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Feature at the Minneapolis Home + Remodeling Show.
The Upcycle Challenge was the place to bid on hand-crafted, repurposed pieces created by Minneapolis' top style influencers and tastemakers. We recruited local partners to repurpose a pre-loved chair from Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity ReStore using Valspar paint and additional materials their creative minds can come up with! Furniture was auctioned off at the show with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the ReStore.
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity's mission is to eliminate poverty housing from the Twin Cities and to make safe, decent, affordable shelter for all people a matter of conscience. Twin Cities Habitat is committed to building the quality of life, health, and economic prosperity of the region by producing, preserving, and advocating for affordable homeownership – because homes and families are the foundation of successful communities.
Paint for all furniture provided by Valspar and Ace Hardware.
Company: Nellie Bellie
Designer: Janel Hutton
Furniture: Indigo Cement
Paint: Januel created a custom mix by Valspar, but recommends Indigo Streamer in the Valspar Reserve in flat finish for a velvety texture!
Inspired by my favorite dark jeans, I painted these tables a lovely dark denim in a flat finish for a velvety touch (just like a well-washed pair of jeans!), distressed the paint a bit, glammed up the hardware, and added a cement top to make them desirable & functional for a modern family. Like my favorite jeans, these tables will match anything and be a well-loved favorite in any home...just as they were meant to be.
Hey there! I'm Janel (aka NellieBellie–a childhood nickname.) I'm a middle-aged mom of 2 teens with a back pocket full of great recipes, creative ideas, resources, and crazy life experiences. I'm using them all to tell anyone who will pay attention about the power sitting at the table together has to create memories, relationships, and solve world peace.
Company: Kelli Kaufer Designs
Designer: Kelli Kaufer
Furniture: It's 5 o'clock somewhere!
Paint: Valspar Ambitious (base), Metallic spray (top coat)
Concoct a contemporary cocktail hour with a modern day bar cart, they ooze vintage hollywood glamour. Modern bar carts are just as much a stylistic decor choice as they are a functioning bar. The original detailed spindles and simple lines are a nice mix of old and new. The new metallic finish, funky wheels and golden sleek hardware, this cart is ready for a garden party!
Twin Cities designer Kelli Kaufer has 12 years of experience in the television industry with over 250 innovative designs featured on HGTV and DIY network shows. Her designs can bee seen on Curb Appeal, I Hate My Kitchen, I Hate My Bath, Renovate to Rent and many more. Kelli now designs for both residential and commercial, creating unique and inspirational spaces that represent her clients' lifestyle and personality.
Kelli's published design articles have been featured in Houzz, Forbes and Huffington Post. She loves every aspect of design where no project is too small or too challenging.
'Turning Your Inspiration Into Creative Spaces'
Company: Upsy-Daisy
Designer: Danielle Rode
My goal was to redesign these two cases (that came filled with glass shelved and doors along with and shiny taffeta to display delicate jewelry pieces) into something completely opposite of how they began. I wanted them to have function and for design I was inspired by Minnesota – up North in particular.
The transformation started by removing the glass shelves and glass door inserts. Next up, I removed the back panels, sanded any rough edges and painted the interior and exterior with Valspar's Chalky Finish Paint in Boot Leg (which I distressed once dry). From there, I secured the cases back-to-back, added a wood top surface along with wood shelving and set it on casters.
The end result, is a handsome, rugged cabinet that would look amazing in so many Minnesota homes!
Located in scenic downtown White Bear Lake (2176 3rd Street, White Bear Lake, MN), we are a unique shopping destination, specializing in one-of-a-kind gifts, home décor (including upcycled & redesigned furniture), new and vintage finds, unique hand-crafted items from local artisans, along with one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces designed by store owner, Danielle Rode.
Company: New Uses
Designer: Heather Ellingsen
Furniture: Worldly Wonders End Tables
Paint:Valspar Black Heron
Inspired by the beauty of an old library and incorporating the warmth of the dark wood color, these end tables will let you escape into whatever book you're reading. With brass tacks, roped accent legs, and a worldly graphic, these repurposed tables will go great with a large piece of leather furniture. Libraries are a fantastic place to become more "Worldly" and these end tables will allow you to bring that experience into your home.
New Uses has completely redefined home goods resale. We're different from other resale and thrift stores because we pay our customers CASH On-the-Spot for their "gently-used" artwork, furniture, home décor, lamps, and other needed household items. New Uses offers consumers an alternative to traditional retail stores with "gently-used" household items at much lower prices. And, in keeping with our name, merchandise truly has a new use, respects the environment by reusing almost-new items…and you can find great pieces to add to your home that are in great condition and new to you.
Furniture: Love Seat
Paint Colors: Clark + Kensington Paint + Primer in one and Satin Enamel Premium Interior
This sweet and feminine Love Seat is adorned with draping chiffon, dried lavender, and other custom touches. A perfect choice to dress up a bridal shower, baby shower, bachelorette party, or sweet 16. Make it a tradition and pass this chair around from special event to special event.
Visit the show to see and bid on the final product!
Furniture: Paisley Punch with a Slice of Lime
Paint Colors: PANTONE Lime Punch, PANTONE Ultra Violet
The Minneapolis Home + Remodeling Sales Team dove into inspiration using the Pantone Color of the Year – Ultra Violet. And wow what a year to pick purple, SKOL Vikings!
We paired this ever so popular color with a trendy comeback pattern –paisley. The fabric we were able to find included an array of colors which is just what this project needed!
The chair gave us the opportunity to get creative with a combination of bright colors and fun fabrics throughout the seat, leg and spindle.
Use this chair in the front entry or your mud room as a punch of color and a place to take off flip flops, shoes or boots depending on our four Minnesota seasons.
Make a year's worth of sales in one weekend.

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The owners and operators of Village West Marina are long time Delta residents and have a deep emotional connection to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta region. They are members of the California Delta Chambers and Visitors Bureau and have participated in and developed countless fundraising activities over the years. They have been honored with many awards, and most recently were the recipient of The Record's Best of San Joaquin 2015. They believe a sense of community is more than just hosting and attending events. Instead, it is a long-term commitment toward developing social, cultural, and environmental wealth, which in turn cultivates a better quality of life.
Our community is comprised of people who understand the importance of the environmental and ecological health of the Delta, and what it provides in the ways of recreation, establishing a sense of community, economic value, and pride. Environmental stewardship is a significant priority for the owners and operators of Village West Marina. The marina prides itself on its surrounding beauty and the wildlife that live in the area. They focus their ongoing environmental and Delta preservation efforts on several fronts, including ridding the marina of water hyacinth and other invasive plant species—an issue that affects the entire Delta. The marina works above and beyond the call of duty to rid the plants from our location, and without spraying toxic chemicals into the environment, keeping animals safe, and your boats safely afloat and hyacinth free.
