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The human personality is a constant interplay of three elements – inertia, energy and harmony.
In all the years we've been traveling to Central America, only once have I had to go to a hospital.
Our daughter had developed an unusual rash on her arms and I needed to make sure that it wasn't serious.
We wouldn't be back in the states for another month, so I warily proceeded to the local emergency room.
It was dismal, to say the least. It was similar to what I imagine U.S. hospitals were like in the 1930s, only not so clean. The sounds reminded me of old, scary movies set in asylums.
It's probably easier to herd fish in the open ocean than to lead people effectively. This is proven by the mountain of books on successful management techniques and the popularity of leadership seminars.
I don't agree with modern advisors that people need to be managed or controlled. Do people really need to be managed? Who on earth wants to be managed? How many people want to work like a chicken in a coop that will be turned into a stewing fowl if it fails to lay an egg a day?
Native Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln has always been my favorite president. I have read countless books and articles about his universal empathy. Lincoln demonstrated time and time again "a singular ability to transcend personal vendetta, humiliation or bitterness."
Emulating Lincoln's magnanimous empathy is not easy. The key to developing the same open-mindedness in ourselves is to start small.
If people make you angry, instead of immediately spouting off, put yourself in their shoes.
Why are they behaving the way they are?
The older we get, the more we realize the importance of our parents' influence upon us. Growing up, a normal evening at the Cotten household included supper at the kitchen table with mom and dad, followed by time to relax.
At the time, I did not know the repetition of a normal evening would play an important role in a life observation at 46.
The observation is one of my dad after supper, pulling the arm of his recliner with a squeak and spring locking out the footrest. In his hands would be our local newspaper with a cup of coffee on the end table next to him.
Electronics have a fairly short life span around our house. Just yesterday, I washed an iPod with a load of laundry.
I heard a clunking sound, so I stopped the washer and tried to sort through the wet laundry. There were two blankets, heavy with water. I figured maybe the clunk was the edge of one slapping around.
Later, as I was transferring to the dryer, I spotted the iPod. My jaw dropped in surprise, and I quickly devised a plan.
I recently picked up a copy of the University of Louisville School of Medicine's geriatrics calendar celebrating the core values of amazing seniors.
In it, 80-year-old Mary Jane Mullins said: "Accept life on life's terms; bear its sorrow with patience and savor its joys; love others and yourself; grow spiritually. It's NOT what you believe, but what you DO that counts!"
And I loved the whimsical comments from 80-year-old Edward D. Triner who said, "I strive, not for perfection, for anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.
Like Alexander in, "The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," there are times when I think I'd be better off living in Australia.
For example, take last Wednesday. (Please!) In order to get a jumpstart on my to-do list, I set the alarm for 6:40 a.m.
At 5:40, the child who is typically impossible to drag out of bed before noon made a surprise appearance. She nestled her head into my armpit, her knee into my stomach and fell back to sleep.
I recently read a letter that someone had written to their 17-year-old self. Mostly, she was admonishing herself to enjoy being with her mom and to stop rolling her eyes so much.
I thought it would be an interesting exercise to write a letter to my 17-year-old self. Not that it will do much good, a quarter of a century later, but I'd like to see where it goes.
Dear me,
I hardly recognize you! I don't remember joining the circus. You might want to stop using such a heavy hand when applying your blusher and eye shadow.
Like a fool, I woke up the day after Christmas and immediately got on the scales.
I was still suffering from a cheese potato and red velvet cake hangover, and decided I should know how much weight I gained over the holidays.
This way I can accurately gauge how many pounds I need to lose in 2012. I managed to hit 180, topping last year's high by 15 pounds. If I continue to "lose" at this rate I should be somewhere near 200 by next Christmas.
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In the last few years, Burnham/Anthony Mathematics and Science Academy has boosted the achievement of its students, who come mostly from low-income families. Linda Moore, Burnham's principal since 2004, is largely credited with pulling the school off academic probation and leading its surge from the bottom. Before her tenure, many students were receiving A's and B's, yet the school failed to perform proficiently on state assessments. By 2008, approximately 90 percent of the staff had been personally selected by Moore. She has raised expectations and increased the threshold for receiving an A from a grade of 90 to 95. Burnham students receive Balanced Literacy Instruction and participate in the Chicago Math and Science Initiative. The school tests its students three times annually to assess their progress and offers struggling students a slew of resources to help them improve, including small-group instruction with extremely small groups.1
Burnham has implemented several programs, including a Social and Emotional Learning program, to help address students' nonacademic needs. School officials and faculty enjoy a shared leadership style and work together to engage the local school council, parents and community members. The school is affiliated with the Community Schools Program, which offers an array of before- and after-school programs, and extracurricular activities including dance, a chess club, a book club and Girl Scouts. By raising academic standards and meeting students' nonacademic needs, this school once on probation now deserves commendation.
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Bella is a muggle born witch and she is 16 years old and she goes to Hogwarts at the same time that Lily, James, Severus and Sirius are there. Bella is a smart, sweet and rather shy at times and she is the love interest of both Sirius and Severus but Severus is still in love with Lily as well. But Bella has only feelings for Sirius and likes Severus as a friend. James and Lily are Bella's friends. What will Happen?
