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University of Vermont
Guy W. Bailey (1920 - 1940)
There was optimism in the air when Guy Winfred Bailey was elected thirteenth president of the university on June 16, 1920. Guy Bailey was the local lad who had made good — the son of a granite cutter from Essex Junction, who had served as president of his UVM class in 1900 and then gone on to a distinguished career in state government. Most Vermonters had expected him to run for governor or for national office, but instead he returned to his alma mater in 1917 to serve as its first comptroller.
Guy W. Bailey was born in Hardwick, Vermont, on May 7, 1876. His family later moved to Essex Junction where his father established the Bailey Granite Monument Company. Guy Bailey graduated from UVM in 1900, and was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1904. On December 22, 1904, he married Mabel G. Brigham of Essex Junction. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1904 and 1906, and in 1908 he was elected secretary of state, a position he held until he resigned in 1917 to join the UVM administration. He had been appointed a trustee of the university in 1914 and had served as UVM's acting president from August 1919 until his election in 1920.
In terms of his popularity, vitality, and experience, Bailey was the ideal choice to lead the university during the postwar years. In 1920 the first woman student was admitted to the College of Medicine, and in 1921 the university bought the Redstone property and began to develop it as a campus for women. In 1925 trustee James Wilbur of Manchester, Vermont, announced a major gift to construct the Ira Allen Chapel. Four years later, following his death in May of 1929, Wilbur left UVM a trust fund in excess of $2.5 million for scholarships and library use. During this same year, Slade Hall was built on Redstone Campus, and the Fleming Family gave a major gift to help build the Robert Hull Fleming Museum.
Construction slowed down in the 1930's although two additional dormitories—Sander's Hall and Allen House—were purchased and the Southwick Memorial Building was completed on Redstone Campus. During the Great Depression, President Bailey exercised a strong hand over all of UVM's affairs. Nursing was added to the curriculum, student enrollments were held steady, and no faculty members were forced to take a cut in pay. Bailey provided sympathetic support for numerous students, and many stories circulated about how he personally helped to provide scholarships, jobs, and loans in particularly needy cases.
During the spring of 1939, President Bailey became confined to him home with a lingering disease of the bone structure. In the summer of 1940, plans were announced for a new central administration building as the result of a major gift from estate of Charles and Anna Waterman. After graduating from UVM in 1885, Waterman had settled in Denver where he established a distinguished law practice and served as United States Senator from Colorado. The Waterman Building cornerstone was laid in early October. Two weeks later, on October 22, 1940, President Bailey died in his home at the age of sixty-four. His wife was his sole survivor, their only son died in childhood.
Baileys's death marked the end of an era. During his presidency from 1920 to 1940, total enrollments in all programs had grown from more than two thousand students, the faculty had increased almost three times in size and more than $3 million in new construction was completed, all but the Redstone Campus financed through outside gifts. President Bailey was a very strong leader who dominated the university. When he became ill in 1939, no one else possessed the authority to make major decisions. In the end, the results were tragic. Following Bailey's death, startling facts concerning finances came to light, which revealed the university was running an estimated operating deficit of more than $500,000.
Once again UVM faced a devastating financial crisis. It was an unfortunate legacy for President Bailey who had served so faithfully for two decades. With the passage tine, many of the alumni conducted a campaign to restore Bailey's image. Their efforts culminated in a book, Thank You, Guy Bailey, which recalled the kindnesses that Bailey had shown them during their student years. When the trustees decided to build a new library, they voted to name it in honor of Guy W. Bailey, "the thirteenth president of this university whose deep personal concern for the individual earned the affection and esteem of all whose lives touched him."
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Sick Days
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i think this has a lot to do with the mentality that doctors are somehow more than human, and i think it's wrong. we have every right to call in sick, and honestly i think we have more of a responsibility to do so. we're constantly exposing our already-compromised patients to bugs that could be contained to your household. it's worse than sending a kid to school and infecting the whole class because we are charged with protecting, not infecting, our patients. don't ever feel guilty for being human, no one has the right to make you feel so.ReplyDelete
granted, this shouldn't be abused. sick days should be honest sick days, and not "hey i don't feel like work today" sick days (which i know are REALLY tempting!)
thankfully, most of my professors and attendings are incredibly understanding and allow us to make up sick days by coming to their on-calls (which are sometimes more fun than the scheduled rounds!)
I'm glad you made this post because I'm someone who seems to get sick a lot. I was sick as a dog yesterday and dragged myself to work anyway. Partially because I don't think I realized quite how sick I was till I got to work, but also because the grand total of sick days I am allowed all year is.... FIVE. That's right, I am allowed to be sick less than one day every other month. So when I'm sick, I have to think to myself, "Is this the sickest I'm going to be for the next two months?" With the cold and flu season coming up, I didn't want to blow my meager sick days on a moderate illness.ReplyDelete
But in any case, when you give a physician five sick days all year, the message is clearly that they want me to come to work while sick. This is a message that's heeded by the other physicians at my hospital, who in fact got me sick in the first place.
And furthermore, when I came to work, sneezing and coughing violently, did anyone tell me to go home? Not even one. No one even suggested it as a possibility. In fact, last year I dragged myself in for a busy clinic after spending most of the night throwing up with a stomach flu, and when my attending saw me looking horrible, did he tell me to go home? No, he said, "Thanks for coming in, even though you're sick."
This is not just some macho philosophy in medicine, but it's the EXPECTATION. There was a woman in my residency who called in sick somewhat frequently and everyone hated her because of it. For that reason, whenever I was sick, I'd at least drag myself in for the morning so everyone could see how horrible I looked or that my laryngitis was so bad that I literally couldn't speak more than a few words. But thanks to daycare germs, I have been sick a LOT and while I do occasionally leave early, I mostly just tough it out.
I'm generally reluctant to call in sick at my work as well. I'm in an anesthesia group that covers three different hosptials, all a minimum of 20-30 minutes away from the other. Generally we run on a shoestring and barely have enough people to cover the ORs as it is. When one person calls in, it sets a ripple throughout our whole system and often results in people being shuffled from place to place or someone on vacation being called in. If you are sick and come in, generally you muddle through the first few cases in the morning and as the day settles out, you get sent home.ReplyDelete
The other reason I don't call in is that we have no designated sick time. Our vacation/conference/sick time is combined into one, and we schedule it in Oct/Nov for the next calendar year. If you take a sick day, you then owe one of your vacation days back. Some people in the group don't schedule all their vacation time, and use that extra week for sick days.
Overall though, the culture in my workplace is that you are weak if you call in sick.
