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In mid-July, several companies that sell advertising will begin releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. It will generally cover the April-June period, though some companies have fiscal quarters that depart from that.
Here's the schedule for selected Internet and media companies in advertising. Dates for many companies are not yet known.
July 16: Gannett Co.
July 17: Yahoo Inc.
July 19: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
July 25: IAC/InterActiveCorp
July 26: The New York Times Co., The Interpublic Group of Cos.
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Baker completed a perfect 6-0 Greater Oregon League volleyball season Tuesday, defeating Ontario 25-20, 25-12, 21-25, 25-10 in the Baker gym.
In the first game, Baker trailed much of the early going before forcing six ties, the last at 10-10. Jayme Ramos then served two points to give Baker the lead for good.
But Ontario stayed close, pulling within a point three times before Abby Baker served a pair of points to put Baker up 22-18.
Baker increased its lead to as many as five points the rest of the way.
In the second game, Ramos, Baker, Kaylee Burk and Avri Elms combined to serve Baker to a 10-4 cushion.
The Bulldogs then increased their lead to double digits the rest of the way.
Game 3 was close from start to finish before Ontario broke a 19-all tie, going ahead 23-19.
Baker could get no closer than three points after that.
Baker wasn't to be denied in the fourth game.
Ramos and Baker combined to serve the Bulldogs to a quick 11-1 lead.
Burk then took over, boosting the advantage to 16-2.
Ontario managed to cut the deficit to seven points, but an ace serve by Anna Carter and six service points from Kaeli Flanagan completed the sweep.
Baker swept the non-varsity matches as well. Baker won the JV2 match 25-18, 25-9, and the JV match 25-13, 25-21, 25-13.
The Bulldogs complete their regular season Thursday when they host Pendleton in a nonleague match.


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Tyre pressure monitoring systems detect pressure loss on one or more wheels and warn the driver accordingly.
The tyre pressure monitoring system uses sensors installed in the wheels to measure the pressure and temperature inside the tyre. The system then transmits this information to a receiver in the vehicle.
The measured tyre pressures are continuously compared with specification values, which are entered by the driver. The driver can check the tyre pressures and temperatures at any time, and receive a warning if differences arise between the set pressure and the measured pressure.
Sensors on all four wheels are necessary for the system to work correctly. If the vehicle is supplied with winter wheels, these will already have the required sensors; otherwise they must be ordered separately from your Audi dealer.


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"Say it ain't so, Jimmy."
"It ain't so."
"Oh … cool."
The Hird dichotomy: saint or sinner? Delusional egotist or Dreyfus? On the barest reading he is the football coach who has presided over the most catastrophic stuff-up.
And by the time the smoke has settled here he might lose more of his side. Hird will be used for years to come as the strongest argument against a favourite son being invited back to become The Great Helmsman.
Since he's been head coach his team has finished eighth, to be smacked in a final, then 11th, and ended this year with a DQ alongside it. Put that on your CV and see how you go getting a head coaching job anywhere but … Essendon, where he has just signed a two-year contract extension.
Essendon people can't afford to be wrong about their love for him. Those that idolise him have invested their pride and hearts in it, and to stop believing in Hird is to stop believing in the part of themselves they have given. It means trashing years of worship and rewriting it as folly, and that's a mighty big rip-up of self.
So the whole episode has been instructive to the point of hilarious in how the head can be owned by the heart. Similar to the way the Right largely won't believe in anthropogenic global warming because it's a slight on their god Capitalism, while the Left, who don't worship that god so devoutly, are able to believe in anthropogenic global warming. Data doesn't dent dogma. Wearing the red sash frees you to believe Caro and Pat and Mr Demetriou got up a mob to bring down a demigod.
Julian Burnside QC, has been on radio saying Hird is heroic, that he took one for the team, and that he would have won in the Supreme Court. Yeah, so would Roman Polanski and Chris Skase. But they never went there either. Heroic? Good God. But tell that crap to Ian Robson or David Evans. Or to the players who might yet be indicted and have their careers and health ruined. Not backed into a corner. Heroic. OK, Julian has just penned the first chapter of the historical rewrite. It's apparently going to be a work in the Big Lie oeuvre. And don't bet it won't be a bestseller out Windy Hill way.
Anyone who will take a needle to become less pallid and flabby is not only dangerously attuned to the siren of his own self-image, he has a base belief in potions, lotions, jabs and dabs that might be exploited by a reasonably persuasive medicine man. Stephen Dank is that, and must have scented Hird's gullibility like a shark scents a gaffed snapper. And like any good salesman with a wagonload of snake oil to move he told his mark his enemies were not only on it, it was the root cause of their bulging biceps, rosy cheeks and recent premierships.
He played Hird like a fish. "Hawthorn enhanced? Oh, Jimbob. Let's not be naive. The entire list is spiked fortnightly with the DNA of Lethal Leigh. Imagine facing 18 Lethals. The horror. Your boys gonna have to shoot up like Lou Reed to catch up."
While many of us have spent all year agog at Hird's inability to get a whiff of his own failings, Tim Watson, Wayne Carey and sundry talkback Bombers have all expressed admiration for Hird's grit and self-belief. For the fact he hasn't crumbled. But I think The Duck got it right when he said if you truly believe you're right it's not hard to stand up to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Hird believes he is right and the world is wrong. The question most people are shaking their heads at is … How?
They shouldn't be. This sort of self-delusion is common as muck. Wander into the law courts and you'll see defendants wearing gaudy outrage, convinced, despite CCTV footage and DNA evidence, that the whole thing is a miscarriage of justice, someone else's fault.
It's not a con. It's a coping mechanism, a way of living with yourself. It's a type of psychological carapace readily available to the egotistically overcharged. And it's common enough that if we were all presiding magistrate at our own trials the prisons would be as small as porta-loos. And it is, incidentally, why we need umpires. People like Scott McLaren.
Jack Dempsey said a champion is someone who gets up when he can't. And dogged refusal to accept ugly truth can, sometimes, delay it long enough for it to be overtaken and subsumed by another, happier, truth. The comeback. Think Carlton in the 1970 grand final. But if an easy retreat into fortress-ego, and a refutation of truth are valuable qualities in a warrior, they are dangerous traits in a leader.
Alas, the voice of reason can't be heard by a man with a choir on each shoulder. The devastating moment for the narcissist is when the mask finally slips and they see themselves as the world sees them. Of course, this may not happen. In truth, I don't think it will now, and I've begun to hope it doesn't. That'd be like watching the collapse of the Taj Mahal, another shrine built in the name of love.
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This coconut candy is one of my favorites. It's easy to make and looks very pretty. It makes a great gift, because everybody loves homemade sweets.
Can be made with or without the peanut butter, I always get rave reviews from this rather easy-to-make fudge, using ingredients you most likely have on hand. This recipe does requires a candy thermometer.
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A year ago today, FogBugz development was in disarray.
We had done this big offsite at a beach house in the Hamptons and came up with a complicated roadmap that involved splitting FogBugz into two separate products and two separate teams. We had done a lot of work on the architecture that made the product much more modular, but we had this goofy plan to do a major release containing virtually no new features, just to let the new architecture shake out, a plan which nobody was very excited about.
So, on July 31, 2008, we reset our plans. We gave up on the idea of shipping a standalone Wiki product, and merged the Wiki team with the FogBugz team. And we nailed down a new vision for FogBugz 7 that's a lot easier to understand and a much better product: something we could ship in one year.