Bella was sitting down under a tree, she had a book in her lap which she was just really skim reading, her mind on Sirius. She smiled, she liked him but was worried for him because of the Twi Wizard Tournaments. She did not want him to get hurt, she's been reading up on the tournaments and they were only designed to test you in the most brutal way possible. But she knew Sirius was a fighter and a strong person, but it made her worry still.
Sirius was walking around the school grounds and he saw Bella under the tree, he walked behind the tree and smiled "Boo!"
Bella jumped up a little but smiled as she saw him, her face always lit up when she saw him, she wrapped her arms round him hugging him, the first task would be in a few days.
He held her as he hugged her back "Bells....I know you're worried.." he didn't finish as Bella cut him off
She put her finger on his lip stopping from speaking for the moment "I don't want anything bad happen to you" she said as she looked into his eyes
Sirius leaned his forehead against hers as he held her close "Nothing will happen to me, I promise"he said and kissed her softly
Preface (Above)
Chapter 2~Truth About Bella's Old School
Chapter 3~Bella's Upset Even More
Chapter 7~Task 1:Battling the Dragon
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Chapter 6~The Chosen One's.
It was the next day and everyone was in the great hall, Bella was sitting at the table with a book in her lap, some students were crowding around the goblet to put their names in for the tri-wizard tournament. She saw Sirius walking up to the goblet, he looked confident and he saw her and he smiled at her winking. She smiled at him and felt her cheeks blush, as he put his name on a piece of paper into the goblet everyone cheered.
Severus was watching Bella from the slytherin side of the table and he wondered what made Sirius so appealing to Bella. He knew why Sirius had an interest in Bella, she was smart, talented, beautiful, sweet, some what shy at times, the most wonderful smile he ever saw in someone. He looked away as he watched the other students from the two other school sing up for the tournament. He wanted to sing up but he was not as brave as Sirius, was. He had to admit that, even to him self.
Lilly smiled at Bella softly and she rubbed her arm as Sirius sat by them and he kissed Bella's cheek softly which made her heart flatter and she blushed.
Bella hugged Sirius tightly and she closed her eyes leaning her forehead against his shoulder. Sirius kept her in his arms, they stayed in the main hall for a while as they had a free period then they walked to biology.
The teacher was there waiting for them, on the tables all around where pots and it had some kind of rot in there "Now can anyone tell me what this is?" The teacher asked and she saw Bella had her hands up "Yes, miss Swan." she said
Bella took a deep breath "Mandrake or Mandagora is used to bring back those who have been petrified, their cries are fatal to anyone who hears it."
The teacher smiled "Welldone, 10 points for Gryffindor."
Lilly, James and Sirius smiled proudly at Bella and Sirius patted her back softly. The teacher showed them how to handle the plant and then how to re-plant it in a new pot without being hurt by their screams, they had a pair of ear muffs. One of the students fainted.
Bella looked down at the girl who passed out worried.
James looked at the teacher who said "She's been neglecting her ear muffs."
"No, she's just fainted." Someone else said.
"Yeah just as well." The teacher said.
Bella bit her lip and she saw the girl woke up at the end off class and she sat up her hair a mess, Bella helped her up and she saw Severus watching her, she looked away from him.
At the end of the lesson they walked back out, it was late evening and they had nothing else to do, so they just sat outside and enjoyed the fresh air before they walked back to main hall for dinner.
They sat down as they ate and Dumbledore was at the cup and he was annoucing the 3 champions "Okay and our 3 champions are." He said as he paused and the flame sepeaed out and a paper jumped out and he read out "From the Bueox Bottan academy we have a miss Anastasia DeLacour." he said and everyone clapped as a brown headed girl with blue eyes stood up and joined the headmaster at the front and another paper jumped up from the cup "From Dermstrang we have a Florian Fitzgerald" he said and last piece of paper jumped up after Florian joined Anastacie at the front "And lastly, from Hogwarts we have our own Sirius Black." Everyone cheered and clapped, but in Bella's throat a lump formed but she tried to smile and be happy for his benefit.
The 3 champions were at the front and then they walked into the back room behind the seats where the teachers sat for some interviews and when the task would be held. The first task would be in a week.
3 Days Later:
Bella was sitting down under a tree, she had a book in her lap which she was just really skim reading, her mind on Sirius. She smiled, she liked him but was worried for him because of the Twi Wizard Tournaments. She did not want him to get hurt, she's been reading up on the tournaments and they were only designed to test you in the most brutal way possible. But she knew Sirius was a fighter and a strong person, but it made her worry still. She also knew they were not as bad as the games she had to endure but that did not make her worry any less.
Sirius was walking around the school grounds and he saw Bella under the tree, he walked behind the tree and smiled "Boo!"
Bella jumped up a little but smiled as she saw him, her face always lit up when she saw him, she wrapped her arms round him hugging him, the first task would be in a few days.
He held her as he hugged her back "Bells....I know you're worried..." he didn't finish as she cut him off.
She pressed a finger to his lips stopping him from speaking for the moment "I don't want anything bad happen to you." she said looking into his eyes.
Sirius leaned his forehead against hers as he held her closer "Nothing will happen to me, I promise" he said and kissed her softly on the lips then pulled back after a few seconds.
Bella blinked in shock "Wh...what was that for?" she asked looking at him and bit her lip
"My promise to you. that I will not let my self get hurt in this tournament" he said and pressed his lips to her forehead as he held her close to his chest.