I am just a medical student, and I already feel this expectation. I was working in the ICU last month, around sick and immunocompromised people and was ill for several days, but still came in. I wore a mask in patient rooms and carried a tissue and hand sanitizer with me everywhere I went. I was hoarse and coughing, but again, no one told me to go home. I feel now part of this expectation is because I have "bosses" (my residents and attending), but never thought about it extending to your peers' expectations of you as well. I witnessed the trash-talking of one resident who called in sick as well. It is a very real expectation, and not always for the good of the patients, I feel.ReplyDelete
Thanks for all comments!ReplyDelete
Fizzy - I love that you brought up the fact that we are "rewarded" for coming in sick. I felt this especially during my fellowship year - I had just finished nursing my son at 8 months, had a daughter who was almost three, and I developed walking pneumonia for a few months while I was studying for my boards. I was a wreck - physically and emotionally. I was my skinniest ever - a size 2 - which is completely ridiculous on a 5'10" frame (I'm back up to a healthy 8/10 now, by the way).
During my fellowship - I had the additional responsibility to present path at the weekly breast conference - necessitating taking pictures for the 20 or so cases late into the evening the night before. I remember being so sick one day I had to leave breast conference for 15 minutes I was hacking so bad, and I had to leave once during a thyroid needle. No one suggested I went home, and I felt more rewarded for "sticking it out."
I don't believe that sick days should be abused, but I do think that our profession neglects to acknowledge that being sick is acceptable, often to our detriment, and unfortunately, maybe sometimes to our patient's.
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Love this perspective, as I know the medical personnel comes in contact with nasty, germ laden crap all the time.ReplyDelete
My spouse is in law enforcement. I remember his first year on the job he was sick a lot! As a first responder he came in contact with so much nasty stuff, a lot courtesy of the transient population. In his line of work, if they are pretty sick, like you mentioned ( not just a cold) they tell them NOT to come into work. I remember one time he felt like he had to go in, and he looked like death warmed over and he could barely stand up. One of the fellow officers was angry and said, "If I was out on the street and getting my butt kicked, would you be able to be my back up, jump in and give 100% and get me out of there." My spouse answered " Uh no, probably not." The response? "Then what the *F* are you doing here?"
He learned fast, that being ill was a liability in his line of work ( we live in a sue happy world) because he didn't have a "desk job" and requires him to be hypervigilant while on the job. Fortunately, their municipality has plenty of sick days worked in.
I cannot imagine what it is like when you are in a private practice, or as the above anesthesiologist mentioned, being spread thin as it is.
Go law enforcement! They obviously have one up on us in this department. I would have loved for someone watching me hack up my guts in breast conference to actually acknowledge my illness rather than ignore it. To look at me and say, "What the *F* are you doing here?" instead of, "See you in clinic!"ReplyDelete
I agree it's still the norm to expect doctors to work after not sleeping for 36 hours or when they're sick or in labour or their mom just had a heart attack or whatever.ReplyDelete
I really think though that this kind of attitude is going to change the more we see things like SARS and H1N1. One of the things my group had to do last year in order to prepare for H1N1 was to come up with a contingency plan in case whoever was supposed to be on call ended up getting sick. Just in general, I have to say that my group is really awesome and we do a great job of supporting each other when someone's sick or there's a family emergency or something like that.
Most of my patients are pregnant, so I'm pretty militant about getting my flu shot every year. I haven't been sick since finishing residency (3 years, woot!) but I would not risk exposing my patients when I do get sick.
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2010 at 6:34 AM
I think women have it particularly hard with this regard. I hate coming in sick but I more often save my "sick" days for when my little ones are sick and need me to stay home with them. There a limited number of days and pressure to not compromise the already tight schedule.I also feel the pressure of having taken 3 maternity leaves. I was sick a few times in the months after coming back but soldiered through because I could feel the resentment from my colleagues for having to cover for me.ReplyDelete
I remember in my final year as a student being given a "survival guide for internship" which included a list of 10 commandments, one of them, "Do not call in sick unless your GCS is 10 or less...it just makes your colleagues life more difficult"ReplyDelete
As a former nurse i find this mentality horrendous. I was ordered home a few times when I went to a nursing shift sick, for my patients and my own sake. And here is Australia nurses get double the normal government allowance of sick days...why? Because they're exposed to sick people.....but doctors are not given extra sick days? WTF? Apparently we are super human but my body didn't get that memo. When I get sick I get sick for so long due to my "soldiering on"
It really doesn't help my patients, my family or me.
I hope this changes in my career. Maybe Generation Y can help with this?
- OutriderNovember 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM
>>would you be able to be my back up, jump in and give 100% and get me out of there>>ReplyDelete
I reschedule routine appointments when I'm too sick to work safely, because if I'm too weak to manage the horse my client will be in danger. Emergencies are a different matter, as I am on-call 100% with no backup.
I've worked injured many times. Virtually all of my equine veterinary friends have worked with back injuries. I've worked with fractured fingers and toes, which isn't a big deal considering I have friends who have worked with arms or legs in casts.
The reality is when you're self-employed: you don't work, you don't eat.
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Well, I was out for 4 weeks because of a hysterectomy, but of course that was planned in advance. Then there was the day I was out from a GI bug my grandson caught. The daycare funk is very powerful indeed.ReplyDelete
I agree with those who have observed the culture of "you're weak if you're sick" in medicine. This is part of the overall "you're weak if you ask for help" culture that is amplified in surgical training. I just abhor this. It's one of my pet peeves.ReplyDelete
However, I tend to come in if I'm functional and if I don't feel I'm contagious. Missing a day does horrible things to the schedule, and I pay for it for the next 2 weeks. I have no compunction about taking a day off if I feel really bad. I'm lucky that this happens very rarely.
On a couple of occasions I've cancelled a day of surgery because I was up all night on call the night before and didn't feel I could do justice to that day's patients. The patients overwhelmingly have appreciated this. In fact, patients routinely ask me in preop holding if I had a good night's sleep or if I'm feeling well.
Being able to take a day off without compromising vacation time, etc. is clearly one of the advantages of being in independent private practice.
Having said all this, I must admit that I'm not exposed to a lot of infectious stuff in adult neurosurgery, and my 12 year old is above day care age. So, again, I'm fortunate.
- AnonymousNovember 14, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I'm a FP intern with a 18mo old in daycare. I've taken 2 sick days so far.ReplyDelete
Seems like a clear-cut, common sense decision to stay home when I'm sick.
Interesting. I think that our (doctors') relationship to sick days is likely the same as that in any other business where someone has no back up: we don't take them unless we're dying.ReplyDelete
In my field (Emergency Med), if I call in sick, that means that one of my colleagues has to get called in on their day off. Not fair to them, unless 100% necessary. Moreover, I get only 2 sick days a year (!!); I save those for if either (a) I am dying or (b) my daughter desperately needs me home.