2017 Hospice of San Joaquin Donation
In May 2017, we held our second annual Tenant Appreciation Party. The event gave us a fundraising opportunity benefitting a wonderful non-profit organization, the Hospice of San Joaquin. Thanks to everyone's generosity we were able to donate $5,000 to the Hospice of San Joaquin in support of quality hospice care and the great job they do in providing this essential service to our community.


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THE MOST HIGHLY RATED PENTHOUSE IN LAS VEGAS. $6,000,000 penthouse on the top floor with stunning unobstructed views of the Las Vegas strip. AUTHENTIC PHOTOS AND AUTHENTIC VIDEO. Not 10 year old Stock Photos you will see elsewhere on this site. NOW WITH NEW MULTIPLE 65 INCH TELEVISIONS AND NEW SOUND SYSTEM.
This penthouse was reserved exclusively for celebrities and is now available for limited reservations.
This top floor unit was created purposefully with higher ceilings that create a view of the las vegas strip like none other. A cantilevered large spa with clear walls makes every location this location the best.
This unit was upgraded with an additional $175,000 which include granite countertops, carpet, and furnishings. Flat screen televisions in every room including the bathrooms. State of the art kitchen with separate catering entrance for large or intimate parties. Separate dining area that's seats 10. Pool table and game area. Multiple couches throughout. Custom fireplace.
This penthouse is by far one of the finest privately owned units in the country. Access to the cities best night clubs and dining are within the resort with a easy access sky bridge to the Palms Resort and Casino. Your amenities will include full spa, state of the art gym, 24 hour business services, on-site concierge or enjoy the more private pool and spa on the 6th floor.
This location is famous for celebrity sightings and many of these individuals reside within the hotel.
The Palms casino resort, heralded as one of Las Vegas' hippest resorts, is an all-encompassing, one-stop resort destination. Owned by the maloof family, the property boasts a diverse mix of bars and restaurants and a 95,000-square-foot casino. Amenities include the the Pearl concert theater, Moon, Ghostbar & Rain nightclubs; Nove, Alize & N9ne restaurants. The Palms pool & bungalows; palms spa and amp salon; Brenden Theatres, a 14-theatre cineplex.
Highly recommend this property! The views are unreal and property is immaculate. We hosted a small team gathering here while at our annual convention and it was the perfect setting!
The Penthouse is incredible. We held a small corporate event in it, a companies anniversary party. It is the perfect venue to host a smaller group of guests in a cocktail setting, and the view is by far the BEST in the city. You really cannot get an entire strip view from any other location. We have used this Penthouse about 5 different times now, and it really is the perfect place to entertain.
This penthouse is amazing! The views of the strip are insane. It's very well kept and clean! Love the huge balcony and hot tub that hangs over the edge! Owner was very attentive and easy to work with. Would definitely stay here again
Our corporate party went off without any issues. The Penthouse has the WOW affect.
This property was perfect for our stay and for our corporate gathering and function. We look forward to the opportunity of staying again in the near future.
Best location in Las Vegas if you want to impress clients. We have stayed in other Penthouses at Palms, but this room is far and beyond 10 times better. Ceilings were higher, view was unrestricted because of being the top floor. And we didn't have to listen to anyone above us because we were the top floor.
This is the top floor unit with over $150,000 in upgrades over the other Penthouses. Ceilings are higher and view is the best of the strip. We do not use 10 year old stock photos. Our Photos are real and condition is accurate.
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"Then He said to me, "It is done I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost."
Revelation 21:6
Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega. The Alpha is the first letter and the Omega is last in the Greek alphabet. The "First and the Last" has the authority to declare that what will happen is as good as done. All believers can count on being with Him eternally. To those who spiritually "thirst", Jesus offers Himself, the Life Giving Water, at no charge. "What does a thirsty man do to get rid of his thirst? He drinks. Perhaps there is no better representation of faith in all the Word of God than that. To drink is to receive - to take in the refreshing draught - and that is all. A man's face may be unwashed, but yet he can drink; he may be a very unworthy character, but yet a draught of water will remove his thirst. Drinking is such a remarkably easy thing, it is even more simple than eating." (Spurgeon)


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Though it is not clear who is firing the shots or who is being shot at or why... it is apparent that a gun battle broke out on the streets of Ferguson this evening. The shots were fired while the newly hired interim Chief of Police Andre Anderson, was addressing the media just a few hundred feet away.
There are reports of an officer involved shooting, but media reports that there have been no police harmed.
Reports of Looting on West Floresant.
It has been confirmed that around 50 looters attacked a Beauty Store in Ferguson which may have lead to confrontations with police Sunday night.
Reports of a Female officer being taken to the hospital after getting hit in the face with a brick.
Ferguson police are reported to be using tear gas in the area.
Police also say that smoke has been deployed in the area. "You can't tell the difference between smoke and tear gas." said Police Chief Jon Bulma.
Police are said to have been organizing "pod style patrols" in the area on the east and west sides running north to south. After being hit by bricks and bottles police staged their vehicles. Police organized cars with lights and sirens from south to north that had an unintended effect of driving protesters directly towards police.
The plain clothes officers were said to be in the area to "Spot shooters, because its easier to identify protesters that way."
Plain clothes officers were monitoring an individual that police believed to have been armed. It is assumed that four of the unidentified persons with the individual in question were believed to be armed.
Police estimate 40 to 50 shots in an exchange of gunfire between two groups on the West side of West Florissant and individuals on the east side of West Florissant. At this time, no other shooters have been identified in the exchanged of gunfire outside of the strip mall in the video below.
This is a separate incident from the officer involved shooting which was south of the gunfire in the video. Reports say that 18 year old Tyrone Harris Jr., a close friend of Michael Brown, was involved in the shooting outside of the strip mall fled initial gunfire southbound towards police before opening fire on police in a van nearby.
Four officers chased the individual, later identified as Tyrone Harris Jr.. Harris is now in critical condition in a local hospital. It is believed that Harris was shot after he opened fire on police in a van while fleeing in an SUV. Police later said that a foot chase ensued and the Tyrone Harris Jr. was gunned down in a back yard nearby.
Chief Jon Bulma stated that Harris was carrying a stolen 9mm Sig Sauer. To me its a curious mention so early into the events. I wonder how they were so quickly able to determine the gun was stolen.
Tyrone Harris Jr. Was identified by his father as he was undergoing surgery at a local hospital. Harris Sr. was quoted as saying, "We think there's a lot more to this than what's being said."
Police initially claimed that the shootings were going on at the same time. Additionally they stated initially, that both shootings were unrelated. Though as the story progressed, police later claimed that the shootings were in fact connected.
We are awaiting more information as it happens.
(Information from Press Conference with Police Chief Jon Bulma)
We will bring you more as we find more information. If you or anyone you know lives in Ferguson, please contact us with any information you have. Thanks.
Here is an article written earlier asking if or not Mike Brown is the New Crispus Attucks.


