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hen talking about Zard you will easily forget that the group consists of 5 members, because most of the time it is Izumi Sakai who appears in the foreground. She does the singing, writes their lyrics and appears on the album's covers. Listening to Zard you will inmediately notice her beautiful voice. She is at her best with fast, good-sounding songs which she can sing with great enthusiasm. And at the same time she can sing the slower, ballad-like songs using her gentle voice. Put that together with the fact that she writes all the songs for Zard herself, then you will understand that we have here to do with a very gifted person. But of course, the musical support of the other group members must not be forgotten. They are doing a tremendous job and play an important role in Zard's success.
Izumi Sakai
Artist name:
Izumi Sakai
Real name:
Sachiko Kamachi
Date of birth:
6 February 1969
Place of birth:
Kurume (Japan)
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The other Zard members are:
Fumito Machida (Guitar)
Hiroyasu Hoshi (Bass)
Kimitaka Ikezawa (Keybord)
Michikara Kohsuke (Drum)
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Qualified majors (students who have maintained a GPA of ≥ 3.65 through the sixth semester) are encouraged to apply for Senior Honors before the end of the junior year. Majors must register for Japanese 486 (3 units) in the fall semester and Japanese 487 (3 units) in the spring semester. Honors work will be supervised by a three-member departmental Honors committee, which plans with each student special language work as needed and an independent Honors research paper. Each student must also have a primary honor's advisor who is responsible, in consultation with the other members of the committee, for assigning the final grades for 486 and 487.
Senior Honors Thesis Guidelines
Invitation to Senior Honors
Majors in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) who have maintained a GPA of 3.65 or higher are invited to work towards Senior Honors by writing an honor's thesis. The Proposal for Admission to the EALC Latin Honors Program form must be submitted by March 31 of the junior year. Prior to writing the thesis the student must submit a clearly articulated research Prospectus to his/her Primary Honors Thesis Advisor and the EALC chair. After receiving departmental approval, the student must satisfactorily complete a Senior Honor's thesis in order to be recommended to the College Office for Honors.
Senior Honor's Thesis
The Senior Honor's thesis is a research project or critical translation that is significantly larger than the usual term paper. It is usually approximately fifty pages long. Examples are available in the departmental office. In writing the thesis, the candidate is expected to make use of both primary and secondary materials and to demonstrate critical and analytical skills. Use of some sources in the candidate's major or language of study is highly encouraged and may be required by the advisor. Proper citation of sources and clear and consistent stylistic format will also be expected.
Selection of Primary Thesis Advisor & of Topic
The student is responsible for designating a Primary Honors Thesis Advisor from among the EALC faculty. The student should identify the faculty member whose expertise most closely relates to the proposed thesis topic in his/her sixth semester. Students who plan to study abroad their Junior Year should consult with their academic advisor prior to their departure about preparing for Honors. The student must then ensure that the faculty member will be willing to work with him/her on the proposed topic. (Students should note that faculty members periodically take leaves-of-absence and may not be available during the semester when the student intends to complete the thesis.)
Student's and Advisor's Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the honors' candidate include: adhering to the agreed-upon research and writing plan; seeking out the thesis advisor for help when needed; meeting agreed-upon deadlines; and abiding by the guidelines outlined in the Statement of Student Academic Integrity in the course listings and in the college bulletin. Responsibilities of the primary thesis advisor include: setting up regular meetings with the candidate; helping the candidate design a research and writing plan; monitoring the candidate's progress through meetings and periodic drafts; offering feedback in a timely fashion.
The Prospectus
Once the Proposal for Admission to the EALC Honors Program has been approved, the student should begin to work with the Thesis Advisor to draft a prospectus. The summer months should be used to collect data and compile a bibliography under the supervision of the Thesis Advisor. To the extent possible, students should incorporate reference materials—both primary and secondary sources—in the focus language. The prospectus should outline the central goals of the study and describe the methods and procedures to be employed in meeting those goals, as well as a preliminary bibliography.
The prospectus should be submitted to the Thesis Advisor by September 1. Failure to meet this deadline date will result in removal from the Honors program.
When the prospectus has been approved by the Thesis Advisor, the student must then submit it to the two Readers for their approval. Consultation with the Readers may necessitate changes in the thesis prospectus.
The student should present the Thesis Advisor with a preliminary draft of the thesis by the day before Thanksgiving break. Naturally, this draft will still be in need of substantial revision, but it will give the Thesis Advisor the opportunity to provide guidance and advice. Students will continue to refine their arguments and approaches accordingly. If the student's progress is satisfactory, a grade of CR (Pass) will be assigned for the fall Honors course.
By the beginning of the spring semester, the student should submit a complete draft to the Thesis Advisor. The Advisor will return the draft to the student in a timely fashion so that the student will have sufficient time to incorporate the Advisor's comments.
By March 1 of the spring semester, candidates should, with the approval of the Thesis Advisor, submit the final draft of the thesis to the two Readers.
Planning the Defense
It is the student's responsibility to arrange a date and time in mid-March when the Thesis Committee can meet for the oral defense. The student should make these arrangements no later than a month prior to the planned defense, and do so in consultation with the Thesis Advisor and the departmental office.
The Defense
The defense should take no more than one hour, and is intended primarily as an opportunity for assessment. The student will be asked to describe his/her project briefly, after which the Thesis Committee will ask questions, seek clarification, and if needed, make recommendations for revisions. On the basis of this assessment, the Committee will also determine whether or not the candidate should be recommended to the College Office for Latin Honors.
Based on the Committee's responses at the defense, the student will be asked to revise the thesis accordingly. If the thesis does not meet the Committee's standards for Honors, the student may request that the Honors Course be considered an Independent Study, and assessed accordingly.
Students whose theses pass the defense may be asked to do a number of revisions and submit a final draft to the Thesis Advisor. Depending on the degree of revisions required, it might be necessary to submit the revised draft to the whole Committee for approval. Therefore, it is very important that students allow for this possibility when completing their drafts and scheduling their defenses.
Submission of Theses
When a student has successfully incorporated the revisions recommended by the Committee and has secured the approval of the Thesis Advisor, a final draft should be submitted to the EALC office by April 15. The final draft should be bound, double-spaced, using standard font size (10-12 point) and standard margins.
With satisfactory completion of the thesis, the Thesis Advisor will then change the CR (Pass) grade to a letter grade for the fall Senior Honors course.
Students will present their Honors thesis at the EALC Senior Symposium at the end of the spring semester.
Students who successfully complete and defend the Honors Thesis will be recommended for Honors. Please note: the College determines the type of Honors the student will receive, based on the student's grade point average (cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude). Also, please note that transfer students must have earned at least 40 graded units within the five residential undergraduate schools of the University prior to the final semester, and that grades earned at other institutions do not figure in the calculation of minimum averages required for eligibility for Honors.
Suggested timeline *
Spring semester of junior year
By March 31: choose topic, attain Thesis Advisor's approval, submit Proposal for Admission to EALC Latin Honors Program form
Preliminary research, draft prospectus
Fall semester of senior year
By September 1: submit prospectus
By the day before Thanksgiving break: submit preliminary draft to advisor
Spring semester of senior year
By the first day of the spring semester: submit completed draft to Thesis Advisor
By February 1: receive feedback from Thesis Advisor
By March 1: submit final draft to committee members
Mid-March: hold oral defense
Late March: show revisions to advisor (and Readers, as necessary)
April 15: submit final draft to Thesis Advisor and departmental office
End of spring semester: presentation in EALC Senior Symposium
*Timetable for December graduates will be adjusted accordingly.


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Friday, May 10, 20195:00PM - Friday, May 10, 20197:00PM
At 129 N. Main Street Farmville, VA 23901
Organized by Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
Please join us for our Seasonal Wine & Brew on Friday, May 10th, from 5-7 p.m.
Point of Departure: Longwood University Department of Theatre, Art, and Graphic & Animation Design Senior Exhibition will be on view in the LCVA galleries. Enjoy a seasonal cocktail or curated wine or beer while you view this exhibition.
These exhibitions and their related programs are presented by the Hotel Weyanoke. All LCVA exhibitions and programs are made possible through the generous support of the Wells-Fargo Foundation, the Walter J. Payne Foundation, Anne Carter & Walter R. Robbins, Jr. Foundation, the E.B. Duff Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Southside Electric Cooperative, Walmart, Julie Kline Dixon and Guy Dixon, Navona & David Hart, Real Living Cornerstone, Helton House, and Haley Auto Mall.


