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With more than 7,800 drugstores throughout the United States serving nearly six million customers each day, Walgreens is the nation's largest drugstore chain. From its stores to its distribution centers to its corporate headquarters, Walgreens is committed to reducing energy usage and expanding the company's renewable energy initiatives through innovation, efficiency and technology.
One recent example of these sustainability efforts occurred in 2011, when the facility management team at Walgreens Corporate Headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois, set out to replace the campus's existing boiler system as part of an efficiency upgrade. Walgreens Manager of Building Operations, Bill Lewis, initiated the boiler replacement after seeing first-hand the size and efficiency of another property's condensing boilers during a tour organized by the Northern Illinois chapter of the International Facility Management Association.
"Our system was comprised of three low steam-pressure boilers that were nearing the end of their life spans, operating with roaring noise levels and high energy costs," stated Lewis.
He tasked Sam Jones, HVAC Technician, and Tim Spulak, HVAC Foreman, with researching the feasibility of replacing the existing system with the advanced technology and high efficiency of condensing boilers. The new system would need to efficiently provide heat for the central plant as well as four five-story buildings, spanning 364,000 square feet of office space.
Jones and Jason Robbins, Engineering Project Manager, researched several models to determine the ideal equipment to meet the needs of the expansive Walgreens campus, and ultimately selected the CREST Condensing Boiler from Lochinvar, which was introduced in 2011.
The team submitted a capital request to management to replace the boilers and worked with Rick Butler, District Sales Manager for Lochinvar, to secure four 3.5 million Btu/hr CREST boilers.
"The CREST was relatively new to the market when I first began discussing this project with the Walgreens team, and this was actually the first CREST installation in the Chicago area," stated Butler. "It was clear that CREST could offer a high-efficiency, low-maintenance alternative to the old system."
As Jones noted, "Once we saw everything the CREST could offer for this application, our choice was easy. The key attributes that set it apart were the 99 percent thermal efficiency, the built-in cascading sequencer and the on-board MODBUS protocol."
EMCOR Services Team Mechanical, which is based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, was selected as the design-build contractor on the job.
"We handled all engineering in-house at EMCOR, and then delivered the CREST units to Walgreens," stated EMCOR Services Team Mechanical Vice President of Engineering Cindy Stelzer, P.E. "They were really easy to install since the plant is ground-level with big overhead doors. These are fairly large boilers, but they were easy to put in place. We worked with the Lochinvar guys on how to install them and how to get them from the truck onto the floor."
Each unit's all-in-one SMART TOUCH Control and its built-in cascading sequencer modulates the firing rates of the four CREST Boilers, allowing them to share the load requirement equally.
"This is a much easier system and a smart choice for Walgreens," continued Stelzer. "The modulation of the boilers allows for significantly greater energy efficiency since they have a large turndown ratio."
In addition to receiving considerable rebates from the local gas company, which helped to offset the initial capital expenditures, Walgreens is seeing significant reductions in its natural gas utility bills. Although an additional 180,000 square-foot building has been added to the heating system, energy consumption has still decreased by more than 23% over the previous year.
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The activist at the heart of the Whitehaven Coal hoax says the corporate watchdog has seized his phone and laptop.
Jonathan Moylan says officers from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have raided his camp in northern NSW and seized some of his property.
Mr Moylan, from the anti-coal mining group Frontline Action Coal, has admitted to sending a press release to media outlets claiming the ANZ Bank had pulled its $1.2 billion loan to the miner.
ASIC is investigating if any laws were broken after the hoax temporarily wiped $314 million from the value of the company.
Mr Moylan told the ABC there had been an ASIC raid on his camp.
"There may be very, very serious consequences for me that's going to affect only me," he told ABC radio on Wednesday.
But he said he was more concerned about the effects Whitehaven's plans would have on the environment.
Frontline Action Coal accuses Whitehaven of planning to destroy 1360ha of koala habitat and forcing farmers off their land through soil damage from its flagship Maules Creek project in NSW.
"The real on-the-ground impact going to be felt by the local community here is much more at the top of my mind," Mr Moylan told the ABC.
"These projects are continuing to be approved and generating the biggest crisis that humanity faces."
ASIC refused to say if it had seized any of Mr Moylan's property.
"We're not commenting at all on that case," a spokesman for the watchdog told AAP on Wednesday.

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Kevin Duffy: Who will ACC find the coolest, UConn or Louisville?
There's an empty seat at the cool kids' table. Now, one lucky soul -- maybe UConn or Louisville -- gets a shot at the good life.
Conference realignment is like life in a high school cafeteria: non-stop drama, rampant gossip and students occasionally changing peer groups and lunch tables. If you're rolling with the in-crowd, high school can be the best time of your life. If you're quietly nibbling on a PB&J, wearing wind pants and enviously watching the popular kids, it can be a looooooong four years.
Last week, the in-crowd flagged down Maryland and (inexplicably) Rutgers, asking, "Hey guys, wanna eat with us?" By now, the Big East table -- getting lamer by the day -- is used to this. It always goes down the same way. The teacher on lunch duty (Big East commissioner Mike Aresco) comes over and delivers the same tired spiel.
"The Big East has created a unique national football conference that is a factor in the BCS championship, remains the nation's strongest basketball conference top to bottom, and is a major force across the full spectrum of men's and women's college sports," Aresco said in a statement Tuesday. "We remain committed to, and confident in, the continued growth and vitality of the Big East conference."
Blah blah blah. Take a sip of that juicebox, kid. It'll all be OK.
Although Big East morale is sinking fast, the events of last week did indeed provide some optimism. There's an unexpected vacancy at the ACC table. This could be UConn's long-awaited ticket out.
Of course, the key is "could be." As of today, there are no reported offers and a zillion rumors. Maybe the Big 10 keeps expanding. Maybe the ACC takes two more teams and convinces Notre Dame to sign the dotted line for football. Maybe the ACC shocks everyone and snatches up South Florida. The most likely scenario, though, is that the ACC adds one more football school to bump its total back to 14, a number that commissioner John Swofford has repeatedly deemed desirable. And it's most likely, according to recent CBSSports.com and ESPN reports, that the school will be either UConn or Louisville.
So which is the more logical choice?
First, you must examine the criteria -- football, men's basketball, location and academics -- by which the ACC will decide.
Given the circumstances, UConn's 23-20 upset Saturday over the No. 19 Cardinals may have been the most shocking win in the school's brief Division I football history. Apologies for being a downer, but that doesn't change the fact that these two programs aren't on the same level. Louisville is 23-14 under Charlie Strong, a young, fiery head coach. UConn is a relatively uninspiring 10-13 with Paul Pasqualoni at the helm. And the ACC -- the nation's new hoops SuperConference -- desperately needs to strengthen its football depth, which could weigh heavy in the decision. Advantage: Louisville.
