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Then July 2009 came. I was at my heaviest, 257 pounds. We had just moved to Chappell, Nebraska. It was July 2, my birthday, I had a great day - good food, fun friends to celebrate with and more. That afternoon while I was sitting in my home office, my left arm started getting numb, my fingers started tingling and I got scared. My hubby took me to the clinic in town. I remember being in the Dr's office and getting weighed and all that stuff they do to you. He was asking me my family history and asking me what I had for lunch. Then he said, "Today... it was not your heart, but if you keep up the way you are going, the next time it might be, you need to lose weight." In my 34 years of life - no Dr had ever just come right out and said that to me. I knew I was unhealthy, but up until that point, nothing really hit me the way that did.
It took a few weeks to figure out what I was going to do about my weight. I prayed a lot about it. Knew that I needed to make changes, but didn't want to eat bland no calorie foods. I knew that sugar and caffeine were my enemies - not because of it's contents, but because it affects me different then other people. I get very sleepy when I have sugar and anxious when I have caffeine. So what I did was decided to take one day at a time. I started by eating good, healthy, foods that had lots of flavor. Didn't worry about counting calories and I stayed away from all sugar (which is harder then you think) and only have a little caffeine here and there. I started eating more veggies and fruit. Changed from eating ground beef to eating ground turkey. I still eat pasta (just whole wheat) and rice (sometimes brown). I ride my bike or walk if I am going anywhere in town.
It is September 2010, a little over a year later. I am down to 181 pounds and have lost 76 pounds so far and I am feeling good! I would like to lose 20-25 more pounds. I remember the day when I got on my Wii Fit and it said "You are Overweight". I was so excited! I have only ever heard it say, "You are Obese". It's the little things in life :). I love having the energy to play with my dog and walking with my hubby without breathing heavy.
Thank you to my friends and family for loving me the way I was and the way I am now. I couldn't have done it without all the love, support and encouraging words.


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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will hold his first ever press conference later today -- and the financial world is hanging on his every word. Facing high unemployment, concerns about a stalled recovery, inflation and the housing market, Bernanke's decision to speak publicly has been seen by many as "high stakes gamble" intended to lift the veil of secrecy from the Fed. Check back here for regular updates, video and analysis.
An Alternative Version Of Bernanke's Speech
Moments after Ben Bernanke concluded his first-ever press conference, the Washington Post's Ezra Klein published his version of what the Federal Reserve chairman should have said to the media.
Klein's proposed response leans heavily on admitting past mistakes while honestly assessing the present situation, rather than offering firm policy guidelines within the approved responsibilities of the Federal Reserve. "I have a lot of power," Klein says Bernanke should have said. "But I'm not a dictator."
In Klein's alternative reality, Bernanke takes responsibility for "not doing enough" to counteract a stubbornly high unemployment rate that has left millions "suffering unnecessarily." Klein then rails against Congress for extending Bush-era tax cuts to America's wealthiest citizens.
"[I]n conclusion, the economy is terrible, we should be doing more, and Congress should be doing much more," Klein writes for Bernanke. "[B]ut instead we're going to pretend the economy isn't that bad."
Read the whole thing here.
Stocks Up
Stocks ended the day up, after the Fed's press conference. The S&P 500 rose 0.62 percent, and the Dow went up 0.76 percent.Bernanke signaled the Fed would take its asset-purchased program to completion, and would keep the main interest rate where it is for at least several more months. These policies lower interest rates throughout the economy, making relatively high-yield assets like stocks or corporate bonds more attractive. —William Alden
Bernanke Doesn't Address Wall Street Speculation In Gas Price Spike
When discussing the recent run-up in gas prices, Bernanke did not mention the word speculation. There is no question that unrest in the Middle East has contributed to higher prices at the pump, but Bernanke didn't address the idea that Wall Street bets in the commodity markets has contributing to to higher fuel prices.
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission and Goldman Sachs have both said there are more speculative bets being placed on commodities right now than at any time in history. It's possible that this is merely a coincidence, of course, but at least one major Wall Street bank thinks that speculation is driving up prices.
Read more about the link between commodity speculation and gas prices
Bernanke made similar comments when gas prices eclipsed $5.00 a gallon in 2008. At that time, the global supply of oil had increased, while the global demand for oil had decreased, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. But, despite a fundemental situation that would suggest lower prices, prices were flying high.
After the price of oil broke $147 a barrel in June 2008, the price plunged abruptly, eventually falling below $40 a barrel by the end of the year. Those wild swings prompted a host of economic studies that found speculation was at least contributing to price volatility, if not causing it outright. -- Zach Carter
Inflation Vs. Jobs
Bernanke's argument about inflation isn't consistent, economist Paul Krugman says.
The Fed's asset-purchase strategy is partially intended to promote maximum unemployment, but some experts are concerned that it will ultimately spark inflation once the recovery takes hold and the system remains awash in liquidity. In this view, there's a tradeoff between jobs and prices.
Bernanke, however, doesn't take this view: He said in the press conference that core inflation, or, as Krugman says, "inflation inertia," isn't a concern -- and that expansionary monetary policy doesn't stoke these forces.
But then, Bernanke is also saying that any further expansion would risk provoking inflation, Krugman notes. He continues:
This doesn't make any sense in terms of his own expressed economic framework. I think the only way to read it is to say that he has been intimidated by the inflationistas, and is looking for excuses not to act.— William Alden
Why Fed Decided To Institute Press Conferences
In response to a question about the decision to institute press conferences themselves, Bernanke asserted that the Federal Reserve has become a "very transparent central bank."
"I've personally always been a believer in providing as much information as you can," Bernanke said to reporters. Despite fears that increasing the Fed's media presence would create additional levels of volatility in the market, the Fed eventually concluded additional transparency "outweighs some of these risks," Bernanke said. -- Maxwell Strachan
Long-term Unemployment: 'Out Of The Scope'
There's little the Fed can do to target long-term unemployment in particular, Bernanke said.
Part of the Fed's mandate is to promote maximum employment. But two months from the end of the second asset-purchase program, the unemployment rate is high, at 8.8 percent. The number of long-term unemployed, people who have been out of work for at least six months, is now higher than it's ever been since World War Two, Bernanke said.
But there's only so much the Fed can do, the chairman said.
"We dont have any tools for targeting long-term unemployment specifically. We can just try to make the labor market work better broadly speaking," he said.
"It becomes really out of the scope of monetary policy. At that point, job training, education and other types of interventions would probably be more effective." —William Alden
Inflation Concerns
Discussing whether to focus on the jobs crisis or inflationary concerns, Bernanke says the "tradeoffs are getting less attractive."
Additionally, Bernanke indicates that any significant wage increases would come at the cost of less manageable inflation. Over time, he says, monetary policy will be less fit to fight unemployment crisis than other government tools like education. —Maxwell Strachan
Gas Prices
The central bank can't do anything about gas prices, Bernanke said: "The Fed can't create more oil."
Asked why oil prices are rising, he blamed supply and demand, saying conflict in the Middle East and North Africa has constrained supply, driving prices upward.
"This is a very adverse development," Bernanke said. "It accounts for pretty much almost all of the increase in our inflation forecast in the near term."
Unemployment Forecast
Bernanke gave his projection for the unemployment rate:
8.4-8.7 percent by the fourth quarter of this year.
6.8-7.2 percent by the fourth quarter of 2013.
Also: Bernanke said he hasn't yet seen the first quarter GDP number. But he expects it to be less than 2 percent.
Reading Into The FOMC Statement
There may be more to the Fed statement than meets the eye. Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist of the Economic Outlook Group, suggests Fed insiders might have seen a key datapoint that hasn't yet been made public. He writes in a note to clients:
-- William Alden
Did Bernanke get a sneak preview of tomorrow's GDP report for the first quarter?
We ask this question because a careful read of the FOMC statement suggests there is growing concern the US economy will next struggle through a period of stagflation.
