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Can Mindfulness Rewire the Brain?Applications at the Intersection of Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity
Dear Colleague,
You asked for it, and we've created it for you. Your feedback has inspired the idea for this exciting new series.
Overwhelmingly, you wanted to know how mindfulness affects the brain. So over the next six weeks, we'll be looking exclusively at that question.
Through a combination of new sessions as well as a few targeted re-broadcasts from our archives, we're bringing you a comprehensive look at how to harness the power of mindfulness to rewire the brain.
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We are excited to share with you an original format that we'll be using for the first time. In order to make this entire series even more valuable, we've added a new segment to focus specifically on clinical application.
To help us do this, we sought out two experts, practitioners who are ahead of the curve when it comes to integrating mindfulness into their work with patients. At the end of each session, they will be joining me for a TalkBack segment to give you specific ways to apply what you've heard to your clinical setting.
Here's a Look at the Series Ahead:
Neurodharma: How to Train the Brain Toward Mindfulness
Rick Hanson, PhD
- The neurological basis of mindfulness
- How mindfulness affects the brain
- The benefits of mindfulness for the practitioner
- How cultivating equanimity can enhance the treatment of trauma
- How mindfulness can overcome evolution's paranoid trance
- The two wings of psychological growth and contemplative practice
The Neurobiology of Mindfulness: Clinical Applications
Ronald Siegel, PsyD
- Can mindfulness practice counteract age-related cortical thinning?
- New frontiers in neurobiology: how different meditative practices affect our brains
- The neurobiology of narcissism: an antidote to the self-focused brain
- Mindfulness as a path to cortical well-being
- The benefits of a compassionate brain
- Cultivating an open-focused brain: one way to make any therapy more effective
How Mindfulness Can Change the Wiring of Our Brains
Daniel Siegel, MD
- How cultivating Mindsight can change the brain's structure
- Why Mindsight helps our brains achieve and maintain neuronal integration
- How FACES illuminates the path to integration
- How to stimulate neuronal activation and growth
- How mindfulness can amplify neuroplasticity
- How the hippocampus can be utilized to heal trauma and PTSD
Where Neuroscience and Mindfulness Converge: Lessons from Cutting-Edge Brain Research
Sara Lazar, PhD
- An in-depth look at the use of mindfulness to rewire the brain
- Do your patients need "evidence"? Scientific studies to share with your patients
- Brain rewiring: how to replicate neuroscience findings in your patients
The Mindful Path to Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach, PhD
- The trance of unworthiness revisited
- The role of intention in healing
- Antidotes for inadequacy
- A mindful approach to fear
- The mindfulness piece in working with traumatic fear
- The three gateways of healing from a Buddhist perspective
Mindfulness and the Brain TalkBack Session
Ruth Buczynski, PhD, Elisha Goldstein, PhD, and Ron Siegel, PsyD
- How to introduce mindfulness to your patients
- Convincing patients that mindfulness works
- Mindfulness techniques to use with patients
- What are some ways to keep clients motivated to continue their practice?
- Where do I start in using mindfulness with an anxious or depressed patient?
- What are the contraindications for using mindfulness in clinical practice with specific types of patients?
- We'll walk you through easy, teachable steps including sharing the approach that has worked best to help patient buy into this life-changing approach.
- How to use mindfulness in tough clinical populations (eating disorders, abuse history, PTSD, substance abuse, etc.)
- What is the best way to reach a client who is uncomfortable in their body and unaware of their own process?
- What is the simplest, most "user-friendly" way to teach mindfulness to patients?
- How do you convince physicians to refer patients for mindfulness as part of their treatment regimen?
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Helping Your Patients Create Their Own Mindful Place
Sharon Salzberg
- How to help your patients structure their own mindfulness practice
- Obstacles to mindfulness and how we can overcome them
- How to sustain a mindfulness practice in the long-term
- Practical mindfulness exercises that your patients can use immediately
Mindfulness and the Psychology of Possibility
Ellen Langer, PhD
- How mindfulness can liberate our health
- Lessons in mindful aging
- Try some ohm: how mindfulness can inspire creativity
- Why mindfulness can improve decision making
Mindfulness in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Kelly G. Wilson, PhD
- A mindfulness approach to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- How practitioners can practice working in the present moment
A Mindfulness Approach to Treating Shame and Fear
Steve Flowers, MS, MFT
- How to bring light to inner troubles - and stop their power to harm
- Tools for freeing your patients from self-judgments
- The trap of self-improvement
- The power of compassion in healing shame
- A mindful approach to shyness
- Why pleasing others doesn't work in the long run
- How to embrace the non-verbal world
We will show you how to use mindfulness in your own practice and answer questions like...
- How do I persuade reluctant clients to try mindfulness?
- How can mindfulness rewire the brain?
- What's the scientific basis for mindfulness?
- When should mindfulness not be used in my practice?
Here's what practitioners said about last year's
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"Mindfulness and meditation have been in my life for some years now but your clear presentation helped me to understand even more their importance and ways to apply them in my life and work."
"I have just today tried to introduce mindfulness to a young patient with panic disorder and found that the explanation of developing "awareness training", which can serve as a first line of responding when the panic threatens, was a good opening introduction. I am eager to hear the other presentations on mindfulness."
"Fantastic! Educating clients about neuroscience, its impact on our lives, and the benefits of mindfulness to our well being is proving to be an effective path for positive change. I continue to be excited about the coming together of neuroscience, psychotherapy, and mindfulness! Thanks for this forum and the great presenters/interviewees!"
"I'm particularly grateful to find myself with a new insight, a new metaphor, a new way of putting in a nutshell either an already familiar concept or a radical new one - so stimulating, motivating, energising - and serendipitous the way this information somehow turns out to be the very thing that fits the work of the next day."
This series will give you a deeper understanding of mindfulness through the lens of the brain as well as practical application techniques to use in your clinical practice.
We want to help you take your practice to the next level and we've found that practitioners who succeed:
- continue to learn
- build new skills and gain confidence
- listen to experts at the forefront
- tune-in and update their skills on a regular basis
Here's what people have said about our past teleseminars
"This series of seminars was extremely informative and exciting. Each seminar provided an opportunity to learn about the topic from some of the leaders in the field. As always. Ruth did a wonderful job with her interviews and asked so many of the questions that we would all want to hear the answers. Being in Australia, it was extremely helpful being able to listen to the replays in my own time and to later have access to the written transcripts when I came across a situation in my practice where this knowledge was relevant. Thank you so much for a great series...This knowledge is vital for anyone working with clients to help them make changes in their lives."
"Another fantastic lecture. Thank you. Although trained as a psychiatrist, my focus has always been on using psychotherapy to help the mind change it's patterns. Dr Goldstein's exuberant outpouring of ideas and observations generated several approaches that I plan on focusing on."
"This series has been helpful in synthesizing the observations I have made while working with individuals who are suffering from relational trauma at the hands of the group (mob). Helping my clients visualize a fulfilling relationship with a social group may be an intervention that will help with the telling of their story."
In these valuable sessions, you'll hear from the experts on Mindfulness and the Brain, with both targeted re-broadcasts and new speakers.
