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Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Annual Achievement Award awardees
2018: Suzie Graham Kuzmanovski, in memoriam
The Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation is proud to present this year's Annual Achievement Award for the exceptional and significant contributions to the advancement of dance movement therapy in Australia that have been made by Suzie Graham Kuzmanovski.
Suzie's faith in dance as a healing modality stemmed from her own experience of using dance to heal her own body. Her practice was highly intuitive and refined, but also carefully thought out and researched.
Suzie worked with people with intellectual disabilities in Colac, innovating ways of engaging them and their learning well before she ever heard of dance therapy. In 2004 she commenced a certificate in dance therapy training in Melbourne – the distance between Colac and Melbourne did not seem to deter her as she attended week-end workshops and evening tutorials through 2004.
Displaying a sensitivity to the needs of people with intellectual disabilities, she was an enthusiastic advocate for them, keen to draw the group into dance movement and therapeutic dance. In the words of Suzie's supervisor, "her clients really mattered to her". With perseverance Suzie set up the first regular dance therapy groups in Colac for her clients.
As she gradually gained recognition for her DMT skills she was invited to set up a DMT group with primary school girls to address relational aggression.
Suzie had a community orientation, aligning and connecting her groups, where possible, with other community services to enhance the outcomes for both. She worked with primary school aged children who were part of Colac's growing Sudanese community and collaborated with the local primary school's action plan to address emotional blocks to learning. Dance was seen as one of their strategies for expression of feeling.
Her successful involvement with children of the Sudanese community led to an invitation to use DMT with Sudanese refugee women and their babies with the aim of facilitating an opportunity to express their stories in dance and to facilitate healing dances.
When facing her own health issues, Suzie returned to and relied on her knowledge and experience in DMT to guide her during these times. In Hanny Exiner's book "Dance Therapy Redefined" Hanny writes the following "We work with dance as the therapeutic material. Dance is the main vehicle of the therapy and it is in the act of dancing that the therapy is realised". It is this last sentence in particular that Suzie truly lived. Her contribution in the rural town of Colac is a shining example of the way dance therapy can contribute to healing and connection in community.
Thank you Suzie for recognizing people's needs and having the faith and perseverance to meet those through dance.
Bouthaina Mayall, Convenor, Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation
2017: Jennifer Helmich
The Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation is thrilled to present the Annual Achievement Award for 2017 to Jennifer Helmich in recognition of her exceptional and significant contributions to the development and advancement of dance movement therapy in Australia. Jennifer's entire working career has involved promoting and working for dance movement therapy in one way or another, and combining it with her nursing career.
Jennifer was one of the group of enthusiastic practitioners who were instrumental in the establishment of the International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia (IDTIA). She was a member of the IDTIA committee for more than 20 years and held many roles including Convenor, Treasurer, Training Coordinator and Education Committee member. She also took on other vital tasks for the Institute too numerous to recount and is still a faculty member of the Institute's three year training in dance movement therapy.
Jennifer's contributions, whether in administration or teaching, have been characterised by attention to detail and tireless commitment, beyond the specifics of any role. She has provided much support, encouragement and direction to many students as they completed their training requirements. All of this has contributed significantly to the professionalism of the dance movement therapy training and dance movement therapy generally.
Jennifer was also a major force in bringing the DTAA into the membership of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) – a lengthy and complex process. In the beginning of that relationship, she represented the DTAA at PACFA. She believed in the importance of DTAA's membership of PACFA at a time when the General Committee was challenged to keep the association afloat. At that time, the other committee members were not ready to take up the relationship because of the significant extra work it required.
It took several years of providing PACFA with the needed paperwork, policies and procedures. There were many meetings with the PACFA Committee, where Jennifer and Denis Kelynack brilliantly represented the DTAA. With dance movement therapy being accepted by PACFA as a specialised form of counselling and psychotherapy, a valuable strengthening in the recognition of our practice in Australia has evolved. Jennifer's foresight and commitment, which led to the association becoming a Member Association (MA), has proved to be invaluable for the profession as a whole and for the DTAA's members.
In addition, during the early days of the DTAA, she was actively involved in setting up the structure and guidelines for the DTAA's Professional Membership Committee and serving on it for a number of years. Jennifer has presented at conferences in Australia and overseas on the use of dance movement therapy in settings such as those for survivors of trauma. She has also had papers included in all four of the Dance Therapy Collections series.
On behalf of the Australian dance movement therapy community we thank you.
Naomi Aitchison, Convenor, Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation October 2017
Jennifer's response:
It is such an honour to receive the HEMF 2017 Annual Achievement Award. To receive the award from one's esteemed colleagues is humbling. Reading the citation and looking back, it is hard to recall the detail of the actions that went into assisting the establishment of dance movement therapy in Victoria. What I do recall is the passion, the urgency and importance of creating a place for dance therapy in therapy and in the psychotherapy world, the recognition. The excitement propelled a handful of people onward to create the Association and the the teaching institutes. Oh my, it was hard work and a lot of fun!! This year, I retired from dance therapy practice, so to receive this Award is the pinnacle, the fulfilment of a career in dance movement therapy; like putting cream on top of the cake – yum !!
Thank you,
Jennifer Helmich.
2016: Sally Denning
This year the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation is thrilled to be presenting the annual achievement award for an exceptional and significant contribution to the advancement of dance movement therapy in Australia for the year 2015/2016 to Sally Denning. This year she became Doctor Sally Denning, the first Australian to have gained a PhD in dance movement therapy from an Australian university. We offer her our congratulations on her great achievement.
The research that she undertook to gain her PhD was an investigation into the current state of Australian dance movement therapy as well as a study of the origins of dance therapy in the USA in the mid-twentieth century and the work of the two founding figures of the profession's development in Australia. We hope that the conclusions she reached and described in her thesis will have a dynamic effect on the future of the profession.
Sally has worked with children and adolescents at risk in the education system and conducted extensive training for teachers and other professionals in the field. Currently she works full time at the Australian Childhood Foundation as a Therapeutic Specialist, working clinically with children who have experienced trauma and abuse. Sally has also worked with children with Down Syndrome, adults with MS, depression and those who wish to discover more about themselves. Previously, Sally worked for 14 years as a professional belly dancer and since retiring from this role has, on occasions, applied belly dance as a tool within some of her dance movement therapy sessions. Once again dance movement therapy has been enriched by bringing it together with a deep knowledge of an alternative form of dance.
We also commend the outstanding contribution she has made and continues to make to the DTAA's Professional Membership Committee.
Naomi Aitchison, Convenor, The Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation, November 2016.
2014 Award to Naomi Audette (Mirabai Light) in memoriam
HEMF recognises the great loss to the dance movement therapy community, and others, caused by the death of Naomi Audette (Mirabai Light) in 2011. Thanks to the loving diligence of her colleague and friend, Alexandra Jordan, Naomi's prolific writings were gathered, edited and made available through Moving On. The citation, which was presented to her husband Arion Light and their son Azriel at the DTAA's AGM on November 23rd 2014, reads:
The Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation is proud and delighted to present this year's Annual Achievement Award for the exceptional and significant contributions to the advancement of dance movement therapy in Australia that have been made by Naomi Audette (also known as Mirabai Light).
Despite her tragically early death, she left a body of work that has the potential to influence, enrich and add to the knowledge base of the profession for many years to come. As well as her research and writings, Naomi was incredibly versatile in her practical therapeutic and educational work, being able to draw on her experiences as a professional performer, acrobat, dancer and Clown Doctor. Prior to conducting her private practice, which included running public workshops and facilitating movement groups for growth and change, she worked at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Her work there was with children, adolescents and mothers and babies with a range of mental health issues. She also co-authored the book, Therapeutic Games for Groupwork, which grew out of her work at the hospital.
