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The Earl of Oxford's annotations in Tacitus and Blondus?
Posted By Roger Stritmatter on February 19, 2012
An article in the November 2011 de Vere Society newsletter by Elizabeth Imlay hypothesizes that marginal annotations and drawings contained in copies of Tacitus' History of Rome and Blondus History of Europe from Sir Thomas Smith's library, now in the Queen's College Library in Cambridge, are by the young Edward de Vere.
Imlay deserves congratulations for following up on a potentially important piece of evidence. The premises of her inquiry are valid ones. As has long been known, and as Stephanie Hughes has documented in her remarkable Concordia University Bachelor's Thesis, summarized in a 2000 Oxfordian article, Sir Thomas Smith is a very important figure in Oxford's early education.
By all appearances Smith tutored young Edward from around the age of four until the death of his father in 1561, when primary responsibility for his education fell to William Cecil. Moreover, the two volumes in question are likely to have interested the young Edward, whose fascination with history is well documented in the Elizabethan paper trail.
It is entirely plausible that Smith's surviving library and papers might contain evidence pertaining to the Shakespearean question, and in a rational world (alas!) no effort would be spared in undertaking such an inquiry. Unfortunately, as we shall see, in this case Imlay's interpretation of the evidence leads a great deal to be desired – not only because the annotations, even if they had been by Oxford, cast no evident new light on the theory of his authorship of the Shakespearean canon, but more importantly because, as we shall see, they are not by him.
Karen Begg, the Queens College Curator quoted dismissively by Imlay, is right: the contested sample annotations are by Sir Thomas Smith. On the other hand, despite these limitations, and despite the fact that she endorses a fallacious conclusion, Imlay's article is significant because it follows up an important angle of inquiry in the authorship question, namely — what can we learn from careful analysis of Oxford's annotations in surviving books such as his Geneva Bible?
It stands to reason that more such books must exist. Whoever wrote the plays was a voracious reader. Over 300 books survive from Ben Jonson's library, many of them containing annotations which have proven of some interest to Jonson scholars, even in the absence of a Jonson authorship question. As Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has asked, "where are Shakespeare's books?" In the interest of encouraging others to pursue such inquiry from a more informed perspective this blog entry invites the reader to examine why these particular annotations are not by Oxford.
Before proceeding, I should mention two obvious caveats: First, I am not a professionally trained forensic paleographer; moreover, the more controversial a conclusion the more it must ultimately rest with disinterested independent professionals. That, of course, is why in completing my PhD dissertation on the de Vere Bible I retained the services of Ms. Emily Will, a board certified forensic analyst, to verify my own hypothesis that the annotations were in Oxford's hand.
But there is another principle at stake in such inquiry. It's my personal conviction that every Principle Investigator should know as much as humanly possible about the various areas of specialized expertise which his or her inquiry involves. A good general contractor may not know as much about electrical systems as an electrician, but the more he knows the more likely he is to hire the right electrician and know how well he's doing his job. When I first began examining early modern documents in the early 1990s, Marc Shell, now Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, advised me to become my own handwriting expert — and I did.
Having also in the interim examined a number of anonymous early modern and 19th century documents to determine their writership, I have a pretty solid practical understanding of how professional forensic paleographers go about making conclusions. I am also co-author, with forensic documents analysts at the University of Buffalo's CEDAR forensics lab, of two computerized studies of the 19th century "Hydrachos" document discussed elsewhere on this website.
While the following analysis is no substitute for submitting Imlay's findings to an independent professional, I therefore think it may well be instructive for the reader.
My first response to this evidence, I will readily admit, was a positive one. I was predisposed to believe Imlay's hypothesis, and could see a number of features of this italic hand that strongly reminded me of Oxford's own. The capital A, for example, in "Antonius" seemed a distinct match Oxford's capital A as I knew it, or at least thought I knew it, from my paleographical study of the de Vere bible annotations and de Vere's surviving holograph.[i]
I also liked the shapes of the small letter "a" – the way they tended to form angled lozenges, a bit pointy at both top and bottom and slanted at about twenty-thirty degrees. Moreover, I also thought I could see on first blush clear indications that the annotations were not in Smith's hand.
But I also know from long experience how easily in handwriting analysis the results can be predetermined by an overly subjective bias on the part of the analyst. With this in mind, any good forensic handwriting analysis must consist of two parts.
First you must try in your own mind to prove that the questioned sample matches another, known sample. Without such a hypothesis, you have no reason to proceed and are better off spending your time in-line skating or whatever you enjoy doing to relax.
But if you think the documents might match, this is only your first step. The second step cannot be ignored. Once you think you've got a case for the identity of the documents, you must turn your analysis around and work even harder to demolish your own hypothesis. So you've found evidence for identity – patterns in the samples that could be attributed to common authorship….what about differences? Pretend your job is to demolish your own hypothesis. Be mean. Don't cut yourself any slack. If you don't do this for yourself, believe, me, someone else will do it for you, and you may not like it…..
In the end, in the absence of assistance from computerized software such as that used by CEDAR, a valid conclusion depends on the relative weight of the two cases, for and against, that you are able to construct in your own mind and in your written analysis.
Imlay's analysis of the contrast between Smith's and Oxford's hands, so far as it goes, seems plausible. She writes that Smith frequently mixes italic and secretary hands and that his italic tends to display "many secretarial flourishes"; she believes that "you never find any of this happening in the marginal annotations, nor do you find it in Edward de Vere's correspondence" (16).
Imlay contrasts de Vere's hand as "rather tight" and "controlled" – i.e., lacking the "secretarial flourishes" visible in Smith's italic. From this Imlay concludes that "while there are similarities between the handwriting of Edward de Vere and Sir Thomas Smith, there are also sufficient differences to say that it is not Smith's writing in the margins [of the contested documents]" (17).
While these statements may not be false, they also aren't very "operationalizable" — that is, they are impressionistic, subjective evaluations that could be applied in so many different ways that they aren't particularly useful for a real forensic analysis. Moreover, Imlay is apparently unaware of some critical elements of historical context that render her analysis far less convincing than it otherwise might sound.
Actually it is not at all uncommon for early modern English writers to switch back and forth between Secretary and Italic, esepecially when they are writing in a predominantly Secretary mode but want to use italics for some emphatic purpose. This is exactly the same as modern use of italics, and the convention is readily apparent for Latin phrases or other expressions that the early modern writer wants to set apart from the main text.
Of course, this pattern will be evident only in those writers trained in both Secretary and Italic hands. How common this was, we don't really know, but it is readily documented in such basic handbooks of early modern paleography as Gregg's English Literary Autographs or Dawson and Kennedy-Skipton's Elizabethan Handwriting 1500-1650 (see, e.g., samples 25, 32 or 39). In play manuscripts, it was typical for speech prefixes and stage directions to appear in italic, while speeches themselves were written in Secretary hand.
The Italic hand did not appear in England until sometime during the reign of Henry VIII, when sons of aristocrats and royals (such as Edward VI) were first trained to use it. Its use grew throughout the Elizabethan reign. It appears that anyone who wrote in Italic was probably also trained in Secretary, but well into the Elizabethan age many writers were apparently versatile only in the more traditional script.
It is important to emphasize that this same "back and forth" between the two copybook forms is very rarely seen in documents of a predominantly italic character. For this reason, while Imlay's description is not inaccurate, her analysis is seriously flawed. A pattern that she attributes idiosyncratically to Smith's hand is actually a generic characteristic seen in samples of secretary hand from many writers of the period.
The implications of this line of reasoning are pretty clear. The entire basis for Imlay's attempt to distinguish Smith and Oxford's hand is faulty. If we had samples of Oxford's secretary hand of any length (it stands to reason that he had one, but there is no verified sample of it and therefore no basis for comparison with any other hypothetical documents), it is almost certain that it would, like Smith's, contain some intermixed italic forms.
This larger point would be irrelevant if the distinction that Imlay wants to draw between Smith's "secretarial flourishes" and Oxford's "tight" or "controlled" italic were valid, but it unfortunately it is not.
Above and beyond the vagueness of the terms, Imlay ignores two essential elements of any good handwriting analysis: she neglects the distinction between natural and systematic variation that is essential to any valid forensic handwriting inquiry. Being unaware of the distinction, she also doesn't conduct a detailed or systematic examination of the letter forms found in the two documents.
