units make it virtually indestructible.
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Special designed 3-blade propeller. Go faster and quieter. Ultra strong, upgraded. It push weeds away and if weeds or thick debris wrapped around the propeller unfortunately, the digital protector works out, and the propeller gradually stopped to prevent the motor been damaged.


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From the 1927 book, Football Today and Tomorrow.
"WHAT do you think"—friends and acquaintances are continually asking me— "of the future of professional football? Will it last? Is it a good thing?"
Yes and no. There are too many "ifs" in answering such a question, too much to be said for and against professional football to be summed up in one short, sweeping statement.
Professional football, in the main, is merely a parasitical outgrowth of the college game, exploited by fight-promoters, moving picture men and public spirited citizens of equally public spirited communities.
Its purpose is to provide entertainment, recreation, for the spectators—putting on a show, a travesty, a three ringed circus. The promoters, who know little of the spirit behind the college game, and care less, make no false pretenses about the game. They are merely business enterprisers, gambling with public interest and favor.
I have no quarrel with professional football. All things being equal, I think the promoters are managing their "show" as cleanly as it can be managed. Its effect on the college game is negligible, for the professional game lacks the flame, the spirit, that keeps the college game going upward and onward in the appreciation of the general public as a hard, bristling sport; compelling in spirit and inspiring in sentiment.
A quarter of a century of football, as player, fan and coach, have taught me first of all that the game is played, not by eleven men, but by eleven hundred or eleven thousand—by the whole student body and graduate body of the institution, large or small, which these men represent.
College football is interwoven with college life. The spectacle, with student bands, organized cheering, enhanced by the color and intense emotional stimulus of a big game cannot be duplicated on the soil of a big league baseball park or in the shadows of mills and factories. The synthetic counterfeits of collegiate enthusiasm manufactured by the professional clubs have been as successful and inspiring as a Sunday school picnic on a rainy day.
It takes something more compelling than a pay check to arouse the flaming courage, the grit and endurance manifested on the gridiron against the background of Gothic buildings, shaded lawns and familiar faces of classmates. It takes spirit, college spirit. The only analogy, I think, is love of country.
This may sound like the loose and windy bombast of the common collegiate spellbinder. My experience, however, has convinced me that there must be some strong, underlying motive, some form of tangible loyalty—to a coach, a team or an institution, prompted by the heat of hard competitive sport, to bring about the best results in football.
The most damning evidence against professional football is the attitude of the players themselves.
Of course it is not expected that they will emulate Phil Brett, the Rutgers captain of 1891, who, sitting on the field after suffering a broken leg against Princeton, said between sobs that "I'd die for Dear Old Rutgers," which proved to be a burden on him ever since. That is asking too much. But stories of the other extreme are too common to be ignored as exceptional.
There is the story of a great football player, fresh from the triumphs of the campus who was lured into the game not so much for the money but because he really glowed and reveled in the clash of flesh against flesh and would miss a meal rather than an opportunity to hit the line.
In his first game his team was behind. The college star was the only man who gained consistently against the opponents. He carried the ball for three straight times, gaining ten, fifteen and ten yards at a clip. Panting, but eager to keep going, he asked the quarterback to take it again.
"Aw, take it easy kid," warned the veteran quarterback of many professional campaigns. "Cut the rah-rah stuff and make some of these hirelings do some work. They're making a sucker out of you."
The quarterback called for the fullback to take the ball. He protested. "I've got a bad knee." The other halfback was called. He could scarcely walk, he said, let alone carry the ball.
"Aw, right," yelled the quarterback. "I'll take it. I've got 200 bucks on this game."
Later, in the dressing room, after the game was decided in favor of the collegian's team, with himself and the quarterback carrying the burden, the collegian talked over professional football with the seasoned veteran.
"The slogan of the professional athlete" said the quarterback, "is: Don't get hurt; we play again tomorrow, and you're no good to the team or yourself lying on a hospital cot.