Then the development team shipped it. Exactly on schedule. Well, maybe a week or two early. They used Evidence Based Scheduling religiously on this large one year project and it worked amazingly well. Yes, they had to cut and trim features as they went along, but the accuracy of the estimates also gave them the confidence to add a couple of major features (like Scrum support) that you'll love.
One of the best things we did as a development team was to write a short, concise, comprehensible vision statement that got everybody exactly on the same page about what we were going to do over the course of a year. The vision statement made it easy to prioritize. Instead of just telling us what was in the product, it also gave us a way to know what was out.
Here's the vision statement, in its entirety, which is a pretty good description of what we are actually shipping today. Please excuse the tone of voice; remember that this was an internal document to galvanize the team.
As of August, 2008, the entire FogBugz and Weeble teams are working towards a single major new release of FogBugz that will blow away our customers (real and imaginary). When they see it they will grow weak in the knees. Competitors will shiver in fear at the monumental amount of win in this release. As customers evaluate the software, they will simply never find a reason not to use FogBugz to run their software teams. No matter what the grumpy people on their team come up with, they'll find that not only have we implemented it in FogBugz, we've done it in a FULL-ASSED way. No more HALF-ASSED features (I'm looking at you, logo customization in FogBugz 6.1).
This release has three important focus areas with friendly catchnames.
If it's NOT ON THAT LIST it's NOT IN THE PRODUCT. Get used to it.
FogBugz 7.0 will include a long list of simple improvements that will make life dramatically easier for people trying to get things done, especially when they want to do things just a wee bit differently than we do here in the Land of the Fog. Every little feature will be a delight for somebody, especially that person who keeps emailing us because he can't believe that the feature he wants which is obviously only six lines of code hasn't been implemented in FogBugz 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, "4.5", or 6.0, and if we don't get it soon he JUST MIGHT HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE AUSTRALIANS.
Collectively, though, fruity treats will make FogBugz friggin' amazing, and they'll help us win more sales because we won't have so many showstopper reasons why people choose another so-called bug "tracker."
What's a fruity treat? It must fit these three rules to get into the 7.0 orchard:
Visit the shared filter FogBugz 7 Fruity Treats to see what's coming up.
FogBugz 7.0 will include our smashingly powerful new plug-in archicture, which, combined with the FogBugz API, will give people complete confidence that if there's anything FogBugz can't do out of the FogBox, you can write it yourself. No more will we tell customers "you get the source code, so you can modify it!" That's BS. They know perfectly well that if they modify our source code, terribobble tragedies will occur the minute we release a service pack. From now on, we can say, "there's a great plug in architecture and a whole online cornucopia of righteous plug-ins available for download."
So you can trick out your FogBugz installation like a lowrider or an off-road dune buggy. You can make it into a Cadillac or a space shuttle. It's up to you.
Thanks to the newfangled, all-electronic compilation machine ("Wasabi") that we had installed at great expense, FogBugz will be running on the CLR and Mono for greatly improved performance and compatibility. Whiz zip blip! bleep! You'll be able to run 1000s of users on one server. Long queries will finish faster. Laundry will be brighter.
Nothing else. Go fix yourself an icy lemonade.
The team got pretty excited. Having a sharp focused vision statement like that, and having the whole team working towards a single shared goal, really helped us get our house in order. We scrubbed through thousands of backlogged ideas, feature requests, and comments, and came up with a set of fruity treats that will eliminate virtually every customer objection that we hear during the sales process. We developed a comprehensive plug-in architecture that's pretty amazing, and had interns develop a slew of slick plug-ins. And the fact that Wasabi is now a genuine .NET language made for substantial performance improvements over running on the VBScript "runtime."
I'll let the team give you a comprehensive look at what's new in FogBugz 7, but here are some of the highlights:
Those are just the big-ticket items. FogBugz 7 is rife with little areas where the development team put a ridiculous amount of attention to detail. For example, the signup process, which is actually very complicated on the backend, became much simpler on the front end, due to a heroic amount of work that every user will only see once. If you do nothing else, check out the signup process to see the effort that went into making signup just a tiny bit faster. Another example: we completely replaced the entire email processing infrastructure, just because there were tiny corner case bugs that simply could not be solved with the commercial class library we had been using.
I wish I could take more credit for it, but the truth is, Fog Creek has grown. We have a very professional team with testers, program managers, and developers, and I just sort of sit here agog at what a brilliant job they're doing. All of the credit for this fantastic new product goes to them. I'm just the Michael Scott character who wastes everybody's time whenever I venture out of my office.
FogBugz 7 is shipping today for Windows servers and on our own, hosted infrastructure. The Mono version (for Macintosh and Linux) will be in beta soon. To try it, go to try.fogbugz.com.
If you're currently using FogBugz on Demand, you're already using 7.0.
If you run FogBugz on your own server and have an up-to-date support contract, the upgrade is free, otherwise, bring your support contract up-to-date and you'll be good to go.
You're reading Joel on Software, stuffed with years and years of completely raving mad articles about software development, managing software teams, designing user interfaces, running successful software companies, and rubber duckies.
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Sophia Bush has helped a stranded couple make their wedding after hearing of their plight on social media.
Gus and Jessie were travelling from Los Angeles to their upcoming wedding in Seattle, Washington when disaster struck and their car broke down in Nevada. The brakes cut out while on a slope on a mountain top, and the trailer containing their wedding accessories "almost went off a cliff."
They were left stranded in their trailer with their dogs and little cell service, until the former One Tree Hill star spotted their story on Instagram, plus details of their GoFundMe page, and reposted the information, adding a message to car companies asking them for help.
"Hey @enterprise_inspires, @alamorentacar, @thriftyrentacar, @hertz, @audi who wants to be a hero and help these about-to-be-newlyweds @ragmopandgoose?," Sophia wrote.
Sophia wasn't alone either - former Grey's Anatomy star Kate Walsh shared the Instagram post, adding, "Feels like a good #internetweddingpresent," while UnREAL's Constance Zimmer followed suit on Twitter, writing, "Wanna help a stranger today? It feels good, trust me" with a link to the fundraising page
Their work paid off and the couple received around $3,500 in online donations and a brand new Audi which could tow their trailer to Seattle in time for the wedding.
Sophia celebrated on Instagram, writing,"over the course of the last 5 hours so many people have jumped in to to try and help these two. We have a car en route to them now -- with a trailer hitch for their #tinyhouse and two pups!!... HUMANS ARE AMAZING AND THE WORLD IS GLORIOUS AND GOOD K BYYYYYYE (sic)."
The couple posted a snap of them standing in front of their new car and thanked Sophia for helping their story "spread like wildfire". They added, "Not only will this car get us to our wedding, but it will get us back home. Holy c**p you guys, we honestly don't even have words for all that has happened today. All we can say is thank you."


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Salem, Oregon's capital, is the third largest city in the state, with a population of 164,549. Salem is situated in the center of the Willamette Valley - one of the most fertile and agriculturally productive regions in the nation - 47 miles south of Portland and 64 miles north of Eugene. State government is the largest employer with approximately 13,000 full-time employees.
The vision of Sprague High School is to create a community of educated individuals with an understanding of self, society, and the world; and a commitment to make a positive contribution to all three.
