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The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, part of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, announces the availability of Mary Lily Research Grants for research travel to our collections.
The Sallie Bingham Center documents the public and private lives of women through a wide variety of published and unpublished sources. Collections of personal papers, family papers, and organizational records complement print sources such as books and periodicals. Particular strengths of the Sallie Bingham Center are feminism in the U.S., women's prescriptive literature from the 19th & 20th centuries, girls' literature, zines, artist's books by women, gender & sexuality, and the history & culture of women in the South. An overview of our collecting areas can be found here.
Mary Lily Research grants are available to any faculty member, graduate or undergraduate student, or independent scholar with a research project requiring the use of materials held by the Sallie Bingham Center. Grant money may be used for travel, photocopying, and living expenses while pursuing research at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Applicants must live outside of a 100-mile radius from Durham, NC. The maximum award per applicant is $1,000.
The deadline for application is January 31, 2011 by 5:00 PM EST. Recipients will be announced in March 2011. Grants must be used between April 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
For more information and to download a copy of the application form, please visit here.
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Manchester Diocese is blessed by retired clergy who remain active in or around the parishes they have retired to. They do far more than simply act a a spare pair of hands to lead a Sunday service or take a funeral. It wouldn't be possible to sustain the richness of our life as a church without them.
The Bishop's Officer for Retired Clergy and Clergy Widows/ers works with a team of deanery visitors to ensure that retired clergy are kept in touch with diocesan issues, and in order that the diocese may be made aware and respond to any changes of circumstances, sickness, etc. Clergy on retirement in the diocese, following a visit from the Bishop's Officer, receive a pack including details of pastoral care guidelines, fees payable for occasional service, casual duties, etc.
The Bishop invites all retired clergy to share in the annual Holy Week Renewal of Vows service and to occasional social gatherings at Bishopscourt.
Retired clergy are encouraged to join the National Retired Clergy Association. Meetings are held regularly with a view to stimulating intellectual, theological, spiritual development, and fellowship. CMD allocates educational grants to retired clergy for specific ministerial development courses, etc., and encourages attendance at teaching and other training events.
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Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie, in a text message to The Associated Press late Tuesday, said he would be treated for high blood pressure "amongst other things," at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Gillispie had hoped to admit himself last week, a source told ESPN.com, but Gillispie had to wait for a spot to become available at the prestigious medical facility.
Although it's unclear how long Gillispie will be at Mayo, the source said Gillispie fully intends to coach the Red Raiders this season.
"Coach Gillispie is both a great coach and a great man who truly cares about helping young men achieve their dreams and true potential," the source said. "Hopefully, he'll find the answers to his medical issues quickly and be able to return to the Red Raiders and lead their basketball program back into national prominence."
Lubbock Police Sgt. Jeff Baker said Tuesday that an emergency call came from Gillispie's home around 6 p.m. Monday and that an ambulance was sent.
A spokesman for University Medical Center, where Gillispie earlier spent six days this month, said Gillispie did not go there. A spokeswoman for the other hospital in Lubbock said Gillispie was not brought there, either.
Texas Tech spokesman Blayne Beal said Gillispie told athletic director Kirby Hocutt he was going to Mayo for treatment.
News that Gillispie is voluntarily seeking medical attention comes two weeks after a handful of Texas Tech players met with compliance officials and Hocutt to voice concern about the way Gillispie was running the program. Among their complaints were Gillispie mistreating athletes and that he exceeded the NCAA limit on practice times, a secondary violation for which he'd already been reprimanded in January.
Gillispie has been told not to have any contact with the team until he and Hocutt have a face-to-face meeting, according to a report in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
Hocutt said he won't make a decision about Gillispie's future until he meets with the coach to ask him about various claims.
"We hope Billy Gillispie has a full recovery, but we cannot wait forever as we have a basketball team that starts practice soon," Hocutt said in a statement. "In the meantime, Associate Head Coach Chris Walker will assume the responsibility for day-to-day operations of our men's basketball program. Coach Walker will help ensure that leadership and accountability will be in place for our student-athletes, assistant coaches and staff.
"We have been seeking a swift resolution to this issue from the very beginning. We remain committed to communicating with Billy face-to-face regarding the issues relating to the men's basketball program; however, time is of the essence."
The source said Gillispie's stress and high blood pressure are likely related to a series of events that have occurred during the past 18 months.
Gillispie's mother, Winfred, died of lung cancer in February 2011. The two were particularly close, as Gillispie lived with her and cared for her during most of the two years he spent away from coaching after being fired by Kentucky in March 2009.
Shortly after his hiring at Texas Tech in March 2011, Gillispie was among a handful of coaches who lost millions to a Ponzi scheme by former AAU basketball operator David Salinas, who committed suicide last summer. Sports Illustrated reported that Gillispie invested $2.3 million in corporate bonds.
This July, Gllispie's nephew drowned after falling off a WaveRunner. A source close to Gillispie said he took the death particularly hard, adding that he's lost a significant amount of weight in the past two months, likely because of stress.
The past two weeks certainly couldn't have helped the situation. Two former Texas Tech players who have since transferred told CBSSports.com that Gillispie made players practice when they were injured and that he once held an eight-hour workout.
The Red Raiders finished 8-23 in Gillispie's first season and 1-17 in the Big 12.
On Monday, Texas Tech forward Jordan Tolbert -- the team's leading returning scorer -- told ESPN.com's Andy Katz that he didn't want to play for Gillispie next season.
Still, for all of his detractors, a number of Gillispie's former and current players have stepped forward in recent days to voice support for the coach.
Robert Lewandowski, a starting forward for Texas Tech last season, told ESPN.com that he appreciated Gillispie's tough-love approach.
"I would play for him again," Lewandowski wrote in an email from Poland, where he now plays professionally. "He loves his players, with no exceptions. I would never doubt that for a second. Playing for him was tough, but I came out alive and a better person for it."
Texas Tech freshman point guard Josh Gray, the most highly touted signee of Gillispie's tenure in Lubbock thus far, sent out a supportive tweet over the weekend: "Prayers go out to my head coach ... keep (your) head up everything going to be alright." Gray also tweeted: "Shout-out to my coach I'm 110 percent behind you ..."
Gray reiterated his support for Gillispie when reached by ESPN.com on Monday afternoon but he said Texas Tech's compliance officials had instructed him not to comment.
Guard Luke Adams, a part-time starter for Texas Tech last season, tweeted: "If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."
Former Gillispie players such as Texas A&M's Acie Law and Joseph Jones also spoke out in support of Gillispie. So did NBA star Deron Williams. Gillispie recruited Williams to Illinois when he was an assistant under Bill Self, who spoke to ESPN.com about Gillispie on Saturday.
