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Holy Cross tops Fordham 53-52 with walkoff 2-point PAT
Oct 29, 2022, 2:24 AM | Updated: 2:25 pm
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Ayir Asante scored on a double-reverse for a two-point conversion in overtime to lift Holy Cross to a thrilling 53-52 win over Fordham on Saturday in a showdown of high-powered ranked FCS teams.
After Matthew Sluka's fourth touchdown pass, a 9-yarder to Justin Shorter, the Crusaders (8-0, 4-0 Patriot League), ranked eighth in the FCS coaches poll, didn't hesitate to go for their 13th-straight regular season win and 15th straight league win.
Sluka gave the ball to Shorter going from right to left and headed to the right corner of the end zone. Asante then took the ball from Shorter and swept right with an option to throw to a wide-open Sluka but kept it and easily cruised into the end zone.
Sluka threw for 291 yards and ran for 174 yards and a touchdown. Jalen Coker had six receptions for 131 yards and three touchdowns, two in the fourth quarter, the last tying the game at 45 with 1:24 left. Shorter had seven receptions for 127 yards.
Tim DeMorat threw for five touchdowns, the fifth to Dequece Carter on the first play of overtime for the 15th-ranked Rams. He threw for 256 yards with a rushing touchdown. Carter had four catches for 107 yards and three scores, Mikai Felton had four for 92 and two TDs. Julius Loughridge had 125 yards on the ground and Trey Sneed had 104.
Holy Cross had 607 yards of offense; Fordham 499.
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Although about the half the total U.S. population is married and the numbers continue to drop, Gallup today reported that only 5% say that they never ever, ever, ever want to tie the knot. About 20% are out there hunting, and the rest are divorced or just disillusioned
These results are based on a June 20-24 Gallup poll, which reports thus: It is not known whether the percentage who don't want to marry was lower in previous years or decades. But 5% is a low absolute percentage, regardless of what it was in the past.
"Attitudes about marriage are important in the context of a declining marriage rate in the U.S. The Census Bureau reports that the rate of marriage is down, from 9.9 marriages per 1,000 Americans in 1987 to 6.8 in 2011. In addition, researchers at the University of Maryland found that the marriage rate per 1,000 unmarried women fell from 90 in 1950, at the height of the baby boom, to just 31 in 2011.
"There is significant variation across age groups in the four marriage categories, mainly driven by the increase in the "married" or "previously married" percentage as age increases. Nine percent of Americans aged 18 to 34 are unmarried and express no interest in marrying, but 56% of this group is unmarried and does want to get married. This high level of interest in marriage suggests there is little widespread attitudinal aversion to first-time marriage among the nation's younger unmarried residents.
"Nonwhites in the 18- to 34-year-old age group are significantly less likely than whites of the same age to be married. But 61% of the never-married younger nonwhites want to get married, meaning that 81% of this group is married or wants to be, only slightly lower than the 87% of young whites who are in these two categories. Continue reading "Many ambivalent about marriage"


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As one of the most popular internet conferencing platforms on the planet, knowing how to use the Google Meet app optimally is a necessary skill for the modern citizen. These Google Meet Hacks will act as your little guide to various tricks, tips, and hacks that were created to enhance your Google Meet experience.
In this List of Google Meet Hacks, we include some best-inbuilt hacks in google meet. And the best Google Meet extension for your effective use.
List of Google Meet Hacks 2021
1. Google Meet keyboard shortcuts
Any app with keyboard shortcuts instantly becomes a lot easier to use, even though studies have shown that 90% of users don't know how to use Ctrl+F effectively. Here are the ones that work wonders with Google Meet:
- Ctrl + E or Cmd + E to turn your camera on or off.
- Ctrl + D or Cmd + D to turn your microphone on or off.
- Ctrl + Alt + A + S to display the current users.
- Shift +? or Ctrl + / – to view the hotkeys by pressing this.
- Ctrl + Alt + A + I to view the current room information.
- Ctrl + Alt + P to hide or unhide a person(s) in a meeting.
- Shift + Ctrl (Cmd) + Alt + A, followed by S to announce who is currently speaking.
- Ctrl + Alt + C to display or hide the chat in a meeting.
2. Take automated notes
One of the best Google Meet extensions, this extension can change lives, especially for students. After downloading the extension, you will be able to use the native captioning service offered by Google Meet to take comprehensive notes that will later be compiled into a complete textual transcript for your enjoyment.
Once you turn on the live captions on Meet, go to the Tactiq pins icon on your browser. You will find a message saying 'transcript ready,' and you can copy the whole thing in whichever export format is convenient for you.
3. Change or Blur Your Background
You can change your background or blur for privacy or for fun. With this Google Meet Hacks, you can blur the background lightly or heavily, choose a background image from the app's library, or upload one of your own.
To change your background before joining a meeting, click to join a meeting and look for the Change Background button on the preview screen. Then choose whether to blur your background, pick an image, or add an image.
4. Pin the Most Important Speaker
When you want one person's video feed to be front and center, you can pin it. If you put your mouse pointer over the person's video window, you'll get a pop-up menu with three icons: a pin, a microphone, and a no-entry symbol. Click the pin to keep that person visible, and click it again to unpin them. The same menu can be accessed on mobile devices by long-pressing the person's window.
5. Adjust Google Meet's video resolution
This is one of the best google meet hacks for your video resolution, if your connection has enough capacity, you can upgrade the quality to High Definition (720p) for better clarity. To do so, follow these steps:
- Tap the settings button (three dots icon) in the bottom right-hand corner and select 'Settings' while in a conference.
- Select the 'Video' tab from the pop-up menu.
- Open the 'Send resolution' drop-down settings and click 720p from the list of alternatives.
- Similarly, open the 'Receive resolution' drop-down menu that appears and click 720p from the list of alternatives. Furthermore, with Send resolution, you may opt to send simply audio, which is useful if you don't want to share your video.
6. Easily take attendance and create breakout groups
Another Google Meet hacks, Add the Google Meet Attendees & Breakout Rooms Chrome extension to your browser in order to collect attendance in Google Sheets directly from your Google Meet. You can also generate breakout groups automatically using this extension.