A/N-I do not own the biology scene, I took it from the second book/film and only changed it around a bit. I do not own the schools and the last name delacour, The rest I own apart from the origional characters I made up, which are not many.
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Chapter 7~Task 1: Battling the Dragon
It was about half a month later and early December and the day of the first task, Bella was the most anxious from her group of friends about this, she could not help being worried about Sirius. She kept tapping her fingers on the desk not even eating, she just stared into her plate.
"He's going to be fine." Lilly said as she placed a hand on her friend's shoulder
"You don't know that." Bella said, she looked panicked and like she has not slept for days "I know he promised he is going to be fine but,..." she trailed off and winced as horrible thoughts entered her mind.
Sirius walked in and he saw Bella looked worried, he pulled her up hugging her tightly to him. Severus was watching and he gripped his spoon tightly in his hand and it snapped in half, Lilly raised an eyebrow at him and he seemed to calm down even though he liked Bella, he still had feelings for Lilly.
"Please don't try to worry about me Mia cara dolce Isabella." Sirius whispered to Bella, the last bit he spoke in Italian meaning my Dear Sweet Isabella.
Bella blushed at his words as she did not know what that meant in Italian, she looked at him "I always worry." she said as he leaned down and pressed his lips to her forehead. After breakfast they all got outside and especially the 3 champions, they got a tent in a cave and they got dressed for the first task.
First up was Anastacia, she was a rather tall girl about 4.9 foot, she had long blonde hair that was slightly wavey and she had light blue eyes that were clearer then the sky. After her was Florian, he was a rather bulky and not that tall but still handsome, his green eyes seemed to burn with fire. He was some what considered to be a jerk and a person that did not give up easily yet, he was still harsh and Sirius was of course the last to go up on the first task. He was the tallest out of all of them standing at 5.9 foot, his brown eyes seemed to shine with warm and goodness in the light and his dark hair suited his slim, tall and tanned figure.
Bella sneaked from the seats and she went to the tent, it was slightly opened and she spoke in a soft whisper "Psstt."
"Bella?" Sirius asked, as he was on the other side of the tent
Bella sighed in relief "How are you feeling? Okay"? she said
"Just a little nervous." He said truthfully, he was a lot nervous, just because he was last made it worse, he wanted to get it over and done with.
Bella nodded "The key is to concentrate, after that you just have to...." she trailed off, she could not even speak the words let alone think them
"Battle the dragon." Sirius said, Bella let out a whimper and she pulled apart the entrance and leaped into his arms hugging him all of a sudden. He stumbled back a little bit and held her to his and tightly, he buried his face in her hair and sighed deeply inhaling her sweet scent.Her hair smelled of roses and lavender.
"Aww young love." a high pitched voice said and someone snapped a picture of them like that just as they both pulled away to see a reported there.
"You." Bella said with a frown, it was the worst reporter in town, she always made out things like they weren't and mixed them up.
"Leave, Now." Florian said, in a deep, cold mannered voice, his tone held a harsh German tone "This tent is for champions and friends."
She smirked "Never mind, I got what I wanted." she said as she winked at him and left with her crew and at that moment Dumbledore walked in and gathered everyone around not noting Bella and he started to speak;
"So Champions, today has..." he trailed off as he saw Bella "Oh Miss Swan, what you doing here?" he asked surprised to see her here
"Oh sorry, I'll just go." Bella said and she smiled a bit at them all before she left and she took her seats by Lilly and James but was aware of Severus watching her, she frowned and looked away from him, she did not like the stares he has been giving her lately.
"As I was saying today has come to battle your dragon" Dumbledore said "Put your hand in this bag and there you will each find a mini version of the dragon you will battle." he said, in his hand was a little black bag and there was some roaring and fire coming from it.
All 3 of them put their hands in and Anastacia got the chinse fireball, Sirius got the Hungarian Horn-tail and Florian got a Romanian Rich Back.
They all looked at their dragon slightly in shock and seemed to remain calm "At the sound of the cannon ball..." Dumbledore said but it went off early and so did the music "You will enter." he finished and sighed shaking his head.
Few hours later: Sirius was the last one to go and he heard a voice outside, belonging to Dumbledore "So far two of our champions battled their dragons and proceeded onto the next task, now for our final champion Sirius Black." the crow cheered and clapped as Sirius walked out of the tent and cave and as soon as he did the dragon breathed fire at him so he leaped out of the way and hid behind a rock, he had a wand in his hand to summon his broom stick which he was allowed to do.
Bella winced and she gripped Lilly's shoulder and James squeezed her shoulder. Sirius got up and walked to the dragon not showing any fear, the dragon swang with his tail and hit Sirius flinging a few feet away "Your wand, Use your wand." Bella yelled encouraging Sirius.
Sirius got up bit dizzy "Accio Broomstick" he said as he summoned his broom and there came a swooshing sound and soon his broom flew to him and he jumped on it and everyone clapped and he flew to get the egg that was being guarded by the dragon, he needed to get the egg so he could get a clue for the next task. The dragon became angry and it got free off its bonds and it chased Sirius around the school grounds until it hit the wall and fell down, Sirius flew back to arena and he grabbed the egg and everyone cheered and clapped and sighed in relief as the fight was rather intense.
