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Professor Stephanie E. Pitts BA, MEd, PhD, PGCE, FHEA
Department of Music
The University of Sheffield
Jessop Building
34 Leavygreave Road
Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 0481
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As Head of Music, I'm passionate about our department and its rich diversity of perspectives on music, which all inform our teaching, research and musical activity. My own research and teaching interests are in musical participation, concert audiences and music education, and in the qualitative research methods used to understand people's uses of music in their everyday lives. I have previously spent three years as Assistant Director of Learning and Teaching for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and have been involved in many departmental roles relating to student learning and experience, including Director of Undergraduate Studies, Admissions Tutor and Director of Student Experience.
I first came to Sheffield as a PhD student (1995-98), researching the historical development of music education in secondary schools. I had completed my undergraduate music degree at the University of York, where I was inspired by Professor John Paynter to be interested in the practice, research and aims of musical education. Alongside my PhD studies I trained as a secondary school music teacher, and then spent a couple of years teaching part-time in a secondary school in Derbyshire, and also working as a freelance researcher and writer for the National Foundation for Educational Research. I became a lecturer in the music department in 1999, so joining the many people who come to Sheffield as students and decide to make their home in this welcoming, hilly city.
I enjoy teaching and research equally, and benefit from the connections between them too. I contribute to MA teaching in psychology of music, and was awarded a HEFCE grant to redesign the department´s distance learning MA in Psychology for Musicians and to introduce the MA in Music Psychology in Education. At undergraduate level, my modules include Music in Education and Music in the Community, both of which give students opportunities to undertake research placements in local schools and arts organisations, providing experiences that often shape their future careers. My commitment to teaching is demonstrated in my Senate Award for Teaching Excellence (2006), a Student Union award for contributions to student employability (2010), and the leading of Faculty projects on student feedback, employability and undergraduate research.
I have around eight postgraduate research students working on projects within music education and social psychology – and a similar number have completed their doctoral research with me in recent years. Current and completed students include the following: Sarah Price and Lucy Dearn, working on 'Music, place and people' with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Music in the Round, respectively; Jo Miller, Teresa Rombo, and Michael Bonshor, all considering aspects of musical performance, from the performance practices of Scotland and Portugal to the development of adult singers' confidence; Tim Robinson and Miranda Cournane, looking at informal learning; and Chris Brammeld, Daphne Bryan and Mary Hawkes, researching instrumental learning in various ways, including the application of attentional focus techniques from sports psychology.
With two other PhD graduates of mine, Melissa Dobson and Kate Gee, and Professor Chris Spencer (Dept of Psychology), I founded the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre (SPARC) in 2010, and this initial research team undertook a study of performer and audience loyalty with a regional orchestra. The SPARC team has now been joined by two doctoral students, working on AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award projects with Music in the Round and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In 2014-15, we also hosted Jonathan Gross as a post-doctoral researcher on a project with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, looking at audiences for contemporary arts – a project that we hope to extend to national networks of arts organisations in the near future. With Karen Burland (University of Leeds), I recently edited Coughing and Clapping (Ashgate, 2014), which brings together audience research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and across a range of art forms.
My other current research explores various aspects of lifelong engagement in music, using a life history approach to understanding the long term impact of music education in the book Chances and Choices: Exploring the Impact of Music Education (OUP, 2012). With support from an AHRC Cultural Value grant, I have recently worked on a study of lapsed musical participation, building on my case studies of amateur performing groups and audiences, published as Valuing Musical Participation (Ashgate, 2005). Other books include A Century of Change in Music Education (Ashgate, 2000), Music and Mind in Everyday Life (OUP, 2010, co-authored with Eric Clarke and Nicola Dibben), and Becoming a Successful Early Career Researcher (Routledge, 2012, co-authored with Adrian Eley, Jerry Wellington and Catherine Biggs). My research on music in higher education and on audience experiences of live musical events has been funded by PALATINE and the British Academy, respectively.
From 2002-7, I was joint editor of the British Journal of Music Education, and continued as review editor until 2011. I am external examiner for Masters programmes in Music Education at Kingston University and Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, and have previously served in that role for the BA in Primary Education with Music at the University of Reading (2011-14), the MA in Community Music, University of York (2008-11), and the BEd and PGCE Music courses at Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln (2004-7). For the last two years I have enjoyed being the international advisor on the 'Music Generation' project, providing research guidance on a new model for the funding and provision of performance education in Ireland. Outside the department, I enjoy hill-walking and gardening, as well as music-making on piano and cello: I particularly enjoy piano accompaniment, and have given recitals with friends in Sheffield and Wakefield cathedrals in the last couple of years.
Outside the department, I enjoy hill-walking and gardening, as well as music-making on piano and cello: I particularly enjoy piano accompaniment, and have given recitals with friends in Sheffield and Wakefield cathedrals in the last couple of years.
Research Interests
- Musical participation
- Audience experience
- Extra-curricular school music
- Music in secondary education
- Music in higher education
- School-university transition
- Lifelong engagement in music
Current Projects
- Audiences for contemporary arts: investigating routes into arts engagement and their connections with other cultural pursuits.
- Young children's musical and social worlds, including the impact of music intervention projects for language development
- The impact of music education: investigations of the long-term impact of music learning in school and beyond, with cross-cultural comparisons of education systems and their effects.
- Audience experience of live listening: the effects of venue, audience expectations and social factors on concert-going experience.
Recent Grants
- 2014 University of Sheffield Impact, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Fund (IIKE) (£20,542) – Understanding audiences for the contemporary arts
- 2013 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (£37,532) Cultural Value project: 'Dropping in and dropping out – exploring experiences of lapsed and partial arts engagement'
- 2013 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (£109,056) Collaborative Doctoral Awards: two funded studentships on 'Music, place and people'
- 2012 University of Sheffield Arts Enterprise Fund (£8050) – Investigating the impact of Music in the Community
- 2011 PALATINE Development Award (£6400) – Engaging music students in non-assessed activities
Recent Publications
- Pitts, S. E., Robinson, K. & Goh, K. (2015) Not playing any more: a qualitative investigation of why amateur musicians cease or continue membership of performing ensembles. International Journal of Community Music, 8 (2), 129-147.
- Pitts, S. E. (2014) Musical, social and moral dilemmas: investigating audience motivations to attend concerts. In K. Burland & S. E. Pitts (Eds) Coughing and Clapping: Understanding Audience Experience (pp. 21-33). Farnham: Ashgate.
- Pitts, S. E. (2014) Exploring musical expectations: Understanding the impact of a year-long primary school music project in the context of school, home and prior learning. Research Studies in Music Education, 36 (2): 129-146.
- Pitts, S. E., Dobson, M. C., Gee, K. A. & Spencer, C. P. (2014) Views of an audience: understanding the orchestral concert experience from player and listener perspectives. Participations. 10: 65-95.
- Pitts, S. E. (2013) Amateurs as audiences: reciprocal relationships between playing and listening to music. In Radbourne, J. Glow, H. & Johanson, K. (Eds) The Audience Experience: A Critical Analysis of Audiences in the Performing Arts. Chicago: Intellect.
- Pitts, S. E. & Burland, K. (2013) Listening to live jazz: an individual or social act? Arts Marketing. 3 (1): 7-20.