At the end of each session, Dr. Ron Siegel and Dr. Elisha Goldstein will be joining me for a TalkBack segment to give you ways to apply what you've heard to your clinical setting.
We are bringing these two experts back for the 6th session to answer the questions YOU asked us about mindfulness, the brain and your clinical practice.
What can you expect to get from this new series?
- Power-packed interviews with leaders in the field
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- Hands-on examples on how you can use Mindfulness to treat the most complex health issues
Through these calls with the experts, we'll dig deep into a range of important topics, including:
- The impact of mindfulness upon the brain
- How to harness the power of neuroplasticity to bring healing to our patients
- The neurological basis of mindfulness
- Why a mindfulness practice can help to rewire previously hard-wired reactions
- How cultivating mindsight can change the brain's physical structure and how that can lead to neural integration
- Meditative approaches to help rewire the brain out of the destructive trance of unworthiness
- Attaining and maintaining presence, the foundation for empathy
- How to introduce mindfulness to your patients
- Hands-on, practical tools you can use to integrate mindfulness into your clinical practice
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If you share in this mission, then take a look at these sessions and see how they might make a difference in the work that you do.
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All Best,
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"We have known for some time that being able to wager from your phone is a huge convenience. This application makes that process easier than ever plus a whole lot more." - Andréa Young
Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 17, 2014
Sam Houston Race Park (SHRP) is excited to announce the launch of the new SHRP Mobile App. Sam Houston Race Park partnered with Parallel 6, a creative enterprise mobile technology firm, to develop the innovative product for racing and entertainment fans. The SHRP Mobile App can be downloaded for free through iTunes and Google Play stores making it available to users of Apple and Android devices. The App offers Sam Houston Race Park fans a one-stop shop to stay up to speed on all aspects of the Park's business from wagering on track to making reservations in the Winner's Circle Restaurant. Users can easily view entries, results and replays from anywhere in the world. The app further enhances the on-track experience by providing direct access to the Park's mobile wagering system, which first launched in 2013. The app will also provide users the ability to purchase live racing and concert tickets, review the most up to date calendar of events and stakes races. App users will receive exclusive discounts and other valuable information sent directly to them through the app.
"After launching our mobile wagering in system in 2013, we realized a mobile app was the next logical step in our commitment to providing our fans with the best possible experience. Today's launch is an exciting advancement of that goal," said Andréa Young, President of Sam Houston Race Park. "We have known for some time that being able to wager from your phone is a huge convenience. This application makes that process easier than ever plus a whole lot more."
The 2014 Thoroughbred racing season kicks off Tomorrow with start of Texas Champions Weekend. Racing will continue every Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at the Park. The 32-day meet continues through March 11th.
Sam Houston Race Park is Houston's premier racing and entertainment facility, located just 15 minutes from downtown Houston, and offers a variety of attractions including 19 recently renovated luxury suites overlooking the race track, The Pavilion Centre, and award-winning dining options at the Winner's Circle Restaurant and the Champion Energy Services Jockey Club. For more information on upcoming shows, events and tickets, please visit http://www.shrp.com.

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Designer Profiles
Martin Campbell (MC)
Martin started work at Caithness Oban factory in 1976 and later relocated to the main Perth factory where his considerable glassmaking skills and knowledge were put to good use. He has continued to create the highly intricate Caithness designs and is one of the only maker remaining who can make perfume bottles.
Calum McDougall (CM)
Calum started his career in 1977 with Perthshire paperweights who specialised in millefiori and lampwork designs. In 2002 he joined Caithness Glass (following the closure of Perthshire), where he has continued to create designs using methods that he has mastered, and has also fostered new skills and techniques for making Caithness products.
Scott Sinclair (SS)
Starting his career at Caithness in 1991 as a glassmakers 'helper', Scott progressed to paperweight maker within 12 months. Now after 17 years, Scott has one of the highest levels of skill and knowledge of glass at Caithness. Following the move to Crieff, Scott now runs the factory which involves a great deal of things from, taking charge of the furnaces used in melting the glass for production which is a major skill itself, planning production schedules and making sure that everything happens as it should do.
Martin Murray (MM)
Martin has over 30 years experience as a glass cutter and engraver. As a native Irishman his early training was at Galway Crystal. After moving to the UK in 1974 to work at Kings Lynn factory, Martin moved north to the main Caithness Glass site in 1992. Martin has used his skills and creativity to enhance the Caithness paperweight collection with a variety of cuts and faceted finishes. Proud recipients of this work include several members of the British Royal family!
Robert McAteer (RM)
Having started with Caithness in 1999, Robert spent a year learning the basic skills of gathering from the furnace and putting paperweights into the kiln, he was then promoted on to the maker's bench where his first paperweight was made "Mooncrystal". As time went on Robert learnt several skills and picked things up clearly. Not only can Robert make paperweights but he is also a master at making the more sculptural pieces that Caithness produce including large multi-colour bowls, sculptural fish and figurines.
Fraser Munro (FM)
Fraser first started in the Caithness factory when he was 16 years old in 1999, fresh faced from secondary school. He worked as a helper then a paperweight maker. He proved to be excellent at making the animals that were in the range at that time, and specialised in making the large elephants, these were very large and difficult to control but Fraser made it look easy. In 2008 when Caithness relocated to Crieff, Fraser was made redundant. Just after moving to the new site, Calum broke his wrist and was unable to make anything, we needed help so asked Fraser if he would come back. He was asked to come back for 3 weeks, which turned out to be nearly 3 months! Now after a couple of years away we are delighted that Fraser has come back to work with us full time again.
Dean Gill
Dean is currently mastering the skill of base finishing and has improved greatly. He is already proving to be a valued member of the team. He has been taken under the wing of Martin Murray who will teach him everything there is to know about cutting and polishing glass. Dean is currently mastering the skill of base finishing and in the last few weeks has improved greatly. He will have a long way to go to reach the skill level of Martin but if he keeps going the way he is who knows, it may be sooner than we think! Dean is a local lad, not living too far from the factory, he usually cycles to work, but on lazier morning his Dad runs him to work, his Dad being very familiar with the Crieff Visitor Centre as this is where the pottery used to be based that he worked at many years ago. We'll keep you up to date with Dean's progress.
Allan Scott
Allan began as an apprentice Lampworker for Perthshire Paperweights in 1975. He left to help John Deacons form Jay Glass in 1979. He joined Caithness Glass in 1983 and set up the Lampwork department where he designed and made Lampwork for almost 25 years. He is now back working with Caithness to create Lampwork paperweights.
Peter McDougall
Peter started his career at Strathearn Glass in 1967. One year later Stuart Dryssale was starting a factory exclusively devoted to paperweights. Peter was asked to join them and was to remain with the company until its closure in 2002 attaining the position of Manager and Head Craftsman. Peter started his own studio and continued to make his own Paperweights. He closed his studio in 2012 and now makes Paperweights from the Caithness factory in Crieff.


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Viscount Goschen: My Lords, that may well be the case.
