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The people who live in this ever expanding metropolis walk busily from place to place, sometimes without so much as a passing thought for the environment they find themselves in. It's particularly easy to do this within East London's vibrant docklands. This modern area with its towering architecture is a financial centre for the city and home to a workforce of over 90,000 people. The once imposing warehouses of London's past can easily go unnoticed by those hard at work in the surrounding towers.
And yet, the echo of the past is still there (for those who wish to see it) and equally for some who might rather not! Here at the Museum of London Docklands, we're exploring unexplained activity with a winter season of ghost tours. There are many apparitions described by the guides, and a few in particular that stand out…
One chilling event dates back to World War II. A young girl, placed in bed by her mother after songs for sweet dreams would inexplicably appear on streets in East London, always as air raid sirens blared. The bombs would drop, the bricks would fall and she would stand there in the rubble and dust, lost to the world but unharmed. Her mother, frantic with worry after finding her missing, would be reunited with her daughter who had no recollection of events.
The child earned the name The Devil's Daughter by local residents, who feared her arriving on their doorstep as the sirens went off, signalling the imminent and unavoidable destruction. It has been said that on misty nights, on the docks of West India Quay, a little girl no older than 12 has been seen standing, deadly still in the distance; just long enough to catch the eye. A child possessed or a portal to the next world? Be careful to avoid her, lest she should foretell the next disaster.
Inside the museum itself, staff and visitors alike have shared their experiences of playful, and not so playful, other worldly encounters. When built, these Grade I listed warehouses were dangerous and unwelcoming spaces, vast in size, cold, damp and dark. Men and children lost their lives in gruesome ways – is it any wonder that they lament their passing within the walls that caused them suffering? It is clear that whatever or whoever occupies this building merely tolerates the presence of our modern souls during the day. Now it's your opportunity to discover how they respond to us when the lights are off and the building becomes theirs for the night.


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Winter Miller is an award-winning playwright, 2016 NYFA grant recipient and founding member of the Obie-recognized collective 13 Playwrights. She is best known for her drama IN DARFUR which premiered at The Public Theater, followed by a standing room only performance at their 1800-seat Delacorte Theater in Central Park, a first for a play by a woman. IN DARFUR won the "Two-Headed Challenge" commission from the Guthrie and the Playwrights Center and has been produced nationally. She traveled with her former boss, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to the Sudan border to research on the ground.
Currently, her short play Colored, commissioned by The New Black Fest for Facing OUR TRUTH: 10 MINUTE PLAYS ON TRAYVON, RACE AND PRIVILEGE tours regional theaters. Other plays include: SPARE RIB, NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN, LOOK AT US, THE PENETRATION PLAY, SEED, THE ARRIVAL, and THE MUSICAL AMANDINEAND a collection of short and very short plays. She created and produced Rape Aid at The New Ohio, a variety show about not-raping.
Recent fellowships and residencies include: Civilians R&D group 2014-15, Lark 2012-16, Playwrights Center Core Writer 2011-14, Blue Mountain Center, Space on Ryder Farm, Sundance Institute, Hedgebrook and the Cherry Lane Mentor Project. She is an affiliated artist with New Georges. Commissions include: New Black Fest, Joe's Pub, CenterStage America, The Gun Control Action Project, Keen Company and Theatre Askew. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and graduated cum laude from Smith College.
Ms. Miller's plays were produced by The Public, 13P, Cherry Lane, New Black Fest, Joe's Pub, CenterStage, Goodman, TimeLine, Theater J, Keen, WAM, Geva and Horizon. Her plays have been performed in London and Uganda and are published by Samuel French, Playscripts, No Passport, Smith & Kraus' Best Stage Scenes, Best Monologues, and others. Ms. Miller's monologue Mother to Son, is published in Eve Ensler's anthology A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer and in Best Women's Monologues of The Millennium.
A playwriting instructor, Ms. Miller has taught at The New School, Primary Stages ESPA, SUNY Purchase, and has led workshops for Princeton, Girl Be Heard, Sundance, NYTW's "Mind the Gap," Stella Adler Outreach, Theatre Askew, Keen Teens, Arts Connection and with youth in refugee camps in Northern Uganda and Palestine. Ms. Miller is also Certified Core Energetics Facilitator. She leads frequent workshops in NYC, The Weekend Warrior Writing Intensive where writers of diverse experience and backgrounds immerse and emerge with a brave new work. The group Voices of Uganda invited Ms. Miller to northern Uganda to write short plays for a group of youth living in a refugee camp whose lives were devastated by the LRA and AIDS. The work is chronicled in the 2013 documentary After Kony: Staging Hope. Her monologue Lifelines, is performed by Ruby Dee.
Ms. Miller has written for the Metro and Arts sections of The New York Times and as a regular contributor to the Music and Style sections. She has written articles for New York Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Brooklyn Rail and Variety. She has been profiled in The New Yorker, Bomb, New York Magazine, NPR's Brian Lehrer Show and MPR.


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I think I would say that there is nothing quite like a bowl of tasty chili. And to top that, not only is there nothing quite like a bowl of chili, but there is nothing better than a bowl of chili out of the crockpot. Being able to throw some things in the crockpot in the morning and smell the wonderful aromas all day as it bubbles and cooks is great in and of itself. But to finally make it to dinner and take off the lid to find a complete meal ready to enjoy with minimal effort, totally rocks my world.
So as the weather has turned cold, and the snow is making its debut, I couldn't wait to make some chili. Crockpot chili to boot. Simple ingredients, quick assembly...delicious. I do cook the meat before putting it in the crockpot, and some people avoid recipes that call for stove use prior to filling the crockpot with ingredients (kind of like that step defeats the purpose of the crock pot for them), but for me, it's totally worth it and not a big deal at all! Please enjoy!
Crockpot Turkey Chili
1 lb. (or mine usually comes in 1 1/4 lb.) package ground turkey breast
1 sweet yellow onion...chopped/diced
1 32 oz. can crushed tomato in rich puree
2 14.5 oz. can fire roasted tomatoes
*Sometimes I add a small can of tomato paste.
2 can kidney beans (rinsed)
2 cans pinto beans (rinsed)
Chili powder
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Cook turkey as a crumble sprinkled with about 2-3 tablespoons (roughly) of chili powder, a dusting (over the entirety of your pan) of garlic powder, and a dusting (over the entirety of your pan) of onion powder. Dump in crockpot. Cook onion in the same pan, and once softened, combine with the turkey in the crockpot.
Rinse all the beans in a colander. Dump into the meat mixture. Then add the tomatoes. Give it a good stir.
Sprinkle entirety of the crockpot generously with chili powder and again a little bit of garlic and onion powder.
Around here, the chili usually cooks on high for most of the day. I often throw it in between 8 and 10am, and it is perfect around dinner. Just as long as it gets a good while to cook, you are good to go!
I like to serve this chili with sour cream, cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips. Corn bread is delish too!
I like to serve this chili with sour cream, cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips. Corn bread is delish too!
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Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a public health epidemic affecting millions of people worldwide. It is found in 36 African countries, and is the second leading infectious cause of blindness. The bite of the blackfly infects the unlucky victim with a parasitic worm, which lives on in the body and eventually causes blindness, among many other problems.
Imagine a once-a-year medication that would kill any parasitic Onchocerca volvulus worms in your system. Now, imagine that this medication cost 40 U.S. cents. And finally, imagine not being able to obtain that 40-cent, vision-preserving medication for yourself or your children.
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The donations have helped provide treatment for river blindness in Oyo State, Nigeria in which 28 of the 33 local government areas (LGAs) are endemic for the disease. The aim of the program was to provide a comprehensive health care system, which reaches the most disadvantaged members of the community. Following detailed planning and training, mass administration to 7 LGAs was carried out in November/December 2015.