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<\/strong>Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) announced today that Bridget Macaskill has been appointed as an independent, non-executive member of its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2016.  Ms. Macaskill will serve on the Board's Audit Committee and its Nominating and Governance Committee. She will initially serve a term that will expire at the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Ms. Macaskill is the non-executive chairman of First Eagle Holdings, Inc. and serves as senior adviser to First Eagle Investment Management and to its CEO. She was formerly president and chief executive officer of First Eagle, which she joined in 2009. With a heritage dating to 1864, First Eagle has $94 billion in assets under management.
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Prior to joining First Eagle, Ms. Macaskill served as chief operating officer, president, chief executive officer and chairman of Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., where she is recognized for creating the Oppenheimer Funds' Women & Investing program, dedicated to educating American women about the need to take charge of their personal finances. Ms. Macaskill has served on a number of public company and not-for-profit boards and is currently on the boards of Jupiter Fund Management plc., merchant banking firm Close Brothers plc., and the TIAA-CREF mutual funds. A native of the United Kingdom, she earned a B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh and completed post graduate studies at the Edinburgh College of Commerce.

JLL also announced that Ann Marie Petach, who was first elected to the Board at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board, effective May 27, 2016. The Board has determined that she qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" for purposes of the applicable Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. Ms. Petach, who has served on the Audit Committee since her first election, replaces David B. Rickard as Chairman of the Committee. As previously announced, Mr. Rickard has retired from the Board after nine years of service, including eight as the Audit Committee Chairman, and chose not to stand for re-election at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Biographical information about Ms. Petach may be found on the jll.com website.

"We are very pleased that Bridget has agreed to join our Board," said Sheila Penrose, Chairman of the JLL Board of Directors. "She is a talented and highly respected leader in the investment management business who will undoubtedly add additional perspectives and expertise to an already strong Board."

Colin Dyer, Chief Executive Officer of JLL, added that "Ann Marie has already proven herself a valuable contributor to the important work of our Audit Committee, and everyone who interacts with the Committee is confident that she will be an engaged Chairman who will promote the highest levels of corporate governance and controls."

In addition to Ms. Penrose and Mr. Dyer, Ms. Macaskill joins the other current members of the Board: Hugo Bagué, Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr., Dame DeAnne Julius, Ming Lu, Martin H. Nesbitt, Ann Marie Petach, Shailesh Rao and Christian Ulbrich. Mr. Lu is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and Ms. Penrose is Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. With Ms. Macaskill's appointment, 44 percent of the Independent Directors of the Board are women.

About JLL
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Seismic sources
Current research is directed towards observing and studying seismic sources in Australia and on global scale, since moderate size or large earthquakes are rare in Australia. We have been using regional moment tensor inversion for recent significant Australian earthquakes, although the lack of knowledge of crustal and upper mantle structure in regions without historical seismicity has hindered the progress so far. We are using receiver functions in conjunction with teleseismic waves and other established techniques to better understand structural effects and calibrate Green's functions for the moment tensor inversion. We have also been working on improving continental-wide Green's functions for reliable source parameter estimation of earthquakes surrounding Australia. This is a work in progress.
Apart from that, we are interested in anomalous seismic radiation and puzzling focal mechanisms, such as those occurring in volcanic environment. We have been using a full moment tensor representation and different computational methods to reveal statistically significant non-double-couple components and model complex finite sources. Australia and its surroundings is an exciting environment for such studies, because of a great variety of physical mechanisms responsible for earthquakes.


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Fondy believes that everyone is part of an immense and wondrous miracle. "'There Is Not More of Wonder' brings us together as sisters and brothers here and now, and over all time past and future," he says.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (PRWEB) May 06, 2014
In "There Is Not More of Wonder: Than a Firefly's Playful Flickering in a Child's Cupped Hands" (published by Trafford Publishing), Thomas Paul Fondy's new collection of poems and the personal stories that inspired the verses, readers are reminded of, as Fondy puts it, "the majesty of our shared humanity." In intricately crafted verse, he celebrates humanity's touching bond with souls from long ago and looks forward to humanity's shared future.
In the "Silent Song of the Oakwood Children", and in "The Baby of Single Day", Fondy treasures the short lives of babies who were present only briefly in modern time and in ages past. He reminds readers of the majesty of their shared humanity, saying, "We can move, love one another and be loved, even if we pass in only a few hours, even if we live centuries apart".
"There Is Not More of Wonder" is about what Fondy calls the shared wonders of human existence. He says it is a topic which will be intimately familiar to everyone but will have been experienced by each person in different ways.
"Memories on the Mystic Harp" was written by a child of World War II to the treasured memories of hundreds of thousands of young men and women who never returned to their sweethearts from the battlefields and oceans of that long ago war, or who never had the chance to meet at all in this life. An excerpt from the poem:
"Hear the laughing children
From the Land-of-the-Never-Yet.
The spirits of children,
Of lovers never met.
Play upon the Mystic Harp
Their pensive longing chords,
That search in vain for memories,
That no one's heart records."
Fondy believes that everyone is part of an immense and wondrous miracle. "'There Is Not More of Wonder' brings us together as sisters and brothers here and now, and over all time past and future," he says.
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From the campaign trail to national news reports to industry expert commentary, we've all heard plenty of hype surrounding renewable energy technologies lately. The onslaught of attention given to generating new capacity from wind, hydroelectric, solar, landfill gas, and other renewable energy sources appears to be warranted, however, at least if you look at the latest numbers from Industrial Info Resources (IIR), a marketing information service specializing in industrial process, energy, and financial-related markets based in Sugar Land, Texas.
According to IIR, there is currently 32,000MW of renewable energy scheduled to begin construction in the United States this year. Currently, in excess of 9,000MW of renewable energy sources are already under construction, more than half of which came online by the end of January.
Although an additional 133,000MW of renewable energy projects have been proposed for construction between 2009 and 2014 in the United States, IIR suggests considerable project fallout can be expected as time goes by. Difficulty in securing financing, permitting hurdles, and not-in-my-backyard actions are a few of the leading reasons for expected delays or cancelations. Furthermore, many of these projects are competing with one or more similar projects for a predetermined amount of capacity to be bought by a utility or other entity. Under this scenario, a limited amount of capacity is selected to move forward, while the projects not chosen are canceled or delayed until the next opportunity.
By far, wind leads all other renewable energy sources in terms of the amount of capacity scheduled for kickoff over the next six years, with 89,000MW proposed. Additionally, more than 7,000MW of new solar capacity is proposed to start construction during this time.


