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PGA Tour to strengthen drug-testing program
The PGA Tour is beefing up its anti-doping policy by adding blood testing and bringing its list of banned substances in line with the World Anti-Doping Association.
The revised policy takes effect in October, at the start of next season.
Blood testing will allow the tour to detect any use of human growth hormone, which is on the list of banned substances but cannot be detected through urine. However, the tour still plans to use urine samples for the majority of its drug testing next season.
"Urine is the far more efficient testing method of 98 percent-plus of what we're looking for," said Andy Levinson, the tour's senior vice president of tournament administration, who oversees the anti-doping policy. "Really, one of the few things only detectable in blood is HGH."
Levinson said blood testing also detects substances that are common in more high-endurance sports, such as cycling, but that the tour doesn't see them as applicable to a sport like golf.
"For that reason, urine will be the predominant method of testing," he said.
Under the revised policy, the tour is adding to its banned list three categories of substances that WADA already prohibits - asthma medications, allergy and anti-inflammatory medications, and pseudoephedrine over a certain threshold.
He said the process for therapeutic use exemptions involving some of those additional substances would be adjusted to make the response time quicker.
And in a slight move toward more transparency, the tour would start reporting suspensions for drugs of abuse. Under the current policy, the tour is required to announce when a player has been suspended only for performance-enhancing drugs. Recreational drugs fell under the tour's private "conduct unbecoming a professional" disciplinary policy.
However, if players test positive for drugs of abuse, that won't be reported unless the player is actually suspended.
"We believe that these changes to our program are prudent in that they further our objectives of protecting the well-being of our members and better substantiate the integrity of golf as a clean sport," PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement Tuesday.
Woods seeks help
at drug clinic
Tiger Woods has checked into a clinic to get help dealing with prescription medication for pain and a sleep disorder, and his agent is not sure how long he will stay.
Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management said he could not disclose the location of the in-patient treatment. He said pain medication at times was the only way Woods could get up and moving during the toughest days of recovery following four back surgeries.
"I'm proud of him," Steinberg said. "He's going to get himself right to be able to essentially lead a healthy lifestyle."
Woods was arrested on a DUI charge in the early hours of Memorial Day when police in Jupiter, Fla., found him asleep behind the wheel of his slightly damaged car.
This is at least the second time that Woods has sought in-patient treatment. He was in a Mississippi clinic for 45 days in early 2010 when his personal life collapsed over multiple extramarital affairs.
Longtime caddie,Mickelson part
Together for 25 years and more than 600 golf tournaments, Phil Mickelson and caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay are moving on.
Mickelson said the decision to part ways was mutual and not based on any one incident.
"We just feel it's the right time for a change," Mickelson said.
"Player-caddie relationships don't often last that long," Mackay said. "I will always be grateful that I was around to witness so much of Phil's career."
Mackay previously caddied for Larry Mize and Scott Simpson when he was hired in 1992 to work for Mickelson, who had won a PGA Tour event while at Arizona State. Their first event was a U.S. Open qualifier, and Mickelson shot rounds of 69-63.
They were together for 45 victories worldwide, including five majors, and every Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup team since 1994.
"When Phil hired me in 1992, I had one dream: to caddie in a Ryder Cup," Mackay said. "Last year, at Hazeltine, Phil played in his 11th straight Ryder Cup. It was so cool to have a front-row seat. I wish Phil nothing but the best. His game is still at an elite level, and when he wins in the future (definitely the Masters), I will be among the first to congratulate him."
Mackay is not retiring as a caddie, though he had no immediate plans. He is coming off double knee replacement surgery during the last offseason.
Mickelson said his brother, Tim Mickelson, would caddie for him the rest of the year.
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|Miscellaneous Small Projects
|Project Description:
|Conversion of a large number of small name lists for inclusion in the Miscellaneous Database in the member area. This project will be on-going as additional small datasets are identified
|Project manager:
|John Marsden
|Project Size (L/M/S):
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|Project Started:
|30 Aug 2017
|Anticipated completion:
|30 Dec 2025
|Volunteer Requirement:
|None currently
|14 Jun 2020
|Added 80 records for Withington Workhouse deaths submitted by Joe Hilditch. This brings the total to 1,198 records
|14 Jun 2020
|Linda Bailey has started extracting BMD announcements, obituaries and inquest reports from The Manchester Courier for 1825 and 1895. Initial data amounts to some 2,109 records.
|05 May 2020
|Added 604 records for Withington Workhouse deaths submitted by Joe Hilditch. This brings the total to 1,118 records.
|29 Mar 2020
|Added 129 records for Withington Workhouse deaths submitted by Joe Hilditch.
|28 Aug 2019
|Added details of 14 MIs for Dukes Alley Chapel, Bolton to MI database (previously published on CD)
|22 Jul 2019
|Added 5,990 records taken from school and university rolls of honour published Lancashire Biographies (1917) together with scans of the original book.
|03 Jul 2019
|Added 1,589 records taken from Lancashire Biographies (1917) together with scans of the original book.
|29 May 2019
|Added details of remains removed from St. Matthew, Campfield to miscellaneous database (from a document provided by Rd Baines).
|29 Apr 2018
|Added 678 records for pupils and staff of Hulme Grammar School serving in forces in WW1 from Hulmeian magazine 1914-1917.
|09 Apr 2018
|Added 255 records taken from a history of Manchester Central High School for Boys containing names of Masters 1904-1950, former pupils killed in WW2 and former pupils awarded for gallantry in WW1.
|02 Jan 2018
|Added 1,520 records of Salford Motor Vehicle Registrations to the Miscellaneous Database.
|28 Dec 2017
|Added a scanned copy of The Royal Family of Scotland (published 1739), scanned by Mark Campbell, to the Scottish resources section of the member area.
|18 Dec 2017
|Added further records for 1911 Manchester trade Directory; Added Bolton Grammar School Pupils index.
|14 Dec 2017
|A number of small data sets have been added to the Miscellaneous Database. The database now contains 305,504 name records.
|06 Oct 2017
|Added Names extracted mostly from Parliamentary Papers and published in 'Pictures of the Revolution' E Royston Pike's Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution in Britain [1966 George Allen and Unwin]. First published in Manchester Genealogist Volume 26, Issue 1 (1990). (59 records) to Miscellaneous Database.
|03 Oct 2017
|Added Names and details of children apprenticed by Chelsea workhouse to William Douglas (spinner of cotton twist and weft) of Pendleton 1795-7. First published in Manchester Genealogist Volume 25, Issue 4 (1989). (31 records) to Miscellaneous Database. Also added Names taken from Sketches of Local Musicians and Musical Societies by William Millington and printed by Pendlebury and Swinton Journal in 1884. The book gives an account of each person's musical abilities, occupation etc. Frirst published in Manchester Genealogist Volume 26, Issue 1 (1990). (127 records)
|02 Oct 2017
|Added Names, some with ages and marital status, of those killed in the explosion at Clifton Hall Colliery, Pendlebury, on 18 June 1885. First published in Manchester Genealogist Volume 19, Issue 1 (1983) to Miscellaneous Database. Also added Ministers of the Dukinfield Moravian Church 1740-1946. First published in Manchester Genealogist Volume 19, Issue 1 (1983. (43 records). Also added Obituaries taken from 'Old South-East Lancashire', a genealogical magazine, vol.1. March 1880, No3. Short notices of deaths of old persons connected with the Hundred of Salford, who had attained at least the seventieth year of their age. First published in Manchester Genealogist Volume 27, Issue 2 (1991). (62 records)
|28 Sep 2017
|Added Longsight Wesleyan Methodist Church and Sunday School Roll of Honour 1918 and Manchester Quakers 1831 to Miscellaneous Database. Both lists first published in Manchester Genealogist 23/4.
|28 Sep 2017
|Added Alverstoke, Hampshire, Pauper Children Apprenticed to Manchester Cotton Mills in 1791 to Miscellaneous Database.
|27 Sep 2017
|Added Bolton, Latimer St. Baptisms 1849-54 and Bolton Light Horse Muster Roll 1805 to Miscellaneous Database.
|27 Sep 2017
|Added transcripts of In Memoriam cards, first published in the Manchester Genealogist, to the Miscellaneous Database.
|25 Sep 2017
|Added names of former pupils of Oldham Secondary School serving in HM Forces during WW1 from 1915 school magazine.
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Castaway into Belize's Atolls & Cayes …..
Escape for a day, a week or even longer and retreat into a tropical multi-caye paradise, first made home by the infamous Blackbeard (Edward Teach), and experience why you'd want to conquer its precious beauty. As legend and history states, it was on a caye hidden here with the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, that the notorious King of Pirates would spend his winters idling away the hours. He made this his paradise outpost, where he'd harass passing sailing ships that entered to and from the Bay of Honduras, which indents the coastlines of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. Fact is, many pirates favored this Bay of Honduras, back then known as the Bay Colony, making it their home-port for several reasons – they could hang out in the waters just outside of Belize's coral reef (the Turneffe Atoll) making it easy for them to raid Spanish ships carrying gold and silver back to the King of Spain. The pirates would then flee in their much smaller vessels through various openings along the reef and into the protected waters of Belize and hide where the deeper Spanish ships couldn't follow. Inside the reef they found all these perfect little off-shore tiny islands which made for perfect hidden outposts, allowing them to wait out bad weather, work on their boats, hunt for meat, fish the rich waters of the Atoll, drink themselves silly and party under the stars. Some of the other pirates who have made the who's-who list of having laid claim to making this area their "paradise outpost", ranges from Edward Lowe, Captain Charles Johnson, Bartholomew Sharp, and Captain Henry Morgan himself.
Possessing some of the finest stretches of white sand in Belize and 180-degree sea-views from anywhere on the the tiny island of South Water Caye, slumber in the luxury cabanas and dozens of hammocks swaying from coconut palms at Pelican Resort. Sit atop the Belize Barrier Reef while falling asleep under the starry skies on lost Tobacco Caye. Explore all 18-kilometers of Laughingbird Caye, one of the most photogenic islands in all of the Caribbean which has made it on the World Heritage Site list for its national park and mini-atoll status. Focus your lens on the most photographed island in all of Belize, on Silk Caye, whose crystalline waters are filled with stingrays, barracudas and lobsters. Lounge in a little-known paradise-getaway on St. George's Caye and kayak this national landmark. Sample the best of island-infused cuisine such as freshly-caught lobster grilled to perfection and drink rum-infused libations while listening to the hypnotic island drum-beats. Stroll the laid-back white-sandy streets where only bicycles roam and catch the "go-slow" vibe of Caye Caulker. Dock yourself at Hatchet Caye and dwell in charming oceanfront cabana-living. But perhaps one of the most coveted Belizean islets is the world-renowned Blackbird Caye, for it is exactly here that the real jewel of the Caribbean can be found, and one that may pirates have certainly coveted…The Meoamerican Reef System. Situated in these pristine waters is an unspoiled under-water natural beauty of idyllic proportions, known as the Turneffe Atoll, which stretches more than 620-miles. This small group of marine-reserve islands has the second longest coral reef in the world. Within the Atoll, you will encounter a mesmerizing seascape that consists of an intricate network of highly productive sandy flats, creeks, lagoons, over 200 mangrove islands and charming cayes with savanna-forests. Along the shallow seagrass habitat that encompasses the 40-miles long x 10-miles wide area, there's a wide array of 500 species of fish, lobster, conch, stony corals, sea turtles, manatees, dolphins, seabirds and other wildlife. Offering some of the highest biodiversity in all of the Caribbean, Turneffe Atoll offers a well-developed reef encircle the entire island chain making it the prefect location for divers, snorkelers, fishermen and kayakers. Situated on the windward side of Blackbird Caye, sits Blackbird Caye Resort, nestled within 4,000-acres of remote jungle and lush palm trees. The resort overlooks an iridescent turquoise lagoon, protected by the Atoll's dramatic reef and rim walls which can be reached 100-feet off-shore from the property's beach. For the snorkeling and diving enthusiasts, it's hard to beat the staggering beauty of the Blue Hole for spectacularly diversity. Half Moon Caye, another favorite small island within the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, is a strong second must-dive bucket list location. There are few places in the region where you can spot eels and where the reef is packed tight with groupers, toadfish, razorfish, yellowtail snapper, spotted eagle rays and mantas. And if that's not enough, dive deeper within "The Aquarium", a breathtaking dive site of crystal-clear waters with visibility up to 80-ft, located within the same Atoll system. Dubbed a living-aquarium because it's bursting with rich and colorful aquatic life and massive schools of Master Snappers, Creole Wrasse, Queen Angelfish, Banded Butterflyfish and Honeycomb Trunkfish. You will be awestruck with all the natural "loot" that can be found within these precious waters – just follow dive-hunters' myths and lore to discover ancient Aztec gold buried deep within a sunken ship and encounter with the gentle whale sharks.
Whether you seek to dive into this legendary water-world of Belize's Atolls, or cast a reel fishing its sandy-bottom flats for bonefish, permit and tarpon, this premier paradise beckons you. So grab your raft, your kayak or your wooden sailing ship and venture out into these distant cayes and atolls, frolic in endless days of merry-making, sway in a hammock under the Milky Way, or bunker down on a deserted-island with a few bottles of rum or local beer and ride out the storms. I'm certain once you encounter with this mesmerizing aquatic world, you'll surface and emerge a true swashbuckler, one who is happily lost in a perfect paradise outpost fit for any wanna-be pirate.


