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The Wranglers faced a must-win situation in their first-round playoff series with the Thunder and played that way, beating Stockton 3-0 on Monday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
The Wranglers faced a must-win situation in their first-round playoff series with the Thunder and played that way, beating Stockton 3-0 on Monday at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
Joe Fallon saved 27 shots and Scott Pitt broke a scoreless tie with a short-handed goal at 9:25 of the second period, which proved to be all the scoring Las Vegas would need. The Thunder still leads the best-of-seven series 2-1 with Game 4 at 7:05 p.m. today in Las Vegas.
Stockton coach Matt Thomas doesn't believe his team needs to make any adjustments based on Monday's performance. It just needs to play harder than the Wranglers.
"I feel like we haven't played to our capabilities just yet," Thomas said. "We gave up a short-handed goal, which you never should do and we took a 5-minute major (penalty), which proved to be the difference. We knew we were in for a long series and we just have to rebound - that's all."
This series between teams that know each other well has been as tight as expected. The first two games went into overtime, with the Thunder earning hard-fought 3-2 victories at Stockton Arena. Monday's three-goal margin of victory was the largest by either team head-to-head this season, with nine of their 11 meetings decided by one goal.
Former Thunder center Judd Blackwater scored on the power play 2:06 into the third and Carlo Finucci closed the scoring at 15:15 of the third.
Stockton attempted six shots in the first period and eight in the second.
"We didn't play hard enough to get to the net," Thomas said. "We had our chances and created our opportunities, but we didn't get there often enough, especially early."


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 11, 2012) Bluegrass Community amp; Technical Colleges North American Racing Academy (BCTC-NARA) has been invited to participate in the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival to be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Nov. 8 12.
And, for the first time, a BCTC-NARA graduate apprentice jockey has been invited to ride in the International Apprentice Jockey Race that will take place during the festival. The race will feature a select group of apprentice jockeys selected by the European Association of Racing Schools (EARS).
This is a big step forward in our goal of involving BCTC-NARA in a more regular exchange of student riders and horsemen between us and our sister racing schools overseas. We are grateful to the representatives of the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club and EARS for this invitation. It will be quite an honor for NARA to be part of this prestigious racing festival, BCTC-NARA Executive Director Remi Bellocq said.
Andrew Wolfsont, a spring 2011 BCTC-NARA graduate, has been selected to represent the U.S. and NARA in the Apprentice Jockey Race. Wolfsont is a licensed apprentice jockey who is currently riding with success at Penn National Race Course in Pennsylvania.
All newly licensed jockeys are given an apprentice allowance during their first year of between 5 and 10 lbs. off of their assigned weight depending on the number of winners they have ridden. Wolfsont, who already has 60 wins, currently enjoys a 5 lbs. apprentice allowance.
He is polished, was an excellent student and is very excited about this opportunity to represent BCTC-NARA and the U.S. in our first race among our fellow racing schools. We think hell fly our colors with distinction. Bellocq said.
Wolfsont will be riding with apprentice jockeys from the British Racing School, the Northern Racing College (UK), the Racing Academy amp; Centre of Education (RACE), the French Racing School (AFASEC), the Pisa San Rossore Racing School (ITA) and the German Jockey School. Other racing schools may be confirmed later.
"Its been a few weeks now since I was selected and I still can't believe that in only a few more I'll be competing in an international apprentice race across the world in Abu Dhabi. Its a real honor to represent the North American Racing Academy, but I am mostly looking forward to competing against some of the top apprentice riders from all over the world, Wolfsont said.
The Conference and race are being hosted under the directives of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak EARS Apprentice Jockeys race for both male and female jockeys will be run on Nov. 11.
By staging the conference in Abu Dhabi it will be a great opportunity to those aspiring to gain a foothold in flat racing and also for those who are already in the sport, said Lara Sawaya, Director of the Festival and Head of IFAHR ladies racing.
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Yesterday, 20 July 2016, the renewal of Israel's diplomatic relations with the West African state of Guinea was announced, 49 years after they were cut off. In the Foreign Ministry files at the Archives we have some interesting documents describing how Guinea severed its relations with Israel on 5 June 1967, the first day of the Six Day War.
Nahum Gershom, the ambassador in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, reported on 27 May to the African Division of the Foreign Ministry during the "waiting period" of tension following Egypt's closing of the straits of Tiran, that President Ahmed Sékou Touré had sent a letter of support to the Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser. However the ambassador had managed to see the secretary-general of the foreign ministry and explained Israel's case to him, also giving him the document in French shown below, and there was much sympathy for Israel among the people.
Nevertheless Gershom was not surprised when, at 12:30 on 5 June, he was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and told that relations would be severed and all the Israeli representatives, including agricultural advisers, must leave at once. Gershom wrote that as soon as he heard that war had broken out, he assumed that this step would follow. Nasser had sent telegrams to all the African states friendly to Egypt, asking them to cut off relations with Israel, and the Guinea radio station had begun to broadcast military music. These events are described in another letter to the African Division. You can see Gershom's letters on our Hebrew blog.
Even before this Israel's relations with mainly Muslim Guinea were deteriorating, as the Guineans had adopted a strongly anti-Israel line including condemnations at the UN and international conferences, and anti-Israel publications in the local media. Israel established diplomatic relations with Guinea in 195, immediately after it received independence from France. But relations with the new state were always problematic, due to the pro-Soviet line and dictatorial methods of its leader Sékou Touré, one of the prominent leaders of the first generation of emerging African states.
|Ahmed Sekou Toure, Wikipedia
Guinea was the only African state to break off relations with Israel after the Six Day war. Burundi and Mali suspended their ties but did not break off relations. However most of the African states did so in 1972 and 1973. Many of them resumed relations with Israel in the 1980s after the peace treaty with Egypt.