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sexually active gay teens in Texas would get new legal protections under two bills scheduled to be considered Tuesday by state lawmakers.
Texas laws governing crimes of indecency with a child cover sexual contact with minors under the age of 17. They include a "Romeo and Juliet" legal defense if the couple is older than 14, in a consensual relationship and within three years of each other.
But the law also says the couple must be of the "opposite sex."
House and Senate committees have scheduled hearings on bills that would remove that designation and give gay teens the same protection as heterosexuals. The Senate sponsor says its chances of becoming law are uncertain.
Gay rights advocates call the distinction in the current law unfair and discriminatory.
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BioScrip, Inc. Pharmacy Technician in St. Louis, Missouri
Pharmacy Technician
Location: St. Louis, MO
Job Id: 4786
of Openings: 1
BioScrip, Inc. is one of the nation's leading specialty home infusion companies! Our focus is clinical excellence and improving the quality of our patients' lives. With approximately 2,500 employees able to service 46 states, BioScrip has externally-qualified Centers of Excellence built around specific clinical conditions and therapies, as well as Ambulatory Infusion Centers around the country. Ours is a fast-paced dynamic work environment with room for new ideas and opportunities for career advancement. We offer a wide array of welfare benefits as well as Tuition Reimbursement, an Employee Referral Program, and a 401(k) Retirement Savings.
Due to our exceptional growth and success, we are seeking a Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Process to join our team.
Responsible for overall coordination and processing of patient medication orders, to include order intake within regulatory boundaries, patient services coordination, and Pharmacy Technician duties as defined by policy and regulation and while under the direct supervision of a Pharmacist.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Enters new prescriptions into the pharmacy computer system where permitted by state pharmacy regulation, and under the direct supervision the Pharmacist after their review of the prescription and in accordance with Company policy and procedure.
Processes prescription refills, to include:
refill confirmation when appropriate;
review of pending refills with the supervising Pharmacist;
generate the refill documentation;
adjudicate medication based pharmacy claims when appropriate.
Generates delivery and equipment pick-up tickets.
Communicates as necessary with patients to identify general health status, medication compliance, drug and supply inventory, and provide overall coordination of care and service (custom assessment in CPR+).
Gathers, organizes, documents (in CPR+ and electronic medical record), and reports clinical data for review and action by the patient care team (Pharmacist, Nurse, prescriber) to include:
lab data;
results of patient contact documented on the custom assessment;
follow-up appointments.
Generates pharmacy and clinical reports from CPR+ as directed.
Assists in coordination of patient assessment, drug compounding, and delivery to meet lead time and delivery deadlines.
Coordinates with warehouse and pharmacy team to ensure all medications needed are available for patient care.
Attends patient care meetings and provide information status reports.
Assists in the prioritization and the progress of patient paperwork through the patient care pathway.
Tracks controlled substance prescriptions requiring prescriber signature using CPR+.
Assists in maintaining the accuracy of CPR+ branch specific supply templates.
Capable of sterile compounding according to Company policy.
Performs the Pharmacy Technician duties considered acceptable by state pharmacy regulations under supervision of a licensed registered Pharmacist.
Completes all necessary paperwork, forms, and records according to policy.
Maintains solid knowledge of, and complies with, Company policies and procedures.
Each employee is responsible for adhering to those performance programs, policies, procedures, guidelines and internal control standards established to guide the operation of the Company. Each employee must be made aware of and understand proper internal control procedures associated with their specific job function as communicated by his/her manager.
Each employee is responsible for reporting concerns that he or she may have with respect to deficiencies in internal control.
Performs other duties as assigned.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach outward, and handle/finger.
The employee is occasionally required to reach above shoulder, climb, crawl, squat, kneel and bend.
The employee may be required to occasionally push/pull or life/carry up to 15lbs.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment or in a cleanroom.
Chemotherapy is compounded on site; compliance with all safety procedures required.
May occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
High School Diploma;
Meets all state requirements, which may be registration, licensure or certification
Minimum of two (2) or more years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Knowledge of local, state, federal, and other regulations; knowledge of regulations and legal requirements governing the industry.
Knowledge of computerized information systems.
Ability to foster a cooperative work environment.
Ability to work without constant supervision, cognizant of the Pharmacist's supervisory role.
Ability to organize and prioritize work assignments.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively within branch departments.
Ability to maintain recordkeeping systems and procedures.
Ability to manage resources to improve patient care.
Knowledge of state, federal and commercial infusion pharmacy reimbursement.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze and interpret pharmacy and clinical information appropriate to duties and responsibilities assigned. Ability to operate information systems, follow policy, complete required forms, and prepare reports. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from referral sources, managers, patients, employees, payors and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as pharmaceutical calculations, discounts, percentages, and volume. Ability to read and interpret compounding, inventory, and delivery documents.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of abstract variables.
BioScrip is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to age, color, race, ancestry, national origin, disability, genetic information, military status, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, legally protected medical condition, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Background checks and drug screens are part of our hiring process. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.


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I am looking for people who can translate some short texts are lists from Spanish to English. The person must be very fluent in Spanish and proficient in English. The files are simple and easy to work with, but due to the amount of files we have, we need extra help. The payment is from 12.000 to 26.000 COP per file depending on the number of pages.
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NEWBURY PARK, CA (BRAIN) — Giant Bicycle employees and dealers are mourning the death of Fred Teeman, who died March 9 of cancer at age 67. Teeman worked for Giant for 19 years before retiring in 2007. Prior to joining Giant he worked for Schwinn.
Teeman joined Giant as general manager of its central warehouse in 1988, remembered Giant account executive Larry Lewallen.
"He was well known for his work at Schwinn where he wrote articles in the Schwinn Reporter about ways to improve customer service," Lewallen said. "He was always thinking of the customer first and how to better serve them. He was also a very successful product manager for Schwinn. I always looked up to him as a class act and he was a real asset at trade shows. He made every dealer feel welcome and know that they were very important to our success."
Giant's corporate communications manager, Patrick Van Horn, sat next to Teeman during his first 2 1/2 years with the company.
"I was fortunate to be able to turn to him for advice and help every day," Van Horn said. "From the moment I started here, Fred emphasized to me that my job was helping our retailers be successful. In addition to being my boss, he was a good friend — we had time to talk about things other than work. In addition to riding his bike, he loved to fish and hunt."
Teeman once shared a photo of a trophy fish he had caught; when he retired, Giant employees had the photo turned into a special cake for the party.
Teeman is survived by his wife, Pam, his daughter, Kristen Sauber and by his grandchildren, Nathan and Morgan. He is also survived by his twin brother, Jim Teeman and his sister, Kathy Poulos and by many nieces and nephews. A memorial is being held Wednesday in Illinois.
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The Morning Heresy is your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
They actually went and did it. Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, aka "Ahok," an ethnic Chinese Christian, is convicted of blasphemy and jailed for two years.
The blasphemy investigation in Ireland against Stephen Fry is closed. Why? The police "were unable to find a substantial number of outraged people." Yep.
Before it was closed, Catholic and Conservative Party candidate Benedict Rogers wrote in solidarity:
I absolutely defend his right to think and say [what he said], just as I defend the right of a Christian to express their beliefs, or a person of any other faith to do the same. …from what I have seen Stephen Fry was not inciting anyone to do anything against people of religious belief – he was merely expressing his view of God. And precisely because some of my own friends have been killed or jailed under unjust blasphemy laws, I take very seriously Voltaire's principle – I disagree with what he said, but I will defend to the death his right to say it.
Amnesty International releases a report on the attacks on freedom of expression in Bangladesh, which we know a little something about too.
Facebook is heavily restricting the ability of ex-Muslim pages to reach users as part of an effort to crack down on "anti-Islam" pages.
This is grotesque: A bill in Texas would allow state-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBT, single, non-Christian, and atheist would-be parents.
Because it's the Oklahoma legislature, and they do this kind of thing, they've passed a resolution calling abortion murder, and telling state officials to ignore Roe v. Wade, which of course they can't.
The Wallooon region of Belgium bans the slaughter of animals that have not been stunned, effectively banning kosher and halal meat, and it's not going over well with the affected religious groups.
Bermuda legalizes same-sex marriage by way of trial court decision.
This past weekend, Emma Watson won the first major gender-neutral acting award with the MTV Movie and TV Awards' "Best Actor" prize, which I think is pretty cool.
Tania Lombrozo considers the best ways to determine what counts as pseudoscience.
Behold ARTEMIS, an alien-seeking submarine being tested in the Antarctic, and really needs to be send to Europa.
An atheist reader asks John Shore of the Asheville Citizen-Times how to deal with their family's prayer circle ritual. Shore responds:
I say that when your family says, "Join us in prayer?" you say, "Join my husband and I in a cosmic unicorn ride to Valhalla?" This is sure to lead to a lively and fun family discussion. Of course, it might also lead to your having to stay out in the backyard while everyone else is inside enjoying their delicious dinner. So forget what I just said. A person's gotta eat.
He then has more practical advice:
… holding hands with your family while they stand around and pray isn't a grave betrayal of your ethics. It doesn't make you a hypocrite. It makes you a patient, good-hearted member of your family. As long as nobody there asks you to believe what they believe, or to renounce what you believe — as long as they all show your beliefs the same respect you show theirs — then you're good.
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Amanda Kooser at CNET has some requests for visitors from other planets. My favorite is number 1:
Please hold still.
… Sure, we can photograph a single airplane from the International Space Station, but we can't seem to capture a clear video of one of your UFOs. I would appreciate it if you could come in low over a well-populated area and hover in good lighting for at least a few minutes. Just long enough for someone to get some solid footage is all I ask.
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Although we have many placements across a range of transferable skills such as business and organisational development, project management, communications and policy based work, some of our placements suit volunteers with more specific technical and sector specific skills.
Technical & Sector-specific Skills
Some placements may require specific technical knowledge of a particular area of development. Specific expertise in health and the environment for example can be used in a technical role such as delivering health-based services, offering training and capacity building in nursing and medical practice. Physiotherapists, occupational health professionals and psychologists are also able to contribute to specific areas of the health sector. In the environmental sector professionals with specific knowledge of related issues such as climate change, wildlife behaviour, environmental impact assessments and so on can very directly apply their skills into a sector specific role.
Technical Placements
Some of the skills used include construction, architecture, engineering, agriculture, horticulture, IT, social work, graphic design and photography. Some of our partners, for example Habitat for Humanity, require specific engineering, architectural or construction knowledge whereas other partners need specific skills like photography and graphic design to feed into wider communications activities. IT is also a very common skill required by our partners, to design databases, systems and projects involving innovative use of IT. Social workers are also able to use their background in specific areas. We would also see accountancy as a specific skill that would contribute to business and organisational development.