Naomi's life and work has been, and will continue to be, an inspiration to many practitioners. In part this is thanks to the publication of her extensive writings that describe her deeply personal research. These have been made available to the dance movement therapy community in a number of articles published in Moving On.* Her presence is still missed by the members of Australia's dance movement therapy community as well as by others who have been enlightened and inspired by her. The awarding of this recognition of her gifts will be appreciated by them all.
Naomi Aitchison, Convenor, The Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation
(*A debt of gratitude is due to Alexandra Jordan who, with the assistance of Monique Buggy, has been able to make available, to the dance therapy community and others, the range and depth of Naomi's work.)
2013: Tony Norquay
The announcement of this award was made at the DTAA's A.G.M. on November 9th 2013. The citation read:
The Foundation is delighted to announce that the recipient of the Annual Achievement Award for 2012/2013 is Tony Norquay. Ton'y part in the growth and development of dance movement therapy in Australia has been fundamental. One of the major roles he undertook as elected Convenor of the International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia in February 1992. Since then he has been a key member of that organization until his retirement from it in October this year. For this we are all truly grateful.
Naomi Aitchison (on behalf of the Foundation's members)
Tony's response:
How surprised and humbled, slightly embarrassed and yet delighted I am. … Such a prestigious award – do I really deserve it? … though it is true I have done a lot, there is so much more that could be done, and has been done by so many others. I am truly most honoured to be the recipient … I am still a major champion of dance movement therapy in all its forms and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
2012: Anna Ganz
The award was presented to Anna at the DTAA's Annual General Meeting on November 10th 2012. The citation said:
Dear Anna
The members of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Managing Committee are delighted to select you as the recipient of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Annual Achievement Award for 2011/2012. This is in recognition of your considerable contributions to the field of dance-movement therapy in Australia. Please accept our congratulations. In particular we wish to commend your unstinting commitment to ensuring that the DTAA retains its membership of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). We know that this is and has been a constant and onerous task for at least five years. Without your efforts the DTAA's ongoing membership of that body would undoubtedly not have been maintained. That membership is vital for the ongoing recognition and viability of the DMT profession in Australia. Your work as coordinator of the DTAA Professional Membership Committee, since mid-2007, has also contributed to the growth and development of the profession. In addition, taking over from Jill Groom to be the DTAA's Treasurer for many years, and the other work you have done as an active member of the committee, demonstrate your inspirational devotion to the ongoing existence of the body that nurtures and encourages the professional life of DM therapists throughout the country.
Naomi Aitchison (on behalf of the Foundation's members)
Anna was surprised by the award and humble, though delighted, in her acceptance of it.
2011: Mary Builth
The Foundation is delighted to announce that the recipient of the Annual Achievement Award for 2010/2011 is Mary Builth. She is known and loved by many, many members of the dance-movement therapy community as well as all the people who have been fortunate enough to be her students and clients. Mary was unable to leave her home in South Australia due to the ill health of her husband, Bill, so the award was not made to her in person. This was the first time that a recipient has not received the award in the presence of their colleagues and friends. However the citation for Mary's award was read to the attendees at the DTAA's A.G.M., on 5 November 2011, where she was acknowledged by all who know her as a person most worthy to receive it. The citation follows.
Dear Mary,
The members of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Managing Committee are delighted to select you as the recipient of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Annual Achievement Award for 2010/2011. This is in recognition of your inimitable contributions to the field of dance-movement therapy in Australia. Please accept our congratulations. As one of the 'grandmothers' of dance-movement therapy we honour your long-term enrichment of the profession. We recognise that yours is a beautifully unique and powerful approach to healing, teaching and nurturing, not only of students of dance movement therapy but also of the hundreds of clients to whom you've brought joy, a love of living and discoveries about themselves and the world they live in. Being in your presence and experiencing what you bring to your work has been an inspiration to all of us who know you. As with all the best teachers and healers, you have always opened yourself up to newfound teachings and deepened your understanding of the beauty and wonder of human beings and our world. And you have found ways to incorporate these into your work which keeps alive the thrill and wonder of what you do.
We welcome you as totally deserving to be the latest in the growing list of wonderful people who have already been recipients of this award. May you keep dancing on for many years to come.
Naomi Aitchison (on behalf of the Foundation's members)
2010: Jenny Czulak Riley
The citation and gift were presented to Jenny Czulak Riley by Naomi Aitchison on behalf of the Foundation at the DTAA's end-of-year gathering on December 9th. As part of the ceremony, many people spoke of their great admiration and appreciation of Jenny's contributions to their own and others' understanding of the joy of dance and dance as therapy, especially for people who are in the later years of their life. At the same time they also expressed their admiration and appreciation of Jenny's other accomplishments.
The citation said:
Dear Jenny,
The members of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Managing Committee are delighted to name you as the recipient of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Annual Achievement Award for 2009/2010. This is in recognition of your contributions to the field of dance-movement therapy in Australia. Please accept our congratulations. We are proud to be able to make this award to honour your long-term participation in the work of the DTAA and generosity to the organization as well as your contributions to the dance-movement therapy field in other ways. Your unstinting editorial collaboration in bringing to fruition Johanna Exiner's and Denis Kelynack's book Dance Therapy Redefined was one of the many steps you have taken to deepen people's understanding of the power of dance as therapy. Your editorial skills have also played a part over many years in the publication of Moving On, the DTAA's journal, as have your frequent contributions to its contents.
We also recognise that you are one of a very small and select band of contributors to this field who has published a practical and inspirational book. Growing Older Dancing On, your creative, thoughtful and thought provoking contribution the field of dance as therapy with the older members of the general community, has been, and we are sure will continue to be for many years to come, an invaluable resource for workers in the field of caring for the elderly. It has also brought insight to members of the dance-movement therapy community who choose to work with people in nursing homes and other groups of elders. Since immersing yourself in the field of dance through the Graduate Diploma in Movement and Dance and later as one of a small group of people who completed the Graduate Certificate in Dance Therapy at I.E.C.D. you have consistently promoted the cause of dance as a healing practiceYour pioneering work, leadership and ongoing commitment to dance-movement therapy were also acknowledged by the DTAA when they awarded you an honourary Professional Membership in 2007.
Your enthusiasm and constant striving for excellence has been a light in the darkness for many.
Naomi Aitchison (on behalf of the Foundation's members)
Jenny Czulak-Riley & Naomi Aitchison | Jenny Czulak-Riley (Fran Ostroburski – background) | Naomi Aitchison, HEMF reading citation
2009: Denis Kelynack
Denis' award was made at the dinner in November 2009, celebrating 15 years since the inauguration of the DTAA. Denis was totally surprised and delighted to be chosen and very moved by the acclaim that so many of the people attending the dinner paid to him in a ritual facilitated by Linda Murrow. Below is the citation that was presented to him with the award.
Dear Denis,
The members of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Managing Committee are delighted to present you with the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Annual Achievement Award for 2008/2009 for your contributions to the field of dance-movement therapy in Australia. Please accept our congratulations. We are proud to be able to make an award that recognises the long-term contributions and achievements made by you as a pioneer in the field, having begun applying creative dance to therapy in the 1970's. From that time on you infused your work as a psychologist with your growing understanding of the power of dance-movement as a healing tool. As one of Australia's pioneers in the field and as an educator, from the early days of the Graduate Diploma in Movement and Dance at the Institute of early Childhood Development in Kew and later as a lecturer in the Dance Therapy Graduate Certificate course there, you have influenced and supported many of today's DMT practitioners and educators. More recently you were one of the creators of and lecturers in the course at RMIT.