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It is relaxing. It is intimate. It is both lasting and ephemeral.How so? I find that I will often read the letters that I receive twice. Once when I get them and again as I write back. So, that makes it more lasting. It is more ephemeral because I dont have copies of the letters that I write and I am the only one who has copies of the letters that my correspondents write. So, more ephemeral.I have a simple challenge for you.1.In the month of February, mail at least one item through the post every day it runs. Write a postcard, a letter, send a picture, or a cutting from a newspaper, or a fabric swatch.2.Write back to everyone who writes to you. This can count as one of your mailed items.All you are committing to is to mail 23 items. Why 23? There are four Sundays and one US holiday. In fact, you might send more than 23 items. You might develop a correspondence that extends beyond the month.Write love letters, thank yous, or simply notes to say that you miss an old friend. Let yourself step away from the urgency of modern life and write for an audience of one. You might enjoy going to the mail box again.Feeling intimidated? Its fewer words than NaNoWriMo and I know how many of you do that. Join me in The Month of Letters Challenge.Sincerely yours,Mary Robinette Kowal


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The theme of the 2013 symposium will be "Earth Observation and Global Environmental Change - 50 Years of Remote Sensing: Progress and Prospects". Back in 1962, the first International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment was convened in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The symposium brought together scientists from around the world to exchange technical information on an emerging technology called remote sensing, a technology that provided the capability to view the Earth from high-altitude aircraft and, ultimately, spacecraft. In its 50 years of development, Earth observation has advanced significantly, and remote sensing has become a mature technology for observing the Earth and monitoring global environmental change. This symposium will review the progress of remote sensing and prospects for its future, and celebrate its half-century history.


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krihna Dear Rene and friend,
Thank you for your sharing idea to go Tibet. Yes, I am a trekking and travel company and operating this type of tour into tibet several time. You can;t follow your itinerary to go there and you must follow our itinerary for the fixdeparture trip. It will takes 8 days and we can not choose the plan our self. If you want to go through you plan we must have a private tour and it will be more costly. So if you follow this programme it will be cheap for you people.
Day 1 kathmandu to frienship Border and after custom formalities drive to Nylam Over night at lodge.
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Day 6 full day in Lhasa for sight seeing in following places Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and flourishing Barkhor Street..
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Extra is lunch and dinner. If you are interested please let me know, I always have a best offer for you. Krishna cell 9841485631
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Beach Republic is a holiday resort of a different style at the northern end of Lamai Beach on Koh Samui. Choose from eight secluded villas, each with its own salt water swimming pool, Superior or Deluxe rooms and the Penthouse Suite with breathtaking sea views.
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:: Club Suite (55 sq.m.) - 18 Rooms ::
The spacious studio is over 55 sq. m. in area, and incorporates high ceilings and contemporary design with garden view balcony. The double bed features signature Beach Republic Presidential Pillow Top mattress and luxury cotton bedding. Shower room incorporates spacious walk-in rain shower. The ideal Samui base, whether you are out exploring the island or lounging by the pool at the adjacent Beach Republic Ocean Club.
:: One Bedroom Superior Suite (110 sq.m.) - 5 Rooms ::
A taste of superior comfort. Enjoy spacious and gracious indoors living with a large balcony. The Superior Suite incorporates high ceilings, a full kitchen, separate living room and a contemporary design, making it an ideal base, whether you are out exploring the island or lounging by the pool at the adjacent Beach Republic Ocean Club.
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Located directly adjacent to Beach Republic Ocean Club, the Presidential Pool Villa is great for extended families and groups of friends looking to get away from it all and live the tropical island lifestyle. An outdoor kitchen equipped with personal espresso machine and spacious dining area meet the super large chemical free infinity edge pool. The two well appointed bedrooms downstairs each connect to an outdoor bathroom with private shower. Upstairs, two additional bedrooms each have access to their own en suite shower rooms. Each room boasts king sized bed, with signature Beach Republic Presidential Pillow Top mattress and luxury cotton bedding. Flat screen TVs, DVD, iPod docks provide the finishing touches.
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The attractions of Samui are within easy reach of Beach Republic The Residence. The spectacular 18 hole Santiburi golf course is located on the hills behind nearby Maenam, offering some of the best views and golfing in Asia. There are many temples, ancient and modern, including the famous Wat Phra Yai Big Buddha. The markets of Chaweng, Lamai and Nathon offer goods from all over Thailand, including silks and handicrafts. The island provides a wide range of water sports, including diving, snorkeling, fishing, wake-boarding, kayaking and sailing.
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Whether you want to undertake a detox programmed at the nearby world renowned Spa Samui, write a book, stroll down the beach at sunset, or head into Chaweng or Lamai town to sample Samui's superb restaurants and vibrant nightlife, Beach Republic The Residence provides your home away from home. We look forward to your arrival.
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Happy President's Day! 20 Classic American Recipes To Celebrate
American food is one big stew pot of cultures, influences, and tastes -- that's part of what makes it so much fun to cook! There are the regional foods we grew up with like Southern pralines, Minnesota wild rice soup, and salads bursting with California citrus. Then there are the dishes from other parts of the world that have found a home here: enchiladas, pork dumplings, and curries to name a few. And let's not forget the dishes that just feel "American" through and through, like hamburgers piled high with toppings and thick slices of birthday cake.
Today, in celebration of President's Day, let's take a look at some of the dishes that make up our uniquely American cuisine. But what IS American food? Which dishes do you think of first?
"American food" can mean something different for each of us. Even the fact that we disagree sometimes is part of what makes our cuisine what it is! This gathering of recipes, pulled from our archives, is just a sampling of all the possible dishes we might include.
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Los Angeles: Socialite Kim Kardashian wants the best for her younger sister Khloe Kardashian, and she hopes the latter`s marriage to basketball player Lamar Odom, works out.