On the other hand, it could be worse! My husband, who is a small-business owner, has the same (if not stronger) ethos. If he doesn't show up for work, there's no-one to cover for him -- nor does he get "sick days" at all. If he doesn't show (like Outrider), he will lose money.
So I guess I feel like, yes, we should take better care of ourselves, but we also have to recognize that some of these limitations are inherent to our staffing solutions and payment plans. It's not just "medicine," it's any business where people are depended on and there's limited backup available.
I wondered today, while reflecting on comments, how much of this work ethic is cultivated by ourselves. The sense of responsibility we feel in being there, no matter what. Not wanting to shuffle work off on others. I have a wonderful group, and I know that they would cover me in a second if I didn't think I was up to the task, but I'm not the type to make that call unless I am in the ER with an appendix perf and the doctor is saying I need to go to surgery. Neither would many of my partners. As Outrider said above about "you don't work, you don't eat" - it's not just not eating, it's being an intricate cog in a big wheel that doesn't function nearly as well when someone isn't there. So if at all possible, we suck it up and go to work. It's personality type, and not limited to medicine, I certainly agree! But is it functional or damaging? I guess it goes both ways.ReplyDelete
The patients overwhelmingly have appreciated this. In fact, patients routinely ask me in preop holding if I had a good night's sleep or if I'm feeling well.ReplyDelete
At my medical school, they tell you that during 3rd and 4th year, "You are either IN the hospital, or you are IN the hospital" meaning that you are either on your rotation in the hospital or you are so sick that the only reason you aren't on your rotation is if you are sick in the hospital.ReplyDelete
I hope to one day start changing this mentality. I'm a huge fan of being sick for as little time as possible and really milking my body's healing time. I'm also a fan of mental health days. I know I'm probably in the minority, but hopefully as younger people get into positions of authority, we can change the mentality that to be sick is weak and that doctors are not allowed to succumb to an illness.
- OutriderNovember 15, 2010 at 6:54 AM
>>It's personality type, and not limited to medicine, I certainly agree!>>ReplyDelete
The minimum-wage barn workers and clients I know seem far less likely to call in sick to work than white-collar workers. The toughest workers I've ever met are racetrack backstretch workers. These people work when deathly ill or seriously injured because if they take a day off to seek medical attention, they may return to find they've been replaced and now have no job.
I think working sick or injured is an American quirk not specific to doctors. My parents (blue collar, manual labor) worked sick all the time.
- AnonymousNovember 15, 2010 at 9:21 AM
RH+ says (who is having trouble logging into blogger):ReplyDelete
I have not found patients to be overly understanding. When someone in our group is sick or has a personal emergency, the other partners see all the acute patients and reschedule non-urgent stuff such as paps, ect. Recently one of my partners sister died unexpectedly, and the complaints we got from patients who were rescheduled(EVEN after we told them the reason) were unbelievable. Really? You are that sad to miss your pap smear?
I think 5 sick days a year is pretty generous... considering in private practice each day of work I miss puts me back about $5,000. (Not that I make $5,0000 a day, but I have to pay my overhead whether I'm there or not)
I don't get sick often, but as a practice we encourage each other to stay home when needed and cover for each other.
Anonymous has it summed up for those of us in private practice, which is similar to any other small business. It's not that you can just stay home and not have any income that day. A missed day COSTS you several thousand dollars, as the rent/staff salaries/general overhead are still payable. The encouraging part is that as your children get older and as you have been in practice longer, you seem to develop pretty good immunity to "the crud".ReplyDelete
I have already taken about 2 days off, thanks to some kind of bad vomiting bug. When I'm so queasy I can't stand up, I stay home. Otherwise, I work through any upper respiratory illness and remember to wash my hands well! My colleagues haven't had to cover much for me, since I'm in private practice and don't do much inpatient (a little before, now none at all), so the main thing that happens is the patients get rescheduled.ReplyDelete
Dr. Nana - I'm already seeing a little light at the end of the tunnel - now my kids are 5 & 7 we seem to be getting a little less (knock on wood, knock on wood, knock on wood) of the bugs. That is encouraging.ReplyDelete
It is really interesting to hear comments from doctors who actually have patients and the patient's varied reactions.
Rh+ - if I was your patient you could re-schedule my pap smear anytime:)
I know someone who was so upset about her child's routine peds visit being rescheduled due to the doctor's illness that she switched practices.ReplyDelete
My first sick days in practice were for vestibulitis. (The first time it was not only my office manager who suggested I go home, but the first couple patients as well. The other two times, I just called in sick in the morning.) I have also taken a day off for a norovirus and one for influenza. I've also done clinics in a mask for more basic colds. I found that my patients, as long as they were told that I was ill, were OK with being moved a day or 2 down the road. When I had surgery, I took a week, then another week of half time (albeit booked off a couple weeks ahead); my colleagues were evenly mixed with saying, "why are you taking so much time off" and "what on earth are you doing back at work so soon."ReplyDelete
It goes to show that you have to decide for yourself what your body needs.
Love this perspective, as I know the medical personnel comes in contact with nasty, germ laden crap all the time.ReplyDelete
It is really interesting to hear comments from doctors who actually have patients and the patient's varied reactions.


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Killer Compound Exercises
September 2, 2009 by Shaun
Filed under The Fitness Bug
This is a guest post from Jedd Johnson, strength coach, strongman competitor and performer and Grip competitor. Check out his site at http://www.dieselcrew.com.
Killer Compound Exercises
Let me ask you a question. Do you go to the gym to get serious results, or do you go to pass time, hang out, catch up on gossip, and hang out in the air conditioning?
If you go to the gym and train so that you can have a good time, chat, and just listen to the radio in the cool air, then this article isn't for you. Feel free to check out the next headline.
However, if you go to the gym to put in an hour or more of solid, hard work, work up a serious sweat, and put yourself through a routine with the goal of improving your physical conditioning, then you've come to the right place. You're my kind of guy and I want to help you out.
I know that you are hitting it hard in the gym, never missing the workout, and I want to give you a handful of gold nuggets that are going to help you be more productive.
The fact is, many of the hardest workers in the gym make the mistake of incorporating an over-abundance of isolation movements.
Now, I'll admit, I love hitting dumbbell curls as much as anyone, but the problem with dumbbell curls, tricep push-downs, leg curls, and leg extensions is that they are isolation movements, meaning they isolate one muscle group and have activity at one joint.
Compound movements are just the opposite of isolation movements in that they involve multiple muscle groups all at the same time. These movements are effective at producing natural testosterone in your body, which means you are going to be out-growing your tee shirts in no time.
How do you know you're working a Compound Movement? The detail that sets compound movements apart from other lifts is movement over multiple joints. This movement over multiple joints is what begins to involve more musculature into the lift, making you work harder, causing a spike in your testosterone production, and resulting in more muscle growth on your body.
