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Xi'an Jiaotong University
西安交通大学 Xī'ān jiāotōng dàxué, also known colloquially as 西交大 Xījiāodà
Xi'an Jiaotong University's roots can be traced back to 1896, when Nanyang Public University was founded in Shanghai. Nanyang became Jiaotong in the 1920s, and in 1955 Jiaotong was split into two parts, one remaining in Shanghai (becoming the present-day Shanghai Jiaotong University), and the other established in Xi'an, in the west of China, to promote education in more remote areas and also to avoid possible bombings from the US Air Force and KMT in Taiwan.
As one of the oldest and most famous universities in China, Xi'an Jiaotong is one of the nine universities in the elite C9 league of Chinese institutions. Based on the Ministry of Education's academic assessment rankings, Xi'an Jiaotong is the top-ranked Chinese university in the disciplines of management science, business administration and power engineering.
In 2006, Xi'an Jiaotong, in partnership with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, opened a joint university in Suzhou (East China), the Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, an independent institution in its own right and the first Sino-British university to be approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education.
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Xi'an Jiaotong is one of China's top nine universities. It is a great school set in a city that is often referred to as the birthplace of China, and the country's historic centre. Students who have spent time in Xi'an often remark that living there you really get a sense of the history of China and where the country comes from. Xi'an is still relatively raw when compared to Beijing or Shanghai, so in many senses it is a more authentic Chinese experience, whilst still being a big city. You'll still be able to find creature comforts that you miss from home, with Western restaurants, supermarkets and department stores aplenty, but you'll never escape that you are studying and living in an ancient centre that still retains its original city walls, and is located a short distance from the world-famous Terracotta Army. For those who are looking to delve deep into Chinese history and culture (the best way to learn Chinese), Xi'an Jiaotong is the ideal choice. Find out more about what it's like to live and study in Xi'an...
What is included in your Chinese language program?
CSA's bottom line goal is to make sure your stay in China goes smoothly. We're there for you as much or as little as needed! As a CSA student, in addition to your course tuition, you'll also receive:
What is the cost of this program, and when can I start?!
Whether you want to study in China for an academic year, a semester, over the wintertime or in summer, there is a China Study Abroad program for you in Xi'an. Be sure to follow the link below to find out more information on the Xi'an Jiaotong University Chinese language program that is right for you. We look forward to welcoming you to Xian soon!
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Course Descriptions
Short Term Chinese Language Program:
1. Duration: 1-3 Months.
2. Curriculum:
Compulsory courses---Comprehensive Chinese, spoken Chinese, Chinese listening.
Elective courses---Chinese history and culture, Tai Chi, Calligraphy, etc.
3. Class Duration: 20 credit hours/week.
4. Class: Elementary Chinese language, intermediate Chinese language, and advanced Chinese language.
5. Language and Cultural Practice: Field trips are organized for short-term Chinese language students to historical places around the city. These are targeted at providing them with opportunities to practice Chinese language and learn about Chinese culture.
Long Term Chinese Language Program:
1. Duration: One semester or longer
2. Curriculum:
Compulsory courses---Intensive reading, listening, speaking, writing, and extensive reading.
Electives courses--- HSK examination counseling, pronunciation, Tai Chi, Chinese cooking, Calligraphy, Chinese history, etc.
3. Class Duration: 20 credit hours/week.
4. Class: Elementary Chinese language, intermediate Chinese language, and advanced Chinese language.
5. Language and Cultural Practice: Field trips are organized for long-term Chinese language students to places in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guangxi, Henan, Ningxia, and Hunan. These are targeted at providing them with ample opportunities to practice Chinese language and learn about Chinese culture. Students visit multiple cities around China in the process of historical sightseeing, and explore the multi-ethnic background of Chinese society, which helps to improve their communicative abilities.
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Yesterday I was shopping at the supermarket; and as I came down the aisle towards the checkout my ears were assaulted with the noise that makes all mother's blood run cold!
Yes it was the distressed crying of a very young baby!
The mum was obviously making her first trip to the supermarket after she came home from hospital, a mammoth shop to feed the family for a few weeks.
The crying got louder and louder and seemed to go on forever. The poor baby was strapped into the shopping trolley, and the mum was busy at the checkout and obviously upset that she wouldn't be able to attend to her child for some time.
I suddenly had an idea, absent Reiki might help! I quickly set it up mentally as I stood in the queue, and within five seconds the baby gurgled contentedly and stopped crying.
All the women in the grocery lines including me visibly relaxed.
Thank you Reiki!

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OPI DS Mystery
This morning I would like to submit for your perusal OPI Designer Series Mystery. I lemming'd this polish for a long time and was tickled to finally get it. And, while it is lovely I feel a little let down by it. I don't think that it isn't gorgeous stuff, it is. But I was expecting Designer Series gorgeous and in my opinion, this polish, like so many of the newer DS polishes isn't living up to the name, to the reputation that OPI Designer Series has built over the years.
OPI DS Mystery is a deep, highly pigmented royal purple jelly packed with gold, multichromatic glitter. Glitter that in the bottle has an interesting multichrome shift from gold to bronze to green but doesn't really show on the nail. On the nail, the glitter does shift to bronze but I miss the green. It shows occasional blue flashes in direct sun on the nail but doesn't show the blue flash in the bottle or under an OttLight. This polish looks nearly black, only showing the beautiful, rich purple it is under very intense light. I applied two coats and topped this with Revlon Quick Dry top coat.
These photographs are clickable, of course and taken under my OttLight in my lightbox.
OPI DS Mystery is a lovely formula. Smooth, silky and squishy, it applies like a dream, flowing off that fab Pro Wide brush and sitting it's self right down where it is placed. It doesn't run or pool or flood the cuticles. I needed not much cleanup whil applying this polish. Dry time was really decent. Sadly, I chipped this mani pretty badly when I was scrubbing my bathroom, yesterday morning. I don't blame the polish... When I clean, I go all out, rarely giving a thought to my nails. lol I have no complaints about this lovely stuff, I really don't.
I do question this being a Designer Series polish, tho. While this is unquestioningly beautiful, is it Designer Series beautiful? Is it worth the Designer Series price? In my opinion, no. To me, Designer Series is a cut above, special, unique and coveted and I just don't get or feel that from DS Mystery. I don't regret buying this polish but I wouldn't purchase it, again. And I doubt that I will buy the newest crop of Designer Series polishes unless I find them at a very low price.