Men's basketball isn't as clear-cut. There are positives with both programs: Louisville is a national championship contender, and Rick Pitino, even at age 60, doesn't appear to be slowing down. In Storrs, Kevin Ollie seems to be the perfect successor to Jim Calhoun. But, for now, he's on a seven-month contract, and it may take the Huskies a few years to return to national prominence (I'm talking top 10 on a fairly consistent basis). The Cardinals, who have state-of-the-art facilities and less uncertainty swirling, are already there. Advantage: Louisville.
Location goes to UConn. It makes perfect sense for the ACC -- which recently extended its reach to Pittsburgh and Syracuse -- to add another TV presence in between the two most vital Northeast markets, New York and Boston. It also appears UConn has a larger national following than Louisville: According to a 2011 New York Times report titled "The Geography of College Football Fans," Connecticut has 618,724 fans that regularly follow the program. Louisville has 300,443, last in the Big East.
And that brings us to academics, the most lopsided of the four deciding factors. Louisville is ranked as the nation's No. 160 college by U.S. World and News; UConn checks in at No. 63. Louisville accepts 73 percent of its fall applicants; UConn takes just 47.
The Huskies have this book-smart/jock thing going on, which vibes with Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Virginia, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and most of the ACC. Since 2006, no ACC school has ranked lower than No. 112 in the annual U.S. World and News college rankings. Louisville, the lone meathead at the table, would put an end to that.
That's two key categories each. If the tiebreaker is miscellaneous sports, the UConn women's basketball program gives it an edge. But maybe there is no tiebreaker. Maybe this will be a pure football decision (Louisville). Maybe the academics -- the "fit" -- will be the deciding factor. Really, only the ACC knows.
The only certainty is that UConn and Louisville are both itching for an invite. There's better competition (in both football and basketball), more stability, a better payout for the TV deal. There's also no guarantee that the ACC (and its outrageous $50 million exit fee) will have another opening any time soon. So this could be it.
It could be life at the cool kids' table, filled with lacrosse gear and inside jokes and girlfriends and food fights. Or, the future could look like this: An awkward assortment of strangers, including a few up-and-comers (Boise State and Memphis), a couple of nobodies (Southern Methodist and Houston) and that one loser who just won't go away (DePaul). They all sit in silence, anxiously waiting for those six precious words: "Hey man, wanna eat with us?"
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The last few days before a patch are always very painful for anyone who maintains an addon, or in my case a script for an addon. When Cata first came out, I picked up support for the feral Ovale script that we maintain on the Fluid Druid Forums. In keeping with the tradition established by Nightcrowler (the author of FeralbyNight, an addon we used back in BC) I have always based the rotation in my Ovale script on an optimized Mew simulation script. While that sounds simple enough, it means I spend time optimizing the sim script in Mew, then updating my Ovale script to match, and finally debugging the Ovale script on the PTR. And, I pretty much have to wait until just before the patch is released due to the ongoing changes to the feral class that we have seen in 4.2 and the accompanying changes that Yawning has been making to Mew.
The good news is, barring any unforeseen additional changes to 4.2 and/or Mew, I just completed my work on the Mew sim script and a first version of a 4.2 compatible Ovale script, which means the changes to the rotation for 4.2 are fresh in my mind.
Starting from the top… in case anyone has not heard, the optimum third glyph to use is now Glyph of Berserk. So be ready to grab some Dust of Disappearance, and swap out Glyph of TF (if you are still using it). This means that the base duration of Berserk will be 25 seconds, and the duration of TF will be 30 seconds. With the 4 piece tier 12 set bonus, we will sometimes see Berserks that are over 40 seconds in length (during Heroism) and will typically see 4T12 Berserks last just over 30 seconds. The result is that the optimum time to cast Berserk is during TF (preferably at the same time). As a matter of fact, the only time you would ever want to cast Berserk without TF is if you are in a situation where the Berserk is coming off of cooldown and is going to be clipped if you wait for TF (like the end of a fight) – and even then, if TF is coming off of cooldown soon (6 seconds seems to be a good rule of thumb) you should wait for it. So make sure you have TF macroed into your Berserk, and hit both together.
Next up, casting Ferocious Bite during Berserk. Clearly, this is important to do if you have the 4 piece T12 set bonus. As it happens, it is also a small dps up to cast FB during Berserk even if you do not have the 4 piece set bonus. No more complaining about endless Shred spamming during Berserk, FB is back. There are, of course, guard times. Make sure there is at least 5 seconds left on Rip and 3 seconds left on Savage Roar when you cast your 5 combo point FBs.
In case people did not get the message in 4.1, trying to refresh Savage Roar early in order to avoid having it come off of cooldown around the same time as Rip is no longer a dps gain. However, Savage Roar has been buffed in 4.2, and the rules around when to refresh it have changed. In the 4.1 rotation, there was a 6 second Rip guard time on Savage Roar. Basically an optimized rotation would wait to refresh Savage Roar if Rip was going to expire within 6 seconds, even if this meant an extended period of downtime on Savage Roar (as much as 8 seconds). The scales have tipped, if Savage Roar is coming off of cooldown, you don't check for when Rip is going to expire anymore, you just refresh it. Keep in mind, Rip is still higher in the priority list than Savage Roar, and we do try to refresh it about 2 seconds before it expires, so this is really about the cases where Rip has more than 2 seconds left and/or we have less than 5 combo points. Nonetheless, it is trading off uptime on Rip for uptime on Savage Roar.
Did anyone else feel a cool "Wrath-like" breeze blow by just now? Not only is it a dps up to cast Ferocious Bite during Berserk, but it is also a dps increase to cast it other times. The guard times are very restrictive (can you say "level 80 Wrath"?), 14 seconds for Rip and 10 seconds for Savage Roar, but it does happen. I spent time on the PTR training dummy earlier tonight and it popped up in my Ovale script occasionally. Just be fast, because the window closes quickly.
The final change worth mentioning is in the area of energy pooling. Keep doing it, only more than before. When you are not in the middle of TF or Berserk, refreshing a DoT or debuff or hustling to get a few extra combo points because Rip and/or Savage Roar are about to expire, get your energy up to at least 85. This is a good 10-15 energy higher than what was needed in 4.1.