Check out this illustration for an easy way to tell isolation movements apart from compound movements.
Side Lateral Raise
The Side Lateral Raise is a common exercise for generating a monstrous set of shoulders. With the Side Lateral Raise, there is movement at one joint, the shoulder. The muscles involved in the movement are the deltoids, but aside from them, not much musculature is taxed in the movement.
Standing Military Press
The Standing Military Press is another common shoulder exercise, but in this case, there is movement involved at the shoulder, and at the elbow. Throw in the fact that you are standing, and this requires even more coordination and muscular involvement, but even if you perform this lift seated, you will still involve more muscle than Side Laterals alone.
Now that you understand the concept of compound exercises, it's time to know which ones to put into your routine. The following three exercises are what I call the Killer Compound Exercises. These lifts NEED to be in your weekly routine starting now. You need to look at where you can start implementing them starting this week.
Back Squats
The Back Squat should be one pillar of your compound movement training. It is used mainly as a lower body movement, but when done properly, there is tension created throughout the entire body.
When you do these, make sure you remember to get down to parallel or below. Quarter squats are not going to do anything for you except make you lose cool points.
The Workout: Form is very important with Back Squats and since they involve so much musculature, your form can break down easily, especially if you are not used to doing them. You don't want to bring about an injury from poor form, so stick with singles, doubles and triples with the Back Squat. Because I keep the reps lower, I usually hit several warm-up sets with sub-maximal weights and then do 5 work sets. I hit Back Squats every week, usually on Sunday or Monday, or whenever my training cycle starts over.
Dead lift
Also considered a lower body movement, the Deadlift hit the legs and lower back well, as well as the lats, rhomboids, erectors, and traps. This movement is great for targeting huge masses of muscle, even causing tension to be produced in the shoulders and arms. Your hand strength will be taxed with this one as well, so make sure to get your grip on!
The Workout: Again, Deadlift form is important to get the most out of this exercise. You should feel every bit of muscle in your body tensing up as you pull the bar off the floor to the lockout position. When performing the deadlift, I like to get warmed up really well and then work singles. I also like to work triples for speed, but I don't usually go up much higher than 3 reps per set. I like 5 work sets for the Deadlift as well. After that, my form usually begins to go.
Pulling an object from the floor and pushing overhead is plain and simple a brute strength movement. It also involves a ton of musculature to perform and should be included in your program if you are truly serious about getting big and strong.
For the Clean and Press, you can use the bar that is in your gym, or an odd object, like keg or sandbag.
As always with compound movements, you must pay attention to your form so that you can do more reps and generate more testosterone and make more muscle.
The three lifts above are what I consider staples of my routine. I have done them for years and I plan on doing them for years to come. These full body movements will make a huge difference in your training. Start taking your before photos now, because in 16 weeks you are going to look like a completely different person.
In addition to these three core lifts, for every muscle group, there is a good example of a compound movement to fit the need. For as hard as you work in the gym, you should make sure these lifts are in your cycle as well to get the most out of the time you are putting in the gym. Here they are:
- Quads – Lunges
- Hamstrings – Romanian Deadlifts
- Biceps – Power Curls
- Triceps – Close Grip Bench Press
- Upper Back – Pull-ups
- Lower Back – Deadlifts
- Chest – Bench Press
- Shoulders – Military Press
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Recently, TweetReach customer Exposed PR, along with C&I Studios, ran a very creative promotion with their client IKEA. We love to highlight interesting – and successful – PR campaigns, so read on for more about this cool promotion.
In July, Exposed PR and C&I Studios teamed up with IKEA to organize an in-store scavenger hunt with an online twist. Called Capture the Catalog, this promotion pitted 11 teams against each other in a scavenger hunt at the IKEA store in Sunrise, Florida, just outside Fort Lauderdale. Teams competed to complete a set of tasks in the store, and tweeted about their achievements as they went, trying to get as many retweets as possible. The teams were competing to see who could generate the most impressions on Twitter in 90 minutes. Exposed PR used TweetReach to track these tweets and measure each team's impressions. They generated more than 8 million impressions in just an hour and half, reaching more than 700,000 unique Twitter accounts!
We talked to Sara Shake of Exposed PR, one of the creators of this promotion, to understand more about where this clever idea came from and how everything went.
First, tell us a little about the IKEA Capture the Catalog Tournament. What was the goal of this promotion?
The goal of the Ikea promotion was to launch their 2012 Catalog. As a company, Ikea has a few different times throughout the year that are extremely important, and their catalog launch is the biggest. We wanted a creative way to get the word out that didn't include the typical Media Day festivities that they had done in the past.
How did you come up with the idea for this promotion?
I share my office with a company called C&I Studios. It's not unusual for us at the end of the day to start speaking in terms of "What If." Once we've completed all the work for the day, we always try to spend sometime just brainstorming without the limitations of the clients that we currently service. We don't think about location or budget, we just bounce ideas until something sticks. We call these ideas our 5 O'Clock Miracles.
This idea came largely from my frequent frustration with traditional media… We (Joshua Miller from C&I Studios and I) thought there has to be a better way to get the word out, without the help of traditional media. Then we thought about how competition drives people. The original concept was Capture the Flag (which is where Capture the Catalog came from), but it evolved into a scavenger hunt. We knew we needed a forward-thinking brand to latch onto the idea…and this was just about the time that you started hearing about Ikea letting the cats loose in Sweden. We said "We need a brand like Ikea!" We were lucky enough to have one in the neighborhood, so we just called.
The first-place winner was the team with the highest number of impressions of their unique hash tag during the 90-minute scavenger hunt.
What role did TweetReach play in this promotion?
TweetReach was instrumental in the Capture the Catalog tournament. We were able to set up a Tracker to live-track every team's (there were 11) hashtag throughout the tournament. This way we were able to make announcements like, "So and so is in the lead with 350,000 impressions." We also announced every time that we reached another million impressions of the combined hashtags. We took snapshot reports for each hashtag at the end of the tournament and that's how we determined the winner.
What would you change for next time?
We would just find a way to make it bigger and better.
What went well? Was there anything you were particularly proud of?
We were really proud of the teams; they went all out. It was also an amazing experience to work with Ikea as a brand. They believed and bought into the vision, and took it to an entirely different level. From the graphics and signage they produced, to the staff that manned each clue, to the prize that they provided to our winners, it was totally refreshing to work with a brand that didn't cut a single corner. They were exceptionally thoughtful down to the last detail.
What did IKEA think?
They loved it! In a Miami Herald article about the event, Chantal Nichtawitz, marking manager at Ikea Sunrise, said, "We were certain that the event drove traffic to the store. That Saturday we had one of the biggest Saturdays we've seen in over a calendar year."
