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Sunday, March 11, 2012
L'Amour A L'Epine embroidery design
A very considerable number of caps and
head-dresses worked in this way are still
existing. The caps are almost invariably of
rounded form, with turned-up edges trimmed
with gold lace. There are several in the
museum at South Kensington, including one
from the collection of Lord Zouche, and two
from that of Sir Thomas Isham of Lamport
Hall. The two latter (Plate 40) may belong
to the early part of Elizabeth's reign. The
ladies' head-dresses are commonly of a
hooded shape, drawn together by a string
at the back (Plate 40). The embroidery is
sometimes in black alone, but oftener the
stems are of plaited gold thread. It seems
probable that these caps did not go entirely
out of fashion until the reign of Charles I.
Black was not always the colour chosen. A
cap of the same form, with a pattern of roses,
pansies, and strawberries in colours, the stems
in gold, is in the museum (No. 2016, 1899).
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The Annunciation machine embroidery design
The jacket was given by William IV. to
the Viscountess Falkland, wife of the tenth
viscount. It is recorded to have belonged to
Queen Elizabeth. A large coverlet and a
pillow-cover (Plate 37) of " black work," also
belonging to the Viscount Falkland, may
perhaps date from a little earlier in the same
century. Each has a running pattern of vine-
stems, the large leaves being filled with tiny
diaper patterns. An embroidery of a similar
class has lately been acquired by the Victoria
and Albert Museum (No. 252, 1902). The
panels are shaped to form the parts of a
tunic, which has never been made up (Plate
38). The pattern is almost entirely floral ;
it consists of columbines, pansies, acorns,
filberts, birds, butterflies, and insects. There
is a tradition that this work was done by
Mary, the daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont
and sister of the Earl of Kingston, who was
married to Fulk Cartwright of Ossington in
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The Madonna of the Carnation embroidery design
The jacket or tunic of " black work "
belonging to the Viscount Falkland has
already been mentioned. By his permission
it is illustrated in this volume (Plate 35). It
is of linen, the embroidery being entirely in
black silk. Amid characteristic floral work
of the period are a number of devices of
a quaint nature. A little flying-fish, which
has leaped out of the water in order to avoid
the gaping mouth of a large fish below, is
attacked by a sea-bird from above ; a man of
Herculean type, astride a crocodile, holds a
writhing serpent in each hand. Other sub-
jects are Actaeon devoured by his hounds,
Bacchus beating a drum, a man on a lion, a
stag pierced by an arrow, another pursued by
a hound, a pelican in her piety, prancing horses,
a camel, an elephant, a sea-horse, unicorns,
monkeys, foxes, squirrels, birds, and fishes.
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Sacra Famiglia embroidery design
Tradition assigns an earlier origin to another
pair, presented, together with other works of
art associated with the Denny family, by Sir
Edward Denny, Bart., to the Victoria and
Albert Museum in 1882. They are of leather,
with white satin gauntlets elaborately em-
broidered and enriched with numerous seed-
pearls. It is believed that they are the gloves
recorded to have been given by Henry VIII.
to Sir Anthony Denny, who was successively
Groom of the Stole, a Privy Councillor, and
an Executor of the King, and afterwards
one of the guardians of the young king
Edward VI. The design, however, seems to
point to a later origin, and it is perhaps more
likely that they are the pair given by James I.
to Sir Edward Denny (afterwards Earl of
Norwich), who, as Sheriff of Hertfordshire,
received the king during his journey from
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Boxer cross stitch embroidery design
The large cream -white satin coverlet*
from Ireland, partly reproduced in Plate 42,
is an important example of late Elizabethan
work. It has a deep floral border, and a
pattern of floral sprays in the middle. The
materials used for the embroidery are silver-
gilt and silver thread and silks of various
colours. A practice not altogether commendable
is exemplified here. Some of the
petals of the flowers have been separately
worked, and afterwards fixed to the satin by
one edge only, so as to stand away from the
ground. Such devices are not infrequently
found in Elizabethan work. It is doubtful
whether they should be employed at all. At
any rate, we may condemn without hesitation
the exaggeration to which the practice was
carried in the succeeding period.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Leopard embroidery
In another portrait at Hampton Court
(No. 349), attributed by some to the artist
Taddeo Zucchero, the queen wears a fancy-
dress, consisting of a long, loose robe, em-
broidered all over in colours, with stems of
roses, pansies and other flowers, and birds.
Her right hand rests on the head of a stag,
and in one of the lower corners of the picture
are some verses, conjectured to be of the
queen's own composition.
A portrait in the possession of the Mar-
quess of Salisbury at Hatfield House is
quainter still. The robe of the queen is
embroidered all over with human eyes and
ears, symbolical, no doubt, of the vigilance and
wisdom of the illustrious wearer.
There is in the Victoria and Albert
Museum (No. 173, 1869), a loose tunic with
long sleeves, dating from the reign of Eliza-
beth. It is of cream-white silk, with em-
broidery in silver-gilt and silver thread and
silks of various colours. The flowers (roses,
honeysuckle, lilies, and pansies) are enclosed
within scrolls arranged in formal compart-
ments. A tunic of similar form (No. 919,
1873) is in a less costly material, being of
linen ; the materials used for the embroidery
are the same as in the previous case.
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Mute Swan embroidery design
At this critical period of our national
history, the playfulness which characterized
so many productions of the time is remark-
able. Soldiers who made the name of Eng-
land respected abroad, wrote the quaintest
poetry at home. The language of the court
succumbed to the general tendency, and its
euphuistic affectations fitted well with the sen-
timents it was employed to express. Design,
too, did not escape. The ordered patterns
of the earlier time give place to a medley of
wandering stems with columbines, pansies,
carnations, roses, tulips, honeysuckle, straw-
berries, acorns, animals, birds, fishes, butter-
flies, and insects.
The numerous portraits of Elizabeth in
the National Portrait Gallery, at Hampton
Court, in noblemen's houses, and elsewhere
illustrate the extent to which embroidery was
used for costume decoration, and the style of
design in vogue. Sometimes she wears a
jacket with the favourite " black work " already
referred to. A half-length portrait at Hamp-
ton Court (No. 6 1 6) is a good example. The
sleeves are embroidered with roses, carnations,
grapes, and strawberries.
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Parrot embroidery design
It has a large and elaborate monogram in the middle,
apparently of Katharine's name, and a small
H above and below.*
There was, however, a personage of equally
exalted rank with Elizabeth, who is still more
famous for her skill at embroidery her rival,
Mary Queen of Scots. The number of em-
broideries ascribed to this illustrious captive
is legion. A glance is sufficient to discredit
the attribution in most cases, but, as we shall
see later, there is good reason for supposing
that some of the needlework still preserved
at Hardwick Hall is really by her hand.
Garments, gloves, hangings, curtains,
valances, covers, and numerous other things
of like nature which have survived from the
times of Elizabeth, testify to the skill and
industry of the embroiderers at that period.
The wardrobe of Elizabeth alone is said to
have included three thousand dresses, and
many of these were richly embroidered.
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Elephant embroidery
Such work became very popular
during the reign of Elizabeth, and numerous
examples are still to be found in country
houses. It survived the reign of James I.,
but appears to have gone out of fashion in
the time of his successor. One of the most
important existing examples is the tunic
belonging to the Viscount Falkland, which
will be described later.
Queen Elizabeth herself was a skilful
needlewoman. There is in the Bodleian
Library at Oxford an interesting little volume
associated with her early years. It is "The
Mirror or Glasse of the Synneful Soul,"
copied in her own handwriting by the young
princess. The volume is dedicated " From
Assherige, the last daye of the yeare of our
Lord God 1544." The embroidered binding
is conjectured to have been also the work
of Elizabeth. It is adorned with interlacing
bands in plaited gold and silver thread,
enclosing a monogram of the letters KP.
The book was intended as a present to the
queen, Katharine Parr, hence the initials.
In the British Museum there is another
manuscript recorded to have been written
by Elizabeth in 1545. The embroidered
binding resembles that above described
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Hawfinch Bird embroidery design
A cushion beneath
the king's feet and the canopy behind his
throne are enriched in a similar manner.
Henry's first queen, Catherine of Aragon,
and her equally unhappy daughter Mary,
both sought solace from their cares in work-
ing with the needle. Of Catherine it is related
that during her seclusion at Buckden, while
waiting for the final decision respecting the
annulling of her marriage, she and her gentle-
women "occupied themselves working with
their own hands something wrought in needle-
work, costly and artificially, which she in-
tended to the honour of God to bestow upon
some churches." * The class of embroidery
known as " black work " or " Spanish work "
generally in black silk on linen is said to
have been introduced into England by this
unfortunate Queen. At any rate, it appears
to have first found favour in England about
her time. The sombre effect was some-
times relieved by the use of gold thread for
the stems and other details.
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Crowned Motmot embroidery design
A few years later, we read thus of the
young Squire, in Chaucer's " Canterbury
" Embrouded was he, as it were a meede
Al ful of fresshe floures whyte and reede."
In the following century, during the reign
of Henry VI., and again in later reigns, the
importation of foreign embroideries was for-
bidden by statute.
The sixteenth century was undoubtedly
the great time for embroidered costume. King
Henry VIII. loved such magnificence, and
the monarch appears on the canvases of Hol-
bein resplendent with gold-embroidered robes.
An oil painting at Hampton Court * gives
an excellent idea of the style and use of
embroidery in this reign. The king is seated,
with his queen Katharine Parr on his left ;
next to the queen stands the Princess Eliza-
beth, and on the other side are Prince
Edward and Princess Mary.
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Bogart and Bacall embroidery design
The reason need not be sought far.
They must have suffered to a much greater
extent from the wear and tear of everyday
use, and the influence of fashion in their case
was no doubt of a more destructive nature.
In the early Middle Ages, embroidery
often served to adorn the ordinary costume
of men and women, and was even employed .
to emblazon the armorial bearings on the
surcoat of the knight. Among the tattered
coats of this latter class which have survived,
that of Edward the Black Prince is the best
known. It is still suspended, with his helmet,
shield, and gauntlets over his monument in
Canterbury Cathedral. The ground is of
faded velvet, originally red and blue, em-
broidered in gold with the Royal Arms of
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Al Pacino embroidery design
HE Reformation practically put
an end to ecclesiastical em-
broidery in England, and the
needlewomen thus lost their best
patron. Not only so, but the
skilful works of former times were, many of
them, alienated or destroyed. A large number
were taken abroad, and many were left behind
only to be burnt for the sake of the precious
metals used in the embroidery, or mutilated
to serve other purposes. The lists of Church
goods sold at the Reformation, include many
vestments which passed in this way into
private hands. " Many private men's par-
lours/' we are told, "were hung with altar-
cloths, their tables and beds covered with
copes, instead of carpets and coverlids."*
Embroideries thus transformed may still be
seen at Hardwick Hall, and in other English
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Rose embroidery design
An embroidery, dating from the later
years of the reign of Henry VIII., is illus-
trated in Plate 32. It is an altar-frontal, of
stamped crimson velvet, with applied groups
of figures embroidered in silver-gilt and silver
thread and coloured silks. In the middle is
the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and
St. John the Evangelist on either side of the
cross, standing on a strip of ground covered
with flowers. On the left is a kneeling figure
of Ralph Neville, fourth Earl of Westmor-
land (b. 1499, d. 1550), who succeeded to the
title in 1523; behind him kneel his seven
sons. On the right is his v/ife, Lady Catherine
Stafford* (d. 1555), daughter of the third
Duke of Buckingham ; behind her are their
thirteen daughters.
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Orchid Laelio-Cattleya embroidery design
An embroidered velvet panel in the Vic-
toria and Albert Museum, belonging to the
early years of the sixteenth century, differs in
character from any other embroideries of the
period yet described. The ground is of plain
crimson velvet, with a figure of St. Catherine
of Alexandria in regal costume, elaborately
worked in silks and gold and silver thread.
She stands on a patch of earth, holding a
book, and resting her left hand on the pommel
of a sword. Behind her is the prostrate form
of the Emperor Maximin, under whom she
suffered martyrdom.
One more example is mentioned here on
account of the unusual way in which it has
been preserved. In the British Museum
there is an English manuscript book of the
fourteenth century, known as Queen Mary's
Psalter. Each side of the crimson velvet
binding is embroidered with a large floral
device of the form commonly found on
vestments of the early Tudor period. It is
evident that these scraps at one time formed
part of a cope or chasuble.
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Zinnias embroidery design
The first is a cope,* now pre-
served at Stonyhurst College. The ground,
of velvet and cloth of gold, is recorded to
have been woven for King Henry VII. at
Florence. The pattern differs from almost
all other known examples of the period in
having been expressly designed and woven
to suit the semicircular form of the cope.
It consists of two large rose-stems with Tudor
roses, encircling portcullises ensigned by
crowns. The orphrey and hood were most
probably embroidered in England. The
orphrey has figures of saints under canopies,
and the subject on the hood is the Annun-
The chasuble is in the possession of Lord
Arundell of Wardour, and is preserved in the
chapel at Wardour Castle. It is of velvet,
with a straight orphrey on the front, and a
cross-shaped orphrey on the back, embroidered
with scenes from the gospel history. The
main ground is covered with Tudor roses,
portcullises, fleurs-de-lys, and pomegranates,
worked in high relief.
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A Ride in the Park by Heywood Hardy
The pall of the Fishmongers' Company
also belongs to the end of the fifteenth cen-
tury. At one end is embroidered a figure of
St. Peter (as the patron saint of fishermen)
enthroned, with angels on either side swing-
ing censers, and, at the other end, the Apostle
receiving the keys from our Lord. The pall
is also embroidered with New Testament
subjects, and bears the arms of the company.
The Vintners' pallf is of Italian velvet
and cloth of gold, the lappets being of silk ;
it is embroidered with St. Martin of Tours, a
Pieta, and other subjects.
Three palls were presented to the Mer-
chant Taylors' Company in 1562, and one to
the Stationers' in 1572. Others were pos-
sessed by the Brewers', Coopers', Leather-
sellers', and Founders' Companies.
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Wooded path in autumn Sun embroidery
material is velvet and cloth of gold. On it
are embroidered figures of the Virgin Mary
and St. John the Baptist, and several members
of the Fayrey family, with the arms of the
Mercers 1 and Haberdashers' Companies.
The Worcester pall is in the possession
of the Clothiers' Company of that city. It
bears every indication of having been made
from church vestments. The long em-
broidered bands with figures of saints are
parts of orphreys, and the embroidered de-
vices on the velvet angels, double-headed
eagles, fleurs-de-lys, etc. are frequently found,
as we have seen, on vestments of the end of
the fifteenth century.
A fine pall * of the same period is in the
possession of the Saddlers' Company of Lon-
don. The ground is of crimson velvet, em-
broidered with angels surrounding the sacred
monogram IHS, and with the arms of the
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Sea Landscape embroidery design
Three Palles of the same Cloth of Gould : the
Lowest Earle began first. Alle the Palles
were layd crosse over the Corpse." *
Such palls were formerly possessed by
almost every guild or fraternity of import-
ance, for use at the burial of members. They
were sometimes of a plain rectangular form,
and sometimes provided with lappets to fall
down the sides of the coffin.
Examples are to be seen at Worcester,
Norwich, Dunstable, Sudbury, and elsewhere,
and several are in the possession of London
companies. The embroideries on the muni-
cipal pall at Sudbury may be compared with
the chasuble from Hexham. The pall is of
velvet, and is embroidered with figures of
the dead in shrouds, the inscriptions on the
scrolls being taken from the " Office of
Matins for the Dead " and the " Litany of the
Faithful Departed." It is of late fifteenth
century work (Plate 31). The black pall in
St. Gregory's Church, Norwich, has figures of
angels bearing the souls of the departed.
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Winter Landscape embroidery design
It is of black velvet,
with crimson velvet orphreys (Plate 30).
Angels are blowing trumpets to awake the
dead, and hold scrolls with the words
SURGITE MORTUI and VENITE AD
JUDICIUM. Figures of the rising dead
are also represented, and angels bearing
scrolls inscribed JUSTORUM ANIME and
IN MANU DEI SUNT (Book of Wisdom,
iii. i). The initials R. T. with the pastoral
staff and mitre, and the rebus, doubtless have
reference to the bishop or abbot to whom
the chasuble belonged.
Funeral palls of rich workmanship must
at one time have existed in large numbers.
Leland relates that, at the funeral of Prince
Arthur in 1502, when the offerings of money
had been made, " the Lord Powys went to
the Queere Doore, where Two Gentlemen
Ushers delivered him a riche Palle of Cloth
of Gould of Tyssue, which he offred to the
Corpse, where Two Officers of Armes received
it, and laid it along the Corpse. The Lord of
Dudley in like Manner offred a Palle, which
the said officers laid over the Corpse. The
Lord Greye Ruthen offred another : and every
each of the Three Earles offred to the Corpse
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A selection of articles from the Consortia Conference 2012 event:
Information Today Europe (online). 'Library consortia: challenges but confidence in the future' by Catherine Dhanjal. 29 May 2012
Multimedia Information & Technology journal (online). 'Consortia Conference 2012: a review' by John Bottomley. May 2012. Vol 38, No 2
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The Frozen Four is down to the two finalists after a pair of lopsided semi-finals kicked off NCAA hockey's marquee event. The Wisconsin Badgers laid a 8-1 beating on the RIT Tigers and a couple hours later the Boston College Eagles stunned the Miami RedHawks to the tune of 7-1.
While most expected RIT to be outmatched, and they were, the late game was supposed to be a much closer affair. In the end we'll get to see a rematch of the 2006 National Championship game as the Badgers will tackle the Eagles.
Our friends at USCHO.com have a plethora of staff on hand at Ford Field and so instead of me writing a game story after watching online, just do yourself a favor and check this link out.
All I'm going to say about the Wisconsin domination of RIT is that it was from start to finish. The Tigers managed just 14 shots in the entire game and seemingly fell behind before the applause after the anthem was done. RIT wasn't in this game at all and without having the benefit of seeing how on Earth they got by Denver and New Hampshire, it's hard to imagine a worse Frozen Four appearance.
Derek Stepan (NYR) had two goals and two assists and Brendan Smith (DET) five helpers on the night for Wisconsin.
Boston College had multi-point games from a number of players including Ben Smith and Joe Whitney. Netminder John Muse was very strong between the pipes even though he only face 18 shots on the night.
The RedHawks just couldn't seem to get any offence going until the third period when they did carry the play for about six or seven minutes, scored, to make it 3-1 but couldn't take it to the next level.
This marks the 4th time in 5 years that Boston College is playing in the final game, that would be dynasty territory except for the fact that they've only won the big game once in that span.
The Badgers' last appearance in the title game was in 2006 against this very same opponent - well, the sweaters and the coaches are the same but that's about it. Still, these are two perennial powers going at it and it should make for a great game. It gets underway on Saturday at 7PM Eastern time and is available on ESPN in the States, not sure it's going to be available on Canadian TV (but you might be able to find an online feed like I did tonight).
Anyway, I tried to find some highlights from the 2006 game but this is the best I could come up with. You'll hear lots of familiar names, guys who are now in the NHL or on the way up.


