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I went to New York for my 40th birthday a couple of years ago. One of my must see places was Babycakes bakery in the Lower East Side. We bought a selection of pastries and cake which we enjoyed with champagne for my birthday breakfast and the staff even threw in some candles! All their baked goods are vegan and are mainly sugar and gluten or wheat free.
I was really pleased to get the Babycakes cookery book for my last birthday and today had my first go at one of their recipes. I must admit that I subbed sunflower oil for coconut oil as the cheapest oil in Eighth Day was nearly £9 and the recipe would have used most of the pot! But I did use agave syrup and spelt flour and these fresh raspberry scones were lovely and light.
Since the trip to New York, the vegan soda fountain Lula's Apothecary has opened, I can feel myself being called back!

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We talk a lot about tourism in Prescott. The tax dollars generated by tourist activities help keep the City of Prescott humming along.
Excuse us while we interrupt with a short commercial break: Thank you to all that come visit our fair City. You'll appreciate the fact that prices aren't hiked up just for your benefit, 'cuz we've all got to live here, too! That being said, we hope you have a good time and spend lots of money!
Mark Davidson is focused on a different clientele. You. Meaning his neighbors, his friends, his regulars that enjoy the atmosphere, the beer and the food. They have events, live music, indoor and outdoor seating, great bbq, and of course, beer. Listen in as the Quad Cities Business Beat crew of Lynette Hoyt, Zach Hoyt and San Martin Rodriguez talk about one of Prescott's best kept secrets: Mark's Beer Garden.
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What: Mark's Beer Garden
Where: 1590 Swenson Street, Prescott
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While six months have passed since an agreement was reached to extend the unit period of the flexible working hour system, the related bill had not passed the National Assembly, putting companies on edge.Samsung Electronics Service Co. had to use 500 technical instructors for air conditioner repairs
South Korea's household debt extended by deposit banks and non-banking savings institutions increased 15.40 trillion won (US$12.73 billion) in the second quarter of this year from a year earlier. The balance of household debt is estimated at more than 1,467.30 trillion won (US$1.21 trillion) as of t
The South Korean government excluded Japan from its trade whitelist on Aug. 12 and limited knowledge and technology exchanges with Japan at the same time. This means case-by-case screening is now a must for exports of technologies and techniques that can be used for military purposes and joint resea
Mass rallies in Hong Kong are adding to the uncertainties of the South Korean economy along with the ongoing trade disputes between the United States and China and Japan's economic retaliation against South Korea. The rallies are being mentioned as a potential factor that can lead to an all-out
The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Aug. 18 that South Korea and Japan have been engaged in six WTO disputes and dispute settlement procedures are underway for half of them after Japan took legal proceedings. The WTO added that South Korea won the three finished cases.Back in June 2016, Japan
The Ministry of Science and ICT entrusted a project to the Korea Legislation Research Institute with regard to the current status of digital taxes such as the so-called YouTube tax and whether the taxes are applicable to the South Korean market. The South Korean government is planning to compel over
Free trade agreements between South Korea and five Central American countries take effect one after another starting from Oct. 1 this year.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced on Aug. 13 that South Korea's domestic procedures for the implementation of the FTAs were com
South Korea's credit default swap (CDS) premium is rising again amid the ongoing trade disputes between the United States and China and between South Korea and Japan. Although it is not at a critical level yet, South Korea's sovereign default risk may rise in the second half if the disputes continue
The Associated Press said based on a report from the U.N. Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea that North Korea had carried out at least 35 hacking attacks against 17 countries from December 2015 to May this year to take approximately US$2 billion, those cyber hacking attacks include
Liberty Korea Party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn said on Aug. 12 that the South Korean government has to take an effective measure to provide against North Korea's nuclear weapons. The measure he implied is nuclear armament. With the North having launched a series of missiles, the party is advocating redepl
South Korea has dropped Japan from its list of preferred trading partners on Aug. 12 in response to Tokyo's recent decision to exclude Seoul from its trade whitelist.In this regard, critics pointed out that the South Korean government should first seek to find a diplomatic solution through communica
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea revised its export and import licensing system on Aug. 12, excluding Japan from its trade white list 10 days after Japan took the same measure against South Korea.According to the revised rules, simplified export procedures are no longer appl
The Mainichi Shimbun reported on Aug. 9 that the Japanese government permitted the export of photoresists to South Korea in about one month after its export restrictions targeting South Korea and the permission implies that the government admitted its miscalculation about the possible repercussions
South Korea and the Philippines initiate their third round of FTA negotiations in Busan City on Aug. 12.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea announced on Aug. 11 that the negotiations, which will continue for three days, will cover goods and services, investment, economic and te
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings maintained South Korea's sovereign credit rating at "AA-" with a stable rating outlook on Aug. 9."South Korea's robust fiscal conditions, stable macroeconomic performance and sound fiscal management are more than offsetting mid-term structural challen
The Japanese government has issued an export permit regarding semiconductor material shipment to Samsung Electronics in about one month after the implementation of its export restrictions targeting the three semiconductor materials of hydrogen fluoride, photoresist and fluorine polyimide.The export
Marc Knapper, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Japan and Korea, remarked on Aug. 7 that the United States will remain involved in the ongoing trade disputes between South Korea and Japan and it is prepared to promote dialogues between the two countries. He also mentioned that some soul
South Korea's fiscal soundness is rapidly deteriorating, with the government's budget balance suffering a record deficit in the first half of this year. The ballooning deficit was the result of the government's expanded spending on various welfare policies despite a slowdown in tax reven
In response to Japan's export restrictions against Korea, state-run financial institutions will launch an acquisition financing support group to support Korean companies' acquisition of overseas materials, parts and equipment producers.The Financial Services Commission has decided to launch the
The Japanese government officially excluded South Korea from its trade white list on Aug. 7. However, contrary to expectations, it refrained from expanding the list of items subject to export restrictions.Some experts pointed out that the Japanese government is pacing itself. The others pointed out


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Higgins Georgia Ann Baker Tollerson Georgia Ann Baker Tollerson, age 71, of LaGrange, passed away on November 27, 2018 at the WellStar West Georgia Hospice. She was born on November 28, 1946 to the late, Harold Baker and Ruth Savage Arnold in Thomaston, Georgia. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edward Tollerson, ...Read More »
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Police & Sheriff's Reports 11-30-2018
Friday evening about 6:29 p.m., LaGrange Police responded to Miller Street in reference to a theft. Officers arrived and made contact with the complainant, who stated that he recently arrived home on foot from the Piggly Wiggly on South Greenwood Street. He stated that soon after arriving home, an unknown black male subject approached him at the front door and ...Read More »