Do you have any recommendations or tips for someone running their own promotion or contest on Twitter?
The key is finding the right brand and participants.
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|The history of the human race has generated several papers articulating basic moral imperatives, or fundamental principles, of human coexistence that… substantially influenced the fate of humanity on this planet. Among these historic documents, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … holds a very special, indeed, unique position. It is the first code of ethical conduct that was not a product of one culture, or one sphere of civilization only, but a universal creation, shaped and subscribed to by representatives of all humankind. Since its very inception, the Declaration has thus represented a planetary, or global commitment, a global intention, a global guideline. For this reason alone, this exceptional document — conceived as a result of a profound human self-reflection in the wake of the horrors of World War II, and retaining its relevance ever since — deserves to be remembered today.
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Sister Peg Albert, OP, PhD, was named the 10th President of Siena Heights University in 2006. She received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich., and master's and doctorate degrees in social work from Barry University in Miami, Fla. She did her post-doctoral work at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass., and completed post-doctoral classes at Barry.
Since arriving at Siena Heights, Sister Peg has led several new initiatives, including the establishment of a nursing program, which conducted its first classes in fall 2008. During her tenure as president, Siena Heights has seen increases in both enrollment and fundraising. Her student-centered approach has meant physical improvements to the residence halls, athletic facilities, dining hall and student union. In spring 2008, she announced Siena Heights was freezing tuition rates for its Adrian campus undergraduate students for a 2008-09 academic year, a move almost unprecedented for small, private universities.
In 2010, SHU announced it was beginning football, and in the fall 2011 fielded its first team in brand new O'Laughlin Stadium and Dawson Field. In 2012 Siena Heights completed the Mary and Sash Spencer Athletic Complex, as well as added marching band and competitive cheer and dance.
In fall 2013, SHU opened its new McLaughlin University Center.Heading the On Higher Ground Campaign, which ended in June 2012, she helped Siena Heights University raise more than $19 million in gifts and pledges - surpassing its original goal of $13 million.
Siena Heights was also named to the "Best College to Work For" honor roll by The Chronicle of Higher Education in summer 2012.
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The Washington Post's Craig Whitlock reports Michael Misiewicz, former commander of the USS Mustin, John B. Beliveau II, a onetime NCIS agent of the year, Leonard Glenn Francis, the CEO of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, and another official with the defense contractor were all arrested on corruption charges last month as part of an ongoing investigation alleging they provided special information about deployments, and occasionally directed Naval ships to ports where the company has outposts set up.
The Navy alleges Glenn Defense Marine used the information to overcharge Navy ships for parts and services. The extent of the fraud is unclear right now, but court documents "cite a handful of episodes that alone exceeded $10 million," Whitlock reports. The Navy terminated three contracts with the company worth $200 million last month.
The investigation into the extent of the corruption continues, with other naval officials already being targeted by authorities. Those involved already are accused of taking cash, hotel rooms, plane tickets and prostitutes on multiple occasions, all supplied by Francis.
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by Madeleine Wattenbarger
The Mount Airy Business Improvement District, an organization dedicated to promoting the neighborhood's safety, cleanliness and economic welfare, is about to celebrate its fifth birthday. And in the last few months, they've been more visible than ever.
This May, the organization began the first of a string of efforts to beautify Mount Airy's business district.
Thanks to the "Clean & Green" program, Germantown Avenue is now lined with a host of hangng flower baskets: 90 between Cresheim and Upsal streets. Ten more will appear between Washington Lane and Johnson Street once light poles are installed.
In addition to the hanging flower baskets, the BID provided local business and property owners with sidewalk planters. Since the planters arrived in July, the recipients, between Washington Avenue and Cresheim Road, have been tending their own plants along the Avenue.
"The flowers continue to look beautiful, thanks to the hard work of the street cleaning crew," said BID Executive Director Hollie Malamud-Price.
"They've really been working their tails off in this heat," she said.
Once the summer heat subsides, though, Malamud-Price hopes to continue to adorn the area. If BID receives sufficient funding, the flowers will be replaced by holiday greenery from November to January.
To further discuss the BID's clean-and-green efforts, the BID will convene on Thursday, Sep. 22 for its annual meeting. It will take place at Lutheran Theological Seminary at 6:30. Contact Hollie Malamud-Price with questions.


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Movie is about little-known Civil War incident
The Cincinnati Museum Center will unveil a movie about the little-told story of the Siege of Cincinnati this weekend.
"This is one of those stories that's really only told through word of mouth, so when I talked to folks on the streets and say 'Have you heard of this?' they'd have no idea this even happened," said the film's producer, Paige Malott.
In 1862, 8,000 Confederate troops marched north with orders to capture Covington and Cincinnati. Union forces rushed to block the advance and the city's citizens were drafted to help build fortifications and defenses.
More than 15,000 armed Ohioans responded to a call to arms from Ohio's governor, forming a unit known as the "Squirrel Hunters."
After some minor skirmishes in northern Kentucky, the Confederate forces declined to assault the defenses and retreated to Lexington.
"One of the reasons I made the 'Siege of Cincinnati' is because I wanted to make a short Civil War lesson that's easy to understand." Malott said.
The Siege of Cincinnati documentary includes highlights from local historians, reenactments, and images of Civil War Era Cincinnati.
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Eliot Spitzer was his usual agitated self. It was a brisk Tuesday evening, and the former governor of New York was bundled in the back of a black sedan, speeding toward the Comedy Central studios for a taping of The Colbert Report. The night before, Colbert had basically swallowed then Senate hopeful Harold Ford Jr. whole, like a boa constrictor eating a hamster. Spitzer, who by his own description has "nothing left to lose," was hoping to avoid the same fate by coming up with a clever line.
He has his own twisted history to mine for material. And there is always former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to use as a foil. "I guess he and I have taken different paths. I'm not doing reality TV," Spitzer says, chuckling. "Or some might say I am."
Spitzer may not be starring in a television series yet, but he is bored out of his mind. ("When you have nothing to do all day, you eventually start yelling from the rafters," he blurted when I first called him.) He is also frustrated, restless and desperate to get back into the arena but unsure how to do it or if it's even possible, given the immense baggage he would bring to any new endeavor. He was one of the most driven politicians in America, a rocket powered by ambition and hubris. Now he's like one of those windup cars stuck on the edge of the carpet, its motor grinding away, threatening to flip over.
His prospects for a full-fledged comeback may be slim, considering the transgressions that led him to resign as governor in 2008. After becoming chief executive of New York and swearing to enforce its laws, Spitzer was found to be a perpetrator, a patron of an illegal prostitution ring who was wiring money to shell corporations to pay for his habit. It was hypocrisy on a scale that was hard to fathom, as if Eliot Ness had been busted for peddling gin from his apartment.