In the very first sentence, the FOMC downgraded its March description of the recovery from one that is on a "firmer footing" to a more flaccid "proceeding at a moderate pace." The change in wording likely indicates first quarter growth was less than the fourth quarter's 3.1%, perhaps slipping closer to 2.5%. Our own forecast calls for a deceleration to 2.1%

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SMSFs can provide a solution for those who want to control how and where they invest their money, but they certainly have their risks as well.
Using your self managed super fund (SMSF) for investments requires a sound and particularly powerful strategy. It needs to be well considered, appropriately implemented and aligned with the financial aspirations of your fund - which is to support your retirement. According to Chrish Samuel, Finance Strategist from Finstar Financial, your investments should be sustainable and diversified. 'When investing remember not to rely solely on high yielding assets, take into consideration investments which have consistent long term growth and are not susceptible to market volatility,' he says.
Think long term; what may be a good investment today may not necessarily by a great investment in 30 to 40 years.
Speak to a financial planner today about starting your SMSF
SMSF investment strategies – Are they necessary?
Normally, the key purpose of an SMSF investment strategy is to create steady income for you and your family so that when you do retire, you will have enough money to sustain you. So, the short answer to the question of whether or not a strategy is necessary is a resounding yes. If you plan to manage your investment fund(s), then you will need to implement a strategy that will provide the results that you are looking for. In fact, you are obligated to have a strategy and it should be a written one.
- To decide whether capital gains or cash flow is the more important goal, you need to look at what you want from your SMSF. If you're looking to build up the funds for you retirement, a general investment approach is usually dominated by a capital growth strategy. However, if you're looking to sustain your balance in retirement, then you may want to consider a cash flow strategy. You, as the trustee of the SMSF will then establish whether or not your fund should be looking for capital gain or cash flow, which will heavily depend on your own financial objectives.
- The existing benefits of a borrowing strategy with your super, similar to the one when investing in property may be more noticeable when a property that is appreciating in value is used. Equity would be building up in your property which could effectively be crystallised at some point in the future when you can access your super, or when you start receiving a pension when your income is tax free.
Cash flow has significant value in ensuring your investment remains affordable and shouldn't be ignored. It would become particularly useful during the phase when you are receiving pension payments. However, these factors will eventually come down to your own financial goals and objectives and how your investment strategy could meet them.
All members of a SMSF must be trustees either individually or appointed director of the corporate trustee. According to current tax regulations, there is a maximum of four persons allowable in an SMSF, which means that of a family that has more than four member will need more than one SMSF to be set up if all members wanted to be included. The ATO has released statistics showing that over 90% of SMSFs have two or fewer members, however, it tends to ignore the fact that larger families are forced to operate through multiple SMSFs.
With multiple members, you may want to consider writing the SMSF in a way to give individual trustees or directors (therefore including members), proportional voting rights to ensure people with higher balances are not taken advantage of by members with lower ones. You may want to consider a system where one person has one vote in the SMSF.
Preparing for retirement
Everyone should begin preparing for retirement at an early age, especially if you want your money to grow while you earn. However, it is best to use a highly refined financial model like a SMSF Investment Strategy to ensure that you are always on the right track. Rather than implement a strategy in your head, it is always wiser to write it down and consult a professional and ensuring that it is a proven strategy that has worked for others like you.
In your plan
When writing your plan, you should include ways to maximize your profits and minimize your risks. Your decision to invest could include whether to invest in real estate, businesses or stocks, though other unconventional investments could appeal to you more. You should have an objective, a summary of how you will accomplish your objectives and a structure of how to make the right decisions. These decisions are essential to your outcome and contribute greatly to shaping your portfolio and the future decisions that you will make. You rely on your plan and strategy to look for safer and longer term options that may have high risks, but better yields.
When you don't have a plan, it is almost impossible to select a logical variety of investments. Even more than that, you won't have a clue of what your needs are. When you have a solid SMSF investment strategy, you are in a better position to evaluate the appropriateness of particular investments so that you can have a working portfolio that fulfills the required legal criteria.
SMSFs and the ATO
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) have become aware some SMSFs do not comply with the superannuation law. The purpose of the Taxpayer Alert is to issue a warning to SMSF trustees and advisors to exercise care and compliance, ensuring that all processes are properly implemented. There are hefty fines payable if your SMSF is found to be non-compliant, which then may affect the quality of your retirement. It should serve as an informational and educational source when deciding whether or not to proceed with your particular investment strategy that's being watched carefully by the ATO. In fact, these alerts can be a useful tool in terms of highlighting the considerations you should make before creating your strategy. You can also use this to assess the progress and standard of the professionals you may be consulting with to assist you in developing strategy.
Things to consider about your SMSF investment strategy
Have you considered these factors?
Upon preparing your fund investment, here are several things to consider:
- Look at each fund member's profile and their tolerance for risk
- Make sure that your investments are in compliance with the superannuation law
- The advantages of diversification
- The number of risks involved
- The possible return on your investments
- The fund's asset liquidity
- The insurance needs of the investment, if any
- Whether or not you should solicit the help of an expert or do it on your own
- What restrictions, if any are involved
- The types of investments allowed
- The governing rules for different investments
Launching an investment strategy is multifaceted. However, you can determine how to allocate your assets, ranges and standards for your investment fund; be sure to consider seeking professional help.
Be certain that a SMSF aligns with your financial goals and decide whether the risk is worth the return. 'There's more control of your financial future and your own investment strategy' emphasizes Chrish. 'You can choose your own investment allocation, these could be out of the norm that provide long term capital growth which a lot of industry funds may not invest in. For example, I personally invest a portion of my portfolio into Art and Fine wine, as this is my passion. This has proved to be quite rewarding for me personally.' So if you can achieve your financial aspirations with an investment strategy that is low risk, there are other options available to you. Research your duties, responsibilities and legal obligations by yourself or through a professional and decide whether you'll be able to handle the process.
If you're thinking of using your SMSF for property, carefully review the super property borrowing strategy of your fund and whether it corresponds with your fund's investment strategy. Understand exactly how much you'll be making vs the costs of setting up and the ongoing expenses of your SMSF. The quality of the property is crucial for its success, so you need a very high level of understanding of how it will meet your fund's investment objectives.
Chrish also emphasizes how crucial it is that you understand and correctly implement the necessary processes and rules of your SMSF investment, 'seeking the right financial advice is paramount for the success of any SMSF, to ensure that you are complying by all government body guidelines whilst obtaining investment advice relevant to the allocation of your assets' he says. Each investment type has its own rules and regulations, so to ensure their compliance and the relevant laws are met, you may want to consult a professional as well as log onto the ATO website for information.
There is a recent trend that holding insurance through an SMSF has been increasingly popular because it is often cheaper to hold the cover and pay for premium through the fund. The members or beneficiaries make contributions that are typically made to help meet premium payments into their SMSF. The fund then owns the policy and transfers the premium from the fund assets to the insurance company. The insurance company is responsible for following any claims made as well as issues a policy of insurance to the fund. In the end, the SMSF will pay the proceeds to the member or beneficiaries when appropriate. While insurance through SMSFs has played a critical role in addressing Australia's underinsurance problem, it is essential for you to assess how much cover you actually need to have in place and know exactly what you're entitled to in the event of a claim. You may want to consult an insurance professional to discuss and weigh up the different options available and what is most suitable for your investments.
Your strategic approach needs to consider the most tax-efficient structure to buy and manage your investments. Utilise tax laws and group these activities into the most cost-effective path from the purchase to sale of your asset. Remember to base these decisions according to how you lifestyle may change. Consider significant life events like marriage, having kids, job changes and retirement. These personal changes show that you need to be prepared for whatever financial challenges you might have in the future.
Generally speaking, a superannuation attracts a lower earnings tax of 15% and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) of 10% on the sale of assets if you've had them for more than year. As well, if you earn an income of $180,000 plus, you could be taxed up to 45.6%. If you're over 60, you can sell your property within your superannuation free of CGT, the same applies to shares and interest from term deposits. So when creating a strategy these are some of the tax considerations you may need to factor in.