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Unless you swore off entertainment news for the New Year (in which case, what are you doing here?), you know that the highlight of the Golden Globes was Kate Winslet, who won Globes both for best actress (Revolutionary Road) and best supporting actress (The Reader). Aren't Kate's Globes gorgeous?
Winslet had been nominated five times before without a win, so when her name was announced as best supporting actress, she was excited and charming, if a bit breathless, as she read her acceptance speech.
When her name was announced as best actress, she was overwhelmed. And who wouldn't be, with Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep and Kristin Scott Thomas on the ballot? Particularly since Hathaway's name supposedly was leaked earlier in the week by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. But Winslet recovered enough to thank everyone she needed to thank and to apologize to Jolie for temporarily forgetting her name.
Personally, I found the whole thing endearing and certainly one of the most entertaining moments in a fairly routine show. But the British, as Jezebel so fittingly put it, were not amused.
Chris Ayers of The Times Online calls the speech "a global disaster."
Ayers went on to say that in such a stressful time in the world, Winslet's speech risks making her appear isolated from reality.
Um, OK. An acting award acceptance speech should be as refined and eloquent as a presidential acceptance speech. Got it.
The Independent's Brian Viner called Kate's speech "embarrassing," and also compared it to Paltrow's 1999 acceptance.
Viner went so far as to say that the speech prevented her fellow Brits from being proud of her. "… our own pride in this latest accomplishment by a fine British actress was diminished as soon as the first tear plopped onto that lovely cheek. Never mind sorry to Anne, Meryl, Kristin and oh God, who's the other one. It's us, her loyal British fans, to whom she should apologise. We expect less of you, Kate, much less."
Crying? There's no crying in England.
Hadley Freeman of The Guardian describes her reaction to the speech as "the occasional wave of nausea, swiftly followed by a rush of hands to eyes in order to block out the spectacle. … this is, on one level, a typical overemotional acceptance speech. Yet Winslet manages to overegg an already very custard-heavy pudding." (That phrase is now in my memory bank to use at the earliest possible opportunity.)
Freeman also gives a lesson in proper self-talk.
Hey, I get this one. The Mitfords were friends of Hitler and Kate won for a Holocaust movie. Right? No wait, she won supporting actress for The Reader — that was the first speech. Never mind. Maybe it's another pudding reference.
I must, at this point, ask our British readers to help me understand. Does an emotional speech such as Kate's truly embarrass you? Would you go so far as to say she's not behaving properly and may, in fact, have put her career in jeopardy? Am I crass for thinking the speech was adorable? And if your country indeed wishes to disown her, would you send her to me?


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Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Yolanda King, who is facing criminal charges that she lied about where she lived when she ran for office in 2013, twice filled out the wrong address on new election documents Wednesday (Aug. 20) as she qualified for the Nov. 4 election.
King, who arrived at the Criminal District Court Clerk's office at 7:15 a.m., was the first to show up to fill out campaign forms.
On the line labeled "domicile," though, she filled in her campaign's post office box. A few hours later, she returned and filled out a second candidate form.
This time, she filled in 420 Loyola Ave.
A short time later, she returned for a third time, accompanied by her lawyer, James Williams. She then filled in the address of a row home on Basinview Drive in eastern New Orleans. The same address is listed on her driver's license.
Each of the affidavits King filled out was made under oath.
King declined to comment, but referred questions to her attorneys.
Williams, her lawyer for civil matters, said in a phone interview that the first time King filled out the qualifying form, she simply misinterpreted the line of the form labeled "domicile." She thought it was calling for the address of her campaign, Williams said.
When she returned to fill out the form a second time, King had reservations about the public having access to her home address, since she handles criminal cases, Williams said. To protect herself, she filled in what she thought was her work address, he said.
The actual address for juvenile court is 421 Loyola Ave.
Asked why she would fill in the court address when the line was marked "domicile," Williams said she thought there might be some exemption for incumbents when it came to disclosing where they live.
Williams said that King ultimately decided there was no way around it and gave her true home address.
A reporter, set up in the back office where candidates were swearing out there election forms, asked a staffer in the clerk's office whether King had discovered the mistakes on her own or whether the office had to call her back and ask for the correct address.
The staffer referred comment to Clerk of Court Arthur Morrell, who admonished the reporter for asking questions to someone other than himself.
When asked the same question, Morrell declined to comment.
The reporter had been examining the candidate forms, including King's.
When Morrell saw that the reporter was looking at the election forms sworn out by the candidates, he ordered the reporter to leave the office.
Morrell later said that he ejected the reporter because he "put my staff on edge."
King was not the only candidate who wrote the wrong address on the domicile line. Orleans Parish Civil District Judge Regina Bartholomew, for example, also filled in her court address erroneously.
King appeared to be the only candidate who made the mistake twice.
A grand jury indicted King in March on charges of executing a false affidavit and filing a false public record. She is accused of lying about where she lived when she ran for office in 2013. Prosecutors say she lived in Slidell at the time. She maintains that she lived then, as now, in eastern New Orleans.
The Louisiana Supreme Court in May suspended King, pending the criminal case.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is trying to do away with her seat altogether. He maintains that juvenile court is overstaffed and successfully pushed through a law this year that allows the juvenile bench to be reduced by two seats.
He's argued that the law allows for King's seat to be abolished due to her suspension.
He filed a lawsuit to that effect in a Baton Rouge court but lost earlier this week.
The case is currently under review in the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.


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Amanda Seyfried Pregnant, Expecting First Child With Fiance Thomas Sadoski
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text: Michael Lewis on his Vanity Fair profile of Obama: 'He's an interesting cat' 09/11/12 11:02 PMUpdated 09/06/13 07:02 AM By Versha Sharma Whether or not you personally like President Obama or approve of his policies, Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Lewis wants you to know one thing: "He's an interesting cat.""He's different," Lewis, the author of Moneyball and Liar's Poker, told Rachel Maddow on Tuesday's The Rachel Maddow Show. His new Vanity Fair piece, "Obama's Way," focuses on the president's decision to conduct American airstrikes in Libya in March 2011. While researching and writing the piece, Lewis was given 8 months of access to Obama.What the writer learned from those months, he said, was that the president has a unique way of handling difficult choices, particularly those choices that are "thrust upon him." One such choice was thrust upon Obama, Lewis said, in the moment when now-deceased Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi "[marched] through the desert, promising to exterminate a million people in [Libyan capital] Benghazi."Lewis said he centered his profile of Obama around Libya because he "wanted to find a decision that sort of had [Obama's] fingerprints all over it." Obama's Libya policy, he said, succeeded because the president found an unconventional solution to the problems confronting him."It's a very interesting dynamic he created," Lewis said. "He solved a problem; he went outside of the process to solve the problem, in such a way that it was not construed as an act of American imperialism or a lust for Libyan oil. It was just a humanitarian intervention, and it worked. It's one of his triumphs, what he did in Libya, and as a result, you don't hear a lot about it."Hindsight may be 20/20, but Lewis was quick to note that the decision was not an easy one, and could have just as easily been a tactical mistake.During a Monday night appearance at Lincoln Center with Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter, Lewis revealed he had to submit his quotes to the White House for approval before publication. Explore:Barack Obama, Lean Forward, Libya, Middle East and National Security US embassies in Libya and Egypt attacked Virgil Goode, potential third party... More Like This Best of MSNBC


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I was raised in an Italian family. I grew up eating homemade pasta, pizza and rich desserts. Upon entering the fitness world, I soon realized that some of the ingredients in Italian dishes -- like cheese and pasta -- are responsible for ricotta and muffin tops. So, I started avoiding those yummy Italian dishes. Arrivederci, lasagna and manicotti!
Skipping out on Italian meals did not make me a happy camper. I continued to drool over Giada De Laurentiis's Everyday Italian: my preferred food porn.
Fortunately, I've learned that leading a successful fitness life doesn't mean you have to exclude your favorite foods. But you need to learn how to be creative with them! After some fun and tasty experimentation, I've even been able to reincorporate some of my favorite childhood meals back into my diet.
