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Course Program for Biology of Global Health Majors Who Will Graduate in 2018 and Later
The Major in the Biology of Global Health (BGH) addresses the biology behind today's global health concerns, combining strengths from across the University in disease research with interdisciplinary work in economics, policy, law, ethics, etc. The (BGH) major includes coursework and research spanning the basic sciences – genetics, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, evolution, ecology, mathematics, and computational sciences – while integrating perspectives from policy, economics, ethics, law and sociology.
For questions on this major, consult your academic advisor or the Director of the Biology of Global Health major, Prof. Steven Singer (202-687-9884; firstname.lastname@example.com).
Program for majors
The Biology of Global Health program is described in detail below in the following sections:
- Biology Courses (required and elective), Additional Science Courses, Comprehensive Exam and RISE. Completion of all requirements is necessary to obtain a degree in this major.
- All majors in the department will fulfill the University Integrated Writing Requirement by completion of the coursework in the major. Students will gain exposure and instruction in Foundations of Biology, the Gateway course in the major, and upper-level coursework. No additional coursework is necessary.
- Application for the major will occur in the second year.
AP- and IB-credit in the Biology of Global Health
The Department of Biology accepts one of the following: the AP Exam in Biology, the AP Exam in Environmental Biology, or the IB Higher-level Biology exam.
- Students who receive a score of 5 on the AP Biology Exam or the AP Environmental Sciences Exam (but not both) will receive 4 upper division elective credits, 2 of which will count towards the major.
- Students with a score of 4 on the AP Biology Exam or on the AP Environmental Sciences Exam (but not both) will receive 3 upper division elective credits, 1 of which will count towards the major.
- Students with a score of 6 or 7 on the IB Higher-level Biology Exam will receive 4 upper division elective credits, 2 of which will count towards the major.
Courses in the first year
Normally, the first year includes biology, chemistry, mathematics and general education courses. Variation is quite common, however, and students are encouraged to look at the sample curricular paths to find one that best fits their own situation.
Fall term: We recommend 3-4 courses and seminar
- Foundations in Biology I with laboratory (BIOL-103/113)
- First-year seminar (BIOL-101)
- General Chemistry with laboratory (CHEM-001/009)
- Mathematics (which course depends on background and goals; typically MATH-035 [Calculus-1])
- General education (one course): language, English, History, Philosophy or Theology
Spring term: 3-4 courses is the normal load (12 credits is full time status, aim for 14-17 credits)
- Foundations in Biology II with laboratory (BIOL-104/114)
General Chemistry with laboratory (CHEM-002/010)
- Mathematics (typically MATH-040 [Probability and Statistics])
- General Education (one or two courses): language, English, History, Philosophy or Theology
Courses in the upper years
- Second year, Spring term – BIOL-194 Gateway: Biology of Global Health
- Fourth year, Fall term – BIOL-401 Senior Seminar
Program for Biology of Global Health Majors
1. Biology Courses (total of 42 credits)
Required core courses
(16 credits):
- BIOL-101 First-year seminar (1 credit; P/F). This course is required for first-year students and is recommended for transfer students and those students who enter the program after the first-year (contact the department chair or your advisor).
- BIOL-103/113 Foundations in Biology I (5 credits)
- BIOL-104/114 Foundations in Biology II (5 credits)
- BIOL-194 Gateway: Biology of Global Health (4 credits) (Spring semester)
- BIOL-401 Senior Seminar (1 credit; P/F) (Fall semester)
(26 credits) Students must take at least 1 course in each of the following 3 clusters. Students may take Thesis Tutorial (BIOL-340) for up to up to 3 credits as well as RISE (BIOL-341/342) for 6 credits to count as electives.
In addition to the courses listed, students can also take one or more 1-cr modular courses; these offerings change frequently.
Cell and Molecular Cluster
- BIOL-151 Biochemistry (4 credits)
- BIOL-152 Genetics (4 credits)
- BIOL-203 Seminar: Inquiry into Foundations of Biology (3 credits)
- BIOL-359 Dynamic Processes in Biological Physics (3 credits)
- BIOL-363 Cell Biology (3 credits)
- BIOL-373 Developmental Biology (3 credits)
- BIOL-374 Genome Instability and Human Disease (3 credits)
- BIOL-379 Genomics and Bioinformatics (3 credits)
- BIOL-388 Microbial Genomics
- BIOL-390 Molecular Biology (3 credits)
- BIOL-426 Architecture and Dynamics of the Nucleus (3 credits)
Ecology and Evolution Cluster
- BIOL-180/181 Ecology with lab (4 credits)
- BIOL-185 Evolutionary Processes (4 credits)
- BIOL-360 Molecular Evolution (3 credits)
- BIOL-365 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
- BIOL-367 Population Genetics (3 credits)
- BIOL-368 Global Climate Change Ecology (3 credits)
- BIOL-386 Ecological Analysis (4 credits), if you fulfilled the applied statistics requirement below with BIST-505 or MATH-240
- BIOL-422 Modeling Biological Populations
Host and Disease Cluster
- BIOL-175 Mammalian Physiology (3 credits)
- BIOL-195 Neurobiology (4 credits)
- BIOL-358 Immunology (4 credits)
- BIOL-362 Infection and Immunity (3 credits)
- BIOL-364 Microbiology (4 credits)
- BIOL-369 Cell Biology of Cancer (3 credits)
- BIOL-371 Virology (3 credits)
- BIOL-377 Endocrinology (3 credits)
- BIOL-394 Genomes, Disability and Health (3 credits)
Total credit requirements: 42 credits of Biology courses
2. Additional Courses Required
- CHEM-001/009 and -002/010 General Chemistry with laboratory (10 credits total)
- CHEM-115/117 Organic Chemistry I with Laboratory (5 credits)
- MATH-035 Calculus I (4 credits)
- MATH-040 Probability and Statistics or MATH-140 Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (4 credits)
- BIOL-384 BGH Statistics (3 credits) or BIOL-418 Experimental Design and Analysis for Biologists (4 credits) MATH-240 Applied Statistical Methods (3 credits) or MATH-325 Biostatistical Methods (3 credits) or ECON-121 Economic Statistics (3 credits)
Courses are grouped by topic. Students can take any two courses.
Two important facts to note:
- These course offerings are constantly changing and this is only a representative list. Check with the Director of the BGH major for approval of additional courses.
- Courses offered in SNHS and STIA may have limited enrollments for BGH majors. Be sure to include alternates in course requests.
Also these are considered "corollary" courses meaning that one can count the same course for both the BGH major and also as either a core requirement course or a course for a minor.
- HESY-355 Health Law and Ethics
- PHIL-105 Bioethics
- PHIL-111 Ethics: Beginning/Ending Life
- PHIL-132 Issues in Public Health
- PHIL-138 Ethics: Climate Change (requires permission of instructor)
- PHIL-353 Life, Death, and the Law II
- STIA-356 Global Health and Ethics
Applied Health Challenges
- BIOL-363 Health Disparities
- HSCI-359 Translation Health Science Internship, summer abroad
- INTH-202 Maternal/Child Health: Developing Countries
- INTH-250 Comparative Health Systems
- INTH-406 Disease Control
- INTH-443 HIV/AIDS: Who Will Live? Who Shall Pay? What Can Be Done?
- INTH-444 Global Patterns of Disease
- INTH-445 Globalization & Healthcare
- INTH-449 Health in Conflicts, Crises, Disasters
- STIA-405 AIDS in Africa
- STIA-447 Women's Health & Human Rights
- WGST-235 Women's Health in the 21st Century
Communications Intersections
- INTH-142 International Health Promotion
- INTH-350 Anthropology and Health
- MARK-234 Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
- STIA-352 Journalism in Science, Environment and Health
Policy and Economics
- BIOL-361 Science and Society: Grand Challenges
- BIOL-362 Shaping National Science Policy
- HESY-170 Health Care Systems Economics
- HESY-201 Politics of Health Care
- HIST-332 Politics of Disease in Europe
- INTH-408 Poverty and Health: Ensuring Access to Pharmaceuticals in Developing Countries
- INTH-410 Political Economics of Health/Development
- INTH-411 Political Economics of Health/Development in Asia, summer abroad
- STIA-322 Global Health Systems and Politics
- STIA-355 Global Health and International Migration
- STIA-445 Senior Seminar: Politics of International Health
- STIA-449 Health in Conflicts, Crises, and Disasters
- STIA-463 Innovative Systems: Science/Technology/Health
Environment and Energy
- ECON-475 Environmental Economics
- GOVT-354 Environmental Politics
- HESY-470 Environmental Sustainability Healthcare: Issues and Challenges
- HSCI-332 Health Impacts of the Environment
- INTH-401 Ecology of Global Hunger
- INTH-440 Health, Environmental Issues, and Development
- STIA-379 Energy & Environment in China
- STIA-441 GIS in Environment and Health
- STIA-448 Health and the Environment
3. RISE – Research Intensive Senior Experience
RISE is an option for Biology majors. RISE is conducted over two semesters in the senior year and is awarded a total of six credits (three credits each semester). However, students may begin research earlier, generally in the third year and in the summer between the third and fourth years by enrolling in Research Tutorial (BIOL-340). Students are encouraged to apply to GUROP for transcript acknowledgment and funding for research prior to the senior year; students may not receive credit and payment for research within the same semester.
Students enroll in BIOL-341 and BIOL-342 in their senior year. Students may find primary research among department faculty or faculty in other units across the university. If the primary faculty mentor is not from the BIology department, the student must also find a co-mentor from among Biology department faculty. Students register for the Research Tutorial or RISE section of their departmental mentor.
BGH majors are eligible to be part of RISE & Teach. Applications will be solicited prior to pre-regisitration in the spring term of the third (junior) year.