Forensic paleographers depend on this distinction between natural variation – the variation that exists within a population of writing written by the same hand – and systematic variation – the kind denoting that the two samples are drawn from two different writers. Indeed, since in paleography variation is a fact of any sample consisting of more than one element of comparison, the art of successful forensic inquiry consists in the ability to distinguish one form of variation from the other.
Sample size is also important. Because of natural variation, it is easy to be misled – in either direction – by singular comparisons, or even comparison based on only a few exemplars of a letter. Not knowing that a large amount of Smith's handwriting is available online at The University of Cambridge's Scriptorium in the form of his circa 1540s-1570s "Inventory," I began this analysis using only the samples of Smith's hand reproduced in Imlay's article.
Neither set of images is ideal for detailed study that would allow definitive conclusions, but together they constitute an impressive sample that at the least allows the reader to see why Imlay's conclusions are wrong.
Let's take a look in practice at how these theoretical distinctions might help us to understand why Imlay's identification of the annotator as Oxford really is implausible at best.
|Questioned document
Capital letters are especially useful for comparison as they are often more complex and can provide more highly-individuated design patterns than their corresponding lower case siblings. The above examples illustrate the single capital "G" from Imlay's questioned document sample, four examples from Smith's Inventory, and one (the only one available to me) from Oxford's 1603 King James Letter.
In considering this comparison it should be stressed that one exemplar is never sufficient to draw a conclusion. In this case, however, we only have one exemplar from the questioned sample document and one from Oxford's hand, so we will work with what we have.
Despite this limitation, comparison with the three exemplars from Smith is instructive.
Smith forms capital G in two ways. One has no flourish at the top and makes a long descender comparable to the one seen in Oxford's exemplar. The other is very close to the exemplar from the contested document. It has a very round shape, a conspicuous flourish at the top, and no descender.
If for the sake of a heuristic moment we classify the Smith and contested exemplars as group we see that all of them share one characteristic not seen in the exemplar from Oxford's hand: they are all considerably rounder and less elongated, both in the body and in the descender.
Given our caveat about limited sample size, it would be rash to draw any conclusions from this comparison, but it does allow the preliminary generalization that we already see little evidence supporting Imlay's theory that the annotations are by Oxford, and a good bit suggesting that her inference that the annotations can't be by Smith is also doubtful.
Considering some other letters may help to either confirm or call into question this tentative hypothesis.
Imlay complains that comparison of capital letters is difficult because Oxford writes such long sentences that "there are few capitals in most of the letters" (17).
Again, although this is somewhat true, the handwriting analyst must make due with what is available (always bearing in mind that the confidence of a given conclusion is partly a function of the sample size).
Table Two shows what happens when we piggyback on our analysis of capital G some comparisons of capital C from both Smith and Oxford.
This comparison helps to compensate for the fact that the capital letter G is in fact rare in Oxford's known handwriting, and reveals an underlying unity of form between capital G and capital C that the analyst can exploit for drawing comparisons.
This time the limiting factor is the contested document sample, which in the reproductions available to me contains no comparable capital C. But we can readily see that this letter is formed in the samples from Smith and Oxford on the same pattern as used for the G. Moreover, these two sets of exemplars show the same contrasting features as documented above for G. Oxford's capital Cs tend to be greatly elongated, while Smith's are – usually – almost round and sport the same serif as seen in his open G.
The sensitivity of such conclusions to sample size is illustrated by the last exemplar from Smith, which shows an elongated C quite similar to Oxford's own.
But in this case the exception verifies the rule, for Smith's capital C appears most commonly in the rounder form with the serif – closely matching the G of the contested sample – Oxford never to my knowledge forms either a capital G or C in this manner.
With this in mind, when we compare these back to the contested document G, this already begins to look like clear evidence for difference that cannot be attributed to the range of variation within the hand of a single writer.
There are several capital letter "M"s in the questioned document (Table Three), so this may provide a more valid comparison with Oxford's hand. The three M's that I was able to excerpt from the questioned document are reproduced below alongside three capital M's from Oxford's hand that illustrate a typical range of natural variation in his hand.
|Questioned Document
Table Three.
Smith's Scriptorium Inventory eventually supplied three examples of his capital M. It can be seen that these letters share certain characteristics in common with the exemplars of G and C from their corresponding samples: the contested sample M's are very straight, with only slight ornamental serifs at the bottom of both descenders.
Oxford's M, like his G above, has a more flowing appearance created by balanced assymetry. The ascender on the left shoulder is more rounded, and because the descender is more straight, the resulting shoulder is more asymmetrical than the one on the right, which forms a more-or-less symmetrical upturned v not unlike those seen also in the contested and Smith exemplars.
By this point we may be starting to form a reasonable conclusion that the questioned document isn't likely to be in Oxford's hand and that, on the contrary, it looks suspiciously similar to Smith's.
In that case, we will not be surprised to learn that capital letter "R" (Table Four) furnishes yet another instance of clear discrepancy between the contested sample and Oxford as well as supplying clear evidence for our alternative hypothesis that the annotations are by Smith.
|Questioned document
Table Four.
This is definitely a case where Imlay's concern over the shortage of exemplars of capital letters in Oxford's accepted holograph complicates a definitive conclusion. But although a larger sample, especially of Oxford's hand, would be preferable, we cannot help but notice that such as evidence as we do have corresponds to the pattern we have already seen in the previous examples.The evidence of the contested exemplar matches Smith, not Oxford.
The contested sample shares two prominent characteristics with Smith's exemplars – 1) In all five exemplars the final descender of the R descends in a very long gentle curve well under some portion of the subsequent word; 2) In one exemplar from each sample, a long riser extends the back of the R well above the bowl.
The Oxford exemplar shows a much more restrained final descender, which terminates well before the next letter of the word. The riser goes up above the bowl but instead of ending in a straight line makes a flourishing loop as it returns to start the next phase of the letter.
Not only is there what appears to be a systematic variation between Oxford's hand and the questioned document sample, but the latter appears to match Smith's italic hand in identifiably idiosyncratic ways.
In particular, the large size of the final descender, the way it loops under several or all of the letters in the word it originates is a striking characteristic of Smith's hand that is matched perfectly in the contested document. The Oxford sample has a much more modest flourish to it, giving the letter a clean, practical appearance — unlike the signature, for example, of an Osric.
Capital E (Table Five) supplies an excellent further illustration of the importance of sample size, although this time the limiting factor is the contested sample.
|Contested Document
Table Five.
Drawing from the exemplars reproduced in Imlay's article, which include the top E from the Oxford sample, we might be tempted to think that the Oxford and contested samples could be the same writer. But when we add in a few exemplars from Smith and two more from Oxford, we see how much more closely the Smith exemplars match.
Smith's share in common with the contested exemplar — even more conspicuously — a tendency of all three of the arms of the letter, especially the top one, to jut out for some length to the left beyond the riser. This is in sharp contrast to Oxford's, which either line up — especially the middle arm — exactly, or nearly so, with the riser, or else in seemingly controlled variation jut outward in a very controlled decorative flourish.
Oxford's capital E shows a high amount of natural variation. Occasionally he even uses the Greek "Epsilon" capital E, as in the last example. But one feature his capital E's have in common is that they are usually distinguished by one or another of the decorative flourishes that Imlay wrongly thinks is characteristic of Smith's italic hand.
In contrast, Smith's capital E is, like the contested exemplar, utilitarian in appearance. None of the three arms have any decorative elements or flourishes on them.
The more complete analysis on which this blog post depends (although not carefully edited or ready for presentation), includes analysis of all of the other letters for which I could derive plausible exemplars from the questioned document as reproduced in Imlay's article. These include small letters l, i, p, a, e, and d, and capital letters B and H. Each comparison confirms, although perhaps in more subtle ways, the conclusion that the hand of the questioned document is Smith's, not Oxford's.
Against such evidence Imlay would have us believe that Sir Thomas Smith "did not have time" to be "doodling" in his book, while perhaps a "child in the long winter evenings" might have "little else to do" (15) and assures us that one of her colleagues identified the drawings as "the work of a child of about ten or eleven."
As attractive as this fantasy might be — and as much as the modern reader might want to believe that the adult Smith lacked a sense of humor that would express itself in doodling the margins of books on long winter (or summer) evenings — it has no merit when posed against the hard evidence of forensic paleography.
As this blog post is already overly long, I will conclude with only one more letter.