"It's amazing to me how many experts (Texas Tech has) who know exactly what it takes to win that have never, ever won -- or at least not at a high level," Self said. "Somehow they know more about winning than a guy who has proven he can do it.
"I find most of these (accusations) hard to imagine, because I know him, and what's been reported isn't the Billy I know."
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Some recurring issues to be aware of……
Retailers who sell food – hot or cold? VAT charged or not?
There are two key questions to ask when deciding whether the sale is standard rated or zero rated.
- Is any supply of food for consumption on the premises on which it is supplied; and
- Is any supply of hot food provided for consumption off those premises?
If the answer to either question is yes, then the chances are that the sale is going to be subject to VAT. However, HMRC have definitions of what is meant by the terms 'hot' and 'premises', so care needs to be taken to ensure VAT is not charged incorrectly.
For example, in some circumstances, a pasty from a bakery may be physically hot but if it is freshly baked then it may fall outside HMRC's definition of hot. With regards premises this does not just mean your café or shop but can extend to seated areas outside your café.
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Business Entertainment – reclaiming VAT?
The general definition of what constitutes business entertaining is that it is any hospitality provided to non-employees. This type of expenditure is generally not allowable for VAT recovery. Entertaining costs may be food, drink, accommodation, tickets for events and can even include the use of certain assets such as yachts or private aircraft. The block on VAT recovery applies in all cases but subject to conditions there is a limited concession for overseas customers entertained in the UK and there are a few exceptions for sporting bodies and airlines.
The VAT incurred on staff entertaining is generally recoverable with a few exceptions. The VAT on expenses in relation to Directors, partners and sole proprietors of a business and employees acting as hosts to non-employees are not allowable for recovery.
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Selling goods abroad – Evidence that goods have left the UK
If you sell goods to countries outside the UK, you are able to treat such sales as zero rated provided you meet HMRC's rules on holding the correct documentary evidence at the right time which proves the goods have left the UK.
Failure to obtain and keep the correct evidence within three months of the sale will lead to a business making an under declaration and having to pay VAT on the sale to HMRC together with interest and potentially penalties. To ensure that you avoid the risk of a VAT assessment you should check the documentation that you hold in respect of such sales.
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The Porky Norn is a breed by NornenMeister for Creatures 2. As the name suggests, they were made to resemble pigs. The female is a light pink with blue-green eyes, and the male is a darker pink with blue eyes. They use the Golden Desert Norn genome and Ettin breed slot T. The Porky Norns can be found at Mummy's Creatures.


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"A wise man travels to discover himself." - James Russell Lowell
"It's hard to be less than happy when you can be happy with less." - Chris Brady
"A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet." - Patrick Rothfuss
"We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey." - John Hope Franklin
This one really rings true, whether it's climbing to the top of the highest mountain or scuba diving as deep as you can - never stop. And, incidentally, if you are scuba diving, check out these awesome suits for extra protection.
"Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost." - Erol Ozan
"The very basic core of a man's spirit is his passion for adventure." - Christopher McCandless
"My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes." - Maria Kalman
"I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John Shedd
"One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now." - Paulo Coelho
"If it's both terrifying and amazing then you should definitely pursue it." - Erada Svetlana
"Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now." - Unknown
"I'm in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met." - Unknown
"There is no happiness for the man who does not travel." - Aitarey Brahmana
"Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag." - Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
"To those who can dream, there is no such place as faraway." - Unknown
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison
"If you don't do stupid things while you're young, you'll have nothing to smile about when you're old." - Unknown
"To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote: To travel is to live." - Hans Christian Anderson
"The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination." - Alexander Cockburn
"As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more lovingly, our own." - Margaret Mead
"Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one." - J. Micheal Straczynski
"The soul of the journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases." - William Hazlitt
"I soon realized that no Journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the World around us, it goes an equal distance into the World within." - Lillian Smith
"The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." - Samuel Johnson
"Real Adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world as it is, not the way you imagine it." - Mark Jenkins
"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." - Henry Miller
"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles." - Tim Cahill
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. - John Steinbeck
"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"It is fatal to know too much at the outset. Boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is over certain of his plot." - Paul Theroux
"I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. There are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. They all travel as they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue. The best people want to work the big challenges." - Larry Page
If you want to go fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, walk together. - Chinese Proverb
The journey not the arrival matters - T.S. Eliot
"All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it." - Samuel Johnson
"I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home." - James Boswell
"Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there." - Werner von Braun
"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure some of them are made of dirt." - Unknown
"May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future." - Unknown
"The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be." - Loesje
"Travelling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station." - Lisa St. Aubin De Teran
"Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories." - Ray Bradbury
"People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used." - Unknown
If you are interested in travelling the world, read how to travel the world without paying for accommodation.
"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel." - Francis Bacon
"Remember that happiness is a way of Travel - not a destination." - Roy M. Goodman
"Peculiar Travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God." - Kurt Vonnegut
"The greatest difficulty of Travel is that one is forced to take oneself along." - Alain de Botton
Not only do you have to take yourself along, you also have to find yourself through travelling. A lot of people only realise this after lots and lots of travelling. Once you really found your true self, you have to then make sure not to lose yourself along the way, just like the quote says. It might sound strange that you have to be able to 'take yourself along', but most people never even begin to get to know themselves at all. Alain de Botton is a Swiss writer, and if you don't know about him, check out this video based on his bestselling book 'The Art of Travel':
"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends." - Maya Angelou
"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering." - St. Augustine
"The most interesting people to talk to are the people who love to travel. They talk about experiences, not material possessions." - Unknown
"We must travel in the direction of our fear." - John Berryman
"They say travel broadens the mind; but you must have the mind." - G. K. Chesterton
"Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet new people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life." - Lawrence K. Fish
"Life is like a camera. Just focus on what's important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don't turn out - take another shot." - Linda Poindexter
Life really is like a camera, but most people fail to realise that. Only very few develop from negative events and don't make the same mistake twice. But, like the quote says, it is important to not give up if things don't turn out the way we thought. This is especially the case with travelling the world. Too many people stop after a few bad experiences or don't visit a certain place again because something bad happened to them there. I think it is important to not give up on things too quickly, because you might miss out on some great experiences in the long run.