Sprague High School is one of the largest of six public high schools in the Salem-Keizer School District. The school's student body is drawn from a suburban-residential area representing a cross section of the Salem community. Sprague currently has a student population of approximately 1,600+ students, and is crowded like most high schools in Salem.
Sprague HS has been educating Salem students for over 30 years and is accredited by the Northwest Association of Colleges, Universities and High Schools. It is a four-year high school. The staff consists of one principal, three assistant principals, four counselors, an activities director, an athletics director, and over 80 teachers. The school year includes two 18-week semesters. Courses are generally year-long, with the exception of specific elective areas that offer one-semester courses.
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CARROLLTON, Ga. - The Battle for the Peach Basket is on deck for the West Georgia Wolves, as UWG takes a 4-1 record into University Stadium on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., facing the Valdosta State Blazers in the 37th meeting between the two programs.
The schedule doesn't get any easier for the West Georgia Wolves in year one of the David Dean era in Carrollton, as for the fourth straight week, the Wolves will take on a team that has been ranked at some point this season. This week, UWG squares off in one of the biggest rivalries in the Gulf South Conference, as the Wolves take on the Valdosta State Blazers in the Battle for the Peach Basket.
So far this season, if the offense is rolling, then so are the West Georgia Wolves, as for the fourth-straight victory with Dean as the head coach, UWG scored at least 34 points en route to his first Gulf South Conference victory in Carrollton. Last week, it was the North Alabama Lions, as West Georgia used 17-straight points in the second half to build a 37-20 lead, then the Wolves held off the Lions for a 37-23 victory. The Blazers were idle last week, after collecting their first GSC win of the year on September 23 with a 30-19 victory on the road at West Florida.
West Georgia is coached by Gulf South Conference veteran David Dean, who is in his first season at the helm of the UWG program. This is his 10th season as a head coach, as he spent nine years at Valdosta State until the 2015 season. Dean is 4-1 at West Georgia and has a record of 83-28 overall as a head coach. Kerwin Bell was Dean's successor at VSU and is in his second season at the helm of the Blazers. He has a record of 9-5 overall and has a 7-3 against Gulf South Conference opponents.
In four of the first five weeks of the 2017 season, the West Georgia Wolves have produced at least one player of the week honor for the Gulf South Conference. The latest to receive the honor is the GSC Defensive Player of the Week, which went on Monday to linebacker Cam Magee, who becomes the latest in a four-year run of West Georgia players who have earned that title. Against North Alabama, Magee was everywhere on defense, collecting 10 tackles and hauling in an interception that set up Travis Custis' 34-yard viral video touchdown run.
Senior running back Travis Custis was a man on a mission this past week against North Alabama, as the Atlanta native just would not go down on multiple occasions. The biggest came on the run mentioned above, with West Georgia leading 27-20 and 12 minutes left in the game. Custis burst through a hole up the middle and then hurdled a UNA defender on his way to the end zone, putting the Wolves up 34-20.


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You're all, "So you're telling me that there exists an entire pint of ice cream that's only 150 calories?" And while what a healthy person should have extrapolated from this data is that that's 38 calories per serving, we're all obviously thinking oh-my-god-I'm-going-to-eat-the-entire-pint, right?
I thought I'd break the story, but no! Apparently bloggers and morning show-type experts in dieting and health and child-rearing beat me to it. Except all those Internet writers want you to think they're making ice cream sandwiches and kid-friendly after-school snacks and not curled up in front of their Mac Book masturbating to a documentary of Rasputin while polishing off an entire container.
These chicks know what I'm talking about.
I especially like how the website features their nutritional quality results, a super scientific (aka boring-looking) Arial font document recording EMSL Analytical Inc.'s findings on the nutritional data of several flavors, as reported by somebody named M. Burns. It basically lists the percentages of protein, dietary fiber, fat, moisture, protein, ash, yes, ash, and sugars in Arctic Zero. Why? I'm not sure. I can't find anything similar on Haagen Daaz's website, leading me to believe that they have something to hide.
Here's the chocolate ingredient list for the chocolate flavor:
A bit more clicking around the site and my suspicions are confirmed: This stuff is, in fact, low-cal frozen yogurt just in a cardboard pint. (That you've seen, right? The serve-yourself froyo joints? They're like tacky old Italian restaurants except replace the group of greasy mobsters gathered in the back corner with neon-clad, vanilla-scented sorority girls planning their next fundraiser. "OMG DUH! Let's make it FROYO THEMED.")
The secret, as it goes with anything deemed miraculous, lies in a mysterious and rare fruit. The monk fruit. YES IT WAS NAMED AFTER MONKS -- Buddhist monks who practiced in the beautiful, temple-sprinkled city of Guilin during the Tang dynasty. Three hundred times sweeter than sugar, it grows on the shaded slopes of the Guangxi and Guangdong mountains and was so rare that no records of it even exist in traditional Chinese medicine.
We English-speakers didn't write about it until 1938, finding that it was a great remedy for inflammation when eaten with pork. (So I guess add bacon bits to the vanilla maple flavor if you're feeling gross.)
Apparently monk fruit is super-smelly and spoils quickly, but Proctor & Gamble figured out a way to cultivate and process the fruit so that it would be useful to us American idiots. And then in 2009, Arctic Zero brought it to the masses in the form of icy air cream.
The first flavor I sampled was the vanilla maple. I thought that maple was a strange flavor for ice cream, but whatever. Then I found that the cookies and cream flavor (not chunks, just a grey paste -- get over it, I did) also had a bit of a maple-y or caramelized brown sugary flavor. Apparently that's what you can expect from monk fruit, so that will take some getting used to.
In fact, you'll probably tell yourself and whoever's around you so that they don't think you're disgusting that, "Oh, it's fahr too sweet, I can't eat more than a few bites!" But who are you kidding? You're going to ruin the fantasy of getting to eat an ENTIRE pint of ice cream in one sitting because it's too sweet?
Not only can you live out the ultimate 21 Century woman's fantasy with this shit, but you can make smoothies too! You can put it in your Nutribullet (bought one last night -- coincidence!) and make FREAKING SOFT SERVE after you're done with your smoothie! You can literally eat Arctic Zero for every meal and don't forget about it curing inflammation.
THEY EVEN SHIP! Ahh, it's all too much! They will dry ice that shit and send you six pints for $45.98, which is LESS than I paid at the rich people grocery store.
What's your version of a four-leaf clover? My other ones are the crop tops at Patricia Field and the wide-lace thongs at Forever21.


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Romance and relief were in the air Friday evening, February 15, 2013 as parents entrusted their children to the care of volunteers at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Delafield, Wisconsin. Partnering with SNAPPIN' MINISTRIES, a non-profit dedicated to the support and growth of parents raising children with special needs, the church offered free child care and dinner gift certificates, so that parents could enjoy a much-needed evening out. While parents dined at Lake Country Area restaurants, kids with unique abilities and their siblings enjoyed crafts, games, a sensory room, and decorating cupcakes. The children and their adult caregivers even went on a scavenger hunt on the lower level of the church.
"I don't know who had more fun, the children or the adults!" quipped one mother who arrived to the laughter of her active boys playing ball with a volunteer. Parents returned from dinner with a sense of relief, joy and gratitude, expressing how much the break was needed.