Khloe and Lamar`s four-year-old marriage hit a rocky patch when he was accused of infidelity and it was revealed that the basketball player had taken to drugs again.
While some reports suggest that divorce is imminent, Kim wants Khloe and Lamar to sort out their differences.
"She only wants what`s best for Khloe ... (Kim) would like to see them work it out," eonline.com quoted a source as saying.
"She knows how much they love each other. Everyone in the family feels divorce should be the last option," the source added.
Kim, who has been married twice before, is currently in relationship with rapper Kanye West. She gave birth to their first child June 15.


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Students of the radical left may remember Robert Borosage. Borosage was at one time the Director of the Institute for Policy Studies, a New Left think tank that seemed faithfully to promote the Soviet Union's propaganda line on the foreign policy issues of the moment. Rael Jean Isaac and Erich Isaac have a good account of IPS and its offshoots in their 1983 book The Coercive Utopians.
IPS came into its own in the '80s during the Reagan administration; it was in the forefront of those advocating unilateral disarmament, the virtual elimination of intelligence services, and the abandonment of American allies in the face of "liberation" movements.
In the '80s IPS undertook a joint program promoting unilateral disarmament with the Soviet Union's Institute for the U.S.A. and Canada and the USSR-USA Friendship Society, then both formidable propaganda organs of the Soviet Union. In May 1983 the joint program held its first sesion in Minneapolis.
Borosage appears in the lead of the report on the event attended yesterday at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Boston by Weekly Standard reporter Jonathan Last. Last is probably too young to know anything about Borosage's somewhat exotic background, but it's the key to the rest of his report.
Yesterday afternoon Last attended a "Take Back America" rally sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future (of which Borosage is now co-director) featuring appearances by Howard Dean and Michael Moore. At the rally Last heard a substantially different Howard Dean than the one on display at the Democratic convention yesterday evening. The Dean heard by Last rang true to the "progressive" agenda pursued by the IPS in its various guises.
Dean more or less warmed up the crowd for Michael Moore. The audience thrilled to Moore's performance. Last deduces that Moore "is no longer just a crank or a provocateur. He has become a liberal saint." Last's report is "Here comes trouble."
This is an important piece, especially in the context of the Borosage connnection. At NRO Byron York also reports on Moore's performance in "Michael Moore loses it."
Tony Blankley's column today meditates on the phenomenon Last observed at the Royal Sonesta, the irrational hatred of President Bush that we have dubbed Chaitred in honor of the New Republic's Jonathan Chait, who first articulated and sought to justify the phenomenon as an intellectually respectable position. Blankley's column seems to me a contribution to understanding the events unfolding before our eyes: "The hate cure."
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O babbling Spring
There is no laughter
O babbling Spring, than glass more clear
O bear him where the rain can fall
O blessed Dead! beyond all earthly pains
O bonnie bird, that in the brake, exultant, dost prepare thee
O brothers, who must ache and stoop
O Child of Nations, giant-limbed
Och! the Coronation! what celebration
O Deep of Heaven, t is thou alone art boundless
ODriscoll drove with a song
O d you hear the seas complainin, and complainin, whilst it s rainin
Of all the thoughts of God that are
Of all the wives as eer you know
Of Heaven or Hell I have no power to sing
O, for the times which were
O friend, like some cold wind to-day
Often rebukd, yet always back returning
Oh, aged Time! how far, and long
Oh, Bisham Banks are fresh and fair
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet
Oh, England is a pleasant place for them that s rich and high
Oh, fill me flagons full and fair
Oh! had you eyes, but eyes that move
Oh, happy, happy maid
Oh, it is hard to work for God
Oh, I wad like to kento the beggar-wife says I
Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, it s you I love the best
Oh, many a leaf will fall to-night
O hour of all hours, the most blest upon earth
Oh! that we two were Maying
Oh, there s mony a gate eawt ov eawr teawn-end
Oh, to be in England now that April s there
Oh, wha hae ye brought us hame now, my brave lord
Oh! where do fairies hide their heads
Oh! wherefore come ye forth in triumph from the north
Oh! why left I my hame
Oh, ye wild waves, shoreward dashing
Old Englands sons are English yet
Old things need not be therefore true
O Life! that mystery that no man knows
O long ago, when Faeryland
O Lord of heaven, and earth, and sea
O lords! O rulers of the nation
O Lord, thy wing outspread
O love, if you were here
O love! thou makest all things even
O love, what hours were thine and mine
O Mary, go and call the cattle home
O may I join the choir invisible
O! Meäry, when the zun went down
O monstrous, dead, unprofitable world
O mother, mother, I swept the hearth, I set his chair and the white board spread
O My Dark Rosaleen
On a starrd night Prince Lucifer uprose
On Bellosguardo, when the year was young
On Calais Sands the gray began
Once, from the parapet of gems and glow
Once in a golden hour
Once ye were happy, once by many a shore
One asked of Regret
One face alone, one face alone
One moment the boy, as he wanderd by night
One more unfortunate
One only rose our village maiden wore
On gossamer nights when the moon is low
On Helens heart the day were night
Only a touch, and nothing more
On me and on my children
On other fields and other scenes the morn
On shores of Sicily a shape of Greece
On through the Libyan sand
O Paradise, O Paradise
O pensive, tender maid, downcast and shy
Ope your doors and take me in
O saw ye not fair Ines
O shepherds! take my crook from me
O singer of the field and fold
O somewhere, somewhere, God unknown
O sons of men, that toil, and love with tears
O thou that cleavest heaven
O thou to whom, athwart the perished days
O unhatchd Bird, so high preferrd
Our bark is on the waters: wide around
Our Englands heart is sound as oak
Our little babe
Our little bird in his full day of health
Our night repast was ended: quietness
Ours all are marble halls
Out from the Citys dust and roar
Out of the frozen earth below
Out of the golden remote wild west where the sea without shore is
Out of the uttermost ridge of dusk, where the dark and the day are mingled