Buon Appetito!
Mini Italian Frittatas
This savory breakfast was inspired by Giada de Laurentiis. It is a quick and delicious start to the day!
- 1 cup egg beaters
- 1/2 cup roasted asparagus
- 1/2 cup chopped extra lean turkey bacon
- 1/2 Tbsp parsley
- In a sauce pan, saut? asparagus and turkey bacon.
- Stir together with egg beaters and parsley.
- Pour mixture into a mini muffin pan and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.
Mini Italian Frittatas PDF (64 KB)
Antipasto Salad And Stuffed Mushrooms
In Italian, antipasto literally means "before the meal." This recipe, served with a side of tasty stuffed mushrooms, is hearty enough to replace the meal!
- 2 artichoke hearts cut into quarters
- 1 cup arugula
- 2 mini bell peppers, chopped
- 1/2 cup mini heirloom tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Kalamata Olives
- 3 oz grilled chicken
- 2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
- 1 low-fat mozzarella cheese stick cut into 1/4 inch slices
- Mix all the ingredients for the antipasto salad in a large bowl.
- 2 fbsp fat free plain yogurt
- 4 cremini mushrooms
- 2 slices Turkey bacon cut in half, lengthwise
- Italian seasoning and garlic salt, to taste
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Remove the stems from the Cremini mushrooms and fill each mushroom with approximately 1/2 tablespoon of yogurt.
- Wrap each mushroom with a half slice of turkey bacon and secure with a toothpick.
- Top each mushroom with a dash of Italian seasoning and garlic salt, bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Serve immediately with antipasto salad.
Antipasto Salad
Serving Size (1 salad)
Stuffed Mushrooms
Serving Size (4 mushrooms)
Antipasto Salad And Stuffed Mushrooms PDF (88.6 KB)
Post-Workout Italian Iced Drink
Italians do not mess around when it comes to their coffee. It is a staple drink at almost every meal, and often serves as a meal. Try this iced coffee after your next workout, and you too will realize the power of the Italian side!
- 1 cup chocolate almond milk
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1 cup ice
- Dollop of fat free whipped cream and cinnmon (for garnish)
- Blend all ingredients together and garnish whipped cream and cinnamon.
(without whipped cream)
Post-Workout Italian Iced Drink PDF (127 KB)
Pizza Rustica
I am very excited to share this recipe because it is not only diet-friendly, but it tastes great! I worked very hard to find the perfect crust -- delizioso!
- 3/4 cup ground steel cut oats
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp sugar substitute
- 1 egg white
- 1/4 cup fat free Ricotta cheese
- 2 tbsp low fat mozzarella cheese
- 4 oz. lean ground beef or turkey
- 1/4 cup arugula
- 2 slices Prosciutto
- 1/4 cup marinara sauce
Toppings (Can be modified to fit your dietary needs, but these are my favorite.)
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Bring 1 cup water to boil. Add the grounded steel cut oats and sugar substitute.
- Reduce heat and cook for 10 minutes, or until the mixture thickens.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the baking soda and egg white and flatten onto pre-sprayed pizza pan.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned.
- Brown the ground beef/turkey in a pan over medium-high heat and set aside.
- Mix the ricotta and marinara in a small bowl.
- Top pizza crust with sauce and ricotta mixture, ground meat, arugula, prosciutto, mozzarella and bell peppers.
- Return to oven for 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Serving Size (1/2 pizza)
Pizza Rustica PDF (68.2 KB)
Chocolate Hazelnut Gelato
This recipe is amazing because it converts cottage cheese into a sinfully delightful Italian treat!
- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese
- 3 tbsp sugar free hazelnut syrup
- 1 tbsp sugar free chocolate pudding mix
- 1/2 cup chocolate almond milk
- Chopped chocolate covered almonds (for garnish)
- Blend ingredients together until smooth (at least 2-3 minutes)
- Pour into mini muffin pans.
- Freeze for one hour.
(without chocolate covered almonds)
Chocolate Hazelnut Gelato PDF (47.9 KB)


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Executives managers and top operational leaders of fund companies appear to be downcast about their compensation even as financial market tensions ease.
Fully 56% of the 126 industry executives surveyed by Money Management Executive in its second annual compensation survey said they are either somewhat satisfied or very satisfied with their pay bonuses and other incentives.
That is down substantially from a year ago. In the first survey 77% of those surveyed said they were somewhat satisfied satisfied or very satisfied with their earnings capacity.
Among the sources of dissatisfaction: Base compensation that has stalled while cost of living has increased a lack of stock options or other non cash incentives and a sense that pay is unfairly distributed within a given fund organization. And, perhaps most pointedly, unnecessary caps on compensation.
"I am better paid than most but should be paid more,'' says one Chicago executive. "There should be no caps on compensation even for non revenue generating positions.''
Notably only about 10% of those that were satisfied with their compensation said that their pay is based on their own results and effort.
The greatest satisfaction-28%-came from respondents who felt their pay stacked up well against industry norms These were individuals who felt their firms appropriately weighed pay and other forms of compensation and treated them fairly.
The second most satisfaction came when a person felt fairly compensated "relative to others in my same position.''
Not surprisingly, the greatest dissatisfaction-22%-came when individuals felt they were not being compensated in a competitive way. And another 19% felt they were not being paid well relative to others in the industry.
A fair amount of dissatisfaction was expressed by those who felt their companies did not have adequate growth potential.
One Minneapolis manager says his numbers are "stale with limited growth potential and are not based primarily on my specific role and responsibilities'' creating dissatisfaction.
The level of pay appears to be expanding at the middle of compensation ranges but not at the low or high ends.
For instance, 6% of respondents said they were making $75 or less four years ago. But only 7% are in that range now.
Similarly only 2% of respondents say they are making $3 or more. But 5 % say they were making $300,000 or more four years ago.
Another 9% say they were making between $150,000 to $200,000 but a full 5% say they were making such compensation four years ago.
"New hires with less experience receive similar compensation and bonus,'' reported one Milwaukee manager.
Bonuses for that matter appear relatively static. Last year 9% of respondents reported getting bonuses equal to 5% or less of their base pay. Only 25% were in that range this year.
But last year, 24% said they were getting bonuses that were between 6% and 20% of their base pay. That went up slightly this year to 5% or less of their pay.
Those getting bonuses equal to half their base pay or more went down only slightly as well from 21% to 20%.
Four years ago, 23% were getting bonuses in that range by their own report. Another 25% were in the 6% to 20% range. And 28% were getting bonuses equal to 5% or less of their base pay.
Most respondents reported getting more basic forms of added compensation.
Nearly two thirds (65%) reported that they got some sort of matching funding from their companies for money they put into their 401(k) retirement plans.
Another 63% said they received four or more weeks of vacation.
But only 34% said they shared in the profits of the firms they worked for. Another 5% said they got deferred compensation of some sort and 7% said they got restricted stock grants.
Similarly to 2011, only 2% said they had some sort of allowance for the use of a private jet.
But 10% said they had no deductible health insurance and another 13% reported receiving 100% health coverage tuition and daycare.
Roughly 28% expected to receive payments from defined contribution plans. And another 3% said they were slated to receive straight forward pension payments.
In a sign of the increasingly mobile and electronic times 45%, though, did report that they could "work at home when needed.''
Responses differed sometimes widely by firm size or age.
For instance, 24% of respondents from firms with 49 or fewer employees reported that they were satisfied with their compensation. Why? Because they owned the company.
By contrast, not a single respondent from a firm with 5,000 or more employees cited that circumstance as a cause for satisfaction.
That ownership sword works two ways though. Twelve percent of managers at firms with 49 or fewer employees said they were not at all satisfied.
None of the respondents at companies with 5,000 or more employees considered themselves that badly dissatisfied.
The shift in retirement expectations could be seen across respondents, by age.