"You can't always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes, you have to dare to do it because life's too short to wonder what could have been." - Unknown
"You are confined only by the walls you build yourself." - Andrew Murphy
"I want to hang a map of the world in my house, and then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down." - Mitch Hedberg
"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it." - Eudora Welty
"I think the problem with reasonable and societally-accepted behavior is that we train ourselves to pursue planned paths and stable foundations. As a result, we never have the opportunity to discover and chase what makes us truly feel alive. Solution: Be unreasonable in the pursuit of your dreams." - Unknown
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." - Helen Keller
This is a quote from the 1957 book "The Open Door" by Helen Keller. If you don't know anything about Helen Keller, you will be amazed to find out she was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. A lot of people thought that because of her being deaf and blind, she could not live an adventurous life, but she not only earned her arts degree, she also became an author, a political activist and a lecturer. A lot of people find it hard to believe that someone who can't see or hear is able to not only life an adventurous life, but to earn a degree, write books and give lectures. The following video shows Helen Keller actually speaking:
This woman is a great example of what can be achieved in life if you have determination. It is amazing how many people live a life that is not as adventurous as Helen Kellers, because the only thing that is holding them back is themselves.
"Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain
This quote is from Mark Twains book The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It", if you for some reason don't know who Mark Twain is, he was an American author and humorist born in 1835, and his real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He is perhaps best known for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He also travelled a fair bit, which is why he came up with this quote.
The reason I love this quote is that it talks about the importance of not 'vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime'. Travelling the world really widens your horizon, and it is easier to do than people think. It is even possible to travel using free accommodation only, for more information, read 'How to start House sitting and live rent free'
The reason I love this quote is that it talks about the importance of not 'vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime'. Travelling the world really widens your horizon, and it is easier to do than people think. It is even possible to travel using free accommodation only, for more information, read 'How to start House sitting and live rent free'


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We all know that the heart is the centre of our cardiovascular systems, and it is responsible for just about everything that gives our bodies life – transporting vital nutrients, oxygen and water to all our organs. Without healthy blood flow, none of our bodily processes can work – whether it be our immune systems, our brains, our digestive systems or our muscles. Maintaining a good flow of oxygen to all our organs, muscles and tissues is key to athletic performance and post-workout recovery.
To make this smoothie, I used Aduna Super Cacao since it contains 8x the flavanols of regular cacao powder & it's clinically-proven by the EU to maintain the elasticity of the arteries, supporting healthy blood flow, blood circulation and overall cardiovascular health. It also contains an array of vitamins and minerals your body needs for muscles and bones: potassium, phosphorous, magnesium and calcium.
I am very picky about my protein sources and I love Nature's Plus Sunflower Protein. It contains over 19% BCAAs. Sunflower protein isn't just for bodybuilders and athletes; seniors use BCAAs, together with exercise, to help counter the muscular decline of aging. An additional benefit of BCAAs is the support of nitric oxide production, which nutritionally supports vascular function, brain function and healthy reproductive organ function.
2 teaspoons of Aduna Super Cacao
1 Scoop of Nature's Plan Sunflower Protein
1 & 1/2 cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 banana
1/5 cup mixed berries
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This is magnificent Amanda and looked fabulous on TV, the depth you achieved with the paste looks super with your blended colours like a rainbow on top. It's an awesome stencil and you've highlighted just how fabulous it really is within this panel piece. Beautiful piece of art.ReplyDelete
Hugs Tracey xx
It is gorgeous Amanda, so beautifully created, and your layering of paints so perfect, a stunning make, and it was wonderful to see it on the show.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Dorthe, xx
Absolutely beautiful colour tones, zinging against each other. So clever to add that subtle shading over the teal - at first my eyes couldn't tell what was stencilled and what was relief. Fab!ReplyDelete
Alison x
Really gorgeous creation Amanda. Beautifully colourful and the central quote is very cleverly done too, I was wondering how you did it.ReplyDelete
Fliss xx
Beauuuuuutiful!!!. I love love love it.ReplyDelete
This definitely was one of the stars of the shows that's for sureReplyDelete
Such a beautiful piece of work and as Donna said, this was a star of the shows.ReplyDelete


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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to great uncertainty at architecture firms. In this series, AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker walks you through the latest developments and economic data and discusses the impact it is having on firms, and how they are responding so far. Time will be allotted for questions and discussion.
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We recently spoke with Barbara King, the International Service Programs (ISP) Coordinator at the University of Scranton. FTI has worked with Ms. King to plan a variety of ISP trips. Her passion for what she does inspired us to learn more about her experiences and perspectives on service learning.
ISP trips are 7-10 day service projects that address the needs of the marginalized in developing countries. Students, faculty and staff provide food, shelter and clothing as well as visiting the imprisoned and the sick. As the ISP Coordinator, Barbara is responsible for recruiting, appointing, and training students for these trips.
How does the University of Scranton select service project locations?
The International Service Program has been a part of our Campus Ministries for more than 30 years. During the last few years, we've partnered with three new host sites in Nicaragua, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. These organizations are striving for social justice within their countries and came highly recommended by some of our fellow Jesuit Universities.
We have long-standing relationships with each host who is willing to do anything to help our students prepare for the trip. They assist with small things like paperwork and answer any questions our students or their parents may have.
We believe it's important to partner with other Jesuit organizations. For example, we visit the Kino Border Initiative in Mexico, where a Jesuit priest named Father Pete takes students to the border to explain what's going on with immigration. He walks the group across the desert path that migrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico take to get to the United States. He wants students to understand the hardships they face and view life through a lens of social justice.
We also take our students to El Salvador to learn about the Jesuit martyrs who laid down their lives for what they believed in. Here, the students learn about the history of the country as well as their faith. It's a pretty unique experience.
What are the University's primary objectives for students who participate in your programs?
Our three main learning outcomes are to have students:
- Develop a commitment for people who live and work under the conditions of poverty and inequality.
- Understand how reflection about the communities they serve brings them closer in their relationship with God.
- See how the service trip experience can help them strive for excellence through analysis, reflection, and prayer.
We want them to form a greater view of God and who they are in the context of social justice. We've seen the impact that these trips have on our students play out in real life.
Every May 6th, we ask our student body to donate to one program or activity on campus; It's called Scranton 506. Each year, an impressive amount of ISP alumni donate to our program and continue to do so. It's safe to say the trips leave a lasting impact!
We understand students are involved in leading the ISP teams. What do their responsibilities include? Are there any unexpected challenges or benefits that you've seen from this decision?
Each team is comprised of two chaperones, a student leader, and the rest of the team. The student leaders must be ISP alumni and nominated by past team members to apply. After a student receives at least two nominations, I'll interview anywhere from 25-30 potential candidates and offer the position to about 11 students.
They are responsible for facilitating group activities during the two retreats, at weekly service group meetings, and nightly reflection activities while serving in country. They also assist with fundraising and participate in an intense fall semester training program. Their goal is to help students prepare for and process the trip while in country and after they return home.
Their support to develop their groups is key to the success of our program. The peer-to-peer model helps develop a significant connection with the students. It allows them to open up and truly embrace this shared experience.
Social justice is a key component to your service trips; how do you prepare students to address these issues?