To create breakout rooms, using this extension, follow these directions:
- Enter a Google Meet
- Add your attendance list into the extension by clicking the new person icon that will now appear in your Meet taskbar
- Click "show group generator"
- Choose the number of groups in the drop-down menu (for example, if you want to split your class into 4 even groups, choose 4 in the drop-down menu)
- Click "copy groups"
- Paste the groups into the chat box in Meet
- Go back to the group generator where you first copied groups and now click "copy meet links"
- Paste the meet links into the chat box.
Also read : 12 Useful Google Chrome Extensions for Students
7. Add meetings to Google Calendar and send invites
This Google meet hacks can save you time. You can schedule your Google Meeting app meetings on Google Calendar. Schedule Google Meet in Google Calendar by first logging into your Google Calendar, then click "create" to start a new calendar entry.
Invite people to join your video meeting by clicking "add guests." Be sure to click "Add Google Meet video conferencing" under options. By clicking save, all added guests will receive an email with the scheduled Google Meet.
8. Dualless
There is another Google meet extension With Dualless, you can split your browser windows into two parallel screens. It is excellent for anyone who wants to have multiple monitor functionality but doesn't have another screen. After you enable it, the browser window splits into two and offers an option to select a preferred aspect ratio (e.g., 3:7, 5:5, 7:3).
You can use the second window to make notes while you attend the meetings. But it may be counterproductive, as it can distract you from the actual conversation.
9. Reactions for Google Meet
Google Meet allows the host to mute other participants when the speaker is talking. But if anyone wants to raise concerns, there's no in-built feature for that the Meet interface. That's where the Reactions extension for Google Meet comes in.
Enable Reactions for Google Meet, and you can 'raise your hand' (figuratively) to signal the host that you want to speak. Further, you can also express other reactions 'Clap,' Thumbs Up,' 'Wow,' that will show up on the meeting screen.
10. Call Timer for Meet
If you want to add a Google meet extension which track your meeting duration.then Timer for Google meet should be your go-to add-on.
When enabled, the timer shows up at the top right corner along with the participant's tab, chat tabs, and clock. You have the option to set a specific time a meeting starts. When a session concludes, you can see the total duration of the meeting.
11. Krisp App
This Google meet hacks app is for your background noise. Krisp is a noise cancelling app that works in real time and uses the power of AI to recognize and separate noises from human voices.
A major benefit of Krisp is that besides filtering out background noise on your side, it can also remove noise coming from other people on the call. So both you and other call participants can enjoy clear and professional conferencing experience without disruptive noise.
12. Google Meet Enhancement Suite
This Google meet extension is one of the best and used many users. If you want to rely on a one-stop tool to make the most of Google Meet, then the Google Meet Enhancement Suite is the extension you should install on Google Chrome. The tool comes with many features and default settings that make Google Meet as functional as Zoom. This includes the ability to automatically mute the microphone, turn off video when joining a meeting or enable captions.
The above are the best Google Meet Hacks that you can use to enhance your experience. You can use these google meet hacks in your class or in meetings. Hope you will like these hacks.


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Hello my crafty friends! It's Raquel Mason here today. Slider cards are fun to watch and this card is no exception as Chilly the Penguin slides around the card. I got the idea to use an Accordion die as the tracks for the slider when I was watching a Technique Friday video that Els did on a totally different technique. There's inspiration everywhere! You can use any Accordion die for this technique, here's a slider card using the Ring Accordion. Let me show you how I made this card.
- Cut a piece of White Soft Finish card stock mesuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Score and fold at 4 1/4 for the card base.
- Die cut the pieces shown below:
- Red Rectangle Accordion. Cut off both pivot points and both large and small tabs. I cut 1/8″ off the top and bottom so it would fit on an A-2 card base with a white border showing, however this is not necessary as you can use a larger card base. Tip – keep the little pieces of the track to aid in assembly.
- (1) white rectangle, stamped with sentiment from Holiday Clear Stamp set. Color if desired.
- (1) pattern paper frame.
3. Die cut the pieces shown below:
- Chilly the Penguin – white shadow layer and eyes, black detail layer, cream beak and feet, pattern paper scarf
- Props 5 – pattern paper hat, white brim & pom-pom
- Labels and Circles – (2) red circles
4. Place foam pop dots in the areas shown in the photo taking care not to place them too close to the inner track. Place a foam pop dot in the center of one of the circles, place it in the track and then place the other circle on top. Check to see if the circle will go around the track easily.
5. Assemble the card by placing the outer red frame onto your card base. Put the circle slider piece in place as shown in photo above. Use the throw-away track pieces to aide in getting the red center rectangle even. Adhere the white rectangle and pattern paper frame to the red center rectangle. Adhere all pieces of Chilly the Penguin using photos for placement. Adhere Chilly to the circle. Tip – I adhered a small piece of the throw-away slider track to the circle for added stability for Chilly or you could just use Chilly's head if you prefer.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and feel inspired to try it out yourself.
Happy Crafting,
Elizabeth Craft Designs –
Soft Finish Cardstock 8.5" X 11" 230gr /85Lb 10 pack
Soft Finish Cardstock, Buttercream
Soft Finish Cardstock, Rich Black
Other supplies:
Real Red card stock
Foam pop dots
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Ronnie was raised in the industry, installing AC units and climbing through attics from a young age. Kat married into the family business, and tries her best to keep the paperwork (and the boys) in line.
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Facebook emoticons can transform your conversation into a more sophisticated and refined version. You will love the way you chat with your friends making things comprehensible for both. There are different Facebook chat emoticons and each conveys their individual meaning. The Angel is one such Facebook smiley that has a particular connotation to it.
Angel defines how pure you are. Suppose you want to propose to someone and you have already done. It is just your luck that you get a positive reply to it, and then send in the angel to show that you are innocent and a very solemn human being. This gives your friend the confidence to trust in you. The angel is the best and the sweetest Facebook emoticon that you can ask for. Amongst the other Facebook emoticons, the angel is used for special occasions to make things appear better.
The angel code looks like O:), in which the halo shows that you are as pure as the divine water. You may find it difficult to explain your solemnity in words; therefore it is easier for you to use the code or image of the angel and makes things easier.


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Our 2010 Interesting Signs part two
The Original Margaritaville Cafe in Key West, Florida
Yea, this is the sign outside Jimmy Buffett's original Margaritaville Cafe on Duval Street in Key West.
The Original Margaritaville Store in Key West, Florida
Next door to Jimmy Buffett's original Cafe is his equally popular Margaritaville Store. This is quintessential Key West.