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An eventful and enjoyable season at youth level is nearing its conclusion, so now seems the best time to reflect on the progression made by the club's youngsters over the past 10 months.
In the first part we look at the club's young goalkeepers.
Ever since Wojciech Szczesny made the progression from the youth team to the senior side, there has been an added sense of pressure on Arsenal's young shot-stoppers given that the Polish international is unlikely to relinquish his position as the club's first-choice goalkeeper for quite some time.
However, with Lukasz Fabianski set to leave when his contract expires at the end of June and Emiliano Viviano poised to return to Palermo without having played a competitive game for the Gunners, there may well be an opening for a young goalkeeper this Summer.
A senior back-up to Szczesny, along the lines of Chelsea's signing of Mark Schwarzer last year, would be ideal, but the position of third-choice goalkeeper is open to considerable debate, with Damian Martinez, Matt Macey, Deyan Iliev and Josh Vickers all possessing considerable claims for promotion.
Up until last Summer, Martinez certainly appeared set for elevation to the first-team. The Argentinian has developed well since joining from Independiente, even if his two senior starts for Arsenal in the Capital One Cup last season yielded mixed results. Agile and with good reflexes, Martinez headed to Sheffield Wednesday on loan this season in a bid to further his development. He had a spell in the side at the Championship club, and turned in some impressive performances, but has been edged out in recent months by the experienced Chris Kirkland. Martinez will be 22 in September, which is still a relatively young age for a goalkeeper, but he will be seeking regular football next season and could go on temporary transfer again.
If that scenario occurs, then Macey would appear the most prominent candidate for promotion to the first-team. Signed from Bristol Rovers early in the season following a successful trial, Macey has fended off competition from Iliev to establish himself as Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper at U21 level, making 19 appearances for the second-string in total. If you were to read through the match reports of each of those fixtures, then the phrase "spectacular save" would undoubtedly have been used on numerous occasions. Macey has made a habit of producing phenomenal stops, including many from close range, and has built up a good understanding with his team-mates over the course of the season.
He is still a little error prone and has trouble dealing with corners and crosses, but Macey has much raw potential to work with and a measure of his progress was provided by the fact that he trained with the first-team at Emirates Stadium yesterday prior to the Premier League fixture against Newcastle United.
Iliev's season has rather petered out, with the Macedonia U21 international hardly featuring in recent weeks. Like Macey, he is a good shot-stopper, but with the caveat that he can sometimes make costly misjudgements. A case in point was his dismissal in the UEFA Youth League defeat to Barcelona which effectively ended Arsenal's chances of progressing from the tie. Iliev seems as if he will have a future at a relatively high level, but requires some drastic improvements if he is to succeed in the long-term in North London.
Vickers has spent most of the season away from the club on loan at non-league Canvey Island. The move appeared a somewhat bizarre one at the time, but the switch enabled the goalkeeper to play regularly, something which he certainly made the most of. As well as impressing in the Isthmian League, Vickers was outstanding for Arsenal's youth teams in the cup competitions, with his performance away to Charlton Athletic in the FA Youth Cup particularly noteworthy. He will hope for an opportunity to prove himself for Arsenal at U21 level next season, but, at present, both Macey and Iliev are ahead of him.
England U17 international Ryan Huddart has developed well this season, with the youngster featuring regularly for Arsenal at U18 level. He has conceded a high number of goals, but has never had a consistent defence in front of him and has still performed heroics on occasion, prompting the club to offer him professional terms in March.
Following the departures of schoolboys Harry Girling and Corey Addai, there is a vacancy for a back-up goalkeeper to Huddart at U18 level, which may well be filled by Marcus Beauchamp, the Bristol City youngster who featured for the Gunners against Fulham U18s recently.


