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Big-city singer tells her story in 'PC Girl Cabaret'
April 10, 2018
Ellie Gallagher will present "PC Girl Cabaret" at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at Downstairs, 625 Main St. Advance tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. Tickets can be purchased by visiting http://www.downstairspc.com. For information, visit http://www.facebook.com/pcgirlcabaret.
When singer, dancer and producer Ellie Gallagher thinks of live theater, she thinks of celebrating life.
"I also think of giving back the same joy I feel doing the performances with the audience," Gallagher said. "I feel it's a special gift when someone is touched emotionally or taken away from whatever is going on in their lives for just a few hours because of something I do."
Gallagher is ready to give more back with her new production, "PC Girl Cabaret," which will open for one night at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at Downstairs, 625 Main St.
The production is an autobiographical account of Gallagher's experience living in Park City for the past 20 years.
"The idea is to showpeople who come to the show that it isn't where you come from and where you live that defines you..." Ellie Gallagher,"PC Girl Cabaret" producer
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"I'm a Broadway, big-city girl who lives in a mountain town," she said. "That's the inspiration. So the idea is to show people who come to the show that it isn't where you come from and where you live that defines you. Those things may shape your life, but they don't make you who you are."
Monday's performance is like a test run, Gallagher said.
"Monday is a soft opening during the offseason because I want to perform this for tourists during next ski season," she said. "I have also invited concierges from all over town to come see the show and give me feedback, because the idea is to do a weekly show in the wintertime, and I want to make sure this is something the concierge would feel confident in sending their guests to see."
Gallagher also wants to introduce people to a cabaret show that is different than burlesque.
While burlesque is defined as a variety show that typically includes sensual dialog and dances, a cabaret show is more of a floor show that is seen in a nightclub or restaurant.
"The performance I will do is a classy, sexy Broadway-style musical that gives people a glimpse of what it's like to live in Park City," she said. "It's fun and playful."
"PC Girl Cabaret" is also sponsored by the Utah Conservatory.
Conservatory co-founder Debra Cook is the accompanist, and the production will feature singer and dancers Andrew Taula, Anne Considine-Olson and dancer Cameron Aragon.
"The singers and dancers are semi-professional and professional performers from around the state," Gallagher said. "There are so many performers working in Utah, and this show gives professionals an opportunity to perform without committing to an entire run of a show."
Another reason Gallagher decided to produce and present "PC Girl Cabaret" is because there is nothing like it in Park City.
"We have some fun performances at the Egyptian Theatre, and I've performed many musical theater and other productions there, but it's a theater," she said. "That's why I decided to do it at Downstairs, which has a speakeasy feel. You're going to break the fourth wall quite a bit more, because the audience becomes part of the story you tell."
Gallagher said the story wrote itself.
"One day I went on a hike and this tale was just spinning around in my mind," she said. "It's the irony of living in Park City for so long and not really fitting into the Park City girl stereotype."
She selected the songs that would highlight that theme.
"I had a few of them in my mind, and they all told this same story," she said. "Interestingly, the last song of the production comes from the musical, 'The Color Purple.' It's called 'I'm Here,' and that sums up the theme and the arc of the show."
Gallagher fell in love with theater as a child.
"My style of Broadway singing is very much like Liza Minnelli, and people have told me that I do sound like her," she said. "I've done some cabaret work, and it was my niche. It was where I found my voice fit best and my character worked well."
Gallagher, whose day job is being the dual-language immersion specialist at the Wasatch County School District, majored in theater at Emerson College in Boston, before switching to Boston College.
"While I still studied acting, I majored in education," she said. "But theater speaks to me and other types of creative beings because you are given a blank canvas to create a story. You can speak a truth that comes from yourself."
Gallagher also likes how theater touches people differently.
"One of the things that is exciting about 'PC Girl Cabaret' is that I can sing a song from a Broadway show, and while that song has its own purpose in the lyric and music with the show, if you take it out of context, the song can mean six different things," she said.
Ellie Gallagher will present "PC Girl Cabaret" at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at Downstairs, 625 Main St. Advance tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. Tickets can be purchased by visiting http://www.downstairspc.com. For information, visit http://www.facebook.com/pcgirlcabaret.
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Parents who delegate child care to untrained maids and nannies risk their children's development at a crucial early age, experts have warned.
"The child-at-home model for children below the age of four is common in the Gulf states because of the availability of low-paid nannies who typically have no professional qualifications in child care," said Juman Karaman, head of projects for the Knowledge and Human Development Authority and co-author of a policy brief on the issue for the Dubai School of Government. Less than five per cent of Emirati children in Dubai are enrolled in nurseries.
Research in 2005 published in the Journal of Childhood Research, indicated that 58 per cent of children under the age of three in the region spend 30 to 70 hours a week with domestic workers.
Hala B. Roumani, principal of the Gulf Montessori nurseries in Dubai and author of the 2005 study, said there was an economic benefit to parents using their domestic help as child care. "A maid is a very economic alternative and also provides a long list of additional services," she said.
Ms Karaman said various studies on brain science indicate the physical, emotional, social, cognitive and independent learning of children is at its peak in the first few years of life.
"Rapid development of the brain happens in the first three years and is crucial for skills acquisition," she said.
"I am dependent on my maid for everything, right from the children's morning shower to breakfast, giving them lunch and putting them to bed," said [Afra al Qamzi, a young Emirati mother who relies on her domestic help and her mother-in-law to take care of her two children]. "This is the best option because the private nurseries are very expensive and I am not sure about the quality either."
Ms Qamzi said her children spend a lot of time with the maid. "I am trying to reduce this because I have noticed they do not find it interesting to sit with me any more," she said.
A law passed in 2006 says federal and municipal departments must set up creches if they have more than 50 female employees, or if all their female employees have a total of more than 20 children below the age of four.
"The lady employees must ask for this because it is a law and it is their right," Ms al Shoomi said.
"Our plan for 2011 to 2013 is to work towards activating the law. We will do a lot of media marketing and meet the department to iron out the challenges."
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Diabetic Breakfast Ideas
Tuna,Mixed Peppers Omelet.
This protein packed light healthy breakfast will sustain for longer,the balance mix of vegetables cooked together with the eggs and green leaf salad provide natural vitamins,proteins and all the various extras you need to give you the best breakfast start to any day.
This omelet is not only a superb flavorsome healthy balanced breakfast this diabetic recipe suits everyone, once prepared these simple ingredients are very quick to cook, high in protein and with this vegetable salad it provides a very healthy sustaining meal.
If you require to add a carb content add some wholemeal/granary bread. Virgin olive should not be used as this can be unstable when overheated).
The salad content is high in Iron, B vitamins and vitamin A as well as a providing an array of other micro nutrients and nutrients. .............
Ingredients for diabetic breakfast ideas.
Tuna Omelet Breakfast for one.
2 whole eggs.
180g tin tuna, drained break up with a fork. (use half 90g)
2 tsp normal olive oil.(Not virgin olive oil)
1 green pepper (use half)chopped fine.
1 red pepper.(use half). chopped fine.
A pinch of salt.
A pinch or two fresh ground pepper,
15g fresh herb or rocket leaves.
20 grams shallots chopped fine.
40g vine rip cherry tomatoes, just halved.
Balsamic dressing preferred but(optional) any salad dressing is fine.
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Here's another fun piece economic linguistic orthodoxy: the 'health' of the housing market.
If the house prices are rising, the housing market is said to be healthy. Sometimes the metaphor is stretched a little and modest rises are referred to as 'signs of returning to health'. It's a beguiling image, which presumably is why it's so popular and massively widespread. For one reason or another it's not employed to describe price falls – the housing market is not 'sick' or 'ill' or in 'failing health'. Maybe because that would imply the it might one day die, which would be a little hard to imagine. Instead, when prices fall the anthropomorphisation is thrown off and less human, more impersonal metaphors are employed. Housing markets in decline 'fall' or 'crash'.
So inevitably, we feel a little more warmly towards those higher prices. 'Up 3.1%? Yipee!' Except: why is a house price rise something to be celebrated? It means that the buy-sell-buy merry-go-round of imagined profits might be cranked into action once more, creating (whisper it) another house price bubble.
It should be obvious by now, post-2008, that ZIRP low-low interest rates, inflated consumer spending creating zombie economies isn't the way to go. At least not if you're a saver, someone who will rely on a pension one day or not on the merry-go-round, sorry, property ladder.