On these trips, our students encounter some pretty tough situations. It's not normal to see children walking around barefoot in sewage on the street. It breaks your heart because you know how hazardous that is. That's not something our students see on a day-to-day basis. So, we are blessed to have many resources on campus and with our host organizations to assist in the education and preparation of our students.
During our retreats, service group meetings, and while in country, social justice related reflection and discussions are a priority. We make sure to carve out time for journaling and small group discussion. The University and Campus Ministries' mission emphasizes the promotion of justice, and it is my personal responsibility to make sure our service trips preparations and experiences on the ground help to develop our students' understanding of social justice. We want students to be able to make sense of what they've seen so they continue to live life with perspective.
I've been doing this for three years and this is my fifth trip coming up. I still struggle sometimes to make sense of what I see. Each trip challenges me to strive to be a better person and make subtle changes in my life that can truly make a difference. How can I use less water in my home? Do I recycle? Should I talk to a homeless person on the street? It helps you think about global issues as well as improvements you can make in your own life. And it challenges you to share your story with others so you can do better together.
"[Service Learning] helps you think about global issues as well as improvements you can make in your own life. And it challenges you to share your story with others so you can do better together."
What's the greatest takeaway from your job?
That's a difficult question because there are too many to list! However, there's so much joy in watching them grow from the experience and form relationships with the people they're serving. One of our partners from the DR comes to visit us every two years. I arrange a group dinner, so our ISP alums can catch up with what's going on with his ministry. I'm not lying when I say that everyone from the past four years of serving comes to this dinner party. They travel from all over just to see José!
As I was walking him around campus, our ISP students who served two to three years prior ran up to him and gave him hugs as they reminisced about the trip. They were so joyful to see him and tell José about the impact that week made in their life.
Being a part of their development is such a privilege and they are constantly challenging me, making me laugh, and most of all making me proud. It's an amazing opportunity to give students not only a "trip," but most of all a journey that starts when they go to an information session that occurs eight months before that plane takes off.
The transformation that happens related to their faith, values, maturity, cultural awareness and relationships is truly amazing. The greatest takeaway now that I think about it is how the experience affects their lives long after the trip is over!
When did your passion for serving others begin?
I grew up in a single parent home that received a lot of support from the community, our church, and social services. It was tough. I thought I understood what poverty was, but I realized I had only brushed the surface when I saw other families struggling much more than I did.
Once I was old enough to give back, I immediately started serving with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, and participating in several domestic and international service trips. This passion for service has helped me develop a greater understanding of myself and the world.
We know you send students all over the world, but where's your favorite place to travel and why?
My husband has been so supportive in my passion for service and career change. Jim and I love to travel, but honestly, my favorite place to travel is anywhere with him. We love to explore the United States together. Our greatest memories were made during our trips to California, Niagara Falls, and the Finger Lakes. Learning about our country through the beautiful landscape, diverse people, rich culture and amazing food with someone you love is an incredible experience.
Have you encountered any challenges coordinating group travel? And do you have any words of wisdom to share with those new to the field?
My only challenge was when we had to cancel a few trips several years ago due to safety concerns in the country. Managing the administrative and emotional aspects of rescheduling the four groups was challenging but very important. Because months of work had already been poured into it, including fundraising and group development, the change was difficult.
But what made those two weeks manageable was a supportive work environment, a culture where safety always comes first, and a great travel agent who made me a priority. For me, having a flexible, knowledgeable travel agency is a must. To know that I can ask questions or rely on you to make changes is important to me. I know I can count on you. It's more than just getting a good price on airfare; It's about knowing that our students are cared for. Making that connection with a professional who cares about your work makes all the difference.
If I could give any advice, I'd tell them to work with a trusted agent and develop longstanding relationships with your hosts. I trust the people we work with on the ground and I know how experienced they are. These hosts listen to my feedback when given and make necessary changes needed to give our students the best experiences possible.
What's the most memorable story you've heard from your students' travels abroad?
Here's a story from one of our ISP student leaders named Alex:
"The most memorable moment for me was during my service trip to Guatemala. While my group and I were working on building a stove for a family, the father arrived and gave me a small plastic bag of water. It's unsafe to drink from the faucets in Guatemala, so people have to use any type of containers including bottles, gallon jugs, and even these little baggies to transport water. It was clear to me that this family would need to constantly spend money that they didn't have to buy these items just to survive.
I was also aware that Guatemala did not have a sustainable way to remove trash, so the baggies we used would be discarded in the streets. I really felt welcomed by this family who had so little, but were still offering us water. They wanted to make sure their guests were in good hands. It was in this moment that I knew that when I came back to the United States, back to the University of Scranton, I wanted to make a difference for families in Guatemala.
This is why I've started my own research project on how to construct a water filter that has the capability to provide a family with a clean source of drinking water. My hope is to install this water filter in Guatemala by June 2018."
"It's our goal to help students recognize social injustice in the world and commit to living a life dedicated to helping others."
The question we ask ourselves in the ISP Office is, "How do we get our students to keep reflecting and living the experience even though they're not there?" So, when someone like Alex comes back from their trip and wants to make a difference, we teach our students how to fund raise or file for grants so they can actually make a change.
It can be very hard to process poverty and transform thought into action once you return home from these trips. It's our goal to help students recognize social injustice in the world and commit to living a life dedicated to helping others.
We're grateful for clients like Barbara, who are passionate about serving others and making a difference. If you'd like to read more on the University of Scranton's travels, read our latest blog post to see how ISP students spent their summer serving abroad.
If you're interested in serving overseas or adding a service component to your short-term study abroad program, check out our website for more information. You can also request a quote if you're ready to start planning your trip today!
It's a big world. Get out there!
Your FTI Team


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ORIENT, Ohio --- Convicted rapist Ariel Castro was found dead in his cell Tuesday night, according to officials with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Castro was being held at the Correction Reception Center in Orient, Ohio. According to officials, he was found hanging in his cell at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday He had been in protective custody and in a cell by himself, according to officials.
After finding Castro, prison medical staff began performing life-saving measures. He was taken to Ohio State University Medical Center and pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m.
A review of the incident is underway.
Castro had been serving a life in prison sentence for kidnapping and raping Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight and holding the three women hostage for a decade.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Ariel Castro Found Dead in His Cell !!!! YEAH!!!!
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Many think that a simple style often reflects a simple mind.
Every sector or profession is mired in jargon and the overuse of "professional speak". I've worked with many of them, and not one is immune from this virus. And it's getting worse.
Offices and board rooms are overrun with people who believe they need to show street cred – and use industry jargon to be taken seriously.
….Structural deficits, strategic frameworks, structured products, negative growth, basis points, portals, platforms…..
When we hear phrases like that, it can sap the will to live.
Why do so many feel they need to talk like this?