Sign in men's room at Robert's famous honky tonk in Nashville, Tennessee
Robert's is a famous honky tonk on Broadway Street in Nashville. This sign is over the toilet in the men's room. One can only imagine what has been found in this toilet.
The note about the Bass Player is particularly funny if you have ever visited Robert's....... he is a crusty old guy that toured with Johnny Cash for 12-years. There is not much that old buzzard hasn't seen or done.
Dave Roe, the bass player mentioned in the above sign
Dave Roe is the bass player in Robert's that was mentioned in the sign above. Dave played in Johnny Cash's road band for 12-years. He is one of the famous "Tennessee-Three".
Dave has toured and recorded with Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Joe Shaver, and many more. Dave is a studio musician but still likes playing at Robert's a few days each week. You are looking at one of the best in the business.
Sign on the wall in The Stage on Broadway honky tonk in Nashville
Joyce took this picture while in The Stage on Broadway one of the premier honky tonks in the country. If you are in Nashville, stop in and look around the Stage on Broadway.
Speed limit sign in Sandestin a hoity toity resort east of Destin, Florida
Joyce and I both loved this sign ......19-mph we saw another one in the same resort that was for 23-mph.
I have never seen another Speed Limit 19 sign anywhere, or a Speed limit 23 either.
Sandestin is a posh, gated, golf community east of Destin, Florida.
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Metro Newsletter #102
June 28, 2019
To our clients and friends:
This is another in a series of newsletters designed to keep you clearly informed of current events in the area of retirement plans (plus other stuff I find interesting…).
Proposed Legislation – The "SECURE" Act:
Congress is now debating some big changes to the pension rules. While we never know, of course, if legislation will actually be passed, this one does appear to have bipartisan support. Even if it does not pass now, it is still useful to know what kinds of changes people are thinking about. Here is a brief summary:
- Make access to 401k plans easier – This is a theme with Congress, as they are concerned about the relatively low coverage rates among plan participants. (Background: They allow the retirement plan industry $140 Billion/year of tax savings, and they feel they are not getting the best bang for that buck. Billion with a "B") Access would be easier by allowing for "group" types of 401k plans, where employers could sign up for a plan with lots of other Employers. This is called a "Multiple Employer" plan. Potential attractions might include lower fees and less fiduciary responsibility.
- Lifetime Income – this is another one of Congress' long-term themes. They don't want people to run out of retirement money. Apparently, too many people take a lump-sum and then waste it or use it up. The two relevant features of this bill would (a) force 401k plans to disclose, at least once a year, the amount of potential lifetime income that would be supported by the account balance, and (b) remove fiduciary liability for the Employer, regarding selection of an annuity provider.
- Relax the age 70 ½ forced payout rule – the SECURE Act would delay it until age 72, while other pieces of legislation might either increase it further, to age 75, or else provide a "deminimis" amount (ex: $ 100K) to simply ignore the concept altogether. The political drawback is that this helps rich people.
- Allow aged workers to save more – by removing the age 70 ½ restriction on putting more $$ into an IRA.
- Encourage automatic enrollment – This is another of Congress' favorite ideas to encourage participation. It has already been proven that auto-enrollment does increase plan participation. (Background – this means that a newly-hired employee is automatically covered by a 401k plan unless they opt out.) This proposed legislation would provide a $ 500 tax credit (for administrative expenses) if the Plan includes this provision. One can see that it's only a matter of time until this feature becomes mandatory. (Another tax credit in the legislation would increase the set-up credit for starting a new plan to up to $ 5,000, depending upon the number of employees.)
- A new exemption from the early (age 59 ½) payout penalty – up to $ 5 K for the birth or adoption of a child.
- Elimination of "stretch IRA" provisions – so that a beneficiary of an inherited IRA might have to wrap it up over 10 years, instead of their whole lifetime. This would raise revenue.
- More time to adopt a Plan – Currently, you have to adopt the new plan by 12/31 of that tax year. The proposal would allow the Employer to adopt it until their tax return due date for that year.
- More flexibility on Safe Harbor – this popular 401k provision ("free ride on the 401k test") would allow the Employer to add this provision until the end of the year, if they select a "non-elective" contribution of 4%. This means that everyone gets it, i.e., it's not a "match". This is also 1% more costly than the regular 3% safe harbor, available for more timely adopters.
- One more coverage booster – Since Day 1 of ERISA, the rule has been that we could exclude those employees who work < 1,000 hours a year. Again, this may have made sense in 1974, when more people worked full time. But this is another opportunity for Congress to improve coverage, and the proposal would provide coverage of part-timers who work 500 + hours for 3 years in a row. These employees, however, could be excluded from discrimination testing.
Will this bill actually pass? The House passed their version last month, 417-3. The Senate is bickering about it. There are unrelated (but connected) issues like a "kiddy tax fix", that people want to throw into here. (The tax rate for a child whose parent died in combat was set too high in the recent Tax Reform Bill, so they're trying to fix it.). There are also some "529 expansion" issues that are being debated (can it pay for home schooling?), so the teachers unions are weighing in. But the fact that it is being worked on so early in the two-year Congressional Term is a positive sign. In any case, whether it passes or not, one can see Congress' intentions here.
What do you think about this? Let me know ([email protected])
What's cooking here at Metro?
- Diane Barton, our (beloved/esteemed) President, was in West Virginia last week, networking among our Accountant friends and business partners, at their 100th anniversary annual convention. (WVSCPA)
- Leigh Lewis, another of Metro's owners, is a co-chairperson of the ASPPA Women's in Retirement Conference (for the third year), being held now in Chicago.
- Several of the newer Metro employees have passed the preliminary ASPPA exams, including Izaak Fulmer-Moffat, Sam Hopps and Ronelle, Flint (in our WV office).
Reminder on Plan Documents:
For those of you who sponsor either Defined Benefit, Cash Balance, or 403(b) Plans, be aware that those documents will all need to be redone by next Spring. DB/CB documents are due 4/30/20, while 403(b) documents are due a month sooner. The reasons for doing this are (a) to keep the plan documents current with all regs and legislation, and (b) because the IRS says you have to do this every six years. Please let us know if you have any questions on this process.
Hope for underfunded Defined Benefit Plans?