A/N~The tent scene, dragons and task one do not belong to me, I just changed them around from the fourth harry potter book/film with different names, slightly different scenery and words slightly altered
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The process of convening a meeting of an expert advisory panel to inform the decision-making activities of the OMH includes three key steps.
The first step in the process of organizing an advisory panel is for staff from the academic center and the public partner to clarify the focus of the meeting. This ensures that the questions addressed by the panel accurately capture the issues of greatest import to the public partner. Planning meetings with OMH focus on the key questions that need answers before OMH takes the next steps.
Several criteria are considered in setting the advisory panel meeting agenda so that recommendations are practical, measurable, and meaningful. In our case, the CPI gathers perspectives and information that help OMH understand the benefit of a practice, the costs and risks associated with implementation, the sustainability of a practice, the degree to which the current system is positioned to integrate new practices, the supports and resources needed, the number of stakeholders likely to be affected, the degree to which the practice is consistent with current regulatory and fiscal systems, and the training and resource demands associated with the practice.
On the basis of the information needs and administrative challenges or opportunities outlined by OMH, CPI enlists topic-area experts from within and beyond its home institution. Because researchers typically are eager to affect policy, acceptance rates have been very good. Panel membership also emphasizes the inclusion of various stakeholder groups, such as advocacy organizations, service providers, and consumers, who reflect a diversity of cultural backgrounds and perspectives.
Before the panel advisory meeting convenes, presenters and participants receive an orientation by e-mail that describes the purpose and focus of the meeting so that they can come prepared to address key areas of concern to OMH. At the meeting, the OMH commissioner or a member of the commissioner's cabinet outlines why the topic is important to OMH. Panel members report the current state of the evidence on the topic and what is known about facilitators of and barriers to adoption. This part of the meeting may include participation by researchers, policy makers, service providers, consumers, family members, and advocacy organizations. The presentations are discussed and alternative interpretations of the information presented are considered. When possible, consensus recommendations are developed. Finally, the panel decides on its next steps, for example, to draft and distribute a summary for comment or to further analyze existing data sets.
Each practice area addressed by an advisory panel has its own unique history and context in New York State, and this reality shapes each panel's work. The following case example illustrates how a multistakeholder advisory panel was organized to examine evidence-informed practices pertaining to involving family members as a means of promoting recovery for adults with serious mental health problems.
In this example, the OMH deputy commissioner for adult services and his lead staff person for working with families approached CPI about exploring the relative merits of a newly designed consumer-centered family consultation model that had been field tested for several years in parts of New York State. In addition, OMH was interested in hearing about alternative approaches that research and experience suggested would help promote recovery for clients served by OMH.
In 2003, OMH created the Family Institute for Education, Practice, and Research at the University of Rochester to promote family-oriented services through training, resource development, and consultation to providers in New York State. At the time OMH approached CPI, OMH and the Family Institute had had several years of experience providing training and consultation supports to mental health programs interested in adopting multiple-family groups (MFGs), the practice with the strongest empirical support at the time (1). Ultimately, 34 agencies volunteered to join this initial effort, and 26 agencies (76%) successfully implemented at least one MFG. Ultimately, the challenges associated with sustaining and expanding this practice precluded widespread uptake, and OMH began to look for alternative approaches to involve families in a client's treatment.
OMH and the Family Institute had explored brief approaches believed to have broad applicability across program types, clinical conditions, and cultural populations. This led to the development of consumer-centered family consultation (CCFC), a brief approach shaped by integrating the perspectives of consumers and stakeholders from various cultural backgrounds (2). CCFC is a highly transparent process with a defined scope and purpose. It consists of one to three meetings that involve the consumer, one or more family members, and the consumer's mental health practitioner. The focus of the meeting is to discuss practical information related to the consumer's mental health problems, treatment, and recovery; general guidance on how family members can be supportive; and education about resources available in the community, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
In 2006, nearly 50 agencies from various mental health programs joined OMH and the Family Institute to examine the practicality, value, and organizational challenges associated with implementing CCFC. After 18 months of experience with this approach, the Family Institute had collected utilization data, information on lessons learned, and questions about CCFC in its formative stage of development. Those early findings showed that staff in mental health agencies accepted the model and its utilization, prompting OMH to examine how CCFC compared with existing best practices across the nation for promoting family involvement in treatment.
Given the topic under review, the CPI director worked with the OMH deputy commissioner for adult services and the director of the OMH evidence-based practices initiatives to determine which researchers and stakeholder representatives to invite to participate in the advisory panel. CPI's academic partners identified prominent researchers in the family services field, and OMH staff identified local stakeholders. Eventually the group included family-oriented researchers, OMH policy makers, staff of provider organizations and NAMI, consumer advocates, and Family Institute faculty. [A list of attendees and their affiliations is available at the CPI Web site and in an online supplement to this column at ps.psychiatryonline.org.]
Panel members provided feedback and observations concerning the current state of the evidence base for interventions that involve family members and on OMH's efforts to implement CCFC. The researchers reviewed evidence suggesting that family interventions of short duration (four sessions) that place fewer demands on the family than the MFG intervention may provide significant benefits to consumers and their family members (3). For example, research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) suggests that a single, long-term approach, such as family psychoeducation, does not meet the needs of all families. Rather, a menu of family-involving services, including family education and short-term family consultation, should be available and has now been included in the VA Uniform Mental Health Services package (4).
