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came to me; and, as my heart was in an ecstacy of joy, I expressed it in my countenance as she entered the room. I ran up to her in the transport of my joy. She appeared to be extremely shocked and frighted; and has since confessed to me, that she apprehended my trouble had thrown me out of myself, till I communicated my happiness to her. She then advised me to retire to some place of security; for that the king was highly displeased, and even enraged at the petition that I had presented to him, and had complained of it severely. I sent for another chair; for I always discharged them immediately, lest I might be pursued. Her Grace said she would go to court, to see how the news of my Lord's escape were received. When the news was brought to the king, he flew into an excess of passion, and said he was betrayed, for it could not have been done without some confederacy. He instantly dispatched two persons to the Tower, to see that the other prisoners were well secured, lest they should follow the example. Some threw the blame upon one, some upon another: Duchess was the only one at court who knew it.
When I left the Duchess, I went to a house which Evans had found out for me, and where she promised to acquaint me where my Lord She got thither some few minutes after me, and told me, that, when she had seen him secure, she went in search of Mr Mills, who, by the time, had recovered himself from his astonishment; that he had returned to her house, where she had found him; and that he had removed my Lord from the first place, where she had desired him to wait, to the house of a poor woman, directly opposite to the guardhouse. She had but one small room up one pair of stairs, and a very small bed in it. We threw ourselves upon the bed, that we might not be heard walking up and down. She left us a bottle of wine and some bread, and Mrs Mills brought us some more in her pocket the next day. We subsisted on this provision from Thursday till Saturday night, when Mrs Mills came and conducted my Lord to the Venetian ambassador's. We did not communicate the affair to his excellency; but one of his servants concealed him in his own room till Wednesday, on which day the ambassador's coach and six was to go down to Dover to meet his brother. My Lord put on a livery, and went down in the retinue, without the least suspicion, to Dover, where Mr Mitchell, (which was the name of the ambassador's servant) hired a small vessel, and immediately set sail for Calais. The passage was so remarkably short, that the captain threw out this reflection, that the wind could not have served better if his passengers had been flying for their lives,-little thinking it to be really the case. Mr Mitchell might have easily returned without being suspected of having been concerned in my Lord's escape; but my Lord seemed inclined to have him continue with him, which he did, and has at present a good place under our young
This is as exact and as full an account of this affair, and of the persons concerned in it, as I could possibly give you, to the best of my memory; and you may rely on the truth of it.
For my part, I absconded to the house of a very honest man in Drury Lane, where I remained, till I were assured of my Lord's safe arrival on the continent. I then wrote to the Duchess of Buccleugh,
(every body thought till then that I was gone off with my Lord), to tell her that I understood I was suspected of having contrived my Lord's escape, as was very natural to suppose; that, if I could have been happy enough to have done it, I should be flattered to have the merit of it attributed to me; but that a bare suspicion, without proof, could never be a sufficient ground for my being punished for a supposed offence, though it might be motive enough to me to provide a place of security; so I entreated her to procure leave for me to go with safety about my business. So far from granting my request, they were resolved to secure me if possible. After several debates, Mr Solicitor General, who was an utter stranger to me, had the humanity to say, that, since I showed so much respect to government as not to appear in public, it would be cruel to make any search after me: upon which it was decided, that if I remained concealed, no farther search should be made; but, that if I appeared either in England or Scotland, I should be secured. But that was not sufficient for me, unless I could submit to expose my son to beggary. My Lord sent for me up to town in such haste, that I had no time to settle any thing before I left Scotland. I had in my hands all the family papers: I dared trust them to nobody. My house might have been searched without warning, consequently they were far from being secure there. In this distress, I had the precaution to bury them under ground; and nobody but the gardener and myself knew where they were. I did the same with other things of value. The event proved, that I had acted prudently; for after my departure they searched the house; and God knows what might have transpired from these papers.
All these circumstances rendered my presence absolutely necessary, otherwise they might have been lost; for, though they retained the highest preservation, after one very severe winter; for, when I took them up, they were as dry as if they came from the fire-side; yet they could not possibly have remained so much longer without prejudice. In short, as I had once exposed my life for the safety of the father, I could not do less than hazard it once more for the fortune of the son. I had never travelled on horseback but from York to London, as I told you; but the difficulties did not now arise from the severity of the season, but from the fear of being known and arrested. To avoid this, I bought three saddle horses, and set off with my dear Evans and a very trusty servant, whom I brought with me out of Scotland. We put up at all the smallest inns on the road that could take in a few horses, and where I thought I was not known; for I was thoroughly known in all the considerable inns on the north road. Thus I arrived safe at Traquair, where I thought myself secure; for the lieutenant of the county, being a friend of my Lord's, would not permit any search to be made for me, without sending me previous notice to abscond. Here I had the assurance to rest myself for two whole days, pretending that I was going to my own house with the leave of the government, and sent no notice to my own house, lest the magistrates of Dumfries might make too narrow inquiries about me: so they were ignorant of my arrival in the country till I were at home, where I still feigned to have permission to remain. To carry on the deceit the better, I sent for all my neighbours, and invited them to come to my house.
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up my papers at night, and sent them off to Traquair. It was a peculiar stroke of Providence that I made the dispatch I did; for they soon suspected me; and, by a very favourable accident, one of them was overheard to say to the magistrates of Dumfries, that the next day they would insist upon seeing my leave from government. This was bruited about; and, when I was told of it, I expressed my surprise that they had been so backward in coming to pay their respects; but, said I, better late than never be sure to tell them that they shall be welcome whenever they choose to come. This was after dinner; but I lost no time to put every thing in readiness, but with all possible secrecy; and the next morning before day-break I set off again for London with the same attendants; and, as before, I put up at the smallest inns, and arrived safe once more.
On my arrival, the report was still fresh of my journey into Scotland, in defiance of their prohibition. A lady informed me, that the King was extremely incensed at the news; that he had issued orders to have me arrested; adding, that I did whatever I pleased, in despite of all his designs; and that I had given him more anxiety and trouble than any woman in all Europe. For which reasons, I kept myself as closely concealed as possible, till the heat of these rumours had abated. In the meanwhile, I took the opinion of a very famous lawyer, who was a man of the strictest probity; he advised me to go off as soon as they had ceased searching for me. I followed his advice; and, about a fortnight after, I escaped without any accident whatever.
The reason he alleged for his opinion was this, that although, in other circumstances, a wife cannot be prosecuted for saving her husband; yet, in cases of high treason, according to the rigour of the law, the head of a wife is responsible for that of a husband, and, as the King was so highly incensed, there could be no answering for the consequences; and he therefore intreated me to leave the kingdom.
The King's resentment was greatly augmented by the petition which I presented, contrary to his express orders; but my Lord was very anxious that a petition might be presented, hoping that it would be at least serviceable to me. I was, in my own mind, convinced that it would answer no purpose; but, as I wished to please my Lord, I desired him to have it drawn up; and I undertook to make it come to the King's hand, notwithstanding all the precautions he had taken to avoid it. So the first day I heard that the King was to go to the drawing-room, I dressed myself in black, as if I had been in mourning, and sent for Mrs Morgan, (the same who accompanied me to the Tower); because, as I did not know his Majesty personally, I might have mistaken some other person for him. She staid by me, and told me when he was coming. I had also another lady with me; and we three remained in a room between the King's apartments and the drawing-room; so that he was obliged to go through it: and, as there were three windows in it, we sat in the middle one, that I might have time enough to meet him before he could pass. I threw myself at his feet, and told him in French, that I was the unfortunate Countess of Nithsdale, that he might not pretend to be ignorant of my person. But, perceiving that he wanted to go off without receiving my petition,
I caught hold of the skirt of his coat, that he might stop and hear me. He endeavoured to escape out of my hands; but I kept such strong hold, that he dragged me on my knees from the middle of the room to the very door of the drawing-room. At last one of the blue ribbons who attended his Majesty, took me round the waist, whilst another wrested the coat out of my hands. The petition which I had endeavoured to thrust into his pocket fell down in the scuffle, and I almost fainted away through grief and disappointment.
One of the gentlemen in waiting picked up the petition; and, as I knew that it ought to have been given to the Lord of the Bed-Chamber who was then in waiting, I wrote to him, and intreated him to do me the favour to read the petition which I had had the honour to present to his Majesty. Fortunately for me it happened to be my Lord Dorset, with whom Mrs Morgan was very intimate. Accordingly, she went into the drawing-room, and delivered him the letter which he received very graciously. He could not read it then, as he was at cards with the Prince; but, as soon as ever the game was over, he read it, and behaved, as I afterwards learned, with the warmest zeal for my interest, and was seconded by the Duke of Montrose, who had seen me in the antichamber, and wanted to speak to me. But I made him a sign not to come near me, lest his acquaintance might thwart, my designs. They read over the petition several times, but without any success; but it became the topic of their conversation the rest of the evening; and the harshness with which I had been treated, soon spread abroad, not much to the honour of the king. Many people reflected, that they had themselves presented petitions to the late king, and that he had never rejected any, even from the most indigent objects; but that this behaviour to a person of my quality was a strong instance of brutality.