At his wife Silda's insistence, he has undergone marriage counseling and therapy. But so far, Spitzer's attempted rehabilitation has largely been a media phenomenon. He's a favorite guest on cable news shows, where he opines about Wall Street and regulatory reform. As he struggles to redefine his legacy, he is helped by the plunging standards for public figures; we seem to live in the midst of an endless race to the bottom, where it is nearly impossible to become permanently discredited. The ineptitude of his successor in the governor's office, David Paterson, who is embroiled in scandals of his own and is facing calls for his resignation, has fueled nostalgia for Spitzer's onetime image of official competence. Still, it's hard to imagine that most voters could stomach having him back.
After a year and a half of hibernation, which he spent trying to repair his fractured family, Spitzer seems to have decided that he has done his penance. He has burst back into public view, eager to chime in on everything from the Treasury Secretary to the significance of the Democrats' loss of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. Meanwhile, his friends are busy fanning rumors that he may again run for office, hinting in the press that he is "considering" entering the race for Senator, state comptroller or even mayor of New York City. ("You Can't Keep a Bad Man Down: Spitzer Is Eyeing a Comeback," read a headline in the New York Post, one of his main antagonists.) "Politics gets my heart pounding faster than buying a building and raising rents," Spitzer says. But on the question of his trying to return to office: "You have to understand what my family would go through," he says. "It would be unbearable. I just couldn't do that to them. It would be day after day of the ugly stuff."
If Spitzer is to be believed, then the question he faces becomes subtler: given that nearly every time his name appears in print, it is prefaced by the word disgraced, but given that he has expertise that could help prevent another Wall Street crisis, is there a way for the man known as Client No. 9 to have a policy role? After he let down his family and destroyed everything he built and fought for, can Eliot Spitzer lead a meaningful public life?
The Fall of the Sheriff
Spitzer exudes the aura of someone who has been pricked with a pin and now moves through the world partially deflated. He has a thin frame and a slight hunch to his shoulders, and the pugnacious set of his jaw is gone. But that voice the booming, forceful aspect is still there, even if it's only coming at you from across a desk at his father's real estate firm, where Spitzer now spends his days puttering around before heading home at 6 to make dinner for his daughters. He talks extremely quickly, answers questions with questions ("Have you read Frank Luntz's memos?") and then talks right through your answers.


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The next generation of covert hidden cameras has arrived in an Ihome Docking Station with lightening connector docking station (fully functional). Day Video, Color High Definition 1080P. Introducing the New 1080P HD-Live View self-contained, high definition, Wi-Fi with DVR stand alone unit. No need for outdated receivers or extra connections to your PC or router. Up to 128GB Micro SD Slot with 32GB Included to start. SD Card is removable. Live encrypted 1080P high definition video is transmitted to your wireless router enabling live streaming on demand from any authorized PC, IPhone, IPad or android device. (Free app download) Plug and Play P2P automatic connection to your network simple and quick (router password is require to connect to your network). Video is recorded on a hidden micro sd card and default setting to overwrite when video is full, or manually setup to stop once sd is full. To view from your mobile device, just select the app, and live viewing appears within seconds. You can even record snapshots directly to your phone and select earlier recordings from the unit's internal SD card to instantly view. Video playback speed varies on each individual network. Customize item and require 2 days handling time before shipping out. Laptop or PC is not require to be on during recording. 1yr warranty.
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So it's finally time to slow down a bit and uncomplicate my life a little bit. That's the focus word I have finally chosen for 2013. What does it mean to me? Well, it means I have to stop pretending I'm some super human being who can do more than I say I can. I've had to make some hard choices in the last few weeks about postponing some big events in my life so that the quality will be the best it can be instead of me just rushing through it to hit a deadline. Making those choices was emotionally very difficult, but now that I'm on the other side of the decision, I see blue skies, sunshine, and the opportunity to build an even better and stronger business with stronger designs, more internal organization and structure, and a less frantic Jill.
Two of those changes are going to be happening in the next few months and I'm so excited (and a little terrified.) On Tuesday, Mom and I are going to start pulling every last little thing out of our infamous Bead Room so that we can sort, purge, catagorize, organize, and put it back in. Seriously - do you have any idea how much time I spend looking for stuff? It's STOOPID how much time I waste doing that! But when you keep bringing new things in the room and a specific place never gets established for it, well, you're asking for this kind of chaos. Yes, there will be plenty of photos to share as we go through it. I'm hoping the whole process won't take more than a week.
The other big thing I did today was hire a website designer. As you know, Mom has been my magnificent webmaster all these years, and she will continue to be the main worker bee behind it. But we want to add all sorts of products to the site (3 & 4mm crystals, chatons, rose montees, more kumihimo stuff....) and we really need a better shopping cart system to do it. A whole site revamp is due too. And I don't want Mom to spend any more long hours than she already does slaving away for me on all that! So if all goes according to plan, I should have it all ready to go by mid to late May. So excited! More on that as it progresses too....
And of course, there's more Beadwork Designer of the Year stuff to design....more work on the second book to be done....more teaching projects to be worked up... But in the midst of it all, Mom and I will be taking a
So hang around...it's gonna be a really cool Spring season around here!


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I just wrote to Arrow's Francesco Simeoni and Ewan Cant to congratulate them on the DEATH WALKS TWICE box set, a compendium of Luciano Ercoli's films DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS and DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT that streets both here and in the UK on April 5.
The films themselves, frankly, are only slightly above average for their genre - conceived as pulp entertainment rather than as exercises in style or atmosphere, and primarily of interest for Ercoli's pre-De Palmian techniques and the fiery performances of lead actress Nieves Navarro (who acts as "Susan Scott"). However, this is one of those rare cases when Blu-ray/DVD supplementary features go above and beyond their basic mandates to offer a thorough education in the subject matter, generally and specifically - and, in this case, more factual and anecdotal information than has been published in book form on the subject to date, at least in English. There is a marvelous 2012 interview with producer-director Luciano Ercoli (who died in 2015) and Nieves Navarro, his wife, in which, among other things, they discuss how they were somehow impervious to interference from Spanish state censorship during the Franco era because they knew how to work within official constraints, and also perhaps owing to their personal wealth. Navarro, still beautiful in her 70s, denies that she was ever beautiful, just "normal." Another extra gives us more time in the presence of composer Stelvio Cipriani than we ever thought we might have, and he plays HIGH HEELS' main theme for us on piano, as well as his famous theme for THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN.
But the real meat of the set begins with Ernesto Gastaldi's hour of reminiscences, presented in two parts; his robust, humorous disclosures are nothing short of extraordinary (he even goes into what he was paid), and Michael Mackenzie's articulate visual essay on the subject of Nieves Navarro and her work in Ercoli's three gialli (the first, THE FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION, is sadly absent from the set) persuasively carves out a place for her as a giallo icon of the first order, and the genre's only consistently feminist figurehead. If you don't know her work, you need to.
