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Finance Watch recommendations for a Pan-European Personal Pension Product
Brussels, 4 April 2018 - Finance Watch published its comments and recommendations regarding the European Commission's proposal for a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) (COM/2017/0343 final - 2017/0143 (COD)) from June 2017.
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The pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) is an important initiative from the European Commission, to improve the current private pension market. It is, however, unlikely to help most European citizens properly supplement their retirement income. Even if the PEPP contributes to the uptake of private pension products, this will not be sufficient to meet the huge challenges facing pension provision in the EU.


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If our goal as educators is to truly cultivate a culture where authentic innovation is occurring both within our staff and student communities, then we need to first give our staff and students consistent opportunities to create. Creation precedes innovation. Some may argue that creation and innovation goes hand in hand, that one does not precede the other; and once both are an established part of the culture, I think so too. However, without the opportunity and mindset to create, innovation simply does not happen, at least not outside of small pockets. If we want innovation to be the norm, then our students need to be creators every single day.
A creator looks at the world through the lenses of problems that need to be solved and questions that need to be answered. We want our students to be more than just isolated consumers. Instilling this type of mentality within our students and embedding it into our instruction will begin to create the type of culture that will ultimately lead to innovation. Design thinking, the maker movement, technology, and project based learning can help support this, but like anything else, it all needs to be grounded into instruction. We want our instructional and social culture to build purposeful creators who create from a foundation of knowledge and empathy.
Invest the time in your students and give them the opportunity to struggle and to fail; to become creators. Innovation doesn't come easy, don't short change yourself or your students the time to develop their creative identity. They control their future.

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October 2, 1990
December 27, 1988
Dentini; Mark S.
(Holland, PA)
Fulton; Joe A.
(Ewing, NJ)
Jin; Sungho
(Millington, NJ)
Mottine, Jr.; John J.
(West Keansburg, NJ)
Shepherd; Lloyd
(Madison, NJ)
Sherwood; Richard C.
(New Providence, NJ)
AT&T Bell Laboratories
(Murray Hill, NJ)
Primary Examiner:
Pianalto; Bernard
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Anderson; Roderick B.
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A compressible thermally conductive member comprises a polymer field with thermally conducting-magnetically aligned particles comprising a base portion and a multiplicity of protrusions extending from at least one surface of the base portion.
What is claimed is:
1. A process for making a thermally conductive compressible sheet comprising the steps of: forming a first layer of uncured elastomer, having first magnetic particlesdispersed therein; subjecting the first layer to a first magnetic field for aligning the first magnetic particles so as to form spaced to columns of such first magnetic particles; partially curing the first layer; forming over the partially curedfirst layer a second layer of uncured elastomer containing second magnetic particles dispersed therein; applying a second magnetic field across the first and second layers of such magnitude as to cause finger-like protrusions, each having a length whichis greater than its width or its thickness, to form extending from the second layer; and curing the first and second layers so as to stabilize permanently said finger-like protrusions.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein:
the first magnetic field is significantly smaller than the second magnetic field.
3. The process of claim 2 wherein:
the first magnetic field is of insufficient magnitude to cause any finger-like protrusions to extend from the first layer.
4. The process of claim 3 wherein:
the first magnetic field has a magnitude of about 300 oersteds and the second magnetic field has a magnitude of about 1100 oersteds.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein:
the first layer has a thicknes of about 15-25 mils and is partially cured by heating at about 110 degrees C. for approximately two minutes.
6. The process of claim 5 wherein:
the second layer has a thickness of about 20 mils and the first and second layer are cured by heating them in the presence of the second magnetic field at about 110 degrees C. for about 15 minutes.
7. The process of claim 1 furthering including the step of:
providing a third layer over said protrusions, said third layer being similar to said first layer.
8. The process of claim 1 wherein:
the second magnetic particles are spherical and each have a predetermined diameter;
and each of the finger-like protrusions has a length at least equal to a multiple of said predetermined diameter.
9. The process of claim 8 wherein:
each of the finger-like protrusions extends to such a length that at least upon being deformed under an applied pressure, adjacent protrusions overlap one another.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an assembly having means for conducting heat away from a heat producing member.
2. Related Art
In the electronics industry, especially where high power and/or a high density of devices are employed there is often a need to provide means for dissipating the heat generated by or at such devices. Without such heat dissipation the life ofsuch devices may be adversely and catastrophically affected. In the past, heat dissipation was accomplished by means of blowing air over the device to be cooled and/or contacting the device with a heat sink which may be provided with cooling fins forincreasing the surface area and hence the efficiency of heat dissipation. Generally, such heat sinks have been rigid metallic bodies or rigid heat conductive ceramics. In addition, elastomers filled with heat conductive particles have been employed toconduct heat away from certain devices. However, where the device to be cooled is mounted in an enclosure or housing or where there is a variation in spacing between such device and the enclosure or heat sink, it is often difficult to provide goodthermal conduction of heat from the device to the heat sink or the housing to dissipate the heat from the device and prevent excessive heat buildup within the housing. One problem has been the difficulty in making good contact between the device and themeans employed for dissipating the heat without undue pressure on the device.
We have now developed a highly compressible, thermally conductive member which, when positioned under compression adjacent a heat source can efficiently transfer heat through the member away from the heat source.
The compressible thermally conductive member comprises a polymer filled with thermally conducting, magnetically aligned particles such that, at least when under compression, a thermal path exists across the thickness of the member.
The magnetic alignment of the particles form a multiplicity of columns extending across the thickness of the member and wherein, on at least one surface, the columns extend from the surface outwardly to form a multiplicity of finger-likeprotrusions.
We have surprisingly discovered that such magnetically aligned thermally conductive particles in a polymer matrix result in significantly greater thermal conductivity across the thickness of the polymer (typically, at least twice the conductivityfor the volume loading generally employed) or compared with structures of the same particles and particle loading, but not magnetically aligned.
FIG. 1 is a representation of an electronic assembly which includes novel means for dissipating heat from the assembly.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional representation of a compressible thermal conductor useful in the present invention.
FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic cross-sectional representations of other embodiments of a compressible thermally conductive member.
In accordance with FIG. 1, there is shown an electronic assembly 1 which comprises a plurality of heat-producing electronic devices 2 stacked adjacent and spaced from one another, a compressible resilient thermally conductive sheet 3 abuttingportions of the electronic devices 2 and a metal enclosure 4 surrounding the device and abutting the thermally conductive sheet 3. At least a part of the enclosure 4 presses against and compresses a major surface of the sheet 3 to allow the heatconducted from the device 2 to pass through the sheet 3 to the enclosure 4 thence and be dissipated into the atmosphere. The assembly may further include a fan (not shown) to aid in cooling. In place of the enclosure, it is understood that any type ofheat sink or heat dissipating means can be employed. Generally, in an assembly as shown in FIG. 1 there is a large variation in spacing between the enclosure surface and the various devices therein. This gives rise to the need for a highly compressibleyet thermally conductive member, such as the thermally conductive sheet described herein, to effectively cool all of the devices.