These reflections, which circulated about, raised the king to the highest pitch of hatred and indignation against my person, as he has since allowed for when all the ladies whose husbands had been concerned in the affair, presented their petition for dower, mine was presented among the rest; but the king said I was not to be entitled to the same priviledge; and, in fact, I was excluded; and it was remarkable, that he would never suffer my name to be mentioned. For these reasons every body judged it prudent for me to leave the kingdom; for, so long as this hatred of the king subsisted, it was not probable that I could escape from falling into his hands. I accordingly went abroad.
This is the full narrative of what you desired, and of all the transactions which passed relative to this affair; nobody living, besides yourself, could have obtained it from me; but the obligations I owe you, throw me under the necessity of refusing you nothing that lies in my power to do.
As this is for yourself alone, your indulgence will excuse all the faults which must occur in this long recital. The truth you may depend upon. Attend to that, and overlook all deficiencies.
My Lord desires you to be assured of his sincere friendship.-I am, with the strongest attachment, my dear sister, yours most affectionately, (Signed) WINEFRED NITHSDALE.
From "December Tales."
Blow breezes, blow! the stream runs fast,
On the west of the Alleghany mountains rise the branches of the Youghiogeny river. The surrounding country is fertile and woody, and presents strong attractions for the sportsman, as does also the river, which abounds in fish. These were the principal considerations which induced me, in the autumn of the year 1812, to ramble forth with my dog and gun, amid uninhabited solitudes, almost unknown to human footsteps, and where nothing is heard but the rush of winds and the roar of waters.
On the second day after my departure from home, pursuing my amusement on the banks of the river, I chanced to behold a small boat, fastened by a rope of twisted grass to the bank of the stream. I examined it, and finding it in good condition, I determined to embrace the opportunity that presented itself of extending my sport; and my fishing tackle was put in requisition. I entered into the deminutive vessel, notwithstanding the remonstrances of my four-footed companion, who, by his barking, whining, and delay in coming on board, seemed to entertain manifold objections to the conveyance by water—a circumstance which somewhat surprised me. At last, however, his scruples being overcome, he entered into the boat, and I rowed off.
My success fully equalled my expectations, and evening overtook me before I thought of desisting from my employment. But there were attractions to a lover of nature which forbade my leaving the element on which I glided along. I have mentioned that it was autumn; immense masses of trees, whose fading leaves hung trembling from the branches, ready to be borne away by the next gust, spread their dark brown boundary on every side. To me this time of the year is indescribably beautiful. I love to dwell upon those sad and melancholy associations that suggest themselves to the mind when nature, in her garb of decay, presents herself to the eye: It reminds me that human pride and human happiness, like the perishing things around us, are hastening rapidly on to their deline; that the spring of life flies; that the summer of manhood passes away; and that the autumn of our


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US bans suppliers from selling components to ZTE
Violation of trade restrictions lead to strict sanctionsBy Greg Synek 8 comments
Following skepticism from US government officials directed towards Chinese smartphone makers, the Department of Commerce has banned all United States businesses from selling components to ZTE Corporation for seven years.
Last year, ZTE pleaded guilty to violating US sanctions by covertly providing technology to Iran. So far, $890 million has been paid in penalties and fines for the incident, leaving another $300 million that could still be levied against ZTE. Four senior level employees were fired over the matter. Promises were made to take disciplinary action against another 35 employees by slashing bonuses. No action has been taken by ZTE against the additional 35 employees to date despite promises.
In response to the breach of trust, the United States has opted to temporarily ban all trade between ZTE and American companies. According to lawyer Douglas Jacobson representing many of ZTE's suppliers, the ban is "highly unusual" and "is going to tank their stock".
It is estimated that US businesses provide as many as 30 percent of the components found in ZTE's products. Notable suppliers include Intel, Qualcomm, and Microsoft. At a time when 5G technology is under development, this could be a major setback for ZTE's telecom and networking equipment products.
Tensions continue to rise between the United States and China over tariffs on technology items. In this instance, US suppliers are also losing out on potential sales, but ZTE is left with few options to obtain current generation hardware developed outside of China. As policies are changed, purchasing consumer tech products could become a little more difficult for some should further restrictions be implemented.

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Monday, July 30, 2012
My little cupboard
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Blue and white!!! :D :DReplyDelete
Just where do you store ALL your china?ReplyDelete
Jane x
That is sooo pretty! I adore blue and white, and your pretties look perfect in there. Thanks for joining my first ever party!ReplyDelete
I never tire of blue and white. Your display is just lovely. . .ReplyDelete
I love the blue and white but I love how you change up the little cupboard all the time even more! Cute! hugs, LindaReplyDelete
Oooooh! You have so many sweet blue pieces. Your little shelf is perfect for frequent changeups!ReplyDelete
Looks like you are all ready for a tea party Deb ~ pretty!ReplyDelete
xo Catherine
This is beautiful Deb! So important to have our pretty china collections on display so we can enjoy them everyday. Looks lovely! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.ReplyDelete
I have a Victorian cupboard that holds my cherish cups and accompanying pieces. Your photographs beautifully and what treasures! XOXOReplyDelete
Gorgeous cupboard and your vignette is stunning. I love the beautiful china and the delicate linens you used. Stunning. Thanks so much for joining TTT. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
Your cupboard looks lovely with those blue and white things so nicely displayed. I think it is good to have favorite things visible to be able to enjoy everyday. ----------- ShannonReplyDelete
I love your cupboard!! Your display is beautiful. Such lovely china pieces. Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog :-)ReplyDelete
Jocelyn @
Beautiful china - and what a lovely little cupboard, so sweet.ReplyDelete
Ooooooh!!! Blue and white are so pretty. I've only collected a few,so far. But, I'm definitely hooked. I also love anything tea related. I especially love your teapot!!!ReplyDelete
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(P1) Many English learners and teachers often point out the "American accent". The problem here is that there really isn't one single American accent but many. Researchers don't agree on exactly how many different accents there are but it could be anywhere from 20 to over 100!
(P2) The dialect spoken by TV announcers and actors in the USA is often called "General American English". People who speak general American English pronounce words like "hot" and "not" with what is called an unrounded vowel. So these words sound like "haht" and "naht".
(P3) On the east coast of the USA, in places like New England, there is a small difference here. The "r" in some words is often not enunciated. The first syllable in words like "parking" are often pronounced as "pah-king" with a strong "a" sound like "cat" or "man".
(P4) New York City has a peculiar dialect by itself. Much like the New England accent, the "r" is sometimes not pronounced but the "a" sounds are not as strong. A word like "carnival" would probably sound like "caw-na-val".
(P5) As we move down into the southern states, the american accent becomes quite different. The final "r" on words is usually dropped. So when someone says "summer day" in the south, it can often come out as "summah day". In some words, a vowel can be said with two or even three different sounds. For example, in general, American English, the "a" in "cat" is pronounced with only one sound. Southerners, however, might pronounce the "a" in cat as "kei-yat".
(P6) There are many many other accents and dialects in American English. One accent is not any better or worse than the others. However, it's useful for tourists who visit America to understand the accent where they are planning to visit. Don't be surprised if you hear more than one of these accents or even a medley of them during your stay.
SOURCE: http://dreamreader.net/lesson/american-accents/
VOCABULARY: point out, unrounded, enunciated, peculiar, southerners
If you found the passage difficult to read or had problems understanding specific words or idiomatic expressions, please discuss them with your tutor. The following discussion questions should be answered in your own words and with your own arguments.
- Briefly, summarize the content of the article in your own words.
- Does your country have different dialects and accents? If yes, can you explain them?
- Why do you think there are so many different accents in the USA?
- Do you prefer one English accent over another? Why or why not?
- How many different american accents are there?
- The accent used by ___________ and ____________ is mostly a general American accent.
- People who are from the New England States generally don't pronounce the ____ in words.
- The New York City and New England dialects are not alike in some ways, especially when pronouncing r. (T or F)
- It's helpful for tourists visiting the USA to know which accent is used where. (T or F)
EXPRESSIONS or PHRASES:
What do the following expressions or phrases mean?