Why continue with the policy then? Because if you have a hefty property portfolio and access to the free money created by the central bankers (hello, super-rich!) then it's the way to keep the party going. And if you dodged the bullet last time the bubble popped, who's to say you can't pull it off again?


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The Broken Skull Challenge is the boldest of challenge shows, a down and dirty test of strength, stamina and physical fearlessness sure to leave contestants begging for mercy and viewers at home begging for more. Each episode eight of America's toughest competitors will arrive at our specially equipped ranch prepared to prove themselves before the original Southern asskicker, Steve Austin. Through a series of gruelling obstacles and punishing physical challenges, the contestants will be whittled away (or wilt before the power of the course) until only one remains. The winner will emerge from that day's four rounds battered, bruised and humbled by the experience. They'll know the true meaning of exhaustion. But for Steve Austin's personal seal of approval and the knowledge that they withstood the kinds of physical impositions that would demoralise all but the toughest, it will be worth it.


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This is my very first blog ever and I'm so excited to be doing it.
In case you didn't read my profile, I'm a scrapbooker since 1998, then a few years later I started using stamps on my pages which ultimately put me on the path to card making. I worked for a good friend in her scrapbooking store, where I taught scrapbooking classes and then started a card making club. where I taught new techniques to beginners. Unfortunately the store closed and my wonderful friend has passed but I still manage to make as many cards and scrapbook pages as I can. I'm also into Art Journaling and find it very relaxing.
I got a bunch of new stamps this week and one of them was Penny Black (Spring Beauty) a lovely bunch of Tulips. I needed a card for my son and his wife, Michael and Kari, for their wedding anniversary and this seemed a likely choice. So here it is.


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- "Meng Hao, since you have my legacy, and since you took my good fortune, well then, you… must definitely… keep on going!
Reach the pinnacle! Leave Planet South Heaven and climb to the highest heights…. That's my dream. You… must keep on going!"
- — Wang Tengfei to Meng Hao before being absorbed by the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch
on Chapter 763: The Deepest Love
Wang Tengfei is one of the recurring principal characters of I Shall Seal the Heavens. He is one of the characters that figures in most major events all throughout the novel.
He entered Reliance Sect in the hopes of procuring the Flying Rain-Dragon's legacy that was legitimately his, and the Sublime Spirit Scripture that the sect owns. As he went around building acquaintances whilst trying to hide his true nature and purpose, he eventually gained the respect and trust of most his peers and even the Elders of the sect. After his failure to acquire the legacy and the treasured scripture, he left the sect vowing to return the shame he went through when Meng Hao stole all that was rightfully his.
An incredibly handsome — almost pretty — fair-skinned young man. While he outwardly treats the Reliance Sect disciples with respect and courtesy, he sees the disciples and the sect itself to be beneath him. His arrogance often caused him to be at odds with Meng Hao.
After the extermination of his clan, however, he became more subdued and has seemingly lost all the arrogance he once had.
He is a member of the Wang Clan, one of the three great clans in Southern Domain. Even within his own clan, he occupies a lofty position, second only to his brother, Wang Lihai who is a Dao Child.
Book 1
In the first book of the series, he joins Reliance Sect as one of its Outer Sect disciples. Having been born with a Blood Drop on his arm, it marked him as the legitimate inheritor to the Flying-Rain Dragon's legacy. After years of searching, he then discovered that the legacy is in the State of Zhao's Reliance Sect. He joined the sect in the hopes of having a chance to obtain the Flying-Rain Dragon legacy and get the Sublime Spirit Scripture in the process.[1] Because of his high cultivation base and, in extension, his connections, he was able to become an authority figure amongst the Outer Sect disciples. He was respected and was even an subject of awe among those with cultivation bases lower than his. As a result, he ultimately garnered followers that dogs around him like servants.
One such follower, due to an acquaintance's altercation with Meng Hao on the Lower Level Public Zone, asked Tengfei to intervene. As a favor for a friend, he almost crippled Meng Hao, who was saved at the last minute.[2] [See Wang Tengfei/Fights for details] Later, Meng Hao defeated him, stealing his position in the Reliance Inner Sect. In the process, Meng Hao destroyed one of his fingers. He subsequently leaves the Sect to return to the Southern Domain.[3]
Book 2
Later, he regrew his finger into a "poison finger," which he tried to use to kill Meng Hao. However, Meng Hao's immunity to poison thanks to the Resurrection Lily enabled him to quickly defeat Wang Tengfei and destroy the poison finger. Later due to the rumors regarding Chu Yuyan having an affair with Meng Hao, he decided to join the Song Clan in their search for a son-in-law. During the son-in-law search, it was revealed that he has harbored lifelong jealously of his brother, in whose shadow he has always lived.
Books 4-5
After the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch went insane and slaughtered all the Wang Clan members on South Heaven, Wang Tengfei was the only one left. It turns out that his older brother, Wang Lihai whom he detested, saved him by hiding his body beneath his own to mask his life force. He wakes up to find carnage and a river of blood. This caused Wang Tengfei to extremely regretful about his earlier thinking and personality. He despises himself for ever thinking bad for his older brother who sacrificed himself for him. This is especially more so when after leaving all of his former "friends" looked at him with disdains and scorn and even attacked him due to past grievances. He is saved by Meng Hao and has a mental breakdown due to understanding the reality of his situation and understanding that Meng Hao, whom he despised and wanted to kill, is the only one who treated him kindly and didn't kick him when he was down. Afterwards, Meng Hao and Wang Tengfei see the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch. Meng Hao uses a magic on the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch to not go entirely insane and have a shred of consciousness while he recalls himself slaughtering his entire bloodline and wallows in pain. This was Meng Hao's revenge.
Wang Tengfei allows the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch to absorb his soul in an attempt to wash away his guilt of being the only member of his clan alive and go to the Yellow Springs together with his family. Later on, it seems that Wang Tengfei's soul wasn't entirely consumed, and instead it seems to be in control of the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch's body, though it is unknown whether it is under the volition of the 10th Wang Clan Patriarch. It was later seen that he somehow retained his appearance as Wang tengfei even after having taken control of another body.
Book 6
Wang Tengfei becomes the third person to challenge true immortal tirbulation of this era after Fan Dong'er and Fang Wei, excluding Grandmaster Pill Demon. Furthermore, Wang Tengfei opened 95 immortal meridians after his tribulation, and, more importantly, unlocked the bloodline of the Ancient God, the Wang Clan's most powerful bloodline.
After Meng Hao finished opening all his immortal meridians, Wang Tengfei arrived and exchanged one punch with Meng Hao. He activated his bloodline power and transformed into a 6,000 meter tall one-star Ancient God. The exchange left his hand almost crushed; however, it also caused Meng Hao's hand to go numb, something no other chosen except Fang Wei was able to accomplish.
Book 8
During the war with the 33 Heavens, he was outraged and utterly embarrassed that his Patriarch decided to turn traitor to the Mountain and Sea Realm by surrendering to the Immortal God Continent and tried to fight with the Mountain and Sea Realm but was subdued by his clan members and was knocked unconscious.
Book 10
His clan was a non-participant in the war with the Vast Expanse School. It was furthermore revealed that he is a member of the God Tribe, a foremost tribe within the Immortal God Continent.
- "Tengfei (腾飞)" is meant to mean as to soar. (Source: Wuxiaworld)


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For the "Three is the magic number" section, each week we randomly pick a jazz musician, journalist, organiser or other professional and enquire about the three records that currently apply as the main source of inspiration for their career. Styles and borders are thrown overboard and people who do not include a W.E.R.F. release are not necessarily locked up in a dark cellar of our jazz bastion in Werfstraat in Bruges.
John Zorn - Bar Kohkba
Choosing three CDs is of course very difficult, but this record will always be included. This is such a timeless, intimate record. The two understand each other so well it's almost scary. This is the second duo record Bill Evans & Jim Hall recorded, four years after 'Undercurrent'. If I had to choose then this is my favourite record, even if it were just for the wonderful guitar solo on 'I've got you under my skin'.
Bugge Wesseltoft – Im / Playing / Songs
On this record Pat Metheny shows himself to be a jazz guitarist in the tradition of bebop and post bop. It is one of the few times that Metheny recorded standards. He plays unequalled up-tempo parts as well as beautiful ballads. It goes without saying that the rhythm section is fantastic with Dave Holland and Roy Haynes. I was lucky enough to see this trio in Brussels after the release of the CD and it remains one of my most memorable live experiences.
Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus
Yes, my third record also revolves around a guitarist… It wasn't meant to be this way, I also enjoy listening to other instruments…The trio of Wynton Kelly (on piano naturally) with Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums (the rhythm section of Miles Davis for a few years) is really groovy! To me this is the reference when it comes to swing, dynamism and energy. And it's a live album. With Wes Montgomery, this provides an explosive mix.
Moker - Konglong (W.E.R.F.049)
I wore this record out. Chet Baker almost at the end of his life in a great trio with Philip and Jean-Louis. To me this is Belgian; it was even recorded in Brussels. The sound of the guitar and trumpet fit perfectly together. Some might find this record a little dated due to the special bass sound or the extremely compressed guitar, but I think it's wonderful!
Erik Vermeulen Trio - Live Chroma (W.E.R.F.075)
I love trumpet players and especially Bert Joris! But also his songs, which are beautiful compositions! I also have great admiration for Dado Moroni (piano). I have seen them live a few times and this quartet works really well!
Yves Peeters Group - Sound Tracks (W.E.R.F.082)
I was a fan of David Linx from the beginning. I was immediately charmed by his phrasing, timbre, improvisations, etc. The records with Diederik Wissels were very good. This record with BJO is a perfect combination! Jazz and vocals: it is possible!


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Another thing that grinds my gears happened again: Again a Christian claimed that without god there could not be any true morality. Sorry, but as much as I wish everyone to be happy with their choice of religion, I really can't stand that nonsense. Warning: Some strong words follow that could shock Christians. You have been warned.
First of all: GOD IS NOT GOOD. Let's accept for a moment that the the laws of the Old Testament are no longer binding for Christians, that Jesus was a real hippie-pacifist and told a message of pure, unconditional love for everyone and everything, which is, what most liberal Christians claim these days (or course, other, not so liberal Christians claim other things, but let's ignore them as most people do anyway). Ok, so, Jesus was a nice guy and Christianity is really lovely. But… GOD IS STILL A MONSTER. Because nothing of this means that the Old Testament is not true – not longer valid law, ok, but still true. This means, all the atrocities god committed must be accepted as having really happened. It started when this God, after creating Adam and Eve, with all their flaws, not to forget their whole environment, education, etc. essentially lead them to this tree from which he knew that they would eat, just the punish them for how HE himself had made them. Honestly, who does something like that? Imagine someone getting a puppy, training it to become addicted to chocolate and then punishing it for eating the chocolate on the table. Would you say that the dog was punished because it was a bad dog? No, of course not, the bad person would be the owner, because it would be completely his fault. But of course god doesn't punish only Adam and Eve, no, he punishes everyone until eternity – most of them to eternal torture. Wow. And it doesn't end there. You have to think really hard to find a monstrosity "God" did not commit. Every bad thing men could think of pales before the horrible things god did – according to his holy book. Don't forget, according to Jesus – not quite the hippie-pacifist Christian want us to see him as – himself told us, that at this very moment, people are being tortured in hell, in some cases for things we wouldn't even send someone to prison for. Not even Jesus is good, sorry. He's only good if you're on his side, otherwise…
Ok, after I got this out of my system, let's try to be a little bit more constructive. First of all: Yes, there is no absolute morality – exactly as there is no absolute meaning of life. There isn't any predetermined philosophy that's 100% correct. But this doesn't have to mean that we don't have morality. We simply have to choose a suitable basis for this morality. Some things work good, others not so. To allow everyone to live happily and free seems to be a likely candidate for such a philosophy, as it is simply something we can all agree on, because it's the best compromise – (almost) everyone wants it and the only thing everyone looses is that ability to make others miserably because they don't agree with you. Self-Preservation seems a pretty good basis, as this prefers order over anarchy, law over chaos – simply because in anarchy, you could be killed any second.
There simply ARE philosophical thoughts that can be used to create a good moral system. But the really important fact is, that such a system will probably not be perfect. Sounds like a drawback? It isn't, because we KNOW that. We can work on it. We can improve it, change it, remove it's flaws. If you accept a religious truth on the other hand, changing it would mean that all the believers before you made a mistake and now rot in hell. I'm not a philosopher, so I am perhaps the wrong person to ask for such a moral system, but at least I am convinced that by understanding human nature in a scientific way, we can also create a system that allows people to live happy and free – which is not an absolute goal, forced upon us by some "God", but – or perhaps therefore – pretty nifty. Let's not forget, that the whole bible never mentions once the basic humans rights – it even contradicts them – and we needed the Age of Enlightenment to bring them to us, something that more than 1.500 years of Christianity didn't succeed in.


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HAB art exhibit to feature San Marco painter
As far as Ginny Stine is concerned, there is no better or more appropriate place than Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church for her to debut her painting expertise.
The San Marco interior designer and resident, who paints as a hobby, will hold her first formal art show, "Animated by Detail: Oil Paintings of Ginny Stine," in the Transitional Gallery of the sanctuary narthex at the church at 4001 Hendricks Ave. An opening day reception will be held Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 5-7 p.m., and the exhibit will continue until November.
The gallery is open each Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to noon or may be accessed through the church office Monday through Friday during business hours.
Although she no longer attends the Baptist church on Hendricks Avenue, the long-time San Marco resident said her grandparents, Edward and Mildred Knopf, were founding members and she grew up in the church and was "in the cradle roll."
"My grandfather was a deacon. He was there when it started," she said. "It was a wonderful experience growing up in that church."
With no specific training in oil painting or art prior to college, Stine graduated with high honors from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Design degree from its College of Architecture. She has worked as an interior designer, specializing in residential and commercial design, for 49 years and founded her interior design studio on San Marco Boulevard in 1979.
An award winner who has been recognized by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, San Marco Preservation Society, the American Society of Interior Designers, and Designer magazine, Stine was also been employed for 20 years as an instructor of interior design at Jacksonville University through the Dawn Program. For many years, she has designed textiles and wallcoverings for fabric companies, and continues to create fine jewelry.
Self-described as one of the "last of the photo realists," Stine said it takes between 50 to 150 hours for her to finish an oil painting, and she sells only signed limited-edition giclée prints of her work, which are priced by the square inch. "My painting is a hobby that I am happy to share, but not the originals," she said, noting after spending so much of her life on each piece, she refuses to part with them.
In the past, Stine has displayed one or two of her works at Reddi-Arts, a San Marco art supply store, where she often paints with her friend, Allison Watson, but has never been featured in a major show like the one at HAB, where she will be the sole artist with approximately 50 paintings on display.
Many of her paintings are still-life renderings of objects she has found near her cabin in Cashiers, North Carolina, where she does most of her work. Others depict birds or Ethiopian tribespeople in primitive headdresses.
"I paint them for the joy of painting them. When I choose a subject I've got to love it because I'm going to spend a lot of time with that subject," she said, noting she loves fruits and vegetables and has many "collections" of them. She is fascinated by the natives of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia and has painted a series of tribal portraits.
"They are nomadic. When they get up in the morning they are going to either eat or be eaten," she said, noting the natives have no way to view their reflections. "They have no clear water so they don't know what they look like. They get up in the morning and they decorate their bodies. They have to paint each other because they don't know what they look like and they can't see [themselves]. The most important thing to them is decorating their bodies with flowers and twigs," she continued, adding they use three stratas of clay to make pigments of white, gold or rust. "The thought that design could absolutely drive your existence was familiar to me," she said.
As a child, Stine taught herself to draw with crayons and pencils and learned embroidery at age five, but it wasn't until she saw the movie, "Auntie Mame," at the Atlantic Drive-in when she was 12 that she knew she wanted to be an interior designer. "She (Auntie Mame) redecorated her apartment five times, and that was the first time I knew that was a career option for somebody to do that, and I said 'I'm going to do that.' So these other things (painting, textiles and jewelry) are the icing on the cake along with my true design. I'm a designer first and foremost, but I enjoy painting," she said. "Beauty and aesthetics are always in my line of sight and they can take many forms," she said.
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Oct 7, 2007
Sony Computer Entertainment has finally released an official application for creating custom PSP XMB themes.
You can nab the tool for free fromSCE Japan's website- and the good news is its fully inEnglish and doesn't require a Photoshop degree to make something half decent with.