It is highly recommended that you consult a professional when considering an SMSF. An expert financial advisor can assist but it may be hard to find one to talk to properly without him or her telling you to sell off your existing properties and purchase funds that are managed by reputable investor or agent. You may want to find an independent advisor instead who charges a fixed fee and expertise in the area of assets you want to invest in, as they may give you more tailored advice.
Another consideration is that you cannot access any of equity you've made in your assets until you're 60, so if you're a young professional, that could more than 20 - 30 years away. If you're considering to invest in a property, you will also need a large deposit as most banks tend to loan around 80% loan to value ratio (LVR) otherwise your loan will incur Lender's Mortgage Insurance (LMI).
Depending on your income and expenses, experts suggest that you salary sacrifice around $25000 per annum (for SMSFs with two members or more) into their super to reduce the debt and increase your equity, allowing you to buy new property or assets every few years or so, depending on the type of loan you have. If you've invested in property, given that you obtained a low LVR, many properties could be cashflow positive and therefore, not require further funds to repay interest. Effectively, it all goes to paying off your debt to allow you to buy more properties faster.
Eddie Chung
Partner, BDO
Just be mindful and careful in the way you do this [your SMSF] because getting it wrong can have major consequences. While SMSFs can now borrow to buy property, they are not allowed to use borrowed funds to renovate the property, so the fund needs to have sufficient cash in its own right if renovation is required. Theoretically, people can set a SMSF up by themselves but I highly recommend using a professional because there are too many compliance issues and rules as to what they can do. Given the complexities of a SMSF, I wouldn't recommend setting up a SMSF to fund property investment by yourself.
Chrish Samuel
Finance Strategist, Finstar Financial
Personally my strategy is to not have more than 20% of my assets in one particular investment class. Within that 20% invested I do not have more than 5% allocated to one particular share or investment item. This strategy has proved to be successful time and time again. Speaking to a financial planner and finance broker is paramount to looking at investments from a holistic point of view and seeing what strategies might be crucial for your current age and current circumstances.
SMSF Documents
As a family or a couple you can pool your super funds together to increase the overall value, but experts recommend a ballpark figure of $150,000 - $200,000 to get started. You will need a debt installment trust and debt structure to repay within your SMSF for every asset or property. Altogether, these can cost up to $1500 - $2000 each in addition to purchasing the documentation which can cost another $1500 each.
A debt instalment trust is established to allow a super to borrow money for purchasing assets such as property, shares, trusts and term deposits. The debt instalment trust holds these assets in trust for the superannuation fund without it being exposed the standard risks associated with borrowing funds.
High quality research and advice is the only way to ensure a successful SMSF investment strategy. It is also one of the best ways to avoid any penalties that may be imposed as a result of Australian regulations. Use as many tools as you can to avoid the costly mistakes of managing your own super fund to ensure the success of your SMSF.
The information on this page should be treated as general advice only and in no way considers your personal situation. All rates and tax information is correct as of 4 July 2013. Before starting a self managed super fund (SMSF) professional advice is highly recommended.


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Hands-on with the Lenovo Ideapad YogaJoin Dan Ackerman as he takes a look at the flexible Lenovo Ideapad Yoga.
I'm Dan Ackerman here at CES 2012. What I've got in my hands is the idea pad Yoga from Lenovo. And you can see this looks like a regular 13 inch laptop ,except you take the lid. You flip it back around itself and now it's kind of like a tablet and I know you're saying we've seen convertible tablet before. Those (??) have kind of centered in that's (??) around and (??) down. That's kind of avoid the weakness here by having the hinge on either side here. It's actually a lot sturdier and what the Yoga does is, it deactivates the keyboard. So once it's (??) over the tablet form, the keyboard is not gonna work. You can just use the onscreen keyboard and it deactivates the touch pad and it's actually got a little bit of a leaded cover right here so you can put it down on your desk. It's not gonna damage it. And it gives you from the front something that looks like a tablet and you can fold it and kind of a (??)mode if you like that or you can tilt to that backwards like this. Or of course if you're like, you can just use it as a traditional laptop. I think that help people sort of adapt to sort of a tablet environment by saying it's a product you can also just use like a regular laptop. You're gonna see this later in 2012. I think probably around 1399 for the 13-inch version hopefully with Windows 8 and hopefully with the latest generation of Intel processors. At CES, (??) I'm Dan Ackerman and that is the Lenovo Idea Pad Yoga.


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By Brian Hanley-
(CBS) Try as I may, I can conjure up only a few details of the some 600 Blackhawks games I covered for seven seasons while at the Chicago Sun-Times. Save for the veteran group that pushed the Detroit Red Wings to the limit in the conference finals in the lockout-shortened 1995 campaign, it was mostly mediocre-to-bad teams through those declining hockey years from 1993-2000.
It was, however, nothing but great memories of that sportswriting run that came rushing back Tuesday when I heard the devastating news that longtime Daily Herald beat writer Tim Sassone, only 58, had died. Every one of those fond flashbacks included Tim.
From the first night I was welcomed into the hockey fraternity — by being invited to sit alongside Tim, Pat Foley, Dale Tallon, Brent Sutter and Jocelyn Lemieux after dinner and into the wee hours at what would become our Vancouver haunt, Joe Fortes — I knew Tim was one of of the good guys.
Hockey has always been populated with good guys. Genuine, humble, humorous, kind, smart, passionate people. Tim embodied all those qualities. At times, Tim's passion led to moments of some seething anger. Nothing, though, that a cold Canadian postgame beer or four couldn't remedy when we were on the road.
Players often talk about how they bond on road trips. Ditto for sportswriters. As much as you want to scoop the competition, the countless shared flights, meals and rental cars create an awkward-yet-often-rewarding friendship.
Tim's dedication and professionalism produced plenty of scoops over the more than 25 years he covered the Hawks and the NHL. His must-read byline was reason enough for his nomination to the NHL Hall of Fame.
More importantly, he was a Hall of Fame person, who loved his family — his wife, Christine, and children, Ali and Andy — first and foremost.
So as much as I will remember trying to keep up with Tim professionally, such as when we ran through a Pittsburgh hotel lobby to nab just-traded Chris Chelios before he caught a cab headed for a flight that would take him to hated Hockeytown, I will also remember the dash we would usually make after a game in Anaheim back to Manhattan Beach for last call and fish tacos at Sharkeez, a beach shack just down the road from the nine-hole Marriott course we would tear up — literally — on the same trip.
And those laughs that would usually come with the conversation as we awaited a post-practice coach chat with Darryl Sutter, Craig Hartsburg, Dirk Graham, Lorne Molleken, Alpo Suhonen and Brian Sutter. Or the smirks we had while watching then-general manager Bob Murray as he tried to bust down a door to the ref's room or video judge booth. Or the absolute guffaws we shared when a towel-clad Bob Pulford sauntered down the hallway in the Florida arena bowels on his way to a sauna.
The memories of the times we shared, whether at the rink or at one of the many Springsteen concerts we loved, will live on.
In a perfect world, so would Tim.
Brian Hanley is the co-host of the Mully and Hanley Show on 670 The Score from 5 a.m.-9 a.m. on weekdays.


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Winter Academic Term '02 Time Schedule for Russian.
What's New This Week in Russian.
Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 103 or 111. (5). (LR).
Credits: (5; 4 in the half-term).
Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
In this course, the student is introduced to the basics of Russian pronunciation and grammar. The course begins with an intensive study of the Russian sound system and orthographic rules (the alphabet and correct spelling). Students spend an average of 1.5-2 hours per day working with tapes and writing exercises. The course is supplemented by video shows. Students who intend to concentrate in Russian Language and Literature or in Russian and East European Studies might consider taking the intensive class, Russian 103. Textbook: Nachalo I.
There is a required grammar section (LEC) for Russian 101.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 101. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 103, 111, or 112. (5). (LR).