Out of this town there riseth a high hill
Outside the village, by the public road
Over his millions Death has lawful power
Over the sea our galleys went
O wanderer in the southern weather
Owd Pinder were a rackless foo
O when the half-light weaves
O where do you go, and whats your will
O Wind of the Mountain, Wind of the Mountain, hear
O wind, thou hast thy kingdom in the trees
O youth whose hope is high
Pardon the faults in me
Passing feet pause, as they pass
Passion the fathomless spring, and words the precipitate waters
Peace! what do tears avail
Pitch here the tent, while the old horse grazes
Play me a march, low-tond and slow
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem
Plunged in night, I sit alone
Poets are singing the whole world over
Poor old pilgrim Misery
Poor witherd rose and dry
Princess of pretty pets
Proud and lowly, beggar and lord
Proud word you never spoke, but you will speak
Quick gleam, that ridest on the gossamer
Rachel, the beautiful (as she was calld)
Reign on, majestic Ville Marie
Remain, ah not in youth alone
Remember me when I am gone away
Rest here, at last
Rhaicos was born amid the hills wherefrom
Riches I hold in light esteem
Ride on! ride on in majesty
Righ Shemus he has gone to France, and left his crown behind
Rise! Sleep no more! T is a noble morn
Rise up, my song! stretch forth thy wings and fly
Roll on, and with thy rolling crust
Round the cape of a sudden came the sea
Row me oer the strait, Douglas Gordon
Sad is my lot; among the shining spheres
Sad is our youth, for it is ever going
Say, did his sisters wonder what could Joseph see
Say, fair maids, maying
Schelynlaw Tower is fair on the brae
Sea-birds are asleep
Seamen three! what men be ye
Seeds with wings, between earth and sky
Seek not the tree of silkiest bark
Seems not our breathing light
See what a lovely shell
Set in this stormy Northern sea
Seven weeks of sea, and twice seven days of storm
Shakespeare, thy legacy of peerless song
Shall mine eyes behold thy glory, O my country
Shall we not weary in the windless days
She dared not wait my coming, and shall look
She gave her life to love. She never knew
She has a beauty of her own
She has a primrose at her breast
She is not fair to outward view
She is not yet, but he whose ear
She leads me on through storm and calm
She lived where the mountains go down to the sea
She passes in her beauty bright
She sat and wept beside His feet; the weight
She sat beside the mountain springs
She sits beneath the elder-tree
She stands, a thousand-wintered tree
She stood breast high amid the corn
She turnd the fair page with her fairer hand
She wanders in the April woods
She wore a wreath of roses
Ship, to the roadstead rolled
Should I long that dark were fair
Siccine separat amara mors
Sigh his name into the night
Silence. A while ago
Sing, I pray, a little song
Sing the song of wave-worn Coogee, Coogee in the distance white
Sister Simplicitie
Sit down, sad soul, and count
Sleep that like the couched dove
So, Freedom, thy great quarrel may we serve
So I arm thee for the final night
So long he rode he drew anigh
Some clerks aver that as the tree doth fall
Some years ago, ere time and taste
So sweet love seemd that April morn
Soulless, colorless strain, thy words are the words of wisdom
So when the old delight is born anew
Spare all who yield; alas, that we must pierce
Speak, quiet lips, and utter forth my fate
Speed on, speed on, good master
Spirit of Spring, thy coverlet of snow
Spirit of Twilight, through your folded wings
Spring it is cheery
Spring, summer, autumn, winter
Stand close around, ye Stygian set
Standing on tiptoe ever since my youth
Still farther would I fly, my child
Still more, still more: I feel the demon move
Stop, mortal! Here thy brother lies
Summer dieth:oer his bier
Sunset and evening star
Surrounded by unnumberd foes
Sweet and low, sweet and low
Sweetest sweets that time hath rifled
Sweet in her green dell the flower of beauty slumbers
Sweet singer of the Spring, when the new world
Take as gold this old tradition
Take back into thy bosom, earth
Take back your suit
Take me, Mother Earth, to thy cold breast
Take the world as it is!there are good and bad in it
Tears for my lady dead
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean
Tell me not of morrows, sweet
Tell me now in what hidden way is
Tell me, what is a poets thought
Tell me, ye winged winds
Thaisa fair, under the cold sea lying
Tha rt welcome, little bonny brid
That s my last Duchess painted on the wall
That was a brave old epoch
The ancient memories buried lie
The auld wife sat at her ivied door
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
The baron hath the landward park, the fisher hath the sea
The Barons bold on Runnymede
The bay is set with ashy sails
The bees about the Linden-tree
The birds song, the sun, and the wind
The blessed damozel leand out
The Books say well, my Brothers! each mans life
The breaths of kissing night and day
The broken moon lay in the autumn sky
The buds awake at touch of Spring
The Bulbul waild, Oh, Rose! all night I sing
The butterfly from flower to flower
The Chancellor mused as he nibbled his pen
The changing guests, each in a different mood
The characters of great and small
The chime of a bell of gold
The churchyard leans to the sea with its dead
The commissioner bet me a ponyI won
The crab, the bullace, and the sloe
The crimson leafage fires the lawn
The curtain on the grouping dancers falls
The curtains were half drawn, the floor was swept
The day was lingering in the pale northwest
The dead abide with us! Though stark and cold
The doors are shut, the windows fast
The dreamy rhymers measurd snore
The dule s i this bonnet o mine
The East was crowned with snow-cold bloom
The fair varieties of earth
The flame-wingd seraph spake a word
The fray began at the middle-gate
The frost will bite us soon
The gray sea and the long black land
The great soft downy snow storm like a cloak
The ground I walkd on felt like air
The hollow sea-shell, which for years hath stood
The Iris was yellow, the moon was pale
The irresponsive silence of the land
The Jackdaw sat on the Cardinals chair
The King with all his kingly train
The ladies of St. Jamess
The ladies rose. I held the door
The Lady of the Hills with crimes untold
The lake comes throbbing in with voice of pain
The lark above our heads doth know
The last of England! Oer the sea, my dear
The linnet in the rocky dells
The lover of child Marjory
The loves that doubted, the loves that dissembled
The men of learning say she must
The merry-go-round, the merry-go-round, the merry-go-round at Fowey
The mighty Minstrel breathes no longer
The monument outlasting bronze
The moon-white waters wash and leap
The moorland waste lay hushed in the dusk of the second day
