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Predict: I predict that this problem will involve money, amounts and comparing.
Read: "Which deal costs less per millilitre? A) 75c for 500 mL B) $2 for 2L"
Clarify: nothing to clarify
What's the BIG Question?: Out of the two deals, which one will end up costing less per millilitre?
Strategy: "Write an Equation" (For more strategies check out my "Mathematician's Toolbox" page, here is the link: http://grace2012.global2.vic.edu.au/mathematicians-toolbox/ Enjoy!)
Solving Procedure: Firstly I instantly knew that if it was $2 for 2L then it would be $1 for 1L. To work out how much option A was I timed 75 by 2 and got 150. So it would cost $1.50 for 1L for option A and option B was $1 so the answer would be option B.
Summary: In the end I got the answer of option B and used my estimated strategies and my prediction was also correct.
By Gracie 🙂


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We awoke this morning to a new year. This is a day known for new beginnings for many. New years resolutions are promised, only to be soon forgotten. It's a day recognized as a starting point. Out with the old and in with the new.
I love that as a Christian, one that has been forgiven all, every day is a clean slate. I wake up every morning and instead of resolving to "do better" today, my resolve is to know more today. To know my Savior better when I lay my head down tonite.
I want to see something in Him I've never before noticed, to hear the still small whisper that lets me know He's ever present, or to feel His touch as He gives me someone to love or comfort.
I embrace each day as a new beginning, because each one is hand crafted by Him. And every morning that He wakes me up into the day He has made, the hunt for treasures begins. The treasures He's placed in this day for me to find.
Happy New Year to those who don't know the pleasure of being His. Happy New Day to those who share His joy with me.

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Software required:
7-zip: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Virtualbox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads (Or you could use https://cloudbase.it/qemu-img-windows/ which is less to install)
Azure PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/install-azurerm-ps?view=azurermps-5.0.0
Azure Storage Explorer: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=708343&clcid=0x409
Install the software listed above. Azure Storage Explorer isn't needed but makes it a lot easier to both upload and move files between storage accounts.
Converting the file
Rename the OVA-file to filename.TAR, unpack it with 7-zip so that you get the VMDK-file in a directory.
Start a command prompt (CMD.exe) and navigate to the "C:\Program Files\Oracle\Virtualbox" directory
Using vboxmanage.exe we'll convert our file to VHD.
Once it's done we'll need to upload it to Azure.
Create a storage account in the portal
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-create-storage-account for instructions.
Create a blob container
Using Azure Storage Explorer you can create a blob container.
Upload the VHD
Click the upload button and select "Upload Files". Select one or more VHD-files to upload
Click "Upload" and wait for it to complete.
Deploying your virtual machine
For the script to work you will need an existing Resource Group containing a virtual network.
You will need to replace the variables with the settings for your deployment.
From storage explorer you can copy the storage account name and osDiskURI.
Click your storage account that you uploaded the files to:
The name of the storage account can be found at the bottom.
Click your blob container
The URL is found at the bottom and the URI is made up of URL + filename, in this example it's azurevm.vhd. So the URI would be "https://revmgrstorage.blob.core.windows.net/revmgr/azurevm.vhd"
The rest of the variables can be found in the portal.
Copy the below script to the editor of your choice. I prefer Notepad++ or PowerShell ISE.
$RGName = "resourcegroupname" $storageAccName = "storageaccountname" $ComputerName = "Computer name" $osDiskName = "name-of-osdisk" $osDiskUri = "https://storageaccountname.blob.core.windows.net/blobcontainer/filename.vhd" $location = "West Europe" $vmName = "vm name" $vmSize = "Standard_A2" $cred = Get-Credential $vnetName = "existing vnet name" $subnetIndex=0 $vnet=Get-AzureRMVirtualNetwork -Name $vnetName -ResourceGroupName $rgName $nicName="nic name" $pip=New-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -AllocationMethod Dynamic -Force $nic=New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $nicName -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[$subnetIndex].Id -PublicIpAddressId $pip.Id -Force $storageAcc = Get-AzureRmStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $rgName -AccountName $storageAccName $vmConfig = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize $vmSize $vm = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $vmConfigget -Id $nic.Id $vm = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $vm -Name $osDiskName -VhdUri $osDiskUri -CreateOption attach -Linux New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $rgName -Location $location -VM $vm -Verbose
Edit the script with your parameters.
Use Add-AzureRMAccount to login to your subscription.
Run the script in PowerShell.
The script will only work for Linux virtual machines.
Once the script is done your vm is deployed to Azure.


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Tis the season for celebrity pregnancy announcements! It seems like everyday another one of our favorite famous couples is announcing a new bundle of joy. Adding to the list of expecting A-listers is none other than former first daughter— Chelsea Clinton.
According to E!News Chelsea and husband Marc Mezvinsky took to twitter to announce the new addition to the family "Next summer, Charlotte is going to be a big sister! Feeling very blessed & grateful this holiday season." Charlotte is the pair's first daughter whom they welcomed last September. Hillary Clinton was quick to post her own message of congratulations to her daughter, tweeting "Your dad and I could not be happier for you, Marc, and Charlotte. We're so excited to meet our second grandchild! —H"
See More: Sean Lowe Reveals Gender Preference for First Child
Between the announcement of a new baby and the craziness of election season, it looks like Christmas just became that much more exciting at the Clinton household. We can only imagine the family gushing over the newest addition while Hillary plans her campaign strategy for 2016 in front of the fire, just a typical holiday for one of America's most political families.
Chelsea isn't the only politician's daughter expecting, pal Ivanka Trump is pregnant with her third child. The fashion designer announced her pregnancy in a sweet Facebook video in late September. The video features Trump with her two children, and Trump revealed she had to resort to bribery to get them to cooperate. "I usually try to feed my kids healthy food, but I gave Joseph his first lollipop ever in exchange for his best behavior. It's the mommy trick we all say we'll never do, but when you have multiple children, it's pretty hard to be above it... it just works too well!!" The bribery definitely worked because the video could not have been cuter.
Chelsea has often gushed about her mom, most recently when she appeared on Ellen DeGeneres a few months ago. "I didn't know that I could love and admire and respect my mom anymore until I became a mom and couldn't believe any more in her as the right leader for the country I want my daughter to grow up in," Chelsea said at the time, "but I do because she has been working to ensure that every woman should get the chance to grow up to be you or to grow up and be the next Hillary Clinton."
Chelsea and Mezvinsky tied the knot on July 31, 2010 at Astor Courts. Former President Bill Clinton walked his daughter down the aisle while she wore a Vera Wang gown and long veil. The two had known each other for years but didn't start dating until late 2005. After four years together Mezvinsky popped the question. Chelsea's wedding planner, Bryan Rafanelli, shared his favorite wedding planning tips with BRIDES in 2012.


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According to the new study from the National University of Singapore, Chinese seniors aged 55 and above may benefit from drinking tea as it reduces the risk of cognitive decline by 50%. People who are genetically at risk to Alzheimer's may lower their risk by up to 86% by doing so.
So, give your mothers or anyone in your life who look after you like a mother, a gift of health by giving her tea. Click here to shop for organic tea and herbal teas.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170316093412.htm


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Dolly Parton is returning to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for the first time in 13 years to raise money for a good cause.
The Dolly Parton: Pure and Simple concert event to be held on July 31 will be part of the Dustin Wells Foundation's Gift of Music benefit to support the W.O. Smith School of Music.
"The 'Gift of Music' is something that runs deep within my kin folks," Parton said. "I love and cherish the Ryman and I am really excited to perform there to help raise money for the Dustin Wells Foundation. This goes to help many young kids that are part of the W.O. Smith School of Music. Through all of us working together we can make a difference in helping a child feel the magic in making music."
Even though Parton has called Nashville home since 1964, it will be her first concert in the Music City since her Halos & Horns Tour in 2002. Fans in attendance are sure to see a dazzling performance from one of country music's most talented and legendary artists.
Tickets for the event will go on sale Saturday, June 20 at 10 AM CDT through the Ryman website. A limited number of VIP packages will also be available through the Dustin Wells Gift of Music website.