In this course, the sequel to Russian 101, students complete their survey of Russian grammar, expand their vocabulary, and learn to express themselves in Russian about topics of interest including Russian history and culture. The course is supplemented by video shows. Students are expected to complete 1-2 hours of oral and written homework every night. Textbook: Nachalo II.
There is a required grammar section (LEC) for Russian 102.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 102 or 103. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 203. (5). (LR).
This course reviews and expands grammatical concepts first covered during the First-Year Russian (101 and 102) courses, focusing on verbal aspect, declension, and the verbs of placement. The course also emphasizes speaking and listening skills. Students are expected to complete 9-12 hours of homework per week. Textbook: V Puti by Frank Miller and Olga Kagan and workbook; cost is $73.00 and covers two terms.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 201. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 203. (5). (LR).
This course assumes students' knowledge of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, and involves the use of verbs of motion (with and without special prefixes), the formation and usage of participles and verbal adverbs. Students read and write texts of increasing complexity, discussing Russian and Soviet history, culture, and other topics of interest. The course requires 8-12 hours of homework per week. Textbook: V Puti by Frank Miller and Olga Kagan.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 102 or 103. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Russian 201 or 202. (8). (LR).
Credits: (8).
Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~resco/
An intensive course meeting eight hours a week + Language lunch table and Russian Tea, this course covers the material which is usually covered in two terms in Russian 201 and 202. Special emphasis is placed on speaking, writing, comprehension, and vocabulary building. The course is proficiency oriented and is especially recommended for students who intend to concentrate in Russian Language and Literature or in Russian and East European Studies and who want to gain rapid mastery of Russian. The goal of this course is to expand vocabulary and to master grammatical structures and syntax to the level of competency required to pass a proficiency examination. This entails developing the ability to communicate with some ease with a native speaker in spoken and written language. Students must understand the content of texts and lectures of a non-technical nature.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).
Credits: (4).
An examination of many aspects of the culture of Russia today: recent fiction, poetry, journalism; film and television; popular- and counter-cultural forms. Problems of ethnicity, religion, private and public life, etc., are explored in terms of their cultural depiction and distortion. Abiding features of Russian culture (such as the privileged role of the writer), the specific issues of a multi-ethnic country, the deeply contradictory situation of women, and the phenomenon of Russian culture beyond the country's boundaries are explored. The course aims to explore the many and diverse forms of "culture" within Russia, and simultaneously to raise questions about the meaning (and relativity) of the term culture in general. Three lectures and a discussion section. No background required; three short papers, three in-class tests, final exam, and journals required.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Native or near-native speaker. (3). (LR).
Credits: (3).
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Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 301. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 303. (4). (Excl).
Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~russians/Pedagogy/page3.html
Third-Year Russian, Russian 302, is a continuation of Russian 301, or it can be taken with permission from the instructor. It covers the following: (1) a review of Russian grammar; (2) readings in Russian culture and literature; and (3) modern conversational Russian. It is a recitation course, and students are asked to participate in class discussions.
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (HU).
This course provides an introduction to the major masterpieces of Russian fiction and drama written in the last third of the 19th century. Among the works to be studied are such classics of world literature as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. We will also read some of Chekhov's best short stories and one of his plays. Other texts: Proffer, From Karamzin to Bunin; Turgenev, Spring Torrents; Tolstoy, Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories; and a course pack available from Accu-Copy. Texts will be analyzed in the context of the monumental changes Russian society was undergoing at that time. We will trace how writers positioned themselves with regard to the social, intellectual, and religious issues dividing their contemporaries. Topics include gender relations, violence and repentance, utopia, suicide, love and modernity, the metaphysics of beauty, Russia and the West. Midterm, a final, and two short papers. No knowledge of Russian literature or history is required.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be elected for credit twice.
Credits: (1-4).
Students develop a term-long reading and writing project on a topic or topics in Russian literary or linguistic studies, in consultation with a member of the faculty. Readings may include substantial amounts of Russian. Weekly meetings with the supervisor may be conducted in English or Russian. Writing assignments made according to the number of credits elected, but must correspond to writing expectations of upper-level department courses.
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (2). (HU).
Credits: (2).
This course examines the Russian short story as a genre that articulates the relationship between the self and society. Works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Babel, Nabokov, and others will be read to analyze their intrinsic narrative and thematic complexity and to explore their function as a contested site of cultural identification. Indeed, this course focuses on stories that have been seen to articulate the identities of particular social and cultural groups. Topics to discuss include the relationship between the self and fate, popular culture, social and sexual otherness, history, revolution, memory, or alcoholism, as well as vacancies of self, doubling, metaphysical suicide, etc. No knowledge of Russian literature or history is assumed. Participation in class discussion, two short papers, and a final exam.
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Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 401. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 403. (4). (Excl).
Russian 401 is offered during the Fall Term and Russian 402 is offered during the Winter Term of every academic year. Prerequisites: Russian 401 or by written permission of instructor. The course is conducted entirely in Russian. Bi-weekly grammar tests and final oral presentation. Textbook: Let's Talk About Life! by Emily Tall and Valentina Vlasikova and Russian Review Grammar by Marianna Bogojavlensky; covers two terms.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Permission of instructor. (2). (Excl).
An exploration of the multiple aspects of language teaching, including theoretical background. Topics of discussion include intercultural understanding, drilling, testing, computer-assisted instruction and multi-media technology. Emphasis on development of practical skills for classroom instruction. Optional textbook: Omaggio Hadley, Teaching Language in Context, 2nd edition.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 302 or 303. (3). (Excl).
Credits: (3; 4 in the half-term).
The course is planned for advanced Russian students, who are oriented toward economics and politics (in particular juniors and seniors seeking experience in political science or political studies). Emphasis will be placed on the specialized vocabulary of politics and international affairs. The text is POLITICAL RUSSIAN, by Simes and Robin with audio-tapes. Weekly quizzes, final.
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is required. (3). (Excl).
An introduction to the late symbolist and postsymbolist poetry, and the current methods of its explication, with special attention to subtext analysis. The aim of the course is to develop such basic research skills as ability to translate accurately a Russian poetic text into English, annotate it, and analyze its structure and meaning. Requirements: active participation in class discussion; Three oral reports; written translations of set texts; final paper. Prerequisite: Russian 449; advanced knowledge of the Russian language; special interest in poetry.
Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Russian is not required. (3). (Excl).
Late Twentieth-Century Russian Literature surveys the work of major Russian authors in the last decades of the century. It examines the complex maps of a literature divided by ideology, place of production, cultural orientation, and historical transformation. Among the authors examined in depth will be: Andrei Sinyavsky, Vasilii Aksenov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky, Veniamin Erofeev, Evgenii Popov, Dmitrii Prigov, Sasha Sokolov, Viktor Pelevin, Vladimir Sorokin. Upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. Knowledge of Russian not required. Three hours per week, with informal lectures and discussion providing the teaching structure.
Two papers and three in-class exams will be required of undergraduates, graduate students may write one long paper instead.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Knowledge of Russian not required. (3). (Excl).
The course is the second part of the survey of Nabokov's life work. It will be devoted entirely to the American period of Nabokov's writing and cover his novels Bend Sinister, Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, Ada, Transparent Things, and Look at the Harlequins, as well as most of his English-language short stories and poems. Special attention will be paid to his activities as a translator, literary scholar, and educator. Students will be expected to read a wide selection of scholarly and critical works on Nabokov. Undergraduates concentrators in any field, including natural sciences, especially biology; graduate students of Slavic, English, Romance, German, and comparative literature, linguistics, and visual arts. Three hours, lecture
Intensive reading; participation in class discussion; midterm report on secondary reading; final take-home examination or a research paper.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Approval of departmental Honors Committee. (3). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). Credit is granted for a combined total of six credits of Russian 491 and 492.