For decades, now, I have seen forecasts of higher interest rates. While you may agree with this or not, the people rooting the hardest for an increase in interest rates are the Sponsors of (traditional) defined benefit plans, almost all of which have been (i) frozen and (ii) underfunded, some severely so. The concept is that if interest rates go up, the liabilities for those benefits would look smaller, hopefully to the degree that assets would become sufficient to pay out all benefits and the plan could be (finally) wrapped up.
Not so fast. The current 10-year Treasury rate (upon which required funding is measured) is now below 2%, having dropped over a full percent in the past 6 months. So those required contributions won't be disappearing anytime soon.
What's Up with You?
Let me know. Have a great summer! 😊
Best Wishes,
David M. Lipkin, MSPA, FSA, Editor
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Metro Benefits, Inc. is a regional consulting firm, based in Pittsburgh, PA and Ripley, WV. We provide a wide range of services for qualified plans. While we make every effort to verify the accuracy of the information that we present here, you should consult with your Plan attorney or other advisor before acting on it.
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Sony and Honda are establishing a joint venture to develop electric vehicles
The first EV from the partnership is expected in 2025 at the earliestBy Joao Silva
In context: Many were surprised when Sony announced it would get into the EV market. From what we've gathered, the Japanese company expects to launch two Vision-S models in the coming years. However, based on the newly announced partnership with Honda, Sony has much bigger plans for its venture into the EV market.
In a somewhat unexpected announcement, Sony and Honda revealed their plans to create a new company to design, develop and sell EVs. Sony and Honda will also provide mobility services to customers using the car manufacturer's know-how in vehicle development and manufacturing and the technology company's expertise across different electronics fields.
The companies hope to take care of the bureaucracy needed to establish the new company in the coming months, hoping to create the new EV brand before the end of 2022.
"Sony's Purpose is to 'fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology,'" said Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony's CEO. "Through this alliance with Honda, which has accumulated extensive global experience and achievements in the automobile industry over many years and continues to make revolutionary advancements in this field, we intend to build on our vision to 'make the mobility space an emotional one,' and contribute to the evolution of mobility centered around safety, entertainment and adaptability."
The new company resulting from this partnership will be responsible for planning, designing, developing, and selling the EV. However, manufacturing will be at Honda's duty, while Sony takes care of the mobility service platform.
While we wait for the first Honda-Sony EV, we'll likely see the Japanese technology conglomerate launching the Vision-S models. The original Vision-S was announced at CES 2020 as a concept, but during the 2022 conference, Sony unveiled its plans to launch the EV (now called Vision-S 01) under the Sony Mobility brand. In addition, it also revealed the Vision-S 02, the Model-X equivalent in the Sony EV series.


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The former Rhone-Poulenc facility is located adjacent to the Lower Duwamish Waterway in Tukwila, Washington. The site is being cleaned up because toxic wastes from the property are moving with the groundwater into the river.
- Site History and Cleanup Status
- Site Description
- Contaminants at this Facility
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Site History and Cleanup Status
Industrial operations on the original property date back to the 1930s when I.F. Laucks built a pilot plant to formulate glue for use in plywood manufacturing. In 1949, Monsanto Chemical Company (Monsanto) purchased the property and continued the manufacture of glue, as well as paints, resins, and storage of wood preservatives. In 1952, Monsanto commenced vanillin production on the property in addition to previous products, and ceased production of dry glue and resin around 1969 and hardener and extender in 1970. Vanillin production continued at the facility after Monsanto sold the property to Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. in 1985. Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. stopped chemical operations in April 1991, and thereafter transferred title to the property to Rhodia, Inc. in January 1998. In November 1998, Rhodia sold the property to Container Properties LLC, the current owner.
The RCRA corrective action process at the facility to date has included the initial RCRA Facility Assessment (1990) and the RCRA Facility Investigation (1995). Subsequent investigations have included geoprobe and geotechnical investigations, sediment and porewater investigations, and ongoing quarterly groundwater monitoring.
Interim cleanup actions at the facility have included numerous excavations for removal of soil contaminated with petroleum, toluene, and metals. Soil vapor extraction and air sparging was conducted for removal of toluene in soil and groundwater. Installation of a hydraulic control interim measure comprised of a low-permeability subsurface barrier wall and a pump-and-treat system prevents flow of contaminated groundwater from the property to the Lower Duwamish Waterway.
The liable parties will soon begin a pilot study where carbon dioxide is injected to lower the caustic high pH in the site's soil and groundwater. EPA also will work with the parties to conduct site-wide groundwater sampling. The information from the pilot study and the sampling will help inform the future Corrective Measures Study to figure out how to clean up the remaining contamination.
Site Description
The facility is located adjacent to the Lower Duwamish Waterway in the city of Tukwila, Washington, in Seattle's South End Industrial District (see map).
The original property occupied approximately 25 acres, but in 2006, it was divided into two separate parcels: the West Parcel (14.4 acres) and the East Parcel (6.6 acres). The East Parcel was remediated in 2006-2007 and later sold to the Museum of Flight Foundation. A public high school was subsequently constructed on the Museum of Flight property and opened in October 2013.
The West Parcel consists of an upland area, a shoreline, and a tideflat that extends into the Lower Duwamish Waterway. The West Parcel was redeveloped in 2006 and most of the upland area is paved. Since 2007 the property has been leased to an auction company for temporary storage of wrecked vehicles. The tideflat is composed almost entirely of sediments that are exposed during normal low tides.
Contaminants at this Facility
The primary contaminants remaining in groundwater and soil in portions of the upland and shoreline areas of this facility include toluene, metals (primarily copper), and caustic (high pH). Other contaminants which have been detected sporadically include petroleum hydrocarbons and semi-volatile organic compounds.
Contaminants remaining in the sediments in the tideflats area include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), arsenic, and benzyl alcohol.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
Corrective action is complete for the East Parcel and no controls are required. The West Parcel is still being investigated and remediated; the need for any institutional or engineering controls will be determined later in the process.
Land Reuse Information at this Facility
The East Parcel corrective action is complete and the parcel was sold to the Museum of Flight in 2006. The West Parcel is still being investigated and remediated.
Regulatory Authority
RCRA Corrective Action activities at this facility are being conducted under the direction of EPA Region 10, under the Administrative Order on Consent for Corrective Action (Order) Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Docket No. 1091-11-20-3008(h).
