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Fifty percent of Americans live with one or more chronic illnesses, and diet and physical activity are key risk factors for many. Health care professionals are uniquely positioned to change this trend through patient education, but unfortunately they often lack the training and incentives to deliver this guidance. If there is to be a shift in focus from curative to preventive care, the medical school curriculum must include nutrition and physical activity education.
The Bipartisan Policy Center, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (AHG), and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) explored several of the innovative approaches taken by medical schools around the country to increase nutrition and physical activity training. The event highlighted perspectives from other key organizations including insurers, licensing and certification boards, and community-based organizations. Smaller breakout sessions in the afternoon provided the opportunity to focus on concrete implementation strategies through more in-depth discussion with convened experts.
Remarks by:
Sec. Dan Glickman
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
Co-Chair, Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative, Bipartisan Policy Center
Sec. Donna E. Shalala
Former Secretary of Health and Human Services
President, University of Miami
Co-Chair, Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative, Bipartisan Policy Center
Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Jim Whitehead
Chief Executive Officer, ACSM
Carol Aschenbrener, MD
Chief Medical Education Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges
Don Bradley, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina
Bill Dietz, MD
Former Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Matt Haemer, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatric Nutrition, University of Colorado Denver
Suzanne Hecht, MD
Chair, American Board of Family Medicine's Sports Medicine Exam Committee
Marie-France Hivert, MD
Vice-Chair, American Heart Association Physical Committee
Martin Kohlmeier, MD
Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Eddie Phillips, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Founder of Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Cynthia Schoettler, MPH
Fourth-Year Medical Student, Boston University Scholl of Medicine
Jennifer Trilk, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville


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I saw an advert IN /ON your website which .... - are both prepositions correct and equally widely used? (when I googled it I found loads of examples with both, but I need native speakers' opinion too.)
If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up. :-)
So would I, but as this is a very new area of language use, you will see differences until a standard form emerges.

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Los Corrals restaurant, which was founded downtown in 1949, is expanding.
Stephen Neal purchased the Mexican restaurant, at 408 W. Ninth St., two years ago.
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Now he's taken over a space in the Meadowbrook Village Shopping Center, 6024 N.E. Antioch Road, Suite B, in Gladstone. He's remodeling the spot and hopes to reopen it as a Los Corrals in time for Cinco de Mayo celebrations on May 5.
"It seems like a good fit for us," Neal said. "We have a lot of customers from that area."
Los Corrals is known for its housemade tortilla chips. It also sells its hot and mild sauces in area grocery stores.
The Gladstone space formerly housed Tanner's Bar Grill and then Diego's Bar Grill.
Meadowbrook Village Shopping Center is scheduled to be remodeled starting in June, including new landscaping and new lighting. The owners hope that will bring in other new restaurant and retail tenants.
"It's a 40-year-old center and you need to bring up those standards to today's standards with amenities that consumers are looking for," said Andrew Osman, broker for ARO Real Estate in Overland Park, owner of Meadowbrook.
Independence Center adds retailers, food court operations
Tilly's, an "action sports" retailer selling surf and skate clothing, shoes and accessories, is scheduled to open in the center in May. It also has a store in Leawood.
Footlocker has expanded, adding a House of Hoops by Footlocker store next door. House of Hoops specializes in Nike footwear.
Two new sister food court concepts, Teriyaki Grill and Fenway's Steakburger, also recently opened.
Teriyaki Grill is offering Japanese cuisine and Fenway's is, of course, specializing in steakburgers. But Fenway's also offers fish sandwiches, tenderloins, onion rings, fried mushrooms, entree salads and other items.
The Teriyaki Grill/Fenway's Steakburgers partnership, which is based in Independence, also hopes to open the two new food court concepts in other Simon-owned malls across the country.
Independence Center, at 18801 E. 39th St. in Independence, has more than 130 tenants.
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Jose Pepper's Border Grill Cantina will open in the former The Café at Briarcliff Village.
The local restaurant chain is remodeling the building at 4125 N. Mulberry Drive in the Northland shopping center. An opening date wasn't available.
Jose Pepper's has nine restaurants in the metro, as well as two locations in Wichita and one in Topeka.
The Cafe at Briarcliff Village, a breakfast, lunch and dinner operation, was an original tenant of Briarcliff Village, opening in early 2007. It closed in late 2013.
Why did the Golden Corral restaurant and Berbiglia close on Church Road?
Bob McDevitt, spokesman for Golden Corral, said the restaurant was closed on Feb. 13 by the franchisee for a combination of reasons: "The lease was due to expire and a remodel was required on the existing building. The amount of investment needed to upgrade the building to make extending the lease viable was not warranted based on the business that the restaurant was generating. Golden Corral is disappointed to have left the community but there is a Golden Corral in Tiffany Springs on Skyview Avenue."
Berbiglia Wine Spirits closed its Church Road store in late January. Berbiglia officials did not return return phone calls. The building was sold to Liberty Hospital for an urgent care center and occupational medicine clinic scheduled to open in early October.
When is Pizza Ranch opening in Independence?
The restaurant is scheduled to open April 28 at 4660 Bass Pro Drive, Independence. There also are area Pizza Ranch locations in Kansas City, North, and Liberty. Plans to add a Kansas City, Kan., restaurant have been dropped for now.
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David Wright said it would be nice if the Mets played a game when they are in control from start to finish. Such was the case Wednesday night when the Mets gave Jeremy Hefner a five-run first inning and cruised to a 9-4 victory over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The victory gave the Mets a season-high four-game winning streak.
ON THE MOUND: In winning for the first time, Hefner gave up three runs on nine hits with no walks and five strikeouts in six innings. … Scott Rice appeared in his 31st game and is on pace to pitch in 97. … LaTroy Hawkins closed the game.
AT THE PLATE: Ruben Tejada singled to jumpstart a five-run first inning. The inning also included a two-run, opposite field single from Ike Davis. Reportedly, both Tejada and Davis were on notice of being optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. Davis had another single in the sixth.. … For the second straight game, Davis hit eighth. … Marlon Byrd homered in the third. … Lucas Duda hit a two-run opposite field double to left in the fourth. … John Buck looked better with two hard hit line drives to right.
THEY SAID IT: "I feel a lot better with the new stance. I am getting comfortable with it,'' – Davis on showing signs of breaking out of his funk.
BY THE NUMBERS: 1-10. Mets' records in games following a Matt Harvey start and when Hefner starts.
METS MATTERS: Tejada left the game with two outs in the ninth with a sore knee sustained when he slid in the outfield chasing a pop-up. Note: He almost took out Mike Baxter on the play.
ON DECK: Dillon Gee gets the start Thursday night against Vidal Nuno. Gee is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA lifetime against the Yankees.
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Cooking School: Big Easy Taste
Learn the techniques of Cajun and Creole cooking
On a stretch of the oldest street in New Orleans, between the French Quarter and the New Orleans Museum of Art, a historic 1798 West Indies Creole-style plantation home is nestled on two lushly landscaped acres. Here, at this landmark bed and breakfast called The House on Bayou Road, the New Orleans Cooking Experience is "in residence" and thriving.
Judy Jurisich opened the school in April 2004. Her vision: a cooking school that "gives visitors a sense of authentic New Orleans culture. We wanted to offer a peek behind the curtains, to show the how and the why of Cajun and Creole cooking."
Judy views her cooking school's mission as helping to preserve the complex, refined Creole food traditions and those of its indigenous twin, the simpler, spicier Cajun cooking.
