text:
The Crossakiel handball Club held its Agm last evening and below is list of Officers for 2017.
Steven Quinn agreed to stay on as Chairman while Michael McGee is the new Club Secretary taking over from Mark Farrell who is now the new Juvenile Officer. All other officers were elected unopposed.
Election of Officers:
Chairman: Steven Quinn
Vice Chairwoman: Jackie Farrell
Secretary: Michael McGee
Vice-Secretary: Susan Farrell
Treasurer: John Farrell
Vice-Treasurer: Susan Farrell
PRO: Michael McGee & Susan Farrell
Juvenile Officer: Mark Farrell
Caretaker: Vinny Farrell
Development committee: Jackie Farrell & Fergal McCabe.
In his opening address the chairman Stephen Quinn said the "the year will go down in the club history namely with the sad passing of former Chairman Hughie Reilly. "It was very hard hitting for the club as he was such a great ambassador for the club both steadfast and ambitious and he wished that the club will grow, develop and also a 40 x 20 court will be built". It is something to strive to said the Chairman. Steven remarked Hughie was immensely proud of all the work done by the Club in "Tom's Wish to Walk" 24-hour fundraising event which raised a staggering €8,000. It came in 3rd in the list of fundraising. "For a small club with the biggest heart it was brilliant and what the club pulled off was phenomenal". The likes of Susan Farrell, Mark Farrell, John Farrell, Ita McDermott were thanked for their superhuman efforts all that weekend. Susan Farrell was also thanked for her tremendous efforts as Club PRO over the year.
Defibrillator - The initiative by An Post to fundraise for the defibrillator supported by the community and the handball club was warmly welcomed by the Chairman. The event was co-ordinated by Fergal McCabe and it is now installed on the outside of the club. An Post will also be donating a Perpetual Cup in memory of Hughie later this year. A plaque in memory of Hughie will also be installed at the location of the original 3 wall court again possibly around the Jim Connell weekend event. The Chairman also mentioned the late Tommy Grimes for his unstinting work with the Jim Connell Committee. With the loss of Hughie, Steven poignantly said "We are on our own now we have no leaders".
The Chairman congratulated Mark Farrell in his doubles success in the 60 x 30 court winning both the Singles Junior Championship singles and doubles with Michael McGee. Steven also recounted his own narrow loss 20-21 in the third game to Kilkenny in the Leinster Junior doubles final decider alongside Kells man Joe Cummins. He also thanked the work with the Juveniles particularly Susan, John & Mark Farrell for their great input. "We have never been a massive club it's all about quality not quantity when it comes to Juvenile success". The Chairman also recounted the sad passing of legends of the game with Louth's Joey Maher and the Kilkenny's Michael "Ducksy" Walsh. The club was represented at Ducksy's funeral by Mark Farrell, Steven Quinn & Michael McGee.
The Chairman listed a number of high's and lows throughout the year. The fundraising drive by the club for "Tom's Walking Wish", the continued success by the Juveniles, championships success for Mark Farrell & Michael McGee, the weekly fundraising and the plaque to be unveiled in Hughie's memory later in the year. The low's was definitely the loss of our inspirational leader in Hughie Reilly which hit the club hard he said.


text:
We use cookies to improve your experience of our site.
By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. ContinueFind out more
Read account
No-one should go through scoliosis alone. With your help we can support people with scoliosis and their families
DisclaimerPrivacy Policy
© 2020. Scoliosis Association UK is a registered charity no. 1181463
Website by Adept

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Comeback king: Red-tailed hawks are no longer on the endangered species list
They've set up shop in downtown Danbury, coolly watching humans pass by while waiting for lunch to show up along the banks of the Still River, or taking out a squirrel in a city backyard.
"A few weeks ago, I saw some crows eating carrion in the road," said Frank Dye, a professor of biology at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. "Two red-tailed hawks flew in and buzzed the crows, trying to intimidate them off the carrion.
"It seems like I'm seeing red-tails much closer to the ground and in more densely populated areas than I ever have before," Dye said.
They are a fixture along the interstates. The highway medians that serve as a greenway for mice and voles are like a cafeteria line for hawks.
"One time I drove along I-84 from Connecticut to New York to Pennsylvania," said Milan Bull, senior director of science and conservation for the Connecticut Audubon Society. "I counted 62 red-tailed hawks along the way. They're doing quite well, not only in Connecticut but nationally."
There are several reasons for this red-tail boom. In the early decades of the 20th century, hawk populations in general declined because people shot them as varmints. National and international laws stopped that practice.
In turn, the environmental movement taught people that these birds -- along with being beautiful -- play a useful part in the ecosystem by killing mice and rats.
"We've learned that predators don't control the numbers of things they feed on -- they follow them," Bull said.
But perhaps the most important part of the return of the red-tailed hawk is this: They've learned they can coexist with people. They're still wary. They still keep their distance. But they seem to have learned that in general people will leave them alone.
"They seem to have adapted quite well," said Joan Morrison, a professor of biology at Trinity College in Hartford who has been studying urban hawks.
"They nest in my neighborhood, and I live in Meriden," said Patrick Comins , director of bird conservation for Audubon Connecticut.
It's hard to know how many red-tails there are in Connecticut today -- the most accurate count of birds, the Breeding Bird Survey, is keyed to counting songbirds, not raptors.
But Comins said all anecdotal evidence -- which has value -- shows the red-tail population in the state is climbing.
That evidence shows up in the Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. In the late 1930s, birders almost never saw red-tailed hawks in their Christmas counts. Since then, if you plot the numbers of red-tailed hawk sightings on a graph, Christmas after Christmas the line just keeps climbing.
"It goes up the way you'd like your stock to go up," Comins said.
Morrison said she's been surprised to find red-tails nesting in front yard trees in urban neighborhoods. A pair now nest on the windowsill of the State Office Building in downtown Hartford.
"They're a predator in an urban environment," she said. "They're feeding on rodents and pigeons and squirrels and things they find in the river."
That's a lesson in how generalists -- species that can live in a lot of different places and eat a lot of different things -- can survive in a place that's now largely a mix of suburbs, cities and woods, with the occasional open field thrown in.
Comins said among the state's other hawks, it's the generalists that are doing well. Cooper's hawks and red-shouldered hawks seem to be on the rise, he said, with Cooper's hawks being dropped off the state list of threatened species. Like red-tails, they're able to live in different habitats.
Once DDT levels in the environment dropped, peregrine falcons learned they could hunt pigeons from the tops of office buildings as well as from mountain ledges. They're also off the federal endangered species list.
Because of the DDT ban, and because humans built nesting platforms along the coastline, the osprey -- striking, fierce, white-headed fish hawks -- have returned as well.
Other raptor species are emerging in the state, but more slowly. Merlins -- chocolate-brown falcons -- may be extending their range south into Connecticut, Comins said.
The northern goshawk -- the state's largest hawk -- needs a forest habitat to thrive. In the 19th century, there were almost no woods in Connecticut, because it was almost entirely an agricultural state and trees were sawed down to make pastures. As a result, goshawks totally disappeared from the scene.
It's only in recent decades, as abandoned fields have grown back to woods, that these big gray hawks have returned.
But the loss of grassland habitat has made the American kestrel -- a small, beautiful falcon of the fields -- almost nonexistent in Connecticut. They need open country.
Likewise, Comins said, the northern harrier -- a low-soaring hawk that cruises over pastures and marshes looking for rodents -- is hard to find in the state, nesting in only a few places.
One reason red-tailed hawks are doing well is that they can eat a lot of things -- mice, voles, rats, pigeons, squirrels, chipmunks, pigeons, domestic chickens, carrion, and the young of other birds.
The national highway system has also given them a surprisingly useful place to hunt.
"They have great eyesight, and the highways give them nice long sight lines," Comins said. "There are a lot of rodents along the highways."
Because people see them as an everyday bird, as part of the morning commute, the red-tails can be easy to pass by. But when you see them circling in the sky in wide loops, or hear their sharp, wild, one-note cry, it's hard to be blase. Everyone should have such a surplus of riches.
They've also proved to be great ambassadors for the state's wildlife.
"So many people get involved in birding because they see a red-tailed hawk," Bull said. "They call our office and say, 'I've seen this big bird with a pale breast.' They go home and look it up, and they get excited about birds."
Contact Robert Miller
at email@example.com
or (203) 731-3345.


text:
Integra Medicare
Personalized healthcare can save you time and money while drastically impacting the quality of healthcare you receive. Find out what Integra can do for you, your family, and colleagues.
Integra IT Labs
Learn more about how the technologies we develop improve Nigeria's healthcare system.
We were represented at the recently held World Economic Forum in Davos by Dr. Chibuzo Opara. Edie Lush and Dr Chibuzo Opara discuss IntegraHealth, DrugStoc and the future.


