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WESTFIELD - For the second time this week, Westfield State University has been dogged with allegations of racism after a black student reported a hateful note left at her dorm room.
The note, handwritten and containing misspellings and grammatical errors, reads "Black people dont desearve to be 'united.' Your worth nothing!"
The student who found the note posted it on her Facebook page and it immediately began being shared over all corners of the Internet.
It is the second such note reported this week at the university. Another black student circulated a photo on social media this week of a note posted on the student's dorm room door that used a racially offensive term toward the student.
The two incidents has caused the college to react immediately to contain the fallout.
College president Ramon S. Torrecilha issued a statement expressing the disappointment he and many feel about what he called "an uptick in racist, sexist and homophobic incidents."
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He also announced the college would conduct a planned "Day of Acknowledgement and Listening." There will be two "listening sessions", one from 10 to noon and the other from 1-3 p.m. in the Owl's Nest of Ely Hall.
Faculty and staff are asked to attend the earlier session to allow students to have their own space to speak freely in the second session, according to Torrecilha's statement.
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LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) - Jason Day, in pursuit of world number one status and a fourth win in six starts, was poised for a possible 59 after charging four shots clear in the weather-hit opening round of the BMW Championship on Thursday.
Day, who could leapfrog Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth to reach the top of the rankings with victory this week, produced sizzling form as he moved to 10 under par after 17 holes before play was suspended for the day due to the threat of lightning.
That left the Australian world number three a commanding four strokes ahead of American Daniel Berger, who eagled his final hole, the par-four ninth, for a six-under 65 in breezy conditions at Conway Farms Golf Club.
Day had just hit his tee shot 346 yards into the right rough at the ninth, his final hole, before the siren sounded to halt the action and he faces a second shot from 44 yards for what would be a sensational eagle.
Should he hole out from there when he returns to the course on Friday morning to complete his round, he would become only the seventh player on the PGA Tour to shoot a 59.
"If it goes in, it goes in," said Day. "Right now I'm just trying to play the best I can. I'm just trying to get off to a good start.
"I feel like this is one of the best rounds I've ever played, especially with how the wind is.
"Just the way I'm playing, hitting the greens and putting and just how everything is kind of going, hitting it long and straight ... it's a good thing for success out there."
Masters and U.S. Open champion Spieth was part of a four-way tie for third at five under as he tried to keep pace with playing partner Day in the third of the PGA Tour's four concluding playoff events in the season-long FedExCup race.
Spieth was level with fellow Americans Brendon Todd, who returned a 66, Kevin Chappell, who had completed 16 holes, and Justin Thomas, after 13.
Day, who won the Canadian Open, PGA Championship and The Barclays in his last five starts, chalked up four birdies in his first six holes and though he gave a shot back on the 17th with a three-putt bogey, the 27-year-old then caught fire.
He birdied the 18th, holed out for eagle from a fairway bunker at the par-four first and added back-to-back birdies at the second and third to storm three strokes clear.
Day picked up further shots at the seventh and eighth to get to 10 under and raise hopes of a magical 59, then hit his tee shot at the ninth before play was suspended.
Spieth was unable to keep pace with the red-hot Australian, despite registering a hole-in-one at the second and a chip-in birdie at the third, and was five under for the round after 17 holes.
World number one McIlroy was at three under after 12 holes in an elite field of 70 players from which just 30 will advance to the Tour Championship finale next week in Atlanta.
PGA Tour veteran Jim Furyk, who shot a 59 two years ago at Conway Farms in the second round of the BMW Championship, withdrew from the tournament with a wrist injury after completing just six holes in the opening round.
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Getting Up Close and Personal With Jozen Cummings of Until I Get Married
Last week, I had the pleasure of chatting with the wonderfully charming Jozen Cummings. Jozen is a music writer and online editor whose popular personal blog, Until I Get Married, chronicles his life as a bachelor in New York City. A gal pal of mine recently posted a link to one of Jozen's hilarious blog entries on Facebook and I've been hooked ever since. I think you ladies will be too.
Rosemary: So what's the story behind Until I Get Married? And the name?
Jozen: Well the name came up in a casual conversation I was having with a friend of mine. I was re-telling a story to my boy and I said, "Until I get married, that's exactly what I'm going to date." And it just kind of hung there and I was like, Until I Get Married? What if I had a site called Until I Get Married and I was just talking about my adventures in bachelorhood and everything?
The idea of having a website though, came initially out of me just having the time to actually put it together. I had just recently been let go, or I was swallowed up in the closing of my magazine where I was an editor. I wanted it to do something where I could write on a daily basis. I wanted to have a focus. I do a lot of music journalism and I knew that I didn't want to do a music blog.
I decided to put myself out there and just be honest. I wanted to create a website that was most of all honest about my dealings with women and struck a balance, something that can resonate with men and women. That's what the goal was and I think that I've gotten that down.
Rosemary: I think so too. How did the economy and unemployment affect your dating life?
Jozen: Dating without a job totally opened my eyes to how supportive women are. I grew up very close to my mom and a younger sister that has always been behind me 100%, so I've always known the strength of women. Growing up, you think that women care about men with some sort of stability. And if I didn't have a job, I certainly didn't have stability to offer.
There was no shortage of dating opportunities when I became unemployed. The way that it affected me though, was it made me far more focused on my career because I was freelancing. I did have some posts where I talked about women who complained about me, how I touched my Blackberry more than I touched my woman, how I'm always on my Blackberry. But the truth was I just had the mind of a man that was chasing down every single opportunity. He had to make a little bit of money and so I was constantly on my Blackberry, constantly on my computer. So, I couldn't really date with any kind of peace of mind. And it made me a little bit of a mess but as far as women's perception of me, but I didn't really date any women that had an issue with me being unemployed.
Rosemary: Are you exactly how you portray yourself online, or do you think you're a little different?
Jozen: I'm exactly the way that I am online. I wouldn't say that you can gauge how I am entirely through one post. You would have had to have kept up with the blog to understand the range of personalities that I have. Not to say that I have multiple personality disorder, but some days, I'm a great guy and some days I'm a jerk. I don't make a conscience effort to be either, it's just you may catch me on a good day, you may catch me on a bad day.
Rosemary: Have you ever dated a woman who didn't know about your blog?