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Meridian Business Support is acting on behalf of our Client as a Recruitment Business.


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CHICAGO, May 13, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mobile marketers lead the industry in leveraging marketing metrics and are more successful at linking campaign results across all marketing channels to sales growth, according to the 2014 State of Marketing Measurement Survey conducted by Ifbyphone, the leader in voice-based marketing automation. This year's results also found three-fourths of CEOs are "totally committed" or "significantly committed" to supporting their marketing teams, up from 67 percent in 2013, and are asking for marketing teams to report weekly and monthly metrics to the C-suite to meet the rising demand for marketing data in 2014.
The annual report revealed a push for more pragmatic marketing campaigns that focus on conversions and return on investment (ROI). Sixty-nine percent of marketers surveyed are tracking growth in sales revenue, 63 percent are reporting the number of new customers, and 58 percent are following the number of new leads.
"The explosion of mobile technology has blurred the line between online and offline strategies for marketing measurement," said Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro. "Marketers with high marketing IQs are embracing mobile strategies without abandoning other channels, both digital and analog. By integrating multichannel measurement solutions, mobile marketers are deriving actionable insights to fuel growth strategies."
Other key findings from the 2014 State of Marketing Measurement Survey are reflected in this infographic and include:
Diversifying Marketing Metrics
Marketers are reporting metrics to CEOs more often and for a wider variety of channels. Because the customer journey from discovery to purchase is no longer confined to either online or offline channels, marketers are tasked with following lead activity and tracking data throughout the multichannel experience. The survey found the top mediums for sourcing new leads include:
- Email (57 percent)
- SEO and PPC (55 percent)
- Social media (44 percent)
In terms of which channels demonstrated the highest potential for converting leads into sales, marketers chose analog mediums as their first and second choices:
- In-person visits (35 percent)
- Inbound calls (20 percent)
- Email inquiries (11 percent)
Once the right mix of marketing data has been collected, channel information should be integrated using the latest automation and analytics tools to derive actionable insights.
Mobile Sets the Bar
Marketers who have already started to optimize mobile channels are demonstrating a high marketing IQ by merging multichannel data to extract a more complete picture of marketing conversions and ROI. These marketers are ahead of the game in tracking activities on more channels than the general marketer:
- 69 percent of mobile marketers track SEO/PPC compared to 55 percent of general marketers
- 69 percent of mobile marketers report on social media compared to 44 percent of general marketers
- 31 percent of mobile marketers monitor TV campaigns compared to 9 percent of general marketers
- 24 percent of mobile marketers follow radio data compared to 6 percent of general marketers
- 51 percent of mobile marketers gather data from online display ads compared to 25 percent of general marketers
Planning Ahead
Looking to the future, most marketers are planning on maintaining investment in existing marketing measurement technologies to ensure all data gathered is accurate and up-to-date to support decision-making. The top five marketing tools include:
- Web analytics (73 percent)
- SEO and PPC tools (63 percent)
- CRM (52 percent)
- Mobile or responsive website (46 percent)
- Call tracking (38 percent)
For most marketers, the major barriers to optimal marketing measurement and reporting are a lack of skilled analytics personnel and marketing automation solutions, as well as making data collection a top priority. To overcome these obstacles, marketers are dedicating more time and resources to marketing measurement, while increasing budgets and working closely with sales and other departments.
About the Survey
The Ifbyphone 2014 State of Marketing Measurement Survey analyzed responses from 551 marketing executives across the U.S. This is the third in a series of annual surveys conducted by Ifbyphone to identify the emerging trends and issues in marketing measurement. The complete survey report can be downloaded here.
About Ifbyphone
Ifbyphone provides the leading voice-based marketing automation (VBMA) platform that businesses and marketing agencies rely on to connect, measure and optimize sales calls. Built specifically for marketing and sales, Ifbyphone's cloud-based solution helps companies of all sizes optimize marketing spend across all channels, generate and convert more high-quality leads and acquire more business over the phone.
Known for its unmatched ease-of-use and reliability, Ifbyphone's VBMA platform has successfully processed over 250 million calls for over 650 million minutes. Organizations in all industries use Ifbyphone, including marketing agencies, lead generation, e-commerce, direct response, financial services and insurance, health care, retail and logistics and SaaS and technology. For more information, visit www.ifbyphone.com.
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Talent Match is funded by the BIG Lottery. Black Country Impact – This project is receiving up to £34million of funding made up of £17 million from the EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND and £17 million from the YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE, plus match funding of up to £8 million from the BIG LOTTERY FUND and funding from partners.
Black Country Talent Match is a 5 year project supporting Young Adults ages 18-29 who have been out of work, training or education for at least 6 months and who require additional support to overcome specific barriers to employment.
To enable Young Adults who are furthest away from being work ready to secure or take up enterprising and/or job opportunities, by improving their confidence and optimism by offering intensive support through the provision of solution focused Mentors.
Working throughout the Black Country with Hubs based in each of the 5 Talent Match zones, the project across the 5 years will work with 2017 Young Adults who have been NEET for 6 months or more. This includes 212 (10%) Young Adults who are classed as 'hidden' (not signing on).
The projects focus is on the following thematic groups:
- Carers/parents
- Care leavers
- Offenders
- Members of travelling families
- Disabled
- Engaged in substance misuse
- Homeless or in need of housing
- 'Hidden' groups
This project will achieve the following the outcomes:
- 100% of Young Adults have improved confidence, motivation and optimism
- Improved access for Young Adults to better quality local employment and training
- 80% access training and development
- 30% access work experience
- 30% access volunteering opportunities
- 100% Young Adults take responsibility for co-designing their own support packages
- Improved and better co-ordinated pathways into positive economic activity
- More Young Adults secure employment, take up training or further education or create their own employment and enterprise
- 25% secure employment or self-employment
- Develops strong links between businesses and Young Adults through the local Hubs and governance structures and uses the links as a platform for opening up employment opportunities for Talent Match Young Adults
- Is clearly focused on our target beneficiaries, including businesses and employers who heavily influence the design and delivery of the programme
- Provide good value for money and Social Return on Investment and develops an approach to ensure that the benefits of working together in partnership continues when the funding ends (sustaining)
- Is tightly focused on the areas of greatest need, those furthest from the labour market and those classed as 'hidden' in order to demonstrate impact on the lives of the Young Adults we are targeting
- Is creative and locally driven, using the knowledge about the local economy and opportunities to create innovative solutions that focus on the unique needs of the area
- Involves Young Adults in co-designing their own tailored support to develop personalized pathways, bespoke support and access to the right advice and guidance
If you are a business with volunteering, work placement or job opportunities or a young person who would benefit from mentoring support, please contact the Talent Match team on the details below.
|Kim Babb
|Programme Director
|01902 328973
|Trishna Burke
|Relationships and Referrals Coordinator
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|Claire Fitzgerald
|Commissioning and Monitoring Worker
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|Jo Ford
|Finance and Monitoring Support Officer
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What is Microsoft Dynamics GP?
Microsoft Dynamics GP is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. An ERP software is designed to give businesses the ability to manage their entire organization, including financials, supply chain, procurement, human resources, and projects. ERP systems collect data providing you with valuable insights to help you make smarter business decisions, gain efficiencies, decrease costs, and make investments.
Going above and beyond traditional ERP systems, Microsoft Dynamics GP helps small and midsized businesses effectively manage all areas of their organization allowing them to create amazing customer experiences.