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The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a lawsuit seeking for an order of court for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to investigate the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole.
Justice Anwili Chikere struck out the lawsuit on Monday, while ruling on the preliminary objection filed by Oshiomhole.
The plaintiff, an Edo State based cleric, had dragged the EFCC and Oshiomhole to court, asking it to order the Commission to investigate different petitions that contained allegations of financial recklessness against Oshiomhole during his time as governor of Edo State.
But in his preliminary objection, Oshiomhole had asked the court to dismiss the suit, noting that the plaintiff lacked the locus standi (legal right) to institute the action.
While the judge agreed with the counsel to the plaintiff, Mrs Uju Chukwura, that Section 6 of the EFCC Act mandates the Commission to investigate and prosecute any allegation of financial anomalies, she, however, noted that in Oshiomole's case, the suit is statute barred.
According to her, the plantiff failed to seek judicial review within the stipulated three months window and only approached the court 18 months later.

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Julia Grigg and Mike Manson, graduates of the Creative Writing postgraduate Masters course at Corsham Court, Bath Spa University
Monday 18 February 2019
Julia Grigg, who lives in Bath, and Mike Manson, who lives in Bristol, are two mature students who were part of the 2015-16 cohort of Creative Writing Masters course students, working for a full academic year towards completion of the course, and eventual development and publication of a full length novel. Julia Grigg's The Eyes That Look: The Story of (Jacopo) Bassano's Hunting Dogs , and Mike Manson's Down in Demerara could not be more different in style and source of imagination, but both of them did achieve commercial publication.
The Eyes That Look was inspired by a painting in the Louvre by the Venetian artist Jacopo Bassano (1510-95). It shows two hunting dogs - a very early example of a picture of animals only - and has the title Deux chiens de chasse lies a une souche. It is to be found in Gallery Six of the Louvre, which also houses Leonardo's Mona Lisa in the same room. On seeing it, Julia wondered why the taboo (if it was such) on purely animal painting had been broken only then (1548-9) and she decided to write a novel about it.
She took an Oxford University course on sixteenth century Italian Renaissance background, and tackled various books on novel-writing, as well as using the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 2014 and Stephen King's On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. The Bath Spa one-year course lasts for 45 weeks, over three terms. At the close of Term Three, students are required to submit a 40,000-word manuscript to qualify for the degree. Fellow-students ranged in age from the 20s to the 60s. An intensive tutorial timetable was accompanied by Julia's transformation of herself as a writer, through continuous constructive criticism. Her original idea of the outcome differed radically from the actuality. The 40,000 words were different ones, there was a new timeframe, a different narrator, a new slant on the story, a major new character (the art historian and practising artist Giorgio Vasari, author of Lives of the Artists), the use of the present tense, not the past, and the use of the first person, not the third person. Julia's personal tutor said to her at the end: 'You have transformed yourself as a writer.'
Julia said that the course had its ups and downs, inevitably. The 'Downs', she felt, were that more was need on the publishing industry, on online publishing, and on what she called the 'nitty-gritty' of presentation. She had three tips: to develop resilience, to participate in the 'creative buzz', and to find a suitable mentor. As the writer Neil Gaiman has observed, 'Writing, like death, can be a lonely business.' The novelist Fay Weldon took an interest in Julia's work, and advised her to forget the agent, and go straight to an art publisher. Soon afterwards, Unicorn Publishing of London made Julia an offer for her novel, as historical fiction has become a rising genre in the last decade or so. Hilary Mantel, whose Tudor novels around the life of Thomas Cromwell have been so successful, has said that 'reading historical fiction is like meeting the dead, looking alive,' and also, tellingly, that 'fiction must be made to bend around the facts.'
Mike Manson's novel Down in Demerara was praised by Fay Weldon, once again, as 'wonderfully funny; I laughed out loud a lot'. Mike added the question 'Why write?' His answers were: for the pleasure of passing on information and making up a story, to sort thing out in your head, to create your own world (you, the writer, are in control throughout), for the pleasure of creativity, and possibly for the chance of making a little money. Producing a book, he said, is a small miracle. Mike Manson is a self-taught writer, who produced his first book, Bristol Beyond The Bridge, in his twenties. It took him twelve years in all to write. This was followed by Riot! The Bristol Bridge Massacre of 1793, and a novel Where's My Money? – which was read on BBC Radio. A film option followed, and it won the People's Book Prize. It was one of the four books representing the West of England in the BBC's series Books That Made Britain. Later Mike and Edson Burton produced Vice and Virtue: Discovering the Story of the Old Market, Bristol.
Mike Manson admitted that he did not get on to the MA course at the first attempt, but he did join the 2015-16 cohort. He went to Guyana, South America, and was inspired to write about the illegal mining and labour exploitation which he saw there. This later became the main theme of Down in Demerara. The novel was, as he put it, 'Adrian Mole meets (Conrad's) Heart of Darkness', self-realisation through love, friendship and fear. The novel appeared in October 2018 and was followed by newspaper reviews, radio interviews, book groups, public events, festivals, blogs and tweets. He asked himself the inevitable question ' When am I going to get any writing done?'
He also asked himself the central question ' How is one to write a novel?' The answer was by sheer hard work - although little equipment is needed, the task is a marathon, the equivalent of doing a three-year degree. Mike advised any writer to choose their best time of day, and get on with it. Do not procrastinate, and write every day. Set a target, say 1000 words a week, and stick to it. Join a writing group, and be resilient. Try to meet new people, and realise that your writing is up to you. It is never too late to start.
© Dr Robert Blackburn, Convenor, Literature and Humanities, BRLSI, Bath, based on notes taken during Julia's and Mike's joint presentation