Only 45% of those 55 or older said they were getting a 401(k) match from their companies. These individuals were more likely than the norm to be expecting pension payments.
But 70% or more of those under 55 years of age said they were getting 401(k) matches, instead.
In some respects, smaller firms outsported bigger firms. Roughly 14% of respondents from firms with under $5 billion of assets under management said they got first class travel approval. That compared to about 9% of those at larger firms.
And 39% of those respondents from smaller firms got non deductible health insurance where only 4% of respondents from mid sized firms did and 14% of those at large firms those with $300 billion or more of assets under management did.
Perhaps, not surprisingly, larger firms appeared to give larger bonuses.
Roughly 21% of respondents in large firms said they expected bonuses of 11% to 20% of their base pay.
That compared to 4% of respondents at medium sized firms.
Similarly, 43% of respondents from firms with less than $5 billion in assets said they expected bonuses of 5% or less of base pay.
For medium sized and large sized firms the percentages were 15% and 14%, respectively.
"Benefits and additional incentives should be added,'' said a portfolio manager and independent director at a Baltimore fund firm.
Last year, the average salary of the managers and executives surveyed by Money Management Executive was $151,900. That was up 5.4% from the average of $144,100 the respondents reported for.
The average pay in 2007: $131,100.
For 2011, the executives and managers surveyed indicate they expect their bonuses to work out to 44% of the size of their base salary.
Notably, the most satisfied group were those individuals on the lower end of the ranks of the fund firms surveyed.
More than half (52%) of the managerial and staff respondents said they were either satisfied (49%) or very satisfied (3%).
By contrast, only 46% of senior vice president executive vice president vice president and equivalent titles were satisfied (38%) or very satisfied (8%).
And least satisfied? Those in the C-suite or on a board of directors. Forty four percent were either satisfied (35%) or very satisfied (9%).
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Dehydrating food is a great way to easily preserve your food in a way that can enhance its flavor and retain most of the vitamins and all of the minerals. Dehydrated fruit makes a great alternative to candy and their lightweight and dense nutrition make them a favorite with hikers.
Dehydrated snacks are healthy and tasty, but how do you make them without the drawbacks of an electric dehydrator? What do you do with one or two bananas that you want to preserve or the five bushels of apples you brought home? The Sunkeep Solar Food Dehydrator lets you preserve all of your items, whether the amount of food be small or large.
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To fully understand why a Sunkeep Solar Food Dehydrator is so convenient and leaps above the competition, let's take a quick look at "other" types of dehydrators.
Types of Solar Dehydrators
Hanging Open Air Type
The temperature stays the same as surrounding air so works best in hot and dry climates. The hanging open air method can be used to easily dry herbs.
• Lightweight and easy to put up although not very sturdy
• Inexpensive
• To dry fruits the weather must be dry and warm for an extended period (days)
• Not recommended for vegetables, jerkey, or fruit leather
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There are many varieties of these types of solar collectors. Many construction plans can be found on the Internet. They generally produce adequate heat to dry anything, including jerky. However the flat front design results in a short (less than 6 hours) period when the dehydrator is significantly hot.
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What's your definition of success?
By ELLIOT WASHOR
We devote some attention in Leaving to Learn to describing what we mean by student success and, by implication, what we do not mean by success. We argue for looking at the whole young person, who we see as defined by more than his or her test scores. We worry, as perhaps you do, that the extraordinary attention given to math and reading scores is diverting schools from looking at much more of each student.
Here's what we wrote:
It is not just schools that need a more comprehensive understanding of success and how to achieve it. Our country is often of two minds about success. While most Americans celebrate the outliers who define success differently and take an unconventional path to achieve it, they (and this includes parents and education policy makers) take a very conservative and narrow view of what constitutes success with respect to schools and schooling. Parents, for example, are convinced that a four-year degree from as prestigious a college as their budgets will allow is the ideal pathway to success.
Our country and our schools need to treasure diversity, not just in ethnicity and race but also in how we look at the world and its problems and how we devise solutions to those problems. We are reminded of the poem "Pied Beauty," by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1877), in which he celebrates "dappled things. . . . All things counter, original, spare, strange." Hopkins encourages us to nurture the outliers.
It seems, therefore, actually dangerous or at least detrimental to our individual and collective well-being to stand so firmly on one definition of success. Our schools and our country are wasting talent because of our failure to embrace the "pied beauty" that distinguishes many of our young people.
Then think about these questions:
- What is your school's definition of student success? What are the dimensions of student success you think are important? Why?
- How open are you to other formulations of success? Other dimensions?
- How is your school trying to address all of those dimensions of success? How are the dimensions addressed in the learning opportunities you provide for students?
- How do you obtain evidence of student learning and growth in those dimensions of success?
- Even such an outcome/definition of success as "ready for college" is quite broad. Do you mean by that every student ready for Harvard? For a four-year college? For a community college or technical program? For the military?
Our guess is that, if you think about those questions deeply, you'll discover that there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure that schools will graduate every single student to be successful in postsecondary learning, in their careers, and in their families and communities.
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The only time I met Bill Clinton was after his commencement speech at the New Hampshire Community Technical College in Stratham in 1993. I was in a field near the campus entrance, waiting behind a rope line in hopes of catching a glimpse or grabbing a handshake with the new president. My goal was to urge him to suspend plans to resume nuclear weapons testing. The memory returned to me while I stood behind a rope at a Canterbury orchard two weeks ago, hoping to talk to Hillary Clinton about nuclear weapons.
The issue is as important as ever. Since 2001, we have been governed by a reckless administration that pulled out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, sought the production of a new generation of nuclear weapons, and adopted a doctrine that endorses first-strike nuclear attacks. There is little doubt that the Bush-Cheney nuclear doctrine is in part responsible for the conclusion other nations have made that they, too, would be stronger if they had the Bomb and could threaten to use it.
If we hope to restrain the proliferation of nuclear weapons and prevent their use, we need a president who will step back from the ideology of pre-emption and first-strike nuclear attacks. We need to de-escalate the arms race and move toward global elimination of nuclear weapons as we pledged to do in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This position is now endorsed by Henry Kissinger, George Shultz and Sam Nunn, who have written, "Reassertion of the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and practical measures toward achieving that goal would be, and would be perceived as, a bold initiative consistent with America's moral heritage."
Hillary Clinton's views are unclear. On the one hand, she voted against funds for a new generation of nuclear weapons and opposed Bush's abandonment of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. On the other, she has implied on more than one occasion that the United States should consider a nuclear attack against Iran by saying "all options are on the table." In addition, she said on Aug. 2, "Presidents since the Cold War have used nuclear deterrents to keep the peace, and I don't believe any president should make blanket statements with regard to use or nonuse."
Hoping to ask senator about nuclear weapons, I walked to New Hampshire Public Radio as she wound up her interview Oct. 11. Secret Service officers in the doorway told me that I was in a "federal security zone" and that I would not be permitted to remain or speak to the senator.
That afternoon, I went to Canterbury, where Clinton had scheduled an appearance at Hackleboro Orchard. Holding signs that said "Take Nuclear Weapons Off the Table" and "Nuclear Threats or Abolition?" I stood with two friends by the road as the senator's motorcade went past. Then we walked up the hill to the orchard. The senator did not call on me during her question-and-answer session and turned away before she reached me along the rope line.
Others have had more success. Hilary Kane, a Concord High student, asked Clinton about nuclear weapons at the Canterbury event. The senator said she supported nonproliferation but implied she would not initiate arms reductions until other countries did so first. The next week at the Manchester YWCA, Michelle Cunha of New Hampshire Peace Action asked Clinton if she would take nuclear weapons "off the table" with regard to Iran. "Yes, I will," the senator said. Anne Miller, also of New Hampshire Peace Action, asked Clinton if she would pursue nuclear weapons abolition. The senator said she would and called Miller's attention to her upcoming article in Foreign Affairs.
