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This playful logo for Mission Impawsible Dog Training in Brentwood is super-cute – and very effective at inviting me, as the consumer, to want to take my own dog through the Mission Impawsible training program.
First, the color scheme. Yellow and red are primary colors, clean and crisp. Red has many connotations, and in this case, it makes me think "stop" – as in, heel, sit, stay. The basic commands you want your dog to be able to follow.
Combine the red with white type and yellow stars, and you've got a somewhat patriotic feel to the design. The stars are also reminiscent of those gold stars for good work in elementary school. Moreover, they carry a subtle message for the frustrated dog owner driving by: "You may think instilling manners in your pooch is a mission impossible, but let's shoot for the stars anyway! Come on in, and we'll give it a try!" Talk about a graphical image that can handle triple duty.
The font is definitely what I call a military typestyle – really bold and clean, suggesting a spic-and-span operation with attention to detail. Translation: These folks may think all dogs are as adorable as the one on the sign, but when it comes to training, it's all business. This font suggests discipline!
I like the nice cartoon character, rather than a true illustration of a dog. It's fun, it's eye-catching (the speed limit along this stretch of the road is at least 45 m.p.h.), and it allows the addition of the graduation cap. This well-behaved puppy is even sitting. Wow – I remember how long it took to get our dog to do that as a puppy.
In fact, I wish Mission Impawsible were a little closer to where we live. From the expertly executed sign, it looks like it would have been a fun and rewarding place to take my own golden retriever.


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Easter Egg Stuffing Party
April 1st 12-3pm
In order for Trinity to host the Largest Easter Egg Hunt in Tariffville, we need to stuff over 2,000 eggs with fun treats and toys for the hunters to enjoy.
With that in mind, we will take a few hours as a community to stuff all the plastic Easter eggs on Saturday April 1st from 12-3 pm. We will be enjoying light snacks and a movie to keep us motivated.
Depending on the size of the group, we will either be in the youth room or the Parish Hall.
Please join us!
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Here is the butterfly and the layout I used it on from 1st reveal! You can find the tutorial on Snapguide. I hope you give it a try!
I really loved this kit because it has really bright papers. I decided to use a bright green with a lighter pink. I used some chipboard from the Dusty Attic Special Order. A perk for being a subscriber!
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An Uncommon Man: Life Lessons from a True Sporting Role Model
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 by John O'Sullivan
Back in the summer of 2000, I was just completing my first year as an assistant men's soccer coach at the University of Vermont. Between sessions of summer camp, I often ducked out of the heat by having lunch in the cool confines of UVM's famed Gutterson Field House, watching some of the planet's best
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Jordan Spieth's Multi-Sport Path to Golf Stardom
Tuesday, 23 June 2015 by John O'Sullivan
On June 21, at the ripe old age of 21, Jordan Spieth become just the sixth golfer in history to win both The Masters and The US Open in the same year, joining some pretty illustrious company such as Woods, Nicklaus, Palmer and Hogan. He must have played only golf growing up to become this
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What Youth Sports can Learn from Video Games
Wednesday, 18 February 2015 by John O'Sullivan
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"Come on, Ref!" Some Thoughts on Officials, Umpires and Referees
Monday, 15 July 2013 by John O'Sullivan
As summer tournament season is upon us, many families are travelling far and wide, and spending hard earned dollars on tournaments and other sports travel. Inevitably, there will be a game or a match where a referee makes a poor decision, or gets a call wrong, and this can often lead to yelling, screaming, and
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Are You Setting Goals AND Expectations for Your Athlete? Do You Know the Difference?
Monday, 17 June 2013 by John O'Sullivan
As a parent, it is incredibly important that we understand the difference between the goals we set with our children, and the expectations we place upon them. The difference is subtle but very important, for both are crucial tools when it comes to raising high performers. We should place expectations upon our children and set
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Controversial Book for Sports Parents, but Well Worth the Read: The Gold Mine Effect
Tuesday, 28 May 2013 by John O'Sullivan
I am an avid reader, and from time to time I add books to my recommended resources page which I believe will help parents, coaches and adults involved in youth sports. I just finished reading The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen, and I will be adding it to my list. While this book consists of a
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We achieve this through a number of our events and programs, but some specific priorities include our Faculty Initiatives, Communities of Practice and Community Engagement Professionals network.


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Owner of Calgary trucking company in Humboldt crash now linked to new operation
Alberta Transportation says there's no legal reason to suspend a new company linked to the owner of the trucking company involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
The safety certificate for Calgary-based Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd. was pulled following the April 6 crash that killed 16 people and injured thirteen others.
And while Adesh Deol remains on suspension by the province pending provincial and RCMP investigations, Alberta Transportation confirmed on Tuesday another numbered trucking company has been registered at the same Calgary address as Adesh Deol.
"It is our understanding that one of the trucks and one of the drivers listed from Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd. are operating with this numbered company," the ministry said in a statement.
Alberta Transportation said the only driver employed by the new company, legally named 1929282 Alberta Ltd., "is not the driver who was involved in the Humboldt incident."
The ministry said the new company registered with the province on May 9. But the new company was also put under a suspension when officials noticed similarities between 1929282 and Adesh Deol.
The temporary suspension of the new company was lifted June 1, with the province saying it "had no legal grounds to maintain the suspension."
The RCMP said they are preparing to talk to Crown prosecutors about potential charges from the crash.
Adesh Deol owner Sukhmander Singh said Tuesday the new trucking outfit is not his and he is not a driver for the numbered company.
"(Alberta Transportation) do not allow for me, I can't open a new company," he said, adding he is not the only person who lives at the address linked to the new company.
"Lots of guys are living (at this address)," he said.
He said he has been working as a dump truck driver "for someone else" since the Humboldt crash and is complying with Alberta Transportation's suspension.
"Under my name, (Alberta Transportation) don't allow for any company," Singh said.
Only Singh's safety fitness certificate — not his operators licence — was suspended, and Alberta Transportation says Singh can work for another company while Adesh Deol is under suspension.
But he's not allowed to be an owner of that company.
No owner, director or shareholder from a company with a suspended safety fitness certificate is allowed to be the owner, director or shareholder of a new company, the ministry said.
There is also a six-month waiting period for any owner, director or shareholder of a suspended company before they would be allowed to start a new company.
Being able to start a new company in either of those three roles would depend on the results of Alberta Transportation's investigation.
The ministry said the new company will be "closely monitored" over the next three months.
"If any significant safety infractions are found during this period" the new company's safety certificate will be pulled, the ministry said.
Singh said Adesh Deol only had two employees and two trucks at the time of the crash.