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Pizza parties, birthday celebrations, employee of the month, flex time, telecommuting and many more programs are pushed in today's workplace. And where has it all gotten us…nowhere. More than $720 million is spent on engagement and we still have low engagement levels (Bersin 2012). According to the Center for American Progress, $64 billion is lost annually to workplace discrimination; a sign that employee engagement is low and inclusion is absent.
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Comrade Joseph Massad wrote this response (I cite with his permission): "This article by Hiber's Lina Ujaylat is true to the liberal commitments of her organization. What is frustrating, however, is the offensive appeal to an American imperial and liberal audience about the question of free speech without bringing in similar limitations in the US. Had she published the article in Arabic in Jordan, that would have been fine, but choosing to publish it in the NYT places an ethical responsibility on 'Ujaylat, which she did not shoulder. Anyone who is familiar with free speech issues in the United States knows the limitations on so-called "Hate Speech" in US juridical practice and on opinions that call for the violent overthrow of governments or support for terrorism. In addition, the idea that all views are allowed in the New York Times itself where self-censorship on questions related to "defense" or "national security" is routine, let alone views that are always banned from national newspapers, especially as pertains to Israel, is naive at best. Had Lina coupled the limitations in the US, both legal and extra-legal, with her important, though by no means original criticisms, of Jordanian government and legal practice, she would have been more convincing in situating Jordan with the US and other liberal countries in limiting free speech —after all, the difference in practice between liberal and conservative dictatorial countries on speech is a difference of degree not of kind— and would have made an ethical intervention rather than a naive and West-worshiping appeal to white imperialist liberals (of course, had she compared Jordan to Israel on the questions of limitations on free speech, as she knows well, the NYT would not have published her piece at all). "
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Jordan and free speech in the New York Times
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It's not often that my work and equine worlds collide in a good way. It's usually a collision wherein my horse world comes out beaten and bruised. Although last summer when my head and face met up with the arena pole, it was my work life that was the one sporting the black eye, literally!
But I am getting off topic. The point of this post was to share a good collision. On Thursday morning, one of my students shyly handed me a drawing she and her dad had done the night before. I oohed and ahhed appropriately and promised to hang her work at the barn. And I did. That very day. Here are the pictures of her artwork.


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Bind Vunerabilities
ISC has released a security advisory about bind, with a handful of vunerabilities listed - some with known exploits - see the url below for more details. Get out there and upgrade your nameservers, people. While you're at it, consider chrooting bind - see Peter Clark's article, or adding capabilities to your system - see Jim Hewlett's article. Check out the configuration hints at ISC too.


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The Orkney Islands Area Licensing Board has received the following application for occasional licence –
Applicant: Edith Aitken, Vellin, Quoyloo, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3LS.
Premises for Event: Old School, Quoyloo, Stromness, Orkney.
Nature of Event: Family Quiz and Supper.
Duration of Licence: 19:00 to 23:00 on Friday 29 November 2019.
Whether alcohol will be consumed on the premises, or off, or both: On.
Date by which objections must be made: 17 October 2019.
Any objections and/or representations must be made to the Clerk to the Licensing Board, Council Offices, Kirkwall, KW15 1NY.
Gavin Mitchell.
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This week on Feast Yr Ears, host Harry Rosenblum is in studio with Alysia Santo of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering America's criminal justice system. Talking about her writing and research on the prison food system, there is little consistency in regulations for feeding inmates and much of the quality and frequency of meals is dependent on budget. Inmates are entitled to three meals a day that are nutritious, unfortunately this is not always adhered to. After the break, Guillermo Rodriguez of the Carnegie Hill Institute discusses his time spent in prison as a cook and spares no detail in recalling his experiences, including his thoughts on prison wine or "hooch."
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More than 8+ years of programming and application development experience and 7+ years of experience in Force.com, Apex Api, Visual Force, configuration and development on SFDC.
I have worked during various phases of SDLC such as Requirements and Analysis, Design and Construction, Testing, UAT. I have been involved in POC preparations and client interaction for the new business discussions. Off-late some percentage of my time has been working with pre-sales teams and supporting them in preparing RFP responses.
• Good experience in SFDC Development, Customization & Administration
• Good working knowledge of visual force, apex api, classes and triggers.
• Creating, Managing and customizing custom objects and page layouts.
• Working with Triggers and Scontrols.
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• Working with outbound message. I.e. pushing data from salesforce to external applications via web services.
• Good experience in record types, page layout customization, dependent picklists and validation rules.
• Integration between Legacy Systems and Salesforce.com using .Net as the integration piece.
• Extensive expertise in integrating third party applications with salesforce.com, using Partner APIs and External Web Service Callouts.
• Providing estimating, forecasting and work planning assistance
• Planning and managing CRM Application Assessment and Requirements activities
• Assisting clients in defining key capabilities/requirements that will enable their strategy
• Creating complex CRM conceptual designs, including application interfaces and interactions
• Planning and managing CRM program-wide application build, test, and deploy activities
• Identifying and monitoring interdependencies between various application implementation activities
• Planning and establishing after go-live activities including ongoing support
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Train Horn Noise
Weigh In
The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) is taking public comment on its train horn rule as part of its retrospective review its train horn regulations. Provide a written comment here through July 5.
Read the full Waiver Request (3.9MB)
- On March 2, 2015 the City of Fort Collins filed a petition for a waiver of a portion of the Train Horn Rule
- The City sought to waive a requirement for gates at all intersections along Mason street
- City analysis indicated waiving gates would not diminish intersection safety
- In the City waiver petition concessions were offered to close intersections to cross-traffic and to signalize other intersections in Downtown
- On Dec. 11, 2015 the FRA denied the City's petition for a waiver
- FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg established a Fort Collins Working Group with the Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administration staff to develop solutions
Train Horn Rule:
- Requires sounding horn at intersections
- Sound in four clast patter – two short, long and a short
- Horns must be 96 decibels t0 100 decibels
- Quiet zones are the only way to silence horns at resections
Train Horn Rule Documents:
- Fort Collins' Waiver Application (4.0MB)
- FRA's Denial Letter (295KB)
- City's Rebuttal Letter (101KB)
What the Waiver Proposed
The City is requesting a waiver of the gate requirement at seven of the 12 crossings in the Mason corridor: Maple, Laporte, Mountain, Oak, Olive, Mulberry and Laurel. For Magnolia, Myrtle and Old Main, the waiver proposes a closure to motor vehicles for those intersections. The waiver also proposes a traffic signal at Maple.
The waiver petition is reasonable and appropriate due to the following:
- Based on analysis of crash risk using the methodology described in the Train Horn Rule, the risk index is well below the threshold established by the FRA and the absence of gates has minimal impact on crash risk;
- Traffic signals at all locations without gates provide a redundant form of control; and
- The proposal to close three crossings to vehicular traffic further enhances safety.
The City believes that this request clearly shows that 'the lack of the train horn will not present a significant risk with respect to loss of life or serious personal injury'.


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Racing to the finish of our Road to E3 2017, we have our last contender, Nintendo! After two years of having some lackluster showings at E3 will Nintendo manage to put on a fantastic performance this year? We can only hope, as Nintendo will host an ARMS Tournament, and present behind-the-scenes sneak peeks at upcoming games. Also, we wonder what is Retro Studios planning to contribute to the Switch, and will there be new Metroid games in the works? We have many other questions, but this is the year where Nintendo either goes big or goes home! Now, sit back and relax while listening to our Nintendo predictions . In addition, we are joined by our special guest, Hero Club's Wheelchair21!
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Conceptual Limited, as one of the leading producers of themed events, promotions and corporate exhibits since 1988, we offer the most innovative marketing solution to meet our clients' needs.
Conceptual offers a complete one-stop service in Design and Fabrication, Event Management, and Interior Architecture. We specialized in projects like mall decoration, road shows, marketing promotions and exhibitions set-up. Including event planning, pre-event launches, marketing collateral design and on site management. Our experience has made us one of the most prominent leaders in the industry.
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Getting the SharePoint MCM Certification
Couple of days back program manager for SharePoint MCM did a post on master blog about new Masters. It's good to see myself in that elite list of true SharePoint experts. It was a great experience attending the program which helped me know what challenges the product has and many things which I was not aware of. I had been working with the product for 4 years but still came out of training with knowledge which I was missing earlier.
Spending three weeks with smartest and brightest classmates and best SharePoint instructors was rewarding experience. It's tough for sure with 3 written exam and a cruel :-) lab. But you will enjoy each and every moment of those 3 weeks. Best SharePoint training on the planet. What the program is all about and how to enroll, fee etc can be found here.
I will strongly encourage all the SharePoint experts to take this training and certification as it will help them in their professional career and also enhance their knowledge and skills.