- the problem here (P1)
- could be anywhere from 20 to 100 (P1)
- what is called (P2)
- by itself (P4)
- not any better or worse (P6)
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October 6, 2008
Milan update: Mac & Ret in Italy
Finally back from Europe, and it was a great experience! Here are some shots from Milan, Italy. Both pieces are collaborations with Retna, and I'm really happy with how they turned out. Thanks to Raptuz & Flycat for making it possible..
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We aspire to be the best in all our fields of operation, while providing a supporting environment for our employees, stakeholders and community.


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National output goes down 0.3% in first quarter
The Korean economy contracted in the first quarter, marking its worst performance since the global financial crisis in the late 2000s, according to Bank of Korea on April 25.
To surprise market watchers, the central bank said that gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.3 percent during the January-March period of this year compared to the previous quarter.
It is the worst contraction since a 3.3 percent decline in late 2008 when the world suffered from the global financial swoon and the resultant credit crunch.
During the first three months, private consumption expanded by a mere 0.1 percent quarter-on-quarter while construction investment went down by 0.1 percent.
The main culprit behind the economic shocks was facilities investment, which plunged by a whopping 10.8 percent, due to decreases in machinery and transportation equipment.
A Bank of Korea official said that a drop in business investment was far worse than initially expected because of a sharp downturn in the semiconductor sector.
The economy of Korea, home to the world's two biggest memory chip manufacturers of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, heavily depends on the chip industry.
The trade conflicts between the world's two economic powerhouses of the United States and China also weighed on Asia's fourth-largest economy.
The grim data opted Oxford Economics, a renowned private think-tank, to come up with a negative outlook over the future of Korea Inc. It originally expected that Korea's economy will grow 2.3 percent.
"Given the weak Q1 outturn, we now expect growth in 2019 to be lower than our original forecast of 2.3%," it said in a statement.
It also projected that the environment for exports remains challenging given the ICT slowdown and soft global growth. It would be bad news for the export-driven Korean economy.
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Have you ever considered fixing your own car? It can be really rewarding to learn how to care for your car. This can save you a lot of money and headaches down the road. The tips below will help you understand the possibility of fixing your own car.
Buy a good battery charger to keep in the car. The problem of a low or dead battery is very common, and if you keep a charger in your car you can assist other drivers with the problem. Before you drive again, figure out how to use it properly.
Ask all the questions you have at the shop. Focus particularly on the issue that you have; make sure to inquire about what you can do to prevent similar problems in the future. When you understand what's going on and put preventative measures in place, you will save a lot of money.
There is no better way to find an auto mechanic than to get a referral. Look to your family, friends, and colleagues for their suggestions. You can find out about a mechanics quality of work, their price, and overall satisfaction. People will let you know if their experiences were good or bad and how honest the auto repair shop was with them.
Make sure that you have car records on file. The glove compartment is a good place to keep these records. The auto mechanic can look at the records. The records can help them figure out the problem.
Prior to paying for any repairs you've had done, you should go on a drive to figure out if it was really fixed. If you don't do this, it's possible that the problem isn't even fixed.
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"First things first...We are truly blessed to have the means to set a pretty table and invite our friends to join us for good food and fellowship. I am mindful that many are not so fortunate. My daughter has a passion for the work of the Food Bank. As a singer-songwriter, she has written and recorded a song that is the anthem for the world wide Crop Hunger Walk project. Her song, "Raise Your Voice" is featured in their video. I've included a link in the side margin of my blog. I hope that it will encourage you to support projects in your community that contribute to the effort to overcome hunger.
Stemware for today was the Vietri Optic green goblet and the Bohemian orange wine goblet. Tip: If you're in the market for a new crystal goblet, the Vietri is reasonably priced and probably available in a gift store near you. It comes in a great assortment of colors. Check it out!
This week I'm joining:
Tablescape Thursday with Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch
Thursday's Favorite Things Blog Hop @ Katherine's Corner


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n 1992 cyberpunk author William Gibson wrote a short poem called Agrippa (a book of the dead) that tells about memory, loss, nature and mechanism, all framed by a Kodak photo album. The poem was bundled into a Mac System 7 application and included on a 3.5" diskette in the back of a noir art book by Dennis Ashbaugh and Kevin Begos, Jr.
Once run, the program displays Gibson's poem just once, and encrypts itself. Never to be seen again, until now.


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Best Books of 2018
I read a lot of books in 2018 (43!) and put together a list of my favorites!
Overall I feel good about how diverse the authors have been. Mid-year, I started reading ebooks through the local libraries, and it's been frustrating that more often than not, non-fiction books written by white men on my reading list are available, but it's impossible to find the ones by women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups. I'm planning on putting a bit more effort (and money) toward getting a hold of those titles this next year, so we'll see how that goes!
General Non-fiction
Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and presents a vocabulary for talking about vulnerabilty and why its important psychologically. Highly recommend this for leaders and managers out there. There's also a TED talk that hits the highlights.
If you know any grad students or people who hang out with them a lot, this is a perfect gift. Rivière was able to capture the ups and downs of grad life (advisors! department politics! getting out of bed!) in a hilarious and horrifyingly accurate way.
This might look like a childrens' book, but Redniss has intricately woven together stories and histories of different kinds of weather with beautiful illustrations. Fun!
I was fortunate enough to both read this and see the stage production this year! It's a dark, funny, excellently illustrated coming-of-age, coming out story that tugs at the heartstrings.
I read more historical books this last year. Most of these were focused on Asia since I've been curious about how we've gotten into our current geopolitical...situation and reading history felt like the way to gain a better understanding of how these civilizations coalesced their respective values that are so different from "The West."
This is a heavy one that details the rise of nationalism—particularly Eurasianism—in Russia by focusing on three major figures that contributed to the development of the concept.
Story of three generations of women, starting in Northern China/Manchuria pre-Japanese occupation and continuing all the way through to the 1980s. It's told through an anecdotal or memoir-style lens, and also a heavy read.
A crash course in Chinese history in graphic novel form! It's the first of four volumes, and I'm excited to get to the rest of them this coming year.
It takes a chapter or two to figure what on earth all the jargon is, but I loved Lee's world building around a pseudo-mathematical "calendrial systems" that underpin the physics and laws of the imagined universe.
The narrator is a psychopath (as you're probably aware), the plot is super uncomfortable, and I've still yet to encounter an author that constructs as beautifully delicate of prose.
This one hits hard with the second-generation immigrant experience feels. It's rare to see these parts of myself in books and that makes it all the more special when it happens.
Lumberjanes is always a joy with its whimsy and adventure. Super curious to see how the live-action movie turns out.


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Saw the Hobbit.
Many years ago, when I was ten, my cousin told my father about two authors I might like: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. My father bought the books and kept them in his office, which was downstairs. Every week, when I did my chores, I would get one. Occasionally, I would sneak and read ahead while I was vacuuming the office.
When I read The Hobbit, my favorite character was Thorin Oakenshield. I remember reading about his death, caught up in the story. I cried. Something I never, ever did at the age of ten. (It was not until I was 12 and hit puberty that I started crying occasionally.) I looked up and realized that I was on the school bus. I was so afraid someone would see my tears. But I was soooo sad.
I loved Thorin so much.
I also loved another noble Tolkien character who was calm and majestic. Aragorn. The movies were not good to him. He was played by a loud-mouthed whiner who was nothing like the character in the book. (I know some folks liked him, but they tended to be people who did not like the book Aragorn. I loved the character in the book…best of anyone in the series, except maybe Thorin.) The LOTR movies were ruined for me. I didn't really want to see The Hobbit. I was afraid they would ruin Thorin Oakenshield.
But they didn't.
He was wonderful. Perfect.
The whole movie was perfect.
May be one of my favorite movies I've ever seen.
Thorin Lives Again.
Ten year old me would be so happy.


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The Brewers are telling other teams they're ready to sell
Published May 1, 2015 06:05 PM
Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY reports that the Brewers have announced to other teams they're willing to sell. With a 5-17 record, the Brewers' hopes for the 2015 season may already be dashed. They have the worst starting rotation ERA in the National League, have committed the second-most errors in the league, and are sporting the NL's third-worst offense in terms of average runs scored per game.
Nightengale writes that the Brewers are making veterans Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza, and Aramis Ramirez available. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports adds that a rival executive sees Carlos Gomez, Jean Segura, Khris Davis, Gerardo Parra, and Francisco Rodriguez as marketable as well.


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The "FROM:" line in an email is the most important factor to getting it opened.