You have worked for many years to promote and support the profession individually as well as being one of the founding members of the DTAA, having served as its President and in other roles. As President and as convenor of the Professional Membership Committee you helped the DTAA negotiate the complex issues that arose during the early stages of PACFA's formation. You were also instrumental in refining the documentation and processes that were required for the fulfilment of Professional Membership of the DTAA to meet PACFA's standards. Over many years you continued to widen and refine your knowledge and understanding of DMT practice, both overseas and in Australia, culminating in your work with Hanny. This latter experience not only deepened your understanding of dance-movement as therapy even more but also led to you co-authoring Dance Therapy Redefined with her.
Naomi Aitchison (on behalf of the Foundation's members)
Liz Loughlin honours Denis Kelynack with HEMF Award.
2008: Elizabeth Loughlin
At the DTAA's AGM in November 2008 the HEMF Annual Achievement Award was presented to a surprised and delighted Elizabeth Loughlin (M.A, B. Litt. Hons (Perf Arts), BA. Dip.Soc.Studs., Dip. Dance-Movt. Therapy (IDTIA), Prof. Mem. DTAA). We were thrilled to be able to select Elizabeth as the recipient, to be able to formally recognise and applaud the pioneering work for which she has been responsible for more than thirty years as well as the fundamental roles she has played in the development and awareness of dance-movement therapy in Australia.
The members of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Managing Committee are delighted to present you with the Annual Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Achievement Award for 2007/2008 for your contributions to the field of dance-movement therapy in Australia. Please accept our congratulations. Unlike previous awards this is being presented based on our review of all the issues of our Moving On journal published before the inaugural award was presented in 2005. The HEMF Managing Committee approved a special arrangement for this year because the editors produced two special double editions, rather than the usual four issues of the journal. This has given us the welcome opportunity to select a member of the DMT community whose outstanding contributions to the field in Australia have been reported on over many years. We are proud to make an award that recognises the long-term contributions and achievements made by you as a pioneer in the field, having begun applying creative dance in therapy in the 1970s.
In particular we honour you for your role in the development of the dance-movement therapy profession in Australia and consistently raising the profile of DMT here as well as overseas. You have presented on your work at numerous conferences and other events, many of them not specifically DMT conferences, thereby developing or increasing an awareness of that work to professions outside DMT. As a part of your ongoing personal professional development and education of others you have also had work published in Australian and international journals and other publications. In addition we are aware that, more recently, a chapter by you was included in a British publication Sexuality and Fertility Issues in Ill health and Disability (2006) which drew on your Masters research.
You provide supervision – a vital component in the growth of professionalism and ethical standards for DMT – and as one of the guiding lights and principal lecturers at IDTIA, who has helped to develop the training in that institution, you nurture the entry of newer members into the DMT community.
Naomi Aitchison (Convenor HEMF)
Response from Elizabeth:
Dear Naomi, Jane and members of the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation,
Thank you for this large beautiful book – The Woodblock Painting of Cressida Campbell – and for the honour of receiving the HEMF Achievement Award for 2008. I remember presenting my mother–infant dance therapy group to an education meeting in the department of Clinical Psychology in the early 1990s, quite an adequate description I believe. A friend and colleague said to me later, you told us what you did, but you did not tell us how it worked. As time itself went by, and with the constant experiences of being a dance therapist, the opportunity to read, reflect, teach, discuss with others, as well as the ongoing challenges of the health contexts, I 'grew up' professionally, and my 'knowing how and why' now occurs more as a matter of course. My response to this award is that the dance therapy practices and understandings do evolve over time. Keep on track, find good people to talk with, supervisors and others, stay in the dance process, absolutely find out what others do, show your work, document, record, video – and always present your beliefs, methods and knowledge with confidence.
Thank you all,
Elizabeth Loughlin
Dance Therapist
2007: Sandra Kay Lauffenburger
During the 2007 'Weaving the Threads' conference, the Hanny Exiner Memorial Foundation Achievement Award was made to Sandra Kay Lauffenburger. The citation honouring Sandra included the following statements:
This award is made in particular to honour your efforts which have led to the establishment of the Certificate Program in Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals (LMA/BF) to be run in Australia, commencing in April next year as well as being the coordinator and co-director of the program. We would also like to acknowledge your contributions to the field of dance therapy through your ongoing experiential and academic education of students and practitioners, as demonstrated by the workshop The Dynamic Architecture of Communication; Moving, Feeling, and Observing: Space – Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) presented by you in Melbourne last year – just one of the many workshops you have offered on LMA and Bartenieff Fundamentals over the years. Your own continuing research, leading to developments in your understanding and utilisation of therapeutic theories and methods, was demonstrated by the paper 'Self-Psychology of Heinz Kohut as a Psychodynamic Framework for Dance/Movement Therapy' published earlier this year. We also appreciate your ongoing contributions to Moving On, helping the Dance-Movement Therapy community to stay in touch with developments in Sydney and Canberra, such as the information about the Self Psychology book collection being available at the ANU's Hancock Library and keeping them informed about self psychology courses.
2006: Michelle Royal
At the DTAA Annual General Meeting in November 2006, Michelle Royal was honoured for her efforts, through her writing in DTAA Quarterly, to awaken, or remind, the dance movement therapy community about the fact that our profession is not properly recognized by many institutions, organizations and others with the ability to affect public opinion about the validity of particular modes of therapy.
2005: Inaugural award Dr Heather Hill
At the DTAA Annual General Meeting in November 2005, the inaugural winner, Dr. Heather Hill, was acknowledged for activities including reports about her work in, as well as her direct contributions to, all four issues of 'Moving On' in that year, gaining her doctorate – Talking the talk but not walking the walk: barriers to person-centred care in dementia, the enthusiasm and professionalism with which she conducted workshops, spoke at conferences and published papers, including one at the 8th National Residential Aged Care Facility Conference for Leisure, Recreation and Lifestyle staff, later published in 'Moving On' and for her contribution to the ongoing discussions about the nature of dance on the ADTA's listserve and the workshop she led on 'Person-Centred Care in Dementia' for the DTAA AGM Professional Development Day.


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4 Critical Pieces of Preparation for a New Product Management Job/
I write this on a Saturday after I put in my two-weeks notice at my current job.
I have two weeks until I start my new gig, and I want to show up on Day 1 as prepared as possible. Although I have some knowledge (from a user standpoint) about how the product needs to work, there is still a lot of prep to do.
How should you prepare for a product management role at a new company?
1 - Read everything you can on the company
Duh. This is pretty obvious, I know. You probably already did this to prep for your interview, but just in case...
If the company a startup, what round of funding are they in?
Where did their founder come from?
What new products have they launched recently?
Has the company been in the news?
Do a deep dive into the company website and all related literature, and also search Tech Crunch (and other sites) to read about any buzz - good and bad.
2 - Get a test login and use the product
This may not be possible, but if your soon-to-be-boss is willing to give you a test login, get in there and start poking around.
Understand user goals when using the product
Look for sub-optimal user flows
Understand how the product fits into the company's greater product suite
3 - Do Some Competitive Research
When I started at Helix, I was already an avid consumer of DNA products. (If you read my blog regularly, you know this.) But there were still a few apps and ancestry websites I hadn't ever used, or didn't use regularly.