The four-disc set (Blu-ray/DVD) also includes a 60 page booklet with original writing by Danny Shipka (PERVERSE TITILLATION) and Troy Howarth (SO DEADLY, SO PERVERSE) and is limited to 3,000 copies - I imagine that figure covers both the US and the UK, so I imagine they will disappear fast.
Suffice to say, I don't write congratulatory letters to my co-workers often. But, for people who care about Italian thrillers - particularly those who haven't ventured much outside the boundaries established by Bava, Argento, Martino and Fulci - DEATH WALKS TWICE represents one of those special moments in a collector's life when something comes along which changes our perception of something specific - and, in doing so, changes everything. I learned a great deal from the wealth of history and insight concentrated here - and, as this set includes two full length audio commentaries by me, you might think I was the set's main commentator! It's also very good news that the presentations of the films themselves sparkle in a way that was not visible to me in the reference material I was using to script my two commentaries.


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The City of Chicago has officially rejected a proposal to privatize the Taste of Chicago, and other lakefront festivals.
Officials told Celebrate Chicago, the company that had bid on the job, to take a hike.
"After careful consideration, the City of Chicago today rejected a proposal from [Celebrate Chicago LLC]," the City of Chicago's Office of Budget and Management said in a press release Tuesday.
"While Celebrate Chicago is an experienced special events team that is qualified to manage and operate the lakefront festivals, we believe the proposed entry fee for the taste of Chicago is unacceptable for Chicagoans and our visitors," said Budget Director Eugene Munin.
Late last year, Celebrate Chicago LLC, a private events management company, proposed to manage and operate the city's lakefront festivals, including the Taste of Chicago.
The original plan presented by the company included a $20 entrance fee to the Taste of Chicago but was later cut down to $10
Even after the financial plan was revised, the City still disagreed with the company's proposal.
Munin said that "the City has been preparing for this potential outcome and will now continue with executing the Taste of Chicago in-house, as well as the other festival."


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By Greg Botelho and Holly Yan, CNN
(CNN) — The deluge of snow from the Rockies to the Midwest won't go away anytime soon, no matter what the calendar says.
Parts of eight states will be under winter storm warning Sunday, despite the fact it's not winter anymore.
The storm threatens to pummel a swath from Missouri to Ohio with 6 to 10 inches of snow, the National Weather Service said.
The snowstorm had already rolled over parts of Kansas and Nebraska and was expected to continue barreling east, dumping snow on Louisville, Kentucky, and possibly Washington, D.C., by Monday.
Click here for the local forecast …
In many places, the storm starts as rain before temperatures cool and it changes to snow. Some places might even get sleet.
Add winds gusting up to 40 mph and you get one wintry mess.
Whiteout in the Rockies
Snow pummeled much of Colorado on Saturday, causing a barrage of travel nightmares.
In the eastern part of the state, white-out conditions prompted authorities to close 154 miles of Interstate 70 from Denver to the Kansas line. Those wanting to fly out of Denver International Airport just had to wait.
About 45 miles north of Denver, northbound Interstate 25 was shut down Saturday after 20 to 50 vehicles either crashed or spun off the roadway, the Colorado State Patrol said.
Flames engulfed a semi-tanker caught up in the mess.
Video posted on CNN affiliate KUSA's website showed the burning tanker, with parts of two cars pinned underneath.
Fortunately for Colorado, the worst of the storm has passed.
But with Punxsutawney Phil's botched prediction for spring, it's unclear how many more winter storms lie ahead.


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Welcome to the open archive of the nuclear energy division (french acronym: DEN) from the Cadarache center.
you can consult here all DEN Cadarache scientific publications deposited on HAL or HAL-CEA.
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Oil on wooden board, 30 x 32 cm (unframed), 2012.
This portrait of Bob Dylan was originally created as part of a series of portraits that were intended to be sold in groups to create a perfect 'Fantasy Band' for the Art Car Boot Fair, London. The portraits are now being sold separately. There are more portraits available upon request.


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These Felt Baby Slippers are my latest go-to handmade baby shower gift. I like them because they are a quick-but-personal touch that I can easily add onto a more utilitarian registry gift. Sure, they are more cute than practical, but they are so cute!
Faced with lots of new babies coming into my life and armed with some beautiful new felt, I designed these Slippers to be even quicker to sew up than my original Felt Baby Shoes. Three simple pieces come together in a snap with a pretty zigzag machine stitch. Make a pair or two, or three, or four! -Molly
To make the four-pair set pictured you will need…
- 2 pieces of De Witte Engel's FrescoFelt in Marble (Please note that DeWitte Engel's FrescoFelt is no longer available. We recommend using 1 piece of Wollfilz's 1mm Wool Felt in its place.)
- 1 piece of De Witte Engel's FrescoFelt in Vintage
- 1 piece of Wollfilz's 1mm Wool Felt in Salmon
- 1 piece of Wollfilz's 1mm Wool Felt in Coral
- A 110-yard spool of Gutermann's Cotton Thread in color 1040
- A Felt Baby Slippers template printed and cut out
You will have enough felt to make a few more pairs using the brightly colored felt as the toe and sole pieces, if you like. If you would just like to make one pair of slippers, you will need two pieces of felt (in two different colors). Or, if you want to make a pair in just one color, you will only need one piece of felt.
4 inches long by 2 ¼ inches wide to fit a baby 0-3 months
Pick out two pieces of felt, one for the Toe and Sole (this will be Felt 1) and one for the Heel (this will be Felt 2).
From Felt 1 cut:
- 2 Toes
- 2 Soles
From Felt 2 cut:
- 2 Heels
Transfer marks A and B onto the wrong side of the felt pieces with a pencil or an erasable fabric marker.
Take one of the Heel pieces and line up its Mark A with Mark A on one of the Sole pieces. Pin the two pieces together at this point.'
Pin the bottom edge of the Heel piece around the bottom edge of the Sole, as shown above. Use lots of pins!
Take one of the Toe pieces and line up its Mark B with Mark B on the Sole piece. Pin the pieces together at this point.
Pin the top edge of the Toe piece around the top edge of the Sole, as shown above. Remember to use lots of pins so the Toe piece lies flat against the Sole.
The Toe piece will overlap the Heel piece, as shown above.
Zigzag stitch around the pinned perimeter of the shoe, making sure to catch the edge of the Sole as you go. Backstitch at the beginning and end of the seam.
Repeat all of the steps for the second shoe and you're done!