Lord Campbell of Croy: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that British drivers as a whole have a better safety record than other nationalities? With reference to the point raised by my noble friend and namesake Lord Campbell of Alloway, is he further aware that a large proportion of all accidentsaround 30 per cent.involve drivers who have been qualified to drive for only a short time and that most other comparable countries have special arrangements or restrictions, going further than those set out in his first reply today, after a person has passed the driving test?
Viscount Goschen: Yes, my Lords, many countries have such schemes. But, as I said, it is not altogether clear that the schemes per se have the required effect. We have to look at the actual restrictions in individual cases. Some countries have associated lower speed limits, some a total ban on alcohol consumption, and so on. There are a number of different measures. I believe that in general we have a good road safety record in this country. However, there is room for improvement. That is why we have brought forward schemes to increase driver training after a driver has taken the driving test. As part of the "pass plus" system there are associated insurance benefits.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, the Minister has given answers about the effectiveness or otherwise of schemes which would indicate whether a driver is a new driver. Would he give a comparable answer to the question of whether a speed restriction for new drivers, such as that imposed in France, has any beneficial effect?
Viscount Goschen: My Lords, I have sought to indicate that associated with the issue of probationary
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plates are often a wide range of other measures such as lower speed limits, a complete ban on alcohol, and so on. With many of the schemes there are consequent disadvantages as well. We would have to consider that. For instance, by its very nature imposing a lower speed limit can cause problems with other traffic.
Baroness Gardner of Parkes: My Lords, under Standing Order 40(2), I beg leave to ask the Question standing in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Monkswell.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that the right of schools to choose their pupils is more important than the right of parents to choose their children's schools.
Baroness Gardner of Parkes: My Lords, I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Monkswell, notified the House that he would not be available and perhaps just overlooked arranging for some colleague to ask the Question for him. It is an important and topical Question and I know that the House would wish to discuss it. Under Standing Order 40(2), with the unanimous leave of the House we are entitled to consider this Question. I hope that on such an important issue the House will grant me leave to ask the Question.
Lord Jenkins of Putney: My Lords, leave is not unanimous.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (The Earl of Lindsay) : My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
Moved, That the order of commitment of 4th December last be discharged and the Bill be committed to a Scottish Select Committee.(The Earl of Lindsay.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern): My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill.
Moved, That the House do now again resolve itself into Committee.(The Lord Chancellor.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.
House in Committee accordingly.
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[The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES in the Chair.]
Clause 2 [Circumstances in which orders are made]:
Lord Simon of Glaisdale moved Amendment No. 6:
Page 2, line 1, at end insert
("( ) in the case of a divorce order, there is no child of the family under the age of sixteen;").
The noble and learned Lord said: This Bill in effect reconstitutes marriage as an arrangement for the parties to live together until one of them, without cause to be assigned or shown, gives unilateral notice of one year's duration that the arrangement shall come to an end. Most of the amendments so far have concerned that aspect of marriage and, if I may say so with respect from the Cross-Benches, your Lordships heard a most moving and cogent speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Young, on that aspect. The amendments have also concentrated on the inherent likelihood that a divorce by unilateral repudiation without cause will promote injustice, especially to married women. Throughout those debates, though, there has been a sub-textthe welfare of the childrenand this amendment now brings it to the fore.
When we considered the Child Support Act for the first time it was launched by a White Paper entitled Children come First. In this Bill they come last. Their welfare is postponed to the wish of their parents to be rid of each other; indeed, to the wish of one parent only to be rid of his family commitments undertaken at the time of marriage.
Amendment No. 6 proposes to take the children right out of the danger area and that there shall be no divorce where there are children of the family under the age of 16. That is grouped with an amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Elles, which proposes the age of 18 and raises the question of the age up to which the law should concern itself with the welfare of children. In a letter to my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor adverting him to the fact that I was going to ask about the various ages, I believe that he took it that I wanted a reply before the debate and let me have one. I am extremely grateful to him. I believe that it would be advantageous if he were to repeat to the Committee what he wrote to me.
Amendment No. 6, removing children right out of the ambit of danger and the potentiality of harm to them, which is now shown very clearly both in the anecdotal evidence and in the official statistics, is, I concede, a radical proposal. But then a desperate situation requires a radical measure. This was not considered by the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce nor by the Law Commission in its paper, Divorce: the Field of Choice, although it chose a rather narrow field. These matters were not then considered and certainly no one at that time envisaged that we should be faced with the sort of divorce reform to which I referred; namely, the unilateral repudiation of the other spouse after the lapse of one year, nor did anybody at that time envisage that there would be upwards of 200,000 children under the age of 16 years in any one year whose background had been disrupted by the divorce of their parents. So I concede that it is a radical proposal, but one that is called for in the circumstances.
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Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 do not go so far. They merely indicate that the welfare of the children should be considered at the stage of divorce and not merely at the stage of mopping up the consequences of divorce. As I said, Amendment No. 12 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Elles, is parallel to Amendment No. 6, but pitches the age at 18. There is another amendment today, which has been grouped with Amendments Nos. 6, 7 and 8, and that is Amendment No. 35A. I shall not speak to that because it seems to me that it can be much more conveniently discussed with the important series of amendments starting with Amendment No. 35 tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Faithfull and Lady David.
It was vaguely questioned at the last Committee meeting whether marriage could be properly described as a contract. It was rightly said that marriage is much more than a contract. But saying that it is much more than a contract does not mean that it is anything less than a contract. The noble Earl, Lord Onslow, quoted on that occasion from the Book of Common Prayer 1662, which proclaims as the first, and primary, object of marriage the procreation of children and their nurture. The 1928 version is differently phrased, but to the same effect. I imagine that sociologists would readily agree that a primary purpose of marriage in society is the procreation of children and their nurture to become responsible citizens on their own. The noble Lord, Lord McGregor of Durris, has put his name to these amendments. I am very glad because he is the leading figure in this field of sociology and the Committee will be wanting to hear his views now that he has come back to this country. I hope that he is present. I am afraid that I cannot see that far.
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Woww..its been months since I last blogged. Of course undergraduate life is much busier than foundation. I'm currently on my semester break with only a week a left. So far I spent my holidays sewing, watching The Nanny, a couple of days at the Sharples with my family and of course a bit of baking. So much overdue stuff to blog about including my fabric shopping spree at the Supplies Surprise Bazaar 9, how I spent my birthday with my girl Nisaa, my new album addiction, stashing up my sewing supplies and showing off some sewing that I've done lately.
But, first of all, Demi by Demi Lovato. Love it! Her albums just get better and better. My favourite track would be number 11 - Never Been Hurt. As always, her albums has an infinite number of high notes so its difficult to sing along though.
Moving on, back in April I went to check out the 9th Supplies Surprise Bazaar held at the Bfree studio in Sunway. I've always wanted to go but never really knew how to get there. With the help of beau, it wasn't that hard to find. I bought a couple half yards of yummy cotton and a bit of PU leather then I bought more stash at Fabrics Fanatics in Summit the next day. Sum them all up, I spent over RM100 that weekend on fabric stash only. Awesome.