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Blogosphere has a new member – Iranian Prez Ahmadinejad! He has started bloggin' now! The only problem is that his blogging software is not really upto snuff .. as yet! Try the URL below and it gives you an error! Can anyone please take him through a crash course in Blogger or WordPress? Its probably easier to build a nuke then to get a blog working! It takes a lotta efforts guys! And everyone laughs the bloggers off! Huh!!
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Web log also requests that readers participate in an online poll asking if they think the United States and Israel are "pulling the trigger for another world war."
State-run television announced the blog's launch yesterday, urging the public to send written messages to the president through the blog's Web site www.ahmadinejad.ir.
The blog is an unusual move by the conservative president, whose government has censored Internet sites it deems inappropriate and cracked down on bloggers who have posted anti-government messages since he was elected a year ago.
Many of the clerics who support Ahmadinejad also have shunned the use of advance technology, though other hard-liners have sent cell phone campaign messages to the public in the past.
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Adesua Etomi For Guardian Life – 5 Things You Didn't Know About Nollywood's Leading Lady
Adesua Etomi talks about her career, keeping her engagement to RnB crooner Banky W a secret and more as she covers Guardian Life's newest edition.
Read excerpts from The Wedding Party actress' interview:
Revealing five things people probably did not know about her, she said:
"I'm left handed. I'm not a fan of handbags and jewelry. I think Will Smith is perfect. My mum is a pastor and I sang in a choir for ten years."
About keeping her engagement to Banky W, her co-star in TWP and popular RnB singer a top secret, she said:
"I'm very particular about my inner circle, you can count my closest friends on one hand and that's because I believe you just need a few good friends, I am very friendly to everybody else. Also my family, my mum, those are the people that keep it all together for me and they are always there and you can't beat that"
About her strategy when she came into the Nollywood industry, she said:
" I didn't come here thinking I am going to meet this person and meet that person, my strategy was prayer and divine connections. That was what I was going for, I wasn't trying to look for who was going to help me or give me a handout." The original plan was to stay in Nigeria for three months and head back to the UK but as plans changed she knew she had to hit the ground running, "I knew what I wanted to become and I didn't know how I wanted to get there but I knew the things I didn't want to do to get there. I knew there were certain things that were associated with success and that's preparation, staying prepared, keeping the work at the forefront of everything that I do"
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Article first published as Nintendo DS Review: Jewel Masters: Cradle of Rome 2 on Blogcritics.
A couple of months ago at the L.A. Games Conference, Jack Buser Senior Director for PlayStation Digital Platforms introduced the new Playstation Mobile suite. Basically a development group to develop and port android apps over to Sony's Playstation Vita and while this helps get games on Sony's new handheld console, it really doesn't do much mobile gamers. Actually, it's another path to what's wrong with handheld gaming and another nail in the coffin of Sony and Nintendo's portable consoles. Cradle of Rome 2 on the Nintendo DS and 3DS is a great example of what is likely the net result of Playstation Mobile.
Cradle of Rome 2 is a match three puzzle game like many of the other Bejeweled type games out there. Many of them you can get for free on your phone. Rising Star Games' latest offering in the Jewel Master series does offer some new wrinkles but, the core gameplay is the same as many cheaper or even free offerings for a smart phone. Games like this do little to make commuters or other mobile gamers want to carry around yet another piece of hardware. If Nintendo and Sony continue to license this type of casual fare on their consoles, they are also accelerating their own obsolescence.
All of that being said and despite some technical issues, Cradle of Rome 2 isn't a terrible game. The icon matching game does boast 100 levels but does not include any sort of multiplayer. The main story mode lets you rebuild Rome through seven historical periods in a quest to become Caesar. Your performance in the puzzles awards you resources that can be used to purchase buildings. These are then assembled by executing a sliding puzzle within a time limit to construct and place the building itself. This portion of the game is where players will likely notice the 3DS enhancements.
If Jewel Masters: Cradle of Rome 2 sounds easy, it's really not. Cradle of Rome adds a lot of obstacles to your matching. Firstly, it's timed and besides having to do the puzzle over again if you don't complete it, your resource rewards also decrease as time passes. There is no penalty however, for failing and having to redo the puzzle, except for your time. The shape of the puzzles and physic of the tiles will also force players to rethink moves. The most frustrating part of choosing your move is how small the squares are, which on a standard DS, isn't much larger than the tip of the stylus. Working your way to the bottom by switching tiles can be especially frustrating when the stylus grabs and flips an incorrect adjacent tile.
Another tough obstacle Cradle of Rome 2 utilizes to slow you down, is that it chains up squares in increasingly large blocks. Luckily, the game also lets players earn power ups. The first is a wild card that you can earn in the puzzle itself that will match whatever sequence you move it to. The others are tools, like a hammer that can break those pesky locks. The tools which can be drug to particular problem area are however on use timers. With the number of levels, don't expect to be able to go breezing through the game.
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The best artistic experience of my life 06/27/2016 7:36pm
Ok, here's the thing. When I accepted this gig I was skeptical. The town is VERY small. It's technically a village, and it's 25 minutes to the closet walmart.
BUT honestly, I'm heading home as we speak and I have never had a more rewarding and just plain fun experience since I went to summer camp! Even though the town is very small there's lots to do, they have wonderful restaurants, who all support the theater because of the business it brings in, there's also plenty to do like hiking, wine tasting, and other amazing stuff. The money isn't great, my whole cast was paid the same, but it's more than enough to live on in Naples.
It's a 10-12 day rehearsal process, so it's a hustle and you get really close with your cast. I had a cast of 9 people so basically we were with each other 24/7. But what's really nice is that most of the time you don't live together because the theater has hosts that all live within walking distance of the theater, consequently the amount of drama is nil.
My cast was uniformly some of the most talented people I've ever met and the production quality is VERY high. Better I would say than most small equity theater.
The artistic director and the associate artistic director, Karin and Favid and some of the sweetest and driven people I've ever worked with and I would 110% go back for a full season.


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John Dalton
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A classy right-handed opening-bastman, Dalton made his first-class debut at the end of the 2016-17 domestic season.
Dalton looked right at place in the first-class arena, making 40 & 71 against Tasmania to help the Redbacks earn their second consecutive Sheffield Shield final appearance.
He was rewarded for his fantastic Premier season and his great start to his first-class career with a full contract in 2017-18.
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CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Why would I think of retiring?
"Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, 'I'm going to be 30 - oh, what am I going to do?' Well, use that decade! Use them all!"
"I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That's my exercise."
"I really don't care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are."
"I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple."
"Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself?"
It's another Betty White Day!
Happy 94th birthday, Betty Marion White Luddon (born 17th January 1922).
Read my previous tribute on the great lady's 90th.