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The Washington State Senate's Democratic leadership on Monday pledged to deploy a parliamentary maneuver called the Ninth Order to force a floor vote on two bills they believe will pass but are being kept bottled up in committee by conservative Republican chairs.
The highest profile bill is the Washington Dream Act, which would allow undocumented immigrant students — many of whom have lived in the state for most of their lives — to apply for State Need Grants to complete their education. Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, who chairs the Senate Higher Education Committee, has refused to allow her panel to vote on the legislation.
"The moral case is really compelling," said State Sen. David Frockt, D-Seattle, citing testimony of young people before the Legislature. (There would have been more testimony had Sen. Bailey not canceled a public hearing.) The Dream Act passed the state House of Representatives in a bipartisan 77-20 vote.
The other legislation is the Reproductive Parity Act, which would require that all insurance companies in the state provide coverage for abortions if their policies also cover maternity care. It passed the House on a largely party line vote.
"We have a majority of (Senate) members who want these bills to pass, but the philosophical majority is not being allowed to bring these bills forward," said Senate Democratic Leader Ed Murray, D-Seattle.
The blocking of the Dream Act by Sen. Bailey has come as a bipartisan "Gang of Eight" in the U.S. Senate is about to introduce immigration reform legislation that would permit a path to citizenship for undocumented residents of the United States. "We're kind of bucking national trends," said Frockt.
The State Senate is ruled by a coalition of 23 Republican senators and two renegade Democrats. Members of the coalition are supporting the two held-up bills. Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom says he backs the Dream Act, but has said he won't use the Ninth Order to free it from Sen. Bailey's clutches. State Sen. Steve Litzow, an Eastside Republican, is a lead sponsor of the Reproductive Parity Act.
Under rules governing the Legislature's schedule, the Ninth Order must be applied by Wednesday night. The order is applied when a majority of Senators override committee holdups and force floor consideration of legislation.
The Reproductive Parity Act is clearly the tougher option. Sen. Murray claimed it has a majority 25 votes needed for passage. He appeared much more confident of the Dream Act.
The Reproductive Parity Act has drawn intense opposition from the Washington State Catholic Conference, but equally intense support from groups like Planned Parenthood Votes ans NARAL Pro-Choice Washington that form a kind of penumbra of the Democratic Party.
In recent testimony to the Senate, Seattle's Catholic Archbishop J. Peter Sartain predicted a protracted battle even if the bill clears the Legislature.
"We Catholic bishops want to be very clear," he said. "The Catholic Church in Washington state and its affiliated organizations do not now, nor will we in the future, offer coverage for abortion in our health care plans. There is every reason to believe that if this legislation passes in its present form, an appeal to the courts, which would be protracted and costly to all parties, would result."


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My Slo English Classroom has gone through a thorough renovation. The walls have got a new coat of paint, the teacher has changed her handwriting and we've even installed some nice red telephone boxes in there. And wait, there's more. Our Facebook page is also updated - that old blackboard is gone and replaced by a smartboard, and since the holidays are (almost) over, there's a fresh new cover photo as well: CLICK. I hope you like the changes. And if you do, you might want to donate to our designer, LanguageSitter® (they're not only great designers but amazing language teachers as well!). I hear they accept all currencies.
So, new year, new layout - and expect lots of new content!


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I have already recommended him to friends and family. I recommend him to anyone who wants to recover from back / other problems."
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Naturopaths are specialists in the alleviation of chronic health problems using a variety of methods such as: Nutritional advice, Detoxification, the use of natural health supplements, Lifestyle changes, Hydrotherapy, and Stress management.
Matthew is an experienced practitioner and also teaches on the Masters in Osteopathy & Naturopathy course at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine, London. He was awarded a Distinction in his Masters in Osteopathy & Naturopathy, whilst also being awarded the Best Osteopathic and Naturopathic Clinician Prize at the British College of Osteopathy Medicine, London.
I specialise in treating patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / M.E & Fibromyalgia. I have had personal experience of recovering from CFS, and use all of this experience along with my training in Osteopathy, Naturopathy & Nutrition to help people fully recover from these life-altering conditions. Patients have even travelled from as far afield as France and Scotland for treatment.


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This summer, I had the privilege to spend two months in San Francisco. Spent most of my time in the office, but I did manage to get out and see things every now and then. Oh, and I also played No Man's Sky.
It really wasn't such a bad game guys, chill your beans.
The Food
The Drinks
The Views
The Hardware
The Me
My only regret? Squirtle didn't put any flowers in my hair 🙁


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1. Pull together a simple beverage station on the island and let everyone help themselves. Add a bucket of sodas to the patio so children can grab what they want too.
2. Add a few flowers to your patio to make it feel more inviting.
5. Fake a clean house - 5 minute cleanups. Straighten up, dust the main surfaces and wipe down the bathroom.
Now relax, enjoy your company and be part of the party. Enjoy this wonderful country's birthday and thank God we live in America.
Be sure to get all your projects lined up for Inspire Me Tuesday. Party goes live Monday afternoon at 3 PM CMT. Can't wait to see you there.


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On a Wednesday night this month, Jerry Brown took the microphone at a San Francisco bar and channeled his inner Obama, preaching post-partisanship and unity while pledging to fix California's "very screwed-up state of politics."
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In order to effectively control and/or prevent diabetes, close monitoring of one's diet is essential. When it comes to losing weight, however, what you eat will have the biggest impact; although exercise matters quite a lot, as well.
Contrary to popular belief though, a diabetic's nutritional requirement is exactly the same as everybody else's–no special food, nothing really complicated.
A diabetic diet is simply one that is high in nutrients, low in fat, and moderate in calories, making it healthy for non-diabetics, as well. (We recommend the South Beach Diet as a good diet plan for diabetics)
Opt for high-fiber carbohydrates
Compared to fats and proteins, carbohydrates have the most influence on blood sugar levels.What you need to do is to restrain your intake of highly processed carbohydrates (such as pasta, white bread, and rice), soda, junk foods, etc. Instead, choose complex carbohydrates that are high in fiber, like brown rice, sweet potatoes, yams, whole wheat pasta and bread, rolled oats, etc.
These types of carbohydrates helps even out blood sugar levels as they are digested more slowly, preventing your body from producing too much insulin. They also allow you to stay full longer and provides energy.One way to determine which carbohydrates are best for your diet is through the Glycemic Index (GI).
The GI allows you to figure out how quickly food is converted to sugar in your system. High GI foods raises the blood sugar rapidly, while low GI foods have minimal effects. Needless to say, a diabetic diet must consist of low GI food entries.
Here's a simplified way to do it:
- Eat plenty of non-starchy vegetables, beans, and fruits, like apples, pears, peaches, berries, bananas, mangoes, and papayas.
- Eat whole grains, such as whole-kernel bread, brown rice, and whole barley, millet, and wheat berries as much as possible. But you can also have minimally processed ones, like stone-ground bread, steel-cut oats, and natural granola or muesli breakfast cereals.
- Narrow down your intake of white potatoes, refined grain products, and concentrated sweets. Make white breads and white pasta as side dishes instead. Make ice cream an occasional treat and limit fruit juices to not more than a cup a day. Totally steer clear of sweetened drinks.
- Choose healthy proteins and fats, such as beans, fish, skinless chicken, olive oil, nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans), and avocados. Say no hydrogenated fats, which are usually found in fast foods and many packaged goods.
- Have 5-6 meals a day, eating slowly and stopping when you're full. Never skip breakfast.
Be careful about sweets
Just because you have diabetes, doesn't mean you have to completely eliminate sugar in your diet. What is important is for you to be smart about your sweet choices and keep your consumption moderate.
Probably the most important question is: how do you incorporate sweets in a diabetic diet? It's quite simple actually. Here's how:
- Forget the bread or pasta if you're having dessert. Consuming sweets during a meal means additional intake of carbohydrates. Therefore, it is best to cut down on carbs during the same meal.
- Add a little healthy fat to your dessert. Fat slows down digestion, meaning blood sugar levels don't spike as quickly. Opt for healthy fats like those that can be found on peanut butter, ricotta cheese, yogurt, and some nuts.
- Eat sweets with a meal. Eaten on their own, sweets and desserts can rapidly increase your blood sugar levels. To slow it down, eat them along with other healthy foods as part of your meal.
- Savor each bite. Enjoy your dessert. Bite, chew, and bask in all its deliciousness. This will also prevent you from overeating.
- And to cut down on your sugar intake, here's how:Reduce your soda and juice intake. Instead, have sparkling water, plain or with a little juice mixed in.
- Reducesugar amounts by ¼ to ⅓ when cooking or increase sweetness by adding cinnamon, nutmeg, or vanilla extract.
- Satisfy your sweet tooth the healthy way. Instead of ice cream, blend up frozen bananas for a creamy, frozen treat. Or enjoy a small chunk of dark chocolate, rather than your usual milk chocolate bar.
Choose healthy fats
Diabetics must be careful with their fat intake, especially since they are more prone to heart diseases. Fats are also high in calories. Therefore, portion sizes must also be closely monitored.What are healthy fats?
These are unsaturated founds, which usually comes from plant and fish sources. Examples are olive oil, canola oil, nuts, and avocados. These also include omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon, tuna, and flaxseeds, which can fight inflammation and are known to be good for the heart.
To effectively increase the amount of healthy fats in your diet, here's what you can do:
- Cook with olive oil.
- Remove any visible fat from meat before cooking. Peel of the skin before cooking chicken and turkey.
- Snack on nuts or seeds.
- Grill, broil, or bake.
- Have fish 2 or 3 times week instead of red meat.
- When baking, use canola oil or applesauce instead of butter.
Eat at regularly set times
When a regular meal schedule is maintained, the body will be able to regulate blood sugar levels better. Consistently have moderate meal or snack portion sizes.