The Deacons Committee of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church has played a key role in hosting quarterly free respite events with SNAPPIN' MINISTRIES for the past 3 years. Their generosity in welcoming families with these challenges has benefited hundreds of children and dozens of parents since 2010.
SNAPPIN' MINISTRIES, headquartered in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, provides parents with support through alternating quarterly free respite, fun accessible family events, and restaurant dine-outs. TLC baskets and gift cards for hospitalizations, multiple web-based resources and a one-of-a-kind parent mentor program are also nationally available. For more information, visit SNAPPIN's website at http://www.snappin.org.


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What was wrong with the current trilogy?
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My complaints are as follow:
1. Singer doesn't seem to know how to do the female characters well. Jean Grey was the most realized character, but that had mainly to do with the Logan/Scott/Jean triangle. I liked Mystique as well, but her lizard look was unnecessary. Rogue should have been Shadowcat or Jubilee-there was no need to use her at all other than they need her power set to power that machine. You have two great characters who were basically neutered, though Storm became a bit more important in 2 and 3, but not being African??? I found that rather insulting. And Rogue squeeling in the X jet towards the end of 2? Please tell me I was not the only one who found that one of the most cringeworthy scenes in the series! Though I have to say one of the only good things in X3 was Shadowcat.
2. Agreed about Cyclops
3. Agreed about this not having that "team" feeling as it should have
4. I don't mind Wolverine being such a central character in the first film. We need a character to introduce us to the X world, and I felt Wolverine was a good choice. But he should have not been such a central character in the following films.
5. They never should have put the Gifted and Phoenix storylines together-they have nothing to do with each other and it made for a mess onscreen. (Which is a shame. Both are really good and bring up really good topics/themes)
6. Either lengthen the running time of the film so that characters have time to breathe, or limit the number of characters. By the middle of X2 it became a game of "spot the mutant!"
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Contact: Rick DelaHaya, Centenary News Services, 318.869.5073
History Majors Take Top Awards in Research Competition
David Williams
Janeane Gorcyca
SHREVEPORT, La. (Centenary News Service) — Two Centenary College history majors have received awards from the North Louisiana Historical Association for their research papers.
Senior David Williams was awarded first place in the W. Darrell Overdyke undergraduate competition for his paper on the career of Shreveport lawyer and legal scholar Colonel John H. Tucker Jr. Senior Janeane Gorcyca was awarded second place for her work that traced Sister Margaret McCaffrey's activities to assist Shreveport's impoverished citizens.
Williams, a native of Lafayette, plans on taking a year off after graduation and eventually attend law school, and has been offered a teaching assistantship in Lille, France. Gorcyca, a resident of Shreveport, plans on attending law school in the fall.
As part of his award, Williams' research paper will be published in the North Louisiana History journal.
About Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and has been recognized as "One of the Best 371 Colleges" by the Princeton Review and one of "America's Best Colleges" and one of "America's Best Private Colleges" by Forbes.com. In 2008 Centenary College celebrated 100 years in Shreveport and Bossier City.


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The de Young app is now available for Apple Watch. The app, which was described by CNN Money as an "invisible tour guide," offers fascinating insights by the museum's curators and an easily navigable map to help you see more of the collections.
Your Apple Watch allows you to effortlessly receive notifications as you approach selected artworks on guided tours that interpret a wide range of objects within the museum's diverse collections, including American paintings dating from as early as 1670 and sculptures and murals from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
Gentle pulses on your wrist notify you that you've approached a featured artwork and allow you to play audio tracks supplied by the museum's curators. The app also tracks your progress on tours so that you know what's left to see in any given gallery.
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Kukkiwon Dan Certification
The Kukkiwon conducts standardized Dan promotion tests and issues black belt certificates to Taekwondo practitioners through member nation associations of the WTF (World Taekwondo Federation). Contestants to participate in international Taekwondo competitions sponsored by the WTF should hold Kukkiwon Dan certificates. Kukkiwon Dan (blackbelt) holders are estimated at 2.3 million persons all over the world as of the end of 1995.
The Kukkiwon was constructed atop the hillside in Kangnam District in Seoul to house Taekwondo Related organizations and to provide Taekwondo practitioners and contestants with modern facilities, training, and competitions of Taekwondo. This million dollar project began on November 9, 1971 and ended on November 30, 1972. It was the first and only gymnasium of its kind and founded through the effort of Dr. Un Yong Kim, President of the WTF and then President of the Korea Taekwondo Association. The Kukkiwon was registered with the Government of the Republic of Korea as a juridical foundation on July 7, 1974, electing Dr. Kim as its president.
The Kukkiwon is also the bridgehead to promoting Taekwondo as an international sport. The Kukkiwon provided an ideal arena for training and competitions such as the 1st and 2nd World Taekwondo Championships and the 1st Asian Taekwondo Championships. Taekwondo made its Olympic debut as an official medal sport during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games after its participation in the Seoul and Barcelona Games as a demonstration sport.
The Kukkiwon hosted the 1st and 2nd International Referee Seminars, Instructor Seminars, and is the site of various Taekwondo demonstrations. It is involved in the technical development and research of Taekwondo, as well as public relations and the training of coaches and students.
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1 Arise, O Lord, with healing rod,
Lift up Thine hand and save, O God;
Arise to help the meek: for why
Should impious tongues Thy name defy?
2 Aloud they boast, Our acts are free;
God hides His face, God will not see;
But Thou hast seen: Thy piercing ray
Through sin's dark windings flashes day.
3 Recorded by Thy righteous hand
The sinner's deeds for judgment stand:
To Thee the poor commits his cause,
His help from Thee the friendless draws.
4 Quell Thou the scornful arm, and beat
The proud oppressor from his seat:
Proclaim—The reign of sin is o'er,
The place that knew it knows no more.
5 O Lord the King of boundless might,
The wicked perish from Thy sight:
'Tis Thine the drooping heart to cheer,
The cries of praying saints to hear,
6 The orphan's injured cause to try,
And, in Thy people's peril nigh,
To snatch them from the spoiler's rage,
And guard their rightful heritage.
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Should you encourage a fitness conditioning program for your teen?
You have an athletic teen -- but she seems to be prone to injury. You have a son who is on the edge of coordination and klutz. Which way will he trend? You understand how important fitness and exercise is to a healthy lifestyle and you want to promote regular physical activity in your child, but you seem to have some special circumstances. You might want to consider getting your child into a formal conditioning routine to strengthen his or her core and increase overall athleticism.
Tremendous advances in the science and understanding of physical activity and fitness have been made in the last several decades. We have a continually better understanding of how the body works, and how parts of the body work together for a stronger whole. Fitness isn't just the ability to run a mile! Exercise is more than laps! Conditioning programs can help you and your child take advantage of this increasing knowledge, helping your child to become stronger and a better athlete. Should you find one for your child?
What's the point?
A conditioning program isn't just cardio or resistance or stretching -- it's a combination of types of exercise meant to strengthen core muscle groups and increase overall fitness. Careful conditioning can help prevent injuries as well. If, for example, your daughter is very tall and skinny, she may not have sufficient musculature to support some agility moves required in her varsity soccer team, thus making her more susceptible to injuries such as avulsion fractures. Your son seems to be clumsy but wants oh so badly to be more physically active and coordinated. An appropriate conditioning program likely can help.