"After all," he continued. "We're not kidding ourselves in this game. Tomorrow the sun will come up and next winter it will snow and be just as cold and if I don't lay something away I'll be just as broke and oh, who cares anyhow!
"The spectators come to see some spectacular runs and get a few thrills. They don't relish a stonewall defense on the one yard line. They want to see some galloping ghost cut loose for ten or twenty yards through a broken field—and this bird'll not disappoint them.
"I've missed more tackles than I could shake a stick at. And if more fellows would forget they ever played college football the way I do, they'd be turning 'em away at the gate."
That is not the expression of one player; it is the creed of the majority and sums up professional football. Until the attitude of the player changes the game has a very hazy and dubious future.
There is something distinctive about football. I can easily understand a professional making a living pole-vaulting, playing tennis, golf or baseball. The usual run of sports demand less than football, which depends solely on the spirit motivating the players.
The demands of football are such that the player, to be right, must keep in splendid physical condition. In the majority of cases, with the professional players selling bonds, insurance and real estate, working as dentists, lawyers, hustling ice and milk and baggage, as well as living about in clubs and hotels, any form of systemized training so essential to real football is impossible.
What is the result? The professional men cannot give their all. They cannot let go. They know that if they are injured they are off the payroll until they are ready for action again. A really serious injury puts them out for good.
The men who play are not fools. They know they are not in the physical shape of their college days. They are leading different kinds of existence, not so particular about their waistline and conscious that they are slowing up and getting brittle. Many of them are married.
The easy money of the professional game made it possible for them to get settled, in comparison with their classmates engaged in slower but more permanent positions. With love of wife and home and social interests bearing down on them it is only natural that they would go through the motions of football with as little as possible bodily danger.
Last fall one of the famous college players who went into the game talked with a group of his former team mates about the professional football.
"I expect to play in at least twenty-two games this season," he said, "at — per game. Like to know where I could make that much money doing anything else."
"That is," interrupted one of the gathering, "if you don't get hurt."
"Oh, I'll see that I don't," assured the professional. "We've got a hustling club, for pro's. I picked up a lot of players from small colleges who are out to show up the players like myself with big reputations. I'm all for it and let them go right ahead.
"I stand right behind them and swear at them in the line and tell them to get in there and fight—to smear those birds—so I won't have to do it. "But I've got to keep my head up," continued the professional who was a glutton for punishment and one of the best defensive halfbacks in college. "The old urge to let go and take a leap at some cocky bird coming through is awfully strong. I did it last week in Chicago and cured myself for life. It's a dangerous habit.
"This fellow came tearing through the line like a bowlegged panther. There was nothing between him and our goal but yours truly.
"In an unguarded moment I forgot myself—a reflex action—I guess, or something—but I let go and hit him head on at the knees.
"He was all knees. My face looked like a drunken sailor's when I got up.
"Well, you can bet I didn't bother that fellow with the knees that afternoon. I gave him the right of way and every-time he cut loose I just wasn't within tackling distance. Of course I ran after him—but not fast enough."
This player also said that the idea of the game was to give the spectators a "run for their money" between the twenty yard lines. Then the players tightened up and played real football within the shadow of the goal posts.
The position of professional football is indeed a precarious one and I regret to see the game die out entirely because of overexploitation. Big Bill Edwards, president of one of tie professional leagues during the past year, when the revival of the professional game was rather auspicious, expressed an opinion several years ago which, I believe, still holds:
"Football will never be commercialized," he wrote in the Philadelphia North American on December 4th, 1920. "The essential features of the game, the demands it makes on the players spiritually, the innate sportsmanship it requires of its adherents make the probability remote of it ever being exploited professionally with any degree of success."
Circumstances do alter cases and no doubt Mr. Edwards changed his mind regarding professional football in the intervening time since he wrote the above and assumed the office of president of the professional football league.
But I still find Mr. Edwards' statement sound and logical. It is just as good today as when he wrote it and will be so ten years hence.
Football thrives on one thing—spirit. That spirit must be real, fostered by a common interest and working toward a common end for an institution, a place, or an ideal. Mere football for football's' sake will never go, except spasmodically.