We're currently hard at work on ournew background theme, but still can't help wondering who would want to replace the PSP and PS3's beautiful background animation, which cheers us up every month with its changing colours.Courtesy of CVG


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Prefix Number Full Title EDG 6228 Documentation and Assessment of Curriculum and Instruction Is the course title variable? N Is a permit required for registration? N Are the credit hours variable? Y Is this course repeatable? N If repeatable, how many times? 0 Credit Hours Section Type Grading Option 3 C - Class Lecture (Primarily) - Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum) Assessment of Curriculum Course Online? Percentage Online O - Online (100% online) 10
Course Description
The purpose of this course equip K-8 grade teachers with the values, skills and knowledge to document and assess student learning.
- Justification
A. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course.
Replacing Selected Topics with Permanent number; already listed in program
B. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service?
This course is part of the required sequence in the approved Middle Grades STEM and Elementary Education Math/Science graduate degree program.
C. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times?
Yes, 3 or more times
D. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.)
A Doctoral degree and at least 18 credit hours in the discipline are required.
- Other Course Information
A. Objectives
• Correctly use formative assessment probes in STEM K-12 classrooms
• Practice formative assessment in the STEM K-12 instructional cycle
• Strengthen Response to Intervention (RTI) skills and use in K-12 classroom
• Using formative assessments to motivate student learning
• Use Florida Sunshine State Standards and Common Core standards in a meaningful manner
• Apply appropriate evaluations to assess student preconceptions, content knowledge, processing skills, communication skills, in addition to student self-assessments.
• Use observations to analyze student learning and communication abilities
• Identify appropriate use of formative and summative assessments
• Apply process skills to develop robust formative and summative student evaluations
• Understand basic statistical analysis of qualitative measures
• Conduct an evaluation analysis in the classroom
• Compare the development, use, benefits, and limitations of classroom evaluations
• Use multiple assessment tools and strategies to identify and address student misconceptions.
• Select appropriate strategies for teaching once evaluations have been conducted to attend to student needs
• Identify appropriate technological tools that facilitate evaluation and learning of math & science.
• Reflecting and evaluating one's own teaching effectiveness
B. Learning Outcomes
As a result of participating in this course learners will:
• describe what formative assessment is and what it is not.
• distinguish between a performance expectation (PEI), a disciplinary core idea (DCI), a crosscutting concept (CCC), and a scientific practice and connect these science standards (SS) and common core (CC) dimensions to a formative assessment purpose
• describe how formative assessment probes differ from other types of assessment questions.
• describe how the categories of ideas are helpful in understanding students ideas related to the SS and CC.
• link a formative assessment probe or FACT to a stage in an instructional cycle.
• Identify different types of probes.
• Develop your own SS and CC probe.
• Identify a FACT you can use to assess an GSS DCI or CC.
• identify at least 3 ways they can use formative assessment to support implementation of the SS and CC.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the purpose and use of evaluation.
• Build a range of effective formative and summative evaluation methodologies, strategies, and tools for use in teaching math and science concepts.
• Better understand how to identify and measure learning outcomes
• Be able to conduct an analysis to measure individual and group learning
• Identify the traits of good math and science assessments scientists and how they impact the development of knowledge.
• Utilize tools to assess their own teaching effectiveness.
C. Major Topics
• Overview of formative assessment and how it relates to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Common Core Math Standards
• Uncovering categories of students' ideas
• Probes and formative assessment classroom techniques (FACTs) linked to instructional stages
• Linking Formative Assessment to an Instructional Purpose
• Types of evaluation
• Role of math/science assessments – beyond simple content knowledge – assessing deeper understanding and processing skills
• Planning and implementing assessments
• Grading and reporting assessments
• Standard and non-standardized tests
• Assessing special needs students
• Assessing your teaching
D. Textbooks
No textbook is currently required for this course
E. Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases
readings will be provided by faculty examples readings are excerpts from:
Science Formative Assessments: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning by Page Keeley, NSTA Press
Teaching Children Science: Discovery Methods for Elementary and Middle Grades, 3rd edition by Joseph Abruscato and Donald A. DeRosa
Activities for Teaching Science as Inquiry, 7th edition by Joel E. Bass, Terry L. Contant, and Arthur A. Carin
The Lingo of Learning: 88 Education Terms Every Science Teacher Should Know by Alan Colburn, NSTA Press
F. Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy
Homework (weekly) 30%
Class Participation 40%
Student Lesson Assessment(s) and Reflection(s) 30%
Grades based on following:
G. Assignments, Exams and Tests
H. Attendance Policy
Course Attendance at First Class Meeting – Policy for Graduate Students: For structured courses, 6000 and above, the College/Campus Dean will set the first-day class attendance requirement. Check with the College for specific information. This policy is not applicable to courses in the following categories: Educational Outreach, Open University (TV), FEEDS Program, Community Experiential Learning (CEL), Cooperative Education Training, and courses that do not have regularly scheduled meeting days/times (such as, directed reading/research or study, individual research, thesis, dissertation, internship, practica, etc.). Students are responsible for dropping undesired courses in these categories by the 5th day of classes to avoid fee liability and academic penalty. (See USF Regulation – Registration - 4.0101,
Attendance Policy for the Observance of Religious Days by Students: In accordance with Sections 1006.53 and 1001.74(10)(g) Florida Statutes and Board of Governors Regulation 6C-6.0115, the University of South Florida (University/USF) has established the following policy regarding religious observances: (http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/gc_pp/acadaf/gc10-045.htm)
In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It's the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.
I. Policy on Make-up Work
Reference: USF Regulation USF 3.027 - The following is the portion of the Regulation pertaining to graduate students. To read the entire regulation, go to: http://generalcounsel.usf.edu/regulations/pdfs/regulation-usf3.027.pdf
1. Fundamental Principles
Academic integrity is the foundation of the University of South Florida system's (University/USF) commitment to the academic honesty and personal integrity of its University community. Academic integrity is grounded in certain fundamental values, which include honesty, respect and fairness. Broadly defined, academic honesty is the completion of all academic endeavors and claims of scholarly knowledge as representative of one's own efforts. Knowledge and maintenance of the academic standards of honesty and integrity as set forth by the University are the responsibility of the entire academic community, including the instructional faculty, staff and students.
2. General Policies
The following policies and procedures apply to all students, instructional faculty and staff who participate in administration of academic classes, programs and research at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the USF system. This regulation asserts fairness in that it requires notice to any student accused of a violation of academic integrity and provides a directive for discussion between the instructor and student to seek a fair and equitable resolution. If a fair resolution is not accomplished in this discussion, this regulation allows the student continued rights of due process under the academic grievance procedures based upon the preponderance of the evidence. The policies described below are the only policies and procedures that govern violations of academic integrity at the University and supersede any previous policies or regulations
J. Program This Course Supports
Elemenary Education Math/Science & Middle Grades STEM degree programs
- Course Concurrence Information
This course is required in both the Elementary Education Math/Science and Middle Grades STEM master degree program.
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Filiz Toprak Esin has been with the firm since 2006 and is a managing associate. Her practice is focused on corporate and M&A, competition and business crime and anti-corruption.
Filiz has been involved in numerous M&A transactions and assisted clients who have investments in Turkey on their continuing legal needs. .
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Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties in Turkey
Practical Law, Co-Author, 01.02.2019
The Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations
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Amendments to Collection of Electronic Evidence Procedures
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Attorney-client Privilege in the Context of Internal Investigations
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An Overview of Turkish Data Protection Rules from Criminal Law Perspective
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IP in Business Transactions 2018 in Turkey
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Essential Elements of an Effective Internal Investigation, Ethics and Reputation Society 7th International Ethics Summit, Istanbul, Turkey, June 16, 2017
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Challenges in Acquisition of Companies in Turkey, 5th Turkey Private Equity Summit, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2015
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samedi 16 septembre 2017
Third Friday in September already - my this year is flashing past! Many thanks to Wendy for inviting us to join in - you can catch up with what everyone was working on here
Sadly short on pictures for this post as I was working on 'secret stitching'! However I was extremely pleased with what I made and you will just have to take my word for it. I will include pictures on next months post.
I had just enough time at the end of the evening though to add the initial to this crazy block which is now ready to be embellished. This is also secret stitching but as the recipient does not read my blog, I think, I am safe.
I am going to have to reposition the heart - it is annoying me that I have not got the D quite straight!
I also finished a little pincushion this week - it's missed this years PPPP but will be top of my list for next year. I saw a gorgeous little log cabin pincushion on Chookyblues blog here and knew that I needed one! Here is my version - a little larger I think but I love it.
So that's it from me for today - we are off to the seaside next week for a few days, just hope the weather picks up, it's not been good here. Have a great weekend.