Today the student mix is half visitors and half food-proud locals reconnecting with their history. Classes are held Thursdays through Saturdays and offered as single sessions or weekend packages. Small, relaxed, and intimate, they are taught, demonstration-style, around the prep island in the warm, cluttered main-house kitchen, followed by a tour and a meal in the garden or dining room.
Frank Brigtsen, shown here, teaches every Thursday night. The gentlemanly chef and owner of the award-winning Brigtsen's Restaurant did his tutelage under the masters—the venerable Brennan family of the famous Commander's Palace and the legendary Paul Prudhomme at K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, where Frank became executive chef prior to opening his own restaurant.
Poppy Tooker (shown here) and two other chefs rotate classes the remaining days. "The food diva of New Orleans," Poppy studied with cooking guru Madeleine Kamman. Poppy exudes wit and energy, and possesses an endless knowledge of New Orleans food history. She founded the New Orleans Slow Food chapter and has worked to save such traditional foods as Creole cream cheese from disappearing.
The chefs create their own curriculum, keeping seasonality at the top of the list, although each class includes at least one dish that involves making a brown roux, the flour-and-butter building block of many Creole dishes.
Photo: courtesy of NOCE
"Creole is the original fusion food," Frank explains. "It has French, African, Spanish, and Caribbean influences that are hundreds of years old. It's what we call 'city food,' and it is a seafood-based cuisine. Cajun is 'country food' and is pork- and chicken-based. It didn't originally use a roux-the Acadian settlers didn't have access to flour. But this changed over time."
Photo: Courtesy of NOCE
Classes at the New Orleans Cooking Experience begin at $150 for a single session. Accommodations at the House on Bayou Road are not included; there is a discount rate for students. For classes, schedules, chef biographies, and other details, visit neworleanscookingexperience.com.
The House on Bayou Road was built in 1798 as an indigo plantation by the head surgeon of the Spanish Army. The house remained in private hands until 35 years ago, when it became a first-class bed and breakfast. Traditional colonial architecture and airy rooms are welcoming and hospitable. Visit houseonbayouroad.com for details.
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Crayfish Étouffée
- 2 pounds fresh or frozen, peeled, cooked crayfish tails
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon each cayenne pepper and ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
- Crystal® bottled hot sauce
- Salt, cayenne pepper, and ground black pepper
- 4-1/2 cups hot cooked rice
Thaw crayfish, if frozen. Remove crayfish from bags; set aside. Add water to bags (use 1 tablespoon water for each bag), seal and shake. Reserve water from bags. In large skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic, bay leaves, thyme, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon each cayenne pepper and black pepper. Cook and stir 1 minute. Whisk in tomato paste and flavored water from bags. Add green onions and cook about 1 minute or until just wilted. Stir in crayfish. Simmer, covered, 5 minutes or until heated through. Season to taste with hot sauce, and additional salt, cayenne pepper, and ground black pepper. Serve over hot cooked rice. Makes 6 servings.
Savory Calas
- 2 cups cooked rice, cooled to room temperature* 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped uncooked peeled and deveined shrimp, or cooked crayfish tails, crabmeat or tasso
- 3 to 4 green onions, chopped
- Pinch each snipped fresh parsley and thyme
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 eggs
- Several dashes bottled hot pepper sauce
- Shortening or cooking oil for deep fat frying
- 1 recipe Remoulade Sauce (below)
In medium bowl combine rice, flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in shrimp, onions, parsley, thyme and black pepper. Stir in eggs and bottled hot pepper sauce until combined. Drop batter by well-rounded tablespoons full, four or five at a time, into deep hot fat (360° F). Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Remove calas with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining batter. Serve with Remoulade sauce. Makes 16.
Sweet Calas: In medium bowl combine 2 cups cooked rice (cooled to room temperature), 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg. Stir in 2 slightly beaten eggs. Fry as directed above. Cool slightly Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm. Makes 12.
Remoulade Sauce: In food processor combine about 1 cup loosely packed parsley leaves and 3 cut up green onions. Cover; process until finely minced. Transfer to medium bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup Creole Mustard (one 5.25-oz. jar), 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup chopped celery heart, 2 tablespoons paprika, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1/2 teaspoons salt, and juice of half a lemon (about 2 tablespoons). Cover; chill until serving.
*Note: Keep rice mixture cool (below 70°) or it might not hold together when frying.
Oysters Bienville
This dish is named for the founder of New Orleans, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. It was created at Arnaud's Restaurant in the French Quarter. As Antoine's was known for Oysters Rockefeller, Oysters Bienville became one of Count Arnaud's signature dishes.
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced bacon (4 slices)
- 1 cup diced ham (1/4-inch pieces)
- 3 cups finely chopped yellow onion
- 2 cups finely chopped celery
- 1 cup finely chopped green sweet pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon each dried thyme, crushed; and dried oregano, crushed
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic (4 cloves)
- 2 cups finely chopped mushrooms
- 1 cup finely chopped, peeled and deveined shrimp
- 1/4 cup Dry Sack Sherry®
- 1 cup oyster liquor or clam juice
- 3 cups half and half or light cream
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 36 oysters on the half-shell
- Fresh thyme sprigs (optional)
In a 4- to 6- quart Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Drain off all but 2 tablespoons of drippings. Add ham; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add onions, celery, peppers, and bay leaf. Cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until onion becomes soft and clear (about 10 minutes).
Reduce heat to low. Add salt, cayenne, thyme, oregano, and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Add mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add shrimp; cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp turn pink, 1 to 2 minutes. Add sherry; cook for 1 minute. Add oyster liquor; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring and scraping the bottom and sides of the pan.
Add half and half; bring mixture to boiling over medium high heat. Reduce heat to medium; simmer, uncovered, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove bay leaf; discard. Using slotted spoon, remove 1 1/4 cups of vegetable mixture; set aside. Using a blender or an immersion blender, blend remaining mixture until smooth. Return blended mixture to pan.
Make a blond roux: in small skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Gradually whisk in flour; cook for 1 minute, whisking constantly. Bring sauce to boil and gradually add roux, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover; chill 3 hours or until fully chilled. Cover and chill reserved vegetable mixture.
Open oysters in shells (see tip below). With a knife, remove oysters from shells; drain well. Wash shells. Place each oyster in the deep half of each shell. Arrange on bed of coarse rock salt in shallow pans. (Or, steady shells on pan lined with crumpled foil.)
To serve, preheat oven to 500°F . Remove vegetable mixture from refrigerator; set aside until serving time. Top each oyster on the half-shell with about 3 tablespoons sauce. Bake for 15 minutes. Top each oyster with a rounded teaspoon of the reserved vegetable mixture. Garnish with fresh thyme sprigs. Serve immediately. Makes 36 oysters (8 to 10 servings).
How to shuck an oyster
To shuck an oyster, hold one oyster, flat side up, in an oven mitt or kitchen towel. Using a strong-bladed oyster knife, insert knife tip into hinge between the shell halves. Twist blade to pry open oyster.
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By Tom Watkins and Holly Yan, CNN
The painstaking search to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 got a vote of confidence Friday that the effort is headed in the right direction.
"We have very much narrowed down the search area, and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on MH370," Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters during an official visit to China.
He said officials are "very confident" that signals picked up by acoustic detectors are coming from the plane's flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, the so-called black boxes.
Over the past week, four such pings have been detected by a ping locator towed by the Australian vessel Ocean Shield.