He said his driver involved in the crash had only worked for Adesh Deol "for about a month" before the fatal collision.
Correction: Postmedia reported on Tuesday the suspension on Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd. was lifted on June 1. The lifted suspension was for 1929282 Alberta Ltd.
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The giant squid, or Architeuthis, is widely regarded as one of the last great mysteries of the ocean. These deep sea krakens are largely known only from dead specimens that have washed ashore, have been caught by fishermen or were found in the emptied stomachs of sperm whales, which feed on them. They have never been witnessed alive in their natural habitat. That is, until now.
A crew with Japan's National Science Museum, in collaboration with the Discovery Channel and Japanese broadcaster NHK, has finally caught this majestic sea monster on film, according to Physorg.com. The footage was captured at a chilly depth of more than 2,000 feet. The researchers descended with the beast for almost another 1,000 feet until it eventually darted off and disappeared into the ocean darkness.
The encounter was the product of extreme patience; the mission involved more than 400 hours in a claustrophobic submersible, spanning more than 100 dives.
"It was shining and so beautiful," researcher Tsunemi Kubodera told AFP. "I was so thrilled when I saw it first hand, but I was confident we would because we rigorously researched the areas we might find it, based on past data."
You can catch a glimpse of the footage in the following video report from ABC News:
For some reason this giant squid's two longest tentacles were missing, but if they had been present, the animal would have been about 26 feet long. That detail makes this leviathan barely over half of its potential size; Scientists believe they can grow to nearly 50 feet in length. Since sperm whales hunt giant squid, it's possible that the tentacles were lost in an undersea battle.
The footage also shows the animal's enormous dark eyes glaring back at the camera. It's undoubtedly an eerie feeling to stare one of the fiercest undersea predators directly in the eye and live to tell the tale. It's a good thing that giant squid rarely swim near the ocean surface, and that encounters with humans are rare.
Even so, encounters are not entirely unheard of. For instance, it is believed that encounters with giant squid could be the genesis of the Nordic legend of Kraken, a sea monster reported to have attacked ships in waters off Scandinavia. Numerous sailors' tales have also told of giant squid sightings for centuries.
Any human diver who swam upon a giant squid could conceivably be on the menu, too. Divers have been attacked by smaller jumbo squid before. Just imagine the damage that a real Kraken could do!
Complete footage of the incredible encounter is expected to be aired on the Discovery Channel at 8 p.m. ET on Jan. 27, in a production titled, "Monster Squid: The Giant is Real."
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- 8 newly discovered deep sea creatures
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- Ocean acidification helps some species, hurts others


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And:(I.) The cup in front of me contains a deadly infusion of hemlock that will kill anyone who drinks it.
(II.) I do not want to die by drinking it.
(III.) There is no oughtness — moral or otherwise — or any other reason whatsoever that I ought to drink it.
(IV.) I ought not to drink it.
But, hold on:
And:(Va.) Oughtness is not a kind of isness (i.e., is not a fact); and (Vb.) Oughtness cannot be rationally derived from isness. (Add: the same goes for what purports to be oughtness.)
(VI.) Conclusion IV is an oughtness — or rather, purports to be.
And:(VII.) Conclusion IV is neither an isness (i.e., neither a fact) nor rationally derived, after all, from the isnesses (i.e., the facts) of I, II and III.
(VIII.) That which is neither a fact nor rationally derived from at least one fact is of dubious validity, to say the least, gaining credence only through error or fallacy.
And:(IX.) Conclusion IV is of dubious validity, to say the least, gaining credence only through error or fallacy.
(X.) I do not give credence to what is neither a fact nor rationally derived from at least one fact; to what is gained through error or fallacy; hence to what is of dubious validity.
(XI.) I do not give credence to IV, namely, that I ought not to drink the deadly infusion.
[The irrational crux of the matter lies in the twin-beliefs that (Va.) oughtness is not a kind of isness and that (Vb.) oughtness cannot be rationally derived from isness: namely, it lies in eighteenth-century follies that still blight the intellectual landscape.
Now, those who wish to maintain their defence of Va and Vb and yet who also wish somehow (but understandably) to find that the argument from I-IV is reasonable (despite holding Va: oughtness is not a kind of isness) will likely suggest that the oughtness in conclusion IV, namely, that I ought not to drink the hemlock, is not derived from the isness of the premises at all but rather from an oughtness implicit in premise III, namely, that there is no oughtness — moral or otherwise — or any other reason whatsoever that I ought to drink the hemlock. Here there are a few things to note.
- (1) Premise III is not an ought-statement but an is-statement that embeds an ought-statement in its denial of oughtness. In the case that it is true, it is true by the isness (i.e., the fact) either that there is in fact no oughtness in the world, or that just in this case there is none.
- (2) Conclusion IV is derived from the whole of premise III, not just from an embedded part of it, as well as from premises I and II, and since each premise as a whole is an is-statement, and if conclusion IV is rationally derived from the premises, then it follows that oughtness can be rationally derived at least in part from isness. Or: the paradigm of premise III, namely, It is not the case that I ought to do, is not logically equivalent to the paradigm of conclusion IV, namely, I ought not to do, hence the latter does not by itself logically follow from the former, hence furthermore, if the conclusion is rationally drawn from the premises, then part of it must be rationally derived from the isness of the premises, contrary to the claim of Vb. (In short, the oughtness of conclusion IV cannot be derived solely and in particular from the denial of oughtness in premise III.)
- (3) If it were then held by saving modification that Vb is after all just the claim that oughtness cannot be rationally derived solely from isness, where isness is assumed as utterly devoid of implicit oughtness, then the claim would be but a special case of nihil fit ex nihilo, a principle held to be true by reasonable men for millennia; but then it would lose its supposedly new and radical sting. In every rational argument, what is explicit in the conclusion is implicit in the premises, otherwise there would be nothing therein for logical inference to draw out into the conclusion. (And why should arguments with ought-conclusions be held to a higher — nay, impossible — standard?) So, indeed, the oughtness found in the conclusion of the argument I-IV is implicit in the premises. But that does not show Vb to be true as stated and meant (as a new and radical finding). For the claim of Vb as stated and meant is not that oughtness cannot be derived from oughtness, but that oughtness cannot be derived from isness, which presupposes for its truth that oughtness is not a kind of isness.
- (4) What makes Vb new and radical (and false) is its presupposition of Va, namely, that oughtness is not a kind of isness. That is the real crux of the matter. And what shows the falsehood of Vb is the falsehood of Va, being that its contrary is true, namely, that oughtness is a kind of isness. (Naturally, just as there are false is-claims, so there are also false ought-claims.) That Va and Vb are false is clear in the light of intentionality.