Capital letter "A" furnishes another excellent illustration of the principle of natural variation. The first of the contested document exemplars (Table Six), is distinctly assymetrical, with a low sloping descender with a broad curve and a foot on the right descender. In this case the crossbar terminates precisely at the right descender.
Table Six.
This is one of the letters that at first suggested to me that Smith was not the annotator, while Oxford might be. Looking at only the first of the two questioned document exemplars and comparing them to Oxford's, you can see why.
But if we include the second of the questioned exemplars, and compare them to Smith's a different picture emerges.
Like his E's, Smith's A's tend to be much more utilitarian in character than Oxford's, composed primarily of straight lines and lacking the decorative feel of the first contested exemplar. This, as you can see, is exactly the form mirrored in the second contested exemplar.
On the other hand, the third example from Smith shows how tentative such generalizations must be. Although the above description captures most of his capital As, he is quite capable of making one with a bit more flourish to it, typically by supplying a long tail to the lefthand stroke and a small footing to the righthand one.
When we turn to the Oxford exemplars, on the other hand, we can easily see that the questioned document samples are a better match to Smith than they are to Oxford.
Oxford's capital A's show the same tendency, observed before in the capital M, to form an asymmetric shoulder, more rounded on the left and more straight and angular on the right. He almost always terminates the right descender with a footing, although somewhat less pronounced than that seen in the first of the questioned document exemplars.
Most interesting of all, although the curving left descender of the Oxford exemplars might superficially seem to match that on the second questioned document samples, it is apparent on closer inspection that the descender in those exemplars descends in a much tighter curve and does not in fact match even the questioned document exemplar with which it shares most in common.
By this point in time we should be prepared to form a more or less definitive opinion about at least one thing. The questioned document samples do not match those we have found from the Earl of Oxford's documented holograph.
But we can in fact go further and say that they strongly appear to match those of Smith's. Given that the Queen's College curator of the collection Karen Begg is already on record suggesting that Smith is the annotator, it would seem that this is by far the most plausible solution to the puzzle.
Indeed, a significant preponderance of available evidence confirms that Begg is correct. Apparently aware of the inconclusive nature of her speculations, Ms. Imlay concludes her de Vere Society newsletter article with a request for suggestions about how to proceed.
We are now in a position to offer some informed suggestions.
First, after reading this article if Ms. Imlay still believes that there is any reasonable basis for thinking that the annotations are by de Vere, I recommend that she immediately consult a professional paleographer such as Ms. Will for an independent opinion.
Such a professional will probably need a number of better quality photographic reproductions of the three hands in question than those I had available here. In my own opinion, however, the answer is likely to confirm the analysis present here, and supported by curator Begg, that the annotations (and therefore the drawings) are by Smith.
[i] "Holograph" is a technical term in handwriting analysis that denotes a sample with a signature attached to it. That's important because such a document – unless forged – is used to establish a sample baseline for making comparisons with a questioned sample document.
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Daneili Evans interview: Can Democratic Deliberation mitigate Juror Bias?
I interviewed Danieli Evans before her Democracy Roundtable yesterday. Her research focuses on how juror bias impacts the way they evaluate evidence. Her latest research, and the subject of her talk, considers whether and how different models of deliberation might mitigate these effects.


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Effort underway to turn Brownwood's only black school into museum
BROWNWOOD, Texas - The Rufus F. Hardin School closed after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but now an effort is underway to turn Brownwood's only black school into a museum.
"In 1957, that's when they integrated," Marian Thomas said on Friday. She attended the school up until sixth grade.
"We ended up going to the junior high school. The most frightening time of my life is leaving something that I was comfortable with, to the unknown," Thomas said.
The school, which taught students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, was founded by George Smith, a former slave in Virginia who fought in the U.S. Civil War.
After his military service, he began teaching black children inside homes and churches in Brownwood. It wasn't until 1917 that the school received its permanent home inside a building located between Almond and Hall streets. Smith didn't get to see that transition, he died in 1912.
The high school closed a year after the U.S. Supreme Court desegregated public schools in 1954.
"We were not segregated, but we were segregated," Thomas said.
The elementary school remain opened until 1966 when they were forced to close and integrate to comply with the Civil Rights Act.
Ella B. Jones, 83, and her children attended Hardin.
"One was in seventh grade and one was in the eighth grade," she said. "They had a hard time at first."
She said they struggled with being bullied because of the color of their skin, but despite the racial strife, Thomas isn't bitter.
"We're going to have to learn to love one another," Jones said. "No matter if you're black, white, green, or polka dot, we're going to have to have patience with one another."
Thomas credits her teachers at the integrated Brownwood High School for pushing her to succeed.
The Rufus F. Hardin School became a Texas historical landmark in 2009.
Organizers need to raise $350,000 to restore the building into a museum. Donations can be made out to Rufus F. Hardin Museum, Inc., P.O. Box 1968, Brownwood, Texas 76804.


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SpaceX successfully launched its first recycled supply ship on Saturday afternoon, bound for the International Space Station.
The historic launch marked the 100th from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SpaceX's Falcon rocket lifted off from the launch complex at 5:07 p.m. It was topped with the Dragon capsule, which was loaded with nearly 6,000 pounds of scientific research and station supplies. It will rendezvous Monday with the ISS, according to NASA.
It is the second time the Dragon has been sent to NASA's orbiting outpost. The Associated Press reported that the capsule was sent in 2014 to supply the ISS. It was refurbished afterward for an unprecedented second trip.
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"SpaceX hopes to slash launch costs by reusing its rockets and capsules," according to the AP. "For now, savings are minimal because of all the inspections and tests performed on the already flown parts."
Dragon will stay connected to the ISS until early July to allow astronauts time to unpack the spacecraft and refill it with completed experiments and hardware no longer necessary onboard, according to NASA.
The Falcon was first expected to liftoff Thursday, but the date was pushed back due to severe weather.


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The electric and heat are still not on in my house so I need something to brag about to feel better.
This month -- very soon I will finally get to meet Daniel Day Lewis. Finally my dream of meeting one of my favorite actors is coming true. I'm going to a free screening of the film Lincoln which kinda looks balls, but whatev. Mr. DDL will be doing a Q&A after the film along with Sally Field, James Spader, and Tommy Lee Jones.
I also get to see Rise of the Guardians for free so suck it Hurricane Sandy, you rotten bitch!
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She was also encouraged to perform by her maternal grandmother, who was her inspiration.
Some of Moore's first public exposure occurred when she sang the national anthem at several Florida sporting events.
She signed with a new EMI Music-owned record company, The Firm, in July that year, describing her new contract as "especially exciting," and adding that she left Sire Records because she did not want to "follow the mainstream," but rather have "complete control and freedom" over her work.Moore's new album, was released on June 19, 2007, and includes collaborations with artists Chantal Kreviazuk, Rachael Yamagata, Lori Mc Kenna and The Weepies.Moore stayed alone in a house in Woodstock in Upstate New York while recording the album in late 2006.Her private life, including her relationships with tennis player Andy Roddick and with actors Wilmer Valderrama and Zach Braff as well as her marriage to singer Ryan Adams, became the subject of media coverage., and her father, Donald "Don" Moore, is a pilot for American Airlines.Moore's father is of Irish and Cherokee descent, and her mother is of half English and half Jewish ancestry.
Moore, who has two brothers, Scott and Kyle, grew up in Longwood, Florida, outside of Orlando, where the family moved shortly after her birth because of her father's job as an airline pilot.
She was raised Catholic (though she is no longer practicing), and attended Bishop Moore High School, a Catholic school in Orlando, as well as Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs.
It was also featured on the soundtrack of the film She promoted the album with her first headlining concert, "Mandy Moore [email protected] Back." The album contained uptempo tracks and influences from Eastern music, and Allmusic was kinder, describing it as a "lush, layered production." It received mixed reviews from other critics.
The album debuted at #35 on the she felt it "sucked" and that her first albums were "just awful." Moore also said that she "would give a refund to everyone who bought my first two albums" if she could; during a radio interview in April 2006, the show's co-host—who had seen her comments—asked her for a refund on the first album, a request that Moore fulfilled.
200 (her highest ranking to date); but "Have a Little Faith in Me" and "Senses Working Overtime", its only two singles, did not perform well on the charts.
Moore's cover of "I Feel the Earth Move" appeared on In early 2006, Moore stated that she missed her music career and that singing is what she was the "most passionate about." Moore had signed to Sire Records after her contract with Epic Records ended, but she left the company in May 2006.