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George Soros is one of the most famous philanthropists in the world. To date, George has donated more than $12 billion. Donations from Mr. Soros have helped organizations and individuals fighting for transparency, freedom of expression, accountable governments, and societies that advocate for equality and justice. His contributions have also focused on helping individuals who are discriminated for who they are. George Soros has helped marginalized groups, such as sex workers, LGBTI people, and drug users and read full article.
Early Life
George Soros was born in Hungary. He fled the country to London where he enrolled at the London School of Economics. To fund his studies, George had to work as a waiter and as a railway porter. In 1969, George moved to New York where he established his hedge fund with $12 million. The hedge fund was later rebranded, Quantum Fund and learn more about George Soros.
With help from Stan Druckenmiller, George Soros shorted the British pound in 1992 making an impressive profit. This earned him a lot of reputation in the industry. Decades down the line and George Soros is still an investing heavyweight. His family office, Soros Fund Management boasts of assets close to $30 billion. At the beginning of 2017, Soros hired a prominent Wall Street woman, Dawn Fitzpatrick to run Soros Fund Management as chief investment officer. Since 2000, Soros has hired six other CIOs.
Philanthropy Work
George Soros started his philanthropy work back in 1979. He gave scholarships to unprivileged black people in South Africa. He provided photocopiers to the Communist Eastern Bloc to reprint banned texts in an effort to promote an open exchange of ideas. Soros actively took part in the creation of the Central European University following the fall of the Berlin Wall. He also financed cultural exchanges between West Europe and the East and George Soros's lacrosse camp.
After the end of the Cold War, George Soros spread out his philanthropic work to the U.S., Asia, and Africa, where he supported various organizations and individuals to create more democratic, transparent, and accountable societies. For many years, Soros has supported lawyers representing unlawfully held individuals. He has also provided fees for promising school children and university students from marginalized groups. Additionally, George Soros has supported independent organizations, including the International Crisis Group, Global Witness, the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and the European Council on Foreign Relations and Follow him Twitter.
More Visit: https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/george-soros


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Today@Sam Article
Students Find Financial Security Through Terry Foundation
Dec. 8, 2015
SHSU Media Contact: Tammy Parrett
|Freshman musical theatre major Yasmyn Sumiyoshi and sophomore entrepreneurship major Edwin Cantu are members of the first two cohorts of Terry Scholars at SHSU. The Terry Foundation provides full-ride scholarships to students in order to help them complete their undergraduate degrees. — Photo by Brian Blalock
Shortly after beginning his freshman year at Sam Houston State University, Edwin Cantu was faced with a difficult decision he never thought he'd have to face so early in his college career—he wasn't happy studying physics and engineering.
"I was good at it, but it wasn't fulfilling," he said. "It didn't take me long to realize it didn't make me happy."
Luckily, Cantu didn't have to make the decision on his own. As a member of the first cohort of Terry Foundation scholarship recipients at SHSU, he not only had his family to help him, he had his new Terry family to help him decide what he should do.
When Howard and Nancy Terry started the Terry Foundation, they wanted to do more than just provide financial stability for students who may not have the opportunity to go to college without help; they also wanted to create a family of scholars with a shared drive for greatness and passion for helping others.
Since its inception in 1986, the Terry Foundation has assisted more than 3,745 Texas college students in achieving their goals in higher education, according to the foundation's annual report. Terry scholarships are awarded for a student's freshman year of college and are renewable for up to eight semesters. The award covers the cost of tuition, fees, books, on-campus housing and miscellaneous expenses, as long as the student continues to meet the requirements set forth by the foundation.
Cantu believes that being named as a Terry Scholar is not only a testament to a student's academic and leadership abilities, it also serves as a badge of honor.
Knowing how lucky he is to be part of this Terry family and have those opportunities, when he began considering changing his major, he had to think quickly to avoid wasting the resources given to him by the foundation.
Interested in becoming a "Terry?"
Freshman applications are due by Jan. 15.
Transfer applications are due by April 15.
Learn more about the Terry Foundation Scholarship program at shsu.edu/services/terry-foundation.
With the help of his family and his new Terry family, Cantu realized that his heart was leading him to pursue entrepreneurship, with the hopes of one day opening a business dedicated to teaching leadership skills and charisma.
"I read a lot about social skills in high school and it helped me become a very likeable and charismatic person," said Cantu. "I want to share that with others; I want them to realize that it doesn't matter how smart you are; as long as you're good to those around you, you'll succeed.
"The foundation does cover the cost of our school, and while I'm eternally grateful for that, it's only one of the many things they do," he said.
As a Terry Scholar, students have access to a list of Terry Alumni who are committed to helping future Terrys and serve as a mentor if they need one. Having access to that list is one of the most important resources for students, according to Cantu.
"That was the biggest thing for me," he said. "We have this security blanket, and we can't really fail. If you reach out to someone and tell them you're a Terry, that's all they need to hear to know what type of person you are and they're willing to help. It's your badge of honor."
For their freshman year, Terry students live on the same floor of Lone Star Hall and are enrolled in the same section of University 1301, an introductory course at SHSU designed to engage students in learning and orient them to the university community.
Though he has only been part of this family for a short period of time, he feels that the connection he has with current and former Terrys makes him more confident than he would be without them.
"When I got the scholarship, I developed this imposter syndrome," he said. "I constantly asked myself if I was one of the ones who slipped through the cracks; did they give it to the wrong person?"
He knew that there was too much at stake to have a negative outlook though, so he decided that no matter what happened, he was going to succeed. He knew that at any moment he could have everything taken away from him and he would be forced to do it alone.
"It gave me a lot of confidence in myself," he said. "While most of my friends were struggling and stressing out over tests, I looked at it as an invitation. I may make a 'B' because I don't know all of the material, but I'm ready to you show what I know."
Yasmyn Sumiyoshi, a freshman musical theatre major and member of the second cohort of Terry Scholars at SHSU, recognizes the impact that the opportunity has had on her and her family's lives.
"Applying to college and auditioning for programs can be extremely terrifying," she said. "Having this security made the transition a lot easier for me and my parents. Now I'll be able to focus on classes instead of worrying about finding a job to pay for them."
Because of the Terrys' passion for service and leadership, the program focuses a lot on instilling those values into its scholars. Within the first week of classes, the students had already received information on upcoming service projects with local schools and organizations.
"It's great coming into the second year of the program. Last year's group is so helpful because they've been there," Sumiyoshi said. "The foundation has already made such an impact on my college experience, whether it be making friends or having the financial security I wouldn't have had without them."
As for her post-graduation plans, Sumiyoshi hopes to spend a couple of years working on a cruise ship and then make the move to New York, where she hopes to be picked up by an agent and begin auditioning for different plays.
"I know this is just the beginning," she said. "With the financial stability and the resources the foundation gives us during our time here, we won't fail unless we allow ourselves to."
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The official 11th Annual Richmond Zombie Walk poster has arrived! Created by the horribly wonderful illustrator Abigail Larson. The 2015 poster will be available for $5 or you can get the entire set of 6 posters for $20 at the event on Saturday, October 24th. All proceeds go to The American Cancer Society. And if that wasn't enough, Abigail will be there to autograph them. Visit our event page here on Facebook or RichmondZombieWalk.com for all the gory details. See you there!
Shop smart, Shop S-mart (but not really)
Admit it. You are a fan of meat. The dead kind that walk around and try to kill you and the kind that smells awesome sizzling in a pan right next to some scrambled eggs.
I often wonder where I can acquire these two kinds of things in a one-stop shopping experience. Well my friends, Think Geek has got you covered in this regard. They have taken the horror of salted pig flesh and humor of dead people and combined them into a special corner of the internet called "Zombies & Bacon" right over at ThinkGeek.com!
So after you bash some poor sucker of a zombie in the brains with your new Dead On Annihilator Superhammer, you're going to need to get rid of that virus-ridden stank with a Bacon Scented Air Freshener.
Get you some at ThinkGeek.com. Yup. You're welcome.
Collect 'em all!
For the past couple of years we have been honored to have Abigail Larson create event posters for us. We will be offering you a chance to get a 2012 Richmond Zombie Walk event poster for only $5. The beautifully illustrated gore is printed on a textured heavyweight stock that is fit for framing in its 11″ x 17″ standard dimensions.
In addition to the 2012 poster, we also have a few left over from 2011 and 2010. Complete you're collection for $5 each, but you've got to pounce because we only have a few of these from the past couple of years. As with your donations, all of the profits from the posters go to the American Cancer Society.
But wait, there's more! Want to make that poster extra special? Abigail Larson will be at the pre-walk meet up at Byrd Park's Boat Lake at 1pm to sign posters.
Posters, costume contest giveaways, lots and lots of blood.. What's not to love?
Costume SuperCenter will help you survive the onslaught
Joining the zombie horde takes a little preparation. You've practiced your glazed stare, perfected your lurch, and memorized your lines ("Argh!" "BRAAAIINS!" and "Urghhhh.") but you still need to look the part. Costume SuperCenter is sponsoring the Richmond Zombie Walk this year, and they've got some excellent zombie resources that we wanted to share with you.
Their Zombie Survival page has everything you need to begin your zombie transformation. Stumbling along in style is simple with one of their ready-to-wear costumes. Every zombie was somebody before the infection, and they have quite a selection of characters, from the creepy-sexy zombie nurses and beauty queens to hilariously horrible undead pirates, rock stars and rappers. There's even a zombie chimpanzee! If old-school gore is more your style, some of the costumes feature gruesome 3D effects like jutting bones and tumbling intestines.
If you're just looking for a few bits and pieces to finish off your look, you'll find masks, prosthetics, properly grave-stained wigs, and other accessories. These glow-in-the-dark maggots are an especially nice touch. They also carry a huge range of make-up and special effect kits—torn skin, rotting flesh, oozing fluids—pretty much every nasty zombie affliction your undead little heart could desire. Best of all, there's a detailed step-by-step video tutorial showing you how to use them to achieve a truly disgusting zombie face. All you need to add is drool.
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Find Your Place To Serve
Each campus has an amazing team of volunteers waiting for you to join them. Serve teams make a difference in the lives of every person who comes through our doors. We encourage you to join a team, make new friends, and own the atmosphere at your campus so those who are yet to come will be warmly welcomed and experience the life-giving presence of God!
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2018 Serve Team Appreciation Dinner
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Web 2.0 and its future in the Library
Even though I can't say that the computer is one of my favourite tools (except for doing a bit of shopping on Strawberry) I do feel that it is going to be the future for libraries. People seem to be constantly searching for knowledge and I have to admit that in some ways I think that being able to access that information so easily via the computer is a great thing. So many teenagers who don't have parents that are comfortable talking about some of lifes most important subjects can now find out for themselves the information that they need, some families still can't afford the luxury of having a home computer so this is where the library comes in. In the new world of technology the simple fact of libraries providing the community with a very important service (free computer use) is a really great thing.
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All future energy related decisions and suggestions should involve and address sustainable development and efficient energy use. The Eastern part of the Mediterranean is currently facing significant challenges and undergoes critical developments in the area of energy.
The conference, Power Options for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, POEM 2012, that will take place from November 19th till the 21st, will address many of the current and future challenges that our societies face. The conference will take place at the beautiful island of Cyprus, a member state of the European Union.
The POEM2012 Conference invites you to present your technical papers.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts is Abstracts must not exceed one page and should include title, author(s), affiliation, complete mailing address, telephone number, fax and e-mail address. All author correspondence will be via email. One additional page of figures may be included. The abstract must clearly state: the purpose of the work, the manner and degree to which it advances the state of the art, and specific results that have been obtained and their significance. Please submit your abstract as a MS-Word or pdf file attachment via email to the Conference Chair at email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Call for Papers with more details is attached. Also more details can be found in the Conference website: www.poem2012.org
In parallel with the conference there will be an exhibition in the lobby of the venue and interested exhibitors are welcome to contact the conference website for more details.