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Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a three-week visit. But this is no ordinary visit - Nicola has advanced cancer. She is coming to Melbourne to receive treatment she believes will cure her. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge.
The Spare Room tells a story of compassion and rage as the two women - one sceptical, one stubbornly serene - negotiate their way through Nicola's gruelling treatments. Garner's dialogue is pitch perfect, her sense of pacing flawless as this novel draws to its terrible and transcendent finale.
The story and author asks, "How much of ourselves are we willing to give up to help a friend?" I found this book quite real and sometimes hard going at times not in reading it but with the subject matter. There are moments of humour throughout the book as the two woman try and deal with the illness. But then there are moments which emphasises just how hard and trying it is to watch someone you love suffer.
The book really doesn't sugar-coat how this illness effects people ... And you could completely understand the characters if you have ever cared for someone with terminal cancer ... It takes you on a ride of different of emotions ... as a carer and also as the patient ..
There is some swearing in the book but it really is just an honest story of how two woman try to cope !!
I rate this book 3***


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The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention
Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Organizational Psychology
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This handbook makes a unique contribution to the fields of organizational psychology and human resource management by providing comprehensive coverage of the contemporary field of employee recruitment, selection and retention. It provides critical reviews of key topics such as job analysis, technology and social media in recruitment, diversity, assessment methods and talent management, drawing on the work of leading thinkers including Melinda Blackman, Nancy Tippins, Adrian Furnham and Binna Kandola. The contributors are drawn from diverse backgrounds and a wide range of countries, giving the volume a truly international feel and perspective. Together, they share important new work which is being undertaken around the globe but is not always easily accessible to real-world practitioners and students.
Notes on Contributors xi
Foreword xviii
Series Preface xx
Railway Children xxii
Section I Recruitment 1
1 The Psychology of Employee Recruitment, Selection and Retention 3
Harold W. Goldstein, Elaine D. Pulakos, Jonathan Passmore and Carla Semedo
2 The Contribution of Job Analysis to Recruitment 12
James A. Breaugh
3 Global Recruiting 29
Jean M. Phillips and Stanley M. Gully
4 Applicant Reactions to Hiring Procedures 53
Donald M. Truxillo, Talya N. Bauer and Alexa M. Garcia
5 Applicant Attraction to Organizations and Job Choice 71
Adrian Furnham and Kat Palaiou
6 Ethics in Recruitment and Selection 91
Nuno Rebelo dos Santos, Leonor Pais, Carla Cabo?]Leitao and Jonathan Passmore
Section II Selection 113
7 Using Ability Tests in Selection 115
Jesus F. Salgado
8 Using Personality Questionnaires for Selection 151
David J. Hughes and Mark Batey
9 Using Interviewing in Selection 182
Melinda Blackman
10 The Contribution of Others' Methods in Recruitment and Selection: Biodata, References, Resumes and CVs 202
Adrian Furnham
11 Situational Judgement Tests for Selection 226
Jan Corstjens, Filip Lievens and Stefan Krumm
12 The Role of Simulation Exercises in Selection 247
Ryan S. O'Leary, Jacob W. Forsman and Joshua A. Isaacson
13 The Potential of Online Selection 271
Dave Bartram and Nancy Tippins
14 Gamification, Serious Games and Personnel Selection 293
Michael Fetzer, Jennifer McNamara and Jennifer L. Geimer
15 Team Assessment and Selection 310
Mengqiao Liu, Jason L. Huang and Marcus W. Dickson
16 Selection for Virtual Teams 334
Geeta D'Souza, Matthew S. Prewett and Stephen M. Colarelli
17 Assessment for Leader Development 353
Neta Moye, Rose Mueller?]Hanson and Claus Langfred
18 Talent Management in a Gender?]Diverse Workforce 376
Jeanette N. Cleveland, Jaclyn Menendez and Lauren Wallace
19 Race and Cultural Differences in Predictors Commonly Used in Employee Selection and Assessment 400
Charles A. Scherbaum, Michael M. DeNunzio, Justina Oliveira and Mary Ignagni
20 Legal and Fairness Considerations in Employee Selection 422
Kenneth P. Yusko, Brian L. Bellenger, Elliott C. Larson, Paul J. Hanges and Juliet R. Aiken
Section III Retention 443
21 Employee Turnover and Strategies for Retention 445
Angela R. Grotto, Patrick K. Hyland, Anthony W. Caputo and Carla Semedo
22 Talent Management and Retention 473
Crystal Zhang and Jim Stewart
23 The Impact of Organizational Climate and Culture on Employee Turnover 494
Mark G. Ehrhart and Maribeth Kuenzi
24 The Impact of Work-Life Balance on Employee Retention 513
Kristen M. Shockley, Christine R. Smith and Eric A. Knudsen
Index 544
Elaine D. Pulakos is President of PDRI and an internationally recognized contributor to the field of industrial and organizational psychology. In 2010 she received the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from SIOP, where she has also served as President. She has published numerous articles on performance management, staffing and human resources best practices, and is the author of three books including Performance Management (2009).
Jonathan Passmore is Professor of Psychology at the University of Évora, Portugal, Managing Director of Embrion, a psychology consulting company, and one of the UK's foremost leadership coaches with a wealth of private sector and academic experience. His prolific research, writing, consultancy and speaking have made him a recognized authority on coaching and organizational change. His many books include Excellence in Coaching (2006).
Carla Sofia Carrilho Lopes Santarém Semedo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Évora, Portugal, where she leads on occupational health psychology. She is responsible for teaching psychology at undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level, and for coordinating the occupational health psychology research line. She also works as a consultant in evaluation and intervention in organizational psychology.


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The Apple vs. FBI case has the gadget world's creative fluids flowing. What WhatsApp is proposing ain't to shabby. Check it.
While much of the tech community has already come out in support of Apple over its ongoing encryption battle with the FBI, you can also expect the conversation to lead to even more secure products. Whatsapp, which has been offering end-to-end encryption for text chats since 2014, plans to encrypt voice chats in the "coming weeks," The Guardian reports. The company might also start marketing its secure capabilities more, something that it's downplayed in the past.
The news comes on the heels of Brazil's detention of a Facebook VP, who was held after failing to give up Whatsapp messaging data. Since the app, which is owned by Facebook, encrypts text messages completely between the sender and recipient, it has no records to give to authorities. Brazil also shut down access to Whatsapp back in December, reportedly over similar security concerns.
Read more: engadget.com


text: Born Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck in Indianapolis, IN he was well trained in dance and theater by the age of 13 when he quite school to study art (painting) and music. By the time he was 19 he was a professional ballroom dancer; and was in this capicity that he made his first appearance in film in the year 1917 at the age of 28. He went on to have roles in 4 films in the 1920's, with his first named character coming in the year 1925. He was in only one film in 1930, which was a short actually a short. He didn't show back up in film until 1944 appearing in the now well known film noir Laura, starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews; in fact, he was billed just above Vincent Price. He also had a successful career on Broadway and is well remembered for his off-Broadway performances in run of Noel Coward's play Blithe Spirit. Plagued by health troubles for the last five years of his life, he passed away on 13 October and is interred next to his mother in a crypt in the very famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery.