A fifth ping, detected Thursday by a sonobuoy dropped by an airplane, is "unlikely to be related to the aircraft black boxes," Australian chief search coordinator Angus Houston said Friday.
"On the information I have available to me, there has been no major breakthrough in the search for MH370," Houston said in a prepared statement. "Further analysis continues to be undertaken by Australian Joint Acoustic Analysis Centre."
Friday is Day 35 in the search, and the batteries powering the flight data recorders' locator beacons are certified to emit high-pitched signals for only 30 days after they get wet.
That has injected the search effort with a heightened sense of urgency.
The signal is "starting to fade, and we are hoping to get as much information as we can before the signal finally expires," Abbott said.
More clues
A senior Malaysian government official and another source involved in the investigation divulged new details about the flight to CNN on Thursday, including information about what radar detected, the last words from the cockpit and how high the plane was flying after it went off the grid.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from military radar for about 120 nautical miles after it crossed back over the Malay Peninsula, sources said. Based on available data, this means the plane must have dipped in altitude to between 4,000 and 5,000 feet, sources said.
The dip could have been programmed into the computers controlling the plane as an emergency maneuver, said aviation expert David Soucie.
"The real issue here is it looks like — more and more — somebody in the cockpit was directing this plane and directing it away from land," said Peter Goelz, a CNN aviation analyst and former National Transportation Safety Board managing director.
"And it looks as though they were doing it to avoid any kind of detection."
But former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Mary Schiavo was not convinced. She said the reported dip could have occurred in response to a loss of pressure, to reach a level where pressurization was not needed and those aboard the plane would have been able to breathe without oxygen, or to get out of the way of commercial traffic, which typically flies at higher altitudes.
That would have been necessary had the plane's transponder been turned off and it lost communications.
"If you don't have any communications, you need to get out of other traffic," Schiavo said.
"We still don't have any motive and any evidence of a crime yet," she said, adding that most radar can track planes at altitudes below 4,000 feet, so the plane's descent may not have indicated any attempt by whoever was controlling it to hide.
She held out hope that the black boxes hold the answers and that they will be found soon.
New flight details revealed
Malaysian sources told CNN that Flight 370's pilot, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, was the last person on the jet to speak to air traffic controllers, telling them "Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero."
The sources said there was nothing unusual about his voice, which conveyed no indication that he was under stress.
One of the sources, an official involved in the investigation, told CNN that police played the recording to five other Malaysia Airlines pilots who knew the pilot and co-pilot.
"There were no third-party voices," the source said.
Search area shrinks
Up to 12 military aircraft, three civil aircraft and 13 ships were assigned to assist in Friday's search for the Boeing 777-200ER, which was carrying 239 people when it vanished on March 8 on a fight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.
There were no sightings reported by search aircraft or objects recovered by ships Thursday, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said.
Friday's search area was about 18,000 square miles (46,600 square kilometers), centered 1,436 miles (2,311 kilometers) northwest of Perth.
That's far smaller than the search area's size a few weeks ago.
"It's pretty incredible if you look at where we started, which was virtually the entire Indian Ocean. Now getting it down to what's essentially a couple hundred square miles (where the pings have been detected) is pretty miraculous," U.S. Navy Cmdr. William Marks said.
The Ocean Shield first picked up two sets of underwater pulses Saturday that were of a frequency close to that used by the locator beacons. It heard nothing more until Tuesday, when it reacquired the signals twice. The four signals were within 17 miles of one another.
As the search continues, a U.S. Navy ship will help provide supplies and fuel to the ships that are looking for the missing plane.
The USNS Cesar Chavez will help supply Australian naval ships involved in the search "in the coming days," the Navy said in a statement.
That's probably a sign that search teams are preparing for a lengthy hunt, analysts said.
Tracking pings is only one early step in the hunt to find the plane's data records, wreckage and the people aboard.
"I think they're getting ready for the long haul," said Goelz, the aviation analyst. "Even if they do get four or five more pings, once they drop the side-scanning sonar device down, that is going to be painstaking and long. So I think they are settling in for the long search."
CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet, Michael Holmes, Ben Brumfield, Barbara Starr, Aaron Cooper, Rene Marsh, Will Ripley, David Molko and Elizabeth Joseph and journalists Ivy Sam and Chan Kok Leong contributed to this report.
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In He-Man's average season two episode "The Games" director Richard Trueblood decided to animate Spikor quite wildly, and the character struck pose after pose! Skeletor introduces the Evilgizer to increase the evil in his not-so-infamous allies. The whole point of the machine is to make Spikor satisfactorily villainous for the Bendarians. The problem is that when Spikor falls out of the magic chamber, he seems to be no more evil than when he went in. As the Evilgizer activates we see Spikor going through all sorts of pain as he is bombarded with some sort of energy. The poses he strikes in this one scene alone look fantastic!


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Nicola Morgan, the Crabbit Old Bat, is an award-winning author of around 90 books across many genres. For the last few years, she has given crabbitly honest advice to determined writers, here and in her books, WRITE TO BE PUBLISHED, WRITE A GREAT SYNOPSIS, DEAR AGENT and TWEET RIGHT.
Monday, 7 May 2012
From book to stage
Fleshmarket has been acquired for stage adaptation. I have signed the contract and, if all goes well, it should begin a run in a London theatre by the end of next year. The only reason I am able to say this quite calmly is because I have just dosed myself with chocolate and am in a state of somnolent bliss.
How did I bring this about? By doing sod all. Yes, there may be ways of making it happen, but I didn't do them. People often said Fleshmarket really should be a film, but a stage play? I didn't understand enough about the stage even to know if the book was suitable. Unconnectedly, last year I'd had a helpful conversation with a man who specialises in writing stage plays, and he'd strongly suggested that I should DO something, by which he meant I should write the play and take it to amateur dramatic groups. But I didn't because a) I have no time and b) I wouldn't even know where to begin.
However, several years ago a dramatist had read Fleshmarket and approached my agent, expressing interest in writing a stage version. The theatre she had in mind was the Unicorn Theatre in London. My agent told her that yes, the rights were available. And then we heard nothing, but to be honest I never expected to. That conversation was maybe three or more years ago.
About eighteen months ago, out of the blue, she contacted my agent again and said the story of Fleshmarket wouldn't leave her head and she really wanted to do it. She'd been talking to the theatre. Were the rights still available? Yes, they were.
About six months ago, she told my agent that the Unicorn Theatre was definitely interested in commissioning her to write the adaptation. Were the rights still available? Yup. Shortly after that, the theatre director contacted us and a contract was duly negotiated. Which is what I signed last week.
Hooray! *pauses to let it sink in*
Some questions you might have about the process:
How does the money work with a theatre deal?
I am paid a non-refundable advance. Then, when (or "if" - see below) it is performed at the theatre, I get a percentage of box office takings, as does the dramatist doing the adaptation.
Will it definitely be performed?
Nothing is definite in life but this is not like a film option deal, where the film is more often not made. A theatre contract is a specific undertaking to create the adaptation with a view to performing it within a set time-scale. (That is how I know it is supposed to happen before the end of 2013, because if it doesn't the contract ends and I keep the advance. The adapter would also keep her fee, so a theatre really only enters into these contracts if it's as sure as possible that the play will be performed.)
Do I have to do anything?
No! Except come to see it. And naturally I'll want to drum up lots of interest when the time comes, but I don't actually have to do anything. I'd LOVE to sit in on a rehearsal when it gets to that stage, but they might not want me. :(
Can they change the title?