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The 11th Annual Glammy Scholarship Awards Honors GlamourGals Volunteers for their Service
New York, NY (May 13, 2015) - The GlamourGals Foundation will be honoring its dedicated volunteers at the 11th Annual Glammy Scholarship Awards (GSA) on May 30th.
With headline sponsor Beauticontrol and additional support from Brookdale Senior Living, the W.H.O. Foundation, Qosmedix, Progressive Financial Services, Inc., Manicube, and Thank Heaven Productions, GSA will take place at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City on May 30, 2015.
The JW Marriott Essex House is located at 160 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019. The event will take place from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
GlamourGals is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that inspires and organizes teens to provide ongoing companionship and complimentary beauty makeovers to women living in senior homes. To date, GlamourGals has over 90 chapters across the country and engages over 1,300 teen volunteers to serve more than 2,500 senior women in 18 states.
GlamourGals board members, and event co-chairs, Allegra Cohen and Josh Wise, say, "Day in and day out, our volunteers dedicate their time to integrating themselves into the lives of elderly women who can't always make the effort for themselves anymore. We love GlamourGals because it promotes a sense of community, education, awareness, leadership, compassion, and is a phenomenal way to preserve a part of our history through stories and connection."
GSA is a convening of GlamourGals volunteers, board members, and other influential taste-makers as they walk the hot pink carpet to celebrate, honor, and be inspired by the work our GG volunteers do in communities around the country.
This year, six outstanding GlamourGals volunteers have won Glammy Scholarship Awards and earned $1,000 college scholarships for their service with GlamourGals. This year's winners are:
Chapter President: Sarah Sandler, Sanford H. Calhoun High School.
Chapter Vice President: Evan Millican, Mount Tabor High School.
Chapter Public Relations Officer: Mathis Yaeger, Sanford H. Calhoun High School.
Chapter Treasurer: Janice Hur, Island Trees High School.
The Daniel and Lucille Valerio Outstanding Volunteer Award: Jennifer Oberlander, Ardsley High School.
The College Chapter Glammy: Carly Roman, University of Pennsylvania.
At GSA, guests will sip on mocktails, enjoy mini makeovers and manicures courtesy of Beauticontrol, have fun in our photo booth, and listen to inspiring presentations by scholarship winners and our Inspiration Glammy Award winner, Jenna Segal, lead producer of Gigi on Broadway.
The 11th Annual GSA is hosted by actress and producer Allegra Cohen, with special guests Gary Jones, Vice President of Research & Development at Beauticontrol, Tammy Clary, an Executive Director and Senior Trainer with Beauticontrol, and musical performer Kristina Lachaga, the "Girl with the Big Pink Heart," who opened for Kendall Schmidt from Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and performed at Girls' Life Magazine's Official Pre-Show for the Austin Mahone Live Tour.
This event is open to the public, or you may sponsor a volunteer to attend. Admission for a single guest (or a donation to sponsor a single volunteer to attend) is $75; admission for a single guest and to sponsor a volunteer (or a donation to sponsor two volunteers) is $120.
A $250 donation will sponsor a chapter's leaders to attend and $500 will sponsor a GlamourGals chapter to attend.
For more information, visit http://www.glamourgals.org/gsa or call 631.404.0761.


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Do you have enough money? Do you have everything you've been dreaming of? Are you happy with how your life is going? If the answer is 'Yes', then just don't waste your time.
Those who answered 'No', go on reading. I'll tell you how to quit your annoying full time job and start earning $200 or $300 a day just in 2 days, from the comfort of your home.
This method is 100% working & confirmed by many people. No need any technical knowledge.
To your motivation, I am showing my loving car, and also I have built a luxury house. Now I am a traveler. I am traveling around the world. OK, Let's begin!
Most of the succeeded internet people won't tell anything how they succeeded. There are so many tricks and tips. You can't see real tricks from any blog, all the guys are telling same and general things. But I am going to help you to be a millionaire. Change your life, Now I am going to tell you the truth you never seen in the internet.
First of all you should know what is the meaning of Affiliate Program?
You will get unique affiliate key when you register on amazon affiliate program. And you can put your link in your website. Also same as from Clickbank too.
When some one just click on your link and go to the Amazon website. That person no need to buy the product at that time, it will keep a browser cookie record 90 days.
So after 1 week or 2 week if that particular person buy the product direct from amazon, you'll get the commission for that. Because Amazon tracking system already know you are the affiliate refereed that customer. That is the method is an Affiliate marketing. (Clickbank option is also same as that.)
Sign up for both programs here (For amazon you should have a completed website before sign up there, but you can sign up for clickbank without website.)
- Amazon affiliate program : https://affiliate-program.amazon.com
- Clickbank affiliate program : https://accounts.clickbank.com/signup/
You must give your real details when you are doing the registration, because Amazon can track every fake details. (I also don't know how they are doing that.). They will definitely disable your account if you have giving fake details.
(If you are a US person you have to fill the Tax form, others no need to fill the tax form, but read and follow the steps mentioned in the control panel)
You can withdraw earnings directly to your bank account or as a cache cheque.
Yes. You also can make it. Let's start now.
What should you have ?
- Domain name
- Hosting
- Amazon or clickbank ID
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Caustic soda 50% is formed when sodium hydroxide (NaOH) forms a saturated solution with water. When the weight of NaOH equals the weight of the water, the product is caustic soda 50%. As an odorless, colorless, highly-corrosive liquid, caustic soda is highly reactive with metals such as aluminum, bronze, brass, tin, and zinc. Bell Chem, the premier chemical distributor of Florida, carries caustic soda 50% and other chemicals for home and industrial use. Because it is a strong chemical base, caustic soda 50% is used in instances where organic compounds need to be broken down and removed. Absorbing moisture and carbon dioxide from the air is another feature caustic soda 50% offers, especially useful in the petroleum industry. Drilling for petroleum is made easier with caustic soda 50%; it neutralizes available carbon dioxide or other acidic gases from the air, making it safer for machinery and workers. Crude oil of poor quality is treated using a process known as caustic washing to remove sulfurous impurities. The new technology of creating synthetic gasoline includes caustic soda 50% in its process.
The paper and textile industry utilize a vast amount of caustic acid 50% in separating lignin from cellulose fibers in the manufacture of pulp and paper. Also, industrial cleaners often contain caustic soda 50% to clean storage tanks because it dissolves grease, oils, fats, and protein deposits. The ability to clear away organic material makes caustic soda 50% ideal for cleaning drains in houses since they often are clogged with hair, as well as waste discharge pipes for industry when they are likewise coated with organics.
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Sharks, Wilson Go All-In With Martin Jones Trade
SAN JOSE — Doug Wilson is awfully confident that the San Jose Sharks are going to return to the playoffs next year.
The Sharks general manager set the bar for the 2015-16 season in April and he showed that he believes what he's selling on Tuesday, trading the Sharks 2016 first-round draft pick in a package with unsigned prospect Sean Kuraly to the Boston Bruins for goalie Martin Jones.
In doing so, Wilson upped the ante for next season, confirming that it's playoffs or bust for he and the Sharks.
After refusing to enter bidding wars for Cam Talbot, Robin Lehner and Eddie Lack at the draft over the weekend, Wilson threw all of his chips on the table a day before free agency opens by giving away the Sharks 2016 first-round pick for a 25-year-old goalie with only 34 games of NHL experience under his belt.
Despite his inexperience, Jones is a promising acquisition for the Sharks.
His career numbers (1.99 goals-against average, .923 save percentage) as Jonathan Quick's backup for the Los Angeles Kings are more than respectable, he's highly regarded across the league, and listed at 6-foot-4, 189 pounds, he fits the mold of the modern NHL goalie.
In 2013-14, he tied former-Philadelphia Flyers' netminder Bob Froese's league record by winning his first eight NHL starts, posting a 0.98 goals-against average and a .966 save percentage in that span.
If Jones lives up the hype, a first-round pick would be a reasonable price to pay for his services. Sure-fire goalies are hard to find in the draft, so if the 25-year-old turns out to be a cornerstone of the franchise for the next five, eight, ten years, it's a smart investment.
But goalies' futures are hard to project, so this trade comes with a lot of risk, too.
The hype around Jones over the last two years is based on an extremely-small sample size, just 34 games. At this point, he could wind being another gem, like Quick, or he could regress to the mean and be a bust, like Al Montoya. No one can predict his future with any certainty.
But Jones needs to get the Sharks into the playoffs in a highly-competitive Western Conference next season for this trade to make sense. If the Sharks miss the playoffs again, the pick they sent to the Bruins could wind up being a top-ten selection, which would be a gross overpayment for a goalie who ultimately couldn't change the team's bottom line.
The only benefit to missing the playoffs is the draft pick that you receive at the end of June.
Without a playoff berth, the Sharks would be better off rolling with Alex Stalock, Troy Grosenick, or whomever else they could acquire on the cheap, and taking another stab at the goalie market in 2016.
But maybe Wilson knows that his job is on the line next year. He was willing to give away the Sharks' first-round pick because if they don't make the playoffs, he isn't going to be back anyway. The absence of a first-round pick would end up being somebody else's problem next June.
Either way, the Sharks are all-in with Jones and value of this trade will be determined by whether the team returns to the playoffs next season.
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There are two types of SF (science fiction) novels that I like. The first kind, practiced by Frank Herbert or George Orwell for example, uses alien, fictional environments as scenes that exacerbate current social issues. Their books serve as fictional laboratories that blow all humans convention out of the water thus allowing them to take current philosophical trends to the extreme. Herbert, for example, does this with religion and cult-building as Dune, his famous sand planet, offers him the perfect environment to isolate the issue for literary exploration. Similarly, there is little intrinsically spectacular about the world that Orwell creates in his "1984"masterpiece, but his dystopian setup serves him as the foundation for an unsettling exploration of totalitarianism. Philosophers are well known to have used fictional words to explain their philosophical perspectives. Plato's Republic proposed a utopia society based on Sparta's values. More recently, Moore's utopia depicted a fictional isolated island that allowed for the investigation of different societal values. The industrial revolution liberated our imagination and gave us the means to take this practice beyond the limits of this world. Literally!
The second kind is the one exploring the meaning and purpose of scientific advancement. Isaac Asimov or Liu Cixin are two authors of this type that come to mind. They start from the realization that science is "just" an explanatory method that lacks any embedded meaning. Novels in this genre thus become exploration of ethics or political systems brought about by technological development. Asimov, for example, deals with morality in the age of robots. Liu Cixin explores the notion that morality evolved from biological constraints and imagines a universe where different ethical systems clash.
Science Fiction
...is letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
Both are equally fascinating. They are even more revealing if you subscribe to the idea that these books act as a barometers of the current generation's dreams and aspirations.