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I should get an award for patience, since Im still not in my new studio space.
But its been non stop crazy since we moved in, so I guess all I can do is be patient.
I thought it might help the process along a little if I documented it.
But probably not.
here is a little tour


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Assembly House
Lady Beck
Assembly House
Gallery Hire
Assembly House is open to the public during our Exhibitions and Events, to see these please look at Programme page.
We do not keep regular opening hours, but depending on our availability we may be able to arrange private studio visits, to do this please get in touch with the details below.
Getting to Assembly House:
We are based in Armley on the junction of Canal Road and Pickering Street, just up the road from Armley Mills. Walking from the centre takes about 30 minutes along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal path or Kirkstall Road.
The Number 15 bus service runs directly past the studio and can be caught from Leeds Train Station, Kirkgate, and Wellington Street.
Taxis from the City Centre & Hyde Park cost around £5


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The council, which advises the government, is expected next week to recommend that ecstasy is downgraded from a class A drug to a class B one.
Ministers have outlined their opposition to any such move.
Professor Nutt wrote: "Drug harm can be equal to harms in other parts of life. There is not much difference between horse-riding and ecstasy."
Organ failure
The professor said horse-riding accounted for more than 100 deaths a year, and went on: "This attitude raises the critical question of why society tolerates - indeed encourages - certain forms of potentially harmful behaviour but not others such as drug use."
Ecstasy use is linked to around 30 deaths a year, up from 10 a year in the early 1990s. Fatalities are caused by massive organ failure from overheating or the effects of drinking too much water.
The ACMD last night distanced itself from Prof Nutt's comments.
A spokesman for the body said: "The recent article by Professor David Nutt published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology was done in respect of his academic work and not as chair of the ACMD.
"Professor Nutt's academic work does not prejudice that which he conducts as chair of the ACMD."
'No safe dose'
David Raynes, of the National Drug Prevention Alliance, told the Daily Telegraph: "He is entitled to his personal opinion, but if his personal view conflicts so very strongly with his public duties, it would be honourable to consider his position. "If he does not, the home secretary should do it for him."
Last September a Home Office spokesman said the government believed ecstasy should remain a Class A drug. "Ecstasy can and does kill unpredictably. There is no such thing as a 'safe dose'," he said.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk


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What this blog is about
My life with Morgan and dealing with having a baby at 45. I hope it makes you laugh, makes you think and makes you appreciate your season in life. I'm not a writer, so I promise you that my use of the English language, punctuation and grammar will not always be correct. I ask you to take it with a grain of salt and understand that this is just my way to release some of my pent up energy and turn everyday life in to something fun and enjoyable for me and hopefully for you.
Let me start by saying I'm a mom. I have been a mom for 22 years and it is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I love my kids with all my heart and I am grateful and blessed by each one of them. I wouldn't change one moment of my life, good and bad. That being said, my life hasn't always been easy. I've made mistakes. I've been divorced, got remarried, blended a family of teenagers and moved into a house built for 4 but needing room for 6. After all of that I thought the tough, challenging days were behind me. Boy was I wrong!
Dreams of freedom
At 44, I was having wonderful dreams of my future I was a newlywed and married to the man of my dreams. I had dreams of traveling, eating what I wanted, going on weekend trips with my husband and spending leisurely days reading and lounging around in my pj's watching my favorite 80's movies. My kids ages 14 and 17 and my stepkids ages 13 and 21 were mostly self suficient. After years of carpools, school events, daycare issues, mounds of laundry, dirty dishes, a messy house and living every moment for my kids, I was closing in on the moment when I would be an "empty nester." I was excited.
Where it all began
Flashback to April Fools day 2011. The day when I jokingly sent an email to my husband of less than a year telling him I was pregnant. I was a genious and had totally freaked him out. My joke had gone off without a hitch….or had it?
At 44, with my medical history, my OB/GYN had told me just 8 or 9 months earlier that it would be virtually impossible for me to get pregnant.
My new reality
It's April 11, 2011. I'm exhausted and not feeling good. That's normal though for me. I'm a mom after all. I have 3 kids playing 4 sports, a full time job, a husband, house, 3 dogs and a cat to take care of. Just typing that makes me tired. Something inside tells me I think I may be starting menopause. I decide to take a pregnancy test, just to rule it out so I can confirm with the doctor that I'm not pregnant. Then comes the moment when you are looking at the third pregnancy test that continues to show positive (even when you are yelling at the stick saying "you can't be positive!"). I look at the directions to see what could cause a false positive reading. Thank goodness, right there in the directions, it tells me menopause can do that. I rationalize with myself that MUST be the reason. Slowly, it begins to sink in. I'm pregnant and I have to tell my husband the news. I begin to panic. I think back to that day just a couple of weeks ago when I thought I was so funny. Now I'm thinking "Oh crap, I just played an April Fool's joke saying I was pregnant and I totally freaked my husband out". I'm going to kill him when I tell him that I really AM pregnant! My new reality is sinking in. I begin to realize that everything I had thought about my middle aged years has just changed forever. It hits me…..I'm 44 and pregnant!
Life as I knew it is over
Life is ever evolving and that is a good thing. We are constantly thrown curve balls and God waits to see if we will hit it out of the park or strike out. April 11, 2011 is a day that changed the direction of my life in more ways than I could have ever imagined. 4 years later, I can't imagine a time without my beautiful daughter Morgan. Life with her is wonderful, crazy, scary, frustrating and never dull. I hope you will enjoy our story.
Thanks for reading and I hope you come back to find out what happens!


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Monday, July 18, 2011
TOOL # 5 Producing With Web 2.0 Tools
I spent several hours exploring Tool #5 applications and really enjoyed all the possibilities of technology in the classroom. Stupeflix Studio & Aniomoto are great attentions grabbers for new units and concepts. I would use both as introductions & summaries. The Word Cloud Generators will be quite useful for vocabulary development especially for my ESOL students. Wordle Tutorial was very easy to manipulate and fun!!! Makebeliefscomix was also very easy & I was successful creating 1 cartoon. It was emailed to my account but I was unable to put on my blog. BigHugeLabs will give my students many choices for project ideas. I am very thankful for the youtube videos attached to each applications but still need more assistance.
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Download SharePoint 2013 SP1 now! It has been released!
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With the realase of Service pack 1 for SharePoint and all other Office products some new features are availlable!
New in SP1
- Compatibility fixes for Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11.
- Better support for modern hardware, such as high DPI devices and the precision touchpad.
- New apps for Office capabilities and APIs for developers.
- Power Map for Excel, a 3D visualization tool for mapping, exploring, and interacting with geographical and temporal data in Excel, is now available to Office 365 ProPlus subscription customers. You can learn more about Power Map general availability on the Power BI Blog.
- Improvements to the Click-to-Run virtualization technology that installs and updates Office 365 desktop applications.
- SkyDrive Pro is now OneDrive for Business. You can now integrate OneDrive Office 365 with your Onpremise SharePoint 2013.
- Replace Newsfeed with Yammer, to use the best social collaboration tools for your organisation
Fixed in SP1
- Metadata is lost when documents that use a custom content type with a "Description" field are opened for editing.
- When an item is deleted, restored from recycle bin, and then deleted again, there is a primary key constraint error.
- An error occurs when files are moved between document libraries and the web time zone is behind that of the server.
- Metadata filtering at list level always lists all metadata terms.
- The hyperlink popup window drops the selected word to be linked when there is a delay of more than one second in opening the window.
- Multiple-column, SummaryLinkWebParts with a group heading style of "Separator" are rendered incorrectly.
- A hash tag that contains a full width space does not get created successfully.
- Search schema compression is now enabled by default to allow larger search schemas.
- Highlighting for FQL queries is now enabled for FQL as well as KQL.
- Opening a custom SharePoint list in datasheet view and applying multiple custom filters, where each filter has more than one condition, can result in an incomplete set of list items.
- When the "Export to Excel" button is clicked in a SharePoint document library that has the Content Type field displayed, the Content Type field does not appear in the Excel workbook.
- An error occurs after changing the "Manager" property in EditProfile.aspx page when the My Sites WebApp is not in the same farm as the UPA.
- SharePoint REST API does not return a well-defined error response for a duplicate key exception.
- Developers are unable to specify a Content Type ID when creating Content Types in the client object model.
- On list views in SharePoint sites, the Connect to Outlook button in the ribbon may be erroneously disabled.
- In some non-English languages of SharePoint, the text displayed in the callout UI for a document or list item, describing who last edited the item, may not be grammatically correct.
- Copy and Paste in a datasheet does not work correctly with Internet Explorer 11.
- Pages do not render in Safari for iPad when private browsing mode is used.
- When editing rich text fields in SharePoint, if the editing session exceeds 30 minutes, the edits may not be saved.
- An error that says "SCRIPT12004: An internal error occurred in the Microsoft Internet extensions" may occur intermittently when users visit their SkyDrive Pro or other pages on their personal site.
- InfoPath may crash when a form that points to a SharePoint list, with a lookup to another SharePoint list, is opened.
- An InfoPath form with extended characters in its name fails to open.
- An error that says "Security Validation for the form has timed out" may occur when an InfoPath form is digitally signed and hosted in a SharePoint site collection that uses the SharePoint version 2010 user experience.
- "Show document icon" remains unchecked and the document icon does not show in Edit Properties for a list item.
- A "Failed tagging this page" error occurs when the "I like it" button is clicked.
- The wrong term is removed when manually editing a multi-valued taxonomy field.
- When tagging list items using a language that is different from the term store default language, suggestions for labels are offered in multiple languages. The suggestions appear confusing because both language
- suggestions are listed without any identification of the language.
- An error that says "There was an error processing this request" may appear when editing the user profile.
- Times are missing from Date/Time results in certain filtered list web service calls.
- Minimal and no metadata are now enabled as supported JSON formats.
- Actions4 schema workflow actions can't be deployed to SharePoint.
- Using Client Object Model, Stream.Seek() to seek to a particular position doesn't seek at the proper offset.
- Refreshing a workflow status page generates the following error: "System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary."
- Setting custom, non-English outcomes in web pages on tasks in a workflow fails to set the value.
- Configurations of SharePoint using Azure Hybrid mode and Workflow Manager together can cause workflow callbacks to fail.
- Workflow task processes on wiki pages won't start.
- Workflows won't wait for changes to content approval status fields.
- E-mails generated by workflow cannot be disabled for approvals in SharePoint workflows.
- Workflows may fail to send an e-mail or send too many e-mails.
- Association variables do not update correctly for auto-start workflows.
- A KeyNotFoundException error may occur in a workflow when the associated task list uses unique permissions.
- Incomplete tasks are deleted when workflow task activities complete.
- Task activity is suspended when the task is completed using app-only credentials.
- An error that says "This task could not be updated at this time" occurs when trying to complete a workflow task using the "Open this task" button in Outlook.
- A workflow doesn't respond properly when waiting for changes in specific types of list columns, such as Boolean, Date Time, and User.
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Hello, I am having some problems with users being able to change their own passwords on the LDAP server. The result comes back with "implementation specific error 80" so I assume this means I setup something incorrectly, but I don't know what. Below is the error, below that is the security section of my slapd.conf file.
ldappasswd -xSWD "uid=kris,ou=people,dc=xxxxxxxx,dc=com" New password: Re-enter new password: Enter LDAP Password: Result: Internal (implementation specific) error (80) Additional info: entry modify failed
"80" means that something so weird happened that there's no standard code to indicate it. As such, it might be useful to see what's going on on the server side, starting from: version, slapd.conf and logs when the problem occurs.
-- <slapd.conf security section>
access to * by * read access to attrs=userPassword by self write by * auth
This looks correct.
-- Quanah Gibson-Mount Principal Software Developer ITSS/Shared Services Stanford University GnuPG Public Key: http://www.stanford.edu/~quanah/pgp.html
"These censorship operations against schools and libraries are stronger than ever in the present religio-political climate. They often focus on fantasy and sf books, which foster that deadly enemy to bigotry and blind faith, the imagination." -- Ursula K. Le Guin