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The purpose of this workshop is to support individuals and organizational leaders to build engaged and fulfilling workplaces for themselves and others. This workshop will use a values-driven approach to identify what is meaningful to you and to those around you. Once meaning and purpose are identified, we build intentional actions and behaviours that demonstrate you are acting on your values. This will ensure alignment between what you do, and what is meaningful to you. This workshop is ideal for individuals, managers, organizational leaders and others who take on leadership roles within a business or group.
Learning Objectives:
To define values as "deeply held beliefs that signify what is meaningful to you".
To understand values in the context of personal and collective definitions.
To learn the concept of consciousness, understanding that awareness of values will deepen our actions toward living those values.
To understand alignment of personal values with the espoused values of a workplace culture.
Understanding the Seven Levels of Organizational Consciousness as defined by Richard Barrett.
"Thank you for this interesting and thought provoking training Stephen. I appreciated the opportunity to be there and will be taking the materials and what I have learned to our ED to discuss how we might use those tools here in our workplace."
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This 1976 Yamaha RD400 was restored by us for Tom Andre of Roseville, MI. Tom has owned the bike for some time now, proudly displaying it in his living room... We rebuilt the motor and chassis for him, using the original paint body parts that came with the bike. The powder coating was done by ACE Powder Coating of Green, Ohio and the engine work and chassis work was done by our mechanic, Hilo. The bike features it's own special touches -- Renthal handlebars, custom turn signals, high-performance air cleaners, as well as the custom coated expansion chambers. Tires were replaced with Dunlop 404's. Hilo made new brake lines for it, and we polished the cylinder fins in house. Very nice vintage Japanese hot rod. We're sure Tom will have some fun on this head-turner this summer.
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Santa Monica, Calif. – July 7, 2010
Lightstorm Entertainment Inc. and 20th Century Fox today announced that a dispute with Crack Creative relating to certain "Virtual Production" technology developed for the film "Avatar" has been resolved. In collaboration with James Cameron, Rob Legato and others, Crack Creative was involved in early research and development on the Virtual Production process and Virtual Camera technology during 2005.
The Virtual Production process and Virtual Camera technology allowed Cameron to shoot scenes interactively as if he was actually on location on Pandora with real Na'vi actors standing in front of him. He was able to see what the computer generated characters were doing as the live actors did it, adjust camera work in reaction to performances and interact with the virtual environment of another planet. The technology also allows for computer generated actors to be integrated into live action photography on set in real time. The Virtual Production process helps filmmakers by giving more creative control, optimizing the workflow with visual effects facilities, and opening up a whole new world of filmmaking possibilities.
Under the supervision of then-Virtual Production Supervisor Joshua Kolden, Crack Creative worked on research and development of the Virtual Production technology in 2005. Although Crack Creative did not participate in the production of "Avatar", James Cameron, Jon Landau, Lightstorm Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox would like to acknowledge Crack Creative's contribution to the development of the Virtual Production technology used to make "Avatar".
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Having a dependable and consistent online booking engine is a top priority for any travel agency as it allows the customer to book flights, hotels, buses and holiday packages in an instant and on the go. This increases the user experience and lets the travel company maintain a better customer company relationship, which is vital for increasing business revenue. And with the latest offerings of travel technology 2017, online booking engines have just become more advanced and intuitive that permits the customers enjoy many innovative features.
1. Easy self booking system: With highly developed hotel booking system, reserving a room has never been so easy. Unlike earlier times where you are required to fill registration details and forms, now customers only need to fill their personal details and select from a wide range of varieties of hotels as per their budget and preferences. The payment can be done in an instant using credit/debit card or net banking or at hotel (Pay at Hotel option) and guests don't even need to fill the same details again as the system stores their information for further booking.
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After eliminating the charge to transfer to the Red Line in the Loop pedway, the CTA is seeing increased ridership at the Washington station.
The Blue Line stop saw a 13 percent jump in ridership, from 2.8 million entries in 2012 to nearly 3.2 million entries last year, according to a CTA report posted online this week. It was one of the highest jumps in station ridership last year amid a 1 percent decrease in rail ridership systemwide, CTA data show.


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Facial exercise, and in particular face yoga and face pilates, is the new skincare trend to take London by storm, so, of course, I had to see for myself what all the fuss is about. That's how, last week, I found myself at Studio Carme, a private studio in the heart of Notting Hill established by Carme, a Spanish-born fitness and exercise expert eager to bring Facial Fitness and Pilates to a broader group of people.
What pulled me in and convinced me to take the plunge is the holistic approach to beauty of this trend, which focuses on preventing aging from the inside out. The truth of the matter is very simple: our skin is the mirror of what we eat and the lifestyle we lead, and if our everyday habits aren't healthy, the damage we're inflicting on our bodies will show up on our faces.
This damage can appear so early that by the time we reach our 40's and 50's, we're taught to believe that we've lost our beauty for good – before we've even reached half of our life! Carme's view is that we are still very young at that age and we can look even younger by simply taking better care of our body and our skin.
During our session, Carme explained to me that a healthy lifestyle shouldn't limit itself to working out only the body, but should also include exercising the over 50 muscles that are located on our face and neck. Although this can sound a bit daunting to those who approach facial exercises for the first time, Carme uses a simple technique, which is based on the training methods of the world's renowned expert Eva Fraser, that only requires ten minutes a day to tone and strengthen the muscles in the face.
Carme also explained to me all about the musculature of the face and how important it is to target and tone the muscles in each area with its own set of individual exercises to achieve the best results. Her clients see a dramatic difference in their facial appearance in just a short space of time. Their faces appear more youthful because, as a result of these exercises, the underlying muscles have become stronger and are now able to provide more volume to the face.
To support the amazing results of her facial exercise regime, Carme emphasises the need for a restful night of sleep and a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetable, fish, and chicken and low in fast foods and sugar-laden foods. Carme also recommended organic moisturisers to maintain the elasticity of the skin. Her final piece of advice is to practice moderate but consistent cardio exercise, such as running, cycling or swimming, to tone the rest of the body and ease the stress we experience in our daily lives.
I visited Carme studio for a brief lesson on facial exercises but came away with so much more. Carme generously shared with me all that she has learned over the years about how to nourish the skin from the inside and out for a younger-looking and flawless appearance. But her facial exercise regime is what impressed me the most – it is such a revolutionary way to improve your appearance!
More information is available at www.studiocarme.com
STUDIO CARME is a lifestyle brand established by former investment banker, Carme Farré. In 2012, Carme opened her studio to bring her personal beauty philosophy, which includes healthy eating and exercising to achieve a more youthful look, to a broader group of people. Carme has been practising facial exercises to tone her face, first as a client and then as a practitioner of the Eva Fraser's method, since her mid 30's. She is also a Pilates professional so she knows first-hand the benefits of working out her body from head to toe.


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Isn't it amazing that a completely new life can come into this world? Ben didn't exist four months ago, and now he's a distinct person with his own personality.
Since my nephew lives quite far from me, I just got a chance to meet the new baby this past week. And what a joy it was! Even more exciting, surprisingly, was to see my nephew, his dad, all grown up and a successful writer! Very strange to remember a person as a baby, and see him simultaneously as a functioning adult!
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My nephew is getting married!
They grow up so quickly! I still have my nephew Dustin's baby pictures on the fridge, and now he's getting married! The exciting part of having a niece or nephew marry is you get GREAT nieces and nephews. Still, I wish I'd had more time with Dustin when he was growing up...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Performance Dates:
- Friday 1st July 2016, 7:30pm
- Saturday 2nd July 2016, 3pm
- Saturday 2nd July 2016, 7:30pm
- Sunday 3rd July 2016, 3pm
- Wednesday 6th July 2016, 7:30pm
- Thursday 7th July 2016, 7:30pm
- Friday 8th July 2016, 7:30pm
- Saturday 9th July 2016, 3pm
- Saturday 9th July 2016, 7:30pm
Little Oak Wood, Addison Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, NW11 6QS
Director: Steven Maddocks
Assistant Director: Mark Overall
On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, GST is proud to be staging A Midsummer Night's Dream in our own magical wood.
In a year of Shakespearean celebration, come to our magical wood and experience a joyous summer production of the bard's best-loved play — A Midsummer Night's Dream. A mixed-age cast will bring Shakespeare's sparkling verse and madcap story to life. With music, dancing and plenty of laughs, this lively show will delight young and old alike.