Jozen: It's happened where some women don't read the blog and then they go out on a date with me and they see how passionate I am about it and they're like, "OK I'll go ahead and check it out." And they'll call me and ask, "Do you want to go out again? What are you doing tomorrow?" And, they have more questions. It really is like a cheat sheet so I really don't mind it because I just take it as. They get to know me a little bit better and the blog is there for that, but I'm also here for that. I met women that didn't know about it initially but when they did, it did affect their perception of me.
Rosemary: Have you ever gone out with a woman who you met through the blogging world? Maybe a girl who left comments on your blog?
Jozen: I'm a staunch defender against any accusations that I use the blog to meet women. But, I'm not going to lie and say that the blog hasn't introduced me to a lot of women. I've gone out with women that have met me through the blog or have introduced themselves through email or Facebook. I would never treat a woman differently who reached out to me through my blog. If I'm attracted to you, I'm going to act like I'm attracted to you; I'm going to act like I want to get to know you better. So I don't write anybody off my list if they first read about me or became aware of me through my blog and I think that helps me stay balanced.
Rosemary: Has an ex ever reached out to you about something that you wrote about? Or has an ex ever asked you to take anything down?
Jozen: No, I've never ever had any ex ask me to take anything down. If anything I think that some posts that have been about exes in the past have helped them understand better what I was trying to communicate with them. I wrote about long distance relationships and how this woman was pressing me to have one and I didn't want one and I explained why [on the blog]. She reached out to me and said, "I'm assuming this is about me?" But I've never dealt with any woman saying, "I can't believe you've written that about me" I've taken on the philosophy, and this may sound incredibly selfish, these are my stories too and I write about them from my perspective.
Rosemary: Before you go out with a woman, do you look her up on Facebook and Twitter? Do you check out her blog, if she has one?
Jozen: Absolutely. I'm big on that. There was a blog I wrote called Five Ways Your Facebook Profile Ruined Our Chances. It was a satirical thing, kind of tongue in cheek. But we're online now. I'm definitely plugged in and I'm on the internet. I do wonder about people that aren't online. I understand that everybody has their privacy. I have my privacy too, believe it or not. I also don't have much to hide. You don't have to have a Twitter and a Facebook and a tumblr and a blog and an iChat and everything to get me into you. But yeah, I want to check out your Facebook. I want to see.
That's just being honest about where we are in our society. I wrote a blog called Five Things That Only Happen To Couples In Movies. One of those things is the death of the blind date. Nobody really goes on blind dates anymore, because nobody really has to.
Rosemary: What do your family and friends think about Until I Get Married?
Jozen: I told my mom when I first started. I wanted her support, but I remember having one particular post that I wasn't too sure I wanted my mom to read. And I told her that. All credit goes to her for not having judgment on her son and his crazy ways when it comes to his adventures and his experiences. And I've written about her, I've written about her relationship with my step-dad because all these things do affect me as a man. She is incredibly supportive. Absolutely, incredibly supportive of me.
As for the rest of my family, they get a big kick out of it. I think my friends really honestly love to see the kind of attention that it draws. I was in New Orleans with my buddies and we were down there at a music festival. One of my buddies and I were just walking around to go to a show and a girl stopped me and she said, "Hey, I know you, I read your blog."
Rosemary: How cool! Do you ever censor yourself?
Jozen: For as much as I write about, there is so much more on the cutting room floor. And then there are certain posts that I know are going to do well and I want to save them for the right time. I prioritize and I do not so much censor myself, but edit myself. It's not a free for all. I change names, or I don't even put names because sometimes it's a story between me and her. The way I censor myself most is when I write stories that include my other friends because I don't want them to get in trouble. I make sure to protect everybody's identity and everybody's interests.
Rosemary: What's your favorite kind of date to go on? Dinner and a movie, drinks and dancing, staying in?
Jozen: Live music. I go to a lot of shows and I like to take someone with me that can have a good time. And if we can have fun together, then we can definitely be private and quiet together too. I try to stay away from the [date] clichés as much as possible; I only think a movie date is acceptable, if I'm asking you at the spur of the moment, "Hey do you want to go see a movie, like right now?" I don't think that dinner is the most creative date, but if we're talking about food and you tell me "I love meatballs." Well, we'll go to the meatball shop. I try to keep it spontaneous. But if I can plan a date, it would definitely involve a live music show.
Rosemary: What's up next for Until I Get Married? Will you stop writing, if you get serious with someone? Or, will you wait until you get engaged, or get married?
Jozen: I'm definitely not going to stop if I find a relationship. And if I get married, probably the only thing that might change is the name of the website to signify that that I did get married. The blog allows me to write every single day. And slowly, but surely I've been getting more work from it. I don't really know where it's going to go. But all I know is I want to drive it as far as it can go.
For me, what's next is tomorrow. That might sound a little corny, but the next blog post is always what's next. I always told people that the blog doesn't control my life, my life controls the blog. Anybody that thinks that "He's staying single so he can keep on writing," that's nonsense. At some point the story of the single man is going to kind of get old. I hope that my life evolves to a point where I have more stories to tell.
Thanks Jozen!
Is Until I Get Married new to you? Where do you turn when you want to get a guy's perspective? Have you ever dated a guy who blogged about his relationships? And has the economy had any effect on your love life?
P.S. Until I Get Married was recently nominated for a few Black Weblog Awards! If you'd like to check out Jozen's nominations, you can click here.
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Duffy's Hope, founded in 1998 by Allen "Duffy" Samuels, is a service provider for at-risk and hard to reach youth ages 12-17 with DOCUMENTED proof of success. Located in the heart of Wilmington, Delaware Duffy's Hope has changed lives for the better for over 4,500 youth. Of the 4,500 youth served, 2,500 were participants in Duffy's direct services programs. Duffy's Hope uses a HOLISTIC approach that includes 10 components to not only determine the root causes in the lives of at-risk youth but also address, and more importantly, helps to rectify those issues. Duffy's Hope programs include the following:
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At Duffy's Hope, we provide intellectual, emotional and interpersonal growth opportunities for youth and their families. Our after-school and summer programs are free of charge and have a proven track record of addressing risk behaviors and increasing protective factors among youth living in the Greater Wilmington area of New Castle County, Delaware. The overall focus of our programs can be summed up in one word: prevention.
Since 1998, Duffy's Hope has served youth in our community and was recognized as a 501c3 nonprofit organization in 2002. In that time we have reached more than 4,500 at- risk and hard-to- reach youth though direct program and mentoring services. Our office is located in the Community Service Building at 100 W. 10 th Street, Suite #9 in Wilmington, Delaware, but the programs take place in the community where they are needed most.