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Expert Venue Negotiating Tips
A few weeks ago we addressed top venue negotiating tips. In follow-up we asked planners and venues to share their best tips. In this post we're sharing some of the very good advice we received. Read the original post here.
Lynn Ng, Business Partner at Events Master advises that you should read the fine print in proposals and contracts carefully.
Listing soft dollar concessions is beneficial to the various stakeholders, and most importantly to your client. Everyone wants to make a specific margin, and keeping a record in a client profile to what the client expects is a good tool. Also, when you book hotels in the same chain you should set up a "concession list" that the chains will keep on your profile for future programs therefore the concessions that you expect are already in place. This saves time in the contract process shares Vicki Funk, Sr. Account Executive at SEI Meetings & Incentives.
The Champlain College Conference & Event Center feels that honesty and fairness are the two most important qualities to have when negotiating with venues.
Becky Contos, Sales and Marketing Manager at the National Automobile Museum believes that honesty and respect should be observed from both sides on both sides. It is critical that the negotiations start from that viewpoint to be successful. As a venue, she feels that if someone is being sincere she will be much more likely to be flexible whenever possible.
Rich Rose, President at AllSport Productions has been on both sides of the desk. He shares it is important that each side feels it achieved at least some of its important points.
Hedd Adams-Lewis with Red Dragon Events has a core belief that when you built up good rapports with people, they will do what they can to help you and that is the ethos his company tries to achieve when dealing with venues, and it works.
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Whether it's the junior forward's 34 points (17 goals, 17 assists) in 15 games (through Wednesday, Jan. 19) or being the top-ranked Minnesota NHL draft-eligible high school hockey player - Wayzata is a big fan of Mario Lucia.
To read the full article, click here.
Mario Lucia
School: Wayzata
Year: Junior
Position: Forward
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 185
Credentials: Top-ranked NHL draft-eligible Minnesota high school player; Played in the Upper Midwest High School Elite Hockey League last fall; Also played on the U.S. National Developmental Team Program on the U-17 national team last fall.