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As many of you know, the people's champ and your favorite rapper's favorite rapper, Jay Z, turned the BIG 4-4 yesterday.
Over the past 17 years, Jay Z has given us 12 incredible albums, three collaborative bangers, and countless features to enjoy.
From unforgettable lines to bone-chilling verses, Jay Z has delivered his vision, his struggle, his life, his trials, and tribulations at an unwavering rate.
In honor of Jay Z's 44th birthday, we rounded up 44 (out of countless) Jay Z verses to live (or die) by. So take a few minutes out of your day, and check out a couple of Hov-spirations down under:
"Hov' don't run, Hov' stand and fight/ Hov' a soldier, Hov' been fightin' all his life." – "The Ruler's Back"
"They gunning for me, wanna see me fall/ You know my story, I've been through it all/ Night's I've felt like dying, but I ain't crying/ What didn't kill me, made me strong as iron." - "Oh My God"
"It seems like the world's against me lord, call me crazy but strangely I love the odds." – "Oh My God"
"Get your swag back daddy, where your focus?" – "Kingdom Come" "Man it's just a game, I just play to play it." – "Allure"
"Respect the game, that should be it. What you eat don't make me shit." – Heart Of The City
"Have an affair, act like an adult for once." – "Best Of Me (Remix)"
"We don't believe you, you need more people." – "Takeover"
"I keep my enemies close, I give 'em enough rope/ they put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair." – "Dig A Hole"
"If your man got you bagging up, it could be worse/ just put a little in the baggy and a little in the purse." – "Show You How"
"I'm on her bra strap, she's on my dick, ain't nothing wrong with that, that's my bitch." – "Party Life"
"And I sport fly shit, I should win an ESPY." – "Party Life"
"Only he without sin can tell me if my means justify my ends." – "Say Hello"
"They say you can't turn a bad girl good, but once a good girl's gone bad, she's gone forever." – "Song Cry"
"Feeling myself I don't even need an X pill." – "On To The Next One"
"Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth." – "U Don't Know"
"He who does not feel me, are not real to me, therefore he doesn't exist." – "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
"Remind yourself, nobody built like you, you designed yourself." – "A Dream"
"Pretty, witty, girly, worldly…one that likes to party, but come home early." "Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)"
"Everybody's like 'He's no item. Please don't like him, he don't wife 'em. He one nights 'em.'" – "Excuse Me Miss"
"Got 99 Problems, but a bitch ain't one." – "99 Problems"
"I'm supposed to be number one on everybody's list/ we'll see what happens when I no longer exist. Fuck this." – "What More Can I Say"
"Everything evens up, you just wait/ even a garbage can gets a steak." – "Guns N Roses"
"Fuck if your leg broke, bitch. Hop up on your good foot." – "Cashmere Thoughts"
"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man." – "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)"
"Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me, but first they gotta find me." – "Niggas In Paris"
"Money, cash, hoes, money, cash, hoes." – "Money Cash Hoes"
"I will not lose." – "U Don't Know"
"I don't pop molly, I rock Tom Ford." – "Tom Ford"
"You put on two tube socks, you couldn't walk in my shoes." – "Diamond Is Forever"
"I'm far from being God, but I work goddamn hard." – "Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise)"
"If every nigga in your clique is rich, your clique is rugged/ Nobody will fall cause everyone will be each others crutches." – "Feeling It."
"When I met your ass, you were dead broke and naked/ and now you want half." – "Girls, Girls, Girls"
"Niggas wasn't playing they day roles, so we parted like Ben and J. Lo." – "Lost One"
"I snatch purses, I persevered." – "Diamond is Forever."
"If the prophecy's correct, then the child should have to pay." – "Beach Chair"
"I can't justify genocide, but I was born in the city where the skinny niggas ride." – "Diamond Is Forever"
"Appetite for destruction, I am starving today" – "U Don't Know (Remix)"
"I rather die enormous, than live dormant" – "Can I Live"
"Give me a crisp pair of jeans, nigga, button up." – "What More Can I Say"
"I got my mojo back, baby/ Oh, behave" – "Blueprint 2″
"Pay ya taxes, you niggas are hustling backwards" – "Show You How"
"You dudes treat the one that you loving, with the same respect that you treat the one that you're humpin" – "03 Bonnie & Clyde"
"Hov's a living legend, and I'll tell you why/ everybody wanna be Hov and Hov's still alive." – "Never Let Me Down"
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When we were going through a particularly challenging time with our son, a friend pulled me aside after a church meeting. "I want you to know that I pray for you and your son every day," he said. Then he added: "I feel so guilty."
"Why?" I asked. "Because I've never had to deal with prodigal children," he said. "My kids pretty much played by the rules. But it wasn't because of anything I did or didn't do. Kids," he shrugged, "make their own choices."
I wanted to hug him. His compassion was a reminder, a gift from God, communicating to me the Father's understanding for my struggle with my son.
No one understands the struggle with prodigals better than our heavenly Father. The story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 is our story and God's. Jesus told it on behalf of all sinners who so desperately need to come home to their Creator and discover the warmth of a loving relationship with Him.
Jesus is God in the flesh seeing us in the distance and looking on us with compassion. He is God running to us and throwing His arms around us. He is heaven's kiss welcoming the repentant sinner home (v. 20).
God hasn't just left the porch light on for us. He's out on the front porch watching, waiting, calling us home.
We ask again today, Lord, that our prodigals would come home.
James Banks is author of Prayers for Prodigals by Discovery House.
Our loved ones may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons—but they are helpless against our prayers. J. Sidlow Baxter