text:
Toshiba TV Insurance Cover – Never worry about the TV going kaput! Low cost, high value cover.
- Protection for all eligible Toshiba TVs, remotes and cables
- Unlimited number of claims & call outs
- Unlimited remote technical support
- Like for like replacement
- Mechanical breakdown cover
We are all so busy these days and the time we get to sit down and enjoy a favourite TV show, or watch a film, with the family is precious – the last thing you need is to switch on your TV and find a fault spoiling your special family time.
Cover with us means that with one call to our support team, we'll arrange for a trusted local TV engineer to attend your breakdown. If your Toshiba TV can't be fixed, we'll arrange for a like for like replacement. We pay all engineer fees; costs and labour are included. Don't face an unexpected TV breakdown on your own, let us take care of this problem for you. Toshiba TV Insurance – Fast Repair or Replacement Cover
- Like for like replacement
- Unlimited remote technical support
- Unlimited number of replacements
- Unlimited number of repairs
- Remote control replacement
- Up to £500 claim limit
- Unlimited number of claims
- Trusted Nationwide Engineers
- Rapid claim settlement
- Immediate cover. Subject to eligibility and T&Cs
Offers & Services* subject to T&Cs
You First
- Unlimited number of claims
- No fees, penalties, hidden charges cancel anytime with 14 days notice
- Best price - You won't pay less elsewhere for the exact same service* see T&C's
Price Match T&C's
Price Match Terms and Conditions
At Smart Cover, our goal is to provide a service that is second to none. We do not just protect your life-style; we provide an insurance service which is refreshing to deal with.
This is why at Smart Cover, we are proud to offer more than just great prices, but we never want price to be a reason you shop elsewhere.
Price promise terms and conditions
1. We'll match our competitor's UK price.
2. The competitor's product must be identical or better to ours, and offered on the same terms.
3. We must be able to verify the competitor's price.
4. We'll match the price of a product; not delivery charges or other services.
5. Cannot be used with any other offer.
6. Only applicable to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
7. Competitor must be an FCA authorised entity along with the product.
8. Where price is reduced in excess of 20% of our list price, we retain our right to deny this offer.
9. Applicants cannot be employees or relatives of any other insurance broker and associated participant.
This is why in addition to our exceptional customer service; we also guarantee to match any price you may have been offered by any of our competitors. As everything, it is subject to terms and conditions, which you can read below.
Policy Details
Policy Details T&Cs
A £250 excess fee applies to the 1st claim made within the first 45 days and £125 for any subsequent claims within the first 45 days of your policy period. There is no excess charge payable outside of the 45 days.
What is Not Covered
Our policies are designed to provide overall protection for any difficulty you face. However, as much as we want, we cannot cover all incidents. For example, below, you can find the main exclusions which are not covered.
- Any pre-existing fault at the point of taking out the policy
- Deliberate damage
- Any appliance over 10 years old
- Removal of old appliance
- Accidental damage
- Delivery and Installation
What is Covered
- Unlimited number of claims
- Up to £500 claim limit
- Electrical damage
- Mechanical breakdown
- Electrical Breakdown
How we help you
- You can report any fault to us by calling us on 03333 449 559, using our live online chat or even by sending us an email. You can reach us over the phone between 10am and 7pm on weekdays and from 10am-4pm on Saturdays.
- Our Priority Helpline will try to resolve or diagnose the problem within hours and wherever possible, we will try to talk you through a solution instantly.


text:
Passionate about employment & mental health/wellbeing – How did it all begin?
Following an established career in recruitment at all levels, I found myself faced with an almost impossible task of recruiting local residents of East London into corporate jobs in Canary Wharf. It was 2005. A year-long partnership with a niche East London charity brought little success. The core issue was the lack of employability skills then taught in schools and colleges. Coupled with generational unemployment resulting in no positive role models, the basic requirements of coming to work everyday, not taking a sick day over a headache etc was missing.
I devised and delivered The Real Apprentice – an employability programme to address this which over the following eight years saw over 200 people go into work – including a grandmother who had never worked! It won multiple awards including the first EEVA awards – beating 23 European countries and the Lord Mayor of London's Dragon Award in 2013. I've worked with many charities, public sector organisations, ex-service charities and community groups. Seeing someone flourish and go into work changing their lives, giving them real choice and control is amazing.
After 12 years with my last employer, I set-up my own consultancy in December 2013 and now work with private sector organisations on devising and delivering programmes which bring them closer to their communities adding real value to both.
My second passion after getting people into employment is Mental Health and Wellbeing. I am a trained Mental Health First Aid Instructor. This is a global first aid programme for recognising and supporting mental health issues – now in 25 countries! I'm proud to not only be a Mental Health First Aid Instructor who has trained over 300 people in the Standard Adult course but also a MHFALite Instructor which delivers a 'taster' introduction to mental health with a signposting manual over 3 hours.
In June 2014, I stepped down as non-exec director of MHFA England's Board after two years to focus on the bespoke programmes for my consultancy. http://www.mhfaengland.org are the governing body for MHFA in England and work closely with City Mental Health Alliance. Awareness of the benefits and added value of positive mental health and wellbeing in the workplace has thankfully grown substantially over recent years. I'm very proud that two key projects I spearheaded are still flourishing today – the Stress Bucket – now called a Stress Container which is an effective tool for understanding and dealing with life events and the co-ordination of corporate business through the central MHFAEngland team to give corporate a uniformed experience – initially called Workplace.
I have designed and delivered tailored mental health workshops to the private sector to meet their needs ranging from hour-long lunchtime sessions, three-hour bespoke workshops, one hour sessions for supervisors and managers in the nuclear power field as well as delivering the standard MHFA courses mentioned above including to serving prisoners.
In November 2017 I undertook the excellent Livingworks suicide intervention course called ASSIST delivered by Grassroots in Brighton. Grassroots were instrumental in the design of #StayAlive a free to download app on suicide intervention. This is an excellent App I've used and shared with someone experiencing suicidal thoughts.
February 2018 I did High Speed Training's Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking basic introduction course. Completely opened my eyes and I will use the learning in all areas of my business. http://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk
In early 2019 I underwent training with Give US a Shout – a text crisis line launched in the UK by Prince William. People can text in 24/7 without the pressure of having to 'talk' to someone. The training for this was intense and needed to be a Crisis Volunteer. Text Shout to 85258
None of us have health without good mental health…………..
Click the link below for highlights of my experience/achievements………
Twitter – @TheJJCLtd and @Growing_Talent


text:
Steel Grey "Beverly" w/ Swarovski Buttons, 25% off introductory discount code: HELLOBEVERLY
(More photos coming soon!)
This dressing gown embodies pure extravagance with dramatic sleeves and fitted cuffs for a classic boudoir feel reminiscent of Hollywood's golden era. The skirt is extremely full, and the three large Swarovski buttons on each cuff perfectly enhance the luxuriousness of the fabric. The soft, sleek charmeuse drapes beautifully around the bodice, and nips in at the waist with a sexy sash. Pure decadence both inside and out, the gown is lined with the same delicious charmeuse on the inside, and the sensuously sweeping skirt is a full circle shape, ideal for impromptu dance numbers around the house! All this and pockets too!
Available in the following sizes:
Sizes in stock will show in the dropdown menu. If your size is sold out, please feel free to inquire via the contact form, and we will happily notify you when your color/size is restocked.
Fabric content and care: Fabric is 100% polyester, and is washable. However, the crystal Swarovski buttons are chunky! We recommend dry cleaning. If you choose to wash, please wash with care..
In stock "available now" gowns generally ship 1-2 days from date of purchase. Our usual shipping days are M/W/F. Please allow 1-8 weeks for pre-orders. Custom orders with a delivery deadline of 3 weeks or less are subject to a rush fee. Expedited shipping is also available.
We will require a telephone contact number, this is mandatory information for our shipping labels (for our carrier to contact you if there is an issue with delivery). All of your personal information will be kept confidential, but we will not be able to ship to you without it.We will contact you via email upon receipt of your order to confirm shipping information, color choices, etc.. Please reply as soon as you are able, unanswered order confirmation emails will delay our shipping process!
All items shipped with insurance and signature required upon delivery unless otherwise requested. If you choose to waive the required signature, the shipping company will not be able to provide coverage if your package is lost after delivery.
Upon arrival, we recommend that you let your gown hang to allow the feathers to reach maximum fluff again! Your gown will LOVE a light steaming to bring the full volume of the feather trim to all it's glory. The "Beverly" (and other smaller gown styles) will ship in a gift box enclosed in a shipping box. We also recommend steaming for our charmeuse gowns.
We do ship globally. Our shipments within the US will generally arrive in 2 business days from time of shipment. Our shipments outside of the US generally arrive in about a week or less.
No refunds or returns on gowns. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have prior to purchase, there is a contact form here at the store to reach us via email.


text:
I really should make more of these. I want to make one of Silent Hill 2, Dead Island and others. It's just… when do you have the time? I also want to make a remake of Condemned as I made it before I got a good recording tool. We'll see.
In short my complaint is that its too many good ideas thrown in without good execution and the story becomes an annoyance after a while. It just becomes a chore to play.
As with most of the games I hate its because I see the possibilities in the game but the annoyances get in the way of me playing them. I don't think I will ever finish Condemned and this game. And very few games I have bought have I not finished.


text:
Attention Pokémasters: Your iPhone just became a real-life Pokédex thanks to Wolfram Alpha and Siri
The massive information engine Wolfram Alpha just added a whopping 649 Pokémon to its database. For fans of the games, that fact is pretty cool all on its own, but if you happen to own an iPhone or an iPad with Siri, it's even more awesome. You see, thanks to Siri's ability to search Wolfram Alpha for information, your iDevice is now as close to a real-life Pokédex as you'll probably ever have.
In the Pokémon television shows, movies and games, the lead character always carries around the iconic, all-knowing Pokédex which responds to voice and searches for information on any pokémon that appears. Your iDevice now works the same way:
- Activate Siri
- Ask "Search Wolfram for [insert pokémon name here]"
- Watch as Siri provides you with a ton of information, including its history, physical characteristics, stats and even full-color images
That's it! It's a pretty nifty new feature for Pokémon fans, and combined with the fact that the new Pokémon X & Y titles just hit store shelves, it's a great time to be a Pokémaster.
Attention Pokémasters: Your iPhone just became a real-life Pokédex thanks to Wolfram Alpha and Siri originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