The Mother of the Muses, we are taught
The mother will not turn, who thinks she hears
The mountain sheep are sweeter
The music had the heat of blood
The Musmee has brown velvet eyes
The nest is built, the song hath ceasd
The night has a thousand eyes
The Northern Lights are flashing
Then saw they how there hove a dusky barge
Theocritus! Theocritus! ah, thou hadst pleasant dreams
The odor of a rose: light of a star
The old mayor climbd the belfry tower
The old men sat with hats pulld down
The orb I like is not the one
The play is donethe curtain drops
The Poem of the Universe
The Poet stood in the sombre town
The point is turned; the twilight shadow fills
The poplars and the ancient elms
The pouring music, soft and strong
The primrwose in the sheäde do blow
There be the greyhounds! lok! an there s the heäre
There came a soul to the gate of Heaven
The red tiled towers of the old Château
There falls with every wedding chime
There is a book, who runs may read
There is a flower I wish to wear
There is a green hill far away
There is an Isle beyond our ken
There is a safe and secret place
There is a singing in the summer air
There is a soul above the soul of each
There is a stream, I name not its name, lest inquisitive tourist
There is delight in singing, though none hear
There is no land like England
There is no laughter in the natural world
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CINCINNATI, OH (PRWEB) February 07, 2013
February 7, 2013 – PowerNet Global, a veteran of the telecommunications industry for more than 20 years and well known for its support of local charities, included giving back to the community as part of its 20-year anniversary celebration. Through a partnership with Matthew 25: Ministries, more than 60 employees helped PowerNet Global give back by volunteering at the ministry.
Every year, the company's Charitable PTO Program provides employees with a paid day off from work to use for volunteering. "We wanted to do something bigger for our anniversary," explains Allison Stevens, chief operating officer. "So we offered an additional charitable PTO day to volunteer as a group at Matthew 25: Ministries. We selected Matthew 25 because we support the organization's mission to serve the poor locally and around the world."
An initial group of employees volunteered during a four-day period this fall. The group processed 800 gallons of paint – enough to paint about 150 houses – and saved roughly 1600 cans of paint from landfill, according to Joodi Archer, community liaison for Matthew 25: Ministries.
"Companies like PowerNet Global that offer incentives to their staff to act on a corporate culture of social responsibility are a valued asset to Matthew 25: Ministries," Archer notes. "By encouraging their employees to have a positive impact on the environment, the community, the country and the world, they make a statement about their culture and about their larger vision for their employees both in a business and a personal setting."
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Stevens says the company provides its employees opportunities throughout the year to give back to their community, regularly supporting approximately 15 separate charities, including the American Heart Association, Crayons to Computers, Fairfield Food Pantry, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and City Gospel Mission.
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Celebrating more than 20 years as a leader in the industry and achievement as a multi-award winning company, PowerNet Global is a premier provider of high-quality voice, data, SIP, and managed communications services to commercial and residential customers nationwide. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, PowerNet Global has achieved consistent growth by developing and marketing an expanding array of competitive products and maintaining a clear focus on delivering unrivaled service to its partners and customers.
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In a collaboration that will give Suffolk University students an opportunity to work directly with journalism professionals, The Boston Herald will produce its new Press Party online media analysis program at the University's Studio 73.
Students will be involved in every facet of the show, including production of broadcast segments, person-on-the-street interviews, studio taping and other activities that give them professional video news production experience.
"By putting our Communication and Journalism students to work in our studio, we are able to give them the real-world experience that will help them launch their careers after they graduate," said Suffolk University President James McCarthy. "We are delighted to enter this partnership with The Boston Herald and appreciate that the Press Party staff will be imparting their news wisdom and expertise to a new generation."
Press Party, hosted by Herald columnist Joe Battenfeld, looks at how the media covers local, national and international events. It is shown online at 7 p.m. Friday evenings, with the show premiering on March 22 on Bostonherald.com.
Bob Rosenthal, chair of Suffolk University's Communication and Journalism Department, will be a panelist on the inaugural show, and viewers are invited to extend the conversation with the panelists through the "After Party" online gathering place.
"Press Party is a natural next step as we continue to extend the Boston Herald brand," said Boston Herald President and Publisher Patrick J. Purcell. "Herald reporters are in the thick of the scrum every day, so it is appropriate for us to turn a critical eye inward and evaluate the job we in the media are doing. Press Party will be a fun, enlightening and, most importantly, no-holds-barred discussion."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The pending $85 billion in federal spending cuts would seem like a tea partyer's dream. Why, then, are tea party activists and other conservatives so wary on the eve of the big reductions, which Congress and the White House seem unable or unwilling to stop?
It's because even ardent cost-cutters see the so-called "sequester" as a ham-handed and unpredictable way to reduce federal spending. While a few tea party activists are claiming all-out victory, others are keeping their distance, calling the across-the-board cuts the least-bad of several unpleasant options.
"I think it's a crazy idea," said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a tea party favorite. "The only thing crazier than sequester is to walk away from the cuts that it guarantees."
Rubio's remarks reflect Republicans' nervousness about how the public might react to the domestic and military spending cuts scheduled to begin Friday.