But here it is pertinent to be reminded that some philosophers have also denied the existence of intentionality: of any kind of aboutness, end-directedness, or goal-tendency. (Their goal in doing so is not immediately clear.) Thus, for them, that oughtness cannot be rationally derived from isness follows from the "facts" (as they see them) that not only is oughtness not isness but also that nothing can be rationally derived, at least where that means logical inference towards an end. If they were so inclined, they ought to argue as follows:]
(I.) Nothing is about anything, or acts or is conducted towards, for, or to an end.
(IIa.) No "logical inference" is about anything, or acts or is conducted towards, for, or to an end; and (IIb.) Nothing else in this "argument", including its "premise" (I), nor the "argument" itself, is about anything, or acts or is conducted towards, for, or to an end: e.g., towards the end of understanding the world or an aspect of it. (As the quotation-marks, which in fact signify nothing, might suggest, if suggestion were possible, these are not things as ordinarily understood, to wit, as being about something, etc — but then of course neither is understanding, ordinary or otherwise.)
(III.) Nothing follows, except perhaps and per accidens my lunch and the saying of new things, which will not be about anything, etc.
Still, whatever:
(IV.) Science is great, in spite of its not being about anything, etc — great not least in that it somehow helped to reveal its own insignificance in showing premise I, namely, that nothing is about anything, or acts or is conducted towards, for, or to an end.
[Here the eliminativist might argue that whilst science is not about anything, nor conducted by its practitioners towards, for, or to an end, it nevertheless reflects the world. He might do so, but he ought to bear in mind — though he might give the oughtness no credence — that his argument would, by his own lights, not be about science and its relation to the world, nor be conducted towards the end of defending its significance, although yet again he could say it reflects its significance, where "significance" does not bear any meaning of being about or towards something. But then, by those lights, he could say a lot of things about nothing to no end.]


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Alfredo M. Ronchi Professor, Politecnico di Milano Italy Alfredo Ronchi is Professor of Multimedia Publishing and Techniques and Tools for Multmedia. He co-founded and co-ordinated the Computer-Aided Architectural Design Laboratory. In 1990, he also founded the Hyper Media Group Laboratory. Mr Ronchi has initiated and cordinated both European (De Architectura, MOSAIC, Peripatetic, MIMS, MEDICI Framework etc) and world wide research and development profects (Euro-Sinosoft, Microsoft EMWAC). He is currently Technical Secretary of the European Commission MEDICI Framework and a European Commission Expert for EU Telematics. e- Content and IST programmes. Mr Ronchi is a Membero the the UNESCO OCCAM Mediterranean Programme, Infopoverty, Fondazione Italiana Nuove Communicazioni, and Sacred World Foundation Scientific Committee


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The power to give freedom
Free are those who are open to others. The "&" of the Schubert & Salzer Group is a symbol for their openess to the needs of customers, for the link of suppliers and employees to the customer through technology. Today, the Schubert & Salzer Group, together with its stakes, comprises 14 companies, five of which produce in Germany. The Group's oldest company has been in existence for 650 years. Schubert & Salzer was founded in 1883. In 1927, Schubert & Salzer erected a foundry with a bell tower in Chemnitz. In its uniqueness this building is among the great architectural landmarks of German industry. Together with the symbol "&", this building represents a symbol for the love of freedom of our group. The maxim that the constructor had engraved in the bell in those days still stands today as the motto for our management:
"Never let your strength and your will wither, to rise from better to the best. Only when your spirit always yearns for progress do you live, 'tis only those who live that create!" Schubert & Salzer has always weathered the ups and downs of history, because the company has always striven for the better and always has had the power to change.
The drive for freedom is a guiding principle for our group. This is on par with our management philosophy of providing freedom to all units of the company and its employees and of encouraging creative development in our sense of freedom. It is the task of Schubert & Salzer GmbH, as parent company, to provide the framework of organisation for the group and to give freedom to the ideas of all the participants in the creative process. This freedom of creative diversity serves the purpose of meeting the needs of our customers.
Dr. Arnold Kawlath
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10 Feb Black History Month Startup Profile: Maxie Taylor and Goodieboxx
Black History Month was created and is observed annually for remembrance and appreciation of notable people and events in the history of descendants of the African diaspora or people of African ancestry. This month gives us a chance to highlight what these notable people and events not only mean to Black history but to general history at large. Within the startup and entrepreneurial community, black men and women are increasing their contributions but are still behind other racial groups in owning their own business or creating a product. Less than 1 percent of Black Americans receive the venture capital necessary to get their business or product off the ground. Despite those setbacks, there are Black men and women, especially in North Texas, who have been successful. Here are some of their stories.
Could you give a summary of what your product is and the idea or inspiration behind it?
Goodieboxx is a retail automation startup. We've been successful in placing what we call self-service retail machines in mixed-use locations. Our first flagship store, one of the machines placed in the lower level of a luxury apartment complex in the Victory Park neighborhood.
I moved to Dallas from southern California and moved into this neighborhood in an adjacent apartment complex. I just noticed that although it was convenient and there was a resurgence of people moving into the downtown area, there was a lack of retail amenities available for someone who wanted to grab a pack of toilet paper or any type of medicine. So I got to brainstorming and looking at the aesthetics of my apartment building and said 'what if I could save a person in a similar circumstance the trip [of running out to the store]?'
I had a newborn child and I would have to physically ready him to go to the store that was over a mile and a half away, just to buy toilet paper. So I went to the drawing board and came up with the Goodieboxx, a secure, self-service retail store that sits in the common area of an apartment complex with tailored amenities for residents.
What got you into entrepreneurship?
My background is in commercial real estate and finance and it got to the point where I reached that 'glass ceiling' that we hear about. During my career path, I was an assistant vice president of an independent bank but I didn't see where I would go, as far as the career ladder from that point. It got really political and I just saw that I wanted to be more in control of my family's future and destiny.
As an entrepreneur, I feel that you empower others by giving them a job, particularly our community, where African-Americans are disproportionally underemployed or unemployed. I felt empowered just to have a desire or drive to step into entrepreneurship and of course, help give back to the community but also be able to create jobs. So, there was the combination of my work experience and to do something I'm passionate about: filling a need.
As an entrepreneur who is Black and a man, how have those intersections affected how you do business or how you approach your market?
I feel that it has affected me some, in two ways: for one, I believe that I'm kind of an anomaly. I'm Black, I'm a male, I have a clean background and good credit, so to speak, and those are difficult things to come by statistically. That was one of the positive things, but one of the things I feel as a Black entrepreneur is that we for one don't have a lot of education as it relates to the startup culture.