Download any competitive apps that you can
Open accounts on competitor websites
Read any news about competitors
This is easy advice for B2C products, but for B2B products, you probably don't have access to competing products. You may still be able to:
Watch any company demos on YouTube
Read Forrester reports on competitors to know where your product currently lies
Read up on any news or financial reports, especially if competitors are public
4 - Set Goals
What do you want to accomplish during your first month, first year, and beyond?
When you show up at your shiny new job, it's easy to feel exceedingly optimistic about how great it will be. And I'm sure it will be great... but just like you eventually learn about your perfect new boyfriend's baggage a few months into the relationship, you'll also eventually learn about the not-so-perfect stuff at your new company.
It sounds a little cheesy, but writing down what your goals are will help center your intentions when things get crazy during your first few months. Remember why you made a move: Because you wanted to learn new skills, or because the bigger title is an important step towards your career plan, or because you want to learn a critical new skill or piece of tech that this role specifically offers. It's important to revisit these reasons when things get tough - so write them down.

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I only learned about Uncle Rex's war time experiences some time after he had fostered my love of fishing with short but memorable journeys to country that largely still remains remote to all but bushwalkers and fisherman.
There's no doubt that returning to the country of Tasmania's highland lakes and central plateau did much to help heal the wounds of war for Able Seaman Pullen - a sunken ship, comrades lost, endless days of heat and thirst, encircled by sharks on a raft in the Timor Sea.
If he did not say so, I am sure Uncle Rex certainly thought it - the country of the highlandlakes and central plateau is good for the soul.
And, as time has passed I have embraced that country and the passion that took him there.
Uncle, you taught me to love that time, in the minutes before sunrise, when the mist sits gently on the highland lakes.
I learned the thrill of chasing those elusive trout when, even in the borrowed oilskins over two shirts, a sweater, a vest and two pairs of sox in rubber waders, the morning sun could do little to warm my inner core.
You showed me the joy of being remote when we were above the tree-line at Lake Mackenzie, treading carefully on the springy button grass as we approached the mirrored water without a sound.
I felt special.
I was one of the few who could feel at home under the canopy of a cloudless highland day or when, abruptly, the weather delivered a biting cold from the south-west.
Even when we were closer to civilization, your passion as a fisherman came to the fore.
"Flick the fly gently underhand boy," you said, as I wondered how you had placed a trout's next meal under the low hanging tea tree of the upper Mersey River.
At Lillico's Beach, where I am sure the rising swells brought back memories of a life-threatening time, you taught with just as much enthusiasm - and I was much better rewarded with catches of parrot fish and leatherjacket.
Some fishermen hate to share their secret places. But Uncle Rex gave me more than just a list of places to visit on a map.
He shared his love of the peace and quiet that comes of being somewhere that few others go. Or, if they do, they are kindred spirits, with a similar passion.
Uncle, I'm still chasing those elusive bloody browns so I will take your memory and good luck with me next time I wade into Bronte's shallows.
Tight lines Uncle!


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|CDC Safety Poster
Yesterday, in Updating The Maryland Swine Variant H3N2v Outbreak, we looked at reports from the Maryland Health Department that the number of human H3N2v infections reported since the middle of last week had increased to 10, and a media report that a Sick Pig and Child Causes Shut Down Of Frederick Co. Fair Pig Exhibit.
While the child's illness has yet to be identified as swine variant influenza, 11 pigs have at the Frederick County Fair have tested positive for influenza A (subtype pending), and their hog barn has been put under quarantine.Since the influenza subtypes that commonly circulate in swine (H1, H2 & H3) are also the same HA subtypes as have caused all of the human pandemics going back 130 years (see Are Influenza Pandemic Viruses Members Of An Exclusive Club?), swine influenza viruses are watched carefully for signs of jumping to humans.
Up until about six years ago the CDC only received 1 or 2 swine variant human infection reports each year. In 2010, that number jumped to 8, and in 2011 to 12. In 2012 we saw more than 300 cases – mostly mild - and nearly all associated with exposure to pigs at state and local agricultural fairs.
This year - up until a week ago - 20 cases had been reported, mostly over the summer from Ohio.Since then Maryland has reported 10 presumptive positive cases, and the epidemiological investigation - and testing - continues. At this point we only have confirmed human infections linked to the Charles County Fair.
While more details will likely emerge over the next 24 to 48 hours, late yesterday the Maryland Department of Agriculture posted the following statement.
Influenza A Detected in Swine Exhibited at The Great Frederick Fair
September 24, 2017
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Agriculture, Maryland Department of Health and the Frederick County Health Department are investigating 11 cases of influenza in pigs recently exhibited at The Great Frederick Fair. Preliminary tests show that the pigs are infected with influenza A, but it is not yet known if this strain is potentially transmissible to humans. Additional testing and investigation is underway by the Department of Agriculture.
All swine at the Frederick County fairgrounds are under a quarantine order from the Department of Agriculture and will not be released until seven days after the last pig shows signs of influenza illness. To report sick pigs, or if you have questions about pigs and influenza, please call the Department of Agriculture at 410-841-5810 or after hours at 410-841-5971.
It is rare for influenza viruses that normally infect pigs – often called "swine flu" – to spread to people, but it is possible. Most commonly, human infections with swine flu occur in people who have been exposed to infected pigs (e.g., children handling pigs at agricultural fairs or workers in the swine industry). Limited human-to-human spread of swine flu has been detected previously, but no sustained or community spread has been identified.
The symptoms of swine flu in humans are similar to non-swine influenza and can include fever, cough and sore throat. Prescription influenza antiviral drugs can treat swine flu infections in people, especially when started early. Health officials recommend that people with influenza-like illness contact their healthcare provider and inform them if they have had pig contact within the past seven days. Providers are advised to contact their local health departments if they suspect swine flu in their patients to coordinate appropriate testing with their local health department. The Frederick County Health Department can be reached at 301-600-1733.
In accordance with the Secretary of Agriculture's Hold Order (September 19, 2017), all swine exhibitions and any other activities involving swine will remain closed at the St. Mary's and Calvert county fairs. All other movement or activities involving swine, including slaughter and butchering can proceed as usual.
Influenza viruses do not affect the safety of properly cooked pork. As with any raw meat, pork should always be properly handled and cooked to eliminate a range of food safety concerns.
The CDC's Risk Assessment on H3N2v and other swine variant viruses reads:
CDC Assessment
Sporadic infections and even localized outbreaks among people with variant influenza viruses may occur. All influenza viruses have the capacity to change and it's possible that variant viruses may change such that they infect people easily and spread easily from person-to-person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to monitor closely for variant influenza virus infections and will report cases of H3N2v and other variant influenza viruses weekly in FluView and on the case count tables on this website
For more information on swine variant viruses, and how to protect yourself when in contact with farm animals, the CDC provides the following guides.
- Key Facts for People Exhibiting Pigs at Fairs[545 KB, 2 pages]
- Take Action to Prevent the Spread of Flu Between People and Pigs[1.3 MB, 2 pages]
- Educational Posters[389 KB, 1 page]
- Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings, 2013.
- Reduce Your Risk (English)[22 KB, 1 page] | (Spanish)[22 KB, 1 page]
- Measures to Minimize Influenza Transmission at Swine Exhibitions, 2016 – NASAHO and NASPHV[97 KB, 8 pages]


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Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, in conjunction with Lisburn City Old Vehicle Club (LCOVC), will bring a touch of nostalgia to the 2017 MCE Insurance Ulster Grand Prix (UGP) Bike Week.
On Monday, August 7 a cavalcade of vintage and classic cars and motorcycles will leave Lagan Valley Island for a parade lap to the Dundrod circuit.
The event will mark the official start of UGP Bike Week, which will see many of the world's leading road racers compete at Dundrod in the world's fastest road race.