Referring to FIG. 2 there is shown a thermally conductive sheet 21 comprising a compressible resilient compliant polymer matrix 22 having imbedded therein an array of thermally conducting magnetic particles 23. The particles 23, as shown, arealigned in spaced columns 24. The particles 23 within a column 24 abut one another or are otherwise sufficiently close, that at least under compression, will conduct heat along the column length from one major surface of the sheet to the other. Onemajor surface 25 of the sheet 21 is essentially flat. The other major surface 26 of the sheet 21 is provided with a multiplicity of finger-like protrusions 27 comprising columns 24 of thermally conductive particles 23 embedded in the polymer matrix 22. These protrusions may extend to such a length that at least upon being deformed under an applied pressure, adjacent protrusions overlap one another or alternatively may be of shorter lengths. The overlapping of the protrusions allows for heatdissipation laterally across the sheet, as well as through the sheet thickness while still affording high compressibility of the sheet with minimal applied pressure. Generally, the greater the height of the protrusion (prior to sagging of theprotrusion) the more compressible the member with a given applied force. Optionally, the base of the sheet 21 may have embedded therein or on the flat surface 25 a thermally conducting screen 28. The screen is preferably made of a magnetic metal andacts not only to enhance lateral thermal conductivity, but aids in the formation of a uniform array of columns of magnetic particles in the sheet 21.
The polymer may be any polymer which preferably is compliant and resilient when loaded with the thermally conductive particles. Examples of suitable polymers are silicone elastomers, and flexible epoxies and polyurethanes. A heat curablesilicone elastomer is generally the preferred polymeric material. Further, the particle loaded polymer may be formed by any of the commonly known techniques including casting, drawing and extrusion and may be in the form of a foam or solid.
Particles which are suitable for use, while preferably being spherical, are not limited by their shape and may even be in the form of flakes. Suitable particulate materials which are thermally conducting and magnetic are metals such as nickel,cobalt, and iron and their magnetic alloys. Other suitable magnetic, thermally conducting particles include magnetic thermally conducting ceramics, oxides and intermetallic compounds as are known in the art. Preferred particles are often compositematerials, for example, as nickel having a coating of copper thereover to increase its thermal conductivity and a second coating of a relatively inert metal such as silver to protect the copper from oxidation. Alternatively, the composite particle mayhave a non-magnetic core with a magnetic coating. Also, in addition to the magnetic particles, the thermally conductive member may incorporate non-magnetic thermally conductive particles such as non-magnetic metals, e.g. copper or ceramics, e.g. aluminaand beryllia.
In order to achieve the preferred columnar structure, the particles are aligned by applying a magnetic field to the particles in the polymer during curing of the polymer.
The thickness of the sheet is not critical and is dependent upon the particular use to which it is to be put and the maximum and/or minimum pressure to be applied in use. Typical thicknesses for the main body of the sheet are from 1 to 100 milswith protrusions extending therefrom, an additional 5 to 500 mils. The length of the protrusions are at least equal to a multiple of the particle diameter so that at least several particles are incorporated in the protrusion.
For certain applications, where the total area of the sheet within an enclosure is large, for example several square meters, and/or where there is a significant variation in surface uniformity of the device or devices to be cooled and/or thedissipating medium or enclosure, it is extremely important that the sheet be able to be highly compressible with small applied pressures to insure sufficient contact area of the sheet and the device dissipating medium between which the sheet isinterposed. Generally, deformations in the order of from 10% to 50% of the original overall thickness of the sheet under applied pressures of typically about 10 psi are attained. Such a sheet can be achieved, for example, by employing a siliconeelastomer as the polymeric matrix loaded to about 50 volume percent with essentially spherical nickel based particles having a particle size of from 1 to 10 mils which are aligned to form the desired columnar structure.
FIGS. 3 and 4 show alternative structures of the novel thermally conductive sheet material. It should be noted that the sheet material may have other uses in addition to heat transfer, e.g. as a gasket material and as an electrical conductor,such as to provide a ground plane when the thermally conductive particles also provide an electrically conducting path. Further, one may interpose another thermal conductor, e.g. a metal foil or sheet between the magnetically aligned thermallyconductive polymer sheet and/or the device to be cooled and the heat dissipator. This could enhance thermal conduction. Also, the polymer sheet can be employed between heat producing devices when there is also lateral thermal conduction toward theedges of the sheet so as to aid in heat dissipation.
The following table provides a comparison of characteristics as between a 175 mil thermally conductive silicone elastomeric sheet filled to 30% by volume with 3 mil mean diameter gold coated nickel spheres which are aligned to provide thestructure having protrusions as described with reference to FIG. 2, without the optional screen and a similar material which does not have the protrusions but is essentially flat on both major surfaces.
TABLE I ______________________________________ Comparison between novel Thermally Conductive Sheet and a similar sheet without protrusions Novel Sheet Flat Sheet ______________________________________ Displacement (at 5 psi) 85 mil 5 mil (Reduction in Thickness) % Deformation (at 5 psi) 48.6% 2.9% R(Z-Direction Contact 25-75 m.OMEGA. 2800-4700 m.OMEGA. Resistance, 25 .times. 50 mil Pad Area) Thermal Conductivity 0.745 1.74 watt/m. .degree.C. watt/m. .degree.C. (at 12 psi) (at20 psi) ______________________________________
As can be seen from the Table, the structure having the protrusions is significantly more deformable than its flat counterpart and surprisingly exhibits a comparable thermal conductivity to its flat counterpart.
In manufacture, the height, density and shape of the thermally conductive protrusions can be controlled by adjusting one or more of the process or materials parameters, e.g. the magnetic field direction and/or strength, the elastomer viscosityand the particle loading.
One method of making a highly durable, compressible, thermally conductive sheet is to form a composite from two or three discrete layers. Such a sheet is shown in FIG. 3. The first layer 30 provides a base to support the second layer 31. Thesecond layer 31 forms the finger-like protrusions 32 and the optional third layer 33 covers the protrusions 32 so as to increase durability as well as lateral heat conductivity. Layers 31 and 32 are monolithic in the final assembly with layer 33 beingon top of the protrusions. This sandwich structure may be held in a frame running along the periphery of the composite. It should be noted that the protrusions may be formed at an angle other than normal to the base material. This would enhance easean uniformity in the compression of the sheet.
By was of example, all three layers are preferably made of the same precursor materials, e.g. nickel particles coated with about 25 microns of copper to enhance thermal conduction and about 0.6 microns of a relatively inert metal such as silveror gold to prevent oxidation of the copper. Particles with a mean particle size range of about 7 to 10 mils are employed. Heat curable silicone elastomers which have an elongation factor before rupture of at least 350%, a Shore A durometer of less than50 and a tear strength of at least 85 lbs. per inch are preferred. An example of such an elastomer is Dow Corning Silastic E.
The first and third layers are made with a high particle loading, e.g. about 50 volume percent. The first layer is drawn to a thickness of typically 15 to 25 mils and the particles are aligned to form a columnar pattern by means of a magneticfield of about 300 oersteds for two minutes with partial heat curing at 110 degrees C. The second layer is drawn over the partially cured first layer to a thickness of 20 mils. The second layer generally has a particle loading of between 30 to 50 volumepercent. This layer is drawn to form the protrusions using a magnetic field of about 1100 oersteds with the protrusion height being controlled by the size of the magnetic gap. This composite is cured in a magnetic field at about 110 degrees C. forabout 15 minutes. The third layer is made in the same manner as the first layer and applied over the composite of the first two layers. All sections of the composite are then additionally cured for about ten hours, preferably in an inert atmosphere,e.g. nitrogen or argon, at about 140 degrees C. It should be noted that, in use, two or more sheets with protrusions on one surface can be coupled, or a sheet can be folded over itself, such that the outer surfaces are both flat, both have theprotrusions or one is flat and one has the protrusions.