During 492 (the second half of the year-long Honors course) the student produces a draft of a thesis of fifty to one hundred pages on a topic in literary or linguistic studies, and then, in consultation with a thesis supervisor and the Honors advisor, the final version of the thesis. Regular meetings with supervisor, participation in informal seminars, and successful submission of thesis lead to the award of an Honors degree in Russian. An oral defense may be required.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Russian 302 or 303, and 351. Taught in Russian. (3). (Excl). May be elected for a total of six credits.
This seminar will explore the role of drama, theater, and performance in Russian society during the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics of discussion range from the theatricality of everyday life to the political resonance of particular plays and productions, including those by avant-garde artists such as Meyerhold. Authors discussed in this context include Pushkin, Gogol, Chekhov, and Mayakovsky. Emphasis will be placed on the relations between literature, theaters, and institutions of power. This seminar serves as the capstone course for the concentration in Russian, and is open to qualified non-concentrators and graduate students. Requirements are short weekly readings in Russian in a variety of genres, watching some plays, active participation, one short oral presentation, and two short papers, mostly in Russian. Text: course pack available from Accu-Copy.
Prerequisites & Distribution: (Excl).
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After all, the 46-year-old needed a lucky 13th trip to Q-school before getting his PGA Tour card. Before that he spent seven years driving his family around to mini-tour events, 30,000 miles a year by his estimate.
My journey, Brehaut said, is different than a lot of guys.
For sure, Brehaut took the long way to Bethpage Black.
So unlikely as it may seem, when Brehaut returns to the waterlogged course Friday morning, hell be tied for the lead, ahead of three reigning major championship winners ' one shot ahead of Angel Cabrera, two up on Tiger Woods, five better than Padraig Harrington.
OK, so hes only played 11 holes and the first round isnt even over yet, thanks to a daylong rain that turned Bethpage into Bathpage and prompted a suspension of play less than 3 1/2 hours into the tournament.
Assuming he sleeps at all Thursday night, Brehaut will wake up Friday with the lead in a major, sharing first place with fellow longer-than-long shots Johan Edfors, Andrew Parr and Ryan Spears.
Its a long way to go, said Brehaut, who is playing on the Nationwide Tour these days. Not that this isnt great.
No matter what happens Friday, Saturday, Sunday or whenever this tournament might end ' the forecast for the rest of the weekend is not good, and some people are just hoping for a Monday finish ' itll go down as a memorable trip for Brehaut.
In fact, a two-birdie, one-bogey, eight-par showing Thursday isnt even his highlight of the week. That came Wednesday, in a practice round.
He approached a green surrounded by a rabid gallery, virtually all craning their necks to see the next group, which just happened to include Bethpage favorites Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk.
Safe to say, they werent there to see Brehaut. He gave them a show anyway.
Brehaut holed a shot from the sand, then tossed another ball into the same spot and did it again on the very next swing.
It was the funniest moment. I was jumping up and down like Bob Tway when he held on to beat Greg Norman, Brehaut said, referring to Tways chip-in to win the 1986 PGA Championship. I pumped my fist. I signed half an hour worth of autographs. Afterwards I told my wife I felt like I had just won the tournament. It was that funny.
He was laughing in the rain on Thursday as well.
Brehauts day started with a bogey, and for the next 10 holes he was flawless. His day began with a three-word pep talk from his wife ' Embrace your conditions, she said ' and thats exactly what he did.
He went off in the first group on the back side, lauding playing partner J.P. Hayes for starting with a birdie on the par-4 10th.
Wow, youre leading the Open, Brehaut marveled.
Little did he ' or anyone else ' know thats where hed be at days end.
Its an out-of-nowhere group out in front at Bethpage, even with the asterisk that the first round isnt anywhere near completed. Edfors is playing his ninth major; hes never made a cut in the previous eight. The rain was so bad that Spears mother didnt even go out on the course to watch Thursday morning. And Parr has a truly remarkable tale ' he suffered a stroke in 2007, endured some paralysis, and thought he might never play golf again.
Theyve all overcome much to get here. But at 46 and in a major for only the second time, Brehaut might have more of an appreciation of being on this rainslicked stage than anyone else.
I won Q-school once and that was pretty good, Brehaut said. I mean, Im not bad. But not everybodys a college All-American. A lot of us have to kind of be the guys that everyone beats up on. Thats fine.
For one day, anyway, Brehaut became the other guy.
Pretty cool, he said.
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Monthly Sponsor Spotlight: An Interview With Swagbucks
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I had the opportunity to interview them and get to know their company a little more recently:
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In February 2008, Prodégé launched Swagbucks.com and introduced the Swag Buck as a digital currency earned for activity throughout its network of websites. Over the years we've focused on finding ways to reward our users for everything they do online.
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Our main focus is rewarding you for your online activities, which includes things like Shopping, Search, Games, watching Videos, taking Survey, doing Special Offers and more. As you accumulate Swag Bucks for these activities, you can redeem them for rewards like Amazon and PayPal gift cards, discounts and deals at businesses near you, and household electronics.
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Jenifer Fox is a remarkable educator. She is equipped with a Masters of Education from Harvard, has experienced almost thirty years of practical experience as a teacher and head of school, and is fueled by an inexhaustible passion to see that every child on the planet knows their own strengths. For her, "Developing strengths is as important as understanding technology."
In addition to authoring the award-winning treatise, Your Child's Strengths, on how to assist children to identify their own strengths, she designed The Affinities Program – a four-year curricula that provided guidance for girls in transitional circumstances at a private high school in New Jersey. She is currently the creator of a new program, Strong Planet, designed to provide "teachers, employers, coaches, and counselors a step-by-step process for implementing a strengths focus both within their organizations, and with the youth they serve."
Most of all, Fox is the recognized leader of education within the Strengths Movement and visionary of the future of educational and societal trends.
SuperConsciousness Magazine spoke with Fox about the implementation of strengths training to prepare young adults for the future.
SC: How can strengths training be used with the current system to assist children to better translate their education into a career trajectory?
JF: Developing strengths in school isn't a matter of just finding what box you fit into and what careers are available, it's a matter of changing your thinking about what you're able to contribute and what you'd enjoy doing.
Usually that process involves the synthesis of a lot of different little things that you would not necessarily think about. Our [current] education system puts everything into a big box: English, math, science – all of those are "big boxes." We've fit careers into those big boxes – lawyer, doctor, teacher. But really, strengths are about finding tiny little boxes and putting them all together into other kinds of career boxes to make a job. Education really should be about helping children figure out what little things excite them and motivate them, not in the big boxes but in the little boxes.
Education really should be about helping children figure out what little things excite them and motivate them.
For instance, English: As an adult, I love to write but I do not love to copy edit. In English class, I really only learned grammar and how to copy edit, and because I was taught that was writing, I thought then I might not ever want to write at all.
I happen to know many people who love to edit, organizing sentences and moving words around. My friend who loves editing says, "I feel the same rush I get when I arrange my closet." She has identified a little box. Recognizing our feelings while involved in an activity is important. When a child realizes "I love to do this little thing" that is when a teacher is able to see how that "small box" can translate into many avocations. Schools and parents need to help a child recognize that experience.
SC: In educating the future, you suggest that in addition to identifying strengths, we should focus more on the application of all the different educational skills, not just the learning of them.
JF: Absolutely. I'm excited about the strengths development because of what happens next. Currently, we only download content, but children's lives and their careers are going to be about doing things and putting that knowledge to work, not just knowing things. The success of schools really depends on kids doing authentic, real world work. For instance, there is a school in D.C. that is a project based learning school. The kids come from all manner of backgrounds, often poor and broken homes. They are not homeless but they are one step from being homeless. They took on a study of the homeless and got so into it that they created a series of books for other kids to understand what homelessness is. They were so excited about it because it was real: A real book they could give to a real kid, and they all had real learning.
SC: What is the process of identifying strengths during project-based learning?