We use evidence-based programs that are designed to meet the needs of at-risk youth age 12-17, their families and their communities to promote well-rounded success. Duffy's Hope staff and mentors work with each young person to improve academic performance and attendance, increase community and pro-social involvement, provide positive peer relations, improve protective factors related to youth violence and suicide, decrease risk factors related to youth engagement in violence and suicide, and reduce youth involvement in maladaptive behaviors and criminal activity.
Parental involvement is the key to our success and what makes Duffy's Hope's programs unique. We encourage family involvement in after school and summer prevention programs provided through Duffy's Hope and promotes parental involvement in school, sports, and community activities in which the youth is engaged. In addition, a parent advisory committee meets once a month. Parents are exposed to guest speakers that address relevant topics related to parenting and household management. Not only are the students impacted through the program, but the parents as well.
We are proud to say that students who have successfully completed our programs have a plan for their future and a way to achieve it. This is a great accomplishment in a world where crime, violence, gangs, substance abuse, suicide, teen pregnancy and school dropout are some of the many issues young people face. Our programs focus on positive opportunities and experiences for youth to combat the risk factors they encounter every day. Duffy's Hope envisions a world where young adults take control of their lives by proactively seeking and rising to achievements beyond their perceived potential, so they can improve their – and their community's – quality of life.
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Youth today need someone to guide them into positive choices that will lead toward a productive future. Did someone along the way make you feel capable? Make you feel cared about? Help you see your talents? Children today need the very same gifts that helped you become who you are now! Servicing youth between the ages of 12-17, the Ambassador Mentoring Program utilizes evidence based practices from the Phoenix Curriculum. The Ambassador Mentoring Program also incorporates the Trauma Awareness Suicide Prevention Program curriculum. The program also includes a 10 components which include, one-on-one mentoring, parent & family involvement, school & home visits, life changing shock therapy, tutoring assistance, educational & enrichment trips, guest speakers, financial literacy, group discussions and etiquette training. What is a Traditional One-to-One Mentor? Like other mentors, traditional mentors provide caring and guidance to their mentees through an on-going relationship. These mentors and mentees meet one-on-one at times and places that fit their schedules.
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- Exercising, crafts, playing computer games
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Duffy's Hope, Inc. (DHI) we believe involvement in organized team sports provides meaningful, healthy and safe activity for youth. Astonishing incentives for academic achievement and character building are developed through team supports. Sports programs are proven positive social interaction with peers. Therefore, DHI supports using sports as an educational medium that stresses the importance of reaching youth through sports. As a result, for 12 consecutive summers DHI has organized and facilitated a boy's basketball league; for the first summer, a successful girls league was started in 2009. The free basketball leagues will be open to youth ages 14 to 18 years old, the program provides a safe haven and emphasizes the value of sportsmanship, teamwork and leadership skills. Overall, DHI uses basketball as a prevention platform teaching young people the importance of healthy lifestyles, literacy, self-esteem, conflict resolution and leadership. The organized venue also introduces youth to positive role models and opportunities for mentorship.
Duffy's Hope, Inc. manages and owns a youth led garden and market that will provide fresh fruit and vegetables to youth and families within the Wilmington Eastside Community. Phase I, site acquisition, included soil testing, site excavation/construction/maintenance, equipment purchases, crop production/harvesting supplies. Phase I is complete and operating. Phase II will add a market component which will teach youth the concepts of entrepreneurship and allow for eligibility for scholarship opportunities. This initiative provides extensive exposure to S.T.E.M.(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) career opportunities.
- Overall, the project will encourage youth to live healthier lives through the proactive benefits of gardening while focusing on their strengths and assets.
- Project will work with experienced gardening programs to create a profit making enterprise in the high-need neighborhood, Eastside of Wilmington. Youth will learn aspects of marketing, packaging and small business management through the support existing farmers markets as an income generation component of the garden and a way to further improve access to local and fresh produce.
- Project will mobilize at least 25 youth for summer and fall programming reinforcing the IM40 principles of engagement, leadership and empowerment through the gardening process.
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Catastrophic injuries, as well as death of a loved one or one's own mortal illness, propel one into a process of grief. Counselors list several stages of grief that one must go through in order to come to grips with a sobering new reality. Listen to recording on grief and loss at TruckSafety.org.
Some of the stages most often cited may be summarized as follows:
1. Shock and denial. "This can't be happening! There must be a mistake. It will be OK tomorrow. It's all a bad dream!" Brief denial may buffer us mentally and emotionally from the shock of facing our new reality. It helps prepare us for the next stage of grief.
2. Anger turned outward. We may be angry toward the loved one who has died or suffered grievous injury, or toward the person who caused the injury. In the legal process, we often begin working with people who are at this stage. But see Ephesians 4:26 : "Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath." One must acknowledge anger, deal with it, and work beyond it.
3. Depression (anger turned inward). The grieving person may become depressed and blame himself for what has happened. Such self-blame is often irrational, and hardly ever productive. The resulting depression has some of the same symptoms as clinical depression, like altered sleep patterns, diminished appetite, diminished motivation, crying, feelings of hopelessness, and physical symptoms. This depression is different from clinical depression in that it is a temporary feeling -- lasting from weeks to a few years -- that one should eventually work through. Professional help is needed if one cannot work beyond this depression, and if there are any suicidal feelings.
4. Bargaining. In this stage a person will often try to bargain with God. They may promise to do anything for God, if He will only take the problem away.
5. Sadness. After the grieving person has accepted reality, he may feel a deep sadness. Memories may bring tears. However, as with the healing of a physical wound the pain usually decreases in intensity over time. One day, the good memories will again predominate.
6. Forgiveness, resolution, and acceptance. This phase is the goal of the grieving process. Although occasional feelings of anger or sadness may recur at this point, it is often possible to resume and enjoy as normal a life as physical limitations will permit.
A trial lawyer's job is not the same as that of a psychologist or pastoral counselor. However, it's good if your lawyer has empathy for the emotions you are experiencing.
Our job in pursuing civil justice for people who have suffered a catastrophic loss is not to enable them to sit around and feel sorry for themselves forever. It is to provide the means for them to become all that they can be, with what is left of their lives and abilities, and to support their quality of life in the areas in which they are not able to provide for themselves.