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1. Management is an inter-disciplinary, applied field, which draws heavily on principles, concepts and terminologies from basic disciplines. An understanding of these disciplines provides the professional with scientifically valid concepts and principles, a mode of scientific enquiry and an awareness of the consequences of one's actions. These basic disciplines thus form the `Foundation' of management.
2. There are certain `Core' processes within the organization, which require basic knowledge of how people perform work and use information for decision-making and how organisations make choices in the context of environmental factors.
3. The knowledge of business functions is necessary for decision-making and problem solving. These are called `Applied' subjects, which are in turn classified as `Functional' and `Integrative'. Functional subjects help students to understand processes in Finance, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources and International Trade. The integrative subjects help students look at all aspects of management processes in the whole organization system, to enable corporate strategies to be devised.
4. Forces outside the direct control of the organisation, but having an impact on the organisation, are categorised as 'Environmental' subjects. At this level, issues relating to the individual outside the organisation are also included.
Social Sector Projects
The social sector project is a learning experience for students in appreciating the value addition achieved by the social organisations under adverse conditions. These projects bring them in touch with new type of constraints and processes. Thinkers like Drucker feel, the corporate world has much to learn from the experiences of the social organisations. The main idea is to expose students to the experience of dignity of labour and self-regulation. The students work on and off the campus and are free to decide the programme of work.Under the guidance of the faculty, the students recently conducted a survey, on the bus drivers of the local public transport company of Pune (PMPML). The quick survey methodology technique was used for this survey.
Guest Lectures
Every year students come forward to plan and organise guest lectures on topical and emergent issues of relevance to Indian industry.
Leading practitioners from Industry and Consulting participate in these guest lectures to provide a rich array of viewpoints. Students get a chance to discuss with the speakers in the formal forum and outside. Besides they also get a good exposure to the nitty-gritty of organising such functions.
These have proved useful for both students and practitioners, and also helped upgrade curriculum.
Self Driven Learning System
Students develop their own habits of study, based on the past experience of examination systems. The attitude sometimes is to equate learning with clearing of examinations.
This attitude is not conducive to Lifelong Education, which is now of vital importance to all professions. Continuing Education requires that the person takes responsibility to learn and develop into own hands. At IMDR, we encourage students to pay Special attention to learning skills and habits. They begin to recognise different types of learning resources around them and make good use of them. Students are also encouraged to master techniques of independent study and information search. These are extremely useful in carrying out assignments, which are a part of the course work. Students regard learning experience of assignments very highly in terms of both the content and the methodology.
As students move more into the self-driven learning mode, the nature of classroom interaction changes to a discussionand-interaction mode, giving more room for students' points of view for more subtle and finer points of the curriculum.


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A sweet and hilarious fusion of gay romantic comedy, Jewish family drama and French bedroom farce, Mikael Buch's Let My People Go! follows the travails and daydreams of the lovelorn Reuben (Regular Lovers' Nicolas Maury), a French-Jewish gay mailman living in fairytale Finland (where he got his MA in "Comparative Sauna Cultures") with his gorgeous Nordic boyfriend. But just before Passover, a series of mishaps and a lovers' quarrel exile the heartbroken Reuben back to Paris and his zany family—including Almodovar goddess Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Volver) as his ditzy mom, and Truffaut regular Jean-François Stévenin as his lothario father. Scripted by director Mikael Buch and renowned arthouse auteur Christophe Honoré (Love Songs), Let My People Go! both celebrates and upends Jewish and gay stereotypes with wit, gusto and style to spare. The result is deeply heartwarming, fabulously kitschy and hysterically funny.
|Run time
|96 min
|Theater Release Date
|January 11, 2013
|DVD and Blu-ray Release Date
|June 18, 2013
|Nicolas Maury, Carmen Maura, Clément Sibony, Amira Casar, Jean-François Stévenin, Aurore Clément, Charlie Dupont, Jarkko Niemi, Jean-Luc Bideau
|Directed by
|Mikael Buch
|Christophe Honoré, Mikael Buch
|Zeitgeist Films
|Not-Rated (Not Rated)
|Comedy, Romance
|Official FB
|Let My People Go! Facebook Page
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|Let My People Go! Trailer
|Where to Rent
|Netflix Redbox


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Clearly, no expense was spared to hire well-known actors to voice "The Prince of Egypt," the first traditionally animated feature from Dream Works, the joint production company of Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. And just in case someone in the audience might fail to recognize them by sound alone, the animators seem to have drawn many of the biblical characters with features of the starring actors in mind. It shouldn't take the wisdom of a sphinx to match the celebrities with their cartoon counterparts.
Answers: 1B, 2G, 3H, 4F, 5J, 6A, 7I, 8C, 9E, 10D