"Email marketers should use a consistent 'From:' address, and it must be recognizable to their customers," says Gail Goodman, chief executive officer of Constant Contact, a self-service email-marketing firm. "The first question your customers will ask is, 'Do I know this person or this company?' If the 'From:' line does not address this basic question, your customers will most likely not open it."
Chris Baggott, chief marketing officer and co-founder of ExactTarget, another email marketing firm, agrees. "The 'From:' line is key. It must be the same from email to email. And I prefer to see someone's name here. A 'From:' line of 'info@' is bad. People like to hear from other people, and not from institutions, which is what 'info@' implies. An institution."
Past is indicative
Past history with receiving your emails is the second most important factor to getting an email opened. "A domestic airline company sends me an email every week with travel specials that never apply to my situation," says Baggott. "The specials don't include the city where I live. And you know what? I've learned to rarely open these emails, because I've learned that they are most likely a waste of my time. The same is true with any sort of email marketing. If an ecommerce firm has bombarded its customers with irrelevant, useless email, those customers will learn not to open it. So, past history is very important to getting your customers to actually open your email."
Says Gail Goodman, "Prior email content will determine whether someone wants to open and read another email from you. If you've sent someone emails that don't interest him and are otherwise not relevant to his interests, he'll learn to ignore them and not open them. So be careful that your emails are targeted, relevant and interesting to that recipient. You don't have to always include product offers. Vary your emails with relevant articles and tips that will interest someone."
"For example," Goodman continues, "If I purchase a kayak from a retailer, I most likely will be interested in reading about kayaking tips and advice. That would likely interest me more than, say, a product offer on an unrelated sporting goods product. In this manner, a retailer is only sending out targeted, relevant and interesting emails, which, for this example, revolves around kayaking."
Content, content
The content of an email is the most important factor in getting customers to click-through from it to your website.
"Short, snappy and to-the-point," says Goodman. "Email text should be much shorter than other methods of text communication. Cut out every unnecessary word and phrase. And always have someone else read over it before you send it out."
"As a broad rule," says Chris Baggott, "HTML emails work better than text-based emails. This is especially true for retailers, who have products to showcase. Most customers like to see pictures of these products. But the important factor that determines a click-through rate is relevancy. Segment your customers and make certain you are sending them offers of products and related content that interests them. That factor, relevancy, drives the click-through rate."
"Just get them to your website," says Goodman. "They can buy something once they get there. And to get them to your site, send short emails on products and topics that interest the reader and for which there's more information on those products and topics once they get to your site."
"Interestingly enough," says Baggott. "The creative design of an email is pretty far down the list when it comes to factors that influence click-through rates. The most important is relevancy."


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Art sent me an e-mail about the photos I have been posting with the hanging plant which may be seen here in this picture. He thinks it may have been taken at The County Seat in Carroll, Iowa… maybe.
I vaguely remember the place. It is possibly where we first started working on "Sing Me Your Love Songs", one of the first songs written for "Sailing On Fantasies".
A mind is a terrible thing to waste!!!
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Freeman Ford (March 10, 1950 – March 14, 2018) of Marksville, Louisiana, has passed away. He was Keith's father's "go-to-man" in the black community.
Raymond Julian Laborde (August 18, 1927 – January 17, 2016) is dead. Without its icon, Marksville's "good old days" are almost over. On January 20, 2016, his interment will be at the St. Joseph Cemetery #1 (the same place, where Vincent Simmons allegedly threatened Sharon and Karen Sanders and their cousin Keith Laborde to kill them, if they told anyone of the rapes.)
Raymond Laborde's first triumph was when he defeated his lifelong friend Edwin Edwards for senior class president at the local high school in 1943. Six years later, the Loyola graduate launched the Raymond's Department Store, which he was running to the very end. It was directly across the street from the court house and much more than a simple clothing store. It was a place where small town politics was made.
Raymond Laborde held several honorary posts, served three terms as Mayor of Marksville, twenty years as state legislator in Baton Rouge, and four years as Commissioner of Administration under Governor Edwin Edwards. Since 2003, Laborde has been a member of the Political Hall of Fame in Louisiana.
A few years ago, he – along with District Attorney Charles Riddle – spearheaded the movement against Republican Ex-Governor Bobby Jindal's proposal to privatize or even to close prisons in central Louisiana, especially the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, where one of Laborde's sons works as a GED teacher.
Some people wonder how Raymond Laborde has managed to keep a clean slate throughout all those decades in politics, while a number of his best friends and politicians close to him were investigated or even convicted.
Read more in the book "Louisiana v. Vincent Simmons: Frame-up in Avoyelles Parish."
These articles might interest you:
Jobs – a free ticket for nearly everything in politics
Legislators slowly react to Louisiana's collapsing penal system
USA: Almost 50% of all prisoners worldwide are in the "Land of the Free"
Ex-Governor Edwin Edwards back on stage
Ex-Governor Edwin Edwards' credibility
This upcoming Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the city of Marksville invites the public to the courthouse square to celebrate the 161st anniversary of Solomon Northup's liberation, report the Town Talk and the Avoyelles Today.
Without the movie "Twelve Years A Slave" (2013) with Brad Pitt, this Freedom Fest probably would not have been called into being this year. But now, business men and women in Avoyelles Parish use Solomon Northup's story to attract tourists. Frank Eakin states to the Town Talk, "I see this (the Northup Freedom Celebration) as a symbolic move forward, the completion of a cycle which began with intolerance and ends in mutual compassion and understanding."
Among the special guests will be two actresses and ten descendents of Northup's and his slave masters.
Just a thought: Would some "Free Vincent Simmons" posters, banners, t-shirts combined with copies of the book "Louisiana v. Vincent Simmons: Frame-up in Avoyelles Parish" cause irritation or rather "compassion and understanding" at the historic event?
More about the book and the movie "Twelve Years A Slave" at http://vincentsimmons.iippi.org/2013/11/05/twelve-years-a-slave/
Judge Benjamin Clyde Bennett, Jr. passed away at his residence in Marksville on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at the age of 88. He was the judge who presided at the Avoyelles Parish District Court and denied Vincent Simmons' Application for a Writ of Mandamus in 1988, in which the prisoner had requested a copy of his arrest report.
His son, Judge William Joseph Bennett, is alleged to have been the sentencing judge in Simmons' case, according to defense lawyer Laurie White's review of the pre-parole report. The true trial judge was Judge Earl Edwards, who died in 1998 at the age of 90.
Judge Benjamin C. Bennett's second son, John Taylor Bennett, also is a lawyer. He partnered with retired District Attorney Charles A. Riddle, Jr. (the father of current District Attorney Charles A. Riddle, III) who had previously practiced with "Eddie" Knoll (Simmons' prosecutor).
Go to the obituary here.
Yesterday, the Town Talk of Alexandria, Louisiana, announced the 59th wedding anniversary of the parents of the State's star witness (Keith Laborde), who had testified against Vincent Simmons 34 years ago. John and Joan Sherman Laborde live in the Avoyelles Parish seat Marksville and married on October 5, 1952.
On May 22, 1977, John Laborde made his minor nieces report that a "black man" had raped them on May 9, 1977. That night in question, Keith Laborde and the twin girls allegedly had a flat tire in Marksville. Although they still had to drive all the way to their grandparents in the Brouillette community, around 10 miles north of the town, the three teenagers did not ask John Laborde for help. One of them testified at trial that they had not even thought of going to Keith Laborde's father. Why not?
Prosecutor "Eddie" Knoll used the remainder of the "tire" as evidence to prove two counts of "Attempted Aggravated Rape." The State did not introduce any other physical evidence.
He is a native of Marksville (Avoyelles Parish), Democrat, was Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor (1972-1976, 1976-1980, 1984-1988, 1992-1996), signed Louisiana's Constitution of 1974, is labeled as "crook", "gambler" and "womanizer," and he served a federal prison term from 2002 until 2011 for a corruption conviction involving riverboat casino licenses.
As Vincent Simmons, Edwards has maintained his innocence from the start. Even officially political opponents as David C. Treen and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. believe Edwards was railroaded. They asked U.S. President George W. Bush to pardon him in 2007, but Republican Bush denied the then 80-year-old early release on pardon.
As his late friend "Potch" Didier, former long-term sheriff of Avoyelles Parish, Edwards always was ahead of his time. After the Civil Rights Movement, many women and most African-Americans did not vote for conservative candidates. The "Cajun King," as Edwards also was called, was a minority-friendly politician. The people of Louisiana elected the charismatic Avoyellean with lots of wit four times as governor and made him an undefeated record holder.
Even now, the convicted and released white collar criminal still has many supporters and connections. Edwards indicated to the media that he feels he is more popular today than before his conviction due to him taking the injustice in his case like a man.