But Clinton's Foreign Affairs article still leaves the question open. The senator writes that if "Iran does not comply with its own commitments and the will of the international community, all options must remain on the table." She reasserts her support for the Comprehensive Test Ban and nonproliferation. She even refers to the statement by Kissinger, Shultz and Nunn but characterizes it as an endorsement of "reducing reliance on nuclear weapons," an interpretation that falls far short of the former officials' call for "a world free of nuclear weapons."
We are left, still, with the question: Sen. Clinton, will you turn away from threats to use nuclear weapons and call for their abolition?
When I met her husband outside the community college in Stratham 14 years ago, I grabbed him firmly by the hand and asked if he would end U.S. nuclear testing. The president's response was vague, but a month later, he said he would continue the moratorium on nuclear tests and work for a comprehensive test ban.


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In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time — none, zero.
No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.
You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time.
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rylasasin mentioned in the shotgun shell thread that the obsolete ammos should have breakdown recipes as a backup.
The recipes should only be visible if they player has some ammo in their inventory.
.32 should breakdown to the same components as .357, but slightly less, no casings.
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Preparation InstructionsDefrost burger and bun, cover with foil, and bake in oven at 300 degrees for 6-12 minutes until warm. For microwave (our preference), take 12 defrosted burgers and double wrap in saran wrap on a plate. Microwave for 60-75 seconds. Cut the saran wrap open with scissors to avoid a steam burn. If product is not warm microwave for another 15 seconds. Cooking times may vary based on oven.
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Rhonda McDowall
Our executive director implements policy, selects and supervises staff, maintains fiscal control of the agency, and functions as program advocate. She reports to our board of directors and is responsible for the overall operation of the Center.
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Naomi Chavira
Our director of community development manages all aspects of fundraising, marketing, web site development and communications, and provides support for the vision, mission, and goals of the center. She works closely with our board of directors, management and teachers, current and former parents, volunteers, and the greater Portland community. Naomi has been at Fruit & Flower since 2003 and working in the field of childcare for 17 years. Naomi has a Bachelors Degree in Education from Humboldt State University and has dedicated her life to creating quality early childhood education programs.
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Our human resources director provides direction, guidance and a mentoring staff. She is responsible for staff relations, staff orientation, staff scheduling, staff training, and implementation of safety policy and procedures.
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What a Summer it has been. I have just come back from Momentum a massive conference for 20 somethings that takes place in Shepton Mallet . Its the last of the events in the New Wine & Soul Survivor family of conferences on the site this season.
It will have been one of the last major events that I speak at as an Evangelical Alliance Director as I have just taken on two new jobs. It gave me opportunity to reflect a little on the transition. As I have had the honour of working for the Evangelical Alliance these last 7 years I have travelled the length and breadth of the UK and met so many people hungry to go deeper in their relationship with God, eager to relate their faith to their professional work and life and passionate to serve God in their communities and churches. When the opportunity to become the President of London School of Theology came up it seemed a natural next step to try and respond to that hunger so many people are feeling for depth in their relationship with God.
Theological education is an opportunity to think hard and deep about God's word so that we might know God better. I have been writing and speaking a lot recently about the need to push beyond the simplistic answers and so it has been exciting to see packed out seminars at Keswick and Momentum this summer with people young and old wanting to invest time to beef up their theology. Hundreds had to be turned away at both festivals this summer as we literally could fit everyone in the venues as we did some serious theology together. There was always a queue of people wanting to discuss rich theological questions afterwards whether it was about how to interpret scripture, how to answer friends' difficult questions or how to reconcile difficult theological concepts together. I also spent a week teaching at Le Pas Opton in France and decided to try and stretch guests there by taking a look at theology, technology and the book of Ephesians and tackling the book of Esther in the evenings. I was so encouraged to find all ages hungry for more of God's word.
The hunger is there – maybe its in you too?
So I would like to invite you to come and study with us at LST.
It's not too late and we have a range of very exciting programmes. Let me just mention two to start with:
BA in Theology
Why not make your first degree one in theology, its not too late to get into the programme this year if you act quickly. come and study at the largest theological college in Europe with a great faculty and students from all around the world.
MA in Integrative Theology
I love this programme. This is theology for the digital age – as academically credible as possible but now more accessible than ever before. Study completely online or mix it up and spend time with us at college. Choose from seven exciting specialisations: Social Justice, Christian Worship Studies, Old Testament, New testament, Systematics and Public Leadership to get an MA in theology that will do you good and equip you to do some good in the world. The MA is flexible enough to allow you to study full or part time anywhere in the world.
There's still time if you act quickly to come and join us here at LST this academic year. We'd love to help you on your theological adventure.
The amazing photos from Momentum on this post are by Alex Moyler .


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There are people who don't believe that Google Plus is really growing in the speed it is. And if it is growing that fast, it must be with the geek community only. Mindjumpers decided to take research data and really look at who is on Google Plus and what they are doing. Resulting in this infographic. The conclusion? Yes, it is growing, but its still mainly male, students and indeed, geeks, who are dominating Google Plus.
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The Faculty Development Working Group invites you to contribute to our ongoing discussions about the future of faculty development efforts at Augustana. Currently our committee is thinking about several areas of faculty development:
- New faculty orientation, new faculty programming, and mentoring
- Faculty development for visiting, adjunct, and part time faculty
- Engaging senior faculty, including emeriti faculty
- Faculty retreats for scholarship, course redesign, or career planning
- Building community through social events
- The Celebration of Scholarship
- The organizational structure of and faculty participation in a faculty development center
- Faculty awards, grants, and grant writing
We'll be hosting some sort of conversation on these topics later this academic year, but if you have something -- anything-- to say about any of these topics, please feel free to call or email one of our intrepid Working Group members: Katie Hanson, Mindi Mull, John Pfautz, Eric Stewart, Bob Tallitsch, Paul Weissburg, or Margaret Farrar. We'd love to hear from you!
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Mission Statement for Proposed Faculty Development Initiative
The Faculty Development Center at Augustana College provides faculty with the opportunities and resources to experience growth and renewal in the myriad ways they serve the College: as teachers, scholars, advisors, leaders, ambassadors, entrepreneurs, and campus citizens. Faculty development at Augustana is inclusive, collaborative, and ongoing.
Inclusive: We welcome all faculty, including those who are tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure track, administrative faculty, and staff whose work impacts our students. We offer a wide range of programs and support for faculty work.
Collaborative: Faculty development is a partnership that can only occur in a community characterized by mutual trust and respect. We help build that community in two ways: first, by facilitating conversations and building partnerships among those with common interests and goals. Second, we are attentive to faculty as whole people, whose professional development is intrinsically related to personal well-being.
Ongoing: The FDC aims to be relevant to faculty at all stages of their career, from those interviewing for positions to retirement and beyond. Our programs and workshops help faculty respond to the new challenges and possibilities of a rapidly changing academic environment.
"Soul Centering Through Nature"
Noon - 12:50 PM
Chicago Room, College Center
In keeping with the focus upon the natural world in our January 23 Symposium Day, Wednesday Noon Bible study for faculty, staff, and administrators will explore the theme ofSoul Centering Through Nature in the coming five weeks. Two prominent wisdom teachers will be our guides via videotape: Richard Rohr, Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, NM, and Bill Plotkin, depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and founder of Colorado's Animas Valley Institute. Each of our 50-minute Wednesday sessions will begin by viewing a 30-minute presentation by Rohr or Plotkin and end with 20 minutes of discussion led by Kristen Glass Perez and Richard Priggie, Augustana's chaplains.
Specific questions we will consider include:
- What if our souls were our "ultimate place, our unique role or destiny, in the more-than-human world"? (Plotkin)
- What are "the nine initiations of life"? (Plotkin) How many have you experienced?