This is my take on it – see if any resonate with you:
- They wish to establish street cred and show that they are on the inside track / in the know / speak the lingo
- They want to exclude others….as being outside the club or not "professional" enough
- They are too lazy to think of a plain word or phrase that means the same thing
It's a fallacy.
Think of some of great communicators ….. Barack Obama, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Martin Luther King, Billy Graham, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, Monty Don, Maya Angelou, David Attenborough, Malala…..
These very different individuals share one major trait- they avoid jargon. They speak in language that everyone can understand. Their thoughts, words and passion are understood by all.
Here's a quick self-administered test- "your mission… should you choose to accept it"
Take your last presentation… whether it be formal or informal …. to just one individual or to many, and answer these questions.
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- Ask yourself, and be ruthless, do YOU understand every industry term and every three-letter abbreviation?
- If you're up for it, pick a friend or colleague – ask them to listen for ANYTHING they don't understand. Implore and encourage them to be honest- ruthless even.
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Polly Chandler, chair of AUNE's Department of Organization and Management and director of the MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability (Green MBA), announced a new study abroad opportunity today. Through the Antioch University Chancellor's Collaboration Initiative, AUNE's O & M department will launch a credited, elective course to be held in Sweden in Spring 2011.
Class participants will travel to Sweden from April 25 to May 3 and will learn about the country's sustainability initiatives and eco-municipalities. The course is open to students and alumni from all five Antioch University campuses. Enrollment is limited to fifteen to twenty students, so early enrollment is encouraged.
Further details and specific destination information will be announced by late October. For information contact Polly Chandler.


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The NHL All-Star skills competition on Friday night had cameos from some pretty impressive women.
U.S. women's national team forward Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Star event after getting a nudge from Colorado Avalanche center Nathan McKinnon. As captain of the Central Division he suggested Schofield take his place in the fastest skater competition. She flew through the course and posted a time of 14.346, and placed 7th in a field that includes the best skaters in a world.
In addition to Schofield's performance, the NHL also had Brianna Decker, another U.S. women's national team player, demonstrate the passing drill at the event. Decker didn't just demonstrate the drill, she appeared to post the best overall time (1:06) beating the eventual winner Leon Draisaitl by a full three seconds.
While there wasn't an official timer for her drill, fans took it upon themselves to watch the clock. Once her time became clear on social media, they lobbied for Decker to receive the $25K in prize money.
Technically, because Decker wasn't actually competing in the event (unlike Schofield) the NHL is not obligated to award her prize money. Luckily, hockey apparel company CCM stepped in.
Apparently, Decker was also unaware she beat Draisaitl until friends texted her.
On Saturday night, Elliotte Friedman tweeted that the NHL had checked Decker's time, though no video was made available, and that she completed the drill in 1:12.
It's unclear why the NHL waited until Saturday night to release what they say is Decker's time. Perhaps to mitigate some of the public relations fall out, the NHL also announced Saturday night that they would donate $25K to charities chosen by the women hockey players at the event.
The All-Star weekend is supposed to be a fun event that shows off the best of the league. While they've made cursory efforts to promote the women's game during the weekend, not seeing the value in paying Decker tarnishes the good will they hoped to build.
For the NHL to be true allies for women and the women's game, they needed to do more than just pay lip service to their ideals. Including Schofield in the fastest skater competition was a great start. It would have felt more authentic if they'd also recognized Decker's accomplishment.


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In this issue, there is a particular highlight on Outbreak Pathogens. In the past months, Jenner researchers have received major funding to manufacture and clinically develop vaccine candidates against several outbreak pathogens of international concern: Zika, Chikungunya, MERS and Rift Valley Fever. Recently, the Jenner Institute has also initiated research programmes on vaccines against non-communicable diseases such as prostate cancer and psoriasis, and Prof Lucy Dorrell's group is utilizing the Jenner Institute's viral vector prime-boost platform to deliver therapeutic vaccine against cervical pre-cancer.


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The town of Avon will be getting an At Home store as early as this summer at the former Gander Mountain location on U.S. 36.
The American retail chain is a Texas-based home decor superstore with other local locations in Greenwood and off Lafayette Road in Indianapolis.
"We're really excited to have At Home here. Having this national company come to Avon helps us provide more shopping options for our residents and visitors," Jodi Dickey with Town of Avon Planning and Building said. "We're also glad the company chose to reuse and expand an empty storefront instead of building on vacant property."
Since the site was already approved for retail use, town planners say the process went quickly.
The store is expected to open in late July and is currently hiring for several positions.


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Dumfries is a beautiful community to live in, and home owners are proud to maintain their homes well. Roof repair is an important part of this, adding more curb appeal to the house.
Roof Repair Keeps You Proud in Dumfries
by Robbie | Sep 12, 2013 | Home Improvement, Repair


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Entlebucher, mountain dog, puppy, Sundre, Bar TT Ranch, stud dog, Alberta, Canada
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Breeding for health, temperament and breed survival
Entlebucher Mountain Dog, Entle, Puppy, Health Tpet, cuddle, adventure, hike, herd, play, companion, agility, conformation, dog show, ovedience, intelligent, easy to train, quiet, friendly, healthyested,Genetic Diversity, Canada, Alberta, Bergen, Sundre, Olds, Didsbury, Cremona, Cochrane, Airdrie, Calgary, low shedding, no dog smell, clean,
Entlebucher Mountain Dog, Entle, puppy, puppies, Swiss, Sennenhund, Switzerland, cattle herd, alps, lively, high energy, medium size, beautiful symmetrical markings, black, white and tan, tri-color, health, genetics, bloodlines, lifespan, disease, Bergen Alberta Canada, Cottonwood, Arizona, USA, Saint Ferriol, Aude, France, Eugene Oregon, USA, show, AKC, CKC, Superstition, Saguaro, Evelyn Kenny, BCOE, NEMDA, Qualified breeder, conscientious, honest
If we don't have puppies
Fun with Entles
When we first brought our little Nelson puppy home, we didn't have much idea what we might do with him. We knew we'd cuddle on the couch and go for walks and hopefully throw a ball for him.
It turns out that Nelson is a great catcher - he can catch a ball or frisbee almost without looking, over the shoulder, in the air, sliding under the gate. You name it - he's embarrassed when he isn't successful.
We play some fetch everyday. It's a great way to burn off some of that energy and we all enjoy watching his athletic moves.
Nakita is not as driven by a ball, but she loves to chase Nelson. Now, the game of fetch goes like this. Nelson brings the ball to us and drops it. Nakita immediately grabs it, growling and shaking her head. In time, she may decide to give it up and let you have it. If you are quick.