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"Beyond Labels" (Food section, Jan. 27), about a new generation of black chefs, inspired and annoyed me equally, for it does not go back far enough in America's food history. The greatest specter among the "invisible" chefs referred to in the article was James Hemings — valet, chauffeur and chef to Thomas Jefferson, who granted him his freedom 220 years ago this week.
When Jefferson went to France as President George Washington's minister of trade, he took with him 19-year-old James, the older brother of Sally, the slave who bore some of Jefferson's children. James and Sally were half-siblings to Jefferson's wife, Martha.
Hemings trained under chefs at the famed Château de Chantilly, the "five-star" kitchen of 18th-century France whose culinary creations outshined those served the royal family at Versailles. Technically free in France, Hemings was paid a wage to helm the kitchen at Jefferson's residence in Paris. There he supervised a large French-speaking staff for Jefferson's extravagant dinners for royalty and the most discerning palates in Paris.
Hemings returned to slavery in America, bringing with him revolutionary changes to traditional colonial hearth cooking. Meringues, crème brulée, French-style crème Chantilly (whipped cream) and continental European-style macaroni and cheese can all be traced back to his training in Paris.
He was in the kitchen for the most historic dinner in early American history. On June 20, 1790, the meal — a delicious balm in his signature half-Virginian-half-French style — helped reconcile the bitter enemies Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Over lavish courses that included capon stuffed with Virginia ham, chestnut purée, artichoke bottoms and truffles, served with a Calvados sauce, and boeuf à la mode made with French-style boeuf bouillon instead of gravy, they forged an agreement to settle the young republic's biggest problem: how to finance the Revolutionary War debt. They also decided that the national capital would be situated along the Potomac.
The roots of iconic American foods can be linked to James Hemings and his Virginia kitchen with a French accent. Black cooks, including the celebrated Edna Lewis, have always kept, even if they didn't know its origins, some element of that tradition of fusion cooking.
James Hemings has been a ghost in America's kitchen, overshadowed and still enslaved to the narrative that gives Thomas Jefferson credit for introducing gourmet cuisine to the nation. I dream of a day when Hemings is no longer left out of media stories on the origins of fine food in America.
I've started the James Hemings Foundation to celebrate not only Hemings but also the thousands of blacks who were linchpins in creating American cooking.
ASHBELL McELVEEN
The writer is a chef and the founder of the James Hemings Foundation.


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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Age: 69, Hometown: Middlesex, Vt., Entered the Senate:1975, Up for reelection: 2010, Results of last election (2006): Leahy (D) 71% Jack McMullen (R) 25%, Campaign cash on hand: $2,245,753
Five biggest industry contributors
Lawyers/law firms: $444,365 , Computers/Internet: $185,550 , TV/movies/music: $155,950 , Lobbyists: $133,425 , Leadership PACs: $60,000
Biggest triumphs
Ask Leahy about his biggest victory as a senator, and he's likely to say it has been his 20-year crusade against anti-personnel land mines. Leahy successfully pushed for a U.S. ban on land mine exports, as well as millions of dollars in funding for victims of those weapons.
But in recent years, as either chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Leahy has played a key role in the confirmation battles over three current Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and new Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic on the high court.
Leahy has racked up a number of legislative achievements, including new copyright and privacy protections, expanded conservation and environmental programs and bipartisan attempts to streamline federal farm programs.
Achilles' heel
Leahy is publicly genial and easily accessible to the press, but he has sharp elbows and an occasionally wicked tongue, as well as a knack for infuriating political opponents from the other side of the aisle.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney — himself a hard-edged partisan warrior — once got so mad at Leahy during a June 2004 Senate photo shoot that he cursed at Leahy on the Senate floor. Cheney never apologized for the incident.
In January 1987, Leahy resigned from the Senate Intelligence Committee after leaking an unclassified version of the panel's findings on the Iran-Contra affair to an NBC reporter. Conservative critics took to calling him "Leaky Leahy," but the incident did no long-term damage to his Senate career.
Why supporters love himLeahy is an unabashed liberal in an increasingly pro-Democratic state. Once a GOP stronghold, Vermont has gone Democratic in every White House race since 1992. In 2008, Barack Obama carried the state by 37 percent over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Leahy supports gay rights, a death penalty moratorium and treatment rather than prison for drug offenders, and he is strongly pro-environment. He once got Lake Champlain designated as a Great Lake in order to win federal cleanup funds but later helped rescind that law.
As a member of the Agriculture Committee, Leahy has vigorously defended Vermont's dairy interests and pushed for tighter food-labeling standards.
Why opponents don't
Leahy alienated many Republicans during the Bush years for his outspoken opposition to the Iraq war and his frequent criticism of Bush's handling of the "war on terror," especially the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program.
Along with his House counterpart, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Leahy relentlessly pushed for more information on the 2006 firings of nine U.S. attorneys, a scandal that eventually led to the resignation of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
As the Judiciary Committee's ranking member, Leahy helped lead filibusters against a number of Bush appeals court nominees, angering the White House and GOP Senate leaders.


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George Beccaloni left a very excited message on the Alfred Russel Wallace website about the 2009 issue by Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (in Africa) of Wallace stamps – at last!
You might have read earlier Sandie's jubilant blog entry about the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society postage stamps from the Royal Mail featuring Wallace http://http://royalsociety.org/Royal-Society-350th-anniversary-stamps/
Interesting to compare the two different designs!
The centenary of Wallace's death in 1913 is due soon in 2013 and the Wallace Fund website blog has more details about how this is being marked around the world. There is also a short biography of this amazing man and many links.
These very Darwin style portrait and dinosaur stamps compare well with some of the Darwin 200 and other anniversary issues shown in our Charles Darwin: A Life In Stamps book, published in 2009. Copies are still available to schools (free) and collectors (small charge, see earlier blog). The stamps should, as George notes, appeal to dinosaur stamp collectors as much as Darwin realted stamp collectors.
His book The Malay Archipeligo has never been out of print since its publication, much like Darwin's Voyage of The Beagle, another classic of Victorian travel writing.
Wallace's travels took him across Indonesia including to Papua New Guinea where our Black Tree Monitors are from and Sulawesi, an Indonesian island, home to Sulawesi Macaque monkeys that are now critically endangered – you can see our group at Newquay Zoo through our webcam http://www.newquayzoo.org.uk/conservation/sulawesi-crested-black-macaques.htm, part of our support for Selamatkan Yaki (Protect The Macaque! in Bahasan Indonesian).
We'll keep you posted on celebartions for Wallace 2013, Darwin 2011 and Edward Lear 2012 on the blog – watch this space.
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This is a 2008 or 2009 model year TCR Advanced, size M, with about 10,000 miles on the odometer. Effective top tube length is about 21.5" / 54.6cm.
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And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 8 The descendants* of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, ⌊put it to the sword⌋,* and ⌊set the city on fire⌋.* 9 Afterward the descendants* of Judah pursued to fight against the Canaanites* who were living in the hill country, the Negev,* and the Shephelah.* 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites* living in Hebron (the former name of Hebron was Kiriath Arba). And they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from there they went to the inhabitants of Debir (the former name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher). 12 And Caleb said, "Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give to him Acsah my daughter as a wife." 13 Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife. 14 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from the donkey, Caleb said to her, "⌊What do you want⌋?"* 15 And she said to him, "Give me ⌊a gift⌋;* you have given me the land of the Negev,* and give me also a spring of water." And Caleb gave to her the upper and lower spring.* 16 The descendants* of Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the descendants* of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev* near Arad. And they went* and settled with the people. 17 And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they defeated the Canaanites* inhabiting Zephath; they utterly destroyed it, so he called the name of the city Hormah. 18 Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory. 19 And Yahweh was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron. 20 They gave Hebron to Caleb just as Moses said, and he drove out the three sons of Anak from there. 21 But the descendants* of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites* who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendants* of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. 22 Likewise, the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph spied out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). 24 And when the spies saw a man leaving the city,* they said to him, "Please show us the entrance of the city, and we will deal kindly* with you." 25 So he showed them the entrance of the city, and they struck the city with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,* but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city and named it Luz; this is its name to this day. 27 Manasseh did not drive out Beth-Sean and its towns, or Taanach and its towns, or the inhabitants* of Dor and its towns, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; the Canaanites* were determined to live in this land. 28 And it happened, when Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites* to forced labor, but they never totally drove them out. 29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites* living in Gezer, so the Canaanites* lived in their midst in Gezer. 30 Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol, so the Canaanites* lived in their midst and became subjected to forced labor. 31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob, 32 so the Asherites* lived in the midst of the Canaanites,* the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out. 33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or Beth-anath, but lived in the midst of the Canaanites,* the inhabitants of the land; the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them. 34 The Amorites pressed* the descendants* of Dan to the hill country, and they did not allow them to come down to the plain; 35 the Amorites were determined to live in Har-heres,* in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy on them, and they became subjected to forced labor. 36 The border of the Amorites* ran from the ascent of Akrabbim from Sela and upward.