On the night, the classic motorcycles and cars will leave Lagan Valley Island at 7.15pm and 7.30pm respectively. The route to Dundrod will be via Seymour Street, Castle Street, Market Square, Market Street, Smithfield Street, Antrim Street, along the Old Antrim Road and Pond Park Road. The cavalcade vehicles will stop at the Dundrod circuit where they will be on display.
Urging people to come along to the event, Alderman James Tinsley, Chairman of the council's Leisure & Community Development Committee, said: "The organisers of this event would like to see local participation from classic and vintage vehicle owners to make an impressive sight as they travel through the city to Dundrod. It would be great to see residents along the route enjoying the sights of classic and vintage vehicles."
He added: "Those wishing to participate in the parade lap are encouraged to register in advance through LCOVC to enable the club and the council to know how many will be taking part. It is possible to register on the night from 5.30pm at Lagan Valley Island, however for administrative purposes early notice would be appreciated."
Entry to participate in the parade lap costs £5 per vehicle and £3 per passenger and all entry fees and donations will be presented to the Mayor's charities, Habitat for Humanity NI and Corrymeela Community.
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No matter where a child grows up, their environment provides the opportunity of exposure to unique experiences in nature. Maintaining a journal of the experiences they encounter introduces children to a variety of skills they can utilize in the future. Starting at a young age, children can develop their artistic abilities, writing skills, critical thinking, research, and even begin to develop a scientific understanding of the world.
Bound books, of any kind, are the only standard item for keeping a nature journal.. Encourage the child's personal interest in their journal, because they may want to review it in the future. Parents can offer up a variety of supplies from glue sticks, to age appropriate scissors, markers, and pens. Pay attention for nature themed stamps and hole cutters, which can spark creativity for children. Although limitless ideas on how to fill a nature journal exist, there will be a sample provided here.
Weather provides an excellent example of something available for daily examination and recording. Let the child examine and record the temperature. Will the temperature match the season? Can the child make an accurate prediction for rain or snow? Older children may desire to check the average temperature for this time year on the internet, which engages their research skills.
Plant identification can become a hobby for the interested child. Start recording plant identifies by having the child draw what they encounter while spending time outdoors or have them collect samples to glue into their nature journal. A glue stick continues the most efficient and mess free method to accomplish this. Encourage them to fill out their pages with information that they read pertaining to the specific plant that's being identified.
Wild animals supply an exciting way for children to connect with nature and utilize their journal. They can search for a specific animal or find animals while they explore. If the child knows how to write, encourage them to research the animal and journal the information they find. Younger children may find gluing printed pictures and information an effective way to create records of their favorite animals.
Creating opportunities for children to explore nature can be a simple and effective way to encourage them to fill out their nature journals. Allow them to channel their own interests and creativity by bringing their journals on nature walks. Pay attention to local parks or wildlife refuges which may host events specifically geared toward teaching young children about the natural world around them.
"Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives." – Thomas Berry


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British Bluesman Todd Sharpville
The Honorable Roland Augusto Jestyn Estanislao Philipps, younger son of the Third Viscount St. Davids, has been hailed as the world's only "blue-blooded bluesman." Fortunately, red-blooded bluesman Joe Lewis Walker inadvertently nicknamed the talented British guitarist "Todd" in his teens and the name stuck. The "Sharpville" part came from an early band of his called Sharpville and the Massacre.
Beginning with his award-winning 1994 debut, Touch of Your Love, Sharpville's albums have received rave reviews from the blues cognoscenti, and his 2001 release, The Meaning of Life, featured former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor, who also toured the album with Sharpville's band. The guitarist's latest release, Porchlight [MIG], is a double- CD set produced by Duke Robillard that boasts guest performances by Robillard, Walker, and Fabulous Thunderbirds harpist Kim Wilson. Replete with Sharpville's deeply authoritative and super tasteful playing, the music spans a broad range of blues styles from slinky old-school shuffles to soulful ballads to blazing boogies.
During the mid '60s, there was a second British Invasion involving blues-based rock guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jimmy Page, and Mick Taylor. As an Englishman, to what extent do you relate to those players?
It's funny, because as a kid I didn't really hear much of that stuff. I didn't hear Clapton's album with the Bluesbreakers until I was about 19. As far as other guitarists from that period go, Peter Green is the one that touched me the most, because he came from the American school of thought in terms of his phrasing, and in the sense that he never tried to impress anybody. He played just because he really needed to express what was inside. Mick Taylor was another player who came more from that traditional American school of thought, which included guys like Freddie King, Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Magic Sam, and Hubert Sumlin.
So, you discovered American bluesmen before the '60s English blues-rock players?
Yes. I heard my first real blues record when I was 12. From the time that I was eight, I had been into '50s rock and roll, and I discovered that guys like Big Bill Broonzy and Arthur Crudup had originally influenced Elvis, so I wanted to explore that music. On my 12th birthday, my dad said I could buy a blues record, so I picked out one with a big sweaty guy playing a Gibson ES-335 on the cover, who turned out to be Freddie King. By the time I got halfway through track three I had an epiphany and I knew that I wanted to play guitar, I knew that was the music I wanted to play, and I knew that's how I'd like to play it. Before that I had wanted to be a doctor, but everything changed in that one moment. I went running upstairs and said, "Mom and Dad, I want to play blues guitar!" They weren't thrilled.
Early in your career, you actually led backup bands for Hubert Sumlin, Ike Turner, Chuck Berry, and other American artists touring Europe and the U.K. What did you take away from that?
In some cases I learned how to deal with slightly difficult personalities [laughs]. Hubert Sumlin, though, is one of the sweetest guys alive, and one of the most striking things about him was that he didn't specify any particular amp in his backline rider. He just used whatever was available, yet somehow he still always managed to get his tone. And it was the same with Ike Turner. His tone was always there. At that age I'd feel lost unless I had the specific gear I was used to, and seeing that made me realize that to a large extent you are always going to sound like yourself no matter what guitar or amp you use. It's like an unwritten mystery for blues guitar players: You realize that when you pass from learning how to play the blues to actually playing the blues, the tone comes with the playing, more so than with the equipment.
Are you thinking of the cliché that tone is in the fingers rather than in the gear, or are you suggesting that playing the blues with authority has to do with a particular state of mind?
Both. When you reach the point in time where you are no longer really thinking about how you squeeze the notes out of the guitar, your instincts kind of take over and the sound just comes out the right way. Your state of mind also affects your tone, but it has a bigger impact on your phrasing—on your musical grammar. As a kid, you think about what other people want to hear. But when you get older you cease to care about that, and just start doing what you need to do to survive—and that results in a different style of phrasing.
I always think of music in terms of language, and the blues is just one of the many. The grammar and the punctuation are very definitive and very different than those of other kinds of music. Lots of rock and jazz players think they can play the blues, but few of them really can. It's like people who speak a little Japanese. To be fluent in Japanese requires a different perspective, and I guess that involves a different state of mind.
You mentioned Mick Taylor as one of your big influences, and he actually played in your band for a while. What did you learn from interacting with him?
There were elements of Mick's playing that were obvious in my playing earlier on, but when we began working together, I consciously tried to take the opposite approach. The band had a traditional '50s-style orientation, with a horn section, and having Mick throw his thing in there was great, as it provided a sort of a counterpoint to what we were doing. At the same time, everything that Mick was doing was invading my subconscious, and came out even more so in my playing during the following years. Another thing was that I had idolized Mick as a kid, and getting to know him as an adult in some ways gave me more confidence. He would have good nights and bad nights just like everyone else. And when I would be overthinking things and sharing my anxieties and neuroses with him he would always be so relaxed about everything. Once, after one of those talks he said, "Todd, it's just music." I try to bear that in mind whenever I start to get neurotic now.