Most jurors like positive people who heroically strive to return to a productive life, despite daunting obstacles, better than those who focus on the negative and drown in self-pity. That is a very practical reason to work through the stages of grief toward a positive and constructive response.


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Autumn Term
We have really enjoyed learning about the birth of Jesus. We had a lovely reflective worship today. We heard how the shepherds brought gifts to Jesus, and so we made our own gifts and presented them to him. Earlier in the term we heard how the Angel Gabriel visited Mary, and celebrated this by making angels and saying the Hail Mary during reflective worship.
We had a lovely start to Advent with our Advent assembly. We were very proud to see our wonderful, handmade pom-pom Advent wreath on the stage with all the other lovely work from across the classes. We look forward to lighting it in class as we move through the season of Advent.
We also really enjoyed our Story Trail where we learnt all about the Christmas story and got to travel back in time to when Jesus was born!
. 17.11.16
To continue our work in DT on healthy eating we have designed, made and evaluated a fun and healthy snack. Here's what we made:
A fun time was had by all on our Science and DT trip to Tesco! We looked at healthy eating by exploring all the different fruits and vegetables and then used all 5 of our senses to describe what they look, smell, feel, taste and even sound like – who knew cabbage was so squeaky! When we got back to class we did some fantastic writing about what we had found out.
As a reward for working together as a class and following instructions first time, today we had toy day! We told our friends all about our toys and then wrote sentences about them in the morning.
In the afternoon we shared our toys with our friends and made cakes! It has been a wonderful day!
Welcome to Class 1!
The start of a new year at school is very exciting and me (Miss Chapman), Miss Seton-Jones and Mrs Hogan welcome you to Class 1! We know the children will settle down into the new routines really quickly, and enjoy all the fun things we've got planned this year.
A few things to note to help things run smoothly are that the children need full school P.E. kit (white T-shirt, black or blue shorts and pumps) on Tuesdays, but we suggest leaving it in school until half term, when we will send it home with the children. Children need to bring their reading books in everyday to read them with staff in school. Please read with your child as much as possible at home, every night if you can, and record that you have read in the Reading Record book. This will really help with their reading progress and they love doing it too!
Me and My Home
This term we will learning all about our friends in class, their likes and dislikes, who lives at their house and in their bigger families, and learning about where they live and our local area. In a few weeks I will be asking the children if they can bring in pictures of their families and their houses to share with the class.
So far we have spent the first weeks learning how to use our classroom. We have discovered all the different areas and are learning how to be independent learners using Rocket Challenges. We have really enjoyed finding out about the different challenges in each area each week, including Writing, Reading, Maths, Creative, ICT, Phonics and Construction. We have also enjoyed playing in the house too. We love filling up our rockets by completing the challenges. Lots of us have been Challenge Champions by completing every challenge over the week! We got to take home a special certificate! Soon we will be doing these independently while groups are doing focussed activities. Here are some examples of the activities we have been doing:
This week it has also been St James' School's 50th birthday! We have talked all about the changes in our schools history and made a birthday card to celebrate. We have drawn and coloured an image on the front as neat as we can to practise fine motor control and copied Happy Birthday, Love from inside and written our name to practise forming letters.
This is the display we made:
On Tuesday we cut the cake in a special assembly and sang Happy Birthday to us!
Soon we will start daily phonics sessions to practise our sounding out and blending skills and will be taking part in a wide variety of maths activities to practise our number, calculation, and space, shape and measure skills.
Watch this space for photos and more information on all the things we get up to this term!


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Fragrance is one of my top beauty vise and my vanity table is filled with quite a number of it. It's been quite a while since I've checked out Avon's fragrances. Well, guess what I was invited to attend their latest Feminine fragrance launching, Viva La Vita Eau de Parfum.
Stepping into the press launch, I was immediately assail with the beautiful floral scented atmosphere. The entire area was decked with gorgeous flowers blooming in all its glory. Viva La Vita EDP captures the vibrant essence of women, the fragrance is a joyful evocation that lifts the spirit. There were several booth set up for us to smell the invigorating scents.
Viva La Vita EDP opens with a crisp pink apple accord which adds a sparkling freshness and imbues a sense of fun freedom, while mandarin citrus captures a free-spirited feel. At the heart of the fragrance, mimosa essence infuses a gentle richness while pink magnolia adds a heady softness. The base of this floral fruit fragrance is a creamy sandalwood that provides a warm, enveloping dry down. The vanilla bean brings out its sweetness, while cashmere wood creates a lasting veil of earthy fragrance on skin. I simply adore the scent!
At the launch, Avon also took the opportunity to announced actress Nelydia Senrose as the face of Viva La Vita. We had fun that day by recreating the scent of Viva La Vita EDP in a group challenge.
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Marriage redefined by The Episcopal Church
By Sharon Dewey Hetke
MAJOR CHANGES to church law as well as the election of a new leader dominated the General Convention of The Episcopal Church (TEC) when it gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah from June 25 to July 3.
On June 30, the House of Bishops passed resolutions to provide new marriage liturgies as well as to make changes to Canon 18, which governs the Church's practice on marriage. Both the new liturgies and the revised Canon are ambiguous as to the sex of the partners.
One day later, the House of Deputies approved these resolutions, which do include a provision protecting clergy who choose not to perform same-sex marriages.
Communion Partners, a conservative group within TEC, responded with the Salt Lake City Statement, saying that these developments constituted "a significant change in the Church's understanding of Christian marriage." They also said that they remain "committed to the Church and its people, even in the midst of painful disagreement" and pledged to "speak the truth in love," writing, "When we disagree with the Church's actions, we will do so openly and transparently and – with the Spirit's help – charitably." In response, TEC's House of Bishops issued a statement saying that in spite of their different views, the Communion Partners were an "indispensable part of who we are as the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church. Our church needs their witness."
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, responded to the passing of these Resolutions, expressing "deep concern about the stress for the Anglican Communion following the US Episcopal Church's House of Bishops' resolution to change the definition of marriage in the canons so that any reference to marriage as between a man and a woman is removed."
In the statement from his office, Welby also recognized the "prerogative of The Episcopal Church to address issues appropriate to its own context" but said that "its decision will cause distress for some and have ramifications for the Anglican Communion as a whole, as well as for its ecumenical and interfaith relationships."