There is a spirited community in the outlying section of Philadelphia where professional football thrives under the only conditions possible for the game.
That football is possible outside the college campus, that it can be a real thing and can go on, year after year, with a steady popularity is illustrated by the Frankford Yellowjackets.
The Yellowjackets, I believe, won the professional championship of the United States last season. They did not have the biggest names or the highest priced stars in their lineup. But they played real football, under ideal football conditions, with every man, woman and child in the community cheering for them.
Frankford is an interesting place. An industrial center, primarily, bubbling over with civic pride. The Yellowjackets belong to the community, with the residents owning jointly the stock. Every dollar taken in at the gate over expenses is expended towards the welfare of Frankford—Not a nickel is made by the promoters.
The players, like Tex Hamer, former Pennsylvania Captain, have played there for several years; live in the community, and are in business there. The newcomers are invited around to the homes of the residents for dinner, bridge and social gatherings. Every football player is known by his first name and in turn knows hundreds in the community in the same way. This sort of thing breeds a natural interest and spirit.
In these days of football exploitation, with all-star aggregations trouping about the country like so many circuses, it is worth the time of anyone to wander out to Frankford on a Saturday afternoon in the autumn.
A steady stream of men and women and children flowing toward the football field. On the arms of girls are the colors of the Yellowjackets, in their hands, pennants. They cheer for the players because they know them, because it is their team. They have a clannishness that is refreshing, that would put many colleges to shame—and very few of them ever saw a college.
Football started in Frankford many years ago, an outgrowth of the game which spread through all the industrial centers of Pennsylvania. The residents liked the game, liked the idea of watching their boys play against a neighboring team. They did not know that the playing lacked the finesse, the skill and interest of the high school games, but it was their team, their boys; and they stood behind them.
From this sand-lot aggregation has developed a great community organization, very wealthy and powerful in the section, with football making enough money to carry their sports program—just like the college game.
Today the name of Frankford Yellowjackets is the biggest in the realm of professional football. It is supported by working people from the surrounding factories, mills and offices, as well as the local business men. Football means the Yellowjackets and the differentiation between intercollegiate and professional football means nothing at all to them.
Communities like Frankford are the rock foundation of the professional game. There are many such places scattered over the country,—Green Bay, Wis., Clifton heights, etc.,—made up of commercial and industrial people with an aptitude for all kinds of competitive sport.
Modern football has a tremendous appeal to these men working in mills, factories and offices. They have imagination and respond to the thrill of the man against man clashes in football. They play baseball in the summer and basketball in the winter and are adept at it.
Just as the majority of our major league ball players come from this class of people, so too, could men of the professional game be recruited from their ranks.
In the coal regions of Pennsylvania, where the professional game has flourished for years, they developed many such players. One of them is known far better than "Red" Grange will ever be in that section. His name is "Blue" Bonner, a backfield star, now living at Pottsville. He made college players coming into that section look like the schoolboys they were.
My contention is that if the professional promoters get the majority of their players from the industrial groups they can do more with them in the way of training, etc., than with the college star fresh from the campus.
The college ball player, for all the bunk written to the contrary, has not been a howling success as a professional. For the same reason he will not, in the majority of cases, make a go of professional football.
His heart isn't in the game. It isn't a case of play or starve. He has his education to fall back on and his memories of stirring contests during his college days, which makes the professional game seem dull and flat and cheap.
But the youth who has had nothing but the dull routine of a factory or a coal mine staring him in the face, who has a natural craving for blue skies and green turf and the competition of football and baseball, the life of a professional athlete is the peak of romance and human achievement. He'll get in there and fight for all he's got.
I remember watching one of these teams play in Philadelphia. They were called the Homestead Professionals and could have beaten the average college team with eight men.
This type of athlete has been all but ignored by the promoters exploiting the popularity of football. They filled their lineups with names, not players, and let it go at that. Joe Merriwell, who made that great run against Siwash in 1917 is still playing on his reputation, although he has a few chins, a rotund figure and no wind at all.