I really wish that OPI would return their Designer Series to the days of yore; when the colours were rich and the shimmer was diamond dust... Holographic and sparkling and special. For those, I would gladly pay the Designer Series price. But for glitter in a jelly? Heck, I can find those, just as pretty, might I add, for two dollars a bottle on the Sinful Colors shelf at my local Walgreen's. Time to step it back up, OPI. Dazzle us, overwhelm us with the brilliance of which we all know you are capable.
Do you own this pretty polish? How do you feel about it? Please do share your impressions.
Thank you so much for stopping by and hanging out a little. Have yourself a great day and may your polish never bubble.
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I agree with you about this. Pretty, but not up to DS snuff. Come on, OPI!ReplyDelete
agreed. I have DS Mystery as well, and it stopped short of amazing for me. It needed something more.ReplyDelete
I like this DS much better than the current OPI offering. And I am of the mind that the DS series should just be holo-y. The more holo, the better. I do not own this DS, and honestly, I have a Sinful Colors that is similar that I like better (and besides, it was 2 bucks!). LOLReplyDelete
Mystery is a name well-chosen, looks great!ReplyDelete
*sighs* I wish I could get my nails on this polish or something similar to it. Its so pretty. I love it on you! :)ReplyDelete
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Overheard on Set: The Pre-Production Meeting
The pre-production meeting is a chance for all the department heads to get together with the producers and discuss what are likely to be the challenges and requirements for a particular episode. Generally lead by the 1st AD, the script will be broken down scene by scene and each one analysed for potential questions or difficulties. For example has the location be confirmed? Are there enough of a certain type of costume for the numbers in a scene, and will our cast need any training for a particular sequence. On a show like Game of Thrones, that tends to lead to some rather unusual conversations.
"We're going to be killing the stuntmen 3 times each at least, so we'll need to look at beards and hair."
"They do say an owl is twice as hard to do as the eagle, and you know what that was like."
"There is no silent wind, only noise wind."
"We can't tube the silent wind across?"


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Spring is definitely here and it feels great. I'm welcoming new spring vegetables into my kitchen while still trying to savor the end-of-season citrus that I love so much. I'm ready to grill some fava beans and I've been eating pea shoots straight out of the fridge while I figure out what to make for dinner.
The funny thing about living in San Francisco is that the changing seasons are indicated more strongly by the changing fruits and vegetables at the market than they are by the changing weather. Although I will say, we just had an 80 degree day in the city over the weekend and it was fabulous. I actually got to wear shorts, which I was supremely happy about until I realized how much my legs are lacking in the tan department these days. Being from Texas, I still haven't gotten used to this year-round pants thing.
The artichokes at the market looked beautiful. Baby artichokes, unlike the larger globe artichokes, have no hairy choke in the center are pretty much entirely edible. You just gotta pull off some of the tough outer leaves, trim the top third off, and then do whatever you want with them (steam, sauté, boil, roast, or enjoy them raw). We roasted ours with olive oil, Meyer lemon, and thyme, and then tossed them with some homemade linguine - they turned out wonderfully.
If you don't have a pasta machine or just don't feel like making pasta from scratch, just use a pound of whatever dried pasta you like. The sauce here is a variation on one of our usual pasta sauces (roasted grape or cherry tomatoes, onions, and dry vermouth) and comes together pretty quickly. We added some wild arugula for some freshness and the peppery greens went perfectly with the lemony artichokes.
Of course, the roasted baby artichokes are delicious on their own and I fully support just sitting down with a big plate of these little guys and getting your hands dirty.
LINGUINE WITH ROASTED BABY ARTICHOKES, LEMON, AND THYME (pasta dough recipe adapted slightly from Mario Batali's Basic Pasta Dough)
For the pasta:
- 3 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 4 whole eggs plus 1 egg yolk (room temp. eggs are preferable)
- ½ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
For everything else:
- 10-12 baby artichokes
- juice from 5-6 small Meyer lemons or 3 large regular lemons
- 1 heaping handful fresh thyme
- 2 cups arugula
- 1 28 oz. can whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes
- 2 pints grape tomatoes
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 cup dry vermouth
- 5-6 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon chile powder
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ cup parmesan plus extra for serving
- olive oil
- fine sea salt and pepper
First, get the pasta started. Mound 3 1/2 cups of the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the eggs and olive oil. Using a fork, beat together the eggs and oil and begin to incorporate the flour, starting with the inner rim of the well. As you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up from the base of the mound to retain the well shape.
The dough will come together when half of the flour is incorporated. At this point, start kneading the dough with both hands, using the palms of your hands.
Once there is a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up and discard any leftover bits. Lightly reflour the board and continue kneading for 6 more minutes. The dough should be elastic and a little sticky.
Wrap the dough in plastic and allow to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
Roll the dough out and shape as desired. We used our pasta machine to cut the dough into linguine.
When you are ready to eat (i.e., when your sauce is ready), place the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water, and cook until al dente. Fresh pasta is usually done when the water returns to a boil. Drain the pasta but make sure to reserve at least 2-3 cups of the pasta water for the sauce.
While the pasta dough is resting, prepare the artichokes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with foil. Peel the tough outer leaves off from the artichoke and trim the stems. Using a paring knife or vegetable peeler, remove the tough outer layer from the stem. Cut off the top third of the artichoke, and then cut the artichoke in half. Place the two halves in a bowl of ice water with lemon juice to keep the artichokes from turning brown while you prepare the rest.
When the artichokes are ready, take them out of the lemon water bath, dry them with a kitchen towel, and place them on the foiled baking sheet. Squirt the juice of about three small lemons over the artichokes, and then drizzle enough olive oil to coat. Season generously with salt and freshly ground pepper, and then scatter about a third of the fresh thyme sprigs over the artichokes. Bake in the 400 degree oven until tender (cooking times will vary – ours took about 30 minutes). When done, take out the oven and let cool for a few minutes. When cool enough to handle, slice the artichokes into wedges.
While the artichokes are roasting, place the grape tomatoes in a baking or casserole dish and coat with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add 3 smashed garlic cloves and a few thyme sprigs. Roast in the oven with the artichokes for about 20-30 minutes. When done, remove them from the oven and set aside.
Heat ¼ cup of olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium until hot. When hot, add the diced onion, along with salt, pepper, dried oregano, and chile powder. Sauté until onions are translucent. Add 2-3 minced garlic cloves and sauté 2-3 minutes more. Turn up the heat to medium-high and add the dry vermouth. Let that sizzle for about 5 minutes, and then add the canned tomatoes and roasted grape tomatoes to the pot, breaking up the whole tomatoes a bit with a wooden spoon. Add the juice from two small lemons along with the shredded parmesan and another third of the fresh thyme, stirring everything to combine.