Then we throw the ball and they both run. Nelson almost always gets to the ball first, often catching it on the fly. Nakita waits, sometimes just halfway out to intercept him on his return. She attacks full force and wrestles until she has that ball. Then she runs in, triumphant, growling and happy with herself. And it starts again.
Showing our Entles
A friend convinced me to start showing. "It's easy", she said. Well, I have found that it looks easy but in fact it is a whole new skill set for both me and the dogs. I needed some professional coaching! Thanks to Larry Clark & Shawna Swanson, we have made progress.
Nelson and Nakita have each achieved their IABCA International Championships as well as a few points in AKC / CKC.
Showing in Conformation was initiated as a way to showcase the best breeding stock of any species. Therefore, animals must be unaltered (not neutered or spayed). The official breed club sets the 'Standard' which is what each dog is judged against.
For Entles, the standard provides a height range, coat type, head shape, body shape, attitude and many other details.
The breed standard for the Entlebucher is quite similar between the AKC, CKC and FCI (European Kennel Club) with slight differences. In the USA, the Entlebucher is in the Herding group with Australian Shepherds and Border Collies. In Canada, he is in the Working group, with all of the Swiss Mountain Dogs, Akita, Mastiffs, Schnauzer, Great Dane & Boxer. In Europe, he is in Group 2 Pinscher and Schnauzer-Molossoid breeds- Section 3 Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs.
Showing at Amercian Kennel Club or Canadian Kennel Club shows is a whole new world - with new friends and colourful ribbons. We sure aren't going to Westminster or Crufts anytime soon, but we've met some great people and dogs!
Other dog show events
If conformation doesn't sound like your kind of fun, or your dog has been neutered, there are plenty of other dog show events. These are called Performance Events. Perhaps Obedience or Rally suit your pup? Some Entles are great at Agility. Then there's Lure Coursing, Fast CAT - 100m dash, and many more. You may want to see what is offered for training in your area before you make your choice as some events are less common and harder to find.
More fun with your Entle
Maybe athletics is not your thing. Hiking with your dog is great, or just getting some exercise with a walk around the neighbourhood! Some Entles visit hospitals and nursing homes as Support Dogs. Others serve those with disabilities. Some sniff out dead bodies for rescue teams. Entles are very intelligent and capable. They can do most tasks, with a little training.
Whatever works for you will work for your Entle. They just want to be near you as much as possible. Even when they knock over the garbage or chew through your shoe, they will bring you a smile, perhaps when you really need it.
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This shopping list is written so you can stop by the deli to place your order, head to the produce department, then work your way through the inner aisles of the store, picking up dairy and meat products last so they don't warm up as you shop. Of course you can go about it in any order you choose.
Place a check by the items you need and use the blank lines to write in your own items.
Bring Your Own Bag.
Forgot your bag? We have reusable totes available at the checkstands, paper bags are available for 5 cents each or we usually have a supply of FREE boxes available.


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The Walking Dead: A
It's the season finale and we have come back to the same question that always threads through this story. If this happened to you, who would you be? Would you become what you needed to be to survive? If you couldn't, would that mean the end of you? How would you deal with the monsters both outside and within? It seems impossible to tell who is a 'good' person anymore.
If Terminus is any indication, it is only the people in your tribe. Everyone else is fair game – literally. I think what is different in our group is that they still want to be good people. Rick is shocked at his own behaviour and Daryl is upset that he was even associated with Joe and his gang. Maggie and Glenn's group just walked into Terminus, happy to be fed and looking for others like them. It's a good bet that the food was drugged and from the skeletons heaped behind the fence our group ran past, it was probably people they were eating.
The flashbacks to the prison were painful. The opening scene with Glenn and Maggie so relaxed and happy was heartbreaking. Hershel was there, a ghost trying to bring peace to Rick and Carl. It was so sad to watch them all hope while you knew that it would all come crashing down. The Rick and Carl from before the attempt at farming have returned and have kept them alive. As Rick says, it is his monster that has protected himself and Carl. It was interesting to watch him accept that part of himself. Perhaps by doing that, he will have more control over it.
Does that mean that all survivors must also be monsters? Is that why Terminus is still there? Frankly, I prefer the violent monster of Rick to the cool cunning of Gareth. Even with monsters, there is a line. Joe and his crew were all monster and probably were before the apocalypse.
There was a lot of foreshadowing and clues in this episode. The snare for the rabbit was a metaphor for the trap that Terminus set. The constant chatter about food also spoke to possible shortages that might call for desperate measures. There was also a lot of talk about, and illustration of, human monsters. It is interesting that the threat is shifting from walkers to other survivors. I know that there was a lot of conjecture that the people at Terminus were cannibals. The skeletons seem to prove that and the train cars with people in them seem to support it but I'm not sure how you would get an entire village to agree to it and be so calm when people arrive. If Rick and the group were just meat, it would have made sense to kill them. It would be less trouble although maybe they needed fattening up. But why would you take people's things if you were going to incorporate them into your group? I still haven't bought the cannibal thing completely, but that might just be because I find it abhorrent.
So where are the lines of monstrous behaviour now? Raping women and young boys is obviously over the line. Killing humans is not anymore, or even letting them die to save yourself. As time goes on, the line slides. Is eating humans over the line? If they are bad? If there is no more food? Maybe it is okay if you only do it until the first crops come in or you find some livestock.
Finally, as predicted, our whole group is still not together. We have no Tyreese, Carol, Judith or Beth. They may be at Terminus in another car or they may be still to come in various ways. While I didn't find this the best of the season finales, at least there is quite a set-up for next fall. We probably need the Terminus people to be monsters if our group is going to destroy them, but it would be so much more interesting if they are actually good people and our group, albeit unintentionally, are the monsters this time.
Bits and Pieces
I wasn't fond of the explanation for Michonne's actions. It would have been enough that her partner insisted on staying at the camp even when she had argued it was dangerous.
I enjoyed the reunion of Rick and Daryl. I found it unusual that Rick didn't ask any questions when Daryl said that Beth was just gone.
Carl cleaning his gun on a colouring book was a nice metaphor. Not to mention Patrick playing with Legos. Patrick was doing what Rick hoped Carl would do, but Carl is alive and Patrick is dead.
The Ringleader, the Archer and the Samurai. They sound like comic book heroes.
Things I could live without: The poor guy being ripped apart by walkers as Carl watched. Rick stabbing the guy over and over again after taking a chunk out of Joe's throat.
Hershel: "Ever since I gave Glenn my watch, it's right now to me."
Rick: "Yeah, it's always the same, isn't it? We don't get to know until we know."
Joe: "Shit, and I was thinking of turning in early on New Year's Eve."
Daryl: "You want blood, I get it. Take it from me, man." (Have I mentioned that I love Daryl?)
Rick: "He's mine."
Rick: "You being back with us here, now, that's everything. You're my brother."