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- Why does the oil separate on top of some of your products?
- Why do you use palm oil in your No Stir Peanut Butter and No Stir Almond Butter?
- How is your palm oil extracted? Is any chemical processing used?
- Why did you create No Stir Peanut Butter and No Stir Almond Butter?
- Why do you add sugar to your No Stir Peanut Butter and No Stir Almond Butters?
- How should I store MaraNatha products?
- Do I really need to refrigerate MaraNatha nut butters?
- How do I read the date code on your jars?
- Do your products ever last beyond the code date?
- What is the best way to stir your products?
- What is the difference between your "natural" and "organic" nut butters?
- Why do some of your products have salt but others don't?
- What is the difference between your "raw" and "roasted" products?
- At what temperature are your raw nut butters produced?
- Can I eat your raw products as part of a raw foods diet?
- What is the new requirement for almond pasteurization, and does it affect all almonds?
- Why has the almond pasteurization law been enacted?
- How will pasteurization of your Almond Butters be achieved?
- How does pasteurization affect MaraNatha's Raw Almond Butters?
- Are MaraNatha Nut Butters gluten free?
- What is Aflatoxin? And are the peanuts you use in your peanut butter free from Aflatoxin?
- Are your Almond and Cashew Butters peanut-free?
- Are MaraNatha Nut Butters Kosher?
- Why is there saturated fat in your nut butters? Isn't saturated fat bad?
- Why do I need fat in my diet?
- What is hydrogenation and how does it apply to peanut butters?
- What are trans fats?
Why does the oil separate on top of some of your products?
Oil separation occurs naturally in our non-stabilized nut butters soon after the products are made because we do not put any ingredients in the products to keep the oil from separating from the nut solids. As a result, these products require stirring prior to use.
Please do not drain off the natural oil on top or you will end up with a nut butter that is dry, hard and difficult to spread.
If you don't want to have to stir your nut butter, we offer MaraNatha No Stir Peanut and Almond Butters, which are ready to use immediately after opening-no stirring required!
Why do you use palm oil in your No Stir Peanut Butter and No Stir Almond Butter?
We add a small amount of natural palm oil to help keep the nut oil from separating from the solid part of the nut. Adding the palm oil results in nut butter that does not need to be stirred and spreads more easily.
Palm oil is not hydrogenated, contains zero trans fats and is lower in saturated fat than butter. It's a vegetable oil and is cholesterol free. The palm oil we use is extracted from the palm fruit, using mechanical (not chemical) means.
Your can read about hydrogenation and trans fats – and why neither are present in our products – further along in this FAQ.
How is your palm oil extracted? Is any chemical processing used?
No. Palm oil used in MaraNatha No Stir nut butters is extracted from the fruit or pulp of the palm tree and purified using natural means.
First, the oil is pressed from the fruit using an expeller press. The expeller press crushes the fruit, releasing the oil. Next, the oil undergoes clarification, filtering the oil to remove particles. The oil is 'dried' by cooling to remove water through evaporation. Centrifugation is then used to further separate water content in the fruit from the oil.
Why did you create No Stir Peanut Butter and No Stir Almond Butter?
We created our No Stir nut butters as a response to consumer demand from people who want nut butter that is not hydrogenated, is lightly sweetened and does not have to be stirred.
For those people who prefer fewer ingredients or unsweetened nut butters and don't mind stirring, we also make single ingredient natural and organic nut butters.
Why do you add sugar to your No Stir Peanut Butter and No Stir Almond Butters?
A small amount of evaporated cane juice sugar enhances the rich roasted flavor of the nuts, providing a taste experience many consumers prefer.
How should I store MaraNatha products?
For optimum flavor and ease of use, follow these simple steps: Stir and Refrigerate. Our No-Stir products don't require stirring prior to refrigeration.
Do I really need to refrigerate MaraNatha nut butters?
It's generally best to refrigerate our nut butters. Because they do not contain any preservatives or stabilizers, they can become rancid if left out of refrigeration for an extended period of time and/or exposed to warm temperatures. Unless you have purchased one of our No Stir items, remember to stir your nut butter before you put it in the fridge. Otherwise you'll have a bit of a challenge on your hands.
If you don't have access to refrigeration and can keep your nut butter in a cool, dark place, you may find that refrigeration is not required, as long as you use the contents of the jar within a reasonable amount of time. If you choose to do this, check the aroma of the nut butter regularly to ensure it is not becoming rancid. If in doubt, dispose of the product. Note that our non-stabilized nut butters may need regular stirring when not refrigerated.
How do I read the date code on your jars?
U.S.date codes are usually listed as day, month, year, (DDMMMYY). For example, 09FEB11 is February 9, 2011. Canadian date codes are usually listed as year, month, day, YYMMDD 11MA09 is May 9, 2011.
Do your products ever last beyond the code date?
We guarantee the quality of our products up to the code date, assuming they have been stored correctly. If the product has already been opened, refrigeration will often keep the product usable for a longer period of time than the code date on the jar (depending upon the temperature and performance of your fridge, of course). If the product has not been opened but has been stored in a cool, dark place, then it may still be usable. The best way to tell is to open it up and carefully evaluate its smell for any rancidity. If in doubt, dispose of the product.
What is the best way to stir your products?
We recommend a simple wooden spatula, or any kitchen tool with a strong handle and broad surface area. For the ultimate in stirring ease, we highly recommend the Zyliss brand peanut butter silicone spreader. Its super strength plastic handle and spatula make it possible to blend a jar of MaraNatha in 2 or 3 full stirs. We love this tool and find it to be well worth the $8.95 suggested retail price.
What is the difference between your "natural" and "organic" nut butters?
For our products, these terms are used as follows:
- Organic is a USDA regulated term. For a complete, consumer-friendly explanation, visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In a nutshell, it means the product is grown and produced without pesticides or harmful chemicals. Our organic products are made with organic ingredients, which are listed on our labels. Our labels also bear the seal of a third party certification agency as well as the USDA's organic seal.
- Natural does not have a regulated or standard meaning, even in the natural foods industry. The term has been used in ways that can confuse even the savviest of consumers. At MaraNatha, we have used the term natural for over 20 years to mean that our products are made without preservatives, stabilizers, additives, artificial colors or flavors. To clarify, we do not include salt in this list (see next question).
Why do some of your products have salt but others don't?
We consider the judicious use of natural sea salt to be a highly personal flavor preference. Likewise, the choice to not use it is also highly personal, and often related to health concerns or specific eating plans that limit the use of salt. The majority of our products are made without salt including all of our Cashew and Macadamia products. Our Almond, Peanut and Sesame Tahini products are offered both with and without salt.
What is the difference between your "raw" and "roasted" products?
The terms raw and roasted do not have regulated definitions or meanings. At MaraNatha we have followed industry definitions from the time we began making nut butters, more than 20 years ago.
- Raw nut butter products are not subjected to treatment or heat prior to the grinding process. These items are often preferred by people who are looking for minimally processed food that is "as close to Nature" as possible.
- Roasted nut butters are baked or heated to produce a desired flavor and/or color prior to grinding. Some manufacturers use oil in the roasting process. At MaraNatha, we do not use oil. Instead, we carefully dry roast the nuts to produce a deep toasty flavor.
At what temperature are your raw nut butters produced?
During the grinding process for all of our products (and for most any commercially made nut butter), heat is generated by the friction of the nuts inside the grinder. We do not specifically monitor this temperature, but we know it is higher than the threshold set by anyone following a strict raw eating plan that calls for only heating foods at very low temperatures.
Can I eat your raw products as part of a raw foods diet?
It depends on how you define raw. The term raw is not regulated and we do not wish to mislead any consumer following a strict raw eating plan.