text:
August 20, 2016
It is the weekend here on Samos, Greece. One could easily get used to the weather that we are having now. In comparison to the heat wave that we had this past June, the weather now is comfortable enough to sit outside on the terrace mid-afternoon. Most mornings I can wake up, make my morning coffee and breakfast and enjoy the view of the island. Coming from the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, being able to view the entire city from my studio, the sea, and the mountains, one is ever mesmerized by the beauty that life holds.
My morning drive to the warehouse or wherever my volunteer duties is one of the most pleasant experiences as well. The drive on my moped from my studio to the warehouse generally takes less than ten minutes, but those ten minutes are often my inspiration to guide me through the day. The city of Vathi, Samos becomes very active at 8 am, everyone driving and walking to work, to the shops, etc. to begin their day before the afternoon hear and siesta. On my drive down from my studio into town, I acknowledge all the Greeks who are in front of their houses watering their gardens, the man working out of his old VW van, the shop owners rolling open their windows or sweeping the sidewalk in front of their shops, and the farmers selling their produce out of the back of their trucks by the church. None of us know each other, nor speak the same language, yet we recognize each other on our daily routines and both understand a smile.
My drive to the warehouse takes me past the Medecines Sans Frontiers office. Almost every humanitarian-aid worker and I have had professional dealings with and often enjoy each other's company over a coffee. If I drive by at the right time, there are 5+ of their staff sitting outside of their main office which is at an intersection that I have to stop at until the light turns from red to green. They all greet me, and I in return. My drive then takes me past several shop owners who are driving into town, all of us beeping our horns, waving, and yelling "Yashu/Hello" as we pass by. As I start to leave the town and drive up towards the camp and warehouse there are several refugees walking down. Many know me, much better than I know them. Even if I do not individually know them, I do my best to beep my horn and wave. I fell this is important for them psychologically, to feel accepted and recognized and people. I eventually make it to the warehouse, the group going to the camp have the cars filled with clothes. We all shake hands, hug, and greet the new volunteers. Those that are volunteering in the warehouse for the day also share the same experience. Perhaps it is the small community, or else the climate differences coming from the frozen-tundra of Wisconsin, but I have never had mornings like these here.
This past week we finished sorting the rest of the donations that came from Spain and Switzerland. The winter clothing area is almost finished being set up and moving the winter stock from storage. By mid-week we will begin sorting everything, half has been sorted and is beginning to be shelved, the other half of unsorted winter clothing will take a little more of a week to sort into their proper categories. We received donations from two groups leaving the island on Friday, yesterday. Medecines Sans Frontiers dropped off two van loads of food kits, clothes, and hygiene kits. Apostole, a Greek church organization also dropped off a pallet of socks which we were in dire need of. It will be sad to see these organizations leave, but it was a relief to myself on the logistic side to see some of our needs met.
Once again I must implore for help in donations. This past Friday we ran out of men's trousers, and even shirts we will run out of within the next two weeks unless a large donation arrives. Summer has helped us with distribution by allowing us to give shorts, sleeveless-shirts, and sandals, but winter is coming. From the Chinese shops in town we can purchase these few items, but purchasing shoes and trousers cost triple, and our budget is comprised of donations. I am scared to see what happens this fall, if nothing arrives; I am even more terrified with the possibility of a large-scale flow of refugees like last winter. This is not an isolated issue. Every warehouse on the islands and mainland are suffering from lack of men's items. With our current women's and children's stock of clothing we will be able to sustain their needs for a year, but none of us are going to be able to meet the needs of the men.


text:
Aperture vs. Photoshop: Photo Editing Software for Beginners and Pros
When it comes to photo editing software that can enhance the images you capture with your digital camera, Apple Aperture and Photoshop are the top-of-the-line options that most professionals use. If you can't manage to get the perfect shot in-camera, whether your lighting or exposure was off or there are objects in the background you need to remove, these creative programs will give you the ability to tweak the images until they are perfect.
Learning these intricate programs, however, takes time and dedication. Thankfully, there are many educational programs available online to teach you everything you need to know. For example, if you are a beginner, this course will teach you the basics of Photoshop, while this course is available for those who decide to work with Aperture instead.
Choosing the Program That is Right for You
Both Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop have plenty to offer to those who work in photography in any capacity, whether you are a photo editor or the person behind the camera. But while these programs are highly regarded for all the features they have to offer, what you will probably find is that one of them is better suited to your needs. Below are the main features of each so you can decide which one is right for you and worth your time and investment.
Before diving into a photo editing program, check out this helpful blog post on taking great shots with your DSLR camera if you're a beginner.
Apple Aperture: An Easy to Use Photo Management and Editing Program
One of the best things about Apple Aperture is its easy-to-use interface. Every tool that is found within the program has a label, so even beginners can get to know the program fairly quickly without having to guess at what they are clicking on. The interface is also customizable so you can choose how to sort your images and how to view them.
Apple Aperture comes with a variety of editing tools for enhancing photographs quickly and easily. Users can adjust the white balance, saturation, and overall color of an image, as well as convert any photo to black and white and correct unwanted lens vignettes. Stacking photos that are very similar makes it easy to keep track of them and make edits to all of them at once, saving time. This is one of the reasons why, if you are a beginner when it comes to editing images, Aperture is a great choice.
This program is also one of the best for managing images, as it makes it simple to rate each photo and label it accordingly. You can sort the photos into albums and label them with a particular color code and keywords that will make it easy to locate them in the future. On top of that, Aperture allows users to identify faces in the photos, tag the location of an image, and add copyright notices.
Aperture will automatically save all of your RAW files so you will always have access to the original photos, as well as the edited versions. Original camera settings are also found easily in each photo's metadata.
Apple Aperture will only operate on a Mac platform. If you already prefer working on a Mac, a course in Aperture 3 will give you all the information you need to start using this program.
Photoshop: A Photo Editing Software That Goes Above and Beyond
Adobe Photoshop, which is available on both Mac and PC platforms, gives you all of the tools that professionals from a variety of creative fields use every day to make their work truly stand out. Beginners can experiment, but it is advisable to take a course in Photoshop for beginners if you are interested in using the more complex editing features within the program.
Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC are the latest versions of the software. CC provides everything that CS6 does, plus added features, including blur correction, camera shake reduction, and image upscaling. Photoshop is the program you want to have at your fingertips if you are serious about photography and you want to publish only the most crisp and vibrant photos.
Photoshop allows users to completely alter their images, whether they work with RAW files or JPEGs. By using layers, users can add special filters and effects to their images and remove them easily without affecting the rest of the photo. With the right filters, you can change an ordinary photograph into one that looks like an authentic painting or sketch, or you can enhance certain areas of the image while making other areas subtler. Colors can easily be enhanced or subdued as well, and images can be converted to black and white, sepia, and more.
Smoothing out edges and imperfections throughout a photograph is also easy with Photoshop, which allows you to do everything from clear blemishes from a model's face to enhance the color of her eyes. And, of course, there is the option of altering the lighting and exposure if you did not get it right in-camera. The program goes far beyond simple editing features, though, and gives you plenty of custom shapes and brushes as well, which can all be used to turn your photographs into works of art, literally transforming what was in the original image.
In order to ensure you never lose your original files or your edited work, simply use the background save and auto recovery features already built into Photoshop.
Which Will You Choose?
When choosing between Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop, consider what you will primarily be using the program for and how much time you have to devote to it. If you are looking for a photo management system with easy editing capabilities, Aperture should suffice, but if you are a professional looking for more features, Photoshop is sure to give you everything you need. If you are still unsure, this course in Photoshop for photographers will help you see the potential in this program and help you determine whether or not you really need it or if you would prefer something simpler.
Top courses in Photoshop
Photoshop students also learn
Empower your team. Lead the industry.
Get a subscription to a library of online courses and digital learning tools for your organization with Udemy for Business.


text:
A campus enclave that's a study in contrasts
University Hills remains off the radar screen of many Angelenos. Nestled in the hills above Cal State L.A., its 300 mostly modest homes rest on narrow streets. From this perch, residents can see the college campus below, downtown Los Angeles, Catalina Island or the mountains, depending on their vantage point.
Some University Hills residents grew up in the neighborhood and have stayed on to raise their own children. Many are teachers at the university or at nearby schools.
But call a handful of real estate agents to ask about University Hills and the telephone line may go silent. Many seem not to know the name of this triangular neighborhood bordered by Marianna Avenue, State University Drive and the college campus near the intersection of the San Bernardino and Long Beach freeways.
"It is not unfair to say it's a secret," said longtime resident Mark Overstreet, who has lived in two homes in the neighborhood in 19 years. "Otherwise we would have had a lot more housing go up. There are still empty lots up here."
Drawing card
University Hills prices are low compared with many parts of Los Angeles County, according to Steven Carroll, an agent with Century 21 Hollywood. Buyers looking for a home to fix up can still find deals, he said, adding that many of the houses are small and could be expanded.
"It's like the neighborhood has been asleep. It was forgotten," said Carroll, who had not heard of the area until 2004, when he sought a fixer-upper for clients. "Now that prices have gone higher and residents there are starting to sell, it's coming to people's attention."
How it grew
That's not to say University Hills was recently developed. The neighborhood was part of a Spanish land grant known as the Rancho Rosa Castilla, created by the family of Juan Batista Batz, a Basque rancher from northern Spain who arrived in the 1850s. The rancho's name came from the wild rose that grew locally.
Ten years ago, residents got their newer neighborhood name recognized by the city of Los Angeles. At that time, they also set up a neighborhood watch group and the University Hills Community Assn., which focuses on larger civic issues, including graffiti, residential development and parking.
Housing stock
Several new homes of more than 2,000 square feet are going up on popular Barnett Way. Homes built in the 1920s include bungalows, Craftsman, Spanish and California ranch styles.
On the market
Among University Hills properties for sale are two three-bedroom, two-bathroom houses for $420,000 and $450,000, said Jose Martinez, an assistant to American Team Properties agent Sandra Alvarez. A house on Sullivan Drive with two bedrooms, one bathroom and a guesthouse is listed at $629,000.
Homes in the secluded streets in the hills have prices higher than in the neighboring communities of East Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights and El Sereno, where homes cost between $315,000 and $400,000, Martinez said.
While University Hills was once predominantly Latino, residents today are an ethnically diverse group that also includes whites and Asians, Martinez said. "It's the same thing that you saw in Echo Park," he said of the population shift.
Good news, bad news
A drawback, residents agree, is that there are not many businesses nearby, although the university has eateries.
Report card
Many in the neighborhood rely on a handful of Catholic private schools. Others send their children to nearby City Terrace Elementary School, El Sereno Middle School and Wilson High School, where 2004 Academic Performance Index scores for the schools were 710, 564 and 545, respectively, out of a possible 1,000.
Insider's viewpoint
Resident Rolando Lopez has been pleased with his decision to move to University Hills two years ago. "It takes me seven minutes to get to work in downtown L.A. We have great views. We're near everything," Lopez said. "How can you beat that?"
Historical values
Residential resales:
Year...Median Price
Sources: api.cde.ca.gov, DataQuick Information Systems, www.universityhillsassociation.com