COMMUNITY CALENDAR •Every Tuesday: LaGrange Lions Club meets every Tuesday at noon at the Highland Country Club. We would love for anyone to come out and see what we are all about. We are always looking for new members! •Every Wednesday: Preschool Story Time at LaGrange Memorial Library at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, songs and a craft. •December 1, ...Read More »
Troup County Launches Toys for Tots Drive
Troup County has officially launched their annual Marine Corps Toys for Tots toy drive. The toy drive will benefit children of Troup County and will be donated to The Empty Stocking Fund of La-Grange and Hogansville, as well as the local Salvation Army. The County is warmly welcoming new, unwrapped toy donations from the public. The program generally provides toys ...Read More »
Entering Auto Theft Arrest and a Holiday Reminder
LaGrange Police have arrested a local man for entering auto. The stolen property was quickly recovered, but it offered an important reminder for the holiday season. Wednesday evening about 6 p.m., officers with the LaGrange Police Department responded to reports of an entering automobile at the PCA Food Store on Hogansville Road. Officers arrived and learned from the victim that ...Read More »
Family. Lifestyle. Investment. is a Way of Life for FLI Properties
When Kendall Butler was completing her chemical engineering degree from Auburn University, she knew her education experience was one she would share with others once she had an opportunity. That chance came decades later as an entrepreneur and business owner of F.L.I. Properties, a full service real estate brokerage and property management company with offices in Newnan and LaGrange. They ...Read More »
God Is in the Details: The Story of Lilly-Grace
A few years ago, someone dumped a huge white dog at the end of my road. It was the seventh dog dumped in that location in less than a year. At first, I thought the dog belonged to the man who lived at the property where it had been hanging out, but soon realized it was another abandoned animal. Ugh! ...Read More »
Hogansville City Manager Issues Updates on Lake Jimmy Jackson, Other Projects
Hogansville City Manager David Milliron on Wednesday updated citizens via Facebook on the progress of the city's various projects. The projects include construction at Lake Jimmy Jackson, construction repairs on the Elm Street Bridge, and construction upgrades at the Hogansville Amphitheater. Construction began at Lake Jimmy Jackson in September, and the city aims to make the lake, located along Blue ...Read More »
Suspect Named in Violent Robbery Incident
LaGrange Police are investigating an incident where an armed robbery victim attempted to follow his assailant in his car, only to be shot at multiple times. Fortunately, the victim wasn't hurt, and his efforts may have helped identify the suspect. Wednesday evening about 6:30 p.m., officers with the LaGrange Police Department responded to New Franklin Road to meet with a ...Read More »
Cavaliers Embrace the Challenge: "We're good enough to beat any team."
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It's understood, the best players in Ontario Lacrosse play Major.
I understand the fastest lacrosse is at the Junior A level
And I'm willing to suggest the most rugged lacrosse is in Senior, certainly as exhibited Sunday afternoon when the Owen Sound NorthStars & Six Nations Rivermen hooked up for Game 2 of their semifinal series.
That's not to say the skill level in Senior isn't high, or that the game wasn't rapid- it was. But what stood out was how difficult it was for either team to gain an inch while on the attack.
Sunday was a battle, no question, with both teams holding the lead at various points and the issue not really decided until Mat MacLeod's power play marker in overtime sent a large crowd, boosted by a local Minor Lacrosse promotion, into a delightful roar.
I found it fitting that Mat MacLeod, an Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse grad, would score the game winner on such a day.
It was a good day and a fun day for lacrosse in the city.
The Paperweights played a Mini-Game, the Peewees won the Pizza Party, a young girl named Ella won the Jelly Bean contest and the PA Announcer won the tennis ball toss.
Also highlighted were close to a dozen young ladies who will represent Owen Sound in field lacrosse events at the provincial, national and international level in the days and months ahead.
Plus I was also reminded that Junior A semifinals includes a handful of Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse grads; Brandon Welsh is with Brampton who are in against The Beaches in the Final 4 while Jordan Caskenette plays for Orangeville who are going head to head with St Catharines whose lineup includes Jake McNabb.
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There are various formal dresses, and your selection will depend on your size and shape. Because there are different formal dresses regarding their size and shape, you need to be aware of how you can select the best one for yourself. Individuals have different body shapes, and it is this factor that will be used during the selection process. It is at the promotions where a woman will need to wear a formal dress. At the high school promotion is the first place where a woman will first get dolled up and wear something which is formal. Nowadays, there are plenty of prom wear which was not the norm in the past. It is in a wedding where formal dresses can be worn. For the friends of the bride, they will need to wear the bridesmaid dresses.
The online platform such as bridesmaid dresses online Australia and the physical stores available. In most instances, formal dresses for such an occasion are dictated by the time of day when the event is happening. There is a difference between a day and evening event because evening dresses will be considered for an evening event. There are other situations when formal dresses can be worn, and this includes when balls are being provided by organizations and clubs. Although black is usually considered as the most formal color, this is no longer so because there are plenty of dresses that are available in different colors. Although there are many colors of formal dresses, you need to make sure that you have made the best choice of color and that needs to be guided by the skin tone.
Another consideration when buying formal dresses is the style, and this is a component which will either make or break the look that you want. There are certain parts of the body that you would like to conceal, and this is what you need to remember when you are buying formal dresses. There are some undertakings which are necessary for you to wear formal clothing and this mainly applies when it is a business cocktail party. There are certain hairstyles which match with formal dresses, and you will need to collect more information about them so that you can know the right style to incorporate.
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Kellan Lutz stars in the December 18 release
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Lionsgate Premiere's upcoming thriller Extraction, featuring star Kellan Lutz as he makes a few friends on the road. Check it out in the player below!
When a terrorist group kidnaps retired CIA field operative Leonard Turner (Bruce Willis), his son Harry Turner (Kellan Lutz), a government analyst who has been repeatedly turned down for field service, launches his own unsanctioned rescue operation. While evading highly skilled operatives, deadly assassins, and international terrorists, Harry finally puts his combat training to the test in a high stakes mission to find his father and to stop a terrorist plot.
Extraction also stars Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, Dan Bilzerian, Olga Valentina, Lydia Hull, and Tyler J. Olson. Directed by Steven C. Miller from a script by Umair Aleem and Max Adams, the film will debut in theaters and On Demand on December 18.


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The school system in Nigeria is often influenced by the constant changes that are occurring within the political institutions. The ability of the stakeholders and actors within the educational system to adapt to the organizational changes has attracted attention in the last decade. Currently, there is controversy as to the nature, pattern and methods of training teachers in the country. At the centre of the controversy is the confusion over the role of the educational administrators in secondary schools.