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Hello again. I have received several Emails in the recent months about why I don't post any more recipes. The answer is- I don't cook and entertain as much anymore as I used to, and to be honest, I also have lost my motivation. Sometimes, I just don't like the photos, other times I dont even have the patience to take them.
But here it is again. I cooked something, took pictures, and now I am trying to find some words to write. They don't always come easy.
One thing for sure- I am so happy to see that someone at Google finally fixed that horrible annoying problem of not being able to upload more than 4 photos to Blogger through Picasa.
Ok, let's talk food now...
As my one and only social event since I moved to Portland, I go out with my coworkers every Thursday. We call it TGIT, and we plan this event carefully. Every Thursday, starting around noon, tons of Emails are flying around trying to figure out a place to meet. It started off as trying out different breweries, but I gotta admit, I am just not much of a beer person. I go for a company more than anything, and just lack of better things to do.
Last Thursday, the group was small, and I was able to convince them to go to a place other than a brewery. YEY for me!
It was a nice calm evening, even the sun came out for a bit. We sat outside and started letting out our frustrations about work (that's what TGIT is all about). We already shared one appetizer dish when we noticed an interesting meal on the menu. I can't remember what it was called, but it was made out of the "hazelnut fed pigs". Just because of that, we decided to order it. It was a pasta dish, slow cooked pork in spicy tomato sauce with crushed dried bread mixed in with it. It was very good, we wolfed it down and immediately ordered another one. When we finished our second serving, we asked the waiter if he could top that. He hesitated, so we ordered the third hazelnut fed pork dish. It was that good.
I thought to myself, this is a good idea. I should try to make this as close as I can. I have made pasta sauce out of slow cooked beef, but never pork. I have no idea what kind of pork meat it was, other than the pigs were fed with hazelnut, or what kind of spices they used. I had to improvise.
A the supermarket, there are many kinds of pork cuts: pork roast seemed like an obvious choice at first, definitely not pork chops. But then my hand went right for the tender loin, thats a good cut of meat. At that point, I saw boneless ribs, and decided that loin is too lean, and ribs are definitely the best choice. Well, that was my choice, since this recipe was completely left to interpretation. If you are trying to make this, please feel free to pick whatever cut of meat you find most suitable for this recipe.
The slow cooked pork pasta sauce I made was very tasty. This is tasty that makes happy- when you invent a good tasting dish!
- 2lb of boneless pork ribs, or another boneless cut of pork
- 3 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 2 Tbsp paprika
- 1 Tbsp ground coriander seed
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 large onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 jalapeños
- 2 bell peppers
- oil
- 1/3 cup red wine
- 1 can of diced tomatoes
- 5-6 dried peppers
- 1 package of rigatoni pasta
serves 4
Wash the meat and pat dry with paper towel.
In a zip lock bag, mix flour, paprika, ground coriander, salt and pepper.
Cut the meat into about 2in strips and place in the zip lock back with spice mix. Mix around until all the pieces of meat are evenly coated. Discard the rest of the spice mix.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Brown the meat for about 3 minutes on each side.
While the meat is browning, slice the onions, peppers and mince garlic cloves. Then add the veggies to the meat. At this point taste the mixing spoon and see whether you need to ad more salt or not.
When the veggies become soft, deglaze the pan with red wine and transfer the entire content of the pan into the slow cooker. Add canned tomatoes and mix all together.
When you come back home, set the past to cook. In the meantime, separate the meat form the crockpot into a serving bowl. Blend the veggies all together in the food processor, and mix in with the meat again. You can use as many dried peppers as you like. They tend to be hot, so if you use all of them, you sauce will probably be fairly spicy.
Although it cooks for a long time, this recipe is very easy to prepare. This dish is convenient to make for large parties. Also, the leftovers keep well.


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GLAD: From Goodridge To Obergefell
Important history from GLAD:
"On April 28, 2015, Mary Bonauto will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court for the freedom to marry for all same-sex couples nationwide. In 2001 Mary and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed the case that first brought marriage equality to the U.S. - with the landmark 2003 Goodridge v. Department of Public Health decision in Massachusetts. This is the story of that historic victory, and how far we've come on marriage equality to get us where we are today. Featuring two of the couples who fought to marry in Goodridge, Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Evan Wolfson, Mary Bonauto and more."
Labels: Evan Wolfson, GLAD, LGBT History, marriage equality, Mary Bonauto, Massachusetts, SCOTUS