The brown strap was recycled from an old converse bag that belonged to a friend. The bag wore out and she was ready to throw it away. I didn't let her do that. Instead I pieced it apart and took whatever I can use again. Now I have myself a new handbag/sling bag. Excited :DD
I also made another creation out of my PU stash. I call it the two-way clutch. They're already selling in retail and slowly entering the less expensive accessory world. Notice the snap buttons attached to it, the function is to switch the clutch colours. I made this one in red and cream. Basicly, the clutch is red on one side and cream on the other, so the colours are switchable simply by using the snap buttons. I'm not very good at literal explanation, hopefully the pictures help.
Don't they just look wonderful? Heee..
Anyways, that's all for this post. I did manage to complete one custom order from my Mak Long, already posted at Just aYan's.
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Last Friday night we had a Chocolate Tasting for our women at church. It was titled, "Taste and See that the Lord is Good!" We made these cute little recipe books full of chocolate recipes for each lady. I got the inspiration from the beautiful artwork here from Julie Collins.
Every cover was different. We used paper flowers, beads from a thrift store necklace, lace from my heirloom sewing projects and buttons from my grandmother's sewing box. I also tea dyed little tags with the date. They were very labor intensive, but a BIG HIT.
This young lady was one of our speakers. She shared her incredible story of God's faithfulness through extremely different circumstances. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of our second speaker. It's difficult to take pictures when you're in charge!
Sandy was one of my council that helped. She even dressed with pink and brown, our color scheme. This picture was taken before she was to speak. Do you sense a little apprehension?
We ate LOTS yummy chocolate desserts, even a chocolate fountain with fresh strawberries. There were a lot of great door prizes and pretty decorations. It was a great evening!


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Welcome New Year. I love the New Year. Really, I do. I find great satisfaction in the process of using things up. I like finishing things up, all tidy like, and then starting over with something new, so the New Year makes me happy. Emily and Cadence were Grandma Cheryl's special dates, but neither girl (or Grandma?) made it up to midnight. Eric and I went out the "the friends" and spent the night at a hotel to avoid the amaturers on the road. We had breakfat and then picked up our girls.
After all the fun and festivities, Eric went back to work and then Emily followed. It had been two weeks since things had been "normal" and I think we were all ready for a little return to normalcy around here (well, I was and I think Cadence was. Eric and Emily were mopey about having to go back to work and school).
Jack got to nap, which is what Jack does and Cadence got to play with her toys undisturbed. We had normal nap times and normal chores and all kinds of normal stuff, even if Eric and Emily were mopey.
We also had crazy weather. I can't begin to describe how nuts the weather has been in these parts this winter. We had snow in December. Tons and tons and TONS of snow. And then, right before Christmas, right when it looked like we'd have the White Chirstmas I go freaking crazya bout, it rained and all my snow melted, leaving us with only a tiny, miserable dusting for Chrsitmas itself. And, to top it off, it was freaking cold. Like, freeze your nose hairs cold (that's cold). However, a day or two after Christmas, we had a blizzard and it snowed about a foot on New Year's Eve. Mid-January saw all of our December snow melted away and it looked oddly like spring outside our windows. Cadnece thinks it should be time to play out now....
Don't worry, By mid-month we had more than our fair share of snow again
see? I don't know anyone in Illinois who is currently worried about when we have snow, but that's another story for February, for which you will have to wait until March. :o)
In the midst of all of this, Emily had her first reconcilliation. She was seriously nervous and I don't blame her. The thought of doing it makes my blood run cold, but we had our parrish priest (there were five priests there taking confession that night) and Emily feels comfortable with Father, so it was all good. She confessed and did her penance, though I have no idea what that is becuase I told her that her confession was between her, Father and God and that she didn't have to tell us and she didn't. I asked her if she did her penance and she said she had, so....I guess we'll all good. This is all in preparation for Em's first communion which will take place in April.
The Tuesday after Reconcilliation, second grade hosted Mass and Emily had a speaking part. She was nervous, but what made it worse was that Eric drove off to work with my keys that morning and we couldn't drive her to shcool. Emily was seriously upset about missing her speaking part, but Daddy came home and we made it to school just in time.
Cadence, through all of this discovered the joy of using laundry baskets for various things other than laundry and she will now dump laundry from the unceremoniously so she can use them for her own pursuits...
Cadence also learned how to sniff.....please excuse the snot...
Catholic Schools Week also took place in January and all the grades worked hard at creating projects for display in the school's learning fair. Emily's class had to make an object out of 3-D shapes. Emily wanted to make an animal. Eric and I are NOT artistic people and after a lot of hemming and hawing, we put together a cat out of the aforementioned 3-D shapes, a few household items and Crayola Modeling Magic. Sadly, Orange Kitty has met an unfortunate fate and she's currently on the counter hoping I can glue gun her back together. Emily isn't confident and was lamenting yesterday that she had the ugliest project EVER. We'd be nothing around here without the drama.... but here's Orange Kitty in happier days....
Emily would have a happier day if Iwould just put down the camera.....
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TeamRock is delighted to announce that next years' Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards ceremony, will take place in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first time that this prestigious event will be held in Asia and is the result of a historic partnership between TeamRock, Parallel Contemporary Music International and KLab Entertainment.
Launched in 2005, the Classic Rock Roll of Honour is the biggest annual rock music award ceremony in the world, attracting the biggest names in the world of rock. Previous recipients have included Jimmy Page, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper and Lemmy.
The 2016 Awards in Tokyo is the first step in TeamRock's ambitious plans to grow its brand in Asia. The expansion across the region will be undertaken through a partnership with music marketing agency, Parallel Contemporary Music International. To spearhead this partnership, TeamRock and PCMI have signed a deal with KLab Entertainment to underwrite the staging of the Classic Rock Roll of Honour in Tokyo, Japan in 2016, thereby bringing to Asia, a star-studded evening where the best of rock comes together.
Billy Anderson, CEO of UK-based TeamRock said, "Japan is the second-largestmusic market in the world with a strong interest and passion for rock music. There is no better place than Tokyo to launch our presence in Asia. Our collaboration with Parallel Contemporary Music International builds on TeamRock's leadership and success in the rock community and will allow us to expand and grow our brand across Asia ".
David Ciclitira, Chairman of Parallel Contemporary Music International said, "We're delighted to be partnering with TeamRock in bringing the legendary Classic Rock Roll of Honour to the rapidly growing music marketplace of Asia. We believe Rock & Roll fans have an appetite for the quality content produced by TeamRock and we look forward to using our experience in the marketplace to help grow their brand in the region"
Tetsuya Sanada, President and CEO of KLab and KLab Entertainment said, "I am proud to announce the Classic Rock Roll of Honour press release today. I look forward to welcoming music legends and rock fans from around the world as they gather in Tokyo next year for this honorable event."
Japanese Singer/Song Writer and Producer, Yoshiki Hayashi added: "I'm very much looking forward to seeing the Classic Rock awards coming to Japan where I hope to open some doors for them, and we will look forward to seeing them next year."


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On Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, the radar operator noticed numerous blips on his radar. He thought they were "friendlies" – either part of U.S. practices or perhaps even part of show being done for the civilians.