But in many ways, the sequester marks the tea party movement's maturation into a virtually mainstream role in the Republican Party. Cutting the Pentagon's budget once was unthinkable for most Republican lawmakers. But now it is trumped by the drive to keep taxes down while reducing costs wherever possible.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans agreed to the sequester in 2011 only as a consequence so unpalatable that it would goad them into finding a deficit-reduction compromise. The compromise never materialized, however, and now the nation is about to swallow what lawmakers once called a "poison pill" of their own making.
Republicans fear a possible backlash against program cuts and furloughs of government workers and contractors, especially at military bases. They also worry that the cuts will have an economic domino effect, eliminating thousands of private-sector jobs and possibly pushing the nation back into recession.
If that happens, and if voters decide Republicans are chiefly to blame, then the tea party movement could further divide an already roiling GOP.
President Barack Obama and other Democrats say Republican intransigence on tax increases is the sequester's main cause. And public polls indicate Americans are more inclined to fault the GOP if things go badly, although some Republicans believe they can change that.
For now, the approaching cuts are testament to the power of anti-tax sentiment — and, to a less proven degree, anti-spending sentiment — in the Republican Party. The tea party movement is strongly associated with these sentiments. But it certainly can't take all the credit.
Long before the tea party's birth in 2009, anti-tax activists such as Grover Norquist were pushing the Republican Party to take inviolable stands against new taxes, even as the deficit soared and the federal tax burden approached historic lows.
Obama won re-election after calling for new taxes on the wealthy. He achieved some of them in January. But Republican lawmakers now say "no more," contributing to the sequester impasse.
The tea party has lost much of its exotic flavor that was punctuated by noisy rallies with costumed activists in 2009 and 2010. Its influence, however, appears larger now. "It has melted into the GOP base," said John J. Pitney, Jr., a former Republican staffer who teaches political science at Claremont McKenna College in California. "Anti-tax voters make up a large share of the vote in GOP primaries," he said, "so Republican lawmakers support tax increases at their peril."
But Republicans could face another kind of peril, Pitney said, if the sequester lasts for months and begins to erode "visible, popular programs."
Duke University political scientist David Rohde said the tea party has become "the populist conservative faction of the Republican Party." It drew well-deserved credit for fueling the Republicans' big congressional and gubernatorial wins in 2010, he said, even though some tea party-backed Senate nominees lost key races.
The movement's future, Rohde said, depends on whether tea party activism is seen as helping or hurting Republican candidates in 2014 and beyond. Fallout from the sequester could play a big role in those elections.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is typical of Republican lawmakers who grudgingly accept the sequester and worry that tea party ideals can go too far.
"I believe that the cuts in defense are ill-conceived and will do a lot of damage," said Graham, whose state includes several military installations. "Some of these tea party folks don't mind losing their bases; others will."
The tea party drive to reduce federal spending at almost every level is potent in GOP circles. Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia, eyeing a Senate race that will draw several hard-right Republican rivals, says the sequester appears inevitable, but it will extract an economic and political price.
Referring to military bases in his Savannah-based district, Kingston said, "my people will take it on the chin." But in constituent feedback about the sequester, he said, "the overwhelming number of people are saying, "Let it happen." They want to see that we are serious about cutting spending."
Even some tea party leaders say the movement's take-no-prisoners approach has its costs.
"Our brand is tarnished, but that's what happens when you get beat up," said Sal Russo, a founder of the California-based Tea Party Express. "It's not the brand" that counts, he said, "it's the ideas."
In the long run, Russo said, the benefits of reducing deficit spending will overshadow any short-term hits to the economy this year. If that happens, he said, the tea party's status will rise in the Republican Party and the nation at large.
The movement "is quite alive and well," he said.
But some question the tea party's willingness to embrace domestic and military cuts that don't touch the greatest causes of deficit spending: the popular but costly "entitlement" programs of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
"They're amputating the wrong limb," said Rutgers University political scientist Ross Baker. If the tea party movement is to achieve its goal of undoing the government's borrowing habits, he said, it must prove it can blaze a political path to reductions in entitlement spending.


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Think, Eat, Save: UNEP, FAO and Partners Launch Global Campaign to Change Culture of Food Waste
Consumers, Food Industry and Government All Have Role to Play in Reducing 1.3 Billion Tonnes of Food Wasted or Lost Each Year
Geneva, 22 January 2012 – Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners.
The Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint campaign is in support of the SAVE FOOD Initiative to reduce food loss and waste along the entire chain of food production and consumption – run by the FAO and trade fair organizer Messe Düsseldorf – and the UN Secretary General's Zero Hunger Initiatives. The new campaign specifically targets food wasted by consumers, retailers and the hospitality industry.
The campaign harnesses the expertise of organizations such as WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), Feeding the 5,000 and other partners, including national governments, who have considerable experience targeting and changing wasteful practices.
Think.Eat.Save. aims to accelerate action and provide a global vision and information-sharing portal (www.thinkeatsave.org) for the many and diverse initiatives currently underway around the world.
Worldwide, about one-third of all food produced, worth around US$1 trillion, gets lost or wasted in food production and consumption systems, according to data released by FAO. Food loss occurs mostly at the production stages – harvesting, processing and distribution – while food waste typically takes place at the retailer and consumer end of the food-supply chain.
"In a world of seven billion people, set to grow to nine billion by 2050, wasting food makes no sense – economically, environmentally and ethically," said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
"Aside from the cost implications, all the land, water, fertilizers and labour needed to grow that food is wasted – not to mention the generation of greenhouse gas emissions produced by food decomposing on landfill and the transport of food that is ultimately thrown away," he added. "To bring about the vision of a truly sustainable world, we need a transformation in the way we produce and consume our natural resources."