The original Order was signed in 1993 with Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. and its successors as Respondents to the Order, or liable parties. In 1998, Container Properties, LLC, purchased the property. The names of the Respondents were updated in a 1999 amendment to the Order: Container Properties, LLC, Rhodia Inc., and all successors to Rhone-Poulenc Inc., including but not limited to Bayer CropScience, Inc. Rhodia Inc. has been acquired by Solvay, Inc.
DocumentsYou may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's About PDF page to learn more.
- West Parcel: Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Report, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(323 pp, 30 MB, February 2017)
- West Parcel: Revised CO2 Neutralization Pilot Study Work Plan, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(73 pp, 2 MB, January 2017)
- East Parcel: Corrective Action Complete Without Controls, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(2 pp, 312 K, August 29, 2017)
- East Parcel: Corrective Measures Implementation 2016 O&M Report, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(57 pp, 11 MB, March 2017)
- East Parcel: Final Decision and Response to Comments, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(4 pp, 159 K, December 2006)
- East Parcel: Statement of Basis, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(34 pp, 895 K, November 2006)
Documentation of Environmental Indicator (EI) Determination, Rhone-Poulenc, Tukwila, Washington (PDF)(11 pp, 69 K,
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Each individual listed below has shown exceptional talent and leadership in their roles to help make CSP the great university that it is today. The following new roles take effect January 3, 2022. CSP's leadership team will provide support to help ensure seamless transitions as certain functions will be better aligned within the organization.
Dr. Katie Fischer is being elevated to Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Strategic Program Development.
Katie has been with CSP for more than 11 years, serving most recently as the Dean of the College of Health and Science. In her new role as Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Strategic Program Development, Katie will apply her strategic management skills for an even greater impact on the trajectory of CSP, specifically for the nursing and health sciences programming that is expected to grow significantly in the coming years.
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Jason Rahn is being elevated to Associate Vice President for Student Life and Retention.
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Milissa Orchard's role is elevating to Associate Vice President of Accreditation and Assessment.
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Kristin Vogel's role is expanding as the Director of Enrollment Systems and Operations.
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Each one of these new appointments will result in some re-alignment in the overall structure of CSP. You can view a revised org chart here.
The expanded roles for these CSP leaders will also lead to some adjustments to the executive leadership and strategic planning teams. The executive leadership team to the President will include all vice presidents, the Chief Diversity Officer, and the Associate Vice President of Faith and Ministry. The strategic planning team consists of a broader team, including the president, all vice presidents, deans of schools, the Faculty Senate Chair – along with the Associate Vice Presidents of Continuing Studies, Faith and Ministry, and Accreditation and Assessment. This team will also include representatives from CSP service areas, including the library, technology, athletics, and facilities department.
"These new roles for proven leaders at CSP will better tap their unique skills to directly support the needs of our students, which will ultimately support the university's strategic growth goals," noted Dr. Eric LaMott, Provost and COO for CSP. "The university has a solid plan in place to grow CSP across most areas of academic programming, with particularly significant growth opportunities in non-traditional, and graduate studies programs. The value we provide, whether online or in-person, is paramount. This new alignment of leadership and skills will further help propel our students and university forward in competitive and innovative ways."


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Deadline reports that Lee Daniels (Empire, Lee Daniels' The Butler) has optioned the rights to Sam Greenlee's revolutionary 1969 spy novel The Spook Who Sat By the Door with the intention of turning it into a TV series for Fox 21 Television Studios. The book was previously, brilliantly filmed as a feature by Ivan Dixon in 1973 (with music by Herbie Hancock). While some are quick to lump it in with the blaxpoitation wave of that era, The Spook Who Sat By the Door was really something much more than that. It's truly revolutionary cinema, and riper than ever for a remake in today's tense racial climate in America. The story follows Dan Freeman, the CIA's first black officer in an affirmative action hiring initiative. After rigorous training in all manner of weapons, unarmed combat, sabotage, and counterinsurgency, Freeman is made "top secret reproduction center section chief..." a task that involves running a photocopier. Fed up, he eventually returns to his hometown of Chicago where he uses his training to militarize a local black street gang and create genuine insurgency in the streets of Nixon's America, figuring the country can't fight wars on two fronts (overseas and at home) simultaneously. Based on the highly effective techniques used on the streets of Chicago, the Intelligence Community (still underestimating Freeman) assumes that it must be Russian agents fomenting discord. (The antihero's backstory and motivation were recently borrowed for the villain in this year's blockbuster Black Panther.) The original film, long suppressed, is a genuine classic deserving of rediscovery, and Daniels is a talented storyteller. I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes of this!
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The original film was released in 1975, and 21-years later, the sequel hit cable -- the USA Network to be precise. Karen Black was dumped in favor of actress Lysette Anthony, and this really is the only thing worth a damn that she's ever done. Had they chosen a stronger actress, the film might have worked better. But, there are some moments of "Trilogy of Terror II" that work. In 1996, they could get away with a lot more on cable than they could on regular television in 1975. So, the fright level is amped up more, though it does rarely connect.
Lysette Anthony stars as Laura, who is having an affair with Ben (Geraint Davies) behind the back of her elderly and very wealthy husband. Laura and Ben eventually conspire to have Ansford, her husband, killed and they eventually succeed, with the hopes of taking his inheritance. However, Ansford has had his money transferred to a Swiss bank account and the combination to retrieve the money was buried with him. Laura and Ben make a trip to the graveyard to dig it up, but discover a horde of bloodthirsty rats that live below the soil and feast on the remains of those put into it, and even those who attempt to violate their graveyard.
This is probably my favorite short of the entire franchise. Lysette Anthony stars as Alma, whose son Bobby (Blake Heron) drowned, his death ruining her life. She performs a dark and sinister ritual that is supposed to bring Bobby back from the dead. At first, she thinks it has failed. Soon, though, she hears a knock at her door, and when she answers, she sees her son standing before her. At first, everything seems normal and she thinks her prayers have been answered and the ritual worked. Soon, however, she realizes that it's not the same Bobby that she knew -- this ones angry and vicious and out for something more than motherly love.
The Zuni fetish doll is back! This picks up right after the events of the first film, when the doll is dropped off to Dr. Simpson (Lysette Anthony), who is supposed to examine it. Of course, the doll returns to his killing spree, but has a lot more freedom to cause havoc in 1996 than he did in 1975. Ah, thank God for censorship!