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An Irish journalist, Bailie provides an intriguing framework for this milieu. Manus Brennan alternates, as the novel begins, his current fate, literally washed-up on the shore, looking for wrack to light the fire that keeps his boozy body warm. He had joined Duil, a hard-rock Irish band who reminds me of Thin Lizzy's hard rock with a dash of Horslips' progressive folk. Seven years after the band's dissolution, Manus begins to narrate his tale, blended with his reply to what the few who bother with asking him anything really want to know: where's Gino?
This attendant status, Manus admits, makes him "a second-rate guitarist in a first-rate rock band." Nobody cares much about him, actually. Anyone interviewing him wants to know what he knew about Gino, six-foot-five, swarthy, sexy, and shapeshifting. While eager biographers already have published books on what might have happened to Gino-- who at the peak of debauchery vanished on tour in Germany-- the mystery of his disappearance fuels only improbable rumors that remain uncorroborated.
Into this miasma, Martina Lucas, a Californian with an "expensive" accent (as a less-affluent native of the Golden State myself I'm still pondering this adjective), enters Manus' aimless existence. His wife's left him, he's practically a recluse, and any music he tries to make with a band after Gino comes with an inevitable tag: "Manus Brennan (ex-Duil) on lead guitar." Even when he tries to establish his own talent, he's only hired for his past brush with fame, in the figure of Gino. Gino's fate fuels gossip among fans and tabloids. Martina's own interest in Manus appears only another manipulation of the servant who once waited on the fabled lord.
Speculation draws Manus towards Martina, who in turn seeks to use Manus to draw out the other members of Duil. She's keen on promoting her own tale to peddle to the press about Gino. Perhaps Martina's scamming the band, as her appearance's timed with Duil releasing old tapes and passing them off with their manager's connivance as Gino's contributions mailed in after his vanishing act seven years before. The mythmaking process enchants not only fans but the press and Duil's other members, who silently collude in their own desperate attempts to pay their debts and live off of their only meal ticket, Gino, after he goes missing. If he's not there, his mystique must do. Bills need to be paid. Complicating this state of Duil's predicament after Gino left them with their creditors calling, Martina suspects that Gino arranged his own departure, and that his junkie chic comedown was more a pose than an affliction. Her theory of monastic intrigue impels a doubting Manus to follow. He wonders if her search will be better substantiated than the earlier reports purporting to solve Gino's fate.
Bailie explores the experiences of a type of protagonist little attended to in fiction. Adding to its interest, the novel enters a place once and long relegated to the margins of British popular music. There's no overt time period to betray the immediacy of the action, but Bailie, by keeping the plot clean of any real-life band comparisons, wisely allows us to think of this quest occurring within a time less linked to a particular trend or era, pixellating magnification capabilities aside.
The island's rock scene itself gains little overt attention, although the clash of Irish trad with arena power provides quite an appealing subplot. It's an Irish novel more in its matter-of-fact presentation of traditional musicians, brief snatches of scenery, or the passing observation.
"The evening is heavy with rain as we leave the sodium lit distortion of Belfast behind us and climb up to where the city peters out in the foothills of the Black Mountain. Bundles of houses appear now and again, separate from the suburban sprawl but with no real identity of their own. The road I drive is narrow and twisting and made dangerous by the floods of rain that pound it." (171)The precision of the detail, sparely given, echoes Bailie's poetry. He's a local, who gives us what we need, and moves on.
A non-Irish writer would have likely ladled in more garish color. Mercifully free of whimsy, light on the emotions, and efficiently paced, the story moves with more direction if as much economy as its feckless teller. We get the backstory of Gino and his bandmates through the straightforward, more serviceable than striking prose style that fits its speaker, an observant but not unconvincingly eloquent man down on his luck whose only way back into fortune is his link to his former semi-celebrity days.
I'm not sure if this was Bailie's intention, but reading this I found a tonal harmony. Parts of Manus' narrative fall into that rather stolid evocation of one who recollects in tranquility one's barnburning days. Less as a prime mover and more as a rolling stone, Manus found himself with an offer he could not refuse. He joined Duil when they were already famous, and he after a concert of theirs.
The dutiful details emerge parallel here in fiction to how many rock-star stories are told in fact. It blurs and bores a bit at times, as Manus seeks to align his wavering existence against the energy of the magnetic personality, Gino. Manus was recruited by him at 19; now 33, he already feels as if he'll be living in the past, the few years with Gino will be Manus' only success in the decades to come. This verisimilitude makes sense. Manus lacks the charisma of the lead singer. It's always Gino's tale the hearer wants; Manus must endure as a means to this end.
The supporting character to the star never grabs, of course, the spotlight. Yet, Bailie's oblique strategy allows us to witness fame at this slight but persistent remove. Gnosticism, the appeal of the resurrected hero, and the veneration of idols all enter this book lightly, but offer a thoughtful gloss on the rock-star milieu that perceives its legends emerging, if we entered another dark age, via oral transmission. Two thousand years from now, what saints might elicit our prayers? We invent deities no less than the early Christians, seeking to recover the light that Sufis, rabbis, and lamas saw. This meditated perspective, at a half-turn from one who first worshiped the band as a fan before joining Duil, gives us a Gino less mundane than Manus witnessed in his first incarnation. "His gaunt craggy face could twist into the grimaces of a thousand agonies before settling into the smile of benign sainthood." (15)
Therefore, in Gino's after-life or half-life as attested to by those who were his eyewitness apostles and those who report on the messiah second-hand, the novel gently shifts gears into in an energy more mysterious. Perhaps Gino's appeal lay not only in his riffs or his songs, but in his aura? How, exactly, can one explain a celebrity's charisma-- perhaps in the root meaning of that word? In this evangelical register, unlike its earlier emulation of the many rock-star biographies written by others who knew so-and-so, "loyal acolyte" Manus' tale betters so many half-awed, half-jaded accounts of gods made flesh on stage. Duil, which is a word never defined (perhaps as this home-grown novel comes from Belfast's Lagan Press), means "desire," that strong lure that pulls you along. You may not realize you're hooked.
Available directly from: The Lagan Press, Belfast. Posted belatedly to British Amazon 11-8-09 and cross-posted 6-6-08 to "Blogtrotter".