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Whether a tourist requires a visa to enter the Netherlands all depends on his or her nationality. Citizens of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and dozens of other countries are allowed to spend up to 90 days in the Netherlands without a tourist visa; see a list of countries whose nationals are exempted from the tourist visa requirement. (Nationals of European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) member countries and Switzerland are exempt from all visa requirements.) Visa-exempt tourists can spend 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen Area (see below).
Schengen Visas
For nationalities that require a visa to enter the Netherlands, a "Schengen visa" must be obtained in person from the Dutch embassy or consulate of the traveler's home country. Schengen visas are valid for the 26 countries of the Schengen Area: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Auxiliary documents, such as proof of financial means, hotel reservations, or invitation letter from a personal contact in the Netherlands, proof of intent to return to one's home country, or proof of medical travel insurance may be required. (Visa holders should take copies of these documents with them on their travels.)
If the visa applicant intends to visit more than one Schengen country on the same trip, the visa application should be submitted to the mission of his or her chief destination; if no country meets this qualification, then the visa can be obtained from the mission of the first Schengen country the applicant will enter.
Visa applications take 15 to 30 days to process; visas are issued no more than three months before travel. Visa holders must report to the local municipality within 72 hours of arrival; this requirement is waived for visitors who rent accommodations in a hotel, campsite or similar.
Tourist visas are issued for a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period; non-Dutch nationals who wish to spend more than three months in the Netherlands must apply for a purpose-specific, temporary residence permit and, in some cases, a visa.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-graft agency arrested a former senior member of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party on Friday, in a long-running case that has damaged the ruling party's popularity ahead of elections.
The Corruption Eradication Commission - known locally as the KPK - arrested Anas Urbaningrum, former chairman of Yudhoyono's Democratic Party, on bribery charges in a $205 million graft scandal surrounding the construction of a sports stadium in Hambalang in West Java province.
"Yes, (Urbaningrum) has been arrested by the KPK," a spokesman for the agency, Johan Budi, told Reuters.
Urbaningrum is the latest in a string of Democratic Party officials to be ensnared in this and other headline-grabbing corruption cases over the past year, which included a cabinet minister and even a former beauty queen.
The scandals have left the ruling party without a popular presidential candidate and crippled its support in opinion polls, which show it is set to garner less than 10 percent of the national vote in April's general elections.
Yudhoyono, 64, is due to step down after he reaches his limit of two five-year terms at the helm of Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Parties are required to get 25 percent of the popular vote to be able to put forward a candidate in July's presidential race.
Urbaningrum, who was said to have been groomed to one day take over the Democratic Party but later fell out of favor because of the corruption allegations, has threatened to release damning evidence against other senior party officials in the Hambalang case.
Yudhoyono swept to power largely on an anti-graft platform in Indonesia's first direct presidential election in 2004.
But the country's rank of 114 out of 177 in Transparency International's annual corruption puts it the same company as Egypt and Ethiopia.
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No. 15 Florida State Defeats No. 9 North Carolina, 83-73
Feb. 1, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - First came a humbling 30-point loss at Duke. Then came a snowstorm that left Florida State's players and coaches stuck in their hotel to stew over everything that went wrong the night before.
And yet, the 15th-ranked Seminoles managed to turn a miserable trip into a memorable one Monday night.
Jacinta Monroe had 16 points and 17 rebounds, and Florida State held on to beat No. 9 North Carolina 83-73 after nearly blowing a 19-point lead. The victory put the Seminoles alone in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Courtney Ward added 13 points for the Seminoles (19-4, 5-2 ACC), who had their big second-half lead whittled all the way down to a point three times in the final 5 1/2 minutes. But Florida State started an eight-point spurt with about 3 minutes left to finally pull away from the Tar Heels (16-4, 4-2), sealing their first win in Chapel Hill since the 2000-01 season.
"We talked about it before the game - the team that was more mentally tough was the team that was going to win the basketball game," Florida State coach Sue Semrau said. "They put their mind to it. It was good for them to be rewarded."
They certainly earned it after the past few days.
Florida State fell behind 20-2 to start Friday night's game at Cameron Indoor Stadium before losing 73-43 to the league-leading Blue Devils. The numbers were ugly all around for the Seminoles; they committed a season-high 27 turnovers, shot a season-low 30 percent and were outrebounded 51-30.
As if that wasn't enough, the storm that dumped about 6 inches of snow in the area left a slushy mess on area roads and prevented the team bus from taking the Seminoles to Carmichael Arena for Saturday's practice. Instead, Semrau said, the squad reviewed game film, then broke into smaller groups to talk about the game.
Roads improved Sunday and allowed the Seminoles to get to practice. From there, they could only wait for the chance to prove they weren't the team that got blown out at Cameron.
"We were extremely anxious, especially after a loss like that where it's not our team," Monroe said. "That's not how we play. We just had to move forward immediately after that game. We couldn't sulk after that loss."
Monroe was huge for the Seminoles all night, finishing with two blocked shots in 34 minutes. She hit a pair of free throws with Florida State clinging to a 66-65 lead with 3:04 left to start the decisive run. Ward followed by assisting on Cierra Bravard's layup, then scoring her own driving basket on the next possession with about 2 minutes remaining.
Angel Gray followed with a long jumper to make it 74-65 with 1:28 left. North Carolina got no closer than six in the final seconds.
"When they jumped on us early in the Duke game, we didn't fight back," said Bravard, who had 11 points and seven boards. "Today, if they threw something at us, we figured out another way to do what we needed to do."
Florida State also helped itself by taking a 47-32 rebounding advantage, which helped the Seminoles score 16 second-chance points. That was particularly irksome for rebounding-obsessed North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell, who promised her team would get an early start on their rebounding work at practice Tuesday.
"The rebounding, I can't live with that, so the earliest we can practice is 6 o'clock in the morning and if y'all are up, you're welcome to come," Hatchell said. "We'll be here rebounding at 6 o'clock.
"We'll see what (the outcome) means to our players. I'm not sure how much it means to them. So we're going to see how much it means to them and how bad this team wants to go to the NCAA tournament - and what they're going to do with it."
Hatchell was also irritated by the Tar Heels' slow start. The Seminoles frustrated the Tar Heels with zone defense and turned the game into a grind-it-out halfcourt pace, exactly the opposite of how North Carolina likes to play.
Florida State led 36-24 at the break, then took its biggest lead when Monroe drove by Chay Shegog to make it 47-28 with 17:09 left. The Tar Heels responded with a 17-2 run behind Shegog, who scored 10 points in the 6 1/2-minute spurt before closing it with two free throws to cut the deficit to 56-54 with 8:41 left.
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We live in difficult times as Catholics. Quite possibly it has always been this way. The culture sends messages to us that are very harmful to our spiritual life. If we have become blind to this truth, it is likely that we are pursuing success as defined by the secular world instead of pursuing the holiness God has called us to live.
Here is how the world measures success:
- Is my physical appearance attractive?
- Are my clothes stylish and sexy?
- Do I eat at the finest restaurants?
- How much money do I make and how large is my savings?
- Do I have the finest house and the latest luxury car?
- Am I powerful at work, home and among my friends?