There will always be great college players who love the game of football so much that they will continue to play it until forced to the sidelines with bad knees, broken legs or old age. "Red" Grange, I believe, is of this type.
Last summer, when Grange was working in Hollywood on his football picture, he made such an impression as an actor that the moving picture people offered him more money to remain there than he could have made speculating with professional football. "Red" refused. Football was his game, the breath of life to him and more important than money.
There are few "Red" Granges. But there are equally as many in the college football ranks as in the baseball ranks. We will always have the Sislers, just as we have the Granges.
With a proper blending of athletes from the colleges and sand-lots, and one league in the country, professional football will go. And on merit and skill alone.
When men love a game, they will make sacrifices for it. With players who are really "sold" on football as a means of livelihood, and with the right type of man in charge who selects his team and demands of them the restrictions placed on the college athlete, professional football will be a game apart, something just as good, if not better from a playing standpoint, than the college game.
But it is not to be expected that the professional team will outdraw the college eleven. That is asking too much and the teams should not be compared. The professionals game can be played on Sundays in cities like New York and Chicago with the assurance that enough people will turn out to see a real football game. They could play on Saturdays in places like Frankford.
There is money in professional football but not enough to have the sport continue in an exploited, circus-like manner employed by the promoters, who, after all, handled it like a boxing bout, a show and band concert.
It has as much chance of permanence as professional baseball but will never become as popular as the summer pastime because it will be first, last and always, of minor importance to the intercollegiate game of football.


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Standards and Quality Assurance
Defence Electronics: Standards and Quality Assurance is a reference manual for the standards and organizations involved in quality assurance in the general field of defense electronics. The book is comprised of 14 chapters that are organized into six parts. The text first covers the quality systems and control of defense electronics, and then proceeds to tackling the certification and purchasing of electronic components. The third part discusses the defense sales and quality in the U.K. Part Four discusses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) structure and standards. The next part covers the application and availability of the global electronic defenses standards. The last part deals with the European defense market. The book will be of great use to individuals involved in the manufacturing and selling of defense related products. Military officials and employees of defense related agencies will also benefit from the text.
Table of Contents
Part One Quality Systems and Control
1 Quality Control and Quality Assurance
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Quality Assurance during a Product's Life Cycle
1.3 Specifications
1.4 Benefits and Costs of Quality Assurance
1.5 Costs of Quality Failure
2 The British Standards Institution
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Organization of BSI
2.3 BSI Certification
2.4 Other BSI Schemes
3 Quality Systems
3.1 Basic Requirements of a Quality System
3.2 Quality System Principles
3.3 Quality System Reliability
3.4 Quality Manual
3.5 Quality Plan
3.6 Quality Records
3.7 Organizational Structure
3.8 Quality Assurance Measurement
3.9 The Contract
3.10 Design Control
3.11 Purchasing and Procurement
3.12 Production Control
3.13 Product Testing
3.14 Handling, Storage, Packaging and Delivery
4 Standards for Quality Systems: BS 5750, EN 29000, ISO 9000
4.1 Historical Background
4.2 BS5750 Standard for Quality Systems
4.3 Choosing the Relevant Part of BS 5750
4.4 Choosing and Contracting a Supplier
4.5 Canadian Certification Services for Electrical Equipment
4.6 Government Support for Introducing Quality Management
5 Statistical Methods Applied to Quality Control
5.1 Probability Function
5.2 Failure Rate
5.3 Mean Time Between Failures
5.4 Quality Control and Testing
5.5 Planning a Graph
5.6 How a Manufacturer Can Guarantee Quality
5.7 Quality Control Charts
5.8 Sampling Methods