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Free thoughts
I'm taking a lot of my time thinking in these days, not that I don't do it frequently but I'm giving it a very wide space in this period and taking it very seriously and it's giving me a lot of the answers I need. I also want to thank one of my best friends who's giving me the necessary support to go on when I fall down.
After this little digression about my life I wanna talk about about Apple, again. Yes, again because as you might have noticed I love this company, its products and the way they implement and bring on their ideas. They are taking their amount time to think like me as well, and whenever they present their new ideas, they do it greatly.
Yesterday Steve presented the 4th version of his OS for the iPhone. And he came across with some very nice new features that everybody was asking and waiting for, like multitasking. They've done it in a way that no other company is capable of, and I'm not talking as a fanboy or somewhat. They examined all the pros and cons that multitasking gives and developed it trying to delete all the problems it could give, like battery life. They managed to optimize the operating system to their hardware in order to get the most out of it. Like they do with with Macs. Apple is great in doing this job.
The other thing I want to talk about is iAd. With this platform Apple is entering in a totally new branch for them: Advertising. Putting the foot in Google's (and maybe also Facebook) sector, that will be surely eating their fingers :). They have found a way to implement ads directly into the iPhone OS, giving the opportunity to advertisers and developers to take advantage of the huge amount of iPhones around the world and therefore widen their target to make some money. For the devs it's a fantastic thing because Apple is giving them the 60% of their revenues from the in app ads, and even a small dev-house could take advantage of the spread of the iPhone without great effort. Without forgetting of the revenues coming from the app store. For the other companies it's a great way and a new and so vast channel to advertise their products.
From the economic point of view (that is the one I am more interested in) iAd it's another great step that Apple has done after the iTunes Store, the App store and the iBooks store. The way this company works it's simply astonishing and fascinating
Walt Mossberg's Guide to Surviving Windows 7
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As Coordinator of the International Office, Eric leads the Irish Experience team in making sure that every facet of our programme meets the needs of every study abroad learner and our American partners. Eric graduated magna cum laude from St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA) with a B.A. majoring in History, Philosophy and Theology. He later continued his studies at the University of Limerick where he attained an M.A. in History graduating with first class honours. After spending several years teaching junior high school in Illinois, he received a full scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. at Maynooth University, a degree he completed in 2014.
While pursuing research in history, Eric has been able to continue his professional development in International Education. Initially he served as International Liaison for the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP), an organisation established to promote study abroad opportunities to community college learners in both Illinois and Wisconsin. He was later asked by the Carlow College administrators to take over as Coordinator of the International Office. His primary responsibilities are to lead a team of faculty members to teach the Irish Experience course, monitor immigration compliance, organise the American learners' orientation and provide academic advising to American study abroad learners.
Elizabeth Parks is the Study Abroad Ambassador for Carlow College, St. Patrick's. Her primary responsibility is to identify potential partners for study abroad programs at the College and to represent and promote international education opportunities to colleges and universities in the United States. Her affiliation with Carlow College began when she made a site visit in 2007 on behalf of the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (ICISP). The visit proved to be fruitful, and the study-abroad program was established for students attending partner colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin. The first group of students arrived in 2009, and the program has operated continuously since then. Beth served as the first coordinator for the program, overseeing all aspects of the program on the US side, including marketing and promotion, curriculum articulation, student orientation and support, selection of faculty liaisons, and program assessment. Beth has twice served as the faculty liaison in Carlow.
Beth taught at Kishwaukee College in Illinois where she was the International Education Coordinator. She also served the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs as the Executive Chair, Vice-Chair, and Curriculum Coordinator.
As Campus Minister and coordinator of field trips, Sr. Mary has the unique opportunity of meeting the international students on an informal basis while facilitating their adjustment to a new and different culture. Sr. Mary, a Sister of Mercy, received her M.A. in Education from Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee) and an M.A. in Religious Studies/Youth Ministry from Loyola University (New Orleans).
With her many years of experience in working with young people in Florida she has had the privilege of taking students to conferences, on mission trips, on retreats and on social trips to almost every state in the United States as well as to: Kenya, Ghana, Australia, Germany, Rome, Venice, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Lourdes and Fatima. In organising and planning the field trips she gives the learners the opportunity of exploring Ireland's ancient heritage, the cultural and historical areas of the six counties in the south east.
Working as a team member with the International learners enables her to help the learners: build relationships, connect to other Irish learners, provide positive affirmations in times of illness and home sickness and give encouragement with travel arrangements across Ireland and Europe. As the campus minister she has an open door policy and helps to facilitate the spiritual, the social, the emotional and psychological growth of the learners while on the Irish experience by advocating for them and empowering them to make a new home away from home.
As a lecturer on the Irish Experience module, Elaine provides the American learners with a solid foundation in Irish history so that they can make sense of their cultural experiences. Elaine attained a first class B.A. honours in Humanities at Carlow College and continued her studies at the University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) achieving a first class M.A. in History. She is currently a history lecturer in Carlow College and a continuing Ph.D. postgraduate student at TCD.
While reading Irish history at TCD she studied and worked with fellow learners from Irish, English and American universities. The combined knowledge and diverse perspectives paved the way for cross-national comparative studies in Irish history. Ireland, America and England are the pivotal countries involved in, and affected by, the events that transpired in Ireland from the 1600s to the present day. It is this focus and understanding that has led to a grounded interest in working with learners from the United States to both educate and promote edifying and analytic studies in the field of history.
In addition to many vacations in the United States, Elaine spent two years on a DVII Visa in New York from 1995–1997. During these two years she travelled extensively, which inspired both a love for, and an understanding of, the broad range of peoples, their politics, histories and societies. She also came to appreciate the academic potential Irish-American studies can attain. The Irish Experience module in Carlow College allows for a two-way dialogue between American and Irish learners and faculty which will hopefully inspire a further generation to exchange knowledge and experience to create a more enlightened approach to academic study, particularly in the field of Irish Studies and Irish History. It is this potential that drives and inspires her involvement in the International Studies program.
As a lecturer on the Irish Experience module, Eddie blends together both music and history allowing our American learners to appreciate this important facet of Irish culture. Eddie attained a first class M.A. honours in Community Music from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. While there he had the opportunity to study Sean Nós singing (old style Irish singing) for his elective studies. That year he won the Sean Nós Leinster Fleadh Title and qualified for the All Ireland Fleadh in Tullamore in Co. Offaly.
Eddie has been lecturing on the Irish Experience programme for three years, sharing his knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, Irish music with our American learners. Eddie has twenty years' experience as a touring musician and has recently released his second solo album which comprises self-penned songs and cover versions of some of his favourite songs from down through the years of performing live. When lecturing on the Irish Experience programme, Eddie's focus is on sharing with the American learners the importance of traditional Irish music; he not only explores the importance of this historical tradition but explores how it continues to be an area that clearly defines us as a people.
The learners are introduced to and learn songs in the Irish language, songs by the travelling people, humorous songs and songs about the British in Ireland. They also study songs written about the Great Famine and the fight for freedom. Another fascinating topic in the music course is the Irish Harp and its importance in Irish history, both as a national symbol and a musical instrument. The learners also learn to play the Tin Whistle and towards the end of the semester Eddie records them singing a selection of the songs they have learned and present them with a CD of the recordings at their final presentation.
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It was my first taste of independence, and it was exciting. I learned so much about my own life, about culture, about friendship, about necessities, about family.
It was my first taste of independence, and it was exciting. I learned so much about my own life, about culture, about friendship, about necessities, about family.
Traveling around Ireland and Europe and getting to visit places that I had only ever dreamed of was absolutely amazing! I gained a deeper appreciation for other cultures and I have a more worldly view of things.
Traveling around Ireland and Europe and getting to visit places that I had only ever dreamed of was absolutely amazing! I gained a deeper appreciation for other cultures and I have a more worldly view of things.


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Leslie Louise Davis and Dr. Alexander Paraschos were married June 18 at Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, N.C., by the Rev. Charles Lemley.
The bride is the daughter of Lynne and Jim Davis of Mebane, N.C. She graduated from Eastern Alamance High School and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She was formerly a nurse at the Duke Hospital emergency room in Durham.
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A reception was held at the Omni Hotel in Durham.
The couple took a wedding trip to San Francisco and reside in San Francisco.
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(Reuters) - A truck driver beaten unconscious by a Detroit mob when he tried to assist a child he accidentally hit with his pickup nine days ago has begun to regain consciousness and is breathing on his own, his daughter said on Friday.
Steve Utash, 54, has been taken off a ventilator and is starting to speak, his daughter said in a post on GoFundMe, a crowdfunding website where more than $161,000 has been raised to help pay for Utash's medical bills.
"This is a long road ahead, but the end of the road will be worth it," Manti Utash wrote on Friday.
About a dozen bystanders attacked Utash on April 2, after he got out of his truck to check on a 10-year-old boy he hit accidentally after the child darted into the street, police said.
The child, David Harris, was treated for a leg injury and released from hospital a day after the incident.
Utash's daughter said her father is delirious, affected by pain medication, but is able to wiggle his toes on command and can answer yes or no questions.
"He also keeps flashing back to the assault, screaming 'help' and "please get them off me," she wrote.
Four suspects have been charged with assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm, according to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. A $500,000 cash bond was set for each of the four, Worthy said.
Prosecutors also charged a 16-year-old as a juvenile with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and ethnic intimidation, a hate crime. The suspected assailants are black and Utash is white.
Prosecutors have not discussed possible motives for the attack and the police investigation remains open.
On Thursday, a vigil for Utash was attended by hundreds, including his children and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, according to local media.
"The Utash family has every reason to be angry," he said. "Instead, they stepped up and called for compassion. Tonight, we stand united."
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Gunna Dickson)