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this 2 times with 4 CV's in controllable
by then the sound of chiptune or the Atari 2600
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The Atari Punk Console (commonly shortened to APC) is a popular circuit that utilizes two 555 timer ICs or a single 556 dual timer IC. The original circuit, called a "Sound Synthesizer", was published in a Radio Shack booklet: "Engineer's Notebook: Integrated Circuit Applications" in 1980[1] and later called "Stepped Tone Generator" in "Engineer's Mini-Notebook - 555 Circuits" by its designer, Forrest M. Mims III (Siliconcepts, 1984).[2] It was named "Atari Punk Console" (APC) by Kaustic Machines crew because its "low-fi" sounds resemble classicAtari console games from the 1980s, with a square wave output similar to the Atari 2600. Kaustic Machines added a -4db line level output to the circuit which was originally designed to drive a small 8 ohm speaker.
Atari Punk console is an astable square wave oscillator driving a monostable oscillator that creates a single (square) pulse. There are two controls, one for the frequency of the oscillatorand one to control the width of the pulse. The controls are usually potentiometers but the circuit can also be controlled by light, temperature, pressure etc. by replacing a potentiometer with a suitable sensor (e.g., photo resistor for light sensitivity). Most of the time there is also a power switch (often a toggle switch) and a volume knob.
The circuit is a simple DIY noisemaker circuit that is relatively inexpensive and easy to build, easily adaptable and is configurable in many ways. It has been built into a wide variety of cases, from metal IKEA bowls to light bulbs, an old Atari mouse or joystick. Its flexibility has led to wide scale popularity among electronics enthusiasts. It is often suggested as a good circuit to build for beginners.


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Dell's plans for Google's Android operating system could go beyond cellphones. Leaked photos and a video (above) show Dell may have a mobile internet device (MID) running Android 2.0 in the works.
The device codenamed 'Streak' looks bigger than a smartphone and has a vivid touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera and WiFi connectivity.
Streak will be Dell's second attempt Android-based device. Dell has said it plans to launch an Android smartphone in the U.S. next year. Android has become a favorite among mobile phone makers such as Motorola and HTC because it is open source and can be customized easily. The OS has now extended its tentacles to gadgets beyond cellphones. Barnes & Noble's e-book reader Nook launched Tuesday uses Android OS.
"Dell continually develops and tests new products that extend the mobile experience. We have not made any product announcements and do not comment on speculation, rumor or unannounced products," says a Dell representative.
The MID category that Dell is targeting with Streak is a tricky one. MIDs have been the star of Intel's annual developer conferences for the last two years. Yet these devices–neither as compact as a mobile phone nor as versatile as a netbook–have found it difficult to grab consumer attention. Based on what we can see, Streak doesn't look much different from current MIDs.
Instead, Dell may be better off focusing its resources on creating a tablet, rumors of which we have heard before.
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The Antique Brass Sea Scallop Shell Door Knocker by Paquette Designs is a beautiful additional to your door. A perfect way to welcome guests. The scallop shell is plentiful on Nantucket. During harsh winters early Pilgrims survived on the local Sea Scallops.
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(This newsletter went out in an email to the party membership)
I am very encouraged by the talent we have added or promoted over the last 3 months.
We have added state chairs Jason Lewis in Alaska, Gregory Sturtz in Arizona. Daniel Read in Colorado, Hank Thayer in Connecticut, Jim Cain in Florida, Adam Oppenheimer in Illinois, Dan Smith in Michigan, Rob Miller in Nevada, Jeffrey Kees in New Mexico, Jason Goodfriend in North Carolina, and Tim Cotton in Virginia. We have promoted Michael Burger to West Region Chair, Isaac Gibson to State Chair in Missouri, and James Hazen to California State Chair. We have also added Jake Didinsky as Communications Director. All of them have added true zeal and energy to this party.
We have discussed moving forward with WhigWorks and Andrew Evans will be taking lead in drafting the charter. Please note that we have two former national chairs working hard for the party now; Andrew Evans and Michael Burger. Also note that this organization will be purely service oriented, not political, and the national leadership must not be national leaders in the Modern Whig Party. Both organizations will share common philosophies and of course members in one can be members in the other. We need anyone even remotely interested in participating in one of two boards or working in the field for this organization to send me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com. One board will be concerned with governing the national organization, the other with governing the volunteers in the field.
We are up to $2424 in our fund drive on CrowdPac. While this is not as much as we were hoping for, it is a lot compared to our normal donations. If you have any contacts with folks who can afford a large donation and would like to give birth to a national centrist campaign, please ask them. This is important as things in Washington will not get better simply depending upon the major parties. They need a push. We need more from all of you as well. Give what you can.
We are responding to the state of the Union speech on social media. One of our candidates from Virginia, Peter Carey, will be responding on YouTube. We will try and spread the wealth having a different candidate make YouTube videos as the staff gets scripts or talking points together.
Folks, no one responded to the call for help planning the Orlando Convention so we are moving it to DC. We know we can get 25-50 participants from Virginia alone as they just had a successful state convention with great participation. We will also draw a good number from Maryland and the East Coast. All we need is some volunteers to help organize it. Also, let me know if you can come, so we can adjust the room sizes. Not an obligation to come, just let me know if you are interested in coming. Email me at either of the email addresses above.
As mentioned, Virginia had a state convention, elected party officers, choose representatives for a national convention, and nominated Peter Carey to run for Congress as a Whig in Virginia's 11th Congressional District. Their convention had about the same number of attendees as the national convention in 2016 which is a great testament to the party's strength in that state. Email Tim if you can help as they plan to launch more congressional races and need all hands. email@example.com
Adam Oppenheimer has been on fire getting a lot accomplished in a few weeks as Illinois state chair. He has reached out to try to cooperate with other third parties in the state, is looking into a petition drive for ballot access, and has established a college campus branch of the party with 12 members. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com if you can help in Illinois.
James Flom in Montana has also been working on a petition for ballot access in Montana. He could use your help if you are in Montana. Email him at email@example.com
Jim Cain has turned in Florida's requirements for ballot access and is waiting for its approval by the Florida secretary of state. This will open up one of our most populous states to running Whig candidates. Email him at email@example.com if you can help.
Aaron Reedy in Ohio is working on legislation to submit to help borrowers by giving them a grace period on the 2 point credit score drop when asking for a loan. This is the kind of creativity and service to our constituents we should be doing. We are helping in any way we can. Contact Aaron at firstname.lastname@example.com
One final note: We are hitting a lot of spam blockers in sending out party email. If possible, please allow domain modernwhig.org mail access.
Thanks again for all the hard work and for supporting the party as it tries to help the country.
Status of 2018 Goals:
Candidates running in 10 states 2 of 10 20%
We will have ballot access in 8 states 1 of 8 12.5%
We will make $100000 in our donation campaign $2424 2.4%
We will support 100 candidates nationwide in 2018. 2 of 100 2%
We will reach 200000 voters with our message <1%
Dale Ritchie is the National Chair of the Modern Whig Party
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jules rensch commented 2018-02-09 08:19:23 -0500setting honest and achievable goals remain paramount to success…
thank you Dale Ritchie
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New protests as anti-women Bush admin. rule goes into effect
Women's health advocates sharply criticized a last minute Bush administration rule that allows health care providers to deny health care information and services to women. The new rule allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists and technicians to refuse to provide women with information about or access to birth control, abortions, or other medical services based on ideological opposition.
"This midnight regulation,' said Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, 'undermines this country's fragile health care system as well as patients' access to health care information and services."
Richards added that she hoped the incoming administration would do more to protect women's health. "We look forward to working with President-elect Obama and leaders in Congress to repeal this disastrous rule and expand patients' access to full health care information and services — not limit it," she stated.
According to Planned Parenthood's estimates, the new rule will restrict health care access at nearly 600,000 health care facilities.
In addition to the specific problems linked to reproductive rights, Planned Parenthood also argued that the rule will worsen an already broken health care system. 'With more than 45 million Americans currently uninsured, this is no time to make access to health care even more difficult,' a press statement from the organization noted.
"We are shocked that the Bush administration chose to finalize its midnight regulation and to take this parting shot at women's health and ignore patients' rights to receive the critical health care services and information they deserve," said Richards. "From day one, this administration has made ideology and politics a priority over patients' rights and needs, and this regulation is no different."
Following the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year to implement the rule, some 200,000 people, elected officials, medical organizations, and health care advocacy and religious organizations submitted comments opposing the misguided rule.
The new rule fails to provide protections for women patients from discriminatory behavior by health care providers who might be motivated by political bias rather than the medical needs of patients and patrons, the women's health advocacy organization stated.
In addition to a massive protest from a broad section of the public, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Legal Counsel and the commissioners submitted letters of opposition to this rule, saying it overlaps with existing law, that it is potentially confusing to the regulated community, and that it will impose a burden on covered employers, particularly small employers.


