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Smith Congratulates CD-04 Students Appointed to U.S. Service Academies' Class of 2023
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) commended a dozen students from the Fourth Congressional District who will soon be leaving to attend the nation's prestigious military academies. A reception Saturday afternoon was hosted for the future cadets and midshipmen, and their families, as they prepare for four years of college at the military service academies.
"It was hard work that got you here, it will take persistence, commitment, courage and devotion to God and our country to succeed," Smith said to the nominees present at the forum. "And succeed you will—as the next generation of leaders in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Merchant Marine."
The nominees will be attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York.
Noting this week's worldwide celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, Smith quoted President Trump's emotional remarks made in France Thursday:
"They battled, not for control and domination, but for liberty, democracy, and
self-rule. They pressed on for love and home and country, the main streets, the
schoolyards, the churches and neighbors and families and communities that gave
us men such as these.
"They were sustained by the confidence that America can do anything, because
we are a noble nation, with a virtuous people, praying to a righteous God. The
exceptional might came from a truly exceptional spirit. The abundance of courage
came from an abundance of faith."
The ceremony, held at the Monmouth County Connection in Neptune, was attended by Lt. Commander Eric Rion, Executive Officer of Naval Weapons Station Earle in Smith's district, who addressed the students after Smith. Also in attendance were members of Smith's Service Academy Selection Board, and Father Chris Dayton, Parochial Vicar of St. Rose in Belmar, who gave the invocation. Smith presented each of the nominees with an American Flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in their honor.
Acceptance to the service academies is contingent upon receiving a congressional nomination. Smith has had the honor of nominating 1,029 young women and men, including 229 for the Air Force, 285 for the Army, 414 for the Navy and 130 for the Merchant Marine. Of these 261 were accepted and attended the highly competitive schools.
The following students at the reception from New Jersey's Fourth Congressional District who received appointments to the service academies were introduced:
Conor Callaghan, Plumsted—Conor graduated New Egypt High School in June 2018 and was a member of the varsity track and cross-country team as well as a Boy Scout and Eagle Scout. He has also volunteered for the Civil Air Patrol Search and Reserve. Conor will be attending the United States Air Force Academy and looks forward to this new adventure and all of the excellent academic, physical and military objectives the academy has to offer.
David Raymond Bettencourt, Tinton Falls—David attends the Monmouth Regional High School Advanced Placement Academy and is part of the graduating class of 2019. David is proud to be a part of both the varsity football and wrestling teams at his school, as well as having interned for the NJ Legislative District 11 constituent service office. He will be attending the United States Merchant Marine Academy and is thrilled to have the opportunity to be a leader, serving his country and community.
Emily Commodore, Tinton Falls—Emily Commodore attends Monmouth Regional High School and will be graduating on June 21, 2019. She is a member of the T3 Elite Lacrosse Program and a 4-year varsity lacrosse starting midfielder. She has recently joined the volunteer group, Long Branch H.E.R.O.'s. Emily will be attending the United States Merchant Marine Academy and is looking forward to this new chapter in her life, meeting new friends with the same goals, and playing women's lacrosse at the academy.
Samuel Houston, Wall—Sam attends the Marion Military Institute and is a part of the graduating class of 2019. He was the Captain of both the wrestling and rugby teams in high school, and was also a part of Swampfox, an organization to learn small unit tactics. In addition, Sam has volunteered his time working with children with special needs at Camp Excel. He will be attending the United States Merchant Marine Academy and is looking forward to Sea Year and wrestling at the academy.
Patrick Modin, Rumson—Patrick currently attends the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) and will be graduating on June 19, 2019. Patrick is proud of his sailing skills and has won many awards for his talent. Additionally, he has volunteered at Lunch Break, a food bank in Red Bank, NJ, since he was a freshman. Patrick will be attending the United States Merchant Marine Academy, where he is excited to make new friendships and learn about Marine Engineering.
Alyssa Austin, Colts Neck—Alyssa attends the Marine Academy of Science and Technology and is set to graduate on June 19, 2019. Some of her extracurricular activities include president of the Temple Youth Group, as well as captain of both the Colts Neck Highschool's track and swim team. Alyssa will be attending the United States Military Academy and is looking forward to meeting her classmates and pursuing her dream to serve her country.
Robert Buecker, Allentown—Robert attends Notre Dame High School and is set to graduate on June 9, 2019. Robert was the captain of both the Football and Baseball teams for two years at his high school and has put forth his time volunteering in the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen as well as the Sacred Heart Turkey Drive. He will be attending the United States Military Academy and is looking forward to the challenge of being a cadet athlete, as well as adapting to a new environment.
James Cuber, Manchester—James attended the Marion Military Institute and was a part of the graduating class of 2019. He served as the commanding officer of his NJROTC unit in high school as well as the officer of various clubs such as Habitat for Humanity and Key Club where he worked towards helping the community. James will be attending West Point where he strives to be a leader and fulfill his dream of serving his country.
James E. Fenn IV, Middletown—James attends Middletown High School South and is set to graduate on June 18, 2019. He is most proud of being a member of the United States Civil Air Patrol where he reached the rank of captain and was the recipient of both the Mitchell and Earhart Leadership Milestone Awards. In addition, James was the president of his National Honor Society. His interactions with veterans of foreign wars and their service to the country has inspired James, and he looks forward to attending the United States Military Academy at West Point where he will be immersed in history and can fulfill his dream of becoming a member of the Long Grey Line.
Justin McStay, Holmdel—Justin was a graduate of Holmdel High School in 2018. He was co-captain of the varsity soccer team and has helped volunteer with the Holmdel Youth Athletic Association, as well as the Monmouth County Food Bank. Justin will be attending the United States Military Academy at West Point where he is looking forward to serving his country, and fulfilling his dream to be a leader, mentor, and soldier.
Nicholas Campbell, Allentown—Nicholas Campbell attends Allentown High School and will be graduating on June 22, 2019. Nicholas served as captain of the varsity football team for 2 years as well as a member of both National Honors Society and Math Honors Society. In addition, he has helped raise over $2,500 for Villagers in Malawi Africa. Nicholas will attend the United States Naval Academy where he plans to grow and better himself for the greater good of the country.
Also receiving nominations but not present at the event were:
Galina Gordon, Millstone—Galina attends Red Bank Regional High School and will graduate later this month. She was a member of National Honors Society, as well as President of the Science National Honors Society. Galina was All-Academic Fencer, and First Team for the US Fencing Association, and has volunteered 75+ hours for the NJ Special Olympics. Galina will be attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, where she will fulfill her dream of becoming a strong leader and army officer.
Christian Schwarz, Tinton Falls—Christian attends the Marine Academy of Science and Technology and is part of the graduating class of 2019. He was Team Captain for the Varsity Swim Team at Monmouth Regional and Sergeant at Arms, a Student Council position with the responsibility of maintaining order and executing events effectively at his school. Additionally, Christian has volunteered much of his time to various Boy Scouts events and Key Club Service Projects. He will be attending the United States Military Academy at West Point and is looking forward to fulfilling his dream of serving his country like his relatives before him.
Anthony John Firriolo, Manasquan—Anthony, whose family lives in Manasquan, is a graduate from Don Bosco Preparatory High School and was an athlete on the Varsity Ice Hockey Team. He has volunteered at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Youth Hockey Program, and plays hockey with the Corpus Christi Ice Rays of the North American Hockey League. Anthony will be attending the United States Military Academy at West Point where he will be given the opportunity to serve his great nation and follow in the footsteps of so many great men and women who wore the West Point uniform before him.
Nicholas Cataneo, Middletown—Nicholas attends the Marine Academy of Science and Technology and is part of the graduating class of 2019. Nicholas was a member of the JROTC Leadership and Academic Bowl Team, as well as Varsity Color Guard. Additionally, he has volunteered his time for Meals on Wheels and as a camp counselor for special needs children at NYC Department of Education Nest Summer Camp. Nicholas will be continuing his journey at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Nicholas's desire to serve his country comes from his father and grandfather who both honorably served in the NYPD, and Nicholas looks forward to following their footsteps and answering the call to serve.
Nicole Dado, Colts Neck—Nicole attends Colts Neck High School and is set to graduate this June. She is a member of the National Honor Society and both the Math and Science National Honor Societies. She is also an athlete on the Varsity Swim Team, served as Cadet Battalion Commanding Officer in the Colts Neck NJROTC Program, and has volunteered over 600 hours of community service. Nicole will be attending the United States Naval Academy. Nicole strives to live by the Navy's core values and improve her analytical and leadership skills.