Just before the pasta noodles are ready, stir the arugula into the tomato sauce. Then add the pasta noodles along with 1 cup of reserved pasta water. Stir everything to really coat the noodles with sauce – I usually spend a solid three minutes just getting the noodles and sauce to make proper friends. If needed, add more pasta water until you get the right sauce consistency. Pasta water is your friend.
Add about ½ of the artichokes to the pasta and gently toss until incorporated. Taste for seasonings.
Serve the pasta in large shallow bowls or plates. Place a few artichoke wedges on top of each pasta plate. Top with freshly grated parmesan, lemon zest, and the rest of the fresh thyme. As usual, this dish is best served with a loaf of good crusty bread.


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Moles build a series of tunnels over several levels and a clear understanding of this is needed to have any chance or eradicating them. They can quickly establish themselves and create their complex burrow systems, as they can tunnel at an estimated four metres per hour using their spade-like forepaws.
Moles find food (e.g. earthworms) using an advanced sense of smell and touch. They are an obvious problem where clear, flat, grass surfaces are required such as lawns, golf course greens and fairways, formal and domestic gardens, bowling greens, racecourses, cricket pitches and the like. Moles damage young plants and can also be a serious problem for farmers, bringing machine-damaging stones to the surface and damaging young crops by working under their roots.
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A letter will be sent to all pupils outlining the details of the new school uniform for session 2015-2016. Click the link below to view the letter.


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Weird today. Without taking my planned rest periods of 30 seconds, it actually took me 10 seconds longer to complete. I did take a few seconds to catch my breath after 10 reps but not for a set amount of time, but also no longer than 30 seconds (except after 50 reps when I took 40 seconds as opposed to 1 minute) I must have been moving slower – perhaps because I didn't take a full 30 seconds of rest? Or perhaps my body was tired after yesterday's burpees plus the Crossfit workout, which also contained 80 burpees.
Anyway, I have a time to improve upon. My first goal is to get below 12 minutes. It didn't feel as tough today though. The only thing that really bothered me was the amount of sweat pouring into my eyes. Tomorrow I will definitely make use of the numerous headbands I own for working out.
Here is the pic for day 3
I've also been tracking what I eat this week to get a general idea of how many calories and macronutrients I'm getting. I don't think we should count calories and believe as many in the paleo community do, that we should just eat when we are hungry and don't when we are not. However, I'm curious to see what I'm putting into my body so decided to track for next 30 days.
I have struggled for a little while staying on track with my paleo lifestyle. I switched to a paleo diet about 3 years ago, threw in some rounds of whole30 too and to date I've lost over 100lbs since I decided to just eat real food!
A couple of weeks ago I decided to just relax my eating and just eat what I wanted for a day or two. My friend and I are both working hard towards our goals and both decided to have that weekend "off". Only that weekend turned into almost two weeks for me.
It wasn't constant bad for me food, but enough to make me feel disgusting. I also had a very testing two weeks in my personal life and found comfort in my food – something I haven't done for a long time. I was at a low point energy wise, emotionally drained and just felt disconnected with everything. Except food, obviously.
Anyway, I got right in my head and in my soul – let me just say at this point, meditation is an amazing tool and I've realized I should do it consistently, but more about that in another post! – so I'm feeling much more like myself and able to properly focus on my food choices.
It is so much easier for me when I'm feeling more balanced. I have had many temptations but have stood strong and I feel so much better already. I also have been making sure I get enough sleep. I noticed I was getting on with just 5hrs a night the last couple of weeks which is pretty bad. I always aim to have at least 8, and even have a nap if I can ha!
I will share my findings with regards to calories and macros in the future once I get a good picture of what is going down. Although it's a bit of a pain in the arse to track everything it also adds that little thought of "am I actually hungry or just bored/tired/thirsty?" so in turn it's allowing me to better focus on my body's signals too.
Well, that's it for today. Now I'm off to remind my kiddo about his 30 burpees 🙂 muahahahahahaaaa


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Training will Increase your Business Success!
The competitive marketplace asks businesses and organizations to attend to their members', employees', and clients' needs. Communication skills are essential to allow for the give-and-take that helps needs get met. In addition to sharing the Compassionate Communication Model with organizations, I offer a range of other trainings to support business success!
What are specific topics that I like to share?
"Communicating with Heart in the Office" — Communication Skills Training
- Sharing the Compassionate Communication Model
- Valuing the Process and the Product
- Delivering a difficult message
- Hearing the needs underneath the words
- Giving and receiving feedback effectively
"Collaboration: The Wave of the Present" — Supporting cooperation in the office
- Focusing Your Personal Power
- Two intentions: Domination v. Partnership
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator®
- Power Games – kinesthetic experience of partnership/cooperation and domination forms of using power
"Red-light, Green-light De-escalation Training" — Staff learns how to de-escalate themselves so they can de-escalate customers.
"Building Community in the Workplace" – Strengthening work teams
- Improv Games
- Myers Briggs Type Indicator®
- Power Games
- Community-Building
- Ice Breakers
"Leadership is an Art" — Leadership Training
- Leadership that Empowers
- Getting buy-in: Requests v. Demands
- Sharing concerns in ways that can be heard
- The power of Gratitude
- Mediating Conflicts
"Conflict is not a Four-letter Word!" — Learning to Grow through Conflict
- Reality of Conflict
- How you frame it determines its impact
- 5 steps to growing from conflict
- Mediation and Mediation Skills
"Participatory Strategic Planning" – Strategic Planning that involves all Stakeholders in the process
- Plan with your staff
- Experiential/Practical/Involving all
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- Meeting Facilitation and Facilitation-skills training
- How making clear, present requests will help meeting move forward
- How to avoid "raw meat" at your meetings
- Developing Minutes, Agendas, Follow-up structures
"Don't 'Reply to All' Unless…" — Using Email Effectively
- Email – a Reptilian Tool in a Limbic World
- Ways to prevent misunderstanding
- Rules to guide effective email use
"Google Drive Rocks" — Using the Google Suite to get work done
- Organizing the Drive
- Creating Docs, Sheets, and Forms
- Sharing files
Trainings tailored to your specific issues to help your business get work done effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably!


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Monday's lunchtime rally outside the City Government Center featured a lot of hard opinions about Mayor Linda Thompson.