Much more Betty White over at my regular blog Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle
Labels: Betty White, Divas
4 comments:
if more people were only like betty white...this world would be a better place. I wanna be like her when I get to 94!ReplyDeleteReplies
If ever I live that long, so do I!!! JxDelete
And to only hope Ill be able to keep up with the houseboys at that age! Happy Returns Betty!ReplyDeleteReplies
I picture you more as Blanche Devereaux. JxDelete
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How does one Bet on the NFL football when it's such a physical game? Well that a good question but in reality, it's the most popular sport in America and more people bet on the NFL than any other sport in the United States.
So let's take a look at the various types of NFL bets that are offered at the online sports betting parlors and sites around the world. There are Points Spreads, Money Lines, Totals, Parlay & Teasers Half-Times and Futures. Check out this sports betting glossary to learn more about different types of betting.
The Point Spread is the favorite way of betting on the NFL because like many sports that the teams score a lot of points, the betting is determined from the point spread. The point spread/line is a side bet in nature that evens the chance of winning the bet. When a line is posted for a team, it is accompanies with the – or the + sign which indicated the games underdog or favorite.
Here's an example of the point spread:
Teams – Game Time Spread – Final Score
Denver Broncos -9 (-110) 23
KC Chiefs +9 (-110) 20
Under normal circumstances the number next to the point spread is at (-110) and that is generally called the odds, vig or juice. Which is the fraction of the wager received, if the bet wins? In this case, the winning bet with Denver for $110 won $100. In the example even as Denver win the game, the Chiefs did cover the spread as they lost the game but covered the spread as they lost the game by less than the 9 point spread, and that's an important part of sports betting, and that is to get the pest point spread/line by looking around.
Another popular NFL bet is the Money Line that can be a winner if one bets on the underdog, and is driven by the phrase "on any given Sunday." The Money Line Bet is placed on either the Underdog or the Favorite to win straight out.
An example is from a recent NFL Season:
N. E. Patriots -500 Dallas Cowboys + 350.
In this case to win $100 on the Patriots you must bet $500, where a $100 bet on the Cowboys returns $350. In cases similar bettors, due to the high risk, may choose to risk betting a smaller amount on the Patriot's, called fading, as many do. In this particular case the Patriots won the game as did the faders.
Most sports betting generally are on the final score of each game, but in the NFL and NBA for example, they offer in most games, Spreads/Lines for betting on the First (1st) Quarter and First (1st) Half also. The Quarter Point Spread/Line is for betting on who will be winning at the end of the 1st quarter. The 2nd half bet is similar, but the bet ends when the 1st 2 quarters of the game are finished. Normally the 1st half spread/line is 50% of the overall spread/line projected for the Game.
Then there are the Point Spread/Lines for the Halftimes. Theses bets are considered as in game bets that are completed during the Games halftime. Then the 2nd half point spread/line takes into account the score in the first half for determining how the balance of the game (2nd half) finishes. Here's an example:
|Halftime Score
|Halftime Spread
|Denver Broncos
|+3 (-110)
|K.C. Chiefs
|-3 (-110)
In the spreads/lines for half times, the game basically restarts for the 2nd half a 0 to 0, thus in this example the Chiefs are anticipated to beat the Broncos by 3 points for the 2nd half of that game. A Bet on the Broncos for the 2nd half of $110 would bring a back $100 as they beat the spread and won the game. Since the bets are placed at halftime, and that leave a short period of time, normally few bets are actually placed on halftimes compared to full game bets.
Then there are the Totals also called Over/Under. The method behind the madness in this bet is you bet on whether the Total score in the game will go over of under the score predicted by the odds makers, sportsbooks or betting sites. An example would be:
|Total or O/U
|Final Score
|Packers of Green Bay
|43.5o (-105)
|Steelers of Pittsburgh
|43.5u (-115)
The example shows the combined score of that Game at 58, and with the line offered at a reduced vig/juice, a bet on the over 43.5 of just $105 would win $100.
Certainly many players like Parlay and Teasers. The Parlay bets are place in conjunction with the point spread/line, money line or totals to increase one's winnings. You only win with a Parlay bet when all your select teams win their individual games. A Teaser like a Parlay, with the exception you get points in your favor to assist you bet to becoming a winner. An example for a teaser is if the posted line for a game was -12 and you take a 6 point teaser, then you new betting line -5. Remember this may reduce your risks but you still have to win each game in your teaser, and the odds certainly would be reduced for the win amount. A lot of sportsbooks and betting sites allow players to take up to 15 picks in a parlay and if all teams in the Parlay were at -110, the payout would be 16,306.94 to 1! Then here are some examples of teams and Parlay odds.
|# Teams – Payoff # Teams – Payoff # Teams – Payoff # Teams – Payoff
| 2 2.64/1 3 6/1 4 12.28/1 5 24.35/16 47.41/1 7 91.42/1 8 175.44/1 9 335.85/110 642.08/1 11 1225.70/1 12 2342.79/1 13 4473.51/1
14 8541.25/1 15 16306.94/1
Last but not least are Future bet and they are what they sound like, a bet placed on an event that will take place in the future whether it be soon or in an extended time period. One can imaging on a yearly basis the most popular NFL future's bet, is who will win this year's SuperBowl.
Normally, the next years futures odds are posted a week after the finish of the present year's SuperBowl. If you Bet on NFL at a Sportsbook, surely you know that futures are no just limited to a win in a big game, as there are various potential futures bets on an event from who will win an event to who will be the MVP in the game.


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Coronation Street
Want to know where Eva's gorgeous gold heart necklace, as seen in Coronation Street is from? We can tell you!
In recent episodes of Corrie, Eva (played by Catherine Tyldesley) can be seen wearing a lovely large gold heart collar necklace. It is sadly no longer available online at Miss Selfridge.
Love Eva's clothes? Click here to view more of her wardrobe.


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1.The pyramids and the sphinx
The Sphinx was carved over 4,500 years ago. It was for the Pharaoh Khafre. It had his head, the body of a lion. The Sphinx was carved out of a huge big stone. It is guarding Khafre's pyramid. The Sphinx was covered by sand which preserved it all these years. Its body is extremely soft rock and its head is very strong rock but some people used the head for gunshot practice. No one knows for sure what it was decorated with in the days of the Ancient Egyptians but it must have been very beautiful then.The Pyramids were constructed to hide the tombs of the Pharaohs. The first pyramids were step pyramids to help the pharaoh climb the steps and join the sun god Ra in the sky. After that (about 4,500 years ago) came the biggest pyramids of all, the pyramids of kings Khufu and Khafre. Until about a hundred years ago these pyramids were the tallest structures in the world! No earthquake could destroy them. They were each built of more than 2 million blocks of stone, which each weighed about as much as a small elephant. The limestone coverings were stripped by later peoples for building use. In the pyramids were a lot of false doors to trick grave robbers but they didn't work!