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3rd Generation Partnership Project, known more commonly as 3GPP, has finished first fifth generation wireless network specifications earlier this week.The consortium gathered in Lisbon, where they announced the next-generation mobile network specifications.Unfortunately there is no support for Dolby Vision or AMD's GPUs or CPUs.
Now it seems Walmart is worried about not only Amazon Prime perks but possible cashier-free brick-and-mortar stores.
Amazon's innovations with such stores has been picked up by Walmart, which is developing a similar concept, Recode reports.
Amazon has awoken the sleeping giant in many respects.
Also if the computer is powered by an integrated GPU by Intel, you'll also need at least 7th generation Core processor.
For Nvidia GPUs you need Ge Force 1050, 1060, 1070, or 1080, with no less than 3GB of RAM.
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Financial Crisis, Bank Behaviour and Credit Crunch
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This book presents original contributions assessing the effects the 2008 financial crisis has had on bank behaviour, regulation and credit access. After describing some of the economic aspects behind the outbreak and later developments in the recent financial turmoil, it examines the strategic responses of banks, firms and institutions, at both the macro and micro level. In this regard, the book discusses the extent to which policies implemented by governments and monetary authorities encouraged opportunistic behaviour and produced distorted incentives and market failures. Subsequently, it presents various viewpoints on how changes in bank regulations influenced bank lending, bank risk and bank funding sources. Lastly, the book evaluates the impact of the financial crisis on the cost of funding and the shrinking credit supply, examining specific cases at the regional level in Italy.


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Danielle Demme '16 currently works as a designer for IBM Watson. Her degree from La Roche enabled her to start her career with a Fortune 500 company within one year of graduating.
I work on enterprise software, specifically Watson (Artificial Intelligence) with a focus on conversational design. As a designer I am a champion for the people who use our products and services, creating delightful experiences through crafting the emotional design, behavioral influence and reflective consequence. I use user-experience design through the interpretation and synthesis of human research, insights and requirements, and an understanding of complex systems and cognitive technology. This defines the end-to-end solution experience—how a solution will be organized, how users will interact with them and how information will be presented. This enables users to be successful and delivers a highly useful, usable, compelling and satisfying experience.
I was taught how to use different methods and techniques for problem solving. If you have the toolbox of skills you need, there is nothing stopping you from achieving the ultimate goal. We were able to put these skills to the test when collaborating with real clients and companies that came to work with the students.La Roche's program is very plugged into the design community, which allowed our curriculum to fit what the industry was looking for when we graduated.
You are a part of very exclusive community that makes it easy to build long-lasting and memorable relationships. It is easy to be seen as who you are rather than another number, and this can be a very special experience throughout your journey over the next four or more years.
I chose La Roche because I am a Pittsburgh local and knew the school had a strong design program that holds merit both in the city and beyond.
My professors and mentors encouraged me to push myself beyond limits I thought I wasn't capable of. Today I still continue to have the same drive.
I am most proud of winning the overall Best in Show Award at the annual Positive Space exhibit. Local design professionals volunteer their time to judge students' work.
Network. Always attend local events and build relationships with people. You never know who you will meet, so always keep a positive attitude.I also suggest looking into internships as a backup while you look for the ideal job you are trying to pursue. These internships could turn into full-time jobs, or allow you to gain experience in different domains and grow your professional skills.You need to be determined to get where you want to be. Work hard, and everything will fall into place. Grow from your mistakes, and always look at tomorrow as a new day to start over or learn something new.


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Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
Directed by Kevin DownesGenres - Science Fiction, Thriller | Sub-Genres - Message Movie, Sci-Fi Action, Action Thriller | Release Date - Jun 29, 2004 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 104 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR
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It's a battle for humanity in this faith-based thriller from ChristianCinema.com and filmmaker Kevin Downes. In a dystopic future, humankind has been oppressed by a fascist government supported by the Community Police Force (CPF). But when three political prisoners escape from death row and join a Christian resistance, salvation could be at hand. Along with Downes, Six: The Mark Unleashed stars Stephen Baldwin and Eric Roberts.
Armageddon, betrayal, Christianity, deal [agreement], dictator, fugitive, humanity, implant, manhunt, political-prisoner, renegade, satellite, stranger, surveillance


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Warm Welcome Reception
Date: Sunday 5th September, 2021
Location: Aula Master Center
WRSC11 Welcome Reception provides an excellent opportunity to network, meet old friends and colleagues, as well as meet new people.
Student knowledge hub
learn and interact
Date: Thursday 9th September, 2021
Location: Master Center
Student Knowledge Hub will gather students, professors, and scientist and to raise various questions about student grants, PhD studies, research and developmental activities in pleasant atmosphere.
Balkan Gastronomic Pleasure
Date: Thursday 9th September, 2021
Location: Master Center – Master Hall
The Balkan Gastronomic Pleasure is a highlight in the social programme of WSRC and provides an opportunity for the participants to relax and enjoy in the gastronomic magic of Balkan cuisine with pleasant music.
You can book the conference dinner within our registration system here.
Post-conference tours
Religion and History
National Park Fruška gora is located just 40 min away from Novi Sad, and it is the oldest national park in Serbia, existing for almost 60 years. The higher sections consist of thick forests, whereas the lower valleys of the mountain contain orchards and centuries-old vineyards.
16 Orthodox Monasteries
Fruška gora is frequently said to be the Serbian Holy Mountain because on its slopes there are numerous monasteries, and consequently, the spiritual center of exiled Serbs was established there – the Metropolitanate of Karlovci. In Fruška gora's monasteries, the spirituality and culture of the Serbs have been preserved through centuries. Fruška gora hides 16 orthodox monasteries, built in the late Middle Ages, famous for their specific architecture, treasuries, libraries and frescoes and numerous archeological sites from prehistoric and historic times as well. This region of unique culture and historical value has been designated a cultural property of exceptional importance to Serbia. The general area of Fruška gora has been rich in religious sites since ancient times, and during the 16th and 17th centuries 35 monasteries were recorded here. Sixteen preserved Fruška gora's monasteries have a great significance in Serbia's cultural and historical heritage.
Wine experience
Wine and gastronomy delights step back in time by visiting a small baroque town of Sremski Karlovci, located just 30min away from Novi Sad. Today quiet and provincial, the town center boasts several nice palaces and churches, including the grand Orthodox Cathedral, the Chapel of Peace and the First Serbian Gymnasium.
Famous wine cellars
This small baroque town is famous for its vineyards and wine cellars, where you will have an opportunity to taste the famous wines and hear an interesting story about wines and wine production in this region.
Traditional farmsteads
Here you will be able to experience how our grandmas used to cook and prepare traditional dishes. Try local cuisine, everything made in a traditional way, using locally grown products, while enjoying live tambourine orchestra music.
City of Belgrade
One of the oldest cities in Europe and the only one built on the confluence of two rivers, Belgrade is the city that never sleeps and the symbol of great nightlife. It is located just 1 hour drive from Novi Sad, with more than 100 boat restaurants and floating discotheques moored along 220 km of river banks, makes Belgrade an unique capital in Europe. Floating clubs on its rivers have become synonyms for great parties and never-ending fun, and Skadarlija, the bohemian street, where you can taste traditional drinks and barbeques. Belgrade is a modern European city with population of about 1.7 million people. It is an administrative, political and cultural center of the country.