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There seems to be very little I can possibly say about Andrei Tarkovsky that hasn't already been written, far more eloquently and astutely by the likes of J. Hoberman, James Quandt and Chris Marker (who's One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich will screen on the final Friday of our Tarkovsky retrospective, which starts this weekend). Just pick up a copy of 2008's handsomely illustrated Tarkovsky and do a bit of leafing; or for a deeper plunge, try Robert Bird's Andrei Tarkovsky: Elements of Cinema. There's plenty on the internet, of course, so try the indefatigable Canadian website nostalghia.com; here, I'll just signpost a personal favorite in the series.
The Mirror (1975) may be Tarkovsky's purest expression. Largely unencumbered by narrative, it dwells and drifts freely through poetry, memory, newsreels, landscapes, and climates (wind-blown spring feels hard-won after the horizon-blanketing snows of winter). A house burns in a forest. A girl levitates. A woman wanders among massive reams of paper in a seemingly abandoned factory. To call it dreamlike is far too simplistic given that Tarkovsky's cinema, with its prevalence of lengthy, crawling takes, lingers in an enigmatic present tense. His shots don't so much span space as they alter the viewer's sense of duration (the tree may not only be a sign in Tarkovsky's cosmology but also a concrete representation of time itself). The camera floats through expansive realms that are earthy—Marker notes Tarkovsky's affinity for grounding his figures in vast stretches of land with little space afforded to the sky—and where time is somewhat elastic or at least porous. Just look at the way figures amble within the frame or the different planes of action unfurl in fugues of simultaneity. Tarkovsky's protagonists don't so much take center stage, commanding their destiny, as they glide through a potent, waterlogged world, slipping into visions or reminiscences, pondering their place, and slipping toward magnificently sublime ends. In The Mirror, this lead isn't an on-camera presence as much as an in-camera consciousness. And after nearly two hours inhabiting it, these memories will be your own.


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This is a great time for players to ask themselves if they want a chance of pace for Cataclysm. Last year, I wrote a 3 step process to switching mains. It's still valid.
So my questions to you today:
- Are you switching mains?
- To what and why?
As a GM, I've the enviable pleasure of combing through the guildies who have expressed interest in main switching. I'll write a behind the scenes post on that later (when I actually come up with a plan). I'll do my best to see if I can accommodate it, but I know deep down that I may not be able to approve anyone. There are too many factors to consider. Have they demonstrated their aptitude for playing that class? Do I have someone covering their existing role when they do switch out? I don't have the authority to tell people what they can or cannot do. In the end, I have to decide whats the appropriate number of classes or roles required for a raid. Obviously, I'm not going to be able to green like 7 players who want to do nothing more than tank. There just wouldn't be enough jobs to go around. Everything needs to be examined on a case by case basis.
What about for the rest of you GM or officers? How does your guild plan to handle main switching?
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Are you switching mains when Cataclysm is released?
- Nope! Staying the same! (54%, 246 Votes)
- Yes, same role but different main! (21%, 94 Votes)
- Yes, to a DPS role (11%, 52 Votes)
- Yes, to a healing role (9%, 40 Votes)
- Yes, to a tanking role (5%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 453


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Merab Napa Apartment No.8, 1 Bed, Ayia Napa Centre
Beach apartment with 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
From £470 per week
Apartment to rent in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Centrally located one bedroom apartment in Ayia Napa
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Apartment overview - owner's description
These fantastic one bedroom apartments are situated in the heart of Ayia Napa just metres from the main nightlife square. You cannot get a better location in Ayia Napa if you are looking to party and enjoy all that the resort has to offer. There is a lounge area with widescreen TV, DVD player and a sofa bed to sleep an extra 1 person. The kitchen is fully fitted with cooker, fridge/freezer and microwave.
The bedroom has 2 single beds next to each other and bedside tables and lamps along with wardrobe.There is also a balcony with table and chairs.
Ayia Napa has over the last couple of years developed into a cosmopolitan resort with an array of colourful bars, restaurants and shops. With an abundance of secluded sandy bays Ayia Napa has recently been named the sunny and sandy land. Step away from the main night life area and take a closer look you will discover that Ayia Napa is full of history and tradition.
The square center of the resort is filled with a mix of both traditional Cypriot - Greek cusine restaurants and international restaurants including Mexican, Chinese, Japanese and many more.
A great choice of accommodation if you want to be close to all the action that Ayia Napa has to offer.
CHARGE FOR 3RD PERSON 10 EUROS PER NIGHT-Payable at location
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Outside this apartment in Ayia Napa, CyprusThis apartment is in the town and near a lively area and the beach. It has a balcony and outside lighting. Car hire is not necessary as the apartment is less than a 15 minute walk to a large selection of shops, bars, restaurants; however parking is available if required.
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- 13 August 2020 - 30 September 2023: the minimum stay is 3 nights.
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- 2 single beds
There is also 1 single sofa bed in living room
1 bathroom
DVD/Blu-ray player, Internet / WiFi, TV Languages in Local, Satellite / cable
Living area seats 3, Dining area seats 3, Air conditioning throughout property, Towels / linen, Car hire optional
Cooker, Crockery, Cutlery, Fridge, Freezer, Glassware, Kettle, Oven, Pots / pans, Toaster
Balcony or terrace, Outside lighting, Parking
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Hen or stag groups, Single gender groups
Agency From Paralimni, Cyprus Member since Nov 2011
Past bookings: 90 bookings
Response rate: 54%
Response time: within 1 hour
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In-depth coverage leading up to the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.
Name: Taylor Kemp
Position: DEF
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 153 lbs.
College: Maryland
Class: Senior
Citizenship: United States
Kemp saw action in just 12 matches for the Terrapins in 2012 due to injury, but managed to supply a career-high six assists for the College Cup semi-finalists to earn a spot on the All-ACC Second Team. As a four-year starter for Maryland, Kemp provided an offensive punch from the backline to tally two goals and 16 assists while helping the Terps to 35 shutouts during his collegiate career.
Brian Bliss and Robert Warzycha have made it clear since the 2012 season ended: the Crew needs defensive help this offseason, especially on the left side. Assuming his injury woes are behind him, Kemp is the best leftback prospect in this year's SuperDraft. If chosen by the Black & Gold, Kemp would immediately compete for a starting spot in the Crew backline.
"[Kemp] has been one of the best leftbacks the ACC has produced in the last five to seven years. I'd cut him out of the mold of a Todd Dunivant-type at LA. He's very steady in the back, but he's a very attack-minded back coming forward rather than a defender coming forward. He's an attacking guy that can defend. I think he's got good upside. The downside is that he missed a lot of the season with an injury and a lot of people kind of forgot about him. I think he'll be alright once the combine comes."
TopDrawerSoccer.com: 18th - Montreal Impact
Soccer By Ives: 17th - D.C. United
WVHooligan: 17th - D.C. United