Now, having gone through all of the changes, it is important to remind all of you to keep these changes in context. Specifically we have a complex priority-based rotation, and all of these changes are still subject to a set of well defined priorities. To understand those, you should spend some time reading either my new Ovale script and/or the latest, greatest Mew sim script (which should be released in the next day or two and is available via SVN). If you really want to get a good feel for the rotation, download Ovale, grab my 4.2 script from the Fluid Druid forums, and play with it on the PTR. The 4.2 Ovale script is incredibly close to the sim script, closer than any other script I have done to date. Just get on a training dummy, setup both Ovale and a cooldown monitor of some sort, and follow the Ovale suggestions. You will quickly get a feel for how the rotation has changed, especially if you keep in mind what I have covered here.
In closing, I like the rotation changes. It has brought some life back into feral play. The endless Shred spamming during Berserk was mind-numbing. I think most of you will appreciate the changes. It does feel a lot more like the Wrath rotation did. Also, the best thing about testing with a premade T12 feral was not having to keep SoTP up and running. That is probably my least favorite set bonus ever. I can't wait to get 2 piece T12 so I can lose the 4 piece T11 set bonus (hopefully forever).
Best of luck to everyone in Firelands. Soon we will be having Fire Kitty processions and dances! I am looking forward to seeing some cool Fire Kitty videos on Youtube ;)
P.S. there will no longer be zero range Feral Charges. We have estimated that the 4.2 changes are on the order of a 9% dps increase over 4.1 , but on fights where we used to be able to Feral Charge on cooldown while standing next to the boss, expect the improvement to be half of that.


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"A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." These words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt would be a good reminder for some in the Republican Party who have a new sport - demonizing poor people. In this time when the top 1 percent have 40 percent of the nation's wealth and the bottom 80 percent have 7 percent, it seems like an unduly cruel act to speak about poor people as lazy, or not wanting to work. Most of them do work, when jobs are available. And they pay taxes, despite the rhetoric that they don't.
The financial share of the top 1 percent is now greater than any time since the 1920's, according to the Institute for Policy Studies. The top .5 percent own half of the stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, while the bottom 50 percent own only .5 percent.
A report by the Census Bureau says that 50 percent of Americans live either in poverty or at a "low income level." Then conservative think tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation, come out with inane statements like the one that says poor people have a high standard of living because they have a refrigerator and stove. Where would they like them to cook - over a fireplace?
The poorest 50 percent have an average income of about $30,000. It's true that some of these families don't pay much federal income tax, (3 percent) because, as the Tax Policy Center notes "the basic structure of the income tax exempts subsistence levels of income from tax". But they do pay other taxes. About 10 percent of their income in state and local taxes. (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that they also pay 9 percent of their income to Social Security Tax, and 2 percent to excise tax. So total taxes for the poor are 24 percent of their income.
Then housing, 27 percent - food. 10 percent - transportation, 6 percent - health care 5 percent, child care, 8 percent - energy costs, 24 percent. This amounts to 92 percent of their income. So they have 8 percent for miscellaneous costs, and everything else. Yes, these are averages, so individual differences do occur. But they sure aren't living high off the hog, in any case. And they deserve respect, not ridicule.
Less than 5 million out of 70 million in the bottom half received TANF - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families - in 2010. Listening to some Republicans, you would think every hand was out collecting the hard earned tax money of the wealthy. They don't mention that most extremely wealthy people inherited their money. As did many candidates for president.
Mitt Romney's $250 million is not something he emphasizes. His frequent gaffes, though, show his inability to understand the plight of the poor. Heck, he's even stated that he isn't concerned about them. Rick Santorum, on the other hand, talks about how he wants to help poor people, then goes on to spend much of his time on social conservative issues that, if anything, would hurt them. Keep the women home, have lots more kids. Which century does he live in? Then Newt has a great solution. Give the jobs to the school kids. That makes about as much sense as the moon colony. Or the far out energy program from his over active imagination.
It is said that people really vote their pocketbooks. If that is true, no poor person could possibly vote for one of these candidates. Because not only will they be demonized, they will be cut off from the very programs that keep them alive. Food stamps, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, Social Security. Maybe that's why so many states are doing their best to see they don't vote at all.
It's time to respect those who struggle, and stop the false propaganda about them.
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text: Being best man is both an honor and a huge responsibility – if you think it's just a case of buying a few beers on a boy's night out, think again! You've got a lot of organizing to do, there's etiquette to follow and, of course, the dreaded speech to make. Fear not, however, as Be a Best Man in a Day For Dummies is here to help. It's a humorous, yet information packed step-by-step guide to your role and responsibilities. This is a cut-down version of Being the Best Man For Dummies. Topics covered include: The bachelor party The wedding preparations The ceremony The reception Writing the speech Delivery and presentation Ten essentials to bring to the wedding Ten nightmare wedding scenarios Ten great speech opening lines


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Prospective students who wish to undertake the study of sacred music must demonstrate their ability either on the organ or in voice before they can enter the program. Pianists who wish to pursue the program in organ may audition on the piano. Audition repertoire is listed below. In addition, prospective students will be tested for general musical abilities at the time of their audition.
Auditions for admission to the sacred music major are made by appointment and can be arranged by contacting Prof. Nicholas Will at firstname.lastname@example.com.
All applicants who live within 250 miles of campus are required to audition on campus. For all other applicants, if distance prevents a live audition, CD or cassette recordings of an unedited performance may be submitted. Please do not send DAT, mini-disc or other formats. Since these recordings will be central to the faculty's evaluation of a prospective student's abilities, they should be of the highest possible quality. Please do not send recordings made with electronic instruments. All recordings should be labeled with name, instrument/voice part, repertoire, and a signed statement that the performance is by the applicant. On-campus auditions are highly recommended to all applicants, since they offer an opportunity to meet faculty and discuss the program in addition to the live performance.
Potential organ majors are encouraged to apply for admission to the university as early as possible in order to secure a place in the in-coming class. Applicants who wish to undertake the study of organ at Franciscan University, and live within 250 miles of campus must audition on campus in the academic year prior to their Freshman year. Pianists may audition for entrance into the program in organ on the piano with the understanding that they will be expected to gain an intermediate level of facility on the organ by the time of their sophomore jury and a professional level of ability on the organ by the time of their senior recital.
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Memorization is encouraged but not required.
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UMass Dining is committed to addressing many of the global issues surrounding our food supply. We continually strive to become a more socially and environmentally responsible program that supports the campus and local communities.
Our vision is to move beyond sustainability globally to serve as the model for institutions ot follow, worldwide.
Our mission is to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders to increase the sustainability of our campus foodservices' facilities and operations. We leverage resources, visibility, and leadership to propel the campus sustainability movement at UMass and beyond.