>> Learn how to prevent sports-related injuries in children
Professional consultation
Before starting any conditioning program, you and your child should seek professional consultation about what kind of program would be best considering the sports and activities your child wants to participate in. General conditioning is great, of course, but there could be a program out there that not only supports that general conditioning, but also helps improve some specific muscle groups for your child's sport of choice and improves overall coordination.
>> Learn about overuse injuries in kids
Start with your child's pediatrician to make sure your child is cleared for a serious conditioning program. The pediatrician can also refer you to good sports medicine doctors with pediatric focus and to physical therapists. A referral to a physical therapist for a single evaluation visit, for example, can help you and your child identify the weakest muscle groups that might need to most attention. After that credentialed trainers can help you and your child develop the program that will best suit need, especially considering your child's still growing body.
Motivation and incentives
Saying you are going to get your child into a conditioning program -- and your child insisting he or she is going to do it -- is the easy part. Actually doing it…well, just like adults sometimes, intent and motivation are just not the same for our kids. Our schedules are busy enough without adding one more thing! You may need to get creative with motivation and incentives to help keep your child on the conditioning program, particularly if the program is primarily done at home or during the first few weeks of the program. You may need to develop some incentive for yourself to keep up the driving to the gym, too! Consider the kind of incentives and motivation that work best for your child and negotiate appropriate reward for commitment.
Partnering with your child
After all this effort to get a conditioning program going for your child, you may be inspired to do it right along side him or her. Go for it! Yes, your teen may be a little embarrassed at first, but you can encourage each other -- or at least be the incentive to keep at it when you can do more pullups than your child.
Conditioning programs aren't just for elite athletes. They can help all of us be fitter and stronger and less prone to injury. Helping your child understand the role of appropriate conditioning as a part of fitness can help your child be stronger and healthier for life.
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Kosovo gives coffee a modern name
The new coffee shop in Pristina, Kosovo, has coffee drinkers excited for more than just their morning fix, with Innarch's design of Don Café making headlines.
Inspired by the familiar image of a sack filled with coffee beans, the café's designs include a special feature wall, hanging "coffee bean" chandeliers and wooden elements throughout.
The separating feature wall leaves the most prominent impression; it's made from plywood and maintains a large wave form and coffee sack-like colour.
The organic shape of the wall provides an uncommon environment for sitting and enjoying a hot cup of coffee.
Hanging from the ceiling are coffee bean-shaped chandeliers that, especially when combined with the coffee bean-inspired tables, further cement the café's underlying concept.
The bar continues the separating wall's touch as its wall features wooden pillars aligned horizontally and coated with the textile of coffee sacks.
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World Sailing Management introduced Camper today as the official sponsor of the third event on the Audi MedCup Circuit 2010 season which will take place from 20th to 25th July. The event's official title will be Regata Camper - Conde de Godó Trophy - Barcelona.
Audi MedCup Circuit organisers, World Sailing Management, today introduced the Camper brand as official sponsor of the Conde de Godó Trophy - Barcelona, the third event of the 2010 season.
"We are very pleased to be working once again with the Audi MedCup Circuit, explains Estanislao Carpio, who is Executive Director of Operations for Camper, " And we are especially happy to be involved with this edition in Barcelona, the city which has a long history with Camper and with which there is a particularly close relationship after having opened our first shop, the Casa Camper hotel, the Dos Palillos restaurant and many other projects in the famous City."
"We at Camper hold a special and strong regard for the sport of sailing, we are tremendously international, but we are from Mallorca originally. The Audi MedCup Circuit is an event which shares many of our values." continues Carpio.
The Audi MedCup Circuit has maintained a close relationship with the international shoe manufacturing brand.
Camper was official supplier on the Circuit in 2007, the same year in which they sponsored the Copa del Rey Camper Audi, the third event of the 2007 MedCup season.
" Given the strong relationship Camper has with sailing, with the Audi MedCup Circuit and particularly with the city of Barcelona, we are very happy to be collaborating again." concludes Ignacio Triay, Audi MedCup Circuit Director.
The Regata Camper - Conde de Godó Trophy - Barcelona will take place from July 20th to 25th. The Public Village for the third event of the season will open on July 17th and remain open with free entry through to 25th July.


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Hustler Video
Genre: Parody
The Ladies
Director: Axel Braun
Cast: Brandy Aniston, Jennifer Dark, Bridgette B., Ryan Driller, Jessi Palmer, Marie McCray, Krissy Lynn, Tom Byron, Alan Stafford, Joey Brass, Evan Stone Non-sex roles: Amber Cherry, Andy Appleton, Jack Lawrence, Rob McEvilly, Michael Troughton
Length: 113:47 minutes
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Date of Production: 2011
Extras: For some, the best extra would likely be the 3D version of the movie that came on a separate disc. It gave me a headache so I'll just say to those of you into the current 3D craze, note that this was not the kind of 3D you see on those fancy, high end televisions no one is buying but the anaglyph (red & blue) kind few seem to care for. There was also a Behind the Scenes feature lasting 22:32 minutes, the footage primarily interview material. There were also some trailers, spam, and a photogallery.
Condoms: None
Brandy Aniston, Jennifer Dark, and Bridgette B. with Ryan
Audio/Video Quality: This Ain't Dracula XXX was presented in an anamorphic widescreen color with an aspect ratio of about 1.78:1 as shot by director Axel Braun for release by Hustler Videousing the MPEG-2 codec. The sexual portions were largely handled in a straightforward manner with reasonable lighting that limited the grain, video noise, and limited the compression artifacts, Axel credited with handling the camera this time even though the BTS made it clear that Eli Cross appeared to have a very active, if uncredited, role in the making of the movie (frankly, Eli's talents are such that his participation is ALWAYS welcome as an upgrade to most directors). The composition of the camera angles was decent and the ladies were made to look as best they could in the moody, atmospheric drama. The editing was better with the feature elements than the sexual trysts but overall it looked okay, the nod going to Claudia Ross. The bitrate itself was pretty high this time, helping make the production decent looking if not fully realizing the entire disc as well as could be expected, the second disc providing the 3D version. The audio was presented in the usual 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo English using the 224 Kbps bitrate expected of the movie. There was no readily apparent separation of the vocals and the movie had limited dynamic range but the mix of the vocals, ambient sound effects, and score was better than average for the company.
the ladies show their true colors
Body of Review: Axel Braun is best known as a pornographic director of parodies for Hustler Video (and others). His latest release is called This Ain't Dracula XXX, a parody of the 1992 mainstream Bram Stoker novelization (there are dozens of movies based on or using the characters from the original novel, thousands of vampire movie offshoots all across the globe). Rather than take the immediately obvious parody route by spoofing it (as several pornos have done in the past) or copying it verbatim but adding sex as is so common. The special quirk this time is the addition of the 3D effect, once again utilized in a competent manner as it was in the recent Ghostbusters (by the same crew) but frankly, that was still more of a gimmick than anything else (my eyes hurting after two scenes so I considered it an extra more than the main draw). It was interesting to see the mighty Evan Stone in a more dramatic role this time but the cuties bringing most people in were Jessi Palmer, Krissy Lynn, Brandy Aniston, Bridgette B., Jennifer Dark, and Marie McCray. Here's a brief look at the scenes by cast and action, noting that no condoms were used for those still interested:
Marie McCray and Jessi Palmer
Scene One: Brandy Aniston, Jennifer Dark, Bridgette B., and Ryan Driller were up first as the three ladies did their best to seduce the slumbering mope. Each lady had their own physical appeal, from Bridgette's awesome ass to Jennifer's lean hard body, or even Brandy's overall sexy nature, but the ladies were adequately given to providing oral pleasure as they triple teamed him. The combination of mouths and hands working him into a turgid state was interesting, the vaginal plowing he was allowed to do showing the ladies to be somewhat active riders. Sure, their vocal traits were as out of place as most mediocre parody porn and the pacing was way too slow but what really got on my nerves was how the ladies were not always playing it as a team sport, sometimes moving off to the back of the bed to masturbate rather than truly get into the action consistently. It ended with a load of genetic juice tossed off by Ryan onto the breasts of the ladies, their fetching nature soon evolving into a more truthful version of their characters.