text:
1 Member and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
If I'm being honest, I like the big black ones.
I'd be down for Liberace doing "EllGab, Cat Ladies in Paradise."
You realize I only accept TaintCoins for services rendered?
eMCee will you follow in the footsteps of Coolio & Weird Al and set this wonder to Wonder's "Pastime Paradise?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HQVGNLHrcI think it could work...
I would like to do a GabCast some-thyme, unfortunately the best I have for a microphone is a questionable mobile-phone earbud thing, and maybe an ancient bluetooth earbud, maybe.Lately I have been thinking of doing a podcast. I have decided, if I go down this path to embrace my innate ability to make "bad radio." My goal being to be recognized, bar none, the #1 worst radio personality.I will sink past the Noarees, the Reds, the Dietrichs, the Mycheals and Hoaxsters all.I vow that the world will tremble before my suckage. My ability to produce uncomfortable lengthy periods of dead air with occasional mysterious background noises, barking dogs and the occasional passing emergency vehicles will be unsirpassed. My segues into non-sequitors and inane banal interjections will be Noareesque.My hot-mic commercial breaks will be legend.On air bathroom breaks, singing in the shower and perhaps even a live remote driving in rush-hour traffic while simultaneously botching an interview with a special big-name guest that no-one has ever heard of (I am thinking one of the local mentally disturbed homeless guys).But first, I would like some training. eMCee will you grant me the opportunity one day? I have heard you on air with some of radios biggest names in radio suck (Noaree & Red spring to mynd immediately, YP and the other Anglais dude as well).I am not saying you suck, mind you, just that you seem to have some magical power to bring out that attribute in co-hosts. I think you might be able to assist me in my goal of being the #1 bad radio personality worldwide.I want to beat the fat eff, I will dig a hole to set the bar really low for myself if I have to.I guess my first step is to set up a GoFundMe page for a podcast microphone. Would you be a dear and do that for me eMCee?I will PM you my home address. TIA.-pate
You sound perfect for the job!
Thank you Jack, for reminding me.eMCee, since the search function is irreparably broken, can you find the first instance of the use of the word "faggotry" on BellGabe?I want to check the date of first use here with its first formalized definition over at Urban Dicktionary.I think I first heard while working in a kitchen at a country club from a teenage dishwasher back in the late '90s...Seriously, who first typed "faggotry" here, and when was it?
>Pirate King AtomskHe had good taste in Anime
it needs to be a song art used as bumper music.
WHat would you use for the Catlady Paradise song? what song? Is there a list of all the songs Art ever used as bumper music somewhere? somewhere, i'm sure there is. Am I asking too many questions? kinda.And thanks on the answer to the "faggotry" thing, 2009 doesn't beat the UrbanDictionary entry of 2003. I had hoped BellGabe would've been on the bleeding forward edge of memeology... bellgabe, one of my prouder contributions to the popular culture.
Quote from: pate on Today at 12:39:28 AMQuoteWHat would you use for the Catlady Paradise song? what song? ..
WHat would you use for the Catlady Paradise song? what song? ..
This song:What Art bumper music selection would you use, or is there no candidate?
I'm not sure. I always pick the song first and then write the lyrics.
All that aside : MICHAEL! Get over this morbid fit of yours
Dear Liberace,Would you consider doing a Cat Lady roundtable GabCast Special?
Will we be able to de-clutter their homes during the broadcast?
Probably not, but couldn't you overlook that, since there's no video?
There's video in my mind.
The Bartcast might consider that infringing on their copyright.
Seriously, who first typed "Falkie" here, and when was it?


text:
Cast Away Movie Review
Invulnerable Tom Hanks puts hit foot in untested waters and ends up walking across it. Cast Away marks yet another well done Hanks film, as he portrays a FedEx employee who is stranded on a deserted island for four years and forced to survive on his own.
The movie starts out just like any other could, with Hanks showing off how stringent he is on deadlines. He meets up with his girlfriend (Helen Hunt) who is on the verge of becoming engaged to him, and then he says the line he should never say: "I'll be right back."
From this point on we are taken on an extraordinary journey. The plane crash scene is suspenseful and realistic. Then Hanks arrives on the island and we watch as he adapts to his surroundings and learns how to survive, and keep from going crazy. He learns how to open coconuts, make fire, and turn a volleyball into a friend he can talk to.
Hanks really doesn't talk too much during this portion of the movie, but his physical adaptation is important, and we see it. Hanks lost sixty pounds in a year to make the second half of the movie as believable as possible, and it works. He has a lot of challenges, like catching fish, and suffers a lot of brutal injuries, all the while keeping the movie away from the cheesiness of pirates showing up at some point, him finding stolen treasure, or a beautiful bimbo washing up on shore.
The impressive scenery of the island and the way Hanks looks and acts throughout the film is essential to it becoming a success, and like so many movies in the past he pulls it off easily.
But when Hanks returns to the United States four years later, Cast Away begins to show its fatigue, as it fails to make a powerful impression on our minds, or draw much emotion at all. Some might say it is unconventional and unconventional is original, but I think it disconnects the audience and will likely cause it to lose Oscar nods. The ending handles everything poorly, such as showing how Hanks feels when he is actually picked up, when he meets all his old friends, when he is reintroduced to society, and especially how he relates to his old flame Helen Hunt. This scene, which makes up most of the ending, is not well done at all.
Cast Away is an excellent movie, right up until the end. The end just doesn't have the emotional impact people expect and want, and that's the only reason why it might not be considered as one of the best movies of the year.
Review by Erik Samdahl unless otherwise indicated.


text:
Archive for July 17th, 2009
Mommy Professor
Posted by Bob in Coaching Session, Political Correctness on 07/17/2009
We used to have a saying when I was in college: "Every freshman is a socialist and an atheist."
Like all such sayings, it was not literally true, but it contained a basic observation. Lots of kids getting away from their parents were completely knocked over by their first exposure to professors, nearly all of whom were socialist and atheist.
Many, many freshmen instantly concluded that they had gone from Provincialism, meaning the views they were raised with, to True Sophistication, the ideas of Professors, like Hillary Clinton. But, from the saying above, you can see that most of us grew out of this.
In fact, most people are aware of this on some level. That is why anti-whites react so viciously to my term Mommy Professor. I don't bother to explain it. They know what I am talking about. A kid goes from Mommy to Mommy Professor and actually BELIEVES that Mommy Professor is completely unbiased, Realistic, and above all, Intellectual.
Childish minds react exactly the same way to any kind of guru. This happens so routinely that the mere use of the term Mommy Professor is resented bitterly.


text:
Class timetable
Class Descriptions
Aqua Aerobics
Aqua Aerobics is not just about splashing around the pool – its an excellent way to burn off fat and build strength and aerobic capacity. In fact, aqua aerobics is known to benefits persons suffering from arthiritis and M.S. An aerobic water exercise of around 30 minutes can help you burn about 300 calories. It is essential to keep yourself well hydrated when indulging in water aerobic exercise.
Exercising in water requires you to only support 50% of your body weight
The risk of injury is low due to its low impact exercise. Ideal for pregnant women
Stress and compression on joints is lesser
Natural resistance of water leads to better muscular endurance and tone
Ideal for people undergoing rehabilitation exercise or sufferers of arthiritis
Pilates for Beginners
Pilates is an exercise system that is focused on building strength without bulk, improving flexibility & agility & helping to prevent injury. It involves a series of controlled movements that engage both your body & mind.
What Pilates Can Do For You?
• Pilates is whole-body fitness
• Adaptable to all fitness levels/needs
• Creates strength without bulk
• Increases flexibility
• Develops core strength
• Improves posture
• Increases energy
• Promotes weight loss & long, lean appearance
Telephone: 027 50557


text:
See what our customers are saying about our exterior and remodeling work.
You can be proud
You can be proud of the people you have working for you because they are a great reflection of your company, and also the windows you supply.
>-Gary Kopchak, Superintendent of Public Properties
I'm so glad we chose Pride Roofing…
I'm referring my friends and neighbors to your company and will be glad to be a reference for your prospective customers.
there was never a pressured sales pitch…
All the crew members were friendly, informative, patient, and excellent in their specific trade.
– Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stefanov
I would like to send our appreciation…
We were well informed on the different kinds of windows and options available without the pressure-type sales and tricks that a lot of companies use.
– Bob & Tricia Ockuly
Building our reputation one house at a time!
Fast, Affordable, & Dependable
Family Owned - Windows, siding, & roofing.
Call us for a FREE QUOTE on your next project. Speak with a professional today.
Choosing a new roof for your home? Talk with one of our roofing professionals to find the action that best fits your needs. We're happy to repair your roof to buy you some time, or make a replacement if it is needed. You want a contractor you can trust, and one who has the experience to help you make some major decisions. We will listen to your goals, desires, and help alleviate any concerns. We will walk you through the process like you were one of our family.