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How to Support Girls' Education Around the World #SimplySaid/
Being a teacher, I see the power of education on a daily basis. I love seeing the light bulb go off. I love seeing the kid who couldn't read begin to sound out words independently. I love seeing the imagination of these little minds. I know all my of students will become amazing people one day. Our education system may not be perfect, and it is certain with its flaws, but how lucky are we to live in a country where education is so readily available.
When I asked some of my students how education inspires them, they told me that school makes them want to do their best. They told they wanted to be veterinarians, doctors, teachers, singers, news anchors and zookeepers. I love that my kiddos live in a reality where school is a possibility and they can achieve their dreams!
But that's not the case for so many around the world. For girls around the world, hunger, early marriage, extreme poverty and threats to safety are all barriers that keep over 100 million girls from attending school. This is a picture of Bridget. She can't attend school due to these barriers, but she wants more than anything to get an education to be a doctor. There is no health clinic in her community and she watches her family and friends walk over 6 miles to get medical attention. She dreams about going to school one day so she can make a difference.
CARE is a non-profit organization that brings hope to those in need around the world. If you've been around my blog at all, you know that I love CARE. I wholeheartedly support their mission and think they're a fantastic organization.
I'm asking you to join me in bringing hope to these young women. Join me in the Simply Said campaign by writing a letter of encouragement to these young ladies to encourage them to never give up on their dreams.


text: Society needs to do better and it starts with us. We can't afford to think our differences are a negative thing. No we must embrace them! I started www.uydmag.com and the "As Told By Nomads" podcast for this very reason. I wanted to create platforms that showed us what it was like to live in different cultures while promoting the idea of thinking outside the box. I believe that in order to develop the next set of global leaders, these are two concepts that need to be embraced. Diversity and multiculturalism is the new normal so it's time we stop denying it. Let's do better. Let's use our differences to make a difference. Hear more of my thoughts here or watch below.


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Saturday, September 21 10am to 5pm
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Reading with your child is the single most important activity that you can do to help your child get ready to read, and the Library is here to help!
The Voorheesville Public Library has joined the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (1KBBK) national initiative. The mission of the 1000 Books Foundation is to promote reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and to encourage parent and child bonding through reading.
Our Librarys 1KBBK is an ongoing program intended for newborn through pre-Kindergarten children with giveaways, progress incentives, and special events planned now and for years to come!
Speak with a youth services librarian to learn more about the program, sign up, and receive an informational folder. Parents can easily keep track of what their child reads using a paper chart or the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten mobile app.


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From Jim Gilliam's blog archivesBush is a Sociopath
November 29, 2002 6:57 PM
Mark Crispin Miller: "Bush is not an imbecile. He's not a puppet. I think that Bush is a sociopathic personality. I think he's incapable of empathy. He has an inordinate sense of his own entitlement, and he's a very skilled manipulator. And in all the snickering about his alleged idiocy, this is what a lot of people miss."
More from the archive in Bush.
Bush is a Sociopath (11.29.2002)
Next Entry: 3 Year Anniversary (11.30.2002)


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Design. Build. Play.
Your simple solution for a professionally designed, drought-tolerant backyard.
Why us
A backyard crafted by California SportScapes will set your home apart from the rest of the neighborhood. We use a unique blend of design, practicality, & functionality to construct a backyard that feels as homey as your living room. By combining your personal taste with our designer's expertise, your outdoor living space will become an extension of your home for your family & friends to enjoy for years to come.
Here are just a few reasons you can feel comfortable choosing California SportScapes for your next project:
- 20+ years landscape design experience specializing in drought-tolerant features
- 100+ years combined experience in landscape contracting & construction
- Partners with industry leaders AstroTurf & Sport Court of Southern California
The design process includes three in-home consultations and will result in a Master Plan for the client (a professional landscape design that includes installation notes, plant labels, and more).
- The first consultation includes an interview and a site walk through with a professional landscape designer. In the interview, the landscape designer will discuss with you your vision/ideas for your new landscape and apply her expertise to help you get an idea of what your final landscape can look like.
- The second consultation includes a Preliminary Plan where the designer will show you a rough draft of the landscape design. This meeting is used to review the rough draft and make any changes you would like to the design itself.
- The third consultation includes the review and delivery of the revised preliminary plan, also known as the Master Plan.
The Master Plan enables us to move forward with the construction of your new landscape. Again working with your landscape designer, you will come to an agreed upon contract outlining the scope and cost of construction. Then our experienced construction crews will come in to complete the job.
Enjoy spending time in the newest edition to your home!
The perks of a California SportScape:
Gives you peace of mind
Let the trained professionals take care of all the technical stuff.
Turns a house into a "home"
A professionally designed landscape appeals to the senses and allows you to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Provides artistic coordination and functional use of your space
Utilize the existing space in ways never imagined.
Helps you avoid costly mistakes
Feel confident the designer and contractor are on the same page - because they're the same person!
Lower cost of landscape installation
All costs are rolled into one price.
Adds value to your home
Create a place you will enjoy spending time with friends and family for years to come.