16 commentaires:
- Fiona a dit…
have a lovely time - to me there is no better place than the seaside...
- 16 septembre 2017 à 15:02
Hi Lin,your crazy block is looking great and i so love your new pincushion,well done xx
- 16 septembre 2017 à 16:26
- Pamela a dit…
You do such gorgeous stitching! I look forward to seeing what you are secretly stitching.
- 16 septembre 2017 à 18:05
- Michelle Ridgway a dit…
Ohhh secret stitching.....intriguing! Love crazy patch x
- 16 septembre 2017 à 20:07
- Baa. xxx a dit…
Love your log cabin pincushion. Your pincushions all look great in your header too.
- 17 septembre 2017 à 00:05
- Anne Ida a dit…
What a sweet loggie pincushion! Best of luck on the secret sewing :-)
- 17 septembre 2017 à 03:25
- Rachel a dit…
Enjoy your trip to the seaside!
That's a very sweet pincushion - charming!
- 17 septembre 2017 à 03:35
- Susie Hoover a dit…
Love your pincushion! So sweet!
- 17 septembre 2017 à 05:54
- Janet a dit…
It is that time of year for secrets!! I love your new pincushion. Very sweet. Have a good vacation and I hope your weather is perfect.
- 17 septembre 2017 à 19:20
- Radka a dit…
I like your tiny log cabin, great idea for a pin cushion.
- 18 septembre 2017 à 12:52
- Sheila a dit…
Love the pincushion , have fun at the seaside , hope you have great weather 😊
- 19 septembre 2017 à 15:53
- Judy a dit…
I like your stitching project and it will be a lovely gift for someone. What did you fill your pincushion with, if you don't mind me asking, as it has such a great shape?
Enjoy your time at the seaside, I hope that the weather is grand for you.
- 20 septembre 2017 à 16:15
- My Sister Made Me Do It.... a dit…
Love the crazy block....makes me remember my UFO crazy quilt I started several years ago. The log cabin pin cushion is lovely. I have a drawer full oh selvages I'll bet would work with this pattern!
- 23 septembre 2017 à 06:33
- My Sister Made Me Do It.... a dit…
Love the crazy block....makes me remember my UFO crazy quilt I started several years ago. The log cabin pin cushion is lovely. I have a drawer full oh selvages I'll bet would work with this pattern!
- 24 septembre 2017 à 03:19
- FlashinScissors a dit…
I love the colours for your crazy quilting.
What a gorgeous pincushion! And, as Judy said, what did you fill it with ..... it has such great shape. Well done you!
Hope you had a great time at the seaside. The weather here has been amazing this week, hope you had similar weather!
Barbara x
- 24 septembre 2017 à 05:35
- Sue (this n that) a dit…
Very beautiful sewing - I love to see your work :D)
- 27 septembre 2017 à 15:26


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Monday, July 22, 2013
The Importance of Invisible Writing
So you've just finished your novel. No, not just any novel, the Great American Novel. No, your magnum opus! This novel has been designed to make people perk up and listen. You had a theme and you stuck to it and now everyone will be talking about it. The word will go out and awareness will be raised for those trees in the Amazon rain forest, those civil rights issues in the south, the sea turtles off the Eastern seaboard facing extinction, the sexism across the country.
Well, I hate to tell you this but if you've just finished writing a novel under this mindset, you have a problem. Notice I said novel, not nonfiction. The trouble is people read novels to be entertained. They want to be taken away with a cast of characters. They want to see what they see and feel what they feel. They want to be brought into the emotions of another person and learn their story and savor the conclusion. No one wants to be preached to. That's what textbooks and scriptures are for.
We've heard it time and time again: The story must be king.
When anything in your novel bounces the reader out of the story and takes them away from the vividness of those characters and settings, I'm afraid to tell you that your writing is showing through. You worked hard on those words but really, no one wants to actually see them. They just want a story.
Now unfortunately this doesn't just apply to those larger themes mentioned above. This applies on a much smaller scale. You may have that novel where nothing is more important that the conflict and the characters. And yet your readers are constantly being pulled out of the story for some reason or another and forced to examine the actual words you've put on the page.
I'm talking of course about the technicalities of writing. I recently read two books back to back. One, an absolutely fantastic work where the only thing that took me out of the book was the use of OK vs. okay (okay, I admit, I really like "okay" better. OK looks like it's being shouted). Is that OK with you!!
On the other hand, the other book was so full of passive writing, telling vs. showing, adverbs and other bothersome things you may think are not so important, that there were times where I would go for pages only seeing the words and never being drawn into the story at all. I spent more time mentally editing sentences than I did actually reading the stupid thing.
I'm sure someone is yelling at me at this point that not all readers see or even know about these silly writing rules. I agree. Most readers don't know about them. They simply read the book with a vague sense of annoyance. They're never drawn fully into the story and they probably don't even know why.
Writing rules are in place for a reason. They allow us to smooth down those sharp edges into a silky piece of work. People will read it and walk away talking about your characters as though they are real people. They'll make fan pages for the fantasy world you've created and sport t-shirts with your brilliant magic system brought to life.
The only people who appreciate purple prose are the ones who write it. You will never be able to sell the importance of your theme to a group of people if they can't get into your novel. People will never get to know your characters unless you can make them seem like something other than words on a page.
So here's the kicker. You know your characters better than anyone. You can go to any page of your Work in Progress and see their faces and feel their emotions and see their thoughts. To you they are real because you created them. You saw them before they were those words on the page. So how do you know if you've actually made your writing invisible?
1. Alpha readers. Beta readers. Writing groups. Editors. I can't stress enough how you need an outside opinion on your work. Someone honest who won't tell you what you want to hear. Allow them to tell you when they can't stay connected to parts of the story. Or when that same freakin' word keeps jumping out at them. Or when they've had to read that sentence five times in order to discern the meaning.
2. Learn those all-important rules. Active vs. passive writing. Limited adverbs. Varying word choice, point of view, etc, etc, etc. Don't just learn them, embrace them. Make them become as natural as typing. The rules are in place for a reason. They are formulaic devices honed over the years by people much more brilliant than ourselves to pull the story forward and make the words sink quietly into the background.
3. You know if you've themed your writing. It's good to have a theme. It's better to have a story where readers feel for the characters plight and worry about said characters surviving in that doomed rain forest in the Amazon.
Make the story the King.
So let's be honest here. Is your writing invisible?
3 comments:
Great post! My first novel, Monarch, has the use of OK in it, and I fought about that with my publisher's now-former editor FOREVER and she won. Then I recently read another book published by a major publisher with the use of OK in it, and I realized I didn't notice it until halfway through, so maybe it only bugged me so much because it was in my own book. Who knows.ReplyDelete
I work so hard to make my stories king. I hope I succeed most of the time. I couldn't do it without the help of others, that's for sure!
Very insightful! I never knew about the story being king and invisible writing. But can you only have a theme in nonfiction writing? Is fiction's main purpose ONLY to entertain? (for example, think of CS Lewis) RRReplyDeleteReplies
Great question! Theme is also very important in fiction. In fact a novel without a theme always feels thin and incomplete. However, in fiction writing it usually comes out organically as you tell the story and then can be molded into something stronger during revision.Delete


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Monday: Well, I started off with no job today. By 10:30 I had a 1:00. At 1:00 I was informed that the start time was actually 2:00 because the attorneys were calling in from Iowa, which is a different time zone. My witness happened to be an attorney too, a tax attorney. When was the last time you spent an hour talking to a tax attorney?
I was home by 4:00 and enjoying a coffee and an HG cupcake on the couch by 5:00. At 5:30 the office called to send me 30 minutes away where the parties were already waiting for a reporter. We're pretty much super heroes. One day I swear I'm going to get a cape. Anyway, the attorneys didn't want to risk that I would be in traffic for 45 minutes, so they decided to do the deposition over the phone. Lucky me. Best part: one of the witnesses was a famous basketball player. Sorry. I can't tell you the name. I guess it doesn't really count since I was in my home office and he wasn't, but still.
Tuesday: I didn't have to work today. Well, I didn't have to leave the house, but I did have some work to do . It didn't last very long, so I made this Sour Cream-Blueberry Bread from Williams-Sonoma Bread.
There's a lot going on in this bread: pecans and bananas, to name a few. Also, I should disclose that I used Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream. I guess that means I can say "adapted from" and then take credit for the recipe. Not so much.