2.The inca city of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early twentieth century.The city sits in a saddle between two mountains, with a commanding view down two valleys and a nearly impassable mountain at its back. It has a water supply from springs that cannot be blocked easily, and enough land to grow food for about four times as many people as ever lived there. The hillsides leading to it have been terraced, not only to provide more farmland to grow crops, but to steepen the slopes which invaders would have to ascend. There are two high-altitude routes from Machu Picchu across the mountains back to Cusco, one through the sun gate, and the other across the Inca bridge. Both easily could be blocked if invaders should approach along them. Regardless of its original purpose, it is strategically located and readily defended.
3.The Bora-Bora island
Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the center of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point at 727 metres (2,385 ft). The original name of the island in the Tahitian language might be better rendered as Pora Pora, meaning "First Born"; an early transcription found in 18th- and 19th century accounts, is Bolabolla (or "Bollabolla").
The major settlement, Vaitape is on the western side of the island, opposite the main channel into the lagoon. The products of the island are mostly limited to what can be obtained from the sea and coconut trees, which were historically of economic importance for copra. During the August 2007 census, the population on the island was about 8,880 people.
4.The Niagara waterfalls
The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.
Niagara Falls is composed of two major sections separated by Goat Island: Horseshoe Falls, the majority of which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls on the American side. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also located on the American side, separated from the main falls by Luna Island.Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly-formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m?) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow,and almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m?) on average. It is the most powerful waterfall in North AmericaThe Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 1800s.
5.The Halong bay
The Halong bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Qu?ng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes.Located in H? Long and B?i T? Long, there are symbolic archaeological sites such as M? Cung and Thi?n Long. There are mounds of remains of mountain shellfishes (Cyclophorus) and spring shellfishes (Melania), some fresh water mollusk and some rudimentary labour tools. The main living procedures of Soi Nh's habitants were catching shellfish and fish, collecting fruits and digging for bulbs and roots. Their living environment is coastal area unlike other Vietnamese cultures, for example those found in Ho? B?nh, B?c S?n, etc.Ha Long Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, from E106°56′ to E107°37′ and from N20°43′ to N21°09′. The bay stretches from Y?n H?ng district, past H? Long city, C?m Ph? town to V?n ??n district, bordered on the south and southeast by the Gulf of Tonkin, on the north by China and on the west and southwest by C?t B? island.
6.The Yellowstone national park
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress as a national park on March 1, 1872, is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho. The park was the first of its kind, and is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular features in the park.It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is dominant. Hundreds of species of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have been documented, including several that are either endangered or threatened.The vast forests and grasslands also include unique species of plants. Grizzlies, wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk live in the park. Forest fires occur in the park each year; in the large forest fires of 1988, nearly one third of the park burned. Yellowstone has numerous recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, boating, fishing and sightseeing. Paved roads provide close access to the major geothermal areas as well as some of the lakes and waterfalls. During the winter, visitors often access the park by way of guided tours that use either snow coaches or snowmobile.
7.The limestone basins at Huanglong
Huanglong is a World Heritage Site located in the northern Sichuan Province that has outstanding travertine formations, 3300 cascading terraced pools, hot springs and waterfalls lying beneath snow-capped mountains which carry the easternmost Chinese glacier. The region is rich in forests and unspoiled habitats, rare plants and rare animals including the giant panda and the Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey.In northern Sichuan Province, west-central China, in the southern part of the Min Shan Range about 230 kilometers (km) north of Chengdu. The Scenic Area is divided between two sites: Huanglong valley, 45 km northeast of Songpan town, which also includes the whole Fujiang river catchment above Shijiabao village; and the Muni valley, 15 km south-west of Songpan, which includes the catchments of the Zhaga travertine waterfall and the Erdaohai mineral lakes..In 2000: Designated a Biosphere Reserve in UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Programme.The Aba Autonomous region gives high priority to tourism, most of which is domestic with only a few foreign visitors. The access road to Chengdu is being upgraded and this has reduced coach travel time from 12 to ten hours.
8.The Iguazu waterfalls
The Iguazu waterfalls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paran? and the Argentine province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. Their name comes from the Guarani or Tupi words y (water) and ?as?.Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful aborigine named Naip?, who fled with her mortal lover Tarob? in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river creating the waterfalls, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.The first European to find the falls was the Spanish Conquistador ?lvar N??ez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541, after whom one of the falls in the Argentine side is named.The falls were rediscovered by Boselli at the end of the nineteenth century, and one of the Argentine falls is named after him.Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.
9.The Nabatean city of Petra
Petra is an archaeological site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. Petra is also one of the new wonders of the world. The Nabateans constructed it as their capital city around 100 BCE .The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was famously described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage."In 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.On December 6, 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.On July 7, 2007, Petra was named one of New Open World Corporation's New Seven Wonders of the World.The picturesque site is featured in various films such as: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, "Arabian Nights", Passion in the Desert, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, the Sisters of Mercy music video "Dominion", and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
10.The rice terrace fields of Banaue
The Banaue Rice Terraces are 2000-year old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the Batad indigenous people. The Rice Terraces are commonly referred to by Filipinos as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand. The terraces are located approximately 1500 meters (5000 ft) above sea level and cover 10,360 square kilometers (about 4000 square miles) of mountainside. They are fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces. It is said that if the steps are put end to end it would encircle half the globe. The Banaue terraces are part of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, ancient sprawling man-made structures from 2,000 to 6,000 years old. They are found in the provinces of Apayao, Benguet, Mountain Province and Ifugao, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Locals to this day still plant rice and vegetables on the terraces, although more and more younger Ifugaos do not find farming appealing, often opting for the more lucrative hospitality industry generated by the Rice Terraces. The result is the gradual erosion of the characteristic "steps", which need constant reconstruction and care.


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Hans Kai 4 Trans – Your Gender
Most people feel overwhelmed at some point in their lives, and for many trans people it is unending. Being a trans person in a world that barely understands the difference between sexuality and gender is a challenge by itself. Add in medical and social transition and being trans becomes an enormous burden of making it through the day. Becoming effective in dealing with transition is an important step to minimize the stress of transition. Effective is defined as 'producing a desired result', and given the complexities of transition, it is worth considering how to accomplish not just the result, but the desired result.
We begin with a review of how the rest of the world sees and labels the trans experience. We take a quick look at the language in the International Classification of Diseases and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. We balance this with the viewpoint of Julia Serano that Gender Dissonance, the underlying condition is a innate and normal condition that a small percentage of humans experience. This experience of self is inherently ineffable – so we spend some time in a group parallel thinking exercise (Six Hats) to see if we can find some words that call forth a sharing of that experience.
We wrap up with integrating gender wellness into an overall group wellness program.


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The Department of German Studies is a tenure-granting academic unit housed within the College of Humanities and the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. It offers a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies, a Master of Arts in German Studies, and a joint binational Ph.D. in Transcultural German Studies. By fostering awareness of cultural, literary, and linguistic practices of German-speaking countries and communities, the Department serves the overall mission of the University of Arizona by preparing students to be critically thoughtful and linguistically competent citizens of local, national, and global communities.