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Responding to Girls in Gangs
$3.00 | CE Hours:1.00 | Beginning
CEU Course Description
This CEU course identifies girls' reasons for joining gangs, their experiences and activities related to gang involvement, and their motivations and strategies for transitioning away from gangs. Also provided are recommendations for those who are interested in improving outcomes for gang-involved girls.
Knowledge and consent by NCCD should be obtained prior to any assessment tool learned from this course being used.
Article Author: Angie Wolf, Ph.D., et al.
Exam writer: Patricia Hocking-Walker, M.S. (Psychology)
CEU Course Objectives
1. Discuss what emerged as a critical factor in shaping participants' gang involvement.
2. Investigate the type of gang affiliation that the majority of participants identified themselves as.
3. Examine the most common activity the girls engaged in as part of their gang.
Course Development: Each course is identified and reviewed by the appropriate Quantum Units Education consultant with professional and licensed expertise in the various disciplines we serve. Our professional consultants oversee course development to satisfy the needs of various professionals based on their board requirements, rate course degree of difficulty and ensure the course content and exam questions are appropriate, relevant and comprehensive. See our professional staff and their bios here.
*Board Approvals for this course can be found here.
*Questions regarding how to take a course, refunds, grievance policy and ADA policy can be found here.
*Questions regarding this course or need support? Contact us at: email@example.com.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has told Roberto Mancini to drop the mind games as the title race enters its final furlong.
Ahead of a pivotal weekend in the race for the Premier League crown, Ferguson as good as dismissed City's hopes of overturning United's 12-point lead at the top of the table.
Mancini has repeatedly claimed his champions will take advantage of any slip up from the leaders – with memories of United's collapse when eight points clear last season a source of hope.
But Ferguson is adamant any attempts to place uncertainty in the minds of his players is pointless.
"My experience of being in this situation, just from last season, is that teams drop points," said the United manager. "Although they are going on about us dropping points – and I'd say the same thing, to be honest with you – the fact of the matter is they will drop points too.
"That's for sure. Coming into the run-in you expect to drop maybe a few points, but so will they. It's unavoidable. It's a tough league. It's not easy winning all your games.
"At the moment we have good momentum. The only thing we can do is try to win our next match and see where it takes us.
"The only way we can approach these games is to win our next game and eventually you run out of games."
Mancini refuses to give up on the title race – even though the gap could be as big as 15 points when City host Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
United travel to bottom-placed QPR tomorrow, with Ferguson promising to treat the match with Harry
Redknapp's relegation-threatened side just the same as a clash with Real Madrid.
But City striker Sergio Aguero believes the 4-0 FA Cup win against Leeds last weekend could be the catalyst for an end-of-season charge for the title.
"It helped us to do things well and gives us confidence for the Chelsea game," said the Argentine striker. "It will be a good match, difficult, but obviously we need to go out and win. We will try not to lose any more points in the league so we can keep all three points."
But Ferguson knows the title is now in United's hands – which is why he insists he will not give Mancini any encouragement by slipping up at QPR.
"It's always a hard run-in in the Premier League," he said. "With the right attitude and the right players, we have a chance. We're going down there to win. That's what our job is. There is an absolutely brilliant spirit in the place at the moment and a good determination about us.
"We have to treat these games as we would Real Madrid or anyone else. It has to be won. We want to win.
"QPR are fighting for survival and we know it is going to be a hard game. That is what we need anyway. We need to keep the awareness on making sure we do our job right."


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Children — (if it Please God) — Constant companion, (& friend in old age) who will feel interested in one, — object to be beloved & played with. — —better than a dog anyhow. — Home, & someone to take care of house — Charms of music & female chit-chat. — These things good for one's health. —Forced to visit & receive relations but terrible loss of time. —
W My God, it is intolerable to think of spending ones whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working, & nothing after all. — No, no won't do. — Imagine living all one's day solitarily in smoky dirty London House. — Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music perhaps — Compare this vision with the dingy reality of Grt. Marlbro' St.
Marry — Marry — Marry Q.E.D.
Not Marry
No children, (no second life), no one to care for one in old age.— What is the use of working 'in' without sympathy from near & dear friends—who are near & dear friends to the old, except relatives
Freedom to go where one liked — choice of Society & little of it. — Conversation of clever men at clubs — Not forced to visit relatives, & to bend in every trifle. — to have the expense & anxiety of children — perhaps quarelling — Loss of time. — cannot read in the Evenings — fatness & idleness — Anxiety & responsibility — less money for books &c — if many children forced to gain one's bread. — (But then it is very bad for ones health to work too much)
Perhaps my wife wont like London; then the sentence is banishment & degradation into indolent, idle fool —
(These notes record Darwin's speculations about the prospect of marriage and his future life and work. They were written before his engagement and marriage to his cousin Emma Wedgwood in January 1839. The note has been conjecturally dated to July 1838. Darwin's notes on marriage are transcribed and annotated in Correspondence vol. 2, appendix iv.)
It being proved necessary to Marry
When? Soon or Late
The Governor says soon for otherwise bad if one has children — one's character is more flexible —one's feelings more lively & if one does not marry soon, one misses so much good pure happiness. —
But then if I married tomorrow: there would be an infinity of trouble & expense in getting & furnishing a house, —fighting about no Society —morning calls — awkwardness —loss of time every day. (without one's wife was an angel, & made one keep industrious). — Then how should I manage all my business if I were obliged to go every day walking with one's my wife. — Eheu!! I never should know French, — or see the Continent — or go to America, or go up in a Balloon, or take solitary trip in Wales — poor slave. — you will be worse than a negro — And then horrid poverty, (without one's wife was better than an angel & had money) — Never mind my boy — Cheer up — One cannot live this solitary life, with groggy old age, friendless & cold, & childless staring one in ones face, already beginning to wrinkle. — Never mind, trust to chance —keep a sharp look out — There is many a happy slave —


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Q&A: Rommy Sandhu
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Where are you from? San Jose, California
Broadway credits: A Christmas Carol (Ockrent/Stroman/Ahrens/Menken), The Life, On The Town ('98 George C. Wolfe), Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, Bombay Dreams, Mary Poppins
How did you hear you'd booked your first Broadway show? Barry Moss (Hughes-Moss Casting) left a message on my answering machine!! I was in California doing an industrial when the offer came.
What is your favorite event in the Broadway community? That's tough. I love our community, and there are so many wonderful moments we share. It's a toss up between softball league (even though my wife Ellery likes to remind me that it's not my strongest suit) and Gypsy Of The Year/Easter Bonnet competitions. Everyone gets a moment to shine and show a side that doesn't always make it into the 8-show week schedule.
What's something about Broadway that fascinates you? I'm always taken with the randomness of it all. The absolute uncertainty of what becomes a hit and what disappears into the annals of theatrical lore.
What, other than theatre, has inspired you recently? My youngest son is learning to read, and every time he discovers a new word I see a light in his eyes. A kind of self-awareness in his own personal power. Each time that one of my kids discovers something new about themselves or the world around them, I'm inspired.
If I could have coffee with any living person, it would be... George Lucas or Hal Prince. Two gifted men who inspired the dreamer in me to never stop imagining what I could do.
If I could trade places with anybody for a day, I would choose... I'm not sure who I'd choose. I try to live my own life knowing that each day is a gift along my own path. But if I had to... an astronaut. Space travel has always fascinated me.
To be successful in this business, it takes... Passion. Perseverance. Pride.Tell us a secret. I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan. I still have my original action figures. I may or may not be caught creating battles and storylines with them while my kids are sleeping. Just sayin'.