JF: Good teachers are really good designers and they can design experiences with multiple entry points in mind and then have kids try to hook up into those different entry points. For example, if you're going to do a book project then somebody has to do the artwork, somebody must get the outline together, and somebody's got to edit; all of those are entry points. Strength development begins with an understanding of how you feel during a certain activity, whether or not you're energized or excited by it. The teacher would look into the class, observe each child's strength, and provide the best opportunity for each participant to recognize their strengths within all the different activities.
Strength development begins with an understanding of how you feel during a certain activity, whether or not you're energized or excited by it.
It's really important to ask questions and then have time for reflection and processing. How does it feel when doing specific activities? Does it excite? And if it does, then why?
SC: Now in terms of state mandated courses: You're not necessarily suggesting that the required subject matter be replaced. Your focus is how that subject matter is approached and reworked – to center first on the children's strengths in learning that material.
JF: Yes, and it isn't to say that children never have to do anything they don't like to do. Strengths training is a focus on building a life along something they are excited and energized by, because if they don't, it's not going to be a good life. Currently, schools don't do that. Schools are about "You succeeded at this, you failed at that." Not by whether you loved it, were energized by it, or want to do it again.
SC: When we recognize that a child is energized by, for example, working with computers, and we then provide that child the opportunity to delve into related computer activities instead of keeping them bound to a more rigid traditional curriculum path, then doing so does not take away from their ability to successfully negotiate SATs and all of the other testing structures that are in place. Is that correct?
JF: That is correct and I'll give you an example. There is a school in New York that started out as a film school and now it's partnering with a public school in New York. The projects that are involved in creating these films covers just about everything that they have to cover for these tests as well. When the kids are involved with activities that energize and excite, it actually stimulates their minds and they learn the more traditional academic elements that otherwise would be boring and unconnected to real-world situations.
SC: And, you have a new educational program that is about to be released. How did it come about?
JF: Often, when I go and work in the schools, it's so frustrating because the teachers don't know what to do. The kids these days are way more advanced, and they get more stimulation and joy of learning outside the school than inside of school. After writing my book, I went back to the drawing board and contemplated what kids respond to and asked what it was going to take to help them change their habits.
The kids these days are way more advanced, and they get more stimulation and joy of learning outside the school than inside of school.
I've created a media driven, kid-centered curriculum to help them learn their strengths, starting in high school and working back towards preschool. It's an MTV style show called Strong Planet that helps kids learn about their different strengths through activities and it contains a project-based online learning center.
We are creating it as a six part series. In the classroom, the teacher can hand activities out, or if they are really into it, they can become a character in the activities, bring kids through the questions and into discussions. It's not passive. It goes through the whole strengths curriculum to help figure out what excites you.
I also designed Strong Planet for all the kids who have dropped out of school, who have talent, but who aren't going to have this high school diploma piece of paper. How can they show that they can actually do something? That was my goal, to create a platform, a place where young people learn how to demonstrate that they can do something beyond just having a degree.
SC: Taking time to self-reflect is an important part of becoming aware of our strengths. In our media driven world, quiet time has been almost entirely replaced by a continuous barrage of entertainment. How does your new program balance contemplation time with the "entertain me" paradigm?
JF: We have been so afraid of kids doing computer games because that's all they do, but now the research is showing us that these kids are developing critical thinking skills way beyond what they can learn in school. So the question really is, "How do you put the important strengths content into young people's hands so that they absorb it and don't even know they are absorbing it?" Let's give them what they like to eat and inject some nutrition into it.
SC: So your perception is that it is possible for a child to touch their own strengths while using the same media that is continuously barraging them?
JF: Their whole life, all they've heard is media telling and showing them that they are not strong. Kids are so tuned in that I wanted to go back into that media and help reprogram it for them. Enjoining them is the next step for me. Even with very young preschool children there are several things that a parent can do. One is to use narratives, whether it's fairy tales or TV or movies. Use the characters to help the kids identify the strengths in them. They are projecting; they can look at a character and see what those strengths are. That is quite easy to do.
SC: This challenging work that you have taken on. What is it that drives you everyday?
JF: My mission is about kids. It is about young people and getting inside their head because I can live there. My vision is that we create a learning community in the world for kids where they are inspired by learning and the real work they will have to do. I'm on a fast track of helping revolutionize what happens in school.
My vision is that we create a learning community in the world for kids where they are inspired by learning and the real work they will have to do.
I received a grant from the Best Buy Company's foundation to develop the Strong Planet and put it into 100 public schools in the fall and I'm looking for school administrators that are already enthusiastic about strengths, because those schools will be the ones who won't just put it on the shelf.
For more information about Strengths, the Strong Planet DVD program for children and schools, and to contact Jenifer Fox, go to www.strengthsmovement.com
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Our Lightroom Workshop in Chicago was treated to a very nice surprise as the first day of the workshop was the morning after the official release of Lightroom 5. These lucky folks were among the first in the world to receive training on Lightroom 5. From Chicago I head to Toronto for http://www.profusionexpo.com where I will be giving a creative lecture and a lecture on Lightroom 5.
The next big Lightroom 5 workshop is in our home in Palm Beach Gardens July 23-26th. When we teach in our home we include a very special 7 course dinner with wine. http://www.d-65.com/workshop/201310_wpb_info.html.
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On Thursday the Gators hosted two Tampa area prospects for unofficial visits before spring practice starts next week.
One of those prospects was athlete Ray Ray McCloud (5-10, 170, Tampa, FL Sickles) who enjoyed watching the Gators simulate a pro day during the visit.
"It went real well, me and Deon [Cain] had a good time," McCloud said. "It was just a good day we went up there and talked to the coaches and watched the players go through their practice pro day thing."
McCloud was able to see all of the current players practice what it would be like to go through a pro day and the Tampa product found the practice something that was unique to the University of Florida.
"It was good to see them go through that and compete," McCloud said. "I've never seen a school practice a pro day like that. I think it's cool to see that because it shows that the coaches are trying to get their players prepared for the pro day itself."
For McCloud he enjoyed visiting Florida with his friend Deon but he wants to get back up to Florida for another visit when he plans to bring his mom with him.
"I'm going back up to watch Florida practice so I can get my mom up there," McCloud said. "She's a big factor in my recruitment and she hasn't seen Florida yet. I love my mom and she's always going to have my back so if she isn't feeling it at the school then that will impact my decision."
Besides visiting Florida sometime soon the Tampa athlete also has two other visits lined up for the month of March.
"I'm supposed to be going to Clemson sometime this month," McCloud said. "On the 25th of March I'm going down to Miami and I'm going to a spring practice at Florida."
After McCloud takes visits this spring and summer and is able to see all of the schools that he's interested than he plans to narrow things down.
"I want to narrow things down before the season," McCloud said.
McCloud earned an invite to the Opening in July after his performance on Saturday at the Orlando NFTC camp.


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Universal Ballet Competition BACK
Lissette Salgado-Lucas and David Lucas
The Premier Ballet-Only Competition.
Celebrating our 5th season in 2018, Universal Ballet Competition (UBC) is proud to be considered a leader, innovator and educator of ballet dancers at our competitions.
Once again for 2018 we will be in Atlanta, Georgia and Miramar, Florida.
From the moment you walk into the theater, to the details of the awards ceremony, we take pride in every aspect of our competition and genuinely strive for it to be the premier ballet competition of its kind.
The goal of UBC is to further educate teachers, parents and students about the ballet profession and to help prepare for the challenges that may come along. We invite parents and teachers to come to observe our master classes, giving them a view into the life of a professional ballet class. We then invite them to stay for the beautifully organized competition that follows.
All competitors have the unique opportunity to participate in master classes presented by international and national esteemed teachers. Students benefit from the high level of expertise of these fine professionals. These classes take place on stage before the competition begins. They will help the students to improve in specific areas of technique.
Our classes are an incredible opportunity for students to be observed by world-renowned artistic directors, choreographers and teachers in a variety of dance genres. While taking classes, students are being observed for scholarship considerations that will be awarded at the end of the competition.