Krissy Lynn
Scene Two: Jessi Palmer and Marie McCray, both lean young hotties, were up next in a limited lesbian tryst that showed them getting out of their replica versions of the clothing (let me put it this way, there was no way in hell that they would have been able to get out of the real deal by unfastening a few buttons). They caressed and licked each other without any toys but it was far too short and came across as thrown into the mix to cover a needed base rather than as a part of the show making sense.
Marie McCray with Alan and Joey
Scene Three: Krissy Lynn, a wonderfully ripe blond with a sweet ass, was up next in the asylum containing crazy Tom Byron. She blew him through the bars and his short but highly amusing character was pretty funny, her oral skills enough to get him erect in no time. They then went straight to anal inside the cell, Tom porking Krissy pretty hard though she was rarely as active as I'm used to seeing her. She held her ass cheeks apart to grant him deeper access and warmed up in time, Krissy doing some ATM and jerking him off all over her boobs as his modest wad of spunk landed when she placed it.
Jessi Palmer with Evan
Scene Four: Marie McCray, the cute redhead now outside (well, at least on a set portraying being outside) and dolled up, was up next as she walked over to Alan Stafford and Joey Brass. The men knew what they wanted and started diddling her, their hands roaming her body before she took turns slobbing their knobs in the graveyard. She seemed more at ease this time, alternating between a cock in her mouth and one in her pussy, the lighting less than optimal but the young lady looking good. It ended when one guy rubbed out a nut of splooge on her crotch while the other gave her a much larger batch of seed to her face and mouth.
Scene Five: Jessi Palmer, again looking fantastic though dressed in the restrictive clothing of the era, was up last with the mighty Evan Stone, the man playing the lead role in a way that again proved he could do more than act like a doofus (I've been fussed at many times for suggesting his range is more than his most common, comedic, style). He put the bite on her and the eroticism was better shown than in the previous scenes, the kiss leading to her slowly savoring his pecker orally. They kept their clothing on and continued with some vaginal, and then anal, penetration positions, Jessi much more active when he was busting in her pussy than in her ass. She then sucked him off with a power hummer ending, his semen flying out of her mouth to abruptly end the tryst.
Summary: This Ain't Dracula XXX by director Axel Braun for Hustler Video might have come in short of his last big parody ("Ghostbusters XXX") but it was still a decent tribute to the mainstream version. The sexual trysts had a variety of issues with them, there were no implants back them, disguised tattoos and piercings being anachronisms, and the usual level of acting believably barriers, but as a non-comedic parody of a popular subject, it merited a rating of Recommended or better for the final result and amount of work put into it. The ladies were all attractive and even the Victorian era outfits could not hide that fact, the sexual trysts shorter than I prefer but the elements of eroticism addressed more than a little bit. In short, This Ain't Dracula XXX worked better in the non-sexual portions of the show than most Hustler titles have in recent years, the sexual encounters coming across as somewhat generic and cramped (as though they couldn't move for lack of space on the sets) but certainly strokable and worth picking up if you are interested in the subject matter. The dark nature of the standard definition version of the movie made me consider that the Blu-ray version was probably a major visual upgrade but I'll get back with you should I get to see that for myself. Anyway, Eli Cross appears to have helped elevate this one above the usual fast forward fodder nature of parodies for many of you so give his work a look.
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Should they introduce Kara Zor-El in the sequels?
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Ok so I was on youtube watching this video and I saw the most ridiculous comment for an origin for how they could do the Amazons/Kara Zor-El in the Man of Steel universe. I figured you guys might get a kick out of this.
"Kara Zor-El should be used to explain Wonder Woman and The Amazons. The ship lands on earth 18000 years earlier, she bred with humans gave birth only to females because her genes are dominate. Her children could only have females. Their life spans should be 1000 years. Amazons are half Kryptonian and half Human. Supergirl would limit all DC films. Its not hard to make the connection with Superman/Wonder Woman or to make the DC Universe Work."
I guess with each generation Kryptonian powers get diluted further and further resulting in the Amazons we know and love today. Then Wonder Woman becomes what? The 1st Amazon with some semblance of vestigial Kryptonian abilities, thus making her special?
For this theory, no thanks I want the real Wonder Woman please, you know the one just like in the comics?
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A tradition continued on Thursday at Lewiston-Altura High School.
When thinking of tractors, you typically envision the farming equipment planting or harvesting crops.
But in a farming town such Lewiston, those tractors get a break from the manual labor for a day, when students navigate the roads and drive their tractors to school.
"It's the last day of school, and as tradition has it in this school, they drive their tractors in," explained Lewiston-Altura High School Principal Ryan Ihrke.
If you happened to be in Lewiston on Thursday, you would have seen 27 tractors, a combine, and a chopper lining the lawn of the high school.
"Sometimes you'll see some really old tractors that kids have spent a long time fixing up. Some are very excited about driving the bigger tractor, you know bigger, bigger, bigger! And then you'll have a kid who might be driving something from the 1940s or 50s that they refurbished," said Ihrke of the different types of tractors that grace the front yard of the school each year.
And, not surprisingly, in a world where social media is taking over, many onlookers turn to various social media outlets.
"Everyone who graduates always takes snapchat stories of all the tractors lined up saying, 'We came from a school that drives their tractors on the last day of school'," said Ally Haake, who ended her senior year of high school on Thursday.
A day everyone looks forward to, each and every year.
"It's a great experience for the kids, its a fun way to end the school year. In an ag town it's fitting," said Ihrke.
For some, driving a tractor just comes naturally.
"Personally, I like it a lot more because I've driven a tractor my whole life. And I'm not really used to a car," said Gavin Smith, who just ended his freshman year of high school.
Ally Haake is one of two girls who drove a tractor to school.
"I think it's great to show that boys that, yeah we can do it too!" said Haake.
It was her first time taking part, but since she is graduating, it was also her last.
"My dad has had this tractor for a long time, so I decided that I wanted to learn how to drive it," said Haake.
She continued, "It's a great community. Everyone loves this tradition and I'm glad I got to be a part of it this year."
This annual event isn't only exciting, but it provides hope for the future of a dwindling culture.
"We have piles of kids in this community that know they're going into farming. It's a family business that a lot of our kids are going to go into. They know they're going to. So this is a way to celebrate that," said Ihrke.
But for now, students are just riding their tractors into summer vacation.
All the students I talked to today say that their commute time on their tractors was double or more that of their typical drive to school in the car.
But they don't mind one bit.
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Thanksgiving is just two days away, which means it's the perfect time to talk about all the things I'm grateful for. And, really, there is so much on that list.