The teacher stands out as one the most important factors determining the quality of education and its contributions to national development. At every level people who go to school look on the teacher for the acquisition of the necessary skills to enable them become what they want to be. Thus, students often look on the personal qualities, their educational qualities and professional competence which are rewarding to the learners. It is on this note that the role of educational administrators in assisting teachers to help students achieve the objective of instructions in their various fields of endeavor stands paramount and a challenge in the 21st century. How should the teacher present himself in order to get his message across? How can he communicate effectively in the class? Under what kind of environment can the message get across? What pedagogical approaches are effective? These among other question are of interest not only to students and teachers but also to school administrators (Onuoha, 1975).
According to (Ukeje, 1988 in Wanekezi, Okoli and Mezieobi, 2011), pointed out that education unlocks the door to modernization and sustainable development but that, it is the teacher that holds the key to the door. Thus, the teacher has the responsibility of translating educational policies into practice and programmes into action. It is clear from the foregoing that the role of the teacher in sustainable development cannot be quantified, especially in training personnel in various areas of the workforce. For national development and peaceful co-existence to be attained, there is need to give priority to investment in human capital through teacher education and training. The Nigerian educational system needs to be responsive to the technological social and economic needs of the society and provide the type of human resources needed in the industrial and economic sector. Herein comes the role of effective teacher education programme to translate the needed skills, knowledge and attitudes to meet their needs and the societal ones.
Nigeria Union of Teachers (1994) depicts a teacher as one who has the register-able professional qualification which enables him to be appointed to teach at any nation's institution of learning and who has a sound mind and is mentally fit.
Trained, skilful, effective and efficient teachers of the past were accorded, revered, and held at high esteem because of their selfless role in the society. But the reverse is the case today, he is seen as one who resorted to the profession as a result of unemployment, he is owed months of salary and is paid below standard but is expected to build the future leaders.
The role of a teacher cannot be over emphasized as no facet of life will be without him. Teachers are ideal agents of Socialization, Change and Development, thus the operator of the country's educational system to ensure that teachers are politically, economically, culturally, socially, agriculturally and technologically skilful, aware and adequately productive and meaningful to the society he or she functions. He is the bridge and springboard for economic and other areas of growth, development and stability.
To buttress on the topic of discuss let us consider a letter sent by a past president of America, Abraham Lincoln to the head teacher of his son's school, it reads: "He will have to learn, I know that all men are not just. But teach him that for every scoundrel there's a hero; that for every selfish politician there is a dedicated leader. Teach him that for every enemy there's a friend. Teach him that a dollar earned is far more of value than five found. Teach him to learn to lose and enjoy winning. In school teach him that it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong. Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with the tough. Teach him to listen to all, but teach him to filter all he hears on the screen of truth and take only the truth that comes through. Teach him how to laugh when he's sad. Teach him there is no shame in tears. Teach him to close his ears to the hauling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks he's right. Teach him gently but don't cuddle him, because only the heat of fire makes steel. Teach him to always have sublime faith in his creator and faith in himself too, because then he will always have faith in mankind. These are a big order, but please see what you can do. He is such a fine little lad, my son".
If the role of a teacher is not imperative and pivotal, why will he write such letter and plead in it? He pleads with the teacher to bring his expertise to bear through his son in all ramifications.
The nation depends on the crop of teachers it has to train and supply necessary man power in all areas of the nations existence. Also the teacher is an icon of morality that is why he and his profession is regarded as the mother of all other professions and deserve a conducive working environment and condition.
A teachers' task involve first fathoming, absorbing and imbibing the ideals and knowledge of the society, familiarize himself with them by understanding its entirety before the challenging process of transferring these acquired principles and ideas to the learners.
With this enormous task, the teachers' role in nation building is one that if not vehemently used can snowball into something venomous.
Teachers are needed in all areas of life endeavor; in Medicals, Law, Agriculture, Technology, Astronomy, Philosophy and a host of others require the skills of teaching in the hands of a professional before the knowledge can be transferred from one person to another. These without doubt is no small role to play as the entire nations' fate depends on the cadre of leaders they will produce to lead the old.
Teaching is a profession that everyone is involved in; a man that sees three children playing in a pool of dirty water from the gutter and sends them away is a teacher because out of the three children one is likely to learn and refrain from such water another day.
By that he has taught because it is relatively permanent. A farmer who teaches his son how to till the soil to an extent that in his absence the child tills the ground productively has taught. A father who disciplines his children when they err without a bias mind and reward when they do good has taught because one is likely to learn that it's not good to do wrong.
- Abdukareem, A. Y. (2001). Nigeria University and the Development of Human Resources. In N. Nwagwu, E. T. Ehiametalor, M. A. Ogunu & M. Nwadiani (Eds). Current Issues in Education Management in Nigeria. Benin City: Amik Press.12(1), 127-129.
- Adewuyi J.O. (2012). Functional Teacher Education in Addressing Contemporary Challenges in Nigeria. Being a Lead Paper Presented at the 4th National Conference of South-West Zonal Conference at Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo, held between 17th -20th July, 2012.
- Adewuyi J.O. and Ogunwuyi, A.O. (2002). Basic Text on Teacher Education. Oyo. Odumatt Press and Publishers.
- Adeyinka, A.A. (1971). The development of secondary grammar school education in the western state of Nigeria, 1908-1968. M.Ed. Dissertation, University of Ibadan.
- Adeyinka, A.A. (1993). The development of secondary education in Oyo, Ogun and Ondo States of Nigeria, 1908-1980. Occasional publication 1, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
- Adeyinka, A.A. (1998). History of Education in Nigeria. Mimeograph.
- Afe, J.O. (1992). Trends in Teacher Education: The case of colleges of Education in Nigeria. In Eimuhi J.O. and Otomewho, G.A. Access, Equity and Quality in Higher Education. NAEP Publication.
- Afe J.O. (1995). Strategies for educating migrant fishermen and their Family the Nigeria Teacher. Today. A journal of teachers education. 4th October. Pp. 66-72.


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TCU women open with two Big XII wins
Published 9/26/2017 10:05:41 AM by staff from dallas
A perfect start to the Big XII schedule on home soil for the TCU womens soccer team and coach Eric Bell. Kansas and Kansas State came calling to Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium and both left with losses this past weekend as TCU moved to 8-3 and 2-0 in conference play.
On Friday evening Kansas sat up very defensively making things difficult for the TCU attack. Despite bossing the possession and scoring chances the home side was unable to get the final ball and find the important goal. Shots were 22-6 and corners were 11-1 in favor of TCU, but Kansas would hold out and send the match to overtime. The Lady Frogs would finally get the goal they deserved in the 106th minute when a corner kick was finally cahsed in. After Kansas cleared the box on the set piece, Ariana Owens put the ball right back into the mixer where Tara Smith fired home for the winner.