Mission, role, and scope
The Department's mission is to enable students to become adept speakers of German and to increase their critical awareness of German-speaking countries and cultures through the study of a wide variety of literary and other cultural texts and practices.
The Department actively partakes in the University of Arizona's mission to "provide a comprehensive, high-quality education that engages our students in discovery" and to empower our graduates "to be leaders in solving complex societal problems" (University of Arizona web site). It helps to fulfill the institution's mission to be a world-class, student-centered, land-grant university. In keeping with the goal, stated in the "Never Settle" Strategic Plan, to "provide students with a dynamic educational experience," the Department offers students quality learning and research opportunities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of instruction.
Major goals or strategic directions for the next five years
- Engaging in nationally and internationally recognized research in the area of Transcultural German Studies (and its cultural, literary, and applied linguistic subfields);
- Strengthening the department's MA program and its unique international Ph.D. Program in Transcultural German Studies (offered with the University of Leipzig, Germany) by attracting high quality graduate students and external funding;
- Strengthening the department's solid and growing undergraduate program by preparing students for transcultural interaction with the German-speaking world at political, economic and cultural levels;
- Contributing to general education by preparing students for transcultural communication in a globalized world;
- Contributing to teacher training, study abroad programs, interdisciplinary programs, and other degree programs at graduate and undergraduate levels; and
- Contributing to the needs of the Southwest region, the nation and international communities through outreach activities related to articulation with K-12 education, to border studies, multilingualism, in addition to a plethora of other activities the Department sponsors.
Doctoral Program
The Joint International Ph.D. Program in Transcultural German Studies at the University of Arizona and the University of Leipzig is a program without precedent in the United States, designed for students who aspire to academic careers (in research, administration, government service and/or consultancy) throughout the humanities and social sciences. It integrates the strengths of an American Research I university and a major German university (specifically, the Herder Institute for German as a Foreign Language at the University of Leipzig).
Students in the Transcultural German Studies Ph.D. program choose to specialize in either German Literary-Cultural Studies or Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT)/Applied Linguistics. Students with an emphasis on SLAT/Applied Linguistics complete an internal minor in German Literary-Cultural Studies.
M.A. Program
Our M.A. Program in German Studies has focused primarily on two emphases: 1) Literature and Culture, or 2) Pedagogy, Literature, and Culture. A number of new emphases have been designed and approved in the last years (see section on change in response to findings).
Graduates of our doctoral program are expected to be able to:
produce publishable research (articles and monographs) on topics relevant to German Studies and related fields,
- articulate a complex program of future research, and its relevance and rationale for the public good, as well as the good of the discipline,
- communicate and write at advanced proficiency levels in both German and English, and to be able to research effectively in a third language of relevance to German Studies,
- to be intimately familiar with the institutional features, professional responsibilities and market-dynamics of German Studies as a life-long profession, both in the US and in German-speaking countries,
- teach a variety of literature/culture and language courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
- be a scholarly interlocutor (specialist) in three to four intensive domains of research, while being conversant as a generalist in German Studies,
- be an effective and collegial contributor to a potential hiring department or institution
Graduates of our M.A. program are expected to be able to:
- effectively make the transition from undergraduate studies and to cultivate a professional identity in a German Studies-related field,
- demonstrate extensive familiarity with German literary and cultural history, in preparation for teaching and research responsibilities in a tertiary, secondary, or primary institution of learning,
- demonstrate B2-level proficiency in all domains of language practice (in German) in accordance with the Common European Frameworks of Reference for Language,
- articulate a professional plan and vision, with the assistance of the Department's intensive mentoring and professional development program,
- demonstrate excellence as a foreign language teacher and as a colleague in a team of teachers
Outcomes for graduate students who select the pedagogy option or are employed as teaching assistants
All graduate students who teach in the department are observed once or twice per semester by the Director of the Basic Language Program and/or an assistant of the director. After classroom observation, the teaching is discussed, evaluated, and assessed collaboratively with the GAT, and suggestions for improvements are given. In the first semester of teaching, GATs' classes are also video-taped, observed, discussed, and evaluated by peers within the breakout session of the course on teaching methodology (GER 579).
- Student participation
- Interaction / communication
- Teacher's class preparation
- Class structure / progression
- Transitions
- Task variation
- Teacher's adaptation to students' level
- Clarity of instructions
- Clarity of explanations
- Appropriateness of error correction
- Target language proficiency
- Supportive materials / media
- Homework assignments
Regular or Recurring Activities
- Assessment of graduate students' academic potential and productivity (in terms of authored/co-authored publications and conference presentations)
- Assessment of graduate students' teaching skills through:
- Classroom observations and reports by the Basic Language Program Director or the Coordinator of the 300-level courses or assistants (see attached observation report form)
- GATs' course evaluation scores
- GATs' awards for excellence in teaching
- Assessment of graduate students' advanced German language proficiency through:
- The Goethe B2 Certificate examination
- The Goethe C1 Certificate examination
- Performance in term papers
- Performance in M.A. examination
- Performance in Comprehensive Ph.D. examination
Other Asessment Activities
Because the Department houses a relatively small community of Masters and Doctoral students at a given time, we are able to pursue assessment of our program's learning objectives through a combination of intensive narrative feedback, small seminar exchanges, directed independent studies, and professional development workshops that respond to students' changing needs from semester to semester. Three of our eight faculty hold official supervisory roles vis-à-vis graduate advising (Director of Graduate Studies, Director of the Basic Language Program, Supervisor of Secondary Language Certification Program), and all of our faculty participate in the assessment of students' written research, presentation skills, teaching excellence, advanced foreign language learning, and professional development.
Masters Students must pass a written and oral examination in the fourth semester of coursework that demonstrates their research capacities in three intensive areas of German Studies (say New German Cinema, German-Jewish relations, and teaching intercultural competence) as well as demonstrating philological breadth by analytically contextualizing literary works and cultural products in their appropriate production context and discursive moment. In consultation with their three examiners, Masters Students produce a list of 60 works (in four periods from 800-2014 CE, and in three thematic areas of their choosing) about which they must demonstrate contextual and textual knowledge, both in English and German. Students pursuing Secondary Teaching Certification must in addition complete an intensively supervised student-teaching semester at a local public secondary school.