Writing a pitch, venture capital, angel investors; that is a learning curve for some that don't have the fortitude to get that down. We also don't have that infrastructure around us to have those conversations to get us ready for that. So I feel as a Black entrepreneur, if you can keep your nose clean, get a bank loan and do what you have to do in certain instances, that's a blessing in itself. One our obstacles is that we don't have a lot of access to venture capital as it relates to all of our businesses. The angel investments and venture capital doesn't trickle down that far and it puts the Black entrepreneur in a difficult space.
Do you feel that it's important to have people of color, especially Black people, in the entrepreneurial/startup field?
I do, I feel that we're as equal as anyone else in the startup field and being an entrepreneur. I also feel that it's essential for us to be in the entrepreneurial community because of our current situation. We have the highest percentage of unemployment and if a lot of Black entrepreneurs had the resources, the infrastructure and the setup to step into this role of entrepreneurship, we can solve a lot of our own problems by creating our own businesses and creating jobs to help those that don't have jobs.
What advice would you give anyone about becoming an entrepreneur?
I would tell them to throw the 9-to-5 mindset out the window. Don't ever think of it [entrepreneurship] as a clock in and clock out thing, it's an ongoing process. Be prepared to deal with a lot of no's, a lot of rejection and a lot of adversity. But the beauty and the rising of the phoenix, so to speak, coming into entrepreneur ecosystem is having the fortitude and the faith to see things to fruition. If you have the heart and the guts to see things through, you can get a product into the market and reap the rewards.


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LK takes Bobby Jindal and Christopher Dodd to task for shamelessly abusing loopholes in the system for their personal gain, and delivers a brilliant piece, written by the AWOL Dr. John, on unemployment and it's psychological effects on the family. Hollywood David Bernstein weighs in on why America focuses too much on the messenger and not enough on the message.
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The year ahead: Big news coming in the Treasure Valley in 2017
Big construction projects opening in Downtown Boise highlight major changes and events on tap in 2017 across the Treasure Valley. Here's a quarter-by-quarter look at what to expect in development, entertainment, crime, roadwork, government and even the skies above.
Development: The Inn at 500 Capitol — and the attached Richard's restaurant — is scheduled to open in January, ahead of two or three other Boise hotels slated for 2017 openings (see "Spring").
New laws: The Idaho Legislature convenes January 9 and likely will consider familiar topics, including tax breaks, transportation funding and the teacher pay ladder. Republicans, who hold 88 of 105 seats in the combined chambers, may be emboldened to pursue a small-government agenda after President-elect Donald Trump's victory, which leaves the GOP in control of both the presidency and Congress.
Health care: One topic to watch this session is the Medicaid gap. Lawmakers will consider solutions for providing health care to thousands of Idahoans who aren't insured or covered by Medicaid, possibly while the incoming president tries to gut the Affordable Care Act.
The governor: Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, who is being vetted for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, could create ripples through the state if he's nominated to the post. If he does, Lt. Gov. Brad Little would become governor, making him an incumbent during the 2018 governor race. Otter has already said this will be his last term, and Little has filed to run for the office.
Road improvements: Construction starts in January on the Cole Road and Fairview Avenue intersection, widening to eight lanes on Fairview and seven on Cole. The work will also add turn lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks. Construction will continue through August, and Cole south of the intersection will close Jan. 3 for about two months.
Science: A Dinosaur Named Sue, the largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in the world, opens at the Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise on Jan. 21.
Entertainment: Treefort Music Fest returns March 22 through 26 with hundreds of bands playing the main stage and smaller Downtown venues. Additional features this year include Alefort, Filmfort, Foodfort, Hackfort, Kidfort, Storyfort and newcomers Comedyfort and Skatefort.
More entertainment: International jazz artist and Idaho resident Curtis Stigers' "One More for the Road" album releases Jan. 20.
Education: Voters in the Boise School District will decide on a $172 million bond in March that would help build six new schools and fix others.
More education: Kuna School District voters will consider a $40 million school building construction bond and a $2.5 million supplemental levy in March.
Law: Idaho's new system in which losers of civil suits pay the legal fees of the winner takes effect in March, the first of its kind in the nation. Critics say the system may pressure plaintiffs into not filing lawsuits.
Libraries: Boise broke ground for the Library! at Bown Crossing in 2015. The new branch library is expected to open in February or March.
Crime: Emmett resident Ammon Bundy and his brother, Ryan, are back in court in Portland for a Feb. 2 trial on charges stemming from a 2014 occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge and standoff with federal officers with their father, Cliven Bundy.
More crime: Murder suspect Bruce Marchant, accused of killing 18-year-old Boise State University student Sierra Bush, is scheduled to appear in New York Criminal Court on Jan. 5. If he does not waive extradition, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter will have to send a formal request to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Still more crime: Ex-Boise police officer Mark Furniss, accused of stealing thousands from the Fraternal Order of Police, has a preliminary hearing in Fourth District Court on Jan. 10. His wife, Sara, who is also accused of grand theft, has a preliminary hearing that morning.
Development: Hyatt Place, a 152-room hotel at 119 S. 10th St., is slated to open in April.
More development: Residence Inn by Marriott, the 180-room hotel under construction across the street from The Inn at 500 Capitol, is scheduled to open this spring.
Still more development: The Fowler, a 159-unit apartment building at 401 S. 5th Street, is slated for completion this spring. So is The Afton, a 28-condo project under construction at 611 S. 8th St.
Homelessness: A Housing First project that would house up to 40 chronically homeless people on the edge of Downtown is scheduled to break ground this spring. The units are expected to be built on Fairview Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets.
Roadwork: Construction will begin in April on Cole Road between Spectrum Street and Century Way. Crews will install raised concrete median to replace the existing temporary median, wrapping up in May.
More roadwork: Construction on Lake Hazel Road between Pearl Jensen and Acacia avenues will begin in May and end sometime in June. Crews will build sidewalks on both sides of the road.
Health care: St. Luke's Health System faces a May 1 deadline to sell Saltzer Medical Group in Nampa under a judge's order following a federal anti-trust lawsuit.
Crime: Christopher Bohnenkamp, the former Boise custom jet boat maker accused of pocketing millions in prepayments for boats he didn't deliver, is scheduled to stand trial at the U.S. Courthouse in Boise. Bohnenkamp faces 21 counts of fraud and six counts of bank fraud.
Sports: The world's best skateboarders and BMX riders will compete at Rhodes Skate Park in Boise on June 10 for spots in X Games Minneapolis.