Moving on to Porchlight, did you have a standard recording rig or were you experimenting with different combinations of guitars and amps?
I was very happy to not bring anything other than my guitars for the sessions. I knew Duke would provide lots of choices ampwise and that we would mess around and figure out what I liked for different tunes. The two I used the most were a Sovtek Mig 50 head through a custom 2x10 cab, and a Louis Electric "The Duke" model, which has a 12" Eminence Tonker and a 10" Fane Axiom AXA.
What is your main guitar?
It's a '57 Fender Stratocaster that I call "The Slut," simply because she's been in the hands of so many men [laughs]. Between all of the festivals I've played, and all of the Blues Cruises I've been on, just about every bluesman on the planet has played her at some point. After that, I'd say my '72 Fender Telecaster Thinline is my second guitar. I keep it tuned down a whole step because there are some songs that I want to sing lower and still be able to use open chords to get a bigger bottom end.
What makes the Slut your favorite?
I have a lot of Strats—including some other '50s-era models—but that all-original '57 has a very distinct personality that really suits my temperament. Duke said it's the nicest Strat that he's played and Duke's had some great guitars over the years. My second favorite "Strat" was actually a cheap copy made by Mustang that I paid about 30 pounds for. I gave that one to Peter Green. I get hassled by diehard guitar collectors for using and abusing vintage instruments, but as far as I'm concerned those guitars are meant to be played.
What do you string them with?
I use custom sets of GHS Burnished Nickel strings, starting with a .011 gauge on the Strat and a .012 gauge on the Tele.
How about picks?
I use Clayton Todd Sharpville customs, which are large and triangular-shaped. They're pretty damn heavy, which forces me to always be backing off slightly unless I'm going crazy or being particularly aggressive.
That's interesting. You've got heavier gauged strings than a lot of guys use and also a heavier pick, but you're playing more lightly.
Yeah, though I've got a bad habit of pushing much more heavily with my left hand than I need to, possibly because I have heavier strings and pretty high action, and I'm afraid my fingers might flip off. That tends to slow me down, which in a sense is a good thing, because it allows me to play phrases that are more intelligible.
Next to the four effects pedals on your gear list are the words, "rarely used." What is your philosophy regarding effects?
As a teenager I was really into effects, and I spent a lot of time messing around with them. But fairly early on in my career I decided to go back to the drawing board and play more naturally rather than getting distracted with other things. I got to the point where I wanted to be able to say everything I needed to say in the simplest way possible. There's still so much to be said with just an honest guitar plugged into an honest old amp that's turned up really loud!


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I don't know a lot about Islam, I know more about Christianity, and do my best to live according to the Biblical prescription for an abundant life.
I posed a couple questions to Russell Moore, on Facebook, and I think I want to ask them here, as well.
- What is a "Radical Christian"?
- How would you tell if someone were a "radical", as opposed to a "nominal" Christian?
- How would you define a "Radical Muslim"?
- How would you tell if someone were a "radical", as opposed to a "nominal" Muslim?
- How many people, who are not of the Muslim faith, know all the tenets of the Islamic faith?
- How many Christians ... say, as a percentage ... are "radical Christians?
- How much of the Christian faith can you determine by observing a "nominal" Christian?
- How much about Islam can you determine by observing a "nominal" Muslim?
Ask yourself this: Is it normally the desire of a pastor that his flock be composed of radical Christians? Does he preach to help his members attain that?
I would like to have a chat some time with someone who has read the entire Koran, and can tell me what it really says. What instructions it really does give to its followers.
I fear we nay be shadowboxing with the election and immigration and Donald Trump and the refugees, and in fact with the future of our nation until and unless we really, really have the answers to those questions.
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The Chrono-Shredder is a design that reminds us of the preciousness of our lifetime. It represents the passing of time by shredding the days of the year – printed on a paper roll – at a slow constant rate. To shred one day takes 24 hours. There is no "off"-button. As the seconds pass by, the tattered remains of the past pile up under the device.
Section off a big area of your home office wall, Start with a base coat of store-bought black chalkboard paint, and then mix in varying amounts of white chalkboard paint for lighter squares, fill in 6 weeks worth of squares in a checkerboard pattern. The result is a gorgeous, rewritable DIY home office calendar that's making me want to head over to the paint store right this very minute.
Say goodbye to crappy novelty calendars and hello to the ever lasting calendar tape from the designers at Suck UK. This calendar seriously rocks my world.
You can stick this stuff anywhere and just scrawl on it as you wish. Best of all, when you no longer need to know that the dog had to go to the vet's on November 21 or that you had to pay the milk bill on the 23rd, you just tear it off and bin it.
That is my kind of calendar!


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Justin Fornal is an international explorer and cultural detective. In June of 2018 he was listed as the '#3 most adventurous person in the world right now' by Men's Journal.
Fornal specializes in investigating indigenous traditions and historical mysteries around the world. He is currently a writer and producer for National Geographic and VICE Studios.
In 2016 he tracked down the lost skull of African American slave rebellion leader Nat Turner and repatriated it to the Turner descendants. The relic had been missing since 1831.
Fornal is currently planning the first historic swim of the Niger River through Mali. The 230 mile route will go from Mopti to the ancient city of Timbuktu. The swim will be used to raise money to build an FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) treatment center in the capital city of Bamako.


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Every year on January 11 or 12, Dayr Abu Hinnis, a small, isolated Christian village 186 miles south of Cairo, commemorates the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. The celebrations at Dayr Abu Hinnis begin in the early morning hours as Coptic pilgrims ferry across the Nile, singing and clapping joyfully, ahead of the official procession.
Along the East Bank's shoreline, believers position themselves to watch Coptic Orthodox Bishop Demetrius from the nearby town of Malawi cross the Nile in a splendidly decorated felucca, an ancient sailing boat.
A procession with crosses and icons moves through the village proper, past the fifth-century church, ending at Kom Maria, a desolate sand hill just outside the village. At the hill, the faithful pitch a festival tent. According to Coptic tradition, the Holy Family rested on that hill during their flight from Herod's soldiers, who were in hot pursuit.
For the Copts, a group of mostly Orthodox Christians in Egypt, the arrival of Joseph, Mary, and the newborn Jesus is Egypt's great moment in the gospel story. What Herod intended for evil in slaughtering Bethlehem's children, which Jesus narrowly escaped, God turned into a blessing for all Egypt.
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In the cave church of Dayr Abu Hinnis, sixth-century paintings tell the story of the flight into Egypt from the narrative in Matthew 2: The Magi ask King Herod, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?"
Herod, fearful of a potential rival, urges the Magi to inform him where to find the young king, "so that I too may go and worship him." But God exposes Herod's evil plans. The Magi, warned in a dream, return to their own country without informing him.
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Ex-Texas A&M LB seeking waiver alleges NCAA violations, demeaning treatment from Jimbo Fisher's staff
A former Texas A&M linebacker who applied to transfer to Arizona has accused his former program of violations including cash payments and illegal practices since Jimbo Fisher took over the program, USA Today reports.
In an effort to be immediately eligible at Arizona, Santino Marchiol, a four-star linebacker who redshirted last year during Kevin Sumlin's final season in College Station, described in detail to USA Today instances of an assistant coach giving him cash in bathrooms to host recruits, practice sessions in violation of NCAA rules, coaches using demeaning language toward players and pressuring him to practice on an injured ankle.