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SAO PAULO – When videotape of hobbled superstar playmaker Neymar trickled out of the Brazilian national camp in Teresópolis on Monday it had the makings for another disastrous injury to one of the game's stars ahead of the World Cup.
Although Neymar eventually resumed the workout and is expected to suit up when Brazil open the tournament here Thursday against Croatia, one of the biggest recurring headlines leading up to the World Cup has been the litany of injury issues for players far and wide.
Chronic leg fatigue for Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo? Torn ankle ligaments for Germany's Marco Reus? A back injury for French hero Franck Ribery? It's been weeks of bad news for players across the globe with just days to go before the tournament opens.
But not for the US national team, who opened camp Monday with all 23 players intact, healthy and accounted for. The only player even remotely flirting with injury was winger Brad Davis, who sat out the team's win over Nigeria on Saturday with a training knock but participated in workouts on Monday and Tuesday in Sao Paulo.
Still, the plague of injuries hasn't gone unnoticed in US camp.
Midfielder Michael Bradley has seen two former club teammates go down – Reus played with him at Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Holland's Kevin Strootman (torn ACL) was with Bradley at AS Roma -- and he knows while players can some take some measures to avoid serious injuries, sometimes their fate simply isn't in their hands.
"In a lot of cases, it's bad luck," Bradley said. "There are certain things that as players you do to try to prevent injuries and stay fit, but at the end of the day you step on the field, you play, you leave everything you have on the field and unfortunately things happen at times. No player ever wants to see anyone else get hurt and have to miss a big game in a big tournament.
"For me personally … two guys, two friends who you hate to see them having to miss an opportunity like this. Part of sports is obviously dealing with injuries and knowing that there's moments when things happen and there's nothing you can do. I speak for any of us when I say that you hate to see it."


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ISRO Chairman K Sivan displays a model of Chandrayaan 2 orbiter and rover during a press conference in Bengaluru, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. A PTI Photo.
BENGALURU (PTI): India's Chandrayaan-2 mission, aimed at soft landing a rover in the unexplored south pole of the Moon, achieved a major milestone as the ISRO successfully injected the spacecraft into the lunar orbit on Tuesday.
"Today, the Chandrayaan-2 mission has achieved a major milestone. The precise lunar orbiter insertion manoeuvre was carried out at 9 am for about 30 minutes, precisely...
injected the Chandrayaan-2 in the designated orbit," Indian Space Research Organisation chief K Sivansaid here.
The insertion manoeuvre reduced the velocity of the Chandrayaan-2 from 2.4 km per second to 2.1 km per second, he added.
"For 30 minutes, our heart almost stopped," he told a press conference where he briefed about the crucial operation.
Chandrayaan-2, launched on July 22 by India's most powerful rocket GSLV MkIII-M1, had entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory on August 14, leaving the Earth orbit. It comprises an Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyaan).
The rover is set to make the soft landing on the Moon on September 7 and if successful the mission would make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to achieve the feat.
After Tuesday's exercise, the ISRO chief said the Chandrayaan-2 will go around the moon with an orbit of 140 km perigee (closest point) by 18,000 km apogee (farthest).
He added that four more manoeuvres will be carried out to achieve the perigee and apogee of 100 km X 100 km on September 1.
Giving an insight into the complexity involved, Sivan said there was a unique requirement for soft landing near the south pole of moon with an inclination of 90 degree, which no other missions in the past had ever achieved.
He said 'Vikram', the lander, will be separated from moon orbiter on September two.
From there onwards, the focus ofISRO will be towards the lander as all major operations willrevolved around the moon lander.
A small retro orbit manoeuvre of about three seconds will be carried out on September 3 and on the next day another similar exercise of 6.5 degree will be taken up to put the lander in an orbit of 35 km perigee and 97 km of apogee.
From September 4 onwards, various parameters would be checked to ensure that all the systems were perfectly alright, Sivan added.
"Next three days, we will be taking the various parameters of the lander to ensure that everything is right and to check and verify again and again, the system is perfectly alright", he said.
"On September 7 at 1.15 am the lander will be landing at a site 71 degree of moon's equator with 22.8 degree East", the ISRO chief said.
Underlining the significance of moon lander, Sivan said the landing will be a terrifying moment for him as well as theentire ISRO team given the challenges involved.
"Looking at what happened to the soft landing around the world, we are saying that the soft landing success rate is only about 27 per cent. But we have the confidence about our mission," Sivan said.
This is the second time that the ISRO has successfully carried out Lunar orbiter insertion.
Earlier in 2008, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India's first moon mission, was injected into the lunar orbit and it scripted history by making more than 3,400 orbits around the Moon.
The mission life of Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter would be one year, whereas that of the lander and rover would be one Lunar day, which is equal to 14 earth days.
According to ISRO, Chandrayaan 2 would shed light on a completely unexplored section of the Moon, its South Polar region where no other country has gone.
The Lander carries three scientific payloads to conduct surface and subsurface science experiments while the rover two payloads to enhance understanding of the lunar surface.