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You will find different used cars Chicago of various models, and they are sold at comparatively lower prices. There are present many car dealers who deal in used cars, and they are quite reputed and trustworthy. However, before you buy a car for sale, you must test it yourself. A good investment in a specialized used car is considered a smart thing, and it has been proved in many cases. After being examined by several standards, a car gets labeled as CPO. Hence, the label turns as a guarantee of a standard level of quality.
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Do you intend to purchase a new car? If, yes, then you will find many used car dealers where you will get all types of cars. The cars that are proposed for sale are worth spending your hard-earned money because of many reasons. The factors that would motivate you to buy a car that is offered for sale are:
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Today's guest is Alain Bertaud, author of Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. Alain discusses his extensive experience in urban planning: When he was first trained as a planner, urban planning was thought of as an offshoot of architecture. In this conception, cities are just large buildings that need to be laid out and designed by a skilled architect.
Through his experience, Alain came around to thinking of cities not as large buildings to be designed, but as markets. He argues that planners are too focused on what happens on private property and not focused enough on what happens on public streets and roadways. He argues that urban economics has many useful insights for urban planners and that economists should be integrated into urban planning teams.
The publisher's description of the book follows:
Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground—the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to describe their objectives is qualitative—"sustainable," "livable," "resilient"—often with no link to measurable outcomes. Urban economics, on the other hand, is a quantitative science, based on theories, models, and empirical evidence largely developed in academic settings. In this book, the eminent urban planner Alain Bertaud argues that applying the theories of urban economics to the practice of urban planning would greatly improve both the productivity of cities and the welfare of urban citizens.
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Do you have a valid and up-to-date will in place?
Do you have a valid and up-to-date Will in place? Will your Estate go to those you really want it to?
This is a STORY. A STORY that can be so true. A STORY about what you want when it matters most.
Dave Smith is on his death bed and knows the end is near.
His nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons are with him at his home in London.
He asks for 2 independent witnesses to be present and a video camera to be in place to record his last wishes.
When all is ready he begins to speak:
"My son, Bernie, I want you to take the Mayfair houses."
"My daughter, Sybil, you take the apartments over in the East end."
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"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings on the banks of the Thames."
The nurse and witnesses are blown away. They did not realize the extent of his holdings.
As Dave slips away, the nurse says to his wife, "Mrs. Smith, my deepest condolences.
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Get Black Ops 4 Free When You Order Fish & Chips – Here's How
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launches today (October 12), and a strange new promotion has been announced that will allow hungry gamers to get the game for free – with a side of fish and chips.
It's CoD and COD and chips. Do you get it? I don't.
Harry Ramsden's – a UK based purveyor of battered aquatic life and fried potato matter – is running this odd promotion across the weekend over three stores in Manchester, Birmingham, and London Victoria "while stocks last".
The deal is that you pay £7.99 for some cod and chips through the Uber Eats app, and you'll get a digital copy of Black Ops 4 thrown in. I am honest to God still trying to work out why this is happening, but I guess we can't look a fish horse in the mouth, or whatever the saying is.
As it transpires, you don't have to get a cod to get CoD – any other fish will do. But Haddock and CoD and chips just doesn't have the same knee-slappingly hilarious ring to it, does it?
I wish there was more I could tell you about the promotion, I really do, but that's pretty much it. If you want chips for tea with a side of Black Ops 4 action, then get on this later. Though given that BLOPS 4 is one of the biggest releases of the year and it's being offered for less than a tenner, I doubt stocks are gonna last very long.
Hopefully this inspires a new wave of Uber Eats/video game promotions. Who wouldn't want an Italian meal delivered with the next Mario game for example, or perhaps a Chinese with… um, *checks notes* Tekken. We could call it Tekaway, maybe?
I'll be waiting by the phone for someone to take me up on either of those ideas. We'll be rich.
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Battle Brothers is fantastic, but as I've mentioned before I've fatigued myself with multiple restarts (learning the ropes, when I've got a 'bad' map seed, when my mercenary company has suffered grievous losses), levelling up a whole bunch of characters with traits and gear, and trying to figure out a strategy from various guides (the meta is strong with this one). This is the exact same thing that happens me with Darkest Dungeon (which I also restarted last week and will never look at that save again), and it is a pity, as both games are at the pinnacle of their genres. Well, it's hard to tell with DD, after multiple games lasting a few hours, but the presentation alone is amazing and worth checking out.
I'll definitely come back to BB and give it another go. Highly recommended, if you are into that type of thing.
Field of Glory: Empires - I have been playing this in a multiplayer-only context for the last month or two. Great game, really interesting mechanics. Of the multiplayer games I've played, a) I overextended myself as the Arverni, a southern French tribe, and got obliterated as a race within 10 turns. Shocking. b) played a co-op game as an Iberian tribe, where the other players also took a small tribe in the region; the idea was we would co-operate against the big regional powers of Rome and Carthage and forge a new destiny. This game ended when the Aquitani (human player) invaded Empioria (another human player) and the whole thing fell apart. c) played a game as Carthage, a major power. This game went the longest, and finished when Macedonia and Antigonos had a major falling out over Rhodes, leading to Macedonia leaving the game. I took my eye off the ball here (see map) while the Antigonids conquered the important regions of Egypt, and he then took a lead that would be difficult for me to make up without conquering Rome, a big ask, even though Rome had a civil war and is now ruled by an Usurper. I did unite Iberia and N. Africa though, all of whom were my allies d) still playing my OG Ptolemaios, this game is going very slowly (we're only on turn 34 after about 6 weeks) but I guess it will peter out eventually like the others.
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As a result of playing this, I also picked up a book, 'The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome,' by Susan Wise Bauer, about the period, which has been very accessible but in which I got a little bogged down around 1500 BC Need to pick that up again, it should be getting interesting from this point on.
Dicey Dungeons. Boy, everything about this game (art, writing, and (sorry, Colin) music) annoys me, apart from the gameplay, which eventually annoyed me enough that I haven't played it in a while. I was playing through methodically, doing the levels in order, but one has defeated me - Thief 3 - which is all kinds of bullshit. It was probably a mistake to play that way, I might go back in a bit.
Out of the Park Baseball - Perfect Team mode. Anybody who's read this far, congratulations! You can stop reading now. This is the multiplayer, 'collect cards, put together a team, and sim baseball games' offering from the OOTPB team. I had ignored it till now - this is its second year - but I read about it on another forum and thought I'd give it a shot. I was a bit perturbed by the loot box aspect - who is paying big money for this ephemeral card nonsense? - but I persevered and have to say I don't really get the point. I'm not spending any money, but that's kind of irrelevant anyway. There is no skill involved - if you have a position of weakness, you just buy a good player to fill that gap (each new season randomises the skills of the players you have, within certain parameters, so you always need to fill gaps). And the nature of baseball means that you can have the best team in your league, but the playoffs are so short and random that it's likely that you get knocked out instead of promoted. I've been playing several weeks and have two teams in the Bronze league (there is one level below this and three above it). I've made the playoffs every time with both teams, wiping the floor along the way, but haven't been promoted (except for Iron to Bronze). It's a bit strange. However, I still log on every morning to set my lineups for the day. For now, anyway.


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Marco Silva non-committal over Watford future amid Everton interest
Allardyce had emerged as a contender to become Ronald Koeman's permanent replacement at Goodison Park, however the club's hesitation to begin negotiations left him feeling unwanted. What's most important in this moment is the game (against) West Ham. "I've spoken to the chairman (Bill Kenwright) every day since I've been in this role".
British rider Hegarty dies in accident at Macao Grand Prix
He died on his way to hospital. "The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Daniel", the organizers said in a statement . "There'll never be a podium for this race in my eyes", stated Irwin. "It's a tragic end to the day". The sport of road racing has always been acknowledged as among the most risky there is due to the twists and turns of the streets courses the riders pit themselves against - at high speed - as well as because ...
Danica Patrick will run 2018 Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, then retire
The 35-year-old says she's "down the line" with a couple of teams and sponsors, but doesn't have anything to announce yet. "My plan is to be at Indy, and then I'm done". Her best finish in the standings is 24th, which she pulled off in both the 2015 and 2016 seasons. She won her only IndyCar race in 2008, in Japan. The 2018 Indianapolis 500, meanwhile, takes place on May 27.
Trump Welcomes Colleges Sports Champions at White House Reception
Days later, when queried on the topic again, Staley said, "Here's my take, and I'm not going to discuss the White House anymore". Oklahoma won its first men's golf national title since 1989 when the coach Ryan Hybl-led team knocked off OR in Sugar Grove, Ill.
The NFL is not backing down from Jerry Jones' threats
According to ESPN's Don Van Natta and Seth Wickersham , Silver was contacted by an unnamed owner in order to gauge his interest in running the NFL. Additionally, some owners reportedly believe that Jones personally appealed to Papa John's CEO John Schnatter to disparage the league for a loss of revenue due to declining ratings and poor leadership during the ongoing protests from players.
Australia recall wicketkeeper Tim Paine in Ashes opener bombshell
Australia has sensationally picked wicket-keeper Tim Paine - who played his last Test in 2010 - and debutant Cameron Bancroft in a 13-man squad for the first two Ashes Tests. A career-best haul of four for 22 from Megan Schutt restricted England to 132 for nine before Beth Mooney's 86 - the highest score in a T20 in Australia - helped reel in the target with 25 balls to spare.