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Our Norwegian home was a rorbu - a cabin; refurbished from raw, working, fisherman's hut to tourist cottage.
Traditionally, rorbuer (plural) consisted of just a couple rooms; a working / storage area and sleeping quarters. Fishermen often stayed 2 or 3 to a cabin, perhaps sleeping head-to-toe to maximize sleeping space.
The basic layout of a rorbu hasn't really changed too much in probably hundreds of years. Even today, they're typically refurbished without the level of luxury one might expect of a nice hotel room. The one we occupied was well furnished; simply, yet beautifully, in wood - wooden floors, wooden walls and otherwise rustic wooden furnishings. It was simple and functional in an attractively and uniquely Scandinavian way. It was fundamentally cozy, comfortable, traditional (I suspect they all are) and offered stunning views around Reine Harbor.
Rorbuer are usually situated partly on the rocky shore and partly on stilts in the water, the latter to enable docking of the fishermen's row boats. Many of them are covered with two kinds of roofing materials; slate shingles and grass. The latter is so traditional, I even noticed one local guy had gone to the trouble of constructing a tiny little grass roof over his mailbox.
What about this word, Rorbu? It seems bu is Norwegian for little house, though it may also be an alteration of the word bo - to live. The word is used in similar contexts, such as redskabpsbu - tool shed.
As for the first syllable, it's ro as in rowing, a reference to the fact that all early fishing was conducted from rowboats. Apparently in Norwegian there is the concept of 'rowing fish', which is present in modern Norwegian in the phrase 'ro fiske' - I heard locals might even use a phrase like 'Lets go row some fish,' even though they may indeed head out in a motorized boat.
But why fishing cabins built for overnights? Why not just return home in the evening?
Apparently, the winter fishing in the Lofotens is so rich with Cod and other species, that fisherman would travel from far away to participate. They'd supposedly row their open boats for weeks to get to the islands and Lofoten became a destination.
It's said that in an effort to support the burgeoning fishing industry in the early 1100s, King Øystein Magnusson had cabins built in Kabelvåg (formerly Vågar) for the migrant fishermen. I suppose this is some sort of an indication of just how long rorbuer have been around and how important fishing was to the Lofoten.
Why does it seem all of the cabins are red? National color of Norway? No, apparently red fish oil paint was the least expensive and therefore the most used color. At some point the burnt yellow (ochre?) came into use as well. Today, it seems all rorbuer are either red or yellow and I'm guessing the colorations represent more of an upholding of tradition, than a need to paint inexpensively.
As we drove around, it seemed every village, no matter how small, offered tourist rorbuer. For those wishing to stay in The Lofoten, it seems picking the village / area where you'd like to stay is the defining factor, not the availability of rorbuer.
Our time in Norway and especially in Reine was so delightful, we're already scheming about going back.
Some Links about rorbuer
- Tripadvisor reviews of Reine Rorbuer (where we stayed)
- Rorbuer history
- Brief history of rorbuer
- Another history of rorbuer
- Website for Reine Rorbuer - the place we stayed


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Logic is seeing and then believing. Faith is believing and then seeing.
I hope this hack is working. I don't think it's being tracked. If I'm wrong, they'll alter your memory for reading it, Shykia's for writing it (even though she knows nothing of this message), but my punishment will probably be worse. Hell, the council voted to execute me as a child, but thankfully their plans were interrupted. It seems comical that they need my help now. Given what's at stake and seeing their changed ways, I agreed, but I disapprove of some of their methods.
Faith often defies logic, revealing that the vacuous spaces of reality aren't so empty after all.
I'm Camile, by the way. I've learned that people who can see beyond the surface are less likely to fall through the cracks. If you're reading this, you might be one of the lucky ones. I was told to keep the knowledge of my world a secret. As a woman who's dealt with secrets all her life, I know how unfair and deadly they can be.
The real challenge is to open yourself to change without losing your individuality.
I feel obligated to tell you that there's more to your world than what you've been led to believe. The things that go bump in the night aren't always ghosts. There are people watching you, evaluating you even though you might not see them. I'm part of such a group, but don't worry, we're the ones you want watching over you.
It is the generator of hope that highlights a world that seems overly dismal.
It's our defectors you need to be concerned about. They've been attacking and trafficking the people of your world for God knows how long. I'm forbidden from unsupervised contact with Coexistents (people like you), so I hope none of my people is reading over your shoulder. Then again, you wouldn't have gotten this far if they were.
If you can look beyond the illusions, what you've been led to believe, you'd trust in your heart to do what's right.
I don't know how or why, but Shykia's been to my realm and knows everything about it, me and the war that's brewing. Funny thing is she thinks it's all fiction. For her sake, that's probably best. Still, she may be the best chance I have of you ever learning my story. That is, if the council or the rebels don't get to her first.
Sorry I can't say more in this message. I gotta leave before I get caught. You've made a big step by seeing beneath the surface of this entry. Please share it and connect with others who can see like you can. Subscribe to this blog or follow her on Facebook and you'll see BEYOND THE VEIL this fall if you're willing to go further. Until then, be careful, pay attention, and please be kind to yourself and others. It counts much more than you realize.