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CORAL GABLES — The optimism is growing.
As the summer college football vacuum fills time in anticipation of fall, the annual tradition of magazine predictions are in. A year after picking Miami to finish near the bottom of the ACC, there's a bit of national buzz surrounding coach Al Golden's team.
A look at three of the major publications' national rankings:
- Phil Steele: No. 25
- Athlon: No. 28
- Lindy's: No. 24
The Phi Steele magazine isn't yet on news stands, but I picked up a copy of Lindy's recently. It included several rankings with Hurricane connections. A sampling:
- Quarterback: Stephen Morris No. 16
- Running backs: Duke Johnson No. 6
- Outside linebackers: Denzel Perryman No. 9
- Top backfield: Miami No. 6
- NFL draft prospects: Seantrel Henderson No. 46, Stephen Morris No. 50.
- Top 12 non-conference games: Florida at Miami No. 10
- Recruiting: Miami No. 20
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- Registration through the online form.
- At least one IAC roll-up banner will be presented throughout the event (IAC will provide).
- The Volunteer Leader agrees to collect contact information (name, e-mail, city/state) of all event participants and share with the IAC.
- The IAC logo will be presented in all the event marketing materials.
- The Volunteer Leader will provide the IAC with at least 3 high resolution photos from the event.
IAC Beyachad includes a series of community-building events and programs:
- IAC Shishi Israeli
- IAC Keshet story time
- IAC Celebrate Israel
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Monday, November 22, 2010
A Running History
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Go Andi! Go Andi! Go Andi! (That's me and the kids cheering for you again!)ReplyDelete
Andi, you totally kick ass, chica! First of all, I know from my patients who have tried to quit smoking--that is NO JOKE. So, so proud of you. . . and the running!!! I TOTALLY resonated with that part about not being able to run more than. . .ohh. . .half a block. Uggh! So inspired by you. . . . keep doing your thang!
Yay YOU!
Wow, that's really cool. I'm hoping your running habits rub off on me, too! I would love to be addicted like you!ReplyDelete
Woohoo! Way to go lady! I've kind of fallen off the running wagon again. I should try to get back to it! Come run a marathon/half in Van!ReplyDelete
wow... i am totally one of those peeps that if you asked me to go running i'd completely freak out! you are totally awesome & inspiring. back in nursing school, when things got hard, i'd say to myself, "if all those people out there could do it, i can too!" thanks for the motivation and inspiration!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Just popped in from another blog you commented on :)ReplyDelete
AMAZING work! And inspiring. I am seriously unable to run. I don't know what it is but I am terrible at it. My whole family/extended family can all run like crazy people but I just didn't get the gene!
Can't wait to hear how the halfs and full marathon go!
congrats on switching addictions...I'm trying to get in the right mind set and your story has definitely given me some great perspective. just do it every. single. day. I like that! thanks and can't wait to read more!!! :) come to phoenix and do the pf chang half marathon-it's pretty nice out here in JanuaryReplyDelete


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Back in 2014, I finally managed to finish a book which at the time was something of a bane in my reading life. The book was called MogWorld, and it was a book about a character living in a MMORPG video game world and it was written by Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw. I began reading it in 2010, but it was a hard one to read although it was filled with a lot of humour and at times was mega funny. Anyway, in 2014 I committed myself to reading the last section of chapters and then I was glad it was all out of the way and that I had finished it.
Well; now it's 2016, and I have another annoying little book which I began to read a while ago but have yet to finish. The book is none other than Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder. I bought it back in 2013 while I was studying a Screenwriting course at the University of Central Lancashire along with a copy of Syd Field's book: Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. I bought them because, well; the name Syd Field is hammered into your head while on these courses although I have yet to hear of a film or TV show he has worked on, but also because I thought they might help, and I was first introduced to Blake Snyder's book earlier that same year. I have yet to make a start on the Syd Field one, but I began reading Blake Snyder's as soon as I got it.
Instantly I could see it was a book that spoken the hidden truth, by that I meant it said things how they were and was in all honesty very funny, but also very descriptive, and easy to understand. It even used examples from the world of film and screenwriting to make its points plus also had a little game inside that you could make a homemade copy of easily. As well as that it also came with exercises, while I have yet to do any of these, the book used them to get you thinking. It also gave me perspective on the 10 basic story lines of cinema too:
- Monster in the House
- Golden Fleece
- Out of the Bottle
- Dude with a Problem
- Rites Of Passage
- Buddy Love
- Whydunit
- The Fool Triumphant
- Institutionalized
- Superhero
So why do I talk about it like I have read it and why if I am so interested by it do I consider it annoying? Well, it is very in-depth and I really do like it, it's a very fun book and I really hope to finish it one day and use it as a way to help me with my screenwriting. The issue sort of comes from putting off reading another chapter for a while, and when you start reading a chapter that references a previous one that you have forgotten, it's hard to remember the context: that's what happened. And generally, as my screenwriting course came to an end, plus the enjoyment I used to have for the course by this time vanished; it was hard to keep it up when I wanted to do something else. That was it really and since then, much like MogWorld, it is featured on my 'currently reading' profile on Goodreads, consistently reminding me that I have not finished it yet, although the gap from now to the last time I read it is significantly smaller than when I finished MogWorld.
My hope is that one day, like MogWorld I will finish it and then everything will be happy and I will be able to look back on it more fondly, but right now I just need to just sit down and do it! Whether I start again or not is another question, but right now it's all about just trying to find a decent time to just do it, while making sure I do not do the same with Project Nemesis.


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About The Game :FirstEscapeGames - FEG Escape Games: Bygone Town 3 is another point and click escape game developed by firstescapegames. This is a beautiful town of the past and there used to be buzzing activities in this town once. But now the town has lost all its glory and looks abandoned. In this elegant town someone is trapped in a room who came for sightseeing the place. Now, your duty is to search the town and find the person and to help the person escape. Are you ready for this tiresome task of finding the lost person? You can make use of the clues and hints to successfully solve the puzzles and help the person escape. Good luck and have fun!
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Awarding the title of university professor emeritus/a, professor emeritus/a, or associate professor emeritus/a shall be based upon the career contributions of the candidate through a combination of teaching, research, advising, administration, extension, and outreach. An overall record of meritorious service to the university is expected.
The candidate supplies a curriculum vitae to the department chair together with a cover letter that includes the date of retirement and a request to be considered for either emeritus or emerita status.
If the request is from a full professor, then it is reviewed and voted upon by the full professors and the emeritus faculty in the candidate's department. If the request is from an associate professor, then it is reviewed and voted upon by the tenured professors and the emeritus faculty in the candidate's department. The result of the vote and the chair's recommendation to either approve or deny emeritus/a status is communicated to the dean of the candidate's college. The dean reviews the dossier and makes a recommendation to the provost.
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- The current policy is authorized by Senate Resolution 120 (November 2017). Here is the rationale.
- "Emeritus/a" is a title modifier, a change authorized by the Board of Trustees (January 2018). See Article XVII of the University Bylaws. A retiring professor may become a professor emeritus or professor emerita. A retiring associate professor may become an associate professor emeritus or an associate professor emerita.
- Regarding the vote, the Chair is expected to make a reasonable effort to contact the emeriti. Conversely, emeriti should always make sure that their department has up-to-date contact information.
- Contact the firstname.lastname@example.com if there are special circumstances that make it difficult to execute this policy, e.g., the retiring candidate is the only full professor in the department.
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"Ace of Hearts" story at The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation at James River
Text by Jennifer Ernst – adoption coordinator
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) is the oldest and largest equine sanctuary of its kind in the world. It was founded with one purpose in mind -- to save Thoroughbred horses no longer able to compete on the racetrack from possible neglect, abuse, and slaughter. The James River chapter, located in Crozier, Virginia, was founded in 2007 as one of the Second Chances programs where horses live at correctional centers. At James River Work Center offenders care for the horses and become certified in the nationally acclaimed Groom Elite program in the process. The horses here are assured a lifetime of care with the opportunity to be adopted out if suited. Our success stories confirm that our program is horses helping people, people helping horses.
One of the stories is about a beautiful mare that is making a difference in the lives of the men who care for her. Sometimes, hidden in our failures is the seed of successes we could have never imagined. Such is the case for Ace of Hearts.
This 15.1 hand off-track Thoroughbred mare was a decent, but unremarkable racehorse. She won twice in ten starts. Then, when Ace was five, her forward-looking owner decided to donate her to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), where she could find a slower life better suited to her sweet personality. We hope he recognizes what a meaningful decision this came to be.
At TRF's James River facility, Ace has blossomed into a heart-opening, confidence-restoring powerhouse for the offenders who provide her care. Whether she's nickering as they walk past her stall or begging for apples with her liquid eyes, Ace seems to genuinely enjoy interacting with her handlers. She's the type of mare who instantly reminds you why you fell in love with horses in the first place.
With her quiet, calm way, Ace is showing men that have faced many challenges in their lives that there is a better way, and that we all deserve a second chance.
In fact, she's so pleasant to handle that the Second Chance inmates all want to care for her. Just ask her previous groom, James. He fell under Ace's spell after only three weeks in the program and calls her "the calmest, coolest horse."