Sunday afternoon brought Big XII newcomers Kansas State to town. Another defensive minded side set up deep to thwart the TCU attack. KState was unable to manage a single shot on goal or even a corner kick the entire game, but held out defensively deep into the 2nd half. TCU fired 15 shots and also had 15 corners. It was an own goal that provided the winning margin though.
In the 76th minute, disaster struck for the Wildcats. Ryan Williams lobbed the ball into the attacking third. A K-State defender got her head on the ball only to see it float into the back of the goal for the only tally of the afternoon.
With the win TCU moves to 2-0 in conference play and will await the arrival of Oklahoma State on Friday evening before traveling to face Texas Tech Sunday.
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World Cup 2010 — Group F
La Albirroja stood proudly atop the South American qualifying group, before falling off a bit and losing their final four games (two of those to Chile & Brazil, who qualified above them). Along the road to qualification they put in some impressive performances however, including beating both Brazil and Argentina in Asunción. They're coached by the Argentine Gerardo Martino, in charge of the national team for the last four years after claiming the Paraguayan domestic league tittle on four occasions with clubs Cerro Porteño and Libertad.
One of most bizarre narratives surrounding the Paraguay squad is the absence of Club América stiker Salvador Cabañas, leading scorer in the qualifying campaign, after he was shot in the head at a Mexico City bar back in January. Luckily Cabañas survived this attack, but its unclear if and when he'll return to playing. Paraguay's biggest name, Manchester City benchwarmer Roque Santa Cruz, will be expected to rush into the goal-scoring void. It was initially thought Santa Cruz would continue the pine-riding role he's filled this season, however Paraguay's other tall, powerful target man, Benfica's Oscar Cardozo, may not shake off an ankle injury in time to play. However, a last minute boon to the Paraguayan attack is that Argentina-born Lucas "La Pantera" Barrios has been granted a Paraguayan passport (his mother is from Paraguay) and has been named to the squad. After scoring 49 goals in 53 appearances with Chilean side Colo-Colo, he earned himself a move to Borussia Dortmund, where he finished the season with 19 goals—he's a tidy finisher, tall, strong in the air, and tends to simply pop up in the right places.
The All Whites reached the World Cup after triumphing in a eyeball-gougingly dull playoff against Middle Eastern footballing titans Bahrain. FIFA has really got to do something to retool the weight given to the Oceania group, which used to feature Australia before they appealed to be classified within Asia. NZ topped a qualifying group consisting of Vanuatu (pop. 243,000), New Caledonia (pop. 249,000), and Fiji (to whom NZ lost 2-0 at home). This is the second time the Kiwis have qualified for a World Cup, the other being in 1982 when they lost all three group stage games and were sent packing. Without being too grumpily dismissive, I can't see why it won't also be 3-and-out for them here in 2010.
They're captained by Blackburn Rovers centerback and Stanford graduate Ryan Nelsen. Leading the line is Plymouth Argyle's Rory Fallon, who scored the goal that brought them to South Africa. Again, I'm trying to keep the patronizing to a minimum, but it's highly likely that New Zealand are the least talented team appearing at the cup—prove me wrong, Kiwis!
The Slovak republic became an autonomous nation at the beginning of 1993, their national FA was founded that year, and this will be the first tournament the national team has qualified for. Triviatime! In the days when a Slovak puppet state was established by the Nazis (1939-45), there was briefly a Slovakia squad, and they even beat Germany 2-0 in their inaugural match! Qualification for the 2010 cup, overseen by Bratislava-born coach Vladimir Weiss, is a major achievement for the Slovaks and shouldn't be underplayed—they topped a group that including the Czech Republic (beating, drawing), Poland (beatin' 'em twice), and Nor'n Ireland (beatin' 'em twice). I won't pretend to understand the socio-cultural dynamics between the two former components of Czechoslovakia, but apparently many Czechs are supporting their former countrymen in their absence of their own team:
"As long as we're not there in South Africa, I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed for Slovakia, unlike a lot of Slovaks who don't keep their fingers crossed for us when they don't qualify. But that's there [sic] problem, and I'll definitely be glad if the Slovaks get out of the group stage."
Central to the Slovak team is Napoli attacking midfielder Marek Hamsik, who'll be the most likely source of creativity. The most familiar name to international audiences may be Liverpool's Martin Sktrel, the intimidatingly bald centerback. He's recovering from injury, but is expected to be fit and could provide some crucial experience to the Slovakia side. It's going to be tough going to escape the group ahead of Italy and Paraguay, but the qualifying rounds already proved that Slovenská footballing prowess shouldn't be scoffed at.
The Azzuri dove, bitched, and smirked their way to success in 2006 without really ever impressing on the field. Particularly galling, as noted by our Aussie guestBlogger Nick, was Fabio Grosso's dive against Australia which sent them through. See the Zapruder-like analysis below and decide for yourself!
But, alas, I reckon we're talking 2010 here! It's a much noted cliché that the Italians are most likely to succeed when little is expected of them, and indeed this is an Italy squad which has not been deemed of notable vintage—so pray that they ACTUALLY FAIL! They have looked seriously uninspired in the friendlies leading up to the tournament, drawing against Cameroon and Switzerland and losing 2-1 to Mexico. After Roberto Donadoni's stewardship was deemed a failure, 2006 WC-winning brow-furrower Marcelo Lippi is back at the helm. He has faced vocal criticism for selecting an aging squad which features 9 members of title-winning team. Specific eyebrow-raisers are right back Gianluca Zambrotta (33) who faltered in his post-WC move to Barcelona and had an unimpressive season at AC Milan this year, as well as the now-calamitous 36 year-old centerback Fabio Cannavaro reprising his role as captain. Cannavaro was an absolute joke during HIS post-WC move to Real Madrid, he's been crap at Juventus since then, and his decline is such that he's recently decided on a move to play in the United Arab Emirates.
Luckily there are some fresher faces who are nosing their way into the side (although American-born traitor striker Guiseppe Rossi was trimmed from the provisional squad during the final paring down). Due to the injury of Andrea Pirlo, Fiorentina's excellent midfield general Ricardo Montolivo looks set to start. Hopefully 25 year-old Giampolo Pazzini, coming off a breakout season scoring 19 goals and leading Sampdoria to a 4th-placed finish, will get some minutes up front (if only because Vincento Iaquinta is such a fuckhead!). Lippi, however, has tended to prefer Iaquinta & Alberto Gilardino, spearheading a 4-4-2 formation. Though the prospects of qualifying out of the group look nearly nailed down, they face a tricky opener against Paraguay. If they fail to top Group F, they would likely face the Netherlands in the round of 16…can't say I wouldn't delight at seeing the Oranje send home the Azzuri early in the tournament.


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This year's seasonal employment is expected to exceed 600,000 for the first time since 2007, according to outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas.