- Are my children enrolled in the finest schools so that they too can achieve worldly success?
But, God provides a different measure:
- Do I love God with every fiber of my body and soul and love my neighbor as I love myself?
- Do I care enough about the spiritual and material needs of others to do something to help them?
- Am I dependable… can others count on me?
- Am I a person of integrity and honor… can others trust and believe me?
- Am I kind and compassionate?
- Am I humble and selfless or am I prideful and jealous?
- Do I do good things and avoid evil?
We hear a stark warning in today's second reading at Mass from the Epistle of James that reminds us that to follow the way of the world – pursuing material wealth without regard to our obligation to love God and serve our neighbors – leads to our destruction. (cf. James 5:1-6)
And Jesus reminds us in today's Gospel that pride can even slip in when we are trying to serve Him. We sometimes try to prevent others from doing what is good as if it somehow detracts from our own efforts. (cf. Mark 9:38-41) He speaks forcefully about the necessity to avoid occasions of sin:
"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched'" (Mark 9:43-48).
Practical Advice for Avoiding Sin and Pursuing Holiness
God desires only good things for us. He has created each of us out of His goodness to enjoy His eternal beatitude in this life and the life to come. It is important for us to know which measurement drives our behavior and actions. If we do not examine how we live and what motivates our behavior, we will quite likely drift further from God's plan for us. Here are some simple and highly effective steps to help us see ourselves as God see us and to take corrective action to deepen our conversion away from sin and toward God.
- Make time for prayer throughout the day.
- Incorporate an examen (examination of conscience) into your bedtime prayers.
- Begin your examen by praising God and giving thanks for His goodness. Ask God to grant you the grace to be wise and open to what He desires to reveal to you.
- Identify the ways in which God has blessed you since your last examen.
- Identify the times and occasions since your last examen where you have followed God's will for your life… identify those times and occasions where you have failed, through commission and omission, to follow God's will.
- Identify recurring patterns of behavior. Where you have done well, seek more such occasions to live in virtue. Where you have sinned, seek to modify or avoid such occasions.
- Make an Act of Contrition. Resolve to sin no more. Ask God to grant you the grace and strength to surrender to the Lord.
In doing so, we will build up a storehouse of riches for the life to come. Jesus has promised that He will not forget the smallest of our good acts done for love of Him… "Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward."
A Powerful Example from a Simple Saint
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. At the Lisieux Carmel, there was a nun that was particularly irritating to Thérèse and as would be the case with most of us, she found great difficulty in being charitable when this nun would appear. Where possible we are to avoid occasions of sin, but there was no way for Thérèse to avoid this nun, nor could she in good conscience anyway. So during her daily examen, she realized that she had to change the dynamics of her encounters with this nun. She resolved to always and immediately treat this nun as if Thérèse loved her best of all, whenever they met. Such a simple and kind act… and it bore fruit beyond imagining – both women grew in charity and holiness.
When we do nothing about our spiritual life, sin becomes the easy thing to follow. But, when we begin in humility to replace sinful acts with virtuous acts, we find that holiness is far more satisfying than sin.
This is a lesson that all of the saints show us and they each learned it by following the example of Jesus who gave His life for them – and for each of us – accepting death on the cross. So as we approach the Altar to receive our Lord at Holy Communion, let us reflect on these simple truths and ask Him to help us avoid sin by striving to live according to His measure and not the world's.
Into the Deep…
Deacon Mike Bickerstaff is the Editor in chief and co-founder of the The Integrated Catholic Life™. A Catholic Deacon of the Roman Rite for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Deacon Bickerstaff is assigned to St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church where he is the Director of Adult Education and Evangelization.
He is a co-founder of the successful annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference; the Chaplain of the Atlanta Chapter of the Woodstock Theological Center's Business Conference; and Chaplains to the St. Peter Chanel Business Association and co-founder of the Marriages Are Covenants Ministry, both of which serve as models for similar parish-based ministries.
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Loyal viewers of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, on Star Plus will soon witness an exciting union of sorts between Raman (Karan Patel) and Ishita (Divyanka Tripathi).
Union? What do we mean by this when they happen to hate each other to the core?
Well, as seen in the episodes so far, Mr. Bhalla (Kaushal Kapoor) has already expressed his thought to Mr. Iyer (Abhay Bhargava) of getting Raman and Ishita married. In the episodes to come, Mr. Iyer will give his consent to the marriage, and will promise Mr. Bhalla that they both will work things out in order to give Ruhi (Ruhaanika Dhawan) a better future, with her father and mother and also to win the custody case.
So how will both the fathers go about getting the consent of their families for this marriage?
Well, a source tells us that Raman will plot to scheme against Ishita by using someone (a person from the family known to Ishita) to talk ill of her to the lady judge who has given Ishita importance in Ruhi's custody case. However, things will backfire when Ishita will get to know of this. She will have a huge showdown with Raman in which tempers will fly. Both Ishita and Raman will hit out on the other's weak points.
Meanwhile, Mr. Iyer and Mr. Bhalla will convey to their respective families that they have found a suitable life partner for their daughter and son respectively. They will convey this without revealing the name though. Mr. Bhalla will also convince his son to have a look at the girl he has chosen for him, and get married to her so that their case to get Ruhi's custody becomes stronger. At the same time, Mr. Iyer too will convince Ishita to have an interaction with the boy's family. The fathers will arrange the grand meet-up of the two families at a big hotel.
Just before the meet-up can happen, both Raman and Ishita (who are infuriated after the fight they had) will tell their respective fathers that they are ready to marry the person chosen for them, even without seeing the person.
How will the fathers reveal to their families that the bride and groom in question happen to be Ishita and Raman?
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This woodland is bursting with wildflowers, and in spring offer visitors the chance to see a velvet carpet of bluebells which covers the woodland floor.
Once there follow one of the circular walks to explore the wood, or visit the viewpoint for views to North West Alcester.
Interesting flora can be found along the wide paths and there is an ancient coppice in the heart of the Forest, making for a great wildlife spot.
Wheelchair users will need the padlock combination code if accessing the wood from the car park, phone 01299 266302 for details. There is an alternative all ability access from Alcester via the bridleway in the northwest corner of the woodland.
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5 StarsPaul, 15/Apr/2017
I have been going for years. Looking forward to seeing the bluebells again and also the many orchids.
5 StarsNikki Berriman, 31/May/2016
It's been a while since we wandered around the wood due to my dog walking companion recently having a baby but now normal business is resumed! we usually go every couple of weeks even in the winter when it's chucking down with rain (I actually prefer it as it's quieter)and it's great, I live in Evesham, friend lives in Bromsgrove so we kind of meet in the middle, usually try and get 2 laps in if time allows and I feel very lucky to have this wood just down the road from us. My only criticisms are that parking is not great and as I don't have a fancy 4x4 with big wheels I worry about getting stuck especially when it's busy and space is very limited, the ditches down the sides of the tarmac road (especially in front of the main gate- gate side of the bridge also in general is slopey) are getting very worn and deeper and when it's been raining they are more of a challenge (I don't mind the mud...I have wellies for that I just don't want to sink my tyres!!), it's much better since you re-tarmac the entrance road so could you now look at the car park please? Only other minor point is that spring and summer the teeny tiny sign opposite the entrance on the main road is so small it gets swallowed up by the trees (I've been to the Wood 100's of times and on Saturday I missed the entrance completely as I couldn't see the sign)
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Hi Nikki, Thank you for the 5 star rating for Oversley Wood, we're glad to hear that you enjoy your visits so much. In Regards to your comments about the road access and car parking. We as the Forestry Commission don't own the road access or the area used for car parking, so we are unable to make major improvements to this area. If an opportunity arises by working with the landowner, we'll be sure to take your comments onboard.