When he heard machine-gun fire, he thought the show was being well-performed.
Nonetheless, during the time after he first saw the blips in the 15 to 20 minutes leading up to 8 a.m., the radar operator had let his superiors know what he was seeing, all of whom had either told him it was nothing to worry about or that his radar was malfunctioning.
But the radar operator knew it was not a show for civilians or a "radar malfunction" when he saw men on various decks being cut in half by machine fire: when he saw torpedoes launched from planes skimming just under the surface of the water and, in many cases, sinking ships docked at Pearl Harbor.
By the time the U.S. realized what was happening, it was too late to do much more than save what lives remained in vulnerable positions.
The attack, which was actually various waves of attacks, ended with 6 ships sunk (4 battleships, 2 others), and multiple additional ships crippled or grounded. Of the airplanes which had been stationed wing to wing, 188 were destroyed, and nearly 160 more were damaged.
More important than any of this was the loss of life — over 2,400 Americans were killed, over 1,200 Americans were wounded.
I can never forget the stories I've read of the men who died in the bowels of partially sunken ships. They had no way out as water and oil, leaking from bursting pipes, rushed in on them. Stories are legion of the notes they scribbled in last their minutes — "Tell my wife I love her" — and of the messages they tapped out by knocking against the walls of the ships before they were overcome.
God bless those brave souls, and God bless everyone who fights today in the spirit those men modeled.


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While we have discussed, in previous posts, the importance of Twitter and Facebook as factors to study when looking at the effectiveness of your social media campaign, the biggest one to look at – according to the number of factors attributed by the author of this article at Search Engine Watch – is YouTube.
The article discusses the 13 points you should look at when deciding how effective your social media campaign has been on your search rank. It devotes the first four points to Twitter, the next two to Facebook, then the next five to YouTube. Indeed, there are a lot of aspects to YouTube that the average Internet user doesn't realize…many untapped opportunities for quality Internet marketing lie in this video sharing site.
The points, as listed by the article's author, are:
- Number of Views
- User Comments
- References from Independent Profiles
- Title of Video
- Percentage of Likes vs Dislikes
So let's break these down, one by one.
1. Number of Views
The more times a video is viewed, the more value is attributed to your site. How do you get your site into the factor? Always include a link to your site in the video description. This one sounds obvious – videos go viral because of how many views they get – but that's because it is obvious, and it works!
2. User Comments
Many fall short with this one on YouTube. Although it is an extremely widely used form of social media, most people use it to post their video and disappear. Engaging others is a big part of what will make your YouTube channel that much more effective. Watch other videos, comment and then your profile will get extra views because of it. In this way, it's similar to blogging. The more blogs you comment on, the more someone sees a link to your blog and clicks on it, thus the higher in the search ranks it rises. It is the same idea with YouTube.
3. References from Independent Profiles
This is harder to achieve but it's what really helps a YouTube account to boom. This is when another YouTube user links to you or – even better – creates a video response to your video, or a parody. As Search Engine Watch says, "The prime example remains the Cadbury's Gorilla, but there are lots of interesting mini-campaigns trying to leverage the above." If you have some time and energy to put into booming on social media – this is where you could try directing that to really see your YouTube profile explode.
4. Title of Video
In the same way that you title your webpages appropriately (ie with search engine keywords in mind), do the same for the titles of your videos. This is, after all, the information that is used to populate YouTube's search engine to help people find your video, and the info that gets plugged into the URL. So use those words wisely – while still, of course, keeping your title appropriate and relevant to the video's content – not the landing zone for keyword dumping.
5. Percentage of Likes vs Dislikes
This is self-explanatory also, but this will play into a factor we will discuss in the final post in this breakdown, which is negative vs positive brand mentions. Unlike Facebook, YouTube has a dislike button as well as a like button. Therefore, people don't just click away if they are disappointed in a video – nor do they have to be so disappointed that they want to take the time to sit down and write a comment about it. They can simply click a dislike button. You want to focus on likes here, so try to avoid posting polarizing content – unless, of course, your hope is that the controversy of the video is what will drive your campaign.
Next time we will wrap this series up with a look at aspects of social media that affect search rank from all forms of media, in a good summary of the impact of this form of online marketing.


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A Shakespeare sonnet walk.
Click here to hear the BBC's Jeremy Howe explain radio drama's place in the British theater scene.
Or perhaps not. Since I was in town over Shakespeare's birthday weekend, I could join a "sonnet walk"—whatever that was—organized by the Globe. At the appointed hour, I showed up at Westminster Abbey, where I was handed a white rose "so the sonneteers can identify you" and a sheet of cryptic directions like those for a scavenger hunt. After a glimpse of the monument to Shakespeare in Poet's Corner for inspiration, I was assigned to a group of seven (accompanied by a very sweet dog named Zadie) and let loose on the streets of London.
I felt ridiculous. Here I was with a bunch of strangers, a flower, and a page of poncey instructions. ("As you pass a bronze lover, keep your spirits up and support the mourning lady, for you never know when Sweet Love will be Remember'd.") But it was too late for a refund.
As we shambled down the Victoria Embankment, a bum on a bench started to harangue us for money. Suddenly, his requests for spare change segued into Sonnet 91, "Some glory in their birth, some in their skill/ … Thy love is better than high birth to me/ Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost." The transformation was incredible—menacing to captivating in two lines. We carried on—a more cohesive group by now—and as we picked our way through the tourists in Whitehall Gardens, a blind man stumbled and fell. Naturally, we ran over to pick him up, only for him to launch into a sonnet. And so it went, through winding little roads, past ancient pubs and Middle Temple Hall, all the while being surprised by 12 stealth sonneteers posing as: a needy guy on crutches (Sonnet 89, "Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt"); more street people; a woman talking to a cheating lover on her cell phone; workmen; lost tourists seeking directions; and, as we grew increasingly suspicious of everyone we saw, a guy in a chicken suit. After two hours, we found ourselves at the Globe, where we placed our roses on the stage in a hokey sign of respect to the bard.
It was fantastic! Some of the sonneteers were clearly students, not entirely confident in their recitation. But the really gifted actors needed just a word or two to connect with intensity. The supposed difficulties of "understanding" poetry or Shakespearean language disappeared as soon as they started to speak. And because we never knew where the next sonnet was coming from, we connected, too—actually looking into the faces of the people we passed and making eye contact with homeless people. After all, they might have gone to drama school.
But if theatergoing or sonnet walks are too tiring (or interactive) for you, stay home and let the drama come to you. Radio 4, the BBC's main spoken-word network, pumps out about 15 hours of drama every week—a 45-minute play every weekday, hourlong plays every Friday and Saturday, serial dramas and book serializations, and The Archers, a daily soap opera that has been on the air since 1950.