The contract says that the title must be Fleshmarket unless we agree otherwise. I find it conceivable that I would.
Do I have any say in the adaptation?
No. I have to trust the writer. However, I already know that this will very much be an adaptation so I can't be precious about the story. I have to respect that a play is very different from a novel, especially a novel where so much of the action is in one character's head. I am quite relaxed about what they might do with it, as long as history is not entirely rewritten. I'll be very cross if they make Burke and Hare into body-snatchers, for example.
Anything else?
Yes, there's been some interest from someone else in doing a radio play... Not sure if anything is happening with that suggestion.
Any other benefits?
Well, I expect it to help sales of the book. Also, I wonder if schools might be interested in performing a version in school drama lessons. That would be wonderful. Because so many schools study Fleshmarket, it would make huge sense to create a school drama version.
I am very excited and delighted. Especially since I don't have to do anything. It's lovely to think that a piece of work I did over ten years ago still has life in it. I think a first class train ticket to the press launch is definitely in order.
I am a tad worried about how they will create the first scene and whether the audience will all faint, however... Please bring your smelling salts.
21 comments:
- Stephanie said...
Sounds fabulous, Nicola: I'm so pleased for you! And I think it's such a good - and appropriate - thing that books can have a life of their own, and wander off and do stuff that their author wouldn't have necessarily seen, or planned, or done for them.
- 7 May 2012 at 07:37
How exciting! Looking forward to seeing it already.
- 7 May 2012 at 07:44
- catdownunder said...
I had a talk with Alan Marshall after he had seen the film version of his autobiographical book "I can jump puddles". He said it was a "very strange experience" and he wondered how he would feel if it had been fiction they had adapted.
When I was teaching I used to write plays for the special schools I worked in (so that every child had a part) and I always used to feel as if I was watching what someone else had done. I hope you feel more engaged than that - and it really is tremendous news. If I was in London I'd be there!
- 7 May 2012 at 07:45
- Vee said...
That's just brilliant Nicola! And so interesting to hear about the process.
- 7 May 2012 at 08:25
- Elen C said...
Hurray! Congratulations. I will definitely be buying a ticket!
- 7 May 2012 at 08:45
- JO said...
This is fab!! I hope you can go to rehearsals, and then tell us all about it.
There'll be chocolate, and wine, and new shoes in your house today!!
- 7 May 2012 at 09:13
- Sally Zigmond said...
Wonderful news, Nicola. You must be pinching yourself! I look forward to more exciting news as the project progresses.
- 7 May 2012 at 09:50
- Dan Holloway said...
How incredibly exciting! Theatre is such a vibrant format so full of possibilities - you must be itching to see what they do
- 7 May 2012 at 10:19
- maryom said...
So exciting!! Break a leg and all that!
- 7 May 2012 at 10:45
- David Griffin said...
Wow, terrific news for you Nicola, mighty congrats! Onwards and upwards, as they say.
- 7 May 2012 at 11:17
- Jesse Owen said...
Yay, congratulations :D
- 7 May 2012 at 12:20
- Linda Strachan said...
It will make a great play. Congratulations!
- 7 May 2012 at 14:52
- Rebecca Alexander said...
Brilliant news, I would have said film, myself...
- 7 May 2012 at 17:29
- Nicola Morgan said...
Cat - I LOVED that book when I was a kid!
Thanks all, for your comments. JO - if I can go to the rehearsals i will definitely tell you about it.
- 7 May 2012 at 21:03
- Ebony McKenna. said...
Oooooh, I reckon it will have a bit of a Sweeny Todd feel to it. Yay! I bet it comes to Melbourne in the not too distant future as well.
- 8 May 2012 at 00:22
- Melinda Szymanik said...
Wow, that is fantastic!! Congratulations :)
- 8 May 2012 at 02:34
- widdershins said...
Bravo! ... what a wonderful adventure!
- 8 May 2012 at 19:45
Excellent news. Perhaps the play will make its way to the West End?
- 8 May 2012 at 21:04
- Nina B said...
Oh my goodness--congratulations!!!
- 9 May 2012 at 04:26
- Joy said...
Wow! Super-fab news!!! I'm so pleased for you :D Looking forward to seeing it.
- 9 May 2012 at 12:00
- The Virtual Victorian said...
How exciting. It's such a dramatic, compelling story. I'm sure it will make a wonderful play.
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Jessica, Whitney and I hosted a Favorite Things Party last weekend. Jessica and I had been chatting about how fun it would be for what seems like forever, and after a month of planning (and some hair pulling...Jess and I are both a bit too much stressed-out-Type-A personalities!) it was finally party time!
We sent out Paperless Post invitations asking each guest to bring five of the same item, with a cost of around $5-$6. Once everyone arrived and got settled in with a drink and some munchies, we went around the room, giving each girl a chance to tell us about her favorite thing and draw five names to give the gifts to.
We had a huge variety of items from beauty products, cooking products and household items. I saw about fifteen things that I need to have now, and I got great ideas for stocking stuffers. It's was also a fantastic way to get different groups of girls together - because we all left with some new friends we met at the party.
I took some Kat Von D lip gloss that I was able to get for $5 at Sephora with my Friends & Family discount. Some of my favorite things that I came home with were an Orange Vanilla Trapp votive candle (which I already loved, I just finished the full size one in our bedroom!), some bright red OPI nail polish, a new $6 wine find, and some Mrs. Meyer's cleaning spray. I almost took the Mrs. Meyers as my favorite thing, so Ashley Beth and I must have the same taste in cleaning products!
Jessica made a banner using scrapbook paper and glittered letters, and we also had some tissue paper poms to match our party. She stayed up late a few weeks ago making the banner and sent the photo to me on Facebook, I was super excited and just knew right then the party was a fab idea!
We put together fabulous swag bags for each girl to grab as she signed in. They included some of our favorite things that we don't want our friends living without, but there were too many to bring as our own favorite things. Stop by tomorrow to hear about what was in the bags!
Jessica is the queen of cute, simple ideas that really tie into the theme of a party. Check out these water bottle labels she made!
We served a variety of light bites, sweets and a fruity champagne punch. I love having a ton of snack foods at parties...I know deep down that I'm not eating a meal, so I feel a bit less guilty about loading up on all of the calories.
We had provolone pesto paninis, cream cheese roll-ups, artichoke dip, and a few things that I had never tried before.
These feta slaw crostinis were simple and amazing! If Nelvi will part with the recipe, I'm going to start making them for all my parties.
We found recipes for salty chocolate chip cookies on Pinterest and golden graham bites were from a dear friend (Lawren) who passed her awesome and easy recipe to us!
I made Pecorino Fig bites.
Everyone loved Whitney's Neiman Marcus Squares!
Now, on to the party pics. I know my friends have been hitting refresh all morning waiting on them, ha!
If you live in the south, no party is complete without fresh floral. Jessica had Central Market arrange this and they did such an amazing job! So festive!
Stop by tomorrow to see some of our Most Favorite Things. And since we couldn't invite everyone we know, we are giving away some of them on my blog!
(If you wrote a blog post about the party or your fave things, email me and I'll put the link here if you want.)