Finally, research suggests that successful engagement starts with exploring the deeply felt concerns of consumers about involving family members. Interviews with consumers revealed that many are grappling with concerns about personal autonomy, independence, and burden on family members (5). As part of the discussion at the meeting, researchers mapped key elements of CCFC to the research literature and found none that conflicted with services involving families of adult clients that were known to be acceptable and effective.
Administrators of agencies that implemented the CCFC approach were eloquent both in their support of the model as a relatively "easy lift" and of the need for low-burden ways to assess implementation fidelity. CCFC was praised as a brief, feasible approach that was integrated easily into the core clinical process. Providers also supported continued refinement of the intervention, especially the development of a manual and clinical forms that would serve as memory aids and as a means of monitoring uptake of the intervention. They also requested flexible instructional resources such as DVDs and online training.
Consumers and family members expressed an appreciation for the efforts of OMH to promote flexible approaches that are clearly described, less demanding of time, focused on mental health education, and respectful of consumer and family preferences. They regarded the emphasis on merging consumer and family perspectives that often reflect cultural and religious values as a strength of the CCFC approach. Successful policy decisions that promote specific practices must be informed by the recipients of these practices. This means ensuring that consumers' and family members' perspectives are reflected in the design, evaluation, and adaptations of new practices.
The advisory panel endorsed OMH's decision to promote CCFC. It also presented several actionable and practical recommendations, including the need for a clear definition of the CCFC approach; a thorough evaluation of the CCFC pilot initiative; and an exploration of the kinds of resources and supports needed to promote staff competency and widespread implementation of the CCFC model. The panel also suggested that OMH consider adapting the CCFC approach to involve family members in support of specific evidence-based practices in the areas of work, health self-management, and co-occurring disorders.
Mental health authorities are continually faced with the challenge of developing policies that enhance quality. This requires an understanding of the barriers and supports in the current system of care. Policy makers throughout the country struggle to make informed decisions that are practical, fiscally sound, clinically effective, and aligned with the preferences, values, and needs of recipients.
Strategic planning meetings of multiple stakeholders are a productive and efficient means of insuring that planning efforts by the state mental health authority are well informed with respect to both the evidence base and the practical realities of offering acceptable high-fidelity, high-quality practices. The structure of such meetings can promote a process that identifies the topic area, presents the related evidence base, describes the current treatment landscape with respect to the practices under consideration, and generates actionable recommendations.
When consumers, family members, providers, researchers, and policy makers convene to consider "What next?" they can reach an understanding of the current evidence base. Together, these constituencies can identify steps that should be taken when the state mental health authority must, of necessity, operate beyond the reach of accumulated research.
The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) to the Family Institute for Education, Practice, and Research at the University of Rochester to develop, field test, and improve the CCFC model. Furthermore, the NYSOMH supported the Center for Practice Innovations, which organized the advisory panel.
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VA: Ah, man, it was top three of my favorite games playing in ever. Not that the fact that we lost, but being in that atmosphere. We were down 35-0 and the crowd was just going crazy. I didn't start the first half. Their defense was doing really good. They got a pick-six and their offense was on fire, zone read and scoring a lot. We went inside the locker room, we weren't panicking or nothing, we just knew what we had to do because we were messing ourselves up. We came out second half firing, and the next thing you know, it's 35-42 and then it's 45-42. Man, we just need one more stop to help us get another touchdown or tie the game up. We didn't get it, but, man, that game was just so much fun. We owe those guys. I just hope we can work hard enough this week and next week and, hopefully, beat those guys and continue to go to our Big Sky and national championship run.
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VA: (He laughs) It was kind of crazy, getting all that attention. I'm not going to lie, I've never had attention like that before in my life. I'm just so humble and thankful that God has blessed me with the talents he's blessed me with. Like I said before, I can never do it without ... it starts with my center, then my O-line with them protecting me, my running backs catching and running hard and my receivers - my great receivers, some of them are going to be All-Americans this year - them making me look better than what I really am. My whole offense.
TSN: After you helped out at the Russell Wilson Passing Academy this past summer, obviously the comparison will be made between you and Russell. Is that accurate, is it not accurate, and why?
VA: You can say it's pretty accurate. He's more of a pocket passer, I guess. I like to throw a lot, too, but I'm looking at my first, second and third reads, and I'm trying to get out of there. Him, he actually stays in the pocket, he can actually move around in the pocket. Me, I get flushed out really quick because I just like to get out of there. As in runners, I feel like neither one of us likes to take hits, so I feel like we're the same there. His arm is definitely stronger than mine now that he's in the NFL. He's about 210 (pounds), I'm only 195. I just have to keep working. Hopefully, I can be as good as him one day and I'll back him up for the Seahawks.
TSN: You redshirted while Bo Levi Mitchell won the 2011 Walter Payton Award. What is what like when he brought the Payton bust back to campus?
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TSN: How much of a culture shock was it moving from Pasadena to Cheney, Wash.?
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TSN: (OK, an extra question) What's circled on your calendar, Jan. 1 for the Rose Bowl or Jan. 4 for the FCS Championship Game?