Michonne: "I was gone for a long time."
Carl: "I'm just another monster, too."
Written on the wall in the room full of candles: "We first, always." (That seems to be the motto of any group of survivors).
Rick: "They're gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out."
Ford: "Find out what?"
Rick: "They're screwing with the wrong people."
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Again! This show has another episode that inspires me to keep watching. It's like I'm in an abusive relationship or something, geez. The scene with Rick and Joe's gang was amazing. I had to watch it again. I was so uneasy and horrified. And then when Rick snapped I didn't know whether to cheer or be upset. I don't care what anyone says, Andrew Lincoln is a great actor. He looked like an uncaged animal. That scene was just brutal between Rick tearing out a dude's throat then repeatedly shanking a guy and Daryl curb stomping the other guy to death. And Carl's face while he watched was haunting. Obviously Rick and Carl have the same monster inside them, and Carl's just scared to show it because he knows it will let down his dad. I knew there was more to him brawling with Tyreese than simply testosterone. At least on his part.ReplyDelete
I had hoped way back when in the Nebraska episode that Rick was gonna become truer to his comic book counterpart. But I think this episode is more of a clearer indication that Rick isn't taking anymore mess from anyone anymore. From him sniffing out Terminus and reacting immediately and planning ahead with the gun bag. I also loved how Daryl didn't even miss a beat and had his bow up and ready to go once Rick acted. Their brotherhood is one of my favorite things on the show.
I had a lot of the same reactions as Freeman. Particularly to the throwdown with Joe's gang. It was pretty much the reaction Scott Gimple said they were going for on The Talking Dead: I was mentally cheering when Rick head-butted Joe and went after him, but then he ripped out his throat and went hardcore on the attempted rapist, and I thought "Whoa. I'm not sure how I feel about this." Ultimately, it seemed necessary, but in the moment I was so shocked that it went that far. I do like that it seems to have brought Rick to a place of peace with both the man and the monster within, and I agree that it was good to see him get back to the guy from 'Nebraska' (a slightly more aggressive version). But I'm haunted by the look on Carl's face as he watched. That one still has a way to go to make peace with himself, and find the balance between young man and monster.ReplyDelete
I really liked the focus of the episode being back on Rick, Carl, and Michonne, with a nice dash of Daryl on the side. And I'm relieved that no one I care about has died, as of yet. Whew.
I also loved the flashbacks to the prison, because they underlined the full scope of Rick's transformation this season. And I was just really happy to spend a little more time with Hershel again, and to see everyone somewhat happy.
I kept thinking that Rick was going to die in the season finale because they seemed to be signaling it, but it's obvious now that they were signaling that Rick had to change. What he did was shocking, but it made sense. And that last line was great -- except I kept hearing Riddick saying it, with the F bomb. Am I really comparing Rick to Riddick? That's actually pretty cool.ReplyDelete
Another great season of reviews, Doc. I'm so glad you review this show for us. You always bring up stuff I was thinking, and take it further.
i thought the finale lacked a big final punching scene, it just felt like another episode with a cliff hanger. Not to say the episode wasn't good, but i felt like they could have done much better.ReplyDelete
I also didn't like the flashbacks, they felt out of place for me, they did serve their purpose, but i mean they really didn't fit the mood.
All in all, this season of the walking dead has been mediocre. The whole series would have been better if Darabont stayed. But with AMC firing two show runners for the walking dead so far, i wouldn't say the show is in good hands, especially not with AMC.
I've just re-watched this season in time for season 5. All I can say is that I found this season good, probably cause I don't over-analyze each episode and go with the flow.ReplyDelete
This was a good season finale in what has been, for me, the best season of this series thus far. The writers made the right call to deal with Joe's gang on the first half of the episode. That was a very tense scene and frightened me more than any other scene The Walking Dead ever did. There's something very disturbing about rape / attempted rape scenes, and having a child be the victim is taking it to a whole new level of disturbing. I agree with Daryl, a lot of people would've done what Rick did (maybe not so cruelly, but still).ReplyDelete
Of course Terminus was a bad place. I'm very naïve. That was a good set up for season five. I thought Rick's final line was "they're screwing with their own people" and I tried to make sense of it for minutes. Then I read the review and the actual line makes much more sense.
I really like Michonne's relationship with Carl. And Rick's "you're my brother" made me say "aw" out loud, that moment between the two of them was very much earned.
The flashbacks didn't do much for me, but I loved seeing Hershel again.
Hm, I don't know. Cannibalism sounds so useless. It's a lot of trouble to capture people: they are some of the smartest prey imaginable. And as a food shortage measure it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense, since it would be much more efficient to just eat the food that your human food is eating until slaughter. So just go vegetarian.ReplyDelete
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Slowed considerably in conference play after starting the year off at 7-0, the Ohio Bobcats will try to close their 2012 campaign out on a high note on Thursday against Louisiana-Monroe in the Independence Bowl.
Both schools enter their postseason fresh off eight-win seasons, although it is the Warhawks who still hold a significant advantage on paper according to oddsmakers. Along with an opening moneyline of +245 for Ohio and a startling -295 for Louisiana-Monroe, the Warhawks are currently favored to win by more than one full touchdown over Frank Solich's Bobcats.
Louisiana-Monroe brings a stellar 8-4 mark against the spread that mirrors its record, while the Bobcats have only been able to muster four wins in 12 games this season with the spread factored in. Interestingly enough, only one underdog in the last nine years has been able to earn a win on the Independence Bowl's turf, and the Warhawks will hope to become the seventh straight favorite to cruise to victory.
Moneyline: Ohio +240
Over/Under: 61 points
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What the heck is Sabine? SabineOS? Sabine 10-Bit Text System?
Short answer: a bunch of crap. Long answer...
Ages and ages ago before I knew anything about anything, I would create these crappy, poorly-designed HyperCard stacks with no point. Among the most infamous of these were N-Term, OnraSyst Q, and Gammasoft BASIC. Some I tried to pass off as programming languages: Gammasoft BASIC is the obvious example; another one was called R++ and was included with a terrible HyperCard office suite called Gammasoft Office. The one we're bringing up right now, however, is called HYPERBASE PROLAN. A special "font" used by HYPERBASE PROLAN was called Sabine.
The HYPERBASE PROLAN Sabine was actually just the Apple II character set, with a bunch of patterns and other crap thrown in there. It wasn't so much a font as a set of 512 patterns (hence 9-bit) that could be displayed in 8x8-pixel blocks. Interestingly, or uninterestingly, all HYPERBASE PROLAN could ever do was display the above about box. I don't think it ever worked with 24-bit color either.