The crowd against Thompson — mostly white, split between city and suburban residents, angry about the mayor's substance and style — wanted her to resign on the spot. Those openly backing her — about a dozen, all black — were full-throated in their support.
Many in the crowd had an issue: gay rights, the separation of church and state, racism, reverse racism, property values.
The Patriot-News went into Harrisburg neighborhoods Friday to speak with residents — some who voted for Thompson, some who didn't — and found opinions tended to be softer.
Few were thrilled with Thompson's first year in office, but few demanded she step down. They were concerned about turnover in her Cabinet and arguments with City Council, but they said Thompson wasn't the only person at fault.
They said it was a time for hard work and cooperation, not rallies.
An informal survey of the 10th Ward, 2nd Precinct — an area that favored Thompson over former Mayor Stephen R. Reed by 5-to-1 in the 2009 Democratic primary — returned a recurring theme:
Thompson, the city's first black mayor, inherited a bad situation and should be given more time to turn it around. But she also should be more open and engaged with the public, and less combative.
Brenda Everett was fairly typical of those interviewed in this area between Fifth and Seventh streets, Maclay and Seneca streets, a mostly black precinct.
"She came into a mess," said Everett, who voted for Thompson. The city had "spent money so poorly. To say she should come in here in one year and just change it up is impossible."
Steve McCoy, a barber, agreed that any sort of change in the city finances or makeup would take time. But, he said, Thompson needs to be more vocal and more visible.
He said it seems Thompson steps forward only to bicker with political opponents. She should be trying to bring leaders together and listening to the people more.
He was disappointed that,
, Thompson called City Controller Dan Miller "that evil, little homosexual man" in private meetings. Thompson did not deny the comment but said she is committed to diversity.
"If she said those things about Dan Miller, she needs to be accountable for it," McCoy said. "Of course, you can't say things like that about anybody. That's not what the city of Harrisburg needs to hear right now."
Not everyone was as supportive of the mayor.
Carla Riggs voted for Reed, and she said Reed did more for city residents. She hoped Thompson would quit because, Riggs said, Thompson hadn't done enough to help put people to work. Instead of helping people, Riggs said, she wasted $35,000 having her office renovated last year.
Several others who would not give their names also wanted Thompson out. One said her attitude — "she wants to have it her way or no way at all" — prevented any progress.
But Ellen Tyler, a nurse, expressed views echoed by most people in this neighborhood. People are used to Reed, who got what he wanted, how he wanted it, for almost three decades, Tyler said. With the city in a fiscal crisis, Thompson can't do the same things as easily.
In midtown, Greg Albright, a recent Philadelphia transplant, said the city gets too much of a bad rap.
"I was surprised how vibrant the cultural life in the city is, considering the city is bankrupt," Albright said. "When I hear of a bankrupt city, I expect sort of rust belt, depression, abandoned buildings. Maybe I picked the right time to come here. While Harrisburg has some of that, it's definitely rebounding."
Several people interviewed in the neighborhoods Friday and at the rally Monday had specific complaints. They wanted property taxes lowered. They wanted an overhaul of the school system. They wanted more social programs.
In all of those issues, Thompson lacks either the jurisdictional authority or the financial freedom to do anything in the immediate future.
When asked directly, few interviewed at Monday's rally offered policy suggestions for the city's future. Replace Thompson, they said. As one woman put it, whoever takes over can't do any worse.
Interviewed in midtown last week, Frank, a state employee who requested his last name not be used to avoid a conflict of interest, said the city really needs policy solutions.
"Linda Thompson's problems aren't Harrisburg's problems," Frank said. "A lot of Harrisburg problems are problems of inherited governance.
"The education system is not Linda Thompson's fault. She doesn't control the education system. She doesn't really control who moves into the city and who doesn't move into the city. At a time when there are a lot of economic problems, it could be easy to blame a person who is nominally in charge. That's not to say she is doing a fantastic job. It's just to say there are a lot of challenges that need to be faced."
Story by JEFF FRANTZ AND IVEY DeJESUS, The Patriot-News


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[JURIST] Attendance at a number of Arizona public schools has dropped dramatically in the past few days in what Hispanic community leaders are calling a parental response to Proposition 200 [PDF], approved by state voters on Tuesday. The new law requires a person to show proof of citizenship when seeking publicly funded benefits. It also mandates that government employees report suspected illegal immigrants who seek benefits. Many are worried that the new law will have the same effect as California's similar Proposition 187 which, after its passing in 1994, resulted in undocumented immigrants withholding their children from schools and doctor visits. That law was later held unconstitutional by a federal judge. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is expected to seek a court injunction against Proposition 200 after the 30-day certification period passes. AP has more.


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September 27th – 29th, 2019
Now in it's 6th year, the Clare Island Food Festival looks to encompass what is native to Clare Island's shore, in keeping with the island's drive towards sustainability. With only a few operators on the island, this is a boutique festival which honors what is naturally provided by the environment and produced by the islanders, and focuses on quality fare.
Clare Island has a long tradition of fishing and making a living from the sea and so there is a strong focus on seafood. This festival is in celebration of all those seafarers gone before us, as well as those who work the land.
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"Fundrace" with Team ZERO to support patients suffering from prostate cancer!
Join Team ZERO in Traverse City for a race to remember:
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About ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer
ZERO is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. We're building Generation ZERO, the first generation of men free from prostate cancer, through our national run/walk series, education and patient support programs, and grassroots advocacy. ZERO is a 501(c)(3) philanthropic organization, accredited by the Better Business Bureau, with regional chapters.
Racing for Recovery
Our mission at Racing for Recovery is to prevent all forms of substance abuse by promoting a lifestyle of fitness and health for all those affected by addiction.
Todd Crandell, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervision Designation (LPCC-S) & Licensed Independent Clinical Dependency Counselor with Clinical Supervision status (LICDC-CS), has dedicated his personal and professional life to assisting those battling addictions and their destructive behaviors into attaining and sustaining sobriety through implementing a balanced holistic lifestyle. By sharing personal experiences about the perils of substance abuse, innovative and unique approaches in prevention and treatment, Crandell offers a positive alternative to those struggling to overcome a life of addiction and self destruction. His 13-year struggle with drugs and alcohol nearly destroyed his life, devastating relationships with family and friends and shattering the promise of a professional hockey career. However, through his pursuit of extreme physical fitness and personal well-being, he found a productive outlet for his once-negative energies, transforming himself into a world-class athlete and champion for sobriety.