text: About Harbour Bridge Hotel & Suites Roggebaai Canal, Lower Long Street, Cape TownCape Town, 8000 Cape Town, for all its glory and glamour, is one of the world's most admired cities. Every year, its mountainous shorelines are visited by flocks of both local and international tourists who stand in awe of its breathtaking views. The Ceremony As a result of the vast amounts of admiration people have for the Mother City, it has become an extremely popular choice for many couples wishing to tie the knot. Looking for a wedding venue in Cape Town can be tricky. With mountain views escalating above, Harbour Bridge Hotel and Suites, situated just next to the V&A Waterfront, might just be the perfect location you have been looking for. Wedding Reception and Catering The glass hotel is fully equipped to handle the intricacies of a wedding day. The jetty overlooks the peaceful harbour port, lending itself to picturesque photography opportunities, whilst the trendy cocktail lounge andcontemporary restaurant may be enjoyed during receptions. Should couples wish to use the Cape Town wedding venue simply for wedding photographs, we will be happy to accommodate. Just a 2 minute walk from CTICC and set against a backdrop of picturesque mountain views with a water canal running through the hotel's bridge. Upcoming Wedding Fairs Find out when the next Wedding Fair at Harbour Bridge Hotel & Suites is


text:
Growing in Faith, Enjoying Fellowship, Adult Opportunities
There are several adult groups that meet either Sunday mornings between worship services or other days/times during the week. All are welcome to join at any time throughout the year.
Mustard Seed Class is a friendly group for study, outreach & fellowship. Meeting in Rm. 12. Sunday mornings from 10-11 am.
New Vine Class Zan Hale leads this informal class designed for people who worship at 11, but open to everyone. Rm. 208. Sunday mornings from 10-11 am.
Seekers Class Over 18 & single, married, with or without kids, this dynamic group welcomes you. Babies are welcome. Meets in Rms. 6-7. Pastor Rounsley leads the class. Sunday mornings from 10-11 am.
The Upper Room Class meets in the Chapel for discussion & to share ideas & thoughts. Sunday mornings from 10-11 am.
Wednesday Women's Bible Study Meets Wednesdays at 9:30 AM and 6:45 PM in the Chapel.
Wednesday Night Live is a Bible and book study group that meets on Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm in Rm. 207. This group is led by Pastor Rounsley.
Contact Info
Church Office


text:
Saturn wrote:AhDistinctly wrote::shock:
Ummm. Teacher? I'd like to move to the seat next to Malia.
Malia -- please move your arm. You are covering up part of your answer!
That's what I was thinking - can I copy your homework Malia?
AhDistinctly wrote: Must -- see -- PowerPoint!
PowerPoints are easy to format for the web. You just save as Single File Web Page. As a teacher do you get any server space to which you can save documents for external use?
Saturn wrote:Oh I can be bad you have no idea...
dks wrote:*ahem*
I sense it in all of you bad folks...
I rather like it.
Malia wrote:I'm just happy no one can read my mind. . .especially after I've been watching Queer as Folk. Ah, that Gale Harold is sooo yummy. Yikes! Did I just write that? ) Yes, we all can be bad sometimes, can't we? But doesn't that quality just contribute to what they call the "spice of life"?--And give inspiration to poetry and drama and art of all sorts?
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


text:
All articles sent to our journal will be scanned via Ithenticate, Turnitin or Urkund to get a similarity report before the article goes for review. The upper bound is determined as 15 percent.
If similarity report shows more than 15%, then the article:
1. Could be sent back to author(s) to be edited,
2. Could be rejected by the editor, or
3. Could send to editorial board for evaluation.


text:
Snowmaking and Expansion Continues
Friday, December 8, 2017
When we first conceived of the idea of West Lake, we had a feeling it would be a game changer, but to actually see everything up and running has really been awe-inspiring for all of us here at Mount Snow. Even now as I drive in each morning, I am blown away by not only the amount of snow we're making each night but how quickly new trails seem to open all over the mountain.
From the first day of the season back on November 11 you could tell things were going to be different and this truly was going to be a November to remember. Not only did we have our earliest opening in a decade, we also opened from top-to-bottom with the most skiable terrain in the East, a title that we still hold five weeks later.
Throughout November, we had an amazing run of snowmaking that saw us move quickly to open 170 acres by Thanksgiving weekend, which then swelled to 213 acres of skiing and riding a few days later. While that sounds like a lot on its own, I wanted to take a moment and break down what actually went into making that happen.
In order to open 213 acres, we converted 82,000,000 gallons of water, or the equivalent of 124 Olympic-size swimming pools, into 410 acre feet of snow. For those of you not familiar with this term, it is the amount of snow it takes to cover one acre of land in one foot of snow. Put in other terms we made 661,500 cubic yards of snow, which is enough to fill 73,500 concrete trucks or 246 hot air balloons. No matter how you measure it, that is a massive amount of snow, and something we would never have been able to accomplish without this new system. In order to undertake this, we ran an average of 210 snowguns over the course of 160 hours of snowmaking.
What did this accomplish? Well, we were able to get half of our entire snowmaking terrain open while we were still in the month of November, something we wouldn't have even dreamt of with the old snowmaking system.
Now that we're into December, I wanted to share with you all a little of what we've been up to and where we're headed over the next week. We began making snow again on Wednesday, December 6 and were able to fully resurface 17 trails in the first 24 hours. After that, we moved into production and expansion mode that should see us opening 12 new trails for Saturday including Snowdance Pitch, Charlie's Chase, Season's Pass, South Bowl, Sweet Sixteen, Chute, Plummet, Skyline, Junkyard, Mineshaft, Prospector, and The Farm, with the potential to add more for Sunday. This herculean task would not have been possible without the drive of our snowmaking team who utilized 500+ individual snowguns in the span of 48 hours to get this done. What else can I say, this system and the guys who run it are amazing!
Moving on from there, we see nothing but favorable snowmaking conditions in the future. With this great weather, we will continue our expansion plans through the weekend of December 16-17, with the plan to open virtually all of our trails that feature snowmaking by the weekend. This means that we will be right around 80 percent open a week before Christmas, just based on snowmaking. We could also easily push beyond this number, as there are several storms in the 10-day that are forecasted to dump snow on our mountain.
This time of year is one where we reflect on what we are thankful for, and this year I know for sure what it is. It's the fact that we have the most powerful snowmaking system in the Northeast, and some of the most qualified, devoted, and gifted snowmakers in the industry running it. I'm also thankful for you our guests, and the positive feedback we've been receiving from each and every one of you so far this season. After all, we do this all to bring you the most enjoyable experience possible for everyone from those just learning the sport, to those who have been skiing and riding with us for decades.
Well, that's enough writing for now. I'm going to head out there and sample the goods!
-Erik Barnes


text:
Criminal Injury Claims
At Victims of Violence, we specialise in winning compensation for victims of criminal injury, for assaults that have taken place both in the UK and also abroad. Our specialist team of Solicitors have extensive experience dealing with criminal injury claims (CICA) and will ensure that you receive the compensation that you deserve.
We can help you claim compensation
We can even help if you have already made your application and now require advice.
We guarantee that your claim will be dealt with by a fully qualified Solicitor with many years experience in claiming from the CICA. Just use the form to tell us about the incident(s) and we'll advise you about making criminal injury claims.
Can I apply for Compensation?
In order to consider an application, the CICA must be satisfied that:
- You have been the victim of a violent crime
- You reported the matter to the police as soon as possible
- You are making an application within 2 years of the assault, though sometimes even if this is not the case, the claim could still be successful
If the answer to all of the three questions above is "Yes", contact us now for a quick and easy, "No win, no fee", no hassle, service.


text:
Thanks Berni for the background of your research.
How exactly is the concentration of Krypton and Xenon correlated to the mean ocean temperature? And how precise can you determine the ocean's temperatures with the found concentration? Thanks 🙂
Updated on November 16, 2015
The last warm period: an analog for our future?
In ice core research we would love to probe a time period that was warmer than today for better predictions of our future. However, these time periods have been rare in what we can cover with ice cores, with probably one exception which we want to probe on Taylor Glacier.
With ice cores it has been possible to probe the climate as far back as 800'000 years before present. This is an extremely long time range, but only during about 10% of this time, the globe was in a state of warm climate, as we are since the last 10'000 years. All the past warm periods were either a bit colder or equally warm than the present one, but none of them significantly warmer than the present one. This was the state of the art until a couple of years ago, when research started to find evidence that the last warm period (about 125'000 years ago) was probably the one exception.
With a few degrees warmer climate than what we have today (maybe only true for certain regions), this time period has potential to give us insight in our future climate and can serve as a kind of analog for where we are heading to with human-made global warming. It won't be the perfect example, that's clear, because greenhouse gas concentrations have not been as high as we are driving them to (they were about 30% below the current concentrations of CO2), but other mechanism seemed to have made the globe slightly warmer than today (at least regionally). To find out what these mechanisms were, how they worked, and what it meant for the climate is what drives our interest in this specific time period.125'000 years old ice is old even for Taylor Glacier standards (see picture for a reference of the ice age). With the past few years of fieldwork it was possible to identify and nicely date a well preserved section on the glacier that covers the time period between about 6'000 and 52'000 years before present (the so called main transect). This transect is part of a unique ice fold that extends over a large part of the lower glacier tongue. However, this main fold is highly disturbed on its edges and it has been proven difficult to find older ice on the glacier.
Nevertheless, the search for older ice further down the glacier tongue has continued and it has been possible to find shorter sections of ice that date back to around 70'000 years (the so called MIS 4-5 site) and even older ice around 125'000 years of age. The ice, however, is highly compressed and the stratigraphy disturbed such that the first attempt to retrieve a record for this period was not fully satisfactory. Therefore, we are revisiting this site and hope to drill a core a couple of meters away from the original site that hopefully contains the period in a better fashion. Due to the complex stratigraphy of the glacier, in particular at the sites down the glacier, it is to some degree a try-and-error work and some luck is needed to drill in a good section.
We plan to go twice to that site: at the very beginning of the season and sometime in the middle. The plan is to drill a few tens of meters away from the original site, bring the cores back to the main camp where we can do some analytics to see what we got, and then go back again to hopefully get the best possible core from that site. Regardless whether we find a slightly better site or not, the ice we will get from there will be used to address different questions. Two examples are given here:
By measuring the Krypton and Xenon content in the trapped air it is possible to reconstruct the global mean ocean temperature back in time. With these measurements – which rely on fairly large sample and are therefore easy to perform with ice from Taylor Glacier (see previous blog for details) – we will hopefully shed some light on the question how warm the ocean was back in the last warm period (was it warmer or similarly warm than today?).
Another focus is going to be absolute dating of a certain event around that time. Dating of the trapped air based on the radionuclide Kr81 (similar concept as explained in a previous blog) is possible at Taylor Glacier, only because we can take so large ice samples. This technique will give us an independent and very precise age for the trapped air and tell us at which point in time this event has actually happened.
More happy science coming soon!Share This:
2 Comments on "The last warm period: an analog for our future?"
Thanks Berni for the background of your research.