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It's raining where I am right now and hasn't really stopped for a whole week. I've been almost permanently moist for about 170 hours and I'm not enjoying it.
What would make my life better would be a cessation of precipitation but failing that I would love a Blackburn rain jacket. The waterproof GORE-TEX 2 layer jacket, has a fleece line collar and chin guard and is ideal outdoor wear for your next field trip to the lost Kingdom of Atlantis. It's lightweight, breathable and can easily be rolled up and popped into a backpack or side sac.
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So I made a compilation of songs I've been particularly fond of the last six months and wanted to share it. Enjoy, hate, or be suffused with dispassion.
UPDATE: If you register with imeem, you can full versions of almost all the songs. It's a nifty site.
[ed. note: The actual El Goodo track I wanted, "Aren't You Grand" wasn't available on imeem so I swapped in another good (but not as good) track. I wasn't able to find any tracks from Handsome Family's new, great album Honey Moon on imeem, which is why the playlist only has fifteen tracks. So after the Matt & Kim song, pause and go here to listen to a short clip of "The Loneliness of Magnets" and just imagine that old-timey sound continuing, then go back and resume this playlist. Or you could just skip this whole suggestion and destroy the integrity of this carefully curated flow.
6 Months, 60 Minutes, 16 Songs
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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Thanks Murse! This made my early morning work coffee time very enjoyable...ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing these, John! Did you know many of them are 30 second samples?ReplyDelete
Yeah I know, meant to mention that. If you register with iMeem you can stream the full-length songs. It's a pretty good site.ReplyDelete
I am head over heels in love with "Come Saturday"ReplyDelete
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This guide is aimed at healthcare practitioners whose employer or contracting body has made contact with NCAS for advice about an individual doctor, dentist or pharmacist about whom there are performance concerns. The guide is intended to provide clear and helpful information about our role and to address some of the most frequently asked questions about our services.
These web pages are a guide to NCAS services but our ways of working are changing. Please talk to our advisory team about accessing our services:
Advice and support
Assessment services
Professional Support and Remediation services
Case conferences
Support for investigations
Suspension or exclusion from work
Assisted mediation
Supporting the development of local procedures
Re-validation and support for responsible officers
All cases start with advice and support , a phone call from one of our advisers, which will usually be within a day of your first call to us, though we can also arrange to call you on a different date if this would be more convenient.
You tell the adviser what the problem is, the adviser asks questions, and you work out together what the options are for addressing a performance concern. We may suggest follow-up action, including discussion of the specialist services described below. But advice and support is a service in its own right and the adviser and caseworker allocated to the case are your contacts for further work with us.
With each episode of phone advice you will receive a confirmation letter shortly afterwards, and a further contact from us will be scheduled unless it has been agreed that the case can be closed. We are here so long as you need us. Each year, about 600 referrals are brought to resolution in this way.
Since being set up in 2001, NCAS has developed and refined the design and delivery of leading edge models of performance assessment. Before offering these specialist services, our advisers and assessment experts will help you identify the intervention best suited to your needs. We carry out assessments mainly for NHS employing and contracting bodies but we can also undertake them for regulators or other organisations concerned with practitioner performance.
All our assessments are designed to support the effective management of concerns about a practitioner's work and to protect patients. We conduct 40-50 assessments each year and normally follow them up with PSR work. All our assessments are underpinned by a rigorous framework of quality assurance so that all parties can rely on the robustness and independence of the findings. Find out more about assessments.
NCAS offers a wide range of bespoke action plans to support practitioners in their return to safe and effective practice. Action plans are developed following a review of the particular circumstances of each case, taking into account any development needs in areas such as leadership, patient or colleague interaction or other behavioural issues, in addition to supporting the development of knowledge and skills in the context of their clinical practice. NCAS action plans include:
Remediation action plans - where evidence identifying performance concerns is available either following an NCAS assessment or local assessment
Return to work action plans - supporting a practitioner's reskilling and/or reintegration into clinical practice following a prolonged absence of time (with or without remediation of any pre-existing performance concerns)
Professional development action plans - to support practitioners in developing particular areas of their practice further.
NCAS has been working in this area since 2008; the 2011 Department of Health Report of the Steering Group on Remediation (pdf 530KB) advocated this type of service.
Our advisers are independent, so they can bring the parties together without any baggage. Advisers start by talking to the referring manager, but we encourage managers to tell practitioners that we are involved and advisers can meet with practitioners and their representatives, as well as facilitating all party case conferences. When you refer a case to us, think about how the adviser can best be used.
Requests for advice about how to investigate performance concerns are amongst the most common coming to us. We don't investigate ourselves but we regularly advise on how investigations should be approached. We also run regular workshops on conducting investigations.
In England in 2012/13, approaching 200 practitioners were excluded or suspended from work using MHPS or Performers List Regulations. Both frameworks ask managers to discuss these measures with NCAS. Our aim is to ensure that exclusion and suspension are used only when necessary and that episodes last for the shortest time consistent with resolving the concern and protecting patients and services. By monitoring this area of casework, we have shown that exclusion episodes are getting steadily shorter, saving the NHS money and minimising loss of practitioner skills.
As part of the extensive experience NCAS brings to supporting the effective performance management of practitioners in resolving concerns we recognise that in some circumstances, the issues may impact on professional relationships. NCAS has identified that in over 50% of referrals, concerns are associated to some degree with conduct that may have a significant impact on the team and patient care.
In order to assist with the complex challenges that behavioural disruption can create; NCAS has developed an Assisted model of mediation which officially launched in April 2017.
Mediation Service is to bring together the parties concerned to help them find a mutually acceptable way to forward that enables a professional working relationship.
For further information please see our Assisted mediation service leaflet.
Good management of health professionals rests on good local governance, with clear procedures to manage concerns about performance. Every case brought to NCAS is an opportunity for our advisers to explore with managers how local procedures are working and whether any improvements might be made. The NCAS Education Programme also provides valuable opportunities for sharing ideas and good practice.
NCAS wants the focus of activity in professional governance to be at the front line of services so far as possible. We work to support local governance systems so that national regulatory systems are involved only where absolutely necessary. In relation to medical revalidation specifically, NCAS supports the work of responsible officers by providing:
general and specialist advice on the handling performance concerns
a range of specialist assessment interventions
See our 2011 position paper.
NCAS has advisers in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
In England, advisers are organised into north and south teams. Cases are allocated to minimise travelling times if meetings are required.
You will find you get to know certain advisers and they will get to know you and your organisation.
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This week brings new beginnings and the opportunity for us to open our hearts and live from a total place of integrity, authenticity and alignment with our soul. We have passed the threshold of being attached to our old limited beliefs that impeded us to fully live in our truth and express who we really are. Now, we have consciously chosen to liberate ourselves from the old, releasing what no longer serves our new lives, now, we are ready to embrace and to let go without judgments, as we know that the Divine knows best and everything that comes along in our path is what will assist us to evolve within our unique soul journey.
At this time, we are free, free to share our gifts, free to be the lovelight beings that we all are in Essence and free to choose and create this new cycle of our lives as the masters of our own life experience that we are without restrictions and the old patterns that made us repeat the same choices once and again, as we broke the chains that kept us locked in our 3D world and see the light of what is real, pure and not ephemeral, as what we truly are, will always remain the same, unlike our human illusions.
Since August 7th, we have Mercury in its Home sign Virgo, together with Jupiter, the Planet of Luck, moving from Leo to Virgo on August 11th. Mercury in Virgo gives us clarity of thought and the precision required to choose how we relate to others and how we express our personal truth and feelings. Jupiter, expands everything it touches, and as we also have Venus, The Planet of Love and Abundance retrograde in Leo, raising the feminine side of us, nurturing and loving with its abundance energy All within Creation, it is an opportunity for us to keep manifesting abundance in all areas of our lives as well as new relationships that are aligned with the vibrational frequency that we hold now. It is another cosmic message of improving our capacity to be of service to others and to find within a higher meaning to our purpose as well as extend our knowledge into new horizons.
Expansion of our heart center is what these fiery energies offer us if we are willing to let go of the past and welcome the unknown in our lives. As we embrace the fire and burn the remains of the old, new possibilities arise from these same ashes, and as we trust in our unique path and in the Forces of Light of the Universe, we proceed on our journey with the faith and the inner knowing that all is as it should and that everything is indeed working in our favor even if sometimes our human eyes cannot see beyond our reality what is occurring in the invisible realm, we know, because we feel it, that all is leading us to where our souls desire to be next.
