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I thought this was a good CNN article with an interview with the congresswoman.
Follow the link to watch the video and read the story.
By Chris Stedman, Special to CNN
(CNN)—This year, Congress welcomed the first Buddhist senator and first Hindu elected to either chamber of Congress, and the Pew Forum noted that this "gradual increase in religious diversity … mirrors trends in the country as a whole."
But Pew also noted one glaring deficiency: Religious "nones" were largely left outside the halls of Congress, despite one in five Americans now saying they don't affiliate with a religion.
There is, however, one newly elected "none" — but she seems to think "atheist" is a dirty word.
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, was sworn in a few days ago without a Bible, and she is the first member of Congress to openly describe her religious affiliation as "none." Although 10 other members don't specify a religious affiliation — up from six members in the previous Congress — Sinema is the only to officially declare "none."
This has gotten Sinema a fair amount of attention from the media. Many identified her as an atheist during her congressional campaign, and after she won, sources touted her as a nontheist. Even this past weekend, Politico declared in a headline: "Non-believers on rise in Congress."
But there's a slight issue: Sinema doesn't actually appears to be a nonbeliever. In response to news stories identifying her as an atheist, her campaign released this statement shortly after her victory: "(Rep. Sinema) believes the terms non-theist, atheist or non-believer are not befitting of her life's work or personal character."
As a nontheist, atheist and nonbeliever (take your pick), I find this statement deeply problematic.
It is perfectly fine, of course, if Sinema isn't a nontheist, and it is understandable that she would want to clarify misinformation about her personal beliefs. But to say that these terms are "not befitting of her life's work or personal character" is offensive because it implies there is something unbefitting about the lives and characters of atheists or nonbelievers.
Try substituting a religious group of your choice in place of atheist if you don't agree: "[Rep. Sinema] believes the term Muslim is not befitting of her life's work or personal character." Does that sound right? It shouldn't.
Of course, many do view Muslims as unfit for political office. In that respect, political opponents have regularly misidentified President Obama as a Muslim. Many have defended the president from such attacks by noting that Obama is a Christian.
But former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell rightly pointed out the pernicious underlying message such a defense sends:
The correct answer is: He is not a Muslim; he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, 'What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?' The answer is 'No, that's not America.' Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?
Just as Muslim is used as a political smear, politicians seem to avoid "atheist."
This is probably because the American electorate views both Muslims and atheists more unfavorably than they do other groups: According to a Gallup poll released in June, only 58% of Americans would vote for a "generally well-qualified" Muslim candidate, and only 54% would vote for an atheist. (This is the first time that number has been above 50% for an atheist candidate.) By contrast, 91% would vote for a Jewish candidate, 94% for a Catholic and 80% for a Mormon.
There seems to be a greater general tolerance for, or blindness to, comments that marginalize or diminish atheists than those aimed at other groups.
Prominent individuals like Powell rightfully decry anti-Muslim fear-mongering in politics, but few speak out against those who wield accusations of atheism as a political weapon.
Whether people don't see it or simply aren't bothered isn't clear, but it remains a problem.
I respect Sinema's right to self-identify as she chooses, and I don't wish to speculate about her religious beliefs. But while I celebrate that she is comfortable enough to openly identify as bisexual, I find her response to being labeled an atheist troubling.
Why not instead say that she's not an atheist, but so what if she was?
The 113th Congress is rich with diversity. As an interfaith activist, I am glad to see the religious composition of Congress more closely reflect the diversity of America. As a queer person, I'm glad that LGBT Americans are seeing greater representation in Washington.
But as a proud atheist and humanist, I'm disheartened that the only member of Congress who openly identifies as nonreligious has forcefully distanced herself from atheism in a way that puts down those of us who do not believe in God.
We are Americans of good character, too.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Chris Stedman.
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Maybe she is an honest-to-goodness pastafarian. Not any less ridiculous to believe in a flying spaghetti monster than the god of Abraham, but the politics of admitting so would be a career killer.
And they aren't befitting of her life's work.... She doesn't deserve them.
We don't need any more slimeballs like her calling themselves atheists. Someone so willing to please the crowd as this woman, I would rather she didn't reflect on atheists and non-believers as a whole.