After HyperCard, I got into programming on the Apple II. This is where I started to make things that were actually useful: a painting program, a file manager, a text viewer, and a few miscellaneous utilities. Sabine, or rather, the Sabine name, was taken to the Apple II. Here the character set was actually created from scratch by me. It abandoned all the patterns and other crap and started encoding actual text characters.
I wrote all the routines to load the characters from a binary file and draw characters and whole strings. Initially the routines were written in BASIC, but later I ported them to assembly language. I figured out how to hook up my drawing routines to Applesoft BASIC's ampersand (&) command so I could draw text strings from BASIC programs. I was also able to hook up my routines to the Apple II's character output, so everything printed to the screen appeared in Sabine's font. The entire set of binary files was referred to as the Sabine 9-Bit Text System or Sabine 1.5.
The Sabine low-resolution graphics demo.
The Sabine high-resolution graphics demo. Sabine could only fit 35 columns on screen, whereas the regular text mode could fit 40; this was because the Sabine characters were 8 pixels wide and the regular Apple II text characters were 7 pixels wide. Some parts are green or purple in this screenshot because of the way the Apple II high-resolution graphics mode worked.
Here the Apple II's character output is hooked up to the Sabine routines. The character output routine was loaded in memory at location 0x409C. (I had a little trouble setting this up for the screenshot; when I tried just loading the binary files and hooking up the output routine, all I got were Cyrillic characters. To get it to work properly I ran the SABINE.409CDEMO and stopped it before it got past ASCII characters. There must have been some extra setup step I don't remember.)
Sabine 1.7 attempted to bring in some graphical user interface elements using the Apple II's vector graphics. Nothing was ever done with this, however. Sabine 2.0 was the introduction of the 10-Bit Text System, allowing 1024 characters. Sabine 2.0 for the Apple II was never actually written, except for some font loading routines.
I just hate to admit doing this. I tried to pull off what must have been the stupidest idea in the history of computer programming: writing a windowing system in Microsoft QuickBasic!
I once had an old 486. I acquired a copy of QuickBasic and ported the code to display Sabine text characters, and included a full 1024 characters. Sabine 2.0 for the Apple II never existed, but unfortunately, it existed for QuickBasic.
Here are the 1024 characters:
The first application written was a character chart for displaying all these characters. It was very rudimentary at first, looking like a typical DOS application. The trouble started, however, when I tried building the windowing toolkit. I wrote routines for using certain subsets of the 10-bit character reportaire (called "Sabine fonts"), enabling the mouse and drawing a cursor, drawing GUI controls, changing the screen colors, drawing icons, saving and restoring the VGA video buffer, and even as advanced as moving "windows" around. My creation was originally called SabOS, but not much later was renamed SabineOS (I knew nothing of the difference between an operating system and a windowing system at the time). Unfortunately, not only was I doing this in QuickBasic, but I was absolutely abysmal at designing UI code. There could only be one "window" on the screen at any one time. The screen flickered as you moved the window because it redrew the entire desktop background and laid the window over it! The code was a mess and had to be compiled into every SabineOS application.
Fortunately, the only SabineOS applications ever written were the character chart, icon editor, screen saver, Color control panel, and a Program Manager type program called Applicat.
This is Applicat. It's about as bad as the Windows 3.1 Program Manager. The only advantage is that Applicat files can refer to any other Applicat file, so you can have hierarchical program groups. Everything else is a disadvantage, obviously. Shown here are icons for several programs that don't exist, thankfully.
At the bottom of the Programs list is a link to another Applicat file, Utilities. These programs actually exist.
Here is the Sabine character set again.
Here's the icon editor. Before I made this, I used a thrown-together DOS console application called ICONHACK. Since no menu code was ever written, the menu commands are on the menu bar. Clicking Open or Save didn't bring up a file selection dialog or anything; where "Editing file UNTITLED" appears in the screenshot, a prompt would appear asking for the file name and you had to type the path in, extending the line of text past the window border if you had to!
This is what happens when a SabineOS application crashes. 53 is a QuickBasic error code. It occured at "0" because the BASIC program had no line numbers. (Interestingly, pressing Continue worked on this one.)
This is the SabineOS control panel, which is actually just another Applicat file. The only one of these that works is Color.
Here's SabineOS's Color control panel. It allowed you to change the 16-color palette of the VGA mode. Four precomposed palettes were available: Uncorrected (the default VGA colors), Corrected, Grayscale, or Black & White.
The best part of SabineOS.
One other thing I did with Sabine that isn't shown here was loading the Sabine character bitmaps into the VGA character set. I had a little program called SABFONT.EXE that would do this. I often used the MS-DOS prompt with the small-caps font. One common problem I encountered was when the characters would remain at 8x12 instead of switching to 8x8, and I would get Sabine characters with the bottom third of the corresponding VGA character underneath! I still occasionally do this kind of thing even today; here's a Mac OS X Terminal window in the serif Sabine font.
The mouse driver SabineOS used was obviously flawed. While it runs fine on genuine PC hardware, it just does this under Virtual PC. Also, while SabineOS ran at an acceptable speed on my old 486, it's slow as heck on Virtual PC. I think it's because it accessed the hard disk a lot.
Update: SabineOS is confirmed to be working under DOSBox, without the mouse trails observed above:
Thankfully, I dropped the SabineOS project before it got any worse. For a little bit, though, I still continued doing stuff with the Sabine 10-Bit Text System. Here's a demo application I compiled in RealBasic:
Sabine 3.0 was defined as a text encoding, and had a completely new character set. The last 256 characters were filled with Extended Latin characters I found in Times New Roman by looking at the Insert Symbol dialog in Microsoft Word. Nothing was ever done with Sabine 3.0 except a character chart. Thankfully, by that time I dropped the Sabine 10-Bit Text System entirely. I learned about Unicode, and I realized that what I was doing was totally insane, and that anything less than 16-bit was dead. DEAD! Thankgawd!
The Sabine 10-Bit Text System even had a mascot, a girl named Sabine Tenbitesch.
Sabine's alleged handwriting was made into a TrueType font called Tenbitesch, still downloadable from my Relay Fonts 2001 page.
This is a RealBasic program I made shortly after called Doscbthm. Doscbthm stands for Dead Operating System Coming Back To Haunt Me! With the help of a Kaleidoscope scheme and a custom system font, it gets really freaky!
Doscbthm on Mac OS X.
Doscbthm was created just for irony's sake, but it actually does more than SabineOS ever did! It implements the character chart, icon editor, and Applicat, but it also has a file browser, which SabineOS never had. Doscbthm uses the same icon and Applicat files that SabineOS did, but there's none of the VGA memory dumps, mouse drivers, or other crap that SabineOS used.
SabineOS was never usable in any way, shape, or form, but it was quite a learning experience. A lot of what I know about software engineering now I learned from making so many mistakes.