At the very top of my mound of blessings are my wonderful husband and kids. Andy is always there to make me laugh, even after a very bad day, and I consider myself so lucky to have tied the knot with him nearly sixteen years ago. Two of the incredible benefits of our marriage are our sweet, healthy, happy kids. Lizzie brings a smile to my face each day as she tells me about the events of middle school and talks about what horse she rode during her lesson. Her eyes light up at the very mention of friends and sleepovers—pure bliss. And then there is Alex, just a burst of positive, never-ending energy. Football, hockey, soccer, baseball—he's ready to try all of them. And let's watch the highlights on Sports Center. But he's still just young enough that cuddling up together with a book makes him happy, too. Our golden retriever, Chloe, completes the household, and I can't imagine live without her. Those big brown eyes seem to understand every worry, and she's always there with a wagging tail to make me feel better.
Beyond the walls of my home, I have even more things to be grateful for:
• A job, though quirky, which fills my days with one challenge after another
• Friends, ranging from grade school through last week, who make my life fuller and more interesting
• Sisters and a brother, although spread far and wide, who always remind me where I came from and who I am
• A mom, who handled the loss of my dad with grace, and has really shown her strength and fortitude in this last year
When I turn on the news and hear about the recession and the latest election and all the world's problems, I listen. But I also tune out to some degree. Yes, nothing's perfect and there will always be conflict, but right here, right now, things are pretty good.
Look around in your life. What do you have to be thankful for? See what others are saying at http://www.EpicThanks.org
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Being overwhelmed and overworked can be a badge of honor for entrepreneurs, especially female entrepreneurs, who often feel that they have to take on the world alone. When asked, "How is business?" or "How are you?" we reply with how busy we are, how long our to-do list is, how stressed we feel or how much we need a vacation.
And while the overwhelm may feel real, it's good to look at what's driving it. Are we worried about how our friends, colleagues or family would react if we took care of our own needs first? Are we worried that they'd question our commitment or work ethic? Do we feel selfish for putting ourselves first?
The truth is this: Taking time out of the day for a long walk, going out to lunch with friends during a packed schedule or treating yourself to flowers instead of flash drives can actually help you stay focused, inspired and productive.
Here are four selfish changes to make in order to grow, or even save, your business:
1. Put Your Self-Care First. Do you believe that stress is required for business success? What if your self-care was the key to prosperity? Take time every day to do something for yourself, whether it's a relaxed morning routine, a trip to the gym, a massage or even a 10-minute meditation. By putting your self-care first, you will gain more clarity, focus and energy to do your great work.
2. Put Your Relationships First. Have you put your relationships on the back burner to grow your business? I certainly did, but found myself feeling lonely and disconnected. At the end of our lives, I doubt we'll say, "I wish I had worked more." Instead, we might say, "I wish I spent more time with the people I love." When business is tough, we lean on the people we love for support and encouragement. Nurture your relationships.
3. Put Your Time First. It may seem ineffective to take precious time out of your day to pamper yourself with a long lunch or a nap, but when you're burning the candle at both ends, how productive do you really feel? Let's face it: You can really only put in so many productive hours each day, so why force yourself to stare at a computer screen all day when you could be rejuvenating your soul while giving your brain a much-needed break? Taking ownership of your time increases productivity and clarifies what's important.
4. Put Your Hobbies First. Has focusing on your business made you boring? If so, I can relate. After spending all of my time on my business, I realized I'd lost my enthusiasm for other important parts of life, and lost touch with the world outside of my work. By creating time for your hobbies and interests, you become more well-rounded and less fearful of failure in your business, which makes you a better decision maker and creates more perspective and peace.
If your business is struggling, stagnant or shifting and you are looking for a way to "fix" what is broken, take a look at how you can put your own desires and dreams at center stage. You will discover how being selfish is often the best thing you can do for your business.
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Research interests: The history of the physical sciences (broadly construed) from the 19th century to the present.
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Einstein's Generation: The Origins of the Relativity Revolution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008)
'Ernst Mach on Bodies and Buckets', Physics Today 66.12 (2013): 42–47
'Trajectories in the History and Historiography of Physics in the Twentieth Century', History of Science 51 (2013): 151–177
'Conversions, Dreams, Defining Aims? Following Boas and Malinowski, Physics and Anthropology, through Laboratory and Field', History of Anthropology Newsletter 39.2 (December 2012): 3–10
'Culture and Mechanics in Germany, 1869–1918: A Sketch', Weimar Culture and Quantum Mechanics: Selected Papers by Paul Forman and Contemporary Perspectives on the Forman Thesis, edited by Cathryn Carson, Alexei Kojevnikov and Helmuth Trischler (London/Singapore: Imperial College Press/World Scientific, 2011): 277–292
'Michelson and the Observatory: Physics and the Astronomical Community in Late Nineteenth Century America', The Heavens on Earth: Observatory Techniques in Nineteenth-Century Science, edited by David Aubin, Charlotte Bigg and H. Otto Sibum (Durham/London: Duke University Press, 2010): 225–252
'The Fin de Siècle Thesis', Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 31 (2008): 311–330
'Fog, Dust and Rising Air: Understanding Cloud Formation, Cloud Chambers, and the Role of Meteorology in Cambridge Physics in the Late 19th Century', Intimate Universality: Local and Global Themes in the History of Weather and Climate, edited by James R. Fleming, Vladimir Jankovic and Deborah Coen (New York: Science History Publications, 2006): 93–113


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text: Standing Again At Sinai, This Time With Facebook by Hillel News |Jun 23, 2010|Comments By Wayne L. Firestone Reprinted from The New York Jewish Week, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Wayne L. Firestone. In recent weeks, the Jewish blogosphere has been in a state of collective shpilkas. Even before the flotilla incident, Jews in America and Israel were hotly debating two essays, Danny Gordis' "The Storm Ahead" in the Jerusalem Post and Peter Beinart's "The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment," in The New York Review of Books. Whereas Gordis blames Jewish organizations for not being supportive enough of Israel — and Beinart blames Jewish organizations for not being critical enough of Israel — both despair that the upshot of those failures is today's young Jews are increasingly disconnected from the State of Israel. As president of the organization that supports the more than 400,000 college-age Jews worldwide, I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that Gordis and Beinart are right. For all the ways one might pick at their arguments, it is simply now a fact that the Israel narrative that compelled Jews who came of age circa 1948, 1967, and 1973, is no longer the guiding narrative for "Millennial" Jews, born after 1980. Because of different circumstances in the diaspora and in Israel, greater exposure to Israel-related information and images (distorted or otherwise), and greater access to Israel itself, young Jews today have a different, less idealized understanding of Israel than their parents and grandparents. But here is the good news. This generation wasn't going to accept a predetermined narrative anyway. This generation is, in fact, interested in global relationships, small-group identities, virtual texts and compelling narratives. But here's the thing you need to know about Millennials: they have to interact with the narrative, putting their individual stamp on it, or they can't get traction. This is hard for those of us over 35 to understand. We were proud to inherit the narratives of the Jews (the Exodus) and Israel ("Exodus," the movie). We rarely critiqued, much less tried to insert ourselves into, the sweeping narratives of our people. But this generation is different. When you've spent your entire formative years sharing your journey on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, you are simply not compelled by one-size-fits-all narratives created by others. You want to know how you can shape, reorganize and draw direct personal meaning from the Jewish narrative — or else you're not that interested in engaging it at all. And so for all the current handwringing about Who Lost Israel (or