"Together, we can reverse this unacceptable trend and improve lives. In industrialized regions, almost half of the total food squandered, around 300 million tonnes annually, occurs because producers, retailers and consumers discard food that is still fit for consumption," said José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General. "This is more than the total net food production of Sub-Saharan Africa, and would be sufficient to feed the estimated 870 million people hungry in the world."
"If we can help food producers to reduce losses through better harvesting, processing, storage, transport and marketing methods, and combine this with profound and lasting changes in the way people consume food, then we can have a healthier and hunger-free world," Graziano da Silva added.
The global food system has profound implications for the environment, and producing more food than is consumed only exacerbates the pressures, some of which follow:
Part of the trigger for the campaign was the outcome of the Rio+20 Summit in June 2012, in which Heads of State and governments gave the go-ahead for a 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Patterns. Developing an SCP programme for the food sector must be a vital element of this framework, given the need to sustain the world's food production base, reduce associated environmental impacts, and feed a growing human population.
"There can be no other area that is perhaps so emblematic of the opportunities for a far more resource-efficient and sustainable world – and there is no other issue that can unite North and South and consumers and producers everywhere in common cause," said Mr. Steiner.
According to FAO, roughly 95 per cent of food loss and waste in developing countries are unintentional losses at early stages of the food supply chain due to financial, managerial and technical limitations in harvesting techniques; storage and cooling facilities in difficult climatic conditions; infrastructure; packaging and marketing systems.
However, in the developed world the end of the chain is far more significant. At the food manufacturing and retail level in the developed world, large quantities of food are wasted due to inefficient practices, quality standards that over-emphasize appearance, confusion over date labels and consumers being quick to throw away edible food due to over-buying, inappropriate storage and preparing meals that are too large.
Per-capita waste by consumers is between 95 and 115 kg a year in Europe and North America/Oceania, while consumers in sub-Saharan Africa, south and south-eastern Asia each throw away only 6 to 11 kg a year.
According to WRAP, the average UK family could save £680 per year (US$1,090) and the UK hospitality sector could save £724 million (US$1.2 billion) per year by tackling food waste.
"In the UK we have shown how tackling food waste through engaging with consumers and establishing collective agreement with retailers and brands, reduces environmental pressures and aids economic growth," said Dr. Liz Goodwin, CEO of WRAP. "With a rising population, even more pressure is going to be put on resources, and we are excited to be a partner in UNEP and FAO's Think. Eat. Save. campaign, which is a great start to tackling food waste on a global scale."
In a similar vein to other parts of the world, the European Union is looking into the issue of food waste, and the European Commission has lent its weight to the new initiative.
"In the EU we have set ourselves a target to halve edible food waste by 2020 and to virtually eliminate landfilling by 2020; the Commission is planning to present ideas next year on the sustainability of the food system which will have a strong focus on food waste," said Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment.
"Less food waste would lead to more-efficient land use, better water resource management, more sustainable use of phosphorus, and it would have positive repercussions on climate change. Our work fits perfectly with the launch of this initiative," he added.
For the campaign to reach its huge potential, everyone has to be involved – families, supermarkets, hotel chains, schools, sports and social clubs, company CEOs, city Mayors, national and world leaders.
The campaign website, www.thinkeatsave.org, provides simple tips to consumers and retailers, will allow users to make food waste pledges, and provides a platform for those running campaigns to exchange ideas and create a truly global culture of sustainable consumption of food.
For example, the website provides the following advice, which will help consumers, retailers and the hospitality industry reduce waste – thus reducing their environmental impact and saving money.
Retailers and the Hospitality Industry
Food Loss refers to food that gets spilled, spoilt or otherwise lost, or incurs reduction of quality and value, before it reaches its final product stage. Food loss typically takes place at production, postharvest, processing and distribution stages in the food supply chain.
Food Waste refers to food that completes the food supply chain up to a final product, of good quality and fit for consumption, but still doesn't get consumed because it is discarded, whether or not after it is left to spoil. Food waste typically, but not exclusively, takes place at retail and consumption stages in the food supply chain.
Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint
Visit www.thinkeatsave.org for more information on the campaign.
SAVE FOOD Initiative
SAVE FOOD the Global Initiative on Food Losses and Food Waste Reduction is a partnership between companies and organizations worldwide to reduce the estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food that is lost or wasted every year. For more information and facts and figures on food waste and food loss, visit: http://www.fao.org/save-food/en/
Photo Gallery 'One Third' by Klaus Pilcher:
One Third uses images to describes the connection between individual wastage of food and globalized food production:
Wrap is a non-profit organization funded by all four UK governments and the EU, and aims to help people recycle more and waste less. For more information, visit: http://www.wrap.org.uk
Feeding the 5,000
Feeding the 5,000 organizes events where meals made from food that would otherwise have been thrown out are distributed free. For more information, visit: http://www.feeding5k.org
Related Reports, Facts and Figures
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Breaking Them In or Revealing Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomer Self-Expression
Overview — How can organizations build strong, sustainable employment relationships from the very start? To date, the socialization literature has focused on transmitting and maintaining culture so that new employees accept the organizational values and behavioral norms. Many organizations require newcomers to wear standard wardrobes, forbid personal possessions, follow detailed verbal scripts, and enforce appropriate displays of emotion all designed to hinder individuality. In two studies described in this paper, the authors found that organizational and employee outcomes were better when socialization tactics encouraged authentic self-expression of newcomers' personal identities and signature strengths. Organizational socialization is optimized when organizations start by recognizing and highlighting newcomers' unique identities at the very beginning of the employment relationship, when identity negotiation is a critical concern for both parties. Key concepts include:
- Given the appropriate encouragement, newcomers can frame their new role and the necessary tasks as opportunities to use their personal strengths, thereby engaging with the work in a more personally fulfilling and productive manner.
- Both organizations and their members benefit when the concepts of newcomer authenticity and self-expression are integrated into socialization processes.