For the competition portion, dancers are required to compete in traditional classical repertoire as well as a contemporary piece. We continue to include intermediate and advanced levels of competition so that very dancer has an opportunity to showcase their level of training.
2018 Scholarships include American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey School, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Modas Dance, Pennsylvania Ballet School and Sarasota Ballet. With these scholarship opportunities, dancers will be one step closer to becoming the professionals they dream of.
UBC's esteemed panel of judges will be awarding scholarships to these top schools and many more. For more information, visit our website listed below.
Main Faculty/Judges
Judges and Master Teachers include Wes Chapman, Iliana Lopez, Charmaine Hunter, Claudio Munoz, Duncan Cooper and Lindsay Fischer – with more to be announced at a later date.
Dates and Venues
2018 Dates
Miramar, FL - February 16-18
Atlanta, GA - March 16-18
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please email or phone your MP
With the key vote on the abortion time limit on Tuesday 20th May it is urgent that MPs hear from you.
Please find here a model letter to copy and paste into an email and personalise if you wish. To identify your MP and send them an email visit upmystreet
Alternatively, please phone your MP at the House of Commons during the week. Phone the switchboard on 020 7219 3000 and ask for your MP by name. If you do not know their name then phone the House of Commons Information Office on 020 7219 4272. You can contact their constituency office on Friday.
If you have time you could visit your MP's constituency surgery this weekend. Details will be available on MPs websites.
You may wish to direct your MP to the recent Science and Technology Committee report, or to contact Abortion Rights for further information.
If you know your MP's views on the abortion time limit, please email us
Please send Abortion Rights copies of responses to help us build up a picture of parliamentary opinion. You can email us at email@example.com or post copies of replies to 18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL.
To …………………….MP
House of Commons
Dear . . . . . . . . . . . .MP,
Dear MP,
Please vote against any lowering of the abortion time limit on 20th May
I am concerned that anti-abortion MPs aim to use the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to lower the 24-week abortion time limit in votes expected on 20th May 2008.
Less than 2% of abortions take place after 20 weeks. They are needed by women facing difficult, unforeseeable and always individual circumstances – most commonly women whose pregnancy was diagnosed late because they were using contraception or nearing the menopause; young women or women with mental health problems who cannot acknowledge their pregnancy until later; or women with a previously wanted pregnancy who face life crises such as domestic violence. No one involved takes the decision lightly.
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Women must be entitled to make the most fundamental decisions over their own bodies. Please vote against any attack on women's crucial abortion rights. Please let me know your view.
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Epigraph :
And if I were dead tonight,
where would be your first cry?
Would it be on the phone?
Or while scrambling a piece of note?
Would it be on your way to home?
Or after I am buried?
Would it be in your dreams?
Or would you drink all that pain,
and not cry a tear?
And if I made through tonight,
where would you want to kiss me
one more time?
Would it on my eyes?
Or would you just blink your eyes?
Would you peck my cheeks?
Or pull them softly?
Would you kiss my lips?
Or mouth a 'Thank you, God'
on my behalf?
And if I faded away,
would you come to take me away?
Would you make through
the limbo?
Or would you just
bid me a final goodbye?
What will I leave behind? I ask.
And I look back in the past,
and I see nothing good,
but pain and suffering.
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My friend, do you know the realm of life ?
The realm holds the universe in the darkest nights,
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More pleasing then death,
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I would cry for the only thing that rotates our life,
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And maybe they don't even have to tell,
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And if it stay, why will I just kiss ?
I will fly with it to the heights in our cliche .
You may not understand my inmate partner,
But we hold a fiction note to write the realm of life,
In that fictional song, I hold a feather to write ,
The story true to the lie,
A lullaby, it will make us sleep in no time,
But when we wake up from the beautiful dream I draw,
We will be no more the same ,
We will be the realm of the game,
We will be with the one who designed the play,
So you know who we are ?
A portal to another star !
Not kiss, but fly to the place far away in our dreams,
Not waiting for death, but expecting it to wake us from our sleep,
To rejoice, my love , rejoice the need.
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6 reasons you should watch the Korean film 'Cold Eyes'
Directors Jo Ui Seok and Kim Byung Seo have created a tension-filled, fast-paced thriller about an elite surveillance team hunting down a precisely orchestrated robbery organization that is the sleekest of sleek. It was one of this year's top box-office hits in Korea and here's why:
1. Jung Woo Sung plays a bad guy for the first time.
Jung, who remains at the top of Korea's A-list after 19 years in the industry, had never strayed too far from sweet, kind, heroic roles. (Exhibit A: He was literally 'The Good' in The Good, The Bad, The Weird.) His turn as James, a cold-blooded ring leader who never hesitates to kill if needed, is a must-watch.
2. Not to mention, his hotness.
That's very nice.
3. Han Hyo Joo and Seol Kyung Goo make a whip-smart and awesome team.
The two display a surprising onscreen chemistry as teammates and as student and mentor. Han is convincing as a rookie with as much brains as heart, and Seol is lovable as a grumpy veteran crime fighter.
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Seen above: Jung beating up a guy, the first of dozens.
It wouldn't be a Korean film without a little blood, some cleverly hidden knives, and a lot of hand-to-hand combat. Also, keep an eye out for the amazing scene in which Jung beats up a guy and suffocates him with a roll of tape. Yep, that kind of movie.
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6. Simon Yam's cameo.
Cold Eyes is a remake of the 2007 Hong Kong film Eye in the Sky and features Yam, who played the head sergeant. He makes an appearance in the film in a brilliant nod to the original.
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A bishop who had written a commendation for a controversial book, has withdrawn his approval amid a growing storm of criticism.
The Rt Rev Wallace Benn, Suffragan Bishop of Lewes, and a prominent evangelical, had given his support to a book by Stephen Green of the ultra-conservative 'Christian Voice'.
'Britain In Sin' which argues for a return to Biblically based law, and criticises various aspects of contemporary society, had been given an endorsement by Bishop Benn, who wrote: "This makes interesting and disturbing reading. We desperately need to understand as a nation, that our creator knows what is best for us, and to return to His way as the best way to live."
But now, after attracting attention from fellow clergy, Bishop Benn is reported to have withdrawn his backing for the book.
Former Canon Chancellor of St Pauls Cathedral Giles Fraser tweeted: "Bishop Wallace Benn withdraws endorsement of book justifying rape within marriage. So did he endorse book without reading it?"
And then added: "What Bishop Benn cannot have missed about that nasty Stephen Green book is its attack upon the Queen. What about his oath of allegiance?"
The endorsement had already attracted the attention of influential blogger Bishop Alan Wilson who asked: "Bp Wallace Benn endorses book proposing legalisation of marital rape... If silent are we complicit?"
Stephen Green is a well known writer and speaker, whose organisation 'The Christian Voice' has claimed various campaigning triumphs.
One of the most recent claims from Christian Voice was that Tesco's profits had dropped because of a campaign of prayer against them, after they had given financial support to a Gay Pride event.
Green is particularly well known for his opposition to homosexuality.
Last year the Daily Mail published an interview with his ex-wife, who claimed that he had subjected her and her children to horrific beatings, and expected her to have sex with him on demand as part of her marital 'duties'.
In 'Britain In Sin' Green accuses the Queen of breaking her Coronation Oath by signing into law 57 pieces of 'unrighteous legislation.'
These include the Criminal Justice Act 1994, about which Green says:
"It also introduced an offence of "marital rape," drafted by the Law Commission, unknown in the Law of God, and in conflict with the marriage service of the Book of Common Prayer, where the promises given by a man and woman to each other establish a binding consent to sexual intercourse."
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Optimize Windows 8 For Gaming (Minecraft, Mass Effect 3 And Co)
If you want to play games on Windows 8, you should definitely consider optimizing it to get a better frame rate. Higher FPS makes your gaming experience much smoother.
Tip: While the tip below is definitely a start, you should also consider regular driver updates, disk defragmentation, uninstalling unused programs, frequent maintenance, optimizing your SSD if you have one, disabling background programs.