The intense energies we are receiving from the Lions' Gate will last until the powerful New Moon that we have on August 14th at 21 degrees of Leo. The New Moon will align with Venus and it will also conjunct the sun at 21 degrees of this same sign. Uranus will also trine the New Moon and it will be another opportunity for us to break free from everything that disempower us, making the necessary changes in our own selves and lives that will allow us to manifest the outcomes that are now aligned with our True path. Uranus can be a destructive and chaotic force, but remember that is only by dissipating what no longer serves that we can rebuild again. You are the one who decide in what way you desire to channel this powerful energy, as you are the only one with the power to create and conclude what is not assisting you anymore. Move within, feel the heat, and sweep away what is still preventing you from embracing a higher way to live.
It is a time to manifest all the inner revelations that we had during July by moving within and embracing our deepest feelings, so we can start creating with this mighty Leo energy our new beginnings by having the clarity of what should stay in our lives and what should be removed, as it is not serving ourselves and All. This New Moon gives us the inner fire required to move forward by giving us the strength we need to let go of what our human self is still attaches to, but that is not what our True purpose and being need any more to continue with our endless ascension journey, and create the next phase of our path with a pure intention of what we truly desire to manifest.
We are conscious creators/masters of our own life experience and living as such is not always an easy task, but every step we take to stay firm in our truth and unique journey is another confirmation that we have all the courage to continue with this path that we have consciously chosen and that sometimes can be challenging but at the same time it is also filled with joy, love and infinite possibilities to give form to the reality we truly would like to experience.
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Sharing our love for the pioneers through ministering, speaking, and inspiring individuals in Utah and surrounding areas
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Christmas Party
The Days of '47 Executive Board hosted their annual Christmas party and we were lucky to attend. We had dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building where we sang "Joy to the World" and got to share a little bit about our time as Royalty this year. We were then able to attend The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert, which was amazing! We are grateful to volunteer our time next to people who are selfless and give so much of themselves throughout the year to make The Days of '47 celebration so great.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Sunday Sacrament Meeting Talks
Throughout the summer, we were invited to speak at a lot of LDS sacrament meetings. We loved these opportunities because we got to share our pioneer stories, testimonies of faith, and sing "Come, Come ye Saints"!
Denise Mathews is our fabulous accompanist, and she has followed us all around the state! We are so grateful for her kindness and dedication to helping us perform. Denise's cousin, Aubrie, played the violin with us during our musical number which was beautiful.
We have all served missions, grown up speaking in church, and given public speeches, but I think it is safe to say we spoke more this summer than our whole lives combined! Often, we spoke 3 times on Sunday and was driving from church building to church building to speak. It was incredibly busy, but also a very spiritual experience to speak in spiritual places.
Wards we spoke in this summer:
July 10th- South Weber 6th Ward
July 10th- Jordan North 2nd Ward
July 17th- Riverton 13th Ward
July 17th- Hunter 8th Ward
July 17th- Jordan North 4th Ward
July 24th- Single Adult Fireside
July 31st- Jordan North 8th Ward
July 31st- Copper Hills 1st Ward
August 14th- Spencer 1st Ward
August 14th- Spencer 2nd Ward
August 21st- Lancer Way Ward
August 28th- Highland 3rd Ward
September 18th- Mission Preparation fireside in St. George
If you would like to schedule the Royalty to come and speak in your ward next summer, please contact Cathy at 801-580-8565.
September 18th- Mission Preparation fireside in St. George
If you would like to schedule the Royalty to come and speak in your ward next summer, please contact Cathy at 801-580-8565.
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Pioneer Picnic
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Relief Society Night
Val Verda 2nd Ward Relief Society
We love when we get to be with small church groups. As returned missionaries we each have a deep love of testifying of Jesus Christ. Their theme for ths year was "Faith is not by chance, but by choice." -Elder Neil L. Anderson
Pioneers are terrific examples of choosing faith and we loved sharing our stories of our ancestors as we testified of faith. This was a real special event because it was the home ward of Stephanie's aunt. Her aunts, Debbie and Becka, her Grandma and Mom were all there to support the Royalty!
Monday, July 25, 2016
DUP Museum Open House
Days of '47 Parade
We are grateful to David Breitenbeker and his team at Innovative Design Concepts for our beautiful float!! We couldn't have asked for anything more queenly.
Sterling Poulson and John Woodbury are on the Days of '47 Committee. We were excited to spend time with them watching the rest of the parade. We appreciate all the work the Days of '47 Committee has done. It has been such an incredible year!
We were honored to sit with Governor Herbert and his wife, Jeanette.
We were honored to sit with Governor Herbert and his wife, Jeanette.
At the end of the parade route was the Deseret News Classic Marathon. We jumped off of our float, and by the persuasion of the announcer, we ran a quick dash in our dresses and high heels, to cross the Finish Line! They were kind enough to give us finisher medals and snap a few pictures.
We are forever grateful to Cathy Ehlert and Judy Binns for their incredible work with us. They are busy ladies with families and other responsibilities, but they spend their summer with us at all of our events. We can't accurately describe all they do to schedule our events, plan the pageant, and make sure everything runs smoothly, but we want to tell them how much we love and appreciate all they do for us as the Royalty. WE LOVE YOU!!
Sunrise Service
The Days of '47 Sunrise Service is presented by the Salt Lake Pioneer Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers. We met at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, July 25th, at the Tabernacle on Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. The program included wonderful music by the Salt Lake City Institute combined choirs and an inspirational talk by Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr., a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Mormon Battalion, conducted a flag ceremony and the Pledge of Allegiance.We were introduced by Maureen Smith, the President of the International Society of Daughter's of Utah Pioneers. We then were able to share a little about ourselves and our Pioneer Ancestors.
Baylee sang a beautiful "Pioneer Lullaby" that was accompanied by her friend, Hailey Mayle. It was wonderful!
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8:55 am || Participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Theodor Herzl; Mt. Herzl, Jerusalem
9:10 am || Participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Yitzhak Rabin; Mt. Herzl, Jerusalem
9:35 am || Tours the Hall of Names; Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
10:10 am || Lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance; Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
10:30 am || Signs a guest book and delivers remarks in the Hall of Children; Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
11:15 am || Lunch with Prime Minister Netanyahu; King David Hotel, Jerusalem
1:15 pm || Tours the Church of the Nativity with President Abbas; Bethlehem, West Bank
3:20 pm || Departs Tel Aviv
4:55 pm || Arrives Amman, Jordan
5:35 pm || Arrives at Al Hummar, the official offices of King Abdullah II of Jordan
5:55 pm || Begins meetins with King Abdullah; Al Hummar Offices, Amman
6:45 pm || Press conference with King Abdullah; Al Hummar Offices, Amman
8:50 pm || Attends a dinner with King Abdullah; Beit Al Urdun Private Residence, Amman
All times in Israel are Israel Standard Time, which is six hours ahead of U.S. EDT; All times in Jordan are Eastern European Summer Time, which is seven hours ahead of U.S. EDT


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Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs himself in his prison cell
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was discovered hanged in his cell by corrections officers at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts at approximately 3:05 a.m. Wednesday.
The Massachusetts Department of Corrections said in a press release that lifesaving techniques were attempted on Mr. Hernandez and he was transported to UMASS Leominster where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m. by a physician at the hospital.
Hernandez was in a single cell in a general population housing unit.
Hernandez hanged himself utilizing a bed sheet that he attached to his cell window according to corrections officials.
Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items.
The Massachusetts State Police are on scene and the investigation continues. Mr. Hernandez's next of kin have been notified.
Detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office and the Department of Correction are investigating the death of Aaron Hernandez according to District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy in Boston to determine the cause and manner or death.
Mr. Hernandez was serving a life sentence after being convicted of first-degree murder in 2015 in the 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd in North Attleboro.
He was found not guilty last week of a 2012 double homicide in Boston.


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At long last, the 2018 NBA playoffs are (almost) here. Before Saturday afternoon's opener, here are 13 questions that could define the first round:
1. Are we completely convinced that Kawhi is out for the season?
CBS Sports' Jack Maloney brought up this possibility as one of his 18 reasons to be excited for the playoffs. I just can't shake the thought of the San Antonio Spurs bringing Kawhi Leonard back in the first round and upsetting the Golden State Warriors. I also like Jack's idea of Leonard descending from the rafters in the second quarter of the second game.