The General Convention also elected a new Presiding Bishop, following the retirement of Katharine Jefferts-Schori. Bishop Michael Curry of North Carolina was elected to the office on the first ballot with support from 79 percent of the bishops and 98 percent of the Deputies. Curry, TEC's first African-American Presiding Bishop, is known for his fiery preaching, his social liberalism and his emphasis on evangelism. Curry opened his sermon by saying, "I love this Church; I love our Lord; and God is not finished with us yet."
General Convention also dealt with a contentious resolution urging the Church to divest from companies in the West Bank. The resolution's supporters argued that those investments link the Church to "products and/or actions [that] support the infrastructure of the occupation."
This resolution was met with strong opposition from the House of Bishops. Some bishops raised the need to care for those relying on TEC pensions, and, according to the Episcopal Church News Service, "Others reminded the house that Archbishop Suheil Dawani of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem has urged the Episcopal Church not to adopt a policy that would make it more difficult for him to manage his congregations and the more than 30 social service institutions throughout Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Territories. Those institutions include schools, hospitals, clinics and centres for people with disabilities and serve people of all faiths."
Among the other highlights of the Church's 78th Convention were a march against gun violence; a direction for the Standing Committee on Liturgy and Music to prepare revisions of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and the 1982 Hymnal; and the passing of several resolutions supporting fossil fuel divestment and addressing concerns about climate change.
TEC's next General Convention will be held in July of 2018 in Austin, Texas. TAP


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Jet lagged and trying to not vomit, or fall asleep from the amount of bad wine and pills I ingested on the airplane into CDG (a story for another time). I decided to immediately take the Metro North of Sacre-Coeur to Montmartre Cemetery. Backstory: this cemetery was built in the 18th century for the same reasons as Pere Lachaise: too many corpses leading to unhealthy dwelling conditions for residents, thus forcing bodies to the outer city and into an abandoned gypsum quarry .
You can see the beautiful layers of old and new along the Montmartre Cemetery wall, and on the other side lies the underdog resting place for Parisians.
This was the best day for a cemetery stroll, cool sunny and full of weirdos (I am assuming I was one of them). I saw cat lady, mr. grave cleaner and I was stalked by a black cat.
The bridge continues...amongst graffiti and steel, the cemetery monuments create the natural horizon. I would love this commute.
Looking closer through the bridge...cobblestone cemetery streets and moss ridden graves.
Crammed monuments and a map vibrate from the automobiles above. I decided to NOT read the map this time. Instead I was in search for the weirdest graves and the cat lady...
First up for the weird grave contest: Pierre and Nicole resting below stones.
Another contender: the iron cage? Crib? Do these dead people even know they are in this contest? They really should tidy up.
Or does it go to the cactus that appears to be flipping me off?
Glass grave...meh.
This is when my half-drugged childish game ended. Possibly the most beautiful monument I have experienced in a cemetery: turquoise, amazing, intricately carved owls at each Doric column, intense scenes of flying skeletons and sinking ships at sea.
Beautiful rust, repeated moulding and wreaths.
This was the happy side...the other was grim, the ship was sinking and the flying skeletons were pushing it into the sea.
Hungry and ready to find some street food, I decided to take one more glance at the cemetery from atop a tombstone...there are a few more weird things to highlight.
The creepy jester aka the puppet Petrouchka...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrushka_(ballet) Look it up, its creepster. It gives David Lynch a run for his money...
Here is the creep factor on this grave. According to Wikipedia (I know, I know) this man was a "Orientalism" painter (not very p.c.), and this is how he died!
"The bullet lodged in his intestines, and he lingered from that moment in the agonies of a painful illness, terminated by death. His last words after the bullet had entered his body were for his wife and son, who, on being informed of the tragical occurrence, came and nursed him until his death. The painter died in his studio, whither he was carried at his own request. He wanted to see his Oriental sketches for the last time."
—unattributed, The New York Times, April 6, 1887
He has a painting called, Dogs of the Douar Devouring a Dead Horse in the Gorges of El Kantar, 1883. Ish.
And the winner goes to.......
The cactus. Its a cactus, thats why.


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I think I snarfed nearly the entire bowl down all by myself. Those were some *good* beans--still slightly warm, salty, and my friend's mother gave us all glasses of cold beer to go with. It doesn't get much better on a hot summer day, let me tell you:-) See yokohamamamahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-86878001405873519622011-06-28T16:52:00.000+09:002011-06-28T16:52:32.073+09:00SpyShopper-- Taste-Testing New Chip Flavors My all-time most favorite chip flavor: UmeShio! (Pickled Plum Salt) Everything is seasonal in a Japanese supermarket-- including flavors of chips. At left, my favorite chip flavor *ever* (even better than Salt & Vinegar). thank goodness the bags are small... 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Around the time I went to Germany, I used to have a recurring dream that was so vivid I can recall it to this day in its entirety. I remember standing in a square room with no doors or windows, although it wasn't dark inside. The entire floor was a sort of jungle gym of square pylons of varying colors and heights--some near the floor, low enoughyokohamamamahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-41159341345222272852011-06-21T22:52:00.000+09:002011-06-21T22:52:09.759+09:00On Bilingualism: Outside-In The cherries have nearly disappeared from the trees already... Wow--the last post on bilingualism prompted loads of *fascinating* comments that made my brain run off in a hundred directions...hence my lateness in replying. Had to go chase my brain down:-)) (Actually, three sick boys are my excuse for my absence--hopefully that won't happen this week). Before I head down some of the *very* yokohamamamahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-71775650546126224772011-06-20T17:09:00.000+09:002011-06-20T17:09:32.904+09:00Land of Cute-- At the Children's Hospital The pediactric ophthamologist... Since my little Teddy Bear has wonky eyes, we pay a visit to the Yokohama Children's Hospital every three or four months for checkups. He had surgery for strabismus when he was three--just when they opened the new building. From a crowded, dark, sad old building to a huge, light, bright place that's kind of fun to go to-- especially since the children who go yokohamamamahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-64611654265602381792011-06-19T16:30:00.001+09:002011-06-21T09:49:30.216+09:00School Days-- A Day in the Fifth Grade O-Soji... The Honorable Cleaning;-) Once a year the kids have school on Saturday-- an "open house" day when moms and dads can drop in any time during the day to watch their kids' classes. Fortunately everybody recovered from colds that have plagued us all week (all three of my boys home for the last three days-- Koshi, Teddy, and Papa--in case anybody was wondering where I went;-), so yokohamamamahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-5404451977351467942011-06-15T18:08:00.001+09:002011-06-15T18:08:01.204+09:00What Little Girls Are Made Of Two of my three kids bring the Outdoors in... and it's not my boys. It's Big Brother and Little Sister (middle brother Teddy tends not to bring me bugs--he'd rather go fast. At seven he asked me whether Jr. High was 'grown up', and could he have a motorcycle...). It's in the washing machine... Yesterday Cici came bombing in the door shouting that her school hat was stinky. Why? (...do I yokohamamamahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-61451762762511455442011-06-15T10:46:00.000+09:002011-06-15T10:46:41.099+09:00Monday Manglish-- I *Had* To Buy It...