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Welcome to a rather wet and shivery news update, written on one of those days where you just want to curl up with a nice cup of tea and a good book. So howsabout you stick the kettle on and I'll have a toot at what's on the shelves this week?
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And I can indeed start by telling you all about a new book. Karen Campbell – Diary of a Broken Heart, The Knowing, Little Whispers – has recently released The Strange Adventures of Mavis Street, a book that – it's fair to say – sounds unlike anything else in the pantheon of UK LesFic.
Mavis Street is a dwarf with one brown eye and one green eye, and a lopsided mouth. She grows up in the love of her mother and father, who teach her the lessons she needs for life. Growing up adept at poker, she wins a casino, buys a strip joint (where she first meets the beautiful Eladora Diodata) and runs a funeral parlour. She is assisted in life with best friends, Freya the Norwegian, Allistar Spanner and Sven the Swedish fisherman.
But Mavis needs a love and is lonely. She has a voice of honey and this dwarf talent leads her to a late-night radio show, where she broadcasts through the night, unable to sleep with longing for her lost love, Eladora Diodata.
Finally, Mavis will receive word that Eladora must be rescued and Mavis and Sven will set off on a course that will alter all their lives.
This is a book about family and love and friends and even though you may look in the mirror, as Mavis does, and think yourself ugly, there is always a true lover waiting who sees that you are beautiful because beauty is not measured in centimetres.
You can buy the book at the link above.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Karen at the recent lesbian authors coffee shop event in Urmston where she read her short story, Voices Carry, from the Little Whispers collection. It's a gorgeous story and – as luck would have it for those not in Manchester that day – Polari have posted a video of Karen reading it for the November Polari event.
Karen shared the bill with Kiki Archer and VG Lee, whose readings from Too Late…I Love You, and Diary of a Provincial Lesbian can be watched by clicking the links.
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Meanwhile Angie Peach is gearing up for the release of a new novel in February/March 2016 by releasing a selection of short stories to whet the appetite. The first, Cloud Hearts, is available here on Amazon:
I'm waiting in the meadow for her, for Elizabeth. The last place she could possibly be, and I hope that after all this time, she'll remember. Because if she doesn't…well, the consequences don't even bear thinking about. We parted in the worst way possible and even though it took me a long time to come to terms with what had happened, I know the burden she carries weighs heavy in her heart and there's every chance she can't let go of the past.
But she must. If we are to ever have a chance at love again, she needs to forgive. Please, Elizabeth? Please?
Keep an eye out for more shorts as the release date creeps closer.
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Andrea Bramhall has unveiled the cover and the blurb for her forthcoming release Collide-O-Scope, her first with Ylva, which will be published in April 2016:
An unidentified woman is found murdered on the North Norfolk Coastal Path and newly promoted Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon and Kings Lynn's CID have the task of figuring out whom, how, and why. A job that's made more difficult when every one of the forty residents in the village has something to hide and answers her questions with a string of lies.
Georgina Temple has her own secrets to keep, and her own reasons to keep them. But her growing attraction to Kate makes it increasingly difficult to keep them.
Kate's investigation into the woman's death delves into the heart of the tiny fishing village where nothing and no one is quite what they seem.
Andrea's most recent novel, The Chameleon's Tale, was also reviewed by the Velvet Lounger this week:
"In the latest offering, The Chameleon's Tale, we are firmly planted in South Africa, starting during apartheid when being liberal was a dangerous personal statement, and jumping forward to the present day, when the anger and pain of that era is still deeply engrained in all those affected. It combines romance, as do all Bramhall's books, with a personal intrigue and a political thriller – in this case a page-turner dealing with corporate greed and social abuse."
You can read the full review here.
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All of which brings us hurtling to everyone's favourite bit of the news: Free stuff!
First up is Clare Lydon, who is giving away a free bonus chapter of her chart-topping festive romance All I Want For Christmas. If you've read the book and you want to find out what happens to the characters on Boxing Day then all you need to do is sign up to Clare's mailing list and she'll send you the chapter for absolutely no pence whatsoever. Can't say fairer than that.
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And that's not all… Being a generous type, I'm currently running a giveaway for two copies of Cold to the Touch – the December sequel to No Good Reason. The first couple of names I pull out of the hat when the draw closes on Sunday 22nd November will win a paperback – signed or unsigned! – and a bag of delicious pork scratchings 🙂
You can enter by commenting here on my blog, or by saying hallo on my Facebook page. You are not obliged to eat the pork scratchings. Good luck!
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Finally this week it's with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to lesbian fiction author Sandra Moran. Sandra – who had many UK friends, myself and Tig among them – died on November 7th with her family by her side, shortly after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
Sandra's first novel Letters Never Sent was published in 2013 and went on to win Rainbow awards for Best Lesbian Historical Romance and Best Lesbian Début, a Goldie for Dramatic General Fiction, and the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award. Nudge followed hot on its heels in 2014, and All We Lack was published in March of this year.
Sandra had only spent a few years in the LesFic community, but her love of all things neon, taking blurry pictures of her cats and creating daft pie charts, along with her just being a damn good egg, made her a very popular lady indeed. She'll be hugely missed, and our deepest condolences go to her family.
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Hey look! Some more so-called assignments!!
Which is to say: invitations to transcend!!! (Or something way less motivational-speaker-y-sounding than that.)
…Get back in under the hood and tinker with something you wrote last week.
…Revisit last week's Invites.
…Incorporate a resonant noun from the 30 Things [You] Love Right Now.
…Write a poem about a failure.
- Yours?
- A loved one's?
- A country's?
…Write a poem about a job.
- Yours?
- A loved one's?
- A public figure's?
…Write a one-page children's story that appeals to people of all ages.
…Write a poem in short lines and long sentences.
…Proceed by a series of (very specific) rhetorical questions.
…Write a poem (or something) about a place you left a long time ago.
…Inform and instruct. Research if you have to. Use facts.
…Blend fact and fiction.
- Tell a true story as straight as you can.
- Until you can't.
- Then: embellish.
…An exotic locale!
…A place in transit/transition!
…Write a personal essay that evokes a particular place and that fully characterizes the people in it.
- Pick a place where you have some history but where you can also return for a while to sit and observe (AKA: notice and document). Try, also, to find a place that is peopled.
- In the process of this noticing, evoking, and characterizing, try to reveal something about yourself — but do it obliquely. Don't come right out and say it. Instead, try to let the things you notice and the way you convey them do the work of this personal revelation.
- Also: maybe this is a lyric essay?
…Write a story that has all of the following:
- a beginning.
- a middle.
- an ending.
- characters.
- a setting.
- a crucial object. (Like, you know, a tangible thing.)
- exactly 302 words.
- ooh: also: CONFLICT!
Keeping in mind that conflict is really just motivation/desire plus an obstacle to realizing said motivation/desire.
Also keeping in mind that setting = place + time.
Speaking of setting, here are a few potential settings you might consider:
- a specialty high school in the American South?
- a train station?
- a theme park?
- a bomb shelter?
- a cemetery?
- a place of worship?
- a village market?
Also keeping in mind that the more specific you can be about the wheres and whens of your story, the more compelling your characters will be because place and time are crucial to a character's motivations and desires. Which is crucial to what? Yes. Right: CONFLICT. And that's crucial to a story.


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Take that, Kim Kardashian. Eat it, Paris Hilton. Watch and weep, Audrina Patridge.
There's only room enough in this town for one hot bod drenched in soapy water and writhing around on the hood of a
car desk, and it's…Conan O'Brien?!
With a little help from Def Leppard and what we'll assume is a particularly tasty sponge, CoCo wet himself down while oh-so-coincidentally whetting the appetite of his future viewers (Nov. 8, TBS, mark your calendars).
What can we say? Sex sells. Even—or maybe especially?—when it's pasty white and rocking a Bob's Big Boy haircut. See you in a month, CoCo.