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text: Nathan, You may be looking for this: https://developer.nanohub.org/projects/rappture/ It is what the http://nanohub.org uses to create web guis for submitting jobs to remote clusters and grids. Accessible from web browser how it works finds virtual machine in cluster Uses VNC for graphics - seems to work with windows... Can go to teragrid, National Grid http://rappture.org to automatically create GUI for web access XML input and "saves" output result set in XML so results are reproducible ------ Sincerely, Tom Pierce "Robert G. Brown" <rgb at phy.duke.edu> Sent by: beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org 10/26/2007 11:52 AM To Nathan Moore <ntmoore at gmail.com> cc "beowulf at beowulf.org" <Beowulf at beowulf.org> Subject Re: [Beowulf] Web interfaces for yer cluster. On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Nathan Moore wrote: > As I recall, the AHPCRC (in Minneapolis) had one of these "submit via web > gui" systems up and running in the mid-late 90's. As I was on site, I never > had training on the system, but I remember there being buttons to replicate > almost the entire shell. > > I never heard their motivation for developing the system. Other list > members (Richard Walsh?) might have better memory of the system. The ATLAS project also had such and interface, and I believe still does. I want to say that it was a part of that set of grid tools whose name I can never remember -- Globus? It may be just what you are looking for if your cluster is very grid-like in that it primarily runs lots of independent EP tasks. Look at www.globus.org. In fact, look at: http://www.globus.org/grid_software/computation/gram.php which may be if not exactly what you want, at least a framework you can work with. rgb > > NT Moore > > On 10/26/07, Bill Bryce <bill at platform.com> wrote: >> >> In response to the question: >> >>> PBS, Cluster Resources, and LSF all have some type of web portal where >> you > can do some of these things. Of course they are commercial and >> sometimes >>> not always the most flexible. >> >> Do they expose some sort of API as well? >> >> There is the DRMAA api that SGE, PBS and yes even for LSF >> (http://www.fedstage.com/wiki/FedStage_DRMAA_for_LSF). That API is used >> to create portals, and other submission/management tools. >> >> There is also the HPC Profile Working Group within the OGF that is >> moving forward with other interesting projects such as HPCP (High >> Performance Computing Profile), BES (Basic Execution Service), and JSDL >> (Job Submission Description Language) this all ties into OGSA (they will >> be demonstrating this stuff at SC07) a BES implementation is available >> at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bespp/ >> >> DRMAA has been around longer and is now supported by all major batch >> systems, the OGF stuff is pretty new - but interesting. >> >> Bill. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org] >> On Behalf Of Kozin, I (Igor) >> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:31 AM >> To: Mark Hahn; Jeffrey B. Layton >> Cc: Beowulf List >> Subject: RE: [Beowulf] Web interfaces for yer cluster. >> >> >>> really? is it that the can't scrape up enough unix-able people >>> to keep their clusters busy? (I would want to know why - for >> instance, >>> do they build clusters that are too small to be interesting, or >> somehow >>> hard to use? note that it doesn't take much *nix literacy at all to >>> get along great - mainly it's an issue of whether the user is offended >>> by anything non-mouse-driven.) >> >> The idea behind this strategy is that if you make your HPC centre >> accessible to a large and diverse user community you will be less >> susceptible to (minor) problems in your financial support stream since >> you broaden up your options. >> >>> there have been many systems which aim to reduce real apps to basic >>> <button>compute!</button> interface. I've never quite understood why >>> they're so seductive, since that level of automation is mainly >> justified >>> if you really do wind up pressing the button very frequently. >> >> There are a number of scientific applications with rather well developed >> GUIs which are really useful and portable. The next obvious thing to do >> is to integrate somehow the GUI with a job manager. I'm not talking here >> about interactive steering where such a link is vital. I'm talking about >> an interface where you compose your job, submit it and view the result, >> and I'm not sure whether a web interface is ideal for this. Some have >> done this already, others are still thinking but it would be still worth >> the effort to come up with a common API for such programs to use. >> >>> PBS, Cluster Resources, and LSF all have some type of web portal where >> you > can do some of these things. Of course they are commercial and >> sometimes >>> not always the most flexible. >> >> Do they expose some sort of API as well? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > > > > -- Robert G. 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Indelible Marks is a new clothing company based out of California. The idea is to create unofficial student apparel for many popular colleges and universities around the US as well as other clothing concepts not apart of this project design.
College students, more specifically for this design University of Oregon students (based out of Eugene, OR). This is not a sports-based T-Shirt and the shirt should not reflect any specific sport such as the school's hugely popular football team.
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Thinking about applying to Loyola's MA Graduate Program? Here are some testimonials from recent graduates:
Emily Spunaugle, graduated 2013
I'm currently an MSLS student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. I'd always pictured myself as an English professor, so it's definitely a career change from the humanities to a cross-disciplinary professional degree. Before I began at Loyola, I knew I enjoyed literature and scholarship, but it was working as a graduate assistant at the reference desk in Cudahy Library that clarified my career goals. Even so, I can't emphasize how integral my coursework and experiences at Loyola have been to refining my skills for reading texts, analyzing arguments, and asking deeper questions.
I truly appreciate that Loyola combines MA and PhD students in their seminars, which isn't always the case with some graduate programs in English. Throughout classes, I've learned tools for critical analysis from the more experienced students and have sharpened my own questioning nature in turn. This combined model creates a more rigorous class environment that helped me discover new ways of reading texts and consider aspects of a text I'd never considered before—sensitivities that are best learned by immersion.
The seminars also equipped me with a vocabulary for critical engagement, which has been particularly useful at UNC in working with graduate students and faculty at the reference desk, as I'm able to better discern their resource needs and make suggestions for their research (there's nothing quite like grappling with sources for your own seminar paper to help others with theirs). The depth and breadth of classes at Loyola also opened the door for opportunities to stay engaged in English even now in my new discipline, such as volunteering as a field bibliographer for the MLA International Bibliography and providing the keywords and subject headings for secondary literature.
The required pedagogy course at Loyola—supplemented with a teaching internship at a local community college and volunteering in Loyola's writing center—confirmed my love for working with students, giving me invaluable experience interacting with English language learners and a better appreciation for differences in logic and structure in research and writing. Now at UNC, I teach library instruction to first-year composition students, underserved high school students, and anyone needing help navigating the library holdings of a research university.
Aside from its fantastic assortment of coffee shops, bars, music venues, museums, and options for ethnic cuisine, Chicago also holds incredible opportunities for employment, internships, and field experiences. Knowing my next stop was library school, I was able to intern as a writer for the Public Programs Office of the American Library Association last summer and work at their annual conference, conveniently hosted in Chicago.
Perhaps most important, though, is the sense of community Loyola offers. Even now, a few thousand miles away from Chicago, I'm still in touch with professors, librarians, and most of my classmates I met at Loyola. It's a small enough program to facilitate one-on-one interaction with professors and also help you complete the coursework sequence with fellow students as a close-knit cohort.
Deirdre Littleton, graduated 2013
My career goal of teaching high school English is falling into place nicely, and I owe a great deal of my success to Loyola University Chicago. I graduated with a Master's Degree in English from Loyola in August 2013 and have since begun work as a graduate assistant in Teacher Preparation at National Louis University, while I complete my high school observation hours and student teaching internship. I plan to be working full time as a high school teacher in the upcoming academic year.
The support I received from my professors and colleagues at Loyola was invaluable throughout my year of studies, and has continued even after my graduation. I appreciate the sense of community and professional support that characterizes the atmosphere in the graduate English Department. Loyola's career office and the professors showed strong interest in my goals and did what they could to offer guidance and resources for my success.