On the whole, the sequel probably works better than the original because it seems more fresh. "The Graveyard Rats" is an interesting enough story, though it's really a rip-off of "Graveyard Shift" by Stephen King. It has some nice moments and creature effects. "Bobby" is very well done and my favorite of the whole franchise, and features Lysette Anthony's best performance. This one really worked well. "He Who Kills" is a nice addition to the Zuni fetish doll tradition and keeps that whole thing going, but Lysette Anthony is very bad in this one and overacts worse than Karen Black, if you can believe such a thing.
Bottom line: this sequel is probably better than the original, but only because they could get away with more and it seems like everyone's having a bit more fun with the goofiness of the material. I would recommend you see this one over the original, and it does stand on its own, so that's good.
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Does that doll on the cover remind anyone else of a Critter?
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No it doesn't. Why are you on such a Critter kick all of a sudden.
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Just bought and watched Critters. Does two comments a kick make?
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At this time of night: Yes, yes it does. ;)
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Indeed it does, but I will say, on the "TOT 2" cover, Zuni does look a bit like a crite.
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Meh, maybe the mouth...? Nah, I really can't see I'm buying it.
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It's the eyes as well as the mouth. Perhaps a partially shaven/balding crite?
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When people are presented with disagreeable facts they tend to double down on their own truth. It may be that we are neurologically wired to make decisions now and defend them later. Regardless of who you voted for in the last election, for example, you were probably complicit in editing data that didn't suit your preferences--and almost certainly never acknowledged to yourself that you did. Editing the data need not always be a bad thing as long it is conscious.
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Once we had a client for whom we did a marketing survey. The survey told us that the ad campaign the client was running was not yielding anything like its hoped-for return. "I know what the data says," the client told us, "but I'm trying to build a brand."
This was a woman who knew what she believed. She didn't deny the data but she understood the limits of its usefulness for her. It was OK to privilege belief over data as long as she could say out loud that that was what she was doing.
We don't argue against a vision that steers an organization to a place the market doesn't yet know it wishes to go. Entrepreneurs do that all the time, and we all admire their daring. They have a bias toward action, we say. When they take a risk in the face of discouraging data we admire their guts. They are willing to make choices in the absence of certainty.
Placing a considered bet on where the world is going is evidence of leadership. It is a strategic choice about the future. The risk lies in getting all emotional about it.
The old joke about consultants is that we'll borrow your watch and tell you what time it is. The main reason companies hire consultants is not because they know more than people working at the client (usually they don't) but because they have a process that is outside the client. Presumably the process is detached--a kind of truth machine.
The usefulness of a detached perspective--whether it comes from a consultant or from our super egos--is that it helps us observe the process by which we make choices.
Consider, for example, a large retail chain that knew it needed to acquire an electronics brand but didn't know which one. Actually, it did know which one. Except that it was the wrong one. We did a study of acquisition options and recommended a choice different from what the senior team already had in mind. The client commissioned a second study. Same result. The client could always ask for one more piece of missing information to justify non-decision because it couldn't distinguish between what it wanted and what it needed.
As outsiders we could see what the client couldn't, which was that it was hoping for data to back up a decision the senior team had already made. This lacked common sense. It's a moral hazard common to all of us. How many of us, for example, have been in romances where we fight the evidence and believe we can make everything right? People have an amazing capacity for ignoring cognitive dissonance.
Most of us don't like saying we're wrong--as we discovered with another client that continued pouring good money after bad with a hyperlocal strategy that didn't work economically.
"It's gotta work," the CEO said. He hunted among the research for glimmers of encouragement. He was largely steering by his emotions, not by the data. Once again, want had become need.
Truth metrics
If we were defining a person with common sense we would probably describe someone who makes plausible choices knowing they won't ever have all the facts. They acknowledge their biases and navigate them. Their definition of success would boil down to whether or not they are making good decisions most of the time.
Organizations don't always want a process for forcing common sense on themselves; they resist telling the emperor he has no clothes. That's especially so when the emperor has had some success; no one wants to challenge what works. It only gets harder once money and careers are invested.
That's the reason for establishing truth metrics before emotions are heightened. Dashboards and key performance indicators, for instance, are designed to be truth metrics. Their intended usefulness is to enable detachment and decisions based on data. That way at least we're all agreed on what we're arguing about.
Bear in mind that exactly the effort to generate hard data can carry the risk of confirmation bias in the things we attempt to track, in the questions we ask our truth machine. WellsFargo, for example, tracked accounts opened by customers. Gaming of the system started immediately.
Metrics should show more than mere progress. Just as your doctor does with your cholesterol level, decide what a healthy level of success looks like and hold yourself to it. If the thing you're measuring isn't in the range be honest with yourself and think about ending it.
To test any choice it helps to include perspectives different from your own. As we described in a prior piece there is value in having people who challenge your beliefs. That's what boards of directors do, in theory.
You might choose to ignore the metrics and declare out loud that you're doing so. But differentiate belief from data. Remember, belief's not always bad (who knows, maybe you're a visionary). But confusing belief for data ignores the value data plays in signaling where you might find the truth.
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Other articles by the authors:
"Why Does Choice Make us Unhappy?"
Today we have more freedom to make our own choices than any civilization has ever known. We're asked to make complex choices about a multitude of subjects we can't possibly know all about. We don't know what, can't distinguish which, don't know whose opinion to trust. This is a transitional moment. There is a market opportunity for intermediaries who take the pain out of choosing.
"The End of Diversity"
Companies regularly measure diversity in terms of gender, race or age, implying that demographic mix translates into high performance. But at the same time, companies make deliberate efforts to iron out differences, hiring candidates for "fit" and evaluating employee performance against an ideal type. This isn't diversity. This is confirmation bias.
"Tesla's Gigantic Concept Test"
Tesla has moved test and learn into the R&D phase. Within the first month of unveiling the Model 3 concept, nearly 400,000 people have placed orders. The launch, if one may call it that, was a gigantic concept test for a car that is yet to be built. This was Kickstarter on a grand scale. But Tesla is not testing a version of a car. Tesla is capturing market share even as its car is being designed.


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Small sticker type product. Patented static electricity suppression technology in Japan for improving engine performance for vehicles.
What is AdPower?
Easy to install, just stick it on, but the benefits you get are large!