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Mobile Phone Usage and Awareness of Health Related Issues Among the Male Science Students
The objective of this study was to understand the usage pattern of mobile phones nowadays by the male science students and to check whether they are aware of the fact that the various risk factors associated to their health are these cellular phones only. Cell phones are considered to be one of the most speedily emerging technologies in the human race especially in younger generation within a short span of time. Youth is more inclined towards using mobile phones for activities other than communication than older generation because in adolescent stage, people are more susceptible to changing fashion trends and style, building them more Tech savvy which creates certain behavioral disorders. The fame of the cell phones is followed by an alarm towards the detrimental effects of cell phone radiation. Fatigue, headache, decreased concentration and local irritation and burning are the major effects of excessive usage of cell phones, as stated by various researches. A descriptive survey design was used to extract answers to the questionnaires administrated to 10th, 11th and 12th standard male science students in the Kanpur city, Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Opinion of 30 skilled physicians in the field of ENT, cardiology and IVF specialists were also taken. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study concludes that the use of mobile phones is quite common among the science students besides considering it as a status symbol; they treat it as their necessity of life. The crucial role played by parents, schools and the publicity due to advertisements gives a push to such adoption behavior.
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"It was particularly awful this year," said Ron Meyer of the Young America's Foundation, which conducted the survey. "The ratio has never been this bad."
According to the conservative youth group, of the top 100 universities in the latest U.S. News rankings, 71 featured liberal speakers while 10 hosted conservatives. And of the top 35 schools, only one asked a conservative to speak. Emory College, ranked 20th in the nation, had Obamacare foe Benjamin Carson give the commencement.
Sixteen Obama officials will speak, more than the total number of conservatives, and conservative journalists were shut out while 11 liberal and mainstream reporters, anchors and commentators were given the spotlight including Barbara Walters, Cokie Roberts, Katie Couric, Soledad O'Brien, Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams.
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A previous YAF survey found that Bush administration officials spoke at the top 100 schools a total of 14 times, and he served eight years. In President Obama's first three years, officials have spoken 29 times.
While it's no surprise that colleges and universities tilt liberal, the numbers have never been so weighted to the left, according to YAF. Their survey reinforces an earlier report which found that liberal professors outnumber conservatives three-to-one, and professors that supported the administration outnumbered foes by a nine-to-one ratio.
Young America's Foundation's Ron Robinson said in a statement Tuesday, "This administration wants to sell its failed policies to college students, and clearly, higher education is more than willing to help. As tuition and student loan debt grow at historic rates, what are students getting for the money? An education from leftist professors that—combined with the Obama administration's policies—has left 53 percent of recent grads unemployed or underemployed. These commencement speakers are just the icing on higher education's indoctrination cake."


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Just some feedback on the 3711 strain that you provided us , that strain produced a phenomenal product and the flavour profile was outstanding. The beer we produced is called Deckhand Belgian Saison and was very highly rated by knowledgeable beer people. Thank you!
A year later!Submitted by: Duke
Well nearly a year after last year's "Cheers to Belgian Beers" festival, I still had a smack pack of 3724 Farmhouse Ale yeast. To be quite honest, after almost a year since I bought it, I wasn't sure how viable it would be even though it's been kept at 34ºF in my garage fridge. Well, I made a starter and pitched it. Put it on the stir plate and left it for 48 hours. Last night I pitched it into a spiced Saison I decided to make with it, and SIX hours after pitching, that beer is off to the races. Can't wait to see how it turns out! Thanks Wyeast.
Saved the Day!Submitted by: Jeff K
It was one of those days brewing where it seemed everything went wrong. After finishing a gruling 10 gallon all grain batch that I split into a bavarian lager and a dryhopped ipa I finally had time to look at my yeast pack. It was dated 17nov08!!! ARRR I though it will never work, considering it was oct 19,09. I tried it anyway and within two days it was bubbling away. I am very very impressed with the propagator packs and the strength of your yeast cultures.
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Amazing Product!Submitted by: Joel B
I want to thank you for an amazing product! I have been homebrewing for 5 years now with the last three being all grain and I have always used liquid yeast from another supplier. I have been making yeast starters for the past 41/2 years because I kept having problems with fermentation beginning. I have questioned my Homebrew store constantly about this and the way they take care of their yeast and they keep assuring me that I must be doing something wrong. I use them exclusively because they are only a 2 day ship from me and they have extensive supplies.
So, I went back and pulled my recipe binder out for the past five years and started to count up how many failures to start I had. It averages out that every sixth purchase of yeast, has failed to start in a 1.040 O.G. starter. I have had to keep a pretty extensive supply of dry yeast on hand because I never know when I am going to need it!
I just recently started using Wyeast and I am amazed! It is fool proof! When I slap the activator pack and come back in a few hours to see the pack swelled up, I know the yeast is good. I still dump it over into a starter (old habits are hard to break) because a lot of my beers are over 1.060. Since using your yeast along with my starter, fermentating has been starting, on the average, in about 31/2 hours. Again, amazing! Thanks again for an awesome product.
By the way, do you all know of anybody needing some dry yeast because I have a feeling I won't be needing it anymore. In fact, in the batch that I just brewed yesterday fermentation took off so fast and violent that it blew my airlock out.
Yeast of ChoiceSubmitted by: Mark G
Wyeast has been my yeast of choice for several years. It's the freshest yeast I can get and the smack pack always verifies its viability before I make my yeast starter. I've found that several of the Wyeast strains simply out perform their competition. My favorite Wyeast Strain is the Weihenstephan Weizen.