The sense of community at Loyola also translated into the seminars. The class sizes were small and the discussions were lively and personal, with several valuable "breakthroughs" that have altered my perspectives on literature, theory, and learning in general. I will be utilizing these newfound perspectives in my future research and lesson planning, and I hope to create a similar learning atmosphere, conducive to independent discovery, in my own classroom.
Our research of specific literary genres and theories at Loyola, both in and out of class, was always thorough, detailed, and relevant. My experience in current research and innovative academic writing has left me feeling bold and competent as a scholar, confident in my future as a teacher and guide for my students, and enthusiastic to continue my own studies as a lifelong learner in the professional style I was trained in at Loyola.
Megan Moore, graduated 2012
Thank you for the opportunity to describe the ways in which my MA in English from Loyola assists me in my current position as account executive at Northwest Strategies (NWS), an advertising agency in Anchorage, Alaska. NWS is a full-service communications firm that specializes in branding, strategic marketing, public relations, graphic design, web design, media planning and placement, and event planning. As an account executive, I interact directly with clients to understand their communications needs, and I work with a variety of people, including media buyers, graphic designers, and various contractors, to ensure those needs are met.
Fundamentally, my work depends on communication. In most cases, before I even begin a project, my first question is, "What am I trying to communicate?" The response to that question informs the language that I use to draft an advertisement, press release, or script, etc. The majority of my courses at Loyola emphasized the power of language—how we use it, how it can affect our understandings, and what it can compel us to do or feel. Though the advertising field is sometimes criticized for seemingly taking advantage of this information, I feel that my deeper awareness of language allows me to communicate openly and clearly to my desired audience.
Much of what I do involves interacting with various demographics of people. NWS clients include a local housing authority that assists mainly low-income families and individuals; an Anchorage hospital; a statewide airline; and an institute that seeks to further the initiatives of Alaska Native cultures. I also work with pro bono clients, such as an abused women's shelter and a local charity. Organizations such as these demand specified attention to the varying customers they serve. My studies at Loyola helped reinforce the understanding that different groups of people interact with words and images in different ways. Today, this knowledge enables me to articulate particular messages to varying audiences in ways that reflect awareness of and sensitivity to circumstances that may be distinct from my own.
In addition, my graduate studies at Loyola involved intense research, through which I gained valuable skills that translate to the work that I do now. For example, before I speak with a new or potential client, in order to be as prepared as possible, I research them. I review elements of their history, what they do, who they serve, how they operate, etc. My work also requires excellent writing abilities—a skill that was sharpened by each paper I was assigned to write during my time at Loyola. Lastly, graduate school can at times feel like an extended exercise in managing stress and deadlines. I feel that my MA degree is solid proof that I can handle just about anything the professional world throws at me.
Alex Christie, graduated 2012
I am currently a doctoral student at the University of Victoria, where I hold Teaching and Research Assistantships, in addition to attending two seminars and one colloquium each week. I teach a discussion section of an introduction to literary studies course, which focuses primarily on the teaching of critical thinking and composition skills. I also work in the ETCL (Electronic and Textual Cultures Lab) and the Maker Lab, where I conduct research for the MVP (Modernist Versions Project) and INKE (Implementing New Knowledge Environments); part of my work for these projects includes researching and implementing emerging DH methodologies and using text encoding to produce digital editions of modernist texts.
The training I received through the Master's curriculum at Loyola has been invaluable as I complete my doctoral work here at UVic. Loyola's departmental focus on textual studies (particularly as it relates to DH) has benefited me greatly as I complete work for the MVP; Peter Shillingsburg's textual studies course provided me with an excellent set of skills in this field. Additionally, Steven Jones's Games Studies and Digital Humanities course provided me with a strong grounding in DH to draw from for my lab work; I am currently using knowledge from that course to contribute to a paper on critical game theory. Loyola also provided me with a strong theoretical and practical grounding in pedagogy, which I draw from daily in my teaching. The course on pedagogic theory and practice taught by Melissa Bradshaw was extremely helpful in this regard. I also continue to draw from the training in critical theory and modernist studies I received in English 400 and your "Class Acts" course.
Loyola's focuses on professionalism, time management, and group building have been highly useful as I manage multiple projects and collaborative efforts at UVic; I would identify these necessary elements of graduate work as professional skills that I acquired during my time at Loyola. I would also identify the writing workshop, the EGSA conference, and the Textual Studies Symposium as excellent professional opportunities, which taught me how to present the results of my research in a public and professional forum. There is no question that the support I received in preparing conference papers contributed directly to my success as a continuing graduate student.
The English Master's program at Loyola offered me a supportive and rigorous environment in which to develop these professional and academic skills, which I continue to use daily as a doctoral student. The strong sense of community and excellent faculty support are two elements unique to the departmental cultural at Loyola that I believe contribute directly to the success of its graduate students.
Brett Beasley, graduated 2012
I'm working in publishing at the American Library Association (50 E. Huron--not far from the water tower). We publish books for librarians and library school students in addition to American Libraries Magazine and Booklist. Mostly I work with reviewers, write press releases, and that sort of thing. Hopefully soon I'll be writing reviews for Booklist regularly, which I think I will really enjoy. It's not my dream job, but it is a paycheck (and about three times as much as I made when I worked in a bakery just over a year ago!), so I'm happy with it for now.
It is interesting that you asked specifically for "skills" because that is often the tough question, isn't it? And even though my knee-jerk reaction is to say that what I learned isn't reducible to "skills," I think Dr. Jay is right in contending that we need to talk about the skills an English degree has to offer, even if that is somewhat reductive.
Before I was offered the job I had to go to an official skills testing session at an independent testing agency. They tested my typing speed along with my clerical and grammatical proofreading ability. I know that the countless hours writing and editing I put in over the last year helped me in all of these areas. Also, my writing more generally, including my vocabulary, word choice, and style, has dramatically improved over the past year.
My job requires me to make arguments on a daily basis; to recommend a course of action in a meeting, or just to make a point about sales data, etc., and I am certain that my M.A. improved my ability to wield data and make an airtight case.
There are two more things I appreciated about the program, but don't quite fall under the rubric of skills: 1.) I think that Loyola has a strong attitude of professionalism. From my first few days of 400--and reading Semenza certainly helped with this--I knew that I was at Loyola not just to continue on as a student but to begin building my career. 2.) I benefitted from Loyola's emphasis on new approaches and methods. In my job it is important to understand the crisis in the higher education and the digital representation of texts, which both have an impact on both libraries and publishing.
Erika Claich, graduated 2012
I'm pleased to announce that my Plan B is working out quite nicely, and I'm currently working on 2 internships in non-profit development - one with Erie Neighborhood House (grant writing) and the other with Young Chicago Authors (event planning).
Erie Neighborhood House is a Chicago non-profit similar to the Jane Addam's Hull House, and about as old. Erie works in the West Town, Humboldt Park, and Little Village neighborhoods, and their main focus is on strengthening low-income Latino families. At Erie, I work in the development department as a grants writer, but I'm also getting to do some communications assignments here and there as well. I really, really love this job because it allows me to use my writing skills to support the achievement of Erie's mission. When I was a child, I personally benefited from programs very similar to those offered by Erie - free preschool, free breakfasts and lunches, health and dental clinics. I remember how important these services were to my own family, so I feel incredibly honored to be able to give back now to support these programs. Additionally, Erie has a program that provides legal services for low-income immigrants, so I'm getting to use my background as an Immigration Paralegal to help the immigration department raise funds as well.