In the process of rebuilding his life, Crandell realized traditional recovery programs weren't always enough to help people refocus their addictive drives into positive actions. In his pursuit of recovery, he applied his energy to pursue the most grueling sport imaginable, the IRONMAN triathlon: A 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run. Crandell completed his first IRONMAN triathlon in 1999 and has never looked back.
Clean and sober since 1993, Crandell has completed 28 full-length IRONMAN triathlons across the world. In 2008, he was the only person in the world to complete the Ultraman Hawaii triathlon, which is a 3 day test of endurance, consisting of 6.2 miles of swimming and 90 miles of biking on day 1, 170.2 miles of biking on day 2, and 52.4 miles of running on day 3, followed by completing the IRONMAN Western Australia 6 days later. Todd has also earned the prestigious AWA IRONMAN All World Athlete status.
Crandell's experiences and inspirational efforts led to the formation of Racing for Recovery in 2001, a federally approved 501 c 3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping everyone affected by addiction. A multi-faceted empowerment group, Racing for Recovery offers support group meetings, intensive outpatient groups (IOP), individual/family counseling, interventions, assessments, specialized treatment plans, speaking engagements, and urinalysis testing to help develop and promote a balanced holistic lifestyle. Racing for Recovery has been featured on CNN, ESPN, The Doctors, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Runner's World & Triathlete Magazines, as well as a plethora of radio and television stations throughout the world.
Todd Crandell has chronicled his powerful mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, and educational journey in his books From Addict to IRONMAN (2006) and There's More Than One Way to Get to Cleveland (2013), as well as in the documentaries ADDICT (2003) and Running with Demons (2012).
A prolific and dynamic speaker, Crandell regularly speaks to schools, churches, correctional institutions, drug treatment centers, businesses, and community organizations. Leading with one simple message – "With Sobriety, Anything is Possible" – Crandell shares the Racing for Recovery mission of preventing all forms of substance abuse by promoting a lifestyle of fitness and health. As someone who has been to the depths of despair, battled addiction, contemplated suicide, yet overcame and found the willpower to succeed, Crandell is able to form an intimate connection with his audience, inspiring and changing lives at every event.
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The Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) has tapped former Coca-Cola executive, Micheal (Mike) Crowell, as president and chief executive officer of the National Championship Air Races.
Throughout his career at Coca-Cola, Crowell managed bottling facilities in the United States, Middle East and Asia.
"We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Mike's caliber step in to take the helm at the Reno Air Races," said John Agather, chairman of the RARA board of directors. "We are looking to Mike to bring his leadership, experience and expertise in running efficient organizations to the Reno Air Races so that we can ensure this important northern Nevada event is successful for many years to come."
Crowell has spent the last 11 years in Reno since retiring from Coca-Cola, and was previously in Reno from 1982-1987 as executive vice-president/general manager of Shoeshone Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and as vice president/branch manager of Home Federal Savings Bank of Nevada. Prior to retiring he served as president/director of Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia where he was responsible for 10 bottling plants with 26 bottling lines and 142 sales centers.
"I spent my entire career ensuring that the organizations I worked for saw results – results in sales, results in efficient operations, results in the bottom line," said Crowell. "I'm looking forward to putting those skills to work for an event that not only makes a huge economic impact on our community, but one that air racing fans from literally all over the world come to enjoy each year. I'm fortunate to have the help of our dedicated staff, a supportive board of directors, our sponsors and amazing volunteers in that effort."
The 52nd Annual National Championship Air Races will be held Sept. 16-20 at Reno Stead Airport.


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Shiitake and Morel Ravioli in Brodo
Pacific Natural Foods invited me and four other bloggers to participate in their Everyday Chef Challenge. (The first challenge is over now, but I'd love to have your vote in the final round!)
I love mushroom broths, so when I heard this was a broth challenge, I knew immediately which Pacific Natural product I would choose. It has a bright, clear mushroom flavor, packed with umami. Using their broth as the base for my homemade ravioli en brodo (in broth) was a natural.
I made my own pasta for this dish, using two whole eggs and two extra yolks for a added richness. You'll need a simple pasta machine to do this, but if you don't have the time or inclination to make your own, wonton wrappers are a time-honored substitute.
The filling is simple shiitake and morel duxelles, which is a fancy French word for mushrooms chopped up small and sauteed with garlic, butter, and sherry until they give up all of their liquid and taste amazing. For a more economical version, you can do the same thing with crimini or button mushrooms; use an extra half-pound as they give up more water.
I considered adding cheese to the filling, but the mushroom flavor is so deep I saw no reason to dilute it. I use the Pacific broth to rehydrate the dried morels, and while I'm at it I infuse the shiitake stems in it as well, which adds even more complexity to the broth that forms the sauce for the dish.
The finishing touch is a pinch of gremolata, which is simply a mince of flat-leaf parsley, lemon zest and a bit of garlic. The gremolata puts out an incredibly inviting aroma that rises in the steam from the ravioli, and the citrus and herb cuts through the richness of the mushrooms.
Full disclosure: Pacific Natural Foods is an advertiser on my site, and provided product for me and the other bloggers participating in this contest.
Shiitake and Morel Ravioli in Brodo with Gremolata
Yields 16 well-stuffed ravioli plus extra pasta; serves 4 as a sizeable first course
2 hours total (1 hour active); less if you don't make the pasta from scratch
- 10 ounces all-purpose or "00" flour
- 2 whole eggs plus 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon water
- one pound fresh shiitake mushrooms
- 3 cups Pacific Natural Foods mushroom broth
- 1 ounce dried morel mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup minced shallot
- 8 cloves garlic, minced, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup dry sherry
- zest of 1 lemon
- handful of flat-leaf parsley leaves
- Put the flour in a bowl and form a well in the center. Put the whole eggs and yolks in the well. Using a fork, beat the eggs and mix in the flour as much as possible. Sprinkle the tablespoon of water over the dough, and work it with your hands into a shaggy mass. Dump out on a lightly floured board and knead for 4 minutes, until it is a tight, smooth, elastic ball. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and allow the flour to hydrate at room temperature for at least one hour. Meanwhile…
- Remove the stems from the shiitake mushrooms; chop the caps into fine dice (about 1/8″ squares). Put the mushroom broth in a small saucepan, add the shiitake stems and dried morels and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat and allow to infuse for at least 15 minutes, then strain first through a fine sieve and then a coffee filter so it is perfectly clear. Reserve the morels and discard the stems. While it is infusing…
- Heat a large skillet over a medium-low flame and melt the butter. Add the shallot, all but 1/2 teaspoon of the garlic, diced shiitake caps and 3/4 teaspoon of salt. Cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is quite dry. When the morels are done rehydrating, set aside the best looking 12 of them and chop the rest and add to the shiitakes. Deglaze the pan with the sherry and again keep cooking until it is rather dry. Taste and adjust seasoning. Allow to cool.