- What is the particular role of rites of pasage in our psycho-spiritual development? (Plotkin)
- Why is "authentic inner experience" critically important for being Christian (or being fully human)? (Rohr)
- What are the implications of the fact that the vast majority of creatures saved on Noah's ark were animals? (Rohr)
- What is "Christ consciousness" and how dies it involve us in the natural world? (Rohr)
This is a no-guilt Bible study. Bring your lunch if you wish. Attend when you can. Miss when you must.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Board Room, College Center
Most of you have worked, or will work with news media as part of your job with the college. Strategic communications consultant, Teresa Valerio Parrot, will be on campus Tuesday, January 8th to lead a media relations training session at 1:00 PM in the College Center Board Room. This is an opportunity to learn the skills that will help you stay on message in any interview scenario. Refreshments and light snacks will be served. Please RSVP to Scott Cason, as there is room for approximately 10 participants.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Augustana College Art Museum
The Augustana College Art Museum will present an informal discussion relating art in its current exhibition to music on January 12, from 1:30-2:45 p.m. The exhibition's catalog,Liberal Arts through the AGES: Interdisciplinary Art Historical Inquiry 2012-2013, serves as a common text for first-year students and has become a national model for art history education. The program will be led by Augustana College faculty and will be free and open to the public.
The program will begin with an introduction by Dr. Catherine Carter Goebel, Paul A. Anderson Chair in the Arts, and professor and chair of art history. Dr. Goebel, director of the Centre for Whistler Criticism, is creator, editor and faculty curator for the exhibition and corresponding book, available free-of-charge through the Anderson Chair.
Dr. Deborah Dakin, who has previously taught from the AGES exhibitions for her music classes, will share insight on the historical relationships between music and visual art. Dr. Dakin is principal violist for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and adjunct assistant professor of music at Augustana.
Joining the discussion will be Dr. Frederick Jaeschke, who designed the CD that musically parallels both the art historical approach and illustrations in the interdisciplinary AGES book. Dr. Jaeschke is associate professor of music and directs the college's concert band. This collaborative program will conclude with an art museum tour of works displayed in the Centennial Hall gallery and listening to music selections.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
You missed it! Woody Guthrie, composer of "This Land is Your Land," turned 100 in 2012. Even though a new year is upon us and Woody is now 101, you a have chance to celebrate his music and legacy by attending the "Woody at 100" concert on Monday, January 14, and by visiting the library's exhibit about Woody, located on 2nd floor. A prolific writer, singer, and visual artist, Woody Guthrie championed the workingman and woman through his music. Along with Pete Seeger and others, Woody gave folk music a shape and direction in the mid-20th century, and he gave us songs that have become a vital part of our folk song treasury. Join the fun and celebrate Woody on January 14.
Symposium Day: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Based on feedback from students and faculty after the Fall Symposium Day, the format of the Winter Symposium day has been slightly altered (see below). We will offer the keynote address twice in Centennial Hall rather than bringing the entire campus community together during one keynote address in Carver Arena. Half the student body will attend the keynote address at 10:00am while the other half will participate in concurrent sessions at that time. At 11:15am, half of the students will attend concurrent session II while the rest of the students each lunch. This schedule will allow students to attend more than one concurrent session. At this point, we do not expect students to pre-register for sessions, although this is something we might consider for future symposia. Our plan is to run 8-9 concurrent presentations during each of our three scheduled times for concurrent sessions.
|Off campus volunteering
|Advising Group Discussion
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|Keynote Address I/ Concurrent Session I
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|Concurrent Session II /lunch
|Keynote Address II / Lunch
|Concurrent Sessions III
|Advising Group Meetings
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You are critical to the day's success. To volunteer to lead a concurrent session, please sign up on the form found here.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
College Center Dining Room
The Office of International Programs will host the 11th Annual International Food Festival. Join us for an all-you-care-to-eat buffet of dishes from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. Tickets are $15 per person or $26 for two people, and $7 for children age 9 and younger. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and serving concludes at 7:00 p.m. Seating is limited, and there are no reserved seats for this event. For additional information, please visit http://www.augustana.edu/foodfest or contact Jane Tiedge. Tickets for the 11th Annual International Food Festival are available through the Ticket Office. For menu and details, go to http://www.augustana.edu/x11272.xml.
January 26, 2013
Carver Center
Augustana College Campus Ministries will be hosting a Parent's Night Out on January 26th in Carver Center from 5:00 - 8:00 PM. Money raised through this fund-raiser will be used for their Spring Break service trip to Appalachia. The cost of the event will be $10 per child for the night. Drop off your child(ren) for an hour or three and take some time to yourself. Your kids will be entertained with games, activities and fun. You will be able to relax. Due to limitations in our facilities, we cannot accept any child that is not potty-trained. Please feed your child a meal before the event as we will only have some snack food provided.
Please sign up in advance so that volunteers and activities can be coordinated by filling out this form and email it to email@example.com by Sunday, January 20th.
If you have any questions about the event, or about Campus Ministries' service trip to Appalachia, please email email@example.com.
Faculty and staff are cordially invited to join the mathematics and computer science reading group. This group meets about three or four times during winter term on Thursdays at 2:30 PM to discuss the book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin. If you would like to join, please contact Tom Bengtson x7406 and he will get a copy of the book to you.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Augustana College
CALL FOR PRESENTERS: Undergraduate research has been identified as a high-impact practice that fosters student development, leads to greater levels of retention and persistence, and encourages synthesis and engagement.
- What do you do at your college or university to promote student research?
- Do you offer programs or support for students?
- Do you reward faculty involvement in research?
- Do you celebrate the work students do?
- Do you assess outcomes?
- What issues have you encountered?
- What have been your successes?
If you are interested in sharing how your institution has addressed these and other related questions, contact Ellen Hay. This one-day conference is designed to stretch faculty development funds through collaboration and exchange. It will feature a keynote speaker, concurrent sessions and a working lunch. Submissions are due by Friday, February 22, 2013.
CVs FOR ACCREDITATION
As you know, preparations are getting underway for the Higher Learning Commission accreditation. One of the things we need to accomplish is an archive of all current faculty CVs. Please email a copy of your current CV to Steve Klien, Chair of Faculty Welfare Committee, at your earliest convenience.
What is Summer Academy?
Summer Academy is an enrichment program for high school students. The goal of the program is to bring high school students to campus for a week during the summer for engaging learning experiences. Ideally, students who attend the Academy will build strong connections to Augustana faculty and students and will apply for admission during their senior year.
Students participating in the program stay in the dorms, take a course, and participate in organized group activities in the evening. This year, we are going to add informational sessions discussing what to look for in a college, and the college application process. We are also going to discuss what the liberal arts are, and how a liberal arts education is different than other types of college experiences.
When is Summer Academy?
Students will arrive on campus on Sunday, June 23, 2013. Courses will run June 24-June 28.
What types of courses do student take?
Short answer: It depends. What do you want to offer?
Longer answer: Courses last year ranged from CSI: Augustana to Mid-River Writers to Dance: Music Made Visible. Eleven courses were offered last year, and 175 high school students enrolled. Courses can last one, three, or five days. The instructor(s) decides the length of the course. Students are in class with instructors from 9 AM - 4 PM, with a break for lunch.
Would I get paid?
Yes, faculty earn a stipend for teaching the course. Each course must be cost neutral, meaning that the cost of the supplies required, transportation, guest speakers, faculty stipend, etc. must be less than or equal to student tuition for the program. I'll organize a meeting to discuss budgets with interested faculty, soon.
I'm interested! What do I do next?
It's simple. Contact Kristin Douglas, and we'll start discussing your course ideas.
Again this year, Augustana College will participate in the Midwest Faculty Seminars sponsored by the University of Chicago. Participation permits the College to send two faculty members to any single seminar. Below are the dates and titles of the four 2012-2013 seminars. If you are interested in attending any of these, please contact Margaret Farrar. Margaret will nominate you and send the registration form to you for completion. You are responsible for making your own travel and accommodation arrangements. If you choose to reserve a single room, the Office of Academic Affairs will cover the costs associated with that. All Pcard receipts are to be submitted to Sherry Docherty.