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Some US companies are using temporary visas to train foreign workers in the US and then ship them back overseas, according to a new investigation by The New York Times.
According to The Times, the companies — which include Toys R Us and New York Life Insurance — bring foreign workers into the US to train them on jobs held by those at home offices in the US.
Then, once the worker has learned how to do the American employee's job, the American employee is laid off and the foreign worker returns to his or her home country and starts working from there.
The investigation cites the story of a former Toys R Us employee who says that for four weeks this spring a young woman on a temporary visa from India sat with her as she performed her accounting job in the Toys R Us headquarters in Wayne, New Jersey.
"The woman ... studied and recorded the accountant's every keystroke, taking screen shots of her computer and detailed notes on how she issued payments for toys sold in the company's megastores," wrote Julia Preston, The New York Times' national immigration correspondent.
The Indian woman worked for the outsourcing company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which was hired by Toys R Us. The Times reports that the TCS employees shadowed the Toys R Us employees and created intricate manuals for how to perform the jobs of 67 different workers. They then returned to India and trained other TCS employees how to do those jobs. The Toys R Us employees were subsequently laid off.
Most of these foreign workers were in the US on a visa program known as H-1B, which allows American employers to hire foreign professionals with "highly specialized knowledge" to meet their needs. According to federal guidelines, employers "must sign a declaration that the foreign workers 'will not adversely affect the working conditions' of Americans or lower their wages," The Times reports.
The American workers being laid off at Toys R Us and New York Life say the foreign workers did not have highly specialized knowledge. In addition, the Americans were instructed to teach the foreign workers how to do their jobs. If they refused, they were asked to resign.
"At the very least, those are violations of the spirit of the law," Christine Brigagliano, a lawyer who advises companies on obtaining visas, told The Times. "Those contractors are signing on the bottom line, saying we will not undercut the wages and working conditions of Americans. But, in fact, they are."
Toys R Us and New York Life both defended their outsourcing practices to The Times by saying they would lead to future growth in the US.
The staff reduction was a part of "designing a streamlined, more efficient global organization to make it fit for growth," Toys R Us spokeswoman Kathleen Waugh said, adding that the contractors were required to comply with "any and all immigration laws" and that the outsourcing "resulted in significant cost savings."
"Our decisions are centered on keeping the company competitive, keeping it in the United States, keeping it growing," New York Life spokesman William Werfelman added.


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Montana Work Injury Lawyers
If you have been injured on the job, do not accept the automatic denial of your workers' compensation claim by a claims examiner. It is anything but the final verdict in your work-related accident claim. At Bulman Law Associates in Montana, we help injured workers secure the benefits they are entitled to following a denial. Our personal injury lawyers have a combined 50 years of legal experience and an extensive understanding of the complicated workers' compensation laws. Put us to work on your disputed case today, we can turn a negative experience into a positive outcome.
If you are injured on the job and denied rightful workers' compensation benefits, your options are anything but limited. Contact us immediately at 406-721-7744 or toll free at 800-272-7744 for a free initial consultation or fill out our online contact form.
Advocacy for All Types of Workplace Accidents
Our Montana workers compensation attorney represent those who have sustained all types of work-related injuries, including:
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At Bulman Law Associates, we walk you through applying for workers' compensation benefits when you have been seriously hurt. We fight to protect your rights and obtain recovery from insurance providers. You do not have to face them on your own. You do not have to accept any decision they make as final.
The Need to Contact a Montana Workers' Compensation Lawyer Immediately
At Bulman Law Associates, our denied benefits attorneys become involved to make sure an accurate investigation is done. Time is of the essence in contacting us. The equipment that caused your injury may be quickly repaired or disposed of before a proper investigation is complete. Our team will strive to see that all critical evidence is maintained in order to better present your case in court.
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Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. in Japan Donates ¥2 Million for Earthquake Victims in Surigao Del Norte
The Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. in Japan donated ¥2 million as assistance fund in support of the reconstruction program of the damage caused by the earthquake on 10 February 2017 in Surigao del Norte.
In his letter dated 01 March 2017 to Mr. Eduardo M.R. Meñez, Charge d' Affaires, a.i. of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Mr. Yoshiaki Nakazato, President of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. in Japan, conveyed his deepest sympathies to the victims of and expressed condolences to the families of those who passed away caused by the recent earthquake.
Sumitomo produces nickel and cobalt intermediate products from low-grade nickel ore in Surigao del Norte. It may be recalled that Sumitomo also donated ¥50 million in 2013 for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda.
Mr. Mikinobu Ogata, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.Ltd., represented its President at the symbolic hand over of the letter of donation to Mr. Meñez held in Tokyo. Witnessing the event were Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Director-General Ernesto M. Pernia and Philippine incoming Ambassador to Japan Jose C. Laurel V. Incidentally, both Philippine officials were in Tokyo for the Philippine Investment Seminar and the 35th Joint Meeting of the Japan-Philippines Economic Cooperation Committee held on 28 February 2017. End.


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Thursday July 21st is the third Thursday in July and that means there will be wine tastings from 5-7 at Both Cheers Locations.
Cheers Chanhassen will host Mike Turner from Johnson brothers sampling a local favorite, Cupcake wine!
Cheers Bloomington will have Allyson Tarnowsky from Grandpere wines with a wonderful selection of South American Wines from Indaba and Mulderbosch
If it's the third Thursday there is a wine tasting at Cheers.
Hope to see you there!
Third Thursday Wine Tasting June
This Thursday, June 16th is the third Thursday in June and that means there will be wine tastings from 5-7 at Cheers!
Bloomington will have Shane from Johnson Brothers Gallo division on hand sampling selections from Bodega Elana, from Argentina, and Mike Ellis will be in Chanhassen pouring our wine of the month Clos du bois.
We hope to see you on Thursday!
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Recent Destinations: United Kingdom, United States, Costa Rica, Italy, France, Croatia, Malta, Mexico, Bermuda, Spain
Specialties: Beach & Sun, Family Vacation, Escorted Tours, River Cruising, Independent Tours
Location: Philadelphia
I believe that there is a special intrigue that comes with exploring the world. While I spent some time representing hotels in Bermuda and the Caribbean, it was a trip to Costa Rica that really shaped my view and the way I work with clients. Experiencing the passion the locals had to maintain a sustainable country and observing the love and care they held for the indigenousness birds and animals caused me to take pause – it was truly awe-inspiring. I want my clients to always have a reason to take pause. With over 25 years of experience, I understand the importance of making all the intricate details fit together so my clients can enjoy their dream trips with ease.