No doubt, Edwin Edwards has returned to society with a bang as though he wanted to announce his comeback with a "Now-more-than-ever" attitude. Leo Honeycutt, an award winning journalist and author, wrote Edwin Edwards' newest biography when the federal inmate was still confined. Trina Grimes Scott (32) of Alexandria, Louisiana, read the book, wrote and visited Edwards (83) in prison. Both will marry this Friday before Edwards' 84th birthday on August 7, 2011.
Edwin Edwards has a Facebook page and his (third) soon-to-be-wife posts much about her life with him on the social network platform. The 16-year-governor is in the spotlight again. The couple attends public events, tours the state promoting his biography, and might participate in a reality television show in the near future.
Edwin Edwards is a retired lawyer and politician, but he never seems to quit being an entertainer. How far is he going for publicity?
34th anniversary of a crime that is still being committed, but ignored
If truth was as clear, powerful, and respected as water, Simmons' actual innocence—demonstrated in the new book "Louisiana v. Vincent Simmons: Frame-up in Avoyelles Parish" by Katja Pumm—would wash him out of the penal system. He has been confined since Monday May 23, 1977—which falls on the same weekday this year.
MONDAY, MAY 9, 1977 (approx. 9 P.M. – 12 P.M.):
Eighteen year-old Keith Laborde is driving around with his minor cousins Sharon and Karen Sanders in his old car.
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1977 (approx. 6 P.M.):
Sharon and Karen Sanders report to Sheriff "Potch" Didier, Major Fabius Didier, Captain Floyd Juneau and Deputy Barbara DeCuir at the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office that a "black man" raped them on May 9, 1977.
(7 A.M.): Captain Floyd Juneau's and Lieutenant Robert Laborde's shift begins.
(8 A.M.): Juneau and Laborde "decide" to arrest African American Vincent Simmons.
(9 P.M.): Simmons is strolling down Waddil Street in Marksville near the St. Joseph cemetery. Lead investigator Captain Floyd Juneau and Lieutenant Robert Laborde come by in their patrol car and arrest him "on view," without an arrest warrant, for two counts of aggravated rape. At the Sheriff's Office, Potch Didier tells Captain Melvin Villemarette to establish a line-up with the arrestee. The line-up consists of one white and seven black persons. Fotos show that Simmons (number 4) is the only one in handcuffs.Keith Laborde, Sharon and Karen Sanders are together in the room behind the mirror and indentify the handcuffed man.
(approx. 9:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.): Officers Laborde and Villemarette take the shackled Simmons upstairs to the ID room. They do not interrogate him. Vincent Simmons refuses to sign a confession that Laborde has formulated. Lieutenant Robert Laborde shoots Simmons in his left chest missing the arrestee's heart by three inches. Several colleagues and the sheriff witness the scene seconds later. Laborde and Villemarette allege that Simmons took Villemarette's gun and tried to shoot them.
Before the shooting, Keith Laborde begins to give his statements to Deputy Barbara DeCuir and Captain Floyd Juneau.
Coroner F. P. Bordelon arranges for the shooting victim to be rushed to the Huey P. Long Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana. Simmons is unconscious. Lieutenant Laborde's weapon is released for investigation.
District Attorney "Eddie" Knoll calls the victims' family at the house of Keith Laborde's father.Sharon and Karen Sanders give their handwritten statements.
Judge Earl Edwards now orders to arrest Vincent Simmons for the rape of Sharon and Karen Sanders. The police officers take fotos of Keith Laborde's car and the alleged crime scene on Little California Road. Lieutenant Robert Laborde writes a supplementary report concerning the "offense" of the "investigation and shooting of Vincent Simmons" in Captain Villemarette's and his own name.
Coroner F. P. Bordelon examines both girls and discovers that one of the girls' "hymen was in tact and I was unable to insert one examining finger." The twins mention the name "Vincent Simmons" for the first time while telling Dr. Bordelon what happened on May 9, 1977.Captain Juneau and Lieutenant Laborde request a search warrant for the homes of two of Simmons' sisters. They seek "maroon trousers, silk looking shirt with tassle like appendages" and a "brown handle pistol about six or seven inches long."
WEDNESDAY, May 25, 1977:
(2:30 P.M.): Captain Floyd Juneau seizes a "black shirt with ruffles," a "pair maroon jeans," and a "pair of double knit pants (maroon in color)" at Simmons' common law brother-in-law's house. The investigators Floyd Juneau and Robert Laborde charge Vincent Simmons with two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of attempted murder.
Four days after the shooting, Vincent Simmons is released from hospital. Sheriff deputies take him back to Avoyelles Parish and put him in a one man jail cell at the Sheriff's Department.
The Grand Jury of Avoyelles Parish indicts Vincent Simmons for two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of attempted murder and returns a True Bill.Coroner F. P. Bordelon formulates his findings about his medical examination of the two fourteen-year-old girls in his written reports addressed to District Attorney "Eddie" Knoll.
Public defender Harold Brouillette files a Motion for Preliminary Hearing. Judge Earl Edwards orders that "a preliminary hearing be held in the case of State of Louisiana vs. Vincent Simmons on the two counts of aggravated rape on the 7 day of July, 1977, at 1 o'clock P.M." WEDNESDAY,
The United States Supreme Court rules in Coker v. Georgia that the death penalty is unconstitutional for the crime of rape.THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1977 (1 P.M.):
After the preliminary hearing, Judge Edwards schedules Simmons' trial for July 18, 1977.
Assistant District Attorney Jeannette Theriot Knoll files a Motion to Amend Indictment. She requests that the indictment of two counts of aggravated rape be amended to two counts of attempted aggravated rape. Judge Edwards signs the motion behind closed doors–without a second Grand Jury hearing.
Note: now after the decision in Coker v. Georgia, aggravated rape only carried a twenty-year sentence per count upon conviction because there was no other law in the books yet. Attempted aggravated rape, however, would imprison Simmons for fifty years per count, if convicted.
MONDAY, JULY 18, 1977: jury selection
TUESDAY, JULY 19 and WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1977: trial. It ends with a guilty verdict.
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1977:Judge Earl Edwards imposes a one hundred-year sentence (fifty years for each count, to run consecutive).
Case summary with documents on the Innocent in Prison Project International website at http://cases.iippi.org/vincent-alfred-simmons/


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Quand tu chantes je chante avec toi liberté
When you sing I sing with you my freedom
Quand tu pleures je pleure aussi ta peine
When you cry I cry with you in your pain
Quand tu trembles je prie pour toi liberté
When you tremble I pray for you my freedom
Dans la joie ou les larmes je t'aime
In joy or in tears I love you
Souviens-toi de jours de ta misère
You remember the days of your misery
Mon pays tes bateaux étaient tes galères
My country and your boats were mine too
Quand tu chantes je chante avec toi liberté Et quand tu es absente j'espère
And when you are absent I hope
Qui-es-tu? Religion ou bien réalité
Who are you? A religion or a kind reality
Une idée de révolutionnaire
Are you a revolutionary idea
Moi je crois que tu es la seule vérité
I myself believe you are one truth in my life
La noblesse de notre humanité
I myself believe you are the nobility of our humanity
Je comprends qu'on meure pour te défendre
I understand that you die in defense of your life
Que l'on passe sa vie à t'attendre
And that one spends life waiting for you
Quand tu chantes je chante avec toi liberté Dans la joie ou les larmes je t'aime Les chansons de l'espoir ont ton nom et ta voix
In the songs of hope are your name and your voice
La chemin de l'histoire nous conduira vers toi
The path of history leads us toward you
liberté, liberté
(Verdi / Arr. A. Goraguer / P. Delanoë / C. Lemesle)
Canadian SME International Trade and Marketing - writings upon readings and continued curiousity in the realms of cross cultural business. Some of my opinions are not my own, but I would fancy to say nearly all of them should be credited to the various authors. Deming disciple. I stubbornly persist.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
For Mom: Dying of Incurable Cancer
International Gallop
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Nags, the Snags and the Swags: Practice What You Preach!
When I first arrived in Korea in 1996 it was anything but convenient. Certain adjustments needed to be made and mostly by me. Yours truly represents the approximately fewer than 3-5% percent of "foreigners" as we are termed here who remain beyond a one to two year term. Sometimes called "lifers" or "veterans" the hardest generalizations to bear are:
- couldn't get a job back in his own country ( true) never had a full-time or more than minimum wage job there in my life, left home at age 22 and left the country at 24.
- couldn't get a girlfriend only wants to bed as many Korean women as possible ( false) had a fiancée before coming here told me I was too honest about the place and decided to break it off haven't met a woman I loved like that since.