Our core values are the BRIIC upon which we buiild our department. These 5 values represent our highest priorities for sustainability programming and decision-making within UMass Dining:
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There are some things we can rule out with when musing over what George R.R. Martin might develop for HBO now that he has a two year contract with them. Certainly not something comedic, he's not that type of guy. A Game of Thrones prequel of sorts though? Maybe, according to this interview with IGN.
It's not the only idea that's been talked about, of course, but it's one of them. What do you think? Would you be interested in a prequel based on his Game of Thrones novellas?
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How can a student who is blind navigate in an unfamiliar area to do fieldwork?
A number of tools and strategies are available that can make fieldwork accessible to students who are blind. Some of those tools - such as guide dogs - are already part of many students' lives. Others are easy to purchase. Braille compasses and talking compasses are readily available from online stores and, in combination with Braille or tactile maps, could be very effective for finding locations if students who are blind are instructed on how to use them.
Software and hardware for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for people who are blind can include Global Positioning Systems (GPS), wireless Internet, maps, and voice synthesizers that will tell students what landmarks are nearby and what streets they are on in cities. When outside of cities, they can get headings, speeds, and distances from waypoints.
There is a new tool, so far only available in Europe, that has GPS with improved navigation data to get people within two meters of a location. This new technology uses data relays through wireless Internet connections to overcome the "canyon effect," in which the satellites near the horizon are blocked by trees, rocks, or buildings.
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Parents vowed to keep their children away from school today after chilling messages were posted online threatening to leave a trail of 'bullets, bodies, and blood'.
Police are set to stand guard outside Bispham's Montgomery High School after failing to track down the anonymous threat-maker, who said he planned to 'kill as many people as possible' in revenge for alleged bullying.
Although officers have moved to reassure parents they are confident the threat is a hoax, a number of chairs are expected to remain empty as classes resume.
Yesterday principal Tony Nicholson confirmed the school would open today as normal and offer counselling.
It comes as police said they believe a vandal attack on the school is unconnected to the threats.
He said: "We look forward to welcoming our students to school at the usual time for a purposeful start to the New Year.
My two are not going anywhere near until an arrest has been made. I'm not putting my kids' lives at risk.Lee Smallwood
"We have continued to plan for an orderly start to the term on Monday with 'safe business as usual' being our aim. The Montgomery staff will be supportive, diligent and will, as usual, be highly visible from the outset of the working day.
"The local authority have kindly provided counselling services for any students who have found the last few days upsetting and stressful. Three fully trained personnel from the social services team will complement our in-house pastoral team and will be available in school all day. We are all acutely aware of the pressures these events have placed on our community and your families. We remain determined to offer the very best pastoral care and support for your children during this difficult time."
However, worried mum Kelly Porter, said: "I'm not sending my son in, no way. I've had to bury two of my babies and I'm not doing it again.
"No matter what they say, they can't guarantee nothing will happen."
And Lee Smallwood said: "My two are not going anywhere near until an arrest has been made. I'm not putting my kids' lives at risk." Paul Mcmahon added: "I hope the police and school are aware hardly anyone is sending their children in today and for the foreseeable future, until whoever has posted the threats has been arrested."
The series of messages were posted on Facebook late last week by a user The Gazette has chosen not to name but who is thought to have been using a pseudonym.
The poster, who has since deleted their account, praised Columbine Massacre gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who murdered 12 students and one teacher at their US school in 1999, and said: "These guys are great. They killed a bunch of people in their high school and then killed themselves. Huge inspiration for the #MontyMassacre on Monday."
In subsequent postings they added: "On Monday, the bullies will be sorry when I go into school with a gun.
"I'll kill as many people as possible.
In another, the poster praised Sandy Hook Elementary School gunman Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six members of staff during his 2012 rampage, also in the US, adding: "As soon as I tell people I've got a gun, I start getting bombarded with messages."
When challenged by one student, he asked: "You think it's a joke? You'll see bullets, bodies, and blood."
Mr Nicholson moved to reassure parents through daily updates posted on the school's website.
He said staff were working closely with officers, who had 'confidently reinforced the view these online postings do not represent a credible threat'.
He said: "They, and we, wish to reassure our parents and the wider school community that Montgomery High School can open as normal on Monday morning.
"We fully appreciate your anxiety and concerns. We wish to assure you that the safety of everyone is our number one priority."
Windows were smashed at the school over the weekend, although the incident is not being linked with the online threats.
"The school is not concerned about the windows," a senior teacher said.
"The vandalism is not being treated as anything other than wilful damage. It is not being treated as linked to the threats."
And despite online rumours to the contrary, the damage was not caused by gunshots, he added.
Despite the school's reassurances, scores of parents reaffirmed their intentions to keep youngsters at home.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "We are aware of the posts on social media and are investigating the source and content of these messages.
"There is nothing to suggest these messages pose a credible threat.
"There will be a visible police presence when term begins on Monday.
"Our inquiries to identify who is responsible for posting these messages remain ongoing.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax is going to work for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a special adviser.
The team announced Tuesday that the 77-year-old Koufax would join them.
Koufax will be a special adviser to team chairman Mark Walter. The former Dodgers great also will work with pitchers during spring training, a role he's held for several years.
Koufax spent 12 seasons in the majors, all with the Dodgers. He won the NL ERA title in each of his last five years and was a two-time World Series MVP. Koufax retired after the 1966 season at age 30 because of pain in his left arm.
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Let's face it: even without a curfew, there's not a heck of a lot to do in Buffalo. But, confined to their hotel rooms, the Mountaineers are making the most of it, acting like teenage girls at a slumber party.
Da'Sean Butler, Jonnie West, Joe Mazzulla and cameraman John Flowers spent last night at their hotel not going over playbooks for this afternoon's showdown, but generally making fools of themselves. Witness,
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Honestly, it reminds me of nothing so much as that first overnight field trip in Middle School. You're not really allowed to do anything fun, but damn it if you're not going to wild out in the hotel room.
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A new NASCAR season is only a few weeks away, with some of the sport's top drivers switching teams in hopes of winning a Sprint Cup title.
They include veterans Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman, and they'll start getting ready for the season Jan. 9-10 when the series holds its "preseason thunder" test at Daytona International Speedway in Florida.
That's in preparation for the season-opening race, the Daytona 500 on Feb. 23, in which the drivers who changed teams will get to see the first result of how their new marriages are working out.
Harvick and Busch are moving to Stewart-Haas Racing, the team co-owned by three-time Cup champion Tony Stewart. That should bolster Stewart-Haas' effort to better challenge powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports, whose Jimmie Johnson won a sixth championship this year.