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Checked out the first episode of Crazy Ex Girlfriend... I think I will like this show reminds me of 30 Rock a bit.
Checked out the first episode of Crazy Ex Girlfriend... I think I will like this show reminds me of 30 Rock a bit.
Everyone do yourselves a favour and watch Stranger Things (netflix).
Take some Spielberg adventure, King creeps and Carpenter sounds, blend all of that into one show, set it in a lovingly recreated 80s, and you've got yourselves this piece of magic, perfect for summer watching.
Yes, that's on my to-do list after I binge-watch Fringe.
Maaan, Fringe had such promise. And it squandered it all!
Aw no, really? But it's getting so interesting as I near the end of Season 1!
So I finished latest season of Orange is the New Black. Definitely one of the best seasons. I heard it made others cry - I would probably too if I wasn't genetically incapable of producing tears. Polish, and all that...
Season 1 of Gotham watched. GOD DAMN this show is excellent. Barely a dull moment in any of the episodes at all. Excellent acting, lots of big twists.
I love it.
Currently 8 episodes into the second season and that's equally good, though a bit more super hero-ish in feel. In that respect I'm only referring to the setting up of the bad guys which is the main premise of that season (as it's called "rise of the villains" after all).
Show makes for an excellent binge watch.
Top 4 characters:
1. Penguin
2. Alfred
3. James Gordon
4. Nygma / Riddler
But I did enjoy Game of Thrones much more than I thought I would although I forgot I hadn't seen Season 5 so there's been a massive catch up with that.
People think Gotham is legitimately good? It's a very entertaining mess, but it's a mess in pretty much every imaginable way and is a textbook example of how not to write a show.
Watched the first half of Stranger Things last night. Good stuff
I've binged Stranger Things too. Down to the last episide to go. It's '80s childhood crystallized. For someone that lived it, what's not to love?
Yea that was a little confusing and I didnt fully understand/relate to all of them. I think the season could have done without them tbh.
I also started on STranger Things on Netflix since people were raving about it, but after 3 epsiodes not sure how I feel about it. Feels a little too random-paranormal for me, though it has interesting ideas (like the kids and their whole dnd allegory).
Also super excited to start on Season 3 of Bojack the Horseman but finishing rewatching season 2 with a friend to catch up first.
And I binge watched Stranger Things in two days. I loved it! Reminded me of my childhood in the 80's, back when all my friends disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It hit me right in the feels!
Now I'm starting Mr. Robot. Local hacker joins Anonymous-like group to bring down corporations, The Matrix meets Fight Club with a little X-Files thrown in.
I don't think the oligarchy angle plays well, just in the sense that having only a few mastermen running the whole show implies that if you just take them out, you can save the world. It could work for something like X-Files because the show they're running was an alien invasion. But running the global economy... Makes for a better crackpot lawn sign than a plot device. But I'll give it latitude.
I like the main character anyway. He's an endearing kind of paranoid anarchist. And I like the hacking-culture angle.
Mr. Robot is an interesting show. I don't really have much of an angle on the hacking, but it seems to be technically accurate for the most part. The character and narrative is... how do I put it? Intriguing but flawed. The depiction of corpocracy doesn't ever go beyond extreme parody. The antagonist seems to be a one-note sociopath, and the main character isn't what I'd call relatable. That's on purpose for the most part given they're portraying a subset of hacker culture, but having some redeeming qualities apart from technical skill would have been nice. I'd say I liked the way it started, but towards the end, when I saw where it was going, I was left with some pretty mixed feelings.
Hmm i should check it out. Reminds me of Silicon Valley but each character's premise is that they're badically assholes heh
Then a few friends told me this is pretty much how people there are like :|
Things I've watched lately, from bad to good:
The Equalizer - dour and boring actionthriller. 4/10
Close Range - the director/actor combo of Isaac Florentine and Scott Adkins have made some fine action b-movies in the past, but this one is a bit of a let-down. The low budget is really evident in the production, and some weird choices have been made, like the freeze-frame introduction of every single badguy henchman, even though barely any of them even have speaking lines and get dispatched throughout the movie with little fanfare. And score is bonkers. The hero's daughter has this twinkling piano theme that plays every time she's on screen, even if it's just for a second or two, then the score cuts immediately back to the serious actionmusic that had been playing before. A lot of stuff like that left me scratching my head, wondering if it was supposed to be funny or if that was just unintentional. Anyway, it's not all bad. Some good fightscenes and shootouts! 5/10
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - It was ok. Good performances from the cgi monkeys! 6/10
Terminator Genisys - I probably enjoyed this one more than most people. I like how it remixes scenes from the first movie, and the chemistry between Sarah and Pops is great. Emilia Clarke and Arnie both give good performances. Jai Courtney and Jason Clarke are a bit bland. JK Simmons is the best and has the funniest line in the movie("Goddamn timetravling robots covering up their tracks!"), but a lot of the other humor falls flat, like the police line-up montage set to "Bad Boys", and the "Arnie trying to smile" gag, which is used a couple times too many. Still, overall a very enjoyable movie. Easily the 3rd best in the series. 7/10
Straight Outta Compton - Very enjoyable biopic. 8/10
Creed - Well, it's a sportsmovie by the numbers, but very enjoyable. Good performances from the main cast, and thrilling boxing scenes. 8/10
And just like all the other cool kids I'm also watching Stranger Things. It's good!
Just got back from watching "Star Trek Beyond". This one does not hold a candle to the first 2 films. I will give it props for giving respect to Leonard Nimoy. There is at least 3 points in the movie where his death is touched on + in the end credits.
Something just felt lacking in this one though. The acting and music are excellent, but the plot is half half. If this were an episode in one the Star Trek shows of old I would nearly call it a "filler", though it's a full blown movie so no. A bad movie it is not however. It's just not a great film.
I went and saw Ghostbusters. Overall I enjoyed it a lot; not sure that I'll ever watch it again, but the humour was quite amusing, the characters were likeable and the plot was reasonable if not great. The effects were lovely too.
Halfway through latest seasons of Silicon Valle and it's another good bunch of nerdy assholery and colossal business fuckups. It's still pretty amusing if you're into both worlds like me.
...and still making me glad I never got involved in the valley professionally
The first season of Preacher is heavily flawed due to pacing and characterisation issues, but I like the absurdist tone, I felt it captures the spirit of the comics pretty well.


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A prolific designer for both film and television, the late Harry Pottle (1925-1998) was based in Great Britain for most of his career. Pottle never achieved the celebrity of his colleague Ken Adam, production designer for many of the James Bond films. Yet plaudits from directors, actors, fellow art directors and draftsmen who worked under Pottle reveal a "designer's designer," a consummate professional with an enviable instinct and an extraordinarily well-honed understanding of the nuances of his art and craft. His extensive work on the cult TV show "The Avengers" was singled out for praise by the series' star, Patrick Macnee, in the latter's memoir of his years playing the debonair agent John Steed.
Pottle began his career in film as a trainee draftsman, working at Denham Studios for one of the great cinematic entrepreneurs of the British film industry, the producer Alexander Korda. From uncredited beginnings on Korda's "Anna Karenina" in 1948, Pottle had risen by the mid-1950s to be a principal art director. He designed a dozen films between 1959 and 1963, when he made his first foray into television design, working for the company Independent Artists.
In 1964 he was assigned to one of Independent Artists' hottest properties, "The Avengers." Arguably among the best work of his career, Pottle's designs indubitably represented a high point of wit and sophistication in the visual style of "The Avengers," never subsequently matched in the three seasons produced after his 1965 departure from Independent Artists.
Pottle returned to film where some of his most notable works include the musical "Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang" (1968), the unprecedentedly epic fifth outing for James Bond, "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "Mister Jerico" (1969), "The Tamarind Seed" (1974), and "Loose Cannons" (1990). Of all the films Pottle worked on, "Murder By Decree" (1979) was the most critically acclaimed and is generally regarded as one of the best Sherlock Holmes films ever made.
Harry Pottle passed away at the age of 72 in 1998 and left behind several hundred original drawings associated with his various film and television projects, as well as other effects. The majority of these drawings are currently housed in the Armacost Library.