Wednesday: I'm always a little groggy in the morning when I walk the dog. I make it a strict rule that we don't leave the yard until noon. Today I noticed little white pellets on the lawn and patio area. I thought it was strange that if it hailed it hadn't melted in the 73 degree weather. But the yard is shaded until noon, so what do I know? I'm not a meteorologist. I even picked it up and couldn't quite figure it out. I also went the extra mile to google hail in Atlanta in June. Well, when we went out again at noon it was still there. After walking around the neighborhood I realized that the company the HOA hires to spray for weeds had been here. Mystery solved. I guess it's a good thing I didn't try to taste it.
I made these Cherry-Blueberry Trifles to make myself feel better about the possible exposure to pesticide. I got the idea from Eating Well. They suggested using ladyfingers and topping them with almonds, but I totally improvised and used leftover amaretti cookies instead. Toss your fruit with a little brown sugar and then layer with yogurt.
Thursday: I had a job today at a hospital. It was in a room that they called the library. I was foolishly expecting a spacious classroom. Instead I got a small conference room with an underachieving air conditioner. Did I mention that there were ten of us in the room and a light brighter than the sun, compliments of the videographer. I am always cold. Right now, my feet are cold and my AC is set to 75. I usually say to the attorneys that if I'm hot they must be REALLY hot. It was so stifling I swear I almost started drooling. I'm not sure what the relationship is, but I don't usually drool during my jobs so I'm sure there's a connection. I swear I was one mumbled medical term away from passing out.
I was exhausted by the time I got home, but I managed to make this Chilled Cherry Pasta Salad with Arugula and Bacon. I am proud to say that the arugula was harvested from my very own garden. I really thought the bacon would be the shining star, but it is four stars for the cherries. You'll never guess where I got this recipe from, so I'm just going to tell you: Publix. The dressing is 1/4 cup each of olive oil and white balsamic vinegar, two tablespoons of basil, 1 tablespoon of honey, and the zest of one orange.
Friday: I had a fabulous cut and color today a Van Michael salon in Buckhead. That pretty much took up the bulk of my day. I did mange to pick up these cute little flowers, though.
They remind me of back in the day on the farm when I used to pick wild violets for my mom.
I also made Loaded Nachos for dinner. Cooking Light's Crave! is my new Friday night fave.
Saturday: I was supposed to have a little soiree here at the house to celebrate our new patio, but this got in my way:
Seems harmless, doesn't he? This is George.
I like to call him G-man. He's my friend Marnie's new baby and he is in the process of being housetrained and can't go it alone for too long, so I brought dinner to her house on the lake. It was my plan to take some scenery pictures so that I could brag about her awesome locale, but Georgie boy is way cuter than trees.
I've been wanting to try these Cheese-Wrapped Olives since I saw them all over the Internet a few months ago. Little did I know that I have the recipe in Gena Knox's book Southern My Way.
I also couldn't resist this Tipsy Watermelon Salad from Virginia Willis and Bon Appetit, Y'all. Not only is there vodka, but there's also crème de cassis.
I have a confession to make: I can't stop buying cherries. The bag I have isn't close to gone and I still pick up another one. That's happened twice so far. So of course I had to make this Honey-Soaked Quinoa Salad with Cherries and Cashews from Better Homes and Gardens new book, Fresh. There's apricots in there too.
So far everything was a success. And then this happened:
Are these the whitest baked beans you've ever seen? These are Aarti Sequeira's Root Beer Baked Beans from Food Network Magazines's June issue. I was tempted by the root beer, obviously, and they have ginger and garam masala too. They're edible, but just not amazing.
Last but not least:
Lemon Icebox Pie. OMG. I didn't think anything could make sweetened condensed milk taste any more amazing, but lemon juice can do it. This is worth the price I pay for Garden & Gun.
I think this guy deserves one more shout out.
Sunday: Not much energy today, but I did manage to set up my new plant stand.
And I discovered some baby ladybugs on my tomato plant! At least I hope that's what they are.
I'm going to have some leftover pie now. Too bad you're not here.
Eat Well and Savor.


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Much Needed Rain
I don't usually say much about the weather in San Diego - it certainly isn't very nice to complain about the continual sunshine when it is snowing and raining all over the place. But, it has been so warm and dry here that we all wonder if it really is winter!
On Saturday we got our first rain of the season and it was so LOVELY! Really just a dusting of rain, and only for a brief period but I had to go outside and take a couple of photos!
We also put up our tree, not completely decorated - just with the lovely white lights, but it is so festive to sit with a cup of tea and realize how wonderful the season can be!
Let's deck the halls, Fa la la la!


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Event 55 Meter Dash
Mark 7.78
Place 3rd
Race/Results Page Complete Results
Round Finals
Heat 1
Team East Mecklenburg
Native Country USA
Season Indoor 2018
Level HS
Meet Date Dec 19, 2017
Date Added Dec 20, 2017
Grade 2020
Timing FAT
Personal Best? No
Season Best? No
Venue Providence HS Track, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Japanese American National Museum volunteers created 30-second digital video shorts sharing their personal stories related to artifacts from the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community .
These video shorts were created in conjunction with the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center.
JANM volunteer, Ben Tonooka remembers living in a barrack in Heart Mountain Wyoming.
Funding for the Nisei Oral History project was provided by grants from the National Park Service and the California State Library through the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
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Foundations of Bone Health
"Get the Right Kind of Calcium. Too many health- conscious people believe that conventional calcium supplements (or conventional calcium plus vitamin D) can put an end to bone loss. They can't. As multiple studies have documented, conventional calcium supplements – such as calcium gluconate, calcium citrate, calcium carbonate, and even calcium citrate-malate – slow, but do not halt or reverse, menopausal bone loss, whether taken alone or with vitamin D.4-18 Even a total daily calcium intake of 3000 milligrams of calcium from conventional sources isn't enough to stop bone loss, let alone turn the decline around.12 You simply can't force the bones to take in more calcium, and build more bone, by taking more and more calcium: the mineral itselfcan only support your existing bone mass, or the building of bone induced by the other factors in your skeletal health program.1,22 Read the Full Article"
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Take Enough Vitamin D. Aside from improving calcium absorption, vitamin D is needed for proper muscle function, which may play a role in protecting against fractures by reducing falls.51 So getting enough vitamin D is important. And you simply can't rely on the sun to meet your requirements, especially in Northern climates. Flat-out vitamin D deficiency is found in one third of otherwise-healthy Canadians at least once over the course of the year.52Indeed, the whole reason that our milk is now fortified with vitamin D is that rickets (bone disease caused by vitamin D deficiency) was epidemic in children in the Northern United States at the turn of the twentieth century – when kids spent a lot more time out-of-doors than do today's adults. There's a good reason for this: studies in human skin suggest that the amount of sun to which a person in Boston or Edmonton is exposed in the winter is not enough to make the body produce the vitamin. Read Full Article.
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We sometimes think of our bones as being like the columns of an ancient Greek building: rigid "pillars ofstrength"that are built in our youth but are then slowly worn away by the forces of time. But in fact, bone is a dynamic, livingtissue, like any other tissue in your body. While they seem unchanging, healthy bones are actually in a continuous process of remodeling and renewal.
Old bone is torn down (resorbed) by one class of specialized cells (osteoclasts), while another kind of bone cell (osteoblasts) is responsible for building up new bone tissue to replace it. The constant balance of resorption and new bone formation allows for the replacement of old, stressed, damaged tissue with healthy new bone, and also lets the body adjust its skeletal structure when it is subjected to new or changing stresses. bones by parathyroid hormone. They don't actually increase the body's ability to build newbone. Read Full Article
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Competitiveness pushes Aaron Rodgers to the top
Green Bay - This was supposed to be fun and games. A chance to give back. A chance to relax.
On a 2008 off-season visit to an Alaska military base, Aaron Rodgers and other Green Bay Packers players stopped at a basketball gym on the base. Inside were a group of kids. Former teammate Ruvell Martin estimates they were 15, maybe 16 years old. The players asked if they could shoot around. The kids obliged. Hilarity ensued.
Down low, Rodgers went up for a shot, and one of those 15-year-olds swatted it away. The quarterback got his own rebound, pump-faked and rose again.
"And the kid swats him again," said Martin, who played with Rodgers in Green Bay from 2006-'08. "We're like, 'Ohhhhh!' and thinking it's hilarious. Aaron gets the rebound again, and you can tell he's starting to get frustrated now."
He couldn't laugh it off, couldn't let it go. This time, Rodgers jabbed the kid. He "pushed him away," Martin said, and shot again.