Most of the changes were announced over the final two months of this season. If you weren't keeping tabs, here's an overview:
Harvick: The 2007 Daytona 500 winner capped a 12-year career with Richard Childress Racing by finishing third in this year's Sprint Cup standings in the No. 29 Chevrolet. Harvick, 38, will drive the No. 4 Chevy at Stewart-Haas and his teammates will be Stewart, Danica Patrick and Busch.
The chemistry at Stewart-Haas will be closely watched next year because Stewart, Harvick and Busch all are intense, often temperamental drivers. Patrick, meanwhile, will be trying to improve on her disappointing rookie season, in which she finished 27th in points.
Busch: The 2004 Cup champion moves to Stewart-Haas — where he'll drive the No. 41 Chevrolet — from Furniture Row Racing. Although Furniture Row is only a one-car team, Busch, 35, made the Chase for the Cup title playoff this year and finished 10th in the standings.
Newman: Despite qualifying for this year's Chase and winning one of NASCAR's marquee races, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Stewart-Haas opted not to renew Newman's contract.
So Newman, 36, who has won 17 Cup races in his career, including the Daytona 500 in 2008, moved to Childress, where he'll take over the No. 31 Chevy from the departed Jeff Burton.
Martin Truex Jr.: Truex, 33, takes over for Busch in Furniture Row's No. 78 Chevrolet after a scandal effectively forced Truex out of his ride at Michael Waltrip Racing.
The scandal centered on MWR team efforts to manipulate the last race before the Chase so that Truex would earn a berth in the playoff.
Truex didn't make it after NASCAR penalized him and the team. Then Truex's sponsor, NAPA auto parts, dropped its multimillion-dollar sponsorship and MWR was forced to cut back to two full-time cars instead of three, with Truex the odd man out.
MWR still will have a third car next year, the No. 66 Toyota, but it will be entered in only a limited number of Cup races.
Burton: The 21-time Cup winner opted to leave Childress after this season and Burton, 46, later announced he would help test and race the third MWR car in its limited schedule.
Burton's duties initially also include testing the No. 55 Toyota normally driven by Brian Vickers, 30, who's on medical leave until late January because of a blood-clotting condition.
In addition to the veteran drivers changing teams, two young drivers of note are moving up to the Cup series:
Austin Dillon: The 23-year-old Dillon, who won this year's title in NASCAR's second-level Nationwide Series and is team owner Richard Childress' grandson, will drive the No. 3 Chevrolet. That's the iconic number used by the late Dale Earnhardt, who won six of his seven titles driving for Childress.
Kyle Larson: The 21-year-old Larson also was promoted from the Nationwide Series to take over the No. 42 Chevy in the Cup series for the team named Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.
The car had been driven for several years by former Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya, 38. But Montoya, who finished 21st in the Cup standings this year, was not re-signed and has returned to IndyCar racing, where he's driving for Roger Penske.
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Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8) Other early records of the family include: Antony Blencansop and Ranulf de Blenkenshope who were listed about the same time c. 1240. [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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Bill Haas withdraws from RBC Heritage with wrist injury
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Former FedEx Cup champion Bill Haas withdrew Friday from the RBC Heritage with a wrist injury.
Haas was the first-round leader at the Masters a week ago after his opening 68. But he followed that up with a 78 and eventually wound up tied for 20th. At Harbour Town Golf Links, Haas opened with a 1-over 72 that left him six shots off the lead shared by Matt Kuchar, Steven Langley and William McGirt.
Haas did not start his second round here.
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Haas is ranked 31st in the world. He has won at least one PGA Tour event in each of the past four seasons, the2011 Tour Championship that secured him that season's FedEx Cup playoffs.
Haas is the son of former PGA Tour and Champions Tour winner Jay Haas.


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Seated Figure, 1968
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Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Twomey Collection, with appreciation to the Province of Manitoba and Government of Canada
Arviat artists generally work with the natural shape of raw pieces of the local hard, steatite stone. They keep detail to a minimum and rarely pierce the stone. The abstracted creations of John Pangnark have typified this aesthetic since his early recognition as an artist of note in 1970. In that year he was invited to demonstrate stone carving at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan, and his work was featured with that of graphic artist Jessie Oonark in a touring exhibition organized by the National Museum of Man, now the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in Gatineau, Quebec. Pangnark's carvings usually interpret single human figures. He began carving in the mid-1960s, and this early Seated Figure still has clear anatomical references and polished surfaces as well as the more abstract formal qualities of his later pieces.
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You can set properties for the mail-resource element and then get these properties in a JavaMail Session object later. Every property name must start with a mail- prefix. The Enterprise Server changes the dash (-) character to a period (.) in the name of the property, then saves the property to the MailConfiguration and JavaMail Session objects. If the name of the property doesn't start with mail-, the property is ignored.
For example, to define the property mail.password in a JavaMail Session object, first edit sun-resources.xml as follows:
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I'm loving Ryan Grant and his 4.4 YPC (5.0 in December) right now and his 1200+ rushing yards and 10 TDs. And when I saw Adrian Peterson fumble away another ball (six now on the season) Monday night, I delighted in the fact that Ryan Grant has only one fumble all year. That was back in week two, btw.
Through the first couple games of the year, there were stories suggesting Grant was a talentless meathead and others saying that Thompson was irate about the contract he handed him. At the time, those knocks seemed borderline legit even though Grant's short career suggested he might be a second-half player and even though our line was more chaotic than a police riot.
At this point in the season, #25 looks to be emanating with confidence and rightfully so. He's third in the NFC in rushing yards and second in TDs. Hell, the man is even a top ten RB in most fantasy leagues. But the thing I admire most is his attitude. He seems to have a desire to reach his potential and the work ethic, competitive spirit and humbleness to match. In other words, Ryan Grant is Packer people.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a travesty if Grant doesn't get in because we all know it's a popularity contest and maybe he came on a little too late this season. But there is no question that #25 deserves the honor. Because of his numbers. Because of his attitude. Because Ryan Grant is one of the best running backs in the NFC. Period.
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Ryan Grant for Pro Bowl
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I'm guessing the 3rd RB will be DeAngelo Williams by the way. He's a great RB, but he's also missed two games. There's something to be said for durability. Another reason I like Grant.ReplyDelete
I seem to remember extensive talk during the game on Sunday about just this subject. Even FOX is on board. Speaking of on board I think I hooked up with "Jugs McBoobnstien" in the purple bikini out @ Lake Havasu last spring. Maybe I'll give her a ring when I get out to Phoenix to watch the Packers crush Arizona. Must be nice to clinch @ 10-5 in the worst division in the league. Its really nothing to be proud of, its pathetic an I hope we have to play you twice so we can beat you twice.ReplyDelete
Jugs McBoobnstein? Awesome.ReplyDelete
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Attorney named in Michele Bachmann payment investigation
A Des Moines attorney has been appointed to serve as an independent investigator to determine whether a state senator violated Senate rules by taking payment from former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann.