[I know it's not actually Monday now-- but this was written on Monday. Blogger, for some mysterious Blogger-ly reason, wouldn't let me post for two days. Again. I also avoided commenting since a friend who comments here said she'd had a bunch of comments lost-- gomen! Blogger seems to be having quite a few hiccups these days...] This is what happens when I go to the store without my camera.yokohamamamahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-24130115874803867612011-06-10T14:07:00.002+09:002011-06-10T19:03:07.519+09:00On Bilingualism: What Is Fluency? I have so many more experiences with this flower now in Japan (and therefore in Japanese), that "Ajisai" is the first word that comes to mind. I usually have to think for a minute to pull "Hydrangea" up out of storage... ...And with this post I feel I've jumped into the frigid waters of Lake Superior, bound for the other side, with little confidence in my ability to swim that far. Ma, yaru yokohamamamahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-22781356301292507472011-06-08T22:35:00.000+09:002011-06-08T22:35:56.529+09:00Japanese Commercials Rock--Kitties Why are commercials on Japanese TV so much better than commercials on American TV (I speak generally, of course)? Their commercials involving animals-- usually cats or dogs-- are just *adorable*. "Watashi wa Nyaran"-- "I am Nyaran", the white Japanese bobtail spokeskitty for Jaran travel service (his name is a play on the name of the company and 'nyan', which means 'meow'). Recently, yokohamamamahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-7054411737448110402011-06-07T20:40:00.001+09:002011-06-07T20:41:24.439+09:00The Sort of Thing I Find in my Sink Boys are boys, no matter where you go...;-) Papa got home around seven this evening (*very* early for a Japanese Salaryman). Put his briefcase down and walked back to the bathroom to wash his hands. I heard a loud, startled "Ehhhhh!!" Procambarus clarkii-- the Louisiana crawfish, an invasive species. Poor Papa-- coming home tired after a long day at work... only to find his sink filledyokohamamamahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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The advent of component-based software engineering provides managers with opportunities to streamline their software development process. These opportunities exist in all phases of the software development process, from analysis to maintenance, and from project planning to project tracking. This paper will identify specific areas of software engineering that may benefit from component-based software engineering.
Component-based software engineering by virtue of its inherent nature complies with the software engineering principles of modularity, abstraction, encapsulation and information hiding. The first step is to create an interface specification, which is a critical part of the analysis or design phase of component-based software engineering. An Interface Definition Language (IDL) is often used to create the interface code and documentation.
Several approaches are suitable for the creation of interface specification. A "team of architects" or a "convention of engineers" may create the interface specification. The "team of architects" approach will yield the interface specification most efficiently. On the other hand, the "convention of engineers" approach will provide a broad-based understanding and support of interfaces. The analysis and design phase must produce the interface specification and a scenario description of how the interfaces interact to accomplish specific tasks.
One question inevitably comes up when converting a conventional software system to a component-based software system: Should the system architecture be changed before converting it to components? The answer to this question is not simple. It depends on where you want to invest your resources. An area of the system, which is stable and not expected to change in the future, is a good candidate for conversion into a component without any investment in changing its architecture. However, an area of the system, which is unstable and dynamic may require architectural changes before conversion to components. There are some areas of the systems that may not be converted to components at all. For example, the boot code in an embedded system.
Another question, which often arises, is: In what order should the conventional system be converted to a component-based system? The best approach is to divide the system into logically related sub-systems and identify the dependencies. Then convert the sub-system into components. Usually, there is a need for the system to operate during the conversion. This approach narrows the exposure to a sub-system, which can be isolated and managed. Also, you may have to maintain the conventional infrastructure, such as massages and queues, until a sub-system is completely converted into components. This problem becomes particularly difficult when resources are not available for the whole sub-system.
The next step is to create a component specification, which includes the interfaces and member functions. The objective is not only to contain logically related interfaces, but also perform load balancing. There are two types of load balancing, technical load balancing and project management load balancing. Technical load balancing requires stack space consideration and real time considerations. Project management load balancing requires matching the organizational structure to component-based software engineering. Would an individual own a component or would a team of engineers own a component?
The granularity of the components will depend on the size of the software project and the number of people working on the project. It is not unreasonable to have seven to ten interfaces per component with the same number of member functions per interface. Again, the size of the project and the size of the organization will dictate the granularity of the components. It would me most efficient to match individuals and teams to components. An organization matched to create components will be most efficient.
Once the component specification is complete, the developers have complete control of the development method or approach, as long as the interfaces are adhered. During development, the metrics used to track progress should be based on component-based software engineering. Traditional metrics, such as Lines of Code (LOC), is no longer valid or useful. Metrics based on interfaces, member functions and their complexity should be used. Since few guidelines exist today, the initial metrics for component-based software engineering would have to be devised. Further, each problem domain may require unique metrics. Naturally, the number of components, the number of interfaces, the number of member functions and their complexity will form the basis for metrics.
Unit testing in component-based software engineering can be accomplished by creating a sister test component for each functional component, which exercise the interface and its member functions. A test harness could used to automate the test process. The creation of sister test components can be automated by customizing the IDL compiler. Component integration testing can be accomplished by isolating logically related components and identifying their interface. Component-based sub-systems can be tested similarly.
Guidelines, which require the creation of sister test components before functional components can be checked-in, would formalize the unit test strategy. Tools to automate the creation and execution of sister test components would enable software engineers to follow this strategy.
Maintenance of component-based software systems can be revolutionized. In conventional software systems, coupling enslaves engineers to the implementation. Their frustration is further exacerbated when simple changes in one area of the code causes dramatics effect in other areas of the code. Maintenance becomes a curse and engineers are tethered to the implementation. Creativity is stifled. Much of our engineering talent is sacrificed to maintenance. In component-based software systems, engineers can break their chains. They can make changes to the component with confidence and, if necessary, change the implementation altogether, as long as they are faithful to the interfaces.