Helen Douglas., 20/Apr/2016
not really about a "visit"..go there all the time. Just to let someone know,I came across a huge mess/camp yesterday and am returning to it today with gloves, black bags etc and someone to help!There is more litter there than I have ever seen before in the woods. If I can't manage to carry it all back to the car, I will leave it onthe edge of path. It will be far side away from A46. I use to have a contact email for ranger up there but seem to have lost it over the years! We're about to be consumed by blue bell lovers up there!
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Mma Makutsi is upset to learn that she still has to do the typing even though she is now an assistant detective. Mma Ramotswe can't afford to pay for an assistant detective and a secretary. She agrees to let Mma Makutsi have her own clients subject to her agreement. She explains how one has to start small and work their way up.
That afternoon she gives Mma Makutsi her first case, that of Mr. Letsenyane Badule. He explains how he found people stealing meat at his place of employment and received promotions until he saved enough to open his own butcher shop. His wife tells him that a private charity is paying for their son's education. When he tried to contact them, there is no response. Everyday when he arrives home, his wife is gone and he thinks she is seeing another man...
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Jacko's 'Thriller' Plans | Affleck Actress Gone | J-Lo Hits New Low; Soaps Sudsed by P&G
Exclusive: Jacko's 'Thriller' Plans
At last, there's some real news concerning Michael Jackson and his plans for recording and releasing material.
So far, Jackson has no plans for a new album, but his die-hard fans will be happy to hear what else is happening.
Jackson is involved in putting together a 25th anniversary edition of his best-selling album, "Thriller." Those with long memories will recall that "Thriller" is considered the biggest-selling pop album of all time, succeeding Carole King's "Tapestry" and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and breaking every record it came near.
Jackson's new music attorney, Peter Lopez, told me on Tuesday that about four of the original "Thriller" tracks are being remixed as "extras" for the CD package. Kanye West, Akon and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas are supposed to be doing that work. The songs are "Billie Jean," "The Girl Is Mine," "Wanna Be Starting Something" and "Pretty Young Thing."
In addition, Lopez says that four tracks left off "Thriller" in 1983 will be included. Jackson's longtime producer Bruce Swedien, who no longer works with the pop star, told me that one track he knows of is a killer. It's called "Don't Be Messin' Around." Swedien doesn't know any of the other tracks left off the album but said there may be some out there.
The whole "Thriller" project is an attempt to resurrect Jackson's moribund career at a time when he continues to be in financial peril. This column confirmed on Tuesday that Jackson is in hot water again. He owes a $5 million interest payment to Fortress Trust, the publicly traded hedge fund that bought his $272 million loan from Bank of America in April 2005. The payment is due on Oct. 31.
According to my sources, Fortress, however, already has tried to sell the loan, which was refinanced to $325 million in April 2006. A new lender appeared a few weeks ago but since has disappeared. Whether Fortress keeps the loan or sells it, Jackson will have to refinance before Halloween to stay afloat.
My sources say that should happen, but Jackson's debt load just continues to increase with no hope of ever being reduced.
What's more, Jackson has no immediate solution to make money. Many older pop stars have found gold in live performances. Elton John, Celine Dion, Gladys Knight and Bette Midler, for example, have made Las Vegas their headquarters. But Lopez, the new attorney, tells me the beleaguered pop star has no interest in touring or performing. "He feels he's done that," Lopez said.
"Thriller 25" will be issued by Sony because it's part of that catalog. But Jackson has no recording contract and, frankly, no interest from record companies.
However, as I reported on Monday, Prince Abdulla of Bahrain is suing Jackson for $7 million because he has a signed agreement to issue two Jackson albums on a joint venture record label. Jackson is not honoring that agreement, the prince claims.
So perhaps — nothing is ever definite in Jackson's world — we will see the new "Thriller" in early 2008. This news explains what Akon, will.i.am and West have been doing with Jackson, who still is living in the Northern Virginia area and traveling to New York occasionally instead of returning to his Neverland Valley Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif.
Meanwhile, in other Jackson legal news, the singer has lost another case to former attorneys seeking unpaid fees. A judge has ruled that Jackson owes Brent Ayscough about $420,000.
I'm told that Jackson's East Coast attorneys also have settled another case, brought by attorney Brian Oxman, self-appointed Jackson family spokesman, for about $1 million. Of course, settled doesn't mean collected. All of these come under the heading of accounts payable.
Affleck Actress Gone, Baby, Gone
The movie premiere in Boston on Monday for Ben Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone" was minus one cast member. Jill Quigg, a local young woman who plays Dottie, the foul-mouthed best friend of Amy Ryan's Helene, was indisposed — i.e. incarcerated, and unable to attend.
Quigg, whom Affleck met while shooting in Boston, is not a professional actress. But using her forceful personality — seen on screen — she talked her way into playing Dottie.
Unfortunately, Quigg's real-life demons are preventing her from enjoying the film's publicity. Too bad: She has a great moment early on when she announces the neighbors are keeping a "visual" for a missing child. She means "vigil."
"Gone Baby Gone" got its New York premiere last night in New York, with Affleck, who co-wrote the script from Dennis Lehane's novel, there with brother Casey, who stars in the film, and their parents, Tim and Chris.
Also on hand: Ryan, who's wonderful as the trashy, rather hateful Helene; Mark Margolis, who also plays David Duchovny's dad on "Californication,"— as a memorable drug addict; and Matt Maher, who is believably lowdown in this film about a walk on Boston's dark side.
The film also has some tremendous performances from Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, Morgan Freeman and Titus Welliver. The casting throughout is spot-on, as is the cinematography thanks to the always amazing John Toll.
Like Lehane's "Mystic River," "Gone Baby Gone" is another tale from East Boston of people living tough lives. Helene is a drug addict and single mother whose 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, has been kidnapped. Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan are local private detectives (and boyfriend and girlfriend) asked to join the search by Helene's sister-in-law, Bea (Madigan at her best).
At first it seems like an easy case to solve. The child was abducted by a drug dealer from whom Helene and her boyfriend stole $130,000. But nothing is quite as it seems.
Lehane's material is so solid that perhaps no one can make a bad movie from it. But I do think Affleck's film is kind of a little miracle for a first-time director. Absolved of playing himself on screen, as he's done in his last 99 films, the Boston actor is able to bring his intelligence and quick-study to "Gone Baby Gone." The movie never bogs down and remains faithful to Lehane's book.
Ben also is smart enough to see that his little brother is the young movie star of the moment. As in "Jesse James," Casey Affleck simply astounds. Physically small and aided by a cracking voice that bears no immediate locale, Casey tackles the main role of Patrick and becomes a leading man.
Where in "Jesse James" his Robert Ford is great character work, Patrick more often than not is the straight man among a den of thieves and nuts. These back-to-back roles are the best resume an actor could have. Casey Affleck's going to have quite a career.
J-Lo Hits New Low; Soaps Sudsed by P&G
Jennifer Lopez's "Brave" CD sold 55,000 copies and finished at No. 11 in its debut week. In other words: It's over, and so is J-Lo's recording career.