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Happy with Activators!Hello Candy,
I just wanted to let you know that we are very happy with the Activator packs from you. Our customers are less hesitant to buy liquid yeast when the starter is right in the bag and so easy. My customers are happy we changed from (another supplier) to Wyeast and so are we.
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These people get it right!Submitted by: Ken
2 hour lag times (sometimes less), clean crisp flavours, versatility of styles and/or strains, and the credit for my overall success as a brewer; i laud, commend, and thank you.
i appreciate your wide variety of strains, but am still amazed by some of my personal favorites; 1275, and the simple, yet truly astounding and proven 1007. If I was stranded on the proverbial desert island, with only 1 choice of yeast to brew with, it would be 1007. It would make anything a person could find fermentable, taste great! heehee!!
The fact that the dry yeast industry is still in business puzzles me, account you fine people have taken the art to ethereal heights of purity and quality. None finer.
Now, after disattaching myself from your kissing your posteriors, I implore all brewers to understand that 90+% of doing it right, is yeast viability, and these people get it right, to the Nth degree.
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Great Tech SupportSubmitted by: Darron W
"Yeast from Wyeast is very reliable: clean, pure, high viability, and consistent in its flavor profile. Besides that, however, is the customer support. If I have a low pitch rate, or a viability issue, or any sort of question or problem, the folks at Wyeast start helping to solve the problem instead of giving me the run-around or some kind of a knee-jerk defensive answer. When I need to solve a problem, I don't need a mini-lecture over the phone about whether or not I know how to do a cell count or test for viability. The folks at Wyeast are there to help and treat me with courtesy and professional respect. Wyeast is now my only yeast supplier."
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Submitted by: Steve W
I used the 3725 Bier De Garde Special Strain in August 2006 to make a Belgian style ale. The beginning gravity was 1.072 and the final gravity finished out at 1.002!!! 97% attenuation! Awesome yeast and the Belgian beer was great. Since it was a special strain and no longer available, I saved about 2 cups to use in a future batch.
Well, time flew by and my saved 3725 yeast lay dormant in the refridgerater until August 2007 when I brewed another Belgian style ale. I decided to give 3725 a try but just in case it was gone forever, I had another yeast standing by in reserve. Within 24 hours, the 3725 yeast took off and finished again with around a 90% attenuation! The Belgian is once again superb.
I am so impressed with this yeast. I have not seen any yeast perform like it and encourage Wyeast to produce it again so I can replace my aging supply.
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Voice students: What a burden to bear! Not only are they lazy and conceited, they also manage to drive every teacher crazy with their complete lack of talent. Don Carissimo could fill books about this fact: He despairs of his pupil Dirindina who, apart from her feeble attempts at singing, has only one thing in her head - Liscione. Liscione, in turn, sly castrato that he is, lures the aspiring diva away from the jealous Don Carissimo (besotted with his pupil, of course!) and into his own experienced embrace with an invitation to sing in Milan. There Liscione organises a rehearsal that masks the young woman's complete lack of talent with the tricks and wiles of the singing trade. Don Carissimo soon arrives back on the scene – since the show, of course, could not go on without him. But what he overhears while eavesdropping is the last straw, and soon all talk of the concert in Milan is dropped …
With his comic opera »La Dirindina« from 1737, Giovanni Battista Martini – composer, musicologist and padre as well as teacher of Mozart – has created a work peppered through and through with musical jokes and witty plot twists.
Intermezzo Farsetta per musica by Giovanni Battista Martini. Performed in Italian with German surtitles.
Premiere 04 Mar 2012
Staging: Alexander Brendel
Set Design: Arne Walther
Costume Design: Frauke Schernau
Lighting Design: Marco Dietzel
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2010-11 Farmingdale State Men's Basketball Preview
- Rams prepare for Hampden-Sydney Tournament this Friday, November 19th -
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's basketball team and seventh year Head Coach Erik Smiles (123-48) have added plenty to the roster this season, after a year filled with unexpected tragedies saw the Rams finish with a 13-13 record and a loss in the Skyline Quarterfinal's in 2009-10.
The team returns four starters from last year's squad, including senior guard Shahee Martin (West Hempstead H.S.), a 1st Team All-Skyline selection after leading the team with 16.7 points per game; senior guard Alvin Dennis (Bellport H.S.), who joined the team mid-season last year and shot 50-percent from the field; sophomore guard Christian Nunez (White Plains, H.S.) with a .714 free throw percentage and senior forward Nikita Davis (Telecommunications H.S.), who averaged 13 points and eight rebounds.
Joining the squad this season are top recruits, such as:
Coach Smiles noted that "he's looking forward to the season with a great core of guys returning and we brought in a big recruiting class that gives us added talent, depth and size. I also feel like we have great leadership and chemistry, which I feel could put us over the top."
The Rams will officially open their 25-game schedule at the Hampden-Sydney Tip-Off Tournament on Friday, November 19th against Virginia-Wise at 9:00 p.m., followed by a game on Saturday against either Methodist or Hampden-Sydney. Other non-conference games added to their 20 Skyline matches include: Baruch on November 23rd at 7:30 p.m. and a New Year's Tournament hosted by St. John Fisher College on December 29th-30th.
Farmingdale State has been selected to finish second in the Skyline Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll.