Beer: Two breweries are slated to open this spring: Montana-based White Dog Brewing Co. at the old TableRock Brewpub spot Downtown, and Clairvoyant Brewing Co. in the West End.
Entertainment: The 25th anniversary tour of "The Phantom of the Opera" will play June 14 through 25 at the Morrison Center.
More entertainment: The Boise Philharmonic will announce its new music director after a season-long search. Seven national and international directors are vying for the job.
Still more entertainment: After being forced out of its traditional outdoor venue at Grove Plaza because of construction, the outdoor concert series Alive After 5 will return in June.
Development: The final touches will be wrapped up on the park between Jack's Urban Meeting Place and the J.R. Simplot Co.'s new Downtown headquarters when work on the amphitheater wraps up sometime in the summer.
Health Care: Saint Alphonsus Health System will open its new Nampa hospital near I-84 and Garrity Avenue, replacing the old main hospital.
More health care: St. Luke's Health System plans to break ground on its new Children's Pavilion at Jefferson Street and Avenue B, part of its Downtown expansion.
Food and beer: Spring Creek Brewing Co., a pizzeria and pub, is schedule to open in Boise at 18651 N. Streams Edge Way.
Science: A total solar eclipse will happen Aug. 21. Spectators in the Treasure Valley will see only a partial eclipse for two hours and nine minutes, but a swath of Idaho north and east of Boise including Weiser, Smiths Ferry, Stanley, Mackay, Rexburg and Driggs will see a total eclipse for more than two minutes.
Development: The One Nineteen, a 26-condo project at 119 S. 10th St., is slated for completion.
Parks: The next phase of the Esther Simplot Park, which opened in Boise's West End in November, is expected to begin in November. It will connect the whitewater park to the Boise River.
Sports: The Onward Shay! full and half marathon is expected to return after drawing around 1,100 participants in its first year. The race is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon.
Culture: The Idaho State Historical Museum closed in 2014 for an expansion adding 13,000 square feet to its 1950s-era building. It will reopen to the public in the fall.
More culture: The city will open the restored homesite of outsider artist James Castle.
Health care: Saint Alphonsus will open a small "neighborhood hospital" now under construction in the parking lot of its old main hospital at 1512 12th Ave. in Nampa.
More health care: St. Luke's expects to have finished its new 87-bed hospital in Nampa at the intersection of Cherry Lane and Midland Boulevard.
Crime: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to take up the case of four DBSI executives who were convicted of fraud in 2014 in the collapse of the Meridian real-estate investment company. The executives claimed the evidence presented was insufficient for the jury to find them guilty and challenged a judge's pretrial ruling preventing their attorneys from asking potential jurors if they were biased against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All four defendants are Mormon.
Natural resources: Final decisions from the Bureau of Land Management are expected for the Gateway and Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission lines, which would connect to carry electricity across southern Idaho. The projects would still need counties' approval in Idaho and state approval in Oregon.
More natural resources: Idaho Power's effort to relicense its Hells Canyon dams will receive key decisions from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on fish passage, though projects won't be completed until later.
Wildfires: The Forest Service will spend the year rehabilitating the nearly 200,000 acres of the Boise National Forest that burned in the Pioneer Fire. The process will include efforts to get approval for salvage sales that may be challenged.
Development: Developer Chad Olsen hopes to break ground on an eight-apartment project Downtown on the corner of 15th and Front streets. The apartments would preserve the structure of the 9,000-square-foot warehouse standing at the site.
Business: Payroll and human resources company Paylocity is expected to announce its Boise location and may move in as part of expansion plans to hire more than 500 employees in the coming years.
Entertainment: The Egyptian Theatre in Downtown Boise will celebrate its 90th anniversary and is one of only a handful of Egyptian theaters still operating in the country.
Zach Kyle: 208-377-6464, @IDS_ZachKyle. Other Statesman staff members contributed.


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Head of Health, Safety and Environment
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- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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- Salary
- £81,000 - £120,000 per year + Up to 35% bonus, pension
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- 01 May 2018
- Closes
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- Job Function
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- Industry
- Public
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One of the highest profile health and safety leadership roles in the UK.
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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a non-departmental public body created through the Energy Act 2004. Our role is strategic: we establish the overall approach, allocate budgets, set targets and monitor progress - we do not have a hands-on role in cleaning up our facilities. Instead, we deliver our mission through others, primarily Site Licence Companies (SLCs).
Our work, cleaning up the UK's nuclear legacy, is the largest, most important environmental restoration programme in Europe.
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The Head of Health, Safety and Environment provides assessments and specialist advice on the management of HSE risks to senior NDA stakeholders, acting as a "Strategic Authority" on HSE matters. You will also operate as the lead interface to the Chair of the NDA Board Safety committee and managing all HSE aspects on behalf of the Director of Nuclear Operations. .
The Head also works across the estate to support the identification, sharing and adoption of good practice.
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· Chartered membership of IOSH
· holding a senior role in a discipline of nuclear / conventional safety
· robust understanding of decommissioning / conventional safety including environmental regulation and CDM.
· a working knowledge of the wide range of operational and decommissioning activities at nuclear sites would be beneficial but not essential.
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We aren't all super fit and employees don't necessarily have to have worked in health club environments but they do have to have an interest in the industry.
A sport science degree shows a high level of interest. You can then specialise in certain areas such as management. We run a gym managers' training programme to help staff become more successful within our clubs.
It's an exciting, vibrant, fun environment to work in – it's great meeting and working with really talented people. It's hard work and can mean long hours, but the rewards are really high.
The main operators would not want to employ people that aren't qualified to that level. Fitness instructors are self-employed so need to be knowledgeable, approachable and quite proactive about making sure that people know who they are and what they do. People join gyms for different reasons and you need to be able to work out what they want to achieve.


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Singapore is one of my favorite cities/countries. I'd actually love to live there one day but I doubt that will ever happen. One thing I really like is the abundance of cute, hip cafes – including cat cafes! My favorite cat cafe in the whole world is actually in Singapore. It's called "The Company of Cats".
What's so special about this place? Well, on the day we visited, it was really quiet, so there were a lot of cats to go around! The decor, however, is the best part. It's both cat-friendly and undeniably cool. It even has Pusheen cushions. If you haven't heard of Pusheen, you need to check it out by the way.
There are shelves full of cute cat art and funny cat books such as "How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You". These shelves double as a kitty playground. I bet the staff have to pick all of the trinkets off the floor on a regular basis – you know how cats love to knock things over…
This cat cafe has 11 residents at the time of publishing. There is plenty of space for them along with quite a few human guests. To enter, you must pay a cover charge of $14SGD for the first hour and then $5SGD for each half hour after that. This includes a standard drink. There are reduced rates on weekends and for members.