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A new brand of self-tanner that I was introduced to this year has quickly become one of my favorites. Since Clarins did away with my favorite body milk - discontinued YEARS ago - I had yet to find another milk that was so smooth. Until now. Aqua Tan Self Tanning Milk is what I have been looking for.
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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not, — some people of course never do, — the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implements of the little feast had been disposed upon the lawn of an old English country-house, in what I should call the perfect middle of a splendid summer afternoon. Part of the afternoon had waned, but much of it was left, and what was left was of the finest and rarest quality. Real dusk would not arrive for many hours; but the flood of summer light had begun to ebb, the air had grown mellow, the shadows were long upon the smooth, dense turf. They lengthened slowly, however, and the scene expressed that sense of leisure still to come which is perhaps the chief source … [Read more...] about The Portrait of a Lady
A Telephonic Conversation
I consider that a conversation by telephone—when you are simply sitting by and not taking any part in that conversation—is one of the solemnest curiosities of this modern life. Yesterday I was writing a deep article on a sublime philosophical subject while such a conversation was going on in the room. I notice that one can always write best when somebody is talking through a telephone close by. Well, the thing began in this way. A member of our household came in and asked me to have our house put into communication with Mr. Bagley's, downtown. I have observed, in many cities, that the gentle sex always shrink from calling up the central office themselves. I don't know why, but they do. So I touched the bell, and this talk ensued:—Central Office. [Gruffly.] Hello!I. Is it the Central Office?C. 0. Of course it is. What do you want ?I. Will you switch me on to the Bagleys, please ?C. 0. All right. Just keep your ear to the telephone.Then I heard, k-look, k-look, … [Read more...] about A Telephonic Conversation
The United States Looking Outward
Indications are not wanting of an approaching change in the thoughts and policy of Americans as to their relations with the world outside their own borders. For the past quarter of a century, the predominant idea, which has successfully asserted itself at the polls and shaped the course of the government, has been to preserve the home market for the home industries. The employer and the workman have alike been taught to look at the various economical measures proposed from this point of view, to regard with hostility any step favoring the intrusion of the foreign producer upon their own domain, and rather to demand increasingly rigorous measures of exclusion than to acquiesce in any loosening of the chain that binds the consumer to them. The inevitable consequence has followed, as in all eases when the mind or the eye is exclusively fixed in one direction, that the danger of loss or the prospect of advantage in another quarter has been overlooked; and although the abounding resources … [Read more...] about The United States Looking Outward
The Future of Invention
In our recent national phenomena there is no other fact so significant, so startling, as the prodigious increase of inventions, both in their number and in their influence over business and daily life. Within the past ten years far more patents have been issued than during all our previous history, although the former period is more than half made up of our most prolonged and serious commercial crisis, while the latter includes nearly every prosperous season that we have ever known. Could the hard times materially soften, we might expect such a rush of new improvements as would resemble the bursting of a torrent through an ice gorge. But even as matters are, with an aggregate of more than two hundred thousand patents (mostly recent) and a weekly issue filling a ponderous printed volume, we cannot but feel ourselves in the presence of a growing force, which is not to be estimated, and which is assuredly the greatest factor of modern life.Already nearly all other interests have begun to … [Read more...] about The Future of Invention
An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage
A very limited statement of the argument for impartial suffrage, and for including the negro in the body politic, would require more space than can be reasonably asked here. It is supported by reasons as broad as the nature of man, and as numerous as the wants of society. Man is the only government-making animal in the world. His right to a participation in the production and operation of government is in inference from his nature, as direct and self-evident as is his right to acquire property or education. It is no less a crime against the manhood of a man, to declare that he shall not share in the making and directing of the government under which he lives, than to say that he shall not acquire property and education. The fundamental and unanswerable argument in favor of the enfranchisement of the negro is found in the undisputed fact of his manhood. He is a man, and by every fact and argument by which any man can sustain his right to vote, the negro can sustain his right equally. It … [Read more...] about An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that.I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks—who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering, which word is beautifully derived "from idle people who roved about the country, in the Middle Ages, and asked charity, under pretense of going a la SainteTerre," to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, "There goes aSainte-Terrer," a Saunterer, a Holy-Lander. They who never go to the Holy Land in their walks, as they pretend, are indeed mere idlers and … [Read more...] about Walking
Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
TLeaves of Grass in a new edition has revived a discussion always imminent when the name of this writer is brought forward, and always more or less acrimonious. Some persons even imagine it obligatory upon them to deny him all merit of poetic endowment, so violent is their revolt against the offensiveness which Mr. Whitman has chosen to make a central and integral point of his literary method. Such critics stultify themselves by the coarseness of view (and sometimes of expression) with which they meet the grossness they condemn. If they can see nothing in this book except indecency and bombastic truisms, the inference must be that their sensibilities are not delicate enough to recognize the fresh, strong, healthy presentation of common things in a way that revivifies them, the generous aspiration, the fine sympathy with man and nature, the buoyant belief in immortality, which are no less characteristic of the author than his mistaken boldness in displaying the carnal side of existence, … [Read more...] about Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
Bardic Symbols
I.Elemental drifts!II.As I ebbed with an ebb of the ocean of life,III.Fascinated, my eyes, reverting from the south, dropped, to followIV.Miles walking, the sound of breaking waves the other side of me,V.As I wend the shores I know not,VI.Oh, baffled, lost,VII.Oh, I think I have not understood anything,—not a single object,VIII.I think Nature here, in sight of the sea, is taking advantage of me toIX.You oceans both! You tangible land! Nature!X.You friable shore, with trails of debris!XI.I, too, Paumanok,XII.I, too, am but a trail of drift and debris,—XIII.I throw myself upon your breast, my father!XIV.Kiss me, my father!XV.Sea-raff! Torn leaves!XVI.Ebb, ocean of life! (the flow will return,)—XVII.I mean tenderly by you,—XVIII.Me and mine! We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to [email protected] … [Read more...] about Bardic Symbols
Proud Music of the Sea Storm
1.Proud music of the sea-storm!2.Come forward, O my Soul, and let the rest retire;A festival song!3.Now loud approaching drums! (Ah, Soul, the sobs of women—the wounded groaning in agony,4.Now the great organ sounds,And with it every instrument in multitudes,5.Tutti! for Earth and Heaven!The manly strophe of the husbands of the world,The tongues of violins!6.Ah, from a little child,7.Now airs antique and mediaeval fill me!8.Above, below, the songs of current lands;Across the stage, with pallor on her face, yet lurid passion,I see poor crazed Lucia's eyes' unnatural gleam; I see where Ernani, walking the bridal garden,To crossing swords, and gray hairs bared to heaven,From Spanish chestnut-trees' dense shade,Awaking from her woes at last, retriev'd Amina sings;(The teeming lady comes!9.I hear those odes, symphonies, operas;William Tell, the music of an arous'd and angry people;Meyerbeer's Huguenots, the Prophet or Robert;Faust, or Mozart's Don Juan.10.I hear … [Read more...] about Proud Music of the Sea Storm
Emily Dickinson's Letters
Few events in American literary history have been more curious than the sudden rise of Emily Dickinson into a posthumous fame only more accentuated by the utterly recluse character of her life and by her aversion to even a literary publicity. The lines which form a prelude to the published volume of her poems are the only ones that have come to light indicating even a temporary desire to come in contact with the great world of readers; she seems to have had no reference, in all the rest, to anything but her own thought and a few friends. But for her only sister it is very doubtful if her poems would ever have been printed at all; and when published, they were launched quietly and without any expectation of a wide audience; yet the outcome of it is that six editions of the volume have been sold within six months, a suddenness of success almost without a parallel in American literature.One result of this glare of publicity has been a constant and earnest demand by her readers for further … [Read more...] about Emily Dickinson's Letters
Letter to a Young Contributor
My dear young gentleman or young lady, —for many are the Cecil Dreemes of literature who superscribe their offered manuscripts with very masculine names in very feminine handwriting, —it seems wrong not to meet your accumulated and urgent epistles with one comprehensive reply, thus condensing many private letters into a printed one. And so large a proportion of "Atlantic" readers either might, would, could, or should be "Atlantic" contributors also, that this epistle will be sure of perusal, though Mrs. Stowe remain uncut and the Autocrat go for an hour without readers.Far from me be the wild expectation that every author will not habitually measure the merits of a periodical by its appreciation of his or her last manuscript. I should as soon ask a young lady not to estimate the management of a ball by her own private luck in respect to partners. But it is worth while at least to point out that in the treatment of every contribution the real interests of editor and writer … [Read more...] about Letter to a Young Contributor
Restriction of Immigration
When we speak of the restriction of immigration, at the present time, we have not in mind measures undertaken for the purpose of straining out from the vast throngs of foreigners arriving at our ports a few hundreds, or possibly thousands of persons, deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic, insane, pauper, or criminal, who might otherwise become a hopeless burden upon the country, perhaps even an active source of mischief. The propriety, and even the necessity of adopting such measures is now conceded by men of all shades of opinion concerning the larger subject. There is even noticeable a rather severe public feeling regarding the admission of persons of any of the classes named above; perhaps one might say, a certain resentment at the attempt of such persons to impose themselves upon us. We already have laws which cover a considerable part of this ground; and so far as further legislation is needed, it will only be necessary for the proper executive department of the government to call the … [Read more...] about Restriction of Immigration
Where Will It End?
Wise men of every name and nation, whether poets, philosophers, statesmen, or divines, have been trying to explain, the puzzles of human condition, since the world began. For three thousand years, at least, they have been at this problem, and it is far enough from being solved yet. Its anomalies seem to have been expressly contrived by Nature to elude our curiosity and defy our cunning. And no part of it has she arranged so craftily as that web of institutions, habits, manners, and customs, in which we find ourselves enmeshed as soon as we begin to have any perception at all, and which, slight and almost invisible as it may seem, it is so hard to struggle with and so impossible to break through. It may be true, according to the poetical Platonism of Wordsworth, that "heaven lies about us in our infancy"; but we very soon leave it far behind us, and, as we approach manhood, sadly discover that we have grown up into a jurisdiction of a very different kind.In almost every … [Read more...] about Where Will It End?
The True Story of Lady Byron's Life
The reading world of America has lately been presented with a book, which is said to sell rapidly, and which appears to meet with universal favor.The subject of the book may be thus briefly stated: the mistress of Lord Byron comes before the world for the sake of vindicating his fame from slanders and aspersions cast on him by his wife. The story of the mistress versus wife may be summed up as follows: —Lord Byron, the hero of the story, is represented as a human being endowed with every natural charm, gift, and grace, who by the one false step of an unsuitable marriage wrecked his whole life. A narrow-minded, cold-hearted precisian, without sufficient intellect to comprehend his genius or heart to feel for his temptations, formed with him one of those mere worldly marriages common in high life, and, finding that she could not reduce him to the mathematical proprieties and conventional rules of her own mode of life, suddenly and without warning abandoned him in the most cruel and … [Read more...] about The True Story of Lady Byron's Life
The New Education
What can I do with my boy? I can afford, and am glad, to give him the best training to be had. I should be proud to have him turn out a preacher or a learned man; but I don't think he has the making of that in him. I want to give him a practical education; one that will prepare him, better than I was prepared, to follow my business or any other active calling. The classical schools and the colleges do not offer what I want. Where can I put him? Here is a real need and a very serious problem. The difficulty presses more heavily upon the thoughtful American than upon the European. He is absolutely free to choose a way of life for himself and his children; no government leading-strings or social prescriptions guide or limit him in his choice. But freedom is responsibility.Secondly, being thus free, and being also in face of the prodigious material resources of a vast and new territory, he is more fully awake than the European can be to the gravity and urgency of the problem. … [Read more...] about The New Education
Darwin on the Origin of Species
Novelties are enticing to most people: to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted theory, just as we cling to an old suit of clothes. A new theory, like a new pair of breeches, ("The Atlantic" still affects the older type of nether garment,) is sure to have hardfitting places; or even when no particular fault can be found with the article, it oppresses with a sense of general discomfort. New notions and new styles worry us, till we get well used to them, which is only by slow degrees.Wherefore, in Galileo's time, we might have helped to proscribe, or to burn had he been stubborn enough to warrant cremation-even the great pioneer of inductive research; although, when we had fairly recovered our composure, and had leisurely excogitated the matter, we might have come to conclude that the new doctrine was better than the old one, after all, at least for those who had nothing to unlearn.Such being our habitual state of mind, it may well be believed that the perusal of the … [Read more...] about Darwin on the Origin of Species
The English Governess at the Siamese Court
In 1825, a royal prince of Siam (his birthright wrested from him, and his life imperilled) took refuge in a Buddhist monastery and assumed the yellow garb of a priest. His father, commonly known as Phen den-Klang, first or supreme king of Siam, had just died, leaving this prince, Chowfa Mongkut, at the age of twenty, lawful heir to the crown; for he was the eldest son of the acknowledged queen, and therefore by courtesy and honored custom, if not by absolute right, the legitimate successor to the throne of the Phra-batts (the Golden-footed). But he had an elder half-brother, who, through the intrigues of his mother, had already obtained control of the royal treasury, and now, with the connivance, if not by authority, of the Senabawdee, the Grand Council of the kingdom, proclaimed himself king, under the title of Phra-chow-Phra-sat-thong. He had the grace, however, to promise his plundered brother—such royal promises being a cheap form of propitiation in Siam—to hold the … [Read more...] about The English Governess at the Siamese Court
Strivings of the Negro People
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it. All, nevertheless, flutter round it. They approach me in a half-hesitant sort of way, eye me curiously or compassionately, and then, instead of saying directly, How does it feel to be a problem? they say, I know an excellent colored man in my town; or I fought at Mechanicsville; or, Do not these Southern outrages make your blood boil? At these I smile, or am interested, or reduce the boiling to a simmer, as the occasion may require. To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.Listen to the audio version of this article:Feature stories, read aloud: download the Audm app for your iPhone.And yet, being a problem is a strange experience, — peculiar even for one who has never been anything else, save perhaps in babyhood and in Europe. It is in the early days of rollicking boyhood that … [Read more...] about Strivings of the Negro People
The American Forests
The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe. To prepare the ground, it was rolled and sifted in seas with infinite loving deliberation and forethought, lifted into the light, submerged and warmed over and over again, pressed and crumpled into folds and ridges, mountains and hills, subsoiled with heaving volcanic fires, ploughed and ground and sculptured into scenery and soil with glaciers and rivers,—very feature growing and changing from beauty to beauty, higher and higher. And in the fullness of time it was planted in groves, and belts, and broad, exuberant, mantling forests, with the largest, most varied, most fruitful, and most beautiful trees in the world. Bright seas made its border with wave embroidery and icebergs; gray deserts were outspread in the … [Read more...] about The American Forests
American Civilization
A certain degree of progress from the rudest state in which man is found, — a dweller in caves, or on trees, like an ape, a cannibal, an eater of pounded snails, worms, and offal, — a certain degree of progress from this extreme is called Civilization. It is a vague, complex name, of many degrees. Nobody has attempted a definition. Mr. Guizot, writing a book on the subject, does not. It implies the evolution of a highly organized man, brought to supreme delicacy of sentiment, as in practical power, religion, liberty, sense of honor, and taste. In the hesitation to define what it is, we usually suggest it by negations. A nation that has no clothing, no alphabet, no iron, no marriage, no arts of peace, no abstract thought, we call barbarous. And after many arts are invented or imported, as among the Turks and Moorish nations, it is often a little complaisant to call them civilized.Each nation grows after its own genius, and has a civilization of its own. The Chinese and … [Read more...] about American Civilization