text:
Ok, so this has NOTHING to do with lindy hop or the swing scene, but I just thought that this video was soooooooo well done that I had to share it.
I love how the director pictures the future. High fashion, fun toys, gorgeous cars, lovely lips, and polaroid cameras. Divine. Oh, and I really appreciate how the product placement was apart of the lifestyle.
Download "Greyhound" on iTunes now: http://smarturl.it/SHMGreyhound
See more content and info here: http://www.absolut.com/remix
Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello are Swedish House Mafia, watch more videos here: http://www.youtube.com/swedishhousemafia
For more news, music, live dates and merchandise…
Download the FREE SHM Fan App from the iTunes App Store now! http://bit.ly/SHMfanapp


text:
So, Where to begin? I have been flat out with fabulousness if I do say so myself, and as per usual it has left me totally overdue a catch up, and yes I am also aware I pledge to get posts in on time every other blog!
So here goes in no particular order…
I had a gorgeous brunch at the much hyped Chiltern Firehouse with Mark Aldridge, which is every bit as fabulous as the papers claim.
I saw the truly enigmatic Stephen Fry at the launch for Macmillan coffee mornings, and not only was his speech utterly brilliant, but having to follow the talk from a cancer survivor who's story is just beyond inspirational, now that really is a hard act to follow. It truly was a joy and a pleasure to meet her, and listening to her speech was just so incredibly humbling, and brought tears of sorrow and also immense joy to my eyes.
I was thrilled to attend a special lunch at the Science Museum alongside other celebrities from across the entire spectrum of the arts world which was truly fascinating. Being surrounded by so much passion and creativity always does wonders for my soul.
I had a lovely night at the Wear it for Autism Fashion Show alongside my darling Debbie Moore, who never fails to look utterly fabulous. As always it's a night of girly gossip whenever we get together, and this was no exception.
it was also truly wonderful to see Debbie honoured at the London Lifestyle Awards, and receive the London Legend award as I did two years ago. I had a fantastic evening catching up with the gorgeous Sinitta, the bonkers but brilliant Joe Swash, business beauty Luisa Zissman, and the host with the most Marcus Brickstock.
I've clearly been a bit of a fashion fiend as well as the above, also attending an Alzheimer's Fashion show alongside my darling Fiona Phillips, hosted by Morella Kayman who is the co founder and vice president of the Alzheimers Society, and also a truly amazing woman. I also had an amazing afternoon strutting my stuff down the Coatwalk for Macmillan, alongside the divine Emilia Fox, and I have to say it was pretty nerve wracking been up there, but once I got into my stride I was going for it, watch out Cara Delavigne!
I've managed to pig out not once but twice at The Ivy, the first time with the lovely Sally Wood, and the second with my darling Monty Python creative crew, for a long overdue catch up after our summer of madness. Although both times I attempted a somewhat healthy meal, the dessert menu was just too much to bear and so chocolate puddings, homemade ice cream and crumbles were ordered and promptly devoured. Oops!
I got my theatrical fix from a couple of opening nights, the first being the brilliant new production of Urinetown at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, and the second, choreographer Mathew Bourne's Lord of the Flies, both of which if you haven't already seen make sure you get to!
I have also been a bit of a regular on the radio, discussing the Sunday morning papers on Radio 4, and also spending a morning at BBC Broadcasting House going from station to station discussing Alzheimers, and my experience of dealing with my father and his deterioration into this terrible disease. I wish I had know then what I know now about how to deal with it, and more importantly him, therefore it really is so important to me to get the message of help out there.
I made a flying visit on my broomstick to Antwerp for auditions for the Wizard of Oz, and it was so great to have the gang back together again, a few late nights and bottles of wine later it was time to come home and keep on with the craziness.
I've had meetings, interviews, on the phone, in person, hit the shops, hit the exercise bike, hit the enormous piles of post, emails galore, catch ups with Coco and anything and everything else in between.
I do hope you enjoy the multitude of pictures to follow… and be assured I'll be back next week without fail to tell you all about my night on the top table at Chotto Matte with X Factor's creative director the brilliant Brian Friedman, and my trip to one of my favourite places in the world… Paris!
Until then, stay fabulous!
Love Arlene x


text:
Saturday 11 May
Woolshed Creek Circuit
Grade: Moderate
From the car part we tramp to the Woolshed Creek Hut then climb via the Mt Somers Track to go around Mt Somers to the Rhyolite Track back to the cars.
Woolshed Creek is on the south side of Mt Somers. Great day trip.
Please phone Vesna if you are intending to join this trip
Leader Vesna Ph 021 277 2422
Depart from Z Station, Main South rd at 7.30am
Transport: $25


text:
The Ministry of National Development (MND) has appointed Formul8 to manage its housing affordability campaign. The incumbent for the account, which is worth SG$3,799,629.10 on Gebiz, was DDB Singapore.
This followed a tender which was called on 15 June 2017, which also saw DDB Singapore and Qais Consulting vying for the account. According to GeBiz, Formul8 will be responsible for producing above-the-line print and TV collaterals in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil, digital marketing in the areas of social media and video, as well as consumer insights and research. The agency is also in charge of post-campaign evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the campaign and recommend ways to bridge gaps, talent and uploading fees and account servicing.
Marketing understands that Formul8 has also partnered with its social media arm Type A, Maxus and Antzworkz Consultants to manage the account. The appointment is for a period of 10 months.
Last year, MND appointed Tribal Worldwide Singapore as its digital marketing agency for its Municipal Services Office. The appointment was for a period of one year and will be service digital channels. Other agencies that were pitching for the account include Atomz I!, Cubic Communications, Hamilton & Sherwind and Splash Productions.
Three statutory boards have also recently called for a tender. The Agency for Science, Technology and Research is on the lookout for an agency to handle its digital media duties for a year. The tender closes 15 September 2017. Meanwhile, the People's Association is also on the lookout for an agency to manage its digital media buy for the 2018 Chingay Parade. The agency will be responsible for Google Search, YouTube TrueView and Google Display Network. The tender closes 8 September 2017.
This follows the Land Transport Authority's public tender for the management and maintenance of bus shelters and their advertising spaces. According to Gebiz, only tenderers with relevant experience in outdoor advertisement will be considered for the contract. Additionally, tenderers need to have a minimum share capital of SG$10million and minimum net assets of SG$10 million.


text:
Surely you have the time to take a look. (8/7a)
Is mining the past the future? (8/10a)
The kids are not alright with Trump. (8/7a)
And the streams just keep on coming. (8/7a)
Interscope's co-MVPs (8/7a)
They're so dreamy.
It's a conspiracy, because everyone does it.
No, but we're thinking about cookies.
Protest songs that sound like now.
Photo credit: John Robert Rowlands
By Phil Gallo
Since 2012, the David Bowie Is exhibit has made its way to 11 venues, among them Chicago, Berlin and its starting place, London. It's been seen by 1.79m people. Bowie wanted its tour to end where he did, in New York City, and on Friday it will open at the Brooklyn Museum for a four-month run through 7/15.
London's Victoria and Albert Museum organized the exhibit with the intention that it be like no other museum presentation it has presented. They have succeeded. It's a compelling, immersive experience that, for fans who will undoubtedly connect with certain videos and artifacts, is quite emotional as well.
David Bowie Is positions Bowie as a thinker, an integrationist who turns ideas from philosophy, literature, Little Richard and theater into music. It's a celebration of his bold inventions of characters and costumes, and adaptations of musical styles that one would be surprised to find in a single record collection let alone one artist's oeuvre: Philly soul, glam rock, pre-WWII German songs, electronic music and, eventually, the free jazz he listened to as a teenager.
The exhibit, which includes about 100 items not shown at other stops, is set up to engage the viewer and force them to examine elements of Bowie's life in depth. Visitors are giving headphones—which wonderfully prevents sound bleeds and makes the exhibit feel rather intimate—and in the early part of the exhibit, we hear Bowie speak about his childhood, his ambitions as an artist, where he got his ides and his thoughts about what he might have been had music not panned out. (Answer: A novelist.)
Soon the audio becomes a musical soundtrack, songs paired with the visual you're facing: Bowie performing "Starman" on Top of the Pops; a Saturday Night Live performance from 1979; "fame" on Soul Train"; videos of "Space Oddity," "Boys Keep Swinging," "Dancing for Blue Jean," "Blackstar" and more. Each video is surrounded by the pertinent costumes and/or lyric sheets.
For the man who coined the phrase Sound + Vision, the organizers could have just as easily used that title for the exhibit as it does focus on the relationship between Bowie's visuals and his music. Unlike most exhibits dedicated to musicians, there are few instruments—just the EMS synthesizers used on "Heroes"; the "Space Oddity" 12-string, the banjo from Baal and the saxophone used on Pinups—no collection of album covers with metadata or chart positions on a label; no photos capturing the artist performing in clubs or in front of thousands of fans.
The set up in 25 "areas" is loosely chronological—his school days are at the entrance and Blackstar artifacts fill the space before the well-stocked gift shop—but in no way does it delve into specifics about his career path or how popular one era might be compared with the next; there are more items related to his late '80s Glass Spider tour and the albums Never Let Me Down and Tonight and than one of his commercial peaks, the Let's Dance album from 1983 and its Serious Moonlight tour. An uninformed visitor would be well-served to show up with a Bowie timeline or at least a Wikipedia page.
By focusing on Bowie as an artist, it is an astonishing statement about change and evolution, how Bowe's characters such as Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke made an impression and then were cast off. The exhibit, which has about 500 objects and about 60 costumes, is filled with sketches and photos that reveal how album covers and stage sets came about. There's also a collection of clips from his film roles and an area devoted to his run on Broadway in The Elephant Man. The smallest object in the exhibition is his coke spoon from the early 1970s.
Toward the end of the exhibit, a room shows concert footage from multiple periods. (I could have sat there for hours), and in the final hallway, there's a behind-the-scenes film of Bowie playing guitar and singing during a Herb Ritts photo shoot. It personalizes the collection, giving you the sense he was a playful, approachable and joyous spirit, happy to engage and share.
Details on the exhibit, which has a mega-deluxe package, can be found here.
Photo credits: Heroes contact sheet, Masayoshi Sukita; Aladdin Sane contact sheet, Photo Duffy; The Kon-rads, Roy Ainsworth