There's a little store area by the reception desk – it's full of cute feline merchandise. I got two stickers for free with entrance, but I'm not sure if they still do that. They're happily decorating one of my storage baskets.
The Company of Cats is located in the Chinatown district of Singapore and you should have no problems finding it. The exact address is 6B Mosque Street. Check out the gallery below for some photos 🙂


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Philip Bloom
Last month I shot some idents for the Ultimate Strongman show for Challenge TV to be aired at the end of the year.
They were happy for me to put together a little edit for myself using some of the footage.
Shot at 5k at 120FPS and 2k at 300FPS
Music is my favourite piece of music ever. Beethoven 7th Symphony movement 2. Sorry, I have used it before but it felt so right for this.
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Voting as a Way to Help the Unborn
As people repeatedly state, abortion is NOT the only issue. However, I believe that because God hates the shedding of innocent blood, and has a special love for the most vulnerable and defenseless children, abortion is the single most important issue facing this country. I cannot see how any Christian cannot agree a least that it is ONE of the most important issues.
If your state has a prolife measure up for vote this year or is trying to get one off the ground, I encourage you first of all to vote, and then also to prayerfully consider how you can be involved in supporting these prolife efforts.
For those of you in Oregon: Citizen Initiative #25 is seeking to end public funding of abortion in Oregon. The proposed constitutional amendment reads, "No public funds shall be used to pay for any abortion, except to save the life of the mother or as may be required by federal law." This initiative is an opportunity for all pro-life individuals, churches and organizations to unite and work together to gather the needed 150,000 signatures by May 18th to get it on the ballot.
The amendment does not restrict abortion, but it will ensure that taxpayers who are morally or fiscally opposed to paying for abortions will no longer have to. (For example, in 2009 there were 10,801 abortions in Oregon, and of those, 3,375 were paid for by taxpayers via the Oregon Health Plan. That's 65 babies per week.)
Timing could be on the side of the amendment, due to the current economy and a nationwide desire to cut government spending (including seeking to defund Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America).
For more information, and to learn how you can help support the initiative, go to www.Oregon2012.org.
For more information on abortion, check out www.Abort73.com or my book Why Prolife? For ideas on how to get involved in prolife efforts, including through political action, see 50 Ways to Help Unborn Babies and their Mothers.
Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of fifty-some books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.


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TV wildlife expert Chris Packham has hit out at I'm A Celebrity for what he called "outdated and puerile abuse of animals".
The BBC Autumnwatch star says he "dreads this time of year" because of the way bugs and other creatures are treated in Bushtucker Trials.
He suggested contestants should also be mistreated if "animal-baiting" was to continue on TV.
Packham, 51, added: "Why not flog, birch, tar and feather or hang draw and quarter the contestants as well?
"After all these practices date from the same periods when animal-baiting was popular entertainment."
ITV said it took animal welfare very seriously and expert handlers were there at all times during trials.
"It's a pathetic farce": Chris Packham in his own words
I dread this time of year because I know I'm going to feel depressed and angry.
You see myself and my many colleagues in television and conservation have been working hard to increase everyone's appreciation of wildlife, their love for all life, their understanding of its beauty and of the need to conserve it.
We don't just go for the cute and cuddly, we champion the ugly and unpopular too and I work really hard to win new audiences over to the wonder and real value of nature.
Then I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here rears its horrible head.
I don't mind reality TV, I don't dislike Ant and Dec, but I totally abhor the idiotic, out-dated and puerile abuse of animals that takes place on this show.
It undermines everything we try to do and it betrays an ignorant and wholesale disrespect for life.
For me it is no more than mediaeval style exploitation and a shameful indictment of how low TV will stoop to 'entertain'.
Why not flog, birch, tar and feather or hang, draw and quarter the contestants as well?
After all these practices date from the same periods when animal baiting was popular entertainment.
Because lets face it these people are never in any real danger – the tiny crocodiles have their mouths gagged, the spiders have their fangs covered or removed, the snakes are non-venomous and the whole area has been drenched in insecticide so the poor things don't get too pestered by biting insects.
It's a pathetic farce.
Gandhi had a profound respect for animal life and he said: 'The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.'
For me there is certainly nothing great about the animal abuse on I'm a Celebrity, it's amoral and undermines all the progress I strive to make.
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Chew Stoke Harvest Home 2018
Saturday 8th SeptemberThe family favourite returns this autumn!
Yes folks, the Chew Stoke Harvest Home is back. If you've not been before, see the Galleries section to see what you've missed!
Please come and join us!
Main arena & attractionsAll the favourites already organised, Flower & Produce Show,
Dog Show, Raffle, Stalls Galore, BBQ, Tea Tent & Bar ... and lots more!
Now with some new additions to this year's show.
Marky Jay will be here with his fantastic comedy juggling skills
Men of Chew and Congresbury Brass Band will be prividing musical entertainment
Tickets£3 on day, Children under 14 FREE
Opening timesHarvest Home
12.30pm gates open
Ogborne Field, Chew Lane (Opp. Chew Valley School)
How to find usChew Stoke is a small, rural NE Somerset village situated roughly equidistant between Bristol, Bath and Wells. We are adjacent to Chew Valley Lake, surrounded by beautiful farmland hills and orchards & approximately 10 minutes from Bristol airport. map
WARNING Precautions have been made to ensure the safety of the public attending the Show. Admission is on condition that spectators agree and undertake to absolve the promoters and organisers of the Show and every other person connected therewith from all liability for injury to any person or damage to or loss of property during the Show or any claim relating to goods purchased.


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The partner of a Northern Ireland motorcycle racing doctor who died in a crash has said he will own her heart forever.
Dr John Hinds was fatally injured while providing medical cover at a Skerries 100 practice session in Dublin last Friday.
His funeral was held at St Patrick's Church in Portaferry, Co Down, and his partner Janet paid tribute.
She said: "My quiet man who will own my heart forever.
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A blog specialising in heavy metal album reviews and interviews.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Amorphis - Circle
Nuclear Blast Records/Riot! Entertainment
Although I call myself a fan, I can't say that I've truly enjoyed everything that Finnish (Helsinki) based outfit Amorphis have released throughout the years. When I take a broader view of their output from their twenty three year career, it's apparent that for every one of the band's truly inspired releases, there's a follow-up release that sees the band treading water with an album that seriously lacks in inspiration and song writing that lifts it up and beyond the bar set by the band themselves in the past. In other words, while Amorphis have released some truly outstanding and memorable releases, the band's back catalogue isn't without its share of lacklustre releases as well.
It's been two years since the release of 'The Beginning Of Times' (2011), and I can't say that I was in any great rush to listen to their latest release 'Circle' given how disappointed I was with their last effort. Granted, 'The Beginning Of Times' did have its moments, but I couldn't help but feel that the album didn't really offer much in the way of anything new from the band sound wise, and the album's hour long running time left me feeling like they were simply padding the album with needless filler instead of trimming it down to an album of tracks that represented them at their best.
So with virtually no expectations, I decided to give the twelfth full-length effort a spin. And while I'm not about to say that 'Circle' is the one of the band's best, it's certainly a stronger and more inspired sounding effort from the band in some years.
The six piece band (Who comprise of vocalist Tomi Joutsen, lead guitarist Esa Holopainen, rhythm guitarist Tomi Koivusaari, bassist Niclas Etelävuori, keyboardist Santeri Kallio and drummer Jan Rechberger) get the album off to a truly outstanding start with the opening cut 'Shades Of Gray'. Starting out with plenty of aggression that leans more towards the band's early death metal roots, the song soon transforms into something more akin to their current melodic rock vein, bolstered by a chorus that's memorable. Amorphis have never been afraid to blur the boundaries between genres in the past, but never have the band been able to cleverly mix the old with the new in such a potent and seamless form. Joutsen's vocals (Both in growl and cleaner efforts) sounds as impressive as ever, while the band's ability to move from one style to the next and back again is nothing short of fantastic.
The next track 'Mission' isn't really all that far removed from what Amorphis have been offering up for some time now (Especially since Joutsen joined the group in 2005), but when it's done this well, doing something completely different doesn't enter the equation. With its epic undertones, lush atmospherics and stand out chorus structures, 'Mission' is the kind of song that Amorphis have built their career on, and this is the perfect example of when the band is truly inspired and write a song that draws together all of the trademark elements that make up their sound in the one song.
'The Wanderer' (The second single lifted from the album) follows a similar path to its predecessor, albeit with a little more directness and a greater emphasis on guitar riffs/solos over keyboards (Holopainen really stands out on this track), while 'Narrow Path' sees a welcome return of the band's folk influences with the use of flute (Provided by Sakari Kukko) interwoven throughout the song's decidedly guitar heavy driven soundtrack.
'Hopeless Days' (The first single released from the album) is a track that took me by surprise with its darker sounding verses and light filled choruses. Amorphis aren't afraid to experiment a little here and there, but this track really does see the band pushing the progressive side of their song writing a little more in that direction and it works exceedingly well. And when the clutches of guitar passages are delivered with openness like this that can only be produced by Peter Tägtgren (Who is otherwise the mastermind behind Hypocrisy and Pain), it transforms the whole song to an entirely new level. Needless to say, the song is a personal favourite.
The doomy/melodic black metal influenced 'Nightbird's Song' continues along the same vein in terms of heaviness with Joutsen's growled vocals coming back into the mix, but is broken up with some passages of flute to give the song a bit of breathing space, while the slower paced 'Enchanted By The Moon' maintains the heavier vibe of the former track, albeit with a greater sense of doom atmospherics that Amorphis mastered some years ago.
'Into The Abyss' best represents the album with its melodic progressive metal sounding direction, Holopainen's outstanding contribution of guitars throughout and Joutsen's superb melodies, while the progressive based closer 'A New Day' finishes up the album on a high note with some saxophone being brought into the mix and Joutsen's truly soaring chorus.
As I mentioned earlier, I've always considered Amorphis' track record a little hit and miss. But after giving 'Circle' a good listen, I have to conclude that this is one of the band's finer efforts in recent years, and certainly one of this year's unexpected surprise releases. In short – this album comes highly recommended to Amorphis fans.
For more information on Amorphis, check out - http://www.amorphis.net/
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Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) July 11, 2014 - ANY LAB TEST NOW®, the first direct access lab testing services business with more than 150 franchise locations across the U.S., congratulates San Marcos, Texas owner, Michelle Schlotter, on being the recipient of The Child Welfare Board Region 7 Volunteer of the Year Award, presented to her on May 22, for her innovative and impactful fundraising endeavors. Schlotter's outstanding efforts gained momentum after being asked to chair the Hays County Child Protective Board, HCCPB, fundraising committee in September of 2013.
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ANAHUAC, August 13, 2014 - Lee College will offer its clinical medical assistant (CMA) program in Anahuac this August, giving residents of Chambers County the opportunity to train for an exciting and rewarding health care career without having to travel far from home.
Information sessions for the CMA program in Anahuac will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, at the Anahuac High School library. Potential students will meet staff from the college Center for Workforce and Community Development and learn more about entry requirements, class registration, financial aid opportunities and scholarships available to help pay for the cost of the program.
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Title: Monsieur Ka
Author: Vesna Goldsworthy
Publisher: 22nd February 2018 by Random House UK, Vintage Publishing
Pages: 288 pages
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'Without quite realising that I would do it until it happened, I raised myself on my toes and kissed his frozen cheek. In Paris, it would have been an unremarkable gesture. In Alexandria, an invitation. I still had no idea about London.'
The London winter of 1947. As cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. The Karenins keep their vodka under the layers of snow in their suburban garden, in bottles entombed like their Russian past. But when a young Frenchwoman arrives to work as a companion to the aged 'Monsieur Ka' he begins to tell his story...
Albertine is the wife of a British army officer who is often abroad on covert government business. Lonely, yet eager to work, she begins to write Monsieur Ka's life story a as a secret gift to him, and even learns his mother tongue. To her ear it is like 'the sound of falling snow'. As she is drawn into Ka's dramatic past, her own life is shaken to its foundations. For in this family of former princes, there are present temptations which could profoundly affect her future.
My Thoughts
This is an interesting little book, seeking to cover quite an array of themes and stories. And, if I am completely honest, a few too many irons were in this fire for me; at times, I am found myself unsure of the essence of this book - what was it really all about? I have walked away from it a little unsure and a feeling like it's unfinished.
'Toska is one of those Russian words,' Monsieur Carr had said, 'which have no English equivalents. It means "a dull ache of the soul".'
Firstly, you have Albertine and her story (along with others in the book) which is most likely the strongest theme, that being, one of displacement and the struggles - not only after a war in her case, but generally the upheaval of leaving. This theme can also be linked to that of her husband and the Russians she encounters throughout. I think the author did a good job of conveying the loneliness and isolation felt, especially considering how frequently Albertine was left alone while her husband traveled throughout postwar Europe.
'I came to hate her (Anna Karenina) because, when she couldn't have us both, she wanted that other man, my father's rival and namesake, more than she wanted me.'