The week that I listened to The Afternoon Play, I was astonished by the big-name actors who participated—Brian Cox, Patricia Routledge, Tom Courtenay, to name just a few. What were these big stars doing on the wireless? "I think a lot of actors are really pleased to do radio," Jeremy Howe, Radio 4's commissioning editor for drama, told me when we met at Broadcasting House. "It's not like filming, which takes a long time and is a very tense-making process. Filming is very exposing, as is being on the stage. You rehearse a stage play for five weeks or so, and then you do it night in and night out—it's a big commitment." On the other hand, he noted, "Radio is a very easy medium for actors—and a great medium as long as you're a good reader. You don't have to learn your lines, and it's good fun." It takes a day or two to record a 45-minute play, and actors can schedule the work around theater, television, or other commitments.
I was also surprised by some of the subject matter. One play touched on abortion, prostitution, dysfunctional family relationships, and brain disease—all in just 45 minutes! It wouldn't have been shocking on stage or in a late-night spot on television, but at 2:15 in the afternoon on national radio? For Howe, it's just part of the BBC's mandate: "We're a public-service broadcaster. We like to tell stories. We like to challenge our audience. Our audience likes to be challenged."
"In the past, writers like Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter made their debuts as writers on the radio," Howe continues, a mite boastfully. "What's exciting about radio is that you can't see anything, so it's all in the world of the imagination. To be a good radio writer, you need to be imaginative. If film is about structure, radio is about words. Production is quite minimal, so there's precious little between the writer's words and what the audience hears. There's an intimacy about radio drama: The audience have to bring a lot to it, so it lodges in the imagination."
I confess I felt pretty unimaginative showing up at the Theatre Royal Haymarket to see exactly the kind of fusty pre-war drama that John Osborne and Joan Littlewood rose up against: Noël Coward's Hay Fever. It's the ultimate country-house comedy of manners—the story of a melodramatic retired actress, her writer husband, and their two adult children, each of whom invite a love interest to spend the weekend. The family then proceeds to ignore, upset, and embarrass their guests, until the visitors sneak away, unnoticed by their hosts.
The house was packed, despite a new record-high ticket price for a straight play. I'd guess that 98 percent of the theatergoers had chosen to spend their evening with this charming old chestnut for one reason: Dame Judi Dench as Judith Bliss, the star of the show. (The play's poster was a giant photograph of the dame with the play's title, author, and location jammed at the very bottom, almost an afterthought.) Although she's made nearly 70 films and TV shows, and is always marvelous, whenever I see Dench on screen, I suspect I'm seeing just an outside edge of her talent. Such a controlled, quietly dominating actress is meant for the stage—ideally in a classical role. Well, Hay Fever isn't classical, but it's certainly a classic, and Dench's hilarious, over-the-top portrayal was perfect. It was exactly what everyone had gone to the theater hoping to see.


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Upcoming Talks Are 'Window of Opportunity,' Iran's Envoy Says
Friday, September 18, 2009
VIENNA, Sept. 17 -- A top Iranian negotiator on nuclear matters has given a hopeful prognosis for upcoming talks with the United States and other world powers, calling the discussions a "real, new window of opportunity" and suggesting that the Islamic republic is prepared to address U.S. concerns about its nuclear intentions.
At the same time, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned against attempts to intimidate his country with threats of new sanctions and said it is not prepared to give up its basic right to pursue peaceful nuclear power.
Soltanieh sought in a nearly two-hour interview late Wednesday to clarify Iran's reasons for proposing wide-ranging talks Oct. 1 with the Obama administration and five other countries. Although some Iranian officials have suggested that Iran's nuclear program is not open for negotiation, Soltanieh said that Tehran's motives are sincere and that Western governments should "read between the lines."
"The whole thing is being done with good intentions," Soltanieh told The Washington Post during the interview in the ornate office of the Iranian mission to the United Nations in Vienna. "This is a real, new window of opportunity that is being opened by the Iranian nation."
The West, he said, "should immediately and promptly seize this opportunity."
But in an interview posted Thursday on NBC News's Web site, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared to play down the prospects for a breakthrough, saying: "If you are talking about the enrichment of uranium for peaceful purposes, this will never be closed down here in Iran." He also four times refused to explicitly rule out Iran eventually acquiring nuclear weapons.
"Nuclear arms, we believe they belong to the past and the past generation," he said through an interpreter. "We do not see any need for such weapons."
The P5-plus-one talks will involve Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- as well as Germany.
Many U.S officials have expressed skepticism about the discussions, the first in more than a year, because Iran has appeared to rule out curbs on its production of enriched uranium. U.S. and IAEA officials are continuing to press Iran to explain intercepted documents that suggest Tehran was conducting research on nuclear weapons early in the decade. U.S. intelligence officials say they think Iran halted the work in 2003.
The Associated Press reported Thursday that Iran experts at the IAEA think Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, citing a report stamped "confidential" and titled "Possible Military Dimension of Iran's Nuclear Program." The document asserts that Iran's nuclear arms ambitions date to 1984, when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the current supreme leader, was president and Iran was at war with Iraq.
At a top-level meeting at that time, according to the document, Khamenei endorsed a nuclear weapons program, saying, "A nuclear arsenal would serve Iran as a deterrent in the hands of God's soldiers."
The AP said it saw two versions of the U.N. document -- one running 67 pages that was described as being six months to a year old, and the most recent one with more than 80 pages and growing because of constant updates.


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Mirko Ancillotti joined CRB in September 2013 and started his PhD in February 2016. In 2014-2015 he worked on a research project on public understanding and media portrayal of synthetic biology.He holds a degree of Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Pisa in 2012. His Master thesis regarded John Harris' influence on contemporary bioethical debate on cloning and enhancement. Mirko Ancillotti is also assistant editor of the CODEX website with rules and guidelines for research.
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Distance between media representations and public perceptions of synthetic biology
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Uncritical and unbalanced coverage of synthetic biology in the Nordic press.(2017). Public Understanding of Science, . vol. 26, ss. 235-250 DOI Download fulltext
Synthetic Biology in the Press: Media Portrayal in Sweden and Italy.(2016). I K Hagen, M Engelhard & G Toepfer (red.) Ambivalences of Creating Life. , Dordrecht: Springer. ss. 141-156 DOI
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Advanced multiphysics coupling for LWR fuel performance analysis
Even the most basic nuclear fuel analysis is a multiphysics undertaking, as a credible simulation must consider at a minimum coupled heat conduction and mechanical deformation. The need for more realistic fuel modeling under a variety of conditions invariably leads to a desire to include coupling between a more complete set of the physical phenomena influencing fuel behavior, including neutronics, thermal hydraulics, and mechanisms occurring at lower length scales. This paper covers current efforts toward coupled multiphysics LWR fuel modeling in three main areas. The first area covered in this paper concerns thermomechanical coupling. The interaction of these two physics, particularly related to the feedback effect associated with heat transfer and mechanical contact at the fuel/clad gap, provides numerous computational challenges. An outline is provided of an effective approach used to manage the nonlinearities associated with an evolving gap in BISON, a nuclear fuel performance application. A second type of multiphysics coupling described here is that of coupling neutronics with thermomechanical LWR fuel performance. DeCART, a high-fidelity core analysis program based on the method of characteristics, has been coupled to BISON. DeCART provides sub-pin level resolution of the multigroup neutron flux, with resonance treatment, during a depletion or a fastmore »
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- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Fuel Modeling and Simulation
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Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549; PII: S0306454914005830
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- Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford)
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- Journal Name: Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford); Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549
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- Elsevier
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- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
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- United States
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- English
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- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; Multiphysics; Fuel performance analysis
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GradesFirst combines academic early alerts with advising and tutoring appointment management. Access GradesFirst anywhere using your MyTSU username and password – even from your phone!