"And the kid swats his shot again," Martin said. "It happened like three or four times in a row, and I don't think Aaron even ended up getting a shot off."
Martin and teammates coiled in laughter. That's just Aaron, they say. Ultracompetitive, Aaron. He couldn't shrug off the embarrassment. He needed to fight back. This is what separates the greats. A 24 / 7 hatred for losing. Maybe it's a card game. Maybe it's the New York Giants' pass rush. Behind those quirky State Farm commercials is a ruthless competitor.
Everyone knows Rodgers' story. He was undersized and hardly recruited. He waited in the green room at the NFL draft for 4 hours and 35 minutes. He lived in Brett Favre's Ashwaubenon-sized shadow for three excruciating years. Motivation has never been a problem.
At the core, he's competitive.
"It really doesn't matter," Martin said. "He wants to win. He's very competitive. It would have been different if he just got his shot blocked and let it be, but the fact that he was actually trying after that was kind of funny."
Before Aaron Rodgers was Aaron Rodgers, he was a forgotten man at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif. He received zero Division I scholarship offers. His senior year, he decided to play baseball. Rodgers hadn't even played the sport in five years.
And baseball coach Ron Souza remembers one game vividly, one game that revealed what all of those colleges missed while analyzing this productive yet undersized quarterback prospect: His "never forget" attitude.
Against Foothill High School, Rodgers faced a hulking 6-foot-3, 220-pound pitcher who could throw 93, 94 mph. And midway through the game, he fired a fastball toward Rodgers' ribs. Rodgers sprawled to the ground to avoid the missile.
"And just to look at Aaron's face," Souza said. "He climbs out of the box, gets up and takes a step at the guy."
Only, Rodgers hit the brakes. He didn't charge the mound. Instead, he internalized his rage. He archived that pitch. He didn't say anything to Souza in the dugout. But two innings later, something was said "in about 2.2 seconds," Souza laughed.
This time, the Foothill pitcher was batting and Rodgers gunned a pitch over the brim of his helmet. The batter didn't rush the mound. Instead, Rodgers walked toward him. He made it halfway before the two were split up.
"That kid wasn't expecting it," Souza said. "He backed down. He stepped out and looked around like 'What the hell?' He never had somebody, I'm sure, come back at him.
"Aaron is a very, very driven guy that's extremely competitive. He doesn't let go of things. He uses self-motivation. If you don't respect him as a player, he's going to store that away and two or three years later you'll pay for it."
Immediately - seconds into their first sit-down introduction - Butte College's Craig Rigsbee noticed this quality. Mom was there. Dad was there. Rodgers' little brother was there. And Rigsbee made his pitch.
Before he even mentioned the names of the quarterbacks returning, Rodgers cut him short.
"Coach, not to be rude, but I'll stop you," Rigsbee recalled Rodgers telling him. "I don't care who you have coming back. The only question I have is will I have a legitimate chance to play if I earn it?"
Rigsbee said "absolutely," and within two weeks Rodgers had the job. All other coaches were skeptical. They wanted Rigsbee to start the incumbent. The head coach told them Rodgers would be 10 times better in two days. He was right.
Rodgers' competitive nature galvanized Butte. Surrounded by teammates from Canada and the military who were six or seven years older, Rodgers commanded respect.
"They were following him and doing whatever he told them to do," Rigsbee said, "and he couldn't even buy a beer yet."
One catch: The demeanor can never waver. There cannot be an on/off switch. Rodgers is a competitor at everything.
At the University of California, Rodgers and teammates played poker once a week. Wide receiver Vincent Strang said Rodgers used a "stone cold" demeanor to win 75% of the time. He rarely lost, because you never knew when he was bluffing. Rodgers competes at one, unwavering level.
"We have a nice barbecue for the Fourth of July in San Diego every year," Strang said, "and it doesn't matter if we're horseshoes or pingpong or whatever, he's going to win it. If he doesn't, he calls 'next.' "
This edgy approach helped Rodgers get through those first three seasons in the NFL. On the scout team, he tried to burn the No. 1 defense daily. Former Packers receiver Terrence Murphy, who came into the league with Rodgers in 2005, still remembers linebacker Nick Barnett barking, "Hey, man, don't you know this is practice?!" Martin? He overheard assistant coaches muttering, "This is supposed to be a defensive period."
Rodgers and the backups ignored such pleas.
"We weren't having any of that," said Martin, who now plays for the Buffalo Bills. "It was all led by Aaron. It was definitely led by him and his demeanor. You're talking about a guy who's a first-round draft pick, a rookie, and he's as serious as can be. He says, 'We're going to go out there and beat these guys.' "
Back in 2005, Murphy and Rodgers called each other "Sidekick." They were roommates at St. Norbert College during training camp and competed at everything. The duo never joined forces on the field. Three games into his career, Murphy suffered a career-ending neck injury. But three years later, there they were in the Virgin Islands.
Murphy invited Rodgers to his wedding, and the two teamed up to take on locals in beach volleyball.
It got ugly, Murphy said. A brawl nearly broke out.
"We were out to kill 'em," Murphy said. "We were spiking it on their heads and getting pissed. We were serious. It wasn't some sand-and-water leisure. That's why I love that guy. I always knew he'd be great. He's a great guy, he's competitive."
When Rodgers and the Packers won the Super Bowl last year, part of Murphy was bitter. That was his guy hoisting the championship belt. They dreamed of those moments as rookies. As the confetti fell at Cowboys Stadium, he snapped out of it.
Now, Murphy is a real estate agent in College Station, Texas. His goal - his Super Bowl - is to be named one of the nation's "30 under 30" real estate agents.
"I'm not going to lie," Murphy said. "He motivated me from a million miles away."
Today, as the face of the franchise, Rodgers is the same way. Only now, it permeates throughout the roster. Now, his influence is more presidential than congressional.
"He doesn't want to lose at anything, and that's important," rookie tight end Ryan Taylor said. "You can't just be great sometimes. You have to do it all the time. It's definitely something he instills in our team."
He's still on the verge of returning a 92-mph heater. Usually, Rodgers internalizes. His arch-nemesis in cards these days is fullback John Kuhn. Backup quarterback Matt Flynn has spotted the two throwing cards at each other. Rodgers and Kuhn will go full days without talking to each other. They'll "crawl into a shell all angry about it," Flynn said.
Still, that's a Jordan trait, a Kobe trait, a Manning trait.
"With all the great players, you hear how competitive they were in small things off the field," safety Charlie Peprah said. "You hear how Michael Jordan cheated somebody's mom out of a card game. That's how competitive he was. That's a sign of greatness, of a true competitor."
After that 15-year-old in Alaska embarrassed Rodgers on the basketball court, Martin - still catching his breath from laughing so hard - asked him if he knew who Rodgers was. He didn't. He had no clue.
Chances are, he does today.
Rodgers is aiming for his first MVP award and second Super Bowl ring. He's only 28 years old, too. This run could last a while. And Peprah knows why.
"True competitors don't like to lose," Peprah said. "That's what makes him great."


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Tina Batsford, Luxonic's financial director, has been announced as a semi-finalist at the upcoming NatWest Hampshire Venus Awards. Tina, who recently made Luxonic history as the first female member of the executive board, is up for the Professional of the Year title this November.
Having been with the company for 25 years, Tina joined the executive board earlier in 2017 after being promoted from financial controller to board-level director. Her long history of outstanding professional development and achievement has been recognised by the Venus Awards, an organisation which celebrates leading local business women.
Commenting on the shortlisting, Tina said: "I'm over the moon to have been nominated by the Venus Awards! Over the years, Luxonic have supported me both personally and professionally, and I was overjoyed to take up the mantle of financial director earlier this year. This nomination is the cherry on top of a fantastic year I've had with the company."
Nick Tavaré, managing director, commended Tina for her shortlisting: "Tina is invaluable at Luxonic, and we're thrilled her hard work has been recognised publicly. Staff are the most important aspect of Luxonic, and without them we wouldn't be able to enjoy the incredible recent growth the company has experienced. I'm sure the entire Luxonic family will join me in wishing Tina well done and good luck for November."


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Note: At the 2004 reunion, we showed pictures of the "Howarth" cabin location. Ron Haworth, editor
Mr. John T. Howarth, of New Zealand writes that he has traced his ancestry back to Haworths in 18th century with connections to Duxbury's in Accrington and Bury Lancashire. His family name progressed from Haworth to Howorth, then Howarth, which he believes was quite normal apparently as they were all spoken in the same dialect. John wrote that he made a lot of use of Libraries with correspondence to Bury Accrington and Rochdale libraries and the use of some old volumes on Surnames and Heraldry in his library at Hamilton New Zealand.