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Yes, you can view a single student's observations in both the mobile app and via brightwheel's web platform.
To do so via the app, visit an individual child's activity feed and select "observation" from the "All Activity" drop-down menu.
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- Click the "learning" tab found in blue font on the top of your homepage
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Press Release 2019-06-11
Nomo launches "KIZEI" the first metallic shielded spherical roller bearing on the market
Nomo, a technical solution provider within bearings, transmissions and seals, launches in collaboration with NTN-SNR "KIZEI", the obvious solution for customers using open spherical roller bearings in tough conditions. The metallic shield on the bearing keeps the solid external contamination away, which significantly increases the service life and requires considerably fewer service stops.
An innovation based on field analyzes
After thorough analyzes of open spherical roller bearings, it was found that the most common reasons for shortened lifetime are dirt penetrating the bearing or that the bearing does not retain the lubricant between the lubrication occasions.
There are rubber-sealed spherical roller bearings on the market, but they have their limitations in not being able to manage the same speed limitations, not being equally heat-resistant, and that they don't keep the ISO dimensions regarding the width of the bearing
KIZEI can withstand the same loads as unsealed spherical roller bearings and is thus 100% replaceable to a corresponding open bearing. Because the KIZEI meets the ISO standard, it has the same dimensions as a conventional spherical roller bearing. Temperature range is -40 ° C to + 200 ° C
- "KIZEI will give our customers in, for example, the mining, sawing and steel industry a much better overall economy through longer operating lifetime, less unplanned downtime and fewwr service stops. We also get a positive environmental impact as the customer consumes considerably less lubricants and also the lifetime of the bearings is extended", says Göran Nyberg, Product Manager for Rolling Bearings at Nomo
Facts about KIZEI
Spherical roller bearing with metallic shield on both sides. Nitrite hardened cage which is more shock resistant than standard. Clearance both C3 and C-normal. Available with both tapered and cylindrical holes. Dimensions according to ISO standard
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You guys! It is Thursday! This week has been ass-centric…
Sharkweek around here has brought about a lot of shower sexytime. I love shower play. The steam, the water, the slippery soap, the washing of the bodies…mmmm. The candlelight seems to bring out the dirtiest truths.
The other night in our big, new, tiled shower Sir made me turn away from Him.
"Turn around, I want to play with your asshole."
Now, I'm no prude…and I have loved ass play since, well… from the get go. However,
sometimes much of the time words make me blush and brings out the painfully shy in me. I'd never been embarrassed of my affinity for anal, until a nameless former friend made a comment about it, and I developed a bit of a hangup. I'm working on it.
So, Sir says this and of course I turn – He is the boss, after all – but I giggle, and I half-heartedly murmur words of protest. It's one thing to play there, it is a completely different thing to talk about it! Geez! While I am slightly embarrassed, I'm also extremely turned on. His words are hot and sexy and we both know I love this, even if I struggle with it sometimes.
I want it, I don't, I do…
As His finger begins to circle, to tease and play with my most vulnerable spot, He says…
"This asshole is mine and you will give it to me whenever I want."
I am fairly certain I replied with a husky whisper: "Fuck. Yes, Sir."
This girl is happiest being owned and I'm lost in those words.
Many more Yes Sirs and repeating His declarations back to Him, and teasing, and playing, all whilst narrating His fingers' exploration – so deliciously naughty and consuming.
I can come from that stimulation alone, and of course I did.
This night he didn't fuck my ass but he fucked my pussy hard, and rough, and urgently, continuing to play with and finger my ass. Sending me into the abyss.
It was gritty, primal sex.
He demanded total control over all parts of me.
He fucked me out of my own head.
He used that which is His.
He owns me, every nook and cranny.
*happy sigh*
24/7 D/s is absolutely not all fucking and kink, but it is that, too.
Primal, stripped down versions of ourselves, in all aspects.
It's not always easy, but it is a damn good life.
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We are finally having some really hot weather here for the past week or so, and I am just talking about upper 80s. Sometimes it would reach 90s but probably only a few times. I've been waiting for this all along, this is when I start craving Jamba Juice, Ice Creams, and many more for sadly, this has been the coldest time for me this Summer. While it is soaring 88F outside, it is 60F inside the office! The AC in my hallway has been broken for a week now and the AC has been blasting like crazy. My hands and feet are cold and I am wearing a thick jacket just like in Winter. My neighbor is starting to get sick from the AC blowing straight on her head. My other neighbor showed up with 3 layers of sweater today, it is crazy. We've complained to the facility group but nothing has been done so far. I am planning to bring my portable heater tomorrow. I feel colder now than I am in Winter time.
Putting the uncomfortably cold temperature in my cube aside, let's talk about some chocolate cake and ice cream. I made this during the 4th of July dinner a month ago. I mentioned before that instead of having a BBQ like other people do, I had dinner together with M and J, a friend/our coworker. Since it is for 3 people, sit-down dinner seems to be more appropriate, especially that M is now allergic to steak (go figure). Long story short, I made caprese crostini, pesto pasta, sliced steak, and molten chocolate cake with vanilla bean ice cream.
One of the things I love about making molten chocolate cake is that I can prepare the batter first, and bake it just before I want to eat it, not to mention that it is very easy to make. J LOVES chocolate and this cake is also one of the few desserts that M will actually eat. It was not an easy pick between this cake and cheesecake, but this one won for its simpler preparation.
I've made this cake a few times in the past, mostly during my college years, so it is really nothing new. What I want to highlight is the vanilla bean ice cream. It is not just a vanilla ice cream but it is Pierre Herme's vanilla bean ice cream. I was actually looking for store-bought vanilla bean ice cream at my local Trader Joe's due to time constraint, but all they have was regular vanilla ice cream. M has been spoiled ever since we got back from Japan, his tastebud had changed and vanilla bean ice cream seems to be the new standard now. So I decided to make my own, also taking this opportunity to finally make something from the book "Pastries" by Pierre Herme.
Pierre's recipe uses 3 kinds of vanilla bean, Tahitian, Madagascar, and Mexican. I only had Madagascar and Mexican so those are the only two I used. I decrease the amount of vanilla bean in my ice cream and I still found it way way too strong. Don't get me wrong, I love vanilla bean but I couldn't imagine using the full amount for the vanilla bean. The ice cream is just covered with vanilla bean specks. M said it compliments the chocolate cake but it was a bit too much to eat on its own.
I remade the cake in larger quantity (for a welcoming-baby party) and so I took the opportunity to remake the vanilla bean ice cream again, this time with even less vanilla bean. I ended up using just half of what the recipe calls for and it was perfect for me.
So for those of you who are lucky enough to be able to enjoy the Summer whether and don't get stuck in 60 degree office temperature five days a week, enjoy the ice cream and smoothies while it lasts. :)
Happy Summer!
Molten Chocolate Cake
Yield: Four 6-oz ramekins
4oz unsalted butter
6oz bittersweet chocolate
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
50g sugar
2 Tbs. all-purpose flour, sifted
Pinch of salt
Additional butter and cocoa powder for greasing and coating
2 Tahitian vanilla beans
2 Madagascar vanilla beans
2 Mexican vanilla beans
670g whole milk
55g dry whole milk powder
260g heavy cream
120g egg yolks (6 egg yolks)
150g granulated sugar
Molten Chocolate Cake
Yield: Four 6-oz ramekins
4oz unsalted butter
6oz bittersweet chocolate
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
50g sugar
2 Tbs. all-purpose flour, sifted
Pinch of salt
Additional butter and cocoa powder for greasing and coating
- Preheat the oven to 450F
- Prepare four 6-oz ramekins. Brush with softened butter and coat it lightly with cocoa powder, tap out the excess.
Note: I like to use cocoa powder for coating chocolate cake instead of flour to avoid getting the white specks when it is done.
- Melt the butter and the chocolate on top of double boiler. Set aside.
- In another bowl, beat the egg yolks, eggs, and sugar until thick and pale
- Fold the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture
- Fold in the flour and salt.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins.
- Bake for 12 minutes or refrigerate until ready to bake. If refrigerated, bake it for 13 minutes.
- Let cool for a minute before unmolding.
- Serve with vanilla bean ice cream
2 Tahitian vanilla beans
2 Madagascar vanilla beans
2 Mexican vanilla beans
670g whole milk
55g dry whole milk powder
260g heavy cream
120g egg yolks (6 egg yolks)
150g granulated sugar
- Pour the milk, cream, milk powder, and vanilla bean seeds and pods into a pot
- Bring to a boil, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight
- The next day, remove and discard the vanilla pods
- Combine the egg yolks with the sugar
- Pour the vanilla milk into the mixture and pour into a saucepan
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until the custard reaches 85C or 185F
- Pour the custard into a bowl
- Process with a hand blender and cool it as quickly as possible
- Process into an ice cream machine and freeze


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Anyang City, a prefecture-level city in the north of Henan Province near the borders to Shanxi Province to the west and Hebei Province to the north, has a history of over 3000 years, and as such is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. It was the site of the city of Yin, the last capital of the ancient Shang (BCE 1700-1027) Dynasty.
Being one of the eight most famous ancient capitals in China, Anyang is home to a great number of historical sites. The most famous attractions are the historical ruins of the Shang Dynasty, also named as "Yinxu", and the first Chinese Character Museum in China, which is built to better preserve the ancient Chinese civilization and culture, and to help foreign tourists better know about Chinese character and calligraphy.
Anyang is therefore a must-see for visitors who wish to observe the first-hand relics and remnants from a part of China's earliest historical period.