A good actress and never a singer, Lopez had her moment as invented diva. But truly, the center could not hold. A Sony Music insider says the album was part of her existing deal and that a lot of money was not spent on "Brave" overall.
Lopez, now rumored to be four months pregnant with twins, will have bigger issues to deal with soon. Whether she will lip-synch lullabies is a whole other column. …
Procter & Gamble once had 10 soaps on the air. Now it has two left, "As the World Turns" and "Guiding Light," and they're determined to kill them off, too.
On Tuesday, it announced the shows would be filmed like the reality program "The Hills" starting in January. P&G already has hobbled the shows with cut budgets and no sets. Now it will opt for handheld cameras and exteriors shot off sets to save money. It's a recipe for disaster and I suspect they know it.
It's too bad: The P&G soaps have been launching pads for Kevin Bacon, Morgan Freeman, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Susan Sullivan, Steven Weber, Kate Capshaw, Tamara Tunie, Justin Chambers, Brad Pitt and dozens upon dozens more.
P&G can afford anything. It's one of the world's richest corporations. This cost-cutting just makes it look kind of pathetic. It should just sell the shows if it doesn't want them. …


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In this lesson, we learn about the beginning, the middle and the end of one complete 'time cycle' of this world. More than anything else, we will understand the great significance of the period we are undergoing at present.
The world has been in existence since eternity and it will continue to be eternal. The world was neither created anytime before nor will it get destroyed later, because matter can neither be created nor destroyed, it only undergoes transformation from one form to another. Similarly this world also undergoes changes in its characteristics, but as such the world was not created out of nothing nor will there be a total annihilation.
The cycle of time is best understood with the help of the picture of the world drama wheel. It illustrates the "flow" of time. In the middle of it is the Fylfot ( Swastika ) which divides the Time into four equal parts. The Swastika is considered to be very auspicious.
In the first part of this Wheel of Time, marked by Swastika is shown Golden Age. Here the arm of the Swastika is pointing towards right because the right arm symbolizes what is good or what brings about goodness. In these early times, when the cycle started, people of the diety religion ( Sanatan Dharma) were possessed of divine qualities and nature and they enjoyed complete purity, 100% peace and complete prosperity.
Then came the Silver Age. In this era too, people were possessed of purity, peace and prosperity to a very high degree. But the degree of their divine qualities had decreased a little. They were two degrees less divine than the people of the Golden Age who were divine to the extent of 16 degrees. Therefore the arm of Swastika that indicates this epoch is bent downwards because souls in this era had come down from the state of super-righteousness to what is just righteous.
Next came Copper Age.After having experienced beatitude and fruition for many a life, turned ti the path of vices or unrighteousness. This is why the arm is reversed because the left hand symbolizes what is impure and auspicious. People then were second-grade by their nature, qualities and actions. Mankind is now divided on various religions; strifes and disputes started to appear and the five vices brought disquiet and sorrow in homes.
Steadily, unrighteous doings, ie the actions done under the sway of one or the other of these five vices, led the world to more and more impurity and sufferings and the world came under the yoke of Iron Age ( Kaliyuga). Strifes, wars, bellicosity and the resulting peacelessness increased rapidly in frequency and intensity in this era. Therefore the fourth of Swastika is shown raising itself up to indicate the rise in conflicts, clashes and calamities. Then, a stage comes when ignorance, lassitude, stupor, moral turpitude and sin become dominant. People become devilish by nature and religion becomes utterly degenerate.
The Significance of the present period
At present, we are undergoing through a critical phase in the history of mankind. This is the period of the confluence of the ending phase of the Iron Age and the starting phase of the Golden Age. This is the most important of all epochs, called the Confluence Age, when God, the Highest Being, descends in this world to meet the human beings, His beloved children and gives the most precious boons of Redemption and Beatitude.
Through the Godly Knowledge and the easy Raj Yoga, God creates the Golden Age or new viceless order. The act of 'creation' does not mean constructing something out of nothing but it means the moral reconstruction of mankind or the re-establishment of the ancient most Deity Religion. The reader would be pleased to know or, perhaps, surprised to know that God Shiva, the Supreme Father of all, is indeed doing this great task of resurrection of mankind at present. The world will soon be free of all miseries and the paradise, which is full of peace and happiness, will be established again.
The Nature of the World Drama Cycle
The cycle of five epochs, comprising Golden-Age, Silver Age, Copper-Age and Iron Age and the confluence Age repeats exactly everytime after it has turned full wheel. During every cycle, the souls who are the actors on this world-drama stage will be the same. Each soul will act the same part in every cycle since, in the soul itself is indelibly ingrained the part it has played life after life in the previous cycle or that it has to repeat cycle after cycle. Just as in a tape record or a gramophone record, a whole song or drama is recorded and it repeats every time the record is played, even so, a soul's role in this world drama is recorded in the soul itself which is only self-luminous, conscient point. The soul replays the part once every 5000 years because each one of the four eras of the world-drama being equal to 1250 years, the duration of one World Cycle is 5000 years.


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I'm off for two weeks. My friend Dominic is taking over with a very interesting essay. I find it relevant to the place where I left last week, when I was talking about schools, education, and the institutional approximations of writing. As the text was too long for a single entry, we decided to half it and thus cover two consecutive weeks. Here's the first hemisphere. Enjoy.
Francisc's post last week immediately made me think of something which I wrote earlier this year, looking at the relationship between forms and boxes on the one hand, and writing practices on the other. I sent it to him and he invited me to adapt it for this blog.
"Think outside the box." How often, in this globalised, economy-driven world do we stumble upon this tired and trite cliché? And let's be honest, the mildly adapted "think outside the brief" isn't any better. Both of them are sorry examples of the so-called "buzzspeak" of the business ecosphere, still somehow in vogue, particularly among those who don't work in the business world. They're pretty frustrating, if you asked me, and that's primarily because, in their very utterance, they recreate the thing they are attempting to circumvent; they merely draw a bigger box to contain this very out-of-the-box thinking, without making things any clearer or easier than they were in the beginning. What was outside the brief, even if only for a moment, is now firmly back inside it. The box, the brief, they have simply been restated, much like how schoolteachers restate ignorance in their attempts to explain it away. But more on this later…
The attack of the Mighty Form
I became rather obsessed with forms and boxes, in part due to having to fill in a lot of them for various scholarships I was applying for. (You have to be in to lose, as one of my friends says. I lost.) Of course, once you start looking for forms, you start seeing them everywhere, particularly in the university where I currently study, and hope to work one day (the only difference between these two things, ideally speaking, ought to be a salary, but we know this isn't entirely true, right?). The place is practically awash with forms. Listing even only a few of them is enough to make one's head spin: forms for grant proposals, scholarships, transfer requests, concession forms, extensions, confidentiality agreements, and so on and so forth. Forms and boxes everywhere. The university is a realm of knowledge whose foundations are built on paper. Its day-to-day is a constant transaction of forms and paperwork.
This inflation of blank-spaced documents made me think of the relationship between boxes and writing. For some reason, form-filling doesn't feel like an instance of writing. We don't perceive it as such. We view it as some separate thing entirely. We're just filling out forms, and that's all. Nothing to it. And yet this is probably one of the more consistent acts of transcription that many people ever do. But what can forms and form-writing tell us about writing in general?