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As I put up the Christmas lights this weekend in -20 C weather and cursed when I realize I had lost all of my bows which looked lovely against my green garland. I did what any insane person would do on a late Saturday afternoon and wrangled up the kids for a trip to Wal-Mart.
I knew my patience was short and I had one mission to purchase my very large red bows! It was then to escape, put up the rest of the outdoor decorations, and drink a bottle of wine.
Unfortunately, sheepish browsers blocking the main aisles in every direction were slowing down my master plan!
I did what any other hurried person would do and hit the back alley aisles hoping to make it to the Christmas department without yelling "No! You cannot have…" to either of my children.
It was when we hit the towel section – all hell broke loose!
The bane of my existence two Lovie Dovies lip smacking the middle of the Wal-Mart towel aisle. They were blocking my direct way to the Christmas department and there was nothing I could do except make a very loud cough!
It failed.
They kept smacking.
I coughed louder.
She then swallowed his tongue hole.
I rolled my eyes at my oldest son.
He was mortified and said "Gross!"
They kept lip smacking.
"Excuse ME! EXCUSE ME!"
They seemed to move a little to the side just enough for me to get my cart and my children to pass without disrupting their erotic moment in the sexy towel department of Wal-Mart.
The inner child in me looked at both of my sons and the exclaimed" EWWW! Gross!"
We then began to make our way pass them. But something happened. The young man was so enraptured with his tongue being rammed down this woman's throat – he moved one step back as I pushed my shopping cart forward – jamming the contraption right into the back of his Knees!
He went "Awwww! Ouch!"
I went "Oops! Sorry!"
My oldest exclaimed "Serves them right for face sucking in such a public place."
It was with that we made our way to the Christmas department and I picked up my lovely Christmas bows. My children both have been traumatized by this event and vow they will never kiss a girl. Sometimes an early education in the public display of affection is just enough to hold them off on liking girls for just a few more years.
Thank you Face Suckers of Wal-Mart! I think this might be the best Christmas gift you can give any Mom of two boys!
How do you feel about public displays of affection? Do you think there is a time and place for it?
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Darcie Cameron is a RYT 200 who believes Yoga is a gift that is accessible to everyone with proper modifications, a patient smile and just taking the time to breathe. One of the greatest presents you will ever unwrap is when you connect your mind, body and spirit in perfect sync with your own breath. Connect with Darcie on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/darciecameronlovesyoga


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From James Taranto:
Reuters, meanwhile, carries what should be an upbeat story about American soldiers teaching Iraqi orphans to play football, but can't resist throwing in this anti-American non sequitur: "None of the boys asked to play was orphaned as a result of the U.S.-led invasion in which an unknown number of Iraqi civilians were killed. U.S. efforts to restore order since the end of the war have floundered and postwar guerrilla attacks in which 80 U.S. soldiers have died have left troops wary of contact with locals."
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The Washington Post has a touching piece from an Israeli journalist struggling with her calling.
One section addresses Arab press coverage of Arab victims of terror:
One of the victims of the Cafe Hillel bombing in Jerusalem on Sept. 9 was a waiter, Shafik Karam, from Beit Hanina, a Palestinian Christian. The Palestinian press does not speak of acts of Palestinian terrorism, even when the terrorism hits Palestinians. The obituary said Karam, 27, had been "called by God" as a result of "an accident at his place of work," as though a tray had fallen on his head. The shrinking Christian community here feels its continued existence is uncertain and that no one represents them.
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Our communique of 9/29, "Rosh Hashana Nightmare," addressed BBC and Reuters coverage of the Negohot attack.
Here's more problematic coverage of this barbaric attack, which didn't make it into the communique:
-- Associated Press headlined their report: "Two Israelis, Attacker Killed in West Bank"
Note the moral equivalence between the "Israelis" (no mention of one victim being a baby) and the terrorist, both of whom were simply "killed."
-- Henry Chu's LA Times article, headlined "Palestinian Guns Down 2 in Jewish Settlement" had its headline curiously changed upon reprinting in the Boston Globe. The Globe headline: "Attacker kills 2 in Jewish settlement."
Why did the Globe editors decide to remove the identity of the terrorist, while preserving the location of the attack -- a (supposedly 'provocative') "Jewish settlement"?
-- The Age (Australia) and The Telegraph (UK) bury this story at the very bottom of articles on other topics entirely.
The Telegraph describes the victims as "two Jewish settlers, including a baby girl." This bio encourages the reader to consider a seven-month-old baby's place of residence some degree of "provocation" to her brutal murder.
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The New York Times posted a slideshow of the graffiti on Gazan walls. A disturbing reminder of the ongoing incitement to terror.
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"Arafat Says He Wants Total Truce; Israel Rejects"
You have to read the article and see Arafat's strings attached to understand why Israel rejected such a "total truce."
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Gavin Rabinowitz of AP has finally found some terrorism in Israel -- by Jews.
"Israeli authorities have detained nine suspected members of the Jewish terror cell, with three of those being charged."
Why do we so rarely see the words "terror" and "cell" next to each other when referring to Palestinians? Rabinowitz later refers to the cell as a militant group.
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The Washington Post has now joined the Orlando Sentinel, St. Petersburg Times, and Boston Globe in directly addressing the use of the word "terror" to describe Palestinian terror in news articles.
Like the Globe, the Wash Post finds a way to justify using the term "terrorists" to describe al Queda, but not Hamas.
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NEWS Camp Kesem to host 'Make the Magic' event April 10
Rice University's chapter of Camp Kesem, an organization dedicated to helping children through and beyond their parent's cancer, will host its first "Make the Magic" event Friday, April 10, from 6:15 to 9 p.m. at Rice's Cohen House, 6100 Man Street.
Founded in 2013, Camp Kesem Rice is one of 54 student chapters in the national organization, the country's only nonprofit dedicated to organizing free summer camps to provide emotional support, camaraderie and fun experiences for the often-overlooked population of children affected by a parent's cancer. Camp Kesem provides a lifelong, peer-support network for these children, anchored in a network of free summer camps that are led by passionate college student volunteers across the country.
Funds raised during this night of dinner, philanthropy and entertainment will help provide yearlong peer support and send 60 campers to camp Aug. 1-7. The event will include dinner, speeches from a Camp Kesem counselor and family, a paddle-raise fundraiser and fun activities such as ring toss.