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dear Valentine
you are my favriet boy in MISS Gambitsky' s class ever. I love you so much I love when you are playing kickball and we were the winners and I love when you digged up the class pet lizard that died. It was fun to see what it looked like all dried up. You are a very cool boy and I love you. Do you love me to ? I hope so. Also even when your frend ate the paste you did not so that is good. Love love love love
your valentine
Dear Valentine!!
You make school FUN! Except when I got caught passing notes to you and Mrs Karr made me stay late and she talked to me about how I should not be passing notes in class. She is such a loser. Hope you have a GREAT day and I hope you like the gift I made you. I never have baked cupcakes by myself before but I did and they came out good! I made yours extra special because you are AWESOME! LOVE LOVE LOVE,
Your valentine!
Deasr Vsalentine
Hope your day is full of fun
Hope that I'm the only one
who makes your heart feel happy and good
just like your only valentine should
love love love
your Valentine! (I wrote this myself )
Dear Valentine,
Wow! I can't believe we have been together for so long already! Since Linda's Halloween party!!! It is like we have been together for a million years and it just feels right, you know? And even though we are probably going to go to different colleges that is ok because we will be together 4 – EVER!! I think that is true, don't you feel it? Like we are so good together and it all feels just so right. Even yesterday in the courtyard at lunch I was thinking about how we will be together even in college even if you do go to California and I stay here in New York and go to NY U! ! ! ( Best school ever, hahahaha!! You should still go there! There is still time to change your mind since you don't even know anyone in California!) But I want to tell you how much I love you and I love hanging out with you and love going to the park and to the museum with you and also that I feel like we have so much fun and we can really be ourselves together and that is cool, because we just are so good together. Sometimes I think you are the only one who will ever get how I really really am. And I know that you feel the same way so I just want to tell you I am so incredibly glad you are my best ever boyfriend and I LOVE YOU!!!! Love love love love love, your Valentine!
Dear Valentine:
I want you to know how special you are to me. I thought I would never ever love anyone like I loved my high school boyfriend but after we parted ways and went to college, things just changed, and I thought I would never love anyone again. But how stupid, right? Because I found you. Or you found me, I guess, at Boss Tweed's that night back in November and even though I hate ( HATE) beer I let you buy me one because a) you were so cute and b) your fake ID was way better than mine HA HA!! And we all know how things went after that!!!!!!!! Crazy times!
So, anyway, I am glad we are together, and I hope we can last. I think we will, it just feels right to me! And we are older now, so we know how things feel, when they feel right. We are older and wiser but we are still YOUNG and IN LOVE! So I will be wearing your gift to me later tonight, you will have to see for yourself… Can't wait for you to unwrap it! (and me, ha ha xoxoxo)
Love love love, your Valentine
Dear Valentine:
Just a quick email to let you know I am thinking of you, even during this dull day at the office. Thank you for the flowers! No card but of course, I knew it was you. Cannot believe we have managed to keep our romance secret for this long, since it seems so obvious to me, but then, I guess we are just both really good at keeping secrets. Sometimes I wish we could just be more open about our love, office policy be damned. But that is ok. We will persevere. Do you want to have lunch together, or do you just want to wait til tonight and go to dinner? I think we should probably wait since Bill just came in waving some stupid report and I have a feeling I am going to have to work through lunch. Again. TTYL!
xoxo, your Valentine
Dear Valentine, or should I say, Dear Fiance!?
Can you believe it, this time next year, we will be husband and wife! I still can hardly believe it. Like, what? When did THAT happen? When did I grow up? Wow, I remember, four years ago I was still dating that jerk in my office. After that fiasco, I cannot believe I was fortunate enough to find someone as wonderful and thoughtful as you, my dearest. I am staring at the ring RIGHT NOW. I love it, did I mention that yet today? Oh, probably only about a million times. It is so fantastic to be engaged and in love and happy on Valentine's day. I know there are lots of people who say that they would not even bother getting married since so many couples just get divorced, but that will never be the case with us. We are meant to be, I know it. I just know it. You are the only one for me, my love. I hope you like the gift. I never know exactly what to get you. After all, you already have my heart. Love love love, your Valentine ( and future wife!)
Dear Valentine,
Want you to know, before I met you, I thought I would never find love again. Seriously, this is the first Valentine's day since my divorce that I feel happy. And that is no mean trick, my dear. Cannot believe I found someone so great on a blind date! I hope, maybe, you are thinking the same thing. Who knows if we are meant to be, I mean, how can anyone know? Even when something feels right, it may not have staying power, but I think, maybe, if we are willing to work on it, we have a beautiful thing here. Here's to possibilities!
With love, your valentine
Dear Valentine:
So. Another Valentine's day is upon us. Time goes so quickly, you know? It feels like just a few years ago we were sitting in grade school depositing those stupid cards in the "class mailbox" and getting boxes of conversation hearts for our best friends. And now here we are, a million years later, all of us still wondering when we are really going to feel "grown up", when the real adult thing kicks in. As for me, I'm still that kid delivering heart postcards to her classmates, despite all the personal emotional baggage. I have said before, I am just so over it. I decided to just quit trying. It seems like every time I think I have found love, it slips away into the night and leaves me with an empty, hollow feeling that takes years to fill again. But then I think better of it. I think, well, maybe this time, it will be different. Maybe this time it will be real, and forever. I think it is just human nature to want to love and be loved. It is the great, connecting force that has lifted us up through the ages and made us who and how we are. Or maybe it is just our fear of being alone. We are social creatures, after all. Whatever it is, I can't just give up, it seems. So, wherever you are, whoever you turn out to be, Happy Valentine's day!
Love, love, love, your Valentine….
( please note, this is, for the most part, a fictional account of a life through letters. I have never been married or divorced. I have had workplace romances, and I have definitely met guys over a beer in a bar at college. Also, I love beer. But I plead the fifth in regards to the matter of digging up the class lizard with my 2nd grade crush. That is all I'm gonna say.)


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Friday afternoon, during my receptionist duties at the PRC, I had an opportunity to babysit my friend's sweet, smiley baby while she met with a client. :-) So I wrapped up a few of my projects in the office and slipped my sunglasses on as I took Nora on our little expedition in her stroller.
We walked along a beautiful scenic river-way, discovering so much beauty. The birds were singing, the water rushed by, and the trees shadowed the beautiful plant-lined trial.
Psalm 23 came to mind... and I went over it in my mind...
The Lord is my Shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me;
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
The Lord used this time to remind me of His great faithfulness, goodness, and trustworthiness. I can put my life in His hands. He is enough. He knows what's best. Mercy and goodness are following His children every day.
And? He included a happy baby into this wonderful time of praising Him. :-) He always knows what we need and somehow sees fit to give us extra... <3
Monday, July 22, 2013
He leadeth me beside still waters...
Posted by Ana R.W. at 7:46 PM
4 comments:
- Emily S. said...
How precious! :)
- July 24, 2013 at 10:05 AM
- Jacqueline@ Deeprootsathome.com said...
Oh, Ana,
When I first saw the top photo, I knew that your heart was troubled; what a wonderful, sovereign King of kings we have! I am so glad you could just trust and hold on in faith! I love you!
- November 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM
- Ana R.W. said...
Thank you, Mrs. F!
You perceived rightly... it was a struggle, but God is so faithful!! He is working in amazing ways... =)
I love you too!
- November 2, 2013 at 10:50 AM
- Annette W. said...
This post brought back a lot of memories for me as your mom. I am loving what you are becoming in Christ. So grateful for how the Lord is using you and will continue to use you and now Caleb as well!
- March 1, 2014 at 7:10 AM
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Alice's first week home was quite a busy one! :)
Filled with new friends, a new big brother, and lots of fun activities!
With her new Aunt Janeen!
Giving Alice kisses to her two new friends Kelly and Harrison!
Big Brother Zachy
Zachy and Alice playing together.
One of the little things that amazes me about Alice is that she can sleep just about anywhere!
In the picture above she chose this nightstand over the king sized bed to lay in.
Again with the nightstand!
It's funny to watch her work her way from the middle of the bed to the nightstand.
Time to retape those ears!
This Saturday starts her first Puppy class and on Sunday she'll get to reunite with her litter mate, Byron!


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Spacecraft Down: Cassini is Gone
It's official: Cassini's mission at Saturn is over. Today, at 6:31 a.m. EDT (10:31 UTC), Cassini entered the atmosphere of Saturn. A little over a minute later it sent its final transmission back to Earth before succumbing to the physical forces of entry. That signal, Cassini's last piece of data, ended at 7:55 a.m. EDT (11:55 UTC). After over thirteen years in orbit Cassini is now a part of Saturn; its work is done.
Mission accomplished.
About 14 hours earlier Cassini transmitted its final images of Saturn to Earth. You can see some of those below: Read the rest of this entry
It's Time to Say Goodbye to Cassini
Well, the day has come. Today is the last full day that NASA's Cassini spacecraft will exist, and in fact right now it is on its final path—a grand soaring arc that will send it down into the atmosphere of Saturn itself on the morning of Friday, Sept. 15. It will be the closest to the ringed planet any spacecraft will have ever gotten, but it's a trip that Cassini will not long survive. It's the long-planned end of a glorious mission of exploration and discovery—not to mention beauty, art, and inspiration—and while Cassini itself will soon be gone, the enormous amount of data it has gathered in the twenty years since its launch will continue to drive discovery for many, many years to come.
(At least that's what we're all telling ourselves to make the loss a bit easier to bear.)
It's Cassini's Final Month.
Yes, it's true. As of today, August 15, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has less than 31 days—one full month—left in operation and, sadly, its existence. On September 15, 2017, Cassini will end its mission with a controlled dive into Saturn's atmosphere…a journey that it will not long survive. But up until the very end Cassini, which has been exploring the majestic ringed planet and its family of moons since it arrived in the summer of 2004, will be making scientific observations and sending the data back to us here on Earth—at least as long as it possibly can. That data, in fact, will still be en route across the 900 million miles of space between us and Saturn for almost an hour after the spacecraft will have succumbed to the forces of atmospheric entry.
When Cassini's final signal is received on Earth it will be a ghost message, sent from a ship that no longer exists.
This Toxic Compound on Titan Could Support Life "Not as We Know It"
Saturn's largest moon Titan is often called an analogy to early Earth, with its thick, chemical-rich atmosphere and widespread system of flowing rivers and north polar lakes. But located almost a billion miles away from the Sun, everything on Titan is shifted into a completely different—and frigid—level of existence from that found on Earth. With surface temperatures of 300 degrees below zero F, the lakes are filled with liquid methane and what's life-giving water here is literally solid rock there. Even the rain on Titan falls as oversized drops of ethane.
But even in this extreme cryo-environment it's possible that life may right now exist…life relying on an entirely different chemistry than what's possible on our planet.
Recently scientists have identified a molecule on Titan called vinyl cyanide, or acrylonitrile. To Earthly life acrylonitrile is toxic and carcinogenic; luckily for us it isn't naturally-occurring here. But on Titan it is and apparently in quantity; it's possible that vinyl cyanide, raining down from Titan's atmosphere into its vast hydrocarbon lakes, could even help form methane-based cell structures in much the same way phospholipids do here.
The molecule (C2H3CN) has the ability to form membranes and, if found in liquid pools of hydrocarbons on Titan's surface, it could form a kind of lipid-based cell membrane analog of living organisms on Earth. In other words, this molecule could stew in primordial pools of hydrocarbons and arrange itself in such a way to create a "protocell" that is "stable and flexible in liquid methane," said Jonathan Lunine (Cornell University) who, in 2015, was a member of the team who modeled vinyl cyanide and found that it might form cell membranes.
Further evidence of life "not as we know it?" Read more on Ian O'Neill's Astroengine blog here: Vinyl Cyanide Confirmed: Weird Form of Alien Life May Be Possible on Saturn's Moon Titan and in a Gizmodo article by Maddie Stone here: Potential Building Block of Alien Life Spotted in Titan's Atmosphere
A Departing View From Cassini After Clearing the Gap
Cassini did it again! On May 2-3, 2017 the spacecraft made its second "ring dive" pass of Saturn, passing through the clear space between the innermost edge of the ring system and the planet itself. The animation above shows a view from Cassini looking back toward Saturn on its outbound flight on May 3, just a few hours after the ringplane crossing. Saturn's limb is visible at upper left.
What's more, NASA has released a detailed video from the first ring dive on April 26, showing all of the images that were captured and where on Saturn Cassini's cameras were pointed. Check it out below.