Mark Weinhardt has been appointed by Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady as independent special counsel. The Iowa State Senate Ethics Committee voted May 1 to seek a special investigator.
Weinhardt will determine whether Republican Sen. Kent Sorenson, of Milo, was paid for campaign work on behalf Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman who campaigned for president between June 2011 and January 2012.
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Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal
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Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal
CNN, February 23, 2009
Posted: 2011-02-28 10:52:53
At a friend's sleepover more than a year ago, 14-year-old Phillip Swartley pocketed change from unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood to buy chips and soft drinks. The cops caught him. There was no need for an attorney, said Phillip's mother, Amy Swartley, who thought at most, the judge would slap her son with a fine or community service. But she was shocked to find her eighth-grader handcuffed and shackled in the courtroom and sentenced to a youth detention center. Then, he was shipped to a boarding school for troubled teens for nine months. The justice system in Luzerne County, in the heart of Pennsylvania's struggling coal country, has also fallen prey to corruption. The county has been rocked by a kickback scandal involving two elected judges who essentially jailed kids for cash. Many of the children had appeared before judges without a lawyer. The nonprofit Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia said Phillip is one of at least 5,000 children over the past five years who appeared before former Luzerne County President Judge Mark Ciavarella. Ciavarella pleaded guilty earlier this month to federal criminal charges of fraud and other tax charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Former Luzerne County Senior Judge Michael Conahan also pleaded guilty to the same charges. The two secretly received more than $2.6 million, prosecutors said.
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U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
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In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities. The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's ... Fidel Castro. America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years. The Joint Chiefs even proposed using the potential death of astronaut John Glenn during the first attempt to put an American into orbit as a false pretext for war with Cuba. Should the rocket explode and kill Glenn, they wrote, "the objective is to provide irrevocable proof … that the fault lies with the Communists." The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after.
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Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group
2005-09-29, BBC News
How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. Every year since 1954 [they have brought] together about 120 leading business people and politicians. At this year's meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi ... editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners ... and the queen of the Netherlands. The chairman ... is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon. In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of Bilderberg. "I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists." Will Hutton ... who attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what he calls "the international common sense". And that "common sense" is one which supports the interests of Bilderberg's main participants. For Bilderberg's critics the fact that there is almost no publicity about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed. Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalisation for the past half a century.
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Here are the indigenous people Christopher Columbus and his men could not annihilate
2019-10-14, Washington Post
This year the District of Columbia joins at least five states and dozens of cities and counties in replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's part of a decades-long reckoning with the sanitized version of the European colonization of the Americas. In Hispaniola — what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic — Columbus ... and his crew searched and searched for gold to no avail, so they filled their ships with something else they could sell: people. Of the 500 Taíno they took — selected because they were the strongest and healthiest specimens — 200 died on the voyage to Spain. Many more died once they had been sold into slavery. Columbus's men also continued to sexually abuse Taíno women and girls. In 1500, Columbus wrote to an acquaintance that "there are many dealers who go about looking for girls; those from nine to 10 are now in demand." As the population plummeted, they abducted indigenous people from other islands, like the Lucayan, to work the fields and mines of Hispaniola. Across the Caribbean ... the Spanish were responsible for the deaths of 12 to 15 million indigenous people. Historians usually attribute most of the deaths to the spread of diseases for which native people had no immunity, but recently historian Andrés Reséndez has pushed back against this, arguing that populations were lower than previous estimated, and "a nexus of slavery, overwork and famine killed more Indians in the Caribbean than smallpox, influenza and malaria."
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Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past
2019-10-12, New York Times
Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who committed suicide in prison, managed to lure an astonishing array of rich, powerful and famous men into his orbit. Bill Gates ... started the relationship after Mr. Epstein was convicted of sex crimes. Beginning in 2011, Mr. Gates met with Mr. Epstein on numerous occasions — including at least three times at Mr. Epstein's palatial Manhattan townhouse, and at least once staying late into the night. And Mr. Epstein spoke with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and JPMorgan Chase about a proposed multibillion-dollar charitable fund — an arrangement that had the potential to generate enormous fees for Mr. Epstein. "His lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing although it would not work for me," Mr. Gates emailed colleagues in 2011, after his first get-together with Mr. Epstein. Mr. Gates and the $51 billion Gates Foundation have championed the well-being of young girls. By the time Mr. Gates and Mr. Epstein first met, Mr. Epstein had served jail time for soliciting prostitution from a minor and was required to register as a sex offender. In late 2011, at Mr. Gates's instruction, the foundation sent a team to Mr. Epstein's townhouse to have a preliminary talk about philanthropic fund-raising. Mr. Epstein told his guests that if they searched his name on the internet they might conclude he was a bad person but that what he had done — soliciting prostitution from an underage girl — was no worse than "stealing a bagel," two of the people said.
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Deborah Pellow
My work is specifically socio-cultural but I am strongly committed to the interconnectivity of anthropology's sub-fields and interdisciplinary studies. Three approaches predominate in my research: gender, ethnicity and space/place studies, cross-cut by politics. Early in my career, I worked as an applied anthropologist in Chicago, but my primary geographic area is Ghana. Currently my focus is the bridge generation of Dagomba educated elite relocated to Accra, their attachment to the hometown area and its consequences. The AAA faces enormous challenges ahead as the interests of new academic and lay publics become more consequential to anthropological inquiry. Robust section assembly participation in AAA governance, to which I am committed, will help reposition the discipline. As president of SUNTA, I enjoyed working with other section leaders. The new role for a representative of the Section Assembly on the Executive Board will be very useful in bringing issues under discussion in the Section Assembly directly to the EB and vice versa. It will strengthen the section organization in general and facilitate the robust exercise of governance for the entire organization. I work well with others – I was successful as the Program Chair and then President of SUNTA – and would enjoy the opportunity to engage with the Executive Board on behalf of the Section Assembly.
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I have served on the SLACA board for the last 15 years, most recently (2008-2013) in the roles of President (elect – past). I consider my greatest accomplishments to be shared governance between the Board and its members, collaborations with other Societies and Associations, and in creating new avenues for recognition of our emerging scholars. I have served on the Labor Commission for the EB (2008-2012) and in the Presidents' Working Group that redefined governance for the SA. A key outcome of the Working Group was transparency and shared governance through active participation in the EB; this seat is one of two that resulted from our work. I have a strong background in governance, ethics, and collaboration as evidenced through my research agenda, service to the AAA and in my roles as Chair of the IRB for SDSU, Chair of the University Graduate Curriculum Cmtee, and in my administrative roles as director of two academic programs. If elected to represent the SA, I will continue to strive for shared governance, fair and equitable representation of the SA and its constituencies through collaboration, and in closing the communication gap over differing needs between the EB, SA, and our shared constituencies.