When we look at a form, it is usually fairly clear to us what the document is demanding. Either through explicit instruction or implicit design, the form in-forms us as to its specific demands. However, being lost inside this specificity, or rather, obscured by it, is what the form teaches us of its own practice. As a component of the writing process, when we investigate the nature of forms we discover something of the nature of writing. Forms and writing are blended into one another. Looking at it more closely they can't be separated at all.
The form, the format, the box
I came across the exercise below in my (much younger) sister's homework some time last year. Evidently, it's an exercise designed to teach the forming of letters. Recalling it during this form-obsession, I looked online to try and find it, and sure enough, this is a pretty standard manner of teaching letters - one of the first activities we do when learning literacy. The action implicitly obliged by the traceable lines of the letters indicates that this constitutes a kind of form-filling action. Right from the very outset then, in becoming lettered, we learn to form in a dual sense: the forming of letters, and the recognition and replication of the form itself. The ghost-like etchings of the letters, coupled with the boxes inside which they live their gloriously boxed lives, teach the requirement of working within the square, the very basis of form filling.
|An aid made by teacher Angela Griffith for children to learn to transcribe letters.
The whole scholastic-educative system proves to be underpinned by forms and the act of form-filling, right from the very first exercises we undertake (or are under-taken for us and to us) in writing. Most of these incipient writerly activities take the very clear shape of a form, in the guise of spelling sheets, math problems and so on. Although it becomes increasingly oblique over the course of our schooling, this framework is consistent throughout the process of our education. The very notion of homework can be considered a form-performance action, informed as it is by such exercises, all of which fit under the form-filling umbrella. It all brings new light to the concept of formal education itself (not to mention the notion of being informed). The repetitive form-filling action teaches us increasingly to recognise less the parameters of a form or forms, or indeed, even question them, and pay more attention to the specifics of the individual form in particular. The meta-learning process of filling in boxes is obscured by its regularity and its special way of hiding behind demand. But let's just look at this again. Would it be too much to see the entire educative process as a progression of filled-in boxes? Would it be too presumptuous of us to see that most of the rewards we get are in fact rewards for having acquired this unique skill, for having mastered this unique educational contraption: the box?
A special place
The box is the form's primary tool. It privileges the space within which some responses will be considered legitimate, and discounts those falling outside the borders: the illegitimate ones, the unaccepted, the outrageous; the outlaws of writing. The box is a designed space, a visual limitation of where one can and cannot write. Each box represents a border. We recognise this implicitly, hence the feeling of awkwardness whenever we find ourselves running out of space within the lines and having to contemplate writing outside the frame. The box can be either explicitly outlined, physically concretised and made visible, or implied and left invisible. The form it takes matters less. What really counts for successful forming is the form's very success. Please respond to these questions in the space provided, tick that box, and sign on the dotted line. Kindly forget that there is wood in those trees on your way out. Thank you. Nuance? Not likely.
The logic of the form appears to permeate so many facets of contemporary life. Let's take the example of tertiary education; our exams, to be more precise. Think of the first action one takes when one sits an exam: the filling-out of the form on the cover sheet. I don't feel the need to say too much (exams are an easy target, after all), but I can't help thinking that maybe the whole process is formatted (or form-matted) this way. Every thought I generate, every word I write; they all fit inside these prescribed spaces. Even the essay constructs a box around itself, for what is a limited word-count if not an invisible border? Stray too far under or over and you suffer the consequences. The margins, the font size? Formatted processes. Titles, subheadings, questions? Nothing but borders, frames, boxes.
Ah, the boxed adventure of my education! But it doesn't stop there. The ruled lines on a legal pad, they too emphasise the ordered nature of writing. The page, the Mighty Page itself, is a box, as is the computer screen, as is the word processor. I turn around and all I can see is writing that occurs in boxes. That's because writing does occur in boxes. Only we don't see them. We turn a blind eye on the box, distracted by the contents. Please initial here, here and here. Write your name, date of birth and purpose for your visit. Sign here, thank you.
Ah, the boxed adventure of my education! But it doesn't stop there. The ruled lines on a legal pad, they too emphasise the ordered nature of writing. The page, the Mighty Page itself, is a box, as is the computer screen, as is the word processor. I turn around and all I can see is writing that occurs in boxes. That's because writing does occur in boxes. Only we don't see them. We turn a blind eye on the box, distracted by the contents. Please initial here, here and here. Write your name, date of birth and purpose for your visit. Sign here, thank you.
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After Hideki Matsui was sent to the disabled list with a left knee injury June 22, it seemed like his season had a good chance of being over.
But despite some rough patches during the nearly two months he spent rehabbing the knee, Matsui made it back into the Yankees lineup earlier this week, and will try to help the Bombers get things turned around starting tonight in Baltimore (7:05, My9, WCBS).
"There was some uncertainty whether I was going to be able to come back, so to be able to be here, I'm definitely happy," Matsui told MLB.com through an interpreter Monday.
Matsui was the lone bright spot in the Yankees' 14-3 drubbing at the hands of Roy Halladay and the Blue Jays last night, hitting a three-run homer in the seventh inning to provide the Bombers' entire offensive production.
Injuries to Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain, along with the ineffectiveness of Ian Kennedy and Phil Hughes, have given the Yankees fits all year long. But the loss of Matsui over the past two months arguably had as big an impact.
When he went down in June, Matsui was hitting .317 with seven homers and 34 RBIs.
"He's been a big part of the lineup over the years here," Joe Girardi told MLB.com. "His at-bats are always good and he's a professional hitter. You don't worry about left-handers or right-handers against him. He makes your lineup deeper and we look forward to him staying healthy for the last month-and-a-half here."
After struggling in his first attempt to come back from the knee troubles in June, Matsui kept rehabbing – and avoided surgery – in the hopes of getting back and helping the Yankees fight their way back into the playoffs this season.
"I still wanted to contribute and be a strength of this team," Matsui told MLB.com. "I want to be part of helping this team win a championship. There was part of me that believed I could still make it back. That controlled my decision."
Tonight's Pitching Matchup:
Yankees RHP Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.35 ERA) The former Oriole has had relatively good success against his old club throughout his career, with a lifetime record of 10-8 against Baltimore. It's been a different story this year, however; Mussina is 0-2 with an 11.12 ERA in 2008 against the Orioles. He'll hope to continue his recent success tonight; he is 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA in his past three starts.
Orioles RHP Radhames Liz (4-3, 7.47 ERA) The No. 2 prospect in Baltimore's system entering 2008, according to Baseball America, Liz has struggled a bit in his first extended action in the major leagues. Over his past three starts, Liz is 1-2 with an 11.20 ERA. He will be making his first start against the Bombers this year, but in 4 1/3 innings against the Yankees last year, Liz allowed one run on three hits, striking out five and walking two.


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HRV girls basketball coach Tracy Norton is staring at a bit of a quandary to start the 2002-03 season.
The second-year head coach lost three-fourths of her roster to graduation, and now, one of her two returning starters, senior point guard Becca Meierbachtol, is saddled with an injury that may keep her out until mid-January.
But if you ask Norton if she's concerned, she'll calmly point to a list of six hard-working underclassmen who have already earned her respect.
"We have a lot of quick, smart young players this year," she said. "They are fundamentally sound and are used to playing against good competition.