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John Hampshire
Frances . DeMasi Middle School
Seventh Grade Red House Teacher of Math
Room 340
Hello and welcome! I am very happy to offer these pages to help students,
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My name is John Hampshire and I am a proud husband and father. I teach because I love the excitement that children bring to school when they are actively engaged in the learning
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I went to LaSalle University and graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Education. After 5 years teaching in the Philadelphia School
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Stylize Your Bathroom Sconce Lighting Covers
Bathroom lighting doesn't have to be mundane if you jazz it up with some bathroom sconce lighting. Consider these points.
Sconce Lighting as a Design Element
One of the quickest ways to add a dramatic flair to your bathroom is changing the look with bathroom sconce lighting. The possibilities are endless, ranging from contemporary to country to traditional to ultra high-tech, exotic and more. You can go old-world design, eclectic, sconces paired with etching, various embedded designs, antique iron, pewter and other unique looks.
Materials Make a Dramatic Difference
Beyond plain or frosted glass, bathroom sconce lighting can be augmented by various materials. There are sconces that look like works of art, swirled hand-blown colored glass that artisans create in small shops. Some sconce covers seem transported from a medieval castle, while others in chrome or plastic or stainless steel are very high-tech and contemporary. There are hide or leather-trimmed sconces, hand-forged wrought iron sconces, sconces in antique or distressed bronze, for example.
How Much Glow Do You Need?
Choices of sconce covers should also take into consideration how much illumination you need. Will you require an adjustable light that can go brighter or dimmer? If you have a single sconce, you'll probably need brighter illumination than a multiple sconce light. The type of sconce cover you choose should reflect your requirements.


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Climate concerns raised in U.S. report
Roman Raies, World and Nation Editor
November 30, 2018
The Trump administration's denial of climate change has not stopped government researchers from publishing their findings. The U.S. Global Change Research Program released its National Climate Assessment on Nov. 23. Containing contributions from over a dozen U.S. federal agencies and 300 authors, the...
News in Brief
Roman Raies, World and Nation Editor
November 2, 2018
Pakistan On Oct. 31, Pakistan's highest court ordered the release of a Christian woman who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. The move set off a wave of backlash from hard-line Islamists and praise from human rights advocates. Prime minister Imran Khan expressed support for blasphemy la...
News in Brief
Beatriz Caldas, Editor-In-Chief
November 3, 2017
United States At least eight people were killed when a man drove 20 blocks down a bike path beside the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon before he crashed his pickup truck and was shot by police officers, said the authorities. Multiple law enforcement sources say this incident is b...
Terror attack shakes Paris, France
Beatriz Caldas, Managing Editor
April 28, 2017
Almost a year after the Nice attack, France has again been the stage for conversations about terrorism. This time, an attack happened in Paris on the Champs-Élysées, the city's most famous avenue located in the eighth arrondissement. On April 20, according to French police, a suspect, who arrived...
Terrorism coverage generates critical conversations
Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor
April 8, 2016
It is hard to find an aspect of modern life that has not been touched by terrorism. If you go to an airport in the United States, the Transportation Safety Administration will meet you at the door. If you attend a packed public event, the police will certainly be roaming the crowd, surveying for possible...
Terror strikes in Beirut, US governors shut borders
Quinn Johnson, Staff Writer
December 4, 2015
A pair of suicide bombers attacked southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 12, leaving 43 dead and 239 wounded. The bombings occurred just before 6 p.m. in the Bourj el-Barajneh suburb of Beirut, one outside of a Shia mosque, and the other inside a nearby bakery. An unnamed Lebanese security official...
Ahmed: I am not a terrorist
Yahya Salih, Staff Writer
October 23, 2015
I am sure you have heard of the ninth-grade terrorist in Irving, Texas, who brought a bomb to class. Or is that not how you thought of it? Chances are that if you were in the same situation as Ahmed Mohamed's teacher, you would have seen that clock as a bomb. Even if you were the police officers...
Using the word terrorist clouds important issues
Aubrey King, Staff Writer
February 13, 2015
English is a malleable language. By speaking it, we smash and mold its words, often giving them new meanings. When this occurs, adjustments in usage must follow. Following the attack on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, BBC Arabic has instructed its writers to avoid the word terrorist when...
Offender and offended: both deserve free speech
Matthew Jones, Staff Writer
February 13, 2015
Pour être ou ne pas être Charlie (to be or not to be Charlie)? Suppose I wrote an article insulting your religion, your mother and everything you hold near and dear to your heart. Do you write a letter to the editor? Do you stage a protest? Do you pick up a gun? Islamist radicals attacked...


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On January 30 (the 3rd day of the first lunar month), the Tet book street 2017 was kicked off by the Hanoi Department of Information & Communications and the central, local agencies in the city at Le Thach street and Ly Thai To flower street.
|The Tet book street 2017 aims to promote the reading habit for local people
The book street is aimed to promote the reading habit and create the cultural spaces for the local people and be a cultural playground for young people. It is to open cooperation chance and sharing experience between local people and international visitors.
The book street displays 25 book stalls from many publishing houses such as Kim Dong Publishing House, Phu Nu Book ...
The event also features a Spring newspaper stall and will be open till February 5, falling on the 9th day of the first month.
|Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and representatives from departments and agencies attend the opening ceremony of the Tet book street


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It would appear that "on again off again" rapper Kanye West had a "come-to-Jesus" moment, or to be more precise a "come-to-Trump" moment, and the frenzied left are going out of their collective minds.
West perhaps best known for his number one single "Gold Digger" in 2005 along with his marriage to buxom Kim Kardashian and his over-the-top antics of jumping on stage at music awards shows, set the twitter world on fire last week, when he announced his support for our Commander-in-Chief.
The rabid left was in full meltdown mode, as the talking heads on CNN, MESBC, NBC, ABC, began collectively trashing the bombastic entertainer, however perhaps the most interesting take came from Democratic strategist Joel Payne appearing on FOX News.
"It's not surprising to me that Kanye would be down with Donald Trump, I don't think that should be surprising to anybody."
Payne continued; "You've got one rich, famous millionaire supporting another rich, famous millionaire. Neither of them understands the problems that regular Americans face."
The obvious irony in Payne's remarks is that HOLLYWOOD is full of far left millionaire celebrities living in a bubble supporting one another, and collectively bashing the President on a regular basis.
Moreover, this President, perhaps more than any other, including his predecessor Barack Obama, was elected because of his commitment to the working middle class in Middle America, which Democrats like Payne have long ago abandoned.
West began his new found "love affair" for the President on Tuesday when he began a marathon Twitter war with many of his disoriented followers.
"You don't have to agree with trump, but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought."
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
That tweet was followed by yet another lucid and quite rational post; "If your friend jumps off the bridge you don't have to do the same. Ye being Ye is a fight for you to be you. For people In my life the idea of Trump is pretty much a 50 50 split but I don't tell a Hillary supporter not to support Hillary
I love Hillary too."
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
The stunning backlash and support for West is actually a microcosm of where America is as a society today, within moments of his praise for the President progressives immediately began trashing the rapper as a "sell-out" while conservatives suddenly had a new "best friend."
Joe Coscarelli of the New York Times in an op-ed headline wrote; "In Kanye West, the Right Sees Truth-Telling and a Rare A-List Ally"
West's praise of the President wasn't lost on the man himself, tweeting out;
"Kanye West has performed a great service to the Black Community – Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades – Legacy Stuff! Thank you also to Chance and Dr. Darrell Scott, they really get it (lowest Black & Hispanic unemployment in history)."
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018
However perhaps the most insightful exchange came from singer John Legend as the backlash grew against West from the rabid left, tweeting; "Hey it's JL. I hope you'll reconsider aligning yourself with Trump,"
Legend continued; "You're way too powerful and influential to endorse who he is and what he stands for. As you know, what you say really means something to your fans. They are loyal to you and respect your opinion."
Adding (almost a warning to West), "So many people who love you feel so betrayed right now because they know the harm that Trump's policies cause, especially to people of color. Don't let this be part of your legacy. You're the greatest artist of our generation."
Legend's disturbing tweet gives us a rare glimpse into progressive dogma, equal only to that of a fanatical religious cult, on the verge of drinking the Kool-Aid