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Sara warned us that her English was not good so she would say very little. There were many nods of head in approval from her, and a lot of smiles but unfortunately the mike could not pick that up. Joshua Keefe and Sara Magnanelli won the Professional Rising Star Latin event at the recent UK Open 2010 championships. See their results page and photos in our galleries.
[Joshua] (laughing) that's a good sign!
[Joshua] I started dancing when I was about 11, a long time ago (smile). I started just doing general classes, kids classes, things like that. Then, I think it was almost by accident, one of the girls Mums approached me and asked "Do you want to dance with my daughter in a competition?" and I was like "OK" and that's how it all began, It was very slow and very gradual though when I was a kid.
[Joshua] I think when I was about 14 or 15 I decided that was my life. I was quite decided as a 14/15 year old kid, that that was what I wanted to do, and it is what I have been doing.
[Sara] I started when I was 8 and I danced for 10 years and then I stopped for 6 years, until Josh.
[Joshua] On the internet, actually it was on your website. I had broken up with my previous partner and Sara's cousin saw that I had put the notice on dancesportinfo. All the contact details were there and so we messaged back and forth for a couple of days and then we had a try out. It was my first and last try out. We met in London and said "OK, let's give it a go".
[Joshua] Yes, well, we knew of each other because we had both been in World Youth Finals and Blackpool Finals and Sara always finished much higher than me. She was winning or 2nd and I was 4th or 5th. It was strange for me when we met because it was a case of "where have you been for 6 years". Actually she had still been in the dancing scene teaching and things and she had had some other partnerships which had not gone to the floor. So we came to London to have the try-out and it was pretty good and it was "OK. Yes, let's give it a go".
[Joshua] Thanks. It's about 2 and a half years and probably for the first year it was pretty good. Then we got a bit lost in the first half of the 2nd year and so we decided to make some changes so that we would have more direction in our dancing. Probably more location, teachers, things like that in our dancing. So we made the changes and it's all been good for us, positive. A push for us, both physically and mentally, and now the results are starting to come and it is great because that is what you are after. We really love our dancing at the moment, before we did not seem to know where we were going, but now it is different and we love what we are doing and this is nice.
[Joshua] No. No I just really love the artistic side of it. There is so much I love about dancing. That's true for both of us. I suppose it is also the glamour.
Josh and Sara break into laughter
[Joshua] Sara does not speak much English. She does not speak much anyway... (laughing)
[Sara] Yes!
[Joshua] (laughing again) That's the most she has talked all day!
[Joshua] Yes, the movement, the creative movement, the music. It is everything about Latin American dancing from the basics. I suppose it comes from when you are younger and there are your Gaynor and Donnie, your Alan Tornsberg and Vibeke and Bryan. I love the energy, the environment, the music, the movement. It's dancing.
[Joshua] Yes, but how do I explain it. It is more (pause) relaxed. Is it relaxed? It's a different feeling. Sara, What is the feeling?
Josh and Sara confer in Italian, then ...
[Joshua] Yes that's it. It is more mature. We feel freer to have our own style. We don't like following anything simply because it is fashionable. We have our own ideas as to what we want and we like doing that regardless of whether anyone else is or is not doing it. Whether that is right or wrong I do not know but it seems to be working at the moment.
[Joshua] First place! (laughing) No, but we will see how we go tomorrow. It should be interesting.
[Dancesportinfo note: Note Next day they were thrilled to reach the semi-finals of one of the best Latin competitions for many years]
[Joshua] Actually, at the moment because we are fresh Professionals we are teaching everywhere. We have been teaching in Australia and in Hong Kong. Sara did have a studio in Italy but we have had to more or less leave that to follow our own dancing. To be honest, in Italy there really was not enough work for us because we were not on the Italian Team and doing the Italian competitions. Now it could be different but the money in Asia is really good.
[Joshua] Sara in Italy. Me, no. I don't know but probably Asia.
[Joshua] I do speak Italian so that would be fine. I like Italy but I like the opportunities in Asia. Asia moves quite quickly which is good and I like that.
[Joshua] No. Australia is like Italy, You have to be there and to have a studio and there is a lot of responsibility that comes with that. You virtually have to stay put so that travelling, competitions etc. is not possible.
[Joshua] We don't really go near it at all. Our teachers are not Italian, actually one of them is but he is not in Italy. We have seen the political scene in Italy and it is scary because they have their groups and some of it is really quite obvious. It has not really touched us because we are so focused on what we are doing so we are happy for them to do whatever they want so long as it does not come near us.
[Joshua] I suppose there is this whole IDSF, WDC thing.
[Joshua] I guess if we were both Italian it would be really scary.
[Joshua] (laughing) Yes we do love what we are dancing. We do not want to finish our career having had all these years, all these lessons and come out of it, maybe with a result, but not having experienced something that we really believed in. Yes we are in to what we are doing and when we are in that Cha Cha or Samba we are enjoying the music, the dancing and we love dancing together and we bounce off each other's energy all the time. I think to be honest we are really lucky to have found each other and the situation we are in with our teachers, we are just really happy about it all. I guess you can see this and we are focused just on ourselves and no one else at all. I understand what you are saying. You can see couples who are totally into each other and really enjoy what they are dancing and what they are creating..
[Joshua] I like (pause)... I hate practising Paso Doble but I love dancing it in a competition. I love Rumba we both love Rumba. That's because it is slow and we are getting old (laughter). No. Sara loves Samba, she has always loved Samba. It's like she is always saying "lets practise Samba, lets practise Samba". Me - "No we are doing Cha Cha". So for Sara it is Samba, together - Rumba. For me? I like Cha Cha, in fact I like all of them.
[Sara] Yes.
[Joshua] For Sara - Tango. For me - I like Foxtrot there is something about Foxtrot.
(long pause, both deep in thought)
[Joshua] I don't know but maybe I would be in the fashion industry.
[Joshua] Yes designing, maybe extreme couture or something like that.
[Sara] I don't know.
[Joshua] I know, you would be in the kitchen. She loves cooking absolutely loves it. She always says if she gives up dancing she will become a chef. You know. An Italian Restaurant in Hong Kong (laughing) we cannot find decent Italian food in Hong Kong. She really is a very good cook and I am lucky. (laughing) Wherever we go I want a kitchen.