Doctoral Students are mentored and assessed on their progress toward degree on a regular basis by faculty at the Herder Institute in Leipzig and in the Department of German Studies in Tucson. In the first semester of their studies, newly admitted students complete a Qualifying Exercise, which is comprised of an assessment the individual student's progress in the seminar Approaches to German Studies, as well as of the student's research project (5000 words approximately) completed during that seminar. Qualifying Exercise in the First Semester: Three faculty members are appointed by the Director of Graduate Studies to adjudicate this research paper, in order to determine the student's strengths and weaknesses as a writer and researcher. At the beginning of his or her second semester of coursework, each doctoral student receives a 2-page narrative assessment detailing the Qualifying Exercise Committee's feedback. This ensures both that the student is able to make use of the remaining four semesters before his/her comprehensive examinations to address necessary areas in their professional and scholarly development, and that the departmental faculty have a formal opportunity to exchange views with one another on the new student's progress.
Team-Mentoring of Graduate Students: It is a regular part of our Departmental Meeting's Executive Session to collaboratively reflect on each student's progress and needs, and how to best partner them towards their degree and future career expectations.
The Executive Session discussions about current students, the Qualifying Exercise narratives, and informal daily conversations with students help us in structuring weekly intensive and hands-on professional development workshops on topics ranging from building an academic CV, applying for summer funding, shaping your teaching portfolio, writing a letter of introduction, close-reading the job information list, and being proactive about seeking appropriate letters of recommendation.
The first semester of doctoral work is a tone-setting moment, in which Departmental expectations for students' progress to degree is communicated. The faculty use a combination of 1) professional development workshops, 2) Ger 508: Approaches to German Studies, and 3) GER 579: Issues and Methods in Postsecondary Foreign Language Teaching and Learning to make sure that the demands of advanced academic professionalism are clearly articulated.
In Leipzig, in their second year of post-M.A. coursework, doctoral students are required to present original research in German, and to co-teach with a faculty member in the Herder Institut. It is during this second year of coursework that students are expected to complete and finalize the reading lists for their comprehensive examination, which takes place in the fifth semester of coursework.
Preparing for the Comprehensive Examination: Upon returning to Tucson for their 5th semester, doctoral students make final preparations for their Comprehensive Examination, which is held at the end of the fifth semester. It is both extensive and intensive in nature. The CE tests the student's critical abilities, knowledge, and methodology in four intensive thematic areas and serves to ensure the student has adequate preparation and ability to carry out dissertation-level research.
Rationale of the Comprehensive Examination: The Comprehensive Examination is meant to be prospective, in that it prepares students for their research work as dissertators and as future junior faculty. The Comprehensive Examination focuses on four topics (three in the major area and one in the minor area), which are reflected in the reading list that the candidate compiles in consultation with his or her committee members. In advance of the CE the candidate prepares a reading list organized according to four topics, reflecting the candidate's research foci. This list represents a comprehensive, extensive survey of the pertinent scholarship on the topic specified.
Rational of the Dissertation Prospectus. The Dissertation Prospectus is designed to 1) facilitate candidates' ability to shape their dissertation project in concert and consultation with their advising faculty 2) develop a collaborative, proactive, realistic plan for Progress to Degree, 3) provide candidates with a document with which to secure dissertation and Fulbright or DAAD fellowships and intramural scholarships, as well as strengthen their dossiers for any upcoming job searches.
Upon completion of their Comprehensive Exams in the fifth semester, doctoral candidates ("ABD's") prepare a Dissertation Prospectus and present it at the following semester's Prospectus Conference, which is scheduled once a semester in the 10th-12th week by the Director of Graduate Studies. The conference is a forum in which students share their ideas with any faculty and colleagues who are able to attend, and receive suggestions as they continue to research and write their dissertation. Following the conference, the Dissertation Committee meets in closed session without the candidate to discuss potential feedback.
These are our guidelines for the Dissertation Prospectus:
Statement of Thesis: What is the critical question you wish to study and what is its relevance to, or significance in, German Studies? State clearly and concisely how you conceive this question and how you suppose it can be best addressed and researched.
Scholarly Context: What work has, and has not, been done in this field and on this problem? Discuss relevant scholarship critically. It is not necessary to criticize specific shortcomings in the extant scholarship, but only to show show what are understood to be the merits and limitations of relevant works. How do you propose to develop, challenge, or depart from existing positions or themes in the critical and secondary literature? Have scholars in other fields developed concepts of potential interest to the topic?
Method and Theory: Outline an approach to the subject. If the conception has theoretical and methodological aspects, discuss them critically and extensively. Feel free to acknowledge aspects that are particularly complex, and about which you could use feedback. If IRB / Human Subjects approval is necessary, all materials for that application must be documented in the Prospectus, so that you an pursue approval immediately after the Conference.
Sources: Give an account of the sources you have already consulted for the subject. Stress primary sources, the difficulties they present, their location (print, manuscript, or any other form), and their accessibility. Identify the principal libraries and repositories, as well as other locations and persons. Do not overlook unpublished doctoral or master's research. Provide in the bibliography at least 25 initial sources that you have already consulted substantively for your research. Note additional sources that you know will be essential for your work, but which you have not yet had occasion to consult.
Bibliography: List the primary and secondary sources used to develop the prospectus.
Preparation for the Dissertation Prospectus Conference
A month before the Conference, candidates will submit a 15-20 page written prospectus to their advisor, who will distribute it to the Director of Graduate Studies and other interested faculty. This forms the basis for the Conference presentation. The prospectus should include a select bibliography of works (at least 25) on which the subsequent research is to be based.
Prospectus Conference: Conferences last between 45-60 minutes per candidate. In the first 30 minutes, the candidate present his/her prospectus, and the remaining 15-30 minutes are reserved for questions from the audience.
Progress Colloquium: Upon completing the dissertation prospectus Conference, the candidate and the Director of Graduate Studies will schedule a "Progress Colloquium" in which the candidate will report to his/her colleagues on research and writing progress. This event is to be schedule for no later than nine months after the Dissertation Conference.
Progress to Degree: The Director of Graduate Studies reviews the student's schedule to Degree (as represented in the Prospectus) each semester. Acceptable changes are considered in consultation with the dissertation adviser, the Department Head, and the student, after which the change of schedule will be appended to the dissertator's on-file Prospectus.
Indicators of graduate student productivity
Selection of publications authored and co-authored by graduate students:
- Badstübner, T., & Ecke, P. (2009). Students' expectations, motivations, target language use, and perceived learning progress in a summer study abroad program in Germany. Die Unterrichtspraxis: Teaching German, 42(1), 41-49. (Badstübner was an MA student in German Studies and a Ph.D. student in SLAT with Minor in German Studies.
- Ecke, P. & Ganz, A. (in press). Student analytics as part of the longitudinal evaluation of language programs. In N. Mills & J. Norris (Eds.), Innovation and accountability in foreign language program evaluation. (Ganz is a Ph.D. student in Transcultural German Studies.)
- Ecke, P., & Möhring, J. (in preparation). Development of lexical fluency during short-term study abroad: An empirical study. (Möhring is a Ph.D. student in Transcultural German Studies.)