My other love, Young Chicago Authors (YCA), is a Chicago-based non-profit that works in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and community centers to bring educational arts programming to students, primarily in creative writing. I'm currently working with YCA to coordinate their upcoming annual fundraising event, the proceeds from which they'll use to supplement their operating budget for next year. During my past two months working with the organization, I've met many, many amazingly talented CPS students/poets. Honestly, I have to keep reminding myself that they are just teenagers - these kids are that amazing!
If you're interested in seeing these kids in action, you should check out the Louder Than A Bomb documentary, which chronicles YCA's annual performance festival, Louder Than a Bomb, at http://www.louderthanabombfilm.com/.
If you're really interested in checking out YCA in action, I'd like to invite you to attend our upcoming fundraising party @ the Metro on December 6 - The 2012 Chicago Annual of Style: Movement Edition. This year, the event will be more like a concert, featuring YCA poets, local musicians, and dancers all performing pieces on the theme of movement - from tap dancing, to stepping, to break dancing, to the daily commute. For more info and tickets, please visit: http://metrochicago.com/shows/the-2012-chicago-annual-of-style.
Linda Louis, graduated 2012
This year I am continuing my graduate study as a PhD student in the Literature Program at the University of Arizona. I take two graduate courses, teach two sections of ENGL 101 (a composition class for freshmen), and participate in two (mandatory) weekly colloquia: one about teaching and one for first-year graduate students in the program. I think Loyola prepared me extremely well for my work here. In fact, I think that Loyola's one-year, intensive approach, which gave all of us focused practice in the kinds of research and critical writing that is necessary at the graduate level— not to mention stamina for the many requirements academics face— prepared me much better for graduate work than the drawn-out approach that the MA students at my current institution experience.
The aspect of Loyola's MA that I appreciate and use the most is definitely your ENG 400 class. In that class I learned graduate-level research skills: MLA conventions, the ins-and-outs of WorldCat (which didn't exist when I was an undergraduate), database search techniques, and so on. I use these skills daily. While I do not use literary theory daily, at least right now, I cannot say enough about the thorough education in theory I received in this course. I had had no theory instruction as an English undergraduate major, but I cannot imagine how I would pursue a PhD now without the familiarity with the names, schools, concepts, conflicts, and history of literary theory that you instilled in our class. This foundation not only made me successful in my pursuit of the MA at Loyola, but, I think, makes me successful in my work here at UA. I see that the MA students here at UA are not provided with anything like this, and I am grateful for Loyola's (for your) rigor in 400.
The one-year MA was overwhelming at times, but I feel that I left Chicago with a focused direction for continued scholarly work. Loyola's emphasis on textual studies, and in particular the classes I took with Peter Shillingsburg, have been invaluable to me as I narrow down my direction for my dissertation. More generally, training in textual studies also made me a much better critical reader. For instance, it has prompted me in my Symbolist Poetry course to mine multiple versions of a work for significant variants, and for evidence to support my own arguments (or to bolster/undermine others' arguments). My professor appreciates the comprehensiveness of my research, and I know I was trained to work this way in ENG 413.
I also greatly appreciate the small, professional community of professors and graduate students at Loyola, who are so supportive of each other personally and academically. My department now has hundreds of people, few of whom I know. There are no department welcome meetings, get-togethers, brown-bags, writing groups, or other professional/social events at my current institution (that I know of). The sense of community at Loyola was integral to the confidence I felt, and feel now, to actually get through graduate school.


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The recent story concerning the cyber-hacking of 40 million credit card numbers from national retailer Target is once again heightening fears that electronic data remains increasingly vulnerable out there in the digital world.
Now, the need for better information technology (IT) security is a topic touched on quite a bit in this space but this most recent hacking attack upon target – not to mention the massive size of it – are sparking a new round of worries among consumers and businesses alike; concerns that trucking needs to keep a close watch upon since so much of its everyday operations are becoming more digitally based.
The spike in worry about the state of cyber security are at the heart of a new poll of 1,000 registered U.S. voters recently completed by research firms Benenson Strategy Group and American Viewpoint on behalf of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which found found that Internet users are highly concerned about the theft of personal and financial information and believe strongly that the federal government should do more to protect them.
The survey found that on average, voters are five times more worried about hacking than tracking, while 80% say they are more worried the information they share will be hacked to cause harm or steal from them. By contrast, only 16% are more worried that companies will use the information they share online to target advertising to them.
The poll also found that, overall, some 75% are worried about their personal information being stolen by hackers and 54% are worried about their browsing history being tracked for targeted advertising.
However, when voters are forced to choose which one is more important to them their focus is almost unanimously (87%) directed on the need to protect their personal information from those who would use the info to harm them. Even those worried about tracking (the 54%) are more worried about hacking by an overwhelming majority (84% to 8%).
"By wide margins this survey clearly shows that identity theft has touched the majority of consumers in some way, and that hacking is more worrisome to consumers than tracking, and that voters want the government to more aggressively go after cyber criminals," noted Ed Black (at right), CCIA's president and CEO. "Safeguarding users online must become a higher priority for companies and also for the regulators and policymakers charged with protecting consumers."
Voters are also "acutely aware" of the threats to the security of their information, CCIA's poll found, and they strongly believe the federal government should go after hackers and thieves. Some 55% reported that they or someone they know had their email account breached, with 62% report receiving a suspicious email from someone likely due to that person's email being hacked. Importantly, 50% say they or someone they know had their financial accounts breached online.
This acute awareness of threats to the security of their information has resulted in strong sentiment for the government to take action to protect online security, CCIA pointed out, as 74% say the federal government needs to do more to prevent and act against identity theft, including a 56% majority of voters who say they feel strongly about this.
Those polled by CCIA also report that that they are not standing idly by while all of this goes on – a positive finding, to say the least. The survey found 73% chose to not allow a service to remember their credit card information, while 65% set their browser to disable cookies and 53% blocked applications from accessing their location information.
On top of all that, 68% of those polled said they have adjusted the privacy settings for their online accounts, but of those, just 2% say they did so because they don't want to see ads; only 7% say they haven't adjusted their privacy settings because they do not know how to do so.
According to the survey, more folks are taking steps to protect the security of their information as over three in four (76%) of the survey respondents indicated they have used a different password for each service, with 57% signing up for a two-step sign-in process. Also, 83% have required a password to unlock their devices at some point, CCIA reported.
Yet all of this represents still only the opening stages of the cyber war against illicit hacking by online criminals – and it most likely will get worse before it gets better.


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The Mets' starting pitching is decidedly better than it was last year at this time, but I don't think it will be enough to save Dan Warthen when Jerry Manuel gets the ax, presumably within days after the end of the regular season.
Incoming managers prefer to name their own pitching coach and staff. To have a staff thrust on a new manager is unfair and puts him at a disadvantage. There's always the underlying thought if the pitching coach stays he's really the GM's guy. The new manager could interview from the old staff as a courtesy, but there are no guarantees.
That coaches' contracts expire after the season – unlike that of GM Omar Minaya – should make the transition easier. If Manuel goes as expected, it will mean five managers this decade, hardly a bastion of stability. They've also had three general managers during that span to further indicate this is franchise without stable direction.
So, they start again with a new manager and pitching coach.
While the rotation has improved, there's not enough of an imprint by Warthen to make a difference for these reasons:
1) John Maine: Calling one of your pitchers a "habitual liar," is not good business. Although it turned out Maine was injured, the process of letting him go out there when he didn't have it to throw five pitches lost the player, and might have damaged Warthen's ability in the clubhouse. The team had rebound hopes for Maine but he never made any progress and then came the injury.