With over 20 years of producing nut butters, our professional suggestion for any strict raw food eater is this: Purchase a high quality food mill or food processor and conduct your own grinding trials to monitor the temperature of the finished product. With a smaller batch you may be able to better control the friction and heat produced during the grinding. We wish you every success in this process as this was how our business began over 20 years ago.
What is the new requirement for almond pasteurization, and does it affect all almonds?
Effective September 1, 2007, almonds produced in California and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico are required to be pasteurized prior to sale. This effectively covers all almonds grown in the U.S., because the entire U.S. almond crop is grown in California.
Why has the almond pasteurization law been enacted?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved to implement the new rule after salmonella outbreaks in 2001 and 2004 were traced back to raw almonds. While salmonella contamination in almonds is not common, the industry approved pursuing mandatory pasteurization as a result of concern for public safety.
How will pasteurization of your Almond Butters be achieved?
Under the new law, almonds may be treated using a number of methods, including High Temperature Short Time (HTST) Steam Pasteurization and chemical pasteurization with propylene oxide (PPO). Use of chemical pasteurization is not allowed under NOP (National Organic Program) rules, so all organic almonds will be steam pasteurized.
In addition to our organic almonds, we will be using steam pasteurization for the almonds used in our natural almond butters.
How does pasteurization affect MaraNatha's Raw Almond Butters?
The pasteurization method used for our almonds employs moisture from steam to kill surface bacteria that might reside on the almond skin. This extremely rapid process requires less than one minute and does not heat the internal almond meat. The Almond Board of California has conducted extensive testing on the impact that this quick treatment has on the nutritional value of the almonds and has determined that the raw almond characteristics remain unchanged. This finding has also been confirmed by independent laboratory analyses of pasteurized and unpasteurized almonds, which showed no degradation of the nutritional value of almonds after treatment.
It should be noted that raw is not a regulated term and we do not wish to mislead consumers who are following a strict raw-eating plan. At MaraNatha we make our raw almond butter using the almond industry's definition for raw, which calls for the use of almonds that are not roasted prior to grinding. More information on this subject can be found earlier in this FAQ.
Are MaraNatha Nut Butters gluten free?
Yes, they are free of gluten-containing ingredients and are produced in a facility that does not process gluten-containing ingredients.
What is Aflatoxin? And are the peanuts you use in your peanut butter free from Aflatoxin?
Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring mycotoxin produced by two types of mold: Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Aspergillus flavus is common and widespread in nature. Aflatoxin can contaminate virtually any grain, fruit or vegetable that has been stored in conditions permitting the growth of mold. Peanuts seem to be especially vulnerable.
The mold occurs in soil, decaying vegetation, hay, and grains undergoing microbiological deterioration and invades all types of organic substrates whenever and wherever the conditions are favorable for its growth. Favorable conditions include high moisture content and high temperature. At least 13 different types of aflatoxin are produced in nature with aflatoxin B1 considered the most toxic. While the presence of Aspergillus flavus does not always indicate harmful levels of aflatoxin, it does mean that the potential for aflatoxin production is present.
In 1965, the USDA set standards for acceptable levels of aflatoxin in peanuts. Every peanut sheller is required by the USDA to have every lot of peanuts tested by a government approved lab prior to shipping. Any that are found to be in excess of 15 parts per billion (ppb) are not allowed for sale through channels for human consumption.
Every load we receive comes with an aflatoxin certificate indicating the peanuts have been tested and passed by a USDA approved laboratory. In addition to these government mandated tests, we also perform random tests on peanuts we receive and on our finished nut butters.
In summary, although aflatoxin can be a serious health concern, with USDA and FDA mandated testing and our purchasing and handling procedures, we know that our products are virtually free of it.
Are your Almond, Cashew and Macadamia Butters peanut-free?
These butters do not contain peanuts, but currently all of our products are produced in the same facility using shared equipment. We perform an exhaustive clean-out between production runs, but we can not guarantee that our products are 100% free from any trace of peanuts or the other nuts that share the equipment. If you or your child has an anaphylactic allergy response to peanuts or tree nuts, and you have any questions about whether or not it is appropriate to use our products, consult your doctor.
Are MaraNatha Nut Butters Kosher?
Yes, they are certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union and bear the OU symbol.
Why is there saturated fat in your nut butters? Isn't saturated fat bad?
All oils and fats contain some amount of saturated fat, even the healthy ones. For instance, extra virgin olive oil, well known as a heart-healthy oil, contains 2 grams per serving. Like olive oil, the oil content of nuts is primarily heart healthy monounsaturated fat, along with a smaller percentage of saturates and polyunsaturates.
The American Heart Association recommends limiting the amount of saturated fats you eat to less than 7 percent of total daily calories. That means, for example, if you consume about 2,000 calories a day, no more than 140 of them should come from saturated fats. That's about 16 grams of saturated fats a day.
Why do I need fat in my diet?
Sometimes we forget that fat is not necessarily bad. Some fat in your diet is necessary for good health. Fats are required for many of the body's basic biochemical processes. Children and pregnant women especially require sufficient fat for healthy development of mind and body. Other benefits of fats:
- Efficiently provide calories for energy
- Required to support cell growth
- Help protect the body's organs and keep the body warm
- Help the body absorb some nutrients (including vitamins A, D, E, and K)
- Needed for production of important hormones
What is hydrogenation and how does it apply to peanut butters?
Hydrogenation is a chemical process that raises the melt point of liquid vegetable oils to make them solid at room temperature and improve their stability. This is achieved by chemically altering the oil-adding hydrogen atoms to oil molecules. It is typically a high heat process that employs a metal catalyst (usually nickel) to aid in the transformation.
Manufacturers use hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils to achieve a desired product texture and to extend the product's shelf life. This has a specific relevance for peanut butter. Many peanut butter manufacturers add partially hydrogenated oil to keep the liquid oil portion of peanut butter in suspension with the peanut solids – that's why the peanut butter can be used immediately upon opening, without stirring. Use of hydrogenated oil has a side benefit of providing longer shelf life, too.
MaraNatha products do not use and/or contain any hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Instead, for our No Stir nut butters we blend in a small amount of palm oil, a vegetable oil that is naturally solid at room temperature. The palm oil inhibits the No Stir nut butters from separating. You can read more about palm oil near the beginning of this FAQ.
What are trans fats?
Trans fatty acids, or trans fats, are chiefly liquid oils that have been converted to solid oils though hydrogenation, a high heat chemical process. Trans fats are present in hardened vegetable oils and many margarines, commercial baked foods and fried foods.
Medical health experts recommend avoiding trans fats, which have an adverse effect on blood cholesterol levels. Eating trans fats raises bad (LDL) cholesterol levels and lowers good (HDL) cholesterol levels. The risk of developing heart disease and stroke also increases.
As a result of pressure from consumer groups, the Food & Drug Administration now requires that trans fats be disclosed on food labels. But because of FDA rounding rules, trans fat content below one half gram per serving is rounded down to zero grams in the Nutrition Facts – so a product can contain trans fats while showing a Trans Fat value of 0g. Careful reading of the ingredients will show that some peanut butters claiming No Trans Fat contain partially hydrogenated oil. The primary sources of trans fats are hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, so if you want to avoid trans fats, check for these ingredients on food label ingredient lists.
MaraNatha products contain no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils and are 100% trans fat free.