Marchiol eventually decided to follow Sumlin, who is now the head coach at Arizona, and included the allegations he detailed to USA Today in a statement he sent to the compliance office at Arizona.
Marchiol would have to sit a year without a waiver
Per NCAA rules, transfers are required to sit out a year before retaining eligibility to play. But Marchiol is seeking a waiver to bypass that rule and is pointing to the alleged violations at Texas A&M to justify a waiver.
Marchiol has retained attorney Thomas Mars, who represented Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson, a transfer from Ole Miss who successfully gained immediate eligibility after claiming the Ole Miss staff misled him and other players about pending NCAA violations during the recruiting process. Marchiol and Mars appear to be attempting to expand the Patterson precedent by citing the allegations against Fisher's staff as justification for a waiver.
Mars spoke with USA Today, but cited NCAA bylaws in choosing not to go into detail about the waiver implications of Marchiol's allegations.
"At this time, commenting beyond what I've already said about the waiver process would appear to violate Article 19 of the NCAA bylaws," Mars said. "Therefore, I won't be able to answer any questions about the specific grounds for the waiver."
Marchiol: Coach pulled me aside, gave me cash in the bathroom
Marchiol told USA Today about two separate occasions accusing linebackers coach Bradley Dale Peveto of pulling him aside to give him cash in bathrooms to entertain recruits, which would be an NCAA violation. Marchiol says that Peveto gave him $300 the first time and $400 the second time.
"There were coaches having meetings in the other office, and he said, 'Here, come in the bathroom real quick' because he'd just asked me to host the recruit," Marchiol said. "So I went in the bathroom and it was just me and him in there, and he's like, 'Take this, if you need any more just text me and make sure they have a good time.' … You know how you tip people in Vegas? He had the cash in his hand and he like handed it to us like, here (with a handshake)."
Marchiol describes long summer sessions under Fisher's staff
Marchiol then described practice sessions after Memorial Day weekend that violate a 2014 NCAA mandate that forbid mandatory summer practice beyond eight hours a week. Marichiol said that new defensive coordinator Mike Elko even laid out the groundwork for the violations in a meeting.
"He said, 'We're going to have a lot of meetings and practices that aren't technically required, but you guys have to be here because you're way behind. We need to win,'" Marchiol said.
Marchiol described to USA Today four-day weeks during the summer that started at 9 a.m. and ended at 6:30 p.m. daily and included study hall, film study, conditioning sessions and "voluntary" 7-on-7 sessions that resembled full-on practices. Marchiol said that players frequently questioned the work load amongst themselves, but didn't bring it up with Texas A&M compliance because "everybody was scared."
Marchiol: Told to play on injured ankle
Marchiol told USA Today that the last straw before he transferred was when coaches required him to continue practicing on an injured ankle in June. He described hearing a "pop" when he landed on his right foot during a conditioning drill prior to practice and was not immediately able to put weight on it.
Marchiol said that director of athletic training Dan Jacobi told him to take four ibuprofens while athletic trainer Dalis Boyette taped his ankle and rubbed Tiger Balm on it. he said Jacobi told him to continue practicing, and that X-Rays would be taken after. After running sprints, Marchiol said that he couldn't feel his ankle any more.
"Dan said there was no fracture but that it was a Grade 2 (ankle sprain) and there was probably some ligament damage," Marchiol said. "I told him with the last staff I had this happen and I didn't feel like I could be my best at practice. It was hard to even walk on. He made me feel stupid because he'd say something to reassure me but I know my body. My whole foot swelled up."
Marchiol said that he continued to practice during the week and experienced significant swelling and bruising.
Marchiol: New coaches looking to change 'soft' culture
Marchiol, who is enrolled at Arizona and practicing with the football team, described the practices as part of a culture change under Fisher, who was signed to a 10-year, $75 million deal in the offseason, to toughen up the players from a previous regime he considered soft.
"They called us soft all the time," Marchiol said. "They kept telling us, 'This is gonna get worse, you haven't seen s–t'"
His father Ken Marchiol backed up his son's allegations.
"He called them a bunch of p——, said they weren't worth a f—," Ken Marchiol said. "It wasn't teaching, just attacking."
At SEC Media Days, Fisher, as he has many times, expressed how things need to change for the Aggies to reach their goals.
"In our short time in A&M, we've been there since December, I've been very busy trying to establish the things and put the culture in place in which we think we have to have to be successful in this league, as I know this is as good a league as there is in college football," Fisher said.
"And we know that you'll be challenged every week, so there's a way in which you have to go about things and a process in which things have to be done to get the results in which you need. There's no shortcut. Because, like I said, whatever you don't — the i you don't dot, the t you don't cross gets exposed in this league they quickly."
Fisher was also asked to address comments he purportedly made about the team he inherited being "soft."
"No. I didn't say — I just said we're going to play tough. How they played, I have no idea. I just say we have to play with great toughness. We have to play with tremendous physicality. I think the teams in this league that win, the teams that win national championships, and the success we had at Florida State, that's how we played," he said.
"When I was in this league and we had success is when we had physical tough teams. When I was at Florida State, and we had tremendous success because we had tough physical teams. I think there's a toughness factor that you have to have and a level that we have to get to."
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Why your stock just tanked
I met my friend Martini for a drink and right away I could tell he had his funk on. He was scowling into his namesake beverage as if he were looking into the bottom of the market, circa October 2008. "Hey, Bob," I said, easing into the spot next to him and waving away a tendril of black ooze from his aura. "What's the matter?" And so he told me.
You know what happened in the World Cup between the U.S. and Slovenia, when that bonehead from Mali declared a phantom foul and robbed Team USA of its go-ahead goal? How about the moment this spring when the Tigers were playing the Indians, and the umpire blew an easy call at first base to despoil the pitcher's perfect game? One numbnuts doing his job improperly can bring ruin. And so it was with Martini and his company, which had just announced second-quarter earnings.
"We had a great quarter," he said, draining his glass and motioning for another. "Revenue up high single digits. Operating income through the roof. Huge EPS."
"So?" I asked.
"So," he spat out. "We missed consensus by a penny."
"How'd that happen, Bob?" I inquired. But I knew. It was the fault of yet another renegade, lazy securities analyst.
"Consensus was right on the money," said Martini. "Except for one outlier at this tiny little firm." He named the firm. I'd never heard of it. "Ed Wormer," he said. Of course that's not the name he actually used, so if your name is Ed Wormer you can back off. "Everybody else had our EPS at 27¢ a share. Wormer had it at 54¢."
"That's an overestimation of 100%," I observed.
For those lucky enough to work in a private company, or unlucky enough to not care about your stock price, I will explain. Wall Street employs a legion of analysts to assess and guess how companies will perform throughout the year. As with any profession, the cadre is stocked with individuals of uneven quality. Some do their jobs carefully, working with the Investor Relations guys at each firm they cover, who are under very tight constraints on what they can reveal, to make sure they don't get things completely wrong. Others seem to exist mostly to give interviews to financial reporters. (We call those "quote monkeys," and they know who they are.) And there is an odd bunch who don't know their spreadsheets from a hole in the ozone layer. They add up columns wrong. They mistake billions for millions. They're morons. And yet they go on. And they matter.
They matter because four times a year Thomson Financial aggregates all the analysts' estimates and issues a consensus on earnings for each company, whether it wants one or not. This is called the First Call, and reporters use it to judge whether a company had a good quarter or not.
And so that day, Ed Wormer's outlandish estimate that Martini's company should have earned 54 cents per share that quarter was factored into the First Call, and it tipped the average consensus, and so the headlines on the wires that morning did not talk about great revenue, terrific operating income, or even excellent EPS, but rather said Martini's company had "missed consensus by a penny."