- Roll the pasta to the thinnest setting on the machine. Cut a 4″ square and put a tablespoon of the mushroom filling in the middle, forming a tight, tall mound. Moisten the pasta around the edges of the filling and top with a second square of pasta. Carefully push down to form a seal, "burping" out as much air as possible in the process. Be careful not to let any bits of mushroom get in the sealing area or it won't stick properly. Cut out with a 3″ circle cutter and set aside on a floured baking sheet. Repeat until you have 16 nice ravioli. You can roll out the extra pasta dough (re-rolling the scraps) to make some hand-cut noodles; just toss with flour and refrigerate for tommorow.
- When you are ready to finish the dish, bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Bring the broth back to a simmer in small saucepan. Pre-heat 4 shallow serving bowls, and warm the reserved morels. Mince the lemon zest, parsley and remaining garlic together. Boil the ravioli for about 4 minutes, until the edges are al dente. Put four ravioli in each bowl, and add 1/2 cup or so of the broth, so it comes part-way up the ravioli. Arrange 3 morels in each bowl. Put a pinch of the gremolata on each ravioli and serve immediately.


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Then I see articles and memes and posts floating around Facebook and Instagram:
"Caregiving isn't valued. It's the work of those in the shadows — maids, nurses, stay-at-home-moms — who need feminism to lift them up so they can find their real talents and their authentic selves. There is no sense that we can be happy in it. There's an implication that we should be doing what we want to do, and what we want to do is not take care of someone else. How could we possibly want that?"
How Feminism Has Left SAHMs Behind
The moment that pregnancy test turned positive, the moment I heard that first heart beat on the monitor, the moment I felt that first kick, that first contraction, the moment they told me his heart rate was dropping, the moment they placed him on my chest for the first time; in those moments those mama instincts started to roar to life.
I'm happy being *just* mom. In this stage of life, that's who I am, that's what I want to be. And that's my choice.


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Friday, December 10, 2010
Winter Pause
This morning on my run, as I listened to the crunch of partially frozen earth beneath my shoes, my brain was filled with its usual ramblings and concerns. At one point, I actually thought to myself, "Have I even thought this whole time about what I'm doing right now, or am I just completely in my head?" Why can't I just put my brain on pause for once?
Well, this morning, mother nature paused it for me. As I trudged through the recesses of stored up memories and worries, a few flakes started to fall from the sky. I took note of this, but kept up with my brain-centric ways. Then, all of a sudden, it was as if the sky took a breath. The scant flakes that had been floating to the ground, tentatively, ceased, and there was a pause all around me. Even the dogs seemed to take a moment. And, like the beginning of a beautiful song, the sky released a symphony of huge flakes that fell to the ground with true intention.
I breathed out a big sigh as I watched my surroundings take on a new identity, a hint of snow dust slowly turning into a solid covering.
Then, finally, my brain was quiet, hushed by this blanket of new snow, our first of the year.
Thank you for that, Winter.
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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) — The kitchen is now closed at Henry's Tacos.
For 51 years, the family business served tacos and burritos to its loyal customers.
But the North Hollywood staple served the last meals at its longtime location on Saturday night, and closed its doors.
Owner Janis Hood will turn the business over to employee Omar Vega, who will relocate but keep the retro vibe.
The closing of Henry's Tacos, named for Hood's grandfather, Henry Comstock, came after a yearlong saga with the landlord.
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Bloomberg on Business Analytics
Interested in slicing, dicing, measuring, and analyzing data for customer and business insights?
According to a recent survey by Bloomberg, 97% of companies with revenues of more than $100 million are using some form of business analytics, up from 90% just two years ago.
While businesses have embraced the idea of fact-based decision-making, a steep learning curve remains. Only one in four organizations believes its use of business analytics has been "very effective" in helping to make decisions. Data is not just ignored but often discarded in many organizations as the business users can't figure out how to extract signal from data noise.
ROI on Analytics – Now We Have Numbers
A recent study by the Nucleus Research says that Analytics pays back $10.66 for every dollar spent. The study is based on data from 60 case studies and relates to investments in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and predictive analytics. Not surprising are the areas where they saw ROI increase – revenue, gross margin and expenses.
Enterprises have used various metrics to track the effectiveness of Business Analytics. Cycle Time to Information (CTI) is a metric that measures the elapsed time between the occurrence of a significant event and the time this information is available to a decision maker who has to act on that information. Cycle Time to Action (CTA) is variation of this metric which measures the elapsed time to act on information after an event occurs. These metrics are useful to track the efficiency of a Business Analytics infrastructure and the elimination of manual processes to increase productivity. As the volume of data increases in an enterprise, automation in data management will become more complex in the future. Read more
Proctor & Gamble – Business Sphere and Decision Cockpits
Data-driven DNA is about having the right toolset, mindset, skillset and dataset to evolve a major brand and seize today's omni-channel opportunities. Whether it's retooling and retraining for the multiscreen attention economy, or introducing digital innovations that transform both retail and healthcare, P&G is bringing data into every part of its core strategies to fight for the customer.
Striving for market leadership in consumer products is a non-stop managerial quest. In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
CMOs and CIOs everywhere agree that analytics is essential to sales & marketing and that its primary purpose is to gain access to customer insight and intelligence along the market funnel – awareness, consideration, preference, purchase and loyalty.
In this posting we illustrate a best-in-class "run-the-business" with Data/Analytics Case Study at P&G. The case study demonstrates four key characteristics of data market leaders:
- A shared belief that data is a core asset that can be used to enhance operations, customer service, marketing and strategy
- More effective leverage of more data – corporate, product, channel, and customer – for faster results
Technology is only a tool, it is not the answer..!
- Support for analytics by senior managers who embrace new ideas and are willing to shift power and resources to those who make data-driven decisions
This case study of a novel construct called Business Cockpit (also called LaunchTower in the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industry) illustrates the way Business Analytics is becoming more central in retail and CPG decision making.