text:
COVID-19: Things are evolving daily and the page below may not be current, get the latest updates on City facilities, services and programs at coquitlam.ca/covid19.
Note also that many services are available online to continue to serve the community at this time.
On Monday July 31 2017, Coquitlam Council updated the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw to amend provisions on building height, building density and the landmark site designation in the Austin Heights Neighbourhood Centre.
Based on an in-depth density and height review, the updates lifted a six-year-old moratorium on high-rise development in Austin Heights Neighbourhood Centre.
A key part of the review was building densities. Density is the building floor area allowed to be constructed on a property and is expressed as a ratio called a Floor Area Ratio (FAR). Floor area is further shaped by the maximum permitted lot coverage, which is the area of a lot that is covered by a building.
The density and height review included the following:
The updates recognize the role of the Austin Heights Neighbourhood Centre as a local centre in Coquitlam's urban hierarchy, and support the intent of the Austin Heights Neighbourhood Plan to continue to revitalize the Neighbourhood Centre. Updates relate to building height, landmark sites and density in the Neighbourhood Centre:
Planning & Development Department
3000 Guildford Way,
Coquitlam, BC Canada V3B 7N2
Map to City Hall
Hours: Mon to Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Reception: 604-927-3000
You are about to leave the City of Coquitlam website.
This page is not meant to prevent you from following the link you've selected,
it is simply a warning that you are about to leave the City of Coquitlam website.
To continue to the link you selected, click below. Continue
If you do not wish to leave the City of Coquitlam website, simply
close this message.
The statements and opinions expressed on other websites are solely those of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, nor are they endorsed by the City of Coquitlam, and its licensors do not guarantee the accuracy of, and are in no way responsible for any content on these websites.


text:
There is a line from the movie Field of Dreams, "If you build it, he will come". That line worked great for the movie but we live in the real world. If you are an excellent cook some people may say, "Wow! You make THE BEST Mexican food! You should start a restaurant." In fact, you may actually make the best Mexican food in the world but that won't guarantee success. The truth is, if you build it, they may not come! Sometimes people with cheap, inferior products are successful while the guy with the fantastic product fails. Obviously you have to have more.
Consider this, two businesses are located in close proximity, they both sell reasonably priced, quality products and the owners have the finances under control. One will succeed the other will not. Business 'A' welcomes you when you walk in the door; they are happy to answer your questions, they give you their undivided attention and show you they appreciate your business. When you leave you realize your smiling. Life is good! On the other hand, no one at business 'B' notices when you walk in. One of the employees is texting her boyfriend and the other one is a little ticked because she waited on the last customer and she's tired of "doing all the work". She ignores you. You find what you're looking for but can't decide between two items. You aren't really sure what the differences are. You leave the store without ever being acknowledged and make a mental note not to come back.
Lesson number one for success, customers want to be appreciated. So if you build it they might come, but if you treat them bad they may not come back!
Read the full article How To Fail In Business.


text:
2017 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament: Oregon upsets Washington in quarterfinals
SEATTLE - Sabrina Ionescu hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to give Oregon a 70-69 upset victory over 11th-ranked Washington in a Pac-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Friday night.
[Related highlights: Oregon women's basketball celebrates in Seattle following upset win over Washington]
Washington's Kelsey Plum, the all-time NCAA scoring leader, attempted a 3-pointer from the top of the key at the buzzer, but the shot was partially blocked by Ruthy Hebard.
Sixth-seeded Oregon (20-12) advances to Saturday's semifinal against second-seeded and No. 10-ranked Stanford (26-5), which rolled past Washington State 66-63.
Plum finished with 34 points. Lexi Bando had 23 points and Ionescu added 18 to lead Oregon.
Plum's 3- pointer to open the fourth quarter put No. 3 seed Washington (27-5) up 60-51, but Bando scored 11 consecutive points to fuel a 15-4 run that put Oregon up 66-64 with 4:18 remaining.
Chantel Osahor converted a 3-point play to put the Huskies on top 69-66 with 3:05 left. Lexi Bando hit a jumper with 1:19 remaining to pull Oregon within 69-68.


text:
Cheap Nike Air Force 1 s low Shoes Sale Women White Silver Blue Sale
Advantages or Disadvantages of Automatic Voltage Stabilizer
There are numerous not just one sort of voltage regulator stabilizer that's available available today. This kind of device was created in the event that stabilization was would have to be taken to an unstable voltage fluctuation. The key reason as to why you will find there's fluctuation in the voltage would be that the outer power web experiences a voltage load change which can be a changeable dual voltage regulator. The series is able to proceed through distortion while that you be able to make usage of this series over a top quality basis. The voltage regulator stabilizer can be used in many different fields, starting from precision machine tools, research, and also medical facilities.
The real difference between the two is the circuit power supplied as well as unit conversions. The automated regulator has a few features that are distinctive from the constant regulator; there's an alarm that sounds when an overvoltage is being conducted, as well as a time delay protection. Additionally, it may present you with an extra low way to obtain power when you're making utilisation of the usual house hold appliances, making this revolutionary product popular for domestic use. When it comes to constant inverting energy, this can be capable to run if you use an electrical generator, therefore with a limitless energy system available.
For most applications Servo Electronic (AKA ElectroMechanical) based Voltage Stabilizers AC Power Conditioners have become an incredibly reliable and costefficient voltage stabilisation solution, with models easily accessible to allow for a port voltage swing of more than 40% whilst still delivering a precision of 1% about the output.
Comprising a transformer featuring a secondary winding connected between your mains supply as well as the load, the key voltage is automatically controlled via a motor driven variable transformer ensuring a nonstop, smooth and intensely stable output voltage.
High profile / Transient Spikes are typically limited by the inclusion of Clippers Such clippers typically limit transients to twice the peak voltage in the supply. However buyers probably know that to scale back spikes absolutely harmless levels it is often necessary to ask that your supplier fits additional Spike Attenuation protection.
While Electronic Servo stabilisers do contain some moving parts, experience over the past 25 years or so in certain of the most demanding power conditions has proved the look to become very reliable approach to delivering voltage regulation just a lowlevel of ongoing maintenance required being deliverable by universally easily accessible abilities.
The longlife expectancy, compact size and low cost of ownership makes servo electromechanical stabilisers economical solutions for the wide variety of applications in industry, commerce, mining, aerospace, computing and telecommunications and is the recommended design solution for most applications.


text:
Dr. William D. Hall
Professor, Dean, and Artistic Director,
Musco Center for the Arts
Bertea Family Endowed Chair
William Hall, D.M.A., is the Founding Dean and Artistic Director for the Musco Center for the Arts, a professor of music at Chapman University since 1963 and the first distinguished professor to hold the Bertea Family Endowed Chair in Music. In 2013, William Hall was honored with the naming of the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music in recognition of his 50 years of outstanding service to Chapman University.
Hall has taught at major conservatories of music around the world, and has numerous compositions and arrangements on the market, including his own choral series with National Music Publishers.
William Hall has appeared as guest conductor in the Far East and throughout the United States and Europe, including performances with the San Francisco Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, the London B.B.C. Symphony, the Musicians of London, the Sinfonia of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of Beijing.
Richard T. Bryant
Executive Director, Musco Center for the Arts
Nationally recognized arts leader and former OC arts executive Richard T. Bryant is the new Executive Director of Chapman University's Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Center for the Arts.
Bryant's Orange County roots run deep. He served for ten years (1987-1996) as director of communications and marketing for Segerstrom Center for the Arts (then known as Orange County Performing Arts Center) and was extremely active in the OC arts community. After that, he served as the first vice president of marketing and public relations for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. He was also director of marketing for Washington DC's Arena Stage for seven years and a founding member and first President of the Helen Hayes Awards. He is currently volunteer chairman of the National Consortium for Creative Placemaking, which focuses on new ways to make communities more livable, equitable, and resilient through arts and culture.
During the past 20 years, Bryant has served an array of clients nationwide through his company, Front of House Services, particularly with start-ups, transitions, and arts-driven economic development. Clients have included New York's American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop, and Theatre Development Fund; Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center and National Symphony Orchestra; Stanford University's Bing Concert Hall; Mondavi Center at UC Davis; Philadelphia's Kimmel Center; San Antonio's McNay Museum of Art; the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra; and Yale University's Peabody Museum, among others.
Dr. Giulio M. Ongaro
Dean and Professor, College of Performing Arts
Dr. Giulio M. Ongaro is Dean of the College of Performing Arts at Chapman University. A native of Venice, Italy, Dr. Ongaro holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a dissertation on the singing chapel of St. Mark's Basilica (Venice) in the sixteenth century.
Dr. Ongaro is an active intellectual whose research is centered on questions of the mutual influence of society and the arts, social, and political context for the production and performance of music, business of music, music printing, musical instruments in the sixteenth century, and relationship of words and music. His research has been published in scholarly journals in the United States and Europe, and he is the author and co-author of nine articles in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the standard reference work in music.
Prior to joining Chapman, he worked for the University of the Pacific where he served as Professor of Music and Dean of the Conservatory of Music for five years. He has also taught music history and musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Delaware, and – for 18 years – he was at the University of Southern California, where he served as Chair of the Department of Musicology and later as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Thornton School of Music.