抑制進氣中的靜電、 提高引擎的燃燒效率。
1. 減少耗油
2. 輸出(馬力/扭矩)的提高。
3. 燃油效率改善。
2017: 日本專利(No. 6176759)
2019: 东京都产业劳动局
2020: Good Design Award 2020
2017-2018年 公共機構和製造商的平均測量測試值。
廢氣排放:日本汽車運輸技術協會 2018年10月15-16日測試
We established the"Tomizawa Fund" in 2007 and started a business.
However,the year after the establishment, the financial crisis provided an opportunityto transform the business, and I was thinking about how to restart it. At thattime, I visited Asian countries for the first time in a long time …
2020/11/21 Purchase the second piece
It is the 3rd day after pasting, but it is effective for torque at the time of starting and engine braking with accelerator off. Since the engine brake does not work, it rolls well.The torque is also up and the number of revolutions is down.I don't know the fuel consumption yet, but 8.6 has increased to 9.1.I think the cost performance is good.I want to buy another one for 2,000 yen.
I bought 3 of these for my 4400cc engine.
I put them on the outside of the filter for fear that they would come off. I felt the smoothness and the lightness of the air.
However, in the second picture, the part I put on top was hidden when I put the filter back.
I got the confirmation that there was no problems, but it looks good so I bought another one to install.
I feel like it blows up lighter and goes on smoothly and quietly.
My previous car was a 4400cc car with the Ram Air system and it feels as good as that one.
For the price of this car, it feels great.
I think there is a synergistic effect of the sports filter and 4 protruding mufflers.
The manufacturer's response and explanation of the product was very good and satisfactory.
This car is a BMW 320i.
I put two of them in the box.
My impression of driving in ECO mode is that when I stepped on the accelerator at a traffic light, I felt like I was in the wrong place.
When I step on the gas pedal as much as before, it moves forward with more force than before I put it up!
Now we just have to hope for better gas mileage!
2020/12/10 First report
The car is a Mazda Flair Wagon (OEM car of Suzuki Spacia) registered in March 2018, and is a light car with a current running speed of 50,000 km.I feel that the torque has increased in the experience part. Is it a feeling that the car goes out in front with less stepping than before? I felt it when I was riding in the city before a business trip, but I felt it stronger when driving at high speed. The fuel consumption on the outbound route was almost the same as 22km / l, but in fact, the travel time to Osaka has been shortened by more than 30 minutes. In other words, I was driving at an average speed of about 10km / h higher than before. Since it is a box-shaped car, the fuel efficiency was extremely poor when driving at about 100 m / h or higher, so I think that the fuel efficiency part was also effective.
2020/10/18 Fuel economy has improved
It is a verification with RG1 of Step WGN that runs over 200,000 km. I think it will change depending on how you drive and the presence or absence of traffic lights, but the old fuel consumption was 10.5-11.0 km, but now it is 12.2 km. Since it is an in-vehicle fuel consumption meter display, it is just a guide, but I was happy because the mileage exceeded 600 km from the full tank to the next refueling, so I ordered additional parts for light cars and motorcycles.
I put it on my wife's car in secret.Two weeks after I put it on, my wife muttered, "The car is in good shape recently."She shouldn't know what I put on ...It may be effective.
Super Taikyu是在日本舉行的汽車比賽。一台由市售四輪車改裝而成的機器將參加比賽。 AdPower 也用於 Super Taikyu。


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Megan Baynes, The Express | January 26, 2020
Former England cricket star Kevin Pietersen has been mocked on social media for sharing a bizarre theory about the origins of the coronavirus. He shared a picture of two rhino horns which had the caption: "It's believed the corona virus is possibly caused due to the use of rhino horn."
Kevin accompanied the picture with the words "PLS RT?!?!?!!" and an emoji of hands praying. The image, which is now widely circulating on social media, offers no evidence to back up these claims. Social media users were quick to jump on the post.
One tweeted: "A pic of a couple of rhino horns with a caption that starts with 'It is believed..' isn't much of a proof, is it?
"Its for a great cause but don't want to end up being trolled by people for sharing something without genuine evidence to back that claim."
Another added: "Misinformation and lies are what makes people believe rhino horn has medicinal properties. Please don't stoop to their level of stupidity.
"This just gives them ammunition to cast back at our noble cause."
Some believed the former cricketer was deliberately spreading fake news to prevent rhinos being killed for their horns.
Kevin has previously described himself as a passionate conservationist, working with organisations to tackle rhino poaching.
One Twitter user said: "It may not be 100% accurate but it will help a cause so I will take it."
Another said: "I'm just retweeting it anyway. The poachers are likely not associated with sharp minds."
It has not yet been established what caused the new strain of coronavirus which appeared in Wuhan, China, at the start of December.
The disease is believed to have originated in a 'wet market', where meat was sold alongside live animals.
There are fears the virus outbreak could be linked to bat soup sold at the market but this has not been confirmed.
The illness has infected almost 2,000 Chinese citizens and killed more than 50 people, including one doctor.
Three cases have been reported in France but there are no known sufferers in the UK. More than 30 people in the UK have been checked, but all tests have returned negative.
Wuhan was placed on lockdown on Thursday, with residents banned from leaving the city. Flights, buses and all other methods of transport have been halted in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
Now 16 other Chinese cities have been locked down, with around 28 provinces issued the highest emergency response ranking possible.
The death toll has steadily risen in recent days.


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Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed environmental goals that it hopes will cut £200 million ($318 million) from its costs by 2020. This is the first time RBS has published its environmental targets, although they have previously been used internally, The Scotsman reports.
The bank is aiming to cut the CO2 emitted as a result of staff travel by 50 per cent by 2020, compared with 2011 levels, and to halve the amount a paper used in its offices and branches by 2020. The goals cover its worldwide operations.
An annual meeting of 300 senior executives has already been held online as the bank tries to cut back on its emissions, the paper reports.
Figures for the 2011 baseline will be adjusted to account for the sale of buildings in the U.K. and those of businesses abroad, the paper reports.
A representative from Friends of the Earth Scotland called RBS's efforts "laughable," saying that if the company is serious about reducing its environmental impact, it should cut down on the billions it provides to the oil, gas and coal industries.
About a year ago, RBS was ranked as the 7th greenest bank in the world. Banco Santander and Goldman Sachs were named the greenest and second greenest banks in the rankings by Bloomberg Markets magazine. Eight of the top ten banks are based in Europe, which Bloomberg said reflects the European Union's emissions-reduction policies.