The firm notes that many retailers are increasing holiday hiring. Kohl's Corp., Macy's Inc., Toys R Us, Pier 1 Imports Inc., American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and others plan to hire more temporary holiday workers.
Amazon will hire more than 15,500 people to fill temporary holiday jobs at shipping centers around the nation. The company plans to hire 5,000 people in Arizona, another 4,000 across Pennsylvania, and more than 2,500 in Indiana.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas Department of Labor analysts said the holiday hiring season is off to its strongest start since 2006, with a net gain of 150,900 in retail payrolls. In October 2009, just 47,600 retail jobs were added, and in October 2008, retailers added only 38,600 seasonal workers.
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The cosmic distance ladder
Astronomers have identified the most distant quasar yet to be discovered. But how do they know how far away objects are?
At the end of June, astronomers identified a quasar that is now believed to be the earliest and most distant known object in the universe. But distances to celestial bodies haven't always been easily determined – less than a century ago it was thought that our galaxy was the entire extent of the universe.
So how do we measure the distance to stars and galaxies?
Direct measurement
Direct distance measurements are only possible for stars within a distance of a little more than 1000 lightyears even with precision, space-based telescopes.
They use the phenomenon of parallax, which is familiar in everyday life too – objects appear to be in slightly different positions when viewed solely through the left eye compared to when viewed solely through the right eye.
The human brain uses the separation between the two eyes to generate a perception of depth and automatically estimate distance. If vision were only monocular, it would be difficult to determine whether an object is small or far away.
A similar principle can be used to work out the distance to stars, but accurately and mathematically rather than automatically.
Over the course of a year, as the Earth orbits the Sun, the apparent position of comparatively nearby stars changes relative to much more distant ones, which are so far away that they appear not to move. The angle by which the apparent position changes is inversely proportional to the star's distance.
This method also defines a unit of distance – the parsec is the distance corresponding to a parallax angle of one arcsecond, or 1/3600th of a degree. The term was coined in 1913 and the unit is equal to about 3.26 ly, so the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, is around 1.3 parsecs (4.2 ly) away.
The first successful measurement of the distance to a star using this method was carried out by the German astronomer Friedrich Bassel in 1838, when he determined that 61 Cygni is 10.4 ly away. More accurate recent measurements give a distance of 11.4 ly.
Standard candles
While parallax is used to calibrate the cosmic distance scale by allowing us to work out the distances to nearby stars, other methods must be used for much more distant bodies, since their parallax angle is too small to measure accurately.
One comes from using the inherent brightness of an object – the luminosity of some astronomical bodies is known well enough to be able to calculate their distance.
Since how bright a star appears in the sky (its "apparent magnitude") is a function of both its actual light output ("absolute magnitude") and the distance from the observer, knowing the former two allows calculation of the latter.
The bodies of which the intrinsic luminosity is well known are referred to as "standard candles". One commonly used type of standard candle is the Cepheid variable – a type of star named after Delta Cephei in the constellation Cepheus, in which the luminosity fluctuates over time. Because there is a direct relationship between that luminosity and the period over which it oscillates, the absolute magnitude of any Cepheid variable close enough to see can be worked out.
The identification of this type of star in the Andromeda galaxy, and observations by Edwin Hubble in 1922–3, led astronomers to realise for the first time that Andromeda was much further away than had been thought – outside our own galaxy.
Distances calculated using variable stars as standard candles were recalculated after Walter Baade's observations in the 1950s revealed that the more distant Cepheids were older and had a lower non-hydrogen content than ones nearby. Their absolute magnitudes had been underestimated, and so they were much further away than had been believed when they were first identified as extragalactic.
At greater distances or areas in which there is no star formation and hence few Cepheids, such as in elliptical galaxies, other astronomical bodies are used to calculate distances in a similar way. These might be RR Lyrae variables (a kind of red giant star) or Type 1a supernovae, for example. For binary systems, the orbital characteristics can be used to calculate mass, and, since there is a direct relationship between mass and luminosity, the absolute magnitude of a star.
Other formulae can also be used to determine absolute magnitude, and therefore distance, such as the Tully-Fisher relation, which links the luminosity of a spiral galaxy with the range of its rotational velocities, and the Faber-Jackson relation, from which the luminosity of an elliptical galaxy can be calculated from the dispersion of velocities of the stars in its centre.
As well as realising that the Andromeda Galaxy is separate from our own, Hubble discovered that the redshift of light from other galaxies is proportional to how far away they are – this is now known as Hubble's law.
The large redshifts of the light from what are now known to be distant galaxies were first noted by the American astronomer Vesto Slipher in 1912, and are a result of the Doppler Effect. Galaxies further from the Earth are moving away from it faster than ones close by.
Hubble massively overestimated the rate at which galaxies' recession velocities increase with distance because of the error in calibrating those distances that came from confusing the two types of Cepheid variable, as mentioned above.
But increasingly precise measurements of this number, Hubble's constant, have been made from Allan Sandage's 1958 estimate onwards. Data from the WMAP satellite in 2010 gave a value of 71.0±2.5 km/s/Mpc.
For the most distant bodies in the universe, corrections have to be made to take general relativity into account.
The quasar discovered in June has a redshift of 7.085, dating it to just 0.77 billion years after the big bang, placing it about 13.35 bn lightyears away.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. --- The Tusculum University women's volleyball team ended its 2018 season Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 loss at Coker College in South Atlantic Conference action at the Deloach Center. The Cobras won the match by set scores of 25-20, 16-25, 25-15 and 27-25.
The Pioneers (6-20, 4-16 SAC) and Cobras (13-16, 5-15 SAC) both entered the day with a chance to earn a berth in the conference tournament, but a victory by Catawba over Newberry dashed any hopes for the winner to grab a postseason spot.
Taylor du Bray led Coker with 16 kills to go along with 12 digs and five blocks, and Lana Strejcek added 11 kills and four blocks for the Cobras, who swept the season series from the Pioneers.
Brooke Statler had career highs of nine kills and seven blocks to lead the Pioneers, while Cassie Born and Carli Pigza added seven kills apiece. Tusculum had a balanced attack against Cobra, with eight players recording at least three kills, and also finished with 10 blocks as a team.
In the first set, Coker jumped to a 6-1 lead behind three kills from du Bray, but Tusculum battled back to within 13-12 on kills by Born and Aubrey Hawkins. Another Hawkins kill left the Pioneers trailing 17-15, but back-to-back kills from Strejcek gave Coker a 22-17 lead in the set, which ended on a kill by Chloe Attram.
Set two saw the Pioneers use a pair of Hawkins kills to build an 8-4 lead, but a 5-0 run by the Cobras gave them the lead at 11-9. Tusculum regained the lead at 14-13 on another kill by Hawkins, which was followed by kills from Alyssa Rojas and Pigza for a 16-13 Tusculum advantage. Coker closed the margin to 18-15 on a Pioneer service error, but Tusculum put away the set on kills by Rojas, Statler and Born, capped by a block by Statler and Born on set point.