The funny thing: As professional NBA gambler Haralabos Voulgaris tweeted, if Leonard is even close to fully healthy, you'd be crazy not to pick the Spurs against this version of the Warriors. Golden State seems vulnerable right now, just not against a Leonard-less San Antonio team.
2. Is this where the Melo trade finally pays off?
Even the most ardent Carmelo Anthony supporters would have a hard time arguing that he has flourished with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He has become a glorified stretch forward (albeit with a 35.7 3-point shooting percentage), and opponents routinely target him on defense.
Anthony deserves credit for accepting a smaller offensive role to empower his star teammates, but if he's not playing a large offensive role, how exactly is he helping a team win? Unlike guys like Vince Carter and Grant Hill — the exception, not the norm for franchise players — he has not transformed himself into a do-it-all supporting player.
And yet, I'm more optimistic about Playoff Melo than I thought I'd be. In this particular matchup, he might just be able to be effective. The Jazz can put Anthony in pick-and-rolls, sure, but it's not as if they are going to change their identity, embrace isolation basketball and go matchup-hunting. And on the other end, Utah tends to give up a ton of midrange shots while should-be Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert hangs around the basket. That has been an awesome game plan, but if Anthony gets a rhythm, he can still do damage in that area.
3. Can the Jazz score enough points to survive?
People asked this question this time last year, but they managed to get past the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. The difference: Not only did they have Gordon Hayward then, veteran Joe Johnson emerged as a postseason hero. Utah plays the exact same style this season, and it will be relying on rookie Donovan Mitchell to score like a star — there is not another high-usage player on the roster.
To be clear, the Jazz are not a bad offensive team. They ranked 15th in offensive rating on the season and 12th since Jan. 19, when Rudy Gobert returned from a knee injury. Their "advantage basketball" style fits their personnel — is there a better marriage of player and system than Joe Ingles in this offense? — and teams with multiple pick-and-roll players can be difficult to disrupt. It's just that, if Oklahoma City is playing Paul George and Steven Adams 40-plus minutes every game, Utah could be dealing with a pretty imposing defense. Without more bucket-getters, I'm not sure the Jazz will be able to create decent looks in close games.
4. Can OKC do its thing against the league's best defense?
Jazz-Thunder is the most intriguing series of the first round to me, so yes, I'm asking THREE questions about it. When Gobert is on the floor, Utah is not only a great defensive team — it is far and away the best one in the NBA. When players try to go one-on-one against this team, it usually does not work. You see where this is going.
Over the course of the regular season, the Thunder have failed to establish a cohesive offensive system where Russell Westbrook, George and Anthony are actually making each other better. They were a good offensive team — they finished No. 10 in offensive rating — but they were not a great one, nor a consistent one. Their style might just play into the Jazz's hands. Jazz hands!
5. Is LeBron still invincible in the first round?
LeBron James has won 21 first-round playoff games in a row. Twenty-one! The last time he lost a game in the opening round was 2011 — against the New York Knicks, of all teams. (Fun facts about that game: Carmelo Anthony scored 41 points; New York's starting backcourt was Baron Davis and Landry Fields.) In James' career, he has won 40 of 47 first-round games.
Here's the catch: James' teams finished either first or second in the conference dating back to 2008-09. The two times that he went to the playoffs with a lower seed than that — in 2006 and 2008 with the Cavs — his team won its first-round series in six games and was eliminated in the second round.
This year's Cleveland team finished fourth in the standings, and its point differential is actually worse than its opponent: the Indiana Pacers. I highly doubt most people will bet against James leading the Cavs past the Pacers, but I'd be surprised if this streak of sweeps continued.
6. How will Oladipo respond to playoff pressure?
Victor Oladipo is going to win Most Improved Player and he might make an All-NBA team, too. In his fifth season, with his third franchise in three years, he has gone from an average-efficiency role player to the superstar the Orlando Magic dreamed he could be when they took him No. 2 in the 2013 draft. Oladipo is by far the biggest reason for the Pacers' surprising success this season, and he is going to be on the top of the Cavs' scouting report. Earlier this season, Indiana coach Nate McMillan told CBS Sports that Oladipo's next big challenge will be dealing with his new station.
"He has become the No. 1 option. He's seeing the best defenders every night and he's seeing double-teams, just as some of these All-Stars are seeing," McMillan said. "And he's learning to play against that. That takes a year or two to be able to play in that role and be productive. Teams are now game-planning for him."
Cleveland has not been known as a great defensive team over the past few seasons, but in the playoffs it has been pretty good at executing coach Tyronn Lue's game plan. The Cavs have tended to take teams away out of the situations in which they are most comfortable. For Indiana, that means making life as difficult as possible for Oladipo and forcing him to give up the ball.
7. Who wins the big battle of the backcourts?
OK, let's break this down: Quinn Cook and Klay Thompson vs. Patty Mills and Dejounte Murray.
Kidding. The Raptors-Wizards series is fascinating for a bunch of reasons, but first and foremost because of the star guards on the floor. DeMar DeRozan is a better playmaker than Bradley Beal, but Beal is the superior shooter and could catch fire. John Wall vs. Kyle Lowry could go a long way toward determine the series — Wall, who just returned from a knee injury last week, has an opportunity to send a message to those who say he is overpaid and doesn't make his teammates better. Lowry, playing a reduced role this season but still the tone-setter in Toronto, has an opportunity to send a message to those who say he can't be counted on in the playoffs.
In 2015, the Wizards got the best of the Raptors, but that was a very long time ago. (The Atlanta Hawks won 60 games and the Brooklyn Nets made the playoffs that season!) Washington has a new coach and has developed a few young players. Toronto has a new offensive philosophy and a bench fleet that has been destroying everybody all season. The question is not just about which star guards will put up the best numbers; it is also about which team has created an environment to help their stars succeed. The battle of the backcourts will be a reflection of the way these organizations have built their respective rosters around them.
8. Can the Raptors' role players make shots?
If the Wizards essentially ignore O.G. Anunoby, Serge Ibaka, Delon Wright and Pascal Siakam on the perimeter, it will come as a surprise to absolutely nobody. The book on Toronto over the last few postseasons has been to try to make anybody but Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan beat you. The Raptors' much-discussed "culture reset" is about empowering those players to do exactly that.
"We want them to be more in the rhythm of making plays," Toronto assistant coach Nick Nurse told CBS Sports earlier this season. "We want our primary guys to trust them to make plays. And I think we're seeing that. That's really the big thing."
Regardless of how well this worked in the regular season, Nurse said that it all comes down to "the true test" of the postseason, when every team's offense is scouted to death. This time the Raptors should be less predictable, but there's no guarantee that the shots will fall.
"We created a lot of good shots in the playoffs before that we haven't made," Nurse said. "Again, getting our guys used to it and ready to make those in the playoffs — we're going to have to see about that."
9. What the heck do the Blazers do about The Brow?
Do the Portland Trail Blazers have anybody on the roster who can competently guard Anthony Davis? Will they throw double-teams at him? Triple-teams? Would it be better to just let him score 40 and focus on stopping Jrue Holiday and the rest of the Pelicans? I definitely don't have the answer, but I'm excited to see Davis back in the playoffs for the first time since 2015 (when he averaged 31.5 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks against the eventual-champion Golden State Warriors).
10. Can the Wolves win a game? Just one game?
It feels like the Minnesota Timberwolves are in deep, deep trouble against the Houston Rockets. Their defense was only marginally better than last season despite adding Tom Thibodeau's old buddies Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson, and their offense — while very efficient — doesn't have the juice that Houston's does. It would be impressive if Minnesota can just ugly up the series, old-school-Thibodeau-style, and make the Rockets work for their wins.
11. Can Simmons keep this up?
Ben Simmons' post-All-Star break averages — 14.5 points, 9.8 assists, 8.9 rebounds, 58.9 percent shooting — make me giggle like an idiot. Also relevant: the Sixers have outscored opponents by 14.8 points per 100 possessions with the 6-foot-10 rookie point guard on the court in that same span. Simmons is somehow already among the game's elite, and this postseason run could be a coronation of sorts for Philadelphia.