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Thursday, February 17, 2011
SEO Technical / Tactics Interview Questions
Technical / Tactics
1. Give me a description of your general SEO experience.
2. Can you write HTML code by hand?
3. Could you briefly explain the PageRank algorithm?
4. How you created any SEO tools either from scratch or pieced together from others?
5. What do you think of PageRank?
6. What do you think of using XML sitemaps?
7. What are your thoughts on the direction of Web 2.0 technologies with regards to SEO?
8. What SEO tools do you regularly use?
9. Under what circumstances would you look to exclude pages from search engines using robots.txt vs meta robots tag?
10. What areas do you think are currently the most important in organically ranking a site?
11. Do you have experience in copywriting and can you provide some writing samples?
12. Have you ever had something you've written reach the front-page of Digg? Sphinn? Or be Stumbled?
13. Explain to me what META tags matter in today's world.
14. Explain various steps that you would take to optimize a website?
15. If the company whose site you've been working for has decided to move all of its content to a new domain, what steps would you take?
16. Rate from 1 to 10, tell me the most important "on page" elements
17. Review the code of past clients/company websites where SEO was performed.
18. What do you think about link buying?
19. What is Latent Semantic Analysis (LSI Indexing)?
20. What is Phrase Based Indexing and Retrieval and what roles does it play?
21. What is the difference between SEO and SEM?
22. What kind of strategies do you normally implement for back links?
23. What role does social media play in an SEO strategy?
24. What things wouldn't you to do increase rankings because the risk of penalty is too high?
25. What's the difference between PageRank and Toolbar PageRank?
26. Why might you want to use nofollow on an internal link?
I hope it will help you & you all will like it, Soon I will come with SEO Analysis Interview Questions, Keep reading..
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6 comments:
- Archna said...
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- April 7, 2011 at 1:13 AM
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- April 20, 2011 at 5:22 AM
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At one time or another, we all hold on to anger, disappointment, hurt or resentment. Sometimes we befriend what we cling to, even if it sours our mood, relationships and perspective. Letting go what we cling to can be very difficult but it's often just the healing we need. The Lord is always there to help us let go what sours our spirit and to let the healing in...
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My mother-in-law gives Jamie & I a new cookbook (or three) every year during beach week as our anniversary gift. I hate purchasing cookbooks when I know I can usually get the recipe for free online, but their is something so nice about having a book with pictures to follow out in front of you as you cook. She purchased Weeknight Fresh & Fast (Williams-Sonoma): Simple, Healthy Meals for Every Night of the Week for us this year. LOVE IT! It has a meal for every week of the year and divides the recipes into Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
I tried a fall dish last night because I am over these 100 degree days. The Moroccan Baked Chicken has a little kick to it but O gobbled it all up!


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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Useful Goodies for Girl's Best Friend Pullover
This is such a simple, fun, satisfying knit! And you get to use some cool tricks of the trade.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Useful Goodies for Declan Baby Pullover
Declan is super-sweet, super-fast, super-seamless, and super-stashbusting! Baby not included. Here are some clever tricks and goodies to make your super baby pullover extra super!
Neaten Bind Off in the Round
I love this trick! As you know, when you knit in the round, you are really working a spiral, so there is always an annoying "step" where you leave off. Not anymore! Check out this nifty trick:
3 Needle Bind Off
No, I wasn't lying. It really is seamless! But you use a technique just like the 3 Needle Bind-Off, minus the binding off part, to connect the base of the neck with a little cross-over. Here is a video tutorial:
And here is a written one: 3 Needle Bind Off
Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off
This is my preferred stretchy bind off. Perfect for baby sleeves!
Backward Loop Cast On
This is my favorite technique for adding a few under-arm stitches when knitting a top-down raglan. This tutorial has it all: written and video!
Did I leave something out? Nudge me in the comments!
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OK I haven't posted in a long time.
What can I say I have been busy. Since the last time I have run the St Louis Half Marathon, completed 4 weeks of physical therapy, bought a new road bike, ran the Berryman Marathon, went on an epic mountain biking adventure at Lost Valley in the mud, and now I am sick. All that and race season has barely even started. It is going to be a good season.
My "A" race for the year is the Woodriver Tri if I can shave 10 minutes off my time from last year I will be in good shape to win my age group. The question is are there 10 minutes to shave?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Saturday, August 13, 2016
Bee On My Tongue
the devil in my eye,
and an angel on my shoulder.
I am a red leaf on a white breeze.
I am the woman who can be counted on
not to do what you have told her.
Still, hold me.
Fuck me if you want.
I'll be waiting for the moment when I speak of my desire.
As a girl, I went to school
and church as I was bidden.
I learned a lot on empty pews in the dark long after choir.
hold me. Wrap me up and say I'm home.
I'll press my lips so silent-grateful to your ear.
On my tongue, a hidden bee;
queen of sweetness, queen of sting--
feel my fingers in your hair. Hear and shiver. Show no fear.
for Magaly's mini-challenge at Real Toads. Obviously, I wrote about bee #3.
15 comments:
- brudberg said...
It does sting... Yes that's a bee to be
- August 13, 2016 at 5:44 PM
- hedgewitch said...
Second stanza is my favorite--and the sweetness before the sting is sometimes worth it--depending on the situation. I am picturing a silent, empty church for some reason, with a bee buzzing against the window now..our yesterdays look so different through the windows of our tomorrow, and the girls (or bees)we were never seemed to find that clover meadow, did they?
- August 13, 2016 at 6:04 PM
- patchouli moonflower said...
I need directions to your bed, please.
- August 13, 2016 at 7:10 PM
- Sherry Blue Sky said...
"Wrap me up and say I'm home"...been waiting for that my whole entire life.
- August 13, 2016 at 8:42 PM
- Outlawyer said...
A super clever response to the prompt; the enjambment is especially wonderful here, always full of surprises and renewed poetry. Thanks, Shay. k.
- August 13, 2016 at 9:08 PM
- Magaly Guerrero said...
If I grinned any bigger, my face might suffer permanent damage. Love this bee. We should all do what we love. And like doing it, too.
- August 14, 2016 at 12:18 AM
- Rommy said...
I think you worked all three bees into this one, a queen who is unafraid to be unconventional and willing to work a bit for what she wants. I love how strong this poem is.
- August 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM
- Fireblossom said...
Why thank you, Rommy. :-)
- August 14, 2016 at 10:47 AM
Your bee knows who she is, and doesn't care who knows it - I love that!
- August 14, 2016 at 12:13 PM
- Sioux said...
"Wrap me up and say I'm home" is such a sweet line.
I STILL wonder how you do this every day. Amazing.
- August 14, 2016 at 2:01 PM
- Susie Clevenger said...
Oh my, thank goodness I am sitting under a ceiling fan. This is steamy good!
- August 15, 2016 at 6:05 PM
- Mama Zen said...
"I'll be waiting for the moment when I speak of my desire."
Can you handle it when I do? Can you handle the truth of me? That's what I read.
- August 15, 2016 at 11:33 PM
- Fireblossom said...
Thank you, MZ. Thank you for totally getting it.
- August 16, 2016 at 6:12 AM
- Lynn said...
I had to go read about the three bees - I love your take on bee #3.
- August 16, 2016 at 12:29 PM
- Helen said...
Pure golden awesomeness! Whew.
- August 16, 2016 at 6:17 PM


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Micah has that love affair with Sheetz. I have come to realize that he especially likes the touch screen ordering kiosks because he can navigate that independently to get what he wants rather than relying on us to translate to a waitress. That is beginning to irk him, and he needs to just start carrying his Voice with him so that he doesn't have to rely on us. He's not a fan of carrying the Voice anywhere besides school, so we'll have to work on changing that.
We were at McDonalds the other day for ice cream and Micah had his own money to spend, courtesy of Grandma's Easter basket. With his own money, he wanted to do his own ordering, and it wasn't ice cream. He ordered a chicken sandwich and fries. When he says "chicken" it sounds like "she-k." We know what he means, but to the general public it sounds like gibberish. Or "milkshake," which is what the cashier though he said. That cashier got tons of brownie points that day. First of all, he listened to Micah and tried to translate on his own rather than looking over Micah's head and asking us what the strange-sounding boy wanted to order. I had to clarify that Micah wanted a chicken sandwich, and Micah got all sorts of mad at me for intruding on his independence. The cashier also got bonus points for then realizing that Micah wanted to do things all by himself and looked at Micah and said, "that'll be $3.59." That small boy of mine was incredibly proud to hand over his fistful of dollars and pay for it all by himself.
It was about that time that I realized that Micah needed a Sheetz gift card in his Easter basket. Not only could he order by himself there, but he could pay for it as well.
So we were at Sheetz last night after soccer because I promised Micah that if he went out and finished practice after coming to sit in the bleachers with me mid-way through the hour that I'd take him for a pop at Sheetz. He requested a hot dog as well, which I originally nixed and then remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner before we left and it was nearing bedtime, so spending an extra $1 for 2 hot dogs would be in my best interest. But I was adamant that he wasn't spending an extra 80 cents for bacon on his hot dogs. He will, you know, if you don't watch him with those touch screens. And sure enough, he added bacon. Thankfully they have a "back" button, which I pushed, and I deleted the bacon right off his hot dogs. Knowing that *that* was taken care of, I went to my own touch screen kiosk and ordered a smoothie.
I paid for our things, I got my custom made smoothie, Luke got his hot dogs, and we waited for Micah's. And we waited. And we waited some more. And that's when I looked at my receipt because I was wondering why my bill was so high for two sets of $1 hot dogs and drinks. That stinker of a son of mine ordered a fry platter with his hot dogs because I nixed his bacon.
He will be losing his independence in the touch-screen kiosk rights in the near future, that boy will.
And then, to suck up, he gave those fries to daddy when he got home just to show me that he only thinks of others and not himself. Unfortunate for him, I'm not that easily duped. That boy.