1. Purchase - 99 (9)
2. Farmingdale State - 87 (1)
3. Old Westbury - 81
4. St. Joseph's - 75 (1)
5. Mount Saint Mary - 55
6. Mount Saint Vincent - 49
7. Yeshiva - 48
8. Sage - 41
9. Maritime - 31
10. NYU - Poly - 26
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A multicultural tourist destination that attracts visitors from around the world
Commercial Sponging, Fishing and Shrimping still take place today on the Docks
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The Sulwhasoo brand, which holds the top share of the Korean luxury cosmetics market, has aims to become a global brand. To create a more successful presence in the global market, we examined its product names and created appropriate corresponding names in English that live up to the standards of a global brand.
As part of this effort, we carried out an expert evaluation of the full list of 48 Sulwhasoo English product names, together with five product lines in English, and the structures of English product names in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and the U.S. This helped us create guidelines for product names in English and a naming system. The guidelines were designed to ensure the consistent application of Sulwhasoo's verbal identity system and to define criteria for developing product names in English for future products.
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Filmmakers are able to move seamlessly between DDP Studios' Digital Intermediate suites, Method Studios VFX and either of StageOne Sound's two re-recording stages or its edit rooms, maximizing creative efficiencies throughout the entire post-production and critical delivery phases.
The heart of the facility is StageOne with room acoustics designed by David Schwind and Christopher Peltier of Charles M. Salter Associates – the same firm that designed mixing and screening theatres at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch and Dolby's own listening rooms in San Francisco. It has been awarded Dolby Premier accreditation: the highest certification standard available and the final word in cinema sound quality.
With a 96 fader Neve DFC Gemini console at its heart, 7.1 capable and configured for single, dual or three mixer operation with over 400 discrete digital input channels fed by six ProTools systems providing playback of up to 1,000 channels, it is the largest and most technically advanced re-recording facility in Australia.
At over 1,560 cubic metres in size, with a 10 metre wide Stewart THX microperf screen and equipped with a Barco 2K digital projector as well as a pair of 35mm Kinoton dubbing projectors providing filmmakers the opportunity to preview their productions on a large screen in any format including full specification D-Cinema via a Doremi Server with the Xpand 3D system.
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Board Grants Variance for Freezer Point Residence
By: James Kinsella
Published: 10/28/11
The Barnstable Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday voted 5-0 to grant a use variance to allow a Barnstable developer to build a personal residence on Freezer Point in Barnstable Village.
"We're happy we got it," developer Stuart Bornstein said following the board's decision on the variance for his property at 153 Freezer Road.
Mr. Bornstein, general partner of Stuborn Limited Partnership, is seeking to build a six-bedroom, single-family home on the property, which is in the Marine Business B zoning district.
Single-family homes are not a principal permitted use in the district, so he needed a variance.
Mr. Bornstein wants to build a 9,902-square-foot dwelling with an attached guest house at the site.
The site covers 7 acres, with a total upland area of 2.82 acres.
A dilapidated house is on the site.
Mr. Bornstein said he plans to keep the original part of the residence deemed historic and demolish the rest of the house.
Despite Wednesday's vote, Mr. Bornstein is not yet out of the zoning regulatory woods.
Two of the conditions require positive votes from the Barnstable Town Council before any construction can move forward.
The conditions pertain to conservation restrictions and reciprocal private covenants that will be placed on the property.
Before he can move forward, Mr. Bornstein will need the town council to sign off on a plan detailing the conservation restriction, and another plan detailing the reciprocal private covenants.
The restriction and covenants are being sought by Mr. Bornstein to ensure the property is used only for a single-family residence and related structures.
They would close out the possibility of other kinds of residential projects being built at the property, such as a Chapter 40B affordable housing project.
According to the conditions approved Wednesday by the zoning board, the conservation restriction shall require that the area covered by the restriction will remain undeveloped for a term of at least 99 years; that no structures shall be erected, constructed, or moved onto the subject area; and that the area shall only be used for purposes consistent with preservation and conservation.
The reciprocal private covenants, which will cover another section of the property containing the residence, will limit development of the site to the building footprints shown on the proposed site plan and the conditions contained in the decision for a term of at least 99 years.
Members of the zoning board questioned why the board could not sign off on the conservation restriction and the reciprocal private covenants itself, thereby completing the zoning decision.
But Barnstable Town Attorney Ruth J. Weil said the power to grant the restriction and the covenants lay with the municipality's legislative body: in this case, the town council.
If the town council says no to one or both of the plans, Mr. Bornstein will be forced to return to the zoning board for a modification of the decision, according to the chairman of the zoning board, Laura F. Shufelt.
At Wednesday's meeting, Mr. Bornstein, after consulting with his attorney, John W. Kenney of Centerville, decided to request the zoning board vote anyway.
Mr. Kenney told the board that the permitting process, which has involved other regulatory boards, has been a long, arduous process.
The more hurdles that Mr. Bornstein gets out of the way, he said, the better.In the subsequent unanimous roll call vote, board members Ms. Shufelt, Michael P. Hersey, Craig G. Larson, William H. Newton and George T. Zevitas all voted in favor of granting the variance.
Should Mr. Bornstein get the green light from the town council on the conservation restriction and private covenants, he will commence construction on the house.
He estimates construction will take eight months, and hopes to complete the project sometime next year.