GradesFirst is a web-based student performance monitoring system that provides automated student services and communication between faculty, academic advisors, peer tutors, study hall monitors, Student Support Services staff, and students. The program allows for monitoring of class attendance, tracking of class assignments, management of students' advising and tutorial appointments, and monitoring of real-time study hall attendance, and tutoring. GradesFirst will assist in facilitating communication between all parties involved in the University's student success efforts and will provide early alerts for students that may be at-risk academically.
GradesFirst seeks to promote academic success for students by:
- Identifying students having trouble with targeted course material
- Providing students timely support and direction to appropriate campus resources
- Encouraging students to utilize campus resources and to also communicate with professors, advisors and the department chairperson regarding concerns
- Helping students develop self-advocacy skills
- Making the college transition process more enjoyable by providing more opportunity for academic success
Other features include:
- Easy Access from any computer connected to the web
- Enhanced Early Alert System to identify at-risk students early in the semester
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- Appointment Calendars, Class Schedules, Time Management, etc.
- Tracking of students on academic probation and reports
- Tracking of specific groups (freshmen, honor students, athletes, etc.)
Requests and Training
Visit www.gradesfirst.com for more information about the system, or contact OIT's Academic Technology Services to discuss its use and to schedule training at 713.313.1800 or via e-mail email@example.com.
Information for Students
Through the GradesFirst student portal, students can access their class schedule, calendar and coordinate appointments with the Academic Advisors.
Faculty use the system to alert Academic Advisors of students who may need additional support resources to be successful in the course or during the semester. This includes all freshmen, student athletes, and others who may need academic support. By monitoring these students through GradesFirst, we are ensuring that students are supported by a network of caring professionals who are alerted if a student may need academic help.
I was marked at risk, what does this mean?
If you were marked at risk, that faculty member is concerned that you are struggling in that class. Being marked at risk does not mean that you will fail the class, but that there is a possibility of this happening. The purpose is to alert you to a problem so you can remedy and be successful in the class. Academic Advisors are available to assist you at any point in this process.
What should I do if I am marked at risk?
If you are being marked at risk, speak with your Academic Advisor. Together you can work out a plan to increase your likeliness of finishing the semester successfully.
Who can see my GradesFirst reports?
GradesFirst reports are confidential and students are notified through email if they are marked at risk. Other than the student, only TSU employees (Deans, faculty, advisors, coaches, staff, etc.) can access a student's GradesFirst information for the purpose of assisting a student.
Information for Faculty
GradesFirst serves as an Early Alert and Advisement system for freshmen, student athletes, and other students who may need additional support. This program is where faculty can alert advisement staff to issues regarding student success.
I received an e-mail from Academic Advisor requesting I provide information on students currently enrolled in my class through GradesFirst. Is this a legitimate request?
Yes, it is a legitimate request. Beginning fall 2013, TSU partnered with GradesFirst (http://www.gradesfirst.com/), an on-line retention management service, to capitalize on the latest available technology. Because the information is secure and only university officials acting on behalf of the best interest of the student are accessing the information, the system is compliant with FERPA.
How do faculty use it?
Instructors will receive an email that includes a secure link to a list of their targeted students in GradesFirst. After clicking the link, instructors will be able to place alerts on any student who seems to be in danger of failing or dropping out. Advisement staff will follow up on any alerts, attempting to help students resolve their problems before it is too late to save their semester.
Who do I contact if I have questions about GradesFirst?
Visit www.gradesfirst.com for more information about the system, or contact OIT's Academic Technology Services to discuss its use and to schedule training at 713.313.1800 or via e-mail email@example.com.
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- Identifies at-risk students early in the term, allowing for intervention when students need it most.
- GradesFirst is designed to engage students in ways they are currently communicating. This allows TSU Advisors to communicate with students via text messaging, smart phone mobile applications, Facebook integration tools, and email communications.
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August 2017
Leverett Elementary School Breakfast and Lunch Program
Molly Snedden, Food Service Director
Welcome back to another school year! My assistant Tab McLellan and I are looking forward to getting back into the LES kitchen. We are very proud of our school food program and appreciate you letting us feed your children.
Ongoing Highlights!
Massachusetts Farm to School Harvest of the Month Club! This year as official participants we will feature a different locally-grown food each month on the school lunch menu. Harvest of the Month is a great opportunity to celebrate local abundance and experiment with new foods and recipes. September's Harvest of the Month is tomatoes!
Our school website. Our website comes with some great opportunities for me to show off our program. Check in for monthly menus, breakfast menus, photos of food, updates on what local foods we are serving, and other school lunch miscellany. www.leverettschool.org
Try It Tuesday. This is a fun way to occasionally introduce new menu items and try new things. Last year we introduced pulled pork grinders and falafel sandwiches on Try It Tuesday and it was a success. Now these items are on the menu in a monthly rotation. If you or your child have an idea for Try It Tuesday, please let me know.
Breakfast, simplified. Breakfast this year will consist of several cold cereal options, hard-boiled eggs, yogurt, fruit and milk.
What's on the Menu?
Lunch choices include hot lunch or vegetarian hot lunch, cold sandwich or salad bowl. All lunches include the offer of an additional fruit and vegetable option, access to the full salad bar, and milk. Students may decline any of the options, but must choose a minimum of three full servings for a complete meal. A salad bowl includes lettuce, a full serving of vegetables, 2 oz protein, and a whole-grain choice. Students who choose the salad bowl can select additional fruits, vegetables and/or milk for a complete meal. Salad dressings include ranch and a variety of house-made dressings.
The salad bar is stocked daily with a variety of fruits and vegetables. Whenever possible I try to source locally grown produce. Our school greenhouse does a great job supplying lettuce, salad greens and other vegetables for the lunch program as well.
Children will be asked daily in their classrooms which lunch option they want (hot lunch, vegetarian hot lunch, cold sandwich, or salad bowl). They can also sign up for snack milk or milk to complement a home lunch. Everyone is welcome to come to breakfast. Students come to breakfast directly off of the bus, then proceed to class after eating.
A small homemade dessert will be offered on Wednesdays during lunch. Fridays are homemade pizza day, and breakfast for lunch will be offered once or twice a month.
The lunch menu for the following week is published in the Friday Post. You can find this information as well as a monthly menu and the breakfast menu on the school website. The breakfast menu is a fixed menu, while the lunch menus change week to week.
How much does it cost?
Breakfast: $1.25 per day/ $0.30 reduced
Lunch: $2.75 per day/ $0.40 reduced
Milk, for home lunch or snack: $0.50 each
Free and Reduced Meals Applications
LES participates in the Federal School Meals Program which offers free and reduced meals to eligible families. If you may be eligible, please fill out and submit this year's application as soon as possible. Please note that this information is not shared between schools.