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The VHA's "Simulation Learning, Education, and Research Network" (SimLEARN), program used for healthcare training is involved in new efforts to improve training. The simulation program is developing a national simulation center, establishing the IT infrastructure, and collaborating with DOD, academic affiliates, and other non-VHA entities to advance mutual interests in simulation.
According to an article appearing in the summer 2012 SimLEARN newsletter, Jeffrey Cluver, M.D, Staff Psychiatrist at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical is finding ways to use simulation training to treat veterans who have delirium.
When the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opened their state-of-the-art simulation center, a call went out to develop a module to treat delirium. Students are working to treat the simulated patient that they call "SimMan" who acts incoherent and sometimes shouts abrasively or even sometimes acts somewhat normal. So far, several modules have been developed using "SimMan" to treat the causes for delirium.
To add realism, "SimMan" will become agitated if not treated appropriately. Additionally, if the students do not manage the case effectively "SimMan" may have a seizure, develop an arrhythmia, or become unresponsive. So far, the students using the simulated patient have said they feel more confident in their ability to recognize and treat delirium.
In another effort to improve the simulation experience, the Boise VA Medical Center (BVAMC) was looking for a way to enhance and increase realism in-situ simulation experiences. They simulated monitoring babies in the hospital units during mock code using wireless transmitters for voice but found there still wasn't an acceptable way to hear or see what was happening in the room without physically being at the bedside.
Some facilities have tried using standard operating baby monitors during simulation so that the mannequin operator could hear what was happening and respond appropriately. The simulation education team however, decided to use a color video and audio baby monitor instead which makes it possible to see as well as hear what is happening in real-time during the simulation.
Since both the mannequin and the baby monitor were wireless, the operator was able to control the simulation and respond to the learner's actions from two rooms away. Being able to remotely run in-situ scenarios without an immediate physical presence at the bedside opens up many options and increases the realism of training without incurring a big price tag.
Additional benefits to using this particular baby monitor is the ability to see in the dark since using infrared light allows for continuous monitoring during power outages and has the ability to record and capture images and sounds from the monitor onto an attached computer.
Also, VHA is addressing the simulation needs of women veterans by training thousands of VHA providers in women's health care partly by using state-of-the-art simulation equipment. The simulator is a tactually accurate breast model placed on a pressure-sensitive tablet. The simulator gives trainees feedback on proper palpation methods and how to examine the breast in a thorough systematic manner. Women's Health in partnership with SimLEARN has purchased MammaCare® Clinical Breast Exam Simulators for all of the VHA's 21 VISNs.


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"Let me just say this: living as we do, in a time when some in the political arena do not hesitate before throwing the most serious of allegations at our men and women in uniform, based on the most flimsy of evidence, remember that Canadians from coast to coast to coast are proud of you and stand behind you, and I am proud of you, and I stand beside you."-PM Stephen Harper
Red Cross rebukes diplomat over Afghan torture allegations
The opposition MP's, MSM, pushed hysteria over H1N1 and have repeated their smears trying to score cheap shots against the government and have smeared three retired generals, an ambassador. Now the Red Cross backs up the Canadian Government narrative.
"This has not happened in Afghanistan because we have a constructive dialogue with all the relevant parties, including Canada. This constructive relationship is not one-sided. It is as good with ISAF-Eloi Fillion, deputy director of the International Committee of the Red Crossin Afghanistan, where it has a staff of 120 foreigners and 1,500 locals.
Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan says he's confident the current Canadian process for holding and transferring detainees has enough checks and balances to ensure they are treated properly by Afghan authorities.
Is the Golden Temple all real gold, asked Canadian PM
Alhuwalia, who moved to Canada more than 25 years ago, said, "There were thousands and thousands of people to see the Canadian prime minister. Seeing this welcome in my hometown, I told his executive assistant (Jeremy Hunt) that the PM is more popular here than the fifth Beatle. There was so much response and energy.''And this overwhelming welcome for the Canadian prime minister in Amritsar was reported back as "chaos' by the Canadian journalists accompanying Harper.
"From the viewpoint of the Canadian media, it was chaos, but it was excitement and energy generated by the prime minister's visit,'' added another entourage member and biggest Indo-Canadian landlord Bob Dhillon.
"When the PM came to the Golden Temple, he was treated like a rock star. There were 100,000 people and the energy was overwhelming. The amount of respect the prime minister got there surpassed anything I have seen in my whole life,'' the self-made multi-millionaire said.


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NEW YORK --The "Five Borough Tasting" highlights urban farming on rooftops throughout the city.
It's part of the "our global kitchen" exhibition, designed to offer a comprehensive look at food from the perspective of the environment, food supply, and culture.
Wednesday's exhibit is Bronx- centric and will focus on how to find edible foods in the wild.
The exhibit runs through Friday, with each day focusing on a different borough.


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With all the hub bub these days surrounding social media/social media marketing. Is it a good idea to test your new hires knowledge of your social ecosystem and social media in general?
I would say yes, it is a great idea to test your new team members knowledge. When you bring on a new employee it is imperative that you do a formative assessment to fully understand where they are at in their social evolution. You must know where they are starting to fully understand what areas you need to help them grow. This growth should also reflect positively on the company and its social initiatives as they are expanding your presence online.
In regard to the test, I would not get to hung up on creating a formal test. You are not looking to scare people off by telling them to bring a number 2 pencil and a scantron on their first day. Look at this test as more of an interaction you will have with a new employee. Ideally, I think you create a series of 10 questions that you can interject during the course of a conversation/meeting.
Possible Questions:
– In what ways do you see social media impacting our communication/business goals and objectives? What areas do you think we can improve?
– What value would creating a Facebook page bring to our organization?
– What tools do you see as up and coming that we could use to further our social presence?
– Based on your knowledge of our company, rate what social channels would be most useful (Facebook, Twitter, Quora, Blog, LinkedIn Group, etc…)
– What are the top blogs in our industry?
These are just a couple examples, however keep in mind that you will have to customize to your organization. When putting something like this together make sure to have a very open view of the potential benefits. By creating an open dialogue, you will not only learn more about your newest team member, but you also may get a little knowledge yourself.
This is also a fantastic opportunity to review your social media policy in depth with your new team member. At the end of the day it is your brand, your company, your reputation on the line (to a degree) so go ahead and make sure you are all on the same page. Obviously, we are all familiar with some of the recent "Twitter Meltdowns", but if not check out the latest from a Marc Jacobs intern (Twitter meltdown: Marc Jacobs account goes rogue).
As you can see this is really not a true "test", but more a conversation you will have with a new hire or even a potential new hire.
I would love to get feedback on what you all think about testing your new hires social media knowledge. Add more questions to this that you feel would be useful and I will update the post with the new info.


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July 17, 2010
Sunday Linky
Thank you for stopping by my blog. While you are here, be sure to check out and enter my current giveaways.
When you submit your giveaway links, please follow this format: Name, Giveaway Prize, End Date
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- OutnumberedMama said...
Thanks so much for the Linky! If you have a giveaway, you can add it to my giveaway Linky - Updated every Friday! THE BUSY WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING MOTHERHOOD
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- July 17, 2010 at 10:01 PM
- Natalie A. said...
Thanks for your Linky!!
- July 17, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- Jodi said...
Thanks for the linky!
- July 17, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- HSUper Parents said...
Thanks for the linky! Feel free to link up your giveaways on my blog every Friday.
- July 17, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- Beth said...
Thanks for posting!
- July 17, 2010 at 11:55 PM
- blueviolet said...
Thanks for the linky! Mine's on homepage if you wanna link!
- July 18, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- Pricilla said...
Thanks for the linky. I host one on Mondays at www.brokenteepee.blogspot.com
- July 18, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Christy said...
thanks for the linky...stop by and link up on Thursdays with us...
- July 18, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Sarah Hull said...
Thanks for the linky!
- July 18, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Busy Working Mama said...
Thanks and have a great week!
- July 18, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- hannah said...
Thanks for the linky!
- July 19, 2010 at 9:36 PM
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Write a Business Plan
American industry research utilizes the North American Industrial Classification System [NAICS ] to identify specific industry sectors for various types of business. Find the appropriate NAICS code for your business, then use it as the key to uncover data about your industry.
Pierce County Library Business Planning Books
Useful business plan books for you to place holds on and check out from our libraries.
Business Plan Handbooks – online e-books
Online access to a collection of handbooks of business plan examples, tailored to specific types of businesses, plus other business reference materials online. (Requires valid library card.)
Write a Business Plan – U.S. Small Business Administration
Information to help you with your plan, to encourage loans, promote growth, and provide a map for you to follow.
See also Events section for any upcoming local Business Fairs offering seminars.


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For a man who is almost always described as shy and reserved, Richard Armitage has a witty, wacky, wild and wonderful sense of humor.
He is very funny, often in unexpected ways and unplanned moments. His humor is "of the moment" in response to what he's been asked or what he observes happening around him. He sneaks it in at a surprising moment and then often is back to being thoughtful and serious. You could describe it as a dry sense of humor. I think that's why fans sometimes miss the fact that he's joking.
But if you observe Richard Armitage well you can sometimes tell the funny moment is coming by the twinkle in his eyes, or the slightly naughty look and smile on his face.
What a gift to all his fans that this Adonis of a man has a "Woody Allen-ish" comic mind.
So in the belief that it is even more fun to see and hear some of these moments all together, I've made the video below for FanstRA4: