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On To Colorado: Stanford Meets No. 11 Florida In First Match Of Fort Collins Regional
Dec. 8, 2008
ON TO THE ROUND OF 16: Of the 329 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams, just 16 remain in the hunt for the 2008 NCAA title and the Stanford Cardinal is one of them. Second-seeded Stanford heads to its third consecutive NCAA Regional this week, and will take on 15th-seeded Florida in the second regional semifinal in Fort Collins, Colo. The Cardinal and Gators square off at 7 p.m. (MT) following another semifinal between No. 7 Hawai'i and No. 10 Purdue. The winners will battle for a trip to the Final Four on Saturday at 7 p.m. (MT).
LOOKING AHEAD: Should Stanford advance out of Fort Collins, the team will head to the Final Four in Omaha, Neb. This year's event will be held Dec. 18 and 20 at the Qwest Center Omaha.
THE ROAD TO FORT COLLINS: Stanford made easy work of its two opponents in the first and second rounds last week, sweeping Albany (25-9, 25-11, 25-21) and Long Beach State (25-15, 25-21, 25-15) at Maples Pavilion. The Cardinal held its opponents to a 15-point average over the six sets, and allowed no more than 21 points in any frame. Stanford held Albany to just nine points in the first set of the tournament, marking the first time since 2002 that the Cardinal has held an opponent under 10 in an NCAA Tournament game. One of five teams to face a ranked opponent in the second round, Stanford made it look easy with its 21st sweep of the year.
CATCH THE CARDINAL: Fans can catch the matches this weekend live on KZSU radio (90.1 FM or online at http://kzsu.stanford.edu/). The regional final will be televised live on ESPNU at 7 p.m. (MT) on Saturday evening. Gametracker will also be available for both matches. Tickets can be purchased at www.CSURams.com or by calling (800) 491-RAMS.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: This year marks the Cardinal's 28th-straight NCAA appearance. Stanford is one of only two schools to have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA Championships began in 1981, with Penn State being the only other program to appear in all 28 events. Stanford has won more NCAA Championships (6), made more Final Four appearances (17), appeared in more national championship matches (13) and won more NCAA Tournament matches (89) than any program in the nation. The Cardinal will be appearing in an NCAA Regional for the 26th time, and the seventh in its eight years under head coach John Dunning.
DUNNING, AKINRADEWO RECLAIM PAC-10 AWARDS: For the second straight year, Stanford cleaned up the annual Pac-10 awards. Senior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo repeated as the Pac-10 Player of the Year, joining UCLA's Daiva Tomkus (1988, 1989) and former Stanford standouts Kerri Walsh (1998, 1999) and Logan Tom (2001, 2002) as the only two-time recipients of the conference's highest honor. Head coach John Dunning repeated as Pac-10 Coach of the Year, just the third conference coach to ever win back-to-back awards. Akinradewo (4X honoree) joined sophomore Alix Klineman (2X) and senior Cynthia Barboza (3X) as repeat members of the 14-player All-Pac-10 Team. Sophomore Cassidy Lichtman received honorable mention.
PAC-10 THREE-PEAT!: Stanford earned its third conference championship in a row this year, establishing the most dominant title streak in nearly a decade. The Cardinal won six straight conference championships between 1994 and 1999, but other than that run, only UCLA has been able to win three straight titles (three between 1988 and 1990). Stanford has now won 12 Pac-10 titles, more than any school in the conference. The Cardinal has been either the conference champion or runner-up in 22 of the 23 seasons since the conference was organized in 1986.
PAC-10 POWER: The Pac-10 once again showed its dominance in the opening rounds of the tournament, picking up more bids to the round of 16 than any other conference (5). The Pac-10 has won five of the last seven NCAA titles and, including 2008, has sent six or more teams to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last nine years. The Final Four has included three Pac-10 teams three of the last four years and the last seven NCAA title matches have featured a team from the Pac-10. Six Pac-10 teams made this year's field, and all five seeded teams from the conference are still alive. Stanford won an unprecedented 12th Pac-10 title this season, no easy feat considering the strength of its competition.
CONTINUING THE TRADITION: During their four seasons on The Farm, Stanford's senior class has been instrumental in maintaining the Cardinal's tradition as a women's volleyball powerhouse. The foursome has helped lead the Cardinal to 116 victories, three consecutive Pac-10 titles and two straight appearances in the national championship match. Combined, they have tallied 3,888 kills, 2,619 digs and 946 blocks. Of the more than 300 Division I senior classes this year, the group is one of four that has been to a national championship match and one of two that has been there twice.
EXPERIENCE ON THE HIGHEST STAGE: Stanford continues this year's NCAA Tournament with one of the most postseason-savvy teams in the nation. The Cardinal has been to the national title match the last two years, and Stanford's seniors have played in 16 postseason contests already. Of the approximately 4,000 NCAA Division I volleyball players this year, only 20 have taken the court in a national championship match, eight of which belong to the Cardinal. Only five current Division I players have played in two national championship matches thus far - Stanford's Foluke Akinradewo, Cynthia Barboza and Erin Waller along with Nebraska's Jordan Larson and Rachel Schwartz.
STANFORD VS. THE FIELD: The Cardinal has played 11 matches against the remaining tournament field and has gone 9-2 in those contests. The Cardinal is 5-0 against teams on its side of the bracket, but has yet to face any of the three teams in the Fort Collins Regional. Stanford was 14-3 against the original 64-team field.
IN THE CENTENNIAL STATE: Stanford has been very successful in Colorado over the years, winning all 15 matches it has played in the Centennial State. The team last made an appearance there in 2005, competing in a preseason tournament at the University of Colorado- Boulder. The program is 6-0 at Colorado State's Moby Arena. Stanford's Alix Klineman, Foluke Akinradewo and Cynthia Barboza are all familiar with playing in the state, having spent the entire 2008 offseason training with the U.S. Women's National Team in Colorado Springs.
BRINGING IT WHEN IT COUNTS: Nearly every Stanford player upped her production last week, turning in increased averages for the postseason. Outside hitter Cynthia Barboza turned in 4.00 kps and 3.17 dps, while middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo also bested her season averages with 3.67 kps and a .500 hitting percentage. Janet Okogbaa had an incredible weekend with 3.00 kps, 1.67 bps and a .571 hitting percentage, while libero Gabi Ailes (4.50 dps) and setter Cassidy Lichtman (13.17 aps) also came in well above their season averages. Sophomore outside hitter Alix Klineman turned in 4.00 kps and showed signs of the postseason defensive surge she recorded last year (4.33 dps). As a freshman in 2007, Klineman averaged 2.33 dps during the regular season, then ramped it up for the postseason with a 4.26 dps average over the final six matches.
KLINEMAN KEEPS PRODUCING: Outside hitter Alix Klineman, who led Stanford offensively with 4.12 kpg as a freshman last year, is once again the team's top kill producer. In 101 sets, Klineman has turned in 364 kills, good for a team-leading 3.60 kps mark.
DIGGING DEEP: Stanford libero Gabi Ailes has been hot recently, turning in three 20-dig performances in the last four matches of the regular season. On Nov. 21, Ailes turned in 24 digs in a win over USC and, a day later, she came back with the eighth-best defensive performance in school history (28 digs). At Oregon State in the regular-season finale, Ailes continued the exceptional streak with 24 digs, a career high for a three-set match. The sophomore has recorded at least 10 digs in 12 of the last 13 contests.
BACK ROW RECORDS: Sophomore Gabi Ailes set a new school single-season dig record last year (533), and was also the first player in school history to turn in more than four digs per game (4.26). This year, even with the new scoring format, Ailes is turning in impressive dig numbers. Ranked fifth in the Pac-10, the sophomore is now topping the school-record pace she accomplished last year (4.26 dps) with 4.27 dps. She is also carrying a career average (4.27) better than any player in program history. For the second straight year, Ailes has climbed onto the school's single-season top 10 chart, and currently stands fourth with 444. The Bellevue, Neb. native is now within 15 digs of taking over third place, and 23 digs of reaching 1,000 for her career.
CATCHING ON QUICKLY: Sophomore Cassidy Lichtman has wasted no time transitioning into her new role as a setter. Primarily a defensive specialist and opposite hitter last year, Lichtman trained in the offseason to take on setting duties. So far, Lichtman has been named to the all-tournament team at two preseason tournaments (including the prestigious AVCA Showcase), earned All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, recorded 10 double-doubles and set new personal bests in every statistical category. As the exclusive setter in seven of the last eight matches, she has averaged 13.20 aps, a figure that is better than the average of any player in the Pac-10. On Nov. 22 against UCLA, Lichtman recorded a career-high 67 assists, and last Saturday against Long Beach State, she turned in 41 in just three sets (a career-high for a three-set match).
SWINGING FOR THE RECORD: Entering her senior season, Foluke Akinradewo has already rewritten the hitting percentage column in the NCAA, Pac-10 and Stanford record books. Last year, she posted the second highest hitting percentage in NCAA history (.499) and shattered both the Pac-10 and Stanford single-season records by more than 50 points. Now in the final stretch of her last collegiate season, Akinradewo is hitting .446 and on pace to finish with the best career hitting percentage ever recorded by an NCAA Division I player. The previous record (.423) was posted by Virag Domokos of George Mason in 1996.
THE TOUGH ROAD: Stanford boasts a solid 28-3 record, but the feat is even more impressive considering the road the Cardinal took to get there. Stanford has already played six of its fellow nine top-10 teams, and leads the nation with eight wins over the current top-10 (Cal and Washington are second with five apiece). Outside of the Pac-10, Penn State is the only squad with more than two wins over a top-10 team (4). Fifteen of Stanford's matches have been against teams that are currently in the top-25, and 19 have been against teams that made the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
THE 1,500 TWINS: Stanford seniors Cynthia Barboza and Foluke Akinradewo have both nabbed their 1,500th career kills this season, the only two active players in the Pac-10 to have reached the milestone. Only eight players in Stanford history and 35 players in Pac-10 history had accomplished the feat prior to this season. Akinradewo picked up her 1,500th against Washington on Oct. 31 and Barboza earned hers at Arizona on Nov. 8.
DOUBLE-FIGURE FIGURES: Senior Cynthia Barboza has been on a hot streak recently, posting double-figure kills in 19 of the last 21 matches. Fellow senior Foluke Akinradewo has also stepped up her production over the last few weeks. After hitting double digits just four times in the first 16 matches, she has had at least 10 kills in 14 of the last 15.
THE WALL AT THE NET: Senior Foluke Akinradewo is having the best blocking year of her career (1.45 bps) and currently stands third on the Cardinal career list (547). The senior is second in the Pac-10 in blocking and seventh nationally in the category. The conference's active career block leader as well, she recorded one of the best single-match blocking performances in school history against Arizona State (12) on Oct. 12. She is now within nine blocks of joining the Pac-10's career top-10.
PASSING THE GREATS: Foluke Akinradewo and Cynthia Barboza, the Pac-10's two active kill leaders, each now have more kills in their four-year careers than three-time Olympian and two-time beach gold medalist Kerri Walsh. Akinradewo overtook Walsh on Nov. 14 at Cal, while Barboza passed her on Nov. 26 against Oregon.
ON THE BOARD: Cynthia Barboza jumped onto two exclusive career lists against Washington on Oct. 31, joining the school's all-time career kill and dig leaders on the same night. Already one of the ten most dangerous servers in Stanford history with 113 career aces, Barboza is one of only four players (others are Kristin Richards `07, Kristin Klein `92 and Logan Tom `03) with a spot on all three of those career lists.
IN THE CLUB: Senior Cynthia Barboza joined an elite group of Pac-10 players last month, reaching 1,000 career digs against Washington State on Oct. 3. The senior posted the 1,000th kill of her career against Washington in October 2007, and is now just the seventh Stanford player since 1986 to record both 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. Kristin Richards `07, Kristin Klein `92, Cary Wendell `96, Kerri Walsh `00, Logan Tom `03 and Bev Oden `93 are the other Cardinal players who have accomplished the feat.
CLEAN SWEEP: Stanford swept two more opponents last week to open postseason play, matching its 21-sweep total from 2007. The team opened the conference season with six consecutive sweeps for the first time in school history this year, and finished with sweeps in 12 of 18 conference matches.
THE STREAK IS ON: Stanford enters regionals riding a season-long 13-match win streak. The team's 11-match streak to end the regular season was its longest season-ending run since 2001, when Stanford won its last 13 regular-season matches before racing through the NCAA Tournament and upending previously undefeated Long Beach State for the NCAA title.
HITTING THE MARK: Two of the Pac-10's top three leaders in hitting percentage, including leader Foluke Akinradewo, hail from The Farm. Akinradewo paces the conference and is third in the nation with a .458 clip, while fellow middle blocker Janet Okogbaa is third in the conference at .397. As a team, Stanford leads the Pac-10 with a .319 clip, stands third nationally and is one of only three programs hitting above .300 for the year (Penn State and Texas are the others). The Cardinal's 2008 hitting percentage is currently the best in school history, just above the record of .316 the team set last year.
OPPONENT WOES: Opponents have had a difficult time getting much going offensively against Stanford, a fact shown not only by the Cardinal's 28-3 record, but by the list of opponents' hitting percentages. Of Stanford's 31 opponents, 21 have hit below .200, with eight not even able to hit .100. Only four teams have hit more than .250 against the Cardinal this year (Saint Louis, Cal, UCLA and Oregon), and no one has been able to reach .300. By contrast, Stanford has hit above .300 23 times, above .400 five times and only three teams have held the squad below .250 (Nebraska, Cal and USC). Since falling to Saint Louis on Sept. 6, Stanford has hit over .300 in 20 of its 25 matches, and held 19 opponents below .200 hitting.
THE ACADEMIC AWARDS ROLL IN: Senior Cynthia Barboza continues to rack up academic awards this season, and was most recently named the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for volleyball. The Cardinal outside hitter was also recognized as one of the top six players in the nation for her efforts both on the court and in the classroom on Nov. 25, earning first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors. The Long Beach, Calif. native, who was a second-team honoree last year, joined third-team honoree Jill Collymore of Washington as the only two Academic All-Americans from the Pac-10. She was one of four returning AVCA All-Americans honored, and joined Penn State's Christa Harmotto as the only players to earn a spot on the first team for both awards. Barboza is just the third player in school history to earn multiple Academic All-America honors, joining Ogonna Nnamani (2002, 2003, 2004) and Kristin Folkl (1996, 1997).
NINE EARN PAC-10 ACADEMIC AWARDS: Led by second-team selections Joanna Evans and Janet Okogbaa, nine Cardinal women's volleyball players were honored with Pac-10 academic awards this year. Seniors Cynthia Barboza, Jessica Fishburn and Erin Waller were recognized for the third straight year, bringing the school's total to 15 players honored all three years of eligibility. Fellow senior Foluke Akinradewo was selected for the second time in her career, while sophomores Gabi Ailes, Alix Klineman and Cassidy Lichtman were recognized for the first time.
QUEEN OF THE COURT: Stanford's Foluke Akinradewo continues her senior season as the reigning AVCA National Player of the Year. Akinradewo tallied 4.11 kpg last season, while leading the nation with a .499 hitting percentage. She is the eighth AVCA National Player of the Year from Stanford, and the fourth that Head Coach John Dunning has produced since coming to The Farm seven seasons ago.
ALL-AMERICAN FIREPOWER: Stanford boasts an arsenal of All-American hitters this season - Foluke Akinradewo, Cynthia Barboza and Alix Klineman. Together, the trio boasts six career All-America honors, including four first-team selections, along with a National Player of the Year award and a National Freshman of the Year award. This year, the threesome is contributing 10.34 kps while hitting at a clip well above .300. All told, the trio's accomplishments amount to more returning firepower than the Cardinal program has ever seen.
OFFSEASON OF CHAMPIONS: Stanford's three returning All-Americans all spent the offseason training with the U.S. Women's National Team in Colorado Springs. Cynthia Barboza and Foluke Akinradewo competed in the FIVB World Grand Prix and were both alternates for the 2008 Olympic Team. Akinradewo and Barboza were the only two players with collegiate eligibiliy remaining named to the 19-player Olympic preliminary roster. Alix Klineman, the youngest player in Colorado Springs at just age 18, trained with the team from January to June, toured China with the squad in March and, along with Barboza, competed in the Pan Am Cup in June.
VETERANS ALL AROUND: The Cardinal boasts 11 players who have been to a national championship match, including seven who have taken the team to the coveted match twice. Between the 11 veterans, the 2008 Cardinal boasts 12 prior years in the starting lineup and more than 5,000 kills. The veterans have already contributed to 116 Cardinal wins, three conference titles and a pair of Final Four appearances.
NATIONAL POLL: Stanford stands at No. 2 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, the same slot it held preseason and every week since Nov. 3. Defending national champion Penn State continues to hold the top spot in the poll, having been No. 1 since the start of the year. Six Pac-10 squads are in the top 25, with five making the top 10.
2007 IN REVIEW: In 2007, Stanford posted a 32-3 record and won an unprecedented 11th Pac-10 title. The team finished the year with a postseason run to its 13th NCAA title match, where it fell to Penn State in a five-game thriller. On the year, Stanford bested 18 ranked opponents, outhit 33 of the 35 teams it faced and won 21 matches by 3-0 margins. Four players - Foluke Akinradewo, Alix Klineman, Bryn Kehoe and Cynthia Barboza - were named All-Americans, matching the highest total in program history, and, for the eighth time, Stanford produced the AVCA National Player of the Year.
UNFAMILIAR FOES: Last season, five of Stanford's six NCAA Tournament matches were against teams that it had faced in the regular season, including two against teams from the Pac-10 Conference. This year, Stanford faces a much less familiar field. Of the 16 teams in the Fort Collins Region, Stanford had only seen USC this year, and, with the Trojans eliminated, couldn't meet a familiar foe until the Final Four. In the tournament as a whole, Stanford had previously played 12 of the 64 teams.
SCOUTING FLORIDA: The 11th-ranked Gators (27-3) claimed the SEC title with an 18-2 mark in conference play this year, and earned their 18th-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. The team is led by SEC Freshman of the Year Kelly Murphy, a setter/hitter who paces the team with 3.25 kps and a .361 hitting percentage, all while contributing 5.51 aps. Fellow freshman Kristy Jaeckel is also an offensive threat (2.95 kps), while junior libero Elyse Cusack (4.59 dps) ranks as one of the nation's top servers with 43 aces. The Gators are 3-2 against ranked teams this season, but have not played any of the remaining teams in the field nor a team currently ranked higher than No. 20. Their best win was perhaps their most recent - a sweep of No. 22 Colorado State in the NCAA Second Round.
COMMON GROUND: Long Beach State is the only common opponent between Florida and Stanford this year. The Gators topped the 49ers in five sets on Sept. 6, while Stanford swept them in the NCAA Second Round last Saturday.
THE SERIES WITH THE GATORS: Stanford and Florida have two wins apiece against each other, with Stanford winning the first and last meetings (1994 and 2004) and Florida winning the two in the middle (2002 and 2003). The only one of those that was in the NCAA Tournament was the most recent, when Stanford was sent to Gainesville and met the Gators in the NCAA Second Round. The Cardinal prevailed 25-30, 30-15, 21-30, 30-27, 15-9, then marched on to win the NCAA title.
SCOUTING HAWAI'I: The Rainbow Wahine enter this week's regional with a 30-3 record, having claimed the WAC title to earn an automatic NCAA bid. Leading the way for Hawai'i is two-time WAC Player of the Year Jamie Houston, who ranks among the nation's top-50 kill leaders with 4.06 kps. WAC Freshman of the Year Kanani Danielson chips in 2.94 kps, while also leading the team with 308 digs (2.96 dps). Juniors Amber Kaufman and Aneli Cubi-Otineru joined Houston and Danielson as first-team All-WAC picks and are the most dangerous servers on the team with a combined 89 aces. Hawai'i is 3-2 against currently ranked teams and 1-2 against the remaining NCAA field. The team's biggest win came over No. 5 Washington on Sept. 13, as the Wahine defeated the Huskies in five sets at home.
COMMON GROUND: Hawai'i and Stanford have played six common opponents this year - UCLA, Saint Mary's, Washington, New Mexico State, Cal Poly and USC. Hawai'i has gone 7-2 in those matches, while Stanford has gone 9-0. Two of Hawai'i's three losses on the year (to UCLA and New Mexico State) are to teams Stanford beat.
THE SERIES WITH THE RAINBOW WAHINE: Stanford and Hawai'i have met 29 times before, and, going into the year, Hawai'i was the only school in the nation holding a winning edge over the Stanford program (Hawai'i leads the series 17-12). Yet, Stanford has been extremely dominant over the last two decades, winning eight of the 10 meetings since 1990, and eight of the last nine overall. Stanford last saw Hawai'i in 2006, when the Cardinal routed the then-No. 9 Rainbow Wahine on their home floor, 30-10, 30-22, 30-24. Hawai'i's only win since 1991 came in 2003, when John Dunning's club lost in five sets in the Aloha State. Hawai'i holds a 3-2 advantage in NCAA Tournament matches, but all three of the Rainbow Wahine wins came in the 1980s.
SCOUTING PURDUE: The Boilermakers (26-8) finished fourth in the Big Ten and were awarded an at-large bid to their fifth-straight NCAA Tournament. Purdue is led by senior All-Big Ten selection Stephanie Lynch, who carries the team with 3.40 kps, a .410 hitting percentage and 1.45 bps. Senior outside hitter Danita Merlau (3.04 kps) is also an offensive contributor, while senior Kelli Miller has proven to be an extremely capable libero (4.22 dps). The Boilermakers are 4-7 against ranked teams and 1-6 against the remaining teams in the tournament. Their only win against the remaining field came on Nov. 1 in five sets over Michigan.
COMMON GROUND: The Boilermakers and Cardinal have played two common opponents this year - Saint Louis and Illinois. Stanford went 1-1 against those teams, sweeping Illinois and falling to Saint Louis in four sets. Purdue is 1-2 against those teams, besting Saint Louis but falling to Big Ten foe Illinois twice.
THE SERIES WITH THE BOILERMAKERS: Stanford has won both of its all-time meetings with Purdue (1980 and 1984). The teams have never faced in the NCAA Tournament.
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Posted by Aurora University on May 11, 2015
Former Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross has joined Aurora University as a Distinguished Fellow.
Cross' primary role will be to promote an innovative STEM education program.
"Aurora University is most fortunate to have Tom Cross join us as a distinguished fellow," said Aurora University President Rebecca L. Sherrick, PhD. "His decades of public service and his keen insights into government policy will be invaluable to our students and my administration. We share a passion for STEM education. I look forward to Tom's advocacy for our innovative STEM Partnership School, which fosters science and math education for third through eighth-grade West Suburban students while providing advanced education programs and degrees for their teachers—creating a sustainable learning community."
The Distinguished Fellow position is supported by a grant from the Dunham Fund, the largest private foundation in the greater Aurora area.
"We're proud to support yet another important initiative that will improve our schools and our communities," said Bob Vaughan, Executive Director of the Dunham Fund. "I look forward to helping Tom build on the groundbreaking success of the first year for the John C. Dunham STEM Partnership School at AU."
Cross, a lawyer and former Kendall County prosecutor, served in the Illinois General Assembly for 22 years. A protégé of former U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Cross was Illinois House Republican Leader from 2002 until 2013 when he stepped down from his leadership post to run for Illinois State Treasurer. As the Republican candidate in the general election, Cross lost by two-tenths of one percent in the closest election of 2014. Along the way, he garnered the endorsements of major statewide business and civic groups including the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, several of the state's leading newspapers and, as testament to his bipartisan appeal, from current and former Democrat officeholders.


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Nestling in the heart of Western Europe, Belgium's compact beauty blends historic intrigue with a modern twist. Its medieval castles and towers give way to contemporary art museums and trendy cafés. And there's all the country's indulgent food: chocolate, waffles, moules frites, all washed down with Belgium's famously-delicious beer. [ReadMoreMob]
For lovers of the great outdoor lovers, scenic forests, rivers and coastline offer some great walking. For cultural treats, there are the narrow cobbled streets of the UNESCO- listed Bruges. This devastatingly beautiful city, which hosts one of Europe's very best Christmas markets, is the highlight of any Belgian cruise.
Other Belgian cities, like Brussels and Antwerp, present delightful restaurants, fine antique shops, chic boutiques and exclusive chocolate outlets and, of course, exciting nightlife. But Belgium also has a more sombre side; its cities, and poignant locations such as Flanders Fields, bear the scars of centuries of invasion, siege and conquest. [ReadMoreDesk]
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Covers advanced resuscitation skills designed for the health care professional to develop leadership skills as well as critical thinking and decision making skills. Equivalent to Level 2 ALS, this course is endorsed by Australian College of Nursing, Australia (ACN) and is conducted over two full days, with a pre-reading component. It reflects the latest Australia New Zealand Committee of Resuscitation (ANZCOR) 2016 guidelines relating to advanced life support.
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Health Ed Professionals Pty Ltd will be conducting the course.
The pre reading component is sent upon registration; time should be allowed to complete this before the course commencement.
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Workbook is included, certificate is awarded upon successful completion.
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Minimise the stress & fear that being confronted with this situation can cause you.Places are not guaranteed until the completed registration form and payment is received.
Arrival tea and coffee offered.
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Have a really good 2019! I hope it's been going well so far. :)Hanne Thttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-31154522315395874702019-01-06T19:40:44.231-07:002019-01-06T19:40:44.231-07:00Wow Ella, that quote is AMazing!! I definitely fee...Wow Ella, that quote is AMazing!! I definitely feel like it sums up my 2018 too - so much chaos and so much beauty all at the same time.

I want to really dig into photography again and do some traveling in 2019. Those are my ambitious goals, but there are a hundred smaller ones too. : )

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Celebrate the holidays at State Parks
ALBANY — The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation invites residents and visitors to celebrate the season at more than 40 holiday-themed events taking place at New York State Parks and Historic Sites. Events include a number of hands-on activities, outdoor recreation, historic tours, and holiday celebrations for visitors of all ages.
"I encourage families and friends to start a new tradition by visiting a state park or historic site this holiday season and participate in one of our many holiday-themed activities," said Rose Harvey, Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. "These events across the state have something for everyone to enjoy."
Highlights of the holiday-themed events include candlelight tours of Old Fort Niagara overlooking Lake Ontario in Western New York, the Holiday Light Spectacular at Jones Beach State Park and trees lightings at Planting Fields Arboretum, Bayard Cutting Arboretum and Orient Beach on Long Island, and tours of the decorated historic homes of Clermont and Staatsburg in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
For a complete listing of holiday events taking place near you, visit NYS Parks calendar of events for more information. Events may require pre-registration and/or an admission fee.
Lorenzo's Christmas Celebration- Lorenzo State Historic Site, December 6-9
Guided Christmas Tours- Lorenzo State Historic Site, December 12-15
Christmas Town Express Model Train Display- Fort Ontario State Historic Site, December 8,9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 27-30.
Long Island
Holiday Tree Lighting- Orient Beach, Planting Fields, Bayard Cutting, December 7
Fire & Ice Candles- Caleb Smith State Park, December 8
Holiday Wreath- Caleb Smith State Park, December 15
Holiday Wreath- Jones Beach State Park, December 16
Western NY
Jingle Falls: Holiday Happenings- Niagara Falls State Park, December 8 and 15
Castle by Candlelight - Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site, December 8 and 15
44th Annual Letchworth/Silver Lake Bird Count - Letchworth State Park, December 15
Winter Solstice Night Hike - Knox Farm State Park, December 21
Warm Up at the Washington's - Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, December 9
Christmas with the Ellisons - Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, December 15
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Holiday Open House - Thacher State Park, December 15
Candlelight Tours - Clermont State Historic Site, December 16
Gingerbread Spectacular - Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, December 15
Candlelight Tours - John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, December 20-22
A Gilded Age Christmas - Staatsburg State Historic Site, December 1-31
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Holiday Bonanza- Wellesley Island State Park, December 8
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3 books by Malcolm Gladwell/
All 3 of his books are so interesting. All are a different way of thinking and looking at things. You can read them in any order. Blink may have been my favorite because I don't think the way other people think. And this book was very validating. I should not say I don't think the way other people think. I believe I think the way other creative people think but not how most business people think. And that means years of working in companies where I would need to think creatively and then explain myself in a way that the numbers people could understand me. (I had one boss who maintained if you could not see it, it did not exist.)
And we just got Outliers and it is a very interesting look at success, successful people and how they got where they are. And as usual it is not how you think it would have happened.
And all very easy, quick, interesting reads. And they are good books on CD. Great for Summer car travel.
Here is some info on the author. Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996. His 1999 profile of Ron Popeil won a National Magazine Award, and in 2005 he was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. He is the author of three books, "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference," (2000) , "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (2005), and "Outliers: The Story of Success" (2008) all of which were number one New York Times bestsellers.
From 1987 to 1996, he was a reporter with the Washington Post, where he covered business, science, and then served as the newspaper's New York City bureau chief. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. He was born in England, grew up in rural Ontario, and now lives in New York City.


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I know I should be sane and normal but eh who ever is? I suppose it is the evil side of me that is showing now, my insanity breeds inside. He commands my attention, demands it, he demands my respect yet he gives me none. Last night I realized that he wasn't worth it, he never was. But I course being the nut that I am, couldn't overcome this obstacle. My friend said not to waste time over this, because obviously I had tried this before and it didn't work, so why am I wasting me time over this? Why am I wasting energy trying to get something that I had tried before and I couldn't get it? Makes no sense. Nothing ever does. But my friend had vility in his story. I was beinga nut. I was just not being able to process anything. I should be stronger. I should be but I don't think I am. I will be at the end. I will be strong and I will overcome this. one day at a time. Though it bugs me that he chose THAT over me. That is just worng and foul, but then again, who cares? right? I should be over this stupid little shit. I should be but I'm not. I feel inadequate sometimes, that's what he has over me. In my warped little psyche I want his acceptance, but I know I'll never get it, so why am I bothering to try? I shouldn't anymore
Tomorrow is another day, a new day that I will have to start out fresh. I will have to overcome, I will have to have the strength to move on past this bullshit. What or who he is no longer matters. To me he is nothing but a ghost of the past.
Tomorrow I re-create myself, and I will not fall. Tomorrow I will be strong. I will be me.
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Hello, welcome to "Kindred Kreations"
Monday, August 05, 2013
Peachy Keen Challenge 13-31:: Anything Goes! and Project Life
This week's challenge is Anything Goes and you must use a Peachy Stamp on your project.
I was working on Project Life and that week we went to Fort Bragg, CA on a camping trip. My Peachy Stamp of the Month set worked so perfectly with the pictures.
I had a great time stamping those cute little Peachy Faces and Images, adding a little white gel pen here and there, and some inking. I added a little twine to create a banner, and a few other embellishments to create my fun pages.
So if you are ever asking yourself, can I use my Peachy Stamps for Project Life, well the answer is yes!
Have a wonderful day.
7 comments:
- Crafty Moni said...
What a cute project life layout:) Loved how you used your Peachy Keen stamps!
Peace, Love, & Cricut Hugs!
Monica L.
- August 5, 2013 at 12:48 PM
- Mary Ann said...
Awesome layouts!!!
- August 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM
- Cassandra said...
Great PL layouts!!! Love your pictures too! Thanks for joining us in this week's Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge. :)
- August 5, 2013 at 7:53 PM
- Cindy said...
GREAT job with your project life page, it looks FANTASTIC with all the great details!!!Thanks for joining us in this week's Challenge at Peachy Keen Stamps!!! :)
- August 6, 2013 at 6:05 AM
- Janice W. said...
I love the way you embellished your great photos with the Peachy images! Thanks for joining the challenge!
- August 6, 2013 at 10:07 AM
- GiGi said...
WOW! What a fabulous layout! Love all the pics and adorable PK stamps you added! Thanks for playing along at Peachy Keen!
- August 6, 2013 at 10:46 AM
- Glora said...
The PKS stamps and your project life pages look awesome together. Terrific job. Thanks for joining the Peachy Keen Challenge! Hugs- Glora
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F.A.R.M. Montana
Future Agricultural Resources for Montana, F.A.R.M., is a non-profit group with a volunteer board of directors committed to educating our children and our communities, on the importance of local sustainable agriculture.
F.A.R.M. was created to facilitate the education, preservation and acquisition of important agricultural lands in Montana.
To do this, we offer educational presentations, classroom instruction, activities and workshops to show the importance of local sustainable agriculture.
We provide hands-on learning opportunities on planting your own seeds and nurturing them in to plants, food preservation methods, and planning a garden. We discuss the importance of local sustainable agriculture and the benefits for our health, our community and our world.
The permanent preservation of locally important soils for agricultural use is another goal of F.A.R.M. In Missoula County, only 8.9% of prime local agricultural soil remains, and half of this soil exists in the Orchard Homes and Target Range areas. This is a startling statistic and we feel we must encourage as much of these agricultural soils as possible to enable future generations to produce food on a local level.
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Product Description
For this pattern I used:
Yarn & Amounts: Two 50g balls each of Knoll Soft Donegal (100% Pure New Merino Wool, 63m/68yds per 50g) in shade A, shade B and shade C.
I used shade 5309 Greese for shade A, shade 5311 Unshin for shade B and shade 5520 Sheelin for shade C.
Metres/Yardages for each shade: 124m/135yds.
Total Metres/Yardages: 372m/406yds.
Hook : 7mm.
Size: one square is approx. 10cm x 10cm
Finished measurements of cowl are 20cm wide by 120cm long.
Skill level: ♦ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊
Blog post: I've written about the inspiration behind this pattern, click here to read!
My design ideas and advice: I love granny squares. So easy and fun to crochet and I wanted to do something a little bit different with them. I love the idea of a granny square blanket and there are lots of ways to create a blanket, even with theses squares. However I also love the idea of taking something traditional and giving it a different feel, so this is my idea using the inspiration of a granny square! Enjoy!


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The 16 year old mega star has designed his own range, Nicole for O.P.I 'One less lonely girl' range . The collection includes six brand new shades, One Less Lonely Girl a purple glitter, Give me the first dance a bright metallic silver, Prized Possession Purple a grape purple, Me + Blue a metallic blue, Step 2 the Beat of my Heart a purple sparkly varnish made with heart specks and OMB! a deep metallic red.
Sadly for any UK Bieber lovers the collection will be available from December at Walmart in the U.S followed by Target and Sears in February 2011, although I'm sure it will be available for us lot online!
So what do you think? Has Bieber fever for beauty gone too far? Or are you loving these girly metallic shades?


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Aake (2017)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 14 July 2017 (India)
Director: K.M. Chaitanya
Writers: Carl Austin (adapted screenplay), K.M. Chaitanya (adapted screenplay)
Stars: Chiranjeevi Sarja, Sharmiela Mandre, Atul Sharma
Aake is upcoming Kannada movie based on romantic thriller genre, written and directed by K M Chaitanya and produced by Kalai and Suri while Guru Kiran scored music for this movie.Chiranjeevi Sarja and Sharmila Mandre are playing the lead role.


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Johan Van Overtveldt (1955) started his career as a journalist for Trends, Belgium's leading business magazine in 1978. In 1982 he went on to pursue a career in business and finance. In the ensuing ten years he worked in banking, the manufacturing sector and the clothing industry. In 1992 he returned to Trends to become Editor in Chief. Subsequently he became an advisor for a construction firm as well as the General Director of an employers' organisation before finally returning to Trends for a second time in 2010. From September 2011 until October 2012 he became Editor in Chief for Knack, a weekly news magazine. From 2012 onwards he has been a part time macro-economics professor at the University of Hasselt.
During the European elections in 2014, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. In October of that same year he took on the mandate of Federal Finance Minister in the current Belgian government.
Johan Van Overtveldt holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp as well as an MBA from the University of Leuven.
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The first rule of Unread Book Club, is that you don't have to read the book. In fact, you shouldn't read it. Let someone else read it for you!
Each month two members of the Unread Book Club will volunteer to read two business related books chosen by the members of the club. At the next meeting those members will present their books to the group and answer questions.
We'll raffle off the books at the end of the meeting to two members who haven't read 'em. Work Nimbly will buy the books, so you just have to bring yourself! (And some lunch if chili isn't your thing.)
This month we're hearing about:
- Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series) by Jocelyn K. Glei
- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson


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MEng Mechanical Engineering / Overview
Year of entry: 2019
- Degree awarded
- MEng
- Duration
- 4 years
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Grades AAA
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Grades AAB.
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer
36 points including 6,6,6 at Higher Level to include Mathematics, Physics and one other subject and 5 in English Language at Standard Level.
Changes to International Baccalaureate Diploma Mathematics Courses from September 2019, first examination 2021. We are aware of the planned changes to the IB Mathematics curriculum. IB students will be able to choose from: Mathematics: analysis and approaches and Mathematics: applications and interpretation from September 2019.
For this programme of study we will accept: Higher Level Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation.
- How to apply
- Formal applications for entry to all undergraduate courses must be made through UCAS
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Course overview
- Pioneering innovation since 1824, Manchester was the first English university to offer an engineering degree
- Extensive engineering industry links with companies such as Jaguar Land Rover and Siemens
- Excellent resources for information, computation and experimental laboratory facilities, including laser laboratories and wind tunnels
- All courses accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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The next University Open Days will take place on Saturday 29 September and Saturday 13 October 2018 .
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The desk is the largest flat surface in the room, and becomes each visitor's most personalised space.
Sometimes showing glimpses of home, often a collection of paraphernalia show-casing the places and experiences enjoyed by the transient visitor.
A dumping ground for books, iPods, mementos of nights out, pamphlets from historic visitor attractions ticked off a list, dictionaries, handouts, hairbrushes, small change, mobile phones and maps. A short-story in one life's narrative.
Few people display physical photographs as they come armed with laptops and phones that carry electronic images of their loved ones, or like Rodrigo who wore his heroes as tattoos: Madonna and Frieda Kahlo displayed with pride "for me it's art".
Would a desk in another city be the same?
The words above, along with these images form part of a broader piece of work in progress.
At home we have a spare room, which we have rented out predominately to foreign students on short-term stays since spring 2010. To date we have hosted thirty five people from fourteen countries.
I was inspired by the experience and decided to embark on a project to photograph our visitors. I wanted to explore two ideas: that essentially all people share a lot of commonalities regardless of where we are from, and also how individuals fill the same space in their own unique way.
I began by photographing the people in the room and conducting a small interview about each person. This presented it's own challenges due to language barriers, and I avoided asking everyone as it was difficult to convey my intention. I guess it could seem a little odd to have your host ask to photograph you in your bedroom!
As the project progressed it became more observational and I took more photographs of people's belongings around the room. The desk stood out as an island, lending itself to it's own story.
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April 13, 2019
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Pick Up Your Lantern
Yesterday's Daily Minute had David Ellis talking about the trick of putting your protagonist in danger. Particularly if you are working in a series, threatening your hero or heroine's life does ask a certain added degree of willing suspension of disbelief, as everyone in the room knows that if this person dies there will be no next book. Even if you don't work in a series, unless you're writing a tragedy of sorts, no matter how dire a situation, the hero is probably going to live. There are other perils beyond loss of life—loss of love, loss of faith, loss of dignity—all of which are guns of sorts pointed at our protagonists that we ask our reader to believe might be fired. In most stories these metaphorical guns are fired and score direct hits, leaving the hero or heroine shattered and in need of repair.
And repair is almost always what our stories are all about. Why? Because everyone is born with love, faith, and dignity, but in losing any one of these and finding them again we become conscious. This is often frightening at first as we realize that we can give up any one of these pillars of our happiness with nothing more than a thought, such as, "No one loves me." Think it, and it is true for exactly as long as you believe it.
And so stranded as we are, we must find our road back to ourselves. Fiction is filled with such journeys. Where else, really, can the hero go? Everyone's journey, however, is unique, and try as we may to convince others that if they would only follow our footsteps they would be happy too—in truth, like knights looking for the grail, if anyone were to follow our path they would become lost.
Stories are not road maps nor were they ever intended to be. As we watch another soul, real or imagined, wend their way home from the forest, we are compelled to pick up our own lantern and continue on. Tales of happy returns spark memories within ourselves of that to which we yearn, and that spark lights a beacon in the distance toward which we might turn. Everything we seek we already know, but in finding our way home the world outside our door grows friendlier, as we come to understand that all road eventually lead to one place.


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Halloween Gifts for Kids
Candym schmandy. There's more to Halloween that sugar. I've already mentioned I'm a fan of the Calico Critters (we've got a contest running now), and I want to call out the other Halloween gift from them theCalico Critters Happy Halloween set ($16.99).
What else am I loving for Halloween? We can't get enough of this Halloween book Vunce Upon a Time by J. Otto Seibold and Siobhan Vivian. It's the story of a young vampire who loves two things vegetables and candy. He's got to be brave to build up his candy stash. It's a riot--best for kids 3 and up ($11.55).
Little ones love the sweet tale of sharing Corduroy's Best Halloween Ever! The beloved Don Freeman character gives his most-excellent costume to a distressed pal. A hit with toddlers ($3.99)
Want a playdate activity to decorate pumpkins that doesn't involve knives? Me too! That's why I love the Funkins "Build a Pumpkin Set" available on Pottery Barn Kids. These reusable fabric pieces decorations attach to the pumpkin without carving instruments. (On sale $5.99 and up)


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Have rodents destroyed your crawl space or attic? Flooding or water damage ruin your insulation? At Green Oregon Pest Control, we have been experts at crawl and attic restoration work for quite some time. We can help get your crawl space and attic clean and healthy once again.
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Monochromatic photography is only about composition, shades, and framing. It is a hard game with a dramatic impact. There is no place for mistakes here. This is why monochromatic photography is widely used in documentary, reportages, and social projects.
Throughout time, Romanian photographers have put their names on emblematic pictures. They've depicted life as they knew it, with wars, social issues, politics, nature, and so on. Some of them have been discovered long after their death, some of them are just starting to show their potential. Nevertheless, all of them deserve admiration. Here are some Romanian photographers that you should remember.
Carol Popp de Szathmári (1812 – 1887)
Born in Cluj in 1812, Carol Popp de Szathmári studied laws and arts. From his travels he brought home watercolour paintings that looked like reportages. He discovered photography in 1843 and was so fascitaned about it, that he took his camera with him when he went to war. He did photographic reportages from the Crimean War (1853 – 1856). Between 1860 and 1870 he published an album with more than 100 photographs. He continued to take war pictures and documented the Independence War (1877 – 1878) as well.
Carol Popp de Szathmári was one of the first 10 photographers in Europe and he is considered the first war photographer in the world. He loved to travel and his pictures cover very distant parts of the world, like China and Siberia. European royalties honoured him with distinctions as he was welcomed everywhere.
Iosif Berman (1892 – 1941)
Iosif Berman started his photographer life in the childhood, accompanying itinerant photographers around the country. He started to make money from pictures before his 18th anniversary. His focus were social problems, so his pictures were quickly published in newspapers as social reportage. During the First World War Iosif Berman was a regiment photographer. He continued to take pictures after the war and published in different national newspapers. He also took interest in rural Romanian life and did reportage featuring Romanian traditions and arts.
Iosif Berman published his photos in The New York Times and National Geographic, and he was corespondent for Associated Press and Scandinavian Newspapers Press. Recently, his photographs of the Romanian villages were found in a museum's archive and published in an album along with a documentary of his life.
Costică Acsinte (1897 – 1984)
Costică Acsinte enrolled as pilot in the First World War, but he mainly activated as aerial photographer. This new skill became a lifetime job. After the war, he opened a photo studio in his home town. In his studio, he did mostly portraits and family pictures. For landscape pictures he traveled across the region. Costică Acsinte depicted Romanian rural life in a realistic and honest way.
Recently, the pictures made by Costică Acsinte were found by a collector. Brought to life, the pictures traveled across the world. Exhibitions and albums show the true face of the Romanian village in the XXth century. Although he did not leave his region, the pictures of Costică Acsinte are a natural storyteller and a real value for Romanian ethnography.
Ioniță C. Andron (1917 – 1989)
Ioniță C. Andron was a lawyer, theologian, and photographer from Oaș County. He started to take pictures at 17 years old, when he received a camera from his father. At first, he did portraits for his family and friends. Then he started to explore the region and covered in his pictures the social life in the Romanian villages.
Ioniță C. Andron didn't have art studies, but he was extremely gifted and had a passion for rural lifestyle. He collected rural art and his home looked like a museum. After his death, more than 93 000 of his pictures were bought by the local history museum. His work is the largest ethnographic documentary of the Oaș County.
Andrei Baciu
Although he has a PhD in literature, Andrei Baciu is known for his photography. He likes landscape photography and he is always looking for new places and sceneries. Monochromatic photography brings him closer to the subject and lets him explore more of the story. If you are curious about his work, you'll see that every chapter has a story, a deep and profound one.
"For, it is true, this camera clicked only when it felt those moments that ascend, from the apparent, towards the essence, out of the empirical, to powers that be, from denotation, to metaphor. So, since things above start right from the ground, then metaphors are, or can be, a ladder. And a ladder, as we all know, is simply something like a bridge, a bridge standing up. Something like a bridge, a bridge that has just risen from the dead. For, it is true, this camera clicked only when it felt those moments that ascend, from the apparent, towards the essence, out of the empirical, to powers that be, from denotation, to metaphor. So, since things above start right from the ground, then metaphors are, or can be, a ladder. And a ladder, as we all know, is simply something like a bridge, a bridge standing up. Something like a bridge, a bridge that has just risen from the dead." - from andreibaciu.ro
Andrei Baciu is a storyteller, but also a trainer for photo classes. This year, his goal is to teach photography in the Danube Delta, one of the most beautiful places in Europe.
Nicoleta Gabor
Nicoleta Gabor is a civil engineer with an eye for photography. Her pictures have been exposed in national exhibitions. She is especially fond of monochromatic photography and believes in the documentary value of this art. But Nicoleta Gabor adds patience, soul, and hope to her pictures. She says she can express better without colors, because winter, mist, rain have no color, but so much poetry.
Mirela Momanu
Mirela Momanu is a street photographer, trustee of the exhibitions organized by "București-ul meu drag" Association. Admirer of Henri Cartier Bresson and Ansel Adams, Mirela Momanu dedicates a lot of her works to monochromatic photography. She has a soft touch and an eye for silhouettes. Street photography brings her joy and you can see that in her pictures and in her work in promoting street photography in Romania.
In the last years, Mirela Momanu's photographs were present in personal and group exhibitions, in Romania and world wide.
Cristian Munteanu
Cristian Munteanu is known for his photo reportages from Roșia Montană, Groapa Văcărești, and other social projects. Many of his pictures are monochromatic photographs, as a response to dramatic situations and characters. Cristian Munteanu divides his pictures in people, street, urban, theater, and public events. He dedicates equal energy to each of them.