Why Optimization is Necessary?
Microsoft Windows 8, which is the latest operating system and is yet to be fully released by Microsoft, is resource enriched OS which by default is completely optimized for gaming. However with some additional configurations users can make Windows 8 run more smoothly while playing games on it.
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5 On Performance Options box make sure that you are on Visual Effects tab and from the available radio buttons click on the one that says Adjust for best performance to select.
6 Finally click on Ok button to save the changes.
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text: PSA Law Seminar Friday 27 September 2013 at 09:00-17:00 Professional Sales Association Law Seminar, De Montfort University Law School, Friday 27th September 2013 The PSA is a trade association and has approximately 2000 members, mainly self-employed sales agents. About 300 members live and work in the Midlands. The speaker - Ryan Dunleavy In 1996 Ryan Dunleavy graduated from Edinburgh University, where he was awarded a Masters Degree with Honours. Shortly afterwards, he passed with credit awards journalism examinations at the National Council for Training Journalists. After a five year stint as a national newspaper journalist, a legal reporter, and then as the Editor/General Manager of a well-known legal magazine, he studied at the Inns of Court, where he graduated in 2002 with the highest possible grade in his Legal Practice Course, a Distinction. After training and qualifying as a solicitor at the leading defamation law firm in the UK, Carter-Ruck, Ryan worked as a lawyer upon national newspapers and then joined Thompsons Solicitors in 2005. Shortly afterwards, he expanded his practice areas to include commercial agency law. Since 2005 Ryan has conducted 100s of commercial agency cases for PSA members, and he delivers seminars and lectures for clients. Ryan is also a qualified Solicitor Advocate, which entitles him to carry out a barrister's role as well as a solicitor's. He is a Senior Solicitor in Thompsons' Civil Litigation Team. The meeting is open to the public. For further information and to reserve a place at the seminar, please contact Eamon Furey 0116 273 7425 before 13 September 2013. Timetable Date: Friday 27th September 2013 Time: 12 noon – networking Buffet 1.00 pm Seminar 2.00 pm Questions 3.00 pm Finish 4.00 pm Place: De Montfort University Business & Law Faculty, Rooms 1.49 &1.50, Hugh Ashton Building, (Building 16 on map), The Newarke, Leicester LE2 7DR


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Monthly Sales and Featuring Summary Reports
Use these monthly reports to stay on top of meat industry trends and benchmark your meat department's performance. This data gives you the most accurate view of consumer demand and prices since it's based solely on scanner data, meaning the actual prices consumers are paying at the point-of-sale at stores across the U.S.
****Beginning April 2013, the Top Line Sales and Featuring Report includes updates to the source of retail scanner data being reported. In addition to traditional grocery stores, the data set now includes select supercenters and club stores. There has also been a shift in dates to better align the reporting periods with month end. Past reports are all updated as well.****
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In the wake of the San Bernardino attacks last year, there was much hope that the Republican Congress would start passing bills that would greatly inhibit the reach of the Islamic State terror group, as well as other terrorist organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaida.
Instead, the GOP elite has embarked on a series of weak-willed resolutions and initiatives, most of which seem innocuous but contain one major clue that the bills would help a Muslim Brotherhood-linked group within the United States.
According to Conservative Review, all three major anti-terrorism initiatives undertaken by both houses of Congress this year have used the phrase "countering violent extremism" in place of "Islamic terror" or "radical Islam."
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While this may seem like an innocuous change for sake of political correctness there is a major difference. "Countering violent extremism" is a buzz-phrase put forth by Muslim Brotherhood-linked group the Council on American-Islamic Relations that it claims should take the place of terms like "Islamic terror" where U.S. anti-terrorism policy is concerned.
Indeed, Conservative Review reported that the White House had previously hosted a summit purportedly for stopping Islamic terror called "Countering Violent Extremism." If this was the real purpose, one wonders why leaders from the Islamic Society of Boston — the mosque that radicalized, among others, the Boston Marathon bombers — were invited to the event.
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Interestingly enough, a bill to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization has gone nowhere, even though it's passed the House of Representatives. Here are the three bills that the Republican party establishment has ushered through Congress this year:
- H.R. 4407, the Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act. This wholly useless piece of legislation, passed in May and backed by the Republican establishment, sets up an advisory board on counterterrorism at the Department of Homeland Security. Last I checked, DHS had been founded specifically because of counterterrorism efforts after 9/11, so the fact that we need an advisory board on counterterrorism at a department founded to counter terrorism speaks volumes about just how out of touch Washington has gotten. "The board shall: (1) advise the Secretary of DHS on the issuance of terrorism alerts, and (2) meet on a regular basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat mitigation efforts and departmental activities," the bill reads. This is ostensibly what DHS was supposed to be doing in the first place, which indicates the problem is not a lack of advisory boards but an absence of will.
- H.R. 4401, The Amplifying Local Efforts to Root Out Terror (ALERT) Act. Passed in February, ALERT does nothing on its face aside from keep bad acronym copy writers in business. However, as Conservative Review notes, "Among other things, it directs DHS to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in countering violent extremism; a review of cooperative agreements between DHS and such governments relating to countering violent extremism and an evaluation of DHS plans and any potential opportunities to better support such governments that are in furtherance of DHS's countering violent extremism objectives." There's that CAIR-tastic buzzword again, and you can bet it's there for a reason.
- H.R. 4820, The Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act. While this bill uses the word "terrorist" in its title, it talks again of countering "violent extremists" by using their statements in combating recruitment of said "violent extremists." How the hell this is supposed to work I really have no clue, but it seems to again follow the Muslim Brotherhood naming agenda.
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This is what the GOP establishment has done instead of doing real things to combat the very real menace of the Islamic State group and the Muslim Brotherhood. Instead, they actually went out of their way to back a terror-linked organization. Absolutely despicable.
H/T Breitbart
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SOURCE: PM&E, Inc.
February 17, 2017 09:13 ET
CHEYENNE, WY and SOUSSE, TUNISIA--(Marketwired - Feb 17, 2017) - Aircraft manufacturer PM&E, Inc. (OTC: PMEA) announced today that it has reached a business financing agreement with a very favourable lender
CEO Joseph Bourne stated, "Our recent announcements, business activity and partnerships have all garnered new interest among the business financing community. One company in particular has stepped forward and taken ownership in financing our immediate business plans under very favourable terms. Yesterday we signed a 10 million dollar Term Sheet with GHS Investments, LLC in New York. This move is important because it has resulted in a significant improvement of the terms under which we can access capital on an as needed basis. We are pleased to be working with GHS and will commence with becoming a fully reporting company via the filing of a Form 10 registration immediately. The registration will allow for a higher degree of transparency and reliability for our long-term investors."
Mr. Bourne said, "In light of this new direction via an S-1 filing, the board and I have decided to terminate the original 10 million dollar Reg-A deal with GPL Ventures, LLC. They are a great company and we appreciate their willingness to support the growth and development of our company, but at this point, this new direction is a better fit for our long term strategy."
PM&E, Inc. is an aircraft company with a contracted manufacturing facility located in Sousse, Tunisia. The company is in the process of implementing a modern manufacturing plant in Tunisia and securing a facility for aircraft assembly in Wyoming. The company manufactures their signature line of EVADA Aircraft. Through a strategic partnership, DiNelly EXOGYRO also manufactures their commercial ultra-light gyrocopters at the same facility in Tunisia creating synergies and cost savings for both companies through a shared resources and revenues agreement.
Mr. Bourne went on to say, "It quickly became obvious to us that a company of our size and scalability required a more structured and streamlined process for accessing operating capital. Banks and other institutional investors look more favourably upon those companies that raise capital via a Form 10 filing and an S-1 registration. In fact, we are already in preliminary discussions now with some of those same institutions for additional support over the long term. We have additional news that we plan to share next week, but in the meantime, as always, we'd like to thank everyone for their support."
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