Here is a quick summary of P&G Analytics program:
- Primary focus on improving management decisions at scale – did the analysis to identify time gap between information and application to decision making
- "Information and Decision Solutions" (IT) embeds over 300 analysts in leadership teams
- Over 50 "Business Suites" for executive information viewing and decision-making
- "Decision cockpits" on 50,000 desktops
- 35% of marketing budget on digital
- Real-time social media sentiment analysis for "Consumer Pulse"
- Focused on how to best apply and visualize information instead of discussion/debate about validity of data
P&G Overview
Do your KPIs Reflect Business Insights?
Obsolete KPIs can be Lethal
In the Aesopian fable of the one-eyed stag, a deer overcomes his visual handicap by grazing on a cliff near the sea with his good eye facing the land. Since all his known dangers were on land, this keeps him safe from predators for a very long time – until he is killed by a hunter in a boat.
The relevance of our KPIs can make or break our business. KPIs are often defined as static metrics for an enterprise and can easily become outdated. Economic uncertainty and competitive pressures are prompting questions on the validity of KPIs and performance management processes. To stay competitive requires a process of continually validating metrics with the business environment.
Another common challlenge with KPIs is that there are too many of them. Modern technology has gven us the ability to measure a very large number of parameters in the business. Some of these are more relevant than others. Jack Welch is known to have said, "Too often we measure everything and understand nothing". Monitoring some metrics and ignoring others are decisions we make based on our business perspective.
Relevance Enabled by Process
How do you decide on which KPI's are most relevant to success? An often overlloked first step is to understand that primary business goals before looking at the technology solution. Avinash Kaushik defines KPIs simply as "Measures that help you understand how you are doing against your objectives". This fundamental aproach is a good way of weeding out items which are not relevant to what we want as a business and avoid adverse surprises. At a more deeper level, building a robust Business Analytics solution requires answers to questions such as:
1. What events have the greatest impact on the busiens and how are they measured?
2. How often do you validate that you are measuring the right parameters ?
3. What instrumentation do you need to create the right dashbords for your KPI's ? Can this instrumentation be updatd as teh KPIs change?
4. What is the process for collecting, synthesizing, manipulating and presenting the data to represent thsese metrics? How does the process change when if the metric change?
5. What technologies and architecture are necessary to support those decision-making patterns? Is there need for a "single source of truth" or a federated model possible?
Centers of Excellence
Needless to say, this approach requires a tight inegration between the business owners and IT acrchitects. A recent study by Gartner says that "IT collaboration initiatives fail because IT leaders hold mistaken assumptions about basic issues…..rather than making technology the starting point, IT leaders should first identify real business problems and key performance indicators (KPIs) that link to business goals."
Many business executives believe that IT is unable to deliver results where it counts. At the same time, IT organizations spend an incredible amount of time, money and resources simply reporting obvious data within their business process and workflows.
An organizational solution to this problem is the creation of a Competency Center or Center of Excellence (CoE) with representation from from both business and IT and shared objectives. The CoE defines the blueprint for implementing BI, Performance Management and Analytics aligend with KPIs. Some of the obvious benefits include:
- Cost savings from eliminating Silos
- Better collaboration between Business and IT
- Joint ownership of corporate objectives
There are other aspects of the CoE which make it a practical approach to creating an effective vehicle for deploying analytics solutions. The sheer volume and texture of busienss data is much more complicated than it has ever been in modern busienss history. The world's data doubles every two years creating more opportunities for analyses. Understanding this data even at an aggregate level requires a business perspective combined with technological expertise. Furthernore, understanding technologies such as Big Data for unstrcutured data analysis requires business leaders and IT eimplementors to work together.
The CoE is the ideal structire to implement a Business Perspective Solution. A well implemented Business Perspective Solution takes into account the key objectives of the busienss, leverages sophisticated analytics technologies and focuses on sustainable processes to support decision making in an organization.
Superior decisions based on business perspective separate winners from losers.
Are your KPIs in sync with your business perspectives? Please share your comments below.
Further Reading
1. Six Web Metrics / Key Performance Indicators To Die For by Avinash Kaushik, Occam's Razor
2. Practical BI – What CEOs want from BI and Analytics by Ravi Kalakota, Business Analytics 3.0
3. The Stupidity of KPIs in Business Analytics by Mark Smith, Ventana Reasearch
Executing a BI and Analytics CoE
Most Organizations are Data Rich and Information Poor
Data overload is becoming a huge challenge for businesses and a headache for decision makers. Public and private sector corporations are drowning in data — from sales, transactions, pricing, supply chains, discounts, product, customer process, projects, RFID smart tags, tracking of shipments, as well as e-mail, Web traffic and social media.
I see this data problem getting worse. Enterprise software, Web and mobile technologies are more than doubling the quantity of business data every year, and the pace is quickening. But the data/information tsunami is also an enormous opportunity if and only if tamed by the right organization structure, processes, people and platforms.
A BI CoE (also called BI Shared Services or BI Competency Centers) is all about enabling this disciplined transformation along the information value chain: "Raw Data -> Aggregated Data -> Intelligence -> Insights -> Decisions -> Operational Impact -> Financial Outcomes -> Value creation." A BI CoE can improve operating efficiencies by eliminating duplication and streamlining processes.
In this posting we are going to look at several aspects of executing a BI CoE:
- What does a BI CoE need to do?
- Insource or Outsourcing the BI CoE
- Why do BI CoE's Fail?
- BI CoE Implementation Checklist


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Probing the Deep Earth: Seeking the Source of Hawaiian Volcanoes - Perspectives on Ocean Science
Date: 12/9/2009; 54 minutes
The Hawaiian volcanoes are a classic example of the unique type of volcanic activity that occurs in the interior, rather than at the edges, of the earth's tectonic plates. Learn how Scripps geophysicist Gabi Laske and her colleagues are seeking to find and image the plume that gives rise to this spectacular chain of volcanoes. (#17260)
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Local Escapes to Restore, Renew and Reflect!
This time of year we're drawn to go inwards, to create new beginnings and transform old habits. Fall is a great time to make a shift – For health reasons or to boost immunity, to focus the mind how to accomplish new goals for the coming year, and uplift our spirits to reset our attitudes. Here are my favorite local escapes to amazing retreat centers that are guaranteed to nurture your body, mind and soul!