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Real World Peru
The workshop group will gather in Lima, Peru, and fly the next morning to Cusco, where we meet up with our private transportation to the Sacred Valley. With a limit of 8-10 participants, we'll be able to move as a smaller group, easily blending into the local agricultural markets and neighborhoods, observing the Real World Peru. The workshop price is $4600.
• Eight nights in superior hotels*
• Various location fees and shooting opportunities
• Ground transportation in Peru (including bus tickets from Aquas Calientes—Machu Picchu and return)
• Meals as mentioned in the hotel listings*
• Cusco tourist taxes (also known as "BTCs")
• Privately guided touring of the Pisa ruins
• Privately guided touring in Chinchero, the market and textiles cooperative
• Privately guided touring in the Sacred Valley, including visits to Moray, Maras, and Ollantaytambo
• Privately guided touring in Machu Picchu on April 24-25
• National Park tickets on April 24-25
• Daily workshop instruction during classtime or photo outings
• Assistance from local Peruvian guides
• Vistadome train tickets (Ollantaytambo-Aguas Calientes-return)
• Privately guided touring in Cusco area
Not included:
• Passport
• Airfares and related taxes or fees (to Lima and second flight from Lima to Cusco (second day)
• Meals or beverages not mentioned in the itinerary, including meals for which reservations have been made
• Gratuities for guides, drivers, and hotel staff
• Personal expenses, services, or purchases
• Optional tours, activities or excursions (e.g. suggested alternative tours)
• Travel/cancellation Insurance (available from your travel agent)
Payment and Cancellation Policy
Hold your spot with a $1000 deposit with the balance due Feb 12. If you need to cancel before Feb 12, $500 will be refunded. Because of advanced planning, if the cancellation is within 60 days before the workshop start, we will not be able to refund any of the workshop fee.
Rooms are based on double occupancy and all have private baths. Single occupancy is available for a one time additional cost of $500. Both ground floor and scenic upper floor rooms will be reserved depending on availability. Early registration is encouraged for those requesting the limited ground floor rooms.
*Hotels for our trip (Availability subject to change until booked)
Photography Group Leaders
Harry Sandler On Sept. 2, 2017, the photography and music world was devastated to lose Harry Sandler after a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer. We thought Harry would be making this trip with us and we know that he would be thrilled that such a great group of travelers will make the trip in his memory. Anyone who knew Harry will tell you that he lived a life dedicated to adventure, love and friendship. He was one of a kind.
Only a few spots left in this trip.
Send your deposit to reserve your place.
Real World Peru Workshop, April 20-28, 2018
A nine day photographic trip to South America including the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the markets, villages and people of Peru - Photography Group Leaders are Dan and Jill Burkholder. Deposit is $1000 (total price is $4600).
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Recovered memory in Russia | A word of caution | FAQs
Sivers, Schooler, and Freyd (2002, p 169) define recovered memory as The recollection of a memory that is perceived to have been unavailable for some period of time.
For a current summary of the evidence regarding recovered memories and known mechanisms and motivations for recovered memories, a excellent starting source is:
Although the Belli (2012) book is not completely published on-line you can search parts of it and you may be able to get the full book through your library. You may also want to refer to our chapter within the book:
There are a lot of web sites on this topic. Quality varies. Here are three web pages I have found particularly useful regarding research about recovered memories. (Each of these sites has links to more sites. Also see more links at the end of this page.)
Some important historical documents are now available on the APSAC website -- these are the articles published in 1997 Volume of Child Maltreatment, with commentary regarding a famous case and the more recent the 2014 Journal of Interpersonal Violence special issue with commentaries about the related case of Taus v. Loftus. Go to http://www.apsac.org/apsac-publications and scroll down to right below "APSAC position papers". I have also archived the links here.
If you forget where you left your keys, and then later remember the location, you have just recovered a memory. This experience is fairly common and not very controversial (but even so, psychologists still debate how and why it happens). However, usually in everyday language people use the term "recovered memory" to refer to memory for something traumatic, such as remembering being abused as a child and feeling you had not remembered this for a long time. The issues around these sorts of recovered memories are complex and controversial . This is true both in the sense that the psychology is complex (how and why does it happen) and it is true in the emotional, political, legal, and societal sense when people question whether the memories are accurate.
The charged controversy about recovered memoies of abuse can sometimes make it is difficult to think clearly and difficult to get accurate information. Of course, the most charged issue of all is whether a recovered memory of abuse is true or accurate. If you think about the situation in which you temporarily cannot remember where you left your keys, you probably can remember times when you later remembered the location (and later remembered putting those keys in a special place) and you were accurate (a true recovered memory), and other times when you thought you remembered the location but you were wrong because the keys were actually somewhere else (a mistaken recovered memory). There were probably other times you thought you remembered your key location all along, but when you checked the place you were sure you left your keys they were not there (a mistaken continuous memory). Finally, and fortunately, sometimes you thought you remembered the location of your keys all along, and you checked the location and they were there just as you remembered (a true continuous memory). The possibilities of true or mistaken, and recovered and continuous memory, don't seem so remarkable when it comes to memory for keys. But when it comes to memory for abuse, the issues can get confusing. One big difference between memory for key location and abuse is that we can almost always check our memory against reality when it comes to key location, but evidence for prior abuse is much harder to agree about. Another important difference is that usually a lost and found memory for key location does not inspire disagreement with other people, whereas a lost and found abuse memory has a high probability of inspiring serious conflict.
Is this web page balanced? Sometimes when people write about recovered memories they claim that their own viewpoint is balanced. Often each author or researcher thinks his or her position is balanced and that other (different) viewpoints are extreme. (It would be fairly strange if you heard someone say "my own position is an extreme and unbalanced one.") For this reason I like to say "Balance is in the eye of the beholder." In this case you are the beholder.
My goal with this web page is to offer a few tools for thinking about recovered memories for abuse and to give you some pointers for getting more information. My own research is not so much on recovered memories per se, but rather it is focused on betrayal trauma theory, which does attempt to explain aspects of recovered memories along with other kinds of not-knowing and unawareness. The recovered memory and false memory controversy has often seemed to me like an annoying distraction from my main research focus. Yet I have felt at times that I must address the issues in order to dispell confusion that might otherwise interfer with the ability of my readers or audience members to attend to my main focus. For more on that main focus, betrayal trauma theory, I hope you will visit my web page "What is betrayal trauma? What is betrayal trauma theory?" at http://pages.uoregon.edu/dynamic/jjf/defineBT.html.
Some papers my colleagues and I have written that focus on the issues of recovered memories and the ethics in the science surrounding the topic are listed here (abstracts and ordering information can be found at: http://pages.uoregon.edu/dynamic/jjf/traumapapers.html.) My books also have sections on this issue.
To define more precisely what we know and do not know, we must untangle the several issues involved and ask scientifically tractable questions, while remaining compassionate and aware of the high stakes involved in these issues. First, we must distinguish phenomena (what), motivations (why), and mechanisms (how). The phenomena are apparent forgetting and later remembering a significant event (or series of event). Why they occur is a question of motivation, and how they occur a question of mechanisms. A related problem is the language used. When a phrase like "repressed memories" is used, do people mean the phenemona, motivations, or purported mechanisms? It is often not clear, and sometimes the phenomena of recovered memories are discredited becuase one particular mechanism of "repression" is not supported by a particular research study. These issues are addressed in some detail in:
Freyd, J. J. (1996). Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Memory accuracy is the degree to which a memory is historically true. Memory persistence is the degree to which a memory has remained available over time. These are conceptually independent or distinct issues, but they have often been very mixed up in the controversy about recovered memories. The image below is intended to illustrate in a schematic way the conceptual distinction between these two dimensions of memory.
The two dimesions are conceptually distinct and not necessarily correlated - however they have often been collapsed into a single dimension. An empirical question regards the relationship between memory accuracy and memory persistence. Are unavailable memories when recalled more likely to be true or mistaken than are continuously available memories? Authors have made both claims (that recovered memories are more likely to be true or that recovered memories are more likely to be mistaken). However, the research does not clearly support either claim. For example, Dalenburg (1996) found that memories of sexual abuse were found to be as likely to be accurate whether recovered or continuously remembered. Williams (1995) investigated the memories of 129 adults whose abuse during childhood had been documented by medical professionals. She found that ``in general, the women with recovered memories had no more inconsistencies in their accounts than did the women who had always remembered" (Williams, 1995, p. 660). This issue is addressed in more detail in:
Dalenberg, C. J. (1996). Accuracy, timing and circumstances of disclosure in therapy of recovered and continuous memories of abuse. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 24, 229-75.
Freyd, J. J. (1998) Science in the Memory Debate. Ethics & Behavior, 8, 101-113.
Williams, L. M. (1995). Recovered memories of abuse in women with documented child sexual victimization histories. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 649-673.
Memory accuracy and memory persistence are themselves each complicated and challenging dimensions of memory, with long histories of research in psychology. Memories vary in degrees of accuracy and persistence; rarely are there absolutes (such as a perfectly true, completely mistaken, perfectly available, or completely unavailable memory). Memory accuracy is further complicated by the fact that historical truth -- what really happened -- usually has elements of interpretation (people often disagree about the interpretation of current events, never mind historical events), and that a memory might be extraordinarily accurate in one regard and quite innacurate in another regard. Memory persistence is complicated by the possibility that people's own introspections about memory availability may be subject to error (e.g.: one may forget that something that had in fact been previously remembered; or one may overestimate the availability of memory in hindsight). Memory persistence is also complicated by the fact that memory itself is a function of many separate sub-systems so that, for instance, we can fail to have conscious recall of an event but show through our behavior that we have learned from that particular situation. Please see Sivers, Schooler, and Freyd (2002) and Freyd (1996) for more on the cognitive psychology of memory. Additional material is presented in Freyd, DePrince, and Gleaves(2007) and DePrince et al (2012).
Is recovered memory observed in countries without the media exposure and awareness
of ideas such as dissociation and recovered memory? Palesh and Dalenberg (2006;
Dalenberg & Palesh, 2004) investigated recovered memory and dissociaition
in a sample of Russian college students. Publically available information on
child abuse, dissociation, or dissociative amneisa is not readily available
in Russia. The exposure of Russian students to published information about child
abuse, dissociation, and recovered memory is very limited compared to exposure
for North American students. Nonetheless Palesh and Dalenberg report rates of
dissociation and memory disturbance for traumatized students in the Russian
sample that are higher than in most US college student samples. These findings
"support the argument that dissociation is not a culture-specific phenomenon,
created by zealous American/British therapists or an abuse-obsessed media, but
instead may be a universal occurrence." (Palesh, 2002, p 2.)
Dalenberg, C. J., & Palesh, O. G. (2004). Relationship between child abuse history, trauma, and dissociation in Russian college students. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28, 461-474.
Palesh, O. G. and C. J. Dalenberg (2006). Recovered memory and amnesia in Russian college students. College students: mental health and coping strategies. Pages 153-165. In M. V. Landow (Ed), College students: mental health and coping strategies. Nova Science Publishers.
Palesh, O.G. (2002) The study of dissociation in Russia: Considerations for the international researcher. ISSD News. 20(6), 2-3.
Sometimes it is tempting to apply research findings to individual situations. There are indeed ways we can use research findings to better understand our experiences and confusing situations. However, it is important to realize that research findings usually are at best revealing general trends and probabilities and may not apply well to a given situation. For istance, research on lung cancer has revealed that smoking increases the risk. This may be an important fact to consider when deciding whether to smoke, or in investigating a case of lung cancer. However we wouldn't want to claim that someone who smokes necessarily will get lung cancer, nor even that someone who smokes and has lung cancer necessarily would not have had lung cancer without the smoking. Although the relationship between smoking and lung cancer is strong it is not absolute. Similarly, in the case of recovered memories we may be able to gain a lot of insight and understanding from research, but no matter how much we learn from research, "individual cases of contested memories will continue to deserve open-minded individual scrutiny" (Freyd, 1994, p 324).
Freyd, J.J. (1994). Betrayal-trauma: Traumatic amnesia as an adaptive response to childhood abuse. Ethics & Behavior, 4, 307-329.
How and why would anyone forget something so seemingly significant as childhood molestation and then remember it decades later? The encyclopedia articles cited at the beginning of this article review various motivations for and mechanisms for recovered memories of abuse. The author's attempt to answer these questions inspired Betrayal Trauma theory. For more on this please see my web page: "What is a Betrayal Trauma? What is Betrayal Trauma Theory."
Explicit and implicit demands for silence (see Veldhuis & Freyd, 1999, cited at What is DARVO?) may lead to a complete failure to even discuss an experience. Experiences that have never been shared with anyone else may have a different internal structure than shared experiences (see What is Shareability?).
Gender has been a significant issue in the recovered memory debate all along. Two sources of information about gender and recovered memory that I recommend are:
Rivera, M. (Ed.) (1999), Fragment by Fragment: Feminist Perspectives on Memory and Child Sexual Abuse. Charlottetown, PEI Canada: Gynergy Books.
Stoler, L., Quina, K., DePrince, A.P &. Freyd, J. J. (2001) Recovered memories. In J. Worrell (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Women and Gender, Volume Two. (pp 905-917) San Diego, California and London: Academic Press.
It appears that men experience more non-betrayal traumas than do women, while women experience more betrayal traumas than do men. (Goldberg & Freyd, 2006). Women may seem to have more recovered memories of abuse because they may have more experiences with the sorts of events that lead to forgetting. (DePrince & Freyd, 2002)
DePrince, A.P. & Freyd, J.J. (2002). The intersection of gender and betrayal in trauma. In R. Kimerling, P.C. Oumette, & J. Wolfe (Eds.) Gender and PTSD. (pp 98-113). New York: Guilford Press.
Goldberg, LR. & Freyd, J.J. (2006). Self-reports of potentially traumatic experiences in an adult community sample: Gender differences and test-retest stabilities of the items in a Brief Betrayal-Trauma Survey. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7(3), 39-63.
Freyd, J.J. (2012). What about Recovered Memories? Retrieved [today's date] from http://pages.uoregon.edu/dynamic/jjf/whatabout.html
For ordering information and additional books, articles, and presentations on betrayal trauma theory see: http://pages.uoregon.edu/dynamic/jjf/trauma.html.
I am not a therapist myself and I am not able to answer most of the email I
get, so writing to me is not likely to help. I am sorry about that. What I do
recommend is that you visit David Baldwin's
Trauma Information Pages, and select the "Supportive Information"
section there. The web sites listed earlier on this page are also full of useful
links that may help you find the support you are looking for. There are also
very useful resources and links provided at the sites of Stop
It Now, the Sidran Institute and The
Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence.