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About 20 million people now have coverage through state health insurance exchanges or the Medicaid expansions that were part of the ACA. Congress considered replacing major parts of the ACA, including the state exchanges and Medicaid expansion and repealing the individual and employer mandates. However, efforts to pass legislation to change major provisions have not succeeded apart from repealing the individual mandate as part of tax reform. The state exchanges have become more unstable and expensive and concerns grow about ACA taxes and administrative complexity.
Legislative Update: Where Do We Go from Here?
During this webinar, we summarize recent activity in Congress on ACA changes and in particular, how this activity could affect employer-sponsored group health plans.
President's Executive Order on Health Coverage
This WYCIR anticipates the potential impact of the recent Executive Order that includes changes to rules that could impact the ability of employers to pay for employees' coverage in the individual market and other changes. It provides information useful to your benefits team and in case your C-suite has questions.
Health Insurance Exchanges Year 4 Details – What Employers Should Know
This webinar covered the latest details on the health insurance exchanges in year 4 including: premiums and plan competition, a closer look at 5 key states, trend and cost-sharing comparisons between exchange coverage and employer-sponsored coverage and more.
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This newsletter highlights a Washington Post article about the future of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) under the Trump administration.


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This revolution module adds banner with scrolling text and/or images and video that you need. Module support a link to a content. This is easy way to bring important information like news, sales, price the product of the week or day for example. It is premium module for your store. This module will help you change your store to make it more profesional and engaging, also give users a better customer experience. It increase your sales. Super easy to install. Quick integration. It highly customizable (design, moving direction, size and other) and fully configurable and adaptable to any mobile device. You can add link at any words or image in this banner. With links module will bring products closer to customers and helps improve store more professional and usability.
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Your customers want to do more online. EngageOne Liaison delivers the satisfying experience they're looking for. Now you can offer digital self service that's simple to use, personal and far more engaging.
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EngageOne Liaison makes it easy to transform your online billing services into uniquely personalised, satisfying experiences. You can reduce costs and take the pressure off your call centre by providing access to clear answers in just a few clicks, any time, on any device.
Use insights from customer data to serve up relevant messages and offers at just the right time. Innovative features such as interactive bills and video explainers lead to powerful engagements that reflect each customer's needs and preferences.
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"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?"
~ Henry David Thoreau (Walden)
Most readers and writers agree: the most memorable part of a story is usually not the plot, but the characters. It follows that as writers, we need to know our characters very well. And if we do our jobs, by the end of the book the reader will know our characters very well, too.
But something I haven't seen discussed very often is how well do these characters know themselves? Most books have a transformational journey for the protagonist, which often results in the protagonist learning something about herself that she never knew before. That can be a very rewarding literary device, but it's not the only angle worth exploring when it comes to the character's self awareness.
Another literary device that can provide both powerful character insights and some tremendous entertainment potential is to let the reader see things about the character and/or his situation that the character himself cannot see. You'll encounter this a lot in humorous stories, where a character is either operating on a misconception, or is lacking a crucial piece of information. Mistaken identity stories capitalize on this, and many romantic comedies use a misunderstanding between the two main characters to amp up the conflict.
But another very effective use of this approach is to reveal more about a character by showing how blind he is to something that is apparent to everybody else. When it becomes clear that the character views himself in a completely different way than the rest of the world does, the effect can be very telling – and often very humorous, like the worker in the movie Office Space who angrily maintains that he has "people skills," while his demeanor strongly suggests that those skills are perhaps not so finely honed after all. (Caution: video clip below contains some minor swearing.)
She's got a way about her
One reason this approach is so effective is that we know people in our own lives who are like this. I worked with a woman once who was incredibly bossy, condescending and blunt. She would never give an inch on any disagreement, and she put no effort into being tactful when debating an issue. The result was that she came off like a human bulldozer, and most of her colleagues fell into the habit of not opposing her, simply because she was so annoying that it was easier just to let her have her way.
I was always amazed by her unapologetic air of brash superiority, until one day she told me something that changed how I looked at her. We were talking about some work-related challenge we faced in getting one of our executives to agree to some proposed initiative. She told me she wasn't worried, and that she was sure she could convince him, saying, "I'll persuade him to go along with this, because I have a nice way about me."
Fortunately the floor was carpeted, because that prevented my chin from being injured when my jaw hit the floor. As I gathered my wits (and my jaw), I realized: She actually believes this! She thinks that she gets her way because she is so pleasantly persuasive. And because I'm a writer, my next thought was: This is SO going into one of my novels!
This conversation had a remarkable effect on how I dealt with this woman from then on. Instead of being irritated and frustrated by her, I found that her warped self awareness became a source of amusement, like the balding guy who's convinced that his elaborate comb-over is fooling everybody.
I'm sharing this story because we can use this to great effect with our characters, showing their insecurities, their denial, their view of themselves, and – possibly most powerfully – the true motivation behind their sometimes baffling behavior.
Lest any of this seem mean-spirited, I hasten to add: nobody has 20/20 vision when it comes to self-perception. For example, I suspect there are some people who don't see me as the same ruggedly handsome towering intellect whom I've come to admire. And hey, you might not look as much like Angelina Jolie as you think. But exploring and revealing how a character views herself can be a powerful way to make sure that the most important person gets to know the character: your readers.
Bad guys, tourists, and Kenny G
So far I've been focusing mostly on the humorous potential of this approach, but it extends far beyond simply going for a laugh. This is also a great way to present an antagonist. After all, other than Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies, the reality is that most bad guys do not think of themselves as bad guys. They just have differing desires and motivations than the protagonist, and – in a fully fleshed-out antagonist – they have what they consider to be a perfectly good rationale for what others perceive as "bad guy" behavior. Done well, this can even make us root for the villain. Thomas Harris's memorable serial killer Hannibal Lecter comes to mind: a villain who only kills (oh, and also eats) people who are rude.[pullquote]The reality is that most bad guys do not think of themselves as bad guys. They just have differing desires and motivations than the protagonist.[/pullquote]
Other excellent examples of characters whom the readers can see far more clearly than the characters can see themselves are Macon Leary from Anne Tyler's wonderful novel The Accidental Tourist; or Pat Peoples from Matthew Quick's brilliant debut novel The Silver Linings Playbook. In Macon's case, he doesn't realize how bizarre his personal habits have become, as he pulls further and further away from the outside world, wrapped up in his grief over the death of his son and his failed marriage. And Pat in Playbook is unaware of how scary his barely contained rage, obsessive behavior, and delusions about his ex-wife are to everyone around him. Both Tourist and Playbook combine the tragic with the humorous, which is kind of how I see life. So I consider them both to be powerful examples of creating memorable characters.
Note: If you've only seen the movie version of Playbook, do yourself a BIG favor and read the book. While the movie was entertaining, the book is far more emotionally stirring, and there's a recurring Kenny G theme that is both chilling and hilarious. And yes, I'm talking about that Kenny G.
Playbook is also an excellent example of a character revealing more than he realizes to the reader using a first-person point of view. So we have the protagonist speaking directly to us about himself, and yet we as readers can see far more than his words reveal to himself. Seriously, this is a marvelous book that is a must-read for any writers interested in exploring characters with mental illness.
A genre-agnostic technique
Romance novels often use this technique as well, putting two people in conflict with each other, who can't seem to realize that they were meant for each other. Meanwhile, we as readers want to grab these people and shake them, and yell, "Kiss each other already, dammit!" As predictable as that response may seem, it also means the author has done her job successfully, by eliciting that reaction from us.
Bullies, buffoons, cannibals, madmen, and lovers – I hope I've shown how universal this technique can be, regardless of the genre(s) in which you write. So I hope that as you develop your characters and increase your knowledge about them, you'll consider letting your readers in on some secrets to which your characters are oblivious.
I mean, what your characters don't know can't hurt them, right?
Or maybe it can.
And maybe that could be the basis for a damn good story.
How about you?
Have you noticed this technique before? Have you used it in your own writing? Who are some other memorable characters who unknowingly tipped their hands to the reader? I'd love to hear your input, so please chime in. And as always, thanks for reading!
About Keith Cronin
Author of the novels ME AGAIN, published by Five Star/Gale; and TONY PARTLY CLOUDY (published under his pen name Nick Rollins), Keith Cronin is a corporate speechwriter and professional rock drummer who has performed and recorded with artists including Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, and Pat Travers. Keith's fiction has appeared in Carve Magazine, Amarillo Bay, The Scruffy Dog Review, Zinos, and a University of Phoenix management course. A native of South Florida, Keith spends his free time serenading local ducks and squirrels with his ukulele.