"We may make some mistakes early in the season, but I'm confident in the athleticism and toughness that I've seen so far," she said.
Taking to the forefront early in the season will be Meierbachtol's understudies, sophomore Kristen Hedges and freshman Stefanie Draper. Hedges is slated to start the season at the point, with Draper playing at the two-guard.
"The one positive that comes out of losing a starter like Becca is that the younger girls will get plenty of varsity experience before league play begins," Norton said.
"These are kids who work their butts off in practice every night, and I believe that they have enough experience to keep us moving forward until Becca gets back."
Another young impact player for the Eagles this year will be sophomore Talia Hinman, who will see most of her time at the small forward and power forward positions. If the Eagles are to be successful in the IMC, Hinman will be asked to score and rebound, and play defense in the post.
"Talia is going to contribute a lot right away," Norton said. "She can play a number of positions and she is extremely tough, not to mention very athletic."
Versatility is going to be one of the keys for HRV this year, and with a quality assortment of "swing" players and much-improved team speed, they should be able to overcome a few height disadvantages.
Adding some zip to the lineup in 2002-03 are three of last year's JV stars: Anna Hidle, Suni Davis and Alyssa Ortega. All three are juniors and will play significant minutes at the shooting guard and small forward positions, alongside senior Becki Flory.
Flory will be counted on for leadership this season and may be asked to score more after three of the team's leading scorers, Lindsay Benjamin, Mickie Halliday and Meghan Merz, graduated.
"We're looking for Becki to take on a leadership role with the team this year," Norton said. "She's also going to have to be more offensive-minded and look to score when she has the open shot."
In addition, Flory will need to keep up the defensive intensity that made her last season's team leader in steals. Her quick hands and anticipation of the passing lanes will be critical to helping HRV run an effective fast break — something they were unable to do consistently last year.
"I expect us to be much more defensive-minded this year," Norton said. "We're going to take advantage of our quickness and try to press teams more, which should lead to more early offense."
To provide those fast-break opportunities, the Eagles' post defenders must overcome the loss of seniors Lesley Betts, Halliday and Merz in the middle. The three players entrusted with that challenge will be seniors Brittany Reed and Lori Wimmers, and freshman Megan Flem.
"I'm not too worried about our lack of size because we're a much different team than last year," Norton said. "We were a lot more post-oriented last year, and this year we have a lot of quick, guard-type players who can get out and run the floor."
Reed, Wimmers and Flem will do their best to match up against the larger, more physical teams from Pendleton, Hermiston and Bend as the Eagles move into the Intermountain Conference.
"I would say the playoffs are within our reach," Norton said. "After Hermiston and Pendleton, I'm not sure what to expect. But I look forward to scouting them."
Norton already knows that Hermiston is one of the top five teams in the state, and should be the best team in the IMC "by far." She is also familiar with Pendleton's strength after playing them during the 2001-02 preseason.
The Eagles begin the season Monday night when they host the Hood River Jamboree. Their first preseason game is next Friday at home against Reynolds, and the league opener is Jan. 10 at home versus Redmond.
"One thing I do know is that this season is going to be fun," Norton said. "The style of play and this group of girls will make for a fun brand of basketball."
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UJ break their 2017 duck
The match was plagued with handling errors and it was the Boot of Divan Nel that kept UJ in the game. The flyhalf scored all his side's points with six successful penalties. Marthinus de Beer scored 12 of Tuks' points with four penalties of his own before the dramatic final play.
Tuks could have grabbed the lead in the second minute but Marthinus de Beer's penalty attempt hit the upright. They were made to rue that miss though as the home side took the lead in the seventh minute when Divan Nel slotted home his first penalty attempt to hand UJ a 3-0 lead.
The home side were reduced to 14 men in the 13th minute when Tshegofatso Ramaboea was sent to the bin and Tuks nearly took full advantage when they crossed UJ's tryline in the 15th minute. However, the try was ruled out after a player was in an offside position at scrum time.
The visitors managed to get themselves on the scoreboard on the stroke of the first strategy break when de Beer slotted his first penalty from right in front of the posts to level matters at 3-3. UJ were under all sorts of pressure and were once again reduced to 14 men when Willem Massyn was sent to the bin for a high tackle.
De Beer slotted the resulting penalty to hand Tuks a 6-3 lead after 25 minutes. UJ remained under pressure for the remainder of the half but Tuks failed to add any further points to their total. The home side went into the break the happier side though as they managed to level matters with the final kick of the half.
Nel slotting his second penalty of the match to ensure the sides were level at 6-6 at the half-time break.
UJ were the first to score in the second half when Nel slotted his third penalty after Tuks infringed at the breakdown inside their 22.
Tuks were reduced to 14 men in the 49th minute when Johan Fouche was given his marching orders for a dangerous clean out at the breakdown. UJ took advantage of the as Nel slammed home his fourth penalty of the night to stretch UJ's lead to 12- after 52 minutes.
De Beer then reduced Tuks' deficit to just three points when he slotted his third penalty just a minute later. It was then Nel's turn to slot another penalty in the 56th minute, only to have it wiped out in the 63rd minute by another de Beer penalty.
UJ held a slender 15-12 lead at this point before Nel added his sixth penalty of the match to stretch the home side's lead to 18-12.
UJ were then reduced to 14 men for the third time in the game when Wian Conradie was shown a yellow card for an infringement at the breakdown in the 75th minute. It was all Tuks from that point as they grabbed the only try of the match, leaving it up to the conversion to snatch victory.
Up stepped Joshua Stander but he failed with the conversion from in front of the posts.
For UJ:
Pens: Nel 6
For UP-Tuks:
Try: TBC
Pens: De Beer 4
Yellow cards: Tshegofatso Ramaboea (UJ, 13), Willem Massyn (UJ, 25), Johan Fouche (Tuks, 49), Wian Conradie (UJ, 75)
UJ: 15 Ewan Adams, 14 Peter-John Walters, 13 Aphiwe Dyanti, 12 Jaco Fourie, 11 Tshegofatso Ramaboea, 10 Divan Nel, 9 Johan Esterhuizen, 8 Willem Massyn, 7 Adrian Bester, 6 Wian Conradie, 5 Estian Enslin, 4 Reinhaard Nothnagel, 3 Nico du Plessis, 2 Johannes Snyman, 1 Waldo Wiedeman.
Replacements: 16 Le Roux Baard, 17 Kyle Kruger, 18 Chergin Fillies, 19 Jo-Hanco de Villiers, 20 Siyabonga Luwaca, 21 Devon Mare, 22 Dominic Kroezen, 23 Kevin du Randt.
UP-Tuks: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Dewald Naude, 13 Adrian Maebane, 12 Impi Visser, 11 Sibahle Maxwane, 10 Marthinus de Beer, 9 Theodorus Maree, 8 Clyde Davids, 7 Christiaan Massyn, 6 Eduan Lubbe, 5 Brian Leitch, 4 Aston Fortuin, 3 Johan Fouche, 2 Jan-Henning Campher, 1 Andrew Beerwinkel.
Replacements: 16 Theunis Reynolds, 17 Jacobus Holtzhausen, 18 Marius Verwey, 19 Juan Swanepoel, 20 Raegan Oranje, 21 Joshua Stander, 22 Immanuel Libbok, 23 Franco van den Berg.
Referee: Jaco Kotze
Assistant referees: Local
TMO: Johan Greeff


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