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Emma Keele appeared in Coronation Street in June 2015 as Julie Carp, a woman who Tracy Barlow found on the web in an effort to get rid of Brian Packham from 1 Coronation Street when he won a competition in his and the "real" Julie's name.
A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Emma has also appeared in New Tricks, Doctors, Downton Abbey and Silent Witness. She also appeared in the film Downhill while her stage roles include parts in Julius Caesar, Uncle Vanya, The Provok'd Wife, Company, Wyrd Sisters, Five Kinds of Silence, Torn Out Pages, September in the Rain, Damage and Yen.


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Piedmont Grace UMC has been praying about a way to reach out to the community, especially the young families. "We have a fantastic space to work with in our own church facility, and we have persons in our church who are able to assist," said Rev. Karl Kroger, Piedmont Grace UMC .
Through prayerful discussion of additional ways to reach out to young families and meet community needs, Piedmont Grace UMC has launched of a new after-school program. The program happens once a week on Tuesdays and is led by Michelle Kroger and other volunteers of the congregation.
"Beyond connecting with parents and children, and seeking to be a blessing to our neighbors, our aim is to provide a safe and fun environment for 30-40 children to learn, play and connect with Jesus. We believe our after-school program will also serve as a launch pad for discipleship--enabling next steps such as participation in worship, church camp, and youth group," said Pastor Karl.
Through the connection with a bus driver, a member of the congregation, the church partnered with the bus company for the school district and the local elementary school to provide transportation of children directly from school to the church.
Here is what some of the volunteers and church members are saying about the program:
Our After School Program has been an enriching experience for children and adults!
We are so thankful to God for the children who have been entrusted to us and for the friends and family of Grace serving in our new After School Program!
After much dreaming, praying, and planning, our church launched an after school program on Thank you Jesus!
Photos courtesy of Piedmont Grace UMC. Photo: volunteers with servant hearts are the core of the program's success.
Piedmont Grace UMC is a recipient of a Breakthrough Ministry grant. The Breakthrough Ministry—Church school partnership grants that were awarded in August 2017 include:
• Bismarck Legacy — A partnership with local schools to reach out to children and families in your community. The goal is to support staff and students at the middle school and elementary school one block from the church. Legacy will start by providing a thank you meal for staff and students and providing rides, through a taxi service, for students without rides.
• Center — Impact Student Ministry: The church has not had a youth group for several years. The hope is to invite all youth in the community to get involved in outreach ministry activities.
• Kenmare ReNew — ReNew Kidz: The grant will be seed money to provide tuition assistance so that families who cannot afford to send kids to the afterschool program will be able to do so.
• Piedmont Grace—Afterschool program: Funding to begin an afterschool program for elementary students at Grace UMC.
Breakthrough ministry grants are offered to churches and related organizations from the Dakotas United Methodist Foundation and Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church. Grants will be awarded quarterly. The 2017 Kids Count Miracle Offering was collected in Bismarck in June to help fund Breakthrough ministry grants that focus on church and school partnerships. Grants are awarded quarterly. Applications are due on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 each year. Photo: Michelle Kroger leading after school program.
Click here for a grant application.
Technology grants will be available to local churches in the future
In our ever-changing world, it's vital that churches have the resources – the technology – to share their story and the love of Jesus with members and first-time visitors, as well as those we haven't yet met. Technology and new media can create a two-way street for sharing our faith, but they have to be up to the task.
Please consider a gift this Christmas to help our local churches find a clearer voice through technology improvements.
More information on this exciting opportunity is coming soon from our Dakotas United Methodist Foundation director, Sheri Meister.