Part Two Certification and Purchasing of Electronic Components
6 Electronic Component Certification
6.1 Standard Specification Procedure
6.2 BS QOOO: British Approval for Electronic Components
6.3 CECC: European Approval for Electronic Components
6.4 IECQ: International Approval for Electronic Components
6.5 NECQ: American National System
Appendix A CECC Basic Rules and Rules of Procedure
Appendix B IECQ Basic Rules and Rules of Procedure
7 Purchasing Components Under the BS 9000, CECC and IECQ Systems
7.1 Choosing Components
7.2 The System of Specifications
7.3 Approval of Manufacturers
7.4 Approval of Distributors
7.5 Approval of Independent Test Laboratories
7.6 National Measurement Accreditation Service
7.7 Approval of Independent Assessors of Unencapsulated Add-on Components
7.8 Withdrawal or Suspension of Approval
7.9 Approval of Components
7.10 Quality Conformance Inspections and Tests
7.11 Release For Delivery
7.12 CECC Advance Information Procedure
7.13 Military Usage and Harmonization Advisory Group
7.14 Electronic Parts Information Center
Appendix A Short Description of Contents of BS 9000, BS 9003 and BS 2011
Appendix B BS 9003 Test Conditions and Procedures For Components
Appendix C Details For Tests Contained in the BS 2011 Series
Part Three Defense Sales and Quality in the UK
8 Defense Quality Assurance in the UK
8.1 Historical Background
8.2 Directorate General of Defense Quality Assurance
8.3 Directorate of Quality Assurance Administration
8.4 Directorate of Standardization and Quality Assurance Policy
8.5 Directorate of Quality Assurance Project Support
8.6 Directorate of Quality Assurance Industry
8.7 Directorate Of Quality Assurance Technical Support
8.7.1 Central Packaging Unit
9 Defense and Government Sales in the UK
9.1 The United Kingdom Defense Budget
9.2 The Ministry of Defense
9.3 The Ministry of Defense Procurement Executive
9.4 Types of Defense Contract
9.5 Tendering for Defense Contracts
9.6 MOD Defense Contract Conditions
9.7 Defense Export Services Organization
9.8 Where to Find Details of Defense Contracts
Appendix A Government Departments Operating Both General and Special Preference Schemes
Appendix B Nationalized Industries and Other Public Bodies Operating The General Preference Scheme
Appendix C Contractor Assessments Forms
10 Ministry Of Defense Contracts and Standards
10.1 Contract Conditions and Standards
10.2 Selection of Standards for Defense Procurement
10.3 Defense Standards
Appendix A Summary of Standard Conditions Used In Government Contracts
Appendix B Summary of Common Defense Conditions
Appendix C Defense Guides
Appendix D Details of Sections For Defense Standards
Part Four Selling to NATO
11 NATO Structure and Standards
11.1 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
11.2 NATO Civil and Military Structures
11.3 NATO's New Integrated Military Command Structure
11.4 Standardization Agreements
11.5 Allied Publications
11.6 NATO Codification System
11.7 Allied Quality Assurance Publications
Appendix A Main Project Areas Likely to Interest Defense Contractors
Appendix B Standard Conditions of Government Contracts for Stores Purchase (Form GC/Stores/1)
Part Five Standards Worldwide: Application and Availability 12 Interoperability of Standards Worldwide
12.1 CEN/CENELEC Publications
12.2 Open Systems Interconnection Standards
12.3 International Telecommunications Union
12.4 National Standards
12.5 European Standard
12.6 International Standards
12.7 NATO Standards
Appendix A CCITT Blue Book
Appendix B British Standards Important to the Electronics Industry
Appendix C Defense Standards Important to the Electronics Industry
Appendix D American Organizations Producing Standards
Appendix E ANSI Standards for Quality Assurance
13 Ability Of Standards
13.1 Quality and Standards
13.2 Records
13.3 Data Retrieval Systems: CD-ROM
13.4 Databases and on-Line Information Services
13.5 Technical Indexes: Electronic Quality Assurance Microfile
13.6 Infornorme London Information
Part Six The European Defense Market
14 Selling to Europe
14.1 The Single European Act
14.2 European Free Trade Association
14.3 European Coal and Steel Community
14.4 Quality and Standards
14.5 Harmonizing Testing and Certification Procedures
14.6 BSI Testing and Europe
14.7 Information Technology in Europe
14.8 Electromagnetic Compatibility
14.9 EC Supplies Directive and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
14.10 How the European Single Market will Affect Defense Contracts
14.11 Defense Export Services Organization
14.12 European Organization for Quality Control
14.13 European Foundation for Quality Management