- Ganz, A., Walker, R., Eby, A., & Ecke, P. (2011, March). The German undergraduate curriculum: Does it fit students' interests and needs? Arizona Language Association, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ. (Ganz is a Ph.D. student in Transcultural German Studies; Eby and Walker were M.A. students in German Studies
- Möhring, J., & Wallner, F. (2013): Wortschatzlisten auf dem Prüfstand. In: Bergerová, Hana; Schmidt, Marek und Schuppener, Georg (Hrsg.): Aussiger Beiträge 7, 2013
- Schwalm, M., & Nicholl, J. trans. (2012). Fragments of Memory: Excerpts from Zafer Şenocak's Zungenentfernung." Transit 8.1. (Schwalm and Nicholl are doctoral and MA students in German Studies respectively.)
Selection of single-authored publications and presentations resulting from students' work in GER/SLAT courses taught by German Studies faculty:
- Göbel, C. (2005). Review of De Cilla, R., Krumm, H.-J. & Wodak, R. (Hg.) (2003): Die Kosten der Mehrsprachigkeit: Globalisierung und sprachliche Vielfalt. [The Cost of Multilingualism: Globalisation and Linguistic Diversity]. München: Iudicium. Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, 10(1), 4pp. (Göbel was a M.A. student in German Studies) GER 592
- Lipinski, S. (2011). A frequency analysis of vocabulary in three first-year textbooks of German. Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German, 43(2), 167-174. (Lipinski was a Ph.D. student in Transcultural German Studies.) GER 580
- Möhring, J. (2013): Rezension zu: Quasthoff, Hallsteinsdóttir et al. (2011): Frequency Dictionary German / Häufigkeitswörterbuch Deutsch. In: Zeitschrift Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 4. GER 580
- O'Donnell Christoffersen, K. (2012, March). How native speaker ratings measure up: A comparative analysis of lexical, syntactic and grammatical measures of proficiency. Poster presented at the Georgetown University Roundtable on Language & Linguistics. (O'Donnell Christoffersen is a Ph.D. student in SLAT.) GER/SLAT 587
Indicators of graduate students' quality of teaching
The following graduate students received the Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching (GAT) Award (2007-2013):
2013 Kacy Peckenpaugh (Ph.D., SLAT and German)
2013 Mostert, Charles (M.A., German)
2012 Nicholl, Jessica (M.A., German)
2011 Walker, Rachel (M.A., German)
2010 Gagum, Kyung Lee (M.A., German)
2009 Raba, Emily (M.A., German)
2007 Jenison, Kathleen (M.A., German)
2007 Ostertag, Veronica (Ph.D., SLAT and German)
Indicators of advanced levels of German language proficiency
- All our graduate students successfully passed the B2 Goethe Certificate examination. Most of our graduate students passed the C1 Goethe Certificate or another standard examination demonstrating C1 proficiency at the CEFR scale.
Consistently, the faculty engage our doctoral and masters' students in shaping and co-defining the professional development and mentoring needs of the department's graduate program, and our faculty members foster an environment in which colleagues and graduate students alike are actively invited to share ideas about ways to improve our curricular and professional offerings.
Doctoral Program
The Departmental Faculty have, over the seven years of the doctoral program's existence, collaboratively responded to many of the challenges that arise from administering a bi-continental, inter-institutional doctoral program. Along with maintaining strong relations with the faculty and administrative staff of the Herder Institute in Leipzig, it has been necessary for our Department to be particularly proactive in preventing attrition of various kinds. We have found that a dual degree program makes it easier for students, despite intensive mentoring, to stray from progress to degree (whether due to familial circumstances or the conditions and circumstances of working in two degree-granting institutions at once.
In response to this gradual realization since 2010, we have implemented a very specific set of requirements for Dissertation Progress and preparation for the academic job market, including a regularly scheduled Dissertation Prospectus and Progress Colloquium. In the development of this new "progress-to-degree" structure, we were happy to have 100% support from current doctoral students, who report that this more intensive structure will help them maintain closer correspondence with the normative time requirements of the program (5 semesters plus two years for dissertating).
M.A. program
The following new emphases have been designed and approved in the years indicated below:
2013 Translation Studies (11 courses with 9 units dedicated to Translation Studies theory and praxis)
2012 Journalism (11 courses primarily in literature and culture, including 9 units in the School of Journalism)
2012 Collaborative Governance (11 courses primarily in literature and culture, including 3 courses in the School of Government and Public Policy)
2012 Business Administration (11 courses primarily in literature and culture, including 9 units in the Eller College of Management)
2012 Management Information Systems (11 courses primarily in literature and culture, including 9 units in the Eller College of management)
2012 Marketing (33 units primarily in literature and culture, including 9 units in the Eller College of Management)
2011 Pedagogy Emphasis with Secondary Teaching Certification (five semesters, in conjunction with the College of Education)
As an example, the new Translation Studies emphasis in our M.A. program can be traced directly to inquiries received from current students and applicants about the possibility of increased engagement with translation as a profession, practice, and mode of textual analysis.
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|1,900 sq ft
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|6 - 7 nights
This fully furnished vacation villa is in the exclusive gated community of High gate Park in Davenport. It is perfect for 1 or 2 families; you get a spacious house in a well-kept, secure gated community with your own private heated pool. Your family will get all the comforts of a home at a fraction of the cost of staying in a hotel. Located just off Highway 27, it is conveniently located near local shopping (Publix, Super Wal-Mart), restaurants, golf courses and is close to all the major theme parks.
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This home comes with the following amenities:
- 42" HDTV with 180+ channels and DVD Player in Living Room, basic TV in 3 bedrooms.
- Free high speed internet (WiFi)
- Free unlimited calling across the U.S. and Canada
- A games room with a large pool table, foosball and air hockey.
Sorry, no smoking or pets are allowed.
Rates: Discounts available from the posted rates for longer stays: 2nd week: 10% off; 3rd week: 15% off.
Note: This discount is not reflected in the system generated rates. If you are staying longer, choose the 'Email Owner' option to get a quote with the discount.
Cancellation Policy: 50% refund if cancelled 2 months in advance.
Betcy & Saji, Toronto, Canada
The Owner purchased this house in 2011
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We had a comfortable and pleasurable time at the property. We were very satisfied with how much the house had a lot to offer, as well as how fast the property manager responded to our concerns.
We hope to stay at the rental property again every time we vacation in Orlando subject to its availability.
We spent 10 weeks here this year. The house is clean and everything works. The owner is friendly and caring. The property manager is always available and responsive. We have already booked the house for next winter. We have been renting these properties for many years, and this is one of the best.
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Booking was easy and the owners, Saji & Betcy, are very friendly and answered all our questions promptly.
i had family visiting from India and we had wonderful time at the villa. It was clean and well managed. Pool heat was not working on the first day but was working from the second day. Some minor changes will make this home perfect. Pool stick were all broken, one of the screen door was broken.
|Refundable Damage Deposit
Pool heat, recommended from mid October - mid April, is $20/day