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Which Social Network Should You Use — and When?
Want to make the most of the social web? It's more complicated than just posting status updates at random and seeing what sticks. When is Facebook most effective? When are you better off using Twitter, or LinkedIn? And what exactly is Google+ good for, anyway?
The business consultant network Zintro recently pulled research from more than a dozen sources including Mashable, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google and Quantcast to put together this infographic, which will help you develop your social strategy.
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Press Release for Cookbook
Press Release for the Cookbook
Hardbound Cookbook – $26.95
E-Book $9.99
Mary Platis, food blogger at California Greek Girl, firstname.lastname@example.com
SAN DIEGO, CA – MAY 13, 2013 – Authors Mary Platis and Laura Bashar
[Cooking Techniques with Olive Oil] publishes ebook on olive oil.
Cooking Techniques with Olive Oil retails for $9.99 and will be available May 20th on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, Baker & Taylor, Copia, Gardner's, eBookPie, eSentral, and Scribd.
This cookbook is a fantastic resource for cooking with olive oil. It contains detailed descriptions from how to choose an olive oil to the many different cooking techniques you can use daily in the kitchen. You will find recipes for vegetarians and meat eaters alike, along with plenty of beautiful and vivid photographs. Cooking Techniques with Olive Oil is fabulous resource for cooks of all experience, from the novice to the professional.
Cooking Techniques with Olive Oil retails for $9.99 and will be available May 20th on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, Baker & Taylor, Copia, Gardner's, eBookPie, eSentral, and Scribd.
You can purchase the enhanced PDF version here.
An interactive version with videos will be available on iTunes August 2013.
About the Authors
Author Mary Platis teaches culinary classes using a hybrid of recipes derived from her Greek heritage and California's fresh produce. She emphasizes sustainable and regional foods from farmers markets and local producers in all of her recipes. Mary is a culinary instrutor, food blogger (California Greek Girl), Greek olive oil representative for a major olive oil brand, and owns and operates The Greek Gourmet catering company. She is the mother of three and lives in San Diego with her husband and dog, Hershey.
Author Laura Bashar is a former graphic designer and advertising account executive. She writes regularly for her food blog, Family Spice, where she is able to let her inner artist out and express her creative voice through recipes and photography. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three children.
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I once heard the ECD of one of America's most respected agencies say, "If you get the structure right, everything else will take care of itself." The more I think about it, the more I think he's right.
Don't think of structure as an organization chart with lines and boxes that reveals hierarchy and reporting relationships. Think of structure as the manifestation of your business model. Having the right structure means you have the right competencies organized in the right way.
In the many agencies I've worked with on this issue, most have a surprisingly similar list of challenges and opportunities that they expect a new structure to solve. And done right, it can. An effective structure can help your firm:
1. Inspire and facilitate channel-neutral problem-solving (paid, earned, shared, owned)
2. Continue to integrate digital competencies throughout the organization and develop stronger digital solutions
3. Ensure better social marketing capabilities
4. Better implement the discipline of professional project management
5. Bolster the agency's ability to provide proactive ideas and marketing leadership
6. Evolve from "creative" to "content development"
7. Elevate the importance of data as a service offering
8. Institutionalize agency innovation and product development
9. Put in place a structure that is scalable to accommodate future growth
10. Optimize the agency's ability to work virtually and draw on a global talent pool
The right structure also ensures that your firm is delivering not the widely-available "overdeveloped" services offered by virtually every agency, but rather the "underdeveloped" services designed to meet the emerging needs of today's clients. A recent study by Adobe ranks the solution sets marketers feel will be most important in the next three years:
In my experience, most agencies already have 80% of the talent and skill sets they need to meet these emerging client needs. The missing 20% is what separates average firms from great ones. The great agencies are willing to invest the financial and intellectual capital necessary to develop the next generation of agency competencies.
Unfortunately, the great majority of agencies are stuck in a "harvesting" strategy where they are wringing the very last drops of revenue from yesterday's business model. Their rationale can be pretty convincing. They'll invite you to look at their numbers and note how revenues have actually been increasing the past few years. But look at their profit margins and those numbers tell a different story. The goal of a business is profit, not revenue, and agency profits over the last decade tell the story of an industry that is expected to do more and more work for less and less profit.
Industry observer and consultant Michael Farmer observes that "Agency retainers and resources are routinely cut, year after year, under the relentless assaults of procurement, even though agency workloads are consistently growing. Agencies can make fair profits only by downsizing their staffs at year-end and working with a more junior mix of staff. This means that more work is done by fewer and more junior agency people. This is self-destructive for the agency; there will be no happy ending if this pattern continues."
Is structure the solution to this problem? Yes, if you view structure as a business model instead of an org chart.


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call (one's) own
To regard or claim something as under one's own control or belonging genuinely or solely to oneself. Many people are in dire poverty in this area, left with hardly anything to call their own. I've been dreaming of the day I have a car to call my own.