That is because her life's work is as an LGBT activist, not an atheist.
She is the first openly bisexual member of Congress.
"None" only indicates she is not affiliated with a religious organisation, not that she is an atheist, agnostic, or whatever. Of note, she did not take the oath of office using a Bible. That does not mean she is not religious.
Is it also possible that is isn't an Atheist or even a nonbeliever? What if she were a believer but also believed that her religious beliefs have nothing to do with her position in public office? She could be a Christian but refuses to run for office on the coattails of a god.
I, for one, am glad that a 'none' made it in. That is totally worth celebrating. As for her implication that Atheism equates to a some sort of character flaw, it could have been a mischaracterization of a poorly worded statement, or it could simply be that she needs to be educated on the fact that Atheist's can be people of character as well.
I agree Nathaniel, I wish more "nones" would make it into office.
However, a person running as an Atheist probably would have no chance of getting elected in this religious climate we live in.
I especially like your wording "refuses to run for office on the coattails of a god."
And I am always glad to have more people in the world who can be religious on their own time but pragmatic in the workplace. But the remark she made was pretty disparaging to the rest of us.
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I can easily get into Cal if that is where I decide to go. Like Xbay said, I'm a sophomore.
My opinion, in college football, it doesnt matter how you get it done, as long as you get results. Cal needs to pray that LSU gets beat by Florida now, and they will be number two. The top two teams would be Pac-Ten teams, and all those damn media guys that look at the Pac-Ten like they are a freak show, and love the SEC, they can bite themselves.
Honestly, I do think that Cal is a beatable team to one of those Arizona schools, maybe Washington, as well. If they look at every game as they will look at the 'SC game, they should be okay. What they cant start doing is start day dreaming, their mind is in the USC game while they are playing Arizona State, because that is when they will lose.
Those media guys are most likely east coast biased. The Pac-10 is always up for grabs. People think USC is one of the most dominant, they're still human. They are just as vulnerable as anyone else. Look what happened last year against Oregon State.
Cal can still lose to Arizona St or Washington. Just use the Bill Belichick excuse, keep focus on the next game. Nothing else.


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-- Article from 'Flare' magazine - January 2004 --
At the press rounds for The Return of the King, Serena French finds it's reigning men.
There's something about actors who play heroes. They are kind of hard to resist, even if they don pointy ears or oversized feet for the role.The Return of the King, the climactic last chapter in the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings, is about heroes, a group of Everymen who are each up against the wall, but who step up to the mat for each other and for their world, in the final epic showdown against world-ending evil. It is about individual sacrifice, wisdom, compassion and hope.But on an early fall morning at The Regency in midtown Manhattan, the necessary evil that must be endured is the promotional press junket. So, when the heroes enter the conference suite set up for the occasion, although it feels a bit antithetical to the films, at least there is plenty to talk about. The three films were shot out of sequence but back to back over the course of a year and a half in New Zealand, starting in October 1999. Once the first instalment, The Fellowship of the Ring, broke, it raked in $313 million US, garnered an Oscar nomination for best picture and made cover boys out of Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom and turned Elijah Wood into teen fodder and one of the most gifted actors of his generation. Last year's The Two Towers continued to fuel the fever for all things Middle-earth. Even heroes have heroes and, for the stars of the films, it is New Zealand-native Peter Jackson, who produced, directed and adapted J.R.R. Tolkien's 1,000-page trilogy for the screen. The fellowship, that is, the cast, is fiercely devoted to Jackson, to the storytelling and the enduring themes at the heart of Tolkien's stories, and to each other.
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Q: Does CMC have a Psychology major?
A: Yes! Psychology is the 3rd largest major at CMC. Many students dual major in Psychology or take advantage of one of psychology's specialize sequences to enhance their major: Leadership, Legal Studies, or Cognitive Neuroscience.
Q: Does the major program have a particular focus or emphasis?
A: Yes, our program emphasizes real-world applications of psychology in business, law, education, and medicine. Our goals are to train students to develop their leadership and entrepreneurial skills in terms of developing their own ideas as well as the skills necessary to address these ideas in research and data analysis. Psychology is a great major for almost any future career.
Q: What do Psychology students do when they graduate? What can one do with a BA in Psychology?