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Willie Mitchell's Legendary Royal Studios celebrates its' 60th Anniversary with the final series event, Sixty Soulful Years on Nov. 18 at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Memphis, and today even more artists have been added to the jam-packed line-up.
This star-studded event will feature performances by some of music's biggest names including Simo, Vanessa Amorosi, Al Kapone, Frayser Boy, URiAH, Vintage D, Kirk Whalum, Charlie Rich, Jr., Natalie Stovall (The Voice), Anthony Hamilton, Boz Scaggs, Robert Cray, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, William Bell, Syl Johnson, Tony Joe White.
Not surprisingly, the house band for the evening will be the inimitable Hi Rhythm, the backbone of the Memphis sound. Serving as musical director for the evening will be someone who knows a thing or two about getting the best out of artists: drummer and producer Steve Jordan (Keith Richards, Robert Cray, Boz Scaggs, John Mayer). Additional artists slated to appear will be announced soon.
"This night is going to be a musical journey through Royal's past, present and Royal's future," says GRAMMY-award-winning producer/co-owner of Royal Studios, Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell. "And with the amount of unbelievable talent we will have on one stage it's also guaranteed to be just an unforgettable night of music. I can't think of a better way for us to cap off this year of celebrations."
Sixty Soulful Years is the final event of a three-part musical series in celebration of Royal Studios' 60th anniversary. The series has focused on the past, present and future of Royal with unforgettable evenings and performances by some of music's finest. In addition, this series has celebrated its partnership with the Memphis Music Initiative, an organization dedicated to investing in Memphis, its youth and communities through music engagement.
"We are committed to giving back to the city that has given us so much," Mitchell says. "Our 60th anniversary has been a time to celebrate our history while also empowering the youth who are our future."
Tickets for Sixty Soulful Years are on sale now at Ticket Master and royalstudios.com.
Founded in 1957, Willie Mitchell's Royal Studios is one of the oldest perpetually operated recording studios in the world, launching careers of artists such as Al Green, Ann Peebles and more. Known as the "King of Soul", Royal Studios is led by Grammy-award winning producer Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell who continues to work with legendary musicians such as Rod Stewart, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Melissa Etheridge, Keith Richards, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars and many more. Willie Mitchell's Royal Studios is one of the oldest perpetually operated recording studios in the world and continues to host gold and platinum selling artists.
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I haven't been posting much here partly because I have forgotten how to post pictures.
Back when Photobucket worked that way, I sometime used it for posting pictures here. I also remember that there was a system whereby smallish files could be directly posted here. Now that Photobucket is --at least for my purposes!-- dead, is there still a way to post pictures directly here on PhotographyToday?