Student Accounts/ Paying for Meals
All meals and milk purchases must be paid for in advance. Each child has an individual account that is debited after they have received their meal and/or milk. As per the LES Handbook, the school is unable to extend credit for purchases.
Payments may be made weekly ($13.75), monthly ($55.00), or in a lump sum for the year ($495.00). Payment options include:
Checks: Checks should be made payable to Leverett Elementary School.
Cash: Please put cash in a sealed envelope, include the payment form, or write the amount on the envelope.
Online: Through the town website www.leverett.ma.us Click on "online payments" and then "school lunch".
Please do feel free to contact me with any questions about your child's account.
Money is collected in the classroom and sent down to the cafeteria. Payments can also be made directly to me or Kate Rice. If your child forgets his or her home lunch, school lunch will be provided and money debited from your child's account. The fastest way for me to communicate with you about your child's account is to send a quick email. I will try to contact you with a "Low Account Alert" when your child's account reaches $5.50, or the equivalent of 2 meals, to let you know it is time to send more money.
Many of the classrooms have a midmorning snack. Your child's homeroom teacher will provide information about the snack routine for that class. Snacks should be provided from home. The cafeteria does not supply snacks. Snack milk can be purchased for $0.50, and is not part of the Free and Reduced Program. As with the breakfast and lunch program, snack milk must be paid for in advance.
Allergies and Food Intolerances:
In accordance with state regulations, medical documentation is required for food allergies or intolerances that require dietary modifications or substitutions. Documentation should be submitted to Nurse Annie and must include; identification of the medical or dietary condition, food or foods to be omitted, and choice of foods to be substituted.
Come to Lunch!
You are welcome to join your child anytime for lunch. If you would like to purchase lunch (adult price $4) please contact me in advance.
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about school food at LES, please don't hesitate to contact me. I can be reached by phone (413) 548-9144 x 4, by email firstname.lastname@example.com, or in the cafeteria or my office during the school day.
Enjoy the rest of the summer, and we'll see you in a few weeks!
September 12, 2014
Despite a very humid heat wave and a fridge breakdown this week, we are gradually getting back into the swing of things here in the kitchen. We got our first order of produce from Joe Czajkowski Farm in Hadley, Ma. Farmer Joe brought us carrot sticks, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, and a special treat-peaches! The salad bar looked great this week.
For our veggie pizza last Friday, I trekked out to our school greenhouse and harvested a nice bunch of basil for pesto. We had pesto pizza with swiss chard and grape tomatoes.
Today we had 90 students purchase school lunch-10 of whom chose the veggie pizza. This is a great participation number for the first month of school, and I'm encouraged and excited for the rest of the year. Have a great weekend everyone!
August 27, 2014
Welcome back to a new school year! This year we are looking forward to working to improve our menu choices, increasing participation, and continuing to serve locally sourced fruits and vegetables.
Our apples are coming from Pine Hill Orchard in Colrain, Massachusetts. This week...Paula Reds! Crisp and delicious, these are a real treat on our Apple Cheddar Salad Bowl, with dried cranberries, cheddar cheese and a hard-boiled egg.


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David W. Mokry
David W. Mokry, 75, of Rome, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare in Utica. He was born on January 5, 1942, in Rome, the son of the late Walter and Josephine Soboloski Mokry. He was a 1960 graduate of Holland Patent High School and went on to earn an Associate's Degree from Mohawk Valley Community College and a Bachelor's Degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. On November 6, 1976, he married Judith West. She passed away on September 24, 2016.
Dave worked at Griffiss Air Force Base for the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Eastern Air Defense Sector for over 35 years.
He was a member of the New London Methodist Church and the Westmoreland Kiwanis Club. He was also a lifetime member of the IEEE and former President of the Westmoreland Central School Board.
Dave enjoyed the outdoors and spent many hours camping and kayaking. He was also an excellent rifleman.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Mary Jo and Todd Thomas of Westmoreland; two sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas and Lynette Mokry of Pompey and Dennis and Debbie Mokry of Westmoreland; a brother and sister-in-law, Daniel and Jane Mokry of Daytona Beach, FL; a stepson, Edward Lawrence of Oppenheim; eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; the mother of his children, Mary Lou Hall of Rome; his canine companion, Snickers; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Ann Mokry.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 14, at 11:00 a.m. at Nunn and Harper Funeral Home, Inc., 418 N. George St., Rome. Interment will take place in Westmoreland Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Saturday prior to the service from 9-11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions in David's memory may be made to the Humane Society of Rome.
You may light a candle, send a message of sympathy and view the obituary at www.nunnandharper.com.


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Why Winning a Major Conference Should Not Get Team an Automatic BCS BidDecember 5, 2010
I have my hopes that there will soon be a playoff in college football, but if we can't have that, there is one thing I'd really like the BCS system to change.
The fact that winning a major conference (Big Ten, ACC, Pac-10, SEC, Big 12 and Big East) gets you an automatic bid to a BCS bowl. In my opinion, it is further destroying the already-flawed BCS.
Doing this would take a lot of pride away from winning one of these major conferences, but there are other teams who are a lot more deserving. This year has been a prime example of why I think this should be changed.
As we all know, the Big East has been a mess this season. Either unranked Connecticut or 24th-ranked West Virginia will be going to a BCS bowl, though, since they are a part of a BCS conference.
Meanwhile, numerous teams that are much more worthy will be left out of the BCS bowls. The most notable team is eighth-ranked Michigan State.
Michigan State is 11-1 on the year, including 7-1 in the Big Ten. Their one loss was in Iowa, then ranked 18th. Yes, they got blown out that game, but they did beat a Wisconsin team by 10 points that will be headed to the Rose Bowl.
Other notable teams that will be left out are LSU, Missouri, Boise State and the loser of the Oklahoma-Nebraska game.
Now obviously not all these teams would be able to make a BCS bowl, but they are all more deserving than West Virginia or Connecticut. You could also make the case that the winner of tonight's ACC championship game shouldn't get a bid, but I'm okay with it as long as Virginia Tech holds on.
What could be a solution to this problem? Mine: To be an automatic qualifier as a winner of one of the major conferences, you must have a BCS ranking of 14th or higher.
If you don't fit this criteria, then an at-large bid should take your spot in a BCS bowl. I say 14th or better because that is what an at-large team must be in the current system.
Under my system, Virginia Tech would have to jump someone to qualify for a BCS bowl. The loser of the Oklahoma-Nebraska game will probably fall out of the top 14, and Virginia Tech might jump Oklahoma State anyway. This is assuming they hold on tonight.
None of that really matters though. The point is that winning a major conference should not get you an automatic BCS bowl bid.
We would all be able to see a much better BCS bowl game this year than Virginia Tech vs. Connecticut, which is what it looks like the Orange Bowl will be. Is anyone really going to watch that game? I'm not. I'd much rather see Michigan State in place of Connecticut.
This probably won't ever happen, but it's just an idea. I think if the system was like this, it'd be better for everyone. The TV networks that show each BCS bowl, the BCS itself, and all of college football in general. The regular season would get even more exciting.


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