A: CMC students have used their psychology degrees to pursue careers in business in fields such as marketing, human resources, education, and organizational behavior among others. We recently surveyed our alumni and discovered that CMC psychology majors follow diverse career paths after graduation. As one might expect, a significant proportion have attended graduate school and now have careers in various areas of psychology (e.g. clinical, social, cognitive) or in neuroscience. In fact, almost two-thirds of our graduates have gone on to obtain an advanced degree. These degrees include not only the Master's or Ph.D. in psychology, but also degrees in law and medicine, as well as education, social work, business, and the arts.
Q: I'm interested in majoring in Psychology; which courses should I take first?
A: The gateway course to the Psychology major is Introduction to Psychology (PSY30), preferably taken sometime during your first three semesters, although you could start with any lower-division course. Once you complete PSY30, you can take more specialized and 100-level courses. CMC participates in a consortium with Scripps, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, and Pitzer Colleges. This consortium offers a broad range of psychology courses available to students. Some advanced courses (numbered over 100) may require other pre-requisites such as Research Methods or Statistics.
Q: Can I get departmental credit for AP Psychology?
A: Yes, a 5 on the Psychology AP test will allow students to count the AP score as an equivalent to Introduction to Psychology (CM PSY30) and enroll in more specialized courses. However, we've found that students may still want to take PSY30, even if they do have AP credit, as an orientation to the Psychology Department at CMC.
Q: How can I get involved in research in psychology?
A: Every faculty member in psychology has an active research laboratory and most are looking for dedicated, hard-working students who want to be involved in research. The best advice is to get to know our wonderful faculty, learn what they are doing, and ask if you can work with them on research.
Q: Can I be a Psychology major and study abroad during my junior year? If so, how can I best structure my schedule of psychology courses?
A: Many psychology majors participate in the study abroad program and our DC program. All students are expected to complete Statistics and Research Methods with Research Practicum by the end of their junior year. So, if you are planning a semester or year off-campus, be sure to plan ahead and take Statistics in the Fall of your sophomore year and Research Methods and Practicum in the spring of sophomore year.
Q: I'm not sure whether I want to do a one- or two-semester senior thesis project. What's the difference?
A: One-semester thesis can be completed in either the fall or spring semester of the senior year. With a one-semester project, students typically review the literature on a particular topic and/or investigate a research question non-empirically (i.e., they do not collect data). The quality of the work is held to the same high standards as two-semester theses, but because there is no data collection and analysis involved, the project can be completed in its entirety in one semester.
To qualify for Honors in Psychology, students must do a two-semester thesis project. The requirements for Honors are B+ or higher GPA at the beginning of senior year, B+ or higher in Statistics and Research Methods and Practicum. As part of the requirement for a two-semester thesis, students enroll in senior research seminar. In the fall semester, students generate research questions, design their study, and write a research proposal. In the spring, they carry out the project; collect and analyze their data, write a complete research report, and present their project orally.
Q: What is the advantage of doing a year-long senior thesis in Psychology?
A: The year-long senior thesis allows students to apply their knowledge of research design and analysis to answer a research question they find interesting. Sometimes, senior theses turn into publications, but even if it does not, the experience gives our students an edge in graduate school admission or obtaining a research position at another institution after graduation.
Q: Is it better to pursue a graduate degree in psychology immediately after graduation, or is it better to take some time off before applying for an advanced degree?
A: It depends on the individual. Some students who are very certain of their future career paths are eager to begin a graduate program or professional school. Perhaps more commonly, other students elect to take a year or two off before applying to graduate programs, and this too can be very beneficial. Often, post-CMC experiences can provide valuable research expertise that aids the graduate admission process. These experiences can also help students decide which career path to take and in fact, suggest possibilities that previously were never considered. Graduate programs typically prefer to admit students who are certain of their area of study instead of one who is uncertain and may later drop out of the program.
Q: I am an Econ/Psych dual or double major. What statistics class should I take?
A: Dual or double majors in Economics and Psychology are encouraged to take Psyc 109 (instead of Econ 120) to fulfill their statistics requirement. Psyc 109 provides essential preparation for Research Methods (Psyc 110 and 111L) and counts as a prerequisite for Econ 125 (Econometrics). Econ 120 may be used to fulfill the statistics requirement in Psychology (Psyc 109), but one additional psychology course must be taken in place of Psyc 109. Students may not take statistics in Mathematics (Math 52) to fulfill the statistics requirement in Psychology.