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(SportsNetwork.com) – The New York Yankees will attempt to end the first half on a high note on Sunday night, as they attempt to earn a series win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.
Chase Whitley will get the call for the Yankees trying to improve upon his 4-2 record and 4.94 ERA.
Whitley earned a win out of the bullpen on July 9 against the Indians with two scoreless innings, but in his previous three outings, all starts, he gave up a total of 17 runs over 10 1/3 innings of work.
The rookie is 3-1 in seven road starts with a 4.86 ERA.
The Orioles will respond with Kevin Gausman, who's 3-2 with a solid 3.51 ERA through six starts this season.
Gausman only lasted 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision against the Red Sox on July 6, but while he worked his pitch count high he was still effective, allowing only four hits and an earned run while striking out seven.
After Baltimore claimed the first game in the series on Friday, New York evened things up on Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 triumph behind its impressive rookie hurler.
Shane Greene (2-0) was dominant in his second-career start. He pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out nine, lowering his ERA to 1.32 in the process.
"We were really excited about him in spring training and what he could possibly do for us," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We felt he could help us at some point this year, and the time is now."
The Yankees got the scoring started in the third inning with an RBI double off the bat of Mark Teixeira. They added two more in the seventh with RBI hits by Derek Jeter and Jacoby Ellsbury.
Chris Tillman (7-5) pitched 6 2/3 solid innings in the loss, allowing three earned runs on seven hits.
The Orioles collected just five hits on the afternoon, with two coming off the bat of Nick Markakis.
The O's had won three straight over the Yankees.