who's about to lose America's young Jews), we are missing a critical opportunity to help them reconnect to the narratives of the Jews and Israel. The environment is ripe. First, over 90 percent of Jews in America go to college. The college campus is literally the only place on earth where the great majority of Jews pass through, at the very moment they are interested in learning stories and where they fit into them. Second, there is more Jewish diversity on campus than ever in the history of the world. Peter Beinart describes a growing Orthodox community that is increasingly foreign to and dismissive of "mainstream" American Jews, but the evidence suggests the opposite. According to Orthodox Union data, since 2005 the majority of Modern Orthodox college students now does its undergraduate or graduate work at secular universities, including Ivy League schools. Add to the mix more frequent interactions with Israeli peers, both secular and religious, and you see the possibility for vibrant, authentic narrative writing that Millennial Jews are craving. Finally, more young diaspora Jews than ever are experiencing Israel directly. In the last 10 years, Taglit-Birthright Israel has sent more than a quarter-million young adults to climb Masada and swim in the Kinneret. They don't come home parroting Exodus, either the Bible's or Leon Uris'. They wrestle with how what they are seeing meshes with their own political, intellectual, cultural, and social growth, and they ask how they fit in to the Jewish story and vice versa. Can we guarantee how the Millennials will reshape the Jewish narrative? No. But we can guarantee the narrative stops if they don't have the tools and experiences to engage with it on their own terms. That is why Hillel is no longer just a place for kosher food and seders away from home; we are instead a proactive movement committed to doubling the number of meaningful Jewish experiences on campus. Whether those experiences are Birthright, spring break trips to build houses in New Orleans or El Salvador, or parasha study on the green, the experiences must be meaningful, memorable and connective. And most of all, they must be theirs. The Jewish narrative has always been organic, reinvigorated by each generation as it stands again at Sinai. The Millennials have more, not less, potential to internalize and advance this Jewish story, including the centrality of Israel. So let's stop pointing fingers over who's not doing enough to keep that narrative pure and unchanged. Instead, let's ensure that today's students have enough meaningful Jewish experiences, when they're open to them, to help shape the narrative that will again, sustain us through the generations. Wayne L. Firestone is the president of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Reprinted from The New York Jewish Week, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Back to Top Tags: {{Title}} [x] Add or, Select from existing Opening existing... Close existing Most popular tags Click to select: Show all2440Tags Show only most popular Opening all... {{Title}} ({{ItemsCount}})


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It is never too late to develop and incorporate good skin care habits into your daily regimen. This does not necessarily mean you have to upgrade to pricey products, or even add 50 steps to your morning and night time routine. The negative effects that aging can have on a person's skin are many, and the older we get the more prominent they become. For instance, collagen production begins to slow down once we reach our 40s. Coupled with this natural process is the damage that occurs over the course of time due to an extended exposure to harmful ultra-violet rays. Additionally, chemical and free radical damage from environmental factors such as pollution can speed up the aging process. Before we break down the skin care components necessary to achieve a healthy, glowing complexion at each stage in your life, it is important to mention that good sunscreen is a necessity at any age. Let's face it: Your skin will not look as radiant at 50 as it did at 20 during the height of the summer due to continuous exposure to powerful UV rays.
Your 20s is a good time to begin an anti-aging skin care regimen, focusing primarily on prevention. At this stage in your life, you may still be dealing with periodic acne breakouts, so it is important to keep the number of products you use to a minimum in order to avoid further irritation to the skin. Choose products that contain mild ingredients such as hyaluronic acid that will infuse water into the skin without clogging your pores. Apply sunscreen to the skin after cleansing and prior to moisturizing.
The 30s
The 30s may bring in its own set of problems. For instance, melasma is a skin condition in which sun damage causes areas of brown discoloration. Choose products that are designed to brighten the skin as well as encourage cell turnover, such as retinol and alpha-hydroxy acid. Continue to use a mild cleanser. If you have oily skin, consider using a cleanser that doubles as an exfoliator. A sonic cleansing machine may help maximize results, as well as exfoliating once a week with a product containing glycolic or salicylic acid.
The 40s
In your 40s, you may start to notice an increase in the appearance of, as well as number of, fine lines and wrinkles on your face. The 40s is typically known as the perimenopausal period; therefore, estrogen levels will begin to taper off, resulting in increased dryness. Keep skin moisturized in the morning and evening times with collagen-building ingredients such as peptides. Mild peels and laser treatments are also excellent ways to even out the complexion.
The 50s
In your 50s, the biggest skin issue you will face is the loss of collagen and sagging skin. In addition to products containing retinols, peptides, and powerful moisturizers, you might consider asking your dermatologist whether laser treatments are a viable option for your skin type. These procedures are non-invasive and can make the biggest impact on the skin. Skin tightening treatments such as Thermage CPT can also lift, tighten, and contour the skin on your face, the delicate skin around your eyes, as well as the skin on your arms and legs. Patients who use this product have reported a 10% increase in the tightness of their skin, while maximum tightening results were achieved after using the product for at least six months.
It is never too late to turn back the hands of time. If you are a sun-worshiper, take into consideration that you may look great now, but the real damage caused by harsh ultra-violet rays will really only begin to show twenty years down the road. Continual sun exposure when we are young can age us 10-15 years when we are older.
Advances are being made daily in terms of science and medicine. The products we have today were not available to our moms and grandmothers. When caring for our skin today, it is vital to select products that contain moisturizing properties as well as peptides, caffeine, antioxidants, and retinol. These ingredients will encourage collagen production, and also reduce the production of harmful enzymes that can speed up the aging process.
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Hillary Clinton will do anything to win.
Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s.
Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke up, leading Clinton's eyes to fill with tears, which she wiped out of her left eye. At the time, Rhodeen was saying how proud he was that sheepskin-coat, bell-bottom-wearing young woman he met in 1972 was now running for president.
"Well, I said I would not tear up; already we're not exactly on the path," Clinton said with emotion after the introduction.
Clinton is holding a roundtable discussion with Connecticut women to talk about childcare and healthcare.
When Clinton got misty-eyed at an event in New Hampshire on Jan. 7, politicos and pundits filled hours discussing if it helped her, and Clinton eventually pointed to the moment as when she "found her voice" and turned the corner in the Granite State.
I don't care what anyone says. This lady is 100% scripted. Calculating. Driven. Her thinking is obvious…if the "tear" thing worked in New Hampshire, it might work in Connecticut, so…
What amazes me are the people (ahem, women) out there who are enthusiastically supporting Hillary exclusively because she has a chance to be the first woman president. People need to wake up and realize who they're dealing with here.
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Thank you for the inspiring and informative Feb. 17 profile of Gail Vacca that focused on her benevolent good deeds for horses in affiliation with other staff members at the Illinois Equine Humane Center ("Remarkable woman," Chicago Tribune Sunday section). Her passion and compassion for horses is commendable and very important.
Horses have been beneficial and wonderful companion animals helping humans for centuries. Vacca's tireless and valiant endeavors to rescue and save horses that are destined to be slaughtered and those that are victims of abuse and neglect are admirable. The appalling reality that horses are being brutally mistreated and killed in slaughterhouses is shameful. Vacca is a bona fide hero and champion for equines. We need more humane people like her to make our very inhumane world a more civilized place for all creatures.


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