14.14 Department of Trade and Industry Export Services
14.15 Euroinfocenters
14.16 CBI Briefing Pack
14.17 Croner's Europe
14.18 The Future of the European Market
14.19 How 1992 Will Affect US Industry
14.20 Warsaw Pact Countries
- No. of pages:
- 402
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 1991
- Published:
- 15th June 1991
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781483165516
About the Author
Ray Tricker
Ray Tricker is the Principal Consultant of Herne European Consultancy Ltd - a company specialising in ISO 9000 Management Systems - and is also an established author. He served with the Royal Corps of Signals (for a total of 37 years) during which time he held various managerial posts culminating in being appointed as the Chief Engineer of NATO's Communication Security Agency (ACE COMSEC). Most of Ray's work since joining Herne has centred on the European Railways. He has held a number of posts with the Union International des Chemins de fer (UIC) (e.g. Quality Manager of the European Train Control System (ETCS)) and with the European Union (EU) Commission (e.g. T500 Review Team Leader, European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Users Group Project Co-ordinator, HEROE Project Co-ordinator) and currently (as well as writing books!) he is busy assisting small businesses from around the world produce their own auditable Quality and/or Integrated Management Systems to meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001 and OHSAS standards. He is also a UKAS Assessor for the assessment of certification bodies for the harmonisation of the trans-European high speed railway network.
Affiliations and Expertise
Principal Consultant and Managing Director of Herne European Consultancy Ltd, UK


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The estate known as Caiolo (a name of Longobard origin referring to the place where horses were raised for the army) was a property of the Orsini family, descendants of the present owners. In 1950, they expanded the estate, buying surrounding land from the Counts of Sottocasa.
At the heart of the estate are the four farmhouses, the main house and the swimming pool which make up the Agriturismo La Fonte complex.
The houses are free-standing and separated by about 400-500 metres, situated in the peaceful countryside amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by woods, farmland, olive groves and vineyards.At the edge of the estate is the hamlet of Migliaolo, home to the main family house and a small church dating from the 1700s. Two km from La Fonte is the town of Panicale, and Lake Trasimeno is 10 km away. The farm produces wheat, sunflowers, corn, and excellent olive oil and wine, which guests can buy.
There are fruit trees all around, and the woods are home to pheasants, porcupines and other small wildlife.The area is ideal for walking and hiking, and there is also a stable and corral on the property.
Your hosts, the Sepiacci family are renowned for their hospitality.


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|Flavin's Corner
*God Save the Queens
This year's Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, begins Nov. 16 at sundown. Well, that's the plan anyway. As the Islamic calendar is lunar based and depends upon a visual identification of the thinnest first crescent after an invisible New Moon to officially start the month, and weather conditions sometimes make an actual sighting difficult, Islamic months usually begin a day or two after the New Moon. So, the New Moon occurs this year on the 15th, and Ramadan is expected to begin the 16th, 17th, or perhaps the 18th. Lazy money bets the 16th. Ramadan-a-ding-a-dong. How and why should this effect those who don't follow the Islamic calendar?
Well, it shouldn't. Are Jews expected to behave differently during Lent? Christians on Yom Kippur? One would expect folks to behave themselves everyday, not just on certain days. It's believed Rabbi Hillel (c.60 BCE - 9 CE) once said, "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." The ethic of reciprocity is known to Christians as the "Golden Rule" from Matthew 7:12 (often paraphrased as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"). In a deuterocanonical work (also found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, attesting to its early priority), Tobit 4:15, the admonition is: "What you hate, don't do to someone else." The ethic of reciprocity is universal, basic, and essential to all. Ramadan-a-ding-a-dong. Should we behave differently because we're at war?