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Monday, 28 October 2013
Day 948 - I'm Going To Break Me A Million Hearts
Shoes: Black patent heart peep toe Moschino Cheap & Chic
I had a busy weekend, but am on a mission to catch up on blog posts today! This outfit from last week features two new items and a cardigan I've never worn before. The cardi was something unusually I spied instore (usually I browse online and know what I want before heading to the shops). I knew exactly how I wanted to style it but for some reason it's sat unworn all these months. This is the type of thing I used to wear a lot (in my early 20's)-I was all about pencil skirts and fitted tops back then! Despite being twice the size I was then, it's actually a style that still works for my curvy figure. I don't think plus-size women should be made to cover their curves in billowing fabrics if they don't want. Celebrating and emphasising your shape can often create a much more flattering look than hiding those curves. I really loved this outfit and felt awesome in it, so that's all that matters to me. I've been desperate to track down another black pencil skirt and found this one in Primark which fitted the bill, it's got a velvet baroque floral design on it and just pulls on with an elasticated waist. I bought mine a size smaller as I wanted a snug fit and it's just perfect on me. It's got some stretch to it, but is quite stiff, so you feel it really pulls you in. I also got some shapewear at the time, a little black slip, so wore that underneath for a smoother silhouette. I also teamed it with these stunning Disney tights, how cool are they? You'll have already seen them if you follow my Facebook or Tumblr. They are sheer nude with Minnie and Mickey Mouse on the backs of the legs, that kinda look like tattoos. So awesome! Then there's the shoes, as if the outfit was fabulous enough! Are we liking this look?
Wearing: Leopard print cardigan Star by Julien Macdonald, pencil skirt, Mickey Mouse tattoo tights Primark, red patent belt gift (Madeira).
Fit: 4 1/4" heel, a little generous in the heel.
Comfort: No issues with these and easy to walk in.
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Love the shoes and LOVE the tights! (Though I couldn't wear them as they'd clash with my tatts :/ )ReplyDeleteReplies
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Those tights are amazing, as are the shoes. I always forget to look at Moschino shoes.ReplyDeleteReplies
I love these shoes-so glad I got them. The Moschino C&C range have some really gorgeous quirky shoes.Delete
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Mark Grey (b. 1967) is relatively new to composing but has a solid résumé in what has become an allied field: sound design. After studying music at San Jose State University, majoring in composition and electro-acoustics, he began a career that has included collaboration with major West-Coast composers such as John Adams and Steve Reich…he also collaborated in the production of the elaborate and heart-breaking audio track of names, messages, and remembrances for Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls and the sound installations for its performance. Grey's parallel composing career has produced works for the Kronos Quartet and for violinist Leila Josefowicz, among others. It also resulted in two orchestral works for the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra.
Enemy Slayer was written during Grey's Music Alive residency with that orchestra as part of their 60th anniversary celebration in 2007. The text is by Diné (Navajo) poet and Arizona State University professor of English Laura Tohe. It is the story of the healing of a Diné war veteran suffering from the trauma of combat after his return from a foreign war, most likely in the Middle East, though this is not explicit. It follows the outline of an ancient Navajo healing ritual, rooted in Navajo mythology, for the reintegration of warriors into oneness with themselves, their community, and a peaceful life. The language is direct, often quite beautiful, or decidedly unsettling: "Mothers' hopes wrapped in bloodied rags/the children lay like broken toys spilled on the streets/Red rags. Limbs and dreams rearranged by war/a sister recoils."
It is powerful stuff, much of it unforgettable once read…Mark Grey's score is far from negligible. It is well crafted, most effective in atmospheric moments such as the lovely prelude with the flute duet and several of the choral sections…the performance itself is good. Scott Hendricks makes much of the possibilities the role offers with his resonant baritone and intense characterization. The 140-voice chorus is fine…conductor Michael Christie paces the work with conviction and the orchestra plays well up to their reputation as a fine provincial orchestra. The sound provided by Meyer Sound, a California-based audio company more associated with theater and rock-concert sound production (and Mark Grey), has great bass and percussion impact…this work does offer something important. On one level about a Navajo creation myth, Enemy Slayer is much more a statement on the crushing effect of war on many veterans and the spiritual healing that many need upon their return. The words are Navajo. The ritual of healing, the Anaa'jí, is Navajo, but the cries of pain are universal, as is the need of understanding and support of those who fight the monsters in our world. That the Navajo traditions include such a ritual suggests that we could benefit from greater sharing of their wisdom. If Enemy Slayer, as the Music Alive endorsement suggests, has begun a bridge between Western and Native American cultures, it has served a great purpose…that is enough to recommend it. Hózhô náhásdlîî dooleeã: Let peace prevail.
I have a more than musical reason for taking an interest in this work, and in music of a Native American origin. My daughter is descended, through her mother's family, from the Cherokee Nation. Their branch of the Nation no longer exists, and thus their way of life is lost to us. For these reasons I welcome any work of art which celebrates the Native American or is conceived by a Native American. Here was a chance for Naxos to give us a recording of Louis Ballard's magnificent Suite for orchestra, Incident at Wounded Knee (1974). It deserves a wider audience than it has so far achieved. But I digress.
Enemy Slayer is the first oratorio based on the creation story of the Navajo. The story concerns the twins Monster Slayer and Child Born for Water who (as Marley Shebala's notes tell us) went to war against the monsters who threatened their people. After destroying all the monsters the twins returned home but started having nightmares, smelling the blood of the monsters and screaming in horror. They wanted to be alone, lost their appetites, became depressed, angry, violent, and thought of suicide. Today we would say that they were suffering post–traumatic stress disorder. Thus the Navajo people created the Anaa'jí (Enemy Way), one of the most sacred of the Navajo ceremonies and one which is still in use to cleanse and heal warriors returning from today's wars.
Composer Grey, his librettist Laura Tohe (an award winning Navajo poet) and photographer Deborah O'Grady said that they wanted this work to be a bridge between the Navajo and non–Navajo worlds. To this end Tohe's libretto is based on the idea of the Anaa'jí—to quote it would be sacrilegious—and, according to the notes (on which I have drawn very closely at times), she gave shape to Grey's visionary concept. In Enemy Slayer we follow the trials and tribulations of Seeker, a man suffering battle fatigue. He goes through the vicissitudes suffered by the twins, and sings of his feelings; the chorus, variously representing his parents, grandparents, ancestors and the Holy Ones respond to his dilemma.
When he wrote the work Grey was composer in residence for the Phoenix Symphony and the organisation obviously wanted to give their man the best they could offer for what could possibly be his magnum opus. So what did Grey deliver? This almost 70 minute oratorio is written in a very conventional voice, there's nothing here which would scare the horses, and there's no real high point which stands head and shoulders above the rest. There are also some very obvious and embarrassingly twee sections, such as the sound of battle at the end of the third (of five) sections. The material is generally unmemorable, and far too slight to sustain 70 minutes of music, and although the work has pretensions to be Epic, it simply fails to satisfy in such a way. Most importantly, there is no feeling of Native Americana! Only the words give it the cachet of being married to the great Navajo tradition. The scoring is brilliant, and well thought out. It's very colourful and direct—the language is easy on the ear…the soloist the performance seems totally committed and the recording is excellent…
Advertised as "the first-ever oratorio to be founded on an indigenous creation story"—and it may well be so—Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio was commissioned from composer Mark Grey by the Phoenix Symphony as part of its longstanding effort to bring a little of the American Southwest into its concert halls and to bridge the gap between Native American and Western cultures. After all, you can't play Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite every time you want to have a taste of home in concert halls in Phoenix, and the region is rich with lore, tradition, and captivating landscapes; the very stuff great classical compositions are often made of. Grey's fulfillment of his year-long tenure as the Phoenix Symphony's composer-in-residence went well beyond the usual call of duty; a 70-minute oratorio for baritone soloists—Scott Hendricks, in this instance—full orchestra and a chorus of 140 voices. Enemy Slayer is based on a creation story of the Diné or, as familiarly known, Navajo people, and its libretto was written by Diné poet Laura Tohe.
"Enemy Slayer" deals with the evolution behind the sacred ceremony called Anaa'ji, or Enemy Way, which remains a vital part of the Diné liturgy. Tohe's libretto does not deal directly with the ceremony itself, but she and Grey have fashioned something that is like a long, sacred ceremony out of the legend, a part of Diné lore that is more or less a matter of public record already. One thing that is immediately apparent upon listening to this is the enormous amount of respect that Grey and Tohe regard for the tradition that they are paying homage to; there is nothing in this music that brings to mind phrases like "string quartet on Indian themes" or other trite concoctions on Native American melody that used to be the rule in classical concert music of such kind. Tohe and Grey are interested in the content of the source, and that is what is delivered in a massive, solemn, and moving result. Grey's music is often slow in tempo and dense in texture, but it still delivers the sense of violence that is at the core of the legend it portrays. A sound designer who has worked with John Adams, Grey knows the value of a good recording, and percussive effects pack a punch; the recording is big, spacious, and captures all of the details of the orchestration and chorus in spite of the size of the forces involved. About the only thing one could comment about is that Hendricks seems a bit far forward upon his first entrance. He has a big bullhorn of a voice, which is exactly what the role he's playing needs; however, it seems a little strong at first in regard to the background, though it comfortably settles in as events move along. The huge chorus is splendid, and the Phoenix Symphony's Michael Christie seems determined that this is not going to be a typical, dutiful realization of a commission; Enemy Slayer is an event that has a special significance to the community to which it belongs, and its various parts are kept scrupulously in check and delivered with absolute seriousness of purpose.
Enemy Slayer is a landmark piece in the history of the often corrosive collision of Native America and the concert hall; this one, though, doesn't hurt, and it may well go a long way toward building a bridge between these cultures. From the standpoint of Western music, however, Enemy Slayer is a revelatory and utterly different musical experience in the realm of oratorio—an admirable achievement indeed.
'War injures everyone it touches and leaves scars on the victors just as much as the vanquished'. Enemy Slayer tells of the Navajo Indians' language of healing. I do not pretend to understand the inner meaning of the beliefs of these indigenous North American people, but here the composer, Mark Grey, attempts to bridge the gap between the Navajo people and the rest of the world. The oratorio is based on one man who returns from war so mentally scared that he can no longer become part of them, and all their entreaties fail, as he sees no point in living with the guilt of killing others on his mind. Of course many Americans have that guilt feeling of atrocities their forefathers committed against peaceful Indians and the land they stole from them. So any score couched in these terms will awaken those memories. It is set as a prologue and four scenes for baritone soloist, chorus and orchestra, the work fashioned in a modern tonality with colourful orchestral scoring. The story encompasses many dramatic moments, mixed with the peace that those around him try to create. It will have a ready impact on those close to its scenario, and does not make any exorbitant demands on the performers. This recording derived from two concert performances is obviously a well-prepared and deeply felt experience from all of the Phoenix musicians. Sound quality is outstanding.


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Jamie Lee Curtis' home avoided by trick-or-treaters on Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis' house gets bypassed by trick-or-treaters on Halloween each year.
The actress made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night (10Oct18) to promote her new movie Halloween, a direct sequel to the 1978 slasher film of the same name, in which she reprises her role as Laurie Strode and embarks on a mission to kill murderer Michael Myers.
While Jamie is famed for her Halloween movies, she admitted that the 31 October holiday is a rather quiet affair at her own home.
"Nobody comes to my house. I put the candy out, I always am hoping and then there's the candy the next morning and I eat it," she laughed.
Host Jimmy then confessed that he hadn't actually seen the new Halloween movie because he can't stand scary films, though he had read positive reviews of the project. And interestingly, Jamie admitted that she is the same way.
"You and me," the 59-year-old smiled.
During the chat, Jamie also praised Jimmy's late-night TV show and explained that she made an exception to be interviewed because the presenter is "such a good guy".
The chat then took an unexpected diversion into the actress' other interests, including her sideline gig in inventing, which was triggered by an incident which occurred when she was changing her and husband Christopher Guest's daughter Annie's diaper when she was a baby, but couldn't reach the wipes.
"In that moment, I said, 'Aha,' I have to invent a diaper that has a wiper built into the diaper. And I invented 'Dipe and Wipe' and I patented it," she recalled, adding that the product is not available to buy because at the time it felt "a little landfill-y," though biodegradable diapers can now be purchased.
The Freaky Friday star first filed a U.S. patent application for her idea in 1987.