Islam in/and the West
February 21-23, 2013
Deadline to contact Margaret Farrar: Friday, January 18, 2013
Deadline for Registration: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Almost from its beginnings, Islam has been regarded by many European historians, theologians, political figures and others as a threat to the political and cultural traditions of the West. A great many Islamic thinkers, for their part, have participated in the construction of this relationship, too, treating the values espoused by Europeans and their heirs as fundamentally antagonistic to the ideals embraced by most of the inhabitants of the Islamic world. As a consequence, the history of this relationship has often been represented as one of ongoing conflict-a conflict that in many respects seems to continue to this day.
There is, however, another version of this story, one that the popularity of ideas about the "clash of civilizations" make rather hard to see. Indeed, while the history of Islam and the West often seems to be one of interminable conflict, there are numerous instances of conviviality and cooperation as well. Arab scholars were, for instance, instrumental in preserving and advancing the thought of the ancient Greeks. Generations of Christian theologians have looked with great admiration on the text of Islamic religious tradition. And in the past as well as the present, successive waves of population movements between East and West have made the putative opposition between Islam and Western Civilization harder and harder to believe.
This seminar, therefore, tries to go beyond the so-called "clash of civilizations" thesis in order to examine the shared histories of Islam and the West at sites throughout the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the United States. It begins with an examination of the relations among Judaism, Christianity and Islam from the time of Prophet Muhammad through to the Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the complexities of varied forms of intellectual and religious history. What defines the relations among the three Abrahamic faiths at the moment of Islam's founding? How do varied communities of believers come to understand the differences between one another? And in what ways have otherwise forgotten forms of cultural and intellectual exchange informed the histories of Christianity, Judaism and Islam as we understand them in the present?
The seminar continues with an exploration of Islam and the culture and politics of the West in the 19th and 20th centuries. How have colonial encounters between Muslims and Christians informed the meaning of modernity in the East and the West? How does the spread of Islam throughout the globe change the way we think about religion, secularism, and the nature of the public sphere? And what does the proliferation of new media technologies, transnational solidarities, and reformist political movements presage for the future of politics in North Africa, the Middle East and beyond?
While our ways of talking about "Islam" and "the West" often invoke a mutual antagonism that seems to span the ages, the historical realities this seminar tracks are much more complicated than such rhetoric suggests. By examining the often intimate forms of relation at work in the history of Islam and the West, the seminar hopes, in the end, to chart a new trajectory for thinking about Islam as a religious, cultural and political influence in the world today.
Presenters will include Rashid Khalidi (History-Columbia), Fred Donner (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures), Isa Hussin (Political Science), James T. Robinson (Divinity) in addition to other faculty in the humanities and social sciences.
Climate Change Across the Disciplines
April 18-20, 2013
The problem of climate change has of late become the source of numerous critically important academic debates. Often, however, academic discussion of the topic has been limited to the biological and physical sciences, those areas of inquiry that have done the most to bring its challenges into view. This seminar therefore proposes to examine the problem of climate change from the perspectives of the humanities and the humanistic social sciences in order to better understand the problems climate change poses for the project of humanistic inquiry. How does anthropogenic climate change challenge the way we think about ethics, politics and history? In what way does a problem like climate change alter our approaches to the study of literature and other cultural objects? Are the disciplines as constituted adequate to the task? Or does climate change foretell not just substantial changes in the way we organize our economic life, but in the way we organize our forms of knowledge as well?


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Thank you to all those who served our country...
Have a great time and be safe!
'Til next time,
Love ya, Jean
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|Violet Jelly...
I'm trying to make use of some of the stuff
that is growing around here.
All except the strawberry jam,
I used frozen strawberries for that.
I also used raw sugar which made it very dark red,
instead of a strawberry color. It tastes pretty good. The raw sugar adds a nice brown sugar flavor to it.
I planted trays of seeds about five weeks ago. Everything is thriving! I can't wait to get the plants in the ground. It is raining today, 58 degrees, and the soil is very wet. Tomorrow it is supposed to be 90 degrees! Talk about temperature swings! I think Mother Nature is going through menopause! Temperamental is what I call it!
So, I'm hoping for some "normal" weather someday soon,
so I can get out there and get my hands dirty!
I have lots of flowers blooming now,
and lots of weeds to take care of, too.
And plants to plant...
'Til next time, Love ya, Jean
And there you have it, so easy and so delicious!
Give it a try!
If you have any questions, just leave them in comments
and I will get right back to you!
'Til next time,
Love ya, Jean
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I am thrilled!
I love it!
It does all I need, and more,
and I am so excited to use it!
What a surprise this was!
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A second shoot just popped up from the first amaryllis
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The offline wallet, otherwise called software wallet, is a safe way to store your maxcoins. You can have such a wallet by installing the software on your computer.
With an offline wallet there is no third party, everything is in your hands. On the other hand you also own the responsibility for storing your maxcoins properly and safely. It will also be in your hands to protect them against villains and technical problems. With an offline wallet it is important that you make back-ups as well. Make a regular back-up and store it in a different location as your computer.
The best way to protect your offline wallet is to install the software on a separate clean computer. Do not use this computer for anything else, like browsing on the internet. This computer can be turned off most of the time. It will only need to be turned on it you want to send your maxcoins to someone else. Receiving maxcoins will logically not demand this computer to be turned on.
Before you install the software, make sure that the provider of this software can be trusted. Having a clean computer with bad software is like putting your personal key on the internet.
What is an offline (software) wallet?
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Social media marketing has skyrocketed to become a necessary element in any business' brand. Reaching your company's target audience through a strong online presence has never been easier, yet strategy is still crucial. Hashtags make messages more searchable; similar to a mini search engine optimizer within just 140 characters. By using the symbol, keywords associated with your industry become more than just words, but turn into hyperlinks that millions of potential consumers can easily find. Thus, creating the opportunity for countless digital impressions.
The hashtag also crosses virtually every medium. It can be utilized on social media platforms such as its origin, Twitter, as well as Facebook, Instagram, Google+, and Flickr. The hashtag is also always making its way into non-interactive mediums like billboard messages and commercials. By using this symbol as a tool for brand awareness, business-to-business or business-to-consumer interaction is effectively elevated.
|This infographic from Offerpop, sourced from PR Daily,
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Hotel Specs
Use for this material: please find below official Westin New York at Times Square press releases.
Getting approvals: no approval is needed for editorials. If you need further assistance or have additional questions regarding a press release, please call (212) 201-4638.
Opening Date: October 18, 2002
Address: 270 West 43rd Street (at 8th Avenue), New York, NY 10036
Location: Located in the heart of New York City in Times Square, at 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue. Steps from Broadway theatres and connected to the E-Walk entertainment/retail complex. Surrounded by New York's fashion, financial, and commercial districts. The closest first-class hotel to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Blocks away from Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal. Easily accessible to New York's airports.
Web Site: www.westinnewyorktimessquare.com
Reservations: 1-866-837-4183 or 1-800-WESTIN-1
Architecture: Designed by world-renowned Arquitectonica of Miami, the hotel's architecture features an eye-catching façade with 8,000 sheets of glass in ten colors. A beam of light rises up through its seven-story, interior atrium before breaking through the copper and blue-tinted glass façade. The illumination arches to the top of the 45-story glass prism and beyond. The entrance features an arresting welcome carpet fashioned out of lights and illuminated Westin logos.
Guestrooms: All 873 guestrooms and suites feature Westin's world famous Heavenly Bed® and Heavenly Bathsm; workstation with task lights, cordless phone, voicemail, data ports, and high-speed Internet access; dual-line phones; an intelligent refrigerated refreshment center replenishing favorite items automatically; in-room safe that can accommodate a laptop; AM/FM clock radio; deluxe grooming amenities; iron/ironing board; hair dryer; One-Cup coffee maker with complimentary Starbucks® coffee; individual climate control, and most offer incredible views of the city and the Hudson River.