Coker used a 7-1 run to take a 7-4 lead in the third set, but Tusculum came back to regain the lead at 10-9 on an ace by Melissa Mazur. The set would be tied at 11, 12 and 13 before the Cobras ran off five straight points, which included three Pioneer hitting errors. Coker would score 12 of the final 14 points of the set, finishing with three straight kills from Olivia Cerick, Strejcek and Cerick again to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
Tusculum would again take the early lead in the fourth set, going up 4-1 and then 7-5 before a 4-0 run led by du Bray and Strejcek gave Coker the lead at 9-7. Tusculum would trail 19-14 after a du Bray kill, but chipped away to cut the deficit to two points at 20-18 and at 21-19. The Pioneers used three straight point to pull within 23-22, but a kill by Cerick put the Cobras on match point. Tusculum survived three match points on kills by Statler and Born and a service error, the latter tying the score at 25-25. However, a kill by du Bray and a hitting error on Tusculum would close out the set and the match.
Coker finished the match with a .147 hitting percentage on 50 kills, as Rami Mullen had 39 assists for the Cobras. Cerick contributed nine kills, 19 digs and three aces for Coker, while Kara Overholt shared the team lead with 19 digs for the Cobras.
For Tusculum, the team hit .094 on 46 kills, with Rojas dishing out 26 assists. Both Rojas and Mazur had a pair of aces, and Mazur led all players in the match with 33 digs, while Born had 15 digs and five blocks to go along with her seven kills. Kayli Dempster also reached double figures in digs with a season high of 10, and had six kills in the match.


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What Time it is in Nature: Trapping Mammals with Camera Traps
One of the Museum's biologists, Dr. Roland Kays, studies migrations in animals. As part of his work, he uses camera traps to document the mammals living in a variety of locations around the world. When an animal passes by one of the camera traps, it snaps a photo. In this way, researchers can document animals with as little human interference as possible, making camera trapping a popular means of studying animal activity in remote and urban areas alike.
Dr. Kays has placed camera traps at Prairie Ridge in the past to document the animals that use the grounds and found that a variety of mammals are present. Recently, he has been interested in whether the prescribed fire that took place on Monday would flush any interesting mammals out of the grasses. He's documented several species with the camera traps so far. This deer came up close to inspect the camera a few nights ago:
We often see deer at Prairie Ridge, but the camera traps are capturing more elusive animals as well. This fox wandered by a little over a week ago:
Every now and again we'll see a rabbit out on the prairie, but they make rather regular appearances at the camera traps at night:
Because we are not open at night, the camera traps also allow us the opportunity to see things that are rarely active or out in the open during the day as well. This opossum was the first of its kind documented on the grounds:
It's a treat to see the camera trap images as some of the animals it captures are rarely observed by the staff and visitors of Prairie Ridge during our normal hours. If you'd like to see more footage from the camera traps, Dr. Kays is sharing them on his Twitter feed at @camtraplive (http://twitter.com/camtraplive). We encourage you to follow along with the project online, but be sure to keep an eye out for some of the animals from the camera trap footage on your next visit to Prairie Ridge as well. You never know when you might see a fox darting into the grasses to hunt or a deer grazing along the trails!
What Time is it in Nature is a weekly feature highlighting the current plants, animals, and other wildlife at the Musuem's public outdoor facility, Prairie Ridge Ecostation. Find out more about the natural happenings at Prairie Ridge at our What Time is it in Nature Archive!
(Photos by Dr. Roland Kays)


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Mobile technology company Qualcomm announced today the formation of a new subsidiary, Qualcomm Life. The subsidiary will run the company's former Wireless Health business. Qualcomm Life was unveiled today at the mHealth Summit in Washington D.C. As part of the launch, Qualcomm presented the 2net hub, a mobile device designed to plug into a wall socket and provide connectivity for a wide range of medical devices. The 2net platform allows for the wireless transmission of health data from medical devices to various locations, such as a hospital or doctor's office.
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Riding a Bike with Your DogMarch 17, 2016 | Yuruani Olguin
Most dogs can easily outrun humans and seem to have a thousand times more energy. Many owners complain that they take their pups out for long walks and return home exhausted, while Fido precedes to do laps throughout the house. Riding a bike with your dog is a great way to get some extra exercise while making sure your dog gets all the exercise she needs. Read More


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Humans Are Primed to Buy Goodsby Richard Kensinger, MSW | December 27, 2013
I came across an article written by Bret Stetka, MD, and Kit Yarrow, PhD, about the neuropsychology of consumption, offered, poignantly, around Black Friday. The authors admit that the motivation for shopping is complex; just as much of human motivation is.
They acknowledge that like all other motivations, the motivation for shopping emanates from our limbic brain, which I refer to as our "reactive brain". Critical areas such as the amygdala, the hypothalamus, and the hippocampus are centrally involved.
It is clear that the authors are not describing those with compulsive disorders though they allude to some of these themes. Dr. Yarrow is author of a book entitled Decoding The New Consumer Mind. He suggests that shopping is indeed therapeutic for some, and that for others it is an exciting "competitive sport".
Further, the authors indicate that somehow, most shopping involves connecting to others. Perhaps the sporting part of the experience explains the Black Friday Stampede where herds of frenetic consumers swamp department stores. And of course, the authors allude to the neuromarketing tactics by the marketers designed to influence this herding behavior for their financial gains.
As I ponder these shopping and consumer behaviors, I take a more critical view of us as consumers. I stay guided by Maslow's hierarchy of needs to discern this particular motivation. We must all meet essential survival needs. Next, essential needs for safety and security dominate. Next, are the needs of affiliation and affection. Fourth, involves approval and recognition from others. And finally, we all are on a path to become the best person we can possibly be; a state Maslow calls "self-actualization".
I believe that most big businesses create the illusion that our connections to others are enhanced by the purchase and consumption of material goods. When, in fact, spending quality time with one another are truly the steps to both intrapersonal and interpersonal contentment and happiness.
So, once again this year, just like all the others, I will not be herding on Black Friday or any other day like some of my counterparts!
Bret Stetka and Kit Yarrow. Why We Shop: The Neuropsychology of Consumerism. Medscape. 22 November 2013.
Image via Ollyy / Shutterstock.