NEWS Rice names new provost
Marie Lynn Miranda, an acclaimed researcher and the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, has been named provost of Rice University.
Miranda specializes in research on environmental health, especially how the environment shapes health and well-being among children. She is a leader in the evolving field of geospatial health informatics and has studied, for example, the impact of racial residential segregation on health. She is the founding director of the Children's Environmental Health Initiative, a research, education and outreach program committed to fostering environments where all people can prosper. The initiative's peer-reviewed research has been cited extensively, including in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's integrated science assessment on revisions to the national ambient air quality standard for lead.
Miranda's outreach efforts include direct engagement in communities affected by environmental exposures. Her work has garnered more than $43 million in sponsored research as a principal or co-principal investigator, plus an additional $14 million as investigator. This research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, other U.S. government agencies, the World Health Organization and multiple foundation sponsors.
The Children's Environmental Health Initiative is currently headquartered at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, where Miranda has served as the dean and professor since 2012. She also holds a position as professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan's School of Medicine. At Rice, her primary appointment will be in the Department of Statistics.
Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Miranda served for 21 years on the faculty at Duke University, where she was initially in the Department of Public Policy. With her increasing interests in environmental health, she became a professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Department of Pediatrics and a faculty member in the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program and the Duke Global Health Institute.
Miranda said she was excited by the possibilities for interdisciplinary research and learning at Rice. "Even in the information age, with the ensuing democratization of knowledge, colleges and universities hold the greatest potential for helping students to bridge the chasm between knowledge and wisdom, especially so in the residential college setting," Miranda said. "In both the curriculum and the co-curriculum, we have the opportunity to help students explore how different cultural perspectives shape community dynamics, how poetry and art can help child refugees heal, how engineers and designers must come together to find solutions that will be embraced by the public, how teams of thinkers can do extraordinary things like discover buckminsterfullerene."
Miranda also has a strong record of international engagement. She has worked in Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Honduras and Sweden. At Michigan, she is working to build partnerships in China, India, Brazil, Mexico and both East and West Africa. She maintains an active research program in East Africa and is involved in a multi-university initiative focused on strategies to combat malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Miranda currently serves on the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the NIH.
Miranda grew up in Detroit. The child of immigrants, Miranda has particular insights into the changing demographics that are shaping U.S. higher education.
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A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke, she earned her A.B. in both mathematics and economics. Although she worked for Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski as an undergraduate, her favorite sport is baseball – and she has already seen the Rice Owls play in Reckling Park. A Truman Scholar and a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, Miranda has a Ph.D. and M.A., both in economics, from Harvard. Miranda is married to Christopher Geron and has three children, Thompson, Mariel and Viviana.
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NEWS Groundbreaking for Harrisburg METRORail overpass set for March 14
The Green (East End) METRORail Line will commemorate the beginning of construction for the new Harrisburg Overpass with a ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday, March 14 at 9 a.m. The observance will take place in the 6200 block of Harrisburg near the METRORail Service & Inspection Facility.
The program will include the groundbreaking with dignitaries and community leaders and light refreshments after the ceremony. The overpass design is the result of community input and combines the "History of the East End" and a "Garden Wall," incorporating white LED lighting with blue accents at the bridge columns to enhance the appearance of the lower side of the bridge.
METRO's Board of Directors voted on January 29 to move forward with the Harrisburg Overpass, awarding the contract to McCarthy Building Companies, Inc . The bridge will be built along the Green Line (East End), near the Gus Wortham Golf Course, allowing cars and trains to travel over the Union Pacific East Belt freight rail line running north-south, west of Hughes Street. The half-mile overpass will complete the Green Line which is scheduled to open this spring.
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker was joined by Houston Police Officers Union President Ray Hunt this morning to announce a proposed new contract for the rank and file at the Houston Police Department (HPD).
The agreement, which requires ratification by union membership and City Council's approval, addresses pay concerns that have hindered HPD's ability to attract and retain officers. It also includes several cost-saving concessions.
"This contract will for the first time in a long time bring HPD's entry-level salary to market level," said Parker. "It will also address market inequities in ranks at HPD that are currently being paid below the market. HPD is the premiere law enforcement organization in Texas. To maintain that position and continue to be able to offer the best crime-fighting services around, we have to retain our veteran officers as long as possible and be an attractive career prospect for young recruits. That means offering competitive salaries."
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"The men and women of the Houston Police Department thank Mayor Parker, former City Attorney David Feldman, current City Attorney Donna Edmundson and Assistant City Attorney Natalie Deluca for negotiating an extremely fair contract for both the officers and the citizens who pay our salaries," said HPOU President Ray Hunt.
The rank and file was scheduled to begin voting on the agreement this afternoon. It will be on the City Council agenda for consideration February 18. Providing these necessary approvals are obtained, the agreement will become effective immediately and last until December 31, 2018. The rank and file will receive two percent cost-of-living adjustments July 1, 2019 if there is no agreement on a new contract by then.


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Buddhism for Vampires is a new (as of May 2010) site, presenting Buddhism in an unusual new way. Or, not so new: because it turns out that the undead have been a part of Buddhism since ancient times.
Most of a year ago, I suggested here that explaining Buddhism in the language of the undead might be a way around the problem of Buddhism's hijacking by New Age psychotherapeutic political correctness. That might make Buddhism attractive to a new audience. I wasn't really serious then; but after thought and research, I realized that the connections between vampires and Buddhism are substantial and significant.
Vampires provide a set of metaphors for communicating aspects of Buddhism that are otherwise difficult to talk about. Wavering on the threshold between living and dead, the undead embody the unavoidable ambiguity of experience. Seductive and horrifying, vampires mirror our constantly-flickering reactions of desire and revulsion.
I have added a "My other sites" section in the right margin of the pages of Approaching the Aro gTér. This currently lists the most recent pages from Buddhism for Vampires. I expect to be creating at least one more site, "Meaningness", in the next few months. It will explore the philosophy of nihilism and eternalism, and its new pages will also appear in that list. If you are interested in following these sites, it would be best to sign up for updates directly on them, though. You can get updates by email or RSS.
It has been many months since I have written much on Approaching the Aro gTér. I do plan to write more; especially about the process of choosing a spiritual path, organization, and teacher. I have drafts of a dozen new pages. I write slowly, however, and the new sites are taking priority for now.
Although they are quite different in style, I hope some readers of Approaching Aro will find the new sites to their liking—and vice versa!


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