On the other hand, the Miami Heat's roster is stacked with versatile, athletic defenders. They can switch pick-and-rolls and let Justise Winslow, James Johnson and Josh Richardson take turns as Simmons' primary defender. Erik Spoelstra is a brilliant tactician, and Miami will do whatever it can to take Simmons' driving and passing lanes away. Continuing to dominate will be a challenge.
12. What will Playoff Wade look like?
Did you see that Spoelstra quoted Toby Keith to SB Nation's Seerat Sohi? It's a perfect way to think about Dwyane Wade as he enters the playoffs: "I'm not as good as I once was. But I'm as good once, as I ever was. I truly believe Dwyane is every bit who he used to be in those iconic seasons. Those moments just may have to be a little bit more compact."
Spoelstra added that he will "go to my grave with the ball in Dwyane Wade's hands with the game on the line." Heat fans understand this, having seen him take over games and hit big shots in countless high-pressure situations. Wade has shot only 40.9 percent in his return to Miami, though, and he has made only 22 percent of his 3-pointers.
All of this adds up to an odd dynamic. Wade is at once a franchise player and a role player. He averaged 22.2 minutes with the Heat in the regular season and that number might not rise in the playoffs. If it is crunch time, though, and they need a bucket to put the Sixers away, it is obvious who Spoelstra trusts.
13. How much will star power matter in Celtics-Bucks?
No series provides a window into the value of star power in the postseason quite like this one. Conventional wisdom dictates that, if you have the best player in a series, you have a chance to win. Theoretically, playoff-level scouting and defense means that pretty, egalitarian, movement-oriented offenses get gummed up, and that's when a traditional star — someone who can create something out of nothing, even against high-quality defense — is something between valuable and essential.
The Celtics, without Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving, have no such player. Al Horford is a star, but of a totally different type. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown could be stars one day, but that day is probably not within the next few weeks. Boston coach Brad Stevens will not ask anyone — no, not even Terry Rozier — to be a hero here. This team is going to have to do things a different way, with creative play-calling, stifling defense and opportunistic scoring.
The Bucks, meanwhile, employ Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Eight bonus questions: Remember Malcolm Brogdon? How obscenely large will the 3-point differential be in the Houston-Minnesota series? Is Kelly Oubre the X-factor he was supposed to be? How much does Miami's deep bench matter? Can Jusuf Nurkic stay on the floor? Will Myles Turner put himself back in the unicorn universe? Is Corey Brewer really healthy (and can you believe how much this question matters for Oklahoma City)? Will the Warriors clean up their turnover problem?


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It's September 15th and I've just finished packing up the last few bits ready to head back to uni on Tuesday. After some last minute surprise news that I'll be fresher repping for ten days, which I'm incredibly excited about, I'm heading up three days earlier than originally planned. I didn't get homesick while I was living at uni last year - don't get me wrong, I missed my family, friends and boyfriend a lot, but I kept myself busy and immersed myself in everything new around me and had an incredible year. Now I've been home for over three months, it feels weird packing to go back because I'm used to my home routine. I'm a real family girl at heart, so I love my home comforts and hanging out with all my family, but I do feel like I'm ready to spread my wings, venture into second year and make some more memories.
A little background info - I was going to apply to be a fresher rep when the applications were floating around some months ago, but after pondering with the thought for a week or so, I decided to leave it. My house plans for second year fell through for various reasons, so I'm living in the same halls again. I didn't want to miss out on getting to know and going out with my new flatmates, so that's why I didn't apply to be a rep. Part of me is sad that I don't get to move into a cute little house with all my friends, but the other part of me is excited about being a pretend fresher again. My uni accommodation is slap bang in the middle of town, a stone throw away from uni and well furnished, so I really can't complain. I've bought some new bits and pieces to add to my uni room to make it look all pretty and cosy because I'm a sucker for all things cute and floral. I love my room to feel all warm and homely so adding my own personal touches is a must.
Firstly I'm going to update you on what I've been up to and what I can expect from this year. I've had such a fun summer working with my sister and I've had the pleasure of working with the loveliest bunch of people. Name me an office where elastic band flicking competitions are a daily occurrence... because mine is. And it's quite painful! I work for two of the loveliest people you'll ever meet who are so supportive and generous. They're forever treating us to lunch, drinks at the pub and when we need time off or a favour, they're more than willing to help us out. I work with a lovely team as well which is perfect, especially as we deal with so much crap from moany customers. I work at The Auto Group which is a car warranty company. I thought I'd hate it, but I've actually enjoyed learning new skills, being thrown in the deep end and being out of my comfort zone. I haven't been on holiday or to a festival this summer which is a little annoying, but I've managed to save a lot of money for uni and I've been to Leeds a lot to see my boyfriend. I've also enjoyed lots of family time which has been lovely after living at uni for nine months.
Although I love being at home, I'm also itching to get back to uni. Unfortunately, freshers week is exclusive to first years at Nottingham Trent which is super gay, (don't get me wrong there are events for second and third years, but not in the same venues as the fresher events). This wasn't great news for me as I'm living in halls again, so when I emailed a guy from the SU asking about whether I'd be allowed one due to my circumstances, I jumped at the chance when he offered me a solution – fresher repping. Lots of people say it's an amazing experience and as good as, if not better than freshers itself. In a nutshell, you basically encourage all the new freshers to get involved, take them to the venues at night, play drinking games with them, socialise with them and most importantly, make sure they stay safe and don't go too crazy after an overdose of freedom, independence and a lot of alcohol during their first week away from home. To say I'm excited would be an understatement. It all kicks off on Wednesday night with a hippie themed fresher rep party, followed by a day of training on Thursday and then finally freshers gets underway on Friday.
I'm going to try and take lots of pictures over the ten days so I can do a few lifestyle posts for you guys, so hopefully you'll enjoy those. I'm also hoping to do a room/flat tour in pictures when I'm back and settled in so if that's something you'd be interested in reading, then please let me know. Alternatively, if there's anything else uni related you'd like me to write about, I'm open to suggestions! I'm going to get myself a blogging book and a light box so I can really throw myself into blogging this year. I'm determined to blog on a regular basis and provide you guys with high quality content and images, so a blogging book will help to keep me organised and on track.
Are you off to uni this September? Have you been a fresher rep before? What do you do to ensure you stay on top of blogging? Sorry if I've rambled a little, I feel like I've neglected my blog slightly, so I wanted to keep you all up to date. Well done if you survived the mammoth post - I'm impressed!


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Squishy cup, mug and cereal bowl preorder!Posted by nmjunko
Feb 1
Hi everyone! Here is the information on the RSE preorder happening now!
The link to the event on my facebook page is RSE preorder or I have pasted the information here that my assistant has posted:
I will need everyone to email me their order at [use my "contact" tab above], and include this information:Name on the Paypal account
Name on Facebook
Paypal email
Correspondence email (if different from Paypal email)
Zip code (or country)
Number of items ordered, including types and glazes.
The options are mugs (straight or curvy – in 12oz, 16 oz, or 20oz), cereal bowls, and both sizes of squishy cups. If you are ordering mugs, please indicate if you would like a graphic or words, and which ones. The options for graphics and text are here: http://
risingsunearthworks.com/ wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ RSEgraphics.pdf and you may choose one graphic (alone or with up to three words), text only (with a limit of ten words), or plain.
* i.e. 3 curvy mugs (20oz), red with tree graphic #37, purple with bunny graphic #2, and yellow with "I knit so I don't kill people" in Bradley Hand font.
We have an upper limit of 150 items, and this buy will close in one week on February 8th. At that time invoices will be sent with a due date of February 11th, at which point work will begin. You will be invoiced separately for shipping once the items are completed – approximately 6-8 weeks from the original payment due date.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let me know – either here on Facebook or by using the email address above. Thank you!


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Residential Property Lawyer.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Residential Property Lawyer to work for a Legal 500 firm in Sevenoaks, Kent.
You will be a Solicitor, Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer with at least 2yrs PQE in residential property.
The salary offered is very competitive and is dependent on experience. You will be working in a friendly team with lots of support.
You will manage your own caseload which will consist of a broad range of residential conveyancing matters including sales, purchases, remortgages, shared-ownership, lease extensions and transfers.
For more information, please apply now or for an initial, informal discussion contact Becky Newton. 01273 289000.
Salary is a guide only and is dependent on experience.
More information
For more information about this role and to apply, please contact Becky Newton at G2 Legal on 01273 289000 or forward an up to date copy of your CV.