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- Calliope at Creating Motherhood has a really moving Day of Loss Commemoration planned right now for February 29th: "There has been a lot of loss recently. And before that. And before that. And before that. So many of us have either had a loss of pregnancy or known someone that did. With each announcement of a loss, and maybe this is just me, but each post of loss brings me right back to my loss. My unpregnant moments. And then the moments of friends. It is a circle of sadness. One of the shitty things about loss, especially this kind (& please forgive me the word "loss". I know many of you hate that word, but for lack of a better one at the moment I am using it) is that there are so many dates to smack you upside the face. There are the dates of trimesters not reached or estimated due dates not achieved…almost birthdays, almost first days of school. All of those damn almosts. This year there is a date on our calendar that only shows up every four years. This year I propose that we take a small moment of this "extra" day and commemorate our losses. On February 29th post whatever feels right to you to honor your grief. You can simply post a photograph, or a poem, a post with no words…whatever helps you through. If you have not known loss first hand you can post in friendship for those that have." Please go over and read the full post and see how you can participate.
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Thanks for taking this crazy mind trip with me. I think I'm alright now, lol. Follow me on Instagram/Twitter for up to the minute hair rants and other foolishness @FancyFlairLady.
Thanks for taking this crazy mind trip with me. I think I'm alright now, lol. Follow me on Instagram/Twitter for up to the minute hair rants and other foolishness @FancyFlairLady.
I scrolled down and was like WHAT!!!Were did Kim's thick long hair go…Its a journey and i know you will bounce back from this. It looks like 3inches of your ends are thin
Hi! I just subscribed to your blog, you provide good, honest info.
I'm going through something similar right now. I prefer thicker ends, blunter cuts so although the bulk of my hair is BSL there's a thin scraggly V that touches my goal MBL. I'm not going to be one of those who claims a goal when 2 hairs are touching it so those ends will have to go 🙂 Thanks for this post and confirming what I need to do.
I'm soo with you on this you are NOT alone, I feel your pain girl, I feel your pain lol. I have a problem area that makes the right side look much thinner than the right and tbh I have no idea what to do I know I'm defo gonna have to trim next relaxer but in terms of that area I jus don't know.. I'll see how it looks with the trim I guess. And don't worry your hair will flourish back in no time! xx
Hi Kim, I'm having the same problem and it's so hard but I think chopping the thin ends will make you feel a lot better in the long run! I'm planning to do a big chop after my next relaxer. Just remember it'll be back down to MBL before you know it! 🙂
Yeah, girl. smh. It's just one of those things, I guess. I've been hiding my length since December with roller sets and buns. I didn't even realize what I was working with. But you're right, they don't call it a journey for nothing.
Hey danysedai, I'm totally with you, I couldn't come on here and claim a length that doesn't belong to me. Mid Back Length is no more. Sad to say, but it's true. Good luck with your next trim. I am certain we both will be happier with our shorter healthier looking hair. Thick ends to the end! lol. Thanks for subscribing. 🙂
Thanks, Vanessa. It feels good to know that I'm not the only one baffled by this. I know that ends tend to be weaker/breakage-prone and that's why I have to do a major trim at the end of the year. But I'm not sure why I have to EVERY time. I'm just going to chalk it up to the fact the my fine hair strands will always be susceptible breakage. I'm thinking I might trim every relaxer, so that I don't lose so much length all at once. These major trims hurt a bit too much for my liking. Good luck with your trim, Vanessa!
You will bounce back!
Thanks for your support, Lesley. I know you're right. It will be so much better after the trim. It was just hard to accept that I would have to trim so much. I thought one thing and then when I took the pictures my jaw dropped(in a bad way). I was shocked and confused. But no worries because I'm good now. Especially now that I see I'm not alone on this one. Thanks for letting me know that this is normal and I'm not a complete disappointment. Now, I'm just wearing my bun until next Saturday's relaxer. Good luck with your trim too!
Thanks, Crowning Glory!
I'm beginning to feel like our hair have a secret way of communicating where they decide what to throw at us next. Just a little while ago it seems like everyone was battling shedding, now this. I'm planning to end my stretch Tuesday because I feel like I'm doing more damage than good this time around. I'm 16 weeks post and don't want to relax just yet but feeling like I'm being forced to. I've experience more shedding, tangles and a lot of breakage this time around and I'm getting a strong feeling I'll have to cut rather than trim my ends with my next relaxer.
hahaha so me right here. I didn't want to do it. but i needed to do it.I went through the stages, but at least i can work at my mistakes and target my problem areas. Im so glad i read this. I see my self in this.
You might be on to something. It's almost as if our hair "cycles" has synced, lol. …maybe that excessive shedding I had in December/January did a lot more damage than I realized…something to think about for sure. Congrats on that stretch, I hope you don't have to do a major trim when you relax. Good luck and take care, Candice!
lol, we are right here >< …you're right, in the end if we can learn from our mistakes, then it's not a waste.
I truly understand what you're going through. My issue is crown breakage and even though I tried my darnest to avoid it, it happened again! It truly sucks, but I appreciate you sharing so that people can understand that Hair Journey's aren't always a walk in the park!
I'm so happy to see this post because I was doing my darndest to protect my ends for the last 15 weeks and yet still my ends are looking on the thin side. I was definitely going through the 'bargaining' stage saying that I'll just trim a little bit but I think it's now time for me to move on to 'acceptance'. Thank you.
I'm going through a bit of this myself right now, smh. This hair journey really is quite a trip! I know the scissors have to come out sometimes, but ugh. lol.
No problem. We're all hear sharing our journeys so that hopefully at some point we'll be able to get it right for good. I'm still racking my brain trying to figure out how to make sure this doesn't happen again.
No problem. It's hard to let our hair go, but sometimes we've got to be strong.
True story!
Despite your ends looking thinner, the rest of your hair looks gorgeously thick and healthy!
Your blog is great! I have just added it to my side bar of blogs I must read – that way I won't miss any of your future posts!!!
Thanks so much! I'm very appreciative of your support!! 🙂
Hi Kim! I am from NC (lived and worked in the RDU for years before moving west for graduate school … I, too, am a Duke fan!)
Thanks for documenting the downsides of hair journeys and keeping it real. Rarely does one have a flawless journey to MBL/WL and beyond. I loved how you related it to the 5 stages of grief with a dash of humor!
I look forward to reading more of your blog. 🙂
Hey LaShanda! (GO DUKE!)
Thanks for checking out my blog, I really try to share each step in this hair journey and cutting my hair was a big (sad) pill to swallow. But I'm glad that others, like yourself, were able to relate to my experience. Thanks for commenting and best of luck to you in Grad School!
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Today I remembered the topic of this blogpost when I looked out the window and saw what I normally see in the mornings: the apartment buildings at the far north end of Sydney's CBD. To me they are magnificent objects even though, when you take into account their size and the relative sizes of other tall buildings in the world, they may not in actual fact amount to much in comparative terms. The reason why, I think, that they have this relevance to me is because of my upbringing because my father - who left school aged 14 to work as a carpenter's apprentice - was very apt with his hands around the house.