"We went down 8% in the first half-hour after the opening bell, which brought out the shorts, and the rest is history," said my friend.
"Maybe you should have spoken to Wormer beforehand," I suggested as gently as possible.
"Of course I did!" he exploded. "You know I can't give him any specifics, but I asked him if he wanted to embarrass himself with his EPS number, and he said no, that he'd run his models again!" I let the silence hang. "Which is when he went on vacation," Martini said.
So the next time you look at your stock portfolio, or talk to your broker, or read the papers, consider the foundation upon which our economic system is based. And then, I think, go to Vegas. At least what happens there stays there.


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Isaac Newton never married and had no known children; some speculate that he was uninterested in romantic relationships, and there is no evidence to support the idea that he was ever romantically involved in any way with another person. Newton was very focused on scientific and mathematical matters and is said to have been apathetic to other subjects, even to the exclusion of romantic relationships.
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'Morning time...a healthy ritual to start the day.'
- 2 cup amaranth, oats or quinoa flakes
- 1 cup soy or nut milk (Almond milk, in this case)
- 3 tsp of chia seeds
- A pinch of sea salt
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- Roasted apricot sauce
- 12-15 apricots
- 2 tsp honey or maple syrup
Put the flakes in a glass. Add the chia seeds, salt and milk and stir with a spoon. Put the mix in the fridge over night. Slice the apricots in halves and remove the seeds. Place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Roast them in the oven until they get soft. Put the roasted apricots and the honey in a food processor and mix. Here you have two options; you can either add the apricot sauce on top of the chia pudding or, as i did, place the sauce in a another glass and then over the chia pudding. Sprinkle some cinnamon on top.


text: Contents IT Operations Management Previous Topic Next Topic Discovery classification parameters Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Discovery classification parameters Each type of Discovery classify probe (Windows, UNIX, SNMP, etc.) returns a unique set of parameters that contains classification information. Any of the supported parameters can be used as configurable criteria for classifying devices that Discovery finds. The tables in this page define the available parameters for each classification. Discovery also provides a way to classify devices it finds when no credentials are available. Discovery for IP addresses makes certain assumptions about devices and the applications running on those devices from the ports that it finds open. Classification parameters for this type of Discovery are generated differently from scans in which credentials are available. Create classification criteria for a Discovery definitionTo add criteria to a Classification record, navigate to Discovery Definition > Classification > <type> and click New in the Classification Criteria related list.UNIX parametersThe UNIX parameters define the characteristics of several types of computers, such as Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX, communicating with SSH protocol, version 2.Windows Discovery classification parametersWindows parameters identify Windows computers communicating with the WMI protocol.SNMP parametersThe SNMP parameters can define the characteristics of several types of devices, such as routers, switches, and printers.Process parametersProcess parameters identify processes such as those used by LDAP, Apache Server, and JBoss Server.Discovery classification for IP address scanningClassification is available for the IP Addresses Discovery type and returns information about CIs (Scan CI) and applications running on CIs (Scan Application).Form parameters for IP address scanningThe syntax for creating parameters is derived from the fields returned by the Shazzam probe when conducting a Discovery for IP addresses. On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic


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Micah and I caught the ferry from our hotel, across the Lake of Como, to Bellagio, Italy. There we sauntered down cobbled streets, past gorgeous boutiques and cafés, and up stone steps leading through narrow alleyways. Near the lakefront promenade, we walked into an antique shop, drawn in by the ethereal paintings in the window display. A petite woman, looking to be in her 70's, greeted us as we entered the shop. She was elegantly dressed. We lingered in front of a painting of a woman and a child on the shore of Lake Como. Their clothes were old-fashioned but the sun-dappled landscape looked exactly as it had an hour earlier when we stepped off the ferry. "My father painted that," said the woman. I watched Micah melt into a puddle at her feet, overcome by the charm and history of the place and her story.
"Your father painted this?" asked Micah.
"Si, this is a copy of his original work." I knew then we were leaving the shop with one of his prints.
We took our time looking at a half dozen or so, before finally settling on one that captured the lake, a glimpse of the village, and the Alps in the distance. After the woman had wrapped it she handed us what looked to be a brochure. "A gift for you," she said. Outside the shop I opened it up and discovered it was the story of how her father had come to Bellagio. I read it to Micah as we walked toward the lake.
Her father, an Italian, visited Bellagio in the 1930's. He was so taken by the beauty of the place he immediately declared, "I will own a shop here one day!" A year later he had already purchased a shop and begun painting the landscape. He would later marry a woman from another country (the brochure didn't say where she was from). The two had a daughter. Decades later she is still running her father's shop. As I write this, I recognize this is a simple story. A man falls in love with a place and then a woman. He spends the remainder of his days putting this love to paint. But there is also, for me, something incredibly moving about his declaration, a promise to himself. "I will own a shop here one day!"
This past weekend I fulfilled a twenty year old promise to myself. I finally read the first book in the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery. I fell in love with Anne of Green Gables in middle school. My grandpa Lausterer introduced me to the 1980's TV mini-series on PBS. I loved everything about Anne: her imagination, her temper, her abiding belief in kindred spirits, and her loathing turned love for Gilbert Blythe. But mostly what I loved about Anne was that she embodied something I believe we all have inside of us: a child-like spirit full of wonder and wishes. The English poet Robert Browning, quoted by Montgomery, puts it best: "The good stars met in your horoscope. Made you of spirit and fire and dew."
The good stars met in my horoscope when my best friend Beth gifted me the book set. "I will read at least the first two books," I declared to myself. The stars aligned again when Beth and I traveled to Prince Edward Island after our college graduation. We camped in the national park, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Actually, we froze to death. It was May, a rainy and frigid month, and there wasn't another tourist to be found on the island. We spent several hours in a laundry facility, absorbing the heat from the dryers, trying to stay warm. We also visited the home of L.M. Montgomery. I remember thinking how odd it was to have traveled all that way because of my love for a story I had never read.
Over the next twenty years I made a few failed attempts to read the books. But the strangest thing would happen. My love for Anne, and her story, would immediately grow cold. The reading of the book felt like a burden. This only made the next attempt all the more difficult. Eventually, just looking at the book, or watching the TV series, filled me with a feeling of disappointment. What was my deal? Was I afraid the book wouldn't live up to the TV series? Was it Montgomery's flowery, old-fashioned writing style? These explanations didn't add up. Why was this book such a source of grief?
It wasn't until I started writing, in the form of a spiritual memoir and this blog, that I found the answer. Anne of Green Gables becomes a writer. And that, unbeknownst to me, was the hidden reason for my deep love of Anne. Here was a story about a girl who grows up to write (written by a girl who grows up to write) and I couldn't bear reading it because I had failed to do the same. Somewhere along the way I abandoned my child-like spirit of wonder and wishes and became a responsible, practical adult. Responsible, practical adults, it seemed to me, do not abandon a good job and a sensible resume to become a writer, or a painter, to open a shop, or move to a different part of the country simply because it's beautiful. Thank goodness we're not made only of flesh and blood, of common sense and realism. It's the spirit and fire and dew inside you and me that beckons us to declare our love for the impractical and ethereal.
Twenty years is a long time to read a book. But I'm so glad I finally followed through on my declaration. When we honor a promise to ourselves the good stars align in our horoscopes and the result is nothing short of exquisite.*
*Exquisite: from late Middle English meaning "to seek out." Seek out a long lost promise to yourself and you will rediscover the spirit and fire and dew inside of you.