You can see Cristian Munteanu's photographs in National Geographic and Mediafax. He is a complete photographer, with a sensitive eye and a profound understanding of our times.
Cornel Pufan
Cornel Pufan in considered a poet of photography. He started with color photography, but soon realized that his love for mountains and landscapes is better shown in monochromatic pictures. Although he works as an electrician for a hydropower plant, his name is more related to artistic photography.
In his travels, Cornel Pufan works with nature like a director. He uses mist, snow, clouds, any natural element that can give a dramatic and artistic touch. People or mountains, they all are actors in Pufan's hands.
You can read more about Cornel Pufan in the article dedicated to him.
Sorin Rechițan
Sorin Rechitan is in love with travels and mountains. He is specialized in landscape photography, but he dedicates a lot of his energy to monochromatic photography as well. His works were appreciated in international competitions. Last year, for example, one of his pictures was nominalized at the Sony World Photography Awards, Nature section.
His love for mountains drove him all around the world. Exploring and discovering new ascends is a way of life. Some of his stories and photographs were published in an album dedicated to Retezat Mountains.
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When I was applying for jobs my senior year of college, my number one, biggest pet peeve was not hearing back from potential employers. Like at all, ever. Even after interviewing with an organization. Now that I've lived in the real world for a few years, I totally understand that stuff gets lost in the shuffle and responding to every potential, entry-level employee is not super high on the to do list. BUT it made a impression on me, especially because I was applying for communication jobs. I mean, come on. You have to have good communication with your future communication coordinator! So, I vowed that when I finally got my first job, I wouldn't be like that. I would respond lickety-split to each and every person who contacted me. I can't say I'm perfect, but I do get a high from responding to a potential client within minutes of receiving his/her e-mail. Nerd alert for sure. :)
However, at the same time that I love being connected, communicating with people, writing e-mails, posting on social media and crafting blogs, I also love having time away and being disconnected. I think that balance is so important to avoid burnout. As much as I love what I do, it is still work and a break from the computer screen is necessary every once in awhile!
This is all to say that, from here on out, I'll be going off the grid for one week, twice a year to recharge and find new inspiration away from a screen. No e-mailing. No blog stalking. No Facebooking. You get the idea. (I will, however, be continuing my 365 day photo challenge via Instagram, the ONLY technology I'm allowing myself.) And my first technology-free week starts tomorrow! I'm so looking forward to this time solely devoted to spending time with Nathan, reading good books and living in the moment, rather than across the World Wide Web. I'll be back on the grid Tuesday, Sept. 3. Expect a new blog post and e-mail responses bright and early that day!
And because I've been really busy photographing lots of beautiful people, here are some sneak peeks of what I've been working on lately ...
Kelsey and Matt's Miami University engagement session
Baby Spencer's newborn session (with now-big brother Connor!)
Anna and Clede's sunset, beach engagement session
Baby Gabrielle's 6-month session at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Melissa and Derek's downtown Cleveland engagement session
The D family's Headlands Beach session
Julie and Emery's North Canton engagement session


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Today I am sharing the basic way to make your own almond milk plus my top 3 reasons why homemade almond milk is better than store-bought:
- Its healthier, because you control the quality of the ingredients and it does not contain preservatives, flavourings, added sweeteners and other nasty food additives.
- You get three products instead of just one. When you make almond milk you are always left with (1) almond milk and almond pulp that you can use to make (2) treats and/or you can make (3) a body scrub.
- And finally, making you own almond milk is cheaper and will save you money overtime.
It's also more fun and creative. You can come up with endless combinations of flavours that are simply not available anywhere else, think chocolate milk, chai, or even coconut pistachio!
1 cup raw almonds, soaked overnight, or not…
3 medjool dates, pitted
4 cups water
1. Blend the almonds, dates and water until it forms a milky liquid.
2. Strain through a nut milk bag, pressing firmly with your hands until you squeeze out the last drop. * You can also use cheesecloth, a piece of muslin fabric or an old t-shirt to do this.
3. The white liquid will be your almond milk, and the pulp that is left in the fabric can be discarded or used for other purposes.
step-by-step instructions
1. Add all the ingredients into a high speed blender.
2. Blend until liquified into a milk.
3. Place your nut milk bag or fabric on a big bowl.
4. Pour the milk into the bag.
5. Close the bag and squeeze it between your hands until you get out all the liquid.
6. Whats left in the bowl is your almond milk.
A couple of helpful tips:
❤ Almond milk can be stored for 3-4 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
❤ Tired of almonds? Try pecans! This recipe is the same for most nut/seed milks. Simply replace the almonds with pistachios, macadamias, hemp seeds or a mix of different nuts.
❤ I like to use dates to sweeten my nut milks, feel free to add more or less to your taste. Alternatively you can use maple syrup or honey.
❤ Like it creamier? Add 1 cup of shredded coconut, blend with other ingredients then strain. Another way is to add less water.
❤ More flavour? Add vanilla, chai tea, or spices such as cinnamon or cardamom. Try adding cacao for a chocolatey milk or even raspberries!
❤ To soak or not to soak? Nuts contain anti-nutrients in their skin which make them difficult to digest and burden the digestive system. To remove these toxins it's best to soak the nuts overnight. Soaking also unleashes the nutrients and the nut's potential of becoming a tree, which has great benefits for us. Another benefit to soaking is that the nuts get soft, which is helpful if you don't have a high speed blender. So yes, soaking is preferable. You can however, make nut milk even if you do not soak them.
❤ In a hurry? Try this 'One-step nut milk'. Cashew nuts have a soft skin and they are the only nut that doesn't need straining, so just blend the cashews with the water and that's it - cashew milk in just one step.


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We have a nice opportunity available for candidates speaking English and Dutch and seeking an interesting job in international environment. Do you want to participate in interesting projects from various points of view? Are you a skilled candidate who would like to establish his career at international company with active use of foreign languages? Then we are looking right for you!
On behalf of our client, a stable and growing international company, we are seeking enthusiastic candidates to fill this newly open vacancy.
- Assisting internal/external customers in requests for information and high level- issues resolution through all communication channels
- Monitoring and reporting or advising on engagement financial status
- Clients' quality and process checking
- Cooperation with other team members
- Maintaining of intern procedures
- Working with internal database, data
- Assisting with placement of orders, refunds, or exchanges
- Other office tasks
- Previous working experience on similar position would be a plus but is not a must
- Good command of English and Dutch language
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Professionalism and integrity
- Flexible working hours
- Home office
- Language courses
- 5 weeks of holidays
- Meal vouchers
- Possibility to develop your career at international company
Send us your CV in English and Czech if you have one.
For more related job opportunities visit www.grafton.cz/en/job-search?utm_source=jobboard&utm_medium=jobposition
Reference number: 20-28-311246/FB