2) Oliver Perez: While this is probably unfair with the assumption Perez is a lost cause, Warthen did have two years to work with him without positive results.
3) Mike Pelfrey: Kudos for the fast start, some questions for the slide. There was also last year. Pelfrey, despite showing signs of coming out of it, remains an enigma.
4) The Eighth Inning Guy: All season the Mets have had troubles finding somebody for the eighth inning. A lot of guys have pitched there, but nobody has taken hold of the job. While Manuel will get roasted for this, Warthen must share responsibility.
5) Burning out the bullpen: Manuel kept riding the hot horse until he drops. Somewhere, the pitching coach has to do a better job of monitoring the bullpen arms to keep everybody fresh.


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In the next two weeks, thousands of people will converge on Germany for Hannover Fair, April 8-12, and bauma, April 15-21.
These events, held in Hannover and Munich, respectively, are some of the largest trade shows for users and designers of fluid power systems and components. Hannover Fair's Motion, Drive and Automation show brings together hundreds of fluid power component manufacturers, while bauma is perhaps the world's largest construction trade show, highlighting a large number of hydraulic and pneumatic manufacturers, as well as machines that use hydraulics to increase efficiency, power and control.
I won't be attending either event, but our publisher Michael Ference will and I hope he'll bring lots of photos and video to share with our readers. We invite you, too, to share photos, stories, etc. from the event if you're going. Feel free to share them on our facebook page.
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One Fund Boston, which has distributed more than $60 million to the survivors of last year's Boston Marathon bombing, is preparing its final round of payments.
A fund that has distributed more than $60 million to the victims of last year's Boston Marathon bombing said on Friday it is preparing its final round of payments.
The One Fund Boston, which has $19 million remaining in its coffers, said it will be disbursing money "to those survivors with the most severe physical injuries."
"The One Fund expects that, following the distribution of payments this summer, there will be no further payments to individuals," it said in a news release, adding it would begin to process payments by the end of July.
The One Fund was established by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick shortly after the bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 260 at the finish line of the world-renowned race on April 15, 2013.
The fund distributed nearly $61 million of donated money to over 230 victims' families and survivors in the months after the attack, which prosecutors say was committed by a pair of Chechen brothers using homemade pressure-cooker bombs.
One of the brothers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed during a manhunt days after the attack, and the other, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was captured and is awaiting trial. He has pleaded not guilty and faces the death penalty if convicted.
The One Fund is managed by Kenneth Feinberg, an arbitration attorney who also oversaw compensation for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The fund said it will release guidelines on who is eligible to receive money from the fund by June 26, and it set a July 30 deadline for applications. Payment processing will begin July 31.
"The One Fund will contribute any funds remaining after this distribution to programs offered by appropriate professional medical services that can help as many survivors as possible," it said.
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Academy Architecture, p.73. [Click on photograph to enlarge it.]by Frederick E. E. Schenck. Source: 1897
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It's nice to actually read a book about the Somme that actually makes me feel like I have learnt something. Too many books on the battle indulge in what has become rather cliched poetry. Most of us are well aware that the first day of the Somme was the bloodiest day in the British Army's history. Most of us are equally as aware that the Somme was ultimately futile.
What Sheffield does so well here is threefold. Firstly, he does not allow the narrative to become embroiled in cliche or hyperbole. The events of 1916 are examined and explained in a clinical, methodical manner. Secondly, he looks beyond the first day of the Battle. So many histories of the Somme look only at 1 July 1916. Yet the battle raged on for almost five months after that before the offensive ceased. And finally, and perhaps most importantly, it is eminently readable.
Each phase of the offensive is examined in a manner which makes it clear to the reader. 1 July obviously comes in for special attention, and Sheffield looks at the Divisions all along the front, from Gommecourt in the north to the anglo-french boundary in the south, and relates their objectives and their experiences. As the late great Richard Holmes so rightly stresses in his foreword, Martin Middlebrook gave so much to our understanding of the first say of the Somme, but perhaps out attention in the past has been too focussed on this one day, out of a much longer battle.
Sheffield does not allow himself to get too bogged down in considering whether the battle was a waste of lives or not. The general assumption amongst most people is that the Somme was a horrific waste of lives, a by-word for futility. Or was it? As Sheffield reminds us, the French Army had its back to the wall at Verdun, and the Somme was vital in diverting German resources from that battle. Politically, to do nothing was not an option. In addition, the British Army learnt an awful lot on the Somme, that it put into practice in 1917 and 1918. Could Haig, Rawlinson and Gough have done much different on the Somme. Like Sheffield, I suspect not. The strategic thinking and even most of the tactics were sound, but the Army had not developed its technology and expertise – particularly around communications – enough to really take the offensive to the Germans.
I cannot stress enough how much this book has helped – and will help me – in my research into Portsmouth men killed on the Somme. In particular, the 1st Hampshires on the 1st day near Beaumont Hamel, and then the 15th Hampshires (2nd Portsmouth) at Flers in September – incidentally, one of the most succesful days on the Somme.
Related articles
- Walking the Somme by Paul Reed (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)
- Retreat and Rearguard 1914: The BEF's actions from Mons to the Marne by Jerry Murland (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)


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Whenever anyone compiles a list ranking various things within professional wrestling it undoubtedly leads to a great deal of debate and WWE's RAW 100: The Top 100 Moments in RAW History DVD is no different.
The first two discs of the DVD collection contains the top 100 moments in RAW history and are presented in the form of brief clips along with commentary from the likes of Vince Russo, Mick Foley, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Trish Stratus, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Shaquille O'Neal, Seth Green, and many others. In some cases the clips appear to be brand new ones recorded for this collection, while in other cases it appears they were pulled from past WWE releases.
Taking this approach with the Top 100 Moments in RAW History is a double-edged sword because while the commentaries do provide some insight into the particular moment, to keep the running time down the moment is only presented as a video clip instead of in a complete form. There are some moments listed that very clearly would have benefited from being presented in their full form as it is difficult to appreciate what made them special in the abbreviated versions that are presented. The running time for the complete The Top 100 Moments in RAW History is approximately four hours.
The second disc also contains a couple of bonus moments from the history of RAW, but without knowing where they would fit in the list it is difficult to assess their significance beyond strictly an entertainment value. The third disc contains the complete three-hour 1000th episode of Raw, along with a very brief feature on the making of the episode.
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1/4 cup corn starch
1 pound snow peas, trimmed and halved crosswise
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 teaspoons ginger (freshly grated or jarred)
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons gluten free soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
2 large egg whites
salt and pepper
1 pound chicken breast cut into 1-inch pieces
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Brown Rice
~Cook rice according to package or rice cooker.
~In a large bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1/2 cup cold water until smooth. Add snow peas, garlic, ginger, sugar, soy sauce and red pepper flakes; toss to combine and set aside.
~In another bowl, whisk together egg whites, remaining 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add chicken and toss to coat.
~In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Lift half the chicken from the egg-white mixture (shaking off excess) and add to skillet. Cook, turning occasionally, until golden brown about 6-8 minutes. Transfer to a plate; repeat with remaining oil and chicken, set aside (reserve skillet)
~Add snow pea mixture to the skillet. Cook until snow peas are tender and sauce has thickened, about 3-5 minutes. Return chicken to skillet (with any juices); toss to coat. Serve with brown rice.