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Nation & World
Ordinary investors leave stocks, stay in 401(k) plans
WASHINGTON — Wall Street's wild mood swings of late have churned the stomachs of many a professional investor, and ordinary Americans with retirement savings are equally disquieted. Data suggests they've been yanking money out of stocks in big numbers.
"During the down in 2008 and early 2009, you saw what we're seeing now ... people are getting out significantly and they are mostly going to stable-value funds," said Pamela Hess, director of retirement research for Aon Hewitt, a human resources firm and consultant that compiles real-time data on 100 retirement plans administered for its clients. "So it seems that people are feeling those losses" in the market.
Investment analysts recommend a balanced portfolio that spreads risks across many asset classes: stocks, corporate bonds, government bonds and the like. Most ordinary investors aren't abandoning their retirement plans per se, but they're shifting out of stocks into safer bets. That may or may not prove to be the right move over time, but it's what's happening now.
"The average asset allocation before the market turn began was 70 percent (in stocks) and now it is 50 percent," said Hess, who looks at real-time data for more than 4.7 million savers in the 100 administered plans. "They lost on the 70 percent and when the markets rallied they only had 49 percent (in stocks)."
That's similar to what happened after the 2008-09 slide, when stocks suffered through the worst bear market in 75 years. Many ordinary investors cashed out their stocks at the bottom and then stayed out as the market rallied in late 2009 and 2010.
Aon Hewitt's findings seem to be confirmed by the most recent data from the Investment Company Institute, which tracks flows into mutual funds from both retirement plans and retail — or individual — investors. Mutual funds pool the contributions of many investors, often participants in 401(k) retirement plans, and then invest in stocks, bonds and other financial assets.
The Investment Company Institute published data Wednesday that showed huge flows of money out of stocks in mutual funds for the week that ended Aug. 3, a week that saw uncertainty about the debt ceiling negotiations in Washington but that ended before the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating and market turbulence. The institute said $16.9 billion had flowed out of funds, about $13 billion out of stocks within those mutual funds.
That all happened before this week, when stocks soared and plunged as much as 500 or 600 points a day on the Dow Jones industrial average, at times in the final hour of trading. It was a big reversal from just a few weeks earlier, when the weeks that ended July 6 and July 13 respectively saw just more than $3 billion and more than $2.4 billion of new investment flow into mutual funds.
For obvious reasons, volatile markets make 401(k) participants insecure about their retirement security.
"It makes you feel so vulnerable to see your nest egg go up and down by 4 percent or 5 percent a day. ... It contributes to national anxiety," said Alicia Munnell, the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. "It really does drive home the point that your lifestyle is dependent on what happens in financial markets."
Since the mid-1980s, fewer workers have been given defined-benefit pensions by their employers and instead participate in tax-deferred contribution plans for retirement, namely 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts. These were popular in the 1990s, as stocks soared in value. Since 2000, however, stock values have shot all over the place, and many Americans are now tuned in to what's happening on Wall Street because their retirement security is in play.
"They have no alternatives. I think it's that simple. It's not like they can go and choose another platform," said Munnell, the author of the book "Coming Up Short," which documents how about half of working Americans are financially ill-prepared for retirement.
In 2007, the year before the financial system nearly collapsed, about 53 percent of workers had no retirement plan, according to the center's research. Another 30 percent were in defined contribution plans, 8 percent had employer-sponsored pensions and 9 percent a mix of a pension and a 401(k)-type plan.
Despite the roller-coaster ride of late, there's little evidence that people are halting investment in their 401(k) plans. They're burning up the phone lines to their 401(k) plan administrators, however.
"Participant call volume is up, as is typical with any period of market volatility. Many callers want to talk about what's happening with the markets, and as can be expected, are asking if they should be doing anything with their portfolios," said Linda Wolohan, a spokeswoman for the Vanguard Group, one of the largest investment managers, with more than $1.6 trillion under management earlier this year.
"Vanguard phone reps are encouraging clients to keep a long-term perspective, make sure their asset allocation is in line with their goals and objectives ... and not let headlines and the daily direction of the stock market drive their investment decisions," she said.
Only about 2 percent of the participants in Vanguard plans have chosen not to stay the course. The vast majority, Wolohan said, "are taking no action and are staying put."
The story's the same at Fidelity Investments, the largest 401(k) plan administrator, with more than 11 million participants. Call centers are receiving a large volume of inquiries, spokesman Mike Shamrell said, but recent research suggests that Americans are staying engaged in their 401(k) plans, more actively managing their nest eggs.
"When it comes to your 401(k), one of the most important aspects is the asset allocation," he said. "We did find people are becoming a lot more balanced in their approach, which the hope is they are better prepared to weather the ups and downs."
For those with appetites for risk, most investment advisers suggest that steep downturns such as the recent ones are buying opportunities for those who have long-term horizons. That's the view of Barry Knapp, the head of U.S. equity portfolio strategy for Barclays Capital, part of London's global bank Barclays.
Knapp thinks the economy will be stronger later this year than current perceptions indicate, although still weaker than the 3 percent or more the Federal Reserve and mainstream forecasters had projected. Many of them now expect growth below an annual rate of 2 percent.
"We think we're going to revert to the 2.5 percent growth" that accompanies the exit of financial crises, he said during a conference call with reporters Friday.
If Knapp is right, it means that stocks are a cheap buy.
Investment Company Institute report
McClatchy's probe into roots of financial crisis, a Pulitzer finalist
To ask a question about this story or any economic question, go to McClatchy's economy Q&A
Poll: Americans are feeling worse about their economy
Has Obama found a new voice on the economy?
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Hibs boss Alan Stubbs has warned Easter Road fans not to expect to see striker Farid El Alagui back in Championship action any time soon.
Having seen his first season at the Edinburgh club wrecked by a ruptured achilles tendon, the 30-year-old has spent the first couple of months of this campaign recovering from further surgery.
But he made an impressive return to action during the week, playing for 60 minutes in a closed doors match against Dundee in which he scored twice and saw another effort deflected into the visitors' net.
The news sparked speculation that the former Falkirk hitman could make his first team return when Hibs face Dumbarton at Easter Road in a fortnight's time following next weekend's international break.
El Alagui will continue his comeback by travelling to Dingwall for Tuesday's development league game against Ross County, but Stubbs insisted the French-Moroccan is "not close" to being considered for first team duties.
He said: "Farid has played 60 minutes but he is still a few good games away. He has been out a long time and to think he is back after 60 minutes would be wrong.
"It would be the wrong thing for the fans to think and wrong for Farid as well, he is still a good few weeks away from being with the first team."
However, the head coach had better news on the injured quartet of Fraser Fyvie, James Keatings, Jordon Forster and Islam Feruz, expecting them all to resume full training at the beginning of next week and, should there be no further problems, they woud likely come into his thoughts for the visit of Dumbarton.
Latest signings Adam Eckersley and Henri Anier are a little behind those four with Stubbs anticipating them being available a couple of weeks later.
Meanwhile, although admitting he is "mindful" of the 11 point gap which has opened between his side and table-topping Rangers, Stubbs insisted his entire focus is on Hibs continuing their current run of good form although he conceded the 1-1 draw against St Mirren which brought a streak of five straight wins without conceding a goal was disappointing.
Last season both Hibs and Rangers were left trailing as Hearts ran away with the league title but asked of the danger of being left in the Ibrox club's wake he said: "Rangers have started really well but there's no point us worrying about us and them. We obviously want to get promoted and we need to make sure we put as much pressure as possible on them.
"We are very mindful of Rangers, but yuo cannot keep worrying about them. We have to worry about our own business and we know we will be there or thereabouts if we keep doing what we know we are good at."


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text: It's been over a month since I last shared a post and because it's been that long I am reluctant. Nothing's good enough and I don't want this to be a lame attempt at an apology because I'm not sorry. Life happened. And boy did it happen fast. In the space of a month I met a friend of mine for the first time and we saw one of our favourite bands together. I started writing chapter four of Dear Mia (which is still a thing by the way) and had more work published on Thought Catalog. I celebrated a birthday (not my own, I am a November baby) and so many friendiversaries that I was reminded how lucky I am to have the friends I do. I moved house and finished university. I even fell behind on tv shows and went furniture shopping which, I guess, kind of makes me an adult now, despite having written a post claiming that I'm not one. Everything is just screaming change and though it scares me a little, it excites me even more and I want to document it all. So, from here on out, I promise to post often and that the content will be far greater than thought vomit because, even though it is what I'm best at, I have a lot in store for Wannabe Moonchild. I just hope you stick around, continue to be as patient as you are, while I try to figure it all out.