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Print takes 'social good' route to engage readers
Newspapers today are taking their social service role to a whole new level. However, the question is if such a move can make any headway in bringing in a more transparent & supportive environment
Newspapers today are taking their social service role to a whole new level – with not just news articles, but by supporting causes and using their widespread reach to create awareness about these issues. However, the crucial question is if such a move can make any headway in bringing in a more transparent and supportive environment?
DNA's latest campaign, 'Good is in our DNA', urges people to 'Be Polite'. The campaign is targeted at the fast-paced life in urban cities, where people do not have the time for niceties.
A few years back, Pakistan's leading newsgroup, The Jang Group, and The Times of India Group in India collaborated for their ambitious 'Aman Ki Asha' campaign, which was conceived around creating better bilateral ties between the two countries. In its third year now, the campaign has over the years organised various cultural events and has run articles in both the leading newspapers across the two countries supporting the cause.
Though national dailies have a larger audience, it is the regional dailies that are seen as making a better impact, or so it seems from the campaigns by Dainik Bhaskar and Hindustan (Hindi). With the launch of 'Friends of Hindustan', Hindi daily Hindustan aims to identify people's problems, empower them to voice them and in the process create a movement.
Dainik Bhaskar seeks to make a difference with its public awareness campaigns such as 'Beti Bachao' and 'Zidd Karo, Duniya Badlo'. Combined with print ad campaigns, outdoor, social media campaigns and on-ground activities, the group plans to amplify the output.
The Hindu, with its 'Undumb India' campaign, took a stand on making India a better informed country – with its various ATL and BTL activities that were against what they believed is 'junk food journalism' and the steady dumbing down of news content.
Hindustan Times, on the other hand, took up the cause of growing illiteracy and decided to counter it with its 'You Teach; They Learn' campaign. Currently rolled out in Delhi, this campaign aims at reducing the levels of illiteracy by enrolling children in schools and helping their families learn too.
The need of the hour today is to create a platform where everyone can voice their opinions without being judged or branded. Keeping this in mind, The Times of India had launched its 'Teach for India' campaign, and has been an active campaigner of adult education in the country for many years now.
What strikes a chord here is the fact that while some national brands are running social causes to either fulfill their CSR mandates or as part of their PR activities, there are others who have taken this path in a bid to actually make a difference.
Here's hoping that this trend sees a logical path and does not get lost in the melee of causes and effects.For more updates, be socially connected with us on
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It's 2018, and Cole Sprouse is serving us tour guide realness. On Monday night, the Riverdale star stopped by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles for a quick stroll through the North American Mammal Hall. And while he was there, he took selfies with eleven of his favorite dioramas.
Cole's love for museums is deep and well-documented — they're basically his natural habitat. In May, he attended his first Met Gala. During a red carpet interview with YouTube sensation Liza Koshy for Vogue, Cole explained that while he was studying archeology at New York University, "This place used to be my old stomping ground. This and the Natural History museum. I interned at the Met for a little bit, so it's nice to come back."
If going from intern to invite-only gala guest isn't a glow-up, we don't know what is. No wonder he's so fond of dioramas. In the Instagram Story photoshoot, the actor displayed a range of emotion, from total boredom to irrepressible joy. The social media montage ended with a pithy joke. "Pretty sure that's all the animals in North America," he captioned the final slide.
Welcome to the exhibit.
Here he is looking distracted with two taxidermied brown bears.
He cracked a smile for the harbor seals.
And he seemed amused by the the moose and the mountain goats.
The sea lions, however, were a total disappointment.
And he looked similarly dismayed by the coyotes.
Eyes downcast, he studied the cougars warily.
But he found the musk oxen intriguing.
And he appeared to be satisfied with the American bison.
He also posed with something small, grey, and furry in a tree. The creature was completely unidentifiable, but he seemed pleased.
Finally, Cole leaned down to take a picture with the collared peccary, which are like pigs but scarier. He stared pensively into the camera, but it's hard to tell to what he was thinking.
And that's the end of Cole's tour for today — next time let's see him take on the Met.
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2019 INFINITI Q50: See What's New For this Luxury Sedan
The INFINITI Q50 received a major redesign last year and a shake up in its model naming scheme. The 2019 INFINITI Q50 keeps in that theme by giving you several updates you'll be sure to enjoy.
Don't worry, none of your favorite features like INFINITI Intelligent AWD, the power-sliding tinted-glass moonroof and a sporty yet luxurious feel inside have gone away. But let's take a look at what you can now get in the latest Q50.
Added 2019 INFINITI Q50 Feature Availability
Let's start off with the 2 technologies that'll now come in every 2019 INFINITI Q50 at our dealership serving Englewood & Clifton NJ: forward emergency braking and predictive forward collision warning. These former upgrades are designed to help prevent accidents or minimize the injury you & your passengers will get if one were to occur.
Forward emergency braking will give you audible & visual alerts even automatically apply the brakes when it detects you're approaching the vehicle in front of you too closely. Predictive forward collision warning does the same thing, except it also takes into account the vehicle 2 cars ahead of you.
In addition, the new INFINITI Q50 SPORT now comes standard with a few of the former packages that were only optional for this trim. These feature bundles include:
- Essential Package: InTouch™ Services, navigation system, heated front seats & steering wheel, remote engine start system & more
- ProASSIST Package: Around View Monitor, blind spot warning, rear cross traffic alert & more
- Sensory Package: 16-speaker Bose Performance Series surround sound system, advanced climate control system, dual-occupant memory system & more
- Performance Package: performance features offered previously only on the RED SPORT 400 like dynamic digital suspension
More Distinct Trims
There are 4 2019 INFINITI Q50 models to choose from that now offer more of their own look and character to separate the refined PURE more from the LUXE and the athletic SPORT more from the RED SPORT 400. The same goes with the engine choices offered for the Q50.
Only the PURE trim now comes with the 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that delivers 208 hp and gets fuel economy rated at up to an EPA-estimated 30 mpg highway. The rest of the models use the 3.0L twin-turbo V6 that delivers either 300 hp in the LUXE & SPORT trims or 400 hp in the RED SPORT 400 trim.
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As a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, City of Hope is a recognized leader in innovative discoveries and novel treatments that revolutionize the fields of cancer research as well as cancer prevention, detection and care. This means your patient will be treated in accordance to the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines and have access to promising new therapies.
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There is far too much reliance – even in 2016 – in artistic practice and discourse (and this is something which is still being drilled in art schools) on an idea which can best be expressed as "Duchamp said so." It stands as testament to Duchamp's innovation that much of the reasoning of artists hinges on the Duchampian question, yet it nonetheless condemns us that a century after the event we must still retain him as a crutch. Like a speech impediment, the student stammers "Duchamp" and is rewarded with praise. It is as though to merely grasp the idea of proto-Conceptual Art is considered an artistic statement – a statement which expects no exponential discourse or elaboration, and on which the student can declare Terra Firma.
An "artist as conceptualist" (or, as I prefer to think of it, "as thinker"), is the artist who has learned to take responsibility for his or her own works. To have abstract thoughts is the predicate of sentience, and abstract thoughts which remain in abstraction are thoughts as they are normally experienced and expressed. Artists do not have the quotidian luxury of passing thoughts off as tangential experience to be communicated or kept private according to their whims, but must channel those thoughts into their works – indeed, this happens whether the artist chooses it or not. By extension, to keep that work to oneself is precisely the same thing as the everyday thought which is kept private because, as has been axiomatically repeated throughout art history and philosophical enquiry, art is only Art when it arts. It has to communicate an idea in order to function. When a work is kept hidden it is nothing more profound than an object containing no more meaning than its perfunctory intention. We must modify, by degrees, the world around us; question the linguistic framework of all of our social apparatus. To do this the artist has to analyse the first-person understanding of the individual and compare it to the third-person meaning of the object, and by this I mean pick apart the meaning-value in signs themselves. I can think of a train station – not a major train station, which is staffed constantly by an army of individual first-persons, but a small train station which may or may not have one individual sat behind a glass screen. The station is teeming with signs which have been manufactured somewhere else and whose meaning has been placed in them – more often than not – decades previously. Think of the "High Voltage" and "Trespass" signs. These signs are not of that particular station at that precise moment, but are third-person signs generated to remind the subject of dangers which have remained constant throughout a larger period of time. The sign has the same value to the person abiding by their meaning and the person who transgresses the explicit threat. What differs is the first-person reception of meaning, and this meaning is entirely malleable: the abiding person sees the sign as representing authority (the greater organism) threatening legal action (by the organism) and death (by the technology used by the organism) if the station's signs are not obeyed. The transgressor might see the sign as representing a solution (an easy-way-out for the depressed or suicidal), and in this instance the sign does not represent authority or any greater organism. In each case the signified belongs to vastly different third-person meanings. The sign itself belongs to a greater expansion of time, meant as ideological imperative (the vast majority do not wish to endanger their lives or risk punishment from the courts), which runs throughout the station's time. At an earlier point in history the sign would have carried the same imperative, even though the peculiarities may have differed (in the early Twentieth Century, there would have been no risk of electrocution, for instance, although the dangers of trespassing on the tracks would have been the same), though this does not mean that the sign has intrinsically changed for the greater organism still compels itself to demand obedience. The sign in the station is merely a microcosm of the larger Capitalist sign which exists as psycho-geographical marker, deterritorialised from the larger Capitalist organism to localise the wider imperative of non-transgression.
When we take this idea of the sign and apply to them Duchampian method, we inevitably invoke the notion of option: the option to take a sign at face value or to manipulate its potential for duality of meaning. This is arguably how Contemporary Art still functions: as a concentration of deterritorialisation. What we have ceased to do, however, is question the dualities or their exponential expansion, to focus on what forces (linguistic or otherwise) create these dualities. One can argue that the Duchampian method was last used to real effect by Joseph Beuys, and there would be a degree of truth in that argument. More precisely, Beuys should be seen as a Postmodern Duchamp in that the ideas begun by Duchamp were applied to both industrial and post-industrial landscapes. Duchamp would have taken a section of track and displayed it in the gallery, whereas Beuys would have uprooted the track and created a deviation outside of the given track's route – he may well have even retained its functionality by returning the train to the re-routed track. Who is a contemporary Beuys? There are few artists today who have expanded on this linguistic deterritorialisation, which is surprising given the weight given to both Duchamp and Beuys. What we have are re-iterations of the same, or a broadening of the vocabulary to accommodate accelerating technology, but the process is the same: re-route the linguistic origins of a sign from the greater organism to propose a potential for difference. John Armleder plays a much subtler game by exposing the materiality of the dominant linguistic frameworks of culture. An orange and black sunburst pattern is used coterminously on the canvas and an electric guitar (Zakk Wylde II, 2008), while the same Albers-like colour schematic is explored in black and red by a simple translation in form, using the same two opposing objects (Guitar Multiple (FS 164, 1987). Throughout his lengthy career, Armleder has perpetually been investigating this material dialogue, while others exploring the same thing have abandoned the simplicity of this dialogue in favour of the spectacle, in the assumption that the same idea on a grander scale will intensify the meaning. It is not the scale or audacity of the work that expands meaning, but a reassessment of the linguistic principles themselves
It is often the case that what one initially thinks of as a heterogeneous collection of works in fact, when assembled, turns out to be anything but. There are three distinct lines of thought at play here: the linguistic, the machinic and the Body without Organs. If my original plan was to take the spirit of A Thousand Plateaus as my starting point for this work, then said work is turning out to be quite literal in its influences.
Three-or-four years ago I had a conversation about a certain artist who, for a goodly percentage of the year, entirely shut himself (for I am fairly sure it was a "he") off from art practice and instead did nothing other than absorb other culture. When said artist (who, although I still can't recall his identity, is by no means hypothetical) returned to art creation, his perspective had altered slightly, thus his output remained fresh. I have gone from Ruscha to Turrell and back again trying to remember who this artist was, but this is ultimately of little importance here: I know first-hand that this method works (to some extent), because I myself employ it. To churn out artworks continuously implies the Deleuzean Body without Organs in its empty, non-productive state, whereby influences pass freely through the body without assimilation or re-direction. Thus cultural influences enter the body without being processed, fully understood or given new form in an artist's work, rendering the artist less of an Artist and more of a casual consumer.
I could have used the Summer months to commit to serious study and develop my practice, but I honestly cannot imagine this having as positive an effect on my outlook towards my work as my considered abnegation thereof has afforded. I would eventually have become that Body without Organs. Which, although is sound and remains a method which has (so far and touch wood) never failed me before, brings to the artistic its own problems – or rather problem – in that it can be frustratingly difficult to find a way back into art creation. When everything one has created in the past is passed (and the artist has been so in name only for several months), the artist must then find a way back into a daily routine of the practicing artist. There is usually (and perhaps necessarily) a period of re-adjustment to endure before the artist has fully returned to working at his or her full tempo – a matter of weeks during which any and all new elements and perspectives recently absorbed find their "voice" and those which remain adapt and assimilate these new factors. While this happens on the most sublime level, its results are quite often remarkable.
As an artist, one of my main concerns is how I coherently string my work together, given that there is little in the way of commonality running through it. As previously mentioned, many of the things that interest, concern or catch my attention in any way are sometimes superficial and fleeting, two words which I use advisedly. "Superficial" here does not necessarily mean shallow or vapid, but rather refers to the way that elements of a thing have the power to interest me, while other elements do not. I do not consider this a vacuous habit. Nor do I say "fleeting" in a way to imply that my attention span is limited: I believe that it is now nigh-on universal for an individual to scan rather than contemplate, to briefly consider an object and how it connects to known objects as opposed to deep ratiocination. This is only natural in a world that is literally overflowing with (what I shall for the sake of brevity call) "stuff," and it is not so much that we don't have the attention spans anymore as it is that we do not have the time to consider it all. I sift through stuff retaining those elements that not only have distinct form, but which also – in some manner or small way – relate to other elements of other forms. This is how I liken my output lately to A Thousand Plateaus, in that the various chapters of said book (on the surface) bear little relation to one another, but are ultimately joined by a consensual (between Deleuze and Guattari) linguistic thread. This is precisely the way in which I work, akin to Walter Benjamin's ragman, picking through the clutter and debris of culture and society for that which shines (another advisedly-used word). Much like Jason Rhoades and many like him, this is how an artist feels compelled to work in the Twenty-First Century being walled-in on all sides by ephemera and consumables. What the artist then chooses to make of the "things that shine" is by and large an approximation of what said artist would do with traditional materials. Here then we see nothing more than a material shift in artistic practice, while I strive to maintain traditionalist media, for whatever reason makes sense to me to do so at any given time.