- only cares about money ( false) the highest paying job offer so far received was an unethical one and would have been about a quarter of a million dollars a year working for US Army Generals through BAE Systems as a social scientist in Iraq.
- doesn't care about his family ( false) travel home about every 18 months.
It is in this spirit that some observers (e.g. Kivinen, 2002; Newman, 2000) caution that concern with global competitiveness could lead higher education to easily lose sight of its traditional academic values such as social criticism, preparation for civic life, and the pursuit of curiousity driven learning and scholarship. (Kreber: 2009)
These values are not always a reality among Korean students and I sometimes feel I am introducing them to such foreign concepts for the first time. UOW studies were not a marriage of convenience either. I was beginning to realize that my mind was capable of and wanted to learn new things and that I should follow my interests. It took me over two years to find the job I have here in Korea today and it has been nearly a complete realization of the strategy it took for me to get here where I want to be. In the fourth year here I had succeeded in breaking a record for staying in one job more than three years and every day I continue to break that record which is unbelievable to me. I am where I belong which appears to be in a foreign country as it is what my work experience and training made me good at and I do not agree with much of what academia tells me I should or must be:
- couldn't do a research degree ( true) the one PhD who looked at my CV briefly for a research assistantship which would have paid the costs of remaining in Oz and studying further didn't even care to meet me face to face even on the recommendation of one of his peers
- doesn't want to give up his job ( true) if you spent ten years working and studying looking for this job you wouldn't leave it either it's a sweet little spot I call, "Dan's Workshop."
- doesn't have team spirit ( false) my team is over 160 members strong - I'm one of their leaders and I'm 99% happy.
- is a second rate student ( false) the academics who haven't taken a similar path know nothing about internationalization or globalization but market and kiss it's ass extremely well.
You have to try working zero job security teaching contracts for seven years straight abroad to learn more about why international business studies may be the most appropriate field in terms of your run of the mill ESL teacher who has taken a look at the industrialization of global education. In fact has been one of its insignificant cogs. Curiosity does have a place at the table of learning and so does boredom. Business is interesting to me. I consider what I do to be my business. The world is my market place. My students are my customers. I must work, earn and save money to retire hopefully not "penniless or without a pot to piss in." Unless a doctoral program is generous enough to remember that then forget about it - I don't want any more part-time jobs. Ever. I'd rather work overseas anywhere and forever on contracts than submit to miserly doctoral research program funding that doesn't pay me enough to live and work on to be creative and innovate.
When I relocated to Campus East in 2004 for my final semesters I took the last two semesters overload to save a semester of living costs and graduated in the top 5% of my cadre with a letter of recommendation for doctoral studies in 2009. I only found out I was in the top of my class five years later when I asked for that letter to apply for a doctoral scholarship that included 40,000 USD in annual living expenses as well as accommodation benefits in Switzerland to study Chinese international investments which is about what it would take to get me to do a doctoral study. Apparently a few others agree and beat me to it. I remain at my current post. I did realize Australians are different from other international students too. At least they were globalized enough to the point that half of the dining hall was 99% Australian whites and the other half was 99% mixed international students ~ mostly Asians and everything else. This was a big difference over UOWD which had (perhaps "has") large Iranian and Indian cadres. Most of those Iranians wouldn't be there if they had their choice either. Prior to 1979 they were the largest numbers of foreign students in the USA. In my classroom and Department of Commerce a handful of Australians there were mostly kind and helpful. I had very little time to be "pro-social" anyway. I am trying to say Australia - while making strides still has a long way to go.
The Nags, the Snags and the Swags: Practice What You Preach!
In agreement with Bartel the structure of a university culture allows or inhibits the facilitation of strategies to enhance internationalization. Look at those single digit percentages of either Australian or Canadian students for that matter hovering around 2-3% who ever engage ANY offshore studies or work experiences. They are similar in Korea as well.
I couldn't access the additional readings I think because my computer crashes so frequently I have failed to install an institutional journal access feature to read them without paying for them out of pocket. In fact jstor operates sporadically. But I did pick up Leask's Internationalization of Curriculum: Key challenges and strategies from 1999 for free from her staff page. Hope that'l l do?
Leask's Three Stages
On the first stage of putting policies into practice: I would love to see UniSA publishing for free access all of its social sciences and applied sciences research organizations annual reports beyond a general accounts of the entire university but putting policy into practice online including those from Dr. Dawson's Sleep Research Centre and Dr Babcock's Social Quality of Work Centre. So far I am not convinced that a research management student (such as me?) is adequately provisioned with the required material examples to well complete the final task assignment of this current course without more transparent accounting practices. So far I find several research organizations in Australia do not provide easy access to such resources including those managed by my former quality management lecturer. So far I can only surmise that they might be spending their research funds on similar " magicians and rabbits in hats" to the tune of 70,000 AUD as at a CSIRO conference in 2005 and that educators who would mark me on my budgets, informed and researched opinions would not penalize me because I do share their perspectives on accountability and transparency. Let's account. Let's apply that.
Second stage - staff development: It's really hard to teach old dogs new tricks and Australia's research and university teaching crowd surely classifies as mostly "old dog" with fewer than 20% under the age of 35. I realize that "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." However the most demanding and most rewarding instructors I had at UOW were first generation non-white immigrants. With those instructors if I challenged their beliefs and opinions on the final exam with contrary but also researched opinions and beliefs I was rewarded. That should be the measure in Australian international education and research in my opinion but too often it is not. I can only surmise that not enough researchers and educators there have had to work or live abroad to grow or prosper as a minority not by choice but through necessity, to have to adapt one's perspectives to those which are at times radically different or to define tolerance as a willingness to amicably agree that inequalities and injustices exist and occur across all cultures due to the advantages or the disadvantages of being born a generation too early or a generation too late. That some really do have fewer opportunities than others or natural gifts at birth still striving to succeed excel and relate and that the barriers of distance, religion, social caste, nationality, cultural values, language and income should not be a barrier to learning. ,As Robyn Wilkes former coordinator of Campus East once mentioned to me, "twenty years ago we were a lot kinder to each other." I have the tendency to agree.
Third Stage - Changing Teaching Practice: Most classes at UOW were crammed full with 70 or more students, three hours lectures twice a day with upwards of 250 slides in each. The process was industrial and good teachers took more than a glance at well prepared work before they assigned grades. One of them would even re-read and note how many minutes he spent reading the paper marked upon the graded paper itself. That way he could dissect as many contentious areas as possible to justify his grade and provide the necessary feedback which must be constructive rather than destructive to be effective. Namely when teaching adults there is a need to provide the path to improvement. It must be apparent. Otherwise it may simply be the case of, "I didn't like your argument." And that is never enough.
Bartel M. (2003) " Internationalization of Universities: A University Culture-Based Framework," Higher Education, Volume 45, No. 1 (Jan., 2003), pp. 43-70.
Kreber, C (2009) " Different Perspectives on Internationalization in Higher Education," New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 118, Summer 2009.
Leask B. (1999) Internationalization of the Curriculum: Key challenges and strategies, UniSA/IDP.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Grants, Scholarships for Higher Research in Korea and Asia
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Collaboration Success Equals More Social Scientists?
Dr. Dawson's remarks upon his initial cynical views of collaboration were bridged successfully only when engaging with a particular unnamed networked and skilled relationship developer who assisted him in developing talents for collocating people across organisations whereby trust and social capital could be nourished. Then projects could be increased in scope, scale and budget all substantially. This person was not a scientist. His example correlates even to the physical separation of the arts and sciences discernable in my own undergraduate studies in Canada at Acadia University. Each discipline appears to undermine the relevancy and accessibility of the other but like yin and yang intellectual capacities arte possibly best served by skills in both fields.
Coldly Dawson also explains that successful collaboration should not feel like (revenge?) or a, "one night stand." His management of a CRC grant was assisted not only by the university clustering director but also his tenure as CRC engagement group leader where he experienced new challenges and explained, "tall poppy phenomena" can develop when and if funding and grants allocations become too concentrated to one CRC project stream. He also identified the benefits of long-term funding in providing a safety net to allow good science to take place where there might otherwise be "Taylorist perspectives" or "clip board amnesia."
His preference for a diversity of income streams as operational insurance includes participation in more than one CRC at a time if possible and a problematic engagement with the social sciences perhaps proving a critical area of future improvement necessary to see greater institutional collaborations in future as recommended by O'Kane's report. Favourite quotes: Neither government nor industry wants to pay you to tell them they are a bunch of bastards." or "We don't need independent biological observers who pass judgment from the heavens." In contrast to the heavens as an expatriate abroad the pay may be extremely poor in peaceful heaven as well. I prefer an exciting hell?