[Joshua] Yes, the dancer's diet.
Josh and Sara consult in Italian and then...
[Joshua] Diet food.
[Sara] No.
[Joshua] She likes pasta but is very strict on herself with food. Lots of fish and vegetables, soups like minestrone. Simple food without rich sauces, very little salt and oil. Me on the other hand (with a laugh) I sneak in all that stuff, which I shouldn't.
[Joshua] The love for it. That will keep you going. If you genuinely love something it never really goes away. Sometimes it does get a bit difficult and then you need to remind yourself actually there is something I really love about this. It's not all doom and gloom but you do have those off days especially when you are travelling and you just think "Oh I want to go home to Australia where it is 30 degrees". I really love dancing; I am very passionate about it. Whatever gets in the way, gets in the way but I will always dance.
Sara is very passionate she is also very determined. Especially in the last few years she has overcome a lot of obstacles to come this far and especially after such a long break and being out of competition. Sara has come back, and she has not come back half hearted, she has come back 110%. I have been in it all along so for me it is just continuing but Sara has had another life outside. A life that was not as demanding as competitive dancing and then she has said "I do not need this I am going back to dance". So it has been practising, and lessons, competitions, travelling. Sara has returned and gone in head first.
[Joshua] ... and they lose their dancing as well, It is hard to maintain it. As I said, when we had our first try out it was amazing and I said "Oh God" because she was faster and stronger than I was. And I had not stopped competing.
[Joshua] But you do. You need to work and practise
[Joshua] It is good guidance. There are so many people having so many lessons off everybody I think it is terrible. I think you need to have 1 maybe 2 teachers that are on the same page, maybe even a man and a woman, and then just stick with them.
[Joshua] When I was young I had one teacher for 10 years and Sara was the same and also had only one teacher for about 10 years. Sara was very accomplished and won the World Youth Championship, the German Open, phenomenal things for a young person and the quality of dancing was amazing from her and her partner. I had similar guidance from my teacher all the way in Australia who had not been to London or on the European scene for about 20 years. But the good guidance I received kept me focused with just a very clear road. It was simple you go to practise, you work hard you get results.
A brief consultation between Sara and Josh then...
[Joshua] Sara was with Carolyn Smith and I was with Michael Baker in Australia. I think both those teachers were responsible for our Youth level of dancing and it was a very high standard of dancing.
[Joshua] Now we follow Gaynor and Mirko (Fairweather and Saccani). We have received very good guidance from them. It is so clear. It is focused on hard work, creative hard work. We really believe in them and they believe in us and that is very important. So long as there is this mutual belief you have a good balance and, of course, there must be respect between the 4 people, or three if you only have one teacher, and there is. We have really found ourselves with them and we will continue to find more of ourselves.
[Joshua] The harder you work the luckier you get and that's it!
[Joshua] No, it does not work. It might work for some people but then they have to ask themselves why it is working for them, I would not like to get to the end of my career and not to have learned anything profound, to have not really understood something. I do not think you can really understand with this running around from teacher to teacher. Who are you listening to? You are not listening to anyone or, if you are listening to someone, are you wasting your time and money.
[Joshua] No.
[Joshua] No, (and laughs) no way. Not at this level there is no time. We do not even have time for family let alone friends and my family being in Australia I am limited to only seeing them once or twice a year. I do have a few really good friends and we always keep in contact. Even if we don't see each other for 2 years it does not change anything. Sara has the same thing, great friends that stay in touch.
[Joshua] We believe in each other. Sara is a fantastic dancer and (laughing) I hope she thinks the same about me (Josh looks at Sara and then to much laughter "I don't like that look you gave me").
[Joshua] Yes and that was really good because before that we were searching and thinking are we on the right track here. Just before that we had changed our ideas and had said we are going to do this, we are going to give it 100% and see what happens. So the result was very good and confirmed what we were thinking, which was nice, and so now we are a bit more relaxed and confident about it (laughing) not too relaxed though.
[Joshua] Yes unless something dramatically changes we will dance Rising Stars at Blackpool, we would like that one too.
[Joshua] (laughing) Yes and now we will stick to the Open.
[Joshua] They are amazing. Have you seen them? My God it is phenomenal. I love it. I remember seeing them, and it was the first time I had seen them dance together. It was at a workshop at Assen 3 years ago. Donnie did a lecture at the camp the week before and at the end of it he spoke about their whole partnership, how they got together, their beliefs, how it ended up. The whole lecture had been about partnering and then he and Gaynor did a Rumba. Oh God everybody was crying, the moment they began touching each other I was crying. They had obviously worked so hard and it did not matter how many years they had not been dancing together, "it" was still there. Everything was so understood, what needed to happen between them. It gave me chills; in fact I still get chills when I think about it. I love it.
[Joshua] Exactly. I think as you get older and you start teaching you improve as well. You start understanding things that maybe you did not pick up as a competitor. You are learning from other people if you know what I mean. So that's something I have to look forward to (laughter).
[Joshua] I have done a Level 1 in Australia for teaching which I think is like an Associate with the Imperial and I have started looking into those qualifications now. It is good for judging etc. And we are definitely going into it but for the next 6 months to a year we will focus on our competitive work because that is going to be quite heavy, just to make sure that our ranking in the Professional field is quite high.
[Joshua] Yep!
[Joshua] I love that comp. Dutch Open. The maracas, everything. It is amazing and so exciting, even if you are dying at the end of your dance, you get all this energy because the people are giving it. Even from the first round the audience is there supporting you and you really don't get that at many comps. I love Dutch people.
[Joshua] We have a few comps that we plan on doing (then looking at Sara) but we cannot confirm yet as we have not decided. We might be doing some comps in Italy. We have the Italian Championships to do at the end of February. We might be heading to France and then back to Italy in May for one. We will be in Hong Kong for a month so we might do anything that is around in Asia.
[Joshua] Unfortunately, because we want to dance for Italy in World Championships etc. we must go home for the Italian ranking events. We have to be in Italy for the 27th February and I think that is a couple of days after the tour starts. Plus there is another competition we must do in Italy which cans the whole Asian tour for us. We would have loved to have done the tour as we have heard they are great competitions. We have never done them before but there are high quality judges, a very high level of dancing, good money, all are involved. It is all good competition because all the best in the world are there and it is great to be bumping heads with everyone.
[Joshua] It is the Italian Dance Council to select the couples for the World Dance Council Championships. We were Amateurs in the World Dance Council too, the Amateur League.
[Joshua] As I said before we don't get too much involved in it because we want to stay focused on our own thing.


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