The story I probably enjoyed most was that of Sergei Alexandrovich, whos original surname was Karenin, thus making him the son of Anna from the famous Tolstoy story. The creative inclusion of Anna Karenina's story is truly very clever, helping to interweave the major themes of love and family throughout history - Albertine's family, her husband Albert's family and of course, Sergei (Monsieur Ka). I also really appreciated the inclusion of Sergei's later life - marriage and imprisonment - and the decline of the Old Russian order.
"Prague, Paris, Berlin: they were all full of homeless Russians, once princes and generals, now taxi drivers and doormen in fashionable hotels."
It was interesting to witness the production of Alexander Korda's film version of the Tolstoy book in which Sergei had a consultation role. Cameo appearances by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier made it seem that much more real - once again, that clever combination of fact and fiction.
"The fictional lives we read about –your Anna, your Emma Bovary here –are so much more authentic than ours, and not just in the sense that they leave a deeper, more permanent mark on the world, while we, so-called real people, vanish without a trace."
So you can see, there is quite a deal going on here and I think I would have appreciated a more singular focus on one of the above outlined aspects. All up, it's about the stories we are told, or tell ourselves, but I just feel the delivery could have been a little smoother. That is not to say that the writing suffers - it is clearly evident that Goldsworthy is a serious writer.
'We harm no one but ourselves by feeling slighted; we carry acid in our soul even when it eats nothing but the vessel it is stored in.'
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The people who create the ideas behind movies produced in Los Angeles often don't get the recognition of J.K. Rowling, the author of the wildly-popular Harry Potter fantasy books. Many writers are firmly behind the scenes with other, less-than-affluent artists, while movie production companies and actors are in the forefront. Consequently, big-moneyed studios have a distinct advantage in intellectual property disputes with authors.
The name Frank Petrella probably doesn't ring a bell. It's highly probable you identify with the name Robert DeNiro, the star of the Academy Award winning movie "Raging Bull" and dozens of other movies. The film about boxer Jake LaMotta's life earned DeNiro a best actor Oscar in 1981, the same year Petrella died.
Petrella wrote a 1963 screenplay, which a copyright infringement lawsuit claims was the basis for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Raging Bull." The screenwriter's daughter, who inherited the copyright, is suing MGM. A California federal appeals court favored the movie studio, which asserted the copyright claim was too old to be valid.
The litigation then moved to the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices issued a split decision. Justices kept the case alive by ruling a lower court should rehear the case. The high court felt the daughter's claim was not as ancient as MGM claimed.
The lawsuit concentrates on three years of alleged infringement leading up the case's filing – the same years MGM spent $8.5 million to re-release "Raging Bull" on DVD. The U.S. Copyright Act limits a plaintiff's time to file a legal action to three years after the time of infringement, but in this case, the Supreme Court felt the violation was "ongoing," placing it within the legal time frame.
Copyright infringement litigation may be a one-time shot for artists trying to assert their legal rights. Going up against an industry Goliath must be worth the effort and expense. The first consideration is whether a case has a solid foundation.
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Penn State Track's Middle-Distance Phenoms Making Noise Ahead Of Big Ten Championships
The Penn State track team – particularly the middle-distance squad – has been making plenty of noise this year. That shouldn't be surprising. On the men's side, sophomore Isaiah Harris has become the leader of the middle distance team while Danae Rivers, a freshman from Connecticut, has blown the doors off of the competition in her first year for the women's squad.
Isaiah Harris is coming off a terrific freshman year after winning three Big Ten titles and breaking the Big Ten record in the indoor 800m. He believes that a lot of his confidence and belief stems from what he accomplished his freshman year. "I had high expectations for myself from the beginning of the year because of what I achieved last year," Harris said. "I started off where I wanted to be."
In 2016, Harris qualified for Olympic Trials – which are broken into three rounds – and reached the final, placing sixth. To put that in perspective, he needed a top three finish to qualify for the Olympics. "Knowing that I can go through the rounds and still consistently run fast times in the short amount of time of rest – it goes to show that my strength is where I would want it to be and I can trust what (Coach) Gondak is doing in training. Believing in what I do everyday will pay off in the end is big," Harris said. "It's a confidence booster knowing I can compete well against professional athletes. I can go into each race and not have to be nervous."
Harris' success has naturally led to more of a leadership role on the team. He finds himself giving every piece of knowledge that he can to his teammates. His confidence must be high after this weekend when he ran the mile (an event he hadn't run since his senior year of high school) in a blistering 4:05.89.
He isn't the only standout on this young and talented middle-distance team. Rivers, the immensely gifted freshman, has made her mark early on as well. In her first three meets as a Nittany Lion, Rivers (repeatedly) broke the school record in the indoor 800m.
She didn't really expect anything in particular heading into the first race of her first meet where she broke the school record in the 600m. "I guess coach had an idea, but I just went out and did it," Rivers laughed. "I didn't know I had broken the record until one of my teammates said 'Oh look!' and I looked at the scoreboard."
The freshman never could've imagined all of this immediate success. She noted that building a base up during cross country season was key to come in and meet the new year strong even with the transition into college life.
"It's a commitment – something that I do everyday – and it does keep you on your toes because your putting in this many hours of track and you only have so much time for [everything else]," Rivers said.
She hopes to stay on the same pace in terms of learning how to race in college, but all of her success has shifted her goals slightly now that she knows how capable she is at the collegiate level. Rivers has an infectious personality, giving off a very positive vibe that almost certainly helps her in training day in and day out.
Harris had nothing but good things to say about Rivers when asked about his freshman teammate. "Danae – she's amazing. She's just a really awesome person in general," Harris said. "She's really nice and really humble. Just knowing how she did in high school, everyone expected big things from her. [This level of success] wasn't out of her reach to begin."
Heading into the Big Ten Indoor Championships next weekend, Penn State is expected to make waves. The Penn State women are ranked No. 14 in the nation — the highest-ranked team in the conference. Both middle-distance stars are primed to earn Big Ten titles with Rivers having the conference-best time in the 600m and 800m, and Harris recording the nation's top 600m time and a conference second-best time in the 800m.
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So Republican Senator Marco Rubio is in the public consciousness right now for some comments he made about the scientific consensus being that life begins at conception. This is true, but I'll get there in a moment. The Washington Post, taking Rubio as his word, decided to take him up on that challenge. Or at least they think they did. Now, Rubio's comments came after a question he was given regarding climate change. It is beyond the scope of this article to talk about that topic or Rubio's comments regarding it.
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Now Lyft passengers will have the opportunity to get Delta SkyMiles every time they request a ride.
Delta's vice president Sandeep Dube released a statement about the decision.
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