It is easy to agree with Dr. Dawson on these points. However good quality management decisions are often difficult to make without high level executive agreement that certain "biological observers" may have the right "rock of eye" or qualities of observation and criticism which do make sound organisational or strategic sense even when or if that observer does or does not possess the correct disciplinary credentials as Dawson has previously noted. A recurring theme is a dearth of managerial training. The social sciences produce many graduates who more often than not fail to progress in career paths which correlate with their particular studies probably willing to be cherry-picked on the road to heaven in their velvet-lined ditches. Why would most of the world's business teaching faculties for example, not include a majority of social science refugees if this were not so? While slow speaking and slow learning may be the prevue of the convention renting jet-set I am not convinced that commercial project collaborations benefit any more than political junkets do in generating better trade relations among nations or collaborators. It is perhaps a Reaganesque trickle down philosophy that does not trickle far from the revenue stream.
On the other hand Dr. Lewis provides the bootstrap learning curve which more closely shapes my own progressive learning path and perhaps the ticket to greater collaboration. Everyone may need to learn and listen more? Quite simply learn what they already do not appear to know? He details the bitter realities of needing to constantly reshape the vision and mission of his organisation (SARDI) as well as hiring and firing based on grants approvals with the whimsical budgetary constraints of a "Stalag 17" mentality. He rearranges the deck chairs on the Titanic to inform real working and future employment conditions in his nine research centres which dominates the conversation whereby participants are given the opportunity to assist in shaping the direction of the organisation and hopefully generate more revenue streams less reliant upon government handouts or Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. In his facilitator approach taking ownership of the collaboration efforts requires a reworking and revalidation of mission and vision every four to six years as well as deconstruction of what he terms, "The Republic of Science" approach whereby researchers must shift towards an IP and commercial data confidentiality mindset more aligned with business than traditional knowledge generation to survive budgetary shortfalls. For example just as he described that commercialisation as a concept was not well established even a decade ago neither were the opportunities for specialized learning or teaching even in the field of international business English itself spun from general English as a second language programs where I currently reside gaining an income to finance learning about what it takes to rework an organisation into something which might generate a similar self-sustaining income based on its own research. He details pragmatic approaches shared by both social and pure scientists.
Lewis's focus is on strategic plans which show consistency in scope between partners as well as a need for "equal partnership" among them which would inform Dawson's view to avoid "cringing" between disciplines as well regarding social science and pure science as two essential wings in the exemplary exercise necessary for both avian and profitable flight (to the heavens where none may be barred entry or called out as bastards?). Simply strategic mission and vision are a couple of applied social science inventions. Shared intellectual capacities, scope of credibility and capabilities need to exist as well. Both speakers insist on a shared language among collaborators. He lists the difficulties of collaboration as they reside in the necessary qualities of strategic planning. For example, strong business models are necessary as without them all is lost, an ability to track what capabilities exist at present and with poor budget or finance options could be quickly gone or eaten up by operational constraints, being able to agree what end goals will be and how they will be achieved or shared, all objectives when absent, will ensure destruction in terms of collaboration efforts regardless of discipline.
Lewis explores that without these internal systems in place from the onset no collaboration project will ever take successful flight out of a research organisation and bolsters this with examples of his own successful case study: Root Disease Testing Service a product with a profitable market which necessitated development of its own technology contracting consultancy. In it he details that researchers need remain part of the negotiating team as they can often answer essential and critical questions related to product development under his R*T*D*I*C scientific product plan: Research, Development ,Transfer , Innovation: representing change in the industry and community. While he admits little to no management training over his career it would be a continued fatal flaw to say that the most economical and best model for researchers to follow would be to learn as you go. This would be costly in terms of gut reaction where few funding agencies might aspire to attribute best practices to that. While both research managers appear to do so a little extra bootstrapping might go a long way towards better refining their attributes and duties to their talents. Under such terms one must return to Dawson's claims that a managerialist preoccupation may come to dominate an otherwise fine researcher. Return to Lewis to find an entire culture of change must be undertaken internally for research organisations to better grow commercial gains. Would you even be given a car to drive without passing a basic license exam? What about administering 9 billion in commercial funding projects over twenty years?
Saturday, September 18, 2010
The CRC equals The Spanish Armada?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
IB Lecturer Position at GSU
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Avoiding Scurvy: Crewing the Research Ship?
Sunday, September 05, 2010
The Ethical Management of Data
Discuss what the management of data means in practice – for institutions, groups, individual researchers (including students), research partners and/or research participants.
Institutions: "Must and should" are described as compliance-based requirements in Part A and Part B of the Australian Code as it's a stronger interpretation of what to include in the institutional code described as requiring several secretarial revisions and several committee reviews over three years and three months at UniSA Research and Innovation Services prior to being disseminated to the university research community in online format. Dr. Hochman explained that as the Code is broad in general principles and practice the institution needs to bring it to a procedural and "user friendly" scale on the institutional level. Interestingly Dr. Hockman revealed that as of the time of the interview there were no national audits of compliance which while of concern to the administration of ARC/NHRC grants there also remain no national misconduct investigation committees leaving a lot of the auditing to Research Ethics Committees at the institutional level.
Is it possible TEQSA might evolve to include a national ethical misconduct investigative branch?
Clarity before cash: Steve Matchett The Australian August 18, 2010
Individual Researchers: Examples were given regarding terms of authorship forms which need to be submitted prior to publications to prevent post-publication disputes over authorship. He also gave evidence of streamlining repeated shared authorship processes and made the distinction that the Code does in fact differentiate between requirements made of institutions and individual researchers. He pointed out the importance of financial accountability to research integrity and the need for skilled grants applications which lead to approval.
Research Partners: Both Dr. Ferguson and Dr. Hockman shared examples of the collaboration relationships and necessary research partnership agreements processes that have been streamlined into short and standard two page partnership agreements (on a trial – has it become standard yet?) for low contention projects which allows the start time to quickly align with funding and approval processes rather than requiring six months of review and negotiation to complete while waiting to begin perhaps a three year grant funded research plan. At the same time more contentious projects could still be begun with rejoinders/amendments and addenda to complete the remaining points of the agreement at a later date allowing the research cycle to begin earlier.
Sandstone or Sandbox: Building Bite Into World Class Australian Research
This essay compares and contrasts risks and benefits between strategic policies focus on a few research institutions versus a national innovation system in Australia. "The Sandstones" (Go8) loom over Australia's Capacity (2008) seeking to solidify already leading positions in Australia's research landscape. Speed and concentration of improvement might prove the best choice. But smaller institutions would wither upon the regional vine. A new innovation system by contrast would require more diluted terms of regional engagement. Recalibration of a complex set of recommendations costs and takes more time to achieve which both Cutler and Carr appear to endorse. An egalitarian strategy seated in quality is preferred and advocated by the Review of Higher Education (Bradley et. alii.) but research among prestigious institutions could stall due to slow process change. In either direction a failure to grow successes quickly and economically enough in ensuring Australia's quality of research is not currently an option. Australia's GDP growth depends upon still greater innovation reform, access and participation. But what is world class?


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November 6, 2016 to February 26, 2017
Sixteen Vancouver secondary school youth from Grades 9 to 12 were co-researchers in a Photovoice research project exploring connections to food, gardening and mental well-being. The photos and stories in this exhibition are powerful examples of the link between their growing food and cooking experiences and the importance of relationships, not only with friends and family but also with nature. The garden provided youth with a safe place for building resiliency, such as mastery of food literacy skills, personal growth and managing stress.
The project was led by Vancouver Coastal Health Public Health Dietitians, Vanessa Lam and Kathy Romses; and Photovoice Artist, Christine Germano, Artistic Director of the Constant Arts Society. Participating youth include those from Take a Hike Program at John Oliver Secondary School, Windermere Leadership Program from Windermere Secondary School, Carrot Club and Green Team from David Thompson Secondary and Youth Organized Volunteer Opportunities group at Renfrew Park Community Centre.
This project was supported by a VCH Research Institute Research Challenge grant funded by the Robert N. Ho Enhancing Patient Care Fund.
Click the photos below to learn more about each project.
"The stories are very powerful. I like the one about the strawberry… and I like the one about cooking…and making friends…it shows how food really brings people together."
"Wow! Just amazing work. Congratulations to all the youth who have participated in this project. Continue to pursue what you love!"
"All the stories, all the poems, it's all connected in a way. How everybody in the end appreciates the food, how food is connected with our well-being and how they realize that now or realized it before, too."