He had a property, for example, up the street in Vaucluse where we lived, on the corner of a small side street in the local shopping centre. The building housed my mother's gift shop. I remember getting up on the roof of the building one day with dad to attend to a leak that the residents of the apartment that sat on top of the shop had complained about. We applied lead flashing - big, flappy pieces of beaten or rolled lead - and then painted the flashing with red lead paint. All this hardware just to stop a bit of water getting into the apartment below. I must have been about 12 years old at the time, but I had frequently been around carpentry and masonry tools because dad kept a whole bunch of them in the house. There was the time, on another occasion, when I broke the drill bit off while it was in the screw end of a drill I was using to drill a hole in the wall. Dad made me promise never to do that again.
These brushes with tools and building maintenance enable me to understand how complex a skyscraper is, even though it might look very spare and unadorned when you see it from a distance. There are a lot of small, individual things that go together to make sure that the apartments in the building are secure and dry in all weathers. It is a difficult thing, to make a big building. There are lots of people involved, each of whom does something different. So when I see these big things from my living room in the mornings I wonder who lives there and what they think about when they look west and see the building where my apartment is.


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text: 'Two-tiered citizenship' kicks in with stricter lawJune 09, 2015by Steve MoralesUpdate: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum announced on February 25, 2016 that parts of Bill C-24 would be repealed, including the revocation of citizenship from dual citizens who were convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage. It's been almost a year since the controversial Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act became law — Bill C-24 — and now that some of the hubbub's had time to die down, one very contentious part of the law has just come into effect. The government is now able to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander invoked the spectre of "jihadi terrorism" to justify the law, which has been widely denounced by legal experts and civil liberties groups. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association's petition against the law gained some 20,000 signatories over the weekend and is just shy of 75,000 names. So, what's the problem? Is it so bad to revoke citizenship from jihadi terrorists? Well, the law applies to more than that, and it does so in a fairly heavy-handed way. A primary criticism is that it establishes "two-tiered citizenship" by creating two classes of Canadians: one — Canadian-born citizens — enjoys irrevocable citizenship while the other — naturalized citizens — can have theirs stripped at the discretion of a government bureaucrat. And that leads to further problems: the law streamlines the process for revoking citizenship by removing Federal Court from the mix and putting the decision entirely in the Citizenship and Immigration minister's hands. On top of that, there's little recourse to appeal a decision. The nature of the applicable crimes is another trouble spot. The Canadian Bar Association takes issue with the overly vague "terrorism" dimension of the act. The law says that anyone "convicted of a terrorism offence … or an offence outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would constitute a terrorism offence as defined in that section — and sentenced to at least five years of imprisonment" can lose their citizenship. As the CBA points out, that means someone like Nelson Mandela could be stripped of citizenship while some participants in the militant FLQ action of the 1970s would be safe, even though their action was aimed at Canada. The group also argues that five years is a fairly arbitrary measurement and a poor threshold for gravity of a crime. It notes some countries use trumped-up terror charges to silence dissent and jail political opponents — sometimes for years on end. Beyond terror there's a fear that, once Ottawa starts creating a specific list of unacceptable crimes, it becomes too easy to expand that list and create a slippery slope of disappearing citizenship. Overall, the CBA questions: "why the loyalty of dual nationals should be put into question more than that of other Canadians." Other major political parties have blasted the law as well. The NDP calls it "deeply flawed" and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has vowed to repeal it should his party win the upcoming federal election. However, the government says it's "deeply committed" to this legislation that "has the support of the Canadian people." You know, except for thousands upon thousands of them.» archivesCategories: Legal LifeTags: constitutional rights, court, government, immigration, law


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During this time of incredible brain growth, our Middle Years program challenges youth in a three-pillar approach of project-based learning, passion projects, and community service learning.
The students explore their social and intellectual curiosities, act on their ideas with courage & creativity and become more fully realized as learners and change-makers.
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"Acquiring Knowledge In A Critical + Thoughtful Way"
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As a researcher, I am powerfully interested in what is happening at Willowstone Academy. Today we want children to be able to read, write, be technologically savvy and they need to have the ability to acquire knowledge. They also need to be able to learn how to use that knowledge in a critical and thoughtful way, which is quite different to teaching as though knowledge can't be challenged, today knowledge is challenged. Willowstone Academy is helping children and our youth better understand that.
"My Son Comes Home Singing Every Day"
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My son comes home singing every day. Chapel at Willowstone Academy is having a profound impact on our boys because it's about community, connectedness and tradition. We were not particularly religious in our home but the lessons rooted in our faith that the boys take away from Chapel every week underscore our beliefs and most deeply held values. It's become a treasured part of our boys weekly routine. We love the singing and conversations it inspires at home.
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SANTA CRUZ — With Christmas morning almost over, hundreds of people filed into Holy Cross Catholic Church Wednesday morning for the church"s annual Christmas mass.
"We gather today and, despite all the hustle and bustle of the season, kind of focus on the extreme love God has for each of us," said the Rev. Joe Occhiuto.
On Tuesday, the church held three Christmas Eve services — 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and midnight. Occhiuto said the afternoon mass was so full that people couldn"t get into church, which seats about 425 people.
"We get a lot of visitors; a lot of the students whose families live here," he said, adding that the masses are some of the fullest of the year.
It only held one service Wednesday — Christmas day — with patrons filling up a majority of the church"s pews. Though some came dressed in their Sunday best, while others donned hoodies and sweatpants, all attendees came together to sing hymns and listen to the service.
Susan Ketterer, 56, came with her daughter Rachel McGowan, 26. The duo have been coming to Holy Cross Catholic Church"s Christmas morning mass on-and-off for about 20 years.
"Most because I was raised Catholic but I"m not a practicing Catholic," Ketterer said. "I like to go on major holidays."
Ketterer"s favorite part of the service: "I"d say the music, the feeling of community and the beauty of the church," she said.
Roy and Deborah Martinez were visiting family in Felton from Folsom and decided to come to Holy Cross because of the historic significance, with the church being built on mission grounds.
"We"ve never been here and I wanted to see it and thought it was one of the sights and places to see in Santa Cruz," said Deborah Martinez, 63.
One thing she wanted to take away from the service: "A reaffirmation of our faith."
Paul Rooney, seated at the edge of a pew, was waiting for his wife to come. Rooney, his wife and daughter were visiting another daughter from Davis and picked the church because of the history.
"It"s been here well over 120 years," he said.
As the service began, a handful of people trickled into the church for the service. While they paused before entering the church, unsure of where to go or sit, an usher was quick to greet them then guide them to a seat.
Occhiuto"s couldn"t pick his favorite part of the Christmas ceremony.
"The whole thing," he said. "From the time they begin the opening hymn to the end, it"s a very upbeat feeling. I find the whole experience exhilarating."
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