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Cheap Airline Booking Tips revisited
Via Jason Calcanis I just found a very thoughtful article by Nicole over at Mahalo with tips to booking cheap airline tickets. Unless you have a *lot more* time on your hands than I do I think some of these …
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Transportation Security Administration TSA
This is an OLD post. For the latest on TSA Requirements CLICK HERE for TSA Travel Information —————– The TSA here in the USA has a very big job. They are charged with protecting the millions of travelers who travel …
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Yahoo FareChase offers good comparisons
I'm more familiar with Kayak.com and Orbitz.com for comparison hotel and airline ticket shopping but it looks like Yahoo's FareChase offers a similar good selection of prices. That said it's becoming harder to find *the best* price because it may …
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Airline Complaints up for UK Airlines
The Times of London is reporting that complaints are up for UK Airlines. These complaints often reflect customer demands for payment for expenses like food and lodging that happen when flights are delayed. It appears that above normal fog levels …
Indianapolis Airport Improvements underway
Major improvements are underway in Indianapolis where a new billion dollar passenger terminal is bringing new hotels and other development to the airport neighborhood of Indianapolis. The IndyStar reports that Airport officials hope the new Indianapolis Airport will encourage more …
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4.4 Billion air trips in 2006 is a new record
Worldhum, via a Reuters report, notes that China travel is increasing the number of airplane trips per year dramatically. 4.4 billion air passengers flew in 2006, approaching an average of a trip per year per person on earch. Worldhum also …
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PHL Philadelphia International Airport
PHL Philadelphia serves the great Philadelphia area. There's good information at the Philadelphia Airport website although some of it is buried or dead ends you at thin pages. Terminal MapsParking and drivingTransportationFlightsFood, Shopping Note that you can use SEPTA High …
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Seat Guru provides great airline seat info and diagrams
SeatGuru.com is a simple and clever site that provides seat information for most of the aircraft on almost all the major airlines. Clicking your airline and then the type of plane you'll be on will get you detailed diagrams showing …
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Las Vegas Airport – LAS
Las Vegas' McCarran International Airportis the key gateway to the city of Las Vegas, one of the world's top travel destinations. For more about travel in the city of Las VegasThe McCarran website is a fairly good one as Airport …
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Vancouver Airport Relaxation Tips
Vancouver, B.C. is a gateway city to some of the most spectacular coast and mountain scenery in the world. Arlene over at About.com has some great tips about relaxing at the Vancouver Airport, including spas and a film screeening room. …
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A combo punch of Cosplay Photographers for this month's feature! Elysia Griffin and iM Photography tell us about the cosplay scene in Florida and how
This month The Bui is filling in for Ger Tysk, who is busy cleaning up her place after a little flooding. Nelson Castro, aka LAPhotoNet,


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The Sea Islands Parkinson's Support Group (SIPS) meets on the third Thursday of every month at 2:30 p.m. at Church of Our Saviour, 4416 Betsy Kerrison Parkway, Johns Island. Those diagnosed with PD, whether full- or part-time residents, as well as their Care Partners are welcome. Sessions will be informal, with perhaps a guest speaker from time-to-time. There is also a Parkinson's Care Partner's Support Group that meets on the second Thursday of each month at 12:30 p.m. at Church of Our Saviour.
Sessions are open to all, although the main focus is on residents of Kiawah, Seabrook, Johns and Wadmalaw islands. There are no dues, and RSVPs are not required.
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Make Your Own Laundry Detergent (Liquid and Powder) and Toothpaste
Liquid Laundry Detergent1 bar of Felz Naptha or Zote (1/4 bar) soap shaved 1 cup borax 2 cups washing soda 1 cup baking soda 3 gallons of hot water Grate soap into sauce pan. Add 4 cups of hot water. Simmer on low until soap disolves. Add borax, washing soda, and baking soda. Mix. Add 3 gallons of hot water to bucket. Add soap mix. Stir and let cool. Use 1 cup per load (1/2 cup for high efficient machines.)
Powder Laundry Detergent 1 bar of Felz Naptha Soap 1 bar Dove or Ivory 1 cup of Borax 1 cup of washing soda 1/2 cup baking soda Grate each bar. Mix with powders. Use 2 Tablespoons per load (1 tablespoon for high efficient machines.)
We also made toothpaste. baking soda, water and mint flavor.
It was pretty disgusting. Note Sylvia spitting and rinsing her mouth out.
We also made our own dish detergent but I am still trying to perfect it so I don't want to put the recipe up. But google it and try it out!


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So I guess from now onwards the center point of all my rides will change as I have moved to Gurgaon in April 2015. Having spent close to 9 years of my life in Tamilnadu and since I started riding, the fun and the experience including the learning in terms of riding has been tremendous and I will thank Chennai for that. So now , I ride around Gurgaon.
I had to wait for good 14 days without my bike after reaching Gurgaon as the transport guys delayed it. I can't explain how much I missed my bike and as soon as it arrived I took it to the parlour (read service station). And I was already looking for destinations to ride, places which are close enough for a short 'settling down' ride and I finalized Neemrana Fort Palace. I was also aware that this place is famour for the ziplining conducted by Flying Fox here, so this sounded fun and on Sunday April 19th I was ready to go for my first ride in Gurgaon.
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I had my friend Aditya on his Duke 200 accompanying me but only for a short distance as he had to go back to Delhi for personal work. So we started at 7am from my home and reached McDonalds on NH-8 for breakfast which is a regular stop.
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New Publication
Congratulations to Dr Katherine Shaw on her first publication titled "Molecular and Functional Evolution at the Odorant Receptor Or22 Locus in Drosophila melanogaster"
The Warr Lab has moved
Coral has recently accepted the position of Head of Biomedical Sciences at University of Tasmania.
Fully-funded PhD positions are available for domestic and international students. At present we are particularly keen to recruit students for projects studying cell signalling during neuropeptide regulation of growth in Drosophila. But we can develop projects to suit your interests in any of our main research areas.
To be considered applicants must have a distinction or first-class masters (or honours) by research and English language competence. Applicants must then secure University of Tasmania scholarship support, for which there are several options available. Contact us to find out more.
Honours Projects are available in the Warr lab. Contact us to find out more.
Congratulations to Michelle Henstridge
Michelle has been awarded a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. She now gets to spend the next four years investigating the control of insulin secretion. Well done Michelle!
Fly bunging Champions
Congratulations to all lab members who won the team award for the fastest fly bungers at the AusFly meeting in Warburton (September 2017).
PhD Awards
Congratulations to Lauren Forbes-Beadle and Katherine Shaw for being awarded their PhD's. Further congratulations to Lauren for her first paper as first author, published in Genetics.
Butchers Burrow Escape
Congratulations to "team Bas" who managed to escape from the "Butchers Burrow" at our lab outing (May 2016).
Making Heads and Tails of Embryo Development: media coverage for new research published in Nature Communications
Our recent publication is getting some great media coverage. Read the articles and listen to interviews by clicking on the links below:
Monash University press release.
ABC Radio interview. (The interviews of Assoc Prof Warr, Dr Henstridge and Prof Whisstock comes in at 26 mins 13 secs and lasts for 3 minutes).


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General Director: Daniel Biaggi
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Palm Beach Opera is dedicated to producing live opera at an international standard of excellence and to enriching the life of the communities it serves with a diverse offering of educational programs. Founded in 1961, the fully professional Palm Beach Opera presents mainstage performances at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach and is a proud member of OPERA America and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.
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Jan. 25: Opening night of mainstage operas, La Traviata; 7:30 p.m.; Kravis Center; Tickets from $20
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Podcast: Following the Dollar in Healthcare
This webinar panel brings together executives from some of the most forward thinking payers and providers to discuss the complex ways that various stakeholders in the healthcare value chain interact with each other. After the webinar, you will better understand the role of the five major entities involved in the value chain: the payer (Medicare, managed care, employers, individuals), the intermediary (insurance companies, HMOs), the providers (hospitals), the supplier (wholesale group purchasing and other distributors), and the producer (pharma, medical device companies).
Who stands to benefit from the shift to value based care? What is the payment relationship between each of these entities (cash payments, contractual fees, wholesale pricing, chargebacks, reimbursements, data sharing, etc.)? What innovations are making each of these pieces more efficient? This panel aims to provide an illuminating look at how money flows through the healthcare system from the perspective of top healthcare innovation officers.
Shivan Mehta MD, Associate CINO at Penn Medicine
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Moderated by Steve Barsh, CINO of Dreamit Ventures