text:
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Our Final Day in Africa
It has taken me three weeks to document our incredible journey to Africa. Our final 24 hours in Africa, for me, were the most inspiring. I spent nearly 18 months preparing, planning, saving for, and anticipating our trip to Africa.
Like most of our fellow travelers, James and I enjoy 'going local'. We tend to wander off the beaten track –travelling by bus or rail to areas that aren't considered 'tourist' attractions.
We came upon our last lodge, The Islands of Siankaba, when our travel advisor, Julian suggested this area would meet my request to visit a village and contribute in a small way to the local community.
The directors of the lodge are truly committed to 'giving back' to their community. The staff at the lodge is all local villagers. They not only work at the lodge but they literally carried the logs that the lodge was built from. The Directors met with the local chief and an agreement was struck. Everyone involved would benefit from the opening of the lodge.
Profits from the lodge support a medical clinic and pre-school on the Island. I had requested in advance to take a walking tour of both these facilities. Given we arrived on the island on Friday, May 22, we missed seeing the school in session. Our host, Jean Claude, arranged for us to dine on Saturday evening with the headmaster of the pre-school - Malindi Lubinda.
Malindi was a barman at the lodge when the Directors took note of his intellect and ambition. They paid for Malindi to attend college. Upon completion of his studies, Malindi returned to the Island and established the pre-school. I was so inspired by Malindi's passion for educating the children and setting an example of excellence for them. We shared a wonderful evening together: Ed and Marty, me and James, Malindi and Steven – our host for the evening meal. We laughed, shared stories and experiences and truly became friends over the course of the evening.
Malindi teaches 55 children (ages 3-7) in this classroom:
Here is the foundation for the new pre-school:
This is the village store:
This is the village church:
Here are some more images from our visit to the village:
Here is a photo of Malindi and I after a lovely evening of great conversation and fine dining:
Here, James and Victor - our village guide and host- pose outside the walls of the village:
James and I remain committed to the village and the pre-school. Malindi and I are in contact via email about twice a week - checking in on each other and sharing news about events in Zambia and Virginia. If you are interested in helping Malindi with the preschool - be it through book donations, children's clothing, etc. Please leave me a comment and I will give you the address for them.
4 comments:
I'd be happy to support the pre-school. Your trip looks like it was amazing!
- June 16, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- Michele said...
Thanks so much! Sometimes just a nice card to the kids is enough for encouragement... It was an incredible trip and I'm so glad I overcame ALL my fears to take it!
Here's the address:
Malindi Lubinda
Siankaba Nursery School
P.O.Box 60845
- June 16, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Cronot said...
want to help the preschool. i have tons of different learning tools to get rid of and would love to knw they are being used. hope eveything is well with you. sorry i did not get to meet up. not sure why but my neice was visiting and so i lost access to the computer!!Elizabeth Mitchell
- July 14, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Cronot said...
want to help the preschool. i have tons of different learning tools to get rid of and would love to knw they are being used. hope eveything is well with you. sorry i did not get to meet up. not sure why but my neice was visiting and so i lost access to the computer!!Elizabeth Mitchell
- July 14, 2009 at 11:32 AM


text:
The common cold and flu are caused by different viruses but can have some similar symptoms, making them tough to tell apart. In general, the flu is worse and symptoms are more intense.
COLDS: Usual symptoms include stuffy or runny nose, sore throat and sneezing. Coughs are hacking and productive. It's unusual to have fever, chills, headaches and body aches, and if they do occur, they are mild.
FLU: Fever is usually present, along with chills, headache and moderate-to-severe body aches and tiredness. Symptoms can come on rapidly, within three to six hours. Coughs are dry and unproductive, and sore throats are less common.


text:
Who's the scapegoat?
Steve Bartman. Does that name ring any bells? It does if you're a Chicago Cubs fan.
He's the guy blamed for continuing the "curse" on the Cubs during sixth game of the 2003 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Florida Marlins.
But Bartman wasn't wearing a Cubs uniform or a Marlins uniform. He was wearing a Cubs hat, headphones and a green turtleneck under a Renegades sweatshirt, which represented the little league team he coached.
The Cubs were winning 3-0 when Bartman got "involved." That word just has to be in quotes because, even eight years later, people still dispute whether the ball that Bartman deflected could have been caught by outfielder Moises Alou. (Alou himself was once quoted as saying he wouldn't have caught the ball anyway, but he has not stood by those remarks.)
That fateful night was the center of an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled "Catching Hell."
Academy Award-winning producer Alex Gibney focused on Bartman as the scapegoat in the scenario.
As a longtime Boston Red Sox fan, Gibney could relate to the notion of curses and individual errors being blamed for entire losses. He actually spent quite a bit of time talking about Bill Buckner's blunder in the 1986 World Series and how it haunted him until the Red Sox eventually won the 2006 World Series.
Just as Buckner's error was not the only of the game, Bartman was not the only one to blame, especially considering the Marlins scored eight runs in the inning.
Furthermore, Gibney even found a minister who had preached a sermon on scapegoats and referenced Bartman.
It was a well-rounded documentary and it got me thinking.
Who are the scape goats in our lives?
When things go wrong, do we step up to the plate and hit it out the park (or at least take credit when we don't?) Or, do we look for the nearest Buckner or Bartman to blame?
Posting a comment requires free registration:
- If you already have an account, follow this link to login
- Otherwise, follow this link to register


text:
Today, being sent to another place to attend college is a common practice. This is a cheaper and more convenient option especially if you're attending a university which is far from your home. This can save you a lot of time and money in the long run. However, being away from home when you're starting college also has a few setbacks – and dealing with homesickness is one of these. Living away from home can become a struggle especially if you've lived with your family all your life. This homesickness can become the reason why you'd suffer depression and lose focus on your studies. To ensure that homesickness will not get in the way once you're starting college, deal with it by following the tips below:
1.) Constantly tell yourself that what you're going through is normal: Just because you're homesick doesn't mean that you're indifferent. This kind of mindset can cause unwanted stress and can even lead you to isolate yourself. Before taking any measures to deal with homesickness, accept what you're feeling and constantly tell yourself that it's normal to feel this way. Don't think that something is wrong with you just because you're homesick. Once you do this, you'll have the motivation to start working towards getting over it.
2.) Get used to your new surroundings: Everything about college is new. Where you're living and who you're with are new. Even your lifestyle has to be new in college! Because homesickness is all about fearing the unfamiliar, you should go out and familiarize yourself with everything around you. Start by making friends with everyone in college, look for secrets spots around the university to clear your head and a favorite café where you can study alone. Exploring all of these things can make you feel more comfortable in college.
3.) Bring some home comforts: When you're packing for college, don't forget to bring any valuables which can remind you of home. You can bring your family pictures, family albums and trinkets. Seeing all of these in your dorm will create a homey feel, making you miss home a little less. Just make sure that your dorm room can accommodate the items you'll bring so you won't have to suffer cramped up space!
4.) Make a space for yourself at school: Your home is where you can be yourself and do everything you love without being fear of judgment. You fit perfectly when you're at home and the world around you fits perfectly too. However, being a freshman in college doesn't create the same experience. You'd be caught off guard with everything that's happening around you which makes you long for home. The solution? Look for avenues where you can be yourself at school. If you love talking to other people, join the debating team. If you're comfortable playing sports, know the schedule of the tryouts. These organizations can help you reach out to more people and make new friends. You'll also get out from your shell which can lead to a more relaxed persona.
5.) Talk to other students: You're not the only person who is experiencing homesickness; there are actually a lot of students who are going through the same. Open up to them and let them know about how you feel. These students can become your outlet to relieve yourself from the emotional stress linked to homesickness. You can also gain pieces of advice on how to deal with homesickness from people who are going through the exact same thing. Creating relationships with these students can be very helpful over time.
6.) Stay connected with home but don't overdo it: Talking with your family and other people back home can help overcome your homesickness. It always feels good to have someone help you out when you're still settling in college. If you think you can no longer handle your homesickness, call your family. Telling them about your sentiments can help a lot. But don't do it too frequently. Keep in mind that you're learning to live differently and you should gradually lose dependency with other people.
7.) Look after yourself: When you're always thinking about your friends and family back home, you'll end up missing them even more. This can worsen your homesickness. Steer away from this direction by looking after yourself. Take care of your mental and physical health by getting at least eight hours of sleep every night, eating healthily in every meal, and including exercise in your daily routine. Once you've redirected your attention to something even more important, you won't have the time to think about home.
8.) Always stay positive: Don't force yourself to get over homesickness as soon as possible. Instead, give yourself time to accept what you're feeling and adjust accordingly. Feeling this way can be uncomfortable and even depressing, but it's just that – homesickness will pass and you're doing just fine. Be keen enough not to let homesickness get the best of you. This can be difficult to deal with, but things can be easier each passing day. Remember that you're stronger than this and you've overcome worse in the past. Keep going and always stay positive!
You're Entitled To Feel Homesick
Homesickness is normal; every student who is away from home can experience this. But this shouldn't hinder you from performing your best at college. Take time to adjust with everything about college – the place, people, environment, lifestyle – so you can cope better and easier. Don't rush yourself to accept everything though. You're a human being, and you have the right to be homesick – just make sure that you're dealing it positively and healthily.
Articles You May Like:
6 Ways To Have Privacy In Your Dorm Room
Tips and Tricks To Make Dorm Living Easy and Comfortable
Study in the USA Guide for International Students
A Deeper Look Into Learning Styles (we often say that some students are visual learners, etc. What are these "styles"? )
7 Common Roommate Problems And How To Solve Them