"Congratulations to all the youth and staff involved in the Photovoice project! Enjoyed the photos, poems, stories and reflections. Thank you!"
"People are more thoughtful about what they are thinking about and they notice all the things, like the little tiny stuff."
"I really enjoyed the photos and activities here today. Thank you!"


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Part 1 of BET's The Bobby Brown Story aired last night, picking up where the network's 2017 New Edition miniseries left off. This time around, Brown's 2016 memoir, Every Little Step, was the basis for the film, which included a revelation many of the singer's die-hard fans weren't even aware of.
Viewers' minds were completely blown when it was revealed that the "King of R&B" had dated pop superstar Janet Jackson. The pair allegedly had a physical relationship that Jackson refused to explore further, telling Brown that she loved him but wasn't in love with him. The movie also alluded to her choosing not to date Black men because her father, Joe Jackson, told her not to.
This was completely new information to much of Black Twitter, who took to the social media site to share their disbelief. See some of the best tweets below.
Bobby Brown had Janet Jackson & Whitney Houston. That's like having Beyoncé & Rihanna back then.
— Asshole Of The Year (@Bdell_1014) September 5, 2018
Bobby Brown: "Tell me it's mine."
Janet Jackson: #BobbyBownBET pic.twitter.com/bsUPnjgHYu
— V (@iPoetryInMotion) September 5, 2018
How BET gonna honor Janet Jackson on Black Girls Rock then violate her in Bobby Brown Story pic.twitter.com/9Toa54bQij
— chase (@chasamania) September 5, 2018
So…. Bobby Brown was really out here smashing Janet Jackson??? The Janet Jackson???? Penny from Good Times Janet Jackson?! #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/hiMGxEzvUR
— 🇭🇹Seeester-In-Chief 🇭🇹 (@TheJessieWoo) September 5, 2018
Bobby Brown: "So what are we?"
Janet Jackson: pic.twitter.com/gEy1rrgryE
— NUFF (@NUFFSAIDNY) September 5, 2018
Bobby Brown: I'm worth $25 million dollars.
Janet Jackson:#KingBobby #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/05iIsMKtTr
— Mr. Cunningham (@kidnoble) September 5, 2018
Soooo I heard that Bobby Brown threw Janet Jackson out the hotel room NAKED after she broke up with him…why they ain't show that tho? 👀 #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/Oez6KSxPTB
— Yonathan Elias (@YonathanEliasTV) September 5, 2018
I was today years old when I found out Bobby Brown was cracking Janet Jackson.
— lil baby burden (@austinxwill) September 5, 2018
They cute – Janet Jackson – Bobby Brown #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/UsxsMFGIju
— BallerAlert (@balleralert) September 5, 2018
Alexa, did Bobby Brown really hook up with Janet Jackson?
— Hidden Figure (@heymsparkerrrrr) September 5, 2018
Here is the excerpt from Bobby Brown's book where he discusses kicking Janet Jackson out his hotel room naked. 😒 #TheBobbyBrownStory #BobbyBownBET pic.twitter.com/mrzf77AWue
— Cinque (@BlkFolksKoolAid) September 5, 2018
Damn, Bobby Brown spilled everything in the cup. What if Janet didn't want her business out there? #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/Z73lEAWqsy
— mckenzie | matter. 🖤 (@mckjazzy) September 5, 2018
Fresh! Bobby Brown Janet Jackson #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/WdamrC9jB9
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If you can't take out a mortgage yourself because you of your illness, then it may be possible to have someone be the guarantor for you. This is someone who guarantees to pay your mortgage if you can't. The guarantor may also have to arrange any necessary insurance. A suitable guarantor must have enough income to cover your mortgage and their own, if they have one. Your financial adviser, potential lender or insurance company will be able to explain the possibilities to you.
If you have a mortgage
If you are diagnosed with cancer, you are not obliged to tell your mortgage lender. If the mortgage can be paid as usual then you don't need to do anything.
But your mortgage repayments may be affected by your illness. You may have to take time off work and your income may drop. You may then have trouble meeting your mortgage payments. If you are having financial difficulties or are behind with your repayments, then tell your mortgage lender as soon as possible. Lenders should be sympathetic towards borrowers' financial problems and should offer positive solutions. After all, it is in the lender's interests to help you out. The seizure of the house as security for the mortgage is usually the last resort. Your lender may be able to
Suspend your repayments for a short period or
Reduce your payments to interest only for an agreed period
If you have a repayment mortgage, reduce your repayments and extend the term or duration of your mortgage
Many mortgages are issued with some form of insurance which will cover repayments for a certain period of time. If you are off work, you may wish to call on this insurance to help cope with or to maintain your mortgage repayments. You should contact your insurer as soon as possible. This can be very important it is usually 2 or 3 months before the insurance pays out (this is called the 'period of notice').
If you are having financial difficulties, then you might consider telling your mortgage lender (consult your financial advisor first). Only if the lender is aware of your situation can they offer advice and put in place temporary measures (such as the suspending or reducing your repayments). <


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The debate over whether iOS or Android is the best home for smartphone app developers is one that has been raging for some time, and one that shows no sign of abating.
The latest study to take the age-old question of which is best has taken a look at the top 100 paid-for apps across both platforms, working out the average cost of the apps in an attempt to better understand how the App Store and Android Market work from the point of view of the developer.
While the general consensus has always been that iOS is the platform to developer paid-for apps, and that Android is full of free apps because users will not buy it appears that things may not be as black and white as we first thought. Or at least, that's what the latest numbers suggest.
Put together by Canalys, the study worked out the average cost of the top 100 paid-for apps across both iOS and Android, with the results being an interesting one: the average for iOS was $1.47 while the competition saw an average of $3.74.
These numbers, as is the case with most studies, can be taken in a couple of different ways, with Canalys believing that they show Android apps are overpriced and that the older App Store has settled into a more mature business model. It is also possible that apps for Android devices are either free, or of the expensive variety, while iOS developers tend to offer a lot of apps at the magic $0.99 price point.
This assertion is backed up by another of Canalys' results, with the firm discovering that 22 of the top 100 Android apps cost less than a dollar, while that number rose to 82. It appears that the difference in pricing structures across the two competing platforms may be skewing the overall results slightly.
The overarching discovery is the same regardless of how the numbers are split, and that is that Android users will indeed happily buy apps so long as they are confident they are what they want, whereas iOS owners are happy to lay down a dollar with the slight risk they may buy a dud app.
Of course the developers will be hoping to achieve the best of both worlds – high app sales volume and high prices!
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NJY-20 Digital Torque Tester can be used to measure the open force and lock force of the caps of bottles, suction and flexible tube packages. The open and lock forces of bottle caps are important online and offline technical parameters of production.
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Dr Rachel Sloan is Assistant Curator of Works on Paper at The Courtauld. She earned her PhD from The Courtauld with a thesis on Symbolism and artistic exchange between France and Britain. Rachel worked at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art before returning to The Courtauld in 2012. She has curated numerous exhibitions and displays including, most recently, Impressions of Modern Life: Prints from the Courtauld Collection (Royal Holloway, University of London, 2020).
Brussels, Capital of the Fin-de-Siècle
Study Tour 3
Dr Rachel Sloan
Friday 4 – Sunday 6 June 2021
Bookings have now closed for this course.
Course Description
While we might be accustomed to thinking of Paris as 'the capital of the nineteenth century', Brussels can also make a fair claim to that title. A cauldron of creative ferment, and determinedly cosmopolitan in outlook, Brussels was a key hub for two interrelated artistic movements at the turn of the century: Symbolism – which sought to peel away external realities and search for deeper meaning by exploring the imagination, the emotions and states of mind – and Art Nouveau, which applied many of these concerns to architecture and the decorative arts. In the course of our tour we shall immerse ourselves in the literature, music and history of the period whilst exploring the rich holdings of the Symbolist painting, sculpture and works on paper of the Musée Fin de Siècle and the Bibliothèque Royale, looking at Belgian artists Fernand Khnopff, George Minne and Léon Spilliaert as well as the international artists who exhibited alongside them, such as Edward Burne-Jones, Auguste Rodin, and Paul Gauguin. The sculpture and decorative objects in the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, including Jef Lambeaux's extraordinary Pavillon des passions humaines, reveal the breakdown of traditional boundaries between the 'fine' and 'applied' arts. A virtual tour of the Horta Museum and other highlights of Brussels Art Nouveau architecture, as well as two remarkable houses that are either inaccessible or no longer extant – the Palais Stoclet and the villa of Fernand Khnopff – will allow us a glimpse into the settings in which artists and patrons of both movements would have lived with their collections in an all-encompassing aesthetic environment.
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