Nope. Gen. Washington began
his attack on the British and Germans (nee Hessians) at Trenton, NJ on
Christmas Day, 1776. The Soviets invaded
Afghanistan on Christmas Day, 1979. Death never takes a
Many Vietnam vets remember Tet, the lunar new year celebration, in 1968
and the truce which was negotiated. The so-called "Tet
Offensive" is regarded as the turning point in the Vietnam
And Egypt and Syria attacking
Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973? When it's war, holidays are what
enjoy. We're at war.
On behalf of those who think Jesus-dude had some good ideas, but maintain nothing but contempt for those who selfishly abuse those good ideas, I thank the Taliban for not harming the two Waco Christians and the other so-called "aid-workers." You could've, maybe should've, but you didn't, and that's something I never believed possible. Now, put down your weapons, shave, watch a romantic comedy and promise you'll never hurt others who don't believe what you do. Ramadan-a-ding-a-dong. Remember the pacifist broadside from John and Yoko; "War is Over. If you want it."
Top Ten things for non-Muslims to avoid during Ramadan:
A mid-day rendezvous with your wife at a local Ramada Inn and telling
to wear something from the new Victoria's Secret naughty burqa
The Concert for New York City, the Oct. 20, 2001 benefit Paul McCartney put together, is set to be released as a double CD set on Nov. 27th. Sure, in the selecting of what songs to include some great moments will probably be passed over to give space for some not so great ones. I video-taped the entire concert, so it shouldn't matter to me if a Clapton or a couple of The Who songs get left out. Yeah, I got the whole concert on tape... So, the day after the concert I was talking with my brother and he mentioned the VH1 pre-show special featuring Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) singing an a cappella version of "Peace Train." Pre-show?
I was a fan of Cat Stevens. Then, he became a Muslim, changed his name, and left popular music. Fine; to each their own. His support of the fatwa against novelist Salman Rusdhie broke my heart. On the VH1 pre-show special he claimed he was misrepresented. He said those who follow Islam believe in peace. Cat Stevens (born Steve Georgiou), now known as Yusuf Islam, fucked up when he supported the fatwa against Rushdie. Now, he's not only fucked up, but a liar as well. He's got serious problems, but then don't we all. I appreciate that he sang "Peace Train" after all this time. Maybe there's hope for him yet. Ramadan-a-ding-a-dong. Maybe there's hope for us all.
Click here for a web-page which features a poor quality video of "Peace Train" and a good quality audio interview which features "Peace Train" at the end. A nod to Chris from The Greenwich Village Gazette for providing the link.
Giving thanks,


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Today is the last day of school for the girls and Hank's last day was last Wednesday. They have grown SO much since the first day of school!
Hank became a little boy instead of a toddler.
Karlie gained some teeth over the year and grew her hair out!
Kaitlin grew about a foot and lost a few teeth!
Hailey went from a size 4 in girls shoes to a size 7 in women's! She also got braces.
I am so excited for summer and time to spend with my babes!


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Why is it some mornings
Your clothes just don't fit?
Your pants are to short
To bent over or sit,
Your sleeves are to long
And your hat is too tight– –
Why is it some mornings
Your clothes don't feel right?
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• Dr Jeff Kepert works in the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR).
• Professor Gavin Smith is the Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters (UNC Coastal Resilience Centre) and the Department of Homeland Security's Centre of Excellence – Coastal Hazards Centre.
• Dr Craig Cormick is an award-winning science communicator, specialising in public attitudes towards new technologies.
• Commissioner Katarina Carroll who is responsible for efficiently leading all divisions of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
• Katherine Jones the Deputy Secretary, National Security and Emergency Management Group, Attorney-General's Department.
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Features on the exhibition showfloor include the Magirus TAF 20 firefighting robot, purchased by Fire & Rescue NSW in 2015, will be on display in the exhibition, giving attendees a chance to view the equipment, capable of shooting jets of water from 90 metres away.
The exhibition will also feature hands-on, practical information in the form of Expo Stage presentations and the Knowledge Lounge, sharing the latest in best practice with the exhibition visitors.
For more information visit www.afacconference.com.au.


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