- There are surprisingly large and valuable changes in employees' quality and retention when organizations make relatively small investments in socialization practices that focus on newcomers' personal identities.
- Perhaps the best way to develop organizational commitment is for the organization to commit to each of its individuals by highlighting and encouraging the daily use of their unique strengths.
Author Abstract
Socialization theory has focused on enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that socialization focused on personal identity (emphasizing newcomers' unique perspectives and strengths) led to significantly greater customer satisfaction and greater employee retention after six months, compared to (a) socialization that focused on organizational identity (emphasizing pride from organizational affiliation) and (b) the organization's traditional approach which focused primarily on skills training. To confirm causation and explore the mechanisms underlying the effects, we replicated the results in a laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily as part of a research team were more engaged and satisfied with their work, performed their tasks more effectively and were also more likely to return to work when initial socialization focused on personal rather than organizational identity. In addition, authentic self expression mediated these relationships. We call for a new direction in socialization theory examining how both organizations and employees benefit by encouraging authentic self-expression.
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- Working Paper Publication Date: February 2012
- HBS Working Paper Number: 12-067
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The Pettibone World Affairs Center, built in 1905 as the college library and now commonly known as "WAC," has been dramatically renovated, inside and out. Some of the renovations, as noted above, include:
- The beautiful masonry on the building's facade has been cleaned and restored.
- New lampposts mimic the style of the original Carnegie Library.
- Widened sidewalks lead from the Poetry Garden past WAC to a new way-finding sign, making it easier for visitors to find their way around campus.
- Revitalized landscaping complements the work that's been done on the historic building.
- The Crom Peace Garden, marked by this rock and honoring Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Scott Crom and his wife, Nancy, was replanted. The stone's inscription reads: "We are one. We are connected to the whole. Each act of ours affects the whole."
- Pavers replaced wood-plank sidewalks to form a mini-courtyard.
- A parking place for Beloiters on two wheels, this bike rack offers space to secure nearly two dozen bikes.
- Stained-glass windows were cleaned and mounted in custom-built frames, shedding light on the building's renovated interior (interior work was made possible by a grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation).
- Metal frame doors were replaced with wood-and-glass doors befitting the building's age.
If you ask Beloiters, past or present, to close their eyes and imagine Beloit College, chances are they will conjure up a mental image of campus: sunny quads, the rolling mounds, favorite dorm lounges, the basement bar of the C-Haus, and, at the heart of it all, the iconic white columns and cupola of Middle College.
The physical campus of a residential college can inspire reminiscing like no other place. However, the historical nature of Beloit's buildings and grounds pose some very practical problems. Older buildings need careful, considerate, and frequent upkeep, and historic preservation is expensive. How can the college stay true to its architectural heritage while, to put it in real estate terms, keeping up its curb appeal?
It's a question that college leadership made an effort to answer in 2010, when President Scott Bierman and the Parents Fund Committee began an initiative called Renewing the Historic Core.
"It was basically something that started as a means to an end and grew into a really appealing way to keep up and beautify the campus," says Leslie Kidder'02, former assistant director of major gifts and parent support for the college, who led the Parents Fund Committee.
Fundraising for Renewing the Historic Core has annually exceeded expectations and made dozens of projects possible, from updating walking paths in the Poetry Garden and installing a way-finding sign in front of the World Affairs Center to a new entryway for the library and a completely renovated cupola for Middle College. It is one of six modules in Fast Forward: the Campaigns for Beloiters, which build fundraising efforts around targeted projects and programs.
The work initially focused on the south side of campus, but updates have been made to the north side, too, as residence halls and special interest houses have been treated to fresh interior and exterior paint, siding, new windows, and landscaping.
Besides the visual improvements, these projects have spurred other groups to take action. Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity worked to clean up its house and get new flags at the front door, a move that fraternity President Patrick Cook'14 said was directly inspired by the work the TKE brothers saw on College Street. "The house in general looks amazing, and the work done with the Renewing the Historic Core fund is incredible," he says. "We've ordered new flags ourselves and are cleaning our entire house and attic, because we honestly feel inspired to do it and mirror the work done outside the house."
—Lynn Vollbrecht'06
Below, you can see some of the changes that have been made possible thanks to the Renewing the Historic Core Fund.
Richardson Auditorium
Richardson Auditorium in Morse-Ingersoll Hall was updated in the summer of 2013—along with other areas of Morse-Ingersoll Hall, inside and out. The auditorium, which serves both as a classroom and frequent event space, received updated technology, new carpet, and fresh paint and fixtures. Photo by Jishnu Guha'13.
Middle College
In the fall of 2011, the iconic cupola, placed in 1939, got some major (and much-needed) renovations—the highest accessible point on campus hadn't been refreshed in more than 70 years. The wood structure was rebuilt, while detailed lattices and railings were replaced with longer-lasting synthetic material. The copper roof and steel spire were also replaced. In the summer of 2012, Middle College's portico was extended by 13 feet, raised, and made handicap-accessible. The new steps are curved, to mimic the President's House, and bricks were replaced with new, road-worthy pavers. Photo by Trevor Johnson'08.
Logan Museum (doors/east side)
In the fall of 2013, skilled craftsmen built custom-made replacement doors for the east side of the Logan Museum. Made of strong, resilient white oak, each door weighs nearly 350 pounds. Photo by Greg Anderson.
Russian House, during renovation and after
This six-resident, co-ed special interest house on Emerson Street got new windows and insulation, a new roof, and new siding over the summer of 2013. Photos by Trevor Johnson'08.
Theta Pi Gamma Sorority
Siding was replaced on this five-resident house on College Street this summer, with work completed on the trim and front door as well. Careful attention was paid to matching the exact shade of blue on the siding. Photo by Trevor Johnson'08.
To learn more about Beloit's historic buildings, visit https://www.beloit.edu/archives/history/buildings/.