Mr. Howarth volunteers that if there are any members with similar connections, he would be happy to forward his information.
Here is text of what John wrote:
The Haworth/Howarth name according to Lancashire sources was spelled according to local custom. That is, the clerk in the church would listen to the word in local dialect and write down his interpretation. In general Haworth was the result in rural areas and around Haslingden and also in the Southeast around Oldham and Middleton. Whereas Howarth was common in Bury and Rochdale with Howorth as a variation.
Before 1700, it was Hearwarthe and before that Huarth from the Anglo Saxon or Norse, was used. The name is commonly thought to mean something like " secure place on a mound". After listening to versions of what it sounded like over 200 years ago I cant help thinking of "Hearth" with visions of sitting in comfort in front of a winters fire with the screen on the hearth. Yes I date back that far!!
It must remembered that until the 19th Century, 90 per cent of the population were at the best semi-illiterate even many of the so called gentry. From my sources, it appears the name came in the 1400's when surnames became compulsory and refers to the large Estate just north of Rochdale called Great Howarth.
In the 1600's the Howard's, a noble family whose name is a personal one dating back to the Norman conquest, built the Great Haworth House on the site of ancient buildings. Some sources credit them with the name. However Haworth/Howarth was by then well established in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Incidentally those hopefuls who pepper the internet with references to the origin of the name as Haworth in Yorkshire are just that. The general statement in publications I have read refer to a family moving north from the South of England in the 12th Century and establishing a holding at Great Howarth. This was occurred around the time that Rochdale was established as a village.
For those people that are into Heraldry, my earliest reference is the granting in 1664 by Charles, following the defeat of Cromwell when a coat of arms was granted to Haworth of Thurcroft (Sorry cant tell you where it is). The description reads: "AZ A BEND COTISED AR BETW TWO STAGS HEADS COUPED OF THE SECOND" Herraldry buffs can no doubt work that out in English.
Other heraldry granted since then include; Haworth of Manchester Haworth of Highercroft, and Haworth of Parkhead & Dunscar. A Sir Richard Haworth of Oldham was a personal friend of Prince George (later George 111) who in his early days was frequently banished from London for his outrageous behavior.
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The fungal community is very diverse and comprises yeasts, mushrooms, and filamentous fungi. The benefits and versatility of edible filamentous fungi in several industrial applications, and as a consequence, the large variety of useful products (such as organic acids, proteins, enzymes, medicines, food, beverages, biofuel, and biofertilizers), combined with their inherent ability of fast and robust growing rates, being capable of growing on industrial waste materials at cost effective conditions, make them the ideal candidates to promote industrial development without compromising sustainability.
The usage of fungi in fermentation processes and also its use directly as food dates back to the civilizations that existed thousands of years before. More recently, with the advent of modern industries and the development of microbiology, the fungal research and technology continues to grow and, year by year, the number of useful filamentous fungi strains keeps increasing. The importance of using filamentous fungi both for economic and environmental reasons has already been recognized by major companies such as BASF, DSM, DuPont, Novozymes, and other global leaders, which are already using this type of fungus.
Brazil is a continental country with a great number of business opportunities and industrial segments, which are economically representative for local trade and consumption and also for exportation. The brief Brazilian market research explained in this report provides information on some of the segments that could benefit from the use of filamentous fungi.
Animal feed industry
According to the 2017 December's report from Brazilian Sindirações, the total feed production of 68.6 million tons is predicted for 2017, representing a 2% increase when compared to 2016. There will be an increase of the feed production for the segments of birds, swine, and cattle. The highlights are the "cats & dogs" segment (pet food) which will grow more than 3%, and the aquaculture segment which is expected to grow 7.4%.
Food and beverage industries
The importance of Brazilian agriculture both for internal consumption and worldwide exportation is well known. One example of great fungal application is the cassava processing, which includes the production of flours and starch that are used in a variety of industries (e.g. food, medicine, and ethanol). Brazil is one of the top 4 major producing countries and produces 8% of the world output cassava.
Another interesting application is the Brazilian dairy industry, which generates a variety of products, such as milk, cheese, yogurt, powder milk, sweetened condensed milk, and butter. The market suffered from the recent economic crisis, but it is expected to recover and dairy production should increase by 1.8% in 2018. From January to September 2017, 43% of sweetened condensed milk (US$ 50 million) and 15% of milk powder (US$ 14 million) were destined to exports. In addition, it has been recently announced that Brazil received the International Health Certificate allowing the exports of milk and dairy products to Japan, which is the world's seventh largest consumer of dairy products.
There are also opportunities in the brewery industry and in the "cachaça" industry (the latter consists of a typical Brazilian distilled beverage made from fermented sugarcane).
Brazil is the third major producer of beer (13.8 billion liters/year) and, in the last decade, there was a 5% increase of beer consumption. In addition, there are a number of craft beer industries that are growing and this segment presented an annual evolution of 20%. We now have craft beer industries that already produce up to 120.000 liters of special beer/month. Regarding the "cachaça" market, the Brazilian Institute of Cachaça reported (February, 2017) a production of 800 million liters/year. The market contains informal and formal producers, with the latter representing 2.000 companies. In 2016, the revenue generated from exports was US$ 13.9 million (increase of 4.6%). These segments generate industrial residues that possess very interesting characteristics for our fungal growth. The companies willing to diversify their waste management policies should embrace our clean-tech solutions to generate new revenue streams.
Paper and pulp industry
Brazil is one of the major global players in this industry. According to the 2017 Report of Brazilian Tree Industry, of the total of 7.84 million hectares of trees planted in Brazil in 2016, the companies from the pulp and paper industry held 34%. There was a pulp production of 18.8 million tons; an increase of 8.1% when compared to 2015, and 69% of this production was exported. Brazil now holds the second position in the ranking of main global producers of pulp. The total paper production was 10.3 million tons, putting Brazil in the eighth position of the main producers of the world. The exports represented 20% of this total amount.
The industrial processes of each aforementioned segment present a diverse range of opportunities for Mycorena's entrance in the Brazilian market. Our team of experts in the field of filamentous fungi has developed a pioneer technology that enables the transformation of industrial by-products/wastes into valuable and environmental safe products. For that matter, we grow our fungi in a substrate available from a cheap source, e.g. agro-biomass and industrial waste, and the resulting product is a nutritionally rich compound (see chart) that can be used as animal feed or biofertilizer.
Another interesting possibility, especially for the animal feed industry, is to grow our fungi directly in a special culture media and produce a high quality feed (protein content of 50%), thus substituting (or complementing) other ingredients, like soy and corn.
The versatility of filamentous fungi is of great impact and high potential. We have to keep in mind that there is an increasing need to care for human welfare and also to develop a sustainable bio-economy for the future, thus there should be an increasing interest and investment in clean-technological solutions. At Mycorena we believe that this future is already the present and we are ready to partner with Brazilian companies that are looking for innovative industrial waste management together with opportunities for new revenue streams.
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Mariana Bertini Teixeira PhD,
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AUB Group Limited (formerly Austbrokers Holdings Limited) is a publicly listed company on the Australian Stock Exchange, with a total of over $2.6 billion in Gross Written premium and in excess of $1 billion in funds under management. The Austbrokers Network ranks in the top 3 insurance broking groups in Australia, and is also a major financial services provider. The network employs over 3,000 people in over 75 locations across Australia and New Zealand. Over 450,000 clientele benefit from the financial strengths of the group, while also enjoying the personal and local service of their Austbrokers office.
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Austbrokers ABS Strata Pty LimitedWith specialist staff dedicated to Strata and Property Owners insurance, Austbrokers ABS Strata have been one of the leading Insurance Brokers within the niche Strata Industry for more than 20 years. Our portfolio includes duplexes to property developments worth in excess of a billion dollars.
In account of this experience, along with a thorough knowledge of the Strata industry and its legislative obligations, we understand the coverage requirements needed to place the insurances for a strata property and recognize the commitment and level of service Strata Managers and Committees would expect.
We are a Corporate Member of the Strata Community Australia (NSW) and have been a Member of the Supplier Chapter for over 20 years. In this time, sponsoring events including training, functions and annual conventions, to assist in the development of the Strata Community.


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