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"Mens sana in corpore sano", we try again the Latin, which we do not need otherwise, because we consider it superfluous. Just where we see ourselves compelled to justify why we build such a cult around our bodies, then he is supposed to provide us with help, because authority it has, as it is so old and so often quotes when we have millions spread out for cosmetic articles and as well as many animals dying a excruciating death for it, which we then regret a little bit when they are presented to us as pitiful creatures on Facebook or elsewhere when we are in Botox and beauty operations, in fitness studios and personal trainers, in the Yoga class and the great wisdom teacher, who is actually called Karl and who comes from Meidling to be called from the pubbank to the higher orders, then the Latin is just right for us. At all, such an old quotation has in itself the attitude of an indisputable truth.
"Mens sana in corpore sano" is quoted in the vinous mood. In short, it is thought about whether the endings are right, a fearful look into the round, whether or not one sits there, who is able to check these damn declination endings. Or were it the conjugation? However, no one is there who vows, no one who does not fall into silent devotion, because it is possible for someone at this table to bring forth, at this advanced hour and mood, such a pre-eminently pregnant sentence. One or the other is also silent because he secretly pulls the mobile phone out of his pocket to google fast times which could mean that sentence, which makes everyone shudder. Damn, how do you write that? The old Latin is still a reverent.
"Mens sana in corpore sano" is propagated in the country, and in the pigs' greased faces, a glorified smile makes itself felt, a cholesterol-lingering look at the supposed self, which was once, muscular and washboard belly, and yes, there you come To-morrow, or over-tomorrow, for we all know, know how to look, how we have to look, to ideal. No longer from the tailor, but from the pole, we want to be consistent, uniform. With words enlightenment and individualism hypocritical, with deeds everything is set to be equal, in everything, adapted and depersonalized.
"Mens sana in corpore sano" teaches us the integrity of a body that reflects the individuality of the mind, a work of art that does not have to be continually improved, but that must work out and apply itself. The body of art has long since overlaid the body as a natural work of art; the piece of meat trimmed is avenging itself, and goes under the mass of consumables, which are likewise disposed of when they no longer correspond fully to which the spirit escapes, No longer resides in an individual, but in an undefined, meaningless monotony of ideas and prescriptions, an artificial spirit in an artificial body, instead of a living spirit in the work of art.


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What's that old saying? Time flies when you're building online portfolios? Time certainly has flown this semester, and we're rapidly nearing the end of our class and the beginning of great new things for all of you. It's been a pleasure working with you, and I hope your portfolios and job application materials serve you well in the months and years ahead. If there's ever anything I can to help you in the future, I hope you'll let me know.
Since we had a chance to review everyone's portfolio during Week 14, we won't need to meet in person for our final class session. Instead, you just need to do two things:
- Upload the final version of your portfolio (including the changes you agreed to make during our peer critique session) to your personal website, then send me the URL for your site.
Complete the SPOT evaluation for this class, if you haven't already.
Please take care of those tasks no later than Wednesday, May 6. If you need technical help with your site between now and then, please email me to set up a time to meet. Otherwise, I'll look forward to seeing your finished portfolios next week!


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In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth blogging about, I post a regular feature called "The Week In Web 2.0." (you might also be interested in The 50 Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2017). I also sometimes include tech tools or articles about them that might not exactly fit the definition of Web 2.0:
Get Your GIF On!! #EduGIFS! is from Dave Burgess' blog. I'm adding it to The Best Resources On GIFs — Please Contribute More
Twitter launches Bookmarks, a private way to save tweets is from TechCrunch.
BLOGGING ON THE GO, MOBILE APPS, AND A CHANGE is from Edublogs. I'm adding it to The Best Sources Of Advice For Teachers (And Others!) On How To Be Better Bloggers.
Letterfuel is a new tool for creating email newsletters. It's only free, however, up to the first 100 subscribers. I'm adding it to The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters.


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The Throwback Special
For a 17th consecutive year, men gather to reenact the career-ending injury of NFL Quarterback, Joe Theismann.
For the 17th consecutive year, 22 men convene for a weekend at an Interstate Highway hotel. The reason for their gathering? To assume the identities of and reenact a competition between the Washington Redskins and New York Giants of the National Football League. More precisely, they intend to mimic a singular and most unusual play as had occurred during an actual game that Washington hosted on November 18, 1985. That contest, and this solitary play, henceforth known publicly as "The Throwback Special", were immediately immortalized by reason of the resultant macabre: a Monday Night Football audience was violently confronted with the catastrophic, career-ending injury sustained by Redskins Quarterback, Joe Theismann, at the hands of the eminently feared, universally esteemed Giants Linebacker, Lawrence Taylor.
When I say that the men in the novel are assembling so that they may assume the identities of the athletes who were on the field of play at the time of The Throwback Special, this is no exaggeration. The first official business of the yearly enclave is the Draft, during which, and by following strict, interdependent rules of order, the men select, or, when circumstances dictate, are assigned the individual they will portray in that years mounting of "the play". To this end, the men arrive at the hotel not with attaches or rolling business cases, but with duffel bags filled with the equipment and uniform (down to the team insignia and playing numbers) of their historic counterparts.
This annual pilgrimage of (now) middle aged men intent on acting out the moments leading up to and including Theismann's most ghastly suffering is, to be sure, an odd premise at least. Given however that our privilege of witness occurs for the 17th such iteration, it is an instantaneous and sympathetic estrangement I believe you will feel for and with the "specialists". As one character, Robert, muses when another curious hotel guest inquires after his participation:
"There was not a good way to talk about what he was doing here."
The exact opposite is true of Chris Bachelder who doesn't do a good job, but a great job in illuminating the certain insecurities that plague the 22 men of The Throwback Special; a group composed of individuals who are adept at finding paradoxical exultations and degradations in every tradition. What they say to each other, keep to themselves or write on restroom stall partitions is breathtaking, heartbreaking and hilarious, all the more so when superimposed by generous offerings of 3rd person omniscient narration.
The original Throwback Special was a trick play designed to subvert expectations. Bachelder has succeeded where his book's namesake failed by composing a highly literary examination of the mundanity that pervades even the most extravagant rituals and housing it within the conceit of this very funny novel that lets on to knowing a little bit about a lot of things in the games of life and football.
For a 17th consecutive year, men gather to reenact the career-ending injury of NFL Quarterback, Joe Theismann.