Esalen Institute – Big Sur, Ca
If you have never been to Esalen, prepare to be blown away! Situated on 27 acres of spectacular Big Sur coastline, The Esalen Institute was founded in 1962 as an alternative educational center devoted to the exploration of what Aldous Huxley called the "human potential"- the world of unrealized human capacities that lies beyond the imagination. Esalen soon became known for its blend of East/ West philosophies, its experiential/ didactic workshops, the steady influx of philosophers, psychologists, artists, and religious thinkers, and its breathtaking grounds and natural hot springs. Offering 500 workshops each year in a wide range of topics. For more info click HERE
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Featuring the work of more than 25 major international and emerging contemporary artists including Tony Oursler, Kiki Smith, Jutta Koether, Aki Sasamoto and Simon Fujiwara, among others
Group One: On view March 18 – April 15, 2012 in the CCS Bard Galleries
Group Two: On view April 29 – May 27, 2012 in the CCS Bard Galleries
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY, March 2, 2012 – The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) has announced details on its spring exhibitions and projects, the annual exhibition series showcasing the curatorial work of CCS Bard master's degree candidates. The presentation will include 14 solo and group exhibitions and projects featuring the work of more than 25 established and emerging contemporary artists working in a variety of media.
This presentation is part of CCS Bard's lineup of exhibitions and events taking place during, and celebrating, its 20th anniversary year. CCS Bard opened its doors in 1992 and has had some of the world's most important contemporary art curators through its program. The spring exhibitions and projects feature the work of a new generation of curators, and exemplify the high caliber of curatorial practice that continues to be realized at CCS Bard. Exhibition themes range from the mysteries of the human memory and psyche, to notions of storytelling, humanity, and spirituality, while artistic media varies from performance, multi-media installations and sculpture, to painting and drawing.
The spring exhibitions and projects will be presented in two separate groups, with the first on view from March 18 through April 15, 2012. Curated by CCS Bard graduate students Janine Armin, Theresa Choi, Rachel Cook, Suzy M. Halajian, Clara Halpern, Alicia Ritson, and Anastasia Rygle, these exhibitions will feature the work of artists including Tony Oursler, Lygia Clark, Kiki Smith, Simon Fujiwara, and Ray Johnson, among others. The opening reception will take place on Sunday, March 18 from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
The second group of exhibitions will be on view from April 29 through May 27, 2012, with an opening reception taking place on Sunday, April 29 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Curated by CCS Bard graduate students Helga Just Christoffersen, Jenny Jaskey, Leora Morinis, Andrew Rebatta, Robin Selk, Agatha Wara, and Amy Zion, these exhibitions will feature the work of artists including Jutta Koether, Aki Sasamoto, Agnes Martin, Maria Chavez, Joachim Koester, and Janice Kerbel.
Student-curated exhibitions and projects at CCS Bard are made possible with support from the Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg Student Exhibition Fund; the Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation; the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation; the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; the Board of Governors of the Center for Curatorial Studies; and by the Center's Patrons, Supporters and Friends. Additional support has been provided by the Monique Beudert Award Fund.
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The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) is an exhibition, education, and research center dedicated to the study of art and curatorial practices from the 1960s to the present day.
In addition to the CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, the Center houses the Marieluise Hessel Collection, as well as an extensive library and curatorial archives that are accessible to the public. The Center's two-year M.A. program in curatorial studies is specifically designed to deepen students' understanding of the intellectual and practical tasks of curating contemporary art. Exhibitions are presented year-round in the CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, providing students with the opportunity to work with world-renowned artists and curators. The exhibition program and the Hessel Collection also serve as the basis for a wide range of public programs and activities exploring art and its role in contemporary society.
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College opened its doors in 1992. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2012, CCS Bard will present a series of exhibitions by students as well as a roster of international artists working in a range of practices.
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Conceiving collectivity: The Urdu-speaking Bihari minority and the absence of home
Redclift, VM (2010) Conceiving collectivity: The Urdu-speaking Bihari minority and the absence of home In: Diasporas: Revisiting and Discovering. Critical Issues series 'Diasporas' . Inter-disciplinary Press. ISBN 978-1-84888-019-1
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What makes a Diaspora Diasporic? Is it a shared sense of culture, of experience, of home? Ongoing research in Bangladesh into the 'Urdu-speaking Bihari' minority explores the role of space and settlement in the formation of Diasporic identity. Research finds a community that conceive of themselves as a unit of collective membership, but one with very little to unite around. A community divided along cultural, political, linguistic, generational and socio-economic lines. Of the estimated 1.3 million Urdu-speaking Muslims that migrated to Pakistan following the country's creation in 1947 more than one million migrated to the region of East Bengal in present day Bangladesh.1 Only 300,000 are thought to remain, 160,000 of whom have been living in temporary 'camps' set up by the ICRC since the War of Liberation in 1971. The remaining 140,000 live outside the camps, integrated, to varying degrees, within majority Bengali society. As a linguistic community they do not speak a common language. As a cultural community they practice 'culture' in different ways. As a social community the divisions of class, money, opportunity and status are deeply felt. As a political community they are without a common political identity or equal access to political participation. As a Diaspora they do not share a sense of home. Through the experience of space, settlement and segregation this paper analyses the role of culture, politics, language, generation and class in dividing and uniting Diasporic groups, and questions the significance of a sense of 'home' in understandings of the term.
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The 22d Space Operations Squadron (22 SOPS) is a United States Air Force unit of the 50th Network Operations Group, itself a part of the 50th Space Wing, and is located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. 22 SOPS develops, publishes, executes, and enforces the network operations tasking order, as well as operating and maintaining worldwide remote tracking stations and associated communications systems comprising the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). It additionally coordinates launch and on-orbit operations of Department of Defense and other national agencies' satellites in support of warfighters, the President, and the Secretary of Defense. Lastly, the squadron supports NASA's space mission.
Constituted 22d Space Operations Squadron on 10 July 1991, it was activated on 1 Oct 1991. It operated as part of the 2d Satellite Tracking (later, 750th Space) Group. In 2004 it changed from being under the 50th Operations Group to the 50th Network Operations Group. As part of 22 SOPS, the Colorado Tracking Station (CTS) enjoys a unique status as the only on-base satellite tracking facility. Originally built in the late 1980s, the station has undergone a number of upgrades that continue even today.
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Many small business owners are missing out on sales because they don't have a sales plan. Or the one they're using isn't performing like it should. Sure, they might have quarterly sales targets or end of year goals, but they don't have a strategic plan for reaching them. A well thought-out sales plan is a roadmap that helps small business owners gain new clients, and grow business from existing ones.
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In recent years recycling has become very popular. This trend is present in construction too, where designers and architects use various old materials to create something new.
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