As part of Westin Hotels & Resortsí dedication to well-being in travel, The Westin New York at Times Square also features a Renewal Suite. Nestled atop the 44th floor with sweeping vistas of the Hudson River, the 1,200-square foot Renewal Suite features chromotherapy, digital art, a spa bath, tranquil water, and light and music features throughout.
Guest Services: Guests of the hotel enjoy a wireless environment in all common areas; full concierge desk for all travel, tour, and entertainment needs; theatre-ticket desk; business center with high-speed Internet access; same-day dry cleaning and laundry; twice daily maid service including nightly turn-down available; valet parking; currency exchange; multi-lingual staff, and sundries shop. The Westin also keeps in mind the special needs of families traveling with children with the enhanced Westin Kids Club® program that provides special amenities for younger guests. The Westin New York at Times Square is proud to be a TAG approved, gay friendly hotel.
Other services include: E Walk®, the hotel's interconnected, 200,000 square-foot entertainment and retail complex features a Regal 13 movie theater, restaurants, and shops. Westin's Service Express® allows guests to dial only one number on their inroom telephone to make all service requests.
Food and Beverage: The all-new Foundry Kitchen & Bar serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and cocktails in a contemporary setting featuring modern, light surroundings. The hotel also has 24-hour room service, and internal access to E-Walk restaurants.
Meeting Facilities: Over 34,000 square feet of flexible meeting space for small to mid-sized meetings. Featuring 32 meeting and breakout rooms, including three ballrooms, ranging from 220 square feet to 3,500 square feet. There is also a 13-screen movie theatre with seating from 176 to 526 that is connected to the hotel, and a dramatic, seven-story interior atrium. All feature sophisticated and extensive audiovisual capabilities and full banquet and catering services. As part of Starwood Meetings, a program designed to answer the need of consistent quality delivery for meeting planners with a set of standards and practices and a StarMeeting Concierge. The Catering & Banquet Center enables guests to virtually experience their actual event while still in the planning stages. Guests can taste sample menus and see various table and room set ups and theme replicas.
Green: The hotel has received the prestigious GS-33 Lodging Properties Gold certification from Green Seal™. The hotel is also a certified member of the Green Hotels Association.
- AAA Four Diamond Award, 2004-2015
- TripAdvisor Green Leaders Award - Platinum Status, 2014
- MLT Vacations Quality Assurance Award, 2014
- Taste of Times Square, Top 10 Restaurants (Shulaís Steak House), 2009
- OpenTable, Dinerís Choice List (Shulaís Steak House), 2009
- Hotel Experience Award: Best Room Amenities, MVP/NY, 2009
- Hotel Experience Award: Best Overall Hotel Experience, MVP/NY, 2009
- Hotel Experience Award: Best Family Friendly Hotel, MVP/NY, 2008
- GS-33 Lodging Properties Silver Certification, Green Sealô, 2008, 2009
- Gold Award: Best Hotels-City Break, Virgin Holidays, 2008, 2009
- Mobil Three-Star Award, Mobil Travel Guide, 2006
- Award of Excellence, Corporate Meetings & Incentives, 2006
General Manager: Sean Verney, (212) 201-4661
Director of Sales & Marketing: Alexandra Walsh, (212) 201-4620
Photos: Full photo library available via www.westinnymedia.com and through Melissa Braverman, 347-797-7004 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Management Company: Westin Hotels & Resorts, a subsidiary of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) under the Westin brand.
Developer/ Builder/Owner: Tishman Hotel Corporation (THC) is a leading U.S.-based Hotel Asset Management and Property Management firm. THC manages over 5,600 hotel rooms nationwide and in the Caribbean, and in conjunction with its affiliates, has provided services to more than 160 hotels totaling over 80,000 hotel rooms. Hotel Business magazine ranks THC as the #2 independent hotel management company in the nation. Properties managed and/or asset managed by Tishman affiliates include The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida; the Sheraton Grand Chicago in Illinois; The Westin New York at Times Square in Manhattan; The InterContinental New York Times Square in Manhattan and the Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel in Puerto Rico.
THC is an affiliate of Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc., one of the world's premier real estate developers, owners, builders, and managers, founded in 1898 and headquartered in New York. For more information, please visit www.tishmanhotels.com.


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Pie for weddings and other special events!
Pie beats cake for all occasions
Why not have pie at your next wedding, party, or other special occasion? Or serve savory pies with a side of organic salad for lunch at your next meeting?
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You can come into our shop for a tasting. A tasting fee of $25 will let you sample 5 mini pies (a value of $25-$30). If you choose to order our pies for your event, we will deduct the tasting fee from your total (applies only to orders of $300 or more).
Wedding pie at your wedding is better than wedding cake, but even if you are having cake, you can have pie, too! Pie makes a great thank you gift for your guests who have traveled far and wide for your special day. Pie makes a great addition to a dessert buffet. Having an ice cream bar? Just add pie and everyone is happy!


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March 24, 2008 20:16 ET
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - March 24, 2008) - SEMI, the global industry association for
companies that supply manufacturing technology and materials to the world's
chip makers, today reported that worldwide sales of semiconductor
manufacturing equipment totaled $42.77 billion in 2007, representing a
year-over-year increase of six percent. The data is available in the
Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (SEMS) Report, now
available from SEMI.
Compiled from data submitted by members of SEMI and the Semiconductor
Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ), the Worldwide SEMS Report is a
summary of the monthly billings and bookings figures for the global
semiconductor equipment industry. The report, which includes data for seven
major semiconductor producing regions and 23 product categories, shows
worldwide billings totaled $42.77 billion in 2007, compared to $40.47
billion in sales posted in 2006.
"Supported by the momentum of the 300 mm ramp and intensive memory
investments, the global semiconductor equipment industry experienced its
second best year ever," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI.
"Of note are the Taiwan and China regions where Taiwan has surpassed Japan
and the China new equipment market is approaching the size of Europe's new
equipment market."
For the first time, the Taiwan market region spent more on semiconductor
equipment than any other region, growing 46 percent over 2006 to reach
US$10.65 billion. Japan claimed the number two spot with $9.31 billion in
equipment sales. South Korea ascended to third place reaching $7.35
billion, passing North America at $6.55 billion. China continued with its
expansion by growing 26 percent over 2006, reaching $2.92 billion. The Rest
of World region, which aggregates Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, other
areas of Southeast Asia and smaller global markets, decreased 18 percent.
The equipment market in Europe decreased eight percent in 2006.
The global wafer processing equipment market segment increased 11 percent;
the assembly and packaging segment grew 15 percent, the total test
equipment sales decreased 21 percent. Other front end, which includes
mask/reticle equipment, fabrication facility, and wafer manufacturing
equipment increased two percent.
2006-2007 Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market by World Region
(Dollars in U.S. Millions; Percentage Year-over-Year)
Region 2006 2007 % Change
China 2,315 2,922 26.2
Europe 3,595 2,940 -18.2
Japan 9,209 9,310 1.1
South Korea 7,014 7,352 4.8
North America 7,324 6,548 -10.6
Taiwan 7,308 10,648 45.7
Rest of World 3,709 3,045 -17.9
Total Regions 40,474 42,765 5.7
Source: SEMI-SEAJ
The Worldwide SEMS Report is published monthly and is available as part of
the SEMI Equipment Market Data Subscription. The monthly report updates
billings and bookings by world region and by industry segment. For more
information about the SEMI Industry Research and Statistics program and
subscription services, call SEMI Customer Service at 408.943.6901 or e-mail
SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply
chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI
member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and
more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been
committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and
meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and
Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
ASSOCIATION CONTACT:Scott SmithSEMIPh: 408.943.6937E-mail: Email Contact
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