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#PGW2017 Blood & Truth announced for the PSVR
A lot of people were impressed with London Heist, A PSVR showpiece that was included with VR Worlds, and by building up on that experience once again, the developers behind it have revealed Blood & Truth that effectively is made to feel like a hands on action adventure blockbuster movie.
According to the interview video, Blood and Truth will be a full game compared to London heist with more freedom to make meaningful choices as well as perform exciting feats of action. No release date was given with the reveal.


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The fundraising and training is about to pay off as the big day has finally arrived. Having waved goodbye to family and friends, you will take an overnight flight to Manaus.
On arrival in Manaus you will take a private transfer to your hotel where you will check-in and enjoy some free time, the perfect opporunity to rest before the challenge ahead. Dinner and overnight is in a 3 star hotel.
Today you will leave civilization and your real challenge will start. You will need an extremely flexible mind-set to make the most of the journey ahead. After a 3 - 4 hour transfer by road and boat you will reach your campsite. On the way you will have a chance to spot many different species of birds and caimans. After setting up your hammocks, grabbing some lunch and rest you will go on a reconnaissance tour in a small canoe and return to your campsite for dinner. After dinner you have the opportunity to go on a nocturnal excursion to spot caimans, and listen to the fantastic sounds of the rainforest at night!
Today you will rise early for a 5.00am start to go on a sunrise tour taking in bird watching and trying to spot grey and pink dolphins. Following breakfast you will hike through the amazing rainforest. Following lunch you will then pack up and leave by canoe to your next campsite. That evening after dinner you will embark on a nocturnal excursion by canoe and under torch light to try to spot animals and nocturnal birds. Spend the second night sleeping to the sounds of the rainforest.
Rise early to catch the waking rainforest and spot the early activities of the fishermen. Experience the diversity of another rainforest hike. The Amazon rainforest is made up of multiple layers, each with their unique habitat and ecosystem which are home to different species of vegetation, animals, birds, and insects. These two hikes will reveal the wonders of the ecology and interconnectedness of the forest. After lunch you will go fishing for dinner, with hand lines and rods and learn the tricks of the trade from the local crew. Various species of fish are in the Amazon and your guide will give you the names and characteristics of any fish caught. After dinner you will have free time to continue fishing if you wish to do so or relax in your hammock to the sights and sounds of the jungle.
Grab another early start and go for a morning canoe! After breakfast there is a fabulous reconnaissance tour of the Igapó, the vast areas of forest which are annually flooded by the Amazon river. In the afternoon there is an opportunity to experience the local community with a visit to a native's house, the Tracajá Maia Guest House. There is a chance for some free time before dinner and then another chance for a nocturnal hike.
An early start for a bird watching tour and swim in the in the fresh waters of the Amazon. After breakfast you will visit an area to see rubber trees. Your guide will explain about the rubber boom in the Amazon, and also how rubber was harvested and processed. Return to Manaus for a well-deserved shower, celebratory meal and proper bed!
After a good nights rest followed by breakfast, you will have some free time before your midday transfer to the airport for your return flight to London.
You will arrive back in London, filled with pride, equipped with skills of living in the jungle, some wonderful memories to share and of course some new found friends.
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Project Objectives
The complete build-out of the website will host videos, photos and testimonials that let viewers experience the quality of life that Martin County communities offer.
Media will feature our parks, lakes, walking/biking/snowmobile trails, amenities, activities and recreation.
Social media platforms will be utilized heavily-Social media platforms will be in place offering the local experience to online viewers using videos, testimonials, photos, engaging posts, surveys and contests.
The project's web presence will attract young savvy web users to engage and those results are easy to track through site analytics and social insights (Sponsored posts can be extremely effective and are an economical way to reach specific targets.)
A direct mail strategy will be in place to reach alumni. We'll continue to work with the schools to send direct mail to former students because it has proven itself effective in past efforts and we will implement cross promotion that refers to social content and website.
Within the 18-month grant period, we expect individual testimonials and stories about successful returns to the area that will be used to attract others to join our rural communities.Posted on: September 12, 2017admin