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With three Yale fencers winning all six of their bouts in meets against both Vassar and Rutgers, the Elis defeated both teams. Yale bested Vassar 20-7 and upended Rutgers by the score of 17-10.
In foil, Alisa Mendelsohn and Katharine Schemmer went 6-0 over the two meets, while Carly Guss won all six of her bouts in saber.
Against Vassar, the Eli's 20-7 win was helped by a 9-0 shutout in foil, where Mendelsohn, Schemmer, and Isadora Botwinick each won all their battles. Guss's work helped the Elis earn a 7-2 victory in saber, but the Elis lost epee 5-4 to Vassar.
Mendelsohn and Schemmer went 3-0 each against Rutgers, with the Bulldogs winning foil 7-2. In saber, Guss had her second sweep and Justine Aw went 3-0 as well as Yale won 6-3. Erica Korb earned a shutout in epee, which the Bulldogs dropped 5-4.
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The origin of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) dates to 1816, when two young graduates of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edward Delafield, a medical resident, and John Kearney Rodgers, a surgical resident, set out from New York to continue their medical training in London. There they met Edward Reynolds, M.D., who introduced them to the London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye, later famed as the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields). The two Americans enrolled in the ophthalmic training program and studied there for the next two years under the tutelage of Sir William Lawrence, Benjamin Travers, John Richard Farre, and Sir Astely Cooper.
In 1818, Delafield and Rogers returned to New York City, surveyed the incidence of eye disease in the population and concluded that existing facilities were inadequate to manage the volume of indigent patients requiring ophthalmic care. Realizing the lack of interest in their project, they determined to finance their charity personally and on August 14, 1820, the original Infirmary was opened.
The young founders gathered prominent members of the business and medical communities to serve as a Board of Directors, the "Society for the New York Eye Infirmary." From 1821-28, the first President of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Board was one of the nation's most respected citizens, Col. William Few,then 72 and a retired banker. In his earlier years Col. Few fought in the Revolutionary War and had the distinction of being a signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Although ears had been treated at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary since its inception, the institution was originally incorporated under the title of The New York Eye Infirmary on March 22, 1822. In 1864, the otology department was given official recognition and the name was legally changed to The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 1873, the throat department was added.
The New York Medical College, our sister institution, has a long ophthalmology history. In 1872, the Medical College moved from its original home in Manhattan on 20th Street & Third Avenue to more spacious quarters at 23rd Street & Third Avenue, renting space from the New York Ophthalmic Hospital (founded in l852). The College added to the faculty a chair of Ophthalmic Surgery and named Prof. C. T. Liebold as the first occupant of this chair. The Ophthalmic Hospital was merged into the Medical School in 1867. This afforded graduate facilities for interested individuals to study Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology--an Oculi et Auri degree. This merger allowed students excellent training in diseases of the eye and ear. Beginning in 1867 Ophthalmology and Rhinolaryngology were independent departments from surgery. Today, New York Medical College is located a few miles north of New York City, in Valhalla.
Although teaching had been conducted at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary from the very beginning, the School of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, chartered by the State Legislature, was officially founded in 1890. Thus began the first Otolaryngology resident training program in the United States. At that time, training for ophthalmology and otolaryngology was combined. It was not until 1896 that the services were separated.
Clinical audiology was introduced at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1945 to meet the needs of returning World War II veterans with service-connected hearing deficits. From its informal inception with no professional standards for audiologists and "home spun" testing equipment, the department has evolved into a sophisticated center for the evaluation of hearing, speech and voice disorders, balance, and the facial nerve.
Since its founding, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary has remained in the forefront of its specialty in America. Almost every state in the US, and many foreign countries, are represented in The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary's roster of graduates and post-graduate students, many of whom have gone to illustrious careers.
Histories from Two Different Perspectives
Two dedicated physicians intensively researched the history of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and of the development of their medical specialties in America. View the papers in their respective fields:
- Ophthalmology: History of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery: Otolaryngology in America
Mission Statement of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary was established in 1820 to meet the eye care needs of New Yorkers, especially the working poor. In keeping with its heritage, today's New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is a voluntary, not-for-profit specialty hospital providing comprehensive outpatient and state-of-the-art medical/surgical care in the disciplines of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology/ Head & Neck Surgery, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.
NYEE's outpatient ophthalmology and otolaryngology programs provide primary care and treatment in those specialties for the five boroughs of New York City, with concentrations in the institution's historic Lower East Side patient base, Brooklyn and Queens. NYEE also serves the regional, national and international communities with unique tertiary medical/surgical specialty services in our fields of expertise.
Vision Statement of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary will continue to be the preferred provider of safe patient-focused specialty services in the disciplines of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology/ Head & Neck Surgery, and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and will continue to be responsive to the needs of patients and physicians.
Value Statements
Patient Care: To provide the highest quality, most technologically advanced and consistent multidisciplinary care in an environment where the safety, dignity and comfort of each patient are paramount. In delivering patient care, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary will strive to provide an error-free environment.
Community Health: To serve as a community resource through an ongoing series of lectures, seminars, health screenings and dissemination of information to the public.
Medical Education: To develop highly qualified, well-trained physician/surgeons through programs of residency training, post-graduate fellowships and continuing medical education.
Scientific Research: To pursue programs of applied clinical and basic research, which advance knowledge and treatment within our areas of specialty and to enhance patient care through that scientific advancement.
Staff:To value competence in the abilities of our Physicians, employees and volunteers to serve those entrusted to our care and to provide a professional practice environment.
Fiscal Responsibility:To carry out these activities in a financially responsible manner to ensure New York Eye and Ear Infirmary's continued vitality and viability as a provider of specialty health care services while meeting the needs of the communities it serves.


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Friday, December 15, 2006
FO: fair isle hotwater bottle cover
I felted a swatch of the the fair isle project I was working on. It didn't felt that evenly, so a lot of the colourwork pattern was lost. Plus all the green went out of the turquoise yarn - a plain blue just wasn't the same.
So I decided the fabric would have to be kept un-felted and, after taking a few measurements, realised it would make a perfect hotwater bottle cover. My mother, who doesn't have my issues with wool. has just moved house, so it was an ideal housewarming present.
I sewed up the cast-on edge. I'd started it with a few rounds of garter stitch, hence the odd edge. For the top, I shifted to working just in brown and decreased a few sts evenly around. Then, after a few cm of st st, I worked a couple repeats of a cross stitch pattern*, through which I run a crochet-chain of the CC as tie. The friction between the yarns means the tie bunches up very neatly.
The book I found the fair isle design in was from Marion, who was my SP last spring. The yarn was a thank you gift from Veronique, who's SP I was. I'm pleased I managed to match them.
* This is similar to the stitch pattern I used in my knitterati entry - I'm going to post the pattern for that in a few weeks.
12 comments:
- Alice said...
Very good colours. You are very inventive.
I've been thinking I must knit a cover for ages now, but still haven't. I cannot be without a HWB until spring is in full bloom. I may take inspiration from your cover (again).
- Friday, December 15, 2006
- gleek said...
ok, first of all, loving the new blog template :) (of course, trying to get google to remember me is a pain in the butt, but anyway...)
and i'm in love with this hot water bottle cover! the blue just pops so nicely against the brown and that stitch pattern is perfect. great idea!
- Friday, December 15, 2006
- Stacey said...
That came out beautiful - I love the colors and the pattern!
- Friday, December 15, 2006
- carolyn says said...
the colors photographed really nicely! also that is a really good gift idea, glad you figured out what to do with it
- Friday, December 15, 2006
Well done, great pattern and gorgeous colours!
- Friday, December 15, 2006
This is the most gorgeous hot water bottle cover I've encountered so far! I love this aspect of knitting: elevating the mundane to the sublime.
- Friday, December 15, 2006
- Elizabeth said...
Wow! It's lovely. Those colors are beautiful together. It's a gorgeous housewarming gift - well done.
- Saturday, December 16, 2006
My name is Ilana and I am doing an MA in Fashion Journalism, at the London College of Fashion. For my MA project, I am producing a magazine for girls that knit. One of the features in the magazine will be a story about knitting blogs, and that's how I came across your very cool blog. I was wondering if you could answer a few quick questions for me for the story… If you can do it, please email me the answers (email@example.com)
Thank you for your time!
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4- Do you have any funny stories/ anecdotes about the blog?
5- Can I have your name, city, and age, please? (it is ok if you blog anonymously and don't want to give this information)
- Monday, December 18, 2006
- Woolly Wormhead said...
Blimey, you've been doing well with all your FO's lately! Great idea, to make a cover - works well and sm sure it will be warm and cosy.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:07 am
Post subject: College Essays
so I finished [some of] my college essays (all the ones about windsurfing are done), so I'd like to share them with you. I thought you might appreciate them:
My philosophy: windsurf whenever you can.
This idea has brought me back time and time again from the brink of quitting. I remember being 14 and having recently gotten my first set of equipment and I felt so exhilarated. I rigged it, got into the water, started windsurfing, and then the wind picked up - a lot. I got stuck in the middle of the lake, unable to do anything but let the waves and current push me ashore downwind. Then, downtrodden, schlepping my equipment in a "walk of shame" upwind, I almost broke down and cried.
At that faithful moment when I could have let go of this amazing sport, I remembered the other windsurfers on the water with me, who had all zipped past me, tearing the water under their boards in half. At that moment, I had an epiphany. I asked myself: "If they can do it, why can't I?" In all my years as a windsurfer, that was truly the most definitive moment. It told me and I told myself that I was not a quitter, that I could and would persevere, that I was determined to become a true windsurfer.
I decided that I needed a sport during the off-season that would exercise my abdomens, so I took up hula hooping. I thought about buying the hoops, but in the end, I decided to make them myself. So I went to the nearest store with the tubing, spent hours making the hoops, which I later sold at a profit. This taught me that I had a tremendous motivation to stay in-shape and ready to windsurf at the start of the season. This made me quite proud, as it was proof that I could succeed when determined. This occurred when my grades were slipping, making me realize that a lack of motivation rather than a lack of intelligence, was the reason for my falling grades. So, I picked myself and my grades up and became proud of my windsurfing talent because I became more motivated thanks to it.
This love of windsurfing made me want to teach others about this amazing sport. In the summer of my junior year, I decided it was time to get work experience; I was 16 after all. I also decided to get a job that I enjoy. Therefore, I was extremely enthusiastic when I got not one, but two windsurfing-related jobs. At one, I was the rental-person for customers, and at the other I was a windsurfing instructor. Working hard and teaching those children was a difficult task, and I would often come home exhausted, unable to do much more than sit around. This was impossible, however, because during that same summer, I took an Emergency Response course.
These jobs caused me to take the course. I had expected a one week CPR course that would help me earn more at my jobs, but soon realized this not the case. It was actually an intensive 6 week prerequisite course to becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Understanding this, I knew I would not enjoy the course. Yet I persisted using the same philosophy that I use for windsurfing. Thanks to it, I stuck with the course and enjoyed it more and more. By the end, I decided to later take the EMT course.
The reason windsurfing makes me proud is that it has been so extremely influential to me for the past six years; it has shaped me into the person I now am, given me new interests, job experience, self-confidence, self-motivation, and helped me become more persistent and open to new ideas.
In front of my mother is a grass field with scattered pieces of equipment belonging to the local windsurfers gliding on the lake. Many of them are going fast, tearing through the water; from where she is standing, fifty feet from the shore, she can hear the water slapping against the shore. She surveys the lake and the surroundings. Everyone seems to be having a good time - except for one scrawny boy in the middle of the lake. That boy is her son.
I was twelve or thirteen at the time. I wanted to show off my windsurfing skills to my parents. One day after having practiced for months, I asked my mother to come see me. She watched as I wrestled to set up my equipment for a good hour. Finally, I got it in the water and started to windsurf. Since I was a beginner, I was using a small sail and not going very fast, especially compared to all the other windsurfers. In fact, everyone else seemed to be gliding through the water with ease. Yet here I was, struggling, my arms exhausted, my whole body aching, the sail taking on so much water, I couldn't hold onto it much longer. I wondered what made it so easy for the other windsurfers, using sails so much larger than mine, to jump their boards and zip right past me. They seemed almost whimsical, nimble, weightless, while I was stuck there, struggling with my tiny sail. I kept going, though. Since I started to windsurf, my philosophy has been "windsurf whenever possible". There are only so many days I can windsurf in a season and I wont let a day go to waste.
So I hoisted my water-filled sail a little higher and continued windsurfing. Within a few minutes, the wind picked upa lot. It overpowered me, and I had to drop the rig. I made a few more attempts but over time, the weight of the sail was finally too much to lift. I was stuck in the middle of the lake, unable to do anything but let the waves and current push me ashore downwind. My only remaining option was to put the sail on the back of my board and sit on it. My parents were watching, I felt humiliated, but there was nothing I could do; I was too exhausted. When I reached the shore, I brought my equipment upwind in what windsurfers call a "walk of shame. I swore, I cried, I stomped my feet, so embarrassed, I was almost ready to give up windsurfing.
At that moment, two thoughts occured to me.
First, I wondered, "if the other windsurfers could do it, why couldn't I"? Aware that the average age of a windsurfer is 35, I realized that what I lacked was not talent, but experience (Veteran windsurfers say windsurfing is 50% falling down, 50% getting up). I knew then that windsurfing is not a quick, easy, or "plug-and-play" sport. It would take more than my four years of experience. All I needed to do was to come back to the lake, try again and again and eventually my skills would sharpen.
The second thought I had was, "That was fun!". The pain itself was not pleasurable, manifesting itself differently each time Id gone windsurfing. In one incident, the mast hit my head at full speed; in another, everything flipped unexpectedly before I had time to react. Id landed face first on my upside-down board with my groin dangerously close to a razor-sharp fin. On this day, however, the wind had repeatedly torn my sail and my body away from the board. Yet looking back, I can say truthfully that meeting these hazards head-on has helped me overcome my fear of failing, and has taught me to never give up; that no matter what happens, I should never stop windsurfing because it has helped make me the person I am today.
Understanding this about myself and realizing that, with experience, I could become a great windsurfer, I came back to the lake the next week. While I didn't instantly progress to best windsurfer in the world status, each weekend I returned to the lake, I did a little better, until I reached the point where I am nowa pretty good, and very persistent, windsurfer.
P.S. I'm not looking for help, these essays are already submitted
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:07 am
Post subject: Using Windsurfing
And now you are 'using' windsurfing to get you through college (via essay material). You are finding even more ways to derive benefit from this sport.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:58 pm
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windward1 wrote:
And now you are 'using' windsurfing to get you through college (via essay material). You are finding even more ways to derive benefit from this sport.
Yessir. My only regret is that I can't say some of the things that I'd like to say, for example, I wish I could talk about the incident where my back foot was behind the backstraps and made everything go wildly out of control, but you can only use so many words. Also, the essays have to focus more on the topic rather than the windsurfing. The first one is about how an experience has shaped you into who you are and the second is about how you have overcome a challenge through persistence.
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I don't know if this is the best idea, do the admissions people at the colleges you're applying to know how hard it is to actually show up to class when its windy?
Answer: impossible
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Good, heartfelt essays, Fred.
It's a shame that "Alice" felt compelled to hijack your thread to promote a website that sells or ranks cheating services.
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I have been conducting admission interviews for a certain insanely selective private institution in the south Bay Area in my local Chicago area-- you're in!!!! enjoyed them, dhmark
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Well, FredFX, first of all ... I wish you all the best with the college applications, and hope you get your first choice.
Your second essay struck a cord. As a kid, when I first started windsurfing, my parents would watch me from the beach as I struggled and got very frustrated. I didn't need adoration, but I sure wanted them to see me doing something neat ... and all they got was a comedy show. Fast foward a couple decades, or more, to this summer. My wife, daughter and I vacationed with my parents, and I once again windsurfed as they sat on the beach and happened to watch. When I came off the water, my father pulled me aside and said " wow, I'm impressed by your persistence. You just never gave up on that windsurfing thing, and now you just seem to fly across the water, effortlessly. Quite the tenacity to succeed"
Sounds like you've already progressed faster than me ... So good on ya. And you're right, that a never-quit attitude when you are going after something you really want is what it takes to succeed. Keep up that attitude and you'll go far!
Edit: (wait ... Was this really originally posted 4 years ago and just pulled forward by the advertiser? ... So FredFX, if you are still out there ... How are you doing on that degree?)
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Yup. Goes by names like marthajustin, sandraengland, alicejoseph, etc. ... whatever it takes to suck people into his/her cheating business.
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Take a look at the original post date, its from 2009
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Franco Nieto, a 2009 graduate of Point Park University's dance program and this year's recipient of the Princess Grace Award, returned to campus to teach a master class to dance students Oct. 18 and 19.
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Nieto is the second Point Park grad to have received the Princess Grace Award. Presented to only six dancers across the country each year, the prestigious award, given by the Princess Grace Foundation, was created in 1984 to honor the Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly, and her work in Hollywood. The award honors artists in dance, theatre and film.
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Nieto was born and raised in Vancouver, Wash., and played football under his father's coaching for seven years before making his transition to dance.
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Lincecum brought himself to the brink of demotion to the bullpen Saturday as he endured his second-shortest career start in the Giants' 6-2 loss to the Washington Nationals.
Lincecum (10-9) surrendered six runs (four earned) and six hits in 2 2/3 innings, a duration that barely exceeded the career-worst 2 1/3 innings he worked on April 11, 2012, at Colorado.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner and four-time All-Star is 1-3 with a 9.49 ERA in his last six starts. He has allowed 41 hits in 24 1/3 innings during that span, negating the progress he made earlier in the season when he won four starts in a row and appeared to be succeeding in his transition from power pitcher to finesse artist.
Lincecum indicated that his shortcomings encompass physical as well as mental factors.
"My mechanics haven't been repeating themselves," he said. "And maybe I've been overdoing it, trying to think about what I need to do, instead of letting my body be athletic. ... I just didn't do it out there today."
After Hunter Pence lined a two-run, first-inning homer off Jordan Zimmermann, Washington's formidable right-hander, Lincecum blunted the Giants' momentum by allowing the Nationals to tie the score in the inning's home half. Washington surged ahead with three runs in the second inning, abetted by third baseman Pablo Sandoval's throwing error. Manager Bruce Bochy excused Lincecum from further activity after Asdrubal Cabrera homered and Zimmermann doubled in the third.
Lincecum lacked command, issuing four walks. He lacked velocity, as only two of his fastballs reached 90 mph. He refused to cite excuses, such as the absence of Hector Sanchez, who caught him frequently but remains sidelined by the aftereffects of a concussion.
"I think the problem is me for right now," Lincecum said.
Lincecum's next scheduled start is Thursday at AT&T Park against Colorado. But Bochy indicated that he would consult coaches, general manager Brian Sabean, members of the front-office braintrust and Lincecum himself to discuss whether the right-hander would take his regular turn in the pitching rotation or be replaced.
Yusmeiro Petit would supplant Lincecum if Bochy were to drop Lincecum from the rotation. Petit retired all 13 batters he faced Saturday, extending his streak of consecutive batters retired to 38 -- dating to a July 22 spot start at Philadelphia, which was followed by six relief appearances. Left-hander Mark Buehrle set the Major League record of 45 straight batters retired as a member of the Chicago White Sox in 2009.
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Bochy dropped no hints regarding what course of action he might favor and remained supportive of Lincecum, who's one victory shy of 100 for his career.
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Former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) has decided not to enter the GOP race for president, a source close to the would-be candidate told CNN Friday morning.
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The three-term governor, who also flirted with a 2008 White House bid, had been showing telltale signs of running in 2012: He signed on for the Polk County Republican Party picnic, scheduled several speeches in Iowa, and his nonprofit "No American Debt" has been airing TV ads in New Hampshire, an early nomination battleground state.
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As a moderate, establishment Republican, Pataki would have occupied the same space as former Massachusetts governor and GOP hopeful Mitt Romney, but with far less name recognition and money (or as former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who's struggling to poll around 2 percent).
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Air Force ONE LIMITED RELEASE
Today I DJ FITTD must say i actually like these forces I'm not a big fan but I may get these. What yaw think???
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