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UTICA — A North Utica staple is getting a new look, logo and name after being acquired by Mohawk Valley Garden.
The investment group Wednesday took over operational control of Babe's Macaroni Grill & Bar on North Genesee Street and plans to rename it Babe's at Harbor Point.
Mohawk Valley Garden CEO Robert Esche said the style of food will stay the same, but the menu will be reduced from 101 items to around 75 or 80 items and the restaurant will focus on bringing in high-quality ingredients to serve customers. The color scheme also will change to red, white and black.
"We want to keep it affordable for families — a community place," Esche said. "I think we're going to rehab every square inch of that building over the next 12 to 15 months, little by little. We're definitely going to phase it so there won't be any shutdown period. ... We're not rebranding it, I like the name Babe's, I think it's a staple for North Utica and the region, so we're going to be calling it Babe's at Harbor Point."
Babe's will be run by Jeff Stone, president of ORB Food & Beverage, who previously ran the restaurant from 1997 to 2015, when he left to work full-time at the Adirondack Bank Center.
Stone currently leads the operations for 72 Tavern & Grill, as well as the concession and catering services for the Comets, Utica City Football Club, and all concerts and special events at the Adirondack Bank Center.
"While I have not been at Babe's for over four years, I look forward to returning to a place that has both a rich history of good food as well as an infinite amount of potential," Stone said in a news release about the acquisition. "Our goal is to restore the great things about Babe's from the start of the 21st century while also adding (to) and modernizing the facility."
Babe's at Harbor Point will remain open while Mohawk Valley Garden reorganizes operations and updates the facility, Esche said. Improving the parking lot is an issue he hopes to address quickly, too.
Esche said the changes to the quality of the food will begin within the week and then, in the coming weeks, they will start reducing the menu.
"The quality of the ingredients is something that's very near and dear to me in everything that we do, whether it's Aqua Vino or 72 Tavern & Grill," he said. "We want to make sure that's our top priority. The menu itself won't change too much, just the quality of the ingredients."
Babe's at Harbor Point is the second restaurant under the ownership of Mohawk Valley Garden, and the third owned by Esche, who has owned Aqua Vino since 2007. Mohawk Valley Garden also operates the Utica Comets, Utica City FC, ORB Food & Beverage, and Garden Entertainment.
Esche said it's important to him to continue to advance the vision of Mohawk Valley Garden and provide more for people in Utica to do.
"We kind of believe in the vision of the mayor and our county executive and the rest of the area, I feel it's just a matter of time until Harbor Point gets its due credit," he said. "I think Harbor Point is working its way out of the woods right now, and I believe it's eventually going to happen. … I think it's a way to build off of a lot of positive energy and building off of the lightning in the bottle that so far has been captured."


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Free Course: Cancer in the Fire Service – A Growing Epidemic
April 3, 2018
Numerous studies have shown that firefighters have higher rates of cancer than the rest of the population. April is Cancer Control Month, and the NVFC is making the course Cancer in the Fire Service: A Growing Epidemic FREE for the next two weeks. This course covers the scope of the cancer problem in the fire service today, challenges firefighters face, the role of leadership, actions to protect from cancer, and more. Access this course in the NVFC Virtual Classroom.
Note: The NVFC is offering this course free-of-charge for a limited time to all fire service members. NVFC courses are always free for NVFC members. If you don't have a Virtual Classroom account, create one for free to access this course. For more information about accessing the Virtual Classroom, click here.


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If you are one of the many who jumped on the netbook bandwagon and now regret that decision — here are 7 ideas for how to salvage that investment.
If you are one of the many who jumped on the netbook bandwagon and now regret that decision — here are 7 ideas for how to salvage that investment.
Buying a new computer can be confusing because of all the brands and choices.
By John Dodge
Is Windows 7 really that much better from previous versions…or that much more reliable?
I am beginning to think not all that much given huge expectations for Win7. After using it for 18 months, my question is a fair one. Microsoft can probably show myriad stats to prove that it is, but there's no substitute for personal experience over the long term.
Are you ready for a netbook that doesn't use an operating system? Google is banking on it, as it unveils the first Google branded netbook. Today, Tuesday, is the day of the anouncement and while the thought of a browser driven netbook is interesting, it does have some hurtles to hop.
These are exciting times in the world of computing, and portables are seeing all the action. One thing that is becoming obvious is that the line between netbook and notebook is starting to blur. Netbooks are becoming more powerful and Notebooks are becoming lighter, and longer lasting. Shown below are your picks for Most Loved Notebooks. Keep in mind that Netbooks have been filtered out of these results and were the category we used to kick off the Most Loved series. You can find those results in the previous July Newsletter or by looking for previous articles in TechTalk.


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A new study comparing life cycle assessments has shown that changing from a fossil derived feedstock to biomass is not necessarily beneficial to the environment. A reliance on food crops and inefficient conversion into chemical products will cause impact the environmental and result in an expensive product, also limiting its commercial opportunities.
Taking the example of hexamethylenediamine, the precursor to nylon-66, scientists based at Solvay in China have shown that the benefit of adopting a renewable feedstock (starch, in this instance) is counteracted by eutrophication concerns and greenhouse gas emissions. The issue largely stems from the cultivation of the biomass and the energy required to process the starch into chemical intermediates. The renewable route requires several high energy transformations to remove the original functionality of the biomass and obtain the conventional nylon monomer.
One lesson to be taken from this study is to give greater consideration to novel bio-based polymers that can be produced advantageously from bio-based feedstocks. Ideally, these would include wastes and agricultural by-products, thus making use of the reactive chemical groups inherent to the biomass rather than removing them.
Hexamethylenediamine (HMDA) from Fossil vs. Bio-based Routes: An Economic and Life Cycle Assessment Comparative Study
A. B. Dros et al., Green Chem., 2015, advanced article. DOI: 10.1039/C5GC01549A


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Located at the South West end of Kinsmen Park, the Lions Splash Park is a family friendly water attraction. Due to the the generous support from the Strathmore Lions, the park operates annually from June 1st to September 1st. Hours of operation are 11:00am to 8:00pm daily, seven days a week! The splash park may close without warning in periods of inclement weather.
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The Properties of Aloe Vera. Aloe Vera contains many naturally occurring antioxidants and has recognised antiseptic, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antifungal and immune-regulating properties. It has 'cooling' properties with most skin and feather problems being 'warm' disorders.
The Properties of Monolaurin. Monolaurin is the non-toxic, inactive form of the saturated fatty acid, lauric acid. On contact with the skin, monolaurin naturally breaks down to active lauric acid. Fatty acids are well known for their antiviral and antimicrobial activity, and lauric acid is recognised as having the strongest of these properties.


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Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center recently asked Ana de Alba to share her story for their 2013 Putting Justice To Work: The Workers' Rights Clinic Newsletter. For over six months, Ana worked closely with Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, Central California Legal Services, and the Consulate of Mexico to establish a first of its kind workers' rights clinic in Fresno. The Clinic launched in April 2012 and has helped numerous low wage workers with a myriad of employment issues. Click here to see Ana's entire story.
Putting Justice To Work: The Workers' Rights Clinic
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Independent Study and Honors
CWRT 89 (formerly ENGL 89)
Creative Writing Independent Project
A tutorial course to be designed by the student with the assistance of a faculty advisor. This course is intended for the purpose of producing a manuscript of fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry during the student's senior year. Prerequisite: normally reserved for seniors who have completed at least two workshops in the designated genre of their project. Dist: ART.
Students should submit their completed application along with a writing sample to the Department Administrator and the Creative Writing Director by Friday, October 26, 2018 if they intend to do an independent project during the 2018-19 academic year. The writing sample should speak to the writing strengths of the applicant and to the potential of the proposed project.
Independent Reading Course in English
A tutorial course to be designed by the student with the assistance of a member of the English Department faculty willing to supervise it. This course is available, as an occasional privilege, to juniors and seniors who have demonstrated their ability to do independent work. During the term prior to taking the course, applicants must consult the Department Vice Chair to make arrangements for approval of the project. Note: English 96 does not normally count toward the English major or minor, although in special circumstances the C.D.C. may approve exceptions to that rule. Students seeking an exception are asked to petition the C.D.C. before taking English 96. English 96 may not be used the satisfy Course Group requirements.
ENGL 98/99 or CWRT 98/99
Honors Course in English or Creative Writing
Students enrolled in the major in English who have completed at least six major courses by the end of their junior year and have a grade point average (GPA) in the major of 3.5 or higher and an overall college GPA of 3.0 or higher may apply for the Honors Program. Eligible students apply by submitting their college record to the Honors Directors along with a formal proposal of an honors thesis. The thesis is to be completed during two terms of ENGL 98 and ENGL 99/CWRT 98 and CWRT 99, the first of which counts as the Culminating Experience in the major. The second term of Honors (ENGL 99 or CWRT 99) constitutes a twelfth course in the major program, separate